The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-19 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGIENCE, OXFORD, FEB. 18.—The Margeret Professor of Di"❑ • • pity will begin his course of Lectures on Tues day, the 9th March, at twelve o'clock. The Lectures are intended for those who have passed their exami nation for the degree of B.A. ..CAMBRI DGE FEB. 18.—At a congregation holden this day, the following degrees were conferred : HONORARY M. A.—Sir John Ramsden, Bart., Trinity Coll ege ; *R o b ert Thornbagh Gor d on, Trinity College. M . A.—Edward Lawson, Trinity College; Richard Thomas Blagden, St. John's College; Con rade Makings Wimberley, St. John's College ; Harry Machin, Jesus College. L L.B.—Richard Lee James, Clare Hall. At the same Congregation the following graces Were offered to the Senate :—" 1. To confirm the report of the syndicate appointed Nov. 26, 1851, ' to Consider the steps proper to be taken by the Senate for carrying into effect the purposes announced in the communication received by the Vice-Chancellor from the Provost and Schols.rs of King's College, on 34 4 1, 1851,' and also authorised, Dec. 10, 1851, to consider and report upon i the grace offered to the Senate on the 29th October, .1851. ' The report of the syndicate, which has already ap• ared, recommended that every undergraduate fel l"' of King's College, adrni tted scholar after May 1, 1851, present the same b upplicat for admission ad r espondendum quastioni, E axi present the same cer tificate of terms and suppli eat, and pay the same fees on admission to degrees as the members of any other C ollege. Those admitted previous to May, 1851, and who may offer th, ienselves for admission ad r espondendum qucestioni, to satisfy the Vice-Chan. cellor that he has passed all the examinations en titling to such admission, 'but to be subject only to the existing rules and fees, on admission to degrees. The Vice-Chancellor read - to the Senate.the oommu• nication of the Provos: ay id scholars dared May 1, 1851, offering to resign th sir present privileges. " 2. To appoint the Vi. as. Chancellor, the Master of Pembroke College, the Master of St. Catharine's Rail, the Public Orator, Mr. Cocker, of St. Peter's Colle g e; Mr. Martin, of Trinity College; Mr. Bir kett, of Jesus College; a rd Mr. Castlehow, of Em manuel College, a syndica to to inquire into the rights of the University in respect, to the batiks of the stream running from the Nine I% through the parish of Trunopington ; and to cot 'eider what course the Uni versity should take in refs rence to the proceedings of the Council of the borougl i upon that subject; and to report thereon to the Senn to from time to time. " 3 . To appoint the Vi. e'. Chancellor, the Master of St. Catherine's Hall, the Master of Christ's College, , t he Public O rator, the R egius Prof,ssor of Gret-k, I'll% Har vey G oodwin at Caius College, S en i or M"der a t "r, Mr. Parkinso D, of Sr. John's College, junior Moderator, Mr. C bry, of Pembroke College and Mr. Cope, of Trinit , f College, a syndicate to consider w h et h er any a Lid what a ddi t i ona l tests should be ad opte d fur as, ertaining that the candi es for the several He tiour Triposes in each year are of the proper staudi, og ; and to report to the Senate before the end of t he present term. suro "4. To allow the Vice-t :hancellor of last year the of 2181. 10s. 7d., heir .g the amount due to him botanic garden acco tint for the year ending at 4tichaelmas, 1851. et , "s To appoint Mr. Pal, of Queen's College, lust"lain of the Spinning B .ouse for one year from the „. 'of March next, with tl io same salary as before, 8 01 e in expl anat i on of grace 3Sro. 2, it should be stated thatthat the s t ream ailud.d to rises at the Nine Wells, W: s upplies H o b son ' s -conduit in Cambridge-street, ne s d emised in 1610 t o feoffees for the joi n t ration the 'University and t wn, with (as the corpo !°n Maintain) 6 feet of le aid on either side ther eo f. th tl . t 'itY College possesses a farm on its banks, and heir t enant, Mr. Bennett, denies the right o f access t „, ° ugh his f arm , exce pt !or the special purpo se o f %, • %ru sing the b e d o f the str earn by the feoffees. Th e teltPoration c l a i m a r i g ht o f wa y f o r th e p u bli c , an d te 'le Matter at present seem likely to occupy the at. il po of a court of law. ne graces all passed without opposition. ABAI3IC, eon &c.—The Aral do Professor proposes to lecture Arabic, Sanskrit, and Gothic, during the Chaster t parine's-hall, b eginning " 1 Term, in the Corn bination-room of St. Ca hArabie, sail IC. restomatladaiies Tuesday, April 27. J. at twelve o'clock.—Subjects: The 4 0ra 1 7 ruhfatuof Kosar ten and de Sacy ; Ikhw eg ani s-Safa ; the Makamat ariri. 2. Sanskrit, .daily at one o'clock. jleitbojects : Nala ; the :Iltaws of Menu ; the , s. padesa ; the Rfarniva ria, Books I. and 11. Gothic, on Mondays, Wodnesdays, and Fridays, at tw o , k ept `' h eu xk•—Subjects : The Gothic New Testa other ;I t-e Affinities existing• between the Gothic and udo•European Langu ages. bo*n!ldest gra n d son of N. tholes William Lord Col lie, bYo ued fr h om bloodis daughtroyal.er fieniietta Susannah, and de- SUSP'EC'TED MURDEA: of an ENGINEER. ~.. "a Tuesday morning, Mr. \"eilliarn Carter held an ,;441uest at th e Canal House, Old Kent-road, to in ofestißate th e circumstances connected with the death .11,1fred Jewell, aged twenty -three, an engineer, re. t s lin t'Y in the empley of Messrs Amos, of the Grove, 4%ltbwark, a workman who lb.ad withdrawn from the ciaal,.sigarhated Society, and signed the Masters' De ec-cVen• Deceased was most. respectably connected, b otii .` l, 4o greatest excitement p revailed in the neigh --"°04:1; and long before the. hour appointed fur the 111 citiire 1., lar i ,„ - th e inquest room was d eosely crowded, and a ho use. C oncourse of persons had assembled outside the b o d The jury having been sworn, and viewed the Y, the following evidence was adduced : IV . tl, libarn Pocock, waiter at the above house, deposed 0--oitt the hat of deceased was found in the Surrey canal of d' rid aY last, and on the folio wing evening the body Cll d ee esed was drawn from be , rieath the bridge in the fetilt-road. There was no paper or anything . POI:1 bias to indicate his having committed &lucid,. vheo t a k yv lute, Joh n n-, . one of the detectives, was present found ''," body was found, iiirld searched it. He k eys ' u:k !ha Pocket six sixpence s, one halfpenny, two bo o k' ilt clam knife, a silk handkerchief, a pocket it, i some slices of bread and butter, a book belong ou t to tome of his amides. Amalgamated Socie ry of ' Engineers, .and The cravat of deceased, and the strings /tro ut 3 : l44 r, were drawn tigh fly round his neck Air the throat was a livid anark as from pressure. of 14„;,..1eh".,!es George Jewell, proprietor of the Ciry edoeCodeaSe-d°4 14alle been-rooms, G•racechurch-street, said He possessed remarkably u c • • healwth4sahnida brother. thing to lead so l i a In his opinion there was sui c i de to the belief that he had committed hec. tc:4o,' hens 11441 , ostler at the Tark's Hesd, Old Kent- zzill`4 stated that on Friday morning, about twenty 4ppetea,to. Aix o'clock, he saw the deceased, and he lef t bed In remarkably good health and spirits. He th,,,, il „ h aroper at the stable-yard, directed to his bro -I;:.lari W. A. Jewell. e.44r. Jenkins, a solicitor of the deceased's family, re ( der, f apOied to the coroner for an adjournment, in i the e family a poste ortem examination to be made as wiafor the fullest investigation. kr. Hawkin s , surgeon, upon being questioned by ti le coroner, said that some violence might have been a % iratnitted, although marks were not seen on the sur- I t. eof the body He thought Under all the circum ste4tes. a no g mortem examination was highly pa' ee s ,i r i ..- The Coroner here read the following letter found F e b, home i li ~t _ k 1 44, hamper : . 0. 2, Taylor's cottages, Asylum-road, to ear you l 3, 1852. : `'o. 2, Brother—l was gladdry the hamper ist, We have 10 . thank you for the content f left tin the care of Mr. N ash. 1 , 3 o for a f e ji and I have . 1 i ng On Monday I Eng e l the d -,- iv(i rdt about engineer bay oecteration, and sent a letter k to Mr. Wane to erase The shops are filliug % At, ab i le from the society's boo d', epu t e will end, but I h ope i. do not know how Ot tbi 4 1114 3 7 end in the employersthe' behalf. In cane any lic,,,are attacked, we are constantly guarded by the po °realties% dinner, and JEWELL. (Si g ned ) " ALFRED I. ~0 going time. ,-,,,_t Mr. W. A. Jewell." auV le reading of this letter created great interest,_ as adjournl4' afr some further conversation, the inquiry w ed. T- ____ THAMES' ... 41 R GnisDOLA. STEAM -BOATS Fon THE the t%tes,ers. Jordan and Getty, of L .. i b v u e s rp s ooh have obtained t for the Steam Gon g:lo4 act for building eight f steam-boats o us r earn d which re to be ready in I rlat., e " , Pany, London, soon afterwards as possible. '1 1 " h and the other four frarnulls will he built on Jordan's patent, that is, an iron strenN, with timber bolted to it, combining lightness and ti r , 4 gth. The length of the . boats ' will be about 1:.0 feet; fr,,,,nt of water at the load line about 18 inches; engines each boat. The latter are heir, s to 30 horse-power in 5 te ed a • e and Co., or Newcastle, W ith ~,,h . L e by Messrs. " co nstri, e " e xception M d decorate ' all the vessels. e L s ( sTs - L n( J g ordan and Getty are to Th, y co,"'Lt• furnish, upholster, an dolas which sail on the lr alia n ‘ ,7 4 ", 14, the form of the 4tft rners -1-, rtl with the best parts of the American river /°, i til Bi.;: t", eY will be painted in added to the till .y colours, anu decorated Ilene -‘taute carvings. These things, 4 rnok Y e Of the Plate-glass windows, earance, and no du libt i h w ill , give them a very prei ty an t the entire absence of Bat ar e -I'43 ' -Y will become popular and res " London-bridge and att er. ea intended to ply between ap •t p able conveyances. t; N' i i -•cul t W ; --• ••°l3tE (1, PLANTING APPLE TIIF . ES —A applestiti,t in I3ohernia Las a beautiful plantation sends nor r, ft i trees, which have neither sprung I.rom the choicest of the best Nil", I. '• Thii plan is, to take shoots f'm both in the grotldith-ert them in a potato, and plunge a4 ritae ' I) ,.„ a ving put an loch or two ut the shoot u a . tv s e , t u ie t t oor F , e '' A. 115 potato nourishes the shoot while it pushes P be ' cumes a bea.,and the Hearin graduvlly springs up, and • • grafted ee. g the best without e 0 141 tree, . fruit, requiring to be as ro ilt IN Datss.—Skyblue is aiwnys considered e as :skt, IN ; to fair persons, and it contrasts ee e-- € .:'3; L th than , any. other colour ith the . complementary IcliZN, r, , . oleo, constitutes the key-note, as it , were, of th e t . n ue of their complexions and hair. Yellow and red, le 010 ' . 14 .. !i or:wig., Fo n t, ast best with stark hair, ni,t co . rn ' . 4 / 4 ,2 4 : but in brilliancy ; violet, and green also, the lirlle,,,lrieli of these two colours, do not produce a in 4.0t4/4-I,lPgeki Vith dark hair.-Xrs. Merrifield in " Art effect SUN, PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18. The following'Railway Bills were ordered to be brought in : Great Western (No. 2). York and North Midland.. Stockton and Hartlepool and Clarence Railway, and Hartle pool West Harbour and Dock Companies. Eastern Counties (Branch to the River Nene, &c.) Eastern Counties and Newmarket and Chesterford Com panies. Easter❑ Counties (Junction with the East and West India Docks, &c.) OTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. The following Bills are appointed to be read a second time on Monday, Feb. 23 : Ardrossan Railway. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway (Abandonment of Part of Line, &c.) Blackburn and Preston Road and Bridge. Bury and Little Bolton Road. Derby Gas. Greenfield and Shepley Lane Head Road. Leek and Hassop and Middlehills and Buxton Road. Leicester-square Improvement. North Staffordshire Railway (Colwich to Wolverhampton,&c.) Portrush Harbour. Railway Passengers' Assurance Company, Universal Emigrati , n and Colonization Company. Worcester and Hereford Railway. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. • (From the Votes and Proceedzwis of the Flouse of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :" Question put, " That the word 'now' stand pan; of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 123. Arkwright, George Evans, William Loveden, Pryse Armstrong, Sir A. Ferrer, James Lygou, General Baillie, H. J Ferguson, Sir R. Matheson, Sir J. Baines, M. 1' Forbes, W. Mamie, Fox Baring, H. B. Forester, G. C. Moncreiff, James Barrington, Viscount Freestun, Colonel Moody, C. A. , arrow, W. H. Freshfleld, J. W. Morgan, 0. Bennet, Philip Fuller, A. E. Mailings, J. R. Beresford, William Gilpin, Colonel Newdegate, C. N. Berkeley, C. L. G. Goold, Wyndham Newport, Viscount Best, John Gordon, Admiral Packe, C. W. Blair, Stephen Gore, W. 0. Pakington, Sir J. Boldero, H. G. Greene, Thomas Patten, J. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Perfect, Robert Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Bowel Prime, Richard Boyle, Colonel Haiford, Sir H. Robartes, T. J. A. Bramston, T. W. Hall, Colonel Romilly, Colonel Brotherton, Joseph Hallewell, E. G. Sanders, George Bruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, Lord C. Seaham, Viscount buck, Lewis W. Harris, Captain Sotheron, T. Cabbell, B. B. Harris, Richard Spooner, R. Campbell, W. F. Henley, J. W. Stafford, A. Campbell, Sir A. Herbert, H. A. Stanley, Edward Chatterton, Colonel Hildyard, R. C. Stanley, W. 0. Child, Smith Hindley, C. Staidon, W H. Cholmeley, Sir M. Hodgson, W. N. Strickland, Sir G. Christopher, R. Hope, Sir J. Tenn. nt, Sir J. Cochrane, A. D. Hope, Henry T. Tullemache, John Collins, Thomas Hotham, Lord Townley, R. G. Cowan, Charles , Howard, C W. G. Tyler, Sir G. Craig, Sir W. G. Hughes, W. B. Verner, Sir W. Crowder, R. IL Inglis, Si R. Verney, Sir H. Davies, D. A. Johnstone, James Walsh, Sir J. Deedes, W. Knox, W. S. Watkins, Colonel Dodd, ~,. Langston, J. H. Wellesley, Lord C. Duff, James Lan gton, W H. West, F. R. Duncombe, T. Lennox, Lord H. G. Wigram, Loftus Dinicult, John Du Pre, C. G. Lewis, George C. Wode ho s us ir e J ,E ohn clmund Lindsay, Colonel Young, Edwards, Henry Lockhart, A. E. TELLERS. Egerton, Sir P. Lockhart, W. Drumlanrig, Vis. Egerton, W. T. Long, W. Mackenzie, W. F. MINORITY-NOES, 67. Aglionby, H. A. Forster, Matthew Pigott, Francis Bell, Jacob Fox, W. J. Pilkington, Janie& Blewitt, R. J. French, F. Power, Dr. Bouverie, E. P. Gibson, T. M. Renton, J. C. Bright, John Grace. 0. D. J. Ricardo, Osman Brown, W. Greene, John Salwey, Colonel Bunbury, E H. Henry, Alexander &obeli, Captain Burke, Sir T. J. Hastie, Archibald Seymour, IL 1). Caulfeild, J. M. Henry, Alexander Smith, J. Benjamin Clifford, H. M. Heywood, James Strati, E. Cobden, Richard Howard, P. H. Thicknesse, R. A. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Crawford, Robt. W. Mackie, John Thornely, Thomas Dawes, Edward M`Taggart, dirt. Wall, C. B. Divett, E. Matheson, A. Waimsley, Sir J. Duff, George S. Melgund, Viscount Walter, John Duncan, Viscount Milligan, Robert Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Moffatt, George Williams, John Dundas, Sir D. Morgan, H. K. Williams, W. Ellis, John Mowatt, Francis Elliot, John Norreys, Sir 1). Ewart, William O'Brien, Sir T. Fergus, John Ogle, S. C. Fordyce, A. D. Oswald, Alexander TELLIES. Hume, J. _ _ R'Gregor, John COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made and Ques tion proposed, " Th at the Bill be now rea d a second time :" at the end of the Q uest i on to add the wor d s " upon this day Posed, to leave out the word " now , 7 an d six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MINORITY. —AYES, 63. Aglionby, Henry Hardcastle, J. A. power, Dr. Alcock, Thomas Harris, Richard Robartes, T. J. Barrow, W. R. Headlam, Thomas Salwey, Colonel Bass, M. T. Henry, Alexander Scholefleld, William Bell, Jacob Heywood, James Scobell, Captain Bennet, Philip Hindley Charles Scully, Francis Bright, John Howard, C. W. Smith, John B. Brotherton, J. Howard, Sir R. Strickland, Sir G. Child, ,inith Kershaw, James Stuart, Lord Dudley Clay, James King, P. J. Sullivan, Michael Cobden, Richard M'Cullagh, W. lhicknesse, R. A. Corbally, M. E. Melgund, Viscount Thompson, Colonel Crawford, Robt. W. Milligan, Robert Thornely, T. Dawes, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Walmsley, Sir J. Duncan, George Morris, David Wawn, J. T. Ellis, John Mowatt, Francis Willcox, Brodfte Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J. Williams, John Forster, M. O'Connor, Feargus Williams, W. French, F. Patten, J. W. Willyams, H. Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. Tem.xard.., Glyn, G. C. Pendarves, E. W. Gibson, Thom as M. Grenfell, C.P. Pilkington, James Hume, MAJORITY-NOES, 130. Adderley, C. Ti. Freshfleld, J. W. O'Brien, Sir Lvicitie Armstrong, Sir A. Fuller, A. E. Ogle, Savile C. H. Bernie, H. J. Gilpin, Colonel Paeke, C. W. Baines, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Robert Barrington, Viscount Gooch, E. S. Portal, ,Melvillle Beresford, William Goold, Wnydham , Pittirii;•..Aieholas Best, John Gore, W. R. O. Prime, atichardi Blair, Stephen Greene, Thomas Renton, Johu C. Blandford, Marquis Grey, Sir G. Ricardo, 013Mati Boldero, George H. Grosvenor, Earl Richards. Richard Booth, Sir R. G. Halford, Sir Henry Bussell,F. C. a . Bouverie, E. P. Haliewell, E. G. Sanders, George Bowles, Admiral Harcourt, G. G. Scott, F. Bramston, T. W. Harclinge, C. S. Seaham, Viscount Buck, L. W. Harris, Captain Seymer, Henry Ker Bunbury, E. H. Hayter, W. G. Sibthora, Colonel Charteris, Francis Henley, J. W. Blaney, Robert A. Christopher, R. A. Herb , :rt, H. A. Smythe, George Clifford, Henry M. Hildyard, R. C. Spooner, H ic l l ard Clive, R. H. Hodgson, W. N. Stafford, Augustus Cobbold, John C. Hope, Sir J. Stanf or d, J. F. Cocks, T. S. Hotham, Lord Stanley, Edwitrd Coles, H. B. Howard, Lord E. Stanley, W. a. Collins. T. Hughes, W. B. Staunton, Sir G. Compton, H. C. Inglis, Sir R. Stuart, H. Cowper, W. F. Knox, W. S. Toilemache, John Cubitt, William Langton, W. H. P. Towneley, Jolla Davies, D. A. Lennox, Lord A. Tyler, Sir G. Divett, Edward Lennox, Lord H. G. Verney Sir IL. Dodd, G. Lewis, Sir T. Walsh, Sir J. B. Drumlanrig, Viscount Lewis, G. C. Walter, John Buncombe, W. E. Lindsay, Colonel Watkins, Colonel Duncuft, John Lockhart, W. V, egg-Prosseit, F. Du Pre, C. G. Long, W. West, F. R. East, Sir J. B. Lygon, General Wilson, Jaw's Edwards, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. Wodehouse, I;. Egerton, W. T. 3lacnaghten, Sir E. Wood, Sir W. P. Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord J. Wynn, H. W. Farrer, James Matheson, A ex Wyvill, Marn taduke Fitzroy, Henry 3leux, Sir Henry Yorke, E. T. Foley, J. H. Mines, R. M. Forbes, William Moody, C. A. Fordyce, A. 1). Morgan, 0. Forester, G. C. Mailings, J. R. Freestun, Colonel Newport, Viscount TELLER.G. Pakington, Sir J. Deedes, W. MILITIA MARKSMEN: The main object to bo attained in drilling the tailitia seems to be that which has been so signally neglected in the education of our soldiers,—the making them good marksmen. This, with a few very s imple evolutions, would probably be all that is required for a defensive force. The great improvement in the range and ac curacy of firearms, by obliging armies to keep at a respectful distance from each other, and to trust much more to the rifle than the bayonet or the sabre, will pro bably diminish the value of complicated evolutions, and make enormous inroads into the art of the tactician. The brilliant charge of columns and the shattering dash of cavalry in which Napoleon delighted, and which he was wont to reserve for the grand finale of hie great battles, would seem hardly possible against an enemy able to load and fire several times with the deadliest effect upon the advancing mass before it can possibly r e et it make its e lf f e lt. The whole art of war must be revolu tionized. What the c h ange w ill be c a n hardly be known :1 1 1 the war co mes , but it is extremely likely that the kz na egeniiayuytriitif that and common sense which seems banished 9f the a rm y b e a ll owe d t o pr e side over the wardrob e the militia.— Times. D NOVEL IMPROVEMENT IN OMNlBUSES.—Yesterday another specimen of the improvements which can be effected in this species of public conveyance was exhibited in Guild hall-yard, to Aldermen Wilson, Lawrence, Sir R. Carden, the City Comptroller, and several other gentlemen of influence, by whom it appeared to be highly approved. This omnibus has been constructed by Messrs. Gowar to run between the Norwich Railway station and the Bell Hotel in that city, but is equally applicable for London. The chief novelties and improvements consist in a reduction of the ordinary weight of such vehicles, and at the same time giving greater inter nal space, with ample ventilation, and greater facility of with EmluTcilhOriegUre°tßtEhlte7 ti----L egress and ingress. Such objects are effected by the glasses Blackwood, Esq., of the firm of 7N ,t ; deattCRWOOD, ESQ.—We recor d Saturday last, of Robert it.ein.srs. Blackwood and Sons, ed An infirm and almost the eminent publishers in this c• hopeless state of health had occa Mr. Blackwood's re- and oofutrseideeestshese,pwililtahrsin, wllavihciictharearseotaarsrtaefnugielyd tirement from active life during the last two e y e ears. A better nedauthor and understanding was never exemplified between confidence,ti, P lacedab e se i tn u og i re t illot d bra m b ed ye e l a c h h e e h x a c e e k e s d ianrge curved, the wi(l t soh o as f 1 0 6 ignicvhee ease,s, as publisher ou the part of the former, unboseat B w y i with i i s t its semi arrangement cir cular ah front u unusually a i s s a d a i l s i) t 7 i n l c v t ide without spaoe affection, and esteem—on the part of the l atter, is lea p ve the vehicle more freely, and this, too, in an omnibus liberality, sagacity, and enterprise. d Mr. Blackwood' u tm ost arpa r re e ta s i e ct r hi9 v n e ' d in the centre to enable passengers to enter or i n really smaller in its external dimensions than those in tordi the 44th year or his age.— inburgh Courant , nary use; were it, therefore, increased to that size, addi- , THE ti oN ARTILIA /IF COMPANY --The an nual tional accommodation could be given. The interior is welt ventilated by means of perforated zinc, on an improved as held • the Armoury, near Finsb ury _Square. Am ball, by the permission of the Court of Assistants, av principle. By the introduction externally of several light yester ay, at w ong iron steps of easy gradation, p assengers riding on the roof and lady, Sir Jame Duke,Lady -a y - Can ascend - with ores, Mr Sheriff S wilt Henrythe company present we observed the Lord and a Bart, and alight unu sual fact ity. IRJE AT THE ST. JAMES'S HOTEL...-. 2d Life Guards ' Last M.P., the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel H Fitzroy, ALP m -,d ALARMING I` , overheating w le b u i o l f d a i m n t g h e s e s : there were several officers of the _ and the sivnight, about ten o'clock a fire broke out on the exten assumed such a formidable appearancreoei Ea persons present, e premises of Mr. Henry John Stewart, the St. James's 1) ,, , . destruction of the Hotel J • arrangements which had been , he The fl ured; Go d taste pervaded all the through t h em g vte i eh n nda a , t t eiaadntneidovnni veryt ta h bp e le kitchen, e . o dT rapidlyhhee Hon. Artillery, &c. • there were nearly 0 made, and the dancing fl o ors w• e rein pounds. ex ten saletaoawtss.ld seriese cdoerl delighted te was dhis lode w .un a d s kept up with great s r p e i s rit e . cta T h h ie e hospitalit of the gallant members of this mos . th y e burned, ot al d and n Ia g the o w i valuable i amoa n furniture t o snhl e aad d ien b e o e un ; sivTelhecontents were insured in the Globe was. senously • Ginagllwanats o L n i e eu w t. h - i k, c o h ionek , 'The varied hundred essentially of a most sati'factory character, all tended Uniforms and general appearance of the company Fire-office, and the building was ' dless ibe T m h e e et to heighten the splendour of the scene, which was most change and Globe Fire-offices insured in the Royal Ex interesting in itself. Two suppers were given, each charac terised with the same spirit of hospitality, and the company Tlae thirty-sevcnth anniversary festival of this charity took place at the London T vern esterday, Mr. Thomson flank • • taininent. To the various officers who filled the important y ey, jun., in the h • d A fter the ttual loyal and other toasts, the in c air. post of stewards, we can most conscienti, usly add our mee i dren at pre in the institution were introduced • of praise for their gentlemanly and courteous attention. sent into the room by Mr. of Stockwell, Gibbs, The dancing was kept up till a very late hour. institution is deeply indebted. The chairman, in proposing the toast CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF c, Success to the. Institution," took the opportunity of men _ THE CHEST.—Great progress has - been made during the last : tinting the flourishing state of the society, and stated that, few weeks in the erection of the new hospital at the Victoria compared with those of the preceding year, the annual sub park, the works being now so far advanced as t o be nearly scriptions had. increased 4001. In consequence of this in ready for roofing. The exterior features of the building , it was Contemplated to m a k e an en l argement i n the are of a hold and substantial charact er, indicating rather cre ase, g the building, in order to receive the increased number of scholars. permanent usefulness of the institution than the mere ex- The number of children at present on the books is 419; bibition of archi ectural skill ; and the hospital, when coin- w ho le number that have been admitted, 1,972. The pleted, cannot fail to prove very ornamental to the neigh- , the . t the annual meeting, we believe , a moun te d bourhood in which it is situated. Earl Granvill e is to preside' ! to 1,4971. , including 100 guineas from the Bank of England. fit the forthc9ming festiTal of the clarity. THE LON DON, THE BRITISH INSTITUTION , The collection displayed this season upon the walls of the British Institution is one of more than average excellence ; and considerations of justice prompt us to assert as much at the very outset from the pleasure we have personally derived from wandering succes sively through the three apartments forming the gallery of exhibition. Among the:contributors, will, as usual, be found several of the most distinguished members of the Royal Academy, of Suffolk-street, and of the Portland Gallery. Altogether the number of pictures supplied by those and other artists are, this year, no less than 531, so that considerable variety is secured to the collection. Thirteen speci mens of sculpture are, besides these, distributed through the centre of the rooms on pedestals ; and the observant visitor -will turn with curiosity, not unrecompensed by gratification, to (No. 543) " Inno cence," by J. H. Foley, A.R A., already celebrated by his exquisite recumbent statue of Ino offering a bunch of grapes to Bacchus. Among the customary things in the gallery will, of course, be noticed the glossy ha unc h es o f t h e horse, an d the vulgar features of the human biped in attendance, invariably pour trayed by J. F. Herring, as in (No. 128) the " Watering Place near Dumfries;" or those marvel lous bundles of pine fruit and apricots, finished even to the twinkling dewdrop, and the scar of the bee puncture, such as G. Lance alone can give us, as in (No. 21), a further specimen of his skill as an artistic votary of Pomona. It is agreeable beyond all things in the British Institution to turn from the tawdry paintings suspended from a little below the ceiling to the modest pictures disposed in some less elevated position. Almost invariably the former are scarcely a jot more meritorious than se veral square feet of canvas daubed over with the gaudiest oil colours, Whereas the latter, though merely on a scale of as many square inches, are fre quently gems of art from the hand of a master. The more moderate the capacity the greater the ambition, would almost seem to be the rule among the majority of the contributors. Thera is the huge picture (No. 18) for example, entitled " Peace," and produced by a foreign gentleman with the euphonious and ma jestic name of Gambardella. Such a picture as it is —8 feet 3 by 7 feet 3—with a young lady in a demi-semi state of nudity in the centre, looking exceedingly cold, attended by a number of stark-naked little cupids looking colder still, the said cupids twin ing garlands of flowers, blue, red, and yellow, all the colours in the rainbow, as bright in dye as if they had been cut out of a bran-new efflorescent chintz, while the said young lady is guarded by the oddest lion ever seen in or out of a menagerie—a sort of leonine Mrs. (;ramp, with a maudlin grin on her face, masquerading in a hearth rug. As for the mystery in the helmet we can make nothing of it. Where the shadowy reflection in it comes from, how it comes there, whose it is supposed to be, the artist's or the spectator's, must remain problems incom prehensible even to those who have managed to ferret out the meaning of the cuneiform hieroglyphics. Not far from this, we turn with a sense of distaste from (No. 2) the "Study of a Head,". in which W. Gale has represented the most brazen-faced of women. But, no ! the most brazen-faced, the most obtrusive, the most intolerable is at the opposite extremity of the suite of apartments, in the large picture (No. 461) illustrative of a " Spanish Dance," by Newenham. A grand and solemn effect has been produced by J. Danby in (No. 24) his "Twilight at Sea," where the waves crimsoned by the departing sunset seem plashing into sluggish repose. J. Linnell shows him self more than usually adventurous in his national pic ture (No. 45) pourtraying "A Boar Hunt in England —Olden Time." Pickersgill, the Royal Academician, contributes (No. 50) a rather fat-faced and comely " St. Ursula," as well as a companion head—that of (No. 151) "A Monk of the Order of St. Francis at his Devotions," the latter countenance being replete with an exquisitely-mingled expression of intellectual force and seraphic adoration. Newenham has a Moie . pretentious and, in some respects also, a more suc cessful attempt in (No. 57), his huge painting of the Princess Elizabeth, afterwards Queen regnant, examined by Gardiner, Bonner, and others, on the question of Transubstantiation. Clever though the picture is in .some particulars, it is, nevertheless, as a whole, coarse and formal. Sir Edwin Landseer's (No. 58) " Deer Pass" is more remarkable for the vast, bard, solid-looking, flinty boulder stones piled about the pass in confusion, than for anything more deserving admiration. Like every production of his magic brush, however, it will be regarded with attention, and by many, we dare say, with satisfaction. "El Sueno" (No. 63) is a pretty oval-faced brunette— evidently a sketch "from the life"—by H. W. Philipps. The identity is preserved even to the beauty-spot under the right eye—" the mole cinque . _ _ spotted like the crimson drop i' the bottom of a cow slip" —as on the bosom of Imogen. " A Gallop after the Buffalo" in the Far West (No. 70), by J. W. Glass, affords a capital notion (restricted though the view is), of the exhilarating exercise of the trappers on their mustangs, when careering over the grass prairies of North America. For an admirable glimpse of English scenery commend us to Ansdell's pic ture (No. 73) of " The Common," with its powdery earth burrowed into holes by the rabbits, or trampled into dust by the hoofs of the ram scenting the air with such an aspect of inquisi tiveness. The most exquisite picture in the gallery this season is F. Danby's (No. 109) " Scene from the Vale of Tempe," fit harbour for the gods of Greece at all hours, but more especially in that very twi light which has been here selected by this distin guished artist, this genius, whose appended initials A.R A. always appear to us like a direct sarcasm on the cliquerie and favouritism of the Royal Academy. Immediately under the lovely painting by Denby, just mentioned, is a charming little picture, bril liantly finished, by A. Gilbert (No. 110), represent jog " A River Side," with a st o r m c learing off. 6' The Drover's Halt" (N o . 146) , is a .master piece, from the hands of T. Creswick and R. Ans dell. Sant's (No. 162) " The Mother's Hope" w ould be more agreeable were the colouring less crude; and J. Gilbert's (No. 221) "Charge of Prince Rupert's Cavalry at the Battle of Naseby" will repay examination for more reasons than the simple but noticeable fact that it is the greatest effort we have yet seen from the artist's easel. The work is replete with an animation such as would have been like cordial to the heart of Wouvermans. The Wit liamses are all of them this season more than usually "in force," and one of their contributions (No. 243) "The Gypsies Releasing their Donkeys from the Pound," by G. A. Williams, deserves a very cordial eulogium, as marvellously truthful to nature and eminently characteristic of the rural scenery of England. Frost's little study (No. 373), though rather hard in its finsh, i s d e li c i ous l y expressive of the beauty of " Galatea"- while T. F. Marshall's picture (No. 405) of " The Shepherd's Daughter" is in every respect a charming represen tation of native and rustic loveliness, such as might, from the tame lamb caressing her feet to the holly hocks peeping over the paling, have been appropri ately sung by the verse of Tennyson. For invention, for excitement, for comic diableric in every imagine ble shape of absurdity and ridiculousness, examine, say we (No. 421) "Tam o' Shanter," as delineated by our perennial Cruikshank. It is a wonderful aggre gation of humour and ugliness. Various other con tributions to the walls of the gallery are entitled to particular mention, but the foregoing will be suffi cient to specify here, as evidence that merit and variety are discernible in the present collection of paintings at the British Institution. EVE Cy, TIC U.RSDAY COURT CIRCULAR. _ - - Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Colonel e His re Royal morning. a and the ee . Highness A P G r e i r n d c e e n,rode Albert, attended out e n horseback e i h e a u e t k y .- Their Royal Highnes ses t h e Pr i nce o f W a les, the Princess Royal, Prince Alf re d , the P r i nces ses Alice, Helena, n exercise yesterday, in th e gar d e n of Buck i ngham P a l ace . yesterday Louisa, and P r i nce Arthur, too k th e ir usual Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of MountEdgecumbv, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Elphinstoue, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the - Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. After the Royal dinner party on Tuesday her Ma jesty's private band was in attendance, and performed the following selection : Overture, "Fidelio" Andante and Rondu Hummel. Selection, " Fills du Regiment" Hungarian March... Alvars. A deputation from the town and port of Gainsborough and the Isle of Axholme, consisting of Mr. Christopher, M.P., Sir Montague Choltneley, 13art., M.P., Mr. Arch- deacon Stonehouse, the Rev. John Dobson, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Lister Maw, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Starke, Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Guy, and Mr. C. Menon, had an interview with the Bight Hon. Henry Labouchere, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Reynolds, from Corfu, had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial -office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. M o ff at , Si r Ti mo thy O'Brien, Bart, Mr. M. J. B lake, and Mr. James Perry, had an interview, ye s t er d ay, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his offici a l res i dence in Downing-street. Dr. Smith had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday at the Council-office. Present—Baron Parke, Lord Cranworth, Sir J. Knight Bruce, Sir J. Paiteson, and Sir Edward Ryan. The petition, " Bennett Vti'oodcroft's Extension of Patent" (part heard), was resumed and concluded; and the appeal from the Admiralty Court, " Vaux v. Sheffer (the Immaganda Clausina), was 'commenced. SPORTING IN T EL - LIGENCE. nee, 9st 101b(Seffert) 2 AYLESBURY STEEPLECH.A...S..E..S.....— WEDNESDAY. Free Handicap of 5 soya. each, and 40 added. Four miles. 113 121 b ~,,,,Goddard) 0 M MAI rrr Land'sJ. a A u d ic e k r s The o n n a ' S s Spring erne wnldo-Bigui Ten-and-Sixpe nce, kiPosb7e,ts lost 51b 5 1 b t 71b ...(Darby) 0 am M r r r JT Land'sGo Brown's b T y t e Ploughboy,BGeneral,nfi nc h e l r l ,i s lo t ~,,(Pries) 0 Mr. John Clayton's Janus, lOst 41b ............ (Boyce) 0 Mr. J. Elmore's Kossuth, 10st 21b ......... (Hcwitt) Mr. W. Hay's First Attempt, lOst 31b (C apt. mivens) 0 Mr. Hunt's Esmeralda, 105 t..................... (T. Ball) 0 Mr. Grey's Mischance, 9st 121 b............. (Holman) 0 Baron Rothschild's Louisa, 9st 101 b ...... . ..... (Bosall) 0 Mr. Blank's Paymaster, 9st 41b ............ (Donaldson) 0 Mr. George's Governess, 9st (Watkins) 0 Betting-5 to 1 agst Janus, sto 1 agst Mischance, 6to 1 agst General, 6 to 1 agst Louisa, 7 to 1 agst Ploughboy, 7 to 1 agst Screw, 8 to 1 agat Spring Back, and 10 to 1 agat any other. Won in a canter. The Farmers' Plate of 751. Four mil es . Mr. J. Brown's Troy, list 71b • (Goddard) 1 Mr. Holdham' s Huckabite, list 71b ........... (Ball) 2 Mr. Dover's Starch, list 71b (Bozall) 3 Nancy, list 71b (Rackley)—Buttermilk, li s t 71b (Simmons)—Baroness, list 71b (Ablett)—Russb orough, list 71b (Barker)—and Sir Tatton Sykes, li st 71 b (Day)—al s o r a n. Won by a length. St arc h a good third. The Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each and 25 added were won by Mr. P r y me ' s Kilwick, Ist (130x 4 11), b eating Frank, list 71b (Land)—Louisa, list (Ball)—Tragedy, list (Goddard)—Legislator, list 71b (Rackley)—a n d Phoanix, 1 Ist 716 (Hewitt) —in a canter. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. COVENTRY, 1852. The Coventry Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 2 only if declared on or before the 26th instant. Clothworker, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Musician, 5 yrs, Bst 21b— Agis, aged, 7st 121b—Merry Peal, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Selina, 6yrs, 7st 51b—Warwick, syrs, 7st 21b—Ribaldry, aged, 7st--Lady Bibina, 6 yrs, 7st—Bullfinch, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Ch e ddi ngton , 4 yrs, 6st 121b—The Clown, 5 yrs, Est 101b—Tightwaist, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Rioardus de Pickburne, 4 yrs, 6st 8 lb—Liberty, 5 yrs, Est 8 1b—Avis, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Milkboy, 4 yrs, Est 61b—First Fruits, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Heart of Oak, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Little Queen, 6 yrs, sst 101b—The Brahmin, 3 yrs, sst 61b-- Merlin, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Proud foot, 3 yrs, sst 21b—b cby Siwoom, out of The Queen, 3 yrs, sst 2 1b—Madeline, 3 yrs, sst—Sister to the Ma caw, 3 yrs, 4 s t 12 1b—Q ueen o f Spain, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. If the hi g h est we i ght acce pti n g be under Bst 71b, it will be rai se d, & c. CROXTON PARK, 1852. Weights f or t h e G ranby Handicap. To declare forfei 1016—The March 1. Alonzo, 5 y rs , 1 2st 8 1b—Cl o thworker, 6 yrs, ll s t 131 b be Justice, Marquis,s y 5 2 y rlists, l i s t l l 1016--Cockcrow, — 9lb C_o c i k t c a r i a w n , , 4 5 y y rrss: listst 71b—Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, Ilst 61b—Agin, aged, Ilst 61b -- Montague, 6 yrs, llst 61b—Darkie, 5 yrs, list 61b— Penang, 5 yrs, list 51b—Sir Robert, 5 yrs, list 51b— Brother to Dough, 5 yrs, Ilst 41b—Faux-pas, 4 yrs, Ilst 31b—Herbert, 6 yrs, I Ist 11b--Loadstone, aged, llst— Warwick, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b—Jack-in-the-Corner, 5 yrs, lOst 121b—The Sweep, 5 yrs, lOst 121b—Selina, 6 yrs, lOst 1 Ilb—John of Berwick, 5 yrs, lOst 111b—/Eolus, 4 yrs, lOst 111 b—Proctor, 4 yrs, lost 91b—Hard La bour, 5 yrs, lOst 81b—Presto, 4 yrs, lOst 81b—Bullfinch, 5 yrs, lOst 7 1 b—Goodwood, 6 yrs, lOst 616—Harpsi chord, 4 yrs, 104 61b—Sledmere, 4 yrs, lOst 51b—New Forest Deer, aged, lost 41 b—Estafette, 5 yrs, lOst 31b— Don Juan, 6 yrs, 104 21 b—Ischia, 4 yrs, lOst lib—Cy clops, 4 yrs, 9st 13 1b—Castanero, 5 yrs, 9st 131b—Uncle Sam, Llac nidoit 3 cha y wp r o s fr , ok 9 re s r t t, h 3 e6 l b. Gy o r 1 8 (1 , C I 2 u ft , 4 t o lb cl — e c c l a h r i e e f fo feit Justice,March 5 yrs,l. 1 2 s tr list Co l c o k i e b ri w m , 0 4 11 t y a r g s u , , 1 248 yrs, r l B l , b yrs, list 1 11b—Darkie, 5 y rs , list 111b—Lough B awn , 4 y 6 yrs, 1 Ist 51b—Jack-in-the-Corner, 5 yrs, fist 21 b — Warwick, 5 yrs, list Charming, 4 t t , ng Charm —Hard Labour, 5 yrs, lO s t 121b—Presto, 4 yrs, lOst 111b—Harpsichord, 4 yrs, l Ost 71b —New Forest Deer , aged, lOst 61b—Ischia, 4 y rs, lOst 21b—Don Juan, 6 , 9st 121b— yrs, lOst 21b—Cyclops, 4 Yrs C e stanere, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b. g, 4—yHr bieire DONCASTER, 1852. Acceptances (up to po s t ti me in the country) for the Doncaster Handicap of 10 soya, each. View Halloo, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Abd-el-Kader, age d, 7" 41b—Calculator, 4 yrs, 7st 41 b_Selina, 6 yrs, 7 8 t 21b — Kathleen, 5 yrs, let 21b—Toro Efoltby , 4 yrs, 7st— Knookhe P Knoll, 4 y rsrs, 6 st 121b—R,i (p —ada, 4'yrs, Est 121 b —T d roc Labo tor, 4 y, 6st 101b—Cogia 4 yrs, Est 101 b Har9r, 5 yrs, 6st 101b — The ' Catlei, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b—La lianas*, 5 yrs, Est 101 b —Abbess of Jervesu . x, 5 yrs, 6st 91b—England's Glory, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Isch ia, yes, sst .91b—B cby Irish Birdcatcher, 3 y rs ' 4 yrs, Est 61b—B cby Red Deer, out f Sister to Porto Bello, 4 yrs, Est 31b—Finesse, 4 yrs, 68t alb—Ma7 s A s n t n il 3 b—Galvanism, 3 yrs, Sat 61 b —Tom Pinch, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, sst 31b—liY&cinch, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Cl eveland, 3 yrs, sst 31b — Snowdrop, 3 yrs, sst—t. M ichael, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Dismay, 3 yes, 4st 121b—Lizzy, 3 yrs, 4st 1 01b—Voiante. 3 yrs, 4st. ST. .LUK.E 7- S ------- 11 0 . Yesterday the annual cou SPITAL rt of the governors of this George-yard, Lombard-street ; Mr. 11. F. Shaw Lefevre, treasurer, in the chair. The hospital was held at the George reports of the general committee, physicianr, and auditors, were read and ap proved. The proceeds of the centenary festival (after deducting all expenses) were reported to be 2,0481. 6s. Contracts had been entered into for improving the drainage, for building n ew , and Vulture Tavern, a n . e "aPel, a new laundry and work rooms, and for other additional accommodation at the hospital, for the sum of 3,428/. 2s. The works had be „ i n progress since June last, and were nearly com pleted. The number of patients deemed curable ad cgcleeusive of 669 re-admitted as in c into the hospital during the past year was 1 96; tl er e e s e t e a v b e l r is ie b s na , d e a n r t in o g f the the hos pital u inmbl;rsla,dlmBi,t2tseesde,baseeitxnaing of higher any previous year. The recoveries ef the male patients were in the proportion of 63 per cent., and those of the fcyeuema cable.ralhe a s beenpatients 7p48e.0r0- cians spoke in laudatory terms of the exertions of the resident officers. Many weeks have elapsed without any of the patients having been subjected to mechanical the physicians' report. The treasurer Papers accompanied reported that restraint.legacies h a dS,h)me been rt valuable aei ye d statistical during th 0. past year of 1,000/. from the executors of the late Jeremiah Olive, Esq., and 180/. stock Three-and-a-Quarter per C from the executers of Miss:Elizabeth S am ent. Annuities uities Brown of La r • eceipts for 10 082/. Is. 2d. T • the past year had been , . he Right Hon. Lord Ovcrstone was re-elected president; the six vice- St. John's, Wapping, deceased. The to 1 ' vice presidents and remaining officers of the corporation severally re-elected ; and, alter a cordi a l vote were of thank s to the chairman, the court ended. to re nal:PiodiiisciPosed7""l.. ga l rd n our the day, men ef THE ALCHEMISTS NOT ALL IN THE WRONG. o d n is ly eip t i o e o a are e e Arabian school and of the late alohemiwers of the subject of transmutation of metals, as a te sts on the cination of the human mind, and, strangely the to lament it. But the idea of the variYabenough' changeable corresponds to universal experience,le and always precedes that of the unchangeable. Th ( ) and of bodies, chemically simple, was first firmly notion lished in the science by the introduction cation lished doctrine, which admits the existen et ' the solid particles, not further divisible, or a c :' of But the ideas connected with this view aro s, little in accordance with our experience of nature, th at n ") chemist of the present day holds the metals, absolutely,e for simple undecomposable bodies, for true elemens Only a few years since, Berzelius was firmly con vinced of the compound nature of nitrogen, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; and we allow our so-called Simple substances to pass for such, not because w ,-, L . - - ...ne w that they are in reality unclecom hiposa—e, but because they are not as yet undecomposed, that is,_ bec ause we cannot yet demonstrate their decom p o sability 80 as to satisfy the requirements of science. But w e all hold it possible that thi.4 may be dono to-morrow. In the year 1807, the alkalies, alkaline earths, and earths proper were regarded as simple bodies, till Davy de monstrated that they were compounda of metals with oxygol,—Liebeg's Letters on Chemistry. TH E A LBURY MIJELDER .—The man Kee ne and Jane his wif e , accuse d o f m urdering a boy three ye ars old, the illegitim a t e son o f th e latter, were finally exami ne d b e: tore the magistrates, at Guildford, yesterda y, and committed for trial upon the capital charge. PEl3itU A It Y _ 19, 1652 IRELAND. DUBLIN, FEB. 18.—ARRIVAL OF SHIPS FROM THE TAG US —Six vessels belonging to Commodore Martin's fleet, from the Tagus, cast anchor in Queenstown harbour, on Monday afternoon, and others were expected to arrive in the course of the evening. A painful and distressing case was heard in the Belfast police-court on Saturday; some persons who had been passengers on board an Austrian vessel, the bound from Belfast to New York, being the plaintiffs, and Mr. T. Quin, emigration agent, de fendant. It appeared that the ship, which came to Belfast with grain, ;was hired for a voyage with emi grants to America, and was suffered to depart with 135 passengers and a crew of 15 on board, with only a very slight and imperfect examination, and a defi cient supply of water and other necessaries. They were scarcely removed from the land, when the small pox appeared on board, and before they were many days out, some fifty of the passengers were sick. The ship only got as far as Waterford, when it put back, and again entered Belfast Lough. The passage money was returned to such of the emigrants as ap plied for it, and the magistrates told the complain ants that much as they felt the hardship of the case, they were unable to give them any remedy. ABDUCTION FROM KILKENNY.—On Monday even. ing, at eight o'clock, the house of a widow named Butler, residing at Drakeland, near Kilkenny, was vicited by three men, armed, with their faces blackened, who forcibly seized on one of the widow's three daughters, Ellen Butler, and carried her away in despite of all opposition of her family. It appeared that the Butlers were a " comfortable" and it was be lieved in the neighbourhood that each of the girls would have a fortune of 1001. Patrick Egan, a small farmer, residing at Castleblunden, was a rejected suitor of Ellen's, and suspicion naturally fell upon him as the principal in the outrage. Constable Mac namara immediately proceeded to Egan's house, and found him absent. He discovered a dish containing culm and water, and a brush with which the mixture had been recently applied. Upon examining the ser vant boy, who was at the house, it was ascertained that he had recently washed his face, and the remains of the colouring matter was found behind his ears and in his hair. Upon taking him to Butler's he was identified as one of the party, and further his hat was discovered in the house, where it had fallen off. No trace of Egan or the girl has yet been obtained. SOUTH AMERICA. (Extract of a private letter from Buenos Ayres, Jan. 2, 1852.) Although no engagement has yet taken place between the troops of this Government and the Revolutionary forces, the latter continue to advance towards this city, their advanced posts being at San Pedro district, about 45 leagues. A decisive operation is, therefore, close at hand, and the next steamer will no doubt convey to you the final issue of this revolution. The commercial communication between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video had been re-opened on the 17th December by order of General Rosas's Government. (Extract of a letter from Monte Video, - Jan. 4.) Political affairs are rapidly approaching towards an eventful crisis. General Urquiza, with his army, crossed the Parana on the 21st and 23d ult., and at last dates was at San Nicolas, 60 leagues from the city of Buenos Ayres. General Rosas had ordered all his troops to re turn before the invaders, and to concentrate them in the vicinity of Buenos Ayres. The prevailing opinion was that such a measure showed weakness, and that Rosas must give way, especially as 600 or 700 of his troops stationed at Santa F 6 had gone over to Urquiza. Exchange 454 d. Roses may, however, intend to retire with his forces to the South. If he does this, the war, instead of being ended, will be a protracted one. EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The first annual meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The chair was taken by B. W. Crawford, Esq. The SECRETARY having read the report, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, begged to ex press, on behalf of himself and colleagues, the great gra tification they had in meeting the proprietors, and in submitting this day an accoun t o f the company's affairs. Ho hoped the di rectors ' procee di ngs wou ld meet with their cordial app ro b a ti on, cons id er i ng th e difficulties they had undergone. It was unfortunate that this meeting came so near the time appointed for the tenders to be sent in. On this subject he thought it would be prudent to say nothing at present; all he would say was that the question would b 3 consi dered both in respect to the public convenience as well as the interest of the shareholders. The course of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in these matters bad been a difficult one; he had been called upon to pledge him self to large sums of the public money, and therefore he was bound to ascertain clearly the amount and nature of the services to be rendered. The Peninsular Company was entitled to great credit as the pioneers in this eastern communication, but they had not availed them selves of all the improvements which circumstances required, which was shown by the large profits they bad divided. All he could say was that they had suffi cient funds at present, and that it was not the intention of the directors to call for more money till the con tract should be obtained. If they got the contract they could be put in the possession of a vessel, and if not it would not be compulsory to take it; if the contract were obtained, an agreement would be entered into for build ing ships, and the delay would be for the advantage of the company. A PROPRIETOR inquired what the amount of call would be? The CHAIRMAM said not more than 21, 10s. per share every three months; if the contract were not obtained, the money might not be wanted. A PROPRIETOR inquired how long it might be before the result of the contract was announced? The CHAIRMAN thought in about a week's time. The report was then adopted, and the board of direc tors was elected unanimously. Mr. BORRADAILE moved a vote of thanks to the di rectors for the attention and zeal they had displayed in the formation of the company, which was duly se conded and passed unanimously. The meeting then adjourned. EA3L GREY AND SIR HARRY SMITH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sim,—The interest the public naturally take as to the ultimate consequences to result from the dispatch of Earl Grey dated the 31st of January, addressed to his Excellency Sir Harry Smith, then and now the honour able representative of our Most Gracious Sovereign at the Cape of Good Hope, emboldens me to trouble you with a few remarks. It appears that on the 3d of February the Houses of Parliament met, and a blue book! was presented and ordered to lie on the table, a copy of the cor respondence relative to the state of the Kafirs, ee c . On the sth, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who, had he not been already immortal, would on this night have crowned himself with everlasting laurels, went down to the House of Lords to record, as he did in his most forcible and memorable words, his manly and generous protest against language the most uustatesmanlike and offensive, but used, I am sorry to say, by our Minister for War and for the Colonies, w h en reca lling a gallant old warrior from the field, where, no doubt, flesh honour and glory awaited him—indeed, perhaps, has already been gained. You Si:, at all events, will recollect well the case of Lord Gough—for in that, as now, you stood boldly forward, and your Sun shone beautifully forth, as it always does, when ilijury and insult are in tended, to dispel the heavy mist, with which injus tice and malice would ever overshadow and smother their victims. On the 71.13 , Sir, your article appeared on this sub ject —an article that does the greatest honour to the head and heart, as well as infinite credit to the talents of him who wrote it. If it has not had the power to make Earl Grey feel deeply and repent seriously of his cruel and heartless conduct to one who is far distant, and unable to defend himself, you will at least, Sir, I am sure, have had the satisfaction of carrying consolation and satisfaction to the old military friends of Sir Harry Smith, and to his near and dear rela tions. They cannot, Sir, have read your words re porting the Noble Duke's speech, without being con scious that the blow intended for Sir Harry must sooner or later recoil upon Earl Grey, and that what ever our Gracious Sovereign might sanction, and her Minister inflict, against Sir Harry Smitb, the people of England would not only acquit him of all the smallest blame, but receive him in this country with acclamation and with honour. The matter cannot, however, and must not rest here. On the 9th, 10th, 11th, the whole daily press came forward most unanimously in con d emna ti on o f E ar l G re y s conduct ; and it has not been forgotten that he was an unfettered man—he was not like Lord Palmerston, obliged to send his dispatches to be examined, and was of course the more responsible for the language he used. It is necessary for me here to allude more parti cularly to Lord Palmerston's case, because it will be of vast importance, in looking to the conduct of Earl Grey, to consider his power and:his duties —clearly understood, if not minutely explained. Lord John Russell spoke to the House of Com mons and the country on the 3d February, when speaking of Lord Palmerston, in the following words : " But as regards the Noble Lord, it did so happen, that in August, 1850, the precise terms were laid down in a communication on the part of her Majesty with respect to the transaction of business between the Crown and the Secretary of State. I became the organ of making that communication to my Noble Friend, and thus became responsible for the docu ment I am about to read from." [The Noble Lord then read the memorable document referred to.] Why, or how his Lordship could hold office for one moment after the receipt of this, is to me incompre hensible—but with that question we are not dealing —and thus pass on, therefore, to the case of Earl Grey and Sir Harry Smith, which will, I think, Sir, be found one far more serious and important, as a constitutional question, than at first sight has ap peared. On the 9th of February, the Hon. Member for Lambeth, wished to ask whether any letter of in structions had been sent to the Colonial Office, and whether the dispatch of January last, condemnatory of Sir Harry Smith, was approved of by the Prime Mi nister, and by him transmitted by the Sovereign before it was forwarded to Sir Harry Smith, or whether the con tents of the dispatch were communicated to her Ma jesty by Lord Grey as appeared in the 6th paragraph. Lord John Russell said, " with reference to the first part of the question, perhaps he might state, that when he came into office he received her Majesty's directions that all foreign dispatches should be sent to her Majesty. With respect to the colonial dispatches, her Majesty was pleased to say she was desirous to know all important proceedings, but that every par ticular dispatch need not be communicated. What was done in regard to this particular dispatch he was unable to say, except that it was transmitted to him. He might say further, that the decision to recal Sir Harry Smith was a decision of the Cabinet." Sir, these extracts are the foundation-stones, and are therefore most important. The public do not as yet half comprehend the abominable conduct of all parties concerned in this transaction. The country is indebted to the Hon. Member for Lambeth, who I trust is biding his time, and is not to be so easily put off as my Lord John may suppose with such an answer. I shall return to this subject, should you consider my observations as worthy the attention of the public. I honestly confess that it appears to me, if Earl Grey is permitted to remain in office, after his conduct to Sir Harry Smith, the family compact will indeed have proved itself too strong for the people.—l am, Sir, yours, Scc., A CONSTANT READER. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The union of the ancient, chivalrous, and time honoured families of Warwick and Wemyss was consum mated yesterday morning in that for-famed hymeneal temple of aristocratic alliances, St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by the marriage of Lord Brooke, only son of the Earl of Warwick, the direct representative of the renowned " King-maker" of bygone days, to the Honourable Ann Charteris, eldest daughter of Lord Elcho, and granddaughter of the Earl of Wemyss. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a very large number of the friends and relatives of both parties, the Right Hon. the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Warwick, Earl Grosvenor, and Lord Guernsey, being amongst the number, with many others of lesser note. The young lady, who was elegantly attired in the usual bridal costume, was attended to the altar by a full bevy of fair bridesmaids, and the church was also very much crowded by parties who came to witness the solemn engagement, after the ratification of which the immediate friends of the noble bride and bridegroom, to the number of eighty, repaired to the residence of Lord Elcho, in Hanover square, where they partook of a most recherché wedding breakfast prepared for the occasion, and on its conclusion, the health of the happy couple having been drank with all the honours, they entered a travelling carriage and four, and in another minute Lord and Lady Brooke were whirling away amidst the hearty cheers of their friends (accompanied by an old slipper flying after them), for that historic ancestral stronghold of his Lordship's feudal ancestors, Warwick Castle, where they will spend the honeymoon, and from the lofty battlements of which they can behold for miles the meandering of Avon's silvery stream flowing as si lently and enchanting as in the days when England n,,; 1 :! Bard wandered along its banks, entwining in w unrer ‘ in_ able song those deeds of chivalry and dari n g have rendered it and its owners' names famous t pos terity.o fitted to the Lord-Lieutenants of counties, her MlLlTlA.—According to the circular ,,mti je t s r t a y n h st as ni b L een pleased to recommend that an inspection of the permanent staff of the militia in Great Britain shall take place at the earliest possible period." Those gentlemen who may happen to be unprovided with proper uniform can obtain the sam e at moderate cost, and with great promptness, by applying to Messrs. Nicoll, army clothiers, of Regent-street and Corn hill, who are also preparing designs for ally fresh corps that may be formed, when all modern improvements in military clothing and accoutrements will have attentio n . — N.B. With all future orders for the equipment of volunteer rifle clubs, the members for which, according to an olEcial announce ment, may plead an exemption from serving in the militia Messrs. Nicoll respectfully beg to seek timely notice in those p e e al ; clothing, et b hh u i n t a gn where d seuccoh n oi 1. mayl , e instances where they may be requiredgteohtpler=erieflreeslymardee. .0 obtatned in any on the French go p rr e r oa i n ttfi c d i e p irs l Competent guaranteed by the qqlu ' ai rile t t iuotfny'imwfoairtmthe putwill b fisruffim.cie 3' ,the excellence in pow e an en d t l p 2 e o r , s i o l n e s ge w n i t l . l well-earned repation of this be sent to any part of the country if be insured, on application at 114, 116, 118 1 a fair amount of orders street, or 22, Cornhill. PILESERTED MEATS.—N AV contracts for preserved meats with Goldner, specifying the I r • — The returns of the quantity fit for use, and the quantity condemned, ordered by the House of Commons, have been published. It appears from the return, that 2 ,741,9881b5. have been issued out since the commencement of the contract, of which 95 per cent. had proved fit for use ; and 387,7951b5. had been con demned or returned into store. Complaints have been made from the first use of the preserved meats, but none ti l l the objectionable matter having been found in them 24th November, 1849 ; from which period until t in May, 1850, eleven complaints of offal dis issued for twenty-one canisters had been made. The ' principally Austin's stores Messrs. Cooper and Gamble. Of Captai i c h e e v u e n r ed contract in the Arctic voyagers was of superior quality, meat from 2,0061b5. had been condemned. A joint-stock brewery THE BEER QUESTION.--- j apital of 200,0001., in company has been formed, e e p s u ta b b li l c ist . i i n t g b of th 40,000 shares of 51 each, for wit t h he a t p o c u s r u p p o p s l e y breweries on a comprehensive plan,t below those at present unadulterated ale and porter a s pricesand yet with a handsome charged by the London brew There are also two features of o p ene d in various t t e r s i t e i n the scheme. To meet the case of profit on the capital invested. Branch 'Branch breweries are to be great and novel interest tin wil ng ii to incur the responsibility of persons who may 1/. each, who will purchases • and the , mined to admit subscribers of be entitled to a reduction on their own workmen regularly employed by the participationin all profits ex to be allowed a shareholders, it has been deter company are ceeding Si. per cent. upon the capit a l use d , i n proport i on to the value of their labour, as meas ure d b y the wages earned Jorge baying a T wo prisoners, in custody for of counterfeit coin in their possession, cutting amount Saturday by c the borough gaol of Colchester on ,_, Wall. at the ordinary rate. . from A afro doer and boakialg down A 011" DISMISSAL OF THE MASTER OF ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE. Yesterday, at a fully attended . vestry meeting of the parish of St. Pancras, held in the vestry-hall, King's road, Camden-town, Dr. Gregory moved the following resolution:—" That it appearing from the mi nutes of the board of directors that Mr. Eaton, master of tho St. Pancras workhouse, has forfeited their confidence, and that they recommend the vestry to declare the situation of master vacant, the vestry resolves that the services of Mr. Eaton be dispensed with on and after the 25th of March next." Dr. Gregory then entered into par ticulars relative to a correspondence which had been going on between Mr. Hall, ono of th e poor-law inspectors, and Mr. Eaton, the existence of which the latter had denied. He had on former ocea si ons done all in his power to defend the master from the various charges which had been brought against him; but now he telt convinced, after the manner in which Mr Eaton had prevaricated, that he was no longer worthy the confidence of the parish, and was unfit for the responsible duties of master of that workhouse.—Mr. Martinelli having seconded the motion, the master was called in, and stated that he had merely written to Mr. Hall as a private friend, not in his official capacity at the Poor-law Board. He did not deny having received a letter from that gen tleman, for he showed it to Mr. Baker, the church warden, the day it arrived. He applied to Mr. Hall for advice how to act with regard to the orders and regula tions given him by the vestry and the board of directors, which were contradictory to each other. If be carried out the former, which he was under a heavy bond to do, he disobeyed the latter; in this dilemma he applied to Mr. Hall, who had enclosed him a copy of the rules and re gulations issued by the Poor-law Board, and which he was informed he was bound to act up to. He had done much to improve the workhouse, notwithstanding all the impediments thrown in his way; there was no other master of a workhouse in England so shackled and bound as he had been. The master having retired, a long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Healey, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Manning, Mr. Billett, Mr. Bermingham, and other members took part, most of them denying that the Poor-law Board had any power to issue orders or re gulations for the guidance of the parish. When put to the vote, the numbers were—For the dismissal, 50; against it, 4: majority, 46. The master was then called in, and informed that after the 25th of March his ser vices would be dispensed with. SERIOUS ROBBERIES IN LIVERPOOL.—Within the last week a number of very daring robberies have been per petrated,in some instances the " garrotte" style of attack having been adopted, while in others personal violence of another kind. Burglaries, too, have prevailed to an un wonted extent. On Tuesday two notorious characters, Clarke and Foulkes, who broke into the shop of a pawn broker in Scotland-road some nights since and robbed him of 2001. worth of property, were committed to the assizes, having been apprehended in Manchester on Monday. An abandoned woman, their associate, was discharged. A mer chant's apprentice, who was carrying his master's cash-box to the place where it was usual to dep osit it, was the victim of a garrotte robbery on Saturday night, though fortunately both the box, containing money to the amount of 200!., was recovered, and the thief captured. Th e robberies in the out skirts have also been very numerous, but the county magis trates are taking prompt steps to put a stop to this state of things. THE GREAT UNKNowic—On Admiral Stewart presenting himself for admission at the door of the polling booth on Tuesday he was refused, unless be produce d a card, by the policeman who had charge of the entrance. " What ! a card from me," said tho astonished visitant, "why I am one of the culprits,' man." Police constable R looked equally astonished, and, apologising for his innocent ig norance, of course withdrew his opposition.—Kentish 1110, curt'. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—TiIe greater portion of the " second-rate bakers" throughout the metro polis, have reduced the price of the 41b. loaf front 6d. to 54d. The first-rate bakers at the West-end, the Strand, and in the City, s till, however, charge from 70. to Bd. f or the 41b. loaf. The best bread in Paris and Brussels is 60. per loaf of 41b. B oz . English second quality,., or 10 sous. EXTREME LOYALTY.—A party residing not above twenty miles from Burslem, Staffordshire, went to see the Queen on her late visit to Manchester, and was so charmed with her affability and evident goodness, that immediately on his return home he waited u pon the assessor of th e dis trict, and had his dog entered o n t h e books. It must be understood that he had hitherto looked upon the dog-tax as posi lion and evaded the law. an Lru :MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE socrxrt: The half-yearly general meeting of the members of this society was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. C. Harnett in the chair. Mr. S. BROWS, actuary to the soci e t y, having reset the minutes of the last meeting, and the notice con vening the present, proceeded to read the report of the directors. It stated that the progres s o f t h e society had been steady and satisfactory during th e past year, and that the surplus and additions t o th e policies had been gradually increasing. The aff a i rs aed of the society we re in a most prosperous conditi on ,j if there might be a passing regret that more new bit. einess had not been transacted, it would be borne in mind that the past year had been one of an unusual character, and that most of the life assurance com panies had felt its effects. The total number of pro. pose's laid before the board during the year had been 167, for assuring the surn of 83,7711. Of this number 126, for 60 946/., had been completed; 9 propoQals for 4,6001. were standing over for completion or further consideration at the end . of the year ; and 32 proposals fur as suring 18,225/. h ad been declined, or not pro ceeded with. The claims by death during the year had been remarkably small, being only 10,0501. on total sum assured varying from 548,8051. at the premiu ms r h a aci ly be beginning to 874,3 4 7 / - b less en c remaining in force at the end of mortalityth the year. o This n e de sutapnuttedhe, and was only about four-fifths of the average amount of claims for the preceding four years. The policies remaining i;1 force on th e Ist January, 1852, were 1,367; essuring 874,347/ ; an d producing an annual income from premiums of 29,0581 . Ss. 9d. The total assets or, the society on the 31st of December last amounted to 604,5051.18 s sd. (i nc l uding the value of future premiums receivable), and th e total liabilities to 514,9331. 18s. sd. (including present value of all the sums assured, leaving a clear surplu s f or division of 89,5721) The calculations for a rr i v i ng at these results had been completed with the greatest care, and ample allowances had been made for contin gencies so as to avoid any undue assumption of profits. The whole of the invested capital of the society was either in the Government funds or secured on the mortgage of freehold or other available property, none being lent out on per sonal security. The amount of theinvested capital had increased during the past year from 152,4961. 1 ls. to 174,1701. 10s. 6d. The system of agency had been too recently adopted to produce the advantages to which it must ultimately lead ; but it could not fail when fully carried out to be the means of making the character and position of the society known throughout the country. During the past Year 70 new agents had been appointed. The direc tors hoped that the members would not only assist them in selecting an active and efficient agent in every principal town in the kingdom, but would also make known amongst their private friends the satis factory working of the society, and the superior and increasing advantages which yearly experience showed to be the result of an assurance in this in stitution. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report, which had been read, should be received, adopted, and entered on the minutes, and in doing so expressed his willingness to afford any explanations that might be desired to the members of the society. No member, however, rising to ask a question, the resolution was put and carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. S. W.RosuLL, it was ordered that the report should be printed and circulated amongst the members. The proceedings terminated with the unanimous adoption of a cordial vote of thanks to the director for their zealous attention to the interests of th e ciety during the past year. FATAL COLLISION ON THE LANCA SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. BURY, FEB. 17.—A shocking collision on the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway, which resulted in tilt loss of two lives, was the subject of a lengthened in vestigation yesterday, at the Queen's Hotel, in this town, before Mr. T. P. Deardon, the coroner for the district. Mr. Gaskill, solicitor, of Bolton, with Mr. Blackmore, the general superintendent of the line, and Mr. Hirst, locomotive superintendent, at tended to watch the evidence for the company. The facts of the unfortunate event appear to be briefly these :—Between one and two o'clock on Saturday morning a goods train was in the act of being shifted from the siding or branch line connected with the goods warehouses of this station, when the Normanton luggage-train arrived from Bolton, and came in fear ful collision with the one which was being moved on to the main line. The shock is described to have been very severe. The engine was thrown on its broad side, and the driver, Robert Dunkerley, had one of his legs cut off, and was otherwise much hurt. He died shortly afterwards. The stoker, Benjamin Hewley, was killed on the spot. He was thrown under the tender, and his body was not extricated until between six and seven o'clock. It would appear that the Bol ton train had not to stop at Bury, and that it bad been going at the rate of twenty miles an hour, but on approaching the station and descending the incline its speed was reduced. There seemed to be some difficulty in ascertaining whether the red signal was on or not, and it would seem that the watchmen on duty at the station charged the guard with having knocked it off, and that he might at once say that it was on, and that he (the watchman) would not report him. The guard stated that he did not do so, and that indeed he could not tell whether it was on or not. The watchman informed the Court that he put the red light on to wards Bolton at about 10 minutes past 12 o'clock— that he had not altered it afterwards. Immediately after the collision, however, he found it off, as did the guard of the train which was run into. The signal was moved by a lever, and the watchman stated that he :h a d n ever known it to go off on its own accord. In t i h m e po s r i t g a n n al t ,intfhorempartoieoenedimngigehwt were adjourned. or gle t ed th r a e t spoectht:g RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND Noant-WEsranx RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending Fe'o. 15:— P assengers , parcels, mails, Sc. ... £22,439 411 Merchandise ... 17,383 17 11 Cattle .. ••• ••• ••• 860 13 6 ... ... •••£40,683 16 4 year •• • 40,335 R h d - Corresponding aspubhs e are exclusiveof th a Note.—The retur ns Canal and Shropshire U Huddersfield Union North traffic of the and Wyre,South Ju • notion, Manchester and Union, Preston d Buckinghamshireßailways, and of the propor tion week lest . Buxton, an deducted under agreement with the North G RE AT WIESTERN RAThwAY.--Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 15 ••• -.. £14,038 15 3 rres ponding week last year... 13,873 13 5 Co THE GREAT NORTHERN R an.W.A.Y.--( Billies in work, 2410 it turn of Traffic for the Week ending Feb s ti te on ffe o r f de thrafliirecCompany. Feb. 8, 1852:—. .... e Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,68 410 Cattle ... 7 Merchandise and nainexaLi ••• 5,741 8 0 ••• 142 17 2 Total .. Corresponding week, 18M (236 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. 137 Merch andise, Cattle, & c. • £4, • 3,662 9 9 0 9 11,491 10 0 Total .. ....£7,799 10 6 LONDON AND SOUTII-WESE'RN RAILWAY.—Amount of Passengers Goods - ... £5,961 18 10 ... 2,404 7 6 Total ... ... .. £8,366 6 4 Corresponding week last year... 7,960 13 2i LANCASHIRE AND YORKSIMLE RATT,WAY• (260 tßilgi Open.)—Traff ic f or week ending Feb. 15 £ 16,0 56 2 6 Corresponding week in last year (260 £13,544 19 10 miles open) .. NORTH STAF FORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—(MiIes 0pen,112.).. —• X 4 , 487 0 0 Return of traffic for the week ending Feb. 8 : Railway and canal Corresponding week last year ..• 4,399 o 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWA Y.. —Traffic for the week ending Feb. 15 : MAIN LLNE. ••• Passengers ••• and D. ... Parcels, H u• , iails Goods, cattle, ex .•. •.• ••• £1,004 19 3 ••• 60 4 4 ••• 567 14 1 575 0 0 Total £2,207 17 S passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ~, £44 S 4 1 9 11 43 1 11 Total £B9 0 2 STEAM-BOATS• Passengers . Parcels, H. C. and D. Total ... ... "' £217 14 5 CALEDONIAN RAILWAT.-..(1891 miles opened. )—g e t s 0 1 traffic for the week ending Feb. S: — Passengers, &c. .- Goods, &c. ... £2,668 10 5i ... 4,596 11 1 ... £ 7,265 1 6i )on di n g week last year ... 6,905 0 (4 TAVERN.—INAUGITRATION DINNER. , '"oguests sat d down to dinner at the —Last evening to celebrate the tenancy of the new proprie tors tavern —namely, tors of the same , . Messrs. Watson, Coggin, and Banks.-- The entertainment, wines, dessert, lec., were all of FREEMA . SO g Is' a s' b the most excellent description, and gave great satisfaction to the numerous company. The chair was filled by Mr. Alex anderout La were proposed and duly honoured :—" The Queen, Dobie ; and in the course of the night the following ,t,o llr t i s nce Albert," " The Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family,"" The Army and Navy," " The new Proprie tors of the Tavern," " The Chairman," " The Grand Master and Grand Lodge of England, and the T rus t ee s of the Free masons' Tavern," " The P ress. " The musical arrangements of the evening were co n d ucted by Mr. IL Smith, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Godder, Holmes, Williams, Fortescue, Williamson, Monsley, and the Misses Wells and G. Wells. Mr. Toole acted to toaatnamiter with his usual ability sad discretion. £lBB 6 11 29 5 6 ••• MOLD.