The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-02 00:00:00

NATIONAL REFORM ASSO-: ClitTlON.-('rms DAY.) k "uferenco of delegates teem all parts of the country w as . I(P7+ this day • i 11compliance at at. Martin la , pittiq noticei-seeet by the National Reform Assn tattier).- " hThe meet ing Ara; hold in the smaller hall, and there lte' e • p m . ' etesel J iited at-renounce of persona at 11 o'clock 44 the day advanced the number increased. ee • - " n ot i ced present Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., Ad hr tral .`sir Cherles Napier, Mr. Geach, M.P., Mr. Hume, 1 ,1• 1) ., Mr. Geo. Thompson, M.P., Mr.M'Cullaeh,M.l., J ' IV• Feor, M.P., Eclivd. Miall, the Rev. 'Mr. Bar tbeett, Mr. Ralph Walter, Mr. Elbert. Dewey, Mr. Hough-' w e n ' ?tr. Lettemore, 'Dr. Simpson, Mr. Searle, Mr. Slack, 1 e 14 , 1 ° 114 4e, 'Mr. Salisbury, and others.. ,10 8111711 WALMSLEY addressed the meeting to the ct the business of this cenfe=' b.. , the entire' tnatinii°g;m"engt of whano proeeedings will be your helal e per:nit me in the name of the ceuntal ta off, da best thanks for your at entlanee here to-. F, and for the valuable assistance you hive rendered t he cruse of reform In your several lecalhics. !Ise to eiTsuggestion; is, that in all we may it , dee m • ‘r a bofi it necessary to bay during the eating.. of ttlrs i n ,,Y; the should aim at the c.oidensation of our matter, aat reducing our propoeitions to the most practical shape.—(liear.) I would also suggest toat hhaws gentlemen who have any special information gm: to the confer ence, or any plans to submit, should, F`actleAle, put such information and plans into writ is o g , aril in as condensed compt.vs po,sible.—(Hear.) . t atitmen, when the circular was issued which as flounced the intention of the council to convene this illeeti ag, it was their expectation that you would as semble under-somewhat different.ciscutnstances, and be titi lSd upon to discuss the details of " A B il l for thelin rteent of the Repre aentatien,” introduced to l'ar ovrallient by her Mejesty's late Governmeno I need nut , I 141 Orn1 Sou that the Whig Administration has eessea to exist, and that Lord John RUB . L 11 01 I'd reform - is therefore no longer a Govern ...kilt measure. Th ese even ts have relieved us hem the necessity o f spen di ng m uch time in deliberat , upon the merits or the demerits of the Whig scheme "` reform. The great object et this conference will be to e ' 43 /is() those measures by which.a future Administration, I t v e llatever may be its name, will be compelled to grant to People of the United Kingdom a full and equal re tresentation in the House of Commons,—(Hear, hear.) "hail dismiss the late Reform Bill with a very few word'; After listening to the statement of the late Prime ilainister on the 9th of February, I felt it to be g' hl y duty to declare in my place in the House of Come le t)n a that -the measure, the outlines of which had been I: Latched by the Noble Lord, was totally unworthy of the It e r oe an ! e tjeramons, totally unworthy of being called a e& 1111 )ilh and totally unworthy of the political ,aute ai-11:6 of Lord John Russell.—(Cheers.) To this adhere.--(lleer.) It is no Reform Bill, for it ai e tt e ea a o Provision tor the independent, exorcize of the bp7 e t ; :l e f , i htieg. By the omission of the ballot, it brings th e ~."0 8 coudemnation so emphatically pronounced by k ee n!" employers of labour at a late conference in itturhoter, who declared " that any extension of the th e ch ;se, unaccompanied by the secrecy and security of 11 0 R , b e lt ' l et, would he mere mockery."—(Cheers.) It is e n 'oral Bill, for it would not bestow the right to vote ee i t ti . More thin half a million of the at present unfran -11074d clasees, Or. upon one in eight of the mil . thei e v,th a are unjustly dei.arred the right of electing Petty to w hom - are committed the disposal of their pro liberty, their liberty, and their lives.--(Cheers.) Such a i tirs ; t are carries upon the face of it the appearance of an f o i;tt rather than of a boon.—(Cheers.) It is no.Re - •tx Bill, for if es) some extent it widens the area of 66 iteeltiiiß boroughs it leaves otherwise untouched the , ll iftet { :latio Inequalities, and corruptions of the existing hap o t t ' - '"( l lear.) It is no . Retorm Bill as respects the Sib ilitits of representatives to their constituents, lia t e ee , es not repeal the Septennial Act, but leaves Par :, 4ft ee ' s "'" lo a seven years' existence e and Members to the Aki te - ", during -that period, to the deteriorating associa -14 the Iluuse of Commons.—(Cheers.) Such being ',',leei a ttleter of the Bill brought in by Lord John Bus e:., kte vr\ c annot regret its fate; but must rather con rata= larlan the fact that it no longer exists to impede Ct•d e L °ll . ll -to obtain a measure more consistent with the :"Ibti et 'ausods of th e people, and tee einterests of the oe ee ; r 3 l at large. With these observatiOns I come at 4efe t tn e e il la plan of reform advocate by the National IPe e •e'' Association —(Hear.) It d ie unnecessary to see l d i betarielt i t o h v e t features of the measure which, after atto has been adopted. with a view to the Oat I t i l e t t li t of a great practical good, by a concession on alits e - e "u of extreme and abstract opinions, and the tatte e -at °eat on the other of those restrictions and limi free 8 which stood in the way of the extension of the N e ne to the intelligent and industrial classes of the ihitil ai tY.—(Hear; hear.) The holding of nearly six PreB 2 - :', public meetings, the co-operation of the ltbo•;„ 3 . l : aet- annual discussion Parliament, and the Dlil et A u Da of a very large number of tracts and pum raost ""e made the principles of the association al wide ilairersally known, and have obtained for them a be e the most encouraging support. On one point only th at e ,re been an y misapprehension, and I am anxi o us tetiL al ier. the holding of this conference and the publi- Th e -ti ?f its proceedings, it should no longer exist. hel l Mi sapprehension to which I have alluded has out ee a misinterpretation of the first clause in Of ,eeelatation of our objects, as set forth on the card lieVahertihip. That clause is a definition of the qua tieee-e"ao for the franchise. Now it has been most te t'eously- supposed, that by the claiming to be rated tetra relief of the poor is meant the actual payment of h e ' as coudition of voting. Such is not the case. li th v xnet contrary is the fact.—(tiear.) All we mean tee t athe existing parochial machinery should be, re a 9 the best adapted for the purpose of local re lase 4 1 140 11, under local supervision and self government; bemot to be upon the reg i s t e r and to vote should Of 4 %1Y independent cu d i rres pe ct i ve o f the pay ment tep t e ttQ f----(Cbeere.) This simple statement will, I fri eti ',,et this question a t r es t, and g ive assurance to the he t :, B of refor m ever y w h ere , that we shall meat stre alee,°l oppose all attempts to. insert a rate paying to la any f u t ure Reform Bill, believing each a clause 144 a fruitful source of oppreesior, chicanery, and ' and little better than a penal enactment, vieit keetatm honest men the penalty of disfranchise- PtirS e or the nun-pre-Fayment of a due, which the (Chi , authorities have ample power to enforce.— 1'0%2;2.) It will, d ou btl e et, be expected that I should ferebe.: the r O p erat i ons of the association since the con s ti ne 1850. In co nfer:ail with the recommends el th a t thei bed'., the council has ever since been hee e Lae th e most popu l ar pr i nc ipl es , an d thnresutt has e tt agg ee we have had the benefit of the opinions and 4 ph e tilaZ °l 2 B of men intimately aware of the wishes and he triae `,. the great body of the unenfranchised classes. l'aeteors of th to t e assoche iationprinciples upon have adhered which the with no k e.hv fidelity th o aed 7.4 „was originally based, considering themeelves Ales ee e t;',.‘ati one hand to demand all that those princi „4 ext ftd 4 ,g e kd, and on the other toyeeist every attempt Pressed - s e tuetp, tit:leas with the consent and.at the ex tkilear emesire of the majority of the entire body,— ;tare -This feeliug has restrained the counted ;nit. ti e ,.7 4 h even a verbal alteration in the statement of ▪ ' e rre 1 - e ' n eiPles as they have thought it better that of ta be ' a partial and' temporary misconception P e l trlu e e t ; :tea airtg of a phrase than a suspicion of a de 'elite:: from the original basis. •To this course may, I oe ascribed much of the confidence and co-ope darie; w k ith which th e assoc iation has been favoured Peet e 3 ' tue Progress of its agitation. As was to be ZiQe a hthe a ssoc i at i on has had ,to conten d w ith difficul the n PPositioo. • These have arisen partly from %ek e 411 4 41 4 - tgo the society, open or con the '• • °L. EtAlorC , tarty . politiciwns, but more from ap.thy d "r - s n estaasa of the uneufranchised classes. e t 8 e° P; L PP m e i P ii e c ' u li w hih'have been received from all • tit t a l tiOn th w e br e r e g o u a e e m „ 'b o ati e ee d peraonal visits of the de,- se convinced the council twat time to time sent forth, ciaAlorge number of pr t°, as belonging to what are e ltrsons di in elves in possession 0 the middle clue& a 7 1 DOrel o fextending t ho franchise), are desirous it political 0 working classes rights.—(Cht ors.) Net a few of these to the have proved by their acts that LeY are entitled have not, during eet ge confidence of those whom, •.- , 37 ate se ki ng to recent They, however, comPleau, end with much jue- Yeti ve ;: °l 4 the working claeses ow„ - "' Nanifested that aothtusia am and energy i n their ti ot ; "age which are essential t o the niece. 818°f any exer (etiB Which ot h ers may put. forth on t,;ildl.oentr enthusiasm h a w.— the e e erl q They point to the labour,l flict for the sovinor f throv:hPle in 1831 and 1832, in the ceu etrt, anti to their e lup e " af the boroughmomgering 637 St hment of-the stru g le and orifices for the eetts 5 e sopo, 3 ,„g s sacrifices With the apparent a e he et ('barter, and contrast the the present time. ern 01 the working classes at t this state of thin friend of reform must deeply regret intelligent and Pei e „ 4 . a t and earnestly desire to se ,o the. -ekened to it "." 4l body of the ieelustrial community own polio see of the•importance of working out theird to Co. ernencipation. Others are PrePar e . 8 to tie a e ‘ ti With 'them; but if the great object t e rate-, °4l PlislaCel it must be by the efforts of the unen . themselves, aided and supported .by their hie,: w aOalready Possess the suffrage.--(Hear, hear.) e,ot tet " 'laid that there are men in every part of. the let te l l who merit'the confidence of the working classes; ti aite ' ea t hasten the bestow thiet confidence, and to litetedwitla those who claire to . elevate them. Having ( hie „ Wh4t I eiineeiVe io the principal reason why eetorgrees has not - been A 3 rapid and as great as we re ed . desire, let me also gratefully ecknowledee the c ite ! e n e e ts with which large numbers of the producing te"to e n aye United with us, and made concessions ter 0 0-oeratioa, while at the same time holding etr t a a ,,uvatidid opinions. I must also notice with' sin aid w e d deelh felt gratitu de the sanc tion and valuable 92tv0 received in various places from Christian twee-"ers, tsh •'the • intimate connexion e , , 0 have perceive( 'ott tali improvement of the social and civil condi elf tr fib a" and their'own success in the discharges littered duties which devolve upon them.--(Hear, t se tl. Po l e G6 tienien;the advent of nProtectionhit party pe er. will doubtless revive the spirit which animated tr during the struggle for the repeal of the k nltir twe ." - -(11mr, hear.) No one will witness the "''(Hear, that spirit with more 'satisfaction than 44q , of sco the energies of *he a s but I should deepty regret to , of Pri tee `th direeted'exaliteivelv to the maintenance the to ett Plesi of f r e e trade, instead of being directed * hel c i h o h., change in the sstem of representation t as. resets ellintne d from power all monopoln er Dt ex •or' i e `a_e ers. , cOmmercial; eCeleS . im i stic a ti r , 6 l , at this moment A cre it is • b e (. t c r . a u d s e o pznemtpies lily resources which 40 1 at Ua lled into action to'abolia g h the corn-laws were re sted the , th e time when repeal was obtained at ODCO di eltal h e . ° enlarc , embut arid purification of the elec igotie,-,-;',Yha-(Cheerb-e.) Mid the signal victory over the 4o re schtste of the people's bread - been followed by , a ,a tiv lefeca t t ee upon the monopolists of the People ~7tby i h ' " 3 0 - year 15.52 would not have se en Lord liZoPaw, but Government actin g in, harmony 7 a Pte, thEvagli a relconuecl std regernMed THE 'House of Commons.--(Chee6.) Let it_not ho forgotten that the restoration of the duties on corn, is only one trimegstereny evil measures Which a Tory Government assornse office to carry through Parlionient.—(llcer.) Let it not be forgotten that, the principles, and; conee-. qusntly the policy, of such a Government will be 'throughout illiberal, and that though it may not be ablei to carry its principle s, in all cases, into actual enactment, it will obstruct and prevent measures of a liberal elm. ratter from being carried.—(Hear, beer.) For myself, then, I will nut unite in a general agitation upon exclu eively free-trade principles; - and would counsel my countrymen, who want not only cheap bread, but cheap government, and a constant and s {Trans, control over the national purse, to embrace the present Issourable opportunity of securing the perpetual blessings of free trade, and a . general. ' rmelierotion of existine burdens, by menus of Et radical. ChLaigo in the repreLentation,—('Eauud cheers.) 'Let the people who purchase corn possess' the franchiae, and ;.hero need be no apprehension they will ever permit the :aedlords Eueland opin to tax the food on which They subsist.—(Clivers.) _ Ard now, gentlemen, in re tiring Irons the position iu which 1 have been placed; (nerdy that as president of the association l might 'open' :he bteinses of this c euterem e I have to express, ley 'earnest hope and strong belief that our pie ceedinee. wit!. be char-acre:l itcd by cool trey,' Moderation, a strict rept ( I to the oljects which have brought us together, mid, a spirit of liberality towards every, gentleman who' may , desire to address this assembly.—(flour, hear.) Your ous i ness i n the brat instance will be to elect a chairmen of confersrce, with eeu vice-onuirmen, a steretari, and a business committee; the latter should nut exceed seven in number, and were you to take (mew two. e a t cif orit,council they might facilitate the business. To these effieers should be coeliac:ditto affairss:if' the, confe renue, 'And ouch resolutions as may lay the groundwork fur pre=' fitablo discussion. It will else be the province of these gentlemen to prepare the final report or address of the conference to the nation. In couclution, let me remind you that if the association is to continue in existence, and to pursue in future the objects to which it has hitherto devoted its attention, it will need a still greater measure of support than that which it has yet received.—(Fleur.) Thus tar, and in the hope of ultimate assistance, the the burden and -t xpenso has been chiefly borne by few, rather than the many. Henceforth the pecuniary responsibility must be divided between those who are labouring fur the people and the people ehemslvets I Sustained by the body whichathe - association seeks to enfranchise, it will possess the power to - carry on all its operations with tenfold vigour, and the moral energy also, to enforce peaceably, and constitutionally, its rea sonable and just demands.-L(Cheers.) It vrill be you to determine whether you will renew youreonfidence rn the council and executive of the :association, and if you. should deem them worthy of continued approbation and' trust, then - to devise the means , of placing such resources of sympathy and funds at their disposal as will enable them to prosecute successfully the great work whielr has been committed to their hands.--(cheers.) Sir Joshua Walmsley concluded by moving that Mr. Hume be requested to take the chair.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. GEORGE TIIOMPSON, M.P., seconded the motions . which wan carded with great acclamation.' • .• Mr. Hume then took the chair amidst much applause. It was proposed. seconded, 'and carried, that - Robert Heywood, Esq., of Belton, and Robert Walters, Esq.; of Newcastle, should be appointed to act as Vice-Presidente of the Conference. Mr. George Thompson was elected Secretary. A business committee, consisting of seven gentlemen, • was next appointed. On the return of •tbe.business committee, Mr. MTitha . read the report. Mr. VARIEN stated himself to be a Chartist and a Financial Reformer, and ho rose for the purpose of de.: nying the statement which had been made, that' the bulk of the peeple 'were not With the association. It was obvious that it was the interest of this association to have the people with them, arid it wait equally ob vious that they had not.—(Cries of "Hear" and "No.") He saw no working men in the constitution of alto so ciety, and the fact was that the working classes did not go with the association. Tile gentlemen of this , asset- , ciation mai, put the Financial Reformers into poiver, and then you will have good government.—(ller.) Ile granted that, but if they did put them into power they would not put the people into power. To secure this, he. must say they must go ou a broader basis these had been laid down yet by those politibiens who were emphatically called the mercantile party. For his part,. he thought that the old aristocracy, bid as they were, went far beyond the mercantile party in many points' which related to the social and moral welfare of the. people. Mr. Fox, while he admired the spirit of the remarki made by the last speaker, differed from him as to the correctness of his assertion. If the people were not with the association, with whom were they ? He emphatically asserted that they were.—(Cries 'of " No, no," and "hear.") He himself Wes a C hartist, No man moving in public life, as he did, cou ld . ho p e to please everybody, but be believed no one could accuse him on the subject of reforite Repeated meetings of all classes had been heist to promote reform, and at a con- &moo of representatives it had becu agreed that bons° , hold suffrage ought to be conceded to the people; , a twelvemonth's reAdence to give the right to be placed upon the register, and the votes to be taken by ballot. Another branch of the subject which. the, conference considered, was the more equal distribution of the re presentation in the House of Commons, and it was agreed that the time bad come when a place like Har wich could not be allowed to return the same number of Members as Menehester. He wanted to see all parties united upon this great treat ian and he hoped cons e sioBH would he made on all sides, so that they might , work in harmony together. Mr. E JONES wished to.lsnow if lie was eligible to sit upon this Cont' rence. He had been deputed by the reee. tropolitan Chartists to attend this meeting and watch its preceediege. The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, of Mr. Searle was then carried. T ae h s e , l e l le A e n t E i Tmovtd vie election of air. Birch, of the University of Oxford, a farmer and a good radicale (A lough.) This election was carried, afier which Mr. Lateutoro was elected to represent the agricultural interest, and Mr. Edward tfiall the Nonconformist press. - A GENTLEMAN proposed the election of Mr. .B. O'Brien. Mr. G. Tnomrsoss said that gentleman was not eli gible, as he was not a member of the National Parlia mentary and Financial Reform , Association. This meeting had been, convened fore the purpose of proe, muting the objects of this association, and the eletutaits tee wished to,uaite all pestles with that view if it was possible to du so. No ono could be allowed. to vote in this conference who was not a member of the asssee elation, The CHAIRMAN said no ono who could rot prod uce bis card of membership should thrust th eir views opon.. the meeting. Mr. Diee . doubted the honesty of the -association , : The CHAIRMAN indignantly repelled the insinuation, and said while he occupied the choir he' would nut, allow Mr. Dick or any other man to call in. question the honesty of this association. A DELEGATE from the Tower. Hamlets waa.setisfied. that there would be.no feir play in this meeting, and he should therefore withdraw from ir.--(Cheerri.) A WORKING MAN said he had been admitted to this' meeting by a card, cud he was sorry to see,members of his class so utterly regardless of all order and decorum, as some of_them had exhibited to-lay. Mr. Holyoulte, Mr. Jackson, of Yarmouth, and Me Gregory Foster, were also elected , members of the bu siness committee. , Mr. MIALL thanked the conference for, haelog,elected hire, but he , could, only accept the office .c onditionally. He should accept upon the..understanding that thoolee, jeot of this new. movem e nt was to pr omote tha principle of reform recognised by the National parliamentary and. Financial Reform Associatiou. 7 -(Cheers.) the business committee were then' directed to retire ,- a nd enter at once u p on their functions. Mr. Iluma then addressed the meeting at some length, reminding the conference that he had been.4l years in the House of Commons, and, -during. the whole of that time, ho had voted in favour of progressive reform. He essisted in drawing up the Charter, but iu this country we were ruled by the majori t y , and ho wee therefore not disposed to sacrifice the improvement of his fellowmen because he could not get alto he wanted. The disunion which arose between him aud the Chartists _t_" ; ,Flre . years ago had se long delayed the progress of. aLturm. 'Those. of Mr. Jones's principles wa nted to g o t fast ; faster indeed, than there Were horse's sufficient with the reform that, this carry vitm ot•to f dbject to go half the they' t r h Surely, if they could not get to Oxford, unite all parties iZ)filatteLce carrying; out that idea as Way, and it was applied to had been called. was .to up the full opinion out''of t 1 compromise without giVing movement Would be auffee(7 professed, and he hoped the tion.--(Cbeers.) ,„ c ! 1 to go en - withoutinterrup , The conference was then add d e legates from the coantryassed the eased by the various c losed when our report left. . preeeepings had;SSof FAULIAIII6IiTAUT COMALITTERa;--T6- ...„' . Selection have appointed the following.c committee of C nnittec, consisting of Mr. Alderman c ope r ti ll : l 4 a;• ,- A Mr. W. Evans, Sir E. Gooch, Mr..Ccui ns , a d l i chairmata n .• , , 1 ,, on the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks, the Southall -1A J. Corporation %V aterworks, Sunderland Waterworki,a u d:r2 4 i thy r Tydvil Waterworks,_ to meet on the 16th of .Mar e h.Z r e ; Committee, consisting of Mr. Leg b, chairman, Mr: G re . fell, Sir G. Pechell, Mr. Dunctift, and Mr. Dawes,. on the Wolverhampton Gas, Newport Improvement, Cheltenham. Improvement, and Barnstaple Markets, to meet on thnl6th 9,,,f March; a Commitee, of Captain Harris,.thairman,Sie,a, —orreys, Mr. S. Davies, Mr. Milner, and Mr. W,Gooki .on say, Chairman du? Macclesfield Improvement, Runcorn Improvement, Stock-. ton IMprovement, and Liverpool Museum and Library,.to meet en the 18th of March; a Committee, of Colonel, Lind-. Heywood, an d m . r Hild • d the Droitwich Junction ; Mr. W. Lockhart, Lord E. Howsud,, Mr, on Canal, Medin a River N 3ar '. Lough Foyle 'et on the Ith of March. the Committees lfrainage, to meet and _ . avigation, South Essex Estuary, aod Accidental Death Insurance - and the East London Light .l3 ill q, are a ppointed to meet on th e e' 15th of March, and, those on the A T, Aberdeen Broaches andri(!irls Hospital, and Scarborough St. _. School, meet on the !Gila of March. Day, the childrenhelonging to the Welch:i. Sr. DAVID'S DAT.—Yea:tkee r ; f :nd App mill, tO being S. David's Gray's'lrtn lane, walked in procession to kj - orge e , I , „ re h n mimmr . Freemasons' After his Lordship's Square, where au eloquent sermon wag - -----, ----- --- Bishop of Manchester for the occasion: Prrehed.bythe Lord address, the children proceeded to the T y asons' Tavern, ehiwhich institution s w as where they partook of an excellent dinner, Tided for them by governors and friends ofth from Te Can d . .pn a invitation that' Sir CANADA. —We learn Allan Mac Nab has respectfully declined an to ' eclector a s hint by the Conservat' public dinner tendered to ' of Hamilton, Canada West. The Gallant Knight ly considers himself "apolitical "•t 4( no , longer Mans L ll . l . a nun for fi ways and material progress." S N, G A 7A 'sc —(CON T IN UED D ÜBLLN: OVIVZRSIT.y. . The mo2tintergting section of: thiS tnagzzlne is that 4tntitled,:t4'6'..rity Leaves from Greece." The i;ilitrast.. i s c vividly ponrtra of theyedbet‘ve Gr ent e h eiu, end the past grandeur rT;l>'nfiV°:;enrObinil superioritylto and insignificant position. There is, likewise, , well-- worthy of attention, "The Rath of Bad4mor, en ancient translation ' of. the - Fenian poems, which appear to have been written in thefourteenth century. - The last 'article i 4 devoted to the consideration of the policy of •LOid-Claren dim. The folloWing pleasing lines are.inet with in a lettei - clesig94o - "The' Bursting of the L.id t"--- , Sprino . ii 00[1144. spring is coming With ber.simshitie and her showers; • Heavcn is ringing with the singing . .• Of the birds,ta broke and howerii. • • Dods are filling', leaves are swelling, . glowers on field and, bloom on tree, 4 - a O'er The earth ilfid I , nd nOari /4at tire latilds :her jubilee. • ten] . 'es a feeling 01 , , tl; ! yr. utertlir,g _ O'or e rny bosom teoderlY; Ctt Lponder wn.mier, , For my mubitigs-arelof thee. -• . Everywhere antl every _minute, F. el I rwW•th'ev,-lovely cue . ; In the lark' and it) . tbe linnet, I Can bear thy Joyouoone; Bud and blooming mark the coming, q.,t4.1,14 OF th feet o'er vale Lind bill; And usy prestiee,witb,lifo's Makes the forest's heart to fill. • . Now before then I adore thee, Leveriicative'fbee I sing; NOV Luicut thceosud I ,grtet,theo, By the holy idame of Ft ring.: They are peculiarly. adapted to the present season; they breathe a fresh and genial spirit, which well bw fts the elastic 'feeling inspired by the dawning, of the fresh spring morning in the country. ROYAL MILITARY MAGAZIA E, A Journal devoted, to the Interests of the United Services. Edited by Lieutenant Hort. Tbe present numbest . contains " The Kafir Virarand the NationnUrDefences," and " A Recollection of West India Service;" , :There is an article on " The Command of the'. British Army," which -was written prior to the change of Ministers. It sets forth the impropriety of appoiutipg a civilian as Secretary of War. He has tho,ebArge and supervising all the pay, allowances , , , ,pensionts of her Majesty's army. It therefore, evident to every one that a military chief alone can be capable of judging rightly, on such subjects. There is a great deal of information to be gained respecting all the affairs and arrangeinents of the army, and,thus the publication before us may be of, great assistance to those .concerned in military sciences. .MISCE4LANEO.US. The first article *e meet in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine is entitled "On Preventable Death," which exposes the numerous evils and public . griev ances which tend, to increase mortality, and which it is_ possible to remove. It also contains " Rough Notes on the French, Army," and The Working Man's Way in the World." > Colbura's Monthly has an interesting paper on " The Modern .Vestry of Spain," by Mrs. Busbby. J.. E. Carpenter contri butes some graceful verses entitled "Olden Dreams." *4 The Lancashire Witches', have reached the four teenth chapter of Book 11., in Ainsworth's Magazine, and Miss Addison!s tale of "Fiore* Hamilton" is still 'continued. An article entitled " Shakspereana v or, Shakspeare and his Critics," is an interesting analysis of the works of the great dramatist. The New Monthly Belle Assemblee, which is now incorporated with the _Ladies' Companion, con tains a " Memoir of Madame du Deffant," by the late Countess of Blessington, and a somewhat impro bable though amusing tale by Mrs. Abdy. The " Child's Corner," and the " Work Table," pommy a prominent place. The Civil Engineer and. Architect's Journal has three illustrations, one of which repre , sents the iron railing of the British ,Museum. Tbere is alsn an abridged paper, read at the Institution of Civil Engineers, by Matthew Digby Wyktt, 'op the "'Construction of the Building for the Great Exhi bition." Mrs. Cowden Clarke continues her pleasing essays 'on ".Sympatby with Unknown People," in the British Journal ;- in which there are some lines on March flowers by Calder. Campbell, and a few stray thoughti` on the genius of Dickens... There is an amusing_ account, in the Foliet, of a Scindian lady's dress, and a lively sketch of it. The plates are, as usual, remarkable fur elegance of design and taste fulness of colouring. THE LIFE BOAT. No. I. Charles Knight. Considering that there are very :nearly two vessels belonging to the United Kingdom every day shipwrecked on an average, it must be at once seen that there is sufficient reason for the appearance of a periodicahjike ;he one here commenced—being a .Journal qf the National Shipwreck institution., Daring the course of the year 1850 there, were 692 of our vessels lost, giving a burthen of just 127,188 tons. There were `277 of these totr k l wrecks. There were 84:shnk by leDlis or collisions. There were 16 'a bandoued. And there were 804 stranded and so far injured as to necessitate the, discharge' of th4r oargees. Out of the whole cumber of : the crews end passengers whose lives were thus endangered a terrible aggregate, 780, perished. Aware of ,these 'Enid,. other facts :.of a indefa tigable_ Charles less lamentable character, the Ch ar l e s Knight has adventured upon i ul terprize In the publication of a tbreehalfponny organ of the Shipwreck Institution; 'entitled as 'above,. " The Life Boat." To it we wish all iinpgihablel3UCCCB9, if for 'no other reason-=and there are plenty of the.m-7—for tho' general interests of hurnanity. THE RIVER PLATE. Intelligence from 'Buenos Ayres to December2o has been received at Boston, United - States, indicating that Jpattere were`,fiisraPprotiebini a nrisis. Urquisa had crossed thdTarans, and` with a Well-appointed army, 20,000 strong, was on Ws . ' march to Buenos Ayres. His force' was expected to , he vastly increased *she passed through s tile provinces. The,. army of Resus was encamped in and about Buenos Ayres, and be was busily engaged thern—there was Areal dii:sati4gtion amongst them.. Rosas had laid waste the country through which Urquisa .would pass. Ono. town of 10,000 inhabitants wa:i levelled by his orders; the women and-children were obliged to take refuge in Buenos Ayree, while:the z4a were all im pressed into tne,army. , . I THE ANEW CROWN OFFICERS IN SCOTLAND.—.It IS now, we believe, pretty certain that Mr. Adam Anderson, the present Dean of Vonulty, has accepted the Lord-Advocate ship ;tinder the PrOtectionist Ministry. TO enable Mr. Anderson to get iiit s o Parliirnent, itis repotted that John Hope will resign his seat for Midlothian. Mr. Anderson, we may mention, was Solicitor-General under Sir R. Peel's Government in 1846, and retained office after Lord Derby seceded from Sir Robert Peel. The Solicitor-Generalship will, it is said, be offered to Mr. Inglis ; but in the event of, his non-acceptance,:lt is likely that the office will he given to Mr. Charles PAM. We were in error, it seemNin stating in our last that Mr. Sandford, who was at that time talked of as Solicitor-General, was in Landon.— Scotsman The Jersey Times states that a Frencritnan is about to bet appointed French Vice-Consul. for the Channel Islands, andis to reside in Jetsey. STEAMIARS ON TIIE'bEINE.—IG is i u, contemplatiop to establish a line of steamers to run on the Seine, between Bercy. and Grenelle, on the plan of those which ply on the Th sines. There will be intermediate stations, at which they will call to land and embark passengers. This service will, it is said, commence in,the spring. - -` Sir William Henry Elwes died on. the ' 8.4 1 instant, in indigent circumstances, at North Shields; Where he had resided for many 3 ears, He ; was _6B years of age, and the only surviving son of the late Colonel Henry Elwes. lt is underftood that the ' deceased• was a 'de scendatit ti they notorious.miser, John , Elwea.--Carlisle Patriot. TUE ATTOREY B7 hope ROMI:, at J. all events, anobstacle i aT etneved. : Sir Charles. Wood, in. ; rp Ax4—There is' firm on all otherpoints,: was obstinate in refusing relief to the attorneys. A whisper of opposition made Min yield almott anything that was asked by any other bliss or in terest ; ; but even three adverse' votes of the House of Com mons could nut overcome his hostility to the lawyers: , Let us hope:that Mr. Disraeli will be more reasonable ll have or more pliant. , He has a autpluslo deal with; he wi a "further , revenue from import duties, which will enable hint' to lighten the burdens of interal taxatiOn. He his ad ireeitted this in opposition..:he u cannot refuse it in office.— , Law Tithes. ' The; accounts of the state of trade in the_provinCes nterest. during the past week present noth i ng of pticulari At Manchester there has been a satisfactory business at firm ,prices, with an increased demand kr some descriptions of goods which had been fOr a long time neglected. The trade :Ifi.sl'lottingham continues in a healthy state. In the woollen i ricts there has been much dulness. At Birmingham the usual orders for the season are beginning to crea te re newed animation spr in g The recent discovery that potash salts may be .obt a i ocd . blast furnaces is in prOfitable uantities from the soot of linen trade has b e et attracting considerable attention.' ,The Irish .tion at Belfast to well,maintained and there is a disposi. place. . end a t - • , ' o the cotton manufactures of that Mu. Mummius, M.P ;:: rr.'. Derby, on Mond , 11 ).last, sent f ur ,.7--IN e le arn that the Earl of for Cirencester, and in the m ost Mr.' Mullipgs, the Member tirely unsolicited, etre' entioi 4 a s u4ortant :ofli ' ce in the new.; dined to accept n. Gek.ttlen any Government 44lice leo respectfully de himself I,n any way as letpdent l rtever, or to fetter of Commons.—Gh J l le!nbet 'of the ( uce ourna . , ... , House DEATH OF SIR JOHN W We have to record the demise of this member il l BART.—. ro netcy,: who expired On the 29th ultimo, in.thelf3 the Ba , hi s age. t he deceased gentleman married,,' in 1797 d Y he ear of coe d daughter and co-heir.of the KeV.:Jam James Atta r,so7 D.C.L., of H oremond en , Kent, by Which lady , w ho disci i is 47, he has ha d Vith other issue a son, John James, born 1800, and w ho succeeds to the family p ro p ert y , whic h is situate in the county of Dorset. The first Baronet was High Sheriff of Dorset, in 1772., The family is in a certain degree descended from the celebrated :General ;Monk, Duke of Albemarle. , . LUSH RAILWAYS. —The Bill for the construction of railways iu Ireland proposes that grand juries may make presentments in aid of railways authorise& by Act of Par liament,. the rates presented - for Coltedion::not to exceed a certain pundage. LONDON, TUESDAY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. I w i tn . g j: re ll or o;' the directors was read: — The half-;early'' meeting of the proprietors was held on Saturday, et the central station, in Lothbury—the M.P., presiding. ' ' ' Cl34 , T ' aih l 7 h f e ri:l a i e u eounts show an available balance of 14.701/. 12.1. 3 , 1. Of this sum the, directors recommend the di vision of 9 3691. 95., which will produce a dividend at the rate .01 6 per cent. per annum upon both classes of shares, learieg a balance of 5,3321. 3s. 33. to the credit of Übe next half year, The directors point out to the proprietors that this dividend is upon an increased 'amount of capital to . the extent of 47,150/, no part of which has yet' become productive. It must also be borne it'; mind that the incre:sed efficiency of the arrange niquts, and the numerous mechanical improvements in every branch cif - the system of the company, have ena blud them to effect a reelection in the tariff to the ex tent of upwards of 'an ce n t., ini o l v i ng, , as a neces sary coniequence, an additional current expenditure, while titer iecreatlo in the number of megleges received and trent witted, which the result has slitown that your diracters were justified in unticipatiter Aevelore d. 'ln the last report it is not yet fully , ciictracts had been entered into to t he extent of 910' ' 1 • •• mile., including the Manchester, Sheffield and Lin ,4,,ltir:ir,ielly,sltihfioeritro::. bat; acw ( l ; rlt r i‘ e s: c : ta t l tec. ... lt....ah7ll Northern, b 11 .1iIali:}oel Ife a lse t w e i s i 2 1 t a ei , G o a llo n r skLe n . ;It a nnounced pral%, was madesi n t t a e b n n l a s s !o f t . n ar pl a e s te l a , !: ,te t r L b e or l o i u n: h, to an t.t d ri t s h eo e l re s m ei a t i li n e; e t r ;c i :l e o co s in hi p ke iet i: Great Western will be open this week; the Great North ing length I will, pro ably be open in the course of the ensuing mouth. These works, so far ai the directors btive biiene!riabled to judge, will b e cc mpleto d un d er t h e *,ealimstca. Since the I:ist half-y ear l y meeting,. fresh • -contracts have been entered into, extendirg over a dij 3 ta s t 7t2 o / f . 5 7 1 , . 6 00'n d., Le 'iln°'llo'hrdt which h ig to the will inv o l ve an .expenditure'd elaborate estimates submitted by the engineer in chief._ These' estimates include the extension of the company' s system,. tvhich will be required in conformity with thtteletermination of; your directors, expressed in their. list repOrt, that they would . not rest satisfied tiff elinittris of the kingdom should be provided with Jtilliegraphic ec commodation, and until they .begs" so combined and _economised the system a s to ban, most extended use, for which it is natotrlsobi it into the anted. 'They directors consider that the a resol u tion of the speeisl meeting call ed i n December lasi, authorising the issue of debentures, will render ashares, Classl3, ti, on the great extension of the lin e s within the . last . airy further a ry. call The at directors presen t c o on ng the r at la a t 0 themselves twelve months and look forward , at no distant period, to the completion of a system already of great national im portance, and ultimately to embrace every commercial town in the country. The delays , inaccuracies, and ex an exemplifica ptiogenseofofthtehegcreoanttiandevnatnaltagteeletgorathpirpbs, are an of the adminis tration of such a Single manage ment. This *a:system b e ing under circumstance alo ne ad rnits the estab_ lishment ' o f a lOW a n d uniform tariff , as with theiostage, arid else th e accommodation of districts, Whi c h ot h er .- wise could n ot of themselves maintain a telegraph.. 'The capital account, to the end, of December last, i,liovred a receipt upon the shares of 33 0,0001.; sun d ry liabilities, as per ledger, 34,981/.,199. 9d.; reserved fund, 68,534 t. 'l6a. 9d.; balance, 14,701/. 12.5. 3d.; total, 448,218/. Bs. 9d. On the other side, the c oat o f tele graphs completed and in progress, inclusive of the cost of patents, w e e 361,731/, 18s. B d . ; other items (including 26,370/. 19s. 7d. cash and securities in hand), 76,4861. Ns- Id.; total, 448,218/. Bs. 9d . . , The revenue account for the half-year ending Dee. 31, i showed receipts for inesoges' subscriptions, and con tracts, amounting to 24,336/. Bs. 10d.; and expenses amounting to 15979/. 16s. 7 d.; leavin g a balance of 8,661/. l2a. 3d. The general balance exhibited the re salt stated in the report. The report having been received and adopted, formal resolutions carrying out its several recommendations, and making a dividend at the rat e of 6 p er cent., were also agre e d to; Mr.. George Wilson and Colonel Wylde were re-elected directors; and Mr. Albert Ricardo was re-appointed . an auditor. 'The CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the meeting as to the prospects of the comPanY• He took the thin nest' of the attendance as a proof of the confidence which thaahareholders at large reposed in the directors; and it. would be impossible to explain to those who had re efintly become proprietors, the various details of the company's erations, which had, in fact, become almost innumerable Ile' would therefore merely observe that the director s , in making the various renewals and ex tensions of the company's sysiem of communication, had been guided more by a desire to str en g then their posi tion than by any 'expectation of immediate profit. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of increasing the numbeieof directors from eight to the number allowed by the A c t, namely twelve; the chair , chair man remarking that the board bad no immediate inten tion of acting upon the .resolution; but they thought that it might become desirable to appoint directors re sident in some of the larger'towns, such as Manchester, Liverpool, Beige) &C. It was not proposed, however, td increase the remuneration at present allowed to the board, namely, 500/.`a year. • A resolution, authorising th e increase, having been agreed to, th an k s were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. , THE EXPRESS EDITION of " THE W3ll. received by mail train last night, or rather. at half past 12 this morning, copies of the latest editions of the Standard, Globe, Express, and Sun newspapers. The Sun was the only sine of the four which contained Lord Derby's, speech complete en the opening of the P ar li amentar y proCeedings under the now Ministry.; we were thus put in pmsession, by theeritßrprise and activity of the executive.of: The Sun, of a laTge amount of valuable intelligence fora few .pence, which we sliould not have been able to obtain by. any other means without an outlay of several pounds —Portsmouth Tints and -Naval Gazette. ACCIDENT TO TEE OUTWAR D INDIAN MAIL.— Intelligence, via Malta ; f rom Alexandria, to . the 14th of February, announces that th e Peninsular and. Oriental Coin pany's steam-ship.,Haington, winch left Suez ou the S th idem, at four P.m. with the passengers anti ou tward Cal cutta and China mails dispat c h e d from London on the 20th of January, had been towed back by the East India Com pany's steam-packet Akbar, in consequence of her engines having been rendered useless by the fracture of her inter mediate shaft, which will detain her at Suez until a new one can be sent, from either England or Calcutta. It was ex pected that the mails and 'passengers she had onboard for Bombay would proceed about the 20th of February by the Akbar,' but all the others, for Calcutta, &c., will have to await the Hindostan, not due from Calcutta' before' the be ginning of March. FIRE AT ST. MARGARET'S ennlicit.—On Sunday it ,was mentioned by Mr. Crow, th e beadle at St. Margare t' s church, adjoining Westminster. Abbey, that on Ash-Wed nesday a tire broke out in that edifice, which might have been attended with the most fearful results, had it been known at the time, the church being full, and the sermon, by the Rev. Mr. Preston, just c ommenced. The first alarm wa s given.by a man corning fro m the Houses of Par li amen t, *he observed a flame issuing from the roof of the building rattle Abbey side, close to the cornice. With great fore thought he quietly infornied m r. Crow of what he bad wit ressed, and that officer, engaged 10 or 12 men, who got out the fire ladders which are kept in the church, end ordered th e 'parish engines to be got in readiness. He by this mea ns got on the roof, and it b ecame necessary to remove &limit 20 feet of the coping stone bef o r e t h e p l ace w h e nce the {l i me issued could be got it. It was then discovered that an old flue leading from the fireplace in the vestry-room, width had bean almost forgotten, had become red hot, and Set fire to oue of the beams in the roof of the church. For there is a pump clse h tunatelY, a ,,,,i, en p e ns oe water, Which Y, and the men speedily got enabled Mr. Crow to extin guish the fire. While all this wag going' on at the roof, and - crowd had collected in St. Mar , - of the a , knew of fraret s-street, not one tongeegation extinguish it curried out, and there is no doubt had an alarm been given in the church the rush to the doors would have been tearful. It is fortunate, too, that the fire did not break oat in the tight time, as thi s part of the church is close to Henry the Seventlf , Chapel, . , .....se TRAVELLING /N TEE O.I.DEN TIME.—The - first coach' that went from London to Oxford in one day was in the Month of Aprl, 1669. It contained Six passengers, had a boot on each side, .and *as een hours on the road. What a magic chauge, indeed ! The same distance can now accomplished - within the hour. be accom A RUNAWAY BRIDEGROOm.----There vat a merry ' we dding near the bank s .of the 11 rr en Friday last, which i l aci i .if not a melancholy, the least a singular close. The parties were duly united in band s of wedlock, having been made one according to the customary rites. After the usual festivities, the " young. guidman,, instead of retiring w ith his bride, intimated intention of going g back to his employer's house, and toall solicitation: to the contrary his was, "Na,na! Pse come back th , reply be ready for my work i' the nior • , 1 ' gang away to in his " better -h a lf„ set with his - phrtt, e l y bu g t rather h er -half" In a maiden Meditatianl. fancy tree,' , We are agriued, no doubt, at his 'unlooked-for ( departure. glad to have it to re port, that the fugitive from Hymen kept his word, and blithely, returned"to' his lady's . shower, after the labour of Saturday'was.fulished.--Durnfr S te tanclard. - The Lord s Chancellor has conferred the appoint- Went. of PrinClPal SecretarySinaonS,' the reporter of the long series of cases heard before the late Vi ce.ehancoi _ lor 6f England': r- • . ' v new - d -.- Tat LAW - BILLE.--The tor Chancellor has' lOSt no time in intimating that it is his intention , tossup- port gte recommendation of, the Commission ration for the Re form of the. Court of Chancery. The Common Lavr Pro cedure Bill will also be adopted by the Government. It may be assumed, from the recent pamphlet of Sir E. Sugden, that no further progress will be made with the registration scheme,: It is, however, scarcely probable that any ' of these measures • will become law this .year.—Law - 2'inces. : i• AWFUL OCCURRENCE NEAR MANcEESTER.--011 Suthe 'Saturday morning last , Mr. Spencer anufacture rB ' a hi ghly ' re-. wadable cotton-spinner and b r, residing at ru down Oldbain, committed suicide by leapingßarker, "k and Co , ittn,t coalpit be longing to blessrs. Evans, been a great sufferer from borough. Mr. Suthers is said tohave to have committed therom rheu mat ism, and is, supposed sutnring. I-fe went to t rash act unditr the influence thatof in the morning, while h the 7 u"Ile about half-past 11 o'clockotitli, and, deliberately clasping'ackhsi-s men 'Were near the' pit m then at rest .fora moment,' f the two ropes, arini iouud one 9 pr o.er in consequence of one cag e bein g_ a t the t op and the leaped forward and descended with other, at the button?, depth of the pit is 145 yardS.' lie awful_ rapidity. The sitiOn, but one of his legs coming in 'alighted in an upright po the i . c age was cut (4, awl the other touts ;t with the top o a good deal bruised. There also broke 0.. ails left side wi an d one bad a near escape. were tour men at the bott om, na te gentleman e ' e body, but found They went to the . unfortunate 1 Sutbers was in a large way of that life, was extinct. have been in prosperous and bU Sib 0143, ;amt .is believed to l ea ves a widow, son, and two .kje affine, tit ' circumstances.ta t s ances. 11. e daugi tiers bereaved under these shocking circu was about 58 or 60 years of age. ' '. ' 4 FUND ei,i'AL-ivOIPPERS' -The receipts of this fund ieo to the Bth August 1851 from ;;the 31st December, ' a ' d the, , , payments to 47,003/. amor nated 'to 488354 10s. 3c1., 832/. 03. 4d.! 9s. lid leaving balance of 1, ~ a Humphrey gi, o _ 3'a ' '— Messrs. Brown and , "AricSIBURY. Ee.ward C. W. Cox have addressed the electors of this ed Free-trader. la , orptigh. Th e f ormer i s a convert EVENING-, MARCH THE QUEEN'S COURT. (FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN). The Queen held a Court at twelve o'clock yester day at Buckingbarn Palace. The Earl of Carlisle had an audience of her Ma jesty. and resigned his seal of office as Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster. The Right Hon. R.A. Christopher had an audience of 11 , r Majesty, and was sworn in Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster, receiving from her Majesty the seal of office. ' Mr. Danvers, Clerk of the Council and Registrar of the Duchy Court of Lancaster, attended the cere• monv. - Lord Foley had audience of the Queen, and re signed his gold stick of office as Captain of the lion. Corps.of 'Gentlemen at Arms. The Earl of Sandwich had an audience of the Queen, end received from her Majesty his gold stick of cffiae as Captain of her Majesty's lion. Corps of Gentl( men at Arms. The Queen was attended by Lord Elphinstone, Lord in Waiting, and 111 , ijor General Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary arrived in town at two o'clock yesterday s afternoon from hew, to pay a visit to tho. Queen. Their Royal Highnesses went to Bucking ham Pelace s , and plrtook of luncheon with her Ma jesty and , Prince Albert. At three o'clock the Duchess and Princess Mary took their departure, returning to ,Tier Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and Major General Buckley, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday afternoon at Gloucester House. . His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester day afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at .the Palace of Westminster about three o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The other Royal Commissioners present were Earl Granville, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P.,. the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Bazley, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr. Alderman, Thompson, rd.P. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowring, Secre taries to the Royal Commission, attended. Dr. Lyon Playfair, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Dilke were present. The meeting broke up at half-past four o'clock. Previous to the meeting of the Commission, the Finance Committee held a meeting at the Palace of Westminster, at half-past one o'clock. There were present Earl Granville, the Right Hon. H. Labou chere, Sir Alexander Spearman, Sir William Cubitt, Mr. Baring. M.P., Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Bow ring (secretary.) Mr. Cole, Mr. Dilke, and Mr. Carpenter. attended. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Helena and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took their accustomed exercise yes terday in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty bad a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duehess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, his Excel lency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Marquis of Exeter, Ladv Anna Maria Dawson, the Earl of Hardwicke, and Mr. Hallam. The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attend ance during, dinner, and performed the following se leCtion Overture—" Die lustigen Weib:r von W indsor... 1 1 / 4 ; icolai. Glee—" Mynheer Van Dunck". . Sir H. R. Bishop. Waltz--" Alexander" Potpourri.—" Lucrezia Borgia" .. Donizetti. Polka—" Hamburg" . Leutner. Ballet aus der opera " Rienzi" Wagner. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Friday next at BuckingbamTalace. Summonses were issued yesterday to the Ministers and Officers of State from the Privy Council-office. Major-General Buckley has relieved Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey in his duties as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, and ' Colonel Bouverie has re lieved Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordonin his duties as Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by,Lady Anna Maria Dawson, visited their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prin cess Mary yesterday at Kew. Mr. Hume, M.P., had an interview with the Right llon. Sir J. Pakingtor, yesterday, at the Colonial office. Mr. John Macgregor, M.P., bad an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. Mr, Rumbold, M.P., had an interview with Lord Oolche!ter yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governors of the North American provinces: Dispatches were rent yesterday to the Governors of the .West India islands, and.to the Governor of New Zeeland. THE NEW CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND HIS CONSTITUEN N. The Right lion. B. Disraeli has just published the following address to the electors of the county of Buckingham : • Gentlemen,—Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to call me to her Majesty's Privy Council, and appoint me Chancellor of the Exchequer, I resign into your hatids, according to the salutary 'principle of the Constitution, that office which you, intrusted to me as your,representative in the House of Commons. But as I will not believe that the favour of our Sovereign Can be any disqualification for the confidence of her Ma jesty's loyal subjects, I have the honour to state that on the I2th instant, in our county hall, I shall again ven ture to claim your suffrages for the high distinction of being your Member in the House of Commons. " The late Administration fell to pieces from internal dissension, and not from the assault of their ,opponents ; and notwithstanding tbo obvious difficulties of our posi tion, we have felt thst to shrink from encountering them would he to leave the country without a Government, and her Majesty without servants. Our first duty will •be to provide for the ordinary and current exigencies of the public service ; but, at no distant period, we loie, with the concurrerce of the country, to establish a policy in conformity with the principles which in oppo sition we bare felt it our duty to maintain. "We shall endeavour to terminate that strife of classss which, of late years, has exercised so pernicious an influence over the welfare of this kingdom; to ac• complish those remedial measures which great produc tive interests, suffering from unequal taxation, have a right to demand from a just Government; to cultivate friendly relations with.all foreign Powers and secure honourable peace ; to uphold in their spirit, as well as in their form, our political institutions; and to inorease the effi2iency, as well as maintain the rights, of our na tional and Protestant Church. " An Administration formed with these objects, and favourable to progressive improvement in every depart ment of the State, is one which, we hope, may obtain the support and command the confidence - of the commu nity, whose sympathies are the best foundation for a strong Administration, while they are the best security for a mild government. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your obliged and faithful servant, 61 London, March 111852: " B. DISRAELI." BRITISH PREMIERS. The following is a list of British Premiers during the last hundred years:— Appointed. Time in office. Yrs. Days. 1754, April 5 Duke of Newcastle 1762, May 29 Earl of Bute 1763, April 16 G. Grenville 1705, July 12 Marquis of Rockingham 3 1 21 1766, Aug. 2 Duke of Grafton. 1770, Jan. 28 Lord North 1782, March 3 Marquis of Rockingham 0 132 1722, July 13 Earl of Shelburne .. . 1783, April 5 Duke of Portland 0 260 1783, Dec. 27 William Pitt ,17 8 0 1801), March 17 Lord Sidmouth 1804, May 12 William Pitt 1 ' 246 1806, Jan. 8 Lord Grenvill© l,, 64 1807, March 13 Duke of Portland 1810, June 28 Spencer Percival 307 350 1812, June 8 Earl of Liverpool ....... .. 14 121 4 1827, April 11 George Canning ••..•"" . 0 13 1827, Aug. 10 Lord Goderich ........... . 0 2 301 1828, Jan. 25 Duke of Welling ton 1830, Nov. 22 Earl Grey 1834, July 11 Lord Melbourne .. 1834, Nov. 16 Duke of Wellington . . 1834, Dec. 8 Sir Robert Peel 0 131 .1835, April 18 Lord Melbourne .. 6 138 1841, Sept. 3 Sir R9bert Peel 1845, D.c. 10 Lord John Russell 1845, Dec. 20 Sir Robert Peel 1846, Juno 26 Lord John Russell . 5 239 . .......... 185° Feb. 22 Earl o f Derby .......•• • • _ _ . ..........-- A SON.—At a im e ti ng TZ' • Ii.OSSUT ii PRESENTED IPI, leder from the wife of a clergym an say to in Ohio the following was handed to Governor Kossuth r edemptio th n e "Honoured Sir,—Permit me, a humble lady, to you that, f the i n view ° • . and of Hungary , .ahieve through your democratic exertionn„ id to oaring neither silver no NS preSent you with as a a 4. 1 deem it a 'duty, connected liti' a Privilege t nlent, I with my sov, -who is dearer to my a • , 0 preunt you silver or gold ; and, on the anxious heart S . - day in which liberty, ir, than proclaimed to Hungary, to have my Kossuth, now near eleven months old, grandson Hannon his little hat in honour to G o d 81 trained as to raise and liberty "MRs. P * - - -‘Ey• J. T. DoNAntrE." ...New York Herold. A N 'non ExcusE.—An Irish piper, who now and then indulged in a glass to o much, was accosted by I Vase Irian w i t h—" Pat, what ma k es your face so red?' " gentle ye t honour," said Pat, " I always bl us h w h e n I *aka to a gentleman." 1852. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Sir F. T. Baring's Board of Admiralty will quit their offi2cs this d a y, .ap.d Rear-Admiral the Duke of r de e n d s da y themselves. morning. Nor thumberlaod and his (.l°l ,_ , ; n c ,3 ti4 g:c o s ti wi ; l v l The 2. t l e la r ti u t p a and tl i N hi b r le Duke will not (wimpy the First Lord's °alai residence in the Admiralty -square, but will reside at Northumberland House. It is expected that his Grace will imtnediately fix a day fur receiving, c flicers. Sir F. Baring left the Admiralty yesterday- for Portsmouth. COMIoDORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON. Commodore Martin and his ships, Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris; Lauder, 50, Captain Dern; Rogue, 60, zerew•ship, Captain Al'llutigall; and Dauntless, 03, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, remain at gurenstowr, read; for sea at a moment's noli'c. We hear that the Dauntless is to be sent to Devonport for stores and provisionr. Her crew will• mast likely be paid wages therP, when she will rejoin the Commodore. A professional contemporary has ',Le following',with reference to the gle ernise:—‘t Ia the ' run from. Lisbon the D3.U*11114,13 and Arelhu,i had one ,small trial of sailing on a wind.. Moderato brecvs under all plain sail. The Arethusl beat the Datintleis bur very little—about 800 or 009 yards after Oirc.e hours' sai:ing. • We hear that the now masts, yards, sails, &e., of the Dauntless have wonderfully improved her tailing qualiiies. In the gala of wind she behaved remarkably well, and when running fat, she could spare a r,fl at tit:4 l of sail to any . ship in the squadron. Mr. Fah:horn rosy now flirty cl a i m having produced the first steamer that was. fully capable of keeping company in fair or foul wettliQr, and under all circumstances, with a squadron conaposed of the fastest railing frigates in the n ti v ) ." Fitt la. BELcrunt's ARCTIC SEARcitING EXPEDITF.N; —SirEdward Beleber's two ships end their two tenders are pregressinggradu:dly iu their ma.nuini, , ,s and fittint;s. The ships have ,oli their booli about otricers and men out'of their - complement of 192, and they' ;Will be ont of the hands of the dockyard about the the middle of this month. Mr. liogarth, of Aberdeen, who fitted out Penny's ex pedition, is supplying most of the preserved meats, and Edwards and Co. are supplying a large quantity of th e patent preserved potato, which is so highly spoken of arid recommended from all quarters of the world. Commander Pullen's ship the North Star, fitting at Sheerness, is entering her complement of thirty-five, and as soon sis ready will be towed up to Deptford, to load with stores and provisions. Mr. F. W. Pym, midshipman, has been appointed to the Assistance. THE STEAM RESERVE.—The Admiralty have ordered the Valorous and Iligbflyer steamer-sloops, at Woolwich, to have their armaments put on board; and the former is to ba navigated to Devonport, to form one of the reserve squadron at that port, in charge of Captain Ramsey. The Bull-dog steam-sloop, at Portsmouth, will be commissioned most likely. The Vixen steam sloop, is ordered to be fitted as an advanced vessel, and placed in the_ first class, instead of the Bull-dog. Rear- Admiral 'Deans Duadas, 0.13., in his flag-ship Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, was spoken on the 18th ult., by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid, in lat. 37.48 N., long. 9.10 W.— all well. Captain Denham's surveying-ship Herald, fitting at Chatham, has entered more than half her crew. She will be completed by the dockyard about the middle of this month, and will be ready to sail, with her tender, the Torch, for the South Seas about tho Ist of May. Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, of the Horatio, 24, screw-steam guard-ship, at Sheerness, was on leave of absence Until Saturday last. Sho will not be out of the hands of the dockyard before the 22d instant, and will be ready for sea the next day. She is 50 blue jackets short of her complement of 216. Lieutenant Russell Patsy, who has been appointed to the Bloundhouud'steam-vessel, on the coast of Africa, commands that vessel not as a tender, but as an inde- ' pendent vessel. She is ordered to have a complement made up of 55 men. Lieutenant West, of the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, at Sheerness, has proceeded on leave of absence to March 12. The Waterloo will be completed by the 6th March. Lieutenant P. Johnson, and part of the crew of the Reynard steam-sloop, lost in the Chinese Seas, who were landed at Devonport on Thursday evening from the Woodbridge, Indiaman, in which vessel they had taken passsde from Singapore, aro ordered to be paid oft Lieutenant C. A. P. V. Robinson, just promoted, and appointed to the Sampson steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, has not yet joined, nor has Second Master J. M. Share. .Antelope, 3, steam•packet, Lieutenant Commander Young, fitting at Woolwich, is entering a complement of 65 officers and men. Dasher steamer, Commander Archibald Lefebvre, ar rived at Portsmouth, from the Channel Islands, yester day, to have defects made good. Elfin royal steam-tender, Master. Commander Ballis ton,'with Commander Crispin on board, was taken out round Spithead to test her engines and machinery pre vious to the removal of the Court to Osborne. Cern. mander Crispin wil go out in the Fairy royal yacht tender, on Thursday, for a similar purpose. • Neptune, 120, at Portsmouth, has had her sides clean scraped, and is now being painted. She will be cut of the dockyard hands in the course of a fortnight. Polyphemus, 4, steam-sloop, Commander Phillips, fitting at Woolwich, will be ready for sea by the 9th or 10th instant. She has more than half her complement of 100 on her bookr, but f7lw of them are blue jackets. Resiitance troop-ship, Master-Commander Bradshaw, loading with stores at Deptford, will be ready to leave for Portsmouth and Devonport on Monday next. The Sirioom screw steam-fiigate, Ciptaiu Kingccme, has had her compasses adjusted iu the swam-basin at Portsmouth. St. George, 120—The following warrant officers, sit pernumerari?s in the St. George, at Dlvonport, hare been superannuated on the following ensions:—John Harvey, csr;,enter, 801. pfi. annum; Edwatcl 701, e ,,,: Peter Tucker, boatsw a i n , 451 per annum , Vincer;: . , 120, Portsmouth —A party of rigcrs aro fittno S. Vincent; her tops are over the malt-h:ads, and her rigging i3.progre.ailig. Vuititiu;;, 6, st2cm-FAcop, Commander Barnard, rc turned.to PlyMetrili SOund on Monday evening, from a cruise to the chops of the Channel to relieve the home ward-bound merchantmen det,ined by the prevailing easterly winds. MALTA, FEE. 18.—The French steamer Nil, expected four,da3s since from Al(!xundrie, has been rendered unfit fur immediate service by an accident, and the Osiris (in her stead) has arrived to-day. The Superb will sail, it is said, on Saturday for England. The Phaeton is under orders to proceed to Corfu to relieve the Indefatigable, ordered to the Channel squad ron. _ _ The foremast of the Bellerophon, on being examined, is found quite rotten. The rudder of the Albion is condemned. The Trafalgar's mast is.not sprung, as was thought to be the case. A court of inquiry, compose 3 of Rear-Admiral Harvey, and Captain Purcell, of the Superb, has been sitting to inquire into the cause of the collision between the Albion and the Trafalgar.. The Vengeance lost a gun in the late gale at sea, and another ran through one of the ports. A gallant act was performed at tea after the storm. A " middy" of the Trafalgar, named Sheepehanks, while " skykrking" on the poop, fell overboard, and imme diately the second-master, Skead, plunged over to save him, and happily succeeded. In the meantime a lad, named Lamb, gallantly jumped off the poop—a height of 45 feet; on being brought on board, and asked by the captain (Greville) why he had encountered so much danger, and put him (the captain) into so much fear, the gallant bey replied, " Oh, sir, young Sheepshanks is ' the pet of the mess. We could not of to lose rum, at any rate." A general court-martial assembled on Monday last on board the Albion, Rear-Admiral Harvey, President, Captain Purcell Greville, and the remainder of the captains in port, except Johnson , of th e Albion, mm bets, to try a man named Minos, A. 8.. for having caused the death of John Furnea ux, A. 8., by giving him a blow on the 31st tilt., by which be caused him to fall from the maintop, and of which he died on the 4th of February inst. . The r, priso n c r , who was defended by Lientensnt Measles of the Royal Marines, received en exceltcnt character, and, as the blow was not premeditated, w as sentenced to be imprisoned for six calendar months in one of her Majesty's gaols. A .general court-martial assembled on Monday last, and, on being removed to the Lieutenant-Coloael Jima, president, to try P r i vate down the sergeant of Shields, 76th Regiment, for being drunk and knocking dgguouwaarrtinirSeeerregrangtota song; and, the The prisoner was found guilty, end sentenced to re t was intlictethiesamrso,rannindat.o ceive 50 lashes, to be imprisoned for two there Letters from Tunis, of the 10th inst., lose h l e d. ee p r e p r e d r a e y i p fo u r ni a sh y m ea e r n . )i e n s g loss to the shipping, report serious on I t T he Ist inst., during down, torrents flowed down the lossthe N.E.a mo ngga ale. e B s b e i s p u t date trees have been blown mountains, several walls have 1,600 crumbled down, and se veral Arabs have be en SHEERNESS, MARCH 11l drowned. 9hoe,r c zopotra i inngtshoenuen. mo er Majesty's ship London, the Downs as a guar i r ship it of ndiustilag her com ntague:Stoplord, was swung at Friday and Saturday, for the purpose As she is to be statielledin orders forthwith to . pl srastut, 850 . Complete her crew to the full it is expected she will receive c, . -tier present ship is only 340. The of reserve at this port, it is reported, willstaelasm h squ s ad e r ti o e n ned in the Downs, complement as an advanced under the command ofCa t o 'n e the t Hon. S. T. Carnegie, of her Majesty's screw steamer Horatio, 24; her Ma jesty'sof Vi ce -Ad miral the Hun. JOSCeiille Percy , Corainan , ship Waterloo, 120, Captain G. R. Mund y , flats e der-in-Chief at the. N " ore, ' i , having her guns placed on board. It is an extraordinary f ac t, that the muskets an d pistols supp li e d to t hat valuable hod) , cf men consti tuting the coast guard are still fitted with the cummou flint locks. This circumstance is worthy the notice of the new Board of... Admiralty and the Master -General of the Ordnance. . Tao D utc h galliot Ven Boa zatlerfelie, which went on shore last week en the West Barrow band, has be come a total wreck. With the exception of a cabin -boy. who was picked up by a fishing sratel t an d conve y e d to Southend, all.her craw perished. %s rt ae of , the ' , e lms was found on the sand, and landed at Whitstable by t he Lalla Bookh, of that port. The galliot was laden with oa ts, part of which was sav e d by a Colchester barge, and t a ken into'hitstable. The ship Persia also w ent ashore on t h e edge off p us© Shoal, but gotwithout assistance , w ith the loss of the anchor and thi r t y f athoms of c h a in. of the WOOLWICH, MA RCH 1. Li eu ten APPOINTMENTS. an t Walter Strict laud (1847), to the Polyphemus eteam-sloop Wk..)l. wiob, for bet vice on the coast Of Africa' Clerks—Edward S. Cooke (1549), recently serving in I the Southampton, 50, and John G. Wilson to the 19S, at Chatham, for surveying. service in tho South Pl:UMullu\ Thomas Armstrong tohoActing Gunner, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.13., Surveyor of the Navy, Lud Air. Watts, Asistant-Surveyor, visited Wool wich Dockyard to irepect thQ progress of the Agamem non, 90, budding and to be fitted with a screw propeller. The gallant etlicor also inspected the liigh.flycr ctcarn. sloop, now ready for commission, and the Torch steam vesel, tender to the 11Pruld, fcr surveying service. Tilt , . Lightning steam-veszel, bisster Commandtr Allen, arrived here to-day from Portsmouth. SPORTING NOTES. CLXXIX. ODDS AND ENDS FRONT LIVERPOOL. tz.^. TO TILE E1)11•0:i OF TIIE SL'.Y. corn 2 e a rl i s sure t t l ij ;1 1; t o e t b r o ßc c l x li tr atr a ii s i f) ti n :lr h ; S il i r 1C7U 11 1 ) : tions Of the various ca - odidates at out to come off. Since d _acing down. niv nerrirlis yestereciy, th:lt great certainty for the Liverpool Spring Cur Surpris. , —has surprised the world by diiappearing trout the Inarkut the in.: , :cootint:L:ble manner. Pc.mour that there has been a row in the stable, but whethet: C.d..; is the case or no, the true , n‘rticulars no dett'_,t, oozy, out in the course of the d'ay. This de clension of Surprise has considerably altered the u(lihi f)r the Si. Ting Cup. Yesterday afternoon and evening into the rn a n i n l i i nt e ,ge t: n ot ,t s )., o a a stiff commi,tion was put upon the Abbess ot Jervcaus, who rose trAn s-ivetis to ~st,'oalsiref,;, varied l r a rc t t e t r n i t r , i y t c l m ie ti : s a , y bi a s large sun' was sent e nd tliis t c h Bdt a ie3 t rtdcal) ianT:;t cvi'knt his chance must not be &spired. TLo oL ly movements of any cousequunce that have oc curred in the laA eight-ana-;city hours, with respe c t to the steeplechase, the breaking down of Hardwick and Perjury; the advance upon a large outlay of Warner from an outside position to 12 to 1; the decline of Sir John upon the upward movement of his stable conipa nion; the introduction of Abd-el haler as Osborue's borer, Venture being a very improbable starter; the announcement that Postilion and Melford are not likely to run; and the tremendous rush upon my fancy animal, Maria Day, who is to be tooled by Frisby. The fields for the Spring Cup and Steeplechase aro as near as possible, comprised in the following list:— Liverpool Spring Cup—llungerford, Abbess of Jer veaux, Melford, Ischia, Truegiri, Zalmyra filly, Snow drop, and Banshee. Don Carlos somewhat doubtful. Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase—Sir John, Abd-el-liader, Sir Peter Laurie, Peter Simple (d), Chieftsin, Bourton, Bedford (6 yrs), A g is, W arner, Maria Day, Joan f Arc, Miss Mowbray, Carrig (d), Dolly's Brae, Silent Friend, La Gazza Ladra, Bedford (5 yrs), M'lon, Vietress, Laurienne, Cogia, Maurice Daley, and Royal Blue (d). My opinion remains, in most points, unaltered. The race I anticipate will lie among Sir Peter Laurie, Chief tain, Maria Day, Ls Gazza Ladre, Victress, and Mau rice Daley; and I still think Maria Day and Mau rice Daley, with La Gam Ladra and Vietress, good enough to fill the foremost places. The betting this morning on the couple of ram above -mentioned is uncommonly brisk. Spring Cup -4 to 1 aget Abbess of Jervtaux, taken freely; 4 to 1 agst llungerford, taken freely; 6 to 1 eget Melford; 8 to 1 agst Snowdrop; 8 to I agst Truegiri; 10 to 1 eget Ischia; all sorts of odds eget Surprise, varying from 8 to 20 to L Liverpool Steeple Chase-8 to 11 eget Chieftain; 10 to 1 agst Maria Day; IQ to 1 agat Miss Mowbray; 10 to 1 agat Victress; 12 to 1 eget Warner; 15 to 1 agst La Gazza Ladra; 15 to 1 agst Cogia (Tacker up); 18 to 1 agst Bedford (6 yrs); 18 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kuder; 25 to 1 ao. b st Sir Peter L aur i e; 25 to agst Sir John (no backers); 1000 to 30 agst Maurice Daley; 100 to 1 each agst Postilion and Fernhill. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. March 2, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Atkinson's Chieftain—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mason's Miss Mowbray 12 to 1 agst Mr. Hig,gins's Maria Day—taken 12 to 1 . agst Mr. Gooch's Victress 16 to 1 agst Mr. Goodwin's La Gezza Ladra—taken 16 to 1 Mr. J. Bird's Cogia 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barling's Bedford, 6 yrs old—taken 20 to 1 agat Lord Waterford's Warner—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader 20 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Sir John . Chieftain, Miss Mowbray, Maria Day, and Bedford in • general favour; but very little done. • LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 4 to 1 agst Mr. King's Abbess of Jerveaux—taken 20 to 1 agat Mr. Gooch na Surprise The advance of the Abbess of Jerveaux is the conse quence of the sudden and inexplicable retirement of Surprise, against whom 20 to 1 was currently offered. His appearance at Liverpool is more than doubtful; 1,000 to 15 was offered against him for the Chester Cup. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 16 to 1 agst Bardolph, sst 61b—taken DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble 15 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbing's Alfred the Great—taken and afterwards offered 16 to 1 agq Mr. J. Stanley's - Orelio 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur 20 to 1 agst Lord liibb!es(Ne's Lapidist 20 to 1 agst Lord Ribbiesialo%; Kingston 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Phantom Augur and Lapidist were hacked in the early part ~f tho day at 18 arid 20 to 1, but towards then close were quite out of favour, es mach as 22 to 1, in hundreds, having been laid once agat Lapidist, and 20 to 1 offered azst etrl!. -Nothing &Le ou the MetropoLtan Handicap or Chester Cup, V PRINTEIts' PENSION SOCIETY. Y:bteNlay the alumni general meeting of this so ciety took place at the London Tavern, for the purpose o f rece iving the report of th,, committee for the past ear, ) the aipointment of officers for the year ensuing, -- and, among ( Alair business, to elect five pensioners from a list of 24 candidates. After the conclusion of the poll, IL TATLOR, Esq., F.E.S., took the chair, and after a few preliminary remarks, called upon the secretary ( M r , J. S. Hodson) to read the report, which set forth that the society had been established nearly a quarter of a alty, and liberal c e of of t h the e t xe the p m e r p yt l ee o l y sr. e rhs., had the (. century, during which period it not only had received the support ail in t i t a ss u i , s i ts on n . aid from the public, which aid it had extended to while there had been trade, but also the patronage . of roy, upwards of 160 of their poor, eged, and de serv i ng brethren. The s uhferiptions , at the last annual din ner were not more than P:0/., .much less than the 1 usual average, but the annual sunseriptions exceeded provi.ou.s year by 101., The •1 - • .' those soctsocendsoipfdretohrieb: property of the oeiety was 1/01V 5,761/ 16s 4 1 1 The death of tire . pensionf.r . .: during. _,.. 0 - ce siened the vacancies to .. he filled up on this oc •.. - the death of Ilen . ry ..1 le3 ' , E' - (1., sate of sy"l un, By soc i e ty had aequireoa legacy of 25 0 i Ta , or-lone, the the past year, includirs a previou.s balance e r . ece . ipts of 9i1., amounted to 1,068/. 3,, , 1 1,1 . . - "ce, of 4a. 14a. remained of SUI. 15r. tii.l. I'' , ..C't which a balance The report baviog berm adortA • some discu:sion, that in consequencee', It was resolved, after an additional pensioner to b of the above legacy, stoner, should be annually' e called' " The Thy ren. The remaining 1- , : thankl were „clo t ; , e u . astne:,:s hay . ing• been disposed of, broke up. (1 d to t .e chairmaa, and the meeting We have got the .I NE LEATHER. sought to be_ae, NOTIIING 1 .---' St this time of d 0.., trick of pushing things to extremes c b a e ou u t p e r lt l o ic u d e a t. r ( - d is applict. and day. Soule theory has been broicbed, ph;l to answer; and immediately it is in all manner of ways— fi tting and .uutittincr :,- lou 103 • ' , CO this in such small matters a , thing sprang aritut3itro.:r'irncah'btriew:Zo:terse. now ßit s t o h u e g . h . t n ttl like leather" prin g einle is more strikingly cxun o : plifif(l in the current movements of the day. Not long in reli"ion, ego Free Trade was the great question; and Free Trade became the law. Forthwith a host of projectors up who proposed applying it to everything. Free Trade in law, Free Trade in banking., Free Trade Free Trade in carrying letters, Free Trade in education, Free Trade to the ent ont of doin g nothing for nobody, but letting e verybody do everything for th e m se l ves . We, e were to noted let everythi n g alone . To leave towns un cleaned, streets unsewered , children uneducat e d, erimi nets unrefurmed , p au p ers , letters unearned, be cause to attempt to du there things by means of a law, would be an •' interference with the free-trade prineiPl . "•" It , s h or t it meant nothing lik e leather! Look At yrie plans of social and national reform which are afsot. There arc fifty different movements, each of which, ac cording to its special advocates, is the only thing to " sav e society. Listen t o th e mu l t i tu d e of cries—" More church, cry 1.11.: clergy; isg chases; " National . schools," cry the educators; " TOtel. abstinence,'" cry the teetotallers; "No war," the vegetarians ; the socialists; communism,ot hother movement. " cry cry the pe ace a d vocates; "No state schools and " The charter," cry the work... churches,' cry the voluntaries; ~ No flesh meat," cry treats it with and We need not say that we sympathiz9 with many of them, though we cannot dieguise from ourselves that so d of Pie. Every 'man secs in his own psuacea the one thing they sfrikiiTly illustrate the nothing like leather pri nn i. needful to make men as they ought to be. He will ate indifference, if net with scorii; or, at all events, ho doi' as Tom Codlin did, tries to ,persuade Us that ' Codli ' 8 no virtue in soother man's project. Ile the friend —no t t 4 " rt ; Shur ' 's ver y well as far he na • the real friend is C,,,,iii n _ not sh ~a s Rocs, butort. As . order and wiser they cats to 1 ,men grov - .. They . -e have perfect F ~,, in . 3 „y ransc.a. find a little f '' 0 o good in F c lu' v ' e ' r ' y ' , h i, ;g . itcy are ready to welcome good from whote7er q uarter it way come, f ur , . • 'a and they begin to find out that tun pat-rktLce :are not - ,:- ,I • COl:Hatt. to any ▪ par • tit'ular cLques, or potti(." or , - ' actle:is And after ail, w , do manrge to advance, t o t,, a • h • ,• ~•• the errs' it stanum„, ' whiCh proceed from' s::/n, quarters, that we are ruined because we do not go fast i nouAli, and from others that we are ruined beesus,l v all. The mass ig really ,' e are moving in any degree at advancing, and w ho knows bnt that the nothing like leatl: rr men are doing their Own part towe,rds belpine , the vv L., crld onwardi—ithza Co o k . * Journal. . --Prom the army THE ARMY. estimates for O A current year, it appears that, for the recruiting service, tq the 31st of March, 1853 the charge to be provided is 1 9.534/. 114. Id., of wili:C3,lQll. 16*. It 1 " tll° "" I C: t 4 Loudon. N r! , V ~~~~. ~,. 77 4 ; -