The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-17 00:00:00

"NAVI LITERATUftE.,,, GATION AND MARINE LAWS. , T h . . By W. S. Lindsay. Is 13 a general investigation of .., Long . nr)auersN. Navigation ta ttle ' !rem the earliest period, when laws were t ie '" 4 for the protection of the British merchants, to eroPreseat time, and after a hrie o f retrospect of the r i t 7 Of trade and ship- build in olden times till %dm" proceeds to expoele building errors which • • a et , . - l e ist in the management- of our . mercantile . ma - le!' T he' great difficulty that there-is in obtaining .io i 'ittliserablv inefficient puhishment for desertion . 4 'ettt t • ' - example of the temptation • i h i ., . is cited as an ..seamen heir la held out to the Ettg4sta to forsake - • „de le t h el a wn vessels for the sake of the higher wages of its re t Z s t : heY can obtain abroad, and the means the most '- i elp, - "`Loti are given at somelength; . e isti rtt int subject treated of is the iniquito u u t s o a s n a d vs u g n e : • ' 4v4 r eg'arding - salvage. With regard . _1 war, le°t 'tahl iel a ,. ,- e When a vessel is,re-taken in time of If le :" is strict and uniform and easil decided. • eti.ttel claiming it is one of her M je_ Y st's e ships she ship and .. too t to one-eighth of the value ofth or other ri,, ea Pthred,—if she be a rov ers 4 vessel, one-sixth.. privateer this case a in for her ser celthent vessel receives less than te e a private ship, but how from stress of weather ) 4 438 When th e serv i ce ren dered is that of assist . l it; hen a s hi p i s i n danger a, 1 ' causes, i n w hi c hrcumetances the salvage I.7 l(i 'd by th e C our t o f e ldmiralty, to which we 4rtfer hereafter, when the s um awarded is some idDee-half o f the va l ue. of the property saved, t ottleti i ll Ines not one-ten ht. But it may be taken haeral role that the salvage atijed t ged to tnen-of %the • exceeds that given to merchan fuer!, although, war are maintained at le likr aenehered, that meneof• the protection of the lives and nk.tlblic expense We quote a few of the p it t ' l t l Y of British fer biects. examples su from'many before us : i " eti l ti . g :t; i e ng i ward salvage of her Majesty's ship forendered in raising nritate treasure ki a ! far services rernments_tor r ee lost on board a King's ship, and s ti s t li e d ee,o l, oo/„, we find that the court awarded to of the royal navy the sum of 54,0004, „ tl4 4 compensation me to the Admiralty for the pay,. i tl 4 wear and tear of her Majesty's ship while ble , d g o ' n that service. May we . inquire for what ht r th t, s ship Thetis, was be m aid s no! e Z 4 lie service if she is to be paid so highly for per ''„Ea' e duty which a private contractor would have [ Si for hall the money." 41 ) ... .. ) 411- 11 " 10 23d auly, 1848, the brigantine Sappho, late7ll4dtd on the English bank, a t the mouthAof Ayres; 6 41 11 her voyage from Liverpool to Buenos procured the I%4l4kter proceeded to Monte Vidio, and procandd the betth:e,of her Majesty's steamer . Lizard, IReti " t °rig Arno. For the services of theArnsohheeweans to • %p t . give 10/. per day, and by their joint aid le 0 five days, for which service the commander ot 11 . 11 4 01% 4 Pbtclaim for salvage of one-third of the 11l Is 6 "lP . and cargo, and the consignees ultimately )2! Der cent. of the value of both, a sum amounting 4 1: i " in addition to 65/. for the fuel consumed o _ suc b h y i l lt otep tt a d : Now, to show the evil consequences f . .. e 261)1 a; to the merchant service in genera,l ~eh ne i lt ) Sed„,,'")f the following March, the William P l , • olliei,.,tle the same bank; again the master went to 7 441, t eh 1 ,, u ec. for aid, and secured that of her Majesty's .°l44le,tiet she but betore the Harpy reached the ierelh„-nessel sh land been so much lightene . y la t seeee e ' • by the consignee., ... 4 „ --tt tent to her assistance "lly te4tecable was sent an board of her by the r Ito o %lt h a th en I)uttin on the steam she towed . he 4(4 4 1 1 ' Water. the whole operation occupying three r tSl:,f,,a4 hour, for which service her comman i de e r ;18047'1.4 ebtaitted 3.1461., or 15 per cent. of her va l li ke , I%"%life" for the service rendered, but because a i 5 ''''t been awarded to the . Lizard a short time be- Staellt,l,4Bll:lll„,ty.bat similar performance, and the pre -.. ag, thilment," er )4 ,i. 4i, Which 11 record is one in which Ditnirg,e;jleyat!:B G we reci b e a n obtained full salvage „ ‘114 4 i r riorming the duty for 1 4 1, oiled • which she was Pitch L 'eest n C se Leda ae _ rs 1 840, the British ship Lancashire lit; i l he r g b r e c?llLd St the mouth of the . River Plate, but le - t :t?oh de l l i t. t tine, she stood_ tn _ . y in no danger from the t art tl i t 'Ree er ." l e was being het e_ ed b boats sent by b a vast number of 11 ,hdt d er ' fro 6 thhe was attacked by of about one ith -4 11 d the shore, to the nu sob ' t hiet i th 4, armed with and long knives, h tle li e °l 'essi: 4e Y t hreatened the lives the hatches, orthe crew, and i d 41 174 '•!t1 of the vessel broke t ot ne e d , • }resit tie Plundering the cargo; open 11 the captain 'tit bi kia ' l , th. 5 vessel, but claimed protection sti from the be N, oZ ti ,Yitig in the roads, which was promptly 1/X441b1444,S driven t ff, and thepart of - Nit - 4 rcet , ut the IN a , aa lii °real; but because the crew greater . 1 1 "kie as ! tfla board ,of the Lancashire Witco, • 41iltitiped.618tknee in getting her arse,they l'ile rata ati be tuurilt'" salvage which to law ' rd. th e claimedA dasi est. „ e h hth the power and desire ___ / ,4orcaattetv iladlieheught supposing that t the ut ° S 6 (I7 such tiy,t-4 e me I t - a.. eth er maritime nation, ; . ' 4 tt '414 4 . l'h f , lali sOf war of other nations not n Sl ot o t)ib t , gtatuitou P. tl t wh en t a assistance to vessels of their own l t , a l il l th e k ,, h q are applied to by . British mer . ate, °t oely ch;ti,le Charge British men-of-war, for casesai ' 4 4 j e . f utitd ,;',."(4 a fractior, but in many in t tal' i bl iee, 711,,/ r ' in uneratien tor the men engaged Ph% -11th sig nal " o United States' ship Columbine ren ittatee°4 Il s ervice to the English schoonerCopia_, tt't to it e 7` ° ll the Coast of Spain, on being ,v r a e r i ee 4 ti ttle ttt her, there b e i ng no British inala-"'-„,- fz,,,k, Co m mits 4 th roadstead ot Gibraltar, for which _ ' 1,14,P,6814,ee of Lloyd'a sent the commanding II t t t1 , 4 14,, C1 , 41 letter of thanks; but this was all that the . P ubp Illetierelteneive. Shortly lifter the American Cuzi . 1 q 114 (le e f l like favour from her Mejesty's ship • `thilt 8,-18Ailatecircurnstie sea ; the service was ren ' IOt k :I th e ' 7ftge was also claimed and awarded. . $ 41 11 per ll does not end here; the sailor after it ove te l it 'ea money, in many cases, for years aftt l e r 'tl j e tli t athc,r, it Court of Admiralty having the power t ' 0 4'1, 4 . 8 - ,," please takes the full advantage o its_ . 43 k" it k"` tve s ' ti m e will come. al MN we y et trust that the . . Pe q,• Min le d 4tant, when maritime affairs will not eti;‘tal t Reutlem„, If L.l te ti° I lj etil re' Commons by proctors and othe r e who understand about as tii m n a 441';' matter s ea a Jack-tar does of presetting 4411 4: ).i1ti 1e a ' in which the la ti Ir, %eludes with an Appendix, t A 1 11 04 . ht. kith 'W i t arranged, and the . work mus letk i tion, o n ulated the 'subject of our ill-reg it, 47 8 to those who will take the trouble to r4 l, li g 41 7 , ~ 1 415%.,........ = ' TN 17 WORKS OF SIR JOSEILTA . ii' ' • N.. 0 --- "i'l 2 rols.—Bohn's Standard Lz -13 is 4 l itl i l of tb l)e ,,W and improved edition of the literary . , b it t ele eArat President of the Royal Academy, iN t, P, i l t heir of the author, and remarks on his s • ti3ll ')vl.l!,ehry Beechey. It contains fifteen di - Vte ) '"'qb roust possess the greatest attractions .t}4;lsaelttlecite.rested in the;beautiful art to which , h u e 4 °lo ß i 'An alphabetical list of painters, and e k it„,,. cal list, which eels° informs us under whom . ~ SPh te ' a le . d . and in what department they excelled ! ,Ikte. the Volume, It offers the advantages of 11\ tettl 11 4 1'1' h a e " di e se ss o aY a t ' ' • u m . " e l l '. bitted in a form . easy e --- es of so great a painter u u st f must t ,, y prove of the greatest assistance to the ' _______ ~roN'S CHESS TOURNA.4.IIEIVT. , 14 v o l e Bohn's Scien4fic LiVrdry.. • w all a containse•ehe games played at the e9erttt of 1851. the editor trusts that the tkiNZ' i , o l has occurred in their publication may be e• etLtat7'etl for by the absence of those typographi _llocti, Whieh. 50 often perplex and mislead the 4 4, 11 , 11 1 1ta l - Meted games . An introduction, by Mr. 4 te i Ne : Rives an account of the Chess Congress sr inept of the Tourna- V Tabulation s q and Inana'ae several diagrams, tliiNli % Work is illustrated by . illustrating L ai ii , ~ "tP ' 3 5 found a gre • A. .. - it assistance in ill e. BRoWNE. tlitnnlCS OF SIR TH O MAS T r o i s. ,11, and il k el 6 ~ ,)4Y Si mon Wilkin, F .L.S. r tt 4 "Oin's Antiquarian Library. k of /I tll gent volumes contain the t a h n r d e_e rfish l e4 a l s e t : b 4rr o yd o e k n s ) Rat -I, ttidt4,. Errors, R4i g i o Me kir. ll 4' ern Burial, Cbristi d a i n ci, to 614telii:Pretpondence. ',lt must b" ",, of , 0 dl , - ktk i lli qitne l lt readers to have Ihe writing' Morals, Miscel- Itti e. % roan thus presented in a ' 1 form so ess-I9 , o, with ~...uppienzen. a 0 '-i . • 1N NATURE : '• N. o lie icoibutions. By Bans. Christian Oersted. oi l ed i 11.Q7t71 from the German . by Leonora and NO o.l4rner.—Bohn's Scient ific L i br ary. Vik . ilt q,7l°olit abAruse work, comprisin g . tee m fo a l: .; the" Nits subjects i - --“ - Tbe spiritual in t h e 4 ti ti tor n • atio Prehension of nature by thought a nd keltiottli,Uhe natural . pbilosophy of the beautiful i . z ii tl4 . +, u', natural science to different periods of , . Zli A 1 . 7 .--- AR ir I/tic's Vet e ... v .eLL Eos LlBli. • P I4 ' a l?' 2 'art u 'b t and China. 2 Par ts . t k 4 4 t tt )of ; z1 coin, d al :n .i s ' ed ni t! e an ' slation l by Mrs. Percy Journey made in I tkiblttli Recollections o f ~a .21 Rue mis /IV p t . '`* 4 , 1845 and 1846, -bY 'M. tehlt3' le4 t of the , congregation of S t. La z arus. The tt;',%l•l a p e- net and characters describe d in b i h 41 io tin • - The translator o - I„ift,lti the Warty interesting. . ‘-‘,411*11. preface, after explaining or apologia ‘qiit 4 apologia hi the terms the weak points of : the author, f tl it t N, of Iredulity of the marvellous, l adven '4o ti,"l% Picturesque narrative of person &c., that " the Prs ti .N -,414te regions, where scarcely au E . 1 2; r ‘ ope n. a , n ... 4red t o trod, have been already too w i de l y (.1" 1 , ` k) oeed any remark." . Zt , el4l l"'s T ------------ the Baron TM' ' tk, 04 k, o 4 LAD!: By . Nthlz 4Azzlabolclt. Arthur Hall,Vzrtue, and Co. ' 4 tt'' a t i t 100 ,razzslated from the German, with an 1 ,Itio,.,DY Dr. Stebbing, in which he gives t h e 'Pop h!Vittctiption of.the author : op N il Te broth er of this celebrated man, Alexander 404 tr," hit t ' ci t , yrua engagsd in those pursuits of science 6.11 tendered him one of the greatest nateralis h ts I! I ' country, he was himself employed in . t e ilCitillid elusicia and philoophiv oriticiam• • , TIRE SUN) LON'PON, 2 4 - 1 ' "? ' l '' E _. 11 Re.411.9.rme,...R.RatrA.. -1 0 ,00011 P.1.M. 0001.1.11.M1N1MAPPR1...........-- N NAVAL INTELLI itilt otwithstanding his Vofficial gh occupation , he found r tim'> to ex4mioe, with , he mi , vutrst a ttention, - the - gfun'i PoßTsitronlirr — Al , ol. - 16 —1 he Bogus, 60, Captain models of art in all its varieui forms. Re la. came the Macdougail, was "paid down" to-day, at *14 , 14.9d,_ and the crew granted a fortnight'a leave.. __-. -- intimate associate of G;ethe, Schiller, tied the other dia- They a pp,alcd to him , Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, Caetain Warden, which tinenished writers of the age. , left on Saturday last, in all matters where the success of their labours appeared w ith t he . - B;..ceetery"of the Adnii to depend upon attention to the first principles of com position, er on a refereece to the laws by which nature , ratty, for Plymouth, returned to .`'pithead this morning, , and saluted the broad pendent or - COMmodore Martin, determines as well as creates abet is beautifel. ree eminent in some of the noblest paths of human exer - ii - o u n B , } wh, ic,1.1 compliment Mum a nag-snip- v ictory—a ceramony.,9. ere not tingu 2 _ en‘rt,was_ua:knewledged by the Port Ad- Wilhelm yr n Humboldt was one of those men of Whom- '.lar in being unable te l saiinpreheed. ' we are always glad to cherish the minutest 'risme - eats ; ..., The"Stniodue:. - 16,iiirn -seam-frigate, Captain Kin. ; The letters of truly great men may generally be- ele-e -pended upon as expr essin g their real w- neme4intiarkeA the"fak ing tr s teops to-day fel . Quebec: feelings. If 'We u-';.onejoffieefairflB2 - -reeti , df the 20th Foot from Chatham, wish to learn the character of inferior men, who- have a A two officers and 82iiiin , of the 23d Foot from Chester, thrust themselves into n otoriet y , w e can haVe nothing en. three officers and 43 men of the 54th Foot.from worse than their letters for our guide." ' ____ Briotol, besi&s women, an - Prince Regent,Yillii. paid down 92,yesterday , ; and 141 f- - chilchen. her craw had leave of ebSence. ' ' '-' Leopard steana4rigatei:One of the advanced squadrori in reserve, hits been removed from the factory basin to= day, and docked: : ' --- -..- Furious steam -sloop; nee of the advanced squadron.,__ and the SharpahoOter iien steam•YesE el have lac en_ re-_ moved from tlie - eteain basin to-day; the former into th e old basin,. and :the: ,latter.; the (leek:l-Vacated byelhe Fire Queen. PoßrsmQuirii d - AIRRISOINT;—The 48Th Ildginientlessv:. this on Monday next bud following days, in :four divi sions, for Newport,--Brecon, Cardiff, and Carmarthen. .The head. - quarters for Newport, Wales. .. , . PLYMoUTH, APRIL :16.-13er Majesty's biig Brito mart is to be ready by Monday next, the 19th indi., - to suit for- the coast-,of-Africa; she will take supernumera ries for the fleet. - . . - The steamship Dauntless will be ready on the 21st to sail for South America. :,- - - The Retribution sailed yesterday foi . -Pnrtsmouth..' One of Green's ships, the Tartar, Captain Davies, is now in the Sound, ready to sail tor Sydriey ' ,Besides a - number of pssasen s ers and needlewona,en she conveys Mr. E. B. Davies, com m i s sioner fromthe British 'Aus tralian Gold Mining Company, with a cfuentity of ma chinery for crushing and washing the gilld quartz and auriferous earth found in, their works near Sydney, and, bullion for the payment of labourers and :the purchase of dust. About five weeks since the Mount Stewart Elphiestone took from this port a number :of labourers, and a quantity of valuable machinery_ and apparatus for the same company. The Vixen steamer, from Portsmouth for Ascension, arrived this morning. - . . . DEVONPORT, APRIL 15,—0n Wednesday morning Mr. Stafford again visited the dockyard, and in the afternoon he inupeoted the now steam yard at Keiyhore, colocet Green lett Devonport . for London by the mail train on Wednesday evening. Mr. Stafford giee;:ia - slinner,iech evening at Mooraheacrs'Hotel, to a select perty,inClad.._ ing some of the officers of the Retribution—on Menday tu twelve, Tuesday to ten, and Wednesday to twelVe; after which, on Wednesday, the whole party attended a ball at Plymouth. Be left the hotel at, 9h. 30w. this day, and sailed at 'once in the Retribution for Portsmouth. The Sanspareil will be complete in about 'three weekii. CHATHAM. APRIL 15.;--The Herald, Captain Den ham, has bent stills, and is, expected to sail on Monday_ ru xt. ~ The Barracouta, steam-sloop, fitting for the first divi sion of the steam reserve at Sheerness, is getting her guns and sea stores on board, and will be ready to leave here next week. , The Dilig.nce naval transport, has arrived from Deptford, and commenced taking in a cargo for Ports . mouth yard. The Chatham yacht, with the pay clerks, proceeded to. St a. erness yesterday, and paid the Horatio's ship's company two months' advance. The Admiralty have . granted a pension of 71. 10s._ per annum to the widow of the late W. Belcher, la bourer, who lost his life in cons( quelicebf- a hurt re ceived at his duty. The Rochester naval lighter, is loading for Plymouth and Pembroke. - COURT CIRCULA.R. WINDSOR, APRIL H." Tbe following had the honour of dining .with her Ma- -- jeaty yesterd..y : His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Ssxe Cohourg and the Marchioness of Donro. - The band of the 2d Life Guards attended in the Castle and played during dinner, and in the evening her Majesty's private band performed the folrovving selection : Overture, " La Bayadere" ..... Anber. Duo, " Margui rite d'Arjou . Meyerbeer.-- - Bolero Adagio, allegro Andante, Sinionia No. 7' :,H4ydoc - March, " Oberon" -The (linen and Prince, accompanied by Prince Leo pold of Saxe Cobourg, rude out yesto-day-afternoon on horseback, attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Equerries in Waiting. The Marchioness of Douro has taken her departure to-day. The Pricce of Wales, younger me m b ers of the Royal Family , the Prince" R tL Y k al t . t ihar nd us t u h a e l walking and pony exerei , e this morning. The Earl and Coubtess uf Derby returned to London yesterday morning trona a visit to the Duke of Rich mond at his seat Goodwood, Sussex. The Noble Etsrl left town at five o'clock in the afternoon for Windsor Castle. His Excellency the Prussian Minister visited the Rai of Malmesbury yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing stree t. The Hon. Francis Charteris bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. The Chancellor of ►he Excht quer and Mrs. Disraeli returned to town yesterday from Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office yea terday to the Governors of the North American pro vinces, and also to the Governors of the West India islands. Dispa . ches were received yesterday at the - COlonial office tr , m the Governor of Gibraltar. Mr. James Mather had an interview ye4erday with the Earl of Malmesbury at the Foreign-office, in refe; rence to the outrage on hts son by Auatrian officers at Florence. COWES, ISLE. OF WIGEIT (FROM OUR OWN CORRESP-NDENT.) ROYAL YACdT SQUADRON IN fELLIGENCE. Tne following noblemen and gentlemen have arrived at the Squadron-house this week:—Spencer do Horsey, Esq., Jas. Manse, Esq., the Earl of Shelburne, Captain Geo. B ntiek, the Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.Y., Henry G Edwin. Eeq . E. R. Harvey, Esq., Viscount Canning, Earl Mulgrave, Lord Somerton. Commodore the Earl of Wilton, Captain C. H. Wil liams, and several other members, are hourly exptctcd. Alt is busy preparation for the coming season. The annual general meeting of tee members of the Ro)al Yacht Squadron will take place a, the Thatched House Tavern, on Friday, the 14,:,13 of May ni xt, when there are a larger number of candidates to be ballotted for than on any previous occasion; we do not mention the number for fear that the blank baflirg spirit, which at one time prevailed in this club should not have quite died away. ELECTION OF SECRETARY. At this meeting a gentleman shill have to be elected to fill the office of secretary, so long ably filled by Mr, John Bates. There are nine candidates—viz., four commanders, three rasa. tern, one lieutenant, and one civilian. But even out of such a list it will be very difficult to select one so com petent as the gentleman that is now retiring. from it.. He sajs that his age and infirmities preclude the possibility of his holding it any longer. As to his age, we consider him but a young man, and should not like to tell him he was an old one; and as for his infirmities, they are more imaginary than real; if any one doubts it let them just put his mettle up, and they will find that they will have as tough and as genuine a specimen of the English sailor to deal with as they can wish for. 'f England ex pects every man to do his duty." He has at least. ten years of g .od working stuff lett in him, and it ought-to be taken out of him, and we hope it will. A number of fasoi insoles have already taken houses and many others ate applying. D. Careegie, Dq:, has taken Woodvsle; C. 13atlitord, Esq., Auelaide H Clifford, EA. Eim House; Mies ,Carnegie, Hamlet Lodge; F. Rodurii, E-q., the fiat Cliff Cottage; Mrs. floll,,way, the second; Lord GodAphiu, has taken Gothic Villa; Colonel smith, Beach Vills; Sir Charles Fellovve, Prospect House. Lord Ilenesi.er, T. Thornhill, Esq , and several parties hare also been applying tor houses. W. build , or others, not , urseives. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, APRIL 16.--The Rev. W. 8. Parish, B.A. (1842) to be chaplain and naval instructor to the BlenLeun screw steam guard -ship, at Portsmouth. Mate George E. Barnes 08515: from the Viotcry flag ship, at Portsmouth, to the Britomart, 8, brig, at-Levon port. NORTHWOOD 119 USE.—This splendid mansioe, in the embellishment of winch the late Mr. G. H. Ward within the last few )ears spent upwards of 20,0001,, and the erecting and decorating of which was thi main object of his life, ham been let fur a school of preparation for the colleges. From its high, dry, and htEcthy situation, and its advantages of sea-bathing, it is peculiarly adapted fur this put pose. There are, however,.many who lament that the bt-autoul grounds, which are planted with the choicest shrubs to be found in these latitudes, should be overrun by school boys; that a place, commanding 'uch extensive, varied, cud beautiful views ,should not be tenanted by seme prince or peer; that those halls, in which the elite of England's nobility have been en tertained, should be occupied only by professors and their pupils. But it' the e lifer branches of out noble families are no longer feasted within these walls no longer tread this delightful park. still, if the younger branches are tu have their minds enlightened and their nealths Im proved amid the beauties of Northwood, wo are not c. - Itain that the place is not put to as good a purpose as its posse,sor intended it should be whilst spending a princely fortune upon it. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. find on my return from the country, yester day, that you have published a letter, last Tuesday, witch Mr. Hutt addressed to me on the Bth inst., with out my rejoinder, a copy of which I enclose. This was in print and widely circulated both in 14 , wcastle and Gateshead, on the 10 h inst. I rely, from the character of fairness which your journal has hitherto su,tained, that you will do me the justice to insert the enclosed in your nest impression, I am, Sir, Your most übedie,nt servant, RALPH. WALTERS. Newcastle•on-Tyne, April 16. TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTwItS OE THE BOROUGH PROMOTIONS. Acting- Gunners George Parsons, in,the Virago steam sloop, on the Pacifie station; Vbitis Monkey, in - the Grecian, 12, sloop, on the Cape orsGroetl Hope landau; Henry Blythe, in the Antelope, on the Mediterranean station; W. S. Deere, in the Banshee, on the Mediter , _ ranean station; and John Shaw, in the Excellent gun-_ nery ship, at Portsmouth, - have all been confirmed to the rank of gunner. - Lieutenant Richard V. Hamilton, of the Resolute, proeeedk d to Greenwich yesterday to .receive the chro twit:mere for Captain Sir Edward Belhheil Arctic expe dition, and take charge of' them at Greenhithe. Mr, Suepperd, engineer, Supplied about 1 - 50 of his balloons to-day for the expedition, by order of the Lords of the ,-Admiralty.. Several lighters will proceed down the river 'to the, Nore 10-morrow with extra stores to be put ;on board the Babilisk and Desperate steamers, which these vessels will convey to the edge of the ice, and t.4e!2.put theni on board of the vessels of the Expeditiori.' ' - - The North Star,, Commander Pullen, was taken to the middle of the stream to-day to be in readiness to be towed down to Gretnhithe to-morrow by the Adder and Monkey steam-vessels. The North Star is very deeply loaded, and her decks piled with split logs, to be used for firewood. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. On the eve of the departure of Sir E. Belcher , s Arctic expedition, every circumstance connected in any degree with the fate of 'Sir John Franklin's expedition—now absent within one month of seveti years from this-coun try—is earnestly criticised by all' classes, , and mere etipe cially Since the report published in the tistly part of the present week, of two ships having been seen raised on field ice, and adjoining a large iceberg, on the coast of Newfoundland, in April, 1851. It may tend in some degree to allay the tears which have existed of the fatal termination of Sir John Fs anklin's expedition to recall to mind the principal reports which have been promul gated since the.departure of the expo-dition in Kay, 1845. The flr.t was the absurd and exploded statement of Adam Beck, the Danish interpreter, to Rear-Admiral 1 Sir John Ross. Which is implicitly lielieved ,by the gallant officer, that the Erebus and Terror discovery sbips had been wrecked and sunk in Baffin's Batin the latter part of 1846, and that the 'Pertion of the crew who had been saved from the perils of the ocean had been murdered by the natives,. , The next te. port was from a mysterious letter inserted first in one of the Dundee newspapers, narrating, in a circumstantial manner, the discovery of four graves, stating„ that the bodies found in them bad died of starvation. The greatest exertion to trace the foundation of that report has hitherto failed to discover the author of it. The next report, of the truth ot which there can be no doubt, was the discovery of three graves—one of a: sergeant of the Royal Marines, 'and two of the seamen who 'were known to have forthed a portion of Sir John Franklin's expedition—en 13eechy Island, and other relics to prove that the expedition bad actually been on that island .in 1846, Although 'great exertions had been made, and rewards, first of 10,0001, and subsequently of 20.0001, were offered by the Admiralty for the discovery of-the missing navigators, no other information has bean .ohe -Wiled to trace the expedition farther down than 1846, until the recent report of the discovery of. : two ships on an iceberg on the colistef Newtoundlantf.' The eight af chips alOngside of icebergs on the coast of Newfotthdlaid is often witnessed at a certain period of the year; and when it is stated that the Dee steamer once. ran for up wards of twenty-tour hours alongside a large iceberg with field ice floating in the adjacent sea, before, she could extricate herself; sailing vessels might have been weeks in accomplishing the escape. - IRON STEAMERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIME& - Sir,—On reading a letter in the Times of Wednesday, inquiring if the 'Birkenhead was fitted with water-right compartments, and their possibility of saying that vessel,. or at kast meditating , the dreadful loss of life by :lump ing her afloat for era hour or so, I am induced to'testify to their utility in the following • The Ariadne. East ,Indis Company's steamer (iron). ran upon a sunkeUrock off the mouth of the Yang-tze• keaug, and rent a large hole in her bottom under the boilers. The centre compartment filled instantly, the other two (st.e being divided into three) remained quite tight. In this state I towed her safely to Chusau, a dis tance of upwards of a hundred miles. Her floating depended upon these two compaKtmeats;, had they failed, she would have instautly sunk in deep water, and the loss of life have been very great. I be lieve she was constructed by Laird, *he also built the , Birkenhead. Late ,Commanding Sesostris. April 14. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Dn i r .w lt E ARNEFeeD._ %„; Aßpeeiei meeting 4,f the' o ß t E th V e . college was held on Thursday, the 15th instant, in the New Hall, at which the Rev., Chancellor Law, the vice-principal, ! , s d e e n i c e e w s e i r r e j r et that ' Mr. - William Dicken s, presided. Letters ,expressive of regret at unavoidable tab enn_ atertoefdenjttoa tby the Dean of the Faculty ftern.Lord'Recles- TATlsTocx.—The subjoiued address hai been ', sued . to rs the Venerable Archdeacon con Sandford,and quarter sessions), by Mr. Trelawny. A correspondent states e it, twee, ( B eh a e r i t r . ri ( i h ee ig e li f sh i e h r e iff of . the county), Trelswny has resigned because som e 0 0 ,. the ~ ),,c _tt; county _The Chancellor, after a short address, communicated to the t:j h udicio S u i s at a v ; , i n ' other -- members.. meeting that the Rev. Dr. Samuel Wilson" VVisrneford had otnottheis.a,Thcooeoll.o,gwichatlehdespeathrtm., heed d t h o ee f e. tihnevesctoeldleigne thean fancy he i, still pledged to take the s c ep h t r l3 , 7 l, l d ug f ur _ , awasrtdepthwe hrthieuniscfauthileposseepdartaotiocuonostdCerui this time : ; g T n o ed th m e y E g l e ec u t t o . rs i o p f ro T p a: s i; , to n c o k t . w — i, Gr h : t n ,a t n le d m i ::: lathteanvde Lichfi e l dottfe), wae.taTliomas Law (chancellor of theAtiocese of e n r x ser i m), in Vaughaa Thomas, 8.D. , resigned Great We iftm Sands quarter sessions ), Esq., of Cherrington (chairman the meeting to morrow, and to Dhow yuu that I have d _al done my duly to the popular party throughout my Po- The chair'inte:rrilatiliwaY'Compart.' et, Preference iz e S e h t ares of the litical career. I postpone till then all &nada of errone- the purchase of furn:rinounced aY'donatiOn7Jlc,oool.ittverttersdti ous statements, with which your webs have teemed for t he same quarter. re, books, and current expenses from some time. Ido not intend to offer my srlt again as a Prebendary Gray, the w arden, an eloquent address from the Rev. arden, candidate for Taristock, without s requisition from a the princely munific ence seconded b the of 12 , w y Treasurer, clear majority of the electors.—l have the honour to be, was ord red to be entered on thr. -arneford- - by acclamation Gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, the most grateful acknowled grn e en r t ecord s of the society, and "J.. S. TRELAWNY. Warneiord's endowments to the s,,Pesented to him. Dr. Queen's Hospital now exceed 25,00'01'1703 College an d t h e PIRATES IN THE AUDITERR A . NEAIt ":-...q ' APRIL—The pirates are beginning :to r . ._ ~).-MYRNA,' waters of the Levant. They carryi their e a a p u p . ear on the that, they have actually come u,, close to the porataeofitY, so far in search of booty, which they have :Succeeded in e hmyreza off safely in the very teeth of apt: Austrian -rne s , carrying They take good care never to come near 4 , 4 3 ,, ;,, ts , leti o tt w r r ar. ing the English, French, or Russian 'flag, a nd attack only those from whom they do not a pp rehend reprisals. -- 48 th e Austrian commerce suffers greatly front this scourge, a part of the war fleet, composed of a t r igate,.twn:eaners, • and two corvettes, are to be sent hither shortly` to' make a crusad e agaiast these formidable pirates. Naples us likfyil§e, to eend aergAl Toride hither. - -- , " Tavistock, April 15, 1852." --- THE GREAT BRITAIN AND BOGOTA STEAMERS. — The Great Britain returned from her second trip round Point Lynus, on Thursday evening, at half , past six P.M., having sailed at nine A. 31, Her engines were kept in ope ration during the whole time, and worked with great smooth ness. Her average speed during the trip was from 10 to 11 knots, and once she reached 12 knots. She a is now lying in the Wellington dock, taking in cargo and passengers, and during certain hours in the day may be viewed by the public. The B‘gota, the last o f t h e s eries of steamers built for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, sailed on Th urs d ay even ing from Liverpool f ur V a lparaisN with seventy passes gem Sbe will oil P 4 Aud e i ra A nd Riv.de Janeiro. , , OF GATESHEAD Gentlemen,—Mr. Hutt has thought fit to publish two lett. ra, addressed by him to me on the Bth instant, ap plying epithets which I hurl' back upon him with the contempt they so justly deserve. I deny, in the strongest terms, the alleged organized plan, stated by Mr. Hutt to have been adopted by me and some of my party, to injure his publie character. Such an assertion I declare to be a gross and scandalous talsehood—the invention of Mr. Hutt himself. As to my veracity on the subject complained of, Cap tain Weatherley, the appointed friend of Mr. Hutt, will bear testimony that I freely gave him the most full sa tisfaction, and that he communicated the result of his interview with me to Mr. Hutt, accompanied by a written statement, attesting the same to be all that one gentleman had a right to ask of another. This docu ment Mr. Hutt designedly, and in the moat disingenuous manner, keeps back from his printed statement. H ' Mr. Butt's first letter, of the Bth inst was delivered Eat:unme late on Thursday evening, not by Captain Wes therley, the autborifted friend of Mr. Hutt, but by a [nes &Zedfrom the Observer newspaper office, to whom -I Es.rly thattk.i I had retied through thipmn Weatherley.. e morning the second letter, of the e date, reached g me by the same messenger. same date nown by all conversant in the affairs of when one gentleman places his CASH in the friend; an d ,T d . he must abide by the decision of that with•itaxain Wea,therley assured me he was be committed t o ~,vcrlteilana.tion 1 gave to him, and which I now leave the matter a n u g t in the hands o'" the electors, to decide whether UN soetal morality," or otherwise , justified by any law cf language of which I have suw_crit,u,itne, using to t h e:m u tt: 3 in! v ° 1 have tho honour to be, obedient servant, "LeM ent your obliged and - Gateshead, April 10, 185. Ra 4-. [We waliagly give insertion m US/ be ma f ur as ad to the ab ove; but all fur ther t lcctioaec ring scld rose vert isements.—ED. Sun SAT DA y BOA HD OF CUSTOMS. (From the Times.) I_ _l e t h e midst cf t he political confusion and turmoil cons :Lunt upon the accession to power of a new Mi matey, our attention has been for a time diverted from the proceedings of the Sslect Committee on the Board of Cast ens. Tee subject, however, is one of so much im portance to the commercial classes of the empire, that it must not be lest "sight of even in the presence of ques tions which require more immediate decision. Surely even tke . aoctkinis' of Pr-oteetkn do n-nt . involve the ne , cessiey orpiotecting-this - abuse.:cap natter but little to' it OattriN-Itn-iy.,btley-ljr. Mr. Buek if: theesiechants' - Great . &Unita aro liberated from series of exactions and aneoyarices which thwart eheir best conceived ope - rebel* without brfriging one. farthing of profit to the national Ex - Chequer& Not - ansaddithenal quarter of corn, not- an -extra 1300ttiibullock, would find its way to Mark ' lane or Smithfield if the - Baardsofetretonis should be come pelted to revise , their - eYsteen of administration. What is !Oil in coneequence or their present arbitrary exercise of power is boat without advantage to any class interest. In , deed, we should Ise inclined to augur well from the cir- J cuMstance that a new set of statesmen have succeeded to Lord John Ruesell and hie power; as far es the solution of this quest i on is con _ were instituted iserned. The frivolous -:and seandaleui prosecutions Company y neysGeneral who L ew i s —who was placed upon the Committee cu tt .o g mli a l i ee n ar s gitt t ie t e h s. e Ad L latl o i n n d wib o at r sr i a til D io o n e wo k ifii h s g fs o p m i aa caem Selecta n reluctant mr sevinhcitgionmedi:ihsteryintfleiramt tehteiti. appointment-oft could Com mitted was extracted. It was a C as ar e i re w; eilocato del Diavolo, when its appointment be no longer resisted. It was the Whig Premier who pokily received the deputation of merchants and sent them away unsatisfied. Lord Derby and his colleagues are not pledged to the continuance of at least these time-honoured abuses. On the contrary, they have now the opportunity of gaining some small measure of popu larity from the classes which may be supposed, on all questions of principle, to be most hostile to their tenure of power. This result may be obtained by a simple edministrative reform which will not interfere with one single economic doctrine, or give umbrage to the most ultra zealot of their own supporters. We need scarcely recapitulate the scandalous events which led to the appointment of the committee. It is clear, from the mouths even of the Customhouse wit nesses, ~ that the administration of the Board is secret, irresponsible, despotic. It is clear that any merchant who is ill-advised enough - to complain of their oppres sive methods of procedure enters into a labyrinth from which be cannot hope to escape wit hout grievous loss and annoyance. He is tossed back fro m the Honourable Board to "my Lords," and from " m y L ords" to the Honourable Board, withent an y practical power of meet ing his accusers face to face. He can have no reasonable grounds for reliance except they be upon the justice and lair-dealing of - an irresponsible tribunal, before wbich he -is note even permitted to plead his own cause. H e is not confronted with his accusers. The Custom house officers are examined, but be is not permitted to appear. The underling of the Board may blush, but he' is not there to mark his agitation, or to take advantage of the confusion of conscious guilt. The superintendent backs up the tide-waiter, and the in spector the superintendent, or whatever may be the title of his immediate superior in the fiscal hierarchy. Should the persecuted merchant whose property is unjustly de tained—or " under stop," as the Custom-house slang runs—be irritated out of his discretion, no doubt he has his remedy. To the Barons of the Exchequer lies his appeal, and to the Barons of the Exchequer he may go. We are far from wishing to speak lightly or with disre spect of these learned personages. Their court presents the only possibility of obtaining justice in such a case. The commercial interests of the country have reason to be grateful to Chief Baron Pollock for the manner in which he presided over the recent trial between the Board of Customs and the Dock Company. But it must not be imputed as a fault to the Barons of the Exchequer if they aro called upon to participate in the administration Cf an abominable syetem. It is not their fault if the Crown " pays no costs ;" it is not their fault if the suitor to their court can only obtain the restitution of his rights at the expense of a grievous loss—possibly of his own ruin. All they can do is to determine the right and the wrong of any particular ease that may be brought before them upon the established maxims of English law, and in open court. This they do. Their decision- is the only one throughout the whole proceeding that is fairly asked and fairly obtained without mystification, and injustice. It is the only tribunal before which all questions between the merchant and the Custom house official are adjudicated upon otherwise than on ex parte statements. Is not the inference an obvious one? Why is not the judgment of an open court obtained in the first, mid not in the last instance? It does not require the practised acuteness and deep learning of these vener able magistrates to decide equitably upon such paltry liti gation. Let there be an open court at the waterside. where such questions can be entertained as they arise, and receive' summary adjudication. Let the doors be ,thrown open to the public, and the ac cuser and the accused be confronted in the face of the day. It is only .necessary to select persons as judges who shall from their position and character be beyond the reach of suspicion, and who will without fear or favour decide equitably between the parties to the suit. 'All we ask for is publicity. No judge who sits in open court throughout the length and breadth of these islands can give two or three manifestly unrighteous decisions without being exposed to contempt and ruin. The labours of the select committee must not be suf fered to be entomed in blue-books without bearing fruit .in practice. The testimony of the Custom-house wit nesses is quite sufficient to involve the necessity of a thorough reform, even were we to discard the statements of the parties aggrieved. It is a very significant fact, that, despite of all the efforts made by the Government to pack the committee, the Commissioners could only stave off a verdict which most have led to their instant dismissal by a majority of one, the voices of the committee would have been equally divided had Mr. Mitchell, the chairman n lo which hed ge roun d th e preceedings - of a Parliamentary Committee. It must net h be o e was restrained ain t e o d g b i y ve the forms his vote. From thi s , h oweve r, be understood that the Commissioners have obtained an acquittal; they have simply avoided a solemn verdict of " guilty." Nothing more. The practical value of such a - result may best be understood from a simple enumera tion of the supporters of Mr. Lewis's amendment. First, there was Mr. Cornevrall Lewis, as a matter of course; Mr. Mitchell could not vote in favour of his own motion, but Mr. C. Lewis might vote in favour of his amend ment. Then follow three more Bureaucrats—Sir George . Clerk, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Goulburn. Mr. Goulburn's son being one of the . Comusiseionere. Then we grieve to find the names of Sir J. Y. Buller and Mr. Moody, What had this brace of Squires to do in the galley of Red-Tanista? Finally, comes Alder man Humphery, the latest co n vert. On the other side, and in favour of the verdict which would have led to the dismissal of tho C om missioners, we find th e f o ll ow i ng significant names:—Alderman Thompson, Mr. William brown, Mr. Matthew F orster, Mr . Anderson, Mr. J. M‘Gregor, Mr. A. Hasa& Mr. Mitchell bad proposed a vote of censure upon-the Comuaissioners and their solicitor for their outrageous abase of power, and he was supported by the gentlemen just named. The pub lic will perfectly understand the value and mean i ng of a motion so . defeated. - The Commissioners have every reason to be grateful to Mr. Cornewall Lewis for having so dexterously saved their incomes for them, even by such questionable methods. The System, however, Is doomed. Whatever Administration ,may be in power, one of its ear li e st acts must be a large and comprehen _sire measur e of reform at the water-aide. When a better state of things shall have been brought about our :only wonder will be that the merchants of the empire. should so long have acquiesced in so intolerable a sys tem of vexation and oppression. OUR AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR. The Earl of Westmoreland hB"made himself chiefly remarkable, during his short diplomatic residence in Vienna, for strong indications of friend s hi p for the late Prime Minister Schwa rzenber g , and f or an enthusiastic oriuerntceesdies and kind offices in obtaining from devotion- to the captivating science of music. To the first peculiarity, complaining t ourists attri buted an exceeding the difficulty embassyso Which it is a main duty of embassies t o grant. How ever, as that curious friendship has been rudely and sud denly severed, perhaps no future cause of complaint will arise on that score. The second • peculiarity (an innocent and graceful one when not indulged to excess) has also been referrtd to as a contributing cause of neglect which some English travellers have experienced. If a noble man accredited himself from the Court of Apollo, and be accredited from the Court of Sc. James's at the same time, the interests of one court or the other must, in the long run, suffer. One thing is certain—that the affairs of the Muses are not neglected; in proof of whi c h we need only adduce one _circumstance which will d ou b t l ess startle some of the old-school diplomatists. W e learn that the de facto British ambassador to the Court of Vienna is about to absent himself at Prague from hi s post, for the purpose of conducting in person in the ca thedral of that ancient and most musical city, n mass specially composed (at his Lordship's request by one of his Lordship's protEges) for the repose of the soul of Prince Sehwarzenberg of pious memory. The spectacle of a representative of this great Pro testant and free English empire performing en office usually undertaken by fiddlers (not to employ the term disrespectfully to the regular profession) , and performing it in a Human Catholic cathedral, as part of a rite which Protestants repudiate; paying, moreover, a solemn mark of esteem to a deceased Minister whose political p r i„i_ pies and political acts the English, as a n a ti on, abhor, is not calculated to attract that respect w hi c h we covet from foreigners, or to keep up that dignity which we pay to our ambassador six thousand a year to support. —Daily" News. --- RAPID VOYAGE.—The beautiful s c r e w - steamer Fearless, designed by Mr. G. N. Duck. of Bristol, ha s just made a rapid voyage to and from the Azor es, havin g accom plished the run from London in eight dap, taken in car go , and returned loaded, notwithstanding head-winds, in nine days. - She has also delivered her cargo in prime condition, thus showing that the idea that foreign fruit =net be kept sufficiently cool in steam-vessels is erroneous. APOTHECARIEe HALL.—The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 15th of April : —David Jo nes Whitty, Britonferry, Glamorganshire ; Thomas William John Goldsboro, Welsbpool, Montgomeryshire; William Web b , Barton-under-Needwood.; John Long, Leeds; John Charl es b S u a t v r e y, ry, s l o l rn as e t r i s n e g t s ; ; John CharlesC harles Thomas Sanders; iu ri l e - l l ° , b fl 3, Cambridge. t . O Cuff, North shire; Richard Bird Nason, Nuneaton, 'Warwickshire ; Au gustin Benoit Pettiau, London; John Hall; Samuel Wright, Huntingdon ; . Henry Charles Warren, Milverton, Somerset ihire ; Henry Osborne, Northampton. Lord Paumures funeral is fixed for Tuesday.next, when he will be interred in the fa m il y v vault in Breehin e_lunthyard. , .-.. . WV'EN'TN 9 G, APRIL MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this dAy;) There has been considerable activity in the Share Market during the past week, although without much variation in prices. Business has been transacted in Devon Great Consols at 300 ; Alfred C5:19013, 184 ; Mary Ann, 42 ; West Providence, 50 ; Tieeseit, 104- ; Merlyn, 6:1 ; Trumpet Consols, 120 ; West Allred Consols have risen to 25 ; Clive's, 24 ; South Tolgus, 150 ; Wheal Harriett, 1 to a ; Wheel Cupid, 74 ; South _Tamer, sli'e ; Mill Pool,. 3 ; Wheal, Neptune, 4. ; -with a fair amount or dealings in several _ other mines that are becoming productive and are attracting the notice of purchasers. Several of the dividend paying mines are inquirad for, and doubtless . the , influx of --money, acquired fremeethe 'receipt of dividends now pay able upon Government stock, will induce parties to sub mit to the prient'aSking for:.shares of that deseription. - In the Metal Market-etopper as in increased demand, and scarce._ In British Tin teere is little doing, and the price by no means firm: 1,000 blabs of Bence has been sold at 781., sellers now asking 80/. An extensive busi ness has been transacted in Tin-plates,- lent at no ad vance in price. Lead is in great request, large dealings have taken place, and an advance in keries is expected. In the Bullion Market--Mexican wad South Ameri can dollars, buyers as 4s. 10V. per oz Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grains-in the pound to be paid for, ss. Old. per oz. standard. Baresilver without gold, se. per cz. standard. Bar gold 775. 9.1„ per cz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 78s. 9d. per ca. Ameri can gold coin, 765. 41. per ez. henna, 16s. per cz. Quiclssilver in bond, 3s. per lb. At Wheal Seton meeting on Monday, the accounts for January and February showed-Balance from last account, 3591. 16s. id.; ores sold, less dues, 3,7771. 13s. 4d.----4,1374 9s. 53. Costs and merchants' bills, 3,066/. 14s. 5d.; dividend of 41. per share, 7921.: leaves balance in favour, 2784 15s. At the South Tolgus bi-monthly meeting on Monday, the accounts showed-By copper ore sold, 2,329/. Is. 10d.-January and February costs, 1,332/. 15a. 7d.: leaves a profit of 996/. 6s. 3d.; add balance in hand last account, 576/. 14s. 21=1,573/. Os. 51-less dividend, 7681.: leaves balance to next account, 805/. Os. sd. A dividend of 31. per share was declared. At Wheal Comfort meeting on Tuesday, the accounts for December, January, February, and March showed- By ores sold, 709/. Os. 7d.; call in January, 6401== 1,3491. Os. 7d. Balance from last account, 3211, 6s. 3d.; cost and merchants' bills, 8861. 4s. 7d.: leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 141/. 93. 9d. At Tywarnhayle and Nancekuke Mines meeting on Tuesday the accounts showed-Balance last account, 6481. ss. 103. ; Tywarnhayl e coat, Jan. and Feb., 2,9251. 15s. s d. ; Nancekuke, 9431. 14s. 5d.------4,5171. 15s. Bd.-Copper ore sold from Tywarnhayle, 3,114/. 7s. sd. ; lead ore, Nancekuke, 8951. 15s. : leaving ba lance to next account, 5071. 12s. lid. At Treleigh Consols Mine half -yearly meeting on Wednesday the accounts showed-Balance from last ac count, 739/, 10s. sd. ; copper ore sold, 2,867/. Is. sd. ; received from North Downs proportion of water charge for 41i months, 1161. 3s. 6d.=- - 3,7221. 15s. 4d. ; cost and miscellaneous charges for six months, 1,9984 48. 9d. ; merchants' bills, 6211. 63. 10d. ; lord's dues, 2211.: leav ing balance in hand to next account, 882/. 35. 9d.-Ore sold, March 25, 4631.25. 6d. ; Three per Cent. Consols, 531. 18s. ; dividends due, 94 193. 6d.=1,4091. 35. 9d. assets. The liabilities being, outstanding claims, 646/. ss. Id. ; acceptances running, 279/. 19a.; and dues owing, 143/. 7s. 1d.=1,0691. lie. 2d. At Tincroft Mine annual meeting, on Tuesday (G. B. Carr, Esq., in the chair,) the accounts showed-Balance last account, 348/. 17s. 6d.; twelve months' expenditure to end of December, 1851, 39,2391. Is. 4d. ; directors' salary for one year, 300/. ; London management, 160/, ; auditors' fees, 4/. 4a.; interest, discount, &c., 185/. 19s. 6d.----40,2381 2s. 41-Received for copper ore sold, 31,245/. 18s. ; tin ore, 8,3261. 13s. Id. ; arsenic, 465/. 13s. 3d,; old stores sold, 1514 13s. 61; leaving balance to next account, 481.45. 63., against which there is the reserve fund of 315/., and cash advanced on January. ores 2251. At North Downs Mine half-yearly meeting, on Wed nesday last (G. B. Carr, Esq., in the chair) the account showed-Cash received for 1,940 shares, 9701. ; two parcels of copper ore sold, 243/. Os. 10d.; ununthe, 51. 17s. 51=1,219/. 4s. 3d.-Costs paid 512/. 16s. 71.; paid for buildings, 1701.; advertisements, 12/. les. 61. ; new leases, 521. 10s.; law expenses, 39/. ; Treleigh, for water charge, 116/. 2s. 64.; petty cash, Si. 15s. Bd,; leaving balance to next account, 3101. 95., and sixty unappro priated shares as assets against liability to merchants, 1031. Bs. At Wheal Harriet bimonthly meeting, the financial statement showed a balance in favour of adventurers of 408/. 18s. 11 At West Wheal Towan meeting, on Tuesday, the ac counts showed-Balance last account, 1.206/. Is. 7d; cost in Jan. and Feb, 1,207/. 7s. 71=2,413/. 9s. 2d.; call, 1,250/.; tin ore sold (less dues), 276/. Is. 11d.; mundic, 171. 52. 81.: leaving balance to next account, 870/.15.7d. At East Crowndale Mine meeting, on Wednesday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 461. 12s. 61; call in Jan., 292/, 45.--- - -3381. 16s. 61-Labour cost, Dec., 78/. 2s. lid.; Jan. 96/. 13s. 41; Feb., 771. 93. sd; mer chants' bills, 391. ss. 2d.; London expenses, half-year ending Dec., 35/.: leaving balance to next account, 12/. ss. Bd. At Prince Albert Consols meetings, on the 29th and 31st of March, the accounts showed-Balance from last account, 711. I Is. 4d.; calls received, 4351. 12s. 61 5101. 33. 10d.-Costs for Dec. and Jan., 290/ ; office charges, rent, secretary's salary, &c., 20/. 1711` Id., leav ing a balance to next account, 1994 6s. 91-Arrears of call due, 47/. los.; 375 shares now alloted, 3754; third instalment due, 6th of May, 5124; Ore 1u .Lock c.ci mated at 6001.= - 1,733/. 16s. against Feb. and March cost, 4504, leaves balance in favour of the mine, 1,2834 16s. 9d. At Garreg Mine meeting, on the 13th inst., the ac counts showed-Balance from last account, 222/. 7s. 7d.; calls received, 821. 10s.; ore sold, 1151. I Is. 31=420/. Ss. 101-Paid labour cost, Jan., 1591. 7s. 7d.; Feb., 147/. 9s. Ild.; ironwork, 42/. lls. 9d.; leaves balance to next account, 704 19s. 71.-Calls still in arrear, SO?.; as sets against the March cost, 1211. Bs. 9d.; Jan. bills un paid, 171. 18s. A call of 2s. 6d, per share was made. At South Plain Wood Mine general meeting, at the Oriental Hotel, Vere-street, on Wednesday, the accounts of the committee showed-Balance in hand from last meeting, 15/. 10s. 9d.; cash since received for calls, 314/. 45e=329/. 14s. 9d.-Mr. Evan Hopkins for report, 151. 155.; printer's bill, 61. 10s.; Jan. working cost, 66/. Is. 61 ; Feb. ditto, 59/. 14s. id.; merchants' bills, 85/. 18s. 5d.; leaving balance in hard, 954 15s. 9d.-The assets are-Balance in hand, 95/. 15s. 9d.; arrears of calls, 334 155.--e--1294 10s. 91. The liabilities-merchants' bills, &c., to end Feb., 143/. Be. A call of 4s. per share was made, payable on the 24th inst. At Rix-hill Mine meeting, on Wednesday, the ac counts showed-Balance from last account, 6911. 55. 10,=.; cost for four months ending February, 911/. 185. 101.; expense on ores, 4/. 9s. 3d.; London expenses, one quarter, 17/. 105..----1,625/. 35. 11d.-Ores sold, 510/. 49. Bd.; estimate of January and February ore (10 tons), 450/„ leaving balance to the next account of 664/. 193.3 d At East Alfred Consols quarterly meeting, on Mon day, the accounts showed-Cost and merchants' bills for Dec., Jsn., and Feb., 160/. Os. 4d.; lead ore sold, 27/. 23. 7d.: leaving balance dace 1321. 17s. 9d. Captain J. Vivian's report, which was of a most satisfactory cha racter, having been read, a call of ss. per share w as made for the prosecution of the discoveries lately mad e. The shareholders expressed themselves highly please d and satisfied with the present state and future prospects of the mine. At East Wheal George quarterly meeting, on Tue. 1- day, the accounts showed-Balance from last accoun t, 1444 15s. 3d.; sales of copper ore, 332/. Os. 9d.=4761.. 16s. Costs for Jan., 1181. 4s. ld.• ' Feb., 941. 135.; March, 971. 12s. 3d.; dues, 40/. ss. Bd.; London expenses, three months, 121. 10s.: leaves balance to next account, 1131. 1 ls. A call of ss. por share was made. At the Molland Mine quarterly meeting, on the 6th April, the accounts showed-Balance from last account, 163/. 10s. 11d.; call in Jan., 4451.--=6OB/. 10s. 1 Yd.- Costs for Dec., 1421. 42. 5d.; Jan., 1121. 3s. 3d.; .Feb., 125/. 2s. 53.: leaving balance to next account, 2291. 0:4. 10d.; estimate of ore at Swansea, 176/.: making 4051. Os. 10d. assets against liabilities of 182/. lls.. Bd. A call of 10s. per share was made. At North Buller quarterly meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance from last account, 14/. ; call, 5121.; copper ores sold, 5351.--=-5791. 51.-Dec. costs and merchants' bills, 297/. los. lid.; Jan., 1401. 2s. 6d.; Feb., 126/. 6s. 10d.; secretary's salary, stamps, and stationery, 14/. 18s. 3d: leaving balance in favour of mine of 6s. 6d. A call of 10s. per share was made. At Wheal Uny quarterly meeting, on Tuesday (Tho mas King, Esq., in the chair), the accounts showed- Balance last account, 290/. Is. 9d.; call, 1,0241.=1,3141. Is. 91-Costs for Dec. 322/. 6s. 7d.; Jan., 2201. Bs. 9d.; Feb. 173/. is. 5d.; Mr. lodge for the last instalment for steam-engine, 575/4 secretary's salary, printing, and stationery, 141. 17s. 9d.; leaving balance to next account, Si. 7s. 3d. A call of 11. per share was made. At South Tamar Mine bi-monthly meeting, on Tues . day, the accounts showed-Balance from Fast account, 1,5281. 4s. 3d.; silver-lead ore sold, 2,2861. 4s. 9d.; received on cal!, 299/. 155. , .=4,114/. 45.-Paid January costs, 816/. 14s. 3d.; February, 8291. 103. Id.; Duchy for dues, 67/. 13s. 11; office expenses one quarter, secre tary's salary, &c., 201.; printing, stationery, and fire proof safe, 14/. 13s. 5d.; leaving balance to next account, 2,3651. I Is. 2d.-Silver lead ore, sold since, 2,5831. 17s. Id.; arrears due on calls (Mr. Brookhouse), 37/. 10s.=-- - - 4,986/. 18s. 3d.-Estimated cost for March and .April, 1,6601.; dues owing, 4551. Is. 9d.; showing balance of assets, 2,871/. 16s. 6d. At East Tamar bi-monthly meeting, on Tuesday, t h e , accounts showed-Balance last account, 186/. 49- .°.; silver lead ores sold, 718/. 10s.; calls received, 779 1 ...:',;'" 1,683/. 19s. 5d.-January costs, 393/. 13s. 5d.; Fe b 4071. 12s. 4d.; one quarter's office expenses, scor e tary i s o salary, printing, &0., 29/. Bs. I Id.; leaving " lan L CO ss next account, 853/. 4s, 9d.; arrears of calls due , 402 od.; silver lead sold June 9, 634/. ss. 111=1,8891. 14 ' 1 . '; assets against March and April last, 840/.• dues c "'mg, 508/. 19s, Id.; leaves balance, 5401. 15a. 93 .' it solved that that the 320 shares upon which the 25, cat I ( tae Nov. 7 last) has not been paid, should be declared abso lutely forfeited, in conformity with rule 12. At Wheal Susan meeting, on the 2d inst., ft os ac counts showed a balance of 479/. ss. 103. agEdu at the mine. A call of 7s. per share was made. During the week business has been done in Alfred Consols, West Providence, Bedford United, Wheal Lovell, Wheal Golden, Lewis, g e rllyn, Devon G rea t Consols, Tincroft, South Tamar, 5t Agnes i , eacon, ' Wheal Catherine, Galt-y.Maen, Crebor, North Robert, New East Ore wndale, Wheal Williams, Great Bryn, Lanaherooe, Kenmare, Copper Bottom, Bry n tail, St. Weston, Aubyn and Grylls, Great Polgooth, Hennoek, :ingsett and Bedford, East Wheal Russell , East Kit Hill, Trebell ( lonsols, ingston Dawn, Wheal Harriett, Longford and Baring United, Prirca Albert, Mendip Bronfloyd, Wheal Samson, Wheal Mary Emma, Alit-peril), Wheal Sophia, Peter Tavy, Chyp ras a Con- i~li~, 17 sols,Trrnault, Lythord Consols,' North Trelawny Union Tin Mine, Wood Mine, Zion, Ty Mawr .Slite, Wheal Surprise, West Polgooth, Beacon, Wellington, Ka ki:Awn, Mining Company of Ireland, South Wales Mning Company, &e. In Foreign Mines, transactions have taken place in Copinpo, St. john del Rey, Worthing, G enera l mi n i ng Association, Santiago, &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft-, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b: fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. (4 Subs.) Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob, 86t 71b ...(Flatman) 1 Lord Clifden's Stickbnt, Bst 71b (Robinson) - - 2 Lord Exeter's Ambrose, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 _ Betting —Even on Ambrose, 2 to 1 agst Saekbut, and s to 1 agst- The Nabob. Sackbut made the runnin g into the cords, was h ee d e d h a lf way up b y Th e N a b o b, and beaten very cleverly by a length; Ambrose a bad third. Run in 1 min. 52 sea. The Port Stakes of 100. sons. each, h ft; for four yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b; not named in the Claret. T.M.M. (4 Subs.) Mr. Helford's The Prime Minister, Bst 71b...(Sharre) 1. Mr. J. Puwney's Lamartine B.t 71b (A. Day) 2 Lord Exeter's Midas, Bst 71b (Norman) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Prime Minister, 6to 4 agst La martiae, and 3 to 1 agst Midas. Lamartine made strong play until within a distance of home, being then headed by the favourite; ho was a length behind on entering the cords, but coming with a rush in the last half dozen strides, was beaten past the chair by a head only; Midas was disposed of in the first half mile. Run in 3 min. 40 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 sovt. each, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each; 41b allowed, &c. D.M. (6 Subs.) Mr. E. W. Hughes's Sophistry, Bst 31b ......walked over The weather this afternoon was cold and wintry, and the attendance thin. LATEST DERBY BETTING. Offers to take 7 to 1 about Hobbie Noble, 14 to 1 about Claverhouse, and 20 to 1 about Kingston. NORTH OF ENGLAND STEEPLECHASES. The North of En g land Stakes of 3 soy& each, and 30 added. (12 Subs.) Mr. Robson's Little Jessie, 6 yrs (Mr. Smith) 1 Mr. S. Barrett na Snap, 5 yrs ... ..... (Mr. S. Peach) 2 Mr. J. Gray na Pepper, aged (Hind) 3 Mr. Fife na The Burd, aged (Mr. Purcell) 4 Mr. J. Fife's Nanny Banks, aged (Owner) 5 Mr. Buddock na Johnny Raw, 5 yrs ...(E. Harrison) 6 Mr. Harper na Glorious Jack, aged (Owner) 7 Won easy by three lengths. Tho Tonfield Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 10 added; for hunters, 12st each, &c. The winner to be sofa for 1001., and the second to save his stake. (8 Subs.) Mr. Hughes's Gulnare, aged (301.) (Mr. J. Fife) 1 Mr. Davy's Gaylad, aged (304) (Mr. Lamplugh) 2 Mr. Cardrois na Nitrogen, aged (30/ )...(Mr. Dobson) 0 Mr. Smith's Mystery, aged (301.) (Mr. Archer) 0 Mr. Robinson na Scrivington, aged (301) (J. Robinson) 0 Mr. Laing's War Helen, aged (30/.) (G. Prince) 0 Won cleverly by four lengths. ABERGAVENNY RACES.—THURSDAY. The Monmouthshire Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 40 added, for 3 yrs old and upwards. Heats; one mile and a half. (7 Subs.) Mr.Whitehouse's Scapulary,Bst 11lb (T. Clay) 0 1 1 Mr. Steven's Sleeping Partner Bst 11Ib (Yates) 1 4 4 Mr. J. Smith's Gipsey King, 8 stl Ilb (Donald) 0 2 2 Mr. Hartley's Gamecock, 6 yrs, 9st 61b(Treen) 0 0 3 Mr.:Russell'sPrince Rupert,;7st 51b(Holloway) 2 3 dr Mr. Bigg's Jessie, 4 yrs, Bst 3lb (Roots) 3 0 dr The first heat was won by half a length, the second by a length and a half, and the third by two lengths, easily. The Llandilo Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 25 added, winner to be sold for 1201., &c; heats, one mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Parr's Tame, 3 yrs (801.), Bst 61b...(G. Hall) 1 1 Mr. Smith's ch gby Old England (40/.0 9st 31b 2 2 Mr. Evans's Batwing (601.), lOst llb (G. Vivian) 3 3 B et ting-5 to 4 and 3tol on Tame, who won both heats easily, and was claimed. The Hunters' Handicap of 5 sovs. each, 1 ft, with a Cup of 20/, value added. Gentlemen riders; two miles, over six hurdles. (7 Subs.) Mr. Davies's Gipsey Bess, lOst 121 b (Mr. Williams) 1 Mr. Morgan's Mistake, lOst 101 b (Mr. Capel) 2 Mr. Cooke's Skipaway, lOst (Owner) 3 Mr. Saunders's Nannie, 11st (Owner) 4 Won cleverly by two lengths. FRIDAY. Tho Abergavenny Handicap of 15 soya. each, 8 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to sire his stake. Four miles. Mr. Land's General, lOst 61b (Owner) 1 Mr. Dyke na Victress, 9st 71b (C. Boyce) 2 Mr. Linnell's Peter llst Illb (Tasker) 3 Mr. W. Jones's California, lOst Sib (Martin) 0 Mr. Sait's Sir Alexander, 9st 71b (W. Archer) 0 Mr. F. Wilson's Miss Pranks, Bst 21b (W. Fowler) 0 5 to 4 agst Victress, 6 to 4 agst Peter, and 4 to 1 agst General. A very fine race for the last mile and a half. Won by a length; Peter a bad third. The Monmouthshire Hunt Stakes of 5 sous. each, with a Cup of 201. added. Three miles. Mr. Cartwright's Justice to England, 12st(S. Darling) 1 Mr. Morgan's Mistake, lOst 121 b (W. Archer) 2 Mr. Cooke's Skipaway, lOst 71b (0 wner) 3 Mr. G. Morgan's Sandfly, lOst 121 b (Sir W. Gomm) 0 Mr. Saunders's Nannie, lOst 51b (W. Capel) 0 5 to 4 agst Justice to England, and 3 to 1 agst Sand fly. Won cleverly by nearly two lengths. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. SHREWSBURY RACES, 1852. The Great Cleveland Ha❑dicap of 15 soon. each, 10 ft, and 5 It only It declateo. Age st lb King of Oude 5 8 7 Chief Justice 5 8 3 Doubt Ago at lb Aaron Smith 4 6 0 Abb. of Jerveaux 5 6 0 Dulcet Mark Tapley 5 7 12 Goldtinder Trickstress Le Juif 4 7 8, Clothworker Calculator 4 7 4 singleader Melford a 6 0 The Drag 5 6 0 First Fruits 4 6 0 Paddy bird 3 6 0 Miss Judy Macau 5 5 13 (Candlewick IWaterfall Spot S elina E,g . ret a 6 13 BAlet Girl W arwick Jolin of Berwick 5 6 9 Tho Proctor 4 6 8 WiLmont Mrs. Birch Sister to Cloth- Ella Goliah The Surveyor Madeline !Mary Ann Kate Ethelwolf 3 5 5 Harrison by Faugh-a-Ballagh 3 5 2 Robert worker Achyranthes ... 5 6 3 Lenny Wheat 3 4 8 NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. MONDAY.—Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob, Bst 71b, apt Duke of Bedford's Hugo; T.Y.C.; 100, h ft. FRIDAY.—Lord Clifden's Harpsichord agst Lord Glasgow's c by Don John, out of Miss Whip, Bst 71b each; T.M.M.; 100. Lord Clifden's Altitude agst Lord Glasgow's Sister to Caracara; Bst 71b each; T.Y.C.; 100 h ft. YORK SPRING MEETING, 1852. WEDNESDAY (NEXT). Handicap for the Spring Cup. - One Mile and a quarter. Vatican, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b; Eltbiron, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b; Radulphus, aged, Bst 71b; Iris,:4yr3, Bst 31b; Italian, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b; Croupier, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b; Azetb, 4 yrs, 7st 51b; Calculator 4 yrs, 7st 51b; Knook Knoll, 4 yrs, 7st 21b; Saxon, 4 yrs, Est 121 b; Paquetta, 4 yrs, 6at 121 b; Lady Jersey, 6 yrs, Est 10Ih; Chorister, aged, 6st Sib; Sur veyor, 3 yrs, 6st; Butte) fly, 3 yrs, sst 91b; Agnes Wickfield, 3 yrs, sst 8113; Gujeerat, 3 yrs, sst 21b; Lizzy, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. NOTTINGHAM RACES.—In order to prevent their clashing with Stamford, the Nottingham Races are al tered to the 224 and 23d of July. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The N. F. hds., Tues., Bolderwood; Sat , Rost. Thurs., The H. H. hds., Tues., Bentley G reen; Brighton Village. Fri Vinney The N. F. bloodbds, Mon.,Stoney Cro ss ; ., Ridge. Waverley SUN TO THE EDIT OR OF TilE ,• to be four with one which has hit on a Sim one. SlR,—Among all the councils held, I have not met plo plan for making th u Crystal Palace a self-supporting one. The plan I viish to the height sagest is, that the galleries should be let at 1/. the square y 'ard, I mean the sides of each, say y tads, for any trade or profession. The sides could glazed up, so that it would not interfere with the Winte b e r Garden underneath. If all kinds of machiner and new inventions were introduced, tho portion und e r Y galleries could a lso be made available ,partitioned the off in the same way as the u pper part; so every yard in length wou ld pay 41. yearly. 'Then those who wis h to study the fine arts, or mech anism, would h ave a fair field before th e m, This w ould surpass the Louv re in Paris , and may seeki n g place in the know n Wold were to purchase anything • r * If parties they %vould go there to see the last in art or science, find the name and residence of the n inventions, and It might be thrown open t .o all maker or inventor. allowed ,to come in for that the world, and articles if this pla n is carried out it purpose free of duty, and 50,0001. to 1 . 00,000/. per an could be made to pay from If you, S'ir, w ill lend num ' in your vain able a helping hand by placing this meet with a sc3conder in column s, and if the suggestion should to afford furl her the public, I shall be most happy an objeot.—l t , _. i nformation for carrying out so nob;e lua ~ A ., your's most respectfully, 22, Warwi c k . WILLIAM EVANS. square, City, April 16, 1852. s, -In, JOHN ~FRAzunirc—The brig Renovation, of Shields, commanded by Captain Edward Coward, who is said to have seen Sir John Franklin's two ships on an iceberg near Newfoundland in the spring of 1851, arrived at Ply mouth on the sth of January last from Port Daniel, in Canada, and discharged a cargo of 312 loads of timber, 200 deals, and 10 fathoms of lathwood, on the North Wharf, Sutton harbour, to Messrs. Bayly and Fox, timber mer chants. The Renovation left Plymouth on the 17th of the same month for North Shields. During bis stay at Ply mouth Captain Coward was in daily intercourE3 with Mr. William Mennie, druggist, Mr. Kibbey, ship chandler, Mr. Gambill, szilmaker, to neither of whom, nor to the mer chants' clerks, or Custom-house officers, did he make men tion of Sir John Franklin's ships. Captain Coward is repre sented as a man of strict probity and integrity. yv U. S. FACSTUE.—A. gentleman, speaking of Cin cinnati, says its most appropriate name is Ham-burgh of America. " Yes," replied another, " I think it will be the Neat-ropolis of the United States." The son of Quintius Fabius Maximus advised his father to seize on a post, saying, ‘• It will only cost a few men." Fabius answered drily, "Will you be one of the few ?" The Boston Post says that two kinds of eggs are used in making the beverage called " I,9 i ° and Jerry," namely, hen'f, , eggs and nutm-eggs. We are sorry to announce that the Countess Vel Pa's tier warr has been mush indisposed for some days Pa'? recent Ladyship was taken suddenly ill at her lil a J esty ,l s tvii. drawing-room, and has net yet recoTered from the e-ageseree-avelae----e a ra eaa-.. ra , etweeyeaaaaaav a aa a af aaa - DUBLIN TriEkraTeAtS (From the Telegraph.) Thralare ROYAL.—On Monday evening last our worthy manager threw open his portals, upon CI! oc casion of the re-opening of our national theatre ; and judging from the overflowi ng attendaace which haws, pit, and galleries presented, we may not be deemed false prophets when we predict a season of unprece dented success, as the reward of his enterprise and ability. The performances selected being and tastefully arranged, p b r o o th ved j judiciously varied y sl the loud and reiterated rounds of applause sufficiently testified that energy, zeal, and ability are not thrown away upon attractive, and an Irish audience. The entertainments of the evening opened with a play which has never yet been pro duced intour theatre, called The Corsican Brothers, very fairly dramatised from a translation of ore of Alexander Dumas' novels, bearing the same name ; and the popularity pit has already attained in the London theatres has caused it to have had a run, not only of unusual duration, but to be again selected by the very first actor of the P'resint day, Mr. Charles Keay:- upon the re-opeilieg of the Princess's Theatre. Mr. king personated the characters of the twits in their different phases with both point - and correctness ; Mr. Webster playing the part of Renaud, the unscrupulous roue, with exactness and pro priety ; and the scenery, which was designed and pointed by that eminent artist, Mr. Charles Parker, most splendidly contributed to the I tage effect. In fine, all the accessories could not be exceeded for artistic gorgeousness ; and, therefore, although its first production, it achieved a complete triumph. An extraveganza, styled, The Pri-nce of Happy Linfl, from the clever pen of Plaetebe, was then produced, and, from the many hurno, ems travesties of well-known airs, proved highly atteael tive. The scenery, decorations, and dresses are en-e tirely new, and tend in no small degree to render the piece effective. The entertainments concluded with the old farce Kill or Cure, in which the performers acquitted themselves most creditably. QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE.—This handsome and oasrtseircatl Brothers, onday, w with the well-regulated pl ace o f amusement was re-opene d o n uponnew t drama, h e sameevening entitled The icas Easter produced at our national theatre, Hawkins-street. From the crowded app earance the house preseneed, we feel great pleasure in being able to state that our favourable predictions with regard to its success oein in a lair way to be. verified, and that Mr. Josephs will have no reason to repent the vary large expenditure, both of time and money, which he has gone to in securing :he services of so efficient a corps dranzaticue, under the management of Mr. Barrett, a gentleman for many years an old favourite with the Dublin audi ence—the scenery, &e., which has been depicted by the master-hand of the celebrated painter, Mr. Yates, tending in no small degree to render the toute ensemble both brilliant and effective. Throughout the entire piece the respective parts were most ably sustained, and at its termination Mr. Sydney Davis and Mr. Vanden hoff were loudly called for, and greeted with loud ap plause. In the farce of Family Jars which followed, Mrs. Vandenhoff was heartily welcomed, and the talent and correctness of her acting have in nowise diminished since we recollect her on the boards at llawkias the name of Mr. Taylor, whose singing in an a ria from street, some six years hence. We must a lso mention Balfe's Sicilian Bride was so much admired as to cause him to be loudly encored. The enter tainments concluded with an extravaganza, called The Alhambra ; or the Three Beautiful Prin cesses, in which a brilliant display of r:ew scenery, dresses, and decorations was brought into requisition. Several of the new company are giving every promise of becoming favourites, amor get whom we cannot refrain from mentioning with credit the name of Miss 11. Gordon, an actress possessing great talent and first-rate stage ability, combined with a voice of sweetness and considerable power ; and there is but little doubt that the efforts of the enter prising lessee, in thus catering for public amusement will meet that remuneration which they so justly merit. THE VALUE or ENERGY.—He who, by a❑ intel lectual and moral energy awakens kindred energy in others, touches springs of infinite power, gives impulse to faculties to which no bound can be prescribed, begins an action which will never end. One great and kindling thought from a retired and obscure person may live when thrones are fallen, and the memory of those who filled them obli terated ; and, like an undying fire, may illuminate and quicken all future generaticns. CENSUS OF IRELAND.—The first part of the report of the Commissioners for taking the census in Ireland has been printed by order of the House of Commons. It contains returns of the area, population,_and number of houses, by town-lands and electoral divisions, in the county of Carlow. Similar tables for each county in Ireland will be from time to time published. The Commissioners state that the anxiety of the public for detailed statistical information respecting the late census, and the wishes of Parliament upon the sub ject, have determined them to prepare this section of the work, in preference to more minute and digested tables, re lating to education, occupations, deaths, &c., which will ac company the general report, in forms similar to those pub lished after the census of 1841. The area of the county of Carlow, taken by electoral divisions and poor-law unions, is shown to amount to 147,842 acres. In IS4I the population was 60,553; in 1851 it was 50,121, namely-24,160 males and 26,024 females. The total number of houses in the same year was 8,621, of which 513 were uninhabited and 13 building. The poor-law valuation in Ixsl was 125,721/. The returns consequently show a decrease of population in the county of Carlow of 10.434 persons as compared with the census of 1841, or one-sixth of the entire population. 'rho decrease in the number of houses is 1,714. THE CONVICTED POISONERS, HOLLINSON AND harmer.—The reprieve of the aged poisoner William Rol linson, who was condemned to death at the lets assizes at Bury St. Edmunds, for administering arsenic in food intended for his daughter, and which resulted in the death of a woman named Cowell, was mainly attributable to the representation of the gaol surgeon, as to the extreme age, bodily infirmity, and declining health of the prisoner, coupled doubtless with a desire on the part of the authorities to avoid the sad spectacle of the hanging of a men upwards of eighty years old. It has been observed, however, that while his age increases, the infirmities of ItoHinson have wonderfully diminished since his respite was communicated to him, and that he is in fact in as good health as a man of his great age almost pos sibly can be. From the facts which have come to light since his imprisonment, and the strong belief entertained that he has committed other crimes of the same hideous pasdescrition as that for which he was found guilty, monster of iniquity who richly merited the halter w , reference to Baldr3. the has just managed to escape. With 1 ., farmer in decent circumstances and position in lie, who was condemned for attempting the life of his wife by poison, he e r l e ygar that, tilc in l lhis a e pany's steam '. LYMOUTH, APRIL awaits the decision of the judges on.thteetrfas d w erv b e e fou je d cti°n taken by his counsel. Should the p n un s.sailed yesterday, at case, iG. _ — t ri h l e e l law OUTWARDis generally c believed , Ar E iA isf l t L. Vi-- Vinc id ent, ,Sierra Leone, and the has full of Good Hope. She acargo of British mann- Cape • 'ewellery plate, h sh a i l p f.p ß as o t sp o h r O e r e llS r ,. ,f C ., a p fo t r ain s t factured goods, ' ill's ' Rev. wL'co General in b S e c i re e i f : &c. As passer gers for Sierra Leone— mrs n rnewalle (Admiralty); for the Cape of Youngp-7, _. • Harrison, Miss Wiltshire, the three Misses anqMiss Cooper, Rev. Mr. Faure, Mrs. Mrs. M'Crea, Mr. W. F. Smith (Ad miralty), Captain Dundas, Captain the lion. G. F. Deve reaux and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Be Mr. Henry W. Young, Dr. J. P. Cunnin h , aumann, For St; Vincent, 1; Sierra Leone, 7 - , ( S ' t M • O"Ceill l' N D g am, R.N., Assistant , Surgeon - , e ~ r. 1 lenfiel I Faure, Mrs. Herbert, L'll' 1 and Assistant-Surgeon Harvie Bos phorus were mustered ' 'lnc)" Bay. were in charge a C ommander • The following mail bags Com mander Rodd, in the Bridges, the Mail Master :-... Town, .20 ; Port Natal, 7 Ma jesty's ship r l . :e le nAa", C. : Capehush. her Majesty's fleet at S. ; and one for the senior officer of and ship inspected yesterday by The crew of the Bos- Impregnable. Captain Hall, who has had absence of Captain Lowe, of her Ma great experience in the navigation of iron ships, and has paid considerable attention to the variation of the neadle, takes with him one of Captain Walker's patent compasses, in order to observe the working of this ingenious instrument, and to develope its results at the end of the voyage front the Cape. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Lord Liverpool Tavern, Dempsey-street, Mile-end, re specting the death of Mr. Joseph Roach, aged 40, a revenue. officer, who died suddenly in a brothel. It appeared that. the s t et et aa nniktake si .i,.t, s i ap course. plhi ie. ,nt g he C unlikely l oi k i m s deceased had occupied apartments at No. 25, Dempsey-street, near the Thames Police-court, and on Monday afternoon last, when he returned home, he found a female sitting at tea with his landlady. Deceased left the house shortly afterwards, was quickly followed by the visitor, who must have subse quently joined the deceased's company, as they both pro ceeded to a brothel kept by a woman named Parkes, at No. 10, Oxford-street, Stepney, but had scarcely been shown into a room more than three minutes when the servant heard a heavy fall. On hastening to the apartment the servant found the door open, and the deceased lying on the floor face down wards ; the female was leaning over him, and said she thought the gentleman had feinted. The deceased was turned over, and various means used to restore him, but ha remained in a state of unconsciousness and apparently dead. A cab was shortly afterwards procured, in which too de. ceased was placed and conveyed home, but must have bees dead before he was put into the vehicle. The deceased was quite sober, and when he paid the shilling to the keeper of the brothel was cheerful, and exclaimed, " Here you aro, all serene." There was no quarrelling nor scuffle after they en tered. The deceased was a widower, and very respectably connected. Mr. S. G. Hayes, surgeon, of Jubilee-place Stepney, said he had made a post mortent examination of the body, and found that about a pound and a half of blood had escaped into the pericardium, caused by the rupture shot s aneurism of the heart of long standing. Any bodily %% et .. . or sudden excitement would cause death. He must ha -a died: instantaneously. The death was certainly from _ n n Z ur ug a l causes. The jury returned a unanimous verdict f 3 death. held hero ore LESLIE MAIIKET.—Our market d the greater por anything we have seen in former years r , , c n e : Tuesday. The number of cattle exposes" fair muse F P l e r h e aail-v v e re The sale a l e amount s ve a r yc a n ee 4 o 6:f tion found ready purchasers at business transacted during the day which wer e number of stallion!, were some much-ad side rab exhibitedle. i h T htehree green, 1 ja,samus9tinagali:r. mired and noble-looking,arlowun seen to the very e, containing ` animate best advantage un usuallyanimate wonders,number charges. in the evenin g at the very lowest _ there being several the re was no dancing balls, and lack of anausernen the former finding ' only one s" free T a much more laudable crcwded attendances. while the latter . ... amusement ofcourse) only a mere sprinkling —EY h . commanded _ • d . _ es tre Journal. , mARBINCII. PROLIFIC ENVE.—Mr. Francis Millar. iiilt°ofbehs of th i s place, has a ewe which, we presume, will find few equa ls in the county. Last week she presented her owner with four fine healthy lambs, which are all doing IL-- Ate Fiftshire Journal. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stemma Montrose has been sold to the Portuguese Government. She will be sent to Cowes to be overhauled and put in good working order, when she will proceed to Portugal to nut NS a mail packet betwqtA Lisboa awl Ancla.