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.RAT ETRE, C PEA TION; 11 VISION OF THE SOUL. As a suggestive producrien. this honk clysorves a casual Perusal. Nevertheltss it might almo,t b. reproleted for thg extreme audacity of its cmc.ption ; prelendiag (as it does) to be an amplification of the mt,st sublime narrative ever presented to the human race. " Caliche de ereatinni mundi, et origine humani iteneris !" exclaimed the Venerable Berle, and here the " Christian Platonist" has dared . to echo his announc•nuent, and repeat his en deavour. That, however, which has been sanctified in the divine records of Genesis, and which has likewise tasked the inspired imagination of cur incomparable Milton, was a theme scarcely compatible with the size, arrangement, or impoverished language of the present volume. From the ineffable vastness of the subject, a failure in this respect was a necessary consequence of the undertaking. We cannot, of course, blame tn. author' of this work for allowing his fancy the most unbridled scope in meditating upon the creation of the universe ; what we blame him for is, the reduction of a series of very crude and rambling ideas to print. Still, undoubt edly, as a suggestive essay, the present can hardly be read without some little profit ; the mind of the reader is exalted by the consummate grandeur of the subject itself ; it glides back to a remote antiquity, when chaos was being merged into order by the will of Omni potence, and looks on awe-stricken and enthralled at the prodigious workings of the Divinity. If for one other consequence alone this " Vision of the Soul " is, to a certain extent, meritorious, it serves again and again to demonstrate the perfection of the opening de scriptions contained in " The Book of books." So solemn, so entire, so earnest, so stupendous, are the brief verses in the commencement of Genesis, as contrasted with any human endeavour to delineate that epoch of eternity when " the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters ;" whether that contrast be with the word-glories of Milton, or the choral majesty of Haydn, or the singular bathos of our Christian platonist. Holy writ has ever commanded the admiration of infidelity itself ; its majestic utterance moved even the heart of sceptism. Byron, amidst the vortex of his most libertine excesses, holm over its pages with a reverential ewe ; Shelley, in the haughtiest moments of his disbelief, drank deeply from its mysterious wisdom. It is stamped with the signet of its celestial origin even in its composition. And, as we are willing to conjecture that it is from his love for the Great Book the present publication has been called into existence, we may concede a negative ap proval of the notion, and overlook the non-success in the execution of the work before us. There are, how ever, some discrepancies and incongruities scattered over its pages, which req'iire an especial deprecation. Thus, for example, when the writer is attempting to depict the creation of birds in a peaeeful and sinless Paradise, he describes the blood-thirsty chase of a vulture after a dose, and subsequently a similar pur suit of a fox by hounds and hors-s. These, besides be int anachronisms, are very mean adjuncts to a picture like that of a new-born world. Again, he represents the Deity as promising a M and Red emer to Adam and his race before the fdi of our first parents ; a circum stance which, if conscientiously maintained, would be nothing lese than broaching a doctri ne most incon . . LITE gruous to Christianity, namely, the doctrine of pr, des tination. A little more caut , on shoull at the least have been observed by the en.hor before he presumed on the publication of such a work. even granting that the sub ject itself was a fitting one for a prose dit.q iisition. One other fault there is—the language is at times most into lerably turgid. An epic has yet to be written recon ciling the expositions of geology with those of revealed religion. TALES FROM 7HE GERMAN OF HEIN RICH ZSCUOKKE. By Parke Godwin. Perhaps no literature has so suddenly attained such an eminence in the world of letters as that of Germany, and, as another well-stream of that same literature, the fictions of Zschskke are peculiarly interesting, The "present. translation, though partaking occasionally of the' 'license of periphrase f is nevertheless good, as an E'xPdeent of the vein of thought which has gained the author so 'much popularity in " fatherland." Born at M agdebur g , i n P russia, " somewhere about the year 1774" Heinrich Zschiikke passed through a series of singular vicissitudes, which no doubt coloured his fancy with an air of romance, and imparted such a truthful - mess to his delineations of passion, and his in sight into character. An actor, a playwright, a schoolmaster, a literateur, he gained a wide and varied experience ; and in his works the fruits of that experience are faithfully embodied. Mr. Godwin tells us as follows :—" In 1805, our author Was married, and still lives at a simple and beautiful country place near Aaran surrounded by a large f am ily, sad univ ersa ll y esteemed wherever he is known. In the seventy fourth year of his age, after an intensely exciting but useful life, he awaits with calmness the summons to the eternal world." This paragraph alone could not fail to enlist the interest of the most lymphatic reader, while the stories themselves contained in this volume would confirm the most favourable estimate of his abilities. There is a homely wisdom in the fictions which cannot fail' to exercise an effectual and beneficial influence upon those who will afford the writer an opportunity of listen ing to his teachings. If only as a necessary portion of the series of German novelettes, the book has our com mendation. 7 EMOIRS OF THE JACOBITES. Vol. 111. By Hrs. Thomson. On the appearance of the two preceding volumes of this history, we took occasion to comment upon their impar tiality and completeness ; the third and concluding volume,-now lying before us, has similar claims upon our attention, and a similar title to our applause. Mrs. Thomson has filled up a gap in our natienal literature, and, corscious of the responsibility which devolved upon herself in the undertaking, she has laboured cautiously and resolutely to untold what was hitherto enigmatical. and to explain what was hitherto incongruous. Her task has now reached its completion—h er perseverance has conducted her to the goal towards which she has been striving—her seattered materials have resolved them selves into a certain symetrical form—her " Memoirs of the Jacobites," as far as could reasonably have been anticipated, are dispassionate and suceitett. In the por tion just published, five of the prineipal personages who engaged the observation of their contemporaries, in that stormy and romatic age when the representatives of the Stuart dynasty were stigmatised as Pretenders, and the hopes of their adherents crushed on Drunirno.sie-moor, are pourtraved in their actions and analysed in their cha racters. The handsome and prudent Lord George -Murray, the chivalrous and noble-hearted Duke of Perth, the luckless and generous Earl of Kilmarnock, the haughty and eourege ms Charles Radcliffe, and that renowned heroine whom Walter Scott has so inimitably delineated in all her pensive elevation of heart and un estentatious amenity of temperament. are here grouped together with an earnestness of pur , ose very creditable to the authoress. Her bosom seems animated with a sincere desire to commemorate in a.?equate language the self-forgetful and disint. rested chivalry of those cele brated men who, undaunted .rfid ne d b misfortune, and unbaffelled by . e y hic P 4 ' nerie } :, u str ci o llu ve t e o up hold th e f ain!' be sacredYtowards ni bvholrin they conceived their allegiance t o obligatory However sonic rthßy have abused their trust, end however much the atrocities committed by their Contemporariesh may cause us to blush for our species, theseof th istorzeal personages loom upon us from the darknessand a the past with a lam bent integrity of soul purity of heroism most consolatory to all who are apxious to be hold the balance, at least of good and evil, in the human 'race. No matter what may be the political teas of the reader, no matter what may be his p r eposse , slens, it - would be as impossibe to lay down these volutnes with out a deep reverence for the moral, and a full admiration for the bodily intrepidity of the majority of the Jaco bites, as it would be to resign the Memoirs of Marat and hi s revo l ut i onar y accomplices, without a shudd er of abhorrence. It will afford no little satisfaction to all who have listened to Mr. Wilson's tongs in reference to Prince Charlie and his followers, and to all who can sympathize in the sufferings of good men, to find, ac cording to the Preface of Mrs. Thomson, that an inter esting collection of Jacobite songs is being accumulated by Miss Charlotte Maxwell, whose enthusiasm for the memory of that " party" is only surpassed by her in dustry, in preserving their relics from oblivion. This _volume is embellished with three portraits, those of Flora Macdonald, Prince Charles, and Lord Balmerino, the latter of which, however, we are inclined to regard as somewhat unflattering s it affords us some inkling of the resolution of his character, but has no indication whatever of the sustained and elevated valour of his lite. These " Memoirs of the Jacobites" require so recom mendation, in the same manner that Izaak Walton's "Lives" render any panegyric sup. rflueus. THE NEW TIMON. Third Edition. Our opinion of this very original poem has been con firmed by public approbation; its popularity has already crinducted it to a third edition, and by this means en couragement has been extended to the author. still anonytnousahe has no reason to shrink from the an nouncement of his name in connexion w'.cti the present production ; though we would fain imagine he is reserv ing that disclosure until he can couple it with the üb lication o‘ti'vea work have more ret, fe.ntiAied to the applause of p pos terity. t „araed the " Romance of London' with satisfaction, rat,ier as a promise than an achieve ment—rather; a 4 rather for its Wear h arbinger than as an ultimatum, Qs a whole. v v,, :;0"`"1 than its positive excedeuce eo , tr af a hr applause; on the retract one iota of our trcn:h°atzeeond perusal has unfolded tense fresh beauties overlooked in our first lion; the d :1 5 ;7 sense of gran tie pear more coign' us; the ti.,, i t eation s of character ap wore appreciabl..; the vein (ilf vii:,in..re transpetrefit and possible, d-eper, richt , r, An" e n, I,ight throttle , i(ltit i., if bloom of poesy. , As a first eff:ir-t .uff , -;e . with the "New Tiinon . is undoubtedly rema r k if it be Act —the in no single particular Comparable Cell and th,ugh, —that morvellous first effort of Sh i ell y 'Queen Ma t! '" the au .eir need not fear the eff-ot Of its jurtaposietio— effort) with li , roe 's •. timm .bt I ,1e..,,,a ,3 o n I .rzs a first " Letter to Felix F at l y ' . Bristol Journal . " 4"eer°4'.' the chaste but untdicative " Pastorals" of iexder even with i an Pope. Compar e d with thee,-0 three, , h ave n o ' tion in haza r di ng the ( pinion that the 6, NewTiu..° Sitk l , contains intini7ely more pr om i se. la s.tyin,. this,nholll: ever, we do not for a moment imply that the author is a Pope ' or a Chatterton, or a Byro n i n em b ryo; we merely infer from the comparison that the writer of this recent poem gives good augury of his powers. The realisation however of this augur% rests entirely with iittos;•l!, with ' his self tuition, with his industry, with the real vigour of his intellect. Experience has too often shown the fallacy and impossibility of drawing any just conclusions Of a poet from his first production —so many have leaped forth, like Pallas, fully armed, only to wi!her into their original‘ obscurity—so many hav e , as it, were, emitted corrdications of poetry as P‘w e-c-nt and solitary as th-y were nrdltant. I: tit: efipacitie,4 %vliic'.i ,i , - , 04;• sated in "The New Timon" be eventually realised, the present pm will live as the first of a series; if, on the QOM baud, its author fails, like eke mazy etherst al the T fit. pc, S N 1:1 0 N, ,• iita Section of MA oWri promise, it will die 1 Of itself. .Hoot survive the lap,e of nerations—as associated tnOre mater, d successors it may tas-e of imrnov tan y. We have written this mach, because of the in dications here given of a real genius for a divine art, and because of our anxiety that a ggnitig so propitiously announced may not be rendered null . and unprofitable eithcr by the precipitation or i ndolence of its posses or. Whoever has written this " Romance of London" has a means of carving out a niche for himself in the poetical gallery of England; he has paved the way to public attention; h., has the faculty (or we are singularly mistaken) for accomplish ing greater things; may he have the courage and the inclination ! In the third edition, lying before uc, the decorations of the book, as to binding and typography, are commensurate with its beauty as a literary pro - duction. It is suitable for the library and the boudoir , the drawing-room and the study; its exterior is delicate, with apple-green and blazonry; its interior is adorned with elevating sentiments; and genuine poesy. RAMBLES IN NORMANDY By James Hairby, M.D. This is a very delightful book. Normandy is one of provinces, Haithe r m b y o s i t s picturesque amusing the travelling F c h aompaaio and nlt Dr. ap pears that his object in wandering through Normandy was to discover some pleasant and cheap place of resi dence, where he could secure good society for himself and the means of education for his children—and to all who are engaged in a similar search we recommend Dr. Hairby's bo..k as a vade mecum—they will find the respective claims of Granville, and Avranches, and Har fieur, and Havre, and Caen, and fifty other places, amply discussed, and will be enabled, in many instances, at once to fix on the locality most likely to suit their purpose. His descriptions of icenery and places are graphic, and his sketches of society kindly-hearted, and at the same time amusing. Some of his hints to Englishmen as to French etiquette are valuable: for instance, attention to the following may prevent th' commission of many a liaise in an unconscious stranger:— " ne Frenchman (says Dr. Hairby) notices what he con siders a great rudeness in us, of which many Englishmen, on their first arrival in France, are unconscious of. The instance to which I allude is this: one man, accompanied by many others, meets a lady whom he knows, walking in the midst of a party, amongst whom are gentlemen with whom he has no acquaintance, he bows to the lady, every gentleman on his side raises his hat, and every gentleman in her suite returns thesalute. Nor is this etiquette limited to intercourse with the fair sex. The same courtesy is observed between groups of men; a bow to one is the signal for a general salute. Now John Buil, at first, under the circumstances stated, takes no notice of a raised hat that is not elevated to himself indi vidually • and says to the ladies, in his company, afterwards, when they, perhaps, school him for his rudeness, Why sh .uld I take off my hat, when they did not bow to me?' Of course such a person is deemed a bete, in the first instance, oy the Frenchmen. One never loses character by civility; my countrymen ought invariably to bow to the female of any sh , p into which they enter; and should take off their lists to the inmates of the humblest lodging-house where they may search for accommoda.ion." The foll,wing hints, too, will be found very valuable to persons proposi: g to settle in Normand% : " On matters of graver moment, I am unwilling to enter; though there is one point of morality to which I shall ad vert, the indifference to truth, which is so often shamefully exhibited, even by persons, who, from their station in life, might be supposed to consider their word binding and con clu.i ye in their trarvactions. I snail forbear from giving individual instances to this effect, but I may mention a case which is, probably, not very rare --that of a proprietor, who undertakes to let a house for certain rent, assures the proposing tenant, that he shall have it on a certain day; in the meantime, he is offered a higher rent by another person, and he tells the first bidder, very coolly, on the day when he had promised to give pos session, that he had let the house to another. ' But, Sir, you promised to let me have it, and offered to sign the lease this ctly ;' to which the other replies, with that peculiar shrug which a Frenchman alone can give with full effect, ' True, but then the agreement was not in writing.' In short, a verbal promise is not considered binding, and, therefore, a disregard for one's word may be fairly inferred. I fear that, in the transactions of business, this want of principle will be found very common. " The Normans are proverbial for cunning and extreme exaction in their dealings; but I have not found them so, and lam glad to compare the lights with the shadows of their character. The meanest servants will not steal, and, with rare exceptions, are most scrupulously honest; they seldom pilfer in your house, the doors and windows of which are left open—no rogue enters them ; house-breaking or house-robbing, in town, and may be country, are scarcely known : you feel secure of life and property in the most lonely retreat. Can we say as much for our own people? Again, there is a confidence in your integrity, on the part of tradesmen and shopkeepers, which impresses one with a high opinion of the correctness and regularity with which debts are paid, at least in the part of France under my immediate observation ; and though a few losses have been sustained by the shopkeepers of Avranches,' from the defalcation of English customers, they are, on the whole. as civil and obliging as any people in their situation can possibly be. Those who may report the contrary, and complain of rude ness or great exactness of dealing from the bankers or shopkeepers, will be found on inquiry, in nine cases out of ten, to have formed erroneous views, or to have given cause for doubts as to their own solvency, or reasonable grounds of complaint, from want of punctuality, or an im propriety of some sort. . " The operatives are idle and slovenly, and, in many in stances, of intemperate habits. If a gentleman wants to have a house repaired, he is tortured by workmen, who will undertake half a dozen jobs at the same time, and not finish any of them, neither at the period promised, nor in a work manlike manner. A good English carpenter, mason, or plas terer, would be ashamed to turn out such defective work, and would execute as much in a day as one of these will do in two or three : every trifle takes off their attention and causes them, like children, to loiter and look abut them ; and, what is worse, while some of them frequent the cider-houses and take holidays as often as they can, their wives are per petually labouring, and experience the greatest want of sym pathy and affection on the part of their husbands : this is, alas! a crying evil among our British labourers and me chanics also. " The Norman temper is notoriously quick and violent, and some of the most faithful and honest servants will give im pertinent answers on the slightest contradiction of their wishes, and exhibit the most childish petulance; yet, with this great fault, and others of a minor character, besides ex treme want of method and tidiness, they are a good class, and universally abstemious in eating and drinking. If they do not execute a.; much work as an English serv.mt, nor in the same satisfactory style, they are, on the other hand, much lees expensive in every particular. The best servants (I speak of females, for the men are usually idle, profligate, and troublesome) are in the service of French families, in which they are treated with a degree of kindness and familiarity un known to our more reserved and formal habits : yet, though they are allowed so much freedom of conversation and man ner, this privilege does not engender is them a presumptu ous department. " The lady mistress of a French family often sits in her kitchen and talks to her maids, and such is the recipro ca l attachment between the head s o f the family and their do nieric4, that lengthened servitude is very common ; small a'auttes to faithful dependents, and if a servant marries in service, a dint], r is generally provided by the master or mis tresi, who entertain the bridal party with the utmost hos pitality." These rambles are profusely illustrated by beautiful wood -cuts. , Toe doctor, in his preface, half promises that be will next year conduct us over Brittany and L 2 Vendee. We shall be glad to ramble over those chi valrous provinces accompanied by such an intelligent and amusing guide. THE ART-UNION OF LONDON AND THE GOVEiiNMENT. The conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in now opposing the legalising of art-unions, is regarded with much diz.pleasure by a large number of persons who regard it, not merely as unparliamentary, but as inter fered years wlth ago, the short-sighted, sad calcuLted to produce great injury. valuable tfirst unwisely inter se"vhael u n associations , . Sir . Robert Peel said more than once, it was wrong . to imagine the Go vvrtiment were opposed to art-unions, and that they would support Bill a which could be brouaft in ,►i to legalise them. The H the principle b °use admitted th e goo d ness of mittee to inqui y re a • resolution, a pp o i nt i ng a Com art-unions on a firinto the best means of placino. Committee so appoint:: and ermanent basis ; • th e e subject, have set forth inquired most carefully into the in an ex ce ll ent report the sense they ente r t a i n of the v d alue of su c h soc i eties, and recom mend that a Bill should that uncertainty ma , be bro ug h t i n immediately, so all this, the Chancelior of the prevail ; an d now, after the question of principle the E xc h equer is to return to ries, and I see no reason why'a and say, art-unions are lotte dheir p romoters Should be exempted from th e pains a Lottery Acts. penalties of th e ex i st i ng The assertion that they encour proved over and over again . . ; th a e ge • gambling was clis m le fact that the subscribers restrict ther:Lselves, with s v i e 13 very few exceptions, to one share, ever_ ' in a greater degree than at first, is, of itself a sufF: :;tent disproof of it. Of t i de good effect they had in spreading a love of art 4 :nroughout all classes, all bear witness ; there cannot be two opinions upon it, and as regards the interests of artists as a body, we have evidence that the suspension of art-unions would produce an amount of positive dis tress which only those who have inquired into the sub ject can rightly estimate. The hint tnrown out by us last week is about to be acted on. A public meeting of artists will be held, and a memorial forwarded to Sir Robert Peel. A large body of artists have manifested their anxiety to move in it, and simply wait for some of their more favoured brethren to take the initiative, lost if they moved first, the latter might consider it infra dig, to follow. There is no time to be lost, as Mr. Wyse's Bill stands for com mittal on Wednesday next.— The Builder. L c w i l c . n a , n d A A PRIL. superintendentl.in o, lnrdi.ire of S ir her F r; i n a j c e i s s ty A ,_sf . C o o o W l c l e ° - r 3 ° . , in reldiness to proceed to Spithe a d, t o h o i st hi s pen d ant on Duck-yard at Wo-lwi c h, h as rece i ve d orders to hold h i mse l f one of the vessels intended to be experimented with in the approaching naval trials of the merits of ships and steam vessels of war. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Com mander Petty, has returned from Whitby, and proceeded down the river yesterday with the Monkey steam-vessel, Master - Commander W. Bryant, to tow the Trafalgar, of 120 guns, to the Downs, that vess.el being ordered to form one of the experimental squadron. One lieutenant, one sergeant, three corporals, and thirty privates of the 20th Regiment, arriviat at Woolwich 3 . esterday from the Isle of Wight, where the depot is stationed, and embarked in the Scotia convict ship, as a guard, and they will remain at head -quarters of the regiment stationed at Bermuda. WIaYMOUTII.—Our town was in a state of great excite ment during the whole of Thursday last, owing to the non arrival of the London mail. it appears that by some mistake the mail-bag was sent to Rochester instead of Dorchester, so that we did not receive the mail till the arrival of the Emerald, Southampton coach, about six o'clock in the even ing.—Slierborne Journal. CREMORNE GARDENS, CRELSEA.--At the M Sessions on F r id ay an appeal against the decision of the iddlesex local magiorlt refusing a r.liewal of the licens e fo r these gardens, wa p :, .1 ...,! 'may 18. Mr- Se:i.,eatit Wilkins Mr. James Ellis; and Mr. Clark is retained for the appellant, son will appear for the magistrates. The case is important, and excites a large ohara of public attention. NATIONAL ASSoCIATtoN OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. A very large meeting of the members of this Association was held 'on Friday night at the Hanover-square Rooms; Mr. R. R. Pennington presiding on the occasion. A very lengthened report having been read by the Secre taries, setting forth the past operations and future plans of the association, several resolutions were carried, embodying the suggestions it contained, and of which the following are copies:— " 1. That the indefinite postponement of the settlement of the medical question in Parliament, and the consequent unsuccessful issue of the exertions of the committee to obtain a charter of incorporation for the general practitioners, is chiefly to be attributed to the existing colleges having un duly exercised their influence, and thrown unwarrantable obstacles in the way of the Secretary of State for the Home Department; that in consequence an absolute necessity exists for the general practitioners to maintain a permanent col lective organization, wi. ', an authoritative council to protect their interest. It is therefore, the opinion of this meeting, that the recommendation of the committee, in the report which has just been read, that the National Association sh.;uld be established on a more permanent basis, be forth with adopted, and that the members of the association, and of the profession generally, be canvassed as to their willing ness to co-operate in the formation of a National Institute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifwry, on the plan recommended id the report. "2. That it is expedient in the meantime that the National Association should maintain its present position, that it may be prepared to act in any emergency that may arise, and be ready to avail itself of every suitable occasion to urge upon the Legislature the pressing necessity, on public grounds, of a revision of the laws affecting the medical pro fession, and also, as a numerous and important collective body, that it may exercise all the means at its disposal to produce a satisfactory settlement of the complicated question of medical reform. " 8. That the committee of the National Association be requested to continue their functions as a provisional com mittee, and with power to add to their numbers, for the pur pose of carrying out the two last resolutions; and that future public meetings be called as soon as the committee may be prepared to receive a report from the committee of their pro ceedings, and of the opinions of the profession on the forma tion of a National In -titute of Medicine, Surgery, and Mid wifery." A 'Cote of thanks was carried to the Apothecaries' Society, for their enlightened policy in raising the qualifications of the general practitioners, and in the part which they had taken in the late questions affecting the medical profession. A great number of speakers addressed the ni , eting, amongst whom were Mr. Bird, Mr. Purcel, Dr. Cooper, Mr. Bedding field, Mr. F. A. Bonney, Mr. G. Daniel, Mr. Rogerson, Mr. J. Woolridge, and Mr. M. Beale. Great indignation was ex pressed eluting the evening at the terms in winch the Hun terian oration bad spoken of the general practitioners, and generally at the conduct of the council of the College of Sur geons. Hopes were also expressed by IS:r. Sparkes, Mr. Cooper, and members of the committee, that the d,fferences which had hitherto existed among the body of general prac titioners might yet be adjusted. After a vote of thanks to the chairman and secretaries the meeting broke up. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDLING Juscriox RAILWAY.—The inquest on the body of Sarah Rippon, whose death was occasioned by the accident on this railway on Sunday last, was resumed at South Shields, on Thursday, before J. M. Favell, Esq., coroner for the district. It appeared in evidence that the death of the unfortunate woman was occasioned by the scalding she received while under the ruins; her sufkrings were described as intense— her head, face, arm, and chest presenting a frightful appear ance. The guard of the train which ran off the line, Mr. T. E. Harrison, engineer to the Newcastle and Darlington Rail way Company, and others connected with the line, were examined at length, but they failed satisfactorily to explain the exact cause of the accident. The jury, therefore, agreed to the following verdict :—" That the decased, Sarah Rip pen, came to her death from being scalded by the boiler of the engine No. 9, belonging to the Newcastle and Darling ton Junction Railway Company; but that there is no evi dence to show the jury in what way the engine was thrown off the line, or that any blame can be attached to any of the company's servants." A RAT-CATCHER CAUGHT.—Our readers will, many of them, recollect a noted rat-catcher who exhibited in our market, a few weeks since, a cage full of vermin, over which he seemed to have obtained a sort of mesmeric influence, in asmuch as they did just what he permitted them to do, and no more. On Saturday last this same individual exhibited his stock at Bedford; and while hplding a rat in each hand, irritating them to fight each other, one of them fastened on his hand, and before he could release himself from that, the other rat fastened on his other hand, and both of them lace rated him severely. He was unable to make them loose their hold until he strangled them off with his teeth, and spat them dead upon the ground. Misfortunes, we are told, go in pairs ; the same evening he was again caught, and locked up in Bedford gaol, on a charge of stealing a watch.—Banbury Guardian. brahim Pacha left the baths of Vernet on the 12th instant for Paris, with his health completely re-established. He is accompanied by the Marquis de Lavalette, who was sent to him by the King, Soliman and Sanci Pashas, Scantier Bey, son of Soliman, Major-General Ibrahim Bey, Dr. Lallemant, Colonel Bonfart, Mustapha Effendi, an Aide de-Camp of his Highness, M. Nubard, and Outré, dragomans, the secretary of the Marquis de Lavalette, and a train of ser • vents. The private physician of his Highness, M. Castag none, and Mehemet Effendi, a superior officer, left Vernet three days before Ibrahim Pacha; the first having obtained leave to visit his family in Piedmont, and the second on his return to Egypt. While at Vernet his Highness gave noble instances of his liberality, and his departure is felt with pro portionate regret. STRANGE WAY OF CIRCULATING NEWS. The Figaro of Berlin, says a German journal, not wishing to get into trouble by the publication of a piece of scandal, lately inserted the following notice :—" A terrible piece of news for M. —, director of—, is now in circulation. As we cannot publish it nithoat danger to ourselves, and as the public ought however to be informed of its purport, we have given orders to our porter to relate in all its details the said intelligence to whatever persons may think fit to make in quiries. We pledge ourselves that the details are all correct." This article not having received the authorisation of the censorship, the journal has been cited before the Criminal Tribunal. The person alluded to however had been already dismissed from office. At Marlborough -street, Police-court on Friday Mrs. Henry, the widow of an officer, who was brought to this Court on Thursday for annoying the family to the Earl of Arundel, presented herself before Mr. Hardwick with a newspaper, containing a brief notice of her case, and begged the magistrate to deny that Lord Arundel hal ietiniated a doubt about the soundness of her intellect. Mr. Hardwick said he could do nothing of the sort ; for Lord Amu 'del, as the most charitable way of accounting for her strange conduct, had assumed that the applicant was not exactly in her right mind, an impression which he (Mr. Hardwick) also shared. The applicant said she would now disclose the nature of the plot against her. The family of the Howards believed that she was in possession ot; or knew the place of deposit of certain documents, that would materially alter the position of the family. Ever since the family had arrived at this knowledge they had formed a plot to persecute her, and they had persecuted her for the last four years. They had not succeeded in poisoning her, but they had poisoned her faithful house dog. The family had also, f;m• sinister purposes, spread abroad a report that she laboured under mental delusion. In order to counteract this, she had made the Commissioners of Lunacy acquainted with her case, and those gentlemen would be able to vouch for the soundness of her intellect. As Mr. Hardwick continued to express his inability to contra diet the report, the applicant said she should immediately write to the editors of tie papers. CHATHAM. APRIL 17.—The Warspite, 50 guns, Capt. P. W. P. Wallis, was towed up from Folly Point, Gillingham, on the 15th inst., by the African and Fearless steam-vessels, to the moorings lately occupied by the Southampton frigate. She is to be paid off without any of her bulkheads or internal fittings being removed. On Wednesday afternoon, as a party of her crew were running violently with a cart from the sail loft in the Dock- yard, where they had deposited some of the ship's sails, to the wharf for another load, the cart came in contact with a large gun, by which several of the men were injured. Three ofthem were found to be so much hurt that they were immediately removed to Melville Hospital. This ship brought to Ch ahem six military prisoners, under sentences of courts-martial for seven and fourteen years' transportation. The names of the prisoners and corps they belong to are as fol lows :—Peter Morrison, James Brownley, and John Burgess, of the 79th Regiment; John Cameron, 32d; and Joseph Twedie and Robert Walker, of the let Royals. The pri soners were received by an escort, and taken to the Detach ment Prison, where they will remain until an order arrives from the Horse Guards for their removal. The Raleigh, 50 guns, Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., is in Pinop reach, getting on board her armament and powder, &c., and completing for sea. Her crew were removed yesterday from the llussar hulk, where they had been remaining whilst the ship was in dock, She will not remove until the 25th inst., when she will then drop down to Sheerness, and there re tn‘oin until the 17th of next month, when she will proceed with the Trafalgar to the Nore. The case of " Woolmer v. Toby" was heard on Fri day in the C our t o f Q ueen ' s Bench, and a rule Nisi for a new trial Was granted, all the judges concurring in the propriety of this decision. Although letters from the solicitors of joint- stock undertakings to allottees have now become too frequent to create any particular surprise, if the demand for 2s. or as. be made in the ordinary way, a case now and then occurs in which the former applicants seem literally startled at the boldness of the request. Such a case, it appears, happened the other day. About eight months ago applications were made for shares in a certain undertaking, but there was no allotment till the present month, and it is not now a week since the day fixed for the payment of the deposits. It will hardly be credited that letters have already been written to the allottees, threatening them with proceedings if the whole of the deposits are not paid. This is a specimen of "sharp ness" not to be exceeded in the history of modern companies. —noes. E killeds c a a t— the ln ba t t h tl e e o l f is l t ro o o f d d w i e a r s s t r i e e p reported o to N hat o e st b o e vr en ee of John Daniel, a private in her Majesty's :31st Regiment of Infantry, whose parents reside in Robinhood-yard, Notting ham. For a time his family were overpowered with grief at the loss of a son and brother, and went into n ourning ; but, when they had worn their funeral haldbmerts for two or three week', their mourning was turned into joy by the ar rival of a letter from him, written in the hospital at Feroze pore, on the Ist of February, stating that, baying been left for dead upon the field of battle during two days, he had at p l lea T su h r e e letter d on the 17th of December, length sa cr y a s w : l_e t i l n t to wu the wi c th am fee p, li ti o n g d s o w f as th r e e g ee , s e v . e t r .t i s n t g t letter hat but I have not had time to read it. . . I had opened it and . I received your welcome just read about four lines, when the word of co given, ' Stand to your arms, the enemy are upon m us command rcl, we fell in, and marched out to meet them. They were t nom wasond i b d u l , t o f u u r r a t r h t edi e received e d u them h w e i to t h t plenty I retire, enty oof r n o d u ntdh the h i n o f t a a n n t d r y s , h c e o l l o s several native corps, covered by our cavalry and artillery, again advanced upon them. When we had got within a very short distance of them they (valet, a fire of small arms upon us, together with grape and canister shot, which cut down a great many of our men ; but we advanced steadily, until the word I' charge' was given, when at that moment I was wounded through the ankle with a grapeshot, and dropped. I lay upon the field for two days in the greatest pain, without refreshment of any kind, and without any dressing; but I happened to have a towel in my havresack, and I tied that round my leg. On the third morning I crept on my hands and knees four miles, which took me six hours to ac complish, but 1 thank God that He enabled me to do it by any means, for if I had stayed two hours longer I should have been cut to pieces; the enemy scoured the field. and made short work of all they found alive by cutting off their heads. But they paid dearly for this, for our cavalry made a circuit, and cut up two regiments of them entirely, and threw the rest into confusion. It has been reported that in this affair alone, which was but a skirmish, the enemy lost about 4,000 men 1 They were well hemmed in on all ,ides. I am now very comfortably accommodated in the hospital, and shall soon be able to get out on crutches. The doctor wanted to cut off my leg, but I would not let him, and I am glad now that I did not." MONOAV IVI-0 t4T 1N G, A P 1,“ L 20, 1846, - - _ NATIo:AAL LAND AND BUILD ING ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the members and friends of this institution was held on Monday, in the coffee-rooan of the National Associa tion Hall, 242, High Holborn, for the purpose of giving effect to the resolutions of the public meeting at which T. Wakley, Esq., presided, those resolutions having strongly recommended the measure to the adoption of the working-classes throughout the metropolis and the provinces. As the best means of giving effect to the resolutions, it was ao then resolved—" That an A ux ili ar y Committee of fifty per sons be at once a p po i nted, for the purpose o f di ssem i nat i ng a knowledge of th e i nst i tut i on in their respect i ve l oca li t i es. " The different p Committeehe r t have a v f esince m the progres s o f th e i r operations. Severa l l etters were read from the country, et and expressing great intere s t reported favourably of in the institution and its proceedings, and a desire for its ex tension into the provinces. A letter was read from Stafford Allen, Esq., of Cowper-street, Finsbury, expressing his ad hesion, and manifesting his sincerity by a liberal subscription to the auxiliary fund. This gentleman is a wealthy member of the Society o f F r i en d s, and has b een act i ve in the Temperance movement, in the Peace Society, and other public measures of progressive improvement, rendering his adherence te the as sociation the more important. A letter was also read from the Hon. Member for Finsbury, T. Wakley, Esq., proving that his interest in the success of the measure was not limited to the assistance rendered at the pub lic meeting, for the letter intimated his intention of being pre sent "at the next meeting of the committee, being anxious to afford the undertaking every aid in his power." RAILWAY BILLS in PARLIAMENT, AND PROCEEDINGS THEREUPON. The fGliewing are the railway Bills that have been read a second time in the ifouse of Commons up to the adjournment of tba House fur the Easter recess, with the dates of the second readings : Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin—March 30 Airdrie and Bathgate Junction—March 6 Alford Valley—March 4 Ambargate, Nottingham, and Boston—March 11 Arbroath and Forfar Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon—Feb. 16 Aylesbury and Thames Junction—Feb. 20 Ayrshire and Galloway —Feb. 26 Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction —Feb. 23 Ballochney (Shott's branch)—Feb. 25 Banffshire—March 23 Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester—April 8 Birmingham, Wolverhampton, nod Dudley—March 27 Birruiugha.m, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley lines)—March 23 Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Stour Valley line)—March 23 Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool—Feb. 16 Blackburn and Preston—Feb. 16 Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-Western Junction— April 2 Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton—April 2 Blackburn, Preston, and East Lancashire (Railway Amalgamation)—F e b. 24 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Stamford to Wisbech Line)—April 1 Beidgewa ter and Minehead Railway and Pier—Feb. 25 Bridgewater and Taunton Canal, Railway, and Har bour—April 1 Brighton and Chichester (Bognor and Littlehampton Branches)—Feb. 18 Bristol and Birmingham and Midland —March 27 Bristol and Exeter (Crewki.4rne Branch)—Feb. 27 Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Glouces ter—March 27 Bristol and Birmingham (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction)—March 27 Bristol and South Wales Junction—Feb. 20 Buckingham (Oxford and BletehleyJuactioa)—April 8 Buckinghamshire Railway (Tring to Banbury)— March 27 Caledonian (Dumfries Branches)—April 8 Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction—Feb. 25 Caledonian (Carlisle Deviation)—March 23 Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviations —March 23 Caledonian (Dundyvan Brarch)—April 8 Caledanian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Branches)—April 8 Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase)—March 23 Caledonion (Glasgow Termini and Branches) March 23 Caledonian (Langholm Branch)—March 23 Caledonian (Leith Junction)—April 8 Caledonian (Mid Lothian Branches)—April 8 Caledonian (Northern Direct)—March 23 Caledonian (Politic and Govan and Clydesdale Junc tion Railways Amalgamation)—March 23 Cambridge and Oxford—Feb. 24 Cameron's Coal brook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor—April 7 Campbeltown Harbour, Waterworks, Paving, Light ing, and Watching—April 7 Carnwath and West Linton—Feb. 25 Chard Canal—Aprilol Cheltenham and Oxford—Feb. 23 Chichester and Bognor—March 19 Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham—March 9 Ciitheroe Junction—March 4 Cockermouth and Workington Extension—March 5 Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead— March 2 Congleton and Crewe—March 9 Cornwall—March 26 Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester— March 11 ])eeside—March 4 Derby and Crewe Junction—March 9 Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby Junction— March 2 Direct Birmingham and Leicester—March 17 Dover and Deal—March 9 Dudley Canal and Birmingham Canal Companies Junction Amalgamation—March 23 East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junc tion—April 6 East and West Yorkshire Junction—Feb. 23 East Coast—March 25 East Der eham and Norwich—March 27 Eastern Counties (Epping Extension)—March 6 Eastern Union and Harwich—March 2 Eastern Union (Ardleigh to Colchester)—March 9 Eastern Lancashire (Deviation and Branches) — March 3 East Lincolnshire—Feb. 16 East Lothian Central Tyne Valley—March 5 East of Ede—April 8 Edinburgh and Bathgate—March 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central— March 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow (Amendment and Branches) —Feb. 25 Etrnburgh and Glasgow and Forth and Clyde Navi gation Junction—March 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow and Wishaw and Coltness— March 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Junction—March 25 Edinburgh, Leith, and G ranton Amendment—March 23 Edinburgh and Leith—Feb. 20 Edinburgh and Northern (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath Railway, and Tay Ferry Improvement)— Feb. 23 Edinburgh and Northern (Dunfermline Branch) — March 4 Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh 13ranches)—Feb. 23 Edinburgh and Northern (Lochgelly and Leslie Ex tensions)—Feb. 23 Edinburgh and Northern (Newport and St. Andrew's Branch)—Feb. 23 Edinburgh and Northern (Pettycur and Perth Har bour, Branches and Deviations)—Feb. 23 Edinburgh and Northern (Strathearn Deviation) — Feb. 23 Edinburgh and Peebles—Feb. 25 Ely and Bury—March 9 Enfield and Edmonton--March 4 Epsom and Dorking—Feb. 16 Exeter rind Exmouth—Feb. 23 Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth—Feb. 23 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester—March 13 Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction— Feb. 27 Furness and Windermere—March 25 General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour—Feb. 20 Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction—March 30 Glasgow and Belfast Union—March 16 Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Branches to Thornliebank, Hoasehill, and Hurlet)—March 9 Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Branches to Paisley)—March 23 Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle—Feb. 23 Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Extension— March 23 Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction (Railway Termi nus)—March 16 Glasgow Harbour Mineral—Feb. 25 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan—March 2 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Bridge of Weir Branch)—March 23 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Harbour Branch) — March 2 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Polloc and Govan Branch)—March 2 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches—Feb. 23 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches—Feb. 23 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches—Feb. 23 Glasgow Southern Terminal—March 26 Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct— March 23 Gloucester and Dean Forest—Feb. 26 Grand Junction (Huyton and Aston and other Branches)—Feb. 17 Grand Junction (Huyton and Warrington Branch) — Feb. 16 Grand Trunk or Stafford and Peterborough Union— March 13 Grand Union—March 17 Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal (sale and purchase)—March 9 G.e it Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension (No, I)—Feb. 27 Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension (No. 2)—March 9 Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension (No. 3)—Feb. 27 Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Dock Consolidation—March 3 Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (Humber Ferries)—March 3. Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Mid land Junction—March 25 Great North of England (Purchase)—Feb. 24. Great North of England (Bedale Branch)--Feb. 24 Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch— Feb. 24 Great North of Scotland—March 2 Great North of Scotland Eastern Extension—March 4 Great Western and Wycombe—March 2 Great Western and Uxbridge—March 2 Guildford, Chichest er , and Portsmouth—March 23 Halesworth and Norwich, April 6 Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction (Railway and Pier) —Feb. 27 Hertford and Hatfield—March 4. Horbury Bridge and Calder--March 30 Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Bradford Branch)—Feb. 27 Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch) — March 2 Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Oldham Branch)—March 2 Huddersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies Amalgamation—March 9 Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Darfield Branch) —April 2 Hull and Barnsley Junction Hull and Lincoln Direct—April 6 Hull and Selby (Purchase)—Feb. 25 Inverness and Elgin Junction—Ap_ril 6 Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (Norwich Extension) —Feb. 27 Kent Atmospheric—March 5 Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct—April 1 Kilmarnock and Troon—April 3 Kinross Junction—April 2 Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth—Feb. 18 t Lancashire sad North Yorkshire-44rd' 13 Lanesshire and Yorkshire North-Eastern—Feb. 23 Lancaster and Carlisle (Extension to Caledonian Rail wa:: ), oriel Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways (A malganot tion)—Feb. 17 Leeds and Bradford (Alteration ofLevels in Bingley) —Feb. 13 Leech and Bradford (Junction Line at Bradford) — Feb. 23 L, cols rtni Thirsk (St. Helen's Branch)—March 25 Ineds and Thirsk, North-Eastern Extension (Wath to Hartlepool)—April 8 Leeds and Thirsk (Enaresborough Branch Extension) —March 30 Leeds and York—March 4 Leeds Central—April 3 Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Deviations and Branches)—Feb. 17 Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Wakefield Exten sion)—Feb. 25 Lends, Wakefield, and Midland Junction—March 13 Leeds, York, and Midland Junction —March 16 Leicester and Bedford—March 11 Leicester and Birmingham (with a Branch)—March 25 Leicester and Tamworih Junction—March 6 Lcsmahagnw, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junc tion—April 8 Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds Rail ways Amalgamation—March 9 Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and Southport —March 13 Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction —Feb, 18 LLii;enrvpiovola,loqmskirk, and P res t on —F e b. 16 and South Wales Junction—March 4 London and Birmingham Rail wa y an d Bi rm i ng h am Canal Arrangeinents—March 9 London and Birmingham (Aylesbury Railway Pur chase)—March 25 Leeds and Birmingham (Birmingham Extension)— M L ar o c n h don o7 and Birmingham (Camden and Euston Station London and Birmingham, Gra n d Junction' Manches- Enlarn,,-einent) Enlargement)—F e b. 27 ha ter, and Bi rm i ng h am Railway Companies Amalgamation —March 25 London and Birmingham (Leamington Extension and Coventry and Rugby Stations Enlargement) —March 25 London and Birmingham (Newport Pagnell Branch) —Feb. 23 London and Birmingham (St. Alban's and Luton Branch)—Feb. 23 London and Blackvvall—Feb. 27 London and Brighton and London and Croydon Con solidation—March 6 London and l3ri'hton (Dorking Branch)—Feb. 20 London and Brighton (East Grinstead Branch) — Feb. 19 London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch)--Feb. 18 L )ndon and Croydon—(Thames Junction Branch) — Feb. 23 London and Oxford —March 6 London and South Essex —Feb. 27 London and South-Western Railway Acts Amend ment—March 13 London and South-Western (Chertsey and Egham Branch)—Feb. 16 London and South-Western (Epping Branch)—Feb. 16 London and South-Western (Farnham and Alton Branch)—Feb. 19 London and South-Western (Hampton Court Branch) —Feb. 16 London and South -Western (London-bridge Exen sion)—Feb. 16 London and South-Western (Romsey and Redbridge Junction)—Feb. 25 London and Windsor—April 6 London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct—March 13 Lond-)n, Hounslow, and Western —Feb. 25 London, Newbury, and Bath Direct—March 2 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil) London, Salisbury, and Yeovil J unc ti on (B asingstoke to Yeovil)—March 19. Lowestoft and Beccles Maldon, 'Witham. and Braintree—Feb. 27 Malton and Driffield Junction—Feb. 24 Manchester and Birmingham—Feb. 16 Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction—March 13 Manchester and Hyde—March 17 Manchester and Leeds (Railway Extensions, &c.) — March 13 Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Rail ways Amalgamation—March 20 Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Poole)—March 17 Manchester and Southampton—March 20 Manchester and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation— April 8 Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction —Feb. 20 Manchester, Huddersfied, and Great Grimsby Direct —March Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction— Feb. 19 Midland and Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Wee don)—March 4 Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford—March 27 Midland (Birmingham Extension)—March 25 Midland (Burton-upon-Trent to Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal purchase)—March 23 Midland (Darfield to Elsecar and other Branches) — March 25 Midland (Erewash Valley Branches)—March 27 Midland (Erewash Extension)—March 27 Midland (Leicester and Swanning Alteration and Branches)—March 23 Midland Railway (Purchase of Oakham Canal) — March 23 Midland (Syston to Peterborough)—Feb. 23 Mitcham and South-Western—March 9 Mold Junction—Feb. 20 Monkland and Kirkintillock—March 6 Monkland and Kirkintillock (Chapel Hall Branch) — Feb. 25 Monmouth and Hereford—March 6 Monmouthshire—March 9 Morecombe (Harbour and Railway)—March 24 Newcastle and Berwick—Feb. 17 Newcastle and Darlington Junction and Tyne Dock —Mardi 2 Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Durham and Sunderland and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches)—Feb. 18 Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and South Shields Railway Purchase)—March 18 Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thirsk and Mel ton Branches)—Feb. 17 Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch—March 2 Newmarket and Chesterford—March 4 Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford—April 8 Norfolk Extension (I)ereham, Wells, and Blakeney Branch)—Feb. 23 Norfolk Extension (Stowmarket, Wymondham, and Attleborough Branch)—March 13 Norfolk (Norwich Branch)—April 3 North and South Junction—Feb. 20 North British—Feb. 23 North British (Hawick Branches)—Feb. 23 North British (Carlisle Extension)—Feb. 23 North British (Gretna Branch)—Feb. 23 North Kent—Feb. 16 North Kent (City Extension)—Feb. 16 North of Norfolk— March 27 North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line)—Feb. 16 North Staffordshire (Harecastle to Sandbach)—Feb. 16 North Staffordshire (Potteries Line)—March 13 North Union—Feb. 17 North Wales—April 1 North Wales Mineral (Deviation and Branches) — March 2 North-Western—Feb. 23 Northumberland and Lancashire Junction—March 30 Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction — March 18 Oldham District—Feb. 26 Perth and Crieff District—Feb. 23 Perth and Inverness—March 30 Potion and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamations—March 23 ongr Preston ide Junction)—Aprilg adiVj-rella s Harbour and Dock Company (L Preston and Wyre Railway Harbour and Dock Com pany (New Dock and Railway)—April S Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—March 27 Rugby and Huntingdon—March 9 Rugby and Stamford—Feb. 27 Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick —March 6 Runcorn and Preston Brook—March 17 Richmond (Kew Branch)—March 4 St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable—March 27 St. Helen's (Canal and Railway) —Feb. 23. Scottish Central (Allow Branch)—March 23 Scottish Central (Crieff Branch)—March 23 Scottish Central (Denny Branch)—March 23 Scottish Central (Perth Termini Stations)—March 23 Scottish Grand Junction—March 3 Scottish Midland Extension—March 26 Scottish Midland Junction (Branches)—March 2 Scottish Midland Junction (South Inch of Perth Branch)—March 2 Scottish Southern—April 8 Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail way Company, &c., Amalgamation—March 24. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Barns ley Branch)—Feb. 27. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Wors borough Branch)—March 25. Sheffield. Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Du kinfield, Worsbotnugh, and Glossop Branchen and Shef field Station)—Feb. 27 Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne Railway, Peak Forest, and Macclesfield Canal Purchases—March 2 Shoffield,Buxton, Leek, Potteries,wakotieid, and Crew r 6 Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Hudders field, and Goole—Feb. 13 Shrewsbury and Birmingham—March 27 Shrewsbury and Herefordshire —March 30 Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction (Crick heath and Wem Lines) —March 2 e — str iN y ia a re n h d 2 Chester Junction (Exten sion Shrewsbury, andp e Deviations)—March T w a t o s ns ) a Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction_ watlac! North Wales Mineral Railway Companies Amalgama tion--March : tion—March 13 Junction—March 26 Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South S taffordshire Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffards hire h Junction (Coalbrook Dale Bra c arc 26 Shropshire Union Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Line)—Feb. 27 al (Newtown to Crewe with Shropshire Union Can Branches)—Feb. 27 Shropshire and Stafford)—Marc h 11 Sl a mannan and Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury Feb 23 and Jawcrei Branches)--- Slarnannan (Ba th g ato Unio i or stouness r ow . Feb. 2 3 - s o mersetahire Midland—March 18 Wait Zootera (Citutvrbury to DQver).rob, 20, STATISTICS OF WIGGERY. During a most minute investigation of a regular series of English portraits, whi c h I was led into by a friend, I was induced to look for the origin of wigs in England, and their various sorts and success i ons, by commenc i ng at the time of William the Conqueror. In this search I was not able to find any representation o f w i gs earlier than those worn by King Charles the Second upon his restoration, in proof of which I refer t o Faithorne's numerous portraits of that Monarch, and he will find that that sort of wig confined to be worn, with ver y little deviation, by succeeding kings till G eorge t h e S econ d' s time, with whom it ended. King George the Third commenced his reign with wearing his own hair dressed and pow dered, in the style of W oo ll ett ' s b eaut if u l engraving of his Majesty, after a picture painted by Ramsey. It is worthy of observation, than in the reign of King Charles the Second, the Lord Mayors of London followed his Ma jesty's example by wearing wigs precisely of the same make, and equal to those worn by the royal family, the highest courtier, and persons of the first eminence in official capacities. Nay, indeed, Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, a wood and coal-monger, wore wigs of this shape, perhaps because he was a justice of the peace within the King's Court. The same kind of wig, equally deep, but with curls rather looser and more tastefully flowing, was also worn by the following high literary characters in the reigns of Charles the Second, James the Second, William the Third, and Queen Anne— Waller, Dryden, Addison, Steele, Congreve, Vanbreugb, But ler, Rowe, Prior, Wycherly, &c. Of these, perhaps the two last mentioned were the most foppish in their wigs, particu larly Wycherly, from whom the rets of large and beautifully engraven combs of the finest tortoiseshell are named. With these combs (which were carried in cases in their pockets) the wearers of wigs adjusted their curls, ruffled and entangled by the wind. I have somewhere read that Wycherly, who was esteemed one of the handsomest men of his day, was frequently seen standing in the pit of the theatre combing and adjusting the curls of his wig whilst in lolling conversations with the first ladies of fashion in the boxes. Most of Sir Godfrey Kneller's portraits were painted in this flowing wig, particularly- that celebrated series entitled '° Queen Anne's Admirals." The actors of this tune wore immense wigs, particularly Bullock, Pinkethman, &c. ; Cibber's was in moderation. It must here be observed that I now allude to their private wigs —their stage wigs were, as they are now, purposely caricatured to please the galleries. I believe that the first wig worn by an E ng li s h divine was that of John Wallis, engraved by Burgers, and published at Oxford in the year 1699 ; it was profuselycurled. but not so deep over the shoulders as those of s t a te sm en. There were many singular, and indeed learned characters, whose wigs were peculiarly shaped—such, for instance, as that of Bubb Doddington, Lord Chesterfield, and the Duke of Newcastle. MacArdell's print of L or d Anson, after a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, was, I have every reason to think, the first of the shape erroneously called the brushy. This sort Dr. Samuel Johnson, A rms t rong , Hunter, the Rev. George Whitfield, Lord Monboddo, &c., wore in their latter years. The earliest engraved portraits of Dr. Johnson exhibit a wig with five rows of curls, com monly called a story wig.' Among the old dandies of this description of wig we may class Mr. Saunders Welch, Mr. Nolleken's father-in-law—he bad nine stories. So was that worn by Mr. Nathaniel Hillier, an extensive print collector, as is represented in an engraved portrait of that gentleman. Dr. Goldsmith's wig was small and remarkably sl oven ly, as may be seen by Brotherton's etching. Sir Joshua's portrait of him is without a wig. Mr. Garrick's wigs (I mean his private ones) were three in number : the first is engraved by Wood, published in the year 1745; the second is by She rw in, engraved for Tom Davis ; the last is from a private plate by Mrs. Solly, after a drawing by Dance. I will leave off here with the wig, and give a few instances of the tails. These, perhaps, originated with the Chinese; but the first specimen of a tail, which I have hitherto been able to procure, to which a date can be given, is in Sherwin's print of Frederick, King of Prussia. "—Smith's Book for a Rainy Day. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.—(FROM CORRESPONDENT.)—It is most probable that the French at mospheric lines will be constructed after the system of M. Hallette, of Arras. According to the report of M. Seguier, read at one of the last meetings of the Institute, it is, besides some other advantages, the method of closing the tube pro posed by M. Hallette which deserves commendation. The closing of the tube, whence the air has been extracted, is not done (as chiefly proposed in England) by greased valves, but by smaller tubes of caoutchouc, adequately inflated. These lie on both sides of the fissure of the main tube, and their inner segments close towards each other, which is effected by the air (both the outward and that contained in them) press ing on the vacuum of the main tube. M. Seguier says, that to become convinced of that, he had water thrown on the India-rubber tubes, whuli, however, remained on them, without the least penetrating into the main tube. As, how ever, the content of air in the smaller tubes is to be a con stant one, every guard is to be provided with a small hand pump, by which he can introduce the necessary quantity of air into the elastic tubes, which is indicated by a manometer placed in the inside.—[We may add that M. Hallette's English friends, who some time since formed a company (the offices of which are at Winchester-house, Broad-street, Lon don) for introducing his system into this country, have taken a plot of ground at the Rosemary Branch, Peckham, on which they are con s t ruct i ng a sufficient length of railway, to enable those interested in the advancement of the railway system, to form an opinion of the merits of his improvements; and, we understand, this experimental line will be opened on the 22d of the present month.] —Mining Journal. COMMITTAL OF A YOUNG BURGLAR.—A boy, about thirteen years of a ge , named John Kearns, was b rought be fore Mr. Maude, at the M anchester Boroug h C our t, on Seta day, charged with th e f ollowing burglary :—The prosecutrix, an aged widow, named Winifred Carrol, res i d i ng i n Watkins-sours,s -Pinning-field, stated that herself, and a young woman who lodged with her, went to bed about half past eleven o'clock on Thursday night, having previously secured the door and window-shutters before they retired to rest. On rising next morning, about half past four o'clock, she heard a knock at the door, and on going to see who it was, a man gave her two pockets, which he had found outside, and asked her if they belonged to her. She at once recognised them as the pockets of her self and lodger, and found that the contents had been abstracted, somewhere about eight shillings having been taken from her own pocket, and a quantity of ribbon and other articles from the pocket of her lodger. She dis covered, on examination, that the shutter had been forced open, and access gained to the house through the windows. She informed the police of the robbery, and told them that she suspected the prisoner, who had lodged with her about a fortnight ago, but had been turned out in consequence of having stolen two handkerchiefs. The prisoner was appre hended the following day (Good Friday), at a low lodging house, and several small articles were found upon him, which had been stolen from the house of the prosecutrix. The keeper of the lodging -house stated that the prisoner was out all night on the evening of the robbery, and did not make his appearance until between four and five o'clock in the morning, when he was in possession of money, and paid for his previous night's lodging. He was committed . for trial at the assizes.- - - Alanchester Courier. MINtATURE NEWSPAPER.—We have seen a copy of what we believe to be the smallest newspaper in the country. It is named the Pittenwcens Register, and consists of a single slip about thirteen inches long, and of the breadth of a news paper colum, containing ten small paragraphs connected with the locality in which it is printed. The object of the pub lication is to furnish the inhabitants of Pittenweem and its vicinity with a brief account of the various incidents that occur in the district, for the purpose of transmitting these to friends or natives of the town who may be residing at a dis tance, without the labour of writing them in detail in a letter. It is published weekly, and has now been in existence for more than a year.—Scotsman. ST. CLEMENT DANES.—At three o'clock on Friday a meeting of rate-payers was held in the vestry-room of St. Clement Danes, the Rev. W. W. Ellis, rector, in the chair. to elect churchwardens, pass the churchwardens' accounts, and to make a rate for the quarter ensuing. Messrs. Judkins and Woodward were elected churchwardens. The church wardens' receipts were 1,269/. .ss. 3d., and their disburse ments figured 1,149/. 15s. sd. A sevenpenny rate for the quarter was carried. Mr. Jacques observed, that the coin plaints regarding the state of the parish churchyards, and the numbers buried in them, were groundless, and made by parties who knew nothing about them. TRADE OF DUNDEE.—We have only to confirm our steady, with only limited transactions in all our descriptions. t r h t of the last report of the state of our trade. The flax market is Tows and codillas continue saleable at full rates. East India jute meets with buyers at fernier rates, ranging from 161. to 19/. per ton, according to the quality of the parcel. Yarns and linens are still of dull sale, and stocks of some sorts are accumulating. The arrivals consist of one vessel from Altona and one from Rotterdam, with flax and sa t y ow s: ,_an „ d y c e o s d t i e l r l a d . a - 3 ?ne'aFistrate, upon this, had Dundee paper. A Hod' What - I n : Alarseillaise' should be fe,N;reTntehi evening, E at e rh e s u ee r iGn d ra e ai sne.d, Lyon r h 'Theatre, the re, a I p 4 a y AatNaDll SthßeEEmPwa.rakseThe audience called The commissary of police • me a ts cc t o h r i d s in y g ea ly r diately girt himself with his scarf. and said, Wh at r prices the l h e ee m dgi e so n to , ed l y s s the sense denemy promise ma house. isoeu that hT g a gat t e e t s hi sung at the end of the performance, W hi ch done." o h F ave C b A r T o T o L gh e t IGH far exceeds the average of many preceding which i i farm rR s o c c E k deed, as regards fat sheep, the rates are w y h e o a l r l s; and, in dented. No doubt, to some extent, the higherywunprece s for labour now current will account for so much of the ag rise as has been caused from the increased demand ; but we under stand that other causes have occurred in producing the - sent state of the market. The chief want in cattle inptre and three year olds, which are those usually bought for fawto ten.ng for the market ; and there is a great dificiency in the supply of these, owing to the panic caused by the tariff three years ago, which had the effect of checking the operations of many stock growers. As regards sheep, the high price is generally attributed to the great demand for England, con sequent upon the excessive losses film foot rot in many dis tricts lust year. At late markets the supply, has uniformly been under that of the previous year, owing to the large sales of the six quarters and two year olds last autumn ; and to make up stocks adequate to the demand is attributed the rise in rents of pastures of all kinds this year.—p errhshire courier. THE MAN WHO WOULD HAVE TAKEN NELSON. 11l the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, during the debate on the naval estimates, M. Lemercier announced the following startling fact, which will probably be as new to the British public as it was to the French Chamber. The orator said, " May I be allowed to relate a fact whi c h i s not sufficientl well known? When Captain Lucas was boarded by thYe Victory, and taken by it, the tri-coloured flag would have floated over Nelson's ship, if a three-decker, called the Bretaene, had net come to aqsist the Victory." To have made the matter complete, Captain Lucas ought to hays 'fervid the &AAP 1 1 1 latmacicd W lave &btu South EaAern (Ashford Stations Enlargement)— ! March 6 South Eastern (Branch from Rqigge to Dorking) Feb. 23 South-East(rn (Chislet to Iliar7ate)—Feh 23 South-Eastern (Codstone Station to East Grinstead— Feb. 23 South-Eastern (3reenwich to Chart, near Ashford, Branches to Tunbridxe and Rivekhead)- 7 -Feb. 1$ South-Last-rn (Greenwich to Chitham, near Canter bury, with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek) —lfeb. 18 S,.;uth- Eastern (Maidstone to near Rochester) 23 South-Eastern (Rye to Rye Harbour)—Feb, 23 South-Eastern (Waterloo-road to Greenwich)—Feb. 18 South ,Midland (Huntingdon Branch)—Feb. 23 South Midland (Northampton and Bedford Lines)-_ Feb. 23 South Staffordshire Junction. with Branches—April s South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Priest&ld Branch)—April 8 South Stafford (Showhill and Portabello Branch—, April 8 South Staffordshire (Willenhall and Bloxwich Branch) —April 8 South Wales (No. 2)—March 23 Staines and Richmond Junction—Feb. 16 Stamford and Spalding—March 11 Stirling and Dunfermline—Feb. 20 Stirlingshire Midland Junction—March 23 Strathsay and Bredalbane—March 23 Surrey Grand Junction—April 8 Surrey Ir,mn (Company Dissolving)—March 26 Ss%ansea Vale—Feb. 25 'Taff Vale—March 17 Tenby. Saundersfoot, and South Wales—Feb. 27 Trent Valley (Alrewas Branch)— March 13 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke (Tring to Saunder ton)—March 16 Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle— Feb. 25 -.' I,:r::illeteoffeliNd,eal'oh—nte4trPi 8 ac rl t. and Goole (Methley, Askern, and atkonshaw)-:-Feb. 13 Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway and Port, 'Nirrz D oLondonk— A R l a a i r l c w h ay 13 1 ~ m Bze. of G oo l e —M arch 6 Waveney V a ll ey and Great Yarmouth—Feb. 27 March 27 Londonprovement and Extension— West of S cotland Junction—Feb. 23 Whitehave n and Furness Junction (Whi l te 7 Coltness (Bath ga t e Branch)—Feb. 27 haven Ex tension and Ki r k, :anton Deviation— March WiNontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Caledonian Juuctiun)—Feb. 27 W ilsont,,wn, Morni ngii , le, and Cultness (Improve ment and Branches) —Feb. 23 Wilsohtown, Morningside, and Coltness (Knowton Branch)—Feb. 23. Williiser, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric—Feb.2o Wi.bech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction—Feb. 19 Wishaw and Coltness (Greenhill Branch)—March 20 Worcester and Porthdynllaen— March 27 York and Carlisle—Feb. 25 York and North Midland (East Riding Branches— No. I)—Feb. 18 York and North Midland (Exit Riding Branches— No. 2)—Feb. 24 York and North Midland (Leeds Extension)—Feb. 13 York and North Midland (Whitby and Pickering ExtenAon)—Feb. 16 York and North Midland (Widening and Enlarge inent)—Feh. 18 Yorkshire and Glasgow Union—March 5. BILLS READ A THIRD TIME. Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Branch)--Mar. 30 Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Deviations and Branches), March 30 Meet London and Portsmouth—March 13 Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction—April 6 Great Western—April 2 London and York—March 13 Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction—March 13 South - Eastern (Tunbridge Wells to 'Hastings and Rye)—March 30 The following list includes those Bills that have been read a first time, and those which have been with drawn : Axholme, Gainsborough, Goole, and York and North Midland Junction—Feb. 4 Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction.:---Feb. 6 Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction—(withdrawn) Cork, Bandon, and Kinsale—(withdrawn) * Eastern Counties, Cambridge and Lincoln—(with drawn) Eastern Counties, Hertford to Huntingdon—(with draw) Eastern Counties, Lincoln and Milford—(withdraw) Eastern Counties, March and Lincoln Extension— (withdrawn) Edinburgh, Leith and Granton (Extension and Branches)—April 8 Forth and Clyde Junction—(April 8) Great North and South Wales—Feb. 25 (withdrawn) Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (extension to Ely with a Branch therefrom)—April 6 Launceston and South Devon (No. 1) withdrawn, (No. 2) presented Leeds and Bradford (Guisely Branch) (withdrawn) Liverpool and Leeds Direct (withdrawn) London and Birmingham (Weedon Branch)—April 6 Midland (Claycruss to Newark)—April 7 North Union (Harwich Branch)—March 9 Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Junction—April 6 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—April 6 Potbury (Pier and Railway)—April 6 Preston and Wyre Extension and Darwen ?unction (withdrawn) Rochdale Canal, and Manchester and Leeds (with drawn) Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction—April 6 Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Sta ley-bridge and Hayfield Branches—April 6 South Devon (Tavistock and ether Branches) (with drawn) South Devon Amendment and Branches (No. 2) — April Taw Vale Extension—Feb. 16 Tean and Dove Valley, and Eastern and Western Junction (withdrawn) %Vest Cornwall—April 3 Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth —April 7. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AP --- AIL I7.—There has been no apparent change in this branch of trade during the pact week, either as regards sales or prices. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL I7.—We can not report any improvement this week. The demand re mains very languid, and last week's quotations are not gene rally realised in the sales of this week. LEEDS.—At the Cloth Halls this week there has been two of the dullest markets we have had for a long time past. The merchants continue to purchase as little as possible to order only; prices are rather lower upon finer goods, although the stocks are exceedingly light for the season, with no dis position on the part of the manufacturers to increase the pro duction. There has also been a very dull week for business in the warehouses; very few buyers have been at market, and their purchases have been light. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There were more sales in combing wools to-day than for some weeks past. The staplers are now desirous of clearing off their old stocks for the new clip stock, and lower prices are taken. Noils and other short wools are scarce, and fetch good prices. There is also more business transacted in the yarn market. The export houses are obliged to order the sorts they want, as there are no stocks to choose from. A well informed gentle man informed us the Russian export trade in yarns has very • _ much fallen off on account of the Russians hav in g g ot so many spinning frames at work. More frames dfr Wr w e map observe than for the last few weeks in Bra o r more cheering aspect.. There was a good attendance of observe that in all its departments our mar ket assumed a mer chants, and manyJU ems changed hands. M ANCH ESTER, THURSDAY EVENI N G. W e h av e hd a a much better inquiry to-day; in fact, many more extensive sales in shirtings than for some weeks past, and the demand has been so considerable as to enable the manufacturers to realise a small advance on nearly all qualities. The very low prices have no doubt induced speculators to operate most Ise. advance also f llfullyfully on aesxpoderatr. qualities,Twist but commands extensively. mas atse i o t n o n g i t d h c . l e o p t s e h t r a I p h i ' I nP a Ind:as much, the posi tion a r d o l is u of the spinners is not improved. NorrixonAst.—The wrought J i otton hosebranch shade improved, when compared . with its state at Christmas. The cut-up hose hands have full employment in general. The glove trade, whether of silk, cotton, or warp, is pretty good. The drawer b ranc h i s rather better, and the shirt trade still continues to survi v e a ll t h e competition of power-propelled frames. The silk hose manufacture has got so low that it has become half extinct. The fancy lace trade is worse than ever, and nothing but despair pervades the minds of even the most sanguine machine owners. There is no amendment in the warp lace trade. The warp jack and glove trade is pretty good, whether lace or plain Berlin.—Nottingham Review. LEICESTEK.—As this is holiday week, nothing has beendone to give a new tone to the market, which remains in the same inactive state as for weeks past. It is expected that Sir Robert Peel's measure relative to the proposed railway com panies, w i ll have the effect of improvi n g the mone y market, thereby producing to som e extent a revival in the home trade. The American 's President • Message to the Senate, re ceived by the Hibernia, is viewed in a dubious light by the trade, and rather tends to discourage than excite manufac turers for the American market. Wools and yarns continue very Hat.—Leicester Journal. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 17.--The Royal West India mail packet the Clyde, Captain Symons, left this port at 3 P.M. this day, with the West India and other niails,j,, also 40 passengers, stores, and miscellaneous pakages. The D P r u a r P m o m s ey Canalo or; 400 a day thns or of two ice Oriental Company's steam. ship Pacha, Captain Evans, left the dock this day for Gibraltar, with the Peninsular and ge Me diterraneanetis.Avenryiaifilsu,e leBhiiipa:stenhegerrsa,pripanmediedesna, gseu f er !l vaw c rle s yrir r ie r ni o nbg o rio f nu b gt al hb te e (f c ir i 0 0 0 e c nk k i s, London r e e n ce a i -lei enabling on at them immediately board yesterday l c 7 tho o e otir m fenel i g r ktb chatoaerhnkne article, 0 iunieneltebo:woo destined ati ee for the Cape of Good Hope. The ( t f) i o t s oh o s f the ship. ‘Ullant'6tit i A n t v h es e se k l in cal gdo le m d slue,satilf ca rg oe s nmiplN:or Trendsr.Norway, it e id havingan i consisting g, f , il sd oea niosvrarrived E rit t eboardv . e h e e drs o L o n o f m oa : ne rr t i 1 g l t hbv t l he et n rhtl d a go oaem r fu r e : Rt E d Ione! Eur ope, Regents the produce of the place. Other vessels have since arrived ed same t o quarter North similarly A tn eriea , season tha importation of this f:o a m s ctolnie tin laden. Until the present other - quarters proves that in c ase of novel n a ec rt es ic si le w o . f a m e a in ch th an e d in ise . but its introduction from in stance of the mildness of the past winter, supplies can be ob tained even of this si n gular ar ticle of commercial specula tion to meet the exigencies of the case. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD, APRIL 17.—. This morning Dir. Arthur De Butts, 8.A., of Trinity College; Mr. Edward Post, 8.A., of Oriel College; and Mr. John William Burgon, 8.A., of Worcester College ~(the latter gen. Yea!), were tleman obtained the Newdegate prize last electe d to the vacant fellowships at Oriel College, two of which w causedby the secession from the Church of England of the Rev,lcla Hoary Newmau pad Idr . An A w Jame s- ---- Y Christie.