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N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Constance, Africa for Hamburgh; Cora, Pernambuco for Copenhagen; Giraldo, Havani,ah for Hambugh; Virginia, New Orleans for Stettin. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Missionary, Mauritius; Clara, Ban Francisco; Token, Pernambuco; Mina, Tobago; Ewerretta, Grenada; Catherine Elizabeth. St. Vincent; Catherine, St. Kitt's; Moro Csstle, Halifax; Frigin, Quebec. Sld. Magellan, Hong-Kong; Tartar, Cape of Good Hope; Louisa, Monte Video. LITERPODL, MARCH 31.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Re ginald, Heller, Calcutta; Alexander, Grant, New Or leans; Sea King, New Orleans; Greenoch, Mobile; Switzerland, Charleston; Arctic steamer, New York. Sld. Crisis. Shanghai; • Cheverell, Ceylon; Prince Arthur, Halifax. COWES, MARCH 31 —Wind N.E.—Arrd. Columbus, Rio Janeiro for Gothenburg. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Her Majesty's steamer Antelope took the ground on Bainbridge Ledge during a fog this morning, and remains. Assistance has been aunt to her. POOLE, lilAnca 31.—The Lark, from Cowes, has been towed in very leaky, and cargo thrown overboard, having been on the sand at the entrance of the harbour. YARMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The Lydia has Come Off the beach with damage. FALMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wind Anna Christina, Rio Janeiro. Off port, Eclipse, Mau ritius; Helena, Rio Janeiro for Altona ; Alexander, Baltimore for Rotterdam. PENzexcg.—Arrd. Baron, Malta to London, part of crew mutinous. BRISTOL, MARCH 31.--Wind N. L.—Arrd. Araby Maid, Mauritius; Saldanha Bay. Sid. Surrey, Port Philip, and Sydney, New South Wales. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(TMS DAY.) BATLEY'S DIVORCL Their Lordships sat to-day at eleven o'clock, for the pnrpoP.e of hearing evidence in support of this Bill. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Srangford, and the Bishop of Norwich. Mr. I'iIEREWETHER, on behalf of the petitioner, stilted the case. The petitioner was the son of a respect able job-master, and Mrs. Batley, from whom he sought been ti!'r7e - iiiFsire i S l ET. l3 15F i ligu t e°,1 1 :3 .marrit:Te with The parties having been fur some time previously ac qu were, on the 9th of October, 1848, married at St. John's, Waterloo-road, without the consent or knowledge of the father of the petitioner, he being then only nineteen years of age. Mr. Batley, son., on being acqcainted by a letter from his son that he had married the daughter of Captain Newton. of Tunbridge Weds, went down to that place to make inquiries, but was un able to discover any such person la Tunbridge Wells. This he communicated to his son, and the consequence was that an immediate separation took place between the parties. An allowance of 7s. a week was afterwards paid to Mrs. Batley by her husband, she baying sum moned him before a police magistrate to provide her with a maintenance. It appeared, however, that she afterwards fell into evil courses, and her husband having discovered her in an act of adultery, instituted a snit against her in the Ecclesiastical Court for separation, in which he had been successful, and had Hobstquently taken these further steps to obtain a complete divorce. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call witnesses. Mr. F. O w en, a clerk in the Enclesiattical Court, proved the serving of the requisite notices and a copy of the bill on Pars. Batley. Mr. G. Cleaver, parit.ii clerk of St. John . .:, Waterloo road, produced a copy of the regiver of the marriage of the parties on the 9:11 of Oct , 1648. Mrs. Anne Humphries ' examined by Mr. MERE WE THER—Was present at the marriage of Mr. Batley and Miss Newton. I knew both parties Wore the marriage. Miss Newton lived in my house, she was a serapstresf, and earned her living by taking in needlework from dif ferent shops. By the Lord CHANCELLOR—She was a little gay, but I never saw her guilty of any immoral conduct while she resided with me. By Lord BROUGHAM—She kept early hours, and al ways came alone. My house was ale ays a well-con ducted one. The petitioner frequently visited her for more than a year before their marriage, and after the marriage they both came back to my house, where they remained a week, until the petitioner left Mrs. Batley and did not return. Mr. R. Batley, examined by Mr. 11EREWETHER—I am the father of the petitioner. His marriage took place without my consent or knowledge. He was not then twenty. I learned it by a letter from himself on the same day, in which he informed me that he bud married the daughter of Captain Newton Clarence-terrace, Tunbridge Wells. On the 16th Of October I went down to Tunbridge Wells. I found a Clarence-terrace, but no Captain Newton, nor did I discover any such person in the whole town. Informed my son of the re sult of my inquiries. Mr. Lewis Martinelli, examined by Mr. MERE WETHER—I am a coach-builder in Albany-street, Regent's-park, and on the 16th October, 1848, I ac• companied Mr. Batley in his unsuccessful search after Captain Newton. We found no such person there. , On the 6th of June, 1849, I went with the petitioner and a person named Barnes, to Brook-street, Newing ton. We took our station opposite a particu lar house in that street, where we waited a considerable time until we saw a man and woman en ter together. In a short time we followed them in, and went up to the first floor, where we linecked, and a fe male voice cried out, " Who's there?" Barnes answered. " It's me." The voice cried out again, " Who's me?" Barnes answered, " It's me—Tom." Young Batley, however, put his shoulder to the door, forced it open, and we all three entered. We there found a man and woman in bed together. The man leaped out of bed and put himself in a fighting attitude. [By Lord BROUGHAM —He had only his shirt on. J The woman on seeing ue covered her head with her clothes, and on Barnes and Batley trying to uncover her to see who she was, she I slid down under the clothes till she came out at the bot tom of the bed. She was also undressed. I saw her distinctly, and I have no doubt she was the same woman that we had seen enter the house shortly before. I also , saw her afterwards in Brunswick-streer, Hackney-road, , where I went with the elder Mr. Batley. She then answered to the name of Mrs. Batley. By the LORD CHANCELLOR—Atter we had identified , Mrs. Batley we left her in the room along with the man whom we had discovered with her, and set no further watch on her. We had been in Brook-street on a pre vious evening on a similar errand, but without success. Mr. T. Barnes examined by Mr. MEREWETMER—I accompanied the last witness and Mr. Batley to the house in Brook -street. When we entered the room we saw a man and woman in bed together. The mar. jumped out of bed, and Mr. Batley cried out to him, " You're in bed with my wife." I helped Mr. Batley to pull down the bed clothes, to see who the woman was. I had never seen her before, nor have I since. Lord BROUGHAM observed that there was yet no satis factory evidence to show that the woman found these was Mrs. Batley. Mr. MEREWETHER reminded their Lordships that the witness Martinelli had identified the woman es the Same person he had afterwards seen in Brunswick-street, who answered to the name of Mrs. Batley. The Learned Counsel then recalled-- Mrs. Humphries, who said that she had answered the door w hen Mr. Martinelli called, and had shown him into a room where Mrs. Batley was. They person he there saw was Mrs. Batley. Sergeant B assett, L 9, deposed that the particular house named was, and had been, for a considerable time a common brothel. 11 ' 4 was the evidence in support of the Bill. Lard I t offered tom:mum suggested that no evidence had bean birth and a ow that Mrs. Batley had misrepresented her Mr. 14_srentage, as was imputed. in d o ing IFr_nea said that there would be a diffi culty a rs. and the communication was between Mrs. Batley call him to pro u v e e n t tousband, and it wou ld h e i m p oss ibl e Lord BROUGHAM said, t that since the passing of the Act of last session he thought it would be competent for him to ca ll the petitioner as a witnes s , Mr. Bailey , jun-, the petitioner en d but an after tho u ght havin g occurred , to was the th Noble calle and Learned Lord, that actions of crim o f we re • eo n. and breach of promisemarriage specifi c a l l y excepted, be was not examined. Mr. Batley, senior, rec d - -The all owance made to Mrs. B itley was "t , 7 " per w eek , and dated from the 9th of November, 18 49 - 'Lon appe ared The LORD CHANCE sa id i t to him to be • Lordships should at least to that their take time require some finia l to consider, if not also er evidence in had b ee this case. No evidence whatever . .n brought chew any impropriety of before their Lordships, to could Justify - th econ duct before her marriage which so early as he had ePeantl tioner in separating from her The petitioner himself had been g u ilty of some decep tion in representing himself c f full ago at the tim e of , that the ag e his marriage, and it was a rema r kable f act kept of Mrs. B a tl e y h a d b ee n studiously out of eight, and that and they had, therefore, a right to essam f , evidence to fact together and also the absence o not of an prove previous misconduct, that she wa s charge to the age such as would lay her open_, a of having taken advantage of the inexperience ni youth, and succeeded by her artfulness in entrapping t_ to to into a marriage. There was no evidence in h e cause to show any reason for, or to justify, the sudden separation—separation he would not call it, but rather desertion, for that was a more fitting term—the &cation of a wife by a husband a few days after marriage, w ithout the slightest ground of complaint. When the husband pursued such a course as this what else could be expected but what bad followed. How was the woman to live? On the 4th of November fol lowing she was driven to summon the husband who had deserted her before a magistrate to compel him to pro vide her with a maintenance, and then, and then only, be made a provision for her, to the amount of 7s. a week —a shilling a day for a woman who had given up her business, thrown herself out of employment, in order to put herself under the protection and support of a husband who bad deserted her so soon after. se hat fol lowed was but the necessary course of this. Ho was not wishing to excuse the wife's acts, they were inex cusable; but he thought the consequences which had happened were almost inevitable. His Lordship then proceeded to comment on the conduct of the petitioner and his friends in keeping so strict a watch over the conduct of Mrs. Batley until they had disco vered her in the act of adultery, and as soon as they had obtained that desired result, leaving her to follow her own course, without taking any steps to ascertain the name of the man with ahem she was found. The present case required very great consideration; on his pat t that consideration would be given to it, and if thele titionzr had any further evidence to adduce, an cpportu nitv would be afforded bim to do so. Lord BRoUGHAM cn.irel y c -, t,eulrk I with what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend. He should strongly recommend that if the petitioner had any further evidence, he should not fail te produce it, partioularlY as regarded the conduct of the wife before marriage, nron which at present no impeachment rested. On the motion cf the LORD CHANCELLOR, the second reading of the Bill was then poi.tponed sine die. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Befor , Mr. W. BURCHELL,) RAISING AN O BJECTION—B , NNY V. ANDREWS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a trades man in'Rabere-street, St. Luke's, to recover the Emu of 16/. 9e. Bi. for services rendered to plaintiff's wife as housekeeper and servant to defendant, who is a licensed victualler in Upper Holloway. D9ferdant pleaded that ho was not indebted. Mr. LUCAS appeared for the plaintiff, and called the plaintiff's wife. Mr. PARRY, for the defendant, objected to her being heard as a wituegs7. The UNDER-SHERIFF Said if the objection was - pressed he thought he must reject the evidence. Mr. PARRY complained that it should be put upon him to take the objection, and said that the decision of the Judges that a wife could be heard as a witness was contrary to the law of the land, but he woula not epposo the evidence being, received, subject to the objection on which ho should raise the question. Mrs. Bonny was then examined, and deposed that she was in defendant's employ for nine months previously to October last, es housekeeper. She left in consequence of the illness or her husband. There was no agreement as to the rate of wages, but she had received 21. on account, and when she left defendant said that ho could not con veniently settle at that time. In cross-examination she said defendant always ex pressed his saisfaction at her conduct in every respect, and he spoke very highly of her. Defendant never asked her why she did not leave. She could not make any mistake on that. She knew Mr. Frederick Small, a baker, did not tell him that she was only stay log a few days as a friend. She did not ask to go for a time, as her husband was out of business. Defendant asked her to recommend a young woman, as house keeper and barmaid, and she said she would go. She never told Inspector:i Barker that she was only in the house as a friend. He was called in in consequence of a robbery of 451. in gold, which was stolen out of de fendant's bed-room. She also lost a silver snuff-box .- sitting at tea with defendant when the robbery took place. - - - Martha Rigby stated that she eras enp,agray urs. - Bonny, as servt, and beard her ask for wages, hit defendant said it was not convenient for him to pay them. The father of plaintiff's wife was called, and swore that ho coned ur.n defendent to ask for the wigs due, and defendant then said that he could not pay at that time. Mr. PAP.nv, for the defendant, contended that Mrs. Bonny was only at defendant's for her own convenience, and called The defendant, who swore most positively that the plaintiff% wife only went to his house for her own ac commodation; there was no agreement as to wages, but he had given her a few shillings at different times, when she was going out, and he had bought her shoes, and given her some clothes of his deceased wife. Stirah Butterfield, a servant to defendant, said, that Mrs. Bonny had told her that she was only there as a friend, while her husband was in the country. She would swear that Mrs. Bonny did riot ask for wages when she went for her boxes, and when she wanted any money defendant told her to take it out of the till. at tendant and Mrs. Bonny quarrelled about something when they parted. _ . Mr. Small was called, and distinctly swore that plain tiff's wifo told. hire that she went to defendant's as a friend for a few weeks, as her husband was ill. Ho had heard them quarrel before she left, and he told her to leave, for he (Del not want her. She attended to the busi ness generally. Inspector Barker was called, and on being examined stated that, daring a conversation at the time of the robbery, Mrs. Bonny said that she was not there as a servant but as a frkrid. 1 3 , , 1ice constable Clarke, S 132, gave similar evidence. Mr. LUCAS replied, and _ _ The UNDER.:',IIERIFF left it to the jury to say whe ther the plaint.ff's wifd only went as a friend or visitor, or as a servant; for if she went, as a friend she could not recover for services, however great they might have been. The jury retired for some time, and then gave a ver dict fur the defendant. NE.EIRLBRO'-STREEr-(THIS DAY.) AN UNINVITED GUEST.- Theodore Bignold Protheroe, a young man of r, , spectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having been found in the house of Captain Arthur Pack, No. 39, Lower Grosvenor-street. Captain Pack stated that, having received information that some ill-conditioned man had frequent!) , been seen to enter his house, he procured the assistance of an officer in private clothes with a view to detect the party. Oa the previous night, about nine o'clock, wit ness returned home, and, from what he was told by the constable he (witness) proceeded at once to the kitchen, where he saw the defendant, who appeared to have re cently enjoyed a good supper, and who was taking his ease in an arm-chair in front of the fire, reading a paper for the edification of the three female servants. Com plainant asked him who and what he was, when he re plied, " Oh, lam Protheroe." Not having the honour to know Mr. Protheroe, witness called the officer, and handed defendant over to his care. King, a detective officmr belonging to the C division, said, wten he took the defendant into custody the latter said ho was courting Miss Cooper, the lady's maid, and had been in the habit of going to the house twice a week for the last two months. Defendant admitted that he was paying his addresses to the "young lady" in question, and bad been for some time in the habit of visiting her at the Captain's residence. Mr. BINGHADI said he thought the offence, for offence it was, ought to be visited on Miss Cooper: he should therefore leave Captain Pack to deal with her before his domestic tribunal. The defendant bad been locked up in a cold cell all night, that lie thought was a sufficient punishment, and ha now discharged him with a caution not to go courting ladies' maids without the permission of their masters or mistresses. The defendant—Thank you, your Worship, I shall re member the day of the month; gocd morning. CLERKENWELL.—(f HIS DAY.) Ann White. a person of good address, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with stealing a gold watch, the property of Mr. William Ford Burke, of the value of 81. The complainant stated that on the evening of the 19th instant ho was drinking in the company of some Jewesses at a house inyield-lane, Saffron-hill, when the prisoner came in at the back door and spoke to the mis• tress of the house about a bonnet which she was then making for her. After staying there in conversation fur a short time ha left, stating that he was going to the public-house at the corner, and invited them there to drink. In a short time afterwards the Jewess at whose house be had been in company with the female came to him, and whoa they had had some brandy-and water together, the Jewess went away. He and the prisoner remained in conversation for a short time, in the course of which she stated that she was " going to sleep that night with her sister in Fleet-street," and they then left the house. The prisoner, on seeing him going up Holborn- hill, followed and took hold of his arm, and took him into Ely-piece, where Fhe began to pull him about, but not liking this he began to swear, when she said, " Here is a man coming," and ran away. Immediately after he missed his gold watch, which he had safe a few moments before, and then gave information to the police. Police-constable Champion, of the F division, said he took the prisoner last night in the Strand, and upon tell ing her what it was for, she said "I know nothing about it." The watch had not been found. The prisoner in defence admitted that she was in the public-house with prosecutor, but said she left him in the company of two or three Jew girls, of whom he was the constant companion. Mr. TYRWEITT, having refused to admit her to bail, remanded her for a week. THE SUN, DRUB, Y -LANE THEATRE. Our anticipations as to an overflowing house on the occasion of Mr. Bunn's benefit, last night, were amply realised. The boxes presented a dense and glittering array of fashion, and pit and gallery wore crowded to suffocation. The opera, the concert, the pas de deux by Mddlle. Vecchi and M. Durand, and tho farce, in which the Keeleys achieved an uproarious triumph, all went off with transcendent éclat. At the close of the opera, a !nighty and unanimous shout arose demanding the ap- PQarance of the beneficiare. Mr. Bunn made his ap pearance witbi alacrity , in compliance with the call, and addressed tne audience. He said, " that since he last addressed them, h e cou ld no t sa y th a t thi ngs h a d run thot ...,, h t a t oot h 1 y with him. Be was not one of those who be Publish e a ,l ti th the ' secrets of the prison house' should otherwi,,,, he beyo n d the precincts of the green-room, much of wh e a e t eld state some facts which might explain knowledged abated occurred. But when artists of ac _Vent very inferior substitutes to per form their duty ballet girls ran away fast enough rrelauh)—when choristers broke to break their le ge __ lll , their engagements ose 4 l e ight believe, that when he blishments, the audien ce by the bribes of rival esta wh o a a s r . 7 t I t o f ra p h e Werenlrely upon a bed of roses. make ° reveal all that passed be retiredh __(Bear,in d i t t e curtain, it would than any ever acted upon that or a much better farce other stage. d b 14 ' 4 r efit when all these things ha cell forgotte However, of this his friends n, 'Ton anY ri, stillsured that he . would " Loud cheering their kind followed the sympathy, remember with gratitude the expression of 0 manager's address. ___-------- The following is the House List of Governor. and Directors of the Bank of Engla nd for the year ensuing, viz •, .9 Thomson Hankey, jun., Eq., Governor. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Thomas Baring, Esq. Xlexkl u der Matheson, Esq. Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq. James Morris, Esq.. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Arthur Edward Campbell,Eq George Warde Norman. E.g. William Cotton, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Charles Pascoe Grentell, Esq Henry James Prescott, D.q. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Thomas Charles Smith, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Ekl. WilliamThompson,Esq.& Ald. George Lyall, jun., EA. Thomas Tooke, jan., Esq. James 11Ialcolmson, Esq. Thos.Matthias Weguelin, Esq. Thomas Masterman, Esq. Francis Wilson, Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held et the Bank on Tuesday, the 13th of April; and for Dir. , ctors on Wednesday, lhe. 14th of from Ten o'clock in the forenoon till Four o'clock in the afternoon. Her Majesty will hold a Privy C, , uncil on Monday next, the sth inst., at Buckingham Palace. Summonses wen yesterday to the Aliuieter§ and Mem of State. LONDON, SUFFOLKSTREET GALLERY. On Saturday we attended the private view of the col lection for the present season, opened to public inspec tion, by the Society of British artiste, on Monday. With out recognizing any perceptible improvement in the general merit of the pictures hero collected together, and without perzeiteng any remarkable displays of genius on the part of any °Lie among the contributors, we nevertheless observed on the walls of the Saffolk-street Gallery aufficiont merits, and those merits sufficiently varied, to excite the interest of the intelligent visitor if they failed to secure his admiration. Mannerism in many instances, of course, still reigns triumphant. There are the same invariable sketches of Hungarian peasantry by Zeitter, with the clattering sledges, and furciad drivers and the ragged coated horses jingling, like Poe's lyric to the perpetual refrain of " the bells, bells, bells:" this year, however, happily varied by a graceful and somewhat pretentious group (23) of " Vineyard Girls," and by an eccentric representation (330) of " Collard's Pianoforte Factory on Fire," giving one the notion of a sort of Brum magem Pandemonium. There are the same ever• lasting studies of Spanish life in the streets, by ITuristonc, after the faanion rendered popular throughout Europe by the master-hand of Murillo, there are the mantillas and the muleteers, the ragged urchins and the ladies, and the water-carriers, and through the whole catalogue of faces the same undeviating regard to the charms of an olive-complexion—calling to memory that couplet of Tom Ingoldeby, which informs the reader of the Legends that " Hairy-faced Dick had a swarthy hue, 'Twixt that of gingerbread-nut and a Jew." .Among the present works of Mr. Hurlstone, however, there are several unusually mer i tor i ou s—such as (2 , 59 the merry watchers on the balcony, bight " St. J?nn s Eve at Seville," and the picture of (39) the Gituna " Foretelling to a Spanish Mother the destiny o f her Child,"' not to particularise the, of excellences of (89) the " Arrieros," or of the " Lace-maeerSierra- Morena," or of the " Aguador of Valencia." Certainly not less conspicuous among the mannerists than the foregoing is the most gifted of all animal painters—afte! Lendseer (always after Leialseer)—Herring. This season he contributes more than one of his really mar vellous farm-yards, with those Own-tinted peacocks, and soft-feathered ducklings, reminding one of beastly old Rebellais, and extremely naked looking pigs, uud horses so glossy with good condition that one longs to 11amts-,'--_--. ler a canter. Besides these, he gives us a small eicture (33) of an " Arai, his Favourite," the men as ugly and unoriental is the animal is I_l3 reverse, and (191) a larger ono of " Creme ell's Soldiers Stab:leg Muir Horses in Arundel Count]," perhaps his must succes,fal effort for a considerable time past. Woolmer shows himself as industrious as ever, though scarcely in a single instance as felicitous in the revelation of his unquestion able abilities. Hi: representation of (9) " The Expul • sion" is as unhappy an etterept at pictorial poetry es can well be conceived—our first permit* being as un satisfactory in their anatomy, as the where abouts of the "flaming seraphim" is incomprehen sible. There is an overloading of colours, again, rather painful to witness in (227 e the portraiture of " The Bride," as well as in the (326) "Lady in the Glass Case," the paint protruding in lumps from the canvass. His best ( ffert for the season is as unques tionably (337) " Florence in the time of the Medicis." The beat picture this year from the hands of Pyne is (178) his wonderful " Screes on Wsstevater," with the sudden and startling atmospheric cfftct—the gush of sunlight half-say down cite mountein side with the floating mists towards the base end sum mit. Mere glimpse though the picture is into those realms of scenic magnificence, it calls vary vividly to our rem. - mbrance the various charms of his " Lake Scenery" iu Cumberland. The Norwegian views of West are according to custom full of merit; more especially (243) the one representing a scene near " Hardanger Fiord." The landscapes of Hod dington prove to us, if possible, more exquisite to see than ever, and we are happily enabled to rejoice again in the green meads and gorgeous sunse t s o f Cli nt , an d the lovely coast-views of Tennant. Hill adorns the walls of the gallery with a very beautiful rustic group, as well as with an admirable and ute-like portrait of -° Mrs. Woolmer, in her Slat year." In (314) the " ',rake of Thun" there is perceptible a venture on the pathway opened up by Turner, which, if not speedily forsaken, will bring disgrace upon yet another head, iu the instance of Mr. Ltammersley. Yet more intolerable (and to our horror we have seen the thing praised by one of our contempo raries.) is (236), " The Timid Bather," by Mr. Mug ford, the said Timid Bather being a most wonderful specimen of long-legged ungainliness. Most wonderful of all wonderful things to us, in the annals of the Society of British Artists, is the popularity evi dently enjoyed by Mr. Anthony —every one of his pictures, big and little, at once finding a purchaser ; the magical " green ticket SOLD glittering in the corner of each individual speci men. That his landscapes are admired it were ridi culous to deny. They are bought—that is proof suffi cient. Yet to our taste, we can conceive none more disagreeable to the eye from their hardness, the abrupt inteiminglings of lights and shadows, and their micros copic, their painfully microscopic minuteness—a minute ness descending to the particularity of each separate leaf on trees the most umbrageous. Still—though intolerable to ourselves, and we believe to others also, these pictures, such as (230) the " Ferry Twilight," or, as his largest work this season (200), " The Village Bridal," are SOLD, and Mr. Anthony of course, like a wise man, takes new energy in his path at the encouragement. A variety of other contributions of various excellence from the easels of Allen, of Dicksee, of Shayer, of Baxter, Pidding, Free the &0., are distributed through the difforeut apart ments—Williams displaying considerable skill as a por trait painter, and the Duffields excelling marvellcualy with their fruit pieces. A few meritorious water colours and one or two specimens of sculpture complete the col lection. Among the distinguished visitors attending the private view were, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Winchester, Lord J. Russell; Earls Grey, St. Jermyn, Sheffield, Clanwilliam, Fitshardinge, Lovelace; Lords Viscount Galway, Strangford, Castlereagh, Mahon; Lords Truro, Radstock, Seymour, Sondes, Craeseeele, Robert Grosvenor, Charles Townshend, Claude Hamil ton; the Bishops of Hereford, Lichfield, Gloucester and Bristol; the Dean of St. Paul's; Sirs Augustus Clifford, Bart., J. Johnstone, Bart.,. R. P. Jodrell, Bart., W. Keith, Bare, G. Strickland, Bart, George Walker, Bart., James W. Hogg, Bart., Henry Webb, Bart., J. Strachan, Bart., J. T. Birch, Bart., Felix Agar, Bart., M.P., G. R. Phillips, Bart., M.P., E. Filmer, Bart., M.P.; H. T. Hope, M.P., H. Lowther, M.P., H. T. Baring. M.P., the Hon. J. Forteseue, M.P., G. Repton, M.P., A. Matheson, M.P., W. O. Gore, M.P., the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., C. B. Wall, M.P., the Right Hon. H. Lennox, M.P., T. C. Russell, M.P., the Right Hon. Edward Strata M.P., Joseph Hume, M.P., W. T. Egerton, M.P., H. Tanen, M.P. C. Cr. Du Pie, M.P., 11. Bernal, M.P., Wynne Ellis, Esq., &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. Tho following additioual arrivals have taken place since our last:—The Puritan, Hangerfard, Harp, Lady Altec, Harrier, Blood Royal, Alouzo, The Italian, Jack in- the- Corner, Stilton, Mary Ann, Green Gage, Julien, Butterfly. Surprise, The Clown, Grand Duchess, Sabra, Heliotrope, Czarine, Amoroso, Faux Pas, Knight of the Thistle, Incurable, Nautch Girl, Miss Ann, Backbiter, Officious, Achyranthes, Sister to Ciothworker, Sally Warfoot colt, Joe Miller, Ingratitude, Ethelwolf, Gloomy, Middlethorpe, Estelle lily, Stapleton, Kil meny, Edward of York, CElissus, Kate, Cusachia, Sister to Iracundus. LATEST BETTING IN TOWN. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 3 to 1 Opt Surprise—taken 5 to 1 apt Mary Ann—taken 6 to 1 agst Alonzo METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agat Stilton—taken 15 to 2 agst Kate—taken 10 to 1 agst Miss Ann 10 to 1 agat Backbiter 11 to 1 agst Kick-up-the-Dust—taken 12 to 1 apt Ingratitude—taken 13 to 1 agst Joe Miller—taken 15 to 1 agat Sally Warfoot colt—taken 33 to 1 agst Ethelwolf—taken CROXTON PARK RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Farmers' Handicap of 501., and 5 soya. for the se cond. Gentlemen riders. Heats, once round. Mr. S. Wright's gr hby Plantagenet, 12st Mr. G. Parr's Cropwell, 13st ...(Mr. Sampey) 3 1 2 Mr. Foster's Militiaman, lOst 121 b (R Clifton) 2 3 3 Mr. Smith's Seaweed, 6 yrs, Ilst (Capt. Little) 4 2 4 Mr. Kirk's Cadvan, 5 yrs, llst (Mr. Berkeley) 5 5 5 501., the gift of Mrs. Fletcher Norton, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old and up wards. Once round. (12 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Fledgling, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (Mr. Berkeley) 1 Mr. Walker's Aolus, 4 vrs, list (Dlr. Towneley) 2 Mr. Crawford's Darkie,'s yrs, 12st 81b (Capt. Little) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Fledgling. Won by three parts of a length. The Gold Cup, added to a Handicap of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; two miles. (19 Subs., 10 of whom declared.) Mr. Williams's Chief Justice, 12st llb (Capt. White) 1 Lord Wilton's Herbert, 6 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Clarke) 2 Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 6 yre, 12st 41b (Mr. Scobell) 3 Lord Clifden's Harpsichord, 4 yrs, lOst 71b, Captain Little, bolted. Betting-7 to 4 agst Harpsichord, 2to 1 agat Her bert, 3 to 1 agst Chief Justice, 5 to 1 agst Clothworker. Won by a length and a half. The Croxton-park Plate of 100 sow. Gentlemen riders. One mile. Lord Clifden's Harpsichord,lost Illb (Capt. Little) 0 1 Captain Little's Agis, aged, 12st 61b (011iver) odr Mr. Darling's Sir Robert, Ilst 12ib ...(Darling. jur.) 3 Mr. J. Little's Whetstone, 12st 51....(Mr. Towneley) 0 Mr. Atkinson's Careless Fanny, Ilst lib ...(Scobell) 0 Za.G.Chapenan's Faint Heart (late Ormsby) lOst 13Ib 0 8at 43 :3 r.l,Vildman's Exchange, lOst 91b ...01r. Bromley) U Mr. D, w , sou 6 Cyclops, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Ld Cardross) 0 tl_•p. Oliver's Ischia, lOst 21b ... (Mr. Berkeley) 0 Ai r. 1; 1 k n es:s Folly, 6 yrs, 9st 1 Ilb ...(Mr. Boynton) 0 g e 8 2 Cotton Lady, 3 yrs, 9st Illb (Doekeray) 0 5 to i to 1 agst Cotton Lady, 4 to 1 sgst Harpsi ichordardetg Tit Ischia, and 6 to 1 agst Whetstone. is ran a dead heat, Sir Robert third, chord, s the Plate, and Har (rid Captain Little agreed to divide psichord walked over. when Lard BILL.—By TENANT RIGHT ii a e ------ --- 1 mistake Mr. Reynolds was . repres ente L t i ") yesterday as rroving the aecou n ci our . Parliamentary report should have teen, as the reader reading of this Bill. It debate, Mr. Sharman Crawford. would perceive from the The Western Times (Eset,„) Rev. Lord Henry Kerr, rector of bittesll;eport that the Church of England " and gone to RoDav, ee pp , be en publicly d left the denied. n bee ... , . THURSDIY TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS, AND THEIR INJUSTICE. (From the Expositor.) Newspapers —the pioneers of knowledge, the public instructors in political matters, the medium through 1 which useful, scientific, and literary information is con veyed to the public, the heralds of the news of the day; equally needful to all classes, from the noble to the mechanic—have been by every Government, whether Fury, Conservative, or Whig (Protectionist not yet tried), treated not only unfairly, but unjustly. Railroad proprietors are now in possession of a privilege not enjoyed by the press, with all its allowed superior advantage to mankind. We think we hear our readers say, can this bu possiele? We ray it is possible, and we will state the grievance in as smell a compass as the im portance of the subject 'merits. It is pretty well known to those conversant with the subject (and to those who learn it for the first time from this statement, we appea l to j o i n the b an d a l rea dy formed to get rid o f these un j ust taxes on k now l e d g e) that the newspaper Proprietor pays on the article he produces no less thus three direct and distinct taxes: the paper pays a direct tax per pound before it receives the impression of the type; a tax of Id. par sheet is paid to the- Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the privilege of haying a blot of red on the corner of their paper in the shape of a distinctive die stamp; and they are again called on to pay ls, 6,1. is the shape of duty for every advertisement that appears i n t h e i r paper. Th e fi r st tax on paper is inju r i ous , es not a ll ow i ng p a pers and periodicals to 10..2 published at a cheaper rate, or at all , qly g events preventi ng the proprietors of the cheaper class of publications front paying men of Went as they should be paid conse uent not producin tie healthy end wholesome a perinyworth of knowledge es the public would o b ta i n, supposing this obnox i ous im post to be abolish e d. The only argument, it it eau he so called, in fav our of the stomp duty of ld. on eac h newspaper is, that f or this odious tax ;he Government cony y newspapers to all parts of England gratis. This is true, to a certain extent ; but why tax the inhabitants of large towns for the sake of those who wish the ad vantage of the post? It is well known that the large towns throughout &glued, bye, and small ones as wall, the p e st with the morning papers.* Th b y Flies are sent railway, and paid as parcels to the railway companie s b y e i ther t h e L on don or country newspaper ewr% rn are not supplied throu g h ahis is not confined to the monang papers; the weekly papers are conveyed to country towns in the same parcel on Saturday morning in most cases. If not, they seed them by ruid-day the least, t hi s i s as unequa l, cense (i trains, u( ?iy a S n o, u t u o l a Of the tuira tax, to_ which we part i cu l ar ly wish to eddrees onrelves, we can o n l y h ope car observeti.)n& s ir a , y ttat. may hare the Els= effect on the minds of our readers that we have long felt, and with us consider this as one of the most unfair, unjust, and unequal taxes that ever entered into the mind of man to impose iu a civilized country. Unfair to tax any man who simply announces iu a newspaper he either wants to purchase a house, or to tell au acre of land; yet the announcement may ap pear on bills posted on the Walls, or exhibited on boards by the roadside. Unjust to the poor ser vant who makes public in three lines that she wants a situation, and charges no more to the peer who re thousand u i a r c e r s e s f" gnrsoiuol ti pleasure gro u nd s , and ten —acquit' in the case of a poor decayed widow, who, in a v er y f ew li nes , re l a t es her tale of woe ; lon which the G overnmen t amerce ofid% IT her in the shape of Is. 61, end charge the wealthy public companies, who occupy a column in seeking act. venturers in the Californian or Australian gold rpecu lation, no more. Let this pass, bad as it is. But whet do we find the Government allow? Highly as we have shown the newspaper proprietor is taxed, we have Site extraordinary anomaly of the G overnment a ll ow i ng these railway carriages to be converted into newspapers, and the walls of the stations into the mediums of pub licity, as far as advertising isseencerned, without paying one farthing in the shape of advertisement duty to the revenue. Quito apart frota the monstrous injustice of this system, that allows railway proprietors to possess the advantage of making known the wants and wishes or advertisers free, while the newspaper proprietor is tsxeo to the tune of Is. 61 for every such advertisement, look at the shortsightedness and stupidity of allowing this system to continue, in a fina nc i a l an d revenue po i nt of view. Every advertisement exhibited at a railway station, or in a railway carriage, is really taken frets, some newspaper, consequently as an injury to the news paper proprietor, who pays paper anti stamp duty, and is also a loss of Is. 6d, to the revenue which would be saved to the Government it inserted in a newspaper, in stead of being allowed to appear in a railway carriage. or exhibited at a station. To those who have had ex perience in advertising—whether as booksellers, ge neral advertisers, secretaries to public companies, or ad vertising agents—this fact will be patent, that a giverr, sum of money is settled us the amount to be spent on advertising—of course modified by circumstances. as the sale of the book, progress of the company, &a. It is useless to say the money spent on railway advertising is extra. We appeal to the classes of ad vertisers we have named in support of our assertion. Why then, we ask the Government, is this, that the newspaper proprietor is to pay Is. 6d. for every ad. vertisement that appears in his columns, while the railway proprietors pay not a single farthing in the shape of duty for advertising at their stations and in their carriages? We especially commend these last remarks on the injury to the revenue to the consideration of every Chancellor of the Exchequer, while this obnoxious impost con tinues. But we believe and hope the present Chancellor of the Exchequer will take a more enlarged view of the subject, and abolish the duty on advertise ments, paper, and stamps, at once. But, if he cannot spare the trifling sum produced by the advertisement duty, we urge on him the justice of dealing fairly by all parties, and not allow the highly-taxed proprietor of s newspaper to be longer subject to the advertisement duty, while the railway directors are allowed to continue charging the publiefee advertisements that pay no duty This request is so fair and just, ag we believe , that we are anxious to h ear w h at t h e a d vocates of railway mo nopoly have to say in reply. 1 ` 44'e may state, in illustration of our assertion, that one agent, who supplies the morning papers per railway trains, informs us that of over 2,300 copies of the Times he dis patches daily over 2,000 by early railway trains. He further complains that on the late editions of The Sun, though every copy has already paid the id. stamp, he yet has to pay fi fee of id. on eac h copy at the Post-off i ce. S uc h monstrous injustice is hardly credible. He states that by far the larger proportion of The Sun consists of the late edi tion, that paper havin g acqu i red celebrity all over the king dom for bringing down the Parliamentary news of the same evening to the latest moment. Thus the reading-rooms and commercial chambers in the distant towns are furnished with The Sun, containing the greater part of the debate many hours before the morning papers of the next day. [AnvEnTisEmENT.]—The Royal Exhibition Small Glass for the waistcoat pocket, at S. and B. So!omons, Opti cians, 39, Albemarle- street, P i ccadilly, oppos i te t h e Y or k Hotel. A valuable, newly invented very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glas s , t h e s i ze of a walnut, b y w hi c h a person can be seen an d known 1 miles distant. They answer every purpose on the race-course, at the Opera-houses ; country scenery and ships are clearly seen at twelve to four teen miles, They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, y chting, to spe.rtsmen, gentlemen, game keepers, and tourists. Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinct!) Jupiter's moons, Saturn's Ring, and the double stars; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance, 3 t i 2 miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles ;_ they supersede every other kind for th e wa i stcoat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses with wonderful powers; newly invented in valuableis placed before imperfect v i s i on every object appears clear an d aged d e f ect i ve s i g h t i s b roug h t to i ts youth ful, ti nnatural, mostpreserving and Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are original state. The invisible Organic Vibrator, and all kinds of acoustic instruments, for relief of extreme deafness. 39 ) Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. FASHION. — Those of our readers who possessed the. entrée last season to the gorgeous and tasteful display of the results of European and Indian manufacture at Messrs. Howell and James, will be pleased to learn that extensive preparations have been for some while in progress for a yet greater evidence of the ample resources of this house to cull and bring together all that is new and recherche from each quarter of the globe. Although the notion is borrowed from the Maison d'Lisle during the late reign, where royalty was wont to mix in unostentatious familiarity with the elite of Paris, it is generally admitted that for elaborate elegance and refined judgment the ensemble in Regent-street is, from the advance since made in manufacturing art, far superior. The Exposition is to last for two days, those of to-morrow and Saturday.—Morning Paper. w o b f b la t i b e c k he waterbwas BLowiNG•ur OF A WRECK IN THE THAMES.— y The blowing-up of the wreck o f the Resolution at North.. fleet, on Friday, was conduct e d very satisfactorily. The whole body of the hull was shatt ere d , and masses of wood and beams were thrown into th e air, mixed with quantities of t waterhe i u s b p s e i r d s e i o d n , a o f a:g h e e quuu. y of coals. When destroyed by the explosion, floated on the water. There w ere great numbers of spec tators. The Gravesend watermen picked up the fra gmen t s t the m white agitation iet bait,a tio quiten of wood, and many boats Went away completely loaded. The shock of the explosion was felt distinctly on the hill of Northfleet. The charge was something more than 5001'o. The galvanic battery used was Smee's. Captain Rowland, the principal harbour-master and superintendent of the river, had the whole of the a rrangements under his super vision. E.—This event, appointed is looked forward to with much anxiety by the lovers of aquatic sports, who may fairly anti cipate a very gallant race. Both crews are at Putney in for UNIVERSI TY Saturday afternoon B 0A active training, and first-rateinTnetA'e condition. They are nearly equal about 14 stone, and it wouldfiner set of men. Both crews ,and should they com e t o the r in trim as at p resen t, i t w ill b e aa e n a ceuh difficultai n man de o admirable averagingsbuselecticecess a no easy matter to predict th e probable result o f th e race . iindeedn ewve eitgrhyhebt sanguine Betting is even, and on each succeeding pull over the course both crews so improve in pace, and are rowing so remarkably strong and in so near the same thne, making allowance for wind and tide, that the best judges are not disposed to start a point in favour of either party. The distance to be con tested is from Putney-bridge to the church at Mortlake, and the Messrs. Searle have chartered two of the fastest steam boats for the convenience of gentlemen desirous of accom panying the race. Others have been also put in requisition for the occasion. FORTIFICATIONS IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—The Board of Ordnance have determined upon erecting a battery of guns in the neighbourhood of Penarth-head, near Cardiff, and a party of the Royal Engineers h ave been engaged in examining and inspecting the h ead and the a o nent coa st, with the view of ascertaining and reporti ng upon t h e best site for the construction of defences for th 6 bett e r protection of the Bristol Channel at that par t . The battery at Pater Fort, Milford Haven, is likewise to be altered, at an expence of nearly 2 0001., and it is :.aid that additional defences in the "layoff are to be erected at a cost of s s o oo/. THE PORTSMOUTH CONVICTS:-..The- convicts from the Stirling Castle, and about 70 from the York, prison ships, were removed to the new establishment adjoining Portsmouth Dockyard on Tuesday. The Stirling Castle is to be fitted for an hospital-ship, and the old York, when cleaned out, 17111 be placed as a target ter the Ezcolleut. EVENING, A PR IL 1, 1852 INDIA. THE BURMESE WAR. We have received dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail, which left Bombay on the 4rh of March. The following is the letter of a correspondent:— "Since the dispatch of my last letter preparations have been made for prosecuting with the utmost promptitude and vigour the war which now seems inevitable with Burnish. It has been wisely determined to force the Burmese to terms before the setting in of the monsoon, and by the time this reaches England a flotilla of more than a dozen war -steamers, with 6,000 troops on board, will be in the Burmese waters for the purpose. It will be remembered that Lord Dalhousie had not reached Calcutta when the dispatches regarding Com modore Lambert's first affair with the stockades arrived; they were consequently forwarded to him by express, ' and the steamer Fire Queen was kept in readiness to convey his further instructions concerning 1311112PS° af fairs to the Commodore in the Irrawocidy—the Bengal Government in the meantime taking only such steps as were necessary for putting the frontier provinces in a posture of defence. " The Fire gaeon loft tilts Sandhends with the Governor- Generai's diepatches on the 28th of January, and mashed the commodore off the Rangoon River on the 30th. The c:mnaodore immediately intimated ti the Rangoon authorities that he should goccnd the river in his frigate nrart morning as the bearer of a fresh communication from the Governor-General. Notwith stnnding this intimation, the first stockade ho passed the following day opened a he4vy fire on the Fox, which killed one of her crew. The frigate returned the fire, but without stopping her course, silencing the enemy's guns, and setting the stockade on fire. The next stockade took warning by the fete of its neighbour ; it opened a fire also, for the honour of the thing, but took care to fire wide of the frigate; and the c‘nanaooore therefore passed by it without notice. Two other of the steekades ovred a fire on the steamer Teua,sorim, which followed the Fox a few hours after, and of which they did not appear to be in equal dread. She returned the fire of the first stockade with a few rounds of shot and shell, and with eight or ten rockets ; the latter sot the work on fire, and it continued burning fur about six hours. " On arriving off the newly-erected fortifications which now occupy the site of the late town of Rangoon, the commodore s& , rit an officer and interpreter to the Go vernor with Lord Dalhomie's letter. The terms offered in this communication havo occasioned general surprise rid some censure, on the ground that their extreme tu,lderation would prevent Beitish subjects whose goods have been confiscated and destroyed from obtaining any unnpensatien ; aud would also, by being attributed by the Burmese to weakness, reader an ultimate settlement more difficult. " Their substance was, that if the Burmese Governor would apelegiee for his insult to cur flag, and pay the 9001. previously demnded as compensation for lostee inflicted on two of the many British subjects who have been pillaged at Rangoon, the Burmese ehips should be restored, and the blockade raised, cilia en agent feom the Indian Government sent down. The reply was returned in the most insult ing manner imaginable, by a dirty labourer in an equally dirty fishing canoe. The Burmese Governor took no notice whatever of Lord Delhousie'e first two demands. He refused to negotiate at all with the com modore, but said that he would talk over the subject with any other agent the Indian Government sent d own; and he is said to have remarked that the bl. eked.) did not inconvenience them at all. In answer to a letter tee commodore had sent him at the same time from himself', in which he expressed his surprise at having le , en fired at by the stockade while on his passage up the river (of . - which the Viceroy had been previously advertised) in a diplomatic capacity, as the bearer of an answer from she Governor-Uencral to a letter trom the King of Ava, .he Burmese Governor replied that he had given orders to the stockades to fire into any vessel daring to pass them without permission. The commodore rejoined, that he would utterly destroy by fire any stockade that tired at his frigate on her passage down the river. This treat had its effect, and the commodore returned to his anchorage off the mouth of the river without molestation. " The appearance of the banks of the river at Ran goon is described as entirely changed. Not a vestige remains of the late town. Of the materials of its brick and stone houses three largo masonry torts have been erected with ' most singular rapidity ;' they appear, it is said, very strong, and evidently mount some heavy Bunt?.' The jungle and village near the great Dragon eligoda have been entirely cleared away, and the build teg enclosed with a strong stockade. Other stockades ere everywhere being erected along the anks of the river. The main whiff of the old town has been turn, d nto a battery of formidable appearance, but is said to admit of being enfiladed. The new works altoge her mount 100 guns, and art officer of the Fox writes to one of the Calcutta papers that Rangoon would now cost a -ow the number of their mess before it was taken.' " On receiving the Rangoon Viceroy's answer to their last overtures, the Supreme Government are said to have lecided that all further negotiation was out of the question. The Governor-General immediately ordered force consisting of her Majesty's 18th, the 40th Native fatantry, with another native corps and a company of European Artillery, to prepare for instant embarkation, and some steamers and transports were hired for con veying these troops to Burmah. " .ladras was ordered to send her Majesty's 51st, ;eve Native Regiments, and three companies of Euro pean Artillery; the whole force, about 6,000 strong, eill be under the command of General Godwin, who was actively engaged in the former Burmese war. Major flugh Frazer goes as chief engineer. Orders were at the same time sent by the Governor-General to the Bombay Government to equip and dispatch without de lay all the war steamers they could spare, manned with their full war complement, and ready for immediate ac tion. The squadron was on its way to touch at Fort it. George, and convey the Madras force thence to Burmah. Tho Bombay Government immediately do tided on sending six steam-frigates—the Feroze, the Nloozuffer. the Sesostris, the Berenice, the Medusa, and the Zenobia—the Semaramie, now in China, to join, if required, in the river. The first four (three of them as large as the Atlantic steamships) were fully equipped and started from Bombay in four days atter the order had been received; the Zenobia, which was hourly expected with the English mail of the 20th of January, not having yet arrived, the Queen has teen sent off instead, and the Zenobia is only wait ing for the arrival of a detachment of artillery from Nuggur to follow the other five. The squadron is to embark the Madras force about the 12th of March, and Rangoon will probably be in our hands about 10 or 15 days after. " The general improvement that has taken place since the last Burmese war in our military and naval re tources and appliances, and especially our improved poei iott as regards Burmah in particular, has been rendered very apparent in the late preparations. la 1825 the !mops that were dispatched from Calcutta to Arracan were no less than three months in reaching their destine ,.ton; on the present occasion one steamship (the Pre sursor) took in a single trip an equal number of troops `row Calcutta to Arracan in about seventy hours. Steam gas in this instance reduced mouths to days; but this is not all; close to Arracan is the Aeng Pass, now hold by a strong detachment of our troops, and from this pass it is not forty miles to a point on the Irawaddy twice as near to Ava as to Rangoon, and which it took in the last war more than a year's campaign to reach from the lat ter basis of operations. The rising importance of Bom nay as the head-quarters of the Indian navy, and princi pal steam-port in the eastern seas, is not less remarkable. In the last Burmese war it took nearly a month to pre pare a small sloop-of-war (the Hastings) for commission. Now an order reaches us one day for all the steam-fri gates we can spare; three hours afterwards everything ,a arranged; next morning they are reported in such a state of progress that they are in squadron-orders to be off in three days; and in three days they are off. " A month hence there will be, in all likelihood, a fleet of at least eight large and five smaller class war steamers assembled in the Burmese waters, probably' says the Bombay Times, ' the largest collection of that formidable class of ships ever brought together for the purpose of actual warfare.' If required, we could also bend hence the Ajadha, of 1,500 tons and 500-horse power, and the Aebar, another powerful steam-frigate (though in that case we should probably have to depend on the Peninsular Company for the conveyance of our mid-monthly mails), and two other first class steam frigates of 800-horse power each are now on the stocks at Bombay. On the Ganges and Indus we have also flotillas of river steamers and flats sufficient (if it were considered worth while to use them) to convey the whole Barmah field force from Rangoon to Ava in five or six days (the distance is about 500 miles). The force amounting to 6,000 men) that is about to start is consi derably larger than any that Sir A. Campbell had at his disposal at any time of the last war; and, if neces sary, it might be trebled from Bombay and Madras. " I learn from private letters that the Governor- General is still in hopes of avoiding anything more than a demonstration,' and that he expects the presence is their waters of a force so large and so rapidly collected will frighten the Burmese into an immediate acqhtie. cence in his terms, and thereby save the expense lo a a a ," lay of a campaign. With any other nationosat cer result would, under the circumstances, be al e ln,, ar an d tain ; but tho history of the last war—the 1)e u" years of irrational obstinacy with which, after two iaaa a to re signal and incessant defeats, they still continued Campbell express fuse the terms offered them until pett way ' stockades 'was within forty miles of their eapitai doing so with any ing a desire to negotiate, yet never or erecting circumstance of other object than to gain ti d me I with the and collecting troops, couplh a _ t h e present case, ren their having courted a collis t h a t they should be ders it extremely improbable mouth . of . tins ration in duced to submit to our termsatbyatathmeeßreaedeee ta in t destroyed " I omitted mentioning brig Serpent had the Irrawaddy her MajestY t ' sh s o m e stockades which had opened a fire on her, and in thatse t that the Commod ore bad started for a aru • direction. am pbell's force has returned to it s canton leaving the Morntund f ront i er in a " Sir C. C more disturbed and excited state than ho found it. "From the China papers it will be seen that the pro gress of the rebels is at length decided and uts question able. Tien-teh's proclamations are now openly shown in Canton, and bulletins of imaginary victories gained by the Imperial troop s are no longer put f or th b y t h e Canton authorities. The G-o vernor-Generta (Seu) of the Canton province is besie ged by the rebels m ono of his own towns, and the remnant of the Imperial forces have lately been signally defeated. The only hope of the Mantetwo dynasty lies in the chance of dissension arising among the rebel lead ers , an event by no means improbable. Sir S. Gray, the aged Commander-in-Chief of the has had a str o k e of Bombay army , paralysis, and returns to England by to-day's mail; his illness was not unex , pouted. /1 0 bad came out to a tropical climate in his 72d year, and was very old of his age. The Com mander-in-Chiet o` Madras is expected to follow him shortly. " A locomotiv.l is now at work daily on the Bombay railway, and crowds of na;ires as4crtahle to gaze and wonder at the Arg Gharry,' or ' Fire Chariot,' as they have christenPd it. " General Manson, commanding the Scinde division of the Bombay army, died on the 22d of Febt uary. " The English mail express of the Bth of January reached Lahore, vici Bombay, many hours before it reached Calcutta. " The Znobia steam-frigate, with the Southampton mails of the 20th of January, is now nine days overdue. Considerable apprehensions are entertained regarding her absence." (From the Overland Bombay Times.) The crisis that. has overtaken us within the last fort night illustrates the maxim that India in the midst of peace is at war—that we know not at any time what a week or a month may bring forth. The Irrawaddy, which now flows undisturbed and unoccupied to the sea, will, bwore a month expires, bear a fleet of eight war steamers, and an army of 3,000 men on its boom ; and the cities of Rangoon and Manahan, now peaceful, fair, and fleurishieg, will be heaps of smoking ruins, ;heir inhabitants scattered, and the British flag 11 atieg, where they now stand. We mentioned ie our lust the extreme anxiety of the Governor-General to avoid con flict, and to accept of any arrangement that could be made not inconsistent with our safety and dignity to restore amicable relations with Burnish ; he was said to have disapproved of the abduction of the Burmese ship-of-war by Commodore Lambert, and to have effsred to restore hn ; but he iusisted on justice being dene to our injured merchants. The proposition was treated with insolence, and replied to through the hands of a common labourer, and it became quite clear that all that was desired was to gain time —the Burmese Sovereign had no intention to corrpiy in any way with our behests. Our frontiers nearest to Burmah were ordered to be watched, and arrangements were ac cordingly made to meet any sudden aegresaion that might uri:e. Her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish were dis patched by the Precursor steamer from Calcutta to Moul mein, where they arrived in 73 hours; her Majesty's 80th, from Dinapore, taking their place in Fort William. Iwo native corps, and three companies of artillery, were to follow. A like force of anti!, ry and native infantry its that ordered trom Calcutta were to be provided from Nladras, loyi , :g in all two European (11th and 51st) and four native (38th and 67th Bengal and 9th and 35;h Ma dras) corps, with four companies of artillery, mostly Europeans, in addition to those on board the Bombay 1 steamers. The 49th and 26th Medrits Itifantry are betwixt Moulmein and Mergui; they probably number shout 1.200 men; so that in all we shall have about 10,300 fighting men, independent of the ship's crews at our disposal. The entire force is to be com manded by Major-General Godwin, C. 8., of her Majesty's army, who was present throughout the last Burmese war Irons 1525 to 1827; with Brigadiers War ren and Elliott to command the Bengal and Madras brigades respectively. Colonel Foetid, of the hlaciras army, is to he in charge of the artillery, and Major Frszer, of the Bengal army, of the engineers. On the 19:h February, orders were received at Bombay from the Governor-General for dispatch for the Bay of Bengal as speedily as possible, of all the steamers which could be spared, and such is the high condition of the Indian Navy, that on the 24th a squadron, under the command of Captain Lynch, consisting of the Fereza, trans formed from a packet to a frigate, and the Moozuffer, both 1,500 tons and 500 horse-power, and the Sesostri., frigate, with the troop steamer Berenice, of about 800 tons each, sailed from our harbour within five days' time of their being aware that there was any chance of being required. The Zenobia, was intended to follow, had she arrived in time from Aden—the Queen now takes her place; and this, with the M4tillSa iron steamer, completes our armament. The steamers are, as they were during the China war, supplied with Euro pean artillerymen to work their guns. The Semiramis, a frigate of 1,200 tons and 300-horse ;roe er, from China, and the laugh Lindsay from Madras, can be riis patched if required. From Calcutta, the Enterpreze, Fire Queen, Tenasserim, and Phlegethon, with the iron steamer Nemesis, are under orders. The vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, capable of transporting 1,000 men each, are available as troop-ships. While teen? mutters were being arranged, dispatches were received from Burmah professing a de sire for peace; the first condition was, that Te should change the channel of communication to Major Bogle, the commissioner, instead of through Commodere Lam bert. The arrogance of dreaming of prescribing to us now we should conduct our arrangements sutficit ntly in dicated the temper of the Monarch, so our preparations were pushed ou. The squadron sails direct for Rangoon ard Merteban, cities by the river side, of 30,000 and 10,000 inhabitants respectively; they are doomed to ho destroyed, and as they are constructed chiefly of wood, oar first fire will set them in a blaze. We have not leisure for a regular campaign, and should matters not be completely settled by the middle of May, the farce, after doing as much mischief as possible, will return to Bombay and Calcutta, to renew operations in October. By some it is surmised that the river steamers will push ou as far as draught of water will allow, it requisite con tinuing the war without interruption—the fleet remain ing at hand throughout the rains. CALCUTTA, FEB. 21.—The following, says the Ben gal lily karu. is the substance of the intelligence brought by the Fire QaCein, which arrived yesterday from Moul mein and Rangoon river. The Fire Queen left the Sandheads on the 28th ult., and arrived off Rangoon river on the 30th idem at 10 r at. She went in the next day, and anchored ahead of the Fox frigate at 2 Rat., and towed her up off the Hasting's Sand, which is about four or five miles below Rangoon. On going up the river, on passing the first stockade, which is 10 or 15 miles from the entrance, the steamer and frigate were fired upon, by which a man of the Fox was so severely wounded that he afterwards died of the wound. The fire was returned by the frigate with shot and shell. The Tenasserim, in passing up the following day was also fired upon, but without effect, and the Fire Queen in passing down. The Fire Queen called off the entrance of Rangoon River, coming back on the morning of the sth instant. The Fox frigate was then coming cut in tow of the Tenasserim. The frigate was going on a cruise to Negrais for a week, leaving the I'hlegethon and her Majesty's ship Hermes to blockade the Rangoon river. The same journal, in its general summary, under date of Feb. 21, says:— " The Governor-General has ' plucked up a spirit ' and resolved that the Burmese shall no longer bold alone the power of deciding whether there is to be war or no war. Ho has determined that there shall he war, unless they render it absolutely impossible by a prompt and unequivocal submission. Their intentions are not yet perfectly known. They have again fired on our men of war when passing the stockades, • and killed one man of the Fox frigate, but they still keep up a show of negotiation, whether really to avert hostilities or merely to gain time remains to be seen. The character of the court of Ave, and the experience of the former war, however, render the latter the more probable hypothesis. The Burmese evidently do not like Commodore Lambert. Apart from an offence in having carried off their King's ship—a proceeding pretty generally condemned—he is doubtless quite too firm and straightforward to suit their peculiar ideas of negotiation. They have opened a communication through their Governor of Martaban and our Commissioner at Moulmein, and the Governor-General having promised that on their acceding to their moderate demands, he would send down a high functionary to settle the terizs of peace and friendship, they rcquest that this official may be sent immediately. The request cannot, of counins.o! be complied with, as any concession on our side n w Ge l e . be attributed to fear. An answer to the Gov o a a re r the 3d t the Cisdr'l::::::letc; with the nerai's letter was sent on board the Fox . . • dirty instant, by the hands of a low native,n settlement. canoe— a studied insult, of course, indication of a desire for an aw_ _iicraebddite ce rtai nly lAllPene Another letter The missive was, nevertheless , foe r e a loatta by the Fire and a ire and we believe brought up " i General, by the Phlegetho s t° ,, 'r : e p ries i n red as to the contents Queen, which arrived here oi4 proper from for m t the i t li ie i s n , ga arrived to r i the ve liere they have not silenced the through Moulmein, where had been raised before 11 :0 :11eh o from Calcutta and Madras the 15th last . Nothing of these royal epistles, be. . rf fr u .- 3 e e s ci t u y ip a p S e I d s . t from " note of preparation be colyllecitthedtialinda their arrival. Troops as soon as they es s a benee, and her Majesty's 181 p h r g e l a d fes iL t c . t - r y . a_nd a siterolanggodesteavcehrmalenrtegoif M a southern t r r. reisillia3, and thattrcavoer eaty's 80th, now at Di meats of Nati" wing down to relieve the 18th, in garrison European a rtillery. tier Maj nanore, Ips'hiatshewrewllardas b t y ho s s t e e a f m o r . is Burmah, is to - G s a a t e r u r e i e s taodwin , who served in the former Burmese war, co mmand in chief. Major Hugh Frazer, of the Ben gls ineers, is to direct the:engineer department; and 3-isrt.°°Maogntgotnerie, garrison surgeon of Fort William, is to superintend th e me di cal staff. The arsenal here is a scene of busy activity, conveyance of Ships have been taken up for the troops and stores, and steamers of the Indian navy ar e or d ere d round from Bombay to Madras, to_ aid in car r yi ng t h e expedition across the bay. The Burmese have, on their side, been actively engaged in preparations for war. The old town of Rangoon, lying on the banks of the river. has been cleared away by fire, and the new one, a little inland, has been strongly stockaded." MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death in the armies of India since the departure of the mail on the 17th of February:— H. M. Troops—Captain Henry Hugh MAKenzie Fleming, H. M. 61st Regiment, at Goojranwallah, on the 12th of February. Bombay—Brigadier-General A. Manson, C. 8., Artil lery, at Bombay, on the 28d of February. Madras—Lieutenant-Colonel D. A. Fenning, Ist Ca valry, at Bellary, on the 16J3 of February. Bengal—Major C. F. Farmer, Invalid Establishment, at Mussoorie, on the 4th of February. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS FROM THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY TO THE 2D OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. The money-market in European quarters remained as before, while in the Bazaar there is a slightly increased demmod for money, Rites of interest are the same, but Government securities, consequent upon the fall in es' change on Calcutta, are considerably lower. The share market continues quiet. The Agra Bsnk are paying a dividend for tile r e ll e s n if t: year ending 31st December, at the rate cf . 8 F company.e per annum. They have become a registe red DIPoRTS. A gap has been caused in the transactionthe of businesslst on of by the holydays, which commenced Mar* §nd will continue Or a week , when bylaws will again be resumed with ardour, we anticipate, on the part of dealer... Since the date of our last the murket bus n en dull, but this may be accounted for by the small quantity of arrivals, which has caused a scarci , y of goods in the bazaar. When fresh supplies some to baud, we duubt not dealers will purchases largely. Cotton Piece Goods—ln consequence of the small amount of goods which has come to hand since the date of our last report, business has not been done to any great extent, although many descriptions of grey goods have been repeatedly inquired for. Grey Shirtings, 40-Inch—Up to 52 reed the inquiry is small. For 56 and upwards a good demand exist., and prices have risen 2 annas per piece. Grey Shirtings, 45-inch, are very scarce In the mar ket, and have increased in value 2 amiss per piece. Grey 11tadapollams continue without improvement. Grey Jaconets—For this there has been some inquiry, but we can quote no improvement in value. Grey Lorgeloth is still dull of sale. Grey T-Cloth in good demand, but very scarce. Grey Domes:ies—To this the same remark applies. Bleached Stertiegs—Up to 66 reed rather dull; 72 reed enjo's a fair inquiry.; Bleached Teills are in good request, and have risen 4 si.nas it, value. Satin t 4 pore and checks in mod, rate inquiry. Turkey red plain cloth dull of sale, while twills and mulls are in mocbrate inquiry. A dullness pervades the sale of fancy goods, book muslin, mull muslin, zebra, and pine dres:re. Low lappets, lappet scarfs, and dhoties of fancy border, in good demand. Cttton Y,:rn—The market has no' continued so steady as was mted in our last report. Up to 40s. both mull and water, and prices remain as before. 50s and up wards are without chlnge in value. Dyed orange is in good demand, while Turkey red is very dull of sate. Eght boles of water twist, 2001 b. each, No. 40, at 9 annas per lb. Metals—Copper, braziers' and sheathing, slightly de clined, while tiles increased in value, Of South Ame rican there is none in the market; our quotations are nominal. Bottoms are quoted as in our last. Iron---Swi dish bars or suitable assortment are in good demand. English bar iron is without change in value, and with but litilu inquiry. Nail rod, round and square, as also hoop and sheet, are without change. Tne value of bwedieh steel in faggots and tubs is also the same. Lead—Pig hcs advanced a little in value, while sheet continues as reported in our last. Spelter has slightly declined. Tin plates are without change. Cochineal—The market continues dull; prices quoted arcs 11 per lb. Woollens—No sake have taken place. Saffron is without change, the prices quoted in our last being folly maintained. Sheep's wool continues in active demand, and is generally purchased py natives as its comes, with all its faults. Linse(d i 3 in good demand, at 3r. 3.16 th per cwt. Marine Storer—Canvass, bleached and brown, both drill. Cordage in request. Paints, twine, and spirits of turpentine dull. Spirits—Brandy in wood and bottle both dull; of the latter 7,700 d. z ns have been sold at 7ra., while the former has declined 23. per gallon in value. Gin in kil derkins in demand, in wood dull. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool.—The market continues pretty steady. The prices on the old crop of Broach and Jumboseer have slightly declined; the same may be said of Dbollera. Compri retains its value unchanged; small quantities of the new crop are arriving; we do not look for much before the end of the month. Opium has slightly receded since the arrival of the last China mail. Friight is steady at 2/. 12s. 6d. for both London and Liverpool. To China it has advanced to 18rs„ and 19rs. have been paid for small parcels. Exchange on Ecgland is now quoted at 2s, to 2s. Oil at 6 monihs. On Calcutta, 99i at 60 days' eight. On China; 217r2. to 218 rs. BOMBAY MONEY-MARKET, TUESDLY EVENING, _ MARCH 2. EXCHANGES. On London—at Six months' sight, per r., 2s. Oid. for document bills. Nine niontbes sight, per r., 2s. for credit bills. On Calcutta—at 60 days' sight, per 100 rs. 99 30 days' sight per do. ... 99{ at sight, prr do. ... 100 i On Madras—at 30 days' sight, per do. ... 100 i at sight, per do. ... 101 On Calla, at 60 day s' sight, per 100 dolls., 218 r., nominal. DANE AND OTHER SHARES. Bank of Bombay ..I,ooor. each 1,000 15 per ct. pm. els. Oriental Bank Cor. 250 r. 250 19 per ct. pm. all. Commercial Bank I,ooor. 500 4 dis. Agru Bank 5OO 500 6 per cent. prem. Bark of Madras I,ooor. 1,000 20 per cent. prem. Apollo Press Corn 12,500 r. 12,000 17,000. Culaba Press Con) 7,000r. 7,000 17,000. Bombay 8. N. Cum. 510 r. 400 68 per cent. dia. Gr. Ind. P. R. Com. 50r. —38 r. 2a. Ilp. paid. GI,VERNMENT SECURITIES. 5 per Cent.;Transfer Loan ... 114 r. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1825 26 ... 106 r. per 100 sleet!. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1829-30 ... 106 r. per 100 races. 5 per Cent. Loan, 1841-42 ... 1031 r. 4 per Cent. Loan, 1832.33 ... 93r. per 100 sieca.—Sls. 4 per Cent. Loan, 1835.36 ... 89Ir. per 100 Co.'s. 4 per Cent. Loan, 1842.43 ... 89ir. per 100 Co.'s. PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns .. Bank or England Notes ... Spanish adlars German Crowns ... Sycee Silver ••• ••• Gold Leaf (range of quality) Gold ignotb, according to touch ... 10r. 7-16 a. each. 10r. 5-16 a. per £ ... 222 r. per 100 ... 211 r. per 100 ... 104 k per 100 tolsa. 16k per tola. 16r. per tola for 97 touch. Freights—To London and Liverpool, 2/. 12s. 6d. per ton; and to China, 18r. to 19r. per candy. (From the Calcutta Overland Price Current of Feb. 21.) The Bombay express arrived during the night of the lath inst., and the bulk of the mail followed the next day, bringing London dates to the 8111 January, with intelligence confirming the improved feeling tending to wards a more free and satisfactory co urse of operations, as noticed in our last issue, and affor din g san g uine an ticipations of a brisker activity is g eneral commerce, with upward-tending prices. The brighter aspect of future prospects is based upon the promising turn lately progress s ion ro a w l caornds taken by political events in France, which seem to se raooggfitated country se cure stability to the government assumed by its Presi dent, with the assent of an overwhelming majority of th e , gthgpwbraeueaepnryerPepeYrioPaansrcleteiPualer resul t s h is o i mnexpected matters trade.; as it t e fi l d e o c u to ce rs . , aT nd hi t s h ( e of co b l i i r s o eq y u e e a n rs t ) r t e o s o to m ra u ti c o h n p calculated to Wtthraaiierdhe, is s he improvement powers of commercial and industrial be d thti o rise in Government securities and rail that mayreanimate s now ia to i otbsfe political vest s o t us i d e r e d reposen pursuits, as evinced by the immediate resumption of earnest activity in the p at h s of pro perty- t r y these indications may be added the in values of most leading staples used for manufacturing to b pec a ton that those events will confirm the tranquillity of continental Europe , leading to similar general b usiness, in which is a b c y o nthsiedefacraibilietiesdes cheap money-market offers, a continuance of which is promised b y t h e unparalleled plethora of gold in the coffers of th e from ttnnkewofstEmnrcgel I i tt n o d f , production w i t h p r o b a o b f l e t h f i u s r p t h y e e r supplies. cloth; m e t a l . - Under such impressions, our export market has exhibited a growing animation, to which the further material decline in home exchange, and the still moderate rates of freight have lent additional impulse, dire sting prices of most leading articles to an upward tendency. In our import market, the deliveries for cotton piece goods generally have fallen off. In one or two instances prices have receded a trifle, while in others they have im proved; but the fall in the rates of exchange has, upon, the whole, turned the scale against holders, so that, al though prices are generally maintained, the returns will be less than they were a month ago. The deliveries of gray shirtings have lessened, and a decline of 1 to 2 annas may be quoted in the lower reed goods; 56's are in better request, and 45-in. goods have advanced about. 1 anna per piece. White shirtings are only . in partial inquiry. White figured shirting' are in fair request. White cambrics are only in moderate demand, at un changed value. Twills remain neglected. A fair quantity of the gray kind of madapolams has been placed, but latterly the inquiry for these goods has fallen off, and previous prices have scarcely been supported. Only a comparatively moderate business has been done in gray and white jaconets. In lappets, low and medium power loom goods have been fairly placed at former value. A considerable quantity of book muelins has changed bands, notwithstanding the impending Burmese war, but the demand has been confined chiefly to the descriptions most suitable for the Upper Provinces. The inquiry for mull mulls have been limited. The arrival of Cabal merchants, who annually visit the Presidency, has given a little more activity to the demand for Turkey red goods. Prints and chintzes are neglected. A fair quantity of mule twist has been placed at full previous value, and in some numbers a trifling rise is observable. No improvement can be reported is coloured Yarns' Metals have improved. e xchange Since the date of our last report, which lef t Dtinucni for credit bills at 2-0 i to 2-01, the rate ha" l-111 ea, steadily declining, and our quotations now a l r i v i for d 1-11 i for first-class credits, and 1-l l i to 1 The rec 'ci cuments, with a still downward tenden cy i sed th Ex capt, of large remittances by the last a m • 'one fo rces pecta hange. tions of still larger ones by the coining y_ operations, have tended to increase the Mlle of bills, t a eri the amount of which has t hi s season been materially silk, sugar , an d . curtailed by the reduced value o f indigo, Other country produce. T he O r i ental Bank Corpora tion and the Agra Bank demand 1-11 for their Ids menthe eighty In our mone make.; rates of interest remain unchanged but there has of late been less difficul in ' g accommodation procurin • for the legitimate purpos es of commerce. The still prevailing want of confidence at tachingto the bazaar piece goosis trade, has left matter there in their Freights were tether cheaper previous unsatisfactory po s iti o n. t a re of the lust mail; but withi n the last week require ments have omen raised 5.0 to 7-6 per ton, which, how ever, were dime ehipa teut . only accedes to for goods destined for fume'. SkcerD HARMONIC SOClETT.—HerrFo rme thating arrived in London will make Lis first appearance at Exeter. hall to-morrow evening (Friday), owttiniug Oa part of tiaphul in the Creation,