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A r the O 00 le 0. a has' Tee _ucji t in cere° lll3 11 1°1 ipr- ea_ t er feeatst' A ion is, tot s od ,011 A l I are, 7 n d ir eady , 6 cers l btl es 7 T i f e id oor lsequ 11' Dtb - 1 ° 11 ; ro , exte n ; wire' 8 ;... sol sl3 or~o ll o E nolf . l l ,, de, two reSPSO I0:181 tl l , W.° LITERATURE. "IINSTER RE VIE W. No. LXXXVIII. tay: ° „ 4slcl4 ring our pr ecar i ous , or , p er h e p s , w e should 44theb;i jardoubtful positi on a t th e p resen t mo ment, as far die belligerent co ntinuation o f p eace i s concerne d --log at attitude assumed by a certain class of kii ks ile°4 , and beholding the strife now raging in the kik.: ter ritories-a more felicitous juncture could . °l 9 have been selected for the publication of those ii o 4 4 4ltit t into the " social, moral, and intellectual con lh?f the mnY," which constitute the opening paper sa e nu mber of the Westminster Review. Nothing is st '; vital and supreme importance to a great natio , : aat:l.aeuleation of a healthy tone into the system of its its - (,] tt ve force, and, consequently, nothing is so incual ie„Pt"° ihe Legislature as to suppress anything con kiloa t- Legislature demoralisation of its standing armies. In . Ns the this truth was acknowledged, and upon it ta b Leted the stern hulk of the spartan commonwealth. lags. ben the ancestral b ar b ar i ans were expose d to t h e leri e l° ° B of other predatory hordes, a certain rugged Ives tri w as deemed requisite for the perpetuation, and tlas k kiit. P r eservation of their power ; a morale founded a - „ tiv itY, upon a development of muscular energy ' di s ,;: ll ,"ls of feeling-upon a continuous subjection 11144;4Ni:1e-end upon that peculiar valour which man under the most severe privations. ha kie Lcivilisati on a d vance d, more re fi nemen t a nd 14 !9th7 were instilled into the military as well as N 4 14 intellectual an d p o li t i ca l co d es . And, as civili sok, ever strives to extract an increase of advantage : 11ti ever is submitted to its influence, the hitherto ' e t°Per c ohorts, which were maintained by consular ial Rome as the safeguards of its authority, l i k t ',rendered subservient to the interests of its ern vst In this manner, during the intervals of 1. 41 I" sword was thrown aside to: the mattock ; and i elera lne, whose courage in battle had incited them BPbaliatiou of their enemies, rendered themselves of L. 14 sila k e cefit to their country by strewing it with the a y - nents of their industry-a policy which that s lt "aerior, the Eaperor Napoleon, did not regard NI w orthy o f i • t t', n. With reference :o these par IketBt,koUr own in t i ro a op i s ) are utterly beneath comparison; • ek. "e s legion s o f Franc'- and Italy they are es gaudy " 1 1 aki instead of their peaceful exertions beingde bse the ador nment or improvement o f our cities, or 1. / T a l l districts, they are restricted to pipeclay arid ter t rr• Upon this miserable tact we cannot do e s ,.. 'all transcribe a few sentences from our re srea, i„cth s „J the British soldier has no claim to take a higher ` 4 %t(Z th e R 'man ! and yet look at the 11,,man works i'lltp, 4B which remain to this day-the Thames em • t 'eia,"", than which Britain cannot even now boast a t th:l k inant work-these, and other works equally great !kt,,,rvrforrned, too let it be recollectf,d, by men under a 'ttl ad d constantly liable to sin ise -al most con- Natio fact, . engaged in actual warfare. What works i k urie sok s soldiers as these have performed in thirty years Or t o e n Peace? Or, to come to times ansi to a people e m ,n-s, look at that magnificent Gallic work, the 1t tq ayrlll4oll4!tinzapPiirl.°a'executed during a fiercer war, it is ours sub h,, of an Alpine e clima familiar te. t ß o u e t v i erN i r a well - instances also, which should are the British soldier he is itir st V. useful ' public works-roads, canals, and bridges, et a? . i lei t ;4le at iag b y the manner of their jurisdiction a ki kk ,,thosi e k tl ie n ce in their idle and useless habits, the military b 4 of Great Britain have been most culpable - ; Me pi abandoning the soldi er y to inaction, they ; 4 ' th e 4e td incitem en t s t o v i c i ousness , ant:: opportunities t kiti‘ keliltivation of debauchery in the way of an igno itt 1 41 ; lia'urully di sso l ute c l ass o f men. I t is against Olisi k °r anee, and against this dissoluteness of the t e vieti kv itr n'Y that the pre-ent strictures in the k t r e ter Review are especially directed. Yet, agree igtes, W e undoubtedly do in the generality of the llett li s l s ewa upon the subject, we must take leave to cs! l te e Zinst the acerbity and almost rancourous Oka 'eh pervades the article. Conscious of the °f ve ry to great abuses,. the . writer directs atten 4he 'to in tones of passionate indignation, insomuch . ),iVoseh°ecasionally descends to a virulence of scorn, quite 't'a r i bs with the offioe of a Public Censor. tbetkie bites Neighingi against the gross and murky t er of e" privates," and sometimes indeed of 'tap e e re themselves, he attaches this stigma of in tetteY t tte m.. 0 the mass of brev e t - majors and colonels, NOll "'gher up i n th e sca l e o f p romo t ion: a nd again, i sei th ' ult ting the army for its immorality, he gene one imputation of licentiousness ; he brands a7 a vae skt "weeping accusation the whole military este on d a Granted that a vast number of our ao §afillsesn......e'anders-granted even that a huge majority r s 'law s " worthy of reprobation as a most vicious au ; 41 cipled class-(and we are compelled, !des f l deduct on) to acquiesce precedent-it the justi kYclal o u ctiona-still, it is beyond all as is ot u'abutnan candour to implicate, as equally vile, 1„.‘ ) I 1 of d oubted honour, men of undoubted purity, l'eSeh illtc loubt if a b i e- acquirements, men, in fine, of un this e and elevated character, and men there are 4 . 1 14 reseription in the British army. Of soldiers asks what does the reviewer remark ? Why, • • 0 04 ,j2rotected woman can pass them, of whatever con tFhematairsknotot rudely stared in the face, with some a blush ; and the embara-a• l es . -s t s i ",t_o which she is thrown mostly gives rise to a repeti- Z i tilt t re standing joke of the barracks' and its cense eth d s _clais of a horse-laugh.' We have seen it often, and indignation." il ke m s ° , l lll4 undertak e t o vouc h that th i s latter assert i on WY a very w id e stretch of that very elastic artic l e, ep;; l gitation; or if th e wr i ter rea l ly hiss "seen it % i t has been simply like Hamlet, "in my mind's L e t - ; ° ratio!" Altogether, we cannot but regard the trZ it t paragraph as little better than cant-as a very G oat s, *f lort after effect-as a mere straining after a iterbid species of humanity. It is nothing tout irrate t4 k 1 11 113- ;b 4 lderdash, in short ; and, but that other por- . lsa k, ° ' the disquisition are really of a high order of '°e1 3 , 131 . 11 d tend to deteriorate the contributor as cm , ter did of joining in the corps of the IVest k rl / 4 1 , e Yiew. We have said that the paper has pot - Olite k l h ,"gb merit, and this we could . undertake to de e th e did our columns permit; a reference, however, s!lati° article its e lf, w ill b e an amp l e corro ie ita tl or the remark, while at the present momentous lveasbtesp~rt phlegmatic. Perusal cannot but prove interesting even to 'grnatic. Some of the recommendations I ,l;sta ki -*so in the review demand the deepest con tk„titied°ll, as likely to produce, by trial, a very h 'ilte r „ improvement in the organisation of our tho u t Among these we would particularise, tutp the most feasible and. the most judicious, Nee thl ta-"al that our raw recruits-drawn gen e ellifi'ul the lowest dregs of the population ae'iv "busitted to a system of rational tuition, that tr.7l4o,,,'kUlties for observation and reflection should alte wholesome culture, whereby they would be- Ctiee k lt opened to an appreciation of their position as s,the e ,:t,ings; while their bodies should be drilled by vr es ' l 'on of more bracing and invigorating ma than witnessed now - a-days iu the sh are tO pm,. discipline of the barrack-y.a.rds. thanoa veekliii,isrs, nothing can be more requisite si hs eau, course of instruction in the mysteries Is"Nlt -It tY tactics-a necessity which is now N"(l,4,ertlittirely overlooked. Fredericks, and Cromwells, 4 1 '4 %3 u eroughs, and Ilassienas were not fostered in the 4frile zli q such scenes as Arthur's, or in the atm usphere s tai ss e „ s and sentimental young ladies. A great re z t e a "on is demanded among our sold ery, from the b4eer downwards to the sutler; that reorganisation 00 0 al lItIged with all decorum if the authorities will Cve thePon the matter ; otherwise, public opinion . will cv change to its accomplishment, as itulteruate y o_ t itaa ° ther neglected abases. Before relinquishing NO N .lect of this first article, we must utter our fullest Il i l e t t tion of the subjoined paragraph:- skt es enai Prance armed to the very teeth, and fi increasing tr itots with unparalleled rapidity and energy-half til klon are frantic for an English war, to avenge her tsZati 'atlases. * * We see, again, America, tsa, t a reckless President, intoxicated with the e ta of irritating England on the . Oregon or O'vas ;:tr question which should give him a „',t a r the annexation' of the Canadas to the republic. IS s c s ,`aar side we see the dark and insidious barbarian tkjlittoose hatred of all liberal principles and of the gene tsgile'cil of intelligence renders England peculiarly odious aZte' t t rouclaing like a wolf is seize the first favourable 1, 4 rev blotting out England, as he has done Poland, tti e 7 41 s i : vt k :1 04 - 'o' :l theologicalate:lgP a i n os u t febtmeEcipu semi -vassal Peninsula, eiu'ens gloatingt Belgium, eea t le and e um i r mo autos upon ruse' Prussia -and - oaa h nhpn e eiids s i tia ki tis e p t ,he infidel in Smithfield. We even see Ireland, itself titti' t ik Portion of the British empire, in a state of general li lt imil t , 4 44l , under the dictation of o n e w ho inspires, till it r ed al most instinctive, an unrelenting and interminable the " Saxon race.' And, in addition to all this, ttlarikilittc. a naZAMpled fruits of our national industry, mane. leg t „tilikti i t ti gentlity, and commercial enterprise, exposed to Ptte ri ,,:Y. of the world. and holding out the most ravish attlaa;e4 of plunder that can lure the foreign bandit on L 4.4 of heroism!' "a s sra:vi are ts most viciously ex tvse d ;are most vicious sentiments tft:get t rleY are to us a strange anomaly in the tb ® Review-they are vicious, as searching tith the incitement of a feeling of panic. Besides li i it ov er p' form an accumulation of very novel historical vs v l C .B ' For example, it is something really bold the ttl,lat Nicholas the First " blotted Poland from t 4 0%6 Europe!. and as to the announcement that t he orthodox" monarch is the semi-vassal 0'0744, er ellan Pontiff ; it is one for which we confess t Vtla - 11 coolly unprepared. The insinuation about le t ko 41. and the stirring up of Irish bile against the ti t he e ta c. e" is surely too obsolete, so long subsequent i'iberater' s " ex i t from the Richmond Peniten eitlilk it horn our intention to lull one single I llaknes tilin d into a delusive confidence ; nevertheless,. reprobate such unchallenged and gratuitous . b . ._ 11(41 ; ,,ft Peaceful authority like that of the Papal a revival of the old buebear cry of fi s h' e ''„,"'ith all the anima icy of theological hate to renew ' 41' k I') dos ' anon the heretic and the infidel in Smith mj -. "4 sentence which contains the very quintessence leir t sa!, and illiberality. With this observation we k t ets4'°,..cle our notice of the "Social, Moral, and In ' t e VII, Condition of the Army." Mr. Thornton t id w it t he author of the " Foster-Brother," is dis t I'd lth much . dote spirit in a paper on historical romance; tit ,bit tki the write r of Whitehall come off without some A Pea_o4or stripes. The " Life of Dalton" is a passage Ile tt lita lltlie biography, most instructiv as an example. ktrid ki llt analysi s of "The Medical Police of the kT k i „ilt tvions" is striking the iron while it is hot, and so "t' .rne heavy shoigs-hammer blows to boot. oery gistration of Larded Property" will command ill the "e ncl. perusal , and will amply repay curiosity. ‘ll altry e Pos s i w y of the " Present State of Parties" we Nstiteeile and an opportunity of referring shortly, ? a let e t e and terse series of thoughts. And with a ViA4lassePt'Yeloesetlia rs-specting the " Affairs of N.: , w tevitcetaaesue of • !reef& is eon tented. The 114 " e° '''" is valuable an d well gultfal partioulars FEleicil AND PART ENUS. 3 Vols. By Mrs. Gore. Among all descriptions of light literature, fashionable novels are proverbially the most monotonous, the most unanimated, and the most flimsy. For these very rea sons, it is something peculiarly worthy of commenda tion, when a fiction of this description, though bearing about it all the general characteristics tf its class, car ries with it a prominence of conception, and force of imagination, sufficient to form for itself a certain pro portion of individuality. To this commendation the three volumes before us are fully entitled ; they consti Lute a tale of no inconsiderable interest—they sparkle with much vivacity of observation—they contais an agreeable and ingenious diversity of character. In awarding these laudatory expressions, however, to " retrs and Parvenus," we are compelled to compro mise their full application. A perception of the clever ness which glitters over the surface of each chapter cannot blind our eyes to the numerous blemishes, over sights, and discrepancies which militate very powerful].) against the merits of an ctherwine excellent production. In one particular (no unimportant one, be it observed) — namely. in the diction with which Mrs. Gore has clothed her imaginings—there is a most intolerable carelessness, or a most egregious indifference to elegance ; a failing not only derogatory to authoreraft, but liable to deterio rate the very idcas which the language embodies. Thus the pages are swarming with such superfluous and un musical coinages as the following :—" Indispensability," . . . . • " inseparability, 91 " justidability, 11 " aggrandizatioii," " customerless,' . " irreproachability," " artificiality," ail of which, though literary foibles only in themselves, are surely better avoided. Occasionally, also, Mrs. Gore employs expressions of singular coarseness, the more singular, perhaps, from the usual refinement of her imagery ; thus, for example (vol. iii p. 91), we hear of " Herbert Davenpom hitting upon a new raw, through which it was easy to iiitLet tortures upon his rival." Turning, however, from these lesser tarnishes, let us particularise the more successful features of the novel. It has some piquant touches of sarcasm, as when Liar) Ursula Waina right exclaims, " What man's consistency is to be relied upon! The creatures have enough to do to keep their word to their constituents." M.ny of the minor personages in the semy are sketched, likewise, with ge. !mine humour, ex. gr. the subjoin :-d mention of Peter Parmenter :—" P. Y. was sitting at an ancient bureau, covered with ragged, rusty, Wick leather, and cur mounted by a rusty black teaboard, sipping small tea. also purporting to be black, and dipping into it sippits of bread and butter, purporting to be brown." Th. pen-and-ink portrait of Sir Robert Dashwood is no less happy :—" An exceedi gly narrative old gentleman, who weeld lend his ears to the longest story, tohave the satisfaction of rtp. , ating it in his turn. Circumstantial as a legal utnveyanc,. as an auditor he was full of ques rions as, when a narrator, of expletives." Or again, Sir Robert's nephew :—" Young Dashwood was as rash en ,l rapid as old Dashwood was deliberate. He had been up in a balloon, down in a diving- bell, and was the on. ginal deviser of the aerial earring". Everything he did, said, wore, ate, or drank, was done, said, worn, eaten, and drunk on the newest and most approved principle. The most minute action of his life might have affordea matter for a parent." Of main characters we can speak in terms of still more decided praise : some of these are admirably delineated. The Hillingdons—callous. worldly, selfish, and unprincipled ; the Clutterbucks— showy, ambitious, and extravagant upstarts ; the Cor bets, quiet and homely in their simplicity—are each re presentatives of a genus familiar to hundreds of readers. Jervis Cleve, however, is the most delicately-conceived and elaborately-drawn character in the work—Jervis Cleve, in short, is the hero—Jervis Cleve, to speak plainly, is an original and beautiful creation, and in his fortunes is centred the principal charm of the fiction. The child of a day-labourer, the protege of a fine lady, the inmate of a charity-school, Jervis gradually elevates himself by his genius and his fascina tion of form and manner, into the very beau ideal of a hero of romance ; and, nevertheless, the gradation is managed most artistically—nothing is strained in the portraiture of his elevation. Of course there is, after the approved fashion of novel and melo-dramatic writers, a villain ; the one, in this instance, is a Colonel Cleve land, the most improbable and ill-conceived personage in the book. And as if to consummate the absurdity of the character, this man, who is introduced to the reader as a most elegant and accomplished roué, at the denoue ment changes abruptly into a swaggering, cut-and-thrust bully, larding his conversation with cant phrases and vulgar pronunciation. It is in the conclusion of this novel that Mrs. Gore's chief failure consists ; the third volume is miserably disproportioned to its predecessors. Indeed the two first volumes are admirable, the last in excusably bad. Poetical justice is put entirely at de fiance ; the wishes and expectations of the reader are every way disappointed ; the vicious characters are crowned with success, the virtuous or amiable consigned to irreparable woe and despondency. Vol. 111. should never have been published ; Mrs. Gore should have burnt the manuscript, and re-written the termination of her story as she could have written it in a moment of better inspiration. We are thus decided in our con demnation from the pleasure we experienced in a perusal of the first and second volumes, and the utter dissatis faction with which we closed their successor. " Peers and Parvenus" eill, notwithstanding, become popular for the many charming pictures which it contains— descriptions of the creme de la creme in the Londoa drawing-rooms ; of the alumni amongst the excavations and eruptions of Vesuvius ; of the Parvenus in the rustic haunts of England ; and the Peers amidst the variable society of Naples. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commoxs.) WEDNWSDAY, MARCH 18. The fellowing Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernatued Hon. Members:— Shrewsbury and Birmingham—Mr. W. 0. Gore, Mr. Clive , Mr. R. Scott, and Mr. Collins. Midland (Erect - ash Valley Extension)—Mr. Hudson aid Mr. Mundy. _North of _Norfolk—Marquis of Douro and Mr B. Smith. Midland (Lrewash Valley Branches)—Mr. Hudson and Mr. Mundy. Bristol and Birmingham and Midland Railways--Mr. Hudson and Mr. Bann w. THE OREGON TERRITORY.—Knight's Weekly Volume. Ao. LXXXIX. A clear, candid, and comprehensive description of those territories on the western coast of North America known by the geographical name of Oregon, was very greatly wanted, both on account of their growing im portance and in consequ-nce of the friendship at pre sent subsisting between Great Britain and the United States being just now at jeopardy solely on the score of that segment of the Western Hemisphere. This de sired description is fully realised in the little volume before us, for it possesses a title to those very requisites, perspicuity, candour, and comprehensiveness. We re turn our acknowledgments to the Rev. Mr. Nicolay for having satisfied a justifiable curiosity ; he has treated the subject in a manner precisely suitable, and without any loftier pretensions than that of stating facts with as much terseness as is compatible with clearness. And while we can never cease to deprecate that atrocious spirit of avarice which would plunge nations into war fare for the mere purpose of individual agrandisement, we cannot, especially atter a perusal of this book, but acknowledge that a country so fertile in its resources and so advantageously situated for the interests of its possessors, is no very contemptible or valuless tempta tion. To no kingdom, however, could this plea form a sufficient palliation fur the commencement of a gigantic and sanguinary contest ; and how much the more doe. this observation apply to nations so blended together in all their social, political, and moral relations as England and America I No language can be strong enough to reprobate those who would embroil such countries in Rucli a struggle for such unprincipled and mercenary motives ! It would be a spectacle of civil war upon a grand scale ; it would be an antagonism of the same tongue, of the same religion, of the same political sym pathies. Before hostilities, however, are further dreamt of, let all brawlers for national honour pause and medi tate ; there is a moral to be drawn even from the fable of the two peasants who fought for the mule while a neighbour availed himself of the opportunity to appro priate the animal to his own uses. It appears that the natural productions of Oregon are various—an abund ance of turs, profitable whale fisheries, wool, hides, tim ber, tallow, and cattle of different descriptions ; to which must be added wheat, barley, Indian corn, apples, and minerals, such as iron, lead, tin, and copper. The herds of wild horses alone might be rendered a source of extraordinary wealth, scattered over the plains in bands of from 3,000 to 4,000. For the exportation of these the ports are most advantageously situated ; and, altogether the Oregon territories, though no El Dorado, may in future times become the seat of vast commercial enterprise. ROYAL roLYTECHNTC INST TUTION. Within these few days there has been an addition to the ordinary features of this establishment. This attrac tion is some opaque microscopic portraits of a number of the most distinguished leaders of the Seikhs, all but one of whom were opposed to our troops in the late battles of the Sutlej. The portraits have been selected from the work of a lady of eminent artistical talent, who was resident in the Punjaub a number of years, and her portraits are considered to be striking likenesses. Those men appear favoured by nature, being well formed and athletic, and do not indicate, either by the peculiar construction of the face, or by the expression of the eye, that great feeling of ferocity and cruelty which is stated to be a leading characteristic amongst them. On the contrary, the majority had handsome features, no scowl or overhanging brow, but presenting a clear openness of countenance. and beautifully formed features. The instrument by which these interesting pictures are exhibited is the well-known opaque microscope, in vented by Mr. Longbottom, and brought before the public with great success at the Pols technic Ingitution. It is intended, we understand, that there shall be given a series of portraits of all the public characters engaged in the present struggle—our own brave countryman the late Sir Robert Sale, Lady Sale. Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Hugh Gough, and other distinguished individuals. The direct ors, for the spirited way with which this splendid i nst itution is conducted, well merit the public approbation and support. THZ Assizes.—Considerahle inconvonience has been felt, and in many instances grievous injury inflicted upon suiters and witnesses, by reason of the short time allowed by the judges for the transaction of public business in the dif ferent assize towns--betweenthe closing ef the Courts in one bailiwick aid the opening of them in another. It is abso lutely and legally neces.ary, when once the days are named, and the precepts sealed, that the commission for the county, city, or town, should be opened on the very day stated, without any reference to the quantity of business— crown or civil—undisposed of at the previous place of sit ting. This is an evil of such magnitude, that it is to be hoped means will be taken to prevent its recurrence kers after. —D ahlin Evening Mail.—[The same evil has for years past prevailed in England. It is to be hoped that the executive will provide a speedy remedy for it in both coun tries.—ED. Sum'. STATE OF THE GAS Kans.—There are hundreds of service pipes that are completely decayed, and from which more gas escapes than is used in the houses they supply, and which, working its way into the sewers, finds vent at the gratings, and produces the annoying smell so common in the streets of London, whilst no trace ef it is discovered (until the ground be opened) where it actually escapes. The joints of the cast-iron pipes are generally defective, and instances have been known of the ends of the pipe and out lets being left open.—L7orrexpondent of the Builder. Sir George Hastings, Viscount Stratballan and son, arrived In t,wn eY IfenelaY afternoon, passengers by the General Steam Navigation Oonapany's staava-ahip Clarence, trent Edinburgh. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVEN ENG, MARCH 19, 1846. of this society.---(Cheers.) The class of individuals to which he alluded had given their best exertions to bene fit society, and it was the duty of society to relieve them in their distress, and that relief would be afforded as far as their funds would admit by this society. Unfor tunately the society had been subject to great, fluctuations. At one period they had had as many as .500 pensioners on their books. At present they had 52 on their list. Of these 22 were above eighty years of age, 15 were upwards of seventy, and 15 were upwards of sixty. Relief was afforded to all, as far as the funds wouldAo, without distinction of religion or country. Wherwer they found distress there they held out the relieving hand, and this charity was what all charities ought to be, universal.—(Cheers.) The toast was then drank with three time three, after which Mr. Bruton sang an admirable original comic song, which being encored, he, after the manner of comic vocalists, sung another song equally good with the first. On the health of the Secretary, Mr. H. F. Richard • son, being drank, that gentleman gave a detailed history of the society from its first formation in 1818 up to the present time, and read a list of the subscriptions, which amounted in the whole to upwards of 9001., and various other toasts were drunk and responded to, and the com pany separated at about half-past eleven o'clock. meeting of the I P 6 IE .— RA I/E1 ASSOCIATION.eL. w A- e e N k I I. ) Dottier, MARc R u E Associa tion was held this clay; Mr. Mitchell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having briefly addressed the meeting, the Secretary read the following letter from Ar r . O'C onne ll?' " London, March 14, 1846. "My dear Ray,—l have been so hurried to-day, that I had not time to send a commentary upon the remaining clauses of the coercion ukase. I regret it the more as there mixes with the horrors of some of its enactments something exceed ingly ludicrous and provokingly absurd. There is one thing very peculiar; namely, that it is the first enactment against tee-totallers, and places on the same footing the beastly drinkers of whisky with the virtuous and abstemious friends of tee-totalism. In fact, under this Act, a man may be transported seven years for presuming to drink a ;cup of coffee in any house but his own. But I shall reserve for the next day of meeting further commentary. " My great object in writing this hurried line is to conjure the independent Members of Parliament to come to London as speedily as possible. The presence of every Irish Member friendly to constitutional liberty is essentially required by the exigence of the times. "There is one consolation—that the atrocious and ludicrous Coercion Bill carries with it a most unanswerable argument in favour of the protection of a domestic Parliament. " Believe me to be faithfully yours, " T. M. Ray, Esq." " DANIEL O'CONNELL. Mr. GRATTAN, M.P., having moved the insertion of the letter in the minutes, expressed his determination of pro ceeding immediately to London for the purpose of opposing the Coercion Bill. It had been his determination not to enter the House of Commons so long as the Irish Arms Act remained on the statute-book, but the urgent necessity of re sisting the proposed despotic enactment obliged him to alter his resolution. In conclusion, the Hon. Gentleman handed in 100/. from the Repealers of New York. Several gentlemen having addressed the meeting, a resolu tion (moved by Mr. Grattan) directing the committee of the Association to prepare a report on the extent of crime in Ire• land against the next day of meeting, was adopted. The rent for the week was then announced to be 2401.95. 2d. The meeting then adjourned. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.—CIonind,March 13. SOUTH TIPPERARY. Thomas Fenessy, for - themiirder of his servant, Patrick Crotty, was put on his trial yesterday, and the case has oc cupied the greater part of two days. Judge BALI. left it to the jury to say whether the homi cide amounted to deliberate murder, or presented the more mitigated character of manslaughter. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. COUNTY OF KILDARE.—SATURDAY. TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF DONNELLY, THE CRIPPLE. —This case, which excited so much attention throughout this county, was called on at the sitting of the Court. The prisoner, James Quigley, a low, smooth-faced, rather ill-looking young man, was put to the bar, and indicted in the usual form for the wilful murder of Patrick Donnelly, at Caragh, on the 24th of September last. The principal evidence for the Crown was that of an ap prover, named Francis Reilly, who deposed that on the night of the murder, he and the prisoner were going to rob a Scotchman, who was travelling in a gig, when the cripple and two women came up to where they were standing, near a gravel pit ; a scu ffl e ensued, when the prisoner drew a pistol and shot the cripple dead. On cross-examination this witness stated that he could not form the remotest idea of the number of outrages, robberies, and crimes he had been engaged in. Could not go within twenty of the number. Mr. GonmAN—Tell me within five times of how often you were tried.-oh, I was seldom caught, you know ; I generally pat in another in my place, and that was my business to the castle; my conscience smote me when the man was mur dered, and I went out and committed a highway robbery next night. I was afraid I would be hanged, and then my conscience smote me, so I said I would save it and my neck together. I thought as much of my neck, if not more, than I aid of my conscience. Mr. GORMAN—On your oath, do you think there is as great a villian as yourself breathing the breath of life at this moment ? Witness—l don't think there is. After the examination of other witnesses, the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. CRIEF JUSTICE—Is there any other charge against this man ? Gaoler—Yes, my Lord, he is under sentence of fifteen years' transportation for the robbery at Blanchardstown. CHIEF JUSTICE—I am very much delighted to hear it, as it will prevent him from troubling this country for that time. RYDE. (From the Hampshire Independent.) The specimen of clerical intolerance, which we pub lish below from our correspondent, is one of those cases which bring disgrace, instead of credit, upon the " Church by law established"—the Church, which is so fond of calling itself the Church of all the people, when all the people are called upon to contribute to its luxuries; but which invariably proves itself to be only a sect, when sectarian purposes are to be served. The present case is one, too, in which all the natural, as well as social, feelings are outraged. Such exhibitions are as unwise as they are intolerant and unjust, and are only calculated to cover with contempt and obloquy a system which would vainly call itself national, whilst it is, in fact, the reflection of every petty obloquy and every local abuse. The Church ought to be relieved by its rulers and superiors from such suicidal wrong. REFUSAL OF A CLERGYMAN TO INTER THE BODY OF A DISSENTING MINISTER.—The following particu lars of one of the most atrocious specimens of clerical intolerance that have recently occurred, are supplied by a correspondent, of whose entire accuracy we &reassured: —The late Rev. T. S. Guyer, as a minister of the Gospel, laboured faithfully in this town for store than 28 years. About twelve years since the late Mr. Guyer chose Binsteed as the place of interment for an infant daughter that died, and she was buried there. About four years since another daughter died; she was twelve years old. She was buried by the present Minister at Binsteed without objedion. Accordingly Mr. Guyer long since fixed on Binstead the place where he and his family should be buried. Those who attended his ministry know that he has often spoken most touchingly of the spot where the babe and the daughter rest, expect ing his dust would mingle with theirs. A few days before he died he " gave commandment concerning his bones," and requested to be buried at Binsteed. Arrangements were made accordingly, and notice was given to that effect on Sabbath evening last. On Monday, the an • r en dertaker, who is a deacon o f the Inde p endent Church at ltfy interment,de applied nayth for e a leave s o that the late Mr. Guyer was a Dissenting Minister , and of but to w as Mr. refused, Hewett assigning usual s that he had preached against the Church of England ; assuring the applicant that no consideration (for many were urged) would induce him to alter his decision. That if the family wished, he would raise no obstacle to their moving the ashes of the children, to facilitate which the Reverend Gentleman offered to forego his his fees. At the request of the widow and family it was then arranged that the remains of our beloved Minister should be interred in a vault to be prepared in the chapel where he had so long laboured. These are the facts and circumstances. I leave the Successor of the Apostles in the hands of the friends of the Church as by Law Established. _ _ _ (yesterday) the remains of the Rev. gentleman, amid a Test concourse of spectators, were borne to their rest ingi f a w mourners , h v i a c u h 1 f oirn 2gBr prepared eyaeta rn f s o u h r me t b h he e ra m sd, abtee P p c footthe e assembled at ten o'clock, wearing flowing hatbands , and proceeded at eleven o'clock to meet the corpse , which they followed in procession. The ministers of Independent Chapels supported the pall, and after t he family followed the ministers of the county, next the members, congregation, and other friends. Tic kets had been preciously issued to the occupiers of seat s in E the chapel, without which no one was admitte d till n-uhE eeR ,o"rnaonfa Odit depositedhe e nTti Ti REV.phi T . S . GUYER. —On Fri day after the procession had entered. The Rev. T. Cousins, of Portsea, officiated at the interment, and the Rev. T. Biriney, of London, pronounced the funeral oration, which, by its powerful and effective eloquence, created an intense and thrilling sensation. The Rev. T. Adkins, of Southampton, preached the funeral ser mon in the evening. The shops were generally closed, and every demonstration of love and respect for the memory of the departed was evinced by . every class and denomination. It had been the dying requ e st of the reverend gentleman that he should be buried alongside his children in the ground at Binsteed ; but the rector, the Rev. Philip Hewett, on the ground that Mr. Guyer was a minister and teacher of dissent, peremptorily refused his permission for the interment there, but would offer no impediment nor claim his fees for the removal in due form of the re mains of the children, should it be desired by the fa mily. A deep feeling of regret pervades the whole town (and more especially among the members of the Established Church), that such an uncalled-for attempt to taint the memory of such a man as the deceased, should emanate from a minister of the Church of Eng land. It has created a generous expression of sympathy for the widow and family, whose feelings have been so unnecessarily outraged. The following letter of condo lence has been numerously signed by members of the Established Church : " The undersigned members of the Protestant Church of England, having long known the exemplary deport ment of the late Rev. Thomas S. Guyer, as a minister of the gospel, feel ourselves more especially called upon, under present circumstances, to unite in testifying our deep respect for his memory, and our sincere sympathy with his bereaved family. I `•Ryde, March 1 1 , 1846 ." 'he DEATH OF JOHN LINGAN.—On Tuesday Mr. John Langan, more familiarly styled and better known as " Jack Langan," the pugilist, breathed his last at the house of Mrs. Lewis, Five-lane ends, near Neston , Che rhlre. His death will be lamented b y a lar g er d mends,u ac quaintances, and admirers, than many moving in the te sof life can boast of possessing. Jack passed through rd h e ig e r many vicissitudes of fortune, and at length realised for himself a very handsome Independence. Though he was never fortunate ;attc ***MGT In gay sonteet of note, ye, be stood for many etlY 10 one Le the 4118.—iiveryoe/ Osirier. A large quantity of potatoes are being sent from Coitus to STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee :- 1. That, in the ease of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dews bury. Leeds, and Bradford Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to pro ceed with their Bill, with the exception of the clauses giving power to the Company to sell or lease their undertaking. 2. That, in the ease of the West London Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per mitted to proceed with their Bill on depositing in the Private Bill °thee a copy of the missing sheet of the plans and sections, being a duplicate of that deposited with the clerks of the peace. 3. That, in the case of the Buckinghamshire Railway (Tring to Banbury) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed,with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on correct ing the errors in the note on the cross sections deposited in the Pri vate Bill-office. 4. That, in the case of the Worcester and Perth Dynllaen Railway petition, the et= ling orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on inserting pro visions therein rendering it compulsory on the Great Western Rail way Company to contribute the amount of subscription stated in t heir declarat ion, under their common seal. That the Committees on this and the preceding Bills do examine, in the brat place, how far sash orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 5. That, in the case of the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway eetition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 6. That, in the case of the North Wales Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. That, in the case of the Allhallows Tithes petition, the standing order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. S. That in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendments and Branches (No 6) petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispersed with. 9. That, in the ease of the Lancashire Waterworks petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 10. That, in the case of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Rail way petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 11. That, bi the case of the Northumberland and Lancashire Rail way petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties he permitted to proceed with their Bid. 12. That, in the case of the Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Railway p Anion, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. .First, second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth resolutions agreed to. --Report to lie on the table. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY. MARCH 23. _ _ Great Grimsby, Louth, Herncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction. Glasgow, Ganikirk, and Ceatbridge Extension. Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantou Amendment. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. • Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways. Furnees and Windermere. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DI V ISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCH 17. CUSTOMS AND CORN IMPORTATION. Question put, " That ' Hides or pieces thereof tawed, curried, var nished, japanned, enamelled, Muscovy or Russia Hides, or pieces thereof, tanned, coloured shaved, or otherwise dressed, and Hides, or pieces thereof, in any way dressed, not otherwise enumerated,' stand part of the Resolution." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 130. Acland, T. D. Feilden, William Morris, David Aglionby, H. A. Ferguson, Colonel Neville, Ralph Aldam, W. Fitzroy, Henry O'Brien, J. Baine, Walter Fitzroy, Lord C. Ord, William Baring, F. T. Fleetwood, Sir P. Osborne, Ralph Barnard, E. G. Forster, Matthew Paget, Colonel Berkeley, Craven Gere, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Berkeley, Captain Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Blewitt, Reginald Graham, Sir J. Pechell, Captain Bodkin, W. H. Grey, Sir G. Pennant, Colonel Botfleid, Bench Grosvenor, Lord R. Plumridge, Captain Bewics. Admiral Hall, Sir Benjamin Price, Sir R. Bowring, Dr. Hamilton, Lord C. Protheroe, Edward Bright, John Hanmer, Sir J. Rawdon, Colonel Bretherton, J. Hatton, Captain Russell, Lord John Browne, W. Hayter, W. G. Russell, Lord E. Bruce, Lord E. Heathcoat, John Scropo, G. P. Bruges, W. H. Herbert, Sidney Seymour, Lord Buller, Charles Hill, Lord Marcus Sheridan, R. B. Busfeild, W. Hindley, Charles Smith, Benjamin Cardwell, Edward Hobhouse, Sir J. Smyth, Sir H. Carnegie, Captain Hogg, J. W. Somers, J.,P. Chapman, B. Hope, G. W. Stansfield, W. R. Childers, J. W. Howard, P. H. Stuart, Henry Clay, Sir W. James, Sir W. Strutt, Edward Clerk Sir George Jocelyn, Viscount Tanered, H. W. Cochrane, A. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Thesiger, Sir F. Coekbure, Sir G. Kelly, James Thornely, T. Collett, John Labouchere, Henry Trelawny, J. S. Crawford, W. S. Langston, J. H. Trench, Sir F. Dalrymple, Captain Layard, Captain Turner, Edmund Dashweod, G. H. Loch, James Villiers, Charles Dennistoun, John Lockhart, A. E. Villiers, Viscount Dickinson, F. F. Macaulay, T. B. Warburton, Henry Duke, Sir J. M'Carthy, Alex. Wawn, J T. Duncan, Lord 1 M'Geachy, F. A. Wood, Charles Duncan, George M'Neill, Duncan Wood, Colonel T. Duncombe, T. Mahon Lord Wortley, J. 3. Dundas, Admiral Marshall, William Wyse, Thomas Ea.sthope, Sir Jehn Martin, John Yorke, H. R. Ebringtou, Lord Martin, C. W." Elphinstene, H. Masterman, John TILLan. Escott, Eickham Meynell, Captain Young, John Etwall, Ralph Mitehell, T. A. Cripps, William &wart, William Molesworth, Sir W. MINORITY—NOES, 74. Acton, Colonel Frewen, C. H. Neeld, Joseph Allis, J. P. Fuller, A. E. Newdegate. ff. Arkwright. G. Gardner, J. D. Nowport, Vlscoant Astell, William Gooch. E. S. O'Brien, A. S. Bateson, Thomas Goring, Charlie Palmer, G. tenett, John Granby, Marquis of Plumptre, J. P. Bennett, Philip Grogan, E. Rashleigh, W. Bentinell, Lord G. Raiford, Sir Henry Repton, G. W. Bentinck, Lord H. Halsey, T. P. Rolleeton, Colonel Berestord. Major Harris, Ron. Capt. Scott, F. Borthwick, Peter Henley, J. W. Sep:tier, H. K.. Brooke, Lord Hllayard, T. B. Shaw, F. Bruce, C. L. C. Hinds, J. H. Sibthorp, Colonel Buller, Sir J. V. Hope, Sir I. Stanley, E. Clayton, K. It. Hudson, Q. Thompson, Aid. ChM at, J. T. Hurst, R. H. Trollepo, Sir J. Colvile, C. R. Inglis, Sir R. Tumor, C. Compton, H. C. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Waddington, H. S. Dick. Q Knightley, Sir C. Walsh, Sir J. H. Disraeli, B. Lennox, Lord G. H. Wodehouse, E. Douglas, Sir H. Liidell, Hon. H. T. Worcester, Marquis Farnham, E. B. Manners, Lord C. W 3 nn, Sir W. Filmer, Sir E. Maunsell, T. B. Yorke, E. T. Finch, George Maxwell, Hon. J. P. TELLIBA. Floyer, John Miles, Philip W. S. Lawson, Andrew Forbes, William Miles, William Tyrrell, Sir J. RAILWAY SR tRE NIARKETS. MANCHESTER, Mason 18. ST•Olt Exestaxes.—Tke sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, p. c.— Boston, ~ t amford, and Birmingham, 15s. die. Cheeter and Manchester Direct, 1% dis.—Churnst and Blythe, % dis.—Clitheroe Junction, X die. • Derby and Crewe, 3 p.—Direct Northern, % die.— Eastern Counties, 21 - Ditto, York Extension, 11 16 p. —Eeinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 9 p.—Ditto, New Quar ters, 5% p.—lleetvrood, Preston, and West Riding, 1-16 p.—Grand Union, 6111. Gd. dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, p.—lludders field and -Manchester Railway and Canal, 28—Ditto, ditto, 3% P. — Hudderstleld and Sheffield Junction, 6% p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, Udis.—Leeds and Thirek, % die.—Liverpool and Bury, New, 2 7-16 p.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 5-10 die.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, p.—Liverpool, Freston, Manchester, and Southport, 3-16 p.—London and Manchester (Remington's), 136 die. —London and Windsor, dis.—London and York,l p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p.—Manchester and Birmingham, 77 Ditto, Quarters (C), p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 3, 16 p.—North Staffordshire, 3 11-16 p.—Prestos and Wyre, Halves (B), l p.—Presten and Wyre Extension, 3-16 dis.—Rugby and Huntingdon, X die.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 136 P. — Shrewsbury and lierefor&hire, % dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis.—South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), 5-16 p.—West Riding Union, % p. LEEDS, Maaoa 18. Sriscig EXCHANGI.—The Bales arc—Manchester and Leeds Exten sions, 3 p.--York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 8% East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 3 1 .11 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10s. p.—Ditto, Extensions, 10s. die.—Huddersfield and Manchester. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, II p.—Leeds and Thirek, 7s. 6d. dis.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 41,6—Ox ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 12 1 / 4 cash—London and York, IN —Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 225. 6d. die. —West Riding Union, 4L 14s.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 16s. dis.—Cli theroe Junctien, 12s. 6d. dis.—Grand Union, Bs. 6d. dis.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, sa. dia.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 325. 64. p.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 20s. dis.—North Staffordshire, IL 148. p.—North Western, lbs. p.—South Midlands, 22e. 6d. p.—Welsh Midlands, 245. HUDDERSFIELD, Maxon 18. Spocx Excilsfox.—The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, M.—Huddersfield, and Sheffield Junction, 173y—Leeds and Bradford, 150%—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 634 p.—Lynn and Dereham, B%—Clitheree Junction, 12s. dis.—Haddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 41. lc 6d.—North Staffordshire, bl. 161. --Direct Northern, 11. lts. Maxon Wreck Exciatram.—The sales are —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 3i dis. —North British, Carlisle, 485. W.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, Us. 6d.— East Coast, 15s. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 265. 9d.—Lir.coln and Wainfleet, 40s.—North Stafferdskiro, 5/. 17s.—West Riding Union, 41. 16s. 6d. SHEFFIELD, Maa sn 18. drecd ExciseNos.—The sales are—London and Croydon, 2l Sheffield and Blanchester, I( . l—Grimsby and Sheffield Quarter Shares, I% —Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 2% —She. field and Lincolnshire, 2%—Nest Riding Union, 4%. YORK, ILtacis 18. Wreck EXCHANCL-The sales are-Grand Trion (Nottingham to Lynn), 19L-Great North of England, New, 14-LeWester and Bedford, 15s. 6d.-London and York, 314-Newcastle and Berwick, 19 % -North British, 263(-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 21. 6s. 6d.- West Riding Union, 41. 14s. 6d.-York and North Midland Exten sion, New (East and West Riding), 9%. NRISTOu, MARCH 18. STOCK EMI/Nos.-The sales are- Bristol and Exeter, 84 - Ditto, New, 9% -Bristol and South Wales Junction, 2 1-16-Cale donian, 10%-Ditto, New, 2 13-16- Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1 -London and Birmingham, Quarters, 263/ 5 . GLASGOW, MLaca 17. STOCK UXCHANGE.-The sales are - Airdrie and Coathridge, 4- British and Irish Union, 475. 6d.-Caledonian and Ayrahlre Junc tion, 381. - Cornwall and Central Devon, 245.-Direct Northern 445. -East Indian Railway, 12s 6d. -Edinburgh, Glasgow, aad Dumbar ton, 17s. 6c1.--(ilasgow General Terminus, 9% Glasgow And Belfast Union, 345.-Glasgew, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 435. 6d.- Glasgow and Dundee Junc tion, 335.- Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 205.--Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 41s. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 445.-Losinahagew, 41s. - London, Bristol, and South Wales, I's.- Perth and Inverness, 31s. 6c1.-Svottish Central, 141.--Scottish Southern, 3614-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction„l7s..6d. - Stirling and Dunfermline, 345. The Warsaw Courier states that by order of the authorities a Te Deum was chanted in the cathedral of that city, "as a thanksgiving to God for permitting the Poles to retain the happiness of living under the Russian domination." CORN RENT3.—Corn rents will soon likely become the method of paying the rents of arable farms. It is the case already on some of the properties in this country, and we understand that the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Mackenzie of Sea forth has proposed to her tenantry to receive so much corn per acre at the fiar prices on an average of three years for existing leased; and on new leases at the prices are onunally struck for these kinds of grain respectively.—Ross-shire del ve, tiser. SPECIAL PTTBLIC NOTICE.—At precisely ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, March 24, 1846, the entire range of E. Moses and Sans' new premises—Minories and Jtldgate, City—will open for the transaction of business.—t. Moses and Sons, tailors, drapers, clothiers, hosiers, hattdrs, and general outfitters, March 16, 1846. BERLIN, VLARC/I 10.—Sir Moses and Lady Montifiore have arrived in this city on their way to St. Pet ersburgh, whither they are proceeding in order to supplicate the Em peror of Russia to mitigate the severe laws against the Jews in his dominions. Sir Moses and his lady have met with the most flattering reception here. The celebrated navigator Otto de Kotzebue, :ton of the dramatic writer, died at Revel en the 15th ult., aged 68. He had been three times round the world, making . several mportant discoveries; but in 1839 retired from service, and lived in his family circle at tan, in Esthonia. PREPARATIONS FOR \VAR.—The American Govern ment must be in earnest about the Oregon question, for we have just heard that General Tom Thumb has received an order to return im mediately to his c•untry to take the command of the Yankee army. —Procch. Mr. G. P. Elliott, of the Western Circuit, has Ibsen tie to eneseed Mr. at the Laimbet4 Volla•-eourt„ on tie protaettea et tits JOUR to llevrostreel, vie. Kr. Twribral. understand that Mr. Grove, of the Greenwieh Pollee-court, kesi ten- Sera. ids COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Commander-in-Chicf, the First Lord of the Trea sury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colo nial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Postmaster General, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Ste mard, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Right Hon. Charles Viscount Canning, Chief Commissioner of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the C.,urt, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Gordon, G.C.8., her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of Austria, was presented to the Queen at an audience, by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen. The Bishop of Calcutta had an audience of the Queen, to submit to her Majesty the ground plan and the per spective view of the Cathedral of St. Paul's, Calcutta, erecting by Colonel Forbes, of the Engineers. The Duke of Buccleuch and Sir Robert Peel bad en audience of the Queen. The Court was attended by the Marquis of London. derry, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. file Royal Family were taken their usual exercise yes terday in the royal garden. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto, his Excellency the Netherlands' Minister and Mademoiselle Dedel, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Charles Wellesley, the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and Captain the Hon. James P. Murray. The band of the First Life Guard; was in attendance during dinner at the palace, and performed the following pieces : Medley Overture Pot pourri Walzer —Themis Fest mango., Labitzky. Cori—La Oarita Rossini. Polka—Norfolk Labitaky. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage yesterday. A deputation, consisting of the Marquis of Bread alban, the Earl of Eglintoun, Lord Kinnaird, Mr. W. Forbes, M.P., Mr. R. Dennistoun, M.P., Captain Dal rymple, Anderson, of the Glas gow Mr. A. Smollett, Union Bank ; Mr. Smith , of the Western Bank ; Mr. Brock, of the Clydesdale Bank ; Mr. Salmond, of the City ; theCityof LGolrtdsgporwovßoasntkof Glasgow, M es srs. Bain and; Mr. Mil ne , o f th e D un d eo B Brown, of Glasgow, and Messrs. Smith and M'Neil, of Edinburgh, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. A deputation from the North American Colonial As sociation had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yester day. The deputation consiskd of Mr. Dowie (Chair man), Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Carter, Mr. John Masterman, M.P. and Mr. David Barclay , M.P. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Bangor, Carlisle, Chester, Ely, Hereford, Llandaff, Norwich, Oxford, and Rochester, the Judge of the Pre rogative Court, the Earl of Bessborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of Westminster. The Duke of Wellington gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday at Apsley-house. A deputation, consisting of Mr. G. Wilbraham, Mr. Jervis, M P., Mr. Tolemache, M.P., Mr. P. Davies Cooke, Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. Brittain, and Mr. Hicklin, had an interview yesterday with Sir R. Peel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES-rWEDNEUDAY. Match ; 100 sous. One mile and a half, over four hurdles. Mr. Lambden's Chance, llst 121 b (olliver) 1 Mr. Clifton's Pedlar, 12st 21b _ 5t04 on Chance. Won easy. The Debdal Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added by the Stewards ; for hunters, 12st each. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. E. Hyde Clarke's Leo, aged, 1 Ist 71b (Capt. Brooks) 1 Mr. Mylton's b g, by Volney, out of Saturnia 2 Mr. 11. de Rode's Pullaway, list 71b 3 Mr. Clifton's Puff-and-Dart, aged, list 71b 0 Mr. Sanders's Princess, Ilst 71b, came to the post, but would not start. G I A agst Leo. Won cleverly by half a length. Match ; 1,000 sous. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. O'Brien's Needful, Gst 21b (Wintringhane) 1 Mr. Clifton's Nottingham, Bst 71b 6t04 on Needful. WOI in a trot. Nottingham broke down. _ _ The Warwick Handicap of 15 sovs. each ; 10 ft, and 5 only if declared :40 added. Two miles. (Ten Subs., two of whom paid.) Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Ravrorth's Kilgram, 5 yrs, ist 51b Lord Brookes Roebuck, 4 yrs, 7st 3 Mr. Scott's Mosque, aged, Bst Mr. Death's Subduer ' 6 yrs, 7st 81b, Mr. E. Peel's Jack Sheppard, aged, 7st, and Mr. Foster's Isabella, 3 yrs, sst, also ran. Betting-2 to lon the field, 3to 1 agst Subduer (t), 4to 1 agst Godfrey (taken freely), 4 to 1 agst Mosque (t), 4 to 1 agst Isabella, and 5 to 1 agst Jack Sheppard. Godfrey challenged Kilgram at the distance, defeated him without an effort, and won easily by half a length ; Roebuck, who made nearly all the running, was a bad third. The Trial Stakes of 10 SOTS. each, with 50 added, for 3 yrs old, 7st ; and 4 yrs, 9st ; w inner of Derby, Oaks , or St. Leger, 101bs ext ra; those that never won allowed 21b5. One mile. 9 Subs. Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, 3 yrs .............. (Crouch) 1 Mr. Marigham's Cherry Bounce, 3 prs .... Mr. Meiklara's bc by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 yrs Sir R. Pigott's c by Colwick, out of Peeress, 3 yrs 4 Mr. W. Scott's Highfield, 3 yrs 5 7 to 4 on Burlesque; 5 to 2 agst Highfield; and 4 to 1 agst CLerry Bounce. Burlesque made all the running, and woo in a canter. Handicap Hurdle Race for a cup of 501. Two miles over fire hurdles. Gentlemen riders. Lord Glamis' Belshazzar, aged, list 81b (Owner) I Mr. J. Wilson's Mantrap, list 61b 2 The following also started :—Lord Guernsey's na Eagle, I lat 51b—Mr. E. Welch's Slasher, lOst 41b—Mr. R. Clifton's Pedlar, list 111b—Mr. Lambden's Chance, and Mr. Rolt's Argus, list. The other match was off by consent, and the Farmers' race not run when our acccount left. The town full, aad the meeting a good one. BETTING AT THE BEDFORD HOTEL, TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTITAMPTOYSIIIRE STAMM-800 to 25 agat Needful ( t), 300 to 25 and 900 to 100 aget hie winning this race and his match for 1,0001. - 61BSTSIt evr.-17 to 1 agst Sweetmeat (16 to 1 was taken on the course, and after the Trial Stakes, 10 to I was taken freely), 600 to 20 agst Arthur (t), 35 to 1 agst Whinstone (t). On the course, 25 to I was taken about Hope, 1,000 to 30 about Mermaid, 1,000 to 25 agst Billy Purvis, and 40 to 1 apt Arthur. CITY OF LONDON PENSION SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of this Institution was held last evening at the London Tavern, Bishopsgete-street, the most noble the Marquis of Bresda!bane, K.T. is the chair. At six o'clock about 170 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner, which was placed upon the table in that admirable style for which Messrs. Bathe and Breathe are so celebrated. The gallery was filled by ladies, and the champagne, which circulated briskly at the dinner-table, was not confined to the body of the room, for the fair auditors in the gallery had likewise an opportunity of judging of the excellency of the champagne furnished at the London Tavern. The band of the Fusileer guards was in attendance, and performed several popular airs during the course of the evening. The vocal arrangements were under the direction of Mr. J. Bru ton, who wee; assisted by Messrs. Genge, Turner, Sporle, and Farquharson Smith. The veteran Toole officiated as toast-master. The cloth having. been withdrawn, the usual loyal toasts were drank with all the honours. In proposing the toast of " The Navy and Army," The Noble CHAIRMAN took occasion to allude to the bloody wartare in which our troops were now engaged in India, and in the course of whi c h t h ey had, as usual, cover ed themselves with glory. He fur t h er sa id, th a t it must be a source of great satisfaction to know that the purely defensive our sive troops on the war in which we wer e at present enga ge d i n t h a t coun nature.—[This allu banks of the Sutlej was recei ved with enthusiastic app l ause. )— The toast having be en drank wit h all the honours, The CHAIRMAN rose to p ro p ose the toast of the even trr:oyn was to the one gallant u ap d u in g, " Prusperity. to the City o f L on d on P en o n Society, and may it flourish for ever. "—(L ou d c h eers .) The Chal ity which they were there met to support was characterised by that which was the peculiar character istic of charity properly so called__it was universal. — (Cheers.) It was only limited by the extent of its means or doing good. All who were in distress were eligible to receive i ts benefits without distinction of sect or country. It wa s, . however, more especially appro priated to the relief of distressed artisans, manufac turers, and tradesmen, who hud preserved good char acter through life, by allowing them in their old age, pensions, the amount of which was settled by the board of directors ; and also by allowing pensions to the deserving widows of such persons. No ne were a dmitted to the benefits of t he soc iety who w ere un d er t h e ag e of 60, unless they w ere labour ing under a total incapacity of earning a livelihood. The fund s o f t h e soc i et y we re devoted to the relief of persons who had become dis tressed, not from their own imprudence, but from causes over which they cou ld h ave h a d no control ; and the strictest inquiry was in stituted into the merits of each particular case. T' pensions were conferred only on persons who had been reduced to distress by the decay o f t h e i r na t ura l p ow ers, or by the vic issitudes of trade. At the present time, when such great changes were going on in trade, such a society was particularly deserving of support ; for however much thos e changes mi g ht b ene fit th e com munity at large, yet it was not possible to introduce any changes in trade withou t this being townie pained by cases of individual distress which could not but open a wide geld for the exertions NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAncsc, 18. THE RETRIBTITION.—TRIAL OF STEAMING.—" The Re tribution, steam-frigate, Captain Lushington, the Cyclops, steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, and the Scourge, steam bomb-sloop, Commander Caffin, got underway, on Saturday morning, from Spithead, and proceeded to Cowes to accom pany the Fairy, Royal yacht tender, which was in waiting there on her Majesty the Queen, to convey her to the Gosport station, en route to London. The Royal standard was hoisted on board the Fairy, on leer Majesty's embarkation, a few minutes after nine ; and the other steamers lay to await ing the Fairy to pass them, when a signal was observed on board the yacht, directing all power to be put on compatible with the safety of the engines. The four vessels were now pretty well abreast of each other, and it was a fair start. The station of the Royal yacht was on the beam of the Retri bution, distant but a few yards, which ship the Queen, who' was on deck, seemed to view with great interest. The Royal yacht proved that she had the legs of the others soon, and passed on ; while Cyclops dropped so rapidly that she was aeon nowhere. The prettiest race imaginable was now between Retribution and Scourge, and for five miles, with all the power they could get on, a biscuit could be pitched from one to the other; or, to borrow a phrase of the turf, a sheet might have covered them. At length the acquiritive force of the Retribution, from her greater weight, seemed to pre ' veil, and it was thought by those looking on that she might have crossed the bows of the Scourge. The Retribution is 1,641 tons burden, and of 800 horse power. The Scourge is 1,124 tons burden, and 420-horse power. The Cyclops is of nearly the same tonnage as the Scourge, but only of 320- horse power." Of the Retribution and her stability the Portsmouth paper says " Admiral Sir C. Ogle was much pleased with the state of the ship as far as respects her disci pline, arrangement, and cleanliness. What report he can give of the unfitness or capability of the ship we know not; but we find that when he desired the guns of one broadside to be run out, the ship heeled over so much, that her guess warp boom was in the water; and when she assisted in es corting her Majesty f rom Os borne House to Spithead, in rounding the Bellerophon, the effect of the wind on the colours with which she was decorated had such an influence on her, that she inclined over six degrees." DEATH OF THE SENIOR CAPTAIN ON THE NAVY LIST.— A few days since, in announcing the promotion of his son, we alluded to the illness of Captain John Clavell. We regn t to state that this gallant officer died at Greenwich Hospital on the 11th instant, at the advanced age of seventy. Hs was the senior captain of the Navy List, the date of his com mi,slon being February 4, 1800; and although having no preface or appendices to his christian and surname, his career in hard times was nevertheless distinguished, and his brilliant services were officially acknowledged; and if he did not re ceive those honours which are the just and appropriate re ward of ,the brave and the skilful officer he fairly earned and richly deserved them. He was midshipman of the Victory, at Toulon, in 1793, when Sir G. Cockburn was lieutenant of that ship, served on shore under Nelson at the siege and taking of Bastia and Calvi, in 1795; in Hotham's second ac- tion, In the July of that year, in the action off Cape St. Vin cent, in February, 1797, in command of the jolly-boat of the Victory, with six men, captured two transports laden with powder. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in July, 1797, and was senior of Lord Collingwoed's ship, the Royal Sovereign, at the battle of Trafalgar, in which be was wounded. His services were officially commended, and he was promoted to the rank of commander, his commission bearing date the day after the battle. He subsequently com manded the Weazel brig, in which ship he engaged for several hours, and captured, a Spanish privateer pierced for 20 guns. He also took part in numerous actions in the Adriatic, and on one occasion was again wounded. He was appointed, in 1837, to the superintendent ship of Chat ham Dockyard, and on the expiration of his term of ser vice there was appointed to Greenwich Hospital. Captain Clavell received pecuniary reward from the Patriotic Fund for his servids. THE COAST GUARD.—lnstances having recently occurred in which the allowances granted to the widows of officers of the Coast Guard service, for the maintenance of their children, until they should attain the age of 15 years, had been paid after the children had respectively attained that age; and it appearing that certificates of the ministers and church wardens, in accordance with the form prescribed by the order of November, 1837, had been produced by the parties in each case; the revenue authorities, with the view of preventing any similar irregularity, have directed that new forms of certificate and declaration be substituted for those required by the order above referred to, and transmitted to the col lectors and comptrollers of the several ports of the United Kingdom for their government; and those officers have been directed to keep a record of the allowances granted for the support of the children of officers, showing the ages of the respective parties, with the dates when the allowance will cease and have reference thereto, in every case previously to making any payment claimed on account thereof; and directions have further been given that on the grant of any similar allowance in future the dates of the births of the children be communicated to the Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, in order to enable him to check any payments which may be improperly made. ' Her Majesty's brig-Snake put back to St. Helen's yester day morning, in consequence of the heavy gale of wind which prevailed on - Monday. After setting up the rigging, Commander Brown put to sea again this morning, the wind being fair at E.N.E. The Carysfort, 26, took shelter in Weymouth roads. The orders for her Majesty's ship Warspite to be paid off at Plymouth have this day been countermanded, and she is to be put in commission at this port. She is hourly ex pected, and has on board a number of military invalids from Malta and Gibraltar. The officers and crew of the Rodney having cleared the Bellerophon of all her stores and provisions, she has been transferred to the officers of the dockyard. For the extra Service of fitting out and dismantling the Bellerophon, the following allowance is made to the crew of the Rodney, agree ably to the Queen's regulations :—Lieutenants of the navy, captains of marines, and masters, 3s. a day; other officers, ranking with lieutenants of the navy, and lieutenants of ma rines, 2s. 6d. a day ; mates, and officers ranking with them, 2s. a day ; warrant officers, and subordinate officers, ls. 6d. a day ; first class petty officers, sergeants of marines, and all artificers, ls. 3d. a day; second class petty officers, corporals of marines, seamen, and others, ls. a day; private marines and landsmen, 9d. a day; boys, Bd. a day. The time occu pied has been twelve days. The Electra has a few defects to make good, and will be ready to be paid, and proceed to sea by Saturday. Her armament is to be changed, and else is to carry 32-pounders. The guns and carriages will be shipped at Spithead. The destination of the Electra is not known. Commander Alexander Murray, late of the Rodney, is ap pointed to the Favourite, 18, at Plymouth. The Monkey, steam tug vessel, on her passage from Wool wich to Cork, put into this harbour on Monday, during a gale of wind, and was to have proceeded this day ; but a report being made to the Commander-in-Chief of her unfit ness to encounter a gale, and her general debility, a survey has been held, and the officers of the dockyard have pro nounced the Monkey to be no longer adapted for sea duty. Mr. Bryant, the master, and his crew will be turned over to another vessel. The Netley returned to Plymouth this day. A vessel arrived at Spithead on Monday from the River, with convicts on board for New South Wales. This morn ing some cases of small-pox have appeared among the pas sengers, and she has been ordered to the Quarantine-ground, to wait a few daye, to see if any new cases occur. Disastrous accounts have been received from her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart. It appears that on her passage to Bombay, she got on some rocks in the Gulf of Persia, and sustained so much damage that it was with difficulty she got to Bombay. She was caught in a hurricane, but had about thirteen fathoms water ; this suddenly shoaled to 3% fathoms, and her anchors were let down ; she drove on the rocks, and before she could be cleared, her guns were thrown over to lighten her; all the false keel, great part of the stem, and the dead woo d, is car ried away, and her injuries are described as being much more serious than those of her Majesty's ship Pique, when she got on the rocks on the coast of North America. The Fox is in dock at Bombay, and is estimated to cost 5,000/. to repair, and make her fit for sea. Commander Smith, late of the Siren, and Lieutenant W. E. Triscott, formerly acting flag-lieutenant to Admirals Sir C. Rowley and Sir C. Ogle, have this week been promoted. Her Majesty's ship President, 50, with the flag of Rear- Admiud P acres, was at Rio Janeiro on the 1 9th January, all wen. She had had a very good passage of five weeks from Madeira. The President, after completing water and provisions, was to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope with all speed. The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart. ; the Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay; and the Hon. East India Company's sloop Elphinstone, were at Auckland, New Zea land, on the 22d of November. The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, had left Auckland for China, to communicate with the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, on her way to England to be paid off. The Wanderer, Commander Sommerville, and Harlequin, Commander Curry, have nearly completed er their rigging, at d Pittman, is also Portsmouth ; and the Childers, C . enum beginning to make a show, having her an lower rigging over and tops and caps ° "• They have not yet received their guns, but it is still said they will only have 12 32-pounders each, instead of 16 carronades. Tun JANUS, STEAM-SLOOP.—The workmen have not yet commenced the repairs of the damage done to the engine of the Janus at the last trial. If any more of the public money is to be spent on her, it is said that to make good her defects she will have to be taken to Woolwich, as they cannot be re paired at Portsmouth. The Scourge, homb-steam-sloop, C om mander Coffin, will be sometime under the hands of the dockyard at Portsmouth. It is said her cathead and bilboards require some:alteration. S HEERNESS , MARCH 17.—The America, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, was at Mazatlan on the 6th of January , co ll ec ting freight, of which she o had on board specie to the amount of 1,000,000 dollars, and was t h o sail for Valparaiso vher v e es s sse e i. would most pro. about the middle of February, bably transfer her specie to ano th er The Hecla steam -sloop, Commander John Duffill, arrived a t Constantinople on the 18th of February, with dispatches for the Embassy. The Athol troop-ship, Master-Commander J. Pearse, ar rived at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the Bth of February, from Barbadoes, where she had transferred the troops affected with small-pox intended for that island, to a separate vessel, bringing on Major Vaughan and Captain Glasgow's com panies of Royal Artillery for Jamaica. The Blenheim troop-ship sailed front Jamaica on the 25th January, with the head-quarters of the 77th Regiment, under the command of Col. Wilson, for Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Virago steam-sloop Commander G. G. Otway, in con. sequence of the intelligence from India, has been Placed at the disposal of the Consul-General at Alexandria. The Brilliant, 20, Capt. R. B.lWatson, C. 8., progresses favourably with her rigging and manning ; Lieut. Wm. H . Bridge has been appointed first lieutenant. It will be re membered that this officer was lieutenant of the Cormorant steam-sloop at Valparaiso, and was dismissed his ship by court-martial for refusing to shake hands with the Vice Consul at Islay. The Speedy cutter, Lieut.-Commander George Spong, h av ing been found very defective, has been paid off into ordinary. The 'Speedwell has been undocked, and continues her fit- , dugs in the Camber. The Goodwill lighter has replaced her in dock, to have her bottom repaired. The Cornwall, 50, is under the shears, to be masted. The Conquestador, 50, will be undocked in the course of , text week, to be masted, when the Worcester, 50, will be hauled in to be fitted. The Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship, Capt. J. N. Nott, is ordered to he got ready for sea, and take on board six months' stores and provision.. She is now all ataunt in the harbour, but requires considerable repairs. Since her last cruise she has lost upwards of 100 men by desertion. The Avenger steam-frigate, and Inflexible steam-sloop, are ready for the penant at Devonport. The Favourite, 18, is ordered to be commissioned at that port by Commander Alexander Murray. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 17.—0 n Sunday letters were received from the Lords of the Admiralty, expressing great satisfac tion at the manner in which the Calcutta had been got ready, and ordering her to be restored to her original position, and also directing that the men should have extra pay for the time that they had been employed. She was removed from the Sound and towed up the harbour to-day, the weather yesterday being too bad. THE ARMY. It is reported in military circles that the officers of the Guards intend to erect a cenotaph to the memory of the late: Major Somerset, who was slain in 011.1 of the late battles in. India. The white trousers, as an article of summer dress, will no longer bo worn, and on the Ist of May next the soldiers will, for the first time, appear in an article of a darker texture more serviceable and less liable to be soiled. Several sergeants in the household troops have received commissions in the regiments of militia about to be called out for training. The sth Dragoon Guards, serving for some time back at Nottingham, proceed to York, there to relieve the 10th Hus sars, who will embark in a few days, at Gravesend, for India. The 6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons are under orders for Ire land ; as are the 92d Highlanders. The 17th Lancers, lately stationed at Brighton, ars ex pected to be ordered to Ireland in a short time. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS. EIGHTY LIVES LOST: The following are the particulars, so far as the y aro at present known, of the loss of two vessels, the Ida, .550 tons (British barque), and the John Minturn (Amer;can vessel), the Wrecks of which were reported at Lloyd's on Monday:— The Ida was commissioned by Government for the con veyance of stores to Canada, and left the River on the 18th of - last December for Portsmouth, where she took in the stores ; and finally sailed for St. John's, New Brunswick, on the 4th of January. There Were on board, besides the crew (18 in number, including the master, Captain William Chember), 38 passengers, mate and female. After her de parture nothing was heard of her until Monday last, when the intelligence of her fate wa-.. received. A letter, stated to be written by Mr. Sherwood, the British Consul at Port land, thus describes her loss :—" On the 26th of January, being in lat. 44 N., long. 52 30 W., the barque broached to, while scudding before a severe gale from S.S.E., and was thrown on her beam ends. Orders were given to cut away the foremast, but before they had time to do so the barque righted, full of water. The captain then ordered the long boat to be got under the lee, the other boat having been lost. The passengers immediately rushed into her promiscuously, followed by the captain and crew, to the number of 45. The painter parted, and the teat dropped astern. The land bore N.N.E., distant about 30 leagues by observation. The boat got about two cables length from the vessel, when she ship ped a sea, filled, and all in her perished. The mate, nine men, and one young woman remained on the wreck, in the the tops, from Monday morning until Friday morning, when they were taken off by the schooner Three Sisters, cf Eden, when they were landed much frozen, and in destitute circum stances, the mate being the only one able to travel." The Ida was not registered at Lloyd's, and the inquiries made to ascertain who were her owners, andto know the names of the passengers, have not been successful. The fate of the Jobn Minturn and her crew and passen gers, amounting to fifty in number, was of a most deplorable character. The ill-fated ship, a newly built vessel, more than 5,000 tons burden, was beniod to New York, having, besides a number of cabin and steerage passengers, several ship wrecked seamen, who had been picked up on the voyage. Lp to Saturday, the 14th ult., the weather was most favourable for the voyage, and they were within three days' sail of her destination. Soon after sunset on that day, however, there came on a stiff breeze from the eastward, which, as the even ing advanced, greatly increased. The ship stood N.N.E. till twelve o'clock, by which period the wind had increased to a gale. Her course was then altered to the south, and was kept till daybreak. When the shore was discovered, it ap peared to the leeward, about two miles distant. The tem pestuous weather in the meantime had increased considerably. Every sail was torn almost to ribbons by the violence of the wind, and the ship rendered unmanageable. On the land being perceived, every nerve was exerted to keep her off, but unfortunately it was impracticable, as the gale blew direct on to the coast, and gradually drifted her inwards, and at half ,past nine o'clock she struck with tremendous force. The succeeding wave raised her, and dashed her with violence on the rocks, when she broke but did not separate. The horror and: confusion at the moment of her striking were terrific, and when the worst was known every effort (says one of the survivors, a seaman named King) was made to preserve the lives of those on board, numbering fifty-one, including passengers. The masts were cut away to ease her, but with little effect, as she continued to strike' fearfully. The yawl was then cut loose from the stern davits, but the surf ran so high that before she could be got round she swamped, and became useless. The captain, with his wife, son, daugh ter, servant, and cabin passengers, took refuge in the poop cabin, the only place where they could be sheltered from the violence of the sea, which was pouring over them in all direc tions. By great exertion the long-boat was cast adrift, and launched over the bows. Five of the crew and a steerage passenger, a Portuguese, jumped into her, and a long coil of line was stowed in her stern sheets, by which it was intended to carry a hawser ashore, and she was then shoved off. On approaching the land, the men found that it was impossible to tow the line through the breakers, in consequence of the great pressure on the boat. They resolved on cutting it away, that being the only chance of reaching the shore. All hope was now lost of saving those on the wreck. Their sufferings are described as being truly frightful. Being exposed to the full violence of the sea, and a piercing cold wind, ice soon formed over the surface of their drenched clothing. In this state they remained until noon, when those who were alive, for some had already sunk from their awful suf fering, went forward to the forecastle, where they lashed themselves to prevent the sea from washing them from the wreck. It is supposed that the captain, his mate, and the pilot remained in the poop, for they were not seen after wards; and in the course of an hour the ship parted amid ships, and the after part drifted away into the sea. The re maining portion of the wreck then floated considerably in shore. In the latter part of the day another portion of the wreck separated, which carried away the half of those who were lashed to the forecastle, all of whom instantly perished. The rest lived a few hours afterwards, till by the combined effects of the intense frost, and the surf beating over them, they gradually sunk and expired. Between eleven and twelve o'clock at night a boat was put off to rescue those who were clinging to other pieces of the wreck, consisting .of two mates, two of the crew, and four of the steerage passengers ; and after almost insurmountable difficulties they were preserved, although, as may be readily conceived, reduced to the last stage of exhaustion. In the wreck of the . forecastle sixteen bodies were found lying in a cluster round the stump of the foremast, and it seemed as if the .unfortunate creatures had huddled themselves together for warmth. Among them could be recognised the captain's wife, his children, and a female steerage passenger, with an infant at her breast, and so firmly grasped that they could not be separated. Owing to the quantity of ice that co vered the wreck the task of removing the bodies that night was given up, in consequence of the extreme danger attend ing it. On the following morning, at daybreak, they were brought ashore, when the beach was lined by the inhabit ants of the neighbouring villages. Amongst them were a desperate gang of wreckers, who plundered every body that was washed up from the other pieces of wreck. Several of the passengers were known to have had a large amount of money about them. Up to the last accounts, thirty-two bodies were found. The ship had entirely gone to pieces, a portion of her bottom only remaining, which was embedded in the sand by the weight of the pig iron which formed par t of her cargo. She was only partially insured. EXPERIMENTS WITH LIFE-PRESERVING APPARATUS AT WOOLWICH.-On Thursday last Captain Sir Thomas Battings, Ent., R.N., clerk of the Ordnance, Lieutenant-Colonel Barney, com mandant of Royal Engineers at Woolwich, Lieutenant-Colonel Dundee, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhouu, and Captain Palliser, of the Royal Artillery, assembled at the Royal Ar senal to witness experiments to illustrate a simple mode of sav ing the lives of persons when shipwrecked on the sea coasts, of a plan submitted by Captain Jerningham, commanding the coast guard at Yarmouth, a station which has afforded him an oppor tunity of evvitnesslng in many eases the complication and ineffi ciency of the plans adopted at present. The experiments on Thursday were made from a 54 inch brass mortar, by firing an anchor, weighing 341b5., made on a similar principle to Porter's anchor, with the exception of its wanting the small projecting part to give it the first holding quality, and the two flukes moving on the pivot independent of each other, for the pur pose of both being enabled to lie close to the shank when placed in the mortar. On being fired, the flukes open during the flight of the anchor, and are secured by a spring in their extended position. When fired into the Thames it required the united strength of seven teen men to drag home the anchor. The experiments were resumed on Tuesday, in the Marshes at Woolwich, in the presence of Lieu tenant-Colenel Dundas, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Dansey, C.B. Lieu tenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director-General of Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel Barney, Royal Engineers ; and Captain Palliser, of the Proof Department at the Royal Arsenal. The object of the experiments on Tuesday was to ascertain the length of the range by ectual mersurement, and the best mode of coiling the ropes for service in severe weather. The range of the anchor was found to be 180 yards , carrying twe-ineh rope, a nd united it alighted uegti its of holdingtwelve power atho required the The coiling of a rope upon a wooden roller attached to a hand asarstiollgrefee-antiethn a t t o it dr r a e g q a rmed remarkably well, and appeared greatly superior to the barrow, which occupied exactly three minutes in superior to y cumbersome, and and requires a greater number of hands to work it. The arrangement of a rope adjusted by a wooden rack, which is far more rope used by Captain Jerningham is known by the designation of " manila." one and a half inch thick where attached to the shot, and possesses great advantages over the hide leather previously used ; as when dry and lying for some time untied, the latter becomes liable to break when fired. Twelve rounds were fired on Tuesday with the manilla, which answered the purpose effectually. 'ITICIDE.-817B11111URY, MARCH 16.—Yesterday after noon, between twelve and one o'clock, another awful and melan choly case of suicide occurred in this town, Mr. Alexander Frost, postmaster, having cut his throat with a razor. It is supposed that a deficiency in his accounts relative to the Post-office department, with the anticipation of being shortly removed from his situation, led him to commit the rash act by which he has left his wife a widow, and four very young children fatherless and wholly unprovided for. This afternoon an inquest was held at the Angel Inn, before William Denman, Gent., coroner of the borough, when a verdict of "Tem porary insanity" was returned.—Bury Post. A mistake has been made in the papers which an nounced the arrival of Joseph Buonaparte, ex-King of ,Spain, from America, that individual having died in Italy about two years ago. THE TARIFF.—The butter merchants at Brew's Quay, yesterday, received intimation, through the bonding officer of her Majesty's Customs, that Government were prepared at once to re move the duty of 10$. per cwt. from foreign butters, provided they im ag a de ed d i to ate th e e ffe ts t . was e; would guarantee the amount, should the measure new before Parlia nelnftr o n m o t Ib3eocso.m toe law . 128 s. this,T h cent.,that pruetdchucbesutthters article altogether 135. per cwt. This reduction have affected the price of English fresh butter. BODY FOUND IN THE THAMES Y d.— ester ay the body or. a man was found in the Thames near Bermondsey, which appeared to be that of a sailor, and had evidently been in the water ten or terelve days. The body now lies at the Bermondsey workhouse, tO await the Coroner's inquest, WOODEN PAvEmEwr.—The City Commission of Sewers decided on Tuesdao, by forty votes to one, that Newgate at reet should be paved with granite, and that the street should be closed for that purpose for three weeks, the dissentient being Mr. E agleton, of liewgate-street. Two years ago the votes in the same body were forty to one against stone, and in favour of wood, that one being Sir Peter Laurie. INJURY TO AN ORGAN.—The new organ of St. Olave's, Southwark, now in course of completion, was on Sunday last da maged by some evilly disposed person, who must have gained ad minion into the interior by a false key. The action of the great organ key-beard was tampered with and injured. The new pipes pinched together at the top, and in one case rent down, the iron colenterbalance of the bellows torn up (an act requiring very consi derable force to perpetrate), and the valve of the pedal bellows very Twitch damaged. The organ was the first instrument in England co hstructed on the principle of a double-doable gamut, having a 32- fe, it diapason throughout the grand m anual key-board. It has been two years in the course o f perfecting, under the design of Dr. Gaunt lett the organist, and had been lately placed in Mr. Hill's hands for cotripletion. A first trial was made on S unda y of certain stops, and du ring the morning service tile instrument was in good and perfect weer, but at the evening s ervice the mischief perpetrated was so groat as almost to occasion an impossibility of playing upon it. The fully discovered on the extent of this malicious mutilation d assembling on Monday, but how a m ss on was procured workmen tuele into the interior is yet a mystery. lt is evident that some know ledge of the mechanism of an organ must have been possessed by the perpetrator, as all his exertion were directed to those portions of the instrument which could suffer most from violence. Too Mucit TROUBLE.—The newspaper reports from the Western circuit state, that at Winchester, the week before last. three soldiers were indicted for assaulting a woman named Lucy Edmonds, and robbing her of half-a-crown, her property. The first witsiess proved that the prosecutrix was a married woman. Where upon Mr. Justice Erie said, that " as the money in the indictment was stated to be the property of Lucy Edmonds, and it turned out that she was a married woman, the prisoners must be acquitted, be cans • a mar ried woman couldnot have half-a-crown of her own." Now this may seem a very hard case ; and it may appear a very easy matter for the Legislature to pass an enactment rendering the speci fication of the person actually robbed sufficient, in a case of felony, for the validity of an indictment. But this change in the law is net caned-for ; that is, there is ne serious danger of an insurrection or a revolution from its not being adopted : why, therefore, should Minis ters take the trouble to effect it /—Punch. letter from Rome mentions the death, in that city, on OP 4th, of Cardinal Mangelli, aged 84.