The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-14 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION_ WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. ADVERTISEMENTS. Motion made, and Question put, " That the Tax on Ad vartisements ought to be repealed." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 116. Adair, R. A. Granger, T. C. O'Brien, J. Alcock, Thomas Grattan, Henry O'Brien, Sir Timothy Anstey, T. C. Greene, John O'Flaherty, Anthony Armstrong, R. B. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pechell, Sir G. Bailey, Crawshay Hall, Sir B. Perfect, Robert Bell, Jacob - llardcastle, J. A. Pigott, Francis Bernal, Ralph Harris, Richard Pilkington, James Bouverie, E. P. Hastie, Alexander Power, Nicholas Bright, John Hastic, Archibald Rawdon, Colonel Brotherton, Joseph Henry, Alexander Reynolds, John Carter, Samuel Heywood, James Ricardo, Osman Castlereagh, Vie. Heyworth, L. Russell, F. C. Chaplin, W. J. Higgins, George Soholefield, W. • Clay, James Hobhouse, T. B. Scobell, Captain Clay - , Sir W. Hodges, T. T. Scully, Francis Cobden, Richard foreman, Edward Scully, Vincent Cockburn, Sir A. flume, Joseph Seymour, 11. D. Cogan, W. 11. Humphery, did. Smith, J. B. Corbally, M. E. Hut,hins, E. J. Somers, J. P. Cowan, Charles Etna, William Strickland, Sir G. Dalrymple, Captain Jackson, William Stuart, Lord D. Dashwcod, G. 11. Keating. Robert Tenison, E. K. Deverenx, J. T. Keogh, William Tennent, R. J. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Kershaw, James Thompsen, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. King, P. J. Thompson, George Duncan, Lord Lasle it, William Thornely, ThomaB Duncan, ti,orge. Lawless, Cecil Tufnell, 11. Duneombe, T. Locke, Joseph Walley, T. Evans, Sir De Lacy Lushington, Charles Walmslcy, Sir J. Evans, J. M'Cullagh, W. T. Walter, John Evrart, wunam M'Gregor, Sohn Weethead, J. B. Fergus, John Meagher, Thomas Willcox, Brodie Fordyce, A. D. Mahon,O'Gorman Williams, John Forster, M. M ilii,Jan, Robert Williams. W. Fortescue, Chichester Morris, David Wilson, Matthew Fox, W. J. . Mosty - n, E. M. Wyld, James Freestun, Colonel Mowatt, Francis French, F. Muntz, G. I'. TEL LE?..S., Geach, Charles Murphy, F. S. Gibson, T. M. Grace, 0. D Nugent, Sir Percy Ricardo, J. L. MAJORITY-NOES, 181. Adderley, C. B. Arkwright, George Bagge, William Bagot, Hon. W. Bailey, Joseph Baillie, EL J. Baird James Baldock, E. H. Baldwin, C. B. Bankes, G. Barrington, Viscount Barr° 0/, W. H. Beckett, W. Bennet, Philip Bentinck, Lord H. Berestord, William Best, John Blandford, Marquis Bolder°, H. G. Booth, Sir R. Bowles, Admiral Bramston, T. W. Bremridge, Richard Bridges. Sir B. Brisco, M. Brooke, Lord Bruce; C. L. Buck, L. W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Burroughes, H. N. Campbell, Sir A. Carew, W. H. Pole Chandos, Marquis of Christopher. R. Christy, Samuel Clive, R. H. • Clive, H. B. Col,behl, J. C. Cocks, Thomas S. Codrington, Sir W. Coke, Edward K. Colvile, C. IL Conolly, Thomas Corry; H. Cotton, W. H. Craig, Sir W.G. Cubitt, William Davies, D. A. S. Deedes, W. Denison, Edmund Disraeli, B. Dras, J. S. W. E. Drummoni, Home Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Duncomba, W. E. Dunne,- Colonel Du Pre, C. George Egerton, Sir P. Mandeville, Viscount Manners, Lord G. Egerton, W. T. Emyn, Viscoun t Manners, Lord J. Estconrt, J. 13. 13. March. Earl of Eustou, Earl Matheson, Colonel Evelyn. William J. Maunsell, T. P. Farrer, James Maxwell, J. P. r e m wea,.Edward Miles, Philip W. S. Ferguson, Sir K. Miles, William Fitzoatri -k, J. W. Morgan, 0. Fitzroy, Henry Naas, Lard Floyer. John Napier, Joseph Forbes. Wm. Neald, John Forester, G. C. Newport, Viscount Fox, S. L. Noel, G. J. Freshfield, J. W. 0' rsrien, Sir Lucius Frewen, C. IL Packe, C. W. Fuller, A. E. Pakington, Sir John Ga!lwey, Sir W. Palmer, Robert Galway, Viscount Patten, J. W. Capin, Colonel Pennant, Colonel Gore, W. R. 0. Portal, Melville Gore, W. 0. Renton, J. C. Gen:burn, H. Richards, Richard Greene, Thomas Robartes, T. J. A. Halford, Sir H. Scott, Francis Hall, Colonel Seymer, H. K. Hamilton, Geo. A. Smith, John A. Hamilton, Lord C. Sm 3 th, J. G. Hardinge, C. S. Sinollett, A. Harris, Captain Spearman, 11. J. Hayes, Sir E. Stafford, AugustuS Heathcote, Sir G. J. Stanstield, W. R. C. Ilencage, G. H. Stanley, Edward Hernert, IL A. Stanton, W. H. Herries, J. C. Sturt, Henry G. Hervey, Lord A. Taylor, Colonel Hildyard, R. C. Tennent, Sir J. IlUdyard, T. B. T. Thesiger, Sir F. Hill, Lord E. Trollope, Sir J. Hope, H. T. Tyler, Sir G. Hotham, Lord Tyra', Sir J. T. Howard, E. G. Verner, Sir W. Howard, P. 11. Millers, Viscount Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Vivian, J. E. Jones, Captain ' Vyse, Knight, F. W. Waddington, II S. Knox, W. S. Walpole, S. IL Lacy, Henry C. Walsh, Sir J. Langston, J. H. Welby, G. E. Legh, G. C. - Wellesley, Lord C. Lennox, Lord A. Whiteside, James Lennox, Lord H. G. Williams, T. P. Leslie, C. P. Wood, Sir Charles Lewisham, Viscount Wood, Sir W. P. Long, W. Worcester, Marquis Lowther, Colonel. Wrightson,'W. B. Lowther, Henry Youlig, Sir J. Lygon, General TELLER; Macnaght en, Sir E. Mackenzie, W. F. Mahon, Viscount Bateson, T. GERMANY. On the Btb, the official intelligence was received at the Russian Embassy at Frankfort, that the Empe ror and Empress of RUSSIA, the Grand Duk - qs Cort- STANTINE,_NICHOLLS, and llienLEL, and the Grand Duchess ALGA would arrive there on the 18th inst. The King and Queen of WUETEMBURG will arrive on the same day. The refusal of the Archbishop of FRIBURGH to celebrate en office for the dead in honour of the late Grand Duke LEOPOLD, in the Catholic church, has given great offence to all classes of the population. ITALY. It is expected that the Grand Dukes MICHAEL and NICHOLAS of Russia will make some considerable purchases in Rome, as the. banker TortLoral has received instructions to place ample funds at their disposal. By a Royal decree, dated Turin, 7th, the Italian language is declared to he the official language of all the universities of the kingdom of Sardinia. None tut the professors of theology and Latin eloqu4nce are henceforward to &iiver their lectures in Latin. THE ARAB CHIEFS IN PARIS. The Arab chl46 now in Paris r,-presi•nt the most numerous and most meritorious of the native fune tion,tri,:•3 ureler the French. The dentitatien of the pre:ince of Al.serie consi,ts of si chief-, who hold important commands, viz.:—Hou-Alern 13,n-CrierF, who received the crees of the Lc-sei(m of Honour on • the peoniotiou made on the distribtrion of Eigles, is the bath -ride of the Djendels. He belongs to the aristocratic family cf the Oiled Hskredar. He made his enbrnis,ien to the French in 1842, after having given them a great deli of trouble. He is wealthy, active, and intelligent. Thu-Media, is the agab of Si;eah, one of the most warlike and restless of the tribes of Algeria. He is rich, liberal-minded, and governs his tribe with ene7gy combined with mild ness. He possesses eminent military qualities, and is very brave. Si-ben-Ali-ben-Cherif, is - a marabout of the Deal, one of the Kabyle confederations of the province of Algeria. He is of illustrious birth and great piety, and exercises vast authority.. It was only recently that he made his submission to the French, but he was useful in the iset expeditions to Kat - Ilia. Ile -is - very rich, but gives away the greatest part of his revenue in alms. Hj 3 visit to France hae made a great impression on his imagination. Si Kassem-oueliassy, is the bath-agha o;..Ve.e Ssheou. His command extends over all the valley of the Sebaou. He distinguished himself in the recent effairs in Kahylia, espscially in resisting the efforts of the false cherif Ben•ifigherla. He belongs to an old'and influential family of the ;unitary eris tocracee end is very active atel brave. The French Alice great. cenfidence on him. Si-Ssinasn•ben- Sien is Hekem of the town of Milianab. He ii3s rendered irnoortant services. Si-Taharhould hydin, colotninds the mountainous country of the b o ' ni Slimln. He Llongs to a family of _mare cfu!_os who exerciecureat.ictinence in the eastern part „ e ,', 9 Ptoviece of Ale•srie ll= is the proprietor of a - c a c eu d ra t tn y;Ch f ool,whi ' C'h t ' u ' rns out L ' all the tolloa - s (edu is attached° the district. He is very religious, but pvented b to French_ institutions. Oran is re- Y an fi d ve Arab chiefs ; two of them are the nepli ew a Al s 3 e a n of Mustaphaelena Ismael, a de .clarecienemy 1 - 1 0-K•ader, who rendered great ser • vice to the Fren c h head of the famous Meghr eel] of 0: are recsi ee t d tt r Mceitapha the Truth - roux the Arabs the name of aged upwards of 80 . T he 7 and died on the feAd of battle, beA-Adri, is the agh a of theVew' Si-Mohammed the Legion of Honour; h e is th ttas, and an officer of -fluential family, and is pos . ,e,e e . chief-of a very in lige nee, The son of the o l d lef superior intels ould-Mustae. = ha-ben laniael e gete,ral: is Mehimmed •• • Ile is very hands e , o , - 41 ...._ mother was a negrethe. _ .„; . ~• :1110 Via 3 lsrought 'by the French, and yiu,ll4 's believed b always faithful to them. The other three. are ' 3 • re -isteaehould e agha of the 1 - . el Holj- Liezar., I pia ; hammed- bt-n Deoud, g a h a of the D - 81-11°- ouairs • and m o kbtar, agha of th e R Mohammed-ben - —Melo.' The ti Constanf • chiefs from the province one are Si-Ali ben-Ba-Ahmed, Kheiiia of the H . aracteir, who sub mitted to the French sh ortl y after thetaking o f C 6u. • stantine, and has since rendered them services which bate secured him the cross of Commander of the _Legion of H onou r. lie is ac com p anied h y . hii so " : Si- .noh aeanee d_ e i_A e hi, aged 12.—Si-Moktar-h en : . Dekra l caid of- -the Ouled-Sellern, and the Onled- Derradj. He made his submission some years ago, and has distinguished himself as chief of a g out; in -bringing the Ouled-Soulthan to submission, and in the insurrection of 1846, in maintainieg obedience in the tribes be governed. Si•ben-iienni•hen-Boud heaf is caid of the Zetinas, and has a g ood deal of authority over the trides of Ouled-Madhy and the Doled Nails. He was nominated by Abd , el-Kader agha of the Hudna, but soon abandoned him, sub mitted to the French, and has since been faithful to them. Si-Lekiar•hen-Mokrani 9 caid of the Be n 7 Abbes, helong.s to an illustrious family who long re ...sided in Merocco. Tnis family represents that they are descended from an ancestor of the distinguished Montmorency family of France ; one of the Mont• morencies having, they say, embraced Islamism, and been admitted to the title of Cherif, or relative of the prophet. Si-Magoure-ben-Achour is the nephew of :the celebrated Bou-Akkas, Cheikh of the Ferdjouiah Bud Calla Lf the aibeur. Ile commands twelve lee pertnnt tribes, and was very useful to the French .in the expedition of Little Kahylin. His family is one of the principal of the military nobility of -t e s i sylia, and made its submission in 1833. I_le is u l 4 of the egcn- Tl e s. Bou•Akkes 'belongs to the some-famitc a n d •" b.n-A b " Mats his uncle Si-Ahmed •Krodja , - ours Cheikh ofthe • . I erdeouaili. Si•Smail- DCreeaserlysie • dered gr Y v. ss the son of a chit! who has ren slated iii . ices to the French ; he was nomi /"..wilitOaled•Abd el•Nours. ru n., V. ii7 4 : 1 1P 4. i 1. 3%7V ) 41 F 3ii _ m , 1 tieo ktfli b.. aid A. . I.} to*kts...,„ k ,_ _ .etnor . l4 s to the . ar tz.. , , 40*, 3t .es of Parliament, for the ~ • , . ~..14 forwarded for presentation M:7.., v L..,, i ,,,.. a 9 Uolathlm respectively. The 1 4: 4 ;aferi4.!1.gp i r7: 4 „.. ,,f ,,,, , "100 sigulturea ; those from -:...:1 - - .4 , :%-;Vi -, - \• ~. .'s --.- .4. Quei insp by t peti IRELAND. ALARMING RIOT IN THE CORK WORKHOUSE. The Cork Examiner of Monday contains the following account of an alarming riot which took place in the workhouse of that city on Sunday : " One of the most desperate and prolonged riots that ever took place within the walls of a workhouse, or pro bably any other building, commenced in the Cork work house yesterday, about four o'clock. Before the correct particulars of the riot were known, the most extraordinary rumours and reports were in circulation through the city. The anxiety end excitement caused by those reports were greatly increased when a large body of infantry, consisting of detachments of the let Royals and 90th infantry, were seen advancing towards the workhouse at double quick time, and in a few minutes after a troop of the 7th Dragoons with drawn sabres came galloping on in the same direction. On arriving at the workhouse, the military were formed opposite tho building, the central gate was thrown open , and the dra g oons char g e d from the centre gate down the avenue leading to the board-room, followed by the infantry at double quick pace. It appears that about two o'clock, yesterday, two men, named Houlahan and Cor coran, were employed as sentries at ono of the gates, when it was discovered that they had obtaieed a bottle of whisky, which they smuggled in through an aper ture in the wall, the, had teen made to prepero for a new building. The ward -master f eand the whisky on the person of one of the men au-I endeavoured to take it from him, but he refused to give it up, end the rnes ter was informed of the transaction. The master went into the dining hall, where those men were at dieser with several hundreds of the inmates, and, after repri eriendiug them for their conduct, demeeded the whisky; the men refined to give it up, and after some words had ensued, Corcoran struck the master, and also attempted to strike the ward:easter. The master then left the dining hall, and sent to the Douglas station for the police, in order to have the parties removed from the workhouse, and informations sworn against them. In a short time after Constable Browne and two men of the Douglas station arrived at the workhouse; informations were drawn out, and the police went to arrest the two men, who had retired to their divi si yo. The police were accompanied by the master and storekeeper, and when they arrived at the part of the buildings where they expected to meet the offenders, they found several hundred persons, men, women, and chit dean, assembled ready to receive them. One of the offen ders, in tie first instance, named Heel +hen, stood on the wall in a threatening attitude, defying the police to come on, and, as they advanced, he struck constable Browne on the head, and infi'eted a severe and dangerous wound upon him. This was the signal for a general attack upon the police and officers of the house; stones were thrown in all directions; and the police end master were obliged to retreat instantly into the lodge under the board room. The doors were quickly closed and secured, an attack was made upon the building, the mob outside loudly threatened to take the life of the master, and it was only after the police had loaded their guns and threatened to fire upon them that they desisted for some time. In retreating from the attack of the rioters, the storekeeper (Mr. 141'c:ire:lick) fortunately sought refuge in the porter's lodge, which adjoins the main entrance on the road. The mob then commenced rapidly to increase; they were joined by several of the abled-bodied men, and some of the Worst characters amongst the women; and seeing that, Momentarily, matters were becoming more threatening and dangerous in appearance, the storekeeper proceeded to town, and waited upon Inspector Walker, to whom ho communicated the state of things at the workhouse. Mr. Walker directed that the constabulary of the different stations should be im mediately equipped and proceed to the workhouse. A party of police, under the command of head constable Crowley, accompanied by three mounted policemen, quickly 'arrived, and the gates were partially opened, When Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Roche, -Mr. Shea, and Inspector Walker entered the yard, with the view of remota strafing with the people, and, if possible, pacifying them without the employment of force. They advanced some distance down the avenue when a shower of stones stopped their further progress, and compelled them to make an instant retreat. Mr. Walker was struck severely, and the other gentlemen were slightly struck. At this time there were at least 700 men, women, and children assembled in the yard, but principally strong, healthy, and able-bodied women—all of whern appeared to be labouring under the most ex- theme anger and excitement, shouting, screeching, and yelling, amidst all of Which the master appeared to be the particular object of their hostility. From the abundance of stone that exists in the workhouse yard, a large portion of which was quarried for the buildtegs recently erected, the Teeple were, unfortunately, plentiailly provided with atones, of which they seemed determined to make the most vigorous use. When they saw the determined re sistance that was offered 'to Mr. Sheehy and the other gentlemen, the police, who were drawn up outside the gate, charged the mob with fixed bayonets, and after receiving another volley of stones succeeded in clearing the place for a momect and driving the rioters into their wards, the doors of which were locked upon them. - Some' of the women stood their ground until they were trampled upon by the mounted policemen, and others refused to give way until the policemen had to bring the butts of their muskets to bear upon them. Several of the police were struck with stones, - one or two of them were severely cut about the head, and one of the mounted p-dice was nearly un horsed by the blow of a stone received on the b - reast. Trio result of this charge was the arrest of six of the ringleaders, who were placed in custody until the disturbance bad finally ceased. In a few minutes after a reinforcement of police arrived from the diff.-rent stations, and all the force inside the walls wet..., then drawn up on the rising ground inside the gate. The police had scat rely formed when the doors were suddenly bre:kali epee, atal the mob now increme d to over a thousand, headed by some of the must violent of the women, rushed up the avenue and boldly attacked the police; a second charge wee meth', the rioters retreated, and the police pursued them into the new house, where they were assailed with stones of the largest size hems every window of the building. The ?else of the stones may be ju tged from the fact that the flags on which they fell were c mpletely shattered by the concussion. The constabulary were then divided; half the party were appointed to keep the boys and men in order, and the remainder were stationed on the doors of buildings into which they had driven the rioters. At this time the military arrived, and the inmates were forced into their respective wards, and the yards and lower part of the house were cleared of further opposition. " On entering their respective apartments the rioters commenced to demolish everything they could lay their hands on—every pane of glass within reach was smashed, locks were forced, door frames broken, in feet nothing about the house 'that they could destroy wee spared. After exhausting their anger in this manner they became somewhat quiet, and about nine o'clock last night the usual tracquilllty of the house was restored. "It was not deemed advisable to leave the house wi-h the ordinary protection, and accordingly a com pany of fifty infantry were stationed all night in the board-ro - au, and a party of fifteen policemen were an cocernedeted in aeother part of the house. Six of the inmates of the workhouse were more or less injured; two of them received bayonet wounds, and the others were bruised by the imuArste of the police, but none of the injuries are considered of a fatal character. Infor matiens were sworn egainat the prisoners in the work house • last night, before Me. Evanson, J.P., nod Mr. ;after d u n wl e d r c h a theyes owereescort o f dro handcuffed, zuons aitantind t N ra ‘e n ly s m in a i n tt ' erl lP te gaol mounted constabulary. o General Reunite?! arrived in command of the mili tary, and remained until the disturbance had been en tirely eu?pressed. " The military left the workhouse shortly after five o'clock this morning, at which hour there appeared to be no further nece,wity for their presence. " ?about eeven or eight o'clock this morning a dis turbance again arose, and a larger parry of men and women, but principally the latter, broke out of their wards, evidently with the intention of renewing the scene of last night. A party of police, under the command of Inspector Morgan, shortly after arrived, when 37 of the most prominent of the rioters were arrested, and transmitted to gaol. "A requisition was sent up to the barrack for the military, and, in some time after, two officers and fifty infantry arrived, and are at present stationed in the workhouse, with a strong reiuforcement of police. A large number of inmates are commencing to show a dis position to renew the riot, and the greatest excitement prevails inside and outside the workhouse. "Up to three o'clock to-day the excitement had not in the least degree abated, but, on the contrary, con tinued to increase. Mr. Sarefield, vice-chairman, in passing down towards the body of the house, about one o'olOek, was struck in the face and cut by a stone. A party of dragoons was sent for about twelve o'clock, and at present the rioters are kept is check by an "im posing force of cavalry, infantry, and constabulary. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. "The officers of the navy were in these trials the first to provide for the relief of the helpless. The women and the children (said hia trace, with an emphasis and feeling that affect,,d the whole compsoy) were all saved. 11_11_ account was given and rend e r e d o f e v e ry child and wuc ° 6lo ."—TitE Du or WELLINGTON. a votive tablet t d b Orithrethieu.fartiaernrdes of the lamented Commander Salmond, sailor, they can Birkenhead, should incline to record by the virtues of an honest man, and a good nd in no human composition, at least, language of higher living to him ou last Saturday by that spoken i n rel eulogy and greater truth than the. greatest of glory of the illusthrieog,u,ms men. We vvas rf flPeted on those We feel as if some of the when° conduct he nary feeling of gratifieantituotain Britilli manliness and id h P as au ins p irin g exam p le of atnhiattY;after two days of much anx i e ty mod nervou s It was with no ordi 60tetrion to the facts adduced, g ments echoed by men dis tinguished heard the same anguished for valour, energy, enoughhe tears which have gi me than which we nevep heardanl skill, clothed in lam• back h eaven k nows morn touching, or reqre true. T any morn eloquent, a t, re :: 1 e s h i ,l i tt e cyh d oi — ntg b e i: on t -bitter roe and no toe c t osbperiFi ands' but those whose bonesbe there mast they consolation for those whose great sorrow it is to su rvived, the cer tain assuranc e that the h Providence to of te o posterity the respect of good an d b r „ e reß w 2c7e, T il ° embalmedtfriends dead whomill it has pleased peace,tb and a fair place in th e page whicheuwill oarry down to s remote annals of our time. " Give honour to their memories, who left the pleasant strand, To risk their lives so freely for the love of fatherland; Who left their chance of quiet age an' g r assy church yard grave, So freely, for a restless bed amid the tossing wave. ,, But whilst lamenting the dead, let ugn 3 "At t 4: do 1 justice to the living. We congratulate Mr. Richards, the brave lad to whose custody was committed the helpless women and children, whoa he guarded so well; and Mr. Renwick, the assistant en gineer, whose evidence ha s thro w n s o much light on the state of the ship after striking, and we have no doubt the Lords of the Admiralty will express their congratulations in a more agreeable form. Let them only have the opportunity to distinguish them selves, and we predicate they will do no discredit to the uni form which each has preserved untarnished throughout a scene well calculated to try the most matured bravery and skill. The Assistant-Surgeon has had cause to com plain; sooth to say it, Mr. Culhane has had great cause to complain. In a letter written—hastily, we should hope—by one of the survivors, it was stated incautiously, to use no more stringent phrase, that " Dr. Culhane got into one of the gigs, and then made the best of his way to But river, rowed there by eight of the crew." The plain inference from this is, that the selfish Doctor, having properly wrapped up, got into the boat and ordered the crew to row direct to the nearest landing-place. Soon an inference would be wholly false, fur the premises have, fortunately for the person misrepreoented, not the slightest foundation in fact. Dr. Culhane left the sinking ship, sans everything cave hid shirt and cap, and was pulled out of the water at some distance from the wreck. After this he spent about twelve hours in pursuit of a schooner, which fail ing to oTertake he made for not to save or spare himself, but to send succour to others. From two o'clock on oue morning till nine o'clock on the morning of the following ch.y, there was no rest for the sole of his foot. Tho frame which could have borne up under twelve hours' exertion on the open sea, all but naked, under a scorching sun, and 100 miles of riding across a strange country, must have been sustained by exrraordinary perseverance and undaunted pluck.—Plymout4 Times and Naval Gazette, THE AGAPEMONE NEAR BRIDGEtVATER. Some curious stories are current respecting this place. It is said that Mr. Prince, the founder, on a recent oc casion, drove up to the Castle Inn, at Taunton, in the carriage-and•four which belonged to the late Queen Adelaide, and which he has purchased for his own private use. A servant at the door of the inn warned off some idlers standing in the way with the words, " Take care, here's Mr. Prince coming." He overheard the expression, and on alighting from the carriage said to the servant in a solemn tone, " Mr. Prince once — Jesus Christ now." He then entered the inn, consumed a cigar and a bottle of wine, and returned to the Abode of Love. Among other strange regulations ob served in the institution is the election of " Mrs. Prince," or "the bride." This is a distinction which every week falls to the lot of one out of 15 women, who, with their husbands, are members of the sect. A large stage is erected, on which is placed a number of seats according to the number of candidates f,r the espousal. This stage revolves round a chair, in which Mr. Prince seats himself. At a given signal the husbands of the women enter, and each stationing himself at the back of his bet.er half begins to force the stage round. This is continued until it has attained a pretty good spee , i, when, at a sign from Mr. Prince, the husbands retire and the stage is left to itself; when it stops the woman opposite to Mr. Prince becomes the " bride' for a week, at the end of which time the same ceremony is repeated. Oa one occasion Mr. Prince happened to catch a " bride" as she was being kissed by her husband. As a punishment for this unfaithfulness she was divorced from he heavenly consort and pat to menial labour, and the peccant husband was sentenced to wheel a barrow full of stones up and down the yard for three days.—Bristol Gazette. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. • GRAND TEUMLNUS AT PADDINGTON.—Very exten sive works, second only to the well-known ones at Euston-equaro or King's-cross, are being carried out to form the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. There works, now near completion, will entirely al er the aspect of the terminus at Paddington, and give .it an imposing appearance. The new ter minus is being constructed on that largo area of ground OD this side of the Prince of Wales Bridge, below which the present temporary terminus stands. The style of structure, as applied to railway purposes, is entirely new, being the design (in conjunction with Messrs. Fox end Henderson) of Mr. Brunel, the company's engineer. and, is formed as nearly as possible after the model of the central aisle of the celebrated Crystal Palace, both the departure and arrival platforms con sisting of a continuous iron roof, eight hundred feet long and eighty feet span, formed of ribs ,of wrought iron rivetted together, with two lofty and elegant Iran eepta near each end, the light being admitted trough the glass medium, now popularly known as " Paxton's glass roofing." This building runs parallel with the whole of Eastbourne-terrace, and between is the carriage road parted from the terrace by an iron palisading, with flights of steps for foot passengers. The ar rival platform faces the Paddington Canal, there being between them a large unenclosed space for cab stands and carriages. There are entrance and depar ture gates, booking., offices, first, second, and third class waitiog-rooms, of a superior order, with an elegant circular room and suite of apartments for her Majesty. The company's range of offices are above the booking offices, along the whole length of the terminus. There is also a central vestibule in the middle of the terminus for passengers to promenade in, with refreshment rooms, newspaper rooms, and eh &Tic tele graph station. The two lines of rails are to be brought up through the bridge to the new terminus, at the end of which there is to be a covered gallery, by which passengers arriving or di•p2rting by the trains may reach the splendid hotel, built for the company by Mr. Hardwick, the architect, at a c , st of 50,0001., and called the " Gia at Western Hotel," situate close to Hyde-park end Kensington-gardens. The hotel is in the fl mid Gothic style, and harmonises well with the appearance of the terminus. It contains extensive suites of apartments, and 103 bedrooms. A portion of it is to be appropriated to the vur pos'es of a club for country members and residents in the locality. The contractors for building it have been M"ssrs. Helloed and Winsland. Au immense goods station is being constructed by Messrs. Sherwood b lew the bridge, abutting on the Harrow-road, with a viaduct and hydraulic lifts, to communicate with the canal, and altogether the outlay on these improve ments at Paddington cannot amount to much less than 200,0001. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. East Surrey ... l7 Ba►h and Somerset lB Liverpool H. North Herts Harpenden: .... 21 Epsom . 25 Wye SJuth Shields. 3l NE. Brighton 1 Epping Town 1 Lenham Manchester . 2 Coggeshall Southwell Ulverstoce Ascot . Bovrloy Maidstone Lamberton 31 Salisbury ..... 1 Newmarket 6 Worcester Ltricter Ibloy l4 Liverpool flan3pten Newton Macclesfield 2l Newcletlo Bibury Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Catliele Ludlow Chelmsford...., 3O Stamford 2O Knutlford Nottingham Abingdon Goodwood 27 AUG North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Edgware 5 Wolverhampton 9 Great Yarmouth lO Reading Coventry ll SEPT; Waivrick 7 Whitehaien Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l ocT, Chester Royal Caledonian Hunt end Edinburgh Club 6 Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham NOTE. Worcester Autumn ... 2 IRISH R ACI Kilcook Lynn York Radcliffe 23 F.=ham Stourbriclgo 3O Lincoln UST. ;303E1t. Bedford Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. 0 2B oIIER. Newmarket S. 0. Holy well Hunt • l9 Richmond Newmarket Houghton 25 Cowbridge Hunt lO ES TO COME. . 24 JUNE. Carragh 22 I Monkstown JULY. Heath 5 I Bellewstown AUG UST. Down Royal Corp 3 Tuam Phoenix Park lO Ballinrobo. Rotcommon SEPTEMBER. Currag. 7 Jubn3town 2l Limerick OCTOBER. Curragh l2 I Carlow D ow n Royal Corp 2O MORAYSHIRE. —The saltiton-fishing in the river Flndhorn, in this vicinity, has been remarkably productive within the last few weeks. Every other morning, 40, 50, 60, apd 100 fine fish are caught betwixt the Sluy Pool and Find horn. In five days last week, after the rain, 700 were taken, of which no fewer than 300 were captured on Saturday morn ing ! We learn that the fish in the water of Nairn has been likewise very aburriant.— Scotch Paper. THE FIRE AT 11.11LNVELL.—Tne bay named George Murrell, who was taken up on suspicion of havilg caused this fire, which destroyed hi one night (April '2 0 no less than twenty. one dwelling-houses, and nine farm hour:steads at Harwell, was breuzlit again taore the magistrates yes terday at Abingdon, when he confessed that he committed the act which involved so in ;ny poor families in the utmost distress. He stated that he went into Mr. Isaac Ruby's rickyerd, ignited a lacifer- match, which he put on a tile, and then placed both in a straw rick. The boy, who is seven teen years of age, and of weak intellect, added that be committed the act for the sake of some apples which were promised him, but it did not appear that there is any truth in that representation. He was fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes. COUNTY ELECTIONS Pou.s.—There is a Bill in the House of Commons (yesterday printed) to limit the time of taking the poll in co un ties at contested elections fo r kni g ht s of one day. the shire to s erve i n P ar liament, in England and W al es , to • By the Reform Act two days w ere allowed, but now it it proposed to limit the time, as in borough elec tions,ilisito one day, f rom e i g ht o ' c lock to four o'clock. The Hill brought forward by Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. IL Denison. FOREIGN THEATRICALS. 1 The annual meeting of the As .oetadon of Dramatic Authors has just taken place in Paris. The twactnt of the droits d'auteur levied during the year was stated to be 917,531 f., viz., 705.364 f. from Paris, 195,450?, from the departments, and 16,717 f. from the banlieue. In 1850-1 the total amount was 895,368 E, and iu 1849-50, 723,982 f. The general receipts of the Parisian theatres during the year was 6,771 0231. In consequence of the recent treaties for the protection of literary property, the Society had been able to obtain some sums for the performance of French plays at Chambery, Nice, and Turin; and it expects to obtain more in a few months from Sardinia, Portugal, Hanover, and especially Eng land. GRAND OPERA. — Subsequent performances of Le Juif Errant have considerably ameliorated its execution, and the opera goes off at present far more smoothly than on the first representation. Le Jeif Errant eon bins beauties which must ever place it in tho foremost rank of the French school of opera. The music of the incidental ballet, illustrative of the Virgilian episode of Ari.stria is and his bees, i 3 among the most popular in the pi, , ce; it is distinguished by fanci ul elegance, and with the dancing, has a dash of imagination and poesy about it, that wins the applause of every spectator. The beauty of the scenery, wel the pieture•que splen dour of the costumes, which vie with, if they do not un ease, every display of the tried heretofore seen, even at this theatre, speaking to the eye of the multitude, inde pendent of any question of art, nightly draw down unanirnoua and enthusiastic marks of admiration, and this attraction alone would suffice to confer on the opera a long and successful reign, for no stranger will come to Paris this summer without paying at least one visit to the marvellous spectacle of Le Juif Errant, FRANCAIS.—A brilliant and crowded auditory as semeled here on Thursday, to witness Mdlle. Rachel's new impersonation of Louis de Lignerolles, in the drama of that name. Mdlle. Rachel could, of course, not fail to create in this, as in every other part, a profound im pression—yet, never, perhaps, was it more apparent that the domestic drama of modern days is unsuited to her loftier style and talents. Her strong emotions require the stola and peplum of antiquity to be dis played to advantage. As Flue Ira and Camilla, Made moiselle Rachel stands unrivalled ; but in all the characters of the modern repertoire she does not realise the expectation raised by her classical impersona tions. She was applauded to the echo, however, and must be said to have achieved a success. The other characters were well performed by Mmes. Thenard and Rebecca, and a child's part, which is incidentally intro duced, was given very remarkably by Mdlle. Melanie, a rising artiste, who does not appear more than ten years old. MM. Maillart, Greifroy, Maubant, and Cheri's per , formanee is also to be commended. Etaimau.—We have here a piece Le Memorial de Ste. Helene, upon the melancholy exile and deatn of the Emperor. Devoid of literary merit of any kind, and mixed up, as usual in these things, with some prepos terous love plot, the affair is not without a certain effect on the spectator, as everything relative to the history of that most extraordinary man must needs be ; but until some great anatomist of the human mind, another Shakspere or Eschy las, no drama upon Napoleon, properly so called, can be written. The vulgar trash of a melodrama is a positive sacrilege on such a subject. Neither the time nor the man has yet come for writing even the history of NA- PolPon, the grandeur of whose genius can only receive justice at the hands of posterity. The affair at the Ambigu closely resembles several other pieces of the same description; the luckless Sir Hudson Lowe is terribly mauled by the authors, and the actor (Ernest) who represents the Emperor con trives to mould his plain features into an extraordinary likeness of the fine Italian countenance of hie Imperial prototype. Needless to add that the Memorial de Ste. /lane, is nightly received by crowded houses and over whviming applause. M. Morelli has been re-engaged for three years at the Grand Opera, a most judicious step on the part of the management, but much to be regretted by the dilettanti of the Italian school of singing, in which this excellent artiste was peculiarly at home. Letters from Florence announce that the health of the celebrated pianist M. Dobler has latterly undergone a notable amelioration. _ _ Mina. Gazziniga and Finetti-Batocchi are said to to have excited a perfect feirore at Modena in Norma. Mdlle. Fuoco, the ballerina, had also appeared, and with great success. The Italian Opera season at Constantinople has been brought to a brilliant close with Linda, Mine. Ita,moni and a tenor named Palmieri sustaining the principal parts. At Vienns Mme. Medori has achieved a success in Ernani. Mdlle. Ferraris, the dancer, is a universal favabrite. The rondo, at Naples, has opened for the season with Doniz :tire Gianni di Parigi, Mme. and M. Rossi sus taining the principal parts. A new opera, La Fiorina, by M. Pedrotti, has been received with favour at Venice. At Konigsberg, in Prus6ia, Mme, Persiani, T ana b ur i n i and Pozultni have been singing L'Elisire and Il Bar biere with great success. HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEER' (From the Registrar-General's Report.) In the week that ended last Saturday , the n um b er o f deaths registered in the metropol i▪ tan districts was 972. In the 10 corresponding weeks of 1 842-51 the average c umber of deaths was 898, which, i▪ f raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 988. The rate of mortality now prevailing, therefore, differs little from the average amount. The greduel decline of mortality which at this season accompanies an increasing temperature is shown as tollowsr—ln the third week of March the deaths rose to 1 208; in the second week of April they fell to 1,051; end in the first week of May to 972. The mean weekly temperatures that marked these several periods were 40.5 deg., 44 deg., and 48.1 deg. Of 972 persens enumerated in the present return, 498 were males and 474 females; 451 died under 15 years of age, 339 at 15 years and uder CO, and 176 at 60 years and upwards. As compared with the results of the previous week there is a decrease both in the deaths caused by epidemics taken altogether, and those by dis eases of the respiratory organs, the former having de clined from 232 to 193, the latter from 187 to 106. In the respective weeks dropsy was fatal to 17 and 14 per sons, cancer to 16 and 22, scrofula to 9 and 15, tabes mesenterica to 16 and 17, phthisis to 131 and 130, bron chitis to 86 and 74, pneumonia to 67 and 62. Last week 6 women died of puerperal fever, besides 12 others who suuk under other diseases incidental to childbearing. Small-pox, to judge from its weekly mortality, seems to prevail in London to about the same extent that it has now done fur a lengthened period. In the first week of the present soar the deaths registered from this disease were 33; last week they were 31; and in the 17 weeks that intervened the lowest number was 22, and occurred in March, totalth numberebiilet of cases in which small pox has ' which occurred in January, was been 3 e during the 19 weeks is 591, and the av erage of a week is 31. I n t h e first sse7els of the year searlatine was fatal in 41 cases, i t dec li ne d 18 i n t h e se cond week of March, and l as t wee k t h e num b er was 3 7 ; 4Thec fatal typhus carried off 50 persons in the first week of the year, it declined to 32 in the third week of March, rose to 47 in the third week of April, and last week the number was 33. tour deaths, of which tho following are the particu lars, occurred in the S ma ll- pox H osp i tal:— On 3d May, a manservant from Lower-grove-street, CoMmercial-road, aged 17 years. died of ‘. small-pox, confluent, unprotected (13 days)." On 3d May a porter, aged 20 years ' " small-pox, con fluent, unmodified (13 da ) s ) ; b e li eve d to have been vac cinated Wick; no cicatrix." a boy f r o m Littl e M ar lborough-street, on sth b n infancy may at J aged 9 years, " sma ll-p ox , confluent, unprotected (35 day s )." boy fro m J o h n - s t ree t, E as t-lane, New ago on e nsB:Western, agedll Maya y lla tected (24 days)." years, "small-pox, confluent, unpro- Seven deaths occurred in the London Fever Hospital between the Ist and Bth of Mee? inclusive, all of females except oae; two were caused by scarlatina, one by typhus, two by "fever," one by phthisis, and one by pneumonia. At 19, Wellington -street, Camden -town, on the 27th and 30th Ap r il an d I s t May respectively, two daughters and a son o f a car p en t er died of scarlatina et years. the ages of 12, 5, and 3 Mr. Spong makes the following observationi : —" Th es e were the childre nof a journeyman carpenter who resides in a kitchen of t o I small- dimensions; the length of illness- was from t the o 6 days; one of .the medical attendants states tha Hospital, place is very unh ea l t h y; ap pli c ation was made t , o . the d Fever but admission could no t ba obtained from want of room. T wo ot h e r children of the family are ill of the same complaint." The following are selected frem the returns of the Somers-town a woman, aged 23 yearn, died of a boil on the chin.(7 days), erysipelas (one day)," on 29th April; and in St. Mary Axe a porter, aged 43 years, di e d on 30th April of "carbuncl e ." Ia C m den town a g i r l, aged one y ea r, died of "nrevus, operation; dentition, convulsions (7 days)'" In-Camberwell a lady, aged 74 years, died of " tic-douloureux, apoplexy (9 hours);" and i n Cl a ph am , another lady, aged 69 years, died of "general atrophy, neuralgia (many years). A boy, aged 18 months, died of tabes mesenterica, which (according to the medical attendant) was induced and acceleiated by his having been suckled nearly seventeen 54 years, was accideatally months. A l a b our er, aged choked whilst eating mas t . S ST I i g A t i T t EOF showers T rs ti SLY,T.DAY. - --The sky was cove red with cloud till evenin g.. shoEf rain.i VE DURING THE PAST WEEK. ATEIER and clear afte rwar d s; cumuli, cirrocumuli, and cirrostrati, liloanAY.—The sky was one-half covered with cloud till noon, three-fourths were covered till f3h. I' M., and clear afterwards; cumuli and cumulostrati. TURSDAY.—The sky was generally three-fourths covered with cloud throughout the day ; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. A solar halo, deeply coloured, was visible during the morning. W RDNIESDAY.—Three -fourtbs of the sky were covered an } d 'iti generally n-IT— throughout the day; cumulostrati and cirrostrati. THURSDAY.—The sky was, with slight exceptions , cov ered with cloud till 911. p.m., and clear afterwards; cum ulostrati, cirrostrati, a n d fl eecy c l ou d s . One v - e la r a e l e f et of d t h h t e in s g k cumulostrati and cirrostrati. SATURDA.Y.—The sky was for the most p ar t covered with y th w e arco remainderver e d till of near the noon,dy day; cloud throughout the day; cumulostratus a nd cirrostratus. FLacruterrr.—Nothing was shown daring the week. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and r ea d eac h d a y at 9h. A.M. was 53.7° ; and the mean reading at 96. P.m. was 48.2° ' • th e mean readings at the Royal Ob serva t ory f or the same t i m es were 52 . 2 4 and 46 . 6° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.72 in. at the beginning of the week to 30"12 in. on the 6th at 911 ' A •M ; decreased to 29 .92 i n. b y 3b. P.M. on the 7th' • at about which value it continued to the oud of the week. THE WAR AT THE CAPE. The f ik.t;er, written by a :7eung otile,r serving in the Kitir war, has been forwarded to U 3 for publiea- fion: -- " CAMP, WATERKLOOF, MARCH 12. "I received your letter just as I was starting on a three days' patrol into the Waterkloof. I have just re turne3, and, as I are to start again to•morrov, I lose no time in writing to you, as I only pitched my tent at two o'clock this aiternoon, and we march again at six o'clock to-morrow morning. " When I wrote to you last I was just starting en a patrol, the object of which was to destroy crops in the Amatola mountains, and, as many supposed, to finish the war. I forget how long we were there, and, as I lost my diary the other day, I am unable to tell you; but I think we worked for about a month. We had no fighting, but most tremendous work, and many risks. We were not strong enough to force our way through some parts of the country that we had to reap; we were obliged to climb over hills in the night surreptitiously; we were very nearly caught once; the Kefirs followed us up in the daylight, and one Hottentot fired at my company (who were skirmishing o❑ the left of the co• 'tune) from behind a tree at about 16 yards, but he was in a fright, and the bill passed over us. Another time we started at 11.30 PX , and marched up an awful hill; our regiment formed the rear-guerd. When we were near the top a Szotchinan C 3 1 ,10 up to the commanding atii , 2er to whom I was talking, and said " Eb, Sir, the amu nictioa paich-hoorse has just rumpled doon the hill, ye ken,' grinning at the time as if ho had told a good story. • This horse had 1,000 rounds of ball cartridge on his back; we had to wait for two hours for him; if the Kafir& had been on the alert they would have got him, and shot lots of us. They used to fire on us occ:►sionally when reaping, hut killed nobody. I had a great deal of trouble with some Hottentots one day, when I was sent in command of 100 men to reap a nasty corner sur rounded by bush. I was obliged to leave off reaping, and fire upon them a good Coal before they would let us alone, but I managed to finish my work in spite of them. They did not hit any of us, as we were all be hind stones. I cannot tell whether we hit auy of them, as they were in the dense bush, but, at all events, we drove them off. Oae of them talked a good deal to me in English out of the bush. He said they did not want to fight the Tortoises (the name they give us on account of the squares in our tartan) or the 73d, bat that he should like to show anybody else, and the Cape Corps in particular, what they would get if they would come on. I intended to get up a political argument with him, but the men would fire on him, and he left off. We returned to Beaufort on the 26th of February, marched on the 28th for Haddon, and arrived there on the Ist of March. a While we were destroying crops, the Kafiri, and Sandiili in particular, were very anxious for peace, never firing on us unless fired on first, and sending many mes sages to the Governor. However, he would not listen to them, and we were ordered to march to Haddon (an old post at the foot of the Kroome range), to form part of a combined movement on the Waterkloof, now swarm ing with Kafirs driven out of the Amatolas. Oa the 4th of March Sir Harry, who would not believe that the Kafirs were there in any force, ordered a small patrol to be sent out as a feeler. General Somerset, who had been informed by spies that there was a Hottentot camp about 10 miles from Haddon, in the heart of the Water kloco, sent 150 of the 74th, 50 of the Cape Corps, and 350 of the 91st, to attack it, uader the command of Colonel Yarborough, of the 91st. We started at twelve o'clock (midnight) on the 7th, and were to have reached it at daybreak on the Bth, but it was too far, and we did not reach it till about an hour after. We destroyed the camp, and took 30 horses and 100 head of cattle, driving the enemy before us. Now, having finished our work, we should have retreated as fast as possible, but, unfor tunately, some time was lost in a fruitless attempt to get more cattle, and during this time the enemy were pouring_ down in thousands from the sides and end of the kloof. At the foot of the camp there was a small stream, fordable only in one part. This my company bad to guard till the whole division had crossed; and, while doing so, I shot a fellow who was pressing on the rear of the 91st with your rifle; he was a long way off, and I had to fire over their heads to do it. They saw me, and mistook me for a Kafir, and about ten of them fired at me; their ballets knocking the dirt into my face, and whistling over my head. My men came running out of cover, and were going to fire on the 91st, thinking that they were Kafirs. Shortly after this the 9 lat crossed the ford, the Kafirs were mixed up with their rear men, and we and the last company of the 91st had a tremendous fight in the ford. We drove off the Kafirs, killing, I should say, about ten of them; some with our bayonets. We did not stop to count the bodies, as the rest of the column was in full retreat, but made off as quickly as possible. The Kafirs had assagaied two of the 91st, and wounded another, and had wounded two of my company. We brought them all away. Ms mediately after this the Kafira, in far greater force, crowded on our rear and flanks as we retreated, and, as we had to retreat through a perfect pass, as described by Sir W. Scott in "Rob Roy," you may imagine our con fusion--74th and 91st, men and officere, all fighting and mixed up, when there was the least opening in the bush. At last we came to, a ruined farm, and here we in,cle a stand to enable the many wounded to be carried to the rear, out of danger. Just as we arrived here Colonel Yarborough was shot through the thigh; and when the enemy sew him fall they opened a very heavy fire. " Colonel Yarborough was taken off, and the greater part of the two regiments, myself among the number, retired with him. At the time we thought that every body had dorm so. On gaining an opening about two miles from this we rallied, and found that Captain Pat ton, of ours, had remained in the house with about five or six of the 91st and three or four of our men, and that some of the C ipo Corps were with him. Whits talking about it to Major Somerset (commanding them) a note came from Patton to say that he was surrounded by the enemy, and thet he was unehle to force his way through, as be Ives hampered by wounded. Oa reading the note-, the Major seid that ho could not help him, and that he must fight his way through, and asked for a vo lunteer to c :Try the message. I went with four of the Cape Corps; we rode at full gallop, and when we got near the house I sent the Cape Corps behind a small precipice, out of fire (intending to return with them as soon as I had given the message), and galloped on. Just then the Kafirs saw use, and a pretty smartish fire was opened upon me. I seemed to bear nothing but the' which, which' of the balls as they passed, an l just as I got to the door of the house, while I w as jumping off, over rolled my horse with a ball through the small of his back. How I got into the house I don't know. On en tering the first thin.; that I stumbled over was the body of a 91st man, shot through the heart, and on looking about I found myself in the midst of a lot of soldiers, of whom four were wounded. I gave Patton the mas sage, but it was so evident that ho would have been obliged to leave the wounded to the mercy of the enemy (who always torture them), that I advised him to send another message for some horses or some stretchers to carry the wounded. This he managed to do with diffi culty, as no one was game enough to carry the message from the house to th e Cape Corps behind the rocks. I wished to go back myself; but on making a dash out to ermine m y horse, who bad regained his legs, I found that he was useles s ; added to which, I was shot at, and the ball struck so close to me that I was determined not to give them the, pleasure of shooting me, and regained the house instantly, which I determined not to leave till I got a better opportunity; accordingly, I commenced a steady fire with your rift) from the window Uf tho house at any place from which I saw a pia of smoke proceed ; some of the men who could shoot well followed my example, and after about an hour, during which I fired ten shots, I had the satisfaction of seeing many Kafira leave the bushes and run up the hill. These were speedily followed by mor e, and, a strong body of the Cape Corps arriving about the same time, pursued them till they saw them turning and collecting. During this time we were get ting the wounded on horses, and, when the Cape Corps returned, we had got well past all danger. We got home that afternoon at 5 o'clock, having been on the march for 15 hours, taken 30 horses and 80 head of cat tle, and destroyed two villager, shooting about 30 gages; our casualties were three officers and 26 men wounded, fire killed, and my horse. This was, at times, a moat desperate fight. At first I thought that our company would have been surrounded and cut to pieces. I was so close among the Kefirs that 1 did Rot like to fire off my rifle for fear I should want it to save my life before I could reload it. However, I gave the ball to One fellow before we retired; I sighted him somewhere about the belt (he had nothing on but a pouch-belt, and carried a firelock and an assegai), and he dropped and turned over. I almost felt sorry, he was such a magnifi cent wild beast. " Wo started two days after this on a three days' patrol, and had another fight ins nasty pass in a thick wood, losing ten men of the 91st. From this I have just returned. " I will conclude, as it is now 9, P.N., and we march at 6, A 31., to-marrow, with a few remarks upuu firetrnas, such as I have found them. " I have seen, I suppose, some 100,000 rounds fired from one firelock, and I have seen the effect of K-tfir fire to nearly the same amount; and I say that, first, an old flint musket, in the hands of a Kafir, who puts in about six drachms of powder, will kill a man at 800 yards; a regulation firelock, charged with four drachms and a half (the soldier spills half), ditto ct 550; com mon rifle, charged with two and a half drachms ball, conical, hollowed out at the base, 1,200. " I always put this charge into your rifle, and will back myself to hit a man in three shots once at 700, and to put the ball into the midst of a dozen standing toga. ther at 1,000. I have had a mould made for the balls, and a long sight made to fix on to the other. " All those facetious pistols are useless out here; they are only fit for an Irish I Indlorcl. " I always carry a rifle, and a small Hottentot ser vant carries a double c arbine (which I have borrowed) for diirmi,hing through the bush. I will explain tt few terms that -- does not understand:—A kloof —a ravine, as it applies to Kefirs, generally in the re cesses of some mountain range and densely woode d both sides. The Wat,,,Jkloof is a e 'lleetioa f b n nn en of these, through the p r incipal of Which ° -- a small stream runs. I will send a plan of it by the next mo untains in the heart of whi c h it is Sit . tatc i r: l l l :e called e the Kroorae range. I an t af ra id to tell you what I con sider the breadth across. " The Kafirs are of a dark brown colour, of large stature, averaging six feet. I should say splendid figures. They ere a very noble, brave set of people, and they are immensely superior in every way to the colonists for whom we are spilling our best blood, while they are cheating the ofLers, men, and Government, and abusing them at the same time, although they are kept alive by their money. I would tor sooner fight thew than the Kafirs. How many Kitirs do you suppose are keeping the co!ony a l d th e i r cn t t h ) gainst 5,000 regular k s c h d about 2,000 levies and lingo e s? I there are 4,000 fighting men in all NAGrlan d don't . thtb obt)Laitt 3,000 in Waterkloof, 1,000 in the Areatolas; the Full River Lull." ;sna 1,000 a POBTLAND BREAKWATER. " The seuree of our national strergdf tied eiel , neas (the Nave) has given us commerce, and the severcigury of the sea, and created the wealth and the grandeur of England." The Government Breakwater is progress itig very satisfactorily, and has attracted the notice of those whose interest led them to set a due estimation on the maritime concerns of Dorseeshire. But this is a very limited consideration when compared with those national results, which so obviously attach to this important national suejeet, and to which the kingdom at large is daily growing more alive. It will ultimately present a noble specimen of the riches, the strength, the commerce, and the beauty of every thing connected with British teemanship, and thereby Weymouth and Portland will be able to assert their title to be ranked among the first maritime stations in the world—worthy the renown of England and the august presence of her monarchs. The celebrated Sir John Sinclair Long felt a deep interest in the subject, he was the first who brought over to this country the plans of the cones at Cherbourg, and roused the attention of the Government to that important undertaking; he also very wisely ob 'serval in reference to the Portland Breakwater, that perhaps the tuture safety of England may depend on its creation. The late Mr. John Hervey observed, "This is no job; it stands on its own intrinsic merits." In no country is the power of capital more prominently brought to view than in Britain, whero its wondertul eff eta are every where apparent. Railway companies have now the certainty of the Portland Breakwater, and from its central position by lend and sea, most prove of immense importance as an auxiliary to their li ies. It is pleasing to enumerate some of the important ben, fits te be derived from this stupendous work; it is nearly equidistant from Scilly and the Downs; opposite to Guernsey and the Caskets; between which and the Thames are those dangers and intricacies which have produced that serious loss of We end property continually experienced. ludeed the ex cellence of its p-sitien for an asylum from gales, and us a general rendezvous is admitted, and the adv intage the commerce will derive by protecting it against south east winds is all that is required. The Breakwater abuts on the land close to the railroad, and the stone is at once deposited into the sea. In addition to the be nefit this Breakwater will offer as a refuge from gales and hostile cruizers, as a rendezvous for the milt (glen of convoys, and as an effective station for her Majesty's ships, to be in readiness to protect the trade and follow the movements of an enemy's squadron, will amply afford to the merchants and shipowners of London, &c., assistance for the voyages of their ships. The south westerly winds blow eight months out of twelve, and the consequent delay averages four weeks on every southern export voyage from the Thames. The detention arises chiefly inehe Downs, and at the anchorage within the ' Isle of Wight, not from the impossibility cf getting from either, for in in , derate weather they can always get from thence, but from the impracticability of getting into the safe sea-room of the Channel, without exposure to those serious dangers which present so melancholy a picture in our daily and weekly journals. Tao distance from the Isle of Wight to that part of the Channel in which ships may be said to be in safety, is about ninety miles, and as Portland is fifty to the westward of the Isle of Wight, and may be reached in a tide time, ships will not only be safe when caught there with a south-east wind, but be enabled to get to sea without difficulty with the wind from any point of tbe compass. They will now get from the Downs to Spithead, from Spithead to Portland, and from thence into the safe sea-room of the Channel! The tides turn three hours sooner on the shore than the offing, and the wiod near the shore is generally influenced by the land. With the assistance of nine hours tide with them out of twelve, and the fa vourable slants of the wind, the skill and perseverance of shipmasters when having this harbour to run to in the event of a gale, will materially decrease the deten tion they have hitherto been subject to. The south-east wind rises rapidly and blows strongly, and is the wind on which the outward bound ships de pend to effect a quick voyage. Those from the other eastera points are generally of short duration, end the benefit of being adyanced a few leagues to the westward on their springing up is frequently equal to the time oc cupied in a West India voyage; while others, which sailed at the same time from the Downs, had been com• polled to put back again in consequence of the wind shifting to the westward before they could get below Guernsey. Although the south-west wind prevails two thirds of the year, yet on an average it does not blow strong above a third of that time, and hence shelter and assistance will enable the ships to be making progress on their voyage 160 days of the time they have been detained at the eastern anchorages. If then the pay and the victualling of the crews, and the loss of, interest on the invested capital during that period will be saved, it is important; but if we take into consideration the consequence of a late arrival of cargoes at the foreign markets, and ask, if by so far ensuring an early arrival, a material benefit is not conferred? English manufac turers have to compete with the prodacts of other coun tries, which, though of inferior qualities, supply the demand in the absence of British merchandise, even in our own colonies the seasons as at home have their peculiar requirements, and an expeditious voyage is alike essential to profit and a quick return of investment. The merchants, shipowners, and commercial companies, the public and the Legislature, are aware of the im mense value of the trade of London, and appreciate the protection and aid that will arise from this harbour of refuge, the value, of property saved from wreck, and the impetus given to property, will annually produce millions. The works are proceeding in a most satisfactory man ner, and extend 1,900 feet from the shore, the stage erected, for the purpose of dep isiting the stone has a frontage of 240 feet, the piles composing it are 82 feet la length, and the iron shoes affixed to the end for screw,ug them into the place 3 weigh upwards of half a ton each. The piles are required of this length, the depth of water at the part now reached t e i ng 10 fathoms; !he stoneis deposited at the rate of 1,200 tons per day. Such is the stupendous nature of the work in progress and a !al now actively displayed in their execution. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 13.—The Sampson steamer is expected to come into this harboLt to embark troops for the Channel Islands. Wind westerly; strong gales and Equally, with light rain. DEVONPORT MAY 12.—Commodore Seymour re turned from leave on Tuesday evr,ning, and re-hoisted his flag on board tho St. George this morning, and the Commodore resumed his duties. Preparations are making to-day for a holiday to•mor row, on a grand scale for this part of the country. All the public departments will have a holiday. There will be a review on Mount Wise. Tee railway managers are going to start trains at reduced fares for the day, and every accommodation is to be afforded to the pleasure takers; but at present the weather does not seem favour able. We have had some beautiful showers to-day, and at present it looks likely for a continuance of them. PLYMOUTII, MAY 13. —Her Mjesty's screw steam frig3te Dauntless, Captain Halsted, lett the Sound yes terday, for Queenstown. ThoHighflyer ateam•vesssl, Capt. Matson, made her number off this port yesterday. She is out .on a trial oruisp exercising engines. Her Majesty's ttesra - 'hip Retribution, Capt. Warden, Prrived on Monday, from Portsmouth, and tailed on Wednesday for Lisbon. Her Majesty's steam-ship Horatio, Captain Carnegie, arrived in the Sound on Saturday evening, from a cruiae in the Channel, and saluted the flag Gf Admiral Sir John Ommannay, which was returned by her Majesty's ship Impregnable, in Ramona She sailed again on Tuesday fur the ealtward. Her Majesty's frigate Amazon, 26, Captain Charles Barker, was nnmasted on Saturday, and on Tuesday she was paid off into ordinary. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Buzzard, having bad her copper cleaned and examined, was taken out of dock on Satuniay, and commissioned the same day by Lieu• tenant, Richard Moore, for Commander W. H. nobble. Her compliment is to be 160 officers and men. Her Majesty's steam-ship Calcutta was unmasted on Tuesday, previous to being docked. The Goodwill lighter sailed on Tuesday with Moils for Sheerness and Chatham. Letters from her Majesty's steam-vessel Gladiator, at the Cape of Good Hope, .'dated March 28, stat e th a t she is to be fitted with cabins for the reception of the ex- Governor, Sir Harry Smith, and suite ; and that she may be expected home in June. The British and• Irish Steam Packet Company's steam ship Foyle, Captain R. Kamosten, which left Kingston on Monday evening at eight o'clock, arrived here on Tuesday night at twelve, and landed the re mainder of the 35:h Regiment: about 5,000 men, who proceeded at once to their quarters at Devonport. A MUTINY AT SANDY POINT.—From a letter re. calved at Devonport last week from Valparaiso, under date Feb. 24, we make the following extracts:—" On our nay to Callao with the Admiral we met a Liverpool eteam mail-boat in the Straits of Magellan, which brought news of a mutiny at Sandy Point, a settlement which has been formed of convicts and others. One of the men who escaped was in the steamer (the Lima). The admiral's ship, the Amphitrite, and the Thetis, were out cruising, and the Chilian Government wished the Virago to go in search of the mutineers. We went out and towed the Portland, 50, in on the 15th January. On the 22d we arrived at Chloe, and got aground for about half an hour, not knowing the passage, but we did no damage. 01 the 28th at sea, a sail was reported from ll the masthead at ten A.:it ; guns were leaded, and bands armed. At twelve we reared, and fireda sbotacross the bow of the stranger, which we supposed off to con tained the rebels. The two cutters were then sent ever the the brigantine, and the English crew jumped ° board of us side into our boats, and when they "m"" as.' We the)' said ' Thank God you are come to n relieve nard, searched brought every man and woman h their luggage, and took everything officers and three seamen were bay, while we went in o from b atrhdemt.helbri gantine, which then anchored o r y t h Bay e s.nt on o search of the barque. and sent the boats on far aoanGthreeg3° came to an anchor at Sandy i and one escaped to the with the prisoners on our We troop ",' et i a d t :c s c . shore ; took oil 26 another woods. s o. w ards We w gatei g h e e d has atich b o u r l and e to t' al b ' w a a S wreciPi nothing an o -of- twhaer,bahrocui barque e d I f i :o a r w V e a r l e p ii,a and we coneludpd that she must have gone searc d h t o h f a , Horn." The writer then gives a detailed ac count She had seen round of the various movements of the ship up to the 15'h when she fell in wit the barque at Chiloe, 'nee ihoy proceeded in compan} with the bri rhYteo Valparaiso. '' The brigantine was bound to F fa ra e o obi from i February, England with u, cargo of 72 tons of silver ore, many hundred dollars, at ven bar s o f go l d, 14 inches long, 3 inches wide, and li thick; three smaller bars, and a bag of gold slugs, amounting in all, together with the value of the hrigUitillea to Pbott; 6,5001. We took hor.onder no colner , ; the rebels attempted to hoist the Russian flag, but- ionic) of the+ Englit:hmen cut the halyard, upon which it wao proposed to murder them, but ss they Fissured the rebels that we were a Californian vessel, they became satisfied until Wien." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 14. - ATTORNEY -GENERAL p. BRADS URY AND EVANS.7-* " ITO USEHOLD NARRATIVE. " The proceedings in this case were withdrawn- this morning, it being understood that a difficulty had arisen wi , h re'erence to the terms of a special verdict, and that it had been arranged that th e ques ti o n of the lisbility of monthly publications to newspaper s - amps should be raised upon a bill of ex c epti on s, to be tencLud to he judgment already given by the Court. THE COUIN mAiti< S DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY - ll. There was a plentiful supply of fat beasts to day, most of .which bad been brought a considerable di s tance; the demand was good and clearance was effected. The supply of sheep and lambs vras about the average for the season, and were readily disposed of. Fat and store calves were again plentiful. Beef, 40 to sd; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 4d to 4id per lb ; pigs, 7s 3d to 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lld to od per 15; calf skins, 2d to 3d per lb. UPPINGHAM, May I2.—Wheat 38s to 40s; barley 26s to 26s ('d ; oats 19s to 23s ; beans 29s to 32s per qr. Butter 70 to Od per Ib ; eggs 26 for Is. LOUTH, MAY 12.—Wheat 34s to 38s ; barley 25s to 2351 oats It's to 19s ; beans 26s to 31s per qr. . NEWARK, MAY 12.—Wheat, white 42s to 445, ' re d 38s to 40s ; barley, malting 28s to 30s, grinding 24s t 0261: oath 245 t., 22, to z3s. 22st , 2!'s to 21s; beans, 32s Od to 345; malt, 56s to 6''s; tares, 36s to 40s per qr. SOI BOSTON, MAT 12.—Wheat, red 34s to 38s Od, white to 425, superfine 44s to 003; barley Opts to COs ; oats, 178 21s; beans 29s to 3 's ; peas 26s to 29s per qr. LYNN, MAT IL—Wheat 30s to 35s Od, fine 37s 4 08 t° 425; barley 24s to 235, fine 28s to 30s; oats COs to .0 00 beans Os to Os, fine Os to Os per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY, MAY 11.—. Wheat. 37s Od to 4/1; barley, 24s to 28s; oats, 18s to 225; beans, 28 3 to 351 per qr. Butt er 8d to 9d per Ib ; eggs 24 for Is. EDINBURGH GRAIN MA.RICIT, MAY 12.—We had in the The m arket top t - of d a wheatfa sup p ly a d o t f h g e r s a t a g Sales e I d d ull , down. exce pt oa ts ' Bader on the top the same as last week, and the average 4d UP' Oats on the top 2d d own , an d t h e average t h e sam e , as 1* ( 1 1 Beans on the top I s , and the average Id down. Vos° l 122 qrs wheat, 38 qrs oats , barley, 26 q rs oa , and 14 qrs bea ns . Top of Wheat ... 6411 b. 465 Od „ Barley ... .. 57 lb. 33s Od „ Oats ... ••• 44 lb. 23s 4 d „ Beans ••• 67 lb. 34s ed he , EDINBURGH CATTLE M ARKET , M AY 12, The ooln", of cattle was 761 , or 62 more tha n l as t wee k . T op price, 6srd to Os Od; current, 6s 3d ; secondary and inferior, from w 51 ,..1 to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A clearance as not effee'r.,, The number of sheep and lambs at market thi s mor nios 1,949, being 79 less than last week. Best wedder mot tos , tap price, 6d per lb ; current, 5),,d to Od; ewes, 4d Win" . . Larabs, from les to 23s a head. At the close a good clears n ' . ' was effected. CORK, MAY 12. Barrels. Curreney. 0 White wheat 00s Od to 004 Od 00s Od-20 Itses • 8 Red wheat 2ls 9d to 00s 03 0 Ditto oos od to 00i Od 00$ Od-20 do, O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od , 108 Barloy lls 8d to 12s 10d O Ditto 0 Ditto , ..... ...00s Od to 00. Od ) O Bere 03. Od to 001 Od Os Od 10) Oats. 10s 9d to 111 sd} O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 103 10d- 0 0 Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od _.....; O Pigs. 00s Od to 00s Od 00e Od per aw• Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:— ea . it' 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 6 barley ; 0 beret 6 - ' 0 Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t.O Wheat, 49. Barley, 711. Oats, 917. Pigs, 28; PRICES OF BUTTER. ~ CANT. First quality - Second quality Third quality 7os Third quality .............•• , 7 Fourth quality Fifth quality Cis Fifth quality .... ....... «. gls Sixth quality 3os Sixth quality ............ . Return of Cattle sold for week ending May 1. - Pigs, 400. Sheep, 567. Cows, 116. - , 6 ; Coax.—Flour—First 121 64 to 131 6d ; extra 1 4 en ge seconds, 10s Od to 12s Od; hou se h o ld s 9 s t o 10 s Od ; thirds, 7 s'" per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to 11s; Indian meal 7s 6d to 8s0d; * To meal, 9,6 d to 10s 6d per cwt. Indian corn 7159 to 7115 s Pt". Bran 87s 6d to 92a 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 15. to 301; a"c r i 00s ; dealers 00s to 00 s Od ; average 00 s per ton . St : aw-- Far Pi o d 20s Od to 00. Od ; average 00s; dealers 00. Od. to 13 °' average 00, Od per ton. • Bread—Wheaten loaf 6id to . to household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter,,_. u ... -84 104 per lb. Eggs-3s 4d to 3s 6d per hundred. Lit e , Newport 15s Od ; Lydney lbs ; Landore 00s; ‘ 1 " -- 120 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s Pe r got Whisky, 26 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon; b a, to —Beef 4kd to 7d ; mutton 5d to 604 veal fops 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb 8180 to 91 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 31 Os,P 4 n,`"; Bark, red 7 1 to 8110. per ton. Fleece wool 14 . to 15. per ibr . ..a Hemp 291 t 0341 per ton. Fish—Seotch herrings 19s to 00s1 : e ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os .to lit - w ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 315. ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. 11 : .k i w s Market 18s to 255; salted 20s to 26s per ewt ; el l ' Lim 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9d ; p 104 to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 101 101 to 11/ ; lohab° l4 to 9/ Co per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. - RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL, MAY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been o,f to-day, but there was very little business doing. T„ h ,q a le, transactions reported were—Great Western, 92%- 214 " Ni to :j4. LIVERPOOL MAY 13 are STocK EXCHAN4III.—The business transacted in our sb 3• market to-day was very limited, at lower prices. The traS th actions were as follow :—Caledonian, 23—Eastern L 0 e, R 15-16 c.—East Lancashire, 17—Lancashire and Y orks 73 - Ditto, Fifths, 5 15-16 disc.—London London and North -Wes —t te er re, 123 1 4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 5% C. p.- 1 a ash. -0 Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34% c.—North-Western, ui" York, Newcastle,and Berwick, 183' c. lIIANCHESTIt, 'l:Lay 13. - 51 i 'tedt ~ Srocx EXCHANGE.—The business to day was ve. 're but prices had an upward tendency. The transactions T 10• as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 1 - —Ditto, 221. Shares, 6 di ?. — London and North-Vre ster o : 12-1-51.inchester, Sheffield, and Lincolushire, -34'S —itt Preference, 141—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 9.16 11. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the Gen, ,cts bitbe night—and M by the trior ning—dispatch.] ~.....---• When made up in From what -vrtit PLACES. General Post-office port dis- dun London: patched. - ....... .. 4 ,-... - ----. 17 America (by Brit. pkt.) N I May 14 .. .. Liverpool .• xfily ~ 26 America (by U.S. pkt.) N May 18 .. -ILiverpool - Ma" ,i America (by 13.9. pkt.) 31' May 25 .. .. South:Leapt. Jane 3 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth ?; ig' Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover • • 3 ,.. 1 ." 3 " Belgium .. .. .. N Daily .. • .. ..IDoVer • • -'-',,.._,... la Brazil .. .. .. Mj9th of the month ,Bouthampt. Ma y 1 6 Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 1 9th of the month IS o athampt. MO 2 6 - California(viaChagres) M Ai" 2ld & 17th of month S o uthern pt. 3 1 a 3 3 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Plymouth.• 0 Constantinople* .. .. N 7th I 7th 27th of mo Dover .. Nay Central America .. hf 2d & 17th of mon. iSonthampt. 7d*Yi gai Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. &utifampt. TA. Chili .. .. .. . Mll7th of the month Bouthampt. Ma y .(40 Franca .. .. M & NiTwlce daily .. .. Dover .. Twice Greece* Greece* .. .. • . N ; 7th I 7th 27 th of mo ;Dover .. Ma:: 7it. Hamburgh .. .. li; Tuesday & Friday London; - T* o • l ' w ig Welland .. .. .. M;Wednes. & Aatur.;London .. Mos. ., Honduras .. .. . Nll7th of the monthiBouthampt, IMO 2 r,inc Ireland .. .. M & NiTvrice daily .. .. Holyhead - I Twiceuff- India (via Sonthamp.) M,2oth of the mouthiSouthampt. May,,9t India (via Marseilles) N ; Ilth& 24th efmonth Dover .. Malt I. . Mediterranean (via 1 I . southamrnton) .. M 20th of the month i Sonthampt. Mal- V--. N l Btb & 24t14 of month r Dover • • Mg . 4 4 ~, If ir e ars dite em n.n es) can .. (via .. Mexico .. .. .. M'2d of the menth..lBouthampt...Tune Madeira .. -. .. M 9th of the month 18outhampt. MO 4. r Malta* .. .. I o 'f i thil o 7th,l_9th,27th 1 Dover m a y if : 30th i month J 1.... -ai Zi a Naples* • • •• •• N s th 15th 25th ofm e ln over may papal States* N , 5 1.1115 th 25th ef mo ;Dover __,aJ E 4 Peninsular.. •• M,7th 17th 27th ef m o 'S ou thampt. ' 2 0,, Peru ••.. •• 1.1117 th of the month Southampt. j..,M„ 311 , Tuscany* N sth 15th 25 th of mo D over 20 West Indies M 17th of the moath Southampt. 'MaJ West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Mi2d of the month .. Sonthampt. A , The malls to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are convir" French packet via Marseilles. L Cu re [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Pills for tut' T t ]. of N ervous Debility and Determination of Blood to the ilelea —Extract of a letter from Mr. John Lloyd, of Er w T Harlech, Merionethshire. "10 Professor Holloway. , S l' c cas think it my duty to inform you that for a long peri"d hi afflicted with giddiness and swimming in the head, atten — e so loss of appotite, and generally impaired health. Every had failed to give me relief, and at length it became so 8. 3 0 .. ing, that I was afraid of going out without an attendant. v ois, Hughes, chemi,t, of Harlech, alvised me to try yoor tio i a which I immediately did, and am happy to say they e uec s o ld perfect cure, and restered me to health and strength. by all Druggists and at' Professor Holloway's Establisiv* 244, Strand, Loudon. SNooxs.—This name, so generally Wed f associate it valgarity, is only a corruption, or rather a c ontract' the more dignified name of Sevenoaks. This town is getion rally called Se'ncaks in Kent; and the further controcsiiy coupled with the phonetic spelling of former days, el passed into S'nooks. This is no imaginary conclusion, ° iv ' d am told by a trustworthy friend that Messrs. SharP 4 h c ir Harrison, solicitors, Southampt on . h ave rec ently bad in 1 1. poss ession a series of d ee d s i n w hi c h a ll t h e mo des of 141 on i n g occur from Sevenok es d own to S' no k es , in count — with a family known as Snooks. BIRTHS. OF A VON. On the 11th inst., at Grosvenor-square, the Countess of Verula, f an heir. On the 1 o oth just , at the P arsonage . Stoke Canon, near Exeter, the wife o f th e R ev. T. 11. Kuight. ow. A DA UGH efl TEK. marclii° ll On the 12th i ns t., at Belgrave-square, the Camden. At Richings_p ar k , B uc k s, * on the 11th i nst . , Lady MAR RIED- On the 11th inst , at St. Pancrss Church, JosoPu daughter Esq., Beng a l A rt il lery, to Henrietta, younges t daug J. Plowes, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tav:stock-sq lED On the 12th i ns t., a t Port la nd-place, Major-General George Alexander Reid, M.P., of Bulstrode-park, Btu_ kg. 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