The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-09 00:00:00

ere bed , HE Ria one viitne"' i n this cis° le the Italia' PA Y.) Tb• siShinb iorning fi) DAY' ) wa nied, l i b l Diglin" A cz) ....! 7 - • r a will, 6. tr ustee t and L jolt gl AY.) °Bankroe' at. DAY') girbr i r; fin al ,: 18 4 j en Or -in s po cbildr erb t beit him °t' 00$ 1 ant istat boo Ar h t bs a v ioi bon, tb• counwl_;oo of Co u r t id to er.ribt ing 0 70 oche , e l op e, stu d 4 fix o e d th-- d was b° ., 11 :010 4 hi iv— ; tro t ' bicaf i , 'al the 1 , 1 0 or AO 01° resen A t iourse a m iriy" o l d " en ti , itr ictOj a ere rt e r v hildn°se or to 14.W° s. bo or hid 1 01 assitia abo iey oa t rod gre aP ".too o f en , Te o ient A be • ot 0 0 4 last ;0 col ssioust) *he dr 11 of — b oeti pd b ° o In d ~ 00' brie ID red h u i e d rent ID I''I • CA 111 ' of th is 00' i § , 5, C b o f ti, , „prof°, pil line P AP dolor,' re o f the s sC Stepli e O . l/ g J preen tb 0 ected:ol dot is stnergwa~on-botir dek of 111 0 " 0:16 61 1 1 0 4 Lie"." 1 b o: u lecw t rio coo ___. ,x•y,.,+r tom• Th e with division the 27th c-:rre,p,:i4s pretty el ,- )sely °or calculations. In cur pap- -r of the 14th we ftsoitieod the Liberals at about 260 , awl Sir Robert Peel's t„ kid , w -eta at 110. The latter wet e 117, and the 1% higs acts 229. to which the absent 28 and the tellers Se x to,ike up 259, ~ iie :err, of our calculation. the 01 vvrre absent tr,:tu Ntlni,ul,l s', the y a Y be rated at 13'5, all cold. 68;e triumphant majority of 97 has figured in very vie t ,,,.. t )Tes through the country, but the fruits of the th e s ., ,are not. yet a pparent. It is like our triumphs on 4 41 Utle is with Seiktis, yet in force and unbroken spirit. htia lt we see no signs of yielding ; and though it . is most farth,lte,,kril7 demonitrated to the protectionists that zeiew, ,oPposition qiiite useless, they . appear tieCie'ess obstinately resolved to kick against the ~21 , While there is life for the corn-law there is 0, a ese gentlemen. They have possession of the 10 14 EA they will keep it to the last moment. The the°„" the protract the struggle the longer they enjoy tou r r t r e ° l nt t of the monopoly. For the costs_ to the agitated brat iv i t ;."° Commerce, and the tenant-farmers, uncertain tottdro-mlitliigorhitoyt ma nut day, they care not a fig. not hold together; some will be sure . 1200 Pt u pon excuses easily to be found, but a faction tee very formidable in obstruction, and when they 4pe et a *?t worn out comes the battle with the Lords, the 11 1)sn j i " of whose pliability seems not to strengthen °stir scrutiny. What the Lords are likely to do /4 4 , - , ) " ean tell, probably for this simple reason, that the - gado n ot yet know themselves.—Examiner. ° RTING INTELLIGENCE. IN TELLIGENCE EXTRA. le ss s EPSOM SPRING, 1846. r for the Great Metropolitan Stakes of 10 soya. 41 13 Srcl, ao• .3 5 each, with 3001' added. ' 'b e ". -71 b Antler 5 yrs, Bst 101b-Need (ll, 91 b Akbar, 5 yrs , ' Bst 91b-Weatherbit, ellea, 6 u - Miss Elis, 4 yrs, Bst 71b-Queen o f the Ij:t2Lis, 6 Yrs, Bst 21b-Mosque, aged, Bst 21b-Lord I,.garp h . Yrs, 7st 1 Ilb-King Cob, 4 yrs, 7st 101 - Illunore, 5 yrs, 7st 91b-h by Velocipede, out of ) 4 4 by s! i ' 5 Yrs, 7st 81b-Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Ig Y kor liercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs, 7st 71b -11114 4 Yrs, 7st "lb L ird o' Cockpen, 4 yrs / '.° lt7 a ,ttais 4r p ri i s siala, 4 yrs 4; 7-La ird 7 a lb-Ajax, aged, 7st 71b atbooker, aged, 7st 71b-Elensi, 5 yrs, li n el l e!, 4 7 t 51b-Titmouse 4 yrs, 7st 51b 1 14 . aw yrs, s Tit /tits% are, aged 7st 51b-Bourra Tomacas, 'o-..s a , "'Clumsy, 4yrs, 7st 51b- Maynooth, 4 yrs, tyl lo r, 4Y r, 5 yrs, 7st 41b-Mongrel, 4 yrs, 7st 314- % 1 1 4 st, Yrs, 7st 21b-f b y T ouc h stone, out o f Lan at 21b- s i s t er to C ampanero, 4 yrs, 7st lib Ist_t ee 4 yrs, 7st 11b-sister to John o' Gaunt, 4 t riraento 5 yrs, 6st 121b--Master Stepney, 4 ) : 65ti 1 11 2 , 1 h-Lyo ' ns, 4 yrF, Est 121b-The Wreck, 141'4.64 21 ,..0 -- -Lady Anna, 4 yrs, Est 101b-Gaunet, 6 -.B'u - se by Touchstone, out of Laura, 3 yrs, t ir 1/ 3 ._ 4 I kt , i ss..t w iry, 4 yrs, 6st 71b-The Warrior, 3 yrs, Harry, 3 yrs, 6st Sib-Blackbird, 3 yrs, 04,6, ' sto nishrnent 3 y rs, 6st 21b-Concealment, th t 2lb 1 4 "i m -71Isrquis of Conit nghatn, 3 yrs, 6st 11b-- Itt.' ll l)...as °4l aa, out of Zebra, 3 yrs, 6st-Tell, 3 yrs, h'lerttress, 3 yrs sst 101b-Cerberus, 3 yrs, es t i t ,N ers Cham ois 3 yrs, sst 7 lb-Terrier, 8 yrs sst 71b pt 3 1 ; out of L'Hirondelle, 3 yrs, sst 71b-Mus- D‘St, 69 1 5 1b-Killie Krankie, 3 yrs, sst 51b -1:11., e r s, sst 4 1b-Farthing Candle, 3 yrs, sst 31b ,Sit. St 31b- Peasant, 3 yrs, sst 31b-and Auricula, hen •qatib CROXTON PARK, 1846. Randicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 only 4 p?„„ t If decl are d b y t h e 20t h i nst. 12 t t Sy s aAed, 13st-Di scor d, age d, 12 s t 1 Ilb- Th e 12, t 91b -Y ar dl ey , 6 yrs, 12st 51h-Pa n t a ss, li t , °lb-Miss Elia, lid 4 yrs, 12st 11b-Mosque, IN 'sti lt , orpeth, 5 yrs, list 121b-What, 6 1; 4 01 4 „`;--Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs, Ilst 101b-Naworth, g rs, 11.." --- -Porto Bello, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 81b-Coheiress, ' , . lll tlr )- Cataract, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 61b-Clumsy, 4 kitht er ----Europa, 6 yrs, I Ist 41b-The Roper's 4 4 ',"; , a ged, list 41b-Poussin, 6 yrs, list 311)- 4 ;Is, list I lb-Satyr, 5 yrs, list Iln--New u Yrs, lOst-Dog Billy, 5 yrs, lOst 121b 14411:d'rs, lOst 111b-Fama, aged, lOst 101b yr, 10,, _ottingham, 5 yrs, lOst 101b-Blind Hookey, p h , 104 '7171b-Magnet, 4 yrs, lOst 71b-Secutor, 4 11 at of °„,7--Wootton, 5 yrs, lOst 71b-b gby Mag kAree, 4 yrs, lOst 61b-Confab, 5 yrs, lOst 0,44 eF, 4 yrs, lost 61b-Mogador, 4 yrs, lOst 61b 4 tat, ' 4ll , 4 yrs, 10st 61b-Valiant, 4 yrs, lOst -316,1) 3'll, 9st 51b-Brether to Beaumont, 3 yrs, " J. , bn, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b. k's ri 4A NCHESTER TUESDAY 1846 . ••1 l kli f 0 l eaP Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 a dd e d, p t .rstin E'er fou years old. Mile a n d a quarter. itsees 6s r t 41b Fby Physician out of P's1) 3 ( 1 1/ , ° Yal, sst 101 b Theano, sst 51b ct lio etc h - it sst 7lb ~,.,s,tastiotris for the Manchester Cup of 150 sovs. in specie, itt,ila;nwdoeitgohnitiirtidorlcaP Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, t4kozsband 5 yes declared on or before the 2 7th _ r of Published on the 20th of Ap ril. R 6 yrs A r i s t o tle,h aged pop L i yrs ILordPa6lo.ru s n ' , 5 rs i,th.uton, 4 yrs 4 'st a rt, 6 • Bedale, 4 yrs „„ 3rs l i ke C s , aged The Shadow, aged /The Slayer's Daughter,4 yrs frets' a 'oond, 5 yrs ;The Pride of Kildare 5 yrs 6 yrs iThe Dart, 4 yrs uYiny WEDNESDAY. Nati QWeepatakaS of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 Oist. , Tor three years old fillies, Bst 31b each. Mile itst quarter. iN"ert d e , krornam Hopeful t i S kat ti . leit Maid Miss Castling 11 gl s • Thalia et -m io • IPton Marlette `loas f or4'ssse e a Cup of 100 soya. in specie, given by 14 e tt, pi t3i a r ef the race course, added to a Handicap oh IN'," of 15 sovs, each, 10 ft. and 5 only if isi s ti s l h e 24 1 the 27th of April ; weights to be published i t , a(l4 Aprl. 144414441tch, 4 yrs Bf by Physician out of ; 41 . y „ yrs Theano, 4 yrs ,u Yrs Sister to Robert de Gorham, 6 74, 4 yrs 3 yrs %rt 4 The Shadow, aged ' ri l L _ liked Yrs Surety, 5 yrs l'll 4l ‘l 144'd Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs l e n, 3 yrs Little John, 5 yrs it_gsr, A ek 0 y r s ' jrB The Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs ctI SI t ss Yrs Carissima, 4 yrs Princess Royal, 4 yrs 1 4‘ °11t1 g 4 The Dart, 4 yrs rt/ ' 3 Yrs rs Y" Fair Charlotte, 5 yrs Oiete • THURSDAY. t tit s i t tb,:e y elps takes of 15 sous. each, with 40 added, • fla itrt 's old, colts Est 51b, fillies Bst 21b. About kis ts ci rthi 3frs _rs of b a mile, B ‘ ol l 's fby Pantaloon out of Touchstone's 1 4 44 i, Ne h 'cls k s ur 0 Premier, by Melbourne out of Di , r`l Li % co at i 8 f Miss Birch, by the The Provost kt litsjstik7 its:tyss, 11 8 hr f Sussanah, by Lanercost, out of 4 4„ tr sit1 e Saddleworth, by Dick out of Wastrel t ad ye ars ekes of 10 soy a ea c h, w ith 30 a dd e d, for I old ters . 1: l e , colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b ; one mile fl • I alar. 41 Harry J Miss Castling I Driffield isis m P sati lt FRIDAY. e s on Stakes of 15 sovs. each. sft with 30 ,:4 1 r 4 s4eld i zts , a ° yrs (31b) ker3'' Y ea 3 k kttli 3 1 . 4 ( 3 31 r)) J I • S , a „ wth) Jr * (31b) 'ttlitu tti - on AS f TLE.O kiil ,4its t, I yrs or the I riti )‘;4l , 3 Yrs a rs es y rs t, d 'i4 l sillri 4i a Yrs 5 .1 % 4 yrs a b _Yrs Nntisrris7l., 4 yrs l iw t:l3:s t 3 , 4 1 yrs Yrs 1 1 5' 41 4 ,3 Nt k „, Yrs 6 yrs L :po y :; yr s Nken' Yrs 0 1 14 b, 4 4 Clerk, 4 yrs k/ 441 0 Ps tilZ t zi p di y - Yrs 1 1. IL, a ‘ , 6 Yrs PINi T) JrB Yrs 04,134 :Nger, 4 yrs yrs ,t rtilla ßh Y t r e a r, 3 yrs 1 11 4 1 t) Itai a r ' 4114 4 'i 6 -4 Y , 4 yrs p,,.tt t , Yrs r% ' 5 Yr %ti syr 4 ptt~ pi 4 tlio r s y" o Yrs s kiAj. Yrs t% 3 Yrs C iN t lY. 5 Yrs itSttit sr!' ,4 1 % ' t 4 alF rt t tt 6 Yrs 'I I S 4 4 Y, ; Y Yrs NO rs l lo t t, 21 4 ,, Yr s ktiNt, 3 a 3 ' l l 3'ra Zy4 11., yr e tot,k , ; t Y re titllo4, y Ihiations fo ) 4i i tir til $ O 3ll t„, t 1 t, ra e ri l' i(l. lZss M a, 5 3 , 3 v , l„ ts th i ! 6 y rs ‘Pt.,,11, A3 t1, 4 y ra 0 11 11 ' 4 ' 41 ', 0 Yrs a Yr Yrs k kt e Yr 4 ‘4 s ,.Lts bbZ b a y pt i Yrs Miss Castling, 3 yrs (31b) Br f sister to Robert de Gorham, by Sir Hercules, 3 yrs (31b) B c by Stansty, dam by Brutandorf, 3 yrs (31b) PON-TYNE, 1846. Torthumberland Plate. Xanthus, 6 yrs Lucy, 4 yrs The Pride of Kildare 5 yrs Mid-Lothian, 4 yrs A.-you-like-it, 4 yrs Rowland Hill, 5 yrs Curiosity, 3 yrs Comical Boy, 4 yrs. Queen of Tyne, aged Beaufront, 5 yrs Saladin, 6 yrs Portobello, 6 yrs June, 4 yrs Warp, 5 yrs Camera Obscure, 3 yrs Spur, 3 yrs Alice Hawthorn, aged Little Hampton, 5 yrs Chert.ey, 4 yrs Petit Morceau, 4 yrs Billy Purvis, 3 yrs Needful, 5 yrs The Baron, 4 yrs Mentor, 4 yrs Salopian, 4 yrs Br c by the Lion out of Slashing Molly, 3 yrs Headsman 3 yrs P igen, aged The Roper's Daughter, aged Mickey Free, 5 yrs Discord. aged Sister to Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs Heretic, 4 yrs Clumsy, 4 yrs Punch, 3 yrs Laird o' Cockpen, 4 yrs Fair Rosamond Milden, 4 yrs Poll of Wapping, 4 yrs Nottingham, 6 yrs The Cure, 5 yrs Sheraton, 3 yrs Little John, 5 yrs The Magnet, 4 yrs Burgandy, 3 yrs Arthur, 4 yrs the Gold Cup. Alice Hawthorn, aged l'agan, aged Beaufront, 5 yrs Miss Elis, 3 yrs Rowena, 5 yrs Br c by Don John out of Peri, 3 yrs Mentor, 4 yrs Sweetmeat, 4 yrs Cranebrook, 3 yrs The "%Iron, 4 yrs THE _SUN LONDON, MONDAY° ErENING MAC 9 1 1846. LOSS OF THE GREAT LIVER POOL. Company's service, and was considered ono of its most able commanders. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. On Saturday intelligence reached town of the total loss of the Great Liverpool steamer, which took place on the 24th of FehruAty, otf • Cape Tiniiterie,i by getting on shoals, at four "in the morning. ''he catastrophe ap pears to have been wholly the result of accident. It. is said that no blame whatever attaches to Captain Nl , Lood, the commander. Only three lives were lost, although it is stated there were about one hundred and fifty souls on board. Mrs. Archer, from Bombay, a Miss Morris, aged seven, and an Indian female servant, were the three that perished by the swamping of the boat, while at tempting to escape. Seventy-nine of the passengers and twenty-one of the crew have arrived at Southampton by the Pacha, which also had a narrow escape of being wrecked, having run on shore off Oporto. In the letter which follows, addressed by the captain to Mr. Allan, secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company, there will be found a full account of the circumstances under which the catastrophe took place. Among the passengers saved are—Captain Wright, Captain Arrow Fearon Bowen, Messrs. Homorton, Pugh, and Laforque; Mesdames Dunbard, Bradford, Prole, Laforque, Fearon, Edmonds, Dick, 13 children, and 14 female servants. "LOSS OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL. PonTsmoirrx, MARCH B.—The Superb, 80, Captain Corry, sailed this morning. from Spithead . for Cork, with Royal Ma rines from this and Chatham division, calling at Plymouth for another detagholeVvfroni that division ,for .conveyance ; to the same destination,qo relieve the battalion serving in Ireland. The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Smith, con veyed to Cork yesterday evening the wives and children of the Marines embarked in the Superb. The Mercury tender, Master-Commander Scarlett, sailed yesterday morning, with seamen gunners from the Excel lent, and volunteers for the Brilliant, 22, just commissioned at Sheerness. The Netley tender arrived yesterday afternoon from Ply mouth, with supernumeraries. The Fairy royal yacht, Master-Commander R. W. Ro berts, was taken to Weymouth, on Thursday, by Com mander Cispin, of the Victoria and Albert, on his private business. The Comet steam-vssss], Lieutenant Commander B. Prety man, went out to Spithead this morning with orders, Sec., for Captain Corry, of the Superb. The Waterwitch, 10, Commander T. F. Birch, was cruising off the Gallinas on the 18th of December; all well. The Cygnet, 10, Commander Layton, arrived at St. Helena on the 11th of January from a cruise. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir 11. Blackwood, Bart., with the Pilot, 16, Commander Jervis, arrived at Bombay on the 21st of February from the Persian Gulf; the latter had been ashore, but, by the assistance of the Fox, was got off with out sustaining any material damage. The Fly, 18, Captain Blackwood, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, from Singapore, on the 24th of September. The Racehorse, 18, Commander Ilay, arrived at Sydney on the 19th October, from the Bay of Islands. The Daphne, 18, Captain Onalow, arrived et Auckland, New Zealand, from Callao, on the 18th of August, and sailed on the 2d of October, on her return. LOSS OF THE CATARAQUE, EMI GRANT IR ,- 7 () 1". Lloyd's 'agent at Melbourne, New South 'tVate, - in a letter dated the 4th October last, received on Saturday, furnishei a little additional information respecting the lamentable loss of the ship Cataraque, her crew and pas sengers, upon King's Island. The Colonial Government had taken steps for the in terment of the shipwrecked dead, and for the erec tion of a tablet to mark the sp6t, and to record the calamitous event. At a public meeting conveeed upon the occasion, it was observed that the fittest monument to commemorate such a melancholy loss of life, would be one which should guard against the future occurrence of similar catastrophes, by the erection of a light-house by Government, either upon the island or Cape Otway. Imperatively as a light-house is required on one or other of those positions, to serve as a guide to the western entrance of Bass's Straits, there appears, it is said, to be but little prospect of its erection, although the occurrence of five wrecks upon King's Island since the year 1835 would seam sufficient evidence to convince the Government of its necessity. The Neva, with female convicts, in 1835, the Harbinger in 18—, the Isabella in 1840, the Rebecca in 1843, and the Cataraque in 1845, have all been totally wrecked on King's Island. With reference to these wrecks, Lloyd's agent remarks that the sailing direction for Bass's straits appears to him to excite an unnecessary fear of approaching themain land of Australia on account of the swell prevailing from the S.W., and that the swell is quite as dangerous if King's Island be approached too closely, for that the Neva and Isabella were both driven on ihore by it. The inter colonial traders have no such fear of approaching the main land, and constantly coast from port to port: in Australia. Instead, therefore, of vessels approaching the Straits in lat. 40 deg. south, it would appear safer for them to sight the main land somewhere between Kangaroo Island and Cape Nelson, and from thence to take a fresh departure for Cape Otway. Lloyd's agent also observes that the lighthouse would be of more general service if placed upon Cape Otway, in preference to King's Island, and an additional reason for its being so placed, arises from the circumstance of King's Island being within the jurisdiction of Van Diemen's Land, which, in these neglected colonies, would occasion the loss of much time before arrange ments could be made between the two governments (New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land) for its erection there. In illustration of this reason, it is ob served that the matter was taken in hand by both go vernments in 1842, but that nothing whatever has been done up to the present date. A public subscription fur the benefit of the survivors of the Cataraque had bee❑ opened, and realized 1511. 35., which had partly been expended in that manner, and the remainder to Mr. Howee, and his party, who supplied them with provision, &c. The wreck of the Cataraquo and remaining cargo had been sold for 861. " Vice-Consulate-office, District of Corcubion, Feb. 28, 1846 "JAMES ALLAN, ESQ., SECRETARY TO TUE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. " Dear Sir—lt is with feelings of the most painful grief that I have to acquaint you, for the information of the managing directors, and all whom it may concern, that at four o'clock on the morning of the 24th instant, while stoeeing N.N.E., with a strong wind from the S.S.W., and a heavy sea running, and about seven to ten miles from Cape Finisterre, the weather thick, dark, and hazy, the ship going about ten knots an hour, we struck upon a shoal or rock, and made so much water in the engine-room, that she soon became unmanageable. from the fires being put out, and, consequently drifting to wards the land, grounded on a small sand shoal, called Gueros, about a league and a half to the southward of Corcubion, where she lay, with her head to the south ward, broadside on the beach, at the distance of about three hundred yards, on which a heavy surf was break ing. The boats were all got ready for lowering, to land the passengers and crew, and the larboard life-boat was sent with a party of seamen and a line, to haul a ropo on shore, which they with difficulty reached in safety, and we soon after got a hawser on shore, and the end of it made fast, and hove taut from the ship. Mr. Hamilton, chief officer, was sent in the launch with a party of passengers and crew, amongst whom were several ladies and children. All were safely landed, with the exception of Mrs. Archer, a child belonging to Mrs. Morris, about seven years old, and a native female Indian servant, who were lost in the surf on the beach by the swamping of the launch, though every exertion was made both by those on the beach and in the launch to save them. After this the launch, which was with great difficulty hauled alongside by us on board, and baled out, made several succesful trips, and all on board were safely landed by eleven, A.m., going myself in the last trip, having previously ascertained that every person was out of the ship. The sea at that period was breaking heavily over her, and she was fast breaking up on the starboard side amidships. The pinnace was stove in in lowering, and the starboard quarter boat by the sea striking her violently. On getting on shore, I found several articles, of different kinds, had already floated there, and a number of the people of the coast had come down, and were plunder ing all they could get away, though all means were taken to prevent it. In fact, we have been most shame fully plundered and robbed in every possible way. " Considering it necessary to communicate with the nearest English Consul or Agent, I dispatched Mr. Lane (purser) to Corcubion, where I learned a Con sular Agent resided, to claim protection for ourselves and property that might come on shore. On his arrival there, he found the Consular Agent (a Spaniard, and not speaking English), to be a person of no influence; indeed, apparently, incapable of rendering assistance of any sort; he therefore deemed it indispensable to pro ceed at once to Corunua, distance 45 miles, and com municate with M. Santos, the Consul-General for Gallicia, and was promised by the Consular Agent that passports, horses, and guides, for himself, and three passengers, should be ready at half-past five on the Hollowing morning. Instead of this neither horses nor passports were ready, and, finally, a refusal to allow him to proceed. He afterwards found that the Consul had sent a message to Corunna that morning, without even allowing Mr. Lane to know he was going to do so. The passengers, I fear, have suffered much from the Vice-Consul not having sought or selected any place for them to go to; and also from the scarcity and difficulty of getting provisions of almost any sort, and the accommodation they have been enabled to get being of the most miserable description. "I am happy to say that every officer and man under my command behaved themselves, under these most try ing circumstances, to my most entire satisfaction; and - I cannot omit mentioning to you the great assistance I re ceived, and the praiseworthy exertions that were made in our critical situation, by Captain Bowen, of the ship Hindostan, passenger on board, from Ceylon. " WEDNESDAY, 25Th.—The weather having mode rated for a few hours, I went on board at low water, with the officers and crew, and succeeded in getting up and landing a great portion of the mails, a few paekages of cargo, and some passengers' baggage, all in a most damaged state. On the afternoon o f this day I came up to this place to note a protest, being the earliest time I could get away from the beach, but did not succeed in doing so till the following morning. The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, sailed from Auck land, for the Bay of Islands, on the 19th of August, and left again on her return prior to the 10th of October. The North Star, 26, Sir J. E. Home, Bart., arrived at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, previous to the 10th of Octo ber, and was lying there on the 20th awaiting orders, as also was the Osprey, 12, Commander Patten. The Muting, 12, Commander Crawford, was cruisink in the Mozambique channel on the 14th of November, up to which time she had captured and destroyed six slave vessels; the two last sere driven ashore, and her boats not being able to get them off owing to the fire of the Arabs, who came down aed captured the slaves and the crew as fast as they got ashore, she was obliged to destroy them. She had had an opportunity of testing her sailing qualities with the Cleo patra, 26, Captain Wyvill, and the Ilelena, 16, Commander Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., over both of whom she achieved a vast superiority, beating the latter half a mile to windward for seven successive hours, and over the former she had a superiority in seven hours of seven miles "dead in the wind's eye;" and on a second trial in the same space of time beat her to windward by 11,290 yards; the Muting carrying 13 weeks' water and five months' previsions; the Helena, scarcely seven weeks' water, and only 13 weeks' pro visions! The Muting captured, on the 10th of November, the Diana, barque-rigged slaver, of 300 tons, which had made six successful trips from the Mozambique to the Brazils, con veying nearly 5,000 slaves. When captured she was fitted for iSOO, but had none on board. She had beaten every vessel previously to her being beaten by the Muting. The Mutind was one of the new class 12-gun brigs forming the experi mental squadron in 1844, and was built at Chatham, on the design of Mr. John Fincham, master shipwright of that establishment, but now of Portsmouth Dockyard. The Cleopatra and Helena are vessels of the Surveyor of the Navy's construction. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, having been mus tered and inspected by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief, has been paid advance, and will pro ceed on Tuesday for her destination. Sir Charles Fitzroy and suite embark to-morrow. The Carysfort takes a mail for the Cape of Good Hope, New South Wales, and Valparaiso. Instances having been brought to the notice of the Ad miralty in which salt meat, issued to the crews of her Majesty's ships in warm climates, has, from its inferiority, or other cause, lost more than half its weight by boiling, their Lordships have directed, that when the salt meat supplied to any of her Majesty's ships on foreign stations, shall prove to have lost more than half its weight in boiling, the cap tain or commander of such ship shall, on satisfying himself of the correctness of the fact, authorise the paymaster and purser to issue to the ship's company an additional portion of raw salt meat, equal to half the original allowance. PROMOTIONS. Commander—B. J. Sullivan, of the Philomel, to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—R. T. J. Lavigne, of the Dolphin ; E. R. Inglefield (acting Commander of the Comus); C. F. Doyle, of the Philomel ; and A. C. Key, of the Fanny, to the rank of Commander. Gunner's Mate—R. Rowe, to be Gunner. The Admiralty have also directed that Walter Ross, caulker's mate, shall be promoted to a warrant-officer, on his passing the necessary examination. The above promotions aro consequent upon the action at the Punta Obligado of the 18th of November, which date the promotions bear. Mate—C. S. S. Stanhope (1842), of the Warspite, to the rank of Lieutenant. " THURSDAY, 26TH.—Being unable to make the pro test in Spanish, I wrote it in English, and presented it to the Vice-Consul, a copy of which I enclose herewith. After this I made an application to him, as to whether we could not get up from the beach (a distance of five miles, and over high hills) the mails and such articles as had already been saved ; he applied to the Alcalde or Mayor for twelve bullock carts, which was granted, and proceeded at noon to the beach, but on arrival there, the officer in charge from the Customs, a guarda coste, would not permit a single thing to.be removed, although he ac knowledged his inability to protect all the property from the ladrones or thieves, saying that no order for their removal had been received. The carts, therefore, re turned empty, and I immediately came back to the Vice- Consul also to know how it was that he had not pro. cured an order if it were necessary. He said it must come from the Minister of Customs, who just then came up, and on applying to him for an order to bring the mails, &c., to the Vice-Consul's house, he said they must all go to the Custom House at Corcubion, which is on the opposite side of the bay, to be under his custody. However, on reasoning with him, I believe he determined on allowing the things to be put in the Vice-Consul's house (at least, until the arrival of M. Santos from Corunna), and was to leave himself, at seven o'clock next morning for the purpose of removing them. "During this time the officers and crew have been living under temporary tents on the beach, subsisting on such food as could be got from the ship, with a supply of bread from this village (Cee). They are, of course, affordiwz every protection in their power to the property, but the barefaced plundering that goes on is incredible. The soldiery or caraboneros have even gone so far as to present the bayonets at the officers and men while saving property, which they (the soldiers) took in charge and sold afterwards themselves. "FRIDAY, 271`11.—During last night, blowing hard, the ship went entirely to pieces. The carts went to the beach, but from the state of the weather did not arrive in time to load ; they were in charge of the Minister of Customs. I deemed it proper to remain all night on the beach to facilitate the loading in the morning. During the night a great concourse of people assembled, and lighted thirteen fires around us from the wreck, and the most determined system of pillage was carried on with out the possibility of preventing it. I sent Mr. Lane back to the village, to push things forward for the morn ing, and on his arrival at five o'clock, M. Santos, Vice- Consul from Corunna, just then came in. The whole of the circumstances were laid before him, and he was fully convinced of the badness of the Vice-Consul or agent here ; in fact, when he called him before Mr. Lane he seemed quite incapable of giving any explana• tion of his conduct. M. Santos considered it best not to dismiss him from his office at once, thinking it better to avail himself of his services until the settlement of the affair. _ _ _ "SATURDAY, 28111.—M. Santos arrived at the beach at seven o'clock this morning, and through the authority with which he came prepared, and his own unremitting exertions, sufficient carts and oxen, in addition to those already engaged, to remove the whole of the mails and property saved to the Vice-Consul's house by three p.m., accompanied by the whole of the officers and crew, who for the present occupy a large store-room of the Vice- Consul's. " Arrangements have been made for starting the first batch of passengers to-morrow morning, and on the fol lowing morning another party will start for Corunna. The ladies and children cannot possibly proceed until side saddles arrive from Corunna, which will be ou Tues day hext. " The Admiralty agent and myself conjointly have written by express to the Admiralty agent and com mander of the Pacha, requesting them to detain her at Corunna 24 hours, in case the mails, &c., which proceed hence by a felucca to-morrow, do not arrive in the ordi nary time to embark by her. I have deemed it prudent, after consulting with M. Santos, to remain here until I see everybody on their way to England, and I have therefore sent Mr. Lane with the first batch of passen gers, and instructions to proceed with the dispatches by the speediest opportunity to St. Mary Axe. " The passengers have all been more comfortably housed lately, and both them and the ship's company are all well, with the exception of Lieutenant William son, Admiralty agent, who has been very poorly since he left Malta. " I am, dear Sir, your very obedient servant, A. M'LEOD." Of the Great Liverpool's passengers the following have arrived at Southampton by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation .Company's steamer Pacha :—Mrs. Storm, Mr. and Mrs. Dicey, Miss Row, Mr. M‘Dougal, Mr. Grace, two Master Turtons, Mr. Lushington, Mr. Prinsef, Mrs. Good, Mrs. Monistino, children, and ser vant, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Campbell (84th Regiment), Mr. Gibson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Tautiney, children, and servant, Dr. Boyrenson, Sir G. Ballingale, Master Sin clair, Dr. Flinton, Mr. Tune, Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Dr. Dun can—in all 29. The remainder will arrive per Peninsular and Oriental steamer Queen, from Corunna, about the 17th :—Mrs. Hampton, Mrs. Dunbar, Mrs. Duck, child, and servant, two Miss Bells and servant, Mrs. Bradford, Mr. Pugh, Master Morrison, Master Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Laforque and child, Mr. Arrow, Captain Wright, Captain Bowen, Mr. Ganston, Capt. and Mrs. Fearon, child, and servant, Mrs. Edmond, three children, and servant, Mrs. Prole, two children, and servant. - Captain M'Leod is a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and has been ten years in the Peninsular and Oriental P4udit, 4 yrs Bretwalda, 4 yrb Dolo, 3 yrs Glossy, 6 yrs Lightning, 5 yrs Whinstone, 4 yrs John Harris, 4 yrs The Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs Cymieal Boy, 4 yrs _ Nominations for the Nlembers' Plate. Portobello, 6 yrs Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs Pedometer, 5 yrs Maiden, 4 yrs Mentor, 4 yrs c;ranebrook, 3 yrs Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs Heretic, 5 yrs Noriainaiious for the Corporation Plate. Plaudit, 4 yrs Pleasure Trip, 3 yrs Bretwalda, 4 yrs Driffield, 3 yrs Dolo, 3 yrs The Druid, 3 yrs My Old Hack, aged Brother to Sir Henry, 3 Saladin, 6 yrs yrs Miss Burns, 6 yrs Touchstone, 3 yrs Crikey Billy, 6 yrs The Parson's Clerk, 4 yrs Badinage, 4 yrs Br c by Drayton—Ruby, Br cby Lion out of Slash- 3 yrs ing Molly, 3 yrs Bedele, 4 yrs Fitwilliam, 3 yrs Miss Castling, 3 yrs The Comet, 3 yrs St. Swithin, 3 yrs CHESTER SPRING MEETING, 1846. Handicap for the Welter Cup, value 100 sovs. Eboracum, aged, llst 91b Blind Hookey, aged, 10st71b Queen of Tyne,aged,llst 51b Advice, 5 yrs, lOst 61b Dog Billy, ag,d, llst 5113 Best Bower, 5 yrs, lOst 61b Porto Bello, 6 yrs, Ilst 41b Crcesus, aged, lOst 51b Hooton, 6 yrs, list 31b The Magnet, 4 yrs, 102 t 31b Valerian, 5 yrs, llst 31b Heart of Oak (h b), aged, Poussin, 6 yrs, list llb 9st 121 b Warp, 5 yrs, Ilst llb Secutor, 4 yrs, 9st 91b Patriot, 5 yrs, lOst 111 b Alvanley, 5 yrs, 9st 61b Roper's Daughter, aged, John Davis, 4 yrs, 9st 61b lOst 101 b Petit Morceau, 4 yrs, 95t 61b Bro to Nottingham, 5 yrs, Finvaragh, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b 105 t 101 b Forfeit to be declared by the 15th inst. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for bone fide hunters. New Brighton, 6 yrs Poussin, 6 yrs Heart of Oak (h b) aged Tottenham, 4 yrs Blind Hookey, aged Patriot, 5 yrs CARLISLE, 1846. The Cumberland Plate. Badinage, 4 yrs Bretwald a, 4 yrs Beaufront, 5 yrs Crikey Billy, 6 yrs Comet, 3 yrs Curiosity, 3 yrs Cranebrook, 3 yrs Crim Con, 4 yrs Dolo, 3 yrs Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs Fair Star, 3 yrs Fitzallen, 4 yrs Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs Glossy, 6 yrs Inheritress, 6 yrs John Harris, 4 yrs June, 4 yrs Lightning, 5 yrs Lyons, 4 yrs Lycurgus, 4 yrs Lucy, 4 yrs Mentor, 4 yrs Nforpeth, 5 yrs Miss Burns, 6 yrs Pedometer, 5 yrs Pleasure Trip, 3 yrs Plaudit, 4 yrs Portobello, 5 yrs Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs Pythia, 4 yrs Rowena, 5 yrs Sheraton, 3 yrs Shadow, The, aged Sir Henry, 4 yrs Slayer'sDaughter,The,3 yrs Telemachus, 5 yrs Whinstone, 4 yrs _ - The Lottery Stakes. Peri colt, 3 yrs Philip, 6 yrs Badinage, 4 yrs Mentor, 4 yrs Milden, 4 yrs Psalmsinger, 4 yrs Bretwalda, 4 yrs Flattery, 4 yrs Lightning, 5 yrs Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs SHREWSBURY, 1846. The Cleveland Handicap. The Warrior, 3 yrs Dulcet, 4 yrs Roderick, aged Cataract, 6 yrs Stream, 4 yrs Crim. Con., 4 yrs Augustus, 3 yrs What, 6 yrs Valiant, 4 yrs Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs Wild Roe, 4 yrs Arthur, 4 yrs Bf by Defence, out of Nike, Fitzallen, 4 yrs 4 yrs Little Hampton, 5 yrs The Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs Doctor Husband, 5 yrs Turk, 4 yrs Kilgram, 5 yrs Mystery, 4 yrs Devil's-Dust, 4 yrs Comical Boy, 4 yrs Newcourt, 6 yrs Reindeer, 4 yrs Morpeth, 5 yrs Advice, 5 yrs Pugilist, 5 yrs Lady Sarah, 5 yrs The Roper's Daughter, The Heir-at-Law, 4 yrs aged NEWTON, 1846. The Drawing Room Stakes, for two years old. Br f by Sir John—Lapwing I Suannah Infringe __. _ _ I _ The St. Le Br f by Tomboy out of Lapwing Morocco Camelia The Golborne Stake; New Year's Day Infringe Br f by Liverpool out of Rachel The Alderman's Daughter Ch f by The Provost out of Manilla ker Stakes. Sharstou Driffield Alliance Mermaid for two years old. The Prairie Bird Susannah Br f by Picaroon out of Her Highness Mary Stuart Tweed WINCHES: The Winches TER, 1846. rster Stakes. Elemi, 5 yrs My Mary, 4 yrs Marietta, 3 yrs Buttress, 3 yrs Astonishment, 3 yrs Wild Roe, 4 yrs The Hero, 3 yrs. Rosa, 4 yrs Ch f by Discord, out of Sol dier's Joy, 3 yrs Lillie krankie, 3 yrs Br c by Slane—Adela, 4 yrs Collingwood, 3 yrs Misdeal, aged Witticism, 4 yrs COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, took an airing on the beach on Friday afternoon towards King's Key, returning to Osborne House shortly after five o'clock. The Marchioness of Douro arrived at Osborne House on Friday afternoon. Her Ladyship has succeeded the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe as the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party on Friday evening. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked on Satur day to Barton. The unpropitious state of the weather on Saturday forenoon prevented the Royal children being taken their early airings. Their Royal Highnesses were taken out i• the af ternoon. M./jor• General Wemyss left Osborne House OR Sa turday morning for Cumberland Lodge. Colonel Arbuthnot arrived, and has relieved Major-General Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at Osborne House on Saturday, on a visit. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took a carriage drive on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday her Majesty and the Prince walked early on the beach. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their accus tom.- d airings. The Qui en and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting attended Divine service in Os borne House yesterday. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. llis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday. Mr. Arthur G. Purchas, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone, on Saturday at the Colonial-office. A deputation of wine and spirit merchants had an inter view with the Chancellor or the Exchequer on Saturday at the Treasury. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Barnes, Clarke, Arbouin, Ruck, Power, Wild, and Harris. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee Meeting on Saturday afternoon, at the office, in Whitehall-place. There were present the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Hereford, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies, and also from the Governor of Gibraltar, were received on Saturday evening at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were received on Saturday from the Governor of New South Wales. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Hong-Kong. The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet, and Sir F. Trench attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. At the daily ser vice the sermon was preached by the Bishop of London ; prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, and the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem was " 0 how amiable," (Greene). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. Ladies St. Germans and Ernest Bruce ; Lords Cawdor, St. Germans, Ernest Bruce, Cantalupe, and Canterbury, were among the nobility present. Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall-gar dens on Saturday morning for Worthing. Sir Joseph and Lady Charlotte Copley left Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, on Saturday, for their seat in Yorkshire. PRINCESS'S T HEATRE. Mr. Charles Mathews and Madame Vestris, after a lengthened absence from London, made their first ap pearance on this stage on S a t ur d a y. M a d ame ap peared in a new vaudeville entitled A Speaking Likeness, and sustained the part of Manette, a coun t r y m ilk ma id, living somewhere in Brittany, in the neighbourhood of the chateau of the old Baron de liansy (Mr. Granby) ' a lover of pretty women, and a patron of the arts. Alfred (sir. J. Vining), a Parisian artist, is on a visit at the chateau, and he is struck by the likeness, the speaking likeness, which Manette bears to her whom he had once loved, but had ma , Tied to another, a dissipated roue, who, having broken his wife's heart and dissipated her for tune, had gone to India to seek his fortune. Ile makes love to Manette, who, with a delightful mixture of arch ness and simplicity, keeps the poor painter in a state of perpetual torment, by hi a. rustic coquetting. He at last persuades her to attire herself en grande dame, and set for her portrait, in order that he may paint and possess the likeness of her he had once loved. She takes her seat majestically; and, in order to fix her at tention so that he may the better catch her features, he hands her a newspaper. Scarcely has she looked at it, when she screams and faints. It is scarcely necessary to add the denouement. Manette is no other than the lady-love of Alfred, who, to escape from the persecution of her husband, had fled to Brittany to seek the protection of her nurse , and t he news p a p er contains an account of that husband's death, so that there is no longer any obstacle to the happiness of Alfred. Comp ton, who acted the part of a stupid rustic, was most ar tistically stolid, and at the conclusion shared with Madame Vestris the honours of a call. Charles Mathews, who was as effervescent as ever, appeared in his own two farces, He would be an Actor, and Two o'Clock in the Morning, and was received with an e,ntbUsiastio w el- MINN 1 ehpgsel'itta well attended. ♦PPOINTMENTS. Captain—R. B. Watson (1842), to the Brilliant. Commanders—J. C. Pitman (1842), to the Childers; E. Crouch (1843), to the Devastation. Lieutenants—W. Peel, late of the America (son of the Premier), and F. Marryatt, additional, to the Devastation ; M'Leod B. Cockraft, and J. A. H. Boyd, to the Brilliant; R. Ellis, to the Childers ; C. Douglas, to the Wanderer. Masters and Pilots—H. A. Moriarity, to the Devastation ; J. D. Taylor, to the Childers. Surgeons—W. Roberts, M.D. (b), to the Childers; T. E. Ring, M.D., to the Superb. Paymasters and Pursers—S. Fisher, to the Childers; R. Singer, to the Brilliant; G. A. Lance, to the Devastation. Mates—F. J. Partridge, to the St. Vincent; F. Egerton, to the Raleigh. Clerks in Charge—R. J. Wiggens, to the Bonetta, vice Gil bert; Mr. Jones, of the Virago, to the Hibernia, for service in the Commander-in-Chief's office ; Mr. Rains, of the Warspite, to the Hibernia. Assistant-Surgeorig—C. P. Mengaye, to the Superb. Midshipman—C. Gibbons, to the Carysfort. • . Master's Assistant—J. Smith to the Childers. Naval Cadets—C. Dent, to . the Hibernia; Hon. 11. M. Nelson, to the Raleigh; J. H Whitshed, and W. Bingham, to the St. Vincent. Engineer—G. N. Burt (first class), to the Devastation. Gunner—W. Bartlett (acting), to the Devastation. Boatswain—J. Poole, to the Devastation. Carpenter—W. Shortland, to the Devastation. COAST GUARD. Removals—W. R. Harvey, chief officer at East Ferry, to Ardmore station, vice Coghlan, to Ballycotton station, vice Edwards, previously removed to East Ferry. Lieutenant C. F. Collett, in command at Courtmasherry, to Cadgwith sta tion, vice Pooley. previously removed. The Scout, 18, Commander Loring, arrived this morning from Sheerness, and brought up at Spithead. Sydney, New south Wales, Oct. 20, 1845—The Racehorse, 18, Commander Hav, arrived yesterday from the Bay of Islands, with 70,0001. specie for the commissariat of this colony. After landing the treasure and victualling, she re turned to New Zealand. The barque British Sovereign, hence with troops, arrived at the Bay of Islands on the 4th instant. The North Star and Osprey are laying in the Bay. The Daphne left Auckland for the Pacific on the 2d instant, and the Hazard arrived at Auckland from the Bay of Islands on the Ist. No collision had taken place with the New Zealan ders, as the British had been waiting for reinforcements. ST. HELENA, JAN. 16.—0 n the 13th a prize to the Prome theus steam sloop, Commander Hay, and on the 15th a prize to the Star, 6, Commander Dunlop, arrived here from the coast. WOOLWICH-SATURDAY. The Right Hun. the Earl of Ellenborougb, First Lord of the Admiralty • Rear-Admiral William Bowles, C.B. ; C a p tain the Hon. kenry John Rous, Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the ilight Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry C orr y, first Secretary to the Admiralty, visited Woolwich Dockyard this afternoon. Their Lordships arrived at half-past two o'clock, in a carriage with four horses, and on alighting were received by Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier, C. 8., K.C.H, Captain Washington, of the Porcupine steam-vessel, Com. mender the Hon. R. Gore, at present on a visit to the Cap tain-Superintendent, Commander Smith of the William and Mary yacht, Commander E. Crouch, of the Devastation steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. A. Dennis, of the Myrmidon steam-vessel; Mr. Nicholas Tinmouth, master attendant ; Mr. Oliver Lang, master shipwright ; Mr. Wil liam Jenkins, storekeeper; Mr. F. L. Mouchet, store receiver Mr. Thomas Lloyd, chief engineer; Mr. Reid, assistant to the master shipwright; and Mr. Andrew Murray, assistant to the chief engineer. Captain Brandreth, Royal Engineers, and director of engineering and architectural works, arrived about the same time as their Lordships, and accompanied them during their visit. The Earl — of Ellenborough proceeded with Commodore Sir Francis A. Collier and the naval officers and authorities of the dockyard to the slip on which the Royal Albert, of 120 guns, is in progress of construction, and went under this magnificent vessel, of 700 tons greater burden than any other vessel ever built for the royal navy; and his Lordship appeared greatly pleased with the strong and substantial manner in which the massive timbers were put together. Mr. Lang, master shipwright, attended the Earl of Ellen • borough under and over the whole of the interior of the Royal Albert, and explained the principles on which she is constructing, and entered into many details in answer to the numerous inquiries made by his Lordship. After leaving the Royal Albert, the Earl of Ellenborough went on board the Devastation, and was conducted ever the vessel by Com mander Crouch, Lieutenant W. Peel, and the other officers present. His Lordship then proceeded to the Terrible steam-frigate, and was received on board by Captain Ramsay and the officers of that ♦essel. The Earl of Ellenborough went over the whole of the vessel, and witnessed the mode of working her stern guns, 56- pounders, Monk's pattern, mounted on traversing car riages. His Lordship was very minute in his inquiries of Captain Ramsay, and appeared to take a great interest in ascertaining every particular, and the objects to be attained by the plans brought under his notice. His Lordship, on proceeding below, witnessed the brass sections of circles placed on the floor of the captain's cabin for working the traversing platforms of large guns, similar to those on the upper deck, and was shown the mode in which the parts which formed the cabin were removed when preparing for action. On entering the engine-reom Mr. Lloyd ex plained the details connected with the fire-engines of 800- horse power, fitted by Maudslay, Sons, and Field, on the double cylinder principle. His Lordship afterwards pro ceeded along the lower deck to the fore part of the vessel, and witnessed the manner in which the large guns were run out at the bows, and left the Terrible, after remaining nearly an hour on board. The Earl of Ellenborough went round the basin, and entered , the factory, attended by Mr. Lloyd, but passed quietly through, without minutely inspecting the machinery. On arriving at the east end of the Dockyard, his Lordship visited the Niger steam-sloop, in progress of construction, and Mr. Laing explained the principles on which she is being built. The new dock constructing, ad joining the blacksmith's shop, and new saw mills were next visited, and Captain Brandreth explained the particulars and uses for which they are intended. The slip, with the new corrugated iron roof, was also inspected, and the whole of the works appeared to meet with his Lordship's approbation. The convict-ship being stationed adjoining to the slip at the east end of the yard, attracted the attention of the Earl of Ellenborough, and his Lordship went on board with Conamo • Bore Sir Francis A. Collier, and was conducted over the ship by Mr. Alasterman, who has the charge of the convicts. His Lordship then returned to the offices in front of the entrance of the Dockyard, and entered the carriage with Rear-Ad miral Bowles and Captain the Hon. H. J. Rous, and left for London at half-past four o'clock P.M., evidently much grati fied by his visit. A good-natured man, the other day, stepped into a newspaper office, and proposed to advertise his wares, if they would take coffins for pay. —American paper. At the Greenwich Police-court, on Friday, a woman named Sarah Elizabeth Avery was committed for trial, charged with having stabbed her husband in the breast with a table kuife, because he cam home intoxicated. THE OREGON QUESTION. (From the Times.) In the way of concession and of argument oe the Oregon question, little now remains to be said or done by the British -Government. The strongest desire has been repeatedly ex 'pressed on our side to terminate this controversy. Our case has been stated with such moderation, and onr claims con fined to such narrow limits, that nothing but extreme pre• sumption, or rather a species of hostile infatuation, on the part of the American Democrats, could lead them to suppose we should make any further abatement of our rights. We are in actual possession of rather more of the Oregon terri tory than we have ever claimed as our own, because as long as the joint occupation lasts the concurrent rights of both parties extend over the whole country. We have at our dis posal ample means of defending our rights. We had never, at any period in the history of this country, less reason to recoil from a war, or to fear the result of a contest with any power, but more especially with the United States. Yet we, on our side, have strenuously and sincerely laboured to effect a compromise. We have not alluded to the superiority of our maritime strength; from a misplaced respect for the A merican Government, no use has been made of those blunt arguments to which alone they now appear to be accessible ; until at length we learn with more contempt than surprise, that Mr. Polk and his advisers are embarking in a course which can only lead, if they are allowed to persevere in it, to aggressive hostilities. In our zeal for the maintenance of peace, and our deference for a nation with which we have so much in common, we have gone so far as to admit that their claim to the Oregon territory is equal to our own, and to argue that a partition is the fairest solution of the difficulty. The Ameri cans, however, are not to be satisfied until they convert this concession of a part into a surrender of the whole. Their claim is, to say the most of it, not better than our own, since they themselves do not dare to submit to the arbitration of a third party-, knowing that the public opinion of the world has already pronounced against it. Yet from this most im perfect and controvertible claim they seek to extract twice as much as we contend for—nay, they raise their own pre tensions to absolute and total sovereignty, whilst they alto gether annihilate the rights we have practically enjoyed for more than half a century. Thus, in fact, the question in dis • pute has never been brought to a true issue. The two quan tities have not been reduced to a common denomination ; they differ in their very nature ; and whilst our position not only admits of a compromise, but suggests and re quires it, theirs is utterly at variance with the first prin ciple of such an arrangement. Mr. Buchanan's last note says too much, unless indeed it says inadvertently what is the truth ; for the arguments by which he endeavours to show that the United States cannot submit their claim to arbitration, are equally cogent to prove that their claim will not admit even of negotiation. Mr. Buchanan appears to forget that the United States have negotiated ; that he him self, by his last proposal, for the fourth or fifth time conceded that point; that the House of Representatives, by their second resolution, have in fact sanctioned the principle of negotiation, which is, in other words, the principle of mutual concessions. ~• When the American Secretary of State says lie cannot do what the manifest interest and dignity of the two countries require, he must either mean that th e Government to which he belongs will not do it, or that the Governmen ,s acting under the compulsion of the party, excited to madness on this question, which carried Mr. Polk's elec tion. The practical question for us is to ascertain the intentions of the American Government. If Mr. Polk and his advisers are sincerely pacific, they can not but succeed : there is no obstacle, no impediment, no difficulty in the way, except those whi c h they have them. selves created. To bring about a war with us under such circumstance& they must be the worst statesmen in the world if they do not seek it, or the most rash and unprinci pled if they deliberately intend it. The time is, however, come when we are forced to judge of their real motives by their conduct; and, as they have not encouraged further ar gument, it may not be premature to inquire into the amount of their forces. We are informed by the prodigious volume of American statistics recently prepared for both Houses of Parliament by the diligence of Mr. Macgregor, that the standing army of the United States consists of one regiment of dragoons, one regime* of riflemen, four companies of artil lery, and eight regiments of infantry. The whole number of troops now in the service is 9,847, exclusive of 781 com missioned officers. An Act of Congress of 1842 reduced the rank and file of the army 3,920 men ; this reduction is now proceeding, and when it is-completed the standing army will consist of 7,590 non-commissioned officers, musicians,artificers, and privates. It is true, that if this corps should appear rather small for the defence of the United States, and the in vasion of a region situated two thousand miles off, on the other side of the American continent, the militia force of the United States might, by its numbers at least, have excited the envy of Xerxes or honaparte. The Army Register for 1833 contains the appalling announcement, that this multi tudinous host is commanded by 627 generals, 2,670 general staff officers, 13,813 field officers, 44,938 company officers, being in all 62,205 officers ; nor are these numbers at all ex cessive, when we learn that the forces :under their command consist of 1,385,645 men 1 For the purposes of defence against a foreign invasion we have no doubt that these Ame rican citizens would exert themselves creditably. A con siderable number of the younger men may even volunteer to take a part in offensive operations. But we have no hesita tion in saying that to bring an efficient army of even 30,000 men into the field, prepared to march beyond their own fron tiers, is the most arduous task which has ever de volved upon the federal Government of the United States, and with its present powers and resources we believe it to be absolutely impracticable. The navy of the United States consists of eleven ships of the line, two of which are afloat, three are receiving ships, and six on the stocks or under repairs. The 14 first class frigates of 44 guns are the best part of the fleet ; of these four are on the stocks and three in ordinary. The two 36-gun frigates are old. The smaller vessels are 17 sloops of war, 8 brigs, 9 schooners, and 6 steamers. The navy list contains 67 captains, 94 commanders, 324 lieutenants, and 133 passed, midshipmen, 410 midshipmen, and 31 masters. No estimate can be formed of the real strength of the crews of the American navy, because it is well known that a con siderable proportion of this fleet is manned by British seamen, who are attracted by the high pay of the American navy in time of peace. But that very circumstance shows the ex treme difficulty of manning an American fleet in war, and especially in a war with England. Their ships are, in fact, worked to a great extent by English mercenaries, a large proportion of whom would unquestionably return to their own colours on the outbreak of hostilities. We content our selves with this simple enumeration of the forces of the United States by land and by sea, which we hope is correct. We know not what course Mr. Polk may intend to pursue after the notice for the abrogation of the treaty of joint occupation has been duly given ; and we shall await with more curiosity than alarm the enterprises which may be projected for the purpose of expelling British subjects from a district where we happen to command the coast and the interior, the Indians and the forts. The world is per fectly aware that England is not the attacking party, and that we are content to leave matters in Oregon as they now are. If the Americans mean anything, they mean to dis posses us of what we hold. At the same time, if this inten tion be avowed 1)7 the Cabinet of Washington, or if it be dis closed by votes of money and warlike preparations which im ply a fixed determination to engage in this absurd and flagi tious contest, ne state is bound to wait to be attacked. Mr. Polk has already instructed the American Minister in London to ask for an explanation of the activity in our dockyards. His own conscience might have given it to him; his own language has put us upon the defensive ; and although the termination of the convention of 1827 by notice is no casus belli, ) , et the disposition indicated by that notice, and the means which may Ibe taken to carry that disposition into effect, may hereafter furnish ample grounds of suspicion, of remonstrance, and finally of hostilities. A bold and manly course on the part of the British Government will probably not be without a good effect in the United States; and it will undoubtedly command the unanimous support of the people of England. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCH 16. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Extension—at twelve. Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches)—at twelve. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury and Stafford). THURSDAY, IifARCII 12. North Staffordshire (Pottery Line). Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Union. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, MARCH 7. ST•CK EXCHANOE.—Tke sales are —Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, par—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, if dis.—London and Manchester (Rem.), 2 dis. — Manehester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 6% p. cash— Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 10 p.—Manchester and Southampton, par—North Staffordshire, 3% p. cash—Oxford, Southampton, - and Gosport, 225. dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 1 p.—Sheftied, Leek, and Crewe, 3 dis —Westßiding Intel, 14 p. LEEDS, MARCH 7. EXOHANCE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 'fork Ex tension, 15s. p.—Great North of England, !New, 1334 —York and North Midland Extension, 31k—Ditto, East and West Riding, p. —East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 34 13.—IludderstieId and Manchester, p.—Ditto, Extensions, ss. dls• — iruddenaeblail Sheffield, 7% p.—Leeds and Bradford , 46 % cash—London and York, id d l ii ng_tiLfl an en d , 3 3 P. i 8 - 2 141 671. ri*cl —B i r . ad ° f rm ord s , kir Ni% a k n e d fle P1 Wakefield, t a 4' i n id N ' d i jos t r.t—h id il lia i — e l e i, k, es s 2 l l i t lvi s re ß . —North — en M i, an u c . h i es ss te — r, Midland, LUenediosnn da 1 s LI " d rd l Fe a l e e n Direct,e a s t ir e a 7 s d . and l 6d Bedford, p. Buxton, t t h o Midlands, 1 p._ SHEFFIELD. Marten 7. Broca Excganes.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield Quar ter Shares, 1%-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, IL Shenleld and Lincolashht, 2%. KULL, Marten 7. STINE EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 264-Leeds and Thirsk, 8% -North British, Dalkeith, 6%-Derhy and Gainsberough, 145.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 261.-Leices ndWW."-Seeout' 345.-Lon don Midland, T y a o m rk w , o 3 rt s h - , N l7 3 s r . th 6d s . In t d a l ff s , . ) -Lincoln 9s. d t* o r n a a n n d d 31. 125.-West /tiding Union, 31. Bs. 9d. YORK, Mason 7. STOCK EXCHAN4I.- Tlle- sales are-Grand Union, 114-Ipswich and Bury Extension (Norwich), 2%-Leicester and Bedford. % - London and York, 3%-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. lbs. 0.-Newcas • de and Berwick, 19%-Newcastle and Dar lington, Brandling, 38-North Britlstli, Carlisle Extension, 2/. 10s. 6d.-Welsh Midland, 11. as. 6d. GLASGOW, MAICII 7. &Tacit Excrunez.-The sales are - British and Irish Union, 51s. 6d.-Caledenlan Extension, 38s. 6d.--Caledenian and Ayrshire Junc tion, 30s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 455.- Direct Northern, 425.-Dundee and Arbroath, Ist/ _._ East Indian Railway, 16s. W.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 175.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 345.-General Glasgow Terminus, 9%-Glas gow and Belfast Union, 345. 6d.-GlasEow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 25-Glasgow, Dumfries } and Carlisle, 395.-Glasgow, /Maar neck, and Ardressan, 485.-Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junc tion, Cs. -London, Bristol and South Wales, 17s. 6.1.-Perth and Inverness, 305 . - Scettish Central, 14% - Scottish Central and Cale donian Junction, 288.-Seath Midland. 71s. Lord anti Lady Francis Egerton entertained a select party to dinner, on Friday last, at their mansion, in Belgrave-square. On the previous evening the Noble Lord and Lady had a dinner party. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY.—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, previous to her Ladyship's assembly, entertained the Countess of Tankerville, the Countess of Malmes. bury, Viscount Melbourne. Hon. Wm. Cowper, Hon. Charles Spencer Cowper, Mr. Luthrell, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Repten, and a select circle at dinner at the family mansion on Carlton House-terrace. A bril liant circle of the aristocracy congregated, the saloons being crowded by eleven o'clock, We noticed at the assembly a great many Mem bers of the House •f Commons as having come from the Speaker's levee in full uniform. We understand that her Ladyship will con tinue her assemblies every Saturday during Lent. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel has caused invita tions to be issued fora Parliamentary dinner - on Saturday next to a numerous circle of his supporters in the House of Commons. THE SPRAKER's LEVEE. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons had a Parliamentary entertain ment on Saturday last at his mansion in Eaton square. The Right Hon. Gentleman subsequently held his third and last levee this session. ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD. — We regret to learn that the Marquis of Wateribrd met with a severe accident on Thursday last, at Hooton, Slr William Massey StanleY's seat in Cheshire, by being thrown from his horse. The Noble Mar quis dislocated his shoulder in the fall, but medical aid having been promptly obtained, it was reset, and he is going on favourably. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 8. —Wednesday next is fixed for the return of her Majesty and the Royal Family f rom Osborn Reuse t• London. The jetty at the Royal Clarence-yard, which her Mkiesty uses on these visits, has been covered over, and rendered more commodious. The Fairy yacht has been In daily attendance an her Majesty. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MARCH 6.—We stated on Tuesday that our market showed some increase of business in goods ; and this has continued to be the case since then. The purchases are almost entirely for exportation ; the home trade being exceedingly stag nant. In prices there is some irregularity, though general quotations scarcely vary at all. The improve ment is but slight, however, and the week must be re ported a dull and anxious one. Yarns are exceedingly flat, and prices scarcely steady at previous rate. Not withstanding the greater facility in obtaining discounts, and the somewhat more favourable rates at which they may be effected, money continues very scarce in this neighbourhood, and the recent failures occasion a good deal of apprehension. The state of our relations with the Kited States, and the position of the corn-law question, tend also to hinder the growth of confidence. MANCHESTER PRODUCE MARKET. — There has been a good demand for sugar this week, and 700 bags white Bengal, at auction, on Thursday, sold with spirit at full prices ; from 51s. 6d. to 535. 6d. ; with damp, from 51s. to 525. The attendance of buyers was numerous, not only from the immediate locality, but also from the neighbouring towns. A further quantity is announced for sale next week, and the trade are now relying upon a constant supply. A large business has been done in refined goods, at an advance of 6d. to Is. per cwt. The tea market is quiet ; about 300 chests of congou are announced for sale on the 19th instant. Nothing wor thy of notice is passing in the silk market : a small public sale of China is announced for Thursday next. BRADFORD, MARCH 5.--WOOL.—Onr market is still heavy ; so little being consumed, compared with this period of 1845, and of some kinds the market is not abundantly stocked ; prices exhibit no material change. YARNS.—The state of the yarn trade is without a pa rallel, notwithstanding the diminished production, of machinery totally idle, and the rest only partially em ployed, no stimulus is given to improve this distressed branch of our trade, and the spinners are really weary of their profitless avocation. PIECES.—There is nothing different this week, the merchants buying only for pre sent wants ; and export houses are steadily looking on, WP hope, contemplating renewed activity.—Bradford Observer. NOTTINGHAM, MARCH s.—There are several symp toms of a partial revival in this market ; buyers are beginning to appear from London and the country, and others are expected from Germany, preparatory to the Leispic fair. The news from Australia is not considered bad for trade. A good many things are charging hands, but at low prices. In no department of lace goods are stocks heavy, either at home or abroad ; neither are yarns lowered in any material degree ; but all parties buy with extreme caution, and ar e lik e ly to do so throughout the present crisis. —Notts. Mercury. LEICESTER, MARCH s.—The home demand still re mains flat. The news from America will also suspend the manufacturing for that market, usually commencing a' this season. Yarns remain dull without alteration in price. A fair business continues doing in wools; noils are scarce and command better prices.—Leicester Journal. BRISTOL SUGAR - MARKET.—Rather more disposition has been shown to do business this week, and prices ;are decidedly firmer. The transactions reported amount to about 420 hhds. West-India, 3,000 cwts. Mauritius, and 500 Bengals ; but for the latter description of sugar the demand is still dull, although decidedly the cheapest in proportion to the prices ruling for the sorts. Refined goods are in improved demand.—Bristol Mer. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The .following distin guished personages were present on Saturday night :—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 3 a t r e . m d ü b n y d the in dßmaaroyn, s A i li t l o e y fe a l l d g a h r n o e n s s K i n ,r e i s n e e b e e c G k e , r a g n e t , l the Tit e March,hD It e k i dL e e i e l nn Marchioness te t r l e andollf I INes Falmouth,tnlcaft h C 1 a tt n ii c apiri:odawer Earls s a g n eo d rf arquises o e Countess of Essex, ilaron and Baroness Brunnow, Count do Kielmansegge, Baron Rehausen, Count de Jarnac, Count de Noailles, and Marquis de Pallavacino, Lords Somerton, Suf field, Henry Vane, and Foley, Ladies Meux and Goldsmid, Hon. Mr. Arbuthno', Hon. Mrs. Fitzgibbon and Miss Foley, Sir 11. Webb, Major Baring, and Sir Henry Gordon, Mrs. Ileauclerk, Colonel Fitz g ibb on. ' R F A R I O ,E L I L s O , ::E w ' s iII N b : - .:S g v el l l V er o a ß li K y , re ‘ g ` T ar i d i e E d R as on o E n n e T o S;S t O h N is T I ! A RIL: 8; 1' popular writer's most successful works. Her caustic powers are exerted in it to their full scope ; and while the vulgarities and absurdities of "The Roberts's" during their grand tour in France, Germany, and Italy, are as amusingly sketched as can well be conceived, the moral purpose of the story (which is not its least recommendation) is never lost sight of. The Quarterly Review has observed of Mrs. Trollope, that "she is beyond a doubt one of the cleverest and most remarkable writers of the day. With a quickness of observation which takes in the whole object at a glance, an insight into motives that seems instinctive, a keen perception of the ridiculous, an d strong powers of humorous delineation, sho is the person of all others to expose pretensions, or unmask hypocrisy." 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[AnvEartsEsteNT.]--CuaE OF A DISEASED ANKLE, OF LONG STANDING, BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. —The wife of Mr. Bachelor Carpenter, residing for twenty years past at Hampstead, hat been laid tip for aconsiderable thee with a diseased ankle ; the pain was often almost maddening. By bad treatment, humours settled in her head and other parts, causing incessant and distracting head aches, which had such an effect upon her health that therewas every symptom of her constitution breaking up. Site had recourse to numerous medical men witho ut obtaining the le ast benefit ; but, not withstanding, Holloway's Ointment and Pills cured h er , an d ma d e her as well as ever she wa s in her life. To be p ur chased of all who sell medicines, and at Pro fessor Hollowa y 's E stablishment, 244, strand, London. THE LATE OUTRAGE AT DF.PT FORD.-011 Saturday morning, at Southwark police .court, inf ormation was brought to the magistrate that the po liceman, James Hastie, of the R division, had died at Guy's Hos p it al from the injuries in flicted on hint at Deptford. The un fortunate man was so intelligent account of the affray which caused about a his death. It appears that week previous to th e affair lie had taken two or three men into custody for d g r ivi ea i ( l I g ful a ly ny wounded that he has been quite incapable of creating a disturbance near the spot, where he was afterwards attacked. The men were fined at the time, and it seems that this act excited revengeful f eelin g s a g ai nst him, and that his late assailants were, in s ome wa y , mix ed up with the pre vious affair, and had on that accoun t attacked him, lie lfsesi.tiNGTON.—On Satur day DETERMI NED was a stout, hale man , about 35 years of ag e , an d h as s i nce suffered most severely. Mr. Pa y ne, the coroner, has ap pointed n t i i: Ti d nEo t Rs o t l'ra e y t E e determined i .SUICID E eholdingd case i q took place at the house of Mr. James, 20, Alfred-street, River-terrace, Islington. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. James had, for some time past, lived un happily together, in consequence of th e intemperate habits of the latter. Mr. James went into the Prince Albert, in the same street, and there found a heavy bill clue for liquors suppli e d to his wife ; he r. iting„and s oon after t h ree mice Albert, exclai m i ng that her mistress was destroying herse lf. Mr. then quarrel n i forbadeth enessluiPePdt,Yao any more on credit ; an d on his return hntd Mrs. James threat ened to leave hint on the morrow. Similar threats having before be en h eld out, no atten tion was paid to the present. A t two o'cloc k Mrs. James was seen oby'cloacakopposite n l n ei neighbour girl ran T horpe, the landlord, Im mediately went into the house , whe re he fou nd Mrs. James suspended to the bed-rail. It appeared that she had first opened a r e i n in h e r arm, but not hitting on the artery, she found sh e could not In this way effect her purpose. She the iben i g ri a t g o e t d he in n attempted to strangle herself with one of her garters: this also failing, , , site next tried a piece of tape; and at last resorted to a silk handkerchief, with which site accom plished her dreadffil purpose. On Mr. Thorpe cutting her down, life was quite extinct. The note sine was seen writing was to her hus band, and to the effect that sho could bear it no longer, and request lag her triothes might be Own to her titter, THE BASILIAN NUNS OF 111IN&K. The following note has been presented to the Pope by M. de Boutenieff, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary of Russia at the Court of Rome:— " A polish journal published at Paris, under the title of The Third of May, has disseminated the strangest narratives relative to certain persecutions which the Archbishop of Lithuania, Joseph Siemaszko, designated as having formerly filled the office of confessor in the convent of the Basilian Nuns at Kowno, is alleged to have instituted against the women, in order to force th em to embrace the Greek reli gion. According to this journal, the nuns in question, to the number of forty-seven were seized in the night time by Cossacks; forced to walk to Witepsk (a town which, it is protended is twenty miles from Kowno); shut up in an or thodox convent, and reduced to act as servants to the Rus sian nuns, who every Friday administered to each fifty blows of a cane. It is next declared that the Archbishop threw them into irons, condemning them to such hard labour as is as signed to felons; that they were made to suffer hunger and thirst, and, to render the privation of drink more severe, they were fed on salt herrings. It is added that some were obliged to take part in the construction of the episcopal palace, often remaining in the water up to their necks; that others were employed in the mines ; that eight had their eyes forced out ; that thirty fell victims to this odious persecution, and that only three had succeeded in effecting their escape into Austria; as to the superior, she had arrived in Paris. These calumnies were eagerly reproduced in the Univers, and in most of the French journale, they are represented as based on the depositions of the superior, who figures in the matter under the name of Mieczyslawska. In the recitals of this woman, the number of nuns is no longer confined to 47, they are at once quintupled, reaching the number of 240, of whom 120 are stated to have been exiled to Siberia: out of that number upwards of one-half are alleged to have miserably perished on the road, and the rest are represented as ab out ~ in all probability to speedily share the same fate. The names of Wawrzecha, Konarska, and Poniawnocka, are those by which the three nuns who took refuge in Austria are designated. It is also stated, that :346 monks of the order of St. Basil were likewise exiled to Siberia; that three of their heads, mined Berinski, Zilinski, and Yeleniez, expired at Polotzk under the torture that they were forced to endues, from iced water being poured on their bodies, and that the fourth, named Zaniecki, was killed with a blow of a hatchet. Finally, it is rretended, that all the populations of these countries are, without ceasing, cruelly beaten and exposed to all kinds of atrocities; that even chil dren are not spared, and that 17 of these latter were whipped io death in the town of Minsk. In dilating on this theme, the periodical prints have been careful to add other dia tribes, and, as a wind-up, state th a t th e so i-di san t Mieczys lawska, to whom all these recitals are attributed, has pro ceeded to Marseilles and thence to Rome, receiving on her passage the livliest marks of sympathy, and a large amount of money in alms. Without entering into any discussion on the subject of these assertions, which are as absurd as they are malevolent, it is intended in the present note to point out what, from the nature of things, is necessarily false in the alleged facts. First of all, in order that a persecution could be instituted against the convent of Basilian nuns at Kowno, it would be requisite :that such a convent should exist; and in this respect, the authors of the imposture ought to have taken the pains of obtaining some information. But it is certain that no convent of Basilian nuns ever did exist in the town of Kowno, nor in the whole extent of the province of that name. The present Bishop of Lithuania, Joseph Siemaszko, has never been confessor of any con- . vent of Basilian nuns. No prelate in Russia, whatever may be his grade in the ecclesiastical hierarchy, has Cos. sacks at his order or dispocal. Kovno happens not to be twenty miles from Witepsk, but doable that distance, about 300 verstes. No Brazilian nun has been transferred to a Russian monastery ; they have all remained in their own convents, except such as, having a desire to go and live with their relations of the Roman Catholic religion, obtained per mission from the Archbishop alluded to above. Undoubtedly if this prelate had to upbraid himself with such revolting conduct as that imputed to him, he would not new have con sented to this last-named arrangement, which offered his victims so much facility for spreading through the country their accusations and their complaints. The means of exist ence of the Basilian nuns have not been reduced, but, on the contrary. have been augmented by new grants which con vents of this order have of late years been accorded ha Rus sia. The Archbishop of Lithuania, Joseph Siemaszko, has never exercised any authority over the convents in Witepsk and Polotzk, inasmuch as they belong to another diocese. Throughout the whole extent of the empire of Russia the criminal jurisdiction and the infliction of corporal punish ment fell to the lot, not of the ecclesiastical authorities, but exclusively of the secular power. Never are women em ployed in Russia in works relating to building, and never has f the Archbishop, Joseph Siemaszko, ei acted a palace. He, for the most part, lives at St. Petersburgh, and pos sesses no house of his own. The archiepiscopal palace at Wilna, destined to his use, was purchased by the Crown in 1843 from Count Mostowski, marshal of the nobility of that Government. No person in modern times has ever heard of any criminal whatever, and still less of any poor women, being forced to undergo the torture of hunger and thirst ; of their being wetted with iced water, or plunged into it ; or of having their eyes put out. There are no mines in Russia. except in Siberia and in the Government of Olodetz. No Basilian could have been employed in the mines, inasmuch as none were transported from the western provinces of the empire, where there are no mines. Previously to 1839 there were in Russia nine convents of Basilian nuns, inhabited not by 240 women, but by only 55, of whom 35 belonged to the diocese of Lithuania. No one of these ever fled from the cloister, and no mention has been as yet made in any report of any one of those who went to live with their relations haying fled to a foreign country. It is an indisputable fact that in Russia there have never been Basilian nuns known by the names of Miecyzslawska, Wawrzecha, Konarska, and I'omawnocka, attributed by the periodical press to these pretended martyrs. It is also a fact, that no monk has been transported to Siberia from the number of the Basilians. It is certain, that in the Basilian monasteries of the empire there never have been either superiors or simple monks of the names of Brinski, Zilineki, Zeleniez, or Zaneicki, who are alleged to have expired in horrible tortures. Before 1839 there were in Russia fourteen 13azilian monasteries, con taining 267 monks, and not 347, as the journals allege, and in the diocese of Lithuania there were only 165 monks of this miler. It would be superfluous to carry further the examination of the other erroneous assertions propagated on this occasion by the periodical press. The facts which have been just cited are sufficient to assign to them their real value, and to show what credit ought to be attached to the existence of the 47 martyrs, who obtained in the church of St. Iloch the honour of funeral service, celebrated with so much solemnity. As to the pretended Abbess Mieczyslaw ska, the Russian Government is completely ignorant of wise she is. It belongs to the authorities of the country where she happens to be to discover who and what she is, in order to unmask those odio us manoeuvres conceived in hatred of Russia, as well as to lay bare an imposture, carried on with a view to excite the sympathy of the compassionate, and to draw from them important sums of money as alms. The Impe rial Government, notwithstanding the censorship to which it subjects foreig n journals, has authorised the free circula tion of the articls is question throughout the whole extent of Russia, without excepting the provinces that are said bo have served as the theatre of the persecutions in question. The inhabitants of these countries, ocular witnesses of what. has passed there, will thus he able to appreciate at their just value the errors, at. the same time clumsy and calumnious. which are published in other kingdoms on the internal state of their country." WILFUL MURDER AT NEWARK. On the morning of the 4th inst. the body of a young girl was found iu the canal adjoining the river Trent, close to the lock-gates is this town, and owing to the manner in which the head was found, enveloped in a shawl, suspicion was raised that the deceased had fallen the victim of violence. The same evening an inquest was held before T. F. A. Bur naby, Esq., which continued by adjournment till Friday afternoon, at a qnarter before four o'clock, when a verdict of "wilful murder" was ret urne d against two individuals, who had been arrested on suspicion. The following evidence was produced before the jury , Samuel Hibbert, who resides at the lock-house, near the lock, in the Newark branch of the river Trent navigation, at half.past ,six o'clock on the morning in question discovered and dragged out of the water the body of a young girl, having a. bonnet and shawl upon her head ; the shawl appeared wrapped very tight round her neck; he believed three or four times. While in bed on the previous night, and a little after eleven o'clock, lie heard a noise, apparently of persous running over the lock-gates, and he was confident he heard a woman's voice. lie looked out of his window, but not see ing any one he returned to bed. In five minutes he got up again, and on opening the window he distinctly saw a man named William Horner run across the lock gates and up a passage, which leads into the town streets. Ha appeared hurried and confused, and shouted, «_— it, look sharp." All was then quiet. The Coroner having emceed Horner, a young man of very w s a as rtooutghhet hbefor e arg e likely to be made against him, and cau ti one d, h e d enied all r ro e hpeenridyed, apprised he knowledge of the deceased, and said h e was not near the t ilT he e ru i r;, r h an ab d it h s 'av t i o ng b b e ee a n PP p Jock gates, but was in bed at a quarter before eleven o'clock, and had witnesses to prove the truth of this assertion. lie did not know that he had ever seen the deceased in his life. Charles Percy Croft, surgeon, stated that he bad assisted in a post mortein examination of the body, and he was quite convinced that the deceased had died from drowning, and she had struggled after being in the water. He did not observe any recent marks of violence. Ann Clarke said that Horner had lodged at her house nearly a fortnight. She went to bed about eleven o'clock on the night in question, and Homer had not then come home. Jane Greaves said she had lived in the same house with the deceased, and on Tuesday evening they went out to gether. Deceased was in excellent spirits. They met a man in Stodman-street, about half•past ten o'clock, who stopped and spoke to them. He was a short man, dressed in dark trousers, and a short coat. Deceased went with him, and witness never saw her again. The prisoner Horner here read a statement, materially varying from his former assertion. He acknowledged hav ing known the deceased, and that he met her on the tight of her death, but accused a companion, a young man of the name of Heselby, of having pushed the deceased into the canal. In consequence of this statement a warrant was issued for the apprehension of lieselby, who is about seventeen years of age, and had lived as boots at the Swan and Salmon in Newark about six months, but had bees discharged on the dal previous. The youth was apprehended, and the investigation was proceeded with in the presence of the two prisoners. Ftsbert Dale, policeman, of Newark, who apprehended Heselby, said that he slept in the same room with hint (lleselby) on Thursday night, when the prisoner appeared very restless, and frequently talked in his sleep. Among other things he said, " You know,`Bill, you threw her in the water." Witness called to him, and told him he was talking in his sleep. Spoke to him more than once before he awoke him. William Pegmore, labourer, of Newark, saw the body taken out of the water, and spoke to the shawl being twisted MG or three times round the head and neck. The prisoner Heselby, after being cautioned in the USW way, said he was innocent, but that he and Horner were to gether at the Coach and Horses public-house on Tuesday night, and they left there about a quarter past ten o'clock. They met a girl whom he did not know, in Stodman-street. Horner accosted her, and he left bins with the woman; after which he never saw her agcin. Horner reiterated his charge against his fellow-primer, and declared that after Heselby had pushed deceased in the water he ran away, and that he (Horner) called after him to assist in getting her out, but he never turned back. h j a lli d Y bo l ast rn; Ann Yeomans, of Leicester, said — The name of the d e . heard and e f l left r her since. home m s e h i e n ceased was Mary Ann Perkins, and she was the daught er o f the witness by a former husband, named Matthe w P er k ins. Witness n w es a s s hadsixteen v y er ea s i e s e n or fa r ge a good character in Leicester, and witness could not i magine the cause of her leaving home. She went in with two girls. away company The jury returned a rerdiet of" WV i al Murd • I er against both the prisoners, Wm. H orner and W m. leselby." The remains of the unfortunate • girl were int erre d i n t h e church-yard at N ewar k on Friday Theey evening, in the p resence o many hundreds of sp ec t ators. of C° l = o l l 9ll krill the whole tow n was i n a slit g course of the inquiry. ~..