The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

THE FRE - Nut! REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Their leading columns are very barren of interest. The Constitutionnel has an article on the overthrow of 11,0sas, in which it says : "In 1845, when Franca and England decided to act tOpther against Rosas, Brazil was for a moment ad mitted into the alliance. Afterwards, the two great toners deiermined not to avail themselves of the co-opo ration of Brazil, but to net by them -.Ayes. It was not, however, without their being informed of the services which their auxiliary could render them. One of the m - ist witty diplomatists of Brazil even said to Lord Aberdeen, Thware what 3ou are doing; remember the fable of the lion and the mouse.' Lard Aberdeen paid no attention to the warnirg, and perhaps he has often Since regretted not having clone W. Were the two lions failed, the patience of the mouse has succeeded. Eng land and France could obtain nothing from Roses, and from the Nery beginning R )sas put aside the really grave point of the matter—the fri e navigati , ,n of the rivers, declaring that the treaty of Vienna did not con cern him. Thanks to the new situation which now arises from the fall of Rosar, South America will make her ° 4 ll treaty of Vienna fur the navigation of the rivers, . and that is bet:er than all the conventions that could have been imposed on her by force of arms; for the Young Ametican natives do not like to see foreign powers taking part in her affairs, and they will execute thole stipulations the-more freely that they freely consent to The ltioniteur states that up to the evening of the 23d the applications for reimbursement of the Five Per Cents., registered at Paris, and those of which the departments had given notice, only amounted to the number of 130, representing 34,843 francs of rente. The opposition candidate, M. HENON, has been re turned at Lyons. Railway interests appear to be much looked after at present in France. A decree of the PRESIDEN T of the Republic convokes the Coun cil General of the Seine-Inferieure for the 24th inst., to deliberate on different questions relative to the execution of the railway from Paris to Cherbourg, and other important affairs to be sub , flatted to it by the Prefect of the department. The • Municipal Council of Auxonne has voted a sum of 1 50,000 f. to be disposed of in the purchase of shares la the railway from Dijon to Besancon • and the :Council-General of the department of Calvados has voted a million for the execution of the railway from Paris to Cherbourg, of which sum 500,000 f. are ap- Prapriated to the section from Paris to Caen, and 14 14R,Anne Tkav Council-General offers besides a subvention of a mil lion for the branch line to Medzion, in case the Go vernment should determine to have it executed. Admiral DUCREST DE VILLENEUVE died on Tues. Ally in Paris, of an attack of apoplexy. The funeral service will take placa to-morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, at the church of the Madeleine. ,„A sfeamer arrived on Mon da y at Havre, from eatorlaix, having on board 36 prisoners, who Lad been released from the Duguesciin, on condition of their Proceeding to a foreign country, which would be fixed "as their place of exile. Among them are MM. v. '44.VIER DURRIBU and DE KESLER, ex-editors of the lievo/iaion ; LACHAMBAUDIE, an author of fables ; GAD --Ann, a statuary; GUERIN, a cheviot ; PAULUS, I ELAVILLE, A. LEMAITRE, E. LEMA ITRE, AGARD, Q) dVUT , DREVET, PUJET, D'HOUDT, LACAZF, and 'AltaiGaz. The Emancipation of Brussels states t h a t Count .11, liAussoNyILLE and M. ALEXANDRE THOMAS, On Zaviog the Court of Assizes after their acquittal, , w ere cheered by the people outside. Orders were Plrnediately given to them by the Governme nt to "aye Belgium. The Emancipation of Brussels gives the following ! 4 Ininunication from a correspondent :—" A young tc)urnalist showed me a letter of a very rare charac nip and which does the greatest honour t o its writer, '4 " DB MORNY. One day this journalist published I I !' extract from a Belgian journal, which conta ined a ,28 1 1 eulogium on the Minister. M. DE MOUNT im mediately wrote the following letter :--‘ Monsieur,— jhen the authorities do not permit critici s m , the y ti t l i ght not to allow eulogium ; have the kindness, erefore, for the future, not to publish anything 41 ,.Itive to me.' " M. TURGOT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Dg MattipAs, the Minister of Police, have been pro !ted to the grade of Commander of the Legion of cl od to the Patrie, M. VAVIN, charged to i l L tid up the affairs of the Civil List of Ki n g Louis I,4ltaribr, states in his report on the subject, that it7destruction of porcelain in the pillage o f the Royal and the Palace of Neuilly , in 1848, was considerable that not less than 10 , 884 f. 50 c. w ere tk Ztained from the manufactory of Sevres, for the gold the broken pieces collected. L ,i• hs _ great number of beggars have for some tim e occupied a large house in the Quarter de la 14?iniere, and have formed amongst themselv e s a Fraternal Association" for duping the public. S ome ant into the streets, and pretended to be labour in g pa ssed severe infirmities, others hired childre n and them off as their own, others visited respecta ke People in their own houses, an Englishwoma n rllially confined her labours to the English cons ti4,llitY, a degraded ecclesiastic victimi sed the cler gy , o some of the band remained at home to manutac- I v . re begging letters and petitions. The money which *." Collected, amounting to a considerable sum daily, 1 ,,° . a carried to a common fund, out of which the house R l ' kept. Every evening the whole band dined to gether in good style, and, it seems, amused them 4vee in drinking toasts to their dupes. On Tues bihY the police put an end to the operations of the 4 0 ' 1 . 1 by arresting the whole of them just as they were t o ,u,t to sit down to dinner. Tney were carried off Pe Prefecture of Police. there securities were firm at the Bourse, but th 4 r ° was not much business transacted. Railway .N ,tes were heavy. The Five per Cents. opened at 1 ,7 ) 4 25c., and closed at 100 f. 40c. for the end of the , z , 114i ; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 85c.; the httr-and.a-Half per Cents. at 101 f. 15e.; Orleans Rail- Shares, 1,175 f.; Rouen, 7101.; Havre, 291 f. 25e.; CM Northern, 650 f.; Avignon, 265 f.; VierzJe, 555 f.; 4 1 ," 3 , 231 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 5551 ..; Par i s and Sin's 5. 555 E;; Tours and Nantes, 3401. ; Paris and Lyons, ItsTESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE . 1 „ . LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 24. t h ,7 lll 9trna and Amiens, 13%—Central of France (Orleans k il yierzon), 2214—Charleroi and Erquelines, 3X—Namur and Liege, 67—Northers of France, 21. Orleans and Bordeaux, 13 1 4 —Paris and Strasbourg, 1 1' 0 17Rouen and Havre, 114—Sambre and Meuse, OA — ' 4-4 and Nantes,lo%. GERMANY. ; 4 '. telegraphic dispatch from Hamburgb, dated Os tit 13 8a -ay, states that General JACOB I had j ust arrived remen. An immediate intervention of the Fe "ral troops was feared. ' ,xhe St a t es o f B a d e n were closed on Saturday k 'r i tth the usua l f orma liti es , in virtue of a decree I ,lned by the Prince FREDERICK, son of the GRAND The Second Chamber of Prussia, in its sitting of b aturday, proceeded to di scuss t h e W a r Budget. M. 4 VINCILE proposed sund ry re d uc ti ons , but he was de feated hy 168 votes to ; and all te increased ;edits demanded by the Government were granted. "t. one time the debate became rather violent. The d?)urnm en t of the Chambeys has been decided on, "t only for twelve days, as is usual at Easter. ta A Vienna letter states that the Austrian Govern ment has ordered -a severe control to be exercised, in biblical p ro. a fi ;.er to prevent the gratuitous distribution of Bibles, reties have been sent out to Austria by l i eties in London, with a view of making " 1 % 1 to th e Protestant religion. to ', El k ° Germanic Diet has voted 60,000 thalers *ue pay of the officers and crews of the German 3 et. titi qreat m i sery ex i s t s in nearly all parts of_Germ. any, 14 0 4 especially in Westphalia, Cas sel, the Tyrott, . Ipt Ili owi ng to the scarcity of gra in an d po _a a o n e cis of `"e Duchy of Posen, says a Belgia n journal, b 4tobbers have been formed, and detachments of 5 81 ry have to scour the country to prevent their t tib l t /r e(lations. In Westphalia the people, unable o %: 11 ,1 1 rye bread, mix boiled the with roots.ln ke k ,, e ',en also the people are suffering dreadfully from t4)0 4 3'. At WTermeland and Oettant they are %tp 'Reel to live on the , bark of trees and chopped f o , r 4 reat numbers of German emigrants are leaving 1 , America by the French and Belgian ports. From 11 1 43 en, Hamburgh, and other German ports, also th,‘`ePartures are very numerous. From the let to Nil 1 3th March not fewer than 3,276 emigrants tl,:c l from the mouth of the Weser, and on the latter t o „'' between 700 and 800 were waiting for vessels to -4 '7 them. ITALY. b. T he recent storms in the Adriatic have occasioned q loss of life and property. Net letter from Vienna of the 17th says—" We re ttl: from different points of the coast of the A driatic , 41 0*t distressing accounts of the damage ca u.ed I), ta , le late c on ti n ual storms. The town of Chiogg io It tt , ' 43 st twenty fishing-boats, with all their cr ews, k 41 %htin g i n number to one hundri d. On the 12,.11 l' et. 4 chant ship was hot near Alur:.zzi. B , tween to t 4 , l :e and Onune several bodies have been picke d u p 'e share. Near Sinagaglia the waves have thrown quantity of ships' stores, sails, Sc.c. Vessels were ttii; (11 f the coast making signals of distress, but no T c ,.°llld venture to their relief." 1.4 4 4 e los s in the gale of the 4th instant o f the Ma ne steana•corvette is confirmed. The young Etn 41;Pulticis, who was at sea on board a nother ti4:' during the gale, went to express in per son his (l ou r regret to Baron DE KunEcu, President of the riti t , 4 ell of the Empire, whose son was in the Mari- Ikk t e: Eighty persons were onboard the vessel when heat gown SUN, THE FASHIONABLE PARTIES. EARL DERBY'S DINNER. Yesterday eveniog the Noble Premier entertained the following Members of the Cabiuot at dinuf , r, fa his Lord ship's mansion, St. James's-Jujus - ire. The guests upon this occasion were confined to the Diike of Northumberland, the Marquis .of Salisbury, the Earl of Malmi-.sbury, the Earl of liardwicke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Lord John Mlinnere, Mr. J. C. Berries, and Mr. J. W. Henley. LORD AND LADY TRURO'S DINNER PARTY• L,)rd and Lady Truro entertaioed a select dinner circle last evening at their mansi , )n, Eaton-square, con sisting of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Etrrl and Coun tess of Clarendon, Lord end Lady John Russell, Lord Seymour, Lord Harry Vane, the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, and Mr. Frederick Peel. BELVOIR CASTLE. The festivities at this ungnificent seat are being kept up with great eclat. A very large party of distinguished fashionables will assemble there on Monday next, the 29th inst., for the purpose o witnessing Croxton-park races, which commence on the 30th. During the rgees c')vers be laid at t he castle fur upwards of 40 each night. His Grace's hand wit) attend the races, and heir 'hi, race-course th ,, Duke's marquee will be erected, and luncheon provided for all the uesti. AnSong the dis tinguished visitors expected aro the Doke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Enl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Scarborough, THE NEW PIIILIIABILIONIC SOCIETY. The first coneerr: nby this Lew acciely Nick place with immense eclat last evening, at Ex , ,ter flail, in the presence of a large and brilliant audi:nce, Judgirg from the opening night, we should pronounce the esta blishment of this new society as a step decidedly bene ficial to the true interest of art and arJsts. Many of the names announced are " towers of strength, and the programme contains a rich and varied array of sterling selections and attractive novel ties With Hector Berlioz, as the chef d' orchestre, Sivori, the first violin, and Piatti and Bati_sini conspi cuous among the instrumentalists—with several works of home composition (such as those announced of a new overture and concerto by henry W 3 Ida, an " operatic masque," by Edward Leder, and a cantata by G. A. Mactarren, founded r..n Burger's ballad of " Leonora") we freely anticipate the sondly successful results of the objects of the society, which are stated in its prospectus to be both the extension of a knowledge of the produc tions of the greatest masters, by a more perfect per formance of their works than has hitherto been attained, and likewise the affording to modern and native Composers a favourable opportu nity for establishing the' worth of their chinas urthri, ..tention sena esteem of a discerning public. Among the promised features of attraction are Beet hoven's Choral Symphony, Mendelssohn's " Walpurgis Night," selections from Lee Vestale of Spontirii, and the pieces we have already mentioned. The orchestra com prises upwards of one hundred performers, and is pecu liarly strong; the violas, violincelli, bassi, and harps each muster twelve instruments. Last evening's programme was as follows: — PART I. Symphony in C (Jupiter) ... ... Mozart. Selection from Iphigenia in Tauride Gluck. Song, chorus, ballet, and chorus. Triple Concerto, pianoforte, violin, and violin cello, M. Silas, Signor Sivori, and Signor Piatti •-• Beethoven. O ver ture (Oberon) ... Weber. PART 11. The first part of Romeo and Juliet, a dramatic symphony, with solos and chorus. By Hector Berlioz. Nu. 1. Combats—a Tumult—lnstrumental Introduction. Prologue—in Choral Recitative. Semi-Chorus—S trophy, Contralto Solo. Vocal Scherzetto—Tenor Solo, with Semi- Chorus Recitative. No. 2 (Instrumental). Romeo alone. Distant sound of festive Music. Grand Fete at the Mansion of Capulet. No. 3 (Instrumental and Vocal). The Garden of the Ca pulets, silent and deserted. Juliet on the balcony, Orchest Romeo ra in he shade. Love scene —Adagio, Chorus and . Chorus of Capulet youths quitting the feast. No. 4. Queen Mab, or the Fairy of Dreams—Scherzo In strumentale. Overture, Guillaume Tell (Rossini). In the first part, the °peeing symphony, was admir ably given, especially in the close; the savage chorus of Scythians, and the jubilant hymns; and the exquisite performance of Silas, Sivori, and Piatti, who were severally hailed with the most conerdial plaudits the triple concerto, were triumphantly concluded by Weber' beautiful overture given with a mastery of precision, spirit, and execution impossible to be surpassed. The second part consisted mainly of a portion of Ber lioz's very poetic and fanciful Romeo and Juliet sym phony, most carefully and brilliantly given. The cha racter of the music is wild, passionate, and perfectly original in its piquancy of treatment, particularly as regards the wooden band. The ideas are work, d out in a thoroughly dramatic manner, an there runs throughout the whole an unfailing vein of imagination, sometimes bright and sparkling, and again plaintively and passionately sombre. Not a phrase or thought has been borrowed, and the effect of the whole treatment, so bright in colour and so dramatically varied, is p2rftcily novel. The opening movement is a clever representa tion of a tumult, interrupted by stately brass music, re presenting the interference of the Prince of Verona. A sem i-chorus of harmonised recitative-, very grateful and characteristic, is succeeded by a long contralto solo, excellently given by Miss Dolby, the mflody original and quaintly plaint ivo, and its flow charmingly broken by a sweet choral bit, " The lute's soft tones recalling us for a moment to the festivity. The vocal schcrzetto, " Qateo Mab," which follows, is (pito new in plan and t rea tment. The tenor, Mr. Lockey, in the light, way ward, and fantastic strains of the music is backed by sparklingly clever and characteristic instrumental ac companiments; the flutes and oboes taking a principal part, and by " bits" of very ingenious choral music re echoing the phrases of the subjsct—the whole dove tailed and worked up with perfect Fgenuity. Thy moreeau narrowly escaped an encore. The second portion of the symphony is instrumental, with the exception of a gay chorus of the departing re vellers, which breaks the plaintive and passionate strains which depict the moonlit garden and the interview of the lovers. The movement is low, and scored with sus tained power. The concluding scherzo is a very fanciful and ingeniously treated bit ut fairy music—the subject, " Queen Mats, or the Fairy of Dreams"—and theseore having all that playful yet fantastic character which be longs to the subject. It was given with the utmost deli cacy, and all it odd gamboling eff%cts—as if the com• poser were revelling in the production of the wildest, yet the prettiest musical vag.ries—were brought oti4 with immense effect. The harp passages, with their bright tinklings, backed by the wayward warblings of the flute, and the piquant little rushes from the stringed instruments, were all as fairylike as possible, and were highly and fully appreciated. Had it not been for the lateness of the hour, the movement would have been encored. As it was, there was but one feeling of un animous admiration. The overture to Guillaéclat ume 7-e Chili , g iven with startling 'vigour, concluded with excellent concert. The promoter of the New Philartnonic has d been Mr. T. F. Beale, to whos e courageous sp:culation an en thusiasm a deep debt of gratitude ia due from the lovers of music in this country. MR. HENLEY'S NEW BILL ABOUT SEAMEN. TO THE EDITOR , OF THE DAILY W NES. Sir,—Th e announcement of Mr. Henley, l a st night, renders it necessary to call public attention at once to the acts of the Government, before further mischief is done. Mr. Henley has brought in a Bill to anthorise negotiations with foreign states for the giving up of de serters. This places a sailor who deserts on a level with a murderer or felon. The United States will never sanction such an Act, for it would infringe on the right of search, and ulti mately lead to war. No nation gives up deserters at present—liberal England is to set an otapple. One of the causes which led to the last war with the United States was :the searching of ships of the United St a tes navy for deserters from the Ki n g 's servioo. Three men from the Melarnpus awl one from the Halifax de serted and joined the United States frigate Chesapeake; Admiral Berkeley ordered Captain Humphreys, of the Leopard, whenever the Chesapeake should put to sea to proceed in the offing, demand the men, and, if refused, to " proceed and search for the same." Commodore Barrow, of the Chesapeake, refused to give up these men to the British frigate; the consequence was, that Captain Humphreys proceeded t o hostilities. After a sport engagement the Chesapeake s truck her colours, the deserters were given up, Captain Hump hre y s refused to tak s e asession of the United States friga tes, and thus wa laid a deep and lasting complaint, which rankled in the breast ofthe e A d mericans, caused a deep sen sation in that country, This took afterwards principally assiste d in bringing abo u t that a l deplorable war betwoen the two na tions.ian the eo e n the 22d of June, 1807; on the 22d of December, p vernment laid an embargosame year, the American Go of the Uaited States .—yours, all vessels then in the ports London, March 24. T. M. ' Run's GUIDE TO THE TURF. --- The Spring presents e dition of this indispensable racing companion has just made decoration, it at all present year it events it s appearance, and will rec ei ve its usual hearty welcome from ooni the w ar o r r a l d n . gem lf en in t orr he re tains all its old ch aracteristics of p erfect cor rectness n newfe s a p t o u r r t e in o g f of information and facility of reference. Of a work so well known and so justly appreciated further praise is un necessary. HUNGERFORD HALL —Mr. W. Rosa, the well known comic vocalist. gave an entertainment last night in the large theatre of Hungerford Hall to a large and exceed ingly merry audience. And well might they laugh, for a more laughable character than Mr. Has, when delivering his comic songs, can scarcely be conceived. But his exer tions to make fun are not entirely confined to singing; he with peat success delivers a "black lecture on phrenology" in genuine negro style. From his observations, however, the audience were not likely to derive ant great addition to their present stock of information on such an abstruse subject; indeed the lecturer had no such object in view, for he em phatically declared that "the more they studied the less they knew about it," a perfectly tru:., remark. This lecture is well worthy of being heard, as are al,:o the vocal and in strumental efforts of his little daughte - , Miss Units Roes. He repeats the entertainment, it is understood, on Saturday. WAuwicK.—Mr. Mellor's address to th inde• pendent electors of Warwick has appeared for some days past, and we imagine the Learned Gentleman mugt be well satis fied with his reception. It is reported, however, that Mr. Renton, who now sits for the doomed borough of St. Albaa's, is not unlikely to seek refuge at Warwick, where, from his connexion with the Castle, his pretensions would be for midable. We understand that the Mutt Ribbon, vacant by the death of the late Duke of Cambridge, was given to the Marquis of Donegal by the late tioyerrnueut before their retinatot froa cam • LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee (the third this season) yes terday afternoon, in St. Jame,.'s Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the roval suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace about two o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards, and were received by the Great Officers of State. The Queen's 113 r. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms was on duty in the state saloons. The Yeoman Guard was on duty, under the command of Captain Bellairi, Exon in Waiti❑g. Before the Levee, Major Walter, K.IL, had an audieneOlf her Majesty, and &livered the insignia of Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath worn by the late General Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson. The Field Officer in Waiting had an audience of the Queen. His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau at tended the Levee. The Queen wore a white silk train, brocaded with silver, and trimmed with silver blonde and pink satin ribbons. The petticoat was of white satin and tulle, trimmed with pink satin ribbons and silver. Har Majesty's head-dress was formed of diamonds, with a green wreath. The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Duchess of Atholl (Mistress of the Robes), the Countess of M , unt Edgecumbe (14-Ay in Waiting), the Duke of Mot:trnse ([.f rd Steward) !he Ma•quis of Exeter (Lord Chamberlain), the Earl of Jersey (natter of tho Ht:rse), L )rd Claud flatnilton ( rreasurer of the Household), Viscount Newport (Vice-Chamberlain), the Ria,lit Hon. :Cecil Forester (Cutnptroller of the IL usehold), the E,tl of Morton (Lord in Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to his Royal High❑ess), Cap tain the Hoe. J. Denman, RN. (Groom in Waiting), Colonel Wylde (Groom in Waiting to his Royal High ness), Major General Buckley (Equerry in Waiting), Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon (Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness), and Messrs. Gordon and Cameron (Pages of Honour in Waiting). The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the fol lowing presentations to her Majesty and his Royal High ness the Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic circle:— By the Spanish Minister—Don Pedro Sorela, Second Secretary of Legation; Don Henri T. de Andrade, At tache to her Catholic Majesty's Legation. By the Austrian Minister—M. le Baron Berchlingen, Cupitaine au Cavallerie; Lieutenant Fliess, Officier de Cavallerie. _ _ The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being preiented to her Majaty : Mtjor Adamson, on promotion, by Lieut.-Genaral Hon. Hugh Arbutbnot. - The Lord Advocate of Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Wal- Lieutenant Applegath, on return from India, by the Marquis of Tweeddale. Major-General Arbuthnot, on prOmOttun, t,T the, Dui.. of Wellington. Lieutenant A. P. Arkwright, R.N., by the Duke of Not thumberland. Lieutenant Armytage, by the Rid of Strafford. Ensign H. H. Austin, by the Earl of Lovelace. Sir Charles Barry, upon having received the honour of Knighthood, by the Earl of Carlisle. Mr. Bateson, M.P., on appointment as one of the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant A. G. Bax, by the Right Hun. J. C. Berries. Mr. Wentworth B. Beaumont, by Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P. Mr. A. E. Benson, on eppoEntment to 10th Hussars, by Lieutenant-General Hon. H. B. Ligon. Major A. C. Bentinck, by the Duke of Wellington. Brevet .Nlajor J. J. Bisset, on the grant of a pension fur wounds received in the K.,tir war, by the Duke of Wellington. Captain Borrow, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Archdeacon Bouverie, by the Bishop of Norwich. Lord Bolton, by the Duke of Leeds. _ . Lieutenant the lion. Edward Boyle, by Lieutenant-Col. the Hon. Robert Boyle. The Hon. Thomas Bruce, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Major Lord Barghersh, on return from India, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Charles Salisbury Butler, by Lord Robert Gros- veenor. Mr. Cumming Bruce, by The President of the Board of Control. Sir Robert Buxton Bart., by the Earl of Sandwich. Mr. E. M. Bro well, Secretary to the Board of Green Cloth, by his Grace the Lord Steward. Ensign John Byron, on appointment to the 34th Regi ment, by General Sir T. M. Brisbane, Barr. Carain G. E. Baynes, by General Sir Gordon Drummond. Commander R. T. Bedford, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., on. appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by Lord Truro. Rear-Admiral Hon. George Campbell, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. James Gordon Campbell, by Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. Lieutenant Charles R. Carter, R.N., on appointment to her Majesty's yacht, by Lord Adolphus Fit='armee. Captain Chester, by Lord Alfred Hervey. Lieutenant Cheyne, R.N., on appointment to the Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Ensign Clay, by the Right Hon. J. C. berries. Rev. Lord Alwyne Compton, by the Marquis of North ampton.. Lieu'.-Colonel Cotton. on appointment as Brigade Major of Cavalry, by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Dr. Adolphus Colling,s by Sir Wm. Collings. Ensign Francis Conn e ll, by Mr. Connell. Colonel Coryton, R N., on promotion and appointment to command the Plymouth Division, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander Cracroft, R.N., on his marriage, by the Duke of Northumberland. R , v. Dr. Collis, by Viscount Palmerston. Lieut. J. P. Craster, on promotion, by Lieut.-General lion. Hugh Arbuthnott. Captain Cornwall, R.N., on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Walter Coulson, on being appointed one of her Ma jesty'. C)unsel, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Rev. W. Hay ward Cox, on appointment to the Rectory of Tenby, by Lord John Russell. Sir William Cubitt, on having received the honour of Knighthood, by Earl Granville. Ensign Godfrey Clerk, on appointment 95th Regiment, by 64 George R. Clerk, First Lieutenant G. R. Conolly, R.M,, on return from foreign service, by Colonel Menzie , . M.jor Calley, by the Deputy Adjuvant-General. Colonel Dansey, on appointment to comuaand the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Lit ut.-Colonel W. Lewis Dawes, R.M., on promotion, by the Duke of Norihutoberisnd. Carnet Harris Sr. John Dick, by Lient.-General Lord Fitzroy Someriet . • Lieut. John Dunalade, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Lieut. W. Deedes, on appointment to the Rifle Brigade, b 3 his father, Mr. Deedes, M P. Sub-Lieutenant Walter de Wintow, on appointment to Ist Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P. Colonel Dixon, R.E., on being appointed to command Royal Engineers in Canada, by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Major T. Donnelly, on appointment to the staff at Addiscombe, by Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Captain Drew, Elder Brother of Trinity House, by the Duke of Wellington. Hon. Captain Duncombe, R.N., M.P., on appointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sir James Alexander Dunbar, on succeeding to the ba ronetcy and being appointed flag-lieutenant to the naval Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, by Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundee, R.N., on appointment to be naval A.D.C. to her Majesty, by the Duke of North umberland. Captain Dundas, on promotion, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Ensign Owen Gwynn S. Davies, by General Arbuthnot. Lieutenant-General Duffy, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign Compton Scrase Dickins, by Lieutenant. General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieutenant-General D'Oyly, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign W. H. Edgecombe, by Colonel Harry D. Jones. Lieutenant Egerton, on appointment to Rifle Brigade, by his father, Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart. Captain Lord Eliot, Ist Life Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Hall; M.P. Mr. Every, Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire, by Sir George Couper, Bart. Ensign Louis W. Fisher, on appointment 67th Regi ment, by Lieutenant-General Clitherow. Sir Charles Fox, by Earl Granville. .lA'o.o,rdo,nbyreßtuirgnhtfrHomon.J.C. Canada,ll er b r y ies th . e by Lieutenant-General D u ncan M`Leod. Li e utenant Edward Fraser , Master-General of the Ordnance. E Ca c hi p si t g a n Ensign Garde, by General Fraser. Captain teua n t Frith,Generalon r H e o tu n r . n H fr u o g m h A foreignrbu thnao s e tat r l.l v ti i r c a e i , b sp y i ru L k‘ i ve e 10 - . f As L at i s fe tant- Harry D. Jones. Ensign W. W. Goodfellow, by Colonel M.P. Ensign let Assistant-Surgeon Guards, urge 4 Colonel E l ; Vn George,J. H a Thomas L C i a e p u t t a e i n n a G lit o G od e f r e a ll l o d w t , i b t y tie L b i a e l u es t.- G G o e u n d e i r ti a k l e G , to the Coldstream Guards, by his father, Mr. Mills Goodlake. Ca fe p l t i a o i w n . C. F. Grant, by Lieutenant-General Good- Lieutetiant Grantham, by L' on appointment lotighby Cotton:. E L s i u i g t e ri n ia,t Sheffield Charles stu,ennßcal.enx,t General Sir Jaws John Hamilton. Bart. byrs the orthurub-rland. Colonel Hankey, on promotion, by the Duke of eliirgton. Dr. Harding, her Majesty's Advotiate-General, on ap pointment, and to 'receive the honour of knighthood, by the Earl of Thrby. Lieutenant Hill, HN , on return from Canada, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. s Mr. J. Kioneisley Hooper, on appointment to the Lieu tenancy of the City of Landon, by his father, Mr. Al derman Hooper. Rear-Admiral C. Hornhy, on appointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northum berland. Lieutenant Hughes, by Major-General Sir Richard Doherty. Lieutenant Hume, on return from foreign service, b: Lieut.-General Hon. Hugh Arthbuthnott. M.,jor . Charles Irvine, on promotion, and return from foreign service, bp LieuteGeneral Hon. Hugh Ar• biOluria9t4 EVENING, Major-General Jackson, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Rev. John Jackson, on appointment to a canonry at Bristol, by the Lord Chancellor. Commander Oliver J. Jones, R,N., by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Lister Kaye, by his father Sir John Lister. Kaye, Bart. Colonel Kelly, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General. Mr. Wynn Knight, on his marriage, by General Lygon. Mr. John C. King, delegate from the colony of Victoria, as the bearer of an address to her Majesty from the inhabitants of the colony of Victoria, expressive of their dt voted loyalty and attachment to their Sove reign, and of their sincere thanks to her Majesty for the erection of their province into a separate colony of the British empire, under the Royal name of " Vic. toria," by the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington. Lioutenant J. Lawder, by Colonel Dunne. Major General Leslie. on promotion, by Field-Marshal the Commander-in-Chief. Lord Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. B. Lewis, by Mr. Alderman Wilson. Lieutenant Francis Lean, by Colonel Menzies. Lieutenare•Colonel Charles_ R. W. Lane, on return from India, by the Earl of Donoughmore. Liententea Loch, R N., by Reer-admiral Loch. Lieutenant C lend L 'gate by the Duke of I larnilron. Rev. James 11. Long. chepl.en to her Majesty's ship Arrtrant, by the D u k e o f N ort h um b er l an d. Mr. Jahn Sate] , Lumley. first attaci a to her Mejssty's Legation at St. Peterseurgh, by the Earl of Meleues bury. Mr. M iinwating, on appointment as deputy lteutenant for Sha,p,hire, by the Vico-Chamberlain, the Right Hon. Veceuut No A purr. Captain 11. J. Ma - sou, R N., on appointment to cern mend her Majesty's ship Higi,fl; er, by the Duke of Northumberland. Lieutenant and .Ndjutant Wm. Mansell Mansell, R. M., on appointment as Adjutant to the Chatham division of Roy al Marines, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Mansell, Mr. Maxwell, Ensign 47th Regiment, by Major-General Sir Thomas Willshere, Bart., K C.B. Captain Alfred R. Margery, on return from foreign ser vice, by Major- General Fane. Commander F. L. M'Clintock, her Majesty's ship In trepid, on promotion and return from Arctic service, by Captain Alex Milne, R.N. Captain Milne, R.N., on re-appointment to the Admi ralty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Lieutenant MiNair, by Colonel Chas. Wyndham. Lieutenat George F. Mecham, R N., her Majesty's ship Resolute, on appointment to Arctic Expedition, by Captain Sir B. W. Walker. e - Lieutenant-General Mercer, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Martin Crofton Moirison, by Sir George Staunton. Lieutenant-Colonel Morse. Cooper, -on pi-emotion, by_ _VAseoun t resin harmore. Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, on his marriage and return from service in Australia, by Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Right Hon. Jo , eph Napier, on appointment as Attorney- General for Ireland, by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant H. Nason, R.M., by Major-General Sir John Owen, K.C.B. Mr. Newman, on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo manry, by Viscount Courtenay. Captain Nicholson, by Lieut.-Colonel Lord de Tabley. Captain Nott, by Lord Glenelg. Major-General Sir Charles O'Donnell, on promotion by Inc Duke of Wellington. Mr. L. Oliphant, by Sir F. Pollock. Commander Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return from foreign rvice, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Lionel Oliver, by Lieut.-General Goodfellow. Admiral Sir John Ommanney, on appointment as corn maunder- in-chief at Davenport, by the Duke of North ureberland. Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, on return from Arctic ser vice and re-appointment, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Commander Robert Jocelyn Otway, RN., on appoint ment as deputy lieutenant, county Tipperary, by General Sir Loftus W. Otway. Hon. Francis Pekenhana on appointment to her Majesty's mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford. Mr. Arthur T. G. Pearse, by Sir Richard Bulkeley. Lieutenant-Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General Sir Colin Halkett. Lieut.- Colonel Passy, on promotion, by Lord George Lennox. Captain Sir George Brooke Pechell, R.N., on appoint. ment as a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, by Vis ceunt Palmerston. Li, tie-General Sir George Pollock, G,C.8., on promo tion, by General Viscount Hardinge. Mr. Edward Porter, late her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on return !rem foreign service, by the Earl of Malmes bury. Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a deputy lieute nant i o n t h e county ot Lancaster, by the Earl 01 Sefton. Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell, Mujer-Genetal William G. Power, on receiving the tes timonial for good service, by the Marquis of Anelesey. Commander Pullen, R N., on re-appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the Ordnance. Lieutenaet Charles B. Payne, H M.S. Herald, on op- Feentenent to the South Sea Exp dition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sub-Lieutt nant A. W. Peyton, on appointment to Ist Lite Guard., by Colonel J. Hall. Mr. George H. Poring, on appointment to 87th Regi ment, by Msjer-General Sir John Rolt. Captain W. H. Reeve, on promotion, by General Earl of S . rafford, Ensign J. L. Reynolds, on return from India, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. CAptein P. ter Richards, R.N., on nomination to good service pension, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser vice, sad appointtn, nt to her Majesty's ship Assistance, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Richard Getter Roach, on appointment to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by the Earl of Sand wich. Major-General Sir John felt, on being a ppointed to the command of the weste rn di str i ct, by t h e Duke of Wel lington. Lieutenant Rolt, Coldstream Guards,kin appointment to the Staff, Western District, by his father, Major-Ge neral Sir John Rolt. Captain Ross, by Admiral Sir George Sartorious. Captain J. C. Salkeld, by the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. Mr. J. Boyd Saunders, by the President of the Board of Control. Paymaster Scott, an appointment 38th Regiment, by Lieut. General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieut. General Shubrick, on promotion, by Admiral Kslly. Captain Charles Schoenberg, S,N,, on promotion, by the Earl of Dundonald, Rev. Hnnywood D'Owyns Yate Scott, by the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Charles Shubrick, on return from India, by Lieut. General Thomas Shubrick. Lieutenant Alexander J. Smith, .R.N., on return from her Mejesty's Magneti c Observatory, Hobart Town, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Solomon, Hanseatic Consul at St. Helena, by Mr Colquhoun, agent and Consul General for the Hansa Towns. Major General Simpson, on appointment to command south• western district, by the Earl of Stafford. Mr. Alderman R. S. Spiers, sheriff of the city of Oxford, by Right Hon. S. H. Walpole. Ensign J. H. M. Stewart, by Rear Admiral Houston Stewart. Lieutenant Charles Sullivan, her Majesty's ship St. George, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Sullivan. Sir George Grant Suttie, Bart., by the Duke of Mont rose. - The Solicitor. General for Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Captain Herbert Slade, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Paget. Mr. Deane Shute, Deputy-Lieutenant of Hants, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant J. J. Smith, on appointment to Royal Artil lery, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Lieutenant Frederick R. Stack, by Lieutenant-Colonel Mac Duff. Earl Talbot, on appointment as- one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting, by the Lord Chamberlain: Surgeon Tardrew, 2d Lite Guards, on promotion, by Colonel M•Douttll. Lieutenant Reentrd Williams Thomas, 7tb Royal Fusi liens, by his father, Vice-Admiral Thomas. Lieutenant-General Thomson, C. 8., 74th Highlanders, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Dr. Todd, by , Lord Claud Hamilton. Colonel Trevela an, Coldstream Guards, on promotion, by the Earl of Strafford. Lieutenant Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on ape pointment, by the Earl of Strafford. - Lieutenant S. D. Turner, 2 tat Bengal Native Infantry, by the Right Hon. J. C. Henries. Ensign Roger D. Upton, let West India Regiment, on appointment, by Lieut.-General Mercer, Hon Henry P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, by Earl Granville. Mr. Samuel Vines, her Majesty's Consul at Para, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Malmesbury. Commander F. P. Warren, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Rear-Admiral Wallis, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. W. Walter Wells, Bengal medical service, - on re turn from India, by Lieut.-Colonel Lure, C.B. Surgeon A. C. Webster, 78th Highlanders, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Captain T. Narramore Were, Elder Brother of the Trieiiy House, II the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Wheble, by the Marquis of Clanricarde. Colonel R. W. Wilson, GB., Bengal Army, on return to India, by Viscount Gough. by Lord Lennox. Mr. Sydney Wh itin g , Lieutenant Edward And; "e Wy de, R.M., on retuin from foreign W ser y v a i t e t e , , b by ibb S ,i i r r Cubits. William is rn g!o re n . . Captain George Mr. M. Digby Mr. Edward y be Wilson,Y Sir J. Law It.N., by Lord B e Capta i n Frederit l -1: . Green Wilkinson, 42d Royal High landers, on promotion, by Sir John Rule nd Prince Albert returned to Bucking- Her MijeetY a ham Palace after the Laves. Ooknilsi f on t _ had a meeting The Oxford University yesterday at the. tßeial resi d ence () he mat Lord of street. Present—the Bishop the Treasury in Downing. J.L. Dampier, Esq., of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle,. the Master of Pem broke,. the Rev. 1.1 the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, (secretary.) and the Rev. A. P. Stanley The Duchess Dowager of Bedford and the Lady Rachel Evelyn Rus3ell, who have been passing the winter at Brighton; 1414 returned t 4 carapdowliU for the 04ason. TIIIIRSDAY MARCH 25, 1852. THE MERCHANTS' AND TRADES MEN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The fifth annual meeting of the members of this society was held on Thursday, the 18th of March at the offices in Chatham-place, Bl ac kf r i ars. , John Macgreggor, Esq., M.P,. presided. Mr. GEORGE THosesoer (the Manager) read the re port, by which it appeared that the number of policies for the year ending 31st Jan. last are 18l The amount assured £54,650 0 0 The premiums on which are Since the 31st Jan. last, sixty-one pro posals have been passed, amounting to 21,100 o 0 The premiums on which are And there are before the Board 13 proposals amount ing to 6,900/., the premiums on which are 245/. 19s. 9d., now in progress of completion. Making the total number of policies The amount assured ...£216,432 & 0 The anrinal income of the Society 7 024 7 4 27 Preposa's for 14,150/. have been submitted to the board during the ye-sr which have been declined. The claims be de eth, which have been discharged, amount to 1 6601. end there is one small claim of 401,1- which 'he cbjeetors cannot settle, in con.tegti.nce of thefts b. i; g different claimants ieterested in the sum. The CHAIRMAN Ina v stile atatertie nt webt Over the diff-reut h. ecs ..1 the repute, and mevtd its adep:ion, wh'eti Wes carried 1111-titiMk,USl3. The r. eelurion hevii g act-n carried, vet. sof tlianlts to the dirt crew:, aid auditors, aid 51r.11ALL (4n auditor) in returning tharees, oeserve d that the dos-eters should adopt 111 , 01114=r tc-de of us,uranee. wlich ice e, neeiv. d ' would bring the m a great del of buainesa--eamely, a..- .uring say the pey meet of 1001. to a person reactieg sixty, no e euefit to be derivable from his payments it he dtel before r« Kehl, g that age. - Mr. A RRowsMITH proposed a complimentary vote of thanks to the medical officers, the manager, Mr. Thom son, the secretary, Mr Musgrave, Bud the 'agent and other officers of the society. They were all able and 'eminent men. One of them (Mr. Thomson) be was instrumental in bringing there himself, and he came with the very highest testimonials from five or six of the greatest names in the City. Mr. Musgrave was an able coadjutor, and he was always glad to see him at their meetings. It was to him a source of regret that many persons were dissuaded from assuring their lives because they were afraid a time might come when they could not keep up their payments, and that they would lose all the money they had previously paid en account of a policy of assurance on their lives. Their condition might practically illustrate the dream of Pha roah, who dreamt that seven fat kine were eaten up by seven lean kine. Seasons of prosperity and seasons of adversity were the lot of many of them. Perhaps they assured for too utuohrandif they- could not continue their premiums, they found themselves in worse hands than those of a hard-dealing usurer. Now it should be known that the directors of that office gave credit for premiums, charging only a moderate sum for interest ' for twelve months, in order t o g i ve a man t i me t o re cover himself. It was to correct this evil, so far as it affected the varying fortunes of literary men that he had associated with Charles Dickens and others in the for mation of the " Guild of Literature and Art." And the " Ather mum Institute" in Sackville-street was eatab tablished for a similar purpose. Offices that would not lend a man 30/. or 401. to enable him to maintain his policy for a little while, pursued a dry skin-flint usurious practice, which could not be too much reprobated.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. THoMSoN, in returning thanks for the very kind aed flattering manner in which Mr. Arrowsmith had been pleased to refer to his humble services, and that of his friend Mr. Musgrave, said that they had both used their best exertions, as was their duty, to promote the interest of the society. With regard to Mr. Arrow smith's very judicious observations as to advancing, by way of credit - , one year's premium if required by the assured, be quite agreed that it was a judicious and equitable provision, and in that spirit it had been ap proved and adopted by the directors. Dr. Benthaw's suggestion that in no case ought a forfeiture to occur, seen as that described by Mr. Arrowsmith, had also been anticipated by this society. The Doctor would find that they had a regulation whereby, after five pre miums had been paid, a policy might be surren dered, and a new policy granted corresponding to the value of the one surrendered without payment of any further premium. As an illustration of the principle, suppose a person te assure for I,oou/ for the whole term of life at a premium of 30L, and to pay five premiums. It' that person had inured for fite years as a snort perioe policy, he woul t only have had to pay about on.-half, or 151.; consequently the other half is paid against the future end daily increasing risk. Now this sum would be applied as a simple payment, and a T et l ey granted accordingly on the surrenaer of the,old one, and the assured would be pr. cisely in the same posi tion, on the Caine table, and with all the adv dose• proportionably which he ever lied. It was, no doubt, an arbitrary rule to fix on five years as the shorteet period for the cenversion, but it was thought that any shorter time would be too great an inducement to parties to discontinue their insurances; and it was not the dety of offices to encourage parties to abandon so important a provision as that of a life policy. The regulation had been approved by Professor De Morgan, as both equitable arid judicious. With regard to Mr. Bull's propesel to have a table constructed for endowment assurances. contingent on lives surviving a given age, he (Mr. Thomson) very much doubted the propriety of encouraging that principle. Such a mode of assurance would be a mere gambling speculation. It would invert the very ; rinciple and most important use of life assurance. It would be a speculative on a leog life, but no prevision in case of premature death, and the vital principle of life assurance was to provide against the latter contingency. In the case sug4ested, if the assured lived to the specified age he would get the amount assured, but in the event of his dying before, his family would lose the benefit of all his payments. In was a most unsatisfactory speculative mode of as suarance, unless combined with a provision to pey to the representatives in case of death before the given age. And for this descripion of endowment assurances the society had already provided by their Table No. 6. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY..--Return of Traffic for the week ending March 21:— Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. ... £22,441 7 8 Merchandise ... ... .. ... 17,682 14 11 Cattle .. ... ... ... ... 1,061 14 6 Total ... £41,185 17 1 Corresponding week last year ... 40,409 16 10 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. Tm GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.. (Miles in work, 2411) -Return of Traf f ic for the Week ending March 14, 1852: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,626 2 6 Merchandise and minerals ... 6,099 010 Cattle ... ... ... ... 152 10 7 Total .. £10,877 13 11 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £4,046 14 3 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,821 3 6 Total ... ... ....£7,84 17 9 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount of Traffic for the week ending March 21 : Passengers ... ... ... £6,539 18 10i Goods ... ... —. ... 2,8,8 9 1i Total ... £9,353 8 0 Corresponding week last year... 7,969 31 1. Scornful CENTRAL RAn.wer.—Traffic for the Week ending March 21, 1852 ; Passengers (7,212), parcels, horses, and carriages ... £7S4 12 11 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 920 16 9 Total 1,70; 9 8 Corresponding week in last year... 1,604 4 1 Perth. March 24. 1852. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--.TriliffiC for the week ending March 21:— MAIN LINE. Passengers ... ... X 940 2 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... 82 5 5 Goods, cattle, &c. 596 19 5 Mails ... 575 0 0 Total .. ... ... £2,194 7 7 MOLD. Passengers 1.30 1 0 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... 1 15 2 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 98 8 9 Total ... £l3O 4 11 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers ... £135 5 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 25 14 10 Total £l6l 0 7 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. -- (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending ISlar. 21 £15,969 15 6 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) ' .X 14,400 12 7 T -- C- _HE -RYSTAL PALACE.—YeSterday the number of persons who visited the building was greater than that of the preceding day. In different parts of the building tables. petitions are placed, upon which of the building were signed by thousands. The litatiedeslutac in favour of the retentrin. dent of yesterday was the removal of the cage a nd e of the celebrated Koh-i-noor. The cotistruction of t he WAS most ma chineryex- for the rising and sinking of the , jewel , Dir- Best ' traordinary, and excited the utmostv?!......r" - - formance upon according to a nnouncement, gave IV 1 7: 7 4 ,1. 0 *ded atten- Willis's great organ, which attracted a To...ri le programme dance at that particular part of the building: composers. consisted of selections from the most eminent by Handel, among which may be noticed a concer to ce a German chorale. deli ciously played, and the concluding pwieould be difficult to Of the execution of this chorale it f the variations and the speak too highl the brilliancys° maintained thrtupbc ut clearness with w h ich the air was for the loudest the most intricate passages, gave in which is introduced the ap plause. The concluding fugue, a gnificent, and we most Swell to tha great organ, was delighted listeners in saying it cor dially agrea with one f u t beautifully played." W e have not was a " beautiful subjec t the slightest doubt bu that the Wednesdays and Saturdays for the future will bectonsidered the great days of those yet rema i n i n g of tha Great E x hibition building. NEW WO-R-K 1:1 Y THE AUTHOR OF " MARGARET will hear with pleasure that a D "—Our r e aders _ h of those p9ular MAITLA.I% D. announced by the aut or new novel is Maitland," " Dlerkland," &c. It is en ., margaret of Scottish works, Graem ~ of Mossgray," a story . titled " Adam is s aid to resemble in its mingled pathos, uaintness, ci of life, and of character, the first production striking delineation it will be and ,which the late Lord Je ff rey, its line . this clever thing in re membered, pronounced superior to any Galt. This writer has, indeed, originated a n entirely new sc hool of Scottish novels, and there can be little doubt that the publication of " Adam Graeme' w ill be awaited with un usual interest and curiosity by the t h ousa nds who have frde rived instruction and amusement fro m the former efforts of her graphic pen. MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE FARMERS. The following letter from Mr. Hume will be gladly read by all who take interest in the malt-tax q.l-stion. London, March 20, 1852. To Mr. Frederick Wase, farmer, Charsfield, Suffolk. Sir,—l have received and presented to the House of Commons the petitions transmitted by you from twenty five parishes in the county of Suffolk, praying" that immediate measures may be adopted for the epeedy and entire remission of the excise duty upon malt." I heve, on every occasion that the repeal of the excise duty upon malt has been proposed in the Howe during the last thirty years, voted for its repeal; and I shall, on every opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners —being opposed to the tax as a bad bax, whether it be considered as violating the rules of political economy and of commercial policy, or as being injurious to the morality and social happiness of the industrious classes of the community. This tax injures a great branch of native industry, and limits the corsump'ion of its agricultural produce,. ty raising the price of the wholesome beverage of br.r, au important of e , Asary of lire, to an ext,nt that deprivts millions of th peopld of the et.joyment nt it. The LQgi.lat urn has of late years, tf er groat irt , en bread and mew, ti : in nrt,cl.'a from taxation, and by their tree importation from other countries hat greatly improved the conditi,,n ot the in dustrious classes. I desire, in like mariner, to fits: mai , fr, , m taxation, acid ih 40.-4, to add the cheap beversge of b.er to the com ortA it the people, The malt-.ax %fts iwpustel, ur d has _been contirued by Parharnenre, consisting chip fly of krailords, who have hsd the power, if they had thought fit to t xerci,e it, of reoding the tax. Mere is now u G Jvernment in power whose members have tor the last six years be, n loud in their alvoescy of protection t..,•nqtive industry, and .specially of ihe welfare of the spier& ural classes; A rid it behoves the farmers to test the .incerity of Earl Derby and his followers in their long-continued pro fessions, by demanding the repeal of the duty upon malt, "which is more oppressiie to the farmers and to all the other industrious classes, than any other tax levied for the public service. It is submitted that the farmers must now be con vinced, by the late debates in the House of Commons, that there remains little chance of any duty being re- imposed on the importation of agricultural produce, which could raise the price of their corn and cattle, the two objects for which they have been contending, in any appreciable degree; and it is to be hoped tiny will not be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade themselves that by any mere shifting of taxation from the shoulders of one parry to those of another, any per manent relief can be afforded to the'farmer. The Pro- votionist Cabinet does not promise the farmers any re- lief by a redu9tion of taxation; bus, on the contrary, one of the present Secretaries gLatate halt the last three year , . .uocessfally oppose d the reforms in the levy ing and expenditure of the county rates, which would give to the farmers the proper constitutional control over those rates, which in some counties are not in considerable. .I wish the farmers would consider themselves—as they in reality are—as manufacturers of agricultural produce, and believe that cheap food and low taxes are as neces sary to enable them to compete with foreigners, and as requisite to the comfort of their labourerp, as these pro ducts of free trade have proved to the general manu facturing interest of the country. The working•classes were for many years under the delusion that the amount of their wages depended upon the price of food; but that delusion had passed away; and the rate of wages is now found to thpend upon the supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of food. Farmers have been under a delusion of the same kind with respect to the rent of their farms, which must depend upon supply and demand, upon the number of farms to be let, and the number of farmers desirous to hire. The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent interests of landlords more than those of tenants; and farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheep food, cheap drink, and eeonomy and retrenchment in every department of the state. To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must be made a full and fair representation of the people at. large, and then the interests of the farmers and all other industrious classes will be duly considered and attended to; for the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not fairly represent either the people or the pro perty of the country, and, therefore, ref )rm of Par liament is one of the first objects which should occupy the attention of all the industrious classes of the cum- muni , y. With extention of the suffrage. protrction ensured to the voter by ballot, and a more (quit distribution of re presentatives to electors, the consttimineal balance of power will be established in the C ,, mrnon4' House of Pat - liamPn, ; and then, at ,d not till then, msy the agricultu ral as well as all other induairiou• cl■ssees, hope to have full and equal juAtice done them. I remain, your obedient Forasmt, J , SEM fIUME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE: SUN. SIR -ICI your article of !ilia eveliiiig you deprecate the advice I deemed it my duty to offer with regard to fur her economy in our Naval Estimates. Yet I cannot believe we materially differ, since you desite to see our naval force made thoroughly There is a source of national weakn* as even more dangerous than " the ignorant impatience of Taxation," and that is patience of official waste on the part of those who have the opportunities of resisting it. It is an in disputable fact that when merch ants want to get a par ticular sort of ship built in order to perform a givsn service, they can generally get it for their money, whilst the very opposite is more near the truth in the case of tho public acting through the Admiralty. Indeed, if it were not for the alterations constantly going on in the bows and sterns of versels—in cut- ling down some ships, and in lengthening others, there would hardly be an excuse for ke,ping up large establishmetas at our seaports, and, perhaps, this is partly the secret of many of the changes ships undergo. Whilst many men are on the books in time of peace, if they did not find an excuse for something to do, reduc tions would commence, a thing which all sorts of officials instinctively hold in horror. The fact is, we ought to build by contract. This has been done in some instances with good effect, and ought to be done in mere, if not in all. White , Ratsey, Green, and Camper, would soon shame our empirical builders into a substitution of exact science for rule of thumb. No doubt, we have our Chatfields (Chatfield, I believe, designed the Thetis—a beautiful vessel); but owing to the fatal mistake committed in abolishing the school of naval architecture which was founded many years since, it is only of late that advances have been made on a better system. The long and short of the matter is this—a sum of nearly 1,500,0001. is required for ship-building during this year. I maintain that we ought to have for this sum a greater number of efficient ships than, judging from the experience of the past, we are likely to obtain. One million a year judiciously expended during the past thirty-seven years would have placed our navy on such a footing that, with a better system of manning the navy, we might at this moment fold our arms and defy the world. Unfortunately, our wisest measures have been conceived in a panic, and, consequently, many things have been forgotten which ought to have been considered. For example, the reserve of steamers founded by the Government of Sir Robert Peel were, if lam rightly informed by a late official, built too small for their engines; and the result was, that the vessels turned out to be unsuited to the purposes for which they were required, and it became necessary to get more. Then, war steamers did not answer, except as troopships. Of Keyham you say nothing. That case is absolutely unanswerable. It is neither more nor less than an abso lute waste of a million of money, because a quarter of a million would have made Millbay rerfect for the same purpose, and far better situated. In the debate, I was told that Keyham was a better place for the sham docks, because Keyham is less exposed, inasmuch as K- yham is up Haseoaze. This is evidently erroneous. Key ham is more exposed. Keyham is exposed to attack by a force operating from the land side, and which would not enter the port at all, but disembark in Whitaand bay, the distance being but a few miles, and the route unde fended. Millbay, on the other band, would be further from attack, except seaward, and, as to that danger, it would be an almost impossible enterprise for a fl et to attempt to pass the batteries on Diake'a Island, and other places. Besides, Millbay lies contiguous to the Victualling-Yard and Marine-barracks, and would, there fore, have offered peculiar advantages. 11.wever, it is, perhaps, now too late to rectify that mistake; and my oily wonder is why, if it be so urgently necessary to have steam docks, which no doubt, it is, so small a sum as 40,0001. is taken this year-552,0001. being the fur ther coat. But if we are to avoid such mistakes in future, it will Le ascribable in the main to the readiness of the Press in affording opportunities for the discussion of the views entertained by different persons. You do not approve of what I said with respect to the pay of sailors. When I spoke of sailors—able seamen —serving for IL a-week to find themselves, it was not intended to be supposed that blue jackets were to scram ble for a chance of cooking their provisions, and that everyman -should have his own store. My remark, as to what could be done, was merely intended as the • basis of an estimate. No difficulty is Imud in , yaciits —even where sailors actual l y "find themselves.' The limit is the gist of my argument. I meant to convey that, if able seamen can be obtained at IL per week to " find themselves," mixed crews of able seamen, second-rates, and youngsters, to the extent of 40,000, might be obtained for 2,000,000/. a year, and I believe that proposition is a true one. - as well as using Hansard, I can As tooni;insvaoykitnhgatthwe Press,"helthink I see my way to a saving of public money, and a mode of improving the ffiziency of a great national arm, I shall certainly not • hesitate to avail myself of it, feeling aesurt d assaultthat,thou t g h h an e a ault upon the strongho lds of prodigality tied wast e . may easily be m ade the occasion of c ' pit it jokes, subject is by no means a Hie to the public. I ate, Sir, &c., J. J. TRELAWNY. London, March 24, 1852. E H ON . F RED . W IST. ---M e DEATH or TH E re gret to announce the death of this venerable gentleman, at his seat, Culham Court, Berkshire. The Hon. Fred. West was brother to the last Eirl Delawarr, and was for many years in Parliament for Denbighshire, and about the Court of George 111. and IV. By this demise the families of Dela warr, Chesterfield, Radnor, Fox Lane, Northwich, Middle ton, Biddulph, Bulkeley, &c., will be placed in mourning. The largest sailing vessel which ever floated on the Clyde is now lying at the Broomielaw. The H. C. Kidston measures 1,444 tons, Custom-house measurement, and is in tended as a regular trader between Glasgow and Australia, under the command of Captain Patterson, late of the Mont gomery. Her principal dimensions are length, 168 feet:ikT.. breadth, 32 feet; depth, 29i f ee t . Sh e was Wilt , New tilaegowi and launched iq Jane, 1851. S r iv K- • "< re )7 1 - - ---'. C.-4- -',..r.,_ - ..:1 SPORTING INTELLIGE je... : -. -.t.-:::i ~:!,,- 7 :-':,:), i NORTHAMPTON RACES.—WEDNE ie ! 7:). ; :, 1: - ' 7 ::". -'7, c The Trial Stakes of 10 suvs. each, with ' f --*;",_ ' • three years old, bat; four, Bst; five, Bst 81bi s prr ----- N.."-"" aged, Bst 131 b. One mile. (12 Subs.) (I .1(1 Vc{ S; 114 al_ Mr. Robinson's Glee colt, 3 yrs (Sfegglea) 1 ~ ... Al Mr. Barnes's Trinket, 4 yrs (Flatman) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Clincher, 5 yr5......(J. Merson) 3 Count Battlayany's The Monk, 3 yrs (Bradley) 4 Betting-7 to 4 on Clincher, 'and 7to 2 each agat Glee colt and Trinket. Won easily by two lengths; Clincher, who never showed in the race, a b:d third. Run in 1 min, 52 secs. Second year of the Triennial Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added, for three years old colts, Bst 71b; fil lies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake, and the win ner to pay 5 sows. towards expenses. One mile. (22 Subs.) Mr. Greville's Frantic Maj . ir - Martitt's Convulsion .... ........ 2 Mr. E. R Cllrk's Paitustesid 3 Lord Ealitoon' s p e i„pidas to il l ' si u s n t 4 P --- eti E l ' 2 ;i i :l a osa, Frantic; 5 , o 2 >lust , Cnvolsion, 4 sii•i 10 to 1 eg•t Pium , ti tid. Won in a c 'liter by LA ob-i•gths,C.mlut ion besstreg- Flumstetd 1):$' 54 t. 'p t- at u length ; i'..topal ~ beaten off. Run in 1 min. 1 , .. Ihe Great Northartipton.bire Stcks a of 25 srMl. each, 15 It. .41.1 only 5 it e.e,1,,,,i, &0., with 100 atid , O; winners extrs; the set:unit t.) r,c,ive 25 s,.vs. out of the. tasks,, at.d the winner to sub,ct ib- to tbo race ni xt. 3 car, ao.d prey 40 sues, towards t x , nies. Two milks; (100 S u b.. 6 4 of wh ,, D di cl.red P ) Lard 01110„ ,•, P ~,,,i i., ~ 7,- 0 3,4 ct 5 0 ..... ...(Carroll) 1 Mr. Wiliistn's Chet Justice. 5 yrs. 7st 51b (I' Lye) 2 NI r. Drew 's Bader Girl 5 yrs, 6.t 3 . b 7“, 1341 ...... (ehtrltor 0 Mr. J. Stanley's Tedditigto t i 8,4 13 ' b ::Zi . (K A L t r r i(l ,:, n ll ) ) 3 0 Ur. ralmer's D. , ubt. 6 yrs, Mr. il. S. Cra . turn'. Darkie, 7s. 514 (G. z Shar i, 0 Court Batch) any 's Jsek in the C,rner.6 0 12 E; Sharp) 0 Mr. H. S•i , bbing's Knuuk Kri , ,ll, Est 10. ab (rsasham) 0 Capt. Scott's May Dly, 6 yrs, 6st ............ (Well s ) 0 Mr. Tienne's Old Rowley, 3 yrs, sst 5 b...(4 s h aten) 0 Mr. Thompson's Blood Royal, 3 yrs, sst 7ib( Rickards) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Chief Justice, 7to 2 agat Ted dington, 6 to 1 agst Knook Knoll, 6 to 1 agat Poodle, 8 to 1 agst Darkie, 9 to 1 agst Ballet Girl, and 15 ao 1 agst any other. Won very cleverly by two lengths, a length between second and third, Teddington a bad fourth, and Darkie fifth. Run in 3 min. 52 sec. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, Est 101 b; four, 9st 21b; five, 9st 121 b; six and aged, lOat 41b. Two miles. Mr. Stephenson's Brother to Willingham (Charlton) 1 Mr. Meikiam's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs .(Aldoroft) 2 Mr. Morris's Vatican, 6 yrs (Fenn) 3 Mr. J. Little'. Whitsione, aged - (J Sharp) 0 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs (Abrahams) 0 Mr. Smith's Union Jack, 3 yrs (Hickman) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs (T. Osborne) 0 Captain Lowther's Chopkins, 3 yrs (Hamniond) 0 Mr. Colliers Hambletonian, 3 yrs... (Baaham) 0 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Brother to Wellingham and the Black Doctor, 4 to 1 agat Paddy Bird, 6 to 1 agst .Chopkins, Bto 1 agat Sabra. A splendid race between Brother to Willingham and Paddy Bird, and won by ... only a head; Paddy Bird a very bad third, and Chop kins fourth. The others were stopped inside the dis tance. Run in 3 min. 54 sec. The Whittiebury Stakes of 10 sovs. eaoh, with 100 added. About three-quarters of a mile. (40 Subs.) Lord Derby's Longbow, 3 yrs, Bst 81b ...(F. Butler) I Mr. Halford's Peppermint, 3 yrs, 9st (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Desge's Postulant, 2 yrs . .......,(Goats r) Lord Egliuton's P e l op i dss, 3 yrs, 8.1 I Ilb (Marlow) 0 Mr. J. Brawn's Dangerous, Bst 81b...( Whitehouse) 0 Lord Westmkster's CaptiOns,3 yrs, Bst 51b(Flatman) 2 Mr. Bouverie's Loophole, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Stephenson's Sr. Crispin (h-b) 6st 41 b(Rickards) 0 Lord Exeter's Vest, 2 yrs, 6st bib Lord Chesterfield's Jemima filly, 6st Ilb (Ashmell) 0 Mr. Stevens's Wee Thing, 2 yrs, Est lib ...(Kendall) 0 Mr. W. Harris na c by Cranebrook, out of a mare unknown, 2 yrs, Est 41b (Wells) 0 Batting-6 to 4 agat Longbow, sto 2 agat Captious, 7 to 1 agst Postulant, 10 to 1 egst any other. Captions jumped off, and hid several lengths to the Spencer Poet, where she bolted, and Locgbow taking up the running, won in a canter by three lengths, Peppermint beating Postulant by a head for the second place. Run in 1 min. 21 sec. In consequence of Longbow having thrown a plate, this race, which vas fixed tor half-past four, did not come Off until nearly half-past five. The Py tebley Stsk-s or 5 a -vs. each, with 40 added; three yrs 010. 8-• 21b; lou-, 9,1 710; five, 9,1 12 2 b; six, and aged, 10-t lib; mares ..nd maidens tour yrs old and upwards bllo wed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 soya if demanded, end allowances it to be sold for less. Five furlongs. Mr. Armstrong's Equal, Est 101 h (10011(T. Osbornts) 1 Duke of Bedford's Neverrt, Sat 511 , (601.) (p os h) 2 L ird Warwick's Griet 6 yrs, Bs+ 12 1,- _ , (100 i) (‘..'souch) 0 Mr. Gilbert's R Ind: er, B,t 110 (301) (Ki'chener) 0 Mr. Magenis's Forlorn- hor, car 7st 10:0 (Flea-mai ) 0 Mr. Pay EWA Cotton Lady, 7st 31b (150/ ...(Charlton) 0 Lord Chesterfirlo's Eller. 6s, 6 , n (600 ...(Ashmell) 0 Mr. Owen's Welsh Harper, Est 21b (30/ ) .( Wells) 0 Mr. Whiting's asme Tattle, Est 31b (60/.)...(Kendall) 0 Mr. Dickens's Miss Knight. 6i , 31b (611) (Rickards) 0 Mr. St,eiring',. Grat , d Duchess, 5-1, 13 0 ...(draggles) 0 Lord Cardrop's Scarlet !ilium,. 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sly) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Newpoi t, 4to 1 Lgst. Forlorn Hope, 5 to 1 sg,t Equal, and 5 to 1 egat Welsh Harper. The race from the otsat.ce was a match between Equal and Newport, and was won only by a neck. Rue in 1 mit,. 7 see. Witch, 501. Twice round. Mr. Frit Leib% Ntatcy, 5 yrs, llst lib (Yi'ates) 1 Mr. Treac?gold'a Liberty, 4 yrs, 10,t 71b...(Plauber) 2 Won easy. NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY Monsanto. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BEI2TING. ALTIIORP PARK STAKES. 3 to 1 rik4st. GirtißYull 4 to 1 egst. Nathan METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 opt Stilton 10 to 1 agst Misa Ann 12 to 1 sgst Backbiter 14 to 1 agst Kate CHESTER CIIP. 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow 25 to 1 agst Poodle DERRY. 5 to 1 agat Hobble Noble 12 to 1 agat Augur DEJEUNER AT THE GREAT GRIMSBY DOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An account having appeared in some of the morning papers stating that the dijainer given by Messrs. Hutchings, Wright, and Brown, the contractors of the Great Grimsby Dock, was furnished by Messrs. Archer and Holt, of the Nell Gwynne Tavern, London, I should feel obliged by your contradicting such state ment as untrue, and giving insertion to this letter; the fact being that all the articles were furnished by a le , as the proprietor of the Yarborough Hotel, Great Grimsby, and not by Messrs. Archer and Holt, who had nothin g w hatever to do with it, either directly or indi rectly I am, Sir, your obedient servant, March 23, 1852. WM. LONGBITRST. TILE MINI E RIFLE. W OO LWICH, MARCH 24.—The wh o l e o f the officers and non-commissioned officers of the regiments, the numbers of which were given last week, arrived at the garrison here on Saturday eve n i ng, and on Monday forenoon of the present week commenced practising with t h e Minis rifle at the -114s1 Ars ena l , at a range of one hundred yards, Major Brownrigge, of the Grenadier Guards, pointing out the m o d e Ut ;landing the new psi tern rifle mu!ket, and in the method of raking the sight when ready for firing. The Mind ball now used Is more simple than til« balls formerly practised witb t the three circular it.dentationt s n*ar the base of the oonTek shaped bail beiog dtspertsed with, common sugar-loat: is uitsctly of the tame shape as the comm The ball is hollow, extei,ding about half wa y i ii r P iag 'it the base, and a small copp e r cup inserie!l,_Fle. The and the present _Dal_t the appearance of the bottom of a 00 , nli on ;rn *I as with practice with the simplified ball is the former, the number of eye et one hundred yards ranee °n it d been made of sufficient to compl e tely riddle it had on Tuesday, at two ba n s t ___L q i2 t as eti o c n k da th y e bull's wood instead of iron. The P., ra „7 ; and to-dey. at three hundred yards, was Ve i l ;nes three or four balls in huncred yards railer fita.l:nir; bull's.eye, th e officers and elle e"bion were Pb' fF l - 0 . - „, t a king a great interest in ! ' ------d ,L I- 11 knowledge of the use of the DIM non c i mmiAmi acquiring a teero— to . t aorrow will be at four hundred at in. Tao P r " c ti t ce ,,, a3 .nce at elaven o'clock, 1 N., and Yards, and will be carried on until about two, P.N.. the usual period. OF THE GREAT BRITAIN FROM HMI TEE RETURN We have noticed the performances of this • fine steamship as tar as Holyhead. The Great Britain re turnedher trial trip to Liverpool yesterday. We have pleasure from a unouncing the entire success of the whole trip, and t h a t her compasses were as correct as in any wooden vessel. After landing a part of her company at Holyhead at r.g., on Monday night, she shaped her course with a fresh bead wind for Tuskar. At eiht A.m. on Tueeda7 morning she was abreast of the Salte e s , the wind up to this time having been fresh and dead against her. Here it died away. The ship's head was turned and the course shaped for the south Stack. Soon after ten the engines were put on at full speed, and so remained, without drawback, for ten hours, the average rate being fully ten kneta an hour. The ship was kept the whole night out in mid channel. At fiyo A.M. yesterday morning the engines were turned on again at full speed, and the course shaped back for Liverpool. Sh e passed the Skerries at thirty minutes past seven, Point Lynes at twenty-five minutes past eight, and the Bell Buoy at noon. PROCLAMATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT. -- The following is Lord Brougham's Bill for shortening the time required for assembling Parliament after a dissolution thereof :—" Whereas, on account of the increased facilities of communication which now exist, the time rtquired by law to intervene between the date of the proclam at i on for as sembling Parliament and the day appointed fur the meeting thereof may be reasonably shortened : B e i t enaei , ed, there fore, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords S piritual and Temporal . and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the .ame, that so often as her Majesty shall, by her royal proclamation, appoint a time for the first meet ing of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland after a diss,lution thereof, the time so to be appointed may be any time less than fifty days after the date of such proclamation, the Act of the fifth year of Queen Anne, chapter 8, article 22, or any other law or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that the time so appointed shall not be l eas than thirty- fi ve days after the date of such proclamati on ." No fewer than seven members of the Western Cir cuit bar are candidates for seats in Parliament at the next election, besides those now having seats—Mr. Slade, Q.C., for Salisbury ; Mr. Butt, Q.C ., f o r Weymouth ; Mr. M. Smith. for Truro ; Mr. Phinn, f o r Bath ; Mr. Cox, for Tewkesbury • Ur, Collier, for rn ow goad Mr. Qatar, , tQc Taviotoci.