The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-25 00:00:00

Vbirb POSTSCRIPTUM TO SPORTING NOTES No. CLXXVL Owing to some unaccountable negligence the scratch ing of one of my fancy horses (Verax) in the Sutton Steeplechase did not come to hand until this af Generaternoon, which obliges tree to take—Young Lottery, the l, and Buscot as the FIRST, SECOND, and T}LIRD iII this 3190. SPIRIT OF THE TORE. 5 P.M. Feb, 25, 1852. FRAN CE. The President's second ball took place on Monday night at the Tuileries, Th e number of tickets issued was, I am informed, 3,500, and so numerous were the applications that a notice was inserted some days since in the papers to the effect that no more invitations could be issued. It is stated, however, that not less than 4,000 persons were pre sent. . The President arrived at the Palac e at nine o clock, and left at mid. night. The Marshals present were Jerome Bona parte, Reille, and Excelmans. All the Ministers attended except M. de Persigny and the Minister-at- War—the latter was prevented by an accident which occurecd to his son, whose leg was broken by a kick fr o m a horse. The Diplomatic Corps and Consular body in Paris were nearly complete. A considerable number of senators attended in their new official cos tunic, and M. B troche appeared in that of Vice president of the Council of State. The attendance of military men was considerable, and several Com mandants of the reformed National Guard were pre sent in their new uniform. New arrangements bad been adopted in order to prevent confusion. The vestiare, for instance, was placed in the orangery, which also served as the first salle d'entrie. Instead of being admitted by one entrance, as on former occa sions, carriages arrived by two—the Pavillon de Flore and the Pavillon de l'Horloge ; the former reserved for the high public functionaries, the latter for the persons invited. By this means order was main tained. The ball lasted till four o'clock in the morning. GERMANY. The publication of the sentence of the District Court in Hesse Cassell against the members of the Permanent Committee of the late Chamber was fixed for the 19th. Only two of the accused, M. Schwarzenburg and M. Graft" appeared, M. Henkel having escaped. They are convicted of attempting to resist the execution of the decrees of September, 1850, incurring thereby the penalties of high trea son according to an ordinance of 1795. They were sentenced to terms of two and three years' imprison• went, with deprivation of civil rights. They have bath entered an appeal against the sentence. Oae of those fearful whirlwinds that occasionally visit Vienna blew on Wednesday last, causing consi derable damage to chimney-pots and window-panes, and the heads of passers-by. Nothing has been seen like it since the winter of 1848-49, when a hurricane shook the very walls of Vienna. The telegraph suffered on Wednesday, causing a delay in the ar rival of the message conveying the substance of the ministerial motion in the House of Commons respect ing the national defences. From Oderburg, the dis patch dated the 17th had to be forwarded by post, so tbat it only arrived last night. With respect to these defences, certain organs of the Government here pre t.nd to sneer at the idea of an invasion of England ; Ve military preparations by land being merely in tended to keep down the disorderly and riotous at Lone! THE PRESS IN FRANCE. (From the Literary Gazette.) PARIS, FEB 18.—President telonaperte has this day promulgated his long-expected law on the press. It is of unexampled harshness and oppression. Old Draco himself, if living in these days, would not have made it so atrociously severe. It ruins newspaper end periodical proprietors; it strips editors, and writers, and reporters, of the means of obtaining their broad by their honest industry; it altogether annihilates the political press. And not content with this, it prohibits the entrance into France of foreign political journals and periodicals without the special authorisation of the Go vernment—a prohibition expressly levelled at some of your daily contemporaries. The principal enactments of this extraordinary law are as follow :—No political newspaper or periodical can henceforth be started without the formal permission of the Government; neither can any change be made in the pub lishers, principal editors, proprietors, or managers of a journal, without the said permission. Anybody introducing or circulating an ucauthorised foreign newspaper is to go to prison for from a month to a year, and is to pay a fine of from 41. to 2001. The caution-money to be deposited previous to the publication of any newspaper or periodical is to be 2,0001. at Paris and Lyons, and less in some of the departments. The stamp duty is to be six centimes a sheet, and is to be borne by foreign as well as French journals; and books on politics and political economy are to pay the duty, whether foreign or French. Any fraud or irregularity on this point is to be punished by a fine of from 81. to 2,000/. The postage ou newspa pers is to be re-established. Any newspaper publishing a report of parliamentary proceedings, other than that authorised by the Presiden: of the Chamber, is to be fined from 40/. to 200/. The publication or reproduc tion of false news (i. e., probably all news displeesing to the Government) is to incur a fine of from 21. to 401.; if done wilfully, of from 20/. to 40/, with imprison ment of from one month to a year. Toe publication of unauthorised accounts of the sitting of the Senate and of the Coneloil of State, and of reports of trials of the pros=, is prohibited under penalty of from 2/. to 200/.; if the reports so published be designedly incorrect, there is to be an increase cif fine and imprisonment. Every newspaper is to be obliged to insert any article of a public functionary under a penalty of from 2/. to 40/., and of suspension for fifteen clays. The law courts may prohibit newspapers from reporting any criminal or civil case whatsoever. A newspaper condemned once for what is called crime, or twice for simple offences, is to be sup pressed. It can also be suspended without judgment by the Government, and altogether suppressed by decree of the President. Any attempt to revive it under another name is to entail fines of from 201. to 1201., and imprisonment of from a month to two years, on the editors, publishers, and printers. No man condemned for what the French law calls an infamous offence is to be allowed to:write at all on politics, and any one printing or publishing his lucubration is to pay from 40/.to 2001. The publication of engravings, lithographs, drawings, medals, and em blems, is not to be allowed without previous authorisation under pain of from 4/. to 40/. fine. Bookte!lers are to be required to have special licencts to carry on trade, and are to go to prison for from one month to two years, are to pay from 41. to 200/., and are to have their shops closed, if they neglect to obtain them. Finally, all trials relative to effete:es of the press are no longer to take plan - with the intervention of a jury, but Mere the police tribute ats. In presence of such enactments as these, it is clear that the political press cannot exist in France. The slithtest observation di 3pleesirg to the Govern ment, nay, even the inadvertent publication of a aimPlo paragraph considered offensive, will not only suhje,ct editors, publishers, and printers, to heavy fine and lengthened imprisonment, but may cause the suspension or even suppression of their journal or periodical, and that, if the Goverment so pleases, with out any t torm of trial or process. Under such a regime the copyrights of newspapers which a few months ago were wortu tens of thousands of francs, are now lite rally north nothing, and none but madmen could now thP it of embarking money iu newspaper speculation. • will be observed that the new law does not ostensi bly touch literary periodicals; but yet it presses as se ver( ly on authors as on regular journalists. And itdoes so, b eca use in Frame° the newspaper h as never b een exclu sively a newspaper as ours are —it has always been partly newspaper and partly literary p er i o di cal and magazine— politic-el and news-giving in one part, literary and eritical in the feud/don. What now can the poor author do with his romance or hi s tale—hie sketch of manners, his essay. his biographical etude , his re vievi There willa no feuilleton to accept it, because few newspapers will exist, and those that do will no longer be able to pay the expense. And as to t h e ex isting literary periodicals, th e y too will suffer; for the enactments respecting " matters of politics or social economy," will deprive them of all li berty in discussing the questions which now-a-days hav e most charms for the reader, and will strike at that portant portion of their contents which consists in the exposition, in a popular f orm, of the evils o f the soci al state. As a free press is the first and clearest proof of the liberty of a nation, a glance at Prince I3onaparte's now law will shew every one that France is now in a state of the most abject and most cringing slavery. It is a la mentable thing to say, but it is really the truth, that, in point of view, there ism thi s momen t a politicalno great difference between the intelligent and high-minded peo ple of this noble country and the black slaves of a sugar plantation. One is almost driven to Plato's conclusion, that mankind can be nothing better than the playthings of the gods, when we see such a people subjected to such n umber of daily political a law. A few months ago the news papers in Paris exceeded thirty; it now does not amount to ten, and of these ten some are certain to disappear in the course of a short time. It is a very moderate met _ putatioa to suppose that each one of the twenty and odd suppressed journals gave regular employment at good salaries to ten literary men, as editor:, contributors, re- Porte', correspondents, or critics, and that each one afforded occasional employment to at least the same number of feuillatonistes. Here, then, we have upwards of twice two hundred men, who, as regards inteeligence, are of the elite of society, sud denly dsprieed of " tho means whereby they lived," without any fault of th e i r own. Wh a t i s to become of them? West of their helpless wives and families? FP7a of them have any aptitude for any other calling, tt-td even if they had, what chance have they, is t his overstocked world, of finding vacant places? The contemplation of their misery must wring every heart, and the more so, as, from a cer tain fierte they all possess, they feel it with peculiar bitterness. But, after all, they are but a small portion of the unfortunates who are ruined by the ruining of the press :—there are the compositors, who must exceed 2,000 in number ; there are the newsvendere, who must amount to hundreds ; th ere are the distribu tots, and the publishers, and the Clerks, and all the va jourtml, who mus t amoun t t o It"tkne dependent s of bkilittod• 111 " 4119 , now esolsiraiug, THE SUN, "My occupation's gone." And then paper-makers and type-founders must surely find work slacker and wages lower, now that the newspapers are dead. And then, again, the cafés and the reading rooms — • a very legion—can they do the same amou nt of business when they have no newspapers to offer? I wonder whether the French Dictator has ever thought of the wide-spread misery he has occasione d, and i s causing, by his enmity to the press. It may be doubted —else, perhaps, he would never, from motives of per sonal or political convenience, have annihilated such an important branch of human industry , which gave brea d to tens of thousands. It is a fine thing to have a giant s strength, but tyrannous to use it as a giant. lIEALTROF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) In the week ending last Saturday the deaths regis tered in the metropolitan districts were 1,072, show ing an increase of 102 on the return of the previous week, in which the number was 970. In the 10 cor responding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average was 1,08.5, which, with a correction made for increase of population, becomes 1,194. The return of last week exhibits a mortality, therefore, less than the corrected average by 122. The increase on the preceding return arises princi pally from diseases of the respiratory organs, which were fatal in the former week to 185 persons, in the latter to 203. I'hthisis or consumption (in the tuber cular class) destroyed 122 and 155 lives in the two successive weeks. It will be observed also that, while the deaths from pneumonia rose in the same ' period from 54 to 74, those from bronchitis decreased from 98 to 93. In connexion with these facts, it seems necessary to remark that the mean weekly tem perature, which in January was generally above 40, and is the first week of February rose to 47, declined in the second week to 38.8, and last week it was 39.8. Last week 21 children and four adults were carried off by smallpox. In the Smallpox Hospital one death occurred on the 13th February, and 2 on the 14th, viz.—a labourer from Kensington, aged 21 years, died of "smallpox, confluent, unprotected (12 days)," a porter from Saffron-hill, aged 31 years, " smallpox, confluent, unprotected (14 days)," and a carman from Broad-street, Lambeth, aged 23 years, " smallpox, confluent, unprotected (8 days)." In the whole 25 cases it is only stated in three that the sufferers had been previously vaccinated. At 30, Great Ormond-street, Queen -square, on the 16th February, an emigration agent, aged 22 years, died of "typhus (12 days)." Mr. Goodhugb, the registrar, states that the fatal disease was " caused by foul air arising from the drains of the house." In the sub-district of Hackney-road, at 13, Turville-street, the daughter of a stick-dresser, aged 6 years, died on the 13th February, of typhus (14 days), convulsions (5 days)." Mr. Murray describes the street as "close, crowded, and imperfectly drained,"land he adds that Turville-place, where a child died of hoopingcough, is a " close, over-crowded, and ill-drained court." Oa the 13th of February, at Farm-house, Harrow street, Borough-road, a labourer, aged 60 years, died of "carbuncle (3 days), typhoid fever." In 1851, 11 of the general hospitals of London had 2,762 resident patients, and 2,266 deaths took place in the year; the mortality on the population was therefore more than 82 per cent. The patients only remained, on an average, 34 days in hospital ; 29,857 passed through the wards ; and the mortality was therefore 7.59 per cent. in the 34 days. About 92 in 100 who enter leave the London Hospitals alive. The average number of lunatics in 20 asylums was 3,748 ; the deaths in the year 1851 were 394 ; the annual rate of mortality was therefore 10.51 per cent. But the patients remained 1.68 years in those asy lums ; and only 2,233 were discharged recovered, re lieved, unrelieved, or dead; consequently 17.64 in 100 cases terminated fatally, and of 100 who enter 82.36 leave the asylums alive. In the Fever Hospital there were 11.37 deaths to 100 cases under treatment on an average 38 days, which implies that the rate of mortality was 110.53 deaths annually to every 100 patients constantly resi dent (100 occupied beds). In the Consumption Hospital 15- 74 deaths occurred in 100 cases under treatment about 76 days ; the rate of mortality im plies, therefore, that among a population consisting exclusively of persons labouring under consumption, the mortality would be 75.56 per cent. annually, as represented by hospital experience. STATE OF THE WEATIIER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDIY.—The sky was for the most part covered with cloud throughout the day. The magnets were disturbed ; an aurora was seen at Hawarden near Chester. Electricity —Nothing was shown during the first five days of the week. MONDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day. A slight shower of rain fell at Ih. P.M., and rain fell during the evening. The magnets were disturbed; an aurora was seen at Glasgow and York. TuEsna-r.—The clouds were broken at noon, otherwise the sky was overcast throughout the day. The magnets were disturbed. W EDNESDAY.—The sky was one-half covered with cloud during the morning and afternoon, and clear at night. The magnets were disturbed. TIIURSDAY.—The sky was for the most part clear till near noon, and covered with cloud generally during the remainder of the day. The magnets were very greatly disturbed; a remarkable aurora was seen at many places. FEIDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was clear throughout the day. The magnets were disturbed; an aurora was seen at Hastings. Electricity—Positive, with moderate tension during the afternoon. SATURDAY.—The sky was clear till lh. r 31., and overc Ist during the remainder of the day. Rain fell during the eve ning. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. a.m. was 39 .7° ; and the mean reading at 911. P.M. was 40.2°; the mean readings at the Loyal Observatory for the same times were 38.0 q and 3S•4° respectively. The reading of the barometer decreased from 30 09 in. at the beginning of the week to 29 . 49 in. by 9h. A 31. on the 18th ; and increased to 30.24 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 1852. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases _ 41 192 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 56 Tubercular Diseases ... 213 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 120 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 54 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ..„ 203 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... - - ••• ... -•• ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• . ... Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... Malformations._ ... ... ... ... Fromature Birth ... ... •• ••• atrophy ••• ... ... Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ... Sudden ... ... ... ... ... ... Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... ... II•• ... 50 ••• 14 ••• 7 ••• 10 ..„ 2 .. 4 DEATUS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 1 ,072 Population Deaths Deaths in cone- Enumerated, spending week in the 1851. of Mi. Week,. Kest Districts... 376,427 . . 179 ... 155 North Districts.. 490,396 .. 250 ... 211 Central Districts 393,256 ... 216 ... 187 East Districts ... 485,522 ... 285 ... 233 south Districts .. 616,635 ... 283 ... 286 T0ta15........ 2,3e2,236 Males ... Femalos ••• 1,213 ... 1,072 . ••• ••• .. 514 ..• 523 ... ••• BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Pilules ... Females ... ... 765 ... 821 Total ... 1,539 *ln this number aro included 29 by Scarlatina, 34 by Typhus Fever, and 19 by Diarrhoea. "IS LOW-PRICED GAS CHEAP GAS?" Under this rather significant and " taking" but not very sensible or logical title, Messrs. John Tallis and Company have published a sheet of letter-press, in which they state their case of complaint against the Central Gas Consumers' Company for charging them 2371. odd for one year's supply of gas, in place of 129/. odd charged previously by the Chartered Gas Company. The g as o f th e f o r m er company, they allege, bas less powerful heating properties than that of the latter; and as their principal use of gas appears to be for heating purposes, they have hence required to consume a great deal more gas than before. On this ground they not very correctly conclude, that as the gas complained of yields less heat, it must also yield less light, which does not necessarily follow, but rather the very contrary. We do not mean to constitute ourselves special pleaders f or the Central Gas C ompany, however, whose unseemly p r oposal of amalgamation with an antagonist to whom t hey stocd opposed as consumers against monopoly and overcharge, and who made desperate endeavours to which could n ot b ut cause a withdrawal of destroy them as such -5 ' once threw a stain of suspi cionmay confidencebee Bth from em them. For all th at we know, their gas w inferior in every respect to the Chartered Com pany's h s e t r ii:t statement, their pri ced" T a i - u vizicdifheap,orto Messrs.lo noted—nay, acc ording ; . their still cheaper—articlenut there is something glaringly inconsistent s ~ in the conclusion!, Messrs. Tallis wish thereby to establi s h ` ome low-priced" gas, may "low-priced" gas, according - be bad ; but equally their own admissien, is good; indeedthe Chartered have Company, k to whose gas t hey ret u r ne d , net only ,"arge just 4s. a thousand cubic feet, as the Consumers' `-'°a•Priny do, but, more than that, have engag e d to supply all Messrs. Tullis want for 1101. a year instead of 2371! The fallacy, however, does not rest here merely. Much high-priced gas is also bad. Are we to conclude, then, that high-priced gas is cheap, even though it were proved that low.priced gas is dear? The whole argu mcnt is a tissue of inconsequent absurdity. The quality o f t h e gas of the Central Consumers' Company ought, nevertheless, to be closely criticised and tested, both as to its heating and its lighting quality; for the state ment of Messrs. Tallis is assuredly startling, and it is a fleaed to be by no means a solitary or exceptional one. —Builder. __ _ Her Royal Highness the -bu c h eas o f K en t h as of 50/, for, the benefit o f the liolmfirth sufferers; given a donation an d a donation c I 1001. t o the Society for Ira proying the Dweilipp of the Poor at Wilkdis9r. WEDNESDAY THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 24. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 16, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock :—Thursday, the 26th instant, and Wednes- day, March 3. Regulations to ho observed at the Queen's Levees, at St. James's Palace. The noblemen and gentlemen who purpose to attend her Majesty's Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in Attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman who is to present them, should be sent into the Lord Chamber lain's-office, on the Tuesday previous to the Levee on the 26th of February instant, and on the Monday pre vious to the Levee on the 3d of March next, on each day before twelve o'clock, in order that they may , be übmitted for the Queen's approbation; it being her Ma jesty's command, that no presentation shall bo made at the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may bo no difficulty in announcing them to the Queen. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock. Notice is hereby given, that all persons having peti tions or addresses to present to her Majesty at the Levees, are to send a card (having on it their names, a statement of the object of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the persons from whom they come) to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, on he Tuesday previous to the Levee on the 26th of Fe bruary instant, and on the Monday previous to the Levee on the 3d of March next; and that two other cards, having on them precisely what is written upon that sent to the Lord Chamberlain's office, are to be taken to the Levee • one of the two cards to be delivered to the Page in the Ante-Room, and the other to the Lord Cham berlain, who will road its contents to her Majesty; and, on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A Deputation to present an Address is not to exceed four persons. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 20. This day had audience of her Majesty, Monsieur de Bille, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary from the King of Denmark, to deliver his creden tials; to which he was introduced by Earl Granville, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Arthur Charles Magenis, Esq., now her Majesty's Mi nister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister rleni potentiary to the King of Wurtemberg. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Andrew Buchanan, Esq., now secretary to her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Mi nister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Philip Griffith, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Washington. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point Augustus Paget, Esq., now First Paid Attach 6 to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Julius Collings Westwood, now British Vice- Consul at Rio de Janeiro, to be her Majesty's Consul at that Port. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point Bonamy Mansell Power, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Paraiba. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FEB. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Gordon Macpherson,Esq., to be Page of Honour to her Majesty, vice Forbes. DO WNING-STREET, FEB. 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the Right Honourable Lord Broughton to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath—of Lord Howden her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order—of Major-General John Owen, C.B , late Deputy Adjutant-General of the Royal Marines, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Military Division of the Secoud Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Ho nourable Order—and of William Miller, Esq., Commis sary-General to the Forces, to be an rdinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Compa nions of the said Most Honourable Order. Her Majesty has farther been pleased to appoint Richard Graves Mac Donnell, Esquire, C. 8., now Go vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Ma jesty's Settlements in the Gambia, to be Lieutenant- Governor of the Island of St. Vincent ; Morris Power, Esquire, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of St. Lucia ; Henry Cartwright, Esquire, to be Superinten dent of the Penal Settlement in British Guiana ; John Palmer, Esquire, to be her Majesty's Treasurer for the Island of Dominica; and Henry Robson, Esquire, to be Collector of Customs for her Majesty's Settlements in the Gambia. _ _ WHITEHALL, FEB 23. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute, and appoint Cosmo lanes, Esq., Advocate, to be one of the Ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, in the room of Thomas Thomson, Esq., resigned. WHITEHALL, FEB. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Benjamin Robert Bell, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shires or sheritidoms o f Elgin and Nairn, in the room of Como lanes, Esq., res ign&. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 24.' MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Kent—Eastern Division—Sir Brook Wil liam Bridges, of Goodnestone Park, Bart., in the room of John Pemberton Plumptre, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hun dreds. OFFICE OF ORDINANCE, FEB. 23. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Major John Morris Savage to be Lieutenant-Colonel vice Tomkyns, deceased, Jan. 14; Second Captain Denis William Pack to be Captain vice Savage; First Lieutenant Fras. Van sittart to be Second Captain vice Pack, Feb. 3; Second Lieutenant Edward Tobias Willoughby Purcell to be First Lieutenant vice Vansittart, Jan. 17; Second Lieu tenant Alured Clarke Johnson to be First Lieutenant vice Lugg, deceased, Feb. 3; First Lieutenant Leopold Grimston Paget to be Second Captain vice Bathurst, re tired on halt-pay; Second Lieutenant Cecil Brooke Le Mesurier to be First Lieutent vice Paget, Feb. 16. MEMORANDUM.—The dates of promotion of the under mentioned Officers have been altered as follows, viz.:— Lieutenant. Colonel T. P. Flude, Captain H. P. Christie, Second Captain C. W. Grey, First Lieutenant F. T. Whinyates, First Lieutenant J. H. Blackburne, to 30th December 1851. Captain J. B. Denis, Second Captain F. M. M. Ommaney, First Lieutenant W. N. Waller, to 14th January 1852. Second Captain E. Palmer, to 17th January 1852. Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant - Colonel James Gordon to be Colonel, vice Graydon, deceased; Brevet- Major Cowper Rose to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Gordon; Second Captain John Cameron to be Captain, vice Rose; First Lieutenant Edward Wolstenbolrne Ward to be Second Captain, "rice Cameron; Second Lieutenant Alex. Stephen Creyke to be First Lieute nant, vice Ward, Jan. 28. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghame, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Sir William Millar, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P., to be Daputy Lieutenant, Feb. 16. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant John Joseph Burnet to be Captain, vice the Marquis of Ailsa, resigned; Cornet Walter Ferrier Hamilton to be Lieutenant, vice Burnet, promoted; Archibald Finnie, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hamilton, promoted, Feb. 6. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Bristol. Royal South Battalion of Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Duncombe Pyrke, jun., Gent., to be Ensign, vice Battley, resigned, Feb. 19. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeo manry Cavalry—The Hon. Francis Thomas de Grey, Viscount Fordwich, to be Cornet,, vice Reynard, pro moted, Feb. 19. 2d West York Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant George Addison to be Captain, vice Horsfull, resigned; George Micklethwaite Stens field to be Surgeon, vice Jubb, resigned, Feb. 19. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 23. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the pro visions of the Ist, '2d, and 3d sections of the Act 14 and 15 Victoria, cap. 78, the undermentioned persons; namely :—Lord Hobart, Charles Green, Esq., Thomas Wood, Eiq. (a shipowner of the port of London engaged in the coasting coal trade), Benjamin Bower, Esq„ and William Simpson Potter, Eaq., have been appointed Com missioners for the Registration and Regulation of Coal whippers in the port of London. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Zecharlahßichard Catobpole, cheesamonger, Upper Lisson-street, Lisson- grove. BANKRUPTS. Robert Farniss Long and Robert Whatkinson Long, builders, Gray's Inn-place, to surrender March 6, at half-past twelve, and April 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers, Basinghall-street; Ford and Lloyd, Bloomsbury square. Henry Johnson, coil merchant, York-buildings, Adelphi, Feb. 23, at halt-past two, and April 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall• street; Tilson, Squance, Clarke, and Morice, Coleman-street. William Denman , carpenter, Cheam, Surrey, Feb. 28, at tw,-, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Pa :ton, Bloomsbury -square. James Wright, grocer, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, March 6, at eleven, and April 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Yontifox and Moginie, St. Andrew's court, Holborn. William Harding, miller, Acton, Middlesex, March 5, and April 16, at twelve, et the Court of Bankruptcy. , Aldermanbury; Murrough, Now C n l a n, Willi a m 'laden Mohardson, B en j am i n Ri c h ar d son, ann n,o s fil tr c a ia n. l d as3igner sod Jonathan Elohardon, glus manufacturers, Wins desley, Staffordshire, March 8 and April 15, at half past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Colmore and Beale, Birmingham; Colis and Bernard, Stourbridge. Henry Cooke, hatter, Leamington Priors, Warwick shire, March 8, and April 8, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham; Forder, Leamington Priors. William Harris, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 17, and April 7, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Richardson and Gaunt, Leeds. George Sherlock and Benjamin Sutterby, joiners, Hulme, L an cashire, March 6 and 26, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Eltoft, Manchester; Jaques, Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, Ely-place, Holborn. William Caldwell, coal proprietor, Shevington, Lan cashire, March 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; J an ion, Manchester; Whitley, Liverpool. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. C. H. F. Somner, teacher ,of music, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. J. T. Gain, cloth cap manufacturer, Stepney. D. Williams, fruiterer. Great Winchester-street. R. R. Pond, printer, Old Kent-road. H. W. Hall, attorney, Castle-street, Leicester square. C. Halt, licensed victualler, Liverpool- street, King's-cross. G. R. Smith, omnibus driver, Bridge-road, Hammersmith. R. Black, beer-shop keeper, St. John-street, Smithfield. J. Hubbell, locksmith and bellhanger, George-street, New North-road, Islington. J. T. Mattinqley, ale brewer, Reading, Berkshire. W. Peppier, journeyman bricklayer, Circus-street, New road, Alarylebone. L. Metz, cigar dealer, Mitre-square, Aldgate. M. Jackson, milliner, Arlington-street, Camden-town. J. H. Morris, patent floor cloth manufacturer, King Wil liam-street, Strand. G. Grace, dealer in malt and hops, Epsom-common. H. F. Wollaston, Secretary to the Hall of Commerce, Union-grove, Wandsworth-road. J. Bennett, eating-house keeper, Suffolk-street, Cam bridge-road, Mile End. S. Tillett, conveyancer, Colchester. C. James, retail brewer, Headley Cross, Ipsley, War wickshire. A. Lodwick, shopman, Liverpool. C. James, carpenter, Llanddewybrea, Cardiganshire. J. Hebson, butcher, Liverpool. A. J. Petty, cabinet-maker, Bittern, Hampshire. G. H. Watson, commission agent, Bradford. J. Butcher, hatter, Ipswich. W. Deakin, grocer, Sheffield. T. Lonsdale, grocer,- Blackburn. W. McKenzie, licensed victualler, Wigan, Lancashire. J. Ormerod, ale dealer, Blackburn, Lancashire. J. Sparrow, dealer and farmer, Bebbington, Cheshire. W. Wheeler, bread baker, Seaham Harbour, Durham. M. Blomfleld, upholsteress, Walsall, Stafford. T. Hopps, licensed victualler, Birmingham. J. Allen, wood turner and meat seller, Norwich. J. Butcher, pork butcher, Manchester. J. Berry, cotton manufacturer, Patricroft, Manchester. J. Collins, traveller in hardware, Chorlton-upon-Med lock, Manchester. W. Edgar, warehouseman, Liverpool. W. Holden, grocer and tea dealer, Blackburn. P. Hadfield, tea and clothes dealer, Hulme, Manchester. W. Howell, labourer, Caerhys, Merionethshire. M. M'Notty, egg dealer, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lan cashire. J. Pickles, provision shop keeper, Oldham, Lancashire. J. Perrins, brush manufacturer, Birmingham. J. Topping, stonemason, Manchester. IL Topping, stonemason, Manchester. T. Vincent, captain on half-pay, Southampton. T. J. Whidborne, ship chandler, Tranniere, Liverpool. G. Laver, attorney at law, Lyminge, Kent. W. Clayton, joiner, Scholes, Wigan, Lancashire. E. Cross, butcher, Rolloston, Staffordshire. R. Hunter, linen draper, Bristol, Somersetshire. J. Kay, commission agent, Oldham, Lancashire. C. Wray, stone mason and builder, Leeds, Yorkshire. DIVIDENDS. William Pashley and . Francis Pashley, of Sheffield, table knife manufacturers, first dividend of Is. 3d. in the pound, payable at St. James's-street, Sheffield, on March 6, or any subsequent Saturday. Samuel Waite, of Fernley, Yorkshire, cloth manufac turer, final dividend of 1 3-16 d. in the pound, payable at 18, Park-row, Leeds, on March 4, or any subsequent Thursday. • John Thompson, of Leeds, wholesale china dealer, first dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound, payable at 18, Park row, Leeche on March 4, or any subsequent Thursday. John Watson, of Skipton, Yorkshire, draper, first di vidend of 7s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 18, Park-row, Leeds, on March 4, or any subsequent Thursday. William Waterman, of tho Wicker, Sheffield, grocer, second dividend of Is. Bd. in the pound, payable at St. James's-street, Sheffield, on March 6, or any subsequent Saturday. John Hill, of Thorne, Yorkshire, wine and spirit mer chant, first dividend of 59. in the pound, payable at St. James's-street, Sheffield, on March 6, and any subse quent Saturday. Thomas Bray, of Hazeley, Warwiekihire, miller, first dividend of 2s. in the pound, peyahle at 13, Waterloo street, Birmingham, on Feb. 26, and any subsequent Thursday. Edward Lacey, of Birmingham, glass dealer, first di vidend of 2s. Id. in the pound, payable at 13, Waterloo atreet, Birmingham, on Feb. 26, and any subsequent Thursday. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. G. Thomas, Now Windsor. Berkshire, tailor. C. E. Budd, Wrayabury, Berkshire, out of business. G. R. Green, Portsea, Southampton, dairyman. F. C. Bradley, Chester, clerk. J. Selliek, Ealy Green, Somersetshire, innkeeper. G. Wright, Great Ilorkesley, Essex, out of business. B. W. Palmer, Colchester, Essex, dealer in tobacco. T. Stammer?, Finchinfield, Essex, poulterer. J. Patchitt, Ternworth, Warwickshire. J. Sainsbery, Cardiff, Glarnorganshire, butcher. W. T. Darnell, Southtown, Suffolk, out of business. G. Ellett, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, grocer. J. Gaze, Great Yarmouth. bricklayer, A.RTNE ItS HIPS DISSOLVED. Joseph Wood and Richard Goodman, Manchester, joiners—William Bolton and Peter Deskin, Birmingham, timber merchants—William Dodd, Michael Hardy, William Froggatt, Richard Carey, and Jabez Wheat croft , Moor Grange and Scarthen Nick Derbyshire, hat b o d y m anufacturers ( so f ar as regar d s J a b ez Wheat croft)—John James M e lh n i s h an d R o b ert K en t, Liver pool,meants—Thomas Reed, Cambridge, and Charles Watson, Barbican, jewellers—Edward Argent and James Argent, Claremont-place, Pentonville, livery stable keepers - -William Jackson and Jonathan Jackson, Liverpool, boot and shoe makers—Robert Clay and Henry George Harvey, Liverpool, manufacturing chemists—William Yonge and George James Yonge, of 5, Upper Charles-street, Westminster, law stationers —Henry Lewin and Robert Hailstone, of 26, Brewer-street, Golden-square, woollen drapers— Richard James Nell and John Robinson Lambert, of Ki ngs ton -upon - Hull, brokers —Bartholomew Bernasconi, Henry Wilshin , and James NVilshin, of Stanmore, Wilson, Henry Ritchie, and Hew Drum of Colombo, Ceylon, mer chants (so far as re gards H. D. E. Dalrymple)—Joseph Holdsworth (deceased), John Radcliffe, and Emanuel m br o e o w d er E s— iph D i nasvtiodnDalrymple,Dyson, of Huddersfield, stone masons—L ancelot: Empeon and Jelin Blurton, of Hi g h: H o lb orn , woo ll en :ware housemen —Jo nathan C ross l ey and William Heaton, of Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, j o i ners —James Simister and James Cartwright, of Birmingham, factors—William Goddard and Henry Goddard, of Eton, plumbers. sCOTCII SEQUES TR ATIONS. Edward Buchanan, of Glasgow, builder, February 28, and March 20, at twelve, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Samuel Howarth, of Glasgow, funeral undertaker, March 1 and 22, at one, at the North British Hotel, Glasgow. William Downie , of Jamestown, Dumbartonshire, inn keeper, March 3 and 31, at one, at the Elephant Hotel, Dumbarton. Moritz Cohnert, of Edinburgh. jeweller, February 28, and March 20, at one, at Cannon's Temperance Hotel, Edinburgh. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the flight—and M by the morning--dispatch.] When made up 111 From what PLACES. General Post-office port die- When duo. London; patched. A m erica (by Brit. pkt,)N Feb. 27 Liverpool.. March 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 24 .. Liverpool .. March 3 America (by 13 .8.pkt.)Sf March 3 .. iouthanipt. Africa (West coast).. Nil4th of the month Plymouth March 3 Alexandria * •• •• •• N,l9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Feb. 28 Belgium ** •• •• NlDatly • • .. .. Dover Daily Brazil , • • • .. 31 1 9th of the month Southampt. March 16 Buenos AM* • • .. 31 9th of the month Sonthampt. March 16 M 2d & 17th of month Sonthampt. Feb. 20 Constantinople* .... N i 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 30 C c a a Uf po o o rrt a(viae Good llhope N 14th of month Plymouth.. March 3 e l agr) Central America .. 3 1 2 d & 17th of men. Sonthampt. Feb. 20 Channel Isles • • .. Nlion., Wed., 1k Fri. Southampt. Ta. Tk.Sat Ch ili 11, 1 17 th of the month Sonthampt. Feb, 20 Franca • • Si &NTwice daily .. Dover .. Twicedally Dry * . •• Nlthl7th27thofmo Dover eb .30 Hamburgh .. N;Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. , Wednes. & Satur. London Men. Thur Honduras N l l7th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 Ireland M & NTwice daily Hotyhead.. Twicedally India (via Southamp.) M2oth of the month Sonthampt. March 21 India(viaMarseilles) N l tith&24thofmonth Dover •• March 2 Mediterranean (via Smitliamnton) 20th of the month Southampt. March 21 hieditertanocui (via •• N,Bth&24thofmonth Dover .. March 2 •• • •• M 2d of the month.. Southampt. March 5 Madeira •• •• M 9th of the month 3outhampt. March 16 Mane f 7th,lith,l9th,27th Dover Feb. 28 / 8430th of month Naples* • • .. N'stti 15th 25th ofme Dover .. March 2 Papal Rates * .• N lth 15th 25th efmo Dover .. March 2 Peninsular.. .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Fob. 2; Peru • •• •• •• M 17th of the month iouthampt. Feb 20 Tuscan.r" •• N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover .. March 2 West Indies •• • 31 17th of the month Southampt . Feb. 20 , • Malta* •• •• Naples* Papal States* Peninsular., .. MI Peru • • .. Tuscany* •• •. •. N West Indies West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month ..!Southantpt.ildarch 5 * The mails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyea by French packet via Marseilles. The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only. instead of daily. Cauroawia.—Malls to and trom Calitornia, via the United btatai are now despatched and due by every American packs*, THE GREAT RAILWAY BRIDGE AT CIIEFSToW; The first suspension tube for the railway bridge over the river Wye, at Chepstow, has been fully tested Y band its ca mense weight of 1,100 tons being attached to it t ill pass over pability for bearing the heavy weights which will the now it has been completely demonstrated. Theat so far advanced that there is every week in April one of the lines of rail will b t - e n Britannia to purpose of tra ffi c. The bridge comhine: e. 1 and this combi bular and the Menai suspension princip l es. Mr. Stephenson, the nation will render it doublydsterer.eridge, and concurred in eminent engineer, has inspcctera u the plan adopted by Mr. B hope l bt b e ope b gedfor fi t r h a a t nel. Preparations are now of raising the first tube. All the progress of the difficulties which so long -, and a firm CO at . being made for the purpose been overcoat., WI a i= for bridge have now .. 3 o mplotely 'poured, the supporti n g cYliAY'er obstructed the CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before the ReconuEn.) John Gilbert, 34, a person of respectable appearance, was yesterday indicted for feloniously forging an accept ance to a bill of exchange for 1001, with intent to de fraud the London Joint Stock Bank. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution. The pri soner was defended by Mr. Ballantine. The circumstances under which this charge was pre ferred were of rather a peculiar character. It appeared that the prisoner, who carries on the business of an en gineer, had been employ e d b y M r . O rr, a b oo k se ll er in in May last, to put up some machinery which amounted in value to 183/. to be th e usua l custom o f t h e t ra d e P 3 insai t h e 3i r ds n . p o r s n e t rt i-office, appearedogw. o, ffi c that a bill at nine months' date should be given for such a job, but upon the representation of the prisoner that it would be inconvenient for him to receive a bill at such a long date, Mr. Orr consented to give him one at six months, with the understanding that it should bo re newed when it arrived at maturity for a further period of three months. Upon this hill becoming due, a portion of it was paid, and Mr. Orr gave the prisoner a fresh bill for 1101,, which would become due on the 4th of February. The offence imputed to the prisoner was that he had forged a duplicate of this second bill, which ho handed to a gentleman named Davis, who dis counted it, and it was then paid by him into the Union Bank of London, whore he kept an account. It appeared that on the day before the bill became due, the prisoner called upon Mr. Davis and twilled him the amount, re questing him to withdraw the bill from his bankers, us Messrs. Orr wisherit to be held over for a few days. Mr. Davis accordingly went to his bankers for the put , pose of getting back the bill, but unfortunately for the prisoner it had been taken oat by the clerk of the bank, and it turned out that it was presented at the London Joint Stock Bank, where it was made payable; and, no suspicion being entertained of its genuineness, it was paid. Inquiries were subsequently made, which resulted in the apprehension of the prisoner and his commital upon the present charge. Mr. BALL&STINE made a most ingenious address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he contended that upon the facts they could not come to the conclusion that the prisoner had any intention to defraud either Mr. Davis or the banking company, and he urged that, al though he had undoubtedly acted in a very foolish and improper manner, still that he was not guilty of the crime of forgery, and ought not to be convicted of that offence. Several witnesses were called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character, extending over a lengthened period of time. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the jury after a abort deliberation found the prisoner Guilty of uttering the forged bill, but they at the same time strongly recommended him to the merciful considera tion of the Court, because they believed he bad no in tention to defraud. The RECORDER said that this verdict amounted to one of not guilty, and ho thought the jury had bettor re consider their verdict. The jury again deliberated, when they returned a verdict of Guilty, coupled with a strong recommenda tion to mercy; but judgment was respited, to give the Recorder an opportunity of consulting the judges with regard to the propriety of his rejecting the first verdict that had been delivered. William White, 18, a respectable-looking you th, was indicted for stealing eleven rings, valued at 3001., the property of Christopher Walton. Mr. Robinson prosecuted; Mr. Ballantine was counsel for the prisoner. The prosecutor is this case is a jeweller carrying on business in Ludgate-street, and it appeared that about dusk, on the evening of the 17th of October, the pri soner went into the shop, where Mr. Walton was alone at the time, and made inquiries for some shirt-studs. The prosecutor told him he had none of the description he mentioned, and he was going towards his counting. house when he observed the prisoner still lingering by the counter, and his suspicion being excited he went up to him end collared him, and asked him what he was doing. The prisoner made some excuse, and the pro secutor not missing any property at the moment, he allowed him to leave the shop. Very soon afterwards Mr. Walton observed a diamond ring upon the floor, and this exciting his suspicion he examined his window, and then ascertained that a tray of diamond rings had been stolen. A description of the prisoner was given to the police, but nothing was heard of him until a month afterwards, when he was taken into custody at Birming. ham, and upon the prosecutor seeing him he immedi ately identified him as the person who was in his shop on the night of the robbery, and by whom it must have been committed. The shopmen of the prosecutor also recognised the prisoner as having been to the shop several evenings about dusk, making inquiries about studs •, his object, no doubt, being to see where the valuable property was kept, and to arrange the best mode to get possession of it. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty; and it appeared that the prisoner was convicted in 1840 of a shop robbery of the same character, and sentenced to a year's impri sonment. An officer attached to the Birmingham police in formed the Court that the prisoner was taken into cus tody in that town for being found, und e r suspicions cir cumstances, in a jeweller's shop; but as no felony had been actually committed, the magistrate convicted him summarily, and sentenced him to three months' hard labour. At the expiration of his sentence he was taken into custody upon the present charge. The RECORDER sentenced him to be transported for seven years. James Bartram, 23, a private in the Royal Artillery, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing two silver spoons and forks the property of his master, Sir Thomas Down man, an officer in the same regiment. It appeared from inquiries made by the Court, that the prisoner had hot* a very good character in the re giment up to the time of the transaction in question, and the RECORDER taking this circumstance into consi deration, sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for three months. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Feb. 24. (Before J!ilr. Sergeant ADAIIIS, Assistant Judge, at the Guildhall, Westminster.) 'TIE EFFECT OF SUMMARY CONVICTIONI3 ,-- Jame s Cooh, 15, a diminutive urchin, was found Guilty of a charge of having stolen a coat, the property of Ann Ellwood. This boy, although now scarcely 15 years of age, had been " summarily" convicted and sentenced to imprison ment about twenty times, and had, in fact, spent the greater part of his life in prison, besides having been tried once for felony in this court. The Learned JUDGE, after observations on the inuti lity of summary convictions, which only tended to fowl• liarise children with prisons, sentenced him to be transported for seven years. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. WITHAM, Deputy Assistant Judge.) PICKING POCKETS AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. —Mary Ann Wilkinson, 33, and William Geo►ge Ralph, were indicted for having stolen the sum of Bs., the moneys of a female whose name is unknown. From the evidence of a police-constable it appeared that on the afternoon of the 3d instant, shortly before the return of her Majesty from opening Parliament, he was on duty in plain clothes near the Horse Guards, where a great crowd of persons were assembled. Whilst there he saw the two prisoners very busy amongst the people, the female resting her arm upon the boy's shoul der. The boy shortly afterwards made an attempt to pick a lady's pocket, but without success. He then watched them go up to a second female, and in a moment be produced something of a dark coloar, which he handed to the female prisoner, and they walked away together. Upon this he went up to both prisoners, and found money in the woman's hand. He questioned her as to the amount, but her answer did not give the correct sum, and in answer to further questions as to what other money she had in her possession, she said that she had only about a shilling's worth of copper, but upon being searched at the station-house a purse, containing two sovereigns and ss. ad. in silver, was found upon her. Sho denied all knowledge of the boy, but it was subsequently ascertained that he was well known to her, and had lived at her house for three weeks. The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and they were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for six calendar months. Frederick Poole, 19, and Robert Johnson, 21, wore in dicted for unlawfully attempting to steal a gold watch, the property of a man whose name is unknown. Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoners. This was another transaction arising out of the visit of her Majesty to the new Houses of Parliament for the purpose of opening the session. Both prisoners attacked a gentleman in Parliament-street, and drew a gold watch out of his pocket, but being retained by a guard chain they did not gain complete possession of it, and a police sergeant being on the alert, and watching their move ments, took them into custody. The gentleman pro• mired to attend to press the charge, but had not done so, and it was believed that he had been kept out of the way by other members of the swell mob. Mr. SLEIGH addressed the jury at length, contending that in conseirenee of the crowded state of Parliament street at the time the question of identity was not ciently made out to warrant them in eon 11. prisoners on the unsupported Levidence of the po constable. 'ity and they The jury found both the prisoners were sentenced to six months ' har d labour. victingB_ _the! iNTELLIGEinNeaCstEoi, withar yo t 00 i wil e Yttiomepaerss: isanengcdu Iferiberbsrifgorleatrlle:cwomasmaigattaida brought up, POLICE GUILDHALL. William South: ro ll:: the premises of 145, Harman Crisp into the RiVer Thames, and the deposi.. lions having been therefrom a large quantityo f 401. and the former with j te a . rnes J. Wallace aud Sophia Neale were placed at the b the former Charged, with others not for trial, and Fleetstreet, wearinap uulawfnl possession of the property. being f ou nd in Further evidence was given to show priso ners, though apprehended at different that the andbpg t a ev r a i o i u g s eg l sepa rate places, had been living together as man and wife George Durham , 57 F, sa id t h at on the morning the female prisoner was apprehended she was taken to B)w street, and . while in th e wa i t i ng • room s h e ma d e a state ment, wh ich he had not before given, as it would have put the male prisoner and his companions on their guard, a n d t h us have d e f eated the ends o f justice. Neal said to witness, " Have you got prosecutor for the things ?" He replied that he bad, and she then said, " Because I'm - if I suffer for all. The job was put up by three others, and they . are s bad as I am. It's my old man Joe (meaning the prisoner Wallace.) You know him (witness assented), sii n awley d . a boy we call Ted, and another man We "II just You must have seen Joe this morning, for I hav e _ IA ? been in with uucl he stood glue of por t a came up just before you, but I don't know where the venience been associated in the general wards with the devil ho got to. I su ppose he must have scampered I older patients, though not without some disadvantage to through tho roof." Witness showed her some of the themselves, in a moral point of view, and some detri clothe., and a small lanthorn, and a knife, which ho mont to the comforts of the adults. Provisions being found on prosecutor's premises, and produced. On seo - m ade for the children in the new wards, the beds hitherto ihg the latter she remarked, " That is my old man's appropriated to them wi ll be free for an additional num knife, I will swear t o it, I h ave use d it frequently; and her of adult patients, to the obvious advantages of, both the lantborn belongs to my child." classes, and the greater[efficiency in every respect to the William Langley, 42 F, said ho apprehended Wallace charity. in a public house in High Holborn, on the 14th instant, " The committee, in respectfully calling the attention and said to him, "Joe, I want you," and prisoner an- of the benevolent to these ftcts, beg to add that the swered, All right, I heard you were after me." Wit- completion of these wards, and bringing thorn into full yeas said, I suppose you know what for?" Prisoner efficiency, will more essentially befriend the cause of said, " All right, but I thought it was my game to keep humanity than the formation of new hospitals, which, out of the way." Witness also heard Neale say at Bow- although set on foot with energy, aro afterwards too street to a female who was taken into custody on suspi- often found to lang uish for want of ade q uate support. cion, and discharged, "I suppose I shall catch it for " Entertaining, as they do, the perfect conviction that this, but don't you fret; get you off all right. What the most beneficial results will accrue from the ac a fool I most htve been to let Joo run away when the complishment of so desirable an undertaking, the coM constables were coming up stairs," naittee feel it their duty now to make an earnest and There being no further evidence of the burglary, in special appeal for funds to complete the building. and consequence of the absence of the City constables en- they trust that the importance of tha hospital to the waged in the case, the prisoners were remanded till poorer classes, will ho deemed a sufficient reason for Thursday next, for committal. their anxiously soliciting the assistance of the affluen h t LAMB ET 11. in their (irons to enlarge its power of doing good, wit Yesterday Thomas Hackett, a farrier , was finally the cotaideut assurance that in no wa y could they more examined before Mr. Elliott, nn a charge of stealing substan•dally benefit their sick and disabled fellow -91. 10s., the monies of Mr. Joseph Ellis, a carman, in creatures." Church-street, Newington. The amount of sute , eriptions and donations received From the evidence of the prosecutor and his witnesses, was 800/. The (flier of toastmaster was ably filled by it appeared that the prisoner was frequently employed in Mr. Higgs. About 150 gent[-men sat down to dinner. his business by Mr. Ellis, and was in consequence per mitted to come on and go through any part of the pre mises. Ott Monday last, he called at the house of the prosecutor, and had been for some time in the hack par lour, and when he was ;;one 9/. 10s. in gold and silver was missed from a cupboard in which it had been placed. All the witnesses swore that no other person bad an opportunity of taking the money, and the prisoner, who [ merely denied the charge, was fully committed for trial. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, FEB. 24. We had a very small supply of grain at market to-day. The trade again showed firmness, and prices for wheat w ere firm at late rates. The growers appear to be nearly cleared out of barley ; the show of samples was very small, and prices were inclining dearer. Beans and peas firm. PER QUARTER. ' PER attAsa"' Wheat, red Ditto, white 46s to 49 s Oats oos to 00s Barley, malting 30s to 33s Rye Ditto, grinding :Os to 28s ,„, ooa to 0 01 to 001 Beans ... ............ 30s to ON Flour, per sack 00s AVERAGES FOR. THE WEEK ENDING FIB. 21, 18.52. Wheat 810 quarters, at 44s 10d Barley Beans, 56 ~ 305 tas Peas Oats ......... -- „ —a Oe HULL, FEB. 24. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—The weather during the past week has been very dry and frosty, sonable than at any period of the winter. A firmer tone pervaded the wheat market, and the decline which app ear impending prevented. To-day our farmers brought fully moderate supply of wheat, and such met very free sale at fell the rates current last week, with a good consumptive demand for dry somples, which were more abundant than last TuesoleYo of and for anything extra fine is advance was paid ;more see good and fresh in foreign meets free sale, but the quent it l such is limited : low wheats are for the moment neglected. le' good supply of barley, chiefly Danish, and the market,: cn but choice of samples attracts attention of buyers. uu_ii e° sumptive demand for spring corn, incr eased by the market weather : each article is in small supply. The linseed ln„ is decidedly better, and not much offeri n g . Cakes are fully per ton dearer during the week. Some good foreign are n _Z the market, and meet quick sale from ship. In rape cakes u much doing. The following are the present prices of grain s. 8. Wheat, English, red 40 to 43 Do. white ...... . 42 46' Dantzic and Ko nigsberg 42 46 Pomeranian and Hamburgh . 3B 42 Danish, Holstein, & Friesland 34 38, Russian and Odessa 34 38' Oats, English Do. Danish.... Do. Friesland l9 21 Do. Russ. & Odessa 17 19 Barley, malting 30 34 Do. grinding 27 29 Beans 23 34 Do., foreign THAMES. John Sullivan, 18; Cornelius Ronan, 19; Mathew Cauty, 15; Michael Harding, 23; Francis Sullivan, 40; Norah, his wife, 39; Mary Donovan, 21; and Mary Cauty, 20, were charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Sergeant Weakford, 5 H, Francis Wil liams, 113 11, John H. Bickell, 149 11, Armstrong, 17S 11, Hall, 127 11, Mackey, 66 H, and Sines, 153 H., and various other constables. The prisoners presented a frightful appearance in the dock. .Mathew Cauty had received several most sever° cuts—be was lilted into and supported in the dock by his sister; he groaned heavily, and appeared to be in a dying state. par. YARDLEY directed that all the prisoners should stand down, and that Cauty should be attended to. Shortly after a medical man entered the court, end said that Cauty was suffering from congestion of the brain. Mr. YARDLEY—IS it not dangerous? Ho appears to me to be in a dying state. Medical Man—lt would be adviseable to take him to the hospital. Mr. YARDLEY—Do not the wounds appear to have beeninflicted by a blunt instrument, or caused by a fall? Surgeon—l have not examined them—they were dressed by a medical man. I can examine them, if you wish. Mr. YARDLEY—Bat it might be injurious. Sergeant White said Mr. Mears, the divisional sur geon, who dressed the wounds, could be sent for if necessary. Cauty was then removed ; and the case proceeded against the other prisoners, all of whom—except the females—are dreadfully wounded, and were covered with blood. It appeared from the evidence of Sergeant Weakford (who is most seriously injured and wounded) and the other constables, that at about two o'clock yesterday morning the male prisoners and others were drunk and creating a great disturbance in Fieldgate-street, White chapel. Weakford and Dodd, 45 H, went up and advised them to go away. They went to the corner of Now-street, a distance of ten yards, a nd then turned round saying, "We wont go; go away with you, you dogs." They then went down New-street, and commenced throwing stones and brickbats. The officer went away, thinking they would go home, but John Sullivan throw halt a brick which struck the sergeant on the shoulder. Ile caught hold of Sullivan, who was immediately rescued by his father and others, and they all went into the house, 8, New-court. Weakford sent Dodd for assis tance, and went in to apprehend the younger Sullivan, when the old man struck him a violent blow with a thick stick on the back of the head. Mr. YARDLEY—Had you your staff . out? Weakford— I had; but I had struck no one. Williams, 113, who is unable to attend, then entered the room. Norah Sulli van knocked tho sergeant's hat off, and he was struck across the head by a piece of iron b y SullivanS or Ronan. lie bled profusely. The elder Sullivan then struck Williams with part of a hatchet, and forc e d hi m out o f the house in an insensible state. Mr. YARDLEY—Had you used your s t a ff? W ea kf or d —No; I had not an opportunity, They then dragged me out of the house, and I was thrown down insensible. One of the prisoners had a sickle in his hand. Bickel], 149, was received with a terrible blow from the chopper, which slit his hat in two. Donovan then attempted to strike him with part of a stool, but he warded it off with his staff. Mary Cauty threw a bucket of water in m ae key's face, and handed missiles to her brother to throw at the constables. They also assaulted Armstrong and Sines, Mr. YARDLEY said he should remand the prisoners till Monday, when ho hoped Williams would be able to attend. 0. s Peas, white and yel. 30 ....- 32 Do. grey ......... .... 7 .-.. 29 Linseed, Black Sea. 44 46 -- Do. Petersburgh ... 42 --- 45 Do. Riga & Archngl. 3 -- 4 1 Konigsberg Do. • ••• 6 -4 " Per ton. Lins. cakes, Null 81 5s to 0100 Do. fine for. 71 156 Od to 0/00 Do. inf. foreign... 0/ to 71 50 Rapeseed ......... 23/ 0 5 to 001 (Rape cakes..,Bss Od to 873 61 Tares, English ..... 323 -- 008 Do. foreign ............ Oils --00 s Guano ............ .. 5/ '7l too 0 Bones, d 0........ .. 1026 d Os Rye Meal ............... ... 01 Os CORK, FEB. 23. O White wheat ON 03 to 00$ Od Barrels. Curre 001. I'll"- ~,, 107 D itto Red wheat lBs 9d to 2ls 9d Ns Od--- 29 00s Od to 000 Od 0 ON Od O Ditto oos Od t o 00s Od 130 Barley 12s ()d to 135 2d 13 5 0d...1 6do O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 0 Ditto OOO Od to 00s Od --20 do O Bere 2)5 Oats. lO5 Od to 108 4d 246 Ditto lOs 4d to 105 Ed 00 5 0d.. 14 do 14 Ditto „. los 8d to 11 5 Od 165 Pigs • 22s Od to 315 9d 30s Od per owl Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: — 6 OW 0 barrels white wheat; 17 red; 22 barley; 0 ba re ; 5 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t-••• Wheat, 339. Barley, 502. Oats, 4,420. Pigs, 529. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURSING/. .„.1 First quality Second quality Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Feb. 14. Pigs, 842. Sheep, 275. C ° "' 137. Coax.—Flour—First 12a 60 to 141 Od; extra 15s 0d; seconds, lOs 6d to 12s 03; households ths to 101 6d; thirds, 7 1 .t 0 9 .1 1. per cwt. Oatmeal 105 60 tolls ; Indian mea l 7 s Od to 7060; w n i _t. meal, 10804 to 108 6/ per cwt. Indian corn 710 s Od to 715 0 I''' ton. Bran 878 6d to 905 per ton. Hay—Farmers 205 to 30s; a verage 27 5 ; dealers 30 a to 3 58 (kJ; average o'e per ton. SU aw—.FartilLsr 145 Od to 26s Od ; average 175; dealers 288 Od to 3 5 ' „ I r. average 00s 00 per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 60 to n„' household loaf bd to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 8 ",._„, - 100 per lb. Eggs— 43 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. A" -- Culla , Newport 153 Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore uos ; 121 6d per ton. Tallow 38. Od to 40$ per eiwt: Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d Fn. imperial g allon. . 1 1 ‘'` ° : —Beef -1d to 6id ; mutton 5d to 60; gall on 4 11 -- 60 ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 60 to 7d ; sausages ful per lb ois 81$s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 3101 pc; ton. per stOn: • Bark, red 71 to 8110 s per ton. Fleece woo; 14m to 15 ' d Hemp 29/ to 311 per ton. Fieh—Scotch herrior 19' to °°l; r ar ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to ll e / u p o ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine , 31 51; 1.11de ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 15 1 to 181 per 1 00 . .7 1 sk i n s Market 18s to 255; salted 200 to 265 per owt ; °I. n k , aid to Od per lb. Potatoes , white 7d to 8d ; 1 4 . 1 1,, Rid to 12d. Guano—Peruvian, 111 Os: Ichaboo, 8 t° ' per ton. Tar—Archamtel. 19s 9" b arrel ' ••"• _____.............. --,--___7:_ - - -- --- -- RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL FEB. 24. 4 rmer to- STOCK. ExCHANCIE.—The share market wa- fi . The dOniNly.—trla,norskacantiodnsNroerptioirt:ldidlawn day, but the amount of business done was very Ilinite,",„ ex 04 LIVERPOOL, FEB- - • were -2 ltl'Are doge ash better STocx ExcHANoc—The share w as wexaatensive, prices to-day, and, though the business was Western, 047,4 not were as follow :--- were somewhat improved. The transactior: LA dis._Eastern Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheahiret.orkshire, Ditto, Counties, 7 3 / 4 dis.—Lancashire and I n ~,t b ,, 3A i p.-- Fifths, 7 dis.—London and North -Wester xii D . tto Quar -283L -- i ; , 4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire., A . l_ iktidian d, 5 7,, tern, 1114 4 —Ditto, 6/. New Preference, /s 1 1 . :,, o , ot a ij. —South-Eastern and Dover, 20,/s---Shropshir Lin, way and Canal), 3 1 / 4 dis. MANCHESTER FEB' 24. ' rove d feeling ex- STOCK EXCHANGE. —There Was an pap d business hibited in the share market to-day, and a goo ere ag has bee n done at advanced prices. The transactions w_..,.... follow :--Caledonian, 15—Lancashire and Yorkshire._ fltiN Lincoln- Ditto, Fifths, 6714 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and bire, shire, 29—Ditto, New Preference, % p.—ast Lancasnic 151/2—Midlands, 57 ,4 —London and North-Western, 418,,, Quarters, 3% p.—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quaff' tors, 1 11-16 p.—South -Eastern and Dover, 20 -4,7,, Anglian, 7 per cent., 2 —Ditto, 6 per cent., 2 15-16---.lYe" Biding Union, 5 1-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 24. STocic ExcH ANGE.—A very limited amount of WOO r i c es' has been d one to-day, without material alteration in p The tra nsactions were as follow :—A mbergat e, Notting dig. an d Boston, 51 . 6 s. 3d.—South Staffordshire , 11. Bs. 9 ,1 ' u. - [ADvEnTISBAIENT.] —H li ,-,! t and 0 o way's via tmen . Pills have effected an astonishing cu re of an Alicss that the faculty pronounced incur bl - Walsoken, near Wi a e.—Robert Parlett, mariner, ' sbech was afflicted dreadful abcess in the arm. He had been , with a . abroad' and for a considerable two years in an hospital time i ithout ving the least benefit, and at n one at home, w f who pronounced hi last was given up busingthe c ult), t , m to be ' Hollovray s Ointment and Pills incurs e, but a ter bl f co mpletely healed, fora sho tt* the wound was and his health r ime l y restored. This can be attested it by AIL Abraharl'eCrmatalinnenatnd other respectable inh ahndants of the parish of Walsoken.—Sold by all druggists at Professor Holloway'sEstablishment,244 Strand, , Loudon. E Arg os DITOBIAL PoLITENEss.--The Western , thanks a contemporary for sending him an early account of the conflagration of the villag e in which the latter resides, and adds, " Although we are opposed to our contemporarl. ill politics, we are not dead to the finer emotions of friendshp; an d tics, we fully appreciate our friend's kindness in sending ad the earliest news of the entire destruction of the village; i. should an opportunity offer itself, we will with pleasure reci procate the compliment." nnol. FISTULA INSTITUTION. —In addition to the ~.,., , left this society by the late Thomas Dickinson, ESq.,2: Upper Holloway, he had presented it with 3,080/. during L , '" life. BIRTHS. OF A 801 g On the 20 th inst. , a t Edinburgh, the wife of Virillistrl Thompson, Esq., of Balgowan, Perthshire. On the 22d inst., at Clap ham-road-p th e lace, K en nington, wife of T. A. Yarrow, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 22d inst. , at Blarchington, Lady H arr i e t Vernon. On the 23d inst. , the wife of Richard H. Witty, Esq., 01 Guildford-street, Russell -square. _ MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Llanrug, Carnarronshire, James y. Hughes, Egg., M.D., of Cauldwell Priory, Bedford. to Caro line Madeline Coke, youngest daughter of the late Rev. S. Gihnshawe, vicar of Biddenham, 13edfordihire, aud rector of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire. On the 21st inst., et St. Giles's, Camberwell, Charles & Whitmore , Esq., of Cr o y don, to Mary Ann, youngest do ter of-.the late J. Pulley°, Esq., of York. DIED. On the 20 th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, F rances Marie, the wife of Sir Charles 11. Rich, Bart. On the 20th inst., at Leicester, aged 92, Mary, relict of the Rev. George I. Foster, late vicar of Newtown Linford, ad of BrNdon, Leicestershire . On the 21st inst., at Cheltenham, the Rev. Charles W. Diggle, M.A., late curate Connaught err evon, aged 38. v On the 23d inst., at ce, Ilyde-park, I' Brook, Esq., late of Ackworth, Yorkshire. On the 23d inst., at Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Tholies A co cks, Esq., age d 71. On the 21st inst., aged 9 ?, Richa rd Eater, EY", of Eastdon, London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNO, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 0. Stran, in th 4 Precinct of the Savoy. in the county. middic§o, WidlleblAY, February 25? LW- 112,‘ J WANDSWOR77I. ROBBERY AT DORKING.—James Slone, a young man about 25 years of age, who was described as a labourer, was brought before Mr. Beadon on remand, charged with being concerned with another man not in custody in breaking into an observatory upon the grounds attached to the residence of A. K. Barclay, Esq , a county ma gistrate, at Bury Hill, Dorking, and stealing therefrom a writing desk, a hygrometer, three thermometers, a silver pencil case, a quantity of tools, and a variety of other articles of the value of 6/. and upwards. Police-constable Edward Jeffery, No. 227 V division, deposed that in consequence of information he had re ceived, he apprehended the prisoner on Monday, the 16th instant, at tho works of New Battersea-bridge, on the charge of being concerned in the robbery. On the way to the station, the prisoner asked permission to go his lodgings, and witness gave it. They went to a house in Edge's Grove, Battersea, and upon witness searching some new clothes belonging to the prisoner he found art ivory knife and a patent pointed pencil. Witness asked the prisoner if they belonged to him, and ho replied that they did, and that they had been in his possession about a fortnight. On Saturday ' the 14th instant, two days before witness apprehended the prisoner, he received from a man named White the hygrometer, which he said the prisoner had given him. Charles White, a sawyer, living at the Lucky Rover, beer -shop, at Hook, near Kingston, said, on Saturday, the 7th instant, the prisoner and another man entered the Lucky Rover, where they remained drinking for so me time, and afterwards qu i tte d t h e h ouse. Th ey re turned on the following afternoon, and they then had a bundle in their possession. The prisoners said they had been to Bookham, near Dorking, and had broken into an observatory. Witness saw a portion of the contents of a bundle, and amongst the articles it contained were a writing-desk , a silver p e ncil . case , tools, and a hygro meter. e. The prisoner gave witness the hygrometer. John Smith, a sawyer, also living at the Lucky Rover, said he was drinking with the prisoner, his companion, and White on Saturday night, the 7th inst., and the two men (the prisoner and his companion) told them that t h ey we re going to Bookhanu to finish some work. They returned on the following day with a handle, and said they had been to Bury-hill and had broken into an observatory. Witness asked them how they effected an entrance and they replied, by breaking a pane of glass. Witness saw in the bundle a silver pencil case, an ivory knife, and the hygrometer. The prisoner gave him a patent pointed pencil, which ho had returned to the officer that morning. Alfred a carpenter, in the employ of Mr. Charles Barclay, said he was in the habit of assisting the prosecutor at his observatory at Bury , 11 bat the Monday morning, the 9th inst., he discoveredlaro square observatory had been entered, and that the of glass bad been broken, by which rneaontn:ettehr: entrance ther had been effected. He missed the hYg i r vory knife, some mometers, a quantity of tools, a variety of other articles. patent pointed pencils, and a ~.c ed a s belonging to He identified all the prop ert y p ro.. the prosecutor, t sa id the ivory knife Mr. Barclay, who was pin resort ,was certainly his p the ro wd found at the prison er s & perty, as he had previonaly broken the point. g e o urt he had been unable to ap_ prison • Jeffery informed r Companion. Mr. BEdnoN fu ll y prisoner, w h o ma d e no o b s ervation prebend the 3c°m a in rg it e t , ed thefortrial at the next see to t ton. alerts hold at Nowt') g cHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL. Th e anniversary festival of the governors and friends of the Charing-cross Hospital was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the president, tho Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., in the chair. The Noble Lord was supported by Lord Viscount Castle reagh, M.P., Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, Thomson Hankey, Esq. (Governor of the Bank of England), Major Lyon, Sheriff Cotterell, the Rev. Prebend Repton, the Rev. H. M`Kenzie, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Sergeant Adams, Major Moore, the High Bailiff of Westminster, &e. About 150 gentlemen sat down to dinner which in. eluded every delicacy the season afforded. The musical arrangements wore un d er the direction of Mr. G. Perry, assisted by Mi es C au d e ll, M r . Benson, Mr. Young, and Mr. Leffler. The proceedings were of the ordinary character; the loyal toa s t s b e i ng responded to b l est advance the interests in the most enthusiastic manner; and we feel we shall, of this glorious institut i on Appeal," by q uoting the following el," which has been mado passages from a by the Committee lor "Special the co mpletion of the Charing cross Hospital: — ll beg respectfully to state that as 64 The commi.e patients are yearly relieved by this cha rity (including nearly 18.000 many f r om sit parts of the country ra quiriog surgi caio p e rations for their cure) whilst up wards of 2,000 cases of accident are annually brought for aid, the available accommodations of the hospital are at present insufficient for the lull exercise of its useful ope rations, and they find it necessary to complete the por tion O thef building, comprising four wards, hitherto un finished for want of funds, which will supply tho defi ciency, and admit 50 more beds being added to those at present contained in the hospital, and af f ord the means 'ofrecciviug from 500 to 600 more in-patients annually. This, which may be effected at a cost of about 2,5 00 1. , ()(,0, will enable the committee to supply suitable acco mi . ti o u to the children and young class of patients n whotu.r. comprise a considerable proportion of the oases rFcic: iDg Admitign, wad who hve hittugto with Niue in PI LONDON,