The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-16 00:00:00

RKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY ; CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. Nearly the whole of the country m.,rkets held on Sa turday were seasonably well supplied with Whe'at, which only a limited business was transacted on some what lower terms. Foreign Wheats were held af - Ver - Y low prices. The icquiry for all kinds of Barley was less active, and, in some instances, priers gave way is per quarter. No change was observed in the value of Malt; but damp parcels of oats were somewhat lower to pur chase. Beans and Peas dull; but Indian Corn and Flour were tolerably firm. Letters from New York to the 2d instant state that Prices of both Flour and Grain were on the advance, with an increasing export demand. In the Baltic ports the trade has ruled inactive, but firm advices have come to hand from the Black S. a. The French markets have become rather firmer. The arrivals of English Barley and Malt up to our Market last week were semewhat extensive, and we had a full average supply of Oats from Scotland. From abroad we received 4,870 quarters of Wheat; 1,176 1 610 Peas; 223 T ares; Bade) ; 14,823 Oats; 262 Bean , ; 1,806 Lin.ee r 1; 256 napes , Ed; 110 sundry seeds; 330 sacks and 1,904 barrels of Flour. The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to this morning's mat ket, coastwise from Essex and Kent, was very moderate, but we noticed a slight improvement in the general condition of the samples. Prom Suffolk very little reached us; whilst the arrivals from the mid land counties per railway were not to say large. Not withstanding that the stands were by no means exten sively supplied, and that the attrndance of both town and country millers was tolerably good, the amount of business doing in all kinds of Wheat of home produce was small, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last, yet a good clearance was effected towards the close of the market. For forward delivery very few transactions took place, although the quotations welt.) considered somewhat easier. Very little foreign Wheat was brought forward, but the show of gra nar i e d samples was. tolerably good. Selected qualities of Dentzig, Rostock, &c., were in fair request, at full rates of currency. In the middling and interior kinds we have very few transactions to notice, yet importers refused to accept lower figures. Floating cargoes, off the coast, were much neglected the demand for Holland having fallen off. We were somewhat extensively supplied with English Barley, but the show of foreign was moderate. The trade was very dull. Fine Chevalier parcels gave way Is, other kinds is to 2s per quarter, and several large Samples remained unsold. The supply of Malt was unusually large, hence the demand was depressed, at barely stationary prices. The show of Oat samples being larger than for several weeks past, the demand for that description of produce wee very inactive and, in some instances, the currencies were a shade in favour of buyers. In Beans very little was doing, at ls. per quarter less money. The sale for Peas was heavy,• but no material change was noticed in prices. Indian Corn, afloat, was held at late rates. The Flour trade was slow. In prices, however, no c hange took place. The quantity of foreign here is amen. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. shoat CURRENCY & Kent, Malt—CheN alien • • bile to 60s Red .... 409 to 45s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 42s 535 Lincolnsh., Feed. 18s 22a Norfolk an d. Lin- Potato •• 21s 265 coin, Red..... 40s 45s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White...... 42s 49s Black .••• • • • 18s 21s Irish, Red........ --9 —s Cork, White .•• •• 19s 225 Ditto. White...... —s —s Scotch, Feed. • • 22s 26 s A ye —Old ............ 26s 28s Beans—Tick 248 29s girl e ••"••• • • • • • 26s 288 Pigeons ...• 26s 32s ... 24s 27s Peas—Grey .. •.•• •• • • 285 31s Malting , 27s 31s Maple .••••• • . • .. 298 32s , Chevalier ... 328 36s White..." ••• • • . 26s 29s nea t — Suffolk itnd Nor- Boilers •.•• • • .. 32s 34s folk 455 518 Flour—Town-made... 39s 433 Brown 435 48s Suffolk ••• .. 328 36, I K l ngSton and Ware 518 565 Stockta & Norfolk 32s 36s SEEDS. The demand for Clov e r seed, both English an d f ore i gn, II .," improved. and prices have an upward tendency. Canary and Trefoil, as well as Cakes, are quite as dear la last week. East India continued slow in sale; 70 qrs. •at auction realized 42s to 43a per quarter. Black Sea, az ship, has changed hands at 42x; and Archangel, ex • granary, 39s per quarter. East India reopened dull, at 814 per quarter. . -I " lll P,Wilite, per bush. 6s to 108 Carraway .• • •. • 31e 3 38 , Red and Green.. • • 8s II Coriander .•.••• • • • • • 9s 11s Ward, Brown.. •• .. 8s 9s Heinpseed, per quarter 32s 35s 1 , White, n ew 6s Od 7so Linseed, Eng. owing 60s 65s $l Old ..3s 6el 4s 0 Crushing •••• • • • • 463 5k Old „ .. as 9d Os Od ' Baltic ••..• • .. 40s 46s It Tlaz, per quarter • . 3hs 39 Odessa ••••• • • • • • 4ts 505 grass.. .... 24s 305 Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— Eng . (cwt.) 408 bOs English .. . 81 10s 101 White 40s 50s Foreign, per ton 71 53 81 1& Foreign Red.. 40s 50s Rape Cakes, pr ton 414 s 41 7, White.... 40s 50s Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 2110 s 2310 s to •• • • .. 18$ 22s The SMITHFIELD. imports of foreign stock into London last week Wer e on a liberal scale, the total supply having amounted 1 8 3 ,210 head. During the corresponding period in 51 1 we received 2,449; in 1850, 576; in 1849, 2,011; . ▪ in 1848, 1,064 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON INTHE PAST WEB& cor n Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. g amburgh 86 446 ••• ••• ••• ttarli ngel ••••• 232 124 ... 17 .. 2 A ntwerp Rotterdam ••• 2E4 ..• 1,126 ••• ••• 397 ••• 0 8t l ota' he yearly comparison of the weekly arrivals is as Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1851 ......... 501 ... 1,678 ... 237 ... 33 IRS O .. 270 ... - 201 95 ... 10 1 849..... ....... 806 ... 1,068 ... ... 147 ... 1848 h i al Perecl with that exhibited on Monday lost, the stir -17 of Peasts on offer in tc-day's market was limited, L 124 in very middling condition. The attendanc e o f - eyers was far from numerous, yet the Beef trade ruled t , e ,, ik( lY, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 8 lbs. privaest Scots sold at from 3s 61 to 3s 8d per 81bs, good clearance was easily effected. From Nor eg, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,300 i s/L s, Heref or d s, an d s h or t h orns; from th e north o f 4ngland, 600 short horns; from other parts of England, l 0 Her e f or d s, R unts, an d Devons, Ix.; and, from Scot dl4(l, 440 h orne d an d po ll e d S co t s , c hi e fly p er ra il way. °Vis ithstanding that the numbers of Sheep were on th e b b ere4 se, nd te deua fr thaescriptio of stock was b t. 130 mea n s brisk. Ho o wever t d , in some n instances, the rn ' l meat old Downs in the wool realised 4s 6d; but no Ca rove ment took place in the value of other breeds; (1 ' 4 , 4 Must be observed that the general top figure for "'Has swas 4s 4d per 81bs. About 2,000 shorn Sheep u !re brou g h t f orwar d , an d w hi c h so ld at 81 per 8 1b s 071er t hose in the wool. The few Limbs in the market 11,1 13 ged hands slowly, at from 4s 8d to 5s per 81bs. rat rehets. cu r l " small Calves were in moderate request, at full Otherwise, the Veal trade ruled dull, at late kli " *. we had a very slow inquiry for Pigs; but no Wrist' change took place in the quotations. Per ;Ms. to sink the offal. 1 11444 0 ,,,.. s. d. to a. d. s. d. to s. d 800 14 ,7 Beasts 2 4 2 6 inferior Sheep ••. 2 10 3 0 PriniOntlity •••• •• 2 8 3 0 Second gust. Sheep 3 2 3 8 rlithe - 8 4 n r Ze Oxe; • ... 3 2 3 4 Coarse -woolleddittc3 10 4 0 , 3413 8 , ,n,ots ......3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Lll4l ~— ar Se Calves 210 3 6 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 o SpekieCulsll ditto .. 3 8 310 Largo Hogs •••• •• 2 6 a 6 L4nlb i zt3 C raves ..18 0 21 0 Small Porkers .... 3 8 310 - •• ••••• •• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 19 0 11 ut TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. • . 4a. 3 3172 Calves. I Pigs. I Sheep. i 20,880 1 199 I 340 FOREIGN SU?PLY. toa sts I Calves. I Pigs. , 425 . I Sheep. 660 155 tkStatement and of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited andld in Smithfield Cattle Market, an Feb ru Mondayary 16, 1k52 , February 17, 1851, and this day, Monday, Per - 81bs., to sink the offals. Feb. 17, 1851. Feb.l6, 1852. a. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. 3 Oarse and inferior Beasts ..... ... 2 6to 2 8 2 4to 2 6 b ,Second quality ditt o ... ... ... ... rime large Oxen ... 210 3 0 2 8 3 0 prim e 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 Scots, c•— 4 ••• •-• ... 343 6 3 6 3 8 '4O arse and inferior Sheep... ... , f,titne co - 6 3 82 10 3 0 .. 310 4 0 3 2 3 8 arse _woolle . d ditto ... 4 0 4 23 10 4 0 ' l ett, Ond quality ditto ... .. I ri ttle Southdown ditto ... ••• 4 4 4 6 4 2 4 4 fttabe... ... ... ••• ••• , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 parlg% coarse Calves ... ••• •-• .. 3 d . ! 3 62 10 3 6 r nl e s mall ditto -• —* *** ° 4 0 3 8 310 _artti it.. ... ... ... 210 3 s 2 6 8 6 611441PZ; :•• ''' *** ... 3 8 4 0 3 8 Beasts 2 127 11 Sheep and Lam .. ~, ... 3,797 33,3 -•• "' Lambs ~ ...19,090 . 20,880 . ... ••• Calves ... -• **- 2BO " 199 .• - • 340 UP PigS FEB. 18, 1850.--Beasts, 3,362 ; Sh P LIAS l ox SALE„ Calves, ' 104' Pigs, 204. , e eP and Lambs, 17 300 • vaxi 1 - ' 832 - Sheep ' and Lambs, y 1,80 0; e a b i , •9. I 849.- Beasts, 3 , ' es, 52 1 Pigs, 220. ENBAL L • k• Nr VtarGATE AND LEAD ' , de e 1/ 2 „., 6 our last report these markets 4rately suppli e d with town- kille d large, viz., about 12 11144(1 '0dt the provinces have been rkets h m a e v a e t; be b e u n t but the i s e ' Clei° caresses of, chiefly, Beef, Mutton , tvttnerally Speaking, the demand is in ahvekeyts of Beef h . te, at barely stationary prices. very sluggish Two -as il'!ie eonie tohand. from Hamburgh. b e ,, f . , • At per stone by the Carcase. s d to ii. d. a . d. to O. d• 2 3 10 4 .......,n.i.,r10r...... 2 . O . 2 2 Mutton , inferior .. 2 6 ...... Zwallng ...„ 2 4 2 6 —naiddling•• 3 0 3 R ..., prime tug • 2 8 210 —prime •• •. 3 6 . .-: vie.D.r/Ine small .. 3 0 3 2 , Pork, large.... -.. 2 4 . 4 0 '''' .• '• •• ••2 10 310 i amall .... •••• 3 6 3 I Th nano -awl AND SPITALFZELDS.. b. land e total arrival of Potatoes, last week, coastwise and • i • about 4,000 tons, chiefly 34 _carriage, amounted to 1 . ovxeellent condition. Selected samples are in steady tilltI lle8t ; 4 " hill prices, but low and middling kinds are a sale ' No imports from abroad. It ork , Per Ton. Dittos' " Regents. 65s to 80s Wisbeach &Cam . Li n haw s . -s to -a --- -s to - a bridge goteln. Regents 60s to 70silient Regents 6ss to 80a Dit to eh ry.gents.. COs to 70slEssex Regents 6ss to Bos 60s to 65s Ditto it ` - ' ° l Ps ...... LOs to 60s1Essex Slums Otto ues ...... -- sto --si Kent Shaves co'l.° Dahlias ... -a to - s'Kent&Essx.Mid. -s to -: IkzeLll'en Whites. -s to -slFrench ,Wj e k p German ditto -s to : 9 Ike • ,'"'gents.. 60s to 70s Dutch Whites.., - s to ---8 ntisu R e d, Ki d. • - 2 t o - 8 •-.5 to - s Chats .. ..... ••- - Ala, nOROTIGH 1101) 21111.1EUEET. fall„ "tit the demand for the b st celery Hops has twi - off, no declin e has taken place in the querations, goal to the li m i ted supply on offer. Yearling, and old to e i tie s a ._ .e , held at late rates. Sussex Pockets, 51 123 ‘.. ~.'5 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 61 6s to 71; Mid and '4e ut ditto, 71 to 121 104 per cwt. Th e WOOL. . on 1,11 n ext r series of Coloeiai Wool sales will comme . noe . Is 2 0 n u witty next. The quantity at present advertised tootzs3_o bales; but it w ht __: -, Gprogre,s. Ey private contract very little is doing, la htt;lees are well supported. Last week il l , nt , doubt, be increased as the ho z Liatoburgb 40 f .r. Ayres, 63 1 ' " 44 inenoa 's imports were Per Ton. SUN, THE from the Cape, 276 from Sydney, 49 from Havre, and 540 from I.3,Anbay. I'AILLOV7'. The increasing arrivals, added t 3 the heavy stock i❑ warehouse, cause the trade to rule exceedingly inactive, 'end prices have further declined, since our last report, 64 - to 9d . per cwt. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 35s to 353 3d par cwt, Town Tallow 35s 6d per cwt. net cash; rough iAt, 2s per 81133. For forward delivery, nothing doing. . 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. t 1852. ----- ---- - Stack this day ...... 1 53s "d 40s 0(1 37 s 3d 37 s 6d to 2.5 i 1,373 13,495 41,735 43,491 I 54,262 Price of Y. C. .... I 0,1 s to Os Od to Os (Id to ns 6d Os ( d 1t055 31 Delivery last week .. 1,130 2,4•2 1,742 2, 151 2 ' 5" Ditto from June 1.... 80,811 76,716 ' 71,095 72,# 04 80,133 Arrivals last week • 709 875 613 115 1,854 Ditto from Jtine 1 ... 84,0'3 103,108 87,359 90,581 9 8 , 161 Price of Town ••• • • . 51s 6.(1 43s Od 32a 6d 393 63 3Bs ed DESTRU G7ION OF THE PECENIX PAPER-MILLS. DA RTF0111), SIUNDAY.—This town has been thrown Into the greatest contusion in consequence of the out break of one of the most extensive fires that has occurred in this locality, for many years, and which, although nearly twenty-'our hours have elspsed since it was first discovered, is not entirely extinguished at the present hour. The premises in which this disaster occurred were termed the Pecenix and were tenanted by Mr. J.. 11. Saunders, the paper manufacturer, and oc cupied a frontage of nearly 200 feet along DArtford crotk, while they extended backwards a considerable distance, and were adjoined on the north extremity by the spseious Oil Crushing-mills belonging to Messrs. Savriders and Harrison. The first discovery was made at a few minutes before seven o'clock on Saturday evening; some persons stand ing on the railway platform had their attention directed to an• unusual glare of light in the second floor of the mill. At first, it was imagined that the men were at work in that portion of the building, and no alarm was therefore given. In the course of A few minutes, how ever, the fire told its own tale by rising in an immense body and shooting through the windows. Every at tempt was then made to get the flames confined to that portion of the premises, but unfortunately it was stored with rags, which caused the fire to travel with extra ordinary-rapidity. At one period there 'seemed not the least hope of saving the.adjoining oil-mills. The engine belonging to the Royal Exchange Fire offica having reached the spot, and having been taken to the brink of the creek, was set to work, but the water thrown upon the flames made not the least impression. The engine belonging to the Kent Fire-office was the next to arrive, followed by another front the Norwich Union-office. These three engines were worked with full 'vigour, but, in spite of the exertions' of the firemen, the-flames continued to extend, and at length they as sumed so fearful an aspect that it was deemed prudent to send an electric telegraph message to London for the aid Of the brigade engines. As soon as the news arrived in town two brigade en gines were taken, under the direction of Mr. Henderson, To the London-bridge station, and a special train having been ordered, were speedily conveyed to their destina tion. Mr. Connorton also started to the scene of con flagration with the West ot:England engine and a power ful body of firemen. Previous to the arrival of the Lo❑- don firemen, the entire mill was on fire from the base to the roof. Owing to the high wind, large flakes of blazing timber and showers of sparks wore drifted over the town to a considerable distance, so as to cause great alarm. The three engines from London were immediately placed alongside of the three that had previously arrived, and the whole were called into operatior. They had not, however, been long at work when the roof of the mill gave way, and the centre falling upon the floors below forced them down with a fearful crash. The fire ho a ever, by great perseverance, succeeded in saving the engine -house, and thereby were enabled to cut off the further spread of the flames in that direction, but they still continued to rage furiously in the mill in which they commenced, and hour after hour passed away before they could be got under; and, although all danger of any further extension of mischief was over by 4 o'clock in the morning, a considerable body of fire remained in the ruins at 6 o'clock last evening, and there seemed no chance of getting it out for some hours. .We regret to state that Mr. Saunders will not be the only person who will suffer by the misfortune, for the whole of his workpeople, male and female ,must for a considerable period be thrown out of employment. The following is a copy of Mr. Superintendent Braid wood's official report:— " Saturday, Feb. 14, 1852, at seven o'clock, ram, a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. J. Saunders, paper maker, known as the Phenix Paper mills Dartford, Kent. The cause of fire unknown. The building belongs to Messrs. Thompson and Co., of &idlers -hall. Contents insured, in the Sun, Pbcenix, Kent, and Union offices, The building insured in the Imperial and other offices. The fire was extinguished by strangers and firemen, with one engine of the Royal Exchange, one of the Kent, one of the Norwich Union, two of the London Brigade, and one of the West of England Fire-office, and 56 hired auxiliaries. The mills are burned down, 'and engine -house saved. " Messrs. Harrison and Co., oil-mill proprietors.— The building and contents slightly damaged by fire, but considerably by water, and roof by breakage. Insured in the Phcenix; Kent, Scottish Union, Norwich Union, and West of England Firc-;-)fficeA." LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending Feb. 14,1852 ... £7,040 4 6 Traffic—Week ending Feb. 15, 1851 ... 7,516 11 0 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 53,663 10 10 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 55,340 2 4 Total number of Passengers—Week ending Feb. 14, 1812 ... 40,303 Passengers ... ....£'‘,oBB 16 10 Goods ... ... 1,951 7 8 Total ... £7,040 4 6 Total miles open, 1852, 1734; ditto, 1851, 171 1 4. London Terminus, Feb. 16, 1852. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council Was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sik George Grey Earl Granville, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Excheqeer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Seymour, and the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith. The council sat three hours and a half. THE LATE COLLISION IN THE VICTORIA CHANNEL, LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday morning, the steam-tug Inde• pendence, which had been sent out in search of the Pickwick, after having been in collision with the Chimera, returned to Liverpool without having seen anything of her. The belief that she had foundered immediately after being struck amid ships was thus apparently confirmed, when, in. the middle of the night, to the great'surprise of everybody connected with the port, the missing ship herself made her appearance in the river. Friuli the hour at which she arrived we were un able to ascertain precise particulars ; but we are happy to state that the two men who were reported to have -been lost overboard from the Pickwick, when the latter was struck by the'Chiinera, were safe on board their vessel, which they have thus been the means of preserving. NOVEL AND DESTRUCTIVE RIFLE.—An American of the name of Jones has invented a rifle which fires twenty five distinct shots - with one loading. The rifle has the ap pearance of the ordinary double barrelled gun, with the ex ci ption that the barrels are placed one above the other, and the lower barrel is rather shorter than the upper. In the lower barrel are placed twenty-five bullets of a conical shape, each about an inch in length. The upper part of these bul lets is charged with powder, and by a slight movement of a small lever, they are brought into the upper barrel one after the other, as the previous one is discharged from it. In the stock there is a small box for holding a numbe rof detonating pills, quite on the horneeopathic principle, w hich one by one fall under the ha mmer o f t h e tr i gger, an d do the duty of the ordinary copper caps. 'On Monday, evening the operator discharged- his gun: the twenty-four times in about a minute, and said that he could load and reload his gun and fire it 125 times in less than Ave minutes.. The gun is under the con sideration of the Board of Ordnance. MURDER OF A FEMALE IN ST. JOHN'S-WOOD. — Yesterday, an excitement of a most painful nature was caused in the vicinity of St. John's-wocd, by the discovery of the murder of a female named Styles, the wife of a horse keeper, living at No. 16, Victoria-mews, Salisbury-street, Portman-market. At half-past two in the morning, as police constable Flampson, 23) D, was on duty in a street adjacent to the mews alluded to, he was accosted by Styles, who stated to him that his wife had been murdered. Ile (the constable) proceeded with him to his room, which was ever a stable, and found 'the deceased lying dead in bed, with nothing on but her shoes and stockings, and observing marks of blood upon the man's clothes, asked him how he could account for them, to which he replied that they were caused by his leaning over his wife to ascertain whether she was dead or no t. Th e cons t a bl e im me diately took him into custody, and conveyhen he ed him to the John-street station-house was charged with the murder. On Saturday a•Most 'mischievous trick, to say the Guildhall, " withdrawn;; by several least of it, perpetrated at the Court of Common Pleas, person who had written the word sequence was gaihst several c • the t • d the con that the ases an necessary to withdraw the h records at great expense to the Went away, and it became probated the conduct of the Lord Chief Justice strongly re he would most severel y punish, offenders, whom, if discovered, Mr. Secondary Potter, and directe d Its Lordship theta seht for locks, should be prepared by Monday, that glazed frames, with be protected, and a repetition of offence theylothat the lists might prevented GONDOLA STEAMERS ON T HE TH AMES . the ensuing spring -a "fleet of gondola st Early in p l a ced on the River , to run between Lohdoheaumriedrs" will be the piers to Richm ond. The y ar e ten in numbe r , Brid ge the all and novel construction, resembling. somewhat. informthenew that ply on the canals of Venice. A spend' gondolas id saloon of theafterpartof the vessel, with a occupies the whole Most of them are building at Liverpool, RETIREMENT above. RETIREMENT OF MR. GREE N, T HE AERONAUT. The veteran aerial voyager r etires this season from aer °sue made 489 ascents , and intends corn pursuits. He has now during the ensuing season. M r. pleting the number of 500 Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Wardell, the proprietor of the f II • " arewe trips. has arre.nged with Mr. Green for his eleven Each as cen t i s to b e mar ked by various grand demonstra tions. AN OFF ICER SUPPOSE D O F THE AISILZON. — A. man was washed on shore at Bucks, near Bideford, on Mon day last, ha v i ng gol d lace on h i s cap , a nd jacket lined with auk, apparently h av i ng been a long t i me in the water, and having an officer -like appearance. He is suppoeed to be one of the crew of the unfortunate steam-ship y A m azon. An inquest was held ( n t h e bod, and the poor fellow in terred In Parkham Churchyard on Tuesday lest. — North Devon Paper. ' VALENTINES DaY;—_Sat ur d ay was a very busy day in the Post-office: Up to five o'clock in the evening 200,000,1etters above the ordinary daily average had passed through' the Post-office in St. artin's-le-Grand, the total number amounting to nearly 40 0,000, the t rea l i sed pos age being 1,500/, •Ttie Official Milan Gazette of the sth states that the number of recruits for Lombirdy this year is to be 8,630, taken from two classes, those of 1830 and 1831 • In 1849 the truinber of recruits was-8,045 1 arid in 1850 —they were 7, 6 931 rOUI QUO claaa each year. • LONDON, SOUTH AMERICA SrAJTHAMPTON, ►SIINDAY.—The Royal Mail COM pany's steam-Aip Severn, Captain W. Vincent, with the Brazilian mails, in charge of Lieut. Seriven, Admiralty agent, arrived this morning at eleven o'clock. On her route home the Severn experienced a continu ance of strong head winds and heavy seas since leaving the coact of Brazil. Iler out voyage was accomplished within the shortest period on record, having steamed from Southampton to Rio i❑ 24 days 17 hours, including stoppages for coals and exchange of mails at six different ports. The Severn brings mails from the following places, to which the latest dates are affixed:—Buenos Ayres, Jan. 4; Monte Video, Jan, 7; Rio Janeiro, Jan. 14; Bahia, Jan. 18; Pernambuco, Jan. 21; St. Vincent, Feb. 1; Teneriffts, Feb. 6; Madeira, Feb. 8; Lisbon, Feb. 11. On freight the Severn brings 7,0004 in specie and 5,200/. in diamonds, 18 berons ipecacuauba, 200 bales tobr,cco, 3 barrels coffee, 5 serous cochineal, and GO packages sundries. RIVER PLATE. MONTE VIDEO, JAN. 6.—BUENOS AYRES, JAN. 4. — The war which Urqu'zl, with his allies, has declared avvinst Rosas has c , u3renced. A Brazilian division of 4,000 men had joined ITrquiza to co-operate with him. Mantilla, brother-in-laW to Rosas, tried to oppose the passage of the Brazilian division up the Parana, and fired into the steamers from the batteries of S. Nicola°. There were some killed on both sides, but the Brazilian division forced the passage, and Mancini/ retired in baste upon Buenos Ayres. Thus the first tribute of blood (however small it may be),in the war against Rosas was paid by Brazil. The rest of the Brazilian army was at Colonia. Urquixa crossed the Parana on the 24th of December, and wits, with the whole of his army (excepting 4,000 or 5,000 men), on the right bank of the river Parana. Ile was preparing to march upon Buenos Ayres. The Argentine province of Santa Fe, which is of great military importance in the actual war, because its possession eats off the communication between Buenos Ayres and the other provinces of the Argentine Con federation, pronounced in favour of Urquiza as soon as he landed. The power of Rosas is regarded as at an end. His best officers were abandoning him to join llrquizs with the troops under their command. Rosas fiads himself obliged to keep upon the defensive. Ho was concen trating all his forces at Santos Lugares, with the inten tion to wait there for the enemy, but he was still in his house of Palermo, and it was doubtful whether he would join his army, and try the events of a battle, or embark in the Locust, whicb, it was reported was waiting in the river for him. In Buenos Ayres a strong feeling prevailed, against Rosas, and the population was ex pressing its opinion very freely. BRAZIL. RIO DE JANEIRO, JAN. I4.—Brazil has celebrated a treaty of limits and navigation of the Amazon with the Republic of Peru. It was rumoured in Rio that the Ministry wished to retire; Senor Euzebio de Queiroz (Minister of Justice), being the only deputy in the Cabinet (the five other members are senators), did not wish to be alone to meet the debates in the Lower House. Some difficulties seemed also to arise on account of the general elections, which are to take place in the present year. It is well known that general elections in Brazil are almost always accompanied with disturbances. The financial state of the country was prosperous. The revenue of import and export duties for last year was superior to that of 1850 in more than 3,000 contos of reis. Apolices were at 93 ex dividend, and money continued so abundant that the rate of discount was 3} to 4. Tho energy of the means (spontaneous or not) em ployed by the Brazilian Government have entirely done away with the stave trade. No epidemy of yellow fever. MOVEMENTS OF lIEA MAJESTY'S SIIIPS.—At Buenos Ayres, her Majesty's steamer Locust, Lieutenant Day. At Monte Video, her Majesty's steamer Centaur, Rear. Admiral Reynolds. At Rio de Janeiro, her Majesty's steamer Plumper, Commander Nolloth ; and H arpy tender. Lieut. Williams. Her Majesty's steamer Con flict, Commander Jenner, left Rio on the 12th of January, fir the River Plate. At Bahia, her Majesty's steamer Rifleman, Lieut.-Commander Dalton; Bonetta brigantine, Lieut. Wake. At Lisbon, her Majesty's steamer Dragon. Her Majesty's steamer Samson, Captain Jones, from the coast of Africa, put into Lis bon on the 11th instant for coals, and transferred dis patches and mails to the Severn. Sho announces th© total destruction of Lagos by the boats of the African squadron, who had sixteen men killed and sixty-one wounded. The Royal Mail steam-packet Prince left Rio for the River Plate on the 13th of January, and the Teviot left St. Vincent for the Brazils on the 29th of January. FREIGHTS.—Rio: At the close of the year, freights were—for Antwerp, 30 to 47k; Channel, 27i to 37k; Hamburgh, 30 to 40; London and Liverpool, 30 to 35; Mediterranear, 32i to 40; Havre, 35f.; United States, 40c. to 50c. BAHIA, JAN. 18.—Channel, 405.; Stockholm, 455.; Ilamburgh, 355. Exchange, 27i to 271 on London; 635 to 640 on Hamburgh. DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS BY THE BRITISH SQUADRON. LOSS OF LIFE. The Admiralty dispatches brought to Southampton yesterday, from the coast of Africa, by the Brazilian mail packet Severn, relative to the affair off Cape Lagos, were considered so important, that Lieutenant Scriven, the Admiralty agent of the Severn, was dispatched to London with them immediately-, in order that no time might be lost in placing them in the possession of the Admiralty. It will be seen that Lagos has been destroyed, but not without loss of life on the part of the Eaglish. The following is the copy of a letter written on board one of the ships engaged on the coast of Africa, and w hich gives full particulars of the affair:— " Dear Sir,—You will be sorry to hear that poor . . Elliot, of the Sampson, is gone, and supposed to be lost under the following painful circumstance:—We captured a felucca in October last, and Elliot parted company with us, when we took the ground off Corisce, with 12 men, one carpenter, and Mr. Wood, midshipman, with one month's provisions, with orders to follow us to Cape Lopez, and in the event of tho wind not being favour able to proceed to the Island of St. Thomas and then to Badagang to meet tis. Since that time he was met, Oc tober 31st, by the Penelope at St. Thomas, who ordered him on to Badagang, about five days' sail, and neither he, his men, or boat, have since been heard of. Several vessels have been down there, ourselves twice, and no news. It is feared the heavy tornadoes in the first week of November must have taken them suddenly, and with her enormous sails capsized her, and she must have sunk to rise no more. Poor fellow! Enclosed is a rough sketch I send of the news we have. " On the 16th of December the Penelope arrived in the Bights from Sierra Leone and the Sampson from Ascension, and arrived off Lagos on the 18th, and found there only the Bloodhound and Philomel, to the no small surprise of the commodore, who had ordered every vessel in the Eights to be there for the purpose of at tacking Lagos on the 24th, but, by some excellent ma nagement, they were all dispersed. On the 23d, the Teezer arriving, as also a party consisting of some 600 of King Atakoi's people, who had marched down from Badagang, it then became necessary to protect these people, and the commodore not knowing when he would get his vessels, it was judged expedient to attack Lagoa with the present force. Accordingly Captain Jones, in the Bloodhound, and the boats of the Sampson, left at four rm., and having safely crossed the bar, anchored off the entrance for the night. The Sampson had pre viously been moored as close opposite the supposed position of the enemy as could be. On the morning of the 24th, two boats in command of Lieut. Saumarez, Ist of Sampson, proceeded up and sounded and were fired into by musketry on the right beach, and which was taken little or no notice of, and having ascertained the required information they returned to the anchorage at two P.M. Several largo canoes being seen on the right beach the Bloodhound weighed, and the boats, under her cover, landed and brought off six large canoes capable of bearing the whole of Atakoi's force; having given them to these people at five r ar., being flood tide, she proceeded up the river to try the depth of water, the Sampson's boats ahead, and when off the first bat teries the enemy began to fire round and canister with very good precision, which was returned by the boats and Bloodhound. At this time the Teazer, with the Penelope's boats were seen to enter the river, and a sienal was made to anchor, and it being dusk the Blood hound weighed and anchored alongside of her, out of the reach of the enemy's fire, The 25th being Christ mas-day, the men remained in their boats, and nothing was done with the exception of reviewing and feeding Atakoi's troops, and placing round each of their necks a white " rag," so that we might know friends from foes. Thus we stood on the evening of the 25th, certainly a miserable Christmas. At 4.30 A.M. of the 26th the fol ed. T v i h s i e o ß n 1 o o f o cl b o h n o t u s n , d o 0 , w n s i i t s h t i C n a g p4 Jon ieppsga, peddle t d l e a i e n n k n O d w e nt' pinnace h the n p m o o a r f a t Sampson under commend of Lieutenant Saumarez followed; then the Teazer weighed, with Captain Lyster; and then the starboard division, under command of Commander Hillyar, of Penelope, which consisted of her two paddle-box boats, pinnace, and the rocket boats, each boat commanded by the Lieu tenants of Penelope, and the rocket party by Lieutenant Corbett, gunnery lieutenant. As the Bloodhound steamed up a terrific fire was opened on her by all the batteries and thousands of musketry, which was returned by her with shot and shell. She got up to her destina tion (with little damage), and then got aground at musket shot from the platform battery. Then followed the port division of boats under a Complete storm of mus tketkryu,pther grape,i round, and Canister, which was retur ne d i n good oo style from' the boats, who pulled up gallantly an d which they the starboard division, so p on osi s ti i o le n nc o e p a p . os T ite he a n tewamo-gun Teazer batterya withan and, in bring h er ' guns to bear to of boats, unfortunately tookootthvryeeiinggrthotueonapkoeraetpndadwivcaiosyujoltdno, not get off. She was there exposed to the fire of twenty guise. Captain Lyster instantly finding at tempts to get her off of no avail, took the a d of the starboard - division of boats, and madecorormalne shore for the purpose of spiking the guns. After fir ing 1 several rockets they dashed in, and effected a land i n g, and took one battery by storm, spiking its guns. The enemy charged them on each flank, and a retreat was necessary. The enemy got possession of her paddle-box boar, the cowardly Kroomen having jumped overboard. A charge was then made to recapture, but finding g o man y wounded, and two killed, they retreated to the other boats and embarked, nor, however, without the mate, who was l e ft i n the boat, having re ceivedgulaneetB two wounds, he igniting ia picked dm up in a a p n t d ain jump overboard,ins when tees g i g . In t h is and the next day's attack no lees than J seventy-two were killed and wounded. The feat:, of daring and bravery on the part of officers and men, with the exception of the rascally Kroomen, is beyond belief. Captain Lyster received two wounds, Colonel Iliflyer one, Lieut. Corbett (gallant fellow) seven, Lien , . Williams (in artillery) three, Mr. Fletcher (mid.) killed, Mr. Gilman (master's assistant) mortally wounded and since dead, besides several other officers slightly. This left the Teazer quiet, as also the enemy, who took off the heads of the two men dead, and which we have since found in the king's house. During this time the Bloodhound bad silenced the batteries, but remained still aground, and the boats proceeded round the north point and silenced one or two more batteries by the time it was 11 o'clock, when they were all recalled and went to dinner, being annoyed oc casionally by the musketry opposite. At one the Teazcr signalled her killed and wounded, and was sig nalised to close when the tide turned and she could get off. At two rex , the boats of the Sampsor, with a spiking party, under the command of Lieut. Saumartz, with Lieut. el'Arthur, with all his Majesty's artillery, were ordered to land and spike the guns in the batteries under cover of the Sampson'e boat, in charge of Mr. Bayley (mate). When they left the ship the pine opposite looked quito deserted. The boats pushed fur the shore, but they had to cut and break through a stockade in the water, the carpenters with axes, the men with tomahawks, when the enemy, who were lying in ambush, opened a terrific fire, and in less than ten minutes, finding they could not cut and force this stockade, they had to return to the Bloodhound, having Lieutenant Saumarez severely wounded in three places, Mr. Richards (midshipman), mortally (since dead), and 11 men severely wounded. At 4.30 the Teezer got cif and anchored in deep water, buried her dead, and sent her wounded out of the river; thus ended the 26th. At daylight on the 27th the Teaz r weighed under a terrific fire, which was returned by the Bloodhound and herself, and anchored astern of the Bloodhound, having had her gunner, Mr. Howard, as also some men, severely wounded. The rocket boat, then commenced an opening fire, and the two steamers and boat commenced shelling, as also the Volcano's and Waterwitch's boats, which had then arrived. The rocket boat succeeded in setting fire to Tappi, the second chief's house, and the place was in a blaze. Commander Coote then tock the boat, with the rocket boat still in command of Lieutenant Marshall (Ist of Penelope) and attacked the batteries towards the ifeing's house. This, and a little more skirmishing, hated till o all night off the I)ar, nzl d sunset, when the rest of the wound e d were sent out. You cad d y wimeraegoinbeligthed to their sufferings, gs, wh en they left re- t p,m., did not reach their ships till next morning at 9.30, On the 28th, at daybreak, the town was found deserted, the enemy having left on the other side of the island in their canoes. The forces then landed and took possession; fifty-seven guns were taken and destroyed; the paddle box boat retaken with gun; and all belonging to the present king, Atakoi, placed on the throne, and all his men with him ; and thus finishes the capture of Lagos, and with it we hope the suppression of the slave trade. A few deaths have since taken place from fever, and may those who fought and bled there with their brother officers and men at last receive that reward for which some of them have served some four years on the coast, and looked for in vain, i e. promotion. " The stockades consisted of green cocoanut trees, then sand, and then cocoa-nut trees; hence they had no splinters. In each stockade was a trench, so that when a shell was fired at them they jumped in the trench, and hence escaped danger. Each stockade had a ditch to communicate, so that they could reinforce or retreat at leisure. About 15 feet from the shore, in 9 feet water, were a quantity of bamboo stakes, so firmly driven in and so secure, that 1301135. of gunpowder could not effect a breach, and hence prevented any one from land ing. Our total force was about 400; the enemy from 10,000 to 20,000. " C. P. R." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, TIIE MEGERA AND TEE RIFLES. --The Sampson brought the news of the arrival of the Megmra, screw steam-frigate, Master Commander Barlow, with the 60th Rifles, at Madeira, all well on board. It is not sur prising from the heavy gales that set in on her departure from Plymouth, January 6, that she had a long and boisterous passage; but the good ship gallantly wea thered the gale, and left Madeira January 29 for the a w n h d o l h e Cape, int en di ng t o touch at Sierra Leo ne f or coals. L a journal, i e This intelligence respecting the Megmea will do u btl ess allay th e anx i ety ra i se d in the public mi n d b y the misrepresentationsnnnfirmin77 as it does, the chara c t er o f the a certain Rear-Ad m i ral the Megzera given in the House of Commons last week by the new senior naval Lord of the Admiralty._ Herald. COMMODORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON FOR CORK. When the alarming rumours were set afloat to the effect that the Mediterranean fleet had been ordered to the Channel, and the Lisbon squadron had been recalled, we stated that there was no truth in the first report, but that it was likely that Commodore Martin, who in tended to leave Lisbon about the 11th of January, to test the railing qualities of the ships, would extend his cruise so far as Cork. Our letters from Lisbon now inform us that Commo dore Martin, with his flag-ship Prince Regent, 90, Capt. Harris ; Hogue. 60, screw-ship, Captain M'Dougall; Leander, 50, Captain Dacres ; Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds; 'and Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain E. P. Halsted, left Lisbon on the 4th instant, on their cruise, and our Devouport correspondent announces the arrival in Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon of the Arethusa. The Arethusa parted company with the Commodore on the Bth instant, who, with the remainder of the squadron, proceeded to Cork, to refit ; the defects of the Arethusa being considered such as to require her being sent to Devonport. She had several cases of small. pox and secondary fever, the sufferers from which hare, by directions o f t h e a d miral, been sent to tne Naval Hospital. She also lef t many of her crew in the hospital at Lisbon. It is not improbable that the crow of this ship may, for a time at least, be compelled to be turned over to the bulks, that her holds and the lower portions of her may be thoroughly cleansed and ventilated. It is not always that ship s , t h e crews of which are the most expert in handling sails, and whose decks have a snowy whitenese, are beneath th e surface in corresponding order; nor is this always made known until some lurking disease proves a tell-tale. The Dragoon, 6, steam,frigate, Captain If. W. Gif fard, from Gibraltar, arrived at Lisbon on the 7tb, to join the squadron, havi ng b een detached from the Medi terranean station. Sh e an d the Sampson, 6 steam-fri gate, Captain Jones, remained at Lisbon. Tho Archer, 12, screw -sloop, Commander Strange, was also expected at Lisbon from the coast of Africa. The Fury, 6, steam 'l°oP, C omman d er T a tham, had arrived at Lisbon, a n d l e f t on the 6th for Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean. THE NEW COMM MEDIATNEDRFRIAt N IN E - E CI . IEF OF THE The Britannia, 120, Ca of Rear-Admairal Dundas p c, tain Goldsmith, with the fig thusa, off the Lizard, o'n 1 . 1 - 1 ., was spoken by the Arc hes flag. saluted the gallant admiral's flag, last, when the frigate The Britannia had to nesday against a south- we: d o ,„ 'n Channel from Wed- We have intelligencefrora Four o Va il l d ta . to the 9th inst. A cor respondent sayst- 6, returned to port, viz., Aib t _ . of five ships cruising have stone; Superb, 80, Captain , DO, Captain Hope John- E. Russell; and Trafalgar,Ll2o, C u p Purcell; Vengeance, 84, Lord Bellerophon, 78, Captain Captain Grcville. The The vessels parted company in G. realer, is still at sea. On the Bth Sir W. Parker y in the gale of the lst inst. frigate, Captain Hope, c.B. sent out the Terrible steam to look for the ships that had not entered. It appearseverely. As the gale commenced s that all have felt the gale running up to her station, ran flee d the Trafalgar, in for tunately did but little d ani „ 2 - into the Albion, but jibboom on board, carried away. She left a part of her and, it is said, sprung her the head of her rudder, and Bellerophon it foremast• Vengeance has lost a gun; , la s • So much for a winter crui se , A aid, has sprung a mast. will probably lead to the trial of fatal accident, which has occurred in the Albion. ,i, a man for manslaughter, tops seem to have had a sudden" men employed in the —viz., Ferneaux and Maines. quarrel on the 31st ult. and fell into the top, and in rising .he former was struck as yet unaccounted for, to have seems, by some means quarter deck. The poor fellow fallen out on to the when ho died, and was buried at sea on till the 4th, ing. Melees is in a dreadful .tats of on the day follow ways been most friendly with his 14,5. mind, having al- Banshee steam-packet, Lieutenant ken, left Malta on the 9th a l t., wi e n t li Commander Hos brought by the Peninsular and the Indian mail steamer Bentinck, from Alexandria. Oriental Company's the heavy gales the Banshee made th Notwithstanding seilles in fifty-seven hours. Th e B en e ri P a Vage to the same same eveniug for Southampton with"- w as to leave the bulk of the mail. Merlin steam-packet, Lieutenant-C oin Turner, on her way to Wool w ich from Malta, J ames off, was spoken in the Channel by the itlta, to b e p a id Oriental Company's steamer Iberia. The and coming home under mail. he Merlin is THE WRECK. OF THE GERM& N , A'' In a recent l e tt er I described the mei, neu',, of a large b arque , an d which, as far as i elY wreck any information (f o r the fort was in quarantine could gather posed to be the A nna , of lionigsburgh, ), I sup this moment nothing really positive is k Although at have certain facts almost amounting to gown of her, we unfortunate ship is the Germania, of KoniPar"f that the ship left Alexandria on thetilth ult. with-asburgh, which and white wheat. Her figure-head (white) of red sheathing had first led to the supposition,) and zinc blocks and other portions of the shiples but the strong a resemblance to those of the Gernat bear so °l lia as to lead to almost certain conviction that sile is the ill-fated vessel. Five bodies, a boy and four men, have been washed i up, but most frightfully mutilated. The men of the 76th Regiment and Artillery fort (and of course the officers) behaved v ery well, at the everything they could to save the crew ; bur , ala ~doing s • they seemed to be quite paralysed, and although , etoo soldiers rushed into the sea th e crew made ne of the exarti to fling a rope out, which they might easily rave done, and thus have been saved had they possessed any porti on of nerve; and it is a l am entable tact that all the ropes and tackle usually in the Fort Ricasoli, Were at the time in use in Fort St. Angelo to haul up guns, carriage s , and shot, recently sent from England. So quickly did the vessel go to pieces that Major Campbell, 76th, commanding at Fort Hicasoli, describes it most pithily as resembling the act of a cooper who, having got the hoops off his cask , g ives it one blow with his mallet, and it falls to pieces. It is indeed a melancholy business, and th e b pu lic have not yet recovered from the se nsatio n made on th em by it, -WiIAT THE EAXlicii NAT Pg (?) -1110 Argue geftl3l MONDAY FEBRUARY sloop, in charge of Mr. Davey, arrived at Devonport from Portsmouth, on Friday morning, to form one of the steam reserve squadron. She went into the harbour in a thick fog unobserved, and on the mist clearing the signal men at Mount Wise were surprised by the appear ance of a fine steamer moored to one of the buoys off the batteries; her name, whence she came, how she got to her station a mystery. Of course up went the demand," and their fears vanished when the facts were known, but the lynx -eyed "look-out meu" were astonished that it was possible for a steam-ship, and a paddle-wheel too, to get into the harbour so easily unobserved. This circum stance will no doubt give a handle to the alarmists to revive once more the fears of invasion, and the case of the Argus will be adduced to show the practicability of any such attempt. It is right, therefore, to state that the temporary commander of the Argus was a gentleman ho for many years previously to his appointment at Portsmouth served as assistant master-attendant at De vonport, and, from constant practice, could with the greatest ease feel his way into or out of Liamotize with any ship.—Herald. Admiral Sir John Omnaanney. Commander-in Chief at Devonport, has nomina , ed Lieutenant James A. Dunbar (1842), to he his flag lieutenant, vice Warren, promoted. S. W. G. F. May having pasted a first class examination at the Naval College, having gained all the numbers, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. A return has been made, in accordance with 4-request from the Admiralty, of the defects of the Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave, on her arrival at Devonport, on her way to the Cape with G enera l Cathcart. Cormorant, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Chamberlair, having coaled, left Portsmouth Harbour at ten o'eleek on Saturday morning, and proceeded to Woolwich to be paid off. It should have been stated on Saturday that most of the Cormorant's captures on the coast of Brazil were made by her firmer commander, Captain Schomberg, who was promoted for his services in that ship. Rapid, 8, Commander Mese, was at Madeira Feb. 6, from Devouport, on her way to the East Indies. Devon lighter, Bon master, sailed from Devonport on Thursday morning, with stores for Pembroke. Hamoaze lighter, Wood master, sailed from Devon port on Friday with stores for Pembroke; and from thence she is to proceed to Holyhead, to lay down a pair of large moorings. Argus steam-sloop has been taken to her moorings by Mr. Brown, second master attendant, and given in charge of Captain Ramsay, being added to the steam reserve at Devonport. Harbinger rorew mail steam-packet arrived at Ply mouth on Friday afternoon, and was to sail with the mail for the Cape of Good Hope yesterday at noon. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 15.—A further investigation into Goldner's preserved meats is going on at the Royal Clarence-yard, Gosport. This is a portion of the stock brought back by the Hecla steam-sloop, lately returned from the coast of Africa. About 200 canisters of from 51b. to 61b. each were examined yesterday, 30 of which were bad and condemned; the rest exhibited a batter appearance than any we have yet seen. The Cormo rant steam-sloop, which arrived on Friday from Brazils, also brought a number of canisters of the same stuff to return into store; she had thrown a large quantity over board at sea, being unfit for food. We have good authority for stating that a large expa rimental squadron will assemble at Spithead towards the summer. The Pilot brig will be paid off on Wednesday next. The American merchant barque Philah, Capt. Hearn, belonging to New York, from London for Cardiff, came in contact, at nine o'clock on Thursday night, off the Start, with a brig. Both vessels were working down Channel on a wind. The barque has a small hole just above water on the starboard bow, and her starboard covering board, rail, and bulwarks are knocked away; she entered the Sound this afternoon. The brig, it is said, was not seen in time, in consequence of having no fore topgallant mast; she was struck in the bluff of the bow, and her bowsprit was carried away. A piece of her jib with the word " Coker" was left on board the Philah. After the collision nothing was seen of the brig, and it is feared that she went down. The barque Emigrant, Captain Kemp, which left this port on Friday with Government spars for Portsmouth, has on board what is supposed to be the largest piece of plank in the world. It is cut from a blue gum tree in Van Diemen's Land, is 148 feet long, 22 inches broad, and 6 inches thick, and was intended for the Great Ex hibition, but no vessel offered capable of conveying it in time for the opening. It is placed on the poop and top gallant forecastle of the Emigrant, and tails out 14 feet over her stern, Some of the spars from New Zealand are 90 feet long by 36 inches girt. Captain Kemp has also several specimens of natural history, including a very rare bird, called the " Parson Bird," which is about the size of an English starling, but has a long beak. It derives its name from its plumage, which is of a perfect jet black, excepting two white feathers under the neck. SUNDAY, 11 A.m.—The 12 patients from the Arethusa are progressing favourably at the Royal Naval Hospital. Woomvicm, FEB. 14.—Commander Charles G. Phil- ips . (lB4B), who accompanied Sir John Rosa in the Felix to the Polir regions in 1850, and returned in 1851, has just finished a course of study of steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard, and in the course of a day or two will be examined by Mr. Atherton, the chief engineer. The gallant officer had his course of study of steam in terrupted when he proceeded to the Arctic regions, but their Lordships have so appreciated his services and zeal that they have appointed him to command the Poly phemus steam-sloop of 200 horse, which will be corn missioned on Monday at Woolwich. The Sulphur sluop, some time ago sent up from Wool wich to Deptford to be broken up, is still so strong in her timbers, having been built principally of teak, that the order to break her up has been countermanded, and on the application of Mr. Mastermsn, governor of the . - convict ship berP, she will be brought back to Woolwich and be used, instead of the Wye hulk, as a washhouse for the clothes of the convicts. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH. FEB. 14 —lllesecond-lientenants who were appointed to commissions on passing their exami nations in December last, h aving joined the garrison after six weeks' leave of abse nce , h ave b een attac h e d to, and will do duty with, th e f o ll ow i ng compan i es until further orders:— Second Lieutenant T. B. Strange to Captain Dal. .on's company, Ist battalion. Second Lieutenant Francis Lyon to Captain Beres ford's company, Ist battalion. Second Lieutenant A. P. Joy to Captain Lefroy's company-, 4th battalion. Second Lieutenant T. W. Blakiston to Captain Fitz gerald'a company, sth battalion. _.. Second Lieutenant A. L. Kaye to Captain Marston's company, sth battalion. Second Lieutenant Edward Keate to Captain Cock's company, 6th battalion. Second Lieutenant W. F. Walker to Captain Ellis's company, Bth battalion. Second Lieutenant J. Smith to Captain Idaude's com pany, 9th battalion. Second Lieutenant A. T. G. Pearse to Captain Har rison's company, 11th battalion. Second Lieutenant John L. Clarke to Captain Hen derson's company, 10th battalion. Second Lieutenant C. E. Torriano to Captain Tay lor's company, 4th battalion. 16, 1852. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—On Wednesday the 11th the principal debate was en an attempt to prejudge the Education question, advanced in the shape of a pr i vate Bill from Manchester. So far as can be judged from what passed in the House, the object of the Bill is this.---to levy a rate from the g sectaries on the ground of giving education, and then knowingly and advisedly to is proffer an education which it is known the sectaries will not accep t. A s an illus tration, the plan to makea Jew p ay f or hi s t i cket to a public dinner, the known intention all the time being to set before him pork. Now if men were honest, which they are not, there would be two ways to get out of this difficulty. One would be, to determine that men should dine together upon the meats on which they all agree, and that there should be an omission of the disputed materials th e ap pearance of which is the signal forimmediate dissen sion. But then, say the dominant party, what a bas e submission th a t wou ld b e ! How is it possible, wi t h Christian opini ons , t o ma k e so disgraceful a sacrifice? Believing, as we do, in certain points disputed by t h e others, how can w e g i ve u p the spiritual or temporal food at which cur brother takes efface? No, we must have it everywhere and in everything. We cannot ad mit of a mess of pottage which shall not be flavoured with the disput e d su b stance . W e aro the majority and must have cur way, and it is this. But there is yet another plan, which does not acorn to have been canvassed by th e p u bli c . And that is, tbat after the tickets have been paid for, each sect or party should have the privilege of ordering their dinner for themselves; in short, a kind of dining by the carte. Why should not the Qieltere, the Unitarians, or the Jews, after contributing to the rate according to the general law laid down, draw from the general mass, after deducting expenses, the sum they could prove to be proportioned to th e rates paid; and so each sect ap ply it to their own educational nourishment, with such sauces as they in th e i r own judgment conceive ' to be convenient? The only objection which has been heard to this, is that it would be degr a di ng to the orthodox to ' take money out of the same bag with a sectary. Which it is hoped might with pains be overcome. There would be a demand for provision for, ascertaining the amounts paid by different sects, and for subjecting them all to the same kind of supervision to ensure the sum being properly applied. The way would seem to be, to re quire that the members of any particular sect claiming to administer their own funds, should draw out a state ment of the rates paid and sum claimed, with the names of the claimants if thoueht necessary, and with the ad dition of a declaration of their consent and intention to apply the sum according to the general regulations of the Act. The old Napoleon would have arranged the whole details satisfactorily, in a decree of ten lines long. The only ground stood upon in the debate, was the right of majorities to coerce minorities. It is easy to make a mistake on this point. There are cases where a majority- must decide; but this does not amount to a right in the majority to rob the minority. On the con trary (as somebody has said of juries) King, Lords, and Commons exist only that security may be had for the prevention of this very thing. And the reason is, that if not, we might any of us be minority in turn. It did not appear to me, that those who handled the matter in debate, did any of them go to the bottom of the ques tion. As it was finally put off for a week, perhaps somebody may employ the time in looking further into it. My own notion is, that instead of a cold resistance directed to gaining delay, the shoulders of everything non-conforming should be put to the wheel, to thr ow out the whole with the greatest possible celerity. On Thursday came up the question of " Preserved Meats;" in which there has been an extensive failure. Indeed the defence of the Admiralty appeared to a great extent to rest, on the alleged impossibility. of knowing that p ac k ages of meat quite good this week might not be found b a d t o -morrow. Which, if so, goes to establish the d es i ra bl eness o f r eturning as rar as possible to the old signals for " fresh beef." At the same time, when it is acknowledged that Preserved Meats have been found good after five and-twenty years, it cannot be beyond the reach of modern or f u t ure chem i stry to diminish the danger. The Admiralty strongly intimated, that keen nese was probably g i ven to t h e i nqu i ry, b y th e f ac t th a t the preserved meats were not English;—in other words, that they had been bought at your shops in Bradford, instead of being bought of the English beef-growers. I do not think our friends at Bradford above half under stand this yet. They have a sort of lurking sense it of improp!iety, m see i ng anyt hi ng b oug h t t h roug h thein tervention of their s h ops f rom f ore i gners , w h en could be obtained dearer and worse from somebody making the same article at home. If in the present case the beef was cheap a n d nasty, t h at i s a diff eren t question; and there is nothing for the Admiralty to do bat give their custom elsewhere, taking the hint, which perhaps you would have given at Bradford before, to agree only to pay for what sh a ll b e f oun d goo d a f ter a cer t ain time. Oa Friday a Bill to extend the Right of Voting for Members of Parliament, and to amend the Laws relat ing to the Representation of the People, in Scotland, was brought in. And the same for Ireland. It is easier bringing in Reform Bills than it once was. Practice makes perfect. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER, Blackheath, 16 Feb., 1852. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieu t,•nant.Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, visited her Royal Highness th© Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday after noon et Gloucester-house. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WaleF, the Prircess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took their usual rxercise on Saturday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Sa turday included the Belgian Minister and Madame Vin de Weyer, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Countess of Ellesmere, Lord George Lennox, and Lord Marcus Hill. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, their Rojal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday in the private chapel of Buckingham Pa lace. The Hon. and Reverend Gerald Wellesley offi ciated. Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the younger members of the Royal Family walked yesterday in the garden of the Palace. The Chevalier Bunsen transacted business at the Fo reign-office on Saturday. A deputation from the English and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company, consisting of Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Crosbie of Liverpool, accompanied by Sir T. Birch and Mr. Cardwell, had an interview with the Bight Hon. Henry Lahouchere at the Board of Trade on Saturday. Colonel Wood had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, accompanied by Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the General Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall. A deputation from the Colonial Bank, consisting of Mr. Charles Marryat, Mr. A Colville, and Mr. S. G. Hoare, had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the,Colonial-nffice. _ Mr. - Baines and a deputation had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. John F. South, Pre sident of the Royal College of Surgeons, Mr. Cover Hawkins, Vice-President of the College, and Mr. Ar nott, had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). gEreNenC; ETh.urs. , Skip-b r id ge Horseheath-mill; Sat. Shadwell - court -10 t. The Suffolk dHUNTINGL, to- m e j r r N r e WT, APPOINTMENTS .EF L e e ' a l e a G - The York and Ainsty lids., to - morrow , Thurs. Gilling-lodge; Sat. Skipwith• bridge-114 ; Sir W. W. Wynn's hls., Wed., Pe ntre Byehan Thurs. Llany Can; Sat., Green Dragon-10i. ; The V. W. B. lids., to-morrow, Lydiard-Dlain; Thurs. Burdrop-park- 11 i. Sat. Foss - bridge -10 The Tiverton lids., Thurs. Hawkridge —lOl. Mr. L. Steer's lids., Thurs. Milhana-lodge-11. pton's Eds., Wed C The North Staffordshire hd s ., Wed. Three Crowns, Stoke, near Stone; Fri. Betley-10i. a S m at. Tiffield—u . Ca pon s Ashby; Fri. W T LaP h oPr e ed S n73 h os r u o m p tt: shire lids,, Thurs. COunda-1) Crick; Fri. est Haddon; The Pytehley hds., W e d. s am t. r S . ite r r h to il f i t i — p3 l ,B o9 th . ds., Thurs. Leher-10. THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.—SiIICO our last notice of this event, Hesse Homburg, against whom 40 to 1 was betted on Wednesday, has been backed freely at 20 to 1. A CHALLENGE TO THE YANKEES.—We understand that Mr. Charles Mare, the eminent ship builder, of Blackwall, h as challenged the Americans to run a vessel against guineas. Th e t onnage of the ships to b e f rom fifty to any that they can produ c e for a thousand three hundred tons. COLONEL HAWKER'S CARBINE.—The O r d n ance Com mittee, on Tu es d ay l ast , unanimously approved of Col. Hawker's new double carbine. {ADVEHTISE;;;T:j—THE ROYAL EXHIBITION.-- S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albermarle-street, Picca dilly, Opposite the York Hotel. A valuable, newly-invented, Very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a W alnut. by which a p ers on can be seen and known li miles distant. They answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses ; country scenery, and ships are clearly see n at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for Shooting, De er S ta lki ng, Yachting, to Sportsmen, Gentlemen , Game Keepers, and Tourists. Telescopes possessing such extraordi nary powers, that some, 3} inches, with au extra eye piece, will show dis tinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's Ring, and the double stars ; with the same Telescope can be seen a person's countenance 3i miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles ; they super sede every other kind for the Waistcoat pocket, and are of larger, and all sites with incr easing Opera and Race - c ours e g lass es , withpowers accordingly'. wonderful powers Newly-invented preserving Spectacle Lenses ; they are place . d before imperfect vision, every object aPPear s clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight is brought to its youthful, natural and original state. The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments. for relief of extreme deafness. fl — 9 , Albemarle-street, FiccedillYtoPP immeidiately i t , the York Hotel. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. When the last examination of gentlemen cadets took place at the Royal Arsenal, and 21 of those in the Prac tical Class passed satisfactorily and obtained commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, an exami nation also took place of the gentlemen cadets of the Theoretical Class at the Royal Military Academy, on Woolwich-common, and 22 passed as qualified for study in the practical class. The names of 18 of the latter were only given at that time, but arrangements having subsequently been made by order of the Master-Ge neral, the whole 22 have joined the practical class, on their return on the 29th of January, after the Christmas vacation, and the names of those in the practical class at the Royal Arsenal are now as follow : First Division.—Practical Class—William Bailey, Frederick E. B. Beaumont, Charles G. Gordon, Geoffrey G. Shakerley, Oliver H. Stokes, Francis Temple, Alexander H. Hutchinson, Henry J. Alderson, John E. R. Keene, Frederick G. Ravenbill, George W. Holmes, Thomas H. Pitt, Henry A. Doyne, Frederick L. H. Lyon, Charles L. Tedcroft, Ernest C. Vaughan, Robert Hodson, John T. Daubuz, Frederick S. Maude. Second Division.—Practical Class—Francis J. A. Law, William F. Gilley, John H. S. Carter Major F. Downes, James B. Edwards, Albert C. H. Light, Falk land G. Warren, William F. Moore, Francis W. E. Savage, Henry C. S. Dyer, Francis H. W. Nisbett, Henry Cardew, John K. Holdsworth, Arthur R. Robin son, Charles G, Johnson, Wilbraham D. Milman, Joseph Hanwell, Joshua F. Betty, Maurice H. Fitzmaurice, Henry R. Martin,' William A. P. Wylie. On the 3d and 4th of February four candidates applied for admission as gentlemen cadets, and having passed satisfactorily, and been approved by the Master-General, their names, which are as follow, have been added to . those in the Theoretical Class, which'they have now joined:— William J. Smith Neill, William A. Frankland, John William Campbell, William Henry Izod. RIFLE amts.—Her Majesty's Government, ac- cording to a recent official announcement, are prepared in certain cases to advise her Majesty to accept the services of volunteer rifle corps, provided that the proposed formation of such corps is recommended by.the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, and that the members of the corps undertake to provide their own arms and equipments, and to defray all the expenses attending it, except in the event of the corps being assembled for actual service. Messrs. Nicoll, army clothiers, are prepared to forward, on bond fid alication, the Act of Parliament, viz., 44th Cr eor g e 111., c. happy which they will be governed; a copy of rules adopted by several ccrps already forming; also sketches and estimates fo r uni. forms and accoutrements, with o without the. rifle and sword-bayonet, improved on th r e French principle. Th e clothing they propose to supply for a superior order of volun teers shall not exceed the cost of plain dress or ordinary clothes, and shall in every respect be such as a gentleman may wear with satisfaction. Samples for the outfit of a sub- Ecribing club may be viewed on application at the ware room s, 114, 116, 118, and 120, Regent-stree', or at the Cit y iessrs. (leper, 'J2, Cornhill. Eight and five guineas are quoted and wishes of any bed vl , l g for these samples, but the tastes tlemen will be readily adopted and estimated for by Nicoll, who will send competent persons for instructions to any part of the country, Whe r e a fair amount of business will be insured. bore B RI GHTON, SATURDAT.—The Coast G uard were apprised last e vening of a fishing___ boat h it il i e n s o t ff ow th and in the course having p ickede coast, abreast of m up in the Channe l, about thirty Sh or eham, a boat. The y took of Friday landed it at that port. it a s new boat, about twent y feet lo ng , markedeared to be quite a Amazon, of Lon don. There is little doubt but that it . is . one of the boats that b e l on ged to the unfortunate a eta - shIP , It remains is the curse of the CPO= L HAYMARKET T'HEAT'RE. A new five-act ploy, entitled Woman's Heart, was produced here on Saturday with no ordinary success. The audience were tal:en by surprise at being informed. when the curtain fell on the last scene, that it was the production of Miss Vandenhoff. A perfectfurors was the immecliete result, and a tempest o£ at f aut t h h a e si c a o sm t. greeted the authoress and personat or of vtolsenthdheeenrochiooir n m e, e)d a ya s she was led on by her father. Thepilsost f a blindis n ota girl o complicated pl unknownet ed one. parentage, lsoli Isolina is a (m_ tage of an old Italian peasant (Mr. Rogers), W h ose son Angiolo (Mr. Barry Sullivan) devotes himself to the art of sculpture. The old man has protected her from her childhood, and the youth has become enamoured of her. Nothing stands in the way of an union between the lovers, till unluckily the artist's fame reaches the ears of the Prince (Mr. Howe), who is a great patron of art, end he is invited from the home cf his childhood to mingle in the, splendour and the seductions of a Court. The invitation he gladly accepts, not without fore bodings of ill on the putt of Isolina, and, as might be expected, his heart is completely changed ; erubition instead of love takes possession of his soul, and ho feels that au union with Isolina would be a fearful bar to his exalted prospects. Hence, when the poor devoted girl visits him in his family re sidence, she is coldly received, and finally conducted Vandenhoff;, palaceat, n m d e t n h h e bo ; ol;nrwgbili belonging isnt st o th f reu A cp r k i r g ob l u o yd l o's servants. Exhausted with grief and fatigue she falls senseless on the steps of h M er ar r q e u s i e s m A bi l an br c i e zzi to (M hi r s . deceased wits, and who, on conversing with the old pea sent, discovers her to be his own daughter, lost in in fancy at a period of civil discord. Two years elapse. Isolina has been restored to sight, and is now the ac knowledged heiress of the Marquis; while Angiolo, con trite, and wishing to repair his fault, has anxiously but vainly attemptly to find her. Of her early history Albrizzi has inquired nothing, but tho emotions she betrays when required to sit for her picture show that some secret resides in her heart, and he gradually learns the relation that has existed be tween herself and the sculptor. Hence, when Angiolo is sent by the Prince, now a suitor for Isolina's hand, to take her portrait (for he is a painter as well as a sculptor), ho is required by her father not to utter a syllable in her presence. Iselin', it will be remembered, Was blind during the whole time of her acquaintance with Angiolo, and hence the silence of the artist will, in the belief of Albrizzi, surely prevent recognition. How ever, when Isolina enters, a sort of instinct, or rather perhaps, an abnormal acuteness in those organs of sense which do not pertain to vision, causes her to feel strange emotions at the sight of the artist, and she cannot help fancying that Angiolo would have looked just like him. The painter preserves silence till an officer enters to arrest him on the charge of having painted a seditious picture, when his exclamation, "'Ls false!" reveals the secret to the sensitive Isolina. This scene, which closes the third act, is the great point of the play. The accu sation has been brought about by the machinations of Count Zellamino (Mr. Stuart), a dissolute noble, who, jealous of the predilection which a coquettish lady named Giulia (Miss A. Vining) has shown for the artist has prevailed upon ono of his pupils to imitate his style and forgo his name, while painting the seditious picture, which has afterwards been hung up in the mar ket-place. Augiolo is imprisoned, but Isolina obtains money sufficient for his ransom, and sends it by Giulia, iwnh herom s i n he te ry ie w wrongly with supposes t p h p e o ses afaithful artist, mak makes friend, s him b and e li wh o in believe ththat t she is principal, not agent, in the transaction. How ever, the former love for Isolina has revived in the bosom of Angiolo, and though, to express his grati tude, be throws himself at the feet of Giulia, he rejects together the love and the liberty she proffers. Isolina, on her side, though she has caught a glimpse of the genuflexion from a loophole in the prison, and though she supposes that her own offer is rejected, shows herself unshaken in constancy by her firm refusal of the Prince's hand; and when the sculptor, who has been released on proof of his innocence, reappears, the two lovers are rewarded for their fidelity, the pride of the Marquis being overcome by paternal affec tion and the generous representations of the Prince. A poetical conception is apparent throughout; and, if the bold and vigorous touches which genius alone can give are wanting in this dramatic picture, there is, at least, sufficient sentiment, lofty enthusiasm, and warm sympathy with the pure and beautiful, simply and grace fully expressed, to render it universally interesting. There as great beauty in the language of this play, which demonstrates the authoress to possess sensitive ness and imagination in a high degree. The fault of Woman's Heart,' as it now stands, is undue expansion by means of poetic speeches and sublimated disquisitions. which, however pleasing in the closet, tend to produce weariness when enunciated from the stage. We are firmly of opinion that the day of five-act pieces is gone by, and that no matter how copious and various the in cidents may be, how sustained the interest, and how well diseriniinated and prominent the characters, three acts are full, sufficient to do full justice to the plot and the parts, and quite as much as au English audience of the present period can digest satisfactorily. Had Miss Vandenhoff's comedy been reduced within tboae limits, it would have proved far more effective, and, consider ing the simplicity of its plot, it would not be difficult to reduce it forthwith within eligible compass. It ought to be condensed and expurgated to hold pos session of the stage. There is too much " talk," graceful, eloquent, as the language is throughout. As regards the acting, the personation of the heroine, by the accomplished young cuthoress, was replete eith grace and sweetness; tied she delivered her own smooth and neatly-turned sentences with cherming tact and de licacy. Her ecting in the first and second acts, when !showing u nd er the infirmity of blind ness , wlis charac terised by a repose the tranquillity of which was emi nently touching; for it implied a pious and resigned feel ing, even in the midst of doubt, anxiety, and affliction. In the latter scenes, when tho more tragic sentiment of the play is brought into activity, she was scarcely so suce2ssfu!, though the maiden purity of a gentle nature shruee through al/, and created a personal interest which remained undisturbed to the end. The situation to which we have alluded, that in the third act, in which while sitting for her portrait she is agitated by now-born hopes, and is enveloped in the memories of the past, could not have been delineated with greater finesse, nor its points both histrionic and senti mental brought more vividly out. Mr. Barry Sullivan declaimed the speeches belonging to the Angiolo with second v assumptionith especial care and discretion, those relating to the t r i umpa an d prospects of v e hemence thi s gentleman, it may be remarked, gave signs of a nndthee emphasis. In eingthdiseliered with management under which he serves. He is painstaki ng violent gen eral ability which cannot fail to be useful to th e or laborio us , is wanted. M r . Vandenhoff sustained the small and Rives prominence where prominence uninviting and intelligent; and without being of_ the marquis, chitfly, it may be presumed, on his daughter's account, for such concessions on the part of actors of his reputation aro anything but comm on . M r. Howe was the prince, and Mr. Sruart , Mr. Parselle, M r . Rogers, and Miss Amelia Vining wore his coadjutors in t a f l o r r ea t" i ythrielle the remaining branches of the dramatis persona. The it t e r e e n q p ai u r t e z . pnn the stage ae tC el m aeny a l t e e w d ah , i dicsh well t hh received; eiv e d ; and welcomed with reiterated cheers from all times is each successive week" by Mr. V an d enhoff, was parts of the house. ST. JAMES'S THEA.TRE. promise FRENCH PLAYS mentioned by us last we l c e k a a d s di h t e io in n g to he t ld he o l u a t rg hye "lir. succeeded°. Mit chell's programme of the season, which comm ences • at add, that this able and this charming theatre to-night, we are enabled now t liberal manager has production of completeness. an i bril d . in arrangements for the o n rgk the h by e engage ment com , many new pang of very great lia ll iat ur w i of M. L'.2maitre and adlle . . Clarisse we hear that the popular play of Palli asse, rupted run of _ which has had an uninter nearly twelve months in Paris, will be produced for the first time here. Thoseadmira ble . artiste, M. Regnier and M. Lafont. with Mdlle. Dena i n, Mdlle. Marque% and M. Paul Labs will appear in Jules Bandeau's clever play Mademoiselle de la Sei l'' g zere, The two last named performers make their first appearance in London. Beaumarchais famous Barber de 'Seville will also be produced for the first time in this country in its legiti mate form during the engagement of M. Regnier and Madlle. Denain. The Theatre du Gymnase is to lead us the brilliant and versatile talent of Rose Cheri, and the rich natural h u mour of M. Num& This gentleman's repertoire is, in a great measure, new to a London au dience, and many of the little pieces in which he shakes the sides of the Parisians bear the name of Scribe as guarantee of their excellence. Among th e novelties in which Mdlle. Rose Ch6ri is to appear, we observe George Sand's Mariage de Victorine, now in full success in Paris. Le Collier de Perles, and Les Vacances de Pandolfe will also afford scope for this lady's well known and charming talent. Last end most important in this pleasant catalogue comes a hope of Rachel. The season will probably be carried on to the end of May by the arrangements which we have detailed, and on their termination the great tragedian may be expected once more to visit us. wranerehdewi outbreak c /l t ho el tt heated ehu Houses steam sb g ay as i pipe s eo i nsof the PARLIAI~fErr• —On Sa turday AT THE HOUSES OF PARLIArd vicinity turday last much excitement prevailed in the ce The buildings of the sudden and in the room refer ofifrePianrlNi Parliament e B n t c , o i m n m c i o t n t e s e eq_ ro u consequence that prevailed, means of hot-air PiPes , top the usher connected with of the one through a th p a p t ly de to pa t r h t e m g en as t,. With a lighted candle to entering the room earlier thaii b i u ri rn c e o r l : 3 : slyeaagerc:ldee:Oenunoitfbii.j e i in o a g blaze. usimmediate explosion took place, buckets of water copiously and the apartment was„ as rendered by the nume being raised, prompt assistance rows officials, who, by ex tinguishing the flames without any sup ied, succeeded in damage having been sustained. On a serious mischief or iitwas ascertained that the gas had subsequent inspccitisso i ure in the pip., which had been, no escaped from a the hot-air pipe with which it was in such doubt, caused by close proximit}'• instantaneously s neeof OF ENGLISH ENGINEERS TO BEL.. DEPARTUR E last week several agents PURE from the lead and other parts of Belgium have 1 ring the Gm3L— wring and steam-engine factories of Liege, \Ter jpg irol ders Char . ~'. .„' o rin this country, for the purpose of engaging some "-- over best engineers and machinists for their establishments of our at h i g h wages. In consequence of th e strike among English working men and their masters, they have received con siderable orders for machinery (steam -boats, Sze-) On Sa turday 180 to 200 left on board a steamer especially engaged for Ostend. Others are to follow. teron, Mew, REPRESENTATION OF CLARE.—Sir Burton Mao namara, 11. N , has been t,olicited by his friends to stand for the representation of the county Clare on the retirement of his brother, Major Macnamara, one of the present members, whose delicate state of health obligee ilial t° forego the fatigues of rarliamentary duty. , R • 0 2 ,