The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

1 COURT CIRCULAR. The Earl of Derby had au audience of the Queen yererdav afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the rest of the Royal Family, tookaheir usual exercise yes terday in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Messrs. Watherston and Brogden had the honour of submitting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, yes ' terday, at Buckingham Palace, a Group of " The Ama zon" ( awar d e d a C ounc il me d a l at the Great Exhibi tion), ex , cuted in silver by Albert Wagner, of Berlin. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Rumbold, M.P., Mr. J. Sandars, M.P., and Mr. Palmer, had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Under-Sheriff Millard and Mr. Under-Sheriff Hop wood had an interview with Sir Geerge Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation from Brighton had an interview, on Sa turday, with the General Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall. Messrs. John Colbatcb, J. Cordy Burrows. A. H. Cox, J. Gray Bass, and C. Stone, at tended as a deputation from the vestry. They were in troduced by Sir George R. B. Pechell, Barr., M , P., and Lord Alf re d Hervey, M.P., and were accompanied by Mr. Somers Clarke (vestry-clerk). The Earl of Shaftesbury had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Captain Ken nedy had also an interview with the Noble Earl. A deputation, consisting of Lord de Manley, Mr. Frederick Cadogan, and Mr. Campbell, had an inter view with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, yester day, at the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office, yes terday, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. DRUFIN-LANE THEATRE. We regret that the performances which took place at this theatre last night for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the sufferers by the loss of the Amazon failed to draw a fullor audience. Some recent unfriendly strictures on the undertaking which appeared in an in iuential organ may in some measure be thanked for this l failure in the desired success. Strange to say, the royal box was entirely empty. The Hunchback, a mis cellaneous concert, end the new farce of Too Late for ( Train constituted the entertaium.nts. That Mr. tinn's benevolent purpose was not satisfactorily carried out was no fault of his. zt ST, JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS. ... ias l t n Le s P rem ie res Armes de Richelieu, which wa s g iven night, Mdlle. D,jazet exhibited the qualitie s of a .° actress. For the impersonation of such striplings ." the young Due de Richelieu she has qualifications in Voice and figure peculiar to herself, and which give a t r im 4 facie reality to the part, and preserve throughout 1 . 40 picture of the precocious boy. The gradual transi 'ten from the comparatively humble deportment at the ?e'nutencement into a manly swagger and the off-hand I.l?lpertinence of a courtly coxcomb, the deep mortifica tion at the taunts to which the boy-husband is exposed, and the half assumed half real ardour with which, on the st rength of his supposed intrigues and actual feats of !srdile,.he ventures to make love to his wife , cla im for Dejazet no inferior rank in the portraiture of C yaeter ; and, in addition, the pert affords an a m p le _paid for h er unequa ll e d t ac t in drily pointing an epigram t edging in a repartee. Lafont played the part of the Chevalier de'Matignon, and Mdlle. Avenel the parvenue rulintoes the one full of good-natured ease and spright sesst and seemingly totally unconscious of being in a p‘ se end-rate part. the other giving a grace to the as rrption of vulgarity. The rest of the parts were well done,", and the piece will no doubt prove, as it long has Mdlle. Dejazet's best card. ADELPHI THEATRE. . , „ Mis s Woolgar, the most comprehensive, unaffected, i' , charming of our actresses, made her re-appearance la d rfenint , after her late indisposition, as Pbcebe, in • Pea' Pr4t, 'a. , nd was received with the enthusiasm due to '1 ..„ - a deservedly universal and fascinating a favourite. 0,1 .' 4 burlesque of Little Red Riding flood continues to • l ik tntain its hold on public favour. We would,toge ‘c,,, her With the talented critic in the Morn i ng Chronicl e, '14.4;, call attention to Mr. Honey's admirable performance i _ .of Grirnbold— a rnerceau which, in its way, we have :I.l t ) rer seen equalled." Strong as this establishment is in 1 e the comic line, Mr. Honey is decidedly its soundest male 4 . „ be i t :,'„ ia n, and the management will yet find him to 1 ,-- * L ' i t'g, as Miss Woolgar is its Queen. of Trumps. ~,) i • Is he origin of Poole's comedy of -Paul Pry is not per ,,,, • ' ~,a ps g e 0 nerally known. Its construction was suggested ‘, : t° „the author in the following manner : •', ' A „', 44 - 01 d. lady, living in a narrow street, had passed so A - " - b,.7 e " of her time in watching the affairs of her neigh - sound of that she acquired the power of distinguishing the .., ;MA of every knocker within hearing. She fell ill, and -,‘ ~,I ta confined to her bed. Unable to observe in person '' th uft t was going on without, she stationed her maid at "e window, as a substitute, for the performance of that duty . h isetty, what are you thinking about? Don't you e ar a double knock at No. 9? Who is it? 4 ' ' The first floor lodger, ma'am.' why " 'Betty, Betty! I declare I must give you warning. ' don't you tell me what that knock is at No. 54?' • : ' Why, Lord! ma'am, it is only the baker with pies.' , 'f• i t ,." `Pies, Betty, what can they want with pies at 54 ? 4 e3 , had pies yesterday.' " _. B t, 7 right's P a ul Pry is allowed to be the best since Lis . ab1:10li ,trisitr hi s 8* It is reported that this popular l performer is t to . f services to Oxford-street. . . , '" -- . OLYMPIC THEATRE. '. Miss Sarah Lyon, a very young - lady, made her erance here last night as Juliet, in Shakspere's : i nee and J u li e t. Sh e h a s considerable personal attrac t fe r 4B : sad a variety of attitudes that bespeak the study h er P,,mturesqu e effect. She has also great command over t h e features, snd can command tears and the suffusion of • e h_ c ountenance at will, Her acting, as a whole, was . throacterised by great propriety, and she evidenced ' 14,,,,, i ' 1 gh0ut an appreciation of the poet which imparted a ths — ' 4 Y to her performance not usually to be found in t irre te Presentationa of so useful au aspirant. Mr. W. Nva sr ~ itio., was successful in his version of Romeo , and r e ,, e e k•atedly applauded in the garden scene, and in the 411 theaptre with Tybalt. Mr. Hoskins, as Mercutio, was table could c ould be desired. He seemed to enter upon his him 1 7'th genuine relish, and carried the audience with ' vlith th Y the happy manner in which he identified himself IL, r, C a merry, light-hearted, irresponsible cavalier. Lett'a Z e Pton did ample justice to Peter, and Mrs. Bart bel4 L.„ 148 was excellent. At the close of the tragedy, a r rus and Mr. W. Farren, jun., were called before i l l:Le tt :la to receive the usual compl e i d me n n o t tw fl t o h m sta t ii h d e . . g the attractions houso was well attend "Notions elsewhere. Th o -- ' O- N MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. lion v -14 vithers of the Elocution Class of this institu 410wZ„-7,E' lit 'Entertainment last night, in aid of' the fund B lru et; - " e eting for the relief of the sufferers by the de lis t ii e . ° n of 'the Amazon. Their performances, aswell en. benevolent purposes, were highly meritorious. Val azli Y give a scene from Pickwick, "Sam IN eller s excellent humour; " M . Mary's Ghost," • Carter, elicited roars of l a ughter ; anu Messrs. .41,..., 4011 and Higgins, in a scene from Selby's farce of 0 - ;r t the Swan displayed comic powers of a sup erior • lauel'• The sohloquy from Cato was delivered b y Mr. fi _ a teock with a correctness and expression worthy a rat -rate tragedian, :RAN , APPEA, :CB OF OF TIIE HOU&E..-1. eaterd PALACE -YARD Palace-yard presented th a tt Y , un o u n a the rising of the House, sane of senators. The continuous real spectacle of a perlect stream of Members, .all Moving suds id gesticulating and talking, under the in most remarkable aspect, li tt ae . L . lce:of n ex t, citement vo t e d r E . Lll disemboguen them z, the inns and ou ub s li a c nd oPposit e i aze from Splendid yes ay_ i!e before t_he A Palmerston was soon recoganrir,Ye: il''l..s. Lor d the crowd, refugNobleein or, a is sor‘t band. Lord Jo , d undistinguished at some or, but PUbli v , l' "d to have yasse Em sell, and other 1 allies in th e Point of egress. Lady Bv a singular syn.' werepatler aetiob gallery devoted to them. . almost at the same time; and b:, the House of Lords roseldom occurs, the public had an 4 ir a coincidence, which se all the statesmen of the tiCoo m oat processional view of the loiterer around St. St ' 81101 as seldom falls to the lot of el)her k s. Lpsc. NINE HANDS.— ''''., OE A TINE BRIG AND ktem,., „... on Friday 111, 1 7. P eacock and Elliott, of North Shields, one of only befit received information by letter from the Providence,be -10, ' ; r e'er saved of the total loss of the brig - ,,g'ag to them, and eight hands. with the master , 3 have bad the he o . W SToßm.—Since Wednesday we , e district during the last fall of snow that has occurred in this Throu;_bout it h Winter, accompanied by steady frost. tirld, . in some of th,. l . yit fell continually recurrin, , ' "' drift , and ' for carts. 1 11 Gans in the country were rendered impassable 0 , k ii le has, however, been little or none of the stoppage I 0 1 or other communication that characterised last storm. lia r ]e,. Peterhead road, the fall appears to have been pecu to ill," er tvY ; and on Thursday the snow had in some places t,lael e ,7 , iti order to let through the coach, which. never -411 (WO came in within about an hour and a half of her time. 11,0,,ier directions, extra horses and extra caution appear to L "e rcerne the difficulty.—Aberdeen Herald. t , ( 4 - 73 1" ' 1R OP A GAELIC SCHOLAE.—Died at Gran uet' ' ri the 3d instant, Mr. Donald Gordon, post. runner b ee nAl Grantown and Forres, in the fiftieth . life, year of his age. cbtil ( f il i.s ll. he occupied but an humble station of no one Of lb -5 more highly esteemed and respected by all classes and e community in Strathspey. His integrity, modesty,_ . od ic, arniable disposition attracted the regard of all wiih siz, e 4l ,, te came in contact, and his death has occasioned it an ‘ e and general regret throughout the district. He was d ~ne,.; Gaelic Ver t i; 'or scholar ; and his contributions . in . prose and as tO theof the Gaelic Messenger, and other publications in 0 l!acription, were pronounced by eminent authority._ htyi e e t,e literature as equal in purity and correctness . f . lati and C oillpoSition to any writer of the day. His tran . s l ato °- °L " Piolirachd o' Donuil Dnu" and other popular lyrics 3 Diritb ael ie, are much admired for their faithfulness . an s o trie Y all who are able to appreciate such compositions. Drod 4 Para ago he prepared for the press the songs and other l'itb t 'lop) of the famous John Roy Steward, which, along abili t raditionary sketches and biographical notices (of great Noll ) of the most eminent men connected with Strathspey . , be, 4 _ere this time have been published, bad not the G r. gow, rottrinately lost by a late firm of publishers in as kaki 0 0 f .,, , ,Wh0m it was entrusted lle has however,left a large Of th 'BS• whichprobably * yet ' come under the hands e Printer. ' / may Att. •-- nverness Courier. Doli tio BARON MARTIN. —We are happy to be in a tav,,,, r 4 i 1.0 State that this Learned Judge is progressing very t hat L'tial'lY so much so that his medical attendants stated Itl itile 1,- e earned Baron will be sufficiently recovered to re sh,"li duties by • -kne going circuit. to s. Earl and Ctesof to I' returned % J iuk , oun e inton have el . 8 aGlaAre, from Badmn. THE SUN, SI'ORTING NOTES. No. CLXXV. THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. (Continued from No. CLXXIV.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—ln touching ou the middle weights yesterday I completely overlooked Mr. Baurke's br g Carrig, 9st 81b, with 101 b extra, making his weight lOst 41b. This horse's last two performances have been somewhat su perior, as he won both of them very easily, and at a good racing pace too. The Irish party seem to consider him as their reserve horse, having backed him to save their money should the crack La UraZZl, Ladra bo bowled over. His previous performances in England were run at an advantage of a few pounds over what ho will have to carry on this occasion. Wynne will probably jockey him. Mi'. Choyce's ch horse Bedford, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b, upon the strength of his last hurdle race has a few admirers at long. shots ; the horse, however, in my opinion, will take nothing by his motion this time. Mr. B. Jones's b g M'lon, 9st 101 b, suddenly astonished the world by winning the City of Worcester Steeplechase by a dozen or more of lengths, carrying lOst 121 b, beating Gehenna and Outcast, lOst each, and two others. This perform ance made him a bit of a favourite for the Wolverhamp ton Annual, run in December last, where, with 9st 6lb up, he ran second to Hardwick, Oct 51b, beating Peter Simple, I Ist 31b, third; Lucy Neale, lOst 121 b; Vain hope, lOst 101 b; Columbus, lOst 71b; Thurgarton, lOst 21b; Victress, 9st 131 b (!); Young-un, 9st 101 b; and three others. With respect to Victress's defeat on this occasion, her position in the race was caused by having refused one or two fences, putting her chance hors de combat. This extraordinary son of lon, having shown by this Wolverhampton performance that he can stay run ya distance and go a pace, may in the ensuing event very forward; although I cannot award him or his next door neighbour in the weights, Maria Monk, 9st 81b. my confidence. Mr. Clayton's b g Janus, 6 yrs, 9st 810, the Cardinal Wiseman of other days, bas no earthly chance whatever. Captain Little's BulNncle, 5 yrs, 9et 81b, will, I believe, be missing on the day ; as will also, I am given to understand, Mr. Osborne's Venture, 9st 81b. Mr. Gooch's br m Victress, aged, 9st 71b, during the past year has figured four times successfully out of nine races. Her four last performances were very so-so affairs. In the Walton Free Handicap Steeplechase, at the Epsom Autumn Meeting, carrying lOst, and being first favou rite, she was beaten with the greatest ease by the General, lOst 41b, Forest Lad, lOst, second, and Sir Caarlee, 103 t, third. In the Grand Open Steeplechase at Leamington, that race so celebrated for being the fastest on record, having been run in 8 minutes and 57 seconds, with 9st Blb up, she managed to run a fair fourth to Oscar, 9st 41b, first, Maurice Daley, 9st, se cond, and Lord George, 12st 41b, third. Among those she beat were some of the best steeplechasers of the time, namely:—The British Yeoman, Sir Peter Laurie, St. Helier, Miss Mow bray (at two pounds less), and four others. At Wotverhamton, carrying 9st 131 b, she was nowhere to Hardwick, 9st 51b. Taking these last performances as a guide, I feel inclined to persuade myself that her chance, although very good, is not of that superior nature which warrants her present position in the betting. I have but little doubt she will run up into a good place, third, fourth, or fifth, for instance, but that in the Liver pool essay of the present year she will not be the abso lute victress. Mr. Murphy's sister to the Oaks, now called Lamienne, 5 yrs, Oat 71b, is completely overlooked by the public, or she would not remain at the odds that can be got about her at the present time. Her chance is quite equal to Victrese's, and the five pounds between her and La Gazes. Ladra will almost put them on a par. alr. Bird's b m Cogia, 6 yrs, 9st 61b, it is said will run very well; and, as the weight will not break her back, I think it very possible she may do so. Mr. Henderson 's Maley, 9st 61b, is of no account whatever; the same remark applying to Mr. Elmore's Everton, 9st 61b. I have a fancy that Mr. Cartwright's b g Maurice Daley, at 93t 41b, will, on this occasion somethat astonish the natives; and although his previous unlucky performances do not a eem to say much in his favour, yet it must be remembered that he has been several times within an ace of victory. His antecedents would seem to advise being backed for a place in preference to a win, and I think that advice the best that can be given respecting him; as no matter what runs, he is almost certain to be one of the first four. Royal Blue, Perjury, and Buscot, each at 9st, stand at the bottom of the scale; and, if they run, will in all probability be as far in the rear as in the weights. To sum up, it is my opinion, that there will be a field of something like five or six and twenty, and that the front rank at the finish will consist of Sir John, Sir Peter Laurie, Peter Simple, Bedford (if up to the mark), Maria Day, La Gazza Ladra, Carrig,Victress, Lamienne, and Maurice Daley. From these I should substract Sir John, Sir Peter Laurie, Maria Day, La Gazza Ladra, Carrig, Lamienne, and Maurice Daley, as the best; taking CARRIG, MARIA DAY, and MAURICE DALEY for choice. I shall give a more decisive opinion in the course of the week. I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Feb. 24, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTESALL'S—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gooch's Victress 11 to 1 agst Mr. Atkinson's Chieftain—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Goodwin's La Gazza Ladra 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mason's Miss Mowbray 20 to t ugst Mr. Barling's Bedford—taken SUTTON STEEPLECHASE. 5 to 1 agat Young Lottery—taken LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Gooch's Surprise—take 5 to 2 10 to 1 agst Mr. King's .Abbess of Jerveaux FLYING DUTCHMAN ' S HANDICAP. 1,500 to 50 agst Bardolpb—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 14 to 1 agst Bardolph—taken METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg—t 20 to 1 apt Mr. Merry's Miss Ann—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Brown's Sally Warfoot colt—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's Captain Flash—taken CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Mr. Pilting's High Sheriff—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agat Mr. J. Stanley's The Confessor—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—take 30 to 1 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Ringleader 50 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack The Confessor, against whom 4U and 50 to 1 had been laid in the City, was again in force, and at the close was almost first favourite. It would be difficult to find a reason for his decline. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Bobbie Noble—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Orelio 17 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Augur 18 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbing's Mired the Great —taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse 20 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nichlson—t 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. J. Scott's Phantom— koen and afterwards offered 5 to 1 was taken to two or three hundred pounds by Bobbie Noble's party, who appeared anxious to go on to a much greater extent, at the same figure; Augur and Alfred the Great were also in favour, and 20 to 1 was taken to nearly 2001. about Kingston. Lapidist and Claverhouse were friendless. British Yeoman is scratched for the Doncaster Steeple chase, and Rattrap for the Coventry Hurdle-race. JOURNEYMAN TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION.—Yesterday two meetings of the supporters of the above-named charity were held at the London Tavern, Mr. E. Wright in the chair. At the first, a special meeting, a resolution was adopted, suspending for six months the rules which regulated the ages of subscribers. At the second, the annual gena.al meeting, a report was read, which stated that the public support received for the past year was highly satisfactory to the governors, and that the funds were such as to allow of the election of three pensioners now, with the prospect of another election in July, making a total of 66 pensioners in the asylum, and 119 since its foundation in 1 837. The income for the past year was 2,287/. I Is. 4d., and the expenditure 2,6401. 7s. 10d. The balance, 325/. 16s. Gd., was generously advanced without interest by Sir the adoption of C. Scott and Co. The moneys invested with the Commis _loners for the Reduction of the National Debt amounts to tinned until four 5 ,:e 3 11 4.2/. o . s. ld., being 5671. Is. 3d. more than last year. nounced the nuarnrbin pensioner rece• . and declared Ives in money 20/. 16s. per annum. After the report the poll was opened, and was con the greatest number. the afternoon, when the chairman an e; of votes given to each of the 62 candi datess elected the three persons who obtained WALWORT H TUTION.—Last LITERARY the late celebrated toast- AND SCIENTIFIC INSTI^ toast-master, J. L. Toole, a younger son of tertainment at this institution, n, en a t ssisted by members of the gave a drawing-room en tertainment consisted of se- City Histrionic Club. The Spectre Bridegroom, the I B e cotoitosnast from the Sean,the anda d to t R ui n, i I, e , t ra r c , Toole taking the iinthtrruacted imitations of pieces, and also gusto and good principal comic character in the three jY; i l l a r s . t ttlaesltive.erinlgn oththeer3ztcylchirt.atli,oono s le w several of our most popular actors, in many of which he eminent l y successful. The room was crowded, was and the aud i ence appeared muc h to en j o y the entertainment pro vided for them. ASH IVEDNESDAY.—Notice was issued yesterday at the different theatres throughout the metropolis that in consequence of to - m orrow being Ash Wednesday there will be no performance. Th is does not apply to other places of amusement and exhibition. DEATH OF SIR HERBERT JENNER FUST.—A va luable piece of patronage falls to the disposal of the Crown and the Archbishop of Canterbury , b y the demise of this gentleman, who expired on the 20th inst„ aged 76. The deceased was the son of Robert Jenner , Esq., of Doctors'- commons. In 1842 he assumed the name of Fust. Sir Her bert was called to the bar in 1800. In 1803 he obtained his doctor's degree, and in 1828 was appointed King's Advocate, when followed the order of knighthood. In 1834 he ob tained the appointment of Dean of the Arches and Jud g e of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, when he was sw orn in a Privy Councillor. In 1843 he became Master o f Trinity Derby College, Cambridge. Lord D by will not renderhimselfh unpopular if he makes a clearane t e h o , f this court, which punc h has most appropriately termed Lord i'c Court of Jenners. Derby yesterday had 750 applications' for the appointment. The Archbishop's share was no doubt equally coveted.— Advertiser. A FRACAS WITH AN M.P.—Last evening as one of the Members of the House of Commons was proceedirg through Westminster-hall . to the House, he w as accos t e d by a gentleman who angrily addressed him in rather irritating language. The Hon. Member answered with two blows of his stick. The bystanders interfered, but some more assaults f o llowed, and the affair terminated by the H on. M em b er k no cking down the stranger, who was removed in the cus tody of two police officers. The affair, as may be supposed, created considerable discussion in the lions() and lobbies. LONDON, ;SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. lIERALD.---We have now the pleasant task of an nouncing to our readers that Lord Derby has completed the formation of the Cabinet, and settled most of the Minor arraneements usually consequent upon a change of Administration. We are confident emongst reflecting men of every class—whether commercial, manufac turing, or agricultural—it will he readily admitted that, environed . as the country it, both at home and in the colonies, with social evils of no ordinary kind, and with a cloud of danger impending over our head abroad, it is desirable that we should have a Minister at the helm of the State who has sagacity and talent to weather the storm and to pilot the vessel through the breakers which surround us; and we fearlessly ask where can be found in her Majesty's dominions a man better qualified for the arduous task he has undertaken than the Earl of Derby—a man of tried administrative ability, and of unblemished honour, who has associated with him a no Hemet', the descendent of one of cur most talented di plematists, whose name alone would secure the respect of foreign Governments, but who has already earned for hicleeli, both in and out of Parliament , a c haracter for talent and, ability worthy of his illustrious descent—we mean Vie Earl of Malesesbury. Such men as these cannot fail to conduct the affairs of this great country to the satisfaction of her Majesty, and, we doubt not, with advantage to the mass of her Majesty's loyal subjects. What, then, has become of the prophecies of those would-be leaders and conductors of the public mind, who told us, not only months ago , b ut even lately, that " Protection was dead;" " that to see a Protectionist Ministry sitting in Downing-street was a simple impos sibility;" and "Lord Derby was the last man to whom the Queen would entrust the management of the Go. vernmena" At this very moment the Earl of Derby —totallyunlike most Modern statesmen—who is utterly incapable of sating one thing and meaning another-- who will not trim his sails to suit the purpose of the rebmerit—Lord Derby, we say, is at this moment, with his Cabinet formed, quietly settled in Downing-street, and prepared to carry those measures be conceives best for the honour and dignity of the Throne and for the public interest. Are we to be told then, as we have been, and may be told again, that to restore protection to native industry is to set class against class, manufac turer against agriculturist? Very likely such may be the game that will be attempted by some of the rabid Free-traders to gull and mislead the public ; bat Englishmen like fair play, and 'we bate no fear for the result. Lord Derby has not the slightest intention of setting class against class, of creating a monopoly for the landed interest and depress ing the manufacturing; on the contrary, he is thoroughly convinced that all the great interests of the country, shipping, commercials manufacturing, and agricultural, are intimately connected each with the other—that ma nufacturers cannot prosper if farmers aro starving, and that agriculture thrives most when trade and commerce ere prosperous. Lord Derby is, therefore, desirous that each class should have that fair protection and as sistance from the State as may be most conducive to the advantage of all, establishing no monopoly, but taking care that British labour and British capital should be encouraged and protected in preference to that of the foreigner. Should Lord Derby carry on the Govern ment in this spirit, as he has told us be will—and who can doubt the assertion of a man of such nice and scru pulous honour?—we ask again, fearlessly, will not the British people prefer such ,a man, and such a Govern ment, to the late set of wretched incapables—men who were for unsettling everything and consolidating nothing —men who have retired from office, we may say, almost by universal consent, and hardly leaving a friend behind them? TlMES.—There is all the difference in the world be tween a fact and a scheme—between an historical and a projected Administration. The former is a thing of I waking life—the latter has the pale hues and shadowy consistency of a dream. The late Cabinet, with all its increasing deficiencies, dwindled, petrified, and cast off, nevertheless stood out in all the relief that long and great personal services could impart. Hardly a name in it but has been a household word among us for a whole generation, or the representative of others still more known in their days. Compact and united almost to a fault, and dwelling in an atmosphere of its own, it seemed rather an estate of the realm than a party in the political world. It could show an unbroken tradition trom the body of men who had stood lace to face with the younger Pitt, who bad guarded the Constitution under all the Georges, and in a manner founded it under William 111. Its own chief, when called on to improve and enlarge it, or, in the language of the day, to infuse fresh blood into it, found it as im possible to interfere with its natural development as to add new branches to an oak or limbs to a man. Was it not a living thing, and was it not perfect and complete ? It was easy to reform the House of Commons, to create Peers ad libitum, to remodel the Constitution, or even to change the dynasty; but impos sible to mend a Whig Cabinet. With this solid and familiar existence we have now to compare a sheet of paper inscribed with some respectable names. From some known quantities in it, and some comparatively unknovin, we have to calculate as well as we can the probable value of the unknown result. In such a com parison, by the force of nature itself, almost everything is in favour of the past, compared with the future. A man who depreciates an old Administration risks his own character in the attempt; but it is scarcely possible not to depreciate those whom we have known only as youths, adventurers, upstarts, tyroes, and sciolists. But common sense, if not charity, should suggest that office shows the man, and even makes the man; while it requires no common penetration to see the full-grown statesman in the rising young member, and the faculty of governing in a few Parliamentary harangues. The consciousness of these jealous and unfair tendencies should teach us to regard with something more than indulgence the list of men to whose guidance the good ship of the State is now committed; and, after some involuntary expressions of surprise, we have little doubt that the list will be ge- ' nerally so regarded. Such considerations will qualify and mitigate the general results of criticism, but of course they cannot prevent it. No one can read the list before us without applying some measure of fitness and standard of ability, and in the remarks we have to make we merely anticipate the spontaneous reflections of most of our readers. No one can doubt that Mr. Disraeli is the man to lead the House of Commons, but he certainly has consulted rather his ambition than his genius in his selection of office. It is very true that he has dived into the depths and flown to the heights of finan cial theory ; but the Chancellor of the Exche quer has not merely to make projects or elucidate maxims of finance ; he has also to learn and comprehend the numerous relations between the commerce and the revenue of the country,, to make ela borate financial expositions, and to be prepared with re plies on any complicated 'question of details which con venience or even malice may suggest. Ig preparing for such tasks Mr. Disraeli will at least work against the grain, and he will possibly find it difficult to be both a wit and a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Perhaps this is not his own choice. Mr. Thomas Baring has declined the post for the reasons we mentioned yesterday, and we must say that in so doing he has neither done justice to his party nor to his own character. A man who claims a political position is bound to make sacrifices and to run risks. If Mr. T. Baring thinks the Chancellorship of the Exchequer a "let down" for a wealthy merchant, or if he has a slight opinion of his party's prospects, and will not inconvenience himself for a short period of office, he is scarcely eating up to the British estimate of political or party obligation. His absence from the list is likely to be a serious injury to his friends, as they cannot but feel. Mr. Walpole is a man of talent and attainment, but his fitness for the Home-office is far too speculative a ques tion to be discussed in this place. The Earl of Malmes bury descends from a diplomatists, and is said to be a sensible and clearheaded man; he is certainly not defi cient in good temper; but he has undertaken an office which did not pass from Palmerston even to Granville without misgivings, and which some recent incidents, as well as the whole state of things in Europe, seem to prove the most responsible in the British Cabinet, if not in the world. But the two most disproportionate terms in this list are Sir John Pakington and the Colonial-office. It is a great demand on:our faith to suppose the active Wor cestershire magistrate equal to the task of governing our fifty colonies, all more or less in a state of disaffection. However, we are ready to believe, if we can. The names of Sir E. Sugden, the Earl of Lonsdale, and Lord Lynd hurst require no comment of ours. Mr. Herries is pos sibly as competent to the Board of Control and the con struction of the new Indian charter as his predecessor, though that is more than we should venture to say in his favour. Mr. Henley's appointment to the Board of Trade is as good as any in the list. Lord John Manners may easily manage the Woods and Forests as well as any that have gone before him; nor need the Duke of Northumberland be ashamed to sit in the seat of his predecessor at the Admiralty , while the Earl of Hard w ickee is undoubtedly equal to the duties of the Post office. We must confess to one regret. There has not been much dignity, still less sentiment, in the public surrender of power from the old Cabinet to the new. There was very little of a scene in either House yester day. Lord Derby was not in the Lords to "explain," and the task of acknowledging Lord Lunsdowne's leave of office was scarcely adequately discharged by his sub stitute. A public life which has literally embraced the first half of this century, and which was last night most gracefully concluded, deserved an ampler and richer tribute than our new Foreign Secretary seemed able to bestow. Lord John Russell spoke well, bat be took care to leave some bequests. He left the words ' " Free Tr a d e ," " Extension of Suffrage," and " Peace ,' as the grounds on which he meant to take his stand, in or out of office. Very well. It was natural to say this. It was more; it was unnecessary. But we trust these are notthomere to s o n ic watchwords of a war to be immediatey forced on t h e new Government, because, if they are, ICLE are not the mere watchwords of a war to be imtncdtatey forced on the new Government because, if they are, the they may possible-, purposes. UHRON .—Th e circle, with incredulous had oft n o e t extent, better e t w , astonishment. d m e f i e n a i t e r l wt r hl o ni w iet n h we this day p u bli s h , willy political probably be received, in every b a e re tr t i o te ld t , ha in t L a or t d on D e Derby with; but the po ver ty o f his resources materials to build e o r fsuspicious condour, that the new appreciated now th at th e new edifice ree is will only be fully completed. We tolairtrial;may w and, undoubtedly, all Governmentpers persons, underentitled circumsta nces,ela h iel r , no to be aeelt with fairly. Lofd D er by w ill rece i ve, u nfair treatment at o u r h an d s; but fairneses to country, also, must not be forgott en , an d kindly anhcle generous sentiments tow ar d s i n di v id ua l s must not be indulgeddut duties. With the N prejudice of public interest s an d public Vith every disposition to de a l jus tly with those who have snddenly been clothed with the rank and the responsibilities of states. men, we cannot, in the present state of the country and of Europe generally, view the formation of such a Government without the most serious alarm. We arc perfectly willing to put a candid construction on their administrative acts, and to give a frank consideration to any new and original line of policy which they may TUESDAY adopt on general question t e . h ; e but their known and avowed cannot Lord b© unfair policy with reference to of union either as a party or m aa ost a vital of our domestic interests—the policy which constitutes their only bond which must ever receive our the appointment of his colleagues. Government —is to ojudge a 24 one i . most uncompromising , oppo sition. And surely it 1 nister by his acts; and Derby's first act has been presents himself as ready ues. A party leader who Crown and the country may reasonably be undertake the vacant Go vernmentaireesentable and creditable list expected to offer to the have adopted a suggestion of coadjutors. But the Premier almost seems to new we threw out yester day, that the offices at modern some Sp timeseei assigned of the highest disposal might as well be names are curiously employ ments in the State are s to partisans scarcely known in public Iff©, and score e ached to departments to of the more conspicu ouswhich they possessal unfitness. The weakest Administration of and brilliant if the names of would appear powerful its members were placed in juxta-pointion with those of the new Protectionist Go vernment. Sir Edward s u preside in the Court of Chancery will unquestionably the new Government is fortunate eery with high credit; and vices of so great a lawyer. Asin securing the ser doubt, be lost for all purpo ses the present year will, no of legislation, there will, perhaps bo no opportunity of ascertaining how far the new Chancellor will be disposed in the law which; haveto promote those im provementsmended ; but there is too much reason to fear that he so long been de will not prove himself a law reformer. In distributing the chief administrative offices, Lord Derby has not n been equally fortunate. The Mr. Henley, and Mr. Hennes, names of Mr. Walpole, a will excite the smallest portion of perhaps those which criticism or surprise. Yet the appointment, as Secretary able barrister still new to the u 0 of State, of a respect occupying no very prominent place use of Commons, and would, on any other occasion, have in that assembly, heen regarded as Pin dicating a strange deficiency of i Henley will no doubt dischargewith political support. Mr. t the ordinary duties of the Board of ability Board of Control of Trade; and Mr. Herries might have vegetated at the as respectably as his predecessor and contemporary, but for the approaching terminationth e Company's Charter. It is extraordinary that of ord Derby should , have placed the only colleagu© whose peculiar merit consists in his knowledg e of official m utine, in a depart ment where there is at present an e s original ability, combined with state P demand for s ecial p heanlik e foresight. We are far from recomm endin g Mr . Israeli as the offi cial legislator for the East; but if he had the new Charter been entrusted with the task of devising an d ne g otia ting or its substitute, he would at least have been been likely to produce something newer and more ingenious then the traditions in which alone Mr. "Terries will be likely to seek the solution of the momentous the auestions before him. When we look at the rest of Cabinet we are lost in wonder. With on e remarka bleexception, new Ministers are only con s p icuous f or the mediocrity the mediocrity of their talents and pretensions. Lord el 1 a mesbury, it seems, is to direct our foreign affairs; but when our countrymen abroad are asked who is the successor of Palmerston, they will find it difficult to give an answer. The more inveterate read ers of news papers re member that a Peer bearing that title hasbeen may some what prominent in his eage rness to find occasions occupying the House of L ords with vehementfor Protec tionist speeches. Lord Malmesbury's only with foreign affairs arises throug h his ancestor, connexion who, at the end of the last century, wa s an able A mbassador, and, in the beginning of the presen t, a zealous sharer party intrigues of the time. If th e now Foreign le the Minister possesses either diplomatic k nowled g e or st atesmanlike ability, ho mus t have displayed t hem in private conver sation with Lord Derby—to the world at large he is utterly unknown ; but h o will have an imme diate opportunity of disp la y in g his qualifications for the office which he has obtained, when sits down to answer that strange, unjustifiable, and e insulting dispatch of Prince Schwarzenberg which R e published yesterday. There is one great depart ment of Government in which , a t this mome nt , cirum stances and the public voice pec uliarl y deman d theep e sence of a statesman. The error s of man y y e ars , added r to - the int r i ns i c difficulty of the q uestions at is sue , have rendered th e t as k o f the Colonial Mi ni ster singularly arduous. M ere atten tion to details and routine a dexte rity sink i n t o i ns i gn ificance when future empires are requiring or gan i za ti o n, and when the rela t i ons between the mother-co un t r y a nd her dependen cies of every kind are daily becoming more complicated. It is at such a i crisis has that Lord D e rby h selected, to administer the off a rs of a lar ge p o rtion of the world , one Sir Joh n Pa kington, Chairman of the Worcest ershire Q uarter Ses sions. • It is needless to comment on such a choice. A n active and usef u l coun try gentleman , tota ll y unv e rsed in official duties, is called from the mana g ement of count y busines to extent his protecting care over fifty different co t mmunities, scattered over every re g ion of the g lobe . It may be answered that the new Colonial Secretary takesan interest in the West Indies, and has even given notice of a motion for resisting the fur t he r reduction of the Sugar duties. Wo have not for g otte n the circum stance, nor will either the friends or the opponents c f free trade allow the Government to forget it. To quote the obscure names which fill up t h e li st would be tedious and almost superfious. After the Malmeaburys and , Pakiegtonethe nominations to minor offices might seem respectable ; ' though the promotion of Major Beresford, from histhe natural post as whipper-in to administra tion of the War-office, is a new demand on public tole ration. Lord John Manners , too, an accomplished and popular young nobleman, may perform the duties of his department as well as I: ord Seymour , but he will add nothing to the general efficiency of the Cabinet. There seems an y candidate no particular reason why has been selected for any office, so equal are they in political in significance— " Forternqe Cyan, u i f ortenique Cloanthum." Yet Gyas and esloanthus were, it may be presume& the most eminent among the followers of Anew. It might have been thought that even distributed the seals of office Lord Derby mig ht have claimants of highe r pre tensions. We know not why ' to the Duke of Northumber land goes to the Admiraltman of great wealth, who Served y, except that he is a noble navy. If Lord Eglinsou served thirty years ago in the because he is a goes fashionabl to Ireland, it can only be self in his youth .by gte• nobleman, who amused him- Hardwick° is Postmaster- g a tournament; and Lord has been ordinarily (moral, because any nobleman old Scotch official is considered equal to that office. An modest candidate for preferment , to have encouraged a any man had ability to er—ents by assuring him that which he had interest to performobtain. If the duties of any office prosper in the unpractised in- If the different depart mentshave undertaken to eou l d wactised hands of those who veteran jobber will be irrefuet them, the doctrine of the for the ordinary rank and fileragahlY confirmed. So much is to be said of the leader of the Cabinet. But what House of Commons? It of the late Opposition in the had the incredible rashness seems that Lord D erb y has ce llor of the Exchto make Mr. Disraeli Chan cellor so equer. me teas de s l urely it might have b een poss ible to fin th a n the finances of the country as a subject for such an experiment. Mr. Disraeli rest to be allowed on conside_-mg In the rate of into balances in the Bank and Exchequer-billsthe state or watching the changes, will be as much in his of the Foreign Ex composing a romance _ , on the element as gr. Herries Hume indicting a o Wondrous e Asian mystery, or Mr. no discredit to him that he Tale of Alroy." It is to study a subject which has never even professed the natural bent of his genius ; but entirely foreign to Lord Derby in trusting the public but the recklessness of colleagu® is only one degree finances to so unfit a Disraeli's own audacity i n ° more culpable than Mr. task. Nor is this all. Not undertakingt so uncongenial a only is the Chancello r of the E x chequer entirely unacquaintedbut he has irrevocab l y with the technical di fficulties of his departm ent pledged himself to at least two great fiscal revolutions. H e has undertaken to provid e the farmers with cheap ca pital by increasieg the land -tax, and shift thebur of local taxa tion, in a great t° avoid some attempt to degree, to the public Trea sury. It will be im p o ssible redeem, at a n y rate, the morn recent of these pledges; an d it is easy to see that any the Government which he re such attempt would involve tricable difficulties. Th e p ai l:T =9o as in the most inex tricable to sugar, and the Malinesiii;gt°n claims for Protec admission of untaxed core ' l ra' diatribes against the gotten, in comparison will; will be easily for posed on the Chancellor of _ the obligation im posed millions to the annual the Exchequer to add But it is useless to dwell harge en the taxpayer. tration of the blunders whicoiril, have individual illus the formation of the new G overla in "eavn been made in be the inseparable characteristic e-ft. Feebleness must which, by the first law of its ben? an Administration doctrines and a policy that enlightened is identified with manship has irrevocably disowned. The practical states " a fair trial" will, in all probability, Title advocates oe time the impossibility of success, and have Seen by this tone. For otirselves,i,we repeat that we ° changed their givn a fair trial to the new Cabinet on shall b e rea dy t o cept that on which —assuming that they questions ex cept and dishonest — there is really nothing not utterly but, unfortunately, that one question i; the to try; condition of their entire political and official fundamental On the whole it is evident that the de- 1 641 existence. Lord Derby will find in conducting taelfficulties which country with such coadjutors will be most business of the but the strength and durability of that nst formidable; and permanent Government which must, at date, be formed, will, perhaps, be increased, at no distant trast which it will present to the obscure by the con fill the list of to-day. Even the chan ge t ° na mes which progressive policy will scarcely be more heti) a liberal w ash progressive than the consciousness of having for to the ministered by tried and capable hands. g i ts affairs ad- ADVERTISER. —Some idea may be formed est i ma tion in which the Whig Ministr y were of the th a t unerring criterion of pu blic o p inio n white held, by eh is to be found in Capelezentrt. The funds yesterday at the Stock E xc h a nge were quoted the sam e as on th e day before the downfall of the Russe ll Cabinet; and even o he a fter the Ministerial r esi g nation, all the iraprean. the day o n those very sensitive things called Cons o l s, 31 was " made of an eighth, whi ch, translated into plain English, a fall tr eats a fall of half - a - c rowc. It would not be possible to furnish a more conclusive proof of the eery l which the "Expelle d" Ministry occupied in the public 0 public mind, than is afforded by the fact in question. We ven ture to say that there is no instance on record in which the fends were so slightly affected b y the ejection or resignation of a Ministry; for the breakin g - u p „ Cabinet, however limi ted may have beau its -of a popularity, has, on all former occasions, caused a fall in considerable in Consols, provided, as in this case, it was not what events might occur before another stable aeT tain 1 istry had been formed. Go where you will, you hear no ex pression of regret at the fall of the Russe ll Cabinet. No one utters a sigh, nor sheds a tear, over the grave and the departed Government. They lived unres ce ve of they have died unlamented. If a wish could li),e t all ?d, to life no one would be found —no one, we mean, not pecuniarily interested—to express that wish. They have perished without a real disinterested i • riend on earth. They have fallen into the tomb with out any one EVENING-, FEBRUARY 24, 1852. to pronouuce a funeral oration over their character. What shall be said of the prodigious " accession" to the Whig Ministry, which we were told was made to it when Mr. Vernon Smith was received into the Cabinet? He was the man who was to strengthen the basis of the Ministry! Poor Mr. Vernon Smith! His career as a Cabinet Minister was a short one. He had no sooner entered Downing-street, than he was ejected from it. -Hard, indeed, has been his fate. Brief has been his tenure of office. A fortnight ago he was standing on the hustings, with all his honours as a Cabinet Minister blushing upon him, and already they have entirely faded. They have taken to themselves wings and flown away. The embryo Cabinet Minister of three weeks ago, is the ex-Cabinet Minister of today. And Mr. Fox Maule, too. Little more than a fortnight has elapsed since, laying the flattering unction to his soul, th a t t h e Whig Ministry wore a charmed life, ho sought to persuade the electors of Perth that they were " The Inevitable Ministry." Inevitable, indeed ! Where are the Inevitables now? Where is Mr. Fox Maule himself, as one of that very interestin body ? Cruel echo promptly answers, Where?" The Inevitable Ministry of a fortnight ago, are the non-existent Ministry now. How soon is joy turned into mourning. Mr. Vernon Smith could speak feelingly, because experimentally, on this point. It would be a sight worth beholding, to see Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Fox Maule looking one another in the face, while condoling with each other on the shortlived tenure of their new offices. " Inevitable" Mr. Fox Munk ! " Inevitable" Mr. Vernon Smith ! But leaving the Whig Cabnet to sleep undisturbed in the grave to which they have been consigned, and iu which they ought to have been laid long ago, the great question now is, Will the Derby Cabinet be able to retain office? We unhesitatingly answer they will not, provided they continue to adhere to the principles on which they have come into power. A Tory Ministry is incompatible with the spirit of the age. A Protectionist Cabinet is at variance with the necessities and demands of the times. If Lord Derby has any idea of presiding over the affairs of the country, he must abjure his Toryism and throw his Protectionism to the winds. He must become a Liberal in his policy, whatever may be his principles. To conduct the affairs of this country on Tory or Protectionist principles is a potent impossibility. It would be stark, staring madness to attempt it. If, indeed, the House of Commons should feel so disposed, it could annihilate the Derby Ministry on the first day of its existence. A resolution affirma tive of want of confidence in the Cabinet of the Noble Protectionist Lord would be carried by a considerable majority, and consequently necessitate the immediate resignation of the new Cabinet, or a dissolution of Par liament. But the Liberals will not have recourse to this extreme expedient. They will wait to see of what qua lity the Derby policy is to be; and when we have seen a few of the Noble Lord's measures we shall berable to decide as to the justice, or otherwise, of his claims to the confidence of the country. In the meantime, we entreat the country to carry its vigilance to the utter most in watching the political movements which may now for some weeks be expected. We are in the midst of a momentous crisis; and if the people are only broad awake to what will be passing before their eyes, they will be in a position to turn the changes which will take place to their own advantage. Our read ers know full well what we believe is destined to be the upshot of all these choppings and changes. We can clearly discern a Palmers ton Ministry in the distance. Public opinion points every succeeding hour in a more and more marked man ner to the " Enpelled Minister"—now in his turn the " expeller" of those who expelled him—as the proxi mate Premier. We very grievously err if Lord Palmer ston be not the successor of Lord Derby in the Premier ship. The Queen cannot send again, under any circum stances, for Lord John Russell. That Noble Lord's Ministerial day is over. A thousand obstacles, not to be surmounted, would be found to stand between him and his return to Downing-street. Let no one tell us of prejudices existing in certain high quarters against Lord Palmerston. It' they do exist, it is because an in justice to the Noble Lord has been done by his late col leagues, in creating or fostering prejudices which they knew to be utterly groundless. With the departure of the parties from high places, who were responsible for the continuance, if not for the creation, of ungrounded prejudices against Lord Palmerston, the prejudices themselves will entirely vanish. When it is seen that the national voice calls aloud for the appointment of the Noble Lord to the Premiership, and it is found that there is no other person to whom her Majesty can have recourse, the country will enjoy the satisfaction of see ing the man of their choice become the man of the monarch's selection and confidence; and to that con summation events, if we do not greatly mistake the signs of the times, are rapidly tending. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. :From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FRB. 23. The following Railway Bills were ordered to be brought in: Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Branch Canal to connect Canal of Shropshire Union Railways, &c.) North-Western. Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction (Powers to leash, &c. ) The undernamed Railway Bills were presented, read a first, and ordered to be read a second time : Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (No. 2). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ( Branch Railways, &c.) Norfolk, Leven. Lancashire and Yorkshire. Manchester and Southport. Stockton and Darlington. Middlesbrough and Guisbrough. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (No. 1). Wolverhampton Junction. Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies Amalgamation. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS• • (From tIA Votes and Proceeding s of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FEB, 23. SOUTH - YORKSHIRE RAILWAY AND RIVER DUN COMPANY (ISLE , OF AXIIOLME EXTENSION) BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : _ MINORITY—AYES, 113. Adair, R. Shafto Greene, Thomas Pilkington, James Alcock, Thomas Grenfell, C. P. Price, Sir R. Armstrong, R.B. Grenfell, Charles W. Ricardo, Osman Barron, Sir H. Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, E. Bell, Jacob • Harris, Richard Russell, F. C. Birch, Sir T. Hastie, Alexander Sa n d ers, George Blair, Stephen Hastie, Archibald Scobell, Captain Blake, Martin J. Hayter, W. G. Scott, Francis Blewitt, Reginald Headlam„:T. E. Scrope, G. P. Brockman, E. D. Heard, J. I. Scully, Francis Brotherton, J, Heywood, Jame! Seymour, 11. 1 ), Burke, Sir T.J.` - Hobhouse, T. B. Smith, M. Tucker Carter, John B. Hodges, T. L. Smollett, A. Cholmeley, Sir M. Hotham, Lord Somers, J. p Clay, Sir W. Howard, P. H. Somerville, Sir W. Cochrane, A. D. Hutchins, E. J. Stansfleld, W. B, Colebrooke, Sir T. Keating, Robert Stanton, W. H. Collins, W. Kershaw, James Staunton, Sir.G. Copeland, Alderman Lemon, Sir C. Strutt, E. Craig, Sir W. G. Lewis, Sir:T. Stuart, Lord James Divett, Edward Loch, James Thompson, George Duncan, George Lushington, Charles Thornely, T. Duncombe, T. Mackie, John Trevor, G. R.' Elliot, John Marshall, J. G. Trollope, Sir J. Enfield, Viscount Masterman, John Vivian, J. IL Evans, William Matheson, Alex Walmsley, Sir .T. Ewart, William Matheson, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Fergus, Jahn Milligan, Robert Walsh, Sir J. B. Fitawilliam, G. W. Milton,, iscount Wawn, J. T. Foley, J. H. Mitchell, T. A. Westhead , J. P. Forster, M. Moody, C. A. Wilson, James Freshflead, J. W. Morris, David Wilson, Matthew Frewen, C. H. Napier Joseph Wood, Sir Charles Fuller, A. E. Norreys, Sir D. Wortley, J. S. Gilpin, Colonel O'Brien, Sir Lucius Wrightson,.W. B. Gladstone, W. E. Ord, W. Gooch, Sir E. S. Parke, C. W. TELLERS. Grace, 0. D. Peel, Frederick Childers, J. W. Greene, John Pendarves, E. W. Christopher, R. A. MAJORITY—NOES, 222. Adderley, C. B. Floyer, John Mailings, J. It. Aglimiby, H. A. Fordyce, A. D. Mundy, William Anson, General Forester, G. C. Naas, Lord Anstey, Thomas C. Fortescue. Chichester Nee ld, Joseph Archdall, Captain Fox, W. J. Newdegate, C. N. Arkwright, George Gaskell, J. M. Newport, Viscount Armst'rong, Sir A. Gibson, T. M. O'Flaherty, Anthony Baldock, E. H. . Glyn, G. C. Osborne, Ralph Bankes, G. Goold, Wnydham Oswald, Alexander Baring, Henry Z. Gore, W. O. Owen, Sir John Barrow, W. H. Gore, W. R. 0. Paget, Lord A. Batman, T. Goalbtuti, Henry Pakington, Sir J. Bellew, R. M. Graham, Sir 'Jame* Palmerston, Viscount Bennet, Philip Grattan, Henry Pechell, Sir G. Bentinck, Lord H. Gwyn, Howel Peel, Sir Robert Best, John Raiford, Sir H. Perfect, R. Boldero, 11. G. Hall, Sir B. Plowden, W. H. Booker, T. W. Haliewell, E. G. Power, Nicholas Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, J. IL Powlett, Lord,W. Bramston, T. W. llanmer,:Sir J. Prime, Richard Bremrldge, Richard Ilardcastle, J. A. Pugh, David Bright, John Hardinge, C. S. Renton, John C. Breadwood, Henry Herbert, Sydney Reynolds, Jonh Bruce, Lord E. Higgins, G. G. Rice, E. R. Bruce, C. L. C. Hildyarti, R. C. Richards. Richard Buck, L. W, Ilindley,Cliarles Roche, l. B. Bunbury, E. H. Hodgson, W. N. Rumbold, C. E. rghley, Lord Holland, Robert Rusho ut, Ca p tain Burgh Sir E. Hope, Sir J. Sanders, Joseph I Cabbell„ 8. - B. HePe, Henry T. Henry 'Car Campbell, Sir A. Howard, C. W. Castlereagh, Visc. Hudson, G. BSeldneYmyer: Alderman Slaney, Robert A. Cayley, Edward S. Hughes, W. B. Smith, John Abel Chandos, Marquis Hume, Joseph Smith, John B. Chatterton, Colonel Ilumphery, Ald. Smyth, J. G. Child, 6mith Hutt, William H. J. spearman. , Christy, Samuel Inglis, Sir R. Spooner, Richard Stafford, Augustus Clay, James Jermyn, Earl Clerk,Sir G. Johnstone, StaaleY. Edward - Stanley, n • O. Clive, X. H. - Johnstone, James Ste phenson, Robert Cobden, Richard . Jones, Captain Strickland, Sir G. Cocks, T. S. Keogh , W illiam Stewart, Admiral Coles, 11. B. King, P. J. Stuart, Lord Dudley Collins, T. Knight, F. W. Stuart, IL Conolly, Thomas Knox, Colonel . Stuart, J. Corry, H. Knox, W. S. Sutton, H. M. Cowan, Charles Lacy , H. C. Teialson, Sir J. E. K. Cowpw, W. F. Legh, G. C. Tamleat Crawford, BOA. W. Lennox, a Lord A: • Currie, Henry Le nnox, Lord 11. 0. TThomhomppsonson,, Colonel an Davies D. A. L es lie, 0. P. Tyler, Sir G. L ew isham, iris. Dawes, Edward Lindsay, Colonel Tynte, Colonel Deede.i, W. Vane, Lord 11. D'Eyncourt, T. Littleton, J ll, o6 B ep . b it- Verner, Sir W. Dick, Quintln Locke,Lockhart, A. E. Villiers, Charles Disraell,B. Lockhart, W. Vyse, U. K. ri. Dodd, G. Lopes, Sir Ral p h Waddington, 11, S. Douglas, Sir Cl. Wakley, T. Drumlanrig,Viseount ygon, General Mackinnon, W. A. wall, C. B. Drummond, Henry Macnaghten, Sir E. Whiteside, Jame s Duff, G. S. hi.Grego.r, John Wigram, Loft Dull, James Mahon, O'Gorman Willcox 11 A u t s r - 1 Duncan, Viscount. Mahon, Viscount • --' , . 1 110 Dandombe, A. 'E•- ,Mangles. R. l). Williams,l John buncombe, W. • maule, rox Williams, W. Duneuh, Jolla Williamson S Dundas, Sir David Maxwell. Hon. J. P. , Sir 11. Willoughby, Sir H. Dunne, Colonel . Mmiiiiiiese,r-w, W. . M. Wodehouse, E. Du Pre, C. G. Milnes, I.t. AL Wyvill, Marmadake Edwards, Henri Yorke, E. T. Sir r• Egerton, _, T. Molesworth,Sir W. Monereiff, James E vans , ‘v. Lacy Monsell w i n,. es Evans, Sir He TELLERS. ... . • —axn Galway, Viscount ...organ; G. Evelyn, W. J. Sotheron, T. FitzroY, Henry Mostyn, E. ------______ • Th e Lord Chancellor h as b een pleased to apPolnl Ri c hard d'Arcy, Esq., of New Foreat, to the CQMinbajon 01 the peace for the county of Galway. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE NIA GARA. LIVERFOOT , MONDAY AFTERNOON. —The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Niagara arrived here, from New York, this afternoo n , at one o'clock, from which port she sailed on the afternoon of the 11th instant. She was detained at New York some hours beyond the usual time of sailing, waiting the arrival of the southern mail with Go vernment dispatches for the American Minister in London. The Niagara brings forty passengers, and specie to the amount of 198,000/. The Pacific had not arrived out at New York when the Niagra sailed. The commercial advices taken out to the States by tha Europa, had given considerable animation to the cotton market at New Orleans, as well as to the flour and provision markets of the south and vice. The ice had broken up, and navigation was again resumed on the Delaware and Potomac. A dispatch from New Orleans says that Cheva lier Hulsetnann, the Austrian Chargé, had actually withdrawn from America and gone to Havannah. Dispatches from Mr. Lawrence were received at Washington on the Bth. Mr.` Lawrence states that Lord Granville had made an apology for the attack upon the PrometheuF, and expressed the greatest desire to preserve amicable relations with the United States. " There are some questions," says the New York Journal of Commerce, " Between the two Governments as to the construc tion of the Nicaragua Treaty, and these questions are forthwith to be settled. Mr. Lawrence has urged upon the British Government the propriety of the 'Abandon ment of their pretensions in regard to the Mosquito Protectorate. Lord Granville is disposed to kettle the matter, and he has authorised Mr. Crampton to enter into a negotiation on the subject. Mr. Crampton is to have fall powers, so far as this matter is concerned." The announcement of Jenny Lind's marriage with Mr. 0. Goldschmidtt is confirmed. The citizens of New York had presented Mr. Clay with a gold medal in acknowledgment of his services to the Union. The Roman Government had contributed a block of marble from the ruins of the ancient Temple of Peace for the erection of a monument to Washington in the United States' capital. Accounts from St. John's, Newfoundland, state that the herring fishery had proved a complete failure owing to the cold weather. It is stated that th e A mer i can G overnmen t has given notice to the British Government of its desire to break up the present postal arrangements between the two countries. Edwin Forrest has been :much:'applauded at the Broadway Theatre, where he made a speech denying the justice of the late verdict against him. Four Massachusetts free negroee, who had been convicted of an attempt to abduct a slave, had been sold at Galveston in consequence of their inability to pay the:fine inflicted on them. Mr. Thrasher, the Havannah editor, has been re leased by the Spanish Government. In reply to a letter conveying petitions to the President, for the United States Government to in• terfere to bring about the release of the Irish State prisoners, Mr. Fillmore says that the Secretary of State has, with his approbation, addressed a private letter to the United States Minister at London, re questing him to make every effort in the case that he could with propriety. Mr. Laborde, the Spanish consul, arrived at New Orleans on the 9th in the ship-of-war Colon, from Havannah, and was received with a salute of 50 guns. Kossuth left Columbia on the morning of the 9th, and all along his route he was most enthusiastically received, but on account of the loss of his voice he was able to speak but little. About 1,000 dolls. were contributed on the route, and at Hamilton the people tendered the loan of 500 muskets in possession of the county. From Canada we learn that the Government has resolved to establish a bureau of agriculture, and to unite it with the presidency of the executive council. The Rebellion Losses Commission has brought its labours to a close. The number of claimants is 2,763, the aggregate of their claims amounting to 808,000 dolls. Of this number :400 had neglected .to send in their claims, by which they will lose 72,000 dolls. The amount of the claims actually established is 360,000 dolls., to meet which there is 310,000 dolls. The present has been the coldest winter in Upper Canada for a quarter of a century. The Niagara passed the royal mail steamer Ame rica, from Liverpool for Boston, at three rid. on Sun day, off Kinsale. The screw steamer City of Manchester, after three weeks' detention by the ice, had arrived at Philadel phis, and would sail again on the 14th inst. The New York papers state that the English journals have been hoaxed by an alleged account that the ship Ariel, from China for New York, had been scuttled and sunk by her crew, Manilla men, and her captain and all the Europeans o❑ board murdered. The Ariel was in New York on the 11th inst. THE AMERICAN MARKETS. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 11.—Foreign exchange is pretty firm at 110 to 1101, and in fair demand. The export of a million in specie by the Arctic, and the large amount (not yet known) that will leave to-day, create an anxiety for further remittances from California; butl t ! the money market out of do ers rema i ns unchange d, a Ist class endorsed notes and accept ances ... short 6to 7 per ann: I long 6to 8 single names paper ... Bto 9 5 , 2d class end orse d notes an d accept ances ... short 7to 9 „ „ long 9to 10 5, Loans on Government and State Stocks *•• ••• ••• ••• 6to 7 I. „ miscellaneous Securities 7to These rates are, as you will perc e i ve , l ow an d liberal for New York and Philadelphia. Stocks are really active, and prices firm and high. United States Sixes (1862), 111; ditto (1867), 116. 1 0 Pennsylvania Fives, 89i (interest just paid). Cotton is firm and active. Sales in New York generally from 1,000 to 2 , 0 0 0 bales per day. I n fact, the advices per Europa have cheered the market. Specie already shipped this , year from New York, about 4,000,000 dollars. There is more doing in flour, and the market is firm at 4 dolls. 68c. to 4 d0115.75c. for common to Strait State, ' and 4 dolls. 81c. - to 5 dolls. for mixed to choice Michi gan, Ohio, and Indiana. Indian corn 690. to 70c. Ashes sre steady with small sales, at 5 dolls. for pots, and 6 dolls. 12kc. for pearls. Mess pork steady and high, at 15 dolls. 500. to 15 dolls 75c. for new. Lard easier, now 9io. Freights as before. Flour to London has been taken at is. 6d. Cotton to Liverpool, 3-16 to 5-32ds. To Havre, cotton o. per lb. To Antwerp, cotton ie. To Rotterdam, cotton, to 11-16ths. Rosin, 2s. 9d. Rice, 278. 6d. No other Changes, and the spring trade has not yet commeced. BY MAGNECTIC TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 11. NEW ORLEANS.—Cotton steadier, owing to steamer's news. Middling 7c. to 7ic. About 160,000 bales on hand. Ohio flour, 4 dolls. Bills on London, 109; on France. sf. 15c. to sf. 17c. BALTIMORE.—Coffee dull. Rio Sic. to 910. CINCINNATI.—A movement in flour. Large sales at 3 dolls. 15c. to 3 dolls. 25c. New flour, 3 dolls. 30c. Mess pork as before, shoulders, 6ic. LOUISVILLE.--Flour dull, at 3 dolls. 50c. Mess pork active at 13 dolls. 500. Lard, 7i-c. A NEW WORK from the combined pens of W EL _ LIAM AND MARY Howzrr is on the point of appearance, which promises to be equally attractive to the historical and laßllads, literary student, and the reader for mere amusement. It is entitled " THE LITERATURE AND ROMANCE Or NORTHE RN Tragic and Euaorz," and comprises a complete History of the Litera ture of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, with co p io us specimens Pop ular Legends of and the Tales,most o celebratedld Chivalrous Histories , Romance s, Popu- Comic Dramas, National Songs, Novels, and Scenes Life of the present day.; from th e DEATH OF LADY RANCLIFFE.--We nounce the demise of Lady Elizabeth Mar h ave to an- Lady Rancliffe, which took place at Paris Diary Theresa Forbes, after a brief but painful illness. H d a few days ago, Raneliffe, of Bunney Park, in this county, yship, relict of Lord the late sixth Earl of Granard, in t r eldest daughter of and Baron Granard, of Castle D 51 Peerage o f I re l an d , was born on the 3d of De cem b er I.s,mington, Leicestershire, her 66t11 year, and w as marrie d l ti 6, consequently was in Rancliffe, on the 15th of October to the Right Hon. Lord place on Wednesday, last week , 1807. The funeral took the Rue d'Aguessan, when the, at the Episcopal Church, in the Rev. William Chamfer. Carlo bye Arthur He n 7 Cavendish, bold, Bart., being the onl five to Sir Cavendish Stuart Rum mourner, but several frie yd:er relative in Paris, was chief served to attend, and numerousnof the noble deceased were a nd cortege to the cam carriages followed the mourn the lamented lady's cemetery of Montmartre, as a tribute to memory. REPRESENTATION OF PORTSMOUTH.--Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bart., M.P. for Portsmouth, has issued his address to the electors of that borough, soliciting them to return him ag a i n. There is, however, strong opposition in the persons of Lieutenant-General Lord Frederick Fitzcla rence, G.C. 8., and Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, both of whom are of similar political bias to Sir Francis Baring, whose conduct of late towards his constituents has led to much complaint—. whether justly or not; we cannot say; but as Sir Francis may not be First Lord of the Admiralty under the new Ad ministration, his chance of re-election will probably decrease accordingly. Ile has sat for Portsmouth about twenty-five years. ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, LAMBET H .— On Sunday morning, the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Un der-sheriffs, and the City officers, attended in state, at the chapel of this institution. A general court of the guardians having recently determined to receive into the asylum three little orphans of the crew of the Amazon, the Mayor of Suns also to have attended, Southamp t o n w but was prevented by severe illness. The sermon , was p reac h e d b y t h e Rev. S. R. Cattley, M.A., the chaplain of the asylum, and a large amount was collected on the occasion. WHITTINGTON CLUB.—The second quarterly con cert took place at the above club last evening, and passed off with great éclat. The whole of the singers, with the excep tion of two, Miss E. Lyon and Miss E. Jacobs, were ama teurs. Of the last mentioned lady w e have spoken before, and, as we predicted, i s rapidly rising in public favour ; in fact, so charmingly did she " that in each nista sing, nce a e a the ovellin double encore await e d h er . I n t h e coure g several =diem glees were sang. , ';' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Thomas Goss (1845), from the coastguard, has been appointed to the St. George, 120, a t D„ von 11„ . vice Cull, promoted. Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, is preparing to refit at Portsmouth. . _ Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, that arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, loft Lisbon on the 15th instant. She saw nothing of the Britannia —there was no English man-of-war in the Tagus —but she has brought home from the English hospital several sick and invalided seamen belonging to the Lisbon squadron, who were landed at Haslar Hospital by the Lightning yesterday morning. The Samson remains at Spithead. in gunnery ex er c i se , & c ., by Flag-Captain Bohun Martin, was inspected Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, C. 13., at Spithead, and was taken into harbour to pay eff yesterday afternoon. Vesuviu, 6, steam sloop, Commander Barnard, has gone out of Devonport Harbour. She drawn her chart for the Channel and western station. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAL—The reported probability of Rear-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland being the new First Lord of the Admiralty is hz]eci here with general satisfaction. The First Sea Lord of the Admiralty will most pro bably be Admiral Phipps Hernby, C.D. Sir James Graham, M.P., arrived here on Saturday on a visit to his brother, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8., of the Rodney, 92, on board which ship Sir James went. He returned to town yesterday af ternoon. Tbe Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington, arrived at Spithead this morning from the eastward, en route to Ascension. The being ; for ta lte s 'C rt a in p g lai a n ny li w h ing e c re; after m tc7 o supposedom some time, is found defective in her engin e depart me nt, and has been taken from the harbour into th e steam basinSim to have her defects remedied, The Rolla, 6, instruction brig for naval apprentices, Lieutenant Fenwick Commander, hauled off from her outfitting-hulk to her moorings in Blockhouse Hole to-day. SHEERNESS, FEE. 22.—Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, was taken out of the basin yesterday at high water, and warped to her moorings off the north end of the dockyard. Her officers and crew were shifted over to her from the Minotaur hulk the same afternoon. At sunset the flag (blue at the fore) of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscelyn Percy, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, was struck on board the Minotaur, and hoisted in the Waterloo next morning. In the internal arrangements of the Waterloo every attention has been paid that can be conducive to the comfort of those belonging to her. The scuttles on the orlop-deck are of the largest dimen sions allowed, affording ample light and ventilation, and the cabins for the various officers are as spacious as can be expected under the present system of berthing all below. _ . _ _ _ _ _ Her Majesty's ship Tyne, 4, store-ship, Master- Commanding Mr. Peter Wellington, passed by here on Saturday moning, in tow of the Monkey steam-tug vessel. The Monkey came into port for the purpose of landing some chronometers for the steam squadron of reserve, and proceeded on Sunday forenoon to Woolwich. The brig Polly, of South Shields, which went on shore on the Mouse shoal, as reported on Friday, has become a total wreck. Her master a nd crew were brought in here by the smack Susan na h, an d rec eived every possible kindness and attention from the agent at this port to the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent So ciety, for which they desire publicly to express their grateful acknowledgments. One of the Medway Com pany's steam-vessels conveyed the m , f ree o f ex pense, t t h o ea t y, l the Tinto,rwaiayl s - a y do o t f eprtiminusßridgwater,n cases at of shipwreckedoi cokds— manasteaert:mohafra iv k ni i en n rg d s n . h e a s d s her defects made good, was towed to the Downs on Sa turday, en route to Bombay, by one of the river steam tug vessels. APPOINTMENT. WOOLWICH, FEB. 23.—The following took place on Friday last:— Clerk—William H. Ozzard (1850), from the Are thusa, 50, at Portsmouth, to the Torch steam-vessel, at Woolwich, fitting to serve as tender to the Herald, 28, for service in surveying the South Seas. The Violet Dover mail steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander Henry P. Jones, arrived at Woolwich yes terday at 6 o'clock, P.M., having sustained damage to her bowsprit and bows. Captain Baldock. Inspector of the Dover mail steam-packets, visited Woolwich Dock yard to-day to inspect the vessel. The Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander William C. Chamberlain, is all stripped, and ready to be paid off on Wednesday next. One of the marine artillery belonging to this vessel, at present in the basin, attempted to get into the town by scaling the dockyard wall during last night, and miscalculating the height of the wall, it being fifteen feet outside and only ten feet inside, he sprained his ankle so severely that he had to be carried on a stretcher to his ship, being unable to walk. The Merlin, Mediterranean steam-packet, Lieute nant-Commander James H. Turner, is nearly stripped, and will be paid off here on Friday next. SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Last night a general meeting of the members of the Royal Geographical Society was held in the theatre of the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street; Sir Roderick Murchison, Bart., in the chair. The meeting was nu merously attended. The President, in proposing Captain Beatson as a member of the Royal Geographical Society, dwelt st some length on the service in which he was about to en gage for the restoration of Sir John Franklin and his companions from the Arctic regions, and urged upon the members the great claims he had upon their considera tion to enable him to carry out his mission of mercy by adding to the subscriptions for that purpose, as he was at the present time deficient about ,1,5961. of the sum re quired. He (the President) heel seers the ship which had been selected, and which appeared to be well suited, and he was happy to see that it had been furnished with all necessary stores by the Board of Ordnance, and all practicable assistance by the Board of Admiralty. He might also state in reference to this subject that Lieutenant Pim, whose noble devotion to this cause they were well acquainted with, had not only handed over to the Beatson fund the surplus of the grant made to him by the Government, but the proceeds of the outfit of the gallant officer would be sold at St. Petersburgb, and de voted to the same object. Dr. Shaw read a paper, transmitted through the Co lonial-efiice, from Francis Galton, Esq., F.R.G.S., of a journey to Wolfish Bay, in the interior of Africa—de scribing the capabilities of the country, and the compa rativenative ease with k whicht ribes e h f he that had remotesettl ed regionw a s amongst Africa. the The paper was receive d with g reat ap p lause. Colonel Yorke read a p a p er of meteorolo g ical obser vations,thenstatementofthemarkedbetween fall ing amount givenof r. to D L an amb eth, inquiry, r es a respecting MYSTERI OUS DEAT H BY A.RSENIC. Yesterday morn ing Mr. Weinrne resumedCarrteaeirroad , an d Crown, Commercial -road, Roselie d ea th of Mr. Edward Gibbons, aged 28 years, a licensed vic tualler. Details of the first sitting of th e i nquest have already been published. An analysis of the contents of deceased's stomach has since been made by Mr. Taylor, surgeon, Upper Stamford -street ; Mr. Brady, Blackfriars road ; and Mr. Knaggs, of Guy's Hospital, who found a quantity of arsenic in the stomach. The poison must have been taken recently, and deceased must have suffered great pain. The widow said, in answer to the coroner, that she. , had made eve r y search about the house, and could not find anything of a deleterious nature. The jury re t urn ed a ver dict—" Th a t t h e deceased died from the effects of arsenie but how or b y w h at means that poison came into the sto mach they had no proof." LOO K days 001 i. TO YOUR CEILINGS.---A few a go, in aof a plaster sitting room in Lambeth, the greater portion afrdingany ceiling, within the cornice, fell down without which had existed for warning beyond an unsightly crack avery narrow escape some time previously. Two ladies had it was, one of them, a of being, at least, seriously injured; as had her comb shivered to visitor, before she could escape, contusion in the body and sun dry other bruises, byatoms, and received a severe sbe is laid up and placed u nd e r which fragments of the ceiling sh owe d an expenditure of substance n medical treatment. The et only wastefully l av i s h, b u t much too trying for the l a ths to custain ; and, ind ee d, i n th e aggregate, no trifling b ur den for any fr a il t enement of (burnt) clay to bear thickness, it vari e d f rom li t o at least 2 inches I a minimum specimen weighi ng lOilb. t o the square foot, or, t he average, li ton to a ro om , sa y 20 by 15 laths were broken, th ose to w hi c h the ceiling had adhered;few the back of th e pl as t er s h o wed that parted from the laths for some considerable Ilv it had . genera . short time a key" having been broken. A aCm time, the occurrence took place in a village a few milesu similar was found when an aged and bedridden gentleman the bed town, smothered in the rubbish, saved probably by nearly . ..—Buzlder. hanging- Honourable Dr. T HE DEFENCES AT MALTA .-- The Council, gave Dingli, at the last meeting of the Government an d training of notice of his intention to propose the raisingthe garrison in cue a body of militia to assist the troops 9 of necessity. Th e p roposa l i s one which cannot fail of giving general satisfaction, and w hich was tee the idea extended to tese loyalty. W e s h ou ld w i s h to " b e e xpected from Mal- the raising of a reg i men t o f sui a l s o; for in the event of thank heaven, there i s a sudden att ac k on M a lt a (of which, re sent), we do not believe not the slighte s t p ro b a bility atun on the fortificatio ns . Though this may be a matter there is an artilleryman for every g of minor importance for the moment, we think it deserving of some considerati on:— Malta Times, Feb. 10. a OF A NEWSVENDER.--YES MELANCHOLY sentDELT to Mr. Bedford, 'Westminster terday information was _...a ..... death of Tiwm newlett, aged 58, a news vender,Coroner, of the rry . ng 1 on business in King-street, Soho, formerly twentycarry or thirty years selling newspapers at but for the last Cellar, Piccadilly, where he was well the White Tt il .ru n eared that about half-past six o'clock on known. ` e i l i ng , he was crossing Regent -street, Picea- Saturday evening, van was coming along at the same time, and dilly , /ch ..% knocked down, the wheels passing over his Hewlett - taking off three of the fingers of one hand. He legs, and al so evidently much injured internally, and it was as a b l e dee d the most advisable to at once convey him to St. half d oo ln rg e e 's Hospital, where ate expired in an hour and a after admission. LONGEVITY. — Died, on the 15th instant, William Smith, in the 102 d year of his age. He was a parishioner of Upper Swell, near Stow, where he had worked on one farm for upwards of 70 years. After losing his third wife, a few weeks since, he felt lonely, and was determined (much against the wishes of the rector and farmers in the village, who have been particularly kind to him) to g o into the Stow Union Workhouse, where he considered he should meet with society, and be better waited on than at home. He seemed perfectly comfortable and contented there, until at- ; tacked by a disease f rom w hi c h h e had several times before t ' suffered, and which, this time, pro Ted (101' S II N - 1 y