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the ordinary steps might be taken by the Court to bring him here. _ . The prisoner was then remove(' in the custody of an officer, to Guildhall. James Gilbert, aged 35, sailor, rho was deteined from last session, was charged with feittnicusly r cciving bank -note, value 51, the property of George Rice. The prosecutor wad now an .eating•house keeper, carrying on business at Woolwich, bat in December, 1849, held the situation of midaltipmsn's steward on board her Majesty's steam-frigate elle Firebrand, which was then off the coast of Greece. The prisoner was employ don board as gun-room cook. The prosecutor had at this time 391., consisting of gild and notes. locked up in a drawer in his berth, and oat the 27th of Decem ber he missed the money. There 'was among the money the half of a 5/. note belonging to the Portsmouth Brans.h of the Bank of England, the other halt of which the prosecutor bad sent to his father, who lived at Ports mouth. About six months after the occurrence the pri soner was invalided sad sent b acne. The prosecutor returned to England shortly rev.t er,eards, and gave a man named Robinson, who was also one of the .crew, into custody on suspicion of colt miffing the robbery, and he was ultimately indicted and convicted. From circumstances which came to the p,rosecutor's knowledge he bad reason to believe that Gillat rt had been engaged in the transaction, and after look tug for him for some time, without success, he met h's.at accidentally at the Mitre Tavern, Woolwich, and tsaen bed him appre hended. The possession of the half note was traced to the prisoner in the following curious manner. When a person looses the halt of a note, and desires the other half changed, the bank first aster ta ins that the lost halt is still in circulation , an d then re q sires the party to make a declaration as to how he lost it, and to give an indemnity to the bank by taro respectable house holders, in case it should snake its appear ance. The prisoner fulfilled these requirements, and obtained the five pounds. The: account he gave to the bank was, that whilst on boa rd, he was en gage d i n cutting the note, but was suddenly called upon, and as he turned round :he wind blew the severed half out cf the port hole and into the sea. lj onolusive evidence in respect to the above circumstances having been adduced, In defence the prisoner said, Robinson owed him some area: money, and on leaving the Firebrand he banded the half note to him, and h e was ignorant of the way he had became possessed of it, until Robinson was tried last session. The jury found the prisoner Gtl:ilty, and he was sen tenced to twelvemonths' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Maidstone lATERAT U ItE. TILE PERILS OF FA,3IIION. 3 Vuls. Colburn. This is an attractive and in tereeting tale which forcibly exemplifies the evils ari sing from the present system of education. The heroine is young and beautiful, without a care save file the pleasure of the passing hour, and no w i s h but for admiration and amusement. However, her life is not always so prosperous, and heavy trials befall her, some of which are the consequences of her own thoughtlessnes., and which cast a shadow over her life. The end is to tally unexpected, and few would be able at the com mencement of the third volume to surmise the close. The characters are varied and entertaining, though not always showing the most pleasing side of human nature. The vexations and dis eppointneents met by Mary D'Arc in her brightest rnoments are sufficient to show the perils of fashion, or, in other words, the punishments likely to befit' those who devote their lives to the pursuit of idle and selfish pleasure. The Greek mother, Viscountess Lev erton, is a gentle and amiable character, but totally u n fitted by nature and habits for the difficult task of akucating her daughtsr and guarding her from the dangers of the world. The style is lively, and the story dues not fail to interest, while the number of scenes seed persons introduced present continual novelty. The following extract shows the moral which the work inculcates : "It were almost worthy a prize essay to pronounce on the best manner in which the rears between eighteen and twenty-eight of a woman in e middle ranks of life should be passed; that is, where an early marriage bas not given its interests and occupations. Are they to be coquettes, bluestockings, sisters of mercy, artists, musi cians, needlewomen, or cooks? All arc objectionable as far as wifehood is concerned; though a little borrowed from each character would not be a bad foundation. Bat then they are so incompatible — a t least, so the world is pleased to consider thence--and therefore, for want of a better, the old system prevails ; and women are educated solely with reference to the ten years, which is about the average of their spinsterhood after emerging into public life.' " Trained for attraction and display, they perform Well the task which has been assigned them. The scene changes —they are wives. Thee role has not been studied, and int o w h a t a l a b yr i n th o f wo e and w o r r y, disappointment and disability, ensaui and amazement —the real 'amazement' of the: marriage service— does their new life lead ! Men cannot teach ; they scold or despond; they coax or they bully; they be come tyrants or indifferent, but they cannot teach better things; and so it appears that these joltings in the matrimonial line of road cannot be mended. There are clever, ami a bl e g i r l s w h o can never b e at fault in any position, there are some who gain wisdom and s avo i r fa i re i n a long maidenhood ; but the ma jority, it must be confessed, make sad work of wedlock." COLONIAL MAGAZINE and EAST INDIA In REV 1E W. number . this there is a descripti o n o f " Bash Life in Canada," an article on " England and her Offspring," which treats of the management of colo nizatiou, and the injuri ous coubequences of frauds re lating to the advantages that accrue to emigrants. THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE AND MENIAL PATIIO - Edited by Forbes Winslow, The first article is on Crime, .Education, and Insa nity, The second is on the Psychology of Epochs. There is a review of nervous influence which is written by Mrs. Carleton, and which appears to pos sess considerable merit, and, for a lady, uncommon and surprising information. The important lunacy book, of M rs . C at h er i ne C umm i ng occup i es half the "° I E, and will be doubtless perused with interest by twiny who ar e d e sir ous o f o bt a i n i ng i n f ormat i on on awful subjEct. 27 1 R CHURCH OF EvGLAND QUAR- TERLY REVIEW. "The Time of the End," Christianity in the tuited States, and Wordsworth's letters on the Apo calypse occupy the chief part of this number, while the usual literary par, conststs of a review of " Lufra," a poem by the Rev. James Bandinel, and a half-hour with Longfellow. There is much in this work to in - terest and instruct the general reader, as well as that which is more suited for the theologian and the con troversialist. STATE OF TRADE, (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MAIICHEIMIIII, TUESDAY.—By th e A s i a steam packet, which arrived in Liverpool only at ten o'clock this morning, we learn that there is now an excess of 332,000 bales in the total receipts of cotton at the p orts; and estimates of the crop are more deci dedy in favour of 2,900,000 bales. These accounts, together with dull enarkets in the south as well as the north, and a further decline of i f to ie. per lb. at New York, have tended, in some d egree, to increase the unfavourable bias in this market. The ex tent has been the case in yarns may to which this perhaps be best stated . thus e---Those spinners whose contracts are running out have become willin g t g o ac . - which they declined last oept prices to-day inquiry, " Week. This we had to report in our has led to snore apparent andindeed to rather more actual business, than lest ac count. B u t those spinners who a re still well G aga ge d cont i nue to ex hibit great firmness at th e pre vious qu o t a ti ons. A goo d deal of is, .ever, prett y irregularity is the consequence of thes e di ff erences. It now evident that very little further giving way would induce a considerable amount of o p erations. Th e at Calcutta and unf avourable course of the Exchanges Bombay, which has become so vet ser i ous appears to be serious to the sel lerspl o f i mports at the former Much felt in this market, for the India houses are neglecting b o th yarns and goods. 'The cloths ada p ted to their t ra d e cannot be sold to-day except at -by de- Cline which, i n th e a b sence of the test supplied y. positive offer s , does not s h ow it se lf. Th e makers o f such fabrics, however, would not be disposed, with the orders they hold, to make any but a small con cession. There is a turn also in printers and 36-inch s burtings against the makers, with a like bias in do rnestics and other coarse g oods. "RoclinALE M Unties in, I l an ) .° 1413 AY. ---The flannel m a rket con of bcisir;ss baltrt state, and a very li m i te d amoun t Was stated on tat transacted, at former prices. It readitors, w his market that one manufacturer is calling together inset him on Taw s ,ho are summoned to lay before them they ' ma t i , ) e r A pril t. 0 , ; =n order that he may market is flat, with little doin his affairs. Tte wool HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Tif e I r aII e d prices fi rm . in our piece hall to-day than thevirere more persons some weeks, but there was no perce p t iblee been for the amount of business done. There is increase in dence in the yarn market, and by the grematorde. confi ton which has taken place in production, the t sen . inu- are enabled to keep the quotations firm, thou g h the s are much below the point of remuneration. Tl l y , transactions in wool are somewhat more extensive, and the terms are scarcely so favourable to the bayer. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The goods most i n demand to-day, in the Cloth Hall, have b een fancy woollens, chiefly doeskins of check patterns ; crapes have also been inquired for. The trade of the week in she wprcLoules has Lei ,1 r:lthf,: bc,l,;ve the average, there having been a scarcity of buyers ire town. Wools continue fire, and a fair business has been done in them. • THE SUN, TOTAL WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAME BIRKENHEAD. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR LIVES LOST. The following particulars relating to this fearful disaster, which has thrown a gloom over the whole community at the Cape, have been collected from various sources : Her Majesty's splendid steamer Birkenhead, Cap tain Salmund, arrived in Simon's Bay on the 24th of February, with reinforcements of troops for the Cape, consisting of the following draughts for the different regiments on the frontier:— " 2d (Queen's) Foot—Ensign Bayland and 51 privates. "6th Regiment—Euign Mitfotel and 61 privates. " 12th Lancers —Cornets Bond end Itat and 6 pri vates. "12th Regiment—Lieutenant S. vairclough and 71 privates. " 43d Light lufantry—Lieutenant Girardot and 41 privates. " 45th, attached to 12th Foot-4 privates. " 60th Rifles, 2d Battaiion-41 privates, attached to 91st regiment. " 733 Wgiment—Lieutenants Robinson and Boot, and Ensign Lucas, ,:ad 71 privtles 74th Regiment—Nitljur Seaton end Ensign Russell, 66 privates. 91st Foot—Captain Wright and 61 privates. Staff-2 surgeons and 1 assistant-surgeon. Total-12 otii&qs, 472 rank and fi'e, 2 surgeons, 1 assistant-surgeon, 25 women, and 31 children; 3 women had died in childbirth and 1 of consumption on the pas sage, and 3 births had taken place. "The women and children were landed forthwith, with the exception of those who were afterwards saved from the wreck. " Lieutenant Fairclough, of the 12th, and Mr. Fresh field, clerk of the veraJJ, were also landed, and left be hind skit at Simon's Town. " The stcamr prcetdA on her way to Algot,. Bay and the Butfllo, at six o'ctcck on the evening of the 25th. " Besides those of the original roll left on board, Mrs. Nisbett, wife of Quartermaster Nisbett, who is in ser vice on the frontier, and a pi:ron named Andrew White, a servant of Colonel Cloete, went as passengers in the vessel. The total number of souls on boarewas, as ac curately as we can ascertain, 638." The first intelligence of the wreck reached Cape Town on Friday morning, the 27th inst,, at half-past nine, A.M., Dr. Culhaue, of the ill-fated vessel, having ridden up from the place at which he landed for as sistance. Shortly after a statement made by him was published. It is, however, considered to be so inaccurate that very little faith can be placed in it. Next morning the following official documents were published : ill and " Castor, Simon's Bay, Feb. 27. " To his Excellency Lieutenant General Si: iHarry G. W. Smith, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, &c. " Sir,—lt is with much pain I have to inform your Excellency of the total loss of her Majesty's steam-ship Birkenhead, at two o'clock on the morning of the 26th inst., near to Point Danger; and I regret to add that from the statement given by Dr. Culhane, assistant surgeon of the ship, it would appear that only about 70 persons are savt:d out of about 630 souls, nine of whom have landed, but the others are in two boats, and had proceeded seaward, to be picked up by a sailing vese;l. " I have di,,pateed the Rhadamaothus to ►he scene of this fearful disaster to afford all possible relief, and to search for the missing boats. " As it is possible they may be compelled to effect a landing, I would be glad if your Excellency gave in structions to the resident magistrates and field-cornets on the coast to keep a lookout for them, and render every necessary assisLancP. "I beg to incloe Dr. Culhane's statemv.nt, and have the honour to be, your Excellency's most obedient servant, " C. WYVILL, Commodore." " Since writing the above, tho Rhadamathus has towed in the schooner Lionesv, which vessel picked up the two boats mentioned. The sufferers, 116 in number, are at present on board the Castor, and the Rhadaman thus has again proceeded to the scene of the wreck. I annex a list of persons saved. Dr. Buwen, staff-sur geon, reports that several of the soldiers reached the land on rafts. (Copy.) " C. WYVILL." " STATEMENT OF DR. CIILHANE, OF HER MAJESTY'S LATE STEAMSHIP BIRKENHEAD. " That her Majesty's steam ship Birkenhead struck the gound at two A.M. on the morning of the 26th of February, somewhere near Point Danger, and in twenty minutes after filled and went down. The quarter boats were lowered, and about 65 persons got into them; the gig was also down. While getting the paddlebox boats out, the heave of the ship in sinking washed them away. Many were drowned below before they could effect their escape to the upper deck. Dr. Culhane and eight men landed in the gig, near Port D'Urban, where Mr. Ph il lipson has a store about thirty miles from the wreck. Nothing had been heard of the other two boats, except that they pulled out to sea to get picked up by a sailing vessel." " Lin' OF THE PERSONS SAVED FROM THE BIRKEN- HEAD BY THE THREE BOATS. " Officers—Dr. Culhane, assistant-surgeon ; Mr. Richards, vast.-r's assistant; Mr. Renwick, first-class assistact-engineer; Mr. Hire, clerk " Seamen and St ,keys —John Bowen, Thomas Dunn, _ _ eorge Till, John Smith, Charles Noble, Thomas Daley, Thomas Langmaid, John Ablibolt, George Randall, John King, Thomas Dew. Henry Cheeseman, Abel Stone,John WCabe, William Chase, George Kelly, Martin Mole, Robert Finn, George Windsor, Thomas Harris, John Lewis, John Wood. " Marines—John Drake (sergeant), William North oven (private), Thomas Daniels, John Cooper. " Boys—W. Gale, Charles Mathews, J. R. Howard. di Total, 33 in number. " Soldiers.—John Moore, M. Maley, P. Peters. John Peters, Thomas Chadwick, Robert Page, Henry Double, Henry Vernon, James Gildea, Benjamin Worill, P. M'Crery, 2d Regiment; Sergeant Tulle, W. Bush, Wm. Clark, Thi , s. Coa, James Goldin, John Hei rieb, James Wade, William Welch, 6th Regiment; Daniel Waters, Thomas Sangaw, John Irvin, James Johnson, Robert Dolan, John Yale, John Simon, P. Ward, 12th Regi ment; John Herin. E. Ambrose, James West, 43d R ,, gitneot; Adam Keating, 45th Regiment; William Burlow, Thomas Nuo.ll, Thomas Smith, W. Sooter, Mies; Sergeant iiilberrY, W. Bushe, Thomas Cash, James Fitzpatrick, W. Halfpenny, P. May, M. O'Brien, P. Lynch, John Sullivan, William Wood, 73d Regiment; Sergeant Harold, William Boycc, Charles Ferguson, James Henderson, D. Kirkford, Walter Taylor, John Smith. Charles W alker, Daniel Shaw, 74th gimettt; John Stanley, David Carey, P. Mullins, P. Cunuynham, John Cougham, 91st Regiment; John L a mb, John Walaisley, Frederick Winterbottom, 91st Regiment. " Women —Mrs. Darkins, Mrs. Nesbitt, Mrs. Mullins, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Gwichar, Mrs. Spruce, Mrs. Hudson. " 13 children. " Mr. Bowen, staff surgeon. " Total-1 officer and 62 soldiers; 7 women, and 13 children." "Colonial-office, March 1, 10 o'clock A.m. " The following documents, received from Commodore Wyvill, are published, as affording some further relief to public anxiety. " Jourr MONTAGU, Secretary to Government. " Castor, Simon's Bay, Match 1. "To his Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, &c., Cape Town, " Sir,--I beg to report, for your Excellency's infor mation, the return of her Majesty's steam-vessel Rha.da manthus from the scene of the melancholy wreck of the Birkenhead at this anchorage, at three o'clock this morning, having on board 68 of the survivors who had succeeded in landing on the coast near to Point Danger, of whom I send lists, and from Captain Wright's state ment I find that no others have been saved. The coat had been examined for upwards of 20 miles by a whale boat, by people on shore, and by the boats of the Rhada manthus. Dyer's Island had also been searched. All the sufferers of this unfortunate wreck are on board her Majesty's ships Castor and Rhadamauthus, and the soldiers very thinly clothed. I have to request your instructions as to the disposal of the troops, and beg that directions may be given for the necessary clothing to be furnished. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your Excellency's moat obedient servant, " C. WYVILL, Commodore." " L -PICT OFT iE N 1:1 .1 l i l t n h i 2 N: E R A: LATitm r , ox POINT OF OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO Gerina' L. Higgins,Peter HER M AJE ,„ x ,,.. I " DANGER FROM THE WRECK OF "J. °lin Dodd, ° $. Hunt, t J , . B m a . y H d anr lLancers;, A. Auther, W. Babb, J ei:et,nanyl ime t nt• J Kiti on * A. Lactikiel, Hea.tVhtorioss. Bridges, G. Wells, w'. Smith obdy, 6t h Re'ginient.' G. Donned e,G. Lyons. G. 12th Regiment; J. H. Maltier, J. Stanfield Brachley, M. Hornett, 1". l a Regiment; Sergeant . D. A n d re ?: J. Woodward,_l43d J. Mae°. .? 4th Holden, MI J. Hanlon, Sullivan, J. O'Reilly, W. Dobson, Stanfield, 60th Regiment; D. ment; G. Taylor, M'Mullin, R. d art t i t e roe, lad Regi ment; Munroe, J. M‘Gregor, Holden, P. Flynn, J. Cordey,.A. M‘li s y, 4 it r !olent; J. Lauver, J. Haggard, 91st .Regiment. . ..... • Utson, J . " Officers —Captain Wrigh ', 91st , Regiment; Lie ate. Gerardot, 43d Regiment; Ensign Luc:is, 73d le r !'" e at . ment; Cornet Bond, 12th Lancers. " Total, 46 soldiers and 4 officers , "LIST OF OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE BIKILE N . HEAD TAKEN OFF POINT DANGER. "Edward Crosser, A.B. ; Samuel Harris, A. 8.; Thomas Handrail, stoker; Edvrard Wilson, boatswain's mate; James Wessum, sailmAtEr's mate; James Licy, captain mizentop; James M'Neal, cooper's mate; Henry Maxwell, quitter-master; A. JEffiy, paymaster nd purser's steward; E. Gardner, stoker; R. Tiggle, A. 8.; John Hoskins, stoker; W. Luck, Private, R.M.; Thomas Kearns, ditto; George Wyndham, B. first class; Benja min Turner, ditto. "Officers—Mr. Barber, assistant-engineer; Mr. Ar chibald, gunner. "Total, 2 officers and 16 seamen." The following report ha been eslaressed to the Co n ; 1 n11:,E(lan t kj, Town kAptzan bight, of th e 91st Regiment, one of the survivors:— " "Simon's Bay, March 1, 1852. Sir e —l t i s w i t h feelings of . the deepest regret that I LO ND N, have to announce to you the loss of her Majesty's steamer Birkenhead, which took place on a rock about two and a half or three miles of Puna Danger, at 2 A.M. 26th Fooruary. " Tee sea was smooth at the time, and the vessel was steaming at the rate of eight and a half knots an hour. She struck the rock, and it penetrated throngh her bot tom just aft of the foremast. The rush of easier was so great that there is no doubt that most of the men in the lower troop desk were drowned in their hammocks. The rest of the men and all the officers appeared on deck, when Major Seaton called all the officers about him and impressed on them the necessity of preserving order and silence among the men. He directed me to take and have executed whatever orders the commander might give me. Sixty men were immediately put to the chain pumps on the lower afterdeck, and told off in three reliefs; 60 men were put on to the tackles of the paddle box boats, end the remainder of the men were brought on to the poop, so as to terse the fere part of the ship. She was at this time rolling heavily. The commender ordered the horses to be pitched out of the port gangway, and the cutter to he got ready for the women and children, who had all been collected under the poop awning. As soon as the horses were got over the side, the women and children were passed into the cutter, and under charge of Mr. Richards, master's assistant, the boat then stood off about 150 yards. Just after they went out of the ship the entire bow broke off at the foremast, the bowsprit going up in the air towards the fore topmast, and the tunnel went over the side, carrying away the starboard paddle box and boat. The paddle-box boat capsized when being lowered. The large boat 4n the centre of the ship could not be got at. "It wee aboht twelve or fifteen minutes after she struck that the bow broke off. The men then all went up on the poop, and in about five minutes more the ves sel broke in two, crosswise, just abaft the engine-room, and the stern part immediately filled and went down. A few men jumped off just before she did so, but the greater number remained to the last, and so did every officer belonging to the troops. All the men I put on the tackles, I fear, were crushed when the funnel fell; and the men anti officers below at the pumps could nor, I think, have reached the deck before the vessel broke up aid went down. The survivors chiug, some to the rigging of the mainmast, pert of which rc at out of the water, and others got hotel or flo.nieg piece, of wood. 'I think there must have been about 200 on the drift wood. I was on a large piece along with five others, and we picked up nine or 10 more. The swell carried the wood in the direction of Point Danger. As soon as it got to the weeds and breakers, finding that it would not support all that were on it, I jumped eff and await 012 shore; sad when the others, and also those that were on the other pieces of wood, reached the shore, we proceeded into the country, to try to find a habitation of any :sort, where we could obtain shelter. Many of the inert were naked, and almost all without shoes. Owing to the country being covered with thick, thorny bushes, our progress was slow, but after walking till about 3 P.M., having reached land about 12, we ceme to where a waggon was outspanued, and the driver of it directed us to a small bay, where there is a but of a fisherman. The buy is called Standtord'e Cove. We arrived there about sunset, and as the men had nothing to eat I went on to a farm-house, about eight or nine miles from the Core, and sent back provisions for that day. The next morning I sent another day's provisions, and the men were removed up to a farm of Captain Smalee', about 12 or 14 miles up the country. Lieu tenant Girardot, of the 43d, and Cornet Bond, of the 12 h Lancers, accompanied this party, which amounted to 68 men, including 18 sailors. I then went down to the coast, end during Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I examined the rocks for more than twenty miles, in the hope of finding some men who might have drifted in. I fortunately fell in with the crew of a whale boar, that is employed scaling on Dyer's Lland I got them to take the boat outside the seaweed, while I went along the shore. The seaweed on the coast is very thick, and of immense length, so that it would have caught most of the drift wood. Happily, the boat picked up two men, and I also found two. Al though they were all much exhausted, two of there having been in the water thirty-eight hoary, they were all right, the next day. except a f ew b ru i ses . It was eighty-six hours on Sunday afternoon whea I lout the coast since the wreck had taken place ; and as I had carefully examined every part of the rocks, and also sent the whale-boat over to Dyer's Island. I can safely assert that when I left there was not a living soul on the coast of those that S had been on board the ill-fated Birkenhead. "Oa Saturday I met Mr. Mackay, the Civil Com mi,sioner of Caledon, and also Field• Cornet Villiers. The former told me that he had ordered the men who had been at Captain Smales' to be clothed by him, ho baying a store at his farm. Forty soldiers received clothing there. Mr. Mackay, the field-cornet, and my self, accompanied by a party of men brought down by Mr. Villiers, went along the coast as far vs the point that runs out to Dyer's Island, and all the bodies that were met with were interred. There were not many, however, and I regret to say it could be easily accounted for. Five of the horses bot to the shore, and were caught and brought to me. One belonged to myself, one to Mr. Bond, of the 12th Lancers, and the other three to Major Seaton, of the 74th, Dr. Laing, and Lieutenant Booth, of the 73d. I handed the horses over to Mr. Mackay, and he is to send them on to me here, so that they may be sold, and that I may account for the proceeds, On the 28th of February her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus was seen off Sandford's Cove ; so I went down there, and found that Captain Bunce, the Commander of the Castor frigate, had landed and gone up to Captain Smales, to order the men down to the Cove so as to embark in the steamer to be conveyed to Simon's Bay. On Sunday, when I was down o❑ the coast, the field-cornet told me that at a part where he and his men had been a few bodies were washed up and buried; also a few box's, Tchich were broken in pieces and the contents strewed about the rocks. I then ceased to hope that any more were living, and (mule down to the Cove to join the other men. We arrived there at about 6 P.M. _ " The order and regularity that prevailed on board, from the time the ship struck till she totally disappeared, far exceeded anything that I thought could be effected by the best discipline; and it is the more to be wondered at, seeing that most of the soldiers had been but a short time in,the service. Every one did as he was directed, and there was not a murmur or a cry among them until the vessel made her fitful plunge. I could not name any individual officer who did more than another. All re ceived their orders, and bad them carried out, as if the men were embarking instead of going to the bottom; there was only this diErence, that I never saw any em barkation conducted with so little noise or confusion. "I inclose a list of those embarked, distinguishing those saved. I think it is correct, except one man of the 91st, whose name I cannot find out. The only means I had of ascertaining the names of the men of the different draughts, was by getting them from their comrades who are saved. You will see by the list inclosed, that the loss amounts to nine officers and 349 men, besides thot.e of toe crew; tho tend number embarked being 15, officers and 476 Dunn (one officer and 18 men were disembarked in Simon's-bay). "I am happy to say that all the women and children were put safely on board a schooner that was about seven miles off when the steamer was wrecked. This vessel returned to the wreck at about 3 p 3r , and took off 40 or 50 men that were clinging to the rigging,, and then proceeded to Simon's Bay. One of the ship's boats, with the assistant-surgeon of the vessel and eight men, went off, and lauded about .15 miles from the wreck. Had the boat remained about the wreck, or returned after landing the assistant-surgeon on Point Danger—about which there was no difficulty—l am quite confident that nearly every man of the 200 who were on the drift wood might have been saved, for they might have been picked up here and there, where they had got in among the weeds, and landid as soon as eight or nine were got into the boat. Where most of the drift wood stuck in the weeds the distance to the shore was not more than 400 yards, and as, by taking a somewhat serpentine course, I managed to swim in without getting foul of the rock, or being tumbled over by a breaker, there is no doubt the boat might have done so also. " One fact I cannot omit mentioning. When the vessel was just about going down the commander called out, " All those that can swim, jump overboard, and make for the boats." Lieutenant Girardot and myself were standing on the stern part of the poop. We begged the men not to do as the commander said, as the boat with the women must be swamped. Not more than three made the attempt. " On Sunday evening, at six P.M., all the men who were at Captain Smales', and the four I had with myself on the coast, were embarked in boats and taken on board the Rhadamadthus, and we arrived in Simon's Bay at three A.M. on Monday, the Ist of March; 18 of the men are bruised and burnt by the sun, and the Commodore has ordered them into the Naval Hospital. The rest are ail right, and 70 require to be clothed. I need scarcely say that everything belonging to the men was lost. " I have, &c,, " EDWARD W. C. WRIGHT, Captain 91st Regt. "Lieutenant-Colonel Ingleby, R.A., Com mandant of Cspe Town. " 1 , 3.-1 must not omit to mention the extreme kindness and attention shown by Captain Smales to the men at his house; and by Captain Ramsden of the Lioness schooner, and his wife, to those taken on board his vessel. " E. W. C. W." " LIST OF PERSONS DROWNED. " The following is a correct list of the name of the persons drowned:— " Draught 2d or Queen's Regiment—Ensign Boyland, Corporal M'Alanus, Privates Coull, M‘Kins , ey, George Alarsh, James Roley, Jos. Burke, Charles Cornell, James Coe, Richard Coleman, William Clay, William Forbes, Green, John Greenleaf, John Howard, George K BA n rbo i r g in h ahl t ae , : P g atrie Larerey, John Martin, Chas. Mooney, James Nason, Michael O'Connell, James Oxley, George Priet', John Quin, Timothy Simmunds, Frank Shock 'We s a m l Y k , er T Nathaniel ho \v 0 Thomas, odclii, G e o. Samuel r , V vtr e s . s M c , M. W w e h b e s i t i e s r r , : Zjow.hynnkerrii baud-master, John Mills, Williatn Day. Draught sth Royal R. giment—Ensign Mendford, Be gun, Michael Beckett, William Brown, , De Zotrick Begon, William Begun, Joseph s j o o n s , ep T h h ruadasoyn s ic Cofield, Patrick Corrigan Hugh Dick ,r,;ol,:ez.VV7i)li William Fletcher, John Grady, Kenn, John Kelly, William Kitchen, Henry , Charles Prince, Pa- H h o u s g . h M M a h l o r n r e a y y , Cornelius Maloney, p:tarrict*rjeo.mhualMonaeyyr Mayne, Michael I sEr pici i t i ! ez l a ri ir e , d. yl lark MT , OO r b g : a ysh n . no , Gr an i: yor h rd, ognoner: Johni c , , hhal le el a m s tma Star, n g ej t i o t io n ahn 1 , n , T sti ll m o e m ni t Thomas Tully, Joh n , jVficoortbhs,. V eT ST o e h s t. :, LTebwors,rispulliribeiirte,mtnens, 'Teruo josep y h , G H e a or Harris, g i s e 1 is l ' i t i: l . b € :u l g lif h o t I' l 2' 2 ' t; :k l l" ; r :r• C c. , . l:ra s k:::" C ' o j rn " :t e llo il ltrs i , fi r Y L vait join : Straw, G. Hutchins, G. Englison, Coalborn.— ," Draught 12tn Regimentrrivates Th omas Archer, Armstrong, Dairett, Belhughtunt Boswell, George _ WEDN ES DAY !Bradly, Byrne, Carrington, Cellus, Clines, Cummons, Cestello, Cragg, Demtnick, Durkin, England, Field, Fi.zgerald, Fianag an , Fl an l e y, Fr ee man, Finn, Grin ghee-, Mira Hayward, Samuel Johnston, Wootton, Keleher, Kerry, Lembrlon, Lawlor, Lee, M‘Dermott, M‘Donnell, M'Morrow, Mattravers, Mealey, Mullauy, Moran, Morrison, Mans, O'Connor, Owen, Palm e r , Petifer, Pucell, Re,nalds, Roach, Shepard, Smith ( 2 , 714 ), Spriggs, Thompson, Ti gue , W a l es , Wil so n. - " Draught 43d Li g ht I n f an t r y —S e rgeant Willian. Hicks, Corporal Joseph Harrison, Corporal Benjamin Cousins, John Anderson, John Butler, John Byrne, William Bullon, Daniel Brennan, Th om as Cave, John Cosgrove, George Gilhatn, William de Bank, Thomas Dews, William Donald, J ose ph P enn i ng , K e lly, Houton, John Riddleston, Reardo n , S u lli van , Vi c kery, Edward Quin, Maurice Welsh, Ch ar l es R ens h aw , Shepherd, Jahn M'Quade, Michael M. Rerklin, rimothy Sheshen, Wil liam Tucker. " Draught 45th Regiment —G. Cocker, William Con nell, M. Daughtery. " Draught 60th Rifles--Corporal Francis Curtis, James Brown, James Brooklaed, James Callaghan, il licin Chapman, Eli Elli ott, Thomas F rost, A r thur Ha mitten, Michael Rei c h er, Wi ll i am K elly, Ch ar l es Lucas, James Maher, James Moore, John M'Acy, el'Quade, Patrick O'Brien, ' Thomas Peacock John Rees, William Rustell, Thomas Scutts, James Storey, Patrick Stokes, James Thompson, William Wilkins, William Wilkierion, James Wilson, William Woodward, John Wallis, Simon Jacobs, Joseph Ladd. " Draught 73d Regiment—Lieutenant G. W. Robin seri, Lieutenant A. 11. Beetle Thomas BermiegLam, ,' James Berard, James Bt am, illiam Barton, John Bry an, arn, William .Beernae, Das iel Buckley, John B yrne Michael Catfy, Matth ew Collins, Patrick Conley, John Clements, Charles Davison, HuglaDsegan, William Dad ley, Patrick Doyle, H ugh Feohy, Matthew Fitzpatrie k, Mtchsel Flanagan. H ugh Michael French , Ma• leehi Garin, Michael Gavin, Sanoael Giles, John Grant, William N. Hall, John Harmer, Patrick Flanley, Ro bert Hinchin, Michael Henley, William Kearns, Timothy Skelly, George Lawrence, Thomas Larkin, Michael Maher, John Meheys, John Murphy, Thomas Murray, Petrick O'Brien, William O'Connell, Michael Reiman, George Randall, George D arey, Flynn, Philip Scat, Timothy Sheehan, D awel Shea, James Sullivan , Hebert Shepherd, George S m i te, J ames Wilson, Wil liam Holmes, James McMu rrey „ " Draught 74th Highland ers —M a j or S ea t o n, Ensign Russell, Corporal M. Mathiso n , C orpora l Willi a m Laird, George Anderson, Archibald B axter, J o hn Bluth° , Robert Blackie, Walter Bru ce , J ohn C attana ch, Jehn Cowan, David Cousin, Willia m D ona ld , David Dueeld son, James Gibson, Charts Gow, D. R, Gormon , Wil liam Graham, Thomas Harri son , Alexander Henrie, David Hunter, James Kirkwood, John Lowrie, James Morton, Alexander Murdoch, Alexander Mathi on, Thomas Marwell, Alexander Mill er, David Miller , George Miller, William McAuley, J ames MeKintion, El ward M‘Lsod, John M'Clerney, Th emes R o bertson, Ebenezer Rutherford, John Fst (1), Duncan Shaw, s Robert Smith, William Smith, R o b ert Stewart, Will iam Stewart, John Thomson, Adam Thom sop, Francis g S e ergeant William Butler, Watson, Pieter Hamil ton, John Nelson, Thomas Pride. Tu ,, r p re- r r a , u ß g r h ib t er 9 t ls W t Welker, G en e c P k a e t u r a ic e k y, iag gamesga n, Evans, James Jays, Corporal Alexander Webber, Joseph Bur t , J ames Bryan, James Buckhans, Wm. Whibro, Ja mes C avaner, D odd Daley, James Drury, Hugh Ford, Petri c k G u ff v , Julia IL n r bga K er, S e t un e p p hen lliggan, , Montgomery, William Mathson, J - Smith, Lake Smith, Patrick Sns h i n t h Sh lal m E k James Tenney, Christopher Ware, Alexander Welling ton, Joseph Grant, John Moore, Willi am W oo d men , George Justs, James Moon , William Foster, William Measures, William Sedgewood, Patrick Kelly, James De o n t i T a m m i le r G Laney, Alexander M'Fadon, Henry Haywood, Patrick Hussey, John Sweeney, David Pratt, James Walsh; passenger, Andrew White, a servant." Cornet Bond, of the 12th Lancers, one of the sur vivors, gives the fbliowing particulars : " We left Simon's Bay at seven o'clock on tho even ing of the 24th. At two o'clock the next morning I was awoke by the vessel striking upon a rock. I im mediately dressed myself and went on deck, and found all in confusion. I heard the captain give orders to back her, which I hardly think was carried into effect, as the fires wore almost immediately extin guished. He then gave orders to Major Seaton to get the horses up and throw them overboard, and I, with a sergeant and some men belonging to the 12th Lancers, succeeded in doing so. I then went I did entonth b e y p .c o a o r p rs , where iugup the captain was s t an ding. Ho told me to go an d g et the women and children up; which two of the latter. The others followed, and were imme diately lowered into the boats. At this time the greatest order and regularity prevailed. All the officers were then employed with gangs of men at the pumps, and a number of soldiers under the command of Mr. Brodie, the master, were endeavouring to haul out the paddle box boat on the port side, which was nearly hoisted out when the tackle broke, and it remained fixed in the air. The fore part of the ship now broke off at the fore mast, and soon after she cracked in the middle and filled with water. A great many of the men on the troop deck were drowned in their hammocks, not being able to effect an escape. All those who could succeed in reaching the poop now crowded there, and the captain sung oat to those that could swim to make for the boats,' of which there were three at a distance of 150 yards. They did not come nearer for fear of being swamped. A gig on the starboard bide was then ordered to be lowered, in which Mr. Rult, of the 12th Lancers, who was unable to swim, and several seamen, were seen to enter; but in lowering it one of the ropes broke and she wits swamped. Poor Bolt rose, but was unable to reach the shore, and was drowned. The poop immediately afterwards, owing to the force of the water rushing up, sent down, draw ing all those who were on it, as well as myself, under water. I rose to the surface almost immediately. I had one of Mackintosh's life preservers on, which may be filled in the water, which I did. The sea at this time was covered with struggling forms, while the cries, pierc ing shrieks, and shootings for the boats were awful. I I swam astern in hopes of being picked up by one of them. hailed one 60 yards off, but could not reach it, as they pulled away, I suppose, for fear of too many at templing to get in. [ then turned round and made for the shore, about two miles disiant, which I finally succeeded in reaching, at a little after five A.m., by swimming only. Two men, who were swimming close to me, I saw dis appear with a shriek, most pro b ab l y bi tten by s h ar ks. I fortunately hit on th e l anding place, b ut ow i ng t o the great quantity of seaw ee d I had to struggle t h roug h, and being quite exhausted, I al mos t f a il e d in reaching it. I then walked up a sort of beaten track from the beach, in hopes of finding some h a bit a tion. In doing so I perceived my horse at a short distance, standing!, in the water on the beach. I got him out, and then re turned to the place at which I landed, when I saw a raft. with about nine men on it endeavouring to land , but they did not succeed in doing so until they saw me on the rocks standing opp os i te to the proper s p o t ; they then steered straight f ur me, and finally landed at seve n A. M, Lieutenant Giard ot, of the 43d Light I n f au try, was one of them. At th e same time two or t h ree o th e r men were thrown on the rocks cif a spar, and landed , very much cut and br u i se d , and entirely naked. We all then proceeded up this track, and, utter two hours' march, we saw a wagg onalong the shore, to which we went and obtained some bread and water. The driver directed us to proceed further up the beach, a nd at five miles' distance we should fi nd some fishing co ttages be longing to Captain Snattlee very much , where we arrived, fatigued at noon; here we obtained some more bread, and then marched on to Captain Smales' residence, about 12 miles off, over the sands. On our way thither we met a bullock waggon, which to o k some of our man, who were too much knocked up to proceed, back to the cottages we had just left. At seven o'clock P.M. our party, consist ing of two officers and four men, arrived at Captain Smales', where we were moat kindly received, the men being provided with both clothes and victuals. Captain Smales immediately dispatched a messenger for the field cornet and magistrate of the district, who on their ar rival proceeded with us the next morning to the scene of the wreck. On our way thither we met numbers of men who had landed. Some came ashore in the paddle box boat, which had floated up; the one was full of water, and the other keel upper flat. One of the ship's quartermasters told me that there were seven others in the boat with him, which Was full of water. They, how ever, all died from cold, having been many hours in the boat and quite naked. h -° -acl his clothes on. We also met Captain Wright, _9lst, who had landed on the spon soon; he had been along the shore and had picked up several men. Some rafts reached the shore with bodies lashed on them quite dead; other bodies washed up, some of them dreadfully man g l ed by sharks. Her Ma jesty's steamer Rhadamanthus hove in sight on Sunday, took us off, and brought us into Simon's Bay the nest morning. "The time from when the ship t k s ruc to the period at which the poop sunk , and those on it were precipi tated into the water, did not occupy more than twenty minutes." EVENING, poop struck him on the head, and ho never rose again. All were clinging to the raft till it broke up, and then some swam back to the wreck, and some to the maintopsailyard. About tony-five people were on ;he yard, where they remained about twelve hours, till the Lioness schooner came and took them off, about two o'clock on the Thursday afternoon. About 100 of the soldiere were drowned below. The vessel filed ,se fast that they had no time to get up. From tho time we first struck, which was about two o'clock on the morning of Thursday, until the vessel was all to pieces, was about half an hour. Captain Sal mend might have saved himself easily, but he remained giving orders until the after part of the vessel surged, and threw him overboard ; he might still have been saved if it had not been for this accident. Young Mr. Mt, of the Lancers, asked the sergeant of marines to try and s:ive him ; he did try, and got him on the raft, but as it s urge d uga i os t th e roc k s it part e d, an d he sunk. About 117 teen, women, and children, came into Simou's Boy on board the schooner, and about 30 or 40 landed on another ThEt. number could be counted on the beach. Of the 45 Jut remained oh the yard were Mr. Hire, the clerk, John Drake. sergeant of marines, John Cooper, private marine, John Kinn, a stoker, auci 42 soldiers— when ell, with one excennion, behaved most 4';mird'4lY • Thy we're rather in a hurry to get into the schooner's boat when she came 0 take them off, which neatly closed an accider.t; but all were saved. The behaviour of the crew was admirable—ail obrdient to:order , :. There is no chance of Captain Salmond being alive. Mr. Brodie, tee master, was in the vet of clearieg the paddle- I2';x boot, when the aria parted in two, end he was kilt"i at once. Nothing ceuid exceed the kintlooss of Captaie Rine:Acn e of the Lioness schooner, who took us on board; he clothed ua and fed us as well as he could; , and we shall always remember his kindness. It is sup posed when we left ii; roon's Bay that there were about 486 officers and men of different regiments, besides women and children, and ship's company of the Birken head, amounting to about 115. It is feared that, on the whole, not less than 500 lives have been lost. " We presume a naval court-martial will be held on the surviving cfScers of the ship, by which full particu lars will be elicited. At present we are unable to furnish any further details which can be relied on of this ap pal tifig occurrence." Toe following is a list of officers and seamen saved from the Birkenhead : " Dr. Culhane, assistant•surgeon; C. B. Renwick, assistant•engineer, Ist class; B. Barber, assistant-engi• neer, 3d chess; J. Freshfield, passed clerk; G. W. S. Litre, clerk; R. B. Rtchards, master's assistant; J. Arch bold. gunner. " Ship's Company—J. Bowen, A. 8.; G. Till, A. 8.; J. Smith, A. 8.; T. Dunn, A. 8.; C. Noble, A. B.; T. Daley, A. 8 .; W. Langmaid, A. 8 .; J. Ashbolt, stoker; G. Randall, stoker; J. King, stoker; T. Dew, stoker; H, Maxwell, quartermaster ; E. Wilson, boatmate; J. Lacey, carisin maintop ; J. Messurn, sailwaker's mate; W. Neale, captain's mate; J. Tiffrey, pay master and purser's steward; T. Aaudrain, T. J. Stoker; E. Gardi ner, stoker; J. Hoskins, stok,r; E. Croker, A. 13.; S. Harris, A. 1.1; R Tiggle, A. 8 .; H. Ch eeseman , A. 8.; A. Stun', ord; J. M'Cates, stoker; W. Chase, stoker; G. lieltey, stoker; M. Bush, A. 8 .; R. Finn, A. 8.; G. Windsor, A. 8.; T. Harris , A.B ; G. Lewis, ; T. Woods, stoker; J. Thalan, A. 8.; J. Dyke. A. 8.; J. M'Carthy, A. 8.; T. For bes, A. 8 .; H. Bewhill, seaman; W. Woodward, seaman; T. Drackfard, seaman; T. Coffin, seaman. "Boys—W. Gale, C. Mathews, J. B. Howard, a Windham, B. Turner. " Marines—J. Drake (colour sergeant), W. North oven (private), T. Daniels (private), J. Cooper (pri vate), W. Luck (private), T. Keane (private). " Abstract—Officers, 7; seamen, 42; boys, 5; marines, 6. Total, 60. " List of officers drowned—Mr. R. Salmond, master commanding; Mr. W. Brodie, master; Mr. R. D. Speer, second master; Mr. J. 0. D. Davies, secon d master; Mr. W. Whyhatn, chief engineer; dr. C. W. Hare, master's assistant; Mr. James M'Clymont, assistant en gineer; Mr. Deeley, assistant enginesr; Mr. T. Harris, boatswain; Mr. James Roberts, carpenter." The Cape Town Monitor of March 3, says:—. " It thus appears that out of the 638 on board at the time of the wreck, 184 in all have been saved, and 454 of our fellow-creatures have been suddenly launched into eternity. We have heard that the devastation of the sharks which surrounded the rafts and spars of the wreck in shoals, was most dreadful. The scene is har rowing to contemplate." The troops on board comisted bf 499 officers and men; the crew, 132; women and children, 12; total, 650 persons. Names of the officers on board the Birkenhead when lost: — Cornets Bond and Rolt (12th Lancers), Ensign Boylan (2d Queen's), Ensign Mettord (6th Royals), Lieutenant Fairtlough (12th Foot), Lieutenant Girardot (43d Light Infantry), Lieutenants Robinson and Booth and Ensign Lucas (73d Regiment), Major Seton and Ensign Russell (74th Highlanders), Captain Wright (91st Regiment), Dr. Bowen and two other staff surgeons. The following are the officers of the Birkenhead, taken from the Navy List for January: — Master-Commander R. Salmond; Master W. Brodie; chief engineer, William Whyhans• Assistant-Surgeon W. Culhane; Second Masters J. D. Davis and Robert D. Speer; Clerk, John Freshfield. APRIL TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—On Monday the sth the Government inti mated that it gave up the intention of conferring the franchise on the Militiamen. " The attempt but not the deed." The public thirst for an extension of the franchise will not be abated by this indication of the direction in which the tendencies of the Government were moving. In consequence of questions asked, a discussion arose on the subject of the lonian Islands. What a humiliating sight to see, that England with all her supposed advantages, is just as unable to govern any dependency without the constant exercise of brute force, and just as unable to win anybody's love or obtain anybody's confidence, as Russia or the Turk. Rightly, in some senses, said the member of the Belgian Chamber, who rose and roundly declared, that the Englieh were pirates and barbarians. We have not, at least our Gevernineet hes not, got beyond that phase of society. The Humans were gentlemen compared , Aith us. A late exhibi tion of art had for its subject, the Britons lamenting the departure of the Romans. Who ever lamented the English, or failed to greet their departure as a riddance ? This may fall heavily some day, if among the chances and changes of this mortal life, the political existence of Great Bri - nin should come to depend upon her popu larity among her neighbours. What a breaking up would upon that day be ! Whet sullen ghosts of in jured individual:, atilt injured races, woulo start up and scream for retribution ! And why should it have been so, and why should not Britain have been the nurse of liberty and happiness in all quarters of the globe ? Simply because the worse portions of the porter-pot had rule. Because the froth at the top, and the dregs at the bottom, carried it against the wholesome middle part, in which the value of the draught resides. One principle officially announced by the Govern ment on this occasion, was significant. It was, that "offences of the press ere the lust to which trial by jury ought to be extended." It follows of course, that they are the first from which it ought to be taken away. You see where we are going, " pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat," like the young lady coming down the ladder to join her lover. For those who have eyes to see, it is time they should employ them to the use that nature inters led. In the Committee of Supply 460,0001. was voted for the expenses of the Kafir war without a division. The rule laid down by authority and precedent, is that any man may incur expenses who can, and there is nothing to be done but pay. Pay first, and discuss after, is the law upon the case. It would be as con trary to biensiance as making " a horrid noise" when broken on the wheel, to talk of voting against the payment. It would not be destoor, as is the term the Orientals apply to the law or custom by which they are despotically ruled. Anybody who did it, would lose caste,—would be held as not coming within the conventional decencies of life. It would be as bad as a woman's clothing her nakedness, by adopting the Bloomer costume, and cutting off the chance of the pleasurable exhibitions the public every now and then through accident enjoys. And still, what prospect, what possibility, is there of checking irrational expenditure, if this rule is to prevail? Let it go on till people are tired of it ; only let us assist the arrival of that period, by pointing out the facts. In the debate on the Corrupt Practices at Elec tions Bill, another of those tokens occurred, which like the smells from a slaughter-house, warn us poor dumb beasts of whither we are being coaxed or driven. A move was made from the Tory side, to insert in the Corrupt Practices Bill, an exception in favour of " reasonable refreshment." Why is not the voter to refresh himself? And by what rule of policy is he to be refreshed by the candidate, any more than the candidate by the voter ? Further still, what is to be "reasonable refreshment," an d how is it to be measured ? A captain in the navy of upon his word, that he saw the armourer of his ship supplied from time to time with half a pi n t of beer in a horn, by a boy that waited on him ; and on taking note by his watch, he found the horn came every five minutes, making nine gallons in the twelve hours. Is nine gallons to be " reasonable refresh ment ?" If not, where is to be the limit ? The evident result of such a legislation will be, that in all bo roughs where a certain class of voters exists, the claim for " reasonable refreshment" will take the shape of a kind of head-money, and any candidate who will not give it, will be told " Oho, then we will vote for somebody else that will." The remark able thing, was the number cf Members from what is called the Liberal side, who announced their good wishes in favour of the plan. Such is the manner in which under the present circumstances all evil things put forth the leaf; and the subject is by no means done with, though withdrawn for the present. On Tuesday, after some debate on a Bill aimed at improving the condition of the Ballast-heavers on the Thames, the House was counted out at an early hour on the Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill. Jarndyce and Jarndyce, it appears, must go on for the present. And now, if nothing unexpected Occurs to the con trary, I will take my leave till, probably, the 21st., I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 7th April, 1852. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. 11. Sey mour, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house, Piccadilly, yesterday afternoon. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg visited yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester house, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at his resi dence in St. James's-place ; and his Royal Highness the Count d'Aquila, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook street. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took pony and walking exercise yesterday in the garden of Buck ingham Palace. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, his Excellency the Portu guese Minister and the Countess Lavradi:, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Eirl and Countess of Hardwicke, and Lady Eli zabeth York. A deputation, consisting of Lord Glengall (chair man of the Waterford and Limerick Railway), Sir Edward M'Donnel (chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway), Mr. Barlow (Governor of the Bank of Ireland, and deputy chairman of the (ch j ai l r n m c a t n ion and deputßailway), Mr.y Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway), Mr. H. A. Herbert, M.P., and Mr. Pennetather (chairman and m u director riand of a n thed Mr. En y Killarney as chair man of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway . ), Mr. Redmond (chairman of the Irish South-Eastern Rail way), Colonel Chatterton, M.P. (director of the Cork and Bandon Railway), Mr. James Clay, M.P. (chair man of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway), Sir Mathew Barrington, Mr. Jeffers, and Mr. Kane, had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Duke of Leeds bad an interview with Mr. Se cretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. The Bishop of Cape Town had an interview yes terday with Sir John Pakington, at the Colonial office. A deputation, consisting of the Hon. Mr. Hineks (Inspector-General of Canada), Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., M.P., Mr. O'Flaherty, M.P., Mr. Perry and Mr. Stirling (directors), and Mr. Hemans (engineer of the Midland Great Junction of Ireland Railway), Mr. Hartley, and Mr. E. O'Flaherty, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Austrian Minister had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation on the subject of the proposed re moval of the Courts of Law and Equity from West minster, to the Inns of Court, had an interview with Lord John Manners yesterday, at the office of Works and Public Buildings. The deputation consisted of Mr. Gregory (President of the Incorporated Law So ciety), Mr. Coverdale (Vice-President), Mr. Ludlow (one f the members of the council), and Mr. Mau ghan (secretary). Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Rev. W. C. Dowding had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. _ A deputation from the outer bar, consisting 02 . 1 . Messrs. George Lake Russell, J. V. Prior, and Lord. Selwyn, bad an interview yesterday with la rci • with the 1 The Duke of Atholl had an interview Buildings. John Manners 1 1, E als a o rl h o a f d D a e n rb in y te y r e v s ie te w rd w a unica- A deputation on the subject of steam with yesterday. la the Sir with Sir tion with Newfoundland bad an interview John Pakington T I. Brooking, J. deputation consisted of Mess C. C• liolnawood. s M oh a le tth E e a w rlc N. Hunts, Wm. Schenk, and _ weavers, consisting of A deputation of unemploy k d s end William Spong John Tempest, Thomas .131 . ~, ~. ,„,. T , . , the Mghs lion . 0 • /V • Ltenley had au interview with dof Trade. yesterday at the Boar yesterday at the C . otigornial-offlce. The o B m a in rrington Colonial-office. ' kington yesterday at the . d from the G received overnor of Dispatches were re Colonial-oftic® y 't d South Australia at the e. er ay. Dis- Mr. Colonial-office Mullings Lai an interview with Sir John pa to the Go vernor of Gibraltar. patches were sent from the SURVIVOR. r E a t iv BY e , A by handed to us for in went on conlorntieblm officer T h e of fNthe following NARRATIVE BY A S The foll army,Rß A T n a N w r r who was Saved from the wreck of sertion : g, at which time the " She left Simon's Bay at about s ip o'clock in the the Birkenhead, has been until m i no n - c o mmi ssioned the mprttin a vessel struck upon a rock, .which_ made . a hole in her port tide under water, just be fore the paddle-wheel. She beoan to till immediately; h and , were t urne d u p t o get the'boats out; l o wered tw o c utters down and one gig; then turned to get the pa dd le-box b oats out, but the pin of the davits was rustedin, and would not come out. At this time the vessel wa s swinging j - nging and grind ing, and grating against th e roc ks very uch. A party set to work at the chain Pumps in the after cockpit. The next thing was to throw the horses overboard, and get all the women and children in _the second cutter, which Mr. Richards took charge of, with orders to land them at the nearest place. 0 .I:klaeY could n o t l an d on account of the breakers; s 1',7 head w as put ou t to sea. Just at this moment, th e Birkenh ea d part i ng in two just before the engine , the fore part of tbe deck sunk with several peop le on it. Captain Sahnond then gave orders to do the best they could to sav e th e ir lives. The other cutter and g ig were then lying off, manned. Sew I ral men then jump e d overboard and s wam LITERARY FORGERIES.—M. de &court, one o. Prince de Tat standingon the of the late leyrand, has written to the boats, the captain ~ 0 poop giving the executors public journals, stating that fraud simil ar orders. Up to this time perfect order . and discipline a letter to the l discovered in England relative to frauds,Shelle r's were observed; all the men quie t L anc steady, and °be- to those havelatey been attempted in France for letters falsely dient to orders. At this time. t he captain was standing letters, boons ritten by the te Prince. " I have in on the poop with several others; the after stated to h ave part of the , • ent " says lade M Ilacourt, "a c . on at pr , . , . ell am all wore throw into my possession l tter4 imitatin * c ship then lurched forward, and _ ,_ .n the . _ . , 111 . 3er t of those e , , xceedingly well the water. Serra swam to the uoa , o, and soma to the '" writing of the deceased 1.-) , Wc‘th 'id b t • which have Wert declared wreck. At this time the naaintopmast and maintopsail by the persons intimate i i wi i edeceased, such as M. Guizot, an d all that could A yard were out of water, nasoe for t h e the Duke (ie Broglie, C ount Mold, Duke Pasqmer, Ilrc ,to be tuPailyard, 1',. A .:: of the f o tceastie deck was then flu:lt- forgeries." in gat about twenty yards' distance. Captain Salmend i METROPOLIS WATEIi SUPPLY COMMITTEP.—On swam for the wreck that was floating; and as be : Monday the Committee declared t h, o .. preamble of the Cro w" swimming aomethiug' th at was Washed off the; mann a LW proved. THE " COUNT-OUT." Tho following is a list of the Members who were at ;heir posts last night when the House was counted out:— Barron, Sir H. W. Mullings, J. R. Barrow, W. H. Pinney, W. Bell, J. Scobt , ll, G. T. Bernal, R. Spooner, R. Ilrother:on, J. Strickland, Sir G. Deedes, W. Tenutnt, R. F. Dunne, Colonel Thesiger, Sir F. Hamilton, —. Thompson, Colonel Henley, J. W. Villiers, C. Hindley, C. Walmsley, Sir J. Hobhouee, T. B. Walpole, J. H. Hume, J. Williams, W. Jolliffe, Sir W. Willoughby, Sir H. Milligan, R. Wilson, James THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. It certainly cannot be imputed a, a fault to the Admi ralty or the Government that a naval officer of good re pute for skill and competency should in en unhappy moment of temerity have navigated his ship in so reck less a manner. But the Board would not have bee❑ the Board it it had altogether omitted such an opportunity of raising itself in public opinion. We must refer our readers to our Parliamentary report of this day for a true account of the zeal and energy displaved by the Admiralty, and our good old friend Sir John bmtnannoy upon so momentous an occasion. Will it be believed that the Duke of Northumberland, the Fret Lord, actu ally made this reply to a question addressed to him last night by Lord Monteagle as to the fate of the Birken head? "As soon as the news that it was lost reached the Admiralty by the newspapers, the Admiralty sent down a message by electric telegraph to the Admiral at Devonport, to inquire whether there was any truth in the report; and, if there was, why he had not sent hie in telligence of it immediately to the Admiralty, u„ r agents had sent it to the newspapers in London." answer had been received. Sir John Onun Y to turn his attention to such petty reattersh a l l e n e observed ;l e e lcss of the Birkenhead, and of 454 lives. We av • with the connexion that since his meritorious exertio h n a s s ' received additional the Amazon, Sir John Ommanney The hßoirnkoeunrhs,eaadndwiblle,ennotodoCuobut,rht help briewturtno additionaltahnanks. step.-7imes. --- THE MINIE RIFLE S. 7 HE BIRMINGHAM, C ON A C T u T E SZR . w e are happy to state between the master f g tahnismatkoewrs for some weeks have existed h an av ci e at length the differences which ° R •ed, and th a thespeedilybeenstockerssatisfactorilythat specifications from were first. received in this the Board ofOrdnanceoperative town the likelgun-finishers immediately e b d e ia r t e e c l o Y lle c reg in-Penl issued a circular to the t endersfor the con guninakerath th at y h to make tracts stating a . t e prices they should require would be for stocking 3 3 . 91 , making for the two branches 16s. To these and for finishing 3d., ands when the Ordnance orders were reeeivedthe 12s. desuccessful contractors demurred, and offered the old prices paid for the last line musket—viz,, for finishing 10i. 5d., and 3s. sd. for stocking, or 13s. 10d. for both branches. Thus matters have stood since Ja nuary, and had it not been that the Board of Ordnance was ultimately compelled to act with promptitude and decision, the contracts in all probability would never have bee n f u lfill e d b y the Birmingham makers, but have been transferred to Enfield for execution. The latter end of last week, however, the contractors received information that if the work was not ac cepted yesterday Mr. Lovell, the inspector of small arms, was authorised to remove the materials which had already arrived in Birmingham, and that the contracts into which they had entered would be con sidered null and void. This information was given to the men ; and it was also intimated, that although the Board of Ordnance had previously resolved that the Tower work should in future be done in Bir mingham, in all probability the rejection of the pre sent contracts would have the effect of entirely and permanently excluding Government orders from Bir mingham. This notification had its effect, and brought the contending parties to terms. The four contr.cting firms and a deputation from the Gun makers' Society (of which Mr. Smith, chairman, and Mr. Frost, secretary, were membere) were appointed to state their respective case s to two arbitrators, and to be bound _ by . _ . their decision. The arbitrators agreed upon were t o L'lr Westley Richards and Mr. Joseph Bourneed, with the ex perienced gulnakers, in no way co temperate discus- Odd Fellows'-ball last night, and a temp Tone-r bu,int bs. The interview took 1 d. The matters sion of some hours' continuance ensue d. debated „ in dispute, as we are informed, were w ith the place at the ' greatest good humour on both sides, and ultimately the arbitrators decided that the prices paid by the contractors to the men should be for finishing, 12s. ; for stocking, 35. 7d. ; thus, for both branches, 15s. 7d., being Lid. less than the demand made by the men, and ls. 9d. more than the terms offered by the mas ters. The masters are also to he liable Lr all risks over which the stockers and finishers have no control. Such, as we are informed, are the terms upon which this long and unpleasant dispute has, to the satisfac tion of all parties, been settled. The operatives eu logise the kindly feelings manifested by the contract ors, and it is to be hoped, now a public calamity, so far as Birmingham is concerned, has by timely con cession been averted, that no further cause of disa greement will arise during the execution of the Ord nance contract. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. His Grae - t the Duke of Northumberland held a levee nt the Admir:iity at Whitehall yesterday, and it was at tend,d by the tollotring, offiecrs:— Ceptatns......Tchn C. D. Bay. Gcorgo Manse', Charles 174mundx, Widi4m Smith, Sir Thomas It. T. Thompson, anti Thomas Bennett. Commanders—Johri W. Fisch, Edward A. Inglefield, Charles Hayslon, Herbert G. Austen, Cheesraan Henry Binstead, Joseph M. Mottle)', John Clavell,. Henry B,ker, Sir Will uirn S. Th omas , L ew i s do Tessrcr Pre vost, Th: moss D. Stewart, James Rawstorne, Thomas Miller, Henry D. Rogers, and John M. Hayes. L'euto?nants—Fre.neebon S. Tremlett., Edward A. ll4tekett, George Wacker, Griffith G. Phillips, ChNeen Maldfn, Samuel U. Wooldridge, and George T. C. Smith. Resr-Aelmiral Phipps Hort,by, C. 8., held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty at Whitehall, which was at tended by tie following officers:— Csp'ains—George Mansel, Thomas Bennett, and T. L. P. Langharne. Commanders—Michael Do Cotircy, Williat N eame , H. Harvey, John G. Wigley, T. D. Stewart, Thomas Miller, and Charles H. Bedd.es, Commanders—George C. Kt rr, Benjamin Sharpe, F. S. Tremlett, Henry B. Everest, Justus B. Kosystra, George Wa;ker, John H. Glover, Edward A. Blacken, Samuel 0. Woodbridge, RN., and L. G. F. Match, Royal Marines. Masters—J. B. Tucker, Joseph Chegwyn, William Parker, end S. Spain. Paymaster and Purser—F. C. Dusautoy. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.—The utmost distress was caused here this afternoon by the telegraphic news of the lots of the Birkenhead steam frigate, the commander and many others belonging to this port. The news was scarcely believed, so astounding and sudden was the an nouncement. .We cannot attempt to paint the distress which this calamity has occasioned, but we trust the locsl authorities will not be behind their neighbouring officials of Southampton in the desire to alleviate the knit rings of the relatives of the survivors by organizing with the utmost alacrity some means of relieving those now plunged into misery by this harrowing catastrophe, The long looked-for Vulcan screw troop frigate, Mas ter Commander Penn, arrived at Spith ea d yester d ay , from the Cape of Good Hope (last from Plymouth), having been upwards of four months on her voyage. The Court of Inquiry (Captain Purcell, of the Su perb; Captain Robinson, of the Arrogant; and Captain Warden, of the Retribution) which sat last week on board the Victory to investigate the causes of the An telope steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Young, hav ing got ashore on the Isle of Wight, having disposed of that case without the necessity for a court-martial, the Antelope has since left, under the command of Lieute nant Young, for her destination—Gibraltar, to relieve the Janus. The Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, Act ing Master commanding, returned from the eastward yesterday. The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, will be paid down at Spithead to morrow. The Avon steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, arrived to-day from Davenport, and proceeded on to the eastward, after discharging supernumeraries. The Drake lighter sailed on Monday evening for the eastward, with stores for the Arctic squadron. Wind south; weather fine. SHEERNESS, APRIL 6.—Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Sprightly, tender to Victory flag-ship, Portsmouth, Master Commanding Mr. G. Allen, came in here on Sunday afternoon, and after disembarking a few seamen gunners for the ships in port, proceeded to Woolwich. Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, flag of Vice- Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, struck her topgallant masts on Monday. The brig Moses John, Wilson master, from London for Sunderland, put in hero yesterday morning wind bound and short of provisions. Her master reports there are upwards of 100 sail of light colliers riding between the Nore and the Mouse. TEE FLAG Lim—The present number of flag officers, including the "active list" (101), "service pen sion list " (10), and the " flag officers on reserved half pay " (42), is 153—only two more than were on the list prior to the plan of naval retirement adopted in June, 1851. THE COAST GUARD RETIREMENT.—The plan of coast guard retirement for the lieutenants employed on that service dues not appear to be very highly appre ciated. The first class hat, to consist of ten officers at 301. per annum, is filled up; hut on the second class list, which is to comprise 20 officers at 201. per annum, there are only three who have accepted it. ENGINEERS OF THE ROYAL NATY.—A place in the official Navy List has at length been assigned to the engineers ot the royal navy, from which it appears there are of inspectors or machinery afloat, 2; 'chief engineers, first class, 13; second class ditto, 16; third class ditto, 50. Two ot the first class and eight only of the third class are unemployed. All the second class are in active service. WOOLWICH, APRIL 6.—The Highflyer steam-sloop, Captain Henry J. Matson, has been placed under orders to leave Woolwich on Saturday next for Portsmouth. The Adder steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich to.day from Cbatham, and brought round two boats and a quantity of stores. The alonaey steam-vessel, Second Master Sallenger, went up the river to-day to Deptford to tow the Isabel screw steamer, Captain Beatson, to the Downs, on her way to Behritig Straits in search of Sir John Franklin and his companions. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Mr. Hay, lecturer on chemistry at Portsmouth Dockyard, sarived at Wool wich to-day, for the purpose of instructing the four bom hardiara of the Royal Marine Artillery attached to the expedition, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8.. in the mode of adjusting the plates cover ing and attaching th e co pp er wires and manipulating the sulphuric acid used i n g alvanic b atteries, it bein g intended to take to t ho Arctic Regions a number of tubes charged with 201 b. of gunpowder each, to be used in bursting the ic e, in order to force a passage u p Wel lington Channel with the steamers of the expedition. will whole give o f t lectures t e u ffi r ce at a safe The cases will be discharged by the electric fluid from a galvanic battery, the parties operating being distance on board the vessels, as long coils of wires will s ers on ef the bo supplied covered with gutta paella. Mr. Hay, after it may be soemncboaredfietrhse, galvanic battery, and the uses to which ap plied, expedition previous to their leaving Woolwich onSa turday next, the day at present fixed for proceeding to Greenhithe. The chain cable instructingin t e t h p e re b testing-house has been placed at Mr. Hay's control f or the facility of carrying on his instructions, and a b Titration to-day. battery was in course of pre - THE PRINCESS'STEEATRE.—Mr. Charles Kean is rapidly recovering from his late severe indisposition, and no doubt is now entertained that he will be able to re-appear in Majesty e the drama o f the Corsican Brothers on M on d a y next. Her hisßoyal have Highness Prince Albert, together with the i sDuchesstyand of Kent , F gra r c o io m us t l h y e s v an a t rio t u o s in re v o ir r e ts o in f Mr. C. Bean' s s t a t e of health. cir culation much anxiety has been evinced by the general public on his account. DESTITUTION IN THE ISLE OF SKYE.—In conse quence of the distress existing in the Isle of Skye, a sermon has been preached at St. Matthew's Church, Denmark-hill, by the Rev. Steven Bridge, A.M., in behalf of the su fferin g Highlanders. The sum of 1701. has been contributed by the congregation ; 1051. of which has been paid into Messrs. Ransom's for the Skye Emigration Fund—the remainder is appropriated to the relief of present distress. On Saturday the churchwardens of the parish of St. Thomas distrained, under a warrant signed by the city magistrates, on the goods of the Rev. Ignatius Coiling ridge, Roman Catholic priest, in consequence of the non payment of two church-rates, amounting to twenty-five shillings. The articles distrained were sold by public auction, and were purchased by a gentleman of Mr. Collingridge's congregation, and by him presented to his reverence. Winchester Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SHAW FARM. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before T. W. Marlin, Esq., the coroner for the borough , at t he Town Hall , Windsor, on the body of William Laurence, aged 54, a labourer in the employ of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on the Shaw Farm, Windsor Home Park. It appeared from the evidence of John Exell, a fellow-labourer, that the deceased was en— gaged in cutting hay from a rick, and that on descending a ladder from the rick, with a cake of hay on his head, his foot slipped, and he fell with great violence to the ground. Before witness could render him any assistance, deceased cried out, in great agony, "I'm a dead man, John; my back 'a broken." On medical assistance being procured, it was found that the legs of deceased were paralysed , and the spine of his back broken. He lingered until Monday morn ing, when he expired. - -Verdict, " Accidenta l death' De ceased has left a widow and five young children. RoYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. --At the g n : s r; terly meeting of the Comitia Majors, held ; e ne- April 5, the following gentlemen, having - i,d members cesiary examinations for diploma, were adouran Dr. of the college :—Dr. Henry Folkard, Old goyai Hospital. Liebermann, Clapham-road; Dr. P u r l ti t 'seell-square. Also Chelsea; Dr. Salter, Montague-stree t, 'ttedelectors extra licentiat , Dr. Osborne, Southampton, was admi _The ot the ELECTION MOVEMENTS. addressed by Hercules Ellis, u rii3d.etrtropnt o f t n (i), county of Cavan have been addressed pledges himself in Esq., barrister-at -law. M . 'll and of the repeal favour of the Eccle siastical Sharman Crawford's Bi Usiders that the i. N s siastical Titles Act. lie se c ift form unjust and inexpedient,."llt:cea and poor-rate arc in their p t re e h poor and public and that the expenses for the public Treasury Works should be defrayed out of thequestion of the ; and undertakes, if elected, to bring removal of these taxes Parliament. He is also of • • fully beforeopinion that " articles Produce . g ought to b of foreign P be admitted on such terms will allow to native producers of only as i . the same articles a fair remuneration for diligent and skilful labour." MONEY AIARNET.—The q uotation is about 2 per mills wan. (accordion' otation of gold at Paris at the English Mint laic to the new tariff ), which, standard gold, g i ves an ° of 31. 17s. 10 d. per ounce for at Pins on Lo , exchange of 25.22 22; and the ex changethat gold is about 11.51 per at short being 25.35, it follows in Paris. By a , . . 5 1 per cent. dearer in London than is 430 i per mark, k vices from Hamburgh the price of gold 31. 17s. 10)-d which, at the English Mint price of 2 • per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 . 7 k ; and th e exchange at Hamburgh on London at . bein g 13.84, it foll ow s th a t gold 13 0.40 per Cut. dears=liz lochticit thug • 174 }IOW e 4