The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-28 00:00:00

COLONXAkL. SUGAR. —The market :or British Mantation has been firmer at au improvement of 6d to is per cwt On last Friday's rates. Barbados by suction has real sed 44 to 45s for fine yellow ; •418 6d to 42s for good aid; 39s to 39s 6.1 for low and refined. Stand , rd Lumps have been at 55s to 55s fid per cwt. EAST INDIA 1,200 brigs 168.caAs 134.7 - , , : .1 "xcnt at 6d advance ; s , ft. yellow, hut din: y, 40, 6.1 to 41s ; Benares fine sound white, 47: to 47s 6fl ; 3 el!ow, 34s to 35s ; and damaged, 26s to 34s 6d pt .r cwt. 3,994 trigs Mauritius went at is to is 6d advance, mid and good yellow, 37s 6d to 42s ; fine, 42s Gd to 43s ; and low, 36s 6d ; mid brown, 32s to 34s per cwt. Madras low brown has been at 31 s. FOREIGN.—A moderate business has been done at steady rates. Corssz.—British Plantation has been steady. For Native Ceylon the demand has been more active. Good ordinary, rather colory, 33s ; and low, 19s per cwt. Plantation, good ordinary' and colory, 60s; mid 50s to 535; and fine grayish ord 38s to 41s 6,1 pot. cwt; Pea berry, 44s to 51s; and Triage, 27s to 33s per cwt. Costa Rica, 3.388 bsg*. nearly all damaged, sold at 21s to 36* 64; and Porto Rico good and fine at 31s 6d to 34s per cwt. RIO, fine ord, 29s 6d per cwt. Sncits.—Pimento has been sold at 3l u i to 4i-d per lb. Mace at 2s 6d to 2* 7d, Nutmegs at 2s to 31 7 d. Ja maica Ginger at 2/ 5s to 111 per cwt. RlCE.—Madras, 2,986 bags sold at 10s to 10s 6d for good pinky white, being rather lower, and Bengal at 10s to 13s per cwt. Rum.—There has been a fair demand. Proof Lee wards Is 6(1 to 15 GAd, and Jamaica plain and mid 30 to 36 Over 3s 7d to 3s 9d per gallon, East India proof is id to 1$ lid per gallon. COTTON.—The market has been rather duller. SALTPETRE.-804 bags partly found buyer s at 30s to 321 6d fur 6} and 4i per cent. refraction. TEA.—There has been a fair business done in this article. TALLOW.—P.Y. C. has been 475 6d to 47s 9d per cwt on the spot. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat to day at 11 O'clock. LACY b INGLE—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before his Lordship some time since, upon an appeal from the decree of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, declaring that the plaintiff was not entitled to redeem a mortgage with out satisfying a lien claimed of the defendant. His Lordship reversed the judgment of the Court below, and declared the plaintiff entitled to the decree asked by tit, bill for the redemption of the mortgage. HODRIXSON V. BARROW _JUDGMENT. His LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, reversing the decision of the Court below. Tax ATTORNEY-GENRRAL V. THE MERCHANT VEN- TURRRS OF BRISTOL. The LORD CHARCRLLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came before the Court upon an ap peal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, directing the defendants to account, for the surplus income of the estates of Colston's charity, in the city of Bristol. The information was filed for the better administration of the charity. Certain lands and houses h a d b een conve y e d t o th e soc i e ty f o r the main tenance and education of one hundred poor boys. These lands were valued at the time of the convey ance, and the society was contented to accept the supposed income for the performance of the trust. During some years afterwards, as it was alleged, the fund proved insufficient to sustain the charity, but there was now a considerable surplus, which it claimed to retain for its own use, and the object of the information was to have that surplus applied to the benefit of the charity. The Master of the Rolls held that the charity was entitled to the disposition of the surplus, although the society had originally ex pended some of their own monies for the support of the boys, and although there had been a contract with the donor, because he considered the society to be the mere trustee of the funds. From this decision the defend ants appealed to this branch of the Court, and the L T judgment this morning, dismissing that a p pea l with costs. COTHE R V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. The Loan CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which was an appeal - from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram, continuing an injunc tion restraining the defendants from taking certain land of the plaintiffs. His Lordship thought the judgment of the Court below erroneous, being of opinion that the motion for continuing the injunction ought to have been dismissed with costs. The Court then proceeded to hear lunatic petitions. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before the LORI) CHIEF-JUSTICE and Justices PATTESO/i, COLERIDGE, and WIGHTMAN.) CASE OF THE REV. DR. HAMPDEN. TEI QUEEN V. THE ARCMRISIIO? OF CANTERBURY. As soon as the Learned Judges had taken their seats this morning, Lord DENMAN said (addressing the Attorney- General, who appeared in his place)—We think it beet to mention, with res p ec t t o th e case o f th e Q u ee n against the Archbishop of Canterbury, argued yester day, that we shall give the judgment of the Court on Tuesday, in order that it may not interfere with the regular business of the Court. THE QUEEN V. CHARMS, SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, AND OTHERS.-CONSPIRACY. This was a prosecution against the defendants and others, for conspiring to procure a cadetship by sale. The defendants were found Guilty. The facts of the case will no doubt be fresh in the recollection of our readers. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL prayed the judgment of the Court upon the defendants. Captain Charitie was the only defendant that ap peared on the floor of the court. Sir Wm. Young was absent frons indisposition. Mr. COOLBUIRN, on the part of Sir W. Youg, moved fir a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had on the ground of misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge who tried the case (Lord Denman), and also on account of the verdicts being against th• evidence adduced at the trial. It Nan important that it should be borne in mind that Captain Chariti• was found guilty on the first and 7th counts, and that Sir W. Young was only found guilty on the 7th. A portion of the money paid through Mrs. Stewart for the support of Mr. Wea therspoon found its way to the account kept by Cap tain Charitie at his bankers, but there was no evidence to show that Sir W. Young had received any portion of it. He was guilty of nothing more than falsehood and artifice. He simply used his influence as a di rector to have Mr. Weatherspoon put down as one of the candidates for a cadetship, in accordance with an arrangement between the directors. He had no power to sell the office, and hence he could not bar gain for the sale of an office which was not in his gift. - Lord DENMAN said, perhaps the Learned Counsel's observation would apply in a case in which a person bargained to sell an office which he had no power to dispose of; but if he had, and that was a question in this case, the case would be different. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE said, if a person nominated another t o th e nex t pr e sentation to a living for gain, it could no t b e said that the Dean and Chapter who elected him were responsible. Surely the sale of a mere voice i n th e e l ect i on was equ i va l en t t o the sale of the sole right of election. Mr. Justice PATTESON said the statute on this point spoke of the " sale of a cousint," and made such an act punishable. Mr. Cocxnunx said the Learned Judge should have told the jury that a person could not sell an office which was not in his appointment. A cadet did not obtain his commission until he arrived in India; before his arrival he was not in the service, of the company, and that being the case no sale could have taken place. Then it was not unlikely that there was confusion in the minds of the jury on account of the wording of the two counts, because the ending could not fail to strike every one as unsatis factory and inconsistent. He submitted on these grounds that the verdict ought not to stand. Mr. CROWDER then moved, on behalf of Captain Charitie, and said the argument of his Learned Friend would apply to his client. He contended that, under the 4th of Geo. 111., c. 126, sections 3 and 4, his client could not be found guilty, inasmuch as it said that the sale of a " place or occupation" should be deemed a misdemeanour, and a cadetship could not in ordinary parlance be considered " a place or occupation." Lord DzstatA N thought the objection an important one, especially in regard to the question whether this was a conspiracy to sell the nomination to the office i sr not. L oo ki ng at the construction of the statute t i!ppeared to him that the charge against Captain Uharitie was nothing more than using his influence With a director of the East India Company, no grounds for an appointment to a cadetship. Lord DENMAX granted a rule upon all the objec tions ur— rc d , both with respeet to the indictment and misdirection. He did not think much stress could be laid upon the inconsistency of the verdicts. The question whether Mrs. Stewart's letters were ad missible against Captain Charitie depended upon the nature of the other evidence. lIIIABLIOT T V. TUE COMMISSIONIIRS OF WOODS AND This wa s a FORESTS. case of compensation under the 9th and 10th of Victoria, for constructing Battersea Park to assess the value of a small quantity of land belonging to the plaintiff, required for that purpose. The plain tiff claimed about 10,0001., but the jury gave a ver dict for 7431. Mr. M. CHAMBERS moved for a rule calling upon the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and also upon the Sheriff of Surrey, to show cause why a prohibi tion should n.Jt issue directing the sheriff not to re cord the verdict and judgment of that jury. The Learned Counsel said some confusion must have been ca used in the minds of the jury by a dispute that existed with the corporation respecting the greater portio n of it. The Sheriff unfairly and unjustly omitted to ask the jury, as pointed out in the statute, lIIIMMMMUIimmomi the exact portion of the land on which they found their verdict. The jury had no right to inquire into the question of title, and no doubt found for the two or thrte roods of unditiposed land, and not for the Whole. Lord DENMAN thought the case one in which a rule should he granted.—Rule granted. SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) SMITH V. COOPER. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 151. 18s. 6d. The defendant pleaded that he did not accept the bill, but did not appear to support the plea. Mr. Jonas Smith was called, and proved that he presented the bill next day, when the defendant wished for a few days time, and paid five shillings for accommodation. The SECONDARY said that by putting this plea on the record the dk-fendant would pay very heavily for time. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. This was the only case tried. , TURNBUL L ON TmE CHOLERA ON THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT CiiOLEitA wITH CAPSICUM E 11BROC A. TIONS. By A. TURNBULL, M.D., LONDON. [We would direct especial attention to the follow ing remarkable paper, t-xtructed by ourselves from this day's Lancet. Should the remedy propo. , ed by Dr. Turnbull prove as efficacious as he declares it to be, he will have conferred an inestimable boon on humanity, and have entitled himself to lasting grati tude.—ED. Sun.] When Asiatic cholera visited this country in 1832, I had many opportunities of witnessing its ravages, and at first I made several trials of different means of cure without any apparent success, until the follow ing plan suggested itself to me from examining mi nutely the morbid directions. I hope it may prove equally successful in the hands of other medical men as it did in mine. The cause of this disease has excited great interest in every country, but we must confess that we are quite ignorant as yet respecting its specific nature. However, it is now generally admitted that the pecu liar poison of cholera produces an irregular deter mination of blood to all the internal structures, and from the surface of the body, thereby producing a congested state of many of the important organs connected with life. This, I conceive, arises from the balance of circulation between the arterial and venous systems being broken, a state which is most satisfactorily ascertained to exist by numerous dissec tions, which have been recorded by different indi viduals. In this disease all the functions of the body are impeded or destroyed, excepting those of the mucous membranes of the stomach or bowels, which are greatly excited in secreting and discharging a large quantity of serous fluid; and this is, very likely, an effort of the constitution to save life. It is generally admitted, that the poison causing this disease produces almost immediately a loss of vital power, which is ushered in with langour and much prostration of strength, dejection of mind, and great cold, along with diarrhcea, vomiting and spasms in the abdomen, and calves of the legs, &c. The determination of blood to the internal organs accounts for almost all these varied and distressing symptoms of this dreadful malady. In severe cases of cholera, it appears to be almost impossible to raise the temperature of the body by the application of heat. An instance of this is men tioned by Dr. Daun, in the " Medical Reports on Cholera," p. 272. " O'Brien lay on the steam ceuch for three hours before he expired, in a heat that I am convinced would have raised a lifeless body to a tem perature nearly, if not equal to, that of a person in health, but his body preserved an icy coldness to the last." REGULATION OF MARINE CHRO NOMETERS IN SCOTLAND. From Captain Washington's report on the harbours and ports of Scotland we learn that a strong represen tation having been made to the Admiralty as to the desirableness of exhibiting a time- ball on the Calton hill, or at some conspicuous place, to enable the masters of vessels to ascertain the error and rate of their chronometers, an investigation was directed, whence it results that Nelson's Monument on the Calton-hill would combine every requisite in point of position for such an object ; that a connexion between it and the transit room of the Observatory could readily be established, either by electric telegraph or otherwise ; that the Lord Provost and Town Council of the city of Edinburgh would cheerfully sanction such use of the column, and that the cost of erecting the necessary apparatus would not exceed 2001., and that, altogether, the carrying out of such a proposal would be hailed by all interested in the foreign trade of the country as a very great boon. The following are the principal heads of the official report of Captains Washington and Veitch on the subject. It is addressed to the Hydrographer of the Admiralty, and dated " London, 26th December, 1846 :" Sir,—Adverting to your letter of the Ist of Sep tember, stating " that an application having been made to the Admiralty to procure the erection of a time-ball on the Observatory at Calton-hill, Edin burgh, for the benefit of vessels laying in Leith Docks, and that there will be no objection on the part of the Admiralty to this request, provided the ball may be seen distinctly from those vessels, or from a majority of them ;" and, in compliance with your instructions, directing us to examine and report to you fully on this question, for their Lordships' infor mation, we have the honour to state : That on our arrival in Edinburgh we put our selves in communication with Mr. Piazzi Smyth, the astronomer ; Mr. Dall, R.N., Superintendent of Leith Harbour ; Captain Arrow, R.N., Inspecting Com mender of the Coast Guard; and Messrs. Bryson and Sons; Dickman and Laird, the principal chronometer makers in Edinburgh and Leith. From the last-named gentlemen we ascertained that the number of chronometers sent to them to be rated by ships sailing from the Firth of Forth was last year not less than 120, and in 1846 it was ex pected that they would reach 160 ; this number is exclusive of those which are rated at Alloa, higher up the Firth ; of those carried by vessels that occa sionally anchor in Leith Roads, whether calling for orders or driven in by stress of weather, of French vessels of war protecting their fishermen (two of which were there at the time of our visit), and of all her Majesty's ships. Not only is the Observatory, though situated on the Calton. hill, not visible from the Docks, but Nel son's Monument, the loftiest building there, is invisi ble from the deck of any ship in the Docks, owing to the height of the adjoining warehouses which inter vene. Nelson's Column, however, is distinctly seen from the "tops" of the greater part, if not from all, the vessels so placed, as well as from the whole of the north shore in the immediate vicinity of the Docks, and from Leith Pier. It is also prominently conspi cuous from every part of Leith xtoads and the Firth of Forth, from near St. Margaret's Hope on the west to Aberlaby Bay on the east. But even if the Ob servatory were visible from the decks of vessels in the Docks, it would be of little service to them, as it is the common practice to send the chronometers on shore, to the maker, immediately on a ship's arrival and not to receive them on board again till the day before sailing ; nor would it seem desirable to inter fere with this practice, as the concussion caused by unloading and loading a ship could not fail of being prejudicial to the steady going of the watches. On consulting with the astronomer, we found that with every disposition to forward the cause by all means in his power, he felt it his duty to object to any erection in contact with the Observatory, as from its elevated position and exposure to frequent high winds, there would be a risk of disturbing his instruments. He must also object to any additional erection placed so near, as by subtending a large angle as seen from the Observatory, it might impede extra meridian observations, there being already too many obstructions of this nature, as Nelson's Pillar, and the columns of the National Monument. These reasons appeared to us so conclusive, that we at once gave up all thought of the Observatory, and turned our attention to one of the existing build ings, and we found that Nelson's Monument com bines more than any other the requisites we could desire. This monument, as is well known, consists in a stone tower, 100 feet high, and substantially built, surmounted by a smaller tower and flag-staff, the summit being at an elevation of about 500 feet above the sea; in this upper tower the slight machinery necessary for !heaving up the time-ball might be placed, and thus not interfere with access to the large tower by the public, who frequent it for the sake of the fine view it affords. As the monument is the property of the city of Edinburgh, we sought an interview with the Lord Provost, who immediately gave his own sanction to the proposal, mad said he was sure it would receive the same from the town council. His Lordship added, "that he could not imagine a more appropriate use for a monument in honour of Nelson than that it should be rendered serviceable in communicating correct time to sailors and the public." Since our return from Edinburgh, we have examined the time-ball at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and have had the advantage of an ex planation of its machinery by the Astronomer Royal, and Mr. Main, the chief assistant. This ball is five feet in diameter, and falls ten feet, and seems to have answered its purpose remarkably well, and to have been dropped with great accuracy, its mean errors not exceeding three-tenths of a second, or less error than that likely to be made by the observer who is on the 100k -out for its fall. Owing to the ball at Green wich being attached to the Observatory, it was necessary to prevent the concussion caused by its fall as much as possible, which has been accomplished by means of the compression of the air obtained by a piston working in a cylinder. This precaution will be less necessary at Edinburgh, nor does it seem requisite that the ball should fall through a space greater than its own diameter, which should not be less than six feet. In addition to the immediate benefit to sailors, the exhibition of correct Greenwich time at Calton-hill will be of great service to the public in general, the more so since railway travelling requires so much greater precision than formerly ; and in the event of Greenwich time being adopted throughout the country, which seems a most desirable measure, now that railways are so extensively spread, the value of such an establishment will be much enhanced. Another advantage will be the stimulus given to masters of merchantmen when lying in Leith Roads, to pay attention to their chronometers. The recent regulations respecting masters and mates passing an examination almost call for some such help being provided for them, and it is gratifying to know from the nautical instructor at Leith, that the number of this class who attend his school is greatly on the increase. Of the neces• city of such assistance, as far as Government vessels are concerned, we can bear the fullest personal tes timony, as to the occasion of her Majesty's visit to Scotland in 1843, as many as eight vessels of war were lying in Leith Roads, and, owing to bad wea ther, were unable to land, and gese sights for time ; and from want of such a sign's!, after lying there for some days, the Pique frigate sailed for America with out any opportunity o rating her chronometers. Foreign vessels of war, both French and German, have recently been put to the same inconvenience while at Elsinore. In the comparatively small State of Denmark, it appears that a time ball has beer. exhibited since the s ear 1843, at the special instance of the Danish hydrographer, Captain Zahrtmann. It only remains to add, that during our inquiries at Edinburgh we met with every assistance; not only sailors, but all parties, including the distinguished astronomer, General Sir Thomas Brisbane, were unanimous as to the benefit such an establishment would confer, and earnest in their hopes that their Lordships would see fit to recommend this measure to the favourable consideration of her Majesty's Go vernment.—Caledonian Mercury. My plan of treatment consists in endeavouring, by means which can be repeatedly applied without exco riation of the skin, to re•excite an action of heat on the surface of the body, and thereby to restore the lost balance of circulation and nervous energy. For this purpose I employ an extract made of capsicum, with alcohol, reduced to the consistency of jelly. Three drachms of the extract to be well rubbed over the abdomen, heart, and calves of the legs, several times a day; and at all times if there be any coldness over the surface of the body, or when spasm takes place in the abdomen or calves of the legs. The rubbing ought to be continued until such time as the patient expresses that the heat is intolerable. Ano ther form of the employment of capsicum is the fol lowing embrocation : Concentrated tincture of capsicum : riz. capsicum pods, four ounces; rec tified spirit, twelve ounces; macerate for a week, and strain. To increase its energy upon the nervous system, when required, I add two or four grains fo delphinia, or veratria, to the tincture. The advantages that the capsicum possesses over many other stimulants is, that it produces no vesica tion, and therefore can be repeated very often: Another advantage is its very permanent and certain effects ; and there is no part to which it may not be applied without injury. The capsicum will be found a most powerful rubefacient; it assists in restoring heat and circulation to the surface, while the delphinia and veratria united with the capsicum restore the lost nervous energy. This plan of treatment can be pursued without much disturbance to the patient, the movement of whom is attended with the worst conse quences. I have often used the different preparations of capsicum, with or without veratria and delphinia, in congestive fevers, with very good effect, and also in cases of cramp or spasm. This stimulative plan does not interfere with the administration of other medi cines, but, on the contrary, greatly assists in restoring the lost power of the nervous energy and equalizing the balance of circulation. A. TURNBULL, M.D., &c. &c. 48, Russell-square, Jan., 1848. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JAN. 15.—The last dispatch was by the Volcano; on the 12th instant. The day following her departure it blew a fresh breeze, which subsequently became a hurricane. Last night the Peninsuiar Oriental Company's steamer Indus, which left Malta on the 13th, put back, and early this morning thi- Volcano, with th.qt portion of the India mail sent through France, returned to port with damage. The llecate to proceed with the mails when the weather is moderate. The only item of naval intelligence is the return of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Parker, with the fleet under his command. A portion has come into the great harbour, and a portion is standing in. One of the liners got foul of another in entering, but, as far as was seen from the look-out, got free without much damage. No communication has been held with the ships from the shore as yet. The Harlequin is ready for sea. Her mails closed yesterday, and she is only detained by the gale. The Bellerophon troop-ship arrived at Corfu on the 9th instant. The Tartarus steamer closed a mail for Constanti nople at 11 A.ll. The French steamer from Alexandria, due yester day, has not yet made her appearance. Neither the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, with the India mail of the present month, from London, nor the Flamer, with the portion dis patched overland through France, due on the 13th 14th, has made her appearance. For them the gale is a fair wind. JAN. M.—The accident of yesterday is very trifling. On entering the port, the flying jibbootn of the Hi bernia, by some mishap, got foul of the Rodney's quar ter boat, which was much damaged, and the boom was carried away. The fleet is from Palma and Cagliari. The vessels arrived are—the Hibernia (flag), the Rodney, the Superb, and the Trafalgar, with the Gladiator and Odin steamers. The Vengeance, which left this for Cagliari on the Bth, h as p u t back. The Thetis fri gate remains at Naples, and the Bulldog steam-frigate is at Palermo. The Volcano mail-packet has suffered much da mage. The Hecate steam sloop left this port for Marseilles at six P.m. last sight. The Flamer mail-packet, with the outward India mail (London, 7th inst.), arrived last night, and goes on to the lonian Islands. The Indus (Peninsular and Oriental Company), second attempt, left port at five this morning. The Euxine (Peninsular and Oriental Company), with the bulk of the outward bound India mails, arrived this morning. The Ariel, which is to convey to Alexandria the Euxine's mails, is ready for sea. The Euxine pro ceeds to the Levant and Black Sea. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAT.--ADISIRALTT VISIT.— This morning, by the first express train of the South- Western Railway, a Board of Admiralty, comprising the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., First Lord ; Captain the Right Hon. Lord John Hay, R.N., C. 8., M.P., Fourth Lord ; Captain Alexander Milne, R.N., Fifth Lord; the First Secretary to the Board, Mr. Henry G. Ward, M.P.; and Captain Henry Eden, R.N., Lord Auckland's private secre tary, arrived at this port on an official visit. Their Lordships were accompanied by the Countess of Ellesmere and two of the Ladies Egerton, whose brother, the Hon. Granville Egerton, goes out in the Meander to join the Vernon flag-ship, in the East Indies, as naval cadet. This young gentleman was also of their Lordships' party. Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief; Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., Ca.otain Chads, C. 8., Captain Milne, of the Admiralty, Flag- Captain Eden, Captain Martin, and Flag-Lieutenant Cochran, proceeded to Gosport at neon, and escorted the distinguished party into the Clarence-yard by her Majesty's railway, where Sir Charles's barge was in waiting to embark them, on entering which, and the Admiralty flag being hoisted, a salute of 19 guns was fired from the flag-ship Victory, but no yards were manned, their Lordship having countermanded that ceremony on account of the inclemency of the weather. The Admiralty flag was transferred to the mainmast head of the Fire Queen steam-yacht on the august party boarding her, and then their Lordships became in a very unpleasant " fix." The Fire Queen would not start when her machinery was set in motion, and although she had the experienced master, engineers, and crew of another steam-vessel lent to her for the occasion, she refused to " move on," in which strait the Commander-in-Chief took Captain Chad's barge and proceeded to his sailing-yacht, the Fanny, and ordered her to pre pare on the instant for the reception of the Admiralty party, which her master and crew at once did. In the meanwhile, however, their Lordships' "bargain," the Fire Queen, suddenly resolved to go, and out she went accordingly to Spithead, and in the course of twenty minutes transferred her gallant bur den to the decks of the Meander, 44, whose distin guished captain, the Hon. Henry Keppel, received the party at the gangway, and escorted them over his fine ship, with whose entire economy and efficiency their Lordships could not be otherwise than satisfied. Their Lordships witnessed the getting out, manning, arid pulling of the barge and pinnace with which the Meander has been supplied, on Lord John Hay's plan. These boats were pulled round the ship several times, and notwithstanding there was at the time a very heavy sea running, the boats exhibited first-class qualities; they were quick to handle and steer, easy to pull, dry as possible, and very swift withal. Cap tain Keppel provided a superb collation for his illus trious guests, of which they partook. At a quarter to three they left the ship under a salute of 19 guns, and embarked in the Admiral's sailing yacht Fanny, Acting Master Scarlett, commanding, and with the en trance to which th eir L or d s hi ps an d the ladies dis eAmdbmairrkaeldty flag flyi ng, came i n t o harbour, at the into the Admiral's barge, which landed them at the Sallyport-stairs, whence they proceeded to the George Hotel, where Lord Auckland remained and received a few friends, whilst the other members of the Board were escorted by Captain Yates into the dockyard to make a few observations before dark. Sir Charles Ogle e n t er t a i ne d the following guests a t dinner this evening :—The Earl of Auckland, Lord Princelege et ; Captain John Hay, Captain H. Ed en , Captain Milne, Mr. Ward, Rear-Admi ra l P rescott, C. 8., C a ptai n Charles Eden, of the Vi c t ory ; C apta i n Ch a d s , C. 8., o f th e Excellent; Capt a i n Y ates, o f t h e Ill us t r i ous ; C a pt a i n the Hon. of the Meander; . A eande . r ; T C . a A pt u a s in tin A , la c r . t ß in .: of the of the Blenheim ; M r . C oc h ran , R.N., hi s Fl ag Lieutenant ; and M r. Fincham, master s hi pwr i g h t o f n Kepp e l t the dockyard. The Countess of Ellesmere and the Ladies Egerton returned to town by the 5.30 traia of the South- Western Railway. The Raja of Sarawak (Mr. Brooke) has officially intimated his intention of arriving at this port to e mbark in the. Meander on Sunday night. To-morrow the Lords of the Admiralty make an inspection of the dockyard, steamworks, &c. We have much pleasure in giving publicity to a noble act of spontaneous benevolence on the part of the officers and crew of the Excellent, gunaery -ship, Captain H. D. Chad., C.B. This morning, before Captain Chads proceeded to pay his respects to the Lords of the Admiralty, the whole of the crew of his: ship, without any previous hint, solicitation, or announcement, came forward and volunteered one day's pay each towards the relief of the widows and fatherless children, or other surviving relatives, of the drowned crew of the unfortunate Avenger. The brilliant example was immediately afterwards followed by a similar act on the part of the officers of the ship. Comment upon the gratifying event would only rob it of that lustre which surrounds its unpre tending charity. So worthy an example is truly in character with the name of the ship, and will doubt lessly be speedily followed by other officers and crews in commission. Th e Powerful, 84, was brought down to-day to he thesea"g ° i ng guard-ship for th i s st eam -vessel, s tation, by Captain the Ho n . R . S. Dundas. The steam-tug Echo was sen t out to Sp i thead to commissioned,to ir in th Fire as Queenher breaking dow n ; the latter, however, came into harbour without as sist a n ce. is the event of The Lords of the Ad miralty slept at the George Hotel. Wind E.N.E. — t S rong breezes ; weather hazy, and very cold : five P.M. THE COMMAND AT COVE. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Hugh Donald Mackey arrived in Cove, on Sunday morning, per the Sabrina bearing .agnb steameral blue light the suspendedcroe(xiiiCrocodile. from Bristol, to assume the command of the Irish station, vacant by the death of Sir Thomas Ussher. The Sabrina entered the iyhmh,samsrlbedoivartealybout2o conveyed ninuinteas Was immediately to five o'clock A.m., b f'ali:n a ho r sme g w e ße hri t ee o adrr . f t Abo h yrd e emlni C l aer r sra o ti : A o l7 : aj il hes e s i ct where he hoisted his flag under a salute of 13 guns. H e s h ort l y after pro ceeded to the Admiralty-house, THIS HIT TRADR AT ASHTON.—We are informed that the hatting business is a little more brisk than it has been for some time past. The operatives have suffered much from want of employment. A SURPRISING CURE OF A BAD COLD THAT HAD SETTLED ON THE LUNGS, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. — Jane Kruger, residing at 33, Cursitor•street, Chancery lane, was reduced to a more skeleton, Owing to a violent cold, so that her liver and lunge had become dan gerously affected. When she last attended Bartholo rne w's Hospital her mother was told by a medical gen tleman "That he scarcely thought she would live to reach borne." Her father then, as a forlorn hopo, com menced rubbing her chest, sides. and loins with Hollo• way's Ointment, and gave her th - ,,se famous Pills twice a day, which, to the surprise of all, saved the child's life. —Sold by all vendors of medicine throughout the civi lised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand. THE GAME-LAWS.—It is a " great fact" that magistrates, at some of the country petty sessions, ac tually make it a rule to take the game cases set down for hearing before any other business which has to be transacted. First, eagerness to be working at their pet law; and, secondly, that keepers and their men may be set at liberty, to go home and catch more in their nets." Game-preserving, and justices' game-law jus tice, have become a thorough scourge to society. THE SITN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN - G, JANUARY 28 1848. DUTCH ENCROACHMENTS ON ENGL [SU TRADE IN THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO.. Repeated obstructions offered by the Datch autho ri ies, at Macassar, to British subjects proceeding to trade at native purts i❑ Celebes, have compelled th‘, Singapore Board of Trade to memorialise the Home Government, and, at the same time, petition tht Ileuse of Commons. The memorial of the Board t.' Lord Palmerston is a brief synopsis of the following petition, a copy of which has been forwarded to his Lordship. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Irelnd, in Parliament assembled.—The yeti• tion of the undersigned merchants and traders of Singapore, Humbly showeth,—That by a treaty concluded and signed at London on the 17th day of March, 1824, between his Majesty and the King of Great Britain and Ireland and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the mutual rights of possessions and commerce of these two Powers and their subjects in the East Indies %%we fixed and defined. That more particularly, by articles 1,2, 3, and 4 of the said treaty, provisions were made for the trade of the subjects of either Power with the possessions of the other in the East Indies, and for the trade with native Powers and states, which last to be open to the subjects of both Powers upon an equal foot ing, the said high contracting parties mutually bind ing themselves not to make any treaty with any native Power in the eastern seas tending, either ex- pressly or by the imposition of unequal duties, to ex clude the trade of the other party from the ports of such: native Power, and that any article in any treaty then existing on either party having such tendency should be abrogated ; and the said contracting parties further engaged to give strict orders to their civil and military authorities, as to their ships of war, to respect the freedom of trade thus established, and in no case to impede a free communication to the natives in the Eastern Archipelago with the ports of the two Governments with the ports belonging to native Powers. That it appears from the special exception made in regard to thsAlolucca Islands by article 7 a©d as explained and defined by the notes interchanged be tween the English and Netherlands plenipotentiaries on the conclusion of the treaty, that the freedom and equality of trade between the subjects of the two Powers, and with the native Powers and states, was to be of the most unrestricted nature, and more espe- cially as regarded the commerce with native stales, and was to be wholly regulated by the provisions of the said treaty. That notwithstanding the wide and important field for commerce presented by the Eastern Archipelago, and the increasing taste of 7 the natives for the . man - u: factures and goods of Europe and Continental Asia, the British trade in this quarter for some years has been of a stationary nature, and latterly - has been evidently decreasing, which your petitioners believe is to be ascribed in a great measure to the active pro- ceedings of the Government of Netherlands India in extending their influence and dominion amongst the native Powers in the Archipelago, and at the same time using every effort, in violation of the provisions of the treaty before referred to, to impede and exclude the trade and intercourse of British subjects with native Powers ; proceedings which they have for some years been allowed to carry on unchecked by ally remonstrance or opposition on the part of the British Government. That a very recent instance of the determination of the government of Netherlands India to take every means in their power for excluding British trade from native states is afforded by their conduct in regard to Macassar, which was opened as a free port on the Ist day of January of the present year —a measure which, notwithstanding the temporary injury it was anticipated by some, it might inflict on a branch of the trade of Singapore, your petitioners hailed with satisfaction as being the first step on the part of the Netherlands Government to carry out fully and in good faith the provisions of the treaty of 1824 for equal liberty of trade, but which they now find, on the contrary, is made a pretence for further restrictions and more entire exclusion of British trade with native Powers or states under Dutch influence or controul. That your petitioners annex to this petition certi fied copies of three letters addressed to the Hon. the Governor of the Straits settlements, and two decla rations, by which it appears that the Dutch authori ties at Macassar have declared that port is the only place on the Island of Celebes open to foreign trade, and that they threatened with seizure and confisca tion any British trading vessel proceeding, not only to ports on those parts of Celebes which the Dutch have taken possession of, but even to ports of native states on that island which are still independent, or with which the Dutch are only connected by treaties, and, to which, by the ad and 4th Articles of the treaty of 1824, British traders haite a clear right of access. That the treaty between the Netherlands Govern ment and the Sultan of Jambie, a native state on the Island of Sumatra, dated the 15th day of December, 1834, which so far back as the 31st of May, 1841, was declared by Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to be at variance in a num ber of its provisions with the treaty of 1824, and to " have a direct tendency to inflict on British commer cial interests the injury against which the treaty of 1824 was intended to guard," is still maintained in full force by the Netherlands Government. That under the provisions of the Bth and other articles of the said treaty with the Sultan of Jambie, the regu lations for shipping and trade of Netherlands India have been put in operation at the port of Moeara liompeh, in: Jambie, by a recent Besluit of the Go vernor •General of Netherlands India, a copy of which, as contained in the Java Courant of Ist May last, is hereunto annexed, and by which unequal duties are imposed on goods imported and exported under the Netherlands flag, and from and to Netherlands India ports, and under the flags to and from the ports of other Powers respectively. That your petitioners beg further to represent that for many years past a very considerable trade has been carried on by British subjects with the island of Bally. That the proceedings of the Netherlands Government in the month of June, 1846, against two of the most powerful Rajas of Bally, resulting in the permanent station of an armed Dutch force in the country, and the exaction of treaties acknow ledging the supremacy of the Netherlands over these states, have produced an injurious effect on the trade between Singapore and Bally, and your petitioners are apprehensive that the British trade with Bally will be ,in danger of extinction by the incorporation of that island with Java, a measure which they be lieve will ultimately follow the present proceedings of the Netherlands India Government. That the treaties from time to time made by the Netherlands India Goverment with native Powers in the Indian Archipelago are invariably intended to affect British trade in one of two ways : first, by obliging the native rulers to forbid foreign trade, and thereby totally excluding British subjects ; and, secondly, by allowing the introduction into the states of such native Powers of the Dutch regulations for shipping and trade, whereby an unequal system of duties is im posed ; in both cases the freedom and equality of trade guaranteed by the treaty of 1824 being destroyed. That all the proceedings of the Dutch in the Eastern Archipelago above referred to have an injurious effect on British trade, which instead of attaining that ex pansion and importance in this quarter which it is capable of, and being productive of benefit both to England by opening up fresh markets to her manu factures, and to the natives of the Archipelago by affording them favourable means for the exchange of their varied produce, is yearly becoming more uncer tain, and even under the most favourable view, re maining stationary in amount and value. That your petitioners seek for the British trade in the Eastern Archipelago no exclusive privileges or advantages but only the freedom and equality so distinctly provided for by the provisions of the treaty of 1824. That your petitioners consider that one great cause of the disadvantages under which British interests in the Eastern Archipelago at present labour arises from the channel of communication between the British subjects settled in the Archipelago and the British Government being of so circuitous a nature that much time is lost before their representations can find their way to the proper quarter, whereby irretrievable in jury and loss are frequently suffered before any means of redress can be provided, and the effect of which is to discourage parties from making representations and remonstrances, the issue of which is so distant, and to cause them to submit in silence to encroachments and aggressions on the British trade by the Dutch, the redress of which is attended with so much delay and uncertainty. That your petitioners venture humbly to suggest as a remedy for this great inconvenience that autho rity should be given to the Government of the British settlements in the Straits of Malacca, or other com petent persons to exercise a general superintendence over British trade and interests in the Eastern Ar chipelago—that such superintendent should be placed in direct correspondence with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and that a British man•of--war, destined specially for the service, should, as far as possible, be placed under his direction and control. That such an appointment already exists it to the British trade with China, and it appe- regard necessary for the prosperity and pre.. _ars not less .Lection of the British trade in the Eastern Archir cially as the East India Cornpab,! 'Jingo, more espe do not, in any ,Torer great measure, seem desirous 0/ 4' terference in the Eastern A rci ;; xercising any elago. That the in refusal of the Netherlands, 11 render su c h s residence of consuls or other in: ,ent to permit the Government in their p om ,,i on Nei Its of the British Ar chipelago, seems to t the Indian that suggested iy your upt: In appointment es for the protection of j toners the more desirable Nether lands Indiatt ish anklet is in the Auwions, a 3 they t ave at present no ! officer of the British Government at hand to whom they can in emergent cases appeal for assistance or redress. That the cultivation of friendly relations with native Powers in the Archipelago by such an officer of the British Government would tend greatly to the promotion of British trade and interests gene - - ran y, as such rowers have ever shown an eager desire to seek the friendship and alliance of the British Go vernment, but which desire hitherto has not been responded to so fully as it ought to be, chiefly, as your petitioners believe, from the want of a proper and permanent channel of intercourse. That the appointthent of a superintendent of Bri- tish trade in these parts would afford great protection and encouragement to British commerce, by placing on the spot an officer of the Government, who could at all times be readily appealed to by British mer chants for advice and assistance ; who could inquire into causes of complaint and report upon them directly to the British Government, and who could better judge of the grounds of such complaints and of the measures necessary for their removal than persons at a distance, who have neither the means nor time for a full and searching investigation. That coin plaints may frequently appear founded on inadequate causes, because the whole grounds for them cannot be traced out and laid open by private persons who have nut means and opportunity of doing so, but which a duly authorised commissioner of Government would have it in his power thoroughly to inquire into and judge of. That your petitioners further respectfully suggest that much of the present ignorance of the proceedings of the Netherlands Indian Government, in regard to native states, arises from the neglect to enforce the observance of that part of article 3 of the treaty of 1824, by which the contracting parties bind them selves to mutual communication of all treaties or en gagements then subsisting, or which should thereafter be concluded, between either of them and any native power in the eastern seas, and the making of the same public for general information. That your petitioners have observed with much satisfaction the measures recently taken for establish ing a British settlement on the island of Labuan, not only as affording a practical recognition to form settlements in the Eastern Archipelago, but as mani festing the intention of the British Government to extend by every means in their power British trade and influence in the Eastern seas, and they anticipate much benefit to British trade 'generally to result from the increased intercourse with Borneo and other native states, which it will no doubt lead to. That your petitioners would lastly respectfully represent the desirableness of immediate measures being taken to follow up the proceedings so success fully begun by the British navy for putting down the piracy on these seas which has hitherto operated so prejudicially to the interests of commerce, by visiting the Sulo Archipelago, the head-quarters of the most formidable and extensive of the piratical communities in the Eastern seas, and there exacting such engage ments from the chiefs of Sulo as will put an end to their nefarious proceedings. Your petitioners humbly pray your Hon. House to take what has been above stated into your favourable consideration, and to take such measures as may seem best fitted for promoting British trade and interests in the Eastern Archipelago, and procuring from the Netherlands a more strict observance of the treaty of London, dated 17th of March, 1824. And they will ever pray, &c.—Singapore, November, 1847. ', k :. -- ~ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAT.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning, accompanied by Viscount Palmerston, and attended by Earl Spencer, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. The Right Rev. James Prince Lee arrived at the Castle to-day, and had an audience of the Queen, to do homage on being appointed Bishop of Manchester. Viscount Palmerston, one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, assisted at the ceremony. The Bishop remains on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. Sir Edward Cust is expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency Mons. Van de Weyer, La Mar quise de Trazeynies, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Earl Spencer, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Bishop of Manchester, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Sir George Couper, and Major de Moerkerke. The hand of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's privUte band will afterwards attend in the Castle. A deputation of the West Indian Association had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colo nial-office. The deputation was introduced to his Lordship by Mr. James Pattison, Member for the City of London, and consisted of Dr. Hodgkin (Presi dent), Dr. Norton Shaw (Honorary Secretary), Mr. Mais, Mr. Geddes, Mr. Land, Mr. Cargell, Dr. Fer gusson, Mr. H. H. Cohen, Colonel Warren, Captain Sughrue, Mr. Cornelius Hanbury, Mr. John Hodg kin, and Mr. Robert Alsop. Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, arrived in town yesterday from Par:s. The Earl of Ellenborough had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday. Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P., and Sir John Pe lly had also interviews yesterday with the Right Hon. Gentleman, at the office of the Board of Trade. _ _ The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing• street. Mr. M'Clerey, Chairman of the Demerara Rail way, and Mr. Naghten, Director of the Company, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Stirling Coyne has turned the Dnke of Wel lington's letter to excellent account. The National Defences were most admirably illustrated at this theatre last night, in a one act " screamer," in which Paul Bedford, as the head of the "awkward squad," is drilled, in which Wright is the Brook-green Volun teer, immortalised by Punch, and in which Celeste also appears as a young French officer, and acts the character to the life. It is an excellent farce excel lently acted, and all true patriots should inspect The National Defences at the Adelphi. HARmomc HALL.—Yesterday one of the Scotch tenor singers at this establishment took his benefit, and as far as a crowded and satisfied audience was concerned, everything proceeded as smoothly and satisfactorily as could be desired. In addition to several favourites new to the stage of this theatre, the whole of its present effective company made their appearance ; and the irre sistible comic efforts of Mr. W. Warde, and the deli neation of Dibdin's national melodies by Mr. Pearce, elicited the customary marks of delight and approbation. The American Barlow also presented a variety of melo dies, of course characteristic of the life of the woolly headed negro, which were received with immense ap plause; particularly a new composition (of which the singer is the author), named " The Oyster Boat." It was unanimously re-densanded, and very narrowly escaped a double encore. WINDSOR, THURSDAY EYENING.—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, in the course of this afternoon, walked across the Home Park to Frogmore Lodge, to visit the Royal Duchess ; returning to the Castle with the King and Queen of the Belgians, in one of the royal carriages, which was sent round to Frogmore for that purpose. It is understood that their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians will leave Windsor Castle, on their return to Brussels early next week ; but previous to their departure, his Majesty King Leopold will, as he invariably does whenever he comes to this country, pay a visit to Claremont alone, or, on this occasion, attended only by Sir Edward Cust. THE WEAVERS or DURllAM. — Considerable num bers of weavers in Barnard Castle are still out of em ployment. An effort is being made to get up a subscrip tion for the purpose of affording them temporary relief. Last night a private subscription ball, given by the members of the Marylebone Literary and Scientific In stitution, took place at the Hanover-square Rooms. There were nearly 400 persons present. Adams's band kept the company upon the " light fantastic too " uutil a very advanced hour. THE SLAVE TRADE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Letters from the squadron on the coast of Africa up to the end of October have been received. They represent the slave trade to be going on in a ♦ery brisk manner, and that the coast, creeks, and rivers were swarming with swift-sailing vessels, all engaged in the traffic. The dealers in slaves have now adopted a new plan to avoid being detained by her Majesty's cruizers ; their vessels be fore embarking their cargoes are perfectly clear, and without any trace of slave fittings—so much so, that a schooner was searched and most minutely over hauled by her Majesty's brig Kingfisher, but nothing found on board to justify Commander Horton in stop ping her; and in a day or two afterwards he ascer tained that she went into one of the numerous creeks in the Bight of Benin, and in a few hours, all being prepared on the beach, embarked upwards of two hundred slaves, with all their provisions, medicines, and fittings, and contrived to elude the vigilance of the cruizers. A ♦essel, fitted like a yacht, and picked with slaves, also escaped from the Albatross by supe rior sailing. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Brunette—taken NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 1 on the field 10 to 1 agst Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth 10 to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Sir Peter Laurie—taken 12 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Millwood—taken 13 to 1 agst Duke cf Richmond's Reflection—taken 20 to 1 agat Mr. B. Green's Conjuror—taken CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Blaze 25 to 1 agat Mr. Disney's Keleshe—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Jonathan Wild—t freely 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clumsy-40 to 1 taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. liostyn's The Swallow—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Cracow—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Queen Mary—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. C. Marson's Rufus—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning 50 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel—taken 1,000 to 15 apt Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Tartar—taken Jonathan Wild, Clumsy, Cracow, Queen Mary, War Eagle, and Rutus, were backed with great spirit. War Eagle and Queen Mary leaving off at an improvement et several points on the odds quoted, at which the greater part of the money was invested; 25 to 1 was offered agst Blaze, at which odds to a small sum was laid out agst Keleshe. SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 500 to 30 agst Yanessa—taken DERBY. Nothing done worthy of notice. ATTACK DT POACHERS ON GAMIIKREPERS.— Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Friday morning, James Hutchison and James Kirk, two of Sir John Maxwell's keepers, when watching at Cowglen, on the Pollok estate, saw three poachers standing on the private road leading to Laigh Cowglen, and a dog, apparently belonging to them, crossing the adjoining fields—and the keepers having gone up to the poachers, one of the latter threw a hare over the hedge. At this time the poachers' dog came upon the road, and was shot at by Hutchison, when the three men, two of them being armed with bludgeons, and the third with an iron rod, or poker, made a furious attack upon the keepers; and the latter having the worst of it, and being unable to defend themselves, Kirk ran to the farm house at Laigh Cowglen, for assistance ; and while Hutchison attempted to defend himself with his unloaded gun, ho was repeatedly felled to the ground by blows with the iron rod and bludgeons on his head, and stabbed in his breast and back with some sharp weapon, and soon rendered insensible. The poachers then made off, carrying with them a six barrelled pistol, belonging to Hutchison, and the wounded dog. On Kirk's return to the spot he assisted his companion to the gardener's house at Cowgleu, whence ho was conveyed to Pollok, and medical aid procured. Hutchison was severely cut on both sides of the head, his nose was severely cut, and also one of his arms, and he boars on every part of his body the marks of the brutal violence use towards him. Luckily, the wounds inflicted with the knife or sharp instrument were not very deep, otherwise one near to the heart must have proved fatal. Kirk was not so seriously injured, but he had one of his arms severely hurt and disabled, and he bears on his person abundant evidence of great violence used by the poachers. Infor mation having been pronatstly given to the Procurator Fiscal, at Pollokshaws, he proceeded to Pollok, and instituted a searching inquiry into the case, and was enabled to issue a warrant against three parties supposed to be the persons who committed the assault and robbery, and having procured prompt assistance from Captain Wilson, of the Glasgow southern police district, they were all apprehended and lodged in Pollokahaws prison, preparatory to being examined and transmitted to the Sheriff. One of the poachers has been fully identified by the gamekeepers. It will be remembered that about two months ago a similar attack was made by three poachers on Hutchinson and Kirk's brother, at Dam breck, when Hutchison's life was put in imminent daner from the violence he then received.—. North British Mail LIN GARDENERS' BRNEYOLE?IT INSTITUTION. — Yesterday an annual general meeting of the subscribers to the above institution, founded for the relief of aged and indigent gardeners and their widows, was held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, to elect additional pensioners, officers for the ensuing v6..ar, and transact general busineast. Captain James Lamont, R.N., in the chair. The report congratulated the subscribers upon the steady increase of the institution. The funded stock has increased to 1,8501. Yesterday's election of two pensioners would make a total a 34 persons re ceiving annuities, the males of 16/. and the females 121. each per annum. The financial statement showed that, including a balance at the end of 1846, of 150/. Ts. 6d., the receipts from all sources was 7421. 45., and the ex penses (including 4391. paid to pensioners) was 6391. 75., leaving beihnoe in hand of 1031. lts. sa.. A number o f 11 - 00 etnen and gentlemen were elected Vice-Presidents , ' and ks being voted tQ the Chairman the meeting s . „iroke up. Tai HOUSEHOLD TROOPS. —The half - year l . c hange of quarters of the brigade of take place on the let of Marc h, agreceatFbly oot Guards ll w Battalion, from to the foow ing brigade orders: — G renadiers, Windsor to the Wellington Barracks ; 2d, 3 fr d om fro S m t. George's Barracks to Winchester ; and the P or tman street to out quarters, viz., Barracks, one cum.viz., three companies John's (head -quarters) to St. pany to Kensington , one to the Magazine, one to Buck ingham Palace, and one to St. George's Barracks. Coldstream guards—lat Battalion f from Winchester to the Tower of London; 2d ditto, from Wellington Bar o Windsor. Scots Fusilier Guards -Ist Battalion, racks thet Tower of London to St. George's Barracks; 2d ditto, from St. John's-wood, and out-quarters, to Portman -street. RACES T MA} Liverpool. Coventry Warwick Spring...l4 & 15 AP. Croxton Park 4 & 5 Catterick Bridge 6 & Epson: Spring 7 Chester 9 to 5 Newmarket Sec Sp 9,10,&11 Shrewsbury —lO, 11, & 12 JU: Hungerford 9 & 3 Ascot Sutton Coldfield ... 12 & 13 ll.raptou Munebeiter ... 14, 15, & 16 Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 to 23 Newmarket 4,5, & 6 Lancaster 5 & 6 Liverpool Stamford 12 & 13 :C I'. COME. littit:ry (Old Meeting) 22 Northampton 29 & 30 RIL. Newmarket C.... 10 to 14 Newmarket F. 5.24 to 28 A bergavenny AY. Bath Epsom 23 to 26 Newton NE. AUG Leominster Brighton... 2, S, & 4 Reading 9 & 10 Wolverhampton... 14 to 16 York S 3, 24, & 25 SEPTE Warwick 5 & 6 Aberystwith i & 8 Pigburn ll Lichfield l9 & 13 Doncaster 1 9 to 15 Leicester . Bibury Club 21 & 22 Stockbridge 22 Winchester Carlisle Salisbury 30 & July 1 Yarmouth Nottingham Goodwood 45 to 28 ST. Tiverton .24 & 25 Egham 16 & 17 Abingdon 29 & 30 Huntingdon 29 & 30 Derby 29 & 30 MBER. Knatsford Bedford 2O & 21 Wrexham 26 & 27 NewmrketF.o.26, 27, & 28 Chesterfield .... 20 & 21 1 OCTO Newmarket Sec.Oct.9 to 13 1 IBER. Nwmrkt Iloughtu 23 to 28 FOREIGriN FUNDS. DUTCH FUNDS.—AYSTMaII, JAN.IS. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2 per Cent.— 53N 641 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent •. 6814 66 Ditto, 4p er Cent.• • • . 1 . • ... • ... •• • . 813 i, 64%, Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. Commercial Company, 43 per Cent • . 161 k 162 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. .. .. •• • • 6314 84k Exchange on London, at sight . .. •• • • 12 Two months... .. .. ••• • • • 12 97 On Hambergh, at eight .... 34 65 Two months... .. 84 64 On Paris . ...... ••• • • • . Two m05th5........• • • 26 12 HAMBURG!' BORSUNITAILE, JAR. 12. Bills. Money. kustrian I per Cent■ • • • • • • .. 1024 Bank Shares 1602 Anglo-Russian Loan •. • •••• • • • • 102 Russian 5 per Cent., Hanab. Certificate. 1014 Ditto Ist series inscription...—. • . • • • 102 Ditto,riopil and C0.,3k1 and 4th series.. Ditto, in Certificate.. • . • ... • • • • • • •• • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • S 6 Ditto Stieglitz • • • • • • • • • • 85 Spanish New 5 per Cent • . • • • • • • ...... Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 24 per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 24 per Cent ••• •• 54 Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .• 82 National Bank Shares • AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIINNA, JAN. 12. 5 per Cent. 3letalliques— 1044 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • . • • 90 per Cent. ditto.. . • • • 08 Loan, 1834 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 156 Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares • • • • • • 15i.40 Esterhazv's Loan . •........• 574 TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRUIRSIIANZ.—A select than numerous meeting was held yesterday evert ing, at the house of Mr. George Cox, optician, Ifolborli, for the purpose of taking into consideration the besl means of promoting a subscription, with the view presenting a testimonial to George Cruikshank, the isi mitable artist. The proceedings were altogether of preliminary character. Mr. Passmore Edwards presided. He introduced the subject by adverting to the distin guished abilities of the eminent artist who was the object of the meeting in the most eulogistic terms. Mr. Pri deaux moved, and Mr. Phillips seconded, a resolution to the following effect:—" That this meeting, admiring the peculiar and unrivalled talents of George Cruikshank, now form themselves into a committee, pro ten., for th• purpose of promoting a subscription, with a view of pre• senting a testimonial to that distinguished artist, by co operating with any other body or bodies already in ex• istence for the same purpose, and by such other mean: as they may deem advisable; and that this committr now adjourn to a future day, then to re-assemble ane. report progress." I❑ the course of the evening severa' , letters were read from individuals favourable to th - undertaking, His Excellency Mr. J. Brooke (Raja of Sarawak), since his return to Mivart's from visiting his relativet, at Cheltenham and Somersetshire, has been active) engaged in preparations for his departure for the Est. Indies, to enter on the duties of his high appointmen , His Excellency is expected to leave on Monday or Tues day next for Portsmouth, to embark at that place wit.« the members of this suite. TEE IRON TRADE.—At a meeting of the creditois of Messrs. Bradley and Son, of Tipton, near Dud.lx_ held at Birmingham yesterday, we understand that :A arrangement was made for the payment of 12e. 6d. i.= the pound. A Bw FOR A MITRE.—The Dean of Carlisle lase written to Dr. Hampden, to say that he will ever eonsl der the vote he gave against him (Dr. Hampden) le, 1836, as the most unsatisfactory vote he ever recorded as, a member of the Hebdomadal Board. THE LATE MURDER AT DUNDRY.—ABIITOII , I, THURSDAY MORNING.—The inquiry by the magistrate for the county, of which I gave you yesterday as lit- particulars as could be given down to the hour for du& ing my parcel, was continued through the day. No nelk fact of importance was elicited, and the inquiry wet again adjourned. ABD-EL-KADER.—Letters from Toulon of the 231 1 inst. state that no decision had yet been adopted wick regard to Abd-el Kader. A child belonging to a wore* of his suite had died in the fort Lamalgue. The pri. soners, after performing the funeral rites over the body suffered it to be conveyed to the cemetery of the tow% where it was interred. The 123 persons of Abcl-0. Radar's deira, lately landed at Algiers from the Ong packet, had been removed to the fort of the Casbek. where they were to be treated as prisoners of war of tjte first class. Among them were two Spanish worrert o born at Cadiz, of remarkable beauty, and the wives t one of the Khodias of the Emir. TURNPIKE ToLLS.--A meeting was yesterilay helm at the parish-house of Hackney to memoralise the Cesa missioners of Roads for the removal of some of the to:' bars. It was shown that in that parish there are three distinct districts, to all of whose tolls the parishioner are liable. A petition to the House of Commons was also drawn up, and it was there stated on good authoritj that the cost of collecting is sixty per cent. on the whole' sums levied from the public. JEWISH DISABILITIES REMOVAL BILL.—We baK heard from a source on which we may rely, that the fire; speech on the Jewish Disabilities Bill after the re-opee ing of the House, will be from Sir Robert Peel (ir favour), and that on its introduction into the Tipp* . House, it will be supported by the Duke of Wellingteek and no less than seven of the Bishops ; consequent l 2 , there cannot be any longer a doubt as to its success.-- Voice of Jacob. GENERAL FLORES.—We are informed that prigs, dier-General Flores, of the Spanish marines, arrived s.:" the port of Swansea, Wales, by a vessel from Cuba, ea route to Spain. The General has left this , country fnt Paris, in order to proceed through France to Spa i n. arr angements having been made for his personal effeeas to follow hiai by a vessel proceeding either from th. 4 port or Liverpool , to their destination. THE HUNGARIAN MAGNATES.—The Chs tanber o: Magnates of Hungary adopted in their s it t i iag o f the 17th the principle of a Bill for a m ore equa l ano d e o taxation, so as to compel all persons to contribulte to O. e expenses of the state according to th e i r nseans, an d a bo list) the privileges hitherto enjoyed by certain c kesees. OSWETRY.—FUNERAL OF THE LATE E 01 Fowls.—At a special meeting of the town ce toncil oe Saturday last, it was unanimously agreed t E ,at tto Friday churches a should be p u t i n mourn i ng , an d a l so that v next, the day of interment, that all 'business'. should be suspended. The inhabitants of the to ^wn will, therefore, strictly observe the terms of the requisition. so that the day will be one of general mourl tI ng, as t. mark of respect to the noble family, for whom :no com munity can possibly sympathise more than the pee rishioners of Oswestry, who, in the person of the late lord of the manor, have lest one of their great et,.it bane factors.—Eddou'es's Shropshire Journal. FAILURES IN FRANCE.—The three houses i A Mont pellier, the failure of which was spoken of yest a rday at the Bourse, are those of Granier, of Fare!, t dof C. Fajon. The first carried on a large business as ,a ° banker and woollen-manufacturer, and his being iblieed to suspend payments has caused an immense le sisation in the south of France. It was said, however, t bat . he was likely to make such arrangements with his FE° ed b l u t s o i r n s e, a s s will enable him to resume his operations in Chamber of Deputies, and his restgnati.on M. Granier represented the town .of Nf o nt o p i e! u li is er he i a n t h ti a le s . been announced by the President.. as ill o hboeusmesen though report of the sitting. The other .. highly respectable, VAN AbIEURGII.—The oelebrated lion-tatner ar were nut $1) important.—G.dli9naj rived h hkaen left to contendingth more hr peacefuli occupation fromc America heu platen of 'mug as agent for the furious . I, s e st t,and week. has ll° taken cele brated Titus, the Em p eror. of the American arene. His mission to England is to • 'purchase trained horses for the above-named gel:idea:lSM, and to pick up any avail able talent that may be di s engaged in the equestria n, vaulting, or tumbling line. As Mr. Batty, of Astley'a Amphitheatre, has been w e eding his stud in order to introduce fresh blood, an. I. to change his breed of horse., which are consid ere d somewhat too " leggy," the opportunity was favour a bl e • to M r . Van Amburgh's de signs. He has, we believe, 'purchased very largely from Mr. Batty, and the albinos, piebalds, aid the " admire , ' spotted c h argers, " are about to experience the annoyance of a voyage acrd; is the Atlantic, and to become denizens of the free repu b lie. The very horses that have been foremost in the e h; irge on the British side in the grand spectacle of "TI is Battle of Waterloo," will shortly be engaged with eq al energy under the " star spangled banner" in bearin g down Mexican mustangs in the glorious battle piece entitled " The Conquest . of Mexico." Mr. Van Aw argh reports that theatrical business is in a very d:4 ,ressed state in America just now. As he is about ' to make further purchases, it appears he is determi dto carry out the necessary materials for exciting sensation. —Liverpool Albion, ~: ~~4'r. sq A