The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-10 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. SHEFFIELD. On Thursday a large open-air meeting was held in Paradise-square, to receive our borough Members, Messrs. Parker and Roebuck, as candidates for re. election. The hour fixed for the meeting was two o'clock in the afternoon, and a few minutes before that hour, Messrs. Parker and Roebuck appeared in the square with a number of the members of their committee, who had lunched with them at the Royal Hotel. The attendance was not very numerous. Mr. Caow.retEtt proposed that the Ilayor should be sent for to preside ; the motion was seconded by Mr. Rooms°er. and carried by a general show of hands. The MAYOR, having arrived, was received with cheers. He hoped that they would show that a Shef field audience would give a fair hearing to every man who might have to speak. He first introduced Mr. Parker. Mr. PARBER—(Cheers w ith an attempt at hooting, and cries of " Order)—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, having been for many years the representative of this borough in Parliament, I assure you that though I have a deep sense and conviction, which experi ence has not removed, of my unfitness, to a cer tain extent, for the great task I have undertaken, I have been sustained by the principles that have always animated me, and I never came before you with greater c onfidence in the position I have maintained. .—(Cheers.) Yet, gentlemen, strange to say, though that word " Protection" has for many years been familiar in our ears as household words in the mouths of a certain party in the House of Commons —though that House has been mystified, though some counties have been seduced, though boroughs not intelligent and large like this, in some parts of the country have been deluded with the idea of a return to this Eleusi nian mystery of protection, so great a change has come over the spirit of the dream of that party, and since the chancee of the Government—since Lord Derby, the head and foundation of the Protectionist party, was called to office—since the Protectionist chief summoned his Protectionist colleagues around him, and formed what the world vainly believed to be a Protectionist Government—yet now the word is never named by that party—and the only people from whom we hear nothing of protection are the Protec tionists. They never mention it—" that once familiar word." It seems as if, by common consent, whether in speeches in the House of Commons, or in addresses to constituencies, or in the usual inter course between political men and their connexions, the phrase that used to animate their phalanx is dis used by common consent. Having eubverteul a the late Administration, and being now on the sunny side of evvning-street, the very subject which formerly bound and confederated them together is forgotten, and they are going about the country addressing the towns as Free-traders, and reserving protection for counties. I beg to advise you—whoever may have the honour of representing you in the next Parlia ment, to send, be they who they may, gentlemen who have given bail for free trade. I do not presume to say that I am the right man to represent you ; upon that point it is for others to give an opinion ; but this I have a right to say, as a member of the British public—as one who has seen something of public affairs, and who knows a little how things are worked in the House of Commons—whomsoever you send to Parliament, send men who will adhere to this policy, and who, by their conduct in the pest have given assurance of their conduct for the future. Whatever difference of opinion there may be, and there must always be differencee, not only among op ponents, but difference of degree among those who have common objects—acd of those differences I do not complain—it must at least be acknowledged by those who have considered the commercial and finan cial affairs of the country, that they have been handed over to the new Government in a way that reflects no discredit on those who have recently held power. The peace of Europe—of England—has been maintained : profound peace, so far as relates to the old dynasties of the continent, ard the balance of pdwer. There is in this country a firm determination, under all cir cumstances, it possible, to preserve peace, and to cul tivate friendly relations with all foreign countries. But there is a resolution also, with energy and with success, to maintain our right?, and to uphold the honour of the British flag and the glory of the British name in all quarters of the world. Such is the p o li cy of the English Parliament, and such, I am sure, must be that of any person whom the electors of Sheffield will send to that Hoarse. The Mezoa then announced that Mr. Parker was ready to answer questions. The first put was " The Ballot." Mr. PARKER—Some years ago I voted fur the ballot. For the last five or six years I have not voted upon it at all.—(Laughter.) It is quite true, gentlemen. Ido not deny the popularity of the ballot at present. I knew the great interest with which it is viewed by a large class of persons ; and I really have no strong opinion against it, as is proved by my having, as I said, voted for it.—(Laughter.) I am not singular in saying, and it is the opinion of a great many practical and thinking men, that I am not so confident of the efficiency of the ballot as to feel fully justified in advocating it with warmth. I very m uch doubt its efficiency. I doubt whether it would accomplish tho object.—(" Let us try it.") As I tell you, I have already voted for it. ( " And you voted against it last week.") No I did not. I have no strong opinion on it one way or the other ; and I voted for it twice a few years ego, in deference to what I believed to be the opinion of the borough. I have not voted against it ; but I am bound as an honest man to say that I do not believe the result would be what the public expect. Having this be lief, I owe it to you to state it without reserve. Mr. ROERUCK—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I be gan public life in 1832. I was then, as lam now, a Radical Reforrner.—(Cheers.) I have always advo cated the largest extension of the suffrage. I have voted always with my friend, Mr. Hume.—(Hear.) I have supported the ballot,—(" You did not run away like Parker."—Laughter.) If you will let me go through steadily as I wish, I will answer any ques.. tion afterwards. I take it that as far as regards my self there can be no doubt about the ballot. I have al ways supported, as I have told you, an extension of the suffrage. I have also voted for triennial Parlia ments. lam aga i ns t ann ual Parliaments,—(" Why are you?") I will tell you why. I know something about th e confusion which frequent elections create, and with annual Parliaments w the elections would come so rapidly, th ath when a man once „e•ot m office you could never get hi lam for a him out again. Therefore, I say perfect res?onsibiiity, and I believe a perfect responsibility will gained by three years th in be better shall want those what else I the by one' But I will tell you regularly, that y three years to come man's will, but when the three. be dependent upon any ment shall cease, and a new t years expire, Parlia- Tn?be elected.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when in 1832 these were my opinions. Tthe first entered public life, and as far as a human b=eing Ca y n ar e my opinions now, with respect to his own mind, sl'eak of the future Free - believe those will be my opinions havei, every reaso n t o gned free the large Whig party in this collu,netr?r'ireteaefetteri; When you we do n " o ‘ t . e e aiot i x n ‘ tend to los e traders I was a Free-tr a d er . trade, and let me inform it.—(Cheers.) Now I come to the n the last. I am about to addr ess myself to Ilriqnutesatinocril of education ; and I come now to the great ' doctri ne of civil and religious liberty. My opinion is this,tha the opinions of a mad with respect to religious views are b e t we en himself and his Almighty Maker, tal; voice, here and elsewhere, has always been raised in the great cause of civil and religious liberty. Some gentleman below asked what Mr. Parker did ab ou t the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Now, had I wa n t e d to court popularity in this town, what should I have done ? I should have fallen in with the leadin g principles and views of that time. And let me tell you that the people of England were against the Ca tholics on that occasion. But I said then, as I say now, that Ireland i s Catholic, England is Protestant, Scotland is something of a stronger degree of Pro testantism. You see very few bishops in Scotland. That being the case, I, as a statesman, was bound to consider how to govern this country, and it so pleased the Catholics to do certain things which I thought not wise, certainly because they gave offence to the great body of their countrymen ; yet, having done so, I was bound to inquire whether in reality they bad attacked the peace, the comfort, or the rights of their fellow-citizens, and I was bound to say they had not. Until they had, I thought legislation concern ing them unwise, and therefore I voted against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.—(Hear, hear.) And what is more, I suspect that the Noble Lord who pro posed that Bill is now very sorry for what he has done.—(Laughter.) I am a Protestant to the back bone, and therefore, as far as civil and religious li bert-y is concerned, I go with my Protestant friends ; but I would give them this caution, not to let their zeal for great principles of liberty outrun their dis cretion. It sometimes happens that a man being liberal is illiberal in his liberality.—(Laughter.) I am told that I bear a very sharp tongue—that I am an ill- fellow.—(Laughter.) ill- conditioned ill-tempered I acknowledg e deal, and it lam a vehement man. I talk a great deal say at times happens that people who talk a great and m ay eswhat they do not altogether intend, the great convey Dissenting impressions not designed. But, of I am bound to speak l '"'dies, taking To them I beli e . '" them as a whole, we the greatest possible regard. maintenance of the gr e :ve th e mpifeetation and the gious liberty; and tho u PRrhi pies of civil and reli with our old Puritan fore-fatlaeshould have quarrelled were very often wrong, shott,a , t and thought they 1640, for then was laid t h e nave been a rebel in ; English liberty. Now, I think Tat \ foundation of told you what my v i e ws are. Let.e Pretty well 1,0 Sffield observation befbre I conclude. tanje. makhe e one ix:l_lB.u, I stated my views in this fete Was elected without oppo s it i o n. Sinee t qar ! en I have ;'+'~:~, fzr ' fl THE SUN, appeared twice or thrice before my constituency, and given every explanation that w as in my po wer, and 1 upon every occasion I have had the approleatlo those who heard me. Well, then, Gentleman, Ih n av o e f not changed. I have very often heard of the fickle breath of popular applause. I will not believe in that dictum. I believe that when a man does his duty by you, yon will do your duty by him.—(Cheers.) If he has betrayed no trust, if he has pursued no paltry self-interest, if he has done his duty as a man, mark you, that the dishonour of rejecting him will not fall upon him.—(Hear, hear.) I have nothing more to explain, unless you ask me. I have no secrets to hide. What you demand by way of explanation you shall have. Again I say lam not changed, and I with confidence appeal to you.—(Cheers.) Mr. WATERHOUSE said that those who saw the re port of the proceedings of the House of Commons of Monday would find that Mr. Roebuck had spoken slightingly of the proceedings of those gentlemen who were often heard in Exeter-hall, and that he also expressed it as his opinion that nothing less than extermination would be sufficient to settle the dispute in Kafirland. He would now call upon Mr. Roe buck, who had previously given him an explanation, to explain to the meeting what he said on that occa sion. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. Roenucte—Lord J. Russell, Sir W. Moles worth, and Mr. Gladstone explained their views with regard to the system in Kafirland. I rose late in the debate, after Sir J. Pakington, the Colonial Se cretary, and I said to him, " I don't think that you understand all that is in this question. There is a feeling at the bottom that neither you nor Lord John Russell, nor Mr. Gladstone, nor Sir William Moles worth has touched, and that is the religious feeling of the great body of the more religious public of this country—the pronounced religious opinion of the country; and for the purpose of denoting the class to whom I allude, I will take the name of Exeter-hall, and for brevity employ that term." There are people here who heard that speech. " And," I said, employing this phrase, " a great body of men of the greatest re spectability, of strong opinions, who deserve the greatest regard, are against this continuous aggres sion against the Kafirs ; and, depend upcn it, if you propose to give power to the coler'sts to govern them selves and to regulate their own frontier, you give them the power of war ; and if you give them the power to wage war and to protect themselves, they will exterminate the natives, and the people of whom I am speaking will be most opposed to such a pro ceeding." [Mr. W. Smith—" I read it so." . ] " And, mark, the people of England won't bear with these wars. You ere taking your troops there. That will, of necessity, incur on us great expense. The people of England generally won't bear that. Now, you are in this difficulty :—You can only maintain your colonie% well, as colonies, by giving power to the colonists. By giving power to the colonists you run the risk of arousing the anger and indignation of that class of whom I speak. That is your difficulty. You cannot get out of it by the present system. You in cur all tho horrors of war, and all the expense, and extermination will follow, and anger will be in the people of this country."—(liear, hear.) Now is there anything there disrespectful to the Dissenters of thin country ? TheMAyoa.—Will any gentleman ask any more questions ? Voice—" I wish to ask him about Conock.") Haavesz, after disclaiming any collusion with Mr. an begged ation t o h f a t t h t e h the Coppock Hon. Roebuck, a n d assur i ng t h e meeting that he hed pok g e i n ve to an hi e m xp , Gentle mannot.yewouldl; s trans action.—(Hear.) Mr. Raenucte—ln 183 9 r .H ume introduced me to Beth, and that constituency came to the conclusion that they would bear the expenses of their own elec tion. At the next e,ection they did the same thing. I At the third election they e did the same. At the fourth , election •my friends came to me and said, " Can you get any help in the way of bearing your proper ex penses from any of your friends ?" I said, " I will tell you this ; I won's hear any—(Laughter)—but, if my own personal friends choose to help me, I see no reason why they should not:' Oo that occasion my friends said, " We could not return two Radicals, but we might return one if the Whigs would join us." The Whigs were then in office. Mr. Stanley, now Lord Stanley of Alderley, was the Secretary to the Treasury. I went to him, and told him what had occurred. Hear, now, the fact whi c h h as startled many people. "I am going (low's," said he, " to attend necessarily to my own election ; correspond through certain persons —one of whom (Mr. Roebuck continued) I will not not name, because there is no n ecessity to drag names before the public—" but at all events write to Coppock." I wrote to Mr. Cap pock on the state of the town. Mr. Stanley applied to Lord Duncan, and Lord Duncan came down. A friend of mine who knew vi het had occurred about the expenses of Bath said a few days before to me, "We have a private fund, subscribed to by many Radicals as well as others, and we will send some of the money to bear the expenses of the Bath election." And that friend of mine, knowing that Mr. Coppock would meet me on a certain day, said, " Give that to Mr. Roebuck ;" and I carried it down to Bath, and it formed a portion of the expenses that were necessarily incurred. Mr. Coppock's name was mentioned in the House of Commons this year, and I then said that Mr. Coppock had not interfered in any election of mine, and therefore I was not called upon to vote his expulsion from the Reform Club. I also said then, and I say now, that neither he nor any other man would have dared to interfere in my election as he had inter fered in the St. Alban's election.—(Hear.) Now, I had really and entirely forgotten that I had written to Mr. Coppock, because in reality I had written to Mr. Stanley ; the communication was with Government, we wanting a Whig candidate, and the fact of my having written to Mr. Coppock had dropped out of my mind. But what is the imputation in this ? My expenses were paid partly by the constituency, and partly by my own personal friends. Bat when a man says here, when I am not present—(Hear)— that I am a Member " by the grace of Coppock"— ( Hear, hear, and cheers)—let me ask that Learned Gentleman what his own case is. —(Hear, hear.) I never asked anybody to bear my personal expenses. I don't blame him for having made any arrangements about his; but I do say that any man who could say " I refuse to come here, even to appear as a candidate, unless my expenses are paid," should think twice be fore he imputes—for imputation there was—dishonour to me because the expenses were paid by my friends.— (Applause.) Now, what is going to take place at this election ? lam going to do as I always have done ; I am not going to pay any portion of my expenses, What occurred there will occur here. lhere are gentlemen here who, no doubt, think that to return me to Parliament is a matter for the public advantage ..—(Loud applause)—and they say, "We are not going to bribe Sheffield, but there are the necessary expenses." And you will find, for whomsoever you ac t—the gentlemen who are on this platform have found it cut—that there are expenses. They must h avQ a committee-room ; they must have placards. These ;things are not got for nothing. And all those are legitimate expenses. Well, 3001. was given by my friends to elect me, in 1847 I think it was, and that is just what this C Coppock affair amounts t o . Coppock I had forgotten tha t Mr. pock had any part in it. (Mr. Dunn reminded Mr. Roebuck that occurred in 1841.) Oh yes, in 1841. It is 11 years ago. Well, I astood again for Bath, and in 1847 what occurred . I made aga i n the same declaration that I would not p a y , and my friends paid the electioneering expenses. And nay friends will pay them now.—(Cheers, and a cry of AY, willingly ) Where is the dishonour in that? If any man had asked me I would have printed it a nd ut it on the statue at Charin g -cross, if he h a d desired it for his ow n private satisfaction. , Mr. Rorie:saes—Will Mr. Roebuck allow those letters mentioned by M r c k as marked " pri vate" to b e produced r. —oppo Mr. R9Enua--1 here ? but if you will • don't know what they may be, feci liberty to write to Mr. Coppock he has my per give them hear.) But I don't care a singl e farthing do or do not. I have not got the g whether you The Rev. U. G. letters. El Roebuck w h e th er he eD es (Fulwood) asked Mr. fortuity ? a pp r oved of th e A c t of Unin Mr. ROEBUCK—I have said anything like legal restraint uponhere that I object to Mr. RHODES—WouId you repeal religious opinion. a n l . it ? Mr. ROEBUCK—The Act of ep U e enforce one opinion. I say that is a feirr nitY wishes to objection to all legal restraints 'upon tuhewise, and my of religious opinion is just as strong a manifestation —(Cries of " The marriage question, a l a it,ever was for a separation of the Church and State 2 "; A" I have You ' answered that questi on j us t now by the other, Mr. IRONSIDE—(Faint c h eers, followed ately by general and loud hissing)—My proposition is this,—" That Messrs. P ar k er and Roebuck are fit and proper persons to r e p resent th i s borough (Faint cheers, hisses, and la ug ht er ) —and that they bea not recognised as candidat es ." M r. Roebuck h s positively told several lies.—(C r i es o f "Shame!" from all parts of the meeting, and great confusion.) When Mr. Coppock published those letters in the papers they furnished such proof that it appeared al most unanswerable, but so high was my respect for Mr. Roebuck that I did not then come to a conclu sion. I determined to wait and hear Mr. Roebuck's defence, or to read it. I read his d e f ence . W hat was it? That he had forgotten having written to Coppock, because he was treating with the Govern ment. lie has said to-day that he went to Mr. Stanley and agreed with him about this affair. li e has said that he said to him, "We (the Whigs) want a candidate, and we want to know how it is to be manne d." If the constituencies of England ar e t o be bertered in that manner 83 chattels, I think it is high tim we came to the condition of France and had a dictator at once.—(llear, hisses, and laughter.) Mr. FOBINSON addressed the crowd from the step s as the seconder or Mr. Ironside's proposition. LONDON, Mr. ROEDUCK—(Cheering) — The circumstances were these—there was a small party of Whigs in Bath and a large party of Radicals. The Radicals were my friends, but we were not enough alone, to return a member ; but if the Whigs joined us we might return two Liberal members. Therefore I went to Mr. Stanley and said, " If you will give us a Whig to suit my friends, we can bring in two Li beral members instead of one Radical and one Tory or two Tories," That is all I had to do with Mr. Stanley. He sent us Lord Duncan, who was about nearly as liberal a member as I am, but he was a lord. After that my friends sent me 3001. for my expenses. That had nothing on earth to do with sending down Lord Duncan. He bore his share of the expenses, and this 3001. went to the general ex penses—Government had nothing to do with it. Mr. HARVEY—I beg leave to propose., as an amendment to Mr. Ironside's motion, "That John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., is a fit and proper person to represent this large and important town in Parlia ment."—(Vehement applause.) Mr. FISHER was received with applause. He said he had great pleasure in seconding the amendment. Mr. G. BOLER vehemently called out from the body of the meeting that Mr. Parker ought to stand on his own merits, and that Mr. Roebuck should not be allied with him. They were dragging Mr. Par ker in with Mr. Roebuck.—(Cheers.) The Mivox—The amendment is that John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., alone is a fit and proper person to re present this borough in Parliament. The gentlemen who think so will hold up their hands. A complete forest of hands was held up in favour of the amendment, and only a few against it. The result was hailed with cheers. Mr. DUNN was received with cheers and hisses. The amendment he had now to move, which, but for Mr. Ironside's motion, would have been a substantive motion, was " That John Parker, Esq., is a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parlia ment." Mr. BARKER said he had great pleasure in second ing the nomination of Mr. Parker as a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament. The MAYOR—Those gentlemen who are of opinion that Mr. Parker is a fit and proper person to repre sent this borough in Parliament will signify the same by holidng up their hands.—(A show of hands was taken for and against.) Gentlemen, Mr. Roe buck's resolution was carried by a lare majority. Mr. Parker's is lost by a large majority. Mr. Ironside's resolution falls to the ground. I consider, therefore, that the business is at an end. Mr. PARKER then moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. . . Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion, observing that nothing could be more fair than the conduct of the Mayor. _The returned thanks, the meeting br oke motion was car r i e d unanimously'', ." 13 9 orslaip having his up at ten minut es before five o'clock. YARMOUTH. The following address has been issued by Admiral Sir Charles Napier:— " TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT YARMOCTIL. " Gentlemen,—Cailed upon by a numerous and re snectable body of the electors of the borough of Great Yarmouth, I have come amongst you, and at two meet ings have clearly and distinctly explained my opinions, and for the information of the electors who were not pre sent I shall shcrtly state them in writing. " 1. I am en uncompromising opponent of any tax on food, whether for protection or revenue. " 0 . With regard to the Navigation Laws, I will use my utmost exertion to relieve the shipping interest from unjust burdens, and should any nation refuse us the ad vantages we have given then, after a reasonable time I would withdraw the concessions we have made them. "3. I will vote for the ballot, because I believe it is the only means of protecting the poor voter. I approve of the extension of the suffrage to all ratepayers, and ending county and borough voters on the same footing. lam for shortening the duration of Parliament, and abolishing the property qualification. " 4. I think the small boroughs sending one Member to Parliament should be disfranchised, and one Member taken from those who have two, and the whole divided between the large towns and the counties that are not prorrly represented. " 5. I am for c - ;rrecting all abuses, and reducicg the expenditure as low as the safety of the country will admit. " G. I am for keeping up a respectable navy for the defence of the country, and giving every encouragement to the seamen to induce them to come forward when their services aro required, without having recourse to that infamous and tyrannical system—impressment. " 7. It will be my duty and also my inclination to pay the strictest attention to your local interests. " The above, gentlemen, are my fixed opinions. If you approve of them, and think I am worthy to occupy the same position with regard to you that the gallant Jervis and Troubridge did, you will gin) me your cordial support, and justify my standing for the representation of the borough of Yarmouth. " Before Parliament is dissolved I shall take an op portunity of paying my respects to you individually." IRON M&STERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS. BIRMINGHAM, TRURBDAY.—The first of these periodical assemblages, at which the resolutions of the trade, adopted at the preliminary meeting held a fortnight ago, are to be ratified or rejected, was held at Walsall on Tuesday, and the second at Wolver• hampton yesterday. That of the latter town is usually considered one of the most important, if not the moat important of the series, convened throughout the iron districts of South Staffordshire and Shropshire ; and on this occasion was most numerously attended by the principals or representatives of the chief firms of both counties. Although i the iron trade was repre sented to be by no means n a flouri s hi ng con diti on as compared with its condition two years ago, appear ances were much better, and the market decidedly firmer than it was a fortnight s i nce . Th e pr i ces adopted at the preliminary meeting were of conse quence fully maintained, and the tendency of the market, if any was observable, upwards. Some of the first makers, as we wer e given t o un d ers t an d, obtained better prices than, from the state of the mar ket a few weeks back, could reasonably have been ex pected. The fact is that the first-rate houses, the quality of whose iron has obtained for them a pre eminence in all parts of the world, can at all times command, as compared with inferior makers, a high and remunerative price; and thus it is that while some ironmasters, from the in feriority of their make, are compelled to undersell and give a character of depression to the trade, the best makers are carrying on an extensive and success ful business. South Staffordshire affords abun dant evidence in support of this truth. The manufacture of the article of pig iron, upon the quality and prices of which the prices of superior descriptions of iron are based, is more particularly open to this observation. It has of late years been wretchedly deteriorated in South Staffordshire, and the consequence is that according to make it varies in price at the present time from 2/. ss. to 3/. 103. per ton; while some few years ago, when the snake was uniformly excellent, one price fixed at Gloucester invariably ruled the whole district. The newly-discovered ironstone in Northamptonshire was the subject of considerable discussion at 'Wolver hampton, and elicited various opinions. From the peculiar circumstances in which many of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire are placed in consequence of existing royalties, opposition to the Northamptonshire ore might naturally be expected, and in some instances it is consequently much depre ciated; but there are other ironmasters who appear to concur in the opinions expressed by Mr. Blackwell, of Dudley, in his lecture delivered in London, on Wednesday evening, that the ironstone of Northamp tonshire, from its valuable qualities, will ultimately prove of great advantage to the iron manufacture of those districts. It is now being used to some extent, and those who have tried it in their blast furnaces commend it. The attendance at our Town-hall to-day was not so numerous as we have seen on former occasions ; but the feeling manifested by the trade was rather hopeful than otherwise. The reports from Wales were good. There was a demand particularly for rails, which were advancing from ss. to 103. per ton. The accounts from Scotland were dull. A merchant in the hall purchased 200 tons of Scotch bars on Monday at ss. reduction. The payments for the quarter's accounts were generally considered highly satisfac tory. The failure of the Williams's in Wales has produced no effect here. The following are about t he rates at wh ich p rices ran g ed to-day :—Bars from s h ee ts from 61. 2s. 61. to 61. 7s. 6d. ; rods from 61. 6d. to 61 . Is. 6 d.; a nd hoo p s from Si. 15s. t i o l. 67. 61. 2;3' _ at No. 17, Old Bond-street, sth inst., I. o.West- O so C ci l e E ty, T h Y eld . street, on the in LthiSs exhibited specimens 0 At E N au T or O di ll n i ar O y L m O e eGtinl g CoAf wood, Esq., president, f t„ E he c a h ro a p ir h , a M ra r. H Ad ar a d m w l in V k h i i i t ; e , sh ow i ng that the curve d tail-like appendage is common b O nly to the female. The specimens 7 mountains. Mr. White topiv were o ne t h toc s k e he x rr e 3 s 7i n; the t hitherto Himalaya it a h s a a d m. e o e u n supposed ere collected to pertainh by also exhibited some coleoptera, &c., collected abny ele vation "hers.us Thompson, . . . , °- - MO feet above the level of the sea; some h " Botys urticalis," wer e identical with British specio, and among them " tionf R H E 1 c S in Little Thibet, at ot it, and 4 er t _ or a species closely allied to of of palings. aynhtanderhe,ene even utr s . 0: cl e w l a i :ast u o Shepherds. o , 7 " exhibited‘ Pery phu s t h l e i t l t a o r r v a tr i s, meeting to some specimens of to onsttahne " Blatta Germanica," T b e president e pu nup calledin attention under th e h f bark the ' which had been sent to him from Ireland (Kildare), This is the first recorded a wh g e e r n e tl t e h m e v ery troublesome in the house of noxious in houses, lie also read a communication from Sunderland, makin g ; .nquiries as to the best mode of destroying th e e e d destroying r t o h ya that ng insect of paper. neing common black-beetle, "Blatta orientalis." This unf ortunately too interesting SATURDAY EVENING, subject excited great discussion ; and among the va rious remedies named it appeared that a hedgehog kept in a house will entirely clear it of this pest. Mr. F. Smith stated that on one occasion he knew they speedily disappeared where guinea pigs were kept, but whether they fed on the black-beetles or not he, could not say. The presi dent likewise exhibited some specimens of a n ew description of cochineal insect lately dis covered in France by M. Gu6rin Menville, feeding on the common bean ( Faber vulgaris). The colour produced by this insect is exceedingly brilliant, and it is expected that it will prove a new source of in dustry in that country. Mr. W. W. Saunders read Hylmus rubrisola," prov aibnupgta thatpt h e r a t on tt sfhuernnohitsahpbeal furnished food parasitic, cd 4 as was hitherto supposed, for the larvaein the cells w here its eggs are laid. The secretary read a trans lated extract from the, " Entom o l og i sc he Zeitung," from tero a paper by Herr Zeller on the " Larvae of the r p horidm.' vi) trb Vattion+ BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a monthly return of the situation of ;he Bank of France up to April 8 : LIABILirr Es . Capital ••• —•-• ... ... f. 91,250,000 0 Reserve fund .. 4,000,000 0 ... 12,980,750 14 .: RNeosteersvteo-ihniema r°ebirtiiien.mcirc .u:l.;tion ....... Treasury creditor ..: 501,299,000 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... . ... 133,805,0250_,970449 190 Ditto of the branch banks ... .. 16,418,404 0 73,203,062 87 Ditto Account-current ce Various ou t n o t . o acc r uc d ro e r r ue nn ( tt p: w s itt-hbi current . ... . _ _, 173 159,061 30 Ditto in branches 370,622 25 D R e iv :d d i e :co d u s ia P t a s Y o a f b t i ll e e last Discounts, interest, and expenses • •.• ...... 26,093,746 0 ... 2,234,270 69 : six months 408,881 0 Interest on protested bills ... ... 508,019 67 lliscellancoas ... ... ... 552,40 k 0 f. 1,042,253,696 11 ...ABSET ., 9 . . ,„f.482,947,508 49 118,490,570 0 •.• •• Bills past due • ••• • 128,464 94 • Bill s discounted, but no t yet . • due, of w hich 17,737,1391.0 e. were rece i ve d from the Branch Bank s ... 45,128,472 30 Cash Ditto i i nn hand branch anks Bills in the branch banks .•.: .. 74,384,454 0 Ad v ances on coins and i ngots... ... 490,300 0 Ditto by the branch banks . ... 2,879,666 0 Ditto on French public securities ••• 89,983,536 10 Ditto by branch banks... ... 4,038,267 0 215 Ditto on railway sh ares and bonds ... 4, Ditto by branch b an k s ... ••• ,500 0 327,200 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th June, 1848 ~, ... ... 75,000,000 0 Advanced to the City of Paris on the Previsional Loan of 50,000,000 f. ••• 20,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund ••• ••• 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds ..• ••• 55,591,766 37 fiotel and furniture of the Bank ••• 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ••• 3,416,771 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 299,000 0 Expenses of administration of the I3ank and Branches - 717,184 95 • .•• ... •.• Miscellaneous ... ".... ... , 215,034 76 f. 1,012,253.696 11 Certified by the Governor of the Bank, D'AnaouT. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased since the last account, published March 5, by 10 500,000 f. The commercial bills dis counted have increased by 12 500,000 f. The cash ad vanced on deposit of French securities has increased from 17,000,000 f. to 94,000,000 f. The Bank notes in circula tion have increas e d b y 76 , 000,000 f. Th e b a l ance t o the credit of the Treasury has decreased by 27,000,000 f. The sundry credits have increased by 74,500,000 f. THE AR.CtIY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) The commander of the Janus, Commander Powell, has been permitted to accept the Spanish order of K.C. of Charles the Third, and the officer second in command an inferior grade of the same order, for their conduct against the pirates on the Riff coast. By the decease of Lieutenant-General Sir James Harvey, K.C.8 ., the Colonelcy o f t h e 59th Regiment has become vacant, as also the appointment of Lieu tenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Clarke, STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. - Colon el late 2cl Dragoons, is to be Assistant Quartermaster- General of t h e D u bli n di s t r ict. Lieutenant-Colonel term aster-General, of the Cork district. Li eu t enant - C o l o nel Forster is to be Assistant- Adjutant-General at Edinburgh: Lieutenant-Colonel Brooke Taylor, Assistant -Adjutant-General, and m a ste r- Lieutenant-Colonel G ener alat Manchester. Scott tobe Assistant-Quarter- STAFF IN IRELAND.—Li eutenant-Colonel R. W. Brougb, Assistant Adjutant-General at . Belfast, ha s assumed the command of the district during the ab sence of Major-General Thomas, C. 8., on leave. Colonel J. L. Pennefather, C. 8,, Deputy Quarter master-General to the forces, serving in Ireland, has taken the command of the Cork district during the absence of Major-General Manse], K.H., on leave. Major-General Cochrane assumed th e comman d o f the garrison of Dublin, and Dublin district, on the let of the present month. Major-General M'Donald having received leave of absence, the command of the Kilkenny district has devolved upon Colonel Johnson, Acting Assistant Quartermaster-General, the next senior officer. RECRUITING Disznicrs.--The following is the per manent arrangement for the I nspecting Field Officer of Recruiting Districts :—L on d on—Colonel Busb, K.H. Liverpool—Lieutenant-Colonel Davis. York —Lieutenant-Colonel .Magenis. Bristol—Lieute nant-Colonel Patton. Glasgo N e wry—Lieutenant-Colonel Ad a i r. vv SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.—C o I oneI Barnard, As .—Colonel Slade. sistant-Adjutant•General of th e Northern District, is ° l e ie i u n te th n e an c t om ß m a a r n n d ar o d f , District.a to G r enadi succeeder Guards, Major-General hasbeen pp o i nted Aide-de-Camp to his father. the South Wales District. ROYAL ARTILLERY R. Ezir tEamsyr.—The following officers have been permitted to retire upon half-pay —Lieutenant Colonels M. Lo u i s, J. H. Wood, P. A. L mi appointed s o T va removed o . Lethbridge, and H. Stow. Limerick district, in succession to Major-General n DISTRICT.—Major-General citloi Shaw at hur K er Gg e Kennedy. d nr y a tl. commandh e E resigna tion Captain leomrnt hge, Napier, . l eo i r h f :a R s c .CBbKe Major-General,e Fleming, 63,1 . Regiment, is to be Aide-de-Camp to his father. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas, unattached, son of Sir Howard Douglas, is to succeed Lieutenant- Colonel Doyle as Assistant Adjutant-General to the Limerick district. __ ,SERVATION OF THE EXHI- BlTis a ION B UILDING The follo win g co py of a l etter addressed by Mr. Oliveira to Sir Joseph Paxt on, on the subject of the revenue which could be de r i ved from the building if appropriated to the plan proposed : 8, Upper Hyd e P ark-street, London, April 5. My dear Sir,—As one of the objections to the perma nent establishment of the Crystal Palace, as a place of refined amusement, recreation, and intellectual culture to all classes, is the great cost of m a i n t a ining it, I beg to give you somewhat more in detail, and with slight additions, the items of an estimated annual revenue, which I addressed to you as long ago as last July, when I formed those opinions w hi ch I have since had the pleasure of participating W i th you of the great public utility to which this splendid creation of yours might be devoted. Assuming that the g e neral arrangements of the in terior would be a large c onservatory, with walks, foun tains, plants, and shrubs, that would live in a low tem perrchitectature; col llectidons of mi neralogy, botany, geology, aural moels, designs of various kinds to interest and instruct all classes of visitors; to which might be added schools of desige 7 lecture rooms, collections of inventions and mechanical imp r ovements by ingenious artizans, I am of opinion that the following schedule represents by no means an exaggerated estimate of the sum which might be derived from the Crystal Palace annually:— ESTI3II.TE OF REVENUE. If the outer division of the parallelogram was devoted to equestri ans , having a ' light railin g di v i ding it from the rest of the building, I p r opose that all parties having the privile should ge of riding there pay 000 guinea annually, and that there may be 800 su b scr ibers ...... £ B4O 0 0 All persons desirous of h av i ng the entree to the rest o f the buildin g every day i n thet year (Sunday included) should have tickets of admission at 11. is. A. re gister to be kept of their names an d re sidences; and the ge ne ral board of management to determine as to their eligibility. I expect from this source 10,000 sub scr i bers, representing ......... 10,500 0 0 Note—Viewing the success of the Hor ticultural, Botanical, and Zoological So cieties, where , to . - beco me a member, it is necessary to be p roposed, second ed , bal loted for, and Pay a l are entrance fee , I think the foreg,eing item (divested of those formalities) is not over-estimated. I propose that Monday an d Tuesday in each week be dev o t e d to the work in g classes, who shall visit the w h o l e of the building ~ -la payment of 3d. each. I estimate 5,000 d aily .................... . be 500 0 0 ;. 6 ' Wednesday an d Thursday should de voted to vi s i tors at 6d. each. I esti. 13,000 0 0 mato on e ac h of these days 5,000 ...... 13,000 0 0 Friday, I s., s aY 5 ,000 ..................... Saturday 2s. GI eaeh, on which day there might he • musieal entertain other attractions caleulared for upper classes, 32,500 o classes, 5,000 each (Joy ............ THE PRE £76,340 0 0 Other sources of profit might be available APRIL lO, from the privilege of selling refresh ment,.l, say annually For pl acing statuary or works of art, 1,000 objects, at Is. each per week 2,600 0 0 £79,940 0 0 The foregoing estimate may be considered rough and inaccare.te, bat it may lead to the question being mi nutely investigated, and brought to practical working, if we are fortunate enough to preserve the building from the destrcetion that awaits it. I remain, my dear Sir , yours very truly, Sir Joseph Paxton. BENJAMIN OLIVEIRA. RES FOR 1852. York Spring 2O Royal Leamington 2O Malton . 22 Newmarket F. S 26 Hambledon Hunt k Y. Darham Bath and Somerset Liverpool H. North Herts lEpsom2s Wye . 3l 'NE. Newcastle Bibury Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow rLY. i Stamford 2O I Nottingaam Abingdon Knutstord Goodwod iuST. Coventry ll York Radcliffe 23 Egham Lincoln ;MBER. Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. 0. IBER. May 24, a' . eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. • DIVIDENDS. s -, e o. At the Court, Basinghall-street. j ey . , H ( . 3 .Dvs Great 'rower-street, builder, April 30, at Ive Windmill-street, Haymarket, and Hendon, livery stable keeper, April 30, at twelve—H. Wolf and I. Lyons, Cripplegate-buildings, umbrella ma nufacturers, April 30, at eleven—H. F. Hudson, Horn ford, ironmonger, April 30, at twelve—J. Johnson, Great Winchester street, City, merchant, April 30, at twelve—Joseph Windlo Cole, Great Winchester-street, City. merchant, April 30, at twelve—F. Long, Vero• street, Oxford. street, importer of foreign lace, May 7, at eleven—H. Allison and T. Allison, Dean-street, Soho, pianoforte manufacturers, May 7, at eleven—J. Westley, Playhouse -yard, book-binder, May 6, at eleven—C. W. Elliott, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, grocer, May 7, at eleven—D. Bonnet, Mark-lane, and Golden-square, Sr. James's, wine merchent, April 30, at eleven—W. M`Dowall, Pemberton-row, printer, May 1, at twelve — J. Ballingell, Edward-street, Portman-square, piano forte-maker, May 1, at half-past eleven—J, Boxall, Brighton, coach maker, April 30 ; at twelve. Iu the Country. F. Palmer, Bristol, wine merchant, May 14, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—Jane Parker, Goosnargh-with- Newsham, Lancashire, April 30, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T. Harris, Camborno, Cornwall, grocer, May 5, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—C. Bacon, Walton, Someractsbire, tailor, May 4, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—D. Boobbyer, Tavistock, Devon shire, ironmonger, May 4, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Gundry, Goldsithney, Cornwall, merchant, May 5, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—H. Jackson, Nottingham, butcher, April 30, at half-past ten, at the Court, Nottingham—ll. Morris, Stourbridge, 'Worces tershire, grocer, May 1, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham —A. Ashmall, Liverpool, merchant, April 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Baynes, Leeds, flax-spinner, April 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Dyson, Wakefield, Yorkshire grocer, May 10, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Foakes, Mitcham , laud surveyor , is. 40., on Saturday, April 10, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane. J. Rhodcs and J. Rhodes, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners, ss. 11111., on any Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Mackenzie, Min ehester. E. Robson, South Shields,Durham, boatbuilder, 5a.3d., on Saturday, April 17, or any subsequent Saturday, be tween ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New castle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. (At the Court, Basingball-street.) T. B. Barnes, Thaxted, Essex, surgeon, May 6, at twelve—T. Burtonshaw, Southwark.bridgo-road, builder, May 1, at twelve—R. Bateman and R. Hardwick, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, printers, April 30, at half past eleven—W. E. Spencer, Holland-street, Black friars-road, mustard manufacturer, May 1, at hall-past eleven—E. H. Palmer, Highgate, common brewer, April 30, at eleven. In the Country. W. Williams, W. Williams, jun., and T. R. Williams, Newport, Monmouthshire, bankers, May 10, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol —G. Sherlock, Hulme, Lancashire, joiner, May 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. Milnes, Fah grave and Scarborough, Yorkshire, cloth merchant, May 3, at twelve, at the Court, L-3eds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. F. Cole, Hampton Court, victualler, certificate of the third class—ll. Crosby, Burnley, Lancashire, linen draper, certificate of the third class—D. Morton, Wal sall, Staffordshire, chemist, certificate of the second class after six months f rom A pril 7—W. Worley, Smethwick, Staffordshire, licensed victualler, certificate of the second class—J. O'Donnel, Sheffield, grocer, certificate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Ridley, jun., and W. Ri;l1-y, Bury St. Elmund's. coal merchants —G. Scarlett and H. Scariett, Hudders field, Yorkshire, hrewers--S. Dawton, W. Dawton, and J. Blatchford, Alt er, Devonshire, paper makers—R Lane and J. Sid greaves, Preston, Lancashire, bankers —N. Duckworth, J. Mason, and J. Armstrong, Man chester, engravers—W. Terry. J. Terry, J. Harrison, and W. Harrison, Gomersal, Yorkshire, coal owners—J. B. N4udet and L. Gillet, 411bany-street, Regent's-park, cooks and confectioners—E. Gadd and F. Gadd. Chi chester, grocers—G. Parsons and I'. Terrill, Didding ton-place, Islirgton, tin plate workers—W. Holmes and J. Heywood, Eidwick Beck, Yorkshire, worsted spin ners—H. Pountney and G. Cranstone, Webber-street, Blackfriars-road, ironfounders—J. Fearfield and J. Osborne, Houndsgste, Nottinghamshire, lace manufac turers—E. Doucet and S. Barlow, Regent-street, French shirt makers—W. Marsden, A. Barker, and J. W. Marsden, Shipley, Yorkshire, brass and ironfounders (so far as regerds J. W. Marsden)—T. Phillbrick and F. S. Tate, Louth, Lincolnshire, surgeons—J. Tofts and T. Reeve, Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, millers—W. Newey and T. Newey, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, grocers—F. Reeve and J. Nichols, Heathcock-court, Strand, printers—T. Relph and M. Spedding, Liverpool, wood hoop makers—J. H. Howard and D. Wakins, Up per Seymour-street, Euston-square, copper and steel plate printers—G. Chapman and C. G. Chapman, Brewer-street, Golden-square, wine merchants—J. Rep ton, J. Burrows, and T. P. Burrows, Longton, Stafford shire, grocers (so far as regards J. Repton)—J. Mallin son and A. Mallinson, Millhouse, Huddersfield, cloth merchants—C. F. Robinson and W. R. Austin, King street, Holborn, wino merchants—G. Barber and J. F. Moon, Mark-lone, City, merchants—J. Oldershaw and J. Macqueen, Nottingham, starch manufacturers., INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Georgy Henry Pollard, St. Augustin-the.less, Bristol, ship builder. William Battershill, Bristol, wharfinger. Charles Higgs, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, mason. John Harford, Bristol, scavenger. John Riley, Slaverton, Devonshire, grocer. Henry Mitchell, Winchester, licensed victualler. William Thurlbourn, Cambridge, tailor. Edward Clift, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, butcher. Samuel Gooch, Wissett, Suffolk, innkeeper. Frederic Tillett, Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, cabinet maker. Robert Marshlain, Middleton, Suffolk, farmer. Daniel Hudson, Kirton, Suffolk, saddler. Thomas Bamforth, Almondbury, Yorkshire, shoemaker. John Field, Lockwood, Yorkshire, common brewer. George Henthwaite, Huddersfield, cabinet maker. Robert Warton, Brough, Westmoreland, farmer. George Hogg, Kirkandrews-on- Esk , Cumberland, grocer. T. G. Hill, Walsall, Staffordshire, beer-house keeper. James Ashwell, W alsall, Staffordshire,licensed victualler. Richard Griffith Langeflni, Anglesay, farmer. Noah Harris, Oldswinford, Worcestershire, forgeman. Wm.Godsland, jun., Upton Hellions,Devonshire, miller. James Johnston, Craven, Yorkshire, gardener. Robert Langmead, Totnes, Devonshire, pork butcher. Joseph Sanders, Broomsgrove, Worcestershire, miller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Davidson, Leven, groctr, to meet withi❑ Robert son's National .Hotel, Kirkaldy, on April 15 and May C, at twelve. P. H. Simpson, Glasgow, coal master, to meet within the Star hotel, George's-square, Glasgow, April 14 and May 5, at two. J. Paterson, Killeonan, farmer, to meet within the White Hart Inn, Campbelltown, on April 15 and May 7, at one. D. Macpherson, Dingwall, hotel keeper, to meet within the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall, on April 14 and May 5, at one. T. G. Allan and P. Lightbody, Glasgow, cabi ne t makers, to meet within the Globe Hotel, George -square, Glasgow, on April 14 and May 5, at one. A. M`Laren ' Glasgow, provision merc h ant, to meet within Barr's Claremont Hotel, Glasgow, on April 12 and May 5, at one. T. Leslie, Edinburgh, hay and corn dealer, to meet within the Clydesdale Arms Inn, Grassmarket, Edin burgh, April 14 and May 5, at two. Elizabeth Baird or Morrison, Glasgow, innkeeper, to meet within the Glasgow Stock Exchange, on April 14 and May 19, at two. J. M.Robert, Dumfries. bookseller, to meet within the Commercial Hotel, Dumfries, on April 13 and May 10, at twelve. FATAL AFFRAY. We are indebted to a friend for the following de. tails of one of the bloodiest and most deadly affrays that ever took place in Kentucky:— " Lancaster, Kentucky, Sunday Morning, March 14. "Last evening Russell Hill, Isaiah Hill, Frederick Hill, and two or three boys, sons of Isaiah and m o C r r t a 1 1 . 3; Frederick, were returning homeward from Teetersville accompanied by Dr. 0. P. Hill, of this place. Just ' as the party got 'opposite to a tobacco-house (which ostidll increasing, had been fortified), on Scott's Fork of Sugar ef a, they were fired upon, and Russell Hil hastenedfell wounded. His brothers and nephews assistance. The fire from the house to his he remarked, ' You can do me no have killed me; do the best you can,' e g ad ° killed, just as ho was getting over the fence. ' boYs; they , Isaiah Hill was expired. The Hills then charged upon the house, and fight continued with short arms of the hous3 was forced by the remaining The door Hills, and the John Sellers was shot by a so e), and fe l f t received five other shot thrloaugadh fourteen years of ag o f Isaiah tlnd Hill b' i ( e t w k e l n v i e v c o s ; expired th e head. af t e rlvhial William Crisman was shot by 8 of stabbing Frederiok the Hill same boy when in the act Crisman died, wing- with a bowie knife, fifty-three wounds inflicted w it h an of the n ame of inflicted a knife. , On his body one pistol-shot and Sellers (of the , and another wounded. Two of the bo ' house party) were slightly -3 3 (Hill) were wou nded with rifle - shots, and one of them . . . _- - i condition. P.S. of the name of Samuel , a mere boy, lies in a critical Si nce writing the above Dr. Burdett has arrived from the ground and confirms the news of the death of Russell and lisiah Hill, John Sellers, and William Crisman,"— Louisville (United States) Courier. Upwards of 2,000 me n who have recently been en listedh m this and next month to DRAUGHTS OF TROOPS FOR INDIA." will sail from Chat aB b 6 l o nd offi la c ( ers enga, Madra s , They are fi ne and BombaY . nnaexmeerscoisfetdheatotffihceedrsiffuenrdenert join the diffe)renactcolnpanied in regiments y been d or e de s r ' s to hold themselves in readiness for emb a rk at i on yo p unlre ,r c h rut et l i, s olo a w nd in h g a a v r e e with these detachments :—For Bengal—Lieutenants Amiel and Mcdhurst, 10th Foot; Ensign Graham, 22d ; Captain Macpherson, Lieutenant Nangle, and Ensign Austen, Nth; Captain Murchison and Lieutenant Simmons, 29th; Ensign Tulloch, 32d; Can!aiL nusi C4rLlt:,r, Ls3dieutmnnts Mowbra7 and Llrcton, and gn oyd, ; Capiains &Kier and rioth!im i an d Spcood Lieu:mint.; Travets nr. , l fitt,ft (ttuyai Riles); Lieutenants Duperier and . Kirkland and Ensign Swift, 75th; First Lie u . tenant Fulcher and Second Lieutenant Biron soth ; Major Hobert Bush and gnoigui tend RACING FIXT Newmarket Craven l2 Stretford l2 Newcastle Spring Abergavenny Hoo l7 011erton Chester Spring Tavistock Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 Plymouth Spring Lenham Manchester ... Southwell Ascot .. 8 Beverley Lamberton Hampton Newton Salisbury Newmarket 6 Worcester Lancaster Liverpool AUG North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Edgware Great Yarmouth lO Reading SEPT: Warwick 7 Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford OCTO Newmarket S. 0. Ilolywell Hunt Richmond Newmarket Houghton 25 Chester Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn 2 IRISH RACES TO COME APRIL. Curragh... NAY. Eileock JUNE. Carr3gh 22 1 Moukstown JULY. Heath 5 1 Bellewstown AUGUST. Down Royal Corp 3 Tuam Phcenis. Park lO Ballinrot , 3l RoEcomsnon SEPTEMBER. Curragh 7 Johnstown 2l Limerick OCTOBER. _ _ Curragh l2 Dawn .Royal . Corp 2O i Carlow VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. The following is extracted from a private letter with which we have been favoured : " Vancouver, Feb. 9, 1852. " Sir,—l hope ere this reaches you that your health may be much better than it was at Victoria. Since I last wrote the Una has returned from Queen Charlotte's Island, and been wrecked at Neagh Bay, near Cape Flattery. Dr. Kennedy and family came down in her. When she was wind-bound at Neagh the doctor took a canoe to Victoria, leaving his family on board. It came on to blow, and although the Una had two anchors down she went ashore, and the crew were stripped and otherwise maltreated by Jack's followers. Mrs. Kennedy was stripped naked, but Jack's wife took pity on her and supplied her with clothing. Jack himself, I believe, endeavoured to prevent his men doing mischief; however he was overruled. Fortunately there was an American schooner at anchor in the road at the time, so that most of the cargo was saved, as also about 81b. of gold (which was all that was got, as they only got three blasts, and the Indians rushed in and got the most of it. They were glad t o ge t on b oard again). The schooner took them to Victoria. The Indians set the Una on fire. " Mr. D. has bought the Orbit for 2,500 dollars. " A steamer called tha Warren was lost last week at the mouth of the river. Forty-two people lost their lives, and the cargo, valued at 60,000 dollars, and mostly owned in Portland, was all lost. It is a heavy blow to the territory. " Mr. Ballenden, Mr. C.'s successor, is much liked here. He has been very ill, but is now recovering. They have been very gay at Victoria ;during Christ mas, and have had several balls. " Dr. Tolmie has been over here. The Mary Dare and a steamer have been released ; the company gave bond for the former ; the latter was illegally seized. Good grounds of action are said to lie against the collector. " There is now a great excitement here about Queen Charlotte's Island. Some of the Una's crew have brought such favourable reports I expect another experiment will shortly start. " No news as yet of the schooner Earnst, which left for Queen Charlotte's in November. The Geor giann3, as you will have heard, was wrecked, and an expedition, under charge of Derwent, went to rescue the crew. They called at Victoria. Derwent had strict orders to allow no one to land. We had another murder and a rape committed here on Saturday last. Two soldiers are committed for trial. An Indian was murdered defending his daughter. I will write you an account of the trial, which will take place in April. " No more news of Captain Grant since he left the Umqua." THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 9. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Leven at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st April instant, at two o'cicck. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock:—Thursday, 29th April inst.; and on Thursday, 13th May next, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N.B. The Knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars at the drawing-room on the 13th of May next. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord Napier, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Naples, to bo Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburgh. Tho Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point the Hon. Richard Bingham, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Naples. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint William Robert Ward, Esq., lately appointed Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Florence, to bo Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point William Taylor Thomson, Esq., now First Paid Attach 6 to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Per sia, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at that Court. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 6. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Earl of Sandwich, to appoint Captain William Dom vile, late of the Queen's Royal Regiment, one of her Ma jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Thomas George Wright, retired. WHITEHALL, APRIL 7. _. _ The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Lachlan Mac Lean to the church of the united parishes of Liff, Logie, Invergowrie, and Benvie, in the presby tery of Dundee, and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. George Addison, late minister thereof. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire. John Wiley Crewe Read, to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord _Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ist West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Jonathan Barber to be Surgeon, vice Taylor, deceased, March 24. WHITEHALL, MARCH 30. The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Kut., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Granville Leveson Gower Ward, of the city of Durham, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assur ance, in and for the city of Durham, also in and for the county of Durham. BANKRUPTS. Constant Champion, merchant, Fenchurch•street, to surrender April 16 and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street building; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldertnanbury. Samuel Trickett, stone merchant, Isle of D ogs, April 19 and May 22, at twel ve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assig nee , B asingba ll-street; Cox, Old Broad-street. Thomas Burton Lawrence, zinc dealer, Parliament street, Westminster, and York -place, Lambeth, April 19, at eleven, and May 22, at laalf-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, 1 Jennell, official assignee, hall-chambers ; Stevenson and Ley, Victoria-street , Holborn-bridge. - APO.' Guild 'Mutsu rowrlrvy, v.-inr, alcrrhant, Brighton,../ ~t tilii 20, at hali-ptut ebv,m, Pai d May 17, g“ l!' T ,'":: ; Liuk- Court of Bankruptcy. Grahum,C)iliciAl " 84:— laters, Sise.lane, London. Joseph Williams and William April, 26, and s , shopkeepers, Golynos and Varteg, Monmouthshire, Day, 87th ; Lii.utenant Hughes, Ensign Webster' and AsAstant Surgeon Seviii, 96th. Fur B ombay Bth Fisit, Captain Bityries and LieutenontEi Charter and Mt -daces ; 64th, Lieutenants Fanning, Franci 4 and Lambert ; 83d, Lieutenants T,:esdaie ani l Shiels, and Ensign Colthurst ; 86th, Lieutenant Coupe and En sign Wslluee. For Aladros-25th Regiment, Licuts. Priestly, Wallace, and Potts ; 51st Light 1 ntantry, Litutenarits 4liestropp apd Acton ; and 94:h lii giinaut, Ensign MR.lthus. The following (,ffiiiers of tt he 18;h (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot have alto receive' i orders from the War-uflieo to hold themselves in reedit in for embarkagen from Chatham to India, viz., Ma;en^s Grat tan and Wigstoo, CaptLiius ..d wards and Ade am - , Lieu.. tenants Groves, V.' itkiiisen, Swoby, and Kelly, Ensigns Graves, Stockpock Halos, E..trohee.. and Poe ktiogton. THE U 0 U fH j tdl Ait K. EPS WAKEFIELD, APRIL 3.—The attendance to-day is smeller than usual, and the business passing of a most limited character. We reduce our quotations for wheat and birley is per qr., and other articles are sok i on more reasonable terms. Old. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. --- a. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... —to New. B. a. 41 to 43 45 48 33 41 42 45 37 40 42 - 44 37 40 42_44 44 43 CO 00 31-31 Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red ... Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... Ditto, white ... ..• Yorkshire, rod Ditto, white ••• ••• Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... Mediterranean, red ... BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... ... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ••• ••• ••• ••• —• Grinding p er 30 s t one Foreign . ••• BEAN:3, per q r . 631b3 to the bushel : Small, fine ••• 32 34 .•• ••• Ticks Foreign . OATS, per stone : °°' • • • •••• F M e e : a l i i n u g g •• • . • --d to t t o o - - d d 10 9 ( A I to o lid Foreign — d to —d 9d to 10d SHELLING, per load of 26111) 26 27 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 39 41 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 28 - 30 29 - 32 29 - 31 26 - 26 27 ,- 29 31 - 32 30 - 31 26 - 27 :: --- 28 — 32 versa.. 28 —32 Qrs. Wheat ... ... 4,995 Barley 2,327 Oats ... 227 Beans... ... ... ... 732 Peas ... C2Xs• Rapeseed ... Shelling 200 Linseed •• Malt ... .. • • ... Flour ... ... ... ... Tares •• • •• • BRISTOL SUGAR M ARKET , A PRIL B.—A few rot s of new Barbadoes sugars have been disposed of this week, but the market is still miserably flat, owing to the ab sence of a supply. Refined goods are rather dull and tb little easier. R u m i s qu i te neglected.—Bristol Mercury. NEWBURY, APRIL B.—The supply of wheat offering to-day is but moderate, yet, in the present depressed state of the flour market, more than sufficient for the demand, sales being with difficulty effected at an abate: mont of is to 2s per quarter. Barley, small supply, and in the absence of buyers an exceedingly dull side at A decline of is per quarter. Beans, oats, and peas, short supply, and fair sale at fully late rates. RIPON, Aran. B.—White wheat 5s 3d to 5s 9d, red ditto 56 to 5s 6d ; beans 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel; barley 28s to 325; oats 18s Od to 22s per qr. WETHERBY, APRIL B.—White wheat, 16s Od to 17s Od, tea ditto 15s Od to 16s lid per load ; barley 3os Od to 32s Od per qr.; beans 13s 6d to 14s Od per load ; oats 10d to 1 id per stone. KNARESBOROUGH, APRIL 7.—Wheat 5s 3d to 55 9d ; bearf, 4s Od to is• 3d per bushel ; b ar l ey 28s to 325; oats, 18s to 2,'D per qr. INvenNess, Arun 6.—Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 38s Od to 40s Od; ditto, old, weighing 621 b p bushel, 00s Od to OOs 041; barley, per quarter, weighin% 5 , 11 b per bushel, 25s 6d to 263 6d ; oats, per quarter, weighil 421 b per bushel, 21s Od to 00s Od. Oatmeal, per imper boll, 16s 8d to Os Od ; ditto second, 158 6d to OOs Od ; barley' meal, 11s 6d to Os Od; peasemeal, 00s Od to Os Od; bran, P 9r. stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 34s Od to 35s Od; second ditto, 27s Od to 28s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 841 to Os Od; ditto second, is 4d to Os Od; barley' meal, ls 4d to Os Od ; peasemeal, Os Od to Os Od ; first finurP 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 254 d co'/ dit. Potatoes, per stone, 5d to Od ; beef, per pound, to 6d; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 40 ;' fowls, each, 12d to 14d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d ; ducks , . each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 4d to 5d ; butter, fresh , 8d to 9d per Ib ; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to Od ; four -pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto credit, sid to 6 / 1 4 ' coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 7d to Od. THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, APRIL B. Theta has been m ore i nquiry for foreign and colonial w ooly daring the past week. Prices remain without variation - ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL 8.--Ther e : has been rather more inquiry for wool during the pos t ' week, to supply the current wants of the manufacturert who nev er th e l ess b uy w i th great caution, as they corn plain that pri ces o f goo d s an d yarns are not reran. aerating. P r i ces o f woo l are quoted the same as JO' week. TRADE OF LEEDS . —With the exception of some fe'g „ and China trade, which have been delivered since tin_, lots of Spanish stripes and other goods, for the 1ttc1.. 1 . ; day week, we have no alteration to report in the state of our cloth markets, the purchases at the Halls being 7, the houses in the home trade, and to a limited extent; but in consequence of the mills continuing to run shorn time, the stocks in the clothiers' hands ere light, a 0 prices remain fi rm . T he wholesale home buyers per, , chase more sp ar i ng l y t h an odual at this period of tu year, and busin ess cont i nues dull in the warehouses, hat the foreign h ouses are rather improving compared P"_ what has been the case of late. . TRADE OF MANCHESTER, APRIL B . —The qui: e.nes- s • which prevailed in t hi s market has been increased by the' 0 arrival of intelli gence from the United States, per til Asia steamer, which is more decidedly in favour of e f. crop of 2,900,000 b a l es. The demand for all description''' of cloth has been limited, buyers being disposed to it b i shin from op erat i ng. By this unfavourable state 0 things prices have been slightly affected. Those tna",;ct facturers who are w i thout stock, or under contract. til; not disposed t o ma k e any material concession; but th 1083 favourably situated have manifested more anxielY for business, but without being able to obtain it, exCeP t :, to a very li m i ted extent. In shirtings, the producers of 40-inch widths have courted business by making a trifling abatement in their demands, but neither these nor 3 6 " inches have been much inquired fur. In domestics th e business has been too insignificant to put prices fail to the test, but in most instances buyers have been able to obtain a little advantage. M anufacturers of printing cloth are mostly without stock, and many of them ar e under contract; consequently, shared in the general ausence of demand, prices have though this article ha s been kept tolerably Steady. There have been very fe lt. transactions in yarn since the close of last week; buyer s ' influenced by the appearance and prospects of the cotton ( market, have operated cautiously, and the tendency 0 prices is decidedly in their favour. ----- egniflo s that tShoEAB 0 itNE MAIS. mails are sent front k by the night—endal by the morni n the Gotland roof-o— taco g--elispatch.] _ _, .. ~,,,,iing--elispatch.:l PLACI.:B When made up in I From what' du General Post -office port dis du Loudon. patched. e. ..........—.—...._.........--____ .---..—_,..—....—_______ --.....•••• America (by Brit. pkt.)N , April 16 'Liverpool .. April 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) NlApril 2) .. .. .. •• , Liverpool .. Ap r il 15, Ai rica (by U.S. pkt.)M,Ap r il 14 .. •. tiouthampt April 9 Africa (West coast ).. NI Istli or the month Plyinoath May A Alexandria* .... •• .. N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover . • April lg Belgium •• NIDailY •• •• .• , Dover .. Dil, Brazil „ • .. Mi9th of the month jSouthampt. April 16 Buenos Ayres .. .. fifJ9tla of the month j Southampt. April 1 6 California(viaCharrez)M 2d & 17th of month jB outhampt. April 2 0 Cape of Good Hope Njl4th of month jPlymouth.• May 3 Constantinople* .. •• N 71117th 27thefmojBover .. April 10 Central America .. M j 2d & 17th of men. ISeuthampt. April 20 .& Chan Isles •. .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri.lSouthampt. Tit. Tt..a.h. Chan nel . .. .. . Ml7th • of the month ISouthampt. April 20 France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. ;Dover .. Twieedeill Greece* • . Hamburgh •• • Nl7thl7th27thoftrio (Dover .. April 10 Holland .. :: •• M Wednes Y . & Satar.lLonden .. mea.Thur Honduras o .. li;Tuescla & Friday jLondon .. Ties. Bst. •• •• • N 17th of the moathj Southarnpt. April 2 _ India (via DI arseilles) N I gth& 24th of month i Dover India (via Southaltp.) M'2oth of the month Southarapt. April Ireland • • •• M &NlTwice daily .. .. 'Holyhead • • Twice 2 o anY l Mediterranean (via I Boutharr,,ton) .. Mediteri ahem (vi a I I .. April 16 Marseilles) .. .. Ngth& 24th of month Dover •• April 16 May 5 Mer-le4) i r ,, •• • •• M2d of the month.. 1 goathamPt• _ _ Papal State. .... 11120th of the month SouthamPt• 1 kille •:.. M 9th of the month Ifiouthampt. April I, Malta , i April 21 r 7th,17th,19th. 2 7th 1 Dover April 10 pt. jA A p p r r i i l l 1 1 6 2 •• •• / & aoth of month Dover Dover :: April 12 1 !' 4P5.1 1L ar ''•• • • 31,7 th 17th 2 mm m ° : Eionthans month q th t I t •1 23 v..... Peru .- •• '• .• M ia l st 15th 25th ofmo Dover • . April 12 ..cartya „. .. •• --• - v i ll a , o f the month BOUthampt. April 20 West Indies • • •• 14 -. . 17th of the .. on ainp . 4 pri I West Indies (except :.• . N N l ,:t u h , 1 5 5 th th 2 2 75 5 ti t hh h : o ff f 1 2,1 2d of the month .. ISouthampt. ;May 5 Ha an & Nassau' 'ountrieS thus marked (C) are conveyed b Y via marseillOS• rend' packet * The mails to thoso c ----- ssointiCaes aatnPexrapgeruime,einat consequence of . days s o i for the interest of science. He had been in the habit of A medical mhaanvindgiedswBarlowe swallowed making these trials in the presence cf scientific men, after having previously taken an antidote ; but in this case the experiment proved fatal to him. OF A BON. On the 7th inst., at Gro svenor-house, Tunbridge-wells, On the 3d inst., at liodde.sdon, lets, the lady of Dr. A. 'Wilson, non. E. I. C's i Servce. OF A. DAU GHTER. 6th inst., OF Henry P. Maples, Es t Ganonbu r North, the lady of Mrs. F. Rochfort. On the On the Bth inst., at the Terrace, Kennington-common, the wife of Alfred Beachcroft, Esq. 111.ARR1ED. On the 7th inst., at St. Luke's Chelsea, Mr. J. Edgar Williams, of Markhani-tquare, to ' Sophia, eldest daughter of Mr. Cook, of Sloane -square, Chelsea. On the 7th inst., at Edgbaston Church, Warwickshire, Richard Redman, Esq., third son of George C. Redman, Esq., of London, and St. Peter's, Isle of Thanet, to Mary Murray, fourth daughter of M. Peters, Esq., of Edinburgh. At Rom e, on the 12 DIED. th ult , Louisa Charlotte Eardley, daughter of the late Rev. E. Childers, aged 22. On the 30th ult., at Canterbury, George Leith, Esq., of Waltner-court, near Deal, Kent. • II IAt the Abb ey, Southam, Warwickshire, on the 4th inst., aria, eecond daughter of the Rev. I. Thomas, ALA. On the sth inst., at Oldenburgh-villa, Paignton, Devon, aged 66. Mary Anne Maitland, widow of the late Com mander Philip LeNesconte, R.N. On the 7th inst., at M ichael's-place, Brompton, James A. Abbey, Esq.. aged 64. On the inst., Elepa, wife of Mr. G-ecrge lior, sun Halsey -street, Chelsea, aged 67. 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