The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

LITERATeRE. THE HISTORY OF BARBADOS. By Sir icibtri H. Schomburgk. This goodly octavo is in many respects a remark able work—remarkable for the skill, industry, and research which it displays—remarkable for the in terest which the writer forces his reader to take in the fortunes of the little Island of Barbados—and most remarkable as the work of a gentleman who " writing in a language not acquired in early cbild hood.' Never have we read purer, racier, more idiomatic English, and had it not been for the above statement in the preface we should never have dis• covered that th e author was not an Englishman. The History of Barbados is a most interesting history to an Englishman, it is the healthiest and the oldest of our West India possessions. It was colonized originally by England, and has never been under the dominion of any other power. It was acquired honestly—there were nu natives dispossessed, or cheated, or murdered ; the island was uninhabited when England took possession of it. It was here that the first sugar cane was planted in the British dominions, and during the civil wars, it was to the fugitive Cavaliers what the North American colonies had been to the fugitive Puritans_ i n th e reign of the f i rst C h ar l es, an d un d e r the persecutions of Laud—a place of refuge for those who wished to enjoy their own opinions in their own way. It was also in consequence of our possession of the Island of Barbados, that the navigation - law s were ifirst enac t e d. I n this history, Sir Robert Schomburgk gives a complete geographical and sta tistical description of the island, an elaborate account of its geology and natural productions, and a narra tive of the historical events which have occurred in the island from its first settlement, up to the middle of the year 1847. The following opinions on the future prospects of the British West In dian colonies, will be read with interest at the present moment. It is evident that they are the result of much thoughtful consideration of the subject. The British colonists, it appears, claim the following concessions in order to enable them to com pete in the production of sugar with Cuba and the Brazils : " 1. That the duties levied on British and colonial spirits be equalized. " 2. That sugar and molasses be admitted into the British breweries and distilleries, and generally into all the manufactories of the United Kingdom. " 3. That the navigation-laws be abolished, and the trade in shipping be rendered free. " 4. That an unrestricted immigration into the West Indies from all parts of the world bo i.ermitted. " 5. That the productions of the colonies be admitted into the British markets on the footing of raw materials, and be free of import duty. " 6. That Great Britain assist the colonies by loans of money secured by Colonial Acts to be guaranteed by Government on the terms conceded to Canada. " These are the concessions which the colonists expect from the Home Government; they are however not the only things required to enable the British planter to enter the struggle with any hope of success : much depends upon the colonists themselves, and among the most important points are an improved system of agri culture, machinery to dispense as much as possible with manual labour, and the construction of railways and tram roads. " The advantage of a separation of the cultivation o the cane from its manufacture into sugar is now generally acknowledged. The incongruity of the present system must be especially felt in Barbados, where there are estates with ten acres of land under cultivation of the sugar-cane, and to which a windmill and a set of works is attached to produce eighteen or twenty hogsheads of sugar, or, to adduce au extreme case, where only ten hogsheads are made under favourable circumstances. The manufacturing department on a sugar estate is con nected with very heavy expenses, and it would prove more to the advantage of the cultivator if he could sell his canes, and leave the manufacture to those who would devote their whole attention to the means of extracting the largest quantity and the best quality of sugar out of the raw material. The central manufactories in Gua deloupe and Martinique in the West Indies, and in Bourbon in the Indian Ocean, have realised every ex pectation ; and a company has just been formed in London, called the British West India Company, to undertake the separate manufacture of sugar in central establishments, on principles similar to those adopted in the Usines Centrales' in Guadeloupe. The system is followed on a small scale in Barbados by the labourers, who cultivate sugar-cane on their allotments. They carry their canes to some neighbouring estate to be ground, and receive in return two-thirds or three-fourths of the sugar manufactured. Mr. S. Prescod, in his evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, in July, 1840, estimated the quantity of sugar cultivated by labourers upon their allotments at three thousand hogsheads : I have heard it estimated at ten thousand hogsheads at present. " Relieved from the manufacturing process, the cul tivator of the cane would he able to devote his un divided attention to planting and reaping. It cannot be denied that the tropical agriculture is at present con ducted upon more rational and scientific principles than it was ten years ago, to say nothing of the crude system prevalent in the last century; still there is vast room for improvement. Agricultural chemistry is a science which has only recently attracted attention in the West Indies: nature under the tropics is so prolific, that only in the old and worn-out colonies artificial means were required 'to refresh the fertility of the soil, and these have not always been employed with judgment and advantage. The husbanding of manual labour is a point of the greatest importance. On many estates the same system is still followed which existed when compulsory labour was in vogue. " It is generally acknowledged that Barbados possesses more advantages in her redundant population than any other colony in the British West Ladies. If that colony therefore, roused to exertion by the press of circum stances, combine with this great advantage those which science and modern invention offer to her—if economy and retrenchments in individual life and in the concerns of public administration be practised—she may weather the storm which so seriously threatens the British sugar colonies. Her s it ua ti on on th e ou t s ki r t s o f th e West Indies archipelago is a favourite one in a commercial point of view; the signs of the times tell us in plain terms that we are merely on the threshold of improve ments, and that, as our knowledge expands, inventions will crowd upon inventions. Steam, that mighty power! has materially lessened distances, and has lent its power ful aid to commerce; its employment for other purposes in the affairs of mankind, as agriculture and husbandry, remains a desideratum in Barbados. The use of the plough proves annually of greater advantage to that island, but there is still a wide scope for the adoption of other machinery. " The introduction of central manufactories, steam engines, railways and tramways are points of the greatest importance in the sugar colonies. Cuba is said to possess at present eight hundred miles of railway,— the British West Indies only twelve miles. The remarks of the Hon. George N. Taylor, the late Speaker of the House of Assembly, in a speech delivered by him in favour of Legislative support for the railway intended to be introduced in the island of Barbados, are very com prehensive, and bear upon the general question respect-. ing the economy of manual labour. I do not hesitate, therefore, in conclusion, to insert the heads of that speech, as reported in the local newspapers:— "'Unless we could diminish the cost of production and improve the quantity of our sugar, we must aban don the cultivation of the cane. He knew of no other means which would so effectually promote these objects as the establishment of a railway in the island. Under the present system the planter was a farmer, a manufac turer, and a carrier. A railway would relieve him of the latter employment, and this would be a great advantage, as a little calculation would show. Suppose a crop to consist of twenty-five thousand hogsheads of sugar, and nine thousand puncheons of rum and molasses, it would require six hundred and twenty carters and three thou sand one hundred oxen to be employed for fifty days to bring the crop to the shipping port, allowing - two carters and ten oxen to two hogsheads of sugar, and the same employment to three puncheons of rum or molasses. Here, then, was a loss of thirty thousand effective days' labour taken from the plantations at a very critical time, besides the loss of the labour and manure of three thou sand one hundred oxen for fifty days. But this was not the worst part of the system. The cattle by being thus employed were rendered unfit for working agricultural implements; and manual labour, the most expensive and least effective, when agricultural implements could be used, was obliged to be resorted to. The cattle, by not being suffered to go out of the plantations, would be in a far better condition to work, and the saving of manual labour would be very great Another disad vantage attending the carrying the crops to town by the cattle of the estates, was the retarding the reaping, and the loss sustained by the rotting and dr; ing of the canes; for it was well known that the sooner the canes were made into sugar after they rere ripe, the more and better sugar they made; and it was also well known, that nothing was so destructive to the cattle as taking the crops to town and bringing up the supplies. By relieving the planter of the carrying business, he would be able to produce a larger quantity of sugar at a less cost, and a railway would relieve him of this business to a great extent. Then the establishment of a railway would in troduce the use of steam-engines, which had been very truly said to be the greatest present which science ever made to the arts. The steam-engine had been estimated to do the work of three hundred millions of labourers in Great Britain. It was this labour which had enriched the mother country, and caused such vast accumulation of capital which was now being expended to the extent of millions in the construction of highways all over the kingdom. It was impossible to say to what uses this Powerful agent might be applied when it was once fairly introduced into the island. Ile was perfectly convinced in his own mind that it would be found more economical in the grinding of the canes than the windmill.'" The work is profusely illustrated by tastefully exe cuted lithographs of the scenery of the island , by several maps and diagrams, and by numerous wood cuts. The map of the Carribee Islands, traced from a manuscript chart of the world preserved in the - British Museum, and considered to have been exe cuted previous to the year 1536, which is given as one of the illustrations, is quite a curiosity. The Antwerp papers received yesterday quote a letter from Frankfort, in which it is stated that the debts and liabilities of the three houses which recently failed there amount in all to about 6,000,000 florins (500,0001.). I \ lo particulars relative to assets had as yet transpired. A lodgin g -h o u s e keeper at Clifton, named Daniel Thompson, committed suicide, on Monday morning last, by throwing himself from the St. Vincent Rocks. A verdict of temporary insanity was returned by the coroner's jury. le It DR. lIAMPDEN and PERSECUTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am generally a warm approver of the sentiments, spirit, and conduct which you endeavour to propagate, infuse, and recommend. But if Ido not take exception to one point in your leading ;Article of this morning it is at least necessary to guard against its wrong application. In reference to the Dean of Hereford's objection to act in agreement with the law, you ask, " Is it in accordance with the generous spirit of our constitu tion, is it in fact consonant with the doctrines en joined by our religion, that a man s hould be subjected to the cruel penalties of prainnnire because he will not declare that he is willing to aid in raising an in. dividual to the august and holy responsibilities of a bishopric, whose opinions he believes in his conscience to be heretical and blasphemous ?" Now, Sir, to the conclusion at which you aim I most religiously assent, and am astonished that in the nineteenth century, and in a land were the circulation of the New Testament is so general, that any person pro fessing Christianity can he found foolhardy enough to contend that a Christian should obey the law when such obedience is in opposition to his conscience. But, Sir, the point to which I wish to call your at tention is this—ls the Dean of Hereford the only man that shall be allowed to enjoy freedom of conscience Shall he be allowed to evade or escape from the demands and commands of the civic power, while the rest of the community are told by these very deans and bishops, and men in holy orders, that they must submit to the demands of the law whatever may be the dictates of their religious consciences? Shall such men be allowed to coerce the Dissenters (as they do in the case of church-rates), but themselves evade the like authority and obligation ? Shall they, in their oppcsition to the consciences of others, gird on the sword of civil power, and raise the standard of " Honour the King," but in their own case trample that standard under foot, and wrench that weapon from the hands of sovereignty itself? Sir, lam not writing in favour of coercing the Dean, but in favour of fair play, common justice, and common sense. But one thing I do say, that if any man or men should be forced into acting contrary to their con sciences, it ought to be those who contend that such compulsion is right; if any men are made to submit to civil authority, it ought to be those who compel others to submit. Why should the magistrate, the constable, the auctioneer, and the gaol be used against the conscientious Dissenter, while sympathy and re spect be paid to the resistance of the Dean ? You cite his words of being in God's temple and in His sight, and performing the priestly office, &c. Let not the glowing language, and the delusive though imposing circumstances which attend the case of Dr. Merewether, mislead our judgments. He may be a most worthy man, but what matters it to me that he was in a cathedral, or that he spoke feel ingly and solemnly ? When I hear any conscientious disciple of Jesus declare, in the presence of that God " who dwelleth not in temples made with hands," that he cannot subscribe to such temples—when I see him, under a deep sense of the presence of Him " in whom we live, and move, and have our being"—solemnly aver that he can support no other priest but He who hath " entered once and for all into the holy of holies for us"— when with this awful solemnity, and under this deep impression of the omnipotency of religious prin ciple, I hear such a disciple exclaim, I must " obey God rather than man," the fact of Dr. Merewether being in a church, and thinking himself a priest, ought to have only its due weight, which with me amounts to this, that he may be a very sincere man, but most terribly mistaken. Sir, let me call on you to place the sentiments I have herein imperfectly expressed clearly and plainly before the public, with that ability and honesty for which your paper has justly acquired so high a cha racter, for I, in the midst of many other business engagements, have only time to subscribe myself yours, DALETH. _ _ _ • Gloucestershire, Dec. 29, 1847. P.S.—lt must be acknowledged I write impartially, for I pay church•rates, believing it not wrong to give the Church its mere mammon when the State de mands it. But there are others who conscientiously resist, and the question is, should the Church make the State supreme over conscience ? Let the Dean answer ! [This letter having been addressed personally to a gentleman who bas ceased to have any connexion with the office, did not reach us until some time after it was written. All communications should be addressed to the Editor.—ED. Sun.] DENUNCIATIONS FROM THE ALTAR IN IRELAND. TO THE MOST NOBLE THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY. My Lord,—lf I had been written to by any other Peer in England, I might take exceptions to some portions of the letter with which your Lordship honoured me. I allude to such parts as would seem to convey an impression that some of the Irish bishops were guilty of a dereliction of duty in not inveighing against the horrid crimes attributed to some of our clergy, of sanctioning and encouraging assassinations, &c., by public denunciations from their altars. Allow me to assure your Lord.ship that I have never ceased, both publicly and privately, to denounce all and every species of illegal combination, that I have often exposed my life to imminent peril in my conscientious efforts to prevent crime and reclaim the deluded miscreants from their guilty pur suits. I have even, in the chapel of Strokes town, about three or four weeks previous to the horrid murder of Major Mahon., with all the energy I possessed, pourtrayed the dreadful and awful con sequences of murder and seekiug private revenge. I have declared to them that all vengeance pertained to God. I preached patience, resignation to the Divine will, &c. I visited Strokestown subsequent to the murder, and cc,uld never obtain the slightest information that could implicate the Rev. Father M'Dermott in the crimes imputed to him. The re sult of my inquiries and investigation has been, that he has not on Sunday, Monday, ferial, or holyday, nor at any time nor in any place, directly or indi• rectly, denounced Major Mahon, or encouraged any species of harm or injury to him. Why, then, should I hold any investigation upon an innocent and un offending priest? lam not fond of publishing my acts in newspapers. If I can only have hopes that I humbly discharge my duties to God, I do not wish to seek human applause. The Rev. Mr. .M.'Dermott was, according to the reports of the public journals, most wickedly calum niated and most falsely accused. I knew his inno cence, and relied upon the motto, " Magna est veritax et prevalebit." II there could be found one single individual deserN , :ing of any species of credit on his oath, long since Father M'Dermott would have been committed to the felon's prison if there were grounds for any charge figainst him. My Lord, the Irish bishops must b e the best judges of the time and periods when it is most prudent to issue public pas torals. If we were to do so at every time that the ministers of our holy religion are calumniated by in temperate bigots. we should have much to do. I hope for England's w ealth and treasures I would not have the sin on my s , aul to permit a priest of mine to offi ciate at the altt tr of the God of mercy and love if I could have any well-grounded reason to believe that he could be cap able of the horrid crimes so maliciously imputed to the Rev. Mr. M'Dermott. As to the speech reported to ha ye been made by Lord Beaumont, as an Irish his'nop I care little for his applause or censure. For your Lordship's high character I have the most profound respect, as I believe in my soul that although your Lordship seemed, by the tenor of your lettex, to give too much credit to the malignant slanders of our enemies, yet in doing me the great honour of addressing me, those who know your Lordship must be convinced you were solely actuated by the purest zeal for the credit and defence of our holy religion. In deference then to your Lordship, I beg leave to send the accompanying document, signed and most solemnly attested by the principal parishioners of the Rev. Mr. M'Dermott, all men of good and excellent character, all in the clearest and ' most unequivocal terms perfectly exculpating their maligned and much-injured pastor.* If I had put forward such a document at an earlier period, while a Government prosecution was urged to be taken against him, I might be suspected of trumping up a case to screen him. Believe me. my Lord, you know but little what poor Irish priests and bishops have to contend with in these days of appalling misery and famine. The landlords, if assailed for their cruelty and oppressions of the poor of God, have many champions to defend them in the Imperial Senate. The destitute and their maligned clergy, who are in seas on and out of season c onso li ng t h e broken hearted, preachin g peace and r es i gnat i on to the w ill of Godedience to the l aws , h ave few de- and obedience de fenders. lam even this moment raffling my carriage to support a few religious women of the order of St. Ursula—so extreme is the misery of this country that I cannot support them—such the miseries, such the straits to which we are reduced ; and for all that we humbly aspire, through the grace of God, to do, we meet, like our divine Mas ter, with nothing but calumny and vituperation. I have penned these lines hastily. If your Lord ship (they are not fit for publication) deem it prudent to make any extracts, or to publish the accompanying document, I leave all at your Lordship's discretion. I have the honour to be, with the most profound veneration for your high and religious character, your Lordship's most obedient and humble servant, X GEORGE J. P. BROWNE, R.C. Bishop of Elphin. Athlone, Jan. 3, 1848. * The document here referred to appeared in cur columns wider the head of " Ireland."—ED. Suns PRIDAv r. `t4., SANITARY ff L /644 N• t, 0 TakT ti 0 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The QUQUII and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Highnerses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise in the Little Park Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken for an airing to-day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Fre derick of Hesse, and attended by the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, and Mr. Ed mond Mildmay, took leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert this morning, and left the Castle. The Duke of Cambridge proceeded by the Great Western Rail way to town. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess of Delawarr, the Earl of Auckland, the Lady in Wait ing on the Duchess of Kent, Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. William S. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Mr. G. E. and the lion. Mrs. Anson, and Dr. Meyer. The band of the Grenadier Guards attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George returned to town yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness 62 Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, returned to Kew yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived in town yes terday afternoon, from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The Right lion. H. Labouchere has arrived in town from Brighton. The Duke or Bedford has left Woburn Abbey, for his seat, Endsleigh, near Tavistock. Dispatches for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were sent off from the Colonial-office, on Wednesday evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S.—Y ESTNRDAY. CHESTER CUP. 500 to 10 agst Col. Anson's Blaze—taken and after wards offered 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Watts's Chat—taken 1,000 to 16 agst Mr. Derry's Clumsy—taken 1,000 to 16 agst Capt. Kennedy's Sir Tatton Sykes—t. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 offered on the field DERBY. 500 to 50 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken 600 to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac—taken 400 to 10 agst Mr. Pedley's Besborough—taken We have quoted all the bets that were laid. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1848. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12. Nominations for the Mersey Stakes. Lord Stanley's Caricature, Lord Stanley's Strongbow, Sir John Gerard's Mars, Sir John Gerard's Prudence, Lord Eglinton's Elthiron, Lord Eglinton's Love Lock, Mr. 11. Muirland's Batwing, Mr. J. G. Smith's fby Thirsk, out of Zebetta; Mr. B. Green's Garrick, Sir R. Pigot no Langton, Lord Glasgow's ch g by the Provost, dam by Comus; Colonel Anson's Raillery, Mr. Mostyn's eh f by the Provost, dam by Comus; Mr. W. Jones's Magician, Mr. Irwin's Clarinda, Mr. B. Green's The Abbott of Meaux, Mr. B. Green's Routh. THURSDAY. The Liverpool Cup of 3001., &c. Ennui, 5 yrs—Black Dwarf, 4 yrs—Plaudit, 6 yrs— Eagle's Plume, 3 yrs—Glen Saddel, 3 yrs—Miss Sarah, 6 yrs—The Swallow, 4 yrs—ch f by Lord Stafford, eut of Birdlime, 3 yrs—Chanticleer, 5 yrs—Maid of Mother. well, 4 yrs—King of the Forest, 4 yrs—Conyngham, 4 yrs—Administrator, 4 yrs—Geraldine, 5 yrs—Panto mime, 4 yrs—Marietta, 5 yrs—Vampyre, 4 yrs—Red Hart, 4 yrs—Mirmillo, 4 yrs—Emma, 3 yrs—Maid of Lyme, 5 ;yrs—Rattrap, 5 yrs—Otterburn, 3 yrs--Joo o'Sot, 4 yrs—Pillage, 4 yrs—lonia„ 4 yrs—Jonathan Wild, 5 yrs—b c by Elis, out of Manto, 3 yrs—lago, 5 yrs —Lazarillo, 4 yrs—The Tartar, 4 yrs—lntrepid, aged Shylock, 3 yrs Snowball, 3 yrs— Caw. rouch (h b), 5 yrs—Vanish, 5 yrs—Sheraton, 5 yrs— Sharston, 5 yrs—Montpensier, 4 yrs—The Conjuror, 5 yrs—The Liberator, 4 yrs—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs—Sylvan, 3 yrs—Miss Norton, 3 yrs—Brother to the Swallow, 3 yrs —Malt, 5 yrs—Executor, 4 yrs—lnheritress, aged— Poynton, 5 yrs—Comme-il-faut, 4 yrs—Matadore, 3 yrs —Jovial, 4 yrs—Referee, 3 yrs—Dover, 3 yrs—North Star, 3 yrs—Erin-go-bragh, 5 yrs—Vale Royal, 3 yrs— Ulysses, 4 yrs—All's-well, aged—Rowena, aged—En chanter, 4 yrs—Ellerdale, 4 yrs—Kelechea (h b), 4 yrs— Magnet, 4 yrs—Sir Tattoo Sykes, 5 yrs—Lethargy, 4 yrs—Burgundy, 5 yrs—Brown Fly, 5 yrs—Miss Har rison, 4 yrs—The Traverser, 5 yrs—Beverlac, 3 yrs— Athelstono, 3 yrs—Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs—Oscar, 3 yrs—Philosopher, 4 yrs—b c by Hetnaan Platoff, 3 yrs —Lightning, aged—Deloraine, 4 yrs—Grimston, 5 yrs —Peep-o'-day Boy, 4 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs—Bingham, 4 yrs—Snuff Box, 3 yrs—b c by Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs— , Queen Mary, 4 yrs—Oxonian, 4 yrs—Ballinafad, 4 yrs —Mentor, 6 yrs—Yardley, aged—Prince Charley, 3 yrs Reminiscence, 4 yrs—Black Ball, 3 yrs—Spectator, aged —Lady Wildair, 6 yrs—Sampson, 3 yrs—Luminous, 4 yrs—Sutloj, 6 yrs—Shelforth, 5 yrs—Epirote, 4 yrs —Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs—The Widow, aged—Foreclosure, 4 yrs.—Gannet, 6 yrs—Sagacity, 4 yrs. Nominations for the Grosvenor Stakes. Snowball, 3 yrs—Volley, 3 yrs—Red Knight, 3 yrs— Jovial, 4 yrs—Ribaldry, 4 yrs—Flatcatcher, 3 yrs— Bowstring, 4 yrs—Sister to Wanota, 3 yrs—Lucy Ash ton, 3 yrs—The Convict, 3 yrs—Bellenden, 3 yrs—The Spaniard, 3 yrs. CHESTER RACES, 1848.— TUESDAY. The Cup Nominations.—ln addition to those already published, the following horses, making the total 154, were named:—Mendicant, Administrator, Blackbird, and Tuscan. Entries for the Palatine Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added; for three yrs old fillies. Volley—Shropshire Witch—Ellen Loraine (31b) — fby Sheet Anchor, out of Celerity (31b)—f by Lord Stafford, out of Birdlime (31b) —Archery (31b) —Jest (31b) —Lucy A shton—f by Tory Boy, out of Maid of Mouton (31b) —Hornpipe (71b)—Sweet Sauce (71b) — Miss Norton (31b)—Novel (51b)—Lady Mary. Entries for the Mostyn Stakes of 25 sovs. each; for two yrs old. C by Colwick, out of Concertina—Tommy—Lugar Louth—Cigarette. Entries for the Chesterfield Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added; for three yrs old. C by Robin Gray, out of Tractarian's dam—Bellenden —The Spaniard—King of Kildare—Jock o' Ilazeldean —Capsicum (late Oneida Chief )—Malton—Vale Royal —Ptolemwus—Wolverhampton—Sampson—Good Boy —Enchantress —De Witt—The Convict—Sylvan—Swiss Boy—Athelstane. Entries for the Dee Stand Cup of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added. The Spaniard, 3 yrs—Bellenden, 3 yrs—Dipthong, 4 yrs—Gritnston, 5 yrs—Blackis, 5 yrs—North Star, 3 yrs (51b)—Collingwood, 5 yrs—Lambswool, 3 yrs (51b). Entries for the Marquis of Westminster's Plate. Wanota, 6 yrs—Burlesque, 5 yrs—Primrose, 3 yrs— Christopher, 4 yrs—Lightning, aged—Godfrey, aged — Patriot, aged—Connaught Ranger, 6 yrs—Swallow, 4 yrs—Maid of Motherwell, 4 yrs—Jock o'Hazeldean, 3 yrs—Romance, 5 yrs—Sharston, 5 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs —Lady Wildair, 6 yrs—Good Boy, 3 yrs—Conjuror, 5 yrs—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs—Mendicant, 6 yrs—and Chemi sEtte, 5 yrs. Entries for the Dee Stakes of 25 sou. each, with 200 added; for three yrs old. Novel—Darlington—ollerburn—c by Mustapha Mu ley—King Cole—Prime Warden, or Charles XII., out of Fury—c by St. Martin, out of Margery—Gunpowder —Snowball—Tuscan—Tim Bobbin—The Monk—Shy lock—De Witt—Rainbow (late Old Brompton)—Glen Saddel—Lahore—f by Lord Stafford, out of Birdlime — Fallow Deer—Loadstone—Mastiff—The Goldsmith — I )unrobiu Flatcatcher Assault Miss Norton Whitewall—Oscar—Matadore. FRIDAY. Entries for the Cheshire stakes of 25 sovs. each, and 5 only if declared, &c. Cawroucb, 5 yrs—Keleshe, 4 yrs--Magnet, 4 yrs-- Foinnualla, 5 yrs—Pantomime, 4 yrs—Betty Swipes (late Sherry), 3 yrs—Poynton, 5 yrs—Lightning, aged —lnheritress, aged—Gizelle, 5 yrs—King of Kildare, 3 yrs—The Swallow, 4 yrs—King of the Forest, 3 yrs— Jock o'Hazeldean, 3 yrs—lntrepid, aged—Pottinger, 4 yrs—Wanota, 4 yrs—Stultz, 4 yrs—lonia, 4 yrs—Ma thernatictan, 4 yrs—Good Boy, 3 yrs—Mongrel, 6 yrs— Self-Defence, 3 yrs—Nerissa, 4 yrs—De Witt, 3 yrs— Woodpecker, 3 yrs—Black Ball, 3 yrs —Shelforth, 5 yrs —Toro Tough, aged—The Widow, aged—Geraldine, 5 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs—Clementina, 4 yrs yrs—Bingham, 4 yrs—lnfringe, 4 yrs—Rob Roy, 4 yrs —Pyrrhus the First, 5 yrs—and Sagacity, 4 yrs. I Entered for the Eaton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added. Capsicum, 3 yrs (31b)—Jovial, 4 yrs—Bellenden,' 3 yrs—The Spaniard, 3 yrs—King of Kildare, 3 yrs— Lucy Ashton, 3 yrs—Matadore, 3 yrs (31b)—Rockley, 3 yrs (31b)—North Star, 3 yrs (31b)—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs (31b). BATH, 1848. Entries for the Somersetshire Stakes. Pyrrhus the First, 5 y rs—Foreclosure, 4 yrs—The Tartar, 4 yrs—Conyngham, 4 yrs—Jec o'Sot, 4 yrs— Red Hart, 4 yrs—Hornpipe, 4 yrs—Van - Tyre, 4 yrs— Crozier, 4 yrs—Projectile, 4 yrs—Lightning, aged— Otterburn, 3 yrs—Rowana, 6 yrs—Best of Three, aged —Bellenden, 3 yrs—Enchanter, 4 yrs—Miss Eli& 6 yrs —Antagonist, 4 yrs—Mountain Dew, 4 yrs—Mathe matician, 4 yrs—Good Boy, 3 yrs--Watchdog, 4 yrs— King of Kildare, 3 yrs—Morpeth, aged—King of Mor yen, 4 yrs—Messenger, 5 yrs—Mendicant, 5 yrs—Due an Durras, 6 yrs—Silver Eel, 4 yrs—Duplicity, 3 yrs—The Hatter 5 yrs—Tim Whiffier, 4 yrs— Infringe, 4 yrs—Teresa, aged—Reflection, 3 yrs— Tarella, 4 yrs—Questionable, 4 yrs—Bacchanalian, 3 yrs—Reminiscence, 4 yrs—Fergus, 4 yrs—Cracow, 3 yrs—Columbus, 6 yrs—Pottinger, 4 yrs—Milliner, 5 yrs —Counterfeit, aged—Congress, 4 yrs—Duke of Rich , mond, 5 yrs—Lush, 4 yrs—Executor, 4 yrs—Resolu tion, 4 yrs —Franconi, 3 yrs—Clumsy, 6 yrs—Clermont, 4 yrs—Vanessa, 3 yrs—Sister to /Egis, 4 yrs—Buscot Buck, 6 yrs—Foxwhelp, 6 yrs—Sister to Dexterous, 3 yrs—Tom Tough, aged—Wooden Wall, 3 yrs—Chemi sette, 5 yrs—Tom Jolly, 4 yrs—Giselle, 5 yrs—Marietta, 5 yrs—Lethargy, 5 yrs—Miss Shirley, 5 yrs—Lady Lift, 4 yrs—Bravissimo, 5 yrs—Egremont, 3 yrs—Marlow, 4 yrs—New Forest Deer, aged—Sheraton, 5 yrs— . Ennui, 5 yrs—Cardinal's Niece, 4 yrs— Wee Bit, 4 yrs —Louisa Newell, 4 yrs—Remonstrance—Saddle, 4 yrs —and Bit Nibble, 4 yrs. Eutritts for the Weston Stakes. Syrup—Zarina—Hasta—Traitress (31b) —Thornhill (31b) —Tommy (51b)—Cashier—The Broadway Swell, g by Thistle—Whiper, out of Mopsa—Rhesus, f by Cesar, out of Emily (31b)—Hotspur and Lady Day. Entries for the Cup. Hornpipe, 3 yrs—Sutlej, 6 yrs—King of Kildare, 3 yrs ; Best of three, aged—Otterburn, 3 yrs—Cracow, 3 yrs—Sagacity, 4 yrs—Vaurien, 3 yrs—Mendicant, 5 yrs—Due an Durres, 6 yrs—g by Revolution, aged— King of Morven, 4 yrs--Premier, 4 yrs. MANCHESTER, 1848. Entries for the Two yrs old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added. T.Y.C. The Iron Duke—Lammermoor—Sir Henry Hardinge —Claymore, c by St. Martin out of Peggy Sands — Priestess. f by Gladiator, out of Compensations dam— Master Bustle—Skipsey—Quiver—Cigarette — Alders gate—Swaledale, Historian Mars—Prudence — Betty Billinge—and Clothworker. Entries for the Blanchester Cup. Lady Wildair, 6 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs—Plaudit, 6 yrs—Sultana, 4 yrs—Best-of-Three, aged—Lightning, aged—lnheritress, aged—Deloraine, 4 yrs—Otterburn, 3 yrs—Sharston, 5 yrs—Referee, 3 yrs—Giselle, 5 yrs —Brandyface, 4 yrs—Vanish, 5 yrs—Snuffbox, 3 yrs— Louisa Newell, 4 yrs—f by Tory Boy, out of Maid of Monton, 3 yrs—Milliner, 5 yrs—Maid of Lyme, 5 yrs— Burgundy, 5 yrs—Malt, 5 yrs—Glen Saddel, 3 yrs— Intrepid, aged—Bingham, 4 yrs—King of Kildare, 3 yrs—Sheraton, 5 yrs—Black Dwarf, 4 yrs—Little Mary, 6 yrs—Marlow, 4 yrs—Harry, 5 yrs—Prince Charley, 3 yrs—Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs—Newcourt, aged —Erin-go bragh, 5 yrs—Foreclosure, 4 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs—Administrator, 4 yrs—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs—Con juror, 5 yrs—lonia, 4 yrs—Cawroush, 5 yrs—Keleshe, 4 yrs—Magnet, 4 yrs—Rowena, 6 yrs—Enchanter, 4 yrs—Meaux, 4 yrs—Executor, 4 yrs—Reminiscence, 4 yrs—Joe o' Sot, 4 yrs—The Idol, 3 yrs--c by The Saddler, out of Carnpfollower, 3 yrs—Pantomime, 4 yrs Marietta, 5 yrs—Riesthorpe, 4 yrs—Miss Harrison, 3 yrs—Montpensier, 4 yrs—Blue Light, 5 yrs—Fitz william, 5 yrs—Morpeth, aged—Gaiety, 4 yrs—lnfringe, 4 yrs—Lady Hylda, 4 yrs—The Squire of Mahon, 5 yrs —Chensisette, 5 yrs—Ennui, 5 yrs—Sally Maggs, 4 yrs —Shylock, 3 yrs—Gritnston, 5 yrs —Comme-it-faut, 4 yrs—Pantasa, 6 yrs—Woodpecker, 5 yrs—Peep o' Day Boy, 4 yrs—Chanticleer, 5 yrs—Maid of Alotherwell, 4 yrs—King of the Forest, 4 yrs—Mariner, 3 yrs—All's Well, aged—Tom Tough, aged—The Widow, aged— Mathematician, 4 yrs—Good Boy, 3 yrs—Mirmillo, 4 yrs—Geraldine, 5 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs— Sutlej, 6 yrs—Gannet, 6 yrs. Entries for the St. Leger Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added for three yrs old. C by Robin Gray, out of Queen of Carthage—En chantress—Bellenden Otterburn Benincol Swiss Boy—Snowball—Referee—The Landrost—Mrs. Caudle _Matadore—Rexley Jest—Jock o' Hazeldean—Mari ner—c by Morning Star, out of Lady Frances. Entries for the Salford Borough Cup. Lady Wildair, 6 yrs—Neriss, 4 yrs—Godfrey aged —Sharston, 5 yrs—Brandyface, 4 yrs—Fitzwilliam, 5 yrs—Sir George, 6 yrs—Blue Light, 6 yrs—The Land rost, 3 yrs—Enchantress, 3 yrs—Princess Royal, 6 yrs— Romance, 5 yrs—Glen Saddel, 3 yrs—The Premier, 5 yrs—Spithead, 5 yrs—Cawroush, 5 yrs—Keleshe, 4 yrs —Magnet, 4 yrs—Jenny Lind, 4 yrs—Brown Fly, 5 yrs—Newcourt, aged—Kismet, 5 yrs--Betty Swipes, 4 yrs —Deloraine, 4 yrs Jovial, 4 yrs The Dart, 6 yrs—Meaux, 4 yrs—Lecomte, 3 yrs—The Idol, 3 yrs—Marietta, 5 yrs—Lethargy, 4 yrs—Lyme, 4 yrs —Bitter Pill—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs—Sylvan, 3 yrs— Louisa Newell, 4 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs—Administrator, 4 yrs—Lady Hylda, 4 yrs—Vanish, 5 yrs—Black Dwarf, 4 yrs—Ennui, 5 yrs—Sally Maggs, 4 yrs—Lightning, aged—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs—Grimston, 5 yrs—St. Helena, 4 yrs—Woodpecker, 5 yrs—Maid of Motherwell, 4 yrs —King of the Forest, 4 yrs—Mariner, 3 yrs—The Convict, 3 yrs—Foreclosure, 4 yrs—Joc o'Sot, 4 yrs— Reminiscence, 4 yrs—Tom Tough, aged—Mirmillo, 4 yrs—Geraldine, 5 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs —Egremont, 3 yrs. Sixteen horses are named for the St. Leger in 1849, and fifteen for the St. Leger in 1850. The Produce Stakes fos- 1851 closed with forty-three subscribers. DONCASTER, 1848.-I'OEBI,AL Entries for the Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two years old. Bolus—Eltheron—Flying Dutchman—Mars—Magi cian—Jeanie Woman—Bon -bon—Raillery—c by Charles the Twelfth, out of Fury —c by Colwick, out of Concer tina—c by Lanercos t, out of Alice Hawthorn's dam— Rowland—Phillippa—Kensington—Cambrie—f by the Provost, d by Actaeon—Honeycomb—f by Jereed, out Rhodanthe Croagh Patrick Lucullus Langton— Lady Middleton—c by Touchstone, out of Cast-Steel— e by Touchstone, out of Garland—Hayton—Henry of Exeter—Abbot of Meaux—Cigarette—Routh—Westow —c by Bay Middleton, out of Latitudo—lnheritress. THURSDAY. Entries for the Scarborough Stakes of 30 SOTS. each, 20 ft, for three years old. Lucy Ashton—Matadore—c by Mustapha Muley— King Cole—The Prime Warden or Charles the Twelfth, out of Fury—The Fowler—Flatcatcher—Beverlac— Assault. Entries for the Gascoigne Stakes of 100 sous. each, 30 ft, for three years old. Justice to Ireland—Matadore—Lucy Ashton—Blaze, Bessborough—Flatcatcher—Beverlac—and Assault. Entries for the Two years old Stakes, of 20 sovs. each. T.Y.C. _• _ . Bolus—Eltheron—Flying _ Dutchman—Mars—f by Think, out of Zebella—Legerdemain—Bon•bon—Rail lery—f by Touchstone, out of Mickleton Maid—Baby —Robert de Brus—c by Colwick, out of Concertina— Rowland—Raby Alp—Philippa—Crucible—Ravensbone —c by Charles XII., out of Emerald—Bright Buck— Carlaverlock—The Cautate—c by Touchstone, out of Cast Steel—c by Touchstone, out of Garland—Garrick —Lammermoor—Abbot of Meaux—Skipsey—and bro. to Winesour. There were 143 nominations for the St. Leger, 1849 and 34 for the Park-hill Stakes. LOSS OF THE AVENGER. FURTHER INTELLIGENCE. In addition to what appeared in our paper of yes terday we have gleaned from authentic sources the following, which, although confirmatory of the worst forebodings and conclusions as to the total destruc tion of the ship and the frightful loss of life, is en titled to publicity. It appears that the Avenger left Gibraltar for Malta on the same day as the Pacha, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's steam-ship did— namely, on the 17th of l?ecember. The Pacha over took the Avenger some hours after she had started, and on coming up with her both ships kept company, shaping their course for Malta, until the evening of the 20th. At the close of that day it was blowing a heavy gale of wind from the westward, with a tremendous sea, the wind having gradually freshened all the way from Gibraltar, when the Pacha, being a faster vessel, parted company. At that time both ships were steer ing the same course, the Avenger under a close-reefed maintopsail, with steam, going between nine and ten knots an hour. It was on this night that the wreck of the Avenger i s s upposed to have occurred, and that, too, within a f e w hours after the Pacha had left her. The latter vessel, however, heard nothing more of the Avenger until the morning of the 25th of December (having left Malta the day before), when she fell in with the Lavoisier, French war-steamer, that had come out from Tunis, the captain of which ship informed the Pacha that the French and English Consuls at Tunis had heard of the wreck of the Avenger, and had requested him the moment he arrived at Tunis, from Algiers, to proceed to the place of the wreck. The Pacha then determined to ac company the Lavoisier, and, accordingly, they kept co mpany that day and night, and arrived at the sup posed scene of the destruction of the Avenger on the morning of the 26th ult. It was at this time blowing hard, with much sea on, and only one boat was lowered from the two vessels, and that one from the Pacha. There could be no doubt that some ship had been wrecked, for t h e sea was strewed with numerous fragments, and a ll doubts AS to the character of the ill-fated ship were soon set at rest by the Pacha's boat picking up sever al pieces of the floati ng r emains, and discovering that they were all marked with the Queen's broad arrow, and comprised rem nan ts of the cabin doors and lowe rfittings of the ship, the condition of which was enough to induce the impression that no two bulky portions of the ship so wrecked could have been left together. sl vo T irne h g e not t .r w td o heea s d t i, e s l a ba m unt e d r i s no n fv o Ga w looked ie'ni Geleta aanfdor t about haen n any of ao o cfhta t h, h e e h crew,avin south g n ight of the 26th, after remaining all day in the mails on board for England, was now obliged, hbourhood, to proceed on her course to the but the Lavoisier remained there, with the intention of examining the north side of the island of Geleta the next day, in the hopes, however faint, of f i n di n g seine of the survivors there. We should add that the Lavoisier understood, before leaving Tunis, that the news of the wreck of the Avenger had been brought there by three ttwhheeeintn%\teh,iaegrd ; officers and five seamen, who had suc ceeded the island of Geleta, and wh o h a d there obtained horses to co nve y them to Tu nis. We stated y esterda y th at the Avenger was com manded tlhaantdisnhgip on the coas t o f Af r i ca , opposite to by Captain C. G. E. N a pi e r, stepson of Rear ?af Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., the commander-in -chief in the Tagus. The other prin cipal officers stated in the Navy List to have be longed to her, were Lieutenants Hugh M. Kinsman, Frederick Marryut (a most gallant young officer, son of Captain hlarryat, who was wrecked in the Sphynx, steam sloop, at the Isle of Wight, and who used to make nothing of swimming throne, the surf there), Francis Rooke ; Master, William Archer ; Second Lieutenant Marine Artillery, H. S.Baynes ; Surgeon, James H. Steele (one of the officers said to be saved) ' • Paymaster and Pur ser , V a l u tile A. Harle; Assistant Surgeon, Bernard lelany ; Second Master, William Betts ; Clerk, H. J. G. Walker, &c. It is believed that the Avenger must have gone to pieces immediately she struck. How she gd; in that locality, so far out of her course to Malta, is one of the important questions which A statement from a survivor gm can 691 Ye. THE OVERLAND MAIL. • ----- The following letter has been addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, by the Chairman of the East India and China Association, regarding the de tention of the mail from India now due : "East India and China Association, Jan. 4. " Sir,—The overland mail of the 7th ult. reached Malta via France in her proper time--i. c. the 15th —but in consequence of the Pacha, whiCh replaced • the Erin from Southampton, not arriving there till the 22d, the entire mail was detained eight days, whereby the service of the outward and return mails have been deranged. By the contract with the Pen insular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, the mails ought to have been dispatched on the 15th or 16th at latest, and the committee of this association are of opinion that her Majesty's Government should cause some notice to be taken of the delay in this in stance, so as to prevent a recurrence of such a loss of time. The consequence of the delay in the outward passage is, that the homeward mail via France will not reach London before Saturday, after the mail of the 7th has been dispatched. This, it is conceived, might have been obviated had.the agent at Alexandria been directed in such cases to forward the portion of the mail via Marseilles by the French steamer (in accordance with the existing convention) which sailed from Alexandria on the 21st of December, the India ' mail having arrived at that place on the 1961.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, &c., " GEORGE LARPENT, Chairman. " C. E. Trevelyan, Esq., Treasury Chambers." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Hecla steam-sloop, Commander Starmer, arrived this morning from the Mediterranean. She left Malta on the 16th of De cember, and had two days very fine weather, when it came on to blow fresh, with a head sea, which com pelled her to put into Carthagena ; where, being Christmas time, she had some difficulty about procur ing a supply of coals. She got some, however, and left on 25th for Gibraltar, where she found the Poly phemus steam-sloop, Commander M'Cleverty. The Porcupine steam-sloop, Lieut.-Commander Roberts, arrived at Gibraltar from England the same evening. The Erin sailed in company with another packet from Gibraltar on the night before the Hecla arrived there, having been there 14 days overdue. The Hecla left Gibraltar after coaling on the evening of the 28th, en which morning the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's packet Jupiter arrived from the Tagus and England, and left together with the Hecla, on her return, the same night. On the Ist of January the Hecla put into Vigo for coals ; the affairs of Por tugal, she learned there, remained in statu quo. Sir Charles Napier was still cruising. The Alert brig, Commander Dunlop, the Jackal iron steamer, Lieut.- Commander Western, and the Comet steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Rigge, were at Vigo. The Hecla left Vigo on the morning of the 2d, and encountered strong southerly gales all the way across the Bay of Biscay, with a very heavy sea, but fine overhead. She has brought a mail from Gibraltar, 66 invalids from the Mediterraneon squadron, and a few prisoners. She would have completed a term of five years in commission on the 23d proximo ; has had two commanders, her first having been promoted in July, 1846, and has gone over about 80,000 miles of ocean during her commission ; her officers give her a good character as a comfortable and efficient steamer. She heard nothing whatever on her passage home of the loss of the Avenger, and as the Jupiter left Gib raltar at the same time she can bring no later intelli gence than that brought by the Paella. If the Avenger was fitted with Captain Smith's paddle-box boats, it is considered that a large number of lives may have been, by their use, saved, and great reliance is placed on this feature ; but whether the Avenger was so fitted with those indispensable appliances to the salvation of life at sea we have not at hand the means of positively stating—we think she was. The Hecla came into harbour this afternoon to discharge her supernumeraries, and will leave the first thing to-morrow for Sheerness, to be paid off, taking to that port Mr. Charles, master, and the other officers and men of the Ocean, flag-ship at that port, who navigated the Cyclops to this port for com mission. The Plover surveying vessel, Lieutenant Com mander Moore, anchored last night at St. Helen's for shelter, and sailed again this morning for Plymouth, the wind having during the night become more fa vourable. The Birkenhead iron steam troop-ship, Commander Ingram, was ordered yesterday to be paid off. This is the second iron vessel which has been found useless. The Birkenhead is a new vessel of 1,400 tons and 500 horse power, built at Birkenhead in 1805, by Laird, of Liverpool. She is found a very expensive un manageable vessel. The Avon steam• vessel, Commander Otter, was docked to-day for a refit ; and the Cuckoo steam vessel, Commander Dumaresque, taken out. The Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant Commander Ponsonby, was removed from the basin to-day, and went out to try her engines. She will take the next mail to the coast of Africa at the end of the month. Wind north, moderate breezes, and hazy weather. Mr. Hen wood, of this dockyard, received his ap pointment this morning as master shipwright of Malta Dockyard. Captain Sherringham has this day been appointed to the Havannah (Sheerness). Captain George Goldsmith (1842) will be flag captain to the Earl of Dandonald. Wooewicn, JAN. 6.—The Garland steam-vessel, Captain Smithett, embarked the Marchioness of Nor. manby and suite on Tuesday morning, at Dover, at eight o'clock, A.m., for Boulogne, and landed her Ladyship at Boulogne in time to save the eleven o'clock train at Neufchatel, which enabled the Marchioness to reach Paris in eleven hours from Dover. The General Palmer transport-ship, which left Woolwich on Tuesday, is under orders to call at Portsmouth to take out to Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, detachments of the line; and in consequence of her accommodation being preoccupied, two non commissioned officers and 70 gunners of the Royal Artillery, under orders to proceed to Gibraltar, will leave the garrison to-morrow, under the command of Lieutenant L. Martineau, by railway to Portsmouth, to embark on board the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt. 13.amsey, for conveyance to Gibraltar, to join Captain Desbrisay's company and the other companies at that station. It is gratifying to learn that the wound inflicted by the sentry at the New Royal Marine Barracks upon Lieutenant and Adjutant Peebles, of the 59th Regiment, when he was running for assistance on Monday morning last, is not of a serious nature, he being quite convalescent; and that on an inquiry into the circumstances the young and gallant officer, in the most complete manner, absolved the sentry from any blame whatever. Lieutenant Peebles, in the haste to obtain assistance, ran out with only his shirt and trousers on, and, being breathless with running, although still impelled onwards to obtain assistance in the hope of saving his father's life, he was unable to answer the sentry, and having no dress to distin guish him, the sentry had no alternative but to stop him by force, in obedience to the duty he was placed here to perform. HER MAJESTY'S TWELFTH CAKE. This cake, which has been manufactured by Mr. Mawditt, her Majesty's first yeoman confectioner, and which was ex hibited last evening to her Majesty's royal and distin guished guests in the Green Drawing-room, at the con clusion of the banquet given by the Queen, is one of the most elaborately-executed and tasteful specimens of l'art du confiseur ever perhaps produced in this country. Around the base of the cake are a great variety of Chinese figures, interspersed with allegorical devices, birds, beasts, &c. On the top is a classically-formed circular temple, properly ornamented, with openings all around, the bottom being of glass, to represent water. A great number of imitation gold and silver fish are suspended from the roof, by means of wires, which, when put in motion by a curious contrivance, ap pear, by being reflected in the glass below, to be abso lutely alive and swimming in water. We should observe that they are not visible to the spectator, as they are suspended, but only by being reflected in the glass beneath. The temple is surmounted by some massive rocks, in which is inclosed a large musical box. Placed amongst the rocks are upwards of 20 Chinese figures, several inches in height, playing various instruments, and most skilfully executed. Upon touching a secret spring the music commences playing, and the whole of the mimic band are set in motion, their h eads bobbing about to the tune, in a most life-like manner. The box containing the music is hidden from view, beneath the imitation rocks. The cake (which more than three c feet in diameter), with its multicip licit y of iirious and classical ornaments, is upwards of four feet in height. THE PRESIDENCY OF Sr. BARTHOLOMEW'S Hos- PlTAL.—Yesterday a deputation from the House Com mittee of St. Bartholomew's Hospital waited upon the Lord Mayor, in consequence of the death of Alderm an Lucas, the President of tha t institution, for the purpose of requesting that his Lordship would consent to be put in nomination for the vacant chair. The Lord Mayor said he felt highly fla ttered by the application made to Mai by the Committee of St. Bartholoaiew's Hospit a l, t o be put in nomination to fill so distinguished an office in an institution so eminently useful to so c i e ty, an d so creditable to the h um a ne and liberal spirit of the olden time. Ho should be highly gratified by such nomination, and should, if chosen, accept the office and fill it to the best of his ability. We did not hear that there was likely to be any other candidate. grARA.TIONS FOR A RAILWAY STATION IN WATERI.O O nitll=-11.C.)4P. —Yesterday the work of demolition was commenced upon a rune of houses in the Waterloo-bridge-road, commencing at the Hero of Waterloo Tavern, and extending to within a few yards of the New-cut. These have been ordered to be razed for the purpose of erecting the metropolitan station for the South- Western Rail wa y, the works in connexion w ith which will be commenced forthwith. The station w ill he pf immense dimensions, with a magnificent facade. It is calculated that thp %thole line and station will be completed early in Auguat uext. IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION. 1 LIMERICK, W EDS ESDAY.—The Bigot Hon. the Lord Chief Justice, and the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron, took their seats upon the bench this morning at ten o'clock, and commenced the trial of prisoners. MURDER.—CAPITAL CONVICTION.—WiIIiam Ryan (Puck), twenty-five years of age, was placed at the bar, and indicted for having upon the 22d September, 1847, at Knocksantry, in the county of Limerick, feloniously assaulted one John Kelly, with a blunder buss, and inflicted upon his body a mortal wound, of which he instantly died. The Attorney. General, Mr. Bennett, Q.C., and the Hon. J. Plunkett, Q.C., appeared as counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. O'Hea acted for the prisoner, having been assigned by the Crown to defend in all the cases on the calendar. The ATTORMEY- GENERAL proceeded to state the case for the prosecution. The prisoner and his father had been neighbours of the deceased and his family, both families holding land under a gentleman of the name of Biggs—the Ryans holding three acres, while the Kellys held the nine acres adjoining. They held this ground for several years, but the Ryans not hav ing paid their rent as they should have done, Mr. Biggs took it from them and gave it to Michael Kelly, a brother of the deceased John Kelly, who had it in his possession for more than two years at the time of the murder. It would appear upon the evidence for the Crown that the fact of Michael Kelly taking the three acres of land held by the Ryans gave rise to a bad feeling on the pri soner's !part, the result of which was, that he not only murdered the deceased, but, on the 17th of September, a few days previously, attempted the lite of Michael Kelly. It would also be sworn to by several witnesses, who knew his person perfectly well, that he came in, and without saying a word shot the deceased, who was sitting at the fire sur rounded by his family, dead on the spot. After this occurred the prisoner made off, and was not arrested for a month or more, when a police-inspector came upon him suddenly and by accident in the house of a man named Fruen, concealed on the top of a bed, on which occasion he had a loaded musket in his hand, with his finger on the trigger, and with which he threatened to blow the inspector's brains out if he at tempted to take him. Michael Kelly examined by Mr. BENNETT—In September last I lived at Bunkey, in this county. The deceased John Kelly was my brother. He lived a small mile from me and was killed on the 22 d of September. I saw him on the day he was shot, after he was killed. I know the prisoner at the bar ; he lived next door to me. I saw him on the 17th of September, between six and seven o'clock. On that occasion he came up and fired at me with a pistol. The prisoner and his father held three acres of land next to me, and I had nine acres. We both held under a Mr. Biggs. For the last two years I held the three acres the prisoner held along with the nine I had previously. Mary Gleeson examined by Mr. PLUNICETT—I knew John Kelly, the deceased; I know William Ryan (Puck), the prisoner at the bar, as long as I know anything ; I remember the day John Kelly was killed; I saw the prisoner that evening, shortly after nightfall; I was going to my son's place, and I ob served William Ryan and another man leap in off the road, between my house and John Kelly's ; Ryan passed close by me ; be almost rubbed by me ; after he went past he went towards Kelly's house ; the man with Ryan had a gun or a blunderbuss with him ; shortly after I passed by I heard of Kelly's murder, and I immediately told the police what I saw. Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA—I was not at the inquest, although I told the police the next morning what I knew. Margaret Gleeson, the daughter of last witness was with her when she met him, and corroborated her evidence. Michael Kelly examined by Mr. BENNETT—I am twelve years of age. I remember the evening my uncle John Kelly was shot. I lived with him, and was in the house with him that night. Kelly's wife and two children were there. They are very young. One is ten years, and the other younger. There was a labouring man there also. We were sitting at the fire ; it was a good one, and showed plenty of light. I was sitting near John Kelly. I know Ryan (Puck). Mr. Bennett—Point him out. The witness here pointed out a man sitting at the table, and swore that he was Ryan, and repeated it several times ; subsequently, however, he recognised the prisoner, and swore to him as the Irian who fired at the deceased. The CHIEF,JUSTICE—I.cannot understand this; who is that man at the table ? Mr. Bennett—He is the prisoner's brother, my lord (great sensation). A Juror—What is the prisoner's name ? Witness —William Ryan (Puck). The same Juror—And what is the name of the man at the table ? Witness—Thomas Ryan (Puck). Mr. Bennett—Are they both called " Puck ?" Witness—They are. A Juror—Are: they brothers ? Witness—l don't know. (The man sitting at the table, alluded to by wh. ness, was here made to stand up to be seen by the jury, and he bore a most remarkable family resem blance to the prisoner.) Mr. BENNETT—Now, which is the man who came in that night? Witness—That is the man (pointing to the prisoner) ; he came in without saying a word, took a blunderbuss from under his coat and shot John Kelly dead; some of the bullets that passed through his body wounded me in the legs. Ryan came up close to us befordlie fired, and the moment he did so my uncle fell detid.—(Great sensation.) Cross-examined by Mr O'HEA.—I made a mistake since I came here as to William Ryan. I can't tell why I made it. There was a very bright fire that night. A Juror—When you mistook the man at the table for the prisoner, was it owing to his name and like ness to•him ? Witness—lt was. Another Juror—Did you think he was the man who shot '' yOtir uncle ? Witness—l did.— (Great sensation.) Margaret Ryan examined by Mr. PLUNKETT—I am a daughter of Daniel Ryan. I was in Kelly's house when he was shot. I know the prisoner very well, and remember him coming in and killing my uncle with a blunderbuss. He said nothing before he fired, but walked in at his back and shot him dead. I was living with my uncle for fourteen or fifteen years. I knew him when he had the land. After the prisoner lost his ground they were not good friends. To Mr. O'HEA—I was examined before the co roner. (The witness's informations were read, in which she swore that she " believed" it was Billy Ryan who shot her uncle.) I am sure it was the prisoner ; I said I believed because I was afraid I would be killed myself if I told what I knew; Mr. Herd, the police-officer, told me I should tell who was there, and then I said I was sure; I said it before the coroner. To Mr. BENNETT—I have no doubt as to the pri soner, and never had. Michael Kelly examined by the ATTORNEY-GENE RAL—Knew the deceased ; I lived with him, and was in his house the night he was shot ; it was the prisoner at the bar. William Ryan (Puck) shot ; c1 ' I - was the sitting at the walkedfirem-henhetool t in u door was open, and he walked in, anbdlunrdeerbuss from under his coat an d fired at John Kelly, and shot him dead on the spot; I tried to catch the blunderbuss, but Kelly was shot before I had time to turn round ; the prisoner then went away, and I followed him to the door, and saw him pass through between two houses ; I knew the prisoner for a month, and used to salute him. Mr. O'HEti—Did you ever swear you did not k now the murderer ? Witness--I did at the inquest, for I in Decem ber, was afraid he or his friendsere wouldyou notafraid shoot me. Mr. O'HEA—Why w when you made y our information ? Wit ness —N o; because .Mr. Tracey, the magistrate, told me I would not be shot if I told the truth. There were magis trates and police at the inquest, and they could pro tect me as well then as now. I never heard of a reward or of " blood money." Mr. O'H Ea — Did you ever h ea r o f a re w ard, on your oath? Witness—l did, but did not know how much l t i ake it was. anything I Idon' g t e k t n . ow le N x vh p a ec t t l n a o m thi t ng og . et, but I Alexander Herd examined by Mr. BENNETT—I am a sub-inspe c t or o f cons t a b u l ar y. I remem ber when Kelly was shot. I was in the neighbourhood. I know the girl Margaret Ryan, who was examined here to-d a y. Sh e was exam i ne d at Kelly's inquest. She was very much alarmed, and at first swore that she " believed" the man who shot Kelly was Billy Ryan, and afterwards she said she was sure. I told her not to be frightened. The coroner told her the same thing, and she then said she was sure. I went, on the 17th of October last to the houses of persons of the name of Fruen to look for a book which was supposed to be on the person of a man named Nash, who was murdered a few days before. I remained on my horse outside, and sent four con stables in to look for the book. When they were going in I heard some one say, " Oh, Puck," upon which I immediately got off the horse, and ran in. As soon as I got in I saw a blunderbuss on the top of the bed, and constable Phillips asked the prisoner, who was on the bed, to giv e it up. The prisoner cried out, " No, I will have a shot at him," meaning me. I then rushed towards him, with my pistol pointed at his head , a nd he had his blunderbuss pointed at my head, and in that posture he ca ll e d out, 4‘ Will I fire ?" he asked W . Fruen, but h e go t no answer. He asked him no less than three times the same question. I called on him no t t o st i r, or I wou ld fire. He was all this time lyi ng concea l e d on the top of the bed — lying on his fac e , v.ith the blun derbuss pointed ; at me, Ryan then called out, " Let e dire about the kouse i" but I said if he attempted ~:. --- it I would shoot him. I did not like to shoot Ihm William Fruen came over to the bed and put up his hands as if to take the blunderhuts, hut he was pre vented and we seized it. It was capped, and loaded to the muzzle with eleven balls (the balls were here produced). I drew the charge after I arrested the prisoner. On searching hi:n I found powder, some caps, and eleven more balls of the same kind. This witness was not cross-examined. Pr. Reardon examined by Mr. PLUNK.ETT saw the deceased John Kelly after his death, and found eleven bullet marks in his body. The wounds in flicted by those bullets caused death instantly. Constable William Fogarty proved having met Mary Gleeson on the morning after the murder, and deposed that she told him on that occasion that the prisoner William R 3 an (Puck) shot her uncle. The case for the prosecution having here closed, Mr. O'HEA addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. BENNETT 'laving replied on behalf of the pro secution, The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE charged the jury. The jury, without leaving the box, found a verdict of Guilty, which appeared to have made a greater impression upon every one in court than it did on the prisoner, who heard it perfectly unmoved. Their Lordships immediately put on the black cap, and were about sentencing him to the utmost penalty of the law, when The ATTORNEY - GENERAL applied to hare sentence postponed until the following day, on the ground that the prisoner was named in an indictment in which three men of the name of Fruen were charged with harbouring him. After a short consultation on the subject, The COURT granted the application, and the pri soner was removed from the dock to the county gaol. This occupied the Court until four o'clock. ASSAULTING IN A DWELLING-DOUSE. Patrick Burke, a man of about forty years of age, was in dicted for having on the 3d of May, 1847, with others, assaulted the dwelling-house of Christopher Millar, at Coollybrown, in the county of Limerick. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL briefly stated the case, from which it appeared that on the day in question the prisoner went to the prosecutor's house in search for arms, forced an entrance, and assaulted him se verely with a gun he had in his hand. The prosecutor deposed to this statement, and his wife also identified the prisoner. Mr. O'HEA was addressing the jury for the defence r at post hour. His defence will be an alibi. THE AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Jupiter, Captain Meehan, arrived at Southampton on Thursday, at noon, with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails. Her dates are—Gibraltar Dec. 28, Cadiz Dec. 29, Lisbon Dec, 31, off Oporto Jan. 1, Vigo Jan. 2. The Jupiter brings 29 passengers, and 265 pack ages of oranges, 11 packages of specie, 86 boxes of eggs, 10 boxes of walnuts, 34 packages of grapes, 5 casks of wine, 42 boxes of chestnuts, and 27 packages of sundries on freight. _ _ Her Majesty's steamer Hecla left Gibraltar for Englard on the 28th ult., and her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus sailed to the eastward. The Spanish frigate Villa de alboa was at Cadiz on the 29th of December. At Lisbon on the 31st of December, there were her Majesty's ships St. Vincent, Queen, Howe, Canopus, Amphion screw frigate, steamers Scourge, Dragon, and Comet, and brig Alert ; the French cor vette Psyche, a steamer and brig, and the usual Por tuguese squadron. The Peninsular steamer Montrose was signalled entering the Tagus on the 31st ult., at half-past five o'clock, P.M. On the Ist of January, off the bar of Oporto, in signalising for a boat, the signal-gun of the Jupiter burst, and killed Reginald Bligh, A. 8., and severely wounded Henry Hayward, apprentice. A Spanish deck passenger also died during the voyage. The Jupiter brings no additional intelligence re specting the loss of the steam-frigate Avenger ; full particulars will no doubt be sent from Malta by the next mail via Marseilles. THE DEAN AND DR. HAMPDEN. There was an old Dean in the West country, A cause of offence his Rev'rence had found; 'Twas all about filling a vacant see, Upon what he consider'd was his own ground, With his plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay. His Deanship resolved the Queen to sue, For what he considered his rightful due; Likewise to beg her favour and grace, In hopes she would give him the vacant place, With his plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay. The Queen his petition did refer To Lord John Russell, her Pre-mi-er; But Lord John Russell said, " I've in view Another, my very good friend, than you— With youg plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay." " Is it that Doctor whom you mean To make a Bishop of?" cries the Dean; " There lives a person—l won't say where— More fit for a Bishop than that chap there With his plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay." Thereon the Dean whipp'd out his pen, And sent the Queen a letter again, Imputing error and heresy To Lord John's Bishop that was to be, With his plural rural cure a lural ural lural lay. Against that choice he did protest; But her Majesty thought that John knew best; For his mitre and crozier she left him to whistle, And gave him no answer to his epistle, With his plural rural cure a-lural urallural lay. To Lord John Russell then he wrote, And bade him take heed and note That he purposed, without hesitation or fear, Opposing her Majesty's conye d'elire. With his plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay, To him replied the Minister— ' I have received your letter, Sir, In which your intention you intimate The law of the land to violate, With your plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay." So now the Dean had ph dged his word To do a thing that H as quite absurd; And when the election day came ou, He recorded his vote 'gainst the man of Lord John, With his plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay. But there he stopp'd—the wisest way— And Lord John's Bishop gain'd the day : And though with the Chapter he disagreed, The Dean set his hand and his seal to their deed, With his plural rural cure a-lurul ural lural And so the Dean has preserved his stall, His goods and chattles, and livings, and all ; Ot a pramunire he's out of fear, And we wish him sincerely a happy new year, With his plural rural cure a-lural ural lural lay. —Pnnch. Stacey, Esq., on return- C ing the C n , e gn o ov h r s ootenmruevnyta observed dye in t h callede A BRAVE, FBAT.—On Saturday morning last, Assembly Rooms to his s u h p r o u n b t h o e r s y u r l r e e a n d d i e n r g , anbg residenceuf from o three r a e a e t soi o st r w c a é l no o e c c i to the house threatening to shoot them if they moved, and boldly went up and collared them both. On perceiving that Mr. Stacey was unarmed the fellows tore themselves away from his grasp, and took to their heels. Mr. Stacey resolutely pursued and captured one of them, who in vain called to his comrade to come to his assist ance. Mr. Stacey then called up his servants, and marched the fellow, whose name is Burgess, into Maid stone, where he was given into the custody of the police. to whom, out of revenge for the cowardice of his com panion, he divulged the name of the latter. Policeman Head immediately went in search of him, and took him about seven o'clock—a well-known character, named Jobn Blunden. On examining the state of the premises. the hen-house was found broken open, and on the spot where Mr. Stacey first challenged the robbers, three fowls and a rabbit were found. The fellows were taken before E. Burton, Esq., the same day, when Burgess was committed for trial. There being no evidence ageilit Blunden, than the statement of his accomplice, Mr. Stacey being unable to identify him, he was discharged. —Maidstone Journal. In the SINGULAR DISCOVERY NEAR DUBLIN. course of last summer and autumn a canal, or rather a broad drain, of about a mile in length, was cut through Ballybetagh, townland seven miles south of . Dublin, to the right of the and three-quarters of a mile the supply of Enis kerry-road, for the purpose of . increasing water at the three largo factories in the neighbourhood. The work having for a month or two proceeded slowly through some hard manly ground, was pushed with vigour in the pea ty soil of a pond, whose waters were drained off in the process of digging, and week after week objects were revealed which excited great curiosity and wonder. These objects were no other than the ' remains of reindeer and Irish elk, the latter of immense size and in considerable quantities. As usual, conjec ture dates their immersion so far back as the deluge. But the supposition is open to objection. The number exhumed, and the limited extent of the spot where they lay—a curve of fifteen feet wide, and three or four hun dred yards long—leaving room to conclude that further search at either side would have exposed a great many more to view. Add to this, that amongst the extra ordinary quantity of thirty-two skulls, and numerous principal bones, not a single skeleton has been found entire, or can be artistically completed.—Dublin Free man. FATAL ACCIDRNT AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PAR'. LlAMENT.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Westminster Hospital, on the body of James Webb, agen 27, a stonemason, employed at the new Houses of Parliament. The deceased,was engaged in the central hall of the edifice. On Saturday morning, as he was leaving the s‘ orks to go to break tS.st, to stepped off the platform, oiy, cling to set hz.s toot oa tles ladder, tut it had been removed, and he tell down a depth of teu feet. He was removed to the hospital, and died on Monday - . , Verdict, " Accidental death. ',