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GLADSTONE v. TRACTARIANISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—ln your journal of the 27th ult. you pub lish an address deiivered on the Thursday evening previous ' by the Rev. J. E. Gladstone, at the Free na!isons'Tavern, in which a personal and unjustifiable attack is made upon my teaching as a Christian minister, calculated not only to injure me seriously in the public estimation, but also to convey a very false impr e , is :ion_of my real senticonits. I have, throng' a.professional friend, called upon Mr. Gladstone, for the original report (the basis of the erroneous statement), or else a copy of it, repre sented to nave been forwarded to him by a Mr. W. J. Knight, and he positively refuses to furnish me with either. I have, therefore, no other alternative under the cir cumstances, than hereby to publish my most distinct contradiction of Mr. Glaistone's allegations respect ing myself, and to request that you will do me the favour of allowing the following correTnndence a place in the columns of your next publication, the only redress I seek at your hands. •I. am, Sir, lour obedient servant, A. G. EDOLTART, Incumbent of S?. Michael's District Church, April 8, 1852. Burli igh-street, Strand. (No. 1.) 4, Adelphi Terrace, 30th March, 18.52. Sir,--:-The Rev. A. G. Edottart has called upon me this day ivith The Sun newspap©r of Saturday last, wtwrein a report is given of a Lecture, which it stated, you gave at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the Thursday : evening preceding. If the statement be correct, it would appear that you have in very direct language, referred to a conversation alleged to have taken place between Mr. Edouart and a Mr. W. J. Knight. Now, as Mr. Edouart wholly denies the truth, of what is so stated, I think it proper that you should be informed thereof, that you may pursue any course you may think necessary, to correct the error in which you have been placed. And I also think it proper to call upon you for the report, or a copy of it, which you allege was fur nished to you, is order that Mr. Edouart may take such further steps as may be advised. I am compelled to add, that it would only have been common fairness towards Mr. Edouart, to have ascertained from him, before you used his name, whe ther the report was a correct one or not. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. Coml. Rev. J. E. Gladstone. (No: 2.) • Bowden, near Manchester. 31st March, 1852. Sir,--4n 'answer to your communication, I beg to lay thatl simply read a letter which was sent to me; after calling , personally upon the writer of it, and ob taining his permission to do so. As I gave his name, it appears to me, that Mr. Edouart, if he feel himself aggrieved, should seek any redress Le requires from that gentleman. Permit me to say that Mr. Edouart's simple denial of the truth of that accusatiou does not make me feel you are j ustified in speaking of me as being " in error," for, from the conversation I had with Mr. Knight, I believe him to be, at least, equally worthy of credit with Mr. Edouart; and his affirmation I would at lead place as much reliance upon as upon Mr. Edouart's If Mr. Edouart thinks I have acted in any way unfairly_ by him, .1 shall be glad (if he will favour me with a call at the Craven Hotel) to offer any explana tion which any misunderstanding may seem to re quire. I return to town, all well, on Friday evening. I am, Sir, faithfully yours, tTODN E. GLADSTONE. P.S. You refer to some " report ;" I do not quite Understand what you mean, and if it has reference to what I said as touching Mr. Knight's letter, I sup pose you allude to what lam credibly informed Mr. Edouart has been pleased to say of me (a person of whom he really knows nothing except by , report), i• e., " that lam a bad man, that he hates my very name." , Whether it be true or false that he has used such expressions regarding me, is of no consequence whatever to me, since my happiness and welfare do not in any measure depend upon Mr. Edouart's good opinion., • John Cole, Esq. (No. 3.) • 4, Adelphi-terrace, April 2, 1852. Sir,-4 • acknowledge the receipt of your favour from near Manchester. I must call your , attention to the fact of your not baring supplied. me with . the information I requested. The Sun newspaper uses the expression, " a report from Mr. Knight;" you say, on the other hand, you read " a letter from Mr. Knight." Now, whether it be the one or the other, it is quite clear thatl have re quested to be furnished with the particular document or a copy of it. And since it is the foundation of your accusation against Mr. Edouart, there can be no question of your having carefully retained the Possession thereof. I do not enter upon the other parts of your letter, nor can I remark thereon when I notice the singular feeling you display. am, Sir, your very obedient servant, Rev. JI E. Gladstone. J. COLE. (N . o. 4.) Craven Hotel, Strand, April 3, 1852. Sir,--Xou write to me in a s tyl e ( as I j u d ge ) so ll:becoming, dict a t or i a l, an d peremptory, t h at y ou tha ust f orgive me f o r on ly ' say i ng i n rep l y —f i rst, t have nothing to dp with The Sun newspaper ; seew ad' tI • • fee , A de c l i n e giving you (or any other per . : _ stranger to me) the right to investigate my pri vine - p. ...c - sponaence.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, -°lB i' -8( 1. JOHN E. GLADSTONII. (No. 5.) . ; 4, Adolph' terrace, April 5, 1852. — r . '"••= 1 wish you to understand that I act as the Pr l r etail94l adviser to Mr. Ed o uart. . 1 •E You had kept the communication "private," as You deseribe it, and not yourself made it public in )'° l lr lecture, you would have be en spared all the trouble nqw occasioned, and Mr. Edouart would not have had cause to complain. It is the publicity that you have given to a private .ette r Os' you call it) that has Clone Mr. Edouart in and. on-that account we want to discover the i u tee of the evil, with the view of enabling Mr. ,douart to be advised as to the ultimate step he ' oo llld take. tls lf yaiudeoline t o f urn i s h t h e document I ca ll f or , "ell Mr. Edou ar t must f ol l ow h i s own course upon SUch information as he now possesses. a In conclusi on , I b eg to add, that I neither meant apply to y ou i n an unbecoming, or a dictatorial Pr peremptory manner. All that I desired was to get informati on ao as professionally to give Mr. Edouart my opiiiionon the whole affair. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Rev. J. E. lal d JOHN i3OLE. a '4°ne, Craven Hotel. c' (Na. 6 ) Strand, April 5, ,: _ r aven Hotel, S Sir,—it appears to myeouthirltat,v as the professiolnBasl2a.d -'riser of kir. Edoua* e pursued a mistaken eattrae, and have attempted me(whetheri intentionally or not I do not say) to coerce am one of the very last men At the same to 1 1 a manner which I my authority of Mr. t ime, Imlay remark, that so far- as ° ! .. e IC •night has been - made public P, which is all ("a 'you a legal man very li ivell know) Edouart given that can' be required from any man. if lake he has any cause of " action at la y :: for thich, ne will take my advice he will let alone, K a nn his fingers) his , attack must be upon wil l ~i g ht and not upon me, And I am not going Mr. 6 ve him any help in pursuing so exquisitely silly to a ()Our s , , ' - ' 1 am, Sir, obediently yours, JOHN E. GLADSTON E . P in . t im i 1 •h ave already told you that I decline " fur g Yon with the document " you ask for. J . r. e, Esq. ~. ' , vi ______ . . . DIAMOND DUST. , Ai. shrug often tekee away c ha rac ter as effee• Nally as the most defamatory observation. time nny a man's The loss of a friend is like that of a limb ; neat thei-abgnish of the wound, but the loss cannot be re- Nixed. '' . ' The tenpin was intended for a divine organ, devil often plays upon it. ine Sensibilitiesate like w oo db ines , delightfUl luxuries of b but the et to twine round a solid, upright stern of under.. th e "0144 fier y poor things if, unsustained by strength, y are.to t t o er e lides, Ka g e la el) alo ng the ground. Life la ; 1 ,L4.01 t)etter soldier than "rashness. squat doien' ,e.of blackberry bushes. Mean people , au pick th ' - f - their finiteri, C whil , g? Mit, no matter how they black strides tierctayinb i a l gellitla, proud and perpendicular, . 11 " s nothing but scratches .—Eliza Cook's Journal , . ..........,..........___________ , STATIONER& MUTTJ'A.R,„ anniversary dinner of this scede - t;; ll t tit SocrETY.—The Freemasons'-hall. - Nearly 2,30 Place last week at assembled. The chair was taken b y "+ jo r t i l i and friends were Long-acre, supported by some of the leadionaSmeil tradrer "ve'a ni th ber E s ' o g r i th o e f trade. After the usual loyal- toasts, th e The Stationers' in short sketch pf , the origin and progre,g of, general, in connexion with the toast of .. Mutual Benefit Society," which wise warmly respona m e n d er t s' Ption beaded by The Secretary read a long list of subscri the chairman's liberal donation of 25Z. ; a simil a r lland3orn. gift from W. Joynson, Esq.; 5/. ss. G. Chater, Es q. • • a/. 3 : Joseph Smith, Esq ; 5/. ss. Meisrs. Magnay, ge, The treasurer, Mr. Mitchell, in proposing " The health of th e Ch airman," acknowledged on behalf of the members thei hadr obligations to th at gentleman for the great interest he taken in the welfare of the society, and the support he had given it, . having presided at two of the anniversaries, and each time largely cont:ibuted to its funds. The secretary. Mr. Rice, took occasion in the course of the evening to call attention to the advantages the society now provides for its members.- Besides a weekly allowance in sickness, and a sum in case of death, a s uperannuation fund for old mem be s, and a benevolent fund for cases of casual distress, had been formod ; and offering as the society now did, these benefits t o its members, he called upon the trade to strengthen and increase its resources. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Foster, wh o was ably, and agree bly Parker aided by Mr, Benson, Mr, ' M, wraith, Mr. 'Lawler, and kr. T 1114. 1 LITERATURE. TEE ZOIS7'. No. XXXVIL An elaborate and very remarkable pa eer is con tributed to the April numbsr of the Zoist by Dr. William Gregory on the "Theory of It as the Cause of Mesmeric Phenumens:' In the course of this article the writer thus enumerates those facts which, says be, are at last recognised as occurring in the waking state, after having boon so long and fiercely denied as eccompanyiug the mesmeric sleep:, /1, The impressible state is'. produced in the patient by his gazing fixedly at an object in his hand or Plebs where, and possibly, or even probably, in consequence of the concentration of his thoughts, and the accom panying stillness. Or it may be produced by the operators fixed gaze, while the p at i, nt ' a eye i s a l so fi xe d on t h e operator. Or, further, it may be found as a characteristic, of the mesmeric sleep, however that may have been pro-' duced. Or, finall y , i t may be found, to exist spon taneously in certain individuals. In the two first methods it is, i n a ll pro b a bili ty, i n d uce d b y an i n ternal change in th e patient's nervous systole, caused by what may be called au appeal to the imgination, or, in other words, by the physical effects of fixed gazire4 on the nervous system of him who grzea. When the mesmeric sleep occurs in consequence of passes, gszing, or contact, the same explanation applies; but when that sleep is caused without any appeal to the imaginatioe, as we shall see it may, we are not entitled to, ascribe ,to that. cause the impressibility of the patient. Neither can we do so in those cases in which the patient is naturally impressible. But it is certain that in the greater num ber of cases the impressible state is produced by means of an appeal to the imagination of the patient; and , when he is in that state, the very character o f the phe nomena eow to be described consists in their connexion with, and dependence on, the imagination; that is, on mental impressions made on the patient.- For this rea son, we call them the phenomena of suggeetion, or sug gestive phenomena.' " 11. Tae impressible state being present, wo find, in a large proportion of cases, that the muscular powers of the patient are entirely under control. The operator has only to command, or to suggest, in a tone of firm, conviction of his power, that any muscle or series of muscles shall act or shall be incapable of action, and the result follows. The patient clenches his hand and can not open it; or opens it, and cannot shut it: he is com pelled to sit down and rendered unable to rise, or he must rise and cannot sit down. He is desired to strike out at the operator's face, but cannot touch it if the operator tells him that he cannot; his blow falls short, or passes to one side or other; he is unable to perform that easy act, but that only. - Ile is rendered unable to pick up a bank-note, which is his if he can only seize it; or when it is placed in his hand, he cannot drop it if not permitted to do so. Ho cannot jump on, but comes down before or behind, or to one side of a handkerchief on the floor. His hand is laid fiat on that of another, back to back, or palm to palm, or the tips of his fingers touch those of. another, and in neither case' can he, if forbidden by the operator, take his hand away. If com manded to move to a certain point, he will overcome any resistance offered to him', or, if overpowered by many men with main force, he will struggle till utterly exhausted. Or again, if told. that he cannot move no inducement can prevail on him to do so. His will is exerted, but its power is gone, and he looks and, feels, no doubt, very foolish. In short, the command of the operator urges to instant and powerfUl action, or utterly' psralyz s one or any number of the voluntary muscles, in spire of all the efforts of the patient. " 111. His sensations are equally obedient to the operator. In an instant his whole frame becomes insensible to pain, nay, to touch ; the sense of touch is annihilated, and as quickly restored. Or, while the rest of his body is in its usual state of sensitiveness, one finger, one hand, ono arm, one leg, or both, or the bead, or any other part, is struck with instant insensibility. When that member is pricked, pinched, cut, or burned, he knows nothing of it, unless he happens to look towards it, and at such a time a limb might be cut eff without his sue- petting it, provided his eyes were directed elsewhere. Any common object in his hand, a knife or pencil for instance, becomes at the word of command, but slowly and leisurely, burning hot or intensely cold, heavy as lead, or light as sir. The water he drinks becomes milk, beer, wine, brandy, lemonade, punch, soda -water, syrup, or wormwood, boiling hot or icy cold, according as he is told. In a hot and crowded room be is made to shiver with cold, and that so effectually, that iu a few minutes his hand feels, even to others, like that of one who has been kneading snowballs; or on a frosty day he feels oppressed with beat, throws off his coat, is drenched in perspiration, flushed and hot to the hand; according to the orders of his tormentor. "IV. In like:manner, his eyes deceive him. He takes a pianoforte for a horse, a watch for a snuff-box, a man for a child, a lady for a gentleman, a friend for a stranger, but only in obedience to the suggesting voice. He wall insist that the clock before him marks half past four, when the,hands point to noon, or vice versa, if told so. He will see all manner of things and, people before him, where none of them are. lie will see and bag, too, game, invisible to all eyes but his. He will 'see a balloon rising from the floor, and follow it with his eyes through the roof or window till it is lost in the heavens; and he will likewise follow the aerial voyage of Mother Bunch on her broomstick, or of Mephistopheles hurry ing through the air to the Brockign on the back of a goat. His ears are equally under control. At the word of the operator, he hears the sweetest music, the loudest thunder, or the most eloquent speech. And the same word can render him both blind and deaf. He also smells the snuff in a snuff-box, which is really a watch, and not only smells it. but is thrown by it, if the operator calls it high-dried Scotch or Lundy foot, into a severe paroxysm of sneezing and coughing, which we have seen last for fifteen or twenty minutes. All the senses, in short, are subject to the sway of the operator. It is useless to resist. The patient knows and can tell you that he sees only delusive objects, or hears delusive sounds, but still he cannot but hear, see, feel, taste, and smell, as he is commanded. In the case of experiments' on muscular motions, the patient often makes super human efforts to resist, but finds it all in vain. " V. The memory Of the patient is completely under the control of the operator, at whose command the viz: zled victim in vain tries to recall his 'own name, or that of the operator, or those of his relations and friends. In like manner he finds himself unable to recall a single letter of the alphabet, and his countenance, while trying to do so, is ludicrously expressive. VI. 'clie operator can call up any emotion, by the same simple command. Fear, anger, grief, pride, pug nacity, laughter, &c., are in item vividly fat and .ex hibited, in spite of the utmost resistance on the pin of the patient, who may in the course of a few Minutes be drowned in tears and sore with laughter. He way be made to believe any assertion, and to act in consequence, to quarrel with a bystander for a supposed aff, oat; to fancy himself to be any individual named, and to act and speak in character; to engage in any occupation suggested,'such as fishing, shooting, tailoring, painting, singing, spouting, swimming; to take shelter fiona a storm, and swim for his lite in the flood; to fly, for safety from a bear, a lion; or a snake; and to become, after drinking: water as whisky, so helplessly drunk as to exhibit even the unpleasant physical consequvces of inebriety, to stagger and fall on attempting to walk, and in some cases to be with difficulty sobered after a con- biderable time, his intoxication apparently interfering with his impressibility. VII. Lastly, the operator can cause his patient to fall into a quiet (not somnambulistic or mesmeric) sleep, in one, two, or more minutes, according to the command, and in spite of all his efforts to keep awake. In this sleep the patient neither bears nor answers any one except the operater, when the latter says, • Awake!' Nay, the loudest noises at his ear, us well ail pulling, shaking, pinching, fail to awake him, till the magic word is spoken, or the allotted time has expired." 7;:. 14 0 N.11)..0-_lq) THE REV. MR: WHISTON AND THE DEAN AND CHAPTEH , OF BOCILESTER. Yesterday morning, the Bisleee of Rochester, as slated by his learned aCsessors, Mr. Baron Parke and Dr. Lushington, sat at halt-past ten o'clock in the Arches Court, Doctors-commons, for the further hearing of the appeal of the Rev. Mr. Whiston. The Reverend Gentleman, who, as before, con ducted his own case, resuieed his argument in refer ence to the illegality of the course pursued by the Dean and Chapter of ROtheite, n dismiseieg from the head-mastership - of the Cathedral . Grammar School. He reiterated his denial of the charges upon which his dismissal was founded, and his statements as to the non-observance of the statutes •by -the Dean and .Chapter themselves, Whether they applied the funds • acquired by .this - ne glect of the wishes of the royal founder to them. selves, or took it for DOUMR, it was an improper pro ceediug. He maintained that until they produced their accounts there was ground for suspicion. The reve rend gentleman here held up a large bundle of letters and communications, to show the pains he had taken to get definite information -as to the accounts. He continued to observe that it was now nearly four years since that correspondence began. and during that time he had used every effort to obtain redress, and it was not until all these failed that he had ap pealed to the visitor, the Bishop of Rochester, from whom he obtained - a distinct promise that the appeal should be heard, and had his request been eomplied with as had beeu done in a similar case by the Bishop of Chester and sby the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Dulwich case, matters would have been at once terminated, but unhappily he declined. The Bishop of R,oceiesTea said that that which be failed to do he had not done, because he found he could not do it as he was legally advised. Mr. Whiston said—Well, he would withdraw that accusation and put it in this way, that his Lordship bad promised to hear him, and not having done so, and not having answered several of his letters, it was natural that the impression on his mind should nct have been of a very tranquil kind. After a four months' silence his Lordship referred him to a place were no one like to go—to the Court of Chancery.— (A laugh.) That Court had referred him again to the visitor under the statutes acid disclaiming juris diction. He was then advised to a Chancery suit, but he- had no inclination to remain in. Chancery for twenty years, and he therefore preferred to appeal to the public in his' pamphlet. That was not written to gratify malice or satisfy vindictiveness-, if belied used expressions, or one word that could be fairly called intemperate, he regretted it ; but if he did not de serve degradation and ruin for having done so. He had been supported throughout by a conscious ness of doing right. Already the poor bedesmen of Rochester filled a place - which had been empty for nearly a century, and received a salary which po mus- had received for nearly 86 years. In -the ca thedrals of Durham, Chester, and Carlisle, as well as at Rochester, great good had arisen from the agita tion of this question. If he was to be dismissed for writing a book which 'the Dean and Chapter of Ro chester did-net like, he did not see why the 'same measure should not be meted'out to the masters of Eaton, Winchester, and Westminster schools, who had committed the same fault. The Reverend Gen tleman concluded with an earnest address to the visitor for an impartial decision in this important in quiry. • The Bishop of ROCHESTER shortly explained his reasons for delafin answering some of tee Reverend Gentleman's communications. Mr. W. piston expressed his .conviction, that if his Lordship had co-operated with him kindly, the whole thing might have been comfortably arranged. Dr. Lusuieesrox thought it incumbent on him to explain, that when the Bishop advised with him, as Chancellor of the diocese, as to the course to be adopted in reference to Mr. Whiston's claims, it had occurred to him that it was impossible for the Bishop, as visitor, legally to decide many matters that might come before him if this inquiry were granted. He then advised privately with the late Lord Langdale, and it was their united opinion that Mr. Whiston should resort, in the" first place, to the Court of Chancery. Mr. Whiston said, that as reference had been made to Lord Langdale, he was 'informed that his words were, " I believe that Mr. Whiston is right." Mr. Appals's inquired whether the Court would sit againtojiarmOorrn p oW Ax - morrow _badiay)t. Mr. ~s i -be able to sit again until afte r n The Court then adjourned. Fl t as terra:sible, shall not SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Yesterday morning at an early hour a great number 1 of curious people congregated on the shores and heights 4 of the Wye, at Chepstow, for the purpose of witnessing the floating of the great 300 feet tune, which it had been anniainced was (after one postponement) to be raised to its position on that day. In the course of the morning, too, the trains from Swansea, Cardiff, and Newport, - on one side, and from Gloucester, S)dney, &c., on the other, side of the Wye, were crowded by parties Ni'hOialltLeyC . d ' to Chepstow with the same object. They were, how. ever, doomed aghin to disappointment. It was rumoured that an attempt had been made which bad failed, but. ponteen:ttging this is not true. All was- apparently in readiness for t o t) fitrbat movement of the tube from its present po.ition this at right angles with the river to the but - the l ying in the stream almost beneath it, l ug the 0 :1 43 11 being new to the business of work- Mr, - Brunel thought right to th en , i n their this precaution tr exercise before the. final attempt, and tor a day. To_sts, led to thoexperitnent being deferred will be available' f 4 Crtitirsday) is tho last day which the tube,- and fro m tl T i4k ing the experiment' of floating that it will not suffice -.clay the tide will fall off so rapidly sufficient -length outite t e o g ive the required altitude for a made to render the'attee n v r Y. ell")"' therefore, will be Stephenson, the engineer, ind- 'this day successful. Mr. men in t • he profestnen, hwve a_ stiantnber-of most eminent their assistance on an e nterge rr n l e v ‘p ed , to give Mr. Brunel sanguine that no further, delay-a t :tall parties seem ursday will-t k plaee. • • • R On Tuesday, the day originally fixed- for - - the tide rose et the bridge - 5 - 4 feet, it experi.,, went, of tide essive rise and sudden f a ll rend, Mechanical operations 'so difficu lt. The tiv e, , ifi _ re eny: ing np with a great wave many ent in im a o mee le Z 7 1 1. 1,6 , rapidly to its greatest altitude an d that th a ere st is in t e t ktue lY afterwards begins to ebb, so way or oth er stagily a rapid stream running 'ma) that l the tub e has river. It is upon this rapid curren t .. andlodged ' 41 2 • be floated in-a direct line across the river. the receptacle' prepared for- it. - ~. --......—................. • THE ENGINEERS bTRIK.E._The follow in g notice has been sent from the Executive Council of the Amalga mated Society to the employers of operative engineerlL---.ga. " Gentlemen,--The Executive Council of the A , mated Society beg respectfully to withdraw the.circular issued by them to the employers of operative engineefit datede the 24th December, .1851, which circular stated 'h' Y Lad come to a resolution to abolish piecework and ove rtime after the 31st December, 1851.' In withdrawing . the above circular, which seems to have given rise to a serious conte3t in the trade, it is fully anticipated that such a course . will have the-effect -of inducing the employers to withdraw the . declaration which workmen are called upon to sign before res uming employment. • .• • " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " W. ALLEN, General Secretary,2s, Little Alie-street, This " Whitechapel, London, April 5, 1852." m a work— e Y be reg a rded as .a final confession on the part of the " 1 li, that they can no longer carry on their opposition. GRE AT WEsTEHN RAiLwAr.—The first excursion train on this line f o r the present season is fixed for Saturday next, the trains leaving Bristol and Bath for Paddington and returning this pros day COURT CIRCULAR.. It is understood to be her Majesty's intention that a State ball shall take place on Wednesday, the .sth of May, and a concert on Monday, the 10th of May. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Count Buol Schauenstein, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Imperial Ma jo.sty the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of the Queen, to take leave of her Majesty on a temporary absence. His Excellency was introduced by thy Earl or Malmesbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by her Ma jesty's Master of the Ceremonies. • Her Majesty was attended ,by the Earl of Yarn lam, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert left town for Windsor Castle yesterday after noon, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur. The royal suite consisted of the Alarchioness of Douro„Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Beatrice.l3yng, the,Earl of Verulam, Colonel the`lion. -Phipps,, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Liententint-Colonel Biddulph, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lord Colville r and Lieutenant-. Colonel F. H. Seymour. . Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their .carriage by the Lord Steward. the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the. Vice. Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel I'Vyld'e. alace at twelve miuutei before three o'clock, in seve n royal carriages,.escorted by a detachment of the Bth Hus- The august party , quitted Buckingbam.r sarE, and proceeded to the Paddington terminus of the - Great Western Railway, where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Windsor. WINDSOR, APRI_,X , 7. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Stanley and Byrig, Maids of Honour in Waiting ;;Lady Caroline Barrington, the Earl of Verulam, Lord in waiting; Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel. Hon. C. Grey, Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry in 'Waiting to the Prince ; and the Master of the Household, arrived at the Castle at 15 minutes before four O'clock, from. Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty was received at the railway station 4 , a Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards. • The Duke of Buckingham had an, interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday-at -his official residence in Downing street. . Viscount Torrington had also an interview with the NOble Earl. - The Earl of, Shaftesbury, Viscount Lewisham, and Sir Thomas Le Breton, bad interviews with her. Secretary Walpole, yester day, at the Home-office. The Spanish Ministei bad an interview yesterday with the Earl of Malmesbury at the Foreign-office. Mr. Childe had' an interview with Mr. Secretary . Walpole yesterday. Sir John and Lady Pakington left town yesterday for Brighton. „ , Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governor of the,Cape of Gond Hope, the Governor's of the North American provinces, the Governor of South Australia, and the 'Governor of the Gambia. PROCLAMATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT. — The Bill brought from the Lords to shorten the time re quired for assembling Parliament after a dissolution thereof was' yesterday printed by order of the House of ComniOnS. It is proposed to enact " that. so often asber Majesty shall ' byher Royal proclamation appoint a time for the first meet-' iug of the Parlianient of the United Kingdom. of Great. Britain and Ireland after a 'dissolution thereof, the time so to be appointed may be any time not less than 35 days after the date of such proclamation, the'Act of the fifth year . of Queen Anne, chap. 8; or the Act of 7th and: sth William 111., chap. 25, or any other law or usage to the contrary not- Withstanding." . . . : , 11.ANDoil SHOT PROM THE MINIE 4.,E.—0n RTi; • . tlit6iiffru,' Friday last a gentleman, being a member of the. South Devon Rifle Corps , was at Turf, practising in order -to test , bullet struck a n ew rifle sent hire' for that purpose by a tradesman of:. '145-c'eter, be fired one shot . at a mark: 860 yards distant; ancl'at a k e v was situated half-way up , a steep hill' (Pole-hill) ' an th e oPpOsite uci r estate, the hill being NO feet high. The distance a piece of roc.ls,, : iglarteecl over the hill, 3 , _ se Ellice of SO feet: perpendicular descent. on the hill actually intervened between. them. mar k,,,,,Z a: the a woman totally out. of . eight of . the It inflicted a flesh wrnd`i rrt h u t hi g h , add the gent l eman, be paid to the the rinfrereParY'faet, directed eve r y attention to learnin ext rao g treatment she has received. The under the superintendence:of Mr. s.itistied with the h an a s : th 9.:.h.as expressed hself thoroughly distance hits been measure:Tam' lanthit was : found that from e y n ea p its re e u d i , ct a e qiail d John Drew, of Powderh the'tput where the shot wait firer woman stood was 4386 yards actually the place where the ters of a mile. ' This tact has -I.uellY more than three (' nu f t ra h ti a l _t e .o t:h i e in g si r e' o r u a ci nti d e . that all which has b' e excited great intere t ' 4 weapon will be for practice shotildhave a Clear - dist Anc e fl t least.' Exeter Gazette. • _ f sails TnBoffensivae. REsriTF. FOR THE. UONVICT MICKLEnt at .—Y II Pof a deputation, coinposed of j. B. , . consequenc , f the borough of. 1 .' ) se• Esq., Cue of the magistrates o Pswivh, - Messrs S. 11. Cowell, J. Head, and other ,gentlemen, w h o are op • posed to death punishment, having waitedon the Secretaiy. of State for the Home Department on Saturday last, with a memorial numerously s i g ned, a respite was, at twelve wa x ', on Monday night, received at the county gaol, Ip sw i ch , for the unhappy mew, durips btu IlifliegY'a Pleasure. . THURSDAY- TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE. Yes . ,e; . 3 ... y u general incetier: of [he 512pportero of this movement, convened by the Hen. Secretary, Mr. Francis Lyne, was held at the 'London Tavern. The following genticenn were on the platform:—Aeton S. Ayrton, Esq.; J. S. Hamilton Llncap , .:reys, ; Andrew Hen- Certoe, Eq.; C. H Mchards.el, D. C. AylWin, Esq.; John Edward :Woodrcffe, a:q.; G. L. Jac ls " , Esq.; Thomas Francis, Esq ; Barne. , , Esq.; G. V. Buller, Esq.; Thos.. Biegs, Esq.; D. 11, Woodfall, Esq.; Charles. Cower; ,Esq., M.P.; John Fenton , EsqJobin 'Day`, Thos: - Watson, Ed; war d Cook, Esq. _ Esco Brown,.Esq.; Wilham Smiiy, Rig. • Several letters of apology, some from influential parties, were read, stating inability to attend, and among them the following:, Reform Club, Pall.mall, April T, 18 52 . 4 , My dear Sir,—As I am leaving. town on Wednes day next, I shall not be able to attend the meeting yPu h av e appointed. Judging by all the facts bearing upon ycur case that have come under my observation, I am disposed to consider the treetn,eo r, you have received from the parties, who may •be stated to have usurped your position of being the original promoter of Tribureels of Commerce in this country, as extremely • unfair towards yourself, and arimitrltsge on ordinary justice and common propriety. Therefore, I have affixed my signature to.the inclosed printed letter; and - xin, my dear Sir, yours truly, Eranci:siYiTter Lyne, Esq." Cepy of the j te e W d t il o E a N s C h a°vinrigEbeYeWn °Tli signed 'by Mr. Lawrence Hey worth, as "'To Mr. Mr. Djoahnniell\lrqiu2r°lllemP,l.las‘B‘ 4 eLr ; o F 3n e 4d :c n r , u aA r r i r s al t n : eB ; s et 2 Mr. - Richard. C. Polhill, 15; Hark-hine. • Mr. Caarles White, 15, Barge-yatd. t t h h e a t ce r general certain disputes ha ‘ v ‘ e G lea li r t n ie t tn w e i p tr mAuesh°rneegreft disturbed .the harmony which ,should exist between,. yourselves and our honorary secretary, Mr. Francis Lyne. / lament now to find that it is not likely that the movement can be benefited by the joint services of yourselves and Mr. Lyne. T T -n,.er such circumstances, and considering that Mr. Francis Lyne was the origi natorhave of the movement, that' the public money was ad ommit tee I vanced to aid the cause called to our notice by Mr. Lyne, and that his zealZand energy have on various occasion s been applauded (without intending t o o ff er y ou any per -trona' offence), 1 request, as one of th e gene ral commit tee, that you will be good enough to g ive up to Mr. Lyne all books, moneys, and Papers relating to this movement, and that you will retire from the executive committee. am, servant, Gentlemen, your most obedient (Signed) " LAWRENCE lIEYWORTH. " To Francis Lyne, Esq." - 4' Moorgate-street, April 3, 1852. "My dear Sir,—l am sorry that it is quite out of ray power to attend the public - meeting which has bees con vened, and which . is to be presided over by Sir James Duke. ,You are aware, I am sure, that your exertions alone, in behalf of-Tribunals of Commerce, have in duced me :to g i ve my subscription in aid of the funds which have been raised,to promote their establishment; and believing, as I do, that an improper attempt has been nl,. de to endeavour to take from you the credit of Originating the design to establish them in this country, I hope you will be able successfully to establish your title to public support as the originator. At any rate, I beg leave to' repeat my assurance that to you, and to you alone, my subscription. can be ascribed.—l remain, my dear Sir, yours very truly, GEORGE H. FOSTER. Trinity-square, sth April, 1852. " To Francis Lyn e, E ,ri ia t ; "My dear Sir,—l am happy to find by your favour of Saturday that yeti are progressingfavourahlY e to at tend say to. I fear it will be quite Impossible for' m e your meeting on Wednesday , for I am confined to the house with the gout, and my foot is so swollen that I can scarcely put it to the grouud. With b es t re _ garde, my dear Sir, yours faithfully , Sir J. DUKE, Bart., M.P., took the chair, a n d sa id that on a question of such importance he was placed in the position of their chairman in consequence of the r o e u ce g u h i t s , to a n s e on this ° on ' eseovf en h e o i r r er i e g p h r t es g en en ta t t l r e r m es T to w p h r o esi t d hought he part either sion.. for o In.doirnaggtahinisst ay gentlemanabstainhesnhoulden pfrerosmtt whoaking 0 r s i u t ll i a e information acidelitniga might have opposite views, but would confine himself to proposed i iaa in d teo he • r :t h s iet w r o w u e ld re j t u o st b if e y t meeting.--(Boar, hear.) .Mr. Stanley. then handed in a protest on behalf of four. members of the executive committee. • Mr. M. STANLEY readprotest, 4 , , having the h er- 14 ne,thought proper to put any question to him, he should be happy to answer it. Mr. LYNE having replied in the negative. 151 r • LEn ehen moved that the report Prepared by Mr* L yne should be read to the meeting. Mr. RAINY seconded the motion. • Mr • LY NE then read his report, as follows: " For the administration of the of this commercial law country a great change has been proposed. " That some change is necessary, I believe every man eegeged with trade is ready to admit, and that the change proposed would tend to aid the progress of the moral improvement of the people of this country,d an the enlargement of trade by the consequent greater cer tainty ot the stability of traders, all classes, as far as I know, a wee in saying —this concurrence of opinion I have made my weapon to fight thehard battle I have en gaged in! "In the year 1847, when the great corn failures took place?, strongly and keenly was it felt in the Corn Ex change that our pres en t l aw system is not` well adapted for the economical and adjustment of disputes arising out of trade transactions, ons, built either upon con tracts or usages. Keenly,lacti say, was this felt, but, like good and patient Englishmen, under trial; no expression of feeling was manifested. myself, through some- pee b i o l ut the end of 1849 I was know that we wanted Tribunals ar circumstances, made to country, anct less able fel of Commerce in this • secret, I began to talk about rasa "the corn factors_ to keep a out it, and the more I did so the more agreement ofopinion I found amongst men in b us iness on this subject ; l courts by all. means and every one conceded that our a , * should ha avoided by Men of business. Now wo know, but it requires two to make. one man can make a quarrel, disputants chooses • titz it up, if one out o f two to t the mad path—our Jaw courts—to settle a simple "dospute, whether frDD3 malice, Or revenge, or from blind When !found my se lf anese, who can prevent him? I then conceived the idea upported by so much 'sympathy, i to ,consider "the alibi: getting up a public meeting of Tribunals of Coin merge, and I set forth Lord Mayor the advantages in a memorial to the law courts for Men engaged of such- tribunals over a small sheet of ordinary-fo-g i ed in trade. I took first object appeared so strongly t o scap paper, hoping,' as the leading firms would Sign tt, 9 recommend itself, that the , and that come four or five such firms doing 80, the I.Lord Mayor would at onc e call "It is almost unnecessary f oomplc:e green-horn at time me th a t to tell you I was a me with regard to public( movements, everything Pert ' "Thu first thing I had lulling to such was new to me. firms of, the city of London l ike learn was that the great iu such matters:" :1 taunt s ay to follow, and not to lead Lading firms on this occasion the holding back of the a, mighty difficulty in ley n was a modesty that placed forced to - - sham a ,),,w_, ay; and perhaps I was -not a part of my eate Tess which is really catty, by adding foolscap -it', I faced the cliffi memorial-18 feet long, sigaed'hicmiscaP,; till I made my —the Curn Market in fun y most respectable firms for me) leading the way ; force. anri (the staff of life then GO an exception, following, every other trade, with members of the Stock Ezefaupported even by sprightly " I then gave notice to th e u rf LOndon, that 1,000 mercantile embers for the city of three, and evea six partner : ) firms (some with two, meeting should- be .held, to ) desired thaVa public Tribunals of Commerce. sir j consider the subject of -enough, in . consequence, to enfl ames Duke was good carefully examining the menioriai nP" me, and alter the monster document. -, he added his name to " Baron Rothschild 'and Af t , e sign it, but they gave . ,', "lesterman did not movement, at the same IC"eir support to : a Chamber - of CoMmeree fhieei in favour of a as _distinct from a Tribunal London —' a - thing man is from big wife!' No man of Commerce as ' a a Chamber of Commerce for LO 4ll know thd need' of and unless - there is a Chamber of c°ll more than I do, in the city of London, I would warncommerce established a ., to keep.his.thoughtti.to himself, how ev er" f r i end of mine feel that he could; originate' aetnetb. sure ho might fellow•cretttures. The fable of th e 1 ..: 13 g good for his thrown away. But mark one of tl handle of atlas is Messrs. Mithschild and Masterman r e reasons given by or Sup port i ng cry , for - a Chamber pf Commerce -t hei r ' wish , of that chaMber to form a cominittewas out 0 of investigate and, determine questions a ft, e gentlemen to rests of merchants, by establishing a u e cting tho lute don, so as to avoid the enormout awnsourt of arbitra nuttily spent in litigation in the law courtscif money an , to the great injury °f all persons concerned: man y ea purely mercantile character, dePending sea being ef a correct knowledge of customs, of trade aitd : °l°re upon ts• commercethan upon the technicalities-9f judicial Practicei i point they are tea frequently decided. AtttlPon which adras there is,a Court of Arbitration, and I believe a merchant there, if he does not submit ' to its rules, is thought a s habby fellow. Irwore adopted ted such a rule in the City of Lon don we should be guilty of an indictable ori ents on the plea that we were interfering with the liberties of the - Crewe. No Arbitration Court will do • •the merch any substantial geed unless .it is given b the Y p th e - meat. I wish Messrs. Roths child and hewer . were mime here now, to 1 :n su pporst this sound reasoning. :131 only say I invited them, as my respeot for them, as public men would ever lead me to do. " The first public meeting for the consideration of the Tribunal of Commerce movementtook place on th e 18th of February last year. The task of formi ng a "general committee fell upon 'Myself and I w 'could not • aste nay time in crying over the fact that none of the leasin g hoeses would come forward , for wo are to do our duty, ,We are told, as,well as-we c an, and not to gr um bl e er circumstances ,we cannot co ntrol. All I eau any . • ov is, that to the last day of. my life I shall be proud of the e eo n,. mittee ',did forme tie d this ie my ePPortuty t perfoi m ,a. .very.,: awed duty . towards that co: mittee, .many •ot whom meet, . and all, very busy, active, useful . teen - -- the world; They told me at the first, that the m were• to overhead and ears in 'engagements, that the y the y could not promise to me' any direet committee eu pareHaviog put my hand to the plough I did not like to Pwt. act back, and'another thing that supported and °neon me is, that I know, if ' • a CaU3O is a good one, what r call accidental circumstances often leads it on to we ceps, when forelaid clever plane tail. , Bat, when Inc be- gen to work I foind I tied nadertulen a - task white EVENING, APRIL 89 1_852- prudence could scarcely justify! When my mind was thus reproaching me, I asked Lord IS T Larnoliffe, if he would kindly assist me, by e-Cti 7 7 as president. Lo:dshto-1 may (July use the word—el: Ja i: a bly con sented; and, 1 hove, the warmth or ray heartfelt grati tude to his Lordship will never cool—Lis kind and condescending rhanzer, his encouragoment when all that was within ram was ready to give way, now that be is absent from England, is pressing with renewed force upon me, and wh e n unnatural difficulties are thrown around me, so that thoughts hare oppress mo and me • mery - grows painful! - • .• • To keep up the spirit of the movement, my desire Lord Wharncliffe took the chair at several meerin , -s; on one of those occasions Lord Wharncliffc said—' Ile was always prepared to further any legitimate object which the commercial world might have in view, and ho was especially ready to giro his assistance on the present occasion with regard to the proposal of Mr. •Lyne, that that . vast interest (the commercial) .should tstir itself to obtain a special judicature to decide in any complicated cases that arose in commercial affsire: We had many public Meetiugs, and noniresnla- -- tions were passed; on some we have acted, on others we found it best (on reflection) not to act—such ai petition ing the Prime Minister, the Board of Trade, and so forth—the public mind was too uninformed for such deH eided steps. - Seeing this, I Was . desirons by all means to procure for, and to - give to the public useful information,- and I found that they could not read as fast as I could write en the advantages of the tribunals of commerce; my only chance of f uceess I discovered was. at once to turn tinker, and keep hammer ing out little pieces of evidinea and so patiently elaborate what I wished the public to know; and upon the whole we must, I suppose, 1,11 agree it is better to take too much time rather than too little when great reforms are engaging our thoughts, for we must have a code or law to regulate tribunals of commerce, and there are now three barristers on this platform who, I am quite sure, if the merchants and traders of the City of Loudon would confide the task to them, would, toge ther, form a commercial code for this country as would immortalize their namt2s, and satisfy the independent notions of Englishmen. At length, Lord Wharncliffe came down to the London Tavern, and delivered a well studied speech on this important subject—it was given in full, through the columns of the newspapers, and the Morning Chronicle had a forcible leading article on the subject, pointing out the sound reasoning of Lord Wharn• eliffe; and the clever editor thus commenced his re marks :—' It is by no means a new discovery that with the most extensive and important trado in the world, this country does not possess any system of commercial law which satisfies even the elementary conditions of ex cellence.' This, gentlemen, pretty clearly tells you that the editor of the Morning Chronicle thinks you ought, in the 191 h century, at least to begin to do something in the way of improvement as to the administration of the commercial law of this great country. " This speech of Lord Wharncliffe did a vast deal of good for the cause—as soon as the English papers reached North America , With his Lordship's speech, the merc h a nts of New York examined the arguments in favour of tribunals of com m erce , and lost no time in preparing for themselve s p lans for the establishment of such commercial tribunals; our colonies, too—Sydney in particular—with equal q uickness took u p the subject as being one of great importance for their merchants and traders, and I am now in correspondence with that part of the world on the subject. Thus have we, far away from home, sown good seed, and springing up there it has invigorated what was planted here. That great town Liverpool (great because inhabited by busy, intelligent men) set to work to examine what had been said in London and done in North America, and after admiring the beauty of the out-line of a tribunal of commerce they formed within their Chamber of Com merce a committee on commercial tribunals, and the following pertinent questions put to myself by . that committee, will prove to YOU that they intend to examine thoroughly into the matter. " Ist. Do any lawyers sit on the Board ? " There do not exist any assessors in these tribunals of commerce—they are the judges or a.sociates, who replace those who hear their pleadings, and render judg- meet. "2(1. Is there any law-clerk or assessor to aid by advice? 3rd. Are those tribunals courts of record ? Yes, in one sense. 4th. What class of men are the licentiates: do they by their practice in these courts ? They do not form any particular class, but must ; study three years. sth. Are the judges assisted by legal teen ? " Whether or not, we are to stop short—London, after all, will have it to say, she gave birth to the movement, and that it stands recorded at the Mansion House, that 1,000 trading firms at the least in this City are wise enough to wish for such tribunals. Fancy 1,000 firms in London, with an average of three partners each, wishing for a change, and yet that wish doubted by so me of the leading houses, because, ere now, the desire has not ripened into something like a demand, widened by frequent over-crowded meetings. Why do they not push on ? Are they not encouraged so to do ? Lord Brougham has said in the House of Lords, •It is impossible to overrate the value of these tribunals for commercial men !' This, I trust, you will think is great encouragement. Perhaps some people will say practical men in the City are not in favour of the proposed change ; but would that be true ? There is a little knot of well-known practical men in Charlotte row ; what have they said ? In a few words they have said a great deal for us; they toll you that for the small and the industrious man in trade the London Tavern is open, and so are our law courts—if the little trader loves his family lee would not come to this magnificent house, to get his daily dinner; and none of you could force him so to do; but any one owing to him e trifling sum might force him, to his ruin, into, our costly courts of justice to seek his due. During the last eight or ten months I have gained many victories over opinions which were at one time dead against the movement. l am d eep l y i n debted t o Lord Brougham for very much kindness during m y efforts, but espc cially for one great ser vice, that of allowing me to address him, by letter, through the columns of a newspaper. My letter and his Lordship's reply were noticed by the Law Review for November, 1831, and I cannot resist reading to you the following extract from that review:— " Arbitrationi s so intimately connected with the pro ceedings of the City gentlemen, which have fur their ob ject the obtaining an easy and expeditious, as well as cheap mode, of settling their mercantile disputes, that we must shortly advert to it. Few who have of late years taken an interest in the amendment of the law can have forgotten Mr. John A. Smith's statement, which was also made on another occasion by Mr. A. Baring (afterwards Lord Ashburton), that after a cause to which mercantile men were parties had lasted for some years in the Court cf Chancery, and coot many thousand pounds, without making any visible progress, it was re ferred to those two eminent individuals, who settled it in a couple of days, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. It is no weeder that suitors, or those who expect to bo suitors, should reflect with envy on this remarkable example of the natural, as contradistin guished from the technical procedure." " This tells you at once why I delight to serve the cause. I am sure, from my own experience, that to make traders virtuous, good, and happy, you must take away technical procedure by giving to them Tribunals of Commerce. Perhaps, gentlemen (I am going to joke with you a little), you are much in love with our present bankruptcy laws, and the dread of Tribunals of Commerce sweeping them away may doter you from coming heart and soul to aid this movement; but in this case, too, depend upon it the exchange would be, that you would have a more simple and less Expensive sys tem than you now possess. Go but once to Basing hall-street,' said en intelligent merchant, and you will see incredible confusion and irregularity; and it really seems as if the money in question there were a thing with no lawful owner. " I am sorry to intrude so much upon your time; but there is ono other important point I wish, with your in dulgence, to touch upon. We can now fully meet those who would say that tri bunals of commercegnight prove a dangerous speculation, as their admirable usefulness cannot be supported by experience; we disarm such opposers now, through the great kindness of the President of the Tribunal of Commerce In Paris, who at the cost of very great labour to himself has enabled me to give to the British public a true picture of the Tribunal of Commerce iu France, and no impartial minded man, after reading what the President of the Tribunal of Commerce has given to us from tho store house of his own experience, can gainsay the declaration of Lord Brougham, that it is impossible to overrate the admirable working of such tribunals; and recollect that such tribunals are known to be working %ell in Belgium, Bremen, Greece, Hayti, Hamburgh, Malta, Portugal, Rome, Sardinia, Saxony, Spain, Turkey, Tuscany, Prussia, and Wurtemburg, all pointing at cur deficiency, and you may rely on it the United States will soon do the same. Hair-splitting iu our comating-houses would disappear as soon as it became generally known that the pathway to justicoletchu'iunigd no longer be robbed of its natural simplicity. Nothing more convenient now than for a dishonest maaltoispilsaYa upon the string—that his solicitor is a r o g u cloak that covers a multitude of sins; if rn _ l aw yer's men had not the power of saying, It is in how they hands, and I can't interfere,' I do not k t : re spectable would be enabled to pass through you members of society. If you cannoltifechaange men must change systems; but, gentle: 1%, done my best t o this is a matter fur public feeling to ispose of. I o rv p o e this it , h m y e e t e h t. serve this cause. I believe Istillandn I s h e aid of the friends I have enliste d e s gain as t unnatural f oes ing will do its part to hap v iz :id all personalities no w , and unfair impediments. I because, gentlemen, so as I aprotect the , ca d use in , n l ee r d el o y f with full confidence that I si a ettui honest-minded mento r I thank you for yropteactiencYeb, sir, and your great indulgence. The CHAIRMAN said that a meeting of the general comm ittee bad been called, and although he wa s a mem ber he did not at tend it, which act he considered to some exte nt still sanctione d that meeting. d when he Mr. LYNE said the time was now arrive hoped justice w ould be done to himself as the originator o f this movement. He had no fear of meet i ng with f justice from such advocaetems o r! Lthaewcraeunsee e Lord W ham e Heyworth, and Mr. Richard Thornton. After going through s ome of ge t n the difficulties he had encountered ; hi s efforts to esta blish tribunals of commerce, he said he should throw himself and his case entirely on the consideration of the general committ ee. — (Hear, hear.) Mr. STANLEY here retired. Mr. AYRTON then moved the first resolution, in doing which he pointed out the advantages of the French com mercial code, and also its i hsPplictibility to the multi transactions of t h e co mmerce of tudinous and w ei g ht y this nation. The Course recomm e nd e d by the lieu, live I first Gentleman Was the establishment of special - courts in , London, and in any other city which was desirous of _ lowing the example of the metropolis. Ile woulC, how c!•er, not have eny new compulsory court of the working of which they,conld have no real experience, and which, ofter nil, might, turn cot an unsatisfactory experiment. What he wished WilS that certain business men should in each place register their names as arbitrators in com mercial disputes, -who should elect a sufficient body cf themselves to - act ds a commercial jury, and these being aided by a man of legal knowledge, in order to regiotor the causes and digest the documents for the various cases for adjudication,:as.in other tribunals. such local courts as these, where causes could be decided by men of business, would be much more satisfactory, in his opinion, than the dilatory mode at present adopted of settling disputes in this country. Such courts could not be established in this country without an Act of Parliament. It seemed to him that it would be in their power to frame a plan of such courts EV3 he had described without in any degree trenching upon the law of the land or the general admi nistration of justice.—(Applatise.) Asa simple experi ment, offering such advantages, it would be very judicious to have a trial, if possible, of such att ibunai. If the views he had expounded were satisfactory to the Intel inn, there ought to be a united proceeding on the part of the friends of the cause for this purpose.—(Applause.) In conclusion the . Learned Gentleman moved the follow ing resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that it is highly important to the interests of the great - metropolitan trading community that a united and de termined movement should be made with a view to the establiebment of tribunals of commerce." Mr. RAINY, in seconding the motion, alluded to one commercial case (a disputed contract) which had Leon in a state of litigation for nearly fifty years before it was brought to a close, when the costs were stated to have amounted to 100;000/. Numerous other cases were re lated by the speaker, in which he showed the small pro bable charge which would occur to parties having disputes arranged by tribunals of commerce, in comparison with the unbusinesslike and tedious proceedings of the courts of Westminster. The resolution was passed unanimously. Mr. COWAN, M.P., had great pleasure in moving the adoption of a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his kindness in presiding on that occasion. Mr. LYNE seconded the motion, which was passed unanimously. The meeting then separated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE LOBS OF THE BIRKENHEAD.—PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.—ln conversation with several of the pas sengers per Propontis, from the Cape of Good Hope, I have been informed that the general impression is that the melancholy accident resulted from a variation of the compass, for tho Birkenhead was presumed to be steering at least three miles outside the rock on which she struck. That part of the coast) n which the Birkenhead was lost was first surveyed in 1818, . . by Commander Walker, of the Dispatch tore ship, who carefully examined the coast during fourteen trips along the S.E. coast of the . Cape colony, and _ - made a chronometric survey and chart from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bsy. Captain Walker gave his name to Walker Bay, and also gave its name of Point Danger to that projection of the land, in con sequence of the reef extending so far off. The same coast has been since surveyed by Admiral Owen with a surveying -ship. The coast is well known, and the awful disaster must have arisen from deviations of compass, occasioned by the local attraction of the iron ship, which were, in all probability erroneously corrected on Professor Airey's principles. The loss of this steamer has created a deep sensation in the community here, many of whom are related to the unfortunate officers and erew.—Shippin g • Gazette. Commander Shepard APCormick died on Sundey, '2Bth ult., at New Ross, Wexford, Ireland, deeply and deservedly regretted, and to the inexpressible grief and irreparable loss of a sorrowing widow and six children. He served in various parts of the globe during the late war, and bore on his perso n many honourable marks f the hard-fought actions he had been engaged in. His last service was in the St. George, 120, Captain Nias, from which ship he vvas superseded at his own request. Commodore Bruce, the Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, in hia flag-ship Penelope, 16, steam frigate, Captain Lyster, left St. Vincent the day before the screw Cape packet left for Sierra Leone. The Commodore had appointed his Flag Lieutenant Bonham to the acting command of the screw-sloop Wasp, vice Commander Crozier invalided. THE HYDRA STEAM-SLOOP.—A letter, dated Sierra Leone, March 2, 1852, says :—" We arrived here on the 28th of February, and will sail this afternoon for St. Paul de Loando and the Cape. We are all well. The English mail of the 15th ult. has just ar rived, and our purser has joined. Sierra Leone is just now very healthy. The Crane, 6, Commander M`Donnell, is here, waiting the arrival of the Commo dore, who is expected hourly in the Penelope." A letter from the Swift, dated Callao, January 19, 1852, says:—" Commander Aldam, in the Swift, is on his way to the coast of Mexico to collect freight, where he will remain senior officer till the middle of June, when he will return to Valparaiso. It is ex pected she will have a good freight. The Swift may be probably in England about November. Dmialus, 19, Captain Wellesley, will, it is believed, relieve the Swift i❑ June. Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson, has just gone to Valparaiso pretty well laden with freight. She will leave this month (January) for England. The Swift relieves the Daphne on the coast of Mexico. The Mexican Go vernment has increased tho duty on the exportation of silver." • _ Avon, steamer, arrived at Portsmouth from Ply mouth, on Tuesday, and proceeded on to Sheerness with supernumeraries. Vulcan, iron screw steam troop-ship, Master Com mander Penn, discharged her powder, and the Echo has towed her into Portsmouth Harbour,: where she will be docked. Her bottom is said to be very foul. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—THE LOSS Or THE BIRRENLIEAD.—It is impossible to describe the sen sation this melancholy event has occasioned in this port, to which nearly all the crew belonged. The dockyard has been the scene of many heartrending exhibitions of grief to-day, and numerous have been the applications for information by widows and or phans. The Port-Admiral and Admiral-Superin tendent have evinced the utmost anxiety and readi ness to render all the information in their power, and to alleviate as far as in their ability the distress oc casioned by this unlooked-for calamity. The Bir kenhead was an iron steam-vessel, of 1,400 tons, built by Laird, of Birkenhead, for a steam-frigate, but before being tried as a ship of that class she was converted into a troop-ship, in which character she never enjoyed a good reputation, as many officers who have sailed and held appointments in her can testify. She left this port last on the 2d of January, on which day she victualled as her own troop service complement 129 persons, her apportioned complement being 131. As a navigator Mr. Salmond ranked among the most skilful of the Masters of the Royal Navy. His latter services were in the Retribution steam-frigate, and the Vengeance, 84, under Captains_e Lushington and the Earl of Hardwicke ; thee the Fisgard, 42, at Woolwich, from which ship b on b on the appointed to the command of the Dille')e a Bth of February, 1851. We are gratified to state that our hint has been promptly taken as to a demonstration of in public the sym pathyßirken- with the relatives of those 1 8 , the Commander and his views are head. Admiral Sir Thomas Bugg Admiral Superin in-Chief at this port, has pro,toosaerd., by I b e ey , n together with the most warmly espoused tendent Prescott, C. 8., that , t h i ps companies of her Ma captains, officers, and s s ithead and in Ports mouth ships and vessels t_ i e a d . em P onstration of their deep leirkernbreaid _subscribe one mouth harbour, should regret at the loss of the pecuniary day's pay towards the s eamen and relief of the widows and orphans of the sea marines who perished t(h:lAsrc.raßellq. wuß'iisiri,ltrniobnieb)a_scaallsiongbeen We are proud to add be most readilyl acknowledged. on that melancholy occasion. signed to the Mayor a special meeting of the Town C ou ncil of . _Portsmouth, " for the purpose of r a king into consideration the best means to be adopted funds in aid of the sufferers by the f o r raising' me lancholy loss of her Majesty's ship Birkenhead, and to tyke such steps as may be deemed desirable." This m eeting will be h e ld on Saturday at two o'clock. It could not be held earlier, as the M un i c ip a l A c t com pels a notice of three clear days to be given before any special meeting of a corporation can legally take place. PORTSIVOUTII__GARRISON.—The Master-General of the Ordnance (Lord Ilardinge) arrived at this port yesterday, and after e inspee ti g the new works, forts, B ze. embarked i n th e Lightning steam-tender for the Channel Islands. Woonwicn, Aram 7.—The intelligence which reached this port yesterday afternoon of the loss of the Birkenhead, and of so many persons on board, has caused a more than ordinary feeling of regret, as Master-Commander R. Salmond, who had charge of the vessel, and Mr. W. Brodie, additional master, were well known and greatly respected at Woolwich, both having been borne on the books of the Fisgard flag-ship at this port immediately previous to their appointment to the Birkenhead. Mr. W. Brodie bad been but recently married at Portsea ; the chief en gineer, Mr. W. Whyham, and the assistant-engineers, were also known to many in this quarter. Many of the officers who were drowned were well known to the officers of the garrison here. Cornet bolt, of the 12th Lancers, was the son of Mr. bolt, the contractor, who has become a candidate for the borough, and all feel deeply for the loss he has sustained. Captain Erasmus Ommanney and Colonel Fre mont, with Mrs. Fremont, from the United States, visited Woolwich Dockyard yesterday. Fremont is well known in all quarters of the ev , 0 , . 1 .1 his nam e b e i ng so o ft en men ti o ned in connexion lE the " diggings" in California. are Several of the workmen at the factory w"king A new overtime at present, being employed i . O making troop-ship el crank for the celebrated iron t 8 j ai : of Good H ope. I can, recently returned from the Cap y r The Liighflyer steam-I'l°P' C apt a in "ent'y Matson, will stop at Greenbithe when = Woolwi c h on S atur d ay , t o h ave h er comp t , - s . jested by Captain Johnson. The whole of th. have noiN , joiucd this fine vessel, .and she will form a powerful addition, from her great weight of arma ment, to the steam-vcssels in commission at Ports mouth. LAUNCH OF THE SCREW , STEAM-SHIP INDIANA. Yesterday was launched from the extensive build ing establishment of Mare and Co., Blackwell, another of the new fleet of screw _steamer: destined to convey the mails, ikc., from Plymouth to the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta, and ultimat e ly, i n a ll pro bability, to Australia. This ship is the fourth large screw-vessel that has been turned out by Mare and Co., and the Indiana is a worthy addition to the large squadron now afloat, composed of the " Har bieger, "Queen el the South," and the " Lady Jecelyn." The event was regarded as quite a holi day at Blackwell, and be - the thousands assembled at Mr. Mare's establishment to witness the depar ture of the ship from the slip on which she has bsen constructed in comparatively a very short time. From the gigantic proportions whieth the ship pre sented on the . - - stocks', it was almost deemed im possible that she could be got into the water safely from such a box of a place in which she was cradled ; but the same art that designed such a magnificent structure had arranged the necessary means for extricating her from her slip, and consequently, at the appointed time the Indiana, having received her appropriat e name with the usual ceremonies, glided into the water in excel lent style—first moving almost impercoptihl v, but at each yard gathering way, until the huge falNric had acquired such a momentum that she dashed sway across the creek and ran on a bed prepared to rieeeive her, from whence she was subsequently towed out into the Thames and moored off Blackwell, prepara tory to being taken into dock to be fitted for sea. The Indiana, like her sister ships, is a credit . to the company and her constructor, and an honour to the country which has produced so fine a fleet of vessels as already compose this rising and influeatial com pany. She is 240 feet 6 inches long, 39 feet 3 inches broad, and 25 feet deep. Her burden in tons is 1,778, and she is to be propelled with engines of 300 e horse power, by Maudslay, Field, and Co. Het' appearance in the water was hailed with shouts of applause by the spectators, who watched with great interest the process of extricating so large a ship from the confined limits of B e o e w t t b C e re s e b k i p . H off Her the launc,hiog trim a littl e by stern great advantage, and altogether me v.ppeo,cu stem to stern a most handsome craft. A contrast to the Indiana was afforded to the visitors to the East India Docks in the almost finished sister ships the Queen of the South and the Lady Jocelyn. They were fully rigged and nearly completed, and, we be lieve, the Queen of the South will make her first trip during June next. Their appearance could not fail to arrest attention ; for they were strikingly massive, but well-equipped and wholesome-built ships. At this launch an opportunity was afforded to the numerous assembly to r ersmbulxte the extensive, but com plete, establishment of Mr. Mare, at which we un derstand, he employs some three thousand men, and has building and fitting, and in course of laying down some 25,000 tons of steam shipping, includingthe "Mauritius," "Calcutta,"and other 1,800 ton screw ships, for the General Screw Steam Ship ping Company, and, with some small vessels for his Holiness the Pope f Rome, that stupendous steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, the Hima laya, of 3,200 tons, and 1,200 horse power. After the launch, which was attended by Mr. Ellis, the Chairman, Mr. Fox, M.P., and other director!, Mr. O'Beirne, the Secretary, and Captain Ford, the superintendent of the company, Mr. F. P. Smith, Mr. Field, and a great many other scientific gentle men, the directors and their friends adjourned to the Brunswick Hotel, where a dsjeuner was partaken of, and success was drunk to the ship, the company, Mr. Mare, his naval architect, Mr. Waterman, and others concerned in the proprietary and in building the above addition to the enterprising company's fleet of screw steamers. SPORTING NOTES. No. CXCIX. THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. ~-- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sill,--In days of yore, the Craven Meeting at head quarters commenced the racing sea: on; now, however, it is preceded by several large, and many minor, meet ings. This meeting still has one peculiarity, and though it does not open the season, it is the ground on which we have the first peep at some of the principal three years old engaged in the I)erby—no less than nine stakes being for horses of that age. The Meeting com mences on Monday with the Craven Stakes, which has yet to close and name. Then follows a small Handicap, the entries for which are to he made the night before the race; after which, as the play-bills have it, the first stake of any standing—the Thirty-eighth Riddlesworth —will be run over th Abingdon Mile. There aro only three subscribers to this stake, and but two nominations, the Duke of Bedford's and Sir R. Pigott's. Hunk, be longiD to the former, will, I have but little doubt, de feat the Baronet's Daughter of Saint Francis and Prioress. c‘t.A. Sweepstakes of 100 sore. each, h ft, colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Sst 41b, over the Abingdon Mile, in all probabi lity will not be contested by more than a couple, and might be a walk over; but in any case it will be won by Lord Ribblesdale's LIvERDIERE. Another Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for colts only, over the Cambridgeshire Course, will most pro bably be contested by Ilex, Hesperus, and Wingenund. The last-named has proved himself such a very wretched previous performances, that I think this race animalabyy his be booked to the Duke of Bedford with HESPERus. On Tuesday the first stake on the list is the Nineteenth Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 Bova,. each, h ft, Weather gage for three yrs old, colts, Sst 71b; fillies,.Bst alb, over the D.M. lam not at all certain what will be started for this race, but I am tolerably confident that M.AGNE3 and , over the Cler and being t"verfiyrsbtapd'agess;, Ro sary a very doubtful starter. or THE Nsn theon will Togaoc car/ th the weights, together, I be- The Newmarket Handicap of -J EON'S. each, 10 ft, an d moat Course (about a mile, six furlongs, and some score attention. S: cru.,ywith 200 added y on ar ly d ' B s ), if n d ex ec t la c r l e a d ina , 'Addington and Aparo , , ill be have, with Hernandez,w __ missing from the fray. Toe Grand Duke, Tom Holtby, Harpsichord, Lady Old Lad, and Agnes, the , , , Snarry will bo also ' di 6 the couple of top absentees. &ebbing" couple likewise, I think, will be non est on the day, and Merry peal i s set-acted. At th e present time I imagine the field will be composed of the following:— Officious, Hardinge , Proctor, T Ah ry ana, Co phee, The Little savage Mountain Flower, Delia ' War foot colt, Bardolph, Cascara, _ P 1 colt (d), Sally umstead, Pluck, Maria, and ono of Lord Citfd,en, probably Poodle. The top weights I consider are all 6 Officious; the middle settled by the presence of tion by Tophana and l weights ate placed in a like weights aredisposed of by the Coryphee, and the light the Ltttio Savage and Poodle. I should be inclined t _ .r o tote the three first named for choice to stand On • beat the lot, My , fi To l rnANA, however, if she runs, to n . a t remarke on this reek will tippear on :110Iiday evening,being impossible for me give a de cisive opinion at 1 the present moment, as the various Owners' intentions are . not at all clear as to starting, &c. Two or three other stakes, which have not closed as yet, finish the day's sport. On Wednesday's races I shall only touch upon one — the Column Stakes—of 50 soya. each, h ft, over the R.M. This stake has thirty nominations to it; yet will probably have but few starters, namely— Lapidist, Glenluce, Sophistry, Exotic filly, Princess colt, and,: perhaps, another or two cf comparatively little account. The field I will give in my communica tion on Monday. At a first glance the race seems a cer tainty for LiApidist, and to my thinking so it is; but it must be remembered that Glenlace is a remarkably fast filly, and that Sophistry's running was anything but bad last year. It would be a curious coincidence were La pidist, ala Ariosto, to find himself dividing the two fil lies by running home second, as was the case whit Ariosto last year; but at the present reading I must' place LAPIDIST first, with the two fillies second and third, the Orlando colt fourth, and the Exotic filly last. Thursday's and Friday's races I will touch upon to morrow. 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