The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-03 00:00:00

- . CLERKEN WELL.—(f HIS DAY.) e J fl. ohn Cl easey was placed at the bar, bee :7r.Corrie, hged with kt , a li ng a bill of exchange for 361. 7s. 31., and several other documents, the property of Mr. Crofts, of College -street West, Camden Town. whom he stated that last night the prisoner, o i to he had kn own a b out f our years , an d w i t h w h om he mid had se vera l b us i ness transact i ons , called lit his hoe to settl e w i th him acme small account. After they ik an i a bee n i n conversation a short time a dispute arose out this some of their numerous accounts, and to settle satisfactorily he sent for his cash-box to try end cn !nice him that he was wrong. Upon opening the box as took out several bills of exchange, and the prisoner m ade a rush a t hi m an d too k up severa l o f them. thving to ascuffie which ensued, he cuuld only swear to the present hill, which was found in his pocket on being Searched, and which was drawn upon a Mr. Hutchison, and endorsed by the prisoner to complainant. The pri soner had formerly been a clerk in the Welsh iron trade, and and he (the complainant) only owed him a small sum, 2/, Other witnesses having been examined to prove the above facts, The prisoner, in defence, stated that the complainant o wedeo him 201, and that he took the bill, which was his " 1 " 3 , and said that he should keep it, as he had a right to . it. Arr. CORRIE, after going into the case at great length, stsated that he thought there was not enough evidence to charge the prisoner with felony, as it seemed to him to be ad• Ispute as to what each one owed to the other. Ho Iclould discharge the prisoner, leaving the prosecutor to s ettle his ca se in the Court of Queen's Bench. ATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIA- TION.—(THIS DAY.) The conference of delegates resumed its sittings this morning. RALPH WA.LTERS, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, occupied the chair, and addressed a few preliminary observations " to the mee ti ng , s t a ti ng that the question for discussion _ • ma not whether they should or should not discus s Chartism," but whether they s h ou ld endeavour to carry out the great principles which had been laid down by the association.—(Hear.) He hoped the small mi hority which created some dissension in the proceedings Yesterday, would not cause any interruption to-day, and that the meeting would be unanimous in calling for those measures of reform which the people, as Men and citizens, were entitled to ask at the hands of the Legislature. He thought none could s ly they went too far in their objects ; acme might think they did not go far enough, but be, for one, was ready to take reform by instalments. He Was disposed to consider that they would never get a full measure of reform if they went for the whole at once.— (Sear, hear.) It would be more advisable only to ask tar that amount of reform which even their enemies must lime f or they were entitled to.—(Hear, hear.) This was a Tor Reformers to rel i ne themselves into action. The VII of Derby had stated.in the House of Lords that he jail of opinion thot the education of the people ought to n headed over to the parochial clergy. Now he asked nether Nonconformists would quietly submit to such Lt r eposition as that? This point wa s one which he ,"teved would rouse the energies of the most dormant . 'ilorraers from one end of the kingdom to the other. T he reason why Reformers had been so apathetic was t hat they entertained an idea that Lord John Russell i' n o r eld do something great for them; b ut his measure had (ii. ned , out to be nothing more than a sickly bab e . — ' a rs) He therefore hoped that Reformers would be ; P . and active, and discharge those i m p ortant duties tbhe country expected of them at t his crisis. b s e t , r s ' e SRAW, a Chartist, wished to know whether any kee t , members of the association could t :t l g, or support motions, or move amendme n t s? The th e CRAIRDIAN said it was certainly the inte n t ion of b usiness committee to allow only those w h o were me mbers to take part in the proceedings. A fter some discussion, in which Mr. Shaw , Mr. Bez er, sadr,9ther Chartists complained of their ex clusion from tiehilsiPating i n the proceedings, it was arranged that of mreerabers who represented the opinion of a n y bodies beetle should have an opportunity of addressing the I lleft from 12 to half-past that hour. Ito A r• BEZER, of the National Charter Association, then Th:r i. ferward to express the opinions of that association. m en - l uo dy was unanimously of opinion that a Parlia s4 "c ll 7 reform was necessary, and that a Derby and h %tell Administration was not likely to give it them. 6 1 :15 their opinion, too, that any suffrage short of man ssiiiZ suffrage would rather retard than accelerate the echisement of all. Mr . DANIEL, of the Union Temperance Society, meshedmiS that all the world were teetotallers. The body tat a , l ?,, ll he represented would not be contented with ob ellZg these five points, but would endeavour to root out ie phi 'whatever. If the working classes would unite the Temperance League, and take a pledge to abstain alts sit kinds of liquor until they had obtained the six. of the Charter, it would not be L ord Derb y nor if; S John Russell who would long be able to refuse them. C.' . BIIODES, of Accrington, expressed the opiu ion aols locality was in favour of the assoc iation, and .., sea to aid it in obtaining such a measure of reform as -m trould content the country, and pave the way for fa- Z .° r eforms. He did not think the count r y was suffi- Zutly ripe yet for manhood suffrage , and a s there was ab solute need for a reform in Parlia ment, he was ma ti to p u t hi s s houlder to the present movement. middle-class ELT, of Finsbury, proclaimed himsel f a _eleseimeChartist, and be thought that that class ga s jesirous of a reform having in view the attainment.of and cheap government. The Reform Bill had disap ;..tuted the working classes, and the result had been, after eketiderable disoussion, the drawing up of the People's en u tlrter in 1838. All earnest reformers were , then ti,: t ed, but, unfortunately, persons whom he would not t a l _ li stee stepped in, and, by the introduction of doe -1:16-" Ma never contemplated by the original trainers of the gas then Charter, marred the movement. The union broken up and had never been since resumed. h ree sam e p erson s who then interfered had in the same Zill'lttner destroyed all the subsequent reform movements , a let now unfortunately seemed inclined to attempt the e ()oars° on the present occasion. He thought , how _ to'r; that to secure the objects of this association was e „.. took to practical means with regard to the next 11„cueral election. He would advise the association to 1 34 ". 13 ,11 forward a candidate at every town where there were publicity even though they were beaten i". l , 4l lcity would still be given to their principles, and in 01 4 40 )1 time raise such a phalanx of Reformers through the tha country as would force the proposed Bill through lieu House of Commons, as the first Reform li e had been forced through a borough - mongering us i e•—(Cheers.) alap T i time for listening to the delegates havi n g n o w sea, n ' — ANY, of Exeter, moved the first resolution s— eenAcehowever much this conference may regret the to 1, 1 4 5 TU to power of a Government avowedly opposed ata ait ti ereentary reform, it cannot but congratulate the es '3' that one effect of the recent turn in political ett a ,of 11l be to relieve Reformers from the discussion ad measures imperfect in themselves and utterly in squ a r ,te to meet the demand of public opinion." ~ ht r ' _ -I .RORGE DAWSON said that he seconded the reso cite% vith great pleasure, as it expressed joy at the litisg s ,!_f_ the Whigs. He was for going at the present ,hist a ,77 without delay, and clearing the way for a Mi re new order. taosa l l resolution was then put and carried unani- Y ' ett ,„ N e i:, Doan; Esq., of Oxford, proposed the: next loy al That: this conference commends the tocat — ' s of Parliamentary Reform to the active aid of Item Isrernittees and associations which will beet for bete ?to cause by diligently enrolling additional mem -1%4' the association, by the strictest attention to the eittr !ittion of electors, by the introduction of proper lie retu letea to constituencies, and by evincing that ge litri_i without of co-operation in the service of oar coun which no national movement can retain for o c ut ” H Ey ' Mr. N m w o r ac t' s s of Bolton, u seconded the resolution. • r iss a mended the formt:l6 orled the resolution, sad recom triitteee and the keelis:di over the country of local com- Mr. DANIELS D also Bu g uP of local agitation. than carried. PPQrted the resolution; which was Mr. CHAPMAN, of Yarmouth, .moved the third resolu -Lisn:—" That this conference, a sl an il d st desiring the main -tianse of a free-trade a lib c e onvinced that the treat guarantee 'for it will be same reform of the •a e s ttee of Commons, desires, at the th v :e h f c er t e h sen representation time, to remind ,i l ``e country that the present state of . e s t t only places in peril the advantag e , ohp e p te e :t o ititi p hte l i e er. th e enjoy, but the progress of all necessary the !Id financial refortns. And that, the 01Valltisting commercial policy be upheld or tf tet aimed at by the present conference will lose non e Ills importance." RzysEß, of Norwich, seconded the resolution. H e p e 7ght that the death of the lat e measure of reform pro tio a -" ,,,, by Lord John Russell wa s no loss whatever to the t o ,;rY. because though it was a st e p in the right daireo without the ballot it was un worthy of Lord o'.Russellbo to offer, and of the Radicals to accept. He redid believe that Lord Derby would dare to attempt the_ l ett. Position of a duty upon bread; he knew better; and culture and his supporters were only deceiving the ag k r r oi . Portion of the community. cra m : a nt= (not the manhood suffrage delegate who .:etips,"' so great a sensation yesterday) came forward to d ea r re s rt the resolution, which he was induced to do by a it hea s to redeem his name from the d iscredit fallen into yesterday, from the proceedings of oth k r. er c ,ltentleman who bore it. etn lie. ,°Likeir also supported the resolution, which was unanimously. lot et l o eocatnsua of Cambridge, moved the fourth re atientrs. Proposing the adoption of an address to the A ft Y from the conference. l'ra e ir other resolutions had been carried, thanking the As sas , s et and officers of the Parliamovtary Reform tolilistion for their services in the cause of reform,. and t h!. en the local associations to organise subscriptions . 4 41 . tra lr several localities, and a vote cf thanks to the 'tunt), as having been passed, the conference adjourned ke at i n s even O'clock this evening, when an egeregate 0% 11 0 _o . f . the friends of reform f rom. all parts of the 4' beheld in the large hall. Tt p. ; 111111.1381/CTATION Or NORWICH. -- N O RWICH, 114. 4 4 34 1 EVENING. —A requisition was this day (Tues da y ) istr ee 'tA ' to Thomas o,born Spring fi eld, Esq., of Coleman , * ar ,000 elect ors re a b , London, and this city s igned by the Mayor and up the of l uesting him to offer himself at li e4 l e 2 tt electi on as a ' candidate for itsrepresentation in Par tiolie,„ll,t• The worthy gentleman has risen from the posi humble tradesman to be one of the richest and City. •iiuu ential merchants, and has been tw ice ma y or of the shouldeo he accede to the requisition, his return, in A et 'on with Mr. P e t o , ma y b e considered as certain. 4 A. "tious large body of the Liberal Member s of the Iltia l ;;Of Commons have been invited to meet Lord John 444 On the 11th inst., w ith a v i ew to some consultation detec t • ---ial4g4ti9ll 911 the Prenat pQ§itiQA Ct pu bli c Afrgo! SPORTING NOTES. No. CLXXX. ANALYSIS OF THE GREAT NORTHAMPTON. SHIRE' STAKES, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,-" Here we are within a month of the North ampton meeting, and no analysis of the Northampton shire Stakes. It is too bad, much too bad," I fancy I hear my readers say. They shall, however, be kept HO longer in suspense, for I will forthwith commit to paper my gleanings on this now somewhat celebrated handi cap. The race has been established eight years. It was won in 1844 by Vitellius, when 4 years old, carrying 7st, and the favourite at 3 to 1 at starting; in 1845 the,aged Discord with Bst, like his predecessor the favourite at 3 to 1, won a fast ran race easily; in 1846 the five-years old elorpeth, at 7et 9th, and 7 to 1 in the betting, cleared the post first; in 1847 Wolfdog, 5 vre, Bst 111 b, second favourite at 9 to 2, beat the crack Euclid colt, 3 yrs, 4st 71h, who was at 5 to 2, very cleverly; in 1848 Lady Wildair, then in her _sixth year, Bst 51b, at 16 to 1, wen very easily, the crack, Ballinafad, 4 yrs, ist, backed at 5 to 2, running third; in 1849, Fernhitl, 4 yrs, 6st Sib, quoted at 8 to 1, was the winner, the favorite being beaten early; in 1850, Priestess. 4 yrs, 63t 101 b, the extreme outsider in the betting, 40 to 1 having been offered against her and no takers, won cleverly; the crack Oeterly, 4 yrs, 7st, backed at 7 to 2, finishing a good third; and in 1851, a little legerdemain on the part of the clerk of the weather, enabled the outsider Valen tine, 4 yrs, 6st lib, with Pandemus and Selina, two out siders, second and third, to beat the three cracks, Leger demain, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, at 7 to 4; St. Rosalie, 5 yrs, 83t 31b, at 7to 2, and the Ban, 3 yrs, 5,t 101 b, at 6to 1. By these antecedents it will be found that in two instances out of eight the first favourite was the winner; in three instances the second favourite; and in the remaining three it was won by outsiders; the favourite, however, obtaining, in five cases out of the eight, a place. It will be seen, also, from the foregoing statement, that a three. years old never accomplished the feat of winning this stake; but that the four-years old class have won it four times, the five-years old twice, the six-years old once, and an aged animal once. The nominations, with the exception of tne present year, have made a general advance in number since 1844; in :that year there were 71; in 1845, 85; in 1846, 79; in 1847, 101; in 1848, 101; in 1849, 113; in 1850, 120; in 1851, 128; and in the present year 101. The acceptances have iu no instance exceeded forty-seven, and this year they number three dozen. Alec Taylor has a couple of the Fyfield nags among the acceptances, namely, Teddington, who figures, at the top of the andicap at Bst 131 e, and Story teller, also a four-years old, with only Tat up. Wolfdog in 1847 carried Bst 111 b, and won by half a length; but he was a five-years old, and a very game one withal. Can Teddington at a year less, and two pounds more, secure victory over this the severest of the Spring andicap courses? I thinknot. Storyteller by Ascot, out of. Testatrix, has been fancied by some people; but my accounts inform me he is an animal of the mediocre class, and also that they are not at all sanguine at Fyfield of winning the Northampton shire Stakes with him. Butler, of Newmarket, also has a brace figuring among the acceptances. Captain Rous's nomination (Landgrave), who at six years, Bst 41b, does not read althogether but I think that Mr. Greville's nag bottles up his chance tolerably safe ; and Hesse Homburg, 4 years, 7st 51b, who, I am given to understand, is not intended for this event. Sir T. Munro's nomination, the King of Oude, 5 years, Bst 31b, I consider is a losing speculation -at least in this race, Dilly has a solitary animal in preparation for this race, in Mr. Greville's game old Cariboo, 5 years, who, at Bst 31b, will make safe all the top weights. This son of Venison and Jamaica, in 1849, won two races out of six ; in 1850 out of ten spins he was victorious thrice, and ran a dead heat once ; last year he came out in his best form, winning nearly every thing that he started for, being triumphant in six instances out of nine. His last performance at Lichfield was a mys terious one, as he was beaten, strange to say, by the King of Oude, who, in my opinion, is not within seven pounds of him. His chance for this event I hold to be very superior, and feel very much inclined to put him down as the ab solute winner. He has been backed rather extensively of late; among others, by the confederates, and is now first favourite. He looks and goes well; is in first-rate form; and Dilly entertains but little doubt, but that he will sweep the Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 1852. I shall resume my remarks on this race to-morrow. A curious work now lays before me which I have just received from the publishing office of Mr. G. Vickers, entitled Who's to Win the Derby ?" professing to give a solution of the Derby problems, and a general unmasking of the tipping gentry; with other matter concerning the odds and prophets. All this is by some gentleman, who has assumed for the nonce the rather peculiar nom-de-guerre of; the " Wiz Ard of the North." The subjects of this pamphlet are handled most artistically, in a style at once bold and dashing. That portion devoted to the consideration of " The Odds," contains an ides, not altogether new , wi th res p ec t to taking the betting at " The Corner" as the best guide to the winner; it certainly is as good a criterion as any for the Derby and some other races, where weight for age, and even weights are carried, but is not appli cable to handicaps. The Tipsters" are treat ed in the most unmerciful manner, k n ocked known right a nd left, like so many ninepins; the exposé must haee beneficial effect and prove to the world, that what it can obtain for fivepence or sixpence from the daily and weekly sporting papers-that, in all probability, being the source from which the tipsters derive their exclusive information - will be hardly worth while to give half a guinea, or even a crown, or indeed anything for, their selections for the Derby being those already chosen by the leading sporting writers of the press. Under the head of " The Prophets" the Wizard is rather complimentary than otherwise to the sporting correspondents of the papers; and states in the following lines what has certainly become a truism, that "what is well paid for is invariably well done; and as the ma jority of these gentlemen are amply remunerated for their labours, depend upon it they never lose a chance of promoting their own popularity." Vates, it seems, though admitted by him to be the most popular prophet, does not come up to his ideas of a sporting writer, and is very hard upon him accordingly. The list of probable starters, with their jockeys, is a curious dip into futurity. The Wizard has also furnished the world with the auto graphs of the leading tipsters. " The solution of the problem" I need say nothing about, the public must judge for themselves. The pamphlet, on the whole, must be read to be appreciated, and ought to be perused by every son of the Turf. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. March 3, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. The following is a complete fist of the horses that had reached Aintree at four o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon: —Abbess of Jerveaux, 5 yrs—Melford, aged —lscia, 4 yrs—f by Harkaway, out of Zelmyra, 3 yrs— Banshee, 3 yrs—Don Carlos, 3 yrs—Kilquade, 4 yrs— Hungerford, 4 yrs—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs—True Girl, 4 yrs—Peter Simple, aged—Maria Day, aged— Joan of Arc, 6 yrs—Abd-el-Kader, aged—Everton, aged —Carrig, aged—Maurice Daley, aged—Victress, aged --Royal Blue, 6 yrs—Sir John, aged — Lacy Neale , a g ed Chieftain, egad—Bourtoo, aged—Bedford, 6 yrs—lEgis, aged—Miss Mowbray, aged—Hardwick, aged—Warner, aged—Dolly's Brae, 5 yrs—Silent Friend, aged—La Gazza Ladra, 6 yrs — Bedford, 5 yrs—M'lon, aged— LamienLe, 5 yrs—Cogia, 6 yrs. Besides the above, several others for the Trial and' Selling Stakes. Twenty-five are expected to run for the Steeplechase, and ten for the Cup. Surprise is declared to be amiss, and will not start. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNINO.--4ho following stakes closed last night:— The Trial Stakes. Mr. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs—Mr. Rothwell's. Lenny Whent, by Lanercost, 3 yrs—Mr. Wilkins na` Allan-a-dale, 3 yrs—Mr. Buckley's Royal George, 3 yrs —Mr. Russell na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs—Mr. Morris's Vatican, 6 yrs—Major Pitt and Mr. Williams did not name. The Optional Selling Stakes. Mr. Rothwell's Emerystone, 3 yrs, ( 501) —Mr . Hall's f by Hetman Pla toff, dam b y Jereed, 3 yrs, (501)—Mr. Harrison's Toy, 4 yrs, (301)—Mr. Stebbines fby Bird catcher, out of C eleste, 3 y rs, (30l) —Mr. Murphy's fby Harkaway, out of Zelat3ra, 3 yrs, (301). Scramble Handicap. Mr. Johnson's Lady J ersey, 6 yrs , Sit 101b—Mr. Jeffery's Forest Derr, yrs, Sat 31b—Mr. Harrison's Toy, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Mr. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, 7at 101b—Mr. Stebbing's Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Tat lQlb—Mr. Rothwell's Lenny Whent, 3 yrs, 7st 61b —Mr. R o thw e ll'a Emerystone, 3 yrs. 7st thb—Mr. llurphy' d f by H ar k a way, out of Zelmyra , 3 yrs , Tat 51 b—Mr. HaW y s r f s b 6st il . etman Platoff, dby Jereed, 3 Y l t r 3 B , l , 6 _ B _ t , 6 , l b—Mr. Owen's by General Pollock, out of s da m , 10 to 1 agst Chie3f Sr bray B E T — T ( I t N ) G . STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst alias 1 4 ; 0 1 T a w ' : 12 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader 13 15 to to agat ages Victress cogis - • 10 to 1 agst La G Ladra 10 to 1 agst Wa 2 rn o e n t r z o 44 l ages alci:uttYooPto • '3 l l tleh agesgea a r 8 i t l ! M e l 1 h n a i g r a i e . t f O p r : 71 5 tyoealuaxgst Abbess of SPR ING e COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT (M CORRESPONDENT, 1. OUR OWN CoRRESPoNDEN 1 • . - ' REMOVAL OF THE COUR T TO THE ISL E OPW • I"IIT*-- Her m a j es ty is expecte d at Osborne House on s a . turday next, when sowing and planting will be th e order of the day. The Royal children have, each garden, and the elder ones display much anxiety to' "s Ol in their arrangement and productions. One of our butchers has to•day received a number of also, wo hind quarters of mutton from Wales, and sirloins -of beef trona Scotland for the royal table. Ireland will tronage. have no doubt, be favo ured with the royal pa . plots ofland, th Y g MARINE VILLAS AND BUILDING k ITES. On Thurs day and Frida, last a number of houses and sixty - two property of the late John Eames, Esq., were sold by auc e t f by entailed prop er t n. manding sea viewCowes is so closely hemmed in views ythat the sale of building land com room Was crowded spirited, and the wh o l e ees ! . to w as ex quite an event, and the sale- The biddings were very d good nrices. On Saturday, Mr. Berkeley 13Ioxsome, of Parsley, was returning home from shooting d ucks, and on reselling the rear of his dwel l ing h e stopped, as it i s su pp o sed, to draw the charge from his gun. While in the act the piece ex ploded, and the contents lodged in ba r. nioxsomv , 4 heart, cAmipg itatgattla99 l4 cletltho—cheltenham.fournat. LITERATURE. HISTORY OF THE ISLAND OF CORFU, AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE lONIAN ISLANDS. By H. Jervis, Royal Artillery. Colburn. This work presents us with a very fair description of Corfu, the most important of the seven lonian Islands, It has always been considered of great con sequence. Homer, in the " Odyssy," mentions it as a place of resort in the voyage of Ulysses. There is a long account of the ancient history of Corfu, de scribing its first comparative freed om, being set apart as a fabulous lend, and, subsequently, how it was corrupted in later times by the pernicious influence of Rome. Its: fortunes are then traced through the middle ages, when it was overrun by numerous tribes of barbarians, including the Hune, the Vandals, the Goths, &c. After various changes and struggles, the island became the property of the Venetians, where they fixed the heid-quarters of their fleets of observation. The modern history of Corfu next appears ; it was frequestly besieged by the Turks, but they were defeated ; at last it was conquered by the French Republic, and became the property of France, under Bonaparte. The latter gave them up to Russia, but Napoleon again insisted on their being restored to bim after some time. Admiral Col lingwood, in 1809, learning that the- inhabitants were desirous of throwing off the French yoke, attacked the enemy, and having conquered he established a British officer as chief in every island. The last part treats of the lonian Islands under British protection. • The first British representative was Sir Thomas Maitland. was well suited to his position : his most decisive measure was that of taking the Church revenues from the administrators, who • were making fortunes for themselves and neglecting all else. By this means roads were cut throughout the island, the town was improved, the churches repaired, and yet at the end of the year there was a 'surplus of 117,357 Spanish dollars. Lord Nugent, a subsequent governor, directed his attention to the courts of justice, but all his exertions did not pre vent his making many enemies in those who shrunk from the supremacy of the law. The Legislative Assembly had serious differences with his successor, Sir Howard Douglas ; but, notwithstanding all the jealousy and insidiousness of the natives, the work goes far to prove that the islands, under the protec tion of the British, enjoy greater privileges than the rest of Greece, with its so-called freedom, but its really dependent and miserable condition. Thus the volume in question is a faithful record of the varied and eventful history of the Greek island. All must approve of the purpose of its publication, for one of the chief advantages of such literature is the informa tion those at home derive from the perusal of foreign subjects. 'An intimate acquaintance with a scene of historic importance is a valuable acquisition to all classes of readers. MISCELLANEOUS. Colburn's United Service contains its usual amount of military information, and, as might be expected, dwells pretty largely on the national defences. There are three chapters devoted to projectiles, &c., and a criticism en. Sir Charles Napier's address to the Go• vernment on the national defences. The article on "Piracy on the Coast of Borneo" is ably written, and justly censures the conduct of the humanitarian fac tion for blaming Sir James Brooke for molesting the innocent aborigines, who, however, instead of fishing in a small corricle, according to Mr. Hume's version, navigate prahus one hundred feet long, containing upwards of one hundred and fifty men. A brief outline of the visit of . the Nepaulese Ambas sador to London and his previous history are original. Newton's 'London Journal of this month contains several interesting descriptions of divers patents lately granted, amongst which are Howard's, for the improv ment in ploughs, and Adams's, for improvements in rifles and other firearms. The article on " Preserved Meats for the Naval Service" remarks on the fearful scourge that the scurvy was to our navy not long since, and the benefits derived from the substitution of preserved meats in place of salt provisions. As evidence of the dreadful havoc caused by this disease, Admiral Anson's memorable expedition to damage the interests of Spain in the Pacific Ocean by inter cepting' the annual treasure-ship, or galleon, on her return to Europe, is sufficient. In spite of everything that care end experience could do, Anson tells us he lost fully four-fifths of his men by scurvy :—Of four hundred. men with whom the Centurion left England only two-hundred lived to reach the island of Juan Fernandez, and no more than eight of these were capable- of doing duty. The list of patents granted, and other general information is to be found as usual up to the present time. The Colonial contains a history of the aboriginal tribes of Australia, and the discovery of New Zealand.' Fredrick Hestage discovered Australia in 1616, and called it New Holland, but although many Dutch ships visited the coast in the hope of making disco veries, it was not until 1642 that the south coast of Australia and Van Diemen's Land was discovered by Tasman, who so named it in compliment to his be trothed, the daughter of the Governor of the Mau ritius, the fair Maria Van Diemen. The account of the destruction of Lagos, the decline of the slave trade, and the history of the Kafir war, are inte resting. The Sportsman of this month contains an interesting article entitled "The Pedigree of Volti geur—Origin of the Race-horse"—with a table of pedigrees. The plates, which are executed in their usually well-got-up style, represent horses at rest in the fields, entitled " Hours of Idle ness," and the. result of " A Decided Course." The Journal of Agriculture, and Transactions of the Highlaxd Agricultural Society of Scotland, commences with an article on artificial manure, in which is shown the various amalgamation of ingredients most suitable for different soils, with an analysis of their chemical compounds ; bone dust, and its applications, are particularly noticed. There is also practical infor mation tea be found in the chapter on the properties of clays most suitable for draining-tiles and other purposes. An article by Mr. Ritchie, C.E., on the co mparative advantages of fi xe d an d portable steam engines for agricultural purposes, gives an interest ing account of some of the various machines at pre sent in use and in contemplation. In the Gentleman's Magazine the articles of this month are in their usual well-written style; but we would advise the editor to curtail the list of d ea th s , which he is too fOnd.Of "publiihing, and which few care to read. DISTRHIUTION OF THE ARMY. The following is an official statement of the distribu tion Of the effective rank and filo at home and abroad on the Ist January, 1852: In Great Britain— Cavalry 4,622 Foot Guards ... .„ 4,504 Infantry of the Line... 21,003 Recruiting troops and companies ... 1,858 ----- 31,987 In Ireland — Cavalry ... 2,022 Infantry ... ... 14,536 16,558 Abroad—(exclusive of India) Cavalry - 425 Infantry 30,361 West India Regiments ... 2,740 Colonial Corps ... ... 4,550 ---- 38,079 In' India:L... Cavalry • • • ... 3,345 Infantry 23,443 26,788 Total effective rank and file 113,412 It will at once be seen by our military readers that the above official statement excludes officers, non-com. mi•sioned officers, drummers, and trumpeters; these ranks, however, may be stated in the , proportion of about 1 to 7i, which would give 15,000 more—making a total of 129,000 in round numbers of all ranks serving at home and abroad (including India) on January 1, 1852. PROPOSED BREAKWATER' ON THE MERSEY.--A report just submitted to the Liverpool Chamber of Com merce' by Mr. W. M. Ross contains a project, devised by Mr. George Rennie, C.E., for the reclamation from the sea of the vast sand.banks in the estuary of the River Mersey by means of a breakwater extending seaward from the Black Rock Point, five miles in length. If carried into execution, it is stated that, besides being the means of averting much loss of life and froperty,it will materially improve the entrance to the port in a navigable point of view, There are two other projects arising from this—one being for the application of the sewage manure to the neighbouring lands, and the other the formation of a local building society, its purpose being the very desirable one of "making every man the owner of his own house." A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce ill will be held to - morrow (Thursday), when the projects w be entertained. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—The annual distribution of gifts awarded by the governors of Christ's Hospital to young men who had been educated at that magnificent national institution, and who had subsequently completed their vari intetell' ous terms a apprenticeship, took place yesterday morning. The number whd . presented themselves at the committee room amounted to nearly 100; and it was truly gratifying cently awarded to gratuit' nen ffere to witness such._ an. array of strong, healthy-looking young and all bearing the impression of respectability and to pursue their young were. The gifts , were...from 5/. to lbl. each. The form the basis of-futth gratuities.,: and it is to suitably addressed on:the receipt of their The various 'reci purposes for: wbleli ' presents they be hoped that these sums, so munifi cently merit, will be devoted to the pientusre domestic comfort and independence. had re the utmost gratitude for the they were intended, and that they will , Last week, as one of the . respective avocations. soon after quitted the walls Whittlesey Mere, he heard of Christ's 4ospital Thinking she might be caught a h en was cutting in e a Cry out at some distance. the foxes, spot, when be saw poor puss surrounded he hastened reed to the on tlae circle rottfid hered by three foxes, gra fiduxaeldly?wlntahrrfooefraw:i.astigid the reed by the foxes i s d soon likewiseas th e the seenina h n arly. e:s B b he appeared trans- The. water having been takenut ,in an opposite they made shoals, they form a favourite and secure retreat to a great 'many of which are now harboured in the reed reed sedge \ and flags, to the great l oss o f th e ponitryyards i n th e neigh. bourhood.— Cambridge Chronicle. The .Chancellor o f Thoma§ reregriae cu , Esq., WO the Exchequer has appointed rteuay, ty be PriTprivatesecre- , ti k ry. . . , . SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. - FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIME.—Lord Derby's appeal to the forbearance of his opponents, and the demand 'of e fe,:_r trial, which we have thought it our duty to support, have been warmly combated on two distitet grounds; first, that the new Ministers deserve y grace; secondly, that there is actual danger in granting it. Into the first of these points we shall not be very curious to inquire. The second objec tion to " a fair trial" is its alleged danger. Give the ground, we aro assured, so as to d i spense w ith it s a ppe a l , a G d ov m er is nna eric e o n r t di t e i n m i. e and it will h e a ble to maintain its It will gai n over me mbers and con stituencies, put out som e pl aus ibl e measures an d illusory promises, and then open the new Parliament with a mite_ jority pledged, we will say, to a five-shilling duty. Are we to wait quietly for such a consummation, and, should it come to pass, whom ar e we to thas k b u t ourseves? To be sure there will be a remedy, but it will be us bad as the disease. We shall have the League, an agitation, and a new budget of democratic measures, by way of revenge or set-off against the claims of the landed aristocracy. The right course, we are told, is to stop the nuisance at once before it becomes worse, by turning out the Go vernment with the first means in our power. For all this there is a good deal to bo said; in particular, that some who say it are alre a d y making the advent o f L or d Derby the signal of a cla ss ag i tation. We w i ll a dd ress ourselves, then, to this all egat i on of actual danger. W e may as well grant at onc e t h at Lord Derby might pos sibly get a House of Commons with a majority in favour of a five-shilling duty. He —e might do this next month, and he might do it in August, and, as far as we can see, he is as likely to do so in the one month as in the other; for, if prices continue to rise, there will be rather less case for protection in August than in April. With such a House of Commons, we are told on both sides, we I shall have no right to complain if a five-shilling duty is 1 1 carried, constitutionally, fre e ly, and deliberately, by the representatives of the whole people. Are we prepared, the Protectionist journals ask, to rebel against the act of the Legislature? As we accepted the last decision on the subject, we ought to accept the IIOW one; and the cir cumstance of the new decision b e i ng to some extent a re versal of the first will only impart t o i t a more solemn cha rbay hctetr.e influencetheTbisisof m danger then, that by our f or b earance , Ministerial patronage, by the gra d u al encouragement given to th e l urking selfishness of agriculturists in Parliament, and by other such ways, we may find ourselves face to face early next rear with Protection, no longer a farmers' cry, or a M inisterial leaning, but a law of the land , which we s h a ll b e b oun d to respect and obey, and for which the S eptenn i a l A c t will insure at least a seven years' leas t ,. Meanwhile, what evening contemporary assures us that L or d D er b y ' s ap pearance on the Ministerial bench has a l rea dy inter ruptedis danger to one side is hope to the other. An some negotiations in Lincolnshi re, and that seve ral leases are waiting till it can be aseertained, on the authority of Parliament, what the price of corn is to be for the future. To all this we have a sufficient reply. Although House of Commons may be returned with a s li g ht ma jority in f i a t v i o s u c r o conceivable, i a v ab l e, Corn-law;and perhaps yet, out of doors, on that very appeal which Lord Derby h as made, the judgment of the population and intellig ence o f t hi s country will remain the same, or, rather, more than ever in favour of free trade. To use a homely expression, "the proof of the pudding is in the eating," and never was there such substantial and as there has , the count r y i s beenpsensible oe fd d calamitiese m f r e o e n s t r t r a a t i da t t s t m , eas and u indeedmeasures, disturbed the do not " k now f o o fN lli o ci at s wpi t t h rhi a ns t tcai h pu a dle v in e g the tm- And, as Sir Palpably to nearly all understandings, in the enjoyment o f a pres aoperationoomf e t n h t e , s e b y b e e v n e e r fi y ci e t n e Jamese ri t y s G u r c a h h as a m i fit ayhass, y h s a . s the reason why." We know that no majority i n t h e t n h e e v r e e r a s r e e e n f e w b e w f o h r o e . House, were it ever so disposed, would dare to restore one shred of Protection, in the face of an almost unani mous people. " What then ?" it will be asked ; " Do you set the people against the Legislature, and allege that the people are not represented in the House of Commons ?" We will answer plainly. The people are not represented as they should be in the House of Commons, otherwise we should not have supported the demand for Parliamentary Reform, or objected to the inadequate and illusory character of Lord John Russell's Bill. Happily the House of Com mons have of late years extended its sympa thies far beyond its narrow electoral basis, and has been in effect what it has not been in form—a very fair re presentation of the whole British people. But, if a violent class agitation should have the unfortunate re sult of producing class representatives, pledged to the supposed interests of the actual electors, then nothing whatever would prevent the question of Parliamentary reform from starting at once into formidable prominence. We cannot answer for the measures which might become necessary under such a self condemnation of the exist ing electoral system. A system that works tolerably will command the suffrages of the quiet and the wise; but as soo n as i t works ill its anomalies become odious and absurd. Here aro Dorset and Middlesex, each with 14 Membere while the population of the former is only 177,597, that of the latter 1,895,710, or more than 10 times as much. Bucks and Surrey have each 11 Mem bers, though the population of the former is only 143,670, while that of the latter is 684,805. Wilts, Sussex, Kent, and the West Riding have each 18 Mem bers, though the population of the first is only 241,003, that of the second 339,428; that of the third 619,225; and . that of the fourth 1,339,962. Hants, with a population of 432.033, has 19 Members; Devon, with a population of 572,207, has 22 Members; and Lancashire, with a population of 2,063,913, or more than twice those of Hants and Devon put together, has no more than 26 Members, though in the same proportion it would have nearly 90. Such a state of things cannot remain long, end Lord John Russell never said a more unwise thing than when he claimed for his new Refbrm Bill the credit of not disturbing the interests established by the last, whatever the actual changes of the population, wealth, and intelligence in the long interval. We aro for a considerable change, but we tremble to think of the changes that might rise out of a new Anti-Corn-law agitation. But it is our full conviction that Lord Derby and his colleagues have no intention whatever of putting the country into this state, and exhibiting a Legislature on one side, and a p r i nc i ple on the other. Even if they had a majority of the New House of Commons in favour of Protection, we feel sure that the would not willingly avail themselves of it. Vo' - 0 must how e ver , say we are not without some alarm, when we see np eople doing all they can to provoke a new Protectioni st ma uarrel, and to drive the Ministry into it in t of themselves. It is too clear, from the procee di ngs le() of the Man chester meeting yesterday, and frora various other symptoms, that there exists a 1 2 t who revel with delight in the idea of another ar-e • V" who the agricultural and manufacturing inteollistionand who will spare no pains to bring it about.eress,circular The very which has summoned the Leaguers t he reconstruction of the League, talks of " the mad e; to and wicked attempt to reimpose a tax upon corn," which t yet made on even threatened, and which has is no existence than that the Manchester gentlemen s ilo other determined that it shall be. It is possible that th ey y succeed to the extent of their wishes ; -n provoking g ma many of the Agri sent to demand iroteetion, andu pled e their repre atives to the attempt; but, if they pledge it will be entirely their act, and for their own urposes. For our part, as the new Government has co me P into power sim ply through the incompetency and internal divisions of the last, we see no reason why it should take up the Manchester chal lenge merely for the .ur p pose of throw ing the country into confusion . We . " a ppreciate at its proper worth Mr. Cobden'a pretence to superior morality, when he employs all his rhetorical arts to tempt hi s opponents to do what he and they equally be lieve to be wrong under existing circumstances. Their own common sense. and patriotism will be far better guides on this point than the bland apostle of peace. DAILY NEWS.—The installat ion tectionist Ministry has done its work. Whilst a meet ing of Reformers was in Progress yesterday in London, the Anti-Corn-Law League Was b • eing re-constructed in Manchester; and that there 'night be no misconception upon the matter, the manufacturers present in Newell's buildings subscribed with the same abundant liberality which marked their former p • roceedings. Here is a summary, received by electric telegraph, of the list of m oneys put down to re-organize the needful agitation for free trade:— Fourteen firms, subscribed eac h 1,000/ —14,000/. 61 Fourteen firms, each 500/......7,000/. * " Fifty other subscribers, rags. ging . to 10/. from 300/ e Total, 27,500/. subscribed in twenty five minutes, the meeting concluding W i th three cheers . for the re construction of the League." Twenty-seven thousand fi ve hundred pounds as a be ginning is a tolerably sig e arl e nifi s sign of the reality of the sgitation which the advent of rh o Tori es t o power has called into existence. Free trade is in danger, and down comes the cash .. There e lin be no doubt or mistake in this diirtion. The declarations of the pl a tform are w i t h promptitude business-lik e followed b drafts on the banker; and stron g resolutions ar e str e ngthened by a still . .stronger s ubscription list. Newall's-buildings is to exhibit the r enewal of that me morable struggle which ended in the abolition of the corn-laws. Printers and platforms will be in request, and overtevey post and every newspaper will carry more or less the country the arguments, the illustrations, the suggestions, and the figures best adapted to show the bulk of the people why they should o ppose re newal of the tax on bread, and how theYlda should o o work to make their opinions on the subject tell upon the Tory Ministry. The Reform ers of Lanca shire set an excellent example to the rest of the dom in this respect at all events, for wh en the begin king thing they do so with a clear purpose, and ca y rr it on 1 with a firmness, a business - like regularity, „ d y a clear eye to the " main chances" of suce ssa __ whilst they support each effort by a liberality e t. monetary con tribution which renders their triumphs r g in political propagandism only second to that .. Whi ch has hitherto crowned their trade competition for a place in the mar kets of the world. Would that the fconcord of Lancashire could be extended to the rest_ o th e country and be made to include all sections f o Reformers;thin for only by singleness of action can greatk domgash be accomplished. Liberals in all parts of the msgo ould act in union. The manufacturers, who fee lstrong ly on the subject to feel of free trade, should be able b so o that the great cherish safety of the principle t e f y air field and and sin cerely—the principle o f a me_ a free no favour—an intereommunion of comme of the e xchange b of the productions of all nationsglobe, b rother-like should see, w one with another —they this' e Say , that the for ' t and only secure basis senlightened doc trinegrea must be in " la en amelioration amongst us feudal system as shall render and reform of our still the Commons House _. of parliament in fact —what it s has been - in name and theory alway le. Whilst _ an exponent of the views of the whole peop .. the owners of the of wit ting a large body of their soil hold the power ~... , nnlainees to Me On pops y (1"3 " 9114 Of trade and general commercial welfare as may best suite the vested interests of the hitherto dominant class, free-trade can never be quite secure. The land is, of course, entitled to its fair share of representation, but then labour should have its share of representation also. Let the industry, the intelligence, and the skill of the country, have poli tical influence, and not keep all the power for opulent leisure and its wealthy territorial prejudice. To this result the country must come at last, and until it does so these repetitions of old struggles—this re-sharpening of old weapons and revival of political combinations, must from time to time be resorted to. " A large body of Liberal Members of the House of Commons have been invited to meet Lord John Russell ou the 11th inst., with a view to some consultation and determination ou the pre sent position of public affairs." So says a valued correspon dent, thus intimating that the Whig leader is alive to the necessities of his present case, and desires to take counsel fur its improvement. The two meetings reported in our columns this day sufficiently attest the fact that the Liberals are also on the alert. Mr. Charles Villiers's motion is impending in the Fouse of Commons—no day being yet fixed for the conflict that must ensue, come when that motion m a y. All these signs show the exist ence of vigilance in the camp of the Reformers and Free-traders. Such signs are more than enough also to put upon their guard the vigilant partisan Ministry against whose policy it is the object of Ell Liberals to act. The Tories will be united enough. Let us take a lesson in this respect from their book; and then, with all our forces—with right, truth, justice, energy, and straightforwardness on our side—there is no doubt which way the balance must turn. Lord Derby may b e s t rong in his position, in his wealth, and in his faith in rotten boroughs and in agricultural delusion; but after the events of yesterday, it is au easy prophecy that the stru gg l e now beginning must end in representative reform and the final and complete ratification of our Free-trade policy. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—l want to know whether the terms on which the government is declared by the Prime Minister to be holden, are not striking a heavy blow against the principle or prejudice which used to say, that government was to be carried on through a ma jority in the House of Commons. It may only be a prejudice; and this is an era when prejudices are being cut down. For example, there has for a cen tury or two been a prejudice in favour of popular governments, and one nation after another has been putting out feelers in that direction, with different degrees of success, and always with a complimentary recognition that our own island, from its geopraphical position it may ba, had taken something like a lead. But now all this is being swept away. The last new prejudice is, that the great want of a nation is an autocrat. First catch your autocrat ; clean and scrape him, preserving the blood and the trail ; stew him in a gravy of Universal Suffrage or any other you like, stirring with a: one-pronged fork as long as there are any bubbles ; season with Cayenne pep par, and serve up hot, with sausages and champagne. Your autocrat is the contrary of your turtle • in the latter, they say it is only the sauce, but in the other the essential is the autocrat, and he may choose his own trimmings. But the great thing is to have an autocrat. This is the last and newest prejudice. Perhaps this, like others, will pass away. France, worn out by the prose evils of self-government, has thrown herself into a romance of slavery. But Eng land, commercially at least, may not be prepared for doing the same. No prejudice is to be put down too hastily. Battles, for example, by sea and land, have for a century together, being won and lost by a pre judice; and he that should have opposed the pre judice rashly, would have lost the battle. Napoleon upset the old prejudice by something directly the contrary, and by it conquered the European conti nent. No man can tell which prejudices are right. Perhaps they change, as ministries do, and like them will change for ever. Only do not go too rapidly to pull down our old constitutional prejudice, which was that government was conducted through majorities in the House of Commons. Now here comes a Prime Minister and says, he knows he is in a minority in one House, and is not sure he is not in the other. Who then is the new " Grand Regulate' in Great Britain ? It used to be the Parliament ; it is now clearly to be somebody else. Only let us know who it is. Let us have him described zoologically. Is he a how) sapiens, or of the woods ? Is he lay, clerical, or common of two ? Is he individual, or aggregate ? We want to have some conception of what it is that has superseded the old power of Parliaments; that we may fall down and worship it if it is worthy of our prostration, or if not, may treat it like other calves whether of gold or vulgar brass. We must have knowledge on these points, that we may know how to guide ourselves in the great day of reaction, which cannot fail to be near, now that the last hour of the night has been struck on our own clock. Excuse me if I say, I have always been ambitious of leading your working men. It is the same ambi tion which makes men desirous of leading a battalion. Anybody can shine at a levee, if he puts lace enough on his back. But the thing worth trying for, is to have the confidence of hundreds of good men, and show them the way to success. I want your working classes to see and understand, how totally and immeasurably hostile all that is now going on is to their honest interests. The whole object aimed at, is to put them on two-thirds allowance of bread. The new Chancellor of the Exchequer in the cha racter of a recruiting sergeant will come among them, and shake a purse for any man who will consent to take,it by the damage of his neighbour. The whole scheme is to invite the public to enrich itself by one man taking out of the pockets of another at the corner of the street. It is much worse than this, for part of the bargain is, that half shall be thrown into the river. This supreme silliness is what is now to go the rounds. And if the working classes do not see into the fraud, I have not more confidence in the middle. It was by mere luck, that a five-shilling duty on corn was escaped before ; and that luck has been thrown away. I do not want.to speak slightingly of the middle classes ; but they have not the nerve of the workers. In times of danger, they have always a notion that somehow or other they shall be comfortable ; whereas the working man sees it in the shape of more mouths than bread. If the working men want political power, let them show they have political sense. There is no use in showing it when there is nothing to do • the time is, when other people are looking f o r th e i r help. I believe the working classes say, the middle ones left them in the lurch on the last occasion. If good men avenge a desertion of that kind, is by doing the thing over again for the defaulters in time of need. We none of us must stand on what we have got by it ; but the thing for honest men while they live, is to do what good they can, for their neighbours and the world. I repeat, in order that there may be " no mistake," that if your West Riding working classes want political power, now 1I the time to show that they have heads upon their shoulders to deserve it. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 3 Marcb, 1852. POET- CHILDHOOD. The " general necessity of self-satisfaction" tends in him towards quietude and silence, as in these the ele ments of his self-indulgence are most easily employed; hence his pleasures rarely cause unpleasantness to others. A negative annoyance is the worst to which he is apt to give occasion. " The neighbours stare and sigh, yet bless the lad." He is almost invariably, whether or not unconsciously, " no vulgar boy ;" Nor cares to mingle in the clamorous fray; Of squabbling imps. His own peculiar enjoyments suffice, and they " grow with his growth," and mark out for him a pleasure ground, where heart and spirit can walk hand i❑ hand, where his fancies can revel, and his passions struggle un controlled,—where none can check, none bully them, where his hopes reach their accomplishment, where ex quisite enjoyment is every now hour to be found in in tensifying anticipation, which more than realizes victory. The idea of punishment past or to come, is no more than alshadow on his path, as ho seeks some lavourito haunt, where Lapped in dreams to he, And gaze into the summer sky, Where the sailing clouds go by Like ships upon the sea; or hurries from the book-stall to the garret or the tree top, to spend the stolen hours in tremulous delight over some old romaunt:— Some tale which bath the rime of age Or chronicle of old. If caught, the deep-drawn sigh with which the book is closed, but sets the seal of Solomon on his enjoyment —" Stolen waters are sweetest." Before the volume is under lock and key, he has reanimated for himself the pictured glories; and tale-teller and chronicler are left so far behind as to be almost " nowhere." So is aroused, but however rudely, his fall is without shock. There being no real element in the composition of his airy edifice, the realities he finds around him suspend, with out breaking, the enchantment. An interruptioa only marks that a triumph is to come. The striking of the hours that terminate his dream seem but the sounds of his steps towards reality. Boyish f r iendship and love (ardent to a proverb), often are in him of asso only portions of these dreams embodied, by accident in the form and person of some common-thoughted booby of a school-fellow, or of a n y with pretty face and grace ful manner, in whom he can make to himself an interest. But the dreams themselves were real and dear. What ever happen, they leave no bitterness behind. S m il es and tears—sun and shadow—make his season: there is no frost-blight or suu-stroke in the weather of his spring.—Eliza Cook's Journal. Louis Napoleon, on q uitting the Elysee B our b on, : —.. made the following disp siotion of hisfirc side f urn i ture .11 a donne Le Balai a la Chambre, Le Souillet a la Constitution, La Pincette d la Police, Le Feu i la Troupe, et La Pelle (l'appel) au Peuple. TELE T EA TRADE, MARCH I.—Th e mar k et has b een wit ' iitillt animation, and last week'd doi ttian P1'0'6041371 bCinZ SSWIb, _ Verie,S were 5111411er NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. We stated yesterday that Commodore W. F. Mar tin, with Prince Regent, Leander, Hogue, and Dauntless, were at Queenstown, and that the Daunt less was ordered to Devonport to take in stores and provisions, and to he paid wages. Arethuse, 50, Captain Symonds, under refit at Portsmouth, will be in hand about a mouth. Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain R. S.Rohin. son, may be expected to join the Commodore in the course of a fortnight. By last accounts she was at Jamaica, under orders for Lisbon, at which latter place there are orders awaiting her for coming on to Queenstown. Encounter, 14, screw-corvette, Captain Gordon, may be daily expected at Queenstown, from the Me diterranean, having left Malta for Lisbon en route, some time since. Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K.FI., by last accounts at Corfu, will proceed immediately to Lis bon, and probably to Queenstown. Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, will b 3 about a month in the hands of the dockyard at Portsmouth, and will not be ready for sea, per haps, until the middle of April. She is filling up her vacancies. Archer, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Strange, or dered to Lisbon from the coast of Africa, may be ex pected to arrive there next month, whence she will follow Commodore Martin to Queenstown. Dragon, G, steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Giffard, detached from the Medierranean command, is the only vessel of Commodore Martin's squadron now at Lisbon. Berkeley-, C. 8., .M.P., leaves town this day, for the country, until the 12th inst. Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., M.P., will be enter tained by his constituents at the Trafalgar Hotel this evening. Adm — iral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., the corn mander-in•chief at Devonport, has arrived in town, on a short leave of absence. Lieut. Henry D. Selby (1847), has been appointed to the Simoom, screw steam troop-v esse l, vica 'W a lt er Strickland (1847), to the Polyphemus, steam-sloop, fitting at 'Woolwich for the coast of Africa. Diligence, transport, Mitchell master, arrived at Devonport on Monday morning from Cork. DOCKYAUD.—Mr. W. 13. Carrington, third-class clerk at Devonport, is promoted to second class, vice Bulley, superannuated ; and Mr. Ebenezer Ross is appointed third-class clerk, vice Carrington. PORTSMOUTII,,TUESDAT.—The Simoom, iron steam frigate, Captain Kingcombe, has bad ber machinery and compasses adjusted, and will, according to pre sent arrangements, go out of harbour on Thursday for a trial. We are informed the Governor of the Convict Establishment at Portland will be removed to the new convict prison building in Portsea, and now nearly ready for occupation. Captain Barrow, Governor of the York convict hulk in this harbour, will be removed to the Warrior hulk, at Woolwich. Governor J. Bennison, of the Stirling Castle hulk in this harbour, will be superannuated. Major Shaw will be appointed Governor of the in valid prisoners in the Stirling Castle. The Dasher steam-vessel, Commander Le Febvre, came into harbour yesterday morning from the Channel Islands, to repair some defects. Her Majesty's steam yacht Elfin, Acting Master- Commander Balliston, got up her stenm yesterday, and tested her machinery in a run round Spithead. It is expected she will be required to attend upon the Court about the Bth inst. The Echo steam-tug took out prisoners from the Stirling Castle and York hulks yesterday, and put them on board the Fairlie convict transport, at Spit head, which weighed and proceeded to Cowes to-day to embark more from Parkhurst Prison. The Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, C. 13. has been removed to moorings off the west shore to day. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. At three o'clock in the afternoon his Royal Highness went to Crosby Hall, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of th e R oya l F am ily took their usual exercise yesterday morning, in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday, at B ack ingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau, the Duchess of Suther• land, and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Jersey, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, Lord Rivers, Baron Hadeln, and Baron Roggenbach. The band of the 21 Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following selec tions : March .. Grattan Cooke. Overture, " Zatopa" Herold. Waltz, "Prima Donna" Selection, " L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber. Air Russe (Soli, oboe and trom bone—Grattan Cooke) Eugene Vimerix. Quadrille, " Martha" Galloppe, " Charlotten" God save the Queen. Lord Byron has relieved Lord Elphinstone in his duties as Lord in Waiting to the Queen. The Marchioness of Ely has relieved the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe in her duties as Lady of the Bedchamber to her Majesty. The Queen's private band attended at Buckingham Palace in the e ven i ng on M on d ay, and p l aye d the following compositi ons : Overture, " Panch0n".......• Himmel. Fackeltanz • • •••• Coro, " Viva Enrico" • Pucitta. Melodion Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yes terday, at Gloucester House. The Countess de Neuilly visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of .lient yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Chacelier Bunsen had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Rosslyn and Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., had also interviews with the Noble Earl. Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Sir Thomas Fremantle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting on Monday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). The Commission met again yesterday, when there were present —the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell , J . L. Dam pier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A . P. Stanley (secre ' tary). Hon. Sir J. Pakington yest erda y at the Colonial- Mr. Newdegate had an int erview with the Right office. Mr. Philip Bennett had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet.; Mr. Liddell had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday. Sir John Trollope and Mr. Thomas Edward Pen fold bad interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole yes terday. - - COMMITTAL OF AN EMIGRANT VICTI i u g p ra c n a t b s i h s ship -agent, NIISEE.,--At the Liverpool police-court yesterday (m c n c t o ' unt in Regent street, ) limed Lawrence Nolan, formerly in the Dublin :" a man, police, lately and more re caccaltelrykcatrouM, in i. g . Ili on au b m us e ine e s m s street, opposite the Clarence Dock, a s was ~ emigrantagent,' fully committed for trial at the charge of felony, in having appropriatednext assizes upon a various articles of wearing apparel and to his own use longing to an intending emigrant other property, be printer, who had paid for hispassagenamed Joseph Christian, a York by the ship International, from Liverpool to New en gaged in procuring the passage The prisoner had been departure, and the prosecutor's and arranging for Christian's office. Soon after getting his luggage was left at Nolan's opened them, and discovered boxes on board, the prosecutor amounting in value to 151., had that a number of articles, fortunately for the ends f• been abstracted. The ship, an adverse wind, and ?Justice, was detained in port by Superintendent Clough information was given to the police. immediately dispatched two detective officers, who apprehended Nolan, and found in his po ssession many of the articles . stolen from the prosecutor's bo xes. In the prisoners pockets d cards, stating his name and address, a ( N i vere some printed t• 'n would be that " every informo given to emigrant ,1 1 has thus s• The poor fellow Chri stian lost his passage, and must remain until t he assizes prose cute the rascal. THE I ‘ I MURDER, IN MARYLEBONE. Last evening Mr W I- 1 x , ' . a.viey, ..-L.1)•, resumed and concluded, at the Phconix, North-street, St. john's -wood, the adjourned inquest upon Emma Styles, the wife of a stableman, who was murdered on the 15th ult., in the brutal manner already described in our police reports. The jury, baying deliberated half an h our , returned the following verdict:'"" The deceased, Mary Styles, was brutally and wilfully murdered by some person or persons unknown." WEST CORNWALL ItAILwAY. - 011 Saturday last the West Cornwall Railway, between Redruth and Penzance, a distance of twenty-one miles, was opened for the first time, and was travelled over by the directors and a few of their friends on their way to the half-yearly meeting. T h i s part of the line is n ow ready for use, bu t cannot b . e rendered available for the service of the public till it has been passed over and approved by the Government inspector, whose is new looked forward to with some interest. A Cabinet Council will be held at the F visit oreiga office vu Saturday. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE WARRINGTON AND .ALTRINCHAM JUNG. - Tf ON. This is a new line in course of furmatior, and the + first ordinary meeting was held iu Liverpool on Mundey. ..',e- - P Mr. Gilbert Greenal;, ar., the c h a i rman o f direetnce, . ' I - . presided. -- -- 4 • The Ca/011111N said that this bring the first wee eg blikj o ( -4 r _ I observations would necessarily be very short. This rill',..''''rer -1 .4c ' ---- "'" 1 way had two great features which were very fare; :pie i':',V"-- , - - ;,. if" 4 i the first was, the advantage which we poss ess ., ; 4t,-;,,,-e4,,,, i ),.... ~ .0,, geographical point of view, uniting the important . ..;L,..,....„tL''',., ''' 1, 4 „ 6 1Y munity of Manchester with Liverpool, both from vi" ,"eit'ert e stun on the Lancashire side of the Mersey, and Birke. '.. e t' 4,0 head on the Cheshire side; and also opening a great -,' highway east and west across the country from Holy head down to the Hurnher.—(Hear, hear.) The other feature was the extreme cheapness at which the line would be formed. The directors hoped to complete it at a cost of not more than 13,000/, per mile; anti when they compared that with the cost of other and neigh bouring railways, he thought they would egree with him that that was a most promising feature in their un dertaking. F or i nstance , w h e n they joined the h South- Junction Railway at Altrincham they came upon a rail way which cos t, e believed, a sum exceeding 80 , 0001 . Mr. l IIGHFIELD—Nearer 100,000/. The CH AIRMAN cont i nued—An d w h en they joined the Cheshire junction at Walton, they touched a railway 'Wherefore he b e li eve d cost rather more than 6 0,000/. a mile. ...herefore he thought they would possess L A most valuable property, forming as they would the great link between railways, which, in the judgment of 501110 p erties, were supposed to be worth at lea 4 what they cost. direc tors re-elected with 24 rote of 600/. f or t h e i r servi ,'!es, the report havi rr; b een read and adopted, the and other resolutions of a formal nature passed, We pro ceedings terminated. The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held en Friday at Truro, Mr. W. M. Tweedy in the chair. The report stated that the directors had made appli cation to the Board of Trade for power to abandon cer tain portions of the line, and to reduce the capital of the company. They had hcpcd before the meeting to have received the warrant of the Commissioners of }tailwayF, by whom the application was understood to have been favourably viewed, but i❑ consequence of certain unfore seen circumstances had failed to do so. The directors hoped very shortly to receive the warrant, and they would then call a special meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of acting upon it, and for the readjust ment of the capital of the company. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had no doubt, but that in a few days after the new Ministry had taken office they would receive the warrant, and the directors would then lose no time in calling a special meeting, after which they would no doubt take steps to obtain the necessary capital to com plete the railway from Plymouth to Falmouth. Resolutions were passed, adopting the report; re-elect ing Messrs. W. M. Tweedy, W. Carne. and G. Smith, the retiring directors; and also Mr. G. Jones, the retir ing auditor. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. On Saturday last the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held at the Lion Room, Shrewsbury; Mr. William Ormsby Gore, M.P., in the chair. The statement of accounts showed the receipts to be 201,111/.45. 101, and the expenditure 161,7671. 135. 7d., leaving a balance of 13,459/. 4s. Bd. in favour of the company. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that the works had progressed as rapidly as their contractors were able, considering the funds at their disposal. He had received a letter from Mr. Brassey, in which that gentleman stated he would he enabled to complete the lino as far as Ludlow by the middle or latter end of April. The board had, however passed a resolution that morning, enforcing the opening of it on the 20th of April, a copy of which would be communicated to Mr. Brassey, and no excuse for fur ther delay would be tolerated. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the adoption of the report, which was carried. The CHAIRMAN moved tho forfeiture of 9,653 shares. He hoped they would be able to get them disposed of at par at least. DUBLIN AND BRAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held on Thureiay at Dublin, but, in consequence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of shareholders on that and the follow ing day at the appointed hour to constitute a legal meet ing, no business could be transacted. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE CITY. Last night Mr. William Payne, the coroner of Lon don, held an inquest at the Rose and Ball Tavern, Ben nett'a-hill, Doctors'-commons, on the body of Thomas Late, a workman in the employment of Messrs. Vivian and Co., proprietors of the Castle Baynard Copper Wharf, Upper Thames-street, City. The evidence of several witnesses proved that on the previous evening (Monday), about half-past seven o'clock, Mr. Evans, the foreman of the wharf had his attention directed to the warehouses by an unusual noise, and on proceeding to the place t) ascertain the cause, he found that one of the floors had given way, and the contents consisting of nine tons of nails in bags, and seven tons of copper sheathing, had fallen from the first into the ground floor. The deceased having been seen a short time previously at work in the last-named floor, it was at once suspected that he was beneath the immense weight of goods that had been been precipitated below. Search having been made, in the course of a few minutes the poor fellow was discovered completely flattened, one side of his body ripped open, and life, of course, extinct. The body having been extricated, an examination was made, with a view of ascer taining the cause, of the catastrophe, the result of which showed that the space on which the immense weight of articles had been stored was only 12, feet by 9, and one of tho joists having shrunk in that part which entered the wall, had, in consequence, given way, and hence the melancholy occurrence. Mr. Alexander, the architect, of No. 30, Bedford-square, was examined by the coroner, with a view of learning whether any one was to blame in constructing the premises. That gen tleman deposed that tho floors of the building were two inches thick, but the goods which had been placed on the floor had been too heavy, and ho should suggest that the men employed on the premises should be more careful in placing such a weight on the floors in future. Some portions of the building had been strengthened with cross beams, and the same ought to be done in that particular part, or pillars might be put there, which would strengthen the premises and prevent a similar casualty. The fact of one part of the buildings being t s h o a s t t r p e o n r g t i t o h n e nwe hich h ig a b d t g h i a v v e e led the men n waywas.e t q o ua b l e ly liev a e s that se cure.eif,hi i O n e n h e e s ofi in the h t h e e joists wall, wasad s o h n r u l y n k t h , r a e n e d s n t h e e a a d , a o n f d being eight inches in the wall, was only three inches, and the weight placed on it had caused it to come out of its pro per place. Tho coroner having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death." - - ,„ D ARIN G HIGIIIVAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED Munnza AT LAMBETn.—lnformation was yesterday sent round by the Commissioners of Police of the following daring robbery and attempted murder of Mr. Joseph Lewis, a clerk, in the employ of Harvey and Knight, the floor-cloth manufacturers, of Broad-street, Bloomsbury, and the Lower whom k n l o il clf e e d a h , i , m l if e down, 21larsh, Lambeth. It appeared that he was going to his resinedce In Mason-street, in the latter parish, about el in the evening, and when close to his own door, he waseva€tn his pockets, from w ilr h e i s c e h rs i e h r ey " took five shillings, and endeavoured to get his watch and guard away from his neck. He was not wholly insensible and his calls for assistance were heard by police-constable, heard raa Ts tackednhpepynst supposed, with n tcw commenced men, msennm c one n d e rifling instrumento of 4 42, o f the L division, who immediatelyD in the direction, without succeedingthey the two fellows made off when butcoming offered a very stubborn resistance. fo to ot t s h te e p s s pot, which was hanging outside Ir. Lewis's coat, he having in He ge w tt a i s ng tak t e e n own house, where a surgeon watch, which quickly attended, and he was found to be: seriously • dangerously. The police, ed; but, it is to be hoped, not police it is said, know one of the fellows , but at present h © has ' left his usual haunts. He is only. however, "abiding his time," as he will be tracked and caught. CONSUMPTION or SPIRITS.—The duty recei ved on su spirits ent ere d f or h ome con tion in the year end in g the sth of Jan uary l ast was nole m ss P tan 6,030,32 31 . 17 s. 100. in the United Kingdom as the net produce. DISCOVERY OF SILVER LEAD MINES IN Mort- MouTDSDIRE.—In the neighbourhood of Caerphilly, Mon mouthshire, some very valuable mines of silver lead ores have just been discovered. The discovery was made by a charcoal burn er , who, o n levelling the ground for the pur pose of raising his hut, had occasion to remove a small tree, and whilst so doing so found a large mass of the ore in close proximity to the surface. T his was u p wards of 10 tons in weight, and since then the company who are working the mine have found much larger quantities. A pit and levels arc being sunk and driven for the purpose of working the ore. Upwards of 100 tons of lead ore have been raised in . a few weeks from a shaft sunk M a meadow, and this ore analysed,gholovdinglebaedentotheton. The min era l f i e ld o f S ou th Vira.le! has also in this neighbourhood yielded other treasuretalvoer several rich seams of bituminous coal and iron been found, and amongst these is a tine rich vein doubt ore upwards . of six. feet in thickness. There can be " - that these discoveries will prove very productive. an and A DUMB WEDDING.—A few days ago , i the m church woman presented themselves at the altar of was deaf and of Beichenberg, in Bohemia, each of whom h had become d u mb. The bride, the daughter of a citizen, n d dumb institu acquainted wills her husband in a deaf a ofortehe red -e silence. The riage ceremony was performed in pe-e c of paper, and each written on slips tion at Prague, where both had been eductated. The mar questions were handed to or shakes of the head. the answers were returned by Sir John Trollops to -day enters at the Poor-law Board. of the ()nice vacated by Mr. e.,.! nods upon his duties I B IR n ISH SUPPORTERS.—At LORD DERBY the rand jury, the assizes of Wexford, AND isilTshursday last, the members of on i exception, adopted the fol lowingsuffered most severely by the essentially and ,pit consequet thatrni 'that the county of Wexford, being agrii t tli r iria , c; : '' t h s e h e next election, should alone he opinion is most ensential h the candidateselector., as will support our agricultural in. , preseioniat ;r free-tradee a s n o lt t i i o c n , : p oars with " and thereby enable this country to pay the heavy terests, from which foreigners are exempt." taxation, . . s g n il p_ e p n or t t o of st t in h b e VI , ACCIDENT AT WESTMINSTER.—Yester- Fl ticlTY th , a , afternoon, between ree and four, a serious accident d to Eliza Murray, aged 11 ycars, residing at No. 2, Shipyard, Horseferry--road, Westminster. It appears from her statement that she got on the fender to get a key o ff the man tel -shelf, when the wind from t h e d oor bl e w her dress i n the lire, which ignited her cl o th es . Her screams fo r he lp brought Henry Hillier, wh o ran to the g i r l, and with difficulty succeeded in e xt i nguishing the fl am es, but not till the unfortunate suff erer was most dreadfully burnt. She was taken to * Westminster Hospital, where M r. L y nne surgeon, quickly attend e d ; but Ant the 51ighteot hopes are eatertAilled 91 4cr lec9Yery,