The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

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That adverting to the dispatch to the Ben g al Government, transmitted fourteen years since by the Court of Directors, and dated 20th February, 1833, declaring their determined withdrawal Ilenceforth from all connexion with, and abatement of, the idolatrous ~nrem and ceremonies of India ; and furthe r adverting to the last "ear'S Correspondence of the Co urt with its Bengal Government, ~ 'Tiered to be laid on the table of th is Court, demonstrating that no pledge, direct or indirect, was ever give n for the support of the Temple of Juggernaut, and also adverting to the continued annual 14 ° ,15 Y-paynieut of 35,000 rupees, still made by the local Govern tut for the support of that temple , its p riests and prostitutes, under supposed obligation of some fiscal connnutatiou, in consequence ". Which paykieut, it was proved at the September Court, that the abominations of this temple, and destruction of human life, still eon linue, precisely as if the said dispatch had never been issued. This Court is of opinion that the local Government is maid estly exceeding 42 commission, and that the time is Hilly arrived when it becomes the , roPerative duty of this ::curt , to C hristianity and the country, to ,_ 4ll terpoae, and to declare that all s uch su pp ort of heathenism shall Lave an immediate end." That a proprietor has given nctice, that at the said Quarterly General Court he will submit the following motion, viz.:- Ist. "That the following declaration, mate by Major Carpenter (the Governor-General's agent at Benares, in charge of t h e late .Raja of Sattara), in his letter to the Government of Inila, dated the 25th of May, 1846, namely, "net after bavieg carefully studied the while of the voluminous documents connected with his (the late Raja's) case the result was a belief in his innocence, and that belief had been confirmed beyond a doubt by subsequent disclosures, and by nIS (the late Raja's) pledging himself to prove it, if permitted to do 20 . in his letter to Sir Henry Ilardinge, of the 12th of December, 1244, forwarded through him, and which pledge lie (Major Carpen ter) was fully persuaded the Raja was able to redeem, does, in the opinion of this Court. render it the imperative duty of the British 'Government to institute an 'wiry into the late Raja's case, with a view to ascertain the truth or falsehood of the charges of certain alleged treasonable practices, on which he was deposed, deprived of his property; driven into banishment, add confined as a state pri soner at litenares until his death. 2d. " That in the opinion of this Court such inquiry into the case Of the late Baja of Sattara is further rendered necessary, in order that if his innocence should be estalslished, the title, territory, and Property which lie held under the treaty of the 25th of September, 18 19,and which, by the said treaty, were and are secured to his fa. . 2411 Y, as a perpetual provis on and Inheritance, may be restored 1,0 girth family, in the person of of the late Raja's adopted son, Trim buckiee Rajey Slsoday Bhos la y , who is the only son and heir of the naJa's deceased cousin, the late B alla Sahib only That a Proprietor has given notice that, at the said Quarterly General C o urt, he will " call attention to the conduct of Sir James Weir Hogg, late 'Chairman of the Court of Directors, in the Re xi of With the suppression of certain papers in the case of ja 8 attara." That another Proprietor has given notica that, at the said Quar terly General Court, he will submit the following motion, viz.:— " That as it appears from the printed papers laid before the Court Of Proprietors, and from other authentic sources, that there is no act Of the British Government by which its reputation for good faith and clemency has been more deeply sullied, than by the unprovoked in vasion of the principality of Sinde, foPowed by the dethronement and expatriation of its hereditary rulers, it is the opinion of this Court that every constitutional means should be persevered is, with the view of obtaining for those deeply injured and still exiled Princes that indemnity to which their unmerited sufferings, sod the valuable aid which they so tong rendered to the British Government iu the Beason of distress, so justly entitle them." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. for COALS for the ROYAL N—/ MARINE BAHRA.CKS and INFIRMARIES. Department of th Comptroler fer Victalling and Transport Services, Somerset- l place , March 16, 1848. The Commissioners for exceutlng the Office of Lord High Admiral or, the tf tilted Ki n gdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that en THUUSDAY, the 23d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat whit such Percons as may be willing to Contract ter supplying the Royal Marine Barracks at Deptford, and the Royal Uarine Barracks and Infirmaries at Woolwich, Uhatham, Ports- Mouth, and Plymouth, with all such COALS of one or ether of the following sorts, as shall from time to time be demanded, between the Ist of April next and the 31st of March, 1848. Deptford, Woolwich, and Chatham —Lanibton's, or Stewart's, or /bitten's, or Russel's Hetton's Wallsend. Portsmouth—Lambton's, or Stewart's, or Iletten's Wallsend. Plymouth—Ruseel's High Main, or Stobart's Wallsend, or Spring- Vreli's Wallsend, or IJsworth's Main Coals. Persons tendering must stale what sorts they intend to supply. The conditions of the Controcts may be seen at tho said Office, or on application to the Barrackmaster at the respective ports. Xe render wil be received after One o'clock es tile day of treaty, Dor any noticed, nnleet,the party attends, or an agent for lihn, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset -place, accompanied by a letter signed by -a responsible person, engaging to become bound With the person tendering, in the sum of 2001. for the dne perform ance of each of the Contracts for Deptford and Woolwich, and in the stun of 4001. for each of the other places. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for Orpha and Necessitous Children, Wanstead. PATRON—n 11 RM. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. PRESIDENT—J. MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Notice is hereby given, that a Quarterly General Court of the Go vernors of this Institution will be held at the London Tavern, Bi shopsgate-street, in the city of London, on TUESDAY, the 28th day of March instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Quartorly Reports from the Board of Management and the Auditors • to dec , de as to the eligi bility •f the case of the Child ' E. B. Cross ; to entertain, discuss, and determine Mr. Gunton's motion, of which due notice has been given, and which may be seen, on application at the Offices ; and all such other questions and matters as may be autho rised and required by the rules of the Institution to be brought before the Court. The personal attendance of all Governors is SU particularly requested. IS. NA, Secretary. Offices, 60, Broad-street, Cheapside. CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. TENDERS FOR LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TENDERS of LOANS on DEBENTURES, in sums not less than 1001., for Three, Five, or Seven years, bearing interest at the rate of five per Cent. per Annum, interest thereon payable haf-yearly at the Bankers of the Company, secured under the previsions of the Company's Act of Parliament 6th and 7th Wm. IV., chap. 133. Tenders to be addressed to this Ogle s, No. 9, Villiers-street, Strand. By order, RIC /lARD LAWRENCE, Secretary. Charing-crosi Bridge Office, No. 9, Villiers-street, Strand, March 15, 1848. SOUTH WALES RAILW AY. FIFTH CALL, 51. per Share ; making 231. paid. NOTICE is lIEREBT GIVEN, that pursuant to a Resolution of the Board of Directors, the l'roprietors of Shares in this Company are required to PAT the SLITII INSTALMENT of Si. per share, nn or before the '6th day of April next, to any of the under. men tloned Bankers : London • • ••. . • • Messrs. Glyn, lallifax, Mills, and CO. Liverpool .... . • The Bank •f Liverpool. 2danchester ........Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. Gloucester ........ The Gloucestershire Banking Company. 73ristol and Exeter.. The West of England and South Wales Bank. Cardiff ............ The National Provincial Bank of England. Carmarthen.. • • • ... Messrs. David Morris and Sons. Swansea • • • • •• .... The Glamorganshire Banking Company. All Calls not paid on or before the 6th of April next will be charged with interest at the rate ef 5 per cent. per annum ; and no Interest shall be payable to any proprietor upon any amounts which be may have paid up, or which may have been pall up en any abares, so long as any call shall remain unpaid upon any shares held by him. lily order, N. .1111.31STR.ONG, Secrotary. South Wales I=ailway Office, 449, West Strand, London. S N 11ARCH 20, 1848, 9 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE [PR ICE SD. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. The muse, methinks, will need no coaxing wheedle, When asked to sing of Cleopatra's Needle ; A subject like this celebrated pillar, With various musings very soon must fill her. This wondrous relic of the bygone ages, Stands boldly forth on antiquarian pages ; And none who witness it attempt to garble The warm accounts et this Egyptian marble. But if the public prints have rightly written, 'This porphyry monument's to cone to Britain; And many having heard about its landing, Begin to talk upon its place of standing. Oae mentions this—another that proposes, But I've a word to say for Messrs. MOSES. What site more fit for Cleopatra's Needle Than right in view of Aldgate's parish beadle? Let Cleopatra's Needle show the people What MOSES do in front of Aldgate steeple ; There let the Needle stand, in triumph showing, A monument to needles made for sewing. MOSES and SON with needles have effected What none can rival, and what none expected. Their Trousers, Coats, and Vests, without a question, Are such as loudly call for this suggestion. There's not an article but what discloses The skliftll work of needles used by MOSES. LUICEIi. BEADY YAM BUM TftelOni •• •• •• •• •• •• •••••••••• •• •• from £0 9 0 Chesterfield and Codringten's, and every descriptiez of Over-coat, handsomely trimmed.. • • . • •• •• • 1 5 0 The racha Coat ••..••••• • • • • • .. • •• . .. • 1 8 0 The Fullmer, especially adapted for snowy and wet weather. •••••• • . • • • ........... ....... 1 0 0 The PTSlllier •••• • • • • • • .. •• • . 0 15 0 Boy's Winter Coats, in every style ........ 06 0 Men's Do. Trousers, lined .. ••••• • • • • . .. • • 0 4 0 Doeskin •••••• • • • • .• ............ 0 12 6 Dress Coats.. ••.•.• • • • . 1 I 0 Double-breasted Winter Tests.— •••••• • • • • • • • . 0 2 0 8 0 1 l cellar .. Boy? Buss= and Dude suits • • • • 016 6 NADI TO mkasusx. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed •.••••.•••••• • • • • . • • .. • • from 1 6 0 Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet cellar and cuffs .. 2 4 0 Tweed Wripper.. •• ..... .. Doeskin Trous.wrs • ......... ••••• • • • •• 1 2 0 Best. or Dress.. . ..... •• • • ..... • • .•• .. 1 6 0 Dress Cast •••• • • • •,.." "• • ••••• • •• •• 112 3 Best qua,: ty .•••• • • . • • 215 0 Frock do.. Best quality .isade •••••• • • • • • • 3 3 0 CA/11MM Vests ..•• •• •• •• • • • 8 6 Satins, or Fancy Boy's Hussar and Tunic Sults -••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 6 0 G re at coat.. ••• • • • •••• • • • • •• • • 0 16 0 ASnit of Clothes co m p lete.. • • ........ ..... • 1 16 0 ;Mourning to any extent at rive Minutes notice. Obeervo.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to men+ sore, if not approved of, will be • mehanged, or if preferred, the money returned. - B. 3108138 and SON, Tailors; We drapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Baden, Farriers, Boot and Sheens/ k , and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, a t 156, 157 Miseries, and 83, 64, 85, and 86 Aldgate. Clty.-Londo Cautt9a.—E. Moses and Son rear t being obliged to guard the publie against impostors, but ,lave 1 irked that the =tradesman- Ilke falsehood of being eenneeted wi* them, or it's the same ooncers, ' hen been resorted to in many itlitant .as, and for obvious reasons. They have no counaxiou with an otia cc hews in or out of Loudon; and them wlie desire genuine and p clothing, &0., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, 4,111 r, London. IsTotice.—Xo business transacted 4 this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday. 14taa La3 O3 eSS is resumed till twelve o'clock. of the gaiters. Gqit, , r. ,:f trian black cloth, with flat black leather buttons." ----------...._ _ ON THE CONCEALED CAU SE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS ~ '31.16 DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WIT'S NEMER( WS COLOURED ENLAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed I. alvelope, pr ice 2es. O 6i., or free C by post , 3s. 6d. ONTROUL OF TH E PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Ceicealci i Cause of its p remature Decline, with Instructi ons for its Ccmplete Restoratioi. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive con aoquinees of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervot is Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Cons amption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation en MAIULI) LO&, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engr aviugs, explanatory of the varleas Cases, See. By C. J. LUCAS and Cot , Cons * lilting Surgeons, Ne. 68, Norman- Street, Oxford -street, Londe'. Member if the London C tilage of Medicine, lko. &c, CONTENTS 0 r Tun WORK, Chap. I. —Bodily • and Mental ..2x kaustion induced lry inordinate sduigence of the Passions, inner at ted with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful, Results of a Sect 4t Tice on the Mind aid Body, evidenced in the prediction of CI asimption, Epilepsy, and ether convulsive diseases, Insanity, idloq f, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, stricture, Impotence, and Stet ility, with °Wet-rations en the Duties of Married Life, and on the a *happiness caused by 'Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Ear taustion of the principal Taal FalletiOTlS, the nature and treatment e if Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the M* tal act, caused byt he practice Of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Com 0 acea, its symptoms, cempllea time Auld treatment, Gloct, Striett an , and disease of the Prostate. 'lop. i.—'syphilis, and its attends.) rti•maladics and treatment. Cases, dpid ooncliding observations, Plates i Ito. void by Brittain , 54, Paternoste r-rew ; (lord in 146, Leadenhall anivet ; Hannay aid Co., 63. Oxit rd-street; Sanger, 15e, Ostbrd- Sineet ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street,'] 'iondop ; Winkel, 7%, High-street, Ilitrraingham; Whitmore, MI, Marl vr-effeet, Manchester • Howell, 54, Church-street, Liverpool ; Heat .1. Broad -street, Bristol; Ro *neon. 11, Greenslde-street, Mtn gh ; Love, 5, Nelson-street, .askew ; Powell, 10, Westmorc -Street, Dublin ; end all Sooksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the ve work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, t y, to insure secrecy, have it *yet Item the Authors, by enclosing s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be co ;tilted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the evenin , at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford -street, Lond n, and country patients may be meoesoni ll y treated, on minutely di scribing their ease, and enclos ag Um usual focof 11, for adlico. I think this is quittienough on the item of uniforms The Rifles who had been thus tastefully set up by the Court, rendered themselves eminent by their assiduous and successful practice. One would have hoped that the whole corps had been proud of them, but it was otherwise, the " public taste" wr.s to be yet more openly despised, anti at the coronation of his Majesty NVil. IV., a new uni form was again issued, and the whole corps dressed in scarlet, and thus travestied, the Artillery Division and the Rifle Company appeared, for the first time since they had been formed, as part of the line drawn up at Westmin ster to salute their King, which they had had the honour of doing to his predecessor in the blue and green now disallowed by the Court of Assistants to be worn, even on detached service! The Artillery and Rifles were disgusted; the favourite colours totally withdrawn from vt lint may be termed the enlisting class, and the triumph of an ignorant and envious majority in the Court of As sistants, was completed! Happily, since that period, better and more practical dispositions have grown up in the Court. Already, in 1838.39, six Captains, men of the day, and advocates for improvement, succeeded to the seats of an equal number amusing an and latterly by by g and popping at the boili ng" of old officers who had, in their way, for so many years ben the Artillery Division! In 1843 the corps was honoured by her Majesty in appointing her Royal Consort Prince Albert Captain. General and Colonel. This in itself was hailed by the barn Rifles, members as the " Auspicion rnelioris cevi," and I trust this earnest and dutiful expectation may yet be fully realised! In 1845 the Major and Lieutenant-Colonel resigned. These estimable officers, although naturally attached to old habits and associations, had been in the corps for nearly half a century, they had successively been elected, by the members, to all the ranks, including those - of field officers, in which they were also confirmed by the Crown, in 1842. As volunteer, officers their acquirements were most respectable, and their atten tion to the interest of the corps unceasing, while their amenity to the members of all ranks won for them the esteem of the whole company! They assigned as the grounds for their retirement, that the discipline and ardour of the corps was in such a promising condition, that they felt it desirable now to vacate their appointments in order that the Crown, by the nomination of younger men, might give further scope to the capabi lities of the Artillery Company. The hope of the speedy realiation of this further development tended much to reconcile the corps to the loss of its old and valued field officers. On Sir James Graham, as the Home Minister of that day, devolved the responsibility of advising the Crown on the appointment of the new field officers; and my next, and concluding letter, will show how that duty has been performed, and its influence on the best inte rests of the Artillery Company, whose reorganisation, as the centre of a metropolitan volunteer system, I shall then endeavour to explain. — l remain, SOL ir, your obedient VOL servant, THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY. " Arms pads fulcra." TO THE EDITOR OF THE UNITED SERVICE CAZET7E. Sir,--In fulfilment of the promise I made in your last number, I now resume the subject of the senior Volunteer Corps of this country. Events of the utmost political moment have, since then, thoroughly awoke the " British Lion;" the wand of the mesmerisers and peace empirics is snapped asunder, and our " Lion" ought now to assume a noble attitude, equal to all the possible exigencies of " National Defence!" Thus I take up the theme of my former letter, to show how existing machinery may be extended and applied as preferable to novel and expensive schemes, and so proceed with the modern history of the Artillery Company. The internal economy of this corps must be viewed in connexion with its " Rules and Orders," orignally made in 1658, and severally revised and amended up to the year 1842, when they were sanctioned by the war rant of her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, by which all the "immemorial rights and usages of the Company to make laws for its own government," as confirmed by her Royal predecessors, were granted, with the exception of the heretofore exercised right of annually electing the Field Officers and Adjutant, which, thenceafter was to be exchanged for the nomination by " the Crown." The existing "rights and usages" thus sanctioned by the royal warrant, consist in the annual election, by the holy at large, of all the Staff (Adjutant excepted) Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, and civil servants. Also of 24 members (of all ranks indiscriminately) to serve on the, "Court of Assistants" which is the general governing body of the Artillery Company. To this Court of Assistants the " exclusive cognizance" -pf all civil and military Offences belongs. Also any alterations in the uniforms can only take place, " with the approbation of the Court of Assistants, upon the recommendation of the Military Committee." Then again, it is provided, " That the Military affairs of the Company be regulated by a Committee consisting of the Field Officers and Adjutant." The revenue of the company is derived from freehold property and houses, and the annual subscription of the members at present only IL Is. each. The operation of the foregoing heads results in a battalion of six companies, two flank companies (Grena dier and Light Infantry), a rifle company, and an artil lery division. There are drills and field exercises all the year round, on each Thursday. Salutes fired from the field-pieces (two 6 and two 3-pounders) on public days, and oc casional musters of the whole corps on national anniversa ries, such as the Coronation, birthday, &c. The company's officers, commissioned as well as non commissioned, are elected, without any military qualifi cation, by the free choice of the members of their own sempanies. In consequence it has often occurred that in the case of skeleton companies (six or seven at most) officers have annually re-elected themselves. To this evil, as I 511.11 show hereafter, the inanity of the com pany, since the termination f the war, is chiefly at tributable. It will be perceived from what I have just described, that the "Rules and Orders" are based upon the free exercise of the principles of self-government; and, how ever inconsistent such popular freedom may appear to the purely military eye, it is, nevertheless, well adapted to the average intelligence of a volunteer association ; and when considered as applied to a self-sustaining body, wholly unsupported by the revenues of the State, its fitness must be admitted. At all events, I feel assured that the permanence of the Artillery Company is mainly attributable to the popular spirit ef its constitution. The proof of this was, at all events, satisfactorily evi dent in the year 1804, when, as mentioned in my last letter, the company was able to take the field with an Artillery Division, and 4 brass guns, a finely - -a quit ped Rifle Company, and a regularly organised. infantry bat talion, collectively, 1,000 strong. From this period I take up its progn si and modern history. Similarly to other metropolitan corps, it entered with spirit into the sham fights at Hampstead, Nurwood, and Woolwich, which, in the palmy days of volunteering were most agreeable as excursions to the citizen, and at the same time eminently instructive to the soldier. But, as the chances of foreign invasion diminished, a corresponding decline in the numbers of the corps took place, and in 1811, at the review on Wimbledon Common, their strength was under 400. In 1813, the Court of Assistants put forth to the citi zens an address, in the shape of a pamphlet, detailing all the advantages of the company, and exhorting them to join its ranks. Volunteering, however, was now not only discountenanced, but even ridiculed within the walls of Parliament itself, and ungratefully so indeed, when in the hour of extreme peril it had been hailed as the palla dium of the nation ! Napoleon at least felt it to be so 1 But now both citizens and senate could view at a dis tance the approaching close of the great European mili tary drama. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that the appeal of the Court of Assistants was not re sponded to. In 1814, at the review in Hyde-park, the field return showed further decrease in numbers. Several well-intentioned, but misdirected, efforts were made by the Court about this period to encourage the musters, as well as the recruiting; even medals were awarded to such members as had attended a certain number of the field days, but all without success This state of things was, however, by no means with out a remedy, but the Court of Assistants, composed as it then was of a great majority of the battalion, still continued to struggle on with a skele ton corps, and did so because unable to see that, although public excite ment was gone, there yet remained the public taste to draw upon; of this the efficient state of their numerous and splendidly equipped Rifle Company was a glaring proof I Battalion officers, with but a handful of men, could not very well go through a field day, and so they used their majority on the Court to compel the Artillery and Rifle divisions to form part of the Line, and enture the sick ening monotony of a few battalion mancevres, while the exercise of their own peculiar arms was neglected 1 Can it be a matter of surprise that the " Blues" and the " Greens" should have fallen off from these musters, and that the latter should prefer their morning's ball prac tice at " Chalk-farnr,' , and consider their efficiency as rifle shots of the first importance to the welfare of the corps at large ? The Rifle company was at this time commanded by the same enterprising officer who origi nally formed it, by order of the Court of Assistants, in ISO 3, when the complement of men was fixed at 100. No personal sacrifice was ever wanting to bring their skill as marksmen, and their general equipment, as near as possible to perfection. He infused into them un bounded confidence when cn duty, and an esprit de corps quite unatainable by any other company. Their practice was almost unremitting, and although they never sent challenges to other corps, the Rifles of the Artillery company accepted several, and beat their competitors. In 1810 some gentlemen at Stamford ima gined themselves to be unapproachable in this arm, and challenged, by advertisement, in the daily papers, the Rifles of England generally; those of the Artillery at once took up the glove, travelled down to Nottingham shire, and returned to London, bearing off the prize, an elegant gold medal, which remains among them to this day; it is to be found described in the Illustrated News of the 26th August, 1843. But, as a specimen of effective skill, the practice at Woolwich of this spirited company was, probably, never surpassed. It took place on the 15th October, 1823. The target was 5 feet 6 inches high, and 15 feet long, which is nearly the space that nine men would occupy in line; nine men were stationed at 250 yards, and eight at 200 yards from the target. Cartridges were net used, every men loaded with tootle powder and ball. 'The period allowed for firing was 30 minutes, during which 580 bal:s struck the target, and were well distributed over its surface. The idea was to show the efficacy of a small detach ment of It fles to check an attacking column advancing over a bridge, or through a The rest only proves dexterity iu handling their arms, as it is not likely that in other situations the enemy would allow the head of his column to be peppered at for more than a few mi nutes, without extending or retreating. I have dwelt thus much on the Rifles because it is the arm which all military men now consider to be best suited, in war, to volunteer troops; while in times of profound peace even the p r a ctice forms an agreeable pastime, and the emulative feeling is nourished by shooting for prizes, &c , added to which, the uniform is gentlemanly and inexpensive. In 1817, the Duke of Sussex bad been proposed in the usual form, by some members of this company, and being elected by the Court of Assistants as Colonel, vice Curtis, resigned, his Royal Highness remained in that rank subject to the annual election of officers, agreeably to the rules explained in the early part of this letter, until 1831, when William IV., in granting a new warrant, nominated and confirmed him as Colonel. The numbers of the company, under the blind fatuity of the Court of Assistants to prop up their " scarlet abomination" at al hazards, continued to de cline, until, iu 1820, they stood below 200, when for tunately the great novelty of a coronation, that of George IV., and the promise of an honourable post being assigned to the corps, brought an augmentation of some 50 members. New uniforms were supplied to the corps. The 19th July, 1821, found the Artillery Company in line near the Abbey on duty, on that interesting and to the Goverment) somewhat anxious occasion. Their services were afterwards suitably acknowledged by the Secretary of State. The preponderance of the blue and green uniforms on that day (the Rifles, alone, mustering at least 50) could not please the battalion officers; at least, from that time the idea was actively pursued to reduce their numbers. Accordingly, in August following, the Court of Assistants decreed that each company of the battalion should be complete at 30 men (on the Muster Roll), the Artillery Division at 40, and the Rifles also 40. Now, as the latter had already about 70, it followed that 29 men must die off, or resigrt, before they could enlist one single recruit! This sense less attack upon the most effective arm of the corps, appears almost incredible ! The battalion companies were then mere skeletons, averaging 10 at the very most : the artillery division was under 40; so the crush of this wanton act fell exclusively upon the Rifles ! They were the company for choice with the public ; the Court, when the battalion was full, had made them as attractive as possible; and how could any young man hesistate between the two regulation dresses, which I BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. S;r,— On Wednesday, the 15• h, an opposition was made to the issue of a new writ for Harwich. It is a borough with about 340 electors, who send the same number of Members to Parliament as Marylebone with its 17,000; making the proportion of 50 to 1. And as well has Harwich fulfilled the objects ex pected from it. It has in all time been the seat of a continuous bribery, which a Tory Member de scribed as conducted by " insensible perspiration ;" and it was stated without contradiction, that there are more Harwich people holding Government ap pointments, than voters in the constituency. It is of no- use to create these carrion boroughs, and then set Committees to count the blue-bottle flies. Those who will the cause, will the consequences; or, more correctly, they will the cause for the sake cf the consequences. A legislation based on such arithmetical absurdities, cannot stand long in the present times. In the immediate case, proceedings were postponed till the evidence before the last Committee should be in the hands of Members. After this, came another question connected .with elections, and remarkable for the puzzle it led to in the House. The question itself was one on which it-was not easy to take a side. The recognizances required by law from petitioners against a Member's seat, are referred to a certain officer to pronounce on their sufficiency. The recognizances in seven peti tions were so referred, and certified as sufficient, and afterwards proof was advanced that the decision of the officer was wrong ; the defect being understood to be, that the parties had been bound for sepal fragments of the sum required by law instead of being all made responsible for the whole, the effect of which was urged to be the diminution of the security in tended. A Bill had been read a first time, to allow the petitioners to amend their recognizances. The interested parties therefore stood thus. On one side were the' Members petitioned against, who naturally pleaded that statutes must be construed strictly, and that a flaw having been discovered, they had a right to have the benefit of it, and to escape the expense and trouble of defending their seats. On the other side the petitioners urged, that if they were in error they had been led into it by the public officer, and if he had told them they were wrong, they were perfectly prepared to have amended their recognizances. Among those who were to be the judges, the opposing arguments were these : on one side, the dangerous tendency of ex post facto law ; on the other, the feet that all which was concerned was examination, and the apparent harmlessness of setting this upon its legs. It was difficult to come to a determination ; and I believe the argument which finally weighd with myself and many others, was that in doubtful cases the safest way is to leave things as they are found. But all this was nothing, compared to the per plexity vihich afterwards arose. The original ques tion was, that the Bill be now read a second ti me. On which Mr. Spooner moved an amendment to leave out from the words " that the," in order to add words to the effect that no further proceedings should be had on the Bodmin petition. Ilow then were Members to vote, whose object was to throw out the Bill ? Upon division, the floor of the House was a scene of confusion, Members running to and fro and at their wit's end, and the active parties in the question pressing their friends to go two ways at once, on the assurance that each was the way which said friend wanted to go. The result is supposed to have seen, that as many Members found themselves in the wrong lobby as in the one they wished. On counting, it was found that Mr. Spooner's amend ment was carried by 12G against 124 ; nearly half of these as afterwards appeared, and among whom I was one, voting for the amend• anent under an impression, not warranted on examination, that to give a majority on the other side, would be to carry the second reading of the Bill. But as soon as this was over, the Speaker put the new question, that the words of the amendment should be added to the Bill; and then the intention of the House broke out, in the shape of negativing it by 165 against 78. So that the Bill now stops at the words "'That the ;" and some fifty Members, among whom I was one, stand in the odd situation of having voted for an amendment, and five minutes afterwards voted against the amendment being in serted in the Bill. On inquiring how all this arose, the answer seems to be, that if on any given occasion it was desired to do it again, the way would be by introducing what may be called an illusory amendment, or one so framed as not to answer the ends of those who want to throw out the original motion. In this manner something is produced like a triangular duel, with one of the parties behind a hedge. In ordinary cases, the remedy is in the fact that there is another vote to come. But it is possible to imagine a case, where the vote should be the last. An illusory amendment therefore is a weapon which might be made a bad use of by the ill-disposed. On Thursday the order for proceeding on the B;' LATER FROM AMERICA. We have received New York papers to the 29th ult. inclusive. The following are extracts from the New York Herald of that date : " Our telegraphic summary to-day will be found in teresting and important. " The intelligence from Washington, respecting the treaty with Mexico, renders the prospect of the ratifica tion of that instrument, in its present shape, by the American authorities, more doubtful than ever. Much of the • favour with which it was, at the _first blush, regarded, has disappeared upon a careful conaidi ration of its provisinns, and, to judge from our latest informa tion from the seat of Government, peace with Mexico may yet be more distant than many suppose." TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIUENCE. "WASHINGTON, FEB. 28-12 M.—The Scnatc will go into executive session to-day at one o'clock. " The opposition to the treaty has wonderfully in creased since its provisions have become better known, and I have now the best reason to believe that it will not be ratified. I have this from a source which is entirely reliable, and yet such a one as does not permit me to be, at present, more explicit. "I think I can say with confidence that the treaty will not be confirmed. THREE STEAM-BOATS BURNED. "CINCINNATI, FEB. 28.—The steamboats Hendrik Hudson and Circassian, lying at the wharf at Maysville, fully freighted for New Orleans, were entirely destroyed by fire. The Maysville wharf-boat was also burned. The fire broke out at midnight, 27th, and so rapid was the progress of the conflagration that four persons were unable to escape, and perished in the flames. The boats and cargoes are a total loss." REMOVAL OF THE WILMOT PROVISO IN CONGRESS. i ior amending the recognizance; was readand dis charged ; so it may be presumed the re is an end. The like fate befell the order for resuming the debate on the Treaty of Adrianople ; so that the Secretary for Foreign Affairs no longer gets up with a crick in his neck. It is to be desired that slave traders would not exhale their supernumerary piety in the names of their vessels. I thought the Speaker hesitated, in reading the concernments of the captain and crew of Her Majesty's ship Acorn, with the slave-vessel " Jehovah." This must have been the property of some of the Southern churches. On Friday came on in Committee Sir Benjamin Hall's motion for extending the income-tax to Ire land. It was a question where there was a good deal to be said on both sides. The Irish Members repre sented, that it was an unhappy time for taxing Ire land ; that nobody who had voted against the income tax for England on the ground of its being unequal and oppressive, could vote for the extension of so bad a tax to Ireland ; that if Irish Members had voted for the imposition of the income-tax on England, this did not form an excuse for voting it on Ireland ; that even though the tax was only to fall upon the rich, the expenditure of the money would be taken away from Ireland; and finally, which appeared to be rather a suicidal argument, that the tax ought not to bei, extended to Ireland, because there would be nothing for it to take. On the other side was urged, that an income-tax, above all others, would not be a tax upon Irish poverty but upon Irish wealth ; that if there was nothing that would be touched by it, this would be proof that the tax was exactly adapted to Ireland's case ; that it was eminently hard that a widow in England with 150/. a year should pay three per cent., while an Irish landlord with 10,0 001 . a year was to pay nothing ; that, though the expenditure of the money might be taken away from Ireland, the ex penditure of public money in Ireland was already greater than in proportion to the taxes raised there ; that English Members would not vote for the extension of the tax to Ireland because it was bad, but because it was fair that the people of both countries should row in the seine boat; and, which was the sweeping aigu ment, that since the great majority (eight-ninths) of Irish Members had been for saddling Eugland with the income-tax without alteration for three years, there was no method of preventing a possible combi nation ef Irish Members with the Ministry for voting any imaginable taxes upon England as the condition of their not being extended to Ireland, except raising the standard of equalization between the two coun tries. Which was accordingly done, to the extent of getting up a minority of 138 against 218 ; and the country will have time to think of it, against another opportunity. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, 20th March, 1848. " The most interesting incident attending the probable confirmation of the new treaty in the Senate, is the sudden revival of the Wilmot proviso in that body, and soon, also, to take place in the other house, with the probable belief that the discussion will produce great excitement the remaining portion of the session. "This question, hitherto in prospect, has already rent asunder the democratic party in New York, and, to less extent, the same party in the other states. There is every probability of its performirg the same surgical operations on the Whig party. There wilt be a tremen dous contest on this point in both houses of Congress, and the growing excitement will be increased, also, upon the prospect of the Presidency. in fact, everything looks towards a complete revolution and disorganization of the old parties, and the reconstruction of something new and better, growing out of the Mexican war and the treaty." MONEY MARKET. " MoNn.aY, FEB. 28, 6 r.m.—There was no material change in the stock market to-day; prices were firm for the opening of the week. At the first board Farmers' Loan advanced per cent.; Harlem, A; Pennsylvania Fives, -. 4 1 ; Treasury Notes, 4; Illinois Sixes, I. Morris Canal fell off a per cent.; Norwich and Worcester, i; Reading Railroad, 4; all others closed firm at prices current en Saturday. " At the second board the transactions were only to a limited extent, at prices a shade lower than those ruling in the morning. " The money market is slowly but steadily improv ing. The banks discount freely, and the rate of interest iu the street ranges from 7 to 9 per cent. for the best business paper afloat. The steamer from Liverpool has been at sea nearly seventeen days, and is fully due; she will bring fourteen days later intelligence, and the gene ral impression is that the news will be highly favourable in a financial point of view." SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, MARCH 19.—The Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, arrived here oa Saturday at midnight, with the usual Spanish and Portugese mails, in charge of Lieutenant Rainer, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are—Gibraltar, March 9; Cadiz, 10; Lisbon, 13; Vigo, 15. In consequence of the boisterous state , of the weather no communication with Oporto was at tempted. The Montrose has the following cargo :-90 chests of oranges, 22 barrels of dates. II cases of saffron, 11 casks of wine, 12 orange trees, 34 boxes of hams, two oxen, four bales of bacon , 11 cases of eggs, 22 packages of specie (value 17,0001. ) , and 40 packages of general merchandise. The French war steamer Solon, 1 Captain Liston, arrived at Lisbon on the 11th, havinge, on board the Prince de Joinville, Du immediately ke d'Aumal families, and suite. Their Hi g hnesses landed and paid a visit to the Queen of Portugal, and embarked again on the 12th. The Solon left Lisbon at daybreak of the 12th for England, but returned on the morning of the 13th, the gale lacing very heavy. She sailed again on the 13th, but was at anchor in Cascaces Bay when the Montrose passed. On the 11th instant the Montrose spoke the Madrid, at eight 1.M., is lat. 40 20 N., long. 9 18 W., and saw the Jupiter at four P.M., in lat. 41 8 N., long. 910 W. The Hon. Hector Loring, Commander of her Majesty's ship Howe, died at Lisbon on the 7th inst. His health had been in a declining state for some considerable time. MONMOUTH COUNTY ELFCTION.—We understand that the election for the county of Mcnmouth, in the room of Lord Granville Somerset, will not pass off with out a contest, and that, too, a very close one; a requisi tion having been got up by the partizans of the late Lord Granville Somerset, to Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., of , Tredegar Park, which it is said he has accepted. , a No. 17 3 312.] LONDON, MONDAY N EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY Instituted fer the Extension of Commerce in the China Seas anti for Promoting the Civilization of Borneo, &C. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital, 200,000/., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. each. DIRECTORS. JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman. Captain C. It. Drinkvrater Bethune, It.N., C.B. Alexander Nairne, Esq., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq. Sir John Pirie, Bart., Deputy-Chairman of the Peal sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Henry Wise, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs, Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London. The objects of this Company are to carry on mining, agricultural, and trading operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and to acquiring and disposing of lands In the Island of Labuan and the parts adjacent —a region abounding in mineral wealth, most fertile in all the valu able tropical productions, and very happily situate for the purposes of commerce. The Island of Labuan has been formally taken possession of by the Crown of Great Britain; and, by a treaty with the Sultan of Romeo, many highly important advantages are permanently secured to this country. Piracy in the eastern seas will now be effectually suppressed, and, under the protection of the British flag at Labuan, a new era as regards those regions, has commenced, which affords the most fa vourable opportunity for successfully accomplishing the objeets of this Company. To those who are at all acquainted with the Indian Archipelago, it is wholly unnecessary to expatiate on the advantages to be derived from this undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup ply of excellent coal on the mainland of Borneo, in the immediate vi cinity of Labuan, is a circumstance which of itself would render this enterprise pregnant with the most beneficial results. A formal grant of this coal, extending through a district of about 150 miles, has been obtained from the Sultan of Borneo, and is, with the approval of her Majesty's Government, new held by Mr. Wise, with whom arrange ments for its working will be made. The working of the coal mines will form all important feature in the operations of the Company, The geographical position of the Borneo coal districts in relation to our Eastern possessions, asd to the steam communications which are now carried on, and others which are about to be carded on ill con nexion therewith, is a matter of peculiar interest, and even of na tional importance. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, for instance, disburse more than 130,0001. annually for coal for their steam-vessels, of which sum about 90,0001. are ex pended in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. This coal. as well as the requisite supplies for the steam vessels of her Majesty's and for those of the Honourable East India Com pany on the India and China stations, is at present chiefly fbrnished from England. at en average cost exceeding 335. per ton ; so that the expenditure by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable East In dia Company. and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the s:n gle item of coal, will be considerably reduced as soon as the opera tions of the Eitetern Archipelago Company are sufficiently matured to admit of their supplying the several depots which have been esta blished at Hong-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the use of the many British and Foreign ate: in-vessels re'orthig to those ports. The certain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern seas, from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other channels of demand, cannot fail eventually to augment the use of Borneo coal. The prsjectei steam communication between Singapore and our Australian colonies—the probable communication by the same means at no distant period, between the various British settle ments to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast of America—as well as the system of railways now about to be esta blished in. India—are events eminently calculated to occasion an immense consumption of Borneo coal, the more so as it call be sup plied at comparatively moderate rates. Samples of the Labuan and Borneo coal have been brought over to this country by Mr. Wise, and submitted by her Majesty's Government to a careful examination and analysis by competent parties, with a most satisfactory result. The Borneo coal has also been pronounced by the Calcutta t oal Committee, appointed by tile Bengal Government, to be equal to the best English coal ; and Captain Wallage, in his report on the supplies of coal obtained from the seam at Labuan, for the use of the Honourable East India Company's steam-ship Nemesis, dated Sarawak, 10th Juno, 1e47, observes—" I have no hesitation in stating that the coal received at Labuan is equal to any English coal I have seen on board steamers in India, and decidedly better than any coal worked in India for steam purposes." The portion of territory contemplated for the first operations of the Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and sell admir ably adapted fur the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar, cede, rice, nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable productions, and is most favourably situate, having the advantage of Littman, now su'ject to British dominion, as a point d'appui ; nor can there be a doubt of the excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for an ex tensive and lucrative commerce. The proximity of Java, Sumatra, Siam, Cochin-China, Hainan, Manilla, Celebes, &c., is not only of great importance in this respect, but also as affording the means of introducing with facility from teose places Chinese and other colo• rusts, and labourers to any extent required for the service of the Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the chain of our eastern settlements. from Penang, Malacca, and Singapore to Hong Kong ; and in the district of Sarawak every protection and encouragement will be granted by Mr. Brooke in fu.therance of the Company's objects. In short, every circumstance justifies the anti dration that the late proceedings of the British Government relatieg to Borneo, if followed up with vigour by the operations of the pre sent Company, will change that which has been heretofore a region of piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, into a scene of busy, peaceful, ant beneficial commeree ; bringing the advantages of progressive civilisation to a large and fertile tract of the globe, and conferring extensive benefits on the commerce and manufactures of Great Britain. The philanthropist and the statesman, as weal as the merchant, will thus feel interested in this design, which, through the ntequin of British enterprise, sanctioned and protected by the wis dom and decision of the Government, promises the amelioration of the condtio of the naties of the Indian Archipel, amcmg whom there ex i sts n a disposition most favourable to the deve ago lopment ef the resources of those countries. The view here taken of the promising character of the undertak ing is not hypothetical, but is the result of the arduous personal re searches of various individuals, who, in times past, have been de sirous of widening the circle c,f commeee a ation, and, among others more recently, of Mr. Wise r , who has for nd eiviliz several years devoted Ills time to the closest investigation of the subject. To his patient and indefatigable perseverance for a long period in calling the attention of her Majesty's Government to the importance of. Labuan as the site of a British settlement, may be ascribed the fact, that the protection of our flag is now extended to countries so important both in a political and commercial point of view. The Queen has appointed Mr. Brooke Governor and C. meander in-Chief in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as well as her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General to the Sultan and independent chiefs of Borneo. These measures, and the course Of policy which they indicate, will materially fact Rate and advance the objects and interests of the Company throughout the Eastern Ar chipelago. Tho Company being incorporated by Royal Charter, the responsi bility of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his subscrip tion. The charter provides for the execution by the shareholders of a Deed of Settlement, to be approved by the President of the Board of Trade. Power is given In the Charter to augment the amount of capital of the Corporation, if that course should become expedient. 5/. per share to be paid on the allotment of the shares, and the re mainder to be paid by instalments as called for by the Directors. The affairs of the Company a' e to be managed by a Court of Directors of not more than twelve, two Managing Directors, and a Secretary, and such agents, in Labuan or elsewhere, as the Directors shall nominate ; the Directors and Auditors to bo elected ley the shareholders, as provided by the Deed of Settlement. Applicatlol for shares from parties well affected to the objects for which the Company is established, addressed, in the form annexed, to Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill. York FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. , Gentlemen,--I beg to apply for Shares in the Eastern Archi pelago Company mentioned In the above prospectus ; and I agree to accept the same or any smaller number which, within three months from the date hereof, may be allotted to me, and without reference to whether the whole amount of shares may be taken or subscribed for, and to pay the deposit and the instalments as they may be called for; and to execute, when required, the deed of settlement prepared under the direction of tbe Court of Directors, and approved of by the President of the Board of Trade. Dated this day of 1843. To Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., No. 3, White Lion-court, Coruhill, London. Signature of Applicant • • • • •• • • • • Name of Referee .... • • • • • • • • • • Address •••• • • • • THE BEST ENGLISH. WATCHES. AB. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structured, uses, and functions, and the various Injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Edin burgh, Liceatiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society, &c. marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. In order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could itbo traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. 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I had that night sound and 'refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain; and before I had finished the box, I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, but have also very much improved my general health. 1 have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much ftom gout and rheumatism ; and V - ey all ►peak highly of the benefit they have received from them. If you think my ca.4l worthy of insertion among the many cures effcc:ed by your wonderful medicine, •, eu are at perfect liberty to publish it. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. They require minter confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. sold by Themes Front, 289, Strand, London ; and by his appeint merit by all respectable Medicine Vendors threughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe tke name and address of " Thomas i'rout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. 11. A A E. One half the world am desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em- Otter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret nn aomprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, aro the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. 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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps, 'THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities aid decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the Inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborue street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. 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KENDAL, FRIDAY NIGRT.—A very daring and re volting outrage on a widow lady of fortune in this dis trict has given rise to a most intense and painful sense Lion. The lady in question is Mrs. Charlotte Maria Noble Bateman, of Cowwun Head Hall, and from the statement she has made, it appears that on Tuesday she had been on a visit at the Abbey near Stavely, with Mrs. Wilson, the lady of J. Wilson, Esq., of the Grange, Sussex, who is staying at that seat. She left rather late in the evening for the purpose of returning to her own residence, which is about four hundred yards dis tant, and had scarcely got half way before a man sprang from a side hedge, and violently seizing her by the arms, threw her on the ground with much force, say ing," Now, your money or your life." As soon as she could recover herself Mrs. Bateman called out with all her strength for help, but her cries were not heard. The ruffian maintained his grasp of her, and with an oath exclaimed, "If you do not hold your noise I'll draw my pistol and shoot you through the head." The terrified lady supplicated his mercy, and being allowed to get up from the ground :he endeavoured to find her purse to give him, but from fright or some other cause she could not account for, there was some delay in her giving it up, and the fellow again threw her on the ground, and, kneeling on her chest, in meat disgusting language vowed he would do her horrible injury did she not deliver up all she had upon her person. After much difficulty she succeeded in finding her purse which she handed to him, and no sooner had he posse. aim of it than he filled her mouth with dirt, and pulled her bonnet over her face, so as to prevent her screaming being heard. The wretch then dragged her across the road to the entrance of a field. Here his object was apparent, and a desperate struggle ensued. Mrs. Bateman having recovered her self possession to some extent fought with her assailant nobly, and being a powerful woman she resisted for sometime his revolting attempts. At length, however, he hurled her again to the ground, her head corning, in contact with a wall, and with increased violence endeavoured to over power her. Her strength had never failed her, and in the most energetic manner, considering her distressed condition, she continued to struggle with him and beat him off. After nearly an hour's conflict the villain de camped, and the unfortunate lady, in a dreadful state of suffering, reached her residence. Mr. Hurstall, the chief constable of this town, having obtained from Mrs. Bateman a full description of the perpetrator of this out rage, has succeeded in capturing a man named John Caradine, who answers the description given by Mrs. Bateman, whom he apprehended five miles from Kendal. There were scratches on his neck, and his trowsers were torn and covered with dirt. He has been taken before Mrs. Bateman, and being identified by her he is re manded by the borough magistrates until she is able to attend. Tn ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Marquis of Northamp ton, as President of the Royal Society, gave his second conversazione to the members of that learned body and their friends on Saturday evening, at his Lordship's mansion on the terrace, Piccadilly. Among the objects of interest exhibited in the Noble President's saloons were some very remarkable illuminated works, chiefly books of church music, collected among the islands of the Archipelago by Major Macdonald. Some of these were of as early a date as the year 1200, their beauty of finish and elaborateness of detail being perfectly won derful. Or models of new inventions, &c., thero were fewer exhibited than usual, but the works of art, in cluding some beautiful specimens of photography by M. Claudet, were very uumerous. lIER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHE- INIENT. 'rum the London G,,z..ette Extraordinary, Saturday, March 18.) BUCKINGIIA24 PALACE, MARcu 18 At ei, - 4 1it o'clock this morning the Queen was hap pily delivered of a Princess, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, several Lords of her Mitjesty's Most lion. Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber being present. This great and important news was made known to the town by the firing of the Park and Tower guns; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, it was ordered that a form of thanks giving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Princess be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury, to be used in all churches and chapels through out England and Wales, and the town of Berwick upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 26th of March, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same. Her Majesty and the infant Princess are, God be praised, both doing well. (From the Court Circular.) At nine o'clock the following bulletin was issued : " Buckingham Palace, Saturday, March 18, 9 A. 21. " The Queen was safely delivered of a Princess this morning at eight o'clock. " Her Majesty and the infant Princess are well. " JAMES CLARK. " CHARLES LOCOCK. " B.PB4RT FERGUSON." Shortly before half-past two o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, for the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, to attend a Privy Council held in the Council chamber. The Lords of the Council present were his Royal Highre-ss Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, the Archbishop. of York, the Bishop of London, Lord John Russell, First Lard of the Treasury ; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in- Chief; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster-General ; the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President of the Board of Trade ; the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Paymaster of the Forces ; and Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain. At the Council it was ordered that a form of thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Prin cess be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Can terbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 2Gth of March, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall re ceive the same. After the Council, Prince Albert, attended by Col. Bouverie, returned to Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester called at Buckingham Palace on Saturday to inquire after the health of her Majesty. Yesterday morning the folios% ing bulletin was issued : "Buckingham Palace, March 19, Nine, A.M. " The Queen has passed an excellent night. " Her Majesty and the infant Princess are going on favourably. "JAMES CLARK. "CHARLES LOCOCK. "ROBER r FERGUSON." His Royal highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended divine service yesterday in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge called yesterday at the Palace to inquire after the state of the Queen. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their accustomed airings yesterday. His Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, made inquiry yesterday at Buckingham Palace after the health of her Majesty. The Queen was going on very well yesterday after noon. The diplomatic corps, and all the nobility and gentry in town, called on Saturday and yesterday at the Palace to make inquiry after the health of the Queen. The entire list was far too numerous to be given. The Count and Countess de Neuilly visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence-house, to congratulate her Royal Highness on her Majesty's happy confinement. CITY TRADE REPORT. " NEW YORK, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEE. ' , S.—The Flour market maintained the firmness previously no ticed, and further soles of Oswego, Michigan, and Genesee were made at the full quotations of Saturday. Southern remained about the same, with sales of Rich mond countryat 6 dulls. 06fe. There was no transaction in wheat, while holders continued firm. Good yellow and white corn, especially that in good shipping order, was somewhat firmer, and sales made at full prices. Mixed remained about the same ; considerable sales New Orleans heated were made for distilling. Rye was firm at last week's rates. Oats were selling at about the same rates. Provisions were steady, with moderate sales. In groceries, sales of sugar were making at ster.dy prices. In coffee, transactions were light. " Cotton—The sales to-day were 700 bales, which were effected without further change in l rices, as holders seem disposed to await the steamer's arrival, in preference to making further reductions." IItELAND. Dunutv, Itl.utcu 17.—We are happy to say that the day passed off in perfect tranquillity. Meetings have been held at the Repeal Association for Merrion Ward ; at the City Assembly Ilou e for St. An drew's Ward; at the obey-street Theatre for the Post-dike Ward ; and in seven or eight other wards in the city —in which resolutions were adopted in favour of Repeal. All passed oft' peaceably. No soldiery are seen in the streets, which were patrolled by the police force. The people appeared to have abstained from spirituous liquors on this anniversary, which has hitherto been considered a privileged fes tival. The guards of the Cork and Belfast and Kilkenny mails report quietness through the line of road they came. .DUBLIN, MARCH 18.—Th e p rov i nc i a l j o urnals re. caved this morning are filled with the reported proceed ings of the simultaneous meetings, w Bich appears to have gone oft just as quietly, and 13, en just as harmless affairs, as in Dublin. It would be a mere waste of time and space to recapitulate the localities, but they were general enough to demonstrate the extent of the organisation, and the facility with which the public mind of Ireland — if such be in Ireland—can be directed to one point or object. In all the principal provincial towns, Belfast, Water ford, Cork, Limerick , Ga lwa y , Newry', Armagh, Dun dalk, Londonderry, Clorancl, Drcgneda, &c., there was the same military display andi preparations asn Dublin; but everything passed off quietly. The declaration in su pp ort of• law . and order is pub fished in the D ublin p a p ers of Saturday, with an im mense mass of signatures, and the lists are still to be kept open for some days. That of Dublin embraces ' the names of all the gentry, clergy, barristers, and most ' of the solicitors, of every creed and every shade in poli tics. It professes unaffected devotion to the institutions of the country, and ehtire and bounnless confidence is ' the energy and wisdom of Earl Clarendon. THE SLAVE TRADE.—Mr. Hume has obtained a return showing that the number of British ships of war employed on the coast of Africa in the abortive attempt to suppress the :lave trade in the month of June, 1847, amounted to 259, manned by 2,781 men. The aggregate expense of this armament in the year 1846 47 is esti mated at 301,6231., including 220,2331. for the wages and victualling of the crews, 49,3131. for the wear and tear of the vessels, 17.790/. for the wear and tear of the machinery of the steamers, and 14,2871. for the expense of ecals. The total number of French ships of war em ployed on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade amounts, as far as the same can be ascer tained, to 20, equipped with 216 guns. There are only two American crusers on the station. Lord Brougham, by accounts received from Cannes on Saturday, is stated to be satisfactorily progressing towards convalescence. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended divine service yester day morning in St. Michael's Church. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended divine service yesterday morning in Gros venor Chapel. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frede rick of Hesse, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildtnay, honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with their company at dinner on Saturday evening, at their residence in Carlton gardens. A deputation from the Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Lacy, Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Bedborough, had an interview with Viscount. Morpeth on Saturday, it the office of her Majesty's Woods and Forests in White hall-place. A deputation from the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Company, consisting of Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Air. G. Hadfield, Mr. Edward Wetherell, and Mr. W. llarris, had an in terview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail ways in the Board of Trade. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Ker shaw, M.P., Mr. Alderman Bancroft, and Mr. Gibb, the Town-clerk of Manchester, accompanied by the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., and Messrs. John Bright, M-P Brotherton, J. W. Patten, M-P- , -, Cobden, M.P., Sanders, Beckett, M.P., Greenall, M.P., William Brown, M.P., J. B. Smith, M.P., and Heald, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Mor peth on Saturday upon the subject of the Bill for promoting Public Health. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, accompanied by Mr. Pressly, Secretary to the Board, had an interview with the Chancellor of the 14:Ache ' Beer on Saturday , at his official residence in Down ing- street. Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with Sir G. Grey on Saturday at the Home-office. ,Dispatches were sent oft' on Saturday evening from the Colonial - office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. Mr. Christie, and Mr. Miller had an in interview on Saturday, with the Right honourable Edward Strutt. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood had a dinner party on Saturday at their resi dence in Downing-street. DEATH OF PRINCE ALEXANDER OF THE NETHER LANDS.—THE HAGUE, March 17.—Intelligence was rz ceived here to-day which has plunged the Royal Family into profound grief. A postscript of a letter addressed to the King, dated the 9th o f March, by hi s envo y a t Madrid, contains the following notice ;_« I have just received a notification from the Marshal Duke of Sal danha, Prang Minister of Portugal, dated the Ist of the present month, announcing .to me that th e C ourt o f Portugal will go into mour ning for a :meek on o c casion of the death of his Royal Highness Prince Alexander of the Netherlands."—Staats Courant. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Earl Grey , the Chancel lor of the Ex chequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, tho Mar quis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat one hour and a half. VISCOUNT AND V IS COUNTESS PALMERSTON'S GRIND FETE —On Saturd a y evening Vi scount an d Vis-uountess Palmerston g ave a splendid en t erta i nmen t to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess ot Cambridge and his Serene High . ne . ss prince Frederick of Hesse, on which occasion a distinguished circle had the honour to meet the Royal guests. Th e i r R o y a l Highnesses, accompanied by Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Lady Augusta Cadogap. and Mr. E. St. John Mildinay, arrived shortly before eight o'clock, and 7.' ere received by the Noble Viscount, by whom the Royal visitors were conducted to the saloon, th e D u ke of Wellington, the Duke o f Devonshire, and the other noble personages invited to the banquet, having all assembled. THE MARQUIS OF BUTE 7 11 7 e are sorry to an nounce that a rumour prevailed last evening of this nobleman's death. The rumour appears to have been fuunded on intelligence said to have been received by the Marquis at Abercorn, to the effect that his Lordship had died suddenly at Cardiff Castle. The marriage of the Lady Sarah Hay, the beau tiful and accomplished daughter of the Earl and Coun tess of Kinnoull, with the lion. Hugh Cholmondeley, is definitiTely Diced to take place on Thursday next. ~.:_