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I GLADSTONE ♦• TRA CTARIANISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your journa of the 27in ult you pub lish an address delivered on the Thursthy evenieg previous, by the Rev. J. E. Gladstone, at the Free masons' Tavern, in which a personal and unjusti.fiable attack is made upon my teaching as a Christian minister, calculated not only to injure me seriously in the public estimation, but also to convey a very false impression of my real sentiments. I have, through a professional friend, called upon Mr. Gladstone, for the original report (the basis of the erroneous statement), or else a copy of it, repre sented to have been forwarded to him by a Mr. NV. J. Knight, and he positively refuses to furnish me with either. I have, therefore, no other alternative under the cir cumstances, than hereby to publish my most distinct contradiction of Mr. Gladstone's allegations respect ing myself, and to request that you will do me the favour of allowing the following correspondence a place in the columns of your next publication, the only redress I seek at your hands. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. G. EDOUART, M.A., ' Incumbent of St. Michael's District Church, April 8, 1852. Burleich-street, Strand. (No. 1.) 4, Adelphi - Terrace, 30th March, 1852. Sir,—The Rev. A. G. Edouart has called upon me this day with The Sun newspaper of Saturday last, wherein a report is given of a Lecture, which it stated, you gave at the Freemasons' Tavern, on the Thursday evening preceding. If the statement be correct, it would appear that you have in very direct language, referred to a conversation alleged to have taken place between Mr. Edouart and a Mr. W. J. Knight. Now, as Mr. Edouart wholly denies the truth of what is so stated, I think it proper that you should be informed thereof, that you may pursue any course you may think necessary, to correct the error in which you have been placed. And I also think it proper to call upon you for the report, or a copy of it, which you allege was fur nished to you, in order that Mr. Edouart may take such further steps as he may be advised. I am compelled to add, that it would only have been common fairness towards Mr. Edouart, to have ascertained from him, before you used his name, whe ther the report was a correct one or not. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, J. COLE. Rev. J. E. Gladstone. (No. 2.) Bowden, near Manchester. 31st March, 1852. Sir,—ln answer to your communication, I beg to say that I simply read a letter which was sent to me ; after calling personally upon the writer of it, and ob taining his permission to do so. As I gave his name, it appears to me, that Mr. Edouart, if he feel himself aggrieved, should seek any redress Le requires from that gentleman. Permit me to say that Mr. Edouart's simple denial of the truth of that accusation does not make me feel you are justified in speaking of me as being " in error," for, from the conversation I had with Mr. Knight, I believe him to be, at least, equally worthy of credit with Mr. Edouart; and his affirmation I would at least place as much reliance upon as upon Mr. Edouart's denial. If Mr. Edouart thinks I have acted in any way unfairly by him, I shall be glad (if he will favour me with a call at the Craven Hotel) to offer any explana tion which any misunderstanding may seem to re quire. I return to town, all well, on Friday. evening. I am, Sir, faithfully yours, JOHN E. GLADSTONE. P.S. You refer to some " report;' I do not quite understand what you mean, and if it has reference to what I said as touching Mr. Knight's letter, I sup pose you allude to what lam credibly informed ➢lr. Edouart has been pleased to say of me (a person of whom he really knows nothing except by report), i. e., " that lam a bad man, that he hates my very name." Whether it be true or false that he has used such expressions regarding me, is of no consequence whatever to me, since my happiness and welfare do not in any measure depend upon Mr. Edouart's good opinion. John Cole, Rig. (No. 3.) 4, Adelphi-terrace, April 2, 1852. Sir,—l acknowledge the receipt of your favour from Bowden, near Manchester. I must call your attention to the fact of your not baying supplied me with the information I requested. The Sun newspaper uses the expression, " a report from Mr. Knight ;" you say, on the other hand, you read " a letter from Mr. Knight." Now, whether it be the one or the other, it is quite clear that I have re quested to be furnished with the particular document or a copy of it. And since it is the foundation of your accusation against Mr. Edouart, there can be no question of your having carefully retained the possession thereof. I do not enter upon the other parts of your letter, nor can I rem ar k th ereon w h en I no ti ce th e s ingular feeling you display. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, R ev. J. E. Gladstone. J. COLE. (No. 4.) Craven Hotel, Strand, April 3, 1852. Sir,—You write to me in a style (as I judge) so unbecoming, dictatorial, and peremptory, that you must forgive me for only savidg in reply—first, that I have nothing to do with The Sun newspaper ; second, that I decline giving you (or any other per fect stranger to me) th e r i g ht to investigate my pri vate corresponden ce .—l am , Sir, yours obediently, J. Cole, Esq. JOHN E. GLADSTONE. (No. 5.) 4, Adelpbi terrace, April 5, 1852. Sir —I wish you to understand that I act as the professional adviser to Mr. Edouart. If you had kept the communication " private," as You describe it, and not yourself made it public in Your lecture, you would have been spared all the trouble now occasioned, and Mr. Edouart would not have had cause to complain. It is the publicity tbat you have given to a private letter (as you call it) that has done Mr. Edouart in jury, and on that account we want to discover the source of the evil, with the view of enabling Mr. Edouart to be advised as to the ultimate step he should take. If you decline to furnish the document I call for, then Mr. Edouart must follow his own course upon such information as he now possesses. In conclusion, I beg to add, that I neither meant to apply to you in an unbecoming, or a dictatorial i rperemptory manner. All that I desired was to, get informati on so as pr o f ess i ona lly t o give Mr. Edouart im y opinion on the whole affair. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Rev • - A • E. Gladstone, Craven hotel. jOYIN COLE. , Craven Hotel, Strand, April 5, 1852. Sir,—.Lt ar r r ars t of Air. Edouart m e that, as the professional ad viserhave pursued a mistaken course, and have attemptedyou (whether intentionally or not I do not say) to coerce am one of the very last m en u/ t e n ain a manner allow. At the same which I time, I may remark, that so f ar as the is given letter of Mr. Knight has been made public, up, which is all (a s you a legal m many authority y . Itryr Edouart well know) that can be required from any man, thinks he has any ca use of " action at l aw " for (which, if he will take m y advice he will let a l one, t he 11.• will burn his fingers) hi s attack m ust be upon Knight and not upon me, and I am not going give him any help in so exquisitely silly ° p u rsuing y a oourse.—l am, Sir, obediently y ours, JOHN E. GLADEITONR. P.S. I ha ve a lready told you that I declin e " fur fishing you with the document" you ask for. J. Cole, Esq. ---.......--, DIAMOND DUST. A shrug often takes away a man's charact er as effec tually as the mos t d e f ama t or y observation.. time may The loss of a f r i en d i s lik e that of a limb ; heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss ca nnot be re paired. The tongue w as i n t en d e d f or a di v i ne organ, but the devil often plays upon it. Fine sensibilities are like woodbines, delightful luxuries of beauty to twine round a solid, upright stem of under standing, but very poor things if, unsustained by strength, 1 . t . a . , e . n a tag e is they.e.vrae left to creep along the ground. a better soldier than rashness. api-"aut down n a field of blackberry bushes. Mean people gcr 5 their fi n and pick th e f ruit no matter how they blac k strides fiercely on ; while genius gets and perpendicular, , and gets nothin g but scratches.—Eliza Cook's Jou rnal. S TATIONERS' Ailv. r .-- - -z____ ----- ,.. anniversary dinner of thi BlistEFIT SOCIETY.—The s faxi Freemasons -hall. Nearly 2 , 3o etY took place last week at assembled. The chair was taken ra b enabers and friends were Long-acre, supported by some of the John Smith, Esq., of a : leading members of the trade. After the usual loyal to Chairman gave a short sketch of the origin and prog%,?: o f , trade societies in general, in connexion with the toast _The Stationers' Mutual Benefit Society," which v(sausizearrimitly responded to. The Secretafy read a long list of a r ini ls, headed by the chairman ' s liberal donation of 25/. • handsome gift from W. Joynson, Esq.; 51. ss. G. bhater, pr s Joseph Smith, Esq. ; 51. ss. Messrs. Mag na , , q;;_ 31. 3s. treasurer, Mr. Mitchell, in proposing ~ T he fleal7tel.of The he Chairman," ackn ow l e d ge d on behalf of the members their obligations to that gentleman for the great interest hehad taken in the welf are o f th e soc i e ty, and the supp ort he had given it, having presided at two of the anniversaries, a n d each time largely contributed to its funds. The secret ary. Ilr. Rice, took oc cas i on i n t h e course o f the eveni ng to call attention to the advantages the society now provides for its members. Besides a weekly allowance in sickness, and a sum in case of death, a superannuation fund for old mem.. bers, and a benevolent fund for cases of casual distress, had . been formed; and offering as the society now did, these benefits to its members, he called upon the trade to strengthen and increase its resources. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Foster, who was ably and agree ably aided by Dir. Bew9Dl Mr. AL Smith, Mr. Lawler, And 14 rarlsvr. LITERATURE. THE ZOIST. 11To. XXX VII. An elaborate and very retui rksble paeer is con tributed to the April number of the Zoist by Dr. William Gregory on the "Theory of Imagination as the Cause of Mesmeric Phenomena." In the course of this article the writer thus enumerates those facts which, says he, are at last recognised as occurring in the waking . state, after having been so long and fiercely denied as accompanying the mesmeric sleep : " I. The impressible state is produced in the patient by his gazing fixedly at an object in his Land or else where, and possibly, or even probably, in consequence of the concentration of his thoughts, and the accom panying stillness. O r it may b e pro d uce d by the operators fixed gaze, while the patient's eye is also fixed on the operator. Or, further, it may be found a 3 a characteristic of the mesmeric slaep, however that may have been pro duced. Or, finally, it may be found to exist spon taneously in certain individuals. In the two first methods it is, in all probability, induced by au internal change in the patient's nervous system, caused by what may be called au appeal to the imagination, or, in other words, by the physical effects of fixed gazing on the nervous system of him who gazes. When the mesmeric sleep occurs in consequence of passes, gazing, or contact, the same explanation applies; but when that sleep is caused without any appeal to the imagination, as we shall see it may, we are not entitled to ascribe to that cause the impressibility of the patient. Neither can we do so in those cases in which the patient is naturally impressible. But it is certain that in the greater num ber of cases the impressible state is produced by means of an appeal to the imagination of the patient; and when he is in that state, the very character of the phe nomena now to be described consists in their connexion with, and dependence on, the imagination; that is, on mental impressions made on the patient. For this rea son, we call them the phenomena of suggestion, or sug gestive phenomena. " 11. The impressible state being present, we find, in a large proportion of cases, that the muscular powers of the patient are entirely under control. The operator has only to command, or to suggest, in a tone of firm conviction of his power, that any muscle or series of muscles shall act or shall be incapable of action, and the result follows. The patient clenches his hand and can not open it; or opens it, and cannot shut it: he is com pelled to sit down and rendered unable to rise, or he must rise and cannot sit down. He is desired to strike out at the operator's face, but cannot touch it if the operator tells him that he cannot; his blow falls short, or passes to one side or other; he is unable to perform that easy act, but that only. He is rendered unable to pick up a bank-note, which is his if he can only seize it; or when it is placed in his hand, he cannot drop it if not permitted to do so. Ho cannot jump on, but comes down before or behind, or to one side of a handkerchief on the floor. His hand is laid fiat on that of another, back to back, or palm to palm, or the tips of his fingers touch those of another, and in neither case can he, if forbidden by the operator, take his hand away. If com manded to move to a certain point, he will overcome any resistance offered to him, or, if overpowered by many men with main force, he will struggle till utterly exhausted. Or again, if told that he cannot move, no inducement can prevail on him to do so. His will is exerted, but its power is gone, and he looks and feels, no doubt, very foolish. In short, the command of the operator urges to instant and powerful action, or utterly ptraly z,s one or any number of the voluntary muscles, in spite of all the efforts of the patient. " 111. His sensations are equally obedient to the operator. In an instant his whole frame becomes insensible to pain, nay, to touch ; the sense of touch is annihilated, and as quickly restored. Or, while the rest of his body is in its usual state of sensitiveness, one finger, one hand, one arm, one leg, or both, or the head, or any other part, is struck with instant insensibility. When that member is pricked, pinched, cut, or burned, he knows nothing of it, unless he happens to look towards it, and' at such a time a limb might be cut off without his sus pecting it, provided his eyes were directed elsewhere. Any common object in his hand, a knife or pencil for instance, becomes at the word of command, but slowly and leisurely, burning hot or intensely cold, heavy as lead, or light as air. The water he drinks becomes milk, beer, wine, brandy, lemonade, punch, soda-water, syrup, or wormwood, boiling hot or icy cold, according as he is told. In a hot and crowded room he is made to shiver with cold, and that so effectually, that in a few minutes his hand feels, even to others, like that of one ho WAS been kneading snowballs; or on a frosty day he feels oppressed with heat, throws off his coat, is drenched in perspiration, flashed and hot to the hand; according to the orders of his tormentor. "TV. In like:manner, his eyes deceive him. He takes a pianoforte for a horse, a watch for a snuff-box, a man for a child, a lady for a gentleman, a friend for a stranger, but only in obedience to the suggesting voice, He will insist that the clock before him marks half past four, when the hands point to noon, or vice versa, if told so. He will see all manner of things and people before him, where none of them are. He will see and bag, too, game, invisible to all eyes but his. He will see a balloon rising from the floor, and follow it with his eyes through the roof or window till it is lost in the heavens; and he will likewise follow the aerial voyage of Mother Bunch on her broomstick, or of Mephistopheles hurry ing through the air to the Brocken on the back of a goat. His ears are equally under control. At the word of the operator, he hears the sweetest music, the loudest thunder, or the most eloquent speech. And the same word can render him both blind and deaf. He also smells the snuff in a snuff-box, which is really a watch, and not only smells it, but is thrown by it, if the operator calls it high-dried Scotch or Lundyfoot, into a severe paroxysm of sneezing and coughing, which we have seen last for fifteen or twenty minutes. All the senses, in short, are subject to the sway of the operator. It is useless to resist. The patient knows and can tell you that he sees only delusive objects, or hears delusive sounds, but still he cannot but hear, see, feel, taste, and smell, as he is commanded. In the ease of experiments on muscular motions, the patient often makes super human efforts to resist, but finds it all in vain. " Y. The memory of the patient is completely under the control of the operator, at whose command the puz zled victim in vain tries to recall his own name, or that of the operator, or those of his relations and friends. In like manner he finds himself unable to recall a single letter of the alphabet, and his countenance, while trying to do so, is ludicrously expressive. VI. The operator can cell up any emotion, by the se ine aimple command. Fear, anger, grief, pride, pug nacity, laughter, &c., are in ,turn vividly felt and ex hinited, in spite of the utmost resistance on the part of the patient, who may in the course of a few minutes be drowned in tears and sore with laughter. He may be made to believe any assertion, and to act in consequence, to quarrel with a bystander for a supposed affront, to fancy himself to be any individual named, and to act and speak in character; to engage in any occupation suggested, such as fishing, shooting, tailoring, painting, singing, spouting, swimming; to take shelter from a storm, and swim for his life in the flood; to fly for safety from a bear, a lion, or a snake; and to become, after drinking water as whisky, so helplessly drunk as to exhibit even the unpleasant physical consequences of inebriety, to stagger and fall on attempting to walk, and in some cases to be with difficulty sobered after a con siderable time, his intoxication appareetiy interfering with his impressibility. VII. Lastly, the operator can cause his patient to fall into a quiet (not somnambulistic or mesmeric) sleep, in one, two, or more minutes, according to the command, and in spite of ail his e fforts to keep awake. In this sleep the patient neither hears nor answers any one except the operater, when the latter says, Awake!' Nay, the loudest noises at his ear, es well as pulling, sheeting, pinching, &c., fail to awake him, till the magic word is spoken, or the allotted time has expired." SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Yesterday morning at an early hour a great number of curious people congregated on the shores and heights of the Wye, at Chepstow, for the purpose of witnessing the floating of the great 300 feet tube, which it had been announced was (after one postponement) to be raised to its position on that day. In the course of the morning, too, the trains from Swansea, Cardiff, and Newport, on ono side, and from Gloucester, Sydney, &c., on the other side of the Wye, were crowded by part►es who journeyed to Chepstow with the same object. They were, how ever, doomed spin to disappointment. It was rumoured that an attempt had been made which had failed, but this is not true. All was apparently in readiness for the first movement of the tube from its present position drill them in on the staging at right angles with the river to the t ro h r is pontoons lying in the stream almost beneath it, but the men being new to the business of work ing the tackle, Mr. Brunel thought right to their exercise before the final attempt, and aprdeaca_utio.? has led to the experiment being deferred the tube, am from that it will for making the experiment of floating will h a j uila i b rday , (Thursday) is the last day which not r s o u nto-day tne tide will fall off so rapidly on g i attempt ne theme. Every effort, therefore, will be s m ur a c e ie t n o t l x r e n rigate h r 0 111 49 to give the required altitude for a further delga? , IL , , and a number of most eminent Stephenson, the men in the profession of tide - "t; em v e e r arrived to give Mr. Brunel this day successful. Mr. ney, and all parties seem .iatter Thursday will take I fizd for the experi ment,no ex cessive originally the tide rose at the brid ge , cessive riee and sudden fall mechanical operations so difficult, T w il t , :i t :h reders any l e, e n dersu rapidly to its greatest slain e and almo st irena _.,.fiewa ing up with a great wave . ina d ny feet i n a moment - con stantly a rapid stream running one wrvar or other i afterwards begins to ebb, so that there j,, alui r st lately -trthae pon this rapid current the l the tube h as t _ line across the river and lodged i ' ic i t ibhiEN!e.eflrreceptacle a --........11•0.311.1100•11111.01..101112,...1•111 p d r i e r p ec ar t ed fur it. ---n---t—_—,--_ THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE — The followin g notice . , hen ro a a s to b d e so sent y from the th e e E mp " Gentlemen,—The Execu tive Council the Antal ga lxoyecoursti of f e o C p Coun c ilat e o o fe f n g t i h n e ee A rs 7lga_ mated Society beg respectfully to withdraw the circular issued by them to the employers of o p erative enginer the 24th December, 1851, which circular stated 6 that they kad come to a resolution to abolish piecewor k and overtime after the 31st December, 1851.' In withdraw in g the above I circular, which seems to have given rise to a serious contest in the trade, it is fully anticipated that such a course will have the effect of inducing the employers to withdraw the declaration which workmen are called upon to sign before resuming employment. " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " W. ALLEN, General Secretary, 25, Little Alie-street, " Whitechapel, London, April 5. 1 852 ." This may be regarded as a final confession on the part of the workmen, that they can no longer carry on their opposition. , GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The first excursion train enithis line for the present season is fixed for Saturday next, the trains leaving Bristol and Bath for Paddintol l 4W retlirniDg Ow 0111 e day THE SUN, THE REV. MR. WHISTON AND THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER. Yesterday moreieg, the Eishop of Roos peter, as sisted by his learned assessors, Mr. Baron Parke and Dr. Lushington, sat at half-past ten o'clock in the Arches Court, Doetors-commons, for the further hearing of the appeal of the Rev. Mr. Whiston. The Reverend Gentleman, who, as before, con ducted his own case, resumed his argument in refer ence to the illegality of the course pursued by the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, in dismissing him from the heademastership of the Cathedral Grammar School. He reiterated his denial of the charges upon which his dismissal was founded, and his statements as to - the non-observance of the statutes by the Dean and - Chapter themselves, Whether they applied the funds acquired by this ne glect of the wishes of the royal founder to them selves, or took it for Domus, it was an improper pro ceeding. He maintained that until they produced their accounts there was. ground for suspicion. The reve rend gentleman here held up a large bundle of letters and communications, to show the pains he had taken to get definite information as to the accounts. He continued to observe that it was now nearly four years since that correspondence began. and during that time he had - used every effort to obtain redress, and it was not until all these failed that he had ap pealed to the visitor, the Bishop of Rochester, from whom he obtained a distinct promise that the appeal should be heard, and had his request been complied with as had been done in a similar case by the Bishop of Chester and by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Dulwich case, matters would have been at once terminated, but unhappily he declined. The Bishop of ROCHESTER said that that which he failed to do he had not done, because he found he could not do it as he was legally advised. Mr. Whiston said=-Well, he would withdraw that accusation and put it in this way, that his Lordship had promised to hear him, and not having done so, and not having answered several of his letters, it was natural that the impression on his mind should net have been of a very tranquil kind. After a four months' silence his Lordship referred him to a place were no one like to go—to the Court of Chancery.— (A laugh.) That Court had referred him again to the visiter under the statutes and disclaiming juris diction. lie was then advised to a Chancery suit, but he had no inclination to remain in Chancery for t eenty years, and ha therefore preferred to appeal to the public in his pamphlet. That was not written to gratify malice or satisfy vindictiveness. If he had used expressiOns, or one word that could be fairly called intemperate, he regretted it ; but if he did not de serve degradation and ruin for having done so. He had been supported throughout by a conscious ness of doing right. Already the poor bedesmen of Rochester filled a place which had been empty for nearly a century, and received a salary which Do mus had received for nearly 86 years. In the ca thedrals of Durham, Chester, and Carlisle, as well as at Rochester, great good had arisen from the agita tion of this question. If he was to be dismissed for writing a book which the Dean and Chapter of Ro chester did not like, he did not see why the same measure should not be meted out to the masters of Eaton, Winchester, and Westminster schools, who had committed the same fault. The Reverend Gen tleman concluded with an earnest address to the visitor for an impartial decision in this important in quiry. The Bishop of ROCHESTER shortly explained his reasons for delay in answering some of tee Reverend Gentleman's communications. Mr. Whiston expressed his conviction, that if his Lordship had co-operated with him kindly, the whole thing might have been comfortably arranged. Dr. LIISHINGTON thought it incumbent on him to explain, that when the Bishop advised with him, as Chancellor of the diocese, as to the course to be adopted in reference to Mr. Whiston's claims, it had occurred to him that it was impossible for the Bishop, as visitor, lega!ly to decide many matters that might come before hilt if this inquiry were granted. He then advised privately with the late Lord Langdale, and it was their united opinion that Mr. Whiston should resort, in the first place, to the Court of Chancery. Mr. Whiston said, that as reference had been made to Lord Langdale, he was informed that his words were, " I believe that Mr. Whiston is right." Mr. ADDAMS inquired whether the Court would sit again to-morrow (this day). Mr. Baron PARKE—That's impossible. I shall not be able to sit again until after next term. The Court then adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR. It is understood to be her Majesty's intention that a State ball shall take place on Wednesday, the sth of May, and a concert on Monday, the 10th of May. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Count Buol Schauenstein, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria, had an audience of the Queen, to take leave of her Majesty on a temporary absence. His Excellency was introduced by the Earl of Maline,sbury, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by her Ma jesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Veru lam, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert left town for Windsor Castle yesterday after noon, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helene, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur. The royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Earl of Verulam, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant- Colonel F. H. Seymour. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel Wylde. The august perty quitted Buckingham Palace at twelve minutes before three o'clock, in seven royal carriages, escorted by a detachment of the Bth Hus sars' and proceeded to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Windsor. WINDSOR, Aram 7. The Queen • and Prince Albert, with the Royal children, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Stanley and Byng, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Lady Caroline Barrington, the Earl of Verulam, Lord in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Hon. C. Grey, Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; and the Master of the Household, arrived at the Castle at 15 minutes before four o'clock, from Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty was received at the railway station by a Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards. The Duke of Buckingham had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing-sfreet. Viscount Torrington had also an interview with the Noble Earl. The Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Lewisham, and Sir Thomas Le Breton, had interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office. The Spanish Minister had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Malmesbury at the Foreign-office. Mr. Childe had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday. Sir John and Lady Pakington left town yesterday for Brighton. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, the Governors of the North American provinces, the Governor of South Australia, and the Governor of the Gambia: PROCLAMATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT. The Bill brought from the Lords to shorten the time re• quired for assembling Parliament after a dissolution thereof was yesterday printed by order of the House of Commons. It Is proposed to enact " that so often as her Majesty shall by her Royal proclamation appoint a time for the first meet ing of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after a dissolution thereof, the time so to be appointed may be any time not less than 35 days after the date of such proclamation, the Act of the fifth year of Queen Anne; chap. 8, or the Act of 7th and Bth William 111., chap. 25, or any other law or usage to the contrary not withstanding." RANDOM SHOT FROM THE MINIE RIFLE.-011 Friday last , a gentleman, being a member of the South Devon Rifle Corps, was at Turf, practising in order to test a new rifle sent to lim for that purpose by a tradesman of abnalleattst a ru d c4 a a g n a c i e nst of a Exeter, _he fired one shot at a. mark 800 yards distant; the ma& was situated half-way up . a steep hill (Pole-hill) 911 u the Devon estate, the hill being 100 feet high. The 30 pi e f e e e e t o fp e ro rp c e k n , di g c l u a l n a c r ed de o ac v e e n r t th e e n hill, the opposite side marksman st ruck a woman totally out of eight of the It inflicted a% the bill actually intervened between them. learning the e esb. wound in the thigh, and the gentleman, be paid to the a x a tzrdinary fact, directed every attention to satisfied witb the h an d who has expressed herself thoroughly distance has been andsome treatment she has received. The of me p asured under the superintendence of Mr. John Drew, the spot where the shet rharn, and it was found that from woman stood:was 1,386 was fired:to the place where the quarters of a mile. This yards,tact has actually more' than three shows that all which has as excited great interest, and as an offensiVe weapon will be beenralteedicted of the Minie rifle for practice should have a clear distancel d. and that the ground of a mile at least.— Exeter Gazette. RESPITE, FOR THE CONVICT M a deputation corn ICKLEBURGH.—In consequence of _ t , posed of j. B. Rose, Fs one of the magistrates of he borough of Ipswich, Messrs. jq" S. 11. Cowell, J. need, and other gentlemen, Win; are op- posed to death punishment, having waited on the Secretary of State for the Home Department on Saturday last, with a memorial numerously i s. gned, a respite was, a t twelve o'clock on Monday night , r eceived at the county gaol, i.. t 3wic ji, for the unhappy plan, clgring bar NoiNty's pleasure. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1852. Iprudence could scarcely justify! When my mind was I Gentleman was the establishment of special courts in thus reproaching me, I asked Lord Wharncliffe if he London, and in any other city which was desirous of foi -1 would kindly assist me, by acting as president, His losing she exalt - Tie of the metropolis. He would, how -1 Lord,h i p_l ma y truly use the word--charitabl y con- ever, not have any new c omp u l bu ry curt of the working sensed ; and, I hope, the warmth of my heartfelt grati- of which they could have no real experience, and which, tudo to hi s L o rd s hip, will never cool—hip kind and j after all, might turn out an unsattsfact , ry experiment. condescending manner, his encouragement when all that What he wished was that certain business men should in was within me was ready to give way, now that he is each place register their names as arbitrators in com absent f rom E ng l a nd, is pressing with renewed force mercial disputes, who should elect a sufficient body of upon me, an d w h en unnatural difficulties are thrown themselves to act as a commercial jury, and these being around me, so that thoughts here oppress me and me- aided by a man of legal knowledge, in order toregister the mory grows painful! causes and digest the documents for the various cases for "To keep up the spirit of the movement, at my desire adjudication, as in other tribunals. Such local courts as Lord Wharncliffe took the chair at several meetings; on these, where causes could be decided by men of business, one of those occasions Lord Wharncliffe said—' He was would be much more satisfactory, in his opinion, than always prep are d t o f ur th e r any legitimate object which the dilatory mode at present adopted of settling disputes the commercial wor ld m ight have in view, and he was in this country. Such courts could not be established in especially ready to give his assistance on the present this country without an Act of Parliament. It seemed occasion with r egar d t o th e proposal of Mr. Lyne, that to him that it would be in their power to frame a plan that vast interest (the commercial) should stir itself to of such courts as he had described without in any degree obtain a special judicature to decide in any complicated trenching upon the law of the land or the general admi cases that arose in commercial affairs.' nistration of justice.—(Applause.) As a simple experi eWe had many public meetings, and many resole- ment, offering such advantages, it would be very judicious tions were passed; on some we have acted, on others we to have a trial, if possible, of such a tribunal. If the found it best (on reflection) not to set—such as petition- views he had expounded were satisfactory to the meet ing the Prime Minister, the Board of Trade, and so inn, there ought to be a united proceeding on the part of forth—the public mind was too uninformed for such do- the friends of the cause for this purpose.—(Applause.) tided stops. Seeing this, I was desirous by all means to In conclusion the Learned Gentleman moved the follow procure for, and to give to the public useful information, ing resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting, and I found that they could not read as fast as I could that it is highly important to the interests of the great write on the advantages of the tribunals of commerce; metropolitan trading community that a united and de my only chance of success I discovered was termined movement should be made with a view to the at once to turn tinker, and keep hammer- establishment of tribunals of commerce." ing out little pieces of ev id ence an d so Mr. RAINY, in seconding th e mo ti on , a ll u d e d to one patiently elaborate what I wished the public to know; commercial case (a disputed contract) which had been and upon the whole we must, I suppose, all agree it is in a state of litigation for nearly fifty years before it was better to take too much time rather than too little when brought to a close, when the costs were stated to have great reforms aro engaging our thoughts, for we must amounted to 100,0001. Numerous other cases were re have a code or law to regulate tribunals of commerce, lated by the speaker, in which he showed the small pro and there are now three barristers on this platform who, bable charge which would occur to parties having disputes lam quite sure, if the merchants and traders of the City arranged by tribunals of commerce, in comparison with of London would confide the task to them, would, toga- the unbusinessliko and tedious proceedings of the courts ther, form a commerciatcode for this country as would of Westminster. immortalize their names, and satisfy the independent The resolution was passed unanimously. notions of Englishmen. At length, Lord Wharncliffe Mr. COWAN, M.P., had great pleasure in moving the came down to the London Tavern, and delivered a well- adoption of a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his studied speech on this important subject—it was given kindness in presiding on that occasion. in full, through the columns of the newspapers, and the Mr. LYNE seconded tho motion, which was passed Morning Chronicle had a forcible leading article on the unanimously. subject, pointing out the sound reasoning of Lord Wham- The meeting then separated. cliffe; and the clever editor thus commenced his re marks:—' It is by no means a new discovery that with the most extensive and important trade in the world, this country does not possess any system of commercial law which satisfies even the elementary conditions of ex cellence.' This, gentlemen, pretty clearly tells you that the editor of the Morning Chronicle thinks you ought, in the 19th century, at least to begin to do something in the way of improvement as to the administration of the commercial law of this great country. " This speech of Lord Wharneliffe did a vast deal of good for the cause—as soon as the English papers reached North America, with his Lordship's speech, the merchants of New York examined the arguments in favour of tribunals of commerce, and lost no time in preparing for themselves plans for the establishment of such commercial tribunals; our colonies, too—Sydney in particular—with equal quickness took up the subject as being one of great importance for their merchants and traders, and I am now in correspondence with that part of the world on the subject. Thus have we, f ar away from home, sown good seed, and springing up there it has invigorated what was planted here. That great town Liverpool (great because inhabited by busy, intelligent men) set to work to examine what had been said in London and done in North America, and after admiring the beauty of the nut-line oi. ,a tribunal of commerce they formed within their Chamber of Com merce a committee on commercial tribunal s, and the following pertinent questions put to myself by that committee, will prove to yon that they intend to examine thoroughly into the matter. " Ist. Do any lawyers sit on the Board ? " There do not exist any assessors in these tribunals of commerce—they are the judges or associates, who replace those who hear their pleadings, and render judg ment. "2d. Is there any law-clerk or assessor to aid by advice? " 3rd. Are those tribunals courts of record ? " Yea, in one sense. " 4th. What class of men are the licentiates: do they live by their practice in these courts ? " They do not form any particular class, but must first study three years. " sth. Are the judges assisted by legal men ? " Whether or not, we are to stop short—London, after all, will have it to say, she gave birth to the movement, and that it stands recorded at the Mansion House, that 1,000 trading firms at the least in this City are wise enough to wish for such tribunals. Fancy 1,000 firms in London, with an average of three partners each, wishing for a change, and yet that wish doubted by some of the leading houses, because, ere now, the desire has not ripened into something like a demand, widened by frequent over-crowded meetings. Why do they not push on ? Are they not encouraged so to do ? Lord Brougham has said in the House of Lords, It is impossible to overrate the value of these tribunals for commercial men This, I trust, you will think is great encouragement. Perhaps some people will say practical men in the City are not in favour of the proposed change ; but would that bo true ? There is a little knot of well-known practical men in Charlotte-row ; what have they said ? In a few words they have said a great deal for us; they tell you that for the small and the industrious man in trade the London Tavern is open, and so are our law courts—if the little trader loves his family be would not come to this magnificent house, to get his daily dinner; and none of you could force him so to do; but any one owing to him a trifling sum might force him, to his ruin, into: our costly courts of justice to seek his due. During . the last eight or ten months I have gained many victories over opinions which were at one time dead against the mov emen t. l am d e eply indebted to Lord Brougham for very much kindness during my efforts, but especially for ono great ser vice, that of allowing me to address him, by letter, through the columns of a newspaper. My letter and his Lordship's reply were noticed by the Law _Review for November, 1851, and I cannot resist reading to you the following extract from that review : " Arbitrationi s so intimately connected with the pro ceedings of the City gentlemen, which have for their ob ject the obtaining an easy and expeditious, as well as cheap mode, of settling their mercantile disputes, that wo must shortly advert to it. Few who have of late years taken an interest in the amendment of the law can have forgotten Mr. John A. Smith's statement, which was also made on another occasion by Mr. A. Baring (afterwards Lord Ashburton), that after a cause to which mercantile men were parties had lasted for some years in the Court of Chancery, and cost many thousand pounds, without making any visible progress, it was re ferred to those two eminent individuals, who settled it in a couple of days, to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. It is no wonder that suitors, or those who expect to be suitors, should reflect with envy on this remarkable example of the natural, as contradistin guished from the technical procedure." " This tells you at once why I delight to serve the cause. I am sure, from my own experience, that to make traders virtuous, good, and happy, you must take away technical procedure by giving to them Tribunals of Commerce. Perhaps, gentlemen (I am going to joke with you a little), you aro much in love with our present bankruptcy laws, and the dread of Tribunals of Commerce sweeping them away may deter you from coming heart and soul to aid this movement; but in this case, too, depend upon it the exchange would be, that you would have a more simple and less expensive sys tem than you now possess. Go but once to Basing hall-street,' said an intelligent merchant, and you will see incredible confusion and irregularity; and it really seems as if the money in question there wore a thing with no lawful owner. " I am sorry to intrude so much upon your time; but there is one other important point I wish, with your in dulgence, to touch upon. " We can now fully meet those who would say that tri bunals of commerce,might prove a dangerous speculation, as their admirable usefulness cannot be eapperted by experience; we disarm smelt opposers now, through the great kindness of the President of the Tribunal of Commerce in Paris, who at the cost of very great labour to himself has enabled me to give to the British public a true picture of the Tribunal of Commerce iu France , and no im p artial minded man; after reading what the President of the Tribunal of Commerce has given to us from the store house of his own experience, can gain sa y the declarationtethe of Lord Brougham, that it is imposs ible to overrate that a dmirable working of such tribunals; and recollect such tribunals are known to be working well in _erlguiucre,, Bremen, Greece, Hayti, Hamburgh , Malta, Tuscany, Sp a i n , Turkey, deficiency, Rome, Sardinia, Saxony, Prussia, and Wurtemburg, all pointing at our d and you may rely on it the United Statesantitillgs.ohoenuadeos the same. Hair-splitting in our co me would disappear as soon as it became gen could known that the pathway _ to. simplicity. Nothing no longer be robbed of its natural simpli This i s a more convenient now than for a dishonest men to play upon the string—that his solicito_reisetta;rydueee-d, if many cloak that covers a multitude of 1, is my lawyer 'a men had not the power of saying, o no t know how they hands, and I can't interfere, I life as respectable would be enabled to pass throteignnot If you il ia Change men you this is a matter members of society. but, of. I have done my best to must change systems; for public feeling to dispose() I gentlemen, still can serve it, by the serve this cause. I believe I ; and I hope this meet ingaid of the friends I have 0 against unnatural foes I avoid all personalities now, will do its part to tp.rotec m and unfair impediments . I protect the cause, I rely because, gentlemen; a to ct myself. w ith full confidenc that prote shall never " stand in need o f honest-minded mon i your great yo u for your p a tience, ar, and I thank indulgence. .• Th e CUAIRMAN said that a e meeteng of the g enera l caled, and although h e was a m m -dered to some comm ittee had been her he did n ot attendn it, l which act he considered e xtent still sanctioned that meeting. la n LYNE said the time was now arrived when ho hope d justice wo uld be done to himself as t h e or i g i na t or nt. He had no fear o f this move me of meeting with justice from s uch advocates of the caus e as L or d W hare ciiffe, sir James Duke, Mr. Lawrence Hayworth, and Thornton- After goingthrough seine Mr. Richard of difficulties he had countered his efforts to este the tribunals of commerce, he said no should throw h blish • se lf and his case entirely on the consideration of the general committee.—(Dear, hear.) Mr. STANL EY here retired. Mr. AraToN then moved the first resolution, in doing w hi c h he pointed out the advantages of the French com mercial code, and also its inapplicability to the multi tudinous and weighty transactions of the commerce of this nation- The Mine recommended by the Hon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. TEE Loss OF THE BIRKENHEAD.—PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.—ln conversation with several of the pas sengers per Propontis, from the Cape of Good Hope, I have been informed that the general impression is that the melancholy accident resulted from a variation of the compass, for the Birkenhead was presumed to be steering at east three miles outside the rock on which she struck. That part of the coasts n which the Birkenhead was lost was first surveyed in 1818, by Commander Walker, of the Dispatch i tore .ship, who carefully examined the coast during fourteen trips along the S.E. coast of the Cape colony, and made a chronometric survey and chart from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay. Captain Walker gave his name to Walker Bay, and also gave its name of Point Danger to that projection of the land, in con sequence of the reef extending so far off. The same coast has been since surveyed by Admiral Owen with a surveying-ship. The coast is well known, and the awful disaster must have arisen from deviations of compass, occasioned by the local attraction of the iron ship, which were, in all probability erroneously corrected on Professor Airey's principles. The loss of this steamer has created a deep sensation in the community here, many of whom are related to the unfortunate t , fficers and crew.—Shi P ping Gazette. Commander Shepard Al‘Cormickdied on Sunday , 28th ult., at New Ross, W ex f or d , Ireland, deep ly and deservedly regretted, and t o the inexpressible grief and irreparable loss of a sorrowing widow and six children. He served in various parts of the globe during the late war, and bore on his person many honourable marks of the hard-fought actions he had been engaged in. His last service was in the St. George, 120, Captain Nies, from which ship he was superseded at his own request. Commodore Bruce, the Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, in his flag-ship Penelope, 16, steam frigate, Captain Lyster, left St. Vincent the d a y before the screw Cape packet left for Sierra Leone. The Commodore had appointed his Flag Lieutenant Bonham to the acting command of the screw-sloop Wasp, vice Commander Crozier invalided. THE HYDRA STEAM-SLOOP.—A letter, dated Sierra Leone, March 2, 1852, says :—" We arrived here on the 28th of February, and will sail this afternoon for St. Paul do Loando and the Cape. We are all well. The English mail of the 15th ult. has just ar rived, and our purser has joined. Sierra Leone is just now very healthy. The Crane, 6, Commander M'Donnell, is here, waiting the arrival of the Commo dore, who is expected hourly in the Penelope." A letter from the Swift, dated Callao, January 19, 1852, says:—" Commander Aldam, in the Swift, is on his way to the coast of Mexico to collect freight, where he will remain senior officer till the middle of June, when he will return to Valparaiso. It is ex pected she will have a good freight. The Swift may be probably in England about November. Dxdalus, 19, Captain Wellesley, will, it is believed, relieve the Swift in June. Driver, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson, has just gone to Valparaiso pretty well laden with freight. She will leave this month (January) for England. The Swift relieves the Daphne on the coast of Mexico. The Mexican Go vernment has increased the duty on the exportation of silver." Avon, steamer, arrived at Portsmouth from Ply mouth, on Tuesday, and proceeded on to Sheerness with supernumeraries. Vulcan, iron screw steam troop-ship, Master Com mander Penn, discharged her powder, and the Echo has towed her into Portsmouth Harbour, where she will be docked. Her bottom is said to be very foul. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD.—It is impossible to describe the sen sation this melancholy event has occasioned in this port, to which nearly all the crew belonged. The dockyard has been the scene of many heartrending exhibitions of grief to-day, and numerous have been the applications for information by widows and or phans. The Port-Admiral and Admiral-Superin tendent have evinced the utmost anxiety and readi ness to render all the information in their power, and to alleviate as far as in their ability the distress oc casioned by this unlooked-for calamity. The Bir kenhead was an iron !team-vessel, of 1,400 tons, built by Laird, of Birkenhead, fora steam-frigate, but before being tried as a ship of that class she was converted into a troop-ship, in which character she never enjoyed a good reputation, as many officers who have sailed and held appointments in her can testify. She left this port last on the 2d of January, on which day she victualled as her own troop service complement 129 persons, her apportioned complement being 131. As a navigator Mr. Salmond ranked among the most skilful of the Masters of the Royal Navy. His latter services were in the Retribution steam-frigate, and the Vengeance, 84 , un der Captains Lushington and the Earl of Hardwicke ; then the Fisgard, 42, at Woolwich, from which ship _he was appointed to the command of the Birkenhead on the Bth of February, 1851. ofpublic •on pathy promptly taken as to a demonstration . nB. We ere gratified to state that our hint has been the C h as proposed, and his views with the relatives of thoselost in t e Comma der_ head. Admiral Sir Thomas Brigg s ' orn are in-Chief at this port, by itha Ad miral Superin tendentmost warmly espoused wit i cili:Jr.. 'u t w e P . d n ie of be t rd._ Prescott, C. 8., that, they, together with the s hould in demonstration of their deep regret relief of the widows j e e a s p t t y ll ' i s a s s liirs caenrcr vessels. at_ Spi h a and in Ports mouth harbour, who perished regret at the loss of the Birkenhead subscribe one andday's marines be most readily proud to add aslrequisitionl . Bramble ) oonnd t ho ar p tp a h y n ine t ni o sa w ne a cf rhtdohs the will l has also been signed We a re Portsmouth, acknowledged.to the Mayor eratio n the b " for the purpoofsethoef this iAr o . co „, :i c io o t u o ne e i o l e o s f id best means to be adopted taking for raising funds in aid ofthe sufferers by the me lancholy loss of her Majesty's ship Birkenhead, and steps as may be deemed desirable." This mtoeteatki n e g s such be held on Saturday at two o'clock. It could not be held earlier,threeelear days to be given before as the Municipal Act com pels a noti ce o f any special meeting a corporation can legally take of place. April 8, 1852. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON.—The Master-General of the Ordnance (Lord Hardinge) arrived at this port yesterday, and after inspecting the new works, forts, &c., embarked i n th e Li g ht n i ng steam-ten d er for the Channel Islands. WOOLWICH, APRIL 7.—The intelligence which reached this port yesterday afternoon of the loss of the Birkenhead, and of so many persons on board, has caused a more than ordinary feeling of regret, as Master-Commander R. Salmond, who had charge of the vessel, and Mr. W. Brodie, additional master, were well known and greatly respected at Woolwich, both having been borne on the books of the Fisgard flag-ship at this port immediately previous to their appointment to the Birkenhead. Mr. W. Brodie had been but recently married at Porteea ; the chief en gineer, Mr. W. Whyham, and the assistant-engineers, were also known to many in this quarter. Many of the officers who were drowned were well known to the officers of the garrison here. Cornet Roll - , of the 1 12th Lancers, was the son of Mr. Rolt, the centractor , all feel has become a candidate for the boroug h, and 11 feel deeply for the loss he has sustained. Captain Erasmus Ornmanney and Colonel Fre mont, with Mrs. Fremont, from the Un ited Colonel State`'' visited Woolwich Dockyard yesterdaoy. Fremont is well known in ell quar ters .c his name being so often mentioned in the " diggings ' in California. h Several of the workmen at t i e overtime at present, being m 1 1 0 1) l eam . crank for the celebrated irothes, can, recently returned from. e‘ ..., The Llighflyer steams- connexion with I the world, factory are working ed in making a new Cape of f oop-ship Vul .Goo...rd Hope. can, vapgun h enry j . S A `,.-r . ,r7l Matson, will stop at Greenhithe wh -4. c mem, Woolwich on Saturday, to have her ut i p ysssiiraci-.-- justed by C ap t a i n J o h nson . Th e whole"; ~,Loficeri have now joined this fine vessel, ,and she in -a powerful addition, from her great weight, , ,,,Arcase - mem, to th e s t eam - vesse l s i n commission at Ports mouth. LAUNCH OF THE SCREW STEAM-SHIP INDIANA. Yesterday was launched from the extensive build ing establishment of Mare and Co., Blackwell, another of the new fleet of screw-steamers destined to convey the mails, &c., from Plymouth to the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta, and ultimately, in all pro bability, to Australia. This ship is the fourth large screw-vessel that has been turned out by Mare and Co., and the Indiana is a worthy addition to the large squadron now afloat, comp osed of th e " Har binger," " Queen of the South, " and the " Lady Jocelyn." The event was regarded as quite a holi day at Blackwell, and by the thousands assembled at Mr. Mare's establishment to witness the depar ture of the ship from the slip on which she has been constructed in comparatively a very short time. From the gigantic proportions which the ship pre sented on the stocks, it was almost deemed im possible that she could be got into the water safely from such a box of a place in which she was cradled ; but the same art that designed such a magnificent structure had arranged the necessary means for extricating her from her slip, and consequently, at the appointed time the Indiana, having received her appropriate name with the usual ceremonies, glided into the water in excel lent style—first moving almost imperceptibly, but at each yard gathering way, until the huge fabric bad acquired such a momentum that she dashed away across the creek and ran on a bed prepared to receive her, from whence she was subsequently towed out into the Thames and moored off Blackwell, prepara tory to being taken into dock to be fitted for sea. The Indiana, like her sister ships, is a credit to the company and her constructor, and an honour to the country which has produced so fine a fleet of vessels as already compose this rising and influential com pany. She is 240 feet 6 inches long, 39 feet 3 inches broad, and 25 feet deep. Her burden in tons is 1,778, and she is to be propelled with engines of 300- horse power, by Mandalay, Field, and Co. Her appearance in the water was hailed with shouts of applause by the spectators, who watched with great interest the process of extricating so large a ship from the confined limits of Bow Creek. Her launching trim a little by the stern set the ship off to great advantage, and altogether she appeared from stem to stern a most handsome craft. A contrast to the Indiana was afforded to the visitors to the East India Docks in the almost finished sister ships the Queen of the South and the Lady Jocelyn. They were fully rigged and nearly completed, and, we be lieve, the Queen of the South will make her first trip during June next. Their appearance could not fail to arrest attention ; for they were strikingly massive, but well-equipped and wholesome-built ships. At this launch an opportunity was afforded to the numerous assembly to perambulate the extensive, but com plete, establishment of Mr. Mare, at which we un derstand, he employs some three thousand men, and has building and fitting, and in course of laying down some 25,000 tons of steam shipping, including the "Mauritius," "Calcutta," and other 1,800 ton screw ships, for the General Screw Steam Ship ping Company, and, with some small vessels for his I Holiness the Pope of Rome, that stupendous steamer for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, the Hima laya, of 3,200 tons, and 1,200 horse power. After the launch, which was attended by Mr. Ellis, the Chairman, Mr. Fox, M.P., and other directors, Mr. O'Beirne, the Secretary, and Captain Ford, the superintendent of the company, Mr. F. P. Smith, Mr. Field, and a great many other scientific gentle men, the directors and their friends adjourned to the Brunswick Hotel, where a dejeuner was partaken of, and success was drunk to the ship, the company, Mr. Mare, his naval architect, Mr. Waterman, and others concerned in the proprietary and in building the above addition to the enterprising company's fleet of screw steamers. SPORTING NOTES. No. CXCIX. THE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln days of yore, the Craven Meeting at head quarters commenced the racing season; now, however, it is preceded by several large, and many minor, meet ings. This meeting still has one peculiarity, and though it does not open the season, it is the ground on which we have the first peep at some of the principal three years old engaged in the Derby—no less than nine stakes being for horses of that age. The Meeting com mences on Monday with the Craven Stakes, which has yet to close and name. Then follows a small Handicap, the entries for which are to be made the night before the race; after which, as the play-bills have it, the first stake of any standing—the Thirty-eighth Riddlesworth —will be run over the Abingdon Mile. There are only three subscribers to this stake, and but two nominations, the Duke of Bedford's and Sir R. Pigott's. Huoo, be longing to the former, will, I have but little doubt, de feat the Baronet's Daughter of Saint Francis and Prioress. f SA Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b, over the Abingdon Mile, in all probabi lity will not be contested by more than a couple, and m ight be a walk over; but in any case it will be won by Lord Ribblesdale's LIVERMERE. Another Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for colts only, over the Cambridgeshire Course, will most pro bably:be contested by Ilex, Hesperus, and Wingenund. The last-named has proved himself such a very wretched animal by his previous performances, that I think this race may be booked to the Duke of Bedford with HESPERUS• first stake on the list is the Nineteenth On Tuesday the Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovs. each, le ft, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b, over the very bad ones, and R e - D.M. lam not at all certain what will be started for this race, but I am tolerably confident that MAGNES and Tnn NABOB will occupy the two first places; Weather over the Cler mont a very doubtful starter. 25 The Newmarket Handicap of sews. each, 10 ft, and Weather gage and the Toga filly being mont Course (about a mile, &e a with 200 . add e d , six furlongs, and some score yards), next claims my attention. i g eddington and • the couple of top w only 5 if declared, Aphrodit6, eights' together, I be lieve,wait Hernandez, will be missing from the fray . Tile Grand Duke, T,)111 HoltbY Harpsichord,Lad y t h e Old T , (1 —a,, an d 2 Agnes, Snariy will Stebbings'e . be also absentees.couple likewise, I think, w ill be non est on the a • ay, and Merry Peal is scracted. At the p resent time I imagine t he field will be composed of * o the following:—Officious, flardinge, Proctor, Tophana, Coryphe . e, The Little s ava ge, Mount a i n Flower, D O War foot colt, Bardol elia colt ( ) Sally Ph, Came • i. a, Plumstead, Pluck, Maria, and one of Lord Clifden, ar ts, probably Poodle. The top weights I consider • the middle weig hts are all settled by the presence of Officious, by Tophana and tionf the Coryphee, and the light weights are dispo se d o by the Little Savage and Poodle. I should be in c li ne d to take the three first named for choice to stand on; T_ _ °PRAHA, however, if she runs, to beat the lot, My final remarks on this race will appear on Monday evening, it being • ' give a impossible for me give a de cisive ci.opinion at the present moment, as the various owners' intentions are not at all clear as to starting, &c. Two or three other stakes, which have not closed as yet, finish the day's sport. On Wednesday's races I shall only touch upon one— the Column Stakes—of 50 soya. each, h ft, over the R.M. This & tette bee thirty .......;....uons to it; bit will probably have but few starters, namely-' Lapidist, Glenluce, Sophistry, Exotic filly, Princess colt, and, perhaps, another or two of comparatively little account. The field I will give in my communica tion on Monday. At a first glance the race seems a cer tainty for Lapidist, and to my thinking so it is; but it must be remembered that Glenlace is a remarkably fast filly, and that Sophistry's running was anything but bad last year. It would be a curious coincidence were La pidist, a la Ariosto, to find himself dividing the two fil lies by running home second, as was the case with Ariosto last year; but at the present reading I must place LAPIDIST first, with the two fillies second and third, the Orlando colt fourth , and the Exotic filly last. Thursday's and Friday's races I will touch upon to morrow. I sm, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SEABORNE MAILS. [IT signifies that the mails aro sent front the General post by the night—and M by the morning-spatch•] When made up In PLACES. General Peet-office London: . - Frem what' when port dls due. patched. ~...... erpool America (by U.S. pkt.) N l April 22 ••• 7 iiiontassigt• Ma 19 America (by Brit. pkt.) 3.l l7 29 A dth P/ 11 017 9 th of i i ontb • _ ss i u rA ptoooo ,, u v ntvettir poo lidestroamiin. : l4 : tt . .......l A liA ATP p pre r epri i r,l l iebriiii‘l. l l,.7 3 ,talsl oooat. America (by U.S. pkt.) KAPriloll the • t n . onth (DoverrlYze°* .. , April 18 Africa Aieian (W a es . t . c . o . as .. t . ):: IT N 1 1 , 4 th, h .._ 3 ,,,,..„ . . erin.e..nover (Daily • • N,DailY " ** nth ,Sonthampt. ,April 16 Bel g ium " '• .. Im:9th off the month ISouthampt. April 16 Brazil .. • • .. vi ed aC lilf r e el) ,, 7t h I 7t h 27ti? ef mo ,Dover ..April 10 c ß caa tt lifp en eo os ornif A Ga y o res ( .. .. 'Dover .. I Twicedaill 34 2d & 17th of men. Central America .. ~. Mon., Wed., &Fn. South;unpt.lTtt. Tb. Sat Channel Isles •• Br, f7th of the month 'Sonthampt. ',April 20 . ,rT , 14th of month 111.Ymou.h.. May 3 .• .. M N Wl7ethani7tht m tSi o t a n t r t; l S 4 Ou 'jl th e am il pl . . 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April 20 • • .• •'s sth 15th 25tn ofmo Dover ~ April 12 Tu'ean ' * '• • • • • N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover • • April 12 West Indies ( West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month Sonthampt. April 20 Eavanna & Nassau) 11 ,1d of the month .. Sonthampt.lMay b except - * The mails to those °untried thus =Larked (*) " 0 COuVeY O 4 47 c NACII paßatet VIA tlarseilles• April 2IL April 16 May 5 lAprll 16 !April 10 LONDON, TRIBUNALS OF COMMERCE Yesterday a general meeting of the supporters of this reovernen, eenveeed by the lien. Secretary, F' "c i s Lyne, was bold at the 'London Tavern. Toe following gentlemen were on the platform:—Acton S. Ayrton, Esq.; J. S. Hamilton Flumphreys, Esq ; Andrew Hen derson, E-q.; C. R. Ri c h ar d son , E sq . ; D. C. Aylwin, Esq.; John Edward :Woodroffe, Esq.; G. L. Jackson, Esq.; Thomas Francis, Esq.; Barnes, Esq.; G. V. Buller, Esq.; Th os . Bi ggs, E sq.; D. 11. Woodfall, Esq.; Charles Cow an , E sq ., M.P. ; John Fenton,' Esq.; John Day, R eq.; T hos. W a t son , Esq ; Ed ward Cook, Es q . ; H enry Sewell, Esq.; William B row n, Esq.; William Smily, Esq. Several letters of apology, some from influential parties, were read, stating inability to attend, and among them the following:— " Reform Club, Pall-mall, April 1, 1852. " My dear Sir,—As I em leaving town on Wednes day next, I shall not be able to attend the meeting you have appointed. Judging by all the facts bearing upon your case that have come under my observation, I am disposed to consider the treatment you have received eg riginal ro moter of from the partie s , w h o may be fairly s tated to have usurped your p os i t i on of bin the o Tribunals of C ommerce in this country, as extreme l y unfair towards yourself, and an outrage on ordinary justice and common propriety. Therefore, I have af f ixed my signature to th e i nclosed printed letter; an d am, my dear Sir, yours t ru l y, p " LAWRENCE IIEYWORTH. " Francis Lyne, Copy of the lett er alluded to as having b een s i g ned by Mr. Lawrence Heyvvorth, as foll ows: "London, April 1852. ' "To Mr. John M at hi son Fraser, 34, Mark - lane. Mr. Daniel M`Farlan, 154, Fenchurch - street. Mr. Richard C . Polhill, 15, Mark-lane. Mr. Charles White, 15, Bar e-yard. " " Gentlemen, — As one of the certain g enera l committee I have learnt with much regret that cer t a in disputes have disturbed the harm ony which should ex i st b e tween yourselves and our h onorary secretary, M r . Francis Lyne. I lament now to find that it is not likely that the movement can be benefited by the joint services of and considering that Mr. Francis Lyne WAS yourselves and Mr. Lyne. Under such circumstances, origi nator of the movement, that the public money was ad vanced to aid the cause called to our notice by Mr. Lyne, and that his zeal:and energy have on various occasions been applauded (without intending to offer you any per sonal offence), I request, as one of the general commit tee, that you will be good enough to give up to Mr. Lyne all books, moneys, and papers relating to this the committee. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient movement, and that you will servant, (Signed) " LAWRENCE HEYWORTII. "To Francis Lyne, Esq." retire from the executive " Moorgate-street, April 3, 1852. "My dear Sir, —I am sorry that it is quite out of my power to attend the public meeting which has been con vened, and which is to be presided over by Sir James Duke. You are aware, lam sure, that your exertions alone, in behalf of Tribunals of Co mmerce , have in duced me to give my subscripti on i n a id o f t h e f un d s which have been raised to promote their establishment; and believing, as I do, that an improper attempt has been made to endeavour to take from you the credit of originating the design to establish them in this country, I hope you will be able successfully to establish your title to public support as the originator. At any rate, I beg leave to repeat my assurance that to you, and to you alone, my subscription can be ascribed.—l remain, my dear Sir, yours very truly,• " GEORGE 11. FOSTER. s r th April, 1852. " To Francis Lyne, Esq." inity quare lin j d by your favour " Tr "My dear Sir, —I am happy to say die. I fear it will be of Saturday that you are progressing f 1 for me to at tend your meeting on Wednesday, foram confined to I can scarcely put it to quitethe impossible the house with the gout, and my foot is so swollen that W. J. HALL." With best re gards, my dear Sr, yours faithfully, J. DUKE, Bart., M.P., took the chair, Sir J that on a question of such importance h air, and said he was placed in the position of their chairman in consequence of the requision of seven or eight gentlemen, ought, as one of their representatives, towho thought he preside on this occasion. In doing this be should abstain from taking part either for or against any g`mtlenian present who might have opposite views, but would confin himself to seeking such information as would • • • justify him in de ciding on the resolutions which were to be proposed to the meeting.—(Hear, bean) Mr. Stanley then handed in a protest on behalf of four members of the executive committee. Mr. STANLEY, h • _ having read the protest, stated that if Mr. Lyne thought proper to put any • question to him, he should be happy to answer it. Mr. m LYNE having replied in the negative. Mr. LEE then moved that the report ground. With prepared by Mr. L ji Mr. RAINY ;h seconded administration of motion.thea coun r t . r Lyre should b© read to the meeting. country a y etg great a t h t eenh change read e his has r h e e p e o h r t, as f follows: "For proposed.l l w commercial of this " For " That some change is necessary, I believe eve engaged with trade is ready to admit, andt r h y at m th an e change proposed would tend to aid the progress of the moral improvement of the people of this country, and the enlargement of trade by the consequent greater cer tainty of the stability of know, agree in saying —this concurrence of opinion I have made my weapon t gaged in! o fight the hard battle I have en .ln the year 1847, when the great corn failures took keenly was it felt in the Corn Ex change that our present for the economical law system is not well adapted and speedy adjustment of disputes arising out of trade t or usages. liceniransactions, built either upon con tractsand patient y,I say, was this felt, but, like good feelin g was Englishmen ,maniiested under trial, no expression o f m yself, through so ' About the end of 1849 I was know that we wanted' peculiar circumstances, made t o co untry, and less able Tribunals of Commerce in thi s s ecret, 1 began t o talk than the corn factors to keep a about it, and the more I did so the more agreem ent business on this sew of opinion I found amongst men in l a w courts by all ject; and every one conceded that our ne!saus should be avoided by men of business. New We but it requires two to k now , one man can make a quarrel, disputants choose, t make it up, If one out of two courts—to settle a ° take the mad path—our law or revenge, or from simple dispute, whether from malice, " When I found blindness, who can prevent him? I then conceived the myselfidea supported by so much sympathy, to consider the , , e . a of getting up a public meeting Com merce, and I , et 'fl f u.lcot of Tribunals of Com- Lord Mayor the advantages men of such tribunals over a small sheet of engaged in trade. I took first object appeared 80 ordinarystrongly foolscap paper, hoping, as the leading fin",a would sign to recommend it.elf, that the such firms doing so, the it; and that some four or five the meeting. Lord Mayor would at once call " It is almost n 'e -nnecea co mplete greenhornro ery for me to tell you I was a at m ovements, everything that time with regard to public I pertaining to such was new to me. " The first thing firms of the city of bad to learn was that the g reat in such matters. I London like to follow, and not to lead leading firms on na e u3 t say the holding bac k of the a mighty difficulty this lecasion was a modesty that placed El InY way; and perhaps I was forced to sham not a part of m a boldness which is really culty, by adding foolscap nature. I faced the diffi memorial 18 feet lon seal) to foolscap,: till I made my —the Corn Market f, aignod by most respectable firma for me) leading the way full force (the staff ot life then out an exception, follottwY• ; and every other trade, with members of the Steele 2g, supported even by sprightly " I then gave notice xchange. London, that 1,000 mercantile the Members for the city of three, and even s i x firms (some with two, meeting should be held, desired that 'a public Tribunals of Commerce, Sir to consider the subject of enough, in consequeno, Sir James Duke was good carefully examining the -' to call upon me, and utter the monster document. ruemorial, he added name to " Baron Rothschild sign it, but they and Mr. Mastermen did not movement, at the gave their support to a e nteer „ " e u e l e time, in favour of a Chamber of Cd as distinct from a Trib for London a thing man ie from his wife! No man of Commerce as a Man can know the need of a Chamber of Commerce for and unless there is a Chan London more than I do, in the city of London, I wouldr of Commerce established warn to keep his thoughts to himself, f _ any friend of mine l feel that he could originate , however sure he might fellmeecreetures. The table of the good for his thrown away. But mark one the bundle of sticks is Messrs. Rothschild and M —lB tCr e of the reasons given by cry for a Chamber of Corem:lau for supporting the of that chamber to form a committee wish was, out investigate and determine questions of gentlemen to rests of merchants, by establishing" affecting the lute tion, so as to avoid the enormous elites an nually spent in litigation in the law of money injury of all persons concerned, many courts, to the great purely mercantile character, depending eases being of a correct knowledge of customs, of trade more upon a upon the technicalities of i Judicial and commerce than point they are too frequently deeid _l 3 , lactice, upon which is a Court of Arbitration, and I believe At Madras there ye a merchant there, if ho does not submit to its rules, fellow. If were adop ted such a r ule in thought a shabby don we should be gui lt y of an ; e ariete;inble offence on the the City of Lon don that we were in terferin g wi th the liberties of the Crown. No Arbitration Ccurt will do the merchants any substantial good unless it is given ment. I wish Messr s. Rothschild andNV the Parlia asterrnan were here now to supporst this sound reas on ; say I invited them , a s m y respect for them ' as ng. I can only public men would over lead me to do. "The first public meeting for the eo • ns i tderation of the Tribunal of Commerce movement to o k of February last year. The task of place iae on the 18th committee tell upon myself, and e ormanzllng a general ot waste my time in crying over the fact that none of the leading houses would come forward, for we are end not to do our daty, we are told, as well es vet COe. Itocan grumble over circumstances W 3 cannot control. Allis, that to the last day of my life I shall be proud of sll5 mittee I did form; and this is me the ° arodpsportunity to perfoina a very sacred duty towards that ~,Ili!' com mittee, many of w hom are Members of " ment, and all very busy, active, useful ~ , men in the world. They told inc at the first that they were so over bead and cars in support. engagement s , that they could not promise to m e any direct committeelaidpport. Having p u t my hard to the plough encouraged not like to turn back, and anotber thing that supporteda nd me is, that I know, if a cause is a g oo d . on to suc cess, one, what We call accidental circumst ances often lead s when forelaid clever p lans led. Bur when I ,be gan to work I found I ha d u nder ta ke n a task which