The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpocl this weak has been active, and ful:er prices have been obtained, although the arrivals are large. Sales, 34,580 bales; stock, 444,370 bales; against 322,990 bales at this time last year. From Maw hester the trade accounts to -day are much better, but from the woollen districts still rather flat. The Bank of England statement for the week to the 3 Ist ult., is favourable as regards the indications of brisker trade, both the advances on securities and the active circulation showing a gratifying increase, though part may certainly be due to loans on Stock or Exchequer billi. The bullion was less in amount. and it is said the steamer which leaves Liverpool to-day for America, takes out gold. A comparison with the previous week gives the following result : Notes Issutd — ... Decrease ... ... 28,407,105 ... 175,060 ... 3,866,087 ... 2,843 ... 7,830,202 ... 264,508 ... 9,287,878 ... 29,242 ... 1,066,369 ... 16,195 ... No alteration. .. 11,278,918 ... 663,996 ... 10,461,195 ... 492,155 ... 15,197,684 .., 125,107 ... 17,945,910 ... 317,075 Rest Increase ... Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits Decrease ... ... Seven Day and other Bills Deerelse Government securities Other Securities Increase ... ... Notes ... Decrease . Bullion ... . Decrease . Active Circulation Increase . The intelligence from liamburgb, received yesterday, has not been confirmed by any later arrival, and most parties are in anxious suspense, though hopes, of an amicable arrangement are yet entertained and it is remarked that the tact of the Danish ulti matum being rejected would probably be known here as soon as in Germany, if only for the guidance of shipowners. Until some official notice is given, there fore, it is not unfair to entertain hope. There is another affair, however, that hangs over the Money Market, viz., the German Emperor question,, and whether the proffered dignity be accepted or rejected, thero is, in the view of some parties, trouble to be apprehended. Consols have accordingly been heavy at 91 to 921 for transfer on Tuesday, and at 92 to 92i for next account. The jobbers are already reading for the settle.. ment, but this being a Jewish holiday, there can be no absolute coLclusion formed as to whether Bulls or Bears are most out. Consols now are flat at 914 Tho revenue returns ,would have had a fa vourable effect but for the counteracting political news. Special transfers are being made in the securities Upon_ which the dividends are payable next week. The New Three-and-Quarter per Cents. have been 91i to i; and the Three per Cents. 90* to both ex. div. Bank Stock has been at 191*. Exchequer-bills have realised 455. to 485.; and India Bonds 575. to 58s. prem. The Foreign Market has been flat, in unison with Con sols. Mexican have declined to 291 Grenada are 1111, and Equador 31. Venezuela 27. Brazil Bonds ex-div. have been quoted 7V.-. to 791. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 28 to and Spanish Three per Cents. 30*. Dutch T wo-and-a-Half per Cents, have been 491 to 504-. t. In Railway Shares very little is doing and the quota tions generally are rather drooping, though no important change is observable. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'OLOCK. (From the Official List.) _ _ Bank Stock 191 1 ,4 z d 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities I per Cent. Consols Anna ...... 92 91% 92 LA 913/ New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anas. • 911 22% 1 .41 1 A Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 7-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 8 1 4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8% In lia Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 . 58 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account 92 92!d 91 3 / 4 92 Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 5001. Small — 48 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Equador Bonds - . . Grenada, 1 per Cent. • . .. 18q Ditto Deferred ... 3 % Mexican Boners, 1846, 5 per Cent...... 30 1 4 Ditto for the Account 36 29% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 7a 74 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account ..... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3 O l / 1, Venezuela Bonds Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto for the Account DIMNESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONg O'CLOCR RAILWAYS. PAID. l'sa SuAar. Aberdeen Ditto, Preference V A Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 5 Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 20% .. .. Berks and Rants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 5 Birmingham & OxfurdJunct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., witilout a guarantee... 20 ... Birmingham,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ... . .. ... to Do., without a guarantee... 10 Birreing., Vol., tic Stour Val. 13/.14s — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. lO Boston, Stamf., & Binning... 5 Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire.. Caledonian Ditto, Quarter shares ll to .. .. .IA 3 to Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 5O ..... to Ditto, Preference Clarence. ..„ 78% — ...... to Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 • ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 22% — to East Anglia, 251. L. & E., aid L. & D . Ditto, 181., E. & H lB Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3 % E— to Esstern Counties Do New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 • Do. Exten„ 5 per ct.lio. 1,6/. 13e. 4d ... Da., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... •• ... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 Do, Quarter 12%. . .. Ditto, New ... .. 43 . .... ...... to Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ......... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, di4s3 3% . to Ditto, do, Class B (I. & B) 22% to Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 20 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per Ct.) 20 -— to __ _ _ _ . , .... _ Ditto (C. &E.), 5 per ct. 21 - - East Lancashire - Ditto, New ... .......... .... . 21 - - Do., New Quarters - - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares 6 !,1 ...... - East Lincolnshire 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - ••••... to - Ditto, Half Shares - - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - - Ditto, New port l5 - ... to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch e ste r 2% - ......... to - Bx et e r and Exmouth.... 2ls. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 6s.Bd - ..... to - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - - Do. Preference Consolidated -•-• - .• -to - Great Northern 2O - - Do. 14 A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,E - ...... to - Do. 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent. ...... 7% - - Do. Extension .... 2 4..... - - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45 Great North of England 100 234 - Ditto, New 404.... ..... .. .. 40 - ...... to - . Ditto, ditto .... 35 - ... to - Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151. l4 - . ... to -- Great Western 100 - ...... to - Ditto, Half Shares 5O - -. . to - Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O - to - Do. New 171 - Hull and Selby 50 - to - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ..-- - - 1214 - to - Lancaster and Car1i51e........ 50 - to - Do.,Thirds lO ...... -. .... to Lancashire and Yorkshire Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .... 46 ...... - •...... to - to _ Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths lO - to - Ditto Sixteenths ........ ••• 6 4 - " - """ 1 ° ,., - Ditto. Thirds l5 ...... - ••• .• ,‘, ---- Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO - - Do. Live:- d and B 1 -. 46 . - • ••• t o - ~rpooi -urY• ••,; " - ..... t o - Do. (R u dd ers. an d Sheff.) 47 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. _,...* - and Goole 5O .. - - Do., West Riding Union... 9 m - .. - Leeds Do. , Preston and Wyre ... 25 - to - , do. Half Shares (A) 9% 50 .. -•- - and ' Bradford ,••• • to - Leeds and Thirsk 5O to - 40 - Do., New ..... to -• D0.,d0 Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3 %. •••• - • to _ ~ - Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848 6 Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout h- • . .. to - ?rt . . .............. ........... 5% - • to _ London ar Blackwall ... ...... 12 1 / i - - ••• to - Do Extension to - Lov., Bright•, & 38 iL .. .. to - South Coast 50 4-"'• Guaraiiteed 5 per Cent. 9 . -, ••• •• _ to De. Preferential, 5 per Ct ,50 - ••• •• Ditto, ditto ............ 1852 . 50 - - to -. - 1)(4, New,Auar. 6 per cent. 5 to - London and reenwich... 1.2/. 15s. 4d - •••••• to - Ditto Preference . 20 - London & North We . st . e - r . n .. ... ... . 100 ... .. - - Do.DI. New Quarters • . • 7 - Do.to - Fifths ........................ ...... 2 ..... - 40/. Shares.....L. 3; Pkl 30 ..... to - Do. 10/. • Id. and 13. (C.) 1 - ... .. to - Ditto Londo n and S. Western.. 50 toto 17. •••• •• , New 50 1...... . 42 1 ' •••• .• - .• .. ..... /2 Ditto, New 40/. 401... .... ... 31 31 - ...... to - Do.,DitLe, Thirds .................... ... 13s. 4d - to -• New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 Londo ner Ct. on Cans 5 . ... ••••• to .... e.mo ...... to - ry and coloraino... 30 - ..... to - tondouderry and Enniskillen 30 u_mAnch. Buxton, & Matlock 4% - ...... t to o : ahr, Shotheld, and Line.loo - bitto !,( s ll eires ( No. I) ... 18 - to - Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto, 1 4 1 Shares (No. 3 )... 12 1 4 — to Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby & Sheffield 45 Ditto, ditto. .—......... ...... 15 . . ..... to Ditto, ditto ... Ditto Sheffield and Line. 17 1 %...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ..... 224 i Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Midland......— ............. —lOO . ... 76 1 ,4 to 77% Ditto, Consol. Preference...loo ....... . Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... 25 —.. Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. 52 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glonc. 40 ... Ditto ditto 181. 2s. 6d .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan- • nington (8 per ct.gna.)....100 ..... Ili dld. Great Western (Irish) 4714 — to litiddlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ..... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ...... .............. 20 Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 28. — Newport Abergy., and Heref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ......... 20 . - ... .. to Norfolk Ditto New 20/. l5 ...... .•...• to -- Ditto Guaranteed 5 per ct. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / e per cent Do. Liwestott (guar.4pct.) 20 Ditto (guar. Cper cent.... 13 ...... Do. do.Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Unien ... 4 North British .. .. ......... .. 25 Ditto Half Shares. ..... ..... 12% — to Do. Quarters 6 1.4 ...... Ditto. Extension % - Ditto Thirds .... ........ ...... 8!4 ...... North Staffordshire... .. ...... 17% . 13% to 14 North Wales 3 l/2 ..... ...... to North Western .. 114 ..... --- .... to Oxford, Worcester, and W ol- , .. verhampton Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 12 1 ,4„ .. Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 3 1 / 2 ...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 ...... .. Ditto,New.. 2O Shrewsbury and Birmingham 11 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto 9 ... . ....... to Ditto, Oswestry... 1b%...... ...... to Ditto ,New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union South Devon 6O ...... Ditto, Preference ...... - ... 25 SouthStaffordshiro ... 7% — ... .. to South Eastern - ... 23 1 / 2 1 A ... to Ditto, No. 1. 2B Ditto, No. 2............. 27 Ditto, No. 3. 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10':'...... to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and G001e...... 8 Sheffield. Rotherham. and Goole (N. D) Gua. 6 perct. 10 Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 1 7 1,4 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 420 ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47 %..... Waterford, Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Dc. do. do. - West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l6 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South _. ..,......- %Vestern _ l2 Wilts, Somerset,&Weymouth 45 ...... -- to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... Do. Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 43 1 % to 42 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O •. ..• 8% ..• •• to Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .... Demerara. Dutch Rhenish 7 14 — East Indian . . Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... ...... to Louvain ala Sambre ........ 7 1 / 2 — ...... to Luxembourg Ditto ....• Hadrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France.... l3 Orloatri and Bordeaux ... .. 7 Paris and Lyons - Do. Do. Paris and Orleans.... 2O; 1 — - Pans and Rouen 2O — to Paris & Strasbourg ...." .... 10 ['ellen and Havre Sambre and:Reuse :itra.sburg and Bale ..... •••••• 14 . - ••• to —. tours & Nantes ... ... .. 9 Tournav, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell .. ...... ...... .. 28 - ...... West Flanders B 3A — ....,.. to -- Ditto .. . 2O JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50" - ...... Colonial - ...to Commercial of London 2O ••• ••• ...." London Joint Stock ~... lO ...... London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland ...... ...... 22% — ..... to Provincial of Ireland ... 25 - Ditto, New Union of Australia ...... ...... 25 Ditto, New Union of London .. 10 Union of Madrid 40 - MINES. Anglo 2lexican lOO .• 0.• ....• - Asturian . Australian Barrossa Range Mining Cora. 285....... - Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip — — to Bri; ish Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... ...... Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... .. to Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Cobre Copper ......... ~...... 40 General Mining .......‘.,.... 20 ...... to Real del Monte. Unregistered ... .. t o Do. Black Debentures — - ...... to Do. Red Debentures ..... .... Santiago de Cuba. lO ...••• ••• to United Mexican COURSE OF Arnsteraam .......... 12 3 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1% 1 Rotterdam •• •• 12 8 Ant werp.• 25 75 Hamburgh .... • •11.8. 13 12% Lltona • • ........ •• Paris, 3 days'sight 25 30 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 55 I , Larseilles •• .• •• • ..... 25 ‘7% 80urdeaux......... . 25 60 Frsuakfort on Maine.... 121% Petersburgh, Sil. Me.. 3G% Berlin. .. •• •• •• •• Vienna, effec. Ito" .. • • 11 42 Trieste, ditto.... •• 11 42 Madrid 49 Cadiz •• 49% Bilbao.. • Barcelona .......... ............ 5evi11e................ .. • • .... • • • • •• . EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. • • .. — Leghorn .. ...... • • • • 24 Genoa .............• .. 27 Milan ................ -- Venice........ • • • • .... gaples •••••••• ...... 40% Palermo, per0z........ 117% Messina .............. 11934 Lisbon.... • • Oporto • • • . 23% Rio Janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres • • • New York, 21 days'sight -- Philadelphia - TEICZS OF BULLION, PUL 011 Foreign Gold in bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silver In bars .. .... • • 0 4 03is BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 31st day of 311 arch, 1849. 188131 DEPAATMENT. X. Notes i55ued........ 28,407,105 Government debt • • 11,015,10$ Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,083,536 Silver bullion •• • • • • 323,569 428,407,105 28,4'7,105 M. MAIZSII.4ILL, Chief Ca3laier. Dated the sth day of April. l 84! BANKING D] X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • •••• ••• • • • 3,666.017 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 7,830,202 Other deposits .... • • 9 , 287,878 Seven day and other bills• ••• •• •• .. 1,066,369 lEPARTMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) 14,072,844 Other securities • • 11,278,918 Notes . Gold and silver coin.. 790,579 X 36,603,536 Dated the sth day of April. 184, X 36,603,536 I M• MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. i 9. Hor INTELLIG , PR %E, APRIL 4. There is no new feature to note i n t. market sin ce our l very scarce, fionnelyandgood sorts inquired s are very andbut little andast report. theseb e i ß ng ea t l h ly e b u siness is doing, though holders are fi r indifferent about selling at all at the present low 6 seem rs rates , which are as follows: — Ne w Wo rc ester 's , 48 s. to choice 685.; 18 46 '5, 35 5. t o 405., choice 445. ; old olds , 155. to 365. Worcester Journal. TIIE COURT.--It is rumoured in the Court circles that her Majesty will have two state balls and two grand concerts this season at Buckirgham Palace, early in the ensuing month, and in June. The contract for constructing the new iron steam boat intended to ply on lake Windermt re, has boen taken by Messrs. M'Connochie and Claude, of Liverpool. The vessel is to be afloat in ten weeks. Iler length of keel is to be 76 feet, and beam 11 feet 6 inches. She is to have tubular boilers, and engines of 20.borse power. —Carlisle Journal. Tun PLANET VENUS.—The beautiful planet Venue, which has shown with so much splendour for the last two months in the south-west and west, was at its greatest brilliancy yesterday, the 6th instant. Its brightness will now decline, and by the end of the month it will have approached so near to the sun that it will only be per ceptible in the twilight. Its appearance through a tele • scope is now similar to that of the moon when several days old; but, in a few weeks, it will be like the moon when first seen after its change. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, APRIL MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED). THE NEW MONTHLY. The ninth chapter of " Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour"—the Meet, the Find, and the Finish, leaves off with anything but a " finish." The grand trial of strength and skill has commenced, and we have Mr. Soapey Sponge and his crafty rivals in the most anxious moment of the hunt. As yet our hero has completely baffled the kind intentions of his enemies, and notwithstanding the little sympathy which the character of Mr. Sponge inspires, we cannot now re frain from being interested in his career, and from a love of fair play, we feel anxious that he should conquer in his single-handed struggle with so many opponents. Dudley Costello contributes some, amus ing, but withal distressing, revelations concerning the cunning deceptions of the " Beggars of London." " A Visit to the lonian Isles in the Summer of 1848," describes Corfu as a Republic without republican independence, and a colony without colonial advan tages. " The New Zealand Cookery Book" contains a multitude of receipts for cannibal cookery— " Frenchman fricaseed"—" Devilled Lawyer"— " Roasted Englishman"—and others equally ridicu lous and equally revolting. " Chapters on Australia," " The Western World," " Revolutionary Italy," and some amusing fictions, fill up the remaining pages of an interesting number of the New Monthly. AINSWORTH. " Crichton" draws to its conclusion, and, like a skilful dramatist, Mr. Ainsworth has rendered the conclusion of his work peculiarly interesting. In this number the unnatural Catharine de Medicis reveals to Crichton the secret plot which threatens the life of King Henry, and in which she, his mother, is a prime agent, and in which Crichton is to be chief assassin. 'We leave the gallant Scot in the utmost perplexity, anxious to save the King, but bound by a solemn oath not to reveal the terrible secret imparted to him. "Le Jardin de la Mert at Boulogne," by Mrs. White, is a beautiful and tender reminiscence of the cemetery at Boulogne. Many will recognise this description of "graves larded all with sweet flowers, lying amidst the dark green cypress trees. Some so wrapped up in - foliage that the gray stone scarce shows through, but there is one space, where no flowers bloom, marked by a solitary column, on which we read—' Here lie the bodies of eighty-two of the unfortunate persons wrecked on the coast of Boulogne, in the English convict-ship Am phitrite, the 31st August, 1833.' " Mrs. White also noticed the grave of some ladies who had perished in the shipwreck of the Conqueror in 1843, but she looked in vain for the name of on.) of the sufferers on that melancholy occasion, Miss Tarton, who has been truly apostrophised as " The Angel of the Storm." Mrs. White thus feelingly relates her beautiful and heart-touching history : " We looked in vain for the grave of one more of these victims. She who like one already beatified, had borne up against the terrors of the storm—passing from group to group of her fellow-sufferers—breathing hope to one, religion to another—folding like Charity the trembling children in her robes—rousing fresh courage in the sailors, and with fair hands assisting to repair the storm-torn canvass. She who in that sublime moment—greater than the great Czar himself (for she conquered self ), beating down the fears of her sex, in order to animate'the hopes of others! had she no monument—no graven stone to show where, in a woman's fot m, so much high courage and endurance slumbered ? Alas, no! we threaded the close graves—read one by one the names and epitaphs—visited the guardian's cottage, and turned over all the entries in his dismal ledger that came under the initial we required. Miss Turton's name was not amongst them. The English Consul then occurred to us, and through a friend, his intimate acquaintance, we learned the following par ticulars. She had been taken to India by her friends to avoid a marriage which displeased them, and upon which she was resolved. Extremely beautiful and ac complished, numerous offers of the most advantageous kind awaited her, but to the mortification of her family, only to be rejected. She had plighted her faith, and given her affections to another, and with the force of character so sublimely exhibited in the last scene of her life, she refused the temptations which Eastern wealth and ambition offered her, and in other ways so convinced her family of the uselessness of detaining her from Eng land against her will, that they consented to her return. Here, then, was the secret of her courage—her con tempt of fear; hence the lofty struggle against death, which set at nought the power of the tempest, and buoyed her frailness with a giant's strength. Love, stronger than death, upheld her. And while this dragged her back to the overwhelming seas, waved her onward to the shores—so slightly separated from him fur whom the peril was encountered. All know how she perished, and with the rest of her fellow-sufferers was laid beneath the roses in the Cimetilre de Boulogne. In consequence, however, of the application of her lover for the body—an application, seconded by a requisition from the grand father of the unfortunate young lady, the Consul con ceived himself authorised to order her disinterment, and her grave is therefore in England." THE SPORTING REVIEW. " Brought Down at Bay" and " The Steeple-chase —and the Grey wins !" are the illustrations for the new number of the Sporting Review. How "the Grey" won is thus told in the letter-press, but it is far more effectively shown in the engraving —the anxiety depicted in the countenances of the rival horses (if the term be admissible) is admirable:— "Our chase is decided, as it has been run all through quite on the improved system. We left them at the last awkward fence, with two down, ono all out of it, and the professional promising, perhaps, to land in safety. Thi., with quite a monopoly of fortune's favour, he achieved; and, knowing the worth of such a pull at such a time, goes on again with a full sail, you may be sure. Indeed, by the time our friend the Captain has scrambled out, and set himself right again, it looks very doubtful as to his ever catching him, or ever finishing in a decent place, despite' the bit of flat' roped in for a race. Still no race is won till it's over, and there is no knowing what may be done by going to work with a good heart. The Captain see ms to feel this, and is at his horse with a vigour that means reaching him and nothing else. The bly too (the horse in advance) is certainly not as supe rior in pace as he is in fencing; but his jockey is quite still on him yet, while there is a terrible shaking and hustling behind him. He gains the last row of hurdles well in front, but dwells sadly in jumping them; and, by the Lord Harry, they'll catch him now. St—, st—l it's a race now, if you like. Crack, crack!—and the Captain and the striped jacket are grinding and grin ning away like mad. They have caught him within two strides of the post, and once caught him they have beat him. Crack, crack! go the whips again; and it's all over—and the grey wins As we always told you he would." MISCELLANEOUS. The editor of ,the Met ro p o lit an h as con t r ib u t e d t o that magazine a long article on " Women as they are," in which he, avowedly, throws no light upon the mysteries of that perplexing subject. We hardly think the article in question will increase its writer's popularity with the ladies. Among the articles in the Metropolitan, is one by Lieutenant -Colonel Hort, entitled " My 'White Charger; or the Horse that cost me 2001.; lost me 70,000/. ; drove me from society ; eventually deprived me of all my friends ; and, finally, compelled me to quit the service." A charger even more remarkable than " the wondrous Horse of Brass on which the Tartar King did ride." The Farmer's Magazine contains portraits of " Senator, a short-horned Bull," and " The Hero, winner of the Emperor's Plate at Ascot, 1847 and IB4B."—One cf the most interest ing contributions to Sharpe's very interesting London Journal is the diary (imaginary, of course) of Mary Powell, afterwards Mrs. Milton. The style is admirable, and the deception complete. In some casual observations of the future Mrs. Milton, we recognise the little sympathy felt by the country maiden for her poet-lover, and augur little happi ness for their married life—for, as the Duchess de Praslin has so beautifully said, "sympathy is the marriage of souls." Sharpe '8 Magazine maintains the high character it has recently attaineLl.—The People's Journal contains its customary admixture of the dulce and the utile—short stories, giving a useful lesson in an agreeable manner, &c. &c. The engravings are, some of them, not distinguished for clearness.— Le Follet, as usual, affords some admirable specimens of the beauties of fashion. One of the plates in this number represents a fair lady in bridal attire, as beautiful as brides are always supposed to be.—The Family Herald con tains an amazing amount of useful and interesting maxims and pieces of instruction —some original and others collected from almost as various sources as the materials of Mr. Macaulay's history. If the editor would make all his original contributors in poetry and fiction perform their parts as admirably as he per forms his, the Family Herald would be a most valu able publication. As it is, we doubt not many a good lesson is here learned that in other guise would be unpalateable.—The :Repertory of In ventions and the Patent Journal contain much interesting information on the subject of new inven tions, a subject always interesting to the mechanical or scientific reader.—The Colonial Church Chronicle &c., uasntdomthaeryevhaur variety of o f E ngland seriousan ll d la u g s a e z ful in bas arti c l es on Bombay, Prince Rupert's Land, &c., erefuadrniiilsgh.es Lovs AT FIRST SIGHT A a yo d u en y swain of Shef field, named Joseph Topha . m visited Epworth Market on Thursday, so desperately in love with the landlo'rd's daughter, ee that e he proposed, was accepted , . and bought the ring the same night. It was the intention of the enamoured pair to have the indissoluble knot tied the following morning, but a " trifling difficulty" was interposed by the less en raptured and more calculating parent, who forbid the banns. Nothing d aunted, how ever , t h e gay Lothario persisted in but !tilt, and by an indomitable persever ance succeeded. in accomplishing his object, and was cattle,trsffic, 867/. married, by licence, at Ilaxey Church, on Saturday morning, the 31st. ult. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —Traffic for 1849:—Coaching '— go C od o s a chanindg246/. ; steamOittS, 1181. 2s. Bd. Total, 1,2711. 175.5 d. the l4s. w 2d e . ek ; p e a n r cl e e e d is, A 3 p 9 l . l 9 1 i. , Com pany, and payment for c4:twoyance 9f mill. —lDs. exclusive . of toll from Shrewsbury and Chester NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Most of the members of the Board of Admiralty have left town for the Easter holidays, and only Lord John Hay, Captain Milne, the Honoure.ble W. Cowper, Mr. Ward, and Captain Eden, the private s:cretary, are in town. The First Lord has proceeded to Hampshire, Admiral Dundas to Somersetshire, Captain Berkeley to Wales. Commander James Pickard (June, 1814) died at his residence, Stoke, Dcvonport, on the 4th instant. This officer entered the navy in 1796, and from that time until 1814 (with the exception of ten days' leave) was never absent from duty in sea-going ships. Serving nearly nine years as midshipman and lieutenant with one captain, Sir Richard Keats, being made a lieute nant from the Superb by Lord Nelson ; afterwards with Sir Thom as L ou i s in the Canopus, and lastly as first-lieutenant of the Tenedos, Captain (the present ad miral) Hyde Parker, on the coast of America during the ar, from which ship he was promoted to the rank of commander. He was engaged in acti,n in the Cano pus at the battle of St. Domingo, 1806, in the same ship at forcing th e p assage o f the - Dardanelles and the destruction of the Turkish squadron lying there; second lieutenant of the Naiad, when engaged with the French fl )tilla before Boulogne, in the presence of Napoleon Bonaparte, when they were beaten back ; served with the army in Egypt, 1807, at the siege of Rosetta, under Brigadier the Hon. Sir W. Stewart and Captain Hallo well, of her Majesty's ship Tigre (late Sir Benjamin 11. Carew), by the latter of whom he was appointed to the command of the gun-boats on the lakes of Aboukir and Marietis. In the performance of the above services, he was present at and engaged in the capture and destruc tion of six line of-battle ships, five frigates, one praam, 20 privateers, and a considerable number of merchant vessels. The several officers under whom he served bear sufficient testimony to his merits ; but like many others, from want of sufficient interest at the Admiralty, ho was never further tested, his oft repeated applica tions for employment being of no avail. Commanders Otter and Smith have taken up their CAnmissions, at Portsmouth, appointing them to the Comet, steam-vessel, for surveying service. Orders have been received at Woolwich for the Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master-Commander Cook, to bo in readiness, on the 13th instant, to convey a Board of Admiralty to Sheerness and Chatham. APPOINTMENTS.— Surgeon—Dr. Edward li. Derri man (1845) to the Plumper, screw-sloop, at Portsmouth, vice Pritchard. Assistant Surgeon—Francis Anderson, to the Southampton, 50, flag-ship, at the Cape. PRIZE MONEY FOR TUE CAPTURE OF SLATERS.-- Mr. Chippendale has given notice to Captain Mansell and the officers and crew formerly of the Actmon, 26, that a distribution of the net proceeds of the Esperanza, cap tured on the 26th December, 1845, will be made at the office of the agent, No. 10, John-street, Adelphi, on the 13th of April, 1648, and that the same will be recalled every Tuesday and Friday, for three months to come:— Captain, 68L 19s. 2d.; first class, 151. 9s. Id.•, second, 9155. 5d.; third, 41. 12s. 81•, fourth, 31. Is. 9d.; fif t h, 11. 10s. 10d. ; sixth, 1/. Os. 7d.; seventh, 103. 3d. SALVAGE.—Ommanney, Son, and Co., have given no tice to Lieutenant Craig, and the officers and crew late of the Volcano, steam-vessel, in the Mediterranean, that an account of a sum of money received in lieu of sal vage for services rendered by the Volcano to the barque Niagara, on the 22d July, 1848, will be delivered into the registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 15th instant. Leander, 50, will be undocked at Portsmouth this day. The Cleopatra, 26, has been taken up opposite Chat ham Dockyard, for the purpose of being prepared for commission. She has her masts in and will soon be ready. Captain Peel will not command her, as stated. The Castor, 36, ordered to be brought forward for commission at Chatham, as we have before stated, is to be sent to Sheerness, to be taken .into dock (there not being one vacant at Chatham) to bo coppered to the load-line, and have her bottom cleaned, after which she will return to Chatham to be rigged, &c. She will be docked at Sheerness about the 15th inst., when the Am phion' screw frigate, is taken out. h v o e vessel el t a o t Woolwich, o olw stripped,ich , hero t The Sparrow, 6, ketch, has been commissioned for sur veying service at Portsmouth, by the master, Mr. Hoskyns, for Commander Fraser. The Mastiff, 2, surveying to be further employed. S stores are to be returned, and her masts are to be taken out. The second master in charge is to be paid off. The Blenheim, 60, screw-steam guard ship, Captain 11. Austin, C. 8., will not be completed by the engineers at Portsmouth before the end of the month. The Arrogant, 46, screw -frigate, Captain Robert Fitzroy, is not yet complete at Portsmouth, and the time is postponed. She will be out of the hands of the engineers on the 11th, will be ready to go out of harbour on the 12th, and will be ready to sail from Spit head on the 15th inst. The Amphion, 36, screw-frigate, will be undocked at Sheerness on the 15th instant, and will be completed in about a fortnight after that period. The Termagant, screw-frigate, will be completed at Portsmouth by the engineers, as a first-class advancea steamer, by the 21st inst. The Gladiator, steam-frigate, will be completed at Woolwich, in machinery and hull on the 14th, to pro ceed to Devonport to be brought forward as a first-class advanced steam-vessel. The Plumper, 12, screw-sloop, Commander Nollotb, is ordered to have a new screw cast for her; she will be in the hands of the engineers and shipwrights at Ports muuth for a month. The Reynard, 10, screw-sloop, Commander Craeroft, at Poi tmouth, is also to have a new screw, and will have her def , cts made good by the end of the month. The Culqmbine steam-vessel was commissioned M Chatham on Thursday afternoon by Commander Short land. She is to have a complement of 70 men, and to be fitted for surveying service. The conyiet:ship - s at Woolwich are to be moored off the Arsenal, and the marine guard is ordered to be withdrawn. r THE EARL OF H ARDWICKE AND HEE MAJESTY ' S SHIP VENGEANCE. ---The followin is an extract of a letter from an o ffi cer on board he g Majesty's ship Van • geance, 84, at Genoa. The whole affair is eminently characteristic of the Noble Earl who has lately suc • ceeded to the command, and is well worthy of being made public:—" On the iilth March her Majesty's ship Ven geance was moored in the Mole of Genoa, it being the intention of the gallant c a p ta i n, the Ear l f Hardwicke, to have sailed th at d ay for Spezzia, but the wind being right in, and blowing fresh, could not start her. Next morning (Friday) unnsoored, pilot came on board, wind being much lighter than usual off the land. The pilot did not wish to start the ship, but the captain being very anxious to proceed in the execution of his orders, said, ' I must go.' She then weighed and made all possible sail before the wind right out of the har bour. On openin g th e Molehead a t re mendous heavy swell setting in, wind gradually going down, in fact, nearly a calm, ship lost steerage way, and driving right for the North east Molehead, let go the best bower, but not bringing her up, let'go small bower, and veered away upon both ; ship then brought up in a very dangerous position. Laid out a kedge with four hawsers right an end, intending to try, if possible, to warp her out. The French steamer Tonn erre, sent on board and offered her services. Lord Hardwicke p o li te l y than k e d t h em , b ut in case he should want her he would send, and begged the captain to light his fires. The United States screw steamer Princeston also offered services and boats (quite calm). At 9.30 the wind set in with a light breeze from the southward, the sails being loose at the time, furled them, hove up small bower, and hove short on best bower, setting taut the hawser at the same time; the pilot wished the captain to drop into his old berth, but the latter was determined on getting out. And now was displayed the finest piece of seamanship I ever witnessed. Braced the yards sharp up on port tack, sail loosen aloft, ready to let fall, weighed the best bower, hauling taut the kedge (noose), ship falling round off, set the jib and driver and the courses. Being then close to the rocks, but deep water alongside, made all plain sail, ship closing the rocks, an d not f ee li ng t h e sa il. The pilot wished to throw all aba c k, b races a ll manned; bu t at this moment his Lordship, who was watching i her l ver .. Majesty y narrowly, in the coolest mann er p oss ible. said , s ',sheship d gathering way, and is all ri g ht.' Her Vengeance at this moment passed the rocks in less than four yards off. The people who wer e looking at us on the Point ran back, afraid of the ship falling on them, tou naturally concluding she must Nothing but th e firmness and decision of big Lor • L ordship saved her Majes ty's ship this day from being a total wreck. After get ting out we proceeded in execution of our order s ." Th e Vengeance, we are happy to hear, is now quite free from fever, and we trust this ship will no longer suffer, having been so well cleaned out down to the kelson at Malta. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Leander, 50, new fri gateo on the design of Mr. Blake, late master. s hi pwr i g h t of this dockyard, will be commissioned in a fe w d a y s a t this port by Captain Charles Eden, private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Lieutenant T. Davies, Acting Commander, arrived this morning from Jersey and Guernsey, whence she brought the depots of the 16th and 54th Regiments, the latter being from Jersey. The ships and vessels in the old basin will b e remove d next week for the purpose of clearing out that receptacle. Yesterday being the last day of the financial year, it was expected several commissions for vessels would have been issued last night. The expectations of the service were, however, not realised. IN PORT AND PITTING. Captain Horatio Austin, C. 8.; the Arro gant, 46, Cap tainln Commission—The Blenheim, 60, st eam R. Fitzroy, fitting for sea; the Spar row. 6, survey guardship, ing vessel, Commander Fraser; and the Rolla, 6, exor cise brig for the naval apprentices. Steamers The Stromboli, Corn. Lord Aurelius Beattelerk ; Reynard, Comaaander P. Cracroft ; Plumper, Commander Nolloth; Comet surveying vessel, Commander Otter; and Poly phemus, Commander Crawford; the royal tender Fairy, Mr. Welch, master in charge; the Firs Queen, Mr. Allen master commanding; the Myrtle, Mr. Balliston, acting-master, commanding; the Bee, instruction ves sel for the students at the Royal Naval College; and the tug Echo, Mr. Harding, pilot and master; also the Portsmouth and Fanny, sailing yachts, tenders of the two Admirals. At Spithead—The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell. in the Steam-basin—The Ajax guardship, and the Termagant, Dauntless, and Retribution, first-class fri gates; the royal yacht Victoria and Albert; the sloops Pbcenix and Cormorant; and the Urgent and Sprightly packets. In the Ship-basin—The Collingvrood, 80; the Pem broke, 72; the Defence, 72, converted into a convict depot; and the Sparrow ketch. In Dock —The Princess Charlotte, 104; the Vindic tive, Grampus, and Leander 50-gun frigates; the Devas tation steam-sloop; and the iron gun-boat Bloodhound. On the Stocks—The Royal Frederick, 110; the Prince of Wales, 110; the Princess Royal, 90; the Argus and Furious steam-sloops. Wind, S.E. by E , fresh breezes and fine, with flying clouds of fog seawards. PLYMOUTH, s.—Her Majesty's ship St• Vincent, 120, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Captain Dacres, has strained severely during her passage from Gibraltar, and will require an extent Live survey on arrival at Portsmouth, for which port she is preparing to depart. 'lhe unfortunate man drowned is named John Goodband, of Plymouth, A.B ; he fell from the maintop sail yard while reefing in a heavy gale nine days after leaving the Rock. Her Majesty's schooner Lark, 2, Lieutenant-Comman der Charles O. B. Hall, put back this morning with loss of topmast, carried away yesterday morning in a heavy gale from the south-west, the Dzard bearing north-east ten miles distant. The Lark will probably be repaired in the Sound, and proceed again as quickly as may be witb her dispatches for the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's steam-gun vessel Rifleman, Lieutenant. Commander Stephen S. L. Crofton, came in yesterday from Sheerness, to wait orders for her destination. She expects to be sent to Sou h America. Her Majesty's brig Peterel, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Creser, was towed out of Hamoaze on Wednes day, by her Majesty's steam-tug (;onfiance, Mr. William Martin, Master. Tha Peterel sailed same day for Fal mouth, and the Confiance proceeded to Pembroke with jury gear for her Majesty's steam-sloop Buzzard. THE DERELICT GALLIOT HERMANNA.—Her Ma jesty's revenue cutter Arrow, Lieutenant Linden, which arrived on Tuesday evening from Dartmouth, spoke on Tuesday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, the Dove, Brixham trawl-sloop, Captain John Purchase, and another commanded by Mr. Richard Foreman, having alongside the masts, spars, rigging and gear of the aban doned galliot Hermanna. The two sloops were at anchor to the eastward of the Start, preparing to take the wreck on board, as the easterly wind was too strong to admit of their towing it to Brixham. They fell in with the rigging at eight o'clock on Monday evening, the 2d inst. Wind W.S.W., smart breeze. THE RIVER NESS. The bed of the river has presented an extraordinary scene during the wee k. A f ew wee k s ago t h e N ess ro ll e d inimmense flood, sweeping over its banks, and flooding the town. No one living had ever seen it in such ma jesty, but now we have come to th e reverse o f t h e pic ture. No one living ever before saw the channel of the Ness so dry. The ferry-boat can hardly find water enough to float it; and the little boys wade from bank to bank, the stream hardly reaching their ankles. The smallness of the current is occasioned in this way:— When Loch Ness had subsided, after the floods, to its usual level, a considerable body of water still found its way into the channel of the river through the broken bank of the Canal at Dochgarroch, and the loch was thus gradually brought down until it fell several feet below the lowest part of the weir, and the river was fed by the breach alone. The piles having been driven, and the earthwork partially deposited at that place, the water that now runs down the channel of the river is only that small portion which percolates through the new gravel and amongst the stones beneath the weir. On Monday the level of the loch was more than two feet below the lowest part of the weir, and as we have had fine dry weather for some time past, it will be some time before the loch rises so as to pour its surplus into the river in the usual way. The river, as it passes through the town, is now little more than a succession of shallow pools, in which the ducks delight themselves, connected by a small thread of running water; and the long gravel banks and stoney shallows, bleached white in the sun, where the river swept along grand and deep, present an extraordinary and not altogether pleasing sight. Early last week, as the river rapidly fell, the ferry-boat was re moved to what was the " black stream," opposite Ness House, where long stages have been erected on both sides to form quays for the boat. But boys and girls may be seen at all times crossing at the foot of Ness Bank, and at the head of Douglas-row. Men and women too, not unfrcquently cast their shoes and stockings and take to the stream. The lowness of the current has presented a favourable opportunity for removing the ruins of the old bridge, and Mr. Bain (the contractor for the gaol) has had a large number of men employed removing the stones to the side, where they can be of service at a future time. Nothing, however, has yet been resolved upon as to a new bridge ; and Mr. Bain has only an arrangement with the town for the removal of the stones. Large masses of the centre arches had adhered together, but under the hammers of the labourers they are fast dis appearing. The old bridge having been built for the most part of small stones, the destruction has beea com plete and many of the stones have been carried down a very long way. From the position of the stones of the small southern arch, Mr. Bain is of opinion that it first gave way ; the whole force of the current having been directed against its foundations next the street, undermined it, and caused it to spring. This opinion corroborates the account of the fall of the bridge given by us at the time. The workmen have also been busy during the week preparing the foundations for the new breast wall of the roadway to be formed past " Tolmie Castle," in place of the wall and road carried off by the flood. Mr. Bain has obtained this contract, and will soon carry it through. The Gas Company have also taken advantage of the smallness of the river, and their workmen are now busily engaged cutting a bed across the channel at the foot of Nets Bank, for a line of pipes, and the pipes are now stretched across, upon trestles, and will soon be rendered water-tight and ready fur laying down. These various operations all taking place in the bed of the river, and with the ferry-boat plying from side to side, the boys and girls wading and paddling about, and the crowds of interested spectators, of both sexes looking on at all hours of the day, give a new, strange, bustling, and agreeable aspect to the scene. The present generation have seen what none be'ore them ever saw—the Nes., within a few months in its highest and then in its smallest stream. In the course of the operations for replacing the breast-wall at the foot of Bridge-street, the workmen have come upon a flight of stone steps, about six feet broad, leading down to the bed of the river. On the other side of the stream, exactly opposite these steps, the fall of the bridge disclosed what had been an ancient gateway, also leading to the river. It consists of two narrow towers, with handsome projecting Gothic corbels, leaving a passage of about six feet in width, defend, d by a gate, the marks of which appear. The corbel on the west side has been roughly cut away, apparently to ad mit the passage of some unusually large body. The discovery of this gateway on one side of the stream, and the stone stair on the other side, has set conjecture to work. Some suppose that the communication across the river was by boat, or by a bridge of boats, and others conceive that there was a raised ford. The remains are evidently older than the date of the wooden bridge, which fell in 1664. They are not unlike the work of the religious orders before the reformation. The low state of the water has laid bare several of the piles of the wooden bridge, and they are eight or tea yards farther down the river. The stone bridge had been erected on the site of the original ford or ferry, the towers on the west side being used as an abutment for the bridge; and the stairs on the east side being covered up when the roadway was formed. —lnverness Courier. GOING A-HEAD.--In the town. of Ashburton there are two public clocks, which differ in time generally some twenty or thirty minutes. The old adage, " Two of a trade never agree," is shown in the practice of the two rival horologists who superintend these clocks—the church clock being kept by Mr. John Horton, who keeps his time according to the old coach pace of former days, and the old shambles clock by Mr. James Conney bear, who is determined, spite of the non-commencemen t of the Ashburton Railway, that the people of that ancient borough shall at least have railway time.— Western Times. Loss or THE STEAM-SHIP Fonrir.—An investi gation into the circumstances attending the loss of the steam-ship Forth, on the „Alacrane s reef, was held at Southampton on Saturday . The tribunal was composed of the following gentlemen, who constituted an inquiry committee of the c ompany;—Captain Shepherd, of the East India Company, an Elder Brother of Trinity-house, Chairman; Captain Mangles, a managing director, Vice- Chairman; Captain Nelson, an Elder Brother of Trinity house; Captain Barton, R.N. the company's superinten dent at Southampton; Captain E. N. Chappell, R.N. , secretary of the company ; C apta i n Wi s h , R.N., audit or of the company; likewise the commanders of three of the company's ships in port, Lieutenant P. Hast, of the Avon (the senior officer and commodore of the com pany's fleet); Captain William Allan, of the Dee; and Captain W. Vincent, of the Severn. The whole tenour of the evidence (to which a patient and careful hearing of four hours was given by the committee) demonstrated that the loss of this fine steamer arose from—l, an error in the reckoning; which, however, ought to have been counteracted by different observations and attention to the sounding lead; 2, a violation of the company's regu lations in regard to frequent soundings, as before alluded to; and, 3, by the taking from his post of one of the look out men. As the most explicit instructions on these heads are laid down in the company's volume of regula tions published for the information and guidance of their officers, the resolution arrived at, after deliberation, was, that a laxity of discipline in relation to the duties of the navigation of the ship caused her position to be wrongly computed, and her total destruction consequently fol lowed. The decision arrived at by the Committee was —that it would be their painful duty to recommend to the Court of Directors the dismissal of Captain Sturdee and the chief officer from the company's service; that the second officer should be reduced to the grade of third officer for one voyage, and that the third officer should be reduced to the grade of fourth officer for one year. CROSSCANNONBY CUURCLI.—A stained-glasschancel window has this week been put in Crosscannonby Church, by the liberality of the parishioners. It con sists of three lancets; on the centre one, the Crucifixion, and St. John and the Virgin at the foot of the cross; on the left lancet, St. Peter; and on the right, the saint to whom the church is dedicated. The ground of the centre lancet is blue; the side ones ruby. The remainder of the window is filled with flowered quatre-foils, en closed in circles. It was executed by Messrs. Scott, of Carlisle, and is ono of the richest they have made. The colours are crimson, ruby, Line, green, orange, yellow, and pur ple.—Carlisle Journal. HULL BANKRUPTCY COURT, WEDNESDAY.—Before Mr. Commissioner Ayrton.—Re John Stringer, of Hull, draper, adjourned final examination from the 31st of January. At this examination the bankrupt produced a list of his creditors, as ordered by the Court, but not having given them in before the time fixed, there bad been no time to ascertain whether they were correct. His Honour, under these circumstances, adjourned the examination sine die, but extended his protection . for a month.—Re Thomas Carlitt, of Hull , grocer, o w be a t s ce ad o f assignees and proof of debts. The la journed for the bankrupt to annu l the fiat will t. be no business on Wednesday next--Hu l l 1 P acke t . SOMETHING " NEW. . T be North Star, steamer, brought,a novel importation last week—an extensive apply and other early vegetables, f rom s o f new potatoes,the London market, for Mr. Burns, fruiterer, Church street. The importation seemed to be fully appreci a t e d, and the potatoes, though costly, were 60011 bought up.— "newness Ow*. 7 9 1849. NORTII AMERICAN RAILWAY. TO THE EDJ'[OIC OF THE SUN. have much pleasure in forwarding the en closed memorandum, and in authorising you to state that it has been: both graciously and favourably re ceived by Sir John Henry Pelly. I am well aware that the columns of The:Sun, have not unfrequently been used to convey sentiments in op position to the Hudson's:Bay Company, but the highly favourable notice, you have considered it your:duty to take of the project brought forward for,a!British Colonial Railway from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, con vinces me that, in a question of such vast importance, no recollection of any past differences will be allowed to bias your judgment of present proceedings, and I have no doubt, therefore, you will give full publicity to the memorandum I now forward. I cannot permit this opportunity to pass without recording my grateful thanks for the warm support this railway project has received at your hands; but I must not dwell on this subject, lest it should seem that it was the vanity of the author you have gratified, and not his labours that had been encouraged. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, ROBERT CARMICHAEL SMYTH. Junior United Service Club, March 30, 1849. Major R. Carmichael- Smith presents his respectful compliments to Sir John Henry Pelly, and in sub mitting to his favourable consideration the accom panying Memorandum,•.begs at the same time to be permitted to return his sincere thanks for the kindness and attention with which he has been received at the Hudson's Bay House. Major R. Carmichael . Smyth is fully impressed with the vast importance of the subjects on which he has had the honour to be allowed to communicate with Sir John Henry Pelly, but he is also equally aware of his own humble position, as regards either commercial or political matters ; and he cannot, therefore, but feel the more grateful to those who, forgetting this circumstance, are willing to consider only, whether the project he has brought forward is a practical one, and whether it may not be the means, under Providence, of adding to the happiness and to the glory of the industrious, intelligent people of this great empire. J. U. S. Club, Charles-street, Haymarket, 27th March, 1849. " MEMORANDUM FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF SIR JOHN HENRY PELLY, BART., IN HIS CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE HON. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. " It is not proposed in this Memorandum to trespass upon the valuable time of Sir John Henry Pelly by any attempt to enumerate the various important results that, as a matter of course, would follow the accomplishment of the long wished-for junction of the Atlantic and Pa cific Oceans; neither is it contemplated to dwell, even for a moment, on the many beneficial consequences that would naturally arise to the British Empire, should it be ascertained, after a careful survey of the ground, that a line of connexion, or practicable communication even of a secondary nature, could be made throughout our North American colonies and the Hudson's Bay territory. "It is highly necessary that all these matters should be frequently brought under the notice of the public, and although there are many points upon which more de tailed information might be given, yet it would indeed be mere idleness and waste of words to attempt to say anything on such subjects to one who has so long and so ably conducted the affairs, directed the energies, and guided the destiny of a great and powerful company; and who most have been consulted, and have taken part in the discussions and treaties that have been entered into about the Oregon question, and it stands recorded by a cele brated writer on colonial matters, that' but for the Ilud son's Bay Company England would have been shut out from the Pacific.' "This Memorandum, therefore, will, as;far as it regards the Governor, assume a knowledge in a general way, and, to a certain extent (that is to say, as far as the wants of the servants and of the services of the Hudson's Bay Company have up to this moment required), of the degree of practicability of the several routes across the Rocky Mountains. But as the project now brought for ward is one arising from the peculiar circumstances of the present day,—from the great strides of practical science,—from the many improvements afforded by lo comotive power for rapid communication and easy tra velling, as well as from numerous other causes;—it is probable that the country of which we are now treating may not have been examined, much less surveyed, nor• even perhaps looked at in a casual way, with a view to a permanent thorough. fare for the commerce of the Colonies to the Pacitic ; still less, perhaps, has the thought of a railway ever en tered into the mind of those who, no doubt accustomed to every hardship, have spent their lives in trading with the Indians, and in hunting through wild districts to pro cure the furs which serve for the comfort and ornament of those who aro fortunate enough to live in the posses sion of (very luxury. "It is believed, that not until the very last moment did the Hudson's Bay Company contemplate resigning any portion of the Oregon, north of the Columbia ; and that river was therefore considered as the natural outlet for New Caledonia, "Having thus touched urn all the preliminary points connected with the proposed undertaking, and brought the pr, ject nn ler the immediate notice of the Governor of the Hudson's aty Company ; the great question of the practicability, or otherwise, of a railway communi cation through the territories over which he presides stands out pr.. , mitently to view, the solving of which is of course of the utmost importance to all those who, from any cause whatsoever, wish for a safe, a rapid, and a national communication with the Pacific Ocean, through our North American provinces. " Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canadas are at this moment most anxious and zealous in the cause ; and it is humbly and respectfully submitted to Sir John Henry Pelly, that the moment has arrived when he can materially assist in the endeavours about to be made for a great national move to the West; and when the pres sure of population on subsistence in this country, toge ther with the anxious desire of all to improve the con dition of society by affording to every man wholesome and permanent employment, will enable him to open out the valuable territory of the Hudson's Bay Company. " The object, then, of this Memorandum is to solicit the good offices of Sir John Henry Pelly, and to request that he will use the influence his high position must naturally give him to bring this matter under the favour able consideration of the Colonial Minister, urging the importance of exploring and surveying parties being sent out, as soon as the season would permit, to the seve ral points upon the proposed Line that he may consider necessary ; and of fixing upon some spot on the right bank of FrasPr's River, or any other point that may appear more desirable, as a proper site for a Terminus for the Pacific. " A scientific and talented young officer, one of the Royal Engineer corps, whose mind has be e n engaged in considering the manifold important results that woul,i follow a perfect and rapid communication through the North American provinces, has already pointed to the Rocky Mountains ; and it is not bdieved that there would be any great difficulty in reaching some of the passes through them from the Atlantic,—but the coun try between those mountains and the Pacific is of such a nature, that, although the direct distance is compara tively short, a careful survey could alone decide the point as to the practicability of descent, by railway, for commercial purposes, to the waters of that ocean. " ROBERT CARMICHAL SMYTH, " Author of the Letter lately published on this sub ject to the Author of the ' Clockmaker.' " J. U. S. Club, Charles-street, Haymarket, March 27, 1849." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual walk this morning i❑ the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentle. men of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and her Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service yester day, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. __. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office for the Governors of the North American Colonies. It is understood that an effort is to be made to gain admission for reporters to the meetings of the guardians of the Lincoln union; and that, should the request be refused, one or two guardians who deem that the public have a property in the knowledge of the transactions of the board, will become voluntary servants of the public in reporting the proceedings. That a great deal of the long•maintained prejudice against the poor-law has arisen from the secrecy with which the proceedings are shrouded cannot be doubted. Mystery is repugnant to the minds of the people of this country; and that which is not done openly in the face of all, seldom obtains the credit of being honestly and rightly done. Nothing is so conservative of institutions as openness; and there is nothing so revolutionary in its tendencies as unnecessary secrecy.—Stamford Mercury. GLASGOW.—TUE WEATHER.—Seed-time, of all seasons of the year, is regarded by the husbandman with i a th lr e ea m d7g t on an e d under very :ciitoubsassoolnicitthuedeu..hoSieobfeaeranosuittliihveLeable, and the seed has been deposited in the g present- month was promising circumstances. Thedelihtful da)s yet expe ushered in by abundance of mu's ° c st x genial , pe r with a brilliant sun ed to the lull the shine.r i nc e d n l e tit e .l9 t h o ; e n n w e l i t o l r t e m t h hf a e a n tvh d eeseason, usual characteristics o. having passed without copious and drenching Yesterday forenoon was °aw t d , (s' i l t s.- e u re f nightfall the torrents of rain that lure, h r verification of the " • fell added a a d n d el e s d en a n ti y o , l e uncertain g!ory of an April day." However, as April showers have potent virtues, it would be unwise to complai❑ of them on the mere score of personal discomfort,—Noah British Mail. THE ►SALMON FISIIINGS IN THE NESS. - The smallness of the quantity of water now floalug in thy channel of the Ness has completely spoiled the salmon fishing in the meantime. The season opened sph , ndidly for the rod, but the net has never been hawed, and now both rod and net must " bide their time." It is a puzzle to know where the fish have gone to, since the favourite streams and pools have been converted into dry land.— verness Courier. _ . . PROLIFIC EwEs.—A few days ago six Leicester ewes, the property of Timothy Fetherstonhaugb, Esq., Of The Win e ? Eirkonla , swum le leroba• YE PRELATE-LORDS OF EJ GLAND. [AFTER CANPBELL (From the Western 'limes.) Ye prelate-lords of England I That guard your holy sees; Whose might has matched a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your mitred heads unite again To match another toe I And sweep to the deep The oppressor at a blow; While controversy rages long, And the storm of wrong doth blow. The spirit of the Holy Word The flag of truth shall wave ! The Church it is your field of fame, And blest shall be your grave: Like Luther, and like holy Knox Your kindred hearts shall glow, As ye sweep to the deep Th' oppressor at a blow. While controversy rages long, And the stormy tempests blow. The Bible needs no bulwark, No Roman turrets steep, Its temple is the contrite heart, Its God is on the deep; With thunders from its living page It quells the fools below, As the roar on the SHORE, Where the storm of wrong doth blow. Now Puse}ism rages long. And the storm of wrong doth blow. The torch of faith that lights the world Shall light it till it burn; 'Till prelate-troubled night depart, And the star of peace return. Then, then, ye righteous ministers! The applauding song shall flow, To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow; When fiery bigots rule no more, And the storm has ceased to blow. London, April 2, 1849. H. W. H. The corporate determination to wear official dresses on the occasion of Prince Albert's visit is provoking a good deal of contention in the city. From the printed statement of one of the body, it seems that the livery is to be a scarlet cloak, with some sort of trimmings which there is a difficulty in procuring. Some of the body avow their intention not to be made to render them selves ridiculous by distinctions which all the great and thoroughly Conservative corporations of the country have cast aside—Liverpool for instance. People of the old school, who would have everything done as it was fifty years ago, accuse of disloyalty those who so honour their rulers and representatives that they are desirous of preventing them from being made a laughing-stock by their appearance in public in dresses pronounced only fit for stage struck heroes; and these argue that those are the most loyal who by sober means contribute most to the substantial good of their fellow creatures around them, setting examples of simple habits of dress, and cultivating a Jove of men for their just acts. Shows and pageantry, in this earnest and thought-stirring age, are pronounced the mere offspring of vanity, provocative of disquiet, and of a feeling near akin to contempt.—Scam. ford Mercury. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY.— The traffic on this line into Mallow is stated to be re peatedly increasing. On last evening three coaches were rtquired to bring the passengers for this city. With the exception of a few breaks, the permanent way from this to Mallow is almost entirely laid down. When bringing up fur lost time, engines sometimes travel on the line as fast as 50 miles an hour.— Cork Lxaminer. ACCIDENT TO LORD COSMO RUSSELL, A.D.C.-- Lord Cobalt) Russell had a severe tall while hunting with the Garrison Stag Hounds yesterday, near the eight mile stone on the Ashbourne-rosd, and we regret to learn fractured his collar bone. He fortunately was not other wise injured, but the accident is not likely to be at tended with more than a temporary inconvenience.— Irish Paper. TIIE DAVIS' STRAITS FISHERY.—The last ship from this port tor the Davis' Straits Fishery, the Prince of Wales, Captain Lee, will leave the Humber this day (Thursday) for her destination. This vessel, as well as the rest of the fishing ships that have gone forth, has been furnished with dispatches for Captain Sir James Ross and Sir John Franklin, from private friends.— Hull l'acket. PROPOSED RAILWAY TO GALWAY.--(From a Cor respondent.)—On Thursday a meeting of the gentry and inhabitants of Galway was held in the Court-house, the nigh Sheriff presiding, when the following, amongst other resolutions, was adopted.—" That we have heard with intense satisfaction a nd d e light that her Majesty's Government have come to the determination of saving, by the cons!ruction of a road to Galway, and by other modes of employment, the remnant of the population, which have survived four successive years of famine in this province, and on that account we tender our warmest thanks to Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Go vernment." ROYAL LYCEUM.--Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and a numerous suite, honoured this favourite house with their presence last Saturday. The following were alio present during the week :—The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Adelizi Howard, Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Morley, Lady JoUrell, the Lailic , s Des •Vecux, Lord Shelburne, Mar quis of Stafford, Marehiontss of COCO ngham, Lord G. Lennox, Sir E. Bowater, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C. B. PhiprF, Lord and Lady E. Bruce, Lady Howard, Lady Ml:tr.-field, Lord Brownlow Cr eil, Earl of Ellesmere, Lord William Lennox, Lord A. Lennox, Earl of Strath more, Earl of Jersey, Mr. and lion. Mrs. G. E. Anson, Lady F. Somerset, Lord William Clinton, Lord U. Lynnox, Lady Webster, Earl of Belfast, Sir Bellingham Graham, Lord A. Paget, Lord Tunterden, Sir William Montague, Sir IV. W. Wynn. Mrs. Mounijoy Mrs. Standish Standish, Sir G. Talbot, lion. Mr. Ram sey, Ilon. Mr. Cavendish, Hon. E. liyng, Mr. Quintin Dick, M.P., Captain Phihht, Captain de Bathe, Captain Loch, &c. &c. • TUE RAILWAY RETURN TICKETS.—It is bruited about that the Great Western Railway Company intend to resume the return-ticket system forthwith, being now feelingly alive to the fact that the present plan does not pay so well as that. We hear, however, that the tickets will be only available for the day on which they are issued, without reference to distance. In that case the measure will not benefit " through passengers;' or very little, although it will the local traffic; and this, we believe, will accomplish the object of the com pany, which is to restore the local traffic. The great falling off has arisen mainly in this branch, and it is easily accounted for. When the farmers and others could go to and from market for a couple of shillings or so, they preferred the rail; but now that one-tbird has been added to the fares, it is far cheaper for three or four to go together in a vehicle by the road; nor is there any loss of time, taking into consideration the delay which occurs in waiting for trains. We happen to know that the abrogation of the return-ticket system has operated in this manner to a very considerable extent in this locality, owing to the circuitousness of the reilways. The traffic. between Gloucester, Tewkesbury, end Stroud, and Stroud, Cheltenham, and Cirencester, for instance, has been largely diverted. We hope, however, that if return tickets should again be issued, the public will have all the benefit they have heretofore derived from the system.—Gloucester Journal. CAPTAIN STANLEY'S SURVEYING EXPEDITION.— Advices have beeii received from Captain Owen Stanley, of her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, dated October 27, 1848, Evan's Bay, Cape York, stating he had completely succeeded in making a detailed trigonometrical survey of the passage between the inner edge of the Barrier reef and the mainland of Australia, from the Gould Is lands to the Prince of Wales's Islands4upon the scale of half an inch to the mile; the distance from the Gould Islands to the Prince of Wales's is about 700 miles in a direct line. In carrying out this survey, the boats and two smaller vessels connected with the expedition tra versed nearly twelve thousand miles, and upwards of 25,000 soundings were laid down. During the whole of the operations, no accident fortunately occurred, either to the ships, boats, officers, or men employed, though, at times, exposed to difficul ties and dangers owing to the heavy gales which spring up suddeely in those regions, by which the boats were frequently caught in situ ations where they had somo trouble in gaintbg shelter. They were also fortunate in not coming into serious col lision with the natives, though on one occasion, at Cape Melville, they were inclined to be troublesome ; but the party on shore was sufficiently strong to keep them at a distance, without the necessity of resorting to harsher measures. There is good reason for hoping that this survey will be most useful, particularly when steam the in al l parties navigation is established, as a narrow channel is now te sounded between the reefs and the main as minutely sin • any part of the coast of England, and steamers will thus , merely have to steer from island to island, as they come in sight, with perfectly smooth water, and secure ds etn e : chorage, in the event of very thick weather o 1' or dark and nights. We also understand that the respective branches. On the return ls will undergo a refit, pre paratoryr ney, she and the smaller vessels geologists have made conside N ra nae b stwo le an G.n e nu r2 u l i L i nt a. e n ei c etea a t e r rs. r o u oha n w r a ui. rp s ysti li s Get n muhae e t sz h x.t e i,t.d i ill ni e. to as expedition t upon the resolved ta turnpike p r r o o , a e d e s a partth neof roads,n this account se of the practice of oee l u l p re y u th n e de g r r s e ta at n e d r neigh bourhood of Carlisle having of late become very fre running foot r d ae y es la u s : who in future should take part in similar proceedings on any of the roads. taul i o toxin fir. Tuesday Geo rg next, r i ,. sr ENSlON.—Notice was given g e of St3 heldq .e u yesterday t i l ir t o' d. n a t B 'la o t ß Satur d a y ih ;e truste eses proposed payment of a further instal ment,of Braise.lo i nTthhee former pound, opna3t payment, es tate which was made an November, was 5?. in the pound, so that atter the one now announced only ss. will remain due. This balance, it is confidently expected, will be discharged viith interest in full on the entire debt, within twelve months from the date of Mr. Braine's suspension. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—At a Court of Examiners, held on Wednesday last, Mr. John Cooper Forster, M. 8., London, of Wellington-street, London bridge, was unanimously recommended to the council for e fellowship of the honourable college. PROLIFIC EWE.—Mr. John Savage, of Hanging bank, near Bolton, Westmoreland, has a ewe of the , Leicester breed, which has brought him nineteen 1 1 a 8 m 4 b 5, in seven years—two in 1843, two in 1844, three rib four fine, strong, and Tues day morning last she brought to .03 _ mers, all ot which two in 1848, three in 1847, three in 1848, and on in healthy lambs—one tup, and three gr Journal. together with their mother, arc likely to do welL— CarlisleA FACT FOR THE P R OTECTIONISTS.—The clothing trade is better now at Trowbridge, Bradford, and Melks ham than it has been for some years, and the factory at Holt, which has been shut up for some ihne, is again in NU mike— Wiles Independent, leli a ' 1 olau- hay- Was ght hich ying Ann ID 1 ti, Y.) En.) for of ?ing )t it ;up- St. per- fine the lees