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LITERA T URE. REPORT OF FACTS NARRATING RECO VERIES OF THE DEAF AND D UMB. By A. Turnbull, M.D. Although this pamphlet has fallen into our hands as it were accidentally, being " printed for private distribution only," we conceive ourselves to be autho rised to direct the attention of the public to the cir cumstance of its appearance for two very simple , but, as we regard them, very forcible and conclusive rea sons. First, the subject-matter contained in these sixty-five pages is altogether too replete with facts b earing upon the misfortunes of the multitude, and upon the possibility of their alleviation, to admit of their being concealed from general examination. Secondly, the document has been already commented on in one of our morning Contemporaries, and in terms of sufficiently emphatic eulogium to justify our subsequent reference to its revelations. To those Who have familiarised themselves with our sentiments it were superfluous to say that we are altogether d evoid of sympathy for the contemners of every new system on the naked score of its novelty. To others we would observe, that in our esti mation such prejudgment is not less unjust to originators than it is odious and con temptible on the part of their contemporaries. At the same time we are as far removed in our tem perament from that silly credulity which swallows u nthinkingly any theory, however crude, and any s peculation, however chimerical. Caution in the acceptance of new facts is, we take it, not less essen tial for the happiness of mankind, and for the steady advancement of knowledge, than their blind and Ignorant rejection would be injurious to the great causes of the welfare of society, and of the progress of civilization. And especially is this caution re quisite in regard to any innovation in the treatment of disease. The exquisite value of life, and of the Organs of life, and of the senses, whose healthy pos session constitutes the material enjoyment of life, renders it imperative on every rational man to receive O nly after the most exacting scrutiny any of those novel schemes of medical treatment which are occa sionally brought under consideration. Nevertheless it would be equally as frivolous to reject as to receive those schemes precipitately—it would be L Worse than idle, it would be prejudicial to the in terests of the world, to deny to those projects that calm, and careful, and dispassionate I nvestigation to which they are for a thousand reasons entitled. And the more is this incumbent upon us whenever the medical or surgical innovator lays before us his discoveries in all their nude beauty or deformity, without decking them out iniderArydry rags of empyricism, or eudeavouring to &ail the Imagination into belief by clothing his arguments in Some mysterious and incomprehensible jargon. Theoretic propositions should, in the same way, be treated as of no account whatever when weighed in the scales of judgment against practical demonstra tions. One fact should outbalance one hundred thousand hypotheses. Dr. Turnbull is himself clearly impressed with the force of such reflections. For he here explains him self in the simplest language with regard to his discoveries relating to the organs of hearing and speaking. He altogether eschews anything at all approaching to mystery. He betrays only a remark able solicitude to have the truth or fallacy of those discoveries tested by scrutiny, and to that end he speaks only in a diction comprehen sible to the most shallow understanding. He indulges in no theories, in no wire-drawn conjectures, in none of those fascinating but pernicious vagaries of the mind, which are only the day-dreams, the mirages, and the fata xaorganas of philosophy. His pamphlet is plainly and frankly a " Report of Facts, narrating the Recoveries of the Deaf and Dumb in 1840, 1841, and 1848." As FACTS the y must be received. There is no alternative. Either we must look upon them as " facts," or we must come to the conclusion that a vast number of people scattered over all parts of the United Kingdom are in a conspiracy together to deceive the judgment of those who may be induced to pay the matter a n y considerati on . A thing more than improbable. A thing altogether impossible—seeing the number of Witnesses and testimonies of unimpeachable integrity, and observing the perfect uniformity and congruity of their statements. The contents of the pamphlet Would be sufficiently remarkable for the candour they evince in the circumstance that they are the disinte rested effusions of third parties, and not the interested composition of the discoverer of the remedy. They consist principally o f l etters penned b y t h e pa ti en t s themselves, or b y w i tnesses resident at Gl asgow , Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds, elsewhere, including many and ny besides magistrates, physicians of eminence, journalists, and clergymen of the Establishment. Dr. Turnbull allows himself no op portunity to dilate upon his system of treatment; he permits its e ff ec t t o show itself in the impar tial vouchers of those who have either witnessed or experienced its influence. And the importance of the present publication, in as far as it bears upon this very isu ee innovation up on aura l surgery , i s p ecu liarly , he ightened by the fact that the pamphlet affords con clusive evidence that most of the cures effected by the Doctor in 1840 and 1841 prove, on investigation, to have been permanent, and not, as was conjectured Would be the ease—evanescent. The experience of Se ven years has attested the efficacy of the treatment; and the result of his inquiries during the summer of 348 shows very clearly that Dr. Turnbull acted Judiciously in desisting, as he tells us he has pur posely d one f or severa l years, from attendance on "eaf and dumb cases, in order that the experiment might be fairly made as to the permane nc y of the im provement in the organs of those who were originally this to the treatment. The nature of I s process—peculiar alike for its rapidity a nd its simplicity—is easily explained. It a PPears to be nothing more than the dropping of a ve ry small quantity of a certain liquid into the orifice eepducting into the ear, and the subsequent rubbing of the membrane of the tympanum with a soft piece of leather. A plug of jeweller's cotton is subse quently inserted. The cotton is withdrawn within a !Plaster of an hour or twenty minutes, and the effect Is clearly perceptible. Numerous conjectures have been made as to the exact nature of this liquid, one 0t the latest b e i ng that it is nothing less than an alkaloid in solution. Whatever it may be , we cannot but look forward with anxious curiosity to the disclo sure of the real character of the discovery, a disclo sure which mus t ma t er i a lly affect the reputation of the d iscoverer, and one which, we are gratified to oh serve, is here announced to be in preparation for pub lioation in a work of a more extensive des cription. With this, however, notwithstanding its inte rest, we have nothing whatever to do at present. O a 11 1 immediate duty is to examine into the peculiarity tt, authenticity of the facts narrated in thepam phlet. As to their authenticity, there remains no room fer hesitation for the reasons already enume ra'l,. As to their peculiarity, it is scarcely possible to afford any accurate conception without recapitulat- L g_ details of every) separate case submitted to D r- Turnbull. Individuals of all ages and of both sexes have derived through his instrumentality that Precious faculty which enables us to commune with each other ; and the earne s t ex p ress i ons o f th e i r gra titude to the man whose benevolent genius has, under God, conferred upon them that inestimable blessing imparts to almost every j p n a t f i e a tone strangely and touchingly b eau tif u l . the appearance of the larger work, which, as we have said, Dr. Turnbull declares to b e preparing forof P t u h li ese oation, we can only proclaim the exi s t ence facts " as to th e cures effected bvye?r remarkable hies upon th e deaf mutes commonly ca ll e d "deaf and r do so with a profound sense of thosesacr u e m d b cl i claims of We justice which should ever be th e inspiration of a journalist. DEFECTS IN THE PRACTICE OF LIFE ASSURANCE ; with Suggestions f or a R emedy. Fourth Edition. By Alexander Robertson, fr.S.A.I.A. ‘ This clear and well-written pamphlet, which has %ready reached a fourth edition, fully explains the state of the l aw , an d the practice with respect to the I MPortant principles of life assurance. It points out forcibly and distinctly the great benefits to be de rived from a judicious and well-devised system of insurance. Persons in possession of moneys derived_ f rom their own exert i ons su ffi c i en t to provide for the comforts and welfare of wives or children, 110 ling as lif e i s spare d to t h e h us b an d and father, will anxiously d es i re to render a cont i nuat i on o f th ese ad vantages certain, and not contingent upon the preca rious tenure of life: Portions of the annual income _ m ay easily b e allocated for such a purpose, and i s heered to accumulate steadily at compound interest, f the object may in time be attained. The process of ace object is, however, necessarily tedious, and VII tem , ptation3 may occur to induce parties to fu n d s ; ea ' 1 upon what should be regarded as " sacred ti e " Many will refrain from setting aside du - e datipulated sums, or may even be n u e 'the i n a season of difficulty, to encroach greatest Pen the n a Season of difficulty, to encroach greatest former Ti ler _ . r ions savings, who . would make the to p a y up their annual premiums. a single life bet of ' 13 n° I r t t i ti ntY - either as to the continuance o sueh'i lve °ugh the average duration of a nurn precision ; th e 13 c b therefore, by 8 may b e calculated with the utmost dept may be defeated, °- a not very improbable contingency; and. the anxiety of the provider for the interests these dependent on him will therefore necessarilyb e continued for many years. By effecting an insurance on his life this anxiety will be at once and for ever removed. The moment the policy is ef ected future provision for d ie f is secured. Adthough he should die within a 4 few weeks he will be enabled to dispose by will of as much property as if he had for twenty years or u pwards steadily set aside an amount equal to the annual premium with all accumulatluus. The author Well sums up these advantages in the following able_ passage :- 9 4 the applioatiou 9f a porticu of annual income, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1849. jointures for widows, sums of money, or annuities for children or dependents, and marriage portions, may be secured. The young may make provision for them- selves in declining years; endowments may bl created for children payable at any stipulated rge,tobeapplied to the purposes of education, as an apprentice fee, or as en out fit for any occupation or profession, and the possessor of an entailed or any life estate may make provision for younger children." Unders such circumstances the choice of a proper office will be a matter of considerable importance, and Mr. Robertson points out various considerations that should :be fully taken into account be fore a final election is made. lie details seine of the numerous cases of litigation that have oc curred, where the stringency of the rules with respect to " warranties" have created practical injustice. Whether the insurance be looked to as a mode of securing an adequate provision to a family when deprived of a father's care, or of satisfying a creditor contented to postpone his demand, provided ultimate payment is assured, it must he obvious that it will be much more satiifactory when there is no longer a possi bility of its being defeated by some technical error, or some mistake,whicb, although wholly unimportant in itself, is yet sufficient to defeat the claim being con sidered in the nature of a warranty. lie also very ably advocates the mutual insurance principle, and con tends that a paid-up capital is wholly useless, while it absorbs a considerable portion of the profits that would otherwise be divided among the insurers. Mr. Robertson's name as the author appears for the first time in the present, edition, the three previously brought out having been published anonymously. A supplemental note has also been added, showing the progress which the indisputable principle has made since the first appearance of the work in September last. On the whole, we can heartily commend this interesting and useful little work to the attention of 1 our readers, more especially to those who contem plate insurances on their lives. EARTHQUAKE IN NE W ZEALAND. (Frc the Wellington Independent of Wednesday Oct. 18.) It is our painful duty to record a serious and afflicting visitation. Since our last the whole district of Port Nicholson, (and in all probability , the entire colon y if not the other Islands of the Pacific,) so far as wo have received intelligence from, has been moved hither and thither, by a terrible, though grandly magnificent, agency of nature. On Friday last, the day was remark ably tine, though rather close and sultry, but towards night the weather changed, and early on Saturday morn ing the wind came up from the southward and east ward, blowing half a gale of wind, accompanied by heavy rain. No change was perceptible during Saturday and Sunday, but few anticipated the approach of so fearful a storm, (if we may be allowed so to term it,) of earth quake. About half-past one o'clock A.M. of Monday, a distant hollow roar was heard, the sound travelling- at a most rapid rate, and almost instantaneously, in the course of a few seconds of time, the whole town was labouring from the most severe shock of an earthquake ever expe rienced by the white residents, or remembered by the Ma ories. The scene can never be effaced from our memory. The crashing of houses, the fall of bricks, the hurrying to and fro of women and children, and the incessant wave-like motion of the earth, producing a chill at the and a dreadful feeling of sickness, were more than suffi cient to appal the stoutest minded in the place. The shocks continued, at intervals, until half-past seven o'clock, a.m. When daylight broke the place pre sented a melancholy appearance. Most of the large brick stores and dwellings, together with many of the solid clay buildings, bad received a severe shaking, and chimneys were levelled to the roof in about two-fifths of the houses in town. The Wesleyan chapel, the gaol, and other public buildings were seriously damaged, and the smash of glass ware, and other property was very great. Many men, women, and children had narrow and pro vidential escapes, but up to this time we had to thank God for preserving life and limb. During Monday, three or four slight quiverings were experienced, and owing to the threatening appearance of the weather, fears were entertained of a recurrence of more disastrous shocks. The weather cleared off in the eve ning, and the stars made their appearance. But few slept during the night, and at four o'clock and at half ' past seven o'clock in the morning two light shocks took place. Yesterday, business was at a stand-still. Though the shops opened as usual, men felt anxious and concerned, and this was increased when the wind once more set in from the south-east. At half-past three o'clock a slight shock passed through the earth, within a second followed by one, if anything, more severe than that felt on the previous morning. Every house in the town rocked arid quivered like a ship in a gale of wind at sea, and several buildings either fell in or were so shook as to endanger the inmates or those who passed beneath them. Shock ing to relate, Barrack-sergeant Lovel, and two of his children, one a girl of about four years of age, and the second a boy of eight, were buried beneath the falling bricks and rubbish which fell from the wall surrounding Mr. Fitsherbert's stores. They were immediately dug out, but we grieve to state that the little girl was quite dead, and the boy so injured that he expired at 11 o'clock last night. The unfortunate father received severe in juries, large pieces of flesh being torn from his thighs, but considering the awful nature of his affliction he is doing better than could have been expected. But few brick or clay houses resisted the shock. The Colonial Hospital was severely injured, so much so, that it was deemed advisable to remove the patients to Go vernment House. The patients were removed from the military hospital to the wooden barracks at Mount Cook, and the prisoners were taken frcm the gaol and placed in custody of the soldiery. On all sides and in all direc tions, ruined stores and dwelling-houses presented them selves to the eye—and the earthquake has clearly de monstrated that wooden buildings are about the only class of habitations which can be deemed secure against such dreadful shocks. Tuesday night passed over, and d by at length dawned on Wellington. Two or three shocks occurred, but not severe ones. Many walked about and did not trust themselves in any place of shelter, whilst numbers formed tents and coverings in the open air. The weather has now changed, and the wind appears to be setting in from the North. From appearances in the sky, it is imagined that the Tongariro or some other volcano is in active operation—if so we may deem the greater danger passed. Throughout the whole of the dreadful scene, we have to be thankful to the Supreme Being that so few of our fellow creatures have been num bered with the dead; and whilst on this subject, we would notify, that the Scotch Church will be opened this evening for the purpose of Divine worship, and in order 1 to offer up our gratitude for the preservation of the com munity from destruction. Wednesday, October 18.—The Independent was issued from the press about twelve o'clock AM. in the after noon the weather once more set in from the south-east, and during the afternoon and evening slight shocks were felt. Thursday October, 19.—During the night, the wind blew fresh and the clouds betokened heavy weather from the southward. A few minutes after 5 A M., a third severe shock was experienced, which lasted about a mi nute, completely destroying the buildings previously shaken. Mr. W. B. Rhodes and Co's. brick bonded store, the Wesleyan Church, and numerous dwellings of brick and clay were levelled with the ground, and many dwellings built of these materials apparently not previ ously injured, were now seriously damaged. Several families took refuge in the new Episcopal Church, and the wooden buildings were flown to as places of safety by those who bad been driven from their usual places of abode. A proclamation was issued by his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, ordering . Friday Oct. 20, to be observed as a general fast by the inhabitants of Port Nicholson. A company of soldiers, and numerous civilians were employed during the day removing the property from Captain Rhodes' bonded store, and it is with great plea sure we state that the military conducted themselves exceedingly well, working cheerfully and together, and that nearly the whole of the buried property was removed anti placed in safety. 'Way, Oct. 20.—The wind still continued from the same quarter, though the day was clearer than the pre ceding one. Prayers were offered up in the several churebes by the ministers of the d ifferent denominations. Shocks were felt at intervals but not severe ones. Mr. Level, after lingering to this time, expired in the morn fling, bowed down by the weight of his afflictions. Saturday, Oct. 21.—Was a remarka bl y fine day, but slight shocks still continued. The remains of Barrack-sergeant Lovel were con signed to the tomb, his two little ones having been buried the day previous. Deceased was buried with military honours, the band of the 65th preceding the corpse to the tomb, and a l arge num b er o f c ivilians paid th eir last tribute of respect by attending the remains to t he g rave. Sunday, Oct. 22.—Fine clear day, w ith wind from the north. Shocks to o k pl ace a t intervals of three or four hours. Monday, Oct. 23.—Weather fine with wind from the same quarter. But few shocks were felt, and hopes were entertained that the subsidence of the earthquake might be considered as certain. Tuesday, Oct. 24.—Monday night passed over quietly, with only a few slight quivers being felt. The morning was fine and beautiful, and business was carried on as usual. Men were employed taking down the shattered dwellings, and activity prevailed in every direction. So far the inhabitants were inclined to be lieve that the shocks were at an end, but at 10 minutes to two a slight tremble took place, and at 5 minutes past two a fourth severe shock passed through the earth, fol lowed within a minute or t wo b y a second and third, the three with the oscillation occupying seven and a- half minutes of time. Up to this evening the shocks conti nued with little interruption. The shocks continued throughout with a gradually diminishing force for ten days. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per mille, which, at the English Mint a price e of 31 17s. 102 d. per ounce for standard gold, is on London gives n x change of 25.39; and the exchange at Par at short being 25.321, it follows that gold is 0.26 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advi which, ces from at Hamburgh the price of g old is 437 per mark, the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10!d. per ounce for s t an d a rd gold, gives an exc han g e of 13.11; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.101, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than is London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1061 per cent., and the par of ex change between England and America being 109 23 40 per . cent., it follows that the exchange is 3.33 per cent. against England; but the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deduoted from the above difference. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, attended by the Royal suite, and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham berlain, and the Master of the Horse. The Royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Suther land, Mistress of the Robed; the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting; Captain the Hon. F. Denman, Groom in Waiting; Gen. Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting; Messrs. Forbes and Gor don, Pages of Honour in Waiting; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; Vis count Clifden, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles B. Phipps, Private Secretary to his Royal Highness; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness. Sir Edmund Lyons, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary at the Swiss Confederation, had an audience of her Ma jesty in the Royal closet, and was presented to the Queen on his arrival from Athens by Viscount Palmer ton, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest and Prince William of Hesse Philippsthal attended the Levee. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses, and attended by the Royal suite, passed from the Royal closet into the Throne-room. Her Majesty's train was composed of Nottingham shire lace over blue satin, trimmed with bows of blue satin ribbon. The petticoat was of Nottinghamshire lace, over white satin, trimmed with bows of blue satin ribbon to correspond. Her Majesty's head-dress con sisted of diamonds. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were intro duced, when the following gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty and the Prince Albert in the diplomatic circle: — By the Brazilian Minister—Le Chevalier J. M. de Souza Lisboa, son to the Minister, and Attache to the Legation. By the Swedish Minister—Le Comte de Rosen, aide de-camp, General and Chambellan au service de S. M. le Roi de Suede and de Norvege. The Diplomatic Circle was attended by Mehemed Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Viscount de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister; and Baron de Moncorvo, Attache to the Legation; Baron de Brunnow, Russian Minister; Count de Kielmansegge, Hanoverian Minister; Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Mi nister; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Mi nister; Mr. George Bancroft, American Minister, and Mr. Broadhead, Secretary of Legation; Count &him melpennick, the Netherlands Minister, and Peron de Stratenaus, Conseiller of Legation; Baron do Rehausen, Swedish Minister; Mr. J. J. de Osma, Peruvian Mi nister, and Major d'Elisalde, Attach 4 to the Legation; Senor Molina, Costa Rica Minister; Marquis de Sauli, Sardinian Minister; Le Comte Colloredo, Austrian Mi nister; Colonel Baron Austen, Hanoverian Service; Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Service; and Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The general circle was afterwards introduced. Sir Robert H. Inglis presented a petition to the Queen from her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects in British Guiana, praying for measures against the Brazilian and Spanish slave trade, and for relief to her Majesty's colonies. Mr. Henry Charles Sirr (Royal Westminster Militia) presented a copy of his work entitled " China and the Chinese." The general circle was attended by the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, the Secretary at War, Mr. G. E. Anson, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; Sir Matthew Wyatt, Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon. 'Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; the Quarter -Master Ge neral to the Forces, Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul- General for the Hanse Towns; the Attorney-General to the Queen Dowager, Mr. D. Harmer, Standard Bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Mr. Keate, Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen; Rev. Evan Nepean, Chaplain in Ordinary in Waiting ; Mr. Albert William Woods (Lancaster Herald), Gen tlemen Usher of the Order of the Bath; Colonel Parker, Silver Stick in Waiting; Sir W. C. Ross, R.A., Minia ture Painter to the Queen • Mr. Robert A. Heath, Sardi nian Vice-Consul; Mr. Koch, her Majesty's Consul at Frankfort; Colonels 11. Bentinck, Triaulx, and Clark Kennedy, Aides-de-Camp to the Queen; Captain Provo Wallis, R.N., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen; Captain Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Sir Seymour Sadler, Exon in Waiting; Captain Bellairs, Exon of the Yeomen Guard; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S., Captain Courtney Boyle, RN., Groom of the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Sir John Strachan, Bart., Gentleman Usher in Waiting to the Queen; Mr. Edward Hobhouse, Gentleman Usher in Waiting upon her Majesty; Captain G. C. Blake, R.N., Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting; Colonel Sir John Mourillyon Wilson, C. 8., Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber of the Queen Adelaide. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty:— Lieut.-General the Marquis of Tweeddale, on return from India, by the Marquis of Breadalbane. Major- General Sir Edmond K. Williams, K.C.8., on appointment to the Colonelcy of the 80th Regiment and on return from India, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Thomas Tod, on appointment as paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburgh, by Viscount Palmerston. Sub-Lieutenant Stephens, on appointment to 2d Life Guards, by Colonel M'Douall. Captain Steele, Coldstream Guards, on return from In dia, by the Margins of Tweeddale. Lieut. Rogers, on return from foreign service, by Lieut.- Celonel Sir Lewis Grant. Ensign Rickman, on his appointment to the 77th Regi ment, by Captain Milne, R.N. Lieut,-Colonel Reed, Royal Engineers, on return from the Government of Barbadoes, by Earl Grey. Lord Frederick Montague, on leaving for India, by the Marquis of Tweeddale. Lieut. Arthur Wade, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Mr. Richard B. Wade, by the Earl of Enniskillen. Mr. Frederick Goulburn Walpole, by the Marquis of Douro. Mr. Neville Ward, West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, by Viscount Sydney. Lieut. Charles Warde, by Major-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.B. Major-General Sir William Werra, on his appointment as Colonel of the 94th Regiment, by the Duke of Wellington. Sir John Warrender, Bart., on succeeding to the title, by the Marquis of Breadalbane. Major Welchman, on return from India, by the President of the Board of Control. General Sir Robert Wilson, on return from the govern ment of Gibraltar, by Earl Grey. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, on promotion, by the Master- General of the Ordnance. Commander Winniett, Lieutenant-Governor of the Gold Coast, on his return from his government on leave of absence, by Earl Grey. Lieutenant R. Townley Woodman, on return from foreign service, by Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B. and G.C.H. Mr. George Wyse, by Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart. Mr. Paget, by Sir Alex. Hood. Lieutenant Hon. Thos. Pakenham, R.N., by the Earl of Longford. Mr. Palk, by the Earl of Morley. Mr. Roundel' Palmer, M.P., on being appointed one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. George Palmer, West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, by his father, Captain Palmer. Mr. Paterson, by the Duke of Atholl. Captain Patterson, on return from foreign service, clad Promotion, by Major-General Lord F. Fitzclarence. Catain E. T. Peacocke, by General Warren Peacocke. Reapr-Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell, on promotion by Sir F..T. Baring. Dr. George Porter, by Mr. Lawrence, Surgeon Extra• ordinary to the Queen. Mr. Henry J. Prescott, Governor of the Bank of Eng land, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Charles Presaly, on appointment as Commissioner of Inland Revenue, by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Sir Colman Rashleigh, Bart., by Mr. Agar Robartes. Mr. John Fleming Martin Reid, on return from India, by Sir John Hobhouse. Mr. Osman Ricardo, M.P., by Colonel Sir J. Mourillyon Captain A. Rice, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman. Captain G. P. Rich, R.N., on return from the Mediter ranean, by Sir Francis Baring. Captain Riddell, R.A., by Major-General Riddell. Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Ridley, on promotion, by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Lieutenant H. B. Roberts, by the Duke of Devonshire. Lieutenant Julius Roberts, by Sir Francis Baring. Lieutenant Richard Roney, by Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Grant. Colonel Rose, her Majesty's Consul-General in Syria, on his return on leave of absence, by Viscount Pal merston. Rear-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Lieutenant H. Ruce, on appointment, Royal Marines, by Colonel Wright. Lieutenant Ireland, High Sheriff of Suffolk, by Vis count Mandeville. Mr. J. Jee, by Colonel Sir Robert Wilson. Captain L. Jones, R,N., on return from foreign service, by Sir F. Baring, Mr. H. S. Keating, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. King Meade King, by his father, Mr. R. Meade King. Mr. Sergeant Kiuglake, on receiving a patent of prece dence, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant A. F. Kynaston, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Sir F. Baring. Mr. W. W. Lamb, on his appointment, 7th Dragoon Guards, by Major-General Llewellyn, C.B. Mr. John Lane, on his appointment to her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms, by Lord Foley. Captain the Hon. E. Lascelles, on promotion, by the Earl of Cawdor. Colonel C. F. R. Lascelles, by Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington. Ensign W. Lawes, on appointment to 17th Foot, by Mr. appointment to deputy-lieutenancy county lip Viscount Hawarden. Sergeantr: u I, ne nanig:. D nu l , p e e e r oor e . na W ey Leslie,th ebry I,i by Colonel Parke. Mr. James Lockhart , b y Lord Wrottesley. Mr. Lopes, by his father, Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., M.P. Mr. Sergeant Byles, on obtaining a patent of precedence, Mr. Ralph L. Lopes, by his father, Sir Ralph Lopes. by the Lard Chancellor. Lieut. J. S. Lunvelaiee, on return from India, by Gen. Lieut. Edgar, A. Drummond, R.N., by Mr. A. Drum- Sir Robert Wilson. mond. Lieut. A. Macdonald, by Colonel Parke. Lieut. C. leine Fox, on appointment to the Grenadier Captain M'Dougball, R.N., on return from service in Guards, by Colonel C. Lascelles. China, by Sir F. Baring. Lieut. ire cling, R.A , on promotion, by Lieut. General Mr. C. R. Mackenzie, by Sir J. J. R. Mackenzie, Bart. ' Sir A. Barnard. Captain L. Mackinnon, by Colonel Chaplin. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Grenadier Mr. M'Kinstry, by Gen. Sir P. Maitland, K.C.B. Guards, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieut. N. Macnamara, by the Duke of Richmond. Ensign C. M. Green, on appointment to 30th Regiment, The Mayor of Manchester, by Sir G. Grey. by Rear-Admiral Sir A. Green. Lord Manners, on his marriage, by the Duke of Mr. Edward Hyde Greg, Earl of Chester's Regiment, Richmond. Yeomanry Cavalry, by Major General Sir W. Warre. Commander W. G. Mansfield, on promotion, by the Lieut. Hawksley, 2d Lite Guards, on promotion, by Col. Right:Hon. R. Lalor, Shell, M. P. M`Douall. Captain Edmunds, R.N., on promotion, by Admiral Dr. T. Graham Balfour, on promotion and appointment Dundas, M.P. of Surgeon to tho Royal Military Asylum, by the Se- Commander F. Egerton, by his father, General Sir C. B. cretary at War. Egerton. el Barnard. Commander Charles J. Balfour, by Earl Cawdor. Mr. Elliott, on appointment as deputy-Lieutenant for Captain Robert Balfour, by Sir John Cain Hobliouse, Jlreensotlahnr:d Barthorp,,i‘ o .p n .: a o p n p e h i o r, ins t n e amp t. ri T: t ro , ri ni marriage, Grenadier Guards, tilsi G ,R, t a l : a , hg r , ei d n ir s , , c sn b i y fr, Berks, by the Marquis of Downshire. Captain Ellison, on promotion, by Lord Rokeby. General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B. Ensign R. G. Ellison, by Lis father, Major Ellison. Lieut. G. 0. Evans, by Colonel Pal ke. Dr. 0. Evans, on appointment to Royal Marine Infir mary, Woolwich, by Sir F. Baring. Mr. James Francillon, by Captain Lloyd, R.N. Robert Bateson. Captain J. Fraser, by Colonel Parke. Mr. Richard Bateson, on his appointment, Ist Life Lieut. Fredericks, by Major-General Sir William Warre. Guards, by Viscount Combermere. Mr. Daly, late secretary of the province of Canada, by Commander R. Beechy, on promotion by Sir Francis the Bishop of Cashel. Baring. Mr. J. Dalziel, by Earl Grey. Lord Bingham, on appointment to Rifle Brigade, by the Lieut.-Colonel Sir H. Dare!), on promotion, by Lord F. Earl of Lucan. Somerset. Cornet William J. Birt, on appointment to Ist Dragoon Commander Tennyson D'Eyncourt, on return from fo- Guards, by General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, G.C.B. reign service, by the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyn- Major Blachford, on promotion and return from India, court, M.P. by General Sir Robert Wilson. Dr. Don, on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Lieut. Bland, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Clare. Vice Admiral Sir George Monday. Ensign Hon. Edward Douglas, by the Earl of Morton. Cornet Boscawen by Viscount Sydney. Ensign Dowbiggin, by his uncle, the Secretary at War. Mr. Claud T. Bourchier, on appointment to Rifle Bri- Viscount Downe, by Earl de Grey. gade, by his father Major-General Bourchier. Mr. Charles Du Cane, by Commander Du Cane. Mr. Digby Boycott, by the Duke of Beaufort. Ensign J. W. Dunne, by Sir Duncan M‘DougalL Lieut. B. H. Boxer, by Major-General ,Sir E. Williams, Commander Dyke, by Sir F. Baring. E.C.13. Her. William Burton Dynhain e M.A., Chaplain to his Second Lieut. T. H. Bramston, on' appointment to the Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by his Royal Rifle Brigade, by Lieut. General Sir Andrew Barnard, Highness the Duke of Cambridge. G.C.B. Ensign C. Cullen Maunsefl, by his father, Colonel Mr. Brigstock, on his aointent as Deputy Lieute- Maunsell, M.P. nant for the county of Somerset,;by the Duke of Beau- MEMnrrßbcs. . yi oagßleßGnoot i ant: Mr. Maxwell, Deputy Lieutenant of the stewartry of fort. Kirkcudbright, by Colonel Clarke Kennedy, A.D.C. Mr.: Robert Davies Jones, High Sheriff of the county Lieutenant J. G. Meheux, by Colonel Parke. of Merioneth, by the Hon. E. M. Mostyn, M.P. Commander W. R. Mends, by Sir F. Baring. Mr. Kershaw, M.P., by Lord John Russell. Mr. P. J. W. Miles, by his father, Mr. Miles. Sub Lieut. the Hon. C. B. Lyon, on appointment to:the Rev. W. Molesworth, by Mr. Mesekinnoe, M.P. 2d Life Guards, by Colonel M'Douall. Commander Montresor, on return from service on coast Mr. Boteler, High Sheriff of the county of Glamorgan, of Africa, by Sir F. Baring. by Mr. Talbot, M.P. Lieutenant-Colonel Moor, by Mr. Evelyn J. Shirley. Mr. Alexander Brown, (Lieutenant, 'Yorkshire Yeo- Captain Moore, R.N., on promotion, by Sir F. Baring. manry Cavalry, by Lord John Russell. Cornet Charles E. Moore ' West, Somerset Yeomanry, Mr. John Frederick Cro f t , b y his father, Sir John Croft, by Lieutenant-General Sir George P. Adams. Bart. Lieutenant Roger Mostye, on appointment Scots' Fusi- Mr. M. O'Reilly Dense, Deputy Lieutenant, county leer Guards, by Colonel ' Berk eley Drummond. Loath, by the Duke of Roxburghe. Lieutenant Murray, by the Rightlßon. Bon. Fox Mettle. Rev. Lord' Arthur Hervey, by Lieut. Colonel the lion. Mr. John Murphy, by Colonel Oldfleld. C. B. Phipps. Lieutenant R. Nantes, by Captain J. D. King. Mr. Hildyard, by the Mai quis of Granby. Mr. Parry Nisbett, High Sheriff of Wiltshire, by Lord Captain the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, ScotsFusilierGuards, Vaux, of Harrowden. on promotion, and return from India, by Colonel Ber- Viscount Nevi'', on his marriage., by Sir J. Johnstone. kelev Drummond. Sir Robert L. Newman, on succeeding to the baronetcy, Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham by Lord Seymour. Palace after the levee. Lieutenant Newman, on return from foreign service, by Lord Seymour. Sir George Nugent, on succeecitner, to the baronetcy, and to deliver the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his late father, Field-Marshal Sir George Nugent. Captain Donat Telenchy O'Brien, R.N., on being granted the good-service pension , by Sir F. Baring, Captain Ormsby, by Major-General Sir E. Williams. The Hon. H. Campbell, by his father, Lord Campbell. Lieutenant Campbell, 72d Highlanders, on his return from foreign service, by the Marquis of Breadalbane. The Bishop of Cashel, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sub-Lieutenant Caulfield, on. appointment Ist Lite Guards, by Viscount Combermere. Mr. George Cavendish, on his marriage, by Major-Ge neral the Hon. H. Cavendish. Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements, on his appointment to the vicarage of Norton, by the Lord Chancellor. fo- Lieutenant Cheerios F. Clifton., on his return from reign service, by Colonel Charles Middleton. Lord Wm. Pelham Clinton, on his return from abroad, by Viscount Combermere. . Lord Cochrane, on his return from China, and marriage, by Major-General D'Aguilar. Surgeon Cockburn, on promotion, by Viscount Comber- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Lord James P. Murray, honoured the performance of the French plays with her presence yesterday evening. Mr. Reynolds, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his official reai dente in Downing-street. DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIVES. Last night, about a quarter to ten o'clock, a fire of a very calamitous character broke out in the lofty range of premises termed the Royal Hat Depot, situate at No. 57, King William-street, London-bridge. The premises, which were of considerable height, extended backwards some distance, and were in the joint occupation of Mr. Devereux, a hat manufacturer, and Davey, a tailor. At the time of the outbreak there were Mrs. Devereaux and four of her children in the place. From inquiries made on the spot during the progress of the fire, it appears that while Sergeant Martin, of the City Police, was going his rounds his attention was called to the premises, when he observed an unusual glare of light through the fanlight over the shop-door. This convinced the officer that a fire was burning within, and without a moment's delay he raised an alarm and sent for the escapes and engines. During the time pending their arrival, the officer exerted himself in knocking at the street door for the purpose of arous ing the inmates. Whilst so employed, two females— Mrs. Devereaux and one of her daughters—made their appearance at the third floor front, bewailing in a half frantic tone their impending fate. The sergeant told them to remain for a minute or two, for the fire-escape was arriving, and would be on the spot directly. The poor creatures, however, ventured to spring from the window; the elder female fell upon her head on the flag stones in front of the house, blood streaming at the time from the wounds inflicted by the fall. Before sufficient time had elapsed to remove the sufferer, her daughter followed, and striking in her descent the leaden gutter over the door she broke her thigh, and was otherwise most fearfully injured. The latter party was forthwith removed to Mr. Smith's surgery in Gracechurch-street, where everything was done for her that the nature of her ' case would permit of, but in such a precarious state Ras the unfortunate sufferer, that she was obliged to be taken to the hospital, where she remains without any hopes of recovery. During the time that the fire was burning, one of Mr. Devereaux's children made her appearance at a lower window, and having broken the glass, the child suc ceeded in forcing her way partially through the aper ture, when some of the parties residing in Mr. Hill's house, next door, with the aid of the police, managed to draw the poor creature through, but in so doing the flesh was horribly cut on her legs and other parts of the body. She was removed to the nearest surgeon's, where she at the present time remains. The moment sufficient time had elapsed for the ruins to become cooled, the firemen and escapemen entered for the purpose of looking for the parties missing. Upon entering the third-floor front a fearful picture presented itself. Near the window the blackened remains of a fine young woman, apparently about 18 years of age, was perceived, and near her was the body of a child, about nine or ten years old, also fearfully burnt. Shells hav ing been procured the bodies of the two sufferers were placed in blankets, and having been lowered they were placed in shells and conveyed to the dead•house, where they will remain until viewed by the coroner's jury. How the disaster occurred cannot, at present, be ac- mere. Lie u tenant Edward Colsten, o n his marriage and ap rmabrrkide.ge. tment to the Royal Gl oucestershire Hussars, by poin Commander Coot°, on promo tion and return from foreign Li h eu is te ß na o n y F. serv ice, by Sir CC. Coote. Lieutenant n c e e s e s r t e h r e , Dr. Cowan, on appointment to 17 th Reg iment, b y Sir P. Dukeby Cia l o o f n C e l a Maitland. ' Colonel Cruttenden, by the Master General of the Ord nance. Mr. L. Douglas Currie, on his appointment, by Lieute nant-General Sir Howard Douglas. Mr. William Curzon, by Earl Howe. Admiral Sir William Gage, by Sir F. Baring. Lieutenant •General Sir John Gardiner, on appointmeni to the Colonelcy of the 6th Foct, by the Duke o Wellington. Colonel Gilpin, by Earl De Grey. Lieutenant R. Gipps, on appointment to Scots Fusilier Guards, by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Mr. Alexander T. Gordon, by Viscount Castlereagh. Captain Alexander Gordon, by the Duke of Richmond. Lieutenant C. I). Grant, by Sir J. Hobhouse. Capta'n W. D. Grant, by Sir J. Hobhouse. Captain Greenaway, by Viscount Barrington. Mr. Greenwood, on appointment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Griffith, high sheriff of Denbighshire, by the Earl of Falmouth. Captain G. R. Grimes, by the Earl of Denbigh. Mr. George Sclater, Cornet in Hampshire Yeomanry, by Sir George Grey. Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. Grantham Scott, Scots Fusilier Guards, on promotion, by Colonel B. Drummond. Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., by Lord John Russell. Mr. Severne, Deputy Lieut enant o f N or thamptonshire, by Major General Thomas. Mr. Shelley, by Sir George Grey. Rev. G. W. Sicklemore, by Lord Elphinstone. Cornet Wyndham Slade, by General Sir J. Slade. Mr. Masters Smith, High Sheriff of the county of Kent, by the Earl of Darnley. Dr. William Smith, on appointment as Physician to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by Mr. Keate, Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen. Lieut. Colonel the Hon. George A. Spencer, 37th Regi ment, by Major R. Spencer. Mr. Henry Spice, by Sir Robert Murray, Bart. Colonel Spencer Stanhope, Grenadier Guards, by Col C. Lascelles. Mr. Walter Spencer Stanhope, by Mr. Spencer Stanhope. Mr. Gilbert Stapleton, on his marriage, by Lord Beau mont. Captain Story, on appointment to a company in the Cavan Militia, by his father, Mr. Hamilton Story. Mr. William Strachey, Precis Writer, Colonial-office, by Earl Grey. Captain Stratton, 6th Regiment, by Lieutenant-General Sir J. Gardiner. Lieutenan tC b . y sL.iSr John ugd Hobhouse.en,39thßegiment, Madras Native Infantry, Lieutenant G. Stoney Swinny, 15th Hussars, on rettirn from foreign service, by the Earl of Bandon. Mr. Stephen Charles Venour, by Vice-Admiral Sir T. Briggs. to the Royal Marines at Gosport Barr acks, by r Rev. Henry Aubray Veck, on appointment as Chap lain to the Royal Marines at Gosport Barracks, by Gene r al Lord F. Fitzclarence. by Sir T. Baring. Vice-Admiral Thomas, on promotion, _ Lieutenant-Colonel,Tierny, Coldstream Guards, on pro- Ca n p e t r a a in i s W ir . vir Ta . l E bo u t s , ta tt e t . h Regiment, by Lieutenant -Ge motion, by Colonel Chaplin. Sicklemore. R.N., by Lord Radstock. Mr. Graham Vivian, by his father, Mr. J.H.Vivian M.P. Mr. Lionel Ames, by Co lonel Sir J. Mourill y on Wilson, M L Lieutenant James tena n t Charles Tom blin, Harcourt, the our Rev. t, G. WW. Mr. Nathaniel Barton, on return from abroad, by Lord Clarinet. Lieutenant C. E. S. Baynes, R.E., by the Inspector General of Fortifications. Mr. Ernest G. Birch, by the Earl of Stradbroke. Lieutenant E. L. Bland, R.E., by the Inspector General of Fortifications. Mr. Brooke, on his marriage, by General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff. Mr. Hume Burnley, attached to her Majesty's Legation at Frankfort, by Viscount Palmerston. Lord Clariaa, on his being elected a representative Peer for Ireland, by Lord Stanley. Mr. Conolly, by the Marquis of Ormonde. Mr. Edwin Corbett, by Viscount Palmerston. Lieut. C. P. Hallett, by Major-General D. M. Macleod. Mr. Albert Hambrough; on his marriage, by Lord Downes. Mr. Robert Hampton, by Sir J. Hobhouse. Mr. Thomson Hankey, jun., Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Captain Octavius Vernon Harcourt, 'R.N., on appoint ment as High-Sheriff of Yorkshire, by the Earl of Carlisle. Captain Hare, by Rear-Admiral Sir J. Coghill. Mr. Edward Hawkey, by Sir Wm. Jolliffe. Mr. Unwin Heathcote, jun., secretary to Vice-Chancellor Wigram, by Sir James Wigram. Captain C. T. Hecker, by General Sir R. T. Wilson. Captain W. H. Henderson, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Sir F. Baring. Mr. Herbert, of Llanarth, on his marriage, by Viscount Palmerston. Lieutenant R. P. Henry, by Colonel Parke. Sir Frederick W. Heygate, Bart., by Earl Howe. Mr. Hippisley, deputy-lieutenant for the county of De von, by Earl Fortescue. Captain Charles Hope, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Sir F. Baring. Captain Hopkins, by Colonel Parke. Mr. Victor Houlton, by Sir John Mourillyon Wilson. Captain M. Adye, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Captain J. Adye, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Mr. Henry Ames, by the Duke of Beaufort. Lieutenant Armytage, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Colcnel Brandling. Mr. Dennistoun Brown, by the Duke of Argyll. Lieutenant B. J. Brown, on return from foreign service, by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Kerrison. Mr. Brydges, by the Marquis of Thomond. Lieut.- Colonel Buller, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope, and on being appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Edward H. Buabury, by Lord Edw..Howarcl. counted for. Since the above was written, the police, who have been to the hospital to inquire after the state of the sufferers, report that Mrs. Devereaux has died from the effects of the injuries she received by jumping out of the window. POST-OFFICE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. —A clearly ar ranged and most elaborate broad sheet , has been pub lished by permission of her Majesty s Postmaster- General, under the editorship of F. W. Herbert, Esq., of the Foreign Department of the General Post-office. This broadsheet—which will appear periodically every month, and which must prove an inestimable convenience in every mercantile establishment—gives in one view this extraordinary assortment of information—a calendar of the month; the days on which the different mails start; the places they start to ; the price of postage to all quarters ; the proportional increase on the weight of letters ; ship intelligence ; packet intelligence ; and a mass of miscellaneous information. DEATH OP ALEXANDER CLAPPERTON, Est.—We regret to announce the death of this much-respected gentleman, which took place at his house in Prince's street on Saturday morning. Mr. Clapperton had been in a weak state of health for some months, but, until within a very short time of his decease, no immediate danger was apprehended. His indisposition seemed to be of a nature likely to yield to time and care, and many years of restored health and continued usefulness might have been, humanly speaking, fairly anticipated for him. Having been upwards of forty years in business in Edinburgh, and the dealings of the firm of which he was a member being very extensive, Mr. Clap perton was one of the best known of our citizens, and he was at the same time one of the most highly respected. He was a most intelligent, attentive, and scrupulously honourable merchant; he was kind and friendly in manner; and in all the relations of life, his character was that of an amiable and upright man. Although ho never assumed a prominent part i❑ public affairs, Mr. Clapperton was a very efficient member of various public bodies, and took an active, though unos• tentatious share in many business matters connected with the town, his time and his purse being both at all times freely and readily at the service of every judicious measure of general importance and benefit. He was at one time chairman of the Chamber of Commerce; he was also a director in the Commercial Bank, and in se veral insurance companies, &c., and latterly was one of the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Companies. In politics, Mr. Clapperton was through out life a sound and consistent Liberal.— The Scotsman. DEATH OF DR. S. S. THOMSON.—It is with feel- d ci which morningnh h g eoni s l y. ho has thrown att s : hT t ordinaryw hichhowowinnthsa snsgyol occurredmro b r o poemtwgo began nv t she over yesterdayo tot fa l wilc influenza , imlau psesleazsi recordcomplain :oofr wen t ohn h uio i c s rohn m t ho, Thursday e we 1 a a nn n s at tributed to the fact of his having caught a slight cold on the previous evening, in paying a professional visit a few miles from town. At first the complaint excited very little alarm, and the numerous inquirers who called were cheered with favourable tidings of his progress; but on Saturday evening the case assumed a much more formidable aspect. Indications of bronchitic congestion began to appear--a disease especially dangerous in one of his advanced age and full habit. All remedies were un availing. He gradually sank, and expired yesterday, in his seventy-second year.—Banner of Ulster of Tuesday. MURDER OF A SCHOOL -BOY.—An extraordinary circum s t an ce has transpire d at Ashton-under-Lyne. Three boys, whilst going to school along the canal side, pushedcap o f the o f another nh em whoin andtholdh e a fter it. The two children on terra firma then left their i q bn u atd s o r t r thh e rleloecwdan,naanit.hd e o Tc n a e hpe o it f uhtior dt them hbe ocy t a h nl r as e i e companion to perish, and went to school. The finding of the dead budy of the boy who was drowned is said to have led to the eliciting of this statement from the sur vivors, • PARLIAME IVISIONS. (From the Votes and ProceedTngs of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 2. CATTLE AND SHEEP STEALING (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave) out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :" Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided ; --! MINORITY—AYES, 67. Ashley, Lord Gooch, E. S. Napier, - JOSeph Barron, Sir H. Greenall, Gilbert Nugent, Sir Percy Bellew, B. M. Greene, John O'Flaherty;lnthony Beresford, William Grogan, Edward Pigott, Francis Bernard, Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Pilkington, James Blackall, S. W. Hamilton, Lord C. Pugh, David Blair, Stephen Heald, James Sanders, Joseph Boyd, John Hcathcoat, G. J. Scar Francis Bremridge, Richard Heneage, G. H. Sheridan, R. B. Broadwood, H. Herbert, H. A. Sibthorp, Colonel Brooke, Sir Arthur Hope, Alexander Sidney, Alderman Cobbold, John C. Hallam, Lord Somerville, Sir W. Codrington, Sir W. Howard, Sir R. Stafford, Augustus Cole, H. A. Jervis, Sir John Blurt, Henry G. Denier, Colonel Jones, Captain Sullivan, Michael Dodd, George Kildare, Marquis Talfourd, sergeant Duncombe, 0. Lacy, Henry C. Trelawny, J. S. Duncuft, John Lewis, George:C: Verner, Sir W. Dunne, F. P. Lewisham, Viscount Vyse, R. H. l)e Pre, C. G. Lindsay, Colonel Fagan, James Milne% R. M. TELLERS. Ffolliott, J. Moffatt, George Bourke, Richard S. Fox, R. M. Moody, C. A. Keogh, William Gaskeli, J.M. Mullings, J. R. Adair, Hugh E. Aglionby, H. A. Aleock, Thomas Arkwright, G. Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, R. B. Bass, M. T. Berkeley, C. L. Bernal, Ralph Bouverie, E. P. Boyle, Colonel Bright, John Carter, John B. Clay, Sir W. Clay, James Clive, R. H. Clive, H. B. Colebrooke, Sir T. Compton, H. C. Craig, W. G. Cubitt, William MAJORITY—NOES, 86. Foley, V. H. Renton J. C. - - Forster, M. Rice, E. R. Fox, W. J. Russell, F. C. 11. Fuller, A. E. Salwey, Colonel Gladstone, W. E. Simeon, John • Granger, T. C. Smith, Vernon Greene, Thomas Smith, M. Tucker Grenfell, C. Pascoe Smith, J. B. Harris, Richard Somers, J. P. klastie, Alexander Sotheron, T. H. S. Haytcr, W. G. Spooner, R. Heathcoat, John Stuart, Lord J. Henley, J. W. Tenison, E. K. Henry, Alexander Thicknesse, R. A. Hodges, T. L. Thompson, Colonel Hodgson, W. N. Thompson, George Hogg, Sir J. Verney, Sir H. Hope, Sir J. Waddington 11. S. Hornby John Williams, John Jackson, William Walpole, S. H. King, P. J. Walter, John Denison, Edmund Lockhart, W. Watkins, Colonel Drummond, Henry Lushington, C. Williams, John Duckworth, Sir J. Meagher, Thomas Wilson, James Edwards, Henry Marshall, W. Wilson, Matthew Egerton, W. T. Molesworth, Sir W. Young, Sir John Ellis, John O'Connell, J. EsteOut, J. B. B. Patten, J. TELLERS. Evans, John Peto, Samuel Crawford, W. S. Rawdon, Colonel Reynolds, John CLERGY RELIEF BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question put, " That it be an Instruction to the Committee that they have power to make provision in the Bill for persons in Holy Orders being relieved, without such persons being obliged to declare themselves Dissenters from the UniGed Church of England and Ireland." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 65. Adair, Hugh E. Fordyce, A. D. Pilkington,7james Aglionby, H. Forster, Matthew Plumptre, J. P. Bass, Thomas Fortescue, Chichester Renton, John C. Berkeley. C. L. G. Fortescue, J. W. Salwey, Colonel Blair, Stephen Fox, W. J. Scrope, G. P. Blewitt, Reginald Granger, T. C. Smith, R. V. Bright, John Harris, Richard Smith, John B. Brotherton, J. Heathcoat, John Somers, J. P. I Bunbury, Edward Henry, Alexander Spooner, Richard Buxton, Sir E. Heyworth, L. Thompson, George Clay, Sir W. Hodgson, W. N. Thornely, Thomas Cobden, Richard Howard, C. W. Trelawny, J. S. Cockburn, A. J. Kershaw, James Verner, Sir W. Crawford, W. S. Lowther, Colonel Walmsley, Sir J. Davie, Sir H. Lushington, Charles Watkins, Colonel Dawson, T. V. 31`Gregor, John Wilcox, Brodie D'Eyncourt, T. Milner, .W. M. Williams, John Divett, Edward ; Moffatt, George Willyams, H. Dodd, G. Molesworth, Sir W. Wilson, Matthew Duncuft, John Mowatt, Francis Ellis, John Mullings, J. R. TELLERS. Evans, Sir De Lacy Nugent, SirlPercy Lacy, H. C. Evans, John . Pearson, Charles Mines, R. Monckton MAJORITY—NOES, 132. Acland, Sir T. . Gladstone, W. E. Ord, W. Adair, R. Shafto Goddard, A. L. Oswald, A. Armstrong, Sir A. Green&ll, Gilbert Paget, Lord A. Armstrong, R. B. Greene, Thomas Palmer, Roimdell Arundel, Earl of Grenfell, C. P. Patten, J. W. Ashley, Lord Grenfell, Charles W. Peto, Samuel Barrington, Lord Grey, Sir George Pigott, Francis Berkeley, H. Haggitt, F. R. Portal, Melville Bernard, Viscount Haiford, Sir H. Pugh. David Birch, Sir Thoma 3 Hamilton, G. A. Repton, G. W. J. Boldero, H. G. Hastie, Alexander Ricardo, Osman Boyle, Colonel Heneage, G. H. W. Rushout, Captain Brackley, Viscount Henley, J. W. Russell, F. C. Bromley, Robert Herbert, Sidney Rutherford, A. Brooke, Lord Hodges, T. L. Sanders, George Buck, L. W. Hope, Sir J. Seymer, H. K. Charters, Francis Hope, A. Seymour, Lord Childers, J. W. Hornby, John Sheridan, R. B. Clay, James Hotham, Lord Sidney, Alderman Clive, R. H. Jackson, William Simeon, John Clive, H. B. Jermyn, Earl : Smyth, John G. Cocks, T. S. Jervis, Sir John Somerset, Captain Codrington, Sir W. Johnstone, Sir J. Somerville. Sir W. Colebrooke, Sir T. Jones, Captain Sotheron, T. Coles, Henry B. Langston, J. H. Stafford, Augustus Compton, H. C. Lasceiles, W. S. Stanley, B. H. Cowper, W F. Legh, G. C. Stanfield, W. R. C. Crowder, R. B. Lewis,:Sir T. Stanton, W. S.j Darner, Colonel Lewis, G. C. Stuart, Lord J. Denison, J. E. Lewisham, Visc. Start, H. G. Douglas,:Slr C. Lincoln, Earl of Sutton, Henry Drummond, Henry Lindsay, Colonel Thicknesse, Ralph Drummond, Home Locke, Joseph Thompson, Colonel Duckworth, Sir J. Mackenzie, W. F. '1 ownley, R. G. Duff, James Mackinnon, W. Turner, George Duncan, George Maitland, T. Verney Sir 11. Dunceibe, 0. Marshall, William Vyse, R. 11. R. H. Du Pre, C. G. Melgund, Viscount Waddington, H. S. Edwards, Henry Miles, P. W. S. Walpole, Spencer Egerton, W. T. Miles, William Walter, John Estcourt, J. B. B. Monsen. William Wood. W. P. Floyer, John Mulgrave, Earl Young, Sir John Foley, H. Napier, Joseph TELLERS. Fuller, A. E. Noel, Gerald J. Bonverie, E. P. Gaskell, J. M. Ogle, S. C. Talloard, Serg, ant (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Sixth Clause (No. 2—No Clergyman to be prosecuted or proceeded against, or punished, or held liable in any action for damages, or otherwise, in any Court, for refusing to ad minister any Rite or Sacrament of the said United Church, to or in respect of any such person): —Motion made, and Question , put, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 57. Benne, H. J. Gladstone, W. E. Miles, W. Barrington, Viscount Gooch, E. S. Monsell, William Bennet, F. Haggitt, F. R. Napier, Joseph Blair, Stephen Ila'ford, Sir Henry Neeld, Joseph Boldero, Henry Hamilton, G.A. Newdegate, C. 11. Brackley, Viscount Heneage, G. Oswald, A. Bramston, T. W. Henley, J. W. Palmer Robert ,• • _ Bromley, Robert Hodgson, W. N. ._ Patten, J. W. Brooke, Lord Hood, Sir Alexander Peel, Frederick Bruce, C. L. Hope, Sir J. Portal, Melville Buller, Sir J. Y. Ilope, A. Richards. Richard Cobbold, J. C. Hornby, John . Seymer, Henry Tier Cocks, Thomas S. Jermyn, Earl Simeon, John Compton, 11. C. Jones, Captain Sotheron, T. H. S. Drummond, Henry Jollille, Sir W. H. Talfourd, Sergeant Du Pre, C. G. Legh, G. C. Thompson, George Edwards, H. Lewisham, Vis. Willoughby, Sir 11. Egerton, W. T. Lincoln, Earl of TELLERS. Evans, J. Lindsay, Colonel Stafford, A. Floyer, John Mackenzie, W. F. Palmer, Roundell MAJORITY-NOES, 118. --- Adair, Hugh E. Granger, T. C. Pilkington, James Aglionhy, Henry Greenall, G. Plumptre, J. P. Armstrong,;; Sir A. Greene, Thomas Rawdon, Colonel Armstrong, R. B. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Ricardo, Osman Bag es, John Grey, Sir G. Rice, Baines, 3 ' l. T. llardcastle, J. A. Russell, Lord J. Baring, Sir F. Harris, Richard Russell, F. C. Birch, Sir T. liastie, Alexander Saiwey, Colonel Blewitt,'Reginald Hastie, Archibald Sandars, George Brotlierton, J. Ileathcoat, John Scholefleld, William Brown, W. Heywood, James Scrope, G. P. Bunbury, E. 11. Heyworth, L. Seymour, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Hill, Lord Marcus Smith, Vernon Butler, P. S. Howard, C W. G. Smith, J. Benjamin Buxton, Sir E. Jackson, William Spooner, Richard Carter, J. B. Jervis, Sir John Stansfleld, W. R. Cavendish, G.III. Kershaw, James Stanton, W. H. Cayley, Edward S. Lacy, H. C. Stuart, Lord Dudley Charteris, Francis Langston, J. H. Stuart, Lord J. Childers, J. W. Lewis, Sir T. Ihicknesse, R. A. Clay, James Locke, Joseph ! Thompson, Colonel Clay, Sir W. Lushington, C. Thornely, T. Clifford, H. M. Maitland, Thomas Trelawny, J. S. Cobden, R. Marshall, William Tufnell, Henry Colebrooke, Sir T. Matheson, Colonel Verney, Sir 11. Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Waddington, H. S. Crawford, W. S.. Melgund, Viscount Wall, C. B. Dalrymple, Captain Milner, W. M. Walmsley, Sir J. Davie, Sir Henry Milnes, R. M. Walter, John D'Eyncourt, C. T. Mitchell, T. A. Watkins, Colonel Divett, E. Moffatt, George Wilcox, Brodie Duncan, Viscount Molesworth, Sir W. Williams, John Duncan, George Moody, C. A. Willyams, 11. Ellis, John Mulgrave, Earl . Williamson, Sir H. Evans, William Mailings, J. R. Wilson, James Foley, John H. Ogle, S. C. Wilson, Matthew Fordyce, A. D. Ord,, William Ferteseue. Chichester Paget, Lord A. TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Parker, John Bouverie, E. P. Freestun,:Colonel Pearson, Charles Peto, Samuel M. Gaskell, J. M. Pigott, Francis SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Roodee Produce Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, fe.r colts, Bst Kb, and fillies, Bst 51b. Mile and a half. (101/. subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Colwick colt, Bst 51b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Thompson's Lily colt, Bst 51b (Templeman) 2 Mr. Dawson's Priestess, Bst 21b ... (Cartwright) 3 2 to 1 on Colwick colt, who waited to the distance, and won very easy by a length. Run in 2 min. 55 sec. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 says. each, h ft, and 20 added. Twice round and a distance. (4 subs.) Mr. W. H. Johnstone na Subduer, aged ... walked over. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 soya., added to a Handicap of 25 sus. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to receive 501., and the third to save his stake. Cup Course. (201 subs., 94 of whom declared). Mr. Stebbings's Mallon, 4 yrs , Est 101 b ... (Fenn) 1 Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 5 yrs , 9 st l lb ••• ••• 2 Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 3 .yrs , 4st 10Ib 3 Mr. Merry's Chanticleer , 6 yrs , 9st 91b ..• 0 0 Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress , a g ed, Bst 61b ..• Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wilda ir, a g ed, Bst ... 0 Mr. S. L. Fox's Executo r, 5 y rs, 7st 121 b ..• 0 Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet, aged, 7st 101 b ..• 0 Duke of Richmond's Halo, y, ist 101 b 0 Sir J. Hawley's Spdn s ge, 4 yrs, 7 rs st 51b 0 Col. Peel's Dacia, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ..• ••• 0 Colonel Anson's Bingham; 5 yrs, 7st Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Giselle, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b 0 Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b 0 Mr. Maddox's Gaffer Green, aged, Est I Ilb ... 0 Mr. F. Clarke's Joc o' Sot, 5 yrs, 6st 1 llb ••• Lord Clifden's Rathmines, 5 yrs, 6st 101 • Sir J. B. Mill's Deerstalker, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b Mr. Hargreave's Primrose, 4 y rs , s s t 10 1 b ::: 0 0 Mr. Campbell's Cast-off, 4 y rs, s st S ib 0 Mr. R. Clifford na Ada Mary, 3 yrs, sst 61::: 0 Sir 11. W. Bulkel e y' s Melody, 3 yrs , sst 21b 0 Mr. Archer's T eresa, age d , 6st 61b ... Mr. Muirland' s Fi reaway, aged, 7st 41.1; Mr. Binnie's Whizgig, 4 yrs, 6st 41b Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, 5 yrs, 6st 21b • 0 ••• ..• Betting-6 to 1 agst Halo, 6to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 8 to 1 agst Loupgarou, 9 to 1 agst Cossack, 9 to 1 agst Fernhill, 11 to 1 agst Joc o'Sot, 12 to 1 agst Inheritress, 12 to 1 agst Mahon, 12 to 1 agst Dacia, 100 to 6 agst Chanticleer, 20 to 1 eget Dulcet, and 30 to 1 agst Executor. Sponge, followed by Bingham, Melton, Chan ticleer, Dacia, Fernhill, Joe o'Sot, Halo, and Lady Wildair, made play at a good pace to the Ship-yard turn in the second round, where he declined, and Melton went on with the runniug, the grey, Halo, and Lady Wildair next. Loupgarou then took second place, and Cossack, coming halfway up a splendid race ensued, Mahon win ing by half a neck, and Cossack beating Loupgarou by a neck, the grey a good fourth, and Joe o'Sot fifth. Run in 4 min. 16 secs. Blucher was scratched at a quarter before eleven this morning. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three years old, 7st 21b; four yrs, 9st 21b; 5 yrs, lOst; six yrs and aged, 10st 51b. Thrice round. Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher, 4yrs (Wintringham) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's The Carthagenian, 3 yrs...(Prince) 2 Mr. Lawson's Chatterbox, 6 yrs (M. Noble) 3 The City Members' Plate of 60 guineas, fur three years old colts, 6st 101 b, fillies, 6st 71b; four yrs, 851 61b; fillies, Bst 31b. Heats, once round and a die. Mr. Hall's Ada Mar3;3 yrs (o.borne) 1 1 Mr. T. Dawson's The Alp, 3 yrs (Arnold) 0 2 Lord Calcdon's Capsicum, 4 yrs . (Tacker) 0 3 Mr. W. Cowell's L. li. 4 yrs (G. Frat.cib) 0 4 Mr. Wilkin's fby The Provost,3" yrs (Charlton) 2 dr BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Dutchman is tl 1 agst Vatican sto 1 agst Nunn} kirk (t) I 16 to 1 agst TheKnout(t) 5 to 1 agst Tadmor I 100 to 6 ugst Osterky 12 to 1 agst Vanguard 125t0 I agst Chatterer (t.) LECTURES UPON AR TIFICIAL LIGHT. At the Polytechnic Institution, Dr. Bscbhoffner has just commenced a series of lectures on the abovemen tioned subject. The lecturer remarked that there were various specimens of artificial light among us, but he confined himself to the consideration of carbureted hydrogen, the lime light, and lastly the voltaic or electric light. He then proceeded to expatiate on the philosophy of the common house candle, which he said was of very antique origin, for even so far back as this days of Pliny mention is made of this household ware s but whether the species of candle now in use was the one referred to, the Doctor could not say. The common candle, he said, however curious such a fact might ap pear, was in itself merely a gas apparatus, the gas which was discharged from its wick being the same kind as that which now burns in our streets, namely elabo rated hydrogen. He then stated the amount of illuminating power of turpentine, alcohol, oil, &c. Turpentine, although possessed of a great amount of carbon, was not fitted for use, owing to the great amount of smoke given off during combustion. This, however, was obviated by the use of a sort of rec tified turpentine, called camphine. Alcohol, although when burnt of itself, would give but a pale light, still was a very excellent constituent in the production of a great illuminating power, and it was to be regretted that a more extended use of it could not be made. Sperm Oil was, from its peculiar richness, well adapted to give light. The candle, the Learned Doctor said, was not only the dearest means of procuring artificial light, but also the most incomplete and inconvenient, as it always required snuffing. This arose from the fact of the flame being hollow, and entirely surrounding the wick, owing to which circumstance none of the external air could be made to act upon the wick. These remarks were applied to the common tallow candle, the wax being free from this inconvenience. The lecturer alluded to other means of light, and exhibited numerous brilliant experiments to illustrate his discourse. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Herold's opera Le Pre aux Clercs was produced here last evening with Madlle. Chatton as Isabella, M. Octave as Mergy, and M. Coudere as Comminge. The music of this opera has long been familiar to .the musical public, and the plot is well known to our playgoers from an English version which was produced by the English Opera company at the Adelphi, shortly after the de struction of the old English Opera House. M. Octave, as Mergy, gave force and character to the portrait of the proud, irascible Bearnese gentleman, to whom even the naming of his love seems almost a profanation. His singing of the air, " 0 ma tendre emit !" was finished and full of feeling, and in the concerted music, through out the opera, his sweet voice and correct style told well. Couderc, as usual in all his impersonations, gave strong colour and character to the part of Comminge, making it a finished histrionic performance. The charming Charton was the Isabelle, acting with her usual graceful naivete, and singing with true feel ing and finished execution. In her grand air, at the commencement of the second act, "Q jours d'inno cence," in the romance in the first act, " Souvenirs du jeune age" (an air as popular in France as " Home, sweet home" was in England), and in the trio in the third act with Mergy and Marguerite (which was en cored) Mdlle. Charton displayed all those winning graces of voice and style which have rendered her so great a favourite in Brussels, in Paris, and now here. The mi nor parts were all well sustained by M. Sayer, M. Baguet, Mdlle. Guichard, and Mdlle. Medial. M. Sayer, especially, infused much grotesque humour into his character of Cantarelli. Nothing could be better than the orchestral accompaniments, and in the chorus there is a manifest improvement, both in the body of sound and in the precision of the execution. The finale to the second act was given in a style worthy establish ments of much higher pretensions. The theatre was fully and fashionably attended, and the performance was honoured with the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. OPERA. COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured those perform ances with their presence last evening. The royal suite comprised the Marchisness of Douro, the Hon. Miss Paget, the Earl of Morley, General Wemyss, and Colonel Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Lord James Murray, and Sir George Couper, also honoured the theatre with their presence. There were also present his Royal High. ness the Duke of Brunswick, the Russian Ambassador the Turkish Ambassador and suite, the French Ambas- sador and suite, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioress of Downshire, the Countess of Essex and Miss Johnson, La Comtesse de Landsfeldt, Earl snd Countess Granville, Viscount Clifden, Viscount and Vis countess Canning, Viscountess Newport cnd the lion. Mrs. Anson, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Lady Frederic an Miss reauclerc, Lord Cranstoun, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord Cranbourne, Lard Chief Justice Clerk and Miss Clerk, Lady Quentin, Lady and Miss Macdonald, the Hon. Fradcrie Byng, Mr. and Mrs. Matheson' and party, Mrs, Standish Standish, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Massey, Mr. and Mts. John Stanley, Sir Henry Webb, Mr. Edward Mice, &c. We' are requested to state Mr. Pigott was acciden tally absent from the division in favour of Mr. Ewart's Bill for the Abolition of Capital Punishment. Loss OF TUE FRENCH GOVERNMENT STEAM.. PACKET RUA/518E8.—We learn from Malta, by the Over land Mail, that the Odin steam-frigate, the Hon. Cap tain Pdham, had arrived there on the 26th of April, from Trapani, conveying the officers and some of the crew (43 in number) of the ithamses, and 60 passengers taken out of the same vessel, which had been totally wrecked at Trapani. It appears that the Rhamses lett Malta on the morning of the 23d for Trapani (where the Palermo mail is landed) and Marseilles. She reached Trapani on the 24th, and was leaving again when the Odin made her appearance from Palermo, with a num b?r of Sicilian fugitives (among whom were most of the members of the late Provisional Government of Sicily established at Palermo), and, in order to receive some on board, desirous as they were of getting to republican France, the Rhamses stopped her engines. By some bungling, however, the French steamer got upon the rocks outside, after receiving on board this additional freight, and it coming on to blow hard on the following day, became a totri wreck, when Captain Pelham, very considerately, volunteered to convey the officers and crew, and the sixty passengers she had on board, to Malta, where they arrived in time to go by the French and English steamers leaving for Marseilles on the 26th. Major-General Bunbury, the gallant Commander in-Chief at Jamaica has been suffering severely from in disposition; but we are glad to find by our last advice' that he was rapidly recovering. The Rev. Montagu Bally, of Christ Church, Oxford, has been appointed domestic chaplain to the Earl of Jersey. BRUSSELS, MAY I.—Mrs. Cuvier, wife of the cele brated savant of that name, has just died in her 87th year, at the Jardin des Plantes. ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.—The following arrivals of specie have just taken place. The ship Southampton from Calcutta has brought 1 case of specie, consigned to order; the Camperdown, from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope respectively, has brought 1 box of specie, individually addressed, 2 boxes consigned to a firm of eminence in the metropolis, and also 13 boxes of specie, consigned to order; the Competitor, from Port Adelaide, Australia, a large quantity of copper ore, 15 blocks of copper, and 2 cases of specie, consigned to the Australian Bank; the Kilblain, from Canton and the Cape, 1 box of specie addressed; the Wellesley, from Calcutta, Madras, and St. Helena, 4 boxes of specie, co nsigned to three eminent firms in the metropolis , and 1 package consigned to order; the Australia, from Hobart Town, 2 casks of specie, consigned to separate parties; the Eleanor, from the Mauritius, 1 box of bullion, addressed; the Mary Ann, from Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1 package of specie, addressed, and 1 package, consigned to a firm in the metropolis; and the Robert Henderson ' from the sa me place, 3 casks of copp er , a dd resse d , and twoboxes of specie, consigned to two separate parties. BRIDGES.—The bridges are variously constructed, some consist of a single arch, others of three or more arches, and some are merely a series of stone piers, with large stone slabs laid across them, as described by us in our account of the famous bridge at Foo chow-foe. Some bridges are built of red granite, and others of a greyish marble, cut into blocks five feet or more in length, which aro laid alternately end-ways and cross-ways. The arches are very high, are semi-circular, circular and polygons in shape, and the bridges have steps at either end. Some are very handsome structures, particularly one a few miles to the west of Pekin, which is composed of white marble, beau tifully cut and ingeniously devised. The balustrades are composed of seventy small pillars, on either side inter mixed with marble tablatures, carved with birds and animals, foliage and flow ers —China and the Chinese. TRIUMPHAL ARcnEs.—Triumphal arches are very numerous throughout the Celestial Empire, and adorn almost every city; some are but indifferently con structed, and built of wood, but others are well worthy of observation. These arches stand from twenty to five and- twenty feet in height, some are ornamented with human figures, and others with birds, beasts, and gro tees:lna animals, standing out in bold relief upon the masonry, while imaginary animals ornament the roof.— China and the Chinese. It is undertsood that the bullion which went out to the United States by the packet which left Liverpool on Saturday last amounts to about 83,0001.