The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-13 00:00:00

TAN. present :he coun and the iy knew ?ments of shall be ens. telligenee orce the ries had force to )ouranee he Indus; ill never in think Lon of the —a route sses uinY sacrifice the gain the Sikh' formerly, ha Raiu ll 1 to plac e lough his Id a ment , Fable that an open Isen ; hat e at ou t of opertv a larg e 111. fried 11 of the r and the 3 assiste d -1-I ER" IVrA J 777: S ESTY'S BAL IVIA QU . Pa Th lacee. Queen g ave a F ancy B a l l last evening, at Buckingham The costumes worn on this occasion were most splendid and !IP.agnificent, esp ec i a ll y t h ose i n the different quadrilles of r:rance, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. fhe Gentle.. 'ten and Ladies forming these sets assembled in the lower !mite of rooms, and at half-past ten o'clock, having been mar 'thalled, passed in procession up the Grand Staircase, to the iresence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended i y the principal Ladies and Officers of the Court, in most mag tifiostumes. The genera l company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, the ' Ladies, with few exceptions, in dresses of different ages ?krill countries, many of great splendour, and the Gentlemen numerous instances also in costumes of the greatest splen our and the most picturesque effect, many of them being strictly historical. tender Foreign Ministers, in their respective uniforms, at -e by their Secretaries and Attaches, arrived at the .e.qtierries' Entrance. The members of the Royal Family, and t he parties composing the different Quadrilles, entered by the L'a'den Entrance. The Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Warwick, and seve eal officers of th e Q ueen ' s H ouse h o ld, appeare d i n su it s o f ar mour. ' e•ily entire suite of State Rooms was opened, and most ilium inated sv ith chandeliersorandelabra,and branches. =;1• 'he comp any danced in the Th r one Room and Ball Room, in -b oth which quadrille bands were stationed. ~,The 'Marquis of Anglesey, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Car lEarl Spencer, Viscount Melbourne. Viscount Palmer- P' , Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Minto, and Sir Allan N ab, were among the earliesw ith t arriCv al ompan s. y. Of a scene so variedsterittlio in Ball to -da Room s were filled and so brilliant, it is impossible to give an accurate de y, but a full account of this magnificent fete will .'e given to- morrow. pr The foll ow i ng h a d t h e h onour o f rece i v i ng invitations— trice Edward Edward of Saxe Weimar ; the American Minister, Mrs. the Austri an Mi n i ster an d G ent l emen Attac h es; t h e B avar i an Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Belgian Minister, Madame an de Veyer, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Brazilian Minis- Pr, Madame Marques Lisboa, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Ayrean Minister ; the Danish Minister, Countess de eZ en tlove, and Gentlemen Attaches; the French Ambassador, u ntess de St. Aulaire, and Gentlemen Attaches to the Ern :3V; the Grecian Minister, Madame Tricoupi, and Gentle see Attaches to the Legation ; the Hanoverian Minister, and a."entlernen Attaches ; the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, Ma re Murphy, and . Gentlemen Attaches to the Mission; the ,elipolitan Minister and Gentlemen Attaches ; Mr. Washing '4l/1 Irvin g; the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires, and Gentlemen t „ tae he 3 ; the New Granada Charge d'Affaires, Madame Mos slils`ra, and Secretary to the Mission Portuguese Minister B unsen, Gentlemen Attaches ; the Prussian Minister, Madame s „ l4 en, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Russian Minister, Ba- W es a Brunow, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Sardinian ',lister, and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Saxon 'tackMt t"Spanish Minister, and Gentlemen h,es ; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Baroness de ,Re fa"'4en, and Gentlemen Attaches; the Turkish Charge d Af- Sii res and Gentlemen Attaches ; the Venezuelan Minister; the uTternburg Minister and Gentlemen Attaches; le Comte „:'r,aowski, Lieut. Cary, M. Ribeiro da Silva, Count Chrepto ,'", Countess Chreptowich, Madame de Helfer, M. de Ger- Aj Madame de Gerstein Hohenstein, le Comte 4niserling, le Baron de Langen, le Comte de Raczysiski, • dell C ' W. T. E mpson , C oun t A n th ony E s t er h az y, Li eu t. Gun , glonsieur Hupeden ' le Capitaine Istomin, M. Emilie oho, t h e Commander Schlick, M. Gustave de Gersdorff, le • H at( ln Von Greisheim, the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the Ouse of Commons, the Gold Stick, the Lord in Waiting, t . he Stick, the Groom in Waiting, the Lady in Wait ie on the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on Duchess of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting on the ch ess of Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on the Frincess •I:4dg Matilda th e G en tl emen a tt en di ng th e D u k e o f C ame Id e, the Gentlemen attending . the Duke of Sussex, the Corn u'ig Officers of the Grenadier, the Coldstream, and the s Ott :,t att .Pusilier G uar d s ; th e C omman di ng Offi cers o f th e f our si L at b lots doin g London duty, three Officers of each of the four ; bal, talk ns ; the Commanding Officer and three O ffi cers of the 'Z - anon at the Tower, the Commanding Officer and four Offi lifiaof the Ist Life Guards, the Commanding Officer and four ""of l ` o the 2d Lif e Guards, the Commanding Officer and sio l i ; Officers of th e Royal Horse Guards, the Commanding ,„ ()racer and thr ee O ffi cers of the Bth Hussars, the Commanding 'Av ai e t r and three Officers of the 15th Foot, the Field-of fi cer in l ag, the Adjutant in Brigade Waiting. Montrose, Wellington, Sutherland, Cleveland , . Bucclench, se. Norfolk, Argyle, Leinster, Devonshire, Bucking- Nor's4arlborough, Richmond, Beaufort, Bedford, Roxburgh, 134,1iimberland, Somerset, Rutland. ingha ro cliEss as—Montrose, Northumberland, Argyle, Buck ingh, B ti ccleuch, Somerset, Richmond, Roxburgh, Buck he_ :11, N orfolk, Sutherland, Inverness, Cleveland, Leinster, A e i tt or t, Marlborough, Bedford. rea . 41IQu ies—Waterford, Headfort, Blandford, Clanricarde, i i or( viist °! k, Worcester, Londonderry, Exeter, Downshire, Heft , Salisbury, Westminster, Ormonde, Lorne, Lansdowne, cs.g rtharnpton, Sligo, Tweeddale, Anglesey, Douglas, Douro, ess"rlYngham, Normanbv, Ailesbury, Granby, Abercorn. sit s laec nrosresses-I.'xeter, Clanricarde, Ailesbury, Or- Tweeddale, De Riario Sforza, Sligo Abercorn, Douro, stminster Norrnanbv, Londonderry, Lansdowne, Downshire. Maimesbury, Mansfield, Chesterfield, So eetn.,ers, Minto, Charlemont, Cardigan, Lincoln, Fitzwilliam, Jt v l.enqsll, Rosslyn, Yarborough, Kinnoull, Westmoreland, aloath, Morl Essex , Dunmore, Euston , Cardigan, Morley, Stanhope, aloray, Uxbridge, Eld on , D unraven, March, Cawdor, Clan wisilhain, Craven, Dalhousie, Cowper, Cadogan, Glengall, Grey, ti!Pembroke, Eglinton, Spencer, Alexborough, Erroll, Beverley, Poulett, Shaftesbury, Sheffield, Falmouth, Manvers, Gainsbo-- rou g h, Sandwich, Clarendon, De Grey, Denbigh, Desart, Aberdeen, Effingham, Hardwicke, Sefton, Verulam, Tanker ,' vine Haddingten, Jersey, Lucan, Morton, Aboyne, Wilton, Iletr ter ; - Jerilyn, Carlisle ' Surrey, Liverpool, Li s t owe l, Love lace, Leicester, Bective, P owis, Howe, Grosvenor, Clare. Ro den, Rosebery, Zetland, Albemarle, Hillsborough, Ripon, Kintore, Radnor. Couseresses.--Tankerville, Grosvenor, Verulam, Surrey, Warwick, Uxbridge, Jersey, Grey, Glengall, Manvers, Alhe• tnarle, Dalhonsie, Dowager Erroll, Essex, Craven, Eldon, Eglinton, Denbigh, Cowper, Craven, Delawarr, Clarendon, 11liaelzesbury Mansfield, Ch e st er fi e ld, Mexborough, Stanhope, c all, Meath, Hardwicke, Cadogan, Carlisle, Cawdor, A krlon, De Grey, Dowager Falmouth, Charlemont, Sefton, Rosslyn Mint°, Hillsborough, D unraven , R a d nor, ti l lan ipor d, ,, Beverley, Leicester, Bruce, Powis, Wilton, Wemyss, Westmoreland, Roden, Somers, s,"elae, Listow e l, L ucan, D unmore, Sandwich, Dalhousie, IV ° o u rb le i t lr t y ' . lki°rl eY, Rosebery, Gainsborough, Euston, Sheffield, s Vise () • den Ts.-- Somerton Seaham, Melbourne, Norreys, s aiiaw g al n d,' n , - B " er scourt, Drumlanrig, Canning, Cantilupe, le f re s o s, andon, Maynard, Pollington, Mahon, Castie d ier 3 , seie Y co_ Torrington, Folkestone, Northland, Newport, n the e ,- A rai . st urte d n4 Y, Duncannon, Palmerston, Loftus, Low- Crau'ley- Clive, Shelburne, Clements, Ossulston, Ebrington, Alarsham, Newry Hinton, Milton Ipswich, Cli ve, jo u . riniston, Barrington, clifden, Chelsea, Strangford, • Milt on "Ilu, Curzon, Campden, Ingestre, Andover, Emlyn, Alford. Neivrv",sTkssts.—Hoßick, Villiers, Chelsea, Pollington, Joe Dumlanrig, Barrington, Selina Milton, 4 4 ,1 Yfl, Palmerston, Maynard, Hawardere Powerscourt, ozer, Mahon Courtenay, Dowager Torrington, Campden "rington, Folkestone, Forbes, Sydney, Canning, Adolphus Paget , Edwin Hill, . Somerset, Stafford, Wellesl i tzelarence, Frederick Fitzclarence, Char es Pae et e s ,„Yi Piget, Alfred Paget, Clarence Paget, George ' 'Yard, Foley, R. Grosvenor, Vivian, Lilford, Stanley, bodirn" S eYniour, William Lennox , Leveson, De L'lsle and Stav e 7,l F ° urtenay, Lovaine, Levet, Colville, Haddo, Killeen, 04, 0 : a ze , George Bentinck, Hill, Marcus Hill, Cecil "' Stafford, John Manners, F. Gordon, Redesdale, si atli gert oe ,erald, Southampton, Lyttelton, James Stuart, Claude Vi t ,,, ilt a, Arthur Lennox, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Gerald harles Fitrzoy, Burghersh, Abinger, Lovat, Ed -141... Reward, Eliot, Cosmo Paget, Alexander Russell, yronine, Seymour, James Butler, Duncan, Cremorne, Lee r , ' D ungannon, Dalmeney, Ravensworth, Alexander tim o Matyb oroug h, L owt h er , H ot h am , B roo k e, P o l - I Nlghe e ' Wor ley, Fitzroy Somerset, Charles Russell, Wil- N w ,-Y de E res b y, Ashley, Stanley of Alderley, Crewe, W. tin tett, Methuen, Compton, Wenlock, Willi a m R usse ll, C ar - E rre gl st " , Ruth ven , M ac d ona ld , Cli nton (2 ) , Brabazon, tee, Bruce, George Lennox, Kinnaird, Cranstoun, rot . Tupy, Bloomfield Wharncliffe, Blantyre, Portman, Rivers, ka t „,7! de Malhahide, Seymour, John Russell, N u g e nt, Dun- Lau:), Cottenham, Forster, Walpole, Netherton, Napier. El t4u, l ase- Ellen Douglas, Louisa Hay, Fitzwygram, Wigram, ra f o , ra ', P aget, Constance Paget, Caroline Capel, Mary Capel, "ta e a vaPel, A. Cadogan, H. Cadogan, Elizabeth West, r Y West, 111‘Farlane, Clementina Villiers, Joliffe, Brooke, ii l i a nne Alford, Louisa Fortescue, Katherine Jerilyn, Fre lilloon J.. Stuart, Follett, Johnstone, C. Strangways, Farquhar, Je w nl ueld, Mary Fox, A. M. Dawson, Stuart de Rothesay, E t „ lt aa Eliot, Colville, Stanley, Stanley of Alderley; F. illy4t;11. Wilhelmina Stanhope. E. de Rede de Ginkel, TV A 2), Anne Courtenay Clark, exist, Antrobus, De Tabley, leaa Digby, Georgians ' Grey, Charlotte Copley, Gilliam, Iti\rill Chas Somerset, Mary Fielding,(Just, Mary Lovat, Murray (2), Dugannon, Walpole, A. ,Poulett, e, 4: Christopher, Lumley, Macdonald, Kienaird, Knatclibull, IN, r ,tiglas, H. Vane, A. Vane, Lilford, H. Mitchell, G. Len- Lascelles, Louisa Forbes, Sarah Ingestre, C. Harcourt, A. Paget, Brabazon, F. Egerton, Jane ' 4 ol,` ° e, P: Somerset, Anne Grenville, Selina Kerr, CH ,ia_rriet Clive, Leveson, Jane Fitzgerald, Farquhar, Mary N o : Frances Hope, A. Lennox, L. Fitzmauricc, re b' l atii, sll t, Isabella Hope, Fanny Howard, Heathcote, Seymour, ',‘lv a id r e, Emma Campbell, C. G. Lennox, L. de Horsey, King, Courtenay Boyle, E. Grosvenor, C. Barrin gton , t(it r ! r eY,. Pollock, Augusta Somerset, Rivers, Do wag er h alne Eouverie, Sophia Rendlesham, Ravenswort , 4 '- ' ar n K' AV. Powlett, Herbert (2), M. Cecil, Fran bdo' n'u , 1 1, A. Manners, Ruthven, John Russell, Charles 1 ,74 - ~,' A. Primrose, L. Primrose, Wheatley, Parke, E. Otway, Nugent, Willoughby de Eresby, Harriet, 4 Y, 3' 'ane Char t eris, Wenlock. Isabella Wemyss, Wrottes , toed, • sStUart Wortley, Ridley, Knightley, G. Somerset, Staf. ballthampton, Cocks, H. Cocks, L. D. Bromley, t'en so ,;')ug, Byron, Ernest Bruce, W. Bulkeley, a0 5 ,,,,'! , Vivian Cottenham, Catherine Buckley, Catherine Ste bur Carington, Maria Somerville, E. Campbell, Lyed ' i aao sd Louisa Cavendish, Mary Howard, Duncan, E. Drum- Hill, C. Duncombe C. Dundas, Durham, A. Mac- Ana ( 4 .-. Fitzroy, Fred. Fitzelarence, C. Fitzroy, Dungannon, 'aY Pane, C. Fitzwilliam, D. Fitzwilliam, Mary Stan- Ar s h ,arY Taylour, Antrobus, E. Campbell, Ashley, Begot, tli„e'a Baring G. Balfour, Sarah Savile, M. Marsham, E. Er o - rn *i Rarriet Baring, ' Augusta Baring, A. Stuart, M. Stuart, Qli ne Wortley , George Murray, Wharncliffe, Louisa Vi—'l Napi er Toler, M. Howard, A. Murray, Emily tie4r, Emily' Peenefather, Strafford, Worley, Stir- Talbot de Malahide, Couper, E. Leveson Gower, • ` Cust, P ee l, Ali ce P ee l , C ourtenay, M et h uen, • - e , ,, trosvenor C Lvster, Lyttleton, Dowager Lyttelton. Mary o '°urlgh, M. Pi erre i ont, A. Pierrepont, A. M'Leod, Olivier, i w , Mary Taylour, G. Codrington, Haddo, Follett, E. arsi ne, C. browne, Hatherton, Gomm, Augusta Gordon, ' Gore, Louisa Noel, Gardiner ,Louisa C otes, - Margaret ;Truly Hardinge, Poltiinore, Cremorne, A. Poulett, M. ' Grey, Portman, Frances Clinton, N. Grosvenor. lbo n 44o Ns—Li one l d e Rothschild, Charles de Rothschild, An ts•Y de Rothschild. de s4•_/!9NesEs—Le Despenser, Keith, L. de Rothschild, A. e`_eguisehild, C. de Rothschild. tki`l.l Hon° una nes Sir Robert Peel, Sir N. Tindal, li re "I " Wi'ram H. Goulburn F. T. Baring, G. S. Al a i d o s i e ti - 1 11 , i lti l- rA. a zi b t. t e u sr e r_ h e e ' pa r oi e ni , sts. R L. Shed, W. E. Gladstone, G. R. Nies Foie Byron, Mr. Byron , . Miss . Fraser, i ror emns y, Mr. St. George Foley, Colonel Fitzgibbon, .1 iss ban s' ; 1i a.,eptain Forester, Charles Forester. Miss J. Jerning ha,4itisser, Ryng, Miss Maynard, General Meade, Francis R id ut. ri s , p 4eY Herbert, ' C h a rles' Cavendish, Charles Cavendish, Hoc Gore, C. A, Murray, Mrs. George G o lri, Mrs. eorge e, Mrs. Bruce, Sr E. Paget, Cant. a n, Mr. Maude, Miss Littleton Mr E . Phipps Mrs, E. Captain Pitt, Mr. Bagot,`A'LP lit r iller, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ashley, it' •' • Mrs. Philips, Misses iss Murray, urra Capt. Murray, t W . 4 o D e3 l , l , ne a rbe G . . Fitzw illiam, ' James S. Wortley, J. Stuart s Fitz roy, "ir• S. Henry Fitzroy, Mrs. H. Fitzroy, pl ain ' C. Ro m ward, w ra r p'tain Captain Spencer, Mrs. i l z i sv is a s rd,, v j ames K. Howard, Sei P l 44l Percy, Mr. Willoughby, Mibses Thellu4on, William Lasceillleosu,glitalk:rlissoles •, Captain Grey, Colonel Anson, Mrs. Amon, 4 ,ttri; '. ~h tiro Langdale, Mrs. Charles Langdale, Miss ,Copley, Admiral Elliot, Mrs. Elliot. Mr. Chiehetter, Miss Stanl e y, Mr. NV. 0. St an l ey , M :s . W . 0 . Stanley, Mrs.i Arbuthnot, Mr. Fane, Mrs. G. E. Anson, General Lygon, Miss Hudson, Miss Mitchell, 0. Duncombe, Miss Liddell, Captain G. Camp bell, Mrs. G. Campbell, Charles Grimston, Alexander Gordon, Miss E. King, Captain P. Talbot, Mr. G. Berkeley, Mrs. G. Berkeley, Captain Keane, lt. Colborne, W. Bagot, M.P., C. Fitzroy, Charles West, Mortimer West, Miss Lawley, B. Law- ley, It. Lawley, Mrs. Tottenham, General Upton, Richard Curzon, R. Curzon, R. Curzon, Jun., Mr. Fitzwilliam, Miss Paget, Mrs. Goulburn, Mr. John Talbot, Mrs. J. Talbot, Miss Stuart, Miss Cavendish, Charles Wortley, Hugh Cholmondely, Sir W. Lumley, Miss Vivian, Miss Devereux, E. Bouverie, Misses Stanley, Mr. C Ponsonby, Mrs. C. Ponsonby, J. Pon sonby, G. Ponsonby, Mrs. G. Ponsonby, Major C. Vivian, Mrs. Vivian, Captain, Vivian, Mrs. Vivian, J. H. Manners Sutton, Mrs. Manners Sutton, Mr. R. 0. Cave, Mrs. R. 0. Cave, Mr. B. Paget, Mrs. B. Paget, Colonel Dawson Darner, Mrs. Dawson Darner, Misses Lytt e lt on Mr. Lyttelton, Mi ss Methuen, Mr. Methuen, Geergia na Liddell, Augustus Lid dell, H. Legge, Miss M. Boyle, Mrs. E. Villiers, F. Villiers, James Macdonald, Adolphus Liddell, Miss Mitford, James Murray, A. Liddell, Misses Pepys, Miss Eden, Miss Ponsonby, Mrs. Trotter, Mrs. A. Capel, Colonel Fitzgibbon, Alexander Gordon. SIRS—L. Shadwell, J. Knight Bruce, W. Follett. F. Pol lock, R. FitzWygram, Henry Wheatley, Allan M'Nab, E. Antrobus, Samuel Higgins, J. Copley, W. Jolliffe, E. Bowa ter, W. Stirling, J. Hobhouse, W. Ileathcote, C. N a pi er , E. L. Bulger, E. Codrington, . Somerville, I'. Fremantle, E. Clifford, E. Knatchbull, A. Macdonald, J. Johnstone, G. Glerk, William Martins, R. W. Bulkeley, P. Durham, J. Clark, A. B. Brooke, H. Pakenham, M. W. Ridley, C. Knightley, D. Le Marchant, J. Parke, J. Macdonald, Robt. Chester. R. Otway, A. C. Grant, J. Guise, R. M'Farlane, W. W. Viynne, 1. Stovin, G. de Lacy Evans, W. M. Stan ley, W. Gordon, C. Antrobus, G. Grey, J. KeYript, G. An son, E. Cust, C. B. Vere, Geo. Cooper, Robt. Gardiner, H. Hardinge,- H. Seymour, G. Murray, G. Seymour, William Gomm, J. Graham. MESSIEURS.—St. George Foley, Kerrison, Wells, Macleod, of Macleod, Marshall, M.P., W. Cavendish, N. Macdonald, Tottenham, Duff, Goulbourn, E. A n t ro b us , C o d r i ngton, C amp • bell, of Sadden, Pennefather, G. Lennox, W. Lockhart, AI. P,. B. Baring Grenfell, Harecourt, of St. Leona' ds, Mellish, Lynedoch, Gardiner, Charles Sheridan, Philips, M.P., Milne, Campbell Macdonald, Robert Peel, Paget, Balfour, Ralph Neville, Murray, M.P., H. Gaily Knight, Kerrison, G. Lam bert, F. Cavendish, G. Cavendish, Goulbourn, jun., H. Thos. Hope, Cadogan, Towneley, D rummon d, L ove ll , G. E. Anson, Knightley, Kerr, Anson, Jenkinson, Errington, E. Ellice, Courtenay, Digby, G. B. Dawson, De Burgh, De Horsey, Codrington, Blackwood, Lyster, Clive, M.P., Chri s toph er , Hedworth Lambton, C. Boyle, F red. Howard, C. D. Dundas, G. Dawson, H. Farquhar, George Hop e , J. H u d son , C . H ope, W. W. Cole, Knightley, Cavendish, M.P., the Chisholm, A. Montgomery, M. Montgomerie, Drummond, E. Drummond, Baring, M.P. ; Standish, Kinloch, Rich, Mackenzie, Brand, S. Whitbread, Cotes, Fortescue, E. Mildmay, De Bathe, E. Villiers, Harm Farquhar, J. Gladston e , Stanley, R. Ormsby Gore, Stephenson, J. Massy Stanley, Boyce, J. Stephen, .1. Ormsby Gore, Addington, P. Stewart, J. Stanhope, Tomline, H. Lambton, S. M. Philipps, Vaughan, W. Forbes, C. D. Bruce, Cole, V. Harcourt, Campbell of Islay, E. Tennent, J. H. Vivian, • Vyner, Cavendish Boyle, Mitchell, G. Berkeley, H. De M.P.iurgh, and Mackinnon. MISTRESSES—Waymouth, Meade, Montefiore ' J. H. Vivian, Towneley, Al'Leod of M'Leod, Brand, H. Lambton, Mar shall, Rich, Shiel, E. Ellice, J. Gladstone, Harcourt, Davys, Tennent, Errington, Campbell of Islay, V. Harcourt, Boa eerie, H. De Burgh, Symonds, Towneley, G. Berkeley, Daw son, Bentinck, Davys, De Burgh, Wyndham, Cartwright, and Bentinck. MlSSES.—Antrobus (2), Paget, Laura Paget, Fitzwygram (2), Wheatley (2), D'Este, Guise, Grenfell, Bolland, Anson (2), Phillips, Farquhar, De Riario Sforza, Nina de Riario Sforza, De Horsey, Cartwright, Fitzgibbon, Cavendish, Cust (2), King, Greville, Kerr, Bushe, Stewart (2), Somerset, Balfour (2), Macleod (2), Caroline 13.11 e, Mary Boyle, Pakenham, C. Somerset, Hamilton, Macdonald, E. Seymour, Irvine, Bromley, Brooke, Drummond, Barrington (2), Parke, Ponsonby, Otway (2), De Flahault, Georgina De Flahault, Pollock (2), ' Clerk (2 ), 111‘Farlane, Seym our , Cli ve , P ercy (2), Gurney, Fitzclarence Murray. Drummond, Codringt on (2), Whitbread, Clifford, Davys, Cust, Gordon, Greville, Webster, Gardiner (2), Philip s , D r ummo n d, P ower , M'Leo d, Stuart, Vernon Harcourt, Elliot, Seymour (2), Goulburn, Talbot (2), H. Byng, Bagot (2), Bushe, Piurrepont, Meade, Wi gram, Wyndham, Wynn, Holland, Fitzgibbon, Gore (2). GENERALS—Sir W. Anson, Wemyss, Fremantle, Browne. COLONELS—Bagot, Charles Bagot, Peel, Bouverie, Vernon Harcourt, Fox; Bentinck, Arbuthnot, Hon. George Keppel, F. Paget, Wylde, Wyndham, Buckley. MAJOR—Waymoutb. CAPTAlNS—Codrington, Cost, Paget, Chas. Grey, R.N., Dundas, G. Drummond, Menell, Hon. A. Duncombe, Robert Wood, Trotter, Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier Guards), Hood, Seymou r , Hill, George Elliot, R.N., Cadogan. PAGES OF HONOUR—Mr. C. T. Wemyss, Mr. H. W. liyng, Mr. H. L. Wilson, Mr. A. Stuart Wortley. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday af ternoon, in a carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchessof Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. Mr. Colquhoun, Agent for the Hanse Towns, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. THE LINEN-DRAPERY TRADE WILLIAMS AND MOTTRAM'S BANKRUPTCY. In this case, which has excited considerable attention in the linendrapery trade, and which has been several times before reported, an examination took place at the Court of Bank ruptcy yesterday, of persons to whom the bankrupts paid money shortly before their failure was entered into, the prin cipal points of which are detailed as follow : Mr. Maynard appeared, as on all former occasions, for the assignees. Mr. Peter Bruce Turner, of Basing-lane, solicitor, was the first examined, and stated at length tho several discount trans actions their firm had had with the bankrupts. He swore he had no recollection of being at the house of the bankrupt Mot. tram the Sunday evening before the firm stopped. When they (Turner and Rensman) were paid the 1,0001. just prior to the bankrupts' stoppage, they were not a ware o f t h e i nso l vency of the bankrupts. That payment vas made in accordance with the terms of the advance. The bankrupts were now in4bted to them to the extent of about 2,0001. Mr. Moore, of the firm of Mottram and Moore, of Lamb's Conduit-street, was next examined.— He deposed to the as signment made by the bankrupt, Charles Mottram, to him of the old debts of Lamb's Conduit-street, and admitted that he had heard shortly afterwards that the firm was net in good cir cumstances. The bankrupt, Charles Mottram, in addition to this assignment, owed him 7001. His (Mr. Moore's) partner, Mr. Pryce Mottram, bad told him 301. had been received under the assignment. Mr. Brierly, of Manchester, followed. He said on the Ist of November Williams and Mottram owed him 442/. 13s. 7d., and he having failed to receive the bills "accepted" which he had drawn upon the father's amount, waited upon them in town on the sth of November, and after an interview with both the partners, during which he said he would rather have cash than their bills, as there were rumours about their diffi cuities, Mottram gave him 1001. in bank notes, and a bill for 2511. 25., which bill he had paid away ; b ut Willi ams an d Mot tram haaccepted the bill, and they arrived at Manchester after he had left for London. Mr. Bennett, a solicitor, of Manchester, was examined as respected some bills which he received from the bankrupts pre -vious to their stoppage, but his evidence was of no importance. Mr. Fawcett, of Lawrence-lane, examined—Was a bankrupt in July last year. The bankrupts were indebted to him for bills for value received. Did not recollect having the bills in his possession, as his business was so extensive at the period; it was at the rate of 300,000/. per annum. Before he was a bankrupt he had in his employ a clerk of the name of Sorrell, and several others. When his bankruptcy occurred, Sorrell took for himself part of the premises he had occupied. Did not recollect whether or not he sold goods in the name of Sor rell to the bankrupts in July last, but he might have done so. Sorrell was now in his employ. In Sorrell's day-book, kept while he sold on commission fur him, there was a sale made to Williams and Mottram, and dated the 27th of July, but by whom that sale was made he could not recollect. The amount might have been paid for in a bill, but he had not the bill. Sorrell would have the bill. There were other goods sent on Sorrell's account to the bankrupts, but he could not say by whose directions. He had re-commenced business early in the month of November. He received Eve bills from Mot tram to get discounted at Manchester. Four he left at that place, in Messrs. Brodie's hands, as he had told Mottram ; the fifth he now produced and handed over to the official assignee. Had no claim against the four bills. It being now past four o'clock, the Court rose. There are other persons to examine, and the case will proceed again next week. FRENCH COINAGE. The. Committee on the New Coinage Bill has ter minated its labours, which, considered in their ensem ble, embraced the following questions :—The calling in of pieces of mixed metal, and their replacement ; the calling in of copper coin ; the centralization of all coining operations for France and the Co lonies, at the llotel-des-3fonnaies at Paris; the issue of a new coinage in bronze ; the repairs pro posed in the Hotel-des-Monnaies, and the establish ment of a new system of coining for the various pieces. According to the report, pieces of mixed metal are a temptation to forgers ; there are so many means of giving to a piece of copper all the appearance of one containing silver that in all ages and all countries they have led to the greatest number of counterfeits. The Committee recommends the calling in of pieces of six liards, their impression being almost entirely effaced after more than a century's circulation ; the pieces of ten centimes with the letter N, and the fifteen and thirty sous pieces, amounting altogether to 25 millions in value. The Committee demands a credit for this purpose, and is of opinion that the copper pieces, composed as they are of the most heterogeneous mixtures, should be immedi ately recoined. .The report supposes that the benefits that will arise from this step will be realized rapidly, without the Treasury being put to any expense. As to the centralization, the Committee unanimously de clared in its favour, as no economy could be hoped for, unless working on large masses of metal. It is also of opinion that the works should no longer be under the control of a Director, but of an administration, and that all expenses should be submitted to the Chamber as forming part of the budget. It recommends the substitution of bronze for copper, as being less liable to imitation. The weight of the bronze money gave rise to some difference of opinion ; but it was at last decided that the piece of ten centimes should weigh, ten grammes, as the Government proposed. The Com mittee considered the size chosen for pieces of five centimes as unfortunate, being the same as that of pieces of forty francs. It recommends that it shall be reduced to 25 millimetres (nearly an inch) to pre vent mistake, and the pieces of ten centimes to 30 millimetres. Cockchafers are so numerous in the environs of Arnheim, says a Dutch Journal, that the authori►ies have offered a premium- of two Dutch cents (nearly a sou) for every quart of these insects caught and delivered to them. The Dutch Journal asserts that at this premium a boy can earn as much as two florins a day. THE UNEMPLOYED AT YEOVIL.—The privations of the 20,000 individuals who were thrown out of employ by the stopping for a month of all business by the manufacturers of this town, we hear, have been borne with the greatest and almost unexampled patience, thus affording a gratifying con trast to the more turbulent spirit: of the north.— Western Times. A gentleman in passing through a village in De vonshire, asked a boy if he had been taught the Church Ca techism, he replied, " Yes, Sir." " Do you know what is me.nt by your ghostly enemy?" " Yes, Sir, my mother says that our Jack-ass is my ghostly enemy, for he is always trying to kick Toe." The village schoolmaster is, indeed abroad, NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. The Ninth Annual General Meeting of Proprietors of the National Provincial Bank of England was held yesterday at the Company's Office, 112, Bishopsgato street. Upon thelnotion of HENRY WAYMOUTII, Esq., seconded by W. 11. SHARP, Esq., JOHN MELVILLE, Esq. was called to the Chair. Sir G. LEWIN wished to be allowed to ask, before they proceeded with the general business of the meeting, when would be the most convenient time for him to call the attention of the Board of Directors and of the Share-. holders generally, to a circular letter which he believed had been sent to each Shareholder. The CHAIRMAN suggested to the Hon. Proprietor that it would be more convenient to allow the business of the day to proceed, and that after the completion of it, he could call the attention of the meeting to the circular in question, if he was desirous of doing so. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read by the Secretary, The CHAIRMAN said that he would not detain the meeting by any preliminary remarks, but would, .with their permission, proceed at once to read the. Report. The following Report was then read : " The occasion on which the Proprietors are now as sembled is that of the Company's Ninth Anniversary Meeting. " It is with much satisfaction that the Directors are again enabled to meet the Proprietors with an announce ment of continued prosperity, notwithstanding another year of great monetary pressure and commercial distress. " Since the last general meeting the Directors have been solicited by respectable and influential parties to open branches in various localities, but although much gratified with such proofs of public confidence, they have not deemed it expedient to extend the Company's ope rations, except to Shrewsbury and Dover. " The failure of a long established private bank, in Shrewsbury, made an opening, of which the Directors were induced the more readily to avail themselves from having branches in the neighbourhood, and from a vo luntary promise of support having been made to them by several wealthy and influential inhabitants of the place. The Directors have much pleasure in stating that the branch thus opened at Shrewsbury has been attended with more than usual success. " Towards the close of last year, the favourable termination of a negotiation with the Dover ' Bank, placed the Company in possession of that highly-respectable concern, which had been car ried on for nearly a century and a half with such suc cess, as enabled Mr. Fector, its only surviving partner, to retire for the enjoyment of his ample fortune. The arrangement with bins has been concluded upon advan tageous terms for the Company, and the Directors have much pleasure in stating that the valuable connection to which the Bank has thus succeeded has considerably in creased since the junction took place. " As regards the previously established branches, a steady and satisfactory progress is being made, and in some places especially, which have suffered by the fail• ures of private banks, a considerable increase in the de posits has taken place ; a striking manifestation of the growing conviction in the public mind of the superior security which Joint Stock Banks afford. " Notwithstanding a -general augmentation of the business and resources of the Company, the Directors have to state, what the meeting cannot be altogether unprepared to expect, that the adverse occurrences, dur ing the late unprecedented period of commercial diffi culty, which so seriously affected all classes of the trad ing community, have prevented that increase in the yearly profits, which, under more favourable circum stances the Directors would have to exhibit. " The Directors will not, however further ansicipate the usual Statement of Accounts, which they now beg to submit to the meeting . Jan. 1, 1841. Amount of undivided profits at this date Dec. 31. Nett profits of 1841, after pay ment of all current expenses, a porti,,n of preliminary expenses, and making allowance for bad and doubtful debts 30,330 17 0 s. d. 53,432 0 6 Making a total of 83,762 17 6 Deduct dividend of 6 per cent. for 1841 on Company's Stock 24,649 16 0 Leaving undivided profits at Dec. 31, 1841 £59,113 1 6 "From the above account it will be seen that an addi tion has been made to the Reserve Fund of 5,6811. "In conclusion, the Directors beg to state generally, that the affairs of the Company have never been in a more satisfactory condition, and to assure the Proprie tors that no effOrts on their part will he wanting to main tain the high position which the establishment has ac quired. " The Directors wh3 at this time go out of office by ratation are— Patrick Cruikshank, Esq., C. Henton Ellis, Esq., H. Twiss, Esq. ; all of whom are eligible to be re-ele , 2ted, and offer them selves accordingly. " The death of Philip Courtenay, Esq., and the re tirement of Joshua Scholefield and Archibald Hastie, Esqs., have left three vacancies in the Direction, to sup ply which the following gentlenien, all qualified Pro prietors, and who have given the necessary notice, offer themselves as Candidates, viz.— Walter Bentinck, Esq., George Hyde, Esq., George Lynch, Esq." Mr. STEWART said that after the statement which had been just made they all had cause to feel deeply grateful to the Directors who, at a time of distress unprecedented in the annals of commercial transactions, had maintained the position of the Bank in a state of prtAperity that must be satisfactory to all.—(Cheers.) He believed that never, at any period, had there been a greater de gree of commercial distress than at the present ; yet, not withstanding all this, the ,Bank had gone steadily onward in its successful career. He did not know that he need make another observation to in duce the meeting to adopt the Report, but he could not sit down without directing the attention of the meeting to one observation made in the Report, in the truth of which, seeing the source from which it had emanated, he had the utmost confidence. It was stated there that the Bank had never been in a more solid or prosperous condition than at the present moment. That observation struck him forcibly, and served to show the skill, the energy, and the prudence, with which the affairs of the Bank had been conducted.—(Cheers.) Ile begged to move that the Report be received, adopted, and printed for the use of the Proprietors. Mr. HICIIENS seconded the resolution. At a time of unexampled pressure in the money market, they had been enabled to increase their rest fund by nearly 6,000/. Every gentleman present must be aware of the great effect which the present state of commercial distress had produced on the money market. He had for thirty six years boen engaged in money transactions, and never during that period had so disastrous a year rolled over the monetary market as the year 1841. The Directors must have managed with great care, prudence, and skill to have maintained their present position, and he thought the thanks of the Proprietors were eminently due to them. No one ac quainted with the state of the money market could avoid admitting that the Directors must have exhibited great care to have avoided disasters as they had done. With out wishing to interfere in the least in the management, he would take leave to offer the suggestion to the exe• cutive, that whenever the Directors might think it ne cessary that the capital of the Company should be in creased, they should do so at the time most proper, and in the manner that should seem to them most fitting.—(Hear.) He thought that whenever the Di rectors should feel authorised to make a further call, while they managed the concerns of the Company as they did at present, that call would be obeyed. An HON. PROPRIETOR—It had not been his intention to offer any observation, had it not been for a remark which had fallen from the gentleman who had just sat down. He did not anticipate that there would be any necessity for an increase of their capital. If any one thing more than another had conduced to their prospe rity, it was the steady method in which their business had been conducted, and he trusted they would not in volve themselves in any new concerns without using great caution. . - gentleman he was about to propose was George Lync.bh, Esq.. who. resided near Acton. He (Mr. Duff) had known that gentleman for . more than thirty years, and throughout his life had always enjoyed his friendship. Ho bad spoken of his habits of business, and having known him throughout. his life he was not au are of a single mistake that that gentleman had ever coin mitted. 11e Was an extremely fortunate man, and not the least part of his good fortune, was that he had retired from business at a time . when, if others had done the same, they would have been - much better off than they were at present.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Lynch was unoccupied by business, and had taken a great in terest in the prosperity of the Bank from its commence ment, and was one of the-largest Shareholders on their books. lie thus showed his confidence in, and his good will towards, the Institution, and had the means of benefiting it, not only by his own personal exertions, but by his interest among his friends. He had great pleasure in proposing that George Lynch, Esq., be elected one of the Directors. THOMAS WILSON, Esq., having seconded the nomi nation, George Lynch, Esq., was unanimously elected. Mr. LYNCH returned the Proprietors his sincere thanks fin- the trust they had confided to him, and he could assure them he would use his best endeavours and exertions in entering upon the duties of his office, to follow out that cautious and prudent course of proceed ing, by the adoption of which the present Directors had brought the Bank to its present state of prosperity. He considered that the Company deserved to attain the highest possible prosperity, and doubted not that it would rank first among the most valuable institutions of the country.—(Hear, hear.) No exertions should be wanting on his part to promote, by every means in his power, the prosperity of the National Provincial Bank of England.—(Cheers.) Sir G. LEWIN was extremely happy to find that the Directors had, throughout their proceedings, abstained from alluding to a circular letter, signed " T. Joplin," which he, in common with every other Share holder of the Company, had received. Who the writer might be he knew not, but he had read the letter with feelings of unqualified dis gust. He had replied to that letter, rand in his reply had stated pretty freely to Mr. Joplin what was his opinion of his (Mr. Joplin's) conduct. He was glad the Directors had not alluded to it in any manner, but he thought it his duty as a Shareholder to allude to it, and lie should move three resolutions : " 1. That Mr. Joplin has no claims whatever on the funds of the Company, and that the Directors be in structed to resist any claims that he may think proper to make. " 2. That the Directors"enjoy the unshaken confidence of the Proprietors."—(Cheers.) And he would move, as a " 3d Resolution, That the thanks of the Proprietors be returned to the Directors, for the manner in which they have conducted the busine ss o f t h e C ompany s i nce the - last Meeting." They had his (Sir G. Lewin's) entire confidence, and that confidence had been increased by their conduct in paying no attention to the improper, unfounded, he might say impudent, claim of M r . J op li n. Captain WARREN seconded the resolutions. Mr. Joplin had received 1,500/. some years ago in full satisfaction of any claims h e m i g ht h ave had, besides a considerable sum for expenses, and there was no pretence whatever for his making any further demand on the Company. Mr. BROWN said that Mr. Joplin, on the 18th of July, 1834, had accepted 1,500/. as a full remuneration for his services. Mr. Joplin was not the author of the principle of Joint-Stock Banks • it had been carri e d ou t i n I re l an d long before Mr. Joplin's time. Besides the principle which Mr. Joplin advocated with regard to coun try banks was incapable of being carried out. He was satisfied that Mr. Joplin had no claim on the' Company, and he would support the resolutions. His circular well deserved the condemnatory remarks of a previous speaker. The CHAIRMAN said it was most satisfactory to the Directors, and himself personally, to have heard the sen timents which had been spoken by the different gentle men. It was their anxious wish that every circumstance with respect to Mr. Joplin should be passed over sub silentio. All that gentleman's fair claims had been set tled long ago. . An HON. PROPRIETOR had read an advertisement, stating that the Directors had refused to allow any shares to be transferred to Mr. Joplin's name, and that that had prevented him attending the meeting. He thought that the Directors had shown great judgment and dis cretion in doing so. The resolutions were then put seriatim, and - carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, on the part of his brother Directors and himself, cordially thanked the meeting for the good opinion they had expressed, and could assure them that no effort would be spared, and no opportunity lost, to further their interests. Mr. BROWN thought that thanks were also due to those who had the management of the executive department, for their zeal, energy, and assiduity. He therefore pro posed that the thanks of the Proprietors should be given to D. Robertson, Esq., the Manager, and the other officers of the Bank, for their very efficient services. The resolution having been seconded was put and car ried by acclamation. Mr. ROBERTSON, on behalf of the officers of the establishment, begged to return his sincere thanks for this new mark of the confidence of the Proprietors, which would not be without its proper influence on their exertions.—(Hear, hear.) The officers felt as anxious as the Proprietors themselves for the prosperity of the Bank, and it was •gratifying to them, as the practical superintendents, to know, that with a good harvest or two, and a more sound and active state of trade, it pos sessed the means of producing the most profitable results.—(Hear.) The meeting then separated. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE MADAGASCAR WAR STEAMER. FIFTY SEVEN LIVES LOST, AND CAPTURE OF THE SURVIVORS BY THE CHINESE. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) By the last overland mail from India, further and more detailed accounts have reached us, respecting the melan choly loss of the Madagascar war steamer by fire, in the month of September lust, in the Chinese seas, two days after quitting Hong Kong, attended, we regret to say, with dreadful sacrifice of human life, and capture of Captain Dicey, the com man d er , an d the rest of the crew of the ill-fisted vessel, forty-two in number, by the Chinese. The particulars are as follow : The Madagascar is said to have been a powerful built vessel, upwards of one thousand tons burden. Her engines consisted of two, each 100-horse power, and she carried three guns of large calibre. Besides the commander (Capt. Dicey), the lieutenants and officers, the crew amounted to ninety-five in number, including engineers and fire men. The fire, it appears, happened on the evening of the 19th of September; and is conjectured to have originated by the coals overheating in the iron bunkers abaft the engine-rooms, almost adjoining the toilers. Its discovery was made shortly after nine o'clock at night, when the vessel was between fifty and sixty miles out at sea, with a gale of wind blowing from northward. The first to give the alarm was one of the stokers, who while attending in the en gine room, perceived a smoke issuing from between the boilers and the bulkhead of the ship, but supposing it of no importance, he took nu notice of it. Shortly after wards, however, he discovered that the vessel was on fire, and instantly came upon deck and informed the chief Lieutenant, who happened to be with the watch, of the circumstance, and on the word being passed, every soul in the ship rushed from below in the utmost state of excitement. The Commander, Captain Dicey, was amongst them, and acted with great fortitude. He im mediately ordered the pumps to be got to work, and the hose with which the vessel was provided screwed on, which was directly done, and the branch pipe taken down into the engine room. By that time the smoke had greatly increased, but it was full an hour and a half before the exact locality of the fire could be traced out. It being found that the smoke issued through the coals over the bunkers (for there was an immense quantity in the ship), the sea men commenced tearing up the deck with axes, and then set about removing the coals, which occupied much time, and they were not cleared away till two o'clock the following morning, when the fire was found raging fiercely underneath. Every possible means were taken to get it under, but without success, and it spread with fearful rapidity. At four o'clock Captain Dicey ordered five feet of water to be let into the hold of the vessel, thinking that it would have the desired effect. This, however, produced no change ; but the terrible element continued to progress with increased violence, and before six o'clock it burst forth through the deck, and the masts and sails were in a blaze. Amidst the confusion, no one thought of saving any of the provisions or water, and on an attempt being made by one or two seamen for that purpose, about twenty-five minutes after the dis covery had taken place, it was found utterly impossible to exist between the decks, owing to the suffocating magazine being ex ursiteyveorfyhmoment, e Captain Dicey ordered s p m e c ° td t e to blow and iintensity the boats to be launched, and at seven o'clock the crew got into them, and left the unfortunate v esse l t o i ts f ate . At that period it was impossible to stand upon her deck, and in a very few minutes after they had left, the m a sts enveloped in flames, and pre sente d a most awful, though magnificent, gave g eo ve rnpl wayeiy and fell overboard. By eight o ' c l oc k s h e w a s spectacle ; and in about an hour and a half after, the powder in the mag az i ne ig nited, and occasioned instant destruction t o th e wre ck. The from erepo the report wasofaterrifiedescriptio n , as w i ll be sup poseds circumstance of there being upwards of a ton of powder stowed in the magazine. It resembled a tremendous roar of thunder, and must have been heard at an immense distance. Tne vessel was shattered to pieces, and disappeared under water. Respecting the fate of her crew, we subjoin the fol lowing statement, by one of the officers, to a merchant at Macao, dated Jan. 8, 1842 : "acquainting me with his I was confident that determinationlm x ne i Immediately on to Captai n leave' the D s i h c i e p y , many a poor fellow would meet with a w atery grave. Captain Dicey took command of the first cutter himself ; giving me the second ; the second mate the third boat, and the third mate the gig. I was positive when the third cutter and gig departed from the ship, that they would not outlive the gale, which then existed with a heavy sea, which turned out too true, for they were never seen after. Soon after, the vessel had blown up, we made sail to keep the boat ahead of the sea, which was increasing. The si cond cutter kept us company: You may imagine better than I can describe our situa tion, when I say that we were upwards of fifty miles from land, with forty-two in the boat, which was only twenty feet long, and six feet six inches in breadth. At about twelve o'clock an accident happened to the second cut ter's mast, in consequence of which she fell over on her beam.ends, and continued so for a length of time, with the sea every now and then completely going over her. She was about a quarter of a mile from us astern, but to render her assistance was utterly impo ss ible, for t o h ave brought our boat alongside would have been instant and , The motion was then put, and declared by the Chair man to be carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said the next portion of the business was the filling up the vacancies in the direction occa sioned by the Directors going out by rotation. The Directors going out of office were I'. Cruickshank, Esq., C. E. Ellis, Esq., and Horace Twiss, Esq. Those gentle men were capable of re-election, and offered themselves 6or re-election accordingly. P. Cruickshank, Esq., C. E. Ellis, Esq., and. H. Twiss, Esq., were then unanimously re-elected Directors. Mr. HORACE Twiss, on the part of his colleagues and himself, returned his most cordial thanks to the Pro prietors for the confidence which. they had again reposed in them, and assured them that it would be their en deavour by, their services to give them satisfaction. The CHAIRMAN said it now became their duty to fill the vacancies in the Directorship occasioned by the death of Mr. Courtenay, and the retirement of Mr. Hastie and Mr. Scholefield. Mr. C. E. ELLis said that Mr. Twiss had just returned thanks for himself and those who with him had been re-elected to the direction of their affairs. He had now to propose a new candidate for their suffrages, Walter Bentinck, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Portman square. He had long felt a deep interest in the pros perity of the Bank. He had not only taken a great number of shares himself, and induced several members of his tamily to do the same, but he had shown the con fidence he reposed in them by nominating them as trus tees for those who were most dear to him—his wife and children, thus showing that he looked forward to the growing prosperity of the establishment. He had been brought up in habits of business, and had been for many years a Member of the Council and Auditor at the Cape of Good Hope. He thought it would be for the benefit of the Bank that Walter Bentinck, Esq., should have a seat at the Board of Directors, and he. begged to pro pose him accordingly. The CHAIRMAN seconded the nomination, and Mr. Bentinck was unanimously elected. Mr. SHARP had the honour to propose George Hyde, Esq., of Lord-terrace, Dorset-square, as one of their Di rectors. That gentleman had made his own fortune, and knew how to take care of it. He was a gentleman of great activity and ability, and he (Mr. Sharpe) could confidently recommend him to the Proprietors for their support; if he were elected to the vacant seat, he was certain the Company would benefit by his exertions. The motion having been seconded, George Hyde, Esq., was unanimously elected a Director. Mr. GORDON DUFF said there still remained one vacancy to be filled, and he had great pleasure is proposing for that vacant office a gentleman who had considerable experi ence in mercantile affairs, but who was now retired from business, and who would be more able to protect their interests, perhaps, from that very circumstance. The THE SUN, LONDON', FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 13, /842, - PRICE OF PROVISIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. certain destruction to all. Shortly alt, , t :ads we saw h go down. It was a dreadful night. Some of the poor fellows managed to get' clear of- her, and commenced swimming, in the hopes of reaching us ; but in the course of a few minutes they all disappeared, along with the rest of their unfortunate companions. Our only chance was by holding on sail and running right before the wind, whisk we _contrived.to effect. Even, however, as it was, the sea astern came rolling after us so high, that our sail was constantly becaline'd; and we were only preserved by making the men sit all round the gunwale, thus breaking the sea that came in with this living bulwark, and employing others constantly in baleing the water out of her with their; hats and shoes. At four o'clock on the following morning (Mon day) we were gladdened with the sight of land, immediately on our larboard how, bet Ween fifteen or six teen miles distant. In about fourhours we managed, by vigorous exertions, to come up alongside of the breakers, but to attempt to pass over them would have quickly swamped us, consequently we were forced to pull out to sea again, and it was a miracle that we succeeded, all being so exhausted and so dreadfully cramped by our position in the boat. We remained all that day and fol low ing night endeavouring to effect a landing, but were unable to do so, until about four - o'clock on the morning of the 22d, when we were thrown amongst the rocks and breakers ; and ultimately, through God's mercy, effected a safe landing. During the meanwhile our sufferings were truly frightful, every one had expected their hour had arrived, and were praying fervently to Heaven. I had just got into a doze, notwithstanding the sea had been rushing over us, when three breakers broke over the mast-head and awoke me. The next moment she was dashed on the rocks, and went almost immediately to pieces. The general impression amongst us was, that she bad got on a reef, and we were prepared for a watery grave. You can imagine our joy, on being thrown out of the boat, by the concussion, at finding footing and being able to walk ashore, on reaching which, most of us fell on our knees, and returned thanks for, our deliver ance. Several of the crew soon afterwards proceeded along the coast in search of the two other boats, and succeeding in finding them bottom upwards, two miles ' from the spot where ours was stranded, and in the course of the morning several of their unfortunate occupants were washed up on the beach by the sea. In about an hour after our landing we ascertained, through our Chi nese carpenter that we were within 60 miles from Amoy, which had ten or twelve days previous been taken by our English troops, and an immense number of natives killed. This circumstance threw us, as you may imagine, into great excitement ; but esc a p e was ou t o f the ques ' tion, for the boats were complete wrecks ; in fact, they were all in pieces. Waited patiently till day-break, when between 200 and 300 Chinese made their appear ance and came up to us. The carpenter met them, and explained to them our disasters, at the same time offering a large sum of money to get a boat for us, so as to pro ceed to Hong Kong. They listened with considerable attention to the carpenter's statement, but. refused to get the boat. They however procured. for us some cold rice and water, and as soon as we all had partaken of it, they ordered us to a village some distance up the country. On our arrival. at that place we were suddenly surrounded by a large body of natives, who were completely naked, and armed with knives, spears, and various other implements of war. We were immediately attacked, and plundered of every thing we had in our possession, even the very clothes on our backs were torn off, and had we offered the least re sistance, death would have been our reward. Some of the poor Lascars were stripped nearly naked ; . not one of them had more than a shirt. Captain Dicey was stripped as well as the rest ; - - they would not stop for his pulling his trowsers off, but they cut them off, and he was left with nothing on but his shirt and drawers. When they had got all they could from us, a proposition was made by the Chief to murder us, and they were preparing themselves for that purpose, when some Mandarin's people came up, and interfered, saying that we were Americans, and not English, as they thought us to be, thanks to the carpenter for telling theni so, for had the truth come out we would have to a certainty been sacrificed. Shortly afterwards we were conducted, in custody of a body of natives, to a dirty cow house, which was filled almost with filth, where we were confined for two' . days. They brought in some straw for our beds, and supplied us with two meals, consisting of red rice and a few heads and tails of the worst description of salt fish. On the third day, having recovered from our fatigue, we were escorted to a place twenty miles distant, followed by thousands of Chinese, who conducted themselves most outrageously, hooting and shouting as we went along, and every now and then making signs that our heads would be cut off: On our arrival at the place (I forget its name) we were placed in a kind of square, guarded by upwards of' forty-thousand Chinese, and remained there for an hour or more, until the Mandarin ordered us before him ; and at the con clusion of some ceremony, which I was unable to under stand, were taken to an old distillery in the outskirts of the village. We were in titter distress ; our feet were bleeding and blistered, and we were almost dead from exhaustion, owing to being exposed the whole day to a broiling sun. About two hours after being locked up, a scanty meal of rice was brought us, which was the first we had tasted since the previous night ; we however soon fell asleep, notwithstanding our bed was the ground, and our arms our pillows. A .few days afterwards we were tried here by the Mandarins, and some Chinese gave evidence, but they could not prove that we were English. Before the examination took place our Chinese carpenter contrived to forward a letter to our friends at - .Macao, or elsewhere in China, by the man who guarded over us, describing our situation, but at the same time precaution was taken in case the letter should be opened by the Chinese, to prevent our identity. At length we' were marched off; on our way to Canton, and were daily dragged along and fed with the coarsest rice, with occasionally a few rotten salt fish by way of luxury. We continued our march till the 12th of O.tober, when we received a letter in answer to the one we sent, from an American of Can ton, demanding the Chinese to deliver us up. This, how ever, was not granted, and we were ilupr:s( nel at a place called Wichow, where we underwent a second examina tion. Here we remained imprisoned till the 31st of De cember, when we were released, through the constant and increasing applications of an American, named Ryar, living at Canton, and another benevolent gentleman named Matheson. We are at present living with those gentlemen, and shortly will take our departure for Calcutta." The loss of the Madagascar is variously estimated from 30,0001. to 40,0001. SIR,—My attention has been drawn, by the statement of your Correspondent at Fishguard, in The Sun of the 7th inst., and in the Welshman of the previous week, to the low price of provisions in Carmarthen, and several towns of Pembrokeshire. I wish I could make the same statement with respect to this town and neighbourhood, but Neath is considered one of the dearest markets in the Principality for provision, beef and mutton being at the present time from 7d. to 9d. per lb. ; veal, sd. to a. ; pork, 6d. to Bd. ; fresh butter, ls., and Is. Id. ; and potatoes, 4s. 6d. per cwt. Should you be able, through the medium of your widely-circulated paper, to call the attention of your agricultural friends in Pem brokeshire and Carmarthenshire to the state of this mar ket, I am quite sure they would find it to their advan tage to send some of their produce here, and you would receive the gratitude of the public at large for doing so. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant and subscriber, Neath, May 10. D. M. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I observed in The Sun of Saturday a communi cation statipg that a county meeting was about to be called by the agricultural interest for the purpose of re sisting the encroachments of the tariff. No such meet ing will be called. The fact is that a requisition was taken into the Corn Market last week, originating from Captain Short, of lleavitree, a landowner of the northern division, and who has been an ultra-Tory till within the last few weeks. The gallant Captain, however, found that although the farmers would grumble and curse Sir Robert Peel and his measures, yet not one of them scarcely dared venture to .sign it, and for this plain reason, that a threat had been held out on a very exten sive property in this neighbourhood, that those tenants who resisted. the Government measures would be in vited to leave their estates, a threat that was easily un derstood, and which has had its influence in damping the smouldering- embers of disaffection which at one period threatened the squires. There is no truth in the allegations that passive re sistance is meditated on the imposition of the Income tax. Passive obedience is more like the creed of a tradesman, who flourishes under the shade of a Cathedral. But there is a deep-seated feeling of dis content, which will ultimately tell when the country becomes roused to the enormous injustice of this odious and unequal impost, which will cause the men of Exeter to take their stand, in common with the rest of the country. The days of the Peelers, though not already numbered, are yet looked upon as limited. The Tories are pressing Sir William Follett for places with great ardour, and little faith in the permanence of the oppor tunity, or possession of place by their party. There is a thankfulness for small mercies in this way, which is in dicative of the little to be given, and the number of ap plicants. Young gentlemen are accepting of a paltry 751. per annum in the Customs, in a way which makes us fuel for their families and friends. Our Bishop is persecuting Mr. Head ; that good man has been compelled to put down his carriage and horses (bought out of his own private fortune) to meet the ex penses to which the Bishop has put him to in the Ecclesi astical Court. Should any mishap befal the BishOp, angels might rejoice, and devils, perhaps, tremble. Exeter, May 11. BRITISH SUGAR.—We have been shown a sample of what is called British sugar, manufactured, we believe, from potato-starch, which has been offered to grocers in this town for the purpose of mixing with (that is, of adulterating) West India sugar—the party offering it suggesting that the spurious article (which costs only 525. per cwt., whilst West India, of the same colour, costs about 741.) may be used to the extent of one-fourth ; "hut, at any rate (the writer adds), " one-fifth will never be seen or found out." This stuff has certainly a sweetish taste, and the use of it is net so gross a fraud upon the purchaser as that of potato-starch in its natural state ; but no honest grocer will consent to adulterate his sugar with any such trash ; and we hope that a test will be discovered for detecting the fraud wherever it may be prac tised. It is quite enough that people should be compelled to pay the present extravagant price for sugar without being defrauded by mixtures of this sort into the bargain.--Man chester Paper. COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE.—MichaeI COOte, jeweller, of Golden-lane, who was sentenced to seven years' transportation at the Commission, for having received stolen property, has had the sentence commuted by his Excellency the Lord• Lieutenant, to one year and a half's confinem en t, i n consequence of the state of the prisoner's health, and his pre vious good .character.—Dublin Evening Pont, INCONTE-TAX. The following letter gives some important informa tion on the probable working of the Income-tax :-- Bryanstone-square, May 7, 1842. My Dear Sir,—lf the newspapers would report the conversations that pass in the Committee on the Income-tax Bill, you would have had explanations of the questions you put to me. Ist—lf A B has 501. of income from the rent of a house (the tax being first paid and then deducted by the tenant), and if he has 1001. of profit from trade, he must return his aggregate income at 1501., and pay the tax on 100/. himself. If he should be charged for 150/., he will set off the 501. paid by the tenant. 2d—Suppose the amount of 150/. arises thus :- 1.. From the Three per Cents., £5Ol 2. From Bank shares 5O ( 20 £l5O 3. From land 4. From interest of money 3O The first tax will be deducted at the Bank of England, the second by the Banking Company, the third by the tenant, and - the fourth by the pers on who has bor rowed the money ; so that, in this case, the party will not, in fact, pay any tax himself; it will, however, be deducted from his income. 3d. All annuities of 10/., or of any amount, will The deducted by the officers paying them ; and if the re cipientof the annuities has not in the aggregate, from all sources, an income of 1501., he will get a certifi cate, from the Commissioners, of the amount deducted from his annuity, interest, stock 3, and from every other source, which will enable him to get back the amount deducted. The inquisitorial powers, the trouble and annoyance, are beyond conception, unless you look at the Bill. I thought it bad, but the evils far exceed my very worst anticipations of the matter. The tax on annuities, on trading and professional in comes, &c., is so unequal and unjust, that I did not think it possible a House of Commons, in this day, could have been got to support it, especially fur 3 per cent. As far as the tax is confined to lands and houses, the valuation for poor's-rates, already existing, would have been sufficient, without any new inquisition ; but, for traders, merchants, and professional men, it is very different; and it is so contrived that, in effect, the capital, and not the interest of the capital, is to be charged. This is a most serious grievance. Such an unequal tax is unworthy even of the landed gen tlemen's Parliament. You will see by last night's proceedings the result of two divisions I took. One was to estimate the in come to be taxed according to that of last year, and not according to the average of the three past years. It was supported only by 27, and opposed by 76, thus showing only 103 out of 658 Members to attend to so important a Bill, and only 27 to s u pp or t a . just propo sal so and so reasonable. The profits of trade, in every branch, have been gradually declining during each of the three years. In this current year, there will be many cases in which there will be no income. and even a positive loss ; and yet the House of Com mons affirms that the average of the three years' profit is to be the rule. In the same manner you will see that only 52 Members at a late House, supported my motion for limiting the tax to one year, whilst 174 voted for the three years ! Thus the affairs of the nation are left to the few. • I have got a clause put into the Bill to protect dll charitable funds which were not properly protected, especially in Scotland. You will see such a Bill— with such extraordinary powers—as will surprise you. But the people appear to be quite supine, and ready to submit to anything that may be proposed. After the exposures of bribery of last night in the House, I see no hopes but in the c om pl e t e R e f orm as proposed in the plan I sent you.—Believe me, &c., JOSEPH HtME. D. M'Laren, Esq., Edinburgh. WOOLWICH—WEDNbSDAY. —--- - - EXPERIMENTS IN THE MA asuEs.—Yesterday morning, shortly after nine o'clock, Captain Palliser and Captain Bassett, with a large detachment of the Royal Artillery, attended in the Marshes to make experiments with powerful guns against the erection representing the side of a ship, and the coal-box for merly described as having been placed behind it; but, owing to the immense number .f vessels proceeding up the river with the flowing tide, it was fiiund impossible to commence practice before eleven o'clock. Previous to that hour. Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G. C.H.. Commandant of the Garrison ; Major - General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C. B. Deputy-Adjutant General to the Royal Artill er y ; olonel C ockburn, Colonel Paterson, Colonel Lacy, Colonel Cleveland, Colonel R. Jones, Colonel J. E. Jones, Assistant Adjutant-General, and Colonel Dyneley, C.B. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Dansey, C.B. ; Lieu. tenant-Colonel Dundee C.B. • Lieutenant-Colonel Blachley, Lieutenant-Colonel d 'ruttenden, Lientenant-Colonel Chal mer, and Lieutenant-Colonel Belson ; Major Hardinge, K. H. , Major Sandilands, Assistant-Quartermaster-General, Brigade-Major Cuppage, Major Vaughan, and Major Hope. and Captains Bloomfield and Grant, with a great number of the officers of the Royal Artillery, had arrived for the purpose of witnessing the experiments, which appear to have excited more than ordinary interest amongst military and naval officers. Amongst the latter present on this occasion were Admiral Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., First Naval Lord of the Admi ralty, Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C. H., and other members of the Admiralty, and a great number of officers distinguished in the service; Practice commenced ata range of 1,250 yards, with 68- rounder, and 56-pounder guns ; Colonel Dundas's 110 cwt. gut, requiring 22155. of ,powder to each charge ; and Mr. !Cue's, 97 cwt. gun, requiring 16Ibs. of powder ; each ‘iiarge made excellent shots, but failed in . passing throtigh the coal-box, although the iron composing the interior portion of the case was cut for several inches *here : the balls had struck, and where they were retained, having evi dently expended the greater portion of their force in passing through the coals. This result was rendered certain by the effect of one of the balls which had passed through the pro portion of the erection extending beyond the Ooal-box, driviwg before it a solid piece of the wood twelve inches square, and about six or seven feet in length, and ultimately passing through a similar thickness of wood in the rear, sinking deep into the earth composing the butt. There were other three guns, 56-pounders respectively, of 85, 84, and 63 cwt. in weight, each fired during the first six rounds, but they were then discontinued, and the practice carried on with Colonel Dundas's and Mr. Monk's guts, but they failed in destroying the coal-box to any greater extent than has been stated. After remaining at these guns from eleven until about three o'clock, interrupted to a most annoying extent, Sir George Murray, Sir William Gage, and Captain Sir Francis Collier, Knight, C. 8., and K.C.H., Superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard, left the marshes, Captain Boldero, M.P., Clerk of the Ordnance, and a great number of the officers remaining during the time the experiments,were carried on until six o'clock p.m. The next experiments were made with eight inch shells on the usual principle, but, owing to the late hour and the interruption, only two were fired from the five gun battery, a distance of 950 yards, and did not produce any effect, as one of the shells did not burst. The men were then marched to a battery 850 yards distant, and com menced firing with percussion shells, the invention of Colonel Millar, an officer of the Line. The first and second shots exploded at the mouth of the gun ; the third having been fired with a less charge of powder and higher degree of eleva tion to the gun, to satisfy Colonel Millar, who was present, it exploded about 300 yards short of the object aimed at, proving that the invention was of no practical benefit. As Colonel Millar still appeared doubtful on the subject, after the fourth shot had been fired, and the shell burst at the mouth of the gun, scattering the fragments amongst the trees on the north west side, the fifth shell was emptied of its contents and fired, and the course of the shell was easily traced, until it lodged in the butt, above the target, owing to the previous elevation of the gun. THE GEYSER. STEAM-VESSEL. Admiral Sir George Murray, Vice-Admiral Sir William H. Gage, and the Right Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry Corry, on leaving the Marshes, proceeded to the Dockyard, and went on board the Geyser, where they were attended by Commander E. J. Carpenter, and remained nearly an hour on board. An accident, nearly attended with loss of life, occurred when taking on board Porter's anchor, which, although not so weighty as others of similar power, by some awkwardness in the men taking it on board, upset the boat and precipitated five of them into the water. Three of the men were saved by clinging to the boat, and another by swim ming, but one poor fellow must - have been lost, as the tide was running strong at the time, had it not been for the intrepidity of acting gunner, John Rodgers,. jumping in after him, and holding him up until assistance ;via procured. 1 WHEAT, &c., - AND ABEOAL?. The highest quotation of white wheat, of the first quality, at lla►nburgh is 175 rixdollars current the last, which answers to 575. 4d. the quarter. The highest quotation of white wheat, of the first quality, in Lon don is 70s. the quarter. It appears, therefore, that wheat is 22i per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The highest quotation of Zealand wheat of the first quality at Amsterdam, is 350 florins the last, which is equal to 555. 6d. the quarter ; and the highest price of white wheat of the first quality in London being 70s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 23i per cent. dearer in London than in Amsterdam. The highest quotation of wheat of the first quality at Stettin is $7O current the wispel of 24 scheffels, which is equal to 475. Bd. the quarter ; and the highest quotation of wheat in London being 70s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 461 per cent. dearer in London than in Stettin ; and that with the sum of 31. 10s. a man may buy nearly 11 bushels of wheat at Stettin, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 8 bushels in London. The mean or average of the prices of wheat of the first quality at Hamburgh, Amsterdam, and Stettin is 535. 10d. the quarter, and the price of wheat of the first quality in London being 70s. the quarter, it follows that the price in London is 30 per cent. higher than the ave rage price of the three above-named places. The present duty on the importation of foreign wheat into England under the new Act is 13s. the quarter, which is equal to the following rates :—To a rate of 228 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Hamburgh ; to a rate of 238 per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Amsterdam to a rate of 27f per cent. on the prime cost of wheat at Stettin ; and to a rate of 248 per cent. on the mean price of the three above-named places. The highest price of white wheat of the first quality at Paris is 29if. per 1i hectolitre, which is equal to 435. 6d. the quarter, and the highest price of white wheat of the first quality , in London being 70s. the quarter, it follows that wheat is 608 per cent. dearer in London than at Paris. The highest price of wheaten flour of the first quality in Paris is 58f. the 159 kilogrammes, which answers to 3Gs. sd. the English sack of 2801 b.; and the highest price of wheaten flour of the first quality in London is 375. the sack. It therefore appears that flour is 561 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris; and that with the sum of 2/. 17s. a man may buy 4381 b. of fine flour in Paris, whereas with the same sum he can buy only 2801 b. In London. The price of wheaten bread of the first quality in Paris is 33 cents. the kilogramme, which is equal to 50. for the loaf of 41b English weight. The price of bread of the second quality is 26 cents. the kilogramme, which is nearly 40. the loaf of 41b. English weight. I STRANGE - PROCEEDINGS GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. (From the Glasgow Argus.) 1) . The re-election of Lord Dunfermli ne , as `ikte, culties in the University of Glasgow. took\Vace Monday last, under circumstances of an extraordinary • and unprecedented character. For the better under-,.. c standing of the curious matter we are about todlear with, let us first state some preliminary facts. There is an office in the University termed " Dean of Faculties," of an honordry kind, like the Rector, and, like him, elected every year, only the electors are the Senate, or whole body of Professors, instead of the stu dents, as in the latter case. This officer possesses im portant powers ; he has a vote in the election of those Professors who are nominated by the College, and he is one of a Court, now nearly obsolete, which is authorised, by the old charters of the University, to inspect and ass the University accounts. As a matter of course, the party which has so long ruled in the University made a point of selecting a D ean t o t h e i r m i n d—i . e. wh.o would object to none of their purposes—but last year a great change had come over the state of things. It so happened, that by the institution of new Profes sorships, and other causes, the majority was found to have passed from the old party in the Senate, and the other gentlemen, although by no means agreeing on all points, agreed in the act of electing, as Dean:of Faculties, the Hon. Lord Dunfermline. This act was accompanied by prOtests on the part of the Principal and others ag•ainst' the votes of three of the Professors, who were said to have neglected to subscribe the Confession of Faith, As regards at least one of the gentlemen, the proceeding was of the most frivolous and captious description. After receiving his appointment, he went to the Presby tery of Edinburgh and signed the - Confession, butt it was maintained, under some old statute, that this ought to have been done before the Presbytery of the bounds within which the University is situated. Well, nothing occurred to call especially for Lord Dun . fermline's installation, and his year of nominal office wore away. His Lordship, however, desired to be pre sent at the distribution of prizes on the 30th of April-- the day preceding the expi r y o f hi s year in office, and expressed his wis to be installed —to which the Senate agreed; the Principal, of course, reserving his protests. The installation, therefore, proceeded, and would have passed off, as it really was, very much as a matter of form, but for the following significant occurrence. On the Pro fessors standing up in the usual manner to witness the administration of the oaths, the ceremony was inter rupted as folrows:— . Dr. FLEMING.—Stop ! I have now a question to put. By an Act of Parliament the officers of the Scottish Universities ought to have subscribed the Confession of Faith, and to conform to the Church of Scotland. beg to ask Lord Dunfermline if he possesses this (via liaation ? Lord DUNFERMLINE..Before answering this ques tion, which I consider an invidious one, I beg to ask th e Senate, first, if it is a us ua l quest i on; and, se'condlv, if it is the Senate's pleasure that I shall answer it ? A discussion ensued, in the course of which it ap nniveenrs f 7t r y e , Pd and iil ap peared that the statute had never beue hard to the honorary offi cers o f t h e Fleming was asked why he had remained silent when Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and others, had been install e d. Th e S enate resolved that Lord Dunfermline should be requested not to answer the question. Upon proceeding to consider the form in which the minutes should be recorded, the discussion was renewed. Dr. FLEMlNG—Minute the question, and that Lord Dunfermline declines to answer it ! Another PROFESSOR—No ! Minute the question, and that the Senate request Lord Dunfermline not to answer it I The Senate resolved that the minute should run in the latter form. Will the Universities of Scotland be pleased to ponder over this ? Will the friends of education throughout the country be good enough to mark well whereunto all this tends ? Will it be observed also, in the most emphatic manner, that the offence came, not from red-hot Non- Intrusionists, but from one of the mouth-pieces of Prin cipal Macfarlan ? On the taste of such interference it is needless to remark. Lord Dunfermline might well term it invidious, for it is notorious that the party who now ventured to push forward such a question, and to revive an absoleto Act, is the very one by which the triumphs of Toryism, by the election of Peel, Stanley, and Graham, to an office in all respects similar, were rung through the whole country. so much for consistency— so muc h f or fairness—so much fur the real character of certain members of the Church party, who, in their late manifestations against .Non-In trumunists,' affected to be free from that thirst after priestly power with which they taxed their opponents. We come now to the second part of our curious history. Lord Dunfermline's year of office terminated two days after his installation, but it has been the immemorial practice to extend the Dean's term of office to two years, in the same manner as the Rector's, by a pro Anna election the second time. The protests of the Principal too had fallen, because the three Professors formerly objected to could not now be challenged, and the majority in fitvour of Lord Dunfermline was augmented by several votes, in consequence of other changes in the Senate. No one in these circumstances en tertained a doubt of his Lordship's harmonious re-election ; but mark the sequel. Little did those confiding persons understand the length of the line of Dr. Fleming and Principal Macfarlan. It so happened, that, in consequence of the illness of some of the Professors, and the absence of 'others,' those favour able to Lord Dunfermline, and also a majority of the whole present, did not, at the meeting held on the 30th of April, constitute an absolute majority of the whole Senate, and therefore a legal quorum ; and while, al though the rule of courtesy was to re-elect Lz , rd Dun fermline,—while, though they knew that his Lordship's re-election was according to the wish of the majority of their colleagues, absent and present,—while, though it was also the election for which their Lord Rector had last year given his express vote—all nay, ten times more, availed nothing with the Very Reverend Principal, who, with his tail, marched ofY at the conclusion of the distribution of the prizes, and ren deryd a legal meeting impossible. This act, in itself so utterly discourteous, was done, too, in the worst possible manner. It seems it has been the invariable custom that the Professors drink a farewell glass of wine together, after the close of the Session, in the Senate-room. It was quite open to the Principal, after he had done this usual courtesy, 0 state, that he and his friends had reasons to decline • att en di ng any meeting on that day. But no ! Lord Dunfermline, and all his colleagues who did not choose to vote mith hint, had to he scouted, and, even a glass of wine was not to be drunk. Really, all this were not so ludicrous, it would be absoltit- e ly lamentable ; nor is it possible it can appear otherw;se, to any one whose moral perceptions have not been de stroyed by familiarity with the lowest trick of party. The deserted gentlemen called another meeting for Monday, the 2d of May, and took care to ensure a quorum, although several of them had in consequence to depart from arrangements which called them to a di * , tance from Glasgow. At the hour on Monday —still ho Principal—no Dr. Fleming —no Dr. Hill —no nobod y . The man whom even Sir Robert Peel declared to be one of the fittest men in the House of Commons for the dig nity of its President, was unworthy even of a courteous reception from Principal Macfarlan, as the Dean of Fa culties in the University of Glasgow ! The election of course proceeded, and Lord Dunfermline was unani mously re-elected. A few circumstances occurred at the meeting which merit attention, both from their intrinsic value and the lesson they read. It was moved by Professor Ramsay, and seconded by Professor Lushing ton, that the thanks of the Senate be given to Lord Dun fermline for his refusal at last meeting to give any coun tenance to the attempt made to revive the enforcement on the honorary officers of the University of the pro. visions of an Act now in disuse ; and Dr. Willi a m Thomson tabled some resolutions for discussion. D.e,: the first meeting of next session, which must open tlye whole question. We have no remarks to add to this narrative, which speaks for itself, farther then to deplore true lamentable want of dignity—of anything like whit is owing to I: University—so manifest in proceeding s like these Land to state our often-repeated conviction that neither Tory nor Whig Government 1611 long shield from thorough reform an Institution in which such proceedings can exist. EXETER HALL. This building stands on the north side of the Strand. and is dedicated to piety and virtue. Its architecture and materials are, therefore, of corre sponding holiness and worth, Staircases of highlv polished' marble, w ith bannisters of cedar, curiously inlaid With gold, lead to the various magnificent chambers of this magnificent structure. In one place. we see Sidonian tapestries and hangings of Tyre —in another the car%ings and paintings of Egypt, with flaming carbuncles, and all the jewelled glories of the East. Great, however, as are the material beauties of the Hall, they are as nothing to the moral excellence of hundreds of the pilgrims who, from all corners of England, at times congregate, and talk and sing there. It is at the Hall that the fireside philanthropist, the good and easy man, for whom life has been one long lounge on a velvet sofa—it is there that he displays his practical benevolence, talking for hours on the glory of shipping white pastors to Africa to baptise the negro ; or, if the climate will not have it so, to die there. It is at the Hall that •' inoc3.el farms," and model morals, and model preachers, arid model mouse traps are deterinined upon, and all .for the civilization and future glorification of the now benighted black. It is from the Hall teat the doomed captain—lhe de voted crew, receive their sailing orders to carry bibles down the Niger, just as fitr as Death will permit the import. And it is from the Hall that the good a n d pious, having voted a supply of religion to the black, depart for their own comfortable homes, having, to their exceeding content, indicated their ariatian.;:tv, by paying a pound, singing a hymn, and—tatiing care of themselves. It is at the Hall that. young ladies—deep in Montgomery's Satan, and more, most patient readers of his Luther—are taught a wholesome and all his wor k s . It i s at t h e iiil hatred that th e red-hot sectarian—th e p u l p i t d ar li ng of niiiiyte e a f .t l e , e Pope tea-tables—denounces i es —denou nces the enjoyments of the. world, and, as it has been, would have this beautifill earth clothed in. sober 'drab! It is at the Hall that •at certain seasons Bigotry holds her witch-like sabba,ths, and the Sinful Woman of Rome puts on her f:inest scarlet ! Reader, pause and humble yourself At the steps of the fabric, for Exeter Hall is an amulet about the neck of wicked London—a pillar of camphor in. the city of the sick !—Prineh. The son of the celebrated Greek, Cararis, who re ceived his education at Paris, has just been attached to die Greek Legation at Constantinople. mwrimpfin .~:~ I