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big them in the same way that other Dissenting clergy men were paid. The vote was then agreed to. 7,0961. fur chariittUe allowance charged on the Conso lidated Fund. Mr. F. FRENCH observed that two boards of health were charged fur, one of which must certainly be useless. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said one of those boards was permanent, and the ether only of a temporary character, arising from the spread of disease during the last two or three years in Ireland. On the vote of 14,6521. to defray the expense of the General Board of Health, Mr. HENLEY suggested that it would be better to wait until the money had been actually expended, and then submit a vote in the civil contingencies to defray the actual expense that bad been incurred, rather than thus loosely beforehand take a vote on account in the estimates. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de fendcal the present as the more proper course, as it was perfectly in accordance with the sound rule on which he acted to submit all estimates of the public expenditure to the House of Commons. The vote was agreed to. On the vote 2 4471. for salaries and incidental expenses of the Central Board of Health in Dublin, Sir W. SOMERVILLE stated, in reply to Mr. Gro gan, that there was great difficulty in applying the pro • visions of an Act for sanitary purposes in Ireland, owing to the extreme poverty of the people, which furnished no means whatever for executing sanitary regulations. The subject, however, was under consideration, and he was not without the hope that, during the present session, a sanitary measure of general application for Ireland would be passed. The vote was agreed to, as also were the following:- 18,0001. cost of certain works of navigation connected with drainer in Ireland. 8381., repairs of the British Ambas sador's house at Paris. On the vote, 12,0001. towards defraying the expense of rebuilding the British Ambassador's house at Con stantinople. Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Sir H. Wil loughby, said the cost of the building would be about 4 0,0001. The great expense was caused by the diffi culty of getting stone, the houses there being generally built of wood. The necessity for building a house for our Ambassador at present in Constantinople, aresa from the former embassy having been burnt down in one of the great fires that had taken place there some time past. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said there would be no end to the expense unless the Government looked carefully to it, and it was, therefore, that he directed attention to the matter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the most stringent orders had been given on that bead, and to enforce it an architect had been sent out to Constantinople.' The vote was agreed to. 16,0001. to defray the expense of militia and volunteers in Canada. Mr. V. SMITH inquired if the Government had taken measures to throw that which was a peculiarly colonial expense upon the colony? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a year ago an intimation had been conveyed to the People of Canada that that expense, which had been paid under an arrangement with the Government of the day, would not be continued beyond a certain period from that time. The period then fixed was the 30. h of April next year, when the payment would cease. The vote was agreed to; as also were the following, without discussion:- 7,300 t.. for lighthouses abroad. 3,0001. for harbour at Lybster—a place of refuge for fishing boats on the east coast of Scotland. 4 48,0001. for charges and expenses of the commis sariat; and • 43,8721. for charge of halt pay, pensions, and allow ances of commissariat officers. Mr. V. SMITH said that he saw no vote this year for the commission on criminal law; he wished, therefore, to know whether the Commission was finally closed. Sir G. GREY said the Commission had virtually ex- Pirf'd, as one of the Commissioners was dead, and there Would be no further application to Parliament for any Vote on account of it. The Commission bad drawn up one further report on criminal procedure, which would be presented to Parliament. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. SUPPLY.—REPORT. The report of_ the Committee of Supply on the mis. cellaneous estimates was then brought up and read. On the vote of 3,5401. for tho expenses of the eccle siastical Commission being recited, Mr. V. SMITH objected to the principle of the vote. The business of the Commission was confined to the management of ecclesiastical property , and h e was there fore of opinion the expense should he borne out of eccle siastical funds, and not by the public. In the year 1844 that principle was partly admitted, and since then the proportion of the expense borne by the Commission was as 1 to 3. He (Mr. Smith) thought the public should not be called on any longer to.pay any portion of the expense, especially as many persons would h a ve to be taxed who were conscientiously opposed to the Church establishment. Lord J. RUSSELL said the reasons for the vote had been given several times; in fact, the question had been several years under the consideration of Parliament. The late Archbishop of Canterbury had stated to him (Lord J. Russell) the reasons for this vote. He (Lord J. Russell had potnted to Queen Anne's Bounty as an analogous case, the expense of which was defrayed out of the fund itself. Bat the archbishop said, and said rightly, that a hen that fund was created, monies belonging to the Crown had been surrendered to the Church, and there.. fume the Church could aff,rd to pay the expenses of its management; but in this case there was no proposition to augment the property of the Church, only to distribute it in such a manner as was deemed the best for the reli gious instruction of the lay community; and therefore it was but just that the public, for whose benefit the dis tributien was made, and not the Church, should bear the charge of that distribution. As the case stood, the reduction proposed would be pro !Pito a reduction on the amount appropriated to religious instruction, and a consequent diminution of ecclesiastical efficiency. He did think, however, that if, at a future period, the funds of the Church should very considerably increase, owing to title prudent management of ecclesiastical property, and that a large sum should be at the disposal of the Commission, it might be right to place the greater part, if not the whole of the expenses of the Commission on the funds of the Church. Mr. HENLEY said that the outcry formerly was to rob the bishops, and deans and chapters, of the property, under ,the pretence of church extension; the outcry now Was to make the Church pay for the distribution of the plunder. It was an act ostensibly performed for the Weal of the public, and the public had, therefore, no reason to complain if it was charged a small sum for the expense of distributing the spoil. Mr. V. SMITH consented to withdraw his motion for the omission of the vote. The vote was thin agreed to. On the recital of the vote of 125,0001. for public educa tion in Great Britain, Mr. E WART said that ho had before expressed his hope that the public would be made acquainted with the mode in which the sums that were annually voted for the promotion of science, art, and education, had been expended. The House was regularly furnished with a statement with regard to the estimates of the navy, the army, and the ordnance; and he did not see why it should not also have a statement upon the important subject of education, and of the ex penditure of all sums which were voted for that purpose, and for the promotion of art, science, and literature. He trusted that another year would not be permitted to elapse without such a statement as he had alluded to being made to the House. Sir G. GREY said he had prepared a statement which would give the expenditure, the number of schools, and the number of teachers who received stipends; but it was, in fact, only an abridgment of the information al ready laid before Parliament, and which was contained in the minutes of the Council of Education. The Right Hon. Baronet then read the statement, the greater part of which was, however, inaudible in the gallery. Amongst the items were sums for the erection of 188 training schools, and the supply of 164 of them with books, the grants made by the Council to the British and Foreign Schools Society, and the schools connected with the Established Church of Scctland ; 3,7501. towards the expense of training schools; and 1,5001. in aid of ragged schools. On the vote of 1,500/ for the National Gallery, pur chase of pi c tures, and expenses of the gallery, being read, Mr. V. SMITH drew the attention of the House to the circumstance that the Vernon collection of paintings had been placed in a cellar, a position, he observed, in which it was a national disgrace to leave them. He wished to be informed if the Chancellor of the Exche quer had it in contemplation to provide any better ac commodation of the exhibition of these valuable works of art? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he quite agreed with his Right Hon. Friend that it was a most desirable object to provide better accommodation for thi s collection of pictures, and the only reason for its not having been done was, that it would involve, in some shape or other, a considerable outlay, which he did not feel that he should be justified in proposing in the present year. The remaining resolutions having been passed, the report was brought up and agreed to. The Pupils' Protection (Scotland) Bill was read second time. The Sheepatealers (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Mr. HAWES brought forward his amended Bill for the better government of the Australian colonies consideration of t h e H ouse . I t was not hi s intent : ft ( ir ri t the i) occupy the H ou s e a t any great length :with the of the Bill, but h e m i g h t state that it was framed to meet the wishes of the colonists, and upon the b]sis of the constitution at present existing in New South Wales, which consisted of Governor and Legislative Council, composed of members elected in the proportion of one third by the Goverto two-thirds by the colonists. The Governor of thirFilony, chose twelve of the Le gisl4tive Council and twenty-four other Members were chosen by the people at large. After much considera tion, it was resolved to adopt this model, atul the main object of the Bill was to carry that constitution into effect. The first object was to make Port Philip a sepa rate Government, to be called Victoria. All the other colonies were to be placed upon the 'footing of New South Wales. Another object was to establish a kind of federal union of all the colonies for certain general purposes. The colonists would elect certain mem • bers to a general assembly of the whole Union, whoso functions were detailed in the Bill. Their functions would extend to matters of what might be called impe rial importance. They would have the establishment Of supreme court. The regulation of toads, highways, canals, of weights and measures, end generally the en actment of levee—(Ekar, hear.) It was net proposed to alter the existing civil list. This Assembly Mould, wish few exceptiens, have the power to alter in tenure this list, except the salaries of the governor and judges. This was a greater po..ver than at present existed in New South Wales. They could have the power of altering, and reducing, and atnending, and the Governor would have the power of temporarily altering the law in certain emergencies. Another great point was as to the appli cation of certain sums for the due and proper perform ance of public worship. The House was aware that at present 30,0001: annually was granted for this purpose. and th:s Bill proposed (as we understood the lion. Gen tleman) that 28,0001. of that sum sheutd be appropriated to New South Wales, and the remainder to be retained for the other conlonies. Considering, however, the great increase of population, the power was reserved to the colonial Legislature, at some future time, to revise the whole vote for this purpose, to which there would be no objection. With respect to religious instruction in the colonies, it was intended to appropriate the grants altogether, irrespective of sectarian views. Another proposition of the Act was to give the local Le gislature the control and appropriation of the local funds, under certain restrictions, end requiring in ex teem° cases the sanction of the Imperial Parliament. Another great object of the Bill, and one to which he begged to call the attention of the House, was to intro duce equality between the colonies; that was, he meant that there should be the same equality between Yan Diemen's Land and New South Wales as between county and county in Enstland; so that he hoped in that respect the House would find all practical difficulties had been overcome, and inasmuch as the proposed Constitu tion would provide ample play both to the local and ge neral opinion of the colonies, it was not too much to ex pect that in future the Government of these colotties would be satisfactory to all parties. He confined himself' at the psesent time to this brief description of the lead ing provisions of the Bill, because the papers laid upon the table of the House would give every Member fuller information on the subject; and he hoped that a calm consideration of these papers would induce them to support the views of the Government on this subject. He was- fully aware that it was desired by many persons to give new constitutions to these different colonies, but he had always felt that it was neces sary that these constitutions should be given in ac cordance with the fetlings of the colonists themselves, and the peculiar circumstances in which each was placed. By the Bill he now brought forward the colonies had full power to alter their own constitution, as to the ex perience of its working might suggest. In the course of a day or two, when Hon. Members had had time to con sider the provisions of the Bill, he should be prepared to meet any objections that might then suggest themselves; and in the mean time he thought it would be better to ,postpone any discussion until that was the case. Mr. GLADSTONE observed that he was friendly to the general objects and provisions of the Bill, but be was doubtful as to the effect of certain clauses, as to the fran chise, and the constitution of the Legislative Assemblies. Certain changes had been enacted by law, but had never come into operation, and had, therefore, been obnoxious. With respect to the double Legislative Chambers, he thought that the experience of the United States of Ame rica was against single Chambers, and the experience in our own colonies, though very scanty, was of the same character. In the papers before the House, Sir W. Deni son, the Governor of one of these colonies, reported de cidedly in favour of two Chambers; and Sir Charles Fitzroy was equally in favour of a double Chamber ac cording to his statement. As far as New South Wales was concerned, the general sentiment was in its favour. The Bill now introduced proposed to give to all the colonies the power of appointing single Chambers, and the option of appointing a second. But his great anxiety was upon the question of the federal system. In that respect again reference must be made to the United .States, and he confessed that, as far as the principle was concerned, he should look with great hope to its adop tion; but though it had been ably advocated on a late occasion by the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield, the question had yet not been satisfactorily solved to his mind. In the United States local were distinct from political powers, and he could not see hew in the pro posed new federal Colonial Government these were pro vided for. As far as his present impressions went, im pressions strengthened by what had lately occurred in France. he was decidedly in favour of a double Cham ber of Legislation. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after suggesting various other objections which presented themselve to his mind, concluded by expressing his de termination to give the Bill his best consideration in its future stages. Mr. V. SMITH also expressed his gratification that the Government had brought forward a measure of this character. The question of federal Government and of two Legislative Chambers, to which the Right lion. Gentleman had called attention, were questions of great difficulty and well worthy the attention of the House. There were, however, many points upon which he felt some doubts, but at that stage of the Bill he would not detain the House by expressing his views at any length. Mr. MACGREGOR said that as his constituents took a great interest in the question he claimed permission to make a few observations on the statement of the Hen Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies. He regarded the proposed measure of the Government as one of the most liberal that had barn brought forward with regard to the colonies, and he was well pleased to find that they were at lene;th about having conceded In them the power of administering their own affairs. Mr. E. DENISON admitted the great importance of the question, and added his testimony to that of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (\lr. Gladstone), as re garded the extreme importance attached in the United States of America to the double system of representa tion. With respect to the subj,hct of the Colonial Court Fund and the price of lends, he wi.hed to know whether the matter would be left in the bands of the local Legis lature, or whether it was intended that it should be deti nitely settled by that Ilouse, Did the Hon. Gentleman contemplate that the question should be discussed by the local Legislature of each colony, or by a federative assembly? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was an Act of the Imperial Parliament in force which regulated the prier of land, and which it was not in the power of the local Legislature to alter. Whether that power should be continued or not is another question. lie had heard the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite with the greatest interest. He thought it far better not to ex press a decided opinion at present on the suggestions made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, but to leave the entire question to he discussed when the Bill was under consideration. With regard to that point which the Right Hon. Gentleman laid particular stress on, namely, whether there should be an Assembly, or a Council and Assembly, according to the form of the older colonies, he thought the Mght Hon. Gentleman had hardly at tached sufficient weight to the objections of New South Wales to the plan of a Council and Assembly. Ile thought if they could form such a body as the Senate of the United States that it could net fail to be of value, and he considered the good working of the United States was mainly owing to the particular form of the Assembly. Bat it was said that the value of such n Senate should depend on the elements of which it was composed, and he thought that statement was quite fairly made. When they found eminent men, remark able for their talents, of weight and consideration in society, meeting in the Senate, they formed a great au thority. Those who objected to such a form of assem bly in the colonies said that there were no materials out of which to form a council, and if there were not those materials to form an independent body, then they should have more nominees of the Crown and men holding office. In Lower Canada, when a body was found to interpose an authority be tween the Assembly and the Executive, it proved of very little value. Those were the principal points en which in New South Wales itself there appeared a great balance of opinion. It was only his wish that the ques tion should be considered, giving duo weight to the opinions of those who, from their local knowledge and experience were entitled to every consideration. After a few words of explanation from Mr. E. DENISON, Captain HARMS deprecated the idea of interfering at present with the government of the Australian colo nies. He thought it would have been much wiser on the part of the Government to have remained quiet some time longer, before they proposed any change. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, and it was subsequently laid on the table. Sir %V. SOMERVILLE obtained leave and brought in the following Bills, which were severally read a first time:—" Bill to abolish the gaol of Newgate, in the county of the city of Dublin, and provide compensation for the officers thereof, and to enable the grand jury of the county of the said city to increase the salaries of the chaplains of certain other gaols thereof, and to re-assess on the county of the said city certain arrears of the Grand Jury cess."—" Bill to make temporary provision relating to the collection of county cess in Ireland, and to hoic t rin h acaelh e vys t r wap e ai i nsi dduronciErendorcemeariat emiicodshon:L o r.i f the moved collectorsthe e t hfeoriel follow ing return, t d—yo year ea rs R e os t if u n r ct n he e j o s f uelv t y h e, e , al 81 stations, 9, amount t o o the h f ae r e d i A g h dt the Captains and Officers commanding her Majesty's no ships and vessels for the conveyance of public and pri vate treasure, with the total amount received daring the same period by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, as the proportion of such freight money for the use of that institution, pursuant to the proclamation dated the 12th day of July, 1819." The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock. a REVIEW or THE 213 LIFE GUARDS IN WINDSOR PARK.—This fine regiment, which is at present lsta tioned at Windsor , w as reviewed yesterdayinWinderier Park, by Colonel the Marquis of Londonderry, I.G. The troops came on the g round at half- p ast two at which hour a large number of spectators in elegant equipages, as well as many horsemen and pedestrians. were present. The Noble Marquis arrived on the ground a t three u'eloA, and was received by the ofrucers of tlit regiment. The troopi, which mus'er,cl nearly 300, and were accomp ,nied by their ban then went through Ott usual evolutions of parade an d, d field movernenti with great precision, after which the Noble Marquis expreised hii st=&s.!Taetion at the tine condition of the men to the field officer, Colonel li'Doiraq, and compliment , d the stalls generally on the soldierly appearance of the regiment. The Marchioness of Londonderry, Vis countess Seaham, and Viscountess Neville we re am en.. the ladies of distinction on the ground, and after the review they honoured the officers with their company I at a dejeiiner given at the cavalry barracks, Spittal. n the evening the officers gave a ball to a select party of residents in the neighbourhood. VEIL MAJESTY'S SUMMER CRUISE."" 1t IS fail the services of the Royal yacht Victoria and All v. ill be brought into requisition some time toward; the latter cu d o f July, sawn it is confidently asserted tha` ler Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, Rill I proceed in her to Scotland. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of lite House of awl:nor..., MONDAY, JuNt; 4. INCIT TIDE ED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, end Ques tion proposed, ‘• That the Bill be now read the third tone." Amendment proposed, to leave ont 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 : • MAJORITY—AYES, 117. MINORITY—NOES, 12. Jones, Captain Stuart, J. Napier, Joseph Turner, G. J. Newdegate, N. TELLEM. Richards. Richard Dunne, I'. I'. Spooner, R. Grogan, Edward Con tinck, Lord 11. French, F. Grace, 0. D. llayes, Sir E. lienley, J. IV. SC PPLY. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question prorosed, " That a •sum not exceeding 6,423/. be granted to her Majesty, to pay to the 31st day of March, 1830, Miscellaneous Allowances, for merly defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, &c. for which no permanent provision has been made by Parliament :"—Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, " That a: suns not exceeding 4,7281. be granted to her Ma jesty, to pay to the 31st day of March, 187;0, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, the Here ditary Revenue, &e., for which co permanent provision has been made by Parliament." The Committee divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 33. Blair, Stephen Harris, Richard Sandars, George Bright, John Ilenry, Alexander Smith, J. It. Brotherton, J. II eyworth, Lawrence Tancred, H. W. Cohhold, John C. Holland, Robert Thicknesse, Ralph i;ohden, Richard llu•nphcry, Aid. Thompson, Colonel Drummond, Henry Kershaw, James Thornely, Thomas Ellis, John King, P. J. Trelawny, J. S. Evans, John Lacy, Henry C. Wawn, J. T. E wart, William Langston, J. L.I. Willoughby, Sir 11. Pagan, William Martin, J. TELLERS. F• x, W. J. Mullings, J. R. Wyld, James Greene, John O'Connell, John Lushington, Charles MAJORITY-NOES, 52. Adair, R. A. Hawes, Benjamin Parker, John Armstrong, R. B. Hay, Lord J. Raphael, Alexander Bagshaw, John Ilayter, W. G. Rich, Henry 3aines, M. T. Hobhouse, Sir John Romilly, Sir John [lass, H. T. hood, Sir A. : Russell, Lord John Bellew, R. H. Howard, Lord E. Rutherfurd, A. Blackall, S. IV. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. Blakemore, R. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, J. A.' Boyle, Colonel Lewis, G. C. Somerville, Sir W. Busfeild, W. Lockhart, A. E. Spooner, Richard Cowper, W. F. Lockhart, W. Stanton, W. S. Craig, W. G. Ma.heson, Colonel Vane, Lord 11. Cubitt, William Manic, Fox Wilson, James Denison, J. E. Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Sir Charles Ebrington, Viscount Moody, C. A. ; , :vans, William Nicholl, John French, F. Paget, Lord A. Frewen, C. H. • Paget, Lord C. Grey, Sir George Palmerston, Vis, TELLERS. Tanen, notary Mil, Lord Marcus NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Nelson, 120, and the Cormorant, advanced steam sloop, were removed from the basin at Portsmouth yes terday, and the Fairy, tender to the royal yacht, taken in and unmasted. _ _ . The Apollo, troop-ship, Commander J. Rawstone, sailed from Spithead for Cork on Sunday night. She embarks the 59th Foot at Cork for Hong Kong, and brings the 95th to England, from that settlement. The Reynard steam-sehooncr, Commander Cracroft, sailed from Spithead, on Saturday evening, for the coast of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies, touching at Plymouth for mails. The Blenheim, 60, steam-guard-ship, Acting Com mander Stevens, will leave Portsmouth harbour this morning about ten o'clock for a trial cruise in the Solent; liter which, it is supposed, sho will bo guardsbip at Spit head. The Vindictive, 50, havirg undergone a thorough overhaul and repair in dock, at Portsmouth, will be taken out to-day and, give place to her Majesty's steam-tender Fairy. APPOINTMENTS. Mates—H. Campion, B. G. W. Nicholas, and C. J. Jago, to her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, al Portsmouth. - Midshipmen—j. Saumarez, to the Hastings, 74, flag ship, in the Est Indies; J. W. East, to the Raleigh, 50, flag-ship, in the River Plate; C. C. Ricketts, to the Ex cellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadets—J. W. O'Grady, to the Dragon steam frigate, on the Irish station; J. I)rome, to the Hastings; A. W. Kortwright, to the Raleigh. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 3.—The Arrogant, 46, steam-fri gate, Captain R. Fitzroy, arrived here this morning at eleven o'clock, from Portsmouth, and after having sa luted, she immediately went up the harbour. She will here take in some supernumeraries, and proceed to Malta, thence returning to Lisbon to wait for further orders. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain 11. L. Massie, from Sheer ness, also arrived here this morning, and is now lying in the Sound, waiting for orders. She will be paid ad vance while she is here. Her armament is—main deck, sixteen 32-pounders, 7i feet in length; quarter-click, ;ix 32-pounders, 6 feet In length; and two 32-pounders, feet in length. The Cleopatra will go to the Cape. The Castor, 36, Co:nmodore C. Wyvill, also arrived .iff the Sound in the forenoon. She stood off for some time, waiting for orders, but about one o'clock sht came within the breakwater, and, after dropping anchor, saluted. . The Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V. Anson, is ordered home from the Cape of Good Hope without delay. She will be p zid off at this port. Mr. W. E lye. the master-shipwright at this port, will :ere here on Wetlnc , sday next for Portsinonth, to assist in the examina - ion of caudilates for the vacant iiitu master shipwright.' ai,iitants, which will commence ~ n Friday next. There ere two vacancies. for which here are four candidates. Mr. Ftricham has been re- commended t,y the officers of this y.r.l for examination. Cho other candidates are Alessrs. L irge, Sh: ffield, and Cradock. The Albion, 90, is having her shot and tanks removed to Eghten h r, preparatory to taking her into deck to clean her bottom. The Ranger was surveyed by tho Admiral Supe;in tendent and master shipwright on Friday, and reported ready for commission. Rio, APRIL 15.—The Harpy, steam•vessel, Lieutc nant•Commander Tomlinson, is at Buenos Ayres. The Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., is at Monte Video, with the Daphne, 18, Captain Fanshawe, and the Lizard, iron steamer, Lieutenant- Commander Hollinsworth. The Electro steam-sloop and the Spider packet sailed from Rio for Monte Video on the 21st ulc The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Skipworth, the Crescent, receiving-ship, and the K strel packet, are at Rio. The Griffon brigantine, Lieutenant Thurburn, and the Tweed, 14, Commander Lord F. Russell, are at Pernam buco. The Hydra's cutter captured a slave vessel off this harbour, and sent her to Demerara, in charge of .\lr. W. Graham, acting mate. It is said she is worth (at least her value is computed at) 16,0001, rather a large sum. Lieutenant Ballard has taken the Alecto to Mon'e Video. It is expected Lieutenant Egerton, F. L. to Com modore Herbert, will then take command of her until further orders from the Admiralty. The United States frigate Savannah, 50, from Boston for the Pacific, arrived on the 12th. VALPARAISO, MARCH 28.—0 n the 6th the Amphi trite, 25, Captain T. R. Eden, arrived from Rio and the coast of Africa, having made the passage in 37 days. Here she found the Asia, 84, Rear-Admiral P. Hornby, C. 8., and the Nereus store-ship; the French 50-gun frigate Poursuivanto, carrying the Admiral's flag ; also the 16 gun brig Ge de; and the American 60-gun frigate Independence, Commodore Shubrick. On the Bth the Gorgon steam-frigate, Commander Paynter, arrived with Admiral Hornby on board, having been some thirty or forty miles to the northward of this for a few days. On the 13th the Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, arrived from Central America ; on the same day the Gorgon sailed for Callao. On the 20th the Cockatrice schooner, Master-Com ' mander Rundle, arrived from Panama. On the 27th the Amphitrite, 25, was inspected by the Commander-in-Chief. She was to sail on the evening of the 30th, in company with the Asia and Champion, to try rate of sailing for a few days, after which she was to go to Callao, thence, it was supposed, to the Sandwich Islands. The Constance, 50, Captain Courtney, and the Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, are collecting freight in Mexico. The latter has already shipped a large amount for England. The Inconstant, 50, Captain Shepherd, is at Vancou ver's Island. The Gorgon steam sloop is at Callao. All well. THE TRINITY CORDORATION FESTlVAL.—Yester day being Trinity Monday, the annual festival of the lion. Trinity Corporation was celebrated by his Grace the Duke of Wellington,the Grand Master, and the elder brethren proceeding by water to the Trinity Almshouses at Deptford, and giving a grand banquet in the evening at the Corporation-house, on Tower-hill. His Grace, who wore the uniform of the Trinity, was loudly cheered as he proceeded with the procession to the Tower -stairs to embark in the state barges. Reaching Deptford, the usual inspection was made of the almshouses and school. The corporation attended church and heard a most elo quent discourse by the Rev. Mr. Melvill; after which they re-embarked and returned to Tower-hill. In the evening a splendid entertainment was served up in the grand dining-room of the Trinity House. Covers were laid for 80, and the massive piece of plate presented by his late Majesty King William IV. to the corporation stood on the principal table. His Grace the Master presided, and was supported on his right by Sir -John henry Pelly, Bart., Deputy-Master; and on the kft by Sir F. T. Baring Bart., M.l'., First Lord of the Admiralty. The following is a brief list of the illustrious personages present:—Earl Grey, Earl Granville, Lord Plinecsten, M.P., Right Hon. 11. LabouOtere, NIX. , Al:minis of Douro, M.P., Right Hon. Sir Tho mas F re - tnantle, Rear-Admiral Dundas, M.P., Sir A. G iiloway, Chairmen of the East India Company, Sir S. L. Lie,h ington, Sir James Gordon, Sir John Hill, Right. Hon. Dr. Luihington, Col. the Hon. G. Cathcart, C. I. the lion. H. Phipps, Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord ltishcp of Prince Rupert's Island, Mr. Robinson, M.P., Chair man of Lloyd's, Major Turnbull, Mr. W. Cotton, Mr. Tooke, Mr. llankey, Mr. Prescott, Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Dobree, Mr. Coulson, Rev. H. Mel the elder brethren, and Mr. Herber, the Secretary. The band of the Culdatream Guards was in attendance during the evening. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—It is rum tired that this con , ptiny, consequent upon Mr. Hudson's retirement, will rn all probability undertake the working of the entire system of railways from Rugby to York, and that negotiations are in progress with the Great Northern Railway, by which that com pany may work into the London and North We;tern, L and have a common terminus at Euston-square.—Morn mg raper. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 IMES --There will be found in the Times of Satur day last no less than eight columns devoted to a report of the proceedings of the House of Commons in the forte of a Committee of Supply. Each column of the debate mieht well elicit us any columns of discussion. From the mat ble arch in front of 13ucking ham Palace, to the colony of Labuan; from the system of transportation, to the reduction of; the salary of a clerk in the Treasury; neatly all the topics upon which we have been writint , and speaking for the last tour or five months were passed in brief and shadowy review. As compare) with the excitement of previous Par:iamentary field-days, the process of voting away money is a quick and melan choly one. The burden is fixed upon the backs of the tax payers with till the dexterous celerity of a Spanish mu leteer. The time has passed for inquiring if the jaded Inimel is equal to his appointed task ; his hocks and pasterns may be out of order -; his knees in a ricketty c >edition; the saddle may gall, and the crupper pinch; but the time for strapping on burdens and buckling Cast has arrived. Die work must be got through—one sonorous crack with the whip, and away we go, trot dng, jitiging, and suffering, to our next halting-place. L'he sums necessary for the public service must b, voted. There is a great difference between the way in which these things are managed now, and the system of twenty years Itel. The tendency of the 'lmo is towards a stricter economy of the public revenue. So far all is well. Much, however, re mains to be done ere we arrive at (net period when ho administration of the revenues of the State shall lie considered in the light of a private stewardship Over 47-54ths of the sum paid into the Exclu (per we are in a fair way of exercising a tolerably accurate -upervision. It is sc ircely so as yet with regard to the remaining 7 54ths. A large margin is left to the discretion and conscience of those charged with the duties of administration. A reckless • ex• penditure and system of unthrift are in certain departments quite beyond our control. A few passing remarks when the House is in Committee of Supply; and a few fleeting comments in the public journals, which must soon be forgotten iu the presence of other topics of public interest, and an isolated act of prodigality, an unfair item, a job, are consigned to oblivion. To which of these heads shall we refer en expenditure of 763,296/. upon Buckingham Palace? Go to Paris, to Berlin, to Dresden, to Turin, to Naples, in fact to any capital city upon the Continent, and where will you find Royalty lodged at such an ex pense, in such a building, in such a hole? The present Administration is not answerable for the 'reeks of George IV. nor the bad taste of Mr. Nash, but it is impossible to help doubting the propriety of tacking on an extra 150,0001. to the 613,296/. of expense incurred previous to 1831. We have no sympathy with the paltry penuriousness which refuses to contribute amply to the erection of public monu ments —for such, in fact, are the palaces—but surely, in the course of the last twenty-five years, an expendi ture of 1,500,0001. upon Windsor Castle seems excessive. Mr. B. Osborne, on Friday night, mentioned these facts to the House. They are unfortunately but too well known to all whose duty compels them to be conversant with Parliamentary returns ; and yet if we mistake not they will go forth to many of our readers with all the freshness of a revelation. The marble arch before Buckingham Palace cost 80,0001., and now no one knows what to do with it. It is a pretty object enough, but we can't place it anywhere with any sort of propriety. We shall be obliged at last to consign it to some dark corner, like the monster picture of the Vicar of Wake field's family, simply from the difficulty of finding it an appropriate resting place. Private individuals ruin themselves whenever they meddle with brick and mor tar. The nation in the same way, in its corporate capa city, seems destined to burn its fingers, whenever engaged in the practical cultivation of architecture. A proposed amendment of Mr. Henley upon the vote of 57,2001. for salaries and other expenses in the Treasury, provoked a discussion upon the pro priety of reducing the salaries of the members of the Government. Mr. Henley rested his proposition upon the ground that, as the object of recent legis lation had been to diminish the price of most articles, it was only fair that such reduction should take place. Mr. Cobden, although concurring in the object of the proposition, repudiated the grounds upon which Mr. Henley hal rested its propriety. He denied that the reduction in the price of food had affected the price of articles of manufacture. He was all for republican simplicity in the habits of life of the great functionaries. The Honourable Gentleman appears to take umbrage at the superior splendour of a Ministerial entertainment, as he does at the successes in society of a captivating cornet or an enterprising ensign. " One of the advantages," said he on Enid iy evening, " which he contemplated from putting the Ministers of this country on lower salaries was, that they might set the fashion of uniting a greater sim plicity in their habits of life, so that they might impart their hospitality at a less extravagant expense." Air. Cobden, with these views, proposes to dock the sala ries of the Chief Secretaries of State by 1,000/. per annum; to reduce them, in fact, from 5,0001, to 4,0001., and see %%hat eff.ct that will produce upon their sideboards of plate and variety of wines. The reduction will, of course, go further if they are not brought down to the true type of Sparta or Man chester. Mr. Cobden again hopes, by this reduction, to g-t a back handed slap at the Bisheps. "If the First Minister of the Crown," said he, " only received 4,0001. a year hites:.lf, he woul I not get up and say that in his opinion a Bishop ought to have 10,00tq. or 15,0001. a year " rho plan is ingenious etiotOt. Mr. Cobden gives chi clt to King and 13ishep by the saran move, and, although the King may save himself by thrusting forward a pawn to boar the brunt, the Bishop at least roust go. may be ju.14.,(1 from this littlm samplcinto what topics and o wha - length we should be led by a formal discussion of the subjects started before the Committee of Supply. Mr. Henley's motion was lost by 81 to 33. So Lord Pglmer stou and Sir G. Grey are nut deprived of their c.',efs haders for another year. The proposed vote of 9,827/. to defray the charge of Labuan gave rise to the meet anitneted and interesting portion of the discussion 02 Fealty night. Sir James Brooke, the Governor, is in the. receipt of a salary of 2,0001 a year. There is a Lieu tenant-Governor, at 1,3751 ; a Master Attendant, and Post master at 500/.; a Surveyor, soot.; Station Surgeon, 416/.; there are besides other charges for public build ings, &c., which raise the whole expense to 9,827/. 10;. To this outlay Mr. Cobden totally objected, arguing against it with his usual fairness and candour. Here is Mr. CUbden's account of the origin of Labuan, and of all circumstances attendant upon Sir James Brooke's Bur- nean adventure:— " The origin of Labuan was one of the most curious incidents of the present day. They owed the possession of it to a piece of sentimentalism.—(Hear, hear.) An adventurous gentleman, sailing in his yacht, took pos session of Sarawak, a district of country on the co ast of Borneo, and was called the Raja of Sarawak, the former Raja, who ceded the dist rict to him, having been a pirate. lie came to England , an d by means of enormous puffing—(A laugh) — by sen timental puffing—persuaded the people of this country that he was going to settle Borneo. What did he do ? First of all he was consular agent to himself. He was Raja Brouke, of Sarawak, and was consul to himself for aurueo. Being Raja of Sarawak, he took charge as Governor of the island of Libman, ab nit 300 miles distant, the difficulty of communicating with which was giesater than that of communicating with England ; and, being unable to be in both places, he appointed for Labuan a Lieutenant-Governor to discharge the duties. — (ileac, hear.) This Lieutenant-Governor over a settle ment without any populatioa hid a salary of 1,3751. — (Hear.) They talked of the distress of the people of this country, and yet they gave their sanction to such proceedings as these. He wished to ask the :Govern ment whether it was seriously proposed to continue this establishment in Labuan?" Mr. Cobden had, unfortunately, omitted one little circumstance of which Mr. Hawes and others rose to remind him. This was, that the Manchester men took the most prominent part in urging upon the Government the palicy which led to the settlement of Labuan. Landon, Liverpool, Glasgow, and the other great mercantile communities followed in the lead of Manchester. Mr. Labouchere favoured the House and Mr. Cobden with chapter and verse. It was in the year 1846 Sir Robert Peel's Government received a memo rial from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to the following magniloquent effect:— " That they had heard with great satisfaction of an op coastport u n o i f t of erneo h obtain inghaving v ing a h emostbeen d l at e e l s y i r a p b r le es e settlementn h o eu t r h i e . tish nation, in the voluntary offer of the isle of Labuan, convenience every r ote eti point oo o o f f and they implored the Gov ernme nt ne t t o su ff e r any d e lay for the so important, and and in protection i v n ie s w ec s u e rin desirable, aposition our China trade, and as a refuge for our shipping in case of distress, as a bulwark in the event of war, and as a central depot for our trade in the Eastern Archipelago." What is the difference, morally, between a suggesti falsi and a suppressio yeri? To be sure, a ver: , unscrupulous advocate, determined to make his point good at all hazards, may be expected to address a jury in this manner, to distort one fact and suppress another, but happily as yet such are not the recognised ethics of the British Parliament. In order to place Mr. Cobden's ingenuity in its true light, we should say that Mr. Hawes merely mentioned the fact of the petitions from the commercial bodies. Mr. Cobden then rose again, and admitted that " Memorials had been presented to the Government from the north of England in favour of making Labuan a colony; but they were too much men of business to suppose t h a t the Government would create large establishments there before ascertaining whether the island would be of any use. But he must remind the Jion. Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) that those memorials were prepared in a very cautions manner, for at the time they were presented an apprehension was felt that this country wits about to occupy Sarawak—a portion of the great island of Borneo itself. Under his i mi „,,, e ; e ss these gentlemen, knowing Labuan to he detached from Borneo, and to be only seven miles in extent, very cautiously !stpressed their wish that that island should be taken possession of by the Euglish Guverement.' It was upon this that Mr- Labouchere rose ant ac t he House right as to the " very cautious manner" in which the Manchester men had expressed their desire for the coloniz ition of Labuan. AVe more then suspect the faire which Sir James Brooke has acquired from the gallantry and success of his enter have prise must • g iven Mr. Cobden some little discern- fort. Why not It ,ja Cobden as well as Raja Brooke ? What's in a name ? There exist no euphonical grounds against such a substitution. Thus we have flown from Buckingham Palace to Borneo, after the fashion of the Committee on whose desultory proceed ings we arc commenting. It is seldom that we would recommend with so much earnestness an attentive perusal of a Parliamentary debate as that of Friday night. Dispatches were sent of yesterday from the Colon:a . office to the Uoyeraor of Sierre, Leone. INDIA. (From the Overland Bombay Times, May 1.) SUNDIARY. We have rarely hid occasion to seed home a more newsless summary than the present—though the next two are likely to be no improvements. We can only ie tunate the arrival of Sir C. Napier in the Eastern waters; he reached Alexandria on the Bth, proceeded straight , hr, ugh Egypt, and sailed direct for Calcutta, on the 12th, having learnt on the way that tranquillity in the eunjaub had been restored. He will have by this time arrived, and been sworn in, and is probably on his way to Simla for the season. The intelligence that railways have been all but secured us, is probably the most im portant news that ever reached the shores of India ; we borrow money without remorse to meet the charges of a causeless and unprofitable war; for no purpose could we borrow more wisely or securely than for the im• provement of internal communication. The troops at Peshewur are busy preparing themselves against the hot season. They enjoy the highest health there and at Moultan ; the climate to the middle of April appears to have been delightful at both places. The Sinde horse have had another brush with the Nfurrees on the frontier, who of course got the worst of it, having had 40 of their people killed, and 1,000 cattle, lifted from the low country, taken from them. Stride continues healthy. General Achmuty has arrived at Kurrachee. Sir W. Cotton, commander in chief of Bombay, has sent in his resignation, and re questedaar,eithtothheearionyeeavv,hirleegaitmeitastal.eoaf 1. said t s r l e id rne th b a , t p ;p h u e l r a e r to be relieved after the rains; he has been ex t added to the Bengal army; on the other hand it is as serted that irregulars, half horse and half foot, will be raised to the extent of 10,000, without any addition of officers. The hope of a substantial augmentation seems to have been one great source of the clamour fur the annexation of the Punjaub. The order issued some months since raising the strength of each regiment by 200 men, must have added 18,000 men to our muster roll; the occupation of the Saugor and Nerbudda terri tories by about 12,000 Madras troops, will be a virtual addition to the army in Bengal to this extent, or a total of 30,000; the expected augmentation, whether of regu lars or irregulars, will bring it up to 40,000; so much for the first fruits of annexation. The expense of a I native regiment, officers, arms, appointments, and 1 maintenance, costs somewhere about 40,0001. a year! The charges of a couple of regiments would meet the interest of all the money proposed to be expended on railways. The Governor-General is in the upper provinces. The commander in chief is at Simla, having taken a final leave of the army on quitting the Punjaub. General Gilbert has also taken leave of the division under lf.m, in a complimen tary general order, and the troops in reality richly de. serve any compliment that can be paid them. Lieutenant Miller, of her Mejesty's 22d Foot, a very meritorious officer, raised from the ranks for good conduct, has just been dismissed the service under circumstances of pecu liar hardship. Mr. Miller had charge of the canteen funds, and on these being transferred from his to other hands some errors were discovered, which led to charges of his having instructed a native clerk to make false en tries in the books. The court seem to have at once got carried away with the idea that erroneous entries by a clerk implied a fraud on the part of his superior, and decided accordingly. The books have been examined by able and competent authorities—they turn out to be full of errors—but bear no evidence of having been tampered with by Mr. Miller. Like most soldiers, he is little of a business man, and permitted a bad system to go on as he found it, till a faithless clerk, when about to be dismissed, based charges against him on his own blunders. We have no doubt that on a revision it will be found that he stands free of all blame, save that of negligence, and that a very slight reprimand is punish ment enough for this. SINDE. By the Bombay Steam Navigation Company's steamer Victoria, which arrived on Monday morning, we have letters and papers from Kurrachee to the 26. h, When the steamer Queen was signalled on Sunday morning Sir C. Napier wss believed to be on board, and the greatest excitement was expressed everywhere. "Oh! then and there was hurrying to and fro, The fiery squadron and the clattering car." In fact never was such a bustle before,—every one exclaiming, " the chief, he comes, he eJmes." His own regiment were, as became them, in estate of pre eminent excitement; when lo! and behold, when all was ready for the reception, there was no one to be received. The following extract fro:n the Kurrachee Advertiser gives accounts of an affair betwixt the Murrees and the iinde Horse, followed by the usual results. Sir C. Napier left the two fighting, and he finds them fighting; it is but fair to add that there has been nocase of collision since Merewether's affair—now nearly two years old: " We learn that another gallant affair has take plac. , on the frontier, in which the Sinda Horse have again distinguished themselves. Some days ago (we have not heard the date), a detachment of the regiment above mentioned was relieved at Kusmore by a party from head-quarters; hardly, .however, had the relieved party left when the new detachment was attacked by a party of 500 armed Murrees; a duffedar and four men were killed, and several wounded. The party which had left heard the firing, and returned in time to succour the'r comrades, who would otherwise have been either de stroyed, or at least have suffered great loss. The whole affair was so sudden that the pry, consisting of forty men under a native ofli.:er, besides rescuing their cons • rades, cut up about forty of the Murrees, and took up .yards o` 1,000 head of cattle, and obliged the robbers to Ili to the hills. We have not heard all the particulars 0: ttiii affair, but believe tli3 above to he correct in the main pin's. It seems strange that the Murrces were able to plan the tat!ttek without the officer in comm-tail Lein even aware of their approach; but we have no doub that on this an inquiry has been instituted, and t xplan tion afforded." Much regret was expressed that the harbour should remain in an unfinished state, and that the enormous sums of money expended or, what the late ruler 0. Young E4ypt expected to be the glory of New Al e x. audria should have 13:en sunk in vain. A very Hub more would make the pier serviceable; at present it is utterly useless. THE PUNJAUB. The country of the Five Rivers has been transformed from a general battle fi 11 to a vast standing camp. Our troops lately engaged in deadly strife have now no longer any enemy to contend with, and are settling themselves town in their cantonments, and preparing against the heats of the approaching season. Chuttur and Shore Singh have, it is said, been directed to proceed . te their respective homes, and been assured that if they are ever heard of without a limited circuit of the domiciles as- signed them they will be visited with the punishmen due to their past misdeeds, which have for the present been passed over so gently. The troops at Peshawar were reviewed on the Ist by General Gilbert, who took an affectionate leave of them. He left on the 3d on his way to Lahore, where he takes command; he was ac companied by her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons to the capital, and her Majesty's 30th on their way to Meerut. The site selected for the cantonments is near the former residence of Major Lawrence, which was burned by the Affghans, or where the Seikh can tonments formerly stood. Officers are to be allowed to make their tents as comfortably as they can— the expense of house building to be avoided as much as possible for the present. The cultivation of rice is forbidden in the neighbourhood, the irrigation required by it engendering malarious damps. There is a small force settled at Jamrood, and no traffic through the Khyber Pass Is for the present permitted. At Bunnoo, where General Cortlandt had established his head quarters, the people were quiet and contented—glad, ap parently, that the strifC was over, and that they had avoided the insurgent side. Kohat, and all the provinces around, seemed well disposed. There are, it is said, seven regiments of irregular horse to be raised from amongst the disbanded Seikh soldiers, and eight or nine regiments of foot: these to be officered from the Indian army. There is another rumour that ten new regiments are to be added to the strength of our forces. The late redactions under Lord Hardinge left us some 50,000 more men and 830 more European officers than we pos sessed when the Affghan war was determined on in 1838 —within these ten months 18,000 men have been added to the army; 12,000 are, it is believed, to be transferred from Madras, where they are not, it seems, required to do duty, in place of the Bengal troops in the Saugor and Nerbudda territory. This in all affords a virtual addi tion of 30,000 to our strength on the north-western fron• tier, or 40,000, if we add the regiments to be raised, being 90,000 in all in excess of what we possessed ten years ago, when India was last at peace, while the Pun jaub, Affghanistan, Sinde, and Gwalior had as yet not felt the power of our sword. The following letter from a trustworthy correspon dent gives fuller explanation of the arrangements re specting.the new levies than anything we have as yet seen published:— " There are to be ten now regiments immediately raised in and for the Punjaub—a sort of continent, in fact—five cavalry and five infantry—to be recruited half Seikhs, and the other half Poorbeas and Mussulmans. The commandants and second in commands are already appointed—the names of the following for the command of the cavalry corps:—First: Neville Chamberlain, 16th Grenadiers, and Stannus, sth Cavalry. Second: Cran ford Chamberlain, 28th Native Infantry, and Brown, 46th Native Infantry. Third: Biddulph, 45th Native Infantry, with 3d Light Cavalry, and Weston, 36th Na tive Infantry. Fourth: Dowson, sth Native Infantry, with 11th Light Cavalry, and Henderson, 45th Native Infantry. Fifth: Fitzgerald, of Sinde C a m e l Corps, which is to be done away with; second in command I do not know. Infantry—First: Coke, 10th Native Infantry; and Willan, 44th Native Infantry. Second: Knox, 43d Light Infantry; and Brown, 16th Native Infantry. Third: Morris, 20th Native Infantry; and Reid, 34th Native Infantry. Fourth: Campbell, 30th Native Infantry; and flastrell, 13th Native Infantry. Fifth: Not yet known, I believe. The adjutants are all, it is said, to be taken frora the Bombay and Madras service. 17‘,11 will rerecive that the above list of commandants and seconds in command is nearly all selected from pass,:d men. The order limiting ab,cniees on staff employ to ti%e must now ho done away with, and will not increase thee tliciency of the Bl weal army certainly; but no increase to th e revi l er army will be grant,al now I much loan" Another correspondent writes m il l the same subject: — ''The augmetation advo cated by 'h e E r l e l ;id tt en a t m at o l u i n a t,i or t e , , ) and considered necessary some five re iments:of irreg cavalry, half Seikhs half Ilindostance, wholly useless,; and about the same number of regiments of infa ntr y of the s ame nondescript surf. An officer was ordered to recruit for one of the cavalry regiments from am ong such Seikhs a s weie p resented to him for entertainment—Seikhs who have not borne arena against us in the late campaign—and all he could find fit for work was about two per cent.—the rest being mostly venerable reechi sufed, grey beards, whose age alone, in a ll probability , p revented them from bearing arms against us. —Agra Messenger, April 21. Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert and Brigadier Campbell arrived at Rawull Pindee, from Attock, on the 10th instant. The Gallant General resumed his march for Lahore on the 11th, and was expected at ;Thulurn on the 16th, the brigadier remaining to assume the command of the new district committed to his charge.—Dc•lhi Gazette, April 21. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C., ANNOUNCED SINCE DISPATCH OF LAST OVERLAND MAIL, APRIL 17. lIEn MAJESTY'S TROOPS. STAFF.—Lieut.-Colo.nel Havelock has resumed the duties of his office as Deputy Adjutant-General of her Majesty's Forces in this Presidency. Da.tcooNs.-3d Regiment—Lieut. Chaplin is allowed leave on private affairs to proceed to England for the space of one year. 9th Regiment (Lancers)—Lieut. Francis to proceed to the hills north of D,>yrah for the benefit of his health until the 24th of October. 15th Regiment—Lieut. J. Macartney is appointed a Brevet Captain in the East Indies. INFANTRY.-101iRegiment—Lieuts. Galloway and Lucas have been directed to do duty at the Landour de• pot during the hot season. 22d Regiment—Lieut. A. Miller has been dismissed her Maj.sty's service by court-martial, for disgraceful and ungentlemanly con duct. 24th Regiment—Lieut. Travers to do duty at the Landour depot during the hot season. Leave of absence —Captain Bazllgetta to Simlah and the hills north of Deyrah, on medical c!'rtificat.e, until the Ist of Novem ber next. Lieut. Thirlvvall to Simlah aryl the hills on private affa;rs to the 14th of October next. 29 h Regi- ment—Leave of absence—Lieut. Perry to Simlah and Landour for six mlntlis on medical certificate. 84th Regiment—Lieut. E. K. V. Arbuckle to England for one year on medical certificate. 93 - h Reei.nent—Lieut. Browne is permitted to proceed to England or two years on medical certificate. THE ETON REGATTA. - _ ETON, MONDAY NIGIIT.—The 4th of June, the anni versary of the birthday of the late King George 111., by a tune-honoured custom, originating with that monarch, is always celebrated as a festival by the scholars of Eton College, who on that day make an aquatic pilgrimage to Surley Hall, about two miles and a half above Windsor bridge, amid " great pomp and circumstance." ' The anniversary this year falling on the eve of Ascot races, Windsor and the neighbourhood were unusually full of members of the aristocracy. A great many of the no bility had also arrived to witness the review of the 2d Life Guards by the Marquis of Londonderry in Wind sor-park, at an early hour this morning. These facts, with the extreme fineness of the weather, had the effect of attracting a most brilliant assemblage to the Brocas this evening; and when the crews mustered, at half-past six o'clock, the banks of the river on both shores were thronged with many thousand spec tators. The arrival of the Court at Windsor Castle during the day led many to hope that the reg stta,would be honoured with the presence of her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by some of their distin guished guests; and a few were found who put faith in a report, very freely circulated, to the effect that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales would " take the water " for the first time "on the occasion. The more important fact proved to be well founded, for at a few minutes before seven o'clock the loyal shouts of the spectators assembled on the bridge proclaimed the ap proach of the royal party from the Castle, and in the course of a very few minutes her Majesty entered the Brocas in an open landau drawn by four white ponies, and preceded by outriders in scarlet liveries. The Queen was accompanied by the Prince Consort and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Viscountess Canning ; the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl Spencer, and other noblemen of the household followed in a second phaeton; and in a third we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George, and attended by Baron Knesebeck and another gentleman. The royal party on entering the Brocas were most enthusiastically received. The carriages having drawn up in line within an inclosure railed off by hurdles, her Majesty and the Prince were afforded an opportunity of viewing the various cutters with their respective crews —all of whom were attired in gay aquatic uniforms, the coxswains of the three leading boats wearing cocked-hats and epaulettes, having all the appearance of juvenile admirals. The Prince of Wales manifested the greatest possible interest in the boats as they glided up and den n the river preparatory to the " start," and not oven the cheers of the spectators in the vicinity of the royal car riage, which every now and then burst forth with re newed vehemence, could divert fur a moment the atten tion of his Royal Highness from the aquatic pageant. At seven o'clock the procession started for Surley Hall, preceded by the band of the Foot Gu trds in an eight-oared cutter. The following is a list of the boats in their respective order of precedence, with the names of the crew of each:— UPPER BOATS. Monarch, 10-oar—Blundell, Ma., captain of the boats; lioskins, Blackett, Po wys, West, Coltman, Davies, Pey ton, Ethelston, Gosling, Bateson (steerer). Victory—Buller, Ma , second captain; Bob?rtson, Blundell, Mi.; Cast, N:nd, Coleridge, Cayley, Bathurst, Blane (steerer). Prince of Wales—Crosse, captain; Martyn, Buller, Mi.; Lysley, King, Fiennes, Pemberton, Gore, Booth, Welby (steers). LOWER BOATS. Britannia—Jervis, captain of lower boats ; Marshall, Palmer, Ryan, Swann, Pfacd, Vane, Macan, Earl a Granarl (steercr). Dreadnought—Garry, captain ; M,leswerth, Law., Th ,nipson, L,rd E:inismoro, Montgomery, Mourr, Johnstone, Ncvillo (stc, rer). Th 1.4-13 cl-escort, c ipt.iin ; D.,rrington, Coek•, Hinricli, Harrison, li!iight, Ewan, Mallory, Welle.4 (starer). St. G !urge—Meade King. captain; Farglhari , n, ACK wri;.,,,ht, Odes, Lindsay, Sparke, Ford, Warre, Deuutr.uitt On arriving at Sarley, the vari.ms crews landed the opposite shore and partook of an elr•gant dkjeuner, provitit'd by he: Majesty's confectioner. At nine o'cl,q..k the boats returned to Windsor, and were rt-ccived by tie cheers of many thousands of spectators ass2tribled on the wharfs and shorts of the river. A grand display of fireworks from the Little Eyat ter minated the festivities of the evening. The Royal party left the Brocas soon after the boats started for Surley. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, JUNE 4.—The whole of the Royal Artillery assembled on the Parade- ground at nine o'clock A.m. to-day, and marched to Woolwich- common, under the command of Colonel Crut . tenden, the Royal Horse Artillery under Lieuta nant- Colonel Bell. The line formed into three battalions, the right under Lieutenant-Colonel Furneaux, the centre under Lieutenant Colonel Ingilby, and the left under Lieutenant-Coloncl Waide, and the field batteries under Lieutenant-Colonel An Jerson, twenty rounds having been served out to each of the guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, and twelve rounds for each carabine. At half-past nine o'clock Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8., G Master-General of the Ordnance, arrived on the pamde-ground, and was re ceived by Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Dawnuaan, C. 8., 11., Commandant of the Garrison ; Mejor- General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant- General of Artillery; Colonel Campbell, Briga.de-MPjor Bingham, Captain Tylden, Assistant Quartermaster- General of Artillery ; Captain Wingfield, riding-house establishment ; and the adjutants of battalions off duty. The Master-General, accompanied by the staff, then proceeded to the common, and was received with the usual salute, the band playing the National An them, and afterwards made a very minute inspection of the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries. The whole of the corps then marched past at quick time, and proceeded, by troops of Royal Horse Artillery, battalions and field batteries, to take up their position fur the manoeuvres of a field day. The exercises of the day having concluded, the whole of the corps advanced in line, when the Master-General, with the staff, rode up to Colonel Cruttenden, and the officers in charge of di- visions, and complimented them on the manner in which the evolutions were gone through. The whole of the troops then marched past at quick time to barracks. Previous to leaving the ground the Master-General caused the gentlemen cadets, a great number of whom were present, to assemble, and addressed them in the kindest manner, expressing his hope that they were conducting themselves to the satisfaction of their authori ties and teachers, as their future success in. life de pended greatly upon their unremitting attention to their studies, and their good behaviour while at the academy. Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey then proceeded, accompanied by the officers previously named, to the Royal Arsenal, and embarked in his yacht for a cruise down the river. It is said—but nothing officially is yet known—that the recent exercises of the Royal Artillery, on Woolwich•common, have been made preparatory to a sham light, expected to take place here during the present month. It is now several years since a display of that kind took place at Woolwich, and there are now a greater number of troops in the garrison than there were on that occasion. SEPARATION OF EDWIN FORREST FROM Hls WIFE. —The New York Sunday Atlas announces that Edwin Forrest the tragedian, has been separated from his wi r e Caroline Norton Sinclair Forrest, daughter of John Sinclair, the vocalist. They were married in 1836 in London, and have lived happily, as the Atlas states, until last winter, when Mr. Forrest became moody a profeaston te a g melancholy. The Atlas says, "In the month Decem berenne Mr. Forrest returned from gned no and at once demanded a separation. meat in Philadelphia in a most unhappy Heatalosief mind, and when the immediate friends o cause, offered no apology, for the position fthe h it was that he fered, and asked to be informed. y parties be e assumed; - was a studied in asked re fo h r en re s p ib u le di s a i t le io n n c , e. his i o nl y s r n e reply t wY to be interrogated. object. Mr. Forrest am .. ' e h aw i n i li w l i e fe h h a a s v a o cc e o tt m Tri Ile demartded a separation, rated." . • Mrs. Forrest is described as a lady . of tal, nt and beauty. .`the has been the . mother of tour children, all of whom, however, died in infancy. .11,t wecti 40,000 and 50, 000 mackerel have k en csuit ht by seine nets, close in shore, during the pi cnen t „,,.,j, such a cireunvianee has not before occurred for 17 year.i. Some of our boats have earned nearly loot. each. The greater part of the ti6h, which were very I fine, fetched 15s. or 16, , . per hundred, and were des patched to London. They were retailed in our streets at six or eight a shilling. Similar catches have been made all along the Sussex coast. It is the sudden warmth of the weather which has caused these myriads of mackerel to resort to this part of the Channel in search of their food, which consists of smaller fry that at this season of the 3 ear are attracted towards the shore. The cliffs have daily been lined with spectators to witness the catches of mackerel by our fishermen. — Brighton Gazette. The freights for coals from the Tyne to London have fallen to the unprecedented low rate of ss. lid. i per ton—a price quite inadequate to cover current ex , I perms, insurance, and interest of capital.—Newcastle • Journal. AMERICAN . ARRIVAL OF THE HIB LIVERPOOL, 111oNna j 9 -19-17. The British and North American It -al „tail steam ship Ilibernia, Captain Lang, has ju.? -anittdi at this port, having left Boston on - the 2gol Halifax the 26th. The Ilibernia brings the :nails' • t1:-/ ‘, from Canada and the other British possessions and the United States, and a fair complement of passen gers. Her dates are,.from New York and Boston, to the 23d; Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, &c., 22d; and from the leading cities and towns in the western continent one week later dates than those re ceived by the America. ' We learn by this arrival that the Canada steam ship had'arrived out at New York on the 17th, after eleven days and a half 's passage. The Caledonia arrived at Halifax on the 24th, and proceeded to Boston. The Hibernia brings 50 passengers, including Mr. Macready, who, previously to his departure from Boston, presented 1,000 dollars to the families of the unfortunate men who MI in the late riots. Our ac counts from Canada are brief, but important; they are, moreover, satisfactory. The province continued undisturbed by factious violence. Telegraphic intelligence from Montreal, under date . the 21st ult. announces that an address had been presented to his Excellency Lord Elgin in favour of removing the seat of Government to Quebec and - Toronto faur years alternately, the majority on the division being five votes. The city of Mon treal is tranquil. The business of legislation pro ceeded with tranquillity. Lady Elgin has been con fined of a son. Mr. Ca3 - ley has been deputed by the Tories to represent their cause in London, and Mr. Ilincks, who arrived by the last steamer, was reported to be the destined advocate of the Ministerial policy. The University Bill had passed the Lower House. From the United States the political intelligence is interesting. It was reported that Captain Charles Wilkes, of the late exploring expedition, mill be sent out as Commander of one of the vessels to be dispatched in search of Sir John Franklin. The admission of California as a state next session was considered probable. It was rumoured that the President would lay Mr. Labouchere's Bills for the repeal of the navigation laws before Congress, as a proper subject of legislation. The cholera continued its ravages. General Worth had fallen a victim to the epidemic. The steamer United States, previously sold to the Prussian Government, had been detained on the ground of neutrality, by order of the United States' Cabinet. If, however, the Prussian Minister would engage under security that the ships should not interfere with Denmark, the prohibition would be withdrawn. The excitement at New York, relative to the late tragedy at the Opera House, had subsided consi derably. The steamer Empire was sunk by collision on the 17th ultimo, in the river Hudson, eighty miles above New York. The accounts published of the occur rence report twenty lives lost. The city of Saint Louis was almost totally de stroyed by fire on the 18th ultimo : 418 houses and 25 steam-boats were consumed. The estimated loss is 6,000,000 dollars. The city of New Orleans, after being for some time afflicted with cholera. which swept away many of its citizens, is now threatened with even a more fearful and irresistible foe in the overwhelming waters of the Mississippi. The city lies below the high water level of this great river, and is guarded, as Holland is from the in road of the sea, by dykes, or levees, as they are called, along the Mississippi. A portion of one of these levees above the city having been carried away, the waters were passing rapidly through the opening, overcoming all efforts to stop the breach, inundating the plantations below, and actually pouring through some of the streets of the city. Our latest dates by mail are the 13th ult., when in many quarters the inhabitants were already driven by the invading waters to take refuge in the upper stories of their houses. Business, of course, must be materially checked by such a state of things. From California the accounts are 22 days later. The advices are important. According to one ac count the Californians refused to recognise General Smith, who was sent out as military Governor of the territory, and had taken steps to organize a Go vernment for themselves. According to another, he had virtually taken back the prohibition which he had issued at Panama for bidding foreigners to dig for gold at the " placers," and had organized a good police at San Francisco, and executed his authority without hindrance ; but wha is certain is, that the people ha 1 r. solved to sum mon an assembly to sit at San Francisco and frame such laws as may be necessary for the preservation of order and the regulatim of trade. :his body is to consist of fifteen nu tubers. Three rs are also to be chose n—all by universal suffrage, of course. This organ:zition, it is understood, was to go into efrcct Several ineetingi had been held at San Francisco to propose the introduction of the shave trade. The report of the discovery of go!cl in Oregon is contradicted. The m al steamer California still lay motionless at San Francisco. There had been a mutiny on board the United States ship-of war Ohio, owing to the desire of the men to get off to the gold region. Some thirty men have been put in irons by the Commodore, and many would be hung. Mexican accounts state that the duty which had hitherto been levied on gold imported from Upper California into Mexico had been removed. The robbers on the road from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico were more bold and active than ever. From the revolted districts there is nothing new. St. Domingo advices state that in three battles the Ilaytians had been defeated. No prisoners were spared, and in retreating the Haytians burnt Azua. Venezuelan affairs were in confusion. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Mar 22.—Money is easily had at 5 per cent. payment on demand, and six per cent. for good paper. The banks on Saturday had in their vaults about 81 millions of dollars in coin. There were some two millions more in the Sub-Treasury, making an aggre gate as large within half a million as we have ever had here. United States stocks immediately felt the impulse of this overflowing money-market. United Stags Sixes, of '6B, with coupons, sold to day at 1144, and Treasury notes at ill; Ohio Seven per Cents., 1851, at 102; Kentucky Six per Cents., 1041; Indiana Bonds, 40k; Alabama Five per Cents., 63; Pennsylvania Five per Cents., 04; and Maryland Six per Cents., 99k. Bills on London are held at £3i per cent., at which figure sales ate made. _ -.---- Our imports, although fallen off somewhat this week, still largely exceeded, as heretofore, our exports. The imports over and above those sent to the warehouse amounted to 1,217,419 dolls.; the exports, 714,626 dolls. Cotton—Prices are gradually stiffening, and fc. had been paid above the rates quoted for good ordinary and middling; and for middling Gulf Cottons 71c. was freely offered, and Uplands lc. New Orleans, Florida Up lands, inferior, 6ic; ordinary. 6 2 c. Exports and receipts of cotton at the ports so far this season, in 1,000 bales— To Great Britain, 1,275; France, 280; others, 242; re ceipts, 2,518. Breadstuffs, &c.—The flour market continues to mani fest firmness; sales of 4,000 barrels at 4 dolls. 321-c. to 6 dolls. 2 4 1 c., the former for common, and the latter for straight brands and States and Western. Sales of 1,000 bushels Ohio red wheat at 104 c.; sales to the ex tent of 4,000 bushels, all round, at 62c. to 63c. for northern yellow. Freights—Cotton to Liverpool, id. to 3 -16ths of a penny; flour, Is. 10d. to 25.; heavy goods, 255.; and in British vessels at 225. 6d.; corn, 6d. To Ireland—Corn, 7d. to Bd., in bags and bulk. o London—Pork, 2s. 9d.; flour, ls. 9d ; heavy goods, 305.; naval stores, 2s. to 28. 6,1. To Havre—Cotton, P. is asked, and ie. offered PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Mr. Massingham, the at tentive and obliging official at the box-office of this theatre, takes his benefit on Friday evening next, when the patrons of the Princess's ar e bound to avail them selves of the opportunity of r ewardin g a ver y deservin g public servant. THE Jaws' HOSPITAL.—The anniversary dinner of the patrons and - friends of this society, established for the purposes of making a provision for the aged poor and for the education and employment of the youth of both sexes, was held last evening, at the London Tavern. In the absence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam ldesomeridse, Eofsqp.,rothpoesiPnrgestidheentcuosftomthaeryinsitoi3tuai Cam bridge, the duties of the chair were e ffi c i ent l y di sc h arge d b t iyo F. H I n . the G u toasts, the chairman alluded to the circumstance of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex having been for many years the patron of their Eociety, and that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge bad since most offish ntly supplied the void which bis demise had occa sioned. The Chairman subsequently proposed, " Sues coca to the Jews' Hospital," and in so doing took occa sion to remark that whilst, by their peculiar religious opinion", .tbrir body were precluehd from availing them selves of the benefits of the poor. law, they had to con tribute to its maintenance. In fact, they were in a worse position than if no poor-law existed. The toast of " Civil and Religious Liberty" was acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, the Rev. Dr. Cox, and the Rev. George Smith. In the course of the evening, the ap. prentices connected with the society's chair manufactory, cabinet manufactory, and ladies' shoe manufactory, were introduced, and exhibited specimens of their workman ship, which reflected upon them the greatest credit. The circumstance of three ministers of the Christian religion attending the festival was alluded to as a most gratify. ing fact, and as showing the improved feeling which pre. vailed in the religious commu nit y . The result of the festival was about 6001. The weather has now assumed all the character.. istics of summer, and vegetation has made extraordinary progress within the last ten days. The country presents a beautiful appearance, and the wheats are everywhere I looking strong and healthy.—Newcastle Journal. THE SUN, LONDON, T UESDA Y EVENING, J ITNE 5, 1819. At