The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. This evening mails will be made up and despatched, via Marseilles, to the Pirmus (Greece), Turkey the Cri ;nee, and the fleet and transport service in fhe Black Sea. Letters intended for persons in the hospitals at Smyrna or Scutari should be specially addressed " Hos pital, Scutari," or " Hospital, Smyrna," as the case ma y be. The postage on letters must be prepaid. The worst cases of the sick and wounded who arrived from the seat of war in the Malacca were visited in the Garrison Hospital at Portsmouth on Saturday by Lady Maitland, Lady and Major-General Sir Frederick Smith, who again dispensed some nourishing confections and distributed some articles of clothing, such as knitted socks, mite, shirts, and even sheets. A proportion of these cleanly and comfortable necessaries were contri buted by Major-General and Lady Catharine Buckley. The patients are doing well. There are now not more than 52 sick and wounded on the establishment. The rest are other cases from home regiments. Drs. Lawson and Burgess are indefatigable in their attention. Dr. Odell, the principal staff surgeon of the garrison, is also most assiduous in his care of the whole of the garrison hospitals, but there is much to amend, improve, and re form. The brig Leander, 200 tons' register, Jack, master, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday evening from Lon don, to load with stores for the Crimea. The Victory, steam-transport, Captain Rose, left Portsmouth on Saturday mottling for Constantinople, laden with Governts‘nt stores and the staff of Major- General Vivian. The Sanspareil, 70, Commander Gordon, which ar rived at Plymouth on Saturday, has on board four Rus sian mortars captured at Balaklava. During her absence she lost by cholera off Sebastopol above 25 of her crew, and in action had 11 killed and 61 wounded. Mr. Mad den, a midshipman, was the only officer killed. On departure the Sanspareil rounded the stern of the Aga lemon' 90, whose crew, led by Admiral Sir E. Lyons, cheered her most heartily—a compliment fully appre ciated by the homeward-bound. The Agamemnon and Sanspareil were companion ships on the coast of Cir cassia, at Redoubt-Kali ' Sebastopol, sc. After dis charging her powder in Plymouth Sound on Saturday, the Sanspareil got up steam, and proceeded, with top gallant yards across, up harbour to Hamoaze. She will be placed in dock at Keyhana to-day. More than four and a-half knots an hour in a calm could never be got out of her engines, which, with her boilers and ma chinery, will require a thorough overhaul and relit. The gun-boats Weser and Recruit (Nix and Sala mander) have been relieved of 40 tons of stores each. They have made several experimental trips at Plymouth. The Recruit averages 12} knots. Their armament, four 68-pounders, will, it is supposed, try the decks when in action. These vessels are appointed to leave to-morrow for the Black Sea. It is intended to launch the new ship Conqueror, 100, building at Devonport, on the 4th of May next. The hired screw transport Germania, Capt. Nenaber, No. 207, left Plymouth Sound at noon on Saturday for the Crimea. The 43 drivers of the A division of the Land Transport Corps, under Lieutenant Redden, who embarked at Plymouth, had been stationed at Maker Heights, where they received religious instruction from the Rev. W. Langmaid, garrison chaplain, with whom they left a contribution towards the fund for the widows and orphans of soldiers who died in the East. The barque Duke of Norfolk, the brig Elizabeth, Cap tain Cooper, and the brig eEneae, Captain Smith, all three from Queenstown, are unloading pork and beef at the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth. The brig Dauntlse, of Brixharn, Captain James Reed, is load ing bread, beef, pork, and rum for Balakla.va. The merchant ship Cressy, Captain Miller, belonging to Mr. Dunbar, of London, which sailed from Manilla on the 10th of September, with a cargo of sugar, hemp, cigars, cocoanut oil, deer and buffalo horns, Sec., put into the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th of December, sailed therefrom on the 25th of January, and on Friday last entered the port of Plymouth, where she landed Sir Robert Stamford and other passengers. The emigrant ship Semarang, from Southampton, which received damage in going down Channel, will be placed to-day (Monday) in dock at the Keyham yard, Plymouth, for repairs. Her detention there will not probably exceed a day or two. It is said that the owners of the vessels recently taken up at Liverpool as transports by the British and French Governments, and ordered into dock for alterations, have since been informed that the vessels will not be re quirsd. By the arrival of the steam-ship Tagus at Southampton with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, we receive the following items of naval and military intelli gence from Gibraltar :—On the 12th ult. her Majesty's ship Bellerophon, Capt. Lord G. Paulet, with invalids from the seat of war, and which had been lying at Gib raltar since the Ist of March in consequence of adverse winds, weighed anchor and proceeded to the westward ; but was obliged, with several other Teasels, to put back. She left for England on the f vening of the 16th. Her Majesty's steamer Malacca, 14, Capt. Hillyar, arrived at Gibraltar, from Constantincple and Malta, on the morn ing of March 11. She had o ' :ard a number of inva lids belonging to different reF -Lents from the hospitals at Scutari. After coaling a , making good some trifling defects in her machinery • left for England on the morning of the 14th u, e steam-transport with a cargo of oatefre o don to the Crimea, reached. Gibraltar on the 110' .a after coaling left fur her des tination. The stee.e•transport Earl of Norwich, from Lowestefo, bonne to Balaklava, also put into Gibraltar f a the llth ult. She had on board 50 navvies, 68 • ~„ r charge of a veterinary surgeoe, and stores fur the Baklava Railivay. 12 horses died on the passage out, owing to the bad weather. She proceeded to the Blame Sea the following day. The Falcon steamer, seven days from London, with preeerved meats .end clothing for the French army in the East, reached Gibraltar on the 12th ult. ed, route to Constantinople. Her Ma jesty's ship Trail - Ogee, 50 days from Malta, put into Gibraltar on the 11th. She had been cruising to the eastward of the Rock several days, endeavouring to make the Straits, hut was prevented in consequence of strong adverse win is. The Earl of Lonsclale steam tug, with supplies for the Trafalgar, after great difficulty succeeded in getting them on board. Her Majesty's steam sloop Oberon, 6j days from Portsmouth, with 60 supernumeraries for the British squadron in the Black Sea under the command of Admiral Lyons, reached Gibraltar on the 13th, and left on the 15th. The Eglin ton steam-ship, six days from llavre de Grace, with hos pital stores, waggons, &c., for the use of the French army in the East, arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th. The Calcutta steamer, with the let Royal Lancashire Militia on board, passed Gibraltar t o the eastward on the even ing of the 19th ult. Her Majesty's screw -steamer troop ship Himalaya, from Spithead and Cork, arrived at Gib raltar on We 13th en route to the East. She had on board 7 officers, 229 non-commissioned officers and men, and 278 horses of the artillery ; about 70 horses were shipped at Gibraltar. The Himalaya left for her destine tion on the evening of the 15th. Her Majesty's steam sloop Heels was fast progressing in her equipment for sea. The British transport Mary Ann, 70 days from Constantinople, in ballast for Plymouth, reached Gibral tar on the 15th alt. This vessel unfortuna'ely lost two men overboard on the 25th ult. Her Majesty's ecrew steam-ship Sanspareil, 14 days from Mal:a, with a num ber of navy invalids for England, arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th. She left on the following morning. The steam-transport Vests), with packages, ct e., fee. the British army and navy in the Eact, left Gibraltar on the 17th ult. The hired screw-steamer Estella, sight days from London, with a general cargo and m e d ica l stores f or the British hospitals in the East, arrived at Gibralt ir on the 17th ult.; she left on the evening of the same day for Constan tinople. The sailing transport Dunbar, 33 days from Corfu, put into Gibraltar on. the morning of the 17th. She has a number of invalids on board in charge of Colonel Buchanan of the Royal Artillery, and a great many women and children belonging to regiments that have left th e l on i an islands for the seat of war. The Dunbar was prevented from proceeding to England by stress of weather. The sailing transport Wilson Kennedy passed to the westward on the 19th ult appa rently in ballast, bound t o E ngland. Her Majesty's • ship Vengeance arrived in the B a y f rom the East on the 19th ult. The British steam-transport Indian, six days from Liverpool, with 160 officers and men o f the Royal Ar and 113 horses, bound for Scutari, put info Gib raltar on the 21 st ult., being short of b o th coal and water. Five horses died durin g th e passage out, and two while the ship was lying at Gibraltar. The British sailing transport Panola (No. 71), 77 days from Con stantinople, which passed Gibraltar for Plymouth in ballast in the afternoon of the 19th, was obliged to put back, having sprung her rudder in a heavy veuth-west gale on the 21st ult., in 7.40 W. 36 lat. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, lying at Southampton, will probably be taken up for the con ✓eyance of French troops to the Crimea. The Sutlej, SG-gun sailing frigate, is ordered to be iannc hed at Pembroke on the 17th inst. It is under stood that -this is the last vessel of her clans to be con structed in th e Royal dockyards without the auxiliary asrew pow er. The battery o f Roy a l Artillery, under the command of Capt. Gibbon, heretofore stationed at Norwich, is now on the way to Woolwich, preparatory to embarkation for the seat of war. The batter yconsists of four 9-poun der guns, twolhowitzersof 4-- eounds calibr e and a rocket case, with amm un i t i on and o, ther carriages. The following correspondence War-office and the Society . n has passed between the Gospel, on the subject ofof the ap g the Propagation sistant chaplains at the seat of nwtarrnent of additional as " Sir,—Referring to your letter 7 f e t ri it oface, March 23. . chaplain-general, offering, on the Part rho 13th inst. to the the Propagation of the Gospel, e o n ,, u rn i i t n he Society for chaplains to the army in the East, upon the same additional were adopted with regard to those who have aarine terms an appointed under its recommendation, I am l;i 3 i o e r lY been convey to you Lord Panmure's high sense of the littd-t° of the offer which you have made on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and in acquainting 1 ; t 1 thathis lordship accepts your proposal, I am instructed to state that the names of 12 clergymen to act in the capa city of assistant-chaplains to the camp and hospitals in the East may accordingly be submitted for appointment, who Will be provided each with a free passage, and receive 100 e a year from th i s department, with rations for self and ser- rant, forage for a horse, and field allowances. " I am to add that these gentlemen will be subject to the same discipline and authority as the chaplains excln sively paid by the Government. — l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, "B. HAWES. ". The Secretary, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel." " Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, "79, Pall-mall, March 30. y " Sir,—The societhas learnt with extreme satisfaction that its proposal of nominating 12 additional assistant chapliiiia for the duty of the camp and hospitals in the East has been approved by Lord Panmtue. I;CWev'S I " I have now to request you to inform his lordship that the society will proceed to make the necessary recommen dations, as promptly as a due regard to the caution re quired in ascertaining the qualifications of candidates will permit. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " ERNEST HAWKINS. " B. Hawes, Esq." In reference to our notice of some experiments made on the 22d ult., at Shoeburyness, with a new cannon shot, the invention of Mr. Worssam, engineer, that gentleman requests us to explain that the charge used for the Government round shot of 91b., against which the new shot was tried, was 31b. of powder, while Mr. Worssam's, weighing 161 b. (nearly double the weight, but for the same bore), was tried with 21 and 20b. only. Mr. Worssam's shot, with the for mer of these charges, ranged 273, and with the latter 744 feet beyond that of the service. It is, therefore, a natural inference that if Mr. Worssam's shot were fired from a gun the weight of metal of which would allow of the full charge of powder, it would obtain a range of, at least, from 1,200 to 1,500 feet beyond the shot in pre sent use. The following gentlemen have been appointed acting assistant-surgeons on the hospital staff :—Mr. Henry J. Rose, Mr. W. J. Moffat, M.D., Mr. Wm. Skeen, Mr. A. Grant, Mr. W. K. Brock, Mr. Wm. Henry Harris, Mr. George Hayward, Mr. H. R. Dew, and Mr. Peter Allen, M.D. • Lieutenant-General Thomas, C. 8., has returned from leave of absence, and resumed the command of the troops serving in the Belfast district. The 96th Regiment, which has just returned to En , - land from the East Indies, after a lengthened tour of' l. fareign service, is under orders for Ireland % and will shortly be passed over from Liverpool to Templemore, where it will be stationed for the present. This regi ment proceeded to New South Wales, the first divi sion on the 24th of July, 1839, and the head-quarter division on the 25th of March, 1840 • and, after a tour of duty in that colony, embarked for the East Indies. The monthly return of deserters from the army, the navy, and the militia, made up at the Horse Guards and Admiralty on Saturday last, show a large increase in the number of defaulters, the total being 646. Of these, 280 are from the regular troops, and comprise 37 from cavalry regiments, 32 from the Royal Artillery, 4 from the Royal Sappers and Miners, 13 from the Household troops, 13 from the Rifle Brigade, 6 from the 60th Royal Rifle Regiment, 11 from the Royal Marines, and the remainder from infantry of the line. The list of deser ters, stragglers, and men discharged with disgrace from the navy is also large, there being 74 deserters, 15 aragglers, and one person discharged with disgrace from her Majesty's ship Colossus—there are 24 deserters, and from the Euryalus 18, From the various regiments of militia there are 275 deserters, 216 of whom belonged to the Ist Surrey Regiment. THE MILITIA. The men belonging to the West So mersetshire Militia, stationed in Plymouth Citadel, and those belonging to the South Devon Militia at Devonport, have availed themselves most extensively of Lord Panmure's act of grace which enables those enrolled prior to the 12th of May, 1854, to return to their homes. On the receipt of the authority to discharge, they numbered 600 ; at the present time the six companies can only produce, on parade, about 30 men each. The South D evon Militia, who have been carefully trained by Sir J. Y. Buller, numbered upwards of 600, and are now reduced to about 200. The Militia Artillery, 400, commanded by Major Buck, have lost about one-fourth. The Government establishments, which extend several miles along the shores of the Sound and Hareoaze, are left in a very unprotected state. "'The number of militia available for garrison guards does no:; exceed 100 ; re cruits en i idlers are employed, and every old man was raked up. Neither are the regular forces in great strength. Captain Middleton's company of Artillery, No. 6, of the 13th, consists of about 100 men, and No. 3 company, of the 6th, is of equal amount. The depot of the 31st Regiment, stationed in the Citadel, under Captain Law, counts 200, among whom there is a great preponderance of recruits. The Royal Marines at Stone house, under Colonel Commandant Coryton, mustered en Friday nearly 800. On Saturday 3 serjeants, 6 cor porals, and 50 rank and file, sailed in the steamer Avon to join the fleet at Portsmouth. This condition of affairs calls for immediate attention, for, in addition to the proper sentinels at the numerous military posts, the extensive Government works proceeding at the Keyham stoam yard and at Bull Point powder manufactory, re quire an efficient guard of soldiers. The following letter has been received from the Horse Guards, by Colonel Brockman, who commands the East Kent Militia, which will shortly embark for Malta : " The General Commanding-in-Chief has read with much pleasure Lieutenant-Colonel Pipon's report of the inspec tion he made of the East Kent Militia on Monday, the 19th of March, and I have the honour to request you will communicate to the regiment his lordship's entire satisfac tion at its discipline and efficiency, at the soldier-Hke man ner in which it has performed the responsible duties of the important garrison of Woolwich, and the general good conduct which has marked its residence there; these re sults are most creditable to the manner in which you have administered the command of your regiment, and the ai tention to their duties shown by both officers and 'lien-,, We are requested to state that the first Scotch regi ment of Militia which volunteered for foreign service was not the Renfrew, but the Dumfries, Roxburgh, and SvP-iirk Regiment, On Saturday last the latter reffi nie!.t entlithuastiellly responded to the appeal of its g.ilant colonel, end at present awaits with eager impa tience the answer to the formal offer of its services. The Duke of Lancaster's own Rifles have had the option of re-enlisting, and receiving the additional bJunty of 1/. On FrAay, the regiment, which is on g,..lrisoa duty at Gia.gow, were informed of the nature of their position, and the majority irnmedia'6ely re en listed. New volunteers alto continue to make their appearance, so that there is no danger cf this regiment hen.; weakened. The Girmarthenshire Rifles have now commenced their 56 days' drill, and are making progress in the va rious exercises. The body is still much below its com plement, but it is expected, now that the men are ac tually together, that volunteering will become more brisk. On Saturday a detachment of the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia, consisting of about 120 men, rank and file, and 22 officers, proceeded to the new battery at the north end of Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, and were paced on full garrison duty. During the past week a considerable portion of the men belenging to the North Durham Militia, on per manent duty in the city of Durham, having obtained in formation of the illegality of their being embodied long©r than a period of 56 days, have held several meetings, and on Monday there wag some insubordination, which was silenced by the colonel. But, unexpectedly, on Wednesday morning, it appearg, an order from the Home office to the commander reached Durham, ordering the immediate dismissal of all those who had enlisted prior to May, 1854. Accordingly, in the afternoon, the whole regiment mustered, and those that were not liable to be further detained, the greater portion of the regiment, were disbanded. The same feeling has been manifested at Barnard Castle among the men enlisted under the Militia Act of 1852. The Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, now between 600 and 700 stron?, were mustered in the Pavilion, Brighton, on - Wednesday last, in order that the colonel, the Duke of Richmond, might ask the consent of the men (enrolled under the act of 1852) to their permanent einhoditnent. The noble duke addressed them in such stirring language that, at the close of his address, the men responded to it by hearty cheers. The result was, that of the 400 men who might have claimed dismissal on Saturday as the term of their 56 days' service has expired, only 150 took that step, and the rest remain permanently embodied with their comrades who enlisted under the act of 1854. Even of those 150 it is douLt ful if all will carry out their intention. The 3d Royal Surrey Militia, Colonel-Commandant C. B. Challoner, are summoned to muster for training at the head-quarters of the regiment, Kingston-on- Thames, on Monday, the 23d of April. On Thursday the Suffolk Artillery, according to the instructions contained in the circular from the War office, were mustered at Ipswich, and the men were told that they could, if they pleased, re-enrol themselves, or return home, subject to being called out for 56 days in any year, according to the original stipulation. Out of the 140 but 30 will remain, and the whole of the corps at Landguard Fort, Harwich Redoubt, and those sta tioned at Hull Garrison will return to their homes. It has been decided by the authorities that the Militia Artillery in Ireland shall be placed wrier the direction of the Lieutenant-General and Board of Ordnance in the same manner as the regular Artillery. A Dublin paper is requested to contradict a previous statement to the effect that some of the men belonging to the 3d West York Militia had been demanding their discharge. There is no truth in the statement, [ ADVERTISEXENT.] THE WAE IN THE EAST. s.an 7.1. POWERF CI, PATENT RECONNOITRING G LASSES. _ Messrs, h e r ju a j e st. B , 16 , bßs S eo o r vy l o ao - 1 mons, opticians, 39, Alb emar l e - street, Piccadilly y opposite the York H o t e l. By Letters Patent for valuable a n d extraordinary improvementsin the most powerful and b r illi an t Telescopes, Camp, course, Opera, and Perspective Gl asses, t o k now the stances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra. ordinary powers that some 3z inches, with au extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's counter ance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a Person can be seen and known 1i miles distant; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, pevrerNewly-ets country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to race-. Camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, vyiththeir est transpar enabled to e from this incilt Power. The valuable advantage derived trusted Spectacle Lenses of the great pparetsieoin7dea anu v ca :t e i 4 on is, that vision becoming impaired is lug Power—and the mplo ' re ngthened, and very aged persons are to the danger Ons of sight at the most minute oceu y (these lenses of a much less maenify ofirt require the frequent changes ncss—New Discovery powerful assistance. Deaf nary powerful, small, newiy.h w rg en a ta Vibrator, an extraordi entirely different from all others --- t c lUistrunaent for deafness, tan be, produced. kind that bas been, or probabl y ?'`lPass anything of the Beine• of the same colour as the skinycli enables deaf persons to hear distinctly not 39, Alba perceptible ; it char and at sm a : a ging noises public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation the assist in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords ante that possibly could be desired. Ina rae t i a ...,.. Pi cca dilly. oblitive —opposite the York H otel eet -- - . _ u.iv 4lr SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: LINCOLN SPRING MEETING, TO-31ORROW AND WEDNESDAY. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. • FIRST DAY. The Consolation Scramble, of 3 sovs each, with 30 added, for all ages. Straight run-in, nearly half a mile. Closes this day. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 23 added, for three-yr-olds, and upwards. Optional selling weights, &a. One mile. Closes this day. The Grand Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, if declared, with 50 added ; the second horse to save his stake. A winner of 100 sovs after the weights were published to carry 71b ; twice, or 300 sovs clear, 10ib extra. Four miles. Twelve subs. Age st lb Age et lb Oscar a 10 7 ; Nicholas a 9 7 Janus a 10 0 Shiurone.. a 9 3 Garland a 9 12 Enchantress a 9 0 Diana a 9 12 Star of England..... a 9 0 Golden Hue 6 9 10 Andy Sheldon a 9 0 Belshazzar a 9 7 Massa Mungo a 8 12 The Two-yr.-old Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; colts, Bst' 10Ib ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to he sold for 100 sors ; if entered to be sold for 751., to be allowed 41b ; fur 501., 81b. ; for 401., 141 b. Straight run-in, nearly half-a-mile. Closes this day. SECOND DAY. The Lincoln Spring Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. The winner of any handicap after the weights were pub lished to carry 51b; twice, or a handicap amounting to 100 sovs, 71b extra ; second to save his stake. One mile. Eleven subs. Age st lO Pyrois Firebrand Saucebox Noddy Nell Gwynne 3 5 7 Age et lb Kiteflyer 6 8 8 Horatio Helmet Master Slender Miss Allen Uncle 5 7 3 TheHandicapHurdle-race of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Eleven subs. Age at lb Age at lb Tech.lesley Black Swan 5 9 12 Star of England a 9 5 May-day a 9 12 General Evans (late Garland Staiuforth Emigrant (h b) The Selling Steeplechase Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. The winner to be sold for 1001. About three miles. Closes the evening before running. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; for three-yr 7 -olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile. Closes the evening before run ning. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25 added. Three quarters of a mile. Closes the evening before running. NEWTON SPRING MEETING.—APRIL 9 AND 10. Weights for the Trial Stakes. One mile and a quarter. Age st lb Age st lb Lancashire Lass... 5 8 7 Singapore Young Hack 6 7 12. Vivid 5 7 10 ! Go-away Dear Me Torn Perkins 4 7 9 Mystic Cardsharper Medal 4 7 3 Noddy Effie Deans SECOND DAY. Weights for the South Lancashire Tradesmen's Plate. One mile and a half. Age at lb Alonzo Kiteflyer Horatio Tom Blarney (h b) Weights for the Manor Age st lb Michaelmas Maid 5 8 le Hya2inth Horatio Blossom 4 8 0 Dear•me 5 7 12 Syren ...... . Blarney (h b) a 7 12 Medal 4 7 8 Cardsharper Rome• Weights for the Great Nort About four miles. Forfeit: next, April 3. Age st lb Singapore Mast,r Slender 6 6 10 New 3 5 10 Venison Noddy r Plate. Half a mile. Age st lb Effie Deans The Cripple .. Wild Deer 5 7 0 Cimicina Mountain Maid 4 6 12 Mystic Stork Van Dunck Bacchus 2 5 0 th of England Steeplechase. :a to be declared on Tuesday Age st lb Peter Trout a 10 9 \Varner a 10 7 Star of England a 9 5 Odiham (h . b) a 9 4 Sailor 6 9 3 Age st lb Jemmy the Blink 6 9 3 Dangerous a 9 3 Golden Hue Leda Gradeley Lass Thrush centing be under lOst 121 b, ;ht, and the others remaining If the highest weight acc it will be raised to that weigl in proportion. ARRIVALS AT LINCOLN, Janus, Kennpide Hero, and Saucebox. MALToN.—NeII Gwynne and Queen of England leave here this morning fa. Lincoln. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE POLICE FOR TO WINS. The following circular has been received from the Home-office by the mayors of the principal north country towns : " Whitehall, March 28, 1855. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey, to inform you that his attention has been called to the inadequacy of the police forces in many of the large and populous towns in the kingdom. "The consequence of this is, that while inefficient provision is male to check the commission of ordinary crime, the civil force is nearly powerless in the event of any disturbance of the public peace. It is of great importance that there should be a sufficient police force in all large towns, not only for the protection of life and property under ordinary circumstances, but also with the assistance of special constables, for the repression of any sudden disturbance of the peace, without requiring, as has been too often the case, the aid of a military force, to which recourse never should be bad unless when the civil power a!one, duly organised for the purpose, is unable to maintain the public peace. A. military force should not be relied on as a substitute for the police, but when called for by the magistrates in cases of serious consequences, it should act only in sup port of the civil power. "Her Majesty's Government feel it necessary to dis. continue, as far as possible, the practice of posting smal detachments of troops in various parts of the country, and their withdrawal renders it the more important that an efficient police force should be maintained. "Sir George Grey requests that you will take an early opportunity of calling the attention of the council to the subject, and that you will urge upon them the necessity of taking prompt measures to place the police force of the borough upon a satisfactory footing. Sir George Grey is confident that the council will be fully alive to the importance of the subject, and that it will receive their early and careful attention. "I am, sir, your obedient humble servant, " W. COWPER." CADETS FOR THE Row NATI/ FROM THE COLONIES. —Despatches were laid before the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia en the 26th ult., from which it appeared that her Majesty had been pleased to confer upon Canada the privilege of nominating two young men, and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia one each, as cadets in the Royal Navy ; and that Master Sydenbam Howe, son of the Hon. Joseph Howe, had been appointed on behalf of Nova Scotia. HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.—We are furnished by a gentle man from Lafayette, Indiana, with the details of a rumour current in that city on Thursday which fills the mind with horror in view of the sufferings of the persons to whom it refers. On the Saturday preceding the me morable storm of the 21st of January two families, numbering 10 persons, moving from Southern Indiana to Northern arrived at Oxford, the county seat of Benton county, Indiana, about 40 miles north-west of Lafayette, with two ox teams, and well provided with necessaries for the road. They remained there through the storm, and on Monday morning resumed their jour ney. Last Tuesday morning a man passing over a prairie only about five miles from Oxford came upon a sight which filled him with horror. The carcases of two oxen, from which the viscera had been re moved, lay upon the ground. Inside of one of them were the frozen bodies of four children, and in the other the frozen corpse of the mother, with a nursing infant at her breast. Under the snow was a heap of ogles, in which the iron of the wag gun showed that the party had broken them up, and burned everything they had in them, in the effort to save their lives. Not far from this spot was found the body of the other woman of the party, partly concealed in a snowdrift, and near her one of the men. The two other men had not been found. It is probable that the party became inextricably involved in the snowdrifts on the bleak prairie, and lost their presence of mind. After burning up their waggons, it would seem that the men had killed two of the oxen for a shelter to those found in them, and then, accompanied by one woman, vainly en deavoured to reach the town they had left, and procure aid to rescue their companions. The two other oxen had wandered off. There was nothing about the per sons to indicate who they were, and nothing more is known about them than was accidentally communicated by them during their brief stay at Oxford.—Chicago Press, Feb. 21. LOVE CHARNI.—At the police-court, Hull, on Wednes day, a young woman named Hannnh Banks affiliated a child upon a young man named Jonathan Watkins, and several of the circumstances of the ca se p rovo k e d con siderable laugther. It appears that both defendant and complainant were servants to Mrs. Lorrimer, a farmer residing at Sunk Island, and that on one occasion the latter procured a toad, hail it roasted, pounded into a powder, and intended to mix it up with defendant's food for the purpose of making him "love her." The toad was roasted alive before the fire by one of the witnesses, a young girl named Martha Stark, and the defendant's sister was likewise aware of the circumstance. Defen dant got to bear of that and other plans to entrap his affections, and fearing that they should be carried out, he removed from the house, though he cnntinued to visit the complainant. Stark and the complainant were severely reprimanded by Mr. Travis for roasting the toad alive, which he considered & very brutal act:— Yorkehire RUSSIAN EXCUSE FOR CRUELTY TO THE WOUNDED. The following despatch, addressed to the Danish Minister in St. Petersbilrff, to whom the protection of British interests in Russia has been confided, will be read with surprise and indignation in Eng land. It is dated St. Petersburg, 21st Feb., and has reference to the documents handed to the Rus sian Government by the Danish Minister, contain ing the depositions taken at a species of.court mar tial before Sebastopol with regard to the crueltif's practised by Russian soldiers on their wounded prisoners : _ "Monsieur le Baron,—Previous to the receipt of the letter, with which you honoured me on the 4th instant, Prince Menschikoff had made the Imperial Cabinet aware of the steps taken by Lord Raglan and General Canrobert after the battle of Inkerman. " In reply to that communication, the Commander-in- Chief, Prince Menschikoff, had declared that an un armed enemy is and always will be under the prAection of the Russian flag. "This principle reqnires neither comment nor con firmation. Whilst referring to it, M. lu Baron, I feel called upon to remark, that if soldiers of the enemy may unfortunately have on the field of battle become the sacrifice of isolated acts of cruelty, information that has subsequently riached us ha; brought to our know• ledge a grave circumstance, which it is of importance to record. " We have, in fact, learned, that on the day of Inker mann, English soldiers that were supposed wounded and disabled, raised themselves from the ground and fired upon our troops as they passed by them in their attack on the enemy. "Our soldiers, wounded by bullets coming from hands they believed disarmed, may have thus allowed them selves in the heat of action to be carried away by a bloody revenge. " Humanity blames this most undoubtedly ; but they are in some degree provoked to it by an enemy whom they certainly could not look on as unarmed, since he still continued to make a murderous use of his weapons. "The fortune of war is subjected to laws, which must be upheld. Among them is one that deserves to be men tioned here. That one—namely, that an enemy is not at liberty to make use of his weapons at the moment of laying them dow❑ for the purpose of killing those who are giving him quarter. It is with great regret that we have heard the instance of an English officer quoted, who, after having handed over his sword to a Russian sub-officer with one hand, shot him with a pistol, aimed quite close to him, with the other. . . . " Whilst acts of this nature serve to characterise the fury of the struggle, they at the same time suffice to ex plain the sad consequences which it Las brought in its train. "If you read through again, with attention, the mi nutes appended to your letter of the 4th inst., you will observe that, in the majority of the cases mentioned, the retaliation of the English soldiers was a bloody one. Far removed from all proneness to contention and revenge, we confine ourselves to drawing the conclusion that it would be desirable for both armies that a strict obser vance of the laws of humanity on the field of battle should be introduced. "Prince Menschikcff has on his part bastesed to fulfil the duties in this respect that the authority of his com mand, and the express will of the Emperor, impose upon him. " We reckon with eqnal confidence on the honourable sentiments of the commanders of the English army. " I do not hesitate, M. le Baron, to express to you this confidence, and return you herewith the documents which you had the goodness to communicate to me. I have not failed to bring them to the knowledge of Prince Menseliikoff, and to request him to take the evidence containeil therein into serious consider. ation, in order that he might contribute with all his power to confer on the present stru;:gle the cha racter of moderation, from which two nations that re spect themselves should never depart, even though in volved in a conflict, to which we should be happy to put an end, if conciliatory views on the part of the Go ♦ernment of her Britannic Majesty corresponded to our own. Accept, &c., NESSELRODE." AGAIN THE INCURABLES. Lord Palmerston at last has completed his Cabinet, and perfected his Ministerial corps. New writs have been again moved. Three Commoners—all, however, bearing the title of " honourables," that is, members of aristocratic families—are placed in important admini strative departments. Noble connexions and safe seats, as usual, govern the Premier in his selection of pub lic servants. When is this exclusive and destructive system to end ? Nepotism is an incurable disease of the aristocratic body politic. The corrupt pro motio❑ of nephews by the reigning Popes partly accele rated the Reformation. The French ewblessc were awfully punished for their greediness and their mono• poly of public offices, places, and virtual sinecures. The British Peerage ought to take warning. It is not half a century since it lost the power cf quar tering its male and female younger members on the pension lists. Sinecures, in which numbers of them ❑estled, have one after another ceased to disgrace our times. With the exception of a few old " lives," enjoy ing compensation and expiring life interest', we see the close of that provision for state paupers. But, wise in their generation, our nobles as they lose one indefensible means of provision for their poorer relatives at the cost of the public, usurp an unfair title to the work ing offices of our public adminietration. Nor are any places with tolerable salaries below their acceptance. We have Russells upper servants to the two Houses of Parlia ment, the Duke of Bedford enjoying a princely and accu mulating fortune ; the colonies afford an out loor relief ; and - our despicable continental diplomacy yields an other workhouse for poor and wild youths, of which the aristocracy now largely avails itself. In fact, no office is too low, no income too mean, when better provision cannot be managed. Not ten days age we commented on the income tax "special" in-pectorehip, bestowed on Mr. A'Court, and the passing over old pub lic servants, incomparably better entitled and qualified. We now come to the acts of the past week. It is far from our intention to be unjust or personal. Mr. Edward P. Bouverie is a man of merit, of industry, and some ofFcial experience. He was two years Under- Secretary of the Home-office, and since 1853 he has well discharged the duties of Chairman of the Commons' Committees. As a younger son of Lord Radnor, he is .a decided Liberal, and well instructed in the principles of political economy. But why remove him from his late equally welt-paid office in Parliament, and thus pace the administration of the Bard of Trade uucte:r the pre• sidency of two noble families wholly unconnected with trade and commerce ? The Honourable Henry Bouverie William Brand, made a Lord of the Treasury, is only objectionable as another instance of class patronage. Mr. Brand is an intelligent man, perhaps worthy of a better working office ; and Mr. Canning used to say, that the sole func ti fns of junior Lords of the Treasury were to make a house and vote with the minister. This may he called only a politic nomination—the borough of Lewis being a safe return. But then comes the third selection from the Suffolk family, the Honourable James Ken neth Howard. This gentleman who, we believe, was formerly precis -writer in the Foreign-office, and who represented the family borough of Malinesbury in the two preceding Parliaments, we have no wish to depre ciate. He is the fortunate successor of Mr. Kennedy, the ex-commissioner of the Woods and Forests. We do not dispute Mr. Howard's qualifications and agri cultural associations for his new office. We simply point to all these instances as a curious illustration of the now notorious prieciple in the disposal of patronage. All are "in the family way." Superior merits and more plebeian claims are sacrificed to the wants of our aristocratic governing class. Mr. Bou verie, we have already observed, has special merits of his own, and the public service will never suffer in his hands ; but whatever the qualifications of Mr. Howard for 1,5001. a-year for life in the Woods and Forests, would that honourable gentleman have been the succes sor of Mr. Kennedy unless he had been the scion of the House of Suffolk and the son-in-law of the Marquis of Lansdowne? The venerable statesman has certainly earned the grateful respect of his countrymen. But as his only daughter will possess on his decease a large and ample fortune, o as it worth while or creditable, to vest such an office inthe meanwhile, in his son-in-law, when the Hon. Charles Gore, married to the widow of the noble marquis's deceased son, Lord Kerry, holds the first c immissionership 'I Thus the two commis sioners of that department of the Woods and Forests will be virtually brothers-in-law l Lord Brougham has rather indigi antly commented on the Commissioners of Customs of Adam Smith, and the Excise appointment of Burns, as jobs which could nat happen again. We are more reconciled to such like past national gratitude than to the above modern distribution of places among our younger nobility. Can we wonder that a member of the House of Commons has given notice that he will ca'l the consideration of Parliament, after the recess, to this appointment for the co-administration of our Woods and Forests ? We last week indicated that the then va cant commissionership we.s likely to be bestowed on Mr. Henry Roberts, the ex-private secretary of the Duke of Newcastle, and late under-secretary of the War Depart ment. This gentleman is reported to have refused it, as less by 5001. a-year than his recent salary of 2,0001. If such be the fact, we think Mr. Robertshas disqualified him self for any further office, except a return to Jamaica. But it is rumoured that the Duke of Newcastle, before leaving office, left a " minute" guaranteeing to his pri vate secretary the right to a salary in some new office equal to the 2,0001. a year in the old one, should Mr. Roberts be displaced by Lord Panmure, or any second comer I. This singular and scandalous "minute," it is said, will be the subject of a motion for a return, after Easter, in the House of Commons. Verily a re-organ sation of the civil service is needed, but certainly all the "honourables" would successfully elude the ingenious tests proposed by Sir Staff or d 11. ✓ Northcote, Sir C. E. Trevelyan, and the Rev. B. Jowott. All the right hon ourables and honourables can spell and write ; and they profess their capacity and accomplisntnents for our most lucrative offices of public administration.—Dail;/ Ncw3. SOCIETY OF AETS.—The seventh exhibition of inven tions is now open at the society's house in the Adelphi, and will continue so during the present month. It con sists of a collection of articles recently invented, patented or registered, and comprises models of motive machines, building contrivances and materials, hardware, naval and military mechanisiP, philosophical instruments, ag ricultural implements and saddlery, and articles for per sonal and domestic use. The exhibithn displays a vast amount of ingenuity of contrivance and variety of in vention, and it is as interesting as it is instructive, It well repay visit. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 31. In a convocation holden this morning, being the last day of Lent Term, the new statute fixing the interval between the promulgation and proposal of a statute to congregation at three days, and the interval between the acceptance of a statute by congregation and the propo sal to convocation at one week, met with the unanimous approval of the house. In the same convocation the Rev. Edward G. Kelly, of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem. In a congregation holden immediately afterwards, the following degrees were conferred, viz. : BACHELOR OF DI 'UNITY AND DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, BY ACCUMULATION. Rev. Abraham Ker Thompson, Queen's College, head master of Dudley grammar school. BACHELOR OF DIVINITY. Rev. George Hunter Fell, fellow Magdalen College. MASTER OF ARTS. Rer. Edward Parry, Ealliol College. Rev. Nathan Jackson, Brasenose College. E.ltnund Waller, Brasenose College. Rev. J. Richard Armistead, student, Christ Church. James Madan Holt, Christ Church. ,Edward Heneage Paget, St. John's College. Rev. Edward F. Huet, Edmund BACITELOR OF ARTS. Dacre Cravan, St. John's College. INCORPORATION. Rev. Edward George Parker, A.M., incorporated from Trinity College, Dubiin, to Trinity College, Oxford. JESUS COLLEGII. This morning Mr. T. L. Lewis, commoner of this college, was elected a scholar on Mr. Gwynne's founda tion. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. The Rev. Charles William Moffat, M.A., Michel scholar, was on Thursday last elected a Michel fellow of this society. BALLIOL COLLEGE. Died March 10th, at Scutari, of fever, the Rev. Geo. Henry Proctor, M.A., of this college, officiating chap lain to the army in the Crimea, eldest aid only surviving son of the Rev. Dr. Proctor, rector of Hadley, Mid dlesex. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 31. PREVIOUS EXAMINATION. EXAMINERS. Henry Carr Archdale Taylor, M.A., Trinity College. Jos. Adderley Cbichele Helm, M.A., Jesus College. William Frederick Witts, M.A., King's College. Robert Edgar Hughes, M.A., Magdalene College. William Mandell Gunson, M.A., Cbrist Colleg i f. William Haig Brown, MA., Pembroke College. FIRST CLASS. Abram, Clare Addis, Trinity Anabery, John's Ark wright,Trinity Bagshaw,lE. S.,Jn. Barker, Trinity Barlow, John's Barnes, B. S., Joh. Baxter, Trinity Bayldon, Sidney Beedham, Caius Begbie, Peter's Bennett,W.M.,Jn., Bishop, H. H., Ch. Blackwell, Emm. Blick, John's Booker, Jesus Gill, A. D., Trinity Gill, E., Trinity Girdlestone, Chr. Girdestone, Em tn. Godfrey, Trinity Gorst, John's Gould, Caine Graham, C., Trin. Green, E. F.,Emm. Green, It. C., Trim. Guile, Emmanuel Hales, Trinity flanbury, D., Trin. Harkness, John's Harris, C. S.,Tr. H. Harris, Trinity Harvey,B W.,Joh Harvey,W.C.,Joh. Haycock, John's idensey, Chi ist's Hensley, Trinity Hill, E. A., Trin. Hill, Emmanuel Hill, J., John's Hitchcock, Trinity Holloway, Caine Holmes, Trinity Hopkins, Cath. Hornby, John Oliver, Trinity H. Ord, Caius Owen, Emmanuel Paine, John's • Parez, Pembroke Patch, John's Pearson, P.P.,Joh. Peatfield, Sidney Phelp, John's Phillips, Enam. Pilditch, Queens' Platt, F.T., Trin. Poole, Jesus Poole, Sidney Porcher, Emu,. Puller, C., Trin. Punnett, Clare Ransoms, Trin. Raven, Ewm. Roberts, C.M.,Joh Robet ts,N.H.,Joh Russell, Corpus Salvia, Ttin. H. Satterthwaite, Jes. Savage, Pemb. Seckor, Christ's Shackell, Pemb. Sharp, Cahn Shaw, Caius Shaw, John's Bouchir, John's Bransall, John's Braine, Christ's Brandreth, Trinity Bridge, Sidney Briggs, Trinity Brooks, Sidney Bros, John's Bryan's, Christ's Bury, Emmanuel Campbell, Trinity Carpenter, Sidney Cary, Trinity. Trinity Chapman Corpus Cheers, Trinity Christie, Cath. Cockrill, Sidney Colville, Christ's Conolly, Trinity Cousens, Christ's Cooksen,T. C.Caius Cordes, Caius Hudson, Peter's Hughes, Trinity Hunter, Queens' Hurst, Catherine's Hyde, Caine Shaw, Christ's Sbiploy, John's Shirley, King's Simpson, John's Skelton, Queen's Smith, H. Trin. Smith, L.:Tiin.H. Srsith,H.W., Joh. Snell, Trio. Snow, Trin. Snow, H. John's Somersett, Trin. South well, Tria. Spencer, Pemb. Sperling, Trin. Stain forth, Qn's. Stanham, John's Stock, John's Stone, Trin. In;ram, Jesus le;ers, Magdalen Ives, Catherine Jackson, Trinity Jackson, Corpus Jackson ,J. R.,Joh. Johnson, Trinity Johnson, Clare Johnson, C. A., Jo. Jones, W. P., Joh. Jones, D., Trinity Jones, H. R. M., 1 _ 'Trinity Couper, Trinity Davies, F., John's ' Davis Christ's Day, Corpus Delves-Broughton, Trinity H. Dixon, John's Donne, Trinity H. Doran, John's Dunn, Christ's Duren, John's Earle, King's Earle,. Queen's Earnsnaw, John's Earnshaw. Oath. Eaton, Trinity Egles, Emmanuel Ellison, Trinity Ew bank, Cis' o Fairbrass, Corpus Farmer, Emman. Fendall, Jesus Festing, John's Finch, Queen's Fisher, Christ's Fisher, John's Fitton, Emmanuel Fitzgerald, 1.A.,' Trinity Ford, John's Forster, J. J.,Jn.'s Foster, Christ's Fowler, Christ's Foyster, Trinity Fox, Jesus Fryer, Trinity Furniss, Trinity Gamble, Trinity Garrick, Gains Gedge, Caius Gedge, Trinity Gibson, Christ's Gilbert, Trinity Ashley, Cab's Bailey, Caius Baili,.Trin. , Band Job . Barnes, Mad. Bartlett, bin. Bevan, 'frin. Birch, Trin. Brnny es, Clare Budd, Caius Burrs:, Trin. Cartwright, Trin. Chemley, Ski. Chapman, Enun. Darby. Christ's Day, "Din. H. Dohree, Corpus Dennis, Trin. H. Rige, Christ's Evans, Pernb. Fisher, Trin. H. Forster, Caine Fothergill, Queens' Jones, 'VV. Trinity Kelly, Trin. Hall Kemp, Trin. Hall Kemptherne, Trin. Ker, John's Kindersley, Jesus Kirkpatrick, Trio. Knight, Catherine Lanches er, Clare Lee, T. W., Trin. Lee, Magdalene Lias, Emmanuel Ludlow, John's Lyon, Jesus MacLagan. Paces Manley, Clare Manson, Christ's Mant, John's Mariliier, King's Markham, Maga. Meek, Trinity Mellor, Trinity Mellor, Trin. H. Milner, Caius Monro, Caius Moorsom, Trinity Motile, C. W.,Corp. Motile, Queens' Murray, Trin. H. Naylor, Corpus Nell, Trinity H. Nellen, Corpus Neville, John's Norman, E , Trio. Norris, Emm. Nouns; John's THIRD CLASS. Gale, Trin. Gardner, Emm. Goldson, Caius Goode, Clare Gore, Jesus . Hamond, Trp. Hitlyard, Cams Holley, Christ's Ivo, Caius Jenkin, Joh. lioddle, Jesus Lathani, Emm. Lidgett, Trinity Mackenzie, Caius Mackenzie, Pet. Martin, Corpus Oldfield, Trinity Owen, 0. J., .Toh. Pantos, Caius Peeke, Christ's Penruddocke,Clare Polwhele, John's Stork, John's S. John, Trio. Summers, Trin. Swinford, Trio. Sykes, John's Taylor, Queens' Thelwall, Trin. Thompson, It., Tn. Townsend, Trio. Tracey, John's Trafford, Peter's Tretelett, King's Venn, Caius Vernon, Einm. Vincent, Trin. Waiford, King's Waller, Clare Walton, S.S., Joh. Walton, Pemb. Ward, 8 FL, Joh. Ward King's Wardivle, aath. Warlow, Queens' Washington,G.,Jh Watton, John's Wentworth, Job. Whelpton, John's Whitaker, Trin. Wigram, F.E., Tn. Wilkinson, Trin. Wilkinson, Quns'. Woodhouse, Trin. Wright, Trinity ?este, Queens' Ponton,Caius Renshaw, Trinity Richard, Queens' Rivers, Trinity Robinson,G.R.Jh. Rosenthal, Christ's Smith, Peter's Smith, A., Trinity Sowell, Caius Stevens, Emm. Sulivan, Trinity SwAllow, Clare Trow, Jesus Turner, Trinity Valentine, John's Ward, Christ's Williams Peter's Willis, R. F., Caius Wingfield, Trinity Wood, T. C., Joh. Wyatt, Trinity POLAND AND THE POLES. His Highness Prince Czartoryski has addressed the following letter to William Martin, Esq., Man chester, in reply to the address voted to him at a public meeting in that city : Paris, March 22, 1855. Sir,—l feel much honoured by the address voted on the sth inst., in a full and free assembly of the inhabi tants of one of the most important and populous , cities of Great Britain. The destiny and fall of Poland are indeed to be ascribed to a long neglect, by the Governments of Europe, of the great principles on which, as you justly observe, depend the welfare of all nations. England, by her position and her institutions, called upon to be the most vigilant guardian of those principles, deserves perhaps more blame for havin g forgotten them towards Poland at three success ive epochs. First, at the time of the partition treacherously repeated on that country, when she was on a prosperous way of reform, order, and progress ; then at the Congress of Vienna, when Great Britain, at the top of her glory and influence, had alone an impartial and decisive vote between the defenceless France and the three northern powers, accomplices of the common spoliation ; and lastly, in 1831, when Poland, unassisted by any one, in the narrow limits of a constitutional kingdom assigned to her by the Congress at Vienna, proved to be a match for Russia more effective in results than the united great Western Powers have tilt now been able to obtain. - The present momentous crisis af for.ls an opportunity of retrieving the errors of former, as you say, apathy or ignorance, as well of the foreign interests of the stste as of the general wants of Europe. It is not ardent patriotism, but calm and thorough conviction, which makes me affirm that if the powers of Europe do not now restore Poland to her national inde pendence, you may be sure that there will be in the world no secure peace, no free trade, no possibility to diminish the military forces of all countries, and to alle viate the heavy burden of taxes, anal of the expenditure of men and money, under which Russia herself is groan ing ; and all the blood shed, the money spent t , ll now, will have been lavished in vain, if the principal cause, which began to stimulate and now encourages the un satiable ambition of Russia, and which gii es her the means of executing her plans, is not changed id t) what it formerly was, a bulwark for Germany and Europe against her preponderance and encroachments. I consider as a happy omen for the future fate of my country that public opinion in Great. Britain avows its own past errors ; and spontaneously offering, as you are pleased to do, a manifestation of sympathy for the suf ferings of Poland, proclaims at the same time the desire to support her rights to a national restoration, not only as a question of justice, but also of urgent utility. W e accept those manifestations with grateful hearts, and can assure the sympathising people of Manchester that the sentiments embodied in their address will reach my countrymen, and will cheer them in their hopes so long deferred, and soften their pains so firmly endured. In their name, therefore, I beg you will transmit to your fellow citizens who tok a part in the meeting of the sth our deeply-felt gratitude for their good wished and generous feelings.--I have the honour to be, sir, your mob obedient servant, (Signed) A, Cmiinumu! SOUTHWARK.—IIIichaeI Taylor, an Irish labourer, residing in Surrey-buildings, florselydowo, was saw mooed before Mr. A'Beckett, for committing assails oil Bridget Donovan and Ellen Coglan, at a wake ; and the two latter were also charged with assaulting the first named defendant. The court was crowded with Irish, anti it was with some difficulty the officers could. keep order. Ellen Coghlan, a fat, ruddy-faced young woman, wearing a white, transparent bonnet, decorated with orange blossoms—a bonnet well-known on more heads than one in this court—said she was a single woman, and on Saturday night, the 24th ultimo, she went with Mrs. Donovan, a married woman, to wake poor Teddy Ryan, at No. 2, Surrey-buildings. They arrived there about eleven o'clock, when the company began to gather —as poor Teddy was much respected —and kept c in versing togethtr until near two o'clock on Sunday m, m ing, as peaceable as could be, when Mike Taylor came in and wanted to seat himselt alongside Mrs. Donovan, who felt highly indignant at his iwpertibence, and t him to go and sit with his equals. lie made no in,ro to do than strike her and tear her cap Witneis motioned to him tobe quiet, when he trod on her toes and struck her. A second row then eu.sued, when tables ant chairs were upset, the lights put out, and the corpse was rolled on the floor. Toe riot was so great that witness, Mrs. Donovan, and all the remainder were glad to make their escape; and that put an end to the wake. Mrs. Dmovan corroborated the testitnony of Miss Coghlan, and, on cross-examination by Mr. Charnock's clerk, said there were lots of gin and beer about, hut they never partook of a drop of either. Most likely some of them were drunk, but they did not seo them. Mike Taylor was drunk And unruly, and had no right there. Taylor, in his charge against Donovan and Coghlan, said they were all as drunk as beasts. There were more than a hundred at the wake, some in the kitchen, others in the bed-rooms and parlour. The beer and gin were ser v ed round in buckets and tea-pots, out of which they all helped themselves plentifully. fie did not assault any one, but both the ladies threatened to pitch into him outside, and he was going home they fell on him and knocked him about. Tne whole of them were drunk, but witness took very little. - Mr. A'Beckett said it was a very disgra,_reful affair on both sides. He should fine Taylor, for the assault in the house, 205., and the females 20s. each fir the assault outside the house, or 14 days' imprisonment. LAMBETH.—Mr. Charles Foulshana, proprietor of the Clayton Arms Tavern, in the Oval, Kennington, appeared before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to answer to a summons taken out against him under the Beer Bill, fur having his house opened on the "fast night " for the sale of beer, &c., after the hour of 10 o'clock, contrary to the provisions of that statute. Police-constable 38 L deposed that while going his rounds on the " fast night ' at a quarter to 11 o'clock, he saw the Clayton Arras Tavern open in the ordinary way, with the gaslight on, and in fact having all the appearance of an ordinary night of business, and he felt it to be his duty to report the circumstances to his supe rior officer. Mr. Foulsharc, in reply to the charge, assured the magistrate that the cause of the complaint arose from mere inadvertence, and a total forgetfulness on his part of the day, and the necessity of closing, as on Sunday, at ten o'clock. Had he thought, at the time, it was necessary to close, he should not have given the police the trouble of summoning him. Inspector Conlin, Vie officer in whoße name the sum mons had been taken out, admitted that the house of Mr. Foulsham was one of the most respectable in the district, and one that bad been carried on so regu!arly that the police had not the slightest cause to look after it. Mr. Norton—Then it is your opinion that its being open 'rose from inadvertence ? Inspector Coulin—l do, your worship. Mr. Norton —Then the summons is dismissed. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Friday, Mr: J. Anstruther presiding. The shareholders having, at the special meeting held on the Monday previous, negatived the proposals for arrangement of the differences between the E linburgh and Glasgow Company and this company, the directors had only a very short additional report to make. They believed that Mr. Miller, the arbiter, would have his audit of the accounts of the expenses of the line com pleted with all despatch, so as to ascertain the capital on which the lessees were required to pay a dividend ; and in the meantime the directors would make such arrange ments as they were able for the discharge of the more pressing claims against the company. The directors referred to the report of the traffic auditors as showing a progressive increase in the traffic of the line. The net balance for the half-year amounted to 9,01131. The CLIAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Sheriff ROBERTSON', and agreed to, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, MARCH 31. - ATTEMPT AT MURDER BY •A MOTHER. Mary Jennings, 29, was indicted for the attempted murder of her son, Robert Jennings, at Wiveliscombe, by throwing him into a cesspool. Mr. Prideaux conducted the prosecution ; the pri soner was undefended, The prisoner, who is a single woman, has three illegi timate cbilren, one of whom, an infant, she held in her arms at the bar. The one whose attempted murder was the subject of this trial, is a little boy, seven years of age, and it appears that in the opinion of the prisoner stood in the way of her being married to a young matt who sometimes kept her company. Site had frequently told some of the neighbours that she believed the young man would marry her were it not fir the boy, and said that she wished she might some day find the child dead. Shortly before the occurrence which gave rise to the present charge she also professed to have had horrible dreams, and said to the neighbours that she was sure "Bobby," meaning the little boy, would be drowned ; anti she believed it would be in thJ pit. The pit was a large cesspool in front of the privy, common to all the houses in the court where the plisoner lived ; but it is covered over with a large stone, which it would be int peesible for such a child to remove, and some of the wit nesses bad accordingly recommended her to calm her fears 'on that account. On the afternoon of the sth of October, however, the prisoner went to the houses of some of the neighbours iu a very excited state, and cried, " Oh, he's in the pit, he's in the pit:" They ran to the pit, which contained filth upwards of four feet 'Jeep, and there the hands of a chid were discernible strogg!hig above the soil, and the prisoner's child wa3 dragged out in a very exhausted state. When asked why she had not pulled hint out, the prisoner said she could not. It was clear, however, front the evidence of the witnesses that some time must have elapsed before she gave the alarm, as she had been to her father's cottage, where she did not mention anything about the child immediately before she came to them. The child was in court, but Mr. Justice Erle, after tt. kieg to him privately, inti mated that he did not consider it desirable to call him as a witness. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned judge, iu passing sentence, said he could net conceive a more atrocious crime than that of which the prisoner had been found guilty, violating, as she had, all the feelings of a mother, and planning the death of her own child, for some supposed advantage to herself. She was sentenced to be transported for the term of her natural life. POLICE INTKLLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—The Rev. Joseph Elliott, said to be a dissenting minister from Glasgow, was paced at the bar, charged with indecent exposure in the shop of Mrs. Crow, tobacconist, of Long-acre. The prisoner declined to put any questions to the wit nesses, whose evidence was direct, but sought to ex tenuate his offsnce by stating that he was occasionally unable to control himself, owing to an unaccountable state of excitement which came upon him. On the oc casion in question, too, he had been without food for a long time, and the little drink he had taken tended to aggravate his natural malady. The defendant then called Mr. Spalding, the wholesale stationer, of Drury-lane, to speak to his character, and said that a great many per sons of respectability could satisfy his worship on this point. Mr. Spalding stated that it was true he had known the prisoner for a very long time, and always beliesed him to be a person of most unexceptionable character. He was extremely well connected, and popular in his voca tion. He hat never any reason to suppose that the de fendant's mind was affected. Mr. Hall or lured him to enter into his own recog nisanees in 801. to be of good conduct for the future if Mr. Spalding would be also buund for him in the sum of 401. This was agreed to by Mr. Spalding, who underto k to communicate with the prisoners' friend, and keep him out of London. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at the offices, Coleman-street-buildings, Moor gate street, Mr. J. Clay in the chair. Mr. J. K. Arthur, the secretary, read the notice con vening the meeting. The report, an abstract of which appeared in The , 1 / 4 un of Saturday, was taken as re id. The CsAutmeN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the traffic had fallen off considerably, and that it did not exceed the receipts on the line for a simi lar period, when 20 miles less of railway were open. The profits only allowed of a dividend of 1 3 / 4 per cent. on the preference shares, and that could not be paid in cash. There were various causes which bad tended to produce that result. The severity of the season and the unfor tunate accident that happened on their railway bai bad a coiridtrable influence on their traffic. It had ak,o suffered free,: the gen( r.sl depression of trade in Irelawl. After some observations from Mr. Fritb, Mr. J. Hall, and Mr. M'Cormick, resolutions were passed adopting the report, and declaring a dividend on the 20,064 pre ference shares at the rate•of 1 3 / 4 per cent, per annum, payable at some future time. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con cluded the proceedings. EAST INDIA. HOUSE.—At an adjourned general court of the proprietors of East India stock, held on Friday, at the India-house, Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of taking a ballot on the pr,position that the important services performed by the Calcutta Steam Gummy should be compensated by the payment of the sum of 5,0001., the scrutineers reported that 107 votes had been recorded for the proposition, and 49 against it; majority in fay= of it Og _ ! COUNTRIE Fr° l7',•r w t hat Office, London. * pis, •B` Wil nna3eorriiccpa(tbbyytturi,t.iitpBacllis),:, every Fride. - y . (Liverpool• M arch 23 packet) •• • • flverpool merles (by U Staten packet) ••• • .• • • Southamfaoul ~ustralla (via South •• • • sopouvtehram-pto, ampton) .......... 54 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of 4006 ‘ .l Hope) •• •• ••N •••••••.... africa (West Coast) .. N il3d of the moat' • .Plymouth Mar Xtexandria.... • 24, & 30 0 1,, Dover ; tiexandria.... • •1 , ; 11 . 1, 0 0 t0 oh II 10, .• oily .......• -•- D0ver...... Daily ,!aharnas ........... 17th•of the moo; ,;, 6 Brazil Si 9th of the month.. S o n t h a mp lo , April 1 Buenos Ayres '9th oi the mouth.. 9offth Cape of Good Hope Vari. us ports,Uncort ai9 Cape of Good hope •;ape de Verde • 9th of the mord!. Southampton Ceylotf (see in ;la) Ceylon .„ Th •:;hannel • Sonthampft, .2hili. ............ •T, g' 7l'• Soutlfampt,t , 0 China 'Once a month.... ,Narcu • c O g o n n s s t t a a n fa t t l i n n o o p p l l c e L .. 7 4 1 h 3 54; ,' S p o o u r t e h r.. amp " to . , , vent. of Europe MSc 2 Twice daily .... Dover DWI Egypt (see India) France ........ M & t, Twice daily.-- Dover t4ibraltar Mi 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of n. Solithamptow i M s,.- Greece (see India) • 1 Greytown ........ M send & 17th of mon. So u th a mpt,,, , AP ri llamhurgh Tuesday & Fri lac Loudon ..... I flavannah 2nd of the merit, Southamptoff.AP ,il Holland 31 Daily D over ~.1/.1 . 1 1 Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. Southampto.. A prl India (vlahouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plym••uth •• India (via Marseilles)3l i9th&2sth.of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. • • dA ni Ireland N Twice itaily ...... Holyhead ..•IT -;relf 26 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Madeira 9th of the month !Sontliamptos 16 Madeira ....., N 23d of month .. .. :Liverpool ... AP r Malta (see India) • h 2 0 8, 18, &28 of mon.!Dover ' ro- Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the rconthl r 3 klexi.9 o •••• • . l ,AP nd of the -month. I Soathameta Naples .......„Nlsthisth2sthofraon.Dover •• • New Granada & 17th of month Sout h am ptoffi ll°ca ts! New Zeatand By private skip' ..'Various pot Papal States 'ail 15 th2sthanton.'Dover .. • • Peninsula .......... M ltlll7th27thofmoll.,SouthamPto i ' • , Peru .." • 27tb of mort.4::o,lti , ampto . Port Natal ..... ..... N. I' l , , vto ship... Various ports v"— Sicily ;, •*, ifoinfon,•Dover .• •• ' • Tuscany •• •• •• rIYI Venezuela .. t'4 17th ofaions.h-Southampton ;AP,: Van Diemen's Land (set I - A.nAralia) West Indies .......M e;f , .nont! , flouthaMP.,onl".l;_ll_,.<l 4 ,1 e; When any of these dates fall u a s,ntlay, the Intila " , spatche on the following dar w! Us the exception of th atche dDl Southampton), IMO. and the Malta, both of which will be de s P receding day. VIIIIMM.MINIIIIIIII2O h oriel CRUELTY TO A PONT.— At a petty session- y e n tel Kingsclere o Hants, on Friday, at which Mr. M. ' j ab' M.P., presided, Miss. Emilie Frances Gordon, the do rg a ter of Sir Orford Gordon, pleaded guilty to the ° 13 3 9 ,1 of of having ill-treated and tortured a pon y OR the 2 lt p February last. Although the defendant pleaded emot it was thought right, on the part of the prosecution , ;p . the circumstances of the case should be kuown• peered that on the day in question the defendan t, op, lived in the village of Baughurst, went in a pony - P l e,„,gr during a heavy fall of snow, front that place to -0-1,100. dere, On the return journey, as there was Nome : . h s culty in getting the animal on, she struck it '6.,the thick stick about the hcad and neck, and fore o u nn tli end of the stick up its nostrils and into its 1:0;',„1.04 with great violence. Subsequently the defendant.l ° lo l a knife into the pony's nostrils and mouth. wounds were found in several parts of the animal's and there was a deep stab on the back near the "of Even now, five weeks after the occurrence, the P present, d a miserable appearance. Miss Gordon, i!',„ tenuation of ,her conduct, said that the penY bejl 6 7o confiinaed " jib," she had been advised, in •rder t° - t it, either to apply a hot iron to the animals h° c :fr o io to cut it slightly near the flank and apply tetPt l ' p to ony t , lie an w d ou s t a id id s. tha S t he sh a e d intendednittedthatto hadsalipeo;y turps r . c i ; s tid e the next day. The defendant was ordered t° penalty of 51. an i 11. 9e. costs or be convicted 1 ° o sf fault for one month. She paid J.O/. °- the fine with a and received the change. B ? Id S. IF A RON. ; fi gtOP l On the 15th ult., a t C a i ro, th e w i fe of R. J • E'r Esq., 10th Royal Nussars. Ur a OAGGHTER. On the 27th ult., at Down Amney, Wilts, the I's° Maria Ponsonby. • MARRIED. On the 27th ult., ' a t th e p ar i s h c h urc h, Clifton, —OO t Colonel Sparks, H.M. 38th R eg t., t o Eli za M a ria, e daughter of the late Henry Lucas ; M.D of Brecon . l it On the 29th ult., at St. Jad,ess, Clerkenvvell, e ft, second son of Captain Rafter, late of the 95th Regi7.3 f 4 ' to• Mary CI istianna, third daughter o f th e l a t e Rich 3 Sturtevant, Esq. DIED, al i t On the 30th ult., at his to wn res id ence , Gustavus/ Viscount Boyne. On the 2Sth ult., at his residence, Piccadilly, Rich Baird, Esq. On the 30th ult., a t H as ti ngs, J o h n D u di n Brown, rov of Sydenham, Kent, aged :19. f S it On the 31st ult. a t 44 Eston-place, Eliza, widow' °„ier Robert Chest er , her M jsesty's Master of the Cerenv" aged 79. On the 23d ~ Wokingham, Berks, George 0 0 t h e at cue Burr, Esq , late Professor of Military Surveyi n g Roysl Military . Co , llege, Sandhurst, ag Jad es ed 69. v ie° On the 28th ult. at York, Major-General Edward O'Brien, aged 82. LONDON : Printed and Publishod by MURDO I "°`' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun , Woo," 14 Strand, in the Product of the Savoy, i 4 the oean'l gid.4.1.0 0 4.114244 6 Y, Aprip, 106, STATE OF TRADE. ( From the lifanellestlr Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, March 30.—We are closing the week with much complaining on the part of manufacturers , as to the very bad state of their trade. Priating clothe of most widths and kinds are extremely flat, stocks are increasing, and whatever is sold leaves a considerabl e loss ; only in certain light and narrow makes has there been a little increase of sales. Madapollarns, jacconets, T cloths, and 9.Bth skirtings are in about an equal'y satisfactory condition with printing cloths. Long cloths are duller than 'they were, and do not command the Earn° prices. The better domestics, though -steady in price, are inanimate. The yarn market is perfectly firm at Tuesday's prices. BRADFORD, March 29.--Wool-,-The business doing in 'combing wool is still ver; limited, and the supply 01 good bright-haired and Midle;,nd Counties very small, which checks the demand. Of light-haired wools, there is a better supply and less deffiand. LEICESTER, March 30.—The continued cold weather retards the spring demand ; and the want of American orders, which are usually given out at this period of the year, operate most prejudicial upon business. WOOLLEN I' HIDE. (Front the Leeds gereury of Saturday) - - - LEEDS, March 30.--Tner.:has been no alteration in the state of the woollen market this'week. Hunt)EnsriELD, March 27.- We have nothing to re port as favourablki of the market to-day. Neither in the cloth-haq, nor warehouses, nor wool shops was there anything doing corresponding with the season. ROCHDALE, March 26. -There was no change with respect to price, but the market appeared to A3sO ne more cheerful aspect than it had done for several weelv. Iie.LIFAx., March 24.—There is no material alteration since our last report of the piece. and yarn markets, though prices continue to shows reater firmness. u NTit Y ai i B 1 1 ,S. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET—MARCH 30. WHEAT. BARLEY 1 OATS. Bina First 76s Od 37s Gd 35s Oct 508 la Second 7ls ltd 1 35s 2d I 31s 9d 46s I AI - Third 6ss Od I 338 Od I 27s 9d 4 5 ' v :y Total quantity of wheat in market, 351 qrs., 350 so'' id ~ barley ' „ 375 qrs., 357' 0 ; a oats ,', 456 qrs., 424 so; bean, PP 106 qrs., 104 Ow PP AVERAGES PER Mtn:MAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 11 11 3-12ths I Barley, ...1/. 15 2 3-1 2 t hs ° Oats, ... le. 11 9 0-12ths I Beans, 2 /. 6 11 5420 PP PP DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—M.4.RM 29. Qrs. Best. Current. • 230 Wheat 81)8 Oats 7Bs Od ...... .. 00s Ocl ......... Igeili°ii 33s 4d Oos Od ... ...... 249 „, ‘ 406 Barley 36s 3d o os Gd ......... 3 1 $ ril 40 Peas & beans 50s Oil Oos Od ........ . 453 ABERDEEN—MANca 29. Potato oats 24s Od to 25s 01 Common oats 0 2s 6d to 238 (1 , 1 Bere 278 6d to 28s Od 1531135 f t Barley 27s Od to 27s 6d Wheat, red (spring)s3s Od to 60s CA 1 621bs •,, „ white 6os 01 to 68s Od Oatmeal 188 0/ to 188 3d . per boll. Flour... 53s Od to 54s Od per sack . . RETAIL PRICES. tO 16114 Flour Os Od to 3s Od Barley flourpl4lb Os ~ p d Oatmeal,lllb.Os Od to is lid „ dust, ........ Os to o o l p 1401 130 Beremeal Os Od to is 10d ib ... 14 8 61 ~ P er " ..... to 0 0 Peasemeal Os Od to 28 8d Sids, .... ..... Os 4-Ib. 10af...9d. I 2-lb. 10af...4i1. per bugle' Cheese, per imperial stone, 3s 6d. to 4s. _ PROVISION MARKET. OS 1 : 9 Beef, per lb .. ..... ...ild to 8d Butter, p lb. Os 1011 to iia Mutton, per lb. 6d to 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 1011 tO 8 ,1 Veal, per lb 7d. to Od Hens, p pair 38 6‘l to 4° (ca Pork, per lb ...... sd to 6d Chickens,do. `Ls 6,1 to ''s pa Salmon, per lb ......Os to Os Ducks, do. 0 8 0(1 to 0 1 0 ,1 Grouse, per brace. ...0 s t o O s D uc kli ngs , d o Os Od to Os pd Tallow, p stone, 11s to lls 6d. Turkeys, each4s Od to 5s pd Potatoes, per peck, 9d t o 10,1 Geese, do., 4s Od to 5 5 s o % Butter for exportation (przs en t cure ) p er c wt..o3 Od t° /la Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen ......... ............ Oa t° '' DUBLIN, MARCH 31. White wheat, 39s 0.1 to 42s Od , red ditto, 30 to 4-' barley, 13s 6,1 to 18s 9d ; oats, 13s Od to 14s 6d ; ral ) , C 6 1,1 i f' 27s Od to 2 8s 6(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 14s 6,1 to 16s ; u 3 „'' 64 flour, 22s 6d to 20 Od per cwt ; ludiau con]. 43s Oct to 4v per 1801bs. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the math; are bent from the general Po 7 the night—and M by the morning—despatch.)