The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-23 00:00:00

0-ourttilaition SUN. OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. The Earl of HAEDWICKE gave notice, that on Monday he would move for a return of the number o surgeons and assistant-surgeons on board h er Ma j est y 's navy ; also a return of the schoolmasters attached to the same. The noble earl also presented some petitions in favour of the abolition of church rates. The Duke of ARGYLL presented petitions from the Free Church of Aberdeenshire, and other bodies in Scotland, against any distillation from grain. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition for the total prohibition of the sale of spirits on the Lord's-day. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the Folke stone Water Bill, the Bedford Charity Estate Bill, and Price's Patent Cimpa.ny Bill, were severally read a ascond tim. The Earl e• of EGLINTON presented three petitions from different religious bodies in Perth against the cant to Maynooth. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented two peti tions, one from the Nonconformists of Samoutb,and the other from Bridgwater, in favour of the abolition of church rates. CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, this bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Bunaowls took the oaths and his seat for the minty of Cavan. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed —Great North of Scotland Railway, Swansea Vale Railway, Torquay Market and Slaughter.houses Bills. The Oldham Gas and Water Bill was ordered to be considered. The following bills were read a second time :—Leek Improvement, and Westminster Terminus (Clapham to Norwood). The second reading of the New River Company and Trustees of the River Lee Bill was postponed till the let of May. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. R. Currie from Northampton, in favour of abolishing all taxes on know ledge ; by Mr. C. Bruce (several petitions) from Scot land, against the Lord Advocate's Education Bill ; by Mr. Seholefield, from various newspaper proprietors, in Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, in favour of a halfpenny stamp on newspapers ; by Mr. Hadfield, from Cumberland, against Church Rates ' • by Col. Lindsay, from Wigan, praying for the repeal of the Beer Bill ; by Colonel Dunne, from Drogheda Union, praying that two unions may be incorporated in one ; by Mr. C. Berkeley, from the Cheltenham, Free Press, in favour of the halfpenny stamp on newspapers ; Mr. Bright, from several provincial newspaper proprie tors, against the law of copyright proposed by the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer ; also from the Norwich Mercury in favour of the halfpenny stamp ; by Mr. E. Ball, from places in Cambridgeshire, in favour of the abolition of chureh rates. HIBERNIAN MILITARY SCHOOL. Mr. BRADY asked the Secretary for War if the sum of 2451. in the army estimates of this year, apecifie 1 as the salary of the chaplain of the Hibernian Military School, was for a Protestant or Catholic chaplain, and what was the relative proportion between the children born of Catholic and Protestant parents who were edu cated at that establishment Mr. F. PEEL said the sum specified was for a Pro testant chaplain. The number of Roman Catholic boys in the school was 120, which was one-third of the whole number in the institution • and the interests of these boys were as carefully looked after as any of the °them CLOTHING OF THE GUARDS. Mr. Layard—Can your Grace infrrm me whether it was intended to confine the foreign legion to Germans The Duke of Newcastle—ln the first instance it was intended to confine it to Germans and to Swiss. Examination resumed—Great d ffieulties were placed in the way of obtaining a foreign legion and caused by the strong language used in Par:iament. I had had overtures from many distinguished foreigners who bad come over to this country for the purpose of assisting us in the formation of a foreign legion, but after being called " cut throats" and the like they were offended, and would have nothing more to do with the matter. In reply to Lord Seymour his Grace went on to state : I received a letter from the Ordnance department stating that my orders relative to the warm clothing had been executed. I thought the Ordnance ought to have a separate store department in order to relieve the Com missariat, which I thought was over burthened. By the Chairman—Means were taken to supply the army with fresh meat—but I believe the supply has been better dining the present year than it was before. Tenders were sent in for preserved meats, but the Go vernment were apprehensive in consequence of the tricks which had been played in such contracts, and none were obtained. I have personally a very high opiei.rn of preserved meats. Preserved vegetables were sent out, and were procured from France. I think it very possi ble that soine portion of the army might never have heard of them. With regard to fresh meat lam afraid that during the winter the troops only had it once or twice a week ; some portions might, and I fear probably, had none for a week at a time, but it is impassible that the general body of the army could have been without it for that period. So far as I was concerned I took the best steps in order that fresh meat should be supplied. Soon after the battle of Inkerman I took stepr to provide a supply of wooden huts for the use of the army in the winter. Wood for the purpose was sent from this country to Balaklava. 01 course wood procured at Constantinople, or near the spot, would have been cheaper, but it would not have been ro available. Planking was also for warded from Malta, but I suppose the want of huts in the camp arose from the simple fact of there being no road from the harbour to the camp. The Chairman—l suppose your grace, in common with others, heard of the state of the harbour at Balaklava. Duke of Newcastle—Yes ; and I at once applied to the Admiralty on the subject. I had no cr'ntrol over those persons who had the direction of the harbour, but I took means to remove the nuisances which existed on land. Examination continued—l have never been called upon officially to take any steps in reference to Admiral Buser ; but a large number of persons, who have either called upon me or written to me, have complained of his conduct. If any complaints had been made to me officially, I should undoubtedly have taken notice of them. I had nothing to do with the selection of medi cal officers ; the whole responsibility of that rested upon Dr. Andrew Smith, of the medical board. The Chairman--Did you receive any intimation, ex cept through the public newspapers and private chan nels, of the miserable condition of our soldiers in the hcspitals ? Duke of Newcastle—l did not. The Chairman —Did you receive no official report as to the state of the hospitals ? Duke of Newcastle—l did not, but so far as lay in my power I endeavoured to remedy this condition of things after what I read. In the case of the Kangaroo and the Dunbar, in relatio n t o w h ich I have seen my self accus e d in thei public prints, I did the best I could. In reference to the commission consisting of Mr. Maxwell and two medical gentlemen, appointed to in quire into the state of the military hospitals, his Grace said that Lord Raglan was aware of their appointment, and had offered to give them all the assistance in his power. He did not know that orders were given that no information should be given to the Commissioners. Mr. Layard—Dr. Andrew Smith bas said that he had se. many masters to please that he did not know to whom he was responsible. Does that agree with your impres sion as to what his duties were? Duke of Newcastle—lt was not a fair interpretation of his position. He was no doubt responsible to the Horse Guards, to the War-office, and to the Ordnance, but I told him that when he was in any difficulty to look entirely to me. Examination ccntinued.—The question of the green coffee was not brought under my consideration until after the complaints were remedied. lam not aware that green coffee is issued to this hour. When Mr. Smith complained of the absurd forms he had to go through I told him to disregard them. He led me to believe he followed my advice. Whenever there was any case of emergency I supplied it at once. The committee then adjourned until to-morrow. A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday con tains the official announcement of the investiture of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111., Emperor of the French, with the Ensigns of the Most. Noble Order of the Gar ter, the particulars of which we published on Thursday. Captain STUART asked the Under Secretary for War whether the last detachment of Guards, 1,000 strong, left London on the 12th April with the clothes of 1854, the new clothing due on the Ist April, 1855, not having been issued : Whether the allowance made to the men for wearing their own clothes will be borne by the contractors or by the Government, from the let of April to the date of issuing the new clothing of 1855. Whether any steps have been taken to pro vide the Guards with clothing syitable to the Crimean summer, the issue of white trousers having been lately discontinued ? Mr. F. PEEL replied that the question had been asked in ignorance of the regulations in force with respect to the Guards, which differed from those of re giment& of the line. In the latter case, as soon as a fresh issue of clothing was made the old ones were discontinued; but with the Guards the old ones were retained, so that when the issue of the Ist April was made they would only be used for parade and particular occasions, and the others would be retained. With regard to the latter part of the question, although white trousers had been discontinued, other garments of a light description had been selected and would shr•rtly be issued. DIRECTORSHIP OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord W. GRAHAM inquired of the First Lord of the Treasury whether Sir C. Eastlake had been ap pointed Director of tho National Gallery, and Wor. num Secretary, and whether Sir C. Eastlake was appoint ed for five years, or for life Lord PALMERSTON said no appointments of that kind had yet taken place, but the matters were under consideration. THE GUANO ISLAND OF AYES. Mr. HORSFALL asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether her Majesty's Government were aware of the fact of the Venezuelan Government, or persons in the name of that Government, having taken possession of the Island of Ayes, which was surveyed by the Bri tish Government in 1849 ;- and if so, whether it was in tended to take any measures for the recovery of the Island, and for the preservation to this country of the supply of guano, which is said to abound there ? Lord PALMERSTON, after going into a brief stlte xnent of the survey of the island, said that the question arose as to whether England had any right over the island by virtue of its being unoccupied. The law officers of the Crown had been consulted, and they had decided that England bad no right whatever over it ; but instructions had recently been forwarded to our consul to require from the Venezuelan Government that Great Britain should have the privilege of getting guano equally with any other country. THE SMYRNA. HOSPITAL. Mr. S. HERBERT asked the Under-Secretary for War, whether arrangements were in progress for the removal of the hospital from Smyrna to any other place when the summer set in ? Mr. F. PEEL said he did not think there was any necessity for the change. He had been informed that the number of patients had been reduced to 480, and that the medical staff was quite adequate to attend to double that number. Mr. LAYARD inquired whether the right hon. gen tleman had received any information to the effect that the fever had broken out in the whole of the lower wards of the Smyrna hospital Mr. F. PEEL said that by a letter he had received from Dr. Meyer, dated ith April, the general state of the hospital was improving daily, and that the fever was decreasing. THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. Mr. BRIGHT said h e w i s h e d t o as k the noble lord a, the head of the Government a q uestionof which he had not given notice, but th e subject th ofwhich was of great importance. He und ers t oo d that the noble lord the member for Lond on h a d left Vienna and he wished to know whether, therefor ne gotiations might be considered to b e at e, o" n d and if so whether the noble lord at the head oaftheenGo vernment could inform the house on what day the noble lord the member for London would make a specific s t a t em ent a 2 to the result of his mission, or some documentary information would be brought for ward showing precisely what was the difference be tween the terms offered by the Allies and those pro posed by Russia ; also what terms had been offered by the Russian Government, in order that the house and the country might clearlf understand on what ground the war would in future be conducted ? (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, the question hich has been asked by the hon. gentleman is of tod deep impor tance to be allowed to pass by without some explana tion. (Hear.) What may be the time at which the _"ernment may think fit to make a more detailed state- Vt on the subject I cannot of course now say ; but y in won known to the house that the Engli:h and re t ,,,t. 0- t erra :" k*overnments, in concert with Austria, have de viliellnerdelhat the proper development of the tbird point, to th, D Z: t r i ed the treaties of 1840 and 1841 with respect devel o e :utle s and the Bosphorus, that the proper • t a n:e of It t ui r iathat point should be that the predomi k,;*andTikat ,T, the,, Black Sea should henceforth was virttinTnoe, and principle laid down by Eng °l, Thured a ; a cre ia pted bnecl to by Austria, and it plenipotentia r t e t 'i w hen the ; Russian onferenee met, when the plenipotentiary. and Ru ss i a w : -- —natan t ) England, p ra - a ,' e e Present, ' l ‘ th r auce 2 Austria, Turk Turks proposed to the R usa f: a . tat . ri a , -aettaPiTenipotentiaries Turkey s causing the p rep , ar nipotenti i a a: a iian: navalt he y E f l o a Bla ck Sea to cease, that the :re c ent °of athilrYaulviltiB a lternati r v c e e t ' should be limited b that the Black Sea b y treaty, °r that all ships o f war 1 ;i: 1 1 be alts The Russian representative sh oul d be d I' lll , 4° ' an : eider this proposal. Those ho re uis tilre - „Z," e u d ra rr O cnn ,-,.- then another conference wag held '' 8 - ,E t ::.:,: p a t r t opo e seav : . lutely refused to accept either of the M il t d m - . ' "at b ‘ e ir a ci b a l; Thereupon the Conference adjournede noble lord the member for London and thneeFdie 1. 3 .c1 th e ter were, I believe, to take their departure fromrun" Vi en na in the course of the present day. I should add Russi a Vi--nft made no counter proposition. (Hear, hear.) at THE INCOME TAX. Mi t, -24ILLYARD gave notice that when the proper . trg izrived he should move as an amendment that - o "liiiia sth ' ''lncomes between 1001. and 1501. be re ergii nf - i ,.. ' , the . pound, so as to relieve the smaller 44 1 ite ''' ' 4l ' ' ; '' :.44- - '7 9 ?1 5 1.g /- ' .2' VC r-- ,_, , i 47ES AND _MEANS. .. ,:: _ ) _47 %ft Committee of Ways end Mom way 4 z......t .:4:,...,..,.„ ( ....„..... .__ II ii (4,_ if A 5 , ,4, 4 , jr: then brought up, and the resolutions having been put from the chair, Mr. GLADSTONE said the principle on which the loan of his right honourable friend had been ccn tractecl was fair and equable. He maintained that bad it been attempted to obtain th e money by means of terminable annuities, a number of disadvan tages would have ensued. At the same time, he ob served, he had strong objections to the means proposed for the repayment of the loan at the rate of a mil lion per annum immediately after the termination of the war. He contended that such a compu l sory o bligation was unjust . to succeedin g P ar li aments, whilst as a principle it was most unfair, as well as pre judicial to the public interest. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MACGREGOR rose and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] ARMY BEFORE-SEBASTOPOLCOM- MITTEE. (Continued from our first edition.) In reply to the chairman his Grace the Duke of New- castle stated that he had received a latter in reply from Lord Raglan, having reference to various matters, but he did not think it fair to his lordship to read extracts only from it. IL thought it proper to real the whole of it or none at all. After some discussion it was determined that the chair man should move for a copy to be furnished to the com mittee, by which course the ground of the objection would be removed. Ey Sir J. Pakington—ln my despatch of the 18th of April to Lord Raglan, I desired him to make secret in quiries with a view to ascertain the force of the Russian army in the Crimea, and the strength of the fortifications of Sebastopol, and all the necessary information of that kind. Sir J. Pakington—ls your Grace aware that an offer was made by Admiral Dundas, previously to the advance of the army from Varna, to Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe to send a confidential agent whom be named to obtain all the information ? The Duke of Newcastle—l certainly never heard of such an offer having been made until this moment. In deed I do not think it at all like'y that such an offer was made. Examination continued—The fact of the troops win tering in the Crimea was a matter of necessity, not of re solution. Immediately after the prorogation of Parlia ment, in August last, he ordered a large supply of warm clothing for the army. These orders were given to the ordnance, and no doubt they were executed. The warm clothing sent out in the Prince was part of that ordered in August. A large portion of these things would not have been required had the Government bad any assur ance that the troops would winter in comfortable bar racks. At that time it wAs not known where the troops would winter ; but as soon as it became obvious that the troops must winter in the Crimea, I gave instructions that additional supplies should be forwarded. The com missariat department was responsible to me, but was not under my control until the 22d December. There had been some difficulties in the way of obtaining reserves. I do not recollect that a Spanish colonel had offered the Government to provide 10,000 Spanish troops. Several offers of that kind had been made, but for various reasons they were not entertained. One of these reasons was that there was a strong feeling in the public mind against the enlistment of foreign troops. Several offers of Por tuguese and Spanish troops were made, which I do not recollect specially ; but it was considered by the Go vernment very desirable that neither should be employed. Whilst I was in office no offer of this kind was made by the Canadian Government ; but, I believe, some assis tance has been volunteered by Canada. By General Peel—The first 10,000 men sent out were only intended to be an advanced portion of the army— it was always contemplated to send out 25,000 men, or thereabouts. When it became known that Lord PAglan was in pressing want of reinforcements, it became neces sary to draw upon recruits, whom it would, under other circumstances, have been very advisable to retain at home for another year. By Mr. Layard— The bill brought before Parliament was the very first step taken with a view to the enlist ment of a foreign legion. The Government did not con sider it becoming to proceed in such a manner without the consent of Parliament. THE ART-UNION OF LONDON DISTRIBUTION.—The annual meeting for the distribution of the amount sub scribed for the purchase of works of art, will be held on Tuesday, the 24th, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, kindly granted by Mr. Buckstone for that purpose. Lord Monteagle will preside. The subscription is a large one.-7he Builder. It is suggested that the pictures in the approaching Royal Academy Exhibition might each bear on the frame the designation of the subject and the name of the painter. It would certainly be a vast relief to he spared the necessity of continual reference to the catalogue while looking at the pictures. SOLITH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—A meeting of the shareholdersorer in this company, under the Whaincliffe ocooonpanricee.s.teriba_ Saturday, heldj at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, on of th e pro Y, Mr. R. C it . sea Ch b a y w n n ew er in the cl,air. The consent nieut, !ietors was obtained to the bibs before parlia• stonercatanug powers to construct the Tipton and Dar °ltinztoenrdg:::": and . to , form connecting links with the and Wolverhampton, and other rail five per cent. Puting Mr. 17 1 07, 1 " , to be r a ' estimated cost of the two branches also taken to .k.f:tldera, leaving to them the Option of acce iitinal share], shares equally distributed Oilvanced. ' Powers are I li a o . u. the : pi t s a r°, the lessee, guarantees station itooOmmoiatinganY . in Wolverhampton 8 6 ,,„ w , it il the •Worcester, and the d , la m Dwuer:ereetiol.l of adequate On Tuesday last the Russian prisoners at Plymouth were permitted to proceed, with their guards and keepers, to the public cemetery, to chant over the dead according to annual custom on the 17th of April. On Wednesday and Thursday the Rey. F. D. Carlson, chaplain to the Swedish Embassy in London, performed religious ser vices in the Swedish language, and administered the Sacrament to the Finlanders. During the last three months the deaths among the prisoners (about 600) have amounted to seven, caused chiefly by disorders of a pul monary character. The Hawke, 60 guns, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. E. Ommanney, got up steam yesterday, and at 11.45 a.m. left Sheerness for Portsmouth, to complete her complement of seamen, and await her final orders for her departure to the Baltic. The Russell, 60 guns, screw line-of-battle' ship, Capt. F. Scott, is under orders (at present) to leave Sheerness to-day. The Dapper, gun-boat, Lieutenant H. J. Grant, has arrived at Sheerness, having had her compasses adjusted at Greenhithe, where she has taken in her ammunition, shell, &e. This vessel is attached (as tender) to the Colossus, 80 guns. The Glutton floating battery, arrived at Sheerness at 11 p.m. on Friday last, from Woolwich. She was as sisted by the steam-vessel Merry Monarch (recently bought into her Majesty's service) and the African steam tug vessel. She is fitted with four locomotive boilers, giving 150 nominal horse-power. Mr. Partridge, of the Woor,vich factory, attended her on her trial down from Woolwich. Her boilers were worked up to 60. b. on the equare inch, with 130 revolutions per minute, with the eng:nes arottled. An experiment was tried coming down Sea Reach by towing both the steam-vessels, when she made 1.6 knot. Her self-action was over three knots. It is intended to put in two more pro pellers, the tubes for which are already in place. This has been found necessary on account of the light draught of water, which only admits of a 6 feet screw in diameter. She has been put under the roasting sheers, and will be masted to-day, and will be immediately put into No. 1 dry dock. The Horatio (late 24 guns), now 2 monster guns, is being rapidly equipped by the artificers at,Sheerness. The minimum weight of her shot is to be 3cwt., the maximum lOcwt., elongated shot passing through a rifle cut barrel; the minimum change of powder is to be 301 b., the maximum unlimited, according to distance required. The Cornwall, 50 guns, has been taken into the basin at Sheerness. All her intemnal fitments are being taken down. She is lent to the Sardinian Telegraph Company, far the purpose of being converted into a screw steam vessel to convey the electric marine wires from Sardinia to Tripoli. The firm of Losh, Wilson, and Bell, whose works are at Walker, on the Tine, haYe received au order from the Turkish Government to manufacture 35,000 shells and some mortars of the largest calibre. Previously to being forwarded to Turkey the shells will base to pass an examination at Woolwich, where they will be filled with their combusible material, and made ready for use. The weight of each as manufactured is about 631 b., and the diameter 9 inches. The mortars will weigh 33cwt. each, and are bored for as 13-inch shell. The firm are manufacturing 500 shells a-day, and a large quantity awaits shipment. . _ Recruiting for the royal navy is going on briskly on the Tyne and Wear. A number of fine young fellows were sent off last week from the rendezvous at Shields. In addition to the reinforcements to embark from England, the following battalions and regiments will immediately proceed to the seat of war, viz. :—The 13th Light Infantry, 54th Foot, 6Gth ditto, and 92d ditto, from Gibraltar; 72d Light Infantry, from Malta; 21 Battalion First Royal Scot=, from the lonian Islands ; 31st Foot, from ditto ; 48th Foot, from ditto ; let Bat talion 71st Highland Light Infantry, from ditto ; and 82d from ditto. The above-mentioned regiments will each be augmented to 1,200 bayonets from their respec tive depot companies in Eng■land. M. Poujade, lately French Consul at Bucharest, re turned to France in the last packet from Constantinople, the Gauge. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Mr. W. H. Glover, temporary clerk in the Audit-office, has bee❑ appointed an assistant examiner. There is a vacancy of third-class clerk in the Ledger Bill Branch of the Admiralty, Somerset house, caused by the resignation of Mr. W. A. Wel-h. Mr. Urebone has been appointed foreman of the factory at Keyham Dockyard. Mr. W. F. Higgins, junior clerk in the Colonial-office, has been appointed private secretary to Mr. John Ball, the new Under-Secretary to the Colonies.—Civil Service Gazette. LIGHT AT A FlRE.—Having frequently attended fires, it has occurred to me that it would be a good contriv atce to have a branch from the gas main and a large burner fixed near each fire-plug ;so that wheneuer re quired, the gas could be instantly turned on, affording ample light for the fixing of the hose, &c. The jets of flame would distinctly mark the position of the plugs in action, and would tend to prevent loss of time and much blundering and confusion consequent upon working in the dark. The coat would be trifling.—Correspondent of the Builder. o a h fgi his again F s u u fie c i n e m : s s ih s n f i u er se t i s n mu fi c ae u cr r he i [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills f y n d n g f l o a l e r t b t b a sv , d os l t e ya g et . aerss ll w l h r ia . tth E a . a Idreadfulr Williams, ie ndo bad leg, which defied the efforts of several persons to cure it, notwithstanding various remedies were tried. He endured excruciating pain for several months ; and when paying him a visit, he recommended him to use Hollo way's ointment and pills, from the effects of which a change for the better was quickly produced, and ulti mately his leg was soundly cured. He now enjoys ex cellent health. Mr. Williams will satisfy any party of the truth of his statement.--Sold by all medicine ven dors, and at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. THE ILLUMINATIONS.—In a vast number of cases the devices in illumination exhibited on Ttmrsday evening, in honour of the Emperor Napoleon's visit to the City, were repeated on Friday night, and attracted a large concourse of persons. In addition to those mentioned yesterday, a very novel and tasteful decoration of the Egyptian Hall, in Piccadilly, was specially worthy of notice. The most curious effect was produced from almost innumerable paper lanterns, of every description each of colour, in of which a light was placed, and with these the entire front of the building was decorated. The Panopticon, in Leicester-square, was also illuminated,l coloured in a curious way, by jetrl of gas, enclosed in snail glass lamps, extending along the parapet and also round the dome at the top of the building. Me,-1.••• Folaert Cocks and Co music publishers to her Majesty, &c., exhibited a brilliant star, with V. R. in the centr e „ and a similar one with N, in the centre, all in. fat. - The Ministry has been utterly waetirg to its duty in this respect, but one thing is left to winch the English mind clings with instinctive fondness aed partiality. The prestige of the country, it is said, cannot be utterly lost, its honour cannot be utterly tarnished, while they remain under the safeguard of the house of Commons. How, then, does the House of Commons perform its duty and vindicate the trust which, when every thing else fails, the people are still determined to repose its it ? Let the disclosures of Friday night's debate answer the question. The House of Commons determined that there should be an inquiry into the management of the expedition to the Crimea, and in order to carry out that determination the House of Commons appointed a committee for the purpose. It was no ordinary duty that these gentlemen were called upon to discharge—they bad, and they have still, the very highest and most important functions to execute. They should possess experience in the trans action of business, great discretion, and unswerving im partiality ; they should have been the very best, the ablest, and fairest jury that could he chosen out of the House of Commons. The notion of packing such a tri bunal, of putting men in to vote one way or another, ought to have been discarded as entirely unworthy of the magnitude of the issue. If we shield, with the most jealous care, the appointment of a jury to decide on the cause of the death of a single fellow creature, was not the House of Commons bound to the most jealous and anxious solicitude in selecting those who were to pa-s their verdict upon the causes which led to the death of 15,000 of our noble troops, who perished of cold, of fa mine, of overwork, of exposure, of neglect, and of di sease ? How, then, did the House of Commons met:- tute the inquiry for the sake of which it had destroyed one Ministry, and is now tolerating another ? Much as schoolboys make a match at cricket, It was a matter of private arrangement, it appears, behind the Speaker's chair, between the Mover of the committee and the Go vernment. Each was to put in his own men, and the result was, therefore, to preponderate on the one side or the other, according as the nominees of each should ad here to the line of conduct on the faith of which they were introduced into the committee. So greatwas the confidence felt by Government in the gentlemen who were induced to act on its behalf as judges of its own proceedings, that it has since seen fit to select one of them to fill the very difficult and reasonable office of Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. This even the Government, with unaccountable candour, admit to be a disqualification, and the discussion on Friday night arose as to who was to be put into the vacaet place. Mr. Bentinck proposed Captain Scobell, not a member of his own party, but on the ground that no naval man had at present a seat in the committee, by which so many matters connected with the transport service had to be decided. But Government has made up its mind that the new member of the committee shall be Mr. De Vere, a gentle man who has only been for a few months a member of the House of Commone, who is not known to many of the members of the house by sight, who has as yet taken no public part in its proceedings, and on behalf of whom the only recommendation put forth is that he, like his predecessor, Mr. Ball, is a member for an Irish con tituency. This, then, would seem to be all that is wanting in order to give the last finish to the system of jobbery and favouritism under which we live, or rather under which the honour and reputation of the country in which we live seem destined to perish. We fit out an expedi tion —we job every appointment in that expedition, from the highest to the lowest, till it fails, with an amount of discredit and disaster which even that jobbery seems scarcely sufficient to account for. To expiate the feilure we discard a Ministry, and we job the new Ministry with an utter disregard of merit and a slavish de ference to the claims of clique and connexion at which even the trustiest followers of the Whig aristocracy are astonished and disgusted. We appoint a tribunal to in quire into these heavy delinquencies, and we job and pack that tribunal to such an extent that upon one of its members being called to serve the Government in office, instead of on the com mittee, they claim as a matter of right to appoint his successor, and that claim is conceded to them, not only as a matter of ri7ht, but as a matter of course. And our Government, having established its ri4,ht to choose one of its judges, exercises it without scruple in the selection of a gentleman on behalf of whom it can allege nothing but that he is an Irishman, and against whom there is at least this to be said, Oat he is un known to the country on behad of which he is to act, (Led to the house whose delegate he is to be. _ _ Wil nothing rouse Lord Palmerston to a sense of the real position of our affairs and the real feelings of the country with regard to thin► ? What shall we say — what can we do to convince hint that he is straining far beyond its powers of endurance a system which, eve❑ before be undertook to discredit by exaggerating it, had met with the unanimous reprobation of the country ? All men are anxious, at least for the moment, not disturb the action or discretion of the Government, and upon that anxiety a small fraction of our aristocracy has presumed to set utterly at defiance the most reasonable demands of public opinion. We beg Lord Palmerston to believe that the pe eof this country regard the ap pointment of a member of Mr. Roebuck's committee as a weighty and responsible trust, to be by no means complimente I away, or to he treated with the came splendid indifference as an ordinary piece of patronage. Mr. Du Vere ought not to be placed in this situation, unless no fitter man can be found to supply it, an idea which apparently never entered into the head of our Premier. Surely, if the vessel of the State is to be safely navigated through the storms that assail her, we must contrive to find some limit beyond which favou ritism and patronage shall not go. We may be content to pack our Generals and our Ministry ; let us at least make an effort to save from the same influence the tri bunal to whose judgment we refer them. THE NETV LOAN. (From Old Derbyshire Courier.) The defect which has ruu throughout the whole of the Government arrangements for the management of the war has been a very plain and intelligible one. They did not at first sit down and count the cost. Yet this is exactly what every man of the least pretension to pru dence or forethought habitually does. In common life the man who projects a new house, the merchant who contemplates a new enterprise, the railway contractor, before he sends in his estimate for the construction of a new line, enters into caleulation, frequently complicated and minute, of the probable expense. Lord Bacon in deed refers to a description of persons who build houses without counting the cost, and who, therefore, aro turned out of doors as soon as the bills for building the house come in ; these persons his lordship designates as fools. But even fools are made wise by experience ; and few people in England, except a Minister of State, or a very young lady recently married, order anything with• out asking " What will it cost V' When, however, we begin to mention such a thing as common prudence in connection with the conduct of the war, we are reminded by certain parties that war was a thing for which we were quite unprepared, and that it was impossible to foresee the turn which the circum stances of it would take. Not to insist upon the con siderable period of protocols—which might have been one of preparation—before the first blow was actually struck, we remind the "forcible feebles," who extenu ate the mis-management of the war, that time and ehance are not to be predicated of warfare alone, but of every other mortal state. And therefore it has occur-, red to merchants, shopkeepers, men of brick, ironstone, cotton, who have to do with masses of materials, and bodies of men, all more or less subject to "circumstances over which we have no control," to allow in all their calculations for the future a certain " margin" of means, as a votive offering to be laid on the altar of the blind goddess Fortune, the revolutions of whose wheel are so liable to disarrange mundane affairs. Of such considerations as these the philosophers of the late Administration appear to have been entirely inno cent. Their system was just what is commonly de scribed by the expression of " living from band to mouth." Like Mr. Micawaber in Dickens' story of " David Copperfield," who passed comfortably through life constantly expecting that "something would turn up to his advantage," the Aberdeen Ministry, while they hoped for the best, made no preparation whatever fur the worst. They fluttered through their little day of official existence t,s thoughtle-s as the insect of an hour ; but the dread realities of the Crimean expedition, far more disastrous and heartrending than those of Wal cheren, will confer on them an immortality of disgrace and contempt. Let not the nation think that, having got rid of the worst of the late Ministers, ;,we have escape from the effects of their maladministration of affairs. Take the loan as an example. Mr. Gladstone having a financial idea in his head, expanded it into a speech of some three hours' duration, the pith of which was that it was better to pay for the war expenditure out of the annual income of the country than to borrow , money. To this it was replied th a t it was j us t er th a t, as poster i ty wou ld share in the ad van t ages to b e o b ta i ne d , poster i ty should also bear a p or ti on, at l east, o f t h e expense. But from the beginning we pointed out the absolute impossibility of carrying on a war for any length of time with our present monetary system without a loan. Several of our con temporaries, and no one of them more decidedly and judiciously than the Sun, supported this view of the case. Mr. Gladstone knew better. LESS than twelve months ago he sneered at Pitt, and spoke great swelling words of his own superior financial sagacity. What is the issue? We are at last to have a loan of 1(1,000,000/. But •not such a loan as might readily have been con tracted a year ago. Then the country was full of hope mad eonadeiace. Ilan Lord Aberdeen wax supposed to THE SUN, LONDON I ,„ st IyIONDAY EVENING ) APRIL 23, 1855. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENOE. This evening mails for the naval forces and vessels em• ployed in the transport service in the Black Sea, the troops in Greece, Turkey, and the Crimea, and the sick and wounded and medical staff at the hospitals at Smyrna and Scutari, will be despatched via Marseilles. Letters, &c., must be prepaid. Sir John Liddell, M.D., C. 8., F.A.S., Medical In spector of Hospitals and Fleets, and at present in the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, is appointed to succeed Sir William Burnett, M.D., K.C.8., K.C.H., F.R S., as Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, in consequence of which Sir John Richardson, M.D., C. 8., Medical Inspector of the Royal Naval Hos pital at Haslar, has sent in his resignation, he being the senior medical officer of the service, and not liking to serve under a junior, Sir John Liddell standing two be low him on the list. A letter from the flack Sea Fleet, dated Balaklava, April 6, gives the following movements :—" In harbour —the Leander, 50 ; Diamond, 28 ; Wasp, 14 ; and Ca radoe, despatch boat. In addition to the Diamond, the Wasp has been ordered to prepare for the reception of wounded consequent on the bombardment and expected assault, and the transports St. Hilda, Orient, William Jackson, and Sir George Pollock are also being fitted with cots for a like purpose. The St. Jean d'Acre arrived off here on the morning of the 4th, and sailed five hours afterwards. She came for the purpose of embarking huts, which will be erected near the Lighthouse for the reception of some cases of smallpox which she has on board. Mr. Elliott, surgeon, attached to the Marine Brigade, is suspended from duty pending the decision of the Admiralty on an alleged charge of neglect of duty. Mr. Lapidge, of the Royal Albeit, is appointed clerk in charge of the Royal Albert, vice Arlidge, to be supernu merary paymaster of the Diamond for service, as secre tary to Captain Heath, principal agent for transports ; Dr. Hill to be assistant-surgeon of the Hannibal, vice Preston, to the Agamemnon. The Triton arm ed to day. The Principal Agent for Transports will hoist his pendant in her and live on board." Rear Admiral Baynes, third in command of the Baltic fleet, again struck his flag on board the Retribution, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, 'and went on leave for an other week on Friday evening. The Retribution will be ready for sea on Saturday next. The Cruiser, 14, screw sloop, Commander the Hon. G. S. Douglas, returned to Spithead from Dover Roads yesterday morning. The Great Tasmania, steam transport, taken up to convey troops to the Black Sea, is hourly expected at Portsmouth from Liverpool to embark 1,000 troops of the 7th, 23d, 88th, and 77th Regiments, and the Ist and 2d battalions of the Rifle Brigade. The Hecate, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Glynn, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Woolwich. The hired screw steam•transport Albatross, Captain Lyal, belonging to the Cork Steam-ship Company, from the Crimea, entered Plymouth Sound on Saturday, and landed there five invalid merchant seamen. She has been chiefly employed, during her 12 months' engage ment, in the conveyance of cattle to Varna and Bala k'ava, and has brought home some returned stores. The Cormorant, Captain Burns, belonging to the rave com pany, which left Malta 10 hours after the Albatross, with 80 pipes of lirnejuice on Goverumeut account, was off Plymouth on Saturday, bound up Channel. The schooner Walla, Captain Knowles, from London, is unloading pork arid beef at the Royal William Vic tualling-yard, Plymouth. The 'brigantine Mary, Captain James, from London, is discharging ruin and iron tanks ; and the schooner Alexandrina Victoria, from Ireland. is unloading beef and pork. The schooner Argo,l Captain Dicks, is loading 5,000 gallons of rum, and a quantity of salt beef, pork, and bread for Balaklava. The schooner Susan, of Cardigan, is to load provisions for Malta. The transport Moultan sailed on Friday with provisions for the Crimea. The transport Chalmer', No. 38, sai'ed from Ply mouth Sound on Saturday with a troop of Ilus, , :ars, who arrived the previous day Irom Exeter. The paddle-wheel steamer Sultan, Captain Gladstone, 72 hours from Shields, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday evenin g , bound to Constantinople. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, was towed from Plymouth Sound yesterday morning into Hamoaze. TIIE CONDUCT OF THE WAR,. (From the Times of this day.) The war continues, and is likely to continue. Our money and our blood are poured forth like water. We desire no peace but an honourable peace, and are willing *to endure all the sufferings, all the privations, and all the losses, that may be necessary to obtain•it. Whether with or without the assistance of those Powers to whom we have been taught to look for support, we hold that the country ought to be prepared to stand to those terms and to insist on those conditions which we required be fore we took up arms ; but we have a right to demand from our Government that our sacrifices and our devo tion shall he met by them in a corresponding spirit. We have a right to ask that our statesmen shall rise t's the height of the emergency, and shake off those miserable Practices which might be tolerated in the quiet times of peace, but whch become absolutely insupportable under the iron pressure of war. Of all the persons who have I been pointed out as guilty of the disa-ters which have befallen our army, who has been recalled, w hat effsrt has been made to replace their proved inefficiency, what exertion to supply their acknowledged negligence? They remain, to ruin a SE cund army as they have done a first., and to overwhelm the millions of this year in the same bottomless abyss as the millions c f last. he a statesman, and Mr. Gladstone a man of business. The people "know better" tow. Sir G. C. Lewis reaps the disadvantage of coining after a Chancellor of petty "sharpness," finesse, and chicanery. The French have got their loan of 20 millions under circumstances which do credit to the nation, and confer stability on the Go. vernment. We write before the event ; but it appears more than probable that there will be cansiderable diffi. culty in obtaining our loan, unless Government make great sacrifices. They have already greatly modified their plans, arid have placed themselves in the hands of Messrs. Rothschild. It remains to be seen what the City will do for them. It is, however, quite certain that the country will now borrow at a great disadvan tage, and that the loan, like everything connected with the war, comes too late. SPORTING NOTES. THE FIRST SPRING.-LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. The game which has been so long and perplexingly played with St. Hubert and Lord of the Isles, for the Two Thousand and Derby, will he soon brought to a conclusion. Its result is already somewhat significantly indicated, if there be any faith in the assurances and actions of St. Hubert's supporters. Still people mutter ominous sayings ahout e7ark horses, and despite the fact of Mr. Howard's believing that in St. Hubert he pos sesses a " rb.tt!ing animal," the investments in the turf market have been calculated to strengthen their sus picions, and to show that the ring entertain a contrary opinion. The demonstration which was made at Tattersall's on Thursday, however, produced a telling effect, for it was sustained with an evident earnestness which indicated that its origin was not derived from what, in the slang of the ring, is called " kid." The offer made by a noble lord to take 7,000 to 1,000 about him fur the Derby, and 700 to 400 for the Two Thousand, caused almost Ili much consternation and dismay among his opponents as the descent of a shell amidst a "quiet" bivouack-party before Sebastipol. Hostility against St. Hubert, indeed, was temporarily st eyed when the " stable commissioner" followed up his well-directed blow by taking 1,400 to 200 for the Derby, and expressing a desire to do business at the same odds to the amount of 500/. Despite the bolstering, bonnett 7 ng, and boastings of his party, and notwithstanding the incontestible merit which the horse displayed last year at Goodwood, I am disinclined to regard the Lord of the Isles with favour, and I am fully prepared to see him disgracefully beaten. This conviction is honest, and if I have made an error of judgment in forming it I will honestly acknowledge it, but I must first have ocular proof that my opinion is unsound. At York Lord of the Isles was backed, by his owner both for the Twn Thousand and Derby, with seemingly unshaken confidence, but the eager desire which existed to accommodate him to any amount was not a little significant. Indeed the question is naturally suggested "If either St. Hubert or Lord of the Isles win the double event, where are the backers of the suc cessful horse to get their money from ? " Curious anecdotes are told respecting the manage ment of both St. Hubert and Lord of the Isles, but I trust for the credit of certain personi they are only founded on idle gossip. • That there has been a row at Findon all people seem agreed, but I shall at present re main silent with regard to the alleged facts of the case. By the way, some sty fellows pretend to an exact know ledge of St. Hubert's trial, and state, with evident be lief in the goodness of the joke, that Mr. H. rode. St. Hubert, and Mr. G. Oulston, and that St. Hubert won " ever so far." Not satisfied with this, however, it is further asserted that a second trial took place, and that Mr. G. then rode St. Hubert, and Mr. P. Oulston, and that the "Saint" won by nearly double the distance he accomplished on the first occasion! Only two horses seem to be backed for the Two Thousand. Claret is, at the time I write, third favourite. Polydore, who has been betted against throughout the winter "as if he were dead," is now talked about most 'ominously, and the tone of the market in reference to him is decidedly unfavourable. He was, it is cur rently reported, tried on Saturday, and found wa.uting. Some persons even regard his starting as doubtful. Rumour states that the Cave Adullam will be brought out for this race. She is, lam informed, a fine mare, of much mark and likelihood. So far, however, as she is concerned, I belong to the " know-nothing" sect. Baron Rothschild's interest, too, will, it is reported, be repre sented by a dark horse named Hampden. The folio wing list comprises the most probable STARTERS FOR THE Iwo THOUSAND. Kettleby. Vandal. Pugnator. Claret. Paletut. Polydore. Kingstown. Hampden. St. Hubert. The Cave Adullani. Lord of the Isles. The three las-mentioned animals may, perhaps, be marked doubtful. The unequivocal manner in which I have expressed my opinion respecting St. Hubert and Lord of the Isles has, undoubtedly, indicated my " bias." A close race may be made between the Findon and Woodyate's stable, but I shad, nevertheless, back "Honest John" against " SseEt William," and shall go for the father without, I trust, faring worse, for deserting the son. In plain words, I am prepared to see ST. HUBERT THE WINNER, With either KINGSTOWN or PUGNATOR second. Habena is reported somewhat off. I am informed that she was not out yesterday morning. I shall not, therefore, be surprised to see Mosquito impart the sting of defeat to Clotilde's backers. Should Da Clare start for the Newmarket Stakes he may pull through. Ru mour says he is en route, and that "Grculus" will be left at home. The appearance of either of them, how ever, will depend much upon the state of the ground, which would be materially benefitted by a good shower of rain. Last night in the Subscription Room 10 to 1 was currently offered asst De Clare for the Derby. The minor races excite so little interest at present that I shall not unnecessarily occupy space by indulging in any flights of fancy respecting their probable result. A FRESH MAN. Newmarket, Monday Morning, 8 a.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE RSALL'S.—SATURDAY.. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4 agst St. Hubert (taken) 2to 1 agst Lord of the Isles 10 to 1 agst Claret ONE THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Clotilde (taken) 4to 1 agst Mosquito (5 to 1 taken) CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Neville (taken) 100 to 6 agst Mortimer (20 to 1 taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken) 20 to 1 agst Escape (taken). 20 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken) 25 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken) 300 to 10 agst Kidnapper (taken) 1000 to 30 asst Nabob (taken). 50 to # l. agst Little Davie (taken). THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Do Clare (8 to 1 taken) 7 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) • 9to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 12 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken) 13 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 16 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles. 1000 to 20 eget Coro3bus (take•). • OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Clotilde (taken) CITY BETTING.—SATURDAY (MID•DAY)♦ • THE TWO THOUSAND. Offers to bet 2 to 1 on two. CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Scythian (taken to 1001.) 20 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) 40 to 1 agst Escape (taken) DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken). Offers to bet even money that Rifleman beats De Clare. St. Hubert and the Derby.—On Friday the layer of the bet which was made about 3 weeks ago, of 3,500 to 500 against St. Hubert for the Derby, staked his money. According to the original agreement this money was not to be staked until tue Monday before the race, but the layer consented to the present arrange-, ment, on the understanting that he is to receive 5 per cent. interest on his money. Neville and his Chester Cup Weight.—Many bets having been made respecting the extra weight of Neville will have to carry for the Chester Cup, our reporter sent a telegraphic message to Mr. Tonharn, to solicit his opinion on the matter. The question put to him was as under :—" According to the conditions of the race, will Neville have to carry 101 b or 151 h extra for, the Chester Cup ?" The following is Mr: Topham's reply :—"Ne ville will carry 101 b extra for the Chester Cup. (Signed) E. W. TOPHAM." NEWMATtKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. PROGRAMME OF THE SPORT. The asterisks indicate the horses now at Newmarket. TUESDAY-THE TWO THOUSAND. Handicap Plate of 701., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Entrance, 3 sovs. A.F. To enter by 6 o'clock the evening before running, and the weights to be declared by 9. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, 84 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. The winner to be sold for 50 cove, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. To close and name by six o'clock the evening before running. Sweepstakes of 10 cove each ; for 3-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; four, 84 71b ; five and upwards, sat. Th e winner to be sold for 150 sov s , if d emanded, &c. T. Y.O. To clone and name by six o'clock the evening before running. - Heiadicap Sweepstakes of 10 Boys eaob, for 3- yr - ol de And upwards, eloee e nd nam e by six o:uluok The One Thousand Guinea Stakes, a subscrption of 100 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-old fillies, Bat 71b ; the owner of the second filly to receive back his stake.. D.M. 41 subs.—*Daffodil, *f by Irish Birdcatcher, Barbara, *Habena, Fayaway, Simony, Lady of Lyons, b fby Epirus—Wapiti, b f by Melbourne—Meanee, Almond, *Besika. Zelica, *b fby Pyrrhus the First— Miss Whip, *Negara, *Antoinette. *Doralice, Suppli ca..t, Chime, bf by owl—Young Defiance, Treachery, Trireme, armian, Ferrara, Paradigm, *Clove, Ma rionette, Instructress, Catastrophe, Bianca, *Firelight, Whir , *Katie Stewart, Plausible, The Mosquito, Clo tilde, Cypriana, Tne Cave Adullum, Contention, Ca puc:ne, Dame Partlett, Gretna (dead) (paid), *Miss Eva (paid). the ever,ivg before running, anti the weights to be de clart-d by nwe. _ Hatidica,p Sweepstakes of 10 sons each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. First hall of Ab. M.—To close and name by six o'clock the evening before running, and the weight to be declared by nine. Sweepstakes of 300 sons each, 100 ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 71b ; and fillies, Bst 2113. B.C. (6 subs.) Pelham, Apropos, Paxton, Boer, The Consul, Belgrade. The Two Thousand Guineas, a subscription of 100 sons each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7th ; fillies, Bst 41b. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. R.M. (47 subs.)—The Nailer, Sardonyx, Ket tleby, *Pugnator, Aurifer, Bonnie Morn, bro to Bribery, Aneurin, Talhaiarn, Lymington, The Russian, Paletot, The Professor, Dirk Hatteraick, Strood, *Hazel, Al mond, Noisy, Gerald, Prince of Wales, b fby Cowl— Cheshire Witch, Kingstown, b c by Venison—Royal Hart's dam, St. Hubert, Cecrops, the Sandboy, Arta xerxes, The Huntsman, Pommel, The Earl, Lord of the Isles, Vandal, Claret, *Polydore, Valentinian, *Uncle Tom, Hampden, Twilight, Priestcraft, Hollander, The Cave Adullam, Dr. Cooke, Westminster, bro to Little Harry, Conveyancer (paid), Cinnamon (paid), Nutjobber (dead), paid, The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 soya. each, for 3-yr•olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the produce of mares which never produced a winner. A.F. (5 sub.-.)— *Nutriment, ch f by Pyrrhus the First—Wiasma, Nut jobber (dead), Paradigm. WEDNESDAY.-THE WREN'S PLATE. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares ; 4-yr olds, Bst 9lb ; five, 9st 81b ; six and aged, 10st. RC. To enter by six o'clock the evening bef'we running. Plate of 501., far 3-yr-olds and upwards; op. ional sell ing weights. Entrance 3 sovs. D.M. To enter by 6 o'clock the evening before running. Handicap Plate of 50/ , for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Entrance 3 cove. Cesirewitch Course. To enter by 6 o'clock the evening before running, and the weights to be declared by 9. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, and only 5 ft. if declared by 10 o' c l oc k th e evening before running, to go to the owner of the second horse ; for 3.3 r olds and upwards. A.F. To close and name by 6 o'clock the evening before running, and the weights to be declared by 9. Three to remain in, or no race. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each ' • fur 3-yr-olds, 7-t ; and four, Bst 10Ib. The winner to be sold fur 100 sovs, if demanded, &c. D.M. To close and name by 6 o'clock the evening before running. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3- yr-olds. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demand ed, &c. First half of kb. M. To close and name by 6 o'clock the evening before running, cud the weights to be declared by 9. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b ; only one allowance. D.M. 4 :übs. Ferarta (3.1,), Harriet (31b), cc by Paragon—Sneer, (3ib) Blake (31b) (paid. Sweepstakes of 50 cove each for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; arid fillies, Bst 31b ; those got by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 3ib ; only one allowance. D.M. 3 subs. —C by Robert de G .li-- ham—Wilderness (31b), cPtignator (31b), *Spinner (31b). Sweepstakes of 50 cove each for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b. The winner of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes to carry lib extra. D.L.l‘ 6 subs—Gralculus Esuriene, *Tumbler, De Clare, Gerald, Nutjubber, (dead,) _ _ Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for three yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ' • and fillies, Bst 21b ; not engaged in the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes or One Thousand Guineas Stakes ; those by stallions or mit of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b ; only one allowance. A.F. (7 subs). *Triton, the Poor Player (41b), *Nu triment (4,b), *High Priest (41b), Blue Ptter (41b), Cin namon (paid), Nutjobbtr ,(4ib), deal (paid). THURSDAY-THE ONE THOUSAND. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies Bst 4lb ; the winner to be sold for 80 soya, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M.—To close and name at six o'clock the evening before running. - Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs t ach, and only 5 ft, if declared by ten o'clock the evening before ruining, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.O To close and name by six o'clock the evening before running, and the weights to be declared by nine. Three to remain in, or no race. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for 3-yr-olds ; colts 8-t 71b, and fillies Bst 41b ; the winner to be sold for 150 , nova if demanded, &c. T.Y.O To close and name by six o'clock the evening before running. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-old s ; co lt s B s t 61b, and fillies Bst 31b. T.Y.C. To close and name by six o'clock the evening before running. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b ; the winner of the Two Thou sand Guineas Stakes to carry 51b extra. D. M. (7 subs.) *Paros, Gracculns Esuriens, *Guitar, De Clare, Pommel, c by Orlando—Layla, 5 c by Irish Birdcatcher—Reci precity. _ _ _ _ FRIDAY- TME NEWMARKET STAKES. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 s)vs each, f.a. 3 anal 4yr olds. D. close and name by six o'ch,ck the evening before running, and the weights to be declared by nine. (5 subs, or no race.) Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for 3 yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst filh ; five, six, and aged, Oat. The winner to be sold for 100 sous, if d •m,n(l7Al, &c. D M.—To close and name by six o'clock the evening before running. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each ; f..r 2 yr-olds, at ; and three, Bst 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 3ib The winnerlo be sold for 50 sous, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. To close and. name by six o'clock the evenin g before running. TheNewinarket Stakes, a Subscription of 50 sous each, It ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, 84 7lb ; and fillies, Bst `4lb. The owner of the second horAe to receive back his stake. D.M., (20 subs.) Cavalier, ch cby Orlando— Muffatee, Vandenhoff, *Par ,s, *Spinner, Aurifer, De Ciar-, cby Tile Litiel—Snlitvots, Stroud, b c by Venison—Vexation, *Tynetnoutb, Vandal, *lcarus, Valentinian, *Polytkre, *Miss Faushawe, *Uncle Tom, *Cartes, Nutjobebr (dea , i) paid. Sweepstakes of 50 s'..ws each, f r 3-yr-olds ; fillies, Bst 7113; the winner of the One Thou: and Guinea Stakes to carry 7lb extra. R.M. subs.) fby Pyrrhus the First—Wiasma, Almond, *Sabena, Mariposa, Twitter, f by Orlando—Darkness (dead). THE Two THOUSAND AND ONE THOUSAND GUINEA DAYS.—In compliance with the generally expressed wish of the metropolitan titrfites, a special first-class train %l ill leave Bishopsgate Station for .Newmarket on Tuesday and Thursday next, at 8.55 a.m., and will return on each of those days one hour after the last race. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING. MAY 15TH. Acceptances for the Somersetshire Stakes Two miles and a distance. (83 subs., 55 of whom pay 5 sows each ft.) Age st lb Rataplan The Nabob 6 8 8 Little Harry 6 8 5 Defiance 5 8 3 The Reiner 5 8 2 Ty pie 5 7 13 Dalkeith a 7 9 Indian Warrior 6 7 Goorkah 5 7 3 Hercules(in. 7lb ex) 4 7 1 Pharsalus ..... 4 7 0 Pantomime St. Aniliew Newbold Age st lb Bracken 4 6 10 Kidnapper • 4 6 8 Humboldt Cock Pheasant Cleveland Kaffir 4 6 7 Mr. Sykes . The Spinner Whalebone 5 6 2 Mishap Crown Pigeon Lamb's-wool Helene Imogene 3 0 0 ASCOT Nominations for the Ascot and 5 only if declared, & Age Epaminondas Crown Pigeon 3 Blue Beard Fandango Hospodar Indian Warrior Cossey 3 COck of the North 3 Weathercock Si;tnaritan Shorebain Pal merston Typee Mishap 4 Neoptolemus Freddy 3 Cruiser 3 Andover Kingstown Ireland's Eye 5 Dr. O'Toole 4 Vandal. . Little Harry Cardig till hataplan , 5 11 , intly 3 Diana EA.TH. ;takes of 25 soya each, 15ft, Two miles and a half. Age Colt by the Libel—Split vote . Paiitomime . , 5 Quince 4 Kaffir I )oratice Cock Pheasant ... 5 u rigerford Lady Rachel Coup-d'Etat Donald.. Filly by Birdcatcher-- Barhara Katerf-lto Viatilda Sailor ralfourd Mnrsyas *Bracken , 4 Sauaebox 3 *Nabob 6 Jujube 4 Bridegroom 3 Jonathan Martin 4 Imogene F by Verailana—Jermala 3 Belton Waterfall Early Bird , 4 Naomi .. Red Lion Dame Judith Dr. Coke 3 Mortimer 5 Ivan 4 Royalist To p Saw er, . , Vandenhoff. 3 Siding Capt. Archdall, Mr. C. Liley, Mr. T. Rult, and Mr. Vyse are subscribers ' but did not name. Those marlio * having been entered without the knowleilge of their owners will be struck out by the time prescribed unless specially orlered to remain in, Nominations for the Gold Cup, About two miles and a haft'. Age. Nettle The Chicken, Fandaugo 3 Wild Huntsman ...... 4 Virago St. Hubert Age. Cruiser 3 Andover Rataplan Tumblev Flungerford °mites 5 swards have directed the be peiti to the owner of Croxton Park.—The stl Granby Handicap Stakes to Min Driggs, e()l77fT RY '.4la HADDINGTON CORN MARICBT--MB mos. wingATtomil - to. First 763 Od 383 Od 3 , 5 6 , 1 ; Second 723 10d j 34s 5d , 3 ,1 5 od 1 31 Third Total quantity of w6lll3esat Oil market, r 6; 411. ; zi , ' 165 7.1' 9 36 3 OS' SOP. f ~ barley ~ t, 3 A I :7 I E 2 RA I G O Es 3 4314''" 06° f f oats I 11 116 P.' /1 ~ bean , Arl o. Whoa Oats ' ••• it. 11 G 3-12 the I Beans, ..... 21. - P l2 E t it hs n i rP . l : ll :rl eA y L, 6 ;1 0 1 ...V 14 8 0. DALKEITH GRAIN MAU Qrs. Best. lr 0 Current. 60 191 Wheat 7s ..... 009 Od ...... II 50 Oat s 3 33 ......... 00s Ocl '"' ..... 11 316 Barley 373 ...... 005 005 LA: •61 Peas & beans 1.;0s 0.1 ....... vci ....... ' a b ABE.RDEEN—ArAIL 19 ' • 01 . 4 Potato oats 9. , ... Od to 25s 6t l }o i l Common oats 2-ts Od to 21s tiit • 0 Bore 30s Od to 31s Od I 531bs• B,rley ;Os Od to 313 Od j 0 Wheat, red (spring)s4s Oct to 61s Od t 62110 white 67s 0.1 to 695 Od ) ~.. bo ll, Oatmeal ISs :id to i9s Od P e u; olt, 1 Flour 5 . 2 s Od to 5.:s oci P Pi tt Oatmeal • RETAIL PRICES. 141 b 01 alrlA Flour dust , ....... 0 0 ~ r ib.... . . . , 0 0 Bereineal ls 7d to is Sil ~ 1 3 ` ) ..... .' • Peasemeal Os Od to 2s 8d Sias'.. ... •. ; id, . . , 1 i ib. is s Olioliitousislol,ll 13arley flow*, . osri 0! 4 lb. 10af...9d. I 2-11). loaf.. :1 to 40, A Cheese, per imperial stone, a 4 u" ' ~07 PROVISION MARICST. ~.. 00004194 Beef, per lb .. ..... ...6d to 9.1 Butter, pw o , 1 .0, 1 Mutton, per lb 6(1 to 8d Eggs, P LI; so, , i J ; 4 i Veal, per lb 7d to 9,1 Bens , PYT is wi o o l i Pork, per lb 5d to 6,1 Chickens,. 0.., 4 0 ,3 01 Salmon, per lb ......Os to Os Ducks , d ° ',l o oe 04 01 0 ( Grouse, per brace. ...Os to Os Ducklings, h i e 00, Tallow, p stone, lls tolls 6d Turkey sO Ol4 0 Oa o roi Potatoes per peck, 9d to 101 Geese , tew ß t- . 5i Egan, hrwloorleessale price,poltati I,e (p r ie t e lo ei z i e t a cu .. r . . e :> ) P e r ..... $ a t e 0 44 kIsT t 3 Ignitles that the mails are sent !roM0013.) the kiiwht—and II by the morning mAlb s. SEABURN, (IsT *Agitates that the mails are sent fantob,), . Pt -1 , the went-and M. by the morning-468P 0 , From P . Day writ: , eta • fo r .. ~ i , COTT N TRLta. !). in General Po - . 0 1,4.01 ~.1 LondoOfflc ,, , ......-75. 0 , r ----. --- [,ive+e - . iti America(byDrit.pack),! , "ell Fri " ) - ....4 . "tmericP ,by United Ste. iiVerr - , packet) ..........N .. •• • " Ad , .1 America (by U State: , POli t°l3 Pi packet) ...........N ,••••,.! te th o 9 Australia (via South- ... li*eu ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) f.: ******** )0 6 Ditto (via Cape or :.coed ..... • n ob , i Hope) ...... .. .. •• ' • et. . Pe i ,'• Africa (West Coast)... ,'ISd af e1 1 ,, € : T;„;,-; 11. 0 1:g;P1.,' 6 A.' ex andii a .... „ ... ~, i s, 9,14, a •''' ~,,,,, . soismlow' ?V knetandria.......... DI ; Ilh '''' Ifttb °I " . 0 - 1' Sit' ai. ...e, IWO Bahamas ...........Aill7th of the al n D oer *,,,,,,,i, off Belgium .............N I " ' 4 1 !) . •'• • • ' ",iii.. ,deb'' or' Brazil ..............1:1,9th of the rm. . s ,„01, Buenos Ayres ~ „ .., .., m ;9th of the raont"•• ste [Qo o (:ape of Good Hone .. Is . n utile itte° 4 Cape of Good II ope ..N , iio gt l j , cceaee)yp,leloodnne(Vrid.ns:.ll..a.?.........l,l, 9th or the Montt •,- c o, Channel Isles.. .... .. N Mon ~Wed.,&Frl4.. ;110° Chili ••• • • .... „ ~. ti, IA gr 171.1,1 f nter , t ~..,/ China ... . ,Chice a month .• •; yer,..toi,l ~.A 23 h ' 40 1 ' tili ', Constantinople .... ~. : 6 9.'" , - '''-'' b oa ° 0 1 : , - 12 r •*''' ri/ Constantinople l4th &. 20th of D oe 4 cont. of Europe M& N 'Twice daily •• •' ' , „ ,0f , Egypt (see India) . poitSe. A t Prance .... - .. M & N,Twice dailF .: 0 "; v ', way' Gibraltar .. .. .. .. .. ikt 14, 7. 17, 2 0 . 2 ' se. 04 0 ,: A Greece (see India) • I , son _.., „., Greytown ....., .... Ml2ud & 170 ogl: Doral7ori 0 Harr:burgh ..........N,Taesday SI taunt` WW I ', ~ ." y savannah .......... M ,2nd of the el.' • volv,.er, Holland ............. M 'Daily ,• • • • • •• • • ••• • t i,. [ 4OllO 0 ;10.4 0 Honduras .......... M 17th of the month. pylo r „.•:,; ~ A t i ti n d d i ia n (jri vi s a so m o a th rs am eli p ie t ; ) ) Alm 9,ttthhs,422soothootny-omiiotii: igorgvel;;;;;4r lonian Isles (see 11 - 13'1017, 17, Sl 21 °' , , a" , 5 t op o i ." Ireland . ......31 & N!Twicc c1ai13.,',i.01.•,;1• so ut t e ~i pi Lisbon ...... .. .... .. DI !7, 9 , "' St 1 m oth SeV er poo l ' id" gadeira ............M ;9th of the ~ .. • • ~ . , I A I wal Sl aia a l d it e aa ir ( a .s.e . a. .. i.;l.a. . i.;.;. ..... : : ;d o e: moose or ~ ,.i Mauritius (see India) , moat!' onto- ~ 1 I NI anritlus .........,N lath of the et ,. SO , ; . 0 ,1 I i Mexico ...„ .....„ „„m lint of the mot . ..Dow , Naples „ ..., .„ , „.....ti!bthlStll2ithoftanotl . so utb as p i .. . 1 New Granada ...... is 12c1 & 17 0 °f tn . ° .. Val l° , ~.*,,,t ei l New Ze11and........ • l ay priatsPg'o, Ill s aill'W i Igo Papal States N l ,tril't "cd woon• e' c ' u t tsleti Peninsula ......,,,,,rolithi 7 t la27o : :! moo•:son _ , I &28 Of 0100. n° dp,,r: Peru . * riip..iriveor...,. , p Tuscan .. al ...........N 183 1 0 v ate 6 mi 0 .11 ,; V ° f o ,t i;iit Sicily .. „, ...... „ ..isl.soil.,iii2afil,',,,,, poe, , ••• •••••••••••N ~i,[6l.i2Atbolwrivo, ~oso 1 / Venezuela ...........m 2d *1 ath °two tee Van Diemen's Land (se , go 11 0 ,,' ' . Australia) West Indies ........ II - 2dor i7th o raanttri>,,„, 0 / . • ------i-tgolokiil7po II " LIVES OF THE PRINCESSES (: te d bf lO4lO tractive work is at length e'reP e t bo O P ! the r , of the sixth volume, comprising, ,ho raist . ett a, , lire of the celebrated Queen oi ,. fjeor t fro' d r peg i 11 0 Marv, Princess of Orange, en - ? o ° ' 0' o dmft oh f eiu: ~ :ft,: found ; 1 . rit e t:u a o tin:, posses 0-she.seslraei lives I, . 1 . these mests obg er" II 0 ! i aatol has :so. .mates. charm : T f n e hw n i i i i i i s o : v : 1 jil we ~,t r i ; es : : 1 1 r F I, ci, ' . f c a l l i f t do ei ; ll , the sneeess that has attended Mil' , n f t0` t ,10, 4 1 and this, too, .is the sop - a . , a tion . 1 ori int Y ii 1 1 which the volumes of her si-ter o ut tle t il l ej,.; Green, who has undertaken to chre u ",., rec e , ;:pr . , the Princesses rf England," have be e 0 g OP r ol li , i , V public, the great body of her work be t o de 00 the most interesting private aril & P I cur e lii , 4 I ADVERTISEMENT.I-Many thouss et r o. 9 , ~, effected without. nierlicine. hv . f ) " 81` n s .. ? ) ,Iioi ' lenta kiablea Food, o .indigest;on(.l:"''r 0010 t i nervous, bilious, and liver eotopliiintsp, ff s el .. 4 quote a few :-Cure No. 52,61 2. or , Co_„ 1111 4 v h Countess of Castlestuart.-" Ite . ',S' re lowajtej o ) Ireland, ( Rh December, 18M. —r ue , rest ° s.' O Castlestuart feels induced, in the ini e ve ot P sill' inanity, to state, that Du Barry's 0 ,,/"' e ,,,licirirri i bite Food has cured her, after all " 9 0,0 of , f of indigestion, bile, great nerrouseVserfes 0010, many years' standing. Thi. ,, Food.Z.. e d ' ea , of all sufferers, and may be mast's ifittl„, Inquiries will be cheerfully answer the eofr 1 Of dyspepsia, from the Right 1 1°3 '40 b I,lif , Decies.-' • I have derived considern 00 DP1 i Barry's Revalenta Arahica Food , 1 '. 13 0 tills ,flti yourselves and the public to autho r ; 1410. _ 5 these lines.-Stuart de Decies." C u ,i 0 1 1 80 , 07 the Venemble Archdeacon of nos' neck arid' JO. sivo nervousness, with painsin reYnl.‘e fe11„,417,11 neral debility, which rendered In9, i y o oltbLp. a been radically removed by Du Barry s skibe" - #02,0 1 -Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Re es ' er vosf i e 5, ° 4,208.-" Eight years' dyspepsi a, u b 0 e, i with cramps, spasms and nt+ u , s r o iatis„„4 . o tually removed by Du Barry ' s e, e , odkg 4 j short tine.—Rev. John W. Flavq., 10 P 40 0 5 , 4 i Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.-" Fi' sett •iiolni agony from dyspepsi a, nervousness, O, e 5 pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness;orspr , mitings, have been removed by Du,.... 00 , 3; 0 1 l i —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, n e ' s 'i n die / le, No.. 3,906.-Thirteen years' cougbp D o , h ,,,g ii ral debility have been removed hY fel Food.-James Potter, Athol-strew 0,,,;. +a tars, suitably packed for all climateoo4l* tions .--11 b., 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d•; 51bo , i i super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; '2lb., 1 1 11 coo ij The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage '''`a n ' ON O ., a ri l office order. Barry du Barry a old ;'., 0 street, London; Fortnum. mason, 0 t 74 'P' her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; elsuctra ,-, ~ F ri - Gracechurcli-street ; '330 and 451, 4. , (~!. Oxford-street ; 55, Chariu; - e r°32 ; - ' • . • ' 54, Upper Baker-street.' i • 'Y B/ B SI g ' ll' 1, • • - OF A SOS* A js o6 I ': "l WIS' P. 1 On the 18th inst , the wife of a 13 0 ' I ington-road, Regent's-park. P ' op il On the 21st inst., the wife of 311. ' a eo _l4..arr ° f , Norw, pod. qter — 0 0 1: 0 1 , On the 19th inst., at. 79, Gl°c e. . s tero IP the wife of J. F. Leith, E4q., ba.ri:l_ wife On the 19th inst., at Glasgow, Wu , let' P P • , jun., Esq. Mai fir On the 20th inst., the wife of. of the Beds. Militia. ltoni) .ot On the 18th inst., or .;', EI D 8 3 0 (1° 1 1:11'g14.111°6 tlis ii f Stafford. ano na, 13'1 ,i Onon the ee 19th hh inst.,in at Stoke r- { tett • ill ..lblia.Bouwens. ' gi v" i v fr the wife of Wm. lru a i t tt SV , E iln scl b • ° * rFil :s () 4 ll.B°. On the 17th inst, at 12, Catudeil Bannister, Esq. ---' -- HARR Y On the 12th inst., at St. Pete?' Colonel Ponsonby Shaw, 1 3 „ o t e ; Maria Anne, only daughter 0 1 ""' Esq., barrister. at-law. On the 18th inst., at What fiell land, of Douro, Canada West , an( to Katharine, youngest daughter ham; tsq. ' of Aylsham. 1 o.n the 19th inst. at at St, DO, Lieut.-Colonel M o ntagu Watts. lery, second s on o f the late (7 ' Hawkesdale H a ll, Cumberlan d, youngest daughter of the late J' Civil Service. On the 21st inst., at R. P 1 Charles youngest son of Thomas House,East Ham, Essex, to J 81:1° E. Bromley, Esq., of Stratford-gre DIE D S e* . .or On the 20th inst. at St. Leonarti-fl Esq., aged 70. 914? On the 21st inst , N. B. — 121111 . e1' • . 7 c O r n t u t i : s t a i r l g e o e :l l d i 7 t 3 H h . in e best. Y il B r g . e J d n s6. b ° c -n ; 2 ;14 , 1:id -)1 0 :) On the Gth inst., at Bea amp.' tr • and, on the 16th inst., 3l3rgare t ' u On the 13th inst.,,the Rev. Thovo ofS, Barton, 'W es tm ore land, aged 3° ' r e arc 6 On the Bth inst., Mr. James 0 0 ijorr Slough, Bucks.• le, ad Oa the 18thult., at Constan tin lo the table transport, of fever, Thou! Esq''. officer, eldest son of Wm. Efollkill" ‘10" sur-Mer, aged 35. sd On the z9th ult., on bosrd t—sgt a b d ot. Scutari," Carrick Darby, CaPts' n Edmund Darby, Esq., late of Aston/ 0 14 00 .1 1 LONDON : Printed and Pabliellod $,O of No. 112, Strand, Printer , At 2',11,:61 Strand, in the Preeinet of the A l id 44 o o Xl 2l o4 l Ws AO 26, • n e Y o r i i•it• 00-54 ;100 0$ 170 D• r's C"' - lr g r o of tb SO' he late . Stleo ehL aitay do to ! l o f tb a b. A coo 00 1 ' 0 kr Abp r to o C i ro, Tow, ,scifebvz obDdy oo ll ' sbe 81 ki k 4 , 404 IN; 4 4 44, o tht 14° t ,1%.:. 44 4 414 ; 46„in -141) 0114 4431t1t tt l. h. t kii i thi ttP14,1,4 „a °