The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY. TUE 14TH DRAGOONS.—We published yesterday a letter from the Illofussilite, a Meerut cotemporary, de fending the conduct of the 14th Dragoons in the battle of Chillianwallah. The brigade positively assert they received the order, " Threes-about," when in line. Now, cavalry officers assert that such an order was most likely to cause confusion, particularly where so many as four regiments were advancing in line. It is asserted that the blame rests entirely on the officer commanding the cavalry of the "right," and that there was no reserve to fall back upon. Once (say they) order a regiment to retire in line, and you place the troop officers in rear, and cause the greatest disorder, particularly in broken orjungly ground. Had the Brigadier commanding re tired "by threes" from right of squadron, and formed Up in rear of his artillery, the latter might have been Used with effect, and, if necessary, the cavalry brought again to the front through the intervals by the same movement. We commend to our readers the plan of the action of Soodoowalla, published by Mr. Wyld: the troop s are shown both on the line of march and in action, and the manner they were handled does credit to th e distinguished officer who commanded. If Sir Joseph Tbaskwell had been in command of the cavalry of the right, instead of the artillery and cavalry on the extreme left, we venture to say we should have had to Congratulate the 14th on adding fresh laurels to those they s o gallantly won on various and far more trying occasions. The officers entreat a searching inquiry, and in justice it should be granted.--Chronicle. The under-mentioned ships have been taken up for the conveyance of the 75th Regiment to Calcutta, and they are engaged to sail from Cork : —The Queen of England on the 25th April; Baron of Renfrew, Ist May; Mary, 2d; Madagascar, sth; Duke of Argyle, sth; and Nile, sth. We regret to announce the death of Town-Major White, which took place in this garrison this morning, after a lingering illness, in which he was most attentively Watched by Mr. Rolph, surgeon of this place, as well as the medical staff of the garrison. The deceased was a Most gallant officer, and distinguished himself early in the field. He entered the army in the Guards in the year 1791, and served chiefly in the field from the period of the expedition to Flanders, under the late Duke of York lo 1793, until the end of the war in 1815; he was engaged in upwards of 40 general actions with the enemy, was Wounded four times, and at Vittoria so severely as to Prevent his participating in the after victories of that glorious campaign. At the time of his demise he bad completed a period of actual service on full pay of 58 Years, and yet the army rank of the brave old soldier was only that of Lieutenant! In the late war decoration distribution, the gallant deceased received a medal with six clasps as a reward for his distinguished bravery after 58 years' active employ in the service of his country, the chief portion of it passed in the battle-field! He had been Town-Major of this garrison upwards of 25 years. He leaves a widow and family, and a large circle of fri en d s to regret his loss. By his conduct in private life 4 8 well as his known bravery, he endeared himself to all Within the circle of his acquaintance. No man ever left behind him a better name. The depots of the sth, 20th, and 3d battalion of the Rifle Brigade will be removed from Gosport and Tipner on Tuesday to the Isle of Wight, and will be replaced on the same day by the depots of the 36th, 56th, 69th, and 76th Regiments. CHATHAM, MARCH 23.—A number of those men who have been recently discharged from various home regi ments have re-enlisted in the depot in this garrison forming the provisional battalion. The 24th have en listed 140; each of these men, with their bounty money, Zsc., will cost the country between 7/. and 8/. per man. The following detachments from Scotland arrived at the Invalid depot, Fort Pitt, to be discharged on pensions, viz:-2 privates of the Ist Royals, from Aberdeen; 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 10 privates, of the 93d High landers, from Stirling; and 4 privates of the 21st Fusi liers, from Edinburgh, with 2 women and 1 child. These troop s came by steam-vessel to Gravesend. LIMERICK, MARCH 21.—Orders are issued for the fol lowing drafts to embark for Canada:-19th Foot: 2 offi cers, 82 men, from depot at Boyle. 71st Foot: 1 officer, 6 1 men, from depot at Naas. 79th Foot: 2 officers, 52 ken, from depot at Nenagh. Nova Scotia-38th Foot: 2 officers, 82 men, from depot at Castlebar. Cape-6th Foot: 1 officer, 61 men , from de p ot at Fermo y . 73d Foot : 3 officers, 42 men, from ditto. Head-quarters of the 47th. from this . garrison, arrived at Buttevant this thy, and replace the 41st, which move on to Cork to morrow. Captain Villiers's company, 47th, landed yes terday from Kilrush, and marched this morning for But levant, head-quarters. The last division of the 83d, tinder Major Swinburne , embarked at Cork on b o a r d the Zion Hope transport, for Calcutta, the division consist ing of 6 sergeants, 113 rank and file, 16 women, with Captain D. Anderson, Ensign J. Sprot, and Quartermas ter W. Colburne.—Limerick Chronicle. Captain John Pitt Kennedy, agent to the Devon estates in this county, left Newcastle on Sunday last, en route for India. Edward Curling, Esq., has been ap pointed agent to the estate. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The court-martial on Lieutenant Newland and the Officers of the Ranger, 8, will take place at Devonport, an board the Impregnable, on Monday. It is expected that another court-martial will grow out of this, affecting another officer. Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Searle will be buried in ,the Garrison Chapel burial- g round at Portsmouth on 'laturday. We hear that his friends wished him to have a Public funeral; but the authorities had no power to &rant one. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants.—Smyth Griffith (1823), C. E. Powys ( 1 841), and T. M. Gough (1846), to the coast guard service. Second Master.—John Way, to the North Star, cor vette; fitting for the Arctic expedition, at Sheerness. Assistant Surgeons. — John Bernard, to the Hibernia, 1 04, flag-ship, in the Mediterranean; Will . Telfer (acting), to the Hastings; Edwin T. Watkins (acting), to the Lark. Midshipman.—Robert Sterne, to the C entaur, steam nag -ship, coast of Africa. , SAILoRi' HOME, DllBLlN.—Captain W. H. Hall, of ;ler Majesty's steamer, Dragon, now on the coast of Ire ,end, having been lately awarded some salvage money TM' the Admiralty Court there, for assisting, at great risk and peril, a Spanish vessel in distress, has munifi cently given 2001. of this money to open a subscription for the endowment of a Sailors' Home at the Port of bublin. Among the benefactors to so truly humane and national a work we find recorded the names of those steady, liberal, and persevering friends of seamen—Ad tairal Dudley Oliver, and Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., of London; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P.; Cap tains Janus, Coote, Sotheby. and Rawdon M'Clean, of the navy ; and Henry Scovell, Esq., E. Hayes, LL.D., and G. Rowe, Esq.. of Dublin. The subscription already amounts to 5001., and is fast progressing, under the direction of a provisional committee, of which the Warm-hearted Admiral Oliver has been elected presi dent, Captain Hall honorary secretary, and Mr. Walter Clotworthy, paymaster and purser, R.N., has consented to become secretary and superintendent to the newly established Sailors' Home at Dublin. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Rich, will be paid off at Devonport, on the 29th instant. The Collingwood, 80, is fitting at Portsmouth as an advanced ship, in the basin. She has received a double Coating of ordinary-coloured paint, and will shortly be reeved up the harbour. We understand there is no probability of the Leander, 50 (Mr. Blake's ship) , be in g commissioned at Ports mouth. It is said she is to go to her ordinary moorings ni) the harbour. The - Rolla, brig, tender to the Victory , at Portsmouth, aas been daily cruising about Spithead, exercising the naval apprentices. The Athol, 2, troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, arriv e d at Plymouth on Thursday, and sailed in the evening for Halifax. The Arrogant, 46, !crew -steam frigate, Captain Ached Fitzroy, is alongside Portsmouth-yard jetty, re ceiving stores. She is nearly completed, and is to be ready by the sth of next month, as we have before Stated. The Rifleman, screw-steamer, Lieutenant Commander Crofton, has received a new bowsprit, rather larger and 'anger than her former one. She is alongside Ports !nouth-yard, riggin as a briantine. Her destination is . the south-east coast of Ame g rica; but iis likely she Will take the coast of Africa mails first. The Cork Constitution contains the following:—"Rear Admiral Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, Commander-in- Chief at Cork, who is on the eve of promotion, is about to leave Cove, and Sir Charles Napier, Rear-Admiral of the White, will be nominated to the command in Cork." PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—We observe it is stated upon very good authority that the Admiralty contemplate re commissioning the Albion, 90-gun ship, at Devonport. We hope their Lordships will c ons id er we ll b e f ore t h e y co mm it themselves in this matter. The Albion is well known to have proved herself th e mos t expens i ve an d the least useful ship in the fleet, and whilst there are so many vessels which have proved the possession of the contrary characters, and so many ships which have never been tried at all, we trust we shall not b e ca ll e d upon to comment furth er u p on this matter. A number of extra riggers have been ordered to be discharged from the rigging-house at this yard, it having been discovered that, by some mi scalcutton, the " shi p" nad more than her complement. In Port and Fitting—The Victory, 22, Port-Admiral's flag -ship; th e Ill u strious, 10, Superintendent's flag-ship; the Excellent gunnery exercise ship; the Victoria and Albert royal yacht; the Blenheim, 56, steam-guard-ship a nd guard- ship of steamers; the Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate; the Rollo, 6, exercise brig for naval np- Prentices; the Rifleman, screw steam-schooner; the Fairy, the Fire Queen, and the Myrtle steam-tenders; the Bee, exercise steamer for the Naval College; the Echo steam tug vessel; the Fanny, Port-Admiral's yacht; the Ports- Mouth, Admiral Superintendent's yacht. At Spitbead—The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell. In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104 ; the Vindic tive, 50; the Blenheim, steam guard-ship, 56; the Fly ing Fish, 12; the Devastation steam-tug. • In the Ship-basin—The Collingwood, 80; the Pem broke, 72; the Defence convict-depot; the Sparrow sur °e:Ving-ketcb. In the Steam-basin—The Ajax, 56, steam guard-ship; the Retribution and Termagant steam-frigates; the Cor morant steam-sloop ; the Bloodhound, the Urgent, and t he Sprightly steam packets. Wind N.E., strong breezes and dark cloudy weather. CHATHAM, MARCH 23.—The Wanderer, 12 guns, C ommander Montressor, was paid off into ordinary on t he 20th. The Marines, consisting of 1 sergeant, 1 cor- P_ oral, 1 fifer, and 16 privates, disembarked the same day, C hatham with the exception of three privates, who joined the division, were sent to the guard-ship at Sheer -11 ess, to be forwarded to Portsmouth. The Goodwill, Pledge master, arrived on the 22d, with 'Ores for the dockyard ; and the ship St. Croix. John .."4.o2tield master, arrived on the 19th, with a cargo of b`mber for the yard. The Warspite, 50 guns, is daily expected to be brought forward for commission, to relieve the Raleigh, 50 guns, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., south-east coast of America. On the medical examination of the men at Chatham dockyard, SO artificers and labourers have been ex amined, and recommended to the Admiralty for su perannuation. These men will form a part of the reduc tion of the establishment; others are to be discharged. Permission will be offered to those workmen who are considered efficient to remain as labourers; and those labourers who entered the yard in 1838 upon the under standing that after a certain number of years they were to receive a superannuation are to be discharged without any remuneration whatever. Snips FOR COMMISSION.—The precent inactivity in the dockyard ports will shortly give way to some little business, if we may trust semi-official rumour. We are informed there is a probability of a couple of line-of battle ships being commissioned at Devonport, and a frigate; a line-of-battle ship and a frigate at Portsmouth; a first-class frigate at Chatham; and a line-of-battle ship at Sheerness. With regard to the first named, we believe we are tolerably certain that the Albion, 92. gun ship, will be shortly again under the pendant for Mediter ranean service; the Belleisle, 72, will be the first com missioned troop ship; and the Indefatigable, 52. gun frigate, a new and splendid model on the designs of Edye, Esq., master shipwright of Devonport yard. In the second case, a line-of-battle ship, most probably a three-decker, will be commissioned at Ports mouth, to supply the place of the St. Vincent, 120, or dered to be paid off there; and the Leander, new 52-gun frigate, on the design of the late master shipwright of that yard, Thomas Blake, Esq.; at Chatham, the Warspite, 52, is ordered to be reported when ready for the pendant, be lieved intended to relieve the Raleigh, 50, in the river Plata, at the expiration of the term of Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8.; and at Sheerness, the Formi dable, 84, is ordered to be reported for commission. It is high time something were done, for the ports at pre sent appear stagnant for want of employ. With the ex ception of the Arrogant, 46, Captain Robert Fitzroy, fitting at Portsmouth, and the Lark, 2-gun schooner, fitting at Sheerness, to go to the coast of Africa with the next mail, there is nothing ,fitting out under " ser vice" commissions at either port. The Rifleman steam schooner, Lieutenant Crofton, is refitting at Portsmouth, and this is the sum total of the work of fitting out at present going on in the fleet.—Post. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH '24, 1849. PARLIAIVIEN TAK Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.j FRIDAY, MARCH 23. NAVIGATION BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause 1 : Proposed, at the end of the Clause, to add the following Proviso :—" That the several restrictions and pro hibitions in the aforesaid Acts contained, as to the voyages in which ships of any foreign country may engage, or as to the goods which they may import into, or export from, the United Kingdom or any, British Possessions, or as , o the goods and passengers they may carry either coastwise from one part of the United Kingdom to another part, or from any British Possession in any part of the world to any other British Possession (except such of the said restrictions and prohibitions as are hereby authorised to be removed or varied by the proper Legislative authorities of British Pos sessions) ; shall remain and be in full force respectively till it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of her Majesty in her Privy Council, and it shall be declared by her Majesty's Order in Council, that British Ships are not sub- jected in such foreign country to the like several restrictions or prohibitions, as to the voyages in which they may engage, or as to the goods which they may import into or export from such foreign country, or any possession thereof, or carry coastwise in any part of such foreign country : Pro vided further, with respect to the restrictions and prohibi tions in the aforesaid Acts contained, as to the goods which the ships of any foreign country may import into or export fr•;m any British Possession, her Majesty, by her Order in Council, may direct that the whole, or any part, of such re strictions and prohibitions, shall cease to remain or be in full force as to the ships of any foreign country, although the like restrictions and prohibitions respectively, as to the goods which any British ship may import into or export from any possession of such foreign country, shall not in all respects have been removed :—Question put, " That those words be there added." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 15. Baillie, H. J. Hood, Sir A. Robinson, G. R. Sroadwood, H. Hotharn, Lord Scott, F. Buck, L. W. Lacy, Henry C. Vivian J. E. Clifford, 11. ➢I. Prime, Richard TELLERS. Coles, H. IL Pryse, Pryse Bouverle, E. P. Jordon, Admiral Richards, Richard Wawn, J. T. MAJORITY-NOES, 132. Fourteenth Clause (Colonies may regulate their Coasting Trade with consent of the Queen in Council): —Motion made and Question put, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 158. Abdy, T. N. Grattan, Henry Palmerston, Vis. Adair, It. Shalt() Greene, John Parker, John Anderson, Arthur Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pechell, Captain Anson, Colonel Grey, Sir G. Perfect, Robert Anson, Viscount Grosvenor, Earl Pigott, Francis Armstrong, Sir A. Harris, Richard Pilkington, James Armstrong, R. B. Hastie, Alexander Pryse, Pryse Arundel, Earl of Hastie, Archibald Pusey, Philip Bagshaw, John Hay, Lord John Raphael, Alexander Baring. Sir F. Hay ter, W. G. Reynolds, John Bass, M. T. Headlam, T. E. Ricardo, Osman Bellew, R. M. Heneage, Edward Rice, E. R. Berkeley, Captain Heywood, James Rich, Henry Berkeley, H. Ileyworth, Lawrence Robartes, T. J. Berkeley, C. L. G. Hindley, C. Romilly, Sir John Birch, ~,ir Thomas Hobhouse, Sir John Sanders, George Black:ill, S. W. Hobhouse, T. B. Scully, Francis Blake, Martin J. Hodges, T. L. Shafts, R. 1). Bouverie, E. I'. Howard, Lord E. Sheil, It. L. Boyle, Colonel Howard, P. 11. Shelburne, Earl of Bright, John 1 Jackson, William Sheridan, R. B. Brockman, H.D. Jervis, Sir John Simeon, John Brotherton, J. Keppel, G. T. Smith, Vernon Brown, 11. Kildare, 3farquis of Smith, J. A. Brown, W. King, P. J. Somers, J. P. Banbury, E. H. Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Campbell, W. F. Lemon, Sir Charles Stansfield, W. R. C. Carter, J. B. Leonard, T. B. Stanton, W. H. Caulfeild, J.M. Lewis, G. C. Tancred, 11. W. Clay, James Loch, James Thompson, Colonel Colebrooke, Sir T. Locke, Joseph Thompson, George Cowper, IV F. 31`Cullagh , W. T. Thornely, Thomas Craig, W. G. M'(iregor, John Townsheud, Captain Crawford, W. S. Maitland, Thomas Vane, Lord li. Dashwood, G. H. Mangles, R. D. Verney Sir H. D'Eyncourt, T. 3lanhall, J. G. Villiers, Charles Duncan, C:eorge Martin, C. W. Vivian, J. 11. Ebrington, Lord Matheson, A. Wall, C. B. Ellice, Edward Matheson, Colonel Walmsley, Sir I. Ellis, John Melgund, Viscount Ward, 11. G. Elliot, John E. Milner, W. M. Watkins, Colonel Enfield, Viscount Manes, R. Monckton Westhead, J. P. Evans, William Milton, Viscount 'Willcox, Brodie E wart, William;_, 31 lichen, T. A. Willy ams, 11. Fergus, John Morris, David Willoughby, Sir H. Ferguson, Col. Mostyn, E. Wilson, James Foley,l.J. H. Mowatt, Francis Wilson, Matthew Fordyce, A. D. Norreys, Lord Wood, Sir Charles Forster, K. 'Coneys, Sir D. Wood, W. P. Fox, Richard M. O'Brien, T. Wyvill, M. Fox, W. J. Ogle, S. C. Glyn, George Carr Ord, NV, TELLERS. Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord A. Tufnell, Henry: Graham, Sir James Paget, Lord Clarence Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY—NOES, 104. Acland, Sir T. Greenall, Gilbert Palmer, Robert Adair, Hugh E. Hamilton, G. A. Patten, J. W. Arbuthnott, li. Heneage, G. 11. Feel, Sir Robert Arkwright, George Herbert, Sydney Peel, Colonel Baillie, H. J. Herries, J. C. Peel, Frederick Baldock, E. H. Hervey, Lord A. Pigot, Sir Robert Baring, H. B. Hildyard, R. C. Plowden, W. 11. Beresford, William Hodgson, W. N. Prime, Richardl; Blair, Stephen Hood, Sir A. Reid. Colonel Bolder°, H. G. Hope, Sir J. Rendlesham, Lord Bowles, Admiral Hothani,:Lord Renton, J. C. Bramston, T. W. Hutt, William Repton, G. W. J. Bremridge, Richard Johnstone, Sir J. Robinson, George Brisco, ➢f. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Rushout, Captain Bruce, Lord E. Jones, Captain Seymer, H. K. Burghley, Lord Lacy, H. C. Smyth, John G. Christy, Samuel Lincoln, Earl of Sotheron, T. Clerk, Sir G. Lindsay, Colonel Stafford, Augustus Coles, Henry B. Lockhart, W. Stanley, B. 11. Disraeli, B. Lygon,lGeneral Stuart, J. Dodd, George ➢leagher, Thomas Thompson, , Alderman Drumlanrig, Vis. ➢fandeville, Viscount Thornhill, G. Drummond, Henry ➢fasterman, John Tollemache, John Duneull, John ➢faunsell, T. P. Turner, G. J. Dunne, F. P. ➢taxwell, Hon. J. P. Verner, Sir W. Edwards, Henry ➢feux, Sir Henry Villiers, Viscount Farrer, James ➢files, P. W. S. Villiers, F. W. Fellowes, E. ➢foffatt, George Vivian, J. E. Filmer, Sir E. ➢fonsen, William Walpole, Spencer Forbes, Wm. Mailings, J. R. Walsh, Sir J. B. Fox, S. L. Mare, Colonel Wawn, J. T. Fuller, A. E. Napier, Joseph Young, Sir John Gladstone, W.rE. Nugent, Lord Goddard, A. L. O'Brien ,Sir Lucius TELLERS. Gordon, Admiral Ossulton, Lord, Scott, Francis Granby, ➢larquis of Packe, C. W. Henley, J. W. Sixteenth Clause (No Ship British unless registered and navigated as such) : Amendment proposed, page 7, line 20, to leave out the words from " registered," to the end of line 25 :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 197. MINORITY-NOES, 53. Adair, R. Shafto Greene, John Monsell, William Anderson, Arthur Harris, Richard 114 ure, Colonel Birch, Sir T. Ileadiam, Thomas Pechell, Captain Bouverie, E. P. Henry, Alexander Peel, Colonel Bright, John Heyworth, L. Pilkington, James Brown, W. Ilindley, Charles Renton, John C. Bunbury, E. H. Hutt, William Seymer, Henry Ker Clay, James Jackson, William Stuart, Lord Dudley Cobden, R. Kershaw, James Strut.), R. D. Cowan, Charles King, P. J. Tancred, H. W. Duncan, Viscount Lawless, Cecil Thompson, Colonel Ewart, William Lincoln, Earl of 'Thompson, George Fagan, William ArGregor John Thornely, T. Foi : dyCe, A. D. Marshall, J. G. 11. Forster, Matthew Mclgund, Viscount Wahnsley, Sir J. Fox, W. J. Dinner, W. M. Gibson, Thomas M. Milnes, It. M. , Tr.LEES. Gladstone, W. E. Mitchell, A. T. Duncan, George Greenall, G. Moffatt, George Hastie, Alexander SOUTH DERBY ELEcnosi.—Yesterday (Friday) the election of a knight to represent the southern divi sion of the county of Derby in Parliament took place at the County Hall, Derby, when William Mundy, Esq., of Markeaton Hall, a distant relative of the late Member, was returned without opposition. Mr. Mundy declared himself to be opposed to partial free-trade, to the en dowment of Irish priests, to the repeal of the navigation laws, and to the admission of Jews into Parliament. A vote of thanks having been passed to the High Sheriff, the meeting separated. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. —Colonel HoHeston, M.P. for this division, has signified his intention of resigning his seat. A county meeting has been convened for Friday, at Newark, to decide who shall be put forward'on the agricultural interest.—Not tingham Journal. A sturdy Irish beggar, named Patrick Underwood, was committed yesterday from Marlborough•street for three months. This incorrigible vagrant was usually to be seen at the west-end of the town with one of his legs bandaged up, and working his way about on two crutches, apparently with much difficulty, and as if in acute pain. Colley, one of the Mendicity Society's officers, recognised this lame, afflicted, and poverty stricken individual, a few Sundays back in an excellent suit of black, with a fine satin stock, smoking a cigar, and taking a comforta ble glass of brandy and water in a public-house. On Thursday, the officer met him again, acting the part of a destitute cripple, and took him into custody. He threw down one crutch, broke the constable's head with another, and kicked with his lame leg another constable to she ground bolero he could be secured, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE LEAMINGTON MILITARY STEEPLECHASES. FRIDAY. Tho Welter Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, 13st 71b each. Three miles. (9 Subs.) Captain Thomas's Southdown ...(Owner) 1 Lieut.-Colonel Shirley's The Farrier Major... ... 2 The Veteran Stakes of 15 sous. each, 2 it, the second to save his stake. Three miles. (23 Subs.) Lord Strathmore's Rat-trap, 12st ... (Owner) 1 Captain Scobell's The Prize, 12st ... ... 2 Lieutenant Baker's Ploughboy, 12st 0 Captain Cooper's Avoca, 12st 0 LEAMINGTON GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLE- CHASE. Handicap for the Grand Annual Steeplechase Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 85 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 21st inst., with 100 added. Four miles. at lb Chandler Proceed Alfred Hope __ st lb 10 5 10 4 The Victim ll 2 Master Robi❑ ll 0 Wolverhampton lO 13 British Yeoman lO 12 Knight of Gw•ynne lO 11 Pullaway lO 9 Rachael Father Mathew lO 4 Flycatcher Chatham 9 13 Lam quenet Alice Sir Henry The Witch 9 5 Dicky Misfortune ... 10 5 Ballybar 9 3 BETTING AT MANCHESTER. -FRIDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 agst The Tartar-6 to 1 agst %Vestow (taken)-20 to 1 agst Ve lox (taken)-14 to 1 agst Valentinia—the rest as on Tuesday. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-80 to 10 agst Lugar (taken freely)--,200 to 20 agst Dacia (taken freely)- 200 to 20 agst Flatcatcher (taken). Nothing else backed. CHESTER CUP.-11 to 1 agst Joc-o'-Sot (taken)- 20 to 1 agst Blucher-20 to 1 agst Cossack-30 to 1 agst Rathmines-35 to 1 cyst John Cosser-2,000 to 30 agst King Hal (taken) -1 ,000 to 12 agst. Conquest (taken)-1,000 to 12 agst Cast-off (taken). Only three bets laid. . . DERBY.-7 to 2 agst The Flying Dutchman-7 to 1 agst Tadmor-8 to 1 agst Nunnykirk (taken)-13 to 1 agst Honeycomb-18 to 1 agst Osterley-300 to 10 agst Uriel (taken)-30 to 1 agst Strongbow-33 to 1 agst Escalade. No other change. BARTHOLOMEW CLUB BOAT-RACE. A very spirited race took place yesterday evening for the Bartholomew Club silver challenge oars. The dis tance was from Chiswick Eyot to Putney-bridge. Messrs. Girdlestone and Maldon (fellow) 1 Watts and Mitchenson (Tri-colour) 0 The winners had the southern station, which was in their favour. The rival crews were together for nearly half a mile, when Yellow drew away slightly, but their opponents rowed in a very plucky manner; they were, however, unable to alter their position, and Yellow won by some lengths. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—The gentry and rate payers of the county of Wicklow have met for the pur pose of protesting against the imposition of a rate-in aid. Strong resolutions were adopted, and, by way of giving them effect, the use of tolerably plain speaking was freely resorted to. Mr. W. G. Hume, a magistrate and Deputy-Lieute• nant, thus expressed himself:— " I warn the Ministers, if they be desirous of main taining the integrity of the empire, to pause before per severing in the policy which of late years has been actuating them. It is a dangerous game to play, trifling with the loyalty of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) I would remind them of the history of the old Irish Volunters—(Loud and continued cheering)—who armed themselves for the protection of the kingdom, but who, on a question arising between England and Ireland touching the rights and trade of the latter, refused to lay down their arms till those rights were recognised and vindicated.— (Tremendous cheers.) Sir, what happened before may happen again —(Hear, hear)—the spirit of those brave men still exists in the breasts of their de scendants, and we may yet have to write on our cannon No surrender'." This sentence called forth a burst of inexhaustible applause, and the cheering, which was renewed again and again, continued for several minutes. THE CORN TRADE .—At the Corn Exchange to-day the supply of oats was moderate, and of the other kinds of grain small. Oats were 3d. to 6d. per barrel dearer than on Tuesday. There was no change in the prices of wheat or barley. Indian corn remains as last noted. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— March 18 17 18 17 17 NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen ........ Amiens and Boulogne ............... Belfast and Ballymena .............. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clltheroe, and W. Y. Caledonian... .......... ............ Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • Cockerinouth and Workington—. Dublin and Drogheda• •• • • • •••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • . • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen . • •• • • • East Ang1ian.............. Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Edinbnrgh and Yorthern • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire .................... Eastern Union ...................... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .. • • • • Glasgow and Greenock• • • • • • • • • - • • •• Grea - t Northern and E. L.•• •• •• .. Great Southern and Western .• •• •• Great Western, Sce • • • . ..... • • • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere.• .... • . ••. •• Lancashire arid Yorkshire..• ..... • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • ..... • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport• • •• Londonderry and Enniskillen• • • ..... London and North Western, &c..— • . London and 81ackwa11.........• London and Brighton .......•• •••••• London and South Western . ........ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • .. Monklands .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle•• •• •• •••• • North British ..•••••••••• •• •• •• • Paris and Rouen. •• •••• •••• ••••• Rouen and Havre ..•••• •••• •••• • Scottish Central ........... Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern and Branches •• • • •• • • South Dev0n........ . •• • • • • • • • • • • • • Taff Vale .......................... Waterford and Limerick... .. •• •• •• •• Whitehaven Junction ..... •• •• •• •• •• York and Newcastle . •••••••• •• •• •• York and North Midland ..... •• .... BANK OF . (From last nig An Account, pursuant to the Act? the Week ending on Saturday, ISSUZ DEP4 Notes i55ued........ 28,551,920 1 11,925 6,762 480 7,105 926 1,957 849 X 28,551,920 10,014 7,439 Dated the 22d day of ➢larch, IS BANKING D. X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • .. .••• • . • . 3,861,099 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di- ENGLAND. gh Vs Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32,f0r the 17th day of March, 1849. 'Janina. Government debt .. 11,0i5,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 14,228,351 Silver bullion • ....• 323,569 28,551,920 M. MARSHALL, Chiefeashier. vidend accounts).. 6,984,258 Other deposits .... •• 9,855,826 Seven day and other bills— :...:..::::: 1,041,659 £36,295,842 OEPAITIINT. Dated the 22d day of March, 18. Government securt- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,072,844 Other securities .. • • 10,638,064 Notes • ... .. .• .•• • • . 10,853,076 Gold and silver coin.. 731,859 £36,29b,842 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. DENSE FOGS.—ACCIDENTS.—During the past week fogs have prevailed in this neighbourhood, more espe cially seaward, and that on Wednesday afternoon and evening was so impenetrable as to cause serious inconvenience in crossing the river. Indeed, after half-pest seven o'clock, all the boats ceased running from the landing-stage, with the ex ception of those belonging to Woodside, and they, in order to obviate the risk of collision, only ran hourly from each side. The William Fawcett, Birkenhead boat, ran foul of a brig anchored off the landing -stage, and had her mast carried away. Yesterday the Dublin mail-boat, which generally reaches this port at four o'clock in the morning, did not arrive till after twelve o'clock at noon; and the Isle of Man and other coasting steamers were delayed from the same cause. The Cleveland, Woodside steam-boat, ran into a vessel and knocked; off her figure-head. The steamer Royal Victoria, from Carlisle, in coming up the river, came in contact with the Loodianah. The steamer lost her cutwater, and the vessel was slightly damaged. We understand that the atmosphere inland has been bright and clear. Amongst the other incidents we may mention that the Tranmere steamer, Birkenhead, after towing out the Rosendale, bound for Pernambuco, got lost in a fog, and the captain was compelled to come to anchor off the Great Orms head. With little water or provisions, and a crew aug mented by a number of merchants' clerks and others, it may be supposed the situation of those on board was not the most comfortable. The steamer got up yesterday morning, all "as well as could be expected."--Liverpool Mercury of yesterday. Mr. Cobden, M.P., and Colonel Thompson, M.P., have become members of the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association. Lord Camoys has invented a syphon for drawing off the milk from beneath the surlace of the cream, and thus completely separating the two liquids by the sim plest means, and with the least possible trouble. DEATH OF THE VERY REV. DR. SHEEHANo—It is with feelings of deep regret we record the death of the venerable and Very Rev. De. Sheehan, parish priest of Doneraile, and Vicar- General of the diocese of Cloyne and Ross. He departed this life on the 19th instant, aged 75 years.—Cork Examiner. — The Earl of Berkeley, it is currently rumoured, has been for some time past seriously ill, so much so, we understand, that his recovery is considered very uncer tain.—Cheltenham Looker-on. A letter-carrier, named John Clarke, was yesterday remanded from Bow-straet, charged with stealing a letter containing railway stock and a cheque for 1601., drawn in favour of Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. The Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman has forwarded to the Cardinal Secretary of State, at Gaeta, the sum of 1,2001., collected in the London district for the Sovereign Pontiff. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Mencrt 21,1849. Notice is hereby given, that, with a view to prevent injury to trade, the Queen has bee❑ graciously pleased to command, that the Court mourning, announced to com mence to morrow shall not apply to the occasion of the en suing Drawing-room, to be hid on Thursday, the 29th instant. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 23. It is hereby notified that Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, stating that he had received from the Danish Minister a notice that all the ports of Holstein and Schleswig, with the exception of Ms and Arce, will be blockade on and after the 27th of the present month. The notice is as follows: " The Minister of the Navy hereby makes known, that all harbours and ports in the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, will, from the 27th of this month, be blockaded, excepting of course the islands of Als and free, and such other places as are actually under the Royal Government. " The blockade will be raised for every place return ing under the lawful Government; and special notice will be given whenever such places are excepted from the blockade." " The Ministry of the Navy at Copenhagen, the 7th March, 1849." (L.S.) (Signed) "ZAHRTMANN." DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 22. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Sir George William Anderson, Knt., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of Mauritius and its depend enc i es , to be an Ordi nary Member of the Civil Divisi on o f the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WAR. OFFICE, MARCH 23. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Lord Brownlow Thomas Montagu Cecil to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Archibald Keppel Mac donald, who retires; Roger Mostyn, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Brownlow Cecil. March 23. 23d Foot—Second-Lieutenant Edward Howell to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vincent, who re tires; Edward William Fenwick, Gent., to be Second- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Howell, March 23. 25th Foot—Ensign Henry Veitch to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Needham, deceased, Jan. 9; John Pitt Kennedy, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Veitch, March 23. 27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Arthur Mage nis, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Johnstone, who exchanges, March 23. 28th Foot—George Savile Willson, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Truell, deceased, March 23. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Roger Barnston to be Captain, by purchase, vice Abbott, who retires ; Ensign Bernard Robert Shaw to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barn ston ; Richard Hughes Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shaw ; Ensign Richard Harbord to be Adjutant, vice Barnston, promoted, March 23. 38th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Tor rens Daniell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jackson, de ceased, March 7 ; Sergeant-Major Frederick Bailey to be Ensign, vice Daniell, March 23. 44th Foot—Lieutenant William Famsett, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Lindsay, who retires ; Ensign George Barchard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Faussett; Arthur Peniston Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burchard, March 23. 50th Foot—Surgeon Archibald Alexander, from the 78th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Webster, who exchanges, March 23. 57th Foot—Ensign Henry Butler to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swetenham, who retires ; George Udney Hague, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Butler, March 23. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Gamage Byam to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peebles, who retires; Ensign James Stanhope Patrick Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Byam; Frederick Racket, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clarke, March 23. 75th Foot—Captain John Hamiltori Cox, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice George Thorne George, who exchanges, March 23. y 78th Foot—Surgeon Arthur ClArles Webster, from the 50th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Alexander, who ex changes, March 23. 87th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Montague Cholmeley Johnstone, from the 27th Foot, to lie Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Magenis, who exchanges, MarCh 23. 94th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Smyth Mercer to be Captain, without purchase, vice Henry Nicholls, who re tires upon full-pay, March 23. Ensign Whiteford John Bell to be Lieutenant, vice Mercer, March 23. Henry Jameson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bell, March 23. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Isaac Ilindley Herbert Gall to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton, who retires; Ensign Frederick William Despard to be Lieutenant, by purcbase, vice Gall; Loftus John Nunn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Despard, March 23. BREVET.—Captain William Henry Kenny, half-pay, 61st Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to have the local rank of Major in New Zealand, March 23; Ensign John Pitt Kennedy, of the 25th Regiment of Foot, to have the local rank of Majorin the Eastlndies, March 24. Memortatinum.—The names of the Assistant-Surgeon appointed to the 88th Foot, in the Gazette of the 18th August, 1848, and removed to the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, in the Gazette of 6th October, 1848, are " Frederick George Keriu," and not " Fergus Kerin," as previously stated. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Mose, grocer, Cambridge, March 30, at eleven, and May 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, po o ar r . i e el le , o,4r o gß ffi eae official a ssignee , rArdri.iaery w4s:m thh ß e: a lt Bee s o n ecwn g a h i, a na l gb l t s si td t th r gr e e ee e e. i; Nicholls and Bank ruptcy. Cannan, o ffi cial assignee, Bit-chi n-lane; ul W arnt e e s o; t f : i e n a s t t h e e r and Moger, Paternoster-row. Frederick George Facon, plumber, Church-street, Borough, April 4, at one, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Selby and Mackeson, Lincoln's Inn fields. Joseph Mycock, publican, Longsight, Lancashire, April 5 and 26, at eleven, a t t h e Manchester Di str i c t Court ; Hobson, official assignee, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Andrew, Manchester. Thomas Tebbit, victualler,ol3 m C a mbridgeshire, March 29, at half-past tw e l ve , and May 3, at twe l ve , a t a Manchester; the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official a ssignee, Cole man-street-buildings; Wilkins, F urn i va l' s I n n. Mary Whittaker, innkeeper, Clitheroe, Lancashire, April 11 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Walcot and Carr, St. Swithin's-lane; Hall and Baldwin, Clitheroe. William Ramsden, painter, Wakefield, April 5 and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford - row; Taylor and Westmorland, Wak e fi e ld . Valentine Rimell, timber merchant, Hammersmith, April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch- lane; Watson and Sons, Bouverie-streE t, Fleet-street. James Peachey, coachmaker, Colchester, March 29, at two, and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chara hers; Cross, Surrey-street, Strand. George Smith, carpenter, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire. March 29, at one, and M a y 7, at two, at t h e C ou rt of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Smith, Furnival's I nn . Adam Brown, draper, M ount - street, Whitechapel, March 30, at eleven, and May 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Gregory, Gresham-street. Charles Barnett, stationer, Basinghall street, March 20, at twelve, and May 12, a t e l even, at t h e Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official a ss i gnee, B as i n ghall-street; Colley, Aldermanbury. . Jonas Jeys, boot and shoe m a k er, M ore ton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, April 5, at e l even , a nd May 3, at twelve, at the Bristol Distri c t Court. Miller, official - assignee; Bristol; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row; Tilsley, Moreton in Marsh; Britten and Sons, Bristol. Thomas Pearson, butterman, Blandford-street, Port man-square, April 3, at one, and May 1, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Bromley and Aldridge, South square, Gray's Inn. Thomas Parker Taylor, laceman, Duke-street, Man chester-square, March 29, at half pas t one, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Collins and Co., Crescent place, Bridge-street. George Rackham, wine merchant, Southtown, Suffolk, April 2, at one, and Meg 14, at half - past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offic ial assi gnee , Cole man•street; Maples and Co., Old Jewry; Woods, Great Yarmouth. William Lloyd, linen draper, Mo del y and Wr yne Staffordshire, April 11 and May 2, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Jones, Size-lane, City; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Francis King, innkeeper, Northallerton, Yorkshire, April 5 and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District and Hill, Great James's-street; Coat es, No rthallerton; Court. F reeman . o ffi c ial assignee, Leeds; Williamson Markland, Leeds. William Thomas, grocer, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, April 10, and May 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. H u tt on , o ffi c i a l a ssignee, Bristol; Bird, Cardiff; Rowland and C o ., Th e adneedle-street. Andrew P a t on H a lliday and Eliza Paton, manufac turing ch em i s t s , C or nbrook, Manchester, April 4, and May 3, a t e l even , a t the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official Gray's fficial a Inn; ssign Rowley and Taylor, Manchester.ee, Manchester; Sbarps, Verulam b Stephen Wise, plumber, Conduit-street South, Pad dington, April 3, at eleven, and May 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Dolman, Jermyn-street, St. James's. Thomas Floyd, cattle dealer, Wendover, April 5, at twelve, and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Branscomb, Wine-office-court, Fleet-street; Benson, Aylesbury. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March kO, 1849, is 275. 2: 4 d. per cwt. The Hamburgh advices notice little busines s o f importance in the Foreign Exchanges. Money conti • nued abundant, and Stocks and Railway Shares were purchased at prices slightly in advance of those pre viously quoted. It was reported on 'Change that the preliminaries of peace with Denmark had been si gne d, and that a three months' prolongation of the armistice had, in consequence, been agreed to. At Copenhagen, however, on the 17th, the preparations for war were uurelaxed. INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMANDER WINGROVE IN RELATION TO THE CON VICT MITCHEL. No. 1. Copy of a letter from IL G. Ward, Esq., Secretary of the Admiralty, to Commander Wingrove, H.M. steam-vessel Scourge. (Private and confidential.) Admiralty, May 29, 1846. Sir,—You will receive with this an official letter di recting you to take on board any supernumeraries that you may find at Cork, whose direction may be the West Indies, and any " prisoners" who may be consigned to your charge by the proper authorities; and to proceed with them to Bermuda. This last order refers, as you may suppose, to Mr. Mitchel, and I write by Lord Auckland's desire to con vey to you the wishes of her Majesty's Government as to his treatment while on board the Scourge. . So Jong as you are in sight of land, or in any situation in which you consider it possible that escape may be attempted, or a rescue contemplated, you cannot be too strict in your precautions; but once at sea it is not the intention of the Government that Mr. Mitchel should be treated with unnecessary harshness, or with anything that could be mistaken for vindictive severity. You will consider him, therefore, as a prisoner subject to all such regulations as you may deem necessary for his security; but you will take care that, both as. regards food and daily exercise, be shall have such indulgence as the state of his health, which is understood to be much broken, may seem to you to require. The case is one in which much ought to be left to the discretion of the officer in command, because much must depend on the conduct of the prisoner ; but supposing this to be suitable to the circumstances in which ho is now placed, and marked by a proper submission to your authority, nothing can be further from the wish of the Government than to add to the penalties which Mr. Mitchel has incurre3, by any unnecessary severity during the voyage.—l have, &c. (S►gned) 11. G. WARD. P.S. Your first object must be to select a cabin for Mr. Mitchel's confinement, at the door of which a sentry may be placed, if necessary, and where his meals are to be taken. (Signed) No. 2. H. G. W. Copy of a letter from Commander Wingrove to Vice- Admiral the Earl cf Dundonald,-G.C.B. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Scourge, Huffs; November 6, 1848. . My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date, directing me to furnish your Lordship, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a detailed report of the line of conduct pursued by me towards the con vict John Mitchel, on his passage to Bermuda ; and in most respectfully stating my reasons for adopting such line of conduct, &c., it will also be my duty to enclose the duplicate of a letter on the subject I received from Mr. Redington, the Under-Secretary of State for Ireland. The Scourge arrived at Cork on the morning of the 31st of May, and on the following morning, at six o'clock, the prisoner was embarked, and the vessel sailed for her destination. There was no senior officer present to whom I could apply for that advice I was so desirous to obtain respecting the exact treatment the prisoner ought to receive. There was no time to seek it by letter, the Commander-in-Chief being absent at Dublin ; Mr. Redington's letter to me, conveying the wishes of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, was therefore, my chief guide, and in giving it my most anxious consideration, it occurred to me that although Mr. Mitchel had been convicted of a very grave offence, from which the mind of every loyal subject must recoil, still he had not committed burglary, theft, or any of those crimes which would sink him below the level of his former sphere, in which I was informed he previously moved as a barrister as well as the editor of a paper. Looking.again at the tenor of his Excellency's directions, it also appeared to me to be his Lordship's desire that the prisoner should receive as much indulgence as was compatible with his safe custody, bearing in mind that he had been used to the society of educated men and the comforts of life, while at the same time I was distinctly informed that he was not during the passage to be regarded as a common criminal. Under these circumstances, and anxiously mindful of the great responsibility of such a charge, it became most difficult for me to decide in what part of the ship he should be placed, or how he should be watched, so as to ensure his safe custody. I could not put him with the officers, neither could I place him near the ship's corn- pany ; indeed I must admit that I felt particularly anxious he should not be where by any possibility he might disseminate those principles which sentenced him to transportation, or where he could have such uncon trollable opportunities of establishing mischievous corn• munication of a nature calculated seriously to embarrass the difficulty of his safe custody at Bermuda. My object was to convey him to the place of his banishment with the least motive to exasperation, so far as he or his partizans were concerned, and with the least risk of bad consequences upon my own people afterwards. Then, again, it occurred to me I should be held responsible if this convict had committed suicide upon awakening to a real sense of his situation, which from the anguish of his mind there really seemed reason to apprehend on first leaving his native land. I con sidered it my duty to endeavour to calm these feelings as much as possible, and for this reason, as well as others, I did not consider him safe, indeed I could not rest satis tied, unless he was under my own immediate eye; there fore, I waived all personal feelings, which were much in deed at variance with the course I thought it best to pursue, and allotttd to the prisoner a portion of my cabin, and gave him his meals at my own table, taking special care to invite no one else while he remained on board, at the same time confining him to the strict observation of the sergeant of marines and one sentry whenever he took an airing on deck ; two sentries watched him also by night. The result was successful: the prisoner was landed safely at Bermuda, in comparative health and calmness of mind, though he suffered acutely from an alarming malady during the passage, which the surgeon informed me might cut the thread of his exist ence in a moment. He was landed before his arrival could possibly be anticipated on the island. Having thus successfully ' performed this responsible as well as most disagreeable duty to the best of my judgment, having conscientiously acted for what I considered the good of the service, having adopted that course which I thought would be most consonant with the wishes of her Majesty's Go- ' vernment, and disclaiming all sympathy with the pri soner beyond that which is due from one Christian to another in misfortune, I confidently trust their Lordships will be pleased to extend to me that protection to which, under all the very peculiar circumstances of the case, I feel that lam justly entitled.—l have, So., (Signed) HENRY EDW. WINGROVE, Commander. Dublin Castle, May 30, 1848. _ Sir,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to convey to you his Excellency's desire that John Mitchel, whom you have been instructed to convey as a prisoner to Ber muda, should, during the voyage, receive as much indul gence as is compatible with his safe custody. He should not be ironed, nor is it necessary that he should wear the convict dress. Although Mr. Mitchel has been con victed of felony, he is a man of education, used to the society of educated men and the comforts of life, and ho is, therefore, during his passage, not to be regarded as a common criminal, or treated with unnecessary severity. I have, &c. (Signed) T. REDINGTON. The officer commanding her Majesty's ship Scourge. No. 3. Copy of a Letter from Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, Second Secretary of the Admiralty, to Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B. (Secret.) Admiralty, Dec. 11, 1848. My Lord,—Having laid before my Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 6th instant, enclosing a statement from Commander Wingrove, of the Scourge, relative to the treat ment of the convict Mitchel by him, on his passage to Bermuda, and giving it as your opinion that Commander Wingrove acted up to the tenor and spirit of his instructions from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and that their Lordships will approve of the lenity shown by Commander Wingrove; I am commanded to acquaint you that my Lords are disposed, generally, to approve of Commander Wingrove's conduct, but upon the understanding that the convict was not admitted to partake of his meals in the company and as the guest of the commander, although he may have had his meals in the commander's cabin. —I am, &c., (Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON. N 0.4. - Copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral the lion. D. 11. Mackay, to the Secretary of the Admiralty. Cove of Cork, March 14, 1849. Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 12th inst., I have the honour to report, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the instructions addressed to Commander Wingrove, of the Scourge, relative to the convict Mitchel, were received at this port on the evening of the 31st of May last; but as the envelope was addressed to me, and marked " private and confidential," it was forwarded to Dublin, where I received it on the evening of the Ist of June, too late to be sent to the Scourge, as I knew she was to have left Cork at daylight that morning; I therefore retained the letter in my possession, and now return it in the state in which it was received.—l have, &c., (Signed) DONALD 11. MACKAY, Rear-Admiral, THE BANK OF ENGLAND PRO- TESTING ITS OWN PAPER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZ SlR,—Thc Branch Bank of England at Newcastle upon- Tyne, on the 2d ult., drew a bill at seven days in my favour for 105/. It was as usual endorsed by me, as I have endorsed many other bills of the same nature, yet when presented in London for payment it was refused, and this hill protested, because there was a particular turn in the last letter of my name which they did not approve. So that because an r was not in exact propor tion, and, as they fancied, appeared like an nor a w, this bill, their own, was returned through the hands of a series of men of business saddled with upwards of 10s. expenses. They were afterwards obliged to pay the bill, but refused to pay the ex penses. It is right that the commercial and trading world should know of the particularity of the Ilink of England in this respect. Were the same ex actitude adopted by the public towards the Bank of England, they have scarcely a note or bill in circulation that would not be subject to protest. The wretched nature of the Bank caligraphy is so obvious and gene ral, that it might be fancied its directors and officers had been selected for their unintelligibility, and yet are the p u blic to be visited so severely even for the sli g htest disproportion in a single letter. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES MATHER. Sough §bieidtif igigoll 22, 1849. IMPERIAL P. tRLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LO S, .illarch 23. The LORD CHANCELLOR to Ali his seat upon the Woo: sack at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Cot nmons brought up several Bills, which were read a first time. The Duke of RICIIMON'D presented a petition from some place i❑ Sussex for a repeal of the malt tax, and for agricultural protection. LOid STANLEY presented petitions against any alterations in the marriage -law, and against the rate • in aid. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented petitions against the rate in aid. PETTY "SESSIONS BILL. The Marquis of S&LISBURY made several objec tions to this Bill, and urged the postponement of the second reading. . _ Lord CAMPBELL complained that the Noble Mar quis was endeavouring to create a prejudice against the Bill before the Bill was regularly before the House, and before he had had an opportunity of explaining its pro visions. OUT-DOOR PAUPERS BILL. On the motion for bringing up the report on this Bill, The Duke of RICHAIOND proposed a clause giving the Poor-law Commissioners power of appointing a paid vistor to out-door establishments for farming pauper children. The Earl of CARLISLE would take the matter into his consideration. The report was then received. IRELAND AND THE POPE. Lord BROUGHAM asked whether or not it was true that several of those unions in which the great arrears of of poor-rates were due had been most conspicuous for the largeness of the sums they had subscribed fur the Pope. After a few words from the Marquises of LANsDowNE and CLANRICARDE, the subject dropped. DISTRAINING FOR RATES BILL. --- On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the House re solved itself into Committee on this Bill. The Earl of MALMESBURY proposed several amendments; among others, the including church-rates in the Bill. Lord CAMPBELL did not object to include church rates in the Bill, but he did object to the other amend ments proposed, as those amendments would substitute the petition from the clerks to the justices for the Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND supported the amend ments. Lord BEAUMONT approved highly of the object of the Bill. The amendments were then withdrawn, and the Bill passed through Committee. IRISH RATES. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for an estimate of the sum which it is calculated will be raised under a rate of 2 per cent. on rateable property in Ireland. In the west of Ireland eight unions which were represented to be in great distress, and were in the province of Connaught, required a sum of 160,0001. to relieve the distress. It was to be observed that the administration of these unions was not in the hands of any local authority, but by the officers of the Government, and therefore it was to be presumed that every rate that could be levied had been collected, and this was proved by the fact that in one in stance the cow of a man who had no other means of sup porting his family had been sold for the payment of a poor-rate under a distress, and further that the goats of the peasantry were seized for the payment of rates. He stated this to show that the resources of the unions were exhausted. He could further state that the distress was now greater than it was last year. This rate, if collected throughout all Ireland, would yield 300,0001. a year. This was an increase upon a former tax, and which was opposed by the people of Ireland. When an increase of the income tax was proposed in this country, it was opposed, and therefore this increase of taxation in Ireland should not be con sidered small, nor should they sneer at Ireland in resist ing it. Now he wished to know whether this increased rate would meet the difficulty it was intended to remedy. He believed it would be insufficient, and therefore he asked for an estimate of its probable amount, which they ought to have before them before they came to a vote. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he concurred in the in quiry moved for, and would suggest that it should be fuller than that he proposed, that he should give a re turn of the unions rated to more than ss. in the pound. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said the Government was anxious to give every information in their power, but it would be quite impossible to give any estimate which would be regarded as an approximation to accu racy. It would be impossible to say what unions now solvent may be enabled to pay hereafter. They could not make any estimate sufficiently correct to.be of use to their Lordships in forming a judgment. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said, by the admission of the Noble Marquis, the condition of the parishes varied from day to day. What a disclosure to make of the state of Ireland, and showed how fallacious and unsatisfactory were the expectations that this plan would meet the diffi culty. It was not sufficient to say that they could not make an estimate of mathematical accuracy, still a cal culation should be made, because it was the duty of Parliament to take care that no portion of her Majesty's subjects should be diminished by famine. The Legisla ture of this country acted right in imposing upon the Irish community the duty of maintaining the poor in the separate districts, but they should carry that out in its legitimate results. Ireland was not a financial commu nity—it ceased to be so in 1815, and now formed a por tion of the imperial community. It followed, then, that imperial resources must be had recourse to in difficult circumstances; and he trusted that the power of Eng land—that the 500 English Members of the Legislature would not cast an unequal and heavy burden on the weaker portion of tbo empire'. It was stated a few days ago, in the other House of Parliament, by an eminent Member of that House, that the annual income of England was two hundred and fifty millions; and, according to the calculations he (Earl Fitzwilliam) made, the income of Ireland did not amount to one-tenth of it. Under these circumstances, they called on that weaker portion to support its poor, and in doing so they did not even take the precaution of compelling the en tire of the income of Ireland to contribute, but imposed it exclusively on about one-half of the property of the country. The Bishop of CASIIEL observed that, to his own knowledge, hundreds had been reduced to poverty in consequence of the pressure of poor rates, and thus another class was added to the pauperism of the country. He should protest against any measure which would burthen those who were only a few steps removed from the pauper himself, and were eventually, in consequence of the pressure, reduced to the necessity of seeking relief themselves. He therefore sincerely hoped that the at tention of her Majesty's Government would be directed to this most important subject, and some remedy applied to put a stop to an evil of the greatest magnitude. The Earl of WICKLOW should like to know, at what period before, a Chancellor of the Exchequer came forward to propose a tax, without giving an estimate of the necessities he intended to meet. A Committee of Inquiry was appointed by both House to enter into the entire question, but before any report could be made by either, or evidence even collected, a measure was brought forward, which he could not help thinking to be very ill-considered. He himself believed it was a measure which would deceive the country for whose benefit it was intended, and promote the evils it was intended to remove. He confessed that, in consi dering the question—considering the mode in which it was brought forward, he believed himself, that the ulte rior object in view was to get in one end of the wedge, preparatory to another measure, which would no doubt be brought forward. He thought that after the rates of the different unions in Ireland had failed to meet the distress, a rate in aid should then be taken out of the Imperial resources. He also deeply regretted the motion of his Noble Friend was not agreed to by the Go vernment. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE observed that he only wished to guard the Government from making any estimate which might afterwards be found fallacious, and if the Noble Lord added the words " as far as it was practicable" to his motion, he should have no objection to consent to it. He denied that the increase was made without any calculation. It was, no doubt, extremely objectionable i❑ principle; but their Lordships should recollect it was brought forward solely to meet a great and present emergency. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the motion as amended was agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The Hon. Mr. STANLEY took the oaths and his seat for Lynn, in the room of Lord George Bentinck, de ceased. The Hon. Gentleman was introduced by the Marquis of Granby and Viscount Jocelyn. Mr. PATRICK SOMERS took the oaths and his seat for Sligo. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Whitchurch Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. The two following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:—Chester and Holyhead Rail way (increase of capital, with powers to the London and North-Wester❑ Railway Company to subscribe thereto); London Corporation. PETITIONS. Mr. BAGSHAW presented a petition from a public meeting, held in Exeter Hall, praying for the liberation of the Rev. J. Shore. A number of petitions were presented in favour of international arbitration. Mr. P. MILES presente pe tition from the soli d a citors of Taunton, praying for the a bolition of the attor neys' certificate duty; a lso, a petition from a place in Soinersetshire against th e Bill for legalising marriages with a deceased wife's sister. Mr. H. BAILLIE presented a petition against the Scotch Marriage Act. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition from Plymouth praying for the liberation of the Rev. Mr. .Shore. Mr. S. CRAWFO RD p resented a petition from a place in the county of Antrim against the rate in aid. Capt. PECIIELL presented a petition from Brighton pra) in for grea ter economy in the naval and military g expenditure of the country. Mr. 11. HERBERT presented a petition from the guardians of the Killarney Union against the Rate in Aid Bill. Mr. FERRIES presented a petition against the repeal of the navigation-laws. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from the let ter-press printers of Carlisle, praying for the repeal of the stamp duty on newspapers, the advertisement duty, and the duties on paper. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Currie, in the county of Edinburgh, praying that the burdens pressing upon manufacturers might be speedily removed; also a petal 94 fral 140 LdiuburglA paid cilmgow Company, complaining of the heavy rating of railways for the poor and other parochial rates, andipraying that a Bill might be introduced by which the grievances com plained of in that respect might be speedily redressed. Mr. OSBORNE presented a petition from Lambeth praying for a reduction of the national expenditure. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from the merchants, manufacturers, and others of Manchester, in favour of the total repeal of the navigation-laws. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO THE COLONIES. Captain BOLDERO moved for returns of the cost of fitting out two frigates as troop-ships to convoy 1,000 troops to Ceylon, together with the expenses of manning the same; of the cost of the home voyage with the same number of troops, time an average passage ; of the outlay necessary for a second and third voyage out and home, the second to Malta, the third to the Cape, with 1,000 troops eaeh voyage ; of the amount of tonnage necessary for con veying the same force, the expense attending it by the transport system, and the tonnage required ; of the ex pense incurred by the last outward and home voyage of the Resistance troop-ship to the Mauritius with troops, her registered tonnage, the number of persons on board out and home, including the cesamander and crew and cabin passengers, the tonnage appropriated for their use and unoccupied by stores, not being their personal bag.. gage; and of the number of superficial and cubic feet allowed to each individual.—Agreed to. LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL (SCOTLAND). Mr. FORBES wished to know from the Solicitor.; General of Scotland, whether it was his intention to have this Bill read a second time to-night; and if not, when he intended to proceed with it. The subject was looked upon with great interest in Scotland. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLAND replied that it was not his intention to propose the second reading of the Bill to-night; he should not pro ceed with the Bill until after Easter. THE MARINES. Mr. lIUME said he rose to give notice that on Toes.. day next he would move for a return of the expense of raising and enrolling 15,000 marines. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND). Mr. OSBORNE asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer if he intended to introduce a Bill during the present session for the abolition of the equity jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland ; and, in the event of not abolishing the equity jurisdiction, if he would introduce a Bill for the regulation of the Equity Exchequer in Ireland, and for paying fixed salaries to the officers in place of the present mode of remunerating them by fees and by means of stamps upon the pro ceedings ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was afraid he could not give his Hon. Friend any satisfac tory answer to that question, although he (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) was nominally at the head of that department, without having first consulted the legal authorities in Ireland. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Sir THOMAS ACLAND asked the First Lord of the Admiralty for certain papers relating to the pro ceedings of the Admiralty in respect to the Arctic Ex pedition ; and whether it was the intention of the Government to offer any encouragement to other parties in any way connected with the nevi. gation of those seas to prosecute exertions for the relief and assistance of Sir John Franklin and the expedition under his command; and he had also to express a hope, that if such was their intention, every effort would be made to announce such intention at the earliest period on both sides of the Atlantic. Sir F. BARING said, with reference to the papers for which the Honourable Member had moved, he (Sir F. Baring) should present today a memorandum on the subject, and another paper would be presented at the next meeting of the House. In reply to the second question put by the Honourable Baronet, he (Sir F. Baring) had to say, that after much consideration, her Majesty's Government had offered a reward of 20,0004 to the crew of any vessel who might give efficient assist ance to Sir John Franklin.—(Cheers.) That reward had already been put in print, and would be communi cated without delay to the various consuls abroad, and collectors of customs, for publication.—(Cheers.) IRISH GRAND JURY LAWS. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said he had given notice yesterday of his intention to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland as to the inten tions of the Government with regard to the proposed amendment of the Irish grand jury laws. That question was not in the paper to-day; therefore he would not press the question. - SCHOOL OF DESIGN. The HoN. MEMBER asked the Hon. Member for Manchester (Mr. Milner Gibson), who had got a no lice on the paper for nominating the Committee on the School of Design, if it was not his intention to put some Irish Members on that Committee, the Hon. Member for Dublin University and the Hon. Member for Belfast having taken much interest in the matter? Mr. M. GIBSON made the llon. Member an answer, but it was wholly inaudible in the gallery. COURT OF SESSION. Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to ask the Right Hon, Baronet at the head of the Home Department whether there was any intention whatever, on the part of the Government, of introducing any measure for the esta blishment of regular sessions in certain parts of Ireland? Sir G. GREY replied that, considering the melancholy circurnstauck s which bad transpired in Ireland, the Go vernment felt bound to introduce some such measure as absolutely necessary, and it wits intended, on the very earliest occasion, to introduce a Bill for th a t o bj ec t. SEIZURE OF THE VESSELS OF THE ARGEN- TINE REI'UI3LIC. Mr. URQUHART wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Admiralty whether any steps had bee❑ taken to remedy the mischief which had been occasioned by the affair, to which he had alluded yester day. There had been no papers or other things found on board those vessels to justify a declaration of war„ and, therefore, there were no legal grounds for taking possession of the vessels. Sir F. BARING said that until the papers at the Foreign' office were laid upon the table the. Hon. Member must rest satisfied with what his Noble Friend at the head of the Foreign Department had stated yes terday. COMPENSATION FOR THE CANADIAN REBELS. Mr. ROBINSON said that he would take the liberty of asking whether her Majesty's Government were in possession of any papers from the Governor-General of Canada, intimating that in the discussion in the Com mittee of Colonial Legislation two separate propositions had been made that those persons who had been engaged de facto in the promotion of the rebellion should be ex cluded from any share of this compensation, and that both of these propositions had been negatived by large majorities. fir G. GREY, in reply, said that his Noble Friend at the head of the Foreign Department was, he regretted to say, unable from indisposition to be in his place this evening, and he therefore himself might possibly not be able to speak on the subject with that accuracy which was desirable. Thus much, however, he could say, that the Government were not in the possession of any dispatches, and all the Government knew of the subject was the information derived from the newspapers. It was true that his Noble Friend had receivt d a private letter from the Governor-General of the Caned:so, but Lord Elgin had refrained from sending any official dis patches until the usual period. MUTINY BILL. On the order of the day being read for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. FOX MAULE said that before going into the consideration of this Bill, ho wished to inform the House that he had received a communication from two members of the Liverpool Financial Association, impugning his statement that their proceedings were likely to injure the confidence which the soldier ought to place in his officer. In order to show that such was not the case, he would quote a statement from Tract N 0.4, p. 2, to prove that there had been a most unfounded assertion that the colonels of regiments and their to t quarter-masters were combined to alter the usual attir e of soldiers—their stocks,l_slo orderhavoiensg,&ree:d ando the allpu the minor extract, tmoneythe into e articl t e h s eir o o f wn clothing, pockets, Right Hon. Gentleman expressly denied that in the first place there could be any collusion between the com mandants of regiments and the quarter-masters, and that even if there was, that they had any power to alter the clothing of the soldier as described. — (This announcement was followed by loud cheers from all sides of the House.) With regard to the second state ment, it was contained in the first, for if such a principle had existed in the army the soldierofficer. He would take leave to e x p ress a hope that it was neither the intention o f the Liverpool Financial h could not possibly have any confidence in Asso ciation to call in question the character of the colonels or quar ter -masters of our army, nor, still less, their de sire induce any dissatisfactionbetween the officers of to r, the ar my and the men. — (Cheers.) Mr. HUME said the language which the Right Hon. Gentleman had read from the tract bore out the re port of a Committee which sat in 1847 upon this very subject of army clothing, and the report itself expressed almost in the same words the anomaly which existed then of the clothing of the army, if economically effected, producing profit to certain offi cers.—(Hear, hear.) The commanding officers had nothing to do with it; but there was no doubt that the system was such that, if a re giment was cheaply clothed, more money would flow into the pockets of the colonel than if the clothes were dear. Ho did not blame the colonels for this, but the system; and he hoped it would soon be got rid of. Mr. B. DISRAELI said they were not likely to expedite the business of the House when they found not only a Member of Parliament, but a Minister of State, no less indeed than the Secretary-at-War, en. tering into combat with the Financial Reform Society. Possibly they would have the tracts of the Anti-Corn law League, the tracts of the Protectionists, or they might have the tractarians of Oxford to answer in the House if this proceeding were tolerated. —(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He hest not given that thorough study to the tracts in question which the Hon. Gentle man informed the country he had done. He congratu lated the Hon. Gentleman upon the result he had aimed at, but for himself he had formed a very different conclusion of the intention and objects of this Financial Reform Society in Liverpool. He had no doubt whatever that the intention of the scciety was to throw a stigma upon the British army, but he would not condescend to notice efforts of that kind, respecting which he thought public opinion was already made up, and that opinion very properly treated with contempt all societies whose labours w ere founded upon misrepresen tations, and whose only ob j ect was to throw a sti g ma WWI the well-cherished iusOifichi of the otnatry. I Week ending Last week. 1,249 471 368 4,805 713 1,004 599 3,451 1,732 12,780 2,103 1,122 2,610 933 1,635 2,976 17,126 112 11,557 2,032 166 37,395 452 7,243 8,182 3,060 20,233 1,060 ' .F. El 2 -9 c...) o ea g 1,461 585 2,800 442 3,220 1,065 12,268 953 975 2,135 986 1,979 16,664 118 9,014 I,a SO 145 36,212 692 6,254 6,973 2,183 18,094 877 1,829 1,907 3,108 1,147