The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-16 00:00:00

~.-~~~ DRES 6 ".) . luy h htr ieeuce t 11.34 IV eNetp ~ there li the caw ntu ell I:;—therer trroutids the l ot b ,veering. Oc; hich ettuse u ppear , in th e fancy D'„ :, r essy sto w utter rep.rote est ordet. illustitota ant frte bad ze st A ' a 113 since 1 -ioght gra tify bot h° sses • there i'n' vas g iven.t o )t those ocOrtl of tbe -yfaiesty fot relno l ' e , d was Jiil e ; W i t 1 , 0:10001w t}id , 'own. , gilt. ht aced in tb , 10ng to re gothie l e f cats Wer e , wore e ID 11:1 , s wav ed 3 the P u le A wit,, b. o be red c- ° )a ilJu~• at,' :0 .5 h i opt „ o pt the t ui bad Alb ert ' alee 0 1 ° 1 ' ,he $ Brittapi' /°* Que_ ,Sberl iD lip e ti 0 13 Is a had i.n, i eSS - f nigh' o p er ilalessed lau ce I I -,A-NIS-ER,S AND .DUTCH :MAIL. BRUSSELS. MAY 12.---4 he average price of wheat last week was 23f. 43c. ; that of rye 13f. 10c. The Brussels papers contain long accounts of the conflagra tion at Hamburgh, in letters from that city, as well as from Bremen and other places. - 13 aEmEN,' MAY B.—The Senate of Bremen has just met to consider of means to assist the unfortunate city of Barnburgh. THREE O'CLocx, r.m.—The number of fugitives in ' crease, The Senate has decided that our troops shall .be sent with all speed to Hamburgh, and all our car ,,riages are put i n requ i s i t i on to .convey assistance and provisions. . Thousands of unhappy beings have been Wandering for these two days in the streets, unable to find shelter, they having lost their all, and perishing from Want and misery. It is feared the number of persons who have lost their lives must be frightful. Groups of half naked women and children, holding up their hands to Heaven, and impl or i ng conso l at i on an d h e lp, w hi c h no human power can give them. FRANKFORT, MAY 10.—It• is reported that news from liamburgh has b een : rece i ve d, hich is more favourable. But we must now think of affording it immediate help, • for its misfort unes are i mmense. Th e fi re cont i nue d t ill tne B th, in the eveni n g, a nd 30,000 p a s se d t h e n i g ht on the ramparts. A banker of this city has received by Estaffette news that the Bank of Hamburgh has resumed its operations. PRANHPORT MAY 11.—The Senate had fixed the sum which it proposed to take from the public treasury as a gift to the city of Hamburgh at 25,000 florins, but the re presentatives of the citizens and the legislative body leas raised the sum to 100,0001. florins (about 10,0001.) ANTWERP, MAY 13.—Th e e normou s los se s caused by ,•. the dreadful conflagration at Hamburgh have already excited, wherever the news has reached, the public sympathy and generosity. The Cologne Gazette has opened a subscription at its office, to which, in a few MThe i nutes 4,000 francs were contributed by 150 persons. ndelshlad, a t A ms t er d am , an d several Brussels Journals, offer to receive subscriptions, and we (the Journal du Commerce d'Anvers) have been solicited by sever a l pe rsons to rece i ve su b scr i pt i ons at our office. We doubt not that Antwerp, as a commercial city, must par ; titularly sympathise with Hamburgh, and will not be behind Frankfort, Cologne, Amsterdam, and Brussels ; • other su b scr i pt i ons w ill soon b e opene d , to a ff or d sodine•relief to distresses so deplorable and so extreme. ~We thi s moment learn that a subscription is opened at - .'" Banseatic Consulate. • The fresh su b scr i pt i ons rece i ve d on 'Ch ange b y t h e d n seatie Consul and those at the office of the Jo u r na l ~,Commerce d'A nvers , a l rea d y excee d 20,00 0 f rancs . 1 11 HAGUE, AIAY 11.—In consequence of the favour able accounts w hi c h cont i nue to b e received of the health I ° l s h in M a j esty King William Frederick, Count of Nassau, Majesty his given orders that the public prayers for the entire recovery of . the aged,Prince shall be accompanied With thank •• • to Almighty God for having pr e served his life. sgiving • • AMSTERDAM Max 12.—Our accounts from burghHam are up to Saturday evening. • A MSTERDAM, MAY 12. The William the First ilStealDer which has been so impatiently ex p e ct e d, no t yet arrived, we can ,give no later accounts from 'zaniburgh. Many letters have been communicated to and the B e l g i an and German papers are, indeed, full apt nave r details, bu t , as may b e supposed, none later than we . riceived. AMSTERD AM , MAY 13.—The Ilandel s blad contains an d "r at tlest addres s , imploring all those who a r e able imme oe,;`, ely to d o t h e i r utmost to rel i eve the thousands of ti ; t er sons redu ce d t o m i sery b y t h e d estruct i on of Ham ); -), • iirgh. All gifts that may be left at the office of the Q ti t ate per will b e i mme di ate l y made over to the competent atnhurgh authorities. It is f eare d that none of the Insurance Companies will .?# 'able t o sat i s f y, t h e cla i ms upon them. Besides the thinburgh Companies, the following are said to have in aurances upon the m to a large amount. The Sun and Phoenix at London. The Companies at Gotha, Aix la-Chapelle, Minich, Elberfeld, and Cologne. BERLIN, MAY 11.—From the Prussian State Gazette— all Frederick William, King of Prussia, &c., &c., to to whom these present come greeting. By the in scrutable decree of God, the city of Hamburgh has been destroyed by a fire, such us there has been none in Ger , Many within the memory of man. ,“ The dreadful misery and distress of that city whose Prosperity i s so i nt i mate l y connected w i th Germany, will, we confidently expect, be felt throughout the whole ef our Ge rman f at h er l an d , an d especially by our faith :llmi f °, lour subjects as a general mi s f ortune . I n or d er, there t.fare, to afford our faithful subjects an opportunity of , m anifesting.anifesting their s y m p a th y b y d ee d s ; and con it;aidering the extraordinary extent of the disaster, we I,4l.mhave ordered that in all the communes of our dominion, "'ltter # general collection shall be made in all the churches, and from house to house, for the relief of the sufferers by the fire at Hamburgh, and our Minister of the Inte -1 4 .a, her, and of Ecclesiastical Affairs are to see to the exe "ni„ cution of this ordinance. " Given a t B er li n , M ay 9, 1842, • 44614• (Signed) FREDEItICK WILLIAM. ? 44 VON R • oeLow. Eicumox." °fie DUTCH FUNUS.—Amaraaoast, MAY 13. 1 1,3%n • IlloneL Hilts. ,• Actual Debt, eh; per Cent 101 111% _ • • Arnett Syndie,4% per cent.... ...... 4SN. Ditto, ditto, 3% per ceat. Commercial Cornpany, 4.„, per cent 7714 15414 Ss .% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1637, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 12% Two months 12 ON Hamburgh, One month 35 43 % • Two months 35 18% Dutch Papers,May 14. bl.tilAVV I , IIJI*A/J Bal l? SELS, MAY 13. tictua) Debt, 2% p er C ent . Rothschild's Lsan, 5 per Cent lO3 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93% ~c t.:, l 4.` , ! ' - _. -- skr Cent. _ _ t!, . --.:..-:.Thirty.sayen----- 4,,,' r t !: ::,;, Loan of City, NU, 4 per Cent. ... !+ 4 ,‘ ,- N.I. ' ,„1, -. . Society et Commerce, 4 ,per Cent t. ti j1414,3,''' —...' ' flank of Belgium, b per Cent 7d 44i, .NAII,I ,i, i, National Society ..... i4i 4il o 'to 3,,, Exchange on Condom (shot t) ................. —vs 1 . 4 11 . .. a i t i t0 , , ----Brussels Payers, ... . Mv 13. t .t1 A117,1 ) „ ~' A USTNI A N FUNDS.— =NA, MAY. 4. ,t ' "4 1 0 1 :per Cuts. Metalliques 106 1 , 1 , 44. , ihry.er Cents. 76 A lifr P 1 cg4. 1 47%r p. 1669 -i i ". 4 .f. 2 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 7. .I'l St Sc},Bills. Money. „. 10 pi 1 , 1 % ', .. . "Id s h 4_pe cent. tr:eshsaian E.:211:h Bon r d ,1830, per . cent. 6 1ir f, 2 3 1 102 s Prussian State n dl' Ga . X . ett e : . Mar 8. abolished. Second Spring Meeting is not likely to be that the Although your reporter annually argues ..own would be benefittcd by its utter anni "'l tio 41irn, and I believe I have ere now followed on the l e side, I am quite sure, while certain old gentlemen tal i v p i , ve i , this meeting (if meeting is the word), will 1 4 ; t'aec, if there be only one race in the three days. 1t,„, -v i er remember a more respectable entry for the - 7, 1 e3r Mile Plate. Ballinkeel (how came he there? d raw ', Jockey Club's notice to Mr. Dixon with tltte I can do no more this day than ask the stio n p‘ se e ._ tol‘,ulied to attract instead of frightening others away, available animals in the all the , 4, 0 48 n i p il° less than three in one stable being clew rake competing with C°l7ll • him. The betting on this Ica was a farc e; ab ou t a h un d re d p oun d s was 1 6 , 1 7 ‘ (4 I the Irish hors e at evens , and 6 to 4 et voila • I have known thousands depending on this race; . Y °l - 1 Cannot have your plumcake if you eat it, , h at (Newly, if we lose our money at Chester, we '" 11 4 9 it not to lose at Newmarket. A finer race I 14,never seen. Seahorie wins by a head, Ballin w-,Loeats Rosalind a head ; the same specific distance I:ll 9. tir;s: this mare from Robert Grimstone ; pshaw! ltobert de Gorham ; and Rover is not a neck -cr eo Ballm' keel is thus no horse for Epsom ; he e sPeedy, b ut he does not look made to go on ; )vo u l d ;er, the form is very different. A race-horse i ng:: ) se the whole tribe across the flat. The most N t i„ -s ,ag match of the day was off. I allude to ''cl? anti Scutari. The races commenced at one tat t Z: Why ? For the benefit of post-horses, I ht - ; re. Poor devils! they are little thought of in the tn 0 see the same. 4,. us, pray, for you know not the l uxur y o f 6, your heels about Newmarket from 3 o'clock wateling the clouds of dust, favourite eur wishing ponds. the t, th e 1 1 up to their necks in their p, lir a race on Wednesday was the Jockey kt 4 • , 1 14: %s m in my notice of the last meeting here I k„Ni e 1 111-,,, -4 „,. My. surprise • that Barbara should beat th - "Li weight for age ; it was contrary to all pub 'l4ithntlia'gr as well as expectation.. Flambeau .. must t ' " a " been amiss, as, 'for this Plate, giving 31bs. e w h in a canter. In the g t, he beat the mare icei th the half sister to Flambeau was absolutely ' 4 41 tai e k 1 14 th , --At judges backed her so freely, that I ' ‘e b e e Light all her previous performances must Wrong. The unfortunate little boy that tr : l 37p Kelburne's colt was sadly blamed ; but 41 't •N l f a 'ne . saddle on the rider I know not, for the ‘,„ N- Won in a canter, and is in the Oaks. 1,, i , t , 110' 4 w „ °11 ; I believe, ran horses about 17 years I de;,...rianing a race : what can be going to happen 14,3'citi k '•"". burning the City of Hamburgh, and 1% , , 44 W,' 411 5age-meat of two hundred and forty indi tiv,„`%l4:llt4e4 the Ver-ailles Railroad, for Mr. Newton has 4 4 t1 it :In three weeks ? If any one had looked at ; I `t}Z e r t irne's colt, they would scarcely have blamed :;ti , i!,e4.,, Seven started for the Suffolk - Stakes, value ~- p tA41 1 1(1 • " ) ,,..the winner, 3551.; every one knew which J44 l ' , t hem ,tne first two horses in the race, forJudex -ts o ,tast Monday, and he certainly is entitled to f edit t kli tf tti t :mtiq i for the selection, for the excellence o Ni; lll g, ea l' is proved by the fact, that every horse 1 , 1 ! a,,,s freely backed in the morning, or on the - tii 4 i . (ll 't I - he first favourite, the Devil-among-the atto -1 1 , 0 Nv ' ' 34 t b i as beat off; as nobody, I believe, ever ‘• 1 - .. good, sa ve an d excep t hi s res p ec t e d I ) ,i„ell' et did not i mag i ne th i s runn i ng wou ld h ave '( Ns -t ` lll B., .„ce the p os iti on o f Att il a i n t h e D er b y ; Ch he d epartures for town after this race were - arsd, and there being ,only two races made for .1 ?' , I did not wait for them. ; I Ned , ° : ) ,Pa at Tattersall's has been this week so t ati ,tit the new building is hailed with gene tionriv "action, ; three The prices of horses now vary Iset r , t . le th e ibets out of four are now made to 4(314 ,)00-C, and be it remembered that this ope tit, Ilatie nit ," .. ?uld be concluded on Monday next, the post ') • :nex t Lit entailinm • • Thursday u And th a. eonbiderable risk, as pi Pb y t e following ,4o . and thcroetenpari,ng Yea r he day s are completely taken all bets made in • the last t quarters. A , (1 the Frederica Coldrenick (the name iqt c° t) has been backed for r 4, t .aii any horFe ever was yet the (if ti me ; when we remember the pOSI - THE SUN, - LO ON, MONDAY MORNING-, MAX TUDEX. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Tilt-graph.) , The Firefly steamer, Lieut. Winniett, arrived from the West Indies Tucalay, and sailed for Woolwich on Thursday, to be paid off. The .Malabar, 72, Captain Sir G. Sartorius, was to sail from Plymouth yesterday for the Brazils, having taken on hoard fifty first class boys for distribution among the ships on that station. The Wasp, 16, Commander tbeHon. IL Murray, was paid off on Thursday, at Sheerness, and, it is said, is to be re-commissioned for China. The Brandywine, American frigate, and Feeble, Ame rican corvette, were at Gibraltar on the 2d inst. The Resistance troop-ship will proceed to-morrow to Quebec, with the second battalion of the 23d Regiment (fusileers), which marched from Chi c h es t er y ester d ay, and immediately embarked. The Rhadamanthus will return with the 56th Regiment. The Styx proceeded frOm Woolwich yesterday to Devonport, and the Monkey to Sheerness. The ship, Lord Lowther, arrived on Wednesday from the River, to take on board provisions and stores for the China expedition. The Lightning, steamer, arrived yesterday from Sheer ness, with seamen, and returned to-day to Woolwich. The Volcano, steamer, proceeded to-day to Plymouth, Greenock and Liverpool. The ship, Abercrombie, will embark the St. Helena regiment, and proceed with them in a few days, touching at Cork for detachments for . the Cape of Good Hope. The Albatress, 16, was to-day commissioned at this port, by Commander Reginald yorke. - The Clyde, West India steam packet, came into Har bour on Tuursday to be docked in the Queen's yard, hav ing been ashore. She was taken out of clock again yes terday, and returned to Southampton. The Danish frigate Thetis, with an Admiral's flag and a corvette, will call here in a few days, bound for the West Indies. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Winchester, Satellite, Echo (steamer), and Ad venture naval transport.) At Spithead—Resistance, Comus, Adelaide (transport), and Lurd Lowther (freight-ship.) The seaman and marines of the Cleopatra, on being paid off, voluntarily subscribed 4/. 1 Is. 2d., for the benefit of the Dreadnought, hospital-ship. It was a spontaneous act, and therefore the more to their praise as no agent for the charity solicited their subscriptions. Benjamin Chimmo, Esq., Secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, 1i.C.8., and Richard M. Whichel, Esq. Purser of H. M. S. Blenheim, are appointed Prize Agents fur the naval captures made in China. The Commander-in-Chief; Admiral Sir Edward Cod rington, struck his flag on Thursday evening, and left on ten days' leave of absence. The command ad interim, devolves on the Honourable Rear-Admiral Bouverie. PROMOTIONS AND' APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenants C. W. lie Courcy Ross (late Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Ross), and Lieut. A. C. T. Dickson (late Flag-Lieutenant to Vice- Admiral Warren), to the rank of Commander. Mate Charles F. Hillyer (1837), of the President, and Dennys Lane, of the Cornwallis, to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Reginald Yorke, to the Albatross. Lieutenants J. • A. Macdonald, to command the Cha rybdis ; W. P. Green (1806), to the Victory, for service in the Ordinary ; E. J. Voules, to the Albatross ; H. J. Lacon, from the Cornwallis, to be First of the Blonde • T. G. Drake, from Cruiser to the Cornwallis ; M. T. Molesworth and G. Caswell, to the Cleopatra ; P. F. Shortland, to the Avon. Masters—John Belam, to the Albatross ; W. Archer, to the Talbot. Second Master—F. Macdonald, to the Rhaclamanthus. Master's Assistant—B. B. Stuart, to the Geyser. Surgeon—R. S. C. Scott, to the Talbot. Assistant Surgeons--W. Hannant, to the Resistance ; R. Tilson, to Haslar Hospital ; 1)r. A. Armstrong, to the St. Vincent, (appointment to Resistance cancelled) ; John Simpton, to the Blonde • H Richardson, to the Alligator ; J. P. Henry, to the Blenheim ; H. G. Wil mott, to the Modeste ; S. S. Stanley, from the Blonde to the Algerine. Purser—J. G. Braid, to the Satellite, vice Lord (ap pointment cancelled) ; W. B. V. Turner, to assist in the office of the Accountant -General at Somerset House. Mates—W. Preedy, in Calcutta, to the Excellent W. D. - Lester, to the Resistance ; It. C. Tattnall, to the St. Vincent ; W. D. Lyster, to the Geyser. Clerk-in-Charge —T. C. J. Dryden, to the Avon. COAST GUARD-Lint. W. Southey, to Winchilsea Station. Mr. George Brand and Mr. W. E. Shaw, have passed at the Naval College, as Naitil Instructors and School masters. Mr. F. Bonnycastle Gritton, has passed for a Com mission in the Marine . Corps., Mr. Archibald Fletcher, Mate of the Winchester, has passed in Navigation for Lieutenant. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, MAY 12.—The Agincourt, 72, Captain Bruce, sailed on Monday for the East Indies. The Malabar, 72, having made good her defects, in the Sound, will proceed to-morrow for the coast of Brazil. She will take ont fifty first-class boys for distribution among the vessels on that station. The Crocodile went out of harbour on Monday. The Netley, tender, sailed on Monday, for Greenock, to bring back the party that navigated the Tunderbolt steamer from Portsmouth to that port. The Buzzal d arrived on Monday from the coast of Africa. The Swale lighter sailed on Monday with stores, for the packets at Falmouth. The Magnet packet was paid off on Monday. The Plymouth buoy boat arrived from Portsmouth on Wednesday. In the Sound—Malabar, Crocodile, and Buzzard. In Harbour—Caledonia, San Josef; and Philomel ; Sylph, tender ; Tortoise and Camel, lighters. No. I.—PELARGONIUMS—LARGE COLLECTION—Large Silver, Mr. Birch ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Bromley ; Silver Banksian, Mr. Slow; N. Gold Banksian, Mr. Catleugh ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Gaimes. PELARGONIUMS—SMALL COLLECTION.—N. Silver Gilt, Mr. Catleugh and Mr. Gaimes. CHINESE ROSES. —N. Large Silver, Mr. Same. HERBACEOUS CALCEOLARIAS.— Large Silver, Mr. M'Conach; N. Large Silver, Mr. Catleugh. SHRUBBY CALCEOLARIAS.—Large Silver, Mr. M'Co nach; N. Large Silver, Mr. Catleugh; V. Silver Bank sian, Mr. Gaimes. - • SEEDLING FLORISTS' FLOWERS.—SiIver Banksians, Messrs. Standish, Green, Giiimes, Rev. R. Garth, and Whinier. No. IL—STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, IN COL LECTIONS OF FROM FIFTY TO SIXTY PLANTS.—GoId Knightian, Mr. Good; Gold Banksian, Mr. Hunt; Large Silver, Mr. Redding. STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, IN COLLECTIONS OF FROM FIFTEEN TO TWENTY PLAN TS.—G old Bank sian, Mr. .Green; Large Silver, Messrs. Good, Smith, and Barnes; N. Gold Banksian, Mr. Pawley; N. Large Silver, Messre. Jackson and Catleugh. STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, IN COLLECTIONS OF SIX DISTINCT SPECIES.—Large - Silver, Mr. Bunn; Silver Knightian, Mr. Kyle; N. Large Silver, Mr. Fraser. STOVE AND GREENHOUSE CLIMBERS.—GoId Bank- Sian, Mr. Goode ; Large Silver, Mr. Clarke. No. 11L—FRUIT, MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF. —Gold Knightian, Mr. Davis ; Gold Banksian, Mr. Henderson ; Large .SilVer, Mr, Paxton ; Silver Bank sians, Messrs. Tilb er y and Clarke. GRAPES.—SiIver Gilt, Mr. Dodds ; Large Silver, Mr. Judd ; Silver Knightians, Messrs. London, Wort ley, and Henderson ; M. G. Large Silver, Mr. Wilmot ; M. G. Silver Knightian, Mr. Chapman. PINE APPLES.—Large Silver, Mr. Toy ; Silver Bank sian, Mr. J. Dodds ; M. G. Silver Gilt, Mr. Mann. PEACHES OR NECTARINES, IN DISHES OF SIX SPECI MENS.—SiIver Knightian, Mr. Henderson. No. IV.—GREENHOUSE AZALEAS.—GoId Banksian, Mr. Green ; Large Silver, Mr. Falconer ; Silver Knightian. Mr. Barnes ; N. Gold Banksian. Mr. Smith ; N. Large Silver, Mr. Jackson. CAPE HEATHS—TWENTY SPECIES. _G old Knightian, Mr. Barnes ; N. Silver Gilt, Mr. Jackson. C APE HEATHS—SIX SPECIES.—GoId Banksian, Mr. Ti. May ; Large' Silver, Mr. Green ; Silver Knightian, Story, Esq. ; N. Silver Knightian, Mr. Fawley. TALL CACTUS FLOWER.—Lare Silver, Mr. Barnes. No. V.—Six SPECIES OF EXOTIC OECHIDACEIE.— Gold Banksian, Mr. Hunt.; Large Silver, Mr. Barnes ; Silver Knightian, Mr. Paxton. EXOTIC ORCIIIDACE2E (SINGLE SPECIMENS.)—Large Silver, Mr. Barker ; Silver Knightians, Messrs. Wray and Paxton ; Silver Banksian, J. Jarrett, Esq. SINGLE SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.—Large Silver, Messrs. Jack Son, May, Falconer, and Paxton ; Silver Knightians, Messrs. Green, Bruce, G. Clark, a n d Green ; Silver a.nksians, Messrs. Bruce, Fraser, and Green. MISCELLANEOUS FLOWERS. Silver Knightians, Donald and Willmer. SIR ROBERT PEEL ON THE COST . OF THE PROVISION MONOPOLIES. Among all the speeches against the Corn-laws, which have been delivered in Parliament during the , present session, we question if there has been one which con tained more conclusive arguments in favour of the total abolition of the food monopoly, than are to be found in the speech of Sir Robert Peel, on Tuesday evening last. He contends that We ought to take prompt steps to secure ourselves " against the extravagant prices of meat in this country, caused by partial supply and by dis orders among cattle, which diminish our means of sup ply ;" to which we add, that it is still more incumbent upon Government to take effectual measures to secure the people of Great Britain against the extravagant prices of wlieat in this country, caused by partial supply and by unfavourable seasons. The Right Honourable Baronet quoted the contract prices of fresh beef at Greenwich Hospital, and also the Navy Contracts for the last seven years, for the purpose of showing how much dearer butchers' meat is now than it was a few years ago ; and certainly he made out an excellent case, as the table, which he read, testifies. The advance of prices was from forty to fifty per cent. in the short space of seven years. Little wonder, then, though the meat required for Greenwich Hospital should, as Sir Robert Peel stated, have cost 4,420/. more in 1841 than it did in 1885, or that the total amount of the household expenses of the establishment should have been 12,000/. more in the former year than they were in the latter. Ncw, if we extend these calculations—furnished by the Premier himself—to the consumption of animal food throughout the kingdom, we at once perceive what a monstrous sum the country must have been paying to the landlords in consequence of the beef monopoly. In 1E35, the cost of the total quantity of butcher's meat consumed in London was estimated at 4,000,000/. per annum. Assuming this to be correct, we may safely conclude that the annual cost of the butcher's meat con sumed in Great Britain at that time could not be less than 32,000,0001.; so that, if we reckon prices in 1841 to be 25 per cent. above what they were in 1835, which is much below Sir IL Peel's estimate, it will be found that the addi tional sum which the nation is now paying, for that ar ticle of food alone, amounts to 8,000,000/. a-year. Surely those philanthropists in the House of Commons, who complain so much against manufacturers, who force their workmen to buy food from them at a higher price than they could purchase it elsewhere, will rejoice to see that the power of the landowners to force the people of this country to buy food at their shop is in a fair way of being destroyed. Of course, we regret, as all friends of free trade must do, that the measures proposed by Go vernment fall so far short of what a truly great Minister, with the power which Sir Robert Peel possesses, would have sought to accomplish. But when Ministers come before Parliament, with statements exhibiting the cost of any monopoly, even if they should not venture to propose its " total and immediate abolition," we may rest assured that the days of that monopoly are •numbered, and that all the efforts of the most dexterous statesman will be insufficient to save it from speedy destruction.—Man chester Guardian. On Saturday between two and three o'clock police constable Wy att, 123 N division, found the dead body of a female, apparently about 4, years of age, in the New River, near Colebrook-row, Islington. She is hand somely-dressed, and her linen is marked E. A. She lies under Islington Church to be owned. DR. DALTON'S STATUE.—The pedestal upon which Sir Francis Chantrey's fine marble statue of Dr. Dalton is to be permanently pl ace d, arrived here from London on Thursday last ; and in a few days it will probably be substituted for the temporary one en which, in the entrance hall of the Royal In. stitutivn, the statue has hitherto reposed. The pedestal, which has been in the National Ga'lery, weighs upwards of two tons. —Manchester Guardian. We are happy to hear it reported, and credited by those who have the honour and happiness of knowing her Grace, that the Duchess of Sutherland intends giving a masque, in which the splendid pageant of Thursday night will once more figure in all its fairy enchantment. If, as we hope, her Grace should fulfil her hospitable intention, the scenic effect will not, we are sure, lose any of its attractions. We can also state, on good authority, that it is ti e intention of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch to give a Fancy Dress Ball on a scale of extraordinary magnificence.—Court Journal.. Lion of John Day' s fa vour it es iii the several Derby's, i HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Venison, Grey Momus, th e Melody colt,, each of The first exhibition of the Horticultural Society took these being third in the race, and seeing daily the place at Chiswick on Saturday ;' and a fine day, a beau enormous sums of money that pour into the mArket, I tiful display of flowers, and a brilliant attendance of think we are bound to believe that the Stockbridge fashionable company, combined to render the meeting a nag is no Cobham ! no Sl e i g ht- o f-H an d ! A s to his most attractive on e . Th e Q ueen , on this occasion, made winning the Derby, I give my opinion on Monday I her first visit to the Gardens at Chiswick. Her Ma week and not before, b u t that h e i s a good horse I je e s r ty s , u iatcecoanpriavneided at by b Prince out Nielv Albert, e o,elo o'clock, and a n a d t t r e e n m de a d i n b u y t i indeed, it is not firmly believe. Attila has riot b een i n suc h demand, fora h considerable p er i o d. The. Queen walked round the possible lie should re t a i n his place , various tents i n whi c h t h e h ort i cu l tural spec i mens are while Scott has three other ho r s es i n t h e betting, and exhibited, and frequently expressed her wonder and de backed. These expressions are distinct and widely light at the rare and beautiful productions of nature different. Canadian was not mentioned on ThUrs- which stood before her. . Her Majesty was received by day, and Auckland was not backed for more than a his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the President of the rouleau (501.). There is annually some count r y 1 Society, Sir C. Lewan, and others of the distinguished horse hacked at the last m omen t , an d I fancy Cheeps mem b ers. T he Duchess of Sutherland and two of her will this year obtain the prize awarded to the horse daughters visited the Gaidens at the same time as her that starts without entering any man's book until one • Majesty, and the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied fortnight before the race . by the Du c h ess of S ut h er l an d an d t h e i r su i te, a f ter - May 14. wards honoured the Duke of Devonshire with their pre sence to luncheon at his beautiful villa at Chiswick, which almost adjoins the Horticultural grounds. Of the display of fruit and flowers we can only speak in terms of the highest admiration. The soft and delicate Azalea, in its varied forms of snowy whiteness and brilliant colours, was there, attracting all eyes by the beauty of its flower and the wondrous size to which it had been raised ; and the collection of - the multiform and eccentric Calceolaria w;:s very rich, as indeed was e4ry flower shown—pelar goniums, heaths, roses—down to the humble heartsease. The company amounted during the course of the after noon to several thousands, and rarely have we witnessed an assembly more brilliant, an exhibition more beautiful, or a scene :more exciting. The following is the list of the prizes, and the names of the successful candidates:— AWARD OF THE JUDGES. civilisation of Irel an d b y fully 50 years, his splendid , h ave an y w i s h t o compe l t h e United States by force estates, the produce of w hi c h he spent in the servi c e t o a d ap t th e i r measures to i ts provisions, or to of the State, have passed from .his family into other adopt it stipulations. They have too much confi hands. Contrast the means of Mr. Anderson with deuce in their sense of justice to fear any such re the great revenues of the Irish aristocracy, and say stilt, and they will see with pleasure the prompt what would not Ireland now be if she had had a few disavowal made by yourself, Sir, in the name of such men in every province.- The history of no other i your country at the tribune of the Chamber of De country furnishes a like example of so much public t puties, of any intentions of this nature. But were good having been done to an entire kingdom, by a it otherwise, an d, mere it poss ibl e, t h ey m i g h t be dc private i n di v id ua l, at hi s own expense, as Mr. der- ceived 'in this confident elpectation, that would son accomplished for Ireland. not alter in one tittle their course of action. Their duty would be the same, and the same would b e their determination to fulfil it. They would prepare themselves, with apprehension indeed, but without dismay—with regret, but with firmness, for one of those desperate 'struggles which have sometimes oc curred in the history of the world, but where a just cause and the favour of Providence has given strength to comparative weakness, and enabled it to break down the pride of power. " But I have already said the United States do not f-ar that any such united attempt will he made upon t heir independence. What, however, they may reasonably fear, and what they do fear is, that in the execution of this treaty measures will ),e taken which they must resist. Ilow far the acts of one of the parties, putting its construction upon its own duties, and upon the obligations of its co-contractors, may involve these in any unlocked for consequences, either by the adoption of similar mea sures or by their rejection, I do not presume to judge. Certain it is, however, that if the fact and the princi ple advanced by Lord Aberdeen are correct--that these treaties for the abolition of the slave trade cannot be• executed without forcibly boarding Ame rican ships at sea in time of peace, and that the ob ligations created by them confer not ,onl v the right thus to violate the American flag, but make this measure a duty—then it . is also a duty of France to pursue the same course. 'Should she put this con struction upon her obligations, it is obvious the United States must do to her as they will do to Eng land, if she persist in this attack upon their indepen dence. Should she not, it does not become me to inves tigate the nature of her position with respect to one of her associates, whose opinion concerning their re lative duties would be so'widely different from their own. But I may express the hope that the Govern ment of his Majesty, before ratifying this treaty, will examine maturely the pretensions asserted by one of the parties, and see how these can be reconciled, not only with the honour and interest of the United States, but with the received principles of the great maritime cede of nations, I may make this appeal with the more confidence from the relations subsisting between France and the United States, from a community of interest in the liberty of\the seas, from a community of opinion respecting the principles which guard it, and from a community in danger, should it ever be menaced by the ambition of any maritime power. " It appaars to me, Sit', that in asking the attention of his Majesty's Government to the subject of the quintuple treaty, with a view to its reconsideration, I am requesting nothing on the part of the United States inconsistent with the duties of France to other Powers, If, during the course of discussions upon this treaty, preparatory to the arrange men t o f it s pro visions, England had asserted to the other parties the pretension she now asserts to the United States, as a necessary consequence of its obligations, I cannot be wrong in presuming, that France would not have signed it without guarding against this impending difficulty. The views of England are now disclosed to you, but fortunately before its ratificatioe ; and this change of circumstances may well justify the French Government in interposing such a remedy as it may think is demanded by the greater interests in volved in this question. "As to the treaties of 1831 and 1833, between France and Great Britain, for the suppression of the slave trade, I do not consider it my duty to advert to their stipulations. Their obligations upon the con tracting parties, whatever these may he, are now complete : and it is for my Government alone to de termine what measures the United States ought to take to avert the consequences with which they are threat ened by the construction which one of the parties has given to these instruments. "I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of the message of the President of the United States to Congress, in December last, and of the annual docu ments which accompanied it. Among the latter will be found the correspondence between the British Se cretaries of State and Mr. Stevenson upon the subject herein referred to. From these von will learn the respective views of the American and British Go vernments. "It is proper for m e t o a dd, th a t thi s communica tion has been made without any instructions from the United States. I have considered this case as one in which an American representative to a foreign power should act without awaiting the orders of his Govern ment. I have presumed, in the views I have sub mitted to vou, that 1 express the feelings of the American Government and people. If in this I have deceived myself, the responsibility will be mine. As soon as I can receive despatches from the United States, in answer to my communications, I shall be enabled to declare to you either that my conduct has been approvedeby the President, or that my mission is terminated. " I avail myself of this occasion to renew to your Excellency the assurances of my very high and dis tinguished consideration. " L. CASS. " His ExcellencyM. Guizot, Minister for Foreign Affairs." THE AFFAIR iN PARA DISE TERRACE, LAMBETH. For eight days past the residence of a respectable family in the ab ove l oca li ty had been harassed by the most vexatious and alarming annoyance, by large crowds of people assembling in the street, and-threat ening and insulting the inmates of the house, to which they have been- subjected .by an Inspector of Police. This person appeared on the :evening of the 611 about nine o'clock, and, without. any intimation, at tempted to break into the hOnse, by smashing in the window of the lower apartment, &e., and when applied to by the lady of the house, from the upper window (her husband being at the time at the theatre), by what authority he acted, and what he wanted ? His answer was, " My'name is Pearce, an inspector of police . ; I want to get into the • house ; if you re fuse I'll break open . the door." Such threats caused the greatest alarm. to the whole family, and they claimed the protection of a policeman (No: 177 L), and gave Pearce in charge, but the police • man refused to act. The husband being sent for, he, accompanied by a solicitor, arrived about eleven o'clock at night, and again requested the Inspector , to produce his warrant, or declare by what Judge or Ma gistrate it was signed. Every information was refused, and the solicitor findin g remonstrances and.: offers of - arrangement ineffectual, left the place, warn ing\ the Inspector, that if he dared to " break open the door," he and his employers, Would , do so at their peril. He, however, sur rounded the houSe with S cotc h sp i es an d policemen, and the whole family were, and have been ever since, annoyed and insulted in the grossest manner; the door and windows attempted to be broken open IT stones and other - . missiles thrown at them, and all this by hired emissaries.from Scotland, who mix with the mob, and excite them by representations, and endea vour thus to gain their objects. This outrage on the liberties of a British subject, and upon the above family and their residence, has been occasioned by the following circumstances • The late Lord Cardross (eldest son of the Earl of Buchan) died in January, 1837, leaving a deed of tutorage, and appointing Lady Cardross, his father, Mr. William Home, W.S. and agent to the Duke. of Buccleucli, and Mr. Gibson, of Edinburgh, tutors and curators ; and particularly appointing Lady Car dross, the mother, a sine qua non, or principal, tutor to her children, consisting of -a son (the infant Lord Cardross) and two daughters. Ever since his son's death, the father (Lord Buchan) has not only refused to' contribute anything for the maintenance and education of his grandchildren, but has endeavoured to break the entails; but lately, finding this impossible (by a decision of the House of Lords), he has made an application to the Court of Se3sion in Scotland, craving the custody of his grand children from their mother, who, upon hearing this, and being alarmed for the safety of her infants, came to her father in London. Lord Buchan then ob tained a warrant in Scotland to seize the persons of the three children, and convey them from their mo ther; this warrant, having obtained the signature of Mr. Trail, of Union Hall, is that acted upon by In spector Pearce in the above manner. Mr. Daniel Wakefield, the Queen's Counsel, to whom a statement of these facts has been made, has given as his opinion, that it is not in the power of any Judge or Magistrate to , back a 'Scotch warrant, ex cept in a criminal case. It is to be hoped, if these facts be, as we are afraid they • are, !correct, that this system of annOvance will be put an end to. Nothing can be more absurd than the prejudices in the mind of the crowd on this subject, as the treatment of the infant children has been always of the kindest de scription, and the proprietor of the besieged hou se subjected d c ri t t e e dto ap a p b r u o s l e a yvhen their c a o n n d d h u i c s t, w o i n fe th i e lav c e b ont e r ei y, merited CONTAGION AND QUARANTINE. (From the Medical Gazette.) We marvel much at the tone and temper with which this controversy has been too generally con ducted. A certain class of pathologists have imbibed a sort of instinctive horror at the notion of contagion. They have considered it as beneath the dignity of a scientific man to acknowledge such an influence. They have reasoned asif there were some confession of intellectual superiority attached to the holding of such an opinion, and an emancipation from vulgar prejudices in the avowal of anti-contagious notions. Such men would, we sincerely believe, experience a sense of shame in acknowledging the doctrine of in: fectious agency. That such feelings as these do exist widely throughout the world, more, perhaps, on the Continent than here, we are well convinced, and it is hard to account for such a circumstance. There seems nothing, per se, very revolting to common sense in the notion that the secretions of the body, in certain disorders, throw off emanations which, re ceived into the lungs, and impregnating the blood of another person, should produce in him a like disease. Yet the great aim and object of certain parties has been to disavow such a principle, wherever, by any ingenuity, it was possible to adopt some other expla nation,—never to admit such a doctrine except as a last resort in aetiological difficulty, and then to throw all possiblediscredit upon it. The doctrine of a contagious and infectious quality is conceded to small-pox and measles, by almost all pathologists, a large proportion of whom are ready to extend the same attributes to scarlet-fever and hooping-CoUgli: Very many diaw their line of de marcation here, and, like Falstaff with his ragged re giment, refuse to march a step further with the con tagionists. A certain number, however, are content to include typhus fever, puerperal peritonitis, and the Egyptian plague, in the category of contagious mala dies. From this point the non-contents have it pretty much their own way. The doctrine of a contagious quality inherent in the morbid secretions of cholera, of yellow fever,of erysipelas, and of influenza, makes some of them perfectly frantic, while the suggestion that perhaps the secretions may be similarly endowed in eases of phthisis pulmonalis, croup, or dysentery, is met with a look of ineffable contempt, mixed with pity. It has always appeared to us that the doctrine of contagion and infection has been viewed by medical writers in too isolated a manner; that to arrive at cor rect conclusions on the subject, capable of any wide application in nature, we should commence with the simplest form of diseased secretion capable of corn. mumcation from one individual to another of the same species, and trace the doctrine up to the more aggra vated forms of disease. Entertaining these general impressions on the sub ject of contagion and infection, as applicable . to va rious acute diseases where the secretions of the body are palpably affected, it cannot be a matter of sur prise that we are strenuous supporters of the conta gious nature of the Turkish plague. If ever a disease existed calculated, a priori, to throw off contagious emanations, this is it. It is a peracute form of fever of most malignant character, rapidly affecting the nervous and circulatini , systems, and curio us ly alter ing the coa gu l a ble and other qualities of the blood. One argument of the anti- contagionist party is, that plague is not found to spread on the European Con tinent, though commercial intercourse with Egypt augments annually. Historical facts, however,_ are opposed to this statement. Plague sp rea d at Mar seilles in 1720, at Moscow in 1770, at Malta in 1813, in the lonian Islands in 1818. While we thus acknowledge our firm belief in the contagious qualities of the secretions that form in persons labouring under Turkish plague, and our equally strong conviction that the clothes, and bedding, and bed-furniture, of plague patients, may sometimes harbour such dis eased secretions, and renew the disorder after a certain interval, either in the same or in a distant locality, we are perfectly ready' to admit that the Quarantine laws, as now administered in the Mediterranean, are framed upon very mistaken views of the laws of pestilential contagion. The shortness of the incuba tive stage is not considered. The almost total impas sibility that merchandise could be packed by persons in a condition calculated to throw off contagious emanations, seems utterly neglected. The practical inference deducible from the fact that the crew of a merchant ship remains free from disease for a period exceeding ten days, appears an element in the calcula tions of Quarantine law-givers wholly and most iul accountably left out of consideration, ORIGIN - OF THE MAIL COACH SYSTEM In the year 1780 Mr. John Anderson, of Fermoy, the subject of our present memoir, removed from Dumfries, where he originally resided, to the city of Cork, and formed a commercial establishment at that place, which ranked amongst the first houses in the kingdom. Applying himself to business, h 6 perseve rance and industry , were rewarded, in the course of a few years, by the acquisition of a large property, •c‘hich enabled him to purchase the extensive Barry more property, consisting of the Buttevant, Castle Lyons, and Carrickotoohill estates, and afterwards the estate of Fermoy, in the county of Cork. There he commenced improvements of an extensive and un common character, which afforded employment to thousands of poor persons, who, at the time that this field was opened to them, were destitute of all means of living, and absolutely reduced to the last necessity.* When Fermoy came into Mr. Anderson's possession it was a miserable village, but, under his creative hands, it soon became a flourishing town, hay in an extensive brewery,flour and paper mill s , e , , an d ma nufactories of various kinds, the largest internal corn market in Ireland, a great military depot,•with a popu lation of 7,000 inhabitants. Mr. Anderson, having had occasion to visit England, was struck with the great public benefits arising from the mail coach establish ment, then only in its infancy, and, animated by a laudable zeal for the interests of his adopted country, he conceived a wish to establish that great national convenience in the Sister Kingdom. At this time, it should be remembered, the journey from Dublin to Cork, a distance of about 126 miles, occupied between four and five days, while, during Mr. Anderson's life time, owing to the improvements made by him, it was accomplished in 24 hours. On recommending the project to the Government, they entrusted its realisation solely to Mr. Anderson, and that gentle man, nothing daunted by the obstacles which he had to surmount, entered on the undertaking forthwith. His first line of operations was on the road between Dublin and Cork, and, on achieving his object on that road, he passed successively to the roads between Dublin and Limerick, and Dublin and Galway, via Mullingar. The road between Dublin and Water ford, and that, no less fraught with difficulty, between Waterford and Cork, next claim7ed his attention ; and, in fact (for it were tedious to particularise), to him may be attributed the formation of mail coach roads throughout Ireland. When the French fleet arrived at Bantry Bay, the kingdom was thrown into the greatest confusion and alarm, and Lord Carhampton, the Commander of the Forces, hastened to the south by forced marches. There he endeavoured to find an eligible position for an en campment, but could not effect his wishes, which in volved such seri o us consequences , un l ess h e consented to pay an enormous sum under the name of rent. On becoming acquainted with this circumstance, Mr. Anderson offered Lord Carhampton the free and un conditional use of his splendid estate (Fermoy), or any part of it, for the lodgment and accommodation of the troops, and the offer was immediately accepted. But winter was fast approaching, the troops required to be lodged in barracks, and the Government, having found Fermoy a convenient site for a military station, wrote to Mr. Anderson to ascertain what he would take for such portion of his estate as they might re quire. Mr. Anderson, with unprecedented liberality, replied by presenting the Government with 26 acres of his best land, worth about 2,0001., free, for ever. At Buttevant, also, he gave 14 acres of land, worth upwards of 1,0001., for a similar purpose ; and' Sir Ralph Abercrombie, who commanded the forces at the time, conceived such a high sense of his munificence rind public' spirit, which was so particu larly acceptable at that critical period, that he offered him, by command of the Lord-Lieutenant, the appoint ment of Commissary-General. The emoluments of this appointment, the most lucrative in the army, amounted to seven pounds per day, and half-pay for life; but as his whole attention was occupied in the formation of the mail coach establishment, and his other public works, Mr. Anderson declined it. When the union of the two kingdoms began to be agitated, his efforts to facilitate that object, then a very un popular one, were highly serviceable to the Govern ment, and he had the credit of sending the Minister of the day the first petition agreed to at Cork in favour of the measure, which was received. Lord .Melville was so highly pleased with the strain in which it was conceived, coming from such a quarter, that he read it in the House as part of his speech, paying a compli ment to Mr. Anderson, the originator of the petition, which few persons have ever had the honour to re ceive. During the Duke of Richmond's administra tion, the Prince Regent expressed his sense of Mr. Anderson's public spirit, which had been productive of such benefit to Ireland, by raising his son to the dignity of a Baronet, an honour which Mr. Anderson declined himself, but which he might be gratified to see established in his family. But the palmy d ays of his public usefulness have passed away. After devoting the best energies of his mind, and the most active era of his life, to the ad vancement of the solid interests of his country—after applying the large property which he had accumu lated to the furtherance of great national ok,ects, it is melancholy to reflect that, while the country is hourly deriving substantial benefits from the plans of this extraordinary man, who pushed in advance the 14 Mr. Palmer, who originated the mail-coach establishment in England, received 3,000/. per annum, for its management, and was afterwards awarded upwards of 60,0001. by Parlia ment ; while the Mr. Anderson referred to, for similar services in Ireland, never received ore shilling, notwithstanding the enormous sacrifices he ma le to carry out this object, and the services he rendered to Lthe Goverment, THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. PROTEST OF GENERAL CASE AGAINST THE DEMANDED CONCURRENCE OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IN THE TREATY OF DECEMBER 20, 1841. " Legation of the United States, Paris, Feb. 13, 1842. `.` Sir,:—The recent signature of a. treaty, having for its object the suppression of the African slave trade, by five of.the Powers of Europe, and to which France is a party, is a fact of such general notoriety, that it may be assumed as the basis of any diplo matic representations which the subject may fairly require. " The United States, being no party to this treaty, have no right to inquire into the circumstances which have .led to it, nor..into the measures it pro poses to adopt, except, so far as they have rea son to. believe that their rights may be involved in the course of its execution. Their own desire to put a stop to this traffic is everywhere known, as well as the early and continued efforts they haVe adopted to prevent their citizens from prosecuting. They have been invited by the Government of Great Bri tain to become a party to a treaty which should regu late the action of the combined Governments upon this subject; but for reasons satisfactory to them selves, and I believe satisfactory to the wmid, they have declined this united action, and have chosen to pursue their own measures, 'and to act upon their own citizens only, without subjecting these to any kind of foreign jurisdiction. "In a communication .from. Lord Palmerston, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Mr. Stevenson, the Anierican Minister at London, dated August 27, 1841, Lord Palmerston claims a right for the British cruisers, and avows the intention of his Government to exercise it, to search American vessels at sea in time of peace, with. a view to ascertain their national character. He adds, that this examination of papers of merchantmen suspected of being engagad in the slave trade, even though they hoist an United States flag, is a proceed ing which it is absolutely necessary that British crui -sers, employed in the suppression of the slave trade, should continue to practise,' . Sze. " In a communication frc,m the successor of Lord Palmerston, Lord Aberdeen, to Mr. Stevenson, dated 13th of October, 1841, .the views and determination announced in the preceding letter are confirmed,,and Lord Aberdeen thus states the ground upon which rests this pretension to' search American vessels in time of peace : But the undersigned must observe, that the present happy•concurrence of the States of Christendom in this great object (the suppression of the slave trade) not merely justifies, but renders in dispenable, -the right now claimed and exercised by the British Government,' that is to say, the _right of entering and examining American vessels to ascer tain their true nationality. "It is no part of my duty to offer any comments upon this pretension, nor upon the reasons advanced in support of it; and, if it were, I should find the duty far better performed for me than I could perform it for myself in the annual message of the President of the L nited States to Congress of the 7th of December, 1841. In that document will be found the views of the American Government upon this subject, and it is there emphatically declared, that however desirous the United States may be for the suppression of the slave trade, they cannot consent to interpolations into the. maritime code at the, mere will and pleasure, of ether Governments. We deny the right of any such in terpolation to any one, or all the nations of the earth, without our consent. We claim to have a voice in all amendments or alterations .of that code, and when' we are given to understand, as in this instance, by aforeign Government, that its treaties with other nations can not be executed without the establishment and enforce- I meat of new principlesof import maritimenpoorliscues,cetpothile)leal;; plied without our consent,' •we must emp l oy a lan guage neither of equivocal misconstruction. " You will perceive, Sir, by these extra c t s , th a t th e British Government has advanced a pretension which it asserts to be indispensable to the execution . of its treaties for the suppression of the slave trade, and to which the President of the United States has declared that the American Government will not submit. This claim of search, it will be observed, arising, as is asserted, out of existing obligations, has relation to the isolated treaties for the abolition of this traffic, which were in force at the date of the communica tions of Lord Palmerston and Lord Aberdeen. It is now known that the combined treaty upon this sub ject is more extensive in, its operations, and more mi nute in some of the details of its execution, than the separate treaties with France, which, preceded it, and equally indefinite in the duration of its obligations. Of course, measures which were not only 'justifiable but indispensable' for the execution of the latter will find equal justice and necessity in the obligations of the former. " With this previous declaration made by one of the parties to this quintuple treaty, concerning its operations, the American Government cannot shut their eyes to their true position. The moral effect which such a union of five great Pow ers , two of which are eminently maritime, but three of which have never, perhaps, had a vessel e ngage d i n t h at traffic, is calculated to produce upon the United States and upon other nations, which, like them, may be indisposed to these combined movements, though it may be regretted, yet furnishes no just cause of complaint. But the subject assumes another aspect, when they are told, by one of the parties that their vessels are to be forcibly entered and examined, in order to carry into effect these stipulations. Cer tainly the American Government doe s not believe that Powers, the high contracting parti es treat*, to this trea, IMPORTANT TO DIRECTORS OF RAILWAYS. UNIFORMITY OF CLOCKS THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN. • (From Mr. F. Osier's Lecture at the Birmingham _ _ • Philosophical Institution.) • Now that railway-travelling has become so uni- Yersal in the kingdom, doing so much to annihilate space, the question of time became a matter of considerable importance, and he had long been of opinion that some plan must be adopted to prevent the errors and inconvenience of every town in the king dom setting its clock to a meridian of its own, different to every other place out of the same longitude. To show the extent of the evil to which he adverted, it would perhaps be sufficient for him to state, that there was a difference of 2,i min. 28 sec. between the times at Dover and Falmouth ; that is to say, when it was noon at Falmouth it was 25 min. 28 sec. past noon at Dover. There was nearly a minute difference in time between the east and west of London, and about a quarter of a minute difference between the east and west of Birmingham. The railroad directors had en deavoured to remedy this defect by keeping London time at all their stations ; but there was this great in convenience attending it, that all persons who resided west of London were in great danger of being too late for the trains. On all the time-tables of the Great Western Railway an endeavour was made to remedy this difficulty _bs printing the cor rection • for longitude. It occurred to him a year or two. ago, that it :would be a very excellent plan if Government would recommend the adoption of one uniform time throughout the kingdom ; and he was happy to find that his friend Mr. Dent had turned his attention to the same sub ject, and he quite agreed with him that they ought to adopt one meridian as a universal standard, and call it " British time." Happening to mention this sub ject to his friend, Air. Rowland 11114 as a matter of some importance in connection With the Post-office department, he informed him that he had received a letter from Captain Basil Hall, in 1840, on this very point ; and as it embodied all that he (Mr. Osier) could say respecting it, he would, with the permission of the audience, read the letter to them. The Lecturer here read the letter of Captain Basil Hall. The idea of the adoption of a general standard for time throughout Great Britain ori ginated with the late 1)r. Wollaston, who sug gested that all the Post-office clocks throughout the different counties should he kept at Lonilon time, a measure which he considered might be very easily accomplished, and which would greatly simplify; all those arrangements of the Post-office in which time was included as an element. He proposed to regitlate all the Post-office clocks in the kingdom by means of the time brought from London daily by the mail coach chronometers ; and he had no doubt that, ere-. long, all the town clocks, and, eventually, all the clocks and watches of private persons, would fulll into the same course of regulation ; so that only one ex pression of time would prevail over the country, and every clock and watch indicate by its bands the same hour and minute at the same moment of absol te time. ARTICLES OF LADIES' DRESS IN THE TIME OF QI7EEN PHILIPPA. I beheld them on a day When their looks out-flourished May ; And their dressing did out-brave All the pride the fields then have. BEN JOHNSON. EMBROIDERED SHIITS.—These, ornamented at the bosoms and collars with needlework, were much in fashion in Queen Philippa's time, and "shifts white and plaited" are frequently spoken of as. part of the habit belonging to an elegant lady of the period. The chemise of Lady Triamore is described to. be "white chaisil, with embellished borders, and laced on both sides ;" another poet speaks of a " chemise of ehaisil, delicately wrought with thread." If we may, take the word of Mistress Girtred (Heywood), they cost as much as three, pounds a piece. THE PARTELETs.—These were made of various stuffs of the most valuable and delicate kind ; they were made generally of Venice gold, white thread, lawn, and wrought with gold about the collars. THE TIPPET.—This much resembled the partelet ; it was worn about the neck, and varied in size and form, 1 being sometimes large and long as a mantle. THE BANDS for the neck were propped up with wires ; others fell upon the shoulders, and were denominated falling bands. In a comedy of the time, a gallant be speaks of a milliner five yards • of lawn to make his 1 mistress some falling bands, " three falling one upon the other; that (says he), is the new edition." THE COTE OR COAT.—This dress was much affected by well-made women of fashion ;it was a dress beau- ' tifully adapted to th e s p r i ng an d summer ; i t was with -1 out lining, and fitted so closely to the body that on slim personable shapes it showed. off the form to great ad vantage. These small coats were called petit -cotes (whence our modern petticoat) ; they had, however, generally trains to them, and were then called long cotes : women of fashion wore them dashingly orna mented with ermine and miniver. THE WAISTCOAT.—This was also a ladies' garment ; the following entry among the .llarleian MSS. describes them :—" Two wastcotes t - )r women, being of clothe of silver, embroidered ; both of them having sleeves." THE KIRTLE, or Kirtel, was frequently a habit of State, and wornby persons of high rank: - these were of different textures and different colours, but especially• of green ; and were sometimes laced so closely to the body, as to answer the service of the boddice or stays. We find the following measures for the Queen's Kirtle, viz., 6 yards and half a quarter of cloth; and in another instance yards of purple cloth of damask gold for the same pur pose ; the young court-ladies, however, only wore them made of " three yards of tawney satin." THE SUPER-TUNIC.—This vestment was large and loose, having broad and deep sleeves ; it was made with marble cloth, or cloth of variegated colours, like the veins of marble. 'Ts SosQUENJE or surquanh/e is mentioned by Wil liam de Lorris as the handsomest dress that a lady could wear : when white and nicely plaited it was particularly becoming: he preferred it to the coat. SLEEvEs.—These were often made distinct from the body-vestment in Queen Philippa's day : so that in the inventories of her women we find them entered by heni selves, thus : " three pair of purple satin sleeves for women : one pair of linen sleeves, passed with gob! over the arm, quilted with Wad: silk, and wrought with flowers between the panes, and at the hands : one pair of sleeves of purple gold tissue damask wire, each sleeve tied 1% ith aglets of gold: one pair of crimson sa tin sleevcs. four buttons of:gold being set upon each sleeve, and in every button nine pearls. THE STOMACHER was common to men and women. The Queen and other ladies of the household often wore them of purple gold, raised with silver tissue and da mask wire, and another of crimson satin, embroidered all over with flat gold, and damask pearls, and lined with sarcenet. THE APRON, called by the old poets the lap-cloth, be came fashionable among persons of the highest rank, and was made of the most costly materials. THE MANTLE, OR CLOAK.—The richest ermines, sa bles, and furs, adorned this beautiful appendage of the neck and shoulders ; some of them were called by the name of crocea, and resembled very much in length and fashion the ecclesiastical cope ; it was used at first by the Cardinals, and for that reason lost its original name, and w•as called by the ladies a Cardinal. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 14.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. DEAL, MAY 13.—Wind N.W. to S. by E.—Arrd. John Knox, White, Singapore; Henry Bell, Laguna. And. frn u the River, and sailed, Diamond, Barbadoes ; Albion, GM:nada; Essequibo, St. Vincent's. MARGATE, MAY 13.-I'he Elizabeth, Pike, from Sheer ness, has been got off, and i s now i n t h e Pie , off Dungeness. Arrd. Adine 2 _Keusbergen, R o tt er d am, for Batavia. Orr THE WIGHT, MAY 13.—Prosrer, Ramburgh, for Vera Cruz. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind W.—Arrd. Clyde(steamer), Southampton. Arrd. off, Wellington, Kenrick, Madras, sailed 25th Jan. COWES, MAY 13.—The Actress, Johns, from Youghal to Portsmouth, got ashore on the Shingles yesterday, but has been got off and into the harbour. PLYMOUTH, MAY 1 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Capt. Cooke, Finch, Sierra Leone, and sailed for Portsmouth ; Steadfast, do. BRISTOL, MAY la—Arrd. St. George, Williams, Calcutta; Peru, Bateson, Mauritius; Freedom, frarr, Africa ; Pomona, Smith, Trinidad Anna, St. Vincent's. FALMOLITII, &IA Y 12.—Wind W. to S. W., light breezes. —Arrd. Fenella, Miller, Cuba; Martha, Le Ross, Ancona.. LtvEzroot, MAY 13.—Wind S.W. light—Arrd. Scipio, Henderson, Laguna. Arrd. off, Zeno, Jamaica ; Parker, Barbadoes. Sld. Salisbury and Victory, Bombay ; Osceola , New York • Ba 3 field, Africa. CORK, • MAY I I.—Arrd. Martha, Wilson, ZanM ; EmlY mion, 'Bordeaux, for Quebec, leaky, and out 14 days. AL Orfila, says the Presse, has just completed his researches en the absorption of mineral poisons, fruewhieli it results that there may be found in the liver and the viscera lead, zinc, tin, gold, silver, iodine, and even mercury; in cases where death has resulted from them. We earnestly hope that the British Government will he induced to take some efficient steps towards the reform of the Quarantine regulations now in force throughout the Mediterranean. That the period of sanatory surveillance might be lessened in all cases. with perfect safety, we entertain not the smallest doubt. That the period should be the same in steam awl sailing vessels appears a wanton trifling with valuable time. No isolated measures f►r the reform of Quarantine laws, however, can be of any avail. To be effective, the subject must be taken up as a measure of inter -national policy, and carried out with entire acquies cence on the part of all the chief Mediterranean powers. The British GoVernment, however, might well initiate the proceeding, and congresses have been held on matters of less pressing necessity. We eon elude, therefore, by heartily .commending to Sir Robert Peel, when he has carried through his present scheme ofeommercial reform, thegreat question of Qua rantine reform,. We can confidently anticipate ibr him an abundant popularity from success in such an enterprise. A 1.4-Alin's usque—frOm Gibraltar to Odessa, one universal cry of jov *and gladness will arise, when Quarantine regulations.are revised, use less restrictions abolished, and when the unhappy prisoner in the Lazaretto can console himself with -the reflection, thai.reason and science have li mited his durance to the shortest period compatible with national security*. LITERATURE. JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ESMAILLA OF ARIA-EL-XADER; Whittaker, Lcadon, 184 4 . The author of this volume of travels in the. country of the Arabs, bordering on Algiers, is Colonel Scott, who was for some time an °Ricer in the service of Queen Isabella of Spain when,.however, it was pro. posed to incorporate the Carlist the Christino regiments, at the close of the - late civil, war, the Colonel, finding it impossible to associate with those Who had supported the cause of despotism, retired from the service, " with the full intention," as he observes in his introductory chapter,. " of proceeding to Tege dempt, to join the Emir. Abd-el-Bader, whose glo rious resistance against the united pow er of the French nation, inspired me with admiration, at that time only considering him in the light of an Arab chief." fn pursuance of this resolution, lie set out for. the Court of the Emir, and accepted the appointment of Chief of his Stad', an office which brought him into frequent contact With Abd-el-Bader, Of whom he speaks in terms of the warmest eulogium, olterving that " his zeal and tone of character is- that-of a youthrul hero, possessing a noble and generous mind; one who is incapable of treachery, and whose liberal policy and government, were he only on the throne of A4. - ;.cors, would render that country in a short time the mist enlightened under the Moslem sway. Ile look* towards the British nation as a friend of the brave and free; but our Government cannot assist him in his glorious struggle for independence, although private individuals might do so. His cause is far more worthy of their philanthrophy than that of the Greeks, being, • above all, of the highest and greatest im portance to the mercantile interest of- the 'British nation." .Our author proceeds to state that the war fare now carrying; on in Algiers will never be attended with any benefit to France; and that it ruins British commerce in that part of the world, as seven millions sterling are about the average, of the exports and hn ports of Algiers, including also the territory occupied by the French, and that under the dominion of the Emir. While Colonel Scott was residing with AM el-liader, at the town of Tegedempt, a caravan ar rived from Timbuctoo, and from one of the slave merchants belonging to the caravan, the Colonel received some information respecting that Mysterious city,—of no great importance, however, for he merely learned that Timhuctoo was as large as Fez, one of the principal towns of Morocco, and that gold-dust and ivory were its chief articles of trade. Though our author travelled over an interesting tract of country, and one less known- to the generality of English readers than could be desired, vet we do not find much of novelty in his descriptions; his long ac count of his halt at Fez is perhaps the.most entertain ing portion of his volume ; but we prefer g i v i ng a curious anecdote of Abd - el-ader, , and his adventure with a lion : "It appears that Alai-el-Fader, like Araoun-al- Ilaschid in the Arabian Nights' entertainments, fre quently goes about in disguise, in order to inform him , self' of the actual state of affairs ; one night he came from the Esmailla. to Tegedempt alone, to ascertain the correctness of a report which had been made, that it was unsafe to be in the streets after nightfall. He remained walking about the town till near midnight ; on his re turn he had.to pass the brook of Tegedempt, and it , being the hour of prayer, he halted to perform his devo tions, and was washing his feet in the stream, when a huge lion made his handsome bow before him,' doubtless having just dropped in like Paul Pry to make a call. The Sultan met the lion's stare, and with a frown, calling him a Kilh-ben-el-Kilb, for intruding- upon him at so unseasonable an hour, bade him begone for a kaffer ; strange to say, the lord of the forest cowed his head before the defender of the faithful, and turning tail walked off. By the Arabs this was considered as a miracle wrought by the prophet in favour of his protege Abd-el-linder, who is frequently styled by his subjects the beloied of Alalmmet.' I should, however, he more inclined to place this circumstance to the generosity of this noble animal, who seldom attacks the human species unless driven so to do by extreme hunger. The Arabs say that the females of their tribes, if a lion makes his appearance al their tents, have only to show him their breasts, when he invariably hangs down his head and walks away ; although a traveller, and us e d to st range stories, I did not exactly give credit, to this assertion." MURDER .1N THE COUNTY or Limmticx.—The Limerick Chi.°Hid , of yesterday contains the following ac count of a horrifvingn.ut 7 der committed in that county on, it. is supposed, either Saturday or Sunday last, but the precise time is yet a mystery :—" A tine young man, na.ned Patrick Walsh, was found bathed nt blood, at an early hour on Sunday evening last, in a cart, the horse of which was stray ing along . the road at C og h a , L or d S tan l ey ' s estate, within a mile. of the village of Doon, in this county, and less than half a mile oft the police station. He was speechless and smeared wit h gore, which also disfigured the vehicle. Surgeon Thomas Wilkinson, who was known to be in the neighbourhood, was at once sent for, hut life was extinct be fore his art ival. This gentleman, who was examined at the inquest, deposed that death was caused by an extensive wound passing obliquely through the right qebrow, exposing a frac ture on the forehead, and through which the bra was visible. Bead constable Sanderson, with the police parties from Doon ane Cappamore, were indefatigable in searching the country for the last two night!, and happily succeeded in arresting one nem; cn whom strong su-picion of murder rests, as his waist coat was spotted with fresh blood, for which he could rot satis factorily account. The &erased was on his way to liallvva lode, near Ella, when he was waylaid and murdered, why or wherefore is yet a iryetery." MR. C. AIATHEVI - S.-111 the InsolVelit Debtors' Court, on Friday, application was made on the part of Mr Charles Mathews, late Manager of Covent Garden Theatre, to put in bail for 5,000/. It appeared the judgment debts amounted to 9,1281., and creditors to the amount of 5,1424 had given consent. The Commissioner at once granted the application, and bail was accepted. On Saturday, the Jinn- prisoners charged with the murder of Duncan Crawford, in the Isle of Dogs, five years ago, were brought before Mr. Ballet] tine at the Thames Police Court, and there being no further evi dence against them, they were discharged. The Magis trate properly remarked, that cases so unsupported by evidence, ought not to he brought before th e public, rut imputed a blame to the police for not being prepared with better evidence than' that on which the prisoners had been arrested. FlRES. — Yo4ertitty morning, about ten o'clock, tt fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Cripps, baker, No. 25, St. Martin's-le-Grand. The fire at one time threat ened to be attended with serious consequences, but fortu nately, owing to the speedy arrival of the West of Eng land and several of the Brigade engines, aided by a plea.. tiful supply of water, the flames were got under ; but trot before much damage was done to the house, the, rbof of which was entirely destroyed, and a great gnantity of furniture and stock were consumed. The fire communi cated to the coffee-house belonging to Mr. Williams, next door, but by the exertions of the firemen the 'premis e , * were saved front destruction. 31r. Cripps is insure?„ Be tween three and four o'clock the same morning, another fire broke out at the warehouse of M r . lloyel, chair JR partner, New-street, Borough-road, Mild:, together with the whole of its contents, consisting turn immense num ber of chairs, was totally consumed. The greatest fears were at one time entertained for the safety of the adjoin ing buildings, but the exertions of the firemen prevented its extension. Mr. Royal, whose loss is very great, is unfortunately not insured. The .lona vial des Deux Siedes speaks of dreadfit • disasters having been occasioned in Calabria Ultra by inundations. Bridges have been swept away, houum reduced to ruin, and several persons 41rowned. The telegraph at the Port of Dino was struck by the electrie fluid, and almost destroyed. The man stationed there was killed. lAn action Was brought, last week, at Agen, by M. Bout, Deputy for the department of Lot,pt-tiaroune,. I against M. Casagne, responsible editor of the Memorial' I Apfnais, fin- certain articles whi c h it had published I against him. M. Cassagne was condemned to pay 1 5,000 f. damages, and insert the_.udgment in a thousand 4 . 0114, Of his journal. 3 l'be funeral obseq u i es of M. Elkvion took place a few days ago at Saint noel), li bleb was hung with great pomp for the ceremony. A considerable number of artistes. gen, de letttes, members of the Institute, many of the prin. cipal professors of the Conservatoire, and the friends of the de.. erased, were present. The deputation of the Rhone, with IA„ sauzer, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, at their head, came to pay a last tribute of respect to the deceb- se d, who had been a member of the Council-General of that depa r t. ment. After the mass had Leen sung, the funeral prereession set out. for Pere Lachaise. Funeral speeches were iieli.wered over the tomb, and a ileta , :hrnent of infantry rendered military honours to the deceased. in his quality of a member of the I.e• glen of Honour. On :Monday night, a fire broke out rn the spinnin7 manufactory of Messrs. Belliard, of No. JO. Rue de la Roquette. The flames bursting from the windows gave the first intimation of the tire. A man rained Gatinet was on the presiscs as machine-keeper, and as the fire broke out in the room where he slept, and as it it is known that he was fre quently intoxicated, it is sw:posed that his light set fire to the place. Be perished in Inv 'Barnes, all efforts to save him being ineffectual. TI lEII R DEirE R GOOD.—On Friday morning be fore the trial, ',an Bucknell, Good's solicitor, feeling , the extreme iie7portance of the ease which he had to defend, .waite(l 'on his client in his cell, and, like a good tactiti an sP:eh matters, entreated of his client not on any ac count to say a word either during or after the trial. The object of Mr. Bucknell was this—that according to the evidence set forth in the depositions, there was not a sin gle case on record where an individual was executed on circumstantial evidence so inconclusive as that against the prisoner ; and if, therefore, he only held his tongue, it was the intention of Mr. Bucknell, in the event of the, prisoner being fou n d odlty, to present a strong memor i al to the Crown—nay, even to Royalty itself—f or i ts cle mency on his behalf, on account, as has b een before stated, of the inconclusiveness et the evidence as t o t h e i dentity of the body. An article from Breslau, in the Globe, of Brussels, states that a child,. 13 years of age, the village or Bresersdort; who had been confined f or t h e night in a, cellar, on a charge of theft, was kill e d b y rats. In the she was found with a ll t h e flesh eaten from the head and legs. The Magist rate, b y whose orders she morning was c onfined in the cellar, has been arrested. D EA Tit or LADY DUNDAS (of Beeehwood.)--Her Ladyship died at her ho use in Heriot's-row, Edi n b urg h, on Saturday last. She was relict of the late Sir Robert Dundas, created a Baronet in 1821, married 1708, and has left issue the present Sir David Dundas, married to th e d aug h ter o f M r . and Lady Catherine Nlrlivte Melville, and other issue. Visa OF I MAJESTY AN 11 PR INC A I.IIERT To PLYMO UT II .--PLYMOUTII, MAY i3„--It is currently reported that it is the intention of our most gracious Queen, and tier illustrious Consort, to visit the Government establishments at this port sometime during the summer,. It is highly proliablea that the distinguished honour will be conferred on us in July!, at which time the Albion, 90, now building with so much kaste , be ready for launching,