The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-05 00:00:00

AMERICA. J.O LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. -- The Etna, which touched at Queenstown yester day, has arrived. The Secretary of the Treasury had advertised for an additional loan of eight millions, an amount which he thinks will be sufficient to carry the Go vernment through to the end of the current fiscal year. In the Senate on the 20th, the Douglas resolu tions corning up, Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, made some remarks, in which he declared reunion to be impracticable, and that there remained only the two alternatives —war or the acknowledgment of the independence of the seceded States as a nationality. He offered a resolution that the President, with the advice of the Senate, be vested with full power and authority to accept the declaration of the se ceded States, that they constitute an alien people, and that he conclude with them a treaty acknow ledgin g their independence as a separate nation. He defined secession to be revolution, only to be met by war or peaceful negotiations. It was not the design of the Constitution to substitute the military for the civil power, and the law of domi cile and the allegiance due to the State must neces sarily govern in a State which has separated itself from the Federal Government. On the 21st Mr, Bayard continued his remarks in favour of acknow ledging the independence of the Confederate States. He laid the whole responsibility of disunion upon the Republican party, and argued the right of pro perty in slaves and the duty of protecting it. Before he concluded the Senate went into Execu tive Session, after which it adjourned. On the 22d the Douglas resolutions were taken up, and Mr. Bayard resumed and concluded his remarks, con tending that if the United States do not recognise the independence of the Confederate States foreign nations will ; and this would be calculated to produce a conflict between the two sections of the country. Mr. Timothy 0. Howe, of Wisconsin, opposed the resolutions, first on the ground that they were un necessary, for Mr. Douglas's argument indicated that he had already possessed the information he sought to obtain. He (Howe) was not satisfied that the Secretary of War had the information desired. He was opposed to giving the country the intelli gence which the resolutions demand. As to the assumption whether they were to have peace or war, the danger was no less imposing than a hostile nation in a threatening attitude. If they had a public enemy confronting them, would it be wise to publish, for their information, what forts they could have, or possess, by what force they could hold them, and what money would be required ? The last Administration did not, at least, communi cate such information to the public. Nor did he believe that it was prudent to impart it to the friends of the Government. He gloried in the American Government, respected and feared at home as abroad, and said that a rib had been taken from their body in a horrid dream, and that, according to Douglas, it would require 285,000 men to enforce the laws in that portion of the country which it assumes to control. In political as well as in other affairs it was safe sometimes to wear the visor down, and to follow one's intuitions as the most carefully studied course. He afterwards proceeded to draw an out line of the policy of the President, which was, to use peaceful means if peaceful means will suffice. This was the settled proposition of the Administration. After a severe attack upon Mr. Douglas, and the assertion that the Republican party had not been guilty in their previous conduct, he gave way to an Executive Session. The President had submitted to the Senate, for its advice and consent, the proposition of the British Government to refer the San Juan question to the arbitration of Sweden, the Netherlands, or Switzer land. From these it was for the United States Government to make the selection. The Committee on Foreign Relations had made a favourable report upon the subject and recommended the choice of Switzerland. The two indictments against John B. Floyd, ex- Secretary of War, had been dismissed by the Washington Court as untenable. Among the latest foreign appointments conferred by the Senate were the following :—Rufus King, Minister Resident at Rome ; Bradford R. Wood, Minister Resident at Denmark ; Anson Burlin• game, Minister to Austria ; Elisha 0. Crosby, Minister Resident at Guatemala; J. 0. Putnam, Consul to Havre ; Freeman H. Morse, Consul to London ; James H. Anderson, of Ohio, Consul to Hamburg; Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio, Consul- General to the British North American Provinces ; Thomas Corwin, Minister to Mexico; S. Sandford, of Connecticut, Minister to Belgium ; Captain Britton; Consul to Southampton. Mr. Alexander Dimitry, Minister to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, had been recalled. Rumours having been current at Washington that Fort Sumter would not be evacuated by Major Anderson's forces, considerable pains had been taken to contradict them. A despatch says : "It is positively certain that it will be abandoned speedily. It is equally certain that Fort Pickens will not be reinforced. All the signs are favourable for a peaceable solution." From Charleston we learn that measures had been taken by the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Mem minger, to prevent the introduction of goods by the inland routes. At all railway connexions between the Confederate and border States officers had been stationed to enforce the decrees and tariff regula tions of the Confederate States. The same precau tion had been taken to prevent smuggling on the coast line. it is stated that proposals had been received from Mr. A. M. Weir, a London steamship owner, formerly of the Galway Company, and Messrs. laird and Co., the well known shipbuilders, offer ing to raise in Great Britain half the amount neces sary to secure the establishment of a direct line of steamships between Charleston and Liverpool.' It is proposed that a joint-stock company shall be formed in England under the Limited Liability Act, in which the Charleston shareholders will be placed on the same footing with all others. The company once formed three iron screw propellers are to be built and run as a regular line between Charleston and Liverpool. It is intended that they im of 1,800 tons measurement and 250 horse-power with capacity for 4,000 bales of cotton, taking the bale at 4401 b. The total cost of each steamer, it is calculated, will net amount to more than 235,000 dols., or 705,000 dols. for the three, the proportion to be raised by the people of Charleston being 235,000 dols. The proposal had been warmly taken -np by the leading merchants of that city, and a committee had been appointed to solicit subscrip tions. President Davis's veto of the bill relating to the Slave Trade, passed by the Congress of the Con federate States, had been published. He objects to the clause providing that slaves imported contrary to law shall be sold at auction, unless some foreign State or society will receive them in charge and deport them for " future freedom." This provision he considers antagonistic to the policy declared in the Constitution—viz., to prohibit the importation of African negroes. The vote was sustained by the Congress, 24 to 15. The completion of the floating battery at Charleston had been celebrqted by a salute of seven guns, each gun representing a seceded State. By proclamation of General Bragg, of the Confederate army, all vessels were forbidden to furnish supplies to war vessels off Pensacola, or toF Fort Pickens, under penalty of forfeiture to the Confederacy. In accordance with this proclama tion a Federal Th supply vessel had been seized off Pensacola. The Missouri Convention had adjourned -until the third Monday in December. The St. louis _Republican says:— The inference to he Missouri i s the action of the Convention is t o h r at ad li st o m uri is in favour of every teas mode ent . calculated to call back the seceded States, and , sepa n rat d . default of such measure, favours a peaceable aniodnaol also the ni on from the Southern Confederacy, o tha t . her mind is in a state of suspense to the question of her retirivg from the Union on --e happ en i ng o f the contingencies mentioned. Memphis announ ces A telegram fromthe Arkansas State Convention, on the 20th , that Passed a Secession ordinance, su bject to approval by a vote of the people. The —r A kanSaS Convention, after re _ jecting a Secession ordinance by Qu id vote _ o .b f 39 e ref _toerre 354 i finally agreed that the questioa to the people at an election to be held on the first Monday in August next, when the ballots are to decide " For Co-operation," or " For Secession." In the Missouri State Convention, on the 22d, Mr. Henderson, chairman of the committee to which was referred the communication of the commissioner from Georgia, presented a long report declaring against Secession, and exhorting Georgia and other seceding States to desist from the revolutionary measures commenced by them, and unite their voice with theirs in restoring peace and fraternal relations between all the States. It was expected that the Virginia Convention would recommence a conference of the Border Slave States, to be held at Frankfort or some other point towards the last of May. The Secession feeling was on the increase in North Carolina. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money was in more active demand at New York, especially on the part of the jobbers • still the supply continued la rge l y i n excess of the demand. The competition for paper had been gradually re ducing the rates, and the applications for discounts becoming lighter every day this reduction was still going on. The rate for money on call may be quoted at 5 to - 6 per cent., while many of the old established houses borrowed all they wanted at 4. First-class bills had become exceedingly scarce, and the alteration of the classification had become a necessity. Loans on call, State stock securities, 5 to 51; ditto, other good securities, 6 to 61 ; prime en dorsed bills, 60 to 90 days, 51 to 6 ; ditto, four to six months, 6 to 61; first-class single signatures, four to six months, 61 to 7. Foreign exchange firm. On London, 60 days' bankers' bills, 107 to 1071; ditto, commercial bills, 1061 to 107. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, MARCH 19. The President yesterday sent in his foreign ap pointments to the Senate for confirmation. Mr. Charles Francis Adams, the nominee for London, is a representative of one of the few historic families of the United States, His grandfather, by his influ ence, secured the appointment of Washington as Commander-in-Chief, by his eloquence procured the adoption of the Declaration nf Independence, was a leading member:of the Congress, Minister succes sively to Holland and England, and closed his poli tical career as second President of the United States. His father rose successively from the post of Secre tary of Legation at St. Petersburg to that of President ; and then, returning to the House of Representatives as a member for Massachusetts, commenced and led the contest that has terminated in the election of Mr. Lincoln, and died upon the floor of the House. The new Minister was the can didate of the Free Soil party for the Vice-Presidency in 1848, and a member of the late House of Repre sentatives, where he distinguished himself by the moderation of his views and his desire to adopt a policy that should preserve the allegiance of the Border States. Mr. Dayton, the new Minister to France, has long been in public life. He repre sented the state of New Jersey successively in the House and in the Senate, and was the candidate of the Republican party for the Vice-Presidency in 1856. Since that time he has been in retirement, owing to a continued democratic majority in his own State. Mr. Marsh, who goes to the new kingdom of Italy, was for some years a member of the House of Representatives, and afterwards Mi nister at Constantinople during the Presidency of General Taylor and Mr. Fillmore. Mr. Webb, the editor of the New York Courier and Inquirer, was formerly Minister at Vienna. Mr. Thayer, the new Consul General at Alexandria, is one of the staf of the New York Evening Post. Journalism thus secures two of the foreign appointments. While the Government at Washington is attend ing to the offices, that at Montgomery is secur ing itself in its seat by legislation that is in many respects wise and sagacious. Indeed, it must be confessed even by their worst opponents that they have exhibited very great sagacity in many of their movements since the great one. Their permanent constitution has reached. In its form and general arrangement it follows the Constitution of the United States, but it differs from that instrument in several particulars. The President is to be elected by the same machinery as the President of the United States, and is to serve for six years instead of four, not being eligible for re-election. The two Houses of Congress are to be organised as in the United States. The New York _Herald of this morning sums up the main points of difference thus : 1. That African slavery in the Territories shall be recognised and protected by Congress and the Territorial Legislatures. 2. That the right to slareholdors of transit and sojourn in any state of the Confederacy, with their slaves and other property, shall be recognised and respected. 3. That the provision in regard to fugitive slaves shall extend to any slave lawfully carried from ono State into another, and there escaping or taken away from his master. 4. That no Bill or ex post facto law (by Congress or any State), and no law impairing or denying the right of property in negro slaves, shall be passed. 5. That the African slave trade sh be prohi bited by such laws of Congress as shall effectually prevent the same. 6. The absolute prohibition of all bounties from the Federal treasury, and all duties or taxes on imported goods intended to promote or foster any branch of home industry. 7. A positive prohibition of Federal appropria tions for internal improvements, and the substitution of local tonnage duties for such improvements. 8. The restriction of Congress by a majority vote to such appropriations as may be recommended by the President or some executive department, all other appropriations requiring a two-thirds vote, 9. 'The holding of contractors to the strict letter of their contracts. 10. That the Post-office department shall pay its own expenses. The ultra men of South Carolina reject this con stitution, but the better opinion seems to be that it will be ratified by all the States, through their several conventions, no appeal to the popular vote being necessary. It is one feature in this revolution that no appeal has been made, except indirectly, to the people of the seceding States to ratify the acts of their leaders. Their legislation is also important. The State of Louisiana has transferred to them about 500,000 dols., which was in the hands of the officers of the United States at the time of the separation, which they have accepted. They have also passed a Tariff Act, in which the highest rate of duty is 25 per cent. ad valorem, and in which in its simplicity contrasts strongly with the elaborate piece of stultification lately enacted at Washington. They have organised an army of some 10,000 or 12,000 men ; they have a proposition before them imnosing an ad valorem duty upon negro slaves imported from the slave holding States of the United States, the discussion upon which was cut short by the decision of the President that it was a subject for a secret Session. They are establishing Admiralty Courts, creating judges, commissioning officers, and have afloat a navy of one vessel, which they have gallantly called after the wife of their President, Lady Davis. They have commissioned representatives to proceed to Europe and secure their recognition there, and, so far as relates to the organisation of Government, the enactment of laws, and the creation of civil in stitutions, they have, by skilfully using the mate rials at hand and adapting them to their necessities, in the short space of three months surrounded themselves with all the ordinary insignia of Go vernment and marks of nationality. So much for the vigour of the new Government. Per contra, as merchants say, we have the facts that a large num ber of people of some of the States do not willingly submit to the new order of things, that the leaders have not allowed the people to pass an opinion upon their acts, and that there is an evident doubt as to the result should a submission be made to the popular vote. In the State of Texas, indeed, the unionists and disunionists appear to be on the brink of a collision, and it is not impossible that the struggle may begin among the Southern people themselves. While these active measures have been taken at Montgomery, the Administration at Washington has been occupied with the distributi on of offices, for which the pressure continues as great as ever, and with the discussion of its policy as to the re tention of the forts. Sumter and Pickens are still in its occupation. Mr. Douglas has been skirmi s h.. I ng with the Republican members of the Senate il la `fain attempt to ascertain the President's policy THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,' 'APRIL 5, tlB6l. ~~.. —whether a surrender of the forts and a virtual recognition of the new Confederacy, or the retention of the forts and war. Mr. Breckinridge, too, has taken the field in an elaborate attack upon the in augural, as coercive and oppressive. Evidently alarmed at the Union strength in the South, he de nounces, in advance, Mr. Seward's policy as subtle, dangerous, and 'demoralising, building up an anti slavery party in the Southern States under the name and in the disgnise of a Union party. The South, he says, will not submit, and he calls upon the Administration to avoid collision by removing all the troops from the border of the Confederated States. A motion to that effect, offered by Mr. Mason, of Virginia, is pending in the Senate, with out the slightest chance of passing. The New Hampshire election results favourably to the Republicans, though by a decreased majority. If they can carry Connecticut the Administration can adopt a more vigorous policy, one would think. THE NA VT. The Duke of Somerset, Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., and Capt. Moore, private secretary to the First Lord, yesterday paid a visit of inspection to Woolwich dockyard. Their Lord ships entered the yard at 4 p.m., and were received by a body of the principal officials, namely, the Commo dore-Superintendent, the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C.B. ; Commander Hawker, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Hall, of the flag ship Fisgard ; Mr. Hatherton, and Mr. Patridge, chief engineer and assistant of the factory; Mr. Thornton, assistant-master shipwright, in the absence of Mr. Turner, now on the sick list ; Mr. J. Petley, commander of the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Mr. Sturdee, commanding the troop ship Rhadamanthus, &c. Their lordships proceeded first to the Commodore's offices, and went over an inspection of the books and system of official ac counts, whence they were escorted through the prin cipal thoroughfare to the fitting basin, and went on board the floating battery Trusty, in course of fit ment with Captain Cole's patent target. Their lord ships examined with minuteness the preparations entered into for that purpose, which have necessi tated the cutting away a portion of the upper deck, as the target is intended to rest on a pivot attached to the lower deck, which will have to undergo con siderable strengthening. They then proceeded on board the Wye, under conversion as a storeship for the West African station. Their lordships were detained some time in an examination of the new system of superheating steam invented by Mr. Pat ridge, assist.-engineer of the factory, and which has been fitted on board at an extremely low rate of expenditure, and turned out in working order in the short space of 14 days after receiving the Ad miralty instructions for that purpose. After in specting the various compartments of the Wye, they went on board the 51, screw steam frigate Bristol, launched from the yard on the 12th of February last, and examined her throughout. They next visited the masting stores, and entered the fac tory for the purpose of examining the process of grooving and tongueing the iron slabs in process of preparation for the Warrior's sides. Their attention befoie leaving the factory was called to the design of a 20-horse power steam engine about to be manu• factured in the factory, to be fitted on board the Warrior, for the purpose of pumping water to and from every compartment of the huge vessel, and also to serve the purpose of clearing the gun deck from smoke in time of action and practice with the guns, by means of a fan to be worked by the engine ; likewise to hoist up the ashes and other refuse from the stokehole, &c. Their Lordships then visited the timber stacks, made an inspection of the 91 screw steamship Repulse, and the 21 screw steam corvette Wolverine, under construction in the yard, the latter vessel to be fitted with iron beams. They thence proceeded towards the testing-house and examined a batch of seven anchors and cables re cently received from the firm of Messrs. Brown, Lennox, and Co., of Miliwall, intended for the iron cased ship Warrior. Their Lordships afterwards examined with attention and interest a number of Brown and Lennox's patent cast-iron, annealed and galvanised blocks, to be used in the rigging of ships, and intended to supersede the old wooden blocks. To demonstrate the advantage of these blocks it was stated that they were in every way superior to the wooden ones, both in wear and price, and although made of east iron, they were not subject to be broken —as a proof of which a couple were cast with great force upon the solid pavement, and were in other ways tested and found to be intact. The Board of Admiralty having terminated their inspection, left the dockyard for London at 5 minutes before 6 o'clock. It is understood that the Gibraltar, 101, went outside Plymouth Breakwater on Wednesday for the purpose only of making a preliminary trial to ascertain the most suitable pitch for the screw (Grif fiths's). The official trial of the engines will take place about a fortnight hence. It is stated that on Wednesday too many revolutions were made in proportion to the speed attained. The pitch is to be altered from 231 to 25. The paddlewheel steam sloop Buzzard, 6, was transported yesterday to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze, where her masts and bowsprit were taken out. She was then replaced in the Devonport Dockyard, where her crew will be paid off. The screw steam storeship Industry, 2, recently returned from Rio Janeiro, left Plymouth on Wed nesday evening for Woolwich. The gunboat Procris, 3, Lieut. the Hon. J. Car negie, in Plymouth Sound, was swung yesterday morning for the adjustment of her compasses. The statement which has appeared in several of the papers, that the Lords of the Admiralty have decided on not having the mail-clad iron steamer Achilles, 40, built at Chatham dockyard, is with out foundation, as no orders whatever have been received at that establishment for suspending the preparations for commencing the vessel, the works connected with which are in active progress. The only delay which ha s ar i sen up t o th e pre sent time has been occasioned by the non arrival of the powerful machinery required for the preparation of the ironwork for the ves sel ; but it is expected that within a very brief period the whole of the machinery will have been delivered by the contractors at the dockyard, ready for erection. The largest of the galvanised iron workshops has been completed by Messrs. Grissell and Co., and a numerous body of workmen in the employ of Messrs. Foord and Sons, are now engaged in erecting the various buildings for the differen kinds of machinery, and in preparing the concrete foundations on which the heavy drilling, punch ing, planing, cutting, and other machines will be placed. Large quantities of iron still continue to arrive at the dockyard from the several iron com- panies which have entered into contracts with the Admiralty for providing :the beams, plates, and other heavy parts of the ship. An attempt was made at Portsmouth on Wednes day evening to place the new screw frigate Glasgow in No. 8 steam basin dock, but which had to be aban- doned when the frigate was partially in, owing to the want of the necessary depth of water over the invert at the dock entrance. The frigate remains partly in and partly out of the dock, but lies as safely as she would in the basin, being water-borne in every part. She, however, affords an illustration of the scarcity of dock accommodation at Portsmouth. In the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard the Pandora, 5, screw, has shipped her eylinders and condensers, with the greater portion of her machi nery, and is expected to receive her boilers to-day. The Chantic:eer, 17, screw, is also in the hands of the contractors fitting her machinery. Both these are new vessels. The Elfin royal paddle yacht has received her new boilers. The eighth anchor for the use of the Warrior, in course of manufacture at Messrs. Brown, Lennox, and Co.'s, was yesterday brought to the process of what is technically termed shutting up—viz., the bringing and welding together the arms and the shank. The process was witnessed by a number of scientific gentlemen and others connected with the iron trade, and many ladies were also present. On being drawn from the fire, almost in a state of fusion, the three parts were brought together and united under the operation of a powerful ham mer , _ . suspended over the anvil, worked by means of a weight hand lever, and giving'a stroke of seven tons This operation was followed by the assistance of 16, hammermen, who worked with extraordinary regu larity within a circle of less than 30 feet, their strokes being directed by a leading man, over the entire surface of the parts about to be welded, and which have been proved by the Admiralty test to be inseparable. The weight of each anchor is five tons 12 cwt. The entire batch of seven, already completed, have withstood the test well, Sir W. Armstrong's contract for the erection of hydraulic cranes and capstans in Portsmouth dock. yard is now being rapidly effected. The pipes used in the work are connected with each other in a peculiar manner by a socket joint and stout shoulder pieces round the end of each, and when jointed braced up by nut and screw bolts through the shoulders. The quantity of piping used in the work must be enormous, as the length required for the working of two capstans only, on the north quay of the basin, taking the distance from the accumulator in the new foundry, is no less than 2,160 feet. About 200 men are still employed at Greenock on the Black Prince. Nearly all the 10 boilers have arrived, and have been placed on board. The Atlas, 91 guns, has been taken out of dock at Sheerness to her moorings in the river, having had her machinery tested to 40Ib. pressure and her condenser to 201 b. Subsequently steam was got up to see that she was all right after the pressure. The trial was in every respect satisfactory. She will be shortly taken out to the measured mile for trial of her speed. The Isis, 44, recently converted into a store and coal ship, to be stationed at the island of Ascension, in command of Capt. F. L. Barnard, after having her compasses adjusted, was inspected by Vice- Admiral Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone, Commander in-Chief at Sheerness, and sailed yesterday for Devonport and Ascension. Capt. Barnard will leave his ship on her arrival at Ascension, and will join the Meander, 44, store ship. The captain is appointed Governor of the Island of Ascension, and his family accompany him in the Isis. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Mr. Howard F. Hay has been nominated to a naval cadetship; Benjamin Brierley, acting 3d-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernumerary; Wm. Hair, acting 3d-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus, as supernu merary ; Charles F. Gulliver and Charles J. Bigley, second masters, as supernumeraries, to the Victory; and Wm. H. J. Aitken, assist.-paymaster, to the Emerald. 271 E ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Plymouth at midnight on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, attended by General Foster, Colonel Chapman, R.E., and Colonel Bingham, who came from the Horse Guards with him, he pro ceeded to the Devonport Park for the purpose of inspecting the military in the district. The duke was received by Major-General Hutchinson, Com mander-in-Chief of the Western District, Colonel Owen, R.E., Brigade-Major Kirk, Captain Main non, Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant Rimmington, R.E., Aide-de-Camp, &c. The troops at present in Plyr mouth garrison include the 3d Brigade of Royal Artillery, commanded by Colonel Pester, and the sth Brigade, under Colonel Maberley, numbering together about 460 men quartered in the citadel; Major Simpson's Bth Brigade, a mounted battery, 130 men, in Granby barracks; the 2d Battalion of the 12th Regiment of the Line, commanded by Colonel Hamilton, part in the citadel and part in Milbay, 780 in all ; the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines, 900 men, under Colonel Holloway; the sth Regiment, 700 men, under Colonel English,and the 61st, 750 men, commanded by Col. Raynaud, both of which regiments are in the Raglan bar racks, Devonport. Besides the Line and Marines there are also the 3d Devon Administrative Bat talion of Volunteer Rifles, under Lord Valletort. They include six companies of about 43 men each from Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, Millbrook, Cawsand, and Tavistock, and attended by special request from his Royal Highness. The weather for some time had been very unpropitious, and the ground was in an unfavourable condition. The bands of the various regiments were united, and played under the guidance of Mr. Winterbotham, of the Royal Marines. The troops marched by in quick time and in quarter distance column, but as there was a heavy shower impending, the Commander-in- Chief dismissed them to barracks, first stating that their appearance was very satisfactory, and that the demeanour and marching of the Volunteers was superior to that of many regiments of the Line. After inspecting the works iu progress at Trpgantle Fort on Wednesday afternoon the Duke went to Cawsand, and returned by way of Cremhill to Mount Wise, where he dined with Major-Gen. Hutchinson. Yesterday morning before 9 o'clock the Duke, ac companied by his staff, visited Plymouth Citadel, which he entered under a Royal salute,and inspected the Royal Artillerymen, who went through reposi tory exercises, handled heavy ordnance without the aid of machinery, mounted and dismounted guns, &c. The men were also exercised at firing from 8-inch guns at the Higher Ligonier battery, in the lower fort. The target, at a distance of 1,500 yards, was demolished by the fifth shot. The 12th Regi ment, commanded by Col. Hamilton, were then by that officer and Major Hibbert put through a variety ofevolutions, includin g th e p l atoon and b ayonet exercise, whic which was perf orme d w ith remar k a bl e cor rectness, although th e reg i ment was in marching order, and of course encumbered with knapsacks. The Commander-in-Chief expressed his approba tion at their appearance, and took especial notice of the efficiency of Mr. Strong, the junior ensign, who put the men through company drill. The questions to several of the captains, regarding different field manwuvres, were answered to the satisfaction of the Duke, who, after breakfast ing in the Artillery mess room, proceeded, in company with the officers of Engineers, to the Hoe, where they embarked at Brethren-steps, and went on board the steam tender Avon, Second Master J. Long, which conveyed them to Bovisand Pier, where he examined the proposed sites for the forti fications at Bovisand, Staddon Point, Staddon Heights, Brown-hill, and Turnchapel. Lieut.-Col. Sampson Freeth, late the commanding Royal Engineer at Bermuda, has been appointed commanding Royal Engineer at Sheerness for the purpose of superintending the erection of the addi tional fortifications which the Government has decided on erecting at the entrance to the 'Medway, Lieut.-Col. H. W. Montagu, the present command ing Royal Engineer, having been placed under orders to ('proceed to Malta. During the period Lieut.-Col. Montagu has been in command at Sheer ness he has effected several highly important alte rations and improvements in the locality, and as a mark of respect entertained for that officer the inhabitants of the town are now raising subscrip tions for the purpose of presenting him with a suitable testimonial prior to his proceeding to the Mediterranean. Intelligence has been received at the head-quar ters of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, an- nouncing that the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Col. J. H. Gas- coigne, C. 8., is on its passage home from China in the iron screw steamship Adventure, and that the officers and m en ma y be expected to arrive at head- quarters in the course of a few weeks. The Secretary of State for War, on the recommen dation of the Duke of Cambridge, has appointed some of the most efficient noncommissioned officers, selected from the Royal Engineers at Chatham, to be instructors to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Lan cashire Volunteer Engineer Corps, recently formed. The arrangements for the formation of the depot battalion of the Royal Marine Light Infantry which the Lords of the Admiralty have decided on establishi ng at D eal are now comp l ete d, an d th e officers who will b e attac h e d to t h e d e p o t ha ve joined the head quarters of their division at Chat- ham, in readiness to proceed with the detachments to Deal. Tho depot will, in the first instance, com- prise a certain number of noncommissioned officers and men from the three divisions at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Woolwich, together with the necessary staff, after which the whole of the re cruits on joining that branch of th e se rvice will, as soon as they have been finally approved at head quarters, be transferred to the depot battalion until they are fit for duty, when they will be sent up to headquarters to join their respective companies. By this arrangement all the marines stationed at headquarters IA iil be those who are fit for duty. The remaining military invalids on hoard the screw steam hospital ship Mauritius were disem barked at Portsmouth, yesterday, and forwarded to their destinations by the 9 15 a.m. up train — the artillery, 16 in number, to Woolwich, and the other men, 103, from various regiments, to Chatham these latter accompanied by 32 of the Medical Staff Corps. The Mauritius is ordered to return stores and fittings at Portsmouth. A special report will be made by the military and medical authorities on the fit tings of this ship, and also on the Sir Win. Peel screw hospital ship, which is daily expected at Spit head from China and the Cape. The 6th battalion Military Train, now quartered at the Hut Barracks, has been ordered to be in readiness to move from Woolwich to Ireland on the Bth. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. A special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London bridge, for the purpose of considering, and, if so determined, of approving the following bills now pending in Parliament, viz. :—A bill (as amended in committee), entitled " A bill to enable the South- Eastern Company to raise a further sum of money and to increase their subscriptions to the under taking of the Charing-cross Railway Company," and a second bill for authorising the Charing cross Railway Company to make a line of rail way from their authorised line into the City of London, with an additional line in Southwark, and to raise further monies, and for other purposes." The Hon. Mr. Byng was in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. S. Smiles) having read the advertisement by which the meeting had been con vened, The CHAIRMAN said—We have called you together for the purpose of receiving your formal sanction to two bills now before Parliament, the one the Capital 'Bill, and the other the Charing cross City Terminus Bill. ' A special meeting has already been held on the subject of the first, and on the 25th of October last you authorised the direc tors to proceed to Parliament for the requisite powers on the explanations then given to you. Its object is to enable the directors to create capital for the purpose of executing numerous new works, and to purchase sundry new working stock, as authorised by you at the half-yearly meetings held during several years past—and also to increase the subscription of the company to the Charing-cross Railway. The second is a bill for the purpose of enabling the same railway to be extended into the City, with a terminus in Cannon-street. It has already passed the House of Lords ; and as it is proposed to take powers in it to enable the South- Eastern Company to subscribe towards the under taking it is necessary to submit the bill for your approval before it can be introduced in the Lower House. I ought to add, however, that both bills are merely permissive ; and before anything can be done to exercise their powers you must be spe cially called together, and your regular sanction obtained with this object. I now beg to move " That the draft now submitted to the meeting of a bill before Parliament to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to raise a further sum of money, and to increase their subscription to the Charing cross Railway Company, be, and the same is, hereby approved, subject to such alterations as to Parlia ment shall seem meet." Mr. GORDON THOMPSON (the deputy chairman) seconded the resolution. Mr. BEVIS wished to know the exact sum which the South-Eastern would contribute to the Charing cross undertaking. Mr. FILDER, of Manchester, asked whether the statements made in a circular published by Mr. Child, one of the directors, was correct as to the sum of £750,000 which would have to be paid for St. Thomas's Hospital, and also £160,000 for the tolls of the Hungerford Bridge and Pier, which sums would have to be added to the capital cost of the railway ? (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said—The statement to which the proprietor refers is unfortunately very inaccurate. The writer of it has not only included in his estimate of the cost of the railway the capital which the company has estimated as the full value of the hospital property required for the purpose of the railway, but also set down as a further capital cost the whole of the demand made by the gover nors of the hospital. I need not tell you that this is an altogether erroneous mode of estimating capital expenditure. What the hospital governors ask is one thing ; what they will be paid is another; and you know very well that nothing is easier than to make a very large claim—(hear)—but we still believe that in our original estimate of capital we have set down an ample sum to cover the actual cost of the hospital property required for making the railway. The statement made in the same publication, that "a decision has been come to which will compel the railway company to purchase the entire estate," is not correct. The Vice Chancellor has merely granted an injunction to restrain the Charing-cross Company from nroeeeding, under their notice, to pur chase the portion of property required for the rail way on the verdict of a jury, until the case has been argued and a decision come to. But even in the event of the Charing-cross Railway Co m p any b e i ng compelled to purchase the whole property we shall not have to pay what is set down in the circular— that is, the whole claim of the hospital, in addition to our own estimate, but only what the property is proved to be worth before a jury, and what it will now sell for in the market. Assuming that we do buy it, the purchase will not add to our capital ex penditure any thing like the sum which had been published in the circular. I need not tell you that whatever the surplus property will sell for will fairly have to be deducted from the capital cost of making the railway. (Hear.) There is another sum specified in the circular as extra capital cost of the railway, in the amount authorised for the purchase of the tolls of the Charing-cross Bridge and Hunger ford Pier. It might be inferred from his statement that these tolls were to be extinguished by the CUll struction of the railway greatly to the increase of its capital cost. But the writer has omitted to state that these tolls actually yield a net income of nearly £B,OOO a year, and there is every probability of this income being largely increased on the construction and opening of the railway and terminus. In short, I may state th a t th e to l ls capital is altogether dis tinct from and forms no part of the cost of construct ing the railway. It is only right to state these views at present, as I regret to find that unnecessary alarm has been created by the unguarded statements made in the publication referred to. (Hear.) After a short conversational discussion the reso lution was carried. The CHAIRMAN next moved—" That the draft now submitted to the meeting of a bill before Par liament for authorising the Charing-cross Railway Company to make a line of railway from their authorised line into the City of London, with an additional line in Southwark, and to raise further moneys, and for other purposes, be, and the same is, hereby approved, subject to such alterations as to Parliament shall seem meet." The resolution having been seconded, a lengthened discussion took place, which resulted in an amend ment for the postponement of the question until the next half yearly meeting. The amendment was, however, eventually withdrawn, and the original motion carried. The CHAIRMAN said—l have now to declare this meeting special, for the purpose of submitting the working agreement entered into with the Charing cross Railway Company. The heads of this agree ment were approved by you as far back as the 24th February, 1859, when you authorised the agree ment to be completed, and the company's seal was affixed to it accordingly. 'The Charing-cross Act, however, required that it should receive the ap proval of the Board of Trade, and after that be formally confirmed by the two companies concerned. The Board of Trade have given their sanction ; the Charing-cross Company haVe given theirs ; and all that is now required is the vote of this company. We have postponed this business more than once — on one occasion because of an informality the advertisement, an d on another because i t was thought better that the whole arrangements between the two companies should be includ e d in one ag reement. B ut the confirmation of the pre sent agreement will not prejudice us in any way with reference to any future modification and en largement of it, if found expedient, guarded by the following resolution, which I have Now to pro pose to you for your approval :—" That this meeting do hereby approve of the draft agreement now sub mitted between this company and the Charing-cross Railway Company, and authorise the directors to affix the company's seal thereto when engrossed." The resolution was carried, and a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. [AvntaTisEmENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills. — Never at Fault.—ln all irritations of the skin, sores, ulcers, burns, and scrofulous enlargements of the glands, Hol loway's ointment presents a ready and easy means of cure, which never disappoint the most favourable expectatians. It manifests a peculiar power in restraining inflammation, removing stagnation, cooling: , the heated blood, and check ing all acri mon i ous or unhealthy discharges. - Whilst thus acting locally, the pills are no. less remarkable for their power in improving the general condition and habit of body which render the cures complete and permanent. Under the genial influence of these potent remedies the puny in fant becomes the robust child ; the pale and emaciated re gain colour and rotundity, and the dyspeptic eAt3 freely without fear. 1111D.DLESEX SESSIONS.-April 4 Mr. Metcalfe said it was simply a public duty that had been performed in taking these proceedings. James Donovan, Margaret Donovan, Lewis _Donovan, and Daniel Moriarty were indicted for a forcible entry of the premises, No. 2, Alexander place, Brompton. There were other charges laid in the indictment, but the defendants pleaded guilty to that of forcible entry, and were ordered to entry into recognizances to appear for judgment when called upon. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Sleigh spoke on behalf of the defendauts. A complaint was made in tnis case by a widow lady, the prosecutrix, that she had paid £9 10-.. to a person named Smythe, clerk to Mr. Delamere, a solicitor to attend to the case for her, and she understood that counsel was to appear for her in the prosecution at the last session, from which it stood over; but, although she had paid the money, no counsel was engaged, and no one appeared on her behalf, although it appeared by an account furnished by Mr. Smythe .£5 10s. had been paid to counsel, which was not the fact. The Assistant-Judge directed the attendance of Mr. Smythe, who stated that he had only acted in the matter as clerk to Mr. J. Delamere, and the expenses had been paw on three remands at the police-court, including the expense of kubp oa na s Mr. Metcalfe handed in the written statement, which represented that £5 10s. had been paid to counsel, while, in point of fact, no one had been instructed, no fees paid, and no one appeared to say a word for the prosecutrix when the case was called on. The Assistant-Judge said Mr. Smythe might make any statem, nt he liked, but it was not im probable that whatever he might say would be repeated in another place. Mr. Smythe said, although it appeared on the paper that the counsels' fees had been paid, they had not, but would be. (Laughter.) The Assistant-Judge said the papers, and, in fact, the whole of the matter, would be referred to Mr. Allen, the county solicitor, for strict inquiry, and further proceedings might be taken at the public expense. Mr. Metcalfe hoped that, coupled with the in quiry his lordship had ordered, one might be, how certain parties employed these persons. The Assistant-Judg e said that certainly would be combined with the other investigation, and there were practices which the Court was determined to stop. if possible. Here was a woman who paid £:9 10s. to a person to undertake her case; it was represented to her that counsel had been paid A: 5 10s., which was a fabrication ; no one appeared on her behalf when the case was called to say a word for her, and it was a ma tt er i n w hi c h f ur th er in- quiry must be made. ---- Mr. Smythe said he had paid Mr. Sleigh fees regularly for five years, and these fees would have been paid. There had been attendances at the police-court and subpoenas, and, though the fees charged in the memorandum produced had not actually been paid, they would have been. The Assistant-Judge said the case was in Mr. Allen's hands. Mr. Smythe asked if he could have permission to furnish Mr. Allen with a copy of Mr. Delamere's bill of costs. The Assistant-Judge said Mr. Allen would do all that was requisite. The Court was determined to put an end to these practices. John Smith, tried on Tuesday for stealing a pair of boots, was sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude by Mr. Payne, Deputy-Assistant Judge. Foulsham. the sessions officer for the Hout,e of Correction, Westminster, proved no less than 13 convictions against the prisoner, and his last sentence was four years' penal_servitude. Ina ease of pot stealing the learned Judge remarked that it would be well for the publicans to consider whether it would not be more desirable to substi tute some other sort of pots than those made of pewter or white metal, as the pots now generally in use were made of material which was well adapted for the use of coiners. and afforded a considerable temptation, not only to the makers of counterfeit coin, but to those who were actuated by mere mo tives of dishonesty. POLICE. Iz TELL'', EN CFI.- , prz7 4. MANSION-HOUSE. --A stylishly-dressed young man, about 25 years of age, named William Gilbert, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a large number of pieces of alpaca, to the value of about £250, the property of Messrs. Carl ton and Walker, warehousemen, Manchester, Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that the prosecutors have a ware house at 48, Bread-street, Cheapside, where their business is carried on by their agent, Mr. Heather, and where the prisoner was employed as warehouse. man. Mr. Heather not feeling satisfied with the state of the stock, spoke to the prisoner, and re quested to account for all the stock in his possession ; upon which he replied that it was no use denying it, he had removed a great quantity of pieces of alpaca and had pawned them. Mr. Heather wrote to the firm at Manchester, and received instructions to prosecute the prisoner, upon which be was ap prehended at his lodgings, where police-constable Hancock found 37 duplicates relating to alpaca which had been taken from the warehouse in Bread street. All the goods were produced by the pawn brokers with whom they were pledged, and were identified by Mr. Galgan, assistant to Mr. Heather, as forming part of their stock. There was also a charge of embezzlement against (Before the Assistant-Judge.) The Court lid net sit yeste:day ; to-day the bail eases were taken. Leon Roberts was indicted with Julia Roberts, his wife, the latter for stealing and the former for receiving a roll of cloth, value 505., the property of James Platt. Mr. Vickie was counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Sleigh for the prisoner. The female pleaded guilty. It appeared that the prisoners, with a third per son, went to the shop of the prosecutor, a cloth dealer in St. Martin's-lane, and the charge against them was that they, in concert, stole a piece of cloth. The male prisoner was stated to be a skilled workman in gold chain making, who had recently come from Paris, and having lost his portmanteau on the journey, had gone with his wife, whom he joined in London, to purchase some cloth to be made up into clothes, as, in consequence of his loss, he had scarcely any, when his wife, in a fit of " klep tomania" (a Greek word signifying an uncontrol lable propensity for pilfering), took this roll of cloth. After the openingstatement of thelearned counsel, and perusing.the depositions in the case, His lordship ruled that there was no case against the male prisoner, and under his direction the jury found him not guilty, and he was discharged. His Lordship, after cautioning the woman as to the serious consequences which would inevitably result to her in the event of her ever again being convicted, said the Court was disposed to deal very leniently with her now, and the sentence upon her therefore would be only three months' hard labour. She seemed much affected, and the husband, hav ing been discharged, applied for an order to see his wife before her removal, which his lordship, with his usual kindness and consideration, at once granted. Mary Ann Harrison was indicted for keeping as a brothel the house 17, Bolsover-street (late Upper Norton-street). This was another prosecution by the parish of Marylebone against the brothels in the neighbour hood of Portland-place, and evidence having been given in support of the charge, the jury deemed it conclusive, and found the defendant Guilty as a common brothel keeper. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted on behalf of the parish ; Mr. Sleigh was for the defendant. The latter learned gentleman addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment, having previously stated that it would be useless to contend against the evidence. He urged that, as the house had been given up, the justice of the case would be met by the defendant entering into the usual recognizances to appear for judgment when called upon. Mr. Metcalfe said that course had been adopted in many cases, and had proved ineffectual. It was for the Court to determine what to do. He could not consent to the arrangement proposed. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour. William Steverson and Rachael Steverson, his wife, were indicted for keeping as a common brothel the house No. 30, Bolsover-street, and corner of Carburton-street. This was also a prosecution by the parish of Marylebone, and the case was fought out, evi dence being given on both sides ; the question being whether the house in question had been kept by the defendants as a brothel, or as an ordi nary lodging-house. Lodgers in the house, of respectability,were called for the defence, and they deposed that it had not been conducted in the way described, or they wculd not have remained in it, and the defendants were well spoken of as persons of good character. The learned Judge summed up at great length, and the jury after some consideration found the defendants not guilty, and they were at once dis charged. Mr. Cooper said it had been a very gross case of prosecution, however good might have been the intentions of its promoters ; but the defendant had been a respectable inhabitant of Marylebone for nearly 40 years, and he could have had half the parish to testify to that effect. It might not end here. the prisoner, in which case he had been in the habit of selling goods to a Mr. Millengen, and some amounts he had received for those, to the amount of of LleiAriy LlO, he had never accounted. `- he having been prolccl, the vi , skille r ' who had nothing to say, was committed for trial on both charges. A rather good-looking young woman, about 1 8 years of age, rather stylishly attired, named Ellen Medea, and who was described on the charge; sheet as a servant, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing a lace handkerchief, value 55., the property of Miss Lialter, who resides with her brother, Joseph Lialter, 75, Aldgate, Hig h ' street, butcher, in whose service the prisoner was. Detective-officer Monger said that, from informs' tion he received, he went yesterday to 2, Crown' place, Aldgate, where he saw the prisoner. asked her why she had left her master, Mr. Lialte r : and she replied that she went to a party, and fa k e was the reason she did not re t urn. H e as k e d i knew anything ab ou t t wo di amon d r i ngs which h e r i, i master had lost, and sh e re pli e d t h at s h e knew, Te had lost them, but sh e k new not hi ng o f them. 'd then asked her if she had a lace handkerchief , e n she replied that she had not. He looked into a or board and there found the lace handkerchief he produced. He took her to her master's, and the handkerchief was id en tifi e d b y Mi ss Li a l ter asA, e-r e property. Upo n th a t h e as k e d f or a remand. 1' prisoner was acccordingly remanded until Tuesdsi' MARYLEBONE.—DARING WATCH 110130 1 / 1 r : —John W oo d an d M art i n G lynn were charge!' °. remand with having been concerned in stealing gold watch, on Saturday evening last, from the P er. son of Mr. Withers, residing in Park-street, den-town, while he was i n Alb e rt•rwid, Regen ts ' perk, witnessing the passin g o f a reg i men t o f rill e with their band. The complicity of the prisoners was clearly proved' and both having pleaded guilty, they were con?: mitted to hard labour in the House of Correction f (11 six months. FEMALE AREA SNEAKS —Anne Brown Was ,re examined, charged by S ergeant Whi te, 16 D , the following robbery. The evidence went to show that on the previous Thursday the officer saw the prisoner go down, several areas in York place, Portman-square. 9 7 1 on her making her egress from No. 24. he stoppe her, and found in a basket which she had on 13 0 arm a dress, a shawl, a n d o th er ar ti c l es (I ' , female apparel, which were found to belong t ° two of the servants at the house above alluded to; the property which was produced and identified, was valued at £7. The prisoner, who is an old offender, was coot' mitted for trial. A DRUNKEN POLICEM AN . -- POliCe-CORSta ble Volard, 302 D, was charged, by direction of th e Police Commissioners, with the following offence s , The evidence of Insp ec t or St eer went to shed that on the previous night the prisoner, when Pre senting himself at th e P a ddi ngton station-house preparatory to his going on d u ty, was observed '0 be the worse for drink. He was told that such w e d the case, when he pulled off his coat and hat al l threw them down. H e more t h an once k i cke d V , I . hat while it was lying on th e fl oor. and hisc ondliek altogether was of so outrageous a character as to render it necessary that he should in the usual NM be charged. A fine of £5 was inflicted—in default of paymen t a month's imprisonment. ARTFUL SYSTEM OF ROBBERY.—Wm. BUTtar well-dressed young man, was brought up on re" mand, charged with having in a most artful man ner obtained boots, the property of several trades' men, and it is imagined that he has for a long tint° past pursued successfully his nefarious practices. It appeared that his plan was to go to shops with a request that boots might be sent to certain place° for ladies to try on, and that he managed to getf possession of the goods by sending the bearer 0 them, whom be met on the road, to parties requir" ing the articles, and who, as alleged, lived in adja" cent streets, which h e name d, as a l so the number o' , the house. In the absence of the man or boy "A' l3 , ° had been ent rus t e d w i t h t h e b oots he decamped' and was subsequently captured by Merrick, aO active officer, 328 S. Upon two charges, which were clearly proved' the prisoner was committed for trial. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM —APRIL 4. At to-day's market there was a fair supply of whe . ,,, at from the farmers, and a ll E ng li s h qua li t i es were i n f a vour of buyers ; but the trad e r u l e d d u ll. B ar l ey was unsfue e able in quantity. Oats and beans maintained their value* Peas is to 2s per qr. lower. MANCHESTER—APRIL - 4. Best English wheat hel i for late rates, with a slow sales A moderate attendance, and few sales effected. NEWARK-APRIL 3. The trade in wheat was active, and realised previous rail for best descriptions. A good supply at market. Oats an d beans at late rates. Barleys, with a fair demand, sold 11° higher in value. White wheat, new, 65s to 70s / Barley, grinding,. 30s to 32 ' Red do. 6os to 78s f Oats, old, .. 3N to 3 4, ' Old white 6 ss t o 70 s 1 New do 26 - to 306 Red do. 50s to 60s 1 Beans 40s to 44 8 Barley, malting.... 38s to 44fi I Beans, new. .. 3Bs to 4 9 Peas, .. . .445 to 555. CORK—APRIL 3. Red The following were the quotations this mornin wheat, —s Od to —s 0 , 1; white, 26s Od to —s 0d; barley "' Od to Od ; oats, 13s 2d to 15s 9d. EDINBURGH GRAIN —APRIL 3. Wheat on the top is Od down Barley on the top Os 4d down average is 9d &WO* .average is 3d up. Oats on the top Os 4d down average Os 3d down' Beans on the top 2s Od down average Os 6d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat. New wheat .. -12ths Barley . 2 1 10 7-12ths Oats 1 11 6 0-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat . 1046gr9 Sold 533 qrs 602 qrs Sold. 345 qrs Oats 1566 qrs Sold 991 qrs Beans 219 qrs Sold 201 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD-APRIL 2. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day, of good quality; former prices again asked, and a fair clearance. A large supply of sheep, mai taming high prices. The supply of calves . . plentiful; 97—a dd tttooo ____,7 ddd but RV Pork rua k f lg a . h t .. ...................................................... scarce supply. Beet Mutton .. Lamb Hides, 2/cl to 41d; calf skins, scl to 6d.13 THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • • • April 18. (via Marseilles) April 12. .. April 6. Do. Brazil and Cape Verde Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &a. Cuba and Mexico .. April 1 3 . Canada, &c. (via L'derry) April 3. Cape of Good Hope, &c. May 3. China, Penang, and Singapor e ( v i a S' ampton ) Ap r il 4. Do (via Marseilles) April 10. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. April 4. India (Calcutta), C e yl on , & c . ( v i a Southampton) April 4• Do. (via Marseilles) April India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. April 10. DO. (via Marseilles) .. .. April 4, Lisbon , . April 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) .. April 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. April 1. United States, Californi a , & c.• • .. April 3. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe Ap r il 10. West Indies and Pacific. Carthagena, Cuba, &c. April 13. THE SOCIAL NU ISANCE. —Ladies' dresses no ° expand to such a circumference that an evening party, 8 ": without a supper, may be des cribed as a " spread."—Poge'• B I TH S. DENTON.—On the 3d inst., at 48, Finsbury-circus, theYt if° of the Rev. Wm. Denton, of a son. HALFORD.—On the 4th inst., at 34, Hill— lreet, the W ri ' Mrs. A. Raiford, of a daughter. Sminf.—On the 3d inst., at Wilford, the wife of Henri' A. Smith, Esq.,.of a son. M A ft Et !AGES. HOWARD — WAT2IRHOUSE.—On the 3d inst., at Manc ile :i ter, John Eliot, third sou of John E. Howard, B 6(1 . Tottenham, to Louisa. thi r d d aug ht er of Henry w ater house, Esq., of Didsbury. SHILLITO — LAYTON —On the 3d inst., at Baldock,Adilertof the James Francis Shillit o , E sq., of Putney, to ess, daughter of James L a yt on , E sq., of the W i l d e' — Baldock. DEATHS. BENNETT.—On the 3d inst., at Norland Cottage, Notting' hill, John Cole Bennett, Esq., aged 70. BEALE.—On the 31st ult., Robert Beale Beale, Esq, Lielif tenant R.N., fourth son o f th e l ate Thos. Beale, . 08C1 " ° The Heath, Shropshire. Cita.citort —On the 3d inst., at Ealing, Major ilen r Y Cracroft, Retired List Bombay Army, aged 48. GIBBON.—On the 2d inst., at 73,Warwick-street, Belga"' road, Arthur Gibbon, Esq., aged 81. HURT.—On the Ist in s t., a t Alderwasley, Derby s hi re , 1" Hurt, Esq., aged 57. MARTIN.—On the 2d inst., at 1, Queenhithe, London, N . Martin, Esq., solicitor, aged 66. John NayiOr TOPPING.—On the 3d inst., at Camberwell, Topping, Esq,, aged b 3. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG", O t No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office, No.ll2,Strand, in the Precinct of the SaTOY, lu the Cpuuty Of Diiidlea 4g Fli44 l Y , April 5, Mi.