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the very time when Queen Elizabeth was excommuni cated by Rome, and her title to the throne disputed, she should have founded a university for the education, not of persons of the Reformed faith, but of her Roman Catholic subjects. He referred to the report of the com missioners on this subject, to show that while they recog nised Trinity College, Dublin, as a Protestant establish ment, in accordance with the views of its founders, they at the same time declared that the doors of the uni versity had been thrown as wide open as they could be to persons of all religious denominations consistent with the intentions of its founders. He also quoted a speech from Sir J. Graham, in 1825, in which the right hon. bart. declared that he looked upon this University as a decidedly Protestant establishment. With regard to the general tolerant character of the Dublin University, he said no one was subject to a test unless he took a degree in divinity. He showed the relaxations which had been made of the ori ginal restrictions, and the number of honours and offices in the college open to Roman Catholics, the aggregate emoluments amounting to 6,0001. a year. He enume rated some of the eminent persons who had been edu cated at Trinity College, and then proceeded to argue that the Act of Settlement (the 14th and 15th Charles II.) and the act 33 George 111., chap. 21—upon which Mr. Fagan replied as affording authority for his scheme —contained enactments directly repugnant to it. Mr. HEYWOOD admitted that many beneficial modi fications had been made in the college, but, although he wished its constitution to remain as it was, he thought more modifications of its restrictions were desirable. Sir J. YOUNG regretted this motion, which was one of those attempts, he said, now made to change esta blished institutions in Ireland, and he looked at an at tack upon a Protestant institution as he would at an attack upon Maynooth College. In examining the alle gations of Mr. Fagan, he accused him of greatll• te d over estimatingao the revenue of Trinity Co llege,and e opinion expres se d by the University Commissioners, that fundamental changes in the college were not required. Mr. HUME supported the motion, which, he said, had been much misunderstood. It was not intended to interfere with the educational purposes of Trinity Col lege, but to devise a better mode of expending its money for those purposes. Mr. "WHITESIDE said, the object of this bill was to take away from the University of Dublin funds given for one purpose, and to apply them to another ; and this he called confiscation. If Mr. Fagan succeeded in his mo tion, what assurance could he give that a college esta blished upon the principle he proposed would not be as sailed by the same interdict which had been issued from Rome against other colleges in Ireland ? Mr. J. FITZGERALD denied that the bill proposed confiscation ; and challenged Mr. Hamilton to show that there was one word in the charter of Elizabeth, which excluded Roman Catholics from the college, or any con temporaneous document appropriating it to Protestant purposes. The measure did not interfere with the educa tion of Trinity College, but would work out this object —that, while a place of education was still preserved for Protestant clergymen, incentives to exertion should be opened to Roman Catholics. Mr. NAPIER opposed the motion because its object and scope were incompatible with the foundation and continuance of the University of Dublin, which had gone to the utmost length of liberality consistent with the primary and lawful object of the institution. H e an swered the challenge of 3,1 r. Fitzgerald by quoting the charter of Elizabeth, which made the teaching of"re ligion oIA of the objects of the institution, and the Fel lows' oath, which repudiated Popery. To establish an other college, and to admit Roman Catholics upon the foundation, would break up au institution which had undergone an inquiry by commissioners (whose report was highly creditable to the University of Dublin), by giving birth to a struggle between two religious parties as to which should get the emoluments. Mr. I. BUTT likewise insisted that Mr. Fagan's scheme would break up the whole University system ; it proposed to establish a second college, and to endow it out of the existing revenues of Trinity College, and, if the present system were broken up, the end would be disappointment, for the new college would not be accepted by the Roman Catholic hierarchy or the Roman Catholic people of Ireland. Mr. GEORGE having spoken shortly against the motion, and Mr. P. O'Bneese in its favour, Mr. FAGAN declining to divide the house, the motion was negatived. PUNISHMENT OF ADULTERY. Mr. BOWYER moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Lew regarding actions for criminal conversa tion, and the protection of women in such actions, in order to remove what he considered a great blot on the jurisprudence of this country. Our law treated adultery, not like that of every civilised nation in Europe, as a criminal offence, but as a civil wrong, for which a pecu niary compensation was awarded ; and this distinction was itself presumptive evidence that our law was wrong. He pointed out the abuses to which our mode of treat ing the offence gave rise, and proposed that in future no damages should be given in any action of this nature, but, where a verdict was obtained by the plaintiff, it should be lawful for the court to impose a fine upon the defendant. If it should be proposed to substitute an indictment, he would support that proposal. Further —at present, the wife was no party to the suit, and was not heard ; the question was between the husband and the paramour, and was one of money, whereas to the woman it was a question of utter ruin. He proposed, therefore, that she should be placed in the situation of a defendant, and entitled to appear by counsel. Mr. FITZROY, on behalf of Lord Palmerston, ob served that Mr. Bowyer's object was of a very compre hensive character, and, although he did not oppose the introduction of the bill, it must not be understood that its principle was adopted by the Government. At the same time, there could he no diversity of opinion as to the state of the law, which was not satisfactory, and to make an offence of this kind a question of damages was exceedingly revolting to every honourable man. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE ISLANDS OF ARRAN. Mr. BELLEW moved that a humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying for the establishment of the postal communication with the islands of Arran, on the west coast of Ireland. He said that during the recess his attention had been drawn to the fact that these islands had no postal communication. They certainly did not occupy a very important geographical position, but he wished to impress upon the house that they contained 3,000 inhabitants, who were cut off from almost all communication with this country. Mr. FRENCH seoonded the motion. Sir J. YOUNG begged to state that the Posmaster- General bad instituted an inquiry with the object of giving postal communication to these islands if it were possible to do so. It appeared the islands were on the west coast of Ireland, and contained 3,000 inhabitants, a magistrate, three clergymen, and a lighthouse. (A laugh.) The estimated revenue of the islands was 91. Iss. a-year, while the employment of a boat twice a week would cost 381. a year, and the cost of sending a boat once a week would be 261. a year. Under these circumstances the establishment of a postal communica tion would involve a l oss upon the country. The sues tion of giving these comm un i cat i ons by sea to islands was a very large one, and might involve not only the islands of Arran, but many others, such as Jersey and Guernsey. He trusted the hon. gentleman would be satisfied witlethe assurance that the Government would give the subject their attention. Mr. FRENCH said it must be recollected that very considerable sums were derived from carrying letters by the stages, and he thought it was but fair that if the Government took the advantages of this they should also be ready to put up with losses. Mr. BAILLIE could not agree with the doctrine that the Post-office authorities ought not to give postal com munication unless the addition required could be made to pay. He had himself, on a former occasion, brought the matter before the house, and he trusted it would now take the subject into its serious csnsideration. Sir T. BARING concurred with the hon. gentleman who had just sat down, that it was not a sufficient answer to be told that a sufficient remuneration would not be paid. (Hear, hear.) The Post-office authorities ought to furnish postal communication for the whole country. Mr. H. HERBERT said, only two days ago he re ceived a communication from Carlow, which stated that an application had been made to the Post-office autho rities to place them in precisely the same position they were in ten years ago, before railways were in existence, and when the country was amply supplied with stage coaches ; and the only answer they received was, that it would not pay. He trusted the Government would now take a more liberal view of the subject. The house then divided-- For the m0ti0n....,.,.,, . Against ........................................ Majority against the Government. SLAVE TRADE. Sir G. PECHELL, in moving an address for return s of vessels seized on su sp i c i on of being engaged in the slave trade, and of her Majesty's ships employed on the coast of Cuba for the p revent i on of the slav trade, said, as the traffic was now concentrated into one point, the coast of Cuba, it was not t oo much, he thought, to urge the Admiralty not to withdraw any of the vessels from that coast. Mr. HUME observed, that it appeared in the evi dence before the committee of last session, that all now required to put an end to the slave trade was to call upon Spain to fulfil her engagements with this count ry Ab e BAILLIE denounced the faithl ess conduct of Spain. Sir J. GRAHAM said, the Government bad not deemed it consistent with their duty to relax their efforts either on the coast . of Africa or that of Cuba to suppress this traffic, He did not believe that there had been any reduction of the numb er of our cruisers on either coast. was confined to Cuba, B raz il On the whole, the supp l y now co-operating with us in honest endeavours to put an end to the trade, and Lord Clarendon and Lord Bowden had made the strongest representations to the Spanish Govern men t t o en force the ohservance of its engage ments upon the Cuban authorities. Mr. COBDEN o b ser ved that, without wishing to as sist the transfer of Cuba to the United States, be thought it would be an advantage to humanity if the United -0 States or som e o th er Power had possession of the island, which had been so scandalonsly abused. After a few words from Captain SConmst,, the motion was agreed to. • • .. 92 .. 80 .. -12 HAY CONTRACTS. Sir W. SMIJTH, in moving for returns with regard to the supply of hay to the navy, said he held in his hand the proof of the innocence of one of the accused .parties, whose name had been brought before the public. Ie understood, however, that the hon. secretary to the Admiralty had acquitted this party of the charge im- puted to him. Mr. B. OSBORNE explained that he did so, as far as gle fraud was concerned. Sir W. SMIJTH said that, on looking over the cor respondence with the Admiralty, he could not imagine how a person who waa not guilty of fraud cou ld be.at THE SUN, LONDON, WEIDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1854. ( all implicated in the transaction complained of. It ap peared to him that he must either be distinctly guilty or innocent. He hoped the house would think with him that, if Mr. Sturgeon was not guilty of fraud, he could not be guilty in any way whatever. It was right they should know from the Government in what state the case was in. In the first instance, whether there was any foundation for the letter which brought the matter before he reth m e public, and ta t e m whetheren tin the the oDukether house, was Newcastle, when entirely ignorant of what he was talking about. ( 1 s laugh.) They ought also to know whether the hon. Secretary to the Admiralty was justified in naming Mr. Sturgeon to the house and the country. The house very well knew that character was everything to a person in trade. (Hear.) The hon. secretary himself must also be aware how dangerously injured the character of that firm must be by the imputation which he had cast on them. In fact, he might say that, if their character had not been above suspicion, they must have been ruined. He had in his possession a testimonial, signed, he believed, by nearly every shipowner in the port of London as to the high character of the firm, and no less than 20 of the persons whose signatures it bore had known them for upwards of 20 years. These imputations were very in jurious, and he trusted the Government would deem it to be their duty not only to set Messrs. Sturgeon right before the public, but also to make that reparation to which they were entitled. He held in his hand docu ments which proved the influence of that firm, and he also held papers in his hand of another nature — papers which showed, if not the gross mismanage ment, at least the very questionable management of the Victualling-office ; and he was not sure that even the Ordnance was not to blame. When the correspon dence was on the table, he would see whether or not it would be his duty to move for a committee of inquiry, and bring the whole case before the house. The hon. baronet concluded with his motion for copies of all correspondence between Government depart ments and the contractors for hay during the last two months, and to bring under the consideration of the house the delay that has taken place in investigating the late alleged frauds in the supply of hay for Government service. The hon. baronet also moved for some further correspondence not in the printed papers, on the same subject. The motion having been seconded, Mr. OSBORNE said the Government had no objection to produce copies of all correspondence, with the addition just moved for by the hon. baronet ; but he thought the hon. baronet would have exercised a wiser discretion as the friend of Messrs. Sturgeon, his constituents, if he had been content with the qualified answer he (Mr. Osborne) had already given to his hon. friend the member for Car low—that Messrs. Sturgeon had committed no fraud. He expressly guarded himself in giving that answer from exonerating the Messrs. Sturgeon from blame, and he could not now permit the hon. baronet to cast censure upon the Victualling Department, the Ordnance, or any other Government Office. He (Mr. Osborne) would not, like the hon. baronet, be satisfied with saying he h e ld papers in hi s hand without reading them, but would read documents which would clearly prove that the clients of the honourable baronet were far from blame less in these transactions. The question had to some extent been understood—it was not one of contract at all. On the 17th of February last, the Victualling de partment of the Ordnance advertised for 750 loads of hay by tender. Only one offer for 50 loads of hay was received. The hay salesmen were then applied to by let ter for prime upland hay of the best quality. Messrs. Sturgeon replied to these letters on the 18th February, stating that they had the same sort of hay required— clover mixture and Italian ryegrass, the growth of 1852, admirably suited for horses, and that they would deliver 50 loads on the following Tuesday or Wednesday. Let the house remember that prime upland hay was asked for. Messrs. Sturgeon replied that the article they had was admirably suited for horses. The hay was sent in between the 21st February and the 26th of March. On the 21st March a paragraph appeared in the United Sep vice Gazette, stating that the hay sent to Deptford vic tualling-yard was of the most infamous description— that a dead lamb was found in a truss of hay. On the following day a noble lord in another place made a for mal complaint, and questioned the Duke of Newcastle on the subject. The duke at first declined to give the name, but being very much pressed, asked him (Mr. Osborne), who was standing at the bar of the house, and he (Mr. Osborne) inquired of one of the officers of the victualling department present (the comptroller) who had sent the worst hay, when he replied Messrs. Stur geon and Son ; but thgre was some mistake made in the name on that occasion, it having been called Sturges. The reports made upon the subject had quite borne out this statement. It appeared the hay the Messrs. Sturgeon sent in :was so bad that it was rejected, and they were ob liged to send it back. The Quartermaster-General of the Artillery, Quartermaster Steele, and others of equal re spectability, who were parties to the Ordinance report, spoke as to the badness of the hay. The dead lamb was not discovered in Messrs. Sturgeon s hay, it appeared from the report, but the trusses in which the dead lamb was discovered were those which were composed of the best hay that had been sent in. (Laughter.) The Colonel- Comrnandin, the Royal Artillery rep or t e d th a t th e h ay supplied by 'Messrs. Sturgeon and Son was musty and foul, though there were no stones or shavings found in it—that their supply had been rejected on the 27th of February—that it was the worst of all that had been sent in ; it was sedgy, and much of it of the coarsest de scription—mouldy and full of dust --(hear, hear)—it was not even cow hay. (Hear, hear.) Such was the report of the Ordnance. He held in his hand another report from the victualling department, at the head of which was Captain Martin, who presided over Deptford Dock yard, and whom it would be impertinent in him to praise. (Hear. hear.) He reported that Messrs. Stur geon had sent in 581 loads of hay, every one of which had been rejected as musty and full of dust ; it was not prime upland hay—not fit for the consumption of horses. He, however, acquitted the Messrs. Sturgeon of all fraud. There were no shavings, stones, or filth in their hay, but it was full of squirrel tails—a species of grass which grew on marshy lands, so that, said the hon. gentleman, the Messrs. Sturgeon, there could be no doubt, so far from being blameless, were more than ordi narily culpable, though they had not been guilty of any systematic fraud, and they had intended none. He could not go further than acquit the Messrs. Sturgeon of fraud, and in this opinion he thought the house quite agreed with him. There could be no doubt but that they had been most culpable and remiss in their con duct. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. SMITH censured the organs of the Govern ment for mixing up the names of a respectable firm so improperly and indiscreetly in a disreputable transaction. After some remarks by Colonel Dunne, Mr. Hume, and Mr. S. Herbert on the subject of the commissariat arrangements for our troops in Turkey, the motion was agreed to. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. Mr. AGLIONBY moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law of criminal proceedings, and to enable justices in petty sessions to take pleas of "guilty" in cases of larceny, explaining the evils which the bill was intended to meet. Lord PALMERSTON was ready to agree to the motion, and to give the bill the best attention in his power, without pledging himself to the details. ASir J. PAKINGTON recommended Mr. Aglionby to engraft upon his bill a provision enabling magistrates in petty sessions to deal summarily with cases of petty larceny. Doubts as to the expediency of parts of the measure were thrown out by Mr. S. WORTLEY and Mr. HENLEY. The LORD-ADVOCATE said the experiment, as far as experience had gone, worked well in Scotland. After a few observations from Mr. Bankes, Mr. Packe, and Mr. Barrow, and a reply by Mr. Aglionby, leave was given to bring in the bill. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. SirT. ACLAND moved for copies of any instructions which either had been issued, or hereafter might be issued, during the present se ason , t o th e comman d ers of her Majesty's ships now engaged in the Arctic regions in the search for Sir John Franklin's missing expedition. He said the subject was one of such deep anxiety to many person; who had already for some years ex perienced the tender consideration and indulgence of the house, that, as the period during which that anxiety must be satisfied, if it could be satisfied at all, was now rapidly approaching, he thought it wou ld be wrong were he, ev en at that hour (12 o'clock), to postpone the matter. He hoped he might be enabled to receive from the First Lord of the Admiralty an answer as satisfac tory as that which had been given with respect to ti , e Government operations in the right hon. baronet's de partment in another part of the globe. The quest: 4oa he w as desirous of putting to the right hon. baronet was whether he would inform the house what was the nature of the instructions that might have been, 00. were about esty's ships t n o e w b e e , n s g e a n g t e t d o in t t h h e e A c o r m e t m i c a r n e d g e i o r sn Thehet 1 11: 0 , 11 : e was aware 4 .0 th e A rct i c seas i t n ha s t ea s r e c v h er e a f l s ex ir p j ed e i h ti n on } s ,ra h i a l d kl b in e , en an s d ent 'At was also aware that, though no one of them had 13 `Jen successful in the main object for which it was disPP',Gched, several had been eminently successful in exploring the coast of America, and in ascertaining that no traces of the expedition of Sir John Franklin were to b a found there. Thirty years ago, when Sir Edward Parry entered upon what was called the great Arctic Ilighway, a considerable tract was left for future invest'ig,ation and discovery, and two years ago the expedition. now in the Arctic seas, under the command of Sir :PI Belcher, was despatched to a quarter of those seas. as yet unexplored, and which was recommended for investigation by a majority of the Arctic officers ap po i nted to consider the question, who believed that Sir J o h n F ranklin had passed that way and w as yet to b e found alive. The principal communi cation from t'ais side the Arctic seas and the expected exit of th e north-west passage was through Wellington Channel ; and as yet that quarter had not been entirely explored until some investigations were made a few years ago by Captains Austin and Penny. An expedi tion in the same channel was still on its course, and, "though as yet unconipleted, it was known that it was being pursued with indefatigable industry and zeal. Up to the present moment,, however, no official account had been received of the results of that expedition It was not asked th a t th e Government should send. any new e expedition, incur, g enerally speaking, any additional expense ; but—that th'e instructions issued to the come.: menders of Her i Majesty's ships engaged in the Ardtic regions Should not convey such a peremptory order to them to return home as to prevent them from exercising some discretion as to the expediency of their continuing their efforts in case they should think there was any , hope of their being successful. The hon. baronet con cluded by referring to the late member for Oxford Uni versity (Sir R. Inglis), who, he said, had always shown himself extremely interested in this matter, and who, had he been present, would have brought it before the house in a much more efficient manner than he had been able to do. Sir J. GRAHAM expressed his sympathy with the feelings which had prompted the observations of the hon,lentloman, and 'stated that, though it was an un, usual course to lay on the table instructions that had been issued or might be issued to the commanders of vessels, the Government would make no opposition to the motion. The right hon. baronet then, in a very in distinct tone, proceeded to observe, as far as we were able to collect, that he should neglect his duty if he did not impose some limit en the search after Sir John Franklin, which had now been protracted for many years, and was unhappily attended with great risk and possible loss of life. He had not thought it hitherto ex pedient to suspend the sending of additional ships, or to refuse incurring additional expense, for he had deemed it right in the present year, to send some additional vessels both to the American and Eastern shores. A ship had been sent to Behring's Straits for the purpose of communicating, if possible, with those vessels which had passed three winters within the ice. The house was aware that two ships bad entered Behring's Straits in search of Sir John Franklin. Captain Maclure suc ceeded in effecting his passage to the eastward, and the gratifying intelligence had been received that he was safe ; but he regretted to add, that with respect to Capt. Collinson no information had been received, and great anxiety and most serious apprehensions were entertained with respect to him. (Hear.) He was last seen on the western edge near Behring's Straits, and instruc tions had been sent that if happily he (Captain Col linson) should be safe, he should at once leave the ice, and also all the ships ; but if any circumstances should occur which might excite a last lingering hope that as sistance might yet be given to Sir John Franklin, and that his safety might still be secured—though there was hardly in his (Sir J. Graham's) opinion any hope left with regard to the safety of that gallant officer and his companions —then orders would be given for the pro longed stay of the ships of search for the period of a year. But, with that single exception, it would not be consistent with his (Sir J. Graham's) duty to promise any of her Majesty's ships for the search. Admiral WALCOTT considered that all that was con sistent with the honour of the country had been per formed in seeking by every practical means Sir John Franklin, and he was of opinion that the vessels forming his expedition had foundered and that the crews had perished. He knew also, that that was the opinion of many professional men, and that any further effort to discover the ships would be an absolute waste of life. His only regret was that the First Lord of the Ad miralty should have determined to remove the names of the officers employed on that expedition from the list, until the return of Sir Edward Belcher, which he hoped would not be later than September or October next. He wished the right hon. baronet to consider that point. Captain SCOBELL said, that although it might be hopeless to save Captain Franklin, still Captain Col linson remained a survivor in the ice, and he might yet be rescued. He was one of those who thought that Sir John Franklin was not now alive ; and that, whether alive or dead, the spot where his ship was had never yet been reached. With respect to the pos sibility of his being alive, Captain Maclure had given them some evidence on the point, for he bad described an island which he had explored, and which was full of means of life. He thought it would be advisable to allow all the coming summer to be employed in con tinuing the seareh, not only for Sir John Franklin, but for Captain Collinson, who had only been four years in the ice. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the instructions were ex press that if Captain Collinson was not heard of the ships should remain in the ice during the present summer. Lord STANLEY entirely agreed that there was no ground for sending out a new expedition in search for Sir John Franklin, but he concurred in the propriety of allowing the ships now in the Arctic Seas to pursue the search ; but he hoped they would be allowed to do so according to their own judgment, and not be required to remain longer in the ice than circumstances would reasonably justify. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that a discretionary power was given them to pursue the search as long as they thought necessary. The motion was then agreed to. On the motion of Mr. HUME, a return was ordered of a copy of the Post-office Regulations now in force for the transmission of Parliamentary Papers to parts in the United Kingdom, to the Channel Islands, and to the several colonies and possessions of the Crown. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE postponed the Education (Scotland) Bill until the sth May. The house adjourned at a few minutes past 1 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—ArniL 4, POSTAL COMMUNICATION (ARRAN). Motion made and question put, "That an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, praying for the esta blishment of postal communication with the Islands of Arran, west coast of Ireland." The House divided— Ayes 92, Noes 80. AYES-92. Alcock, T. George, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Baillie, H. Goderich, Viscount. Mowbray, J. Baird, J. Gooch, Sir E. Murrough, J. Ball, E. Graham, Lord M. Napier, J. Barrow, W. Greenall, G. Newark, Viscount Beach, Sir M. Hadfield, G. Oakes, J. Beamish, F. Hamilton, G. A. O'Brien, P. Bective, Earl Hamilton, J. 11. O'Connell, J. Bentlnck, G. Hankey, T. O'Connell, D. Blair, Col. J. H. Bastle, Alex. Packe, C Booker, T. W. Hawkins, W. Pellatt, A. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Heneage, Geo. F. Pollard-Urquhart, W Bowyer, G. Herbert, H. Scott, F. . Brady, J. Herbert, P. Seymer, H. Bruce, C. L. C. Hindley, C. Shee, Serjt. W. Butt, I. Hume, J. Shirley, E. Cabbell, B. Hume, W. Smijth, Sir W. Campbell, Sir A. Kennedy T. Smith. W. Cogan, W. H. F. Kin:, , , J. Stanley, Lord Deverenx, J. T. Langton, H. • G Sttli• g • W. Disraeli, Hon. B. Lennox, Lord A. F. Tomline, G. Dundas, G. Liddell, H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Dunne, Col. Lockhart, W. Vance, J. Esmond e, J. 1 Lovaine, Lord Waddington, H. Fagan, W. Lucas, F. Walcott, Admiral Farrer, J. Mackie, J. Walpole, S. Ferguson, J. M'Cann, J. Wyndham, Gen. Fllmer, Sir E. Macgregor, Jas. Yorke, E. Fitz Gerald, J. Mallns, It. Forbes, W. Meagher, T. THUM. Galway, Viscount. Michell, W. Bellew, T. Gaskell, J. Montgomery, H. French, F. NOES-80. Acland, Sir T. East, Sir J. Mulgrave, Earl of A'Court, C. Elcho, Lord 0-borne, R. Adderley, C. Fitzroy, lion. H. Otway, A. Aglionby, H. Forster, J. Peellell, Sir G. Anderson, Sir J. Fox, W. Peel, F. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Gladstone, W. Pilkington, J. Baring, Sir F. Graham, Sir J. Pritchard, J. Bass, T. -Elastic, Archd. Ricardo, 0. Bell, J. Hervey, Lord A. Robertson, P. Bouverle, Hon. E. P. Heyworth, L. Sawle, C. Brocklehurst, J. Horafall, T . Scobell, Capt. G. Brotherton, J. Hughes, W. Seymour, Lord Brown, W. Kershaw, J. Smollett, A. Cardwell, E. Kinnaird, A. Strut t E. Child, Smith Kirk, W. Thicknesse, R. Clinton, Lord R. R. P. Laing, S. Thompson, G. Cobden, It. Lee, W. Thornely, T. Cocks, T. S. Lindsay, W. Whatman, J. Craufurd, E. H. J. Locke, J. Wilkinson, W. Crook, J. Lockhart, A. E. Willcox, B. Crossley, F, Lace, T. Williams, W. Dalkeith, Earl McTaggart, Sir J. Wilmington, Sir T. Dalrymple, Viscount Massey. W. Wyndham. W Davie, Sir H. R. F. Miall, E. Young, Sir J. Duff, G. Milligan, R. Duff, J. Mon crieff, J. TELLERS. Duncan, G. Moody, C. Hayter, W. Dunlop, A. Morris, D. Berkeley, G. THE RUSSIAN KNOUT. At a given signal the sufferer has to advance, with a slow step, between the rows of soldiers, each of whom, in turn, must apply a vigorous blow on his back ; the pain he endures might, perhaps, suggest to him the idea of passing as quickly as possible through the double row of executioners, in order to lessen the number and the force of the blows which hack his flesh to pieces ; but he calculates without Russian justice. The two non commissioned officers retreat slowly, step by step, in order to afford every one time to perform his task. They dra g the unh a pp y wre t c h f orwar d, or pus h hi m back, by driving the points of the bayonets into his breast. Every blow must tell ; it must enter his back and cause the blood to gush out. No pity : every one must do his duty. As I have said in another part of this work, the Illuscovite soldier is a machine which is not allowed to possess any individual ' feeling • and woe betide his own s h ou ld ers i f he manifests the' least hesi tation, ;or he will on the spot, receive from twenty-five to a hundred blows, according to the caprice of the gene ral who has the honour of commanding the 6,000 execu tioners. The Russian Government is scrupulous in the most trifling details. It insists on everything being done with precision. But with such men as it has at its dis posal it cannot trust to chance, and, therefore, it has rehearsals to execute a human being just as it exercises its troops previous to a review. A few hours before the time appointed for the punishment, a truss of bay or straw, placed upon a chariot, is driven along the ranks. The sufferer advanced up to the nine hundredth and third stroke ; he did not utter a single cry, or prefer a single complaint; the only thing which betrayed his agony from time to time was a convulsive shudder. The foam then began to form upon his lips, and the blood to start from his nose. After fourteen hundred strokes, his face, which had long before begun to turn blue, assumed suddenly a greenish hue ; his eyes became haggard and almost started out of their sockets, from which large blood-coloured tears trickled down and stained his cheeks. He was gasping and gradually sinking. The officer who accompanied me ordered the ranks to open, and I approached the body. The skin was literally ploughed up, and had, so to say, disappeared. The flesh was hacked to pieces, and almost reduced to a state of jelly ; long stripes hung down the prisoner's sides like so many thongs, while other pieces remained fas tened and glued to the sticks of the executioners. The muscels, too, were torn to shreds. No mortal tongue can ever convey a just idea of the sight. The command ant caused the cart which had brought the prisoner to be drivel up. He was laid in it on his stomach, and, although he was completely insensible, the punishment was continued upon the corpse, until the surgeon ap pointed by the Government, who had followed the exe cution step by step, gave orders for it to be suspended. He did not do this, however, until there was hardly the slightest breath of life left in the sufferer's body. When, the execution was stopped, two thousand six hundred and nineteen strokes had cut the body to pieces. IlAt, in Russia, the fact of striking a corpse is not cruel enough, and would not - inspire a nation of slaves With a sufficient amount of terror. A man must revive before he undergoes the remainder of his punishment. The unhappy wretch was taken to the hospital, where, as is the custom in these cases, he was placed in a bath of water saturated with salt, and then treated with the greatest care and solicitude, until a complete cure was effected, so that he could bear the rest of the sentence. In all instances, and at all times, the penal laws of Rus sia are stamped with atrocious barbarity. It was seven months before he was cured and his health re-established ; and, at the expiration of this period be was solemnly taken back to the place of execution, and forced once more to run the gauntlet, in order to receive his full ' amount of 6,000 strokes. He died at the commence of seond.punishment.,-,4erntaitrecLogny. SPORTING NOTES. LAST WORDS ABOUT EPSOM. A pleasanter "day out" was seldom enjoyed than that at Croxton Park on Tuesday. So far as the racing was concerned, indeed, the meeting was' slow enough ; but the fineness of the weather rendered people almost indifferent to the shortcomings in the supply of sport, and disposed them to full and unrestrained enjoyment. The course was very fashionably attended ; but the dis tinguished party from Belvoir Castle was absent in con sequence of the serious illness of Lady John Manners. Leybourne carried off the Scurry Stakes, and was claimed for Mr. French. Although but a moderate animal, yet, at the selling price, 401., he was not dear, and the purchase is likely to prove profitable. Sine. qua-non, Folly of the Day, and Determination made a good race of it for the Belvoir Castle Stakes, the first mentioned animal winning by half a length. The leading event of the day was, as usual, the Granby Handicap. Five horses only went to the post. Bourton was, of course, the favourite, 5 and finally 6 to 4 being freely betted on him. From start to finish his success was not for an instant in doubt. He lead from end to end, and won in a canter by three-quarters of a length. He was ridden by Lord Wilton, who sported his own colours. The racing was brought to a conclu sion with the Sweepstakes for two years old. Flatman won it on the Epirus Filly ; an achievement which, as I heard him remark, made his trip to Croxton Park pleasant. Two important movements have been made relative to the City and Suburban Handicap. Virago was on Monday strongly supported, and this morning on the platform at the Railway-station, King's Cross, after 4 to 1 had been booked about her to a "poney," a cool hun dred" was put on her at 3 to 1 ; odds which were eagerly taken throughout the day. Notwithstanding, however, the rush to back Virago, an almost equal anxiety was evinced to get on Marc Anthony—an animal which be longs to the same stable. At the commencement 8 to 1 was taken about him, but before the racing was over, 6 to 1 was with difficulty obtainable. Should Virago be capable of competing, successfully, I shall be inclined to believe that the complaints which were made re specting her imposts for the Chester Cup were most un just. I certainly prefer the chance of her stable com panion Marc Anthony, and in stating this preference I do not pretend to a knowledge of either the intentions or secrets of her owner. I have, however, arrived at the deliberate conclusion that the result of the race will be in favour of either Orestes or Lysisca. Itch, I am informed, is now in the neighbourhood of Croxton to run for the Cup. Should she, however, put in an appearance in Surrey, I shall be induced to make a slight venture with her as a " cockboat." The increasing support which Royalist receives for The Metropolitan has materially stopped speculation on that event. His partisans, indeed, regard his victory as a foregone conclusion, for so highly and satisfactory was he tried that they assert that were Pantomime in the race at sst 71b they would still " stand" the young'un ! The vast sums of money which are daily being invested on him has somewhat shaken my scepticism as to his racing ability, and, unless his party have made an egregious mistake, Royalist's success would seem to be reduced to a certainty. Still I am not inclined to place implicit confidence in his pretensions. On Monday I selected the following " lot" as being most likely to comprise the winner :—Muscovite, Haco, Annie Sutherland, and St. Clair. Since the publication of my notes on that day, however, both Muscovite and Annie Sutherland have made a retrograde movement in the betting. This cir cumstance, however, scarcely induces me to alter my opinion respecting them. Should they start, they will, I am confident, figure conspicuously in the encounter Flatman left here to-night for Epsom, under orders to prepare himself to ride Muscovite. Should the " crack" be destined to defeat, one of the animals mentioned in the above "lot" will, I anticipate, be the winner. A FRESH MAN. Melton Mowbray, Tuesday night. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. Notwithstanding many of the members have left for Croxton Park, there was a strong muster this morning here, and a fair amount of business transacted, the events decided there to-day, the City and Suburban, and Metro politan Handicaps, claiming the greatest share of atten tion. The investments on the Great Northern, Chester Cup, and Derby, were to trifling amounts. CLOSING PRICES :- CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Virago (taken). sto 1 agst Mark Anthony (taken). 6to 1 agst Orestes (taken). 14 to 1 agst Merry Monk (taken). 14 to 1 agst Eva (taken). 14 to 1 agst Itch (taken). GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. 3to 1 agst Royalist (taken freely). 6to 1 agst Jonathan Martin (taken). 12 to 1 agst Annie Sutherland (taken). 12 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 14 to 1 agst Ariosto (taken). 14 to 1 agst St. Clair (taken). 20 to 1 Huncamunca (taken). GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 160 to 20 agst Defiance (taken). CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Newminster (taken to 1001.). 500 to 30 agst Mark Anthony (taken). 33 to 1 agst Royalist (taken). 33 to 1 agst Duchess of Lorraine colt (taken). 40 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 25 agst Ruby (taken). DERBY. Bto 1 agst Dervish (taken). 30 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 30 to 1 agst Andover (taken).- Virago and Mark Anthony (for the City and Sub urban) were in immerse force. The same may be said of Royalist for the Metropolitan and Newminster for the Chester Cup. CROXTON PARK RACES.-TUESDAY. The FARMERS' PLATE was won in two heats by Mr. Harrison's Plantagenet. Nine ran. The SCURRY STAKES were won by Mr. Williams' Ley bourne, 6 yrs (401.), list ; Mr. Scohell beating Mr. Ward's Scarcity, 6 yrs (401.), 10st 111 b (Captain Little), and two others. The winner was claimed. THE BELVOIR CASTLE STAKES. One mil©. Mr. G. Munro's Sine-qua-Non, 3 yrs, Bst (W. Sharpe) 1 Sir R. Pigot's Folly-o'-the-Day, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Pettit) 2 Count Batthyany's Determination, 3 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 3 The GRANBY HANDICAP. About a mile and a half. Mr. Moseley's Bourton, aged, lOst 131b(Lord Wilton) 1 Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 5 yrs, list 21b (Capt. White) 2 Mr. James Davies's Titterstone (h b), 6 yrs, list 51b (Mr. Scobell) 3 Mr. Roberts's Lamartine, 6 yrs, list 51b (Owner) 4 Mr. T. Dawson's Georgey, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b. (Capt. Little) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Bourton, sto 1 agst Georgey, 6to 1 agst Lamartine, and 8 to 1 agst Titterstone. The SWEEPSTAKES of 5 Sovs. each, with 30 added, was won by Lord Chesterfield's f. by Epirus out of Pelion's dam, 2 yrs, Bst 41b (Flatman), beating by half a length Mr. Morris's Donald, 2 yrs, Bst 71b (Basham). Betting-7 to 4on the winner. LATEST BETTING. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Virago (taken). 6to 1 agst Marc Anthony (taken). 6to 1 agst Orestes (taken). CHELTENHAM STEEPLECHASES.—TUESDAY. The UNITED HUNTERS' STAKES HANDICAP of 5 BOYS. each, 2 ft, with 25 added, the second horse to save hiS stake. Two miles. Charley, 4 yrs, 10st 21b (Mr. Holloway) 1 Mr. Davies's Gaylad, aged, list 121 b (including 51b extra) .............................................(Sly, jun.) 2 Mr. Andrews's Blue Dick. 5 yrs, 10st 41b (Mr. Boynton) 3 Mr. Littledale's Squire of Malton, list (Mr. Johnson) 4 GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added ; the second horse to save his stake ; certain penalties and allowances. About three miles. Lieut. G. Hunt's (4th Light Dragoons) Hawk, 12st (Mr. Gorbooth) 1 Lieut. Taylor's (85th Regiment) The Linnet, 12st (Mr. Young) 2 Capt. F. Berkeley's (Horse Guards Blue) Empress, 12st (Mr. Purcell) 3 EPSOM SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. The following programme comprises all the entries which were made yesterday (Tuesday) : THURSDAY—THE METROPOLITAN. MATCH, 200 sovs., 50 ft. Last half mile of Derby Course.—Mr. Magennis's Heriot, 6 yrs, 9st i agst Capt. Berkeley's Epir a, _ 6 yrs, Bst 7 1 b. • The EPSOM TRIAL STAKES of 5 sous. each, with 50 added. One mile.—Rataplan, 4 yrs ; Ireland's Eye, 4 yrs • Cranbourne, 3 yr s . The TWO-YEAR- OLD STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; for colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b ; the owner of the second horse to save his stake. Half a mile. (33 subs.) Sardonyx, Saucebox, Chalice, Lady Mel bourne, Speed, Le Fripon, Katerfelto, Piccadilly, b f by Cowl —Y. D e fi an ce, Algeria, br f by Launcelot— Eulogy (dead), b f by lago—Cavecon, br or f by Con federate—Miss Shirley (11 b), Sahara, Paradigm, b f by Orlando lodine's dam, Voracity, Brother to Jovial, Lily, ,Rose, Daisy, The Knowing Bird, Ethelbald, b c by Touchstone—Camp-follower, Cornucopia, c by Or lando—L.lYla, Plausible, Red Drop, Brother to' Twinkle, Blvantgeline, Pearlin Jean, f by Orlando— Darkness, ch K by Cotherstone—Maid of Saragossa. The CITY and SII,I3URBAN HANDICAP of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and ( snly 13 if declared, with a bonus of 150 Bove. added ; tilts oerser,of the second horse to receive 25. The last mile and a quarter (107 subs., 39 of whom sovs. out of the stakes. of the New Derby Cours pay 5 sovs. each.) Age st lb Daniel O'Rourke 5 8 7 King of Trumps 5 8 6 Orestes Little David 4 8 5 Adine 5 8 4 Hunca Munca Indian Warrior 5 8 4 Lambton Prime Minister.., 6 8 3 Rattle Eulogist 4 8 3 Harbinger 5 8 2 Brocket 4 7 11 Jouvence Invasion Mr. Sykes 4 7 7 Annie Sutherland 4 7 5 Catspaw 4 7 5 Nutpecker 4 7 5 Lord Lieutenant 4 7 3 Sandhurst Pug Orrock Voucher The Friar, byCowl 4 7 1 England's Glory 6 6 13 Br to Grey Tommy 4 6 12 Mistletoe Hybla 4 6 10 Don Quixote 4 6 7 Itch La Belle 4 6 7 Old Noll Woodcote The Queen's Own 3 6 5 Vixen 3 6 4 Ninth T ear of the GREAT MRTROPOLITAN STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, with a bonus of 350 sovs. added. The owner of the second horse to receive 56 sows. out of the stakes. Certain winners extra. Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two miles and a quarter. (113 subs, 50 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.) Age st lb Virago B f by Ascot, out of Seaweed Eva 3 6 0 Inder Spider Twinkle 3 6 1 Horatio Calliope Madame Landeau 4 5 13 Merry Monk 3 5 13 Miss Peddie Village Lass Bro. to Little Swift 3 5 10 Lysisca The Novice 3 5 7 Grimalkin Phoenix 3 5 3 Humboldt 3 5 3 The Empire 3 5 3 Pollard Pauline Poetry Mishap Adelaide 3 5 1 I Marc Antony 35 1 Mississippi ..... 3 5 1 Kennyside Hero 3 4 13 Determination Conspiracy 3 4 11 Jephson 3 4 11 Bianca Toggery 3 4 11 Spicy Age st lb Vixen 3 5 10 Baatbec 3 5 10 Virago Gamekeeper 3 5 8 Jack Frost 3 5 8 Bridesmaid ... Bro. to Little Swift 3 5 7 , Robin Hood 3 5 7 Horatio 3 5 7 Surgeon-General Caliph Selina 3 5 0 Jujube Billingham Jennala filly ... Shakspeare ... Farsa Jonathan Martin Lamprocles Alertimer Jacob Petler 3 4 7 Vignt-un Ham Benvenuto 3 4 4 Toggery 3 4 4 Lincoln's Inn Royalist 3 4 4 Little Jem 3 4 4 Brigadier Cable 3 4 0 St. Clare 3 4 0 Age st lb Hungerford. Newminster 6 8 9 Ariosto Rataplan 1 Little David 4 8 4 Muscovite 5 7 7 Huncamunca Jouvence Pantomime Exact 4 7 4 Flaco Gossip Dove Windsucker 5 7 0 Black Doctor Mr. Sykes 4 7 0 Cariboo Feversham Poodle Lindrick Annie Sutherland 4 612 Pancake 5 6 11 Dagobert England's ofH Gloryul 4 6 8 6 6 81 Mayor La Belle 4 6 6 Ulster 4 6 3 Stamford Nonsuch (h. b.) The Event . 5 5 13 Dear Polly 4 5 13 Brown Brandy 3 5 10 The SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added. New T.Y.C., three quarters of a mile. Age e Cby Alarm, out of Gi. Lioness (301.) Ag 3 nevra (301.) Woodford (301.) Inder (301.) Boddicot Squire (801.)... 2 Mirabeau (301.) 3 The RAILWAY PLATE of 100 sovs. (Handicap), for all ages. New T.YC., three quarters of a mile. Yrs st lb Yrs st lb Ephesus 6 9 5 Phrygia 4 6 12 Prime Minister... 6 8 12 Roebuck Windsucker Exact 4 8 6 Handsome Buck. 3 6 10 Orinoco 4 8 3 Madame Landeau 4 6 10 Henrietta New Brighton ... 4 8 0 Cable 3 6 8 Forest Heriot Herbert a 7 10 C by Touchstone Orpheus 5 7 7 —Campfollower 3 6 6 Little Tom 4 7 6 Prevarication ... 3 6 4 Eva Mouser 3 7 4 Determination ... 3 6 4 Placid Merry Monk 3 7 4 Adelaide Marchioness Michaelmas Maid 4 7 2 Ch fby Red Deer Castoff Cranbourne Lady Flora Lady Louisa 4 7 0 Carlotta Grisi ... 3 5 10 Georgy Inder 4 6 13 Stonehenge Black Bess 4 613 Lord Fordwich Thrush FRIDAY.—THE STEEPLECHASES. The GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added ; the second horse to save his stake. Five horses to start, or the public money will not be added. About three miles and a half. Any winner after the publication of the weights to carry 71b extra. Acceptances : st lb et lb Needwood (includ- Timothy 9 4 ing 71b extra ll 0 Annie Laurie 9 0 Sam Hood 9 10 Burnt Sienna 9 0 Columbine (includ ing 71b extra) .... 9 7 A FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 5 soya. each, with 30 added. Over six flights of hurdles. About two miles. Acceptances : st lb Needwood lO 9 Free Trader 9 7 Theodine, 5 yrs 9 12 SELLING HURDLE RACE of 50 soya. Over six flights of hurdles. About two miles. Stretford Lass (201.), Union Jack (201.), The Monk (201.), Edward of York (201.). Sweetheart (201.), Timothy, (201.), Widow Machree (201.), Reindeer (201.) SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 5 sovs, each, with 30 added. About two miles. Stretford Lass (201.), Beckbury Lass (20/.), Eugenie (201.), Rob Roy (301.), Widow Machree (201.) ORDER OF RIINNING—THIIRSDAT. 1.0 Trial Stakes. 1.30 Railway Plate. 2.0 City and Suburban. 2.30 Two . Yr-old Stakes. 3.30 Metropolitan Stakes. 4.30 Selling Stakes. 5.0 Match. at lb RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.—AdditionaI trains will run as usual from the London-bridge terminus on both days. The trains advertised in the company's time tables to leave London at 9.15, 10.15, and 11.15 a.m., and 12.15 noon, and those to leave Epsom at 4.50 and 6.50 p.m., will not run en those days. RES FOR 1854. Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny 2O York Spring 25 Malton 27 A.Y. I Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 30 'NE. Bibury 2B Stockbridge ... ........ 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O Stourbridge l7 Stamford 18 Nottingham 2O Goodwood 25 Ripon 31 TIIE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 31. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE TN THE PRESENT PARLIA- MENT. Borough of Tynemouth—William Schaw Lindsay, of the city of London, merchant and shipowner, in the room of Hugh Tayloi, Esq., whose election has been declared void. UST. Egham York 23 Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth Lincoln :MBER. 31 Bedford l9 Leicester V 0...... Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark ........... 25 Newmarket F 0 26 N or thallerton 2B ;AMER. Cowbridge Hunt 9 MADAME TUSSADD'S EXHIBITION.—The latest addi tion to the exhibition is a portrait model of the gallant Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Maclaine, K.C.8., Colonel of the 52d Light Infantry, and well known in military circles as the " Hero of Matagorda." Sir Archibald is the only officer now surviving who served along with the Duke of Wellington in his grand early campaigns in India. In those eventful times the fol lowing extracts from official despatches are truly in teresting :—Extracts from general orders addressed to the army by Gen. Sir John Macdonald, Assistant-Adju tant-General, and from despatches of Major-General the Hon. Sir Vim. Stewart, commanding at the siege of Cadiz.—"lsla, April 3, 1810. —The troops having wit nessed the gallant defence of Matogorda against the enemy, it is unnecessary to hold up the conduct of Maclaine of the 94th Regiment as a noble example of fortitude and perseverance.—JOHNMACDONALD, A.A. G ." ---"Isle de Leon, April, 23, 1810.—In these eventful times, it is only such gallant officers as you who ought to be- promoted,—WlLLlAU STEWART, Major- General," Arnm 1. Borough of LiskeardjitaiphWilliam Grey, of Chip chase Castle, in the county of Northumberland, Esq., in the room of Richard Budden Crowder, Esq., who has ac cepted the office of one of the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. County of Westmoreland—Thomas Taylor, Esq., com monly called the Earl of &etive, in the room of William Thompson, Esq., deceased. APRIL 3. County Palatine of Durham, Northern Division.—The Hon. Adolphus Frederick Charles Wm. Vane, commonly called Lord Adolphus Vane, of Wynyard-park, iu the county of Durham, in the room of Geo. Henry Robt. Chas. Wm. Vane, commonly called Viscount Seaham, now Earl Vane, summoned to the House of Peers. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 3. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria, announcing that vessels arriving iu Egypt from Syria are admitted to immediate pratique. WAR•OFFICE, APRIL 4. 26th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Philip Bain- C.B , to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., removed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, March 31. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 1. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent on the removal of the name of Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Franklin from the list . . Captain Right_ Honourable Charles Lord Colchester to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved List. — Captain Charles Hope to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Sir Robert Peel, Bart., to be Captain, vice Des Vceux, resigned, Match 29. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court, Gent., to be Lieuten ant, March 3t. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—James Master. son Pennington, Esq., to be Captain, vice Powe, resigned, March 24. The Essex Rifles—Robert Augustus Sandell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 31. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Joseph Deane Freeman, Gentleman, to be Lieutenant, March 18. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—William Herman, Gent., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Nunn, resigned, March 30. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Marcus Merryweather Turnor, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 23. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Major Henry Wenman Newman to bo Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Jenner, decease I; Captain John Surman to be Major, vice Newman, promoted ; Lieut. George Henry Bengough to be Captain, vice Surman, promoted ; Ensign Robert Heane to be Lieutenant, vice Bengough, pro moted, April 3. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Spencer Perceval Robbins, Esq., to be Captain, vice Mac clintoch, resigned. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia —William Dickason Clay, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 30. Regiment of Royal London Militia—Major George Mac- Call to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Samuel Wilson, pro moted ; Ensign Thomas Dennis Rew to be Lieutenant, vice Cnristian William Mc Niell, promoted, March 31; Frede rick Robinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice William Robertson, promoted, April 1; James Duke Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, March 31; Alfred Peachey, Gent., to be Ensign, April 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Joseph Unwin Harwood, Clement's-lane, Lombard-st. John James, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East. William Hunter, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford-square. William Henry Cave, Thatcham, Berks. William Edward Ratcliffe, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Thomas Rymer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Henry Charles Palmer, hatter, Stones End, Southwark. Thomas Dawson, butcher, Dalton, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Stanbridge Rogers Clarke, dealer in hay, Rich mond Villas, Bayswater, to surrender, April 12, at half past one, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Elliott, Doctor's-com,,,ons. John Solomon, shipowner, Liverpool, April 12 at half past two, and May 15 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Ashley and Watts, Old Jewry. Frederick Hellyer, wood carver, New Brompton, April 11, at half-past two, and May 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Hillyer and Fenwick, London. William Lloyd, licensed victualler, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, April 12, at half-past two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as signee, Alciermanbury ; Parnell and Guillaume, New Broad-street, City. George Haslam, currier, Higham, April 22 and May 6, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Barker, Huddersfield ; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield. Noah Lee, innkeeper, Bingley, York, April 21 and May 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Park-row, Leeds ; Weatherhead and Burr, Keighley ; and Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Stephen Meredith, draper, Birmingham, April 20, and May 11, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit. more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birming ham. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. T. F. P. Thompson, Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriar's road—J. Wallace, Hay's-mews, Berkeley-square, groom— - F. Blayney, Argyle-street, New-road, accountant—J. Page, Weymouth-place, New Kent-road, accountant—H. Dix, Commercial-road, Lambeth, stuff. agent—J. Tench, Blacks-road, Hammersmith, smith—G. Wigglesworth, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road, tobacconist—T. Baughan, Catherine-street, Commercial-road, East, journeyman cooper—W. D. Lovell, White Lion-street, Clerkenwell, gold beater—B. Farling, Jewry-street, Minorie9, master mariner—J. Stone, Windmill-street, cheesemonger—R. Andrews, Angel-alley, Little Moorfiields, City, livery stable keeper—T. Stafford, South-street, Chelsea, watch maker—P. Shoufield, Croydon, Surrey, tailor—W. J. Spurrier, Maddox-street, Regent-street, wine merchant. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Thomas Pope, Kidbrook, Kent. cowkeeper-3d div. of 14d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street. Charles Lowe Meates, Conduit-street, Hanover-square, grocer-2d div. of 3ad., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street. John Dawes, Wm. Noble, Richard Henry Crofts, and Richard Barwick, Pall-mall, bankers-9th div. of 4d., April 6, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Graham's, Coleman-street. Thomas Cook Millington, Malden, Essex, chemist-Ist div. of 4s. 10d., April 6, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Graham's, oleman-street. Henry Rose, Manchester and Salford, common brewer -Ist div. of 3d., April 6, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Graham's Coleman-street. John Robert Gibson, Waterloo, near Liverpool, inn keeper-Ist div. of ls. 6d. April 5, and any subseq uent Wednesday, at Turner's, Liverpool. John Simpson Leake, Wheelock, salt merchant-2nd div. of lid., April 10, and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool. Breed and Eccleston, Liverpool merchants -4th div. of 1-32 d., April 10, and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool. Edward Prodgers, Ludlow, Shropshire, banker-sth div. of id., any Thursday, at Christie's, Birmingham. Matthew Sibson, Wrexham, cattle d ea ler—div. of Os. 2cl. on new proofs, on account of Ist div. of 103., April 10, and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. May 2. W. Barnes, Hungerford, Berkshire, auc tioneer—May 2. A. G. W. Biddulph, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, banker—April 27. J. G. Hartley and W. J. Reed, Horseferry-road, Limehouse, chemical manu facturers—April 25. B. N. Dodd, Hetton-le-hole, Dur ham, grocer—May 4. R. Stevens, Truro, Cornwall, draper —May 4. J. Woods, Buckfastleigh, Devonshire, miller— May 4. W. M. Duffield, Heavitree, Devonshire, commis sion agent—May 4. H. J. Gunning, Okehampton, Devon shire, surgeon—April 26. T. Proctor, Lincoln, en g ineer— April 25. W. Ellis, Liverpool, printer. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. April 25. J. Salter, Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, and Ratcliffe-highway, yeast merchant—April 26. J. H. Gibbons, Wood-street, Cheapside, straw hat warehouse. man- April 26. G. S. Amsinch, Frederick-street, Hamp stead-road, common brewer—April 26. J. A. Homes, High-street, Southwark, and Portland-cottage, Flatcham, woollen -draper—April 25. R. F. Cooper, Three Colt street, Limehouse, oil and colourman—April 25. E. Or phin, Brighton, builder—April 25. W. T. Ashfield, Church street, Lambeth, printer—April 25. J. H. Sweet, Tun bridge Wells, Kent, seedsman—April 25. W. Outram, Stockton -upon-Tees, Durham, timber merchant—April 27. T. Pitt Haselbury Plucknett, Somersetshire, girth web ma nufacturer —April 25. J. Poiuton, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, innkeeper—April 26. T. Evans, Manchester, ironmonger—April 27. E. B. Green, Bilston, Staffordshire, ironmonger. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Sharman and J. Bird, Godmanchester, Huntingdon shire, drapers—E. Sharman and E. A. Sharman, Hun tingdon, drapers—J. Jones and T. Pughe, Liverpool, joiners—L. Nathan and H. Nathan, London, and Rio de Janeiro, and Bahia, Brazils, merchants—R. Burge and J. Perrin, Manchester, booksellers—E. Wing and R. Pottinger Spencer-villas, Battersea, surgeons—J. Evans and R. Evans, Aston Brook Mill, near Birmingham, and at Duddinston Mill, millers—W. S. Kennedy and J. Macintyre, Burslem, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers—T. blander and C. Adams, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, nurserymen —W. Wood, E. Wood, and M. Wood, Spalding, Lincoln shire, woollen drapers, so far as regards M. Wood—G. Elliott and W. Malcolm, Manchestee, commission mer chants—J. Gladstone, jun., and C. G. Llewellyn, Liver pool, ironfounders—J. Schofield and H. Greenwood, Roch dale, Lancashire, cotton waste spinners —J. Bayley and L. A. Reeve, Ashford, Kent, auctioneers--W. Lines, T. Reade, and E. D. Lines, Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, ink manufacturers—R. Marsden, G. Marsden, and S. C. Silverwood, Sheffield, merchants, so far as regards S. C. Silverwood—G. Barber and J. Hallcroft Sheffield, brick makers—R. Heath and W. F . Vid a l , surgeons---J- Hird, R. Hird, and T. Metcalfe, Shipley, York shire, machine m a k ers W . Holmes and I Holmes, Wilsden, Yorkshire, worsted spinners—W- Cockman and H. Cockman, Alders ,, ate-street, City, oil and colourmen—J. T. Showell and F. Clark, Gre at Tower. street, City, tea dealers—T. Hurst and W. Roberts, Sad worth, Yorkshire, engineers—F. Foot and J. Wilson, In gram-court, Fenchurch-street, wine merchants - J. Hunt and W. Hornsey, John's-terrace, Hackney-read, pawn brokers —J. Wood, B. Wood, and J. H. Wood, Shi p le y Fields, Y or k s hi re, worsted spinners , s o far a s re g ards J. H. Wood—A. T. Smith and W. Pearce, Birmingham, glass merchants—J. Salthouse and A . McGhie, Ashton under-Line, drapers—T. Willey , J. Wille y , G. C. Willey, far as regards J and J. Judd, Sheffield, drapers, BO J. Judd T. Brown and J. Brown, Coventry, ribbon manufae turere—J. Trought e n. and T. Grindrod, and A. Hunter, LiTerPoo::::We Th 00211033 and , R ! Wflisotaggext, RACING FIAT AP. Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 M. Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S l6 Shrewsbury l3 JII . Manchester Ascot Heath... l3 Newcastle•on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 JII] Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield 11 Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 AUG Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolverhampton l4 Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 NOVE: Epsom Autumn 2 merchants—A. Stewart and Co., Greenock, merchants, se far as regards J. M. Stewart. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Liddell, warehouseman, Manchester. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, APRIL 4. ENTERED TNWARDS.—The Violet, from Bombay; Hoop Von Kapelle, Rotter , lam ; Argonaut, Shanghai ; Edouard Marie, Baltimore • Bannat, Calcutta, ; Talbot, Bahia ; He roine, Odessa ; Maria Adrian; Rotterdam • Mary Ann, St. Michael's ; Renovatio, Terceira; Soubandor, Calcutta; Roseland, Patras. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Wilhelmina, for Stettin ; Dunear, Barbadoes ; Kennett Kingsford, Port-au-Prince; Maria Christina, Hamburg; Tjakkien, Konigsberg ; Levant, Malta. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Ove Heogh Galdborg, for Nestved ; P. C. E., Hobart Town ; Wad mina, Hamburg • Laurina, Konigsberg ; J o h n B r i g ht, Hobart Town ; Cambalier, Port Adelaide, Superior, De merara ; Bullfinch, Quebec. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Eagle, from Liverpool to Australia, Feb. 23, lat. 4 N., long. 21 W. The Margaretta, Simmonetta, Feb. 27, lat. 7 N., long. 23 W. The Lee, of Liverpool, from Callao to Cork, Jan. 24, lat. 53, long. 3. The Rowallen, Batavia to London, Feb. 25, lat. 4 S., long. 17 W. The Arena, from Morant Bay to London, March 5, off Inagua. The William, from Hong Kong to Londo n , D ec. 19 , l a t. 4 S., long. 107 E. The Minna, of Liverpool, 7th, lat. 20N., long. 74 W. The Sophia Elizabeth (Dutch barque), March 8, lat, 38 N., long. 2 E. i'he Boreas, 15th, lat. 39 N., long. 11 W. The Integrite (French barque), 28th, lat. 48 N., long. 11 W. The David Cannon, March 18, lat. 47 N., long. 25 W. The Callenaar, of . ..ioston, 21st, lat. 47 N., long. 20 W. The Wm. Penton, 27th, lat. 48 N., long. 14 W. The Christian VIII. (Danish brig), for Mogadore, 29th, lat. 52 N., long. 7 W. The Beware, from Greenock to Sydney, 120 days' out, Nov. 18, lat. 41 S., long. 133 E. An English screw steamer, steering east. Barque, 2d dist pendant, No. 6,982, from Bahia to Bremen, March 28, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W. The No. 9,047, 2d d. p., March 26, lat. 37 N., long. 7E. The Gem (brigantine), steering cast, same day. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4. The Corn-exchange this morning opened with apparent briskness, but the country demand not proving so good as last week, the trade closed with moderate transactions at fully the prices of Friday, making the advance since this day se'nnight 4d to 6d per bushel on wheat, 2s to 2s 6d per barrel on flour, is to is 6d per load on oatmeal, ld to 2,1 per bushel on oats, and is per qr. on Indian corn. IPSWICH-APRIL 4. The excitement manifested during the previous week at all the markets in the kingdom was equally shown at our market this day. The attendance of growers was small, owing no doubt to the large horse show and fair at Wood bridge. Millers, therefore, showed anxiety to secure any samples which were offered for sale, and we must write the advance to be fully 7s to Bs, and, in som e i nstances, 105 per qr. from this day week. Several samples of barley appeared to-day. The same were readily taken at an ad vance of 2s to 3s per qr. Beans and peas slightly dearer. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 80s to 86a Barley, grinding ... 32s to 33s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 87s to 9t peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 37s to 40s1Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING APRIL 4, 1854. Wheat Barley Oats Beans Peas HULL—APRIL 4. A very small show of wheat, for which farmers asked extravagantly upon last Tuesday's prices. The business done was to a fair extent at fully 8s to lOs more money. Foreign wheat is bs to Gs dearer on the rates of last Tues day. Barley is to 2s, oats 2s to 3s, beans 2s to 3s, Dan 1 0 to 2s, and Indian corn 2s, dearer. Linseed is 2s to 3$ dearer. Linseed cakes having declined, attract more atten tion. Oil is more calm at the late smart advance. NO' thing doing in rapeseed, and in cakes a retail business. B 8 Wheat, English, red 84 to 88 Ditto white BB to 90 Dautzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham - 5. d Peas, grey and black 48 to 5 0 Linseed, Black Sea 63 to 65 Ditto Petersburgh 52 t o 63 Ditto Riga and Arch angel -. to Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4B to 50 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 72 to 80) Russian and Odessa 66 to 73 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 34 to 361 1 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and. yel 52 to 56, Per Ton. 11/ 2s 6d to 0/ Os 'Ditto fine for. 0/ Os Od 0/ 0 0 'Ditto inf. for O/ Os Ud to 0/130 Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 OS Rape cakes Tares, English oos to UOO Ditto foreign Guano 4/ 10a 81 to 121 Os Bones l22s 6d to 127* 6d i Rye Meal RAILTVAY• SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened with some buoyancy, but the improvement was not maintained, and the market closed dull, but at prices about 4 per cent. better than yesterday.—Caledonian, 258 6 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 59i -A ; London and North-Western, 94i; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 19i ; Midland, 564 South Eastern and Dover, 17 3.16; Dutch Rhenish 4 1-16 dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is a better tone in the market to-day, and prices of most stocks have advanced since yes' terday. Caledonian, 254 9-16 ea div. ; Great Northern, A Deferred, 9 5-16 A ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 59 ; ditto, W. R. Union, 5 dis. ; London and North-Western, 91 ; ditto, Manchester and Birmingham Quarters C, di s . ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 19 A ; Midland Railway Consols, 564 6 ; South-E as t ern, 171 ex div• and n• BRISTOL, APRIL 4. SToolc EXCRANGE.—The market opened rather bettor this morning, but towards the close prices again receded, and holders refused to sell any but local stocks. LEEDS, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business on 'Change yesterday and to-day has been flat, more especially to-day, there be ing but few sales effected. The following are the sales to day :—Lancashire and Yorkshires, 59 ; Leeds Northern , 12 ; North Westerns, 7H ; South-Eastern, 171 17 5-16 el div.; North-Westerns (pref.),l4i. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. .•msterdam......•• .... 11 13% Gibraltar .....• • Ditto, three months .. 11 15 1 4 ~eghorn ..................... 30 65 Rotterdam .......• II 15% Genoa .. • 25 60 Brussels .............. 25 20 V en i ce flamburgh •••• • O Altona .......... IPalenno 126 126 1 4 Ditto, three months .• 25 35 'Lisbon ..... Marseilles....., •• .........•• Bourdeaux •• 25 37% Oporto ...............• 6'79 Riu Janeiro ............ Franktort-on•Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres....• •• •• Berlin . .............. 'New York, 60 days' sight Vienna ..•• •• •.... ..... 14 20 Philadelphia - Trieste .............• .. 14 25 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburgh.. •• •• ...... 34 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 „°,,, Cadiz ...... ............ 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 u • A Barcelona....., New Dollars ...... 0 0 ' Seville ••••••.• • • • • • • • • iiilver in bars ••• • • • 0 5 17s SHIPWRECK.—By the Acteon, which arrived in the Mersey, on Monday evening, we have advices of the loss of the Westminster, from Honduras to Queenstown, which sprung a leak in the gale of the 12th March, when she became waterlogged and capsized. Ei g ht of the crew, with the captain, were taken off by th e Ac teon, but nine were left on the wreck. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed. See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Ald borough." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's oint ment) at Prosessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine-venders through' out the world. BIRT II S. OF A SON. At Kilkenny, the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy. y, Surrey, the wife of the O n n N 3d ew iu t s o t n ., s a p t ic ß e y r. fleet Rector OF A DAUGHTER. On the Ist inst., at Charles Fort, Kinsale, the wife of/ Major Robert Newport Tinley, 39th Regiment. On the Ist inst., at Londonderry, the wife of Captain Seton Lionel Smith, 51th Regiment. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, 11 ° - liert Aglionby Slaney, Esq., of Walford-manor, Shror shire, and Bolton-row, Mayfair, to Catherine Anne, widoß of tho late G. C. Archer, Esq., of Mount John, county °I Wicklow, and Eaton-place. DIED. On the 3d ult., at sea, on his passage t o England, Lie l 2 . ; tenant-General Sir Richard Armstrong, Colonel of the 3: 4( ` Regiment, and late Commander-in-Chief at Madras. ~ t On the 3d iu s t., a t P engwern, Flintsh i re, t h e Hon. Edward Pryce, Baron Mostyn, aged 85. On the 25th January, at Allaha V r • Tayler Shortt, late of the 87th Regiment. On the Bth January, at Melbourne Port Philip, Mr..T. Hamlin, jun., of Greenock, commander of the ship Stratla fieldsaye. 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