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practices were carried on in these monastic institutions which dared not face the light, and hence the opposition to inerairy. Colonel BLAIR, in supporting the motion for inquiry, said there must be something to conceal, or the inquiry would not be. so strenuously opposed. Mr. PACKE believed that the reason why there were no complaints from these institutions was to be found in the system of tyranny which prevailed in them. Mr. CHAMBERS remarked upon the unprecedented step taken, in this attempt to reverse the solemn decision of the house after seven hours debate, and by a majority of 67. No ground, special or otherwise, had been shown for retracing the course which had been adopted. He recurred to the position to which ho had brought the question, and the case he had made out against these institutions—a case which had satisfied a large majority of the house. He had stood, not on particular in stances, but on general principles, and he still stood on the same ground. The constitution of these bodies was in itself evidence that they ought to be watched by the law, as they hid always hitherto been. The inquiry had a very definite object, and he earnestly repu diated the idea that any member of the proposed commit tee had any intention to annoy any human being. Ex plaining the object of the committee, and urging that general surmise and belief as to these institutions afforded ample reason to a statesman for inquiry, he contended that either the evil should be corrected, or the fallacy exploded. The former Papal aggression was a highway robbery, but this system was a perpetual pilfering. He complained .of the tone which Lord John Russell had taken on the sub ject, and declared that either he or his successors would assuredly have to deal with it; and he demanded whether we would wait until these institutions had become enor mously greater and richer, as they were daily becoming. He called upon the house not to retrace its course, urging that the conviction that an honest inquiry was designed had caused the tranquillity of the popular mind on the I subject. Mr. B. OSBO.RNE wished the house to consider whether this proposed inquiry was not an attack upon the Ro man Catholic religion. He did not deny that there was a strong feeling on the subject out of doors, while members, under electoral pressure, supported Mr. Chambers, th oug h dis !avowing sympathy . with him- He should vote for the amendment, believing that a member of Parliament was a trustee for religious liberty, which he considered would be compromised by this measure. The promoters of this in quiry, of whom Mr. T. Chambers was the unconscious in strument,viewed this motion forinquiry as only the means to this end—their real object being to procure the repeal of the act of 1829. The hon. gentleman then referred to the proceedings of the Scottish Conference and of the Pro testant and (a name taken, he supposed, in opposition to that of ,thaPope's Brass Band), from which it appeared that they avowed their object to be the exclusion from Parliament of the Catholics, and also their exclusion from holding office under the Crown at home or abroad. Next he excited continuous laughter by his description of the itinerant lecturers imported from abroad by such so cieties, and he argued that it was by such means that the popular feeling was produced which compelled members to such measures as this. He then denied that the number of religions houses had increased, and expatiated on the great benefits which they conferred on both England and Irelandinthe education which they had given to the people, and the employment they had also been the means of giv ing to those who resided in their neighbourhood. He re ferred hon. gentlemen to the report of Mr. Marshall upon these establishments, and predicted that not a single Member who read it would be founclvoting for the inquiry. He objected to s endin g u p s t a i rs such a body of gentlemen, whom he looked upon as little better than " polemical Paul Pus," who would have formed th e i r conc l us i ons b e f ore they deliberated, and who would carry in their head the notions, as they probably always had in their pockets, the books of all kinds of old-fashioned casuists. He sincerely believed that this committee would answer no other pur pose than to raise a "No-Popery cry" throughout the country. He hoped that the house would pause before it lent its countenance to the further progress of this ill omened attempt of the hon. and learned member for Hert ford. No measure, in fact, could be more injudicious and unseasonable at the present time than that of the hon. and learned member, when it was remembered that we were just on the eve of a war, or engaged in a war, in which thousands of Roman Catholics were serving in our armies, and all of whom would feel the passing of this measure as an unnecessary insult to and a brand upon them. He could hardly remember when we had ever been invited to take so imprudent a step as that to which the hon. and learned member was now urging us on, and he believed that history could scarcely furnish an y instance of greater folly and infatuation, except, perhaps, that one mentioned' by Gibbon, relative to the Greeks, whom he describes as busily employed in a discussion of mixed theology and philosophy, as to whether the light on Mount Tabor was created or uncreated, and who were ready to massacre the supporters of the unpopular theory, when the enemy of all religion and science, Mahomet IL, entered, through a breach, int o th e capital of the Chris tian world. He entreated the house to seriously hesitate before it lent its aid to carry out the nefarious project of the hon. and learned member for Hertford, and he called. upon all hon. members who had any consideration for their country and respect for themselves, upon every principle of expediency and justice, to support the amendment that was now proposed. (Loud cheers.) Mr. WHITESIDE said that no gentleman in that house would give a vote for the inquiry upon the bigotted grounds which the hon. and gallant officer had enumerated. He thought the hon. gentleman having transferred his services from the army to the navy, and the country being on the eve of war, would have had too much to do to prevent his collecting such a bundle of trash as he had that night pro duced to the house. The real question at issue was this— they had ample proof in decisions in the courts of law that there were abuses in those institutions, and then came the question, would they not resort to an inquiry with a view to their remedy? The Roman Catholics should, he thought, not resist this inquiry, as, if the surmises against these in stitutions were false, its result would bo to remove the pre judices now existing with respect to them. Mr. P. O'BRIEN supported the amendment, as did like wise Mr. J. O'CONNELL. Mr. DUNLOP said that the resolution attributed to the Scottish Conference by Mr. B. Osborne, to the effect that Roman Catholics should be excluded from office under the Crown, at home and abroad, had never been adopted by that body. Mr. J. FITZGERALD said that the fourth resolution re ferred to was adopted at a large Protestant meeting in Edinburgh. Mr. L. BLAND, as an Irish Protestant, opposed the in quiry, and said the Protestants of Ireland did not enter tain the same hostility t o those establishments as was felt in England. After some observations from Mr. GOOLD, Mr. COGAN moved the adjournment of the debate. After some observations from Mr. BENTINCK and Mr. B. OSBORNE, The house divided, and the motion for adjournment was negatived by a majority of 233 to 91. Mr. G. A. MOORE then moved the adjournment of the house, stating that several hon. members were anxious to address the house upon a subject so important to Ireland. Sir J. WALSH opposed the adjournment. Mr. F. SCULLY threw out a proposition that they might go to a division on the main question, provided Mr. Chambers would not proceed that night with the appoint ment of the committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought this a fair proposition, which, he was of opinion, ought to be acceded to. After some remarks from Sir T. D. ACLAND and Lord GODERICH, Mr. T. CHAMBERS said he would assent to the sug gestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. F. Scully. A desultory conversation ensued, terminating in a divi sion, on which the motion for the adjournment of the house was negatived by a majority of 223 to 59. Mr. F. SCULLY then gave notice that, on the nomina tion of the committee, he would move that it be nomi nated that day six months. The house then divided on Mr. Bowyer's amendment, which was negatived by a majority of 177 to 120. Mr. T. CHAMBERS then gave notice that he would move the committee:this day; but, on an o bj ec ti on f rom Mr. Scully and M r . Goold, he consented to move it on Thursday. The remaining business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned. DECLARATION OF THE CATHOLICS OF GREAT BRITAIN. The following declaration has been published : TO OUR PROTESTANT FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN. The undersigned desire it to be known that they regard the success of the motion of Mr. Chambers in the House of Commons as a direct attack upon the Catholic religion, and as an insult to those who profess it, no less than as an infraction of the religious toleration of which they are said to be assured by the constitution. They do not propose to argue a point which they believe to be clear to all intelligent and fair minds, and therefore content themselves with the declaration that they view the proposal of Mr. Chambers, however he may himself repre sent it, simply as a proof of hatred and fear of the Catholic religion, and of an ardent desire to impede its legitimate influence by persecution. The charg es against the convents of women have long since been satisfactorily refuted ; and if they were true, the un dersigned would be of all persons those most interested in P ro curing redress. To suppose them indifferent on such a subject would in itself be a grave imputation. The proposal to examine by a Parliamentary committee into the condition of monasteries, amounting, as it does, to the institution of a tribunal of inquiry - , with a view to the criminal prosecution of individual Englishmen, , they can hardly believe to be serious. In any case there are suffi cient constitutional and legal reasons for the rejection of this Pr ° l 3o ,.aal, without calling upon Catholics to d ea l w ith it as a religions question. This statement is made in order that no misconception should exist respecting the sen ti men t s of the. Catholic body on n invol matter in which th e i r r i ghts of common citizenship re ved. Arundel and Surrey. John F. Arundel. Shrewsbtuy. Charles H. Clifford. Edward Fitzalan Howard. : F rancis Stoner. Southwell. Charles Langdale. Campden. Philip Stourton. Charles Thynne. Robert Gerard, Bart. Camoys. Jas. F ranc i s Doughty Tich- Stourton. borne, Bart. 'Pam( of Harrowden. Edwar d B l ount Bart. pew ,Ed ward Smythe, Bart. Arundell of Wardour. lilonasß o k ewode,Gage,Bt. Dormer. W l- Cedrington Bart. V jo e hn re E Si . ul P ftn . de' Bt. Bart. Thos. Edward Stoner. Stafford. Lovat. Clifford Constable, Bart. Alfred Stourton. Humping de Trafford, Bart. George Mostyn. William Lawso n , B art. And upwards of three hundred of the Catholic gentry. GOLD ROBBERY.—The Sydney (s.s.), while o n h er homeward passa'ge from Melbourne, lost a box contai n . lag 1,000 ounces. It is supposed to have been abstracted from the hold at the Cape, where some boxes of gold had to be landed. The missing box was consigned to tLe London and Westminster Bank, and was valued at nearly 5,000/.—Shipping Gazette. THE SEIZURE IN THE RrvEE.—The Board of Customs have released the Spanish cutter Ingram, which was seized in the river off Hanover Hole, Rotherhithe, on Saturday, by the Thames police, with some anchors and chains in her cargo of guano, on the payment of a small nu e, and expenses for an infringement of the Clearance Act. LONG DISCOURSE.—The New York papers state that 3,000 clergymen have despatched to Congress a protest, above 200 feet long, against the Nebraska Bill, which involves the question of the prohibition of slavery in that territory. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 28. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN. Motion made, and ques ti o n put, " That an hu m bl e a dd ress b e presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions that immediate measures should be taken to give effect to the recommendation contained in the report of the select committee of this house appointed in the last session to examine and report upon the present state of communication between London and Dublin; namely, ' that a class of steamers be provided with adequate accommoda tion for passengers, and with greater capabilities as regards speed than those at present employed"' (Mr. Henry Her bert): —The house divided ; Ayes 152, Noes 208. AYES-152. Alexander, J. Goo'd, W. Neeld, Joseph Annesloy, Earl of Gore, W. Newark, Viscount Ball, J. Greaves, E. Norreys, Sir D. Bateson, Capt. T. Greville, Colonel F. North, Lt.-Col. J. Beach, Sir M. Grogan, Edward O'Brien, P. Beamish, F. ' Raiford, Sir Henry O'Brien, C. Bennet, Capt. P. Hall, Colonel John O'Comiell, D. Bentinck, G. Hamilton, Lord Claud O'Connell, J. Berkeley, Sir G. Hamilton, G. A. Parke, C. Blair, Lieut.-Col. J. H. Hawkins, W. Paget, Lord G. Blake, M. J, Heard, J. Pakington, Sir J. Bland, L. H. Herbert, P. Palk, L. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Higgins, G. G. Phillimore, J. G. Bowyer, G. Hume, W. Pollard-Urquhart W. Bunbnry, Capt. W. Jackson, W. Ponsonby, A. Burrell, Sir C. M. Jones, Capt. T. Power, N. Cabbell, B. B. Keating, R. Pugh, D. Calms, H. Kennedy, T. Repton, G. Campbell, Sir A. I. King, J. Richardson, J. Carnac, SirJ. R. Kinnatrd, A. Robertson, P. Castlerosse, Vii. Kirk, W. Russell, F. W. Cautfeild, Lt.-Col. J. Knatchbull, W. Sadleir, John Cecil, Lord Knight, F. Scott, F. Cholmondeley, Lord Knigbtley, R. Scully, F. Codrington, Sir C..W. Knox; Lt.-Col. B. W. Scully, V. Cogan, W. H. F. Knox, W. S. Shee, Serjt. W. Coote, Sir C. H. Langton, W. H. P. G. Smijth, Sir W. Corbally, M. E. Layard, A. H. Somerset, Capt. E. Corry, H. T. L. Lennox, Lord A. F. Stafford, A. Davies, D. A. S. . Lennox. Lord H. G. Stanley, Lord Devereux, J. T. Leslie, C. P. Stanley, W. Disraeli, Rt. Hon. B. Liddell, H, G. Stuart, H. Dod, J. W. Liddell, H. T. Sturt, H. Drummond, H. Lindsay Lt.-Col. J. Swift, R.' Duff, J. Long, W. Taylor, Lt.-Col. T. Duncombe, Hon. 0. Lovaine, Lord Tollemache, J. Dunne, M. Lucas, F. Tadway, R. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Macartney, G. Tyler, Sir G. Du Pre, C. leCann, J. Vance, J. Egerton E. MacGregor Jas. Vansittart, G. Egerton, W. Mogan, W. H. VYvYan, Sir Er Esmonde, J. . Maguire, J. F. Vyse, Capt. R, Evelyn, W. Malins, R. West, F. Fagan, W. Mangles, it. Whiteside, J. Fellowes, E. Mansell, Col. T. Whitmore, la. Ferguson, Sir R. Meagher, T. Wyndham, Lt.-Gen. Fitzgerald,Lt.- G.ilir,T. Michell, Dr. W. Wyndham, H. Fitzgerald, W. Montgomery, H. Wynne, W. Fox, R. Morgan, 0. Frewen C. Mundy, W. Fuller, A. Naas, Lord George, J. Napier, J. TELLERS. Herbert, H. French F. NOES-208. Acland, Sir T, Gladstone, W. Oliveira, B. A'Conrt, C. Gladstone, Capt. J. Osborne, R. Adderley, C. Glyn, G. Otway, A. Anderson, Slr J. Goderich, Viscount Paget, Lord A. Baldock, E. Gooeh, Sir E. Paget, Lord Baring, Sir F. Goodman, Sir G. Palmer, Robert Baring, T. Gower, F. Palmerston, Viscount Barnes, T. Graham, Sir J. Patten, J. Barrington, Vist. Greene'', Gilbert Pechell, Sir G. Bass, M. Greene, Thomas Pellatt, A. Bell, J. Gregson, Samuel Phillimore, R. J. Berkeley, Hon. F. Grenfell, Charles Pllkington, J. Berkeley, Hon. C. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Pinney, W. Berkeley, G. Hadfield, George Portal, M. Bethel', Sir R. /Hale, Robert Powlett, Lord W. Biggs, W. Hall, Sir Benjamin Price, Sir R. Blackett, J.. F. B. Hankey, T. Price. W. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Harcourt, Col. F. Pritchard, J. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Beetle, Alex. Ramsden, Sir J. Bramston, T. W. Plastic, Arch& Ricardo, 0. Brand, H. B. W. Headlam, T. Rice, E. Bright, J. Heathcote, G. Rich, H. Brocklehurst. J. Henley, J. Robartes, T. Brown, H. _ Herbert, S. Roebuck, J. Brown W. . Hervey, Lord A. Russell, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Heywood, J. Russell, F. C. Bruce, H. A. Heyworth, L. Sanders, G. Buckley, Gen. }Lindley, C. Sawle, C. Byng, G. H. C. Hogg, Sir J. W. Scholefleld, W. Cardwell. E. Borstal!, T. Scobell. Capt. G. Challis, T. Howard, Hon. C. Seymour, Lord Chambers, T. Howard, Lord E. Shafto, R. Chaplin, W. Hume, J. Shelley, Sir J. Cheetham, John Hutchins, E. Smith, J. B. Child, Smith Hutt, W. Smith, W. Clay, Sir W. Bt. Irton, S. Smith, J. G. Clifford, Lt-Col. H. M. Jocelyn, Via. Smollett, A. Clinton, Lord R. R. P. Johnstone, J. Spooner, R. Cobden, R. Johnstone, Sir J. Starkie, Le G. Cockburn, Sir A., J. E. Jones, D. Strickland, Sir G. Compton, H. C. Kershaw, J. Strutt, E. Cowper, W. F. Kingscote, Capt. R. Tancred, 11, Craufurd, E. H.J. Labouchere,RLHon.H Thicknease, B. Crook, J. Lacon, Sir E. Thompson, G. Crossley, F. Laing, S. Thornhill, W. Davie, Sir H. B.F. Langston, J. H. Townshend, Capt. J. Dent, J. D. Langton, Ei, G. Vane, Lord H. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Laslett, W. Vernon, G. Duncan, G. L ee , W . Walmsley, Sir J. Dunlop, A. Lockhart, A. E. Warner, E. Ellice, E. Lockhart, W. Wells, W. Ellice, E., jun. Lowe, R. Whatman, J. Elliot, J. E. Mackie, J. Wickham, H. Emlyn, Vis. Mackinnon, W. A. Wilkinson, W. Farnham, E. MacGregor, J. " Willcox, B. Ferrer, J. Marjoribanks, D. Williams, W. Feilden, M. Massey, W. Willoughby, Sir H. Ferguson, Lt.-Col. Matheson, A. Wise, A. Ferguson, J. Matheson, Sir J. Wodehouse, E. Filmer, Sir E. Maule, Lieut-Col. L. Wood, Sir C. Fitzroy, Hon. C. Mall, E. Woxid, B. Floyer, J. Miles, W. Wortley, J. S. Foley, J. Milligan, R. Wrightson, W. Follett, 8.7 Mills, T. Wyndham, W. Forester, Col. G. Milner, W. Wyvill, M. Forster, C. Molesw or th, Si r W . Young, Sir J. Forster J. Moncrieff, J. Fox, W. Morris, D. •E Freestna ~ Col. Mowbray, J. Gardner, It. Muntz, G. Hay ter, W. Gilpin, Col, H. IN orreys, Lord Mulgrave, Earl of ...i5e..... 4 -4 . - TELLERS. CONVENTUAL AND MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. Motion made, and question proposed, " That the following members be members of the select committee on Conven tual and Monastic Institutions" (Mr. Thomas Chambers): Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the question, in order to add the words, " Order for the appointment of the committee be dis charged " (Mr. Bowyer):—lnstead thereof, question pro posed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question :"—the house divided ; Ayes 177, Noes 120. AYES-177. Acland, Sir T. Gilpin, Col. H. Morgan, 0. Atiderley, C. Gladstone, Capt. J. Morris, D. Anderson, Sir J. Glyn, G. Mowbray, J. Archdall, M. Gore, W. Mailings, J. Ark wrig,ht, G. Greaves, E. Mundy, W. Baldock, B. Greenall, G. Naas, Lord Baring, T. Greene, Thomas Napier, J. Barrington, Viscount Grogan, Edward Neeld, Joseph Batesoit Capt T. Gwyn, H. Newark, Viscount Beach, Sir M. Hale, R, Newdegate, C. Bennet, Capt P. Hall, Col. J. North, Lt.-Col. J. Bentinck, G. Hamilton, Lord C. Paget Lord G. Berkeley, Sir G. Hamilton, G. A. Pakington, Sir I. Blair, Col. J. H. Hardinge, Hon. C. Palk, L. Boldero, Col. H. G. Hastie, Alex. Palmer, Robert Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hastie, Archd. Pellatt, A. Brand, H. B. W. Hawkins, W. Pennant, Col. E. Brocklehurst, J. Reathcote, G. Percy, J. Bruce, C. L. C. Henley, J. Ponsonby, A. Buller, Sir J. Heywood, J. Pugh, D. Burghley, Lord. Hilyard, R. C. Repton, G. Burrell, Sir C. Horgan. T. Robertson, P. Cairns, H. Howard, C. Sandars, G. Campbell, Sir A. Hume, W. Sawle, C. Carnac, Sir J. ' Irton. S. Scobell. Capt. G. Cavendish, C. Johnstone, J. Scott, F. Cecil, Lord R. Jones,:Capt. T. Smijth, Sir W. Challis T. Jones, D. Smith. W. Child, Smith Kendall, N. Smyth, J. G. Chohnondeley Lord King, J. Smollett, A. Codrington, Sir C. W. Kingscote, Capt. R. Somerset, Capt. E. Compton, H. C. Knatchbull, W. Sotheron, T. Craufurd, E. H. J. Knightley, R. Spooner, R Crossley, F, Knox, Col. B. W. Stafford, A. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Knox, W. S. Stirling, W. Davies, D. A. S. Lacon, Sir E. Start, H. Deedes, W. Laing, S. Thompson, G. Disraeli, Hon. B. Langston, J. H. Tollemache, J. Dod, J. W. Lang ton, H. G. Tudway, R. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Langton, W. H. P. G. Tyler, Sir G. Duncan, G. Lee, W. Vance, J. Dunconabe, Hon. 0. Lennox, Lord A. F. Vansittart, G. Dundas, G. Lennox,Lordili. Walcott, Admiral Dunlop, A. Leslie, C. P. Walpole, S. Da Pre, C. Liddell, H. G. Walsh, Sir J. Egerton E. Lockhart, W. West. F. Ellice, E. Long, W. Whiteside, J. Evelyn, W. Lovaine, Lord Whitmore, H. Farnham, E. Loveden, P. Wickham, H. W. Ferrer, J. Macartney, G. 'Wise. A. Fellowes, E. Mackie, J. Woodd, B. Ferguson, J. Maltns, R. Wortley, J. A. Filmer, Sir E. Majoribanks, D. Wyndham, Gen. Floyer, J. Matheson, Sir J. Wyndham, H. Forbes, W. Motile, Lieut.-Col. L. Wynne, W. Forester, Col G. Meux, Sir H. Yorke, E. Frewen. C. Miles, W. Fuller A. Michell, W. TELLERS. Gaskell, J. Montgomery, Sir G. Chambers, T. George, J. Moody, C. Kinnaird, A. NOES-120. ---- Ball, J. Goold, W. O'Connell, - J. Barnes, T. Green, Capt John Osborne, R. Bass, T. Gregson, S. Otway, A. Beamish, F. Greville, Col. F. Paget, Lord A. Bell, J. Hadfield, G. Paget, Lord Bellew, T. Hayter, W. Pechell, Sir G. Biggs, W. Headlam, T. Philliraore, J. G. Biackett, J. F. B. Heard, J. Pilkington, J. Blake, M. J. Heneage, Geo. F. Pinney, W. Bland, L. EL Herbert, H. Pollard-Urquhart, W Boyle, Lt.-Col. Herbert, S. Portal M. Brady, J. Hervey, Lord A. Power, N. Brotherton, J. Higgins, G. 0. Price, W. Brown, A. Howard, Lord Rice, E. Bruce, Lord E. Hutchins, E. Richardson, J. Bruce, H. A. Ingham, R. Roebuck, J. Castlerosse, Viscount Johnstone, Sir J. Russell, F. C. , Cheetham, John Keating, R. Russell, F. W. Clinton, Lord R. R. P. Kennedy T. Sadlelr, James Cogan, W. H. F. Kershaw, J. Sadlelr, John Corbally, M. E. Kirk, W. Scholefield, W. Crook, J. Layard, A. H. Scully, F. Devereux, J. T. Locke, J. Scully, V. Duff; J. Lowe; R. Shafto R. Duffy, C. G. Lucas, F. Shee, Serjt. W. Dunne, M. M'Cann, J. Smith, J. B. Emlyn, Via. Mogan, W. H. Stratt E. Fagan, W. Macguire, J. Swift, R. Fitzgerald, Lt-G.Sir J. Massey, W. Thickne,sse, R. Fitz Gerald, J. Meagher, T. Vernon, G. Foley, J. Miall, E. Walmsley, Sir J. Forster, J. Milner, W. Whatman, J. Forster, C. Mitchell, T. Wilkinson, W. Fortescne, C. Moncrieff, J. Wilcox, B. Freestun, Col. W. Monsell, W. Williams, W. French, F. Moore, G. Wyndham, W Gardner, R. Mulgrave, Earl of Wyvil, M. Leach, C.+ Norreys, Sir D. Young, Sir J. Gladstone, W. O'Brien, P. TELLERS. Goderich, Viscount. O'Brien, C. Bowyer, G. Goodman. Sir G. O'Connell, D. Esmonde, J. SHIPMENT OF WARLIKE STORES FOR THE EAST.— Yesterday very great exertions were made by the officers in the Ordnance store-houses in the Tower, in order to embark a large quantity of warlike stores for the East. These consist of several cases of the minis rifle, circular and long tents with pegs, lines, poles, and mallets com plete, sapping and mining tools, arid picket posts for the use of cavalry. To expedite the embarkation extra labourers were employed, and an additional fatigue party from the Royal Artillery quartered in the for tress were engaged in transferring the stores from the lofts to the wharf, where they were put on board lighters and conveyed to Woolwich for transhipment on board the chartered transports for conveyance to the seat of war. GUNPOWDER MAGAZINE.—Mr. Dancan, of the Ord nance Department at Priddis Hart, Portsmouth, has been appointed Ordnance storekeeper at Marchwood Powder Magazines, in Hampshire, which have been for some years out of use. A small military force will imme diately be established there. These magazines are con structed to hold about 24,000 barrels of powder. They are situated close to the Southampton water, into which a small pier runs for landing and embarking gun. powder. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1854. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28, The threo-decker St. George, 121, Captain Byres, C. 8., and the Prince Regent, 90, Captain H. Smith, C.B. (sailing ships), received orders yesterday afternoon to prepare for sailing at a moment's warning, and had commenced pre parationsfor weighing just after the close of yesterday's despatch, but they moored again for the night. The St. George, attended by the Hecla, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, left Spithead this forenoon for the Baltic. Such was the haste to get these ships away that the crew of the latter went without their advance, which was ordered to be paid them to-day. The St. George and Prince Regent are about 500 short of the complement between them, but their numbers will be made up as seamen fall in from the sources we pointed out in our Sunday's report. The Prince Regent is being paid advance to-day, and shipping stores for the fleet in the Baltic, with which she will sail, we believe, this evening. The Magicienne, 16, paddle frigate, Captain Fisher, will most probably attend upon h er; s h e has her steam up, and all rea ly. The James Watt, 91 (screw), Captain George Elliot, ar rived at Spithead this morning from Devonport, en route to the Bttltic. We believe she has disclosed a few defects on the pas Sage, which she will repair in a day or two, and then sail to join Sir Charles Napier. She is a remarkably handsome ship, and appears to be efficiently manned. The St. Vincent, 101, sailing three-decker, Captain E. H. Scott, fitting out ostensibly as the ordinary depot ship in this harbour, is being so thoroughly equipped for sea that we have no doubt she will be sent to reinforce Sir Charles Napier when she has got a crew of 900. The Wa terloo, 121, flag-ship at Sheerness, will, we believe, not be kept in reserve, but will be sent to the Baltic. The James Watt, Magicienne, and Despeiate'were the only ships at Spithead at 6 o'clock to-night, and the St. Vincent in harbour, and the Colossus, 80, in dock fitting for screw machinery, are the only ships now left fitting for the war service. The Penelope, 16, steam-frigate, is ex pected to be recommissioned very shortly, and the trans port Resistance is also getting forward. The Menelaus (44), lazaretto ship, has been towed from the Motherbank into this harbour to-day—it is reported to be fitted as a second hospital-ship for the Baltic. The new 30-gun screw-frigate Curacoa, to be launched at Pembroke on the 27th proximo, is ordered round to this port, to be fitted for commission for the war service with the utmost expedition. Jury rigging is being got ready for her here ; and a riggers' crew will go hence to rig and navi gate her to this port. The Sphynx, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, in this basin, will be the next paddle-wheel commissioned, we expect, as a large party of artificers are employed upon her. The Prince Regent is now (6 p.m.) under way for the Downs. SHEERNESS, 31Aucii 28. The Driver, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander the Hon. Arth ur A. Cochrane, left here this day at 3 p.m. for Harwich and other ports on the east coast of England, to call for seamen who have volunteered for the navy., After completing her complement of blue jackets, she will proceed to the Baltic. The Rosamond, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com mander George Wodehouse, also left here this day at noon. She will call at the different ports on the east coast of Eng land to receive on board volunteers waiting her arrival. A number of first-rate merchant seamen at the northern ports are now volunteering for general service in the navy, all anxious to join ships destined for the Baltic and the Black Sea. The Goliath, 80 guns, now at Chatham, is ord ere d t o b e sent here to be b roug ht for immediate commission. The Superb, 80 guns, now at Chatham, is also ordered here to be fitted for commission with all possible despatch. The Melampns frigate, storeship, has arrived here from Woolwich. Her crew (seamen riggers) have been returned to this and Chatham yards, and she is for the present laid up at her moorings on the west shore. WOOLWICH, MARCH 28. Three additional horse transport ships arrived at Wool wich to-day from Deptford, and No. 10 was at once triken into the basin. The others will be taken in to-morrow. No. 10 is named the Endendale, and being a fine large ship, 60 horses of Captain Fitzmayer's grey horse battery l e ft the garrison at 2 p.m., and wore embarked in the afternoon. The remaining horses of the battery will be embarked to morrow. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants.—Robert D. Stupart (1840), additional, to the Vestal, 26, on the North America and West Indies station; Charles G. Crawley (1838), Alfred Young (1842), Maurice Jones (1816), to the Vestal ; James M. Bruce (1852), from the Inflexible, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, in the Black Sea, to be Flag Lieutenant of the Winchester, 50, flagship on the East Indies station ; William E. Fisher (1845), to the Desperate, 8, screw steamship, at Ports mouth ; John M. Jackson (1846), to the Horatio, 24, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. Second Master Michael C. Raymond (1849), from the Ajax, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Advice, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, tender to the flag-ship Conway at Cork. Clerks—Howard E. L. P. Bailey (Paymaster of 1854), to the Belleisle, hospital ship for the Baltic fleet ; Thomas H. 0. Mitchell (1851), from the Prince Regent, 90, to the Hecla paddle-wheel steam-sloop, for service with the Baltic fleet. Clerks'-Assistant Arthur Isbell, to the Conflict steam sloop. _ _ _ Naval Cadet Hon. Montolien Fox Murray,ifirst appoint. ment. SETTLING "ROUND ROBINS."—We are glad to hear that the Admiralty have taken the most effectual method for settling the "round robin " practice in the Desperate, 8, screw, at Spithead—a practice so subversive of all disci pline. Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Militias, C. 8., has most patiently and most impartially investigated the alle gations and the causes of them, and one of the rrsults, is, that Captain Chambers retires from the command of the ship. Reports at the clubs give the vacancy to Captain D'Eyncourt Do Conrcy (the gallant officer who, in the Charybdis, 3, engaged six vessels of war, each of equal force, and Sunk three of them); and C. F. A. Shadwell, C. 8.; but the first-named appears to be the favourite. THE ALLEGED TRAFFIC IN SITUATIONS BY THE IRISH REPRESENTATIVES. The committee met yesterday, soon after twelve o'dlock. After several witnesses had been examined, Mr. Keogh rose, and said he wished to produce docu ments that had passed from him to Colonel Smith, and also to be examined as to the whole of these charges, and especially so after the la s t ques ti on f rom a member of the committee. The room was ordered to be cleared. Upon re-ad mission, The Chairman (addressing Mr. Keogh) said that if he thought it necessary to make any statement, the committee were ready to hear it. Mr. Keogh said he understood the charges against him to be these—that in consequence of his relation with the borough of Athlone he had entered into a corrupt agree ment with Colonel Smith to obtain for him, or a relative, a stipendiary magistracy, the terms of that compromise or bargain for a magistracy or place being that he should receive 1,0001. in bills drawn on Colonel Smith ; that those bills were allowed to be frequently pro tested, and were left by him (Mr. Keogh) to be paid by Colonel Smith himself, who had been ruined thereby, and eventually fled to America. It was then alleged that as he had failed to obtain the place for the father, that all matters were broken up, but subsequently a second nego tiation was entered into, in virtue of which he (Mr Keogh) obtained for his son an appointment in the Excise. As to the latter portion of the charge, it had been disproved by the evidence of Mr. Lambert Smith, who stated to the committee that he obtained the appointment in 1845, and, therefore, he could only make a passing remark upon it. When he had been examined he (Mr. Keogh) saw him, and requested hina'ito go to Bristol, and to bring over every letter, document, or communication that he had had with Colonel Smith ; and accordingly Mr. Lambert Smith at once proceeded to Clifton, from whence he returned on Monday morning, when he placed in his (Mr. Keogh's) hands the entire correspondence, which he was now pre pared to lay before the committee. He might say that every letter had an envelope, and every letter had a post-mark. He might say that he did not know of Mr. Smith's appoint ment, and at the time it took place he had no political influence to obtain an appointment for him or any one else. He would now beg to lay before the committee two original letters, conferring the appointment on Mr. Smith, both of which were signed by Sir John Young, who was then in Sir R. Peel's Ministry. They were respectively dated the 6th and 12th December, 1845. [The hon. and learned gentleman then read the letters, one requesting him to send certain documents, and the other announcing to Mr. Smith his appointment.] Therefore, as regarded that appointment, he could state most distinctly and em phatically that neither directly nor indirectly had he had connection with it in any respect, nor did he know then any more of Sir John Young than he did of any other per son whom he had never seen. From 1842 he had been con nected with Athlone and that district of the country, and used to act as the solicitor to the Conservative party for the registry, under Sir John B eres f or d, w h ose id eas of contest ing Athlone were altered, as he was looked upon as quite out of the field; and it was not until 1847 that it was sug gested that he (Mr. Keogh) should offer himself for Athlone, as the Conservative party were strong there on the free trade policy of Sir Robert Peel, and in this view it was agreed that the Conservative party should support him, and the state of the registry did not allow of their bringing forward any candidate opposed to that policy. That was the first time he consented to come forward as a can didate for the borough of Athlone. He was then acquainted with Colonel Smith, who took a prominent part at the election for the borough, and from what was said by Co lonel Smith, the expenses were to be borne partly by him self and the gentleman whose name had been mentioned in the course of the investigation. He (Mr. Keogh) came to London when he had communications from Colonel Smith, stating that an arrangement had been made that if he would stand for Athlone, he (Colonel Smith) could assure him that he would have the assistance of Conservative gentlemen in carrying on the contest. He accordingly did go, and although he had some pecuniary assistance, he found before he had been there long that the expenses of continuing the contest were altogether greater than he had anticipated, and the assistance far less than he contem plated; and it became necessary to consider, being now in volved in the contest, how it was to be carried on. He was involved in it, and it was scarcely necessary to say, was anxious to secure the seat for Athlone for the Con servative party. He had three conducting agents, each of whom was receiving 100 guineas, and yet these agents were not voters, and they increased expenses; but it was said by one person, Yon will not get on with out Mr. So-and-So," and he was foolish enough to listen to them until he had between 70 and > 0 of those persons to pay. He was, in consequence of the increased expenses, not enabled to go on with the contest without other means, and as Colonel Smith was anxious that he should go on, and ma he had ample credit at the bank at Athlone, Colonel Smith suggested that either by drawing on himself (Mr. Keogh) or on Colonel Smith, the necessary funds could be supplied. Accordingly, Colonel Smith drew on him (Mr. Keogh) to the extent of 6001., as he could show by docu ments that were then in his possession ; but he was not cer tain of the exact way in which those bills were originally drawn. The election did not take place until August 16, but the contest had been going on from the Bth or 9th of July, during which time Mr. Collett and Mr. Hawes, who had been unseated for Lambeth, became candidates, and afterwards retired. At the last moment a gentleman of considerable influence in the town, a distiller, appeared as a candidate, and it was with him that the contest for the election took place, and which resulted in his (Mr. Keogh's) favour by a majority of six only. [Mr. Keogh here read a vast number of letters that had passed between himself and Colonel Smith on monetary transactions, but evidently strengthening his assertions as to the money being ad vanced for the purposes stated, which had since been re- ; paid.] Shortly before Colonel Smitien departure for America he paid a bill of 2001. for Mr. Keogh, but he went there to take possession of estates which came to him on account of his military rank, worth 1,5001., and received 2,0001. just before he went, so that it could hardly be said that he had been ruined and driven to a foreign land by the payment of 2001. for him. Bat, to show that he had nothing to do with his going to America, he would put in a letter to show that he was not aware of his departure, and the terms of that letter would also show that it was not such a one as he would have written about a man whom he had ruined. He had other letters to show that he was on the utmost intimacy and unbroken friendship with Col. Smith up to the time of his death in 1853. In conclusion, Mr. Keogh said, "It has been charged against me that I obtained a situation for his son for money. I state positively and distinctly that I nevergave any money or gave any consideration for money either for his ser vices, nor did I ever get any office for Colonel Smith or any member of his family. An honourable member of the committee has questioned Mr. Lambert Smith as to whether it was not a favour to his father to be allowed to sell out of the army and to go to America. If it was a favour it was one that was not known to me. Under the circumstances, I should be most happy at this or any other time to get a good appointment for Col. Smith if he were alive, or any member of his family. For the ser vices he has rendered me I would do it, and I believe that every member of the House of Commons would do the same. (Loud applause from the persons behind the bar.) An hon. member of the committee has questioned Mr. Ma lone as to certain documents, and it is possible that he may have some casual letter of mine, but Ideny that he has any document affecting my character or position. Neither have I directly nor indirectly suppressed, or caused to be sup pressed, any document referring to these transactions. I may state, however, that this morning a gentleman whom I had never seen before addressed me as I was getting out of my cab at the Reform Club, and put into my hands a num ber of documents and copies of letters that had passed be tween Mr. Smith and Mr. Malone, and I, in the presence of two gentlemen, declined to have anything to do with such transactions. In Dublin also, two days ago, a person waited upon my colleague, the Attorney-General, and wanted to put into his hands the correspondence between Smith and Malone, and he refused to have anything to do with them. I have not done anything, either by payment or promise of payment, to prevent anything coming before this committee." After some remarks from Mr. Moore, The committee was adjourned until Thursday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM GRAND ANNITAL STEEPLE CHASES. The grand day yesterday at Knowle, a most judicious choice of ground for the Birmingham Annual Steeplechases, was a delightful one. As a real country meeting, in and over " a fair hunting country," it was capitally arranged, well carried, and that capricious official, the clerk of the weather, smiled all sunshine on the doings of the clerk of the course, The Great Western brought the Londoners by the regular express, with speed and punctuality, that train accommodating the race-goers, for this occasion only, not only by stopping at the by-station of Knowle, but also picking up the Leamington and Warwick con tingents of sporting men. Well-freighted trains also ran from the hardware metropolis, and Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and the black country, swelled the attendance. The sports began at two o'clock, with-- The HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 50 BOYS. Three miles. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, under usual allowances Mr. F. Allen's Nom de Guerre, lOst (Sait) 1 Mr. Land's Blu e St oc ki ngs, 9 s t 71b (Green) 2 Mr. J. Tollitt's Premier (late Reiver), 9st 91b...(Livesay) 3 The following also ran :—Mina, Barsell, and Kaffir. Betting-2 to 1 agst Blue Stocking-3 to 1 agst Kaffir -4 to . 1 agst Premier. Blue Stockings ;ent away with a slight lead, and kept it through the meadows, up and down the hill into the course; Barsell, Premier, Kaffir, Nom de Guerre and Mina follow ing, for several leaps in the order written. At the brook Nom de Guerre came forward—Kaffir passed Barsell, Mina blundered at a jump, and lost much ground. Past the stand the second time Blue Stockings still led, with Nom de Guerre, Barsell, Kaffir, and Premier handy. In the far-side meadows by the brook Barsell fell, and shook young Reuben Archer, his jockey, severely; his chance up to then looked favourable. The lead was retained to the bottom turn by Blue Stockings, where it was wrested from her by Nom de Guerre, who was landed by Sait half a length in front, Premier third to Blue Stockings' second by two lengths. The BIRMINGHAM GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE HAN DICAP of 20 sovs. each, with 100 added. Winners extra. About four miles. Mr. Land's Needwood, lOst 21b (Green) 1 Mr. Fletcher's Escape, Bst 101 b (Livesay) 2 Mr. Golby's Ploughboy, 9st 121 b (Twiddy) 3 The following also ran :—Tulip, Spring, Marquis, Burnt Sienna, Dearest Mae. Betting-3 to 1 agst Needwod (taken freely)-3 to 1 agst Spring-5 to 1 agst Dearest Mae-6 to ' 1 agst Burnt Sienna. Burnt Sienna cut out the work, Spring at his heels, Needwood, Ploughboy, Escape, and Dearest Mae well up, The Marquis bringing up the rear. As ,they travelled through the enclosures, and took the several jumps before descending the hill to the brook, they formed themselves into Indian file, with moderate intervals ; Burnt Sienna heading the line, with Ploughboy following, Spring, Need wood, and Escape being the next three. For the next half mile or so, Ploughboy and Burnt Sienna alternately led ; the latter was first by the stand, Ploughboy second, Dear est Mae third, Spring fourth, Escape, Needwood, and Tulip together. At the brook the second time Burnt Sienna fell and got in. The Marquis blundering on to him, and also into the water. Burrowes was somewhat hurt, and the chance of both horses, if the latter ever had any, thrown out. Dearest Mae fell at the road fence. Plough boy was first at the turn into the stand field, but here Needwood came and wrested the lead from him ; Escape passed Tulip, and, coming round Ploughboy, challenged him. There was a good race for a few strides when Need wood drew away and won by two lengths, Escape beat ing Ploughboy by a like distance, Tulip a bad fourth. The SCURRY HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 2 sovs. each, _ _ with 10 added. One mile and half. Mr. E. R. King's Beckbury Lav, 10st (Archer) 1 Mr. John's The Miner, 9st 101 b - (Cusack) 2 Mr. Dawson's Gulnare, list (Green) 3 Mr. Page's Hazard, 10't 31b (Walker) 4 Betting— Even on Beckbury Lass. Beckbury Lass made the running, Miner, Hazard, and Gulnare following at various distances. Gulnare seemed to tire, and the Miner ne ver a bl e t o reac h Beck b ury Lass, the latter won as she liked by 20 lengths, Gulnare at any distance behind, trotted in, as did Hazard. The SOLIHULL STEEPLECHASE STAKES of 2 sovs each, with 15 added. Optional selling weights, &c. 2 miles. Mr. Land's Blue Stockings (200, 9st 71b (Green) 1 Mr. Robinson's Ace of Trumps (501.), 11at...(H. Bradley) 2 Mr. Clegg's Countess (201.), 9st 71b (Weever) 3 Betting—Even on Blue Stockings; 6 to 4 against Ace of Trumps. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE SPRING MEETING. MONDAY. The WELTER STAKES of 3 sous. each, with 20 added. The second horse to save his stake. Four year olds, lOst 71b; five, list 51b ; six and aged, 12st. Half-bred horses allowed 71b if claimed at the time of entry. A winner of 501. at any one time 51b extra ; of two stakes, value 501. each, or one stake value 1001., 81b extra. Gentle. man riders. Professional s , 51b extra. Two miles. Mr. T. Robson na. DalkeitC(h b) 5 yrs (Mr. West) 1 Captain Haworth's Smuggler Bill, aged (Owner) 2 Mr. Edward's Sir Harry Smith, aged (Major Bell) 3 The following also ran : Balounie (late Delusion), Clansman, Windward. Betting—Even on Smuggler Bill 5 to 4 agst Clansman. Won very easily by 3 lengths. The TYNE SPRING HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, with 50 added. The second to save his stake. North Derby Course. Once round. 22 subs. Mr. l'Anson's Jack the Giant Killer, by Slane, 4 years 6st 41b (Hayhoe) 1 Mr. J. Ryder's The Vet (late Lncio) 5 yrs, Est 121 b (Boyes) 2 Mr. H. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b (G. Waddington) 3 The following also ran :—The Buck, Sir Rowland Tren chard, Friar's Hall, Outcast, and Liberator. Betting-2 to 1 agst Jack the Giant Killer, 3to 1 agst The Vet, 4 to 1 agst Billy Richardson, 6 to 1 agst Friar's Hall and Sir Rowland Trenchard, and 8 to 1 agst Liberator. Won cleverly by half a length—Billy Richardson a moderate third—Sir Rowland Trenchard fourth. The Buck fell at the Newcastle turn, and ran into the town before he was secured. Fortunately his rider escaped without serious injury. Liberator bolted whea The Buck fell. Friar's Hall lost start. The Hunters' Stakes were won by Smuggler Bill, beat ing Sir Harry Smith and two others. The Lark Stakes—Optional selling weights, &c., were won by Miss Lucy Barton, beating the Uncleared and eight others. The weather, though cold, was highly favourable, and the attendance large. Great praise is due to 31r. Gray, the Clerk of the Course and Starter, foil his indefatigable exertions. [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. [ ADV ERTISEMENT.]—TELESCOPES.—fIerMajeSty ' S Royal Letters Patent, for valuable and extraordinary im provements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes to know the distances of objects viewed through them— of great importance to the army and navy. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel.—These telescopes pos sess such extraordinary powers that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's r i ng, and the double stars ; with the same tele scope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.— The Royal Exhibition, 1851. -Small glass for the waistcoat-pocket. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1A mile distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting„ to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can be clearly seen from 10 to 12 miles distant. Newly -invented Spectacles ; immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, every object becomes clear and distinct; the most aged, de fective sight is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori ginal state. Deafness—New Discovery—The Organic Vi brator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or pro bably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the akin, is not perceptible ; it enabl es de a f persons to h ear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist. ance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. (Agave, opposite the York Hotel, THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 10. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-Room, at St. James's-Palace, on Thursday the 30th iust., at two o'clock. WHITEHALL, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to order a conges d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Salisbury empowering them to elect a Bishop of that see, the same being void by the death of Doctor Edward Denison, late Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Reverend Walter Kerr Hamilton, M.A., to be by them elected Bishop of the said see. WHITEHALL, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend George Henry Sacheverell Johnson, M.A., the Deanery of the cathedral church of Wells, void by the death of Doc tor Richard Jenkyns. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Mayer Grant, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of Saint Vincent. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 25. 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 Carthagena, re porting that the Government of New Granada have thrown open the coasting trade of that country to Foreign vessels. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 25. 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 Carthagena, reporting the imposition of the following tonnage dues upon foreign vessels, viz. : On every vessel not exceeding 100 tons, 4 reals for every Granadian ton. On every vessel over 100 tons, 4 reals on each of the first hundred tons, and 2 reals on each ton exceeding that amount. This duty will only be levied on foreign vessels at the first port in New Granada, at which they may touch. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 27- 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 Lisbon, reporting that the Board of Health at that place has declared all the ports of England to be free from infection. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 28. 2d Regiment of Life Guards-Lieutenant Edward Ffol liott Wingfield to be Captain, by purchase, vice Totten ham, who retires ; Corn e t an d S u b-Li eutenant the Hon. Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wingfield ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon. Thomas Hatton George Ferwor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Awty, who retires, March 28. Ist Dragoon-Captain Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart Wortley, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice Digby, appointed to the Grenadier Guards, March 28. 3d Dragoon Guards- Charles John White, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allen, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 9th Light Dragoons-Major Charles John Foster, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Allen, who exchanges, March 28. 16th Light Dragoons-Major William Warner Allen, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Foster, who exchanges, March 28. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-Captain John Almerus Digby, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Pole, appointed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen, March 28. Ist Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the 55th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robertson, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 7th Foot-Ensign Edwyn Stanhope Jervois, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieut enan t, by purc h ase, vice Keightley, who retires; John Phillipson Langham, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Sunter, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 10th Foot-Home Purvis, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Jervois, promoted in the 7th Foot, March 28. 14th Foot-Brevet-Major John Watson to be Major, without purchase, vice Tidy, who retires upon half-pay ; Lieutenant David Thomas Armstrong to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Watson ; Ensign Gage Hall Dwyer to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong • Gentle man Cadet Edw ar d Willi am S aunders, from the Royal Military College, to be E ns i gn, w ith ou t purchase, vice Dwyer, March 28. 15th Foot-Lieutenant William Smith, from half-pay 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tilghman, appointed Paymaster of the Regiment ; Ensign George Edward Hunter to be Lie u t enan t , b y purchase, vice Smith, who retires ; John Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hunter, March 28. 17th Foot - Assistant-Surgeon Walter Simpson, M.D., from the 66th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cruickshank, pro moted on the Stiff, March 28, 19th Foot-William Marshall Webb, Gent., to be As sitant-Surgeon, vice Longm ore , p romo t e d , M arch 28. 23d Foot -Assistant-Surgeon William Godfrey Watt to be Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted on the Staff; William Cattell, Gent., to be Assistant-Su rgeon , vice Watt, Mar c h 28. 35th Foot-Lieuten an t Ch ar l es Miller Layton to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Berkeley, who retires ; Ensign Ranulph Charles Lee to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Layton ; Albert John Revell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lee, March 28. 41st Foot-Lieutenant Edwin Richards to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Honourable Richard Flandcock, who retires; Ensign Edward Every to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Richards, March 28. 42d Foot-Wm. Alex. Davidson, M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Muir, promoted in the 33d Foot, March 28. 55th Foot-John James Norris, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Croker, p romo t e d i n the Ist Foot. March 28. 63d Foot-Staff Surgeon of the St,cond Crane Robert Lewins, M.D., to b e Surgeon, vice Nfacdonell, promoted on the Staff; Wm. Wilson Mills, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Lewins, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 65th Foot-Lieut. Chas. John Ewen to be Captain, by pus chast, vice Anderson, who retires; Ensign Frederick Wemyss to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ewen; Walter Hi ;gin, Gent., to, be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wemyss, March 28. 71st Foot-Assistant-Surgeon William Barrett, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Carr, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 77th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Christopher Macartney, M. 8., to he Surgeon, vice Prender gas t, promo t e d on t h e Staff; Ormsby Bowen Miller, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Macartney, March 28. 81st Foot-Major John Hamilton Stewart to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Farrant, deceased; Captain Henry Edward Soren to be Major, without pur chase, vice Stewart ; Lieutenant William Benjamin Browne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sorell ; Ensign Charles James Hughes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Browne, Jan. 25. 86th Foot-Lieutenant John Jerome to be Captain, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires ; Ensign Robert John Wallace to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jerome ; Francis Drewe Edwards, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wallace, March 28. 91st Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Miah Wm. Murphy, from the 80th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Jameson, promoted on the Staff, March 28. 97th Foot-Edward Malcolm Sinclair, M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Cay, appointed to the Coldstream Guards, March 28. Rifle Brigade-Assistant-Surgeon David Reid M`Kin non, from the 78th Foot, to Surgeon, vice Anderson, pro moted on the Staff, March 28. Cape Mounted Riflemen-Lieutenant and Capt. Charles Van Notten Pole, from the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Stuart-Wortley, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, March 28. STAFF.-Brigadier-General William Lennox Lascelles Fitz Gerald, Lord de Ros, Unattached, to bo Deputy Quar termaster-General to the Forces, proceeding on a particular service ; Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Eat court, Unattached, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces, proceeding on a particular service, Feb. 21; Major Thomas Holmes Tidy, from th e 14th F oo t , to be Deputy Adjutant-General, at Jamaica, with the rank of Lieut.- Colonel in the Army, vice Farquharson, who resigns, March 28. UNATTACHED.-Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Far quharson, Major on half-pay 65th Foot, late Deputy Ad jutant-General at Jamaica, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 28. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Deputy Inspector-General of Hos pitals John Hall, M.D., to be Inspector-General of Hos pitals, March 28. To be Deputy Inspector-Generals of Hospitals-Staff- Surgeon of the First Class William Henry Burrell, M.D.; Staff-Surgeon of the First Class David Dumbreck, M.D. ; Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Thomas Atkinson, M.D. ; Staff-Surgeon of the First Class John Forest, M.D. ; Staff- Surgeon of the First Class William Linton, M.D., vice Hall, promoted, March 28. To be Staff-Surgeons of the First Class-Staff-surgeon of the First Class Peter Robertson, M.D., from half-pay, vice Burrell, promoted ; Surgeon Alexander Sheriffe Macdo noll, from the 63d Foot, vice Dumbreck, promoted ; Sur geon William Cruickshank, M.D., from the 17th Foot, vice Atkinson, promoted ; Surgeon George G or d on Ro bertson, M.D., the Ist Foot, vice Forrest, promoted; Surgeon Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., from the 77th Foot, vice Linton, promoted; Surgeon Thomas Ross Jameson, from the 91st Foot ; Surgeon Robert Smith, from the 23(1 Foot ; Staff-Surgeon of the second class Richard James O'Flaherty ; Staff-Surgeon of the second class John Thomas Telfer ' • Surgeon George Carr, f rom th e 71st Foot ; Surgeon Arthur Anderson, M.D., f rom th e Rifle Brigade ; Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John Charles Graham Tice, M.D., March 28. To be Staff-Surgeons o f the Second Class-Assistant. Surgeons Alexander Forteath, M.D., from the 2d Dragoon Guards, vice Telfer, promoted; George Cunningham Meikle ham, from the 51st Foot, vice O'Flaherty, promoted ; Ro bert Marshall Allen, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, vice Lewin, appointed to the 63d Foot; George William Powell, from the 34th Foot, vice Tice, promoted ; Thomas Moore Sunter, M. 8., from the 7th Foot; Vere Webb, from the 10th Foot ; Charles Frederick Stephenson, from the 81st Foot ; Samuel Smith, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; David Anderson, M.D., from the 9th Foot ; Peter Mackey, M.D., from the 12th F oo t ; H amp d en Hugh Massy, M.D., from the 4th Light Dragoons; Mark Stanley Todd, from the 86th Foot. To be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces—Assistant-Sur geon Thomas O'Kearney Gordon, from the 76th Foot, vice Barret, promoted in the 71st Foot, March 28. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Brevet-Major Sterling, Unattached, are Anthony Coningham, and not Anthony Cunningham, as previously stated. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Nottingham—Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Bucks or King's Own Regiment of Militia— Maurice Emmett, Esq., late Captain 48th Regiment, to be Captain, March 7 ; George Tyrwhitt Drake, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 17. Light Infantry Battalion of the. Royal Sussex Militia— Lieutenant Sir Percy Florence Shelley, Bart., to be Cap tain, vice Gage, promoted, March 23. Derbyshire Militia-Ist Regiment —To be Captains William Milnes, Esq., vice Hunter; George Newdigate, Esq., vice Bateman ; John Wright, Esq., vice Co x . To be Lieutenants -- John Jessop, Get., vice Emery ; John Radford, Gent., vice Lambert; John Woolnough, Gent., vice Wrag,r;. Royal Flintshire Militia—Second Lieutenant Arthur Willoughby Crewe Read to be First Lieutenant. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia —Arthur Chap man, Esq., to be Lieutenant. 3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Samuel Leo. Schuster, Esq.; Andrew Green, Esq. ; William Bent, Esq., to be Lieutenants. Regiment of Royal London Militia—Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Wimple, to be Colonel, vice William Thompson, deceased ; Lieutenant Christian William M`Niell, to be Captain, vice George Platt, retired, March 24; Lieutenant Wawa Robertson, t 9 be Captain, viN *4 awes Lau' rence Cotter, Bart., resigned, March 25 ; Thomas Josoph Jones, Gent., to he Ensign, March 24 ; Edwarl Vero Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, March 25; Alfred Augustus James, Gent., to be Ensign ; Murdock William Pollard Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, March 27. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Isaac Palmer Baker, Ipswich. Frederick Solly Gosling, Gray's-inn-square. Samuel Sheen, Kennington-cross. Tnomas Gregory, Clement's-inn. Joshua Jullian Allen, Bedford-row. William Galsworthy, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. Edward Jago, Plymouth. Thomas Robinson, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. James Warder, Beaminster, Dorsetshire. Edward Brown Fiske, Beccles, Suffolk. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Corner Blacklock and Thomas Robinson, drapers, Birmino o ham. BANKRUPTS. Henry Steel, grocer, Norwich, to surrender, April 2, at ten, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Hodgkinson, Little Tower street. William Turner, currier, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, April 7 and May 4, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Randall, Lawrence Pountney-lane ; Gidley, Exeter. James Young Hulbert, pocket-book maker, New-court, Bow-lane, April 7, at one, and May 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brooke-court ; Beidger and Collins, King William-street. William Ormerod Bradshaw, builder, Bolton-le-moors, April 12 and May 1, at twelve, at Manchester District Court : Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Marsland, Bolton, Henry Malcolm Ramsay, builder, Kensington -park, April 7, at half-past twelve, and May 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; James, Basinghall-street. Robert Robson and John Thomas Robson, silk manu facturers, Derby, April 7, and 28, at ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Notting ham; G. F. Hudson and Co., Bucklersbury ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Charles Barnett Gibbs, grocer, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, April 20, and May 4, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; But terton, Eccleshall ; Wright, Birmingham. James Green, carpenter and builder, Northampton, April 5 at two, and May 9 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stevens, Bedford row. Wm. Wallen, jun., architect, Lawrence Pountney-lane, April 3, and May 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings, Stevens and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside. Thomas Radford, warehouseman, Noble-street, City, April 5, at one, and May 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Frederick Thynne, dealer in musical instruments, Tavistock, April 7 and May 4, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter; Beer and Rundle, Devonport ; Hartnoll, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. J. T. Burgon, Bucklersbury, City, wholesale hardware man,' April 19, at half-past one—T. Harris, Hampstead road; brewer, April 21, at half-past twelve—J. Burls, Hampstead-road, brewer, April 21, at half-past twelve— J. Holmes, Regent-street, Westminster, shawl warehouse. man, April 21, at one—O. Sturgis and W. Adams, New Finchley-road, St. John's-wood, builders, April 21, at eleven. In the Country. T. Clubbe, Chester, brewer, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Malley, Lancaster, silversmith and jeweller, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Marshall, Southampton, coal merchant, 74d., any Wednesday, betw een e l even an d th ree, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. A. W. West, Church-street, Twickenham, grocer, 2s. 93d., any Wednesd a y, b e t ween e l even and throe, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. and W. Chisholm, Ludgate-hill, City, wholesale per fumers, on Thursday, March 30, and the three follow. ing Thursdays, between elev en an d t wo, a t th e o ffi ce o f Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. CERTIFICATE MEETINGS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Bergtheil, Abchurch-lane, merchant, April 22, at half-past eleven —J. Rowe, Hunter-street, Kent-road, baker, April 21, at half-past four. In the Country. W. M. Duffield, Heavitree, Devon, commission agent, April 19, at one, at the Court, Exeter—G. K. Kent, Taunton, Somerset, plumber and painter, April 20, at one, at the Court, Exeter—H. P. Goodwin, Solihull, Warwick shire, tallow chandler, April 22, at ten, at the Court, Bir mingham—J. Gibney, Nottingham, currier, April 28, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—E. Smith, jun., Swinton, Lancashire, coal owner, April 28, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. W. Quinton, Leather-lane, butcher, certificate of the second class, after four months from the 20th March —G. W. Le Grand, Lambeth-walk, grocer, certificate of the second class—A. Hardwick, 'Windsor, linendraper, certifi cate of the second class—J. L. Lane, Norwood, brewer, certificate of the second class—J. Taylor, jun., Woolwich, builder, certificate of the second class—J. Delaney, Mark lane, City, wine merchant, certificate of the third class— C. Ambrose, Sheerness, ironmonger, certificate of the third class—J. Watts ; Tiverton, Devon, hatter, certificate of the third class, after two years from March 14—J. Tate, Dar lington, Durham, iron merchant, certificate of the third class, after May 20, 1855—F. Chater, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, chemist and druggist, certificate of the first class—H. Dawber, Lincoln, butcher, certificate of the third class, after twenty-one days from March 9Q. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Gooch and W. Spencer, Birmingham, jewellers—T. Colmore, T. Beale, and W. F. Beale, Birmingham, brick makers (so far as regards T. Colmore)—N. Whyte and W. Turner, Liverpool, ironmongers —W. Hanks and A. Fil rner, Cheltenham, butchers —E. Warne and S. Warne, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, builders —M. Pilling and S. Boulton, Bradford, stuff manufacturers—G. Bowden and H. J. Hall, Little Queen-street, Holborn, artists' color-men—B Walker and J. Elsey, Lenton, lace manufacturers—S. Cockings and J. A. Bartlett, Torquay, coal merchants— W. Purssell and J. Pussell, • Cornhill, confectioners —J. Ward, W. Ward, and W. Gilbert, Newgate Market, meat salesmen (so far as regards the s aid yW. Gilbert)—T. C. Ayres, T. Ayres, and W. A. Ayres, Great Bath. street, Clerkenwell, cabinet makers (so far as regards the said W. A. Ayr es )—J . C urgenven and W.Paynter, Plymouth, grocers—F. Newton, senior, T. Newton, and F. Newton, jun., Sheffield, merchants (so far as regards the said F. Newton, sen.)—T. Prichard, J. Prichard, and W. Prichard, Chester, drapers—W. Beach, jun., W. Beach, and J. Beach, Willow-walk, Bermondsey, leather dressers, (so far as regards the said W. Beach, sen,)—F. Wildbore and G. Roper, High-street, Shoreditch, surgeons—B. F. Butters and G. Gibbins, Assembly-place, Mile End road, colour and varnish makers—S. Lang and T. Driver, Lancaster screw manufacturers—G. Sheard and B. Senior, Batley, Yorkshire, rag merchants—J. Nicholson, W. White, and W. Moorwood, Sheffield, silver platers, (so far as regards the said W. Moorwood) —T. Wood and J. Fawcett, Halifax, Yorkshire, stone delvers—Char lotte Sophia Pearson and Emma Freeland, Guildford-street, Russell-square, schoolmistress—H. Atkin, A. Rutter, and J. Pask, Sheffield, saw manufacturers—J. Brennan and F. Cutts, Aldermanbury, silk manufacturers—W. De w - hirst and M. Langan, Bradford, Yorkshire, washing and wringing machine makers--A. Paton and J. Adam, Glas gow, merchants. INSOLVENTS' DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. Nicholls, 94d., any day after March 29, at the County Court Office, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, between ten and four. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Angus Ross, ironmonger, Inverness. Robert Crawford, lime-burner, Bells-quarry, Edinburgh. shire. Morris, Young, and Co., calico printers, Kilmarnock. Mrs. Caroline Allatt or Douglas, lodging-house keeper, Glasgow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 28. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Coq, from Cherbourg; Lionne, Gravelines ; Johanne, Bisserup ; Confiance, Callao ; Au rora, Kjerteminde ; Looshtank, Callao ; Furet, Grave lines ; St. Johannes, Skien ; Thea, Gravelines ; Eleven, Berdianski ; Margrethe, Skive ; Mary, Mauritius ; Mandre, Jamaica; War Hawk, Marsala and Palermo ; Oracul, Skien ; General Wiltshire, Callao ; Kingston, Shanghai ; Fanny Mitchieson, Callao ; Nile, Calcutta, Madras, and Cape of Good Hope; Gretha, Cattingseil ; Elizabeth, Callao; Oscar, Hamburgh ; Johann; Fikenforde ; Blen heim, Marseilles. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Marid, for Focally ; Clera, Valencia ; Sumatra, Barbadoes. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The Erite, for Memel; Pearl, Montreal; Fortunate, Valencia; Victory, Sydney ; Russia, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia, and Barce lona; Perseverance, Gibraltar and Marseilles; William, Antwerp ; Fleetwood and Frances, Madras ; Concord, Melbourne ; Mary Montague, Bordeaux and San Francisco ; Ingram, Valencia ; Lusitania, Oporto ; Sea Bird, Mel bourne ; Firklovert, Copenhagen ; Baroway, Odessa ; Marie, Fecamp. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28. The Cosmopolitan has arrived from Benin with loss of bulwarks, st anc h eons , &a., having been struck by a heavy sea. The Constitution steam-tug arrived this morning from Dundrum Bay with wrecked goods, ex Chas. Humbertson. The Cornelia, from New Orleans, which was ashore on Broadhaven Sands, near Milford, was got off and towed into Liverpool this morning; about 1,300 bales of cotton discharged while the ship was on shore; remains at Broad haven. Vessels will be sent to bring it round. A sloop was aground near No. per chart 23, at 1•15 p.m. —no signal of distress flying. SKAGEN, March 2 1. —The James, from Hartlepool to Stettin, got on shore half a mile E. of Hoyer or Altskagen this morning, has capsized, and is doubtless a wreck, and her cargo (coals) looked upon as lost ; the materials may be saved should the weather prove favourable. HAMBURG, March 25.—1 t is blowing hard at W. by N., with sky overcast and rain. ROSTOCK, March 23.—The Providentia, arrived at Con stantinople Mar c h 9 , h a d sustained a heavy gale in the Archipelago, and had been in contact with a Greek ship. ELSINORE, March 23.—The John Ingo, of Newcastle, abaadoned and in a sinking state, was passed about seven miles from land by the Queen, of Shields, arrived here. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 15.—The following vessels have received more or less damage :—The Peter Foulkes and Zuleika, both arrived here March 7, from Galatz ; the Ca roline, March 7, Odessa ; the Alchymist, Feb. 20, Odessa ; and the Alexander, March 3, Vretch. All the above have cleared for England. The Harriet, which arrived here March 3 from Odessa, and cleared for England, going out of port came into collision with a Turkish man-of-war, and received considerable damage. LILLESAND, March 11.—The Tinge Svane, of and from Copenhagen to Iceland; and the Phoenix, fromS velig to Newcastle, have put in to discharge and repair,havin g been in contact. CAGLIARI, March 22.—The Coldstream, from Galatz to England, has just put in, with pumps choked, leaky, an d will discharge. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Devonshrie,W;;;londenTe New York, March j 5, long. 68. The Tuecorora, from Liverpool to P144(11441, gu t March, lat, 0 1 1913 g. 48, THE CURRENCY QUESTION. It appears from a statement just prepared that the exact amount of diminution in the paper currency of the country from the withdrawal of the notes of private establishments since the passing of the Bank Charter Act in 1844 is 696,3251. The number of banks among whom this issue was formerly divided was 45, and its extinction has resulted from two causes —namely, in some cases, stoppage of payment, and in others from the establishments having agreed, in place of circulating their own notes, to substitute those of the Bank of Eng land, upon receiving from that institution an allowance of 1 per cent. In either case its effect in depriving the country of a certain amount of circulating medium is the Caine, and the result, therefore, is, that during the last 10 years about 500,0001. sterling may be considered to have been unnecessarily withdrawn from our resources. The process, for instance, has been as follows :—At the passing of the Bank' Charter Act 14 ,000,0001. was considered the point at which the credit circulation of the country, that is to say, the circulation based on securities, and not on gold, might be safely fixed, in addition to the circulation enjoyed at the time by the various country banks, amounting to 8 ,000,0001. Of this country circulation, hoWever, only two-thirds could 'be considered to be based on credit, ,since each issuing bank is supposed to keep a reserve equal to one-third of its issues, in Bank of England notes or coin. While the credit-circulation of the Bank of England was fixed at 14,000,0001., that of the country banks was therefore virtually fixed at 5,333,0001., making the real total of oredit paper 19,333,0001. Hence, the country circulation having since diminished 696,3251., the actual diminution in our use of credit must be taken at two-thirds of that sum— namely, 464,2171. Accordingly, just as would be the case with a private merchant, who, if his legitimate credit be reduced, must obtain cash to perform the services which had previously been efficiently fulfilled by bills, and must thus unnecessarily call in a portion of his available capital, which might otherwise have been profitably em ployed elsewhere, the country has been obliged to part with commodities to get gold to supply the vacancy thus created. Experience having shown that the amount of credit-circulation fixed by the act of 1844 was not excessive, the needlessness of the sacrifice incurred by the extinction of any portion of it must be apparent to every one, more especially since the act in question made full provision against such a contingency. By an order in Council, on the application of the Bank of England, an increased issue can at any time be made equal to two-thirds of the total circulation that may have become extinct, and the profit of this increased issue is to go to the public. Under these circumstances, the operation would now be tantamount to an immediate advance to the Government of 464,2171. in perpetuity, free of interest ; and it seems inexplicable that, at a time when a creation of Exchequer-bills is looked upon as likely to be requisite to provide for exigencies that can not otherwise be conveniently met, a resource so obvious and so calculated to lessen that disturbance in the money-market which is sure to be occasioned by any demand upon it, however slight, while it is under the influence of the first vague apprehensions of the effects of a war, should be neglected.—Tinges. THE PRESTON STRIKE. COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH —MARCH 28. There was a small attendance at market, and a small supply of grain, particularly of wheat. The growers are very firm as regards price, and whilst we report no mate rial advance, the millers were not, on the whole, able to buy so well as last market day. We appear to-day to have quite the gleanings of the barley crop. The samples offered were sold at last week's prices. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 708 to 72s Barley, grinding ... 32s to 33s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 78s to 80s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 35s to 37s1Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 28, 1854. Wheat Barley PP 37s 5d Beans ff 00s Od Beans 53 Peas PP 00s Od. , HULL—Melicn 28. There was a good attendance of farmers, but a very small show of wheat. Millers were free buyers, and, in some instances, is more was paid. For good-conditioned foreign corn more money was obtainable, while all spring corn was neglected. Linseed 5s per qr dearer, and oil has advanced from Z 5 to £6 per ton ; but cakes have receded from their late high rates. Nothing doing in rapeseed, and the market for bones is less brisk. a s Wheat, English, red 72 to 7611 Ditto white 74 to 80 Dantzie and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 63 to 66 Russian and Odessa 60 to 65 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2d to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 34 to 36 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 52 to 56 s. d Peas, grey and black 48 to 50 Linseed, Black Sea... 63 to 65 Ditto Petemburgh . . 52 to 63 Ditto Riga and Arch- angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4B to 50 Per Ton. Lins. c.,Hullll/ lOs Od to 0/ Os Ditto fine for. 0/ Os Od 0/ Os Ditto inf. for O/ Os Od to 0/ Os Rapeseed OOl Os to 00/ Os Rape cakes Tares, English OOs to OOs Ditto foreign Guano 4/ lOs 8/ to 121 Os Bones l26s Od to 130 s Od Rye Meal RAILWAY' SHARE MARKETS. LIVE, 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.— R Tho POOL mark M et ARCH has been dull all day, and closed at a further decline of over 1 per cent. on the leading stock. Caledonian, 255 ; (Chester and Holyhead, 131 ; Eastern Counties, 11i ; East La ncas hi re, 14i ; Lan cashire and Y or k s hi re, 5n ; London and North-Western, 94i ; Midland, 56 55 ; North British, 7a ; South Eastern and Dover, 17 7-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 4d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —YESTERDAY. Amsterdam 11 13' Gibraltar ...... • . .... Ditto, three months .. 11 15 Leghorn .. 30 70 Rotterdam .. . • .... 11 1514 Genoa ...... • • •....... 25 55 Antwerp .............. 25 20 'Milan ...... •• • .• Brussels .............. 25 20 'Venice ...... • flarnburgh ............ 13 514 Naples 41 1 4 Alton Pari5.....;...:... •• Palermo • • . • .... 25 0 i Messina .. Ditto, three months .. 25 35 ILisbon •• • • 583 3 25 Marsellles....... ..... .. 25 • 37% Oporto .........• •••• • • "" Bourdeaux .• • ... Rio Janeiro ••• • • • Frankfort-on-Maine 118 !Buenos Ayres.. •••• " • • Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' Vienna .. • • ............ Philadelphia •••• • • • • sight -- Trieste ............ • ... PRICES OF BULLION, PER Petersburgh . • ...... 31 Forelen Gold In Bars .Z 3 17 9 Madrid ................ 50 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Cadiz • • Barcelona .... New Dollars ••••• • 0 0 0 Seville Silver In bars . • 0 0 0 BI BT H S. OF A SON. On the 27th inst., the wife of J. D. Fi nney, Esq., of 7, Union-pla ce , New-road. On the 28th inst., at Whiligh, S ussex, the wife of G. . C. Courthope, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th inst., at 44, F inchley-road, St. John's wood, Mrs. E. G. Salisbury. On the 27th inst., at Tor•grove, near Plymouth, the wife of T. F. Rolt, Esq. 11T ARRIDD. On the 28th inst., at St. George's, Hanover square, the Ven. G. Glover, A.M., Archdeacon of Sudbury and rector of Southreppe, Norfolk to Charlotte, second daughter of the late R ev. Sir Robert Affieck, Bart., of Dalham-hall, Suffolk. DIED. On the 25th inst R. Murray-street, Camd en - square, C. E astcott, son of : R. D. Eastcott, Esq., surgeon, aged 18. On the 26th inst., at No. 1, Euston-place, Euston-square, Art hur William, youngest son of C. E. Rolle, Esq. On the 26th inst., at Erdington, W arw i c k s hi re, A nne, relict of Thomas Bentley Buxton, Esq., formerly of Lei cester. On the 26th inst., W. Devey, Esq., of Claylands-place, Clapharn-road, and of Savage-gardens, Tower-hill, aged 68. LONDON: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Auddleaea, Yirodueoclity, Alarch 29, Mit F NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2S. CROWN COURT.—Before Mr. Justice Cresswell. George Cowell, Michael Gallagher, Mortimer Grim shaw, Luke Wood, John Brocklebank, John Lang, John Gardner, Wnt. Parkinson, James Waddington, Joseph Dolphin, and Thomas Gregson were charged with un lawfully conspiring together, and threatening, intimida ting, molesting, and obstructing working people at Preston, and preventing them from accepting employ ment with certain manufacturers (named in the indict ment), in order to compel the said manufacturers to make alterations in the mode of carrying on their trades and businesses. There were also other counts varying the charge. The defendants pleaded not guilty. The Attorney-General (for, the county palatine), Mr. Serjeant Wilkins, Mr. Segar, and Mr. Blackburne ap peared on beha,:f of the prosecution ; Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Spinks for the defendants. Mr. Watson applied for the postponement of the trial until the next assizes. The affidavits for this purpose stated that it was not possible for the defendants to be prepared to go to trial during the present assizes, because so short a time had been allowed for preparing their defence. The trial was therefore postponed, on the defendants entering into recognisanoes to appear and take their trial at the autumn assizes. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 28. At this day's market there was a large attendance of the town and country trade and of buyers from the interior, and an extensive consumptive and speculative demand was experienced for wheat and flour ; and all the parcels offer ing were cleared off at an advance of 9d to is per 701 b. on the former, and 4s per barrel on the latter article since Friday, being 3d to 4d per 701 b. and. Ls per barrel over the prices obtained on this day week. Oats and oatmeal more saleable at the prices of Tuesday. Barley, beans, and peas were each the turn dearer. Indian corn a brisk sale at an advance of 4s per qr. on fine and 5s on inferior descriptions since Friday. Li per l C last, 't street, next. 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