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lind Isaac Dag , hants, May 30-* m M iller, aT 3 0 'anel loll o 7—Noah Glasgow• list of arri° 3lll , r demand 03 .4 ong au generally w°,l .ning v,,,, ea dency. our 6d per uo r is to le 6 d ' articles no f °l. apparent l9 1 prices. r. All sprO° PER grA li 'lo; 00S to 48s t 3 494 46s to 49 to 0136 00s -00 s to mis ), 1854. )s 7d ;s is 6d 9d Js OI xt to this bt: I last week : a and. Lieg e , I at the (lu°'a H. 0 s black 45 to 4 Sea 67 to 65 . gh 62 to I Arch - 53 to 55 tz and to - Per TO; 112 s 6d to 01 O a / Os Od 10/ Olia 0/ Os Od to 01 )0/ Os to 0 01 v [l7s 6d to °°‘ 00s to 00 0 00s to 003 LOs 81 to Vi a l sOl to 0 0 " 12030 ERD AT. 30 E2S . 2 1 5 52)0 •"*". - 11% • •• •• •• 156 4 •-•• •• •• 12 15 ••••• •• : 1 1, ••••••• 53, 'B' sight .lON, PER OZ• Ars £3 17 9 .. 0 0 ~ O 0 % •• •• b 64. •• 0 " O 6 1% better this , closing firm )ns of yestef . orkshiro, land, 571 3; ,uated a go d r. The sales re, 14i ; Lan rt-WeEitern, ; and Stock'. ral Post-o 6" wbeTh dul is Engtan d _.„' Each 3/OA* Ifay 10 ',may 4 IMay 29 ,June .4 luneertala !ii;rll.6 29 59 Jliay 1 Daily IMay 16 ➢tay 16 IMarch 25 April iS Tu.Th .9 4 " ;31411. 1 /April 30 30 iTwlcedallf of Mar 6 on May 1 on June I .. Dll May 1 6 ▪ May SO April 2 9 .. I •• I fl • TWlCedailf )11 May 16 )11 May 16 .. April 6 ▪ 2 9 lApril 26 m Jane 1 ▪ Alay 2 m May '1 t Uncertala• ifay 2 in May 6 a, May 1 I• ~ MAY Z Nay' 2 nIMAY n l May 16 its will b he India vie patched the Idy BmilY oruitess of he wife °f rne-grd va ' 3e,rkg, to Mart - RN., 01. -- - ~" l adillY, A : s a meal' : he effects D. son of VouNG, N o . ii?, couatY cf L ONDON and SOUTH-WESTE RN RAILWAY. the Directors of this Company are prepared to take LOAN; on the seramty of their Debentures at a rate of Interest nct esceeding 4 11 Per Cent. per annum, for paying off other Debentures now about to fall due. Applicatioos to be made to the Treasurer Mr. ALYSED 3losoAs. By Order of the Court of Directors. L. CHUMBlE,Secretary. Yerk-road Offices, 9th May, 1854. • 11 1 . A . UNCH' of the ROYAL ALBERT, 131 guns, ALA in presence of her Majesty at Woolwich, on SATURDAY next. thelBth ay.—SPECIAL TRAINS will run every ten minutes on the NORTH KENT RAILWAY from London -bridge to Woolwich, horn U. a.m. until 11.15 a.m. Fares the same as by t' , e ordinary Trains. G. S. HERBilla, Secretary. May 8, 1854. TO THE PRESS. —Major BENIOWSKI will PA . P:ain the nature of his rove Lions Letter-press Mut in g TRIS KNiNG, May lath. at Fiat o'c ock, at WitUs's Rooms. The Right lion: mILNER, GIIiSO.N', is the chair. rNVENTIONS IN LETTER-PRESS PRINT-. AL. 'NG c • •—TYpes bleb any mm, vcomm, or chid can cotup• se. ATnPositte four times quicker than te , u , d, • OLV MrOAINO. I t - INKUMS-ROLLER beyond comparison toperlor to those at .I,,,,:esent employed. Ccstle'stypes for the Blit,d. Types overed ith various metals, fruiting vincliinery on an ab;olutely novel powerfu , compact, &c., &c., &c. The love dor, Niajor af,NIOWSKI, will in•ke good the above cheering anuouncetnent in 1 1 %,. 'Buil LECTURE, at IVillis's Rooms ,LECTURE, , on play 8 o'clock in the Evenin • ; the Riulit Ron THO dAA MILNER Tickets, to is the Cbsir: fre4 ; hese,rv.etl..Sneact‘s, by to be obtained at the °Moe , of toe Patent I ruttin. om- Watet toD-p!ace, hat nut 1, and 31, .;Nicholas•lane, City, Ire Illustrated pamphlets may be procured. THE PAT EN T PRINTING MACHINERY , and PRINTING CO APANY.--BENIOWSK I S PATENTS. ''l'vXionzlly Registered. To be incorporated under the 7th and Bth ta Victoria, cap. 11 0 . Ca ps l - 30 .000 L, in 65,000 , Shares of 21. • each. 11. to be paid on allotment, with power to increase it to 250,0001. APplicati m for Shares, in the usual manner, to be made fo Mesrrs. Price and Brown, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, Brok ers to the Company ; St ' Sleaden, Esq., 14, Parllament - stree t, W estminster, Solidi tot to the Company ; or at the offices , of the Company, 5, Waterloo ,• Pall-mall, and 33, Nicholas-lane, Lom bard street, No appli '4,ton for Shares will be received after the Ist Jane next. ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY. Paraost—Her MAJESTY the QUEEN. VICE -PATRON —His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT, T he ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of th i s Charit y , which affords 4 S cotland, education. to 13,000 children. in the Hi g hbnds and Isles of i o rtland, will be celebrated in the London Tavern. on SA TURDAY, Di nner 27 . His Grace the Duke of MONTROSE, K.T., in the Chair. Inner on the table at Six o'clock. It is particularly requested that (.... convenient) °Ricers will appear in uniform, and Scottish tliernen In the •• Highland garb."— Tickets ( 21 5.) t o be bad of s t ,.Z i rk, 101, fleet-street; Mr. Brot.ks, stationer, 72, Farringdon ".4; at the London Tavern ; awl of .4 CHARLES MACKIE, Secretary. ... ,34 Sidmotth-street, Regent.square. .44 les' tickets (Gs.) to be had of the Stewards and Secretary only. - ____ INLAND REVENUE, SOIIER4ET HOUSE, Lo don, 9th May, 1854. SUCCESSION DIITY.—The Commissione h rs of , I nland Revenue have been inform ed that a misapprehension 'Na in ibme quarters as to , he effect of the ,accession Duty Act sto s3 , some persots conceiving that it only relates to the succes w_n to real property, and that money or other personal property 3 :, ic h is the subject of m ,rriage settlements or other trust deeds, is within the operation of that Act. With a view to remove this erro ne ous impression, the Commis . _ 0 In ners take this mode of acquainting the public that all property to which such needs relate is subject to the Succ e s sion Duties, and il is s:,, f every person deriving benefit under any provisions made in ' sash h deeds upo n th e de a th of any other person , and every trustee, Vardian, committee, tutor, & c &c ,in whom any proper t y or the vested,'.ist r ibution of any property, subject to succession dut y , shall be bound under pe ,, alties to give notice t o the Commissioners of Wand and Revenue, or their officers, that such succession has taken pace. I?nashall have any pror r_ _The Board also desire to state that where any two or more per sona vested in them jointly, any beneficial interest, accruing to the survivor or survivors is deemed to be a sue cession, and as such liable to duty. By order of the Board. THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. rTHE SHAREHOLDERS of the ANGLO MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION. — A Copy of Mr. C. i s t j IIARDSON'S LE • TER to a member of the C ommittee of ndicg-up, in FURTHER EXPOSURE of Mr. JOHN D ISTON b LvWLES and his Patty (ex-ofticio Gn the Committee), will be for ^Wed GRATIS to any Anglo Mexican Shareholder, upon a written a pplication to the Author, at 15, ( hordes Street, St. James's. Mr. John Diston Powles is the Secretary to the London Dock Company, sn active Director in the St. John del Rey Company, the Anglo- Me xican. Mint Company, the Mariquits Company , the E n g lish and 'Australian Copper Company, the tort Philip Company, and the Mag dalena River Steam Company; and he was equally active as a Di rector in the following ruined companies : —The Anglo-Mexican Min ling DI Association, the Columbian blink Association, the Chtlian Min irl3 Association, the Columbian Agricultural Company, the Zacatecas C °c 3 Pany , the New Granada Company of 1834 , the Minas Geraes Company, and the Southern Whale Fishery Company. 1 1 HE MAIL STEAM SHIP for AUSTRALIA. Ja_ JUNE 4, 1854.—The Magnificent Screw Steam-ship LADY JOCELYN, 1,800 tons, another of the flue fleet belonging to the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, will be despatched with her Majesty's Mails for Adelaide, Port Philip, and Sydney, on the 4th June next. This truly noble ship has maintained her high re -1 U for rapid sailing and runctuality. and as a sister ship to the Argo, which has made the quickest voyage to and from Australia of any ship up to this time. The lady Jocelyn has been employ ed carrying the Mall' to and front England and Calcutta, and after a I.o Yage of about 27,000 miles, calling at s-ven ports outward and eight homeward, has reached Plymouth two days before her time, and from her superior sailing and steaming qualities, it may be fairly assumed that she will make the run to Australa in 60 days. Rates of passage from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to Freight and Passage money at the Company's Offices, 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. 'Valuable Scarce Modern and Ancient Paintings; also, an Importa tion of Costly Foreign Cabinet Furniture. - - . • MR. HARDING has received instructions to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION, without the least restriction as to price, at the Auction Mart, on Thursday and Fr/lay, May 11 and 12, at Twelve each day, a Collection of high-class PICTURES, in excellent preservation, in carved and gilt frames; amongst which will be found : St. Agnes (richly coloured), C. Crucifixion, Van Dyck. Do'c(. Landscape and Cattle, P. Potter. Fine Example, P. Wonver- The Concert (very elaborate) Ter mans. burgh. Fruit and Flower., Van Os. An Imterior, Mieris. Portrait of the Artist, G. Dow. Landscape with Sheep (11fe-like), Landscape, Li ,, gelbach. Ommeganck. Roly Family, T. de Carsona. The Repose. Albano. A‘andscape (of high quality), Van H ighly-finished Specimen, Metzu, Stry. And many others by esteemed masters. Also, a Colicction of Ormolu and Marqueterle Foreign .Articles ; comprising expensive Inlaid berCirfets, tables en str;te ; a variety iif beautiful wa'nut and rosewood centre, car I, arid occasional tab'es, ltiliid with ivory, pearl, and marquetere ; harlequin devonports, c- " w hatnots, indulging and other chairs, work-tables, &c ; the whole of Ah eh are of haste design and excellent work , ranship. MAY be viewed two days prior and morning of sale. Desc ri p tive C* talogues may be had either br written or personal appli cation to sar. Harding, au:tioneer, 25, New Broad-street, London. THE CHOLER A!!!! ITS BEST ANTIDOTE 1 1 ! 1 , Sir WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING FLUID , e original and genuine Chloride of Dec), highly recommended by thee p Sold acuity in all cases of, Cholera and Contagious Disea ses. Se ail Chemists, Drug tists, and Shipplog Agents throughout the United bridge. Kingdom, rued at the Ofllce, 18, Cannon-street, London- i i HE CHOLERA!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREWS'; DI4INFEC,TING FLUID. IZECOMME'SDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGEST CHLORIDE OF ZINC. n c: London. A Quarts,biZt 2s. ; Pmts. - Is. ; Half-pints, Gd. Sold by all Chemists, ._".gists, and Shipping ' Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile gents—Messrs. D.ew, Heyward, and Barren, Bush 7f._ , Cannon street, City. 4LLSOPP'S PALE ALE, genuine and in fine cndition, as recommended for Invalides and the table by 11 Alto‘T LIEHIG. The pretensions of certain parties to any eaclu 41essin regard to these Ales compel the undersigned to assure the de that a supply can thy' .y 4 be ob , ained from his STORES, of Ol e anent quality and character, both in cask and bottle. t hVY to NAT xNIEL EASTY, Wine, Beer, and Brandy bier '', 132 , Upper H Thames-street. READING SAUCE, FOR FISH, GAME, GRAVIES, HASHES, STEAKS, So. JOHN t CHARLES COCKS, the Sole t,Pro prietors and Manufacturers of the celebra ted READING "I i CK, beg to CAUTION the Public against the daily frauds prac tised by many Persons, who are offering their spurious Imitations as the GENUINE READING SAUCE. This SAUCE is patronised and recommended by most Fam ilies in the . ) , Kingdom , and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold b y "" respectable Fish Sauce Venders. Be particular in asking for "COCKS'S READING SAUCE," which is prepared ONLY by John & Charles Cocks, at their Manufac 12rY, Duke-street, Reading.—All others are counterfeits.—Observe 14 2 e name, " J. & C. COCKS, Reading," on the Seal and Label of each Bottle : without this none are Genuine. ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES. p_ OYATI POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. The SEAT of WAR, showinz the principal places on the DANUBE, K A LAY AT, WEDDIN, GIURGEVO, SEBASTOPOL, the entrance to the BL.teit. SEA, BATTLE or SINOPE, and DESTRUCTION of the Tut-MISR. FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by the proprietors of the Illustrated London News"), EXBIIIITED in a "NV SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by a. PEPPER, Esq .on the CHEMISTRY of our DAILY BREAK, i n special relation to th a t m ade by the NEW PROCESS at the MARYLESONE WORKHOUSE, daily at Two o'clock: and in the DECORATION of PAPE R. Evenings on the MANUFACTURE a nd LECTURE by Dn. 13 xcanor1 ,, na on ELECTRICITY, and the ELECTRIC LIGHT. Exhibition of Trestrail's Method of Raising Sunken Vessels, &c.. &e. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, lialf-priee. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE._ it matters but little how the Russians may act in defiance of England and France ; public confidence is not likely to be shaken ; the money t T h h e i e s a rs ern pri e n s c s ip t l i l n y v t e h s e t roen national seenrit g un f° p E re a e n e y de eN n 'e te n d t . ' is forthcoming Sul o f o ur commercial greatness and the justice 41' our public tran sactions. Th e tong-tried, universally-known, and everywhere-ap- Proved business of E. MO 4 ES and SON is the precedent of all modern improvements, and has inspired a gr ater amount of public confidence than any other Plans of trade. That confidence will be hilly sustained by their Present Stock of Sprieg and Summer Attire, 'Which, as it combines every novelty in materials and dgns. and that each individual's share in is Itte most seasonable Dress for Juveniles and &tits of all classes, is charged such economical prices the cost of war will be tblly refunded by thetr purchases or orders at • Moses and SoN's Establishme nt, or their West-end Branch, p.„ f ord -street, corner of Hart-street. and in the Order Co fidence of success has propelled the energies of E. MOSES and SON in every branch of their %nag'. ificent business; t nt it never me is er Iteady , :made- Clothing , -Hat and Cap. Boot - and Shoe. Shirt and Hosier,' or gigantic Wo esale and Outfitting o say w lc first inspires known ; and drlicult t h" h pub is confidence, though it is 1) -,:e'n they all possess it to a larger este nt than was ever accom. superiority, tuition, novelty, variety , and ctiesP_ n Panted with punc t ua lity and undeviating attention, E. e 5 83 0 . 5E8 and SON are determ tied to keep the first positim in public con&lace. • MOSES and Sos's Wholesale Clothing , Shirt, oat and o and sh oe Departments furnish the greatest advant a g es to Merchants Shippers, and Emigrants. CAUTION.—b. to guard the MOSES and SON regret ha vin g PUblic against imposition, havine learned that the nntradestnan - like falsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's t he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious r easons , th ey b eg t o s t a t e th a t they have -11 D - CONSTEXTONWMI ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OS OUT OF L ONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows :- - Lender% City Establishment, 1454,155.156, and 157, Minories, 84 aful 86, Aldgateoppostte the Church, all communicating. pl s : totidtm West-end Brauer', 506,507,500, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, alt efenmunicatlng. Bradford (Yorksnire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. - _Sheffield Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo.. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and °hos %alters, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Mice, trom . which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset en Saturdays, when business is resumed till (2 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi- Eden," contenting full lists of prices, our system of self-measure nun:, &c., &e., may be had on application, or post-free. tandsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis, On application. _ l'on parte Francais. • Qui al naria Italian°. sPricio =axial/Iga, 04 114110 habit , Ed3Paito, 0 _ Th ; 4 / findTtheßsTimAijj‘i'' 111.RinclAadLini3g SMITH ' StBIieRITTERNESF, OR EMO NT RL AND Tills EVENING , a nd Every Evening Eight o'Clock, (excepi. Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, ;is. (which can be taken athe t box. offic* every day from it till 4 ; area, as.; gailwry, ls. —E g yptian MU, Piccadilly. Tenth Edition, with 15 Illustrations, 103. 6 d. bound, THE CRESCENT AND. THE CROSS. ' By ELIOT WARBURTON . . "A book calculated to prove more practically useful was never penned than 'The Crescent and the Cross,' —a work which su , - p.ssms all others in its homage for the sublime and its love for the beautiful in those tamlus regions consecrated to everlasting humor- Published for Henry Colhurn, be his successors, Hurst and Maekett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ONSTANTINOPLE and the WAR at the EGYPTIAN- It ALL.—" Had it not been for the cold, I should h a ve believed that, I saw the Diora ma a t the Egyptian Hal, with the reql ss tide of London street life surging around me."—The Eastern correspondent a the Daily News. 'lhe s I T ,e o etu ti re E i L s L clg t v , e a r n ed d on Wednesdays and Arttur days bt, Mr. J. 11 g on the other days by Mr.-C. KENNEY—DaiIy at Half-past Two and Eight.— Ndmission, Is NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "en ARLES AUCHESTER COUNTERPARTS ; or the CROSS OF LOVE, Three Vols Post Svo., is now ready, a , all the Libraries. London : Stulto, Elder. and Co , 65, Cornhill. AURENT' S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, .11./ (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, 011810W-110M% Fthaam•road), The above Rooms aro now OPEN FOR THE SURE STSEASON. s nd will continue ope n every evening, with L CELEBRATED BAND. ronstatiVitople Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overlatti Wail (;slop, by D'Albert ; aiso, by H. Livirent , the following Waltz , s La belle Franqaise, Leonora, Ries and his Dinah, Adni!siion, Is. Doors open at half-past S. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter .iinate at half-past 11. VE R. RUSKIN'S LECTU RES ON ARCM & TFCTURL AND rAtNTIN G, are jtist published. With 15 Mites drawn by the Author, crown tivo, price Bs. 6d. cl,th. London: Smith, Elder, Bc. Co , 65, Corniiill. NEW EDITION OF LIEUTENANT ARNOLD'S EAST INDI .NOEL. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., Trice 2:s. OAKFIELD ; or, Fellowship in the East. By W. 'D. ARNOLD, Lieutenant 68th Regiment, Bengal Native Truantry. The Second Edition, revised. Lendon: Longman, Brown, Green, atid Longmans, ------- CRYSTAL PALACE and PARK.—SEASON TICKETS, which alone will be entitled to Admission on the Opening Day, and further available until the Ist of May, NM, may be obtained, by authority of the Directors, at Mr. MITCHELL'S Library, 33, Old Bond street. Single Tickets, Two Guineas each; with a reduction upon taro or more tickets for members of the same farnily.—Roy al Library, 33, Old Bond-street. NERVOUS AFFECTIONS. Just published, price 25., post-free 2s. 6d., AN ESSAY, on SPERMATORRHCEA ; Its Nature and Treatment, with an exposition of the Frauds that are practised by persons who advertise the speedy, safe, and effectual cure of Nervous Derangement. By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of PHYSICIANS, London. London : Aylott and Co., 8, Paternoster-row. CRYSTAL PALACE, 1854.--ADVERTISE MENTA for INSER 'ION in the various HAND BOOKS, illustrative of the Con cuts of the EXHIBITION will be received from thi3 date, by Messrs. BAADBUBY & Evexs, P, inters and Pub lishers to the Crystal Palace Company, at their office, No. 11, Bou verie•street, where a scale of prices and all necessary information may be obtlined • *** Early application is earnestly recommended. May 1, 1854. MR. CHAMBERS' MOTION AND NUNNERIES. This day, in fcp., Svo., 2s. Gd. QUICKSANDS on FOREIGN SHORES.= This tale, which is the production of a Lady, and revised by a livi Prelate, highlv distinguished in the World ot letters, ought to be cad ng and pondered by every Pratestant and Catholic In the King dom. TOZEAVS COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, C kPSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of certain diseases (see " Lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.$ Price, per 100, 4i. 6d.; 60, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozeau, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is printed on the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. THE CASE OF MR. HENRY STONOR. -;;„ 7 N titto;rs T ..• f • • x) (44 : 41 11, I I kaz,*% ••• ott ,•• . t• ar / .„ I MO • A • • _ z r • . , • ' fe. :44 h CO 4 s f‘ O 4 r (- • f , • The capture of those vessels ,has already been made public. Their crews, who were in no way annoyed at their capture, ware handed over to Sir Charles Na p ier to be dis p os ed of: The crew of the Carl ,lagnbs, in particular, expressed their joy at being taken. It is said the object of bringing the prizes to Hull is, if possible, to find a market for them. A fine Russian barque, the Alexandra, which arrived here with a cargo of linseed, has been sold. TIIE RUSSIAN PRIZE AT CORK. —The Russian prize; brought into Queenstown on Saturday by the Eliza, revenue cruiser, is named the Argo, Captain Stannam, of Ulabourg, of Ula bourg, Finland, from Cuba, with a cargo of molasses, bound to Queenstown, for orders. The cargo on board is British Property, and, as the vessel sailed before the time specified for the departure of Russian ships in order to exempt them from seizure by British cruisers,, it is supposed that the Rus sian captain will he suffered to sail without detention, or will, more probably, dispose of his ship in Queenstown. On the rumour being circulated that a Russian prize was being brought into harbour, crowds of people went down to the beach to see an enemy's ship being brought into Cork har bour, a sight which has not been witnesS:d for over a period of 40 years. The crew 'are at present on board, and the revenue cruiser by which the Argo was boarded lies close alongside. THE STEAM GUNBOAT FLOTlLLA.—Yesterday,the naval rendezvous on Tower-hill was besieged with young men and lads anxious to obtain employment in the steam gunboats fitting for the Baltic. The walls at the east end of the metropolis are covered with placards inviting seamen, landsmen, and boys 'who have been accustomed to river or boat work to enter for this service. Several fine athletic young fellows were accepted, and having been ex amined and pronounced fit by the medical officer,' were at once sent on board the Crocodile, to be drafted,to their respective vessels. The Pigmy, Lieut. Hunt, obtained the largest number, but 'as gun-boat service is a favourite with " blue jackets," owing to the probability of their obtaining a goodly share of prizes, the manning of twenty or thirty such vessels would not be so difficult as to complete the ship's company of a single line4f-battle . ship. The committee appointed to inquire into this matter met yesterday, far the first time, for the despatch of business. The members of the committee are Mr. Sotheron (chairman), Mr. Milnes Gaskell, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Bonham Carter. Mr. G. H. Moore, M.P. for Mayo (on whose motion the committee was appointed), appeared in the witness box, and handed to the chairman a written statement of all the facts of the case up to the present time, as they came out in the de bates of the House of Commons. He had no objection, be said, to the committee that had been appointed ; only, as he was not a member of it, and was, therefore, precluded from conducting or directing the inquiry, he must decline furnishing the committee with the names of any wit nesses, for the next thing would be that he should have to indicate to the committee the nature of the ques tions to be put to those witnesses. He saw no medium between taking the responsibility of conducting the inquiry and declining to act at all in the matter. The usual practice had not been followed in the nomination of the committee. The member who moved for such a committee was generally a member of it, to act, or to speak, in the capacity of prosecutor, with another member to see that the opposite side had fair play. The present was an entirely independent committee, resembling in constitution an election or a rail way committee. These committees, however, had the as sistance of counsel on each side, whereas the present one had no assistance of any kind. A conversation then ensued , between the members of committee and Mr. Moore, as to the gist of the charge ho had to make. He said he did not mean to say that the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Peel had made the appointment on account of corrupt conduct on Mr. Stonor's part, or even with a knowledge of such cor rupt conduct. They had declared that the case was not so, and he was quite ready to accept their denial. But parties who had the ear of the Colonial-office parties whom the noble duke in question had associated with himself in conducting the late Irish elections, such as Mr. Edmond O'Flaherty, Mr. Saclleir, Mr. Keogh, and others—such par ties used their influence at the Colonial-office not only in the knowledge of that corrupt conduct, but on ac count of that corrupt conduct ; and the duke, who had Irons his connection with Irish elections peculiar reasons for being more cognisant than most people of the circumstances, and ought to have been well acquainted with them, ceded to that influence. He charged the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Peel with extraordinary forgetfulness and,with a gross negli gence, which amounted to a culpable dereliction of duty. They were wilfully misled by others, but considering their position, they ought not to have been so misled. The Committee then cleared the room and remained in con sultation for some time. On the doors being opened they an nounced to Mr. Moore that it was their opinion that be should be a member of the committee, and that they would consult Mr. Speaker as to the manner in which that could be arranged. In the meantime they wished him (Mr. Moore) to prepare a statement of the exact points into which he wished to go, to name the witnesses to be examined, and to say how soon the matter might be proceeded with. Mr. Moore replied, that the matter might bo proceeded with at once, that he should be quite prepared to-morrow (this day), and that the first witnesses would be his Grace the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Frederick Peel. He should ask his grace who recommended Mr. Stoner, and the parties named should be the next witnesses. The Committee then adjourned to Thursday at 1 o'clock. ~~ ~~ l/~-~7 jam ."_ %' ~~ ~~ f---1 C' ~. Blackader and Co., 13, Paternoster-row. THE NEW MILITARY NOVEL. Now ready at all the Librar ies, PHILIP_ ROLLO. 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Fifth Resolution—" That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged, raised, levied, collected, and paid, upon the several goods and com modities hereinafter mentioned and described, the several duties of Excise respectively specified and set forth (that is to say) : MALT. For and upon every bushel imperial standard measure, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity of malt which after the Bth day of May, 1854, shall be made in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from barley or any other corn or grain (except malt made for home consumption in Scotland and Ireland respectively from bear or bigg only), or which after the said day shall be brought from Scotland into England or Ireland without a certi ficate from the proper officer that it bath paid the full duty of Excise imposed thereon by law, or which after the said day shall be brought from Ireland into Eng land or Scotland without such certificate, the duty of four shillings in lieu of all other duties of Excise now payable under any act or acts in force. And for and upon every bushel imperial standard mea sure, and so on in proportion for any greater or less quantity of malt which after the said day shall be made from bear or bigg only in Scotland and Ireland respectively, the duty of 3s. ld,, in lieu of all such other duties of Excise aforesaid. And, for. and upon every bushel of malt, whether ground or ungrounded, belonging to any malster, or maker of malt, dealer in or seller or retailer or roaster of malt, brewer, distiller, or vinegar-maker, and which on the Bth day of May, 1854, shall be either in his custody or possession, or iu the custody or possession of any other person in trust for him, or for his use, benefit, or account, in Engla nd, Scotland, or Ireland, the fol lowing additional duty over and above_all other duties of Excise paid or payable thereon under any act or acts now in force (that is to say), an additional duty after the rate of ls. 30. per bushel. provided always, that if such last-mentioned malt shall be in Scotland or Ire and shall have been made for home consumption there from bear or bigg only, then an additional duty after the rate of ls. per bushel only. Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " for and upon every bushel imperial standard measure, and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity of malt which, after the Bth day of May, 1854, shall be made iu any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the resolution. The house divided—ayes, 224; noes, 143. AYES-224. _Wand, Sir T. Glyn, G. O'Flalterty, A. Alcock, T. Goodman. Sir G. Oliveira, B. Anderson, Sir J. U.ulhurn, 11. 0 borne, R. Atherton, ll'. Gower, F. Otway, A. Ball, J. Grace, 0. Pager, Lord B +ring, H. Graham, Sir J. Palmerston, Visct. Bass, T. ' Greene. Thomas Pechell, Sir G. Beamish, F. Gregson, 4. Peel. F. Beckett, W. Grenfell, Chas. Pellatt, A. Berkeley. Admiral Grey, Rt Hon. Sir G Pennant, Col. E. Berkeley. G. . Grey, It Veto, S. Be.hell, Sir R. Grosvenor, Earl Philipps, J. Biggs, W. Hadfield, G. Phillimore, R. J. Blackett, J. F. B. Hall, Sir B. rhino, T. Illandford, Marquis of Hankey, T. Pigott, F. Bortham•Carttr,.l. Ilanmer, Sir J. Pilkington, J. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Ilastie, Alex. Ponsonby, A. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Ihstb , Archd. Portman, W. Brariston. T. W. Heard, J. Prce. W. Brotherton, J. Ileneage, Geo. F. Ricardo, J. Brown, W. Herbert, H. Iticarao, 0. Truce, Lord E. Herbert, S. Rice, H. Buckley, Gen. Hervey, Lord A. Rich, H. Byng, G. Heyworth, L. Rchardson, J. Cardwell, E. Higgins, G. 0. Roche, E. Cavendish, G. Hindley, C. Ru.sell, Lad J. Chain.% T. 119rsfall, T. Russell, F. C. Chambers. M. Horsman, E. Sanleir, James Chaplin, %V. Howard, C. Sawle, C. Clay, sir W. Bt. Howard, Lord Scholefleid, W. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Hughes, W. Scobell, Capt. G. Cogan, W. 11. F. Hume, J. Scilly, F. Jollier, R. P. Hutt, W. Szally, V. Cowper, W. F. Jermyn, Earl Seymour. Lord Craufurd, E. 11. J. Johnstone, J. Seymour, W. Crossley, F. Keating. 11. Shaft° R. Currie, ilaikes Keogh. W. Shelley, Sir J. Dalkeith, Earl Kershaw, J. Sheridan, R. Dalrymple, Viscount Kinnaird. A. Smyth, J. A. Denison, E. B. Denison, J. E. Langston, 11. L a bouchere,nt.Hon.H Smith, R. Stafford, Marquis Dent, J. Lang ton, H. 0. Stanley, W. Divett, E. Laslett, W. Stirling, W. Drum! orrig, Vis. Lawley, F. C. Strickland, Sir G. Drummond, H. Layard, A. 11. Strutt E. Duff, G. Lee, W. Stuart, Lord D. Duff, J. Liddell, li. IL Talbot, C. Duncan. G. Liddell, 11. T. Thicknesse, It. Duncombe, T. Locke, J. Thompson, G. Dundas, G. Lockhart, A. E. Thorneiy, T. Dunlop, A. Luce , T. Tynte, Col. C. Egerton, W. Mackie, J. Uxbridge, Earl Egerton E. Macgregor, Jas. 'Villiers, C. Elcho, Lord Macgregor, John Vivian, J. H. Ellice, E. Marshall, W. Vivian, H. li. Ellice, E, Jun. Martin, J. Walmsley, Sir J. Elliot, J. Massey. W. Walter, J. Elmloy, Vie. Matheson, A. Whitbread, 8. Emlyn, Vis. Miall, E. Wickham, H. W. Button, Earl Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. Ewart, W. Mills, T. Willcox, B. Fagan, W. Milner, W. Williams, M. Feilden, M. Milnes, R. Williams. W. Fergus, J. Molesworth, Sir W. Wilson, J. Ferguson, J. Monck, Viscount Winnington, Sir T. Fitz Gerald, J. Moncrieff, J. Wise. A. Fitzi'oy, H. Montgomery, Six G. Wood, Sir C. Foley, J. Mowbray , J. Wrightson, W. Forster, C. Muntz, il Wyndham, IV Forster, J. More, Col. W Wyvil, M. Fortescue, C. Norreys, Lord Young, Sir J. Freestun, Col. W. Norreys, Sir D. Galwey, iir IV, O'Brien, P. Gardner, R. O'Brien. Sir T. Geach, C. O'Connell, D. 1 Gladstone, W. O'Connell, J. TELLERS. Hayter, W. Mulgrave, Earl of NOES-143. Adderley, C. Forster, Sir G. Neeld. Joseph Alexander. J. -Frewen, C. Noel, G. Archdall, M. Fuller A. North, Lt.-Col. J. Bagge, W. Galway, Viscount. Oakesi J. Bailey, Sir J. Gaskell, J. Packe, C Bailey, C. George, J. Pakington, Sir S. Bernie, H. Gilpin, Col. H. Palk, L. Baird, J. Graham, Lord M. Palmer, Robert Baldock, E. Granby, Marquis o f Parker, R. Bankes, Rt Hon G. Greaves, E. Pollard -Urquhart, W. Barrington, Viscount Green, Capt John Portal M. Barrow, W. Grogan, Edward Pugh, D. Beach, Sir M. Halford, Sir H. Holt, P. Bective, Earl Hall, Col. J. Scott, F. Bellew, T. Hamilton, G. A. Seymer, H. Bennet, Capt P. Hamilton, J. H. Sibthorp, Col. Blair, Col. J. H. II anbury,Capt.Hon. C Smilth, Sir W. Bolder°, Col 11. G. Harcourt • Col. F. Smith, W. Booker, T. W. Hawkins, W. Somerset, Capt. B. BOOth, Sir Rt. Gore Hayes, Sir E. Sotheron ' T. Buck, L. W. Henley , J. Spooner,R Buller, Sir J. Herbert, Sir T. Stafford, A. Butt, .1. Irton. S. Stanhope. S. Campbell, Sir A. .Tolliffe, Sir W. Taylor, Lt.-Col. J. Carnac, Sir 3. Jones, D. Tnesiger, Sir F. Cecil, Lord R. Kelly. Sir F. Tollemache, J. Chelsea, Viscount Kendall. N. Tomline, G. Child, Smith Ker, D. Trollope, Sir J. Christopher, Robt. A. Kinz, J. Tudway, R. Clinton, Lord C. P. P. Knatchbull, W. Tyler, Sir G. Clive, Hon. R. H. Knightley, R. Vance, J. Cocks, T. S. Knox, Col. B. W. Vane, Lord A. Codrington, Sir C. W Lans.ton, W. H. P z 4 Vansittart, G. Coles, IL B. Lennox, Lord A. F. Vernon, Capt. L. c om sat, H. C. Lisburne, Earl . Vyse, Capt. H. Long, W. Waddington, H. Davison, R. M acartney, G. Deede% W. Walcott, Admiral Sir E. C. Maliliti, R. Walpole, S. Dering Mandeville, Vis. Walsh, Sir J. Disraeli. B. Manners, Lord G. West, F. Dunne, Col. March, Earl of Whitmore, H. Da Pte, C. 1%1 eux, Sir a Wyndham, Gen. Kgerton, Sir F. Mlles, W. Wynn, Capt. H. Evelyn, W• Michell, W. Wynne, W. Ferrer, J. Montgomery, H. Yorke, E. ' Fellowes. E. M organ, 0. ruiner, sir S. Mulling% J. TELLERS. Floyer, J. :Mundy. W. Ball, E. Forbes, W. Naas, Lord Bentinck, G. Forester, Col G. THE LATE FATAL FIRE IN WHITECHA.PEL.—OR MOT:- day night, at a late hour, at the H a meetiorsng of the inhabitants o f Whitech a p e l was held, e and Leaping-bar, in High-street, Mr. George Vile, Common Councilman, in the chair, for the purpose of presenting to the fire escape man, 'Samuel Wood, a purse subscribed for by the inhabitants, in consequence of the bravery he ex hibted in saving five lives at the awful fire on the 30th of April last, in the house numbered 1, in Colchester street, Whitechapel. The meeting was held, and the money handed over to the escape conductor, Wood, the amount reaching the liberal sum of 15/s. 19s. 4d. Wood a,ckn owledged the kindness of the inhabitants, who have also intimated their intention of further presenting the worthy officer with a medal, upon which they intend to have engraved a list of the amounts furnished by the serial parties , 10,9 consented to receive the snlosaoiption. CITY COURT OF SEWERS. Yesterday, a court was held ; Deputy PEACOCK in the chair. REFLECTORS. Several shopkeepers were summoned for having neglected to comply with the standing order of the court with regard to tho reflectors, which have of late become a complete nuisance in the streets, not only on account or their position in the shop windows, but because they are used as sign boards and indicators of advertisements. The inspectors said they found much difficulty in Rre vailiug upon the proprietors of shops, in fitting up we i rch with reflectors considerable expense had been incurred, to make the required alterations adapted to the public conve nience ; that some of the shopkeepers bad positively refused to submit to the rules, not being able to see that the en croachment upon the pavement was any other than an orna ment to the street, or that the exhibition altogether was anything but a credit to the City of London. The commissioners found it necessary to come to the re solution to direct that iu every case in which compliance with the standing orders was not given, the inspectors should at once cause the reflectors to be removed: The following are the standing orders alluded to : Resolved and ordered,—That all reflectors be placed at an altitude of at least 8 feet, measured from the pavement to the base of the reflector, and to project not more than 18 inches, and that they remain only during the pleasure of this court. No inscription or sign of any description will be permitted on any portion of such reflectors, and where such has been done, the same is to be instantly removed by the owners. By order of the Court, JOSEPH DAw, jun., Clerk. Several persons were ordered to make more complete water-closet arrangements, according to the suggestions of the medical officer of health, after which the court adjourned. THE MISSING CITY OF GLASGOW STEAMER WITH NEARLY 500 SOULS ON BOARD. The gloom which has for several weeks prevailed by the continued absence of any tidings of the City of Glasgow screw steam-ship, Captain Morrison ono of the large vessels forming the Liverpool and Philadelphia line of steamers, has been most painfully increased by the recent arrivals of mail packets from the other side of the Atlantic not communicating the least intelligence of the long-missing ship. An almost general opinion is now entertained among the members of Lloyd's that the worst has befallen the noble vessel and her unfortu nate passengers and crew. The City of Glasgow was built on the Clyde in 1850. She was 1,087 tons burthen, and worked by a screw and engines of 350-horse power. She is the property of Messrs. Richard son Brothers, at Liverpool, and has been engaged in run ning between that port and Philadelphia. She left the Mersey for that City on the afternoon of the Ist of last March, having previously undergone the usual survey and examination by tho Government officers, who reported upon her proper condition. All her berths were engaged, and she took out altogether 11l cabin and saloon and about 293 steerage passengers, making with her crew, 76 in num ber, a total of 480 persons on board. By the ship'spapers we find that she manned as follows : Captain and officers, 5; surgeon, 1 ; purser, 1; engineers, 4 ; firemen, 6 ; coal trim mers, 5; stewards, waiters, &c. 19 ; stewardesses, 1; quar termasters, 4 ; and able seamen, &c. 30. It was Captain Morrison's fast voyage in her as commander, although he had served many months in her in the position of chief officer. Ho bears an unexceptionable character for ability and care in his profession, and he has had considerable experience in na vigating the Atlantic. The weather for days after her depar ture from the Mersey was most propitious, and sanguine were the expectations at Liverpool that she would make a rapid run across. Not one word, however, has been received of her since either by the owners or at Lloyd's, and neither does it appear that she has been spoken with by the many vessels which have arrived at Liverpool from Phila delphia, and which doubtless passed over or near the track pursued by the Philadelphia line of packets. A sister ship of the City •of Glasgow, the City of Manchester, employed on the same line of route, arrived at Liverpool on the 17th of March, having steamed out from Philadelphia on the 28th of February. She brought intel ligence that the ice had broken up and was drifting about in the course taken by the mail steamers. On the Bth of March, in lat. 45, long. 49, the weather moderate and clear, she came up with innumerable bergs, and large fields of ice, compelling the captain to alter her course to the southward, and so continued for 19 hours before he could find a passage. The City of Manchester has since recrossed the Atlantic to the same port, Philadelphia, and, we understand, is again on her way back to Liverpool, nearly the whole of the transat lantic steamers that have since arrived speak ea of the ice being greater than had been witnessed for many yrs. The report of the captain of the ship Westmoreland, at Philadlphia from Liverpool, which had sailed a few days previous to the de parture of the City of Glasgow—received by the America eland), mail s teamer on Monday, states that the ship (Westmor when in lat. 46.50, long. 46 . 30, o n the 6th of March ' got entangled in ice, and remained embedded for five ction f dayors. 347 It was calculated that the ice extende d in one dire miles in nearly a compass mass, with numerous hags 200 and 300 feet high and of immense proportions. N e arl y every vessel arriving from England furnished similar reports of the immensity of the ice, and in some instances nearly involved the foundering of the ship. From the fact of so many vessels having succeeded in making a pas sa g e through the ice, it was thought that the City of Glasgow had become disabled in endeavouring to force a course, and in consequence made for the Western Islands, but the last accounts from Fayal fur nish no tidings of her. MURDER INATERDEEN.—EarIy on Sunday morning the authorities were informed of a murder committed upon Ann Harvey, at Cults, near Aberdeen. Her body was found cast into a ditch, with the throat cut, and otherwise mangled. A person named Forbes has been apprehended, acsusecl of being the- perpetrator of - the heni4 . cleo4. . THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. From Malta, May 2, we learn that the few men of the Guards left behind under charge of Captain Brownrigg left on the previous Sunday by her Majesty's steam-ship Veauvius, which vessel took in tow the brig Ellen, chartered for the conveyance of horses belonging to the battalion. Ou the Saturday night previous the Melita screw steamer was tele graphed, and shortly after came into port. She had ou board Brigadier-General Sir C. Campbell, Colonel Doyle, Majors Pakenliam and Colbourn, Captains Walker, Wood, Wortley, and Charteris, Assistant-Surgeon Fraser, Rifle Brigade, Mr. Tucker, purveyor (and his wife), Messrs. Hannington, Wat son, Furlong, Hannon, and Rogers, of the medical (hospital) department, Lieutenant Lidwell (19th Regiment) and a detachment of 40 rank and file of that corps, 38 horses (of which five died on the passage), and 27 women. On Sunday the Andes screw steamer, N days out, had arrived in port, having on board 909 rank and file, 31 women, 7 horses (of which one died on the passage), and the following officers of the Ist Royals—MajOr Mon:vinery (in command) and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Major Davency, Captains Hawkins, Stewart, Neville, Nein, and Dowker, Lieutenants Carlyon, Carter (Adjutant), Wells, Breedou Coles, Chrystie, Smith, Kirk, Rudd, Cookwortby, and Hurt, Ensigns Hope, Muller, Todd, Fenwick, Brown, and Manners, Paymaster Espinasse, Quartermaster M'Geo, Surgeon Hearn, and Assistant-Surgeons Mee and Greene. The accounts from Scutari as regards the health and comfort of the troops were very satisfactory, but the accommodation of the barracks had been very much exaggerated ; instead of there being accom modation for 8,000 to 10,000 men, there was not room, with every exertion, for more than 7,500. The rations were excel lent and abundant-11b. of meat and Ipb. of bread, or 11b. of biscuit being served out daily. Canteens had also been established. Purveyors, ordnance men, dec., were much wanted. Not an accident had happened in disembarking the horses or the mules. The garrison consisted of the 7th, 23d, 33d, 41s, 47th, 49th, 77th, and 88th, forming a total of upwards of 6,000 rank and file, - The English horses suffered severely from the change of food to chopped straw and barley, and from having no litter at night except dried manure. The Seraskier, on the 21st, reviewed the above regiments except the two first named. Their appearance struck the multitudes with astonishment, and, as it was the Sunday of the Osmanlis, the spectators were very numerous. THE BALTIC FLEET. Sir Charles Napier has given the deathvacancy promotion to Commander Arthur Cuming, of the Gorgon, 6, paddle. A better or more satisfactory selection could not have been made. Captain Cuming has distinguished himself everywhere. He got his first commission on the coast of Syria, at the taking of Sidon, having been specially mentioned in the de spatches. He was made a commander for special service when in the Albion, 90, at Lisbon ; and as a commander he has served a commission in command of the Rattler, 9, screw, on the coast of Africa. Captain Cuming takes command of the Conflict, B,rscrew, vice Foote, deceased. The commander's vacancy has been given to Lieut. A. c Anderson (1842), the first lieutenant of the flag-ship Duke of Wellington. This is also a dese rvin g promotion, fo r Com mander Anderson has served a float 20 ye ar s. Ho was made alieutenantßlonde, havingf o r hisbee been gallant officially services recommended in meCnhdineda as mate of the by Sir Thomas Bouchier, as " a young officer of much promise." H e h as served in several ships as first lieutenant. He succee d s t o the command of the Gorgon , vice Cuming. Mr. Brett, a mate of 1853, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, vice Alexander. Lieut. Hannant, first of the James W a tt , 91, screw, Captain Elliott, has been appointed as first lieu tenant of the Duke of Wellington, and Lieut. Brett has been appointed to the James Watt. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments have been made : Commander Frederick E. Johnston (1846), to command the Mariner, 12, sloop, commissioned today at Devouport. Commander John Corbett (1852); serving in a contract steam-vessel, to command the Wolverine, 12, sloop, commis sioned at Chatham. Li eu tenant Herbert T. Ryves (1841), to command th e Minx, steam gun-vessel, commissioned at Woolwich. Lieutenants—Patrick Johnston (1847 the ), recently serving in the Desperate, screw steam -ship, to Scourge, paddle wheel steam -sloop, at Portsmouth ; James G. Goodenough (1851), recently serving in the Centaur steam-frigate, on the South-East Coast of America station, to the Calcutta, 84, at Devonport. Master Edward C av ell (1841), to the Calcutta, 84, at Devonport. ry Chaplains—The Rev. Joseph A. Burrough, B.A. (1840), to the Calcutta ; the Rev. W. G. Clemenger (1854), to the Gladi ator steam-frigate. Paymasters—William Bowden (1812), to the Impregnable, flag-ship at Devouport ; James S. Mountsteven (1837), from the Boscawen, 70, to the St. George, 120 ; William G. Par meter (1845), from the Leopard, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, to the Boseawon, vice Mountsteveu ; William F. Lapridgo (1850), from the Stromboli steam-sloop to the Leopard, vice Parmeter. Clerk's Assistant H. P. Houghton to the Princess Royal, 91, screw steam-ship, with the Baltic fleet. • Second Master Stephen Court (1848), who went out with Captain M'Clure to Behring's Straits, and made the North- West passage in the Investigator, is promoted to be Acting Master. Lieutenant George Newcomen has taken up his commission as First Lieutenant on _boar& tht. , Vietey, at Portsmouth, vice F. T. C. Strode, promoted. Yesterday orders were received at the Royal naval rendez vous, Tower-hill, to enter a number of good able seamen for her Majesty's steamer Tribune, Captain the Bon. 'S. T. Car negie, now fitting, at Sheerness, as also for the Algiers, 91, fitting at Devonport. The Termagant, 21, screw-frigate, at Portsmouth, is ordered to be prepared for commission with all despatch. Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart (1842) is selected to command her. He is a first cousin of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Eurydice, 26, Captain Ommanuey, was towed to Spit head yesterday morning, where she shipped her powder, and her crew were afterwards paid advance. The Miranda, 15, screw-corvette, Captain E. M. Lyons, put back, from the violence of the gale, on Monday night, and brought up at St. Helen's. She left again yesterday afternoon for the Black Sea. The Brisk, 14, screw-corvette, Commander Seymour, hav ing had her defects made good, came out of the fitting basin yestei day. The Harpy, 4, iron steam-vessel, has been commissioned for the flag of Rear-Admiral Boxer, Superintendent of the Transport Service in the Bosphorus. The Scourge, 6, paddle-frigate, Commo d or e Adams, fitting for the coast of Africa, will try her engines with steam up to-day. Orders have been issued to the victualling department of the Admiralty for 330 tons of provisions for shipment forth with to Malta, for the use of her Majesty's naval force in the Black Sea. Volunteers are being rapidly enrolled in the Royal Navy at Liverpool. Yesterday 25 able. men were draughted from that port to the ship Crocodile, lying off the Tower, in the Thames. Yesterday the Commissioners of the Admiralty gave notice at Lloyd's that they required more screw steamers for the transport of troops, the vessels taken up on the present occa sion to be from 1,200 to 1,400 tons burden. They will be hired for four mouths certain, the Admiralty finding the coals for working the engines. Also a steamer to carry 175 tons of ammunition and 20 tuns of artillery stores direct to Gallipoli and the Dardanelles. All must be ready for service directly. The transports Mary Ann and Negotiator, with the two troops of the 13th Light Dragoons, which embarked on Mon day, were towed to Spithead yesterday, and left in the after noon for the Black Sea. The Culloden (No. 35) transport was towed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and underwent the necessary inspection by the Military Commander-in-Chief. She will embark a troop of the 13th Light Dragoons to-morrow. She was in spected also by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour. The Wizard, gun-brig, stationed at Que enstown is at pre sent cruising off the harbour, with a pilot on board, on the look-out for enemy's ships. Two sailing-sloops and a screw gun-vessel have been com missioned —namely, the Mariner, 12, Wolverine, 12, and. Minx, 4. Commander F. E. Johnstone (1846) is to be com missioned the Mariner, at Devonport, complement 130 ;and Commander John Corbet, promoted for his desperate gal. lantry at Lagos, is to commission the Wolverine at Chatham. The Minx is to be commanded by a lieutenant. The 11th Hussars, who have been stationed for some years at Dublin, having lately received orders to depart for the seat of war, the first division, consisting of three officers, 49 men, to Kingstowu, and 50 horses, proceeded on Monday morning where a transport ship (the Gleudalough) was prey Acid for their accommodation. It is almost unnecessary to state that they were loudly cheered on the road, a large number of persons having assembled to see them off, although the hour at which they left barracks was so early as a quarter past eight o'clock a.m. The men, who appeared one and all to be in high spirits, rode two and two out of the barrack gate amid the cheers of their cow' and the other soldiers within the walls, and were preceded by the fine bands of the 11th Hussars, 3d Dragoon Guards, and 16th Lancers. On reaching Kingstown the work of embarka tion commenced, and in the space of three hours the men , horses, baggage, &c., was whole division, including comfortably accommodated on board the Glendalough. The arrangements for the receptioh of the troops were unexcep tionable. The officers who have embarked with this division for the seat of war are Capt. Edmund ki Peel, Lieut. A. W. Saltmarshe, an d Assistant -Surgeon The - The left 'division of Capt. Turner's field battery marched from the garrison at half-past 10 o'clock yesterday to the dockyard, and embarked in the Northumberland, of London, No. 62 horse-transport, for the East. No. 1 company of the 12th battalion marched to Rows steame r y e sterday to Shoeburyness. wharf, and proceeded by The Ist Royal Dragoon Guards, which have been so long under orders for the East, have at length received the route, and a squadron of 102 officers and men left Manchester yes terday morning, under the command of Colonel York. The mounted portion of the squadron were expected to ride about 26 miles yesterday, stopping at PreSCOtt for the night, and this morning they would have au easy trot of 8 miles into I iverpool, where they are to embark for the sea of war in the Gertrude and Pedestrian cavalry transports. There were 84 troop horses, and 16 officers' chargers. The dismounted soldiers (about 20) went to Liverpool by railway, and are to have horses supplied in Turkey. Three other squadrons are to follow, one at a time, on the three successive mornings. The soldiers were heartily cheered as they left the barracks, and also at different points of the road as they quitted the town. On Monday night orders were received at the Infantry B arrac ks, Windsor, for the 97th Regiment, under command of Colonel' Lockyer, to march for willtpn on Saturday next. At Southampton, the 97th embark for the Island of Candle, where they will bold themselves in readiness to join the expeditionary army in Turkey. 'The Light Company, and a portion of the Grenadier Company are at Kensington, whence they will march for Southampton on Saturday. The regiment will go out 1,000 strong, but in order to complete that number about 90 volunteers are expected to arrive at Windsor to-day from the provisional battalion at Chatham. The depot, comprising more than 203 recruits, it is under stood, will proceed to the Isle of Wight. ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN flans AT HULL.--Two Russian ves sels, prizes to her Majesty's steamer Conflict, 8, screw, have arrived at Hull— the first, the Industrie, on Sunday night, and the second, the John,• on Monday afternoon. The Industrie was brought home by Mr. James Morton, and the John by Mr. John. Todd.., They are two of four vessels, all prizes to the Conflict, sent home under the general care of Mr. Mason, master of that ship. The other two; which are expected daily, are named respectively the Caroline Ob&lotto, Oarque, and the Carl gagnus, kiga;atizie. STAMP DUTIES. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—ln committee on Stamp Acts, to move the following resolutions :- 1. That from and after the day of 1814, in lieu of the stamp duties now payable on bills of exchange, drafts or orders, and promissory notes, for the payment of money hereinafter mentioned, or any of them, there shall be granted and paid upon the several bills, drafts or orders, and promi,sory notes hereinafter respectively described, the following stamp duties (that is to say) : Inland bill of exchange, craft or order for the payment to the bearer or to order, at any time otherwise than on den , ane, of any sum of money, Not exceeding Exceeding 225 and not exceeding s') 0 0 6 ff 50 If 75 0 0 0 If 75 100 0 1 0 100 fl 200 0 2 0 PP 2do fp 300 0 3 0 If 300 400 0 4 0 JP 400 PS 500 0 5 0 If 500 „ 750 0 7 6 751 IP PP 1,000 010 0 1,000 1,500 015 0 pl 1 , 500 „ 2,000 1 0 0 2,000 ~ ~ 3,000 110 0 I , 3,000 4,000 2 0 0 4,000 and upwards 2 5 0 Foreign bill of exchange, drawn in, but payable out of, the United Kingdom, . If drawn singly, and not in sets of more than two, the same duty as on an inland bill of the same amount and tenor. If drawn in sets of three or more — For every bill of each set, where the sam payable thereby shall not exceed E2S £0 0 1 And where it shall exceed 251., and not 50 0 0 2 exceed £5O JP SP lOO 0 0 4 75 Of ~ 200 0 0 8 00 ~ ~ 1 00 ff 300 01 0 2 PP 300 ff 400 0 1 4 PP 400 ff 500 0 1 8 PP 500 11 750 0 2 6 ff 750 PP 1,000 0 3 4 ff 1,000 1,500 0 5 0 fP IP PP 1,500 2,000 0 6 8 2,000 3,000 0 10 0 fl PP 3,000 4,000 0 13 4 'fir? ff 4.000 and upwards 0 15 0 Foreign bill of exchange, drawn out of the United King dom, and payable within the United Kingdom, the same duty as on an inland bill of the same amount and tenor. Foreign bill of exchange, drawn out of the United King dom, and payable out of the United Kingdom, but in dorsed or negotiated within the United Kingdom, the same duty as on a foreign bill drawn within the United King dom, and payable out of the United Kingdom. Promissory note, for the payment, in any other manner than to the bearer on demand, of any sum of money— Not exceeding £25 £0 0 3 Exceeding 225, and not exceeding 5O 00 6 50 PP 75 0 0 0 PP 75 ff 100 0 1 0 Prom"issory note, for payment, either to the bearer on demand or in any other manner than to the bearer on de mand, of any sum of money, Exceeding £lOO and not exceeding £2OO £0 2 0 PP 200 11 0 3 0 PP 300 PP 400 0 4 0 500 0 5 0 ft 400 ~ PP 500 750 0 7 6 PP 750 PP 1,000 010 0 PP 1,000 PP 1,500 015 0 PP 1,500 PP 2,000 10 0 I , 2,000 ~ 3,000 110 0 PP 3,000 IP 4,000 20 0 4,000 and upwards _ __2 5 0 . 2. That it is expedient to amend the laws relating to the stamp duties. Income Tax.—Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—ln committee of ways and means, to move the following reso lution :—That, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged and raised yearly, from and after the sth day of April, 1854, in lieu of the rates and duties chargeable under the Act 16 and 17 Vict., c. 34, and of rates and duties granted in the present session of Parliament, for and in respect of all property, profits, and gains, chargeable under the said act, the duty of one shilling and twopence for every 20 shillings of the annual value or amount of all such property, profits, and gains, respectively. LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE. The annual distribution of prizes took place yesterday— James Scott Smith, Esq., chairman of the house committee, in the chair. The following were the fortunate recipients : Gold medals presented by the governors of the hospital to pupils who have evinced zeal and skill iu attendance on the patients—Medical, E. Grossman Friezewood ; Surgical, J. Langston. - Dr. Cobb's Prize, case of surgical instruments, F. Poulden, Finsbury. Medicine.—Senior Class Gold medal, E. Grossman ; hono rary certificate, J. Edmunds, Spitaltields. Junior Class : Silver Medal, E. Grossman; honorary certificate, G. Poole, Newland. Surgery.—Senior Class : Gold medal, J. .Edmunds ; hono rary certificate, J. L. IL Down, Plymouth. Junior Class : Silver medal, J. L. H. Down. Anatomy. —Junior Class : Gold medal, S. T. Fox, Falmouth; honorary certificate, A. Kilroy, P;ymouth. Junior Class : Silver medal, J. Giles, Frbme ; honorary certificate, W. W. Harkness, Hampstead. Midwifery.—Gold medal, J. Edmunds; honorary certificate, S. T. Fox. Chemistry.—Silver medal, J. L. H. Down; honorary certi ficate, 11. liadlow, Aldgato. Forensic Medicine.—Silver medal, A. Kilroy; honorary cer tificate, J. Lmgstou. Materia Medica.—Silver medal, G. Poole; honorary certiii. cate, L. Oppenheim, Finsbury. Botany.—Silver medal, S. T. Fos; honorary certificate, G, Poole. SHIPPING RETURNS The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the sth of April again show a consider able increase of arrivals and departures both of British and foreign shipping, except Russian, as compared with the corresponding month of last year. From Russia the arrivals were only eight vessels, of 2,278 tonnage, against 30 vessels, of 9,450 tonnage, in April, 1353 ; while the clearances thither were two vessels, of 730 tonnage, against 19, of 4,450 tonnage, in April, 1853. Subjoined are the general entries and clearances of all classes of vessels Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR MONTH ENDING APRIL 5. 1852. 1853. 1854. . 243,768 347,881 356,544 . 41,214 77,550 183,144 ..121,802 123,097 93,495 British vessels United States' vessels Other countries 406,781 518,531 633,183 The clearances outward were : 1852. 1853. 1854. British vessels 404,771 359,939 495,879 United States' vessels 53,536 75,019 144,697 Other countries 99,450 120,634 104,120 562,757 555,672 744,696 With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,080,337 in the month ending April 5, 1852 • 1,184,368 in 1853 ; and 1,124,674 in 1854 . The clearances outward were 1,181,892 in April, 1852 ; 1,234,966 in 1853; and 1,193,938 in 1854. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. —Yesterday Lloyd's and the other large shipping establishments received a notice from the Admiralty, accompanied by a copy of a com munication from the Danish Government, informing them that the ends of the electric cable crossing the Great and Little Belts in the Baltic, had been recovered and secured in their old position, thereby again open ing direct telegraphic communication with the capital of Denmark and the Continent, &c. With the communi cation ample details were given of landmarks, buoys, &c., so as to enable masters of vessels to avoid injur ing the cable. It is intended to carry the submarine wires across the Sound, and thus open an electric communication with Stockholm and other parts of Sweden. THE LATE JEWELLERY ROBBERY AT BI.RIIINI. On Monday Thomas Koope. "the Australian h un t er, as again brought remanded from Wednesday last, at w the public office, before the Borough magistrates charged with robbing Messorls. Stockton of jewellery to the amount of between 30 . and 4001., and was com mitted for triad. MURDER AND SUICIDE AT CoVENTRY. — On Saturday evening the neighbourhood of Cook-street, Coventry, was thrown into a state of alarm by a report that a murder had been com mitted at the Black Dog pu bli c house. On the police going there a woman was found behind the tap-room door, dead ; and a man , apparently sitting on the ground, was also dea d. It appeared that the deceased female was n amed Eliza Thompson ; that on the 21st of April, 1850, she was married at St. John's Church, in that city, to a man named Poole, who from some cause left her and went to America. In the year 1852 she became acquainted with Nelson Webb, a young bricklayer, and on the 28th of December was married at St. Thomas's, in this town : but, for some cause that did not transpire, the deceased refused to live with him, and had been for some time past landlady of the public-house in question. On Saturday last he preferred a charge of bigamy against her at the Coventry Police-office, when the case was remanded till Thursday, a material witness not being forthcoming, and the woman was liberated on bail. After they left the Police office, Webb went to some public-houses in the city, and drank a good deal. He had purchased on the Friday two pi.tols, and on the evening of Satur day he went into the Black Dog, and called for a glass of ale. Mrs. Webb refused to draw it, and went to the door to get out, but be placed his arm round her neck, and shot her under the ear she then dropped on the floor. Before any one could come near him (there were several persons drinking in the public house), he place a cap on the nipple, put the pistol against his mouth, pulled the trigger, the pistol went off, and carried away part of his face ; he died in about three minutes. Inquests were held on Monday, when 4 as regarded Mrs. Webb, a verdict of ".Wilful murdeme• f was returned, and in the case of the murder, felo de Sc. The funeral of Webb took place on Tuensday taken in evening, about nine o'clock, when his body w_ a hearse, followed by two mourning eoachaess,mtmoenSste. Peter's church, Hill Field. There was au concourse of spectators. go.* Na ~---~--c---~----_~~ -'--7 CANA=DA. The last accounts from Quebec say, the winter gives no sign of departure. Whilst on one side of the Quebec streets a burning sun tans the skin, on the other heavy furs will scarcely keep persons from shivering. The ice bridge holds firm, *.nd by numerous tracks supplies to horse and foot travellers the means of passing to the opposite shores of the broad river. To mention these t rivial incidents of the season might need an apology were it not that the readers of Canadian news on ybur side have an interest in knowing when-the business season may commence here by an early or late opening of the navigation. We are just now in receipt of the royal.proclama tion of war of the 23th March, and of the deta.ills of active military operations, and, apparently, some trjwnphs to Russian arms in the East, whereby it would seem that the punctilio of a formal " Dercla ' ration" of his intentions had not restrained the Czar from making war in earnest, or, as the more noble Turk has it, from " breaking into his neigh bour's house like a robber." That he may receive the merited "chastisement" promised by the Paella is most devoutly to be wished ; but, at the same tune, we, who know something of Indian warfare on this continent, cannot help thinking you have been over-much amused by the guiles of a savage whilst labouring under self-imposed delusions as to his maganimity. The bombastic declaration of war issued by your escaped convict, John Mitchell, now in New York, against the Crown and dignity of her Majesty Victoria, and against the peace and welfare of her Canadian subjects in particular, is a suhjett of versation at Quebec. The insolence of this meanest of traitors, who talks of invading Canada with 10,000 Irishmen, is ludicrous . enough under any circumstances; but the Canadian people, who are, however, no friends to the death penalty cannot help - wondering at the feebleness of an Execitive which, unwilling to hang the criminal disturbers of society, and unatae to hold them in durance, sillowirthem, by a want of vigilance,amounting al most to the culpability of connivance, to come out to this distant portion of the empire to threaten and organise, if he can, an irruption of banditti into the province. This Irish hero of liberty, whose countrymen, since he ceased to be their oracle, have begun to taste some of the substantial fruits of their condition of freedom, has declared himself in the United States a convert to the system of negro slavery which prevails in that boasted land of freedom and equality. He has publicly offered to abandon all further agitation for human rights for the valuable consideration of a sugar estate in Alabama, well stocked with negroes, upon whose backs he might slake his native thirst for cruelty and practise his theory of vitriolic cautery of human flesh amid the congenial applause of surrounding slaveowners. But, in the meanwhile, until he reach this coveted goal of his degradation, Mr. Mitchell is dreaming of the invasion of Canada, and, self-deluded as he always is, bending his best energies seriously to the impossible task. Delusions of this class are con tagious. The Irish mind is imaginative, and has been deluded too often for the interests of the people of that race already ; and although the most resolute and loyal defenders of this country against any contingency of foreign danger, would be found again as before among the Irish settlers and their descendants, it is still undesirable that appeals from the felon heart of this man to the worst pas sions of any portion of our people should continue. We have a large fugitive slave population in this country, living in security under the aegis of . Bri.; tish protection, and safe from the fearful conse quences of restitution to their savage and exaspe rated owners in the slave states of the American union. The idea of John Mitchell coming here as a slave-hunter, at the head of 10,000 Irish Libe rators, with the green flag of liberty over their heads, is rather calculated to disturb the serenity of our black refugees, who would be delighted to offer a welcome in this land of true liberty, where the rights of man are really respected, to Mitchell and his gang. Since the submission of the free States to the Fugitive Slave Law, the entire Union has become but one slave plantation. All the escaped slaves who were , living in security in the northern. or free States have transferred themselves to this country, and so long as this country remains as a refuge and a hope, the land of promise to the southern slaves, they linger on in their misery. They are as well-informed, and better than most whites, of the projects of the slaveowners upon Cuba, and know that it would only require the subjection of Canada, or its annexation peaceably or forcibly to the States, to shut the gates of mercy on the black, and, so far as he is con cerned, make of the entire glebe one population of 11l all - stealers. A move, therefore, in the direction of. John Mitchell's aspirations would soon let out the long pent- up vengeance of the negro heart, and give the country which should permit a single musket to be shouldered cu route for Canada, some trouble in the south that would counterpoise all the advantages to be anticipated from any in vasion of Canada in the name of Liberty. The American people in general, and particularly their public men, are well aware that the South is a mine of gunpowder upon which their country rests. They have no desire themselves to provoke the spark which is to i.rnite it, and will allow no foreign hand like the Irish, for objects foreign to American interests such as the Irish newly domiciled in the States have at heart, and whom alone Messrs. Mitchell, Meagher, 470., have for an audience, to organise their fantastic projects on American soil. Mr. Mitchell will have contemptuously accorded to him the liberty of talking, but not of acting , in the United States ; and if he do not soon d rop the agitation ho is attempting, the only asylum he will obtain among his new friends will be that which the charity of his old ones ought long since to have accorded him in the mother country, viz., a lunatic asylum. It mayseem to you that I have too long dwelt upon this insignificant topic. But men and pro jects of pigmy dimensions to those who have a near view loom large in the distance, and I cannot be sure that the American claptrap of the baffled Irish agitator may not cause some timid persons to entertain apprehensions for the tranquillity of this province. To auy such I would convey the assur ance that Mr. Mitchell's projects excite only a smile of derision in this country. With or with out the aid of British regulars, or of a single regi ment or two by way of model corps to measure our own efficiency by, these provinces, when fairly or ganised and equipped, will be found equal to any emergency within that range of probable events: There is a spirit of national independence here that will brook no unbidden foreign foot upon the soil. A foreign enemy was taught this lesson when the population was scarcely a third of what it is now. The country has grown up in strength and self confidence since then. They have not an unre dressed grievance to complain of, and if one should arise, they have the means of redressing it them selves, without having to ask leave, license, or aid from any quarter, thanks to our present Governor- General, to whose fortitu de , wisdom, and integrity the future historian of this country will refer with pride, a s having mainly aided in establishing the right to self-government in full and unquestioned power in our country. Three millions of contented freemen are not to be overrun by a maniac of the Slievenagammon school, nor subdued by any com bination of military power that can be paraded against them on this continent. Being therefore assured on this head, you may be sure also that no such attempt will be made. We have seen with satisfaction and pride the names of the distinguished statesmen who are to be present at the dinner to which Lord Elgin has been invited in London. The proceedings have not, of course, yet reached vs. There is not on earth a countrymore tranquil and more prosperous than this is at the present moment, or in which tranquillity and prosperity rest, to all appearance, upon more permanent foundations. It would be preposterous to suppose that the one man who has had among us the supreme power of originating, directing, controlling, or - negativing the public policy for an eventful period otseven years, has had no share in producing results which under bad go vernment could never have arisen, and Which a beneficent and wise government could alone have fostered into being. We should say you were keep ing our governor rather too long in your country, did we not know that there is a wide sphere for useful exertion there for the benefit of this country, and that Lord Elgin has the position and the in fluence, together with the goodwill and capacity, to know how to turn these to the best advantage. His lordship's personal intercourse tend d h t h e er rn M ak a- e Ma jesty's Ministers will cer t a i n ly not n the circumstances, wants, a od nd t interestshanif h e aodf been country less clearly unde r b r channel o d f sh a ip dmesapyatbceh tom-lon t i l tn iis ite s d ide to t h t e h e A t o l seat of ~overtement ted it is pec , understood, at antic.cialhis in the mouth of May. Contracts have been taken for a railroad on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, between Montreal an d Quebec, which two cities are located upon that shore. It will, no doubt, be a very great con venience to the residents of the two .cities, saving them the trouble of crossing the St. Lawrence to take the grand trunk line which runs on the south side, and to the wayside sojourners : and if it should not at starting in its profits equal the sanguine ex pectations of speculators, it will bring settlers to much of the wild land in connection with the lino, which will in time increase the traffic, and make it a paying coazern.—Coireapoiedent of Morning Chromic. e:' e=-