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Av , r . 3.. 19 .11 , 1 1 4 1 1, 0 t :f d the t i g iried' leaP3l'! eArcil t° , es ie, f the 1. leaf noo ° lbs A tO 03 0:i n u de tet. t ity; r t e ge g so i ic s t a t i e j )riserler3o bi t olled t TY;DTA. ANDtTritA: - STATE OF THE INDIAN ARMY. • • • (From the Delhi Gazette of the fitli` of March.) Our latest intelligence from Ferozepore cormr.unicates indications that active steps have been taken by the Corn . • mender-in-Chief for the removal of the mutinous corps from their dangerous proximity to the frontier. The 7th Light Cavalry. marched for Loodbeeanaii on the 29:11 in • 'Compliance with the order we mentioned in OM' last. The 34th 'were also sent off oil toe 2d instant, with present in strnetions to march to Meerut. •No orders had been, Ac cording to our last telvices, received from head quarters, as tothe destination of the horse and foot artillc;ry, but we re gret much to find the troop inentione4 iu such a manner as to lead us to the painful belief that they also had joined in the combination. The 69th Infantry were in statu quo, and it seems to have been most wisely determined not to run the risk of a refusal on the part of the 4th Infantry, which reached • - Ferozepore on the Ist instant, by asking them to proceed on 'wards.. The plau is the best in regard to them that could be pursued, but we should deem it absolutely necessary to re _ move the whole of the refractory and suspected corps from the frontier at once; and before the 64th reach Ferozepore, as . we:should not be at all surprised, if this is not done, to hear of _the men of that regiment being overawed by their mutinous comrades in other corps into withdrawing their offer to pro- - . coed. The determination of the Supreme Government on this • most unfortunate . business must. shortly be known, and we look forward with much anxiety to the measures which it may deem it right to adopt for the vindication of its autho rity, and which has snfiered so sadly of late. We must at the. • same time be permitted to express a hope that such vindica tion will not prevent their affording justice to the corps who way ultimately be sent to Shale. SINDE. (From the Agra Ukbar of Feb. 28.) The mutiny in the 64th Bengal Native Infantry appears to have subsided, the regiment having, in the presence of General Fast, volunteered to go to Sinde. It would appear that the option left of proceeding to Sinde or receive severe punishment has had a good effect. The native officers of :he corps declared to the General that, as a regiment, they had never declined to go to Sinde; the obnoxious urzees were the production.of one man, who was subsequently joined by eve or six individuals. The conduct of the 7th cavalry is More reprehensible. The officers offered to guarantee to the trope s ttie batta out of their own poCkets, to prevent the Shame they were bringing upon the standing order of the regiment. The native commissioned and non-commissioned ricers and about two hundred troopers marchedwith the ' 24 cors; the rest held back! . - The Delhi Gazetti, February 28th, remarks, that it is evident . Dost Mahoined had succeeded in strengthening him "elf sufficiently on his throne at Caubul, to admit of allowing of Ukbar Khan's proceeding to Jellalabad. One step which the Dost has adopted for the purpose of strengthening his rule . is the admission, to a more active -share in his councils, of his .cousin Mahomed Zumau Khan (the good Nawaub) and his brother Jobber Khan. - A man'has arrived from Peshawur in great haste, an nouncing that Mahomed IJkbar Khan had arrived' at Jel lalabad with four or five regiments of infantry, 6,000 cavalry, and ten guns, and on reaching Jellalabad he had written to Tej - Singh to be under no apprehension regarding his move ments, as he had only come down to-settle that part of the country. • The following is a letter from Kurrachee, Sinde, of the 29th •—. "J'pz . Brimis thin you-are aware a large dinner was given ' 44 4ic-Charlei Napier on. the_ _l7th, which was admirably ArlAnget r k tin weht . The ( - 4 oYernor . '„s speech, all ; tcp!gne and . pen, i was :arnusingepougq,' rit:t,isof eouraa, reekved with thundeq.o(applause by - a eaters' of goon thinge. efse„: , 'ltel the 2 'expeetantsvf get d things in posse. He endenvoufed to' prove—and doubtless did to his own satisfaction and that of his numerous staff and parasites—that Sinde paid itse There were, howevr, some who deemed his reasoning lam lf e—who thought that it. fell like an inverted cone, wanting its proper base to stand u pon.' But for this you might be prepared. Sir Charles is, nowever, by no means stinted in the gift of the gab, and his audience. speech was on the whole well 'delivered and adapted to audience. By the bye, he touched upon the licentious And vicious press of India—out of the fulness of the heart the Mouth speaketh—and doubtless the Bombay Times and j ilitrnal of Commerce inspired him on the occasion. Geneial, i care le expe c t e d d a ily—a ball, of course, to be given to his ladY.' • The Quartermaster-General and Captain Napier have guns to Sonmeanee on a. surveying expedition—to spy the nakedness o f the land. I have heard that instructions have 'seen received from Lord Ellenborough for the construction of fl,f;)rti.fication at or near Ram Bag'', which is about midway between _the cantonments and Bonder, into which, When nois.hed, the ordnance and engineer_ parks, as also the c..0tn .141, ssariat st or e s , are t o b e removed." CHINA. (From the Him - Kong Gazette and Friend qf China, Jan.3o.) GO . tiItSiMENT NOTIFICATION. The following . ordinance, passed by his Excellency the G ""norLGeneral in Council, is published for general infor mation By order, RICHARD WOOSNAM. „ Government -house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 25, 1844. An ordinance f o r her Majesty's subjects, within the domi nions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or _Tessel, at - a distance of not more than 100 miles from the .60431 of China. "Arno Sexto et Septimo Victoria Regina. Bath, y his Exc e ll enc y Sir H enr y Pottinger, Baronet, Knight G rand Cross o f th e M ost H onoura bl e Military Order of the , MajOr-General in the service of the East India Coin- V ll 3 - , Govern or an d C omman d er -i n -Chi e f of the colony of 'ng - Kong and its dependencies;4nd Superintendent a the Trade o f her Maje Sty's subjects, trading to and from alb do- Wiliolts of the Enaperor of China. With the advice of the Lagi.tlatiye COuncil of Hong-Kong. i "An ordinance to render her Majesty's subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or vPesel 'at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, subject in all Twitters to the law of Eng land, and to extend the jurisdiction of the courts of justice at Hong -Kong over the same..- " Whereas under and by virtue of an Act of Pailiatrient, Made and passed in the seventh year of the reign of her 'Ma ituity Queen Victoria, entitled, ' An Act for the better gosern- Aleut of her Majesty's subjects resorting to China,' her Ma ` sty did, by letter patent under the Great Seal of the United ,411g40,in 01 Greatßritain and Ireland, authorise the Stiper • relloLent of the Trade of her Majesty's subjects in China (so .1347 ; 44 sli ll Unerintendent should be also governor or the ISti4(l of lion s i-long) to enact, with the advice of the 14gis lati" Connell of the said island of Hong-Kong, all such laws and. ordin ances as might, from time to time, be required for the t 2 , 4)4 government of her Majesty's subjects, being within r alltions of the Emperor of China, or within any !ship rah at a distance of not more than one hundred miles ill i vle Coast of China, and to enforce the execution of such ...,-. , ,,,,„(iinances by , such penalties and forfeitures, as to .m o Moil -Kong bind i , by th 'll'"! Pivie.fli aforesaid, should seem fit : vim "—e It therefore enacted, by his Excellency the iGo latj f3PpOrintendent of the Trade of her "ti.'s sub eats in China, with the advice of the Legis th ve council of Hong-Kong aforesaid, that from and after tl i e e Pas ' i ng of this ordinance the law of England shall have eu , sanle force, virtue, power, and effect over her Majesty's w 2ets within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or "out any s hi p or vessel at a di stance o f not more t h an one hundred miles from the coast of China, in all matters what. gq9ver, whether civil or criminal, that it has over her Ma- W S said subjectsactually within her Majesty's coloi‘Y of Jl l7Kon if • 1 _ S+ j t•• 11.:44, .. 1 9110ted, that the courts of justice at Ming ti pt w itioll aro now, or shall be hereafter erected, shall have le same power; jurisdiction, and . authority in all matters wlitsoeyer, whether civil er criminal, over her Majesty's 1 ,,;, t 4.K 4 within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or b‘.l.l.tutiruetlic-iiiiip or vessel, at a distance of not more than one miles.fmro the 0644 of China, that the courts afore ave or shall have over her: Majesty's subjects actually it within her Majestys colony of Hong-kong. 1 1( 4 - 4_ , • th A e li ft sl o ti n t 4 e l uccted, in case of any murder, felony, rob- Wrong Or crime wliatsover being eharged wh "ave been clone upon the person or property of anyone atsoever, within the dominions of the Emperor of China, o r within any ship or vessel, at a distance of not more than lie.hundre sud miles from the coast of China, by any of i her i s a i e stY's bjects, that it shall not be lawful tOr the person, t ,, . , `-"ri4ed therewith, to object to the locality of the jurisdiction td.;he saitl-eouts at Hong-Kong, but he shall be indidted, . . ii.o4st,Ftvi c t e d, and punished. or acquitted, or demeaned in Eff' sect i!ui 't . the offence wherewith ho. may, be charged 4 4 i, ~. ,tr . . th„, , sll gfinlinittga within the colony of Hong-Kong, iipon 5,., - "'"'Y fir propettir qf 4 Rig9il within the peace of !our . v el.'eign Lady the Qtlegg : u And for the prevention of doubts tinori ON subject, lie it 4 "18d that the Peninsula of Macao shall, for the purposes of th . . 4l " i ' ) ltlee; and of all other ordinances made by virtue of i. - Power herein hefere-incntioned be deemed, and taken to v!, within the dominions of the Emperor of China. ‘ 0 If EN Mr V OTTI NGE R, 4 , irintendent of Trade and Governor of liatig.Kon,.&c. I used the Legislative Council oa the It' '... th day of January, -SUCHARD BURGASS, Clerk, of the Legislative Council." • ' ' •= 7*7 ':. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.8., her ir ie i': . '; , otentl . ary an on . Chief Suerintendent letter add ressed vim j ci 4 t i o _lease,t ~,..., t trect that the following b e resst, her_4lPftigs.s,y'„ilficiating Consul at Allay, 11,41 V•il) WOOSNA4I. published. ( soiernment-house, Victorit, ong-kopgi tl7, 1844. " Government-house, 'Victorni..floog•KQqg , Jan. 40 , Isfi• " 7our letter, No. 10, of Oa lad* of Jast ) 1 .: () u have onntkal to state when you roCeiVeci the 08YOPOVIIM . it ?titl eat i on ' of the 27131.- not 18th, as you erronenigly pate ‘ ,.? 1 4. November, accorapanio4 by a copy of a 4.(nrimunication l_ tcli I had a dd resse d t o th e Vi te poy and Lieut.-Governor of t 4 l 6 n, regarding certain, foreigners havtno fprif) from Amoy o 4 ,1e city Of Chang- chow.foo. „ ia: ! 4 avenoiv to inform you that • I have received a corn! ` l 4 coughed in very strong language, from his Excel ons. the Governor-General of the Fokien and Clickeang. Provi ne es, calling on me .to enforce that article of the sup. • . F"' l ! l entary treaty (the 6th) which provides for no British itelte6ts (or oth ers ) go i ng i n to th e c ountry beyond certain 7: 1 ! 4. 1 / a es, to be fixed by the local authorities in concert with Consists, cornilaint evidently relates to that part of your letter, now . under reply, in which you state : On the let :Ist it,'a party of English officers asked my permission to 7,, ° , e eeti- to Chang-chow -foo to see the . place and country. • 4^ it was not in my power, had I felt inclined to do so, I • A :Yarded the application to the Taou-tal (intendant of i7l, and he sent to me by the Hai Hong, a private corns • c.ation that no okections would be raised, at the same :Yi:e stating that he had no jurisdiction out of this city. The L:iw,ever, left, without further reference tome, before the ,-, 6 message was deliVered. They proceeded to the city of 419 w-foe; were well received by. the /ilandari- ne, end '74. 41 . 1 e;. 1 Aithout accident.' " ~4 crg Ar f . t . .t e kstrn from Amoy that the Eliza Stewart wag tottuy lost in a SW44 4.4iy pear Amoy, on her way from the • korth to Amoy. Furtligr psfgailats of this loss have, as far we have been able to learn, Pot yet revlied Macao ; the hill laden with teas at the northern poets, and cotton Piece . Her IfitjestY's 0/44.4:r Driver has been .dispatched , a few da her * lite*, front 1f0pg...68.0,7 to Chaffin, with a portion of e l‘laiesty's lath Regmtellti K.:tieye those , of her Ma ' jhetY'"sth Regiment, whose cop mant/Ar,. §f i T ecide, pombay in the Hon. (..: 0 0/I*Yr to 'l.!,rrieed at Ilorig-Hong, will, we unuerstand, to ou di lo Wainer Sesostfis, abosti , Tatched on the 14tb; (r rum Fr iend Y . cad 11:09u.r"19 9\l .ntetl ittr ; S ‘ l l :a n n i g P ; l :a e.. . ll" .. lln*iSttto y 4. 1! .1 m e e i n re t tl io ra n ha ve s e t d an t e l e iit of s a ome •twi:o4.un tdaiieleen terryi e Chinese a shot fired by a Eurtyreen. it now appears th e Chinese refused to allow any place of reskiellealri ' • th et. WY or . suburbs for foreigners, and there is ample proof %.1 10 ,„,; . 'n - .B d , Id so at the instigation of a number of Canton Chinese boy "voig , wha•had with to Shanghai and entered into_iti rit t "'km both with' the:men:llin. ts-and-pubfic antho tbze:,uo w ith the view of establishing. a Co -bong there, tw_bether riieihaotmin,g t a o nd art t . hr l ougl f t . whom alone, all business, '-10 „ es o import or export, should be 1 wing to the firmnees of her Britannic Majesty's ' ' Consul this attempt has proved a signal failure, and the in- I habitants of a.Tioraon of the- suburbs of the city have been ordered to evacuate their houses• that the foreig ners may cc cupy them. The locality allotted, though go od, is not ,the most favourable, being at some distance from the quarter of the city where business is carried on. Both houses and land are, however, to be rented very cheap—the latter at from 20 to 30 taels per mow (equal to from ,2/. to 31. per acre). Mer chants-resorting to Shanghae Will probably prefer paying the Chinese residents in the quarter of the city where business . is carried on at a somewhat higher rent, in consideration of the facilities offered there for carrying on business; and as the attempt to hamper the trade has proved unsuccessf u l, no difficulty will arise to prevent them fro:» so doing. It Was to be expected that, finding themselves unable to cope with us in the field, the Chinese would endeavour to counteract us in . carrying out the articles of the treaty ; and though they have been foiled in this, the first instance, it will require the strict est vigilance, on the part of her Britannic Majesty's officers; to prevent restrictions from being imposed. As an instance of the disposition of the authorities, we may quote the follow ing: —The schooner Mazeppa arrived at Shanghae, and de clared a few bales of cotton and woollen goods to pay duty as musters ; these, however, she did not land, finding thcre was no market for them, and as she wished to depart without de lay, her commander applied to the British Consul to permit the Chinese officers to suvey the goods on board. The Taou-tai took alarm at this; well knowing that he bad been'the cause of no sales havirgbeen effected, and proposed that, as such was the case, no duty should be pa l / 4 1. The Consul, however, insisted that the duty should be received, and next day , it was accordingly paid. Trade is extremely dull, but there is every prospect of an improvement now that the Chinese are made aware that their attempts to establish a monopoly will not be allowed- to succeed, and we doubt not that our next arrivals will bring us information of a more pleasing character than the present. We must again repeat that it will require constant on our-part, to prevent ourselves from - being overreached; though foiled in this instance, the Chinese will not be dis couraged from making other at! empts, and we hope a remon strance will be made by his Excellency the Plenipotentiary on this gross attempt to violate in the outset the terms both of the original and supplementary treaties. The restriction imposed by her Majesty's Cor.sul with regard to the carrying of fire-arms ' was- removed immediatly upon. the sailing of the American barque Valparaiso, and a party of officers, who arrived from Chusan on a sporting excursion, had no cause to regret the trouble they had taken. (From the Canton Press, Jam. 13.) By accounts from Manilla, we regret to learn that the Spanish brig Campechano, from Liverpool, bound to Manilla, was, on the sth of last month, totally lost on the Montufar Shoal, in the Straits of San Bernardino. The sea was run ning high at the time the vessel struck, and she broke up al most immediately after, leaving to the crew the only alter native of saving their lives ~by swimming on shore, ivhich most of them reached in safety, but four were unfortunately drowned in the attempt. The vessel had a very valuable cargo of piece goods, worth between 30,000/. and 40,000/. In the Manilla paper, of the 17th December, we observe a Government order, permitting to the Chinese of Manilla the smoking of opium from the beginning of this year, and directing the sald of the drug by retail to be farmed out, as is now done at Singapore, Batavia', and other place 3. The Indians• and other inhabitants of Manilla are not, however, permitted to smoke opium ; this permission applies to the Chinese only, and these are not to be allowed to smoke, ex cept in such place as pointed out by the authorities. Into the public opium smoking house no 'lndians or other inhabi tants are to be permitted to enter, and the magistrates are directed strict'y 'to enforce this regulation. :We knew not whether the Manilla Indians have a taste for the cltug; it is likely they have it in common with most of the islanders of the Archipelago, and if so, they will soon know how to cir purovent the authorities in proctirillg the drug. The number of * . O h i nese alone at Man i hough, eonsidenable r ,.iys.,not liltefy tornnike:tWibpirtili faiig "fry, juvfitabic ); brittrli, of revetme toitteCtiVerthtielit. 4 -• '` . . Her Majesty's ship Dicta, Hon. Captain Keppel, returned from Manilla on the 7th, with his Excellency Lord Saltoun, Commander of_her Majesty's military force in China. Lord Saltoun gave over his command to Alajor-General d'Aguilar on Thursday last. It is said his Lordship has taken his pas sage in the Charles Forbes, for Bombay. The visit* of the Vice-Admiral and the General to Manilla has been produc tive of much gaiety there, and balls and dinners were almost daily given to the distinguised visitors by Spanish and foreign residents of Manilla. Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis had left Manilla for Singapore. • (Front the Canton Press, Jan. 20.) Her Majesty's ship Dido, lion. Captain Keppel, is now at Whampoa to receive three millions of dollars from the Chi nese, as part of the money due by them according to the treaty. The Honourable Company's steamer Proserpine ar rived here yesterday morning from Hong•Keng, and left again for Canton a• few hours after, with Mr. Stewart, the treasurer to the superintendent. A portion cf thii sum will, we underst.md, be applied to the use of the Hong-Kung Go vernrwmt ; part will be sent to England ; and about two thirds be remitted to Calcutta. (From the Hong-Kong Register, Jan. 30.') EDICT OF THE KWANG CtIOW FOO TO THE HONG MERCHANTS. Hwang, the treasurer, issued directions to the acting pre fect of Canton, Lew, to inquire into tho payment of money, amounting to about 3,600,000 taels owed by the Hong !mer chants to the public treasury. For Ginseng.—The Hong merchants received this ar ticle and sold it, but have not yet paid for it. 2. Tribute forwarded to the court.—They engaged of their own accord to discharge this in yearly instalments, but when it comes to the point, they want to throw it upon the new merchants. 3. Payments made to the army in Turkestan.—lt was agreed in 1834 that this sum should be forwarded in annual instalments. But though the term for discharging this liability is extended, still they must not endeavoer to escape the obligation. 4. Payments made to the superintendent of the grain de partment and other small items. They ought not to think, that on account of the newly-established regulations they will avoid the discharge of these sums. 5. The payment of 2,800,000 taels to foreigners for which they gave.a bond.—This they have to pay within four years. Already, has one year's respite been granted to . them in con sideration of their remaining debts, but let them not cherish delusive hopes, because we have postponed the time, for no farther delay will be allowed. Now, in the original petition, the Hong merchants state, that on each pecdl of tea they will pay five mace, and on cotton two mace. But they can form 'no estimate of the sum of mosey they would be able thus to furnish annually. They also say, that tea and cotton should not be the only articles that ought to pay towards the clearing of the debts. Moreover, they show. that the new establishmentS, without specifying them, should likewise bear a share in. liquidating the sums they owe. They must, however, first pay up their. instalments, as they have become due, and, we shall then take into conside ration and report to the throne whatever items ought to be remitted. Thus the new merchants Will have nO pretext to excuse themselves of being involved on behalf of others, neither can the old merchants get rid of their liabilities.. Let the Hong merchants, therefore, after mature delibera tion, report on the above. Taoukwang, 23d year, 11th month, 20th day, 9th January, 1844. THE HONG MERCHANTS' REPLY. We now beg to lay before your Excellency, in obedience to the orders received, the following statement Hitherto all the sums either paid on public tt.count or to discharge debts were taken from the Consoo Fund and levied upon the trade, which is on record. We are willing to pay for Ginseng and other items, and although the time when the money was due has elapsed, still we shall make up for the delay. Respecting the six millions of dollars, paid in 1841 to the English, we received orders from the officers of Government to contribute in the first instance two millions of dollars, whilst four millions were advanced from the public treasury ; and the remaiuing expenditure on aecount of public emer gency, is not below several lake of dollars. To this we must add the three millions of Hong debts which we discharged to the foreigners, and moreover, above 310,000 taels on account of the conflagration of the factories. Our non-payment and discharge of liabilities, did therefore not arise from any un willingness on our part, but was owing to the heaVy contri butions we had to make for public purposes. Our distressed circumstances have frequently been laid before Government, and since the Hon"' monopoly is now abolished, and our privileges have ceased to exist, it is only proper, that the new mercantile establishments who share in the same advantages, should also bear the same burdens. And for this purpose they should give a bond, and a certain sum whi-h they could annually furnish in payment co debts should be stipulated. Nor should these contributions solely fall upon tea and cotton only. And though these are the staple articles of trade, and - the consumption may vary from year to year, still we shall be enabled to fix an average sum, which they annually will yield, payable in instalments El poneding to the extension of the terms, to be fixed by the Supreme Government. We should, moreover, feel deeply obliged, if the result of our deliberations were communicated to the Court. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIII,—As from the statement in your paper this morning, that I was on the platform yesterday at Covent-garden, some of my constituents may be induced to suppose that . I agree in all the opinions of the Anti-Corn-law-League;l beg that you will do me the favour to correct this.ertor of your reporter. . . Differing from the Council of the Anti-Corn-law League with respect to the pledge which they appear to have given against a fixed duty, I should probably not have offered to put my name on the list of their subscribers, had not this ppi4cnt given me the opportunity, of stating my opinion PM ; t4* on Born should, I think, be always main for stOtistical purposes; but Whether we should pass on to this at PRO, Or through the intermediate stage of a fixed duty, I hold to be simply a question of expediency, on which I never will consent to html myself. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, BENJAMIN SMITH. 5, Blandforchsuitaril, May 2. [We understand that Mr.. Smith's subscription of 1001. to the fund was accepted yesterday morßingt] OUTRAGE IN SUI7OMt."—(FrOM A Correspondent.) —Suffolk and Norfolk appear to be in, a dreadful state, and require prompt measures to suppress crime of so diabolical a prompt its the following-On Sunday, about three A 41,, the pesiengers trayell s i r u se g o, b ,,; y iyeb t ee l i le: :e u .: i h • i i - : wich mail were much alarmed by the coach 'being sud denly and violently jolted, whereupon the coachman, guard, myself, and other passengers were all upon the rt - solt oat, ashen we detected for about three miles on the road several gates taken from the fields adjoin ing, together with harrows, payts of p!oughs, &c., amounting at least, altogether, to about 40, p'aced at distances of 50 or 100 yards, some placed two - or' three together, and ottim qt 4 ie the middle of the high road ; the guard descended pontipiialii mid throw (ppm to the side of - the viscid, - We gongdeFid . it_pFordentia . l chat the horses were not thrown down n tile qrst instagee, the coachman thinking it was only some wet on the road. It we; a moonlight night, otherwise it i§ dreadful to contemplate whit might have been the result, 'lbit road in which the gates, &c.., *ere placed was bt tween Stoke and Brockford•gate, and between Ipswich . a_nd T S h c e ol a o p l p n i n i. . ci4 It io l; ,0 1):C F 7; (4 13 4 : 0 - ‘ 4 7 7 ,0 041: , 4 1 ,t 1 fi D ;iL r ii.l l 3 7 , . air-cevilie.llidikitint 'lihti yftefitiMitit, w `theiViVeicl l antf iii!; durated mucus, but by.some iPOio"etreerigiciti. cqe4ing mlace, so far controls the morbid. Retied, that - it IiY.CF4 my ATik-if ~-cut 4 ifuireinliMq . , aii4 . pni., •to ro.:. 9,, t pF,. , ~.!lr Te 1 ,1!"- - ) . u 9 l u;lY.l?9.if §ucc'&- fa : Piljii eittal a fP'74 . 4 1 7 1 7 0 qt .Rill tie tilt) ; "OcsiOiq re i.iii,,^ 3 requiring a rd.iippllcii till eIP the r5miat1g4 4 4 , 41 4,.....14.. 0 , ..i 4417 ; . on 'venous ....., • offpArcgli Life in London Of .Sunday next will contain tne ;:t4je,:t; and most authentic particulars ri%Che:ter-) ; Gilernitloal 41).V.--Pf4 l :eue j. , ,and, , fore gatherings or Mo Second 'Spring leeting •et qvin4rket ; j onle ; Xugling ; Aquatips ; Nomimltiops) Alph4hetipa of Winning Grey hennas ; English Sport4wn Chess; PerleStrittittisnl ; and the usual 'SpPlAingr ke•—Office of Belts Life, 170, Strand. THE __STUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING►, MAY 8, 1844. ~____...........,.........................••••./.A.1M•••.......p...m••••• THE -CUSTOMS - ACTS. The subject 1 somewhat of a "dry'! one, but a Chancellor The following are the Resolutions to be proposed in Corn- of the Exchequer, who is by office a sort of trustee of the mittee on Customs Acts, on Monday, 6th May, by Mr. Glad- whole system and for the public also, - must do his duty and stone: — not shrink f rom t h e details it may involve. ' - 1. That, in lieu and instead of the duties of Customs new I The-fall in Bank stock since the paynient of the last divi payable in respect of the articles enumerated in the annexed dend, viz., from 199 to 196 i, is ascribed, in certain quarters, .t( ) ) the belief that some impression - has been made upon n duty It by the exertions of .the country bankers, so as to in s there ed u s l e a' duce him to stop short in the benefits lie intended to bestow duty specified in the said schedule, viz.:— il up b o e n ra t i l s l e e d ir , Cocoa, of or from foreign countries, the lb. £o 0 2 on the Bank of England when the new measure relative to Coffee; of or from foreign countries, the lb. 0 0 6 banking is broUght forward. Every one knows the influence Chicorv, or any other vegetable matter applicable I of bankers over their immediate connexions, a proportion of to the uses of chicory or coffee, viz. : . .theni Members of Parlia men t, all ove r th e country, an d w ill roasted or ground, the lb. I have no diffi cu l ty, therefore, In- - adopting this as a probable --- raw or kiln-dried, the cwt j case, though they may doubt whether it has - everreally been Currants, the cwt contemplated by the Ministe r at thi s ti me t o a dd anyt hi ng - O 0 1 0 o 15 O 0 Confectio . .ery, the lb. to the privileges of the Bank of England. The mere'suppo• Cordials andliqueurs, except ruin shrub, being the produce of any British possession in America, or of any British possession within the limits of the East India Company's charter, in regard to which the conditions of the Act 4 Vic., c. 8, have or shall have been ftiltilled, sweetened or mixed with any article, so that the degree of strength t hereof crnnot be ascertained by Sykes's • hydroineter, the gallon ...... ... ..... Bottles of glass, not otherwise enumerated or de scribed, the cwt. and further, on account of the Excise duty, the cwt. Flint and cnt glass, for every 1001. value... and further,, on account of the Excise duty, the cwt. Glass manufactures, not otherwise enumerated or described, and old broken glass fit only to be re-manufactured, the cwt. and further, on account of the Excise duty, the cwt. 2. that, in lieu and instead of the duties of Customs now payable in respect of the'articles enumerated in the annexed Schedule, upon their importation into the United Kingdom, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid, the rates of duty specified in the said Schedule, viz. : Alganobilla seed, the cwt, Lard oil, for every 100/. value Alyrobolane berries, the ton Vegetable wax, the cwt. .. Colchicum seed, the cwt. Kernels of walnuts and kernels of peach stones, • commonly used for expressing oil therefrom, the ton Croton seed, commonly used for expressing oil therefrom, the quarter Prussiate of pot ash, the lb. 0 0 2 Tallow greaves, the ton ... 0' 1 0 Scrap steel, the ton _ Gallic powder; the ton 3. That the raid duties shall be subject to the additional duty of 5/. per centuei on the amounts thereof respectively imposed by the Acts 3 Vic. c. 17, and 5 and 6 Vic. c. 47, except with regard to cordials and liqueurs, which shall be subject to the duty of fourpence per gallon, also imposed by the. Acts aforesaid. sition that he would do so, hoWever, would be enough to ac• count for the previous rise of Bank stock. - There is some reason to suppose that the sales of Consols which have lately occurred are occasioned in part by capi talists, who see under the opera ion of the surmised reduction of the French Five 'per Cents. a more eligible investment in the French Three per Cents., which are quoted 84, being a difference of 15 per cent. At the meeting of the shareholders in the Imperial Bra-. zilian Mining Association held to day, a dividend of ss. per share was declared.. kappeared from the report read that the workings haVe improved, and altogether the prospects of the undertaking are considered better than for some time past. The Directors are gradually, endeavouring to diminish slave labour by the employment of au increased force of Cornish miners. SUN.''-=No rally . occurred hi Consols up to the ter mination of business, the latest bargains being 99k to The New Three -and-a-Half per Cents. left off at 102+ it. Spanish Bonds w,Te but a trifle higher, the Five per Cents being 2.1 !o and the Three per Cents. 351 to Portuguese Conve,:ted were lower, being 44i to Pe ruvian were done at 29-1. Dutch Tv+ Ci-and-a-lialf per Cents. Lit off at 61'0 1, being ratber lower. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been the-e : — Birmingham and Derby were 371 ; Bir mingham and Gloucester, 44 to 4 ; Greenwich Pre- - ferenco l ; and N ort h Midland 8 discount. Birming haaa and Gloucester, New, have been 64 ; Bristol and Gloticestsr, 19 ; Bristol .and Exeter, 54 ; Chester and Holyhead, 24 ; Great Western, 41 ; South Western, 431 ; Croydon, Si ; Newcastle and Darlington, 23 ; South Eastern, New, 6i to 74 • Yarmouth and Norwich, ; York and N or th Midland, 71 ; and ditto, Scarbo rough branch; 18 t o 171 prennum. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 19fr premium. 1 0 4. That the duties now chargeable upon the importation of sheep and lambs' wool, and upon wool of the Alpaca and the Llama tribe, and upon goats' wool or hair, and upon the ex portation of wools and skins, and upon " manufactures or pretended manufactures slightly wrought up, so as that the same maybe reduced toand made use of as wool again, and upon mattresses or beds stuffed with combed wool or wool fit for combing or carding," be repealed. 5. That the duties now chargeable upon flasks in which olive oil is imported, be repealed. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING.; PAPERS ..Or. THIS D 4 Y. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.' TIMES.—The notice by the Chancellor of the Excheq uer given on Monday night o f hi s i ntent i on to amend the Sav ings' Banks Acts, naturally brings that important subject forward for publie discussion. Materials for this purpose have been bountifully supplied by various correspondents, from which it is proposed to make such selections as are likely to be useful to the Legislature and the community at large on this occasion. The following us a statement of sums received and paid by the National Debt Commissioners on account of banks for savings, including friendly societies, in the United Kingdom, from the 6th of August, 1817, to the 20th of November, 1843, inclusive : " Gross amount credited, including interest up to and due on the 20th of November, • £ s. d. 1843 • ... 45,947,089 7 1 " Gross amount paid, including interest ... 17,023,533 9 3 " Balance due by the Commissioners to the trustees on the 20th of November, 1843 28,853,555 17 10 " Balance due by the Commissioners to the trustees on the 20th of November, 1842, 26,855,886 17 10 "Increase in the amount of liabilities within the year ended the 20th of No vember, 1843 1,997,669 0 0 " Increase in the amount of liabilities wtliin the year ended the 20th of No vember, 1842 1,011,965 19 5 " Excess of increase in 1843 over increase in 1842 985,703 0 7 The securities held by the Commissioners to meet the above balance of 28,853,5551. 17s. 10d. consisted of 12,874,516/. 7s. 6d. Three per Cents., 15,385,5101. ls. sd. Three-and-a-Half Cents., and 432,4001. Exchequer-bills ; which, 'estimated at the average prices on the 20th of November, 1843, of the Three per Cents. and the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., would with an uninvested cash balance of 296,609/., have then nearly realised the amount of that balance ; but, estimated at the present market prices, would now exceed it. The esti mated deficiency on the 20th of November, 1842, was 263,029/. 18s. 9d., and on the 20th of November, 1841, it was as winch as 1,315,419/. Os. 10d. Annexed are some further results of this general account : Gross amount of interest credited by the £ s. d. Commissioners to the trustees 15,113,849 19 8 Gross amount of interest received by the Commissioners on the Stocks and Ex chequer-bills held by them on account of the trustees 12,942,657 7 2 Difference against the Commissioners up to the 20th of November, 1843 2,171,192 12 6 Difference against the Commissioners up to the 20th of November, 1842 Difference against the Commissioners for the year ended the 20th November, 1843 140,632 18 6 Less interest on Exchequer bills due up to the 20th of November, 1843 Actual loss sustained by the public in the year ended the 20th of November, 1843 134,356 10 2 It appears that no sa l es o f stoc k were effected during the last year, ended November 20, 1843, by the National Debt Commissioners on account of the trustees, to meet the pay ment of any sums demanded by the depositors, as has been usual during former years, but considerable purchases were made in stocks and Exchequer-bills, amounting in the aggre gate to 918,347/. ss. 4d. in the Three per Cents., and 680,2001. in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., and to 127,850/. in Exchequer-bills; the sums paid for which pur chases amounted to 1,698,407/. lls. sd. The amount cre dited by the Commissioners for Exchequer -bills paid off was 23,150/. Having thus exhibited the comparative state of the public accounts for the savings' banks in the years ending Nov. 20, 1842, and Nov. 20, 1643, we may quote from a correspondent the following deductions from, or illustrations of, that ac count : "The N.oveinbe a r v , e l r B 9 3 e , p l r v ic as e 9 o s f l t . h B e s. T 9 h d re ., e a p n e d r Cents.of the on t Tnr le 20th of a t a -and- a- Half per Cents. 1021. 6s. 3d., and hence — ,116 11 3 1 19 2 55:1 8 4. 7 58 4 25 , ;2 5 93 1 d 6 7. 1 17 . 9 7 3 5 . . 9 6 d d . . T T h r h e r e e e and-aper C H e n a l t f s. p a e : £12,287 Cents. at 1021. 6s. 3d.= 15,741,299 19 9 " Exchequer-bills 296,609 3 0 " Uninvested valance £28,757,425 14 0 " Estimated deficiency Due to the trustees on the 20th of No- Veinber; 1843 " The Three per Cents. reduced and Consolidated having risen since the 20th of November, 1843, between 3 and 4 per cent., the deficiency mentioned above no longer exists; but, on the contrary, a surplus. The general statement shows the bond fide purchases made by the Commissioners, and the sums paid ffir those purchases, and the amount so laid out. (1,698,407/. 11s. 5d.) being nearly equal to the increase in 1843—viz., 1,997,669/., shows that the toss, 134,356/.los. 21, must have arisen chiefly from the difference in the rates of interest received and paid by the Commissioners. With ra pidly increasing liabilities and loss as thus shown, it must be evident that the existing system requires to be carefully looked into. The returns sent in monthly and annually to the National Debt-office contain no data whatever upon which the Government can form an opinion how far an annual ex pense of 100,000/. or ppwards is justified. The only persons who have any means of forming such an opinion are the paid officers, and so long as the payment of. their salaries depends : on the amount invested in their banks resectively, they are not likely to volunteer much information." Another subject which may be said to have a connection with the savings' banks is that of the loan societies, which by the Act creating them 'require to have their powers re newed annually ; and as these societies have. led to very ,rent abuses to the great injury and oppression of the lower classes, the question has been started by a correspondent, whether the functions *of loan societies may not beneficially devolve upon the savings' banks, and be made the means of employing their surplus deposits. With respect, how ever, to the abuses practised by loan societies; they will receive a death-blow by the humane and judicious provisions of Lord Cottenham's Bill for the abolition of Imprisonment for debt, as the needy and disreputable attorneys who derive their chief practice from them, will be deprived of that instru ment of terror, upon which they chiefly depended for their system of extortion. Both that and the detestable tally system are alike threatened with extin c ti on b y th at Bill . But whatever becomes of the loan_ societies, it by no means follows that it would be right to transfer their func tions to the managers of savings' banks under the sanction of the Legislature. It is right to state, however, that instances exist at present of the union of the two systems in one esta blishment, aml that they are found to act well together. Thus the eocresmdent above quoted observes, that in the Liverpool Savings' Bank Loan Society" both operations are conducted in the same building, and under the same committee of management; that the plan has realised the expectations formed of it, and that the directors, in order to extend its benefits, have increased the funds by allowing depositors whose accounts have arrived at the maximum' to draw SIMS Rot 1)400041g incil,, 444 place them In the hand o of the l,r4StPcs at the loan society, for which they give a debenture, alloiing them five per cent. But it is obvious, however the managers of such transac tions may yes cause to congratulate themselves upon the prosperous iecirking of them, that the greatest ehia l p! meta ran ai'eff,`*Ong hg.silt; ft,R4 the difficulty or hicIPP4MitY lipiep'fing ttcleril a sum. cient GROtrGi tg' such consequences. There is one section, it seems, of the Savings' Banks Act, 9th George IV., cap. 92, which gives them the power to do this, inasmuch as it provides that the trustees of savings' banks shall not 1 prevent ........"-irem - inedepiiiiters to be `afie4 othon way than that pointed out in the e e : d s„ from te receiving -- ^ scctiitu.s paymient to the National Debt Com.. al points prevention with o f w t l h il a c t h t li h e e o L;gi ai s l i n a u tu al re ch m a i r l g l e h have q m.eas Yls e lng u .1 1 1 1 1 1 he , pri s. :lol: jP4 sustaining the aavinge' bank system, and also the nl protection aym aket against hem hereafter,too great a s t om an e d i3 ra m p i i o d d ir o i- f f b:a : i :r i t n r r a e s: a s s n rg a i e n r d i t The i nl thee ftainthdl i n tilo a e t 4t io hn i ef i 3 a G l oo d nv it e li r e n i i ilty, t the source i. of very great em barrassment to since the late rise the amount. of de 't enthe wh ich could not possibly . N s- eueen. produeed to that. extent he ul?ert o' the indnstvious daises, Act Priv b e ) 4 ' t s h i t 4 i a t . n l' nig"odie is ' futityct to evade the principle of the who 001 effect this, oeilini t3t l y s e fo o r ns a o n l o s t a b t er p . ar, A l n yo i u n l d d iv se i e d u u r a e l his little capital, obtain a better rate of interest, and escape from the property-tax. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ____ TAISEitSALL'S.- YESTE RDA Y. The attendance although more numerous than might have been expected, from the attractions of Chester, had little or no influence on speculation, and it would, there • fore, be absurd, under such circumstances, to attempt a quotation of prices ; suffice it to say that 20 to 1 (to 60/.) was laid against Campanero, 2 to 1 offered agst Ratan, 6 to 2 agst Ugly Buck, and 14 to 1 agst Orlando (take 12 to 1 about the Colonel's lot). Offers to take 20 to 1 about Ithuriel for the St. Leger. CHESTER RAbES—AVEDNESDAY. In no respect has our estimate of the attractions of the Cup Day exceeded the truth ; it has unquestionably proved the best, not only ss a great public holiday, but as a source of profit to the city, that has ever been placed on record—a consummation ascribable as much to the surpassing beauty of the weather, as to the in terest excited by the principal race. And if the event I turned out so favourably for the citizens, it cannot alto gether have been unprofitable to diet portion of the pro fessional speculators who open books on the publication of the 'Weights, and were lucky enough not to miss any. of the horses that came to the betting ; some, however, were not so fortunate, and, as is usually the case when a great favourite wins, have burnt theixfingera. It will be seen" below that twenty-six horses started, one mere than we mentioned in our last, as likely to show. The difficulty of getting such a field off upon anything like equal terms must be obvious to those who are acquainted with the course, and, had the ordinary system been adopted, it is more than probable that several false starts, if nothing worse, would have occurred; we were therefore the more agreeably surprised to learn that. the stewards had prevailed upon Lord George Bentinck to relieve the clerk of the course of a most responsible and unthankful office, and that his Lordship had devised a plan ex cellently suited to a large body of horses in a narrow course. It was simply to divide them into two divisions of thirteen each; their riders drawing tickets for theirchances of the first or second. rank. Having taken their positions, according to their tickets, nearly a quarter of a mile below the starting-post, they were paraded up to it with extraordinary precision, and got off without the slightest failure ' • it is impossible that anythi ng cou ld have been more admirably managed. Notwithstanding the crowd which encircled the cnurse, the day's sports were• brought to a close without a single accident that led to . serious consequences. In short, the only fault ,we feel bound to notice was the utter disregard of punc tuality ; a moderate allowan c e ma y a l wa y s b e conceded at provincial meetings, but two hours between the first and second races, and the horses walking about the course a great part of the time was a little " too bad." In future we would suggest that the principal races be run off at reasonable intervals, • and that the heats should be made subservient to the in terests of the publicans. The first race on the card was the Stand Cup, which ought to have been run at half- • past two o'clock; and about that time the horses were mounted and on the course, but it was at least twenty minutes before the bell rang for saddling, and more than half-an-hour beyond the proper time before. they were started—this, under a broiling sun, was no " treat" to the jocks. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. • GORHAMBIJRY, 1844. . Acceptances for the Gorhambury Handicap :—Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs, Bst 12 1 b-11<oscaus, aged, Bat 71b— Vitellius, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Iryrcanian, 4 yrs, 7st 101b= The Brewer, 4 yrs, 7st Sib—The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, Tat 61b—Rowland, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Cataract, 4 yrs, 7st 61b —Aukl Lang Synv, 4 yrs, 7st 4113—Quilt- Arnold, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Erntlian, 5 yrs, ist 31b—Yardley, 4 yrs, ist 21b —Bosphorus, aged, 7st—Antidote, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Emilie, 4 3 rs, 6st 71b—Fox, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—The Cure, 3 yrs, sst 101b—The Devil to Pay, 3 yrs, sst—Deuce Ace, 3 yrs, sst. EPSOM, 1844. Handicap for the Surrey Cup—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, 9st 101b—Gorhambury, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst 816—Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—New court, 4 yrs, Bst 3 1 b—,-Khorassan, 4 yrs, Sst 21b—John &Gaunt, 6 yrs, Bst—Lucy Banks, 5 yrs, Bst—Hydaspes, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Orion, 4 yrs, 7st 11113—Ben y Ghlo, 4 .yrs, 7st 101b—Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Scalteen, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Arctic, aged, 7st 10113—Mania, 4 yrs, 7st 91b —Cattonite, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 7st 71b— Thirsk, 6 yrs, 7st 716—Give-him-a-Name, 6 irs, 7st 61b —Blaekdrop, 4 yrs, 7st 61b-1-am-riot-aware, aged, ist 61b—Revocation, 5 yrs, 7st 516—Playfellow, 5 yri, 7st 51b—The Broken-down, aged, 7st 41b The,. Currier, aged, 7st 41b—Sir Robert, 5 yrs—Ar canus, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—.Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st 21b— Captain Flathooker, 5 yrs, 7st 216—Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs, Mt—Running Rein, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Reciprocity, 4 yrs, 7st—Naworth, aged, 7st--Epaulette, 5 yrs, 7st— Rowland, 4 yrs, 7st—Arnagill, 6 yrs, Est 131b—Mallard, 4 yrs, 6st 12113—EtniIlan, 5 yrs, 6st . 121b—Patchwork, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Fama, 6 yrs ' Est 121b—Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Tom Thumb, 4 yrs, sst 71b— Broadhoim, 4 yrs, Est 71b--Delapre, 3 yrs, Est 4113—Fox, 4 yrs, Est 31b—the Exquisite gelding, 4 yrs, 6st—The Curate, 4 yrs, 6st—Hemp, 3 yrs, 61b—Barbarina, 4 yrs, sst 41b-Vin Ordinaire, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Hashed Venison, 3 yrs, sst. The Ascot Stakes closed with 103 nominations. (RECEIVED, THIS DAY.) CLIESTER RACES.--THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Thrice round. Mr. Meiklam's TrueboY, 4 yrs Mr. R. W. litilkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, 5 yrs Mr. Gough's Fausta, 6 yrs Sir W. Stanley's, Forester, 6 yrs 3 to 1 on Trueboy. who won by a neck, Fausta a moderate third, Forester nowhere. The Dee Stakes of 56 Soya. each, h ft, with 200 added ; for 3 yrs olds, Derby weights. Grosvenor Course. Mr. 'Williamson's The Cure ...... (Rogers) 1 Lord Stanley's Ithuriel 2 Colonel Cradock's Infidel The following also ran :—Mr. Jones's British Tar, Mr. Copeland's Assay, Mir. Copeland's Imaum, Lord Westmin ster's Carol, and Sir R. Pigot's b c by Heron, out of Columbia. Even on The Cure, and 2 to 1 agst Ithuriel. The running was made to the first turn by Imaum, and thence at a good pace to the Castle Pole by Ithuriel, where The Cure went up, left him at the half distance, and won in a canter by five lengths ; Infidel a bad third. Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 100 soya., added to a Han dicap of 20 soya. each, h ft. Mile and quarter. Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, 9st 61b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 4 yrs, 7st 61b Lord Eglinton's Brevity (late Egidia), 4 yrs, Est 121 b 3 The following also started :—Sir W, W. Wynn's Rowland, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Mr. Price's The Lily, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. Worth ington's Gipsy Queen, 4 yrs, sst 121 b ; Mr. King's Yarrow, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. 5 to 4on Alice. The light weights had it all their own way to the lower end of the course, where the old mare took up the running, went on with it to the end, and won easy by a leegth. Philip second, and Rowland a bad third. The Selling Stakes of 5 stns. each, with 30 added from the Funds. Heats. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Dawson's Dalesman, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ...(Lye) 2 0 1 1 Mr Smith's; Morpeth, 6 yrs, 9st 21b Mr. Cook's Bedalian, aged, 9st 21b l O2 3 Mr. Tate's Sunflower, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b 0 2 3 dr Won easy. DERBY BETTLNG at CHESTER. 5 to 2 agst Ratan—taken 25 to 1 agst Bay Momus 7 to 2 agst Uglyßuck—taken 25 to 1 agst Orlando 11 to 1 agst Leander—taken 33 to 1 apt K. of theGipsies—t 18 to 1 agst lonian—taken 40 to 1 agst Mount Charles—t 20 to 1 agst Campanero 50 to 1 agst Qui Tam—taken PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT SPRING RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Lyneham Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, 2ft. :Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Cox's Sister to Ferneley, aged, 12st 61b (Mr. Carter) Mr. John King's Fee, 4 yrs, Ilst 61b ......... . ....., 1 2 2 Captain Cotton nd Eli, aged, 12st 81b 0 0 3 Lurd Elliot nd Mamercus, 4 yrs, llst 31b ...... 2 0 dis Sir W. Trelawney's Elf, 6 yrs, list lib ... 0 odr Mr. Crofton's Icarus, 12st 11114 0 dr 0 Handicap Plate of 507. Heats, once round Mr. Crofton's Sea Fowl, 3 yrs. 7st 6lb (Horseley, jr.) 1 1 Mr. Scobell's Cayenne, 5 yrs, 9st 91b Mr. Reid's Mona, 5 yrs, 7st llb Mr. Graham's The Ranger, aged, Bet 51b 4, 4 The Hurdle Stake of 5 sore. each, with 15 added, 12st each ; winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Heats about three quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Bereaford's Magpie, 5 yrs, 12st ....(Mr. Smith) 2 1 1 Mr: Crofton's The Fair Penitent, a g ed, 12st 6lb ...... 1 0 2 Mr. -Luxmoore's Grisett e , 6 yrs, 12st 4 0 3 Mr..Cudlip's Mary Ann, aged, 12st 121 b Mr. Graham's Ranger, aged, 12st fell ---- - LADY BROUGLIAM'S A SSEMBLY.— On Wednesday night her Ladyship had a brilliant assembly at the family , mansion in Grafton -street. Above 250 of the elite of seeiety met in the salons of her Ladyship. In the saloon the beau tiful tapestry presented to Lord Brougham by King Louis 1 Philippe, representing two bounds fighting over a dead boar, was greatly admired, and on one of the tables in the same apartment. was displayed a valuable piece of porcelain, also a souvenir from the King of the French, given to the Noble and Learned Lord when recently in Paris for the Easter holidays. Among the visitors we observed the Duke of _Wellington, Prince Wallerstein, Duke of Leeds, Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Lennox, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, his Excellency P r i nce C asteleleala, Mar chioness of Sligo and Ladies Browne, Marchioness Wel lesley and Miss Dl`TaviSh, Earl of Shaftesb urv , L a d y Harriet Corry, Earl and Countess of Roseberv, Viscouut and Lady Sarah Ingestre, Countess of )ssex and Lady Amelia Capel, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and Hon. Miss Barrington, his Excellency Baron do Cetto, Countess of Clarendon, Lady Jane Grimston, Earl am?, Ceam tess of Wicklow and Lady Harriet. Hewavd, Pie John and Lady Shelley, Lady Paget and Aliaa,la :Paget, Lady Duff' - ,,in, Earl of Auckland ant} lb% Mies Eden, Hon, r' p t. Ed e n, Mrs. A. Mentgemery and Miss Monta;".;inery, Lady Clinton and Mills Seymour, Hon. '. L'ei=eeen flower, Lord Elphin stone, Lord Ernest Bruce, Countess of Cliarlemont and Ladies l'onsonby,- Hon. Spencer Ponsany, Lady Elizabeth Palk, Lady LucyVaughap Ma. M. Ni„ues, M.P.. Lady Graham,Mr. Duff, 1 % :. 4. po Hoyaey,l4,l l ., and Miss de Horsey, Lord ,4 -L.,1 1 1 1 Y ' B 9oila all4lioil, A las Miller, Lord Ranelagh and ' CP.: . 6 ,.. 4**4 0 4106 Cfnilliefs of Jersey, Mr. andlfrs. Bradshaw, ..9441(4141tPant, Sir T. Gage, Lord Henry Lennox, Baron if Apt one Rothschild, Earl of Altamont, Lady Rolle, Lady liharles Somerset and Hon. Miss Somerset, ItiOt limi. George and Mrs. Dawson, Lord Lediadatc„ Ikttitie. D'Este, Lord Dudley Stuart.. ...- ' .a -ern IS OF er .- • .., -0- Ells • —Yesterdayots SOme gentle. ... n were fi shing in Mr. Feathereto l l=gn's water, on Laa g h ft brook, they sighted an otter, and with the assiatance of - a spaniel traced the fell spoiler a considerabl.a wax, sill h e "treed" —a teat in which otters arc iiot 54=eraity supposed to indulge. Losing sight of him hare, the pi scators, by some means, had their attention drawn fib the tre e , a d ecayed wil low, or "sally, " close to the waters edge, and having knocked on its trunk, a purring or squealing noise from the interior rewarded their research. The tree, a very rotten one, was quickly cut into, and there, a few feet above the water, was found the otter's nest with three fine cubsT,l4llve 4o gai 4e .d, and are now in the possession pf 1g. % 1 1 1 : 9gmkopgugb. The otter breeds twice a near; i t; ..n .itt-el7 ill itti case was believed to be the ow of thesekson,' and apparently about three wcais old. Close to the tree Were found a great quantity of bones and fin parts of fsh,,among which were the remains of, a salmon, so that either the parent otter must travel all the distance to Teme for prey, or else salmon have been recently In Leigh brook. We are aware that 20 years ago a salmon was caught still higher up, viz., beyond Starling's mill, but none has been observed in the brook lately.— Worcester Herald, LITE ATITRE. HISTORY OF IRELAND. Strange, London, 1844. Doctor Smiles, the - author of , this History of Ire , land, commences with the period immediatelv.pre-r. creding the Anglo-Norman invasion, and closes with the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act, in the' memorable year 1829. Portions of his work are written .with considerable vigour of style ; and his sketches of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; - and - of the debate: that soon after followed 'in theilouse of Com mons respecting the projected unicn with England, when the illustrious Grattan rose from the bed of sickness, in order to protest in his place against that project, are detailed atdengthin eicareful and circutn-. stantial spirit. The work is. Written in a cominend able spirit of moderation; and. the author justly ob ..serves in his preface, that "it is in no small degree due to England's , apathy and indifference as to her _fate, that Ireland's present sufferings are to be attri 'buted. When the English people and the English Government know _lreland, they will give up attempt ing to govern her by the sword—that old and used-up instrument of despots- . --and betake themselves to jus tice, employing instead of the weapons' of the soldier and policeman, the more powerful instrument of re-. dress." REMEDIES SUGGESTED FOR•THE PE RILS OF THE. NATION . • • Seuley and Burnside. London, 1844. The spirit in which this volume is written is highly commendable to the author, who exhibits him- self throughout it in the amiable character of a Christian and a philanthropist. After furnishing us with his impressions respecting the present state of the country, and lamenting the fierce hunger and thirst for gain that more or less pervades every class of the community, *he proceeds to suggest remedial measures for the distressing condition to which be eonceives the nation to be just now reduced. Fore most among his suggestions is one for lightening the labour-market, which is good so far as it goes, but can go but a little way toward& diminishing the evils complained.of. The author also insists on the neces sity of a system pf general education, which we, too, have always strenuously advocated, though . with no very sanguine hopes of shortly seeing the day when the system will be carried into execution. Of the merits of the proposal for a cottage-allotment scheme, we cannot speak with any confidence, for we do not exactly see our way through the arguments em 'ployed by the author; but we cordially agree with him, that an amelioration of the new poor-law is de .sirable, inasmuch as it contains a great deal that is oppressive in its character, particularly as regards the poorer classes of society, whose character it proposed to elevate by instilling into them a'horror of depen dence on public charity. MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). 7'AIT S MAGAZINE. .In his political article for the month, Tait, we are sorry to perceive, speaks in terms of hostility to the Tan Hcurs Factory Bill, adding, however, that " the triumph of Lord Ashley and the advocates of that bill, brief and precarious as it will in all likelihood turn out to have been, belongs undoubtedly to the class of great facts ; facts significant of the birth and growth of new ideas." Alluding to the Irish State prosecutions, Tait forcibly remarks :—" the Incar ceration of O'Connell will.do more to make Repeal serious and real, than two score more of monster meetings.- it will make it a religion ; and there never yet was a religion that was not ready with its martyrs, as many as might be wanted." The " Spirit of Aristophanes' is an intelligent criticism on some of the leading plays of this great Greek comic dramatist. "Episcopacy in Scotland," is a dry article on a dry subject. We quote a descripti on o f " th e O ver l an d er, " from a paper headed " Australian Sketches :" The men recognised in Australia by this title, are such as make it their calling to convey stock from the middle districts to the new territories. They are a migratory class, and have seldom any fixed place of abode. They are always changing, and always dissatisfied. When a new country is opened, the Overlander is in the very hey day of spirit ; for ho knows it will be a fortune to him. He purchases flocks and herds in the Sydney . districts, and starts for the distant territory. The journey is often one of no ordinary hazard : to traverse a country little known, encumbered with many thousand sheep ; where the difficulty of procuring water is often great ; and where no one, unless possessed of great intelligence, and accustomed to wander through desolate regions ; could thread his way. The Overlander, however, loves such a life for the very excitement it affords ; and he would not exchange with the easy and wealthy men of Europe. In personal appearance, the Overlanders are rough, dirty, half-shaved, and ill-attired ; the stranger would look upon them as of small repute in society, and as ignorant and poor. IloW would he be surprised to learn, that those men could tell deWn their twenty thou sand pounds ; that they claim kindred with the nobility of Britain.; nay, more, that not a few of them could correct a false quantity in Sophocles, and are versed in - the literature of all ages. Many of them' have travelled ever every country in the world, and acted their part in the gaieties and frivolities of a continental life ; and they pride themselves upon their knowledge of languages. Some of them have been extensive Merchants ; others, army and navy officers ; others, pro fessional men . ; but few of the Overlanders are cf mean extraction. Their business is not exactly confined to the transmission of stock, although this is what they prefer : they are likewise land speculators, and extensive graziers. It is no uncommon thing for an Overlander to hold stock -in nearly every district of Australia ; some of them have, also, thousands of acres of land in Australia and New Zealand. When a new township is opened, the Overlanders buy up the most promising town-lots, which they hold until the town is fairly e,tablished, and then dispose of them at an advance of a thousand per cent. Perhaps the most gigantic undertaking of the kind on record was that of the first Overlanders, who carried stock from New South Wales to South Australia. This party- started from the Port Phillip district soon after the formation of the South Australian colony, about the year 1837. • The route was totally unknown, except from the vague and conflicting accounts of the abori gines. The distance to be traversed was supposed to be one thousand miles; which, encumbered by a large num ber of sheep, would make the journey tedious, even if successful. Few expected to hear more of either the party or the stock when they entered the wilderness. Men shook their heads, and deemed it the rash act of insanity ; yet, the party reached Adelaide in safety, al though strange to say, they were in more than one in stance indebted to the sagacity of the friendly natives in their party, from being cut off, or perishing in the wilderness." OXFORD. Oxford was yesterday the Kelm unusual excitement. The morning trains from town, ai)4l the coaches from all parts of the country, brought up Vast Atibers of the clergy, all ap parently on one errand, and of one mind, as was proved by the result. At two o'clock the Convocation-house was filled to over-flowing, and the Vice-Chancellor proposed the new statute, which has already been fully disc usse d i n our co l u mns. It will be sufficient to mention here, that its object was to settle the existing perplexities as to the conditions and exer cises requisite for theological, degrees, by creating and grant ing to the Regius Professor of 'Divinity (Dr. Hampden at present) an absolute doctrinal authority in the matter with a reference, on questions of form, to the Vice-Chancellor. The statute was proposed in four clauses. The subject of the first was wholly irrelevant, relating to degrees in law,and seemingly introduced , to embarrass the voters, committing them, however, to a certain mode of examination, in a matter in which they would probably feel indifference By antici pation it showed the fate of the rest of the statute, and was rejected by a large majority. The second clause contained the proposed form of exercises, and was the substratum of the two remaining. It was rejected by a majority of 341 to 211 On the result being, declared the two last clauses were discreetly withdrawn by the Vice-Chancellor, and the Con vocation dissolved. It is said that Dr. Hampden himself and his friends voted against the proposed statute, on the ground that the reference on questions of form to the Vice-Chancellor was an invasion of his supposed absolute and irresponsible power in granting degrees. Among the non-resident mem bers were Dr. Hook, the Dean of Chichester, Archdeacon Manning, Mr. Edward Churton, and a host of other charac ters well-known by name both here and elsewhere.—Times. THE ANTI-STATE -CHURCH CONFERENCE. THIRD DAY.—CLOSE' OF THE PROCEEDDTGS. Yesterday the sittings of the Conference were resumed at the Crown and Anchor, Strand. John Dunlop, Esq., of Brocklock, took the chair. A long discussion as to forms of proceeding took place ; a paper (a laudation on Dissent) was read by the Rev. J. P. Murswell, of Leicester ; and the Rev. Dr. Jenkyn, principal of Coward College, Loncl,,n, delivered a speech, and pro posed a declaratory resolution as t o th e o bj ects and efforts of the convention. Finally, it was determined that' a society should now be formed, entitled ",The British Anti-State Church Associa tion," based upon the following principle—" That in matters of religion man is responsible to God alone ; that all legisla tion by secular gOvernments, in affairs of religion, is an en croachment upon the rights of man; and an invasion of the prerogative of God ; and that the application by law of the resources of the State to the maintenance of any form or forms of religious worship and instruction is contrary to reason, hostile to human liberty, and directly opposed to the genius of Christianity." The object of this 'Society would be the liberation of religion from all governmental or legislative interference, and would be sought by lawful, peaceful, and Christian means, and by such means only.. Any person sub scribing to the principle upon which the Society is based, and contributing not lesS than ls.per annum to its general fund, to be admissible as a member. It was also determined that a Conference should be convened once in three years. Dr. Cox, Mr. E. Miall, Mr. J. M. Hare, were elected secre taries to the new Soctetyc fifty gentlemen were appointed an -Executive Committee; an it Council was formed consisting of 500 persons from various parts of Great Britain and Irelabel. After a very long discussion, it was resolved that the fol lowing should be among the - modes of action to be adopted by the Society : "1. The collection and digest from Acts of Parliament, Parliamentary returns, and other authentic public documents, of all such information as may throw light upon the nature and tendency of State churches. - "2. The securing, by means of small prizes or otherwise,, original essays on the question of- State churches, adapted to the popular taste, and fitted to supply to the public, and es pecially to Dissenters, needful and useful information on the subject. "3 The employment of lecturers, voluntary or otherwise, under the sanction and direction of the Executive Committee, to explain and enforce the fundamental principle of the So ciety, to expose the evils which have resulted and are inse parable from any form of alliance between Church and State, and to rouse the public, and especially p.ofessed Noncon formists, to a due consideration of their duty in this matter. "4. The division of the United Kingdom into convenient districts, with a view to the holding of district conferences. "5. The formation, wherever possible, of local associations, for the purpose of diffusing correct information, and of bring ing public opinion .to bear, as prudence may dictate, upon the composition of the House of Commons, and upon the decisions of the Imperial Parliament. " 6. The promotion of the return to Parliament, wherever practicable, of men of known ability and integrity, conver sant with the principles of the Society, and disposed to avail themselves of all suitable occasions for exciting discussion upon them ; and the furnishing of such Members, when re turned, with all the special information the Society can command. . "7. The support of such Members whenever, upon intima tion from them, the council shall deem it advisable to agitate the question of State churches in the Legislature, by means of petitions t o the Muses of Parliaments, and memorials to the Throne, and in other appropriate and constitutional ways. " 8. The removal of, the question of national religious Establishment s as much as possible from un ler the influence of party f ee li ng; the placing it upon the ground of what is due to Chri s ti an i ty itself, and to the best i nterests, temporal and spiritual, of th e people, and the enlistment of the sin cerely re l igious of all sections of the Church of Christ, by energetic appeals to conscience. " 9. The employment of whatsoever means, consistent with the spirit of Christianity, may be adopted to promote the one great object of the British Anti-State Church Association.'" Some minor matters having been transacted, votes of thanks were passed to the gentlemen who had acted as Chair- Men, and to the Secretaries, and the Conference broke up. • THAMES GRAND REGATTA. Patron, his Royal Highness Prince Albert; Vice-Presi dents, his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, the Right Hon. the Earl of Ripon, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Lord Viscount Grirnston, the Vice- Chancelloe of England. Yesterday the committee, co mposed of the leading mem bers of the great aquatic clubs, to whose spirited exertions and liberal patronage the 'public are indebted for the esta blishment of this great aquatic banquet. met at the British Coffee-house, in order to put .the subscribers and others in p o ssession of the result of theirlabours of the last few months with reference to the forthcoming, great aquatic banqitet. J. D. BISHOP ' Esq., of the, ,cander Club, having take n th e chair, adverted to the greatoightence and weight added to the committee by the cOndekension of L rd Castlereagh and the Lord Mayor, who had Consewed to be President and Vice- Patron ' • and then proceeded to point o u t some difficulties which the committee had met . with,and under which they still laboured with respect to - thelime at Which the regatta should take place. Being most solicitous of avoiding any difficulty with the stewards of the -Henley Regatta, they had been in correspondence_ with them, and learned that they had ap pointed the 18th and.l9tit instant for their races, and after the most mature and • anxious consideration, they had felt ' that they could not incur the risk of failure by deferring the Thames Grand Regatta to a later pet iod than the 20th, 21st, and 22d. Since this another con:munication had been re ceived from Henley , in which the y had nominated th e 20th places, at Henley, the period at which th e re g atta shou ld come off was still un d er consideration, and the result w ould be duly an nounce d a t a seand must neces sarily 21st, and as t his would be ' mo st inconvenient to gentle menofmany contending entering at fur r t e p sarily desirous prevent future meeting,. as a lso the amou nt of prizes, the h ea t s , dis ances, &c.•• • The CIIAIRILAN then annnouneed th e following races for the ensuing Th am es Regatta :— Pair-oared race by gentle men, four-oared men, four-oared by ge nt lemen, s cu lle r ' s match with water • men, pair-oared match n wat ermen, eight-oared race with gentlemen, four-oared race with landSmen, double scul ler's race by watermen, with a match for 100/. with water men from all parts, and the addition of a race for 50/. amongst provincial watermen exclusively. The Citatastast having read over a list of subscriptions re cently received, to the amount of about 100/., amongst which was 10/. froM the .Royal Than-:es Yacht Club; 101. from t 4 Leander; 51, with a very pretty note from the Thoil n'sw. club), impressed upon 1119 c mlililte9 ;ilk .p,1114i0110 necessity of' their I,ltrn i t "P.O. swp,oft ertAer la ctilPqrrY 9 r t l n ik7 the publio such isi pr.tzts a§ Ina, bewort iy of competition. VIM meeting then broke up. We are happy to 83Y that the balance in hand froth last year amounts to 135/. 19s. 3d. - r ' --; - . crzATfi-011-tin; REV . W. CIIAPLis.—We have to announce the decease o f our venerable an d un iversally . Chaplin, of Bishop's t town, and one of the oldest d l s i e o t op n re u tn u f do r r e d e dn 1 nearlyffctrwiheunrtcl , h t i h n e h tai.liia.. a Rev. centurylV. th e pa s tor o f the In. 'ministers in the denuunnation. Mr. Chaplin was for a sh..rt time ass,ciated, as co• pastor, with his aged prede eessor, the Rev. Mr. Angus ; so that it is, we believe, a eentury since the pulpit, which th e y success i ve ly occu piedby his i, x emplary and unaffected piety, and by the firm ness and consistency pt his pelitiettl tipinionscnnited• o.)singular' amenity of manners, )un 9" n a sss vacant. ofhis thr Mr. vlo sde geal vie„, wns distinguished b) the l Chaplin ~, lie r( taim d to Violist a lively 'Concern in all the trans actions of the denomination to which he bi-lunged, and in all the public proceedings affecting the interests of evan gelical religion, or the principles of religious freedom.— Patriot. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. There is a moderate and well-reasoned essay in the present Number of this periodical, on the subject of "Fixity of Tenure," a subject which has of late begun to attract the attention of political economists in no ordinary degree. "Barrow's Life of Sir Fran cis Drake," is a well digested notice, accompanied by copious extracts, of one of the ablest and most authentic pieces of biography we have had for same years past. "Literae Orientales" contains some in genious specimens of Ottoman poetry. Of the few remaining articles, the best is that which is quaintly entitled " Nuts and Nut -crackers." THE DECORATIONS •of th© NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. The following are the heitils of the last report made to I the Gresham Committee upon the subject of the addi tional decorations propoied to ho made 0 Lk:Li - great na tional edifice. abcnt to be opened ; - - "TO THE JOINT COMMITXRP . FOR GRESHAM AFFAIRS." "In obedience.t9. order from this Committee on the report o! . 111r, ;4e, in relation to that additional sculp ture rtach he thetight desirable for the decoration of the _New Roya i l Exchange, whereby it was resolved, that an amount not exceeding 5001. he appropriated for that pur pose, and it be referred back to Mr. Tite further to con sider the subject, a n d to report to and ad v i se w i t h the Sub-Committee thereon, we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, yourSub-Conimittee do certify, that we have been attended by Mr. Tite, who was heard with respect to various additional decorations for the New Royal Ex change, both of a .sculptured and other characters, and who submitted for our consideration the propriety of erecting statues of her Must Gracious Majesty, , Queen Victoria, of Queen Elizabeth, and of :sir 'Thomas Gresham, and of making such other siatues might be deemed most appropriate for the vacant n i c h es , and also for the north and south front 4 a the edifice ; and that the Royal arms, with supprniers should also be placed in a conspieaous sit , ....ation, and was h ear d at length in explanation. "Of his views ; and we having taUan the subject; its we ll as the situations where several of the nrtiposed statues should be placed, into conlidera airecd with Mr. Tire's suggestion, and Were of opinion they should be forthwith procur e d, and placed as under The statue of her Majesty Que en Victori a i n t h e Elizabeth at the south-east, and which stood in the centre cen ,, t T re h o e f s t t h a e tu m e e o r f c (z ha u n e t t l' Le north-EV Corner of King Charles the Second, of the area of the late Exchange, a t h of the merchants' area. rner _ " The statue qf Sir Thotri C founder and patron of the esham, the eminent n s iabe over the etkst -,rance ; and . Exchange, in the great "The It , - ..oyal arms above the doorway at the west entrn ee. " By which arrangement the statues of the three Save , reigns, in whose reigns this national edifice had been erected, would appropriately decorate the exterior. " We thereupon directed Mr. Tite to apply to several artists for sketches and estimates; and, in consequfnce, of Mr. Tite's applications, we received proposals. — (Here follow the details.) Your Sub-Committee having considered the said proposals, approve of the principal, subject to such alteration as may, on farther considera tion,, be deemed expedient, and recommend that direc tions be given for the works, when finally approved, to be proceeded on with as little delay as possible. - "Amongst other considerations combined with the decoratiog of the new Exchange, Mr. Tite submitted to our noticethe propriety of having a tesselated or Mosaic' pavement for the merchants' areq„.4:stea4 of the pave ment - ctinteMplafed•by the contract. Ile also submitted a design, showing the nature of such pavement; and we, your Sub-Committee, having duly considered the same, recommend that tessalated or Mosaic pavement be pro vided for the said area, the pattern for the same to be submitted to and approved by your Committee. "In tho mural ,ot CUP prtirotki, Mit; Ti til Uri4frlmi under consideration the propriety of a4apting an ern• hellishMent in the ceiling of theanibubitory, by a series • of encaustic painting or paintings in wax in the forty-six ! ceulpartments - thereof, Lid before us a ) design by Preederiek Long, for - eieetiting - the *same, which •we• inspected and.heard him in-explanation of, and we %%eie also informed by him where works of a : similar nature had been executed in this country. - "We referred also to the. second report of the Com missioners on Fine Arts, in which allusions are made to -this style of painting, and,-deemind , ,the subject wqrtby the attention of the Committee, lave directed Mr. Tile to make a special report thereon, to which we beg to draw their serious consideration." The Joint Geshatu Committee having taken the report of the Sub-Committee into consideration, and Mr. 'cite baviegsent in a report, approyipg all the suggestions and proposals contained in it, adopted it unanimously, and votel the additional sums, which were stated to be ne teisal to carry outthe great object of affordi ng appro priate and highly-finished works of sculpture 'for the einhelliAment of the building. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS. • . (TAB PRESIDENT IN THE CHAIR.) • Arnie 30.—" A description of the method employed le- repairing a chimney 120 feet high 'At Messrs. Cew per's cotton. mills, Glasgow," by J. Cofthurst, was read. The means adopted were thus described: —Th e work man was provided with a broad lether belt, to which was attached a strong spring hook ; staple-shaped ladder irons, with flat jagged ends, were driven into the joints, one above each other, at intervals of fifteen inches apart, by the man standing on them in succession, as he ascended, until he reached the top, ; his safety was se cured by fixing the spring hto'k=e i teiriV. ladder iron immediately opposite his waist, which enabled him to use both his hands when working; a rope was also passed round his waist, and down inside the ladder irons, to support him in case one of the ladder- irons broke, or came out; he thus succeeded in removing some orna meatal plates of iron, which had been loosened by a storm. In descending, the workman took the ladder irons out, one after the other, the whole operation being performed in two days and a half—the total cost, includ ing a bonus of 5/. to the workman, was only 131. The first part of a paper, by Mr. William Fairbaire„ on the reduction of the magnetic ores of `Samakoff (Turkey), was read. It commenced with. reviewing the few attempts which had been made towards improving the methods of treating the richer iron ores both of Eng land and of foreign countries; the great English iron makers having restricted themselves to using the lean carbonates of iron, cn account of the facilities they offered for working; the great advantages which might have resulted, both in the quentity.and quality, of the metal produced from richer ore have been thus neglected. It is stirted that Mr. Ohanes Dadian, an active and enterprising Armenian, in the service of the Sublime Porte, brought to this country specimens of magnetic iron ore and of bituminous coal found in the district of Samakhoff, in Turkey ; he had them analysed at Pettis and iu England, and foUnd that the ore was nearly a pure oxide of iron containing about 63 per cent. of metal, that it was free from sulphur, arsenic, and other deleterious matter, and that there was mixed with it about 12 per cent. of silicious earth. Tho ore was described as being found in the form of a fine sand, covering extensive plains, where it had been deposited to the depth of several feet, probably by the action of water on the mountains around, where a simi lar ore existed in considerable masses. In consequence of the favourable report of the essayists, and acting on the advice of Mr. Fairbairn, Mr. Ohanes Dadian deter mined to persevere in his projects, and his attention being directed tq the process invented by Mr. Clay for producing malleable iron direct from the ore, as described in a paper read at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Feb. 14, 1843, he secured that gentleman's services to conduct some experiments, and subsequently engaged him to proceed to Turkey, to prosecute the working of the iron ore on an extensive scale. Mr. Clay's report, and that of Mr. Hague, were fully given ; they contained details of the various ingenious modes employed to work the ere, which, being in the state of fine sand, either fell unmelted through the fuel into the bottom of the furnace, or was blown out of the top by the force of the blast. At length Mr. Clay, thinking that if the ore could be deoxidized by a previ ous operation, it would be in a fitter state for fusion in the blast furnace, submitted it to a practical proCess, as far as causing it to form into lumps ; in that form it was easily fused, and produced cast iron of a peculiarly duc tile, fluid, and yet strong, character, of which speci mens were exhibited. Th e success o f this plan was consi dered so complete, that the preparations were imme diately commenced for erecting works in Turkey on a large scale. Incidental to the subject of the glassy scorie of the iron frames, Mr. Clay mentioned that he had studied Carefully the composition of crown glass ; he believed that he was the first to point out the true atomic charac ter of the glass ; that its qUality depended on the ingre dients being compounded' in certain definite atomic pro portions ; and that crown' , glass was a quinquisilicate of lime and soda. He arrived at these conclusions in the year 1835 ;.rand at the works of Messrs. Chance, at birmingham, it was fo un d th a t, on following the ;Idea he laid down, the production of 'a Constant quality bf glass was inevitable. He then treated of the pro duction of optical len ses , an d o f t h e ma k e o f bottle glass. The paper then returned to the forms of th e f urnaces proposed for working the Turkish iron ore ; the various modes of treating it, and the nature of the•fluxes, &c. ; concluding the first part of the piper with the details of the experiments made upon it at Manchester and at tne Backharrow works. The paper was so long, that the second part was reserved for the next meeting, the 7th of May, when the monthly ballot for members will take place. The following papers were announced to be read No. 679 (Second Part)--" On the relative strength, and other properties, of cast iron from the Turkish and brematite ores ;" by W. Fairbairn, M. Inst. C. E. No. 675—" Description of a pair of iron lock gates, constructed; in 1843, for the entrance of the wet dock at Montrose ;" by J. Leslie, M. Inst. C. E. No. 678—" Description of a coffer-dam used for clos ing the end of the building -slip at her Majesty's Dock yard, Woolwich ;" by B. Snow, Assoc. Inet. C. E. No. 670—" Account of the plan adopted by William Preston White for raising the lnnisfail steamer, sank in the river Lee, near Cork (Ireland) ;" by G. I White, Assoc. Inst. C. B. COURT OF EXCISE-THURSDAY. John Toplis, of 63, Bermondsey-street,_ tobacconist, wag charged, under five informations, with adulterating tobacco with sand, earthy matter, kc., on each of which information% hehad incurred a penalty of 3004 making a total of 1,5001., besides a forfeiture of the articles. Mr. J. Jordan, a Custom-house officer, stated that on the 19th of January last he went, in company with Mr. Donald, an officer of Excise, to the shop of defendant, and on seeing him told hint they had come to pay him another visit, and. wished to see his warehouse. He said they were welcome, and supposed they were come after the hogshead of tobacco. that had come in nn the previous night. When they got into the manufactory they found a pail full of liquid, and on witness examining, it found it contained earthy matter, which defendant said was, for the purpose of cleaning tobacco knives. The cutttrig engine was at work, which witness de sired might be - stopped, He examined the' tobacco in the engine, as well as some th a t h a d b een cu t , an d found it gross l y adulterated with earthy matter. Mr. Graham, Professor -of Chemistry at University Col lege, deposed that before submitting the tobacco to chemical operation, by merely shaking the leaves the adulteration fell out, which consisted of fuller's earth. He then proceeded to analyse the whole of the samples, and found them all adul terated with that earth to the extent of 12 per cult. The CHAIRMAN said the Court were of opinion the li'Arge penaltyhidb of 3 been fully made kdtee whole tioalne of thede convicted defendant to b defend e fanctet NIZW DEPTIE OVER THE MENAI ST.AAITS.—WO understand that the landed proprietors in thevieinityif the Menai-bridge oppose the passage of the railway, and . that .. it. II ' ' I - have to be made at the Britannia Rock, and will i I.e in% 0 N e a t is, therefore, probable the passage across the . Straits IN ilk least two arches of SW feet. 'Span. This will . the most THE RENDEZVOUS WINE AND SUPPER ROOMS.-- gigantic railway work ever undertaken.—Dublin Paper. .11 - estorday, at the Excise, Llewellyn Watkin Williams, of keeper. ofthe above rooms, it Bhmrydg andes. street,ee _notoriety,opo Drury-lane Theatre, , was charged ham p4ite with selling foreign wines without a l!cense : i w „ officers a Excise proved being served with foreign wines at the above premises, on the 6th and 14th of December last, which they drank on the premises. The defendant pletuled his distressed_ condition, with a family of eleven chiklren, and the Court. said, under the circumstances, they Would mitigate the penalty to NV. IGnriielatot:evjoiiiciinbgestssh'eills:knee poltacseploenndtidliefecsotin;iitnigeofaanged BIRTHDAY Or TER MARQUIS or WoucEsTrat. Marquis of Worcester, which will occur in Feb ru ar y. Bd. a or m a a th g e -- - uifioent entertainment will be given in Monmouthshire . An aotntthhee cohcerasistieonni.nzsce)fr Immense ox is to be roasted whole for the populace, in4vtl4ol%Nito,bo Agin court- square, Monmouth ; and a barrel of ale, which waa brewed broached Noble Ma rquis, ruis Journal. ii:l I be Yesterday, William Murray, of Alarmaduke-aireet, St. George's-in- the 4:ast, was fined, by th e E xc i se, 5 0/. f or having i n hispcosession and worki ng an illicit still. The convict Henry Jones, who saves the lives of the two naen at Devonport, was liberated on Thursday, having received a free pardon from hex Majesty, SUDDEN DEATH IN TUB, SIREE7e.--.An inquest was yesterday held by Mk. liiirgs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Jantea Hayes, aged 29. Deceased was a cad to the cab TR 0: iii St. ,lanies's-areet, and on Monday night ltsts while in - gcod spirits, and apparently in the enjoyment of ex,col_limit health, he suddenly fell down on the pavement tisensible. Ile was removed to the above-named hospital, where every exertion was made to restore him, but he never rallied, and died at about eleven o'clock the same night. Verdict—" Natural death." THE SEASON AND TIIII CROPS.—The present sea son has hitherto been one of the f i nest that we have had for p romo ting the growth of those crops several years for which aro already sown, and enabling the farmers tv prepare the • land for those which remain to be sown. In all the -counties of England, b e tween Liverpool and Southampton, as well as in Normandy and the other northern provinces of'France, in Belgium, in Rhenish Prussia, and in Germany, as far as. Frankfort, the wheat crops this year are most promising. We do not remember to have seen above half-a -dozen bad fields of wheat in a journey of a thousand or twelve hun dred miles. In general the plant is very thick, the colour good, and the promise of the crop excellent. The same ob servation applies to the oat, the rye, the clover, and rape crops on the Continent, and to the gratis i;eolis in England!, -In the limestone districts of Norm ady and in Flandees, tars well as in the rich district Vetween Mayence and Frankfort, the cloven are unAnAlv fine this year ! Mid it is a remarkable proof' of what may be "effe c t e d ley rich cultivation, Vasa :•thqColU . , a rape pl an t , w 4.5 at least a yard high, and i n full i blooth, n Easter week, between Malioes and Antwerp,: at a -titne*hen. it was even in bud in districts of France a couple of degrees further south. Owing to the heavy ' rains of March, and the general warmth of the first fortnight in& April, this and most other clops were as forward as they were ever known to be at this season all the way from Rime to the Rhine. In this neighbourhood, and throat:l(7*En . • , laud generally, they look as well as mkt be w —,1%0r.. theta Star.