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in favour of a system of agricultural statistics, had s first led him (Mr. Gibson) to look into the evidence tak en bef ore that Committee. He found from the evi dence that many eminent men were in favour of the views he now asked the House to adopt—more esPecially Mr. G. W e bb H a ll an d M r. S aun d ers . The former gentleman had stated that the agricul tural interest were in profound ignorance as to statis tical information—that such information would be of almost incalculable benefit ; and he had suggested that the machinery for obtaining it might Zobahly be supplied by the Poor-law Commission. I ne Right H on. B aronet opposite (Sir J. G ra h am ) ‘l a u , as a M em b er of that Committee, put questions to witnesses which justifi e d hi m (M r . M. Gibson) in hoping that he was favourable to the motion. The c haracter o f the questions put by the Right Hon. Gentlema n certainly justified such an opinion, for he nad particularly questioned Mr. Saunders as to whe ther or not a good system of agricultural statistics ' ni ght not tend much to produce steadiness of price. cif -- (Rear, h ear. ) There was a good deal of evidence the same character, with which, however, he would net then trouble the House. Now he might he told „ t l i at it would be very difficult to obtain this informs :3°a, and that h e was asking the H ouse to p l e d ge its e lf to an impracticable and wild scheme without going into any details to show how it was to be re gulated and wor k ed. But he begged to lay t h at t h e the y of devi s i ng details did not attach to h i m, b ut to oGovernment. It was for him to show the pro fof the p r i nc i ple to the House, and if approved was for the Government of the country to carry it out. They best knew what officers they had in their ftp, h e, who were most competent to undertake d atn and upon what department it ought to devolve. 13 e a PPealed to the Right Hon. the President of the e ltod ° t ard of Trade to allow the address to pass. It was u ncommon for Members of that House to move subsequent) to the Crown, on which the Government othsequently founded measures and passed them. It e . r ceuntries he found that this agricultural inford• _tatioe ate s e was obtained . ; for instance, in the Unite °' America, where the Commissioner of Pa- Presented an.annual agricultural report to Con eh It gave precisely the same information which b e tn i S rd to see furnished in this country. He might amountthat th e f armers wou ld o bj ect to s t a t e th e fut ure of thei r pro d uce, t hi n ki ng i t i nvo l ve d some idsitii,re taxation, or something more than merely fur had in g information. B u t a M r . Tremanhere, who pa il undertaken t o procure such information in five th t sll ,!s 13 37 himself, stated, in the work he published, th ou " e found no g reat difficulty. He said, that Ivi°lllgh the re mi ght be a little jealousy at first, yet Purpere the f armers found it was merely for the os „ ae of affording information he had n . o /irchension that they would refuse to give it. PeAf °r °lle, was prepared to vote for'an Act . of T he t ament to enable them to obtain this information. t ali ! ?used an Act of Parliament to obtain a re levy :L a the amount of hops when they wanted to getier-ittty, and an Act to enum . erate . the . peop s l e e w fo as r itif purposes . His simple object in this ca 1 11 ; rnia re t r r would be strenuously opposed to escaution criedPttltioe impose a tax on home-grown wheat. tli Right Hon. Gentleman would allow to pass, and not merely say that he th in take the subject into his consideration. No tTg could be easier than for every farmer in the 'wh ited I Cingdom to make a return of the quantity of 4d ..at, barley, or oats, which he produced, and great I,,veantage would result from it. /deny persons had a v ri ° PPosed to the taking of a census. Dr. Price, ties ere .e emine n t man, in writing a b ook on annui tlesiiad endeav oure d to s h ow t h at t h e popu l a ti on o f for m a ,u ; ntry had b een diminishing ever since the Re taini,7", and that, in 1797, it was only four or five that s ' If th e census h a d no t b een t a ke n , It error might never have been corrected let: ' ,, oul d - conduce to th e b ene fit o f th e agr i cu lt u ral and s aft to know exactly in what position they stood; for tr tu atecl by this motive, as well as by a desire f or tt e general welfare of the community, he moved uese returns. It should not be for a moment to r ` t r. l os ed that all those Whoadvocated a free trade in Thostw.eraenemies to agriculture; on the contrary, he Ile h(s)incerely desired the prosperity of agriculture. d cli ne Ped the Right Hon. Gentlemen would not e m acceding to his motion. Be th r. M r . B. GLADSTONE said, that although i t !e Were reasons of a particular kind, which made h stlotiPexPedient for the G-overnment to accede to t the to t in on the present occasion, yet be was fully. alivethe obj ec e t n riPortance and desirableness of achieving iler e gi vh ich the Hon. Gentleman . had in view. The . th e _ ?entletnan had quoted in favour of his motion En B ,l l3i nion of certainly the most _competent .ee. man in t Mr. Saun de. ' n d to give an opinion on the subject. P t 8 Live 00l also thought, that proper agricultural r i -atis ties vvo rP uld materially promote a steadiness o price I \ T°Nv he (Mr. G.) admitted the full force of rn at " eni ark---he felt that question was one of corn ,ooo interest —one which affected all classes of the gro wer alnlun itY, and was not confined merely to the corn ir tel t . r He further admitted that, at present, agri -41.4 al statistics were of a most vague and conjectu amueseriptiOn. Those who' were importers of corn, 44 d welt in the great seats of commercial activity, whi c h earls of arri v i ng at the state of agriculture „ f lc the i so l a t e d f armer had not. He had no means each ti ,! N viug ashat breadth o f land was sown with corn face, ne a r !'nor what produce the crops yielded. These assur e "plainand palpable enough, and he could l'ern rii : lion Gentl eman, th a t h er M a j es ty' s G o - should be he e.reatest anxiety that information fPr He fd, h owever, the 10,:, oho corn Le e eare 'tonourable Member was that much if earrie a Pre ir terms, u sive in its and that mong th e Would excite much apprehension : rid affairs far ming class that their condition spirit ; W ere to be scrutinised in too rigid - , or seine tuner would they, he feared, at least the desired 1 3e willing instruments in procuring hop es ln lnformation. The Government had been v,ould t hat the labours of the Tithe Commission is sub ject s itVlied much valuable intelligence on had to a certain extent furnished tac -lu t e ni r un b icatioe s hey 4 , of a satisfactory and interesting cha nt 'V did not give any simultaneous ac as not ~.,e , Ps and what they had now in view n eneti e , Me re , Y to ascertain what state the agricultural system of ere in at particular times, but a permanent great statistics by which the market might, to a !Kee e g re2, be measured. The Hon. Member had klee et , rna o t ! Lord Sidmouth having applied for certain e, o_ l on this subject, but those queries the stnpie Gen might see were not replied to in an Planof satisfactory manner. The most plausible ° f th e for obtaining information was that se the Poor-for obtaining Commissioners, but they repre iaform „Iffieulties towards the attainment of such did of a very peculiar kind.. On the whole, G id not think • esti tit would be advisable for the Hon. e roan °Ped th e - 0 press his motion ;at the same time he taeet Rouse would understand that the Govern we,,re not h os til e, or even i nd iff erent, to hi s a tk i PS i n 4 til e e Gov ernment .had already taken some 144 n "l matter although he admitted those steps 5 ,Y m i ° a t t l f . d, to sucCess. The Government did not see hov e means t u cans the object of the Hon. Gentleman,. to w , , laudable and desirable it might be in itself, aeoolict'e carried out, and therefore he did not think it Pla B . e ? L e right for the Government or the House to t i f to the motion. He would feel it his duty, aitiO4a. Gentleman declined to withdraw his reso eat 'he move the previous question. The Govern re e had Peated, were anxious to promote theobject ever y Tri l n view, and would seek its attainment by „ ri yans in their power. '01110;1'-`1RISTOPHER had no objection to the in- W oulIZ I being procured, but he did not think it t heref ore e Possible at present to obtain it. He should, k, oppose the resolution. 4etirraAROTHERTON did not think it would be Pre ss - h le s for . the H on . M em b er f or M anc h es t er to fir . motion. vn th MIL NER GIBSON withdrew the motion, Pow er ' distinct understanding that the executive the 0 1 3 4 , 1 _ ° f,tile G. overnment would be exerted to obtain e Jeet of his motion. thelether Orders of the Day were then read, and 'use adjourned at Seven o'Clock. [kb 11(ji. 'VUTISEMENT.] THE LORD MAYOR AND ttat:TWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—On the 14th . in- t ton,","les Stanley, a gentleman's servant, residihngusan (whi'ch"itYin, made an affidavit at the Mansiotn-ato (Staple his Lordship signed), to the effect h and qti,t!). had had twenty-six holes in one leg c! kr t„," In the other, and that he had been so afflicted h e Years and a half, and lately could only move by ' ti n e h4 e of . Crutches ; and from this state he made oath "int n , -een miraculously cured by Holloway's Pills andad faii,rnt, after a host of surgeons and one hospital / '- , iit 4 b l; t° , give him relief.—Sold at Professor Holloway's krati,`\`snment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had c,:t4t,Nhine;„.e.raiynidli I : e y d a l‘ lm nr o l s d t . all respectable Chemists through ~....artiq-,•'lttt SINGING •MousE.—About a month ago, Itar,: i -urYant, a shoemaker, and his wife, residing at 1 u!, al th an% in this city, heard, for a number a days . , a bird,cn ,el4eY thought, singing not far from the window; nul. to ei n that it was a bird building its nest, they continued 4 14• 1° Y the music, but did not trouble themselves further at ~ t the songster: One day, however, as they were sitting etaiLitle fire-side, a tiny mouse came nut' from a hole andm as. }inl4%,3:,beg to warble, and as the notes were the same . (4 ri leY previously heard, they concluded that a prize 140 ordinary Value was at large tinder their humble roof ! c,f ti ! the fortunate tailor in London, who became possessed lit ti `e first of the race, they adopted measures to catch the h av e creature alive, and were successful ; and the curious l'oNv e Ile * an oPPortunity of judging for themselves of the ti of this gifted mouse. he notes are subdued but dis llt- tiajnireeemble those of lark as it ascends towards 4 fili et 4- jt is an active little thing, and by no means__. kit with mauvaise honte whoa called upon by its indul eh). . wl lers to favour its visitors with along.—Gloucester i'hiet e . a bet; .ritAVAGAIic E.--- Mrs. Barger, of Petersville, Md., chill. eighteen months ago, was safely delivered of three fine .)4 0 ' c irer!, and the same lady, last month, presented her hus , A „, With four healthy children at a birth. Seven children . . reQh.teen months! Middleton Valley must have a soil so till e:ha that ,_A a rried folks will be afraid to reside there in ---"b Wtt544.-tatq lief 5.14.71, Loge . the Lot of ture ; e in rious a nd , for time, u nder re ?,rived r in- ble, 9 ' prO" 1060 0 itself sup' id nOt. 7eVe n t nerits , ention elution ie Pr?" d oroi overn - vqoll to t he i ve to elieV 64 ) on th e on the HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -- Never from the day on which it was first produced at the Teatro de la Fenice, at Venice, during the Carnival of 1823, up to the present hour, has Rossini's chefd'auvre, the Semiraniide, been so perfectly represented as a whole as it was last evening at her Majesty's Theatre. The following was the cast : Semiramide Arsace Mdlle. Favanti Assur Idreno Signor Corelli Oroe Signor Lablache. When it is recollected that, in addition to this strong cast, the orchestra, perhaps the finest in the world, was conducted by Signor Costa, and that the choruses were full, complete, and excellently drilled, we think that our musical readers will be inclined to agree with us in opinion that the opera of Semiramide has never before been so perfectly represented. It is a work of supero gation to praise the Semiramide of Grisi. Who that has ever seen her in the character can forget the dignified majesty with which she first enters on the scene, who can forget the expression of inward dread with which she utters the words, " E perche tremi e palpiti misero cor cosi," and the efforts which she makes to hide from her subjects her own feelings. But she is a doomed and fated victim. Then again, what can be more beautiful than her expression of joy at the return of Arsace? And then, in the last scene of the first act, what can be finer than her expres sion of the utter despair with which she is overwhelmed at the appearance of the shade of her murdered husband? - What a magnificent scene, too, is the opening of the second act, in which Assur threatens Semiramide, the partner of his crime. How majestically doess he express her contempt for his threats, and with what dignity does she bid him respect in Arsace his sovereign—yet, while she affects to contemn Assur, she dreads him, and this feeling of fear is ren dered still more manifest by her uncontrollable exclamations of joy at hearing the shouts with out, which proclaim the triumph of Arsace. Then what can be finer than her acting in the beautiful scene with Arsace, in which she discovers that he is her own son, commissioned by the gods to avenge his father's murder. With what an expres sion of utter despair does she utter the words " quale orror," as she covers her face with her hands on making the horrible discovery ; and then when she has recovered her self-possession, with what calm dignity and firmness does she offer herself as a victim to appease the manes of her murdered husband, and call upon her son to avenge his father by punishing his guilty mother. In this scene she was admirably sup ported by Favanti, who threw into the part of Arsace an exquisite pathos and feeling which contrasted admirably with the unbending dignity of Semiramide. At length the haughty soul of Semiramide yields ; with the most imploring accents she exclaims, " La tua bell' anima Ha ancor di me pieta," and, throwing herself into the arms of her son, gives way to all the feelings of a mother. This scene concludes with the beautiful duet " Giorno d'orrore," and never has this exquisite morceau been more exquisitely and feelingly given than it was last night by Grisi and Favanti, and we say this with the full recollection of Pasta and Pisaroni in the same cha racters. It was, of course, rapturously encored. Taken altogether, Semiramide is, perhaps, Grisi's most mag nificent impersonation. She was never in finer voice than she was last evening, and never sang or acted better. Our young countrywoman, Favanti, ap peared- to great advantage in the part of Arsace. Her opening scene was given with great power, and, what is more to the purpose, with great accuracy of in tonation. The aria "Ah ! quel giorno" was beautifully given, and afforded many opportunities of exhibiting the wonderful power and compass of her voice, of which she availed herself freely, always exhibiting, however, the most admirable taste in the embellishments which she introduced. Her fine rich contralto tones told with great effect in the concerted parts, and harmonized deli• ciously with Grisi's fine soprano in the beautiful duet to which we have before alluded. Her expressive, but somewhat pensive cast of countenance, and her fine and commanding person, were admirably suited to the part. Her costume was rich, elegant, and appropriate. She looked completely the boy-hero. Fornasari, who has quite 'recovered his voice and his health, threw himself with all his accustomed energy completely into'the part of Assur. His Assur of last season was -a glorious sketch —his Assur of last night was a finished picture. He is now completely at home in the part, and consequently gives us those lights and shadows and mi nute tones of colouring which last season he could only faintly indicate. Lablache made a character of Oroe. This part has usually been entrusted to inferior artists, so that we were not aware of its capabilities until last evening. In the scenes with the Queen nothing could be finer than - the quiet dignity which he infused into the character. As compared with the dignity of Semiramide, it was the dignity of repose con trasted with the dignity of action. Very fine was he in the scene in which he invests Arsace with .the symbols of royalty, and when he informs Arsace of the secret of his birth, and bids him avenge his father's death, he seemed an impersonation of the spirit of justice, majestic, implacable, calm, yet terrible from its very calmness. Corelli as Idreno was infinitely superior to Conti, who sustained the part last season. He had but little to do, but that little he did well, and sang the music of the part with great taste and sweetness. Signor Corelli is evidently making his way with the habitues of the Opera, and bids fair, at no very distant day, to become a great favourite with the Opera audience. At the fall of the curtain, Grisi, Favanti, and Fornasari, were called for, and received with the usual honours. Between the acts of the opera the Polka was danced by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot ; and after it the beautiful ballet of Giselle was revived, in which the fair. Carlotta resumed her original-character. The house was crowded te suffocation •-long before the commencement of the opera. The boxes presented a most brilliant appearance, as they were almost all occupied by ladies attired in the magnificent costumes in which they had attended her Majesty's Drawing-room in the morning. The display of diamonds was quite dazzling. • THE TEN HOURS' BILL. --- It is quite dear that, however much Lord Ashley and some-other advocates of a diminution in the hours of labour may be influenced by feelings of humanity, a very large number of those who support a Ten Hours' Bill do so from very different motives. Amongst these motives we believe one of the most prominent is 'a motion, — which, however absurd, is very sincere,—that the Legis lature can so regulate the hours of labour, and the con sequent production of manufactures, as to raise prices, and consequently advance the interests both of manu facturers and workmen. This is evidently the opinion not only of parties who take a prominent part in the ten hours' agitation, but also of the great body of work people who, join in it, who flatter themselves that the di minution of the hour's hrlabour will cause an increased demand for . their services, which will bring them all into full employment, at advanced wages. Of course, if this opinion is well founded with respect to factory la bour,: it must be equally so in reference to all other employments; and, consequently, if the present attempt should be suc cessful, we may look for an interference on similar grounds, with the labour of artisans and workmen of all descriptions, and especially in those branches of em ployment in which, from any cause whatever, there happens to be a superabundance of labourers. If these cannot be all profitably employed for twelve hours a day, the new philosophers will say that they ought to work ten, or eight, or six, or such other reduced number of hours as may be fourid adequate to the desired end of furnishing the whole with employment ; and we may ex pect that the Legislature will be, if not very profitably, at all events very fully, engaged in regulating the hours during which tinkers and tailors, and shoemakers, and all. other handicraftsmen and workmen, may be per mitted to labour in their respective vocations, con sistently with the new principle of interference. Amongst the parties who would be likely to set up ur gent claims for the interference of the Legislature in this respect, we know of none who could make out so good a case as the agricultural labourers ; whose numbers, it is well known, are more. in excess than those of persons engaged in any other employment. If the condition of cotton-spinners and power-loom weavers can be im proved by shortening their hours of labour, and increas ing the number of persons required to perform a given quantity of work, why not try the experiment upon labourers in husbandry ? It is clear that, with their present term of labour, there is not.work for all ; and therefore we would recommend to the Hon. Member for Oldham, or some other Member of Parliament, who takes the same view of the question, to consider the pro priety of bringing in a Bill to restrict them to eight, or to six, or to four hours a day, with the view of trying how far such a change would tend to improve their con dition. If diminution of labour is a good thing, let them have plenty of it. We are aware that some of the farmers would be dis posed to allege, that they could hardly afford to pay their present rate of wages for ten or twelve hours' labour ; and that, if restricted to six or even to eight hours, they must either diminish wages in the same pro portion, or give up their farms. We do not, however, see any difference in this respect between them and cotton spinners ; and, if the restriction of labour in the one case will prove generally beneficial, it can hardly fail in the other. Perhaps, however, as a diminution in the produce of labour is to be the great panacea for national distress, the best plan would be to pass an Act of Parliament for tying up the left hand of every labourer, for fear he should perform too much work ; and, if that should not be sufficient, let him labour with both hands tied to gether, which will surely answer the purpose. We recommend this plan to the serious consideration of those gentlemen who advocate the Ten Hours' Bill on grounds of commercial advantage.—Manchester Guardian. THE LATE FIRE sT\N CLERKENWELL —Wednesday morning a fire broke out, at No. 5, Upper Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell, which was *ended with circumstances of a very distressing character ! no less than fifteen persons, who resided in the house, having been deprived of every article of furnitUre and clothing, and reduced to a state of total des titution. A subscription has since been opened for their re lief, and it is to be hoped that the public will not be back ward in rendering assistance, and that such a sum will be raised as will enable these poor people to obtain both a home and clothing. Mr. Drayton and Mr. Tidmarsh, of 30, Upper Rosoman-street, will receive subscriptions, and afford every i n f orm ation relative to this very dist ress i ng case. _ THE PEER AND THE T AILOR:The/4/0777/e states, that the Marquis de Louvois, who died a short time since, passed at his estate all the time that he could spare from pub lic affairs. One day a travelling carriage arrived at the village of —. The traveller, who was ill-tempered, found fault with the postillions, and insisted on seeing the post master. A man appeared at the post-house, modestly attired ; he addressed the traveller as follows : " I shall wait on you instantly, I only require time to put on my full dress coat as a Peer of France: The postmaster was the Marquis do Louvois, and the troublesome traveller his tailor, who had realised a large fortune. TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1644, THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM. The Queen held a drawing-room, the second this season, yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal suite arrived from Bucking,ham Palace in four of the Royal carriages at two o'clock, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. The Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward received her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and conducted them to the Royal closet. His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived, accom panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by . Count Mercy d'Argenteau and Major A. d'Hanins de Mqerkerlce. His Majesty was received at St. James's Palace by the Vice Chamberlain, who conducted his Majesty to the Royal closet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended the drawing-room. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. In the Royal suite were the Mistress of the Robes, the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting ; and other Ladies of the Bedchamber ; Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Waiting, and the other Maids of Honour ; Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mrs. Brand, Lady Gardiner, and other Women of the Bed chamber ; the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting ; Hon. Captain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting ; Col. Buckley, Equerry in Waiting ; Marquis of Granby, Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert • General Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting ; and dolonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms were on duty in the State Rooms, commanded by' their standard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson. In the Foreign Diplomatic circle, the following pre sentations to the Queen took place : Le General Baron Stjernerona, by Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister. Le Baron C. de Bjornstjerna, Officier d'Ordonnance de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norwege, by Count Bjorn stjerna the Swedish Minister. The Count de Farrobo, a Peer of Portugal, by Baron de Moncorro, the Portuguese Minister. Le Prince Zurlo, Gentilhomme de la Chambre; and le Prince San Severo, Officier de la Garde d'Honneur de sa Majeati Sicilienne, by Prince Castelcicala the Sicilian Minister. _ _ Le Colonel Comte Koutousoff, and le Capitaine de la Marine Imperiale, Monsieur de Glasenapp, Aides-de- Camp de sa Majests Imperiale de Russie, by the Baron de Neumann, the Austrian Minister. The Foreign Diplomatic circle was attended by the French Ambassador and the Countess de St. Aulaire, and Baron de Talleyrand, Attach 6 to the Embassy ; the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna, and Baron de Bjornstjerna, Secretary of Legation ; the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer ; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister ; Count de Potion, Sardinian Minis ter, and Count Revel, Secretary of Legation ; the Por tuguese Minister and Baroness de Moncorvo, M. Lobo de Moira, Secretary of Legation, and le Baron de Lagos; M. Alejo Fortique, Venezuelan Minister ' • General Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, and M. G. Ca nofari, Secretary of Legation ; Count. Kielmannsegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wurtem berg Minister ; and le Baron de Linden; Madame Bunsen, lady of the Prussian Minister ; the United States Minister and Mrs. Everett, Miss Everett, and Mr. Rives, Secretary of Legation ; the Da nish Minister and Countess Reventlow, and Baron Brockdorff, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Nieurnann, Austrian Minister, and M. de Hummelauer, and Count Esterhazy ; the Mexican Minister and Ma dame Murphy, Mr. Joseph Murphy, Secretary, and Mr. B. Muriel, second Secretary of. Legation ; M. M. Mos quera, New Grenada Charge d'Affaires, and M. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to tha Mission; B Iron Thile, Prus sian Charg6 d'Affaires, and Baron Witzleben. Captain in the Prussian Royal Guards ; M. Stratenus, Netherlands Charge d'Affaires ; Chevalier de Ribas, Spanish Charge d'Affaires, and Victoriano de Pedrorena, second Secre tary to the Mission. The general company present at the Drawing-room included the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waitidg ; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir Edward Disbrowe, her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the King of the Netherlands ; Mr. Turner, late her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni patentiary to the Republic of Colombia ; the Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland; Sir George Philip Lee, Lieu tenant of the Yeoman Guard ; the Master of the Cere monies; Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Mr. S. March. Phillips, Under Secretary of State of the Home Offiee ; Hon. and Rev. Edward Keppel, Deputy Clerk of the Closet ; Mr. Ralph Gore, Groom in Waiting to her Ma jesty ; Captain Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, Groom of the Bed Chamber to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Captain Sir Andrew Green, Naval , A.D.C. ; Colonel Dyneley, C.B. ' - Colonel H. Ben tinck, and Colonel Oldfield, Royal Engineers, A.D.C. to the Queen ; Colonel Sir George Couper ' Bart., First Equerry and Comptroller of the House hold to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; Major-General Sir E. Bowater, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Colonel Richardson, Royal Horse Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Rev. Montagu Wyn yard, Chaplain in Ordinary in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunco Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Honour able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Ar&s ; Mr. Ellerthorpe, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeoman Guard ; Captain S. Sadler, Exon in Waiting ; Sir Samuel Hancock, Exon of the Yeoman Guard ' • Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S. ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent for the Hanse Towns ; Chevalier Hebeler, his Prussian Majesty's Consul-General ; Mr. Frederic Peel Round, Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederic Smith and Cap tain Courtenay Boyle, R.N., Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentleman Usher to her Majesty ; Colonel 'Goodwin, C. 8., Gentleman Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting ; Colonel W. Drummond, Scots Fu silier Guards, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; and the following Ladies : DUCHESSES—NorfoIk, Dowager Bedford. MARCHIONESS—WeIIesIey. COUNTESSES—Norbury, Arundel and Surrey, Pem broke, March, De La Warr, Leicester, Dowager Win-, terton, De Salis, Morton, Wicklow, Granville, Hadding ton, Clarendon, Clanwilliam, Jersey, Nelson, Dowager Carnwath, Dowager Somers. VlscourrrEsses—Dowager• Galway, Adare Emlyn, Ashbrook, Barrington. LADIES—Yarde Buller, Sondes, Ellen Douglas, Geor giana Toler, Byron, Disbrowe, Jernima Eliot, Pollock, Macdonald, Mary Sackville West, Gardner, Maria Kep pel, Mosley, Frances Nelson, Trimleston, Aberdour, Howard Douglas, Adeliza Manners, Worsley, Elizabeth A. Smyth, Gore Booth, John Russell, Emily Cavendish, Mary Ross, Rivers, Denman Harriet Moore, Bouchier, Walsingham, Caroline Bathurst, Teynham ' G. Stuart Wortley, Harriet Paget , Frances Howard, Mary Monck, Grace Vandeleur, Montresor, Palmer, Cremorne, James Ross, Frances Hotham, H. Durham, Rachel Russell, Clementina Villiers, Wharncliffe, Mary Lambton,'Xin naird, Francis Egerton, Stanley, Georgiana Fullerton, Frederic Smith, Louisa Cavendish, Frankland Russell, Fremantle, Maria West; Elizabeth Villiers, Champagne, Mary Phipps, Charles Beauclerk, Green. Carew, Far quhar, Cornewall, Alderson, Mary Stephenson, Laura Money, John Somerset, Mary Stanley, Howard de Walden, Jane Howard, Frances Cole. HONOURADLES—Mrs. Richard Denman, Miss Den man, Louisa Eliot, Miss Mulles, Mrs. Kenyon, J. Albinia Irby, Mrs. Thomas Erskine, Mrs. Percy Davison, Mrs. Hely Hutchinson, C. Maria Barrington, Lady Cockbury, Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Miss Flower, Miss Care*, Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs. R. H. Wrightson, Mrs. Ramsden. MADAME—Efebeler. - Ba ]S c l k E h s o D u A s .3 e t , E s—C o Howley,lqu h er o u r n a n , t ,Antho Richa r d ny J elf, de J . o p t h . s A c h l e i l x d ander, Edward Buller, S. Martin, J. Abel Smith, Charles Lushington, Vivian, Beresford Taylor, Williamson, Roberts, Robert Allfrey, Matheson, Denistoun, Torrens, Brereton Trelawney, Robert Bagshaw, Colonel Parkin son, Grant, Thoyts, Kingsaull, Heys, Henry Beauclerk, Mercer, Guy L'Estrange, Ashworth, Longford Brooke, Garth, William Turner, Packe Reading, Champagne, Harry Barr, Bagshaw, Edward Mayne, Douglas Hal ford, J. N. Talfourd, Pemberton, Whitelock, Reginald Curteis, Elphinstone, Weld, Chester Master, Ed ward Horsman, Long, George Wyse, T. Somers Cocks, Senior, Beauchamp St. John, Dodd, G. Wilkinson, Her bert, Ireland Blackburne, C. G. Wynne. MISSES—Grant, Yarde Buller ' Pollock, Grace Pollock, Mary Monk, Letitia Mosley, Julia Grant, Catherine Backhouse, Jane Backhouse, Ellen Alexander, Fanny Alexander, Erskine, Julia Erskine, Disbrowe, Smyth, Fanny Smyth, Long, De Salis, Douglas, Horatia San ford, Katharine Colquhoun, Colquhoun, Ross, Maria Farquhar, Tennent, Wynne, Chaytor,Louisa Fitzgibbon, Shuckburgb, Caroline Bellew, Emily Bingham, Tre lawney, H. E. Blackburne, Bingham, Torrens, Geraldine Perceval, 'Alderson, Rosa Ravenshaw, Georgiana West, Fitzgibbon, Garth, Anne Fane Parry, Cole, Heys, Mow bray, Weld, Lucy Heys, Mercer, E. Av'ena Blackburne, Hely Hutchinson, Mary Anne Weld, Ellen Jane Carew, Julia Frankland, Selina Garth, Fanny West, Campbell, Henrietta Heys, Turner, Mactavish, A. March, Phillipps, Edith Mercer, Senior, Caroline Paget, Trafford, Jane A. Streatfeild, 'M. G. Wilkinson, Fanny Cole, Dorothy Streatfeild, Mathews, Wyse, Whitbread, Cornewall, Louisa Hubbard, Marion Ely, Charlotte St. John, Mon tresor, Freemantle, Green Wilkinson, Rathurst, Cathe rine Bathurst, Halford, Webb, Bagshaw, Farquhar, Antlinetta Reynolds, M. Storer, Madeline Alexander, March Phillipps, Juliana Somerset. The following Ladies had the honour of being pre sented to her Majesty : Mrs. Grant, by the Countess of Morton. Mrs. Richard Jelf, by the Countess of Morton. Mrs. 3. D. Alexander, by Lady Pollock. Mrs. S. Martin, by Lady Pollock. The Countess of Arundel and' Surrey, by the Duchess of Norfolk. The Countess of March, by the Duchess of Richmond. The Countess of Leicester on her marriage, by the Duchess of Bedford. Lady Francis Nelson. by the . Countess Nelson. Lady Aberdour, on her marriage, by the Countess of Morton. Hon. Mrs. Richard Denman, by Lady Denman. The Hon. Louisa Eliot, by Lady Jemima Eliot. The Hon. Georgians, Albinia rby, by the Hon. Mrs. Wrightson. Miss Grant, by the Countess of Morton. Miss Letitia Mosley, by Lady Mosley. Miss Mary Monk, by the Hon. Lady Cockburn. Miss Grace Pollock, by*Lady Pollock. Miss Fanny xFauanlnida A lexander. n e y r. Alexander, by her mother, Mrs. J. D. Miss Ellen Alexander, by her mother, Mrs. J. D. Lady Fran k r l a a n nd R Grant , by yuLassedll3 Denman. l Lady W a l s i ng h am, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady - Teynham; on her return from the Continent, by Mrs. Wynne Yorke. _ . Lady Caroline Bathurst, by her Gr ace the Duchesiof Buceleuch: . - Lady Montresor, by the Dowager Countess of Carn wath. Lady (James) Ross, by the Countess of Haild;ngton. Lady Rachel Russell, by the Duchess Dowager of Bedford. Lady Georgiana Fullerton, by Lady Rivers. Lady Elizaeth Villiers, on her marriage, by the Countess of Jeysey. Lady Green, by the Hon. Mrs. Campbell. Lady Carew, by the Countess of Charlemont. Lady Laura Money, on her marriage, by Lady Mary Phipps. Lady Howard de Walden, on her return from Lisbon, by the Duchess of Buceleuch. Lady. Jane Howard, by the Countess of Wicklow. Hon. Mrs. Percy Davison, on her marriage, by Lady Harriet Paget. Hon. Charlotte M. Barrington, by the Viscountess Bar rington. Miss Rase Ravenshaw, by Lidy Charles B:auclerk. Miss Selina Garth, by Mrs. Garth. Miss Julia Frankland, by her mother Lady Frankland Russell.. Miss Mary Anne Weld, by her mother Mrs. Weld. Miss fanny West, by her aunt Lady Maria West. Miss Garth, by Mrs. Garth. Miss Ann Fane Parry, by the Countess of lladdington. Hon. Miss Ellen Jane Carew, by her mother, Lady Carew: Miss Campbell, by her auut, Mrs. Langford Brooke. Miss Ellinor Avena Blackburne, by her mother, Mrs. Ireland Blackburne. Miss Ilely Hutchinson, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Hely Hutchinson. Miss Mercer, by her mother, Mrs. Mercer. Miss Matilda G. Wilkinson, by her mother, Mrs. Green Wilkinson. Miss Jane Anne Streatfeild, by the Countess Delawarr. Miss Trafford, by her aunt, Mrs. General L'Estrange. Miss Caroline Paget, by Lady Harriet Paget. Miss Edith Mercer, by her soother, Mrs. Mercer. Miss Adelaide March Phillips, by Lady Denman. Miss Mactavish, by her aunt, the Marchioness Wel lesley. Miss Turner, by her mother, Mrs. Wm. Turner, Lady of Mr. Turner, late her Majesty's Envoy Extraordi nary, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia. Miss Senior, by her mother, Mrs. Senior. Miss Louisa Hubbard, by the Hon. Mrs. Hubbard. Miss Cornewall, by Lady Cornewall. 'Miss Whitbread, by the Countess of Leicester. Miss Wyse, by her mother, Mrs. George Wyse. Miss Mathews, by Lady Palmer. Miss Dorothy Streatfeild, by the Countess Delawarr. Miss Fremantle, by her mother, Lady Fremantle. Miss Montresor, by Lady Montresor. Miss Charlotte St. John, by the Right Hon. Lady St. John. Miss Raiford, by her mother, Mrs. Douglas Halford. Miss Catherine Bathurst, by her mother, Lady Caroline Bathurst. Miss Bathurst, by her mother, Lady Caroline Bathurst. Miss M. Storer, by her sister, Mrs. Whitelock. Miss Antoinette Reynolds, by Mrs. Reginald Curteis. Miss Lucy Bagshaw, by Mrs. Bagshaw. Miss Madeline Alexander, by her mother, Mrs. J. D. Alexander. Miss Juliana Somerset, by her mother, Lady John So merset. Miss Louisa Fitzgibbon, by Lady Cremorne. Miss Long, by her mother, Mrs. Long. Miss Torrens, by her mother, Mrs. Torrens. Miss Clayton, by the Countess Dowager of Winterton. Miss Shuckburg, by Lady Mary Phipps. Miss Emily Bingham, by Lady Goraßooth. Miss Geraldine Perceval, by her sister, Mrs. Matheson. Miss Trelawney, by her mother, Mrs. Brereton Tre lawney. Miss Alderson,.by her mother, Lady Alderson., Mrs. Robert Bagshaw, by Mrs. Bagshaw. Mrs. Brereton Trelawney, by Lady Frankland Russell. Mrs. Torrens, by . Lai - ay - Macdonald. Mrs. Grant, by Mrs. Dennistoun. Mrs. Thoyts, by the Marchioness of Douro. Mrs. Mercer, by Lady Henderson Durham. Mrs. Harry Barr, by Lady Grant. Mrs. Champagne, on her marriage, by Lady Champagne. 1 Mrs. Edward Mayne, on her marriage, by Lady Frank land Russell. Mrs. George Wyse, by Lady John Russell. Mrs. Thomas Somers Cocks, on"her marriage, by the . Countess Dowager Somers. Mrs. Beauchamp St. John, by Lady John Somerset. Mrs. Vivian, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs. John Abel Smith. Mrs. Beresford Taylor, by the Dowager Countess of Carnwath. Mrs. Robert Alfrey, by the Countess of Egmont. Mrs. Matheson, on her marriage, by the Countess of Egmont. Miss Rose, by Lady Jemima Eliot. Miss Maria Farquhar, by Lady Farquhar. Miss Tennant, by Lady Worsley. Miss Grant, by Mrs. Dennistotin. Mrs. Whitelock, on her marriage, by her Grace the Duchess of Bedford. Mrs. Reginald Curteis, by Mrs. Howard Elphinstone. Mrs. Chester Master, on her marriage, by her mother Lady Cornewall. Mrs. Edward Horseman; by her, mother, the Honourable Mrs. Ramsden. • Honourable Miss Carew, by her mother, Lady Carew._ Madame Hebeler, the lady of his Prussian Majesty's Consul-General, by Madame Bunsen, the lady of the . Prussian Minister. Viscountess Adare, by the Countess of Carnarvon. Lady Gore. Booth, by the Viscountess Mare. Lady Emily Cavendish, on her marriage, by Viscountess Emlyn. Lady Mary Ross, by Lady Jemima Eliot. Lady Bourchier, on her marriage, by Lady Charlotte Copley. Lady Harriet Moore, ' on her marriage, by the Duchess of Buccleuch. The following gentlemen were also present at the Drawing-room:— DUKES—Rutland, Norfolk. - MARQUIS - Es.ntsa-Belfast, Leicester,. Aberdeen, Wicklow, Had dington, Beverley. VlscoUNTA—Adare; Barrington. Lortos--Foreiter, Sondes, Trimleston,Byron, Wal singhani, Alexander Lennox, Arthur Lennox, Glenelg, Dinorben, Carew, Charles Beauclerk, Henry J. Lennox , Wharncliffe, Stanley, Ki nn ai r d , John Russell, Cre morne, Aberdour. - . • BIGHT Hossourtame—Sir Robert Peel. HONo c u a it v a e n nd s.E ls r ; Lloyd:: Kenyon, Richard Denman, Phipps, Lt.-Colonel Robert S. Carew, A - 1 .-P.s Charles S. Butler, Rev. Mr. Monckton. to r z s o t u n s , COUNTS—Erlach, Baptiste t a .Ssas—Oswald Mosley, Bart., John Croft, ax T. and S., Francis Shuckburg Bart., ThomaS Freman tle, Bart., M.P., Charles Monek, Roger Palmer, Robert Robert Rev. A C u Gore Booth, - Woodbine Parish, K.C.H., Robert Frank land Russell, John Hare, Geo. Houlton, Robert Comyn, John Yarde Buller. Trevor,.Tohn .t REVEREND DOCTOR—JeIf. DOCTOR—SU t herland. , REVEREND MESSIEURS—Henry Arthur, Woodgate, James O'Brien, J ames N ev il H e ard, Provost of Eton. MESSIEURS-=Samuel M ar ti n Q.C.; John G. Hub bard, M.P. ; J o h n -B oot h, Anthony De Rothschild, Thoyts; Alexand e r M ac ki nnon, J o hn .Forbes ? Weld, Billingsley Parry, T. S. Forman, M.P. ; Robert Bag sham, Herbert, Thomas Smilers Cocks, junior ; Robert Dennistoun M.P. • Pulsford,. Stephenson, Wy se; M.P.- •, Middleton Berry, Dodd; M.M.P.• R. H. W r i g h tson , Richard Magne, Senior, Beauclerk,lL Travers, Samuel Whitb rea d, , Howard Douglas Halford, Elphilistone, M.P.; Grey,' Stanley; Marry Cotton, James Duncan Gibb, John Eld, Summers Ilarford, Ireland Blackburne, M.P.; W. Stuart; -Farquharson, Joseph Weld, Green Wilkin son, Bagshaw, Frederick Cavendish, Kingsmill, Murray Cowell. - FIELD-Mansnes..—The Duke of Wellington. GENERALS—Sir. Robert Gardiner, Sir Lewis Grant, Turner, Lestrange, Sir B. Carnae, Mercer, Sir J. Bathurst, Anderson. COLONELS—Sir George Couper, Bart., Malcolm, Hon. L. StanhoPe, Hon. R. Fitz Gibbon, Fluish, Vandeleur, Hon. H. Hutchinson, Oldfield, A. B. Taylor, W. Miles, P. Davison, Money. MAJoa—J. W. Henderson. CAPTAINS—Cuddy, Bedingfeld, Storer, 11. Paget, Perceval, Bathurst, G. Carey, Whitelock, J. Richardson, W. Cole, Bateman. B. John, Joseph. LIEUTENANTS—FuIton, R. Smith, G. Turner, C. Gordon, L. Mackinnon, Montresor, H. Mercer, F. Lister. ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Rowley, Sir Philip Durham, rich broche lavender and white satin, lined with gros de iciples, and tastefully ornamented with tulle passementerie and nceudsoliibbon,_ enibroidered blonde petticoat; trimmed en tablier, with tulle and ribbon, blonde, berthe, and sabots. Headdress, feathers, lappets, and diamonds. THE HON. Mess GEORGINA Inny--Train and boddice of azure blue marie, ornamented with roses, clematis, and tulle; dress of white glace silk, richly flounced with lace. Head dress and ornaments, ()stn.* feathers, pearls, and diamonds. MRS. CHARLES LUSHINGTON—White satin dress, richly embroidered in gold lama; train and body of white and gold brocaded satin, trimmed with beautiful gold blonde lace ; Court plume. of white ostrich feathers, tipped with mara bouts and gold; blonde lappets ; a magn4icent diamond tiara ' • diamonds, earrings, with a superb emerald and diamond necklace, and emerald and diamond stomacher. MRS. ' HOWARD ELPHINSTONE—Train of rich pink poult de sole trimmed with point lace and nceuds de rubans ; slip of white satin, covered with Honiton lace with deep flounce. Headdress, plume, lappets, wreath, and diamonds. Miss REYNOLDS.-Court costume, composed of a white tulle dress and tunique, over -blue glace silk, trimmed with Bouquets of mixed hollyhocks; train and body of ri , :h white watered silk, trimmed with tulle and "bows of blue ribbon; body and sleeves ornamented with blonde and flowers. Head dress,plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. Miss DOUGLAS HALFORD.—Court costume, composed of a tulle dress and tuniqUe over satin, trimmed with bouquets of mixed sweet peas ; train and body of rich pink watered silk, trimmed with blonde and ribbon. Plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER, Aldermen HUNTER, GIBBS, &c.) William Read was indicted for that he did incite and pro cure one 'William Simpson to feloniously and maliciously cast away and destroy a certain vessel, called the " Coliva," on the high sea, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, and also of the Central Criminal Court, with intent to prejudice divers persons as part-owners of, or under writers to, the said vessel. There were several other count s , varying the form, in one of which 'the captain (Simpson) was charged as a principal in the felony. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the jury, and then pro ceeded to call witnesses ; but as the case was so recently before the police-courts, and was then so fully reported, it will be only necessary to give the evidence of Simpson who had pleaded guilty. Captain W. Simpson was then brought into Court in cus tody, and conducted to the witness-box. He stated that in 1840 he entered the employ of the prisoner first as a mate, and then as commander of the Colina. He continued—After making a voyage and returning to Ipswich, I told Mr. Read that the vessel was leaky, and I had left her at Harwich for repair. After that I went out in her again, and being still leaky, she was put in the prisoner's ship-yard, and again re paired. When I told the prisoner about the vessel, he said "It's a bad job you did not sink her." To that I replied "If she bad gone down we must have gone down with her." (The witness gave his evidence in a very rambling manner, so that he was at length placed on a bench near the Judge.) The prisoner afterwards said,- I must make a voyage to Newcastle to take a cargo of coals to Rotterdam. I told 'him she was not in a fit condition for it. The pri soner determined on her going. I sailed from the north towards Rotterdam. When we neared the Brown Bank the wind was S.W. by W. On Monday morning I saw several fishing smacks about three miles from me. After I had been some time in my berth I got up and went into the cabin. I cut away a piece of plank and bored two holes with an auger, and the water ran in. After I had done this I waited half an hour below. I called the mate and told him the vessel had sprung a leak, and that the water was running under my bedstead. I ordered the men to the pumps, and they pumped half an hour. I told the mate we had better leave her, and we put out the long-boat. The crew took their clothes, and I took mine. After we got into the boat we lay to near the stern of the vessel about an hour and a half. A foreign vessel bore down upon us and took us up, and - then we were put on board a smack, to the owner of which I gave the long" boat. We were conveyed to London by the John Bull steamer. When I got to Ipswich I told Read all about it, and he told me not to give the particulars to Mr. Alexander.—The Court then adjourned. SECOND DAY, APRIL 18. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SHEA—The letters pro duced are in. my handwriting. I wrote two of. them while the Colina was in the Tyne (river), and one of them from Shields. The-Colina is' registered at 156 tons of coals. I think the freight of coals for Rotterdam would be about 901. or 951. The provisions and stores of the vessel might be worth 30/. When the vessel sank'she was about sixty-nine miles from Rotterdam and about eighty from the Texel. The mate and a boy slept in the cabin with me, but they were on the deck when I bored through the timber of the vessel. I will not swear that the boy was not in his berth at the time. I believe he was not. My reason for that is, be cause that night he was the mate's watch. Ido not think that I told anything to anyone until March, 1843. In 1843 Mr. Page questioned me as to the fact of the Colina having been sunk on purpose.. I said to him (Page) that there was no truth in the story, for it was quite accidental. The vessel was rather deep in the 'water, in consequence of her heavy cargo. I bored the holes about four or five feet under water.. It was done with a trenail auger. lam unable to say what diameter such an auger would prodUce, probably about an inch and .a quarter. I do .not know that the size of these augers vary according to the tonnage of the vessel upon which they are employed. I called the matedoWn to find out the leak. He did not call me down, nor was lon deck. When I was at Glasgow I believe that I threatened . to be revenged on Read for dismissing me from the Ranger. I must have been intoxicated at the time if I said, " Read shall never build another vessel at. Ipswich if I can help it." This (a letter handed to him) is my handwriting. [Put in and read.] "Newcastle, Jan. 4, 1844. " Sir, —I received your letter this morning, dated the 28th. You wish to know the particulars of what was stated. I can assure you that I never said to any one that was paid to lose the Colina, nor that I had lost her purposely, or that _ _ I had been uncomfortable ever since. This must h - ave arisen from the letter sent from Barking ; but, Sir, I can clear you of the report, and myself likewise. I expect to leave next Saturday, and if so, I am in hopes that I shall be at home in a few days,- and get all these false reports settled, and ?lived to be false. " I am Sir, yours BLc "To E. Page; Esq., Ipswich. - "W. SIMPSON." Cross -examination continued by I.lf. Sergeant Sun . A.—l did say that I had sunk the Colina purposely to Gardener,,and afterwards wrote the letter which has just been read. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Sergeant SHEA addressed the jury for the prisoner, and proceeded to call evidence. James Hudson—l am surveyor of the port of Stockton. In June, 1840, the Colina was in a yard there for repair. I examined her, and gave directions as to the repairs, as well as a surveyor. When - complete I certified that she was in good repair and seaworthy for four years. She was a better vessel than most of her kind that I have been in the habit of seeing. Her timbers were good, and her tonnage 150. I valued her at 71. 'per ton. I made a report at Lloyd's respect- . ing her. I have been connected with ship-building more. than forty years. I examined her thoroughly, and considered her sound and seaworthy. Henry Sadler, the mate of the Colina when on her last voyage, deposed that he was on deck when she sprung a leak near. midnight. The ship had been pumped in the cus tomary way every four hours. She made about three inches of water in four hours. At the time she sprung a leak there was a " cross-grained" sea, which would try a vessel very much. Finding the water gain fast I called the master, who was in bed, and told him that the ship was making water fast.- lam sure he did, not call me. There were seven of us on board, and we all worked at the pumps, one of which got choked. Captain Simpson gave the necessary directions for working and saving the vessel. The men worked at the pumps without intermission till one in the morning, when we found there was no hope of saving her, so we lt)isted out the long boat. We lay to near- the vessel a good while. No galiot was near.us, but we were picked up by the Sarah fishing smack, and transferred from her to the John Bull steamer. Cochers-on the Moselle, at Carlsruhe. and even in some cities on the Danube. What is still more significant of public opi- Mon, they-continue Lazollect. eigaalrsres at and about Wurtz burg, in Bavaria, the royal order to the cbitriFyiffit - witliz' standing." Mr. O'CONNELL then read a long letter. addressed to him by Ferdinand Waller, Professor of Civil and Canon Law at the University of Bohn, Knight of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle and of the PaPal Order of St. Gregory. We can find room for only the following extract : "Your exertions and labours for bringing about the ame lioration of Ireland's social condition, have long attracted the attention of all civilised nations. But in your public rely Lions a crisis has occurred : where a mere silent interest will no longer suffice. Hence, from various parts of Germany,' Men appear before you, Sir, personally to record in this letter, the expression of the feelings that animate them in your regard. " You have, Sir, achieved many and great things in behalf of your country. You have put an end to the rude dissen- ' sions and bloody contests, which once disfigured your beau tiful land, and degraded her in the eyes of Europe. You have rd . -awakened in your nation the sense of human dignity i ' and confidence,- that ages of misfortune had depressed ; you have made it clearly apprehend the value of these tars 1 greatest blessings that man can possess—religious and civil liberty. But while you have inspired your countrymen with the boldest hopes, you have ever set before them, with the utmost earnestness and energy, the severe nioral conditions, wheeeby the fulfilment of such hopes can alone be deserved. You have become in a manner, whereof histoi y furnishes no similar example, the leader of the masses; but you have be came so, by breathing into them the same nobility of -soul that animates your own bosom. "All this, Sir, though a mere private individual, you have accomplished by the power of words, which, artless and un adorned, like your last speech to the jury, you have addressed to your true-hearted countrymen. For the diffu sion of your sentiments you have had recourse to those forms that constitute part and parcel of those ancient liber ties whereof every Englishman is proud—and you have thereby accomplished extraordinary, prodigious things. We, who are habituated to another state of society, have often, not without a certain degree of apprehensiou, followed the course pursued by you. But we were tranquillized by your solemn assurance that you would strictly keep within the limit of pacific and legal measures, we were tranquillised by the possession of that moral power you possess, and which has ever inspired you with the certain assurance• of being able to restrain the multitude also within the bounds pre scribed." The Association, said Mr. O'CONNELL, had those docu ments before them, and they could judge what were the feelings of entire Europe on this course of conduct. - Yes, the people of Germany approved of that conduct, and it now only remained for them to continue to deserve that approbation. —(Hear.) Their German friends were right. They would continue to preserve the peace, no matter what would happen. They owed it to themselves, to their country, and their God, to remain perfectly tranquil. And as for him (Mr. O'Con nell) whatever terms of concession he might have been in duced to listen to from the enemy while at large, from the moment he entered prison he would indignantly reject them. He called, on the people of Ireland to be rejoiced at this ex pression of feeling. In France there was a great anxiety to see justice done to Ireland, they had refused to join the Jaco binical party there, but that did not lessen their zeal to see the wrongs of the Irish redressed. America was with them— and had they any doubt that Germany was with them also? Mr. O'Connell handed in 1001. from Virginia. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said lie had to hand in 351. from *themen of Carric-on-Suir. Mr. O'CONNELL handed in 100/. from New York ; it was collected at a meeting of the Repeal Association, held there on the 27th instant; he moved that it be referred to the Sub-Committee to express their gratitude to their American friends for their unbounded generosity. Mr. RAY read a letter from-Mount-Savage, Allegheny, inclosing 201. to the funds of the Association. Mr. O'CONNELL handed in 140/. from the Toronto Repeal Association ; also 20/. from the Seven Years' Operative Bakers. Mr. O'Connell wished that the Repeal wardens would take measures to procure signatures to the petition, which it was the intention of the AsSociation to lay before the House of Commons at the earliest period. . We subjoin a copy of the petitlon . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE COSISIONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the parish of , in. the county of , Ireland, " Humbly Sheweth,—That a Bill has been lately intro; duced into your Honourable House, entitled A Bill to OW . and amend the Laws which regulate.the Registration, Qua lification, and Polling of Parliamentary Electors in Ireland,' which, while it purports to increase the Parliamentary fran chise, of Ireland, must, if passed into a law, inevitably ope rate to dirninish those franchises, where bond fide existing, and to cause the creation of a large number of fictitious and servile votes. ' " That the said Bill contains a clause enacting a 301. fran - chise in counties, based on the poor-law rating, which your petitioners submit would introduce a qualification altogether too high. " That, if a valuable franchise, based on a poor-law rating, could be instituted, it must be on a rate at the lowest sum at which the liability to be rated is fixed by the Act for the relief of the poor. " That there are but a very limited number in Ireland who can register under the second new franchise to be created by this Bill, viz., that of Si. holders in fee, or on perpetuity leases; but that this franchiSe will facilitate the creation of a very large number of fictitious - votes, in addition to those already put on the register by.landed proprietors in Ireland, by means of the rent-charge franchise. " That the taking away from the 10/. freeholders - the ne cessity of occupation to qualify for voting, will be another means for the multiplication of fraudulent and fictitious votes. " That the giving ofvotes to tenants-at-will, at the amount of rating proposed in this Bill, cannot fail to operate, as it has done in England (where it was introduced by what is generally styled the Chandos clause,' in the English Reform Bill), viz., to create voters totally dependent on the will of their landlords. • • " That the adoption of the solvent-tenant test exclusively, and the abolition of the beneficial test, in dealing with the 10/. franchise in counties, will, according to the statement of the mover of this Bill, diminish the number of electors by two-thirds. That the framers of this Bill, affecting, as they do, to grant an extension of franchise,-had it in their power to effect such extension; by adopting the. beneficial interest-test ex clusively, instead of that called the solvent-tenant test : • yet they reject the enlarging, and adopt the restricting test; and, at the same thrie, have the boldness to assert, that they ,wish to extend the franchise. " That there are very many objections to this Bill—objec tions both of principle and detail; but.your petitioners con sider that they, have said enough to show its character: and feeling that it is an attempt to strip Ireland of all legi timate right of voting, and to transfer that right to the op ponents of popular rights, solemnly protest against this con duct on the part of her Majesty's Ministers, and call respect fully, but firmly, on your Honourable House, to reject this' Bill, and prevent so insulting and injurious a measure from passing into law. "And your petitioners will ever pray." Mr. O'CONNELL then read the following address to the people of Ireland : . " TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. "Conciliation Hall, Corn-Exchange, April 16. " Fellow Countrymen,-1 - should wrong you exceedingly , if I entertained the slightest doubt of your obeying my re peated and distinct advice - that you should not allow any thing to lead you into any violence or breach of the peace whatsoever, no.matter what the provocation may be. "In the next week the sentence will be passed upon us, who are called convicted conspirators,' but who are guilty of no Crime. "But you would be guilty of a great crime if you were to commit any act of violence, riot, or tumult. You would be a criminal against your friends—you would harrow up my heart-with sorrow and affliction; you would strengthen your enemies—you would disgrace and injure your friends, and you would ruin the sacred cause of repeal. " Under these circumstances, I do not entertain the least apprehension of any outbreak. I know the people of Ireland are too wise and too good to commit any crime, or to be guilty of any breach of the peace. You must know, for I assure them solemnly of the fact, that the way to carry the repeal, is by perfect observance of the peace and of the law .; nay, I have not the least hesitation in pledging myself,' that by the people following the peaceable course, which I strongly advise—in fact. I may say command—the repeal of the union is not far distant. The last resources of our enemies are being exhausted, and the restoration of the Irish Parliament cannot be remote. 'Peace and perseverance' constitute our motto and our duty. Perfect peace, through perseverance, and, believe me, the repeal is certain.—l am, fellow country-. men, your ever devoted and faithful servant, "DANIEL O'CONNELL, Chairman of the ComMittee." Mr. O'NEIL gave notice, that on the next day of meeting; he would m - ove'that lest the Repeal Association should sud: denly be dissolved, the Secretary should be directed to take down the name of the mover and the seconder of such a motion, and that it should be read on - the next day of meet ing, after such resolution has been moved.--(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL was glad of the notice of motion ; it could do no harm, and it might do good. No person could pos sibly anticipate a sudden dissolution of that Association. — (Cheers.) However, they could discuss the motion more at length on the next day of meeting. The five seamen and Chaplin, the apprentice, who were on board at the time, confirmed this witness. Many witnesses were called as to the character of the pri soner who were seated on the bench, and in different parts of the donrt. Among them were—William May, Esq., the pre sent Mayor of Ipswich ; John May, Esq., his brother ; and several Aldermen of that borough ; as well as merchants, shipowners, and gentlemen of the highest respectability. IVIr CLAxsaw replied. Mr. Justice MAUL summed up. He told the jury that the prisoner stood indicted for being-au accessory before the fact, of a felony alleged to have been committed by one Mr. Simp son, or in the terms of the indictment, he was charged with procuring and in c iting Simpson to commit the said felony. Having made some prefatory remarks, his Lordship read over the prolix evidence, and remarked, as he proceeded upon the prominent features of it, and pointed out the many contradictions. His Lordship in conclusion, made many re marks favourable to the prisoner, and left it the jury to say whether a person of such a character was guilty of such an offence as that imputed to him ? The jury without a minute's consultation, pronounced a verdict of Not Guilty. Plaudits proceeded from the audience on hearing the de cision. . The prisoner Simpson was then brought to the bar, and asked whether he had anything to say whyjudgment should not be passed upon him according to law ? The prisoner replied, I have spoken nothing but the truth. The Learned JUDGE told him that he stood convicted on G.C.B. CAPTAINS—Sir Richard Grant, Sir A. Green, T. Fre mantle, Sir T. Bdurchier, Sir J. Ross, Thornbrough, Castle. COMMANDERS —George Mends, A. Baird, R. Streat- i n Waiting, and the C a pt a i n o f th e — ve F a . u Le die g n h c , e H to od t g h k e in o o n r . d feill. L Chamberlain, h e L T F tE ei t re Queen N e T ge s ar Guard. After - the Drawing-room her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal suite, returned to Buck ingham Palace. The Count de Farrabo, a Peer of Portugal, was pre sented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday by Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. LADIES' DRESSES. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—COUTt costume, composed of black crape dress over silk, richly trimmed with jet and cordeliere ; train and body of rich black damask, trimmed with crape and jet. Black feathers, crape lappets, and jet ornamen ts. DUCHESS OF BEDFORD. —Train -of handsome black satin, a bouquets d'or, lined with black silk, elegantly trimmed with gold ribbon, and looped with bows; body and sleeves richly trimmed with gold lace ; skirt of rich black satin, handsomely trimmed with goldblonde and satin ; a profusion of diamonds and rubies • Headdress of fe athers, • and splendid parure of diamondsamd rubies ; lappets of gold lace COUNTESS OF LEICESTEL—COUrt. costume composed of a tarlatane dress overglace silk, trimmed with Brussels lace flowers ; train and body of rich• white brocade, trimmed With Brussels lace; plume of feathers, Brussels lace lappets, and diamonds. TUX COUNTESS OF UHARLEHONT.—Court costume en &NM], robe of black crape .cropee dessous 4'l{6 glace silk; the dress elegantly trimmed en tablier,. with,coques and.raches ; train, en suite. Headdress, feathe rs and la pp ets. • Tine HON. MRS. R. D E smAN.---Coetume do Cour ; a very' rich blue and white broche dentelle poult de sole; train, looped with agraffes of blush roses; corsage en eceur, orna mented with rich rena i s sance lace, lie, the, , and sabots; white tulle illusion. dress- en, ,tnnictue, trimmed with blush roses over rich white glace gros iteaddress, plume of feathers, rich renaissance lace lappets and ornaments. • Tim Box. Airs. WELD.---Cwttune de Cour, composed of a his own confession of a very heinous offence, and he had aggravated it by an attempt to implicate and jeopardise the lives of others. You are either guilty of the crime of perjury, which is not so punishable as that of casting away a vessel, or you have in reality sunk the ship. Prisoner—l did so, my Lord. Mr. Justice Maule—Your case is one in which I can see no mitigatory circumstances ; the sentence of the Court, there fore, is, that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life. But though small consolation, it is yet a certain fact, that if evil does not work out its own cure, it brings with it the punishment of its authors, for find ing themselves thus treated in their parish churches,. the people, naturally sensitive and discriminating, and also deeply imbued with religious feelings, have left those scenes of slight to themselves, and of insult to their religion, and have sought other communions, where they can hear the Word of God in -their own language; where, if they find less or thodoxy, they find more charity; where, if the mysteri ous symbols of the great atonement are not distributed under the sanction of the mitre and the cassock, they are at least received in the confident assurance of a charitable spirit, and of the existence of sympathy, Christian communion, and brotherly kindness. These' are spiritual comforts which the Church of England, or rather, as before intimated, that rotten branch of it, the Church of 'Wales, often withholds from the great bulk of the people, and the people are their own aven gers. In the'diocese of Llandaff, there are parishes containing twenty thousand Dissenters, with not jive hundred Churchmen! LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Mona, Milligan, from Van Diemen's Land, off Falmouth, sailed from Launceston 26th December ; George Buekham, Simpson, Singapore, at Liverpool, sailed - sth. December, St. Helena 27th February ; Albion, Robertson, Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed 26th November ; Janet Wilson, Wilson, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed 18th December, St, Helena Bth February. Arrivals at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land—Here ford, Reabam, December 1, from Sydney, and to load fur London.; . Aden, Waddell, 23d, from London, bound to Sydney. Arrivals at Hobart Town—Davidsons, Cairncross, 2d December, from Portland Bay ; Marian Watson, 7th, from Portland Bay ; Amelia May, Ann and Louisa, 13th,..from Sydney ; Grecian, 12th, from whaling ; Janet Izat, 17th, Jane Francis, 17th, and Auriga, 21st, ill from London ; Maria Orr, from whaling. Departures from Hobart Town—Henrietta, Longford, Dec. 4 • Orator, Tayt, 4th to Sydn e y ; R egu l us , Hun ter, 12th to Port Philip. The Psyche to sail Dec. 22, and Duke of Roxburgh, 31st, both to London. Arrivals at Adelaide—East London, Lewis, Nov. 2, from Hobart Town, to load for London ; Imaum of Muscat, 9th from London, and sailed 18th to Port Philip; Corsair, Greig, 16th, from London; Frances 'Spaight, Winn, 24th from London. Arrivals at A lgoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Dream, Eager, Feb. 14, froth Mauritius ;' Arrow, Walker, 15th from London to Bombay. Arrivals in Table Bay—Thomas Coutts, Feb.2l, from Bombay ; Bengalee from Batavia. Arrivals at St. Helena—lngleborough, from China, and sailed Feb. 26 to London ; Midas, from Bombay, Mid-sailed Feb. 27 to Liverpool. Departures frOm St. Helena—Coquette, Feb. 25, 'to London ; Antelope, 26th.to GottenbUrgh ; The Mayoon to London ; Leland, to Boston. Arrivals at Moulmein—Nestor, Dec. 12 ; Thetis, 14th, M. C. Von Weber, and Prince Albert, 17th, all from Mauritius. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POR'PSMOUTIL—The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, - recently from the Mediterranean, is gone to Cork with a strong, de tachment of ;Royal Marines, for the disposal of the Naval Corrimander4n-thief, whose flag is flying in the Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart. It is understood that. the Vernon will remain at Cork pro tempore; but she will pro ceed shortly to Sheerness to be paid off. The steamer Fearless, Commander Sherringliam, is gone to Southampton, for the purpose of making a fresh survey of that river, and laying down new buoys from Calshot Castle, in a line with the new pier, ordered to be forthwith erected opposite to the Queen's new marine residence at East Cowes, near Norris Castle will be commis- Da. PUSEY.—Edward Bouverie Pusey is the second sinned the former to be employed as a The Cslrioocrtoldyilaei son of the late Hon. Philip Pusey, and grandson of the troop-ship. 26, Sheerness,an d Cy g net has been masted, and Earl of Radnor. His father assumed the name of That noble ship Collingwood, 0 8 1 , hoisted. We Pusey on becoming the possessor of Pusey, in the awaits orders for the pendant being d ' until Ist May. Several understand county of Berks, an estate held by that family frotn that she will . not d be e a o r n e ui waiting to enter for her;* and her a period considerably anterior to the - Norman con- -fine able r -bodied men_ Ir'eadvfor e mbarkation. The Rodney, 92, and quest, and held under a grant from Canute by storesllasimao.s 72, ,are also in a forward state for the pendant in a cornage, or the service, of a horn. The Pusey horn few weeks; the latter is to go as flag-ship to the West is well known to antiquaries. Dr. Pusey was born in I n di es , to relieve the Illustrious, 72. 1800, and entered the University of' Oxford in 1818, The corvette Iris, 26, Captain Mundy, left Madeira on the as a gentlemen commoner of Christ Church. His name 24th February (having obtained the necessary supplies) to d to the Cape of Good appears in the first class in 1822. Shortly afterwards he . 1 proceed umeraries to the Winches hope, te where she - will transfer became a Fellow of Oriel College ;in 1824 he obtained i s edches for Rear-Admiral the Hon.rJ g-ship, and land dis the prize for the Latin essay, and in 1828 . he became By the arrival of the b • Pantaloon,oceline Percy. IRELAND. Regius Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ Church. rig 10, L . t L 'd from the coast of Africa, we learn that ieu . api ge, Dirniart, APRIL 17.—The usual weekly meeting of the In this year he married a lady since deceased. In 1825 Captain Foote, was • • • .the Madagascar, 44, Association took place this day. he had taken the degree of M.A., and at the usual cruising in the viciait f the dy o Cape e Verde, and that she was to r • D.D. Dr. cram out until August, to com- On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELT R. D. Browne, Esq~ - • periods su sequen y in .3 ears eriod of •,* M.P., was called to the chair, amid fond cheers.fore his forty-fourth year.—Spirit p sets ice. Two of her Lieu- Lr Pusey is theretenants have come h Mr. O'CortivELL, 'after the usual preliminary business had ' home respecting some differences with of the Age. Captain Foote and the slave-dealers on the coast. been gone through, read the following letter from Germany : IC TIIE GREAT ; lIIS COURT AND TIMES. It is determined, " Man of Liberty and of the People,—The acts of a great FREDERIC K nested to state that Mr. Colburn has this pres •of for the more speedy and effectual sup man are for the benefit of mankind, and it is the duty of —We are reques sion the slave traffic, to • increase the steam navy on new and cheaper edition, comprised in the coast of Africa,. mankind to thank him for them, and endeavour to imitate day published a . and also to add to the number of sailing 21 small Bvo., price s., bound, of " Frederick vessels, for whichthe Albatross, • him in his glorious career. We deeply feel this gratitude, two vols. purpose Wasp, and Ring and waft it to you across the sea, from a land where, alas ! and T " • h the Great ; his Court _ __imes 9 . edited, with an His- dove have been detached from the West India station. as yet, but little enthusiasm is evinced for the nobler attri - storical Introdeetion and Notes, by Thomas Campbell, There is no truth in the report of another change in the butes of man. You will not reject this tribute of cur respect, E sq ., author ,of " The Pleasures of Hope," &c., which naval uniform being ordered ; but the naval world is looking although we are undistinguished by any a chievements in the can now be had of all booksellers. "No book (observes to the 24th May (Queen's birth-day) for the promulgatiou shall break,of the promotions. great cause of liberty. When at length our day . the Britannia) ever passed more rapidly into a Standard the ,andard then shall we, or those whom we leave as successors in the work." "We recollect but few biographies • • • The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir George Sartorius, arrived at which have - • • ''' ' . struggle for the dearest rights of man, combat bravely, f more highly and constantly kept war att • '' Lisbon, from Gibialtar, on the 3d inst., having left at the • lessly, and perseveringly. We shall be . excited by your ex confirmed. wood's Magazine. ention. —Mich- latter place the Scout corvette and Locust steamer. She ample ; and by your deeds shall our resolution be was to'remain in the Tagus a short time, and then proceed which 80111' . 11 LYROOD II ' Until then we can only indulge in feelings, of anti o 01. SE.---The Palace of Holrood, so to Devonport to be paid off. are sad and discouraging, Yet many are spirit-stirring l on _ g tenantless and dreary, has for the last few works The New Naval Regidations established by the Admiralty glorious—but the purest of these emotions animates our been in a sense restored to its f g hearts, at the moment of thus expressing our deep venera- presence and occupancy of' jinni rtant alterations in the pay, denomination, and rank her Grace the Ducl - o ss of • ' tion and respect towards you. Hamilton, the Mir • of the officers, and the rating of` ships with their respective " DR. HEINRICH LUDWIG BOLTZE, , quis of Douglas and his amiable - . . . EBREN REICH E ECHHOLZ, bride, the • ie Princess of Baden,' the lovely Countess of complements. . JULIUS BERENDS, Lincoln, and their respective attendants; but we are Eagle, In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory , Excellent i Bl ack - FRANZ MARGGRAST, sorry to say it is soon lik e ly t o b ecome as l one ly and dso-c Echo, and Victoria and 1 Albert.—Brighton Gazette. • WILHELM PZTEItKE, late as it• has too long been. Her Grace the Duchess ; HEINRICH RUNGE, WILHELM SCHEELE. and the Ccluntesses of 'Douglas and Lincoln, having Portman-square respect i ng the The inquiries in "Berlin, 'March 23, 1844. , • - left it esterday - afternoon ythe former f Hamilton , or Palace, The affixing of signatures was indirectly prevented in ' 1 1- there certainly has Pnissia on political pretexts. , .. Wemyss. We understand that the Marquia'of Douglas . daily, as alt ioug . been - amendment in the last twelve days (and decided improvement • ~ In Wurtemburg strong measures were taken,' the Go- and the Princess . , after a short stay at Granton, intend since vc , rnirient being one of the Most intolerant of the Protestant to proceed 'to the ancient residence of the Duke of leis we mentionedbeingbrought from Sandhurst in a near a month ago), yet - Statesin Germany. i Hamilton in the island' of . Arran, where, it is said, dying state we understand that for him, as • ~ A proclamation, containing a positiveorderagainst affix- I the Marquis intends to raise an elegant mansion. it is impossible yet, to be pronounced con . valcsc , ent and that at best ing signatures to petitions, was issued by the Kinof B The Mar uis• of Breadalbane and the Marchioness g a- i q his recovery must be very . varia, who is believed to be a practical Catholictedious, though strung hopes are now entertained of the ; so tbat the still, however, their apartments at Holyrood ; , . of his l' - political resistance to opinions in favour Of democrati lib t it is occupy . . . 1 preservavon but appears to combine persons of various religious persuasions.cerY pp y both these Mils= • A brigadier of the Horse Municipal Guards on “ . 0n the other hand, signatures are abli _ affords us much pleasure to add, that Saturday blew out his b • '-' p in orAtt . acho to trious families, during their brief but welcome visit,. rams with a pistol at the barracks at the address in many important localitiesthe Celestine.l , particular, at Le was much respected in the corps, and was have been boundless in their charities, and that their Cologne, at Bohn, at Coblentz, at Nistnes at Oberwessell •around them.--- hikli on the liSt for promotion. Disappointment in love is absence will' be severely felt by all .assigned as the cause this at ochard' B on the Rhine, at Ahrweil ' ' . er, at Mayence, at of act ofmaduess. . . • . Scotsman. - . ,• • • THE WELSH CHURCH. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) S "Not that he cared for_ the _poor, . but --bee01?_11 was a thief, and had th e b ag , an d bare _ssiliaavia;put '0 . therein." - 0 Judas, Judas! how n umerous are ; thydisciplek - 0,3 how flouri s hing thy S c h oo l ! Th ou wes t b ut one in twelve but thou didst soon outstrip thy fellows. Thi t : - .1 professed principles, how exalted, pure ) and disintsi-=4-- -- rested ! might no t thi s b e g i ven to t h e p00r.7 ( 9'44 . S AV:AN poor, ye poor ! How often are your wretched heads. made the stepping-stones for the feet of avarice and pride to pass over to the objects of their cupidity and ambition. How many benefac- --r tions have been dedicated to you, inheritances be queathei you, commons inclosed for you, lass s en- acted for your advantage, and yet have all left your ' ',- miserable heads only enough above water for some other canting philanthropist to step over towards the real object of his parsuit 1 Yea, even churches have been built in vour panto, and for your sole aceorn ino cation ; and you have been thrust into their damp ani'mildewed corners, to kneel out your devo:ions on the cold granite pavement, and strain your ears to catch an occasional word from the far distant minis ter, whilst others passess the inner retreats of the sanctuary, chambered and curtained, and and footstooled, in all the luxury of the drawing-room and boudoir ! But if we would wish to view this ecclesiastical mockery of the poor in all the offensiveness of its most contemptuous scorn, we have nothing to do but to cross the Severn into the principality of Wales, and there our curiosity will soon be gratified, and that not merely in an occasional instance, but in a regular and systematic course of proceedings. For here we shall see the poor not only driven to the corner, but actually spurned from the Lord's table!! The first portion of the principality we light on is the diocese of Landaff. Here, throughout extensive dis tricts, the Welsh is the language of the common people, and consequently that of the working classes and of the poor ; but it happens that from the attractions of the country or , from commercial spculation, in many of the parishes some English families have taken up their residence, and in these parishes the Welsh service has invariably been more or less dropped and the English substi tuted in its stead, solely for the accommodation of a few individuals, whilst the bulk of the people are de prived of the privilege of hearing the word of God in their native tongue. But this ir, not all. In most of these parishes the Welsh service is partly continued, as it would he too barefaced even for the present race of clergy to dis • • continue it altogether ; but in a vast proportion of them the Communion Service is never performed in the Welsh language, but invariably in English; and. on these occasions the Welsh portion of the communi cants are obliged to content themselves with having merely the few short sentences accompanying the' de • livery of the bread and wine repeated in their native language, whilst the whole of the rest of this great and important service is performed in English, for the accommodation of those whose gayer apparel pro claims their having come from some more fashionable part of the kingdom. Is not this the homage to the "gold ring" mentioned by the Apostle ? The very fact of deliirering the consecrated elements to some of the congregation with the sentences in Welsh is a proof of that being the only language they understand, and yet they are to be deprived of all the rest of the service, the Confession, the Prayer, and the Blessing. And all this is done in scores of instances under the very eyes of the Bishop; the people treated like serfs, spurned from the Lord's table, like beings of an in ferior order, to make room for "the man with the gold ring." Is it a wonder that, under such treatment, the people hate our Bishops, that they curse our hierarchy, and revile our Church ; call her Babylon, and cry "Down with her ?" Surely Rome herself, if she be the spiritual Babylon, was never guilty of such an abomination as this. row ,üb had 'his he : e of the aritY this ~urn- sent . r able con! cited