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happy ss to }louse Ordaf ighnese [ajesty• ht, and LT V II day, o icy ana i g hnes s a re Their n bridge • House •ds pro- r walk sterdsl' ded by horse- .day, ili - yes ce, f ince lel, the rquis of i y after -00110, E3rl 0. Ge nr e r. 'rOfeg or Denison+, 113 tb , s ting" Nu'': 3terv ie Y , his Ln int er :, ra ste . eau b air - oa :cheque; an d the lanceller esterast s't irg°t'i c h of !are' 'so ofte be f oy viss„ r ei ,be lis oi $" f rid e fi l e t rio aS eg r , ee r in an, ss : e he tha„:o„ia John 1 01, d !fore _ ecr et ; e ight,. f f bold, wo nir. 3oo " c h ntai oed to 51 l t.;el ,he v bs of lei tin ted T 1 „ded Solicit t . g tiers 91(1 ed bs INDIA AND CHINA. STATE OF THE INDIAN ARMY. (From the Delhi Gazette of the 6th of March.) Our latest intelligence from Ferozepore communicates indications that actiye steps have been taken by the Corn • wander-in -Chief for the removal of the mutinous corps from their dangerous proximity to the frontier. The 7th Light Cavalry marched for Loodheeanah on the 29th ultiino, in - compliance with the orders we mentioned in our last. The 34th were also sent off on the 2d instant, with present in structions to march to Meerut. No orders had been, ac cording to our last advices, received from head quarters, as to the destination of the horse and foot artillery, but we re gret much to find the troop mentioned in 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 plan is the best in regard to them that could be •Porsued, 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 ceed- 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 suffered so sadly of late. We must at the • some time be permitted to express a hope that such vindica tion will not prevent their affording justice to the corps who may ultimately be sent to Sinde. 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 the 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 aye or six individuals. The conduct of the 7th cavalry is More reprehensible. The officers offered to guarantee to the troops the batta out of their own pockets, to prevent the - "tuna they were bringing upon the standing order of the reillment. The native commissioned and non-commissioned : f rets and about two hundred troopers marched with the - rs; the rest held back! , Delhi Gazette, February 28th, remarks, that it is 'Went Dost M a h o med had succeeded in strengthening him- Vt . sufficiently on his throne at Caubul, to admit of allowing ' 4 2 ,t Ukbar Khan's proceeding to Jellalaba.d. One step which Loa Dost has adopted for the purpose of strengthening his Mie is the admission, to a more active share in his councils, o f his cousin Mahomed Zumau Khan (the good Nawaub) and his brother Jubber Khan. A man has arrived from Peshawur in great 'haste, an nouncing that Mahomed Ukbar Khan had arrived at Jel mabad with four or five regiments of infantry, 6,000 cavalry, ,1 1 , 1 ten guns, and on reaching Jellalabad he had wrin to Singh to be under no apprehension regarding his move-4ocots, as he had only come down to settle that part of the country. The following is a letter from Kurrachee, Sinde, of the 2 9th : f .,."lniprimis then you are aware a large dinner was g iven mir Charles Napier on the 17th, which was admirably . li rran, get) and went off well. The Governor's speech , like all the triumphs of his tongue and pen, was amusing enough, atid A was, of course, received with thunders of applause by all - „' 0 eaten of good things in esse, and the expectants of got d 'tags in posse. He endeavoured to prove—and doubtless did to his own satisfaction and that of his numerous staff and Parasites—that Sinde paid itself. There were, however, !Aim who deemed his reasoning lame — who thought that it ' like an inverted cone, wanting its proper base to stand h l ift.' But for this you might be prepared. Sir Charles is, Owever by no means stinted in the gift of the gab, and •;,'!° B Peech was on the whole well delivered and adapted to "_ l a audience. By the bye, he touched upon the licentious 'mid vicious press of India—out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh—and donbtles s the Bombay Times and rnal of Commerce inspired him on the occasion. Genes al ;'l s t,ic is expected daily—a ball, of course, to be given to his 4 Y• The Quartermaster-General and Captain Napier have Gone to Sonmeanee on a surveying expedition—to spy the nakedness of the land. I have heard that instructions have n received from Lord Ellenborough for the construction of iArtifi cat i on at or near R am B ag h, w hi c h is about midway between the cantonments and Bunder, into which, when ~Wi shed,,.., the o r dnance and engineer parks, as also the corn "asariat stores, are to be removed." CHINA. (rem the Hong-Konq Gazette and Friend of China, Jan. 30.) GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. A The f o llowi ng or dinance, passed by his Excellency the `zovernor-Gneral in Council, is published for general infor , raati on: _ • By order, RICHARD WOOSNAM. nwernment-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 25, 1844. Ordinance for her Majesty's subjects, within the domi nions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or vessel, at a distance of not more than 100 miles from the coast of China. " Anno Sexto et Septimo Victoria Regina. " No. 1. Grand his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Baronet, Knight Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the -oath, Major-General in the service of the East India Com tlY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony of 'elal-Kong, and its dependencies, and Superintendent of the of her Majesty's subjects, trading to and from the do -I,,4lnciions of the Emperor of China. With the advice of the Legislative Council of Hong-Kong. "An ordinance to render her Majesty's subjects within the ni inions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or !ea c el at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the co,Zst of China, subject in all matters to the law of Eng land, an d to extend the jurisdiction of the courts of justice at Qng-Konp: over the same. “ - Whereas ti zider and by virtue of an Act of Pailiament, ,utade and passed the seventh year of the reign of her Ma- Jeety Q u een Victoria, entitled, An Act for the better govern baant of her Majesty's subjects resorting to China,' her Ma titY did, by letter patent under the Great Seal of the United ugdom of Great Britain and Ireland, authorise the Super l a tendent of the Trade of her Maj est y 's sub j ects in China (so g as such superintendent should be also governor of the irnd of Hong-Kong) to enact, with the advice of th e Legis „Ave Cenincifof the said island of Hong - Kong , all s uch laws th win a , ites as might, from time to time , be re q uired for the ennA °;_,Pvernment of her Majesty's subject s, bein g within easel, of the Emperor of China , or wi thin an y shi p ve from the at a distance of not more than one hundred miles Je w , coast of China, and to enforce the execution of s uch and ordinances by such penalties and forfeitures, as to 7,l . u ye advice aforesaid, should seem fit : 8e 23 „ it therefore enacted, by his Excellency the Go lf& or o f Hong-Kong and Superintendent of the Trade of her b it _ eates subjects in China, with the advice of the Legis th`e've Council of Hong-Kong aforesaid, that from and after passing of this ordinance the law of England shall have ett z e some force, virtue, power, and effect over her Majesty's wi ` t i,cts within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or h a „"ju any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one soe Ved miles from the coast of China, in all matters what- J est 7r , whether civil or criminal, that it has over her Ma said subjects actually within her Majesty's colony of — Zug-Kong. 2. And be it enacted, that the courts of justice at Hong nt,:. which are now, or shall be hereafter erected, shall have sages power, jurisdiction, and authority in all matters sa‘ r t soeve:' , whether civil or criminal, over her Majesty's je . cts the dominions of the Emperor of China, or hundred any shi,i or vessel, at a distance of not mote than one _.ndrea m il es from the coast of China, that the courts afore have74 or shall have over her Majesty's subjects actually eiedent within her 3lajestys colony of Hong-Kong. 2 3 . And be it enact/ad, in case of any murder , felony , rob io7, theft, t res pass, wrong or crimewhatsover being charged have been done upon the person o r p ro p ert y of an y one - ifla etsoeve r , within tke dominions of the Emperor of China, q r within any ship or vessel, at a distance of not more than rhundred miles from the coast of China, by any of her b arged therewith, to object to the locality of the jurisdiction .treed, convicted, said co ur ts at Hong-Kong, but he shall be indicted, convicted, and punished. or acquitted, or demeaned in respects as if the offence wherewith he may be char g ed ;7 1 . 1 been committed within the colony of Hong - Kong , up on : body or property of a person within the pea ce of our „Yereign Lady the Queen. And for the prevention of doubts upon the subject, be it 'meted that the Peninsula of Macao shall, for the purposes of „ I lls ordi nance , an d o f a ll other ordinances made by virtue of it e Power herein before-mentioned be deemed , and ta ken to within the dominions of the Emperor of China. " HENRY POTTINGER, e i PuPerintenclent of Trade and Gorno ver of Hong-Kong, &c. 'lased the Legislative Council on the 27th of Janua, 144. RICHARD day BURtI AS S Clerk of the Legislative Council." GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. /Ls .Excellency Sir Henry Pot tin g er, Bart., G.C.8., her It 4.lltantl,'c 351ajesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent . 4 T rade Chief, &c., is pleased to direct th at the followin g letter, addressed to her Majesty's Officiating Consul at Amoy, b epublish RICHARD WOOSNAM. overnmeNt-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 27, 1844. Government-house, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Jan. 26, 1844. " your letter, No. 10, of the 12th of last month, t 2 a .have omitted to state when you r eceived the Government t i t " \ ttfication of the 27th (not 18th, as y ou erroneously quote November, accom panied by a copy of a comm unication r , - ` ll ch I h a d a ddressed to the Viceroy and Lieut.-Governor of r„n ton, regarding cer tain foreigners having gone from Amoy Lae city of Chang-chow-foo. " I have now to inform you that I have received a com fihaint, couched in very strong language, from his Excel- IN e Y the Governor-General of the Fokien and Chekeang L''°rinces, cal me to enforce that article of the sup -41,111'4 eutary treaty (the 6th) which provides for no British 6 1 4 1 - -' ect s (or others) going into the country beyond certain ,t t a nees, to be fixed by the local authorities iu concert with `" Consuls. This comrlaint evidently relates to that part of your letinstant, now under reply, in which you state: On the Ist ~— „ a t ant, a party of English officers asked my permission to As to Chang-chow •foo to see the place and country. e f , - ' s it was not in my power, had I felt inclined to do so, I "warded the application to the Taou-tai (intendant) of -- n, M° Y , and he sent to me by the Hai Hong, a private com -utlllication that no obections would be raised, at the same stating that lie had no jurisdiction out of this city. The 6 -4 Y, however left, Witho ut further reference tome, before the a ch -ve Inessage,was delivered. They proceed ed to the cit y of Ch ang-chow-foo, were 'yell, rece ived by the Mandarins, and htti rued without accident: We regret t o learn from A.rnoy that the E liza Stewart was tlall IIY lost in a small bay near Amo y , on her way from the b . to A mo y. Further particula rs of this loss have, as far h. --" we have beeii able to learn, not yet reached Macao ; the v essel Was laden with teas at th e northern ports, and cotton ;, lece g o „d 3 tia ß , ier Majesty's steamer Driver has been dispatched, a few i i ,‘ 4 „ since, from Hong-Kong to Chusan, with a portion of .j„ -r 4 1 iesty:s 18th Regiment, to relieve those of her Ma i'tYs 'ssth Regiment, whose commander, Col. Schoedde, t 0 B ombay at Hon - Hong, and will, we understand, proceed 'L'onabay in the Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, about (v he dispatched on the 14th. r ° ,l l the Friend of China and Houp-Kong Gazette, Jan. 9) 1 : 1 Y the Lo u isa Campbell, from Chusan , the Ist inst., we h av aye evfs from Shanghai up to the 24th December. We O w e already mentioned that some difficulty had occurred ven i ng to the circumstance of a Chinese boy having been thatby a shot fired by a European. It now appears thi:t the Chinese refused to allow any place of residence in th e city or suburbs for foreigners, and there is ample proof 1 4, th_, e) did so at the instigation of a number of Canton to _ r c,nants, who had gone to Shanghai and entered into a rit7,L,oirtation both with the merchants and public autho rities, with the view of establishing a Co-bong there, I , , °4 gh whom, and through whom alone, all business, tr ether relating to articles of import or export, should be 44111 teted. Owing to the firmness of her Britannic Majesty's Consul this attempt has proved a signal failure, and the in habitants of a portion of the suburbs of the city have been ordered to evacuate their houses that the foreigners may oc cupy them. The locality allotted, though good, 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 21. 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 preyed unsuccessful, no difficulty will arise to prevent them from 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 there 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 havir.gbeen effected, and proposed that, as such was the case, no duty should be paid. 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 vigilance on our part, to prevent, ourselves from being overreached ; though foiled in this instance, the Chinese will not be dis couraged from making other ate 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 Consul 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 ft om 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, which most of them reached in safety, but four were unfortunately drowned in the attempt. The vessel bad a very valuable cargo of piece goods, worth between 30,0001. 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 sale of the drug by retail to be farmed out, as is now done at Singapore, Batavia, and other places. 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" , to enforce this regulation. We know not whether the Manilla Indians have a taste for the drug; 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 cumvent the authorities in procuring the drug. The number of Chinese alone at Manilla, although considerable, is not likely to make the opium farm a very profitable branch of revenue to the Government. Her Majesty's ship Dido, 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 Major-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. (From the Canton Press, Jan. 20.) Her Majesty's ship Dido, Hon. 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• Kong, and ieft again for Canton a few hours after, with Mr. Stewart, the treasurer to the superintendent. A portion of this sum will, we understand, be applied to the use of the Hong-Kong Go vernment ; 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 CHOW POO 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. 1. 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 1832, 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 pecul 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 :7 Hitherto all the sums either paid on public a. 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 remaining expenditure on account of public emer gency, is not below several laks 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 Hong 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 bend, and a certain sum whi-h they could annually furnish in payment of 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 according to the extension of the terms, to be fixed by the Supreme Government. We should, moreovor, 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. SIR,—As from the statement in your paper this morning, that I was on the platform yesterday at Covent-garden, some of my constituent may be induced to suppose that I agree in all the opinions of the Anti-Corn-law League, I beg that you will do me the favour to correct this error 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 accident given me the opportunity of stating my opinion publicly. Some small tax on corn should, I think, be always main tained for statistical purposes ; but whether we should pass on to this at once, 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 bind myself. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, BENJAMIN SMITH. 5, Blandford-square, Thursday, May 2. [We understand that Mr. Smith's subscription of 100/. to the fund was accepted yesterday morning.] OUTRAGE IN SUFFOLK.—(From a Correspondent.) —Suffolk and Norfolk appear to be in a dreadful state, and require prompt measures to suppress crime of so diabolical a description as the following—On Sunday, about three A.M., the passengers travelling by the Nor 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 look out, when we detected for about three miles on the road several gates taken from the fields adjoin ing, together with harrows, parts of ploughs, &c., amounting at least, altogether, to about 40, placed at distances of 50 or 100 yards, some placed two or three together, and others flat in the middle of the high road ; the guard descended continually and threw them to the side of the road. We considered it providential that the horses were not thrown down in the first instance, the coachman thinking it was only some wet on the road. It was a moonlight night, otherwise it is dreadful, to contemplate what might have been the result. The road in which the gates, &c.. were placed was between Stoke and Brockford-gate, and between Ipswich and Scole Inn. MEDICATED VAPOUR IN DEArsEss.--The appli cation of medicated vapour, not only more readily cl ears the air-cavities by diluting and attenuating the viscid and in durated mucus, but by some specific effect upon the mucous secreting surface, so far controls the morbid action, that it prevents the further secretion of morbid mucus, and thus effects a permanent cure ; while the air douche, when success ful, only effects a temporary relief, and the disease returns, requiring a re-application of the remedial means.—Dr. Cronin on Nervous Deafness. CHESTER RACES.--Bell' s Life in London of Sunday next will contain the fullest and most authentic particulars of Chester Races; Observations by Pegasus, and fore gatherings of the Second Spring Meeting at Newmarket; 'Thrf Nominations; Alphabetical List. of Winning Grey hounds; English Sportsmen in Rome; Angling; Aquatics; Chess ; Pedestrianism ; and the usual Sporting, &c.--Office of Bell's Lift, 170, Strand. THE SEN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1844. THE CUSTOMS ACTS. The following are the Resolutions to be proposed in Come mittee on Customs Acts, on Monday, 6th May, by Mr. Glad stone : 1. 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.:— Cocoa, of or from foreign countries, the lb. LO 0 2 Coffee, of or from foreign countries, the lb. 0 0 6 Chicory, or any other vegetable matter applicable to the uses of chicory or coffee, viz. :- - roasted or ground, the lb. raw or kiln-dried, the cwt 1 0 0 Currants, the cwt Confectionery, the lb. 0 0 6 Cordials and liqueurs, except rum 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 fulfilled, sweetened or mixed with any article, so that the degree of strength thereof crn not be ascertained by Sykes's hydrometer, the gallon Bottles of glass, not otherwise enumerated or de scribed, the cwt. 00000 ~, and further, on account of the Excise 1 0 0 duty, the cwt. 0 7 0 Flint and cut glass, for every 1001. value 3O 0 0 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, £o 0 3 Lard oil, for every 1001. value ... 20 0 0 Myrobolane berries, the ton 0 1 0 Vegetable wax, the cwt. - 0 2 0 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 ...... ...... 0 0 1 Prussiate of pot ash, the lb. 0 0 2 Tallow greaves, the ton Scrap steel, the ton Gallic powder, the ton •• _ 1 0 0 3. That the said duties shall be subject to the additional duty of 51. per centum 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. 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 may be reduced to and 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 OF THIS DAY. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The notice by the Chancellor of the Exchequer given on Monday night of his intention to amend the Sav ings' Banks Acts, naturally brings that important subject forward for public 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 is 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. 843 ... Gross amount paid, including interest ... 17,093,533 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 within 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 28,853,555/. 17s. 10d. consisted of 12,874,5161. 7s. 6d. Three per Cents., 15,385,5101. is. 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 296,6091., 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 much as 1,315,419/. Os. 10d. Annexed are some further results of this general account : Gross amount of interest credited by the X d. Commissioners to the trustees - 15,113,849 19 8 Gross amount of interest received by the Commissioners on the Stocks and Ex- The subject is somewhat of a "dry" one, but a Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is by office a sort of trustee of the whole system and for the public also, must do his duty and not shrink from the details it may involve. The fall in Bank stock since the payment of the last divi dend, viz., from 199 to 1961, is ascribed, in certain quarters, to the belief that some impression has been made upon Sir R. Peel by the exertions of the country bankers, so as to in duce him to stop short in the benefits lie intended to bestow on the Bank of England when the new measure relative to banking is brought forward. Every one knows the influence of bankers over their immediate connexions, a proportion of them Members of Parliament, all over the country, and will have no difficulty, therefore, in adopting this as a probable case, though they may doubt whether it has ever really been contemplated by the Minister at this time to add anything to the privilegeo of the Bank of England. The mere suppo 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 operation 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 Associatimi held to day, a dividend of ss. per share was declared. It appeared 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 an increased force of Cornish miners. SUN.—No rally occurred in Consols up to the ter mination of business, the latest bargains being 994 to The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. left off at 102+ Spanish Bonds were but a trifle higher, the Five per Cents being 242 toi-,_and the Three per ents. 354 to 4. Portuguese Converted were lower, being 444 to 4. Pe ruvian were done at 291. D utc h Two-and-a-Half per Cents. left off at 61 to I, being rather lower. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 371 ; Bit mingham and Gloucester, 44 to 4 ; Greenwich Pre ference, 11 ; and North Midland 84 discount. Birming ham and Gloucester, New, have been 64 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 19 ; Bristol and Exeter, 54. 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 24 ; Great Western, 41 ; South Western, 434 ; Croydon, 51 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 23 ; South Eastern, New, 64 to 74 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 74 ; York and North Midland, 71 ; and ditto, Scarbo rough branch, 18 to 171 premium. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were 191 premium. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.- VESTERDAY. 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 601.) was laid against Campamero, 2 to 1 offered agst Ratan, 6 to 2 agst Ugly Buck, and 14 to 1 agst Orlando (take 12 to 1 about the Colonas lot). Offers to take 20 to 1 about Ithuriel fur the St. Leger. OXFORD. Oxford was yesterday the scene of unusual excitement. The morning trains from town, and the coaches from all parts of the country, brought up vast numbers of the clergy, all ap parently on one errand, and,of one mind, as was proved by the result. At two o'clock thl-Convocation-house was filled to over-flowing, and the ViCe-Chancellor proposed the new statute, which has already been fully discussed in our columns. 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 sntici 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 21 I On the result being declared the two last clanses 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 PROCEEDINGS. 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, London, delivered a speech, and pro posed a declaratory resolution as to the objects and efforts of the convention. Finally, it was determined that a society should now be formed, entitled ".The British Anti-St a t e Ch urc h 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.lll. Hare, were elected secre taries to the new Soctety ; fifty gentlemen were appointed an Executive Committee, and a Council was formed consisting of 500 persons from various parts of Great Britain and Ireland. 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 to the Houses of Parliaments, and memorials to the Throne, and in other appropriate and constitutional ways. " 8. The removal of the question of national religious Establishments as much as possible from under the influence of party feeling; the placing it upon the ground of what is due to Christianity itself, and to the best interests, temporal and spiritual, of the people, and the enlistment of the sin cerely religious 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 Grimston, the Vice- Chancellor of England. Yesterday the committee, composed 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 possession of the result of their labours of the last few months with reference to the forthcoming great aquatic banquet. J. D. Bisnor, Esq., of the Leander Club, having taken the chair, adverted to the great influence and weight added to the committee by the condescension of Li , rd Castlereagh and the Lord Mayor, who had consented to be President and Vice- Patron • and then proceeded to point out some difficulties which the committee had met with, and under which they still laboured with respect to the time 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 19th 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 period than the 20th, 21st, and 22d. Since this another communication had been re ceived from Henley, in which they had nominated the 20th and 21st, and as this would be most inconvenient to gentle men desirous of contending at both places, and must neces sarily prevent many entering for th e pr i zes at Henley, the period at which the reg atta shoul d come off was still under consideration, and the r esult wo uld be duly announced at a fur mszece.ting, a s also the amount of p r i zes , t h e h ea t s , di s - CHAMAN then annnounced th e f o ll ow i ng races f or t ua llE ntTchelß e ee nsuing Thames Regatta : — Pair-oared race by gentle men, four-oared by gentlemen, sculler's match with water • men, pair-oared match with watermen, 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 501. amongst provincial watermen exclusively. The CHAIRMAN having read over a list of subscriptions re cently received, to the amount of about 100/., amongst which was 10/. from the Royal Thames Yacht Chub; 10/. from the Leander ; 51, with a very pretty note from the Thetis (a new club), impressed upon the committee and the public the necessity of their utmost influence and support in order to afford them an opportunity of putti ng b e f ore t h e pu bli c suc h a list Th e of m p e r e iz t e in s g as t ii i s e - o n u b ld ro b k e e m u -o p r . We are happy to say that the balance in hand from lastthy of competition. year amounts to 135/. 19s. 3d. DEATH OF THE REV. W. CHAPLIN.—We have to announce the decease of our venerable and universally honoured friend. the Rev. W. Chaplin, of Bishop's Stortford, for nearly half a century the pastor of the In dependent in thetChu rchinthat town, an d one o f t h e o ld est ministers denomination. Mr. Chaplin was for a short time associated, as co -pastor, with his aged prede cessor, the Rev. Mr. Angus ; so that it is, we believe, a century since the pulpit, which they successively occu pied, was vacant. Mr. Chapl in was distinguished by the soundness of his theological views, by his exemplary and unaffected piety, and by the firmness and consistency of his political opinions, united to singular amenity of manners. He retained to the last a lively concern in all the trans actions of the denomination to which he belonged, and in all the public proceedings affecting the interests of evan gelical religion, or the principles of religious freedom. — Patriot, chequer-bills held by them on aceount of the trustees 12,942,657 7 2 Difference against the Commissioners up to the 20th of November, 1843 Difference against the Commissioners up to the 20th of November, 1842 2,171,192 12 6 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 6,276 8 4 Actual loss sustained by the public in the year ended the 20th of November, 1843 134,356 10 2 It appears that no sales of stock were effected during the last year, ended November 20, 1843, by the National Debt Commilsioners 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 918,3471. ss. 4d. in the Three per Cents., and 680,2001. in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., and to 127,8501. in Exchequer -bills ; the sums paid for which pur chases amounted to 1,698,4071. Ils. 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, 1843, we may quote from a correspondent the following deductions from, or illustrations of, that ac count : and of the Three-and-a elrimage,pwn'asce o 9 f st th B e s. T 9 h d. re , e per Cents. on the 20th of per Cents. at L 12,287,116 11 3 95/. Bs. 9d. — per Half per Cents. 1021. 6s. 3d., and hence -15,741,299 19 9 ‘ N ; o l "v 2 Te ,B mh 7 e 4 b , ea s rv l6l. 7s. 6d. Three 432,400 0 0 296,609 3 0 " Uninvested balance "Exchequer-bills in c s h t2s e : q 2a u 3t e 7 r ll - .0 1) 92 i 51 il Three s 69sd :3el. £28,757,425 14 0 96,130 3 10 " Estimated deficiency " Due to the trustees on the 20th of No vember, 1843 X28,853,555 17 10 ____---- r e ` e ‘ nTh sinc e eht Trheee 20thCe f e n x t s e . v e r e m d b u e c r e , d lB a 43 nd , b C e o t n e r s e o e l i n d a 3 t e a d n d having risen sinc e the 20th o f November, 1843, bet W e en 3 and 4 per cent., the deficiency mentioned above no longer exists ; but, on the contrary, a surplus. The general stateme nt shows the bond fide purchases made by the Commissioners, and the sums paid for those purchases, and the amount so laid out (1,698,4071. 1 ls. 5d.) being nearly equal to the increase in 1843—viz., 1,997,669/., shows that the loss, 134,356/.los. 2d., 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 upwards 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 n on the amount invested in their banks respectively, they are ot likely to volunteer much information." Another subject which may be said to hare 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 ,rest 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 extinction by that Bill. fwtwApriroohc oios But whatever become the loan societies, it by no means follows that it woe 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, and that they are found to act well together. Thus the correspondent 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 sums not exceeding 100/, and place them in the hands of the trustees of the loan society, for which they give a debenture, allowing them five per cent. But it is obvious, however the managers of such transac tions may see cause to congratulate themselves upon the prosperous working of them, that the greatest abuses must result from them, seeing the temptation they hold out, and the difficulty or impossibility of subjecting them to a suffi cient control . to prevent 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 be prevented from receiving money from the depositors to be applied in any other] way than that pointed out in the previous sections payment to the National Debt Com missioners. The principal points with which the Legislature will have to deal are the prevention of that heavy annual charge in curred in sustaining the savings' bank system, and also the devising some protection against their too great and rapid in crease,distress and national di ffi culty, the source of very great em barrassment to the Government of,the day. The large addi notemueocettutainnpntmhstege oos obtainoo f , nab d seele e 3ilt,s p salhei o nfhcesoguei betterutr ipv s nhaetd s i 3t n ts cerf c eoeoaoonrtfenetvaspthaonhroeldeoefs evade a haietn t tech e treee r . d industrious r e par, i principle to e sr iintcwo andhii t upne h l ldtd e eci eevslfoxsautauteudephnrass escape n his little capital, from the property-tax. awut:lrswhhiuudheaeblrtisdecatffshmmi may make them hereafter, in some period of CHESTER RACES-WEDNESDAY. In no respect has our estimate of the attractions of the Cup Day exceeded the truth ; it has unquestionably proved the best, not only as 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 turned out so favourably for the citizens, it cannot alto gether have been unprofitable to that 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 greatfavourite wins, have burnt their fingers. It will be seen below that twenty-six horses started, one mere than aa 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 tha 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 their chances 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 gut off without the slightest failure ; it is impossible that anything could have been more admirably managed. Notwithstanding the crowd which encircled t►:e course, 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 allowance may always be 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. GORHAMBURY, 1844. Acceptances for the Gorhambury Handicap:—Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Roscius, aged, Bst 71b— Vitellius, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—llyrcanian, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b The Brewer, 4 yrs, %t 81b—The Artful Dodger, 5 yrs, 71t 61b—Rowland, 4 yrs, ist 61b—Cataract, 4 yrs, 7st 61b —Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Quilt Arnold, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Emtlian, 5 yrs, ist 31b—Yardley, 4 yrs, ist 21b —Bosphorus, aged, 7st—Antidote, 4 yrs, fist 121b — Emilie, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Fox, 4 yrs, Est 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 81b—Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—New court, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Khorassan, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Jobn o'Gaunt, 6 yrs, Bst—Lucy Banks, 5 yrs, Bst—Hydaspes, 5 yrs, 7st 121b—Orion, 4 yrs, 7st 1 lib—Ben y Ghlo, 4 yrs, ist 101b—Arundo, 4 yrs, ist 101b—;'calteen, 5 yts, 7st 101b—Arctic, aged, 7st 101b—Mania, 4 yrs, 7st 91b —Cattonite, 5 yrs, 7st Sib—Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 7st 71b— Thirsk, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Give-him- a-Name, 6 yrs, 7st 61b —Blackdrop, 4 yrs, ist 61b—I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 61b—Revocation, 5 yrs, ist 51b—Playfellow, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—The Bioken-down, aged, 7st 41b— The Currier, aged, 7st 41b—Sir Robert, 5 yrs—Ar canus, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Pristilia Tomboy, 5 yrs, 7st 21b — Captain Flathooker, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs, 7st—Running Rein, 5 yrs, ist 21b—Reciprocity, 4 yrs, 7st—Naworth, aged, 7,t--Epaulette, 5 yrs, 7st— Rowland, 4 yrs, 7st—Arnagill, 6 yrs, Est 131b—Mallard, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Einilian, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Patchwork, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Farce, 6 yrs, Est 121b—Shocking Mamma, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Tom Thumb, 4 yrs, sst 71b— Broadholm, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Delapre, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Fox, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—the Exquisite gelding, 4 yrs, 6st—The Curate, 4 yrs, Est—Hemp, 3 yrs, sst 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.) CHESTER RACES.-Titu RSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Thrice round. Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 4 yrs Mr. R. W. Bulkeley'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 50 Sovs. each, h ft, with 200 added ; for 3 yrs olds, Derby weights. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Williamson's The Cure ......, (Rogers) I Lord Stanley's Ithuriel Colonel Cradock's Infidel . 3 _ _ _ The following also ran :—Mr. Jones's British Tar, Mr. Copeland's Assay, Mr. Copeland's Imam, 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 sovs., added to a Han dicap of 20 sovs. 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, Est 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 3 , 1..8, 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 length. Philip second, and Rowland a bad third. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. 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... 1 0 2 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 2 5 to 1 agst Bay Morrill/ 7 to 2 agst Uglyßuck—taken 25 to 1 agst Orlando 11 to 1 agst Leander—taken 33 to 1 agst K. of theGipsies—t 18 to 1 agst lonian—taken 140 to 1 agst Mount Charles—t 20 to 1 agst Campanero 150 to 1 agst Qui Tam—taken PLYMOUTH AND DEVONI'ORT SPRING RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Lyneham Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft. :Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Cox's Sister to Ferneley, aged, 12st 61b (Mr. Carter) Mr. John King's Fee, 4 yrs, list 61b Captain Cotton nd Eli, aged, 12st 81b Lord Elliot nd Mamercus, 4 yrs, Ilst 31b Sir W. Trelawney's Elf, 6 yrs, list lib ...... 0 0 dr Mr. Crofton's Icarus, 12st 11114 Handicap Plate of 501. Heats, once round Mr. Crofton's Sea Fowl, 3 yrs. 7st 61b (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, Bst 51b ........ ..... 4 4 The Hurdle Stake of 5 sovs, each, with 15 added, 12st each ; winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Heats about three quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Beresford's Magpie, 5 yrs, 12st ....(Mr. Smith) 2 1 1 Mr. Crofton's The Fair Penitent, aged, 12st 61b 1 0 2 Mr. Luxmoore's Grisette, 6 yrs, 12st 4 0 3 Mr. Cudlip's Mary Ann, aged, 12st 121 b ..... . 3 2 4 Mr. Graham's Ranger, aged, 12st LADY BROUGHAM'S ASSEMBLY.—On Wednesday night her Ladyship had a brilliant assembly at the family mansion in Grafton •street. Above 250 of the elite of society met in the salons of her Ladyship. In the saloon the beau tiful tapestry presented to Lord Brougham by King Louis Philippe, representing two hounds 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 Prince Castelcicala, Mar chioness of Sligo and Ladies Browne, Marchioness Wel lesley and Miss M'Tavish, Earl of Shaftesbury, Lady Harriet Corry, Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Viscount and Lady Sarah Ingestre, Countess of ' Essex and Lady Amelia Capel, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and Hon. Miss Barrington, his Excellency Baron de Cetto, Countess of Clarendon, Lady Jane Grimston, Earl and Coun tess of Wicklow and Lady Harriet Howard, Sir John and Lady Shelley, Lady Paget and Misses Paget, Lady Dufferin, Earl of Auckland and Hon. Misses Eden, Hon. Capt. Eden, Mrs. A. Montgomery and Miss Montgomery, Lady Clinton and Miss Seymour, Hon. F. Leveson Gower, Lord Elphin stone, Lord Ernest Bruce, Countess of Charlemont and Ladies Ponsonby, Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, Lady Elizabeth Palk, Lady Lucy Vaughan, Mr. M. Milnes, 31 - . P., Lady Graham, Mr. Duff, air. S. De Horsey, M.P., and Miss de Horsey, Lord and Lady Sondes and Hon. Miss Miller, Lord Ranelagh and lion. Miss Jones, Countess of Jersey, Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw, Lord Beaumont, Sir T. Gage, Lord Henry Lennox, Baron and Baroness Rothschild, Earl of Altamont, Lady Rolle, Lady Charles Somerset and Hon. Miss Somerset, Ri g ht lion. George and Mrs. Dawson, Lord Redesdale, Mdlle. D'Este , Lord Dudley Stuart. CAPTURE OF OTTERS.—Yesterday, as some gentle men were fishing in Mr. Featherstonaugh's the wate i r s , ta o n n ee o i Ler a brook, they sighted an otter, and with assistance spaniel traced the fell spoiler a considerable way, till he " treed" —a feat in which otters are not generally supposed to indulge. Losing sight of him here, the piscat ors, by som e means, had their attention drawn to the tree, a decayed wil low, or "sally," close to the water ' s 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 qu ickly cut into, and there , a few feet abov e th e water, was f o und the otters nest with three fine cubs, which were s e i ze d, and are now in the possession of Mr. Featherstonaugh. The otter breeds twice a year; the litter in this case was believed to be the first of the season, and apparently about three weeks old. Close to the tree were found a great quantity of bones and fin parts of fish, 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, LITERATURE. HISTORY OF IRELAND. Strange, London, 1844. Doctor Smiles, the - author of this History of Ire land, commences with the period immediately pre cre,iing the Anglo-Norman invasion, and closes with the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act, in the memorable year 1829. Portions of his work are wri:ten with considerable vigour of style; and his sketches of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, and of the debates that soon after followed in the House of Com mons respecting the projected union with England, when the illustrious Grattan rose from the bed of sickness, in order to protest in his place against that project, are detailed at length in a careful and circum stantial spirit. The work is written in a commend 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 Ireland, 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, emp oyi lg instead of the weapons of the soldier and polio eman, the more powerful instrument of re dress." REMEDIES SUGGESTE.I3 FOR THE PE RILS OF TH.4FATION Sealey and Burnside.. 4.9ndon, 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 he conceives 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 towards diminishing the evils complained of. The author also insists on the neces sity of a system of 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). TAIT S MAGAZINE. In his political article for the month, Tait, we are sorry to perceive, speaks in terms of hostility to the Ten Hours 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 description of " the Overlander," 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 he 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. How would he be surprised to learn, that those men could tell down 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 arc versed in the literature of all ages. Many of them have travelled over 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 of 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 estaolished, 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." 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 some years past. " Litertc 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 the NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. The following are the heads of the last report made to the Gresham Committee upon the subject of the addi tional decorations proposed to be made to this great na tional edifice abut to be opened : "TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR GRESHAM AFFAIRS." " In obedience to an order from this Committee on the report of Mr. Tite, in relation to that additional sculp ture which he thought desirable for the decoration of the New Royal 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, and to report to and advise with the Sub-Committee thereon, we, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Sub-Committee 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 Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, of Queen Elizabeth, and of Sir Thomas Gresham, and of making such other statues as might be deemed most appropriate for the vacant niches, and also for the north and south fronts of the edifice ; and that the Royal arms, with supporters should also be placed in a conspicuous situation, and was heard at length in explanation of his views ; and we haying taken the subject, as well as the situa tions w he re s everal of the proposed statues sltlfuhrbe p laced, into considera tion, agreed with Mr. T'rie's'suggestion, and were o f opinion they should be f orthwith p rocured, and placed as under : " The statue of her Majesty Queen Victoria in the centre of the merchants area. wh i a ch t thSetood north-east in "The Statue of Queen Elizabeth at the sout h- east, and the corner of Exchange, on d , o o f f tte in a g ro C a h o e f rl t e h s e t l haetecentre of the merchants' area. The statue of Sir Thomas Gresham , the eminent founder and patron of the first Exch ange , niche over the east entrance ad in the great ; "The Royal arms ab an entrance. above t he doorway at the west " By which arra ngement the statues of the three Sove reigns,in whose reigns this national edifice had been erected, would appropriately decorate the exterior. " We thereupon directed Mr. Tite to apply kr several artists for sketches and estimates; and, in consequr nce 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' tie works, when finally approved, to be proceeded on with as little delay as possible. "Amongst other considerations combined with the decoration of the new Exchange, Mr Tite submitted to our notice the propriety of having a tesselated or Mosaic pavement for the merchants' area, instead of the pave ment contemplated by the contract. He also submitted a design, showing the nature of such pavement; and we, your Sub-Cemmittee, 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 anti approved by your Committee. " In the course of our proaeedmgs Mr. Tito brough under consideration the propri e ty o f - adopting an em bellishment in the ceiling of the ambulatory, by a series of encaustic painting or paintings in wax in the forty-six compartments thereof, and l a id before us a design by Mr. Frederick Long, for executing the same, which we inspected and heard him in explanation of, and we vi ere 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, deeming the subject worthy the attention of the Committee, have directed Mr. Tite to make a special report thereon, to which we beg to draw their serious consideration." The Joint Gesham Committee having taken the repoit of the Sub-Committee into consideration, and Mr. Tite having sent in a report, approving all the suggestions and proposals contained in it, adopted it unanimously, and voted the additional sums, which were stated to be nh cessary to carry out the great object of affording appro. priate and highly-finished wor.ts of sculpture far the embellishment of the building. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS. (THE PRESIDENT IN THE CHAIR.) APRIL 30.—" A description of the method employed for repairing a chimney 120 feet high ,at Messrs. Cow per's cotton-mills, Glasgow," by J. Colthurst, was read. The means adopted were thus described:—The work.: man was provided with a broad lether belt, to which was attached a strong spring hook ; staple-shaped ladder irons, with fiat jagged ends, were driven into the j o i nts , 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'hook on to the 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 mental plates of iron, which had been loosened by a storm. In descending, the workman took the ladoei irons out, one after the other, the whole operation being performed in two days and a half—the total cost, includ ine• a bonus of 51. to the workman, was only 13/, ? The first part of a paper, by Mr. William Fairbairn. on the reduction of the magnetic ores of Samalcoff (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, en account of the facilities they offered for working; the great advantages which might have resulted, both in the quantity and quality, of the metal produced from richer ore have been thus neglected, It is stated 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 Paris and in 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 mixel with it about 12 per cent. of silicious earth. The 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 assayists, and acting on the advice of Mr. Fairbairn, Mr. Ohanes Dadian deter mined to persevere in his projects, and his attention being directed to 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 t 9 conduct some experiments, and subsequently engaged. him to proceed to Turkey, to prosecute the working or 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 ore, 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 preci 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 specimeT.s, were exhibited. The success of this plan was consi dere dso complete, that the preparations were mme 7t 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 belie% ed 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 ; and at the works of Messrs. Chance, at - Birmingham, it was found that, on following the rules he laid down, the production of a constant quality of glass was inevitable. He then treated of the pro duction of optical lenses, and of the make of bottle glass. The paper then returned to the forms of the furnaces 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 paper with the details of the experiments made upon it at Manchester and at the Backbarrow works. The paper was so long, that the second part was reserved for the next meeting, the 7tb of May, when the monthly ballot for members will take place. The following papers were announced to be read : N 9. 679 (Second Part)—" On the relative strenge.., and other properties, of cast iron from the Turkish zr. ,l, luematite 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 clo;4- Lug the end of the building-slip at her Majesty's Dock yard, Woolwich ;" by B. Snow, Assoc. Inst. C. E. No. 670—" Account of the plan adopted by Williarn , Preston White for raising the Innisfail steamer, sunk in , the river Lee; near Cork (Ireland) ;" by G. P. Whit , 4 Assoc. Inst. C. E. COURT OF EXCISE.—THURSDAY. John Toplis, of 63, Bermondsey-street, tobacconist, v, a , with sand, earthy matter, Ise., on each which inform a s of • • torm charged, under five informations , with adulterating tot-, az . ro 1., . 4 besides a forfeiture of the articles. h e had incurred a penalty of 3001 ., making a total of 50 01 Mr. J. Jordan, a Custom-house officer, stated ' chat on the 19th of January last he went, in company wit, .1 Mr. Donald, an officer of Excise, to the shop of defendar, t, and on sealer, him told him they had come to pay him wished to see his warehouse. He said ~. another visit, mid hey were welcomi, and supposed they were come after thr, hogshead of tobacco that had come in on the previous %light. When th e y got into the manufactory they found 0, '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 cutting engine was at work, which witness de sired might be stopped. He examined the tobacco in the engine, as well as some that had been cut, and found it gro tily adulterated with earthy matter. ➢ir. Graham, Professor of Chemistry at University C kl - deposed that before submitting the tobacco to chew; ,cal 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 ad x I terated with that earth to the extent of 12 per cent. The CHAIRMAN said the Court were of opinion the cbr mge had been fully made out, and convicted defendant in, the penalty of 3001., and the whole of the tobacco to be forfeited NEW BRIDGE OVER THE MENAI STR A ITS. —Vi understand that the landed proprietors in the -,,i c i n ity oft' Menai-bridge oppose the passage of the rail , ,, r oy, and that it is, therefore, probable the passage acrossthe Straits vs ill have to be made at the Britannia Rock, er.d will involve at least'two arches of 350 feet span. This will be the us ost gigantic railway work ever uridertakew.—Dublia Paper. THE RENDEZVOUS WINE AND' SUPPER ROOlbts;..— Yesterday, at the Excise, Llewelly' n Watkin William* of ham and beef notoriety, keeper 'of the above rooms;. in. Brydges-street, opposite Drury-',one Theatre, was cht*geti with selling foreign wines wit:wan a license. a Two offic• trs of Excise proved being served foreign w i nes • t th e a Jove .Ali^ofD dan ece t mb ple e a r d las ed t, bis wh ich dist,. r :1 1 1 z con diti o n, with a family - eleven children,' and th e Ci 'urt said, under the circumst e, nces , they would mitigate the peald r a prem i s e s , u k premises.6th and d Th i4 e defendant to 151. B I RTHDAY OF THE MARQUIS OF W WORCESTER ... Great rejoicings will take place on the coming of age of . . the Marquis of Worcester, which will occur in February. I) ad minton will be the scene of splendid festivities, and a et rag nificent entertainment will be given in Monmor.thshire. An immenee ox is to be roasted whole for the po' ,ulace , in A gin court.square, Monmouth ; and a barrel of ale, which was, brewed at the christening of the Nob}e Marquis, will bet broached on the occasion.--Berrow's n r ;orcester Journal. Yesterday, * William Murray, of Alarmaduke-street,. St. Georges-m-the-E as t , was fined, • by the Excise, 501. fur having in his possession and workints an illicit still. The convict Henry Jones, v ho saved the lives. OS the two men at Devonport, irm liberated on Thursday, having received a free pardon front . her Majesty. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE; STREET.—An inquest was yesterday held by Mr. Riggs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of James Haynes, Aged 28. Deceased was a cad to the cab rank in St. Je:mes's-:street, and on Monday night. last, while in good sprits, and'apparently in the enjoymut • of excellent healt:a; he suddenly , fell down on the pavement. insensible. He 'was removed In the above-named hospital:. where ever?* 'exertion was mader - to restore him, t. 4, he never rallied, an'a died at about eleemn o'clock the game night- Verdict—" Natural death." THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—TI7,i present sea— son has hitherto been one of;the finest that we have hid f,..r several years for promoting the growth. of those crops which. are already sown, and enr.nling the farmers to prepare the land for those which remain to be sown. In all the counties of England, between Liverpool and*Southampton, as well in Normandy and the ether northern province's of France,. in Belgium, in Rhenish Prussia, and in Germany, as far as, Frankfort, the wheat crops this year are ',nost promising:. We do riot remember to hare seen, above 'calf-a-dozen lstadi fields of wheat in a journey of a thousirad or twelve laisn . dred miles. In general the plant is volt thick, the coroutt good, and the promise of the crop exCele , ca. The same ob-• ' servation applies to the crat, the rye,. tb e clover, and rape• crops on the Continent, arid to the gran crops in Englanu e , In the limestone districts of Normandy and in Flanders, ate ' well as in the rich district 'between Mi Avence and Frankfort., the clovers are unusually 'So this yes ‘r, and it is a remark, able proof of what may be et}' 4 cted by rich cultivation, tin= the Col za, a rape plant, was at least., a yard high, and in fulll bloom, in Easter week, bets ',g M Alines and .Antwerp, aft= time when it was even in bud in t'fistricts of France a couple. of degrees further south. Ow ing to the heavy rains of.' March, and the general warn nit of the first fortnight in April, this and most other el. ops. were as forward as they were ever known to be at this r seat :on all the way from Havre. to the Rhine. In this neighb our: hood, and throughout Eng-• land generally, they look as v,sPlj as could be , wished.—Nor-. thern Star. _ ~ ~