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" Who runs may read." rortmxGaa. , s The object of Louis Philippe's visit to Dreux was to pre qUe.personally over the placing of the coffins of the deceased m embers of his family in the tombs destined for them in the 'suit of the new buildings of the chapel. At half-past ten .1. 1 1 Tuesday, a gran d mass was ce l e b ra t e d by th e Bi s hop of M orocco. The mo r t a l re m ai ns of the Duke of Orleans and th e Princess Marie were then deposited in their final resting -ILiaa, Is• On Wednesday his Majesty visited, in all their de- Zia% the chapel, the château, and the new house built for W j a a Bishop of Morocco. After breakfast and performance of mass, the King set out on his return to Paris, at twenty :mutes past twelve. A man in the crowd having shouted Vice /e Rol ! Viva mon ancien Colonel!" the King ordered ' l :us of his aides-de-camp to make inquiries, and the man Vrying proved that he had served in the regiment of which ' l3 Majesty was Colonel, he made him a liberal gratuity." The Duchess of Kent arrived at the Tuileries on Wednes day afternoon at three o'clock. The King's carriages were 'waitin g in the morning at St. Denis for the Duchess and her suite. Her Royal Highness was accompanied on her entering Iris by the Count de Strada, the King's equerry. She will c , °e4ll ,ey during her stay the apartments Hera usully occupied by `,°.itit . tg and Queen of the Belgians. Royal Highness "rut visit Versailles, Fontainebleau, and the other Royal Palaces before she leaves France. A grand dinner in honour of her visit will be given at the Trianon, and on the 2d of I laY there will be a concert at Court. On Friday she re- Vved the diplomatic corps in the Salle du Trone. Her il a Yal Highness had with her the Queen, the Duke de en iallre, and Madame Adelaide. t he Prince de Joinville arrived at Havre on Wednesday thhe Pluton steamer, and left on the same day at noon by e S e i ne steamer for Rouen, where his Royal Highness ale t, and arrived in Paris on Friday by the railroad. The Journal des Chemins de. Fer says :—"We learn from rsiafts, who app ear t o b e we ll i n f orme d, th a t an o ff er h as n made to the Government, by an Anglo-French Coin- I t sll l3', for the execution of the line of railway from Lyons to F which, if Y l g ll . on. We have no doubt that a proposition, the result accepted, would be the completion of the entire :servedln the North Sea to the Mediterranean, will be well Particularly by the Government, the Chambers, and the public, execute the if" we are assured, this Company offers to On Sat e A na 'a without calling for assistance from the State." ?enc., stauruity accounts were received at Paris, from Flo- F OB3O 1. ting the death of the venerable Count Vittorio d literary ove r 7, 1 6r ani, who has for so long a series of years presided guishe e affairs of Tuscany. The Noble Count was a distin- C ht and scientific scholar, and although in his ,g Y-nintli year, was in the full enjoyment of all his facul ties to the hour his death. A Frankfort journal states that the reigning Prince of Saxe D ucal Gotha is in future to be called Highness, instead of 4.l „._acal Highness, and that the Duke of Nassau has, in con "'Pence of his marriage with an Imperial Princess of Russia, a pplied to the German Powers to be. authorised to assume t he title of Royal Highness. It was not supposed that the r equest would be complied with. cotrAT—P.ASHIONABLE. Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ac entn_Panied bv the infant Royal family, contemplate paying „ :visit to the Isle of Wight at an early period in the et suing month. The sojourn of the Court at Osborne House is not eaPected to exceed more than a week or ten days. The re tinue will be unusually small. The Duchess of Kent is travelling under the title of countess of Dublin, the Earl of Dublin having been one of the titles of his late Boyal Highness the Duke of Kent. Their M a j est i es the King and Queen of the Belgians pur v'ea, leaving this country on Tuesday or Wednesday next. 'els Excellency Count de St. Aulaire gives a grand ban es, on Wednesday next, to the Duke of Wellington, Sir lbert Pe e l, E ar l o f Ab er d een, and the l eading members of t e G vernment, and also to the principal members of the iplanzatique, in honour of the fête day of the King of „t'a F rench. It is to b e a f u ll-d ress p ar ty. O n th e f o ll ow i ng let the Countess has a grand ball in further celebration of Pieious event, for which, it is said, 500 cards of melonin ,, have been circulated. th e Duchess of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel t k ra t ,Zernby C as tl e , Y or k s hi re . Th e D u k e i s ex p ec t e d t o bans for the Hague early in June, on his annual visit to gflajesty the King of Holland, during the meeting of the I rang or Falconry Club in the Dutch capital. kr Duke of Devonshire entertained a distinguished party eiafter on Friday last, at Devonshire House. A select 17, assembled after dinner. 7 ) . " Earl and Countess of Shannon are expected to arrive li o rart's Hotel, on Wednesday, from Castle Martyr, the Ti le Earl's seat, in Ireland. fo r o e Earl and Countess of Erroll left London on Saturday oftil)lains Castle North Britain to prepare for the celebration Lom e "ming of , age of Lord Kilmarnock, on the 3d of May. I 1p and Lady Erroll intend remaining in Scotland till late 4 , autu mn . =Ltd zi an d Lady Farnham, Baron and Baroness Dimsdale P o eisses Dirrisdale, Sir William and Lady . Foulis and Miss It orrte x i a : Mademoiselle D'Este, &c., have arrived at Mivart's rd Rokeby, at his recent audit of his Northumberland tai t t e rtyt made a return of ten per cent. to his tenants gene- fth • The Noble Lord is still abroad for the benefit of his Lad Y Caroli ne Barrington, after a lengthened visit to to wn . Ltud Cou ntess G rey , a t Howick Hall, has returned to tel e r Th renci; Amba ssa d or an d C oun tess de St. Aulaire had a tr4bc. , .t circle to tlinner, on Saturday evening, at the French .BSy. Th e Mix4CIEMIGANEotTS. th e Private view of the 40th exhibition of the pictures by *,yociety of Water-colours took place on Saturday, and attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Marquises low°lll,lampton, Aylesbury and Marchioness; Earls Brown- Je vn, Powis, and Wilton ; Countesses Bro plo w , Mansfiecd, and Powis, and Dowager Morley; h„ l ,°Ps of London Winchester ard Lichfield; 'Viscounts ln,l e a and Alfo;d; Ladies 'Chelsea, Marianne Alford, 41 0 '0° 0 e, and Mary Wood; Lords Colborne, Prudhoe, and IN' Russell; A. Peel, Sir M. Shee, Sir T. Acland; and . 4 1 " la ny artists of . eminence, &c. It 0 meeting of artists took place on Saturday d i vot at I W er il ui lis's-rooms, to take into consideration the recent lbai, °° eTY of the Government as to the illegality of the art that u' and the best course to be adopted in consequence of sok e ' ll ecovery. Mr. Wyse was called to the chair, and after t oils ,scusslon it was unanimously resolved to present etr rolc to the /louses of Parliament, praying them to adopt the A k tn , e asul'es am will place on a true and . permanent basis kocinetrisLe-saUtunridon of London and all other similarly constituted anniversary fete in s l") tt ev o di r t t en o th a 3; everting the seventy-first _ e 4114 8 of the Highland School Society t r, lielar ge room of the London Tavern, with unusual l iberality the Part of the Society, and with the accustomed guine a s of proprietors of the tavern. Among the sub guinea, were her Majesty, 50/. ; the Queen Doitager, 10 e k tleh :, , the Duke of Cambridge, 20/. ; the Duchess of Buc lieqja,.2sl., the Chairman, a second donation of 10 guineas; Eaq Taieneat Cabbell, Esq., 10 guineas ; Hugh Maclean, Jamaica sdut3 , , p la a t ia e a Master in Chancery in Spanish Town, by the estate) a legacy of 1,000/. ; Mr. ~ ,,1 ,6( 0 7. 8 t, two guineas. The gross amount was upwards It n 'i te erlL Z ie ? t Y the Queen-Dowager will honour the perform ilet,t4Ane,,sent Music on Wednesday evening with her pre- Ck.;,i Earl , T lowe (the director) has engaged Madame 41; 1 °1 Allan, Miss Marshall, and Miss Dolby, Signor Coadualessrs. Bee s nett, Barnby, Chapman, and Machin. h,: c i _r, Sir H. H. Dishop. 4 kest,, 'uartists h ave 1,,1en holding a Convention at Mari 4ittie:s during the past foi!night, but have adjourned their ~ e atig"aring_prev_iously re ..colved to hold their next Con at Leeds Th busineil of their last Convention tla e • g e 'sation of the " National Charter tip er7 .4 loe, ,, is and Cheer h r e a an p l ointment of missionaries to agitate toiat s c o p*, toyte, hamlet ' , and village in favour of the " six the Charter." Tit p -LATE GREAT CHESS MATCH „It `' h - r. WEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. iqtt the been suggested by the French champion flglish amateur, Mr. Staunton, in his proposals, },TDos e 'i ng match of chess with any player in Europe, had ta• t, , - „s` conditions which he knew would be unacceptable to ▪ 1 „ -- , r c ountryman instantly published the following •-"" spirited challenge addressed to M. St. Amant him- Cg ""ttNGE FROM MR. STAUNTON TO M. ST. AMAto.T. he ci :!ar Sir,—Your reply my "Proposals" reaches me ky,• ejnoizerit when the forthcoming Number of The Chess t ott tl ii' (Art:nide is at press. This. circumstance will .ac -2l ° a t and excuse the brevity of the present communication. eie4elletnge, twos the terms of which you have taken so general one and its conditions, how ht4l44llltioitavtetallersi n a eN - - e er ue be so nicely shaped that they the wishes and cunvenience of every k tpl dlitt l,,..t They t will not do so, it would seem, with yours. b ti on" ' L em, then altogether out of sight ori the present wi,-;;, regard' g , l the impatience which you express, 2 1 1 co I feel, ul f o a n y other match, and the assurance you -41 ouT ve a ofyo o u r r being in London this spring, I have the , I will.° s ubmit - for your oatio another " defi.".l * ,, g e * a n gage upon your arrival in London to play you at t n ' t ntr t o „ -e°r ge's Chess Club a match of twenty-five, of t), t,io /L ' of eleven, of seven, or of five gmes, at your any stake not less than 100/. sterling. a games shall be played at your own appointed days 1 ,, 1 111 11. 1 ,,, , (14 t8 -11ndertake to play every day, or alternate days, or f:„ e , ek, as you may arrange, under the penalty of one o will e ach omission. ball I • ) " t Pee that th e ma ximum time allotted for each move ' e, or fifteen, or twenty, or twenty-five, or thirty licb ,a , at Your pleasure ; and that either party exceeding t T he -11ti rne shall on every occasion be fined a guinea. iok, deterh shall also be played in public or private as you ; and, finally, will consent that in each game •Otet,jers shall on their first move play king's pawn two .---/lelieve me truly yours, TO 4t. JAMES STAUNTON. at ' lanant, editor of Le Palamede. to, ----. -_ b'llrh''VellivrAßlC LITERARY INSTITUTION.—On Friday t kre —n e Itast Mr. Rumball, the phrenologist, delivered a lec -1444 vixt e . t 7: " Pella • of M merism " wherein he attempted - tett-- the wholes ele y s e es to be one of delusion or fraud, Ivlthrip,l4ettl:i:ed, at c s- on st sid ni erable length, sundry means . by n. • 11r..., r the other could be detected. _At the conclusion k,,,k ) .7 4 e 8 , the mesmeric lecturer, opened up a battery on -4141.711elogical . n, and read several of his N •o4Ln be ews g entlema bl 4 npapers, in refutation of what be hadpara. that t 44 4.uvanced, but as personality was most unqi_stefu . ll c y . •lir t :. with the discussion we forbear comment. The le c,\r:,nt o ff very well, but ' the attendance was very small. '01.1,% / 1--4 ' OF Ta:g E MPEROR OF RUSSIA . TO THIS 14 E l--- Tbe a uroaching visit of his Imperial Majesty I pe kb Peror of Russia to this country, which it may be r( . 3 1 - 1 : 4 11 4r er th ecl e Was first announced in the MorningPo 4 ! IN . Present season the most splendid w hich ne_u sth'aswolc- iti ll since the visitofthe Allied Sovereigns, at the co l iiik of since fo kOlp ..., e war, in 1814. The nobility and gentry are daily rh - ... the metropolis end the house-agents are seeking .e Ivill b e in every direCtion. liis Imperial Majesty, who 44(14% attended by several members of his Illustrious house, 41)411,1111raerous retinue will occupy the splendid suite of e(/r ore - e ent4 in St. James''s Palace. Preparations are already 41 ao ... I N at the Palace for his Majesty's reception, ar tocik,;:oe mansions of the leading members of the s 1414 lillemagnificence ar Who will vie with each other in the Lt ?dour of the fetes which they will give in honour "11l b 41Perial Majesty's visit. It is understood that there ou Rle everilliant display of fireworks in Trafalgar-square 214111 p ni ng of the day on which his Majesty arrives.— e °l t kliff er hear that Sir James Duke, M.P., continu's to I titi a° 1 , tie 6 ill 1 re lY from a n a tt ac k o f r h eumat i sm , th a t so me 4 1141 4 4telY ve thiti e3. to el apse before he will be able to attend to his THE LONDON DISTRICT POST- OFF/( .4= The clivnges in the London date twopenny post) office were on Saturday last officially announced. Provision is made for ten deliveries of London local letters daily. There are at present seven, and the alteration, it will be perceived, has the effect of making an hourly delivery .of letters between the hours of one, P.M., and six, roar., in clusive. The following is a copy of the notice issued to the various receivers throughout town " London District Post-office. "On and from the first of May (Wednesday next) there will be ten deliveries of letters in London daily, and the dis patches will be made from this office at the following hours : MORNING. AFTERNOON. 8, 10, and 12, A.M. l, 2,3, 4,5, 6, and 8, P.M. " By this alteration letters for the country districts posted before three o'clock, P.M. will be delivered the same even ing : and those posted before five o'clock will be delivered within a circle of six miles from the General Post-office the same night. Letters for the last delivery ought to be posted before six o'clock, and this delivery includes all places within a circle of three miles from the General Post. office. " N.B. Letters for the first delivery in the morning muss be posted before eight o'clock the previous night. " ROBERT SMITH Superintending President." To carry out the alteration announced above, 160 letter carriers have been appointed, besides several other officers. The additional cost to the establishment is estimated at about 8,5001. per annum. The total cost of district post letter carriers alone employed in delivering letters in the metro polis is over 20,0001. per annum. IRELAND. THE STATE TRIALS.-SECOND DAY. Dumm, Arm. 26.—Mr. WHITESIDE resumed his argu ment at half-past one o'clock yesterday morning. He com menced by adverting to the Chief Justice's charge. The Learned Gentleman, after referring at some 'length to the evidence permitted by the Lord Chief Justice to be sent to the jury with respect to the assembling the repeal meetings, and their illegality, proceeded to say :—lt made not the least difference whether a meeting was convened magisterially or not. The evidence received was irrelevant, and wholly at variance with the question under consideration, because the meetings were convened by the Association, and not magis terially, therefore the place in which they were uttered was very different from that referred to in Home Tooke's case; arid the fact of Mr. O'Connell having all his life adhered to the same principle which he professed before the unicai was a strong fact which should have been noticed in his favour. Upon the ground of misdirection he submitted a case had been made out upon this application for a new trial. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose and said, that he wished to take the opinion of the Court as to the course to be pursued with respect to this motion. Eight notices had been served ; and it was for the Court to say what number of counsel should be heard for the traversers, but he did contend for it, that every one of those notices should be opened before the Crown was called on to reply. Those actin4 for the Crown did not desire any unnecessary delay, and he (the Attorney- General) required that the several notices should have been opened by such number of counsel as the Court might decide upon, before the Crown replied to the objections. After the Crown would have been heard, other counsel might be heard for the traversers, the Crown, however, having the last reply. Judge Bumrox—What is said to this? Mr. - HENN, Q.C., should have been disposed to contend that the Crown ought not to have the final reply, especially in a new trial motion ; but he was afraid their Lordships en tertained too decided an opinion upon the subject. It ap peared that there were four classes of notices, one relating to the cases of Messrs. O'Connell and Steele, another to Dr. Gray and Messrs. Barrett and Ray ; a third to Mr. Duffy, and a fourth to Mr. Tierney ; and there being those four classes, each of those notices could be opened by a separate counsel ; and the Crown having then spoken, the traversers could reply by ibur more counsel. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—After the Solicitor-General and I have spoken, the counsel for Messrs. John O'Connell, Ray, Duffy, and Tierney, will have an oppurtunity of being heard, prior to the final reply of the Crown. Mr. HATCHELL, on the part of Mr. Ray—l have a motion to make to your Lordships, to the effect that a new trial be• granted. The Learned Counsel continued to address the Court for a considerable length of time, minutely discussing the bearing of the law and the Judge's charge upon his client's case, and at six o'clock terminated his address by stating his opinion that their Lordships would be inclined to submit to any inconvenience, even the terror of another trial like the present, sooner than justice should not be done, and the ac cused denied the benefit of the law. Mr. Hatchell then re sumed his seat, and the Court adjourned till half-past ten o'clock to-morrow morning. SATURDAY.—THIRD DAY. The Court sat this morning at eleven o'clock, when Mr. MOORE., Q.C., proceeded to address their Lordships on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Tierney. He had to move their Lordships to grant a new trial, and to set aside the verdict obtained in this case. The verdict returned was not sus tained by the evidence of the case, and also there was a mis direction in the charge delivered by the Lord Chief Justice to the Jury. The charge against Mr. Tierney was that he had joined a conspiracy already formed, and they could not prove his having joined a conspiracy by fixing the acts of others done before he had any connection with them. Mr. O'HAGAN was counsel for Mr. Duffy, and it was his duty, on that gentleman's behalf, to move for a new trial. He contended that evidence had been improperly admitted which should have been rejected; next, because the evidence in his behalf was not properly laid before the jury; next, that the charge of the Learned Judge was objectionable, by reason of misdirection ; and, finally, that the evidence did not sus tain the verdict. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the application, and fol lowed the order in which the application had been made. He would contrast the statement of the Counsel for the traver sers with that verified and sworn by Hodges, the Govern ment reporter, a gentleman of great ability, and of the highest character in every respect. Judge CRAMPTON—Whose affidavit is that? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that of Mr. Hodges, the short-hand writer. And he would call the attention of the Court to the facts of the case, as sworn to by that gentleman. Among the twer.ty-four names on the jury panel called by Mr. Bourne, Mr. Rigby's name was called by that officer as John Rigby. On this Mr. Rigby hoping, and he (the Solici tor-Genera)) did not blame that gentleman, to avoid being placed on the jury by a mistake in the writing of his name, said at the time that he was called John Jason Rigby, and not `John Rigby, and suggested that, as Mr. Passworth had been excused on the former day for serving on the jury on similar grounds, he might be exempted also. Mr. Bourne then asked him if he were not the John Rigby that lived at 175, Great Brunswick-street? to which Mr. Rigby answered in the affirmative. Now there he was identified with the same John Rigby on the jury-list. He proceeded to discuss the next objection to the verdict, viz., the extension of the trial into vacation, and really Mr. Whiteside had most strangely interpreted, or rather misinterpreted, the words of that Act. At half-past four o'clock the Judges intimated their inten tion of adjourning the Court. THE SUPPRESSION OF ART UNIONS. - - - A general meeting of artists was held at Willis's Rooms, Ring-street, St. James's, on Saturday evening, to consider the best course to be adopted in consequence of the recent notice given by the Lords of the Treasury prohibiting the usual drawing of the Art-Union lottery. Long before the time appointed for the meeting the room was thronged, and the greatest anxiety was manifested in the ' proceedings. Soon after eight o'clock Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P. ascended the platform, accompanied by the members of the Council of Institute of Fine Arts, by whom the meeting had been con vened. THOMAS WYSE, Esq., having been called to the chair, stated briefly the objects for which they were assembled, and desired the Secretary to read the advertisement calling the meeting. JAMES FAHEY, Esq., the honorary secretary, having read the advertisment, The CHAIRMAN again rose and addressed • the meeting at considerable length on the subject of Art-Unions and their prospects. He observed that, in 1837, a feeling having ex isted for the further extension and improvement of the fine arts, by combining with the interests of artists that of the public at large, the Art-Union system was introduced, and was soon afterwards extended to almost all parts of the land. The characteristic features of this system were that it dis countenanced monopoly ; there was in it no combination for the advancement of particular interests, or individual advan tage, but it extended encouragement from the highest to the lowest, and, whilst it encouraged artists, it also promoted a. taste for the fine arts among the public at large, who were the most enduring, the most noble, and the most elevating patrons of art.—(Loud cheers.) The Art-Union wished to extend the civilisation depending on art to every part of the country ; to give to every artist the chance of becoming known to his fellow-subjects, and to establish in this country a republic of art. The results of their efforts had so far realised their most sanguine hopes. In the first year of their labours the subscriptions amounted to only 400/., whilst last year they exceeded 14,000/. ; and this increase had taken place in the space of only eight years. Similar augmentation had been experienced in the Art-Unions of Edinburgh and Dublin, which showed that the increasing taste for the fine arts was not limited to the metropolis. The money'whieh had been distributed by the Art-Union of London, since its forma tion, amounted altogether to between forty and fifty thousand pounds, which sum had been distributed generally among the most meritorious artists, and had not been apportioned to any favoured individual or coterie. He denied that the Art-Union was a gambling society, though it came under the letter of the law. To the law, as pronounced by the Attorney-General, they must submit ; but they were, never theless, not precluded from doubting the soundness of the interpretation of the law, which had been otherwise inter pretated by other legal authorities. As doubts had arisen, he wished the Legislature to take measures to prevent the continuance of those doubts in future. Without censuring the Government for having acted on the interpretation of the law by the Attorney-General, he at least thought that that interpretation should have been elicited at an earlier stage of the proceedings, so that much of the expense that had been incurred by the Art-Union of London, might have been avoided by premonitory notice. The coursehe would advise the meeting to pursue was, to present a memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury, repre senting the position in which the Art-Union of London was placed by the recent decision against them ; stating the pre sent condition of the body, what they had done for the ad vancement of art, and their hopes of accomplishing much more for the future. Let them entreat of him that the law might be re-modelled, and that they might be at least placed in a condition to pursue the system which had hitherto been so successful. Should the First Lord of the Treasury not like to take the initiative in the matter, then the question would be whether it might not be advisable to submit the subject to the consideration of the Committee of the House now sitting on gambling. It was well known•in what difficulties certain parties had been recently thrown by an application to them of the law against gambling, and that they were obliged to appeal to the Legislature for the suspension of the law, and for a subsequent remedy that would take their cases out of the operation of that law. It was well known what sym pathy, and be might add, what indulgence was shown by the L eg islature on that occasion. —(Cheers and laught er .) It was impossible to suppose that men who were only dfstin guished at Newmarket should be treated with greater kind ness by the Legislature than a body of men who had exerted themselves to diffuse the arts of civilisation, and to spread the glory of the country to ail parts of the world.—(Ch eers .) The first resolution, expressing regret at the suppres s i on of Art-Unions, was proposed by Mr. HOWSE, and seconded by ! Mr. POWELL, and carri ed with only one dissentient, amidst loud cheers. The second resolution was to the effect that a memorial be presented to Sir Robert Peel, requesting him to move for the appointment of a Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of Art-Unions. This resolution was opposed by Mr. RYLE, but was carried , a l mos t unanimously. ! The third resolution was to the effect that petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying them to adopt measures to establish on a firm basis the Art-Union of London, and all similar institutions. This resolution, as well as the former one, was carried with loud acclamation, the only hand held up against them being that of Mr. kle, who was loudly laughed at for his persevering opposition. Mr. FEANKLAND ifioved a petition to the Legislature, praying that it would adopt such measures as would esta blish, •on a sn - e and permanent basis, the Art-Union of London, and all other similarly constituted societies. Mr Buss seconded it. The resolution was put and carried, like the others, with only one dissentient. The SECEETAMY then read the proposed petition to the Houses of Lords and Commons. Mr. ANGLIO, sen., moved, and Mr. DAVIES seconded the adoption of the petition, which was agreed to. Mr. HARDY suggested that artists should adopt some means of meeting each other mere frequently.—(Cheers.) If they could meet monthly it would be very desirable and beneficial to all parties. The SECRETARY promised to give the gentleman a pros pectus of the Institute, which would afford all the facilities he required. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who is to present the petition to the Commons, and the Marquis of Lansdowne to the Lords, and the meeting separated. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—In a letter that we insert to-day, under the sig nature of " Timetes " in relation to the recal of the Go vernor-General of India, there is much that is worthy of attention. Our correspondent, however, touches, we think, somewhat too lightly upon what we have reason to believe will, eventually, become the most important point in this remarkable case. " Timetes" suggests, on the authority of Lord Ellenborough's friends, that his Lordship's unsparing retrenchments in the Indian expenditure may have procured for him the hostility of the Court of Directors. Unless we be much mistaken, this circumstance will, hereafter, be found to rest upon a foundation very much more stable than the partial statements of private friend ship. We have heard that the Noble Lord, soon after his arrival in India, discovered an alarming excess of expenditure over relic nue, to the extent of about two millions sterling per annum ; that he lost no time in investigating the causes of this frightful deficiency ; and that, having discovered them in the prevalence of a system of jobbing, extraordinary even in the annals of Indian Government, he lost no time ins effecting such reforms and retrenchments as were suggested by the intimate knowledge • which he acquired of the country during many years of Pre sidency over the Board of Control. It will, no doubt, appear surprising that the Court of Directors should have taken offence at measures calculated to promote the stability of the empire committed to their charge ; but if it be borne in mind that extensive retrenchment could not fail to diminish the value of patronage, and to interfere with the long-established system of nepotism, one can understand that the re forms introduced by the Governor-General of India may have been distasteful to the sovereigns of Leadenhall street. That the course adopted by the Directors was taken so suddenly as not to have been suspected by her Majesty's Government is almost incredible; but that the latter considered the recal, when threatened, a mere threat, the actual execution of which was in the last degree, impro bable, we can easily imagine. The important events in pro gress ; the complicated and critical relations of England with many of the native Powers, and the success that had crowned Lord Ellenborough's policy, must have combined to induce a belief that his recal at, the present moment could not be decided upon by a body of men who were supposed to possess a familiar knowledge of the condition and necessities of our Indian empire. The step has, nevertheless, been taken ; and if it shall appear that a tithe of what we have heard be true, public opinion cannot fail to declare itself loudly on this new instance of Indian mismanagement, and the sacrifice of the weightiest public interests to the gratifi cation of private pique. ADVERTISER.—It never rains but it pours. Troubles don't come singly. They always come in the plural number. Sir Robert Peel's difficulties thicken around him. Every day, we had almost said every hour, adds to their number. The latest heavy blow to the Tamworth Administration, is the recal of Lord Ellenborough from the Governor-General ship of India—not only, as we believe it will turn out, with. out the sanction, but in opposition to the earnest remon strances of her Majesty's Ministers, with the exception, per haps, of the Premier himself. What the specific causes are which have led the East India Court of Directors to resort to the exercise of a power which has not been exercised for more than half a century, is a point on which, so far as Go vernment are concerned, we are left in ignorance. They have maintained an unbroken silence on the subject; and hence some persons seem to suppose that there are no specific causes at all, but that his Lordship's recal is the result of a deep dissatisfaction with his general policy. This is a most unreasonable supposition. It might safely be inferred, in the absence of all information on the subject, that there must be extraordinary reasons for so extraordinary a proceeding. We are enabled to state what these reasons are. They are a series of most insolent letters, which Lord Ellenborough has addressed to the Court of Directors at home—letters, we are assured, surpassing in the insulting character of their tone and contents anything ever known in the correspondence of public men on public questions; and which no body of indi viduals could have submitted to receive in silence, without degrading themselves for ever in their own estimation. When the facts of the case come before the public, the sub ject of universal surprise will be, not that the Court of Di rectors should at last have resented the insolence of their servant, but that they should have endured it so long. We shall, doubtless, be asked what was the origin of these letters ? What provocation, if any, had the Governor. General to write them? We are in a condition to furnish the desired information. Foe the last two years the Court of Directors have been reasoning and remonstrating with Lord Ellenborough respecting some parts of the policy he was pursuing in India. They admonished him that the tendency of that policy was .to jeopardise British ascendancy in the East, and earnestly intreated him to alter his course. In his first replies he evinced all the obstinacy and strong headedness which have always been the characteristics of the man, and intimated his determination to continue to act upon his own judgment. Still, in the commencement of the correspondence, there was nothing which the Court of Direc tors could construe into personal disrespect. They ascribed the tone and contents of his letters to an overweening conceit of his own discernment and abilities. As, however, he dis regarded their instructions, and set at nought their counsels, they felt the necessity of being more decided in their next communication. This had the effect of still more deeply wounding his Lordship's vanity. His rejoinder was, con- sequently, written in a strain which few gentlemen could brook. The correspondence, however, continued to go on, and every succeeding letter from his Excellency .was only remarkable for surpassing its predecessor in unredeemed rudeness and vulgar insolence. He even went so far, if we are not misinformed, as to set the Court of Directors at defiance. He never imagined that a Conservative Court of Directors, however contemptuously and insultingly treated by him, would have the audacity, as he deemed it, to beard a Conservative Government and a Conservative Go vernor-General. The event, when he is apprised of it, will undeceive him. He will find, to his cost, that the self respect and moral courage of the Directors were quite a match for his coarse insolence. In them he has unexpectedly caught a Tartar. We wish him joy of his prize. The recal of Lord Ellenborough is chiefly important from its bearings on the Administration at home. It would at any time have given a heavy blow to the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel: coming at the present moment, it will fall with peculiar force. Already that Cabinet is staggering from the effects of former blows received through means of Irish State trials, Irish Registration Bills, English Factory Bills, and sundry other measures. If it long survive this last and heaviest blow of all, it must indeed bear a charmed life. TIMES.—It is one of the inevitable inconveniences at tached to the constitution and condition of a vast empire, that the force of public opinion is seldom directed to the re mote and minute interests and controversies of scattered dependencies, and that.local usages or parties are frequently able to paralyse the vital principle of government in the ex tremities or minor members of the body politic. The strength and cohesion of the various dependencies of Britain is based upon a system tolerant of all the varieties of local freedom, and pre-eminently respectful of local privileges, rather than on the arbitrary uniformity of strict subjection to the laws and institutions of the mother-country. But although we deprecate any wanton interference with the usages of depen dencies, which have been taught to believe that their privi leges are safer under the tutelary dominion of England than they would be under any other State, or even in a condition of independence; yet the dignity of the Crown, and the in terests of the community, demand that this respect for local laenngtdsh as ubo to subordinate governments an indiscriminatingvernment sshou should not protection c;r t r i i o e n d to to s uch a insti tutions which have nothing but their antiquity and their lo cali character to shield them from merited reprobation. It s obviously the first duty of the Supreme Government to take care that justice should be administered by proper persons and in a proper manner, in every part of her Majesty's judicatures dominions ; and that the practices of local should not interfere with the common rights of British subjects. Within an easy voyage from the coast of Hampshire, and at no greater distance from our coast than the Channel Islands, we venture to affirm that all the abuses of local Government, the intolerance of local prejudice, and the jealousies of local power, will be found flourishing with an exuberance which we should scarcely find in the colonies of the eastern or west ern hemisphere. In addition to the peculiar spirit of insular importance, and the distinctive characteristics of laws and language appertaining to the lieges of the Dukes of Nor mandy rather than to the subjects of England, Jersey and Guernsey have retained the forms and the temper of the municipal bodies of the middle ages—judicial power without legal learning or discretion, and political authority which claims from tradition something approachable to absolute irresponsibility. Yet these very defects are defended by many of those who suffer by them, precisely because they are in veterate ; they give the charm of local colour to the acts of authority; and the inhabitants of these islands participate with a sort of pride in the abuses which mark their secular indepen - dence. Not so, it must be acknowledged, do these strangers to the customs of the islands report, who chance to be brought into contact with the States or Royal Courts of Guernsey and Jersey. It appears that many of the officers who have filled the post of Lieutenant-Governor in these islands, have been content to discharge the military duty more especially in trusted to them, and have avoided discussions with the local authorities on matters affecting the civil government of the islands. The present Lieutenant-Governor of Guern sey, Major-General apier, is not, however, a man to witness with composure the extraordinary abuses of power, especially in the administration of criminal justice, which are passing under his eyes. The consequence has been a very warm al tercation between the members of the Royal Court and the Queen's representative in Guernsey ; and, without expressing any opinion on some acts and expressions of General Napier, which appear to have kindled prodigious indignation in the island, we have ascertained enough to be convinced that the irresponsible judicial power of the Royal Court is in hands very unfit to wield it. Neither the constitution of the Court nor the personal character and legal attainments of its members afford any of the ordinary guarantees of a British tribunal. The Jurats unite in their own persons the functions of ma gistrates, grand and petty juries, and judges—they rece i ve accusations, they commit for trial, they convict the prisoner, and they award the punishment, from fines or flogging up to the last penalty of the law—death itself. Under such 9 jurisdiction it is not too much to say that none are so inno cent that they may not suffer, none so guilty that they may not escape. When the public feeling of the island is ex cited in favour of a countryman, however gross and evident may be his offence, he is brought off; whilst strangers, and especially men belonging to her Majesty's troops quartered in the island, have been treated with excessive and un merited rigour. One case in particular occurred in the month of August last year, which is calculated to provoke the strictest inquiry. Four soldiers of the 48th Regiment, men of good character, were accused of a highway robbery and assault on a Guernseyman, whose testimony was entitled to Little credit. After a preliminary confinement of a month, eight days of which were passed in solitary cells, they were brought to trial. Upon most insufficient evidence they were convicted by a majority of Jurats, the Court being divided in opinion, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the first and last month to be spent with the aggravations of soli tude and bread and water. During this period the horrors of the gaol were increased by the total absence of medical at tendance,ebbeeieannrfumerre.eaeleena se n t; ea d odnf o d s , n bt one yh eto subjecttfe i t oee h fcsu s e er d i died e i e l tiasapr th tae( shortly after his release under an accumulation of disorders contracted in the prison I From these decisions in criminal cases there is no appeal. The l extraordinary o cannot t a re t e ort ehasjfbroead discussednc inotfa from ii m r r r officers; eiwxquii mixing without andot uu l t ; t even her Majesty's free pardon under the sign manual has this particular question with the political state ofgthe THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1844. awakening political passions and party feelings ; but the ad ministration of criminal justice ought to be rescued from the grasp of prejudiced and unenlightened men, whose jurisdic tion i s in these days without a parallel in Europe. The subordi nation of feudal and municipal justice to the regular judicial officers of the Crown and the general laws of the realm, was one of the first and most important triumphs of public law over private and local privileges ; and it is absurd and unbecoming to preserve these powers in the hands of men who are a scandal to the name of justice. In Jersey same of the jurats are so illiterate, that they can scarcely write, for the office seems to be shunned rather than sought after by the best families in the island. In Guernsey they are said Co occupy a higher position in society ; bat, in both islands the widely extended connexions arisiperom intermarriage in a small community, the dissensions of local passions and parties, and the absence of competent legal knowledge and judicial impartiality in the bench, imperatively demand a prompt and searching remedy. No Government can con nive at such abuses as are known to exist, especially when they affect even the personal safely and liberty of the troops, and of all other strangers who may have any connexion with these islands ; for such is the obscurity and confusion now prevailing - on these subjects, that the Courts of Jersey and Guernsey do not even know what criminal law it is that they administer I ROWLAND HILL'S TESTIMONIAL. TO THE . EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—ln consequence of the letter in your paper of the 13th inst., signed " A Constant Reader," inquiring as to the kind of testimonial intended to be presented to Mr. Hill, I wrote Mr. Wansey, of 3, Lothbury, London, thereon ; a copy of whose letter I bog to forward you, that you may if you think proper insert the same in your paper, which might probably have a beneficial effect in aiding the subscription. At the same time I beg to inforin you that your Corre spondent, "A Constant Reader," has already subscribed 1/. Is.- I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Huddersfield, April 27. THOMAS ROBINSON. (Co NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL py.) TO ROWLAND HILL, AUTHOR OF THE PENNY POSTAGE. 3, Lothburv, London, April 24. Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 23d inst., I beg to state that it is intended to present Mr. Hill either with the amount subscribed, or to purchase an annuity with the same.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, GEORGE WANSEY, Secretary. Thomas Robinson, Esq., Buxton -road, Huddersfield. RECAL of LORD ELLENBOROUGH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir,—Since the announcements made in both Houses of Parliament, on Friday evening, relative to Indian affairs, little else has been talked of in political circles but the recal of Lord Ellenborough. It is, indeed, a very remarkable circum stance. Here we find the representative of the British Go vernment presiding over an extent of country, and an amount of population, very far exceeding the territory and the popu lation under the more immediate sway of British sovereignty, and yet this mighty representative is recalled without the consent of the political Government of Great Britain ! He is in the midst of action—of deeds which are pregnant possibly with the most important political consequences to the whole empire, yet at once, by the fiat of a company of British mer chants, he is stopped in mid-career, and recalled 1 This, in deed, is a bold step, and I agree with one of your contempo raries, that it cannot have been taken without the greatest reluctance, and a deep sense of the urgent and overpowering necessity f taking such a step. Ido not, however, intend to follow your contemporary's example, by attempting to show reasons why such a step was just and necessary, and then stating that I am not prepared to give your readers any suffi cient insight into the real state of the matter. One thing has transpired with reference to this affair since the brief announcement of Friday evening, and that is, that it was by no narrow majority that so remarkable a decision was arrived at in the Directors' room of the East India Com pany. The belief of the necessity for Lord Ellenborough's recal appears to have been general, if not unanimous, in the East India Direction. The reason for this belief remains a secret, but it will probably be found to rest upon no isolated fact, but to be based upon deliberate objection to the leading points of his policy, even those points which have given oc casion to examples of British bravery and prowess scarcely exceeded by any in the whole history of British military achievement. The friends of Lord Ellenborough say that the Directors are angry with him on account of the fredom with which he pursued a course of retrenchment and reform, regardless of the effect upon the private interests of persons closely connected with the Directors. Perhaps this may have had some share in sharpening the feeling against him, which on more important grounds was the re verse of favourable. But whatever the cause of the dis trustful feelings regarding Lord Ellenborough may have been, the curious point is that these feelings have found no sympathy with her Majesty's Ministers, and the Directors have had to take advantage of their own " absolute shall" to remove the nominee of her Majesty from the Indian Vice• Royalty. There are some persons who say that the Govern ment, though not participating in the recal, have neither done anything to prevent 'it, nor regret it, now that it has taken place, the favourite object being to send out, in Lord Ellenborough's place, one of the present Secretaries of State who has not succeeded in making his administration parti cularly pleasing to the British public. I confess, however, that I am inclined to acquit Government of the finesse which is thus attributed td them. Very possibly it may have been wished that there were a comfort able retiring place for the unpopular Secretary of State ; and it may have been intended that, if circumstances were favourable for transporting him to India, that he should go there, but it is too much to suppose that Government should attain their end through the East India Directors, and then throw the whole responsibility of the act upon those gentlemen. But there has been in this affair mismanagement some where. By some means or other there ought to have been greater harmony between her Majesty's Ministers and the East India Company. If the Company were known to have the power of recalling the Govt rnor of India, as of course they were, there ought to have been that sort of confidential co-operation between the Government and Company which would have prevented any such strange event as that upon which all eyes are at present directed. I suspect, that in this case, as in so many others, it will be found that loss of power —loss of willing co-operation on the part of those who can afford useful co-operation—has been the result of some defect in the Government. I hardly know how to describe this de fect. Were I to call it cold and repulsive self-sufficiency, I might perhaps be thought to use language too harsh for the occasion. I am therefore willing it should be called by any mild phrase that can be thought of, but there does appear to be in the Government a something which is very unfavour able to a friendly union with the various subordinate powers, whose co- operation, in a free country, is necessary to the carrying on, in a satisfactory manner, of public affairs. Yours, &c., TIMETIS. MR. FERRAND AND MR. HOGG. TO J. W. HOGG, ESQ., M.P. Sir,—The proceedings in the House of Commons being now terminated, I think it a duty I owe to myself to volunteer that explanation of the exact meaning my words at Leeds were intended to convey, which I never should for one mo ment have withheld, had you made that personal and pri vate application to me which has hitherto been the inva riable custom among gentlemen, instead of adopting the in direct and public course of appealing to Parliament. Against the course you and others chose to pursue, I deemed it my duty, as a British subject, to make a constitu tional stand. I protested against the right of the House of Commons to interfere in such cases; and had that House ventured to asses t such power, either by censuring me, or by any other act of a tangible nature, it was my intention to have resisted such assumption of power on its part, and to have tried that right in another and a constitutional court. For the anomalous position in which the House has last night placed itself I ens in no way responsible. With regard to yourself, and the expression I made use of at Leeds respecting you, I much regret that my assurance on Monday night that you were " labouring under a mis take" when you supposed that " I had charged you with what was ditlonest and dishonourable" was not, as I think it ought to have been, satisfactory to you ; and that you per sistedsn iolewntt:l i l n r yoo d fu r s iv wu i bh n m g ati mttliendgtidotetmhaeneaanit.ernlat unconstitutionalt a iv lw e a o y f s e w i th ast e r r ibunal. remaining on Monday night I distinctly told you what I did not mean, I my opinion, that your decision respecting the was, d in s g t h il a l Nottingham election was unjust, and directly opposed to the evidence laid before you; it is further my opinion, that in coming to this decision you were influenced by a bias, of which you were probably unconscious, that such decision would be very ac ceptable to a Government whom you were anxious to sup port, and more particularly acceptable to that individual member of it to whose favourite legislative measure Mr. Walter had ever been the strenuous opponent. Further than this I never did, I never could intend to say. I never for one moment believed that you had been personally corrupted, or that you either were or are to receive the reward of that cor ruption. Had Iso believed, or had I intended to convey such belief, it would have been done in plain English, and not by faint inuendo. I therefore wish to express my regret that your feelings, as a man of honour, should have been wounded by unfortunately straining my words into a mean ing they were never int en d e d to convey. - With regard to your conduct during this past week, no one can regret more deeply than I do, that you shonld have lent yourself to the personal perseeution with which I have been assailed. That, however, is mere matter of private feeling to myself. 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ROWING 'MATCH EXTRAORDI NARY AT OSTEND • ONE LONDON WATEKAIAN VERSUS FIVE FLEMISH MEN.—The match made by some Eng:ish and Fle mish gentlemen at Ost en d, th e f ormer agreeing to produce one London waterman to row against four Ostend boatmen and a coxswain, came off on Thurs day last. Very considerable interest was excited, and a number of gentlemen, we are informed, left Lon don in the Waterman steam-boat, No. 10, in ordei: to witness the contest, the vessel reaching her desti, nation in nine hours and twenty six minutes. Robert Newell, of Battle-bridge-stairs, London-bridge, a first-rate waterman, and the winner of the chief prize in the scullers' match at the Thames Regatta, was se lected to contend against the Belgians, and he started on Wednesday for Ostend, accompanied by Robert Coombes, of Millbank, the champion of the London river, who was to have taken Newell's place in the event of illness or any unforseen circumstance happening to. the latter. They took with them the ex tremely light and admirably constructed scullers' boat built by Wentzell and Cownden, of Lambeth, in which Newell rowed and proved successful last summer at Putney, and which is now the property of Captain Tollemache, who kindly allowed her to he taken across the water. The, match was originally stated to be for .1001. a-side, but the Flemish men could only get backed for 40/. a-side, and the stakes were duly posted at Mr. Guy's, the steam-packet Hotel, Ostend, where some few bets were made on the result. On the morning of the eventful day thousands repaired to the 'scene of action, the weather being extremely propitious. A vast number arrived by railway from Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent, and the path alongside the wide and extensive canal leading from Ostend to Bruges was thronged with spectators, hundreds of whom were on horseback, the great majority of per sons assembling at the starting place, others preferring the finishing point, at Bruges, the distance to be rowed being twelve miles in still water. The no of pre paration was sounded shortly before one o'clock, and on .Newell and Cooinbes launching 'the boat in the'canal at Ostend, the Belgians seemed, stunned at her lightness and beautiful construction, and what little betting there was at the time imme diately ceased, no one, as we are informed, being found courageous enough to speculate his money on the four-oared crew. The Flemish men appeared in a very large gig, but it was a comparatively light and smart-looking boat of the sort, 27 feet long and 2 feet 3 inches in depth, with round oars, having tremendous blades, enough to pull the men's arms offafter rowing a long distance. The crew, it is said, averag ed each, their average height being sft. llin., and age 25 years; one of them stood Eft. lin., and they were muscular and robust looking fellows. They had no idea of stripping to their work like our London men, but wore striped shirts and blue trousers, and they certainly appeared determined to take the shine out of the Thames waterman if possible. Newell was attired in white drawers and white Guernsey, and looked particularly fresh and in excellent spirits, Coombes having, it may he said, taken especial care of him, giving him occasionally long runs to get his wind in proper order. By the side of his oppo nents, Newell might be compared to General Tom Thumb alongside a well-grown child of the same age ; but even the disparity of size did not increase the confidence of the friends of the Belgians, who still refused to speculate any more money on the match. The rowers having taken their respective sides, Newell on the south and the Ostend boatmdm on the north, they started by the report of a pistol at two minutes before one o'clock. Newell, in afe w strokes, took the lead, and before they had rowed. 200 yards he was at least half-a-dozen boats' lengths a-head. Despite the strenuous exertions of the :four-oared crew, the sculler's boat gradually increased her distance in advance, and when half the journey towards Bruges had been - completed, Neviell had a lead of six minutes and a half. He, however, con tinued his course at nearly, if not quite, the same speed as at the commencement, and pursuing the " even tenour of his way," arrived at the goal a gallaht winner, completing the twelve miles, and, as before stated, in still water, in one hour and forty five minutes, beating the Belgians by 'upwards of twelve minutes, amid the cheers of the immense crowds assembled. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS, (From tke Votes and Proceedings of tke Hossseqf Coosmosis.) FRIDAY, APRIL 26. FACTORIES (No. 2) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Fifth Clause (that a proper office, to be called' the Office of Factory Inspectors," shall be provided in London or We.t minster for the pre:ervation of Records, &c.):—IlIf )tion made, and Question put, " That the Clause stand part d I the Bill:" The Committee divtded:— MAJORITY—AYES, 157. Arland, Sir T. D. Egerton ' Sir P. G. Mauntiell ' T.;P. Arland, T. D. Eliot, Lord Meynell, Captain Adare, Lord Farnham, E. B. Miles, V i. Adderley, C. B. Fitzmauroe, W. Mordann t, Sir J. Agliouby, H. A. Flo we., Sir James Morris, :David A tnswort h, Pe , er Forbes, William Mundy,: Ed. Millar Arhuthnott, Hugh Forman, T. Seaton ', Neville, Ralph Arkwright, George Fuller, A. E. Nichol'. Itigh talon Ashley, Loid 6 askell, Jaino M. Norreyr, Lord Astell, William Gladstone,. VT E. Oswald, Alexander Bailey, Joseph, jun. Gladstone, J. N. Owen, Sit John tlaillie, Colonel H. Godson, Richard Patten, Wilson Baird, William Gordon, Hon. W. Peel, Sir Rob rt Balfour, J. M. Gore, W. R. 0. Peel, Jor Lathan Baring, Hon. W. B Gore, Robert Plumpte c, J. P. Baring, F. T. Graham, Sir J. l'olhill, I erederick Baskerville, TB. M. dreenall, Peter Polling ti 311, Viscount Beckett, William-. Griznston, Lord Powell, Colonel Bernard, Viscount Hale, R. 8. 1 Pringle, Alexander Blackburne, J. 1 reland Hanmer, Sir John Rashlen ;11, Wm. Botfield, Beriah Hardinge, Sir H. Rendles ham, Lord Borthwick, Peter Harris, E A. J. Rushbr Doke, Colonel Bottleld, Beriah Heathcote, Sir W. Busses , Loid John Bramston, T. W. Henley, J. W. Russell , Charles Brisco, M. . Hepburn, Sir T. B. Russell ,J. 1) Brownrigg, J. S. Herbert, Hon. S. Sander son R. Bruce, Lord E. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Sandia/ I, Lord Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodgson, R. Seyraeur, Sir H. Bunbury, Thomas Hogg, J. W. Smith., Abel Cardwell, Edward Hope G. W. Smith, B. Carnegie Captain Hughes, W. B. Smith, R. V ernon Chelsea, Lord • Hussey, Ambrose Somen sot, Lord G. Chetwode, Sir John Ingestre, Lord Stanie y, Lord Cholmondeley, H. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stuart. H. Christopher, R A James, Sir W. C. Sutton, Henry M. Clayton, R. R. Jernsyn, Earl Taylor, Edward Clive, Viscount Jolliffe, Sir W. Toll. tronche, F. J. Clive, R. H. Jones, Captain 'Trerol:, Sir Frederick Collett, W. Bickford Kemble, Henry Trol lope, Sir John Compton, H. knateithull, Sir E. . Trot ;rer, J. Coote, Sir C. H. Knight, Henry Gaily Vese y, Hon. Thomas Corry, Henri Lambton, H. Wab. its , Sir John Courtenay, Lord Lefroy, Anthony Wel' iesley, Lord C. Cripps, W. Lemon, Sir C. Woi al. Colonel Darner Colonel Lincoln, Earl of Woi. sley, Jas. Davies, D. A. S. WGeachy, F. A. Won tley Hon. in. S. Osnison, E. tt. M`Neill, Duncan W yn in, Sir W. Dick, Quintin Manners, Lord C. "York - e, E. T. Dicoinson, F. H. Manners, Lord J. Yount t„ John Dodd, George Marjoribanks S. Douglas Sir H. Martin C. W. %reuse& .buncombe, A. M as ter:lT. W. Frem. 'rale Sir T. East, James Buller M as t erman, John Clerk, Sir 'George Egerton, W. T. Maule, Hon. Fox MINORITY—NOES, 53. Adam, W. Feilden, J. Rican . ki, J. L. Barnard, E. G. Forster, Matthew Schol :field, J. Blakemore, R. Gibson, T. M. Stans Held, W. IL Bowes, J. Granger, Thomas C. Stuan t, Lord J. Bowring, Dr. Grey, Sir G. Talbot ~ C. M. R. Bright, John Hawes, B. - Trelai-niy, J. S. Brotherton, J. Howard, P. H. Vane, Lord Harry Buller, C. Howick, Viscount Villiei Ty Charles P. Buller, E. Hume, Joseph Walks a:, R. Busfeild, William Leader, J. T. VVarb , erten, Henry Cavendish, Hon. G. Marshall, W. ' Ward, H. G. Collett, John Marsland, H. Wawr s, John T. Copelm_k Alderman Mitcalfe, Henry Willi: ails, W. Craig, W. Gibson Mitchell, T. A. Wood , Charles Dawson, T. V. Norreys, Sir D. J. Wrigh Ason, W. Duncan, Lord O'Ferrall, More TELLERS. Duncan, George Philip, G R Elphinstone, Howard Plumridge, Captain Philip s, Mark .ilvans, W. Protheroe, E. Strutt, , Edward REMOVAL OF. CONVICTS.—On Saturday morning, at an early hour, seventy-nine prisoners, v$ the had been convicted at the late sessions of the Cent ral Criminal Court, and sentenced to transportation, wer 9 Temoved in the van from that gaol to the Penitentiary ; at, Millbank, there to undergo a short imprisonment prey ious to their being taken on board the transport ship avhich is to convey them to Botany Bay. Among them were Wil liam Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, and I [enry Saun ders, the parties convicted of the late will fo r genes, the two former havit g been sentenced to be tre isported for life, and the latter for seven years. The re were also among the female convicts the . lady shop lifters, Mrs. Earnshaw and Miss Wills, chose cases exci toed so much interest a short time since. Both Barber . and Fletcher were extremely low spirited. Mr. Hanbury Hall still continues in a very preca rious state. The answer to inquiries in Poi tman-square- during the laft few days has been that his indisposition continued alarming. SUICIDE OF AN ACTOR.—A remarkable case of self-destruction occurred a.few days ago, at : Blackburn, in Lancashire. The suicide was a gent' Leman most respectably connected,. a Mr. William V l / 4 Teaton Ball, , aged 35. It appears that he had been amt rather of t e Lincoln company some time previous to his engar! at Blackburn. The latter situation h a d b e en re *Ment rocured for him, a few days before hi s d ea th, by a fi l.r. Arthur Dillon, the theatrical agent, of the Harp Tay t rn, Covent garden. He arrived at Blackburn via Man tc:hester, and took up his abode at the house of Mr. John Girilson, Dun Horse Inn, Blackburn, and, having introd- ;iced himself to the manager of the theatre (Mr. Mi be was assigned Ferrado Goezago, in the play o. f 'The Wife, and was furnished the book to write hi g character. After passing a pleasant evening in the lam cr d's com pany, he retired to hid room at half :past elcqr f n - 1 o'clock, taking with him a glass of rum and water, tine l pens and ink, giving the landlord the prompt book, vhich was sealed up, to send to, the manager after nib e the next morning. At ten on the following morning, tl le manager hastened to the deceased's lodging% and in quired for him, and was directed by Mr. Wilson to his a oom. Mr. Mills immediately returned, and stated that; . he was un able to wake deceas,d, on which the landloallil went up to deceased's bedroom,' and found him dying.. Medical assistance was immediately summoned, but wit hout He expired at half-past eleven. In the row a was found three phials, which had contained laudanu 0 i—one pur chased at Boston, in Lincolnshire ; the oth l r two a t M r. Robert Wilding's, surgeon, in Blackburn, on the Tues day and Thursday previous to his deaf lb on Friday. Each phial had contained an ounce. , k number of letters were lying on the table, some dir acted, others open, and a sam of 245. was placed on th e l e lter aa s.uressed to M r.; Wilson, landlord. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The attraoti nof Bene dict's new opera of The Brides if Venice inci 1 . Ases nightl y, and by the beauty of the mu s i c an d t h e sp le• odourof tit, mite en scene, is likely to have a great rut.. per formed to-night, in co:junction with the I t will be which Mademoiselle L uc ill e G rahn h sew ballet , in as made so n nmphant 11 debut, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.-DIS TRIBUTION OF PRIZES. On Saturday the annual distribution of prizes in the medical department of University College, took place at two o'clock, in the lecture-room. The place was crowded in every part. The number present must have exceeded 1,000; a large proportion of the audience consisted of ladies. Lord. Brougham pre sided on the occasion. Lord Auckland, late Gover nor-General of India, sat at the right hand of the Noble and Learned. Chairman. Immediately after the chair was taken, a brief report was read, in which it immolated that the number of students attending th4-2idedical classes was the same. as last year— nainely, 300—of whom 93 had entered this year. The following distribution of prizes then took place : Chemistry.—Gold medal, Mr. C. W. Randall, of Lon don; Ist silver medal, Mr. Edward Cousins, of London;- 2d silver medal, Mr. James Morris,. London ; Prize Essay, Ist silver medal, Mr. RoberrEllis, of Ruthin, N. W. ; ditto, 2d silver medal, Mr. Edward Palmer, of London. Botany- (Summer Term, 1843).—G01d medal, Mr. Charles Prentice, of Kingston-on-Thames; silver medal, Mr. W. H. Colborne, of Chippenham, Wilts. Medicine.—Gold medal, Mr. John Gabb, of Bewdley; Ist silver medal, Mr. F. W. Marshall, of Norwich ; 2d silver medal, Mr. W. IL Allchin, of East Mailing. • Anatomy and Physiology.—Gold m e d a l, M r . Willi am W. Moore, of Doncaster ; Ist silver medal, Mr. H: Crocker, of London ; 2d silver medal, Mr. 'l'. A. Cam mack, of Spalding. Comparative Anatomy.—Gold medal, Mr. W. H. Col- borne. Anatomy—Senior Class.—Gold medal, Mr. William Cadge, of Hoveton, Norfolk ; Ist silver medal, Mr. Wil liam Brown, of Altarnum, Cornwall ; - 2tl silver medal, Mr. W. L. Dickinson, of London. Junior Class : Silver medal, Mr. T. Littleton, of Saltash.• • • • Materia ikledica.-Gold medal, Mr. R. Babington, of llorncastle ; Ist silver medal, Mr. J. E. Wood, of Rochdale ; 2d silver medal, Mr. Edward Cousins. Medical Jurisprudence (Summer Term, 1843). — Prize. Pathological Anatomy (Summer Term, 1843).—G01d medal. Midwifery.—Gold medal, Mr. James Hakes, of Lon don ; Ist silver medal, Mr. Alfred Jackson, of Ports- mouth ; 2d silver medal, Mr. James Clifton, of Brough ton. Surgery.—Gold medal, Mr. Robert Ellis ; Ist silver medal, Mr. H. J. M'Dougall, of Exeter ; 2d silver medal, Mr. Henry Vevers, of Herefordshire. Fellows' Medals for Clinical Instruction (Summer, 1843).—G01d medal, Mr. H. Fearuside, of Ottey, near Leeds.—Winter, 1843-4.—Gold medal, Mr. F. W. Mar shall ; silver medal, Mr. G. S. Deane, of Liverpool. The distribution of prizes being finished, Lord BitouGuAm rose and said, that he had great pleasure in presiding on that occasion, as he had in being President of the Council of the University. He was gratified at again meeting them, and that it was in his power to congratulate them, not only on the rising, but the flourishing state of their funds. He felt also bound to express his gratification at the mode of distributing the prizes which had lately been resorted to, a mode which secured the most perfect impartiality. Nor could he refrain from ex- , pressing the great pleasure he felt, when he con sidered the high character of the professors of the University.—(Cheers.) He had lately had an oppor tunity of examining the celebrated medical institution in the south of France—he meant the institution at Montpellier—and he had great pleasure in saying that their institution would not suffer from com parison. The prosperity and excellence of their in stitution was satisfactorily proved by the number of degrees conferred on its students by the central university. He wished to speak with all possible respect of the rival institution (King's College) ; it was a graduating university ; but it was not remark able for the number of degrees conferred on its students. Out of the 233 casesin which degrees had been conferred by the Central College, 114, or nearly one-half, had been conferred on the students of the University College.—(Loud cheers.) The number of degrees conferred on the medical students of King's College was only one-sixth of what had just been stated. They (the University College) had no reli gious observances. They had been blamed for this, and told they had too little religion. He (the Chair man) differed from those who held that opinion. It was because they had so much religion, that they con sidered it too sacred a subject to be lightly dealt with. At the other places medical students coming from- Portman-square and other places at the West-end, at two o'clock, to hear lectures, were not allowed to enter the room unless they had been present at prayers at ten in the morning. He thought this a clumsy way of going to work. Whether medical students were the most likely persons to relish this compulsory attendance at prayers he did not know. The financial affairs of their institution were in a most flourishing condition. The late Mr. Brindell, a barrister, and a most-honourable and worthy man, had lately left them 20,0001., and Mr. Bacon had left, them, subject to the life of his widow, a sum which was expected to realise 28,0001.—making in all nearly 50,0001., which was now at the disposal of the council. He had no doubt whatever, at any rate be would ,recommend it to the council, that that great building should be now completed (Loud cheers.) He now came to the darker side of the picture. Instead of being the first, theirs was undouhtedly the last institution of the kind in re ference to science and literature. When the institu tion was first established, the projectors did confidently expect that their magnificent establishent, in 1% hich education of the highest order would be taught at so low a rate, would be crowded with persons eager to avail themselves of such opportunities. At Oxford and Cambridge the same class and quality of educa tion, for which they would only have to pay 251. per annum at the University College, would cost from 2001. to 300/. ; yet the citizens did not send their children to receive the advantage of this economical arrangement. They preferred (and he could not sufficiently express the thorough scorn and contempt he felt for their conduct)—they preferred making up a purse of 2001. or 3001. to educate their eldest son at Oxford or Cambridge, and left all the rest of the family to grow up in ignorance.—(Hear, hear.) No one said that the University in which they were as sembled was not in a centrical situation ; no one com plained that it was not a healthy place ; and no one contended that better teachers than they had were to be had elsewhere ; and yet, notwithstanding all this, the sons of the citizens never darkened their doors. He hoped to live to see the day when this stain on the character of the citizens should be wiped off, and when, instead of 190 boys and young men receiving a general education, they should have, as they ought to have, at least 2,000 or 3,000. The Noble and Learned Chairman, after a few remarks on the desirableness of the medical students taking care to acquire general information, concluded amidst loud and protracted cheers. Lord AUCKLAND then proposed a vote of thanks to Lord Brougham for his conduct that day in the chair, which was carried amidst loud acclamations. The meeting then broke up. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four, at a quarter before one o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, for Claremont. The Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting on the Queen ; the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Lady in Waiting on the Queen of the Belgians ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, followed in another royal carriage. The illustrious party partook of a dejeune at Claremont. The Queen and Prince Albert, and her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended by the Marchioness of r,Dolro, Baroness d'Hoogvo rs t, C o l one l B uc kl ey, and ?eel Bouverie, ret urne d t o B uc ki ng h am Palace at Sal past six o'clock. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace t m Saturday evening included the Earl and Countess .7 . 2_, e i a . Warr and Archdeacon Wilberforce. The Royal Family were taken airings Gardens of Buckingham Pala ce on Sa.turZlay. Her Majesty and P r i nce Albert, the Royal + : ll °.; • Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Royal suite and thg 'Household, attended Divine service yesterday morairr g in the Chapel Royal , Buckingham Palace. Thg 'sermon was preached by Archdeacon Wilberforce, ' The Hon. an d R ev . C. Leslie Courtenay assisted ^,s t th e serv i ce . His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on Friday afternoon ';•,t a meeting, Gwydyr _House, of the ,. m imnitsbsieonrecbrsuiflodrinpgr n a e n u d f e i n v c e o s u t r m a i g n i s n t g e the r. Tlbinee Com missioners is promoting and Col borne, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Ha present were Viscount Palmerston, a eins d to m n, r. LordwryCseo.l 'ce yesterday morning,. in- the Chapel Royal, St. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon, from Psalms xciii., verse 5. Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp , _re seavnde was King ' sthelessonsbyituheßß. D he r. Wesley. anthem: The musical i G o d is our hope," (Greene), was Sling by Me ssrs . J. B. Sale, Borne astle, and Hawkins. ' Sir George Sm ar t presided at the - organ. Her Majesty was attended by Viscou n t ess Barring ton, Hon. Miss Boyle, and Earl Rowe, • Among the nobility present, were the Marquises of Normanby, Northampton, Huntly, and Salisbury ; Lords Bandon, Cawdor, Wilton, Tyrconnell, Eliot Palmerston, Northland, Alford, and Vivian ; Ladies, , Wilton, and Palmerston. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday forenoon. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a carriage on Saturday. His Royal Highness the'Duke of Cambridge returned to his residence at Kew on Saturday. A deputation consisting of Mr. H. Gaily Knight, M.P., Dr. Suuthwood Smith, Mr. Toynbee, Mr. J. A. Yates, Mr. H. Biers (President of the Carpenters' So ciety), Mr. G. Godwin, Mr. W. Laxton, Mr. J. Lindley, Mr. W. C. Hiekson, and Mr. C. Fowler, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the'Stampa and Taxes, was also present at the interview. Archdeacon Brathwaite had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Mr. M. H. Marsh had also an interview with his Lordship on S, - Saturday. The "Commissioners of Metropolitan Impro veme nt s had a meet,ng on Wednesday- at the office in Whitehall place. Among . the Commissioners present were—the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Ly ttelton, Lord Colborne, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. H. T. hope, Mr. A. Milne, Hon. Charles Gore, and Mr. Charles Barry. - MR. TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL EN TERTAINMENTS. • Mr. Templeton produced hiS new entertainment, entitled " Lays of the last great Scottish Minstrel, Sir. Walter Scott," at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Friday evening last, with most, unqualified success. The libretto of this entertainment- is excellent—it is replete with interesting anecdotes of the " Anosto of the - North," which were admirably given by Tern pleton, whose enunciation is remarkably distinct and who reads beautifully. The first s ong Was "Joel of Hazeldean," which was sung with great feeling, and was much applauded. • The beautiful lines front the " Lay of the Last Minstrel"—" And said I that my limbs were cold," were equisitely recited. Thea -4,'. were followed by the air, " In peace love tunes toe Shepherd's reed," which was given with great feeling and rapturously encored; and then came the welt known " Young Lochinvar," which was sung with great spirit. " Where shall the Lover rest," was given with exquisite feeling and expression ; and the first part concluded with " The Last Words of Mar- mion. ' This splendid song, the composition of the late Dr. Clarke, ofCambridge, was given with more than the general effect of Templeton's execution. His taste ful transitions- from- the forte to the piano, on tike con trary, as the sentiment required, were executed with much taste and tact, in all the songs, but it was more particularly marked, because more called for in this glorious composilion, in which admirable effect Was given to the contrasted expression of the fire of the battle, and the physical feebleness of Marmion, as life ebbed from him. The gem of th e evening, how ever, was the exquisite song from the " Lady of the Lake," "The heath this night must be my bed," which was given with exquisite pathos and power, and rapturously encored. Had it not been out of regard to the physical powers of the vocalist, its re petition would have been called for a second time; as it was, there was a strong dispo s iti on manifested on the part of the audience to insist on a double encore. "'Tis merry, 'tis merry in fairy land," was very. cleverly sung. " There was a Marechal of France" was loudly encored.- This, which bids fair to become one of the most popular of Templeton's entertainments, was given under the immediate patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the members of the " London Scott Committee," and between the first and second part, Mr. Templeton sang in honour of his Royal patron, a loyal and patriotic ballad, com posed expressly for this occasion, entitled " Hail to. the Prince." The proceeds of the entertainment were handed over by Mr. Templeton to the Scott Monument Committee—a delicate and appropriate • method, on his part, of testifying his veneration for the memory of Scotia's .most gifted son. The enter tainment was very fashionably attended. THE EOLOPHON ORGAN. On Saturday we visited Mr. Blagrove's New Con. cert-room, 71, Mortimer-street, Cavendish -square, for the purpose of hearing the Nottingham CEolophon Organ. Mr. Myers, the inventor was in attendance to exhibit its construction. The sound is produced in the same manner as -the seraphine, by passing a stream of air over springs of metal, but by an im proved patent process, the invention of Mr. Myers, the tongues of metal producing the sound, instead of being attached to fixed metal supports by means of screws, are cut out from the supports themselves, so there is none of that unpleasant jarring sound which is so often found in the seraphine. This instrument has two sets of keys, and five stops—the diapasuu double diapason, principal, soft diapason and reedi,, with separate pedal bass, manual coupler and pedal coupler. Mr. Purkiss performed several popular over tures and other pieces for the purp3se of exhibiting the powers of the instrument, which for its size (pet exceeding that of a very small chamber organ) are enormous. The Eolophon organ is certainly the best substitute for the organ that has yet been offered to public notice. MUSIC. WILSON'S EDITION OF THE SONGS OR SCOTLAND. Book Vi. The present number of this classical national work contains "0, weel may the boatie row," " L 7 p in the morning early," "The maid that tends the goats," - "My Nannie's awa'," ." The laud of the Leal,'," " Bonnie Lizzie Baillie," "Busk ye, busk ye,'" "Highland Mary,"," John Anderson, my Jo," "What, ails this heart o' mine," " We're a noddin," and "Logie o' Buchan." Each song is preceded by a short introduction, giving a history of the author,, where known, and also of the song itself. The pre.. sent number is characterised by the same rare in tho u getting up wVeh has been exhibited in the pr0.1u',..- tion of Mr. Wilson's previous publications on 'd i e, subject of Scf:ttish song. No musical library ca - a s e , considered as complete without this collection, %di e s-, is not a mere ephemeral publication, but a wo.*.fist all time. THE MAESTRO. 2Vus. This es is a new musical weekly . iseriodical which as sun much higher ground tl , , n an y _ of its predeces t sors. It aims at being what the musical periodicals. 53erlioz, and other notabi;- loiftiPesa,raisr,ec.on4uctedbyFetis Continental musical intelligence is fulL and valuable. Its ofiticisms are certainly not mint and water : the e:;:itic wields a scourge, and wields. it with a strong arm, albeit we demur to the justness of many of his strictures. The great danger to which an exclusively musical periodical is exposed is that or: becoming the organ of a clique—this is a rock on whi' many of its predecessors have split, and which, w e trust, the conductors of the Maestro will car.efullv avoid. We perceive by an announcement in :No. IV. that an entire change has taken place in the editorial department of the journal, and we therefore abstain from animadverting upon certain ill-naturrd and un just attacks upon a talented compose'.., which ap peared in the earlier numbers. There is one feature of excellence by which the Maestro is very pleasantly distinguished from its fellows ; whh each number two pieces of music are presented t the subscribers. Among those who have already -,:omposed pieces for the Maestro are Dupr ez , Musard, and Benedi c t. De Witte, Sole,. The precise reasons for the recal of Lord Ellen borough by the 'Court of Directors of the East India Company were yesterday the subject of much discussion in politie,al circles. Nothing official has yet transpired to satisfy the public curiosity on this point, but we un derstand that the strong measure of the Court of Di rectors proceeds not so much from any objections to the general policy of Lord Ellenborough as frOm considera tions of minor importance. It is said that the bearing of his Excellency towards the Court was rot marked, in their opinion, by sufficient deference to their high autho rity—that he did not, in fact, accommodate him,cif enough 'to their wishes and expectations in matters par taking rather of the character of detail in his govern ment than of general direction.—Obrereer. , the mail, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—The passengers b o train r t . moaning report that ton in flames, and there appeared no probability of t he p J rnal of Saturday. property to an immense extent.—Brist to Mr. Mason, of the fire .being arrested before eans o ing ou th de struction r' ref near usin g llß , the te premises valuable 71: An ewe sheep, in lamb, was lately so much mangled by a the lamb dropped well.—Northampton Herald. another sheep, and is now doing earth—if children of dust' through the wound ; the ewe . died, but the lamb was put to TITLES.—If mortals on bel l o o n .. g t i h n a tf creatures of the day, choose to ad dress Your Grace,• Tour Holiness, one another as My Lord, R. Very Reverend, Right Reverend, Most Reverend Reverend, t for us, as Dissenters, like so man Father in God, is y and death, if poor small par rots, to repeat the blasphemy ?—(Treinendous cheering.) Whether they choose to address one another as My Lord, or My Lawn Sleeves—(Great laughter) —as Your Grace, or Your Graceless, as lour Holiness, or Your Haughtiness— (Renewed laughter) —as Your Right Reverend Father et' Right Reverend Gra n dmother — Mouts of laughte4— what have we to do with it?—(Loud cheers.)—Rev. Mr. Giles, of Leeds.—( Cheltenham Free Press.) FANNY KEMBLE BUTLER. The following is in the New York Express of Wednesday last :—" Well authenti cated rumour has it that a former ornament of the English and American stage, whose superior histrionic abilities made her in all our cities the cynosure of the fashionable as well as the literary world, for a time, has lately separated herself from her husband, and awaits only the termination of a pending arrangement as to the custody of their children, to part from him and the country entirely." It is with great satisfaction we state that the ap pearance and efficiency of the pensioners, enrolled on the t 156, instant, more than equalled the general expectation. Their steady and sober conduct merits notice also, for all accounts; agree that in very few cases were men rejected from intem perance. We regretted to observe that neither arms, accou trements, or clothing had been issued generally. In al r el every district the pensioners paraded in their w okvig clothes.—Naval and Military Gazette. that fast steamer interesting trial of speed took place betwee n No. 10 Waterman, the Princess Alice, mid the new steamer, C o m INTERESTING TRIAL OF SPEED.—On Friday as pany, whose belonging to the Waterman's Steam-packet 107 feet long; so much interest. _This sttam m e l r ; b ." a - nd Mare, and carries two was built by :Messrs. Dite constructed by Messrs. Penn and extraordinary performances in the h r i i c v h er is h o az lately excited engines of 16-horse power, Son, of Greenwich, left «oo hsicli on Thursday, on a t r i a l trip, with coals for five days' consumption, and ran down to Margate in four hours and fourteen minutes; afte rwar d s s h e cro ssed over Ostend, from Margate to against a st rong h ea l wind, in five hours and twelve minutes. Yeste r d ay s h e caroft fron Ostend, and reached Calais just before the Printeava Alice left for Dover; she then laid to for the latter, and, starting with her, quickly outstripped her larger competitor, when the latter hoisted two sails to the wind, and in return_ walked past the Waterman, and entered Dot, , er Harbour only two minutes before her. The Alice perfor teed the dis tance in one hour and forty minutes.—borer Telegraph of Saturday. The anniversary of the birth of F',lrkspeare waa celebrated on Tuesday laSt, at Stratforr-,_m_Avon, by the , annual dinner of the Shaksperian Club. The attendance was, not numerous, and it was stated, has gra dually for several years past oeen diminishing