The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-26 00:00:00

SUIVrApy r A"g* tdal)tl.ik AND Vut) Opittion. " Who runs may read." POUEIGN. b T lie Con:LtLaßonnel announces that the G rand tie aehess, Consort of the Czarewitz Paul, heir presunp • i „e of the throne of Russia, was delivered of a son on the 10th inst., who .las christened Alexander. Thumb, same journal also states that General T om ,_"flltnli, or G en eral Tom Pollee, as be is called at Paris , United made his first state visit to the Minist e r of the States, and that the second would be to the King • of the F renc h . ' The Cardinal de la Tour d'Auvergne , Bish o p of Arras, has published a circular to the clergy of his dio cese, forbidding them to read, or to have in the ir posses a hl , Dupin's " Manuel de Droit Ecclesiastique ltlThfe the pre Ami dela Religion gives the ollowinheir g approbation as the exact of the later who have signified t censure pronounced by Cardinal de Bonald on M lloptttsbock The Archbishops of Bt•nsancon, 'an; Bordeaux, Sens, Cambrav, Rouen, Albi, and T oulouse ; •the Bishops of Autun, Grenoble , Dijon , Lan ;tess• §t. Claude, Metz, Nancy, Strasbourg , S t. Die . leaux, Versailles, Amiens, Beauvais , Seez , Ba y eux, L tines, Quimper, Vannes, Briley, Clermont, Chartres, Cahors, Rodez, Aire, Marseilles, St. Flour, l'c'es, Troyes, Le Mans, and ltochefort. qt Monday Marshal Soult was to present a project f "aw demanding a credit of seventeen millions of francs , `, l the arming of the fortifications of Paris which will 1 e completed this year. The question is expected to t'ive ri se to a warm d e bate. The Minister does not intend ask for liberty to arm the fortifications forthwith, but Fill limit himself to demanding the power of having all that is necessary for defence stored in magaz ines, to be made use of in case of aced. ‘;` The discoveries in architecture and statuary made AineVeb, by M. Botta," says the Moniteur Parisien, th e k illust be of considerable value, if we are to judge by specimens which have arrived at Paris. The inserip 15tis are perfectly legible, but altogether beyond the examined of modern deciphering. The King, after having %alined these curiosities with great interest, has de ' tl:ted that a vessel belonging to the Government shall Sent t o B as sora to transport the whole collection to Paris." "Le find from "Allen's Indian Mail," that the Su- I * VGixverntnent'of India have carried iutn execution e orders of the Home Government, for the addition of Z.a.ptain to each regiment of Native Infantry at all rresldencies. This is a measure that has long been .iked for wilt arrxiety, and the completion of which w:11 afford much satisfaction, as well from its increasing etficiency of the Indian army (to whi c h p ur p ose it 1. 1 . 118 eSsential), as from its effect in facilitating the pro -"°lion of a considerable number of dc..serving officers. AWL, yeolacas. The Commission - at Leicester was opened on Satur dayand John Raisin was placed at the ba r on a char g e : i L ltabbing Ellen Gillam, with intent to murder her. he ilrosecutrix and the prisoner had for some time been : 1 1 Pged to each other. - The prisoner, who is a person intemperate habits, on the 2 , 1 of December, struck the rosecutrix, who was walking with him, a violent blow t he mouth, and afterwards wounded her slightly in e throat with a knife. She ran off, but he pursued ti er, and stabbetl her in the back. Eve n at the p resent Ole she is not out of danger. He was co nvicted of stab teing, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, and sen need to fifteen years' transportation. h At th e G u ildhall, Mr. Alderman Copeland c ommitted 'ehard L ee f o r fourteen days, and Jacob L azarus for 'tortep months, for attempting to pick p ockets at the exe- Tlon of Tapping, in view of the gallows. Lazarus was old (Render. henryk. Carter, a coal-heaver , w as char g ed at Cler t:ll Well with obtaining half - a - cr own under false p re- The prisoner w ent to the house of Miss Caro -199 Ebsworth, of No. 2 , Upper -terrace, North-road, h'ngton, on Tuesday last, to deliver some coals, and % ,"sequently he called at the house, in com p an y of 4 Nhee ma n, with a petition, stating that one of their 'bates:c had broken his lag after leavin g the house, and Ebsworth gave the prisoner 2s. 6d. It was stated that this was a common trick with coal-heavers. He "Its remanded. At Marlborough-street Alexander M'Coy, Charles l k , e C oy , and Thomas Coram, were charged with having concerned in robbing Mr. Arthur Rumsey, wine ZR ale merchant, No. 37, Old Bond-street. Mr. Rum said the two M'Coy s were in his employ, and L'fbecting that he was robbed, be employed a police "'listable to keep watch. The constable detected Coram k ith a hamper,k; which he had received from Ale xander ~:oy. The hamper when examined, was found to , libu n 13 bottles of ale and stout, worth together about a . Corea' said he had been employed for sixpence as % jobbing porter by the cider M'Coy to take the hampei earshall-Areet, Mr. Maltby remanded the prisoners 0 :e ; _oy, to allow the police sufficient time to make in ure, and took Coratn's word for his appearance on a attire day. 6 , 4 sheriff's officer named William Henry Wh ite, was -- argfd at Hammersmith with stealing a quantity of t . 1 7 8, the property of Mr. L ain g Johnston, wine-fuer )) a nt- The prisoner, who was in the em p lo y of Mr. h tinni ng , had put an execution into the pr,secutor's N, and had taken Bs. from a box belonging to the prosecutor besides besides taking possession o f the goods. He 4 4 also taken a quantity of wine, on which he and his 'frif e had got drunk. He was remanded in order to l 'Ure the attendance of Mr. Dunning. - COURT-FASIIXONABLE. The D u ke de Broglie has paid visits to the members °f the Royal family, the principal officers of state, and N" e L foreign Ministers, within the last few days. The le Duke, accompanied by Count Jarnao, visited tk tral of our public institutions on Monday. t h e Excellency the French Am ba.sador entertained 6 ' Duke de Broglie Mr. Reeve, of the Colonial - O ffice, , a small party, at dinner, on Sunday, at Manchester "se- The t xterior of t he embass y is undtrgoing re ttnbelliehments, previous to the re-commencement of th eir Excellencies' parties for the season. The Earl and Countess of Ar undel and Surrey, on their return from visiting the Duke a nd Duchess of Norfolk, it Arundel Castle, will take up their abode at their tlideridid new mansion on Carlton-terrace, the residence the late Mr. Crockford. Sir John and Lady Shelley ar e p revented from visiting th e Duk e of Wellington at Strathfieldsaye. The worthy ronet is confined to his bed, by a severe attack of 6° , b ul. in Belgreve square. • sh l he Earl of Gleugall is conv alescent, and is expected f i ,? rtl z. in Grosvenor - street , with the Countess and family, • YnY"Dublin, for the season. Th e E ar l and Countess of Shrewsbury are daily ex eted at Mivars Hel, fro Torqu, Devon, whre „e Noble Earl and ot Coutitesa m have ay been sojournieng Wale wee- ks. i t Lord and Lady Ravensworth and famil y have left h svensworth Castle for their seat Perc y 's Cross, Fel ilza for the season. 14 ' The D u k e and Duchess of Norfolk , an d the Ladies Zeivard, are not expected to return to St. James's from Arundle Castle, for the season, until the 7-ond week in the ensuing month. O n the 9th of April t heir G races ar e expected to proceed on a short visit to c olonel Wyndham, at Petworth. MISCELI.II.IIII3O I7B . °n Monday morning, at ten o' clock, thensual meeting b e i r the e lection of parish officers for the y e ar, took fil4ce in the vestry - room of St. Martin's parish ; s vicar in the chair. It was ex p ected that , Zroe discussion woull have taken p lace relative 4 the will of a pauper na med Lewis, who urd in the workhouse , lea vin g 3001. to be distributed to e Board of Guardians , Chur chwardens, &c. ; and like ' , flse referring to the taking away of the curious antique ; l over of the font, and the alleg ed sellin g of it to a furni • e t lre broker. The cover of the font, however, having been R trieved, discussion on that subject was consideredunne eessary •, and the will affair was allowed to stand over ti ll another opportunity. Arington Thursday, a ewe, the p ro p ert y of Mr. Thompson, 'irington Mains, produced five lambs at one time. :0 4 1 are all living, with the excep tion- of one, which 'led shortly after its birth. th On Friday last no less tha n 2,000 p ersons availed ekselves of the cheap trains between Birkenhead and Cater. The charge for the trip to Ceste thed back e i! n g 3s 6d. by the first-class and 2s, d. 6 bysecond '4as carriages. On Monday morning, about a quarter before two ~cloek, p o li c eman Coote, 170 N , who was on duty in • `tioucester-terrace, Hoxton, observed fire in the kitchen p f No. 3, occupied by Mr. Llewellen an d famil y , and he j k nocked l ou dly to alarm the inmates, who, however, were buried in sleep, and ten minutes elapsed before he - "s heard. Mr. Llewellen himself then descended, admitted him, and on proceeding to the kitchen, t hey found it completely filled with fire : the policeman r 9 lulently closed the door to confine the flame, while he • 4 Mr. Llewellen ran up stair s to rouse Mrs.Llewellen, I, f , ith th e i r th re e children and servant g irl, all of whom v • t ere happily conveyed away in saf et y . In the meantime he fire burst forth through the kitchen window and into th e Interior of the house , the g reater p art of which was de stroyed, together with the furniture. 11l the course of the past week a very beautiful small Zen steam- boat, intended as a ten der to the royal 3:0 em yacht, the Victoria and Albert, was launched from the extensive 4, building yard of Me ssrs. Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwell. It has been built at the express desire of r Majesty, so as to convey her up the numerous turet, e rivers routed the coast, which the :might qu of water of the royal yach t would admit. She will be called the Fairy, and be worked by a propeller. Every improvement ;o,,lnaval architecture has been bes towed in her build, 13 '1' as regards speed, form, and convenience. Her by, though certainly small, will afford much accom modatione-_ their construction being so arranged as to ;sure comfort. Immediately after her launchin g she towed round to Deptford dockyard , where she ill hav e her engines and screw fisted, so as to be in readi aura% upon her Majesty by the early part of the ensuing soa rer During the week she was inspected by the o of the Admiralty, who expressed them selves, it is lim xtr uerteud, in a very favourable manner as to her can ocher. ItI MOVAL OE THE BRAZIL PACKETS I'ROM FAL kon is currently rumoured that Government ti — " , vo 3 plate stationing at Gibraltar four of the p ackets r °l7 employed in the conveyance of the Br azil mails th °lll Falmouth. The Oriental steamers are t o conve y , Brazil ma il s t o Gibraltar, where they will be tran shipped on board sailing vessels, and conveyed to the ir destin at i on. By this arrangement Government calculate ti _,P° ll reducing the number of Brazil packets to four ia " 414 Of Si; at at present,—Devogport Independent. .11Ni - WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER TAINMEN TS. The announcement that Mr. Wilson would recom mence, the favourite and popular entertainment of Prince Charles's Adventures in the Highlands, comprising the choicest of Jacobite songs and anecdotes, drew together, on Monday, a crowded and fashionable audience at the Music-hall. We have so often and repeatedly expressed our admiration of this class of amusement, that it would be superfluous to repeat it here ; but we may remark that Mr. Wilson, being the originator of the: e entertain ments, which have now become so numerous, is entitled to the highest praise of the public, which they fidly tes tify by their numerous attendance to listen to his dis course of " song and tale," not only last night, but on e ery night of his appearance. All the songs of the programme were deservedly applauded, and many were lustily encored. Among those were—" Wha would na fecht for Charlie," " Hey Johnnie Cope," and " Allis ter M'Allister," all w hich were sung with the most thrilling enthusiasm by the " minstrel." After the songs of the evening were given, Mr. Wilson announced that he had the : honour of being requested by Major Burns, son of the "Bard," who, with a party, occupied a box there, to sing "Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled," the composition of his immortal father ; also, in com • pliance with another, to give the humourous song of " Harne cam our gude man." The former was recited in a spirited stylep such as Wilson alone is capable of in fusing into a song of so noble and national a character ; and the latter, by his happy mimicry of the dialogue between the " gude man and gude wife," elicited bursts of laughter. At the conclusion of the entertainment, Mr. Wilson received tokens of the enjoyment his au dience had received by the hearty applause with which he was cheered on leaving the platform, which he well deserved, for he is not only a favourite here, but also in the provinces. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked out early this morning. On the, return of her Majesty and her Rural 3 Consort, his Royal Highness went to hunt a ith his harriers. The meet was at Messrs. Mason sod Aldrige's farms, near Chalvey. The Prince was attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, Captain Meynell, and Major Gent - nil Weinyss. The royal party returned to the Castle before two o'clock. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken fur pony exercise this morning. Prince Alfred was taken an airing in the middle of the day. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived last evening on,a, visit to the Queen, and left the Castle apin to-day. Their Royal Highin ESQS the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, tc ok a carriage airing for some time this afternoon. The Countess of Charlemont has relieved the Vis countess Canning from her duties as the Lady in Wait ing on the Queen. Admiral Sir Robert Otway has suc ceeded Colonel Berkeley Drummond as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The rain coming on, prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert taking equestrian exercise this afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, the Baroness de Strumfeder, and the Baron Roth de Schreckrnstein, arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Aberdeen also ar rived on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner-party at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess Wratislaw, and Colonel Sir George Coupor , Bart. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended. Yesterday the band of the Coldstream Guards were in attendance at the Castle, and performed the following pieces during Dinner:— Selection from the Daughter of St. Mark Balfe. Mazurka and Cellarius Valse Grand Trio, " Al rigor" (Don Carlos) Costa. The Alnwick Polka W. Saire. Sestetto, " vide Come" (Ernani) Verdi. Waltz, The Edward Labitzky. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi lippstahl left Witley Court, Worcestershire, the resi dence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and travelled to town rid Birming Liam and Gloucester, and London and Birmingham rail ways. His Serene Highness proc: eded from the Boston square terminus to Fenton's I lotel, St. James's-street, where he arrived at six o'clock yesterday evening. Her Royal highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreekenstein, left the Duke of Hamil ton's; residence in Portman-square ' shortly before four o'clock yesterday afternoon, fur th , . Paddington terminus, and left town rid Great Western Rails ny, for Windsor theatrical establishments—the Covent-garden and Drury lane of the place—are the principal attractions. On the opposite is Hylton's large menagerie of wild beasts, with the wonderful performing elephant, an animal of colossal size. This sagacious creature, which appeared to be a great favourite with the visitors, had its patience severely tested. It exhibited gi eat fondness for its keepers. Hylton's menagerie is the best thing at Stepney. Exhibitions of wax work, national curiosities, works of art, legerdemain, learned pigs, swings, ups-arid-downs, puppet-shows, and posture - masters, were to be seen in profusion in this field, and the noise of many bands of music playing against each other, the sounding of gongs, the shouts of the people, and the bawling of showmen, was quite deafening. The scene was a most animated one. At night the fair was lighted by a jet of gas from the main of the Commercial Company's works, towering high above the people, and rendering every object distinctly visible. This light, projected by Mr. Peterson, contributed much to the safety and conve nience of the people. The number of persons who visited Stepney Fair during the day was not less than 200,000, and at nine o'clock there were at least 40,000 in and about the fair. The gambling tables were broken up in the morn ing by the police, and the owners dispersed. Two of them then retreated to a street near the London Hospital with their " over seven, under seven" tables. They were again routed, taken before Mr. Broderip, and committed to the House of Correction. The police of the K division, under the direction of Mr. Maynard, the superintendent, and Inspectors Butt, Home, and Julian, performed their arduous duties to the satisfaction of every one. GREENWICH FAIR.—The park, the town, and the hospital were as usual crowd.sl with the holiday folks. Each place in turn was successively visited by the Lon doners, who went down in the steamers and per rail way, to forget toil and trouble amidst the amusements and attractions of the place. The park, owing to the recent heavy rains, was very damp, and did not boast o f so many promenaders as usual ; but the fair was filled to overflow ; and Richardson's Theatre, conducted by Nelson Lee and Johnson, performed an excellent melo drama and a pantomime twelve or thirteen times during the day, much to the satisfaction of the visitors. Alger's great Crown and Anchor booth, which exceeds in di mensions 'one of the same name at Stepney, was as usual the main attraction of the place. The trains of the Greenwich Railway were in requisition from an early hour, and took down upwards of 12,000 persons during the day. At night, when the people began to return, the station at the Greenwich terminus was thronged with people. The steamers also came in for a share of the harvest. The Waterman's Company, with eleven vessels running, carried the extraordinary number of 30,000 persons between the Watermen's, Adelphi Pier, Strand, and the Floiting Pier at Garden- stairs during the day. The old companies, with their nume rous steam-vessels, carried as many to and from the various piers. We did not hear of a single-material DINNER at EXHIBITIONS, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Crowded as was the attendance, and varied, novel, and magnificent the objects of admiration and the vehicles el instruction presented on Monday at this centre of the world's wonders, it is yet a pleasant variety iu our holiday notices to have something to find fault with omission to complain of—in the Easter arrange ments of the Polytechnic Institution. We advise Young England to raise one eager and irresistible demand for the speedy repetition of Professor Baehhoffner's Lectures upon Astronomy, to which, and the beautiful transparent series of orreries with which they were illustrated, the unprecedented pressure of Parliamentary business during Lent prevented anything like justice being done by the press.. It is to be hoped that the call will be earnest and general, and i hat no access of le welty, however start ling or abundant, will prevent an early resumption of the learned and eloquent lecturer's admirable discourses upon the Most sublime of sciences. Under the nee e of popu lar lectures upon astronomy we never heard an) thing equal or approaching to Professor Bachhoffner's, either in the clearness and comprehensivenes of the instruc den itself, or in the beauty of the dissolving pictures of the heevens, by which each lecture was optically de monstrated. There seems no sufficient rea,on for con fining such attractive and exulting lessons to the one season of Lent. Ot perhaps greater importance, as re gards the immediate and practical effect upon the every day occurrences of human life, are the lectures of Dr. Ryan upon " Phillips's Fire Annihilator," the limita tion of which to one day of the week (Monday) • might lead ucto suppose that already almost every one in the metropolis—the T reat storehouse: of destructive con flagrations—had been as thoroughly convinced of the prodigious efficacy of the invention, as those who had the good fortune to hear its powers explained, and tai see its operation exemplified by one of the fittest men living for the noble task. But we think it scarcely too much to say, that as the apparatus has not been yet brought into universal use, as the attention of the authorities has not been awakened to a sense of their duty as re spects the " Fire Annihilator," it continues part of the duty of the directors of the Polytechnic, and an un finished part of Dr. Ryan's mission, to exhibit daily to their thousands of admiring visitors and pupils, that there exist, ready . prepared an I instantly accessible, the means of extinguishing a fire in any building, however ex tensive, and of preventing the loss or a single life by fire, even in London, where such calamities are so frequent and deplorable. There is one most interesting part of Dr. Ryan's lectures upon this invention to which it is always desirable to revert—the model apparatus used by the learned doctor does not occupy more span than the size of a quart bottle, and in any bed room, provided with it, the endangered sleeper, awaking amidst flames, could, instantly and by the slightest effort, overcome the appalling enemy, and be placed in perfect safety. We trust that every one who has not yet witnessed the convincing experiments of - this inappreciable invention, and who values the lives of his fellow• creatures, will re member that Dr. Ryan exhibits them still on Mondays. 111-natured and grumbling we may, however, be fairly deemed by the many hundreds, (the thousands two or three) who on Monday participated with us in our surprise at the fresh display of the institution's inexhaustible re sources, and the untiring skill and ingenuity of its pro fessors, artists, and contributors. Dr. Ryan commenced a new course of lectures upon" The Chemistry of Do mestic Life" worthy of his reputation, and abounding in those elegancies of diction and felicitous perspicuities by which he makes the most abstruse subjects intel ligible and the dryest attractive and interesting. Every one who regards the comforts, economy, and security of " domestic" life should attend this course. Professor Bachhoffner in the course of the day gave several lectures upon different branches of natural philosophy in ad mirable sty le, and illustrated by varied and brilliant 'experiments. The excellent inventions of Mr. Long bottom, the highly talented secretary, the Physioscope, &e., were exhibited as usual, and the Dissolving views are enriched with new attractions of extreme beauty. A valuable little work, entitled " The Companion to the Lecture Rooms o; the Roy al Polytechnic Institution," by H. Ault, Esq., of Gloucester :souse, West Ham, was put into our hands. It is a complete glossary of all the chemical and other technical terms made use of in the lecture rooms with their meaning, derivation, and appli cation, with an alphabetical and descriptive signification of the principal terms which are applied to the arts and science. A careful exaniimaion of the book convinces us that it will be found a mest useful companion, or book reference, after a visit to the institut;on. accident. There was a fancy fair and bazaar in the Thames Tunnel on Monday, which is to be continued during the week. The stalls were neatly arranged with fancy goods, works of art, and decorated with flags, banners, and Chinese lanthorns. The shafts were also brilliantly illuminated with gas, and dressed out with the. flags of all nations. The cosmorama and saloon of arts in the Rotherhithe shaft, the temple of magic in the Wapping shaft, the electrifying apparatus, and various exhibitions, afforded much delight to the various .promeniders under water. Fifteen thousand passengers went through the Tunnel during the day. The Tower was visited by the curious in great num bers,• and the armouries, or at least what remains of them, and the Crown jewels, are as attractive as ever. More than 8,000 passengers availed themselves of the cheap excurt.ion trains to Dover and Brighton. The holiday was a general one among the working classes. Mr. Cavan lvd an interview with Lord Stanley yes ;erday, at the Colonial-offic , :. Mr. John Wood, Chairtran of the Excise, had an .nterview with the Chancellor of he Exchequer yester lay. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleinan. The Portuguese Minister transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. Lord Marsham had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the Board of Trade. SPORTING IN'rELLIGENCE NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCIILEY HUNT ,RAVES.—YESTERDAY. On our arrival at this sporting locality yesterda morning, we were gratified to find that the promise , alterations in and on the race-course had been carried out to an extent, and with a completeness, highly to the credit of the inhabitants and their representatives, the Stewards, and Race Committee. The running ground has been widened twenty feet, and the turns, formerly so awkward, if not positively dange,ous, so greatly im proved, as to leave no possible cause of complaint. Trainers and jockeys are alike loud in their commenda tions. The improvements have not been confined to the course : at an outlay of 1,600 L, a sightly and commo dious edifice, within a spacious enclosure, has taken the place of the ricketty affair that so long passed muster as a Grand Stand, to the disgrace of the county and the discomfort—if not to the peril—of those who, from lack of a better, were constrained to patronise it. The new building is capable of holding near 1,500 persons, affords a most excellent view of the races, and abounds with conveniences, as well for the visitors as for those professionally engaged. In all other departments of the management, a spirit has developed itself that has propitiated many influential residents who had pre viously been lukewarm in their support, and cannot fail to give the Northampton a place amongst the best of our provincial meetings. The races, wich are wisely limited to two days, commenced yesterday, with favour able weather, a full and fashionable company, and a bill of fare satisfactory alike in amount and variety. With a punctuality that bespoke a determination to adopt one of the many improvements effected un der the Bentinck system, the bell rang at a quarter before the time fixed for starting, and at one o'clock exactly the horses quitted the post for The Trial Stakes, of 10 sous each, with 40 added. One mile and a quarter. (Five Subs.) Mr. Osbaldestone's Sorella, 4 i rs, Bst 61b ...(Butler) 1 Lord G. Bentinek's Clumsy , 3 y rs, 6st Mr. Collett's Corranna, 6 yrs, 9st 71b Mr. E. P General Nutt, 3 yrs, Gat 2 to 1 each agst Sorella and Clumsy, and 3 to 1 agst Cerriaina. Won easy by two lengths. This race has e effe:t of advancing Sorella to 25 to 1 for the Ches- LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Mucci' 25. Wind T S.E., fresh breeze and cloudy SHEERNESS, MARCH 24. — he Gale, Temperley, from Odessa to London, got entangled last night between the Nore Sand and Grain Spit, but came off this morning, with out damage, and proceeded for Standgate. MARGATE, MARCH 24.—The Cumberland, APeartney, from Marseilles to Lynn, was assisted in here last night, Very leaky, having been ashore on the Goodwin Sand —cargo discharging in a damaged state. DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind p.m., S.S.E., very light.—Arrd. Thomas Sparks, Matches, George Fife, Pyke, Seringapatam ; Voss, ; Cassopea, Hodson , Mauritius ; Ganymede, Ichaboe ; P ars ee, Chivas, and George Armstrong , Pa xton, Cal cutta Dyson, Crooker, Pern a mbuco for llamburgh ; Rosalind, Gale, Berbice ; Bolivar, Otter, St. Vincent's ; Brothers, St. Do mingo; Superb, Nissen, Boston for Hamburgh. Ski. Fores, Hobart Town ; Seadrift, St. John's, New Brunswick ; York, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Mayflower aad Haidee, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Zealous, Quebec ; Ottawa, Montreal, and the rest of the outward-bound. A small portion of the cargo of the John Knox, consisting principally of coir rope, and some bundles of silk , have been landed here in a da maged state; the hull remains embedded in the sand, and bilged. OFF HASTINGS, MARCH 24.—Xambrian, Chaddick, Madras ; Fleetwood, Richardson, Mauritius, sailed December 26. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind N.W., *flee.—Acrd. Quebec, Hebard, New York, and sailed for London. OFF TORBAY, MARCH 19.—Acrd. Adler, Hohurst, New York for Bremen. FALMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W., light breezes.— Arrd. West Indian, Chapman, Ichaboe. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24.—Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrd Isabella Cooper, Guthrie, Calcutta; Lord Stanley, Dodd Bombay; Caroline, Curry, Ichaboe; Royal Mail, Siveright Cuba ; Adams, Grey New Orleans ; Ocean Queen , Warren . Savannah. Sid. William Fisher, Montreal. The Odessa. hence for St. John's, New Brunswick, has put back with damage, having been in contact with the Sir 11. Pottinger bound to Quebec, which *proceeded. CHALE, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 24.—The Russian sloop Perdoltw, from Lisbon to a port in Russia, was wrecked on this coast yesterday morning; crew saved. GLOUCESTER, MARCH, 24.—The 'schooner Elbe Packet, of London, in making for the basin at Sharpness Point yester day, ran into the pier, and carried away her bowsprit, &c., and received other damage in her hull. Conk, MARc ft, 22.—Wind S. W., m oderate.—Arrd. Brooks, Locke, John Hall, Thwaites, and Velocity, Dickson, Ichaboe. Off, Durango, Parker, ditto (64 days.) OFF YARMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Eliza, Ichaboe, Peterhead. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 23.—The Royalist, of this port, is ashore near here, with damage. RAMSGATE, MARCH 24.—Several bales of raw silk, and 33 cases (contents unknown), coils of coir, and other articles, have been landed here from the John Knox, wrecked on the Goodwin Sand. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 24.—A barque rigged ship was ashore this morning in Compton Bay, about lb miles east of Freshwater Gate, with the name Siam on her flag, cargo discharging (apparently chests of tea, &c.) Two smacks and a pilot have reached her with assistance. No communication has at present been had 'with the shore. LYNN, MARCH 23.—S1d. Britannia, St. John's, New Bruns. wick. ter Cup. The Aithorp Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, for 23 rs old; colts, Bst sib, and fillies, Bst 21b. Half a mile. (14 subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's r-lherokee (Nat) 1 Lord Spencer's The Crupper Mr. W. Scotts Malt 3 The following also ran :—Mr. M. Ongley's Mount Pleasant— 4;r. W. Sadler's The Pretender—Lord Lons dale's c. by Glaucus, out of Benevolence—Mr. Wood miti's Land Surveyor—Colonel Anson's Toronto—Mr. Watson's f by Stockport, out of Ganymede—and Mr, F. ltobbins' Sweetbrier. 5 to 4 agst Cherokee, 6 to 1 agst The Crupper 7 to 1 asst Malt, 7 to 1 agst the Pretender, and 8 to 1 agst Toronto. \Von in a canter, by two lengths. Land Surveyor turned round at starting, and was left behind. The Great Nosthamptonshire Stakes of 25 soya. each 15 tt, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added, the second to receive 25 sovs. out of the stakes. (85 subs., 65 of whom declared.) Lord G. Bentinck's Discord, aged, B st Mr. F. Ongiey's Roderick, 6 yrs, Est 101 b 2 Mr. Sailler's Sparsholt, 3 yrs, 4st 71b The following were not placed :—Mr. Anson's Napier, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Lord Warwick's Yardley, 5 yrs, 7st 91b— Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs, 7st lib—Mr. Worthington's Dr. Husband, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Mr. W. Payne's - Queen Mab, 6 yrs, 7st—Mr. Milbank's Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs, 7st— Mr. Berrington's Father Mathew, 4 yrs,_ Est 111b—Lord Howth's Warp, 4 yrs, Est 91b— Mr. Howes' ch c by Ratcatcher, out of Turquoise, 4 yrs, 6;t 61b—Mr. R obinson's A p ril Noddy, 4 yrs, 6st 51b— Mr. 2 Hook's Bastion, 3 yrs, sst 71b—and Mr. Coleman's Velox, 3 yrs, sst 71b, 3 to 1 agst Discord, 4 to 1 agst Bastion, 6 to 1 agst Lord Saltoun, 6 to 1 agst Napier, 10 to 1 agst Father Mathew, and 10 to 1 agst Sparsholt. Won in a canter by three lengths, Sparsholt a bad third, and the others tailed off. The Tallyho Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10ft. Two miles. Gents. riders. (4 Subs.) Mr. W. Manning nd br c, by D'Egville, 3 yrs, Bst 91b 1 Mr. Wesley's Solitude, 3 yrs, Bst 6lb bolted 7 to 1 agst Solitude.—The race is disputed on the ground that the winner carried two stone over weight, without the necessary declaration having been made before the first race of the day. The Farmers' Plate was not over when our parcel was dispatched. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE- CHASES--Moxuss. The Hunt Club Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added by the Town, list 71b each, &c. Four miles. (20 subs.) Mr. Brooke's Eagle (Captain Peel) 1 Colonel Gooch's Newmarket Mr. Shirley's The Orphan 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Hon. F. Craven na, Ostrich, Mr. E. H. Clarke 's White nose, Mr. W. H. Cooper's Coningsby, Mr. A. W. Wil liams's Albert, Captain Boyd's Exquisite, Mr. Bennett's Martingale, and Mr. Bruce's Curate. Match, 100 soya. Three miles. Mr. Nunce's The Friar (Captain Peel) 1 Captain Windsor's Major A full Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with a Whip added for the second, list 71b each. Three miles. (15 subs.) Mr. P. P. Rolt's Nimrod (Owner) 1 Mr. Sheldon's Dudu 2 The following were nut placed :—Lord Vane's Hornet, Captain Wellington's Queen of Trumps, Captain A. Williams's Perfection, Mr. R. Clifton's Puff arid Dart, Mr. R. IL Carea's Waverley, Mr. Brook's The Irish Lady. and Mr. G. Hobson's The Prince. PRINCE ALBERT'S HARRIERS.—The Prince hunted to-day (Tuesday) on the farms of Messrs. Mason and Alldrige near Chalvey. His Royal Highness enjoyed a capital run previous to his return to the Castle. The Prince was attendA by. Major-General Wemyss and Sir Edward Bowater. The Earl of llardwicke and Captain Meynell wire u!so or the Royal tarty. The extreme fineness of the weather on Monday cause the various exhibitions with which the metropolis abounds to be crowded throughout the day by the holi day-makers, who conducted themselves with the greatest propriety and decorum. Among the exhibitions: — THE NATIONAL GALLERY was crowded throughout the day 'by a very orderly company, and by far more nu merous than on any previous occasion. In order, how evtbeing r, to prevent the rooms from over crowded, the number admitted at a time was limited to 300. Those paintings which attracted the greatest notice were, Hogarth's series of" Mnrriage I la Mode," fvbich were painted exactly a century since, the palette under the portrait of himself and dog baring the name " William Hogarth, 1745 ;" and " Mit d Fiddler," and "Village Festival." WEST3IINSTER ABBET.—Since the reduction in the price for viewing the various chapels and tombs in the ancient Abbe) of Westminster, the number of persons. anxious to see them has gradually increased, and on no occasion have there been so many visitors as yesterday. Instead of going round with three or four as formerly, the verger who shows the tombs, &c., had a company of from forty or fifty at a time during the day. The principal points of attraction were Henry the Vll.'s chapel, with its beautiful roof, and the brais tomb of that monarch, the shrine of Edward the Confessor, and the coronation chair, in which many pretty young girls sat during the day, inquiring of their lovers, who generally accompanied them, it' they looked like queens. In Poet's Corner, many persons during the day had a t lratuitous peep at the monuments raised to the 'iambi) , of England's poets. TILE CHINESE EXHIBITION.—On Monday, the Feast of Lanterns, with an addition of many hundreds of lanterns was reproduced at this unrivalled collection of all that relates to the Celestial Empire, with great splendour. The room in which the "feast" is held was well attended, and every person appeared delighted with the treat they had experienced. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The number of visitors to this national institution on Monday was 15,316, being a decrease in the number, as .compared with Easter Monday last ) ear, of 6,023, when the number was 21,339. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—The number of visitors who attended this talented lady's admirable exhibition on Mon day, was far greater than has been known on any previous occasion. From the hour the rooms were opened to the public until their close in the evening they continued densely crowded. The last new group, the Hens() of Brunswick at one view , was t h e most admired. The figures of the Bishop of Exeter, Mr. Cobden, and Tom Thumb, were highly sp Aten of by the visitors. PANORAMA, LEICESTER BQIIARE.-=-The view of the city and Bay of Naples, by moonlight, with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, recently opened at this exhibition, was visited by a large number of holiday folks on Monday. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHT-SHIP OFF FALSTERBO REEF. A communication has been received by W. Dobson, Esq., the Secretary to Lloyd's, from the Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, stating that the light-ship Cyklossen, which, was removed from her position at Falsterbo Reef last year, would resume her station in the course of next July. Pilots would, as before, be stationed on board. DEATH OF ALEXANDER BLACKWOOD, ESQ.— We deeply regret to state that Mr. Alexander Blackwood died yesterday, at his house in Great Stuart-street. This event will be learnt with sincere sorrow by a numerous circle of truly attached friends, to whom the deceased was endeared by the manly sincerity, the warm cor diality, and genuine worth of his character. Much might be properly said of the excellent qualities and talents of Mr. Blackwood • but we shall now simply ob serve that, as a member of the eminent house of William Blackwood and Sons, in which capacity he was known to the public, he uniformly maintained the high position acquired by the habitual sagacity, enterprise, and integrity of his late distinguished father. We had hoped that a long career of usefulness and honour lay open to him in conjunction with those who, alas ! can now only deplore the great loss they have sustained in his early removal from amongst us.—Edinburgh Evening Post. THE WILL OF THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.— Limited probate of the will, as far as relates to the pro perty in England and Wales, of the Right Hon. William Wellesley, Baron Maryborough, of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland , a nd Earl of Morning ton in in Ireland, was granted on the 20th inst. to the Right Hon. Lord Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, K.C.8., and John Parkinson, of Lincolu's Inn-fields, Esq., two of the executors. A power is reserved to the Right Hon. Catherine Elizabeth Dowager Lady Mary borough, Countess of Mornington, to prove the will hereafter. His Lordship died on the 22d of February last, was formerly of Saville-row, and late of Grosvenor square. The will is short, dated 23d April, 1844, signed, " Mornington." Personal estate within the province of Canterbury sworn under 100,0001. Directs that 2,0001. shall be immediately paid to the Countess, and leaves her all the plate and household furniture absolutely. Bequeaths several annuities to be paid out of the perso nal estate. Devises and bequeaths hii freehold, copy hold, and leasehold estates, and the residue of his per sonal estate to trustees, Lord F. Somerset and Thomas Parkinson, in t o convert to money, and invest the same in funded S ecur ities ; the dividends and interest to be paid to the Countess for her life, and gives her a power of appointment over the principal to his three daughters, the Countess of Westmoreland, Lady Mary Charlotte Anne Bigot, and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, in default of such appointment in trust for his daughters. MORE GAME OUTRAGES.— Some nights ago, a gamekeeper named Bridges was told there were two well known poachers, named Rutter and Ashcroft, residing in Bewdlcy Forest, in the Rance Wood, in the parish of Mamble, near Cleobary Mortimer, upon which he and his informant went in search of th. m. After waiting in the neighbourhood of the wood for some time, without seeing the poachers, Bridges and his companion parted to return to their re s p ective homes. Shortly afterwards e th laTter in th w e h n ose pulli d out the stock. Bridges heard the report of a gun, and on going back he saw the poachers coaling out of the stood, upon which B lZou r f i no d : p le :s lo' o hf n the head with such violence that pocket he fat the l h bbet na e emrd l frsaeesei rooll t( consciousness ground senseless. Some time afterwards thec s ol n 4lad ess returned, and he succeeded in reaching Mamble, when Mr. Jones, surgeon, of Cle,,bury Morti mer, was called in, and that gentleman found ho had received a severe wound on the fixehead, several inches in length. •We are happy to state that he is now in a fair way of recovery. The poachers are supposed to have made their way into Staffordshire, for they had not been taken when this account was sent to us.—A. few nights afterwitrds, William Inett, who acted as gamekeeper in the absence of Bridges, saw two Tenhury poachers, named Baldwin and Williams, going towards the Forest Cover, upon which he watched their motions, and shortly afterwards saw them snare three rabbits. He accord inglyhlleinlgaid senseless, till a young B thh a ies te pg s ou c an a c. m hHe e res u r p fee and assisted him home, when interfered , wh en he was s erved as Bridges hadbeen, him to the ground with t b mh e e e: b , an o ra u rme e l of ,dof Mr. Jones dressed his head, and he is now doing well. It is expected that the offenders in this case will soon be cediershire Chronicl e, in custody, if, inde ed, the y are not already taken— Mr- THE FAIRS AT GREENWICH, STEPNEY, AND THE TUNNEL, THE RIVER, &c. Two years ago Stepney fair, which had laid under the magisterial interdict for twenty-five years, was revived with great success. This year it has been laid out on a mos: extensive wale, and deserves the first notice. Two large fields have been appropriated to the fair, which are separated from each other by Charles-street. In the first, called Manor Field, behind the Prince of %Villas Tavern, faeing the Thames Polio-court, is a splendidly decorated booth called the Crown and Anchor, belonging to Mr. Stevens, the celebrated Essex higgler. It is just 350 feet in length, and 50 feet in breadth, and after sunset was illuminated with variegated Limps and de vices ; and in the evening, when the Polka was being cLinead by more than 200 couples, with great vigour, and the plaeawailighted up, the effect was very brilliant. The hand is a mat excellent one. To do justice to the dancers, if they did not dance the Polka with all the ele gance of an assembly at Almack's, they acre more indus trious, and oft.m had recourse to the ham and beef and the bottled stout, to recruit their exhausted strength. The " Polka at St 3pney Fair," then, must be a new dance for the Court after this. There are other booths for dancing and refreshments, neatly fitted up, belonging to young Stevens, the Essex phenomenon ; and Bckett and Hicks, of the Cricketers, in London-street. They were all filled to overflowing. Price's equestrian and gym, nastic company, and the veteran Clarke, well known at Bartholomew Fair, have each pitched a large tent in this field, and the performances were witnessed by admiring thousands during the day. The scenes in the circle. the horsemanship, and evolutions of the Acrobats, tight rope dancers and others, at both places, were uncom• manly well done. The rivalry between Price and Clarke was carried on noisily ; but with the greatest g ood humour. Leaving this fied and its amusements for the adjoining one, the scene baffles description. A space, as large as Lincoln's Inn-fiefs has been laid out with free taste by Messrs. Peterson and Johnson, whose A splendid ball took place at the White Horse Assembly-rooms, Uxbridge, un Monday evening, which was attentik-cl by roost of the elite of fashion in the reighbourhood and surrounding county. The ladies' patronesEes were—Lady - Strafford, Lady Emily Drum mond, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. J. Ilibbert, Mrs. New(legate, Mrs. C. Mills, Mrs. Herning, Mrs. Partridge, Mrs. Mor gan. The following gentlemen officiated as stewards:— Lord Strafford, C. N. Newdegate, Esq , M P ~ Major L a wvetison, T. T. Clarke, 14:sq., Charles Mills, Esq., R. Harvey, Esq. At ten o'clock the company began to ar rive, roan after which dancing commenced to Guinnes's excellent band from London, who performed with their ' usual skill several charming non/mile polkas, waltzes, quadrilles, &c. The refreshments, supplied by Mr. Trehern, proprietor of the ion, were excellent. • - , An inquest was held yesterday at the Prince Regent, Sidmouth-street, before Mr. Wakley, to in quire into the cause of death of Mr. Arthur Milner, of 10, Calthorp-place, Gray's Inn-lane. It appeared, by the evidence of a friend, that the deceased, who was a bootmaker, while at work on Thursday morning last complained of a pain in his head, and took a drink of cold water, but shortly after fell on one side , a nd before medical assistance arrived, breathed his last. Verdict — Natural death- • • T LIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNIADAY MORNING-, MARCH 26 1845. ON-HOUSE. On Monday the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertain ment in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-hous ‘, when about three hundred sat down to a sumptuous banquet. Amongst the distinguished guests present were Lord Stanley, the Earl of Lincolu, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Peter borough, Mr. Baron Ralfe, Sir H. Pottinger, the Cheva lier Bunsen, the Prussian Ambassador, the Buenos Ayres Minister, Sir Felix Boath, Alderman Moon, &c. After the banquet, the cloth having been removed, and " Non nohis" snug by the professional singers engaged, The LORD MAYOR gave " The Health of the Queen," and in doing so reminded the assembly of the high honour which her Majesty had dune to the City of Lon don within the last twelvemonth, by presiding at the opening of the Royal Exchange, and also by visiting Christ's Hospital at supper time. The toast was drunk amidst enthusiastic cheering. " God save the Queen." The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Queen Dowager," which was drunk with all the honours.—Glee. The LORD MAYOR then gave " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," observing that his Royal Highness had become a governor of all the royal hos pitals in the City.—(Hear.) Drunk amidst loud cheer ing.—Glee. The next toast was " The Army and Navy." " Rule Britannia." The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of the Foreign Ministers in this country." The Chevalier BUNSEN, the Prussian 'Minister, re turned thanks, and expatiated on the importance of maintaining peace, for the benefit of the communities of all the states in Europe. Whilst England maintained her present firm position, in opposition to hostile move ments, it was impossible for any nation in Europe to disturb the present amicable state of affairs.—(Hear.) The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of her Majesty's Ministers," and complimented them upon the manner in which they had restored the balance between the revenue and expenditure of the country.—(Hear.) Lord STANLEY begged to return thanks for the honour which had been done to himself and the colleagues with whom he had the pleasure to co-operate. In under taking this pleasing task he could not help regretting the absence of other members of 'the Administration, who, he was sure, would have felt proud to have been present on this occasion. The Premier had gone to his family seat in Warwickshire, and the Duke of Wellington had been obliged also, by the infirmities which age brought upon him, to go into the country during the vacation. But he was happy to say, and he thanked God fur being . able to say it, that the infirmities of the body were not accompanied by any diminution of the mental faculties.— (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to say that he cordially concurred with his Excellency the Prussian Minister as to the importance of the main tenance of peace. War presented no advantages com mensurate with the horrors which it incurred. Apart from all religious grounds of opposition, he believed it was now generally agreed that the horrors of war should not be wantonly incurred by the nations of the world.--(Hear, hear.) The inci dents of war were of a terrible and revolting cha racter, which would not be incurred unless under the most stringent occasioa.—(Hear, bear.) . Considering the matter in this light, her Majesty's Governhaentbad telt it their duty, whenever a difference of opinion arose with a foreign power, not weakly to yield to the demands of that power, but to ask for those explanations which by the nature of the case could be given; and it had not occurred in any of these cases that they had had occasion to desire to seek other means of obtaining what was their due.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst seeking to promote a general peace, however, the Government had not neglected to place the resources of the country on such as footing as to enable them to meet at any time any hostile movement which might be made against them. With this view their first object had been to place the resources of the country upon such a footing that they should be well iprepared them.t o T meet e a ci n u y fair i e d n e ma n f thendthat expendituremi gh t come and the revenue of the country was one of the first points of anxiety with her Majesty's Ministers, and the country, ' by generously seconding and promoting those views, had ably done its duty, and ensured a permanent advantage to their commercial relations and fiscal position.—(Hear.) Her Majesty's Ministers, after the success which had attended them in this matter, felt with pleasure that, if at any period, however near, they should be superseded in their official position, they had laid the foundation for a permanent peace, which no country in Europe would heedlessly dare to interrupt.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord, in conclusion, proposed the health of the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and then proposed " The Church of England." If true to itself, it must stand.— (Cheers.) The Bishop of LLANDAFF returned thanks. The next toast was " The Bishop of Peterborough, and thanks for his sermon to-day at Spital church." The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH returned thanks. The next toast was " The House of Peers." Lord CANTILUPE returned thanks. The Chevalier BUNSEN then proposed " The Health ci the Lady Mayoress."—Drunk amidst loud cheers. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks. The ladies then left the room. " The Members of the House of Commons" was the next toast, The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER returned thanks. The next toast was 6 ` Sir Henry Pottinger." Sir HENRY PuTTINGER returned thanks. After some other toasts the assembly adjourned to the drawing-room - , where dancing commenced, and was kept up with great spirit for some hours. DARING STREET ROBBERY. —Yesterday informa. Lion was received at the head station of the D division, Meryleb ,ne-lane, of the following daring street robbery having been committed on Saturday last:—At about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a lady of the name of Bryant gut into one of the omnibuses running between the Elephant and Castle and St. John's-wood, which set her down at the junction of Crawford ani Baker-streets. Before quitting the omnibus Mrs. Bryant pulled cut her purse, for the purpose of taking out the fare, and imme diately returned it to her pocket. On reaching the home of a friend, only a few doors up Crawford-street, she found that her purse, with its contents, a Bank of Eng land note for 401., six sovereigns, and some loose silver, with a " Punch's Pocket-book," had been stolen. It has since been ascertained that two young men, accompanied by a lad, who are supposed to belong to the swell mob, sat opposite Mrs. Bin ant in the omnibus, and on her getting out immediately followed her, and were observed to walk close behind her along Crawford-street, when, there is no doubt, they picked her pocket. One of them is described as about five feet six inches high, twenty one or twenty-two years old, thin and dark, dressed in a dark great coat, a light fashionable cravat, with a large common pin displayed in it, and two scars on his face. The other about the same height, and dressed in a similar style. The lad was about fifteen or sixteen years of age, pale, and his face very much freckled, dressed in a dark groat coat, with two neckerchiefs on (blue and brown), avid wore a common pin in them. All three can be identified. A SINGULAR COUPLE.—At Rochdale petty ses sions, on Monday last, a tall, good-looking female, aged 27 years, nam ed Eliza Wilson, from the township of Bamford, ' near Heywood, was brought up under a war rant, charged by Andrew Wilson, her hush ind, aged 85 years, with having assaulted him on the Tuesday pre views. Mr. Jackson, solicitor, appeared on behalf Of complainant, and said the couple had been married about five years. During that time defendant had had one child, which is a fine boy, about four years of age, and which stood by its mother. The old man was possessed of considerable property. The old husband and the young wife had separated several times, and he had taken out warrants against his wife, but the affairs, ex cept the last, had always been compromised. The old men complained of having been struck with a fire poker by his wife. The magistrates rsquested the parties, together with their solicitors, to arrange mitters. In a short time they returned into court, when it. was stated that the wife had agreed to accept of 9s. per week. The old man was requested to pay her that suns during his life, to which he consented. The parties reside in sere& rate lodgings at Bamford.—Preston Guardian. REMOVAL OF TUE NEW WATERMEN'S FLOATING PIER AT LONDON-BRIDGE.-0a Saturday afternoon considerable excitement was created at London-bridge, in consequence of a party of the Thames police, acting under the direction of the harbour-master, proceeding to remove the two new floating piers, moored by the free w atertnen at Lon ion-bridge ; one at the plying stairs on the north shore, adjoining Fishmongers' Hall ; and the other on the south shore, alongside Fenning's Wharf. It appears the waterenen who claim the privilege of landing and embarking passengers at the plying stairs had, during the night of Thursday, without any notice to or aatbority from the river authorities, brought the piers from above bridge, and moored them at the places mentioned, and on ood Friday the watermen's boats plying between Chelsea, London -bridge, and Greenwich, for the first time commenced landing and embarking passengers. On Saturday, in consequence of representations being made of the circumstances under which they had been moored, and the obstruction in the river created by them, an order was issued directing their immediate removal , w hich was served upon the parties in charge of the piers, who at once refused to obey the order, and set the police at defiance. After a parley of upwards of an hour, the police, acting under their directions, let go the moorings, and succeeded in effecting their removal. On Sunday m eming the dis • conafitee watermen removed the mooring-chains which they had sunk in the river, and thug the matter rests for the present. DEVON AND CORNWALL WRESTLING.—Monday afternoon the wrestling, without shoes, between the natives of the above counties, commenced at the Breck neck Tavern, Camden-town, and a great number of per sons attended to witness this ancient sport. The after noon's play was confined to making " standards," the double and treble play for the prizss commencing this day. The play of Bond (Cornish), a deformed man, was good, as was also that of Gainer, who lifted his com petitor over his shoulder, and threw him a genee fair back. The principal play of the afternoon was between Chapple, of Devon, and Gill, of Cornwall, two good wrestlers. They played together for some time, and both went down, but Gill, after a very severe struggle, easight his opponent in the Cornish " lock," and threw him, amidst great cheering. The playing off is expected to be good. DINNER TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—At a spe cial meeting of the town council held to day in their hall, Wilson-street, it was unanimously resolved to in vite Sir Henry Pottinger to dine with the corporation on the occasion of his. visit to Glasgow, on the 16th of April next ; also to present Sir Henry with the freedom of the city, in testimony of their respect for his eminent pservices.,—Glasgow Saturday P o d . • • LITERATURE. speaking a unique language peculiar to that society which had Voltaire for instructor ; full of smart, poignant `re partees, which rendered him as formidable as he was attractive ; by turns caressing or disdainful, demon strative or impenetrable ; careless, dignified, lame with out loss of i..sacefulness, in short, one of the most ex traordinary personages, and such a one as a revolution alone can produce, he. was the most sedneieg of negotia, tors, but at the same time incapable of directing, as head, the affsirs of a great state ; for every leader should pos sess a resolute will, settled views, and application, and he had none of these. His will was confined to pleas ing, his views consisted in the opinions of the moment, his application was next to nothing. In a word, he was an accemplished ambassador, but not a directing minis ter : be it understood, however, that this expression is to be taken in its most elevated acceptation. For the rest, he held no other post under the Consular Govern ment. The First Consul, who allowed no person the right to give an opinion on the affairs of war and of diplo macy, merely employed him to negotiate with the Foreign Ministers, on basis previously prescribed, and this M. de Talleyrand did with an art that will never be surpassed. Ile possessed, however, a moral merit, that of being fond of peace under a master who was fond of war, and of showing that he was so. Endowed with exquisite taste, uniting with it unerring tact, and even a useful indo lence, he was able to render real services, by simply op posing to the First Consul's exuberance of language, pen, and action, his sobriety, his perfect moderation, and his vary propensity to do nothing. But he made little im- • pression on that imperious master, from whom he ex torted no resp2ct either by genius or by conviction. Thus he had no more empire than M. Fouche, nay, even less, though quite as much employed, and more agree able. . •_ • HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE; or FRANCE UNDER NAPO LEON. By M. Thic,.s. Vol. 11. This'volume possesses more interest and variety than the fir - 4, though that furnished ample and graphic details of the passage of the Alps and the battle of Marengo—one reckoned the most remark able military mo.ement in modern times, and the other the great step by which, Napoleon mounted the imperial throne. It made him First Consul, and from the consulate to the empire the transition was easy. M. Thiers has devoted a considerable portion of the second part to the state of Egypt after the departure of General Bonaparte, the discontent of the army and its leader, General Kleber ; his victories over the Turks ; his defeat at El-Ariseh, and his assassination at Cairo. Though not disposed to go out of his way to pay compliments to the English, and least of all English naval officers, the author does justice to Sir Sidney Smith, whom he describes as a man of generous feelings, and to Colonel Douglas, who did everything in his power to save the wreck of the garrison from the fury of the Turks. " Some of these unfortunate men," says he, " obtained quarter, thanks to Colonel Douglas, and owed their lives to the interference of that hu mane, gallant, and distinguished officer." He de scribes also at c onsiderable length the famous battle of Hohenlinden; attributes, though reluctantly, praise to Moreau, and modifies it with the imputation of great faults committed in several movements, and en deavours t.) lessen his glory on that occasion by an ticipation of events which, unfortunately, cast a shade on his early career. lie cannot, however, deny him the merit of prudence, vigour, and suc cess. "Moreau had proved himself capable of corn mending 100,000 men with prudence and vigour ; no man, excepting Napoleon, had manoeuvred such a force so well in the present century ; and though the plan of the conqueror of Hohenlinden be at an immense distance from that of the conqueror of Rivoli, of Marengo, and Austerlitz, that plan is, never theless, glorious, and would have remained glorious, if criminal misconduct, the fatal effects of jealousy, had not subsequently sullied a life till then noble and pure." The celebrated passage of ti - e Splugen by Macdonald is described in a few lines, though it rivals, perhaps eclipses, the passage of the Alps by Bonaparte. The leading features, however, of this section of the work are the domestic policy of the First Consul, the negotiations with foreign powers, and the vast schemes he formed for uniting the whole of Europe against the great barrier to universal dominion, England. In all these Bonaparte displayed the greatest ability, and, with perhaps some excep tions, is entitled to the highest praise. He arranged the discordant elements of a great nation, put an end to anarchy by moderation, justice, and humane plans; was lenient to the errors, or rather the prepossessions of the unfortunate royalists and the priests ; and was only the bitter enemy of that unprincipled portion of the community who delighted in endless revolution from selfish motives, and would have sacrificed the honour, the glory, and safety of their country for even the chance of temporary power. To these men for a long time he attributed all the attempts on his life, and nothing but the most indubitable evidence could convince him that Georges and other royalists were the real authors of the infernal machine. We regret to find that M. Thiers here forgets the im partiality of a great historian, gives as facts what he cannot prove, nay, what are fully denied by as good Frenchmen as himself, and ministers to vulgar preju dices and national antipathies in language, though not direct, yet not to be mistaken, by leaving the impression on the minds of his readers that the assas sins were the tools of the English Cabinet, and that they were furnished with English gold to carry their diabolical schemes into effect. This it is true was the belief of the First Consul, but we believe he was afterwards disabused by the earnest and indignant asseverations of Mr. Fox, independent of other proofs ; yet M. Thiers still sticks to the original calumny and uses such expressions as these :—" Georges, having returned from London to the Morbihan, was full of money, thanks to the English, and secretly directed the plunder of the diligences. He had sent some of his cut-throats to Paris, for the purpose of murdering the First Consul." And elsewhere—" In a lower sphere conspired other wise than by words the intriguers in the service of the Bourbons, and lower still, but more dangerously, the agents of Georges, with their hands full of money, supplied by England." These and some other national pre judices are unworthy of M. Thiers' high rank, ability, and acquirements—they only injure his own charac ter, and detract from the value of a work of great merit. But this littleness, to apply the gentlest term, is not unfrequently an accompaniment of the brightest genius, and latterly diminished that halo of glory which surrounded the head of Napoleon himself. lie has been admired by the vulgar chiefly for his great victories. These, however, entity: him to the least praise. They were obtained at enormous sacrifices ; human' beings were treated as mere machines ; the best blood of France was shed to gratify his lust of dominion, and at last, in the utter recklessness of despair, he sacrificed himself and his country. His highest merit consists in his domestic administration, in composing civil broils, improving the civil code, retrieving the finances, and carrying out vast and national works. From No vember, 1799, to September, 1800, the face of France was changed ; the public funds had risen from 12 to 40, and the public creditors, to their astonishment and delight, received a half-year's dividend in money—a thing which had not occurred since the commence ment of the revolution. " This financial phenomenon," says M. Thiers, " produced a great effect, and it ap peared to be not one of the least of the victories of the First Consul. This was an enigma which the mass of the public explained by that extraordinary power, which he was already said to possess, of doing what ever he pleased. But there is no miracle in this world. There is no other cause for real successes but sound sense, seconded by a strong will." M. Thiers thus sums up the labours in which this won derful man was engaged during the winter of 1800- 801 : The First Consul prized the plain good sense of M. Fouche, relished the graces of M. de Talleyrand, but absolutely believed neither the one nor the other on any subject, and, as for his confidence, had given that, given it wholly and entirely, but not to either of those two men— to his colleague Cambaceres. The latter, with an under standing far from brilliant, had extraordinary good sense, and an unbounded attachment to the First Consul. Having trembled for ten years of his life under pro scribers of all sorts, he loved, with a kind of affection, the powerful master, who at length procured him the faculty of breathing at his ease. He loved his posier, his genius, his person, from which he had not received, and hopel never to receive, anything but favours. Ac quainted with the weaknesses of men, even of the greatest, he counselled the First Consul, as one ought to counsel when one wishes to be attended to, with perfect sincerity, with extreme discretion, never for the purpose of show ine off his own wisdom, but always to be serviceable to a 'Government which he loved as dearly as himself, always approving of all its acts in public, whatever they might be and never disapproving . of them but in pri vate, in an absolute oe-ez tote with the First Consul; keeping siler.ce when there was no good to be done, and when censure could be but a vain pleasure of finding fault ; sure to speak his mind, and with a courage highly meritorious in a man s so extremely timid, when he was in time to prevent a blunder, or influence the general conduct of affairs. Arid, as if a character which - is in cessantly under self-restraint must needs be betrayed into some weakness, the consul Cambac‘ It exhibited a puerile vanity with his inferiors, lived with some subale tern courtiers, who paid him fulsome homage, walked every day in the Palais Royal, in a ridiculously magni ficent dress, and sought, in the gratification of a gour mandise that has become proverbial, pleasures which were suited to his vulgar but prudent soul. Of what consequence, however, are a few foibles, redeemed by superiur reason ! The First Consul cheerfully forgave these foible* in his colleague, and made much of him. He appreciated that superior good sense, which never wished to shine but to be useful, and which Threw a tempered and true light upon everything. He appreciated, above all, the sincerity of his attachment, laughed at his weaknesses, but always with delicacy, and paid him the very high compliment of confiding everything to him alone, of never being concerned but about his judgment. Hence, he was susceptible of no influence but his--an influence scarcely suspected, and on that account very great. . To convey an accurate idea of the circle surround: ing the First Consul, we must say a word concerning-his family. He had four brothers, Joseph, Lucien, Louis, and Ji:ome. The two latter we shall notice in due time. Joseph and Lucien only were then of any importance. Joseph, the eldest of all, had married the daughter of a wealthy and respectable merchant of Marseilles. He was mild, tolerably acute, agreeable in person, and caused the brother less vexation than any of the others. It was for him that the First Consul reserved the honour of negotiating the peace of the Republic with the states of the old and the new world. He had charged him to conclude the treaty which had been signed with Ame rica, and had just appointed him plenipotentiary to Lut.6ville, thus seeking to assign to him a part which should be popular in France. Lucien, at present Mi nister of the Interior, was a clever man, but of unequal mind, restless, ungovernable, and, though possessing talent, not having sufficient to make amends for what he wanted in point of good Dense. Both flattered the pro pensity of the First Consul to raise himself to the su preme power ; and this was but natural. The genius of the First Consul, like his glory, were things personal to himself ; one quality only could be transmissible to his family, that was the princely quality, if he should one day assume it, in preference to that of first magistrate of the Republic. His brothers were amongst those who asserted, with least reserve, that the present form of government was but one of transition, devised to -lull revolutionary prejudices ; but that he ought to make up his mind, and that if he wished to found something truly stable, it was indispensably necessary to introduce greater concentration, unity, and durability. The drift of all this was very evident. The First Consul, as every one knows, had no children, which greatly embarrassed those who already dreamt of the transformation of the republic into a monarchy. It was, in fact, an inconsis tency to pretend to be desirous of insuring the regular and natural transmission of the supreme power in the family of a man who had no heirs. Thus though, hereafter, this default of heirs might be a personal ad vantage for the brothers of the First Consul, it was now an argument against their prceirets, and they frequently reproached Madame Bonaparte - fur a misfortune, of which, they said, she was the cause. Having quarrelled with her, from sheer jealousy of her influence, they had not spared her in conversation with her husband, and persecuted her with their remarks, incessantly and loudly repeating that it was absolutely necessary for the First Consul to have a wifo who should bring him children, that this was not a prix ate but a public consideration, and that a resolution on this point was indispensable, in order to insure the future welfare of France. They caused these cruel sentiments, pregnant with the most sinister consequences for her, to be repeated by all lips. The wife of the First Consul, apparently so for tunate, was, therefore, at this moment, very far from happy. J‘e e t thine Bonaparte, who had been married first to the Count de Beauharnais, then to the young general who had saved the Convention on the 13th Venda miaire, and now shared with him a place which began to resemble a throne, was a Creole by birth, and had all the graces, all the defects, usual in women who are so born Kind-hearted, profuse, and frivolous, not a beauty, but perfectly elegant, and endowed with infinite fascination, she could please e inuch more than women who were superior to her in understanding and personal charms. The levity of her conduct,. depicted to her husband in the most unfavourable colours when be re turned from Egypt, filled him with anger. He had th tights of separating himself from a wife whom, right or wrong. he believed to be culpable. She wept a long time at his feet ; her two children, Hortense and Engine Beauharnais, both very dear to General Bonaparte, wept too ; he was overcome, and yielded to a conjugal ten derness which, for many years, was with him paramount to policy. lie forgot the real or alleged faults of Jo laeline ; he loved her still, but not as in the early period .of .their union. The unbounded extravagance, the vexatious imprudences, in which she daily indulged, frequently excited in her husband gusts of iirpatience which he could not repress ; but he forgave her with the kindness which prosperity inspires, and could not long be angry with a woman who had shared the first moments of his nascent greatness, and who, from the day of their union, seemed to have brought Fortune along with her. Madame Bonaparte was altogether a woman of the anoien regime, devout, superstitious, nay, a royalist , de testing what she called the Jacob ins, who hated her in return ; seeking only the society of the ancient nobility, who, returning in throngs, as we have said, used to visit her in the morning. They had known her the wife of an honourable man, pretty high in rank and military standing, the unfortunate Beauharnais, who died on the revolutionary scaffold ; they found her the wife of a to go and solicit p in a,l E T u n r u o , p b e ut ; o t f b a cy l , )a drviteinuumotorheepsiotea•teerful than _any prince her upon power,her aiid S he to favours, was eager , render them services. She even took pains to excite . in while t maafikeee affecting gmt to partakers look do ' o v f n them a sort of illusion which they were fond of indulge ing. that, in reality, General Bonaparte was Bou only wait ingrbons, and fora favourable occasion to 1 this illusion which she de- And, sing.ularly. enough, to restore the inheritance which belonged to them. almost fain have • ld rather have seen her hus bandshared herself ; for she would lighted to instil into them, she would ' a subject of the Bourbons, but a subject the pro tector of his kings, surrounded by the homage of the ancient French aristocracy, than crowned monarch by the hand of the nation. She was a very faint-hearted woman. Though giddy, she loved that man who covered her with glory, and loved him the more since she was less beloved by him. All things were being organised at the same time, with the harmony which a comprehensive mind is capable of introducing into its works, with the rapidity which a resolute energy, an authority already punctually obeyed, is capable of imparting to them. The genius which accomplished these things was without doubt ex traordinary ; but, it must be confessed, the situation was as extraordinary as the genius. General Bonaparte had France and Europe to move, and victory for a lever ; he had to digest all the codes of the French nation, but then at the same time all ranks were disposed to submit to his laws with implicit obedience; he had roads, canals, bridges to construct, and the necessary resources for these objects at his undisputed disposal ; he had even nations ready to furnish him with their treasures—the Italians, for example, who cheerfully contributed to the expense of opening the Simplon, and to the endowment of the Hospices raised on the summits of the Alps. Pro vidence does nothing by halves. For every mighty task she furnishes a great genius, and to every great genius she assigns a mighty task. For details of these useful and noble undertakings, we refer to the work itself, which, we may add, im proves on acquaintance. The style is and, at at times, highly eloquent. The narrative flows natu rally, and without effort. The interest never flags, and the writer, unlike some who claim the character of historians, never obtrudes himself, and rarely his individual opinions, on the notice of the reader. His remarks abound with good sense, and his occasional deviations from impartiality must be attributed rather to his national propensity, and to his admiration of the hero of the work, than to wilful misrepresenta tion. He draws characters with a masterly hand, in a few words paints to the life their defects and their virtues, and in the narration of a tragical ever.t stands unrivalled. As proofs of these historical abilities, we subjoin the characters of two or three leading men of that period, with those of Napoleon's brothers, Joseph and Lucien, and his wife Josephine. FOUCIIE, TALLEYRAND, CAMBACERES, JO SEPH AND LUCIEN BONAPARTE, AND JOSEPHINE. M. Fouche, charged to exercise this power, formerly an Oratorian and a Conventionalist, was au intelligent and a crafty personage, neither good nor wicked, well ac quainted with men, especially the bad, and despising them; employing the funds of the police in supporting the agents of troubles as much as in watching them; always ready to pracure bread or a place for every per son weary of political agitations; thus making friends fur the Government, and more especially for himself; creating for himself obliged dependents , fa r su p erior to credulous and deceitful spies, who never failed to inform him of everything that it was his interest to know; having persons under obligations to him in all the par ties, even among the Royalists, whom he knew how to manage, and to repress at the right time; always fore warned, never overrating danger, nor exaggerating it to his master; clearly distingutshing an imprudent nrin from one really to be feared, knowing when to caution the one, to proceed againstlhe other; in short, managing the police better than it was ever in:inaged : for it con sists in disarming animosities as much as in repressing them; a superior minister, if he had had elevated inten tions, if his indulgence had sprung from any other prin ciple than an indifference to good and than e a vil, if his s activity had proceeded fro m an y other motive irksome and i nter fering in everything , which rendered him and suspicious to the First Consul, and frequently gave him the appearance of a vulgar intriguer. For the rest, his intelligent but ignoble countenance, was a faithful mirror of the qualities and vices of his soul. . . . M. de Talleyrand descended from a family of the noblest lineage, destined by his birth for tilt army, doomed to the priesthood by an accident, which deprived him of the use of ono foot, having no liking for this im posed profession, successively bish )p, courtier, revo lutionist, and emigrant, then afterwards minister for foreign affairs under the Directory. M. de Talleyrand had retained something of all these different states ; there was to be found in him a touch of the bishop, of the man of quality, and of the revolu'ionist. . llaving no firmly fixed opinion, but only a natural moderation, which WJS opposed to every species of exag,geratioa ; capable of entering at once into the feelings of those whom he wished to please, either from liking or from interest i -- • LEICESTER STATE or TRADE.— con E s x eg e l e i p en t ee in of t t h h e e co tton department trade dull—no alteration in prices. y e e extentdemando rthe upon fors il cotton ep iun shipping fallth,ids ,pr:i:g th iii usual i t s . ToT a hai r el e eg slp.lpti,rraeoitan:‘,pgr • s has closed. trade is not encouraging. On Wednesday Mr. Chapman held an inquest at the Black Horse public-house, Canal-street, on the body of Cluistopher, son of Thos. Jones, of 81, Canal-street, a boy aged eight, years. (I ceased, who slept in the front pirlour of the house, with his Grandfather, had risen early uu Moailay morning. and his parents having gone out, he went to his grandfather to get a pipe of tobacco to stn.ke. The tobacco was given him, and having lighted it, he commenced puffing, and with the view to ape more nearly those who had taught him the accomplishment, he turned his back to the fire. While in this position his pinafore caught tiro, and his clothes were speedily in flames. The grandfather having lost the use of one side him in vain, and at length b o y , : e p rp ar o a l, ly e . r t i n a , t i t t e h m s P u r o d k t e ° , b s e a l p uk up on the bed in a state of insensibility. The smoke issued from the window into the street, and this attracting attention, John AtKenna, of Millstreet, ventured into the room, and saved the old min, but the body of the boy was found upon tb.a hearth reduced to a cinder.—Verdiet, is 4cei. dental death."—'Manchester ■ 10 0 0 72 JOG•c k I « i 41 4 3 01, s 4 04 10°34 f.. 0 91; ?141051/1 614 , iol 4,'4 .1, 2 3 12 9 iii 3~ ~~ 1 74 ' i}7* 1 1 11 .., 1 2 ..- )Jk ' ) 5 1 5 0 26 39 19 5 3 531 0P g 11 b 0 91 4 0 0 9 t