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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - - PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 24. The Gravesend and Rochester Railway Bill was presented and read a first time. The following Bills were referred to the Select Cemmittee on Standing Orders: — South Eastern Railway (Hungerford-bridge to Chilham with Branches). South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Tunbridge and Pad dock Wood). Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension Railway. Direct Northern Railway (No. 2) (Lincoln to York). London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by ➢lr. Smythe, Mr. Rice, and Mr. William Henry Bodkin. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." " That, in the case of the South Eastern Railway (Tonbridge to Tonbridge Wells) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 3. " That, in the case of the South Eastern Railway (Lon don and Greenwich Railway Widening and Extension) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 4. " That, in the case of the South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to pro ceed with their Bill." _ 5. " That, in the case of the Eastern Union and Norwich Railway (No. 2) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 6. "That, in the case of the London and Norwich Direct Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 7. " That, in the case of the North Wales Mineral Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." First, second, third, fourth, sixth, and seventh resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Oxford and Rugby Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, May 5, at twelve. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,—Com mittee on Bill, :Monday, May 5, at twelve. South Devon Railway (Tavistock and other Branches), — Committee on Bill. Monday, May 5, at twelve. Cornwall Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Launceston and South Devon Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Chester and Holyhead (No. 2) (Mold Branch and Pur chase of Chester and Birkenhead Railway),—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Chester and Holyhead Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, May 5, at twelve. Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch),—Com mittee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway,—Select Com mittee on project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Great North of England Railway (Clarence and Hartle pool Junction),—Second reading, Monday, April 28. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,—Second reading, Mon day, April 23. Grand Junction Railway,—Second reading, Monday, April 28, Barnsley Junction Railway,—Report, Monday, April 28. Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway,—Report, Monday, April 28. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extension,—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Devia tion),—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. West Cornwall Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,— Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Newark and Sheffield Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon. day, May 5, at twelve. North Wales Mineral Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, May 5, at twelve. St. Ives Junction Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester, &c., Extensions),—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Wolverhampton Line),—Select Committee oil project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. _ _ _ . Exeter and Crediton Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon day, May 5, at twelve. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway,— Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway,—Select Committee en project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Dudley to Sedgley),—Select Committee on project, Mon day, May 5, at twelve. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Extension Railway (Dudley to Wolverhampton ),—Select Committee on project, Monday, May 5, at twelve. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway,— Committee on Bill, Monday, May 5, at twelve. Ely and Huntingdon Railway,—Select Committee on pro ject, adjourned till Monday, May 5, at twelve. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment, — Committee on petition, adjourned till Monday, April 25. Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Committee on petition, adjourned till Wednesday, April 30. FRIDAY, APRIL 25. The Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway Bill, was presented and read a first time. The following Bills were read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Cork and Bandon Railway. Newry and Enniskillen Railwati•. IVextord, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway. South-Eastern Railway (Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells),_ Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Plumptre and Mr. El 01 in3tone. South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Plumptre and Mr. Holland. South Eastern Railway (Widening and Extension of the London and Greenwich Railway),—Report from Select Com mittee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Plumptre and Mr. Elphinstone. North Wales Mineral Railway,—Report from Select Com mittee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Mainwaring and Mr. Bagot. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS. MONDAY, APRIL 28. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2). Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway (Skelmaradale Branch). Staines and Richmond Railway. Whitehaven and Furness Railway. London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Branch). Portarlington and Tullamore Railway. Guildford Junction Railway. London and Brighton Railway ( Dorking Branch). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment. RAI LWAYS. Select Committee on group DD. Mr. Montague Gore (Barnstaple), selected and added to the Committee ; the Hon. G. S. Smythe discharged. Select Committee on group V. Mr. Saunders Davies (Carmarthenshire), selected, and added to the Committee; Mr. Pusey discharged, The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees on the several Groups L., R., W., EE., FF., and 11. to meet in the week commencing Monday, the 19th day of May. The following is the List from whieh Members will be se lected to serve on those Railway Committees which com mence their sittings in the week beginning Monday, Mayl9. Lord Ashley Mr. James Mr. Bannerman Mr. Leader Viscount Barrington Mr. Maher The Right Hon. F. Baring The Hon. James Maxwell The Hon. G. P. Bouverie Mr. Monckton Milnes Mr. Blackstone Captain Osborne Mr. Bottield Mr. Alexander Oswald Mr. Ludlow Bruges Mr. Pakington Mr. Busfeild Mr. Pringle Mr. Christie Mr. Prot heroe Viscount Clive Mr. Gibson Craig Mr. Collins Mr. Alderman Copeland Mr. Talbot Clifton Mr. Curteis Mr. Beckett Denison Mt. Ffolliott Mr. Gill Mr. Hurst Lord - J. Hallyburton Mr. Packe Captain Polhill Captain Pechell Mr. Repton Lord Seymour Mr. Jn. Stewart (Lymington) The Rt. Hon. R. Lalor Sheil Mr. Tomline The Hon. Charles Villiers Mr. J. E. Vivian (Swansea) Mr. Whitmore. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY—The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., having been docked and had her copper examined, was undocked on Tuesday and: taken: alongside her hulk in the harbour, where she will be completed for sea. The Hibernia, 120, Captain Richards, flag of Vice-Admiral Parker, is making rapid progress towards readiness for sea, although considerably short handed. The Styx, steam-sloop, Commander Hornby, having been cleared of vermin, is re-shipping her stores, &c., and will be ready to take out the next mail to the Mediterranean. The Monkey, steam-vessel, Master-Commander Bryant, arrived from Woolwich on Monday, and, after delivering dispatches for the Admiralty authorities, took in fuel and left for Devonport with supernumeraries. The Fearless, steam-vessel, Commander Sherringham, having undergone a thorough refit and overhaul, left the basin on Monday, and, on completing painting, will resume her surveying operations in the Solent and Southampton water. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, flag-ship of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., bent sails on Monday. Her crew have been daily exercised in reefing, furling, &c., and were inspected on Monday by the Rear-Admiral Superintendent (Hyde Parker, C. 8.), the Commander •in Chief's health not permitting him to perform his usual port duties. The St. Vincent is expected to be the flag-ship in the forthcoming trial cruise, but whose flag she will carry is not yet de cided on. The Sindbad, navy lighter, sailed yesterday, with stores for the river depots. The Lively, navy lighter, sailed yesterday, for the Med way yard, for stores. The progress of the works of defence of this port has been very rapid since our last mention of them. Southsea Castle has undergone some important repairs, and has had additional accommodation made fur troops; 32-pounder and 24-pounder guns have been taken from the Gun-wharf, and mounted to the number of upwards of 30, and more are being mounted, so that every point of this important fortress will shortly be strongly armed. The guns upon the top of the square tower or keep, of which there are two already mounted, will be upon traversing carriages ; they may, therefore, be pointed in any direction in a moment. Two more 32-pounders have been added to the King's Bastion since our last mention, making ten 32-pounders, three long 18's, two 13-inch, and three 10-inch mortars, mounted on this important point of the Portsmouth lines. The guns (chiefly 18's) upon the Spur redoubt have been dismounted and removed, and 32- pounders, upon wooden carriages, mounted in their stead. Wooden carriages have been substituted for iron, because (strange as it may appear) the latter are more apt to splinter in firing than the former. Fourteen 32-pounder guns have been mounted at Blockhouse Fort, commanding the entrance to the harbour ; two have been mounted on the top of the fort at the western extremity, making sixteen already pointed. Workmen are engaged in laying beds of concrete for mounting nine 32-pounder pivot guns, and a number of long 18's will also be mounted on this commanding fort, making, altogether, we believe, 27. Colonel Brandeth and Captain Wilford, of the Royal Artillery, visited Blockhouse Fort this morning to inspect the progress of the works, and to try the efficiency of some old gun-carriages, for which pur pose-four 32-pounders were loaded with blank cartridge and tired off. The carriages stood the test, although we believe they have not been used since the visit of King William IV., when Lord High Admiral—some say not since the visit of the Allied Sovereigns (1814) ; but it is supposed, if shot were to be put into the guns instead of blank cartridges, the car riages would not have stood the shock. The guns, as they are at present mounted, could never be effectively worked in earnest, considerable difficulty attending their advance and recoil. 'We believe the present carriages, however, are merely temporary. The wind from the discharge brought the mortar and stonework down like dust. These works wanted repair sadly, and we are glad that they are at length being attended to. Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker struck his flag on board the Victory at sunset last night, and proceeded on leave. The Trincomalee, 42, has been brought from her moorings alongside the dockyard jetty, to return stores prior to being docked and razeed to a first-class corvette, similar to the Amazon (26). Mr. White, of Cowes, has orders to lengthen her by the bow, like the Fox. The Scourge steam-sloop has received her masts, and is otherwise nearly ready for the pendant. The Mercury, Master Commander Scarlett, sailed for De vonport yesterday with volunteers, She will sail from De vonport for the Channel Islands, to embark volunteers. The Wildfire steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander A. Darby, came in this morning from Weymouth, and having landed supernumeraries, returned. The Trincomalee, 42, is in dock, preparing to undergo the process et' razeeing. The Syren, 16, has shipped her masts, and is reported ready for the pendant. The Admiralty have resolved not to make the alterations in the Centaur steam-frigate which were recommended by her constructor (the surveyor). She is, therefore, being pro ceeded with. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, arrived at Cork on the 21st instant, and took the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot from the Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay, which ship has returned to Plymouth. Mr. White, of Cowes, has orders to lay down immediately, under his own shed, a brig of 12 guns, to be sister to the Daring, to be named the Contest. She is to be ready to re ceive her sea stores by the Ist of January next. The Skylark, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Morris, has ar rived from Plymouth with volunteers for the Rodney and Hibernia. The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, was at Tri nidad, last from Tobago, on the 25th ult. The Alban, steam transport, Lieutenant-Commander Lowe, arrived at Cork on the 20th instant, with stores for the squadron. The Dee, steam-transport, Master. Commander Driver; the Tartarus, surveying steamer, Captain Wolff • the Pluto, steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Command er C roz i er ; and the Race horse, IS, Commander-Hay, were all in the Cove of Cork on the 20th instant. EARLY CLOSING.—The Metropolitan Drapers' As acciation held a p u bli c meet i ng o f t h e ass i s t an ts of all trades on stre, Thetursday evening in Mr. Lawson's large room, North.Gower street, W. D. , Owen, Esq., of Great Coram-street, was in the chair supported by a deputation from the Central Committee. resolutions were era excellent speeches were delivered, and of the late hour syste unanimously agreed to, denouncing the evils hitherto adoptendLexgessing concurrence in the mea suresto by the T., Committee, and pledging the meeting individually every , means in their power, to promote the grand object for which they were assembled. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then carried by accla mation, and the meeting separated. WILL OF ROBERT SMITH, Esq.—Prubate of the will and codicil of the late Robert Smith, of Savile-row, St. ' in the county of 'Tames's, Westminster, and of Che m o aT ith , Surrey, Esq., was granted, on the the Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith, M.P , the-dinst. to eldest son and only surviving child of hsoe executor, the marriage with Caroline Vernon, the L t e testator, by his Vernon and Evelyn, Countess of Upper daughter of Richard estate is sworn under 180,0001. hyhi Ossory. The personal 1843, he has left annuities to Mrs. Oiler, will, th dated June 8, the widow of his uncle Christopher, and to Emma Oiler, i • to Mrs. Oiler, his mother's sister, amounting'eir daughter, and altogether to 230/. per annum, and an annuity of 9 001, a year to Mrs. Mackenzie, now in Florence. Bequeaths to C. G. Beauclerk, Esq., a legacy of 1.0001. To Ja mes B rown, hi s gardener, he leaves 80/. The will is witnessed by Mr. Mylne, the and Mr. Inglis, the secretary to the N ew River j ee o n n g l i p n en N r ' The deceased died at Savile-row, on th e Bth o f March. last,' only a fortnight after his brother, the Rev. Sydney S m ith. IMPORTATION OF DUTCH CATTLE, &C.—The im portation of cattle and provisions from Holland this week has been rather extensive. The Batavier brought 50 head of horned beasts, and the Columbine about 40 head, the whole of which on being landed were subjected to the usual examination as to their soundness and freedom from disease, and a favourable opinion being given by the officer appointed for the purpose, they were cleared immediately. These two vessels had also between them about 1,400 packages of Dutch butter and nearly as many packages of cheese, besides a quantity of eggs, vegetables, and other edibles for consump tion in this country. A Liverpool company having ascertained that there was an abundance of lobsters to be found along the we stern coast coast of Ireland, are now makin g an experiment to trythe They if taking of them would repay the necessary expenses. have at present a fast sailing ~ii smack in the bay of hi a i a - engaged in this service. They g ive to fishermen rive shillings for every dozen lobsters, and rind plenty of persons to en gage in the fishery for such a rate of remuneration. . . The Pickle, 2, Lieutenant-Commander Bainbridge, was at Jamaica on the 25th ult. The Rose, 18, Commander Pelley, was at Barbadoes on the 24th ult. The royal yacht is being expedited for her Majesty's ser vice with all dispatch, and is ordered to be ready by the sth proximo, as her Majesty,has intimated her intention of revisit ing Osborne House OR or about that day. The Fairy, tender to the royal yacht, is coming round from the river to fit for service at this port. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander W. Robson, having re-stored and provisioned, left the harbour this after noon to return to her cruizing ground, the coast of Sussex. DEVONPORT.—The Caledonia, UO, will be paid off on Monday all standing. The Peterel packet was paid wages on Tuesday, and pro ceeded to Falmouth to take out the next mail to the Brazils. The Superb, SO, Captain Corry, is ordered to proceed hence to Portsmouth to be docked ( ?) something being the matter with her bottom. The Rolls, 10, Commander Simpson, arrived at Madeira from this port on the 24th ult., all well. The Monkey, steam• vessel, Master-Commander 'W. Bryant, arrived on Tuesday, to be in readiness to transport the furniture and effects of Admiral Sir D. Milne on the ex piration of the term of his command. The Devon, navy lighter, sailed - On Tuesday with stores for Liverpool and ifolyhead. The Aid, navy lighter, arrived on Tuesday from Sheerness with stores. The Grecian, 16, Commander Montgomery, was towed out of harbour on Monday by the Confiance steam-tug. She was inspected and paid advance wages by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir Samuel Pym the same day, and sailed on the following evening for the Brazils, taking out Mr. Cooper, her Majesty's newly appointed consul on that station. The Resistance, 42, Commander Patey, arrived at Kings town (Dublin), with the 44th regiment, on the 21st inst. The Rhadamanthus, steam-trapsport, left Kingstown, for Cork, on the 21st. SHEERNESS, THURSDAY EVENING.—The Sampson steam frigate was hauled into the basin on Saturday to be fitted for commission. Two parties of shipwrights have been sincd placed to work on her. She will be mounted with guns of the following classification :—Two of 8-inch bore, weighing 112 cwt. each ; four of 65 cwt. each, on pivots; and two 24-pounders. She will carry a post-captain, three lieutenants, and 170 men. She is 109 tons more burthen than the Vulture, at present alopgside of her, her tonnage being 1,299 tons, that of the Vulture, 1,190. The African steamer, Barker master, went to the North Foreland on Sunday for several casks of salt water, which she carried to Dept - ford, where another trial is to be made of an apparatus (which was tried here unsuccessfully) for con densing salt water into fresh. It is the invention of a French engineer, and consists of a peculiarly constructed boiler and galley complete. The fresh water procured by the process will be sent to the Admiralty to be analysed. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward D. King, - K.C.11., arrived on Monday morning, and having had his flag hoisted on board the Trafalgar, proceeded to Chatham, returning here next day. Sir William Symonds, surveyor of the navy, paid a visit to the Dockyard on Monday, going over his new ship, the Alarm. 26, which was launched on Tuesday forenoon. The Lightning steamer, Master-Commander Petley, passed up to Chatham on Tuesday, to assist the African in towing the Queen, 110, to Pinop reach; having done so, she returned to Woolwich on Wednesday. The Raven cutter, Lieut.-Commander J. Stephen, sailed for Hull on Wednesday, to bring round the volunteers en tered there for the navy. The St. Lawrence, 46, having completed the fitting of Fullerton's manceuverer as far as regards the outside work, is being re-coppered. The manceuverer consists of three or four fan- shaped copper blades inclosed in a circular space of three feet eight inches in diameter, cut through the dead wood of the stern and works by connecting rods and toothed wheels from the capstan or the chain-pumps. Should it suc ceed, it will be invaluable to a sailing-ship overtaken by a calm, as the inventor professes to turn a ship's head by it to any' point of the compass. The Vernon, 50, Captain John C. Fitzgerald, has her top gallantmasts up, and is now getting her lower yards across. The Vulture and Spy still continue fitting in the basin, where are also the Ganges, Sampson, and Alarm. In Harbour—The Trafalgar, Ocean, Herald, Speedy, and African steamer. CIIATIIAM.—The Pvlades, 18 guns, was taken into dock on the 22d inst. to be taken to pieces. The Queen, 110 guns, was put out of dock on the 23d inst., Captain Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., and towed to Folly Point by the Lightning, African, and Ruby, steam-vessels, where she remains to complete fitting for sea. The number of men on board, including marines, is 260. The workmen are engaged getting the bilgeways under the ship Raleigh, 50 guns, preparatory to launching, which will take place on Thursday, the Bth of May. The Calypso, 20 guns, will also be launched the same day. The Adventure naval transport, loading for Deptford, will sail about the 28th inst. The Goodwill naval lighter, loading for Deptford, sails on the 26th inst. THIS E .NDOWMBNT OF MAY NOOTH.—On Friday a meeting of the Wesleyan Dissenters of London was held at the City -road Chapel, the Rev. Jabez Bunting, President of the Conference, in the chair, who was supported by Sir C E. Smith, Rev. Messrs. Bennett, J. Mason, Thelwall, Hodg son, J. Elliott, T. Gabriel, and nearly all the Wesleyan ministers in London. The Rev. Chairman said, he had felt it his duty, in the present crisis, to come forward to assist at such a demonstration. It was time for them to enter a pro test against the endowment of a system which he (the Rev. Chairman) did not hesitate to stigmatise in a Wesleyan assembly as superstitious. They did not object to their Roman Catholic brethren enjoying all civil rights, and were willing to tolerate their mode of worship, but then let them pay for it themselves. Resolutions, objecting to the proposed measure as a means of propagating Roman Catholic doctrines which was calculated to endang the tranquillity and in tegrity of the United Kingdom, were proposed and adopted. It was also agreed that at the proposed conference of deputa tions of public bodies to be held in London next week to oppose the Government measure, eight London Wesleyanrepresentativeseas n uore,rccinit as to houldbe appointed from h proposed Bill into a law. The resolutions were propos e d co operate with the other deputations in resisting the passing o f the upon their auditory the var dangers gentlemen, who strongly urg e d (wagers to be apprehended from the e finally adopted unanimously; and supported by proposed scheme, tiag fixated. hiving been Qffere d ' the " which, thanks were ere were given to the chairman, and a prayer attar TFIR Su N, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 2S, 1845, LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Alp 25. HARRIS V. CALLAGHAN. Mr. Kindersley, with Mr. Bird, appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Tinnev, with Mr. Rolt, for the defendant. This was an application for an injunction to restrain the defendant from using the name of the plaintiff on the front of his shop, so as to mislead persons by making it appear if he were in partnership with the plaintiff. The facts of the case, as appeared from the affidavits en tered upon one side and admitted on the other, seemed to be, that the defendant, who had been taken from St. Giles's workhouse by the plaintiff, the well-known optician of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury - , had learned the trade, and after fifteen years' servitude, started in opposition to his em• ployer, his shop being only seven doors removed from Mr. Harris's. lie also used the name of plaintiff above his doors, and on the window-sill, in such a manner that the cus tomers of the plaintiff were misled, and entered the de fendant's shop:when they meant to go to the plaintiff's. To restrain him from the use of Mr. Harris's name the action was brought. After the arguments on either side, Lord LANGDALE suggested that to prevent further litiga tion the matter should be arranged, and the defendant having promised to cancel Mr. Ilarris's name on the window, and to paint the word " from" Mr. Harri's above his door in letters of three inches in length, the cause was dismissed, each party paying their own costs. COURT OF k'XCHEQUEI?, April 25. TRIAL AT BAR.—THE GREAT DISTILLERY CASE. THE AT V. GEORGE SMITH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The cross-examination of Joseph Drinkwater having con cluded, Sir Thomas Wilde ruse to re-examine him. The CHIEF BARON said that, as it was now approaching five o'clock, he saw no object in proceeding further that day. Ile also intimated that the other public engagements of the judges made it inconvenient to continue the trial to-morrow for more than two or three hours. As this was the case, it would be more convenient to adjourn the trial to Monday. The counsel on both sides, as will as the jurors, having ex pressed their satisfaction at this arrangement, the trial at bar was further adjourned until Monday next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAASION-HOUSE. MR. CARUS WILSON AND THE LAWS OF JERSEY.—On Saturday Inspector Sheckell, of the d e t ect i ve establish ment of the Metropolitan police force, appeared before the Lord Mayor on a summons granted by his Lordship, at the instance of Mr. Charles Carus Wilson, whose contest with the authorities of the Island of Jersey has so much occupied the attention of the public, the consi deration of the courts of law, and, in some degree, the deliberations of the Legislature. It is almost difficult to say, whether the legal werfare, or Mr. Wilson's extra ordinary figure and height, which appear to be a much greater source of ludicrous comment with himself than with others, have acquired for him the greater notoriety. It will be recollected that, in the course of the past week, Mr. Wilson was brought lip on a writ of trabeas Corpus, issued on his application, before the Court of Queen's Bench, and the legality, or otherwise, of the return made by the Vicomte (or sheriff) of Jersey, and his gaoler, was fully discussed and argued ; and, in fine, the decision of the Court was unfavourable to Mr. Wil son, and he was ordered by the Court to be remitted to his former custody in the Island of Jersey. In courtesy, it was said, to Mr. Wilson, instead of being conveyed to prison, pie paratory to his transmission to Jersey, the gaoler permitted him to remain in apartments at Ander ton's Hotel, Fleet-street, a here the alleged assault was stated to have been committed. The LORD MAYOR having called on the summoned party, who appeared at the table, Mr. Wilson entered the witness box. and, having been sworn, addressed his lordship in nearly the following terms:—l am at present, my Lord, domiciled in the Island of Jersey, but am temporarily residing at Ansler ton's Hotel, in Fleet -street. I came to London on the 18th of the present month, of my own voluntary accord. I was a perfectly free agent when I came to Anderton's Hotel, and took up my abode there. Business took me to the Court of Queen's Bench on the 22d instant, and that business was simply to discharge a recognisance of 1001., the condition of which was, that I should appear on that day, and nothing else. I did so, and I went back from the Court of Queen's Bench to Anderton's Hotel, when a person, not the defendant, came forward, and said, " You are my prisoner, and you shall neither eat nor drink, except that which I shall choose to give you." I at once, my Lord, rebelled against that as sumed authority, for the person who attempted to ex ercise it had no warrant or legal instrument to produce and show me why my lib erty was to be restrained by any individual wh a t soever. Yesterday morning, my Lord, the defendant, Mr. Shacke]l, ho, I believe, is not an officer of the City of London—who, I believe, is totally incompetent to act as such within the City of London— Mr. Goodman, (the Chief Clerk) interposed, and re quested that Mr. Wilson would confine himself to the evidence he had to giv e . Mr. Wilson—You will merely allow me to state my case. Mr. Goodman—You are upon your oath, and should not indulge in commentaries while giving evidence. Be g w hh i o l t l u r d : o e so. u Y ltv e l t e e slo r e d nv a — : , kind enough to state the circumstances of the assault of ialusogni ,i—At r a y : s dA v e t l i l t . w h might which you complain. r. w o A i r ' t d i LORD I ( ' morning Mr. Shackell marched into my bed-room— Why, my Lord, I lay long in bed, in every sense of the o'clock. sent, and who call s it se lf t h e Vi comte of Jersey, and and by another person who calls himself the gaoler of Jersey, and by two other gentlemen—(with a sarcastic sneer) —whom the Home Secretary, Sir James Graham, sent to assist to do something with me. I demanded their authority and warrant. I told them to produce a !awful authority and I would submit, but without it I would resist them to the death. I felt, my lord, that I was, in the City of London, entitled to your Lordship's protection—l felt that, as a British subject, I was entiled to the protection of British laws. I demanded to know why the privacy of my bed-chamber was in vaded and disturbed. I told them I would submit my self to proper authorities. I said, " Whatever you have to do, do lawfully, and I will submit ; d o it unlawfully, and I will resist to dea th. " As they could give no ac count of themselves —and as they did not seem to know what to do—and as they did not appear to have any authority or legal warrant to exhibit—l jumped out of bed, and seized hold of a vessel —no matter of what de scription—and should have dashed it at them had not the handle broken off in my hand. I consider I had a right to do this ; and ant only sorry I had not the courage and opportunity to throw them all out of the window. The LORD MAYOR—And what did they say or do ? Mr. Nilson—' threatened to handcuff me, and they produced their staves, but your Lordship knows that a staff without anything else does n o t const i tute any authority for them to interfere. with m e w h o was actua ll y domiciled in the City of London and in bed. The LORD .MAYOR —But what is your charge against Mr. Shackell ? Mr. Wilson—He came in with the rest, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR —What did h e d o or say ?—Mr. Wilson—He sat down on the bed beside me, and he said that lie was sent by Sir James Graham or the Com missioner of Police --I think he named Rowan—Colonel Rowan—but, at all events, some authority in Scotland yard, and he gave me a . card, whi c h I h ave handed to your Lordship. I told him I would go before th e L or d Mayor, or Mr. Hall at Bow-street, or any p ro p er l ega l authority, and i think distinctly understood Shackell to say he would accompany me at a given time to the Lord Mayor. I sa id in reply I would go with pleasure, as I was quite willing to submit myself to lawful authority. The Loan MAYOR — The assault, then, you complain of, is that of entering your room and menacing to handle you--that is a constructive assault ? Mr. Wilson—Yes, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR — Well, Mr. Shackell, what have you to say in answer to the char tt ;e ? mr. Wilson—l beg, my Lord, that he may be sworn before he is allowed to make any statement before your Lordship. Mr. Goodman intimated that Mr. Shackell appeared as a defendant, and it was not usual t) put parties in his position upon their oaths. Mr. Wilson—Oh, very well. Inspector Shackell then .toted that he could only say that he never touched Mr. Wilson. "I went," said the Inspector, " into the room with the officers, from whom ' the gentleman had made his escape, under the direction of Sir James Graham aed the Commissioners of Police, as your Lordship will see if you do me the honour of looking at these papers. I told the gentleman who I was, and he called me all the villains, and rascals, and scoundrels he could aecumals,te upon me. I said to him, ' Sir, you are a gentleman, and will be treated with every kindness, and I hope y ou will not act imprope rl y to me. He then got out of bed, and swore be would do for the gaoler, the Vicomte of Jersey, and the Attorney-General. He then struck very violently at tho Vicomte, but the ulow was prevented by the bed-post from taking effect. He then attempted to get at the tire-irons, but one of the officers caught hold of him. He next rushed at the wash-stand, and seized the handle of the water-jug, which he attempted to throtv.at the Vicomte, and which I think would have killed him had not the handle broken off. He was very vi o lent and threatened to mur der them all, and I thought there would have been mur der. As for hi s c h arge against me , h e said that I was the only gentl eman present. I asked him to dress him self, and get his breakfast like a gentleman ; and told him that we would go and reinaiu down stairs, and re turn to him again at half-past one o'clock. I went away, and when I returned again I heard with surprise that Mr. Wil son h ad b een here to get a summons against me for an assault. I was surprised, because before 1 left him he had not merely said that I was the only gentleman present, b u t he noised me to come back and t a k e a bottle of wine a ith him. Your Lordship will see, from these papers, that Mr. Wilson is described, and was to be sent round by route. Ile came back to Aa dertou's Hotel, and I and the other officers were there, not having him in custody, but for the purpose of pro tecting the officer who had him in custody from violence. Mr. Wilson —Your Lordship will remember that the statement is not made on oath. If this man was on oath the real truth would be elicited from him, and a full and accurate explanation of ell the circumstances ob tained. All this tale about the fire-irons is untrue, be cause there were no fire-irons in the room, and the account about the violent blow intended to strike the thing called the Viconate, is incorrect, for I was in bed at the time, and he was standing at a considerable distance —such a distance that my arm, long as it is, could not reach him.—(A laugh.) It is true, lsent a pillow at his head to knock his hat off.—(Laughter . ) The LORD MAYOR—I have looked at these docu ments which have been handed up to me by Shackell, and it appears to me he was justified in all he did. He is, it appears, acting under the orders of the Secretary . of State, as well as an order of the Court of Queen s Bench, which rules over all other authority. On these grounds, therefore, I dismiss the summons. The gaoler of Jersey then, applied to -the Lord Mayor for his Lordship's orders to the officers to ren der their assistance to him (the gaoler) in removing Mr. Wilson in his custody out of the City. The Vicomte had been directed to proceed that day with Air. Wilson to Jersey. Mr. Wilson—My Lord, liberty is sweet, and a gen- Cowan should not go to a felon's cell. I have com mitted no crime. The Lora) MATOR—You must return with the officer to Jerse3. There is no doubt about that. ..„ Mr. Wilson—Permit me, my lord, to say one word. I beg to state, in perfect good faith, that I am now preparing a petition to be presented to the Queen in council, a privilege which belongs to every resident in Jersey. On that petition lam certain I shall be able to reverse in all its details the decision which hes been pronounced against me. lam certain I shall be able to prove the falsity of every allegation set forth in the return made to the writ of habeas corpus, and esta blish that there is no law in existence as that under pretence of which I have been imprisoned five months in a felon's cell. All, my lord, I ask is, the indulgence of being permitted to remain in London to act in the prosecution of my appeal before the Privy Council. The Lora. MAYOR—I have no power or authority to interfere in the matter. You must take other measures for the purpose you mention. At present you must obey the law until it is reversed, and therefore you must go back to Jersey in the custody of the proper officer. Mr. Wilson then left the justice-room, followed by the Vicomte of Jersey, the gaoler of Jersey, and the in specto of the detective department of the metropolitan police. On reaching the steps he was taken into cus tody by the two last-mined officers, who called upon him to surrender his walking-stick, a weapon of extra ordinary dimensi:ms, and apparently well adapted fer the powerful arm which alone could wield it. Mr. Wilson refused to part with the instrument, which baked " like the mast of some high admiral," observing that as he was then in custody he should offer no resist ance., but attend the persons who followed him, without giving them any unnecessary trouble. The documents handed in by Inspector Shackell to the Lord Mayor, and upon which his Loni!ship's decision was based, were three in number :—the first, an order upon the constables of the metropolitan police force to aid and assist the gaoler of Jersey, signed by Mr. Mayne, one of the Commissioners ; the second, an order from the Court of Queen's Bench, affirming the the legality li theas of l t decision of the J erse y C ourt , an d pronouncing- in favour of th,ea letter retur sigtotnheea w b r y it N o_ J r. habeas s. corpus M. Phillips, the Under Secretary of State, authorising the removal of Mr. Wilson from this country back to the island of Jersey. THE DUKE AND THE PRESS. (From the Chronicle.) In a batch of Peers just made in France we find the name of " Viscount VictorHugo,the celebrated poet," who has been advanced to this dignity in company with generals, capital ists, and other leading personages in the neighbouring empire. We know not whether the Viscount's peerage and his title bear the same date; the latter, at least, has not been assumed until now, nor has it figured upon any document (whether romance, ballad, or tragedy) bearing the Noble, Peer's name. In the list with M. Hugo appears M. Bertin de Vaux, the proprietor of the Journal des Debuts, raised to the peerage, as his father was before him. Strange promotions these appear in our free country, where it would be something absurd to fancy Viscount Thomas Moore or Earl William Wordsworth assuming the coronet and ermine ; or Mr. Walter taking his seat in the House of Lords, or the chief of the Post or the Herald, after supporting the Government worthily at his printing-office in Shoe-lane in the morning., going down to support it by his vote at Westminster in the evening, cheek by jowl with other noble peers there. Now fancy what would F. M. the Duke of Wellington say to find a comrade in the editor of the Morning Pos 4 ! What would he say? There is something frightful in the very idea of such a collision. Soldiers with swords may open the gates of the House of Peers ; Bishops conspicuous for piety and for editing Greek plays may get a seat for life there; lawyers may hope, by much practice, genius, and virtea, to get their names inscribed in Burke ; Mr. Fitzroy Kelly may die a lord; but the Learned Gentle man's laundress has as much chance as her equal in the social scale—the man of letters. Let us, however, for one daring moment, suppose the editor of the Po.s. arrived to take his place, and what would F. M. the Duke of Wellington say to him? He would say, " You a lord! I hardly consider you to be a man. I scarcely consider you worthy of the semblance of politeness, or the common decencies of language. If you make an incorrect statement about me, I give you the lie. Begone ! Give me no more trouble, and tell me no more lies." This is the gist of F. M.'s note, pub lished in our Saturday's paper. The Post fancies the F. M. is sick, and says so. The F. M. says the state ment is " wilfully false," and requests the editor be pleased to take care that no more " falsehoods" are told concerning him. The F. M.'s gracious letter runs through all the newspapers, and is taken up by the press with a sort of glee. There is no remonstrance made, no protest against the F. M.'s words, that they are grossly insulting ; that no man, not even a news paper editor, is to be , accused of a lie lightly ; that no F. M., however famous his name, great his age, or testy his disposition, has a right to use this kind of language towards men pretending to decency of character; not a word is heard of remonstrance against this outrage, and it is passed over as if it was the usual and proper style of intercourse between great people and the press. Now let us for a moment suppose that F. M. the Duke of Dalmatia, were to address a letter to the editor of a French journal, giving it the lie, as his Grace the Duke of Wellington is pleased to do in this country. 'We wager that there is not one Parisian journal, of any party, but would take up the cause for his neighbour's sake and for his own, and that Marshal Soult would be led such a life as should cause him, if not to repent of his ways, at least to amend them, and to be chary henceforth how he used such language towards mem bers of a great, powerful, and honourable profession. Here there is no such feeling. A journalist is in sulted by a great man, and all his brethren applaud, as if it were in the natural course of things. They like it— they like to see a comrade bullied, despised, and tie graded. And to be sure, what right have we to com plain, when the victim himself bears his punishment with such a charming meekness? "We think," says the Post, " his Grace has been rather too hard upon 115 in attributing wilful misrepresentation. Who would wil fully misrepresent his Grace's health? —we, for our part, wish him to be in life as he is in fame, immortal!" It. certainly is " rather hard," because you are mistaken about an old gentleman's health, to be accused of propa gating wilful falsehoods. The language is rather hard, and the bearing it, we should have thought., harder still; but no. What right to the courtesies of life, or to the privileges of feeling, have men belonging to the Eng lish press? What right have they to aspire to a decent social rank, or to demand a common civil treatment? Here we have the proper rule of politeness—(can we doubt it, as it comes from a Contemporary so notoriously fashionable?) The rule is—Gentlemen of the news paper press, you are not to fancy yourselves gentlemen at all ; it is ignorance and impertinence on your part to expect to lay claim to common courtesy—far from it; when a lie is flung in your face, your duty is to swallow it; when you are insulted by a great man, your duty is to go down blubbering on your knees, and pray his Grace may be immortal. THE FOUNTAINS IN TRAFALGAR -SQUARE.--The fountains are now in constant operaticn from nine in the morning until dusk. Although the jets only rise to a height of about five or six feet, and produce a most paltry effect, the supply of water exceeds 500 gallons per minute, and so profuse Is its flow in the wells, that after working all day the water does not diminish more than five feet. The Chelsea Water-works Company, which have hitherto supplied the different Government offices, have received orders to discontinue their supply at Midsummer, the mains having been laid down to furnish water from the cisterns at the engine house in Orange.street, by which it is estimated that an annual saving of SOO/. will be effected. frIE SUSPECTED MURDER AT BROMLEY.—The jurors who were impanneled to investigate the circumstances at tending the death of Harriet Monkton, met on Tuesday week at the Swami Inn, Bromley, for the purpose of discussing the best means of bringing this extraordinary case to a conclusion. It was stated that they had met six times upon this very mysteridtis affair, when the coroner thought proper to adjourn the inquest sine die. Considerably more than twelve months have since elapsed, and during that time two of the pannel have left the town. The Coro. ner having neglected to bring the proceeding to a conclusion, it was their duty to call upon him to do so, and in the event of his refusal, it would be the province of the jury to lay the whole affair before the Secretary of State, or some other competent authority, in order that the ends of justice might be wrought out. It was, after a long couversation, determined that a letter should be written and signed on behalf of the jury, and directed to Mr. C. J. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent. The meeting then formally adjourned until Tuesday evening last at eight o'clock ; on the morning of which day, a letter was received, addressed to one of the jurors, from the coroner, in which he expresses his intention of resuming the inquiry, and that he would write again shortly to the summon ing officer, appointing a time for that purpose. This communica tion having been read by the jury, they determined upon delaying their complaint to the Secretary of State, &c., a short time longer. The excitement continues at Bromley and its vicinity, and the strongest belief prevails that the poison was seloniously adminis. tered by some person who is well known, and who, it is hoped, will be brought to condign punishment. SUSSEX HALL, LEADENIIALL-STREET.—A concert took place on Thursday In the great room of this Institution, at which several of our most distinguished vocal and instrumental per. formers appeared. Madame Dulcken played a very brilliant fan tasia on the pianoforte, and a concertante duet with the violinist, Mr. Willy, composed by Osborne and De Beriot, in which there were some charming passages. Mr. Carte also played a fantasia on the flute with much taste and excellent execution. Miss M. B. Hawes sang several songs in her best style and with a fine power of voice. Mr. John Parry was exceedingly lightsome and delicately humorous in two of his pieces, one of which was a new one and set to music of his own composition. Herr Staudigl was impressive and grand, as he only can be in that most difficult effort of vocal power, Der Wanderer, and in the duet from Semiramide, " Bella Imago," with Miss M. B. Hawes. But Staudigl also appeared for the first time in a new character before a British audienee, that of a musical composer. He sang " The last adventure of Sir Walter Raleigh," a ballad written by a friend of his, and set to music, eon amore, by himself, and a great composition it is, and most en thusiastically was it received. Nothing could be snore spirit. stirring than his embodiment and delivery of the chorus by Raleigh's followers, " Hurra I burro I right on we sail, for glory and for gold." ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited this institution at New• cross onThursday, and minutely inspected every part of the establishment. His Royal Highness, who was accompanied by Admiral Sir C. Ogle, the President, the Earl of Yarborough, Rear. Admiral Sir T. Troubridge, Rear-Admiral Sir C. Malcolm, and the Council of Management expressed himself in terms of eulogy of all the arrangements, and especially remarked the healthy appearance of the young gentle men. Eight of the senior scholars, vig., Messrs. Ward, Wilkin son, Gardiner, Walker, Morrice, Steel, Hallowes, and Williams, were introduced by the head.master. His Royal Highness re. mained nearly an hour in the establishment, and on retiring was greeted :with enthusiastic cheering. On the occasion of the Queen's visit to the Great Britain, the whole school, consisting of two hundred boys, was drawn up in front of the building, and was graciously recogulsod by her Majesty, who subscribes the MIRE& cent NM Or 1001, auttually to the Institution, Name of Company. Aberdeen.... Birmingham & Glloster I)itto, New, iss.7l dig. Brighton,Lewg,& Halt. Bristol and Exeter Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Chatham & Prtsmouth (Amster and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley.. • • • • • Cornwall •. • •• • • • Direct Northern. • • • • • Direct Norwich.. • • • • • DIAS, Beceles, & Yrmth Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto and Galway. • _ Eastern Counties Do.,Perpetual, No.l Ditto, ditto, No. 2. • • Eastern Union ••. • • • • Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Ely and Bedford .• • • • Grand Connection • • • • grand Junction • . • • • • Ditto, Half Shares • . Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern &Western Great North of England Ditto, New. • • • • • • • • (great Western ..... • • Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Fifths.. • . • • • • Guilford Junction. • • • . Harwich Hull and Selby . • • • • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & 2Janchestr Ditto, Half Shares• Ditto, Quarter Shares London & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds • . Ditto, New M Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton.. DI:to, Loan Notes • . London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv . • London and S. Western Do., New Cons. Sths Ditto, New • • • • • • ::.ondon and Croydon Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c London and York.. • Lynn and Ely .. anchcster and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares • . Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths . • . hianchestr & Birming. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, Fifths . .. Ditto, Bhlu. & Derby Newcastle & Berwick New cstie & Danl. June. North British • • • • • • • • Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss. d. Ditto, Quaher Shares North Kent • • • • • • • • • • Norwich and Brandon . Dividend per Annum Amount of SI are. .£ s. d, 131. 55. per eh 15s. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 12/.l6s.per sh 2000 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 4s. per sb, 5/. per et. 2/. ss. p. sh. I Is. 3d. p. sh Ditto, New.. ..... • • Portsmouth Direct • • • . Preston and Wyre • • • • Richrnmi& W. E Junc. Ditto, 2d Pref., 1841 Sheffield and Lincoln • • Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir South Devon • • . • - • • • • South-Eastern & Dovr Ditto, New iss. 32e.dis South Wales . Stevenson's Prtsmouth Thames and Medway.. Trent Valley • • • • • • • • . Yarmouth & Norwich Ditto, New. ••• • • • York & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip • • Ditto, Extension Boulogne and Amiens. fit. Northern of Franee Orleans and Vierzon .. Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris gs Lyons (Lafiltte) Paris and Strasbourg.. Paris and Orleans. .... Paris and Rouen ... • • . Rouen and Havre • • .. 101. per et. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 3/. ss. 71. per cent. 71. per cent. 71. per cent. ..,, LLOYD'S SHIPPING. DEAL, Aram 25.-Wind N.N.W . to S.S.W. --Arrd. Janeiro, Hampden, Gibson, Ichaboe ; Johanna , M e y er, Rio cb:Ftle 9 for Hamburgh. Sid. Duke of Portland, China ; Castle, sphero i ll' , a s ur t. it v iu i s n ; ce S a a t u ,s 7 co L c a e s an s, PQauraea;e,P jeanmeloaipcea, ; Tilinaisdtsrdei.! Cuba; Governor Harcourt and Sir Charles Forbes, Bann ' Honduras; Lady Feversham, Runouski ; Harmony, Quebec; Montreal; Spartan, Newfoundland. , A 4 . St. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 25.-Wind S.S.E.-Slu. .a.cave, John's, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, Arrim2s.-Wind S.E., fresh breeze and foga . -Arrd. oberon,North, Havannab, sailed 22d la BRISTOL, APRIL 25.-Sid. Britannia, Barbadoes. vile W PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.-The Harriet, from NeWea . so r St. Helena, which put in here, leaky, hascome into Catw to dischare. SHEERNE g SS, APRIL 24.-The Marqu is Camden, 0de.44 Rochester (coal laden), is ashore on the Mainland at r of the garrison here. New York DUNGENESS ROADS, APRIL 2 2 . - Ech o, Oberon, for Stettin. B ar badoes• BELFAST. APRIL 22.-Arrd. Appar ition, MARYPORT, APRIL 23.-Sid. Nelson, Quebec. A Grea t PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 25.-Wind S.S.E.-A-rt-g 31.5. Liverpool steamer, Alexandria-left 9th inst. Sid. -• Nautilus, Eastward. - CLYDE, APRIL 24.-Wind S.E. - Arr d. Warrior, Davili:ll: Chincha Islands ; Rowallan, Skinner, Ichaboe ; Cop ia ' l l fat, Demerara. Sid. Flora, Kerr, Calcutta; Anne an d Dn.'. - Quebec. WHITEHAVEN, APRIL 24.-Sld. Amii, Quebec. .....d. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 25.-Wind 5.5. t..., rooderate.--ft" d Flora, Mitchell, Garrow, Bilton, St. Andrew, Leitch, real General Wiltshire, Jones, Ichaboe; Falcon, Se"sg e 'n s ot, Orleans ; Alexander Edmond, Strang, Mobile; Lady :" f ile, Charleston. Sld. Young England, Valparaiso ; Chub . ° a, New York ; Richmond, Boston ; Mary Sharp and Ilk, Marina, Montreal ; Active, Halifax ; Dryope , Concord and Herald, Ichaboe ; Leehlecn, Plobile ; ° J r Pickwick, Europe, Robert Kerr, and Mary- SOW OFF CAPE CLEAR, APRIL 21.-John R. Skid* York. IA eatery LOWESTOFFE, APRIL 24.-The . New Leeds, of Co"- - j a ash9re on Corton Beach, was assisted off, and brought here to-day. Sld• Aden. bi.s. CORK, APRIL 23.-Arrd. Norna, Jackson, Ichaboe- v.O, Dominica, Martha, and Henry PattiSoll, St. John's, Brunswick. YARMOUTH, APRIL 25.-The John an d Isabella, ofarrni,—" dee, from Cardiff to Whitby, got on the Barber en morning, but was assisted off, and proceeded. LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S BRIG SKYLARIC", ~.,,, The following has been received at Lloy d's this morall3l4. " Smedmore (St. Alban's Head) , April 25, withl7 "H. M. brig Skylark, Lieut. Commander Morris , on volunteers for the navy, from Liverpool, came as hore oP aw Clavells hard this morning in a dense fog, and she is t i t l iag beating on the Ledge without the slightest hope of g e f 0 0 off. The only casualty at present is the swamping c ra ise' of the brig's boats, and, but for the immediate and Pr„,,,,t worthy assistance of Lieut. Smith, commanding the Liy• , r d l ed, tu Guard here, the four poor fellows must have pe - a lters eluding the captain's son ; the ground swell and the bre or were tremendous. 4 P.H. The wind is now S.E. on_, d All rate.-The brig bas bilged, and is now full of Taw' hands are ashore." ACCIDENTS AT SEA. + he Se' A letter has been forwarded to W. Dobson, Esq.,:- sig crelary at Lloyd's, proposing the use of the followiagldly, nals :-" In cases of men being washed overboard it ge ' ba r at s happens that there is a very high sea running, and I h n e ,„ the are unable to observe the position of the man, hot ""-- the ship the man being distinctly seen, they can inforrowhit, boat's crew how to steer.-If to steer steady show' a a re d flag ; if to pull to port, a blue flag ; if to starboard , show „ be flag." The above useful signals are being introd uced jut° ' Royal Navy, and their usefulness fully proved. .............,.......... MARKET NEWS. (SATURDAY.) cOVENT-GASIDEIBT. mi sive , Notwithstanding the supply of vegetables was ( I - va rlet, the demand ruled active, at our quotations. Forced itl 7l, but such as Strawberries, &c., are coming freely to hag b i g b, the prices demanded for them are extravagentil goo Buyers were in good request, but all other frult, r „ we ' s rn i a ps, 25 sale. Potatoes from 3s to to 4s 6d pet cwt ; A-- ad to to 2s 6d ; Coleworts, or Greens, 2s to 3s • and Leeks` , plea Is 4(t per dozen bunches; Spnach, Seto Is 6d; 4P t . P". e d or. 28 to 4s ; and Onions, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve 'Filberts, Potatoes, 6d to 8d; Pine Apples, Ss to lOs ; end d ta is p ls er 4 d d o t z o ea ls ; 6 R d h p u e b r ar lb b ; , Savoys, 6d 6 ; d to ls, and P ars° i P s ' 'gorse" radish. 3s to 5s ; Brocoli, is 9dAstPoara2gus 9d s ; s a t:dBsdel t e ol be ' 2 o4 os ; to 2s per bundle • Oranges, 6s to 13s ; Lemons , 88 and Forced French' Beans, 28 6d per hundred; Cucumoats, 2s to Os each ; Turnip Greens, 2s ; and Brocoli cursors, 3s 6d per bushel; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen haada; Salad, 3d; and Mushrooms, Is to is 6d per punneil lirErPOnT 6 0 ' 6 ' Prime Mutton and Lamb in fair ;e quest, at full P likl to Otherwise the demad ruled heav . Beef, froin i m s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s to n 3s 10d ; Lam 1 3 3 , 150 to 6s; Veal, , - -s 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per 81bs. BiIa.XNGSGATE. is n inea ul Most kinds of Fish, the supply of which was or -2 to t° 2 ex s ; te E ns e i l v a e , , 6mdettaa is a lor d in p q a u r i l ry b , as T f r o b ll o o ta, ws .-Sal u ltr Vail fr 8s to lt 4d tO ings, 2d to 8d; and Cod Fish, ; 2s u to 8s each; S c-- - 2s per pair ; Mackerel, 21s to 30s per 120. WECITECIZALPEL • A A 0 111' We had rather a heavy trade here, and prices ha d - 2s lod ward tendency. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 38 6d to 4.1 6d ; Pork, 2s 104 to 4s per Sibs by the carcase- ~.f . s, _Am n't Is 1 / 4 '4' wars te.mx, wallwarefLubm-n---* sale' The supplies (ice* kind of Meat being el'', 4 " - e d, sie' L' proceeded slowl344and prices were not SUPP°'& - ro 4 ° from 2s 6d to 34'6111; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; I; - 13'ss per to 6s; Veal, 3s'itd 4o 4s 4d had d p 10u tA ) -. at 81bs, by the care,ase. We an a fair ork, 2s 0 tirae . o f.) de supplyru of Poultr'. Generally rspaevarngg, the n t rl a l sei Mutton, slut heavy, 6a at ourmuotations. Turkeys, 3s to SS; G e ed to 4s to wO3 Chickens, 3s 6d to 6s; a nd P IC 10d each ; ; Fo tar t e , ss ll a to bb l "s '; 4s to 6s pet couple. is 3d to 2s; and wild ditto , "0. 25 0 0 6 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 1(0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5/. ss. prct. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 10/. per et. 10/. per ct. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 15 4 18 7 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 i/. N. per CI 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/. ss. per sh 10s. per sh '41.75, rd. p. 11.175.6 d. p. s. 21. per share 41. 4s. per I 2/. 13s. per sh, Paid Z s. d. 2 10 0 100 0 0 17 10 0 10 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 60 0 0 21. 5s 15s. 51. per cent. 11. Is. 19 5 8 20 0 0 20 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Price. io 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 10/. per ct. 10/. per ct. 2 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 e 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 4% 131% 33% 11 83% 85 10% 8% 17% 200 188 104% 42 1% 100 4% 7 149 65% 20 _7% JOINT—STOCK MINKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per 0f Paid. Price Annum. Share. 4 s. d. s. d. Australasia • • . Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ,Is Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 C010nia1....:.. Londn andWestminstr Gl. per oent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2716 London Joint-Stock ... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan ..... •. • . 25 0 0 7 10 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 106 0 0 25 0 0 46 Ditto, New.. ...... . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 IG% Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37W, Ditto, New... .• . SI. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 24 0 0 25% Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1211 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. . - £ e. d. £ s. d. Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 72% Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine... ... . 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5e 5 6% Atlas . 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British. Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl,Med. &Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County -- - ........ 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 / 6/. ss. bs. Nagle •••• • • • • ..... Economic Life ... &30s.bs. j 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng. & - Scot. Law Lite- 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life. • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51• per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 142 Guardian Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life... -- -12 s. 100 0 0 10 . 0 0 16 Indemnity Marine .. . • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire ......... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship Marine 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life - 80 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 9% Palladium Life. ...... • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 Phenix . - - 195 Protector Life •••• - • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Provident Life ••• • • • Rock Life.. -• • Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 188 Sun Fire ......... . - - Ditto Life . • • • . • • • • • 11. 6 a• - - Universal Life DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price Annum. Share. X s. d. X s. d. ---- Ziommercial .. —• • ..• 31. per cent. Stock. zest and West India... 5%1. pr cent. I Stock. 142 last Country London St Katharine .•••• • • • 5 per cent. I Stock. 110 lbouthampton •••.• • • • , 41. per cent. 50 0 0 , 50 0 0 HIINGERPORD. With the exception of the demand f or mos t ki n ds of V o l g a : tables ruling steady, at full prices, the trade was in a op' gish state, and previous quotatio ns were w ith difficulty ported. . BREAD- , (rota WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 £ s, d. East London.... .. ••• . , 81. 100 0 0 230 Grand Junction —.• . • i 31. 46 11 4 90 Kent. 10s. 100 0 0 65 Vauxhall ....... ••• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 60 West Middlesex ...... 41.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 127 LIST 01 1 SCOTTISH CODIEPANIAIS' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Companr• per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ 8. d. s. Q. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. -- 100 0 0 168% British Linen Company 81' per cent. 100 0 0 226% Commercial Bank • • • • G/. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank • • . • • . • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 15% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 95 Western Bank • • • • • • • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 76 1 ,4 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7 Clydesdale Bank • • • • • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank . • • • • • • • 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 5 0 0 714 City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 8 15 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 Hercules Insurance Ce. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur.• • Si. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% g i (anat. Railway 4%1. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65% Ditto, 14 Shares .• • • 4% /. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 16 lA Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4% r. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 6514 Glasgtv& Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 15 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 28 Dtuidee&Arbroth Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3236 The prices of Wheaten Bread in ;he Metropolis are 7d to 'lid ; of Household ditto, 5d to 6id per 41bs leaf. HIDE M.A.RJELEIC e ifers , Raw Hides, at pe r stone of 14lbs :—Best St e ers and fer ior 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; Middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; :-" ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at Per! 6 d to Market Calf, 6 s 6d t o 8 s; L ong - woo lled SheoP, . 4 ' 5 0 2s; 4s 9d ; Short ditto, 2 s 9d t o 3 s 8d ; L a mb Skins 15 "'s and Shearlings, 4d to 8d each. HAT PSAREZTS. SMITFIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Ha 3/ 108 04/ 1 53 6 . 0 11 . 7 1; fill do., 4/ 16s t o 5/8 s ; fi ne Upland do., y 5/ 103 to W 5/ heat striStra d' Hay, 4/ 10 9 t o Cl; O a t S traw, 1/ 18 3 to 21; e 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Trade firm, at full prices. to 411" • CUMBERLoarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 153 Os, 5 1 los to •" to 2/; useful ditto, 5 1 to Si 8s ; fine U land ditto, 1/ 18 3 d sto w Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 18s P ; Oat Straw, Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay sold steadily, at fully previous quotations. WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12 5 to useful ditto, 4/ 18s8s • fi e U land ditto ill to 2 t i e : 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to ' 6/ , n OatPStraw, ,-850dera Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per ad. Supply but and trade somewhat brisk. STATE OF TRADE. h e a 61,11;1i:ea FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS - , APRIL 2 5 . -T continues brisk for all kinds of Foreign Wo° l3 ' 311 are . very firmly supported. o n --We 1 1, 1 1 ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRl . L . _"f ar ket dar' - - not any alteration to report in the state of this a. the present week. „ 00 WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, APRIL 25.---Thers3-''; the alteration to b e note d i n th i s b ranc h of busin ess sin‘ 1 1 3 last week's report in either long or short wools. Cloti" weeks; wasLEEDS.—On Saturday, the market at both our but about an average of the markets of the last few on of oi? Tuesday there was as much business done as rat her dsince the commencement of the year. Price? 3 fine looking up , and the stocks are low, particularly I both fro. middle qualities of cloths. A number , of buyers , A • o . Os London co T u h n e try s , h h . av i e n. b g ee and the warehouses. pre ing 010 week, and business has, in consequence, been a ai rk s :t dt i ri b g roi r lt I re . ° the business than for some tim i e " past. 10 g 5 The re HECKNIONDWIKE BLANKE MARKET, APRIL '"*"..." no alteration to report since our last. ~ rftPrnve n houses in th are en BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is -- 0 i „is.A.-_,, tb r: ment in the demand for combing wools. The sti s P h r o it viov'd are e r i ket is only bad, which keeps the prices firm. „.;:tedt 1113 -1 v. , great request, the quantity making very" ": ro l pro. t price n- • steady. The state of the yarn trade is nt 1 . . 0 0t a fo .a r r w n4 l o , ol ti continues very firm, and at the prices now c ,.' s ta i all spinners find it impossible to cover c-.. d oisl! ti ; although more ore has been done both by the shippers safe c4)llelje f . acturers, it holds out no inducement ; the on l Y„,: re 0 1 . '1'0 is to curtail the production till the value of yarns -- n ° ,00% 2e j a approximates the cost of the raw material. ''' c bS",l week an and to-day considerably more goods hs lo3 „,a o' l o nds, and a feeling prevails that things have Been w inter . st i o st lowest . point; and as the business during very limited, it augurs favourably for an early restil" d ° activity. ~. f a d _. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.--We " . 2 1 „„,:to 6- #B 7, hmited business in cloth this week, though the lic" fit iciPtbt, China .e and India are more flattering than Was 8- f inas is Tn re is no quotable change in prices since this dei ode nci or and all that can be said is,__ that the down Ward., te , i d 6 01 for the present stayed. Yarns are better to oeot '- tor some numbers.— Leeds Ylercury. __..—.. . „nth sti S tu p t r i more or less affecterat —h th e is o in n g g w en it e l r l a i l t i s y. effe T cts on the complexion na:r730,..., z f f tehvgerlYeliir but 1 . % . / ch.iathriserto luinkreathouormeodwncy system eriod o o obviate the seeming natural accompanimen" 40"/ climate 1 and rnetitioner our ho weer , ii has been arhossutbjeerocitufenort phbiset; An article has, sod recently imported • s. Mina , r.il. into this country from ••,-- . er .a.- fast ing gaining celebrity, which proves to be a tie* The obviatesubstance to cutaneous afflictions generalli•bs 00 is a white powder prepared from hectioese of a m „ meenoAharmless nature, and is called by the ti e 0 00 Fun" or Celestial Skin Powder. tie have notshould yet experienced the comfort of its aPP 1 000 do so without delay, In addition to th°, o s uill inestimable qualities, it will he found to render.] fdl delicately white, smooth . . ld o ° i and soft. So A. s o • perfumers and chemists, in boxes 3s. 6d. and 7s. 6 " a co. and whol • esale by the sole proprietois Fabian V i s don• (late Watson,V Fabian, and Co.), 24, Mark - re - ' °-- i iiise• without whose signatures on the label none ai :„,t e •% l _...-------- label none wit-out whose signatures on the CANALS. ---- of d e l o; p: Dividend . per Price. 818 TH 6 • chetvvr On the 24th inst., the Lady Charlotte sr el Names of .....) , Dividend Price. Names of Portma n -eV Companies. A per 1 Companies. A daughter. ~, Annum. cn Annum.l ityleY, 944 X ---.. ._- _ ______ the Ol i l vi t f h e e of 2T o l h in n s c t. : in La U ng p m pe o r re G , George-G.. £ ..kshtn& 01dh 97 51.55. pc 72 Alonmouthsh 100 91. 160 On the 23d inst., at Barnet, the lady or______________..--" Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 4/. 70 Mntgoinrysh 100 51. 98 of a daughter. Barnsley • ... 160' 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 15 ------ , t.r e , Bashigstoke.. 100 - 5 Neath ...... 100 365 • MARRIED. hmoei, yos Brkiik&Abrg 150, M. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. 260 Cromford .... 100 1 181. 160 Peak Forest .78 3/. 40 ter 's, osep yn y Esq., ('' Lanark er 0 ' OM"' daught in the Dudley ...... 100 4/. 80 Regent's .... 33 11. 24 On,s Jose 2 h 4th s in d st e ., atwtheeneßtto,man Catl;..olicn.reils.itrio.t Derby ••• • • • 100 8/. 103 Rochdale ... •85 mington Priors, to Jane Matilda, only Francis Patterson, Esq., of Brunsw ick - ho use ' Ellsnire&Chs 133 4/. 58 Shropshire . • 125 8/, 120 Erewash •• • 100 32/. 440 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123 to wn. fiol'' Forth & Clyd 100 41. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 11$ - GrandJuncta l loo 7/. 124 Stffrd &'Wore 140 281. 480 DIED. n the - Grand Unloniloo 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh .'172 13%1. 210 Stourbrldge .. 145 201. On the 14th inst., at BoppardPo hthe d ht of Major An 360 qu oun, youngest auger f D a ' Rh_i ci a r e, evr if e ra se . n te Gistr& Brkl3 - ' 00 - 8 Strtfrdon Av 79 1/. 10s. 30 of the Madras Army. , late ° Grantham • • 150 121. 100 Severn and - --,-;, Of Huddersfield. 57 - 20 wy e R a id 26 11. 85. 284 On the 22d inst., Thomas Wright Wells, E52: ...„0.. ...,..,4 Kennt & Avn 39 1 Is. 6d. 7 Tnit & Mr-) vonshire-street, Portland-place. ----- I IS , ' ' ---- 0 T ° 11$ Lancaster ... 471 1/. le. 0 ecy, 4 6 1,3 50 301. 450 _ -- -- if URD s°' 0 Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 570 Thams &Med 19 10 T A n i.ao3 -,.." : Printed and Published l'y office, Of Leicester .. • • 140 10/. 110 Worcstr & 1 - 9v tiii it,, 11 s N t o r . ari l d l , 2, in S t t h ran e d iree P i Leicstr&N 41.. 70 B i nnkig. 78 41. Loughborotk 143 TOL 1030 to & B rill 67 it. 41 * Middlesex, Monday, April 23, 1845. Printer, t te o r i t a h t e T t e avo S ; lu'' til l. C(4l FASHIONS FOR MAY. (From the London and Path Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) The great novelty of the season for silk dresses are those in pyramidal and transversal stripes, frequently shaded on each side the stripe till the colour blends with that of the ground ; there is also a new style of check, which is of a diffe rent texture where the check is formed. Bareges of new designs, taffetas foulards de Chine in wide checks like ribbon, moire, balzarines, &c., are all now in de mand. Dark colours prevail in all new materials, and those of silh are as yet most fashionable. The forms do not vary. The de►ni puritaine and very high bodies, but open en cceur, showing the chemisette, or guimpe, are the prevailing stiles ; some are with revers or roll ing collars ; gimp, fringe, and lace, form the usual trimmings. The newest trimming is with fringed ribbons a la Ninon, placed apart, rising half way up the skirt in gradual shades. Black mantelets will still be worn, trimmed with a double row- of lace; they are rounded behind and reach very low, with scarf ends in front; some also are made of lace or imitation, and trimmed with fringed ribbon. Scarfs of embroidered muslin are finished with lace, and the mantelets douariere have broad frills of muslin festonnes. Scarfs of the Arab or Alge•rine style are also fashionable, with wile stripes of different colours; they are usually of very thick soft silk. Collars are worn quite high to the throat with plain guimpe if the dress is high, but embroidered guimpe for a low dress; the embroidery on collars is very delicate, points d'armes and plutnetis intermixed and trimmed with lace. Cannezous will be much worn this spring ; they are generally pointed behind with two or three rows of work. For pailies de riz, leghorns, and all fancy bonnets of gauze or crape, beautiful flowers are us( d; but for the inside coques of ribbon are preferred, some times delicate foliage is used. Veils and voilettes appear indispensable, varying according to the degree of ele gance required. The principal novelty are the gauze lisse or crape bonnets, in three shades of the same colour ; open straws are lined with pink or paille crape, silk, or ribbon, aid ornamented with flowers or fruit, intermixed with foliage ; the forms are rather more spread from the cheeks. Ribbons of several shades of the same colour are much worn on caps as well as bonnets. FATHER MATHEW'S OPINION OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. The following has been sent to us by Dr. Sheil, of Bally shannon, in the county of Donegal : "Dear Dr. Sheil,—My almost continued absence from Cork during the last and present month has prevented me from acknowledging the receipt of your interesting letter. lam now about to enter the coach for Lough Brickland, where I am to administer the pledge on next Sunday. "With respect to the speeches at repeal dinners, and the performance of temperance bands at such parties and at poli tical processions, you must be aware that I cannot prevent what is complained of. These are faithful teetotallers, dear friend, and were amongst the most ardent Orangemen of Ulster, attending Orange processions, and playing the 'lli .yne Water;' and I have never complained, much less attempted to prevent, the one or the other. "All I require is total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks, and from all religious or political subjects in their temperance rooms or their public meetings. " I am proud to be able to assert that there is scarcely an instance of the violation of this rule. _ "That truly great and good man, Sir Robert Peel, is ful tilling all the anticipations I formed of his administration. "He will soon pacify and calm Ireland, and make our un happy country prosperous. lam much limited as to time now, but I shall write to you, God permitting, on my return from the county Down. " Believe me, dear Dr. Sheil, yours affectionately, " THEOBALD MATHEW. " Cork, April 17, 1845." BATHS AND INTAsmiousEs.—An experiment ha, been made at the Eastern Asylum for the Houseless Poor which has most satisfactorily proved that the very lowest of the poor will gladly avail themselves of facilities for personal cleanliness. On the evening of March 29, the apparatus, conaistirg of a boiler and tanks, with two hot baths (convertible into vapour baths), six wash tubs, and a drying closet, through which a draught of hot air is driven with great velocity, was first used. At first there was some re. luctance on the part of the inmates to use the baths; but as soon as they had felt the refreshment of the warm water and clean clothes, they eagerly availed themselves of it. During the first five days 86 persons bathed and washed ; during the last five (the apparatus having been used nineteen days altogether) the number was 391—the total being 987. The improvement effected in the personal appearance of the in mates far exceeded all expectations ; many a countenance became pleasing which before was disgusting, and no doubt was left that soap and warm water conld work wonders with the poor. The Baths and Washhouses' Committee are, we un derstand, making arrangements for enabling the very poor, who cannot afford any payment to bathe and wash gratuitously during the summer ; and we hope that, by encouraging a taste for clean liness among the very lowest, a good effect may be produced on those who, though in circumstances enabling them to keep them selves and their families out of absolute filth, are induced as much by the force of surrounding example as by any other circumstance, to content themselves with being no dirtier than their neighbours. ENGLAND RUlNED.—Englishmen may not be aware of the calamity that has fallen upon their beloved land ; but—we cannot, we ought not, to suppress the terrible news—England is ruined! She is a done State —a wreck— the skeleton of a once mighty nation, henceforth to take her mournful place in history with the Phoenician and Roman empires. The cause of this vast destruction is that terrible Irishman, that fire-eating Milesian, that very hot potato, Mr. H. Grattan. It is but a very few days ago that that awful person declared he had done with us for ever and ever ; and this declaration he solemnised with a thumping oath, loudly cheered at the Conciliation Hall. Then and there he swore that "he took his leave of the gentlemen 01 England ;" then and there he avowed his stern determination " never willingly to draw a sword in their behalf, or give them a guinea of his money." We cling to the hope that Grattan the Terrible may yet be mollified ; for when we re. fleet how often and how valorously he has dravrn his sword for England—when we remember how generously, yea, how magnifi cently, he has expended his treasure in her behalf—what can she do, how can she exist, deprived henceforth of the Hon. Gentleman's steel and gold ? If Grattan remain inexorable, our countrymen may next week expect to see England in the Gazette, with not even the hope of a farthing dividend !—Punch. RAILROADS.—The lines already traversing this part of the country are making rapid progress. The rails are all laid down between Cambridge and Ely, and the bridges over the Paper Mills.road and over the Hills-road are rapidly advancing towards completion.—Cambridge Advertiser. AN Ar.num OF CRIME.—In the possession of a man named Harrison, convicted of a highway robbery near Leeds, and sentenced to transportation, a diary has been found, consisting of a record of all his robberies ! The book is small and neat, is gilt. edged, and forms, in fact, a sort of robber's album. It would ap pear, from one of the entries, that a man named White, convicted of highway robbery at the same assizes, was in reality (as he him self solemnly protested) innocent of the crime, and that Harrison was the robber.—Lancashire Paper. THE FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG TUE JEWS.—A meeting was held on Friday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, Queen-street. The chair was taken by John Dean Paul, Esq. Mr. Henderson (the Secretary) reau last year's report, from which it appeared that the Society, at present confining its exertions to the Jews of this country, had employed well qualified persons to deliver lectures espe cially addressed to the Jews in the different towns and cities of this kingdom. One missionary had been profitably lis tened to by no less than 750 persons in this metropolis ; while at Birmingham, Bristol, and Manchester, no less than 1,500 Jews had had the blessings of the Gospel expounded to them. Applications had been made to this Society from a similar Society in America, asking their co-operation for the conversion of the Jews in that country, where there were not less than 60,000 individuals of that persuasion. The funds of the Society were derived chiefly from donations and sub scriptions; but a considerable sum had been collected at the lectures. The amount received last year was 1,107/. 3s. 2d., while the expenses amounted to 809/. 19s. 3d., leaving a balance in hand of 2971. as. lid. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT ASIITON-UNDER-LTNE.— ASHTON, TUESDAY NIGHT—In the course of the day three more of the bodies have been recovered by the unwearied exertions of the men who are employed in removing the fallen materials. The last was taken out from near the bed of the river, to which, in one part, the workmen have reached, the water being banked off by the stones, dm., of the fallen arches. It seems now to be pretty well understood that only two more of the workmen are still missing, and supposed to be under the ruins. One of those who were taken out alive has since died in the Manchester Infirmary, to which he had been removed, there being no public institution in Ashton for the reception of such cases. The funeral of seven of the deceased took place this afternoon, in the parish churchyard, and was attend. ed by an immense crowd of spectators. The bodies were followed by the whole of the men who had been employed on the line at the time of the accident. Speculation is still busy in endeavouring to ascertain the real cause of the accident, but opinion seems to be settling down upon the fact that the pillar of the third arch had sunk, and led to the fatal catastrophe, and that blame cannot there fore properly attach to any one. Many people, however, express a very different opinion. But until the facts arc fully brought nut by the examination of able and scientific men, who it is understood will be brought forward on the adjourned ',inquest, nothing satis. factory can be known. THE NEW NOVEL or "SELF," by the author of " Cecil," will certainly add to the reputation of its ano nymous author, and in a manner rather unexpected. For wit and sprightliness we were prepared by the re collection of "Cecil," but in the new work pathos i.- combined with varying interest and originality of charac ter. In short, " Self ' is valuable as a pastime—valuable as a lesson. A moral purpose which was deficient in " Cecil" has been worked out in the new story, which contains the most life-like pictures of aristocratic life as connected with the political history of the day. It may be placed in the same rank with the novels of Edge. worth, though the reader for mere amu , ement may pos sibly prefer those brilliant touches and witty dialogues which remind him of Lady Morgan or D'lsraeli. 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