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LITERATURE. 11)1 "SO ALVS WOK TILS ROAIANC'ES. Vol. IV. Cheap Edi ti re-issue of any roin&ncs:s, v•ithin Our r i "llect " , was ,- ver di'i - TV;ll;,* o f the title of c ieup edition as the present rL -publication 01 the ''` o 'ks of Wiliiam Ilarri,;on wor7 h. At its coin - ittilencernent, it may he reavembered by our reade.-s, b l' i tt . sve e 'Pecially czilled to the , ;r,.sent enterprizo the ,• 11.) .:o attention, and since then', havincr watched the etc9 T • essive appearan ce of thesc, romances, we only r t i ; c(). gols,' new reasons for reiterating our commends :ohs. What appears to us to be manifest upon the face o fthe undertaking is, that nothing but an ouf'rillous sale can possibly render it reinunt-rativv. jr() the present Mever re-issue, h owever , in that re :pac e, E ' lni nehtly successf u l, we are in no doubt t'utill., fr om t h e extraordinary popularity already ried, and to the present day, we will add too, Nitaj th„, v r ied, by the writings of Mr. Ainsworth. In olutne last published', the fourth of the cheap the subsc r ib ers w il l h ave found compr i sed th:: al,lh of in the t a l e entitled " The Aser's Daughter," thefrUm a ddition t o this, a frontispi ece , r e pr.•sentih g , ° pen c il of Daniel Mo.clise, the hand 1L lie featur es of the n o v e li s t. A par t a l toget he r , i,"ver, fr om th i s attraction, the volume before. us ,1,-)Ecially fraught with fas c i na ti on t o a ll suc h as a'le !tnfl ght the agr‘tgeable effusions o f th e i mag i na t i o n , that i t contains perhaps the most felicitous i r uc: ion of the pen of Mr. Ainsworth. It was the an Iseri t; Daughte r " which first securedthe public t e r "al to the Magazine still published under the thiT,, , e and editorship of our novelist. Conscious that titn t - , 5 Possibly the happiest of his numerous achieve . - 4 , - "ts it writer of fiction, Mr. Ainsworth offered it iq d .° ", e ,1 3 of parental affection to his three daughters li tno il e ` 4 ; 'cation remarkable for its brief and charming ella; - t icit Y* The allusion made by him to this cir hea:C.a,nee in the preface to the present re-issue is so itully l q ., l lo• 4t i on. expressed that . we must be permitted its ~ure easil Whether,' says he, "because it was he eanwritten than the rest of my works, or thi n 7e, It deserved the preference, I cannot say; but h oe title W as a l ways my own favourite. As such I Wh o Ir p ' sc ribed it to three others of my offspring, who With e n °t less (and with better reason) favourites sktopsrollipiea.t'e' knowing this, we can now recognise the ry t o ba s eiectio9 of the " Miser's Daughter" as the niat t i tt embellished with the likeness of the ro il le • Another circumstance not yet referred to War(lc ,}es of observation in the re-issue of the their s „ 6 ' Mr. Ainsworth, namely, the rapidity of beinpt"PPearance no less than three shilling volumes one .otinnbuncedfor publication in the present month, the i t aining "Jack Sheppard" arid the other two Np at "'er of London." Enterprise so conspicuous de rtak .fail to secure an increase of success to the un- Pk ar I ng, and in doing so the cheap edition now in tilt e 8 r it h Must necessarily tend to popularise still fur- I already popular reputation. TUE MAGAZINES, &c. bl a BLACKWOOD. tir it cga's Mar c h num b er, f or the de l ectat i on o f i ts t Eou r nerable readers, is more than usually rniscella the c ircumstance not at all to be regretted by kti on °v era of magazine literature. Politics, travel, vatit,t, Poetry, an d cr i t i c i sm a l ternate i n agreea bl e the and while the article at the commencement . Nit 4 arober is dedicated to the great colonial &in t/ eX Perienced in regard to the Canadas,. the op elli e at its conclusion is commemorative of the th,, il g of the present Parliamentary session. Neither 4r ' 8 " will be found to be of a superficial charac qi ~1 114 both may be read with advantage, l l ett i F Lir se, cum grano sails, on account of the at il b t ji t at bias of the opinions entertained by our dear, ,„ n, old En my. To our exceeding gratitica ,'"e observe th a t th e rev i ewer o f W as hi ngton atp s Life of Oliver Goldsmith" has filled up the ejsm\Which we remarked in his last month's criti- Pap e LY giving us i n a secon d an d supp l emen t ary 4 lit i r t tl . e tea on tt:e writings of that delightful genius. It ar te ,Jaat that, having commented upon the personal 1 '44: ,ef Goldsmith, he should tnllow up that nar -1184.0 an estimate of Goldsmith's abilities as an 'iht - 4 1 11 a* traveller, a poet, a novelist, an P t, vie l ;; 44 ) and a dramatist. All this the he t ,, et in Blackwood has accomplished with 4 1e;' ee Ption of any allusions to Oliver's capacity tt er,„„ ll3 a Playwright or as an annalist. Here, how- Qe Ze ample materials for comment—leaving on th e - ,""e the school histories of " England," &c., and ,ireh'lve felicitous comedies of the Good-natured ~q 04 1,,,t 1P d She Stoops to Conquer—in the sweetest r 41 11/. tle tale in the language, the " Vicar of N\ ake- L l 'ati th e garrulous pages of " The Citizen of the t he poem of the " Traveller," and the yet , ther4drnirable po em of the " Deserted Village. ' 1 -r arci to the former of Goldsmith's masterpieces, 1. 4 a :st-orha.vieller," we are reminded by our critic of iNti a ," l3r 'nlent felt, on its appearance, " that a j '44t ; . - Ti e s ! . e ssayist and a bookseller's drudge should Pt e ° au h a poem"—a surprise not at all .44 e... tPrreu erlsible c . The anecdote about the opening i 4 44 1: e : Remot e , unfriended, melancholy, slow," 8113 8'; but our chi e f o bli ga ti on t o th e wr it e r o f rag „ -I hution is for hi s h av i ng rev i ve d f or ou r ~f n ( 4 - oliver's charming though defective allegory Two three little casual interjections or ions at , 4E utheses) are the best things in . the I.' l l , h t. . A sagacious critic has likewise reviewed March number of Blackwood Mr. 4 1 . t to 'et's .Powerful and very excel lent " Let - e V h' ueen on a late Court-Martial." ,_s4,l'l:l,;"(AveverQ, Blackwood asserts plainly enough its N 1 , 1 ; `°0 that Captain Douglas has been most cruelly 6 th ;Justly treated, we cannot but disagree alto- Ni t u - v6 t.h our contemporary in its opinion that the ; I 'e ti a -e ' l or this deeply-injured officer was marked . y_ 4 44 R - e B , i , h t culpability, arising from an obliquity of i rt : "‘• Considering the treatment already e ed at Alderney by Captain Douglas, we think h Of 4 '4' 1) 4 : fully justified in the reservation ' vs A 4 til liz 41. acknow!edgment whatever c e'hri o vee n firing on the Frying Pan Battery. h -511 4,.. 0 1:n this portion of the suhject, however, we . Pitlc e l that the strictures of Blackwood are emi 41'1 " ; Ju dicious. Both the serials—" The Green Od Ud " MPeninsular Medal"—are conti n ued. „Nert,:'sides an agreeable and discursive notice of ,u‘liatqtihtteUt t c r ivelslAlexandre Dumas and of David 4 Northern 'ex Africa, under the title of o i tli t t b i l a : rt !au Rambles ," — the number is embellished I, k ph " Poetical contributions, the verses addressed . 4.10 14" 5' " Highland Mary" being the most ineri- Il l ; h BENTLEY. Pt 4v e three delightful chapters of Mr. Robert r * t af lle w novel, " The Ladder of Gold," in the 17 8 4.l;ll4ther of Bentley. The hero progresses in 4%fa te f ar( ' career until he, Richard Rawlings, the . B i4 r l t t e ciil l:a tt u n p ( er, becomes Member of Parliament I we are informed that the next c n h d a o p n - , 1 / 4 11 er till take Rawlings and his family to L I N C4forth the scene of whatever joys or sorrows 4 81: be the in this story." In the present t . t °ll7 lt we have some delightful pictures of English I l tlt c e e e elle rY and English country society, such, for ren s ' tl ikh,e' a s the picture of "IV ' Nest," and the t lt, ' l l'"'i, ll fatifly- z u of the Winstens who inhabit is ' 4l - " e Po l er - , the -rn irresistible power of wealth is Ili Y i llu tr w tq e ii ii iird il s .aw a i t i ed bthe calm manner in which compels the self-willed, haughty, derte S:,11,1 tYrai lnie n al s Earl of Dragonfelt, to surrender h the hr,i'lltation of Marlton into his hands ; in 4 ' hist 11Nt ti, ery of this Yarlton election is one of the 14%tit"iustrations of the absurdity of suffering small C ler4 6: i r ell ie! , , under the present system, to_ return to tNun, 2 toParliament, that ever was penned, and 71 4 4; 4 ' 114 i to the perusal of all advocates for an ex -1 f the suffrage and for vote by ballot. Mr. tl i y, lb a P , , e apothecary who attends the household of i',l/44iti4s-pri,°F Dragonfelt, and therefore dares not_ vote e , f teb a . antis Lordship's nominee, is the type of h D t ; i4 h -ki judep det electors" of all such small bo dil4 nt. - v erb s -- p en the most important paper in the . 4 . 1 4 t - e u t!‘,,tlTri..ber-iss the able, masterly, and conclusive of %, r the policy of Si; James . Brooke, by Mr. J. Pea t h 411 ), against the calumnies of the " spoute e rs_ — e 'at "1,))) who, under pretence of being friends a l 1: 1t :t., - ,. a ve in fact constituted themselves into . 1 1 etii t ' Qr the protection of pirates . and the encou (I °ll 4 ~t lt ef the slave•trade. In this paper Mr. St. ;osota;°tativiicts these orators of " crass ignorance," or 1) t .hg infinitely worse. They have asserted that n N ; tl 4, Bll 'h vessels have been plundered, and no n r 4 :44 " 1113jects have been murdered by the Bornea 6, 41 ,9 8 t 1 h: 44 B . onae of them . go further,. and absolutely . i - 1.5 R , etstence of piracy in the Indian .Archi -16,e ood Mr • StJohn proves 44 h . hir 01 94 sh :, "Pure and simple," as the French would say, I ta tl °p-'2,,the existence of iracy, and the fact of s the . ten e b °I English vessels by the Sarebas and a jk.4 b il Y a ks, froin the testimony of Cornet de Groot, khrteh historian of the Archipelago, and from the L a . k . e 4 ll p ft r t i i ." of variou s Sarebas Malays who were ( 1' 4, 0 4 l'ilier s by the crews of the Nemesis and Al .itlee ' arld conveyed to Singapore, where their evi -o'4 L W t t ta taken. - We may observe, en passant, that 4 411 'e- th at - . hy 0 any prisoners were taken (1 41 %Ith Il l ee ftled by the very candid gentlemen who, at h -1 ; th,(4-coruer raeeti ventilate their vocabulary c l ll t 4t„ -. . all b, i i,e L ?t of Si n efa s in ' es Brooke and the Sarebas ° i . " 13 Paper, from the pen of Mr. St. John, lith lie"' 8. e st . wledged on all hands to be one of the 4 s i ti til , itchitivain: waiu-itihorities on all matters connected Itek' "it ,1 094 ,we hope, set the question at rest, themtklWleri not draw from the patrons of piracy an ll ' "gnien t of their error , at least shame -I Illt i n Silen 11 co n cludes his story of with seal 4 0 11. e, . re t e 3"," !Inad2c w P e aullindar furnishes us the °Us oth_ ielightful Angling Eclogue. There ar e e , 4. urrta7Japers of interest, besides the review . r i eke e i, E 1 14 „ ... nu;r?btur.of the nionth in this, which is Il tir, "tit ' llB to is ' 4 er o f Bent l ey. There are two illus- Ille Ladder of Gold." FR: I,S I I?. The publication t f serie of " Let.trs from Ga:ie rd C;mway and the C .untess of Ai:eshury io Horace IrValpolc, Earl of Or' orJ," is commenced in the pre sent nuulher of .iff'nitscr. General Conway, whose f,:atie as a sodier, ::to seinan, and an orato7, are well known to all who are acquainted with tl:e his tory of the latter half of the last. century, and who, in 1782, was raised to the rank of Field-111 , Irshal and Comman , ler, in-Chief began his political career, like the majority t f the great statesmen of the past and present site, as Irish Secretary. fie was at:- pointed to this office in 1735, some time after his marriage with the Countess (...f Ailt.sbury. The Loril- Lieutenant under whom he served was the Marquis of Hartint;ton (,:forwards fourth Duke of D,von shir), to whom Smile tt asign,: the credit of f..vio!!: ''happily composA intestine broils of re! _mi." Both Conway and his lady were on intimate terms with Horace Walp*, who was Conway's and the first of these letters, dated May 8, 1755, is addressed to him by Conway, from Dublin Castle. Their contents are interesting as affording a pet p behind the scenes at the m mai:;:e ment of Irish affairs a century since. Horace Wal pole bequeathed these letters to the Hon. Mrs. D artier, Conway's daughter, at whose death they came into possession of her relative, Lady Johnstone, by whose j p2rmission they now :appear. Fraser has two political articles this month, the one a review of M. Guizy.'s recently published brochure on the English revolution, in the course of which, while eulogizing Charles 1. in the highest terms, and vituperating, as Tories are wont to vituperate, theYarliament and the Commonwealth men, the writer, such is the force of truth, inad vertently blurts out an admission which stamps his hero as the meanest and most contemptible of man kind, and completely justifies every proceeding adopted by the Parliament against him. Speaking of Charles I. the writer says, "It was his weakness and his besetting sin that he did not know how to keep a promise when he had made it." How could it be expected that the Parliament or any other body of men, or any individual man, could trust a person of this aaracter without receiv ing sufficient guarantees for his observance ( f the agreements into which he had entered, and the oily guarantee that could be considered sufficient under the circumstances was depriving him of all power whatever, so that, according to the admissions of this writer, all that the Parliament did with regard to Charles I. was forced upon them by the habitual arid admitted bad faith of this most notorious promise breaker. The other political article of the mouth is on colonial reform, in which the writer proposes, as a panacea for all colonial grievances, the importation into each colony of an hereditary peerage. Now, comparing the state of England with its hereditary aristocracy, its huge debt and enormous taxation, the necessary consEquence of that aristocracy, and that of the United States, without an hereditary aristocracy, and consequently without debt and almost without taxation, it is not likely that the colonists will place much faith in the proposed remedy. They would to just as likely to consent to a proposition for natural ising in every colony an English Court of Chancery. The story of the " Micmac's Bride" is concluded, and we wish we could say as much for the " Peace Cam paigns of Ensign Faunce." The chapters in the present number are wofully dreary. Morgan Rattler gives a graceful translation of Horace's ode, "Ad Lyram," and we have an elaborate critique on the works of Beaumont and Fletcher, besides various other papers. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. Part X Under the industrious editorship of Elizs Cook this popular weekly and monthly miscellany still maintains its good and true reputation. Forty-three numbers having already appeared, we cannot be con sidered as premature in our present commendations, so many evidences of ability being afforded in the ten months of the journal's existence. Tales of various descriptions abound in its Fages for the (It - light of those who love to wander through the golden dream-lands of imagination. In the present instal ment of the periodical, for example, we have " The Prestons, ' a tale, " The Walk to the Post," a tale, " The Music in the Shadow," a tale, and 'Aunt Mabel's Love Story"—enough, surely, of itself to secure to the miscellany an eager and general perusal. Besides these there are essays on sanitary and educational reforms, on the Exhibition of Industry in 1851, and on the various subjects which may happen to be uppermost in the public mind at the time. Also, as usual, there is a bounteous sprinkling of " Diamond Dust," and a few vi ell considered criticisms, such as those before us on Panthea" and on " Shirley." But, above all others, the most conspicuous feature in the publication is the number and variety of its lyrical contributions. Within the compass of the tenth part now under consideration, for example, we have first of all," The WavEs and the Lost Playmate," in which we recog nise the ghost of some beautiful imaginings of E. E. M. K.—" The Worldly Man's Sorrow,"— "Flowers"—" The People of the World," by Charles Swain—" Song of the Poor Teacher "—" Shut not out the Light," and " Procrastination." Three other poems from the hand of Elias Cook grace the pages of her journal " No," with which our readers have been already made ac quainted—" Oh, let us be Happy"—and " The Two Worshippers." From the two latter effusions we would make copious quotations, but that we conceive we shall be doing more justice to the popu lar songstress by commenting upon some of the more prominent beauties of those compositions. In the first of these effusions, how truthful is the exclamation— "------ he who believes every heart is unreal Has something unsound at the core of his own." Better to our thinking, however, than these lines " for music" (rather too long for music by the way) are the verses at the close of the March number, entitled " The Two Worshippers ;" although it would be impossible for us to assert our conviction that the two worshippers are faithful types of a class, representa tives of their professions. Having depicted in the opening of the effusion the recluse of old in his abbey, Eliza Cook contrasts the picture with the sketch of the poet wandering among its ruins long afterwards,— "See another holy brother, Bending o'er the sodded slope. 'Tis a Poet-one who lingers Fondly where the blossoms start, Pearls of dew upon his fingers, Gold of knowledge in his heart; No rough sackcloth is he wearing, No strange missal is he beating, Ho is smiling as he gt•z~s On the spangles at his feet; Childlike, he is plucking daisies, And the violets so sweet; - Peacefully he steps about, Where blackbirds ►est and cowslips glitter, With a love that's too devout To crush the flower or stay the twitter By the altar spot he's leaning, With his bunch of incense bloom, And his spirit hath a meaning, That shall chasten and inutile." We cannot close our remarks better than with this brief but suggestive quotation. Ms. COLBURN'S NEW WORKS OF FICTION.—TO be had at all the Libraries—l. Pride and Irresolution, by the author of " The Discipline of Life"-2. The Scottish Cavalier, by James Grant, Esq., author of the " Gordon Highlanders," &c.-3. Adventures c f a Gold finder, written by Himself-4. The Petrel, a 'lale of the Sea, by a Naval Officer-5. The Wiliningtons, by the author of " Emilia Wyndham"-6. Pasaase. in the Lite of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunny Side, written by Herself, second edition-7. Leonard Normandide; or, the Three Brothers, by the Hon. C. Stuart Savile-8. The Fortunes of Woman, edited by Miss Lamort. THE DUKE OF SUTUEREAND.—The following paragraph is going the round of the journals, after haring appeared in most of the daily papers :—" It gives as much pleasure to learn, on good authority, that by a new system of medical treatment, the Duke f Sutherland has been relieved from the deafness under which his Grace has so long laboured." We hear that the physician, through whose medical skill the Noble Duke has been cured, is Dr. Turnbull, of Manchester square.—Observer. DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE SWAN HOTEL, BRISTOL.—Durir:g, the night ef Friday a rob bery of , . very daring and mysterious character was committed at the Swan Hotel, Bridge. street, Bristol. The family and domestics of the establishment retii ed to bed soon after twelve o'clock, leaving, as usual, " boot s " up to guard the premises, and await the arrival of guests arriving by the night t. ales, or otherwise. The plate was gathered up in the customary manner, and carried into the bed-room of an elderly lady, a connexion of the lsndlord, Mr. Gray, where it was nightly deposited for security. At about five o'cl,.cic in the morning one of the street-doors of the hotel was observed to be open by a policeman, and it was soon discovered aat the house had been plundered' by thieves to a very large amount. The robbers must have secreted themselves during the evening in an underground cellar, from which they cut their way through a door into some wine-vaults con nected with the hotel. Here they possessed themselves of all the contents of the till, and having regaled the In selves - with bread, and beef, and brandy, they forced open a door connecting the place with the dwelling part of the inn. Here they helped themselves to some more refreshments, aft':'r which they found their aay to the bed-room of the lady bef , re-mentioned, where, without alarming her, they raid her boxes, possessed them selves of the plate basket, aad decamped with their booty. Among the property stolen were nearly three zen silver table spoons, a number of dessert, ton, and gravy spoons, sasee ladles, &c., sotre of which were marked " Swan Hotel," others " Grip," and some with initials merely. The boots, who hail to stay up, sat in a back kitchen, and states that he was awake during the whole of the night, and heard no thi ng i n any way to create a suspicion that thieves were on the premisa THE ASYLUM FOR IDIoTe.—'SVe have the sati,flc -601 to know that her Mast Gracious Majesty the Queen has been pleased to honour the Asylum fit Idiots with her patronage, and to constitute his Royal flighnes the Prince of Wales a member of the body of patrons for life, with the privitsge of appointing to one bed in per petuity. THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. Perhaps ro chis..: of men have so fair a claim to the charity cud coulloiseration of the more f,.‘rtunata l f tit sir fellows, as thole who, after spending their prime in pursuits of a mercantile and commercial character which add lustre and stability to the greatness of their country, rind themselves iu Cie s,,,a:ion of age and ox hallqed energy, in 4,it.? of indust , y and forethought, in state of hopeless and bitter penury. Poverty has comparatively few stings to those who have scarcely known aught else from their in'awy. But it is other wise with men who have been teared in the lap if ease and c,,trZort, and :wring the grentyr patt of their lives may be said, in tie touching words of Jatiier, to have known " the ILL.cious sweets of plenty." When age and a•.d want fall sirnehttneously upon such p,rsons, their crushing force is augmented by the recollection of better day - s, and a melancholy spectacle is presented, appealimr strongly to the best, ft,elings and sympathies of the hu man heart. To relieve the t.t:c, ssities of this class of persons—to ufford maintenance awl shelter to those who would othei wise be driven to seek them beneath the root and io connexion with the degrading incidents of is workhouse —is the benevolent object which Ihe Royal General An nuity Society seeks to promote. The meritorious indivi duals which this institution aspires to succour consist of Iles s) merchants, hankers, clergymen, solicitors, medical men, master mattuftwturers, and tradesmen, who, after raising their early and middle age in comparative pros perity, are, from an accuundation of varied misfortunes hich prudence cannot always anticipate or avert, too fri quently reduced in old age to a state of abject penury, and bowed down with a load of difficulties and pri vations, than which death itself would be. almost pre ferable. It also includes within the sphere of its usefulness deserving single women, who have perhaps a stronger claim upon the synarathies of the charitable and the affluent than even those classes whom we have enumerated. When it is remembered how many females devote the days of their youth to the care of an aged parent or relative, to the rearing cf their orphan brothers or sisters, or to the education of the rising generation, we cannot but think that a society which holds out to such persons a fostering hand, when poverty and age come upon them, is deserving of the warmest support, even if it had no other claim upon public sympathy. This society was established some twenty years ago, and for some considerable time after its formation it continued to flourish, when, owing to the death of some of its early patrons and supporters, it sunk into compa rative obscurity. About five or six years ago, however, vigorous exertions were made to restore and com mend it to public , favour, and annually since that time - with marked success, no small de gree of its present prosperity being directly attributable to the great personal, exertions of its excellent secre tary, Mr. Aldrich. It numbers amongst its fatroneher Majesty the Queen, who graciously permitted it to be salted the Royal General Annuity Society; His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the Most Noble the Marchioness of Sligo, the Right Honourable the Countess of Carlisle, the Right Honourable the Countess of Jersey, the Hight Honour able the Viscountess Sydney, the Right Honourable Lady Wenman, the Right Hon. Lady Fanny Howard, &c. The society is not limited in its operations to any particular district, but it relieves, to the utmost of its power, applicants from all parts of the United Kingdom, there being two elections in each year, January and July. The funded property, since the resuscitation t f the society, has increased from 4001. to 2,770/., and is still increasing, while the subscriptions for the past ear exceeded those of the previous years by 6601.—the total receipts being the largest for twenty years. At the present time there are forty annuitants on the funds, the men receiving 2/. ss. per month, and the women 1/. 108.; tvld the necessity that exists for in creased exertions on the part of its friends is shown by the fact that thew are 114 deserving individuals, who have been reduced from comparative opulence to po verty, still seeking admission to the charity. Many of the parties now on the funds of the charity are more than eighty years of age, and some even over ninety. All have known comparative prosperity. Some of them, it is said, have been worth £O,OOOl. or 70,000/.; and one is the daughter of a baronet, who, having been reared in the lap of luxury, is now dependent upon this society for support. The Anniversary Festival of the society, as will be seen by an advertisement in another column, is fixed to be held oa Wednesday next, at the Londan Tavern, and will be presided over by the Hon. Edward Henry Stanley, M.P. (eldest son of Lord Stanley), who has this day arrived in town after a voyage to the West Indies. The approaching festival is likely to be one of more than ordinary interest, and the greatest exertions are being made to give it effect. The following noblemen and gentlemen, among many others, have already signified their intention of being present :—The Earl Fowls, Lord Ashley, M.P.; Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart.; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.; Sir M.R. Shaw Stewart, Bart.; Sir Robert Gore Booth, Bart.; Sir E. Belcher; Sir Alexander Hood, Bart.; the Mayor of Gravesend; the Mayor of Rochester; the Mayor of Rye; the Mayor of Banbury; the High Sheriff of Surrey; the Ex-High Sheriff of Surrey; C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P.; Thomas Greene, Esq., M.P.; Richard Bremridge, Esq., M.P.; G. Cornwall Legh, Esq., M.P.; J. C. Renton, Esq., M.P, ; William Mundy, Esq., M.P. A festival, having so laudable an object in view, and presided over by a chairman bearing the name of Stanley, upon whose entrance to public life no small degree of interest must hang, canna fail to prove not only highly attractive to all who may witness it, but advantageous to the charity itself. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday the Rev. Dr. Spry took the chair, and the usual weekly business was disposed of, when— Sir BENJAMIN HALL read a letter from the secre taries of the " Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Art and Industry of all Nations," in which they begged that he and his Noble Colleague would exert themselves in promoting the objects of the Com mission. In compliance (continued the llonourable Baronet) with that request, he gave publicity to the intended exhibition, at the vestry meetings of St. Pancras and Paddington, and with that view laid that day the letter he had just received before the present vestry. Both he and his Noble Colleague pledged themselves to advance the great object which the ex hibition contemplated. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M.P., thanked the Hon. Ba • ronet and bis Noble Colleague for their assistance in forwarding the success of the exhibition. He moved that Captain Holland, R.N., and Messrs. Plowden, M.P., John Williams, Broughton, Bridgman, Nico lay, Daviss, and Graham be appointed a committee to co-operate with the other parishes in preparing for the exhibition. Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion.—Carried. Mr. HUME said that authorised reports and state ments of the most startling charges of mismanage ment and reckless expenditure by the parochial autho rities reached him, which, in his opinion, demanded a strict and searching investigation. According to those authenticated statements the parish was in a much worse condition under an elective government than when it was governed by a self-elected body. It appearei that, in 1832, the rates only figured 111,0001.; while last year they reached 170,0001., although the number of pauper bastard children dwindled from 4,688 to 1 last year, and the police-rates fell from Bd. to 6cl, and the church-rates from 3kd. to a Id., which, with other similar reductions, should have lessened the parochial burdens 39,0001., with a proportionate reduction of the per centage. In St. Pancras, which contains 150,000 inhabitants, the average cost of each pauper was Si. 6s. Bd.; while in Marylebone, which numbered only 160,000, each pauper costs 71. 12s. sd. In St. Pancras the coals cost only 4051.; and in Mary lebone, 1,0841. I n th e l a tt e r p ar i s h five articles of food cost 10,5651., which, in the former, amounted to 5,7521., making a difference of 90 p©r cent. The out• door relief in Marylebone averaged, during the last three years, 63,2481., and in St. Pancras only 33,5211., making a difference of 40 per cent. During six months, in 1848, the meat for 2,048 paupers cost 4,0701. I ls. Bd., of which one and-a-half pound were once a week given to each pauper, while the same quantity was daily given to each of twenty- six officials. From January to June, 1849, the meat cost 2,848/. 6e. 3d., although the consumed amounted only to 1,6741., leaving 1,0731. to be accounted for. It was also stated that, contrary to Act of Parlia ment, certain vestrymen held lucrative parochial situations. He, therefore, moved the appointment of a committee to investigate and report upon those charges. Scr PETER LAURIE seconded the motion.: Mr. H. C. WILSON pronounced all those accusa • lions as false and groundless. Mr. W. WILLIAms, M.P., moved an adjournment of the debate, and the vestry accordingly adjourned. VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S SOIREE. —On Saturday evening Viscount and Vis countess Palmerston had a brilliant assembly at their residence in Carlton House-gardens, the announcement that Lord Gough would, in all probability, be present, tendiug, no doubt, to attract a more than ordinary gathering of the aristocracy. A dinner preceded the reunion. The following were the guests:—Lord Edward Howard, L or d H ow d en, Lady Minto, Marquis and Marchioness Clanricard e Earl of Powis, Mr. Greville, Lady Jocely n , Baron Roller, Baron and Baroness Bru now, Lord and Lady and Miss Foley, and Miss Loch man, &c. Soon after ten o'clock the company invited to the evening assembly began to arrive, and a number of the visitors having been at the Speaker's levee, the different costumes added much to the brilliancy of the gathering. Lord Gough, on his arrival, was received with many congratulations. Several hundreds of the nobility and the elite of the fashionable world were present. BRUTAL CHILD MURDER IN THE GREEN PARR. —Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, the constable on duty in the Gre.m Park, in passing round the reser voir, bad his attention drawn to a dark substance lying at the bottom of the water, and on getting it out it was found to be the body of a male child, about one month old (evidently cruelly murdered, the head being beat in, and marks of strangling round the throat), wrapped in a black silk apron. It was removed to St. Martin's workhouse, where it awaits the inquest. Recently a hawk pounced upon a Weasel, and was carrying off its prize in triumph, when it was observed to spread out its wings, and both came gradually to the • arth. The a NI( was dead, but the weasel, after turning round once or twice, began deliberately to make a meal on the carcass of his enemy, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE; BRA DFORD REFOInE ASSOCIATION. Sir,— On Wednesday the 27th, motion was made to bring in a Bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Some alteration has taken ;:lace in the complexion of the opposition, since the Bill was pro , posed in last session. By dint of pains, it has been beaten into the Opposition, that their quotation frcm Leviticus is one authorising such marriages and not forbidding. Nothing has in all ages been more re markable, than the pertinacious vitality of what Milton calls "the gloss of theologians." Prove that their quotation contains the negative to what they represent, and like Proteus they slip out of your hands, and appear in a new shape nothing the wony for damage done to the original. On the present occasion they admitted that their quotation proved permission ; but then they stood upon " the myste— rious incorporality." They admitted that the Jewis,ii law did did not forbid. But this, they urged, was the reason why the Cinistian law must. For if the Christian law is better than the Jewish, it is bound to forbid what the other does not. Such was the argument. 7 hey stood therefore on this, and on " the mysterious incorporality ;" but showing no reason, by what they intended by that term, was to be continued atter death which dissolves the "incor porality" in its simple form. By such figments should we be governed in Acts of Parliament, if hap pily the information of the public was not in all directions rising in arms against such Middle Age decrepitude. Another opponent of the Bill urged something still more refined and imaginative. I could only fragmentally collect it, though near the orator; and as I can find no traces of it in the press, the pro bability is that it utterly transcended the reporters' apprehension. The words I heard were, that the phrase " a wife to her sister" meant " putting one board to another," and the book of Ezekiel was named, in a way which made it probable that there the confirmation was to be looked for. As the words of an adversary are always to be assumed to have the most meaning 'which can be given to them, I venture to surmise that the point meant to be stated was, that the phrase " to her sister" was in Oriental phraseology found applied even to inanimate things,.where a certain degree of fellowship or mutuality was to result; and that in proof of this, it was found applied to the put ting one board to another by a carpenter. On which it will immediately occur, first, how little propriety there is in applying the metaphor of one board put to another by a carpenter, to the case of a prohibited second wife forced into rivalry with one who will be anything but a "sister ;" and secondly, how poor a pass the opponents are reduced to, when they are fain to hurry their favourite passage off the field, by con struing it into a general prohibition of polygamy, to escape the effect their own passage produces against themselves. On the whole therefore, the resistance to the Bill for any assigned reason, may be said to be aban doned. Or at all events it rests on the "mysterious incorporality," and the " putting one board to another." On Thursday came on Mr. Hume's motion for amending the National Representation. The case was ably stated by the mover and those who followed him. The answer of the Prime Minister will probably be sifted with sufficient severity by portions of the press, without doing more here than pointing to one of those glaring unfairnesses in argument which a good lawyer takes care to avoid before the most rustical assemblage of jurymen. In reply to the state ments of the unfairness of packing fourteen or fifteen thousand constituents like those of Manchester and the Tower Hamlets, into boroughs sending no more Mem • , bers than those of three or tour hundred constituents in other places, the Premier asked why the complainants did not compare the borough population with the county. " There is Oldham,' he said, " with 42,000 inhabitants and two Members, and Bradford with 34,000, and Dorsetshire, exclusive of the boroughs (sic in orig.), with 170,000 persons, sending no more Members to Parliament than Oldham or Bradford." The merest babe in politics might answer the Noble Lord, that the Borough representation is on one scale, and the County on another, and therefore borough ought to be compared with borough, and county with county. But if borough is to be com pared with county according to the Noble Lord's theory and practice, the complainants have a right to extend their complaint, and compare Lyme Regis and its population of two thousand, with the West Riding of Yorkshire and its population of a million. An argument which it would have been very damaging to the complainants, to have been found ad vancing for themselves. One very important point was conceded nemine contradicente from all quarters of the House. Which was, that the thing must come. Nobody pretended to believe, that it was not in the ordinary course of events, as much as the appearance of one of the comets in our system, though perhaps nobody has the power of pointing out to a month the time. This then is a great point to act upon, for all who are engaged in the campaign. What everybody says must come, is much nearer coming, than before such general opinion was admitted. On Friday, the Bill fur increasing the number of Irish voters was proceeded with in Committee. The opposition was not precisely of the same kind as on a former evening; but still resolutely slow. As was said by a Member present, it was a contest pro aril et focis, or at all events for their seats, with many of the defenders. So much light begins to be thrown on the connexion of the present position of things with the condition of the Suffrage, that it is to be hoped it will end in turning the bull's-eye in aid of the darkness of the Minister. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 4th March, 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, and attended by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord Byron, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, and Mr. Birch, left town at five minutes past one o'clock, on Saturday afternoon for 'Windsor Castle. The Queen and the Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Edward Howard, Lord George Lennox, and C apta i n t h e H on . J. Denman. The august party went from Buckingham Palace in five carriages to the terminus of the Great Wes tern Railway at Paddington, and proceeded by a spe cial train to Windsor. The Queen's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Friday evening, and performed the follow• ing pieces : Overture (Op. 44) ....... . .... Fantasia, violin, M. Sainton..... Sainton. Selection, " Faust" ........ ....... Spohr. Trio, "Le Pre aux Clercs" .. Herold. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Royal Fa mily, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, ar rived at the Castle at two o'clock this afternoon from town. was on duty at the ra il way station. A guard of honou r o f the Scots Fusilier Guards and the Royal party went from the station to the Castle in five of the Q ueen ' s carriages. The royal dinn er party this evening include d h er Her Majesty Royal Highness the Duches s of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Mr. Birch. SUNDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise in the grounds around the Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel this morning. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wel lesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. H' _is Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter, on Saturday, at Gloucester House. Admiral Bowles, Admiral Hope, and the Secretary of the Sailors' Home, had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere on Saturday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. The Finance Committee of the Exhibition of 1851 met on Saturday at the Board of Trade, There were present Lord Overstone, Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. F. T. Gibson, and Colonel Reid, R.E. A deputation from the Corporation of London, con sisting o f th e L ord M ayor, M r . Masterman, VLF., Alderman Wilson, Alderman Humphery, M.P., Alderman Hunter, Alderman Moon, Mr. Sheriff Lawrence, and the City Remembrancer, had an in terview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home office. Lord Gough had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturd a y, a t his o ffi cial residence in Downing-street. Mr. Hutt, M.P., and a deputation, had an inter view, on Saturday, with Lord John Russell. Messrs. Dever eux , T a lb o t, and Fagan, had an in terview, on Saturday, with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. Dispatches w e r e sen t o ff on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the Gambia and Western Australia. The Duke oTWeilington, the Duchess of St. Albans, and the Marchioness of Salisbury attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and ad ministered the sacrament. MARCH 4, 1850 THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.—To the surprise of every one, the Severn Royal Mail steam-ship, Captain Vin cent, arrived in the river last right about eleven o'clock. She has made another rapid passage, having been only 16 days and six hours from St. Thomas, a voyage hitherto without parallel since the establish ment of the Royal Mail Company. February being a short month, the Severn, notwithstanding her acknowledged speed, was not looked for until Tues day or Wednesday at least. The freight of the Severn is 971,226 dollars on merchants' accounts, 23,612 ounces of gold dust (the total value of which two items is 1,409,388 dollars), two boxes of plating, 12,0641. in British coin, 112 bales of sarsaparilla, 421 serons of indigo, a quantity ofcc:ffee, succades, turtle, &c. The latest dates by this arrival are—Chagres, Jan. 28 ; Carthagena, 31st ; Deme.rare, Feb. 4 ; Trinidad, 6th ; Jamaica, 7th ; Grerada, 7th ; St. Jago de Cuba, Bth; Barbadoes, 9th; Porto Rico, 12th; St. Thomas, 14th ; and Fayal, 25th. The following is a list of passengers, and from whence they embarked :—Mr. Lopez, Mr. Gevers, Mr. Schull, Chagres ; Mr. Amador and son, Mr. Saltines, Mr. Megia, Mr. Uribe, Mr. Santania, Car thagena ; Mr. Jones, Mr. Henriques, Mr. Levi, Jamaica; Messrs. Marquis, Croil, Faill, Burnett, Runge, Hater, Bell, &c. Feb. 6—Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, Alarm, and Plumper, were at Trinidad, the last v e s s el ha v i ng arr i ve d that day from Bermuda with dispatches for the Admiral. Feb. 7—Her Majesty's steamer Vixen was at Ja maica, awaiting the arrival of the Admiral from Tri nidad. Her Majesty's ship Sappho, having repaired her damages at Belise, sailed thence for Jamaica on the Ist of January, but she had not arrived at the latter place when the Severn left. The company's steam-ship Thames was in the Gulf of Mexico. The Tay was spoken by the Severn on the 12th of February, off Porto Rico, en route to Jamaica. The Teviot had not returned to Jamaica from Havannah, having had to wait for the Trent's mails. MONTSERRAT. ' We observe with deep regret that this generally healthy island is suffering from small-pox to a fearful degree. One of the Antigua papers (the Observer), of the 18th January, says that 700 cases of the disease were then existing in the island. Locking at the in creasing poverty in this place and of its inhabitants, and their consequent helplesness, we really think their present afflictio❑ one that calls for sympathy and help. Since the above date we learn that the disease had increased to a frightful extent, and that a large pro portion of the cases proved fatal. The disease had also been introduced into Antigua, from Montserrat. The Antigua Weekly Register, of Feb. 5, says— " The board of health held meeting on Friday to concert the best means of laying out the 200/. granted by the Legi,lature in aid of tie , ufferers from small-pox at Mont,;errot, and provisions and nourishment to a large amount were purchased a:id forwarded immediately. It is to be hoped that this benevolent assistance, which could be hardly afforded, ott lug to the embarrassed sic e of the treasury, will be judiciously employed by those to whom its distrihuti,,n hat been intrusted." JAMAICA. The accounts from this island are down to the ith February, three days later than those forwarded to England from thence via New York. Nothing of any moment had occurred in the interim.- No change of any consequence had taken place in the state of the markets. The receipts had been mode rate, but trade had not, notwithstanding, improved. Operations were still confined to purchases for immediate consumption. The House of Assembly, bad closed. Among the last bills which had received the assent of the Governor, was one which will relieve all steam vessels arriving in the ports of the island from payment of the customary tonnage dues. The session was, as our readers are aware, a tedious and pro tracted one. The February term of the Supreme Court of Judicature had commenced its sitting before the three judges. Mr. William Girod, editor of the Colonial Standard, was to be prosecuted for a libel on the Council of the island. Some excitement had been created at Kingston in consequence of an unsuccessful administration of chic reform. The subject was a patient in the Public Hospital, and being about to undergo a very painful surgical operation, it was deemed advi sa bl e t o pl ace him under the influence of chloroform. The sponge, steeped in the liquid, however, had scarcely been applied to the nostrils, when the unfortunate fellow struggled a good deal, made a few sterterous inspira tions and then ceased to exist. The quantity applied was about one drachm. The jury delivered the fol lowing verdict :-- " That the deceased died from the inhalations of chloro form, and the jurors are of opinion that the diseased state of deceased's heart predisposed him to the fatal effects which followed the we of the chloroform— age, 29 years."—Journal. The weather had remained the same as at the date of our last accounts. REVIEW OF JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordova's Intelligencer.) (Unless specifically stated to the contrary, long or duty paid prices are always given, and are to be considered as wholesale prices.) Alewives-May be quoted at 21v. Beef-American " family" is in good supply, and is worth 425. to 465. Fer half barrel. Bread-Crackers are scarce, but pilot is abundant and dull at our quotations. Brandy and Geneva-Remain as last reported. Butter-American is dull at 7d. Irish has been sold at lOid. to Hid. The demand is very inactive. Candles-Are generally inactive, with a heavy stock; 6's and 12's, the favourite sizes, are taken at 7d., and other sorts at 6d. per lb. Cheese-English sells at 10d. 100 boxes American have changed hands at 60. per lb. Gold-American is worth 2i to 3 per cent.; Colum bian doubloons, 2 per cent., en 16 dolls.; and Spanish per cent. on 17 dolls. Hams-300 Westphalia have changed hands, at I Id. per lb. We haVe not anything to report of other de scriptions. Oil-Cod commands 2s. 6d. to 2s. 7d. per gallon. The stock is moderate. Pimento sells readily, at 4d. per lb. It is generally held for 41d. Peas-50 bags B. E. have moved, at 7s. Pork is in somewhat better request, but no improve ment has occurred in prices. Mess is worth 669., and prime 52a. to 545. per barrel. Rice-The sales since our last have been 2,100 bags Coringa, at 83. 6d.; 40 bags fine white, at 10s. 6d. in bond; and 200 bags white Bengal, at 14s. 10d., duty paid. We have not anything to report of Carolina. Rum-Holders are asking 35. per gallon, proof 21, for consumption, but sa'es cannot be effected freely at that rate. We have since learned that for a lot of 20 pun cheons 25.11 d. has been accepted. 2s. per gallon is de manded for parcels for exportation. Salmon is exceedingly inactive, at 565. for No. 1, 525. for No. 2, and 445. for No. 3. Salt-The market is quiet at the usual rate, ss. 6d. per sack. Soap-We quote Stcele's 481bs. at 10s. to 10s. 6d., 561bs. Feather at lls. 6d. to, 125., 601bs. Crown at 15t., and 561bs. at I4s. 6d. Irish is unsaleable. Sugar is improving, and ranges at 13s. to 20s. ptr 100 lbs. Tobacco-We have not been told of any operations in this article. The high price of manufactured, conse• quent on the increased duties, materially affects con sumption. Tongues-No change has taken place in this article since our last. Exchanges on London-Jamaica and Colonial Banks: -90 days, 1 per cent. prem.; 60 days, 11 per cent. prem. ; 30 days, 2 per cent. prem. Vessels arrived at the port cf Kingston:- From London- Jan. 26, ship Prince Albert, via Cowes, 32 days, general cargo, S. and T. De Pass; barque Marlborough, 54 days, general cargo, Porteous, Carson, and Co. From Liverpool-Jan. 22, barque Black River Packet, via Belfast, 50 days, general cargo, Scott, Leaycrafr, and Co. 27, brig Jane Anderson, 60 days, coals, J. Derbyshire and Co. From Newport (Wales)-Jan. 25, barque Mercy, 34 days, coals, Hitchins and Co. Jan. 27, brig Romance, 60 days, coals, R. Currie. From Sunderland-Jan. 26, brig Bride of Abydos, 56 days, coals, Scott, Leaycrafi, and Co. From Newcastle-Jan. 28, Norwegian brig King Oscar, 36 days, coals. BARBADOES. Our papers from this island are to the 7th inclusive, being the latest published previous to the sailing of the packet on the 9th. The Legislative Council had closed. The Barba does Glebe says : " The session was brought to a close on Tuesday, when the Council met and passed two Bills, which have been assented to, and appear this day in our columns. What has become of the Ballast Wharf Bill which passed the Assembly at its last meeting, we do not know, but we hope that there has been no neglect of the strong and unanswerable appeal that was made to the Legislature on this subject by the merchants, and that the Act will come to us in course. While, w ith one or two solitary exceptions, the session has been ex hausted in legislation upon objects which we shall not call petty, but certainly of a minor character, we can scarcely believe that there has been any attempt to stifle an arrangement called aloud for by as large and re spectable a number of merchants as we ever knew to append their names to any legislative petition—a work closely and intimately connected with . the proper police of the port, and one which the contributors of our ton nage duties, no mean portion of the public revenue, have a positive right to require. The charges on ship ping in Barbadoes are very heavy, and are the subject of frequent and loud murmuring, and we ought in justice to do a little more for the great number of vessels, that, notwithst aiding, come to us, than merely to offer them for their money the accommodation of an open roadstead," It was expected that the general election would take place on the 25th of February. The writs had not been issued when the packet left, and it was fully expected that it would pass off quietly. An accident had occurred to the quarantine boat when the Conway, royal mail steamer, arrived with the last English mails : " On the arrival of that 'Vessel she was made fast to the moorings with a warp. The quarantine officer, as in duty bound, proceeded alongside, gave the ship prat:vie, stepped on deck to obtain a list of passeng( re for his Excellency's information, and immediately got into his boat again, giving the order to shove off from the bow. After loosing his hold forward, and while lying broadside off, the order was given on board the steamer to turn a head, which brought the mast head of the quarantine boat in contact with the quarter boat of the steamer's davits, and consequently dragged her along, broadside-on, until she filled and went down. The crew ,were soon rescued by a shore boat, which, with many others, were on the spot. " Captain Wolley, of the Conway, is acquitted of all suspicion of having known that the boat was alongside when the order was given for turning a head. We are ' quite sure the affair IN as purely accidental." PA N.l MA. We have news from Panama to the 22d of Janu ary. The Oregon steamer had arrived from San Francisco viith upwards of 2,000,000 of dollars' worth of gold dust, and 300 passengers, many of whom had returned from the " diggings " dispirited with their adventure, and in nowise improved in their resources. Others, on the contrary, had been more for tunate. Among the passengers in the Oregon was Colonel Fremont, together with his lady and daughter. There was a great deal of fever existing in Pa naina, but no serious cases ; it yielded to mild reme dies, but it takes a considerable time for the patients to regain their strength. The British steamer New Granada was hourly ex pected. The railway had not commenced, notwithstanding the fine weather was so very favourable for its begin ning. It is generally supposed that capital was still wanting to carry out the project. It was current at Panama that Baring Brothers had invested 50,000/. in the line. Traffic on the Isthmus was increasing daily to a very considerable extent. Admiral Hornby was collecting his squadron a Callao. The news from San Francisco reached to the 31st of December, the details of which have already been published in England. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The service will be glad to hear that the Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty, who has been severely indisposed, and has been confined to his bed during the past week, is fast recovering, and will shortly be able to attend to his Parliamentary duties. Admiral the Hon. Sir T. Bladen Capel, K.C.8., re turned from short leave, and his flag was re-hoisted on hoard the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, on Friday evening. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Ptarmigan is to be named the " Resolute," instead of the " Baboo," which ship is to be called the " Assist ance," the Resolute being the " flag-ship." Mr. Par minter, appointed clerk in charge of the Assistance, did not decline the appointment; but has been obliged to forego the service on account of his health, the sur geon having pronounced him unfitted by constitution to contend with the climate of the icy regions. Some tons of waste lignum vita✓ wood, the refuse from the bleckmaking machine at Portsmouth, with a quantity of old broken shivers, have been forwarded to Wool wich by railway, to be supplied to Captain Austin's vessels for fuel in their N.W. search. The lignum vitro wood makes a much stronger fire than coals ; it ignites quicker, and while burning emits a most agreeable aroma. The wood itself, although very heavy, stows in a very small compass. CAPTAIN PENNY'S EXPEDITION.—The Admiralty have ordered ice saws to be forwarded from Woolwich to Aberdeen for the use of Captain Penny's vessels in his N.W. search. SUILYEYOR'S AND STEAM DEPARTMENT.—Orders have been received at the dockyards for the authori ties to send all correspondence relative to steam ma chinery to the,Surveyor of the Navy, instead of to the comptroller of steam machinery, as heretofore, the latter office having been merged in the former. Mr.,Waller Clifton, who has been at Somerset House with the charge of the steam department, has returned to the Admiralty, Whitehall, on the break ing up of that department. Lieutenant Baker, R.N., of the coast-guard ser vice, stationed at Garrison Point, Sheerness, made a seizure last week of a vessel, 62 tons burden, the Mary Ann, of Rochester, which, upon boarding her, was found to contain 62 tubs (half-ankers) of foreign spirits. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, was moved under the large shears in the new steam basin at Portsmouth, on Saturday, for the purpose of receiving her ne w boilers, which are now ready for putting on board. The Lively lighter, returned to Portsmouth, from Dungeness on Friday, having recovered one of the bower anchors and the kedge anchor lost by the Dart, brigantine; she has also weighed and brought round a Dutch anchor which she found off Dunge ness (when sweeping fur the other bower, lost by the Dart), for which the men employed on board the Lively will get salvage. The Sharpshooter, iron screw steamer, Lieut. Com mander John C. Bailey, arrived at Spithead on Friday evening from the Mediterranean, having been ordered home from that station to fit for the Arctic expedition. She went into harbour on Saturday morning, and alongside the !coal depot for fuel, and it is supposed she will go round to Woolwich, as her boiler tubes require repair. She went out of dock at Malta on the 2d February, having gone in to have her iron bottom cleansed, it having become very foul. By getting rid of the weeds, she increased her speed, when under full steam, two knots per hour. It appears she is not a desirable vessel ; that she is either very hot or very cold, and th damp and iron rust spoils the chattels of the crew. Lieutenant Bailey, her commander, is suffering from an accident, having fallen, when at Malta, and hurt his knee-cap. Mr. Truman, promoted from the Triton, and Mr. Winstanley, late clerk in charge of the Medina, have come home in the Sharpshooter as passengers. The orders countermanding her return to England did not reach here in time. _ DEATH OF " THE MAN-O'-WAR'S-MAN "OF Black wood.—Died, on the 18th of February. in London, aged 66 years, ,Mr. David Stewart, journeyman printer. He was known in literature as the author of a most interesting and popular series of papers, under the above title, descriptive of a sailor's life in the royal navy, which originally appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, and were subsequently pub lished in a separate volume. He likewise contributed to the Naval and Military Magazine, besides fugitive pieces to other periodical journals. He died in po verty in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, after undergo ing an operation for a most painful disease. One might have hoped for a more prosperous career for one who could write so well.—Herald. MALTA, Fin. 22. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. In Malta Harbour—Ceylon receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward llarvey, Superin tendent of Malta Dockyard, and second in command ; Volage, 6 (surveying ship), Captain Thomas Greaves; Oberon (laid up), troopship ; Waverley, Captain J. Morgan ; Locust, in ordinary. At Gibraltar—Janus steamer, Lieutenant Powell. At Leghorn—Spitfire, Lieutenant Gardiner. At Patras—Frolic, 16, Captain N. Vansittart ; Tar tams steam-vessel, Commander Sir G. Webster. At Salonica—Research, surveying tender to Vo lage, Lieutenant Lord John Brown. At Syra—Spiteful, steam corvette, Commander J. Carmichael. . -- At or near Athens—Queen, 116, Captain C. Wise, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G. C. 8., the Commander-in-Chief; Caledonia, 120 ; Captain T. W. Carter; Howe, 120, Captain Sir J. Stirling; Belerophon,7B, Captain Robert L. Baynes ; Powerful, 84, Captain the Honourable R. S. Dundas ; Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood Ganges, 84, Captain H. Smith ; Firebrand steam frigate, Captain T. O. Knox ; Bulldog, Commander Key (on a cruise), Rosamond, Commander Foote, Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell, steam-sloops ; Odin, the Hon. F. Pelham, Dragon, Captain W. H. Hall, steam-frigates ; Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts; Growler, Commander Stoddart ; Scourge, Lord F. H. Kerr; and Auxiliary, surveying tender to Volage, Mate Commander J. H. Gover. En route from 111ata to Gibraltar, Lisbon, and England Sharpshooter, Lieutenant Commander Bailey. En route from Malta to Corfu—Racer, 12, Captain Beddoes. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta—Merlin, Lieutenant J. H. Turner ; Triton, Lieutenant Glinn. En route from Malta to Marseilles—Medusa, Lieu tenant Bathurst. En route from the lonian Islands and Greece to Malta —Antelope, Lieutenant Smith. En route from Malta to Alexandria—Medina, Lieutenant A Darby. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—Pasha, Queen, Tagus, Hindos tan, Euxine, and Pottinger. En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta —lndus. En route from Southampton to Malta—Ripon. En route from Constantinople and Black Sea to Malta—Sultan. At Constantinople—Erin. UNITED STATES' SQUADRON, At Naples—lndependence frigate, bearing the flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan. Captain Paulding. At Mahon—St. Lawrence, r At Constantinople—The Mississippi steam frigate, 1 CaitainLo a ng. t G no Constitution frigate, Captain Conover, and Jamestown corvette, Captain S. Mercer. At Messina—Cumberland, Captain Latimer. Foreign Ships of War and Packets in Port—The French steamer Eurotas. Yachts—The Firefly, P , trel, and Nautilus; lonian Government steamer Eptanisos ; Tanis Government brig Sufis ; Russian brig Ptolomee; Neapolitan steamer Ercole ; steamer Oronte. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Orders arrived yesterday morning to expedite the Lily, 12, for the reception of officers and men. She A ill probably he commissioned this weeL. The Adventure.. naval store ship, Mr. Peter Wel lington, Master-Commander, will leave Spithead for A•cension and Rio as soon as the wind is fair. The Castor, 3G, Commodor e Wvvill, Commander in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station, with the Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, the Athol troop-ship, Master-Commander Pearne ; the Serin gapatam store-ship, Master-Commander Russell ; and the convict ship Neptune, were in Simon's Bay on the 7th of January. The Centaur steam-frigate, Commodore Fan shawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief on the West Coast of Africa, was at Sierra Leone on the 19th of January. The Hound, 8, Commander Patten, sailed on the 17th of January from Sierra Leone fur the Cape of Good Hope. The Alarm, 26, Captain G. Ramsay, sailed from Sierra Leone on the lith of January for Bermuda. The alterations and additions to Southsea Castle (military prison) are to be proceeded with during the next year, the original charge for which was 3,6401., hut it has been reduced by a revised estimate to 2,0001. The covered ways of the Semaphore tower battery are also to be completed, and the parapet of Block house Fort is to be raised to mount a 56-pounder. The new mess-room and officers' quarters, building at Ferton, for the Portsmouth division of Royal Marines, are nearly equipped, and if the weather prove favourable, will be occupied by midsummer. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, MARCH 2.—The custom ary annual admission of boys into this dockyard as apprentices, having been ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty, took place this week. The candidates for the vacant apprenticeships were previously examined in the presence of the Captain-Superintendent, Sir Thomas Pasley, the Master Shipwright, Mr. R. Abe thell, the chaplain, &c., and the result was that six of the best qualified were ultimately selected and entered as apprentices. With one exception, they are the sons of workmen employed in the establishment. By this annual entry the number of efficient and experi enced workmen in our dockyards is kept up. The Valarous steam man-of•war, now in course of building, is to be fitted with the patent Hangs, similar to those given to the Samson steam-vessel at Woolwich. The Board of Admiralty have instituted an inquiry at this yard, with the view to ascertain what elaborate and complicated accounts can be dispensed with, prior to a reduction of clerks. The handsome adornments and fittings of the Royal Sovereign yacht are to be carefully preserved, in order that they may be used again when required. They were found to be remarkably sound and good. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, MARCH 2.—Mate—R. B. Pearse (1849), to the Resolute, fitting for the Arctic expe dition. Naval Cadet—Cecil G. Stanley to the Victory, 101, flag-ship at Portsmouth. Boatswain—Henry Osliourne, to the Assistance, fitting for the Arctic expedition. The Nagicienne steam-sloop is to have a second exl•erimental trial, and will leave Woolwich on Fri day next for the Nore, where she will be tried between that light and the Mouse-light, in deep water. She will return to 'Woolwich on Saturday to discharge her ballast, and will then be taken to Chatham, where she is to be made ready for sea. Preparations are in progress fur the erection of gal leries to witness the launch of the Nankin, 50-gun frigate, which will take place at Woolwich on Satur day, the 16th inst. One of Porter's anchors of 47 cwt. 2 qrs. 201 b., and one of the common anchors made at Portsmouth dockyard in 1825, of 48 cwt. 2 qrs. 211 b., have been supplied, and will be sus- Fended at the bows of the vessel when she is launched. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Pioneer steam-vessel has made considerable progress during the present week, and will be out of the hands of the shipwrights and engineers by the end of the present month. On cutting out part of her planking to admit of strengthening her, she has been found to have been built of excellent oak, and the workmanship of timbers would have been creditable to any dockyard. Her gunwales are to be strengthened with teak, and her sides with a species of American ash, which is lighter than teak, and has a great power of resisting the action of water. The Resolute and Assistance sailing vessels, fitting at Blackwell are to be both barque-rigged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. Weights for the Grand National Stet.plechase Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 6th inst. st. lb.i at. lb. Peter Simple British Yeoman ll 12 , 8111y-from-Brigg ... 10 0 Abd el-Fader ll 11*alcon lO 0 Farnham ll oMercury Lucy Neale lO 1 9 Xoung Lottery Rachel lO 4 1 Pestling (late Cali- Ace of Trumps Thoilloncasttr Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, and S only if declared as above. St. Leger Course. __ Age. at. lb.l - Age. at. lb. Lady Hy lila Foreclosure 6 8 4 Lady I-am-off 5 7 0 Meaux 6 8 3Good Girl . 5 6 12 Priestess 4 7 13 Reversion Pelham Quiz Troublesome Johnny 6 7 7 Laura 3 5 7 Luxor King Hal 6 7 3, If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b, it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Nominations for the Handicap Hurdle-race. Mr. J. R. Scott's ch m Good Girl, 5 yrs—Mr. Can ningham's ch h Quadruped, aged—Mr. Hady's b m Mischief-maker, 5 yrs—Mr. Phillips's b g Tallyho, aged —Mr. Gardner's br f Little Queen, 4 yrs—Mr. Lister's hr m Wharfdale Maid, aged—Mr. Hargreaves na b h Chintz Print, aged (hall-bred)—Mr. Inman's br h Gil nochie, 5 yrs—Captain Reynard's br g Jack in the Corner, 5 yrs—Mr. Foster's ch m Fanny, aged (half bred)—Mr. E. Thorp na Lansquenet, aged—Mr. 'l'. C. Percival's ch g Dunchurch, aged (half-bred). Nominations for the Grand Stand Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for two yrs old, &c. Mr. A. Shepherd's ch f Emma, 3 yrs (half-bred)—Mr. G. Barton's br c Leonidas, 3 yrs (51b)—Mr. Barker's hr c Tordesillas, 3 yrs (51b)—Mr. Barker's ch c Young Bamboo, 3 yrs—Mr. Dawson na b e Mark Tapley, 3 yrs —Mr. Jamieson's b c Tower, 3 yrs (51b)—Mr. R. Des seliinc's b c Timothy, 3 yrs (51b). The Sheffield and Rotherham Stakes, a Handicap of 6 sovs. each, h ft with 40 soya. added by a few friends of racing in the above towns, for horses that before the entry never won at any ono time 100/. clear. The winner to pay 5 soya. towards expenses. One Mile. Mr. J. Osborne's b c Tity, 4 yrs — Mr. Rickarby s hr r by Touchstone—Lady Emily, 3 yrs—Mr. G. Bar ton's b c Didtbury, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Shepherd's b • kill or Cure, 3 yrs—Mr. R. Ilesschine's b c Timothy, 3 yre— Mr. B. Green's br c Osbaldeston, 3 yrs—Mr. B. Eddis son's br f Eliza Middleton, 3 yrs—Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Taylor's br h Luxor, 6 yrs—Mr. Styan's br m Ellen, 5 yrs—Mr. Barker's eh c Young Bamboo, 3 yrs—Mr. Dawson's na br c Reversion, 4 yrs —Mr. Cowelb's b c Patrick, 4 yrs—Mr. Ilopkinson's ch c Quiz, 6 yrs. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING MEETING, 1850. Acuptances for the Willoughby Handicap. Rat-trap, aged, llst ;Ib—Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 11* . tt 41b—Yard- arm, lO s t 111b—R eversion, lOst 10Ib—Fugi tive, lOst 91 b—Andulusian, 10st 71b—Jack of all Trades, 10st 51b Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, sft., and 25 added. Cosachia, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Rathu3ines, 6 yrs, Bst 11b— New n Finest Deer, 4 ee)r,rsa,g7esd,, 31b — Christian, 1 4 .ri y , r ; , st 7a l t ib 3 - 1b __A Docility, 4 yrs, Est 13 1b— Kni ght 6st 51b—Eunuch, 3 yrs, Gwynne, 3 yr', er, ,s; rs 9 , lb- 78t Ea s ig a Le's A n k a c i c i e in p a ta fa n d c , e 6 s f)o.rrs,t sathe G reat 7lb T b N . V l :a i r g w p h i t a c r o k t f s , h_ a ir g e e il d , an s d s i t c o ap i b . a s g Y e Yr d 'sr , ' 7st 7Bsst 7 t — St. — P —e S i Di t i . ael A cnel Antonio, n v Ye ; 5 5 yrs, 7st 51b— D ed, 7st 31b—Emma, 3 yrs, sst lolb..—The l as Ke n tr l e m dd s -e e h a l :e t rlm a a s , ;e act C H O a n V d E i c N a pilif for the STEEPLECHASE e h M a s E e E s T t l a N k eGs of f 8 5 1 0 0 . sovs. each, with 100 added. Forfeits to be declared on the 7th March. Knight of Gwynne, llstl 21b—British Yeoman, 1 Ist 91b—Eattrap, 1 Ist 61b—The Victim, 11„st 31b••: 'l ler, list 11b—Proceed, lOst 1 lib—Farnham, lOst Vainhope, lOst 81b—Sir Peter Laurie, lOst 61b—Meath. lOst 61b—Rory be aisy, lOst 61b—Miss Collingwood, lust 31b—Laurel gelding, lOst — Tipperary Boy, 9st 101 b —Bayonet, 9st 61 b -- Vengeance, 9st 61b. Free Handicap (Hurdle-race) of 10 soya. each, k ft in case of acceptance, with 4U added. Fugitive, list 51 b — Half-and-half, lOst 71b—Mischief maker, lOst 71 b — Legislator, lOst 21b—Lansquenet, lOst 21b—Volatile, 10st 21b—The Streamer lost-- Vast Hier., Ost 81h—D oc ilit y, 9st slb--Ilawkstbne, 9st 61b — Jack-of-all-trades, Oat Clb—Slug, 9st 61b—Veritas, 9ss Sib—Sobersides, 9st 21b—Syrup, 9st 21b. Free Handicap (Steeplechase) of 5 EOM each, and 30 added. Trust-me -not, list 51b—Volatile, lOst 71b---Verne, lOst 31b—The Thrush, lOst 31b—Forest Monarch, 104 31b—Latitat, 9st 91b—Bless Bess, 9st 4 1b—Veritas. Oat 41b. Forfeits fur all the above handicaps to be declared on or before the 7th of March. Viscount and Viscountess liardinge ga ve a gran d entertainment on Saturday last, at their mansion, ill Great Stanhope.street, to Lord and Lady Gough gild distinguished party. 3