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[IS J 7 06 0' ELL• r a Cie bo l ° ea ,b 0 r. io te stria' b cot, tb 040 r o f lP c° •es. - foe o Dor tbe for cc, 4 0 %t I 00 3 % 0 P o jr lac s deo' . o er i ntiff it 4 Co os fo lio ,nibec .t o 119 110 30 11 . 8 40 00 1 e oei j os alt g o od lene e co ote flo tot th e c i jolt' be i 0 13 _ ot i,ov; o c l 7O . ~, to tbf/ o fl ‘ t Th e r a bf °I- 15 0 1d' et O r eol it f ,o Pr ° ,ol; ,e , s co be co 0 . . rQ r t to , 11 6 oug e sPr, ;( ll , ov er, cep P'P bet° 0 it . V.l iti° (I , l: A b o ti f 4 'ago— DA to ibis 111 91 0 i 1 10 .'ipter , or DAY . ' r.) for tota l 01; ,se,ibondocr r le n d 'tire ica, he bs d e sP, W taunt the tatot 0 1 ' 1 r t for fe o the de o d r r, s °4 oo o . „ot i t e de. 846 be ctil i i s o P ir o 119,,V to be married to a young lady of property, but on e l"P, then in r a th er stra i tene d c i rcumstances h e i n d uce d r n : ti Te[ nPest, the present de'end a nt, to a ccept two acco f 4 tion bill s o f exc h ange, one f or 30 1 . an d t h e ot h er r 'OO/. Befor e th ese bill s arr i ve d at matur i ty M r . G u y tay e adMittid as an attorney, and last year Mr. Tempest Rita surprised at receiving a writ, at the suit of Mr. Dud- Z, " the pl a i ntiff in this action, his friend Mr. Guy ' s being EI I P bei ng endorsed as the attorney for the plaintif f l,. B.;rencpest rep resente d t h ese c i rcumstances t o hi s ad vlser, wh o t o ld hi m t h at h e cou ld h ave no de oee against Mr. Dodson, the indorsee; and he there r.alluwed judgment to pass against him by default. t e eptertiber last he was arrested on a capias ad satis itti'ojndum. and sinee then repeated applications had been Roue to Mr• Guy to disclose who Mr. Dodson was and an * re .( resided. This information, however,was never 11 7 1 ' L P : b ed; bttt rece n tly M r . D o d son h a d been found a t and that gentleman now declares that he n "vs nothin g ( f the hills, nor did he ever give Mr. h e l n Y, any authority to sue Mr. Tempest upon them, and • the present application. Justice WioirrmAti said he could only grant a 4 u 4 !fi , to allow cause why the judgment should not be set sinus, in ord er th at t h e d e f en d ant m i g ht b e placed in a Lffi'etion to pl ea d to the act i on ; t h e facts stated in the d avits on th e app li cat i on aga i nst M r . G u y must be goyter proceeding. itule nisi accordingly. r SWAIN' V. COX. the • R ENTICE applied for a rule to show cause why CWrit of tty prohibition, issued in this case out of the g office of the Court of Chancery, should net arty • a side. The action bad been commenced in the Court o f R ea di ng f or a t res p ass , b u t at the hear tag of the case the defendant took an objection to the tl " ‘l 'diction of the Court, on the ground that the point h ow " is Pote involved a question of title. No evidence, a " e ver, was adduced to show this, and the Learned he go overruled the objection, when the defendant said t h w ellid leave the matter in the hands of the Court. o i:, e Court d ec id e d aga i ns t t h e d e fendant, and bat meted, him to pay five pounds as damages ; w th at t hen th e money b ecame d ue , it w as discovered j he def en d ant h a d cause d a wr i t o f prohibition to be tase,ued out of t h e Petty Bag office o f th e Court of Chan snl. It had only been recently discovered that this Zer „existed in the Chancery Court, and the consequence eon ' , tat in every county court case where property was sohj e A u L t ned, the defendants were obtaining prohibitions t ,'" were issued, as a matter of course, out of the th E 4 l3 . ag-office. There could, however, be no doubt b y i l"its Power of granting prohibition was transferred el :" County Court Act to the Queen's Bench, who fore rei lied discretion in granting these writ, and th e prohibition in this case ought to be e s et aside.there mule W. A RCHES' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir H. J. FEST, Tint.) A t coatiam V . THE BISHOP OF EXETER. the sitting of the Court this morning, after several i t l i ef the ordinary description had been disposed of, it ood e Registrar called the case on, and said this case De. Aver from the last court day on the application of Ali , .ula who appeared for the Bishop of Exeter, to olio further time for the return of the monition. b eh r i • ADDAMS rose, and said he was instructed on fie) of the Bishop of Exeter (the defendant in this tolik ) i to ask that the Court would grant further time for Pra v „ n s the return to the monition; and he therefore eoui.,"l the Court to allow it to stand over to the next h ; ; "ay (Monday, June 10). The Bishop of Exeter d es c} i,"flued the Learned ' Doctor) bad not the slightest the et ° slight the authority of the Court, or intended yeast disrespect, in not complying with its order, but keli aB desirous of obtaining the opinion of Sir Fitzroy the an d Mr. Baddeley, whether after the decision of Co Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of 4 4 4:" 1 Pleas, an application for prohibition should be l'iss; tO the Court of gxche q uer, and which opinion it Co tip 7Peeted. would be obtained during the duy. The kppC was aware that the question raised by the sp p leation for the prohibition was whether the Rh a L l had been directed to the right Court— of Per (Or 1,7 1 ' the Queen, by the Judicial Committee r n7 Council, Lad power to entertain such appeal. Pre a , • • Addams) must repeat, and he begged to im deft upo n t h e C our t, t h at t h e Bi s hop of Exeter had theacre to create delay, or at all to slight the order of o ei r art 114 E a alma ` , ttERT JENNER FUST—I Call readily under ") that. E te i; ADDAIII9—I have no doubt that the Bishop of h r will receive the opinions of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and h io uadd e l ey dur i ng t b e d ay as to t h e propr i et y o f tip g to the C our t o f E xc hequer for a writ of proh!- 41 04 on end if no p roce edings are taken on those opi the „ e he (Dr. Addams) would undertake that before kt4ext court day the return to the monition should be h Ar r . A BERT JENNER FIIST—AM I to understand tour, xti daras that if no proceedings are taken in the tide t "Exchequer that the order of the Court will be l ied? r .A u • DDANS—Most certainly, Sir. 4' 4 TOLLE X (th e proctor for the Bishop of Exeter) 14 Proceedi ngs are t a ken in the Court of Exchequer mak e u ndertake, on the part of the Bishop of Exeter , to Ibe t ' a return to the monition before your surrogate at srePer ti me . N o r IiERBERT JENNER FIIST—What do you say to /4. l k, , ; (addressing Mr. Bo wdler, the proctor for the Rev. 4 Pe tit] BOWDL ER said, after the application that has been 15oe by the Learned Doctor, I do not feel it necessary i 3 Pose the motion. 0 11, e r t? liERBERT JENNER FUST—Then you do not No Sir . 4 4. "° WDLER— • ktsi pi '"ERBE RT JENNER FEST—Very well, let the case CPVer till the next court day. Nered t o s tand over accordingly. (4, fo 'nE'Y SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) A ( - .,, r° J• E. JOHNSON , Eq.. and &Bench of Magistrate:.) Ari4-RAntous ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE, — WiIIiam t Qit t , ' 2 4, for committing a violent assault upon William he e Pbell, a police•constable of the N division while in cf his duty, was sentenced to three mont h s' labbur at Brixton. kAb .q.,BRoy-STREET.—(THIS DAY) L'iOtC ll cE OF FRAIID.—Anna Maria Tolfrey, the 11,,,. 44 Who was brought up before . Mr. Bingham, on Of i n k B i daY, the 23d inst., charged with obtaining the sum 4 44 u‘• from Mr. William Richardson, bootmaker, 19, laat iltre nr, Bishopsgate-street, under false and fraudu -1/4 Petences was placed at the bar for further ex- I nat r io4 1 4 • addition to the evidence which appeared at full nth In add uced. this journal on the 23d inst., the following was 14 0 ec ti ,,,c l Alfred Paget, on being sworn, said he was not hert n ited with the prisoner, neither had he ever seen * t r tl it tre e u l ,, (l l) r y e h i i n el. his life. The letter produced was not °oe' ; 'wen, secretary to the London Trade Protection 1 70 Regent-street, produced several letters t he had received from parties who had been duped tc prisoner. a o i a t iteth Crosby, 41, George-street, Blackfriars-road, fro t Obout four years ago the prisoner obtained 270/. h at n er moth er . A portion of this sum had since been lo t Z e d, and her mother had an I 0 U of the prisoner's Nir; °l. This was given to her mother about three j ( ar a r' re m -won, for the prosecution, said that there were a ""Re, a tnit nY more charges against the prisoner, and tf; - ‘,;‘) have her remanded. 'INGHAst remanded her until Wednesday next. s'4 II SOM RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) te t b e The Innkeepers' Plate. zurit t o o ••• ..• ••• ' 4 l ... 2 skt46 tane ••• 3 ()"11- CS BETTING UP TO TWO O'CLOCK. 7 to 2 agst Eliza Middleton 9 to 2 agst Tiff 8 to 1 agst Exotic filly 9 to 1 pgat Probity 10 to 1 agst Rhedycina 10 to 1 agst Kathleen 12 to 1 agst Sacrifice 12 to 1 apt Clelia 20 to 1 agst Gillyflower 20 to 1 agst Estafette kr )o , k r. '1.(313 THE OAKS. son's Rh e d yc i na (F. Butler) 1 1) ow neY's Kathleen (A. Day) 2 G r ativick's Countess Won cleverly. 16 ran. WOLVERHAMPTON 11 4 ° 11. 1 1 ::?_ 1 ), WORCESTER, AND 4 blie ' Y ' — The citizens of W orcester,. ir, i t generally, have at length r eceived and the th a e ss t u ra ra v n al c l e in o g f ktn,,,aril. the chairman of the directors of the above corn l'tittl . th at means will at once be taken to connect this city lii k ,, ." I _e great lines of railway tit; ',Peet that within a few months t communication. he h lie T betweenhepu t b h l public t14%1141 Abbot's W oo d w ill b e o p e ned •, andm s nenartnl of thisweare t y f , w i ll be taken to proceed with the works giverl?r th With. 'We sincerely trust that the ledge now n1i,e313 not o f the same fran g ible nature as th e former pro uarter. I'l ler ' ga4r antees, and assuranees from the same d t4 r a i e a re three means by which the company now l l u rop t o h se e rat( the necessary capital for the works : by se t„." ttord. o „_ Avon .: b ` a Ptia., . , _ canal to the f Birm n i t n h g er ha e m nin a p n an d ie o s g ; xt a - o n r d d ~._3 ' % In .' ? . 10 y borrowing money rom ' a 'nt, P' i ling the Great Western to complete its engage- Ill tllti r r 1 1 e - 11 il l s now before Parliament for the two first : th, felled object s it is understood will not be opposed 1.)) l ' l lder 4ilv aY Board • and with regard to the third point, we Nitieastanit that the' law officers of the Crown have ter- Wett,, a l 3 , o ll the mode of proceeding against the Great . li at : e t l-tO t r a _ r nPany, in order to compel performance of its ilea Q,,`,"gagements in resect of completing the above b -11, that, in pursuance of that determination, a motion for Et tetnitle on an early day in the Court of Queen's Bench tort r1;111nal information against the Great Western three sVorcester Chronicle. ;; l'ari, t ca 'SOMBRE .— This gentleman, who is now - ,`'R thaiii!l.as memorialised both Houses of Parliament, pray 'Nio,. itcB e x amination may be taken before the . close of the pray s illedi .ii ) fib y eea c i e tes So si mb re has at the same time forwarded talti:iZsi.eatalwlatilcilietiiiheerhat declar'esgth t he is not at p ned by five eminent mcdical practi resent of unsound perfec a tly competent to manage both his 1 3 Propetty. THE SUN, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The last performance for the season cf La Son nambula, with Madame Sontag as Amina and Mr. Sims Reeves as Elvino, attracted a crowded and bril liant audience to her Majesty's Theatre last evening. Madame Sontag was in exquisite voice, and never sang or acted better in her life. The finale, the far famed "Ah ! non giunge" was the very perfection of florid vocali zation, and was rapturously encored. Madame Sontag was frequently called cn during the course of the opera, and also at the conclusion. The Elvino of Mr. Sims Reeves was a perfect em bodiment of impassioned tenderness, and he was throughout rapturously applauded. The Sonnambula was followed by the last act of the Elisir Amore, in which Madame Frezzolini excited even a greater furore than she did on Saturday ; the encore of her last air was one of unmistakeable heartiness. Lablache as Dulcamara was the very perfection of unctions humour, and Calzolari made a most inter esting .Nemorino. The grand scene from Gugliel• mo Tell, for Coletti, Baucarde, and Lorenz., fol lowed, and was as usual a perfect triumph. This being a " long Thursday" the choerographic per formancc s WE re of a more varied character than usual. We had the grand scene from the beautiful ballet of Thea for :Marie Taglioni ; the Pas Styrien exquisitely danced by Carlotta Grisi and M. Charles, the per formances concluding with Les Graces, in which Carlotta Grisi, Amalia Ferraris, and Marie Taglioni appeared together. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The performances last night at Covent-garden Theatre will long be remembered by the habitues of this popular house and the public. It was a long Thursday, and a very long one it was indeed. The performances commenced with Verdi's Nabuco, alias Nino, alias Anato, as it is called by the Royal Italians. Well, it does not much signify what name such mu sical rubbish (with few exceptions) is called. This opera was performed for the debiit of that truly great artist Ronconi, and we affirm, with out fear of contradiction, that it was the most splendid display of lyrical and dramatic ta lents combined, we ever witnessed on the Italian stage; and when we take into consideration that Signor Ronconi has not a very powerful voice, and that he is small in stature, some of our readers might feel apocryphal upon the opinion we have advanced ; we say, convince yourselves, and go and see him in this difficult role. At the end of the first act, and all through the subsequent ones, he was in turn impressive, pathetic, highly dramatic, and commanding, while his singing was replete with power fur his mozens, pathos, the most refined ex pression, and the most artistic finish. We scarcely could imagine that we were listening at times to a baritono, so graceful were his fioriture and so leggiero bis execution. In fact, if there be such a thing as perfection, then we say Ronconi's acting and singing (as the Assyrian monarch) arrived at that enviable point. Madame Castellan, as Abi gaile, improves every night; her singing of the aria " Audi 'io dischuiso" was given with a power that astonished us, and in the duet with Ronconi, " Oh, de qual onta," she displayed such energy and bril liancy, that this duet, which is perhaps the best piece in the opera, was unanimously encored and repeated. Tamberlik had little to do, but that little was well done, his splendid voice bursts forth in full force in the morceaux d' ensemble. Madlle. Vera as Tenena, and Tagliafico as the high priest, lent their valuable assistance to complete the cast. The band was of course admirable. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 30.—1 u a congregation holden this day the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. George Edward Hughes, Oriel. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Edmund Tonks, Queen's. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Egerton Douglas Hammond, Merton, Grand .Compounder. George H. Palmer, Rev. Edward D. Wood, Exeter. Charles William Grenfell, Christchurch. John H. James, Fellow of Brasenose. Rev. Francis C. Roydr, Brasenose. Rev. Robert H. Knight, Rev. Samuel J. Butler, New College. Rev. John Hughe7, Charles Marcus Church, Oriel. Rev. Charles S. Willett, Charles Trimmer, Scholar of Corpus. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Rev. Frederick Neale, St. Alban Hall, Grand Compounder. Marcus R. Southwell, Richard F, Sketchley, Exeter. Richard J. H. Rice, William Chambers, Scholar of Worcester. Henry H. Price, Worcester. Alexander H. A. Hamilton, George R. Fei!den, Christchurch. John J. H. Saint, Edwin Newman, Charles Sn , 11, Trinity. James H. Wanklyn, Robert P. Bent, } Pembroke. John DI Swinney, Richard L. P. Samborne, Bailie!. Richard Z ruche Walker, Demy of Magdalen. David Parry, Jesus. The Vice• Chancellor has fixed Thursday next, the 6th of June, as an extra day for conferring degrees. CAMBRIUGE, MAY 30. - JESUS COLLEGE.-PRIZEMEN. CLASSICS. Third Year—Wallis (1), Ch( ap (2). Second Year—Butterworth (1), Ridsdale (2). First Year—Cleave (1), Cobb and White, ./Eq., EC cond priz MATHEMATICS. Third Year—Gammell and Simmonds, .2Eq , first and second prize. Second Year—Scott, T. W. (1), Every (2). First Year—Morgan (I), Walker (2). Declamation Priz!s Latin Wallace. Rustat— Rithdale. Rustat Declamation—Ridsdale. Entitled to Rustat Gratuities—Helm, Wallace, Cheap, Ridsdale, Cleave, Boothby, Leather, Walker, Every, Davies, Scott, jun., Dew, Ash, Peile. SCHOLARS ELECTED. Foundation—Cheap, Ridsdale, Cleave, Morgan, Walk. er, Cobb, White. Few Scholar—Morgan, jun. Brunsell Scholars—Scott, Le Gros. PL AN FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THE GLASGOW NIGHT MAIL DOWN. An old correspondent, who formerly favoured us with communications regarding the dispatch of the mails from and to London, has sent us the subjoined plan for having the London evening mail in Glas gow shortly after ten o'clock on the following morning. His suggestions seem to be quite prac ticable, and we hope some of our public bodies will take the matter up. The arrival of the mail at the time mentioned would certainly be a great boon to Glasgow and the west of Scotland :-1. Leaving Euston-square station at 9 rad. by express train, travelling at the rate of 30 miles an hour, would arrive in Edinburgh at 10 o'clock, and Glasgow at 10.15 A.M., also Aberdeen at 4 o'clock r.sf., in time for delivery of letters. 2. This arrangement would be quite practicable regarding the correspondence, as the mail train would run all through the night, as it does not require bags for all the local places at that hour. 3. By sending bags from London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, to all the principal towns along the line where the express train stops, would give ample satisfaction to the public. 4. This plan could be very easily adopted by dispensing with the Railway Post-office, and conveying the mail bags in a van in charge of a guard, and the difference of the expense between keeping up the Railway Post-office and the van would remunerate the railway company for the extra speed they had to run. 5. It is very well understood, one Railway Post. office leaving London at 9 A.M. is quite sufficient for the local business when the principal towns would receive such a great benefit by the ac celeration of the night dispatch. 6. This arrange ment would cost the Government no more money, but it would afford the railway company between 4,0001. and 5,0001. a year extra for the acceleration, which would be quite practicable. 7. This would allow a space of five hours in Edinburgh and Glas gow from the arrival of the mail till the dispatch in the afternoon, which would be a great boon to these towns, leaving ample time to answer their correspond ence. 8. N.B. Bags for any of the local stations could be dropped, but not received except where the train stops.—Glasgow Chronicle. THE KEYHAM WORKS.— PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. —Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, when it was about high tide, the new iron caisson at the entrance lock of the south basin of the Keyham Works was, at length, floated from the outer stop to the inner stop, or caisson-groove, in the pre • sence of Captain Williams, Superintendent Engineer, and Mr. Townsend, Assistant-Superintendent Engineer. The caisson, which is 43 feet deep, floated at a draught of 22 feet 6 inches, and when in its place appear,d to answer most com pletely its intended purpose of shutting the water in or out of the basin. Atter its insertion the sluice in the dam was opened to permit the tide to retire, when the sluice will be closed, and the remainder of the water will be pumped out by the powerful engine. possessing a stroke of eight feet, lately erected by Boulton and Watt, and which, with half its power, will probably empty the lock in rather more than six hours. There is at present between 200 and 300 tons of pig iron ballast in the caisson; when the water is pumped out of the lock 200 tons of ballast will be removed, and an equal weight of water will be run into the tank which forms part of the caisson. The sluice in the dam will then be re opened and the sea admitted, when the caisson will be re placed at the outer stor, where its powers will be very severely tested. After repairing defects, if any, it will be returned to the inner stop, or caisson-groove, and there remain until its removal may be required for actual service. The caisson was constructed by Mr. Fairbairn, frcm designs by Mr. W. Scamp, assistant to Colonel Greeve, Director of Works to the Admiralty. DISCOVERY or A COPPER MINE.—It is stated that a very valuable copper ore mine has just been discovered on the property of a Mr. Harrold, close to the city of Limerick. Tua NEw LAW A P POINTMENTS. — The new So licitor-General will, we understand, be Mr. Cockburn, This . will ;Ake a yaciuley f9x Soatlaanaptoa,--,herald.. LONDON, PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the office 3 in LeadenLall-street yesterday ; Mr. James Matheson, M.P., in the chair. _ Mr. HOWELL, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting and the minutes of the last meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that he had to express his ex treme regret that their respected deputy-chairman (Sir John Pirie) was not present. The secretary had, however, received a letter from him which should be read to the meeting. Sir John was now at the sea side in consequence of the state of his health, which he (the Chairman) hoped would rapidly improve, and that he would be enabled to resume his position at the board, where his assistance was of great value in con sequence of his long experience, and the talent and zeal which he invariably displayed in the discharge of his duties.—(Cheers.) Mr. HOWELL then read the following letter : " Swansea, May 27. _ _ " Dear Sir,—l regret to soy that the state of ray health is still such that I fear I shall not be able to at tend the general meeting on the 30th instant, and I re gret this the more, as I shall thus be prevented from ex• pressing personally to the proprietors my most grateful thanks for the highly gratifying, and, I may add, the munificent and truly kind manner in which they were pleased at the last general meeting to notice my humble endeavours to further the interests of the company. I trust they will, with their usual kindness, accept this spology fur my absence; and, although at the present time I anti unable to attend the court, yet you may assure them, if it should please God, in some measure, again to restore me to healh, I hope still to be useful in some degree in assisting to promote the welfare and prosperity of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. " I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, "To Mr. Howell." "JOHN PIRIE. The SECRETARY then read the following report : " As has been intimated in former reports, the deed of settlement limits the production of accounts to the annual general meetings of proprietors, usually held in the month of December. The directors, however, are able to inform you that the financial state of the com pany continues to be satisfactory, and is such as to war rant: their recommending a declaration of the usual belt yearly dividend of 4 per cent. fur the six months ending 31st March last. " Reserve Insurance Fund—The directors are also enabled to report that no casualty involving loss from sea risk having happened to your fleet since their last report, this fund remains intact. "Extension of Steam Communication to the Northern Ports of China—The directors having, for some time past, been urged by merchants and others convected with the trade to bhanghae and Amoy, to place a steam-vessel on the line between Hong-Kong and these ports, the steam-ship Lady Mary Wood, which had become a su pernumerary vessel on the India and China line, has been appointed to ply on that station; an arrangement which, while it affords great facility to trade in that quarter, promises to be advantageous to your interest. " Tender to Government for the Establishment of Steam Communication with Australia, &e.—ln their last annual report, the directors intimated to you that her Majesty's Government had issued an advertisement, in viting tenders for establishing a steam•packet communi cation with Australia. These tenders were required to be lodged with the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- ralty on the 22d January last. As the failure of former proposals for effecting this object was understood to have arisen from the large sum which would be required to establish and maintain such a communication in the mode then prescribed by the Government—and the con ditions under which these last required tenders were proposed to be made being such as to leave parties ten dering at liberty to submit their own plans—it became an object of much importance to consider whether the position of this company might not admit of such ar rangements as would reduce the cost of the proposed communication, and thus remove the financial difficulty. With this view a plan was prepared, having for its basis the combination of the proposed Australian com munication with other lines of communication in the East already established, and proposed to be established, by this company, the effect of which would be as fol lows: "1. The formation of an inter-colonial system of steam communication in Australia, and the adaptation of the postal transit between the Australian colonies and the mother country, India, China, &c., to the shortest time and distance admissible by their respective geogra phical positions. " 2. Communications connecting these colonies, for commercial and passengers, as well as for postal inter course with China, the Straits' settlements, Eastern and Western India, and Ceylon. " 3. A continuous means of steam conveyance for mer chandise and passengers, as well as for letters, between Australia and the mother country. " The estimated advantages to the company of these combined arrangements, by bringing additional traffic into their other lines, would be such as to enable them greatly to reduce the cost to the exchequer of the postal communications. A proposal based upon this plan was accordingly presented, on behalf of the company, to the Government, on the 22d of January last. The directors have reason to believe that the important public advan tages of the plan and proposal are duly appreciated by her Majesty's Government, but as the carrying of them into effect involves some arrangement between the Go vernment and the Honourable East India Company, the delay occasioned by the negotiation of these arrange ments has, the directors understand, prevented the Government from communicating to them, as yet, any final decision on the tender made by them in January last. Looking, however, to the important and obvious advantages to the public interests which that tender presents, the directors feel themselves warranted in assuming that the practical adoption of its proposed arrangements cannot be much longer deferred. " Addition of Two Steamers to the Company's Fleet— With the view of being in some degree prepared for any extension of the company's operations, and in order to maintain its floating establishment in complete efficiency, the directors entered into a contract some months since, with Messrs. Tod and M`Gregor, of Glasgow, for the cunstruction of two iron steam-ships, of 1.200 tons, and 500-horse power each. They are in an advanced state, and will be ready for service about the latter part of this year. " Transit through Egypt—On this interesting subject the directors are happy to be able to report that his Highness the Pacha continues bis exertions for the improvement of the transit arrangements, as well as to manifest an entire confidence in the company, and a de sire to promote its interests. " Extension of the Company's Capital—ln their last annual report the directors alluded to the probability of an increase of capital being required, in the event of the extension of the company's operations. And although they are not as yet in a position to announce to you with certainty such an extension, they have, nevertheless, deemed it advisable to call upon you for the necessary authority to enable them to issue shares for calling up, in case of need, the remaining half million of capital (or as much of it as may be required), authorised to be raised by the royal charter of incorporation, and the official sanction of the Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury. For that purpose a special meeting, according to the notice which has teen given, will be held this day, in order to submit to you a resolution, in conformity with the stipulations of the charter and deed of settlement. In issuing these new shares the direc tors propose, as stated in their last report, to offer them at par. in the first instance, to the holders of shares in the present capital of the company, in the proportion of one new share for every two of the present shares, on payment of a deposit, as a first instalment, of 5/. per share; such further sum as may be required to be called up by instalments of similar amounts, and after duo no tice being given. A detailed statement of the conditions under which the new shares will be issued will, however, be circulated among the proprietors for their information a hen the proper time may arrive. " Dividend—The directors now recommend that a di vidend of 4 per cent., clear of the income-tax, for the half-year ending the 31st of March last, be declared, and be payable on and after the 21st proximo." General IiPLEop moved that the report be re ,ceived, adopted, and circulated among the proprietors. Sir BURTON MACNAMARA seconded the motion. He wished to observe that he had felt it his duty to in quire amongst his brother commanders of ships in the Indian seas, and it gave h im the greatest satisfac tion to state that their vessels bore the very best of characters.—(Cheers.) The resolution having been unanimously carried, Colonel MUNRO moved the declaration of a divi dend of four per cent. He did so with the greatest pleasure, as he was, no doubt, the last arrival from India, having only arrived within the last few days ; and he could assure them that all the arrangements which had come under his observation in the com pany's ships were most gratifying.—(Cheers.) Mr. CASTILE SMITH seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said a; no Hon. Proprietor appeared to wish to make any further observations, he had to declare the meeting closed. He had also to declare the meeting special, .for the purpose of considering a resolution for increasing the capital of the company. Mr. ANDERSON, M.P., said that, in accordance with the deed of settlement, and, in pursuance of the notice contained in the report, he had to move that the capi tal of the company be increased to 1,500,0001., 1,000,000/. of which was already paid up, by the issue of 10,000 new shares, of 501. each, to be issued by the directors at such time and in such manner as they might deem most advantageous for the interests of the company. Mr. WiLcox, M.P., seconded the resolutions. Mr. OWDEN wished to know whether the increase in the capital was only to take place if the further contract with the Government was carried out, or whether it was n quired under their present arrangements ? Mr. WILCOX said that a reference to the report would show that it was only wanted in case of an in. crease in the operations of the company. The two new vessels were to be paid for out of the depreciation fund, which now amounted to 190,000/., invested in Exchequer-bills. The resolution was carried unanimously. Cordial votes of thanks having been given to the Chairman and directors, and acknowledged, the meeting separated. The Newcastle Journal reports that a thief has stripped the church of Dinnington of every portable article, service books, books belonging to the congregation. an alms dish, and even a box of steel pens. He brolie open every Pine but the orrumunice-plsta yin Apt kept ha this church. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3l, 1850. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST OFFICE. (From the Times.) A journal of vs hich a perfect copy - may be procured by half-past four every Monday morning cannot be expected to advocate " the total cessation of Sunday labour in the Post-office." If all Sunday labour is forbidden, then we are participes criminis, and even if we were allowed the Jewish mode of reckoning the day—viz., from sunset to sunset, we should still find considerable difficulty in doing what is ex pected of us, without infringing on the Sabbatical hours. Our evening contemporaries, indeed, and some of the " weeklies," might preach Sab batical observances without the like inconsis tency; but we in return might appeal, and we do appeal, to the common sense, the uni versal usage, and the immemorial tradition of the country. The English custom is so decidedly and so manifestly against a literal and Jewish ob servance of the Sunday, that few persons can sub scribe to Lord Ashley's proposition without strange forgetfulness or reckless hypocrisy. There are few persons in this metropolis who do not use a carriage, or an omnibus, or a steamer, whenever it suits their convenience or their pleasure on a Sun day. There are few persons who do not have a hot dinner on Sunday, if their means allow it, and keep their servants at home for the purpose of cooking it; there are few persons of a humbler class who hesitate to send a dish to a bakehouse, or to purchase refresh ments at a public-house or a shop on Sunday; there are few who will not pay a toll on this day ; or who, on an emergency, will not write a note, and send a special messenger with it. Nor can we pretend to quarrel with the liberty claimed by the English public in these matters. The English particularly resent the bondage of a rigorous exterior. They are not the people to draw their blinds, and spend a fine Sunday afternoon in demure and solitary tippling. They abhor seemings. Accordingly, their Sunday observ ance is honest and transparent. As a general rule, they take a moderate degree of recreation on Sunday, and do as much work as will save a good deal more work, or contribute to the cheerful enjoyment of the day. If they were more capable of hypocrisy, perhaps they would adopt a more formal profession. We are justified, therefore, by the practice and public opinion of the country in demanding for the public service no stricter Sabbatical rule than as great a cessation of labour as is compatible with public con venience, or as will not produce serious inconveniences. It may not be easy, indeed, to lay down the rule ; for it would undoubtedly puzzle ninety-nine hundredths of the respectable householders of this metropolis to say what is their rule of Sabbatical observance. The question for the conscience in this matter is not so much the antecedent rule as the propriety of this or that existing practice. Show us the practice, and we are prepared with an opinion upon it. We are pre pared to defend the use of a village bakehouse on a Sunday, because a hot dinner contributes to the cheer fulness of the day, and it is better that one public oven should be heated than twenty private ones. We are prepared to defend a walk into the country, and an occasional excursion further and faster than our legs will carry us, on Sunday, because this also tends to ally holiness with cheerfulness, and because, in the neighbourhood of large cities, the respectable class are a species of police over the less respectable, and show an example of innocent and quiet recreation. From all accounts, the Sunday is much better observed in the suburbs of London than in the suburbs of Edin burgh and Glasgow, where the line between the ob servers and the non-observers is much wider than here, and where the observers sit at home doing what they best know themselves, and the non-observers have a monopoly of the out-door recreation. If the general practice of respectable Englishmen is any guide, we cannot think it positively sinful that half- a-dozen clerks should go to a post—office early in the morning or late in the evening, open and make up a few bags, and so enable many thousands of their fellow-creatures to receive letters, perhaps of great importance, on Monday morning, instead of having to wait another day. The nature and the results of the recent change at the Post-office, about which heaven and earth were moved for some weeks, have been repeatedly described to our readers, and it is unnecessary now to add any thing to the full explanation given last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There never was such a bubble as the agitation we refer to, as far as regards its statements and its terrors. As for its motives, the less said about them the better. But who would have thought that all that nonsense about " Sabbath dese cration," about " the commencement of Sunday labour in the Post-office," about "the point of the wedge," about " postal tyranny," about " official persecution," and about Mr. Rowland Hill's secret and steady design to vitiate the morals and undermine the faith of this country, was all about a plan which has actually relieved 8,000 persons in the country of a good deal of Sunday labour, and reduced the persons employed in the General Post-office from 27 to 4 throwing so little labour, even on them, that no person in the Post-office need now neglect Divine service ? Lord Ashley himself, who possesses far too much candour for the people who prey on his scruples or his good nature, does justice to the recent changes, and cheerfully vindicates them from calumnious mis representation. It might, however, be wished that the petitions he presents, and makes the foundation of his case, were equally candid and truthful. Without intending it, the Noble Lord has made himself the harmless vehicle of as great a flood of nonsense, not to say worse, as was ever poured into the House. The motion was carried by 93 against 63 ; a result easily accounted for by the agitation which has been got up on the one hand, or, on the other hand, by the very little zeal manifested in some quarters to support Government, where it may decently be left to its fate. Lord Ashley, it must be admitted, has considerably modified the otherwise impracticable character of his resolution, by confining its im perative expressions to the non-collection and de livery of letters, and leaving the non transm i ss ion of letters to the issue of an inquiry. For our own part, we believe that the cause of religion would be better consulted by leaving every part of the subject to the discretion of a department which has shown a more active spirit of reform, and a more hearty desire to consult the wishes of the people, than any other branch of the public service. We confess to a considerable degree of disgust at seeing so many persons demanding from the State, in the name of God and his commandments, that which they won't do themselves, as may be seen at every church door in this metropolis, not to speak of still more gratui tous Sabbath desecrations. If there is to be a certain amount of concession to the raw political conscience, we presume the first part of the resolution, relating to the collection and deli very o f l e tt e rs, will be taken into consideration, though any strict and universal rule on this point will lead t o a b un d an t evasions, an d to the use of private channels for the conveyance of letters. But let that p ass f or t h e presen t. A s f or the other object of the re so l u ti on , th e non-transmis sion of letters during the whole twenty-four Sabba tical hours, and throughout the whole kingdom, we anticipate no other benefit from such an arrangement than a deluge of petty questions, the moral of which will be that the first and gre a t comman d men t o f Ch r i s -. ti a nity is a Rabbinical Sabbath. wich Union and Imperial Fire-office. The last de structive fire that occurred at these works was on the 12th of October, 1849. The damage now exceeds 5,000/. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 30. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked early this morning in Osborne Park. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. There was no addition yesterday to the royal dinner party. A full-length miniature of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, painted by Sir W. C. Ross, R A., by command of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was presented to her Majesty on her birthday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Lord Mayor with his company at din ner yesterday evening, at the Mansion house. A deputation from Glasgow, consisting of the Lord Provost, Mr. John Henderson, of Perth ; Mr. John Jamison and Mr. Charles Grey, of Glasgow ' • had an interview w i t h L or d J o h n R usse ll, a t hi s official resi dence in Downing-street, yesterday. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Macgregor, M.P., and Mr. Cowan, Dl P. Vi-count Jocelyn transacted business yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday at their office, in White hall-place. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSON' RACES.-THURSDAY. Yesterday was as complete an " off" day as could well be conceived, the sport being indifferent, the betting flat, and the attendance thin. The few who were tempted by the fineness of the weather to repeat their visit, find ing little to stimulate them in the racing, turned their attention to the Oaks, for which about sixteen are ex pected to run. We give the quotations below. It will be seen that Tiff and Eliza Middleton have changed po sitions, the latter, after being backed at 4 to 1, declining to 11 to 2, currently offered. Rhedycina was sent to the right about, and Gilliflower was priceless. Next to the two favourites, Probity, Sacrifice, Kathleen, and Sister to Swallow were most in favour; the investments, how ever, were of small amount. Tingle is scratched. The following is a return of the racing:— The Epsom Foar yrs old Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; colts, Bst I llb; fillies, Bst 61b. New Derby Course. (6 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Carew's Normanton. (J. Maroon) 2 5 to 2 on Quasimodo, who took the lead, kept it to the end, and won by a length. Run in 3 min. 9 sec. The Durdans Stakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, acd 50 added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 300 L, &c. Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (4 Subs.) Mr. Bingley's Christians (601.), 4 yrs, ist 21b (Thick) 1 Mr. Roberts's Heroine (601.), 6st Illb ...(E. Sharp) 2 Duke of Richmond's Harum Scarm (601.), (crd. sst) 3 Mr. Dorrien's The Verderer (2001.), 3 yrs, 6st Ilb 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Harm Scarum—and 2to 1 agst Christiana. No other mentioned. Christiana took the lead at starting, was never approached, and won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 2 min. 17 sees. The Grand Stand Plate of 200 soya. added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared; the second to receive 50/. out of the stakes, and the third 25 SOTS. Two miles and a quarter. (43 Subs., 28 of whom declared.) Mr. Humphries's Escape, 5 yrs, ist. Ilb . (Charlton) 1 Duke of Richmond's Jelly-fish, 6st 131 b (Kitchener) 2 Mr. Nevill's Herbert, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (E. Sharp) 3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. Murphy's Dough, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Magee) 0 Mr. Ford's Lady Evelyn, Bst 61b (Bartholomew 0 Mr. Rolt's Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 7st Ilb...(Cbapple) 0 Mr. Death's Lady Frances, 5 yrs, 6st 71b (G. Mann) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Herbert-3 to 1 apt Dough-4 to 1 agst Escape-5 to 1 agst Jelly-fish—and sto 1 agst Lady Evelyn. Jelly-fish made play at a good pace, fol lowed at wide intervals by Escape and Herbert, to the distance; here the three closed; the race, however, which was severely contested to the end, being between Es cape and Jelly-fish, the former winning in the last stride by a head; Herbert beaten a length and a half, and no thing else near. The Nonsuch Stakes, of 15 sous. each, 5 ft, and 25 added; for two years old, ist, and three, 9st; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Half a mile. (5 Subs.) Lord Clifden's Beaufort, 2 yrs, 7st (G. Brown) 1 Mr. Gully's Solomon, 2 yrs, 7st (Holloway) 2 Mr. W. V. Jenkins's Miss Larkaway, 3 yrs, Bst I llb 3 Mr. Webb's Vigilant, 2 yrs, 6st 111 b ... (W. Sharp) 4 Sir G. Heathcoto's Dark Susan filly, 2 yrs, Est 11lb 5 Betting-5 to 1 each agst Beaufort and Solomon. Beaufort made all the running, and won by half a length; all well up but the Dark Susan filly. The Cobham Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 soya. added; the winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Howard's Aristocrat, 3 yrs, 6st 71b. (1501.)... 1 1 Mr. Formby's My Mary, aged, ist 121 b (60/.) ... 3 2 Mr. Maroon na Rubins, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (1501.) ... 2 dr Both heats won easily. Handicap for the Innkeepers' Plate (this day). Yes. st lb Yrs. at lb Beebee Bonnoo 4 7 8 Defiance Bastilion Flare-up Remnant Marteal )AKS. as, AND LATE Joe o'Sot Athelstune Old Fox Thorbill Rodney Stanton 6 9 4 5 8 9 ... 4 8 7 4 8 2 ... 4 8 0 ... 4 7 12 THE 'ARTERS, RID Trainer. .... 5 7 7 .... 4 7 7 ... 3 6 12 .... 3 6 .... 3 6 0 Rider. Templeman Whitehouse Rogers Marlow Marson A. Taylor J. Scott Beresford Fobert Boone . W. Sadler... J. Day ..... Hesseltine... Di11y......... Godwin French. Death . Warrener 1 Harlock Stebbing Trees ...... Doubtfu 'T BETTING. Latest Betting. 9 to 2t 11 to 2 B'o 1t 10 to 1 10 to 1 12 to 1 14 to 1 15 to 1 20 to 1t 40 to 1 J. Sharp A. Day • 1 8umby....... Flatman F. Butler Bartholomew W. Abdale Holmes Norman ...... W intringham,. ST. L 2 to 1 ags it starters. .EGER. it Vo'tip= CRICKET. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. - - MAY 30.—At a very early hour this morning a most alarming and destructive conflagra tion broke out at the Great Western Cotton-works, Barton-hill, the result of which will be to throw up wards of 2,0 00 per sons o ut of employ. The reeling n y lead to the belief th at i t must h ave the whole of the very va l ua bl e an d cos tly machinery containe d in t h em. The circumstances a g ewc certainly l attending the fire are of a most mysterious character, and and hr withtpaiinng sheds have been ent i re l y d es t ro y e d, to been the work of an i ncendiar y. The fire was first discovered soon after t wo o'clo ck, and it is a some what remarkable fact that that po r ti on o f t h e build ing in which it was first seen ha d been passed through only a quarter of an ho ur before by one of the night watchmen employed on the premises, and he declares that he not only saw no light, but that there was not the slightest smell of anything burning. The alarm having been promptly given, the three engines be longing to the establishment were brought into play, and they were shortly afterwards joined by the City of Bristol fire-engine, and those of the S un , I m p e ri a l, A tlas, Crown, West of England, and other insurance offices. Some idea may be formed of the fury of the flames when we state that the reeling and warping sheds, with the rooms above them, extending over a space of upwards of 600 feet, were burnt to the ground in about two hours. In addition to the firemen and most of the workpeople of the factory, there was a large body of police on the spot, and as it was soon seen that the total destruction of this portion of the building was inevitable, their whole exertions were turned to saving the great mill of the factory and the cotton-shed, in which were some 10,000 bales of cotton ; indeed, it was only by the most strenuous efforts that the latter was saved, the woodwork being completely charred, and the pitch with which it wt protected being actually. melted. Had this building taken fire, from its contiguity to the main building, in all probability it would have been destroyed, and the loss in that case would have exceeded 300,000/. In the sheds where the fire originated there was no oily cotton, or anything that might have caused spontaneous combustion. About 320 men were employed in the sheds, but they left at six o'clock last night ; there were no repairs going on, and the managers saw everything safe at eight o'clock in the evening. The boiler-house roof alto was completely burnt. The fire wUi got under soon after four o'clock. One accident occurred to a fire man belonging to the Sun Fire-office, who was thrown off the engine and received a compound frac ture of the right leg. Fortunately . for the proprie tors;• the works are insured in the Sun, Atlae, Nor- PROBABLE sr Tiff Eliza Middleton Exotic filly Probity Sacrifice ...... Regina Kathleen Sis. to swallow. Estafette .. *Rhedyeina..... Gillyflower .. Fernande.... ..... Sister to Pillage Clelia or Cora... C. of Albemarle *Ramonette..... ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF RUGBY. This match was commenced on Thursday at Rugby, and the following is the result of the first day's play:— ENGLAND -FIRST INNINGS. J. Wisden, c C. Tinley, b F. Tinley ... W. Clarke, b C. Tinley ... ... ... G. Parr, b F. Tinley T. Adams, c I.illynhite, b F. Tinley... T. Box, c Pickard, b Lillywhite N. Felix, Esq., run out ••• ~. ~, W. Martingell, c and bF. Tinley ... A. Mynn, Esq , b F. Tinley ... J. Guy, not out... ... G. Chatterton, not out... Byes 3, leg byes 1, wide 2, no balls 1 ... .. 28 ... 18 THE NErAur. PRINCES,—His Excellency General Jung Bahadoor Koonwur Ramajee, prime minister of the Nepaul State, accompanied by his two brothers and suite, paid a visit to the East India House yesterday, and was in troduced to the Court of Directors of the East India Com pany. His Excellency, who was brilliantly attired in the costume of his country, was congratulated by the chairman, Mr. Shepherd, on his arrival in England; and in return ex pressed himself much gratified by the reception he had met with in all quarters. After partaking of an excellent and very handsome ckjeuner, prepared for the occasion , his Excellency was conducted over the Company's library and museum, and on taking his departure expressed himself highly delighted with his visit. His Excellency will be present at Exeter-hall to-night at the performance of the London Sacred Harmonic Society. SIR JAMES BROOKE. — We have received s letter from Mr. Henry Wise, 34, Cornhill, stating that Mr. Drum mond, in the Ilouse of Commons, on Thursday night, used these words :—" The real secret of the attack upon Sir James Brooke was to be traced to an anonymous slanderer, who had failed in partitioning the district with him." Mr. Wise fur ther says that Mr. Drummond subsequently applied these re marks to him; and then adds—"l deny the truth of Mr. Drummond'a statements, and the unworthy motives ascribed to me I disclaim."—Post. ARRIVALS AT MIVART'S HOTEL—The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, and Miss Talbot, from Alton Towers; Lord and Lady Farnham, from Farnham Hall, Cavan ; the Marquis and Marchioness receptionlp , RoauTr tesiiPARTNER.—The daily aßor o .if f he W ixTssp e ete t_ ,,nc e exo r t er f ec o ed r lol d ;: fromanspetlay. tr. lsturitz, t b e of been Foe nn tbAl takenr Spain, pI RUNAWAY Robert Nn b fl e oa r wr t n tAdlhe suite,e g s tb s h o ° Te r r te Cu rnA r nb r t a aßs o communication ntehefifnuenddxion f oo r from eLiilele—adtionnc/ publishes the following An arrest has taken place in this town under somewhat extraordinary circumstances. One of the four a p b a e r e t n ners fo o u f nd a withdon hadhim, banking-house missing, and, t o i g n ethe o r n strong box,take n an r i e o f u u n g t e in amounting n t theo ß elg ium enormous and sumhia place e 1 e 98 5 0 , known. Either because was easier to arrest r r r e e a l t r retreat tn was in France, or because there was danger in seizing him in his own quarters, a plan, by which lie should be drawn to Line, was imagined and executed, though not without trouble, by the three injured partners. The delin quent had been on terms of intimacy with a woman em ployed in his establishment. This woman was gained over. She wrote to her former paramour that she could no longer live without him, that she was about to quit England, and that he must meet her at Lille, where a letter addressed poste restante would indicate the hotel to which bbe had repaired. The three partners, reckoning greatly- vpon the success of their stratagem, took a special steamboat on day evening and performed a rapid voyage, which coe . t .e t d m at nearly 401. At four o'clock in the mo rning they arrived case Lille, where they secured the assistance of t he p olice, their prey should have taken the bait. They placed taking u them selves in ambush near the post-office , on e of them at M. his position within that establishment, two h Karat's, a hairdresser, opposite th e Rue Diss police at the cabaret of the Cav e of St. _ They were Paul.far and the t n pe o c t t l e o d ng oe i l i i i n s q u u s e p n r ne,o sus pecting any treason, on steppi ng for at eleven o'clock. precisely the ex- Marais. We shall not de p ict astonishment at seein g himself suddenly surroundedproceeded bythis immediately ho se whowhom towards he theocould Rue now only look upon as h is most formidable enemies. H e per ceived at once t hat resistance was useless, and acco mpan i e d the police to the lock-up-house, where he will remain con fined until he is dispatched to England, where he will save to answer for his delinquency." MR. COBDEN AND CAPTAIN AARON SMITH. The following singular correspondence bas been published : _ _ _ " 16, Camden Cottages, Camden Town, May 25, 1850. "Sir,—My friend, Captain Aaron Smith, has re quested me to wait upon you in reference to a speech of yours, reported in the J imes of yesterday. I shall to glad of an appointment for an early hour on Monday next ; " And remsiu, Sir, your very obedient servant, " E. GARRETT. " To Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., Sze., London." " 103, Westbourne-terrace, May.2s, 1850. " Sin—lf you wish to make any communication to me respecting your friend, Captain Aaron Smith, I re quest that it may be made in writing; and, as you are a ►tranger to me, you will please to be good enough to add a reference to some person of respectability, by which I may be able to judge how far you arc warranted in interfering in the m atter in question, or entitled to any further answer from rre. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " E. Garbett, Esq." "RICHARD COBDEN. 16, Camden Cottages, Camden 'town, May 28, 1850. "Sir.—Yours of the 25th only reached me this morn ing. You request me to make my communication in riling in reference to my friend, Captain Aaron Smith, and, making it a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, you request a reference as to my respectability. " My reference then will be to the secretary of that League of which Richard Cobden was once the head, and of which I was a member. You have availed your self of the sacred shelter of the House of Commons to make use of languagerespecting my friend,Captain Aaron Smith, which you well knew to be false, and which you also know you dare not have used in any other place without being certaia to receive personal chastisement. "I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, "E. GAIRBETT. " Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., &c." " 103, Westbourne-terrace, May 29, 1850. " Sir,—l will not allow the insulting tone of your letter to deter me from offering to do justice to your friend, Captain Aaron Smith. You say that my state ment respecting him was false. Disprove that state ment, and I will retract it in my place in Parliament, with an ample apology for the wrong done to his cha racter. If, instead of disproving it, you seek to evade the question by blustering about 'personal chastisement,' it will afford the strongest possible proof that I have not mistaken the character of Captain Aaron Smith or his friend. As for such threats, I pay my police-rate in order that society may be protected against ruffianly violence, and am obliged to you for the hint. " Do not suppose that I have sought to shelter myself behind the privileges of Parliament. If your friend should again obtrude his offensive presence upon a re spectable body of philanthropists, as he did at the public meeting respectino. the Borneo massacr e , an d s h ou ld I chance to be on the platform, he shall be told to his face all, and more than all, that I have said in the House, unless, in the meantime, he clears his character by better arguments than menaces of physical outrage. And " I am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, (Signed) " RICHARD COBDEN. " E. Garbott, Esq." " 16, Camden Cottages, Camden-town, May 30, 1850. " Sir,—l am in receipt of yours of the 29th. " Had you written in the first instance in a different spirit, you would have found that the interview I sought with you was not intended to intimidate, but to show you what the facts in reference to Captain Aaron Smith really were; and if I satisfied you that you were in error, I simply wished you to do justice to a calum niated man. " You stated in your place in Parliament that my friend, Captain Aaron Smith, was a most atrocious pirate,' and that he took Captain Cooke out of the Cambrian ship; and you (very logically, certainly) call upon me to prove a negative. " I had always understood that every Englishman was considered innocent until he was proved to be guilty; but it seems you think differently. "So much for preface. Now for facts—Captain Smith never did take Captain Cooke out of the Cam brian; but I do not, in defending my friend, wish to shelter him under a quibble. " /t is true that Captain Cooke was taken out of the brig Industry on the 7th August, 1822, by a piratical vessel, on board of which Captain Smith was at that very time a prisoner, and from which ship he afterwards escaped. " Captain Smith, on his arrival in England in the fol lowing year, was arraigned on two indictments at the Admiralty Sessions, before Sir William Garrow, one of which was for the alleged offence of capturing the Vic toria, Captain Hearne; the other for taking Captain Cooke out of the Industry. Captain Cooke, on the first trial, was a witness for the prosecution, and on that occasion gave the whole statement of his own capture from the Industry. " I need not tell you that in those days counsel were not allowed to speak in favour of a prisoner. " Captain Smith was, therefore, obliged to address the jury himself, which was, in reality, to conduct his own defence. " The jury, without moving round in the box, in stantly acquitted him. " Captain Smith was then immediately arraigned on the second indictment, and he made a strong attack on Sir Nobert Gifford, the then Attorney-General, for the manner in which the prosecutions were conducted by him. " The Attorney-General then stated that as the jury hod i.ll the facts on the first trial, he should not offer any evidence on the second indictment, as it would only be repeating what they had before heard. The jury, there fore, under the direction of the Learned Judge, at once acquitted him. • The trial took place on the 19. h December, 1823, and as the records are open to any one, you can readily ascertain if my statement is true. " Captain Smith afterwards published a narrative cf the capture of these ships, in which he clearly shows that what Captain Cooke stated is as untrue, and the latter party has never had the manliness to answer it or in any manner to defend himself. " I am at a loss to understand the concluding para graph of your letter. " If parties will call public meetings with the avowed object of casting censures on an absent individual, they must submit to the inconvenience of hearing their pro ceedings censured by those who are still fond of the old English maxim of a fair field and no favour.' " I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, " E. GARBETT. " Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P." PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commove.) THURSDAY, MAY 30. FOST-OFFICE. Motion made, and 6uitsiionput,;That an humble Ad dress be presented to her Majesty, representing the great desire which exists, in all parts of the United Kingdom, for an extension of that rest on the Lord's Day, which is afforded in the London Post-office, to the Post-offices of the provincial towns, and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct that the collection and delivery of letters shall, in future, entirely cease on Sunday in all parts of the Kingdom:—And, also, that her Majesty will cause an in quiry to be made as to how far, without injury to the public service, the transmission of the Mails on the Lord's Day might be diminished or entirely suspended." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 93. Anderson, Arthur Forbes, William Mostyn, E. 31. L. Arbothnott, IL a Galway, Viscount Mundy, William Bateson, T. Gaskell, J. 31. • Munta, G.F.. , . . , Bennet, P. Gladstone, W. E. New•degate, C. N. Berestord, William Gooch, E. S. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Blandford, Marquis Greenall, Gilbert O'Connor, Feargue Booth, Sir R. G. G, osyenor, Lord R. Oswald, Alexander Bromley, Robert ralsey, , T. P. Palmer, Robert Bruce, C. L. C. Hamilton, G. A. Pearson, Charles Brotherton, J. Hastie, Alexander Perfect, R. Burghley, Lord Hastie, Archibald Plumptre, J. P. Buxton, sir E. N. Headlam, Thomas Pugh, David! Childers, .J. W. Heald, James Puiey, Philip Cobbold, John C. Rildyard. T. B. T. Richards. Richard Colvile, C. R. Bodges, T. L. Robartes, T. J. Conolly, Thomas Horsman, Edward Scott, Francis Cowan, Charles Ilotham, Lord, Smith, J.A. Currie, H. Jermyn, Earl Smyth, John G. Davies, D. A. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stanley, Edward Denison, Edmund Keating, Robert Stanton, W. H. Dickson, Samuel Lacy, Henry C. Strickland, Sir G. Drummond, Houie Lewisham, Vise. Sullivan, Michael Duff, George Lockhart, A.E. Tenison, E. K. Duff, James Lockhart, W. Tollemache, John Duncan, George Long, W. Turner, George Duncutt John Macnaghten, Sir E. Verney. Sir H. Edwards, Henry M'Gregor, John Villiers, F. W. Evans, William M'Taggari, Sir J. Weiby, G. E. Farrar, James Meagher Thomas Williams, John Fergus, John Milner,W. MM. TELLER,. Ashley, Lord Floier, John Moody; C. A. Foley, J. IL Idorris, David Aciand, Sir T.D. MINORITY—NOES, 68. Armstrong, Sir:A. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John Baines, M. T. Grey, R. W. Rich, Henry Berkeley, Admiral Hall, Sir Benjamin Russell, Lord John Boyle, Colonel Hawes, Benj. Russell, F. C. Bramston, T. W. Hayter, W. G. Saiwey, Colonel Brown, William Henry, Alexander Scully, Francis Burke, _Sir T. J. Heywood, James Shell, R. L. Carter, J. B. Heyworth, Lawrence Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, C. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Stansfield, W. R. C. Cobden, R. Howard, C. W. Tancred, H. W. Craig, Sir W. G. Howard, E.G. Thompson, Col. Dundas, Admiral Hume, Joseph Thompson, George Ebrington, Viscount Jervis, Sir John Thornely, T. Elliot, J. E. Lewis, G. Cornewall Tufhell, Henry Fagan, William Lushington, Charles Walmsley, Sir J. Ferguson, Sir R. Mackie, John Walter, John Fordyce, A. D. Mackinnon, W. A. Willyams, H. Forster, Mathew Maule, Fox Wilson, James Fertescue. Chichester Melgund,%Viscount Wilson. Matthew Fortescue, J. W. Moffatt, George Wood, Sir Charles Fox, W. J. Nugent, Lord Wyvill, Marmadnke Grace, 0. D. J. O'Connell, M. J. TELLERS. Graham, Sir James Packe, C. W. Hill, Lord M. Granger, T. C. Palmerston, Via. Bellew, R. M. A MAN FROM CALIFORNIA. (From an American Paper.) Marble was in Boston the other day, and strolling along the wharfs, when he met with a tall, gaunt looking figure, whose sunburnt countenance and tat tered parti-coloured garments—originally of the most outlandish fishion—had that picturesqueness about them derived from only long-continued exposure to the atmosphere, which fancy sketchers delight to pre sent on canvass. Dan, who never permits the lack of an introduction to interfere when he desires to make an acquaintance, hailed the man—" Hallo, my friend, where are you from ?" " Jest from Calerforny, stranger." " Ah, indeed ! and you can tell us, then, whether it's all true about that ?" somewhat anxiously interrogated Dan in reply. " Trew as you live, and a darned sight more—for no man out of Calerforny really does live." " Then why do you come back ?" " Back ! why to get my family. Fact is, stranger, a man gets so powerfully rich that he becomes cove tous of himself ; and, of he aint very careful, will cut his own throat to rob himself. The root of all evil, you know—there's a leetle too much of it, and I left for a while, partly on that account." " Oh, you did, eh !" " Yes—and between you and me, that's the only way a man can die in that blessed land !" " Healthy climate, I suppose ?" " Healthy !it aint anything else. Why, stranger, you choose there any climate you like—hot or cold— and that without travellin' more than fifteen minits. Jest think o' that the next cold mornin' when you gets out o' bed. There's the mountain there—the Sawyer Navady,' they call it—with a valley on each side of it—the one hot and the fother cold. Well, get on the top of that mountain with a double barrel gun, and you can, without movin', kill either summer or winter game, jest as you will." " What ! have you ever tried it ?" " Tried it often—and should have done pretty well, but for one thing." " What was that?" " I wanted a dog that would stand both climates. The last dog I had froze off his tail while pantin' on the summer side. He dident get entirely out of the winter side, you see. Trew as you live." SUMMER CIRCUITS. The following circuit arrangements were made yester day by the Learned Judges:— Oxford—Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Williams. Midland—Lord Chief Justice Wilde and Mr. Baron Platt. Home—The Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Erle. South Wales—Mr. Baron Parke. North Wales—Mr. Baron Rolfe. Norfolk—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Pat ;eson. Western—Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Tal fourd. Northern—Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justico Creswell. Vacation Judge—Mr. Justice Maule. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR.—Several samples of sugar having found their way into the Bristol markets, which, from the superiority of their granular texture and colour, have caused consi derable interest throughout the West India trade, we have been induced to seek the most authentic informa. tion in regard to its origin. It would appear that by means of the now well-known patent for drying by cen trifugal force, and a few simple adjuncts, sugar, which took from three to five weeks to refine, is now done in as many minutes! Incredible as this may seem, the whole process and the result here stated has been wit nessed by our informant at the sugar-houses of Aiessrs. Finzel and Son, at Bristol. Moreover, sugars altoge ther unsaleable in our markets were converted in a few minutes into an article worth about 365. per cwt. To the colonies this must prove of the last importance, as the raw produce can, by a machine not more tha❑ 4 feet 6 inches in diameter, be there cleaned and sent home free from the present waste of 12 to 15 per cent. by leakage, &c. There are various patents involved in this one, and the several holders, Messrs. Seyrig, Hardman, Finzel, and Rotch have, in thus uniting what have hitherto been conflicting claims, produced a result which may be classed in practical usefulness to our colonial and home interests next to that of the discovery of the vacuum pao.—Morning Herald. CIIELTENTIAM.—The monster horticultural and floral exhibition to be held in Cheltenham in June is begin ning to cause some excitement in the provinces. The affair, projected by a committee of the town, is supported by many of the nobility of the midland counties, and is being carried through by them with much skill and energy. The beau tiful gardens of the Royal Wells have been selected as the spot for the exhibition, being the origin of the present im portance of Cheltenham, and where his late Majesty George the Third drank the mineral waters in 1778. For many years past these extensive avenues and gardens had fallen into great dilapidation until, a short time since, they were purchased by two residents in the town, Messrs. Rowe and Onley, and by them restored, beautified, and completely re novated. The old pump-room has given place to an im mense Corinthian structure midway in the lofty avenue of elms. In this building are tents erected over the long pro menades. The show is to be held on Thursday, June 20th. The schedule of prizes, to the amount of two hundred pounds, has been secured by competition, and offers large induce ments to the growers and exhibitors of plants in the several sections. We observe that a premium of 121. is offered for the best ten stove plants, and similar amounts for orcbidace greenhouse plants, heaths, &c., together with second and third prizes, and also premiums for smaller numbers of each. Six pounds is offered with second and third prizes for the finest collection of eighteen blooms of roses, a premium which will undoubtedly bring together an unrivalled show of the queen of flowers. The list contains an unlimited and varying list of prizes for flowers and plants, specimens, fruit, and vegetables. Altogether this is to be au event in the history of Cheltenham, and arrangements are making for rendering several days after the exhibition a complete fes tival, to act as a beacon of attraction to the health and plea sure seekers of the summer. The affair has been liberally projected, as the prizes are open to all competitor., and will doubtless meet with cordial supp ort from the public at large. [ADVERTISEMENT.] --Another Wonderful Cure of a Dreadful Swelling by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—John Forfar, a farm labourer, of Newborough, near Hesham, had an enormous swelling on each side of one of his thighs. Ile was under the advice of three eminent surgeons, and afterwards an inmate of the Newcastle Infirmary, altogether for about two years, but the efforts of the doctors proved useless, as he de rived no benefit from their treatment. Hearing so much in praise of Holloway's Ointment and Filly, he determined to give them a trial, and these invaluable medicines effected a cure in about eight weeks, although he was working twelve hours a day at haymaking. Afterwards he continued at work without pain or discomfort throughout the winter. Sold by all drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand London. THE DEFUNCT PALACE COURT.—It is understood that the Treasury has awarded to each of the four barristers of the Palace Court the sums they paid for the purchase of their places. Mr. Best, Dt.P., paid 2,000/. for his appoint• ment as one of the four, and was the last purchase allowed. The attorneys and officers of the defunct court are said to be waiting for compensation. SPOUR.—This great composer, who has quite re covered from the ill effects of his severe accident, has just finished his ninth orchestral symphony, which he has en titled "The Seasons." It is to be hoped that the Philhar monic Society may be enabled to avail themselves of this interesting novelty before the present series of concerts expires. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. At a meeting of this society, held last evening, at their rooms at Somerset Houce, after the exhibition of several articles of interest, a subject of considerable historical importance was brought under discussion. On a former occasion a paper was read by Mr. Wick • ham Millie, M.P., on certain nails of unusual magnitude found near Canterbury, and in immediate contact with human remains. It was stated by the workmen under whose inspection the skeletons were exhumed, that the scapula or shoulder blade of one skeleton was pierced by a nail, which was found in situ. Other nails of the same size were discovered near the bones of the lower extremities, and they were altogether five in number. Upon this an hypo thesis has been raised that the skeletons are those of malefactors, l a ta a c n to g r s s t , f w b h n o t p expiated u t p h a e n i r t c h r e i m e r e a s s , s a . s E w x a c n u n t o a m n a ception to this was taken, on the ground that no written evidence of any such practice amongst the R omans when in this country now exists. Mr. Hallam was of opinion that the absence of such evidence could not be taken as decisive of the question, because tehretphsueenvfiiensrhdal, j me nt of crucifixion, if common, would n o t b e not i ced by historians as in any way remarkable. gentlemen, however, amongst whom were hi r . W r i g h t andng of 1‘ 1 similar n l l i t l o a a r c h nailsS tm i t n h , localities, adduced examples at n P u l under of circum stances, which left no doubt that they were used in the process of cremation. Th e ques ti on, therefore, before the Whitsuntide vacati on s t oo d t h us; but last night Mr Martin read a furth e r no t e , i n answer to inquiries made at the former meeting relative to the trustworthiness of the workman who was the informant as to the po sition of the nail in the shoulder of the skeleton. He was now said to be a person whose statement ought to be taken with perfect confidence. This does not seem to alter the principal point of inquiry ; for al lowing, which is much to be doubted, that the bones were those of crucified persons, is there any evidence, direct or indirect, to show that malefactors were buried, as these seem to have been, with; honour, woodbeen used that d a near or in ground used for ordinary sep ulture ? No r et eh cross ul was sfa found, ra sthe evidence nor goes, remains have of for any such purpose. The bones and na ils were found on the site of a Roma n burial ground, and in connexion with such urns as are used for the deposit one ce of the incinerated dust process of cremation. Theof bodies submitted to the historical interest, but it rests on je e c v t id is en altogetheror great historical too weak for the establishment of the p oin t ,con tended for. A very valuab le and curious fibula of gold, an d o f a form extreme l y rare, discovered i n the north of Scotland, was exhibited to the so ciety. It was an nounced that the gentleman in whose poss ess i on thi s valuable relic now remains declined to give his name, i n consequence of the disgraceful and arbitrary custom of seizing every relic of antiquity that private enterprise exhumes from bogs or wastes. Several instances in which the Government officers had interfered were laid before the society, and a proposition was made to the effect that the society, as a body, should memorialise the Government pray ing for the removal of an influence which operated so prejudicially upon the advance of antiquarian science and historical fact. It was understood that an immediate effort with this object was to be made by the society, which, it must be confessed, as far as the promotion of its specific duties are concerned, has inali for too l ong a ti me continued in s state of reprehen sible inertness pro a b n a d bili i t n y .will discussed at a future This is a question which meeting. The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has given 6001. to the three small livings of Hor s l e y, Oi e nhall, and Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, towards the erection of pareenast hourg,—.Batle Chronicle, ;1~.,-,-- ;T.. A - 44 I l w4s Qr'~~i