The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

I.' lITR MOrTI3 M ißcyr 1 F,.—Wind N.NT,W. tn S.W.— r • . r d. d. Ataianty, ?ante, Barbadoes; her Majesty's ship Cumber lona, c North American station. tl to o NV E B , MARCH 16.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Nord- Calcutta for Hamburgh; Amherst, Mar vim ; ri ch Gustav, Pernambuco. g t, s 41.5/fly, vn, MARCH 16.—Wind W., moderate.—Sld. Qa 'Rao!, Adelaide, South Australia; Lady Char lotte ost, Bermud a . t o q,,,,_ERPOoL,M ARC H 16.—Wind N.N.W. Arrd. il k i t 'vtoala, C a ll ao; V a nd a lic , Apalachicla ; Stirling -I'64' Eolnbay ; St. George, Cuba. Sld. Orleans, New eile:,,Q t lc'" ll of England, Hong-Kong; James Watt, Lord Elgin, Africa; Regulus, Maranham; %C r, Cuba • Switzerland, Philadelphia ; Tus -44;4, Philadelphia; Perthshire, Staten Island; Ca • Btf ' 4 roor, Boston; Arabian, Boston; Panee, Hong tile!.; Fatima, Cape of Good Hope; Orion , San Fran - Willia m Russell, Pernambuco; Sachun, Boston. e 1 4114 , 4 rt of Oak, hence to Bahia, reports that she was a heavy sea 3d December, which did some Q O , and washed one man overboard. On the 4th 4 Cr,b 6 off Cape Finesterre, passed a ves sel, appa -144 LAnglish, of about 300 tons, with only foremast Iss t 'yaprit s tanding. On Dec. 10th, in lat. 45 N., I 'll 4 8 W., spoke the Anne Laing, hence to Bombay, D e ad been struck by lightning the night of the 3d tcber, r ece i ve d cons id era ble damage to hull and viii k : 4 od was making water, but would proceed on her 4 01 1 , 5 %• On the 23d December, off , Medina, spoke the 4 1 ,...nalieear, hence to Bombay, with considerable and on the Equator, with the Duke of Wel -11444., London to Calcutta, which had lost stancheons, and three men overboard. The 4 4 ', to, loading for Calcutta, was discovered to be -slis kiith t.night, which was subdued; but the vessel is e l t UUred. The only part of her cargo on board was . 4 1S .11 1 )12 - The Laidmans, from Mauritius , arri ved ii - ► , struck three , times upon something hard, ap i7.)" wreck, daring thick weather, 6th March, lat. b at`•U; but receiv ed - no damage. ' 4l t-KET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) 1 4 -bN EXCHANGE — MONDAY. N, ill • ~„,' Pplies of Wheat on sale in most of the provin- Nifilikets held on Saturday were comparatively kt 4„, Selected samples of both red and white cora- Sop;'," steady inquiry, and in some instances the quo , ‘fai tio had an upward tendency. The middling and Itlii i , kinds changed hands at previous rates. Fine ' A Ilarley. was the turn higher, but grinding and St•'sorts met a slow inquiry. Malt and Oats, 4 % 4 N 1 7 fine samples, were quite as dear; but Beans, Niltkilus Corn, and Flour were dull. Very large s iThir the delivery of Flour here have been en- S h lto in France, yet they have had very little influ 14iitil prices. In the other foreign grain markets, , he Say , business has been doing for spring ship ment. ql l:;,, w sPorta of foreign grain, &c., into London last elarge—via., 46,853 quarters of wheat, 2,020 " 4 ,261 , oats, 2,557 beans, 11 peas, 458 tares, 6,137 111 .4 . ;246 rapeseed, and 8,221 sacks and 1,928 bar 6411eur. it ~u,P to this morning's market,. the arrivals of kt l l, ll .. ir Pal 'Essex and Kent, coastwise, were small, ap:! e rY middling condition. From Lincolnshire, end Cambridgeshire the receipts by land car is, .gain limited. The show of samples of both L 'tiZwlnte was barely an average; whilst the demand kr ik _cleseriptione, notwithstanding that the attend , °°th town and country buyers was comparatively `,?it e ,,tilled steady, and a good clearance was Effected 11 1'i 'f ully equal to those obtained on Monday last. ill the east and west numerous offers came to hand , IP W .1 , a 1 h eats, but most of them were at an advance Nt tc r r quarter, consequently very few sales were b 4 iti 0 gle whole of the Foreign Wheat at hand last ;Its l4 o been landed in granary. Since the returns I I : I S II I _ 0 1), several additional vessels have come in. t 4, 4 1443 quantity on offer was large, but there was :IL, realty fine samples amongst it. On the whole, V rt "e ruled somewhat firm, and late rates were wel l ids in every instance. M 4 1 ,1 supply of both Eaglish and Foreign Barley w a s L ltti t i 1 .,..tid as several of the large maltsters are s ho r t it, h alting Barley commanded a ready inquiry, at ta nh iettsrencies, whilst grinding and distilling sorts I .:V. l4 'ift as dear. ~..,„,. ore . but moderately supplied with Malt, most „,144,:hieh were in steady request; but we have no A mat to notice in value. 1 1 4tgre ga t e supply of Oats being small, although ,:ttl e ,, L , i lad a fair arrival from Ireland, the Oat trade Ityi:', , lNlV fi rm , and late rates were well supported in L B w i ll ustan ce . Nlyi l it ...weie in good supply, and sluggish inquiry, at !ll 11,.: 43 rates. Je•Z and, Indian Corn next to nothing was doing, - 7, Were mostly supported. ‘1 14 ,7° 11 r ruled steady, but secondary and sour qua e,4 Yery dull. ▪ I,:AVENCy PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. i'..sta & Kent, , malt — Chevalier • • • • • • 528 to 55s 1 1 111 0 . ' e A, New.... 35 Bto 42s Oats—Yorkshire and I , l 6rt4Rni a te, New 385 49s Lincolnsia., Feed. I% 2 19 22 s b itt f in, it e d d. l . n . - 332 412 Potato 175 .. h 1 ''''''' '''' 1 114:White.. a ... 368 42s Black .••• • .. 14s 17s V.it to ltec — 5....... , —5 C or k, White ••• .. 15s 18s . NOl4 l , 11 Thite...... —$ —s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 19s 248 ••,.35 25s Beans—Tick ~••• • • • • 22s 295 ~.„' •• • • .... • . 245 26s Pigeons . ... 26 s 31 s [ k i s4 ii r . tndiag ; -.. .. 18s ' 22s Peas—Grey .-••• . - .. 25s 285 , 1 1 , :t ' 4 1.: . ........ 231 255 Maple. .. -• • .... 965 29s Mier ..., .• . 27s 29s 'White. • . .."...... 24s 275 A i , Cils and Nor- • • Boilers . ........ 26s 30s %,..."*I• •• ..... •• 438 48s Flour—Town -made... 348 40e at tit. :.. .... 40s. 42s Suffolk .. ........ 28s 32s aanci . Ware 475 51s Btockta no Norfolk 285 335 0 74 0tre l 1 SEEDS. ‘ ,the imports of Clover Seed are extensive, °laud - —dor that article is steady at very full , prices. NiV?eed dull, and again lower. In other Seeds no N i gl i t taken place. t4 44 4 4 1 1:4 0 • Per bush. 103 to 12 8 Its 12s b rawn s 9s 12s •• •...6s Od 890 d Z ; .. 4s Od 4s 6d ••• Od 43 Od tt ait. rquarter .. 41s 448 P 114,7.. • • .... 24s 308 e i ir t (owt.) 44s 608 41s 558 s S6s 55s •"*....... 17s 22s 'he EnerrurszLir. onday last the imports of Foreign Stock for w,. 4 et have been again extensive for the time of 1 % 1 14 0 1 ,1., 2,233 head. During the corresponding week I % to rY amounted to 1,679; in 1849, 1,729; and in 4, 351 head. 1) 1 , bo (Ivy n -nu INTO LONDON IN TIDE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. #4 4 ; l : l**. ..... • . . 199 ... 11 ... 13 3 ... ... 125 ... 810 73 ... 4 ... 44 ... ..289193 .. 5 .. ..... — ... 273 ... 84 ...„ 24 ... 76 10 ... 1 ( N. ltev "•••• 4i2 .. 1,495 ... ... 186 ... 13 Ntr,..../e!irly comparison of the weekly imports is as Carraway •.• • 315 33s Coriander •• ...•. 15s 18s Hempseed, per quarter 34s 358 Linseed, Eng. r. , ,0 wing • 60s 65s Crushing • • .... 48s 52s Baltic •—..• • .. 428 45s Odessa • • 44s 48s Linseed Caka,pr . ton— English .• .71 Os 7/ lOs Foreign, per ton 6158 7/ Os Rape Cakes, pr ton 410 s 4/ I , ls Rapeseed, New, grist 2510 s 27103 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs . C alves. Pi g s ......... 725 ... 765 189 41448•....... 372 .. . 1,180 -- 177 It ~. d pOti'•••• 436 806 ... 109 0 0 head were landed at the outports. By sea from Ob er w e have received 1 2 Oxen and 88 Pig s. The 11 0 O f Foreign Beasts in to-day's market was season t'tttge.--that of Sheep and Calves moderate. From i; grazing districts a full average supply of Beasts 4ip t . e ah to hand this morning in excellent conditio n. 114 a great measure to the thin attendance of country , and the changeable state of the weather, the Beef N '4 ,. 48 in a sluggish state, ye t a fair clearance was ef :4 prices about equal to thos e obtaine d on Mon day t b ‘ t,- highest figure for the best S cots bein g 3s 8d p er k kit) he a rr i va l s from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and a a ot t idßeshire amounted to 2,300 Scots, Short Ll 4; ~1 &O. From other p arts of England we 350 Herefords, Scots, Short Horns, &c., ;iltrin Scotland 250 horned and polled S cots. '%.'heep w e were but moderately supplied, and there slight.falling off in their condition. For most ' 5 4 I the demand ruled inactive, but we have no change tt,tdtite in their value. The extreme value of the 11'144 Downs in the wool was 4s 6d; out of the wool, t Per 816 s. More than half of the supply was com- N_Pf shearlings. Calves, the supply which was mo- N,7! Inched off slowly at last week's prices. We had 1 44 4111 1 sale for Pigs, and late rates were with diffi 4PPorted. t It tn Per Bibs. to sink the offal. " U oaSt s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s.d NI: q uo ., 8.• •.. 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep •• •• 33 106 3 4 g o i '11 4 3 4 114', 1 4 1 7 ) a • ••• 2 3 1 2 0 0 4 I;lec ar on e d . 1. p s w gil e a oned d e i e tto4 2 4 4 Ikettl°t4 •!... 3 6 3 8 SoQuthdownWetber 4 4 4 6 Calves 8 4 3 8 Ditto out of the woo l° 0 0 0 1 .1k3, 11 11 r r , 44 a11.t0 .. 310 4 0 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 , eaVes ..ig 0 25 0 Small Porkers •... 3 8 4 0 "'•6. •• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 bes 4 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. ts 3,4 54 . Sheep. I Calve I s. Pigs I 18,820 1 120 280 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 744 T r I Sheep. I Cal I • Ives. Pigs. 1,110 71 — VZille e - . ‘ B 7GATE AND LEADENHALL. The our last report about 4,000 carcases of meat have 4n „ 4 , 001 Scotland and various parts of England. i t lexpllies on sale killed in London have not been to Nt ke ‘ ll eive. Prime Beef and Mutton are in moderate 4 40,Attt full prices. Otherwise the demand is in a q 44 state. - - 4 ter At per stone by the Carcase. S. d. to s si tem 8. d. to s. d• 2 6 6 k1q,64 1. • ••• .. 2 2 2 4 Mutton, in ferior •• Drug •• 2 6 2 8 ---- 3 2 3 6 Dri t , — : l arge 10 3 0 ----- Prime •• •• 38 3 10 '•• 3 2 3 4 P0rk,1arge........ 2 6 8 6 '• • • •• 3 2 4 01 -- small •• •• •• 3 8 4 0 tpli.;;ltt/LOTIGN AN D SPITALFIZILDS. Q4l, 1 14, larg e supplies of Potatoes —exceedin g 4,000 tt l4 4/ e . arrived during the past week, coastwise end . . ca rriege, almost wholly i n g ood salea bl e cond 1.- 00a be imports have amounted to SO tons from I li ta.A.7 o ditto from Calais, and 6 bags from Rotter °lv p r i"r all - kinds, the deniand, owing chiefly to the OS Bread. is heavy, at our quotations. Per Ton. Per Ton. e gentkl. 70s to 90s Kent Shaws ...... —s to s Vee p , r egents .. COs to 70sEssex Shaws —sto —s "Ps ..... 603 to 70s Kent Regents.... —s to —s htlriA ll CaM vt -42 e Essex Regents... —s to s / ; eaez,, ........ 50s to 758 Kent&Essx.Mid. —s to ' ',4e,olvvhites... 56a , to GOs Kentish Red Kid. —3 to s —s - to s Chats hi •"ost.outlx NOP MARKET. :1 1 ( 1 1 It,rrket is well .supplied with most kinds of Hops, .t,vtip: a fair amount of business is doing on the fol. r at ott ms:—Factors' ter prices, viz., ready money : , ( , )0 s; 4 : 4 _,t Pockets, 80s - to 1303; ditto bags, 65s to — ' l " Kent pcckets r 49s to 110 s; ditto bags 42s s eald of Kent pockets. G6s to 82s ; ditto -*u s to 708; Sussex s o kets, 623 to 80s per cwt. inst. bat ank' and WOOL. ' 7 (:! rnoqt Wuol utlertug lrl Ule pr,vate contract market is compa ratively small, there is less demand on the part of the manufacturers. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. Last week's imports were 40 bales from Alexandria, 40 from the Cape, 198 from Bombay, 39 from Kutch, 180 from Mogadore, 333 from Odessa, and 105 from L , Thorn. We may now look furward to heavy arrivals from our Australian colonies. nr.a.x.zoxv. Although only a m Aerate business has been doing in our market since Monday last, prices have materially advanced. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot, is selling at 39s 6d to 40s, and for forward delivery 41s per cwt. Town Tallow is 37s 641 per cwt net cash; rough fat, 2s Id per Ibs. Letters from St. Petcrsburgh state that the market there was very firm. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. Stock this day • • .. •• Price of Y. C. • 10,725 51s Od _ to Os Od Delivery last week • . 924 Ditto from June 1.... 71.768 Arrivals last week • • 1,368 Ditto from June 1 ... 71,870 8,799 ' 28,220 50s 9d 408 6d to 51s0d to Cs Oct Price of Town •• •... I 53s Od 1,384 1,51)7 86,388 I 84.167 4,221 [ 6th 87,088 [ 104,854 523 Od 43s Od 18.51. 35,378 38,286 37s Od to 39s 6d Os Od to4o sOd 1,657 1,536 77,929 79,358 - 210 87,831 92,126 39s Gd I 40s Od VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice. Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) After disposing of a number of unopposed petitions, his Honour was occupied this morning with the case of Whittaker v. tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The arguments were at great length, and seemed likely to oc cupy the Court during the whole day. Lord CRANWORTH, after hearing several unopposed petitions, proceeded with an aijourned motion, which possessed no feature of any general interest. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's dramatic chef d'ceuvre, Richelieu, was performed here on Saturday evening, and never have we seen this admirable play more perfectly acted. On its original production at Covent-garden, there may have been certain parts more powerfully sustained (albeit this does not at all apply to the character of the Cardinal himself), but as a whole it was not nearly so evenly acted as it was on & Saturday evening, and those who visit a theatre to see a play (as contra distinguished from those who go to see a star), the true lovers and admirers of the drama, should visit Sadler's Wells during the run of Richelieu. The cha racter of the Cardinal was sustained by Mr. Phelps, and we certainly prefer his impersonation of the wily French man to that of Mr. Macready. In occasional bursts Mr. Macready was very great, but Mr. Phelps is more sus tained throughout, and hath that which Mr. Macready had not, an ear for Whim, and can declaim with judg ment and emphasis. His Cardinal is a very fine piece of acting. Equally great in its' way is the Baradas of Mr. G. Bennett, and the Chevalier de Mauprat of Mr. Henry Marston was very effective. Miss Sarah Lyons sustained the character of Julie de Mortemar with exquisite taste and judgment. Her pathos was beautiful, and her impersonation of the character was most interesting, not only intrinsically, but as contain ing the germ of much future excellence. The play will be repeated this evening for the benefit of this very pro mising young lady. EASTERN COUN TIES RAILWAY. A. meeting of shareholders of this company was held on Saturday last, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, the object of which was to apprise the share holders of an intention to put Mr. Waddington in nomi nation as a director of the company, and to consider how far the return of that gentleman to sueh a position would be likely to raise the company from its present depressed condition. The meeting was called for three o'clock, and at that hour the room being well filled, Mr. G. H. Whalley was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated, that not having anticipated his being placed in that position, he must rely more on the common interest of the parties present, as to the subject for which they had assembled than on any ob servations of his, to lead them properly through the busi ness of the meeting. The last meeting having been adjourned to the 18th instant, by a large majority, an impression seems to have arisen that the majority on that question were in favour of Mr. Waddington's re-elec tion as a director of the company. It was, no doubt, within the knowledge of the meeting that from that time to the present great efforts had been made on the part of Mr. Waddington or his friends, by canvassing for at tendance and otherwise, to promote his election on the 18th instant, and the question for their present consideration was whether his election would or would not be for the credit and benefit of the company. For his own part, he could truly say that he came to the consideration of the question without the slightest per sonal feeling either against Mr. Waddington or for or against any ether party connected with the company, beyond the common interests which he had its the property, and the information afforded by the published reports of the committee of investigation and other official documents.—(Hear, hear.) Although he bad been a shareholder since 1845, and had seen his property gradually declining from the price at which he then purchased, namely, 251. down to the present 61. or 71., he had patiently submitted to his fate, and had never, until the 27th of February, taken any part in the affairs ; indeed he was almost un known to ;his fellow-shareholders as well as to most of the parties then assembled; but, when in addition to this less of property, he saw a prospect not only of a return to and recognition of the system of management to which the past misfortunes of the company could most fairly be attributed, but also, as he believed, of a permanent and deliberate surrender of the commer cial honour and character of the company, he felt it was time to step forward and bear his share in protesting against and preventing so fatal and so irretrievable a step.—(Loud cheers.) Nothing could be further from his intention than to say a word that could give pain or offence to Mr. Waddington or his friends, but, looking at the report of the committee of investigation, which had never, to his knowledge, been questioned, and to the exposure of their affairs by the accountants, Messrs. Quilter— looking also at the evidence given by Mr. Waddington himself before that committee, he could not under stand how any person, being his friend, could sanction his taking a step which would bring his former con nexion with the company under consideration and dis cussion. —(Hear, hear.) Waiving all minor questions of misappropriation er mismanagement, the main charge against Mr. Waddington appeared to be that, having charge of the traffic department, by his own special stipulation, when he joined the company he permitted those very traffic ac counts to be mis-stated to the extent as is actually proved of upwards of 600,0001.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") It was easy to understand how that system operated, and also the object of it—by giving to the shareholders for the time being a portion of the capital of the com pany, under the pretence that it was the fair revenue earnings, they for tho time most effectually stopped all inquiry into the internal management of the affairs of the company. It was undoubtedly the most simple, and at the same time most effectual, method of ensuring uncontrolled power over the vast property of this com pany, for it not only made the shareholders satisfied for the time being with their dividends, but it prevented any unpleasant inquiries; for to those who might either be in the secret (as of course Mr. Waddington must have been) or who might want faith in the honesty of the dividend, the obvious course was to take others, of the hi g h p rice to which these unfounded dividends had rais ed the value of the shares, and to sell s H e l u f, n Hundreds d t s h o e of faith of public m en , outan and confiding(H ea r , s a e s a r h . bought shares upon the credit of those dividends, and of the statement of accounts on which they were based; and is it possible to conceive that a person who has been a party to su ch a system can be again entitled to the confidence of the s hareholders?—(No, no.) Without imputing to Mr. Waddington more blame than may be considered properly to attach to him as respon sible for the traffic accounts, it would in his (the Chair man's) opinion be a reflection on the commercial honour of the country, as well as a disregard of all the rules and obligations of commercial honesty, to elect him, for the system with which a man is thus identified is itself ap proved when you approve of the man.—'(Hear, hear.) Much had been said as to Mr. Waddington's ability, but certainly if the state of the affairs of the company during his management has been truly repretented by the re port of the committee and by that of Messrs. Quilter, it did not by any means give a high notion of his adminise trative capacity; but even if he had claims in that respect they could never be advanced as a sufficient counterpoise for what must assuredly be deemed a breach of good faith with the shareholders and the public, nor could they ever be received as a justification for a system, which, to use the words of the committee, " it is impassible to find any excuse, and which every right-minded man must in dignantly condemn."—(Hear.) Mr. CHRISTY observed, that concurring in very much that had been said by the Chairman, he yet could hardly conceive it possible that it was necessary to take a ny steps to oppose the election of Mr. Waddington, for he should suppose it to be utterly out of the question that that gentleman would allow himself to be proposed again as a director. Having been a member of the committee of investigation, he was unwilling to take any further active part in the business of this meeting, bet he could not but think there must be some mistake in the appre hension that Mr. Waddlogton would come forward as a director, or, certainly, that`if he did, there was the least reason to fear that be would be elected.—(He ar .) Mr. GREENE stated that, entirely coinciding with the views of the Chairman, so tar as he had heard his observations (having entered the room after the com mencement of the proceedings), he was sorry to be obliged to differ from Mr. Christy, for he had good rea son for believing that unless the shareholders vigorously exerted themselves, Mr. Waddington would almost become a director again before they wero aware of it. After ',what had fallen from the Chair man, and the manner in which the ques tion had been by him brought before the meeting, ho need not dwell at any great length on the subject, but he would remind the shareholders that debentures to a large amount would have to be shortly renewed; and he would ask, was Mr. Waddington's a name to inspire confidence in the moneyed interest?— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Moreover, the grand aien of that Honourable Gentleman was to get possession of the chair of the company, and convert it into a seat df di c tatorship over their affairs.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Greene then, amid cheers, moved the adoption of ,the principal resolution,—(See advertisement.) This was seconded by Mr. GOETZ, whs.) w as quite satisfied that the shareholders should be informed of what was going . on, with a view to the election of M. Waddington. Nothing, in his opinion, would be more fatal to all the prospects of his company than his election. If the company could be now at length placed in good hands, in the hands of persons who, with the requisite knowledge and TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY e" 00‘11,1 ct , rnropt - 1 t.h s Pnr.firl ,, nrn of filo rvihl;e an'l would very soon recover from its present depression, and be one of the best main lines of the kingdom; without that, it would never improvo, but sink still lower in public estimation.—(Hear, hear.) After sane further discussion, carried on by Mr. Christy, Mr. Greene, and other shareholders, the reso lution was put and carried unanimously. Another resolution, calling on the shareholders to at- t-nrl the adjourn , (1 meeting on the 18th, was also unani moasly carried, and thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. IMPROVED ORGAN FOR THB EXHIBITION.—An organ is now in the coursa of construction at Mr. Robson's, St. Martin's-lane, for Colonel Thompson, M.P., which, when complete, will be transmitted to the Crystal Palace, in order to exemplify various improvements in the arrangement of the keys, the subdivisions thereof, the formation of the pipes, &c. These are from the design of the Gallant Colonel ; and the object is to afford greater facility in playing on the in strument, to admit the introduction into an ordinary apart ment, without requiring any alteration in the ceiling, of an organ of a far more powerful description than any upon the present principle which can be so introduced The latter ob ject is effected by wholly dispensing with the metallic pipes as now in usc, and the substitution of wooden tubes of greater diameter, but less lofty, and thus reducing the height, while at the same time the power is preserved. Some of the divi sions on the scaleboard are marked by a red colour, in addition to the customary black and white by which the keys are distinguished, while more minute sub divisions are obtained by the insertion of small metallic keys similar to those of a flute above the board, and also by per forating the ivory keys, through which, by a small piston like action the object is accomplished. To a casual observer the latter arrangement appears complicated, but to the pro fessor the improved facility will doubtless be apparent ; and it may here be observed, that an endeavour is made to counteract, by internal machinery, the undue sharpness of tone produced by long continued hot or dry weather, and which it is confidently anticipated will produce the desired effect. The whole is expected not only to be in itself a general improvement, but likely to lead to others of equal importance, calculated to perfect that noble instrument, the organ. - - - • MALTA.—Two thousand of the most respectable inhabitants of Malta have signed a memorial to Lord Grey, speaking in highly complimentary terms of Mr. More O'Ferrall,the Governor'of that island, and praying his Lordship not to accept his resignation. Another memorial, with 6,00) sie natures attached, has been presented to Mr. O'Ferrall, urging him to re-consider his determination. We understand, however, that he has made up his mind to re tire, and he only remains at Malta until the arrival of his successor. MR. BAILLIE'S MOTlON.—Anxious as the Country Party has been to avoid every movement which could in any way savour of a factious opposition to the existing Govern ment, we are glad to be able to announce that Mr. Baillie has, with great good taste, withdrawn his motion in refer ence to the government of Ceylon. Mr. Baillie has with great propriety withdrawn—as we understand—every ob struction to the Ministerial exposition, in an amended shape, of the financial condition of the country. It now rests with the Premier, and his able colleague, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to develope their mystery —to exhibit to the puzzled commercial classes their plan of fiscal embarrassment which their previous programme had promised. The country anxiously awaits the statement of the Right Hon. Gentle man. " The City "is eagerly desirous of the result, and is yet more eagerly desirous of a permanent Administration, upon whose measures it can depend. With a firm and well constituted Administration, such as we believe Lord Stanley can now place before the Queen, everything will work posi tively and easily in the course of a few days. Herald. ILLNESS OF BARON PENNEFATHER.--This vene rable judge, although beyond his 80th year, has been, up to the present time, one of the most working men on the judicial bench in Ireland. However, during the present circuit, the Learned Baron has suffered very severely from gout, so much so that he has been carried into the court-house of Omagh, and placed in a recumbent position on the beach, to dispose of the criminal business. DEATH OF MR. LINTON, THE "BISHOP OF GRETNA." —On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Linton, well known as the " Bishop of Gretna," died at his residence, Gretna Hall, after a few days' illness. His decease will be lamented by all his friends and neighbours, and doubtless by many a loving couple who have been looking to him for the exercise of that potent spell which should bind them for life.— Carlisle Patriot. FIRE AT THE EARL OF RIPON'S.—On Friday night last a fire broke out in the mansion of the Earl of Ripon, at Putney-heath. The fire was first observed in the Noble Earl's bed-room. The hose of the Putney engine was con veyed to the roof of the mansion, and the water was poured down the chimney communicating with Lord Ripon's bed room and the housekeeper's room, where the fire had origi nated. It was, however, necessary, before the fire could be thoroughly got at, to pull down the wall in front of the fire place in the Earl's bed-room, and it was then found that some timber which was between the flues had been smoulder ing for hours before it burst into flame. The fire was ulti mately extinguished by cutting away the timber; but not until damage to at least 150/. had been done to the building. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. COOPER.--.. 011 Sa turday a meeting of gentlemen connected with the medical profession was held at the Thatched House Tavern, for the purpose of determining where a beautifully-executed bust of the late Mr. Samuel Cooper, Professor of Surgery in the University College, London, should be deposited. The bust, which has been executed by means of a subscription amongst members of the profession, was exhibited to the meeting, and was much admired, Colonel Wood, late M.P. for Middlesex, presided. Dr. Wood moved that the bust be presented to the Royal College of Surgeons.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hillmer seconded the resolution. Dr. Storrer said that he, for one, had subscribed to the memorial under the im pression that it was to be placed in the University College, and he had been confirmed in that opinion, when, on look ing to the subscription list, he found that fully ninety per cent. had been subscribed by the members of that institu tion.—(Hear, hear.) He moved, as an amendment, that it should be placed in the University Museum. Dr. Hare se conded the amendment. Mr. Cooper informed the meeting that Mrs. Morton, the late professor's daughter-in-law, had written to him, expressing her strong hope that the bust might not be placed in University College, the council of which had acted harshly to him towards the close of his career. Dr. J. C. B. Williams, Dr. Lankester, Mr. T. Wakloy. Mr. Howel Morgan, and other gentlemen having spoken in favour of the claims of the Royal College of Sur geons, the chairman put the amendment to the meeting, and it was rejected. It was then unanimously agreed that the bust should be presented to the Royal College of Surgeons, and that the overplus of the subscriptions received should be applied to the purchase of standard medical works and pre sented to the library of University College. - - JANE WILBRED.—A letter has been received from Mr. J. Phillimore, the gentleman who has interested himself so humanely on behalf ,of this victim to the cruelty of the Sloanes. Mr. Phillimore states that Jane Wilbred has very much improved in health, and that a lady has offered to let her reside in her house as soon as she leaves the Con valescent Institution, in order that she may learn gradually the duties and habits of a domestic servant. Mr. Phillimore expresses his intention of keeping her in sight, and hopes " that her future condition may in some degree counter balance the sufferings to which she has been exposed."— Lynn Advertiser. REPRESENTATION OF ROCHDALE.—Mr. S. Craw ford has signified his intention to resign his post as repre sentative of the borough of Rochdale at the next dissolution of Parliament; and the Reformers held a meeting on Thurs day night to consider who would be a suitable man to bring forward at the next election. Mr. Peto has been mentioned, as he is connected with Rochdale by marriage, his wife being a native of the borough, and he has lately become owner of a neighbouring township, Middleton, which was the property of Lord Suffield.—Leeds Mercury. REPRESENTATION OF RADNORSHIRE.—It is under stood that a gentleman who is a Peelite, and a man of busi ness, will of er h mself as a candidate for this county at the next general election. REPRESENTATION OF COEKERMOUTH.—It iS ru moured hat at the next election for Cockermouth, John Steele, Esq., will offer himself, in lieu of one of the sitting Members who contemplates retirement.— Carlisle Patriot. RETIREMENT OF MR. W. FAGAN FROM Coaa.—ln a letter addressed to the Corh Examiner, Mr. W. Fagan, one of the representatives of that city, states " that all cohesion or co-operation amongst Irish Members is impossible, there being so much jealousy and unfriendliness one towards another. These considerations add forc3 to the conviction I have long entertained that it is an utter waste of time and health to continue in Parliament. I, therefore, will quit it without regret, and will retire into private life with the self satisfaction that I have redeemed every pledge I gave to my constituents, and that I shall return. without tarnish the truss confided to my charge." THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE RUBRIC.-It is understood that the Archbishop of Canter bury proposes to bring the rubrical question to an issue in his diocese. His Grace is said to have been in correspon dence for some time past with several clergymen of his dio cese, on the subject of alleged Romanizing practices; some of the clergy at once yielding to his Grace, while others vindi cated' their proceedings, as being conformable to the rubric. In one case, that of th e R ev. C. S. Caffin, of Westerham, Kent, who persisted, after the Archbishop's private remon strance, in intoning the prayers, his Grace has issued a mo nition, enjoining the discontinuance of the practice, with a er p e, o na k cc e ch n oi nr o f according to ugp to supersede tehhreseierd liberty own t hediscretion, monition,ofthe clergy 1N in i t the hti no view to further proceedings in the E cc l es i as ti ca l C our t, i n th e event of non-compliance. An appli ca ti on to t h e C our t o f performsQuup e p e o ns t i ß t o h n e e n o c s f itsvhe isservice i e s t the terms of the rubric.—John Bull. Mr. James M'Keagney is appointed a Minister of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. LORD MACKENZIE.—We regret to state that this venerable judge is seriously indispose& PREFERMENT. —The Rev. J. C. Wharton, B.A , cura te of Hallow, has been appointed to the vicarage Of Waldershare, with the perpetual curacy of Whitfield. Patron —his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. GREAT FIRE AT ABERDEEN.—Letters received :at the London insurance offices on Saturday announced the out b re ak of a serious conflagration at Aberdeen in the course of Wednesday night last. It broke out soon after e l ev en o'clock, at the chemical works of Messrs. Miller and Co., in the Links, the department being more particu larly used. for the manufacture cf naphtha, ammonia, Rec. The bursting of one of the inner tubes of a boiler in which tar was manufactured is supposed to have been the cause of the calamity. The entire works were burned to the ground. The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Shan non, which would leave New York on the Bth iust., may be expected to arrive in the Mersey on Friday next. Mn. JOHN PARRY, SEN.—We regret to state that the venerable Mr. John Parry, the father of the celebrated vocalist, is so alarmingly ill, that great fears are entertained as to his recovery. For some months he has been labouring under paralysis, and a crisis now seems to be at hand. Mr. John Parry- the younger, recently engaged on a professional tour in the provinces, has been suddenly summoned to town in consequence. A woman was drowned in Liverpool last week under singular circumstances. She was in the act of draw ing water through the trap-door of a cistern in the kitchen of her house, when she fell head-foremost in, and perished before assis.tance'could be obtained to rescue her. The family of farmer Hassell, of Bishop's Sutton, iu the parish of Chew Magna, narrowly escaped poisoning last week, a quantity of arsenic having been mixed in some pancakes in mistake for carbonate of soda. Sixteen persons partook of the pancakes, and for some time were in consider able danger; but prompt medical aid being obtained, they soon recovered. e. -- NEW MUSIC. THE FLAG OF OLD ENGLAND. A Cen tenary Song. Written by the Hon. Joseph Howe. Composed and Arranged by R. C. Halls. Robert Cocks and Company. A national song, breathing in every syllable the enthusiasm of a patriotic devotion to fatherland, has in this noble production given utterance to the ardour with which our colonists in the British possessions look back to the home of their ancestors in old Eng land. It appears from the title-page to have been penned originally for the centenary fete on June the Bth, 1849, in commemoration of the settle ment of Halifax, and is appropriately dedicated to his Excellency, Sir John Harvey, K.C.B , Lieutenant- Governor cf Nova Scotia. In its present form of republication the melody is accompanied by a charm ing lithographic sketch of the capital of the province. Gladly and cordially do we recognize any such evi dences as these of the affection still subsisting between the population of these islands and the inhabitants of our more remote possessions—bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh, springing from the same parentage, obeying the same laws, speaking the same language, rejoicing in the same literature. Anything which can tend to keep alive this feeling not only of friendship but of near relationship, anything which can serve to remind the people of our colonial territories of their propinquity, cannot fail to be wel comed by those who are in any way interested in the conservation of the British empire. And nothing can arouse these generous sentiments more effectually than the stirring words of a national song. The fact has been asserted with the emphasis of an adage. Every one has heard of the philosopher who said, " Let me make the ballads of a people and any one may make their laws." The writer of the present nervous and melodious verses has not been contented with partici pating in only one of these labours—he has been at once a legislator and a " ballad maker"— that title gloried in beyond all others by the illustrious Beranger. We exult to 'witness a demon stration of civic fervour so genuine ; and heartily commend not merely the legislative and administra tive assiduity of the Hon. Joseph Howe, but his poetical efforts in like manner. That these are of no indifferent merit we think the song before us suffi ciently proves. It is impossible to hear without emotion the passionate earnestness of its refrain— " All hail to the day when the Britons came over, And planted their standard, with tea-foam still wet, Around and above us, their spirits vein hover, Rejoicing to mark how we honour it yet." Very beautiful, moreover, are the lines— " Beneath it the emblems they chezish'd are waving, The rose of Old England the roadside perfumes ; The shamrock and thistle the north winds are braving, Securely the May-flower blushes and blooms." As a blending at once of exquisite imagery and pa triotic feeling, we take these four lines to be entitled to our admiration : " As travellers track to its source in the mountains, The stream which far-swelling ex p an d s o ' er th e plains, Our hearts on this day fondly turn to the fountains Whom flowed the warm currents that hound in our veins I" The song cannot fail to secure to itself in North America a lasting popularity. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. UPWARDS OF FIFTY LIVES LOST. On Saturday morning, shortly before five o'clock, a fearful explosion took place at the coal-pit of Mr. George Coats, near Nitshill, between two end three miles from Paisley, by which it is believed upwards of fifty human beings have lost their lives. The Victoria Pit, in which the explosion took place, is the deepest in Scotland, being 1,050 feet in depth at the downcast shaft, which is situated about the centre of the southern edge of the workings, from whence the inclination of the strata tends upwards to the north, at an angle of about one foot in five, so that at the upcast shaft Cr pit, which is about a quarter of a mile distant from the working pit, the workings are only 7SO feet below the surface. Tile plan of the workings represents an oblong square, occupying about fifty acres; the portions of the coal seam worked representing a series of passnges of about 18 feet wide, crossing each other at right angles, and leaving what are called pillars, or rectingular cubes of coal of 18 yards by 11. The whole workings thus pre sent the appearance of a tartan cheek. The only portion now being worked is the northern face, along which a series of galleries or cuts are being made, which will be precisely similar to those portions already worked out. The air is carried along the face of these workings by means of projecting wooden bra;ticos or partitions, which cause the air to take a tortuous course. All those por tions of the works which are exhausted are closed in by means of brick walls, so that only a very small portion of air can pass through them, the main current being led round the extreme circumference of the entire field, until it reaches the workings on the northern face. Being pay Saturday morning a larger number of the men employed in th© pit had ccmmenced work at an earlier hour than is usual on other days, and at the time the explosion took place from 50 to 60 men and boys had gone down. This was about twenty minutes to five o'clock, and the report was so loud that it was heard distinctly at Paisley. The whole neighbourhood, of course, was alarmed, and on the people rushing to the pit mouth it was found that one of the cages, which had descended a few fathoms, had been blown up the shaft to probably the height of the Pk framing, some thirty feet above ground, and after jerateg the rope of the pul ley at the top of the framing, fell with a double fold of the rope under it. The banksman had not arrived when the accident oc curred, and it is uncertain whether any one was in the cage at the time or not. Some said there were two men; but, if so, they must have bee t , precipitated down the pit, as their bodies have not yet been recovered. As soon as possible after the occurrence every means were taken to endeavour to relieve those in the pit, should they be alive; but the partition which divides the shaft from top to bottom was so injured and displaced, as to render the progress of those working in removing the obstructions a tedious operatioll, especially as only two men can get down at a time. I/ -p to Saturday afternoon the workmen had not got the Pit cleared much above one-third of its depth; a nd t h e Probability is, that as the mass of debris will be accumulate(' in increasing quantity as they go downwards, the bottom would not be reached before Sunday. At present (Saturday night) nothing has been ascer tained as to the fate of the unfortun ate miners; but the probability is, that none of theta survive, as the explo sion was followed by dense volumes of smoke and flame; and from the smoke, which continues to rise from the upcast shaft adjoining the present workings, it is evident the pit is 'still on fire. However, until the workings are explored, it will be impossible to ascertain the reality; and the relatives of the unfortunate individuals in the pit are so far buoyed up with the h least may be saved, and that those ope that some at most dear to them may be amongst the survivors. Some of those in the pit had been at work sll night, whilst others had only come down an hour or so before the explosion happened. Most of the m a re married, and of course have families , but Very few of them beloug to the district, the greater number being natives of Ireland. The precise cause of the Explosion will probably ever remain a mystery, but enough is known of the pit to point out the probable cause. The Victoria pit is what is called a fiery one. The coal is used principa ll y for furnace Purposes, and emits a large quantity of inflammable ga s i n t h e wor kings. O r di na ry oil lamps or candles are, notwithstanding, employed by the miners; and so larg e an escape of in flammable gas goes on in the faro of the workings, that a candle, held close to the Wall when the air current is sluggish, will cause a sheet of flame to car meat° along the whole face where the coal is being dug out. No artificial means of producing ventilation by a cur rent of air is adopted in the pit. The ear finds its way down the dowucaet or working shaft, and after travers ing around and through t he workin gs for perhaps miles, finds its way to th e u p cast shaft, which i t ascends , o win g to the heat it may have acquired whilst wr i gg li ng a l ong amo ngst the workmen. During the t h e day several of relati ves o f t h e su ff erers were greatly excited, and one man, w e were i nforme d , hweashoanylfyngptrheer'oenetteodnbsyinfoirfc.e from jumping jumping down the pit, the other indivi dual cases of distress which have been mentioned to us, is that of a woman who has no fewer than four sons as well as her husbandin the pit. The procurator-fiscal from Paisley was early at the place, with the object of taking a precog n iti on o f the cir cumstances; but nothing could be learned beyond the fact that the explosion had occurred. FIRE IN THE COMMERCIAL-a 0 (n. —On Saturday morning, between six and seven o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Peter's, a linendraper, in Hereford-place, Commercial-road. The flam es were first disc overed by some dock labourers, who in passing the house f oun d t h e f ront s'qm in a general blaze. An instant alarm was given, and the inmates were aroused, who were happi ly enabled to escape safely. Several engines soon arrived, and plenty of water was obtained, but unfortunately the flames were not subdued until the whole of Mr. Peter's valuable stock in trade was reduced to ashes, and the building partially de stroyed. Mr. Peters was insured in the Imperial Fire Office. The origin of the fire has not been discovered. The blindness of the understanding is as muc h t o be pitied as the blindness of the eyes; and it is neither laughable nor criminal for a man to lose his way in either casg.—Eliza Cook's Journal. DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTS. —It has been usual when the experiments were carrying on at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by a detachment of the Foot Guards; for the officer in command, with two non-commissioned officers, to stand behind the target, and the non - commissioned officers to show themselves after each firing, and signal to the firing party, with the aid of a small flag, on which side of the target the balls passed when they did not hit the object against which they were directed. While the experiments were being carried on on Thursday, one of the musket-balls passed under the target, and struck the captain's leg, passing through his trousers and boot, but fortunately only grazing the skin. During the experiments yesterday (Friday) one of the balls passed through the target in a part which had been previously fractured by the firing, and struck one of the corporals on the back, and tore his clothes nearly the entire breadth of his body, as he stood with his side to the back of the target. These narrow escapes will cause a change lathe arrangements for firing in future. The royal mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Har rison, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday morning for Hali fax and Boston, with the usual mails, a heavy freight, and 71 passengers. EVENING, MARCH 17, 1851. TAKING THE VEIL. THE PETITION OF CRAVEN FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY TO THE HON- THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KING- DoM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIA MENT ASSEMBLED Humbly showeth— That he intermarried with Augusta Talbot, the widow of George Henry Talbot, who was the half-brother of the present Earl of Shrewsbury. That the said George Henry Talbot left two children him surviving, namely, John, who was heir presumptive to tale Earldom, and Augusta, an infant, now of the age of 19 years and upwards. That the said infant, Augusta Talbot, resided with your petitioner and her mother up to the time of the death of the latter, which took place on the 25th day of April, 1841. That since that period and up to the month of Septem ber last the said infant, Angusta Talbot, has resided with the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury. That in consequence of the death of the said John Tal bot the said infant, Augusta Talbot, became absolutely entitled to a sum of 80,0001., or thereabouts. That the said infant, Augusta Talbot, is a ward ofth e Court of Chancery. That in the month of September last the said Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury placed the said infant, Augusta Talbot (notwithstanding she is a ward of Court, as aforesaid), at the convent called the Lodge, situate at Taunton, in the county of Somerset, not as a pupil or visitor, but as a postulant, with the avowed object of allowing the said Augusta Talbot to take the veil and become a nun. That in the month !of September next the period of probation or postulancy will have expired, and the said infant, Augusta Talbot, will be compelled by the rules and regulations of the said convent, and by the priest hood of the Roman Catholic Church, to take the white veil during her minority, and notwithstanding the said infant, Augusta Talbot, is a ward of the Court of Chan cery. That having taken the white veil, there is no retreat for the said infant, Augusta Talbot, and she will be com pelled to take the black veil in September, 1852, or shortly afterwards. That on the 6th day of June, 1852, the said infant, Augusta Talbot, will attain her 21st year, when she will become entitled to receive the said sum of 80,0001. That being a nun at that period, the 80,000/. will become confiscated to the said convent, or to the eccle siastical revenues of the Church of Rome, or to the en dowment, enrichment, or maintenance of some bishopric or deanery or other ecclesiastical benefice of the said Church of Rome, or the said infant, Augusta Talbot, will be compelled by some assurance in the law to trans fer all right and interest in the said sum of 80,0001. That it is one of the doctrines of the Church of Rome that no member of the said Church shall be permitted to exercise his or her private judgment in religious mat ters, but that in all such religious matters he or she is bound to submit to the authority of the said Romish Church, and to the direction of the priesthood thereof. That in a certain work by Nicholas Wiseman, who is a high ecclesiastical authority in the Romish Church, on the principle doctrines and practices of the said Romish Church, under the head of " Lecture 1.," introduction, page 16, the following passage occurs:—" The Catholic Church is thus as a city to which avenues lead from every side, towards which men may travel from any quarter by the most diversified roads, by the thorny and rugged way of strict investigation, by the more flowery path of sentiment and feeling, but arrived at its pre cincts, all find that there is but one door to the sheep fold—narrow and low perhaps, and causing flesh and blood to stoop as it passes in. They may wander about its outskirts, they may admire the goodliness of its edi fices and its bulwarks, but they cannot be its denizens and children if they enter not by that ono gate of abso lute unconditional submission to the teaching of the Church." That in the said work, under the head of Lecture 111., page 76, the following passage occurs:--" For the moment any Catholic doubts, not alone the principle of his faith, but any of thoso doctrines which are thereou based, the moment he allows himself to call in question any of the dogmas which the Catholic Church teaches as having been handed down with her, that moment the Church conceives him to have virtually abandoned all connexion with her, for she exacts such implicit obedi ence that if any member, however valuable, however he may have devoted his early talents to the illustration of her doctrines, fall away from his belief in any one point, he is cut off without reserve, and wo have in our own times seen striking and awful instances of this fact." That the above opinions and declarations of the said Nicholas Wiseman are the true doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, and that the said infant, Augusta Talbot, has had them instilled into her mind to the ex clusion of all other principles; and that the said infant, Augusta Talbot, is bound to submit to the will and dic tation of the superior of the said convent, and to the priesthood of the Church of Rome. That your petitioner is deprived of all communica tion and connexion with his stepdaughter, the said in fant, Augusta Talbot ; and your petitioner's daughter, the half-sister and only near female relative of the said infant, August Talbot, is also prevented from cultivat ing those natural feelings of affection which but for the reasons aforesaid would exist, and grow up between them, to their mutual comfort and support. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland will be pleased to take peti tion into their serious consideration, and that they will be pleased to engraft a clause in the Bill entitled the " Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill," now before their Honourable House, which will prevent such practices as are detailed in the said petition from taking place; and that they will introduce a clause en acting that no infant, whether a ward in Chancery or not, shall be permitted to be placed by her parents or guardian, or any other person whomsoever, in any convent or seminary, or place of education, or other institution attached to the Church of Rome, as a postulant during the minority of such infant, for the purpose of enabling or compelling any such infant to become a nun; and that in the event of any infant or infants being now or hereafter placed within the walls of any convent, seminary, place of education, or other in stitution attached to the said Church of Rome, as a postulant, for the purpose of becoming a nun, that the property, whether absolute or contingent, of any such infant or infants shall vest in and enure to the use of her Majesty, and shall and may be disposed of as her Majesty shall be pleased by warrant, under her sign manual, to direct or appoint; or that a clause may be introduced into the said Bill for throwing protection round young persons who now are or may be hereafter placed in convents with a view of taking the veil therein, and appropriating their property thereto, either by placing such establishments under the supervision of in spectors, appointed by Government, or by such other means as to the Hon. House may seem best calculated to put a stop to the aforesaid practices. And your Petitioner will ever pray. CRAVEN FITZTIARDINGE BERKELEY. Berkeley-house, Spring-gardens. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince walked early this morning in Osborne-park. The Prince of Wales and younger members of the Royal family walked and rode as usual. Sir James Clark arrived at Osborne yesterday after noon, and had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party. Sir James returned to London this day. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince and younger members of the Royal family walked early this morning in Osborne park. Tier Majesty and his Royal Highness, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, and the Ladies and Gentle men of the Royal household, attended Divine service this morning. The Rev. T. Protheroe officiated. There was no addition to the Royal dinner:party this day. A deputation from the Representatives of the Fo reign Commission for Promoting the Exhibition of 1851, consisting of M. Sallandrouze de Lemornaix (France), M. Buchk (Austria), Mr. St. John (United Status), M. Karkensky (Russia), and M. Doerstling, on behalf of Councillor Stein (the Zollverein), had an interview with Earl Granville on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held on Saturday at the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (chairman), Sir Alexander Spearman, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Gibson, Colonel Reid, and Mr. Bowring (secretary). Mr. Dilke attended. A deputation, respecting the erection of lunatic asylums in the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, con sisting of the Hon. Charles Howard, M.P., Captain Lowther, M.P., Mr. Stanley, Mr. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. Philip Howard, M.P., Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., and Mr. Marshall, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home Office. Mr. Simeon had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey, at the Home Office. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hudson, M.P., Sir Hedworth Williamson, M.P., the Mayor of Sunderland, Messrs. Hartley, Ranson, Hills, and Williams, members of the Town Council of Sunderlond, the Town Clerk of Sunderland, Mr. Rawlinson, and Mr. Charles Parkes, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home Office. The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission met on Saturday at the Board of Trade. Present—Earl Gran ville (chairman), the Hon. William Cowper, M.P., Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.8., Captain Stephenson Ellerby, and Lord Hobart (secre tary). The following gentlemen had an interview with the Commissioners—viz., Lord Monteagle, Mr. O'Fla herty, M.P., Mr. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Blake, M.P., Sir Lucius O'Brien, M.P., the Knight of Kerry, Admiral Robinson, Mr. W. T. Mulvan, Mr. Lay, C.E., and Mr. Randall. Mr. Fergus, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Pressley had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. A deputation from the Executive Committee on the Manchester and Salford Boroughs Education Bill, con sisting of Mr. William Entwisle (chairman), Sir James Kay Shuttlewortb, the Rev. C. Richson, and Mr. John Peel (Honor ar y Secretary), had a n interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home office. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday, from the Colo . Mal - office, to the Governors of the West Indian Islands. The Duke of Wellington, as Ranger of Hyde park, has appointed one of the upper domestics of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, who had been for some years in the service of the late Duke, to the situation of keeper of the principal lodge at Hyde Park-corner, in the room of the late Dlr. Coke. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 12tb, the County Rates and Expenditure Bill was read a Second Time and commit ted to a Select Committee; the Magisterial interest (if that is the proper term) being with greut difficult) prevailed on to allow it to be read without a division. The object of the Bill is manifestly to take down that interest quietly; and the allowing the Bill to be read without a division, is evidence that a consciousness of weakness has penetrated to the proper quarters. Oa Thursday there were no more than thirty-six Members present at four o'clock, and consequently there was no House, Various causes have been assigned for this; and among others, a desire on the part of the Go vernment to see certain questions got out of the way, before they encounter certain others. Which, unless a Government is bound to be inconsequential because its assailants are, is nothing but what might reasonably suggest itself to anybody else under the circumstances. On Friday the debate was resumed on the Ecclesias- tical Titles Assumption Bill. It is a poor thing at best, and every successive alteration makes it poorer. It would have been difficult to devise anything more unfortunate than the clause last proposed to be added ;—that " This Act shall not extend or apply to the assumption or use by any bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland exercising episcopal functions within some district pr place in Scotland of any name, style, or .title in respect of such .district or place, but nothing herein contained shall be taken to give any right to any such bishop to assume or use any name, style, or title which he is not now by law entitled to assume or use." What is this but to propose to sooth the excited Ca tholics with an enactment, saying that Peter shall be punished if he is a naughty . boy, but Martin and Jack shall not be punished for doing the selfsame thing, only this assurance shall not give any right to Martin and Jack to do the thing for which they are not to be pu nished P Compare the effect of these.puerilities, with that of a short Act reviving the law as it was two years ago, with practicable penalties. The interesting point in the night's debate, was the speech of Sir Robert Peel. Ho is an unpractised speaker, and consequently in attempting to speak a volume, he could not remember the order of his chapters. But this is what mends with use, and with a more limited direction of the mind to particular objects. What makes his speech the more remarkable, is that (if there be no mistake in identity) his addresses to the electors of Tamwortb, though praised by his hereditary friends, were meagre. The difference clearly lay, in the differ ence of audiences. If the Government are wise, they will take him on their staff, if it were only to satisfy the public longing that they would take somebody. On the present question, he is the only man who has shown anything like being equal to the subject. It was in the latter part of his speech, that he came out; and it showed in him the germ of the man, who, first or last, must direct the foreign policy of England. Men may bury their faces in their ledgers, as the ostrich is said to hide its head in a bush; but the truth is every day pressing itself on men with their eyes about them, that unless England assumes something resembling her attitude after the Revolution of 1688, the days of her ex istenee as a respectable independent power are num bered. I may be jeered on the strength of word-splitting, as was done a night or two before my last; but the very thing I then said on the subject of the American President's statement of two million tons of shipping applicable to warlike purposes, I see in the published letter of the first admiral of England, who was sitting in the back benches, and am content. What does it signify whether the President called it "commercial" or anything else, so long as it was "applicable to war like purposes;" any more than whether it was painted blue or yellow? The fact stands out, that America, whose popular literature promises within the life of man to change the flag at Windsor Castle, has a steam power afloat, a mere fraction of which, every one towing a sail ing vessel of equal tonnage, might if America should press a quarrel in conjunction with the despotic powers of Europe, in three weeks bridge over the Channel and Baltic for all the hordes that could bo collected from Naples to Petersburgh, with all the railways on the continent aiding them to move. And this with a strong party in England, who would seek political power by assisting there as they assist the Pope, and would readily adhere to a proposal to admit England into the Union, on condition of the abolition of all tarifs in Ame rica. There is no use in giggling; fools giggle, and then " Who would have thought it?" On another point, I would not have you believe there was anything brought against me but word-splitting. A Member declared he did not say " income-tax." He only said " budget," and had a notice on the Votes demonstrating the income-tax to be what he objected to in the budget. But to return, I will again urge upon you, whet:l endeavoured to express on a late opportunity, though as neither relating to breeches pockets nor to railways it is not to be supposed anybody heeded it, that the de fence of the country lies more with the Minister ter Foreign Affairs than with either the First Lord of the Admiralty or tho Commander-in-Chief, and that unless a return is made to the policy of our ancestors, beginning with Cromwell and continued under William, of always having somebody on the continent interested in keeping the despotic powers in check, you will as certainly have to stoop to Absolutist law, as ever your forefathers would have bowed to Louis XIV if they had had the folly to sit with their mouths open and see what chance would send them. . _ I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 17th March, 1851. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln the debate upon agricultural distress, Mr. Disraeli and Sir James Graham each made reference to the necessity of change in the law of parish settlement. The President of the Poor-law Board has also expressed his intention of submitting to the consideration of Par liament, in the course of the present session, a measure for an alteration of the law relating to this matter. It is, therefore, desirable, that all parties should dis cuss this intricate question, so that when brought before the Legislature a perfect measure may result; this is the more desirable, for i t is impossible to describe the injuries inflicted upon the agricultural and other labour ing classes under the present law of settlement. The scenes of contention and confusion continually arising in the counties which have been visited are pain ful beyond contemplation; the most undignified contests ensue between the representatives of the authorities and the receivers of relief, as to the parish to which they belong, and the needy from their wretched sick beds or heaps of straw utter horrid curses upon the law; the distressed have to contend against the mancauvres of in terested parties, who strain every effort, and resort to every expedient to send them any where and every where in quest of a home or settlement ; thus every pa rish becomes the labourers' enemy, by means of this aw, having an interest in driving or otherwise placing difficulties in the way. Sir James Graham, in his speech, states that there now exists through the law of settlement 1,500 circles for the purpose of pauper removals, and that union settlements would reduce the circles to 600; this, it is obvious, will not abolish compulsory removals, and for the continuance of this oppression the ratepayers will still have to pay. Now, if Sir James's argument is good for 600 circles, why not a less number; or why not sim plified to a single circle? This it can be, and that equitably, too, shown by a petition* presented to Par liament last session, signed by 65 guardians, which em bodies a plan for the total abolition of the law of parish settlement, without interfering with local management, and rendering relief to the necessitous whenever and wherever it may be required, and without change in the present executive department of the law. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. B. WEST. G, Hollywood-place, Fulham-road, March 15, 1851. * See Public Petitions, Twenty-first Report, March 850, Appendix 445, No. 6,116. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—You hive always evinced a consideration for shareholders, many of whom, like myself, have struggled on to pay the calls in this line. Our prospects have improved, a powerful company (whose lino will be one of the best paying in the king dom) is buying up our shares. An enormous amount of cattle, which has hitherto been driven from 20 to 30 miles from the Algerkirk station of the Great Northern to the pastures in Nor folk, &c., will pass on our line; the coal traffic also will be large. I would earnestly advise my brother shareholders not to past with their stock at the present great discount. I hope to see our shares at par at no very distant day. I have the honour to remain, Sir, &c., LYNN and NORFOLK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Eia,—A statement appearing in your paper of Mon day void of trut h, has caused me to write to you on the subject, and in justice to the hundreds of parties who n are at the present moment preparing for visiting Londoon the occasion of the national fair, which will most cer tainly take place at the opening of ties hi de bition. In reference to Mr. Batty's application, ano oil er, neither did he apply a fair, the nature of his applica tion being for a Hippodrome for bimself, which he has arranged for. As to other applicati.ons, no refusal has been given, and a great file is in active preparation. I think, in justice to your numerous readers, you should contradict your announcement of Monday last. Your obedient servant, J. H. SHILLIBEER. Bucklersbury, March 15, 1851. THE GREAT E RR IBITION.--INTERIOR VIEW OF TIIL liAvz.—On the sth December last, Mr. Owen Jones had the honour of submitting to her Majesty an admirable water colour drawing of the interior of the nave of the Crystal Palace, as it will appear when opened for the admix • sion of visitors; this has siace been drawn on stone in three ti n ts, by Edmund Walker , from which impressions have b een struck, and were recently published by Messrs. A c k e rmann. The size of the engraving by 281-A, inches, and in which the prospective is admirably deli neated, displaying the three fountains down the centre, with several groups of visitors, while on either side may be ob served the statues, models, and other works of art, and in the galleries, in tastefully flowingorder, are tapestries, car pets, and other similar works. The most interesting features, and is whole print possesses highly creditable both to the artist and publisher. DRAFTS FOR THE CAPE.—Tho following d detach ments wili arrive at Southampton this ay (SaturdaY for embarkation on Monday next on board the Peninsular), and Oriental Company's ship Singapore, to join the head-quar ters of their regiments now stationed at the Cape of Good Hope :-6th Regime n t, 2 officers and 50 men ; 45th Regi ment, 1 officer and 80 men ; 73d Regiment, 3 officers and 61 men ; 91st Regiment, 2 officers and 100 men; total, S officers and 291 naeu...United Service Gazette. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN UNDERGRADUATE OF CAMBRIDGE. On Saturday last the borough bench of magistrates at Cambridge were engaged for some hours in investi gating a charge of assault, with intent to commit a. rape, brought against Henry Winterbringham, an under graduate of Corpus Christi College, under the circum stances detailed below. The prisoner was apprehended on a warrant granted by the magistrates, He is a tall, athletic man, standing rather better than six feet high, and entered Corpus Christi College, as a freshman, in October, 1850. The prosecutrix is the child of trades people, who have long held a respectable station in so ciety. The bench and the court were densely crowded by members of the university and others anxious to hear the case, and the prisoner was attended to the court by troops of friends. Mr. Cooper (attorney) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Garrett (attorney) for the prisoner. When the case was called on, the prisoner was sit ting at the table in front of the magistrates, and was re quested by a policeman to take his place in the dock, whereupon Mr. Garrett said he presumed there would be no ob jection to his client retaining his seat, and he trusted the magistrates would allow him to do so. Mr. Cooper replied that he wished the order usual in such cases to be observed. He was not aware that there was anything in the conduct of the prisoner which en titled him to any indulgence. The Bench directed that the prisoner should go round into the dock, and he did so accordingly. He behaved throughout the inquiry with a sangfroid almost amount ing to levity. The witnesses having been ordered out of court, Mr. Cooper briefly opened the case, and then called— Elizabeth Mary Parr, who said—l am between fifteen and sixteen, and live with my father-in-law, Mr. Miller, painter and glazier, of St. Andrew-street. I saw the prisoner on the evening of Thursday, the 13th of March. I had never seen him before to my knowledge. He had a silk waistcoat on on that occasion, and a white shirt with lavender flowers. He had his gown on. I was doing up the shutters of the room of Mr. Headley, who lodges with my father-in-law. I was in the street for that purpose. It was about half-past nine o'clock, or a little before ten. I had no bonnet on. The defendant came up to me and said something about going out, which I did not perfectly understand. He did not touch me at that time. I did not say anything to him in answer, and went in directly. I went into Mr. Headley's room to fasten the shutters inside, and be followed me in. He was there before I had fastened the first bolt of the shutters. I thought he had come to see Mr. Headley, and I said that gentleman would be in in a few minutes. He immediately caught hold of me and kissed me, and shoved me on the sofa. I called out, and he said, " You little devil, you." [The witness then pro ceeded to detail the conduct of the defendant, which is unfit for publication.] The door bell rang violently while the assault was taking place, and the defendant got up. My mother entered the room, and the defendant rushed into the street. My mother went out after him. I felt so faint I could not tell my mother what had happened immediately. He ran out just as my mother came against the door. I told my mother what had occurred immediately she came back from pursuit of the prisoner, which was about two minutes. My father-in-law was with my mother when she came up, and he, too, ran after the prisoner. My mother returned first. I Galled out as loud as I could when I was on the BO* and he stopped my breath with his head upon my chest. The prisoner fastened the door of Mr. Headley's room when he came in by bolting it." I unbolted it to run out. I, ran out first, and the prisoner then escaped by the street-door. I will positively swear the prisoner is the man. I have - since been attended by Mr. Lestourgeon, the surgeon, and am still under hie rare. Cross-examined by Mr. Garrett—Did not laugh at or speak to the prisoner. I expected Mr. Headly in shortly. I am sure I did not ask defendant into the room. I will swear I did not say " There is no one in this room, come in." My mother and father-in-law were at supper in the kitchen, about three or four yards from the front room. The servant girl was in the room with them Mr. Chalker, of Emmanuel (a lodger) was in the room over Mr. Headley's. Mr. Nottage, of Caias (another lodger), and a friend of his, were in a back room on the same floor with Mr. Headley's room. I called out " Oh!" twice before he threw me on the sofa, They could not hear me upstairs. I had no difficulty in getting out of the room when I did get out. I at \ tempted to get out when he first came in, but he caught hold of me immediately. I cried out "Oh !" also when he put me on the sofa. I will swear he had his head en my chest when we were on the sofa. Re-examined by Mr. Cooper—l was much frightened. I made all the resistance in my power. By the Bench—The door of the sitting-room is three or four yards from the kitchen. I noticed when I went into Mr. Headley's room that the kitchen-door was shut. I had shut when I left it to close the shutters. I said nothing to the prisoner in any way before he spoke to me, and I did not answer him. I was doing up the last shutter when he first addressed me. There is a staircase and a wall between the sitting-room and the kitchen. The gas was fall alight in Mr. Headley's room. I had shut the shutters. (The question as to the gas was put at the instigation of the prisoner.) Caroline Miller deposed—My daughter (the last wit ness) was fifteen last Sunday. About haft-past nine o'clock last Thursday evening we were at supper. My daughter left the kitchen to shut the shutters. A lodger ' rang his bell while she - was absent, and I wanted to an swer it. I wanted my daughter to take an infant I had on my lap, and as she did not answer I rang a bell on the staircase violently. About, a minute afterwards she came out of Mr. Headley's room, and I said to her, " Where have you been ?" She said she had been to shut Mr. Headley's shutters, and a gentleman came in and detained her in the room. I went into the room, and found the:prisoner with his cap and gown on. I demanded what ho was doing there with my daughter, and he passed me in stantly without replying, and ran into the street. I followed him into the street, and demanded his name and college. He made no answer, and I called Mr. Miller. I saw a policeman who was standing by, and told him to take the prisoner in charge. When the prisoner saw Mr. Miller and the policeman coming he took to running. I returned, and again questioned my daughter as to what had passed. It was fortunate for the defendant I did not know when I first met him. My daughter was sitting on the end of the stairs trembling, and nearly fainting, when I returned. [The witness detailed the account which her daughter gave her of the transaction, which agreed with that of the last witness, except that she said her daughter told her that the prisoner said she was " a little angel."] My daughter's combs were broken into her head; the small side combs were broken into a dozen pieces. I heard a noise when my daughter was in Mr. Headley's room, but I thought it was my children, and sent my servant up stairs to quiet them. The defendant's dress was not disordered when I saw him. There were marks of muddy feet on the sofa. A Mr. Watson,' of the Temple, here interrupted the proceedings by making some remarks, and was told by the magistrates that if he repeated his conduct he would be removed. James Miller corroborated his wife's evidence as to being called by her, the pursuit of the prisoner, and other particulars, and said, that while his daughter was absent from the kitchen he heard a shrieking, and said to his wife, " Go and see what Is the matter with those children, and see where Betsy is." Asked prisoner, " What business had you in my house?" and he said " Nothing," and ran off. Witness followed, but lost him in Downing-street, as be could not run so fast as the prisoner by reason of having lately broken his ribs. The prisoner made his escape then. Will positively swear he is the man. Mr. Lestourgeon, surgeon, stated that he attended the prosecutrix professionally on Friday, and found her in a state of such excitement that, finding her such a child, he was desirous of not increasing it, and prescribed me dicine for her. From the appearance of her eyes it was evident she had been weeping considerably, her eyes being quite suffused and bloodshot. Examined her person at a second visit between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, and then found that great violence had been committed, from which she is still suffering. Police-constable Badcock, being called by the magis trates and sworn, stated that he was walking in St. An drew-street, and saw Mr. Miller a few yards from his house; he was walking, but did not address . witness. Saw Mrs. Miller outside her door, and she said, Oh, policeman follow Mr. Miller." .Asked what was amis s , , thh th e a p t ie a ceoff Followed Mr. Miller, but the in and she said, will tell you w hen as ygooune,coamnde Miller said, gen tleman had been in his house and . . said, in answer to a question freamn his hand; ' witness,wta e taken a the university man. Has been that. Did not run after . this as the shelf, and he found him with it in will against the prisoner from Mr. been reported by Miller for his conduct in matter. First beard the real c harg e to Miller when he returned. Wen t ask Miller why he was reported, an d told Mrs. Miller what Miller said, an d asked how it was that Miller made one charge in the street and another at the police-station, She said that miller might have made the remark about the timepiece because he did not want to expose his child. She then said perhaps Miller did not know what he was doing. Will swear that. This witness gave his evidence in a very confused way, but it appeared that he had reported at the station the same night that Miller made the charge of stealing the timepiece, and said he had never spoken to the prisoner in his life. Miller, being recalled, stated that when the last wit ness first asked him what was the matter, he replied that he could hardly say what was the matter; he expect ed some one had been a tt empt i ng to ro b the house, as Mr. Headley kept his watch and things carelessly about, but he would tell th em when he got back. That was after witness had returned from running after the university man. Mr. Garrett submitted that there was no evidence to prove the identity of the prisoner , excep t that of the pro secutrix, to whom he had doubt less been pointed oat, and, even if ho was the party, the evidence only proved that there had been a little gentle dalliance. The Magistrates retired for about five minutes, and on himself i. d f in 2001. 2 trial ooL their return the priso ner, after the usual caution, was a s ked what he had to sa y; he replied i that he should re serve his defence , an d i uiYbca9ilm,r te at the assizes; but waswaadsmthaetend to and two sureties of 1001. each , . 12 . h w le having been found after some di ffi cu lt y , he was liberated, and left Cambridge the same evening. The assizes commence on Wednesday next. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.—SO great bas been the pressure of business at this :court during the past week, that on two successive occasions the clerks were employed until between five and six o'clock in the morning making out summonses ; and two of them still later. It is not yet known whether Mr. Ramshay will preside at the next sit ting, and report speaks of Mr. E. James continuing to act u d eputy-J udge. The app o i n t men t i s in the gift of the Earl of CtElisle. Upwards of 250 suits have been commenced recently in one day, and applications for new summonses, we are informed, continue to be made for the ensuing sitting. irs, vets ref. ID s' 100 500 We i :001' sag° to be it we bid Pa►r Is to h flog tun, ape aura isao . I un to d n et ot ed 3sce lgh ao ali 5V Ito ;WI a r