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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Chancellor of the Exchequer by my predecessor at this Board, under date 26th of February, 1839. From the rapid extension of its collections, partly from the geological survey, partly from foreign sources, and very considerably, I may add, from individual con tributions, the present building has, for some time past, become unsuited to the exigencies of the institution; and a larger building, and another site, have at length be come indispensable. To meet these exigencies, propositions of various kinds, and applying to various localities, have within the last two years been brought under my consideration, but until now none have been suggested which would, at any reasonable cost to the public, have provided the ac commodation required. A property, however, belong ing to her Majesty, lying between Piccadilly and Jermyn-street, will bo out of the lease on the sth April next ; and some of the shops and houses of which it consists being in a very dilapidated condition, it has been recommended to pull them down and to occupy the ground with new buildings. The site has a frontage of about 70 feet to each street, with a depth between the two of about 150 feet. It would afford ample accommo dation for houses and shops in both frontages, and for a museum in the centre, arranged in the manner shown in the accompanying plans. By these, as your Lord - ships will perceive, the museum would consist of nine large galleries, with the requisite supply of rooms for offices, a laboratory, and a workshop for the construc tion of mining and other needful moods. According to estimates which have been prepared, and very care fully considered by the professional officer of this de partment, the cost of erecting the six houses and shops shown on the plan would be about 9,0001. ; that of the museum, 20,0001. I state these details thus generally in the first in stance, as in the event of your Lordships approving in principle of my suggestions, the whole subject of these buildings, in connexion with the estimates and the pur poses to which every portion would be applied, will, of course, be brought again under your Lordships' notice. The whole of these buildings, I would submit to your Lordships, should be erected at one and the same time, under the superintendence of this Department ; and, as the site is part of the hereditary property of 1 the Crown, at the charge of its accruing land re venues. According to the estimates at present before me, the letting to private tenants should contribute to the Exchequer rents amounting altogether to 7401. a year ; the museum not less than 800/. For this second sum it would be necessary to make provision, in the esti mates annually submitted to Parliament by your Lord ships' Board, for rents of offices and public buildings. Looking to the peculiar character of the larger portion of this return—viz., that it should be exempt from the liabilities to which property in the hands of a private tenant is ordinarily subject, and looking also to the in creased value which such institution may reasonably be expected to confer on other and extensive property be longing to the Crown in the same vicinity , ) our Lord ships will, I think, concur with me in opinion, that the arrangement proposed is as consistent with a due ad ministration of the land revenues of the Crown as any other that could be aeopted. In order, however, to render the museum efficient in its twofold object of aiding and receiving aid from the geological survey of Great Britain, it will be neces sary that the department upon which the illustra tion and practical application of its resources are so much dependent, should be strengthened by the services of a sound chemist. The duties of chemist and curator are at present united in the per son of Mr. Richard Phillips, whose skill in the depart ment of mineral analysis is held in high and d& served estimation, but whose time, it may bo sufficient to ob serve, is already engrossed, either with his engagements at the museum, or in making analysis for the excise and other public departments. The branch which I should assign to this new officer of the institution would be that of chemistry in its application to agriculture, to manu factures, and to certain important branches of geological inquiry connected with the prosecution of the survey, for which no adequate provision is to be found in the existing arrangements of the museum. The gentleman whose services I think it most desirable to secure for this appointment is Dr. Lyon Playfair, the pupil of Pro fessor Liebig, and the representative of his opinions in this country in the department of agricultural chemistry. The entire range and character of Dr. Playfair's in vestigations are in accordance with the objects and interests of the museum ; and his appointment, I feel assured, would be regarded with great satisfaction by agrieulturists, by manufacturers, and indeed by all classes who attach importance to its proceedings. From communications which I have had with Dr. Playfair on this subject, I have ascertained that, although at the present moment having reference to other engage ments which he must abandon, the acceptance of this appointment would subject him to some pecuniary loss, ho would be prepared to transfer his services to the museum for the sum of 2501. per annum ; upon the under standing, however, that if, upon the death or resignation of Mr. Phillip, he shall have succeeded in organising a body of competent pupil assistants at the museum, he shall undertake the department allotted to Mr. Phillips, in addition to that which would now devolve upon him, at a salary of 400/. per annum. I feel assured that it will be sufficient for me to state them, to ensure your Lordships', acquiescence in these very reasonable pro posals. Of the commencement, the progress, and the ultimate suspension of the geological survey of Ireland the parti culars are already before your Lordships, in a report addressed to Sir Robert Peel, in 1843, by Mr. Young, Capt. Boldero, and Lord Adare, subsequently printed and laid before both Houses of Parliament. In conformity with the views that suggested its sus pension, Captain James of the Royal Engineers, an officer attached to the Irish trigonometrical survey, was directed, in 1840, to place himself under and take part in the ope rations of Sir H. De la Beche, with the view to the establishment of a system of practical uniformity between the surveys of Great Britain and Ireland. From inquiries I have instituted, it appears that the first object of Captain James's mission has been accomplished; but that the geological survey of Ireland, with its several kindred branches of inquiry, is substantially, at this moment, in the condition in which I find it repre sented to be in the report of 1843. If I am right in this assumption, and it be your Lord ships' desire that the survey . should be now proceeded with upon the basis of and simultaneously with that of Great Britain, I can then have no hesitation in recom mending to your Lordships that the direction of both surveys should be committed in the first instance to one and the same person; that person being, of course, the director of the British survey, Sir IL De la Beche. At taching the highest value to his qualifications for the duties which such an office necessarily imposes (of which duties not the least in importance is that of educating and bringing forward a body of zealous and highly qualified assistants on the survey), I attach still greater importance to the principle of establishing, that unity of action, of eliciting that uniformity of results, and of insuring that reciprocity of benefits between the surveys of the two countries which can only be effected by placing the executive in both cases under the direc tion of one authority ; and it is upon a concurrence, I presume, in the same views, that, after hearing evidence from parties of various opinions and of high authority on all branches of this inquiry, the Commissioners of 1843 recommended that " the topographical geology of Ireland should be committed to Sir Henry Dc la Beebe, as general director of the geological department of the whole empire." If your Lordships should concur in this opinion, and Sir H. De la Beche should be appointed, it will fellow that his time and attention must be divided between the two countries, and that there must be in each a local head, to take the lead under his direction. From the testimony of several parties with whom I have commu nicated (and I may especially state Sir H. De la Beebe himself), I fully concur with the commission, that " Captain James, of the Royal Engineers, should be em • ployed as chief in Ireland." This appointment, it is true, would be at variance with the principle which I understand to have been so forcibly urged by the Master-General of the Ordnance, and fully assented to by your Lordships' Board, in regard to the detachment of military men from the proper duties of their station to others of a purely scientific character. In the present instance, however, seeing that Captain James has already qualified himself for the survey in direct communication with Sir 11. De la Beebe, and the services proceeding under his direction, I think that the exception to the rule would be less injurious to the public service than its observance ; and your Lordships, there fore, will prevail, I trust, upon the Master-General, under the circumstances, to permit Captain James to be seconded, and his services upon the survey to be made available. For the immediate assistant to, and occasional substitute for Sir IL De la Beche on the English survey, I propose that your Lordships should'uthorise me to appoint Mr. Andrew C. Ramsay, at present one of the assistant geo logists on the survey of Great Britain, upon a salary of 2001. a year. Mr. Ramsay, I am informed, joined the survey in April, 1841, and has distinguished himself by the extent of his information and the accuracy of his views ; he is a fellow of the Geological Society of Lon don, and is engaged, in connexion with Professor Forbes, upon a new edition of the Rev. Mr. Conybeare's " Geology of England and Wales ;" a work esteemed of the highest authority in its day, and the revision of which has been especially committed to him by its author. The improvement in his positioti would call for no increase in the amount already suggested to your Lordships for the general purposes of the survey, and in itself would involve an addition to his present salary not exceeding 100/. per annum. With Mr. Ramsay as his assistant in Great Britain, I have no doubt whatever that Sir H. De la Beche would be enabled to devote an appropriate share of his time and attention to the Irish survey ; and, as far as may be dependent upon his exertions hat both services will proceed with corresponding regularity and dispatch. In order, however, as regards the Irish survey, that these exertions may be duly supported, I should recom mend that a vote of not less than 1,5001. should be taken in the estimates of the following and every future year, until the survey of Ireland shall be completed. Oa re ference to the appendix of the Report of 1843, I find a letter from Sir H. De la Beche, in which the sum of e b x e t e s n u d ffi e c d i e o n v t e f r o r a this r s i e o r d v iocfe, ten a ss ur , e i a n r g s the lo s o ti l. r i v s e y s t a t o t e d b e to date of into th fits resumption.eviews fro l m the ente enter entirely which have suggested your Lordships' minute of the 27th ultimo, as to the es tablishment of a museum of economic geology in Dublin. I feel assured not only that the exi s t ence of s in stitutions in London and in Dublin will be aepsaoruate many u 1 ity of positive advantages to both, but that th e e i r of such institutions is very mainly dependent upon their extension into different localities, the expansion of their stores from local sources, the discovery of new agencies, and the interchange of views and opinions, whether of local origin or otherwise ; the existence of which cannot fail to elicit general results, and to promote the cause of general seieuce. It is upon these grounds that, looking to the institu tion already established in London as the model of that proposed to be founded in Dublin, I should, nevertheless, (IRELAND.) R.lturn to an Order of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated April 22, 1845, for a Copy . " of the Correspondence between the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, relative to the Geological Survey of Ireland, and the Treasury Minute thereupon. COPY OF TREASITA/ 3IINUTE, DATED DEC. 27, 1844. Sir Robert Peel states to the Board that various re presentations have been addressed to him as to the im portance of effectually prosecuting and completing a geological survey of Great Britain and Ireland, for which sums have been from time to time voted in the Ordnance estimates, in connexion with the trigonometrical survey in progress under that department. That upon communication with persons the most dis tinguished for their geological knowledge on the one band, and with the Master-General of the Ordnance on the other, he is confirmed in the opinion that a geolo gical survey has no direct connexion with the survey conducted by that board ,• and that although among the engineer officers employed upon the latter many may be found who, from having given attention to geological subjects, may be qualified for its execution, yet that upon the whole, considering the inconvenience to which the union of the two surveys has in some instances given rise, it appears more advisable that the conduct of it should be withdrawn from the military department, and that it should be separately conducted under the direction of persons who have made this branch of science more particularly their study ; and Sir Robert Peel further deems it advantageous that it should be brought into direct connexion with the Museum of Economic Geology, for which sums have been latterly voted by Parliament, and the extension of which is an object of general interest and importance. My Lords agree in the view which Sir Robert Peel has taken of this subject; and think it expedient that a separate estimate should be prepared and submitted to Parliament, of the total sum required for the geological survey of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the sum which it may be annually advisable to allot to this object. As my Lords deem it advisable to connect this survey with the museum of economic geology, it will be neces sary to add to the estimate such sum as may be neces sary to provide an adequate building in London and in Dublin respectively, calculated at once to afford facility for inspection by the public, which the present building does not offer, and ready means of information to those engaged in scientific pursuits. Considering that the Museum in London has been from its foundation under the direction of the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests, my Lords deem it ad visable that all matters relating to the geological survey should in future be committed to the superintendence of the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, under the control of this Board. Write, therefore, to the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, acquainting him with his views of my Lords; and request that, if his Lordship has no objec tion to undertake these duties, he would submit to my -'Lords his opinion as to the persons by whom it would be advisable that the survey should be conducted : as to the expense that it may be necessary annually to incur in the prosecution of it ; and as to the sum required for the establishment and maintenance of the museum in London and in Dublin, to which my Lords have already adverted. LETTER FROM C. E. TREVELYAN, ESQ,., TO TEE EARL OF LINCOLN. Treasury Chambers, Jan. 1, 1845. My Lord,—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having considered the importance of effec tually prosecuting and completing a geological survey of Great Britain and Ireland, I have it in command to transmit herewith, for your information, a copy of their Lordship' minute of the 27th ultimo, containing their views-upeo this subject ; and I am to request, that if your Lordship has no objection to undertake the duties therein specified, you will submit to this board your opi nion as to the persons by whom it would be advisable that the survey should be conducted ; as to the expense that it may be necessary annually to incur in the prose cution .of it; and as to the sum required for the estab lishment and maintenance of the museum in London and in Dublin, to which my Lords have adverted in their said minute. I have, &c., (Signed) C. E. TREVELYAN. LETTER FROM THE EARL OF LINCOLN TO THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY. Office of Woods, &c., January 13, 1845. My Lords,—l have had the honour of receiving, by a communication from Mr. Trevelyan, bearing date the Ist inst., your Lordships' minute of the 27th ult., con veying to me an intimation of your Lordships' views in respect to the future prosecution of the geological sur vey of Great Britain and Ireland, in connexion with the transfer of certain duties of direction and control which your*Lordships are of opinion should in future be com mitted to the chief Commissioner of this Board, and with' the application and extension of the results of that survey to purposes for which, in London, under your Lordship? sanction, an institution is already established and put in charge with this department. I beg leave to assure your Lordships in reply, not only. of my willingness, but of my earnest desire to carry out the intentions of her Majesty's Government in this matter, to the best of my abiltty; and having stated this, I will proceed at once, in obedience to your Lordship? wishes, and as far as my necessarily limited knowledge of d'tails will permit, to point out the mode by Which I think those intentions may be best effected. The geological survey of Great Britain, as your Lordships are aware, originated in the year 1832, in an offer of Sir H. De la Beche to supply the data for colouring geologically certain sheets o. the ordnance map of England, comprising parts of Cornwall, Somer set, and Dorset, and the whole of the county of Devon. A sum of 3001. in aid of this service (Sir H. De la Beche contributing the remaining and the greater por tion of the expense) was charged against the survey of Great Britain in that year; and subsequently, the sur vey . has been extended, under his direction, over other portions of the country. The geological survey of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, with portions of Wilts, Dorset, Worcester, Brecon, and Cardigan, are finished, and are either finished or are ready for publication. The re mainder of South Wales, with the northern portion of the principality, and some of the adjoining English counties, may be stated as at present under examination, parts of those only being completed. From a return with which I have been favoured by the Master General and Board of Ordnance, it appears that six persons, civilians, are employed under Sir IL De la Beebe, as his assistants upon the survey; that up to the 31st of March, 1844 (including, from 1835 to 1839; the service of an Ordnance surveyor, chiefly directed to the correction of the pre-existing maps for geological purposes), the cost has, in the whole, amounted to rather more than 11,0001. ; and that the sum set apart for it in the Ordnance estimates for the current Parliamentary year is 1,9501., which is appro priated as follows, viz.:— To the Director £soo In lieu of travelling expenses To assistant geologists : One, at 3001 ' Two, at 2001. Three, at 1501. 300 400 450 £6OO To contingencies 1,150 200 £1,950 For the application of these monies, however, there appears to have been no specific parliamentary authority; nor, except in casual statements and discussions upon the estimates of which they form a portion, do I find any notice of this service in Parliament, and certainly none at all commensurate with its claims upon the public attention. The time, however, it appears to me, is now arrived at which the geological survey should take its proper posi tion in the estimates annually submitted to Parliament by your Lordships' board, accompanied by a report of its progress within the previous year, and of the portion re maining to be accomplished. Your Lordships will, I feel assured, concur with me in opinion, that indepen dently of the expediency of such a practice on Parliamen tary grounds, publicity supplies an encouragement to zeal where zeal exists, and a stimulus where it Is wanting ; and that the practical importance of the principle is in no instance more manifest than where, in connexion with the acceptance of great individual responsibilities, the question is one of giving or withholding public money. I feel the less hesitation in submitting these observa tions to your Lordships on the present occasion, inas much as, with the facilities afforded by my position for becoming informed of the real progress of the geological survey, I can testify that no want of either zeal or dili gence-can be imputed to the parties concerned in its pro secution. Its advances, however, from the inadequacy . of its re sources, have hitherto been slow and unsatisfactory : and L should recommend that a vote of at least 4,0001. should be taken in the ensuing and in every future year until the undertaking is completed. Having cons u lt e d Si r H. D e l a B ec h e as t o th e p er iod within which the survey of great Britain could be brought to a close, with the additional assistance I bave sugges ted, he assures ma that with an annual vote of 4,0001. its present rate of progress would be considerably more than doubled ; and that the whole would be brought to a conclusion within 12, or at the furthest 14 years from the present time. It appears to me highly desirable that the entire sur vey should, if possible, he the work of one and the same supervision ; but with the sum hitherto set apart fer its prosecution it is inconsistent with the ordinary proba bilities of human life th at Si r H . D e la Beche, or in deed any geologist of equal maturity and experience with himself in the higher requisites for such a service, should live to witness the termination of his labours. The amount, therefore, which I have recommended is as small as I think consistent with the completion of the survey conjointly with the attainment of an object to which I cannot help attaching very great importance ; but if your Lordships' views should differ from my own on this point, I would then only urge that the sum to be now submitted to Parliament should in future sessions be adhered to, inasmuch as any diminution would neces sitate the dismissal of men who had been trained to the service, and whose places it would involve a loss both of money and time to supply. It affords me great pleasure to find that your Lord ships are disposed to give increased efficiency to the Museum of Economic Geology in London—an Institu tion to the condition of which, but for difficulties which I trust are now removed, I should have long since fel tit my duty to draw your Lordships' attention. The museum in Craig's-court was founded in the year 1835, in connexion with the geological survey of Great Britain. Your Lordships will find a statement of the earlier circumstances of its progress, in a letter addressed to the TTIE SUN, LONtION, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1845. desire to see it placed under a superintendence in a great ; measure separate and distinct. Amongst the men of science in Ireland whose I opinions were consulted by the Commissioners of 1843, the subject of geology, in its application to the de velopment of mineral wealth, to agriculture, to the arts and manufactures, and in short to the general purposes of life, appears to have chiefly engaged the at- , tention of Dr. Kane, a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a chemist, as lam informed, of high and admitted authority in his profession. Ile attaches " the highest importance to the establishment in Dublin of a Central Museum of Economic Geology, like that in London ;" and his views, as detailed in paper 8, appen dix 4, of the report above referred to, point him out as the person apparently best fitted to take charge of such a collection. I would suggest, therefore, that Dr. Kane should be consulted as to his willingness to take upon himself the chemical section cf the geological survey, under the direction of Sir li. De la Beche ; that he should perform the same duties in Ireland as I propose that your Lordships should devolve conjointly upon Dr. Play fair and Mr. Phillips in this country ; and that for his services he should be paid a salary not exceeding awl. per annum. Inprder to obviate, however, the possibility of any misdnderstanding hereafter upon points which may affect not only the personal interests of Dr. Kan e, but those higher interests which, in the event of his ap pointment, would be committed in great measure to his keeping, I would suggest that your Lordships should authorise me to communicate with him, forthwith, as to his position, his duties, and his emoluments under their proposed arrangement. It is indispensable, in fact, that I should be afforded the advantage of communicating with some person of scientific authority in Dublin (and with none, of course, could I so properly confer in the first instance as this gentleman,) before I can in any way advise your Lordships as to the probable expense of maintaining an institution in that city ; which, though founded upon the basis of the museum in Craig's-court, may, from local causes only, require a somewhat different treatment. It would afford me sineere pleasure,l need scarcely say, to be enabled, in these communicatiors, to lay the basis of an arrangement for the working of the respective in stitutions in London and in Dublin, in accordance with each other and with the great public objects which haves suggested their establishment; and I trust that I shall be enabled to signify to your Lordships Dr. Kane's ac ceptance of the appointment of chemist and curator upon that basis : subject, of course, to the approval of your Lordships' board. It would then become expedient to make provision for the specimens already collected on the Irish geological survey, which are at present deposited in Dublin, in charge of the Master- General and Board of Ordnance ; and which, of course, should be transferred to the cus tody of this department,as soon as a proper building can be provided for their reception. Although your Lordships inform me that you are pre pared to defray the expense of providing a building for this purpose in Dublin, I would suggest that, among the public buildings in that city, there might be found accommodation that would suffice, for at least some period to come, for the collections already in sto re, and for any contributions that might accrue, either from the survey, from the Museum in London, or from private sources. Your Lordships will probably see the expediency of instituting such inquiriesm Dublin as may elicit full and specific information on the point to which I have adverted. I feel, indeed, that until this information shall have been acquired, and I shall have had an opportunity of communicating with Dr. Kane, with respect to the Museum an d its appointments, it would be of little avail for me to occupy your Lordships' attention with suggestions as to this portion of the larger subject referred to me by your Lordship's mi nute of the 27th ultimo. In finally adverting, however, to that minute, and to the confidence which your Lord ships have been pleased to repose in myself and the future Chief Commissioner , of this Board, in reference to the direction and control of the services which form the subject of this letter, I may be permitted, perhaps, to suggest to your Lordships that our duties should be restricted within their limits ; and that the receipt and issue of monies, the examination and payment of all de mands, and the preparation of such general account at the end of the year as may be required by the Commis sioners of Audit, should devolve, in the usual course, upon the Board. I have, &c., (Signed) LINCOLN. Do. New ............... 2 1734' 18% ... .. Midland, Binu., Derby...loo ll6 Newcastle and Darling ton junction ......... ... 25 ...... 48 Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1% l 2 l/ . 34 13 Newry and Enniskillen. 2% Newark and Sheffield ... 1% 4% .•.... North British ........... 10 Do. 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(Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2 1 / t Jamaica Junction 1 1,4 4% Lyons and Avignon Namur and Liege ...... 2 % 6 14 53 A Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d % 1 A Paris & Lyons, Latlitte's 2 Pans and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Rouen . ........ 20 Royal North of Spain ..• 2 Sambre and Meuse ~... 4 18 1 ,4 118 121 4 1 / 2 16% 40 1 4 14 1 / 2 13 1 / Cl i 54 23144/.2 21. E 53 / 4 26 102 1 % 51 2' 3 7 4 6 1 / 2 10% 2% 1 74 421 A RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Group V. NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Sutarday.) John Gough, a clerk in the office et the Nottingham Canal Corn. pany, proved that he had called upon the projectors of the railway, with the view of arranging clauses which should protect the inte rests of the Canal Company. This witness was ordered to retire, aad to be called In when the clauses should be under discussion. Mr Hardy, Town.,councillor of Nottingham, was called to show that the corporation only objected to the crossing of the Queen's. road on a level. They had no other objection. Mr. Bidder put in a number of tables to show the present traffic of the town and county of Nottingham. The annual charge of the railway would be 19,000/. per annum, which deducted from the expected traffic would allow 9 per cent. interest to the proraoters of the line. He thought that even in the event of a railway being made directly from Lincoln to London, which would obstruct the passenger traffic that at present went through Nottingham, that loss would be replaced by the setter communication opened up by the railway with Doncaster, Gainsborough, and ether places. Mr. Bidder then went into minute calculations to show that no water carriage could possibly exist in competition with the railway system, when fairly developed. Mr. Sergeant CLARKE then addressed the Committee. He would remind them that they bad to report to the House whether a sufficient traffic had been shown to maintain the railway and to permit a profit to the promoters. And with respect to the evidence of 11r. Bidder— for upon his evidence the whole merits of the case rested—he would ask the Committee if they could attach any weight to his statements ? The conclusions to which lie had arrived had not been warranted by the evidence of the other witnesses. The Learned Sergeant then went over the traffic evidence alre.dy given, and contended that the heavy goods which at present went by the canal would not be transferred by the railway. A traffic sufficient to warrant the Committee in passing the preamble of the Bill had not been proved, and he, therefore, hoped and trusted that the Bill would be thrown out. Mr. MACAULAY shortly replied, and on the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's address the room was cleared. On the public being again admitted it was anr.ounced that the preamble was passed, and The CHAIRMAN added, that it was hoped that plans and sections of the bridges across the canals and navigable rivers on the line would be produced before the Committee. The Committee then adjourned till Wednesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) BOW-STIIEE T. A FORCIBLE ENTRY.—John Quincey Harris, late M.P. for Newcastle-under-Lyne, was placed at the bar before Mr. Twyford, charged with unlawfully making a forcible entry into the house of Mr. George Roberts, solic tor, of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, his brother-in law, and assaulticg his servants. The complainant stated that he was the husband of the defendant's sister, and resided in Montague -street, Russell square. On Friday evening, about five o'clock, hearing a noise in the house, he went to ascertain the cause, when he found the defendant struggling with his servants, and to prevent a further breach of the peace being committed, he sent for a constable, and had the defendant conveyed to the station-house. The defendant said ho had received a letter from his mother, in which she expressed a wish to have a conver sation with him on business, and on presenting himself at the complainant's house, where she at present resided, he was resisted, and taken to a place of confinement, where lie remained the whole of the night, and for which he was determined to institute legal proceedings against the whole party. The complainant assured the Court that several at tacks had been made upon him by the defendant, in con sequence of which he went in bodily fear, and from his general conduct he had every reason to conclude he was not accountable for his actions, being of unsound mind. The defendant, in a very excited manner, declared that every word uttered by the complainant was false, and having taken a prayer-book from his pocket, he read in a very solemn manner the entire of a psalm, while the complainant was endeavouring to impress on the magistrate that he had been for a considerable time la bouring under very strong delusions. Mr. Twyford said he was induced, from what had just taken place, to have the opiiron of medical gentle men before he could allow the defendant to be dis charged. He then ordered the defendant to find bail, himself in 1501, and two sureties in 1001. each, to keep the peace till the sessions. The defendant was then removed from the bar ; and the persons, who offered themselves as bail in the course of the day were informed that the complainant must be furnished with twenty-four hours' notice. WORSHIP-STREET. An elderly German, named Frederick William Zabell, a master sugar-baker. was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with the manslaughter of a French man, named Jean Frederick Cobet, a sack manufacturer. Both prisoner and deceased were known as men of pro perty, and had been friends. They were drinking to gether in a public house, and a quarrel ensued about a sovereign. This led to a pugilistic contest, in the course of which the prisoner gave deceased an unlucky blow, from the effect of which he died. The magistrate consented to admit the prisoner to bail, two good sureties in 2501. each, in addition to the prisoner's own recognizance in 5004, f,r his appearance at the Central Criminal Court to take his trial.—The required bail was immediately given, and the prisoner was liberated until the sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for having committed an assault upon Captain Robert Campbell. • Mr. Heaton attended for the defendant, and a gentle man from the firm of Barnes and Co appeared for the complainant. Captain Campbell said, on Saturday evening last he was dressing in his bed-room, at No. 4, King-street, St. James's, when be heard a knock, and he called out " Come in." The defendant opened the door, and, seeing him, hastily entered the room with a person having the appearance of a -foreicreer, and, having locked the room door, he placed his'. back against it. Complainant asked him how he dared to enter his room in that way ? To which the defendant replied, " " I have come to ask payment of the m one y y ou owe me. Complainant said if defendant had any clam on him, the law was open, and then proceeded to the door to endea vour to get out, but the defendant would not allow this, and, fearing the defendant meant to do him some bodily injury, he rang the bell violently for his servant. When his sevant came to the door, he called out to him to go fur a policeman. The defendant still kept on say ing, " Why don't you pay me the money," and bluster ing about the room. Complainant went to the washing stand, and while his back Was turned towards the defend ant, the defendant said "rib you mean to say you don't owe me this money !" to which be replied he certainly did not. The defendant then called him a d—d liar, and struck him a violent blow with a stick en the back part of the head. The blow was given with sufficient force to knock him slightly over the wash-hand basin. he The foreigner immediately opened the door and went out of the room. As soon as recovered from the effects of his surprise, he ran after the defendant, seized him, and held him as well as he could. In a few mi nutes a police-constable arrived, and he gave him in charge. Complainant went for his solicitor ; but when he get to Vine-street station -house he found defendant had been discharged. Cross-examined—Had formerly been in the habit of playing with Sir James Mackenzie. Knew a Mr. Baugham in 1837 ; introduced him to Sir James Mac kenzie at Devonport. Believe Sir James won some money of Mr. Baugham. Could not recollect whether the amount was 3001., and whether Sir James had told him that Mr. Baugham had given his acceptance for that sum. Could not recollect whether lie had agreed to pay Sir James 1601. on behalf of his friend Mr. Baugham, on condition of a certain statement being suppressed. Could not recollect whether he (corn ' plainant) had made a statement in writing relative to Sir James at the Horse Guards. During the course of cross-examination, which was continued at great length, frequent personal altercations took place between the professional advisers of both parties, and the Court was more than once obliged to interfere. Mr. Heaton proceeded to say that he was astonished at finding that any one holding her Majesty's commis sion could have acted in the way Capt. Campbell had acted. The facts were these Baugham, Capt. Campbell's friend, was in the habit of taking his chance of winning money from Sir James Mackenzie ; but upon one occasion in his life he lost, a nd he refusing to pay Capt. Campbell undertook to pay but did not, and ulti mately, certain false and injurious communications against Sir James were made at the Horse Guards. Sir James had not an opportunity of Communicating with Capt. Campbell on the subject until Saturday morning ,last. He went tq Capt. Campbell's lodgings, not to give him a blow, but to ask him for them oney owin, and to d em and satisfaction for the wrong d the insults he had sustained. Capt: Campbell's manner towards him be came so offensiTa that be lifted hi walhing 4 " and LETTER FROM C. E. TREVELYAN, ESQ., TO THE COM MISSIONERS OF WOODS, &C. Treasury Chambers, Jan. 31, 1845. My Lord and Gentlemen—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, having had under considera tion a letter from the Earl of Lincoln, dated the 13th instant, suggesting measures for the prosecution of the geological surveys of Great Britain and Ireland, and fur making the collections resulting from those surveys more generally and extensively available for the public benefit, I am directed to inform you that my Lords have com municated to the Earl of Lincoln their approval of his Lordship's suggestions, and have been pleased to give authority for carrying them into effect. lam desired at the same time to state, that their Lordships have caused copies of their minute, dated the 27th of . December last, and of Lord Lincoln's reply, to be communicated to the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, with the re quest that they will co-operate with his Lordship in carrying this important object into effect ; and I am at the same time to intimate that in the execution of official details, as regards especially the receipt and issue of monies, and the examination and payment of accounts, it is their Lordships' wish that the board's assistance should be afforded in conformity with the usual course of the business of your department. I have, &c., (Signed) C. E. TREVELYAN. P.S.—A copy of the Earl of Lincoln's report of the 13th inst., together with a copy of their Lordships' minute of the 27th ult. on this subject, are herewith transmitted for your information and guidance. gave him a blow. He hoped, therefore, the Court would admit that a sufficient amount of provocation had been committed to justify a lenient decision. Mr. Hard nick said under all cirenmstances he could see nothing in the way of mitigation. The assault was proved, and quite unjustifiable ; and he felt that the case ought not to have come beore him, but ought to have been referred to another tribunal. However, if the parties chose to have the charge disposed of in his court, all he had to du was to go to the extent the law per mitted, to impose the paltry penalty of 3/. ; and in addi tion, call on the defendant to enter into his own recog. nizances in 100 L, and to find two good sureties in 50/. each, to keep the peace. THE ROBBERY AT THE READING RAILWAY STATION. READING ADJOURNED SESSIONS, M►x 9. The Court opened this morning before the Recorder, Mr. Ser geant Merewether, Mr. J. G. Willat, Mayor, and the folowing magistrates :—Messrs. H. Hawkes, E. Micklem, E. Hodges, J. Richards, jun., and Captain Parvis. Thomas Henry Robinson surrendered to take his trial on the charge of having stolen a 501. note belonging to the Great Western Railway Company, on the Ilth of February last. Mr. Clarkson (specially retained) and Mr. Williams (with Mr. Charles Nash, from Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Co., solicitors for the Company) appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Carrington de fended Robinson. The defendant being well known in the town, from having held for some time the office of cashier at the station, the Court was crowded to hear the result. Mr. C►RRINGTON made an application to the Court for the sum of 131. 10s., a penknife, and other articles. which were taken from Robinson at the time of his apprehension, to be given up to him. This application he founded up m several cases, which the Learned Counsel cited, where money, as in this case, had no con.. nexion with the subject of Inquiry, the property forming no part of the note in question. Mr. CL►RKSON opposed the application in some lengthened ar guments, and the Recorder expressed his unwillingness to yield to At twenty minutes past twelve o'clock the grand jury returned a true bill against the defendant, and the case was proceeded with. Mr. CLARKSON stated, at great length, the whole particulars of the case, which subsequently appeared in evidence, and being pre. cisely the same as those reported in the newspapers of the 7th ult. The only new feature was the production of a letter forwarded by Robinsln to Harris, which the Learned Counsel designated as a most artful act, and, in his opinion, materially aggravated the na ture of his offence. It is as follows : " Shoreditch, March 14. " My dear Harris,—How much I regret matte's have turned out so unfortunately for you ; but, any dear fellow, I cannot think that the 501. note affair is the sole cause. You may rest assured that though it is the plea other things are the cause of your dismissal ; at least such is my opinion, and as it is no use to ' cry over shed milk,' I would by all means endeavour to get another situation of a different kind, for I fear you are not calculated for the duties of clerk, and if I may suggest to you, I would say try for a conductor's or guard's situation, and though I know it is rather touching a tender chord to propose such a thing to you, yet I am in earnest in my suggestion, and trust you will give me credit for sincerity, and as I expect to be down to.morrow by mail train (night), I will not now write more, but remain, as usual, yours very truly, "T. H. ROBINSON." The 501. note had been sent by Robinson, who received it as a 51., to Miss Southall, who, with her mother, lived in London, had obtained change for it, and sent part back to Robinson. Harris, a fellow clerk, had been punished on suspicion, and after a troublesome investigation traced the facts, which the prisoner, by a fictitious letter to the Southall's, had attempted to screen. The case for the prosecution having concluded, Mr. CARRINGTON made a most ingenious and eloquent address on behalf of the prisoner, and the REGORGE!, having occupied upwards of an hour in summing up the case, the jury consulted together for about half an hour, and returned a verdict of Guilty, accompany. ing it with a recommendation to mercy on account of his previous good character. Sergeant MEREWETHER, in passing sentence, said it was a dis tressing thing to observe a young man so respectable placed in such a p-inful situation and in the courre of imprisonment, aggravated by deception, fraud, and insincerity, and hoped he would avail him self of the opportunity of redeeming his character. He had cer. tainly forteited in a great degree his goad eharacter ; but the peo ple of this country were generous and kind, and would in t►me forget it ; therefore he hoped he would try to restore himself to society, and his wife and family. The Learned Recorder then ben tenced him to six calendar months' imprisonment. The trial lasted nearly six hours. INNOVATIONS OF THE DAY. One of the old poets, c‘ho flourished in the days of Queen Bess, observed, " In England's happy land, Fashion and fame go always hand in hand." This old distich, which has survived the wear and tear of nearly three centuries, is more than ever true at the commencement of the present season. The weird sisters, Fashion and Fame, still roam together " hand in hand," and have deigned to pay a lengthened visit to the esta blishment of Messrs. Nicoll, in Regent-street, who have done so much to welcome their wayward guests, that there seems but little probability that they will abandon their present abode, and " the men, the horrid men," as Lady Booby says, are doing their utmost to set off their persons to the best advantage, and for this purpose those who are endowed with taste and judgment inva riably repair to this Establishment, which is always supplied with the last caprice of the Parisian lions. The trite and homely proverb sap, that it is impossible to make a silken purse out of a certain porcine appendage; but although this remark has stood the test of ages, the Messsrs. Nicoll have shown its futility, as some of their clients, on whom nature has been somewhat chary of her bounty, when turned out in registered pal tuts, and other necessary habiliments, by the artists of this Esta blishment, would pass muster with the most elegant of the slim beaux who talk scandal in the bow window at White's. The Count de Grammont, who was seldom known to go to bed, at least for the purpose of sleeping, would perhaps have been a more drowsy mortal if he could have reposed his pleasure-worn frame up . m such a luxurious bed as that which has recently been invented by Wilson, the upholsterer, in Wigmore street. Since every new pomatum or hair oil is now a Greek compound, this novel bedstead, out of deference to the established usage, has been christened the Philokathanistic, for the definition of which term we refer our unlearned readers to their lexicons. As the old " yellows," with their four posters, have been swept away by the railroad en croachments, so are the old massive four-post bedsteads destined to be supplanted by these light and elegant couches. The unwieldy masses of mahogany which for merly propped up the tester are replaced by four light brass rods, supporting the canopy, which, by means of a simple piece of mechanism in the bedstead, can be lifted up and down at pleasure, thug enabling the servant clean, adjust, and brush the whole bed- furniture within the space of a few minutes. We recommend a visit to Wig more-street, to judge respecting the merits of this inven tion. Whilst our readers are in Wiginore-street, we would suggest that they would d.) well to look in at the atelier of Clark, the statuary, who has a superb collection of casts from the antique, as well as from little scraps and corners of Gothic atchitecture, which he has collected in his rambles through Normandy and other parts of the continent. His designs for monuments and emblazoned tombs arc remarkable for the correct taste which he has displayed in their selection. Whilst looking over the " storied urns" and monumental effiges, we see how— " The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe," and we are shown a thousand different designs by which we could record our respect for departed friends or rela tives. Mr. Clark has also recently completed several statues and busts, one particularly, that of Salma.cis one of Diana's attendant nymphs, which is exquisitell beautiful. Pope talks about a lady who possessed suet tender feelings that— . "To make a wash she'd hardly stew a child." Now, the ladies of China, Japan, and Persia, who are re markable for the beauty and clearness of their com plexions, attribute this delicacy to the use of a cosmetic, which, whether it be made of stewed children or no, is certainly endowed with wondrous properties. We are told that the ingredients are pr►ncipally herbaceous ; but, then, Professor Liebig declares that " man is a vegetable," which relieves the cannibals of a very serious imputation. This cosmetic is called " Meen Fun," and the long secreted recipe was revealed by a priest of the temple of Teen Tan to Dr. Charles Malcolm, who has appointed. Fabian and Co. to be his agents for dispensing it to the ladies of this country. If Mrs. Commissioner Lin has as good a complexion as has been bestowed upon her in the wax-work representa tion, we should need no stronger proof of the efficacy of the Celestial skin powder. We can assure our lady readers that we are in earnest, and that we do not moan fun merely when we advise them to give this cosmetic a trial. We recently had the pleasure of recording our admi ration of the choice collection of articles of vertu, bijouterie, and orflorerie, which is displayed at Piot's establishment on the Boulevard des Italiens in Paris. We learn from persons who have just returned from the French capital that be has lately made an immense addition to his stock, and that his shop has become the " Storr and Mortimer" of Paris. The most flattering accounts are received in this country of the taste and workmanship which are displayed in all the articles exposed for sale in his establishment.—Morning Post. et itZt Xbittort EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) THE ATTOR.NiY-GENERAL P. WALTER AUSTIN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition). Mr. JArwts said he was anxious to have the damages in this case assessed now. He would be willing to fix the amount at 2001. Mr. HUMPHRIES said he had no objection to consent to a verdict for the Crown for that amount. CHL FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents 100% 3 / 4 100% Long Annuities to expireJ an. 1860 11 1 4 11 1 4 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. Consols for Acc0unt.....,.... 99% 99 99% xchequer Bills, 1,0001~ I%d. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ... 56 54 57 pm. 57 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 15% 37 1 % 7% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 Ditto, Account 3 7 lk Ditto. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, converted.... 6676% 77 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ' A 77 30 1 / i 41 3 / 81A Ditto, Account 4l 41 p s Belgian 4 per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97% 97% PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. B AILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush - ___ 1% — ___ Birming. and Gloucesterloo . - 136 135 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 ...... 7%! 8 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ........ 59 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 11 ,4 .••••• 71 0% Cheater and Holyhead... 5 Chichester and Brighton 10 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 1 1 4 — .. 2% Cornwall Direct Northern _ 2 % - Vs 10% Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 2% 4 3 3 / 4 Dublin and Mullingar... 2% 4 14 Eastern Counties 25 ..... 1936% Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d l% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% 6 ...... .. ..... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension 2% 3:y 4 1 l9et 14 65 6 23 12% 43% G u t e kapn a i lo i cl e. Manchester o si r xt te Sixteenths o e fEngl a n d . . 100 - Dlt t o New 5 43% ...... ..... Ditto New Great Western BO ......184 186 184 Ditto % Shares 5O lO4 ...... ..... .., Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Porti. 2% 4 34 Hull and Selby 5O lO6 105 ... .... Ditto Quarter Shares 12% 22% ..... .... London and Birminghm (Stock) Do. New Thirds Loudon and Blackwall. 161. 138.4 d. 9 1 A 8% London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15A. 9d. 18 1 4 17% Do. New l3s 4d iii Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. London and Greenwich 12/ 1554 d... 11 Do. Preference ...18117s 2d 2 4 14 London and S. Western 411 6s 10d 78 Do. New London and York 2% 4%% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ... 2 l /4... . 2 1 4 Londonderry &Coleraine 214 3 k Londonderry and Ennis- Lynn and Eelaynntdhj: Leeds... 7 2 23 2:14 _ 4 7 6 :1% Do. 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarters Manchester and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarters Midland... 100 156 157 ... . . 104 ~ 41% 5 . 104% 22 1 / • ___ 2 1. 44N D• S% 634 • 17% • A 244 44 2 1 / 2 3% 68 20 1 / 2 _ 7 3/4 STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LUEDS, MAY 9.—We have no new feature to notice in this branch of trade this week. About an average amount of business has been done, and prices continue very firm. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MAY 9.—Sales of low combing wools are dull ; in finer kinds there is a steady demand, and stocks are light. Prices are very firm. Clothing wools of middle and low qualities are not plentiful, and prices are firm. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MAY 9.—We have had very little doing during the week, and prices may be quoted rather on the advance. LEEDS.—The advance which has taken place in the price of goods of low quality, has had the tendency of checking the demand ; considerably less business was done at the Cloth-halls, both on Saturday and Tuesday, than has been the case for several weeks past, and it is generally supposed that there will not be much done in low qualities, until it is known how wool will maintain its price at the coming sales. Fine goods continue in pretty good demand, and the stocks on hand are lower than they have been during the same period of the year for several years past. Business continues pretty steady in the warehouses. TRADE OF LEICESTER.—WooIs continue very firm, anti worsted yarns are more in demand. The cotton trade has been a very good one for the season, and but little stock on hand. The prospect of a tall trade ap pears favourable.—Leeds Merculy. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. The next mails for Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, &c , via Southampton, will be despatched on the morning of 20th inst. The next mail, via Marseilles, will be despatched on the evening of the 24th inFt. WEST INDlES.—Steamer Trent, for mails of Saturday morning, 17th inst. AMEUlCA.—Steamer Cambria, for the mails of the evening of Monday next, 19th inst. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES.--Ship William Met calfe, for the mails of the 31st inst. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday at Bucking- ham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Leiningen, left Buckingham Palace at five minutes before two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for the terminus of the South Western Railway at Nine Elms. The Royal Suite followed in two carriages and four, and consisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Mr. George Edward An son, Major General Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Colonel Bowles. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to their carriage by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady Caroline Cocks, Honourable Miss Devereux, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Cham berlain, Viscount Sidney, Marquis of Granby, Hon. Captain Duncombe, and Captain Franeis Seymour. A party of the 4th Light Dragoons formed the escort. The royal party left the terminus at Nine Elms by a spicial train, en route for Osborne House, Isle of Wight, where they arrived at half-past five o'clock. The very Rev. the Dean c f Westminster arrived at Osborne House, on Saturday evening. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal suite attended Divine service at Osborne House. The very Rev. the Dean of Westminster officiated. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked, yesterday morning, in the grounds of Osborne House, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice yesterday, at Buck ingham Palace. The Princess Alice was taken an airing in the royal gardens. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess of Kent, attended divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of London, from Galatians, chap. iv., verse 6. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. Dr. Da kins, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of Lon don. The Anthem, " Let God arise" (Greene), was sung by Messrs. Francis, Bradbury, and Bennett. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Queen Dowager received the sacrament, which was administered by the Bishop of London, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Sleath and the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Bishop of Norwich was the Clerk, and the Dean of Hereford the Deputy-Clerk of the Cloeet in Waiting. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Couatess of Sheffield, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and the Hon. William Ashley. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Aetna Maria Dawson. Among the nobility preent were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of Mon trose, Marquises of Anglesey, Northampton, and Huutly, Ladies Wilton and Ernest Bruce, Lords Sheffield, St. Germans, Hill, E. Bruce, Alford, and Colville. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended the afternoon service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duke of Rutland and Sir Frederick Trench at tended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Her. Dr. Wesley ; the sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Mills. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Priuce George and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditery Grind Dike and (Irai Dechees of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended Divine service yester day morning in Grosvenor Chapel, Sotto Audiey-s reet. Mr. Edmond Mildmay was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi lippstahl left Christie's hotel, St. James's-street, at nine o cleek yesterday morning, for the Continent, travelling via South-East,. rn railway. his Serene Highness took leave of the Royal Fatuity on Fraley at. their respective residences. A quadrille band attended at Clarence-house, Sr. James's, on Friday evening, at the soirée dansante given by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and performed a number of waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles. The band was under the direction of Mr. Henry Bar nard, who presided at the piano-forte. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess o Mecklenburgh Strelitz (attended by Mr. Edmond Mild. may), and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by the Marchioness of Douglas, and at tended by Baroness de Strumfeder, visited the Royal Academy yesterday, and were received by Sir Martin Archer Shee, the President, who conducted the royal visitors through the different Schools of the Exhibition. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, Prince George, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen burgh Strelitz, visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday at Marlborough House. Prince George and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay. the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of M.eck linburgh Strelitz, the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by the Duchess of Hamilton and the Coun tess of Lincoln, and attended by Baroness de Strum feder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Count de St. Aulatre, the French Ambassador, and the Bishop of Norwich, paid their respects to the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, on Saturday. The Aus trian Ambassador and the Countess Deitrichstein paid their respects to Iler Royal Highness yesterday, The Grand Duchess visited the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz yesterday. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy. Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Sir Robert Peel left town on Saturday morning for his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. , office from the Governor of South Australia. Despatches were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday even ing for the Governor of the Mauritius. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. to LONDON SOCIETY for PROMOT ING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS. The annual meeting of the above Society was held on Friday, May 9, at Exeter Hall. The great room was densely crowded. The President of the Society, Sir 'F. Baring, Bart., was in the chair, which was subsequently filled by the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P.. on the former being compelled to retire :rom indisposition. Resolutions were moved and seconded by the Lora Bishop of Chester, Lord Ashley, Rev. E. Bickersteth, Rev. Hugh Stowell, Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, Rev. P. , C. Ewald (missionary to the Jews at Jerusalem), Rev. 1)r, Wolff, Rev. Hugh M`Neile, Rev. W. W. Pym, and Rev. Dr. Marsh. The annual sermon had been preached the day be fore by the Bishop of Chester. It appeared, from the report, that the income of the Society during the past year was 25,7111.2 s 81, , being an increase of 3851. 14s. Bd. above the receipts of the preceding year. The following are the stations occupied by the Society :—London, Liverpool, Bristol, Jerusalem, Safet, Hebron, Amsterdam, Rot terdam, Frankfort-on-the-Maine, Creuznach, Stras burgh, Berlin, Breslau, Posen, Frankfort-on-the- Oder, Stettin, Konigsberg, Dantzic, Gothenburg, Warsaw, Lublin, Kalisch, Cracow, Smyrna, Beyrout, Aleppo, Bagdad, and Morocco. The number of mis sionaries and agents is seventy-five. The baptisms of Jews referred to in the report as having taken place during the year at some of the stations of the Society, exceed 120 ; thirty-six of these took place at the Jews' Chapel, in Palestine-place, Bethnal-green. The number of adult unconverted Jews who have attended at the services in Hebrew, English, and German, are stated as having often been very considerable. The other institutions of the Society in Palestine-place are the Hebrew schools (in which fifty boys and fifty girls, children of Jewish parents, are educated), and the Hebrew College, for training missionaries. The Principal of the College is the Rev. Dr. M`Caul, Canon of St. Paul's. There is another establishment on the premises of the Society, the Operative Jewish Converts' Institution, but which is quite distinct in its management from the Jews' Society. Jewish converts are there taught the trade of bookbinding ; they receive religious instruction, and their conduct is watched over, both before and after baptism. We learn that the annual meeting of the Opera tive Jewish Converts' Institution is to be held at Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate- street, on Friday evening, May 16, at half-past six o'clock ; the Right Hon. Sir G. H. Rose, the President of the Institution, will take the chair. The annual sermon will be preached by the Rev. W. R. Fremantle, at the Episcopal Jews' Chapel, on Wednesday evening, May 14 ; Divine service to commence at half-past six o'clock. ENLARGEMENT OF BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON.— Arrangements are in progress for increasing the size of this journal, which will take place as soon as new steam machinery can be manufactured, and other mechanical arrangements effected. This enlargement will enable us to use a larger sized type, and give in a more detailed form the most interesting sporting events of the day. In effecting this desirable arrangement, we shall of necessity incur much increased expense and outlay, y e t no increased charge whatever vk ill be made to our nume rous subscribers, for whose unexampled and extensive patronage we beg to return our most gratetul thanks—a patronage most extraordinary, there not being a city, town, or village in England, Scotland, or Ireland, in which Bell's Life in London is not extensively circu lated. To this may be added, an extensive sale in the East end West Indies, America, and indeed all the four quarters; of the globe. Until these improvements are made, to keep pace with the vast increase of sporting occurrences, we shall frequently publish a gratuitous half-sheet supplement. Bell's Life is regularly printed in time for the London newspaper agents to forward by all the Saturday afternoon — railways. The price of Bell's Life is Sixpence ; and at the same price, wbe considerably enlarged, it will be continued. DRURY-LANE TUEATRE.—There was a general rehearsal of the new opera of The Enchantress, written for Madame Thillon's dcbdt, on Saturday last. But finding some of the effects to be produced not sufficiently advanced, Mr. Bunn has prudently postponed its per• formance until Wednesday. We arc given to under stand that the preparations are ion a scale equally novel 43 coatly. DECREE BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, May 10, 1845. Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council fur Trade, to transmit to you, for the in formation of the merchants trading with Mexico, the inclosed copy of a translation of a decree published by the Mexican Government on the 22d February last. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. It'GREGOR. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's. • (coPY.) Department of Finance. Section I.—His Excellency, the President ad in terial of the Mexican Republic, has been pleased to address to me the following decree : Jog Joaquim Herrera, General of Division and Pr esi dent ad interim of the Mexican Republic , to its habitants. Know e, That the Natio y nal Congress has decreed, and the Ex . ecutive sanctioned, the following:— lst.—That the contribution of one per cent., imposati by the second article of the decree of the loth of March, 1843, on the transit of money from one department l 6 i e another, is no longer to be collected, and there fore t articles 42 of the decree of the 11th of July , 10th of the, decree of 28th of December, and the order of t he 33 al April of the same year, relating to said contribution" are rendered null and void. 2d.—The forced loan decreed on the 15th of Mal 1843, ceases. 3d.—The extraordinary contribution decreed on t" 21st of August, 1841, also ceases. 4th. The Executive will propose, in the second 0 1 ° I)th of the second period of the ordinary sessions, the reagt; ner and terms on which the parties have paid the or part of their quotas, by virtue of the impoats' alitiu‘sj to in the 2d and 3d articles of the decree, may be roe imbursed. PIETRO F. DEL CASTILLO, President of th e Chamber of Deputies. JOSE R. MALO, President of the Senate. JOSE GUADELUPE COBARRUBO ASt puty-Secntary. J. JOAQUIM DE ROSAS, Senator Si d t1r 1..: , an Therefore, I order it to be printed, publisheo• culated, and duly carried into effect. rorn 'ea t Given in the Palace of the National Gn ee " in Mexico, on the 22d of February, 1845. JOSE JOAQUIM DE And I communicate it to you for your Oda"— God and Liberty. ECHENrm -- Mexico, Feb. 22, 1845. THE YARMOUTH CATASTRnP" '- MEMORIAL TO SIR J. GRALI.A.g. n the YARMOUTH, FRIDAY NIGHT.—On Friday aftern7%, the inquisition impannelled on the bodies of the suffer los es foes late calamity was convened to sign a memoria l to 5,r Graham, of which the following is a copy go' "To the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Baronet. be e - jesty's principal Secretary of State for t he o°l, Dr ". partment. n t° , "The memorial of the Coroner and jury intPl a- ! n ob', ascertain the cause which led to the death of certain ' ye of tants of the borough of Great Yarmouth, in the coo N "Showeth, n ecitiel "That on the 2d day of May instant, a fear ful occurred in Great Yarmouth, in consequence whi ch %IP j of seventy persons lost their lives. ro es. e' " That your memorialists assembled for the P,a;reitons holding an inquest over the bodies of the deceaseo per it and have proceeded in their investigation , b ut tbei ,iusioSb present been unable to arrive at any satisfactorY eaa:timeis, because no evidence has been adduced before them to ',wren. what state the bridge was at the time the accident oc'whirls " That in consequence of the great ex citemen t stee l exists in the town and neighbourhood, an d of the a ll Au r str, reports in circulation as to the state of the bride, wogs morialists considered it absolutely necessary that th e l„ r eki a have the assistance of some scientific practical ellgi-oncls: order to enable them to arrive at a just and pro P e er were"' sion ; but the Coroner having no power to Psi r y ral our to be incurred by the employment of such engineee've memorialists addressed a re p resen tation of the circtus i t g t bas to the Town Council of the said borough, reque s ".. for body to authorise the employment of an engine° purpose before-mentioned.inn.t "That your memorialists have received a final co00 0 ; 1 : Ad tire tion front the town-clerk of the said borough, 8,001741011 the Town Council, at a meeting held on the Stli declined to comply with your memorialists' rogues" hi ss• was not in their province to do so. that be " That your memorialists are still of opinion assistance of an engineer in their investigation. is 0.0014,_.,'' tively called for, because they not only kflOW it s joh satisfactory to themselves and the public, but theio'do; lieve the publicity which would be given to 111 ,, ce . might be the means of preventing the roar.- be frightful a catastrophe. s it . " your memorialists therefore pray, the. you pleased to order a practical civil engineer a to $ order 13a" your he rmemoralists as early as possible, in ther a 0 1 them in prosecution of their painful intls:4oo. ou being any fund at the disposal of your Ine l9 t a n f such a il.- which the expense attending the emplornea" neer can be defrayed. " And your memorialists will ever pre., ke " Great Yarmouth, May 9th, 1345. Cor °ner ' arS, w m s „ • S. noev, " Samuel Palmer, Foreman ; JosePu Witha l 010 , Edward Garrod, G. B. Palmer, James P r att, ~,i ttor, John Fenn, Charles Barber, Williatn Davey, James E. Laws, John Norman." whiCh tb. at rv e In consequence of the very short noticegoo were convened, there were some necessarily a" t he meeting took place between five and six o'clock 11' Hotel, the mail leaving at the latter hour. tot f r r,.. The Foreman stated that he had received e,f e e littini Mr. Wilshere, expressing his surprise that no on us ibe' to him or Mr. Rumb)ld, and offering to contribute.. alb to any fund that might be raised for the widows ell he I 's of the departed sufferers. The Foreman also sal o ns . .„, written to several Members of the House of CA2 no tp solicit their interference, by pressing on the Go"ert.o. desirableness of acceding to the prayer of theme lba the necessity of a full and searching inquiry in t° r t bSO circumstances of the accident. Noth p in ro g ee in ed o il u ig. r such a opinion would be more satisfact°l --- INTERESTING TO LADIES. Doody' To itessrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardeil: ti.o., Percy- place, La ndport, Portsmouth. Avil!,"jolofri. Gentlemen,—l think it but an tact of jnstice ioof yolla you of the benefit I have derived from the li se Ifol°), admirable Macassar Oil. 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"sou "iris,4' of objection to see my name in print, I beg i h i s le t ,all publish it; but you are at liberty to show t fer it pr e go• make any other use you please of it, and r e r your to me, if necessary, in proof of the effieseY ° , cassar Oil.—Your obedient servant, • a ' thi • ' atio'• ••• f • • • • pro rel. Rowland's Macassar Oil preserves arid 0 01 4 et o 11 Hair ; prevents it from falling off or t, 11 ,, r ; Ir th , ocill Changes Grey Hair to its Original c0.0,-,itift, f au ro a m c S u c rl t y ir . f and Dandriff, and makes it be •• Ask for " Row u land's MacassflrPrilieits' All others are fraudulent Cori`e- --- ) 70 0 vo o _ of Lon4on: Printed and Pu blished bY e S )1 Offi le °e 'cou sttl o. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th airofr ea in t i Strand. in the Preeiu ct of the S Middlesex, bloadan raky 12,1845* producing o o S t t m l n P u e IA 1e.__.... causeiliNgti thet a p d effectoA u t a w . a n h r i f Afl f, eathloenrgynaurcsard:, joafteo-0-doo or ;lc. of ' GEMENT or Lof.—'01::;,,,•,.,1:18000ii to n r a g o o ! " Arch follows arch, and pile sticeocatt .This unique apartment is devoted to ctltqls, 1 / 9 ° ° : et' I v ry; the hair in, and with another 111/ 1132 10 et lllj° `o to n m o n tice to th th e ti ie n w t of Naples, are on the ground -floor. d 50 131 t bef never take apprenticesa d v e a s n t i a a b g l i e s a h n m on r e f ntt)h,,eoiitir: gs s l, 3 5:10000:11;;;ftic;:eNtolb o: country, nor object to customers ailosb leo v'illjzoi man th to wait upon them ; every person hs s c 0 . 0 ee' ey never being used twice, without be ' 13 ,1 6 ' gat m a- A st D re A and arties are not pressed to buy thing!, iO , 0 5 want. Address, Ross and Sons, 119 SO . tO Ate' of C M L E ANNA TIIILLON.--Wre 13- 1 : 1 ii 3 -13 .. f contradict a statement which has a r e eci ti gOt ee .h the Sunday papers to the effect that t his d oe daughter hi of Mr. Hunt, the vocalist --1/ gentlynsii,oth T lion is not in any way d that t he " ~o9t relate to „„ 40 ., , The authorship of the beautiful line0:";,,0 r, a of •ir John Moore was claimed by half-0,414,-- I)o9;rittri and we believe the authorship of " Cec il' ba th e 1 0 111 , u r propriated by as many. Whoever losl ~ TV c- ii i',; however, no one denies his great talent- 0 liv e 0 10 )e- , • Self" (says a new critic) is that it contlissopeeo a ao traiture of aristocratic English life. It T i t !, life , A n ol iti r ; appore. ism jviti. every character now taking a part in Pswioly, t ,"„ r szt c 4 " cusses with wit and humour almost very leadinge'" 50",.; and sounder and better qualities of the o h jetlie' of the age. Perha it deals a little too Ill,of 01, IV, and points too strongly to individaals, P'" j e ss;feh" still living, and some of them only r eees ti Lst sl i fto jr t° in too many cases the satire is only. til e ' ,ort''' • merited, and in others it is not sufficientlY J give just cause of offence." ref if k ill ,. BIRTB-8. •Of it• '',llte'. J• On the 42d ult„ on the Continent, the la) ii , dAst,loe. Esq., late of the Royal Horse Guards (1310)gt. Job° On the 7th inst., at Wellington-terrace, Sop.,, fliili? the wife of GorMeaden Esq ,of 3 s°ll ' Of 1 ‘ Of ' On the Bth singe, the lady of ii. Still, EST„' ladi 00' On the fith inst ~ in Del,onshireplae, Ow ~ ota,, d cl Augustus Browne,. Esq., of a daughter. poncil'i•6sl". On the 9th inst ,at Hll-street, Viscount° jag ° , f , Solly, Esq., of a son. is f il le;•;,o On the 9th inst., at St. Heleres.place, the MARILIED. ~,,,v south 'to .1;(1,, 01 the 9th of January, at Sydn.eY,_.:Gepertl;lol,l' T;o Wal ker, Esq" Assistant .7ortin IWi l l a - r tori I'' ~ ~ f , ur ii, eldest daughter of 'I hcinas Deputy Commissary-Genera l. di e P,, li e jjor , ~,,b,bire, ( 0 1 0 , Ou the 7th inst. at Sudbury, Daub l ,, c a non,Ver n° Frederick Anson, inst., of Sudbur•y, anur 41,0 re . le" to Caroline Marie Vernon, eldest dauglite v ot.C'tt V/.1!;D• k er, 17)4 15 04 * il .01 On the 3d inst., at Dublin, Henry town, J.P., and D.L., of the county of Car lo n o f gr' oft 0 11 FAI w, Ire s, o do t a 14 On the sth inst., W. W. Odell, onlY °' • f,l"4 r Griffin's-wharf. CO On the 7th inst., at Pudding-lane, eldest son of T. Tanner, Nvwood, Surrey. I _,- I 1