The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-01 00:00:00

'75 ditto of Mustardseed, 33 ditto of sundry Seeds, 5,361 sacks and 790 barrels of Flour. Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of Wheat coastwise, from Kent, were tolerably good, but o' middling quality. From B-sex, Cambridgeshire, &c., the receipts were liinite3, though in fuir average condi tion. By land carriage the supply was small. The show ( , f sampl es prove very moderate. For a holiday blonds) , the attendance of both tma and country buyers was extensive. Fine parcels of Essex white moved off readily, at prices quite equal to those ob tsined on this day at nnight, and a good clearance was speedily effected. The Kentish Wheats were a dull sale, and, in some instances, is per qr. less money was accepted to effect a clearance. Numerous offers came to band from the east coast to f)revard Wheats at present prices. With granar'ed and fresh parcels of Foreign Wheat we were well supplied. Selected qualities sold to a fair ex tent, at last week's currencies. Damp and inferior kinds assayed off slowly, and late rates were with difficulty sup ported. The supply of English Flour was moderate — that of Foreign large. Notwithstanding that several I irge parcels were disposed of, the Flour trade was far from active, at lest Mond a y's quotations. I n ferior French Flour sold as loss as 27; per 2801bs. Fine Making Barley_the supply of which was small, com pared with the bulk of the arrivals—sold at full prises. In other kinds, next to nothing was doing on somewhat lower terms. Several parcels of foreign, weighing 531bs per bushel, sold as low as 16s 6d to 17; per quarter. The Mat trade was extremely depressed, but we have no further decline to notice in prices. Oats were in moderate request. Fine samples were held at full cur rencies, but all oases kinds were neglected. The sale for Beans was very inectire at last week's quotations. In Peas next to nothing was doing. Indian Corn and Mal were neglected. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEAS. Wheat—E 3 s ex & Kent, Malt A —Chevalier UßE .... • • ses to slv lied, New.... 375 to 423 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,Whlte, New 40s 481 Lincolnsk., Feed. 133 164 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, 1ced..... 36s 393 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White .• •• • • 38; 43s Black •••• • • 131 155 Irish, Red •••• • • • • 37s 413 Cork, White • 133 les Dltto,l.Vhite.... • • 403 443 Scotch, Feed... • • 183 22a Rye—Old 21s '22s Beans—Tick....• •• • • 223 2lk New. .. ••• • • • 21s '22s Pige0n5........ • . 26s 34 nariee—Grinding..... ibs 19s Peas—Grey •••••• •• • • 23e 24a Malting .••• • • • • 21s 23; Maple •••••• • • • • • 23s 26s Chevalier .. .. •• • '235 26; Whi te. ••••• . • • •• 22s 51115 attlt---Suffolk and Nor- Rollers ••••• • • • • 24; 26s folk.. ••••• • • • • • 43s 4s. Fl our —Town -made ..• 324 r 301 rowu .• ••••• • • • • 40s 42 ; Suffolk ...... '27s 31s Kingston and Ware 41s tea Stockta & Norfolk 275 31s SEEDS. The demand for Tares is heavy, at further depressed rases. Clover Seed mores off slowly, but we have no actual fall to notice in prices. In other articles, next to nothing doing. The stock of Clover Seed in bond is 43,000 ecru.. Turnip,Wlaite, per bush. 105 to 11! Red and Green.. • • lOs 125 Mustard, 8r0wn.... • 8; 11; White ••• • .• Gs 9 Tares, Spring • ••ZsOd 4s 31 Canary. per quarter • 70s 741 Rye grass.. •.. • • •• • 20s 24 1 Clover, ItolEtr.,. (cwt.) 353 LOs White •• • • 345 48s' Foreign Red.... • • 33s 513, White.. • • 32e 50 s Trefoil ...• •••••• .• • • 143 IE3I smrrizriELD. During last wed( the imports of foreign Stock into London were seasonably extensive, viz., 1,328 head. During the corresponding period in 1849 we received 972; and during the same week in 1848, 1,494 head. The geteral quality of the stock received since our last has been good. Owing to the strong gales, several losses have been sustained at Ben. Carrasvay ..... 29s 331 Coriander •• • . 16s 24s llenapseed, per quarter 321 35s Linseed, Eng. Sowing • • 54s 56s Crushing .••• • • • • 40s 43a Baltic .. ••..• • .. 38s 44s Odessa ••.•• • • • • • 42s 4Gs —Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— English ::• • .81 53 91 15s Foreign, per ton 61 Os 71103 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Os 41 5s Rapeseed, New, prist 351 Os 381 Os IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 31 From Antwerp ..... Rotterdam 78 Ostend,.,., Harlingen 4Ol ••• Hamburgh 10 471 ... - 212 ... - ... 104 ... - 17 • • •a • 1 ... Total 492 Corresponding weekinlB49 368 ... 492 ... 23 ... 87 ... 5 Same week in 48....... 153 .. tO2 .. ... 139 ... From Ireland 4 Beasts, 50 Sheep, 4 Calves, and 163 Pigs have arrived by sea for this market. Compare tivelY speaking, theimportations of foreign stock at the various outposts have been small. Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with foreign Beasts, but the number of Sheep and Calves was small, though of fair ave ,- age quality. The supply of home-fed Beasts lon offer teat tol era bly goo d, an d o f excellent quality. faithoug' a the attendance of buyers was somewhat nu merous, the Beef trade, owing to the change in the weather, and the large supplies of meat on offer in New gate and leadenhall markets, was in a very depressed ir ate, at, in some instances, a further decline in the quotations of 2d per Sibs, the extreme value of the best Scots bein g 3s 64 per 81bs, and a clearance was not effected. We seldom recollect so heavy a demand fc a. Beasts as that experienced this morning. Pram NorfAk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,r300 Scots and shor thorns; from all other parts of Englanet, 700 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.; and from Scotland,;3so horned and polled Scots. For te time of year the supply of Sheep was good. The demand for all breeds was dull in the extreme, and the currencies had a downward tendency. Prime old Downy, in the wool, sold at 4 a to in some instances 4s 4d, those out of the wool 33 rid to 3s 8d per Bibs. Lambs, though in short S upply, emled heavy, at last Monday's prices, viz., from 55 to 6s per Sibs. In Calves next to nothing was doing, at barely late rates. The sale for Pigs was heavy, and the P l ot:eget:is ruled almost nominal. Per sibs. to sink the Offal. s• d. to a. d, a. d. to s. d. Inferior IST El 5. .. .. 2 4 2 5 Second qualli ylnferior sheen •... 210 3 0 Prime 1 •• .. 2 8 210 Second quad . Sheep 3 2 3 6 ~ f ar •Oxeri.. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-weolledditto3 8 3 1..) Larne Soots •• •• •• 3 4 3 6 •SouthdownWether 4 0 4 4 Arge coamo Calves 3 0 3 4 Dittoeutof 0 0 0 a Prim is sinllli atto .• 3 6 3 10Lar ge ogs the • • wool •• .. 3 2 3 6 Suck eliA y es .. 15 025 0 H Small Porkers •• .• 3 8 4 0 Lambs '•""•••• • • a 0 6 o tar old Pigs ••160 21 0 TO TAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. es I Pi gs . 13 :r a ' I 8 9 h 960 I eep. C 95 v 95 . 120 , FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasta. 1 Calves. I Pip. 277 Sheep. 1 ... 610 44 NU CirtIATZI AND LEADZINUALIN. ". Since Monday last the arrivals of country-killed Meat fur these *markets have been seasonably large, they land, exceeded 5,000 quarters, chiefly from the mid and, we stiorn, end eastern districts. The supplies on offer slang blared in London having been on the increase, and of Yziproved quality, the general demand has ruled hastire, tat bar e l y stationary prices. The primest Lamb hoe Never, produced rather more money. From flambur gh 15 baskets of Meat have come to hand, and about 500 carcases of foreign Meat killed in London have betel disposed of. 1 700 ... - ... 135 .. - At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d, Ileer•lnte:ice ••• .• .• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, Inferior .. 2 $ 2 1 0 --- middle, g .. •• 2 4 2 6 middling.. 3 0 3 2 -- primel srge ..2 8 210 ---- prime • sm a ll .• 3 0 3 2 Pork, large.... •• •. 210 3 prime —•• 3 4 2 4 Veja.. ** "` ^••••• •• 3 0 310 —small .. 36 4 0 Lamb, is 10d to 63 Oth The tot; AND SPIT.ALPIELDS. Inc: tot; d imports of foreign Potatoes into London, last week, amounted to 1,666 tons, divided as follows: Dunkirk, 386; Antwerp, 356 ; R o tt er d am, 105; Rouen, 621 ; Har re, 15; Bord eaux , 9 0; an d Louvain, 92 tons. In addition to which one basket of this year's growth has coon eto hand from St. Michael's. From the Ist of Au gust, 1849, to the 23d ult., 62,787 tons of foreign Potatoes ' were weighed by the City meters. About 2,000 tot in of home growth have arrived coastwise, and 1,200 tot iby land carriage since our last report. Se lected ql salities are in moderate request, at full prices; but all of her kinds are much neglected. Present rates as under . ;..._ Per Ton. Ditto Per Ton. York. Re; gents 70s to 100 s C ommon Whites 401 to 45s t Shams "' —s to —s K ent Ki dneys ... — s to —3 Ditt o Scoh R :gents 60s to 65 s E ssex R egents ... —3 to —e miri.Cups 50s to 60s Ditt o Shows —s to —s Ditto Buy ... —5 to —3 Ditto Kidneys ... —s to —3 Bluets .. •..... — 5 t o — 5 F rench Whites ... 505 to 65s Pink inceinEy; ..... —z to Ditto Reds. — ...... —n to —s L .P:ogents. 70s to 853 Belgian Whites... 453 to 55, Wisbeach ditto 60s to 70s Dutch Whites ... —5 to s Ditto Kirlineys — 3 to s Ditto Reds ... Berwick F , :egts... —s t o — 8 G erman ditto ... — 5 to 405 to 50 s s XIMILOUGH TIOP zylaEven the finest Hops, the supply of which is unusually Small, a r.o a slow sale, at barely stationary pricer. So little is going in ether qualities that the quotations are almost n ounual. The imports into London last week were 62 babes from (Mend, and 193 from New York. New Mic 4 and East Kent pockets, 61 Os to 111 ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 61 to 81 3s ; new Sussex ditto, 51 8s to ¢.l 103; new Farnhams, 121 to 131; yearling Kent, 31 041 7s; yearling Sussex, 2/ 8s to 31125; old Hops, 11 )3/ 103 per cwt. WOOL. Last vutteles imports of Wool into London amounted to 1,355 Itales from Islay; 20 ditto from Leghorn ; 154 ditto front Hamburgh; 107 ditto from the Cape; and 33 bags fat )m Ireland. The quantity of colonial 'Wool on offer is very small, yet; tho demand for it is in a very sluggish a tate, at barely stationary prices. Foreign and English I )arcels are very dull, and l ower to purchase. The mat factoring district accounts are far from satis factory. TALLOW. Since our last report the demand for Foreign Tallow has rub tl tolerably steady, and prices have been well support( xi. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot, is quoted at 36, 9d t ) 37s 3d, and for delivery of New, during the last thr( lel months, 386 3d to 38s 63 par cwt. At those quotatil vs very few contracts have been entered into. 'Town T'allow is 37s per cwt net cash for prime Melted ; Rough Eat, 2s ld per Sibs. 1846. 1847. i 1848. Stock till A day 14,683 Price et Y.. C. •• • tit 04248 ,d 38 O Delivery la It week .. 1,446 d Ditto front June 1.... 79,711 Arrivals 13. qt week 1 7 Ditto from June 1 ... 78,561 .Price of 'COwn 44e Gd 12,284 I (3,638 495 9d 825 9,1 to 5010 d to On 0(.1 479 1,405 72,790 I 89,614 1,772 I 1,095 74,451 18,181 535 Od 54s Od 1,369 1,402 66,867 I 61,557 1,903 363 106,612 I 58,194 43s Od i i 39s 6d B OW - STREET.—(THIS I)AY.) A res pectably-attired young man, named Thomas Ed wards, tras charged with stealing a quantity of plate from St. James'6 Palace. The prisoner was observed by the sentry on duty be tween c ne and two o'clock on Saturday of ernoon ti leave that part of the palace occupied by the Msr chioness: of Westmeath, and it was afterwards ascer tained 'ay Henry Clay, her Ladyship's footman, that six ally 3r forks, five silver table spoons, a silver tray, and a cruet stand had been abstracted from the dining-roorm 'where e had b een p l ace d preparatory to the Mar luncheon. Information y s luncheon. Information 4 f the robbery was given to the police, and the prisoner was arrested yester day morning and identified by the sentry. His lodgings were searched, but none of the missing property was found, nor . hact any of it been traced. The footman swore posttively that the plat© was safe just Lefore the time srelified, when the prisoner was seen to leave the palace stealthily, while the suspicion against him was considerably heightened by the fact that he wa3 a ills. charged coachman from her Ladyship's service. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, denied that he had been near the palace fir the last three months, and said if time were allowed him he could bring several re spectable parties to prove an alibi. Mr. HALL said there was a strong case of suspicion against him, and it was therefore his duty to remand him till Thursday next. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) A RETURNED CONVICT.—A short, stout, rudy-faced young man, about 30 years of age, with closely-cropccd hair, and a physiognomy which dramatists generally con sider as a necessary qualification of members of the Jack Sheppard fraternity, named John Welfare, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combo under the following circumstances. Police constable M 447 said, about half-past ono this morning, while he was on duty, he saw the defeneant come out of an enelosed garden, attached to a house near the Sluce House, Islington, and when he recognised him ran across a field, and suspecting he had b ea doing something wrong, he pursued him, and after a short chase succeeded in coming up with him. He gave an unsati.factory account of, himself, and he therefore took him into custody. As there was no thoroughfare across the fields ho sus pected he had been in the garden for unlawful purposes. Ho found nothing in his possession. MAGISTRATE—Is that all the charge you pref:r? Pullet man—Yea, but there is another officer who knows something about the defendant. Police-constable 178 N here stepped forward, and said he had the accused in custody five years ago for burglary; he was committed to the Old Batley for trial, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. MAGISTRATE—HOW comes it that he has returned to this country before the expiry of the term? Policeman —He received a pardon. Tae delondaut denied that he had any illegal inten tion, and said he went across the field because it was the nearest cut home. MAGISTRATE—Where were you transported to? De fendant—To Gibraltar. MAGISTRATE—They don't send convicts there? De fendant—Yes, your Worship, there has been some public works going on at Gibraltar. MAGISTRATE—HOW long were you at Gibraltar? Defendant—Four years, six months, and ten days. I came back on the 13th of /arch last with 3/. 25., which was given to keep me. Since then I have been staying with my brother in Cornwall. I came up to London yesterday. MAGISTRATE—I strongly suspect you are going back to your old tricks again. Defendant—Never no more, your Worship, I assure you. MAGISTRATE.—Tbis is rather a bad case against you Recollect you are an old burglar, who has been trans ported, and served four and a-half years abroad, and that within three weeks of your return to England, you were found in a position which would lead people to suspect you were going to commence your old tricks again. I shall remand you for a week, in order that you may have an opportunity of bringing forward some persons to show what you have been doing since your return. The defendant was then removed. WESTMINSTER.-(THIS DAY.) Sarah Kipling, a good-looking, but somewhat impu dent young woman, with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Broderip with being drunk and as saulting the police. Police-sergeant M‘lienzia deposed that about one o'clock this morning be heard cries of murder in George ,treet, Westminster, and on proceeding to the spot he found a man besting his wife, and a crowd collected about the place, amongst whom was the prisoner, who was drunk. lie took the man into custody, and was proceeding to the station-house with him, when he was assailed on the way with most abusive language from the prisoner. Having lodged the man safely in the station-house, the sergeant heard a great disturbance outside the door, and on looking out to ascertain the cause of it the prisoner struck him twice on the face with an iron candlestick which she carried in her hand, and repeated her foul language. He thereupon took her into custody. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said she was sorry for having assaulted the complainant, but that she bad been greatly aggravated by his striking her baby when he came out of the station-house to quell the dis turbance. The complainant was recalled, and solemnly denied having struck the prisoner's baby. Mr. BRODERIP told the prisoner that the statement on oath of a sober man was more to be believed than the assertion of a woman who was drunk, and ordered her to be imprisoned for ten days. iVRECK OF A LARGE STEAMER NEAR THE GOODWIN SANDS. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. (From the Herald.) An Extraordinary Express has supplied us with Indian journals and private correspondence, in ad vance of the Overland Mail, of the following dates : Bombay, March 2, and Calcutta of Feb. 22. We learn by this arrival that some of the Atreedi tribes had made their appearance in the district of linhat, where they had murdered some of our Sappers, and afterwards carried away their implements of labour and whatever else that lay within their reach. An expedition was therefore at once fitted out, under Colonel Bradshaw, 60th Rfles, which started against the ruffians on the 9th of Feb., accompanied by Sir C. Napier and Brigadier Sir C. Campbell as amateurs. A good deal of skirmishing occurred on the 10th and 11th between Nuttanee and Kohat, and again on the lath on the way back of the expedition through the passes. Ensign W. H. Sitwell, of the 31st N. 1., was cut to pieces ; lieut. T. H. Hilliard, 231 Native Infantry, and three or four European soldiers, were severely wounded. Coke's Punjaub Infantry suffered greatly. Six of the enemy's villages were destroyed, and the expedition appears to have been completely successful. The troops returned to Peshawur on the 14th, leaving a detachment to guard the pass near Muttanee. Sir C. Napier and staff were to commence their return march to Lahore about the 17th. The Sikkim Aaja,bad fled to the mountains, and therefore the expeditionary troops sent to chastise him returned to Daijeeling. The whole of his possessions on the hither side of the Great Runjeet River had been seized by the British - authorities, as a punishment for his treacherous conduct. The mutineers of the 06th Bengal N. I. had been tried. The less guilty were dismissed the service, while the others were condemned to various terms of hard labour. The India mail steam-ship Precursor took her de parture from Suez on the 11th, at six P.M., all well. Among her passengers was Rear-Admiral Austin and family, who were conveyed by order of the Pacha to Suez, in a britska and six horses. The political news from Calcutta is of no im portance. Commercial affairs at Bombay were in a gloomy state; but at Calcutta they were satisfactory, the in telligence from England having had a cheering effect both on imports and exports. Letters from Malta of the 22d March state that Brigadier Dundas had arrived there, on his way to England. (From the Bombay Times of March 2.) SUMMARY.—Another retributive expedition sent out from Peshawur into the hills of Kohat, to punish a few of the Afreedi tribes who had descended on a party of our Sappers employed in the district, put some of them to death, and carried off the tools, &c., of the whole detachment, having accomplished the object of its mission, has just returned to its canton ments. The avenging force, under Colonel Bradshaw, C.B. 60th Rifles, started on the 9th, a ccompan i e d by Sir C. Napier and Brigadier Sir C. Campbell, C.B , as amateurs The force consisted of For dyce's troop, H.A., one squadron 2d Irregular, and the whole of Daly's Punjaub Cavalry, 200 men H.M. 60th Rifles, a like number of the 61st F oo t, the entire 23d and 31st NJ., Coke's Punjaub In fantry, and Lumsden's guide corps. A good deal of skirmishing took place on the 10th and 11th betwixt Muttanee and Kohat, and again on the lath on their way back through the Passes. Ensign W. H. Sit well, of the 31st NJ., was cut to pieces ; Lieutenant T. W. Hilliard, 23d NJ., and three or four European soldiers, were severely wounded. Coke's Punjaub infantry are said to have suffered severely.. Six of the enemy's villages were destroyed, and the expedi tion appears to have been completely successful. The troops returned to Peshawur on the 14th, leaving a detachment to guard the pass near Muttanee. Sir C. Napier and staff were to commence their return march about the 17th. The mutineers of the 66th Bengal N.I. have been tried by general court-martial at Umritsir : three of them have been sentenced to hard labour on the roads, 21 to 7 years', 30 to 6 months', and 60 or 70 to dismissal from the ser vice. A great number more remained for trial ; the arms of the remnant of the corps were still withheld from them pending the instructions of the Com mander in Chief. A report had been circulated to the effect that the Huzooree Righ at Lahore had been found to have lately been undermined by the Seikhs, the truth or otherwise of which has not been made known. Orders had been issued for a careful examination of the precincts of the locality. The new cantonments at Seealkote are to be completed by May next. Robberies and murders were of frequent occurrence at Peshawur. The health of the troops throughout the Punjaub was good, and the weather continued pleasant.—From Sinde we have no news. Brigadier-General Manson, C. 8., had returned from Cutcb, and proceeded up country to Hydrabad on his tour of inspection.—The troops sent into the territory of the Sikkim Raja _ have returned to Darjeeling—the chief having fled to the mountains. As s punishment for his treacherous: conduct we have seized on all his possessions on the hither side of the Great Runjeet River, which yield a re venue of 1,600/. ; added to which he loses the 6001. heretofore bestowed on him by our Government under treaty.—The mission from the Ruler of Nepaul to the Queen of England was expected at Calcutta by the end of last month. The Governor-General reached Point de Galle on the 7th ult., and proceeded on for Singapore and the Straits on the 9th : he is expected back to Calcutta by the middle of the present month. —The Hon. Mr. Dickinson, late a member of the council at Madras, resigned the service on the 16th, and sailed for England by the ship Devonshire on the 18th ult. He has been succeeded at the council board by J. F. Thomas, Eq.—Our obituary records the death of Major R. Wroughton, late Deputy Sur veyor-General of India; and Commander J. G. John stone, I.N.—The troops engaged at Chilianwalla are to have a bar along with the medal granted for Goojerat. Her Majesty's 22d Foot reached Bahawulpore on the 16th ult., all well.—Small-pox prevails to an alarming extent in Calcutta and the surrounding country.—An action for libel, brought by the Rev. Mr. Whitford against the Rev. Mr. Lugard, has just been decided in the Supreme Court at Madras in favour of the defendant.—A dinner has been given by the members of the Byculla Club to Sir 11. IJundas, who leaves for England by the steamer of this evening. Sir W. Cotton presided, Sir. W. Yardley and the Hon. Mr. Blane being present. — Superintending Surgeon B. P. Rooke, of the Bom bay army, has been obliged, from ill-health, to obtain a furlough to Europe.—Lady Falkland has been for the past week at Gorebunder, a place close by, re • markable for the beauty of the scenery around, en gaged in taking a series of sketches —The Right Hon. the Governor and family will, it is believed, leave Bombay for Mahabuleshwar at the end of the present month.—The weather is becoming warm, but the health of the troops and inhabitants throughout the Bombay presidency continues good. Trade has, during the past fortnight, been as dull as it well could be. The following particulars of the murder of some of our Sappers in the district of Kohat, and the march of a force from Peshawur for the punishment of their murderers, are from the Delhi Geordie of the 16th February : We have received letters up to the 9th inst., which state that about daybreak on the 2 , 1 instant, some of the Affreedi tribes inhabiting the Kohat hills set upon a party of the Sappers who were employed on the roads through that district, and put several of them to death. It was expected at first that a small detachment would have marched on Thursday, the 6th, to visit the delinquents with punishment; but, whether the insurgents were stringer than was at first represented, or from some other cause unknown, the march of the party was postponed, and on the morning of Saturday the 9th, a strong force, under the command of Colonel Bradshaw, with the Com mander-in Chief and Sir Colin Campbell in company, moved towards Kobat. Notice had been given by the civil authorities that the villages of the offenders would be destroyed, and murder will be always thus avenged. We are informed that the force consists of—Fordyce's Troop of Horse Artillery, two companies of the 6th Rifles, two companies (Grenadier and Light) of the tilst Foot, the 23d and 31st Native Infantry, one Ressailah 2d Irregular Cavalry, Daly's Punjaub Cavalry, Coke's Punjaub Infantry, Lumsden's Guide Corps. The artillery took 100 rounds per gun, and fourteen days'-pro visions accompanied the force. A provost marshal had been appointed, and the most stringent orders given (and they will be strictly carried out), regard ing marauding : all offenders taken in the act of plun dering or burning are to be executed or flogged upon the spot. Four officers of the regiments left at Peshawur have been attached to the baggage, to see that the camels, &c.,_ are kept in 'their places in the column, and are not allowed to lag or straggle. Officers of the staff and of regimenta were orderd to double up' in order to move as lightly as possible. Head-quarter 3 camp was left standing and the officers remain. Colonel Mountain was left in charge of the station. The rendezvous was on the west of the town, near the lines of the 7th Light Cavalry, at day :break, and the column immediately commenced moving forward. The following was the order of march :—Advance guard, consisting of the guides, two guns, a Resallah of the 2d Irregular Cavalry, two Resallahs of Daly's 1849. I 1830. 27,478' 32,108 398 6LI to, 364 9ct 393 Od to 372 3d THE. SUN, SUPPOSED GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. There is every reason to believe that a large steamer has been wrecked about three or four cables' length south-west from the Lower Isngoe Buoy, at the entrance of the Prince's and Queen's Channel. The vessel is sup posed to have gone on shore on Saturday, at midnight. The weather was ♦ery stormy during that night, but moderated towards morning. A great quantity of wreckage, consisting principally of seats painted green, such as are fitted on board steamers, has been passed by vessels arriving in the river this afternoon. One of the Irish steamers due yesterday bas not yet arrived, and fears are entertained that she may prove to be the vessel referred to; if this is the case, a probable loss of life has occurred to the extent of 200 or 300 souls. This is the acqount of one of our captains, who passed the wreck described at daylight yesterday (Sunday) morning. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A deep and painful excitement has prevailed at Lloyd's this morning ( Monday) by the announcement of a lamentable loss of a large steamer, supposed to be the Royal Adelaide steam-ship, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company, with, there is too much reaso❑ to fear, every soul o❑ beard. The Royal Adelaide was one of the most powerful steamers trading between London and Cork; she left the latter port on Wednesday last, and was due at the Com pany's wharf adjacent to Irongate-stairs, St. Katherine's, on Saturday, but has not been heard of until this morning, when the sad intelligence of her loss was communicated to the under-writers by the: master of the Macon:the Brown screw steamer, which arrived last night from Guernsey. Captain Mannings, the master of the Malcombe Brown, reports as follows " About nine o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, when off the North Foreland, we discovered the wreck of a large steamer on the Tongue Sands, ten miles off the shore, and between two and three wiles of the Tongue light ship. As far as the weather would permit us, which was very stormy, the wind blowing almost a gale from the S.S.E., we got within three quarters of a mile of the spot where she laid, and perceived her stern was apparently goae, also her mast, funnel, and every thing swept clean off, and not a soul was to be seen on board. We endeavoured to find out her name, but could not ; it was evident she was fast breaking up. The framework of her two paddle-boxes were standing, and the stanchions of the bulwarks, but the boards were gone. There was no vessel near, excepting a small craft under sail some miles to the eastward of the Girdler. The appearance of the broken-off stumps of the mast is quite new, showing clearly that the occurrence must have taken place re cently. It had blown a heavy gale the night previous, and there was a tremendous sea running. It was probable she struck on die sands about midnight, and everything being swept away even to her masts, leave very little doubt of all on board having met with a watery grave. A dreadful sea always exists during gales in this portion of the Prince's Chan nel, and yesteday morning it was sweeping over the wreck terrifically. Although it lies within ten miles of the North Foreland, it does not seem likely to be discovered from the land 011 account of its being very low and partly under water, The sands are several miles long, running E. by S., and W.N.W. On the Saturday evening Captain Mannings, when his vessel was off Bee c hv Head, saw the smoke of a steamer to the eastward. Ile suspected it was that of the unfjrtunate vessel." The exact number of persons on board of the :Royal Adelaide is not k nown, bat it is feared they ex ceeded 100. A steamer has been this forenoon dispatched to the Tongue Sands to obtain further information. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A deputation from the board of directors lately inspected the works of the line between London and Peterborough. The deputation were accompanied by Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, and Mr. Brassey, the contractor. We understand the result of the inspection was highly satisfactory. They found the works of a sub stantial character, and in a state of great forwardness. Mr. Brassey has no doubt that the entire line will be ready for opening by the lst of July next, but most certainly by the 15th of July. When this portion of the line is opened, the Great Northern will be enabled to carry passengers from London to York (round the loop) 13 miles shorter than the existing route; but we warn shareholders that this will not be the Great -Northern line, as respects the amount of traffic it will Herupath' ta s Rail nay Jou n the ?na whole and di rect l i ne is opened.— t. THE LAST OF CAPTAIN COOK'S COMPANIONS.— There is at prffent residing .in Southampt on an old man, named Wade, the last survivor of i Cap Cook's com tain panions in his voyages round the world. He is ninet nine years of age, and sin poss ess i on of all his facultie y s. He was present at Captain Cook' s d eath, and himself re ceived a spear-wound from one of the islanders.—Brighton Gazette. DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCR.-- On Tuesday last, Mr. Williams, son of Mr. John Williams, one of the justices of the peace for Devonport, went into the Sound, in com pany with a Mr. Ellis, an old quarter-master of the navy, in a four-oared gig, having a large lug sail. They were ob served to pass between the Mew Stone and the land, but have not since been heard of. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, Irregulars, the detachment of the Rifles, and a wing of the 31st N.I. The baggage. The main column in the following order :—The detachment of the 31st Foot, two howitzers and a gun, the, 23d N 1., Coke's Infantry, two Ressallahs of Daly's Cavalry. The rear guard, in the following order :—Wing of the 31st NJ., a gun, and two Ressalahs of Daly's Ca valry. Strong flanking parties were to be thrown out, as the nature of the ground permitted. The country to the south of Peshawur is entirely under cultivation, with a moderately wide road, bounded by ditches across it; and the way from the rendez vous to that side of the town lay through narrow lanes intersected by several small canals; conse quently there was a good deal of time occupied in getting the baggage off, and the main body did not move until about eight o'clock, and the rear guard at about half-past eight. The troops were to have gone 14 miles on the first day (some accounts said 18), close to the foot of the hills where the road leads through a pass, the spot where the massacre of the 2d instant took place. It was reported that the Affree dies had thrown a barricade across the pass, and that they intended to dispute the passage—if they did make a stand, there was something done probably on the 10th inst. After forcing the pass, a portion of the troops were to remain in occupation of it, while the remainder advanced on Kohut. An officer of the 98th (Lieutenant Gtgrantham) had his tent rifled on the night of the 7th inst. by thieves; the gang amounted to ten or a dozen, some of whom overawed such of the servants as were awake, and prevented their giving the alarm, while the others stripped the tent. Lieutenant Graham was asleep at the com mencement, but waking just before the thieves left, he started up, and immediately received a severe wound on his left arm. The robbers appear to have got into the head quarters camp (although surrounded on three sides by a wall. and all about by a chain of sentries), on the night of the Bth, cut the heel-ropes of a horse, and were about to do the same with the head•ropes, when the Y animal r began V plunging and the alarm was given, which forced the thieves to make off without their anticipated booty." The same journal of the 23d ult., gives the annexed account 'of the operations of the force, and their re turn from Peshawur after having accomplished the object for which they had gone out : "We have letters from Peshawur, dated the 14th instant, from which we gather that there was skir mishing both on the 10th and 11th, on the way from Muttunee to Kohat, and on the 13th, whilst the force was returning through the passes. The 31st Native Infantry, and Coke's Infantry have suffefed severly— the latter are said to have behaved splendidly. En sign W. 11. Sitwell was killed (cut to pieces)—and Lieutenant Hilliard, 23d, severely wounded. Only three or four European soldiers were wounded; they are said to have gone to their work very steadily, and did not fire till they were sure of their mark. The shrapnall from Fordyce's guns astonished the insur•• gents more than anything else. The expedition seems to have been completely successful; no regular stand was made by the enemy, but a galling and un certain fire was kept up in the passes. Six villages have been destroyed, and of course a number of the enemy, the amount of whose loss it is impossible to ascertain correctly. A force has been left to occupy the pass near Muttunee—one correspondent says a party of Pollock's levy, another, that a detachment of the Rifles and Coke's Punjaub Infantry are in charge".—Delhi Gazette, Feb. '23._ MILI rARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by dtath in the armies of India, reported since the departure of the mail on the 2d March:— MADRAS.—Brevet-Majc: R. G. Carmichael, 38th N. 1., suddenly at Madras, on the 11th of February; Lieutenant R. J. M. Elliot, 6th cavalry, of cholera, at Cuddapah, on the sth of February. BENGAL.—Major R. Wroughton, invalids, at Futteg hur, on the 14th of February. INDIAN NAVY.—Commander J. G. Johnstone, of the steam •frigate Auckland, at Kurrachee, on the Bth February. STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROH FEB 16 TO MARCH 1 INCLUSIVE. BOMBAY, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1. There has been increased tightness in our Money Market since the date of our last report, and another 1 per cent. has been added to the rates of discount. We never remember to have seen monetary affairs here in so anomalous a state. On the one hand, we find government until very recently advancing its money right and left to shippers of produce. On the other, we hear every one cry ing out about the scarcity of money. There is plenty of money, or five per cent. paper, which is nearly as good, if the Bank of Bombay would only advance upon it as it did in so liberal a manner a short time ago. We also hear that large shipments of specie are expected from Calcutta, so that we may shortly expect to see the present pressure very much lessened. Government Securities have been exceedingly dull, and sales have only been effected by submitting to very low pricer. There is a report abroad that the Five per Cent. Loan 1a about to be closed. We hear so from very goc d authority, yet have oar doubts on the subject. In share s li , tle has been done. We quote those of the Bank of Bombay at 161 per cent. pm., Orientals at 18, Con ,- mercials 14, and Agra.) six per cent. discount. The fa!- lowing notifications have been published by Government during the past week:— " NOTIFICATION. — TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT, 71. NANCE.—Notice is hereby given, that under instructions from the government of India, the rate of exchange at which bills, secured by the hypothecation of goods, are to be drawn at Bombay, in favour of the Honour able the East India Company, will be 2a. oid. per Comps ny',, rupee, until further orders.—By order of tba Bight Honourable the Governor in Council.—H. E. GOLD.. smin, Secretary to Government.—Bombay Castle, Feb. 25, 1850." — her rre- b n y a g n i t y 'r e o a rt , A t li r, a t no D E f A r t h T e 3 r l_ NJ_ vances, under the notification of the 313 t of March, 184'9, N c AoTt is will be made by th e G overnment o f B om b ay , on e ie hypothecation of goods.—By order of the Right Hon. tile FINANCE.—Notice NOTIFICATION. Governor in Co unc il. H. E. GOLDSMID, Secretary to the Government.—Bombay Castle, March 1, 1850." Since our last the Hoolie holidays have interfert d considerably with business in general, and we regr; t that as yet the anticipated improvement alter the hal '- days has not taken place. The state of the bazaar is very unsatisfactory; money is daily becoming scare forcing in some insrances the dealers to resell their late purchases at a considerable loss; and until the M sat waffles recommence purchasing, we cannot look for toffy change for the Letter. We man also remark, that the exports from Great Britain to this port during 1849, as per statement received by the last mail, say in pit cottons alone 94,710,255 yards against 49,378,404, in 1848, and 34,379,195 in 1847, aro sufficient to pressent any great advance in prices hero till a considerable f.'s 11- ing off takes place in the supply. The scarcity of port produco noticed in our last, still continues, and lc ; a natural consequence there have been few transact ic.ns during the fortnight. Freights have been very dull, more especially to Li verpool, to which port there is almost no cargo offer ling at 31., rate asked by consignees. To London ships 1 iseve been getting al. to 3/. 51. per ton. To China, rs. 13 per cendy may be quoted as the rate. There is scarcely a bale of cotton in the place, however; and as the :tsew cro p will be very late, freight must bo dull for s.aoae t i m e yet. Exchange has bee n i n a somewhat unsettled and .ex cited state, owing to the changes in the Governraont rate of advance. On the arrival of the China vxail, transactions took place at 2s. Oid., and some few a t .2s. 011 s i x months sight for Russell's, Jardine's, and D tnt's bills. The Oriental Bank broker then entered the ;par ker, and effected sales at the former rate, but to try hat e xn Rates ha ve s i nce a d vance d to 2s. 11-1 6 d., an d 2 s. 04d. for Russell's, &c., and a Air e are not informed. risethe te r t" 'is expected. Exchange on Calcutta has rtled very low throughou t the fortnight, but a s li g h t i mpre ye ment is now percept i ble. Still we can not quote hi g h er than r B rs. 9i6l Bill. o rs 99k for sixty days' sight C ourt o f .Di rectors' Hurhar u , F e b. 20.) adlates to 7th January, ar rived riv i ed h Theexpress, inst.. n ß d e o n n g The rate of exchange for governme n t a d vanc(!s on (From ont he the 15 t h C alc utta wiitnh produce was raised to 2s. per rupee, before the depar ture of last mail, and from the term s of the notificntion, the export warehouse may be cousidered as virtually closed for some time to come. This important measure has caused some tendency to a lower range of prices for exports. Although stocks were small, dealers were showing a disposition to lower their demands, when the news by the express arrived. The home accounts of expected prosperity, and the sti mulating effect of so great an abundance of money, on every branch of the trade, have created an increased de mand for produce here. Prices have fully regained their former position— and a general inquiry prevails. The sales of indigo are small, nor is inquiry quite so active as before—the advance in London having been so fully anticipated by the course of prices here. The new Date sugar is coming in, and sells freely. The balance of the November Bend silk is rapidly mov ing off at full prices. .Corshs are now small in stock, and in fair request. Saltpetre remains scarce, and is taken off on arrival at full rates. Ries is some what dull. Shell lac sells freely, a nd since the mail came in lac dye has been in animated demand at a further ad vance in value. Jute is less wanted, but most of the minor staples are selling readily for England. Lintraed is kept up at high rates. The fourth opium sale on the ISth resulted i n an average of 1008-11-11 v. fur Patna, and 1026-10-9 for Penares, being extremely high rates, in the lace of the Canton quotations, which on the 19tn of January were 465 doll. for Patna. In imports there is a fair amouLt of business in. pro gress. The internal trade is in a healthy state, the Bazaar money market is iu an easy position, and con sumption is apparently on a fre e scale. The supplies of Lancashire cottons have recently been rather large. Grey cloths of ordinary en d m id,iii„ g qualities are wanted, but most bleached goods are rather more difficult of sale. _ _ Glaspw light goods are scarce, and indeinand. T ur k e y red cottons arc al s o wa n t e d, but few printed fabrics can be Mule twist has been freely sold, but prices, particu larly of No. 90 are low compared with Manchester rates. Red twist is maintained at a high value. The price of copper has risen eight annas per maund. The only inquiry for spelter is of a speculative nature. Iron is at low rates. Exchange has been rather unsettled. Before last steamer left some business was done in American credits rit Is. 11 d., and the rate for this tes , scription of bills now Is. llid. to is. 110. Freights are higher. CHINA.. The Peninsular and Oriental. Company's steamer Achilles had arrived at Bombay, bringing the China overland news up to the 30th of January. It con tains no intelligence of any interest from Hong kong. The Portuguese authorities at Macao had given up the Chinese soldiers who were on guard at the gate through which the assassins of Senor Amaral, the late Governor of Macao, fled, and who had been detained in consequence, in exchange for the head and arm of the murdered man, which they found themselves unable to obtain on any other terms. The relics were in a good state of preservation, having been cased in cement, evidently applied immediately after the mum tier, which disproved the statement that the assassins. buried them. The Chinese authorities at Canton appear to be really identified as accessories to the murder. The relics were sent from Canton to Macao a dirty salt boat. APRIL 1, 1860. CAPE OF GOOD , HOPE. We have received joUrnalsfr7sni the Cape of Good Hope of the 17th of January, at. which period the long-expected final decree of u 1 Grey had not ar rived out. In the meantime the colonists continued to manifest a quiet, uniform, but: firm and resolute determination to resist the form , :r order of hii Lord ship by every legitimate means within their power. The trade of the colony had much suffered in conse quence of the agitation and suspense arising out of the protracted uncertainty in whit h the convict ques tion was involved. The French ship, Jacques Gabriel, 292 tons, commander Pion, had arrived in Table Bay, and reported that in lat. 23 S, long. 52 30 E, she picked up part of the crew of the Ocean: Queen, 737 tons, Captain Newell, which left . London on the Ist of Sep tember, bound to Suez. On the 21st of December the vessel was discovered to be on fire, the coals having ignited in the m a i n h o ld, w h en the crew left the ship on the evening of the 21st, in four boats ; Captain G. B. Jewell, second mate, carpenter, and ten seamen and boys in two boats; chief officer and fourteen able seamen in the long-'oat and cutter. The boats parted company during the night, and had not been heard of since. The na uies of the crew on board the Jacques Gabriel were Captain Jewell and second mate, J. F. Hawkins, J. &weetenham and son (carpenter), G. Ethesley (sailmasker), G. Edwards (steward), James Rice (cook), W. Marlin, G. Fran cisco, W. Cook, W. Joyce, W. Miller, John Antum, John Leadlets (seamen). COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert 'w alked this morning in the grounds around the Castle. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The royal dinner party at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert •walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The ROlyal Family took their accustomed :airings. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. her Royal Highness the Princes Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and. the domestic house hold, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her. Royal Highness the Du' Bess of Kent also attended the service. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester House. Earl Granville left town on Sat2rday, for Trent ham, StatiOrdshire. The Bishop of Oxford, Lo rd High Almoner, preached the sermon yesterday (iliaster-day) in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the lessons by the Rev. Messrs. Thomas and Haden, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The anthem, "If we believe that Jesus died" (Boyce) was sung by Messrs. Francis and Bradbury. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Bishop of London administered the sacrament , SOCIETY AND ITS SALVAGE. (From The Leader, a new weekly paper.) " To save society," that is the great profession of public men in France. " Society" is a something to be saved; and they are exemplifying the heroic act. Society, if we are to understand them, is benefiting by their exertionq, though you would not suppose it. They are engaged, most of them, except the extreme popular party, in devising laws to prevent communi cation between the electors and any persons what• ever in any capacity; to prevent the people from meeting in clubs, lest the people, meeting itself, should be tempted into some sort of conduct suicidal, or conduct at all events inconvenk.nt if not dangerous to the said politicians. Laws also to prevent the people from reading the newspapers they like, by imposing such high caution-money that papers can only be established by the rich, of course in the interest of the rich, addressed to the rich, and inculcating the doctrines of the rich. M. Mole puts this very clearly ; the daily press, he says, is a tribune or speaking•place like the National Assembly, set up in every man's houEe ; and as the writers of the press, to obtain their own profit, flatter men's opinions and passions, by such constant action they destroy the free will of men. That is to say, " to save society," M. Mol4 must protect it against the action of free discussion, and will only allow it to have the mild diluted discussion prescribed by himself and friends. M. Thiers would save society by " putting down detestable publications against society ;" and he thinks the recipe will succeed for sooth, because " the Laws of September saved th e Monarchy of July." M. Parieu, Minister of Pub lic Instruction, would prevent universal suffrage from being led astray by anti-Social (that is Socialist) doctrines. These are specimens of the way in which the pub lic men of France are " saving society." They re mind you of those who, to save a drowning man, keep down his body by hustling over it in their emulous and exasperated humanity. But what is this society to be saved? "Good so ciety" appears just now in no peculiar want of salva• tion. Good society is rather flourishing at present in Paris ; having its parties and its rt•unions : the distressed community cannot, therefore, be good society. It can hardly be society in the widest sense of the word, because in that; sense the society with which Frenchmen deal is another term for the whole or ganized nation of France in its domestic capacity ; and that does not appear to be materially altered of late, nor likely to be materially influenced by the vo lunteer efforts of political quacks intent on combina tions for getting themselves into office. Here we have the clue to the enigma. 1 society that cannot go alone without these vexatious police interventions at every turn, to keep it from commu nicating 'with itself, lest it should seduce itself into courses destructive to itself, cannot be very well worth saving. Indeed, it could not last a week. Society existing by the vigilance of the policeman would go out in a few days; the policemen would be sure to nod. The password of the day, then, is a sort of thieves' cant ; and when the combined traders of French politics talk of saving society, the thing they mean is the society of beaureaucratic persons and their connexions. It is to save society of this nature that the French people is led to the ballot-box by the policeman, is deprived of its newspaper, is driven from its club, and is forced to stay at home when prefects and generals choose to proclaim martial law. The society to be saved by these expedients must be a very bad society indeed. A truly chival rous enterprise would be one to save France from that society. 1850. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing:— FOR GOVERNORS. Henry James Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Jame Malcolmson, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Eeq. George Wade Norman, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Thompson, Esq., Ald. Thomas Tooke, juu., Esq. 'Robert Wigrani Crawford, Esq. *Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, E. Charles Pascoe Grentell, Esq. John Oliver llanson, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Kirkman Daniel Ilodgson,Lsq• Henry Lancelot Hollind,Esq: JohnGellibrand Hubbard, Earl Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. N.B.—The Gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed, are new candidates for the direction. The election for Governor and Depnty-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the oth April, and for Directors on W e d. nesday the 10th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till our in the afternoon. LEAVES FROM A LADY'S DIARY OF HER TRAVELS BAnnAnv.—This striking work records the experiences of a lady on a tour through the States of Barbary, so long the scourge of Southern Europe, end still scarcely emerging from the barbarism of antiquity. The interest which, under any circumstances, would attach to travels in a quarter so fruitful in picturesque characteristics, and hitherto so imper fectly explored, is heightened in this case by the fast of the enterprising tourist being a lady, which gives a singular charm to a narrative full of exciting adventures experienced in countries where woman remains to the present day in the most rigourous bondage. _Neither danger nor difficulty de terred the fair traveller from visiting every object anti place worthy of note, and the work abounds with vivid pictures of Arab life linked to a vein of incident as romantic as fiction. THE ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL, HAVERSTOCK HlLL.—ller,Majesty the Queen has been pleased to honour this institution by her royal patronage, as well as by contri buting the sum of two hundred and fifty guineas to its funds for the purchase of a life presentation. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWO OD. Hail yet once again to King Christopher Redivivus! In the Wren's Nest at Cladich, under the shadow of Cruachan, the Seer of the Crutch discourses again wittily, fervently, and eloquently, upon the themes of criticism, poetry, and philosophy; stimulated in their discussion by the companionship of Talboys, Seward, and Buller—Talboys the captious, Seward the taci turn, and Buller the jocose. Othello constitutes the principle topic of the present conversation, yielding opportunities for disquisitions on the wickedness of lago, and for some new analyses of the genius of Shakspere. First in ability—immeasurably first in ability, though last in position—" Christopher under Canvass," forms a rich and mellow background for the contents of good Master Ebony for April. As to the introductory paper on the " Ministerial Measures," we can heartily commend it for a smartness we have relished, not withstanding our known variance with the political predilections of Blackwood. "My Peninsular Me dal," in a fifth instalment, rattles along gallantly in the slashing, dashing, helter-skelter style of .1f ax well ; yet we entertain strong doubts as to the author ship —seeing that Jones's ckanson de la dance smacks marvellously of that most delightful mannerism f Lever's, which sparkles in the narratives of " Jack Hinton" and " Harry Lorrcquer," and which Mickey Free has rendered so popular in the history of hie master, " Charles O'Malley." Here it is—a capital little tidbit of comicality in rhyme —provocative to the last degree of an attempt at the " light fin tastic r- JONES loquitur. " Hands across, back again, down the middle— ' Please to make room, for Pm going to faint.' Do'nt scream so loud, Miss; I can't hear the fiddle.' Ma'am, you're quite rude.'—' No, I'm sure I aint.' The doctor's dancing quite contrary, Holds his breath, and turns in his toes. Ranting, prancing, capering Mary Cocks her chin, and off she goes. Cross over to Betsy Magiunis, And foot it again to Major Shaw. Miss Molloy, your sweet mouth in a grin is.' Mister Mickey, keep off your paw.' The doctor's dancing quite contsl7, Holds his breath, and turns in his toes. Ranting, prancing, capering Mary Cocks her chin, and off she goes. Down forty couple, I'm sure will fatigue us.' I told you it would'nt, and here we're come.' ' Ma'am, shall I fetch you a tumbler of negus?' No, if you please, sir, a glass of rum.' The doctor's dancing quite contrary, Holds his breath, and turns in his toes. Ranting, prancing, capering Mary Cocks her chin, and off she goes." Take as a delicious contrast to this the following ex quisite stanza of a love-song from "Festus, " re. viewed in a very masterly style in the subsequent contribution. " Like an island in a river, Art thou, my love, to me; And I journey by thee ever With a gentle extasie. I arise to fall before thee; I come to kiss thy feet; To adorn thee and adore thee, Mine only one! my sweet!" The estimate formed by Blackwood of the poetical genius of Mr. Bailey appears to be in the highest degree judicious —at one and the same moment to the uttermost extreme condemnatory and commenda tory. Another brief quotation we must give, but this time it shall be prose, though prose having immediate reference to poetry. To our thinking the subjoined is a genuine and most accurate definition of some among the more prominent requirements as to style in poetic composition : " One must be pardoned for repeating the very rudi ments of criticism to to some of the headstrong writers of our day. A lucid, correct, harmonious style—they have forgotten what it means—what virtue there is in it. They speak or think of it as of some matter of an tiquated prejudice—of stale, conventional observance. It is no matter of convention; it is the living source of a calm perpetual gratification. It is the music of the printed book. It is that which makes reading a delight as well as a necessary task. It is that which makes another's thought, to the mind, what the visible object is to the eye—seen without effort, and seen clad with beauty, as well as dis tinguished by form and position. Whether the subject of the poet be of a calm and gentle, or of a grand and sublime description, this charm of beautiful composition ought always to accompany it. The theory is false which separates beauty from sublimity. The wing of the eagle is not less graceful than that of the smallest bird which flutters from bough to hough, or from flower to flower; nor is his flight less smooth, in his stormy al titudes, than the slow sailing of unruffled swans in their peaceful element. And as the pleasure attendant upon distinct and melodious language is of itself of the calm and graceful order, so also some degree of calmness and self-possession should pervade the mind of the poet who is to produce it f)r us." The whole paper is worthy of a perusal. "Cash and Pedigree," being a sort of analytical epitome of the gist of a certain work recently penned by M. Jules Sand9au, affords us what Maga has so often given us before, a clear and rapid insight into the contemporary literature of France. " Caird's High Farming Harrowed," and the three metrical contri butions to Blackwood for April, will prove about equally attractive and palatable to the majority of magazine readers. The now song entitled " Britain's Prosperity," is nothing better than an ingenious piece of rhyming —calico and malecho Newdegate and repudiate (!), a merry go and Jericho, Huatable and muck stable ' chiming togeth e r a b ou t as p l easant l y as spikewise and likewise, the penitent thief and hand kerchief, cum ceteris paribus, in the new poem pub lished this day from the MS. of Mr. Browning. BENTLE rs MISCELLANY. The " Ladder of Gold" is continued, and increases in interest as it progresses. In the present in stalment we find the Rawlingses located in Park lane, Mr. Rawlings being a sort of railway king, an influential Member of the House of Commons, courted and sought after byiall parties. Several new characters are introduced, among the best of whom are the Baroness Poudre- bleu, an English lady with a foreign title, and just 8001. a-year to starve upon, as out of that she has to job a small carriage, rent a small house, and keep a couple of livery servants on board wages, being herself content to feed upon air ; her son, Mr. Bulkeley Smirke, a fortune hunter, who, under the tuition of his excellent mother, is endeavouring to make a favourable impression upon Margaret Rawlings ; Lord Charles Eton, a most favourable specimen of our old aris tocracy, a polished gentleman, an orator, a statesman, and a scholar, who seems inclined to pay great atten tion to Margaret, in which he is encouraged by Rawlings, much to the annoyance of Henry Winston, who it seems had been the intimate friend of Lord Charles Eton at college, and who can by no means brook the pretensions of his college friend to be suitor to the object of his own boyish love. The account by Mr. 'Wheatley of the career of Lieutenant Wag horn is a record of national ingratitude, which should bring a blush into the cheek of every Englishman. The secret of the unrelenting persecution of which Waghorn wcs the victim is here exposed ; he bad offended that vindictive body, the Court of Direc tors of the East India Company. Having traversed the Red Sea in an open boat in 1829, Waghorn reached India. He shall tell the remainder of his story in his own words : " On my arrival at Bombay, I received the thanks of the Governor in Council. Armed with this record, I ' commenced an active agitation in India for the estab lishment of steam to Europe. In prosecution of that design, I returned to England, expecting, of course, to be received with open arms, at the India House espe cially. Judge of my surprise, on being told by the then authorities in office, that the India Company required no steam to the East at all. I replied, that the feeling in India was most ardent for it; that I had convened large meetings at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta; and, in fact, all over the Peninsula, which I had traversed by dawk ; that the Governor-General, Lord William Ben tinck, was enthusiastic in the same cause, and had done me the honour to predict (with what prescience need not now be stated), that if ever the object was accom plished, it would be by the man who had navigated the Red Sea in an open boat, under the circumstances al ready named. To all this the parties made answer, that the Governor-General and the people of India had no thing to do with the India House; and if I did not go back and join their pilot service, to which I belonged, I would should beb receive y such a communication from th a t H ouse as no means agreeable to me. On the instant I penned my resignation, and, placing it in their hands, then gave utterance to the sentiment that actuated me from that moment, till the moment I realised my aspira tion—that I would establish the Overland Route in spite of the India House. This avowal, most impolitic, on my part, as regards my individual interests, is per haps the key to much of the otherwise inexplicable opposition I substquertly met with from those upon whose most energetic co-operation I had every apparent reason to rely." The charter of the East India Company expires in 1852, and when the question of its renewal comes on, it is to be hoped that the avowal of the directors that they required no steam to India at all, and that the Governor-General and the people of India had nothing to do with the India House, will he borne in mind. This number also contains a most interesting °bio graphy of Major Edwardes (from whict gave a long extract in Th e Sun of ,! atur day), with a poi trait by Alfred Crovrquill. the one have two pleasant Americanism s, one " Coit's Ridge," by Alfred B. Street, the other " The Great Kalamazoo Hunt," an excellent drollery by a New Yorker. " Women in the East " repre— sents what life in a harem really is, and should be read by all those who have only formed their ideas of it from the perusal of Mr. Monckton Milnes's poetry. Our sporting friends will b e delighted with Mr. Whittle 's "Hunting in a German Forest," and all true It bath the trite Rab e l a i s i an f i avour. Pantagruelists will revel in M r. Whitling's " Praise of Smoking." Lieutenant Walpole commences a series entitled the " Protestant Pilgrim ;" in the present instalment ber — Rl gives` us a pl easan t account of his journey f 01:1,. Frankfort•oll•tile-Maitle to the Castl e o f IV as tb u 11-. -- , - the town of Ai senac h. W e h ave besides smut s= ..... t. excellent poetry, amongst which " A Song age 4 .77,2 :4 the Beautitid," by Theresa C. J. West, deserves' • ( --t ` ( *A-: pecial mention.i. ottoltire, FRASER. The present is a delightful number of there are no political articles, unless a review work of Mr. Poulett Scrope on the operation of the poor-laws in Ireland can be considered such, and .even that is more a politico-economical than a political article. The dreary " Peace Campaigns of Ensign Faunce" are at length concluded, aad all the other articles are of purely literary character, and, like all the literary articles in Fraser, of high merit. The number opens with an elahora'e and excellently written criticism on Mr. Ticknor'a recently published " History of Spanish Literature ;" we have then some interesting gossip on operatic and other musical matters; and then a defence of Juno Howard against the attacks of Thomas Carlyle. Join lloward we con s id er as one of the greatest men that not England only but that the w orld has ever produced. Ile was an earnest man, a " man with a mission," which he conscientic uslv fulfillNl, and we should have thought that Thoma s Carlyle would have rether placed him in his gallery of heroes than have classed him wi!li the " benevolent platform fever sect," with whom lie had nothing in common. It is true that that busy, fussy, chattering magpie sect have endeavoured to claim him as their own, as they have endeavoured to claim almost every other illus trious man who has appeared of late years; but the admirable biography of John Howard by Mr. Hepworth Dixon has placed this matt in its true light, and has shown us that John Howard was an eminently practical man —a doer, not a talker; and so far from being one of the " benevolent platform" sect, we doubt whether he ever spouted humanity from a platform in his life. The admirable " Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist" are continued, and we rejoice to learn from them that there is every probability that the gardens of the Zoological Society will, in the course of the present summer, become the residence of a hippopotamus, the first that has ever been seen alive in England. The illustrious stranger is at present in Egypt, waiting for his passage. The batch of General Conway's letters published in the present number extend over the year 1758, - and fur nish some interesting particulars concerning the unsuccessful expedition against Rochefort, in which Conway was the second in command. We are glad to find that in a review of " Madame Pulaky's Memoirs," and of some other recently published Hungarian books, the Tory Fraser does justice to the noble Magyar race. He thus speaks of recent events in Hungary " The scenes through which Hungary has lately passed give to both of these books something of a sus tained and dignified Severity ; and if we can imagine a society more qualified than that which they depict to shine in the rivalry of refinement and superficial ele gance, we certainly can point to none more adapted for developing the sterner virtues, and for training up its members to be brae er men or better citizens." There are several other articles in Fraser of this month, all of which will well repay a perusal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHELTENHAM S rEEPLECHASES.—SATURDAY. A Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 5 soya. each, h ft, with 40 added; the second saved his stake, and the winner paid 5 sovs, to the fund. Two miles, over six hurdles. Mr. Bernares Jack-of-all-TradeF, 9st 41b ... (James) 1 Mr. Hughes's Tipperary Boy, lOst 5113....1 (Darling) 2 The following also started:—Mr. C. Hughes's Re becca, lOst 31b (Tacker)—Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, l lst 101 b (Magee)—Mr. Oakes's Half•and-half, lOst 31b (Archer)—Mr. W. Wood's Sobersides, Bst 10lb (Wynne) —Mr. Williams's Syrup, Bst 101 b (Fowler). There was a Mae start, in which all but Fugitive and Jack-ot-all-Trades ran the whole distance, Tipperary Boy winning easily. The actual race was won by a length. Sly rode Half-and-half in the false stmt. The Annual Steeplechase of 20 soya. each, h ft, and only 3, &c., with 100 added; the second saved his stake, and the winner paid 20 sots. to the fund; winners 71b extra. Four miles. Mr. Mangan's Farnham, lOst 101 b (Abbott) 1 Mr. Mason's Proceed, lOst 10Ib (Mason) 2 Mr. Keate's Verax, lOst (J. Holman) 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Story's Victim, lOst 121 b (Taylor)—Mr. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader, lOst 61b (Wynne)—Mr. Vevers's Vengeance, lOst (Archer)— Captain Green's The Treasurer, 9st 121 b (011iver)—Mr. Williamson's Wolverhampton, gat 101 b (Fowler)—Mr. Isaac Day's Sparta, Bst 71b (R. James). Betting-3 to 1 agst Vengeance, 3to 1 agst Proceed, 4 to 1 agst Abd-el Kader, 4 to 1 agat Farnham, 7 to 1 agst Wolverhampton. Won by a head. Verax a bad third. The Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. About three miles. Mr. Williams's Gulnare (Owner) 1 Mr. Johnson's Sarah Sykes ' (Archer) 2 Mr. Wilson's Venture (Wynne) 3 The following also s'arted:—Mr. Baker's M'Orville (llavison)—Mr. Williams's Jitnerack (Barker)—Mr. Burrough's Titruworth(Owner)-11,1r.Gardner's Midnight (Darling)—Mr. Tenbury Lass (James). Won easily. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY BUNT RACES. NOETIIA3IPTON, ►SUNDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK.--• Colliugwood, Iron Bastinado, Dover, Watchdog, Olivia, Impression, Give and Take, Hind of the Forest, and The Recluse.—Kont's and John Day's lota are ex pected tomorrow. OBJECTS FOIL THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The trus tees of the British Museum, having received information of a shipment from Boston, United States of America, on board the British vessel Amelia, Captain S. E. Carne, of two cases containing casts of the head and lower jaw of the Mastodon, intended to be deposited in the collection of the British Museum, Mr. Hayter, the Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, has communicated to the authorities of the re venue the desire of their Lordships that as these objects are of a fragile nature they will give directions to permit their removal, on arrival, under official seals, and without being disturbed, to the British Museum, there to be opened for ex • amination in the presence of the proper authorities, and then delivered for deposit in that establishment, and directions have therefore been given to the proper officers to take care that their Lordships' wishes be duly observed. MOORFIELDS CHAPEL.— On Thursday evening last this well-known place of Roman Catholic worship nar rowly escaped being destroyed by fire, some artificial flowers used in the decoration of the " altar repose" having acci dentally caught fire from the candles with which it was al most surrounded, in consequence of the draught from an adjacent door. Owing to the presence of mind, however, of the officiating clergymen, the fire was extinguished without any material injury being done. TILE POISONING AT CASTLE CAMPS.—AII doubt as to the propriety of the verdict and the guilt of the two wretched prisoners now awaiting execution in Cambridge county gaol upon this charge, has been set at rest by the confession of the female prisoner, Mary Reeder. Imme diately after leaving the dock this criminal became appa rently resigned and penitent, and on one or two occasions gave vent to observations indicative of a desire to unburden her mind of the load that oppressed it. On Tuesday evening she expressed a wish to see her father, and he accordingly at tended on Wednesday morning, and was admitted to an in terview with her in the presence of the rev. chaplain and the matron of the gaol. The presence of the chaplain appeared to act somewhat as a restraint upon her freedom of speech, and so he withdrew, leaving her alone with her father and the matron ; and then she acknowledged to her father that it was her hand that put the poison in her sister's mess, and attributed the desire to be rid of her to an illicit connexion that existed between herself and the male prisoner Lucas. This connexion, she said, had not taken place since Christ mas last, and she most strenuously denied that she was in the family way. She has not in terms accused her partner in crime of inciting her to the commission of the deed, but she has done so by implication. She is now quite resigned to the fate that awaits her, and appears fully cognizant of the enormity of her offence. She states that she made tip her mind to commit the crime only a few minutes before its 'execution, and that she has not the slightest wish to live. ' The male prisoner still denies that lie was aware of the in tention of Mary Reeder to poison his wife. He admits that an improper intercourse had taken place between himself and his fellow-prisoner and states that it subsisted up to within about six weeks of his being taken into custody. He adds that he had become disgusted with Mary Reeder, and he was determined to be rid of her; and if he could but have suc ceeded in effecting that, he should have lived happier with his wife for the future.— Weekly Dispatch. and Pretended. s Spil s chargedb y, on CREDULITY.— . A w t ill t i l a l m e 3 m ia a r g t i in st . r o a r te u s: at o of fi t i ,m c w e aa , him receiving to imposing cu re h oi i i:l w 'o i b fe i a o s f ll a a c v e i r s t o a n i , n by e , o g nl iv p i l n a g int, Robinsont on the edfor is f e t h' i i r tah tli n e t same the sum of 10s. Mr. "wise man, and by the Martin, who is an old man, 85 years of ag?: and has long exerciseenjoycd the of h ihis ar t reputation a contribution weeks as. he took the Well l ' credu lous. Davison stated that about eight ,o lie went that and told himhis wife was ill, to the prisoner's house levied o f m b a e n i many a c u cure ler ; m I 10s , and he - T n i i t or b e e , the prisoner that he had on y 1„ said, ~ ~ .i. gave him a paper parcel which he said was and he was to come and s no ss cannot help it, if youmoney, part of the room, to another and went his wife's to be suspended round it ,0,, . neck, and it would do her . his wife wore , ....e time according to prisoner's good. i did not came again and direction, but receive any benefit. The bench ordered be the parcel toopened, when i n severa l f o l ds of the paper peers f ou nd sonic piece s o f st i cks and a piece of writing paper which was , on,. Written the word "Ab raca d a b ra, " the 12 signs of the zodiac, some fractional numbers, and the fol lowing lines : " By Saint Peter and Saint Paul, God is the maker of us all ; What he gave to me I give to thee, And that is nought to nobody." Mr. Robin^on , recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the bench on account of his great age and infirmities. Ordered to be committed for fourteen days, to pay all expenses, and the cost of maintenance in prison. The chairman said that but for his great age and many infir mities, the full punishment would have been inflicted, and the prisoner would have been committed for three months, with hard labour on the treadmill.—BoAton Herald. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.—The Commis:=ioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests took possession, on the part of the Crown, of this royal residence on Monday last, from the officers of the late Queen Dowager's household. The Commissioners have, it is understood, arranged that soon after Easter the Vernon Collection of Pictures shall be removed from the National Gallery to Marlborough House, which, in addition to two suites of rooms on the ground and ant ileor4 contuh4 a very fine grand hall. 4 1 ' 't ;•". •;Cif ‘ 1 " . 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