The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-22 00:00:00

SiGn COLONIAL. a oin -- A-ni—The tran s actions have, upon the whole, been t ri Inconsiderable, but holders have continued firm. t'sh Plant at i on has been much neglected. Jamaica, lat:uction, realised 35 ' s 6d for fine brown, and 36s fur u ? I ' l low- Refined has been dull, but not lower. —481" INDlA.—MaUritilli at public sale went rather isuu,ee freely, 6,970 b tgs and 12 casks nearly ad finding tb r , ers at 35s to 39s for yellow, at 31s to 34s 6i f t i ° wri, and at 34s t) 38s for grey. Bengal realised 4 8 ') full quotations, 1,2 , 1 S bags selling at '378 61 to r ather tor low to good white Benares. Madras was f u er dull, and 1,9'0 bags only racily sold at 293 to 305 4,801't brown, and at 31s to 34s for yellow. 6 . " R EIGN.—Very little has been done privately. Cuba 4t a uction re a li se d 38s Gil to 40s for mid to good, and " 4 , 11 foe flue. Yellow Havannah was taken in at 4 0 s to for m id to fine. at e°4 EE---This article has been very depressed with 41 extrema paucity of business by private contract in bpo eti tire absence of p u bli c sa l es . Native Ceylon has 0ti6.11 sold at 4Ss to 48s 6d for good ord, and nominally i,t'er sorts have sust a ined a c orresponding decline. It 4 114 Possibie, however, to judge from the limited busi it,lBBadeTng what prices can . be obtained if sales were e k eo c o 4.—There has been only -a limited sale. Guays thas bean taken in at 325. ta t " e e c•—The market has been quiet at about previous ,'• Bengal good mid. white 9s 6d to 106. , ! ALT PETRE.—CaIcutta has realized quotations, 3i F6r, 6 eut refraction going at 28s, and 7i and 61 at 26s to C OTTON —There is no life in the demand for this staple. tioiioa-n A I--The quotations are nominally without altera •t}o •C. ALLoW P Y is 37s to 37s 3d per cwt, on the • TE 4 s ot , .—A limited business only is doing. Common Gc.',lCongeni realises 9.1 , 1 to 10,1 per lb. Q r R:EEN FRUIT.—Th,e market is completely clear of di z i l i 4 g n es, contrary wi ods preventing arrivals. Lemons . °I sale; 500 1)0 Jkages, ex Sandwich from Messina, is : t e ,? by Keelins and Hunt at public sale, were bought ti fir ,", "'bus. Sr me holders of Barcelona Nuts have ad 411'V the Priie one shilling per bag. Chesnutsarc ft et'lY. the cold weather assisting consumption. rus 2s t ► 3s per harr , l lower. CORN AVERAGES. kti" l sT ,„ „, ERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Lo pe . " ‘, tek ended Mares 14. 1850, made up from the Returns of the et l), t t. , ors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales -41 1atrialQua - ..ter. ct teu I I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. ..` .• 38a Id 23s 8d I 14s 104 22s 74 24s Id 1253 24 wj( lA'r. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Iti. rd I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is 04 Is 04 Is od is Od Is Od ECON DARIES'.-( T HIS DAY.) (13P2fore Mr. Secondary 'OTTER.) Co PHILLIPS V. COOPER. 14PL AINT BY THE J lila. —The plaintiff in this [IC RR I ' ' A tobacconist, the defendant is an auctioneer 0: 11( 4ing, and the claim was 51.3. fir cigars supplied. Pre; the case being called on none of the witnt SACS wet., De,t t ,,at-, and after some delay a messenger was dis t in a cab to fetch them from the City -road. th t ; 1. having been detained for half an hour several of to 2' iry complained of the inconvenieEce they were put laid nd considered they ought to be discharged. They 1 1, 0 it was very hard that forty-eight men of business 411:1 be called away from it, and lose their titre. Iletimes when they attended the causes were INith -41,4. jtl l p t . HUDSO N said this was a writ of inquiry, and the eoultt not be discharged, as the notice was for be eep hours of eleven and one. the "' jury said some alteration ought to be made in 0 1 4 7 .cties. see r the arrival of the witnesses the case did nrt last linutes, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff. aother case by the same plaintiff was withdrawn. -OW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) 44 n Thomas, who represented himself to have been i [t ca ," l Y an officer in the army, and Mary, his wife, were ged before Mr. Henry with stealing and pledging Il lurniture of their landlord. Ita t , r _; Preston, 4, Arbour-street, Tottenham-court-road, lethZ Plat he let the upper portion of his house out in 1 14r.5, and the two prisoners occupied a furnished tha t , floor, for which they paid a week. He knew Nit th e i r c i rcumstances were ra th er s tr a itened, and oth, induced him to watch them more closely than he hsi - ' ll9 ise should have done. For the last week they its , o not been out of the house, and, as he was at a loss to ka7, how they lived, he went up into the room and f t , - 2 1 . the sheets, counterpane, and blankets missing 4 1 ;_ The bed. He ta x ed the prisoners with having stolen s k ,wa when the male prisoner exclaimed, "No, do not that I have stolen them; I have only pawned them, k ;II will replace them to-morrow." He, however, felt t o be his duty to give them into custody, and did so ordi n • . Th e g I Y• mate prisoner, in his defence, said his friends I t : well off, and formerly he held a commission in the to, Y• Since then he had travelled on the Continent as h tl bt for a commercial house, but of late he had been '41 ) 1 41 ,e to obtain any employment, and it was distress li tt „'eu drove him to commit this offence. For several tki iii 4 they had been without food or coals, and the arti 1, were p a wned to keep them from starving. *i ti h e fealale, who sobbed and cried during the whol e . I 'nalon, said what her husband had stated was `e ter . r• tIENRY observed that their situation was a sad lio n ' the wife, it seemed, had acted under the direc- W -nr, the husband, and she must therefore be dis e'iser,; but the male prisoner must be remanded until itit q u'esday, in order that some inquiry might be made ne truth of his statement. Preston said he was afraid it would turn out that i as a writer of begging letters. q t Ir. HENRY said that should be ascertained before he brought up again. The , ''t female was then discharged. 4 A EkliLßßO'-STREET—(TH I S D AY ) . ti:'°RAUDING AN M. P.— Charles King and John Cooper, 1 3 ,e former 17 and the latter 14 )ears of age, were k ° o e ght before Mr. _Hardwick, charged with o btainin g , C;b: 4 lee and fraudulent pretences, the sum of 15a. from Wykeham Martin, Esq., M. I?. for Newport, Isle ight. two"secutor deposed that he resided at Leeds f° 'le. ent, but aas at present staying at No. 3 , Suf hti`l'lstre et, Pall-mall, and that on the previous morning d escending to breakfast the document produced 4 Pa' aded to him. On looking at it he saw it was a Z l l O ,, fur 154., for a copy of a work called " Burder's il er i g tons Ceremonies." He never ordered the work, %Ills he indebted to any one for a copy of such a ° u lt. 4 4 " illiam Henry Alderman, servant to the prosecutor, t r t ed th a t yesterday morning the prisoner Cooper 1 4 r , ught the receipt produced, and said he had called fir I. for Mr. Martin's copy of "Burder's Religious Ceremo ets." Believing the prisoner's statement to be true, i , -- ness gave him 15s. on account of Mr. Ma rtin. -Lnomas Field, en officer of the detective police, said 1 1 1 (34 1 information he had previously received he followed prisoners yesterday morning into Suffolk-street. e prisoner Cooper lef, King, and went to No.3_in e 41,11 t street. After stopping there about five minutes h ape out and joined the prisoner King, to whom he ‘tie - Z? Some money. Witness then went up to them and vk 4 them into custody. Oa telling them the nature of t ie charge against them, the prisoner King said he was :qe6guilty party and the sole mo v e r of the p lot. Wit -3 then conveyed them to the station, where they I ,, e l'e searched, fill on King witness found about 17 tl; 4 ipts ready ed up, and on comparing them with t one produced he found the handwriting to be k i h i j o sam e . These receipts were made out in the ktl ilea of Lord John Hay, Lord Grey, and other noblemen " gentlemen, and witness had not the least doubt, from 10 bYttematic way in which the p a p ers he found u p on 1„"i were arrranged, that the prisoners , althou g h so ene, had been carrying on a most t wccessful trade; g ad ". if they were remanded he thought he should be en vs, u'ed to produce several other charges against them. ti The prisoners, who offered no defence , we re remanded Thursday next. DRUNKEN PARSON.—Mr. George Evison, who !sated that he was a clergyman residing at Hyde, Mid dlesex, wa s charged with bring drunk and inca p able. IftloUld, 128 C, said about a qua r te r- p ast two this g ; orai ug he found the defendant in a beastly state of g ituxication, in Kieg-street, St. James's, and in order to i kcure his personal safety he put him into a cab and ,t t ) nveyed him to the station. Discharged with a caution. P. D RU N K EN DRAPER. — John Hughes, a draper , re hsing a 4 33, Dean-street, Soho, was brought up on a si ',ilex charge. The defendant, about four o'clock this morning, was Be en by C 138 lolling about St. Martin's - court as drunk ski "a fiddler," and as he could not keep his equilibrium t he constable took him to the station-house.—Discharged. DaurocEN DRUGGIST.—Joseph Smith, a druggist, k .4 b ‘ o i3 l t e. g at' the Garrick's Head, was also charged as Bryce, 181 C, said, about four o'clock this morning he 11 , 9, a 0... duty i n the Haymarket, when he saw the defen dnt lying on his back, dead drun k . H e procured as 48tat,c,., and took him to the station. The defendant, whose face was much cut and bruised, * as discharged. IRELAND. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ABOLITION OF THE VICE-ROYALTY. DUBLIN, THURSDAY EYENING.—The public meet -I,llg of the citizens to protest aga inst the extinction of 'he Irish Court was held to-day in the Rotunda. The attendance was numerous and respectable. Aesolutious in accordance with the objects of the teeting were agreed to, and a petition to the Queen, raying her interposition, was ca rried unanimousl y . everal stormy speeches were delivered in the course of the proceedings. Mr. H. Grattan, M.P., 'concluded his address by a decl aration that when he had at his back 400,000 armed men and 400 Pieces of artillery he would then look for justice from England, and might God defend ther right. 4 1r. Chambers, a re,spectable me rchant, and s a Con servative in politics, denounced the Act of Union as t he cause of all Ireland's misfortune, and regretted that it had ever been passed. The meeting lasted hearly four hours. ASSASSINATION. The Northern Whig, received this evening, con-- t aws an account of a most cold-blooded and de liberate murder committed on Tuesday night, the /ictiea being Mr. John Woolsey, who resided at ' 4b out a mile from Portadown, on the Armagh road. When the shot was heard below the maid thought her master had discharged a pistol which he kept in his bed-room, but hearing a heaiTy fall on the floor she ran up stairs and found the body lying with the head towards the window, and a large effusion of blood, with a portion of brains, on the carpet. Medical men and the constabulary were immedi ately brought from Portadown, and life was found riot to be completely extinct for about,t bret,qtiarters of an hour. A respectable jury was held by the coroner, and the inquest was proc?eding yesterday evening at the date of our latest information.—Times. LEANHINGTON ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match—Free Lance beat Red Knight. The Grand Annual Steeplechase. Sir Peter Laurie ... ••• •• ••• Prcceed ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The great English tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, made his debut here last evening in the character of Ernani, in Verdi's opera of that name, and by his perfor mance went far to prove that he is not only the greatest of English tenors, but without exception the very greatest tenor of the day. Of all living tenors DO one at present on the stage has approached Mr. Sims Reeves with the single exception of Duprez, and he is filling into " the sere and yellow leaf," while Mr. Sims Reeves, in the full possession of his powers, is what M. Duprez was twenty years ago. Never before has the character of Ernani, or indeed the opera itself, been nearly so well represented in this country as it was last night. The cast was very strong, as in addition to Mr. Sims Reeves as Ernani we had Mademoiselle Parodi as Eivira, Beletti as Silva, and Lorenzo as Carlo V. The act ing of Mr. Sims Reeves was full of impassioned energy, and his rendering of the music was charac terised by immense power, and by that deep intensity of feeling without which it is impossible to achieve any success on the Italian lyrical stage. He was in excellent voice, and his rich chest notes were very fine. The management of his voice, too, showed that he was a perfect master of his art, an', after hearing him last evening, we have no hesitation in saying that in him nature and art have combined to give to the world a perfect tenor singer. His embellishments were all in the best possible taste, and nothing could exceed the purity of his elocution. From his opening scene, " Come rugiada," to the closing scene, he was alike perfect. He was loudly applauded in the opening scene, and was encore d in the fine trio, " Tu se' Ernani," with Parodi and Lorenzo, in the first act. In the second act the beauti ful duet, "Ah morir potessi adesso," with Parodi, was encored, and in the finale to the opera he excited a perfect furore. Seldom have we seen an audience worked up to such a pitch of enthusiasm as was the audience of Her Majesty's Theatre by the impassioned acting of Sims Reeves and Mademoiselle Parodi in this scene. They were admirably sup ported by Beletti, whose impassive sternness as Silva, rendered, by the force of contrast, still more effective the impassioned agony of Ernani and Elvira. Of the Elvira of Mademoiselle Parodi it is impos Bible to speak in terms of too high praise ; it was a perfect exhibition of impassioned energy, and her vocalization was excellent. Her scena d'intrata, " Ernani, Ernani, involami," was a brilliant speci men of florid vocalization, and drew down rapturous plaudits, and her acting throughout was of the very highest order of tragedy. Sig has L orenzo has, by his Carlo V., more than realised the favourable expectations which we enter tained of him from his Nino, and he now takes his place in the very first rank of our barytones. Be letti was, as usual, admirable as Silva. His render ing of the " Infelice a tuo credevi " was full of pathos, and earned for him a rapturous encore. The principal performers were called on at the conclusion of every act, and at the fall of the curtain Mademoiselle Parodi, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Beletti were called on twice, and the great tenor was af terwards honoured with a special call to himself. Never has this opera been nearly so perfectly represented in this country as it was last evening, and never before has any opera of Verdi been so applauded, a com pliment, however, due, not so much to any talent in the composer as to the transcendent genius, and the exquisite taste of the accomplished artistes en gaged in its production. Les Metamorphoses, the most elegant and splendid of ballets, followed, and the expressive dancing and pantomime of Carlotta Gri%i had such charms for the audience that the great majority remained until the conclusion of the perfor mances. The theatre was crowded. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—There were present yesterday (Thursday evening) at ber Majesty's Theatre the Duke of Leeds, his Serene Highness Charles Duke of Brunswick, the Baroness Brunnow, Didlle. Olga de Lechner and aidlle. de Brunnow, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, M. de Berg, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily De Burgh, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Bradford, the Count de Backe, the Comte de Songueil, the Comte de Ciyry, the Viscount Cantilupe, the Count de Frescobaldi, Lord Templeton, Lady Adelaide Howard, Lord George Paget, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord Rendlesham, Lord Harry Vane, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lady E. Russell, Lady Glentworth, Mr.- George William Repton, M.P., and Lady Jane Repton, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady Caroline Sandford, Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth and the Misses Wentworth, Lady W. Ball, the First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady Arabella Bsring, the Hon. Mr. Chichester, the General Santa Cruz, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, the Hon. O. F. Toler, the Hon. Robert Boyle, Hon. A. Willoughby d'Ereeby, the lion. C. R. Neville, the Hon. Mr. Templemore, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, Lady A• Gordon, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and Lady Howard, Major. General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir John Lowther, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir James Clark Ross and Lady Ross, Sir George Pocock, Bart., and Lady Pocock, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard , Sir Woodbice Parish and Lady Parish, Sir Seymour Sadler, Mrs. Heneage, Mrs. G. Arbuthnot and Miss Arbuth not, the Hon. Captain Phipps, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Major Buckley, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawny; Mr. Henry Baring, M P., Mr. Hubert do Burgh , Mr. Montague Gore, Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, Mrs. Paul, Mr. C. W . Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. George Cornwall, Miss Boileau, Captain Vivian, Mrs. Charles Hammersle, Mr. Henry Singleton and Miss Singleton, Mr. W. 'Cubit% M.P., Mr. F. Cutler, Mr. Morgan, M.P., Mr. Rice, &c. MADEMOISELLE RITA FAVANTI.—This charming vocalist, whose success at her Majesty's Theatre we have often had the pleasure of noticing, has lately be en en chantieg the dilettante of Brussels, by the extraordinary compass of her voice and her exquisite singing. On dit, we are likely to hear her in London, late in the season. THE LAST OF HENRY RUSSELL.—No vocalist, in the present day, has stamped the spirit of the time on his music and singing more felicitously than Henry Russell. His compositions, and his very style, belong to " the movement." His farewell performances iu London (prior to his visit to the United States) will take place, at the Lyceum Theatre, during next week. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The late ad vices received at Havre from New York respecting cotton, although favourable to advanced rates, had rather a depressing effect on that market, as sales yesterday were languid and at prices somewhat firm. The Vestu, with cotton, from New Decline, leached Havre yes terday. Lord Fortescue, who is now staying at Malta, cn account of his health, has resigned the office of Lord Steward of Her Majesty's Household. THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER.—The Times of this morning, in a leading article, says,—" We have the satisfaction of announcing that the Marquis of West minster, the most opulent member of the English nobility, has finally attained the object of his life, aed is appointed to the office of Lord Steward, with the full privilege of carrying a white stick s . bout, like Polo the onius in the play, whe never the Queen gives a party t lieges." THE CASE OF THE REV. DR. ROOKES.—The Rev. C. Rookes, LL.D., Rector ot Nymet Rowland, in . the diocese of Exeter, against whoa? a sentence of . depTa tion, on the ground of immorality, was some time since passed by the Bishop, has been removed from his bene fice, the Bishop having instituted the Rev. Thomas Rutherford Dickinson, M.A., to the vacant rectory. THE LATE FATAL A CCIDENT AT ST. VINCENT 'S ROCKS, BRISTOL.—The coroner's inquest an the body of Miss Craven was held on Wednesday. evening at the Brownlow Tavern, and ended in a verdict of " acciden tal death." The jury expresse d their opinion that some means ought to be adopted by the authorities, either by the provision of some railings or otherwise, to prevent a recurrence of such accidents. Virtue shines, though contemptibly clad,. and is recognized and respe c ted by noble minds. --Eliza Cook's Journal. ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. —At the sittings of the magistrates at the Guildhall, Ro chester, on Wednesday last, the Rev. Henry Meeres, head master of the Grammar School, was charged with hav ing unlawfully assaulted and beaten Frederick Seymour Bamford, one of the foundation scholars, by striking him several blows with a stick, and otherwise ill-treating him, without just cause or provocation. The evidence in support of this charge went to the effect that the boy for coughing had been slapped violently on the face, caned with a walking-stick, which was broken over his shoulders, and afterwards compelled to beg pardon on his kcees. He was kept in that position for th ree - q uarters of an hour, and had been ill in CODS , quence of the severe c . :hastia-ercant which he received. On the part of the de feadant it was sought to he proved that Mr. Meer es had punished the boy to secure subordination among his scholars, and that the chastisement had not been exces sive, the coughing in which Bamford had taken part being it tended as an insult to Mr. Meeres, who had only recently been appointed head master instead of the Rev. R. Whiston, by the Dean and Charter of Roches ter. Evidence was also given that the defendant was always a humane and firm waster. The magistrates - sentenced the defendant to ray a penalty of 3/. and 25s Coat , . TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER, MARCH 21.—We have little or no change in business since Tuesday ; prices are, perhaps, in some goods a shade lower, and generally, a feeling of dulness prevails. The yarn market also remains without material attention. . . CANADA COMPANY.—A meeting of this company took place yestereay at the offices, St. Helet.'a-place, Bishopsgatt -street; Mr. Charles Franks in the chair. The report stated that the expenditure in London for the year has amounted to 2,2331, end in Canada to 4,8051., exclusive of taxes and assessments. The receipts for 1849 wero 26,5061. Their total liabilities amounted to 451,3371., and the assets to 962,4701. It appeared that the original otject of this company was to pur chase from the Crown large tracts of laud, which were t) be resold at a low but gradually increasing rate, ac cording as the land was cleared and improved by culti vation. The report was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business of the day. Young men, when they are once dyed in pleasure and ♦anity, will scarcely take any other colour.—Eliza Cook's Journal. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The Intrepid screw-schooner (late the Free Trade) arrived at Woolwich from Blackwell yesterday morning, and was immediately commanded by Lieutenant John Bertie Cater, as tender to the All3sibtante. She was taken into dock yesterday afternoon, and the shipwrights are to be employed upon her, and also upon the Pioneer, by task work. Captain Austin, C. 8., was at Woolwicn all day yesterday superintending the arrangements, and as soon as the ships arrive from Blackwell he will reside at Woolwich entirely. They are expected to be out of hand at Blaclmall by the 30th, when they will be im mediately removed to Woolwich, to complete their fittings. 1,000 tons of Welsh coal and 200 tons of patent fuel have been ordered for the expedition. THE SHERIFF AT BRIGHTON.—Chief Justice Wilde inflicted a fine of 50/. at the Sussex Assizes on Mr. Hudson, the officer of the Sheriff in Brighton, for allowing one of the jury, of whom ho had charge while they lett the bex for a few moments to obtain refresh ment, to separate from his fellows, and to "run up and down i❑ his bailiwick." The officer appealed next day to the Learned Judge " to let him off," but the apylica tion was not attended to, the Chief Justice insisting on the necessity of discipline.—Brighton Guardian. MR. DisuAELL—We regret to state that Mr. Disraeli was not sufficiently recovered to accept the Lord Mayor's invitation to meet his Royal tlighness Prince Albert at the Mansion-house yesterday. Mr. Disraeli is, however, convalescent, and will, He hope, be able to resume his place in Parliament after Easter. BRIGHTON, MARCH 21.—The Count de Neuilly, (ex• King c f the French), accompanied by the Countess de Neuilly and suite, is expected to arrive in Brighton on the 3d or 4th of April. The Count and Countess will take up their abode at the residence of the Marquis of Bristol, in Kemptown, the Marquis having placed his mansion at the disposal of the illustrious exiles. Their stay, it is believed, will b 3 of some weeks' duration. The Duke de Nemours arrived yesterday et the Royal Al bion Hotel. It is the in:ention of the Duke and Duchess de Nemours to remain here Curing the sojourn of their illustrious parents. The Duke of Devonshire is expected to arrive at his residence in Kemptown either to-morrow or Saturday. SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—The general half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the South Si a House, Threadneedle-stre-t. Mr. Charles Franks, Sub-Governor of the company, occupied the chair. The Secretary read the stilt, ment of the bond debt, to the cifect that the balance of 4,500/. due in Sep tember last, was still unpaid. The standing orders being thus complied with, the meting immediately adjourned. It transpired yesterday in the City, that a clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co , has ab conded with property to the amount of about 8,000/., nearly the whole of which has, however, been recovered. THE NEW HOSPITAL AT BROMPTON.—Yesterday a very full and influential meeting of the board of manage ment was held at the Hospital fir Consumption. Amur g those i r, sent were the Hun. Aithur Kinnaird, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, the Hon. Octavius Duticombe, M.P., Captain Gladstone, and Major Ly..n. The chair was taken by the Hey. :Sir Henry Foulis, Bart. The principal business of the evening was iu relation to the immediate erection of the eastern wing, and the final completion of the hospital, which, when achieved, wid accommodate upwards of 200 patients. Several new rules and regulations relative to the corporation were moved and adopted, and thanks having been voted to the Rev. Chairman, the meeting adjourned. Vain-glory is a stimulus that pleasingly titilates our heart, and finally tears it.—Eliza Cook's Journal. ♦ Frenchman, named Albert Merriewood, was yesterday remanded by Mr. Alderman Finnis, from the Guildhall, on a charge of having in his possession two bills of exchange of 2501., and a half of a Bank of Eng land note for 3001., the property of Mr. Solomon Cahn, which had been stolen in Paris, and of having forged Mr. Cahn's name to the bill of exchange. At the Thames Police• court, yesterday, Mr. Ing ham committed a coal porter, named James Regan, for trial, on a charge of arson. He is supposed to have set fire to a number cf premises during the last twelve months in the neighbourhood of Ratcliffe highway, for the sake of receiving. a small reward for calling the fire men and the turneocks. MERCHANTS AND TRADESMEN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society tok place yesterday, at the offices, Chatham place, Blackfriars, John Macgregor, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The report stated that during the past year 293 policies had been opened for assurance, to the amount. of 78,6201., the premiums on which were 2,4861.; 34 proposals bad been submitted' to the directors, which they had deemed proper to decline. Not one death had occurred during the year, and their affairs were in a most favourable position. The report was unanimously adopted, and a sum of 5001. voted to the directors, who had hitherto received no remuneration whatever. The retiring directors and auditors were then re-elected, and, after a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, manager, and secretary, the meeting broke up. EVENING CLASSES FOR YOUNG MEN.—An appli cation has just been made to the Court of Common Council by the Metropolitan Committee for Establishing Evening Classes for Young Men, for assistance in ena bling them to carry into full effect the object they have in view. That object, as we stated a short time since, is, by means of the establishment of evening classes, to furnish the apprentices, shopmen, and clerks of the me tropolis, with the opportunity of improving their minds by the study of languages, and receiving instruction in the arts and sciences. The plan has received the sane- tion of the Archbishop of Cauterbury and the Bishops of London and Winchester; together with nearly the whole of the London clergy, who, in many instances, have vo lunteered their gratuitous services in aid of the cause. The application to the Court of Common Council was presented by T. Dakin, Esq., and was referred to the corn and coal committee. A commission-agent, named Jones, who carried on business in Castlf-street, Holborn, was yesterday refused his certificate by the Court of Bankruptcy. At Exeter, Thomas King, convicted of having at tempted to murder hi:: own father, and also his tathet's housekeeper, Sarah Hutch, was sentenced by Mr. Justice raltourd to transportation for life. An employl of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail way Company, named Wood, has recovered 1001. damages from Messrs Miller and Blackley, the con tractors, for the loss cf his leg, caused by the negligent driving of one of their stationary steam-engines. The cause was tried at York on Wednesday before Mr. Baron Alderson. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Major Herbert Ed- ' wardes, the distinguished officer of Moulton , who was famerl ' y a student and since an associate of King's Col lege, has intimated his intention of presiding over a tebtieal in May next, to promtto the building and en dowment of a more efficient hospital in connexion with that college. MR. ELIOT WARBURTON'S NEW 'PORK.—Rarely has more interest been created in literary circles, than by the announcement of the uew historical romance, en titled " Reginald Hastings," from the pen of Mr. Eliot Warburton, the author of that popular work " The Cres cent and the Cross." It is stated that the hero of the story belongs to the high-souled class of Cavaliers, and that he goes through all the stirring incidents of the Civil War. The Puritans are represented in the person of the father of two sisters, who fill the characters cf the hero ines in the imaginative portion of the story. The most prominent personages of this exciting period of our his tory are, it is said, depicted with a strength and liveli ness of colouring which will probably give Mr. Warbur ton the highest rank in the class of historical novelists. "INTREPIDITY REWARDED. — We understand that the Royal Humane Society have awarded to John Rol lins, who so nobly rescued Elizabeth Higgins and her three children from drowning in the Regent's Canal, on the 18th of last month, the honorary bronze medallion of the institution, in addition to a pecuniary reward. ABORTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The infamous and disgusting practice of persons using instru ments and other means to procure abortion is notori ously known to prevail throughout the country, and es pecially in the manufacturing districts, and the time is come when the strong arm of the law must be used to arrest the progress. At Nottingham Assizes this week a man (in a case where the girl died) has been convicted of the murder of her, and received sentence of death ; and in another case a woman (where the girl did not die) has been sentenced to transportation for life. It is to be hoped that when those sentences become univer sally known (as they will do through the public press) the desired effect will be produced. In the man's case a point of technicality is reserved for opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench. FOREIGN SUPPLIES.—Owing to the prevalence of contrary winds the arrivals at the port of London from all parts of the world on Tuesday last were liknited to three vessels, one of which was from Rotterdam, and one from Rouen, with general cargoes, the produce of Holland and France respectively, and the other from the Channel Islands. The fact of so few ships reporting in a day at the London Custom-house from abreact is almost unprecedented. The several docks are very slack of business at the press nt time, in consequence of the east wind preventing vessels from long voyages from arriving at their destination ; and the principal of the arrivals at the present time are limited to importations of cattle, grain, and provisions from the European states, and to valuable articles of silk and fancy manufacture from France and Germany, of which the most extensive s upplies, usual at this important season of the year. are now taking place. THE WEATHER.—We have had no rain in this neighbourhoed for more than a month, the last having fallen on Monday, Feb. 18, which was a very wet day. The farmers are very easy on the point, but the proprie tors of gardens are beginning to " cry out Journal. ASSIZE INTELL IGEN CE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, March 21. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before LordChiet Justice W. ILDE and a Special Jury.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF bIARRIAGE.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE.-ADAMS V. GIBBS. This was an action brought by Jane Emma Adams against Richard Gibbs, to recover damages fur the bleach of his prohibst. to marry her. The defendant, in addition to the uftial formal pleas denying the making of the promise, &c., also pleaded that the plair.t , ff had not required him to perform it; and he had also caused to be placed upon the record two other pleas of a very extraordinary character, in one of which he alleged that after making the promise to the plaintiff he had ascertained that she was suffering from an incurable disease called consumption, and was on that account unable to perform the duties of a wife; and in the other he stated, that he was required to assign over certain property, to which, through his wife, tie would have been entitled, to other persons, and pnthe!e grounds he alleged that he was ju s tified in refusing to perform the promise he had made. The damages were laid at 2,000/. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Bovill were for the plain- tiff; Sergeant Shee and Mr. Ogle appeared fur the dt fendane. Mr. CHAMBERS, in oeening the case, said that it was his duty, on the part of the plaintiff, to lay before the jury the extraordinary circumstances under which she was oblige] to appeal to their justice for com[ensation for the deep and distressing injury which she had re ceived at the hands of the defendant; and, when to had laid before them the singular circumstances of the transaction, he was satisfied they would see that the case was one which required their most serious consi deration, and which de mended very heavy damages in deed at their hands. The plaintiff, Sliss Jane Emma Adams, was the eldest surviving daughter of a gentle man residing at Wateringbury, in this county. He bad formerly carried on the business of a farmer, at Nettle stead, very extensively, but he was un'ortunate, and, in consequence of the circumstances of this case, he felt it necessary to give the jury some information with regard to the condition in life of the father of the plaintiff. It appeared that, being in difficulties, and indebted in a considerable amount to his wife's relations, he bad agreed to give up his farm to his br ot h e r-in-law, and his relatives consented to pay the wh o l e o f his debts, he undertaking, on his part to give all the se curity in his power for the repayment. The defendant was a farmer and hop-grower in the same neighbourhood, and he and his. family were on the most intimate terms with the plaintiff and her relations, and constantly visited them, and he therefore had ample opportunity of observing the conduct of the young lady and also the state of her health before he made the promise of marriage, upon which this action was founded. At the time the offer of marriage was made the young lady was about 24 )ears of age, and the detendaut was about 45, and it appeared that in August, 1848, he first male the proposal to the young lady. She, very properly, immediately communicated what had taken place to her feeher, and he subsequently had an interview with the defendant, and upon that occasion he called to his attention the disparity between their ages; but the defendant made no difficulty of this circumstance, and the plaintiff's father thee said that if they them selves saw no difficulty in this respect, he should net, upon the ground of their differences of ages, offer any opposition to the union. He at the same time told the defendant that be was aware of his circumstances, and that he was not in a condition to give his daughter any 'fortune, and the defendant replied that he did not desire money, and that he had ph my to support his wife, and that all he desired was to be united to his daughter. From this period the defendant was received as the acknowledged suitor of the young lady, and he pro ceeded to purchase new furniture, and to make altera tions in his house, in anticipation t f the marriage, aid at leeg h the wadding was appointed to take place on the 16th Deoemh , r, at the church of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, and a short time before the day in question the defendant, who intended to have the mem ,ge solem• sized under a special licence, went to London in ordereto comply with the necessary form of residing a certain period within the district where the ceremony was to be perkirined. Ile had stated that Miss Adams was en titled t ) a small amount of property at the death of her mother, and it became necessary that certain deeds should be execute] before the marriage took place, and the defendant, who was informed of the whole of the circumstances, consented to be a party, and it was ar ranged that he should be present at the office of the solicitor, iu Maidstone, when the deeds were executed, and Thursday, the 14th of December, was appointed fur that purpose. The plaintiff and her father, and the other persons interested, accordingly assembled, but the defen dant never made his appearance, and nothing more was heard of him from the month of December, 1848, till October, 1849, when he again made his appearance in London. Of course great alarm was felt by his friends, and also by the plaintiff's family at his absence. It was imagined that some accident must have befallen him, and the police were applied to to make inquiries respecting him, but for a long time no information whatever could be obtained respecting him. It was at length ascer tained that on the day when he was to have attended to see the deeds executed at Maidstone, he had gone as far as Reigate by the South-Eastern Railway, and that he left the train at that station, and proceeded to make his way to Liverpool, to which place some notes, which he had received for stock he had sold, were traced, and it was supposed that he had gone to America; but, however, nothing was heard of him, neither was any letter or communications in any state received by his own family or that of the plaintiff, and nothing value known respecting him, until the month of October, 1849, wben it appeared that he was disco vered in London. The jury might very well conceive that this proceeding occasioned the most dreadful alarm and anxiety to the plaintiff, and for some time it was found that her mind was affected, and that she would never recover the shock she had sustained. Owing, however, to the constant attention of her brother, who was in the medical profession, and the kindness she bad received, not only from her own relations, but also from the family of the defendant, that fear did not now exist, but her constitution and health were impaired, and she still suffered most deeply from the conduct of the defendant. The defendant had never condescended to give any explanation of his proceeding!, and he was really at a loss to imagine what answer was to be attempted on the present occasion. With regard to the pleas that had been put upon the record, several of them were merely of a personal character, but as to the last two pleas, he must say that he looked upon them as an aggravation of the defendant's misconduct, end but that he did not believe they emanated frum him, but were merely placed there by his attorneys, he should have no hesitation in saying that it was most disgraceful to attempt to make such a def-nee. The Learned Coun sel then proceeded to state that it appeared to him thut these pleas were most odious and distressing. The de fendant by one of these pleas did not deny that he had made the promise to marry the pl a i nt iff, but be asserted that she was suffering under a d ea dly disease, and on that account she had no right t o as k him to fulfil it. What were the circumstances under which the defendant had dared to place such a plea upon the record as au excuse for his own misconduct? He should show that he had been on intimate terms with the ramily— that be was constantly visiting at their house, and if there was any foundation for the as sertion with regard to the state of health of the plain tiff, I e must have been aware of it, or at all events, ought to have been, before he took upon himself to make her an offer of marriage. He was instructed, however, that there was no pretence to the allegation, and he defied his Learned Friend to produce any testi mony to confirm that which was stated in the plea, viz., that the plaintiff was suffering under consumption, and if he did not do se, he thought the jury would agree with him that the placing such a plea upon the record was an additional insult to the y oung l a dy, whom he had already so deeply injured. Th e L earne d Counsel then made some observations upon th e ot h er plea, s tating that it was equally incapable of pro o f, an d be concluded by asking the jury whether, it h e s h ou ld make out these facts to their satisfaction, they w ou ld not consider that the amount of damages claim e d i n t h e declaration were only a sufficient compensation for the injury the plaintiff had sustained. Witnesses were then exami ne d i n proof of the state ment of counsel. Sergeant SHEE then add resse d th e jury for the de fendant. He commenc e d b y o b serv ing, that the de• fendant never intended in any way to cast the slightest slur upon the virtue, reputatien, or conduct of the plain. tiff or her family, and he was now instructed publicly to make the admission, and at the same time also to state, that there was nothing w h a tever in the circum stances or conduct o f t h e father of the plaintiff, which cast the slightest discredit upon him, and that he would have been proud to ally himself with the family, but for the reason stated in that plea with regard to the state of health of the plaintiff, and which was the real and sub stantial defence h e was i nstruc t e d to make upon the pre sent occasion. Th ere was a ve ry great difference in the circumstances of cases of this description. If it ap peared that a man under the plea of affection and the promise of marriage had seduced an innocent girl, and then cast her off an o bj ect o f scorn to the world, or that he deserted th e preten ded object of his affection for another wh o was more beau tiful, such w ealthy or more cases juries ve ry properly gave large damages ; but h e wou ld confidently ask the jury whether the present was not a case of a very different description. The defence he bad to urge upon the jury was, that the defendant was not actuated by any im proper motive, but that he really loved this young wo man, and had the intention to make her his wife, until he had reason to believe that the state of her health was such as to render it almost certain that their union would be a most unhappy one, and that the offspring which would be the result of it would in all probability be doomed to a premature grave. The Learned Counsel then remarked upon the dreadful extent to which the disease of consumption prevailed in this country, and he asked the jury whether, if the defendant really be lieved that the woman to whom he was about to be al lied was tainted with that disorder, and reflected upon the melancholy consequences that were likely to ensue, whether he was not morally justified, and whether be did more than pc. farm his duty in refusing to effect such an union. It was clear from the evidence that the promise in question was hastily made, and that only a week before no idea was entertained of it being the intention of the defendant to make an offer of marriage to the young lady, and he should submit to the jury that up t> this period the de fendant had not had the opportunity of ascertaining the condition of health of his intended wife. He would, in the first instance, ask them whether, upon the evidence that had been laid before them, they entertained any doubt that the young lady was in reality labouring under this dreadful disease. They had heard that two of her sisters, one aged 20 and the other 22, had been snatched away by it; that her brother had been sent to India in the hope that it would preserve his life from also falling a sacrifice to the disorder; and, although one medical gentleman had been called, who had attended the plaintiff some time before, and who expressed an opinion that she was not suffering frame the disease, yet, when they heard that Dr. Joy, and Messrs. Williams, Watson, and Taylor, all men of eminence, and souse of whom had con stantly attended upon the plaintiff, were in court. and were not called as witnesses, he asked them whether they could entertain any reasonable doult of the fact? If this were so, the question for them to decide was, wletner, under such circum stances, the defendant was ne , t jestified in breaking his proaise. It was evident that his intention was to marry the plaintiff up to the very last moment; but when he became aware of the dreadful truth, he did not know how to act. It was said that he ought to have made a communication either to the plaintiff or to her friends, and have stated the reasons which induced him to de cline to perform the promise he had made; but he asked the jury to place tl - iernselves for one moment in his posi tion, and see haw it was possible he could have done so. Was it possible for a man to go to the woman whom he loved, and who was in expectation of being united to him, and say that their union could net take place be cause it was more proper that she should put on funeral habiliments than those of rejoicing; and that the time was fast approaching when she must be placed in the same turf where her sisters were reposing? Was it possible that such a thing could be said? He was sure they would agree with him that it was not; and the defendant, at length driven to desperation by his position, and not having the fortitude to meet the diffi culty in which he was placed, had adopted the only ex pedient that remained to him of flying from his friends and exiling himself from his country. 'The Learned Segeant then pri , ceeled to state that it appeared to him that the plaintiff hal been fate 1 from a great deal of anguish and misery by the course that had been pursued by the defendant, and chat she had been spared the agony or seeing her offspring go prematurely to the grave, and upon all the facts he urged upon the jury that she had not sustained any real damage by the defendant failing to fulfil his promise. He concluded by stating that, it they should, in the result, be of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, he reminded them that there was no evidence to show that the defendant was in a condition to enable him to pay excessive damages, and he trusted they would consider that a very moderate sum would amply satisfy the justice of the case. Chief Justice WILDE very briefly summed up ; the jury retired, and after a short deliberation they gave a verdict far the plaintiff—Damages 800/. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Common ./ , THURSDAY, MARCH 21. TRANSFER OF LANDED PROPERTY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That, considering the complaints which in many parts cf the Kingdom have proceeded from the owners and occupiers of land, and con sidering also the benefits which have arisen to all other classes from recent legislation promoting free trade; it is expedient now to adopt measures for dminishing the exist ing restrictions on the free transfer of landed property, and for distributing such property, in cases of ir:testacy, accord ing to the same rules as prevail in respect of personal pro perty." The House divided: MINORITY—AYES, 52. Alcock, Thomas Headlam, Thomas Homily, Colonel Bass, M. T. Heathcoat, John Salwey, Colonel Bouvuric, E. P. Henry, Alexander Smith, John B. Bright, John Heywood, James Stanton, W. H. Brockman, E. D. Heyworth, L. Thompson, Colonel Brotherton, J. Kershaw, James Thornely, Thomas Brown, W. Lacy, H. C. Tollemache, F. J. Cilflord, H. M. Lushington, Charles Wyse, R. H. ; .:;olebrooke, Sir T. Meagher, Thomas Villiers, Charles Duncan, George Mangles, IL I). Wahnsley, Sir J. Ellis, John Melgund, Viscount Wawn, J. T. E wart, William Milnes, IL M. Williams, John Fergus, John Nugent, Lord Willyams, H. Gibson, T. M. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Wilson, Matthew Greene, John Pechell, Sir G. Hall, Sir B. Pilkington, James Ilardcastle, J. A. Pinney, William Harris, Richard Power, Nicholas Haste, Alexander Robartes, T. J. A. TELLIES. flume, Joseph King, P. J. MAJORITY—NOES, 110. Abdy, Sir Thomas Goddard, A. L. Milner, W. M. Arbutbkott, Hugh Goulburn, Henry Mostyn, E. 31. L. Armstrong, Sir A. Grace, , )„ 1). Mulgrave, Earl Bankes, George Greene Thomas Newry, Viscount Baring, Sir F. T. G: ey, R. W. Owen, Sir John Barnard, E. G. Gwyn, Howel I'acke, C. W. Bellew, ii. M. Hamner, Sir John Paget,;Lord A. Beresford, William Harris, Captain Paget, Lord,George Blackall, S. W. Mitchell, John Pakington, Sir J. Boldero, 11. G. lieneage, G. 11. Palmer, Roundell Brisco, M. Henley, J. W. Parker, John Banbury, E. H. Herbert, H. A. Pigott, Francis Busfeild, W. Hildyard, T. B. T. Plowden, W. 11. Carew, W. P. Hobhousu, Sir J. Plumpire, J. P. Charter.s, Francis Hodgson, W. N. Portal, Melville Chatterton, Colonel Hogg, Sir J. W. Richards. Richard Childers, .1. W. llornby, John Russell, F. C. Christopher, R. Hotham, Lord . Seynter, H. K. Coke, E. K. Howard, Lord E. Seymour, Lord Cole, li. A. Howard, P. H. Sheridan, R. B. Coles, it. R. Hudson, George Smyth, J. G. Compton, H. C. Johnstone, Sir J. Somerville, Sir W. Craig, Sir W. G. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Spooner, Richard Deedes, W. Law, C. E. Stanley, B. H. Denison, J. E. Lennard, T. B. Townshend, Capt. Divett, E. Lennox, Lord A. Tufnell. H. Dodd, G. Lewis, G. C. Tyrell, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Lindsay, Colonel Vane, Lord H. Dundas, Sir David Littleton, E. R. Verner, Sir W. Dunne, Colonel Lockhart ,:A. E. Vesey, Thomas Ebrington, Viscount Lockhart, W. Watkins, Colonel Edwards, 11. Lopes, Sir Ralph Willoughby, Sir 11. Elliot, John Lowther, Colonel Wilson, James Emlyn, Viscount Lygon, General Wood, Sir Charles Farrer, James Mackie, John Forbes, Wm. Maule, Fox TELLERS. Fuller, A. E. Maxwell, J. P. . Hill, Lord Marcus Gaskell, J. 31. Miles, William Newdegate, C. N. GORHAM v. THE BISHOP of EXETER. The subscribers to the enclosed resolutions present their compliments to the Editor of The Swig, and will be obliged by his publishing them as soon as possible. LUndon, Ala - rch 19. RESOLUTIONS. 1. That whatever at the present time be the force of the sentence delivered on appeal in the case of " Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter," the Church of England will eventually be bound by the said sentence, unless it shall openly and expressly reject the erroneous doctrine sanc tioned thereby. 2. That the remission of original sin to all infants in, and by the grace of, baptissa is an essential part of the article, " Oue baptism for the remission of sins." 3. That—to omit other questions raised by the said sentence—such sentence, while it does not deny the liberty of holding that article in the sense heretofore received, does equally sanction the assertion that original sin is a bar to the right reception of baptism, and is not remitted except when God bestows regeneration before hand by an act of prevenient grace (whereof Holy Scrip ture and the Church are wholly silent), thereby render ing the benefits of holy baptism altogether uncertain and precarious. 4. That to admit the lawfulness of holding an exposi tion of an at ticle of the creed contradictory of the essen tial meaning of that article is, in truth and in fact, to abandon that article. 5. That, inasmuch as the faith is one, and rests upon one principle of authority, the conscious, deliberate, and wilful abandonment of the essential meaning of au arti cle of the creed destroys the divine foundation upon which alone the entire faith is propounded by the Church. 6. Teat any portion of the Church which does so abandon the essential meaning of an article of the creed forfeits not only the Catholic doctrine in that article, but also the office and authority to witness aed teach as a member of the universal Church. 7. That by sech conscious, wilful, and deliberate act such portion of the Church becomes tormally separated from the Catholic body, and can no longer assure to its members the grace of the sacraments and the remission of sins. 8. That all measures consistent with the present legal position of the Church ought to be taken without delay to obtain an authoritative declaration by the Church of the doctrine of holy baptism impugned by the recent sentence; as, for instance, by praying license for the Church in Convocation to declare that doctrine, or by obtaining a'i Act of Parliament to give legal effect to the decisions of the collective Episcopate on this and all other matters purely spiritual. 9. That, failing such measures, all efforts must be made to obtain from the said Episcopate, acting only its spiritual character, a reaffirmat ion of the doctrine of holy baptism impugned by the said sentence. H. E. MastraNsa, M.A., Archdeacon of Chi chester. ROBERT J. WELBERFORCE, M.A, Archdeacon of the East Riding. THOMAS THORP, 8.D., Archdeacon of Bristol. W. H. MILL, D.D., Regius Professor of Hebrew, Cambridge. E. B. PUSEY, D.D., Regius Professor of He brew, Oxford. JOHN KEBLE, MA., Vicar of Huraley. W. DODSWORTIL M.A., Perpetual Curate of Christ Church, St. Pancras. WILLIAM J. E. BENNETT, M.A., Perpetual Curate of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. H E NRY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, M.A., Vicar of East Farleigh. RICHARD CAVENDISH, M.A. EDWARD BADELEY, M.A., Barrister-at-Law. JAMES R. HOPE, D.C.L., Barrister-at-Law. The Bishop of Exeter has returned the following an swer to an address presented to him by a large number of the most influential clergymen and laymen in the dio cese of London:— "My dear Dr. Spry,—The address which you and other eminent clergymen and laymen of the Church have had the goodness to present to me fills me with feelings of a very mixed character. I cannot but be supported and strengthened by the sympathy of such mee, but I am far more humbled by the terms of eulogy in which that sympathy is expressed. May He who is sight to the blind, and strength to the weakest, grant to me, and to all that we may, in this our day of trial, act with faithfulness, with firmness, with singleness of heart, seeking only to serve Him, and to guard the sacred de posit of truth which he has entrusted to us! " It seems but too likely that we are as yet only irt the commencement of the fight of faith appointed to UF. Let us strive, by prayer, and in humble reliance on the grace of God, to attain to a right judgment in all things connected with our several duties in all that may befall us. Let us be sober, vigilant, and more especially let us use our utmost endeavours to stay the impetuous spirit of those who may be tempted in this new need to de sert the Church in which they were in baptism made members of Christ, and in which that Holy Spirit of whom we were then born still dwells, and we cannot doubt will continue to dwell so long as that Church shall not by some act of her own, which, thanks be to God, hath not yet happened, only a torpid indifference more fatal and more hopeless than any act, accept the unhal lowed judgment of men, be they who they may, in con tradiction to God's truth, and so cut herselt off from that Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, of which she is still a pure and sound, however wounded, member. " In conclusion, accept my hearty congratulation on the Christian firm ne ss of your own bishop. , 1 I am, my dear Dr. Spry, with the warmest thankful - DM to yourself and so she churchmen who have acted Tv'th you on this cccasion, your and their faithful and affectionate brcther in Christ, "The Rev. Dr. Spiy." "H. EXETER. WHOLESALE FISIIMARKETS, AND A BATH FOR BILLINGbGATE AGAIN. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. may perhaps be necessary to employ some philosophy, reasor, logic, and patience, to in quire into, to examine, and arrange a machine that will point out the easiest, the most direct, and most unobstructed method for improving all fisheries and fishmarketing systems ; whatever trouble, however, may be required, all will agree that it is a subject that claims public consideration. As a means of assisting the promotion of fishery improvements throughout Great Britain, it has been suggested in The Sun that were there whole sale fishmarkets established at all large cities and towns, Vial factors and :salesmen transacting their duties according to the spirit of their calling; standing in a position betwixt the fishermen and the public to see that justice is done to both parties . ; selling the fish for the highest price bid, that the fisher men might be advantaged ; and seeing that the fish are in prime condition before dispasing of them to the public. Toe factors and salesmen being paid by commission, upon the amount received from quantity and quality disposed of, have a direct interest in looking into fishery improvements, and stimulating fishermen to industrial pursuits. The longer I think over a wholesale fishmarketing system, particularly if the r egu l a ti ons are to b e abided by as they once were at Billingsgate :—"That all fish brought to the city must be taken to Billings gate market and sold by wholesale to retail dealers, and that the market must be clean-scrubbed and washed out every day at one P.M."—the more I am satisfied that the wholesale marketing system adds to the value and respectability of the trade. Fish in its uncured state is an article of food that soon periahes. Arriving in market early in the morning, the sooner it is all disposed of by wholesale, the sooner retail dealers have it in their power to supply their cus tomers with the fish in an entirely fresh state; and for this reason I believe the regulation was framed, " that the market must be clean scrubbed and washed out every day at one rah" When large quantities of fish arrive at a market where there is no restriction as regards time for sales (or if there be restrictions, but they are not attended to), the fishermen and salesmen stickling about prices, anxious of course to keep them up as long as possible, allow time to pass ; all that while, the dead fish are not improving in quality, and as I have oftentimes before stated, "stale fish are dear as a gift." The problem to be solved, will be found simply to resolve itself into these few words :—" Ought the fishermen be allowed to dispose of their own catchinga ? or ought that duty be left to men independent of the trade, beyond the commission they receive for sales effected, and who have a name to uphold for probity and equity ?" The plan suggested in a former letter for the erec tion of a bath at Billingsgate, I have been happy to find is much approved cf. It is supposed, were baths erected in the neighbourhood of Billingsgate, not only the fishermen and hawkers would be accommodated thereby, but many of the sailors from colliers, coal. heavers and bargemen would avail themselves of a wash at Billingsgate Baths. I have been told latterly that the model bath house for the working classes at Giulston-square, which contains 94 baths, is so well attended during summer, that although the price for the first class is only sixpence for a warm and threepence fur a cold bath, and for the second class, twopence for a warm and a penny for a cold one, they have actually col lected nineteen pounds sterling on a summer day. From this it may be supposed that a bath at Bil lingsgate would ultimately pay fur its erection. I am, Sir, &c , 11. DEMPSTER. THE CANADA QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE WA'. Sra,—ln the letter you were kind enough to in sert in your paper, on the 11th March, headed as above, several errors were made, arising, no doubt, from my hurried way of writing and careless way of correcting the manuscript. I shall endeavour, therefore, on this occasion, to be more particular. With your permission, Sir, I will now continue my remarks upon t'ae " Montreal Annexation Circular," for we ought to kill and not merely scotch so fatal an enemy to the progress of Canada, and to the security ci the empire. This annexation document complains of Canada Railway Stock being at a " depreciation of 50 to 80 per cent." Alas ! have we no complaints from rail way shareholders in England ? Are there no (aim • plaints in France or elsewhere ?—and is it not just possible that the fault may have been with the speculators in Canada themselves, and not with the people of England, that these colonial railways are at a depreciated value ? May it not have been a mistake to have attempted a railway from Montreal to Portland—an American port, be it remembered, and not one with the best approach, in the western world? It is the opinion of many men, no doubt with all due submission to that of Mr. Arthur Wel lington Hart, that the whole of the available capital, and all the energies of the people of the North American provinces, should have been brought to bear, in the first instance, upon the Mon treal, Quebec, and Halifax line of railway, Mr. Hart is pleased to call the Quebec and Halifax Railway a visionary scheme of Lord Grey. Unfortunately for Lord Grey he does not, in this instance, deserve the blame of Mr. Hart, for " the establishment of a steam packet communication between Halifax and England was strongly advocated by the Governor-General (Lord Durham) ; and also the formation of a rail road from Halifax to Quebec." Had Lord Grey, upon his own responsibility (strengthened as he was by Lord Durham's well-known opinion), and upon the receipt of M;sjor Henderson's very favour able report on the Quebec and Halifax proposed railway, boldly encouraged that undertaking, he could well have afforded to have borne all the blame that could have been attached to him far such a mea sure. A railway to Montreal would soon have fol lowed, and Canada would thus have had an outlet from her capital to the ocean at all times of the year. The great terminus for all the North Ameri can continental railways will, there can be no manner of doubt, be at the port nearest Europe that can be ap proached at all seasons. It will be the great object if the American people both of the United States and of the North American provinces, to make the ocean passage as short as possible, and the people of Canada may depend upon it that any general plan of railways must always have in view the shortest possible sea voyage. Halifax appears to be the port to which they will all bend their course, at all events it wall, fur many reasons, certainly not be Portland, and this railway, therefore, as a general North American or imperial project, must hill. Most sincerely, however, do I hope that the specu lation ofthe Montrealand Portland Railway may answer the original expectations of those who engaged in it, and I have no doubt that it will ultimately do so, particularly if Mr. Hart's suggestions regarding the eastern townships are carried into effect, for the funds arising from the sale of the lands, if properly ma naged, will become highly valuable. (Here follow some remarks showing the importance and value of the eastern townships.) Well indeed, Sir, may Lord Durham have said, " I see no reason for doubting that by good govern ment and the adoption of a sound system of coloniza tion the British possessions in North America may be made the means of conferring on the suffering classes of the mother country many of the blessings which have hitherto been supposed to be peculiar to the social state of the new world," and well indeed might Charles Buller urge upon Government the de velopment of such resources. To continue my remarks on the " Annex ation Circular," which further complains that " the Provincial Government is cumbrous and expensive." This I am not prepared to deny, but it does not follow, I think, as a matter of course, that annexation to the United States would remedy any such evils. Few people have not in former times made this complaint, and certainly there are hardly any in the present time who do not find fault with the form and expense of their various Govern ments, and I would ask the people of Canada whether they consider those of the United Staten as perfectly satisfied ? Is there no native party ; no anti-slave party ? At all events " their constitution, such as it may be, was made here, not there ;" and even here since those days Englishmen have thought that they could improve the noble fabric of their far • famed glorious Constitution. The immortal Junius told the people that he questioned "the power de jure of the Legislature to disfranchise a number of boroughs, upon the general ground of improving the Constitution," and when such a proceeding was in later days contemplated, the Duke of Wellington de clared that "if he were to invent a constitution fur Parliament over again, he would not say that he would adopt the same as it now existed, because the invention of man could not accomplish it." In spite, however, of the opinion of Junius, a way went the rotten boroughs, and, in spite of the opinion of the Duke of Wellington, on came the change, at the bidding of the Genius of Morn), whether for good or fur evil, has yet to be proved; but surely the people of Canada, or those of any of the British colonies, cannot for an instant suppose that Great Britain would wish for a moment to with hold from them any of those rights or privileges, to enjoy which she herself has made so many sacri fices ; let the Canadians, however, :beware of that fatal malady, a restless spirit of innovation. Have they as yet had sufficient experience of the form of government they now enjoy to be able to say exactly what change will be of advantage to them. Would they not, let me ask, be thrown at the present time into the highest state of rebellion if a rotten borough existed amongst them ; and yet, it was under such a system that England reached her highest pinnacle of glory ; and without meaning any disrespect to these whose duty it is to mend or make the constitutions fur the present age, I cannot do otherwise here than remind the Canadians cf the liees of Pope— " For forms of government let fools contest, 1 •hA which is lies: administered is best." Let the Canadians pause, then, before they attempt to throw themselves out of the arms of a kind parent, thinking. to better themselves by annexation to the United States. " Sure enough, America is a great, and in many respects, a blessed and hopeful pheno menon, but as a model republic, or a model anything, the wise among themselves know too well that there is nothing to he said. Cease to brag of America and its model inititutions and constitutions." Canadans,—Many men are at work in this country to assist you, but your dissensions and 3 our RIM( XII. tion question alarm the cspitalists of this country, and enable other colonies to get the start of you ; whereas, pieced as you are, within a few days' sail of England, the development of the immense resources of your country would be certain if you would only be united to assist in that. measure; by a contrary pro everiing you arm 3 - our enemies, and the enemies of England, with weapons they know well bow to use. But I trust now, Sir, conclude for the present, as I find that I have already trespassed too largely on your time and space. I sm, Sir, &c., ROBERT CARMICHAEL SMYTH. 15, Charles street, Haymarket, March 15, 1850. LITERATURE. REVELATIONS of the LIFE of PRINCE TALLEYRAND. Edited from the Papers of his Private Secretary, M. Colmache. A beautiful reprint of this most agreeable biography has just emanated, in the form of a second and cheaper edition, from the establishment of Mr. Colburn—a reprint testifying at once the popularity of the work and the enterprise of the publisher. According to the present arrangement the two volumes, which on their first appearance we commmended for their brilliant style and anecdotal attractiveness, are here condensed into one, comprised within the compass of 373 beau tifully printed pages octavo, including the extracts from the MSS. of Prince Talleyrand, and adorned with an engraving of the great diplomatist prefixed as a frontispiece. Having already carefully ana lysed the merits of the work as a biographi cal compositior, we have now only occasion to remark upon the compactness and com pleteness of the second edition just issued. That the first edition should have been so speedily ex hausted is, to us, no matter of surprise whatever, fa miliar as we are with its sparkling manner and striking reminiscences. In its present improved and and condensed form the " Revelations" cannot fail to be enhanced in fascination, from the circumstance that the mystery of its authorship is at length solved, the solution appearing in a " Note to the Second Edition," the announcement being thus worded : " It seems scarcely necessary to observe, that the young diplomatist and Mons. C. (C)linache) are one and the same person, the former having been intro duced for the sake of disguising the real author, a step v,hich is no longer neccessary." In consequence of this revelation, in regard to the " Revelaii,,ns," the witty memoirs cf Talleyrand, by Colmache, have, at length, the additional and crowning advantage of being authenticated. COUPT ( - A L R. The Queen and P.ince Albert took a drive in an open carriage and four, on Wednesday afternoon. Mjesty had a dinner party on Wednesday at Buckingbant Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highnes Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas, Earl Granville, Lady Fanny Howard, B4roness de Spat), Count .Perponcher, Vis count Clitdeu, the Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. La bouchere, and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. Her Majesty gave a concert in the evening. The performance took place in the saloon, and the fol lowing was the programme : S Overture, " Mel usine ' ' Mendelssohn• Bartholdy Lied, " Die Schildwache," Herr Formes Andante (pianoforte, clarionet, oboe, bassoon, and horn), Airs. Ander son, Messrs. Maki), G. Wactzig, and P. Hardy Beethoven. Aria, " Wer ein Liebchen hat ge tunden," Herr Formes (Die Ent fuhrung aus dem Serail) Mond. Solo, violin, M. Swinton, " Le Car naval de Venice." Lied, " Der Krieger and rein Ross," Herr Formes Wedding Msrch (Midsummer S Mendelasohn Night's Dream) Bartholdi . • Lied, " Die Wanderlust," Herr FormesEsser. Finale . . At the pianoforte, Mrs. Anderson. Her Majesty'] private band was in attendance. The Queen walked yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, and the Royal Family took their usual exercise. Hole!. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Bucking ham Palace for the Mansion-house at a quarter be fore six o'clock yesterday evening, attended by Vis count Clifden, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Captain Francis Sey mour, and Colonel Bouverie. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady C. Leveson Gower, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Spencer, and Viscount Jocelyn, had the honour of dining with the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left ' her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spetb, and Sir George Couper, for Frogmore. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday, at Gloucester House. Viscou❑t Mandeville, M.P., attended at the office of the Commis:ione.rs of Railways yesterday, and presented a memorial from the Mayor and Corporation of Bewdley, praying the Commission to compel the completion of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway. A deputation from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, conistiog of Mr. Rufford, M.P. (chairman), ar.d Messrs. William Mathews, G. B. Thorneycroft, acd M. Grazebrook (directors), Mr. C• Bedford (solicitor), and Mr. N. T. Smith (secretary), had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Mr. Tancred, M.P. f.r Banbury, and Lord Saye and Sele, High Steward of Banbury, had an inter view with Sir George Grey, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State (Home Department), yesterday, and presented a memorial from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Banbury. Mr. Logan had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at. the Colonial-office. A Committee on the mineral kingdom 'of the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yester day in the New Palace of Westminster. There were present Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Henry T. de la Beche, Sir Roderick Murchison, Dr. Lyon Playfsir, and Mr. Richard Phillips. Mr. C. Dilke and Mr. B. Cole attended on behalf of the executive committee. A deputation, including Mr. Bagley, Mr. T. Ashton, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Eskrigge, had an inter view with Earl Granville yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation on the Railway Audit Bill, including Mr. Harrison, Mr. King, and Mr. Keith Barnes, had an interview yesterday with theiCommissioners of Railways. A deputation, consisting of the Earl o f Yarborougb , Mr. Fowl er , Mr. Bedder, and Mr. Bendel, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yes- te rd ay . The Bishop cf Norwich had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Lord Ashle y h ad also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Captain Pelham had an interview yesterday with the Commissioners of Railways. - Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of New South Wales. _ _ Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong-Kong, and Labuan ; and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Cauncn CHIMNEY SMOKE. -- A correspondent of the Builder says—l observe to-day, at St. /ELargaret's, Westminster, another instance of what I have frequently seen with regret, viz , volumes of dense smoke, highly charged with carbonaceous matter, issuing from huge, ugly stove pipes that may be seen projecting either through the roof or out of the windows of many really very fine specimens of the architectonic genius of our countrymen; blackening and clef-wing them by the con s( quest deposits of soot. Really in this age of inven tion, wLen improved smoke-consuming stoves of every possible variety of form are almost daily ushered into existence, it is an almost unpardonable offence against architectural propriety, that a stove pipe is anywhere to be found rearing its sooty head amidst the rich embel lishments of a fine old give of building. That stoves are intiispecsahle 1 am nut prepared to deny; but why not use tl , ose that consume coke, charcoal, or gas, the vapour from which is invisible? Their flues would neither be unsightly when in use, nor would they Rim er I their grinay and indelible traces around them. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1850