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The, o f ~Co mm issioners for executitr: thence of Lord High Ad:n:ral United Kingdom of Great Et ..ao: :gal Ireland do hereby give they th , l , on TUESD AY. the 3uth instant, at One o'clock, Win be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to ''°utraet for supplying and delivering at Valparaiso and Callao, or at i ntermediate Port, as may be directed by the Commander-in- Chief on the Station, or Senior Naval Officer at Valparaiso, 1,000 Tons of WELSH COALS, Flt for the Service of her Majesty's Steam-vessel. The Conditiors of the Contract and a Form of Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor anv noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, 111dy authorised in writing. • Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-han I corner the words " Tender for Coals," and roust also bo delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 5001. for the due performance of the Contract. LAST INDIA lIOUSE, JANUARY 30, 1850. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be SHUT on TUESDAY. the sth March next, at Three o'clock, and OI'ENED again on THURSDAY, the 11th April following. That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their house is Leadenhall-street, on WED!4ESDAY, the 10th April, 1850, fronit Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the Evening, tr the Election *f Six Directors of the said Company for four years. That the form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for enabllng Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by proxy on this oc casion, may be obtained on application at the Treabury in this House. That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready be delivered on Tuesday, the 20th March next. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. TO the PROP RIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladles and Gentlemen. The lattientol death of your highly respected Chalrman, MaJor• General Sir Archibald Galloway, having created a vacancy ill the direction of your affairs, it becomes my duty to inform you ' that, In conformity with previous announcement, it is my inten tion to proceed to the Ballot upon this occasion. Baying in the course of a long canvass submitted to you the grounds upon which I have presumed to offer myself as a candidate, I have now only to elPress my grateful thanks for the assurances of support with which _ I hare been honoured, and to solicit those proprietors who have not >et declared themselves to favour me with an intimation of their in tentions ; when the day of election is fixed I shall lo,e no time in forwarding to my friends who may prefer to vote by Proxy the necessary Letter of Attorney, and I respectfully solicit an early in tin:tattoo of any recent changes of address. I have the honour to te, Ladies and Gentlemen, Tour very faithful and obedient servant, H. T. PRINSEY. London Tavern, April 8, 1850. P.S. My Commit.ee, by whom communications will be thankfully received, sit daily at the London Tavern. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 311acn 27, 1850. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladles and Gentlemen, The ELECTION of SIX DIRECTDRS of the East India Com- Pany being appointed for WEDNESDAY, the 10th April next, the favour or Your vote and interest is requested for the following Gentlemen, Lieut.-General Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.B. GEORGE LYALL, Esq. ELLIOT MACirIAGHTEN, Esq. JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, Esq. MARTIN TUCKER SMITH, Esq., M.P. WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq. 'Well will mach oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, W. B. Bayley Robert Campbell J. Caulfield John Cotton Win. J. Eastwick Russell Ellice A. Galloway J. W. Ilogg Rd. Jenkins John Loch Ross D. Mangles. Maaterm an W. L. Melville C. Mills J. Oliphant W. H. C. Plowden H. Shank John Shepherd W. H. Sykes John C. Whiteman P. Warden Henry,,,, Willock nY. Alexander *** Proprietors desirous of Voti of Attorney for that purpose at the ing by Proxy may obtain a Letter Treasury in this House. EAST I\`•DIA HOUSE, 31"Aacii 27, 1850, T o the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies anti Gentlemen, Having the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION to be chosen this year, ne take the liberty of requesting the favour of your VOTE on the day of election, WEDNESDAY, the 10th of April next. . We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most Nimble servants, J. L. LUSHINGTON. GEORGE LYALL. E. MACNAGHTEN. J. PETTY MUSPRATT. M. T. SMITE!. W. WIGHAM. .6 * Proprietors desirous of Voting by Proxy may obtain a Lotter Of Attorney for that purpose at the Treasury in this Honse. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL kEETING of this Company will he held at the Paddington Station, In tke county of Middlesex, on THURSDAY, the 25th day of April instant, at Twelve o'clock, for the purpose of considering and deter- Inining the mode of raising the Capital requisite for the completion of certain undertakings belonging to, or purchased by, this Company, and for the general purposes of the Company. The meeting will also be made special to receive, consider, and determine upon any matters contained in a Report required by a resolution of the last Half-Yearly General Meeting of Proprietors to be made by the Directors, with respect to the several recommenda tions contained in the Report of the Consultation Committee, which was submitted to the said Half-Yearly Meeting on the lath February last. t The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman. P addington Station, April 4 CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. , 1850. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, Upon the principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the whole Profits belonging to the Assured. No. 72,- LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Matins, Esq., Q.C. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. William Adams, Earl , New Broad-street. John Atkins, Esq., White Hart court, Lombard-street. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street. America-square. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.. Prospect-place, Kilburn. John Dangerneld, Esq., Chancery-lane. Robert henry Forman, Esc, , Ordnance, Pall-mall. John Hamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurloe-square. James Fuller Madox, Esq., Clement's-lane. John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq , Ncrfolk-street, Park-lane. AUDITORS. (leorge Cumming, Esq., Westbourne-grove. William D. Starling, Esq., Change alley, City. James Turner. Esq., Parliament-street. David Henry Stone, Esq., Poultry. BANKERS— M essrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace. Edgeware -road. The Rev. James Shergold Boone, A.M., Stanhope. street, Hyde-park Captain Creed, Norf o lk -crescen t, O x ford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde-park. Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y.. Robson, Eel., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park. Secretary, Chas. Hoghton, Esq. The POLICIES issued by this Company being INDISPUTABLE, are transferable and negotiable Securities. They may at any time be made available in money transactions, their 'validity not being dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the Import of Other documents. Used as Family Provisions, they relieve the As sured from all doubt and anxiety as to the result of Assurances thereby made certain. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the corn- Vie r n i er pe e c u t t use of s. its business, and is steadily increasing. Reports, and every other information, may be ob tained at the Chief Office, or any of the Agencies. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. TO EVERY FAMILY in the KINGDOM and the PUBLIC UNIVERSALLY. CLARK'S HARVEY'S SAUCE, Clark's Reading sauce, also essence of anchovies, mushroom ketchup, French caper., cayenne te9Per, all at Gd, per bottle ; real India soy , 9d . p er bottle ; finest ergona anchovies, in bottles ls. each, Is. 4d. per lb., or 225. Gd. er double barrel; anchovy paste, for breakfast, luncheons, &c., Is. per pot ; Yarmouth bloater paste, for ditto, Bd. per pot ; superfine salad oil, Bd. per bottle; real Dantzic spruce, 10s. 6d. per keg, or Is. 3d. Per quart bottle ; mustard, in lb. bottle squares, from Gd. to Is. 4d. each for the finest article, also in 910. and 181 b. casks, f-om 4d. to IC 3d. per lb for the best; be.t London pickles, 7d. per bottle, or 6s. Der dozen, of various sorts ; malt vinegar, from Is. 4d. to 2s. Gd. per gallon for the best; new lemons, from 3s. Gd. per 100; fresh lemon Juice, half-pants, 2s. 9d., pints 4s. Gd., quarts Bs. per dozen ; also in packages, from two gallons to 120 gallons , at Is. per ga llon ; dried Peel, Is. 7d. per lb. ; St. Michael and other table o r an g es, 16s. p er original chest, or from 2s. 6d. per 100 ; new Seville oranges, from „.r gallon; dried peel, 25. 9d. per lb. ; black pepper , Is. p er lb. ; e * 6 d. rer 100 or is. 4 d. per dozen ; fres h Seville orange juice, 2s. vv "ite Pepper, Is. 4d. per lb. ; ginger from Gd. per lb. ; cloves, from . 8 . 4d. per lb. ; isinglass, from Bs. G.I. per lb. ; maccaroni, from 7d. Per lb. ; vermicelli, 10d. per lb.; cayenne pepper, 2s. ad. per lb. ; a llspice, 9d. per lb. ; fine m!xed spice, 2s. 6 d. per lb. Terms c a sh. 11 orders, by post or otherwise, delivered free three miles from the city. CLARK and CO., Italian, fruit, and spice merchants, and mustard Illa nufacturers, 40, Coleman-street, City. 4YEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of G_RIM STONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. I f You are in want of that b e a utiful adornment of the human o "Dire, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or t f or e nY wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer. an Its. of (irimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential ir r it, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her erY. Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and t en trY, b whom it is highly ap ad preciated for its manifold virtues, too o rgerous y to be set forth in an vertisement, but may be read in his Paa:mrbpahrlye, t,in which the bottles are enclosed. pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of fl. rg . , Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the "Times " newsp a p er, 7th "` Aitglist, 1846. This Pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two Postage stamps. ...The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on c r ai r /ion a post-office order for 4 s. 6 d., 7 s. Bd., or Va., which In es the postage with the case. The lls. size contains four of the 49. In thfew of• its many virtues, as thousands can prove , are publis hed 1 " u 'e Pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age, You will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your 'Mks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was Ike demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, Clear- s i ght people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause :Abe universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff! and because it cured oPht haltnia.Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Beadach, and Deaf 4,.ieas, the Lo r d s o f th e T rea sury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 Dues of cure being proved by the informers , still it was an act of ...y, 13ressi an ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godffey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of Treasury;the the letter of protection, signed by Berries, Esq., to William Grimstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in cants „ten!, within th e reac h o f every p oo r family. But under this order of government it is obliged to be stamped. inclosed i n a GRI MSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF , sold in canisters, pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the ...overntnent order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 45 . 6d. each. The 58.8 d. , including sold a$ Id. each. If through the post , is. Bd., 3s. 6d., and including postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the many thousand proofs. of the foll ow i ng M e di ca l Testimony to the cure of five cases " 1 uutta Serena, from G. 11. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism:— " " Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, s th Nov. , 1848. . 1 ,„, M 1. W. ORIMSTONE.—Sir—I must in justice to you send the fol - , tag Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your . theY most e Snuff in cases o f G u tt a S e rena. I have used it in five cases with astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! ) r make what use y ou pl ease . The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, &c., All 1 G. B. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism." letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near r,. °n . d° n• at which establishment he continues to manufacture his The larried lIERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. fol lowing letter, tho in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from author of !Ile " Pleasures of Home `_Springfield Ccttage, Iloniton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I t4T_ your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for b ople " . °l ,e.a leaf, laherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti yew., am sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find 'great and acceptable gift, it a very reasonable price. " I am your obed lent servant, To m r " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. Thi s _ • Grimstone, llerbary, Highgate." gists, ar T te n,iiively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and 14d.. 10, ` l _ others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 7 1 ,4 d.. . 1 a ' 9 d., and 4s. 6d, each, including the Government stamp misoner ), after it was him 6d. reach t it was the fol sitivelf and iuently hat the iver on him a )g. con- ly. iid that le must olvad prose ly, had render to show Tilt re was one snothet case AS !e, and .enting before Ilarged ;v. Dr. the re- lona' be y. To 'braced as har e. To arch in Opel he :ed that it now, city by The it sue " bon- he pri of fin• ler bi- Wend- Id 1001. public )n of a for the silway ucester t chair. RO3/ ; Wes h they ,reford le un yield ; arpose Com reneral titiouS og up e is to have -g the up. tenutlf nained uti t"- Th. ihares, kshire► )n and 17 1 ,4--• -York, teed s been firmer.. e and 103% N ° • 17 953 .] LONDON, TUESDAY . • • • - V • r . ' 5; 4. • APRIL 9 ) 1850. CONTINENTAL EDUCATION.—An English Gentleman residing in the kingdom of Hanover, but who is about to remove his establishment to the Rhine, receives into his family the sons of Gentlemen as Pupils. The advei User is now in London. Address A. 8., Mr. CulverweL's, 21, Norfolk-street, Strand. CROWN COMMERCIAL INN, DIdS, NORFOLK. LANE begs to inform the COMMERCIAL t• GENTLEMEN, that superior accommodation is afforded at the Crown Inn, where the utmost attention will be paid to their comfort. The Sleeping Rooms will be found exceedingly airy and convenient; and as nothing will be left undone to merit their favours, he trusts to be honoured with their countenance and support. The stables and lo^se boxes are rooter and well arranged. Post horses always in readies s to any part of the kingdom. An omnibus to the railway station to meet all the trains. N. 8.: superior stock of choice old Wines, Foreign and British Spirits, and real liavanzah Cigars. N OVEL EXHIBITION OF SPORTING TROPHIES, AT THE CIIINESE EXHIBITION ROOMS, HYDE-PARK CORNER. To be SHORTLY OPEN for exhibition a most extensive collec tion of SPORTING TROPHIES, NATIVE ARMS, and COSTUMES, &c., &c., from India,and the far interior of Southern Africa: also a large selection of the finest ANTLERS of RED DEER and ROE, from the different Scottish Forests, the property of; and collected by, Roualleyn Gordon Cumming, Esq., during his residence in India, in Scotland. and a five years' hunting expedition in the deserts and forests of Southern Africa. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Dr. Bachhoffner's Second Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation—Optical Effects, daily at Two, and every Evening except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—Third Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., en tke Chemistry of the Metals, with brilliant Experiments, daily and in the Evenings. —An entirely new Series of Dissolving Views exhibiting Scenes in Ceylon, from Sketches taken on the spot by A. Nicholls, Esq., painted on Glass by Mr. Clare. Also a Series of Views of the Arctic Regions, with an interesting Description, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings. The Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, are shown at One o'clock.— Experiments with the Diver and Diving-bell, Btc., Stc. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. TO THE INHABITANTS OF POPLAR, LIMEHOUSE, STEP- NEY, AND TIIE NEIGHBOURHOOD. A. PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the TOWN HALL, Church-lade, Limehouse, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 10, to take into consideration the propriety of Establishing a Literary and Scientific Institution, and the Erection of a suitable Building for that purpose, in the Eastern Locality of the Tower Hamlets. The Chair will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely, by GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq., who will be supported by several in fluential Gentlemen of the neighbourhood. NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, In 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., bound, CAPTAIN • REID'S RIFLE RANGERS; or, ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN SOUTHERN MEXICO. " Of the Harry Lorrequer school—we recommend these volumes to the lovers of melodramatic excitement and novel adventure."— Glebe. " Extraordinary volumes, teeming with varied Mexican adven tures, and written by no every-day man. We answer for the com plete success of the work."—Observer. W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street, *,,* Orders received by all Booksellers. TIIE PERFECTION OF PLANISPIIERES. Now Publishing, /VIM PANTOMETRIC PLANISPHERE of 1 the ZODIAC containing nearly 10,000 Divisions on accurately engraved Scales of lit. Ascensions, with Latitude of Scales of De clinations, &c., &c., for expediting the projections of the Celestial Planisph e res. By THOMAS OXLEY, Esq., Civil Engineer, London. Price I is. 6d., printed on superfine imperial card-board, and var nished, in a case. To be had at this price only of Oxley and Son, Astronomical, As atrological, and Scientific Booksellers and Publishers, at No. 3, Eliza beth-place, 'Westminster-road, London. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Arum Si. Srocx Exciweoa.—There was but a small amount of bu siness transacted to-day, principally in Great Western, Quarters, and Midland Stock, but prices remain unaltered since our last quotations. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been dull to day, and the amount of business done was limited. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 7—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Consol., 33 1 4—London and N orth- Western, 104 3 / 4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 1 ,4• dis.—Midland, 36—Ditto, Halves, 27 dis.—Preston and Wyre (No. 1), guaranteed jointly by London and North-Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 41— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 12 1 4—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 4% c. MANCHESTER, APRIL 8. STOCK Exckierrom.—The market was firm to-day, but the amount of business dune was limited. The transactions were as follow : —East Lancashire, Preference, Quarters (min. 6 per cent. ), 7 Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 10 3 / 4 Ditto (West Ridink Union), 8% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., 11 3 / 4 —Ditto, Sixths, 6 3 / 4 —London and North- Western, Manchester, and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 7-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3 1 4—South- Eastern and Dover, Thirds (No. 4), 4%. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 8. SrocK EXCHANGE.--The share market continues ex tremely dull. There were no positive sales reported to-day, and prices are almost stationary at last quotations. YORK, Arlin. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol low:—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 12k—Caledonian, 8 1 4 3 —North British, 8. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comtnonsd MONDAY, APRIL 8. SUPPLY. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the.word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " it is the opinion of this House, that the accommodation provided for the Assistant-Surgeons on board her llajesty's ships of war, is adequate and insufficient for securing the full benefit of their professional service," instead thereof:— Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 40. Anson, Colonel Greene, Thomas Norreys, Lord Baring, Sir F. T. Gore, W. It. 0. Palmerston, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Hawes, Benj. Parker, John Berkeley, Admiral Hayter, W. G. Power, Nicholas Berkeley, C. L. Hodges, T. L. Homily, Sir John Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Russell, F. C. H. Dalrymple, Captain Lacy, H. C. Somerville, Sir W. . Duncan, Viscount Lascelles, W. S. Stansfleld, W. R. Dundas, Admiral Lewis, G. C. Vane, Lord 11. Ebrington, Lord Lushington, C. Wilson, James Elliot, J. E. Mackinnon, W. A. Evans, J. Martin, - John TELLERS. French, F. Manic, Fox llill, Lord 31. Glyn, G. C. Morgan, 11. K. Bellew, R. 31. Gordon, Admiral Mowatt, Francis I coast of Africa, Mr. T. Pitt, acting-master of her Majesty's brig Hound, 8, fell overboard from that ship's gangway, and was drowned. One sergeant, one corporal, one bombardier, one drummer, and sixteen gunners, Royal Marine Artillery, from Portsmouth, arrived this evening, per South Devon Railway, to join her Majesty's sloop Archer, Commander J. A. Strange, just commissioned at this port. Wind, S.W. WOOLWICH, APRIL B.—The Hercules troop-ship is to be removed to-morrow morning from Greenhithe to Northfleet- Hope, and the Advice and Jasper steam vessels have been sent down to tow her to Northfleet, where she will take on board the rest of her stores for conveyance to Malta. She is already so much loaded with stores from Deptford, Woolwich and Chatham that her draft of water aft is 24 feet inches. When she last left the river for the Mediter ranean she had an immense quantity of stores on board, and was immersed 25 feet 1 inch. She will be ready to proceed on her voyage in a few days. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Resolute, Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., and the Assistance, Captain Erasmus Ommaney, were towed down the river from Blackwell at an early hour to day by the Jasper and Advice steam-vessels, and are now in the river alongside the wharf wall outside the basin near to Charlton-pier, where they will have their rigging completed and the requisite stores taken on board. An accident occurred to-day to an able seaman named Lund, who fell from the rigging of the main mast of the Pioneer upon the gaff and into the hold of the vessel. He was severely hurt, and had one of his legs broken. He had been one of the seamen of the expedition under Captain Sir James Clarke Ross, and universal regret has been expressed that he should have met with so severe an accident when about again to leave for the Northern regions. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. An original play of powerful interest (so described in the bills), from the pen of Mr. Bayle Bernard, en titled The Passing Cloud, was produced here last evening with complete success. The scene of the play is laid in Bremen, and it is in two acts, each act consisting of a single scene. At the opening of the play we find that Mr. Hartzmann (Mr. Vanden hoff), a rich and prosperous merchant of Bremen, beloved and respected by all the citizens, has been unanimously elected burgomaster. A beggar is brought before him for judgment, and in the beggar he recognises his own brother Moritz (Mr. James Anderson), who seventeen years before had been condemned to the gallies at Leghorn fcr swindling, and who, having effected his escape, had come to Bremen for the purpose of seeing his daugh ter Linda (Miss Vandenhoff), whom the brother had adopted and had brought up as his own child. He sees her, but she knows not he is her father, and he then intends to leave Bremen for ever. In the mean time, one of his former companions in crime, Waldeck (Mr. Cooper), has, after a long swindling career, es tablished himself at Bremen as Colonel Rhein berg, a gentleman whom he had robbed and murdered, and whose papers he had stolen. He seeks to force Linda into alliance with him by threatening to expose Hartzman, and to de ceive her produces the record of the conviction of Moritz, having previously altered the name from Moritz to Albert. To save her father, as she thinks, she reluctantly consents to this alliance at the very time she is about to be wedded to another whom she loves, and, in order that her father may not imagine that she knows his guilt, she actually pretends love for the miscreant Waldeck, and is on the point of consummating the sacrifice, when Moritz enters, de nounces Waldeck, exposes his machinations, and then, overcome by his emotions, falls dead at the feet of his daughter, who knows not that it is her father to whom she has shown charity and kindness. The piece was strongly cast : the acting of Mr. James Anderson as Moritz was full of power. The scenes with his brother and with his daughter were beauti fully given, and his making up was admirable. He was called on at the conclusion of the first act, and again at the close of the play. Miss Vandenhoff was excellent as Linda. Her scene with Waldeck was full of that intensity of feeling which is so characteristic of the performances of this talented young lady. Mr. Vandenhoff's Hartzmann was a fine artistical piece of acting, powerful and pathetic, without being violent, and Mr. Cooper's Waldeck was a very careful and efiective performance. It would be unjust to close this notice without mentioning in terms of high praise the acting of Mr. Emery in the very subordi nate part of Raub, a pirate captain. It was a per fect piece of acting, and elevated the part of Raub to the dignity of a character. Mr. and Miss Vandenboff, Mr. James Anderson, and Mr. Cooper were called'on at the fall of the curtain, and if the piece is judici ously curtailed (it at present acts for three hours, and is only in two acts) it will no doubt have a sun, as it is just adapted for the holiday folks. The Devil's Ring, that most magnificent of spectacles, followed, and drew a crowd at half Trice. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mdlle. Denain, the fascinating and accomplished actress from the Theatre Francais, made her first appearance here for the season last evening, in Casimir de la Vignes' comedy L'Ecole des Vieillards. The part of her sexagenarian husband was performed by M. Samson, who in this character had scope for the display of a degree of energy and passion, requir ing an artistic power wholly different from that which gave such point to his polished sarcasms in the character of Bertrand. The comedy was extremely well sustained in all the characters, and at the close Mdlle. Denain and M. Samson were called before the curtain. The entertainments concluded with Le Sage's comedy of Les Projets de Mariage. PUBLICATIONS. 'MN READY, THIRD EDITION, 7s. 6d., bound, SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR IN HUNGARY, in 1848-9. With tho PERSONAL ADVENTURES of an AUSTRIAN OFFICER in the ARMY of the RAN of CROATIA. 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Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, '2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., ants. par is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by let'er, 1/. A minute detail of th e case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. 1/. rackets, with advice, to be had r t the Y is ftl blishment oaly, by which the fee, 1/., saved. Messre. Perry, Surgeons, are in ;.ttendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two and Five to Eight ; on Sun days from Eleven to One. MAJORITY-NOES, 43. Anstey, Thomas C. Egerton, W. T. O'Brien Sir Lucius BaiMc, 11. J. Evans, Sir De Lacy Ogle, S. C. Baldwin, Barry Fox, W. J. I'acke, C. W. Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Pearson, Charles Broadley, IL Gibson, T. M. Romilly, Colonel Brotherton, Joseph Goddard, A. L. Salwey, Colonel Castlereagh, Vis. Hall, Sir Benjamin Sibthorp, Colonel Charters, Francis Harris, Richard Stanford, J. F. Chichester, Lord J. Ilastie, Archibald Stuart, Lord Dudley Cobden, It. Humphery, Ald. Thicknesse, Ralph Cubitt, William Keating, Robert Thompson, Colonel Dick, Quintiu Lindsay, Colonel Vyse, Howard Divett, Edward M`Nagaten, Sir E. Waddington, H. S. Duff, G. S. Matheson, Colonel Willcox, Brodie bull, James Molesworth, Sir W. TELLERS. Duncan, George Mulgrave, Earl Hume, Joseph Duncombe, 0. Muntz, 0. F. Boldero, H. G. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 137,100/. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 185.:" Afterwards, Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding 135,100/. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1851." The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 33. Archdall, Captain Henry, Alexander O'Brien, Sir Lucius 131ewitt, Reginald : Hornby, John Pilkington, James Broadley, 11. Hume, Joseph Plowden, W. li. Chatterton, Colonel Kershaw, James . Rufford, Francis Clifford,, Henry M. King, P. J. Saiwey, Colonel Cobden, Richard Knox, Colonel Scholetield, William Dick, Quintin Lennard, T. B. Smith, J. Benjamin Duncan, George Lushington, Charles Stuart, Lord I). Ellis, 4 John Meagher, Thomas Turner, George Greene, John Masterman, John TELLZUS. Hall, Sir B. Moffatt, George Sibtherp,rolonel Halsey, T. P. Mullings, J. It. Arkwright, G. MAJORITY-NOES, 110. Abdy. Sir T. N. Gordon, Admiral Peto, Samuel Anson, Colonel Greene Thomas Power, Nichols/ Armstrong, Sir A. Grenfell, Charles W. Ricardo, Osman Bagshaw, John Grey, Sir George Rich, Henry Baines, M. T. Grey, R. W. Homily, Colonel Bankes, George Hallyburton, Lord J. Homily, Sir John Baring, sir F. T. Hawes, Benjamin Russell, Lord John Barnard, E. G. Hayter, W. G. Russell, F. C. Barrington, Vis. Herbert, Sidney Seymour, Lord Berkeley, Admiral Hobhouse, Sir John Shaito, R. D. Berkeley, H. F. Holthouse, T. B. Shell, It. L. Berkeley. C. L. G. Hodges, T. L. Shelburne, Earl of Bowles, Admiral Howard, Lord E. Somers, J. P. Boyle. Colonel Howard, J. K. Somerville. Sir W. Brockman, E. D. Jervis, Sir John Spearman, H. J. Brotherton, J. Keppel, G. T. Stanley, E. 11. Cavendish, G. H. Labouchere, Henry Stephenson, Robert Chaplin, W. J. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart. J. Childers, J. W. Lewis, G. C. 'lhicknesse, R. A. Clive, Henry 11. Lindsay, Colonel Thompson, Colonel olebrooke, Sir T. Littleton, E..R. Thornely, Thomas Cowper, W. F. Lockhart, W. Towneley, John Craig, Sir W. G. Mackie, John Townley, It. G. Da , rymple, Captain M'Cullagh ,W. T. Townshend, Captain Darner, Colonel M`Gregor, John Vane, Lord IL Denison, J. E. Mahon, O'Gorman Vyse, 11. Disraeli, B. Manners, Lord J. Watkins, Colonel Dundas,:Admiral Matheson, James Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, Sir David Matheson, Colonel Westhead, J. P. Dunne, Colonel Maule, Fox Williamson, Sir 11. Ebringtou, Viscount Morgan, H. K. Willoughby, Sir 11. Elliot, John 3tulgrave, Earl Wilson, James Fergus, John O'Connell, Maurice Wyld, James Eimer, Sir E. Ogle, S. C. Wyvill, M. Fitzroy, henry Paget, Lord C. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Paget, Lord G. MIMIC. Fordyce, A. 1). Palmerston, Vis. hill, Lord Marcus Fortescue, J. W. Parker, John Bellew, H. U. Motion made, and Question proposed," That a sum not exceeding 689,71/. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the, charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others, em ployed in her Majesty's Naval Establishments at Home, which will come in course of payment during the year end ing on the :3 Ist day of March, 1851 :"—Afterwards, Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding 679,9711. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others, employed in her Majesty's Naval Establishments at Home, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1631." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 15. Brotherton, J. King, P. J. Smith, John B. Duncan, George Lennard, T. B. Stuart, Lord I). Ellis, John idullings, J. R. Thompson, Colonel Greene, John Pilkington, James : TaLmias. Henry, Alexander Plowden, W. H. Hume, Joseph Kershaw, James Salwey,.Colonel Cobden, Richard MAJORITY-NOES, 66. Anson, Colonel Hallyburton, Lord Ricardo, Osman Arkwright, G. Hawes, B. Rich, Henry taines, M. T. Ilayter, W. G. Romilly, Sir John Baring. Sir F. Hobhouse, Sir J. Russell, Lord J. Barrington, Viscount Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Edward:B. Berkeley, Admiral Itodges, T. T. Scholefield, W. Berkeley, henry F. Hornby, John Seymour, Lord Berkeley, C. L. G. Howard, Lord E. Shelburne, Earl 01 Bowles, Admiral Lewis, George C. Somers, J. P. Chichester, Lord J. . Lindsay, Colonel Somerville, Sir W. Childers, J. W. M'Callagh, W. Thicknesse, R. A. Cowper, W. F. Masterman, J. Thornely, T. Craig, Sir W. G. Matheson, J. Towneley, John Dundas, Admiral Matheson, Colonel Turner, G. J. Dundas, Sir David Maule, Fos Wellesley, Lord C. Dunne, Colonel Moffatt, George Williamson, Sir 11. Ebrington, Viscount Morgan, H. K. Willoughby, Sir H. Elliot, John E. Mulgrave, Earl Wilson, James Fitzroy, Henry Paget, Lord Clarence Wyld, James Fortescue, J. W. Paget, Lord,George Wyvill, Afarmaduke Greene, Thomas Palmerston, Vis. TELLERS. Grey, Sir G. Parker, John Hill, Lord Marcus GI ey, It. W. Veto, Samuel Bellew, R. M. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. All the members of the Board of Admiralty have arrived in town, and have resumed their duties at Whitehall. Commodore Eden, Superintendent at Woolwich yard, returned from leave yesterday afternoon. Captain Wright, E.M., and Captain Moore, R.M., came home passengers in the Bulldog. DOCKYARD APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. George Black, late temporary master smith at Woolwich yard, has been confirmed and placed on the establishment; salary 2501. per annum. Henry Lethbridge has been appointed leading man of storehousea at Ports mouth. _ _ Mr. Roberts, master of the screw-ship Blenheim, Captain Henderson, C. 8., at Portsmouth, is ordered to be sent to Woolwich to be attached to the estab lishment proposed for steam-vessels. The Albion, 90, at Devonport, is complete for the pendant, with the exception of fitting shot-racks for her newly appropriated armament. The Admiralty being most desirous of testing the line-of-battle ships to which they have ordered the screw-propeller to be fitted, have directed that the Sans Pared, 84, building at Devonport Dockyard, is to be fitted for sea service. The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, at Portsmouth, will be complete by the 15th. The Amphion, 30, screw-frigate, is out of the hands of the engineers, and will be completed by the dock yard at Sheerness by the 23d inst. The Penelope, steam-frigate, will be in dock at Portsmouth, repairing, it is supposed, until the end of the year. PLYMOUTH, APRIL G.—This morning the Lily, 12, with mails for the coast of Africa, and the steamer Sharpshooter, 8, with dispatches for Commodore Martin, calling at Lisbon, sailed for their destinations. In the evening, at 7, the Lily put back, the wind blowing strongly from S.W., with every appearance of heavy weather. , The Seagull packet has gone up Hamoaze to refit. It is reported here that on the passage out to the CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The ship Earl of Belcarras has brought papers from the Cape of the 16th of February, from which we learn that the Glentanner vessel, which left England on the 12th cf December last, arrived in Table Bay on the 12th of February, with the wel come peace message from Earl Grey that he had revoked his former decree consigning convicts to that colony, and that orders would be immediately given for the removal of the Neptune to Van Diemen's Land. The military convicts which might arrive there were to be sent to England, if the colonists opposed their landing. This happy intelligence soon spread far and, wide, and a special meeting of the Anti-Convict Association was held in the Town Hall on the 14th of February, when resolutions were passed expressive of gratitude to Almighty God for the " happy deliverance of the colony from the con vict scourge ;" that the usual intercourse with the Government departments should be at once resumed ; and that all signs of mourning in the shops and stores should henceforth cease. It was also determined that a general illumination and a dinner amongst the members of the associatio❑ should take place upon the day when the Neptune should take its departure. A subscription was opened at the close of the meet ing, for the purpose of supplying the convicts with some luxuries for the approaching voyage. The different religious bodies had, also appointed days for public praise and thanksgiving. Captain Anderson, of the barque Aliwal, had dis covered a large and dangerous rock, or shoal, with heavy breakers, about thirty miles south-west from Natal, and distant from the land about two miles, which was not laid down in any chart. Captains of coasting vessels were therefore warned to be on their guard. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your valuable paper of Friday evening last I find a return of bank-notes of the several banks of issue in England and Wales, stating the average amount in circulation during the four weeks ending the 16th of March. Now, Sir, would you, or any of your correspon dents, inform me what object there is answered by publishing these returns ? I should think that the publication of these returns, if accompanied with a statement of the assets and liabilities of each bank; similar to the weekly statement of the Bank of Eng land, would be of valuable' service to the country generally, as then any person doing business with any bank might see the amount of reserve held, and, consequently, the power of the bank to give accom modation. 1 must confess, Sir, I can see no just reason why all other banks, whether of issue, of de posit, or both, are not compelled by law to publish weekly statements of assets and liabilities similar to the Bank of England. Ido really believe, Sir, that had all other banks published weekly statements of assets and liabilities in some some newspaper that usually circulates where each bank is situated, so that the public might see them, the Bank of England would have come in for a less share of public censure in 1847, and other banks for a greater share. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, JAMES EMMETT. Market-street, Burnley, April 4, 1850. [There could not be a greater or more vexatious interference with the " rights of property" than that which our correspondent advocates. The case re specting the Bank of England is sufficiently inquisi torial, and unquestionably materially aggravated the panic of 1847; and if it did not produce, it unques tionably materially enhanced the dangers and difficul ties of the commercial crisis that occurred. The Bank of England was, however, a national establish ment, and its directors, of their own free will and accord, assented to give the information ; but no private establishment could fairly be required to publish such accounts. Their issue of notes, payable on demand, was limited unwisely, and, as we conceive, improperly limited. The principle of free trade was violated so far as they were concerned, and they were subjected to great and mischievous restrictions in carrying on their business ; but, if compelled to render periodical accounts of their assets and liabilities, few would consent to continue their establishments, and the community in general would suffer materially by the change. Why should bankers be required to do so more than any other class ? If the principle were once established, the next step would be to call for the publication of the income and property-tax returns, so that every man might pry into his neigh bour's affairs, to gratify his own curiosity.—En.Sun.] COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive yes terday in a carriage and tour. Lord Charles Fitzroy, Equerry in Waiting, was in attendance on horseback. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty Yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the. Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took their usual pony and walking exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner circle at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening included Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey. The Hon. Amelia Murray and the Hon. Caroline Dawson have relieved the Hon. Matilda Paget and the Hon. Flora Macdonald, in their duties as the Maids of Honour in waiting to her Majesty. Sir Edward Buxton had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing-•street. Sir Moses Montefiore and a deputation, consisting of Sir Anthony de Rothschild, Mr. Louis Cohen, Mr. Joshua Bensliel, Mr. Sampson Samuel, Mr. Salmon, and Mr. J. Foligno, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne returned to town yes terday from Brighton. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood returned to their residence in Downing-street last night from Mickleton Hall, Doncaster. FATAL ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN ELWES.—Ex- MOUTH, APRIL 7,—A most sad and distressing accident, which has thrown a d ee p gloom over t hi s pretty water i ng place, occurred here on Tuesday last. Captain Henry Cary Elwes, late of the 12th Foot, was going out for a ride, ac companied by hi s son, a boy about nine years of age, when, on turning a corner, the child's pony broke into a gallop and ran away, and was immediately followed by the other horse. Fortunately the pony was pulled up b e f ore go i ng v ery far; but Captain Elwes, from frequent dislocations of the shoulder by falls while hunting, had in a degree lost all strength in his left arm, and was unable to restrain his horse, which galloped on towards the town at a furious rate. On coming to a corner house closely surrounded by an iron rail, the animal jumped over the railings, knocking his rider against the corner, who rebounded and fell heavily on the spikes, one of which deeply penetrated the right arm, and another the thigh ; some ribs also were broken. Captain Elwes, though quite sensible, was unable to move off the spikes, but was quickly lifted from his perilous position and conveyed to a shop close to the place, and immediately attended by two medical men, Having been conveyed home in a carriage and placed in bed, all, it was thought, would have gone on well; but sonic internal injuries had been received which caused an obstruction of the bowels that no medical skill could overcome, and the sufferer died at an early hour on Saturday morning. NEW STRAND THEATRE. A one-act piece, by Mr. Simpson, called Poor Cousin Walter, was produced last night with de cided success. It is one of those semi-serious dramas which look picturesque in a costume of the Stuart days, and is written with more than ordinary ele gance. Philip, the son of an English gentleman of fortune, woos Helen, a lady of fashion, in an Alci biades' vein, and, to ascertain that she loves him for himself alone, not for his wealth, pretends to be his " poor Cousin Walter." The lady, coming with her father to the house of her admirer, and finding there the real cousin Walter, concludes that he must be Philip. They fall in love with each other, and Helen makes the extraordinary discovery to the supposed Philip that his father has forged a will, and that Walter is the real heir to the property. The pre tended Philip, who (be it remembered) is the real %Yeller, generously destroys the documentary evi dence shown by the lady, and ultimately gains her hand and the blessing of his uncle, whom he has so nobly preserved. There is a very nice sentiment prevailing through this little piece, and the characters of the magnanimous Walter and the generous Helen were admirably brought out by Mr. Leigh Murray and Mrs. Stirling. LITERATURE. A VINDICATION OF THE BARDTC AC COUNTS OF THE EARLY INVASIONS OF IREL AND ; with a Verification of the River- Ocean of the Greeks. The first part of this work, which promises to be come one of extraordinary interest, lies before us. It is principally devoted to a consideration of the probable existence of a great line of sea, the •° Oceanus" of Homer, with its gentle and majestic current, connecting the Euxine with the Baltic, and flowing over the great plain of Poland, at a period anterior to the depression of the surface of the Black Sea, and the discharge of its elevated waters into the Mediterranean through the bursting or corrosion of its barriers at the Thracian Bosphorus. This view is sustained with great ingenuity, and with as lucid a marshalling and reconcilement of the old Greek tra ditions, as conveyed by the early poets and by Plato, as the unavoidable obscurity of the subject permits ; nor can we lightly refuse a measure of belief to a theory which, however novel, is supported by many plausible proofs, although it seeks to transfer the most striking scenes of mythology and the events of the heroic age from the regions of the Mediterranean to more northern latitudes, even laying the marvels of the Odyssean voyage in the vicinity of our own shores. The opinions of the author are put forward without the slightest degree of dogmatism, and we invite our classic readers to extend an impartial perusal to the pages, which go the length of maintaining that Britain was the Crete which nursed Jupiter, that the island of Circe was Orkney, and that by the three .headed Geryon were represented three brethren, co-rulers of Ireland, the Erytheia beyond Gades (not Cadiz, but Dover), to which Hercules penetrated. We look forward with pleasurable anxiety to the further development of the erudite writer's researches in the fields of remote antiquity. THE TREASURE BOOK FOR THE MAN OF RANK AND FORTUNE. By B. Dell. This useful work, which is most tastefully got up, introduces a novel and ingeniou's method of managing and conducting the most extensive and complicated accounts with great simplicity and accuracy. To those wishing to guard against fraud or imposition, as well as to secure a constant and accurate know ledge of the state of their affairs, it cannot be too strongly recommended. THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE, The present number of the United Service Maga' zine opens with an admirably written article on the subject of Piracy in the Chinese seas, in the course of which the writer, who is evidently well acquainted with the subject, does justice to the merits of Sir James Brooke, and castigates the members of the Pirate Protection Society, who, under pretence of religion and economy, would fain deliver up our ships to be plundered, and their white crews to be mur dered by a set of blood-thirsty and ferocious savages, who, because they happen to be black, are supposes by these Arnie des Noire to be possessed of every virtue under Heaven. The following, which are the opening paragraphs of the article, are admirable : " When men are engaged in the furtherance of a grand object, they must be prepared to encounter both opposition and ridicule from the ignorant and perverse. The testimony of history scarcely discloses one scheme set on foot for the benefit of mankind which has not in curred a certain amount of obloquy at the commence ment. This has more especially been the case with the design, now in progress of fulfilment by Sir James Brooke, for the suppression of piracy in the Indian Ar chipelago and elsewhere. " But until the pirates are utterly subdued, and per haps long after this desirable result has been accom plished, there will exist a certain set here at home, who, for purposes of their own, will earnestly endeavour to blacken the character and malign the motives of all those engaged in extirpating piracy from our trading roadg. We are sorry, however, to perceive the false po sition taken up by the economical humanitarian party. All their acts of aggression have hitherto consisted in denying long established facts, some of which, though fully proved before, have derived additional confirmation from recent events. Nothing weakens the force of a [PRICE SD. disputant like being detected in a false statement, and the advantage gained by the opponent is immeasurably , great. It would, however, be perfectly useless to chro nicle all the silly and childish notions put forward on the subject of piracy both in Borneo and China. We have ' no desire. to enter into a controversy with any particu lar party, our object being merely to silence a few out bursts of spleen emanating from a certain clique who, from sheer ignorance and with wilful misrepresentations, are engaged in disseminating false views upon the sub ject. Tu all well educated and enlightened men the case is so apparent, and the claims of the natives c.f the Archipelago are so obvious, that it is almost a task of supererogation to enter into a discussion upon them. " But as one drop of gall embitters sometimes much water, so the little band of economists may succeed in prejudicing some persons, who have not, perhaps, at hand the means of judging personally of the case. For the benefit of individuals so situated, we will enter into a few details respecting those peaceful and harmless tribes who wander over the seas of China and the Ar chipelago, and are attacked and slaughtered to carry out the sanguinary propensities of the Governor of Labuan. " The news of an audacious attack by a piratical horde upon an inoffensive trading vessel, the murder of the crew, the enslaving of the women, reaches England, and, with it, the intimation that measures are preparing to chastise the daring offender. Scarcely has the ru mour arrived, than up start a host of sentimental sym pathizers, not with those who are murdered—by no means—but with the perpetrators of the crime, over whose anticipated fate, the most extraordinary wailings are made by petty journalists and ignorant itinerant speech makers." _ The writer then proceeds to trace from authentic re cords the history of piracy in the seas of China and the Indian Archipelago for the last century, and brings it down to the destruction of the pirate fleet list year by the British cruisers, proving that the persons manning the fleet' so destroyed, the especial pets and proteges of the patrons of pirates in this country, were engaged in plunder, in murder, and in slave-trading and woman stealing up to the date of their destruction. It is an admirably written article, and should be studied by all those who do not wish to be misled by the mock sentimentalisms of the patrons of piracy under the guise of peace. Ano ther paper, well worth the study of the statesman, the manufacturer, and the merchant, is that entitled " Commercial Mission to Japan." It is more than three years since we advocated the proposal for send ing a mission on a grand scale to the Japan Islands for the purpose of reviving our former intercourse with that fertile empire, which produces the finest tea, the finest copper, the best cotton, and the best coal in the world, and which would willingly take our manufactures in exchange for its productions, thus opening to our manufacturers the, perhaps, very largest market in the world. We trust the propriety of dispatching a commercial mission to Japan will be again brought under the notice of Government, and we think the men of Manchester should lose no time in impressing the necessity of such a mission on her Majesty's Ministers. The observations on Courts-martial" are continued, and in his observa tions on the case of Captain Douglas, the writer says— " We think it would be in vain throughout the whole series of the State Trials, those monuments of cruelty, oppression, and unbounded malignity, to find an instance in which greater outrage was done to the law, or greater injustice to the prisoner, than is furnished by this case of Captain Douglas." This is an excellent number of the United Service Magazine. A CLEVER THIEF CLEVERLY CAUGHT.—One of the swell mob, supposed to be en route to London, was cap tured at the Mirfield station yesterday, under the following circumstances:—On his way from Bradford be had at tracted the attention of his fellow-passengers by the suspicious way in which he produced from his pocket a lady's gold watch, and, after examining it rather minutely, hid it in a part of his dress not usually the receptacle of such valuable articles. On arriving at Low Moor these " sus picious" passengers communicated their surmises to Mr. Briefly, the superintendent of the police, who, after recon noitering his customer, accosted the youth, and inquired whence he was from and whither he was bound? This abrupt address threw the stranger off his guard; for a while he prevaricated, and then refused to give the required information. Brierley then asked for a sight of the watch he had been exhibiting on the road from Bradford ; the fellow denied that he had one. He was then searched, and beneath the folds of his inner most garment the watch was found. In addition to this, the capacious pockets of his top coat were lined with sundry waistcoats and trousers, and between his waistcoat and akin were two or three bunches of small keys. Mr. Brierley then threatened to have him stripped outright, whereupon he gave up a number of articles of jewellery, and began to evince great anxiety to escape. To his extreme mortification, however, he was told to enter a carriage of a train bound to Low Moor, and in a few minutes was on his way to Bradford. Early in the afternoon ho was lodged in the Bradford cells. The officers had no idea to whom the property belonged, as no information of a robbery had reached the station-house; but whilst they were wondering about it an intimatio❑ came from Mrs. Wheatley, of the White Lion Inn, that she had that day been robbed. She was requested to come to the office, and on going there she immediately recognised the prisoner as a person who had stopped at her house the preceding night, smoked and drunk, and chatted with the customers in the bar, and left the house at ten o'clock that morning in a hurry. The prisoner is, of course, locked up until lie has had an interview with the ma gistrates, the result of which will be duly reported in our next.—Bradford Observer. THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMER. —The robbery of the general post letter-bags, belonging to ' the Leadenhall-street walk, yesterday morning, deprived Mr. Hartley, the manager of the City of Dublin Steam Naviga tion Company, of all advices concerning the loss of the ill fated steamer, the whole of the company's letters having been carried off by the thieves. From other sources we learn that no further bodies have been washed ashore, though many have been picked up by wreckers, who have flocked round the vicinity of the Tongue Sands since the night of the wreck, and having stripped them of what property they had on, recommitted them to the deep. Naked bodies of men and women have been passed in the channel by the vessels that have arrived in the river during the last three or four days. Two or three vessels have been seized by the officers, having property concealed on board, evidently plundered from the wreck of the Royal Adelaide. At pre sent the company have been unable to ascertain the number of families left destitute by this dreadful event—they are supposed to be exceedingly numerous. A subscription has been opened at several banking establishments in the City, to alleviate, in a measure, the sufferings of the helpless and destitute creatures, and no doubt it will be immediately re sponded to. Mr. Hartley, the manager of the company, will also gladly receive contributions, at the offices in Leadenhall street. PRINTERS' PENSION SOClETY.—Yesterday a special general meeting was held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, of the governors, donors, and subscribers of this society, which was first instituted in the year 1827 for the purpose of affording relief, by pension and otherwise, to aged and infirm printers and their widows, the principal object of the meeting being to elect a secretary and collector; Richard Taylor, Esq., F.S.A., the president of the institution, in the chair. It appears that at the last annual general meeting Mr. James Darkin was proposed and seconded to fill the office, as secretary, in the room of Mr. Hodson, upon which the latter gentleman demanded a poll of the whole subscribers, which was appointed to take place yesterday. It was opened at one o'clock, and finally closed at four, when the chairman announced the following to be the result : For Mr. James Darkin, 917 ; for Mr. liodson, 2,197.—(L0ud and continued cheering.) Majority for Mr. Hodson, 1,2 W votes. The chairman then declared Mr. Hodson duly elected. Mr. Hodson returned thanks. Mr. Darkin said, although a defeated candidate, he returned thanks for the support he had received. The chairman then announced that Mr. Charles Pope had been duly elected collector, the num bers being for Mr. Pope, 1,728 ; for Mr. Francis Holland, 692 ; for Benjamin Butler, 694; and John Ferguson, 66. After some discussion, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. WATERLOO-ROAD BAGGED AND INDUSTRIAL SclrooLs.—Last evening, the first annual meeting in support of these schools was held at ll 7 kstone Hall, Waterloo road; Mr. D. Wire in the ch air. Ihe chairman having ad dresseed the meeting in advocacy of the system adopted by the promoters and supporters of the ragged schools, for re forming the juvenile population of the metropolis, called upon the secretary to read the annual report. It appeared that the schools had been opened about eighteen months ago, and since that period between three and four hundred children of both sexes had entered, and many of them turned out most useful and creditable members of society. The receipts for the past year amounted to 1021. 16s. 1 lid., and the ex penditure to 1041. 2s. 3d., leaving a debt to the treasurer of 11. Mr. Josiah Conder, and several other gentlemen ad dressed the meeting, and in the course of their remarks al luded to the attacks made by the Morning Chronicle upon the ragged schools as being most unjust, and calculated to bring them into unmerited discredit. At the close of the meeting a liberal subscription was made ; and a vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the assemblage separated. THE CHELTENHAM POISONING CASE.—Emanuel Barnet, who was charged with having, in the month of Sep tember last, poisoned a whole family at Cheltenham, by putting arsenic into the flour of which certain apple dump lings were made, and from the effects of which two young persons named, respectively, Elizabeth Gregory and Samuel Gregory, had died, was tried at Gloucester, on Saturday, and acquitted. There was no doubt but that the dumplings were poisonei ; but, inasmuch, as no arsenic had been traced to the prisoner's possession, as there appeared no motive to induce him to commit the crime, and as he himself had also partaken of the dumplings, and had been ill in consequence , it was considered that the commission of the offence had been sufficiently brought home to warrant a conviction, and the jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. PRESENT FROM LOUIS PIIILLIPE TO /lIS ROYAL IhansEss PRINCE ALBEI{T.—A gentleman in the suite of the Count de Neuilly, has arrived at Folkstone, by a steamer from Boulogne, in charge of a package containing a valuable painting on china, a present from the ex-King of the French to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which the bearer had instructions, on account of its value and liability to injury, to accompany to its destination, and which was accordingly brought to town immediately, and delivered to his Royal Highness at 'Windsor Castle. Letters from St. Helena of the 20th February state that the Governor, Sir P. Ross, was in a very d ec li n i ng state of heal* and not expected to survive more than two or three days. ARMY.—Powrsmounr, MONDAY.—The head quarters of the 5 0 th Regiment, from Do ver, came i nto Ports mouth this morning, and marched into the Colewort 1 Barracks, there was blazing somewhere by Landbeach or Cot tenham. I went to the door, and certainly it was a glorious fire, for, although some miles distant, it cast shadows quite plainly at my feet. Though rather tired, I thought for once I would see a good fire, so off I set. For half-a-mile from the village the roads were crowded with cattle and pigs, and it required some judgment to pass them without driving them back to the fire, fur which, with their charac teristic obstinacy, they seemed to entertain a great affection. I entered at the lower end of the village, which was almost blocked up with carts, &c., containing furniture and crowds of men, women, and children, from all the neighbouring places. Having passed through these, 1 came upon the fire, which had already de stroyed all the upper end of the town, and was stea dily working downwards. I had come to the most interesting spot ; for the wind having changed, all the houses and farms which before seemed doomed were now placed in comparative safety, with the exception of this part. Oa the one side of the road a large open space had checked the fire ; on the other, where the houses were built close together, the flames were making slow but steady progress. At the back of these houses were a number of hay and straw sheds, stacks, &c., &c. When I arrived, the fire had gat to within 100 feet of a rather large farm, which, if once ignited, must hare caused the destruction of many houses round it, and endangered the lower end of the town. Between the fire and this farm the buildings were small and the stacks few. It was evident that here was the place to make an effort to stop the enemy. I had gone over with the determination of baring nothing to do with the affair, but simply to have a look at it and then return. How little we are masters of our own actions is shown by the sequel I The only way to save the farm, &c., was by making a gap, so as to break the connexion of the flames. Near it was a long low wooden building, partly a barn, partly a dwelling-house, the end of which was almost in flames. This must come down first— so I thought, so thought some of the undergraduates who had arrived from Cambridge—to the number at this point of about twenty—of whom five or six went to work "con amore," the rest looking on and aiding occasionally, and aided by some of the country folks (who worked in the hopes of beer), when lo forth came the proprietor, and declared the building should not be destroyed. We said that it should, and it was, but before it had been half broken up the fire had obtained such a firm hold of it as to ren der it impossible to remain inside. Out came the destroyers and commenced knocking it about from without, with beams, poles, &c. One side at length gave way, but the other, the one next the road, re sisted all their efforts, and as the heavy beams which supported the roof would take a long time to burn through, it was feared that the house next to it, which was not more than ten or twelve feet distant, and partly built of wood, would catch also. All this while I was only looking on, and, of course being in ne way excited, had plenty of time to deliberate as to the best mode of proceeding, and I thought that, although no use was to be made of the minds or activity of the country folks, still their weight might be brought to bear; and I remarked to a very energetic undergra duate who, with the tails of his gown tied round his waist, had been working at the end of a beam, but was now looking on rather out of breath, that if we could get a rope made fast to a particular corner, and force were applied there, all would give way. He agreed with me, and after some delay, a rope was procured, and then a ladder, up which a Johnian, with great coolness, mounted. The place by this time was one mass of fire; but on endeavouring to swing the end of the rope over, and to fasten it (being a little put out by the smoke and fire, I suppose) he contrived to get one end entangled somehow out of his reach lower down (the building was not more than twelve feet high), and in this extremity, finding that no one seemed disposed to assist him, he requested my aid with an adjuration which I could not resist. He then came down, looking rather- smoky and hot. There was then " a pull, a long pull, and a pull alto gether," and down it all came crash, and blazed up for a minute or two to the heavens, and then settled down into a smothered, smoking ruin. I can no longer describe this part of the affair as a calm wit ness, but rather as an active agent. I now looked upon it as a problen—a match against the fire, and felt a strong desire to conquer. Although the first object was gained, it was one step only. " Water, water !" was now the cry, but it could not be found. At last a man told me, that within 20 yards of where I stood, in a certain yard, was a pump. We forced the door ; and having, with great difficulty, obtained a few buckets and pails, and having formed the country people into lines to help to pass them, we succeeded, in the course of about two hours, in en tirely checking the fire, during which period I have a vague notion that I was sometimes on the top of a ladder, pouring water down small holes in the tops of barns, or else inside of them—destroying and turning out inflammable matter—exhorting men to pass water, and not empty pails—throwing water over stacks, houses, fire—now here, now there, &c.,&c., until the last barn, which was half burned, was put out of all present danger, and required only an occasional pail or two of water, to keep others from catching. I then, at about two A.M., seized upon a rustic, and inquired if he knew of any "public" which had not been burnt? He told me of one ; but it was full of furniture, and closed. At last I found another, and seized the first pot of beer I met, and drained it. (Cottenham is remark able for having the worst beer in Cambridgeshire.) But I never tasted any which I enjoyed more. I re turned to the village, and there met some men of our college and others. About this time the engines arrived! So ends act one. I then proceeded to view the town. It presented rather a romantic appearance; whole streets had been consumed, and you might see rows of chimneys where but a few hours before houses had stood — all the ruins sending up lurid flames and smoke, which nearly choked the new comers ; but I was seasoned, and after the fire thought nothing of the smoke. For any one of a feeling disposition it would have been a fine scene—hero sat a group of house less wretches on the remains of their goods, weeping, and looking perfectly miserable; there a party of boys and men sleeping quietly in the straw, close to the expiring embers of some one's home (not their's, so they did not care). I dare say one could fill a great deal of paper with all that sort of description, and yet fail to give an adequate idea of the scene. In one place there was a bed of potatoes, over which the barn had been burnt—and many supped on these baked potatoes ! Several amusing incidents occurred. At one place a house was burning, but the woman, who, with three small chil dren, were the only occupants, refused to leave it until her husband returned ! and was car ried out vi et artais. At another, while some under graduates were endeavouring to save the valuables from a burning house, they lit upon—what? A cask of beer ! It would have been a sin to leave it to be burnt, so, as there was not time to tap it in the ordinary way, it was set on end and the head knocked in, and the contents drank out of a washhand basin and jug! We had much trouble in getting the live stock out, there being a great number in the yards at this time of the year, and the heads of oxen and pigs, at no time very bright, grew duller in a fire, for, instead of rushing out of it, they, by moving in a circle, contrived to keep in about the same situation I However, it gives me great pleasure to state that one pig acted with much discretion, for, scorning to be guided by his fellows, he rushed through the flames and ruins," nor paused his rapid race" till he reached the open country ! I arrived at my domicile between six and seven in the morning, had breakfast, and went to bed, I Con fess, rather done up. So mueh for going to see a fire. MR. BUNN AT BATH.—An intellectual treat of I very high order was provided for the public on Tuesday. On that evening Mr. Bunn delivered a " Literary and Dra matic Monologue," which we confess far surpassed our ex pectations. Whether as regards the matter introduced, or the manner of the lecturer in its delivery, we have never been present at a more agreeable or instructive entertain ment, and we hope Mr. Bunn will, on an early occasion, re peat his clever Monologue. — Ba th INCREASE OF SHIPS AT S H IELDS. — Though the first quarter of the year has not yet expired, no less than 46 S i h 3 i ; el t d o s t o s i n n s c e t o N t e i : vessels havembaekeinngaadndeincletroeasteheotponretaortl'y Year's-day, previous tonnage of the young port, a considerable part of which are new vessels and other ships that have recently been purchased by our fellow-townsmen, the remainder con sisting of vessels that have been transferred from the port of Newcastle. Should this immense accession of tonnage to the port continue in a corresponding ratio with that of the last twelve months, we shall soon be able to raise our Customs' establishment to a second-class port.—A.Yewcazik piper. eARISLI OF ST. BRIDE.—Last night a meeting of the rate-payers of this parish was held in the vestry-room, for the purpose of taking into consideration a resolution passed by the guardians of the West London Union at their last meeting, to the 'effect that the board should forthwith present a petition to the House of Commons, praying that the House should pass a Bill recently introduced by Shaf to Adair, Esq., entitled, " A Bill for the more general distribu tion of the charge for the relief of the poor ;" and, also, that the provisions of the said Bill might be altered and amended so as to include within its operation the parishes comprised in the West London Union, in the City of London. Mr. T. Cottrell, presided, and, after a lengthened discussion, the following motion was carried :—"'That in the opinion of this meeting the junction of the parishes forming the West London Union into one body, for the purpose of being sub jected to a uniform rate for the relief of the poor, would in crease the burdens of this parish unjustly, and therefore this meeting requests the guardians of this parish to oppose .311 Y petition being presented by the guardians of the West Low. lea Union to the House of Commons for that 11.11i011 bei;tg '- eluded in Sir Shaft° Adair's Bill." w -cot- t. S. sted, a P. iths, tries Rev. Esq d ., !OD yne. ary, !tit.- ray, of 12 of 3'