The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-31 00:00:00

--~_..` SU Miti,gAßY OF NEWS AN D 43nblit Optition. " ll7to runs may read." FOREIGN. On Thursday evening their Majesties the King and Nneen of the French received Vice-Admiral Baudin, Generals Se.bastiani, Pernetz de Montleyon and Davi n'liers the D u k e d e C o i gny, the Duke de Crillon, the Count ~ 'Mornay, the Baron de Buss e: e, DI. LiatVires, and lonel For. It %las stated on the Bourse on Saturday that Marshal Soult and M. Lacave Lapkagne (Minister of Finance) Were confined by illness. The Count de Pontois, the French Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, has arrived in Pari.. Marsh a l B ugeaud left Marseilles for Algiers on board the Carneleen oil the 25th inst. Bordeaux journal states that the camp near that Y will consist of from 20,000 to 25,000 men under the :' lll 'and or his Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours, wh o m will be accompanied by the Duke d'Aumale. A man named Noel des Quersonn'ires died at Neuilly, fear Paris, on Tuesday last, in the 117th y ear o f hi s d A g e - The freemasons had of late supported him, and efrayed the expense o f hi s i nterment, wh i ch took place Thursday. The Belgian journals are very severe in their com ments on the discussion in the French Chamber of De- Vies relative to the treaty bet: eillFrance and Belgium. h e 9 are ast on i s h e d t h at any comp l a i nt s h ou ld b e made nethe Belgian Government as having taken unfair ad • stage of the spirit of concession of that of France, and FY , un the contrary, that Belgium has made concessions or Which she has little in the way of reciprocity. appears th a t M. R osemon d d e B eauva ll on, t h e ad -1.-,:rsarY of M. Dujarrier in the late fatal duel, ha s t a k e n ii) f H ; ge in Holland with his seconds. The seconds of M. are said, however, to be still in Paris, and have e,Sed themselves to be forthcoming for their trial. st the Universal Gazatie of Zu' kb, of the 25th instant, Tates that the Council of State assembled on the 24th. ti t l Would appear that news had arrived o hich announced at grave events were preparing in the west. n M. Castill o v A vensa, t h e S pan i s h Envoy to the Papal ' t rait, arriv e d a t h ome on t h e 13t h , an d on t h e f o ll ow i ng ‘ , 0 5 3 had an interview with Cardinal Lsmbruschini. It I),, re 118 r eported at Rome that the differences between the Stain were in a fair way of adjustment. Arno POS.ICk. OAt Liverpool, Benjamin Anderson, who was indicted attempting to poison his wife and children, at Man neater, by administering to them sugar of lead, was a quitted. I tichard Cl ar k e was i n di c t e d a t B ury St. Ed mun d s f or l ea nding John flay, with intent to maim and di sa bl e t 44 1, and d o hi m gr i evous b o dil y h arm, an d a l so f or re • 14 tita . his lawful apprehension. The prosecutor, who t 1: a night- wa t c h er on Si r Ri c h ar d Afil y ' s preserves, u, erved the prisoner snaring a hare, pursued and over °°4 him, a struggle ensued, in which th e p r i soner go t possession,,ed of a s ti c k w ith w hi c h th e prosecutor had been and struck him on the head with it two or three "' e a. He was found guilty of a common assault. 1 . , At the same assizes, Robert Drewe, convicted of arson, li f 4 e 3 Sentenced by Mr. Baron Parke to be transported for COURT-FASHIONABLE. lb V iscount M e lb our n e i s ex p ec t e d t o return t o South th.„(eT, onThursday next, from Brocket Hall, Herts, for T he Right Hon. W. Gladstone and lady have returned Ar theiF res id ence, i n Carlton gardens, from a v i s i t to the Llibishop of York. i„ Th e Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, accord iet,Te Present arrangements, will leave Alnwick Castle for "e course of next week, for Northumberland House, ~,the season. t v ,'`,,,ht.Duke and Duchess of Bedford intend to remove -rpl Marquisey for town in the ensuing week. t. 4,1 "e and Marchioness of Londonderry and Alexandrina Vane contemplate a sojourn of about t,,,l'T,toight in Paris. tOile M arqu i s an d M arc hi oness o f Ail es b ury are on af t e e _ ev e of quitting Paris on their return to this country, t a residence of nearly six months in the French Z4, 1 2,, h e Marquis of Hertford is expected to return from -.1,`,3 towards the end of the ensuing month. ,; (11 ,e Earl of Lonsdale, who has been staying at Lowther th':,. t te, Westmoreland, since Monday last, was to leave wh ence seat on Saturday for Whitehaven Castle, from t v ,„7 l ce the Noble Earl comes to town at the close of this ti e '. Lady Frederick Bentinck is still at Rome, but is e i e ted home early in May. 1 ) ,:" Earl of Bessborough and family remain at Bess th'"gh Castle. The Noble Earl is still suffering from , t ,.* effects o f hi s l a t e acc id en t, an d i s o bli ge d t o use ta ches. hj„ h e Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, who tt e been passing the holidays at Mulgrave Castle, are feted in town on Friday next for the season. MISCELLANEOUS. c)44l)out three o'clock on Saturday morning, a fire broke 1,„ la the h ouse o f M rs . B o nd, a w id ow l a dy, Adding tprsqbuare, Camberwell. The house .in which the fire i o ghtated was totally gutted. The roof of the adjoin (leg building was likewise burned off, the top windows tv:Toyed, an d t h e l ower p ar t ex t ens i ve ly in j ure d by i L T. Ther e were no li v es lost. t t i v ",e clergy o f th e arc hd eac o n ry of D u rham have re -4411 to petition both Houses of Parliament to repeal Ish i Portions o f the Act 6th and 7th of William IV., or s e " Proposes to unite in one the ancient bishoprics vomit. -Asaph and Bangor, on either of these sees be °g vacant OlLvacant Pout eight o'clock on Sunday poning, lc firo broo the l ower p ar t o f th e p rem i ses occu pi e d by M r . ttv„ eoll,ir Lge Freestone, pork-butcher, 29, Great Suffolk lik:`, Borough. The smoke was to dense for some 4 4 ' 4 : t hat considerable difficulty was experienced in as tir:V[lg the exact locality of the fire. Owing how• Ar t ; t o an abundant supply of water, and the timely f t ,.; °4 l of several engines, the flames were subdued be , ji a ; ll Y material damage was effected. tat e j , ,,,Lven by stress of circumstance, the performers who hay composed the orchestra at the Adelaide Galleryr vilot t aken refuge in " Sussex Hall " a large and com tatimi(es room in Leadenhall-street, well adapted for trr e „ ; e al purposes. Headed by M. Laurent, a series of it t '"TlZ concerts I la Musard, are contemplated, and Nit; t he appearance of the first, which took place on t lett 4lo there is every reason to believe that the un ,l,g will be prosperous. k e remai ns o f th e l a t e Bishop of Ely, Dr. Allen, tot : J l ,,, e d u e es p d o a s 3 it , e . d in the choir of Ely Cathedral to-mor tht Sunday afternoon information was received at I)o4mseveral engine-stations that a fire was burning on off P tat!he brig Betsy, Captain J. Rich, of Penryn, lying tll ice Edward-stairs, opposite Rotherhithe. For tri m time the greatest fears were entertained that the 'Tesl;el would fall a sacrifice to the fury of the 41 C I, Which were then burning brightly and fiercely ot e t h le after cabin. The floating engine, manned by W rit tl odred men, was got to work, and a vast body of tabr Poured into the cabin. At length the flames were NI : lie d,' and all danger of their further extension at an not before the after cabin and its contents nearly consumed. The fire from the cabin stove, elta s , s etue cause which is unexplained, is said to have of jo the disaster. The vessel, which is the property tired 15 tain Tranery, of Penryn, is said not to be in- U s t he ~l ' arbe House and demesne, in the Isle of Wight, tl ite4 l. °Perty of Lady Isabella Blackford, was placed under the ti t a te I °ll of Mr. George Robins for positive sale, to take 0 ,2 11 June next, so soon asour Queen gave notice not to gte the purchaser. Her Majesty has very recently be- WiA a gain so much enamouredof_the beauties of the Isle of t tii ~t , that she has now, en verite, become . the possessor of mat t e ;dutiful place, signed and sealed lt is no longer a sot to of doubt, as Mr. Robins has received an official notice C Proceed with the intended auction. 15 ; 14 A1' TRAINS ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.— 114 11 V IA the Easter holidays, the Midland Railway Com thej h ave been accommodating the public by running I`l' t hr ains from and to every station on their line by,lt.s were announced last week, and were duly issued. ~ t h - a possessor might °' w'lle h go to any distance he chose or dae Midland line, and return within a certain number ‘ l '4 l , 3 's , for the same money as is usually charged one t' lv , The consuence was that, o . n . Eas . ter Monday, tat'a availed themselves of the privileg Trains of ka 'tern:ions length were dispatched and e received -141(4 Of them required three engines to propel them, 1,. earcely any could be taken without two ; while the t he 14 ,g of hats and handkerchiefs, and the cheering . of /v ilipti eli ghted holiday folks, showed the gratification N 541 thexp and the enjont . realised. In 11 4 4 ; (4 leviatban-like extent of themrains,. and their de bt mass of freight of living souls, not a single acci s occurred. lar„tlttoestitrin IRON TRADE.—III consequence of the t le, advance in the price of iron which has r lv ec e e d nt o ly n Tl / 4 1: - Yact', the Lilleshall Company have resolved ,NT l „ e ' ll g the wsges of the numerous hands in their t he „)? :-- The men to the amount of 6d. per da, and P i ,h B . : 111 cn and boys in proportion. The whole of the t 'llll 'lld furnaces belonging to the Company are im. Itied.°Peration, and the advance will take place ol - turdll4,,la'l% The colliers in the neighbourhood of d_ 4 tv ,ried out on Monday week for an advance of t t i t bi -' and an allowance of half' an hour for breakfas 4 , 1)1 'he men conducted themselves perfectly peace lo;'),4l.ld the masters having acceded to their e ter i m ffe s . , l'qtie,ave returned to their work. Some littl d thi4 Boa]ntinu e to exist between the masters and a th d e . lasted getters, but it is hoped they will be soon b""•-•-•81trewsbul y Clu onicle. of to t/ The Earl . 11,, OE TIIE EARL OF ROMNEY.— I) s *at N / ueY died on Saturday afternoon, at his . Lords ip' 411 4 ; iete, near Maidstone in the 68th year of his . age. ?n 11;_lii4tIa' evening he was visited by a paralytic stroe r , th wt t from its violence, left little hope of recove. : W ith ail s was immediately sent for from town . , and hastened_ . _ 14 411 d; g 3 , Pateh to the relief of his noble patient ; but skill aN q -availing • the Noble Lord gradually sunk and e . xpire , 1 ., 4 (1 4 ,l te , d, en Sa'turda'v afternoon. The Noble Earl is suc - c.ari t- f i o n his title and estates by Viscount Marsham (now o 4e e: r in neY\, Member for West Kent. .In politics the •••ear s - was a 'moderate constitutional Whig, but of late f t 'elit p„e,ravely interfered with political matters. The pre ''''t tl l 4 -r ' was elected a Member of the House of Commons Coll,: Western division of Kent, at the last election, on the 11 18 32 , Ziadive. erest. His . Lordship married, in February, I ltel euc lY alargaret Harriet Scott, sister of the Duke of T he ~:,:, and has issue. 4 iviq „ f4cWcastle and Carlisle Railway pays its usual t omp e , ri -L () I f 5 per cent• per annum. The revenue of the 410 tith 8 Y ha per considerably improved during the last twelve tl assen ' s°win g an increase of upwards of 10,9001., edlierl's having returned 28,5211., and goods 52,7451. tr ait, i 'm in fares has done much to secure this better te tic' 4114 the interest account of the company has been r ates. ;, by renewing old obligations at more advantageous LITERATURE. THE, PIiDIE :>.7I:VISTER; an i ical Romance. Bji ll'. fl. G. A' I inv . G S TON. Of all NSOi . kt; of imagination, those are preferred which MON'. resemble truth, while of all true histories the most fanciful and romantic is ever the most popular. historical romance seeks to blend these advantages. It unfolds the page of hi,tory, reveals `• the past reflected to posterity," yet it loves to adorn the stern records of truth with all the charms of ima g:nation the graces of fancy, combining instruc tion with amusem nt, it forms once of the most inte- resting branches of lighter literature. Such is the work before us—the history of stirring times. The scene is Portugal, in the middle of the last century, during the eventful reign of Joseph 1., or rather of his Prime Minister, the famous Carvalho, Marquis of Pombal. The haughty pride of the Fidalgos, the nobles of Portugal, their unceasing struggle to main • tain their supremacy—the machinations of the Jesuits, snore powerful by their secresy—the character of Carvalho himself ; above all, the great earthquake of Lisbon and its tragical effects—these are materials well adapted to the page of romance, and they are described with considerable ability. The dreadful scenes of the earthquake are depicted with vigour, but what description can do justice to reality ? In a few short hours twenty thousand living beings were hurled to destruction ; no chance of safety was left them ; those who fled were crushed by falling edifices, while others remained to be buried by their own roofs. The wife of the Minister caught her child in her arms and stood in safety beneath an arched doorway, while the bed she had just quitted was buried in the ruins. The King had left Lisbon that morning, his palace shared the fate of meaner dwellings, the earthquake was no respecter of persons. Houseless fugitives wandered in ail di rections, while bands of robbers, all unchecked, plun dered the deserted treasure's. The genius of Carvalho rose with the danger—he hurried to the city, and by his exertions restored comparative tranquillity. his punishments were severe, and his measures prompt. By-his directions the beautiful streets were erected which now form the ornament of Lisbon. We subjoin a description of the earthquake on the sea : " The wildest cries of agony and fear arose from below, where row beyond row of the thickly crowded streets swayed backwards and forwards, like the agitated waves of the ocean, when the first blast of the hurricane is felt ; while the thick clouds of dust which ascended from the falling masses seemed like the foam flying before the tempest. " A strong wind now blew with terrific violence, and, as here and there a view could be obtained of the city, one scene of havoc and destruction presented itself : not a church, or convent, scarce a house, was standing below them, except in the immediate neighbourhood, on the side of the hill; and many of the houses even there were tottering to their bas', the people hurrying through the streets, they knew not whither, seeking for safety, and often hurrying to destruction. Numbers had fled to a broad quay, newly built of solid marble, where they deemed themselves in perfect safety ; when, as it by magic, it suddenly sank, the water rushing into the vast chasm it had formed, drawing within its vortex, like a whirlpool, numbers of boats and small vessels, crowded with unfortunate wretches, who fancied that it was from the earth alone they had cause to fear. Directly after this dreadful catastrophe had occurred, a vast wave was seen rising on the river, hitherto so calm and shining, and rushing with impetuous force towards the devoted city. The vessels were torn from their moorings, and hurled one against the other. On came the mountain billow, breaking over the lower part of the city, and sweeping off thousands who had fled to the remaining quays for safety, returning once more to throw back its prey of mangled corpses, amid broken planks and rafters of the ruined houses." The remainder of the volumes is chiefly occupied with the conspiracies of the nobles. Many will turn with horror from the details of the execution, and heap undeserved reproaches on Carvalho's head. He was cruel, it is true ; but be it remembered he was a re former in the widest sense of the word. He alone corrected the abuses of ages—such evils require stern remedies. The Fidalgos or Exclusives had for cen turies monopolised every office of state, all the avenues of power; despising Carvalho as an inferior by birth, they soon learned to dread him as a master ; bitter was their hatred for the great Plebeian, vain their efforts to shake his power. Possessing the entire con fidence of the King, who, satisfied with nominal authority, passed his time in pleasure, Carvalho reigned in Portugal. He was one who could " bide his time ;" he waited till the nobles were fairly con victed, and then his vengeance was speedy and secure —the power of the Fidalguia was no more. This conspiracy is minutely detailed, and the capture of the Duque d'Aveiro is full of interest. Perhaps the most useful act of the Minister's career was the ba nishment of the Jesuits from Portugal; the minds of all were enslaved by their artifice, their plans were formed with secrecy and cunning, but Carvalho was their master. The Padre Jacinto is an admirable specimen of that powerful order which long held such influence in the destiny of nations. With them the end sanctified the means—to gain their object every crime was virtue. The following extract will show the extent of their ambition : " Is not knowledge confessed by all philosophers to be power? and for what are all men striving through life but for power?' responded the Jesuit. For what pur pose do kings make war but to increase their power? and yet their utmost aim is to rule over the sinews, the bones, the bodies of men, to extend their sway over the senseless earth which they call their own. But how far, how immeasurably superior is the power at which we aim ?—we would rule over the minds of men—we would bend their insane passions to our own will, and would make them, by those means, the tools to work out our glorious projects. Hear me, then, and learn the sublime idea of our founder, which, had he and his immediate followers been succeeded by men equal to themselves, would long ere this have been realised. his aim—how superior to the ambition and vaunted glory of any con queror who has spread desolation over the fair face of the globe !—was to join all the kingdoms of the earth under one sceptre, and that sceptre swayed by our hands ; ay, by the humble friars of the order of the mys tical Jesus."' These are the principal historical subjects in the work ; but fiction is beautifully blended with reality, and many will prefer the imaginary adventures of Don Luis d'Almeida to the real history of Sebastian Carvalho. On the whole, more direct information may be gained from these volumes than " Prime Ministers" in general are in the habit of affording. -- ~^~ THE AYRSHIRE WREATH. We expected something superior to the common run of annuals from the native country of Scotia's greatest poet, and we have not been disappointed. That the spirit of " rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin," still lives in the Ayrshire lads, let the following spi rited lyric testify : When Janur' winds were ravin' wil' O'er a' the districts o' our isle, There was a callant born in Kyle, And be was christened Robin. 0! Robin was a dainty lad, Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin; It made the gossips unto glad To hear the cheep o' Robin. That ne'er• to-be-forgotten morn, When Collies darling son was born, Auld Scotland, on her stock-an'-horn, Play'd " Welcome hame" to Robin. An' Robin was the blythest loon, Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin, That ever sang beneath the moon; We'll a' be proud o' Robin! Fame sterped ben beyent the hearth, Cried, "I foresee your matchless worth, And to the utmost ends o' earth I'll be your herald, Robin!" 0! Robin was a lad o' skill, Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin, He ruled the passions at his will, We'll a' be proud o' Robin! The Muses round his cradle hung, The Graces wat his infant tongue, And Independence wi' a rung, Cried, " Redd the gate for Robin!" For Robin's soul-arousing toLes, Rantin' Robin, rhymin' Robin, Gart tyrants tremble on their thrones; We'll a' be proud o' Robin! Then let's devote this day to mirth, And celebrate our Poet's worth; While Freedom preaches i' the earth, She'll tak' her text frae Robin. 0! Robin's magic notes shall ring, Rantin' Rubin, rhymin' Robin; While rivers roll, and flow'rets spring, Iluzza! huzza! for Robin! The poem of the " Merry Cottagers," by Mr. Alex ander Maclaggan, is in the true Burns' spirit, and many of the prose tales are full of interest. The illustrations, too, although they do not form so con spicuous a feature of this as they do of some of our metropolitan annuals, are all excellent. LOOK TO THE END; or, THE BE.NNETS ABROAD. By Mrs. Ellis, Authoress of the " Women of England." All the writings of this authoress are popular, and this, her latest work, will not be the least so. Like all her tales, it has a m9ral purpose, and the medium through which it is enforced is drawn from the incidents, the motives, and the feelings, that are to be found in the domestic circle. In the present tale a degree of novelty is imparted to the story, by placing the family of a plain, but wealthy man of business —one, in fact, of that class of English fa.nilies that are eminently " respectable"—in the midst of a new world of objects and sensations. The Bennetts are taken from the city of fogs and business to the blue skies of Italy, and the city of the arts. The common-place and everyday characters of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are exhibited under the influence of another language, and strange scenes, and the English evangelical horror of Papistry, is shown duly shocked and terrified at the idolatrous doings of Rome. A daughter, Eva, is a more highly-gifted being, ' keenly alive to the beauties of art, and endowed with high principles and feelings, but with rather an undue attachment to the material blessings of that state of TULE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, life in which she is born, and when, after refusing a match of interest attempted to be forced on her by her father, the family are recalled to England by news of bankruptcy and embarrassment, she is saddened with the thought that her equally gifted lover, Clarence Mowbray, if they marry, will be com pelled, with all his fine taste and love of the arts, and partiality for foreign travel, to work—actually work—in a dingy city counting house ! The family have been brought into embar rassments by not arfficiently "looking to the end," and the sounder principle now prevailing, Eva and Clarence are as happy in the more humble sphere, where toil makes leisure doubly pleasant, and there is competence but not absolute wealth. Tile work seems written to check that morbid love of i 6 position" and " respectability" to which in English society so much real happiness is sacrificed. Much of the interest of the work arises from the de scription of Rome and its environs, though we cannot always agree with the lady's views, theological or artistic. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 30.—The Dublin, 50, Captain Tucker, sai ed yesterday morning for Plymouth to be paid off. The Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefleld, sailed this morning for the Bnizils.l The Earl of Iladdington, First Lord, Vice-Admiral Sir W. hall Gage, and Captain Dundas, arrived by special train on Friday to receive her Majesty on her arrival yesterday at the Clarence-yard. The Admiralty flag was hoisted at the dockyard gate yesterday morning, and was saluted at noon by 19 guns from the Platform Battery. Their Lordships returned to town yesterday afternoon. The Pilot, 16, Commander Jervis, was at Madras on the 7th of February. The Rapid, 10, Commander Earle, was at St. Helena on the 10th of February. The Actaeon, 16, Captain Mansell, and the Lily, 16, Commander Newton, were at Madeira on the 2d inst., and the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hope, calltd at the same place on the 6th inst. The Snake, 16, Commander the Hon. W. Devereux, was at Barcelona on the 16th inst. The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe. sailed from Ja maica on the 19th inst., for Chagres, with Mr. Pritchard, the Otaheitian Consul on board. The Satellite, 18, Commander Rowley, was at Monte Video on the let ult., as was also the Racer, Com mander Reed. A court-martial, comprising Captain A. Duntze, of the Fisgard, President; Captain Sir T. Thompson, Bart., of the Talbot ; Captain J. J. Tucker, of the Dublin ; Commander Gordon, of the Cormorant ; Commander Macdonald, of the Dublin ; and Mr. James Pinhorne (Secretary to Rear-Admiral Thomas), Judge-Advocate, assembled on board the Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, at Valparaiso, on the 9th of December, to try Lieutenant• Bridge, senior Lieutenant of the Cormorant steam- sloop, for a breabh of the 23d article of war, which declares that "if any 'person in the fleet shall quarrel or fight ith any other person in the fleet, or use provoking speeches or gestures, he shall, upon being convicted thereof, suffer such punishment as the offence shall de serve and a court-martial shall impose." The charge was founded on a letter of complaint from the Vice-Consul of Islay, Mr. Crompton, who allege.' that on going on board the Cormorant to pay his respects to the commanding officer, he met Lieutenant Bridge on the quarter-deck, and on tendering him his hand he drew back and refused to take it in a most haughty and con temptuous manner, saying. " That he did not know what familiarity existed between them, for him to receive, or for him (Mr. Crompton) to offer his hand to him;" and upon pressing him for an explanation for ouch an unprovoked insult, Lieutenant Bridge said, " That he would not be upon terms with a person who had sowed or was the cause of dissension on board of a man-of war;" and upon demanding the name of the author of so unfounded a calumny, he said " he was a gentleman, and that on shore he would answer," a provocation which the Vice-Consul considered intended to oblige him to have a hostile meeting with him. On the Court being sworn, the prisoner, who was as sisted by Mr. Rowe, purser of the Fisgard, submitted that he could not be tried for a breach of the 23d article of war, inasmuch as Mr. Crompton, the Vice. Consul at Islay, vas neither in nor belonged to the fleet, nor in ally way amenable to martial law; consequently, not being subject to its pains and penalties, could not partake of its advantages, for he, enjoying perfect immunity, might, without fear, urge him into the commission of an offence for a hich he might be punished (as the article admits of no justification by provocation) whilst the pro secutor escaped from: not being amenable to martial law. He therefore submitted that the Court must declare the charge nut within its jurisdiction, for when evidence was afforded as to his disputing with Mr. Crompton, it could not be received as evidence of his quarrelling or disputing with any other person in the fleet. He further urged the illegality of the proceedings upon the grounds of his not having had twenty-four hours' notice before trial; that Commander Gordon, having previously examined the witnesses in his cabin without his (Lieutenant Bridge) being present, had already established in himself a court of inquiry, and was therefore ineligible to sit on that eourt-martial as one of his judges; he morever required Commander Gordon as a witness; and lastly, that the Court could not proceed, inasmuch as his most material witness, Mr. Crompton himself, was absent, his evidence being essentially necessary to establish the correctness of his conduct. The above objections being overruled, the prisoner, in his defence, contended that Mr. Crompton had no right to insist on his giving him his hand; that though he had been frequently on board the Cormorant, he had never returned the attentions that had been shown him by the officers; that he was in a position to prove that Mr. Crompton had made incorrect representations to Com mander Gordon, which tended to create unpleasant feel ings in their small community; also, that he had, in a mixed society of civilians and officers, proposed a party toast, which might have compromised them as British officers, and which embarrassed them in the enjoyment of private society. He was not, therefore, to be brow beaten into a familiarity which he did not approve. He denied the interpretation which had been put upon his words when he told Mr. Crompton that the quarter-deck was not the place for discussions—they must be settled on shore. Lieutenant Bridge then submitted to the Court certificates from Admirals Sir J. Rowley, Sir R. Stopford, Sir T. Briggs, Captain Sir T. Hastings, and all the officers he had served under, all of whom spoke highly of him as a zealous, active, and excellent officer. He then called several witnesses, whose evidence, how ever, was materially damaged by the determination made by the Court to restrict the exwaination entirely to the events which took place on the garter-deck of the Cor morant, inasmuch as the character and conduct of the prosecutor was completely shielddd from investigation. The Court having heard the *hole of the evidence, pronounced the charge of a breach of the 23d Article of War to be partly proved, and adjttdged Lieut. Bridge to be dismissed from her Majesty's stoop Cormorant. RAIL WAY IN TELLIGENCE. LONDON AND YORK.-LINCOLN. COUNTY MEETIN G. LINC3LN, SATURDAY.—On Friday, at noon, a public meeting was held here, in the Castle yard, pursuant to a requisition addressed to the High Sheriff, to take into consideration the various railway schemes affecting the county of Lincoln. At twelve o'clock the gates of the Castle-yard were thrown open, and the crowd which thronged the Castle- bill rushed into the yard, spacious hustings being erected in front of the Court-hou e, formed of several a aggons with heavy timbers laid across. The excitement during the day was consider able. In the course of a few minutes Thomas Coltman, Esq., of Hagnaby Priory, the High Sheriff (with the Under-Sheriff, Henry Williams, Esq.), took the chair. On the hustings appeared Earl Fitz williarn, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Lord Viscount Worsley, M.P., the Hon. William Ashley, the Hon. Alexander Leslie Melville, Sir John Trollope, Bart., M.P., Sir M. John Cholmeley, Bart., H. A. Christopher, Esq., M.P., Edward Heneage ' Esq., M.P., General J o hn so n, a n d a number of the leading gentry of the county. The Cam bridge and Lincoln, with the Direct Northern advocates, arranged themselves ou the right hand of the hustings; and the London and York on the left. Not fewer than ten thousand persons were present at the commence ment, and at least fifteen thousand towards the close of the proceedings. The requisition having been read over, the High Sheriff asked a candid and impartial hearing for all parties. General JOHNSON observed that he saw many persons present who had no connexion with the county, and he trusted that no strangers would be allowed to address the meeting.—(Cheers.) The HIGH SHERIFF sanctioned this arrangement. C. J. PACK, Esq., in proposing the first resolution, observed that at present Lincolnshire was without rail way communication to the metropolis, and to the manu facturing districts, and it often happened, as during the late winter, that they were greatly distressed for coal. During the last twelve months he had been diligently inquiring which would be the best and most useful line of railway communication for Lincolnshire, and he had come to the conclusion that that line which would con nect nearly all the market towns in the county must be the best. The report of the Board of Trade said that the London and York line would probably cost ten mil lions, but he was assured that it might and would be constructed for considerably less than eight. It was not as it regarded the south communication only, but the north and east, and the extensive grazing districts, that they ought to consider this subject. He concluded by reading the first resolution, which was to the effect, " That the meeting approved of the proposed London and York, as the best for the interests of the county of Lincoln."—(Loud cries and uproar, mixed with cheers, " Bribery, bribery," " Half- a-crown a day," &c.) WESTON CRACROFT, Esq., in seconding the resolution, said, that however adverse the Board of Trade were to the London and York scheme, still they were compelled to admit that it was a grand and comprehensive scheme. (A Voice : A scheme to hire men, at two shillings a head, to hold up their hands for you.) This railway would connect this extensive agricultural county with the great manufacturing districts, and it was far more important to get a good market for their produce than merely connecting the county with London. The Earl of WiseuiLsEa was loudly greeted on step ping forward, and some slight disapprobation was mani fested by the advocates of the London and York. In moving a resolution of a counter character to that they had just heard, he assured the meeting that it was with great regret he found himself opposed to so many gen tlemen with whom he was usually in the habit of acting in public matters, but no man felt more deeply than himself the high benefit that railway communication would confer on this county, not only connecting it with the metropolis, but in affording a scheme for all its productions being conveyed to the best markets. He had considered this great question entirely uninfluenced by motives of a private character ; he had no interest in either projected line ; he was no shareholder, and therefore his judgment could not be biassed by any con sideration of gain, and he sincerely believed, that the Cambridge and Lincolnshire would afford that desired object. lie had been most anxious that a different line to the London and Birmingham should be made, affording a more direct communication to the north ; and he had hitherto been favourable to the London and York line, as affording that communication, but since reading the report of the Board of Trade, he must confess that his views had changed, and he was convinced by that able document that the line by Cambridge was the best for the Eastern Counties ge nerally, and the most desirable for this county in par ticular, especially when it was considered [hat the gra dients would be the best of any line in England. It was not as it regarded Lincolnshire alone, but the country at large, that he thought this line should be constructed. It would be carried into effect at a much lower rate of cost, and, in the opinion of scientific men, would be made in one-half the time that the other line would. Then there was the new terminus, which was to be made in Farringdon -street ; it was the best for the agricultural interests, being nearest to Smithfield ; it was the most favourably situated for access to the bonding warehouses, to the Custom-house, the Bank, the Post-office, and for every other public office which concerned the interests of agriculture and of commerce. He fully coincided in the views taken by the Board of Trade in their report, as most sound and judicious, and therefore, he would move that this meeting do approve of the various railway projects affecting Lincolnshire, which were recommended by the Board of Trade in their report of the 20th of March. General JOHNSON said, that in seconding the motion, he was quite as disinterested as the Noble Mover, neither project touching an acre of his land, nor had he shares in any railway whatever. If his own private conve nience wore eoneultecl,- he should give the vt-eft•renee to the London and York, as it passed t w o miles nearer to his residence than the Cambridge and Lincoln ; but he wrs satisfied that the latter line, with its continuance by the Direct Northern to York, would be the best. He hoped every man would take the trouble to read the re port made by the Board of Trade, and judge for him-elf; it might not be very palatable to some of those gentle. men on the other side, who recommended the London and York, but he defied them, with their utmost inge nuity, to prove that it was unfair or partial. He was no friend to monopoly. The London and Birming ham line was a great monopoly : and so would the London and York be if it ever were constructed. He had seen the resolutions of a meeting of the citi zens of Lincoln, where above a thousand of them had, on Wednesday evening, unanimously decided that the Cambridge and Lincoln was the best, and he hoped the country would come to the same decision. He was anxious for cheap travelling, - for cheap coals, and for getting their corn to market cheap. Now, if one con cern laid out eight millions, and the other only five, in constructing a series of railways, it was quite clear that those expending the five millions would be best able to afford them cheap travelling, cheap coal, and to take their corn cheap. There was another consideration. The cheap line could be made in two years, whilst the other, if ever made at all, could-not be made under eight years.—(" Ob, oh !") The London and Birmingham line professed to have everything finished in two years and a half, and at a cost of three millions and a half, but they were five years before ever they started a train, and had expended above seven millions. The same would be the case with the London and York at its southern ex tremity, if even it were begun. The terminus of the line from Cambridge to London would be within a quarter of a mile of Smithfield, whilst the other, at King's cross, would be two miles off, and that was of high im portance to the agriculturists. If men would but look candidly into the matter, they would be convinced that the line by Cambridge would be the best for Lincoln shire, and he believed all the county thought so, except those personally interested to the contrary. He con cluded by seconding the amendment moved by the Noble Lord. E. BECKETT DENISON, Esq., M.P., at great length argued in favour of the London and York scheme, which he said was the shortest by ten miles to York ; it would be constructed in its entirety in 237 miles, whilst the Board of Trade scheme was 359 miles. The correspond ing parts of the Direct Northers'. and Cambridge would cost 5,380,0001., whilst the:Lincoln and York line would be made for 4,720,000 Z ; they would carry coals at fer ton per mile, and the others would charge id. So far rom the Farringdon Junction being made for 800,0001., he was assured it would cost above two millions. Mr. JOHN COUPLAND, of Lincoln, said he was one of a mercantile firm, which consumed as much coal as a dozen parishes, and they paid 15,0001. a year in freights. Cheap coals and carriage were important to them, and he was convinced that the Cambridge was that cheap line the county required. It would be constructed in two years, whilst it would take eight or ten years to make the London and York. Earl FITZWILLIAM again spoke in favour of the Cam bridge line, as the best and cheapest for the conveyance of the agricultural produce from the south of the county to London ; the " loop," as it was called, would not serve the interests of the middle of the county, which would be shut up from the benefits of railways as com pletely as the meeting was enclosed within the Castle walls. The question was put, and the show of hands was taken on either side a second time ; the numbers were so evenly balauced, that the High Sheriff had to call for a division. At length each party having divided, one to the north, and the other to the south, he decided that the majority was in favour of the London and York line. T. G. CORBETT, Esq., moved, and J. C. H. ANDER SON, Esq., seconded, a resolution in favour of the Grimsby and Gainsborough Railway, which was carried by a large majority. ►Sir MONTAGUE JOHN CHOLMELEY, Bart., amidst much tumult, moved a petition, which was seconded by T. GEE, Esq., of Boston. On the show of hands, they were again so nearly equal that the High Sheriff was doubtful, but declared the motion can ied. On the motion of Lord WORSLEY, M.P., seconded by R. A. CHRISTOPHER, Esq., M.P., thanks were voted to the High Sheriff, who briefly acknowledged the com pliment, and the meeting broke up. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FUNDA Y.—Yesterday morning the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Ro) al, left the Castle a few minutes before ten o'clock, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of the Hon. George Watson Milles, for the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway. Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to their carriage, at the Grand Entrance, by the Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, the Earl of Hardwicke, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The royal suite in attendance on the Queen and Prince Albert consisted of the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Charlemont, and the Equerries in 'Waiting, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. The royal party left the Farnborough station by a special train fur the Gosport terminus, to proceed from thence to the Clarence Yard, to embark on board the Lightning steamer for Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Their Royal Highnesses the Princo of Wales, and the Princess Alice, were taken for puny and walking exer cise yesterday. This morning the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Scbreckenstein, dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on Saturday, at their residence at Kew. In the evening the Grand Duchess of Baden, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen burgh Strelitz, and Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl, left Kew for town, attended by the Baroness de Strum- Feder, Baron de Schreckenstein, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, and honoured the Italian Opera with their presence, Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz afterwards re• turned to Kew. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden attended 1)i -vine service yesterday morning in the chapel of the Austrian Embassy. Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron de Schreckenstein were in waiting on her Royal Highness. His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire paid his respects to the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, at the Duke of Hamilton's residence in Portman-square. The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir James Graham had interviews with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday morning. Sir R. Peel left town on Saturday for the Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty. Lord Stanley arrived in town on Saturday evening from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. Dispatches from the Governors of New Zealand and St. Helena were received on Saturday at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Ormonde, Lords Cawdor, Tyrconnell, Ernest Bruce, and Parker, attended Divine Service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. C. Parke, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Anthem, " 0 how amiable" (Dr. Greene) was sung by Messrs. Francis, Bennett, and Bradbury. Mr. Tune presided at the Organ. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. COWES, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.—The Queen and Prince Albert and the Princess Royal arrived here yes terday afternoon from Windsor. The royal party were conveyed by special train from the Farnborough sta tion to Gosport, and thence to the island in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. In consequence of the royal yacht being in the hands of the painters and embellishers, who are preparing her for her Majesty's summer excur sions, it was not intended to make use of her upon the present occasion, and the Lords of the Admiralty had ordered the Black Eagle from Woolwich to Portsmouth, to embark her Alajesty, but the disaster which occurred to that vessel on her passage, and compelled her to put back, created an unforeseen difficulty. In this emergency the Hecate steam-sloop, fitting alongside the dock-yard, was ordered to be got ready, but being by no means in a fit state to receive her Majesty, the order was counter manded, and the royal yacht was ordered to be brought from her moorings and put in the best state of prepara tion possible under the circumstances. As soon as the royal party embarked on board the royal yacht, that vessel immediately got under weigh, and proceeded out of the harbour. The men-of-war saluted and manned their yards, and as the yacht passed, the batteries also saluted. The Eagle, lying at Spithead, kith the flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, manned her yards, and fired a royal salute when the yacht passed through that anchorage ; and upon arriving at Cowes, salutes were fired from the Castle, and the Royal Yacht Squadron Club House. In consequence of the severity of the weather, and the Elbe and ether rivers being frozen, there was a large fleet of foreign merchant vessels waiting in the Medina river until the ices shall have cleared away. The whole of these vessels saluted her Majesty, and kept up a lengthened fire with such ordnance as they had on board. Her Majesty landed opposite the Medina hotel, where the royal carriages were in waiting to convey her and Prince Albert and their suite to Osborne House. The dinner party last evening consisted of her Majesty and Prince Albert, Sir Robert Peel, Lady Can ning, Miss Stanley, General Wemyss, Colonel Grey, Colonel Bowater, and Mr. Anson. The royal party will return on Tuesday. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SUNDAY.—Yesterday, about half-past two, the royal yacht came into the road, and the royal party and suite proceeded up the harbour in the royal barge under salutes from the Hamburgh ship, Phoenix, Capt. Sohst, from the Danish ship, Franziska, Capt. Baur, and from the batteries at the Castle, and at the Royal Yacht Squadron House. The numerous foreign ships in the roads and harbour were all decorated with flags as was the whole line of shore ; there was a fine breeze from the north-west, which showed to advantage the flags of ten different nations hoisted in honour of the royal visitors. Just before the barge reached the landing place the Oriental steam-ship, Queen, Capt. Russell, com menced firing, as did Capt. Johansen from the Hamburgh ship off the wharf. The day was very fine and the as- Eetublage on the quays:very large. A few minutes before three her Majesty landed, and was received with the most hearty cheers of the inhabitants and the masters of the foreign vessels in the port, about 30. The royal party proceeded to Osborne in three carriages, escorted by a party of gentlemen on horseback. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked this morning through the grounds of Osborne, coming out by the Norris gate where a carriage was waiting for them, in which they took a morning drive. The royal party, it is under stood, are only down to give directions for the intended enlargement of the house for the reception of her Ma jesty in July next; the present stay will only be till Tuesday next. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for April, con tains many highly attractive papers. We may parti cularly allude to the story called "The Left-Hand Glove, or Circumstantial Evidence." Miss Agnes Strickland has furnished a narrative of equal interest, entitled "Kate Wilson." The "Passages in the Lives of Cele brated Statesmen of Europe" affords us a clever bio graphy of that distinguished diplomatist, Baron Bulow ; and much entertainment will be found in an article headed " What we're doing and what we're coming to." The papers entitled " A Field Day with the Portu guese," and " An Excursion up the Oronooko," vary the contents very agreeably. To these we have to add clever contributions from Mrs. Trollope, Mr. Maxwell, the Author of " The Talleyrand Papers," and the Author of " Peter Priggins ;" an admirable artistic article, called " Conversations in the National Gallery;" and an able review of the great historical work of M. Thiers. ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE MORNING AND EVENING NEWSPAPER COMPOSITORS.—On Saturday evening last a numerous and respectable assemblage of the above-named body of the daily press had their annual festivity at the Freemasons' Tavern, at which establishment they had often assembled previously. The dinner was, as usual, of the best description, and nothing was wanting on the part of the stewards to promote the necessary comforts of the evening(the only one in the week that can be enjoyed by that portion of the business). The chair was ably filled by Mr. Irons, and, throughout the evening, there was no want of harmony, for the best exer tions were used by Messrs. Parker, Woodham, Marsden, Brimmer, Scott, German, Thomson, Slythe, M'Ardell, Alford (professional), &c , to contribute their utmost to the comforts of those around them. DINNER IN BELFAST TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER.— Some time since Sir Henry Pottinger was invited to a public dinner, in this town : and he expressed his readiness to accept it, as soon as he could find it convenient to do so. We have now the gratification of being able to mention, that a communication has been received from him, by the Mayor, stating, thst he will be in Belfast, in the course of next month ; and the 25th of April has been accordingly fixed upon for the entertainment. To any man, who might have had the good fortune, seconded by the necessary abilities, to accomplish what Sir Henry Pottinger has done, in reference to China, a town like this would na turally feel under strong public obligations; but as Sir Henry is a native of Belfast, this town, in paying him a mark of public respect, will unite with it feelings of a warmer kind—feelings of pride and affection. The en tertainment, we have no doubt, will be worthy of the occasion.—Noi thern Whig. We are informed that Gashes, the person who was committed by the County Coroner for manslaughter by causing the death of Mrs. Lovett, of Cossey, through im proper treatment, has been advised by his brother, a solicitor residing at Peterborough, to surrender himself immediately for trial at the coming assizes. The case will naturally excite great interest among . the medical profession, particularly as it arrives most apropos as regards Sir James Graham's )3ill,—Norwid Mercury, PROMOTIONS. Commanders—R. H. Stopford, to be captain ; F. W. Rooke, to be retired captain. Lieutenants—T. Chaloner and J. R. Ward, to be commanders. Mates--E. H. Blake, S. Apthorp, G. Jackson, D. Gor don, and A. Bland, to be lieutenaats. Assistant-Surgeon.—J. F. Charlton, to be surgeon. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—J. C. Fitzgerald, to the Vernon. Commander—Cr. D. O'Callaghan, to the Vesuvius. Lieutenants—A. Bland, to the Racehorse ; A. Mel lish, H. G. Veitch, 0. Cumberland, and E. B. Nott, to the Vernon ; T. Christian, to the Superb ; W. Army tage, to the Vesuvius ; Cr. M. Jackson, to the Grecian ; S. Apthorpe, to the Penelope ; D. M. Gordon, to the Agincourt ; E. H. Blake, to the Melampus. Masters—J. Reid, to the Erebus ; W. Ellis, to the Vesuvius ; W. N. Thomas, to the Vernon ; R. Hos kyn, to the Brecon ; W. T. Chapman (acting), to the Lucifer. Surgeons—G. T. Moxey, to the Vernon. Pursers—J. de Vries, to the Vesuvius ; A. Frame, to the Vernon ; and J. Brooksby, to the Grecian. Mates—J. King, to the Apollo ; A. Woodhouse, to the Canopus. Assistant-Surgeons—W. B. Fegan, to the Vernon; A. Browning, to the Petrel ; A. E. Mackay (acting), to the Vernon ; J. W. Reid, to littslar Hospital. COAST GUARD. - Removals—P. J. Freyer, from North Isle of Arran, to Claggan station, vice Lieut. M'Nevin, to Basna. TROOPS BROM INDIA.—The following detachments from regiments in India arrived at the Invalid Depot, St. Mary's Barracks, Gillingham, on the 27th instant, from Gravesend, at which place they disembarked from the ship Seringapatam, of 1,000 tons, Captain Voss com mander. The detachments consisted of the following men :-1 quartermaster-sergeant, 4 sergeants, and 48 privates, with 4 women and 10 children of the 10th Re giment of Foot ; 1 sergeant, 2 privates, of the 31st Re giment ; 2 sergeants, 10 privates, with 3 women and 3 children, 50th Regiment ; and 2 sergeants, 11 privates, with 2 women and 7 children, 62d ; and 1 private, of the 9th Foot. These troops embarked at Calcutta on the 6th December last, and sailed on the Bth. The troops were in command of Captain Pratt, of the 16th Lancers, with Ensign Stewards, of the 13th Prince Albert's Light Infantry. Mr. Bailey, civil surgeon, was in medical charge of the soldiers. The ship put in at St. Helena for water on the 10th February last, and sailed again on the 12th. Not any inconvenience was expe rienced during this long passage until the arrival of the ship off the Western Islands, when it encountered a very dreadful gale, which lasted from the 11th to the 14th inst. For the safety of the troops and passengers, it was found necessary to place all below, and the hatches were battened down during the three days. So violent was the gale, that every one expected the ship must have gone to pieces. The voyage was made in 110 days. The troops lost by death three men of the 10th Regiment, and three men of the 62d, and one woman of the 50th. Mr. Alexander Holmes, a merchant at Calcutta, died on board in the Ba y of Bengal, leaving his lady on board. Mr. Holmes was coming to England for the benefit of his health. The following passengers came with the ship : —Captain John Nicholson, 84th ; Commander Vynar, R.N.; Mrs. Holmes, widow, and Mrs. Holmes and two children ; Mrs. Captain Pratt, with two native women and one native man servant. The troops, considering they have been in India upwardsof 22 years, are healthy; there are five or six very sickly, and one in hospital ; great doubts exist of their recovery. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, an d falling off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use of the two above named articles, applied al ternately—the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's g rease as a nourisher. If any further evidence was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgatc-street, who first intro duced the use of bear's grease in this country, and vt ho fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to pur chase none other but with their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oils applied to the hair are worse than useless. _ REPRESENTATION OF WEST KENT.--The unex pected decease of the Earl of Romney, and the consequent elevation of Lord Marsham to the peerage, causes a vacancy for West Kent. We have not yet heard who is likely to be his Lordship's successor as the candidate in the Conservative interest—nor do we believe any one individual in particular has been selected ; but if the Conservatives mean to keep both seats they must be on the qui vzve. It is strongly ru moured that the Whig Radicals will contest the election, and there is no doubt, in many well-informed quarters, that Mr. La Hodges will again seek his old seat. Though somewhat advanced in years, he is still hale and active, and a better man than many of his juniors. Besides, politics apart, he is very popular with the agriculturists, as a practical and scien tific farmer. All these things should show the Conservative leaders the importance of prompt action.—Herald. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. The scientific gentlemen appointed by the Admiralty to report upon the navigation of the Menai Straits, and the probable effect of the erection of a bridge at the Britannia Rock, met on Tuesday last, at the George Hotd, Menai-bridge. Sir John Rennie, Mr. Rendal, and Captain Vidal appeared for the Admiralty; Captain Moorsom and Mr. R. Stephenson, with Mr. Parker, solicitor, of London, for the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company ; and Mr. Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, and Mr. R. A. Poole, solicitor to the trust, accompanied by Mr. Manley, collector of harbour dues, and Mr. Pool, jun., for the Car narvon harbour trust. Mr. Poole, examined several masters of vessels, and the Swilly pilots, to show that the navigation of the Straits were at present very difficult and dangerous, and that, if an arched bridge, according to a sketch produced, were allowed to be built, the danger would be very considerably increased, not only by the contracted head-way, but also by the bz,tiling winds and additional eddies which would be occa sioned. It was evident that Sir J. Rennie, Capt. Vidal, and Mr. Kendal had made themselves perfectly ac quainted with all the local particulars ; and we have hopes that, as the result of their report to Government, everything which possibly can be, will be done both to obviate the evils which would probably arise from the erection of the proposed railway bridge, and to lessen the dangers that now exist. From the evidence of Mr. James Wyatt, the agent of the Penrhyn Slate Quarry and Port ; Mr. Thomas Griffith, the harbour master, at Port Dinorwic ; Mr. Manley, the harbour dues collector, at Carnarvon, and the pilots, it was shown that mare than 2,000 vessels, carrying 100,000 tons freight, pass the Swillies annually. Mr. Wyatt stated that last month there were 2,307 persons employed in the Penrhyn Slate Works and Port. These and their families he averaged at 11,500 individuals. Last year 440 cargoes were carried westward from Port Penrhyn, amounting to 41,047 tons of slates. One vessel would . per haps take three cargoes, and each vessel would average a crew of six persons. These and their families, added to the former mumber, would constitute a population conected with the Penrhyn Quarries alone, of about 15,000 persons all of them interested in the safe and free navigation of the Menai Straits. The plan of the bridge produced was of two arches, supported in the centre by a pier of 130 feet, the arch springing at a height of 55 feet, and the centre of the arch 105 feet. The arches to be of cast iron, similar to Southwark bridge, over the Thames, in joints of from 8 feet to 10 feet each in length, 5 feet wide, and fastened toge teer by bolts. Besides the Gentlemen already named, we noticed the following gentlemen present :--Hon. Colonel Douglas Pennant, M.P., Hon. W. 0. Stanley, M.P., Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, M.P., Mr. Williams, of Bryn, Rev. James Williams, Dr. 0. I•;oberr, and Mr. John Haslam.—Garnarvon Herald. 1845. THE DIORAMA. To those who are lovers of the perfection of art, we would recommend a visit to this place of amuse ment, which opens to-morrow. We were to-day favoured by a private view of two pictures, viz., the Castle and Town of lleidelberg, and an exterior view of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which are to be exhibited here, and it is no false praise or empty compliment when we say that they are the finest things of the kind we have ever had the good fortune to behold. Both pictures are painted by Le Chevalier Renoux, and have been completed to exhibit the various novel effects cf light and shade. The first effect represents the ruined Castle of lleidel burg, frowning in the depth of winter upon the tower beneath. The flowing Neckar is seen for miles of its winding course. The whole picture is startling from its rugged truthfulness, which almost affects the physical senses. A change comes over the picture, and it represents with equal truth the same scene in summer. We then come to the grand and noble picture of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. It is sublimely beautiful and true, and ought to be seen by all who are lovers of the great and wonderful in art. The first effect of the picture represents sunset, and the second moonlight. This latter is the very perfec tion of art. The change is so very gradual from bright sunset to silvery moonlight that it is almost imper perceptible until it is effected. The noble cathedral becomes illuminated, and the swell of the organ from the interior adds greatly to the grandeur and solemnity of the scene. Let every one who delights in genuine painting gc and see this picture. FALL OF A BUILDING AT POL LOKSHAWS--FIVE LIVES LOST. Early yesterday (Friday) morning, a most melancholy accident occurred at Pollokshaws, distant about three miles from Glasgow, which has created a great sensation, and thrown the inhabitants of that dis trict into deep and heartfelt mourning. Some time ago it was proposed by the Old Trades' Society of Pollokshaws to erect a building in the Main street of that town. This building was commenced, and on Thursday last the mason work of it was finished, and the scaffolding removed the same even ing. Close to this building stood ' a thatch house of one story high, occupied by poor but respectable tenants. The occupants of this humble dwelling, seven in number, had, it appears, considerable doubts as to the stability of the building erecting adjacent to them, and, during the ccurse of this week, remained two nights in a lodging-house, being afraid that the building would fall upon them. On Thursday even ing, while the wind was blowing a hurricane, the inmates entered their habitation, still under the same fears. They congregated themselves around the hearth, and sat there listening to the storm raging without, until far in the morning. Thinking, then, their fears were groundless, and danger dis tant, they all retired to rest ; but, as stated to us, they were not ten minutes stretched upon their beds, to close their eyes in sleep, than down fell upwards of twenty feet of the gable and chimney-stack, which was very high, of the building, crushing beneath it the humble domicile of these unfortunate beings. The crash was heard in an adjoining house, the inmates of which instantly rosn and procured cvtiry assistance In their power to have the sufferers removed from the awful situa tion in which they were placed. Two of the seven were speedily got out, and found to be little injured, viz„ Mrs. Bann, or Catherine Muter, a young widow, and her child, a little girl about ten years of age. It required upwards of two hours, however, of great exertion, before the remainder of the sufferers could be reached. After being dis covered, they were all found to be lying in their beds, with life totally extinct. One of the five, named Betty Brown, a young woman aged nineteen years, had her head mangled in a most dreadful man ner ; and a little boy named William Rann, about twelve years of age, was severely injured about the breast, having several bones broken there. The other three, who thus met with an untimely and melancholy end, were John Muter, an old man, aged 79 years, and his wife, who was upwards of 75, along with Catherine Bann, daughter of the young widow, Mrs. than, above alluded to. All of these unfortunate suf ferers were much respected in Pollokshaws, particularly the old man and his wife.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. THE BLACK EAGLE STEAM-VESSEL—This fine vessel has been taken alongside the wharf wall of the basin at Woolwich dock-yard, and her leaks temporarily repaired, until she can be taken into one of the docks, which are all at present full. At the time of the accident, on Friday night, it was so dark that the description of vessel which caused the injury could not be correctly ascertained, some being of opinion that the vessel was a brig, and others that she was a ship of a large class, and the latter is the most\probable supposition, owing to the height of her bows out of the water, as she nearly ran over the Black Eagle, which had at one period water nearly knee-deep on the stern end of her deck. The officers and crew of the Black Eagle have no knowledge of the vessel or parti4s on board the ship which caused the injury, and the attempt of one of the crew of the steam-vessel to go on board the ship was frustrated, as he supposes, by cutting the rope by which he attempted to board her, as that is the only way he can account for falling back into the Black Eagle. It wasa most fortunate circum stance that the collision did not take place a few feet more forward; the engines would have been liable to sustain in jury, and the parties on board the vessel which caused the accident did net remain to ascertain if any aid would be re quired of them. On looking at the extent of the injury sus tained by the Black Eagle, it appears surprising that the officers and crew were able to keep her from sinking, espe cially in a dark night ; but their accomplishing that object and navigating her round to Woolwich, affords convincing proof of their excellent knowledge of the coast and abilities as seamen. Some idea may be formed of the force of the col lision when it is stated that the strong oak ribs of her frame were completely broken through, and the strong oak frame supporting the cross-beams between the side and chief cabin window were completely separated into two and driven in different directions. The beautiful mahogany panels and gold mouldings inside have been destroyed, and several planks of the floor of the principal cabin considerably sunk. The deck appears to have been put together in a remarkably strong manner, as it is not much displaced, the greatest in jury being where the ship had literally cut through the solid wood. It will take some time to repair the damage sustained by the Black Eagle, and this is to be regretted, as the vessel was destined to have the honour of embarking her Majesty at the port where the royal yacht is stationed. The electric telegraph for the use of Government on the South-Western Railway is now regularly at work. The wires extend from the terminus at Gosport, through the fortifications, and into the Royal Clarence-yard. There a semaphore is erected, which communicates with the one in the Commander-in- Chief's residence in the dockyard, so that messages can be conveyed to and from the Admiralty as often as may be required. The arrival of the Dublin and Resistance was made known at the Admiralty on Tuesday by this telegraph—the weather being so thick that the ordinary telegraph was useless.—United Service Gazette. According to the report laid before the Share holders of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, the works of the undertaking are progressing as fast as could be ex pected, considering the late severity of the weather. It is expected that the whole of the line will be opened in May, but the - question of amalgamation with the Midland and the Manchester and Birmingham Companies remains for settle ment by the decision of Parliament. As far as traffic has been yet developed, the results are held to be satisfactory. The receipts for the half-year ending December last were 18,503/. 14s. 10d., and the expenses of working, 9,3401. 15s. 3d., leaving a balance of 9,1621. 19s. 7d. in favour of the Company. The gross amount of expenditure on the works of the line has been 1,139,709/., and the balance at the bankers' is now 32,215/. The proposed extensions are to be prosecuted before the Legislature with all due vigour, and the Directors appear to show a very friendly feeling to all neighbouring interests. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Amongst the com pany present at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday night, were—the Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. Mild may ; the Queen Dowager's box was occupied by the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden and party ; the Prince de Broglie, Baron and Baroness Brunow, the Count and Countess de Jarnac, the Marquis of Huntley, the Earls of Shelburne, Kenmare, Munster, and Falmouth ; the Countesses of Ken mare and Mountcashel ; Count de Noailles, Baron and Ba roness de Lagos, Lords Foley, Brougham, and William Be resford ; Ladies Easthope, Shawe, Stewart, Joddrell, Curtis, Elliotson, and Quintin ; Sir Henry Webb and Major Henry Baring. The Queen Dowager has recently subscribed the sum of 20/. towards the building fund of the Intended district church at Malvern Link, Worcestershire. At a public meeting at Pontefract, on the 26th March, a petition was agreed to against the grant to Maynooth. COLOMBIAN BONDS. The following is an official copy of an agreement which has been concluded at Bogota, subject to the approval of the bondholders in England:— " We, the undersigned—viz., Juan Climaco Ordonez, Secretary of Finance of the Government of New Gra nada, in the name of the said Government, and Fowles, Illingworth, Wilson, and Co., as agents of the bond holders of the Colombian debt—have agreed to the fol lowing proposals:— " 1. New Granada acknowledges as her debt 50 per cent. of the loans that Colombia contracted in 1822 and 1824, and will issue in London bonds for the half of each Colombian bond that may be presented, half of its value being consequently cancelled, and New. Granada being free from the united responsibility which, as part of Co lombia it incurred with respect to the said bonds. " 2, The bonds which New Granada may issue in con formity with the foregoing article shall bear one per cent. yearly interest during the first four years, which interest shall be increased a quarter per cent. in each of the succeeding years, until it shall reach the six per cent. assigned to the original bonds. " 3. In payment of the interest due and not paid, and of that which shall not be paid until the aforesaid bonds shall bear 6 per cent., bonds shall be issued at the rate of 100 for 100 of capital, so that with the said bonds a new capital equal to the original shall be formed, which New Granada acknowledges. " 4. These bonds shall bear no interest for the first 16 years after their issue. In the 17th they shall bear 1 per cent., which shall be increased an eighth part in each of the succeeding years, till it shall reach 3 per cent., which is the maximum of interest assigned to them. " 5. The interest on the New Grenadian bonds that may be issued in accordance with the stipulation in article 1 shall be paid in London each half-year as it be comes due, the payment of the first half-year to take place from the Ist of June, 1845, and this account to be credited 47,875 hard dollars 53 reels, received by the house of Powles Brothers and Co., of London. _ _ " 6. The bonds of both debts . shall be admitted at par in payment of the national property that may be sold, which is destined by law for the extinction of the exterior debt. " 7. The next proceeds of the revenue from tobacco, and half of the proceeds of that from Custom-houses, stand charged with the fulfilment of this contract. "8. These proposals shall bind the Government of New Granada as soon as they shall be accepted by the bondholders, and accordingly the Grenadian Government shall immcdiately give its orders for the bonds to be delivered to those bondholders who accept the terms, and the payments shall be made them at the proper time, as has been agreed. If the creditors should not accede to the terms, all this agreement shall be null and void, as regards both parties. " In faith whereof, we sign the present in Bogota, on the 15th of January, 1845. "JUAN CLIMACO ORDONEZ. "TOWLES, ILLINGWORTII, WILSON, and CO." DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT BLACKWALL. On Saturday evening, and just at the hour when the men engaged in the extensive works of Messrs. Ditch burn and Mare, iron steamboat builders, Orchard-yard, Blaekwall, were assembled to be paid, a report was cir culated that a frightful loss of life had ensued from a portion of their massive buildings having given way, baring in its ruins a number of workmen. As might be expected, the premises were instantly surrounded, not only by the itnmidiate inhabitants, but also by the wives and children of the men employed in the varied depart ments of the works, whose horror-stricken countenances added greatly to the terror that prevailed. The spec tacle that presented itself upon their arrival at the spot where the awful catastrophe took place was aught but calculated to allay their alarms. On all sides were to be seen immense piles of iron scattered about in the most frightful confusion, w bile great crowds of men were en gaged removing them for the purpose of " disengaging," as they said, the mangled bcdies that were buried under neath. Some idea may be formed of the powerful ex ertions made by the men to remove this heap of iron ruins, from the fact that they actually, in their struggle, bent the iron into a thousand forms, as if it were only so many pieces of soft wood. We are, how ever, happy in being enabled to state that the loss of life and the injury of limb were not of the frightful extent that was at first anticipated. Eight bodies—two lifeless, and six more or less mangled, were found under the ponderous weight that crushed them. Upon examining them it was found that Thomas Bates, aged twenty seven, and John Payne, aged twenty-five, having a wife and two children, were unfortunately killed, and that one of the wounded .men named Hayes had his ankle fractured, and another his thigh broken. The injuries of the other sufferers could not be precisely ascertained, although they were severe, in consequence of an order— and very properly so—having been issued for their in stant rem )val to the Dreadnought. Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, with their clerks and foremen, were imme diately upon the spot, and rivalled each other in afford ing assistance. Mr. Bayne, a surgeon, residing at Poplar, was also present, and was to be seen hurrying to and fro, seeing where his aid was required. In less than a quarter of au hour after the melancholy occurrence it was calculated that there were not less than a thousand gersons present, amongst whom there was a large body of police, whose conduct was the theme of general praise... Within the large gateway there was a great quantity of inch iron rods, raised ten feet high, which, with the exception of two-thirds that rested on the ground, were supported by nine-inch thick wooden sleepers, and were further strengthen( d by a strut extending from the gate wall to the iron rods. About half-past five o'clock on Saturday evening, without any assignable cause, the iron }reap AA I d0.,-. AR/ f46/1161;41 ,Z 0,11, VUZ w.. uJ 7u its full an iron ch,tern, having plates of three sixteenths thickness, and capable of holding ninety gallons of water; and also the large gates leading to the yard, which were swung from their hinges, and their immense holdings in the massive stone wail. At that moment there were close to the iron rods the two deceased. and the six wounded individuals, but by an interference of Provi dence, the great bulls of the men (upwards of sixty in number) were outside of the gate, and thus escaped a frightful and a sudden death. had the accident occurred at an earlier hour in the day, the loss of life must have been dreadful, as there were constantly passing to and fro, and close to it, between 500 and 600 men. Payne was crushed to atoms, and was a complete mummy, his body being , doubled up. Bates's skull was fractured, and both his thighs were so smashed that they could be turned into any form. It appears that not the slightest blame is attachable to any party, as the sleepers upon which the iron rested had, until recently, 40 tons weight to support. The general impression is that the late variety of season had an effect upon the wooden sleepers, and caused a giving way that led to the appalling occurrence. The ship-carpenters of Whitehaven have turned out for an advance of wages, which, however, they are not likely to obtain.—Carlisle Journal. TIIE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT STAFFORD.— STAF FORD, FRIDAY NIGIIT.—The execution of the wretched criminal, John Brough, for the murder of his brother Thomas, at the village of Biddulph, in this county, and who is at present lying in the gaol of this town, awaiting his dreadful sentence, has been appointed to take place on Satur day morning at eight o'clock. The doomed man has made a lengthened confession of his sin, and has said that he per petrated the dreadful act with a small hammer used for breaking stones, but that he was exasperated to do it from the unmanly and unfeeling conduct of his deceased relative ; he, however, denies most positively meditating his destruc tion, even up to ten minutes previous to his death, and that when he struck him he had not the slightest idea of mur dering him. The unhappy criminal pays the most devout attention to the religious instructions of the chaplain of the gaol, and appears perfectly resigned to the awful fate which awaits him. TRAVELS IN SEARCH OF A JOHN SMITIL—SODIe twelve months since Mr. Turner, a solicitor, of Maitland, posted a letter which he intended fur Mr. John Smith, solicitor, O'Connell-street, Sydney, but which he acci dentally directed " London.' Now, Smiths are exceed ingly plentiful in London, and John is by no means an uncommon prefix. O'Connell-streets, however, are not very plentiful, but it appears there are some ; and there are three John Smiths residing in O'Connell-streets, each of whom opened it, and finding it was not intended fur them, returned it. In Dublin there are several O'Connell-streets, and lets of John Smiths, and to Dublin it was sent ; but after all the Smiths in the law list had been " tried," to use the technical expression, without the right one being found, it was determined to send the letter back to the writer, endorsed with the certificate of seventeen different postmen, that they had all searched in vain for the person for whom it was in tended. Last week it arrived in Sydney, and was sent to Maitland, when the mistake was discovered, and Mr. John Smith, O'Connell-street, received his letter, together with four one-pound notes enclosed in it.—SydreyMorn ing Herald, Nov. 13. A STOLEN BANK NOTE FOUND.—A workman, on Tuesday last, whilst engaged in repairing an old tene ment at Highgate, in taking up some damaged boards forming the flooring of the kitchen, among a quantity of pieces of cloth, shavings and other rubbish, pulled out a piece of paper, which upon examination proved to be a one-pound Bank of England note, dated so far back as the year 1810. About thirty-five years ago an old man, named York, a whitesmith, occupied the premises in question, who was much addicted to drinking, and who, although possessed of some little property, lived in a state of dirt and filth, so much so that the place literally swarmed with rats, and there can be no doubt but that one of these vermin had upon some occasion carried off the recently-found treasure, among other relics, where with to construct a bed or nest for its young. GUERNSEY.—ACCIDENT.----011 Tuesday last, Mr. John Moore Napier, son of his Excellency Major• Gen eral Napier, was thrown from a one-horse carriage which lie was driving, and dislocated his shoulder. Mr. Napier, we understand, was, at the time of the accident, turning into the gate of the Rev. Daniel Dobree's residence at the Forest, when the horse took fright at the report of a gun which was discharged at a short dis tance, and overturned the carriage. We have much pleasure in being able to state, from the reports which we have heard, that no serious consequences are apprehended from the acci dent.—Guernsey Star. ACCIDENT IN R E GENT -STREET.-011 Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock,_ a gentleman's carriage, with two ladies in it, was standing at a shop-door in Regent-street, near Maddox-street, when a horse in a cab came galloping up the street, at a furious rate, without a driver on the box. The cab horse dashed with great:violence against the carriage horses, and the shaft of the cab entered one of the horse's chests to a considerable depth. The poor animal fell on the ground, and instantly expired. The ladies escaped unhurt On Saturday her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder, Baron de Schreckenstein, and the Duke of Ha milton, visited the electro-telegraph, at the Paddington ter minus of the Great Western Railway, where they remained nearly an hour. Her Royal Highness expressed herself highly gratified with the working of this extraordinary apparatus. obil lt.; Pe' a bet LO5 .vcs eed the of nel ocl the