The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-21 00:00:00

b `-caliee an anonymous advertisement had . appeared in titoliewspapers, two t7ays ago, inviting tho propristirs of • -, " a s•k SRtck to giee ti,eir atteudsnef." ft. , r th. Pur,tose O. hearing ceit &in propoLitions discust,ed, 49 ( 1 no doubt a discurtsiin would hive taken Place if • the directors had rittt anticipated the wish r Y the ptir t i en by g i v:ng an i ncrease d v ) He protested against the doe:rine ot . Mr. De to ton, that the directors ought to farce 044 not.',, int - 0 • , Clreuistion. For the last two years the direct, - trs had - In an?, gt..d the affairs of the Bank in a way t) secure cite confidence, not only of the proprietors but of the Public, but if they gave way to any such att tmpt as that e j aggest,ff by Mr. 1/,, Winton, he thought is ould pro , nett) general dissatisfaction. Ho concluded by thank ing the directors fir the dividend which they had proposed. • The resolution wa s then put and carried without the l' „ eghtest 4,ppositsol). The GOVERNOR announced that, as the present dividend was higher than an previous one, it was eoined b the charter of the company tt; t a billot should nj be takeny on its adoi,tiun ; and he should move the adjournment (I the Court until Tuesday, the 26th instant, at &even, Walock, f,r the pßrpose of taking a ballot. kr. DE WINTON, in proposing a vote of thanks to the • Govttrnor. Doput)-Governor, end Court of Directors, oiadicatcd hiinte.f from the charge of wishing to force Inu r e."l upon the public. He only desired that the rule other banking companies should be observed by the Bank o f England, that too large a surplus should not be I ttained in the 'coffers cf the Bank. Sir PETER LAURIE seconded the vo`e of thank , . He i n i cPed that the Governor and directors would not be in -7,ll''rier'd 6y the remarks which had been made by the ,""oourable Proprietor. Ile was sure that the Court of 4 J:rectors possessed the 'confidence of the proprietors, W ho would be ready enough to find fault with them when n ecessary. The Court then adjourned until Tuesday, the 26 . 11 instant: OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. We have received by electric telegraph from Trieste intelligence from Bombay of the 16th ult. The only political news of importance was the announcement of a mutiny in the 66'1 Native In fantry in the Punjaub, which, hoWever, was speedily Checked by the arrival of other troops. The disbanding of the Seikh contingent in the l'Unjalth was determined on and carried into ex ecution. • The rest of India was profoundly tranquil. The Governor-General had returned to Calcutta. The commercial advices by this arrival announce dulness in imports and a slow sale of English manu factures. Cotton for England and China was in demand at advanced prices. Exchange on London—Six months' sight, 2s. per rupee. The steamer Mozuffir, which brought the mails f rom Bombay, reached Suez on the 7ch of March, With 129 passengers.—Times. (From the Bombay Times.) The news transmitted by the present mail is small 311 amount, and still smaller in importance, if we except the painful intelligence just received from Lihore of the mutinous spirit displayed on the Ist and 2d instant by the 66th Bengal N. 1., forming the Farrison cf Umritsir. Something of this sort amongst the troops had been looked for for some time, and a rew soldiers of one native regiment had been Punished for disaffection, when it was hoped the others had seen their error and the futility of resistlng the orders of their Government. Un happily such was not the case with the 66th, and the corps has subjected itself to the heaviest punish tent—a puuishtnent which the Commander-in-Chief has publicly avowed his determination of inflicting on all who forget the duty they owe to a Government ,Which has ever behaved, as he says, with liberality towards them. The Guicowar of Baroda left Bom bay yesterday for Poona, after a stay of three weeks, durin g which time he had seen and visited every thing and place worthy of note at the Presidency. The ex-Maharaja Dhuleep Singh was at Meerut on th e 28th ult., on his way to his destination, ekllyghur. All the state prisoners, including Chutter and Shere Singh, and the ex-Dewan Moolraj, passed through Delhi on the Ist instant. Everything con tinned tranquil throughout the Punj a u b. S ir C. Napier reached Rawul Pindee on the 20th, and was expected at Peahawur by the end of January. The recent unhappy event at Umritsir would most pro bably hurry him back to the capital sooner than he had intended. The troops were every where, except at Aloultan, in good health. All the Bombay corps had left Peshawur and Moultan but the 3d Native Itfantry,,which was to leave the former station on the 29th ult. Sir 11. Lawrence and Sir W. Gilbert were at Umritsir, taking such steps as were considered necessary with the mu tineers. Orders had, consequent on the recent onslaught of a party of Gooroos on a company of the European fusiliers, been issued for the total and im- Mediate disarming of the entire population of the capital and province in general—a wise measure, but Which will prove exceedingly difficult of being Cat ried into effect. The station of Wuzerabad is to be übendoned, and Sealkote occupied as a military can- ' torment in its stead. The commissioner of Sinde ,Was'at I(urrachee . General Manson , C. 8., and staff, had proceeded on a tour of inspection to Cutch. The 22c1 foot resumed their march from Roree for Feroze- Pore on the 23d ult., and expected to reach their desti tution by the middle of March. The first portion of the force intended for operations against the Sikkim Raja left Darjeeling on the 27th ult.; the remainder of the troops, amounting to upwards of seven hundred men in all, were to follow immediately after them. A mission from the ruler of Nepaul, charged with letters and costly presents to her Ma jesty, is now on its way to Calcutta, where they take Passage for Suez by the April steamer. S:r H. Dun das is now in Bombay ; he leaves for England by text steamer. The Rev. G. Pigott, acting arch deacon of Bombay, has been compelled by ill health to return to England ; he leaves this, day by the ship Aboukir. Sir T. E. Tur ton, Bert., late ecclesiastical registrar at Cslcuttz, has been sentenced to imprisonment for tw o years under the penal clause of the Insolvent Act, after the expiration of which he is to be allowed the benefit of the said Act. The agitation against the " Black Act" continues. The Hon. Mr. Bethune having spoken rather too freely of the private cha racter of Captain D. L. Richardson, late principal of the Calcutta Hindoo College, is about being prose cuted by that gentleman for libel. Captain Watt, who commanded the party of the 43d Madras :Native Infantry, which fled before a few score of Moplahs on the Malabar coast, in August last, has been sentenced by court-martial to be placed at the bottom of the list of captains in his . corps. There are said to be a large number of Queen's and Company's officers now awaiting trial for various offences in the Bengal presidency ; Sir Charles Napier sparing none who may have the mis fortune to forget themselves. Among those under arrest is Lieutenant-Colonel Ousley, late agent to the Governor-General on the south-west frontier. A return has just been published in the Calcutta Government ' Gazette, showing the revenues and civil charges of the Bengal presidency for the years 1846-7, 47-48, and 48-49. From this we learn that during those years respectively the receipts were 10,248,2021., 9,433,698 , ., and 9,817,837/. ; and the expenses of collection 3,609,1251., 3,778,6281., and 3,724,3631. Superintending Surgeon Rooke, of the Bombay army, is about to retire from the service, owing to continued ill-health ; and it is believed that an addi tional superintending-surgeon will be allowed to the 13oinbay presidency for the Rajpootana Field Force. The " Railway. Staff" has arrived at Bombay, and the greatest anxiety prevails amongst the shareholders as to when operations are to be com tnenced. The treatment received by Mr. Chapman, at the hands of the London Board of Directors of the Company, has been viewed with the deepest disgust by every shareholder who knew anything of that gentle man's abilities, and can appreciate the services ren dered by him to the company while in India. India throughout continues tranquil and healthy, and the clithate is cool and pleasant. Trade at Bombay continues dull, with no immediate hope of its revival. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Debdale Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added; the winner to pay 5 soya. to the fund. Two miles. (9 Subs.) Mr. D. T. Curtynghame na Castaway. list 71b Col. Shirloy's Fuyeman, llst 121b...(Mr. Davenport) 2 Mr. E. H. Clarke '= Counsel, 11st 71b...(Cspt. Littio) 3 Mr. R. Denistoun's The Prophet, aged, 12st (Owner) 4 Mr. W. Ramsuy's Chance, llst 71b...(Mr. C. Brooke) 5 Mr. C. Ark wright's Wier, 12st (Owner) 6 Betting— 6 to 4 agst Fogleman, 7 to '2 agst Castaway, and 4to apt Counsel. %Von by half a lngth. Handicap of 5 sot's. each, an i2O adcei. T.Y.C. (14 Subs.) Mr. Kinglet's Christiana, 4 yr,, 7st 51b ( Thick) 1 Mr. Williams na Miss Julia, 4 yrs, G.t 12lb (Neal, •) 2 Mr. Sadd's Salute, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b... (Sabin) 3 f ,11,,wing also :Mr. Minor's Shrc pshire Witch, Bst 71b ...(Brookes) 0 Lurd liathmines, 6 yrs, Sst llb ( U Mr. S. Lord's C. ailiflower, 5 yrs, 7,,t, 7,b (Escott) 0 Mr. Hesseltine's Andalusian, 4 yrs, 7st 6'b (Bisharn) 0 Mr. Johnson's Sarah Sykes, aged, 7st 3b (Crouch) 0 Mr. Cassidy's Diligence, 3 yrs, Est 91b...(G. Sharp) 0 Mr. Lawson's Eunuch, 3 yrs, 6,t 61b (Arnold) 0 Mr. Scott's Warwick, 3 yrr, 6.t 51b (W. Sharp) 0 Mr. Dinnistoun's Seconaand, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Knott) 0 13,-tting-3 to 1 sgst Andalusian, 5 to 1 agst Eunuch, 6to 1 each ages Rathraines and Christiana. Won by a neck, the same between second and third. Rathinines did not get off. : The Two yri: old Stakes of 10 sr,v.z. each, and 50 Addvd Ci ItS, Bst 71b; fi!lies, Bst. 41b. Half mile. (15 Mr. Merry's Louis Nopaeon, Bst 7;la (l.';. ince) I Mr. T. S:evens's Britannia, 8!t 41b 2 'no following Aso starzed, but were Lot pl,;ee - 1:-- Mr, E. .3 - drivs's itnthe, 8 41h (Thick) 0 Mr. Me-son's &affurt), 86t 714 Mr. Lictie . .s 8s! 4lb (Tanker) 0 Lord Warwick% L. , ;,p Y, ar, Bst 710.. (4lariow) 0 Mr. Arna,tr. nv,'s Banker, 3st lib --(Cartwright) 0 Mr. Parker' C4lculator, Bst 71h , (Denman) 0 Mr. 'J. Cassidy's W hisper, Bst 71b (Nat) 0 Mr. Stebhing's The Partridge. Bst 715 (Wintringhaw) 0 Lord Clitden's Beani , •rt, 85 7i b ... - (Pearl) 0 Captain Archdall's Qutldropri, B,t 41b (J. Sharp) 0 Sir J. Hawley's tby Venisor, Bst 4lb ("remplenian) 0 Betting-4 to 1 ugst Whisper, sto 1 agst Louis Napo !eon, 6 to 1 each agst Beaufort and !Stafford. and 7 to.l agst any other. Won by half a Isngth, partridge a good third. Whisper lost start . . Run in 1 min. 2 sec. The G: eat Warwickshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if dtclarcd, with 50 added; the second • to save his stake, and the winner to pay 15 sous. towards expenses. Two miles. (28 Subs., 18 of whom declared). - Mr. Irwin s Ballinafad, 6 yr.! ' B.t 71b (II. Bell) I Mr. Lawson's Keleshea, aged, 7st 71b (Evans) 2 Lord John Scott's Defaulter, 5 yrs, Bst . (Na!) 3 Mr. Meeson's The Dart aged, Bst bib (Whitehouse) 4 Sir T. Hesketh na Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 7st 91b 5 Betting-5 to 2 agst Defaulter, 10 to 3 agst BAllinafad, 4to 1 agst Keleshea, 4to 1 agst Da-t, and 6to 1 agst Eagle's flume. Won by a length. Defaulter well up. Run in 3 min. 46 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, and 25 added, for three yrs old and upnards. One mile. (15 subs.) Lord Clitden's Cotton Lord, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Pearl) I Mr. Green's Haidee, aged, Bst 81b (Whitehoute) 2 The following also ran :—Paquita, 4 yrs, Bst (Treen) The Conjuror, aged, Bst 81b (Wintringham)—Countess, 3 yrs, 6st (J. Sharp)—Mischief Maker, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Marlow) —Syrup, 4 yrs, 7st 11lb (Sabin)—Mahascab, 3 yrs, Est 41b (W. Sharp)—La Maiheureuse, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Yates) —Theory, 4 yrs, B st l 31 b (Cartwright) — Eunuch, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Arnold)—Sam Hood, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Crouch)—Ferryhill, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Tasker)—Se t and Hand, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Knott)—and Captain Parry, 4 yrs, Bst (Wakefield). Won by a length. BETTING. LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 7 to 1 agst Proceed. / 12 to 1 agst Venture. 12 to 1 agst Maria Day. I NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Belus. I 15 to 1 agst Ballinafad. 10 to 1 agst Chatitrey. - DERBY. 1000 to 60 agst Clincher I No other change. LYME REGIS MUNICIPAL ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF ThE SUN. WARING V. MARDER.-ACTION FOR BRIBERY. Sus,—As you quote in your paper of yesterday an assertion of Mr. Cockburn's in his address to the jury on the defence of this action at the late Dor chester Assizes, ascribing to me vindictive and con temptible motives in the prosecution of this action, I cannot, although fully aware of the irresponsible licence of counsel on such occasions, allow this attack upon me to pass unnoticed. I entirely repudiate any such motives as those ascribed to me in the institu tion of the prcceedings referred tc. It is a matter of notoriety here, that the practice complained of, viz., offers of payment for the day's work on condition that the vote was favourably given, was extensively and successfully acted upon at the municipal election in question, which followed close upon Mr. Attwood's defeat in the Parliamentary election of the preceeding year, and his subsequent unsuccessful petition against that return in 1843 — and it is well-known also that the ulterior object of that election, which introduced (owing to the corrupt means resorted to) four of Mr. Attwood's warmest adherents into the Town Council, reached far beyond any merely municipal contemplations. That the defendant in the present instance escaped conviction, does not render these facts less true, or the evil tendency of the practice less manifest, calcu lated, as it must obviously be, to subvert entirely every principle of a fair and honest selection of the municipal governing body. Opposed, as I have ever been, to the influence from whence this impurity emanated, it was with a view to put a stop, if passible, to its further growth, that I determined, from a feel ing of, I trust, no unnatural or unworthy indignation at its being thus exercised, at whatever cost to my self. to expose and check its progress in this direction. The provisions of the Municipal Reform Act, strongly framed with a view to the repression of such a corrupt influence, were those to which I was neces• sitated to have recourse for this purpose ; and although the very severity of the penalties thereby imposed on the offence complained of (and which, as an appeal ad misericordiam combined with the most lavish abuse on myself, formed, indeed, the staple of the learned counsel's advocacy), may not improbably have influenced the worthy farmers who composed the jury in the lenient verdict they returned; yet that those penalties are clearly incurred by the corrupt practice in question was so distinctly laid down by the Learned Judge in his summing up, that I feel confident the result of this action will be the discon tinuance and destruction of the practice, to which, on another occasion, a jury may not possibly be so lenient, and with hat practice, the destruction also of that secret and unscrupulous boroughtnongering influence which has long been seeking, although happily, hitherto unsuccessfully, to effect the thral dom and degradation of our little borough. If such be the much-to-be-desired effect of the late trial, m 3 sole purpose in prosecuting this action will nare fully obtained its accomplishment, and my defeat will be of little or no importance. In the hope that, as you gave publicity to the charge, you will also kindly insert the exculpation, I am, Sir, &c., Lyme, March 20, 1850. H. F. WARING. NUMEROUS FIRES LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORN INC.—The occurrence of the following fires has been officially reported:—Aldgate High-street, on the pre wises of Mr. Goldin , butcher; serious loss of propert) on the second floor. rinsured in the Phenix Fire-office. —Crawford-street, Marylebone, No. 116, occupied b) five families. It originated, it is supposed, in the room! of Mr. Giblett, hosier, on the third floor; shop suc three rooms consumed, and contents also, all t f whirl, are insured in the Phoenix and Union Fire offices. Also in the shop of Mrs. S.Bodge, milliner, same house, great damage to stock and furniture therein; not insured. Also on the first fluor t f the same premises, in the shop and rooms of Mr. George Warren, toy and fanc3 stationer, the stock and furniture partly destroyed b) fire and water; building only insured in the Union office. Also Nor. 75 and 76, Gloster-place, occasioned by the above fire, in the home.; of Messrs. Ellis and Archbold; damage to houses and furniture; not insured —ln St. John -street, Smithfield, in the lower part of the house of Mr. Cohen, confectioner, through the oven heating of the furnace hr bakehouse. The firemen and engines from Farringdon-street soon attended, but con siderable damage was, the result. Insured in the Phoe nix-office. SACRILEGE.-0a Tuesday se'nnight the parish church of Eccleston, near Chester, was broken into b' some scoundrels, who, after getting into the church, suc ceeded in effecting an entrance into the family vau't 01 the Marquis of Westminster. The coffins of the late Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster were despoiled of their plates, ornaments, and coronets, but no attempt seems to have been made to , break into the vestry, where the communion plate was kept, and which was at that time easily accessible. The coffin plates were, we understand, silver, the coronets and handles only gilded and plated. The robbery was not discovered until Wed nesday evening, and no clue to the robbers has yet been obtained.—Chester Courant. THE WEATHER AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—The fol lowing is au extract from a private letter:—" Ga!ata, Constantinople, Sunday, Feb. 24, 1850.—What kind of a winter have you had? Could you but imagine ours—a similar winter has been unknown for 40 years past—three thousand is the number of persons frozen to death here. abouts; the very fish, two and three feet long, and in thousands and thousands, left the water, quitted their own element and rushed on shore; I have walked over them in Asia as upon pebbles. The whole of Constan tinople was shut up—not a door, not a house, or a shop, were open. I never flinched, but was covered up like an Esquimaux, and was out, at six in the morning, but could scarcely breathe on account of the rarified state of the a'.r. Frightful! it is assed now; but when I think of those times , I tremble."—"F. C. H." [ADVERTISEMENT.] —CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.— Messrs. Morison and the Society of Hygeists and Me. dical Reformers hereby caution the public, that they have no sort of connection with the ointments, pills, and farinaceous powders sold in chemists' and druggists' shops.—British College of Health, New-road, London, February 1, 1850. THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY. —Yesterday upwards of two hundred men were employed upon the new works belonging to this company situate on Bow-common. The portions of ground intended for the new plant ate staked out, and the space marked for immediate excavation for the gigautic gasometers the company are about to construct. The buildings will be commenced as soon as the foundations are prepared, which, from the large number of men employed, will be the course of a few days. Poetry should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost as a remota-. brance.—Eliza Cook's Journal. Ma. DYCE SOMBRE.--This gentleman has placed a new petition on the files of the Court of Chancery. It is, we believe, the seventh appeal of the same descrip tion, and asks, like the former ones, for an inquiry into the state of his mind on the authority of certificates fur nished by foreign physicians. The hearing of the peti tion is fixed for Monday next, or the first day on which the Lord Chancellor takes matters in lunacy. MEETING OF BRICKMAKERS —Yesterday a meeting of briekmakers from various parts of the country and the suburbs of the metropolis, was held at the London Ta vern, for the yurpose of adopting measures to induce the Government to allow the drawback on all bricks manu factured, and thereby prevent the ruinous effs cts conse- quent on the sudden and unexpected reduction of the duty on bricks, and to agree to a memorial to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer thereon. Mr. War. Heron, cf Uxbridge, took the enair, and entered into an Explana tion of the effect of the proposition of the Chancellor upon a large body of the trade. If the proposition was carried out without a drawback Ix in; al lowed upon the stock now on hand, the mis chievous elfeets would not be confined to them in. dividually, but, would spread over a large 1904 u the community, as a perfect stagnation would tai:: place in the pregres of buildings, as the builder and contr , !.ctor would suspend their Operations until the new brielt4 could be brought into the ma:het. It was ,t ited during the me, tiog that the drawback upon stock in hand Would exceed 120,000/., one firm alone -being af fected by it to the extent of 5,0001. A resolution was also adopted. ti at. a memorial should be presented to the Gh,,nce(ior of the Exchequer upon the subject, and that a deputation thould f..rtowitn present the same, Lord Robert Grosvenor ha:iog succeeded iu ott tining tsu ap• point-mait for that purpose. At half-past three the de putnton proceeeed to the official residence of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in llswiling- street, when they were introduced to the Right Honourable Gentleman. Ile admitted to the full force of the argumt nts used in favour of the drawback, and he would give the matter his most serious consideration, but at present he could not pledge himself to anything, but would give notice Of the intention ef the Government in his plac, in the House. The deputation then withdrew. PUG I LISM. —W. CAIN, OF LEICESTER, AND 11. BRUNTON, t F LONDON, FOR oL—These rival+ for fl,tic fame met on Tuesday, near the hamlet of Horse)l tweoty-six miles from the metropolt,, to settle their long-agreed-on difference of opinion in the style of a pugilistic duello. About a thousand cf migratory " fancy" birds, from that vast human root ng-place bight London, accordingly sealed, after a lengthened fly, on that part of Woking•commun above-named, and perched themselves, some in waggons, some in carts, some on coach-roofs, on homes, bundles of straw, camp seats, &c., around a square ring, executed by that pro found mathematician, old Tom Oliver, to whom, in these modern times, alone belongs the honour of demonstrat ing the quadrature of the circle. At five minutes to two the la's stood up, Brunton attended upon by David M'lntyre and S. Brown, Cain by Jemmy Welsh and his namesake Tom, "of tat ilk." The battle was long, enduring, and slow, determined and rough at intervals, but, on the whole, tedious and without points. Brun ton's hands were bad, and Cain's style was shifty, cau tious, dropping, and unsatisfactory. Indeed, he so long took the advice cf his seconds to " keep out," that : he nearly "stood out," his chance altogether. At the end of three hours and seven minutes, during which 138 rounds were contested, Cain was proclaimed the victor. A YOUNG LADY KILLED.—BRISTOL, MARCH 20. —This morning an accident of the most appalling cha racter uccurred at the St. Vincent's Rocks, Clifton, and by which a young lady lost her life. It appears that at about half-past nine o'clock Miss Craven, the daughter of Mr. Craven, of the firm of Messrs. Phippen and Craven, solicitors of this city, about 18 years of age, went out for a walk upon Durdham Down, just above St. Vincent's Rocks. Unfortunately she approached too near the edge of the Down, and being near-sighted, she slipped from the edge of the cliff and fell to the bottom of the chasm below, at least 200 feet. Two persons happened at the moment to be walking at the foot of the cliff, and observing her fall hastened to the spot, but found only a heap of mangled remains. This is about the fifth fatal accident which has occurred from the tame spot within a very short period. FEMALE ORPIIAN ASYLUM. The usual annual dinner of this excellent charity was held last night st the London Tavern, and was very well attended. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, and about 200 gentlemen sat down to the entertainment pro vided on the occasion. His Royal Highness, iu propo sing the toast of the evening, adverted with strong feel ings of gratification to the long period of 45 years during which he had been connected with the charity, watching its operations, and seein g its beneficent influence gradti: ally extended. It now affords a home for 150 orphan girls, all of whom were present last night, and by their cheerfol,-healthy looks, added weight V> the charitable .appeals made on their behalf. The subscriptions an nounced by the secretary amounted to 2,0001. THE HON. AND REY. BAPTIST W. NOEL.—Tues day being the day appointed for the public recognition of the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel as pastor of John stri et Chapel, Bedford-row, the chapel was crowded by a highly fashionable audience. The Hon. and Rev. Gen tleman entered into the pastoral duties of this chapel some six months buck, but owing to the illness of the late Rev. J. H. Evans, who had then been minister of John-street Chapel thirty years, the ordination service of the Baptist church could not be performed. Another reason for their necessary postponement was the absence of a satisfactory arrangement fur the tale of the chapel, as H. Drummond, Esq., M.P. for Surrey, was unwilling to allow this place of worship to remain any longer in the hands of Baptists. A sum of money from the con gregation, 2001. of which was contributed by a Noble Duchess, has however settled this difficulty, and on Tuesday he was inducted as pastor of the chapel. Prayer having been offered up, a statement regarding the affairs of the church was then read by one of the deacons. It stated that since the Hon. and Rev. Gen- tleman had been acting as pastor they had been obliged to increase the chapel to accommodate 200 additional sittings,, making it now capable of holding.nearly 2,000 persons. The cost of purchase from Mr. Drummond was 6,5001., with certain conditions in the event of the decease of Mr. Noel. Within the last six months the reverend pastor had baptised nearly 100 persons, nearly all cf whom were members with him when in Bedford row. Addresses " on the duty of a pastor to the church," and "on the connexion between the pastoral office and prosperity of the church," were tl ea delivered, after which the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman addressed the con gregation at considerable length. The services lasted , hri , e hour:, and were termita,:ed by the singing cf the doxology. FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—On Friday Mr. James Taylor, of Birmingham le, turel -on the sot jest at Stowmarket, to abuut three hundi el of the inhabitants f this town. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. W. Stevens. A large number of the auditors enrolled their name; as rneniti:re. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—A public meeting f the young men cf . London in connexion with this as cnciation was held on Tuesday in the theatre of the Western Literary Institution, Leicester-up - are; Mr. S. C. Hall in the chair. The chairman, in addryssing the ine/ting, adverted to the progress the association had Are aly made as something to encourage, yet nothing like what it ought to have made. The difficulty was to orelk the public of a custom which they continued without a thought fir the wrongs the custom was in• fficting, After re f:rring to the good which early closing would do to the employers and to those employed, be ..cad a plan drawn up some three years ago by his wife. Mrs. S. C. Hall, which recounted concisely the evils cf tati shopping, and then pledged the subscribers to do everything to encourage the shopkeeper who closed at a reasonable hour, and to discourage him who did other wise. This pledge was sent by her to all with whom ;he had influence, high and low, and it was subscribed by 320 persons. Mr. Lilwall, the secretary, stated that the iiffieulty which opposed and crippled the association was tha apathy of the young men themselves. Last year the subscriptions from that class, which numbers 100,000 in the metropolis, amounted to only 1601., and there was now. a debt of 1501. on the association. He urged the me': t tug to make an ellbrt to obtain at least 1,000 five-shilling cubscribers, so as to unfetter their tutureefforts on be- hef of their interests. The Rev. T. Davis, the Rev. W. 3rock, and Mr. Miller, addressed the meeting, and es pecially urged upon young men the necessity of doing ioniething for themselves. Resolutions recognising tt e ,l jests of the movement, and pledging the meeting to subscriptions were moved and adopted. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. MARINE SOCIETY. — The anniversary festival Gf this valuable charity took place on Tuesday evening, at the London Tavern, and was presided over by the Earl of Romney. About 70 gentlemen, supporters of the insti !talon, sat down to an excellent dinner, at the close of hieh the usual round of tats was given and received with great cordiality by all preterit. Subscriptions were announced to the amount of 7001., and among the prin cipal contributors were her Majesty and the East India Company, and the Trinity House Corporation. During the evening, the boys supported by the charity were marched round the room; their healthy and robust ap p.arance exciting general admiration. The musical ar rangementi of the festival were under the able superin tendence cf Mr. George Genge, and Mr. Higgs officiated is toastmaster. ANCIENTS.—Dead bones used for the purpose of knocking down live flesh.—Eliza Cook's Journal. SOUTIIAMS'TON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20.—The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Hermann, Captain E. Crabtree, tailed this afternoon for New York with the United States contract mails for Great Britain, France, and Germany. She has about 80 passengers, and on freight 160 tons merchandise from Bremen, and 220 tons from Havre and Southampton, amongst which are several packages of pictures and statues intended far the exhibition of fine arts to take place at Philadelphia on the 7th of April. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Indus, Captain J. Soy, also took her departure this afternoon with the East India and China mails, and the mails for Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian blends, Egypt, Aden, Su( z, &c., in charge of Lieutenant Brady, R.N., Admiralty agent. She has 76 passengers, specie, value 40,5001. sterling, and a general cargo of cottons, linens, hardware, and woollens, for Malta and Alexandria. OUT-PENSIONS OF GREENWICH ITOSPITAL.—The lieutenants' out-pensions of Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the deaths of retired Commanders Coates and De cceurdeux, have been cotferred upon retired Commander John Osborn (1832), a lieutenant of 1806, and Lieute nant Samuel Spencer, 1806. The former is 74 years of age. He was in Sir R. Calder's action at the taking of the West India Islands ; was wrecked in the Bombay Castle, at the capture of the Guillaume Tell ; in the ex pedition to Egypt ; and at the capture of the Marengo and Belle Pottle. Lieutenant Samuel Spencer is 70 years of age ; was 44 years a commanding officer, of which period he served 291 years at sea ; was master's mate of the Victory, at Trafalgar ; in the Maidstone's boats at Ilieros Bay, in 1604 ; was agent in charge of, transports at tbe battle of Algiers, and received a severe wound from the bursting of a 12-pounder. The Earl and Countess of Glengall had a dinner plrty list evening, at their mansion in Grosvenor•strek t; subsequent to which her Ladyship received a brilliant circle of the members of the Leau monde. CABINET _D_lNNElL—Viscount Palmerston gave a grand dinner to his colleagues of the Cabinet, last even ing, at his mansion in Carlton-gardens. The guests were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Aatquis of C►anricarde, the Earl Grey, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of ]pinto, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Ilon. Henry Labouchere, and the Right Lion. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, &c. A SSIALL CONGREGATION.--The Leicestershire Mercury has a paragraph which would have pleased tlae late Canon of St. Paul's. On Sunday morning last, a clergyman of the Established Church went to officiate at his appointed place, not far from Fleckney, when lo! there were but the clerk, schoolmaster and mistress, with one scholar; yet the village contains 473 inhabi tants. Surely the Rev. Gentleman should "go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to ogee in." THE' SUN, LONDON, TWURRDAY EVENING, HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE 401 , h is Itayal Highness Prince Albert held a Ls vice, by desire of her illaje.ty, 3 - e:terciay afternoon, in St. James's Palace. His Royal Irghres arrived shortly before twogi'clock, . attended by his suite, from B u ckingham Palace,, send was received by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Cnam berlain, and the Controller of the Household. In attendance on the Prince e ere'the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting to the Queen; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Wailing; Lord Alf re d Paget (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting; Merrs. Gordon and Forbes, Pages of Honour to her Majesty. His Royal Highness was also attelide:l by Viscount. Carden, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Private Secretary; Captain Francis Seymour (in wait ing) and Colonel Wylde, Grooms t f the Bedchamber ; Colonel Bouveric (in waiting),Lieuteriant-Colonel Francis Lilian Seymour, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alex ancrer Gordon, Equerries to the Prince; and Major- General Godwin, Gentleman Usher to his Royal High ness in Waiting. Her I.l9jestY : s lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms lined the entrances to the Saito Saloons. Her Msjesty's Body Guard, übder the command of Captain Pnibtm, wns on rimy in the Palace as usual. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar attended the Levee. Bcf,,ro the Levee. Viscount Palmerston had an audi ence of his Royal Highneis. General Santa Cruz had an audience of the Prince to present his credential. to the Queen, as Minister Pleni potentiary from the Republic of Bolivia. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, the Queen's principal Secretary cf State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Oust, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Prince. The Diplomatic Circle were fira introduced, when.the following presentations to Prince Albert took place:— Lieutenant Quentin, of the Hanoverian Hussar Guards, by the Baron Koller, for Count Kielmansegge. Senor Ribaguerro, secretary of the Bolivian Legation, by General Santa Cruz. _ _ The Diplomatic Circle was attended by Mehmed Pacha, the Ottoman Ambassador; Sadik Bey, second Secretary of the Embassy; M. Drouyn de Lhuys, the 'French AmbasSador; Mr. Marescalchi and Mr. Sam payo, Secretaries of the Embassy ; Baron de Cato, Ba varian Minister; Viscount de Montcorvo, the Portu guese Minister; le Chevalier Pinto de Soveral, Secretary and Baron de Moncorvo, Attache to the Legation; Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, and M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary of Legation; General Prince Castelcicala, the Sicilian Minister; the Chevalier Bun sen, Prussian Minister; Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, and Count de Moltke, Secretary of Legation; Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister; and Baron de Stratenus, Conseiller of Legation; Baron de Rehausen. the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, and le Comte de Rosen, Aid-de-Camp Gene .al, on Service do S. M. le Roi de Suede et de Norvege ; Mr. Abbott Law rence, American Minister, and Mr. J. C. B. Davis, Secre tary of Legation; Senor Marcoleta, on a special mission from Nicaragua; Baron Koller, Austrian Charge d'Af faires, and Baron Wydenbrucic Loe; Baron d'lsola, Sardinian Charg 6 d'Affaires, and Count Corti, Attache to the Legation; Mr. Charles Drouet, Belgian Charge d'Aff.sires; Mr. Amaral, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires; Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of Stat e f o r Foreign Affairs, and Colonel the Hon. Sir Ed war d C us t, her Majesty's Mast er c f the Ceremonies. _ _ The General Circle was attended by the Lord Presi dent, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretiiry of State for the C o l on i es , t h e Ch an cellor of the Duchy of Lances te-, the Ri g ht H on . Fox Maule, Captain of th e H on . C or ps of Gentleman-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard; the Marquis of Angle sey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, Mr. Horatio Waddington, Under-Secretary of State; Sir Matthew Wyatt, Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemelaw-Arms ; Colonel Sir George Ceuper, Controller of the Household of her Royal High ness the Duchees of Kent; Colonel the lion. Charles B. Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse; the De puty Secretary-at-War; Colonels Wood, Le Couteur, and Clark Kennedy, Aide-dc-Camp to the Queen; Cap tain P. W. I'. Wallis, H N., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen; Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen; Major Stephens, Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; Sir George Hayter, Knight, and K.S.L., Painter of History and Portraits, and prin cipal Painter in Ordinary to her Majesty; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-General for the Hanso Towns; Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, her Majesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies; Major Harmer, Standard Bearer of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Rev. Charles leolme Sumner, Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty; Mr. Pulman,'Deputy Black Rod; Mr. Albert W. Woods, Gentleman Usher of the Order cf the Bath; Captain Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentle men-at-Arms; Colonel H. Beritinck (Coldstream Guards), Field Officer in Waiting; Colonel Sir Fre deric Smith, Gentleman Usher to toe Privy Chamber in Waiting; Mr. Arthur Blackwood, Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Lieutenant-Colonel Diggle, Gentleman Usher in Waiting; Captain Hen. Mortimer Sackville West, Gentleman Usher to her Majesty in Waiting; Captain Halke3 (Culdstreana Guards), Adjutant in Brigade Waiting. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presentee : Sir Thomas leeville Abdy, M.P., on being created a baronet. by Lord John Russel/. Lieutenant Claude Alf xander, on appointment to the Grer aiier Guard., by Lieutenant-Colonel Thornton. Lieutenant Baron F. Von Andlau, Bengal Army, by Major-General Sir Archibald Maclaine. Lieuter ant. Colonel Thomas Alcock, on appointment to the Lieutenant-Coloneley Royal East Middlesex Militia, by Colonel Wood. Captain Horatio Austin, C. 8., on appointment to com mand the Resolute, by S:r F. Baring. Rev. Dr. Booth, F.R.S., by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Mr. Charles Burnie star, Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Hereford, by Colonel Wytde, C.B. Dr. T. W. Burt, by Sir J. C. Hobhouse. Cornet George John Bridge, Ist Dragoon Guards, by Lord Portman. Ensign Rowland Bateman, on appointment to the 29th Regiment, by. General Earl Strafford. Mr. Brunel, by Earl Grey. Lieuter. ant J. Boucher Ballard, RN., by Lord Foley. Mr. Andrew Buchanan, her Majesty's Secretary of Le gation at the Court of Ru eine on return from St. Petersburgh, by Viscount Pehnerston. Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Bent, R.A., by the Master- General of the Ordnance. Mr. Henry Bergh, by the American Minister. Major-General Bruthertcn, on appointment to the Colo teloy of the 15th Hussars, by the Duke of Wel lington. Rear-Admiral Lord Byron, on promotion, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Captain Covvier, Ring's German Legion, by General Sir Colin lla!kett, Captain Collette, 27th Regiment, by, Lieutenant-Gene- Hun. Peregrine Cust, Lieutenant-Gene ral Clitherow. on aep o i e t me nt as Deputy-Lieu tenant, county o f Li ncoln, by Major -G enera l Bro.- trerton. Cornet Henry F. G. C o l eman, on appo i ntmen t, 3d Li g ht Dragoons, by Li eutenant-General,. L o rd Charles Manners, K.C.B. Captain Cuppage, Te on appointment to the Royal Hospital, Greenwi c h, b y Sir F. Baring. Mr, Samuel Chri s ty, M. P , by the Earl of Harrowby. Rev. Allan Trevely an Cooper, on going abroad, by the Bishop cf Chich es t er . Captain the Hon. A ugustus Chi c h es ter, on appoint. ment to the Cold stream Gd • Anglesey. Deau of Carlisle, on hi s appointment, iso f b A y n c g o l l e o s n e e y l . vvy d by b t y le t l he M ß n i r s q h u o i p s of Worcester. L m i rt e . iuoLtneo,nnbagynuttehdve.iiMit Clarke,iaCraumpbell, Royal Artillery, on promo e. Mr. James Doncet, Surgeon of the Arctic Exe e• tion, by Sir W. Burnett. Mr. Jeremiah Dyson, Captain West York Militia, by Colonel Markham. Lieutenant E. F. D u Cane, IRE., by the Inspector-Ge neral of Fortifications. Mr. Clinton Dawkins, her Majesty's Consul-General in - Lombardy, by V iscount Palmerston . Lieutenant-Colon e l Di c k son, on a ppointment as Exon of her Majes y's Donegall. Mr. Robert Mill y de Emilie's, Body-guard, by the Marquis of by Lord Foley. Major-General Daubeney, N.H., on being appointed to command of 80th Regiment, by the Duke of Beaufort. Sir James D un l op, on ap p o intment to C o ld stream Guards, by Col one l Ch a plin. Denn e , R o3 a l Artillery, on promotion, by the Marq u i s o f Ang l ese y. Hon. John Dormer, on a ppointment to a Cornctcy in the Royal Horse Guards, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Lieutenant F. N. Edmonstore, 4th Bengal Light Cavalry, by Lord Hetham. Lieutenant Hon. Arthur Egerton, Grenadier Guards, by Lord Lyttelton. Lieutenant French, 8.A., on promotione . by . the Marquis of Anglesey. Lieutenat-Colonel Finnis, Bengal Army, by Lieutenant- General Viscount Hardinge- Mr. Francis Fuller, by Earl Granville. Captain George Fordyce, 74th Highlanders, by Lieu tenant-General Sir John Buchan. 'Mr. Egerton Ford, 14th Light Dragoons, by Lieutenant- General Sir Edward Rerrison. Mr. Charles Fardell, by the Earl cf Yarborough. Captain Francis Fortescue, Scots Fusilier Givirds, on promotion, by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Lieutenant-Colonel Fordyce, 74th Highlander:, by Lieu tenant-General Sir John Buchan. Lieutenat-Colonel Fraser, Royal Artillery, on return from St. Helena, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Major Graeme, on appointment to Lie u t enan t-G e neral of Tobago, by Earl Grey. Mr. Thomas Field Gibson, by Sir Charles Fellowes. Rev. Dr. Gutzlaff, her Majeste 's civil service in China, by Sir Gecrge Staunton. Lieutenant Goodenougb, Royal Artillery, by the Master- General of the Ordnance. Sir John Gerard, on appointment to the command of the Lancashire Hussars, by the Duke of Leeds. Lieutenant-Colonel Greene. KR., by Sir Francis Baring. Viscount Hiuton, by the Duke of Wellington. Cornet Alfred Hives, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, by Lieutenant-General Sleigh. Cornet Halford, on appointment sth Dragoon Guards, by the Hon. Colonel Scarlett. Mr. W. Heginbottom, Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne, by Sir George Grey. Commander L. G. Heath, R N., by Sir Francis Baring. Major Teush Hecker, 15th (King's) Hussars, on pro motion, by Major-General Brotherton. MARCH 21, 1850 LITERATURE. WOMAN in FRANCE during the EIGH TEENTH CENTURY. By Julia Kavanagh. 2 Vols. Much a- we were charmed by th - 1 beauties and me rits of Miss , Kavansgh's former production—the history of Madeleine of Auvergne, the marvellous pattern of perseverance—we were hardly prepared fir such a brilliant evidence of erudition and elo quence on the part of the authoress of "Miideleine" as is afforded by the volumes above-mentioned. In setting forth the character and extent of the influence exercised by women in France during the last cen tury, Miss Kavanagh has given a succinct and most interesting epitome of the social history of that corn.- try during a very momentous period. As the scenes of 'a panorama, the terrible causes and the as terrible consequences of the French revolution pass before us in vivid array. We catch a glimpse of the gloomy close of the Grand Alanargue's reign ; we are made acquainted, in a series of brilliant sketches, with the principal characters and chief features of the polished but most corrupted court of the Regent Orleans and the young Louis XV. ; we are then introduced to the bureaux d'esprits, where in the drawing-rooms of Madame de Tencin, Madame D'Epinay, and others, men of letters congregated, and philosophical and political discussions were freely indulged in, under the protection of female influence—discus sions quite impracticable in any other form during the then absolute Government. In the list of females conspicuous for their influence at that epoch are of course enumerated Madame de Chateauroux, Madame de Pompadour, and the other royal mistresses. The power exercised by Madame de Chatelet over Voltaire also gives occasion for a very interesting description of the mode of life of these lovers of science and philosophy at their retreat of Cirey. Madame de Chatelet, we read, in her devo tion to Newton, whose " Principia" she partly translated, only gave three hours to sleep in order to bestow a longer time in study, and, remaining at her arduous labours the whole day, only joined her friends in the evening, when Voltaire would read to her the results of his solitary hours. Rousseau is also briefly but graphically pourtrayed in the course of the narrative, and in the following passage the deaths of these two great men are thus beautifully al• laded to : THE DEATHS OF ROVS3EATJ AND VOLTAIRE " Whilst in the triumph of America France alrea3y hailed her own revolution, she bade a last farewell to the chiefs of the old sceptic philosophy and the new de mocratic theories, Voltaire and Rousseau, who died in the spring of the year 1778, within a month of each other. " After an absence of twenty-seven years, and in the eighty-fourth year of his age, Voltaire once more vi sited Paris. It was decided that he should not be re ceived at Court. Mario Antoinette, less strictly devout than her husband, regretted Leing unable to behold one of the most illustrious men of his age. Voltaire was amply compensated for this slight of the Court, by the:extraen dinary honours with which he was every where else received. He no sooner one ircd in the theatre, where his last piece, Irene, was acted, than the whole audience rose and greeted him with long and enthusiastic accla mations. When the tragedy was over, the author's bust was discovered on the stage, and crowned with laurel amidst repeated bursts of applause. Few men ever had a more passionate love of renown than Voltaire, and few had their desire so entirely fulfilled. Overpowered with emotion, he rose at length on trembling limbs and pre pared to depart. His countenance was wasted and pale, but his fine dark eyes, now filled with tears, ha I pre served all their former softness and brilliancy. Men of the highest rank, and the most noble and beautiful wo men, crowded round bim as he left his seat and literally bore him down to his carriage. 'Do you then want to kill me with joy ?" he exclaimed, addressing those who surrounded him. "Ile was lcd home by an enthusiastic crowd, bearing lighted torches, so that all might behold once more the idol of France. The streets resounded with shouts of triumph as he passed by. "A few weeks after receiving these memorable honours, Voltaire died, on the 30th May, 1778. The clergy refused to bury him ; and whilst his name was on every lip, the Government forbade his death to be men tioned in the public journals—a strange instance of the wilful blindness of those by whom France was then ruled. " A month after the death'of Voltaire occurred that of Rousseau. No lofty and dazzling triumph awtaited the obscure end of the apostle of democracy. Surrounded by the few friends whom his misanthrophic temper had not yet wholly estranged, he felt the hand of death steal ing upon him at the close of a lovely summer's day. Let me behold once more the glorious setting sun,' was his last request; and with his dying glance turned towards the western horiz m, he passed away fiona life, his last look greeted by those pure harmonies of creation in which alone had his feverish and troubled spirit ever found repose. " Though Rousseau's death produced no visible sensa- Lion in French society, he left behind him a spirit far more potent than that of Voltaire. To destroy creed bad been Voltaire's chosen mission; to ciente a new so ciety was that of Rousseau. On these two principles tested the whole theory of the French revolutier." Although its avowed subject, the influence of women, is still the same, very different is the character of the second of these volumes. In the place of the gaiety ace dissipation which characterised the scenes de. scribed in the first volume, blood and murder, cruelty and suffering, abound in this, and, greater and happier dissimilarity, deeds of surprising heroism take the place of records of unequalled profligacy. If the women of the present day find ample cause to blush and weep over the stearneless conduct of their sex in the depraved days of the monarchy, they will also experience consolation in contemplating the sublime examples of female heroism and devotion of which the revolution affords such innumerable varieties. Miss Kavanagh has described with equally successful effect the hollow splendours of the courtly drawing-room, the superficial refinements of the philosophical bureaux, and the heart-thrilling events of the fearful struggle, the inevitable " deluge" which resulted from those corruptions. The second volume opens with a sketch of Marie Antoinette's memorable career. Madame de Geniis, Madame Necker, Madame Roland, and Madame de Stael, are successively introduced, and their characters and histories most beautifully pour trayed. After speaking of the latter, the authoress thus sums up the result of her investigations : " With this woman, the greatest and most gifted in intellect her sex has yet produced, closed the social and political power of women in France, during the eighteenth century. Let us look back and see the part they enacted during that ever-memorable age. Madame du Maine and the C,llamare conspiracy, voluptuous Madame de Is Verrue, and intriguing Madame de Ten cin, re-appear before us with the profligate days of the regency!: they add to its deep corruption ; whilst, chas tened by penitence, sorrowful Mademoiselle Aisa6 dies silently, asserting, though she knows it not, the undy ing strength of woman's faith and purity. The name of learned Madame de Chatele t remains, associated with that of Voltaire and his cold philosophy. Aladame de la Popelhaiere. graceful and elegant as she is, is, only the protectress of that degraded art, which suits a degraded age, when four sisters became the mistresses of the King. The haughty favourite, Madame de Pompadour, has no power beyond the political power she wrings from her lover. The philosophic Madame d'Epinay, the good natured Madame Geofftir, Madame du Deffand, selfish, caustic, and ennuyee, and impassioned Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, with so much that is generous and true in her erring nature, rule society under Louis XV. The abandoned old King dies; Louis XVI., young, pure, and weak, ascends the throne to reap the thorns his grand father has sown. 'Women still govern society. Marie Antoinette, the gay and imprudent Queen, the clever and supple Madame de Geniis, Madame Necker, sedate and grave, have their day. Bat this empty world is passing fast away. The storm which has gathered through cen turies breaks forth. In that new contest. destined to ruin her power, woman still takes an active parr. She rules parties, defends a monarchy with Mario Antoinette, or founds a republic with Madame Roland. We behold her avenging outraged humanity under the form of Charlotte Corday; teaching men now to suffer and die in every prison and on every scaffold; overthrowing the whole fabric of tyranny with the generous Madame Tal lien, and defending freedom of thought with the gifted daughter of Necker." In addition to the rich historical and biographical information collected in its pages, this work is neces sarily enlivened by a multitude of anecdotes. Among other startling incidents, we read that "at one time the whole Court was thrown into great commotion by a sudden fancy which the King (Louis XV.), took for worsted work. A courier wasi nstantly despatched to Paris for wool, needles, and canvass ; he only took two hours and a half to go and come back, and the same day all the courtiers in 'Versailles were seen, with the Duke of Gesvres at their head, embroider. ing, like the sovereign.". In taking this rapid survey of the events of a century, it is difficult to say whether we find most cause for lamentation in the sins which characterized its commencement or the sorrows which marked its close—which is the more pitiable spectacle, Marie Antoinette or Madame Roland on the scaffold, or M adame Pompadour by the King's side, ruling his kingdom. Attractive as these volumes are to those who read for pleasure, they are so excellent in their character, notwithstanding -the subjects on which they occasionally touch, that they may safely be commended to general perusal. While Miss Kava nagh has narrated all incidents of a pathetic or heroic nature in such a manner as to invest them with peculiar interest,' she has spoken of the conduct of the snore corrupt epoch in such appropriate terms as to present vice in its fit odiousness—there is nothing attractive in the Court sins as here alluded to. The votaries of Mrs. Ellis and the advocates of the rights of women may preach 'a useful homily with these volumes for a text. " If," they may say to the gentle subjects of Queen Victoria, " if such women in such times could exercise so much power, and effect s o much good, what may not you a chieve ? How pure should be the morals, how refined the taste, how universal and unostentatious the charity of that society which it is your privilege to influence and your duty to en noble ?" Whether or not such may be the reflections suggested by a perusal of these charming volumes we cannot say, halve my very safely promise to all who venture on their perusal much pleasure and I perhaps, not a little profit. The style is simple, I earnest, and, to a certain extent, eloquent, and the I passing reflections upon the spirit and customs of the (successive epochs are characterised by great libe rality of sentiment and judicious reasoning. The volumes are embellished with portraits of Madame du Barry, Madame du Maine, Madame de Tencin, Madame de Chatelet, Madame de Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Madame Roland, and Madame Tallier,. SPRING-TIDE ; or, The Angler and his Friends. By J. Yonge Akerman. The bright green covering of this little volume is en appropriate symbol of the cheerful tone which pervades its contents. An old angler—an enthusiastic lover of the sport—a lover of rural scenes, and of the Angle-Saxon dialect, accompanies a young Visitor from town to the banks of a fishing stream. The volume entitled " Spring tide," is a summary of the conversation of the friends and their humble attendant, Simon, whose almost unintelligible language is, as is proved by his patron, a counterpart in many respects of the Saxon tongue, as used by Alfred. The style of these partly piscatorial, partly etymological, and partly rural conversations, is simple and natural, enlivened with anecdote, rich with advice to the angler, and information to the scholar, and withal studded with such a variety of poetical quotations in illustration of the beauties of nature and of natural history which surround the anglers in their wander ings, as to render the little volume altogether de lightful. It is embellished by numerous well-execUted pictorial illustrations. TRACTS OF AN ANTI-TRACTARIAN. Nos. VII., 1111., and IX. __ This is a valuable and well-timed work. Each successive number seems to increase in interest, and we shall follow them in their progress. We naturally expect to find acuteness of intellect in a barrister, as without it he would be unfitted for his vocation, but to find him closely acquainted with what is going on in the religious world is more than we should have expected. Mr. Sedgwick--,-for we collect from the preface to the first number tbat the Tracts are from his pen—is doing a great service to the public in drawing its attention to the Jesuits ; the influence which they are at present gaining in England, in France, and throughout the leading states of Europe. They havei their agents in every quarter of Paris at this moment busied in imposing shackles upon the freedom of education. The great question of public instruction is principally under the control of a party in the Chamber of Deputies willing to carry out their views, and to become instruments in their hands. The importance of the following cannot fail to be appreciated : " Thii the Jesuits are extending themselves, regularly and rapidly over France, and this, too, with the aanetien and secret support of the President, has - of late been strongly manifest. Their influence furnishes there, as elsewhere, that consolidating pressure essential to the stability of absolute power. Victor Hugo announced the fact openly in the French Assembly. The evidence of it is palpable and direct. The dissensions which per plex and break up the public peace are the fruits of it. There, as here, their missionaries have the same errand; and in both countries they are realising the same results. Their indications correspond, bearing everywhere' the stamp of the same relationship. They are all under the same covenant; guided by the same spirit, and governed by the same will. The same marks of pre-arrangement pervade every act and every movement, and the conse quences which follow are equally palpable. The low state of morality in France is the scourge of Christen dom. It is more fearfully so since she has pressed the Jesuits into her service. Austria and Russia have done the same. The Revelations represent the prophetic horses as vomiting out of their mouths, ' fire, smoke, and brimstone,' by which the third part of man was killed.' They have fulfilled the preliction. They have done their work of misery frightfully; but in doing this they have taught the people 'a lesson not to be un learned.' To extinguish the propensities by which the misery was produced is not within their power; but' the authors of the misery —kings—crowned heads—and the diadem that encircles their brow is doomed : the ten dency of the popular mind is everywhere Republican; that tendency has become too strong to be shaken, too stern to be tampered with. The Rulers of Europe have themselves to thank for it. Their subjects have bought their experience at a dear price, and they will profit by it. "It is this tendency that has raised the Jesuits to power. The continental Sovereigns urgently join in al liance towards upholding it. They feel the perilous po sition in which they are placed, and know well the value of Jesuitical divinity and Jesuitical intrigues. The ex piring influence of the Papal See renders this alliance still more indispeissable. Whether the ninth Pius will ever again visit the Vatican is doubtful. His subjects find their account in humiliating him, and even his pro fessed friends are among his worst enemies. He has nothing before him, poor man! but the worm and the winding-sheet. The grave knows no distinction of per sons. All there is equality and fraternity. It is only there that we are out of the reach of this world's perfidy. Let us be thankiul that we can there be at peace. " But though the dead find a resting-place, the evils which survive them in the living world are not tt erelore to 1-e less earnestly wrestled with. While a dangerous and debasing enemy is making head against us, and our sentinels are sleeping on their post, we must undertake our own defence. We muss stand with our lace to the foe, not relaxing our vigilance even for a-moment. They have instruments among them suited to every prtjeot of conquest, and are always w a'ching the time and the tide. It behoves us also to be sted a-t'y upon the watch. They assume all positions ; they are sometimes in one disguise, sometimes in ano ther. Holding themselves forth as a society incorporated by the Redeemer of the world, the vulgar are easily made to regard them as having higher claims to venera tion than the clergy with whose faces they are familiar in the walks of everyday life; a belief which, in the race of rival religions, is an eminent advantage. It gives them an influence over the popular faith, and these per sonified demons of infidelity pass for holy men. " St. Patrick has the credit of having cleared Ireland of Serpents. If our patron-saint of England would clear us of a race of infinitely more noxious reptiles, he would render us an infinitely greater service than by having slain the dragon." This is powerful writing, and will have its effect. The public mind was never better prepared for it. The style and the subject of these Tracts will induce us to notice them as they appear. ExtunrrioN OF 1851.—The little town of Llanelly, Caermarthen, bold a preliminary meeting of 12 persons only on the 18th instant, to support the exhibition, and then and there spiritedly subscribed 120/.6i., at the same time expresiing a hope that they would be able to add another hundred or two to it. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ended March 17, 18p:—C. and H. Main Line, 1,1461. Os. 10d.; Mold, 831. ris. 9d.; Ceara boats, 911. sd.—Total, 1,3211.45. Od. ELECTIONEERING IN FRANCE.—The Salut Public of Lyons says—" In the department of the ArdeThe the Reds caused 100,000 copies of the following circular to be printed:—' Remedy for Burning, for Adults and Children.—As soon as you are burnt, take somsirfiite wheaten flour, mix it in water, and apply the paste on the burn without any rag: leave it there until it falls off, and then the burn will be cured. If, however, the burn is so strong as to pierce the paste, you must put some new paste over it. Ten minutes after you will not feel any pain. This remedy also cures the itch, scurvy, and ringworm; it is also applicable to horses. If- the candidate, Jean Louis Roche, wheelwright, at St Lau rent do Mure, be elected, he will distribute this remedy gratis to the electors'." LADY MINERS IN CALIFORNIA.—A young man from Maine, writieg to his friends from California, says that almost thirty miles from any other digging are two intelligent and beautiful young ladies, with no attendant except an old gray-headed negro whom they had en ticed to accompany them, and who is the servant of the father of one of them. The eldest of these was not 20. It seems their imagination had become excited by the gold stories which they had heard, and they determined to try their hands at making a fortune. The old negro was past work, and was left in the camp during the day to look after the household affairs, and keep watch while the girls pursued their mining operation. When the party reached their camp the old darky was alone in it, but the girls came in during the day, and received their vistors hospitably. They expressed no fear of being molested or robbed, and said that they should leave for home when they had accumulated 10,000 dolls. they had already gathered 7,000 dolls. They were from Florida, and the youngest ran away from school to enter upon the expedition.—Toronto Independent. What a pity, that common sense, for want of use s should have become uncommon.—Eliza Cook's Journal. DIABOLICAL MURDER IN AMERICA:One of those crimes which startle humanity with their atrocity has been brought to light within these few days past at Lowell. It appears that a young and singularly hand some girl, only nineteen years of age, who had been employed in the factories, had suddenly disappeared, leaving no clue by which she could b e trace d . I t was more than suspected that she had b een seduced,pointed and a person named Taylor, a livery stable keeper, Was at as the man by whom she bad been victimised. When last seen alive she was entering the house of Dr. Clark, a medical man residing near Lowell. This date was the 21st of December, and it was not until some time after wards that her fate became known, when a coarse look. ing sack, which had lain for weeks in the river near the bridge of Lowell, was taken up and examined, w here her body was foundlenclos e d ; h er nostrils and mouth stuffed with cotton wadding, a cotton band passed four times round the head, covering mouth, eyes, and nostrils, and a fine rope drawn round the throat, which was indented half an inch with the pressure. The !post mortem exa mination 3 establi s h e d the fact of her hav i ng b een fi ve months ;enceint e; h er murder was p e rpetrated under cir cumstances which have i n d uc id the arrest of Dr. Clark and his wife, and the above-named Taylor, the reputed father.—American Paper. A MISTAKE.—The Western Times tells a story of a " distressed agriculturist." " A farmer dropped in here on Wednesday last, to pay his rent, putting up a long face to correspond with the times. On entering the house, he told his landlord that times being so bad, he couldn't raise the money at all; and, dashing a bundle of bank-notes on the table, There,' said he, that's all I can pay.' The money was taken up, and counted by Mr. , the landlord, who said, 'Why, thi s i s tw i ce as much as you cwer Deng.. ee, give it to me again: said the farmer. ' dashed if 1 Net a took it cat of the I wrong pocket ! I- Licutenaat F. J. C. II alketa 71st liignlanders, by his father, Ciao-rad Sir Colin Hale' t. Capmin J. Hunter, Bombay Rifles, by Sir Archibald Galloway. Lieutenant Rabert Johnstone, 45th Regimtnt, by Ge neral Sir Collin Ilaikett, G.C.B. Lieutenant Josling, R N., on return from foreign ser vice. by Rsa.r-Admiral Dundas, C.B. Mr. William Jones, Mayor of Oldham, by Sir George Grey. Major L. F. Jones, 623 Regiment, on return from fo reign service and promotion, by Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.H. Captain Ibbetson, on appointment as Aide-de-Camp to Inspector-General of Cavalry, by Major-General Bro therton. Mr. King, York Herald, on promotion, by the Earl Mi arahal. Lieutenant Shaw Kenneir, 36. h Regiment, by his father, Major-General Shaw Kennedy. Mr. Charles Kortright, her Majesty's Consul at Cartha gene, New Granada, by Viscount Palmerston. Admiral Sir Edward King, on promotion, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Gt orge Loch, by Lord Edward Fitz Ilan Howard. Mr. Pao ing Lawhird, by Lord Ashburton. Mr. Rcbei t Laurie, Norroy King at Arms, on promotion, by his Glace the Earl Marshal. Mr. Lewis Loyd, by Lord Overstone. Mr. Edward Langworthy, Mayor of Salford, by Sir George Grey. Mr. Richard Long, R.W.Y.Ca by Mr. J. C. Colquhoun. Mr. Staunton Lynch, by Sir George Staunton. lion. George Lascelles, by his father the Earl of Hare wood. Lord Londesborough, by the Earl of Carlisle. Cornet James Leith, 14th King'e Light Dragoons, by Lieutenant-General Sir E. Kerrison, G.C.B. Second-Lieutenant Hon. George Legge, Rifle Brigade, by Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.B. Captain Laugharne, R.N., on appointment to the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, by Sir Francis Baring. Sir Edmund Lyons, on arrival from Switzerland, by Viscount Palmerston. Rev. Henry Mairis, M.A., Curate of Whitechurch, by the Bishop of Hereford. Lieutenant Edward Maunsell, R.N., on return from fo reign service, by the Earl of Listowel. Ensign J. 0. Mayne, H.E LC. Engineers, _joy Sir Fre derick Smith, R.E. Captain Charles Macpherson, Madras army, by Sir John Hobhouse. Dr. M'Lennan, Physiciaa-Ge l neral Bombay:army, by Sir George Arthur. Captain Henry J. Matson, R.N., on promotion, by Sir F. Baring. Captain Charles Morse, Bombay army, by Sir J. Cam Hobbouse. Lieut. Joseph H. Maskey, Royal Marines, by Colonel H. E. Robinson. Hon. Francis Maude, Commander, R.N., on his marriage, by the Earl of Listowel. Commander Vincent A. 'Massingherd, on return from foreign service ' by Sir Francis Baring. Lord Methuen, by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Captain Je G. M'Kerlie, R.E., by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Mr. R. Nevill, by the Earl of Oxford. Rev. Seymour Neville, by his fattier, the Dean of Windsor. Lieut. Edward Neville, 54th Regiment, by the Dean of Windsor. Lord Naas, by Viscount Jocelyn. Lieut. Nangle, on obtaining, his commission, R.A., by the Marquis of Anglesey. Mr. Edward John Ottley, by the Marquis of Thomond. Lord Ossulson, on his marriage, by Viscount Man deville. Captain John Fulford Owen, Elder Brother, Trinity house, by the Duk e o f Wellington. Rev. Robert O'Callaghsur, by the Marquis of Ormonde. Captain Erasmus Ommanney, her Majesty's ship Assist ance, on appointment as officer in command of the Ar tie Expedition, by Sir F. Baring. Rev. Dr. Ogilvie, Canen of Christ Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology, by Sir R. H. Mr. Ti.id Pratt, by Sir G. Grey. • Lieutenant-General Pigot, on his appointment as Colonel of 4th Dragoon Guards, by Viscount Beresford. Ensign Clifford Parsons, 92d Highlanders, by the In spector-General of Fortifications. Mr. Pakington, on his marriage, by his father, Sir John Peking tun. Lit utenant-Colonel Pettingal, Bengal army, by Sir John Hobhouse. Mr. Trevor Plowden, Bengal civil service, by Sir John Hobhouse. Mr. Joseph Paget, by Sir Charles Fellowes. Lieutenant-Colonel Patton, on his appointment, Inspect ing Field-Officer, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. William Blackwell Freed, by Colonel Bouverie. captain Thomas Cole Pownall, Bombay Horse Artillery, by the Earl of Enniskillen. Mr. Quinlivan, Mayor of Limerick, by Mr. Reynolds, M.P., Lord-Mayor of Dublin. Mr. Lestock B. Reid, Bombay civil service, by Sir George Arthur. Captain G. L. Robson, sth Dragoon Guards, by Lieu tenant-Colonel Hon. J. Y. Scarlett. Mr. Thomas Lever Rushton, Mayor of Bolton, by Sir George Grey. Captain Peter Richards, R,N., C. 8., on appointment, as Captain-Superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham, by Sir Francis Baring. Mr. Morries Stirling, by Lord Clarence Paget. Mr. John Simon, Medical Officer of Health to the city of London, by Sir Benjamin Brodie. Sir. Sieger, by tbe Hun. Colonel R. Boyle. Mr. Richard Sykes, Mayor of Stockport, by Sir George ' Grey. Dr. Charles Henry Scott, on going abroad, by General Sir William K. Grant. Captain J. H. Stewart, 81st Regiment, by Colonel Sir John Morillyon Wilron. Mr. John Gordon Cunning Skene, on going abroad, by the Earl of Aberdeen. Dr. Sievtking. on being appointed physician to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Stevens, Royal Marine Artil lery Company, on promotion, by Sir Francis Baring. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stuart, on appointment to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 13th Light Infantry, by Lieutenant-General Sir W. Gomm. Mr. Edward James Stanley, by his father, Mr. Stanley. Lieutenant C. E. Sidebottorn, R.N., on promotion, by Sir Francis Baring. Rev. Henry Street, M.A., by Lieutenant-General Sir John Doveton. Captain the Hon. W. F. Scarlett, Scots Fusileer Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Berkeley Drummond. Captain Tottenham, 2d Life Guards, on promotion, by the Earl of Yarborough. Ensign W. S. Trevor, Hon. East India Company's En gineers, by Colonel Sir Frederick Smith. Lieutenant William Fraser Tytler, late Aide-le-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief in Indira on his return from India, by Lieutenant-General Viscount Gough, G.C.B. Mr. Alfred Torrene, 66th Regiment, by Major-General Brown. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt, Scott Fusiliers Guaids, on promotion, by Colonel Berkeley Drum mond. Captain Field Uppleby, East York Militia, by the Earl of Yarborough. Cornet Edward Howard Vyse, on appointment, 3d Light Dragoons, by Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Manners. Ensign Webber, 67th Regiment, by Lieutenant-General Clitherow. Captain Manners Wood, Cape Mounted Rifles, on pro motion, by Lieutenant-Colonel Wood. Lieutenant Harcourt Wood, 3d or Archduke Charles's Hussars, by Lieutenant-Colonel Wood. Mr. Alderman Watkins, cf Manchester, by Sir George Grey. Ensign W. E. Warrand, Hon. East India Company's Engineers ' by Colonel Sir F. Smith, R.E. Mr. Charles Nelson Wilkinson, surgeon, R.N., on pro motion, by Sir William Burnett. Mr. Wyndham, on appointment, Ist Life Guards, by Viscount Combermere. Mr. Frederick Wingfield, by his brother-in-law, the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, C. 8., 39ih Regiment, by Viscount Gough, G.C.B. Ersign Arnold Wallinger, let West India Regiment, by Colonel H. W. Gordon, R.A. Sir Sa Vincent Hawkins Whitshed, on succeeding to the Baronetcy, by his brother-in-law, Colonel H. Ben tinek. , • Lieuteuant-Colonel Williams, R.A., on promotion, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Cornet A. Semple Young, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, by Lieutenant-General Sleigh. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Friday), the 22d inst., at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yester day at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal highness also visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Glouces ter-house. Prince Castelcicals, the Neapolitan Minister, trans acted business at the Foreion•office yesterday evening. A deputation from the Aborigines Protection Society bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation on the subject of steam communication with Australia had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office yesterday. The deputation consisted of Lord Montelgle, Mr. Duncan, M.P., Sir William Ver ner, M.P., tlon.F. Scott, MX., Mr. M`Gregor, M.P., Mr. Divert, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Sir W. Moleswortb, M.P., Mr. Logan, Mr. De Solis, Mr. Mark Boyd, Mr. Henriquiz, Mr. G. R. Smith, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Rundell Todd, Mr. B!ackett, and Mr. Donaldson. A deputation on the brick duties waited on the Chat.- cellor of the Exchequer, accompanied by Mr. Hayter (Secretary of the Treasury) yesterday. The deputation was composed of the following Members of Parliament, viz.:—Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Patten, Mr. Greenall, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Brockman, Mr. William Cubitt, and Mr. Becket (Leeds) ; and the following brickmakers, viz. :—Messrs. Heron and Rutter, Mr. Lee, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Everest, Mr. Hunt, Mr. John Ratty, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Bird, Mr. Clark, Mr. Kingsnorth (Folkestone), and Mr. Pocock. Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms Lad their first mess dinner this season yesterday. Sir Edward Buxton had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. A deputation, headed by the Right Hon. Fox Maule and Mr. Cowan, had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell. The Countess of Minto had a soiree on Tuesday evening, at the family re,iidence in Eaton-square. About one hundred fashionables honoured her Ladyship by their company.