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Irttrrti Xtittioit SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Su. o'CLocit ASCOT STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Vampyre 6 to 1 agst Collingwood 7 to 1 agst Wanota 7to 1 agst Retail • 12 to 1 aget Damask QCEEN'S' VASE. 2 to 1, apt Miss Ann 2 to rapt OffiCiOUS EXPEROR'S PLATE. C to 4 on Flying Dutchman 7 to 4 agst Cantzou FOllll YEARS OLD TRIENNIAL STARTS. 3 to 1 agst Mounseer 3 to 1 agst Osterley 3 to 1 agst Elthiron DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Storm 25 to 1 agst Newminster 33 to 1 agst Cr seas 33 to 1 agst Hippolytus 40 to 1 agst Brother to Ellerdale 50 to 1 asst Goliah SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 4th inst. have arrived. The resignation of Count Pino Hermoso, first major-domo of the Queen, had not been accepted by her Majesty. It was reported that General Cordova would replace General Figueras as Minister of 'War, and that the latter would be appointed Captain-Gene ral of Madrid. The Minister of Marine had left for Aranjuez, for the purpose, it was believed, of receiv ing the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, who were expected in Madrid at an earlier day than was at first announced. _ _ The Pope's Nuncio had received a dispatch from 1 his Governnment, stating that his Holiness had re nounced the intention of taking a Spanish legion into his service. The delegates of the Spanish stock holders had met at the Bank of San Fernando to come to an understanding on the reclamations to be submitted to the Junta, appointed to adjust the debt. The meeting, presided over by M. Aldamar, agreed, after a short discussion, to elect a committee, which is to commu nicate with that Junta and with the delegates of the foreign creditors. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 4.—The Three per Cents. closed at 3 3 :L t for paper ; the Four per Cents., at 12i ; the Five per Cents., at 12i ; the Debt without In terest, at 3 15-16; and the Coupons, at 71 for cash. DENMARK. The Danish negotiations are quite at a stand still ; they may be described as virtually broken off till the result of the consultations at Warsaw produces some effect. The Holstein negotiations at Copenhagen have also failed. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin of the ith, in the Indepen dance of Brussels, says :—" I have received some positive details relative to the pretended Congress of Warsaw, and to the turn which the discussion of German affairs has taken. At first, the matter was merely a simple diplomatic mission, confided to the Prince of Prussia, who, in order to fulfil it, was to profit by the traditional usage of having the Emperor, when he approached the frontier, met and complimented by a prince of the King's house. The mission consisted in sounding the ground, and finding out what would be the attitude of Russia in face of the German complications. These instructions presented nothing unusual ; the French Republic had sent General de Lamori ciere to the Court of St. Petersburgh for a similar purpose. Prince Schwarzenberg was not expected at first at Warsaw. His arrival was cal culated to modify to some extent the character of the interview. German affairs were discussed with more relief and insistence on the side of Austria. The Emperor expressed himself with much reserve. No one thought at Warsaw of invoking the arbitration of the Emperor. He had consequently not to condemn any one. The discussion went on as it would do any where else, and the Congress did not go beyond that. As to the affairs of the union they are at present in a good position. By a Cabinet order of the Ist inst., M. de Radowitz is named member of the college of the princes for Prussia, and M. de Lidou, our old envoy to Belgium, is to take his place. These nominations have been well received by the Germany party. The Government of Grand-Ducal Hesse applied for some explanations on several doubtful points on the resolutions come to at the college of princes. The reply of Prussia has appeared satisfactory, and M. de Lepel is expecting from day to day instructions." ITALY. The Senate adopted, on the 4th inst., by a majority of 39 to 12, the bill granting an indemnity to the victims of the Italian war. Four amendments, pro posing to increase the 500,000 livres required for the purpose by the Government, were successively rejected. The Chamber of Deputies voted, on the same day, the estimates of the Minister of Agriculture and Com naerce, by 107 to 7. Monday Signor Veresini, Bishop of Sassari, had not been arrested, as the Genoa journals had erroneously announced. He was only prevented from embarking in the Ichnusa steamer, which was about to sail from Porto Torres for Genoa. The Roman Journal of the Ist inst. publishes a notice of the Minister of Finance, with a view to reassure the holders of paper money, who had been alarmed by a report that tha Government intended forcibly to maintain that currency and to reduce its value : •• The Government," says the Minister, " will never have recourse to either of these expedients, and is now seriously considering the most efficacious meanQ, not only of diminishing the mass of paper in circulation at this moment, but also of redeeming the quantity, which is still to continue in circulation for a certain period." TURKEY. The Ost Deutsche Post has advices of the 25th May from Constantinople, according to which S cutar i , in Albania, is to become a free port. Should this prove to be a fact, it will be of immense importance to England in a mercantile point of view, as it will open a direct communication with the interior of European Turkey. This probably accounts for the two English vessels having taken the soundings off the Albanian coast. The measure in question is considered as the result of Sir Stratford Canning's diplomacy. Count Stunner, who left Constantinople on the 24th May, is now at Athens; from whence he proceeds to Florence, where he will for the future re side. Before his departure splendid dinners were given in his honour by the representatives of the dif ferent Courts. By a telegraphic dispatch of the 28th May from Zaia we learn that 18,000 Turkish troops are expected in Travnik from'Rumelia. The Vizier Tahir Pacha is dead, and it is currently reported that he was poi soned. The delinquents are said to to be Fasli Pacha Serifovich and Mustai Pacha Babich. Omar Paths, who has the title of Seraskier Pacha, reached Salonica on his way to Bosnia on the 20th of May. His suite is composed of 80 persons, several of whom are Hungarians. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) • HOUSE LORDS . ,ROYAL COMMISSION. Their Lordships mat at Half-past Four o'clock, when the Royal assent was given by commission to the follow ing public and private Bills: Exchequer-bills. Process and Practice (Ireland) Act Amendment. Parish Constables. Acts of Parliament Abbreviation. Sunday Fairs P revention. Licensed 'Victuallers and General Fire and Life As surance Company ( N -9% 4 Carlisle Gas-light and Coke Company. Faculty of Com pany. Surgeons of Glasgow. Colonization Assurance_ Elgin Guildry Fund Society Incorporation. Exeter and Crediton Railway . Royal College of Surgeons o f Edinburgh. Nottingham Freeman's Allotments. The Lords Commissioners were Lo rd Langdale, the Earl of Miuto, and the Earl of Carlis le. PETITIONS. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions fro m Birming hamsne: a n d ot h er p l acea ,.yraying for the abo litio n of Sun thy labour in the Post-office. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from certain tenant-farmers complaining of the present fills cious mode of taking corn average.. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. Earl MINT° entered into an explanation of a state ment which h e ma d e the other evening relative to assis tant-surgeons in the navy, and which had been misre presented in the public prints. It was reported that he had stated that it was the intention of the Board of Ad miralty to provide additional accommodation for assistant-surgeons of theE navy in the sick ward. Now, he stated no such thing; what he stated was simply that additional accommodation would be pro vided, but be did not say when or how. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELNND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved the second reading of this Bill, which he said was intended to correct the evils which resulted from the operation of the Encumbered Estates Act in Ireland, and which if not checked would end in the general confiscation of the lands of that country. He had no personal interest whatever in the measure. but unless Government consented to amend the existing Act, he s aw no hope for it, but ruin to the majority of Irish landowners. This was proved by the statements that were constantly being published in the newspapers, and b e hoped Government, if they proptmed to THE SUN, continue the Act without alteration, would preserve their consistency by extending its provisions to England. It RISg indeed a monstrous injustice that a man who was indebted considerably be low his rental should be forced to sell his estate to pro vide for the debt, at an immense sacrifice. Why should Irishmen be singled out for such oppression? They were not the only men who had been so unfortunate as to fall into debt. There were hundreds of land holders in this country who were far deeper in debt than his unfortunate countrymen, and if Government and the House wished to make an intolerable law bearable, they would readily consent to amend the evils he complained of.—(Hear, hear.) The operation of the Act was bad enough; but the evils which resulted from that were aggravated by the indiscretion of the Commissioners who were charged with the task of seeing the Act carried into effect; a parcel of monkies, in fact, could have presided over its operation with as much judgment and discretion, and he there fore hoped the House would at once adopt his amendment.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of CARLISLE declined entering into a discussion of the operation of the Encumbered Estates Act, but this he could state, that while some estates had been sold at a sacrifice, others had been sold at an im mense advantage to the proprietors. That evils had re sulted from the operation was naturally to be expected, but they certainly were not of that magnitude which the Noble Marquis would have their Lordships believe. There was, however, no necessity for making any alterations in its provisions, which had not already been provided for by Government, and he must, therefore, call upon their Lordships to stop the further progress of this Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND would be no party to the forcible sale of an estate at seven and a half-year'; pur chase, and he should support the Bill. The Earl of GLENGALL denounced the Encum bered Estates Act as a downright robbery. It was a scandal to the Legislature, and no matter whether Go vernment intended to amend its provisions or not, he would never cease to protest against it till the Act had been blotted out of the statute-book. The Noble Marquis had told their Lordships of estates having been sold at figures averaging not more then 7i years' purchase, but he knew of instances where the price had not been equal to two years' purchase. He admitted with the Noble Lord opposite that some properties had fetched excellent prices, but in those instances there were substantial residences attached to the estates.—(Hear, hear.) Great injustice was done to the Irish landowners in Lord Strafford's times, but the acts committed then were trifles compared with the villanies perpetrated under the existing law. LONDON; The lobbies too were lamentably deficient; the other day, when they divided in the New House, he was told that although only 287 Members divided, the crowd was inconvenient in the extreme. Also, the accommodation for strangers, and the Committee-rooms, were far under the standard laid down in the resolution which had been come to by the House. 99 tenders were originally sent in for the building of the House, out of which No. 64 in the list, which was Mr. Barry's plan, was chosen by a joint Committee of both Houses. He (Mr. Hume) had at that time doubted Mr. Barry's estimate both of his original and his improved plan, because he had rcceiyed very different estimates from valuators of very high standing, and when Mr. Barry was examined before the Committee he had submitted him to a strict question ing, and had succeeded in showing the Committee that there was very little reliance to be placed in those esti mates, although they had before that authorised him to proceed immediately with his plans. Then there was a report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests in 1837, in which it was stated that the erection of the New Houses could not be executed according to the drawings of Mr. Barry for the sum of 707,1041., the es timated cost. The House then determined deliberately not to proceed until the estimates could be ascertained, and on no accouat to exceed that which was stated. Whatever might have been the reasons why that calcula tion turned out so defective was to him (Mr. Hume) un known. Whether they were occasioned by the additional works of Mr. Barry himself, or by any other person, whether by the Committee of that House or by the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, he (Mr. Hume) did not know; but seeing the state to whi h they had ar rived, with the large sum already expended, and seeing the uncertainty of even knowing what the limits of their expenditure might be, he thought the time had arrived for putting a stop to the procesdiegs of the Committee of Taste. He had heard this very day that it was in contemplation to pull down the whole of the houses ad jacent to the new Houses of Parliament on the west side of Bridge-street. including the law courts. He sub mitted that the deviations from the original plans were of a nature that ought really never to have been made. It was originally intended that her Majesty was to enter in her carriage at the side of the grand tower leading to the House of Lords. But when the pillars of that entrance were proceeded with to some extent, it was found that there was not sufficient width to admit the carriage pass• ing without taking out the horses, and the pillars required to be pulled down, in order that the detect might be reme died. Taking then the whole subject into consideration, and without wearying the House with further details, he would simply say that if they permitted suc grievances to continue, they would not deserve the confidence re posed in them by their constituents, or be entitled to the character of independent men. It might be in the re collection of Hon. Members, that on a late occasion a Peer, who was a member of the committee of fine taste, presented Mr. Barry with a me dal, at a met ting of the Institute of Archi tects ; and if the House had ever been libelled by any one it was by that Noble Lord. He was not to be understood in the least as doubting Mr. Barry's taste, or his genius, - or his imagination as an architect, because he was only now dealing with him in his connection with the building of the New Houses of Parliament. — (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord to whom he alluded, Earl De Grey, was reputed to have said "I have read that your predecessor, Sir Christopher Wren, lived to see the completion of one of the greatest monu ments of his genius, St. Paul's, and I trust the same good fortune may await you, and that you will see the completion of the magnificent building on which you are engaged. Sir Christopher Wren was en gaged thirty-f Air years in the erection of St. Paul's, and you have not yet occupied half that time."—(A laugh.) Now, would the House repose confidence in a Commissoner who did not look forward to the completion of the new edifice before tho lapse of fourteen years.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") The Noble Lord, atter alluding to many purposes to which the building was to be devoted, went on to say--" Sir Christopher Wren had to deal with men who knew what they wanted, hut that has not been the case with you.--(Laughter.) Sir Christopher Wren's masters were few, yours are legion. I am sorry to say that the august assembly which has must to do with the erection of this magnificent structure has a vast number of questions to ask, makes suggestions, and offers criticisms on a subject with which it is not acquainted. The Hon. Member concluded by asking the House to disallow the vote which had been proposed. Mr. B. OSBORNE seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not sorry that the present motion had been made, but he was sorry that the Honourable Mover had mixed up two separate and distinct subjects together in his speech. He must say that he hoped the House would not accede to the motion of the Honourable Gentleman. With regard to the Fine Arts Commission, the Government had last year proposed an alteration in the mode of disposing of the grant to that Commission, and now, instead of every year a statement being made of the objects to which the grant was to be applied, a certain sum was annually put at the disposal of the Commissioners of Fine Arts. He was certainly surprised that with regard to the latter part of his speech he waited until he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had laid on the table a return of all the sums expended on the Houses, an imperfect copy of which he held in his hand. The excess over the original plats did not amount to above 20,0001. In 1836 the original estimate was delivered, amounting to 707,0001., including the architects' expenses and expenses for the building. But the Honourable Member had estimated that sum as if it included every expense, such as purchasing the site, ern baekment of the river, surveys, and other additional items to the original estimate, (LEFT SPEAKING.) -- - THE GRINNELL,' FRANKLIN EX PLORING TION. (From the yesterday New Yor k t that the We announced out by Mr. Henry Grinnell, under the sanct ion of t al e ' expeditionAiaY 22.) fitted Government, would sail to-day in search of the long missing Sir John Franklin. Owing to various una voidable circumstances, we understand its departure is likely to be delayed a few days. It will probably sail, however, Ly the end of the week, as . strenuous exertions are being made to complete every necessary arrangement at the earliest possible period. The enterprise, as our readers are probably aware, has been planned and undertaken on the sole re sponsibility of Mr. Grinnell; the only assistance rendered by Congress being summed up in a resolu tion which recently passed both Houses at Washing-- ton. This resolution, in effect, authorised the Presi dent to receive the vessel 3, and detail from the may such commission and warrant officers and seamen as may be necessary and willing to engage therein, supply them with suitable rations for not exceeding three years, and give the use of all necessary instru ments as can be spared from the navy—the officers and men, in all respects, to be under the laws of the navy until their return, when the vessels shall be de livered back to Mr. Grinnell. The vessels fitted for the expedition are named the Advance and Rescue, being hermaphrodite brigs, of a tonnage of 144 and 91 tons respectively. In their build, fittings, and capabilities, they seem in every way suited for the dangerous service in which they will engage. Each vessel is strengthened inside with a complete set of hanging knees under every beam. They are built with an extra set of strong beams running athwart the whole length of each vessel, firmly fastened with heavy clamps. The object of this is to enable them better to resist the lateral pressure to which they will probably be ex posed by the ice, and obviate the danger of the sides being forced in. Forward, the ships are • solid from kelson to deck ; and there are strong shOres diverging in every dieectioit from the Samson posts against the sides of the vessels. This proeiion will be an additional source of strength, should the hulls of the ships get entangled in masses of floating ice. Each ship is double decked, felt being firmly packed between each, the whole of the under deck being lined air-tight with cork. The felt pack ing is an important provision to prevent the intense cold penetrating between decks, and the cork lining is intended to prevent the moisture from condensing. The hull of each vessel is double ; the outside sheathing consisting of two-and-a-half inch oak plank; the second sheath ing, from her bows, fore and aft, abaft the main rigging, being of oak also. Forward, the bows are protected with numerous strips of thick sheet iron, to prevent the ice cutting into the hull. The rudders also are constructed that they Can be shipped or un shipped in the course of three minutes. In the construction of these vessels nothing seems forgotten that would tend to insure greater strength, or conduce to the comfort and safety of the heroic men who have volunteered their services for this praiseworthy yet perilous undertaking. Each ship is provided with several stoves, a large one being placed in each hold. A machine for melting snow, a black smith's forge, ice saws, ice anchors, and every other necessary implement for an Arctic voyage are eluded in the fittings. The brigantines are furnished with two complete sets of sails, cordage, &c., and are provistone • d for three years. Weapons of " off ence and defence" have, of course, not been omitted, there being an ample supply of swivel s, guns, sabres, re volvers, &c. We must add that each ship is supplied with an ordinary compass and a patent double-needle I compass, the latter being raid to be freer from vacil lation than the ordinary instrument. Each vessel is also furnished with two strong boats. riTo the officers and men who have nobly volun teered in this service, perhaps at great peril of their lives, with a certainty of having to endure many hardships and privations, it is impossible that too much praise can be due. Aware that anything we can say would only evince our inability to express the degree of our admiration, we forbear, feeling assured that the consciousness of the honourable motives that have actuated them to make the sacrifice will he their best reward. They will go, accompanied by the esteem and good wishes of the whole body of their fellow-countrymen. The capabilities and ex perience of the officers in command of the expedi tion, assisted by able and energetic crews, are the best earnest of probable success. Lieutenant- Com mander E. J. De Haven, some of our readers may possibly be aware, was engaged in Wilkes' expedition in 1843 ; and both by his talents and experience, is eminently fitted for the command he holds. The following is a complete list of the officers of the expedition :—. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Greenwich Hospital improvement. Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Cobbe's Divorce. Edinburgh Slaughter-houses Removal. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,. Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Great Western Railway Companies. The following Bills, as amended, were considered and agreed to, and ordered to be printed:— Kent Waterworks. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. Southampton Waterworks. Tyne Navigation. The Prussian Minister's Residence Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition praying for the abolition of all test oaths in the Universities of Scotland. General LYG ON presented a petition from Worcester against the Savings Bank Bill. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition to the same effect. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from the clergy and laity of Exeter against the system of secular education. Mr. GROGAN presented a petition from Dublin against the Bill fur abolishing the office of Lord- Lieutenant. Colonel RAWDON presented a petition against the Savings Bank Bill. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from the Bradford Savings Bank, preying the House to refer the Savings Banks Bill to a Select Committee; also ten petitions from various parts of the metropolis in favour of the Marriage Bill. Mr. CLINE presented a petition from Shropshire t the same effect. Mr. HEYWOOD presented a petition in firour the Ten Hours Bill. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition to the same effect from Todmorden. Lord BROOKE presented a petition from the War wick Savings Bank in favour of the Savings Bank Bill. Mr. MASTERNIAN presented fifteen petitions from ♦arious parts of the metropolis in favour of the Marriage Bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition against any alteration in the County Courts Act. Mr. B. VENISON presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire iu tavour of the Marriage Bill. Mr. HENLEY presented a petition from Oxfordshire against the Bill. - Mr. FITZROY presented a petition from Lewisham , praying the House to pass a 13111 to prevent the use of dogs in carts. _ _ _ kr. COHRIE presented a petition from the Dun cannon Savings Bank praying the House to refer the Savings Banks Bill to a Select Committee. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the South London Cemetery Company against the Govern ment Interment Bill. Mr. BANKES presented petitions from factory ope ratives in Todmorden and ether places in Lancashire in favour of an effective Ten Hours Bill. -- Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition, very nu merously signed by some of the most influential inha bitants cf Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, who have prefixed their addresses, being a counter petition of one he had the honour to present from the same place, pray ing that this Honourable House will not mike any alteration in the present mode of delivering letters on Sundays, as the petitioners humbly think it will be at tended with the most injurious effects in case of sick cess, or urgent public or private aflairs; which was re ceived with cheers. ROYAL ASSENT. The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar of the House and summoned the Speaker and the House to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several public and private Bills (for which see Lords' report). Captain CONOLLY presented several yetitiona from places in Ireland against the Marriage Bill. Mr. BUTLER presented a petition, from an indi vidual in Kent, complaining cf the conduct of a justice of the peace in that county, Admiral DUNDAS presented a petition, from a place? in Sutherlandshire against Sunday labour in the Post office. would Lord eTHEr theNATIONAL GALLERY. RUSSELL a ve pp n o a intm n en ot t ic o e thatf at Select to-morrow leetcommitt h ee e to inquire into the accommodation provided for the pic tures in the National Gallery; SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE.— REPLY OF HER MAJESTY TO THE ADDRESS. Sir G. GREY appeared at the bar of the House, and read the reply of her Majesty to the address on the sub ject of Post-office labour on Sundays. Her Majesty, in substance, acknowledged the receipt of the addles., which it will be recollected prayed that the collection, transmission, and delivery of letters might fur the future entirely cease on Sundays in all parfs of the kingdom, and also that inquiry might be made as to how far the transmission of wails, with out injury to the public service might be diminished, or altogether suspended on those days, and was pleased to intimate that she would give directions in accordance with the request. In reply to Mr. THORNELY, who wished to know whether foreign letters arriving at Liverpool on Satur day would be forwarded by the Sunday mails to London, Lord J. RUSSELL said the address only prayed that an inquiry might be made as to the transmission of letters, and the prayer of that address would he carried out. There would be no exemption as to the delivery of any letters on Sunday. In reply to Mr. GIBSON, who wished to know if the collection of letters in large towns would be stopped on Sundays. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that all he could say was that the Government would carry into effect the address of the House. FACTORY BILL. In reply to o question put by Lord J. MANNERS, Sir G. GREY said he should bring up the' report on he Factory Bill as the first order of the day on Friday. .. i NEW HOUSES OF PARLiAMIN ' T. rylin, __ Mr. HUME move d f or a S e l ect C omm i ttee to i nqu i re into and examine and the ec re variousletiveto the New Houss o reports, statements, coeductet° which the works 1 into the manner in a and plans o f the a Parliament, nto ascertain the diff e r en t es ti mates ma d e , with a vi ew n the cause o f th e great i ncrease of charge ab ove the estimate for the pla n d e li vere d b y M r. have been Barry, and exami ne d obtained forwhich estimate the sanctio n of the adopti on o f t h e p l an; and that the Committee be instructed to obtain from the sum a 707,0001, by on proper offic ers , amount in g to of Parliament was . all the additi ons an d a l tera tions made by him Mr. Barry plans and estimates epe ehis Oresponsibility; also those that have been mad e at thewe suggestion i under the authority of the Lo rds of C o mmissioners of Woo ds and Works, or Treasury, the par ties; also wha t further p lans and projec ted intended to he car ried out for the com p letion of the said ) Houses a P ar liament, with proper estimates f( h r v a rious items , so as to arrive at, the total expe nse for the works o ther s are whole building, fittings, and decorations. R e sa i d the object of his motion w as to put au end for the present to the proceedings of the Committee of Taste.—(Hear.) On a former occasion the House refused to grant mon( y for certain pictures for the new Houses; and his ohjoet now was to request the House to prevent any further expenditure under the dire ction of the Committee if Taste, it being clearly supetfluous for what he called the su b s t ant ial accommodation of the new House. He, there fore, sought by his motion to prevent any further expendi ture un d e r that head. The second object of his motion was that an inquiry should take place with a view to the examination of the various plans of the new Houses of Parliament, and also as to how the work had been executed, and particularly as to the great in c,ar9ise of the coot over the estimat e, amounting, as he n a been i n f orme d, to the sum of 707,000/. His motion _contemplated the giving accommodation I to front 420 to 460 Members in the NeW klQu4o, Li,. 4143,4, EVENING, JUNE to, 1850. id! tance:—Lieutenant-Com. E. J. De Haven, Philadelphia, commander of the expedition ; Acting Mast .er, William H. Murdaugh, Norfolk; Midship man', William S. Lovell, New York ; Dr , Kane. Re scue :—Master-Com. Passed Midshipman S. P. Grill' in, Savannah ; Acting Master, R. R. Carter, Virginia ; Dr., Vreeland, New York ; Midship man, Brooks. _le he crew of the Advance consists of fifteen men ; the Rescue having a crew of thirteen men. The vess Os are lying at the Brooklyn nary yard, and all who feel an interest in the subject we would advise to gc ► and see them. As, respects the route to be pursued by the vessels of tl 3e exploring expedition, we understand that the inst: ;nations received by Lieutenant-Com. E. J. de Hal , en from the United States Naval De part 'went are to the following effect :—That on it! eying New York he shall make the best of his •n •ay to Lancaster Sound. Having passed Barrow Strai t safely, he will proceed northward to Welling ton ( Thannel, and westward to Cape Walker, after whicl 1, the state of the ice and other circumstances will influence him in deciding the course he will pursu e. Supposing he should be unable to proceed throui ;h Barrow Strait, he would then sail to Jones' Sounc I and Smith's Sound. Finding these closed or imprei cticable, and not having succeeded in getting a clue •to the lost expedition, it is presumed the season woad be too far advanced to make an attempt in any fresh direction, and the vessels are instructed to re turn to New York. Under any circumstances, Lieu tentuat-Commander De Haven is strongly urged not to remain more than one winter in the ice. The general directions are, that the search should be solely confined to those portions of the Arctic regions that have been as yet unex plored. For the safety of the expedition, it is ad vised that a place of rendezvous be always ap pointed, so that in the case of a separation they might be enabled more easily to meet. The expedition is furnished with a large supply of books, and a number of charts, &c., forwarded by Lady Franklin, together with a form of prayer appointed to be used in Ross's expedition. We are informed that Mr. Grinnell has ireceived a most interesting autograph latter from Lady Franklin, in which she expresses her gratitude to him for his disinterested exertions in search of her lost husband. In the same packet she has enclosed a packet to Sir John Franklin, to be handed to him in the event of his being found. It is Mr. Grinnell's intention, we understand, to proceed two or three hundred miles to sea with the expedition, returning in the pilot boat. In concluding our notice of this noble enterprise, we would only express the hope that so many laudable exertions may not go unre warded. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The following letter has been sent by Professor Owen to the editor of the " Annals of Natural History" : " I send you a few notes on the newly arrived hippopotamus, whilst the impressions of the survey of this truly extraordinary quadruped are fresh in the mind, and thinking they may interest our zoological friends in the country who have not yet had the op portunity of inspecting this great rarity. "'The young hippopotamus was safely housed in the comfortable quarters prepared for it at the Zoological gardens about 10 o'clock on Saturday night (May 25th), having arrived by special train from South ampton, where it was landed from the Ripon steamer, which reached that port early in the morning. The strong attachment of the animal to its keeper removed every difficulty in its various transfers from ship to train, and from waggon to its actual abode. " On arriving at the gardens the Arab who has had the charge of it walked first out of the transport van, with a bag of dates over his shoulder, and the beast trotted after him, now and then lifting up its huge grotesque muzzle, and sniffing at its favourite dain ties, with which it was duly rewarded on entering its apartment. When I saw the hippopotamus the next morning it was lying on its side in the straw with its head resting against the chair on which its swarthy attendant sat. It now and then uttered a soft complacent grunt, and, lazily opening its thick smooth eylids, leered at its keeper with a einglar protruding movement of the eyeball from the pro minent socket, showing an unusual proportion of the white, over which large conjunctive vessels converged to the margin of the cornea. The retraction of the eyeball is accompanied by a protrusion of a large and thick palpebra nictitans, and by a simultaneous rolling of the ball obliquely downwards or inwards or forwards. "The young animal was captured at the beginning of August, 1849, on the island of Fobaysch, in the White Nile, about 2,000 miles above Cairo; it was supposed to have been recently brought forth, being not much bigger than a new-burn calf, but much stouter and lower. The attention of the hunters was attracted to the thick bushes on the river's bank, in which the young animal was concealed, by the at tempt of its mortally wounded mother to return to the spot. When discovered, the calf made a rush to the river, and had nearly escaped, owing to the slipperi ness of its naked lubricous skin, and was only secured by one of the men striking the boat-hook into its flank ; it was then lifted by one of the men into the boat. The cicatrix of the wound is still visible on the middle of its left side ; the attendant informed me that the scar was much nearer the haunch when the animal first arrived at Cairo; its relative position has changed with the growth of the body. " The young animal, which we may reckon to be 10 months old, is now 7 feet long and 6 feet in girth at the middle of the barrel-shaped trunk, which is supported, clear of the ground, on very short and thick legs, each terminated by four spreading hoofs ; the in nermost is the smallest on the fore foot; the two middle ones, answering to those which are principally deve loped in the hog, are the largest in both feet. The hind limb is buried in the skin of the flank nearly to the prominence of the heel. Thick flakes of cuticle are in process of detachment from the sole. There is a well defined white patch behind each foot, but I looked in vain for any indications of the glandular orifice which exists in the same part of the rhinoceros. The naked hide covering the broad back and sides 13 of a dark indiarubber colour, impressed by numerous fine wrinkles crossing each other, but disposed almost transversely. When I first saw the beast it had just left its bath, and a minute drop of a glisten ing secretion was exuding from each of the con spicuous muco-sebaceous pores which are dis persed over the whole integument, at intervals of from eight lines to an inch. This gave the hide, as it glistened in the sunshine, a very peculiar aspect. When the animal was younger the secretion had a reddish colour, and, being poured out more abundantly the whole surface became painted over with it every time he quitted his bath. The integument is im pressed by a groove which passes transversely from shoulder to shoulder ; and there are two transverse nuchal folds, crossed by a median longitudinal fur row, the lateral moieties of the strong ligamentum nuclue forming a pair of well marked prominences behind the occiput. The ears are very short, conical, fringed with short scattered hairs along the lower half of their thick borders, and beset with a few clumps of short hairs upon the middle of their inner surface. It moves them about with much vivacity. The dark colour of the body extends forwards along the middle of the upper part of the head and more faintly along the cheeks. The skin around the ears is of a light reddish brown colour and almost flesh coloured round the eyelids, which defend the peculiarly situated and prominent eyes. There is a single groove or fold above the upper eyelid, and two curved grooves below the lower one. At first sight they seem to be devoid of eyelashes, but on a close inspection a few very short hairs may be seen on the thick rounded margin of the upper lid. There is a caruncle or protuberance on the middle of the outer surface of the nictitating lid. The colour of the iris is a dark brown ; the pupil is a small transversely oblong aperture. The eyeball is relatively small, and is remarkable for the extent of the movements of protraction and retraction. The nos trils, situated on prominences, which the animal has the power of raising, on the upper part of the broad and massive muzzle, are short oblique slits, guarded by two valves, which can be opened and closed spon taneously, like the eyelids. The movements of these apertures are . moat conspicuous when the beast is in his favourite element. The wide mouth is chiefly remarkable for the upward cur ve o f it s ang l es towards the eyes, which gives a quaintly comic ex pression to the massive countenance. The short and small milk tusks project a little, and the minute deci duous incisors appear to be sunk in grooves or pita of the thick gums; but the animal would not permit any close examination of his teeth ; withdrawing his head from the attempt, and then threatening to bite. The muzzle is beset with short bri s tl es p ro j ect i ng at pretty regular distances ; several of them appearing to be split into tufts or pencils of short hairs. Ex tremely fine and short hairs are scattered all over the back and sides, which are not very obvious, except upon a close inspection. The tail is short, rather flattened, and generally tapering to an obtuse point. "After lying quietly a b ou t an h our, now and then raising its head and swivelling its eyeballs towards the keeper, or playfully opening its huge mouth and threatening to bite the leg of the chair on which his keeper sat, the hipp o p o t amus rose and walked slowly aboutits room, and then uttered a loud and short harsh snort four or five times in qui c k s u ccess i on, reminding one of the sn o rt o f a h orse, an d ending with an explosive sound like a bark. The keeper understood the language, and told us that the animal was expressing its desi re to re t urn to i ts b ath. The beast at this time was in one o f th e compartments of thewing of the giraffe hou se , on t h e oppos i te s i de to that in which its bath is prepared. It carries its head rather depressed, and remi n d e d me of a huge prize hog, but with a breadth of muzzle and other features peculiarly its own. The k eeper opene d t h e door leading into the giraffe's paddock and walked through that to the new wing containing th e b a th, th e hippo potamus following like a dog, close to his heels. On arriving at the bath-room the animal descended with some deliberation the flight of low steps leading into the water, stooped and drank a little, dipped his head under, and then plunged forwards. It was no sooner in its favourite element than its whole as pect changed, and it seemed inspired with new life and activity ; sinking d own t o th e b o tt om an d moving about submerged for a while, it would sud denly rise with a bound, almost bodily out of the water, and splashing back commenced swimming and plunging ab o ut w ith a cetaceous, or por poise-like, rolling from side to side, taking in mouthfuls of water, and spurting them out again, raising every now and then its huge gro tesque head, and biting the woodwork at the margin of the bath. The broad rounded back of the animal being now chiefly in view, it looks a much larger animal than when out of the water. After half an hour spent in this amusement, it quitted the water at the call of its keeper and followed him back to the sleeping room, which is well bedded with straw, and where a stuffed sack is provided for its pillow, of which the animal, having a very short neck, thicker than the head, duly avails itself when it sleeps. When awake it is very impatient of any absence of its favourite attendant, rises on its hind legs, and threatens to break down the wooden fence, by butting and pushing against it in a way strongly significative of its great muscular force. The animal appears to be in perfect health, and breathes when at rest, slowly and regularly, from three to four times in a mi n ute. It s f oo d is now a kind of porridge of milk and maize meal. Its appetite has been in no respect diminished by the confinement and inconveniences of the sea voyage, or by change of climate. It is more than half-weaned from the milk-diet, which, it is said, created a scarcity of that article at Cairo, owing to the enormous supply which the cravings of the young animal required whilst under the fostering care of our excellent Char d'Affaires, the Hon. Mr. Murray ;to whom, after the Princely donor, Abbas Paella, zoologists at home are chiefly indebted for the present opportunity of studying this most remarkahle and interesting African mammal, of which no living specimen has been seen in Europe since the period when they were last exhibited by the third Gordian in the Amphi• theatre of Imperial Rome." Sr. Jows DEL REY MININte COMPANT.—At the annual meeting of the St. John del Rey Mining Company, held on Friday, a half-yearly dividend of 1/. 10s. per share was declared, and 10 per cent. was carried to the reserve fund. The net profit on the working of the mines for the year was 38,135/. 175., and the amount of gold extracted was 270,458 oitaTio. After Z9lllO dicCll4.li9l3 the report was Adopted. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 8. (Sittings in Banco.) F. O'CONNOR, 31 P., V. BRADSHAW. Mr. ROEBUCK (with whom was Mr. Bagley), at the sitting of the Court, begged leave to inquire the ground on which the rule nisi for a new trial had been granted. The application had been made on several grounds, and, as the language of the Court in granting the rule was somewhat general, it was very desirable that those on whom would devolve the duty of opposing the rule should know the exact ground. Mr. Baron ROLFE intimated that the only ground on which the Court wished the rule to be argued was whe ther the Chief Baron had misdirected the jury in telling them that the Land Scheme was illegal within the opera tion of the Lottery Acts. Mr. ATHERTON, who was counsel for the plaintiff at the trial (together with Mr. Sergeant Wilkins), re minded the Court that the rule had been moved on another most important point, namely the rejection of those numbers of the Aortherit Star in which the ac counts of the scheme had been primed under the direc tion of Mr. O'Connor,', and in which it had been ex pressly made known to the subscribers and the public at large that the estates were brought in that.gentle man's name as a trustee for the members. The COURT, however, said that the rule had not been granted on that ground. It was then fixed that the argument should tak place on Monday next, but afterwards, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins applied to the Court to postpone the hearing to the sit tings in banco after term, and it:was underetood that this application was ultimately exceed to. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL, June 8. (In the Excheqt.er Chamber, before the Lord Chief Ju'- tice WILDE, Mr. Baron ALDERSON, Mr. JUStiev PATTES , .N, Mr. JUitiCo COLERIDGE, and Mr. Justice CRRISWELL. THE QUEEN v. WATTS. It will be recollected that this case was tried at the last sittings of the Central Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, when the prisoner, who was the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, was found guilty of larceny, for having abstracted and destroyed a cheque or voucher, the property of the Globe Insurance Company. The case now came before this Court in the shape of an appeal on certain points reserved by the Learned Judge. Mr. Cockburn appeared on behalf of the appellant, and the Attorney-General in support of the conviction. The facts proved at the trial were simply these :—Tlw prisoner had been in the employ of the Globe Insurance Company for many years, and in that capacity he had the charge and custody of certain books and papers, which he was to deliver up to the company whenever required so to de. Ho was also a shareholder in the company. It appeared further that a drawing account was kept by the company with Messrs. Glyn, the bankers, and that a messenger was in the habit of going to the bank every Tuesday for the pais-book and return cheques and bills paid during the week, and it was his duty to deliver these to the prisoner. On the 26th of February last a cheque for 1,4004, which was supposed to belong to the company, was paid by the prisoner into the Lon don and Westminster Bank on his own account, and some suspicion having subsequently fallen on him, a search was made for this cheque, but it was nowhere to be found. It was not shown that the cheque had been drawn by any one legally authorised ou the part of the company. On this state of facts it was contended by the prisoner's counsel that there was no evidence 'of the prisoner having taken any property except that in which he had an interest as a shareholder, and that be could not be indicted for stealing anything in respect of which he was a joint owner. Mr. Justice Cressvvell told the jury, that if they thought the cancelled cheque was received by the messenger and ,by him delivered to the prisoner in the usual way, to be kept for the use of the directors, and that afterwards the prisoner abstracted or destroyed it, they would find him guilty cf larceny. The jury, accordingly, found a verdict to that effect, and the only question now was whether that di rection of the Learned Judge was a proper one under the circumstances. Mr. COCKBURN submitted that the above facts did not go to prove a larceny, and that if they amounted to any thing at all, it was simply to a case of embezzlement. In support of this argument he said the cheque in gees tion never came into the possession of the prisoner's masters. The messenger, on receiving it from the bank, placed it in the bands of the prisoner, so that the act only amounted to a delivery of the cheque to one servant by the bank, and by him to another servant. Mr. Justice COLERlDGE—Supposing a footman was sent to a silversmith to get a goblet or some other ar ticle, and he brought it back and gave it to the butler, who locked it up in the plate chest, but afterwards ab stracted it, would that not amount to a larceny, al though the matter might never have seen it? Mr. COCKBURN submitted that it would be an em bezzlement, and not a larceny. if the master was not aware of his possession of the article, it would be a question whether the mere putting into the plate-chest, made it the poperty of the master. The case for the prosecution only showed that the document was placed in the hands of the prisoner, and there was no proof of its having been abstracted or destro3 ed by him, and that was a matter of considerable importance, as the office in which it was deposited was open to the access of many other persons besides the prisoner. The text point in which he submitted the conviction was bad was that the prisoner could not be found guilty of stealing property in which he had a personal and joint interest, he being a partner or shareholder in the company. The company consisted of a vast number of shares, but was not incorporated, and though the Act under which h was established enabled it to sue or be sued, or to pro secute, in the name of the treasurer, yet the Act pro vided that all the common incidents of partnership should continue. The Learned Counsel referred to several authorities in which the view he contended for had been taken, and submitted that the Court ought to quash the conviction. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL addressed the Court for the Crown, and contended that when the defendant received the cheque it was his duty to deposit it in some parti cular place of safety for the directors; that he received this cancelled cheque in the usual course of business, and was bound to hold it as the property of the directors, who were elected from the whole body to manage the finances of the company, and who had a property in that cheque. The property was all along theirs, and even the delivery to the messenger wa s , i n f act , a delivery to them. " Supposing," said the Learned Attorney, "I send my. clerk to Messrs. Butterworth, the law book sellers, for a book, and he brings it back to my cham bers and he gives it to the laundress who stole it, would it be denied that shecould be convicted for larceny?" The cases were parallel. It was the defendant's duty to pre serve this cheque for his 'employers. He destroyed or appropriated it, and therefore he was clearly guilty, not of embezzlement, but larceny. It was argued that as a shareholder himself, he could not be guilty of stealing from himself. This was a fallacy. He chose to become a servant of the company. 'Then, as it was his own voluntary act, he must be bound by all the incidents of that position. He took the cancelled cheque in that capacity, and that capacity only, and not as a partner. If, therefore, he appropriated or withheld it, animo jurando, he was as guilty as if ho had not been a share holder. The jury had found him guilty "as a servant," therefore the capacity in which he took the cheque was no longer one of law but of fact. Mr. COCKBURN replied. • The Conier intimated, as we understood, that they would give their judgment on Saturday, the 22d inst. No other case was heard in the Exchequer Chamber. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner FINE.) IN RE MARTIN LUTHER PRITCHARD. This bankrupt was a share-broker of Liverpool, and deputy-chairmen of the South-Eastern Railway Corn. pany. He had also been in partnership with Mr. Dale, who obtained his certificate some time since. The bankrupt now applied for his certificate. Mr. James Horatio Morgan, a member of the Stock Exchange, and a stock and share dealer, examined, said he had purchased shares to the amount of several thou-. sand pounds on account of the bankrupt, but at length was obliged to close the account. He lost about 1,3501, for which he sacrificed property to the value of 3,0001. Cross-examined by Mr. LAWRANCE—I was one of others in removing this fiat from Liverpool to London, for which I subscribed 101. or 121. I remember Dale obtaining his certificate, and Pritchard passing his ex amination and subsequent application for his certificate on the 9th of November. I was present on each occa• sion, but gave no notice of my intention to oppose. About the time of the bankruptcy I had an interview with Pritchard, who asked me to go to Liverpool, and look at his accounts. Ho said Mr. Mac Gregor owed hire 7,000/. or 8.0001., and there were other assets to the extent of 30,0001. and 40,000/. He told me to hold still and in a short period I should get 20s. in the pound, and he would be a comparatively rich man, with 20,000/. or 25,0001. in his pocket. That induced me not to oppose. The extent of ,the transactions between us must have amounted to between 50,0001. and 60,0004, and upon this I received half commission. Mr. LawaaNex—How long did these transactions occupy? Witness—From January to March. His HONOUR—Out of that 60,0001. worth hoW many shares sh(add you say were delivered? Witness— About five or ten thousand. As to the remainder they were Pritchard's speculations, and none were de livered. After bearing further evidence, and an address from Mr. Lawrence, His HoNotra must make a remark as to fraud to wards Morgan. Ho could see no ground for it. Mor. gun had his 2s. 6d. in the 1001., the broker charging five per cent. Mr. Linklater said Mr. Pritchard, the bankrupt, owed in May, 1849, 30,0004, without a farthing to pay it. Taking all the circumstances of the case into considera tion, he (Mr. Linklater) called upon the Court to say that the bankrupt was not to be trusted in legitimate trade, and Vat the certificate be refused. Mr. LAWRANCE said their had been no misrepresenta tion on the part of Mr. Pritchard ; his private debts were only 300/. or 4001., his expenditure was of the most limited kind. The case had occupied a Consider able portion of time, and, having regard to all the cir cualstanees connected with it, he (Mr. Lawrence), ea surnit•g that the bankrupt's character had been marked by a want cf prudence, would ask had it not been purged by the loss of time and expense incurred by Mr. Pritchard in this inquiry ? He stood well with the public, and biking at the lapse of time that had passed, the Court must be asked to put the bankrupt in such a position that hereafter no man meld say that he (Prit chard) had been unfortunate, and that there was nothing against him, He (Mr. Lowrance) must ask for an mte diet() certificate ; and as to the question of class he would leave that with his Honour. give judgment, I w lo ou N l o d u d n el w iv a e s r nut i t i4 r a w w p e r e e k p a o r r od t w t o o . but n he Judgminit clefarred. , MONDAY MODEL DWELLINGS FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES. It will be remembered that during the prevalence of the cholera in the metropolis it was suggested by his Lordship the Bishop of London that public cha rity should be directed to the improvement of the dwellings of the poor, as a measure best calcuted to aid in the removal of the disease. In his pas toral letter, recommending a day of thanks giving for the removal of the scourge, particular at tention was directed to this point, and the col lections made were for the most part for this object. The liberal contributions received in answer to this appeal have enabled the committee to purchase a freehold site in Portpool-lane, Gray's Inn-road (one of the most miserable districts in the metropolis), on which is to be erected a model dwelling for 20 fami lies and 128 single women, while an existing building is to be converted into a washhouse for the use of the neighbourhood, as well as the tenants of the build ing. In the cellar under the washhouse will be pro vided a range of inclosed repositories for perishable goods—such as fruit and vegetables sold in the streets by eostermongers ; and in addition to the security from decay or theft thus afforded, the cellars will be closed from Saturday evening to Monday morning, thus causing an abstinence from Sunday traffic. The accommodation for the 20 families will consist of two distinct buildings four stories in height, one building having three tenements with three rooms on each floor, and the other having two tenements with two rooms on each floor, a scullery and other requi site conveniences being provided for each family, whilst to both houses there will be an open staircase, and to the larger one a gallery of communication, thus scuring complete ventilation. The 128 single women, of whom th e greater part are expected to be poor needlewomen, will occupy 64 rooms on a building of four stories divided by a central staircase, with a corridor on each side forming a lobby to eight bed rooms, each 12 feet 6 inches long by 9 feet 6 inches wide, and large enough for two persons. The charge is to be Is. each pe:son, or two shillings per room weekly. The washhouse is to be 60 feet long by 20 feet broad, and will contain a washing trough for twenty-four persons, ironing tables for twelve per sons, a wringing apparatus, and twele drying horses heated with hot water. Each of these processes will be kept distinct. With the exception of the wash house roof the buildings will be wholly of fireproof construction, and the cost of construction including the purchase of the site will be from 9,0001. to 10,0001. while the actual sum received does not exceed 5,300/, and the committee are naturally anxious for the assist ance of the public in order to avoid borrowing on mort gage as they have been forced to do in all their other model houses. These houses, besides being in this instance peculiarly appropriate as an application of the funds collected on the day of Thanksgiving, are by no means an unprofitable investment, and even were no dividend returned on the outlay, the safety which they afford against the spread of epidemics and contagious diseases—leaving out of the question the high moral influence which comfort, habits of order, cleanliness, and regularity exercise over the lower classes of the population—would render it the duty of all who Cita assist in their construction to do so in earnest. BERTIION'S PATENT PERPETUAL LOG, OR SPEED AND LEE-WAY INDICATOR. In this instrument perfect indications of speed are obtained by a volume of fluid raised by the force of resistance, and, therefore, varying in height as the squares of the velocity ; and the lee-way, or true line of motion, is shown by an index-needle, which moves over a graduated segment of a circle. The well-known principle of a column raised by resistance has often been practised before, being that of Piteit's tube, by which, with certain corrections for draught of water, list, &c., approximate indications of speed were obtained by Captain Sir Edward Belcher, Mr. 'Scott Russell, and others. But that which is new, and especially important, in the present instrument, is a most interesting compensation, or self acting correctiod for every disturbing force or tendency, which allows the indi cator to register nothing but the true speed of the ship through the water i n a h o rivontal direction ; and at the same time the exact line in which it moves is also pointed out. This beautiful compensation sug gested itself to the inventor upon his discovery of other forces (besides the positive or uplifting one), which, inasmuch as they act so as to depress the column, may be called negative. These were disco vered by turning a small tube, projected from the bottom of the ship, at different angles to the line of motion. A point was also found at which there was no force exerted by resistance either positive or negative. Some very interesting ex periments, re vealing phenomena as yet unexplained, will shortly be published by the inventor. These experiments were made in the South-Western's Company's steamer Courier by the assistance of her exceedingly. intelligent commander, Mr. James Goodridge, jun., to whose uncommon skill and perseverance the in ventor is greatly indebted for their success. In this in s t rumen t t wo f o rces are used , and made to act upon th e t wo sur f aces o f mercury in a bent glass, furnished with a b a ll lik e a barometer. These two forces a re equa l as to ev ery vertical movement or pressure, and therefore neutral ize each other as re gards any effect of change of dr a ught, list, trim, or the action of the sea, Sce.; but they are unequal, or rather dissimilar as regards the effect of horizontal resistance. Without describing the apparatus in detail, it may suffice to mention that the tube called the way-tube passes through a stuffing box into the water below the bottom of the ship, provided The tube i with a rod s for drawing it all inboard w h en desired. divided into two chambers, which have no connection with each other, and have their ports or apertures turned at different angles to the line of motion—the two forces thus obtained act upon air enclosed in two air -vessels, and the pressure of the air thus unequally compressed is conveyed alone in the very small gutta percha tubes to any part of the ship, high or low, whose it i s d es i re d to hang the indicator, of which any number may be supplied from one way -tube. Tile lower end of the way-tube is furnished with a vane of peculiar construction, which not only keeps the ports in the right direction., but also, by moving the rod above and the index finger upon it, indicates the true course or leeway, if any. His Royal Highness Prince Allert was pleased to honour the inventor with an audience in November last, when he ex hibited and explained to his Roy al Hi ghness the in strument in a state not quite so perfect as it has become since. , 1 - 7 -- - ----• DARTMOOR PansoNs.--The Government ' prisons at and it is highly probable th ey Dartmoor have been recently surv e y ed, more than once , by Lieutenant-Colo nc i ,]ebb. the Inspect or-Genera l of Prisons, and by Captain Groves, ILE will be converted, at no distant day, into a depot for convicts under sentence of transportation. No place could be better fitted for carryin g out a reformatory system of prison disci. pline, and the cultivation of the moor would afford both suitable and useful occupation to the prisoners. JOSEP H ADT.--On Friday ni g ht Jose p h Ady was captured by th e po li ce , a nd lodged in Giltspur - street Prison, on a charge of d e f t auding the Post-office by sending 1,400 unpaid letters, which were returned. CLYDE.--Acrd. Sussex, Cumming, Trinidad. Sid. Le guan, Grenada; Charlotte Harrison, New York. IMIMQ .+✓' y.. f NATAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, J UNE 9.—The Dragon steam-frigst°' Captain W. H. Hall, WAS paid off here, all standink yesterday. The Birkenhead s t e am troop-frigate, CorrnOnder J. A. Steve ns , sailed last evening tor Lisbon. S_ lle took out ten gu nners o f th e R o yal Marine Artillei.l; and ten pri va t es o f th e Royal Marines, to fill vacs no n le ti in Commodor e M ar ti n ' s s quadron; and one serr o i one corporal, a n d t wenty -fi ve privates of 11 ' ° ' • Marines for the Mediterranean squadron. The Sealark, 8, Commander Sotheby, is to hal e d complement of eighty meu for service on the coot Africa station. - it of Brevet-Major Taylor, on the retired full-psY l t, s , the Royal Marines, died a f ew days since at St. Ile" - Jersey, making a vacancy for a captain. The Geyser steam sloop, C om mander Baiw n ' Pr ro ceeded from Table Bay, Cape of Good Hop e, °n tr,tb 2d of April, to East L on d on , with a part of the Regiment, to reli e ve th e Rifl e B r igade at Di n g l fity liain's Town, but put back when within forty (4 ' l e r§ bo l miles of the Buff a l o i n consequen ce of her being totally disabl e d, an d arr i ve d i n Simon 's 134 on h ip the Bth, where she remained on the 10th. li ne to Deliberation, 600 tons, with a slave cargo, P r '",i f ed the Pantaloon, 6, C omman d er Hyd e Parket , sr ', e " 8 o f in Simon's Bay, C a p e o f G oo d Hope, inn har of b Mr. Greet, on th e 4th o f Ap r il. The Pr nce s!) . Wales Indiaman r e p o rt s th e P an t a loon havi n g ft t l e tured another slaver t wd days after her capture Deliberation. The Philomel, 8, Commander T. D. r°Tbeg ft fir in s rived at Sierra Leone on the Ist of APr il Plymouth. The Howe, 120, C a pt a i n Si r James S tirli i n a g 4 which was detain e d a t Gib ra lt ar pending' t il k e so d doubtful state of a ff a i rs b e t ween the Bri ti6u. nort French Cabinets, ha s n ow b een or d e red to thisr to be paid off. sin° A melancholy accident took place a few clsY l ll 0 °I on board the Arethusa, 50, one of the sqlourefell evolution. Mr. Cunningham, a midshipman' from the main top and was killed. • APPOINTMENTS. iil ol4 WOOLWICH, JU N a B.—Surgeon Alexander - a A S M.D. (1849), t o the Sealark, cominis' ll°rle PoAc ti rtsmouth. "I -t v ti ef ng-Master Ch ar l es G re i g , Second 1842, to the Sealark. s oot Acting-Paymaster and Purs e r John D. ^"°. clerk of 1846, to the Sealark. a J. vs Masters'-Assistants Geor ge P a tterson sn Trewig to The Sealark. NavatCadet Sydney F. Stone, to the steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Guriner Charles Bleach to the Sealark. Boats Wain Daniel Luff to the Sealark. , ,k Carpenter James It Walker to the Sal li e -. PROMOTIONS. Joseph Bryant to be acting boatsvvain. John Cerrnody to be acting carpenter. dor , 1 0 1 The Firefly, steam-vessel, Commander to paid off here today, and is to be commission' t oo 0 ; immediately, and is expected to take out th °/33 t iOoe' l the first of July next, where she is to be 3 " . to assist in suppressing the slave-trade. Len The Retribution ste a m-f r i ga t e i s t o be ta%dy, sa to Portsmouth as so on as s h e can b e got re" will be commissioned at that port. THE ARMY. tar The following Royal warrant has just bee n the army:— pedi el/1 ' Victoria R.—Whereas we have judged i t tot° to revise the rates o f p a y grante d to the titipler drummers, ' buglers, fifers of our a rmy, our wil l tpet erii l sure is that th e ordi nar y d a ily pay o f all 10 0 0 - rummers, buglers, and fifers, to b e hereafter egiblioe d or reappointed in our arm, shall be issue,' a t 00_ 0 , ids' log rates respectively:-- I n our Life Guardt yio e ' Royal Horse Guards, Is. led.; Cavalry of 1 ,": 1A 11 , 1 1 : Is. sd. • Foot Guards, Is. 2d.; In fantry ef,, 5 ",, - 3 West ' lndia Regiments. Cap e M ounted mps a Helena Regiment, and Royal Newfoundland ‘', l ° Tlo, , " Is. Id.; Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, 1 9 . 2- vt"'fie' Malta Fencible Regiment, lod ;- and C e ylon olir giment,. 91d. This our warrant ' shall be is f or oat regiments at home from the date thereof, an d giments v abroad from and after Ist Sepito" - Pi s4 , Given at our Court at St. James's this 29th dil a ' ;dit her A' s ' 1850, in the 13th year of our r i —I 3 Y command, F. 141.ramic:" e gn. th e doe Those who are appointed at home before , n yetii' r ' the warrant, and abroad before the Ist 0 f Flo 1850, will be continued in receipt of their Pr e ::fill but if reappointed after those dates, their P s ' issued according to the now scale, RAILWAY SHARE MAILI BRISTOL, JUNE 8. STOCK EXCIIANGIL—The market ITA, , ‘ l tc .„fo r , w ttt with a considerable amount o f b us i ness d o ing at Qii w t eri of yesterday. The transactions were Great Weste rg/ t i.io 14 —.Midland, 361,4—Six per Cents., 120- 11°r Stock, 10i Via. LIVERPOOL. JUNE 8. Op i to-cl'lll - t STOCK EXCHANGE.—The ma r k e t was dul l ,I 0 prices lower. Th e t ransact i ons were as folloW:, sbstr"o and Yorkshire, Fifths, 9L 16s. 3d.—Ditto 32",„obileN!, die. —Great Western, 57 1 ,i c.—Birkenhead, Cheshire (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till " London and North-Western, 107 c.—Mancliestef,ve, 00, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 7;;I i —Midland, I ° l, ll dis.—York. Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. 6 per cent. till 1850, 6 3 4 dis. gol not BiRSiIIiGHAM, Juxs S. ket STOCK EXCHANGE.—BusineS3 in this share I "'^ r clS. „0 01 was very flat, and prices h a d a t en d enc y dow'eti r oirie transactions were as follow : —Shrewsbury and (B), 9 dis.—Shropshire Union, 4)-4 dis. do/if ; i f (1). [ADVERTISE:IIEN T.] —Bell's Life in "A l ' . n to t P t ore 9, contains 3 folio co l umns o f t h e pug ilistic c°, ll l l o 010 Championship (llendigo and Paddock); also 3 ' l f ' jje/ 0 0 00. connected with the Royal Ascot R ace s. Price o' d f ir Sixpence. The average sale of B e ll' s Life exc ee " ISP [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Tas NATURAL NATURAL :".:TYLIL —lf you wish to excel, studY 11 41 11 11 ,,10 is particularly applicable in making ornamen;,,colliroisr,, unless the previous way of wearing it is imitated, etedss . , a transformation takes place, that, as Byron saY.' t escl' e d e, would not know her son." Ross and Sons hav i 7itat','ldiSS beyond all calculation in producing perfect teti,-01, nature, have given the name of the Invil d t e hled t° l4 Mead of Hair to their productions, and are e.",i ll eS:js . them to both ladies and gentlemen, from nn, e i ttb - le ° l en P half upwards. They likewise present an itns . „" -- e ar ' 0 0; measuring, viz.—the round of the head; N i l, : th s ,,, e lt, d ' across the rise of the head; from forehead to pol e sure to be taken with a piece of tape, and s ' - th'i° .109 r hair enclosed, which will be closely matche d,b° : l 2:f re li d i. : ol and quality. Addr es s, R oza an d S ons , 119 And . 0 3 gate-street, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Bruised F 00.,• - 01 i te Amputation of the Toes prevented, by H o llosal . , Ott' iso and Pills.—Mr. Oliver Smith Jenkins, of Falkirrd 1100,1' perintending the erec ti on of a railway bridge, oitrprebditei severely bruised by the falling of a heavy stone. he co l °,,is' ing that serious consequences wou ld resu lt from it , b, rope' souse of the most eminent surgeons in Edi ebur !tbs: formed him that to eff e ct a cure two of his toes In- ralki r ' 7 ;so,‘ tated ;; refusing to submit to this, he returned to sod ol d pis commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills' heal viat: lops as it may appear, these invaluable medi cine- bit ° fib!' foot, and in three weeks he was enabled to resin ° WO ment.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Profess° 043° 'Establishm en t, 244, s trand, Louden. VAUXIIALL.--ACCOraing to Mr. Fi ,, ll o a t , fet, es'es' has made an extraordi nar y collection of docu nl- Gsfu h e- dsiS to Vauxhall, or F ox h a l l, t h e t i tle o f Spring be sr d continued till 1785.; and fireworks began te '.„l , there about 1798. Some of the old descriptious,',,* k ing e would serve now : and we never saw the place '7, t o than it did a few nights ago, when we walked i n " , e ,O l , 1 c ; Lif t ; pictorial representation of the Kremlin at go3c„hetk,t"bst'si,t a fast young friend who was there said, givesl„ - „ d estL e f f e ro,'; works are going o ff , quite a new idea of the Li e ss, of the inhabitants of Moscow. It ' nevertw" ff " s to n 9 O load to for its purpose. To note wh . at ha ' a s n ' ened mi g ht quote what Pe_pys said when I;e.went th. r o e rt ,l All is o ai 166‘, with Harry Killigrew and young N eir t P . - 11t di-4s Rtiti to supper in an arbour, but, Lord ! their mad -` - o f tbo-bare' my heart ake." Let us add, fbr the adventag e t hist i ,elSc . j painted the picture, as well as of the visitor,,,s, . r ite e oo, was built in the Kremlia in 1326 ; the ",, k r i !P rose in 1487; the clock tower of Iran which time there were thirty-five churches in Builder. On the 4th in5t.,...-----_,.. wifeof Captain John Russell, ' tli e l ore, Dr.vid ls'isbett, Esq., t .' tbe d On the sth inst., at West Brixton, Sell e ;!' ' lo ' ,: or o On the sth inst., at ,A, f Pa On the sth inst., at li'd •the is ° ' . 1 dington, a floe Ricardo, Esq. ‘ gild ° ( i ue ' i no o e . nryfinb Connaught-place, t T R s h if . tel t (. Castle, d : t i_ i l i 13 , g dife oo f ght-place, a ~ntio/ OF A DAUGHTER. co— On the 7th inst., i n Grosvenor-square, the 110 be (in the ith inst., at Calbourne Rectory, I s ' e -f 00 O il • Galloway. i 0 IN ° wife of the Rev. Robert Su On the sth inst , at Ed a e :11, near BirrnieghitliP of William BacChut F g , . h oer All ARBJED. 191 the a On the Bth inst ,_ at St. Clement's, EastchaaP, jo,cottoy, William Johnson, Mr. Richard Howlden. a C iar i nai near Sheffield, to Emily, second daughter of 'IV v olt it o Esq., Cannon-street, City. ' elP s ha_ ,„, i On the sth inst., at St. Peter's, Great De r •to /I netts, Alfred J. Rogers, Esq of Knightsbrideiv, p oes je fifth daughter of Mr. J. Gomm " , of Great Bel -I ' lll4 Aleo i t tl o o l On the sth inst., at Gvringad-house, 6 12 - 9 g °l4 den t ) ,,I;V C Lunatic Asvlum, Gartnay . el, Glasgow, to Elizabet lee. 0 Mackintosh, Esq., M.D , Physician Snperintenb, di t ui% 3 of the late J. Armour, Esq., 51. D., of the eern,„,,Portheef;t,to. On the tth inst., at St. '.datthew's,Brixton,D"to C h" °t son of John Hurles Esq., of Lower Tulse-bill, nd, s.il . ' Amelia, eldest daughter of William U. 1100 3, the ramie place. _ ,i1,,k031 --- MEI". f Kl"'" On the sth inst., aged 84, Captain Laroche, ° ..art' worth, Hertfordshire. ford t p t b i dr ' s ' On the sth inst,, at Croones-hill, Green Ws ' ,o, Finch, Esq , M. R. C. S, aged 62. .seyt.t7ol, Smith, :‘ir O s .nAt h i:: q 6 Gibbons, 8 i .n agedllol I a 7 n 2 ( , 1 merly of B On the 6th lost., at Wattord-tield, \Vatford, Do" - relict oCfarlrb.errw• e G o ui t bi l l : ' lel Ja nle f )f r ' Bedford-place, Southwark- bridge-road.„- .. ti, DeiA At Westmoreland- lace, '' ' d' , ed 60, be p City- road, , 14, inst., at Chelsea, Mai"-, relict 0 ,„ee \V td rdict of the late Henry Wadd, E , cl , tO 0 5 ar9 g° /1113 FoAcr-latte City aged 5. 8 go. il.ait In Sloane street, Miss Parry, for many Ye— .-". the Countess of Clarendon. _...------, -- I I l'iadO3i. ai n i ..eh, theou formerlya6e t e . hd DO TOU"ril London: Printed and Published by MUR °fl i t " No 112, Strand, Printer, at The 000.1 Strand, in the Precinct et th e SavoYi Monday, June 10, 1850. • the 12t TENDI kidsurn building street-bi Also, Int a h: two Hot • 34, 33, 3 street, i oa tl S. and a House two Hoi: Vinsbur 1 1, 12, a 'louse 6, noose, Finsbury Furth( obtained 3,Fainst 01 Buckh • in the tn, th e i r Ds Masters ings, eh% exclude& Dated SHG • To hG and PPE t he great Street, an 1.0 3 d carr , . 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