The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-04 00:00:00

----~~ DATCCIS from . , ,d the other paper, at- ,e the WO h a t the sbip them. Wit of these die eil, that they le ship being st, and two s in to show d they were hat time be Deal tbey relit down to se. , t r ess hird ne d on & el, Lahore. The The cePt li° w gitiou ree d and 0 for. e we of th s sold las Gide?l, if reclu l 'ij !.50 0 elr b s d itness) closes t r dsyP t he Tt : led. Foal that en Id reP h re :d Kerry rith th e lid" J urcho e no rti rl eold al gid Lain for s which ti ' ll nk, P ro t oty f • ith Par an. sport IS Did base " 00, at re lli6 tit' i n t the , ocy:i )out t ,1 fiv"ell 0? d b °ll the 113 r! le f ‘ coon" l u V :lt " th e p until th e ti° .... e , it o d e abe r e b o i ' L ai r lo n for th e 1') S D A 1 1 to „pang of 'M h o te r sawP es! pone° , r saw bilji OATE - ItA LNki ll .1.11.11.1 INDIA. We have received from Marstilles dispettlirs in an ticipation of the mails which left Bombay on the Ist ult. They brin g i nterest i ng i nte lli gence . The affsirs La hore Were going on slowly; the Governor-General, bay ing regulated the government of that country, and plated Colonel Lawrence as resident, and Sir John Littler at the head of the British troops, left that capital on the of January, and proceeded to the protected Seikh states, and was expected to reach Putteerdlah on the let of February. Mr. J. Lawrence has been named coonnissioner and superintendent of the Trans•Sutlej Provinces, and Major F. Mackeson of the Cis-Sutlej dis tricts. It was not known if the Governor-General would Proceed to Delhi or would return to Simla. The latter was supposed the more probable. n _The Lahor e army h as b een ordered to be reduced , a nd rtiandt's battalions were ordered to be disbanded. loose of the old Seikh soldiers were unwilling to retire, but the Durbar, of which Tej Singh is one of the most influen tial members, being supported by the British ttc°l ; had enforced their dismissal. The Lahore Go vernment was resolved to limit its expend iture, y et its arfficalties were considerable, in consequence of the pro p of the Government being held by persons un tiling to give up their jagheers," or life-rents; but Government was about to resume some of those :_lagheer s ." T he state o f t h e f ron tiers of Affghanistan waS precarious, but the British agents were on the alert; sad even the Nizam of Moultaa had repressed some in roads of the Beelooches. The turbulent Akbar Khan had proceeded to attack the chiefs of Candahar, who are his own relatives, and, accord ing to the statement published in a Bombay paper, Of the 27th of January, on good authority, he has sue ce'ded, after s ome severe fighting, in capt urin g the ,efa, and i n ma ki ng hi m self master of Candaha r. It la said that the Persian Monarch was to be applied to eo , behalf of the dispossessed chiefs, but nothing positive 111 .&°a'll on the subject. The proceedings of this un -I.'"lciPled Vizier, whose name must be ever in famous rom his being the promoter of the murder of Sir •• ll`Naughten, are likely to cause some commotion Central Asia. F rom Sinde nothing remarkable was known. Some regiments of the Bombay troops had lef t it on their re turn to th e i r own P res idency, as also a portion of he r m a it i es tra 86th Regiment, and the whole of her Ma j est y 's 17 Regiment. Sir C. Napier was to leave Kurrachee the beginning of February, and to proceed to Hy crabs& The reports relative to his immediate re ;ovalW had died away ; particularly as it was stated that t . Gomm, the present Governor of the Mauritius, Ass to be the new Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Presidency. Th e Booghties were still as l aw l ess as ever on the fr ontiers. The Colonel and officers of the Bombay re giment of ca va l r y, w h o bad gone to reconnoitr e the po sition of the Booghties aro now said to have been misled , a mirage. It was rumoured at Bombay that a strict ex amination was to take place into their conduct on that occasion. In the interior of India tranquillity prevailed. In the once distracted provinces of Bundelkund order and regularity were beginning to be permanently established. In the Nizana's dominions there was considerable dissa tisfaction. The new Minister has a difficult task to Please the conflicting factions. The Raja of Nepaul has visited the sacred city of Be nue', and has been received with due honours by the British officers. In Guzerat the Guicower appears to neglect his duties as a sovereign in order is make money as a banker. Travelling through his country is unsafe ; the mails are °ft-en robbed. This system cannot long be tolerated ; and the Bombay Government, as the paramount sove reign, must soon look to the propriety of having a proper Police established in Guzerat. It is said, that, in consequence of the conquest of Lahore, the Government of India feels itself strong enough to diminish the native armies, viz., of Bengal by 25,000 men, and of Madras and Bombay by 5,000. This reduction is to be effected by stopping all recruiting until the native regiments are reduced from 1,000 to 800 men each. • The Government of India has ordered the completion of the Ganges Canal, on which only 20.0001. a year used to be bestowed. Henceforth, for four years, 250,0001. will be expended, by which means it is expected that within a few years 8,000,000 of acres will he rendered productive. There is another canal parallel to the Indus, which can be opened from the Satlej, and which will ftrtilize other neglected districts. This canal was Stopp e d by the Government of the Ameers, and can be open e d with great advantage and at a very small ex pense. The new Governor of Bombay, Mr. G. R. Cleric, had arrived there on the 23d of January, and assumed the reins of government. Ms first acts appear to give universal satisfaction. His chief attention must be di rected to the finances of that Presidency, which are very much contracted by the strange system of taxation prac tised by the Hon. Company, which compels the growers and exporters of the two staple products, viz. cotton and Opium, to pay enormous rates; 55 if there had been no reduction in the value in the China markets. The disturbances amongst the Goomsoora in the Rhoond are stated to be nearly put down. They were Caused by some wild fanatics, who imagined themselves called upon to assert their rights to uphold human sa crifices as a mode of gaining the favour of the Deity. There are no later advices from China than those we Published on the 24th ult. (From the Overland Bombay Times, Feb. 1.) SlantAsy.—The season of peace is our vacation time, sad we have again a page nearly barren in events of interest t o our readers. The reductions of the Sinde army are in Progress. Her Majesty's 17th and the greater part of the 86th have arrived in Bombay. Fourteen thousand men will still be left behind to guard Young Egypt, which, while thes e are requisite, will continue to draw above a million . n a nc , a quarter from India to meet her deficiencies. The faujaub is quiet and newsless. Six regiments have already 'eft Lahore • in a week hence the reliefs will have been com pleted. The Governor-General gave a dinner to the officers on the 7th of January, and in proposing the health of Sir 4 . Littler, complimented the newly-appointed commander of the forces beyond the Sutlej in terms which show how Wretchedly his past services have been rewarded. His Lord- S hip quitted the Seikh capital for India on the 11th. It is nuderstood to have been determined that the native army !hall immediately be reduced by 25,000 men-15,000 from Bengal, and 10,000 from the minor presidencies. This will effect a saving of between a quarter and half a million ster ling. The ofhcers, European and native, are to remain as at resent. This saving, added to the returns of the Jullundur lecian, 'and the contribution f 220,0001. from the Lahore Surber, will improve our income by above a million sterling. The Ganges Canal, on which 20,0001. annually has hitherto been grudgingly- bestowed, is now to be proceeded with at the rate of 250,0001. a year; it will be completed by 1851. It will irrigate 8,000,000 of acres now compara tively barren, and save 2,000,000 of people from the periodi cal visitations of famine. Another canal, leading from the Sutlej, 90 miles into the Bhuttee country, is being surveyed. The two, when completed, will improve our revenues by not leas, probably, than 10,000/. to 15,0001. a year—one-tenth of what is taken from us to maintain our dishonour in Sinde. Sir Frederick Currie, who, together with Colonel Lawrence, has so wisely and honestly counselled and assisted the Go vernor-General in these glorious arrangements, has been made a baronet. No man better deserves it. We trust his coadjutor, the Resident at Lahore, will speedily have a similar honour conferred on him. Mr. Clerk, the new governor at Bom bay, arrived from Calcutta on the 23d of January, and hurtle • diately assumed the reins of authority. The expectations of an auspicious rule under him are sanguine and high. His predecessor, Mr. Reid, now senior member of the Council, has gained golden opinions of all sorts of people. Sir T. M'Mahon continues Commander. in-Chief by request of the Horse Guards. His Excellency has of late suffered severely from sickness; and, however much his friends may regret to part with him, they are getting anxious about his safe return home. The Marquis of Tweeddale has returned to Madras. Mr. Orlebar, professor of astronomy, returns by this day's steamer to Europe. Mr. Pole, professor of engineering— both in the Elphinstone College—has resigned. Inuisposition is in each case the reason of retirement. Mr. Meldrurn and Mr. M'Dougall have lately arrived as teachers : no definite place has yet been assigned to them. The charge of the observatory has been devolved on the draftsman of the Indian navy. A heavy shower of rain fell on the 26th ult., and the Weather, which before this was unusually hot for the season, has all at once become intensely cold, the thermometer sink ing so low as 53 degrees overnight—a very uncomfortable state of matters to all parties. THE PUNJAUB. Nothing worthy of special notice has reached us for nearly four weeks from the Punjaub—the treaty published in our issue of the Ist of January being the latest we have received im reference to matters past. Some information of im portance, which may, we believe, be fully relied on, has reached us in reference to the prospective purposes of the • Governor-General. The most notable of these is the almost immediate reduction of the army by no less than 25,000 men. The strength of each native regiment is to be dimi nished from 1,000 to 800 pr i va tes; the European and na tive officers remaining as at resen t ; recruiting to b e sus p ended till the proposed reduction is accomplished by death or re tirement. This will take from the army of Bengal 1F:,000, and from those of Madras and Bombay about 10,000. The saving to the revenue effected by this will amount to betwixt 300 .000/. and 400,0001. a year. Previous to 1833 the Indian army amouoted to about 180,000, the cost of which fell little under 10,000,000/. sterling ; betwixt this and 1841 Lord Auckland increased it by 50,826. It was thus main twined u n til a ft er th e Caubul disaster, when in January , 184 2, a further increase of ten men to each company, amounting in all to from 10,000 to 15,000 men, was !made, It was to this extent reduced by Lord borough in 1843; and in like manner once more increased by him, in consequence of the exigencies in Snide, lo 1844. The reason should be remembered—it wa , , set forth in the general order; yet, in the face of this, it has been denied that any addition was requisite for the mainte nance of Young Egypt ! At this moment we have tome 60 , 0 00 more men on the muster• roll than before the Aikliati warbegan. In 1838, and for some years previous, the re ✓enues of India exceeded the expenditure by above I P OOO , O OOI. sterling annually ; since 1841, the balance of 1 ~~.. THE SUN, expenditure over income has been about the same sum ; and +inocr:l ”rtil ) mom.) curries. The quarter of a million provided by the Lahore contribution, added to the saving already na•ned, will na ys .ved our balance-sheet by more than half a million; which, added to the free return of the Jullundur Doab, will afford nearly a million a year to meet so much of our deficits. The noble provision thus produced by the much-reprobated policy of Lord Hardinge enables him to begin in earnest the peace improvements heretofore only talked 'of. The con struction of the Ganges Canal was sanctioned by the Court of Directors in 1841, when the warlike dispositions of their Governors- General left no tunds available for domestic uses. It was computed to cost, when originally estimated, 2d0,0001. —it subsequently rose to near a million ; and will, when complete, enable above 8,000,000 of acres, now nearly barren, to be brought into cultivation, and relieve above 2,000,000 of human beings from the visitations of famine to which they have hitherto been periodically subjected. On this stupendous work, on which 20,000/. a year has hitherto been grudgingly expended, it has been de ter:limed to bestow 250,0001. a year, so that in four years from the present time it will probably be complete. A survey of a canal, extending ninety miles from the Sutlej into the Bhuttee country, is now in progress; and active operations will in all likelihood follow the survey, should the peace policy of Lord Hardinge be left uninterrupted. Then may we look for monuments of our rule comparable in splendour to those of the Mahomedan Emperors, should the sword be permitted to sleep in its scabbard; foreign con quests reduce us to beggary, with boundless regions of un imaginable fertility within our borders to subdue. The formal annexation of the Punjaub to our dominions would have compelled us to add thirty regiments to our army, and a million to an expenditure already by this much exceeding our income. The other tidings from beyond the Sutlej re late merely to the movements of troops. On the 4th of January, her Majesty's 80th Foot and the 60th Native In fantry quitted Lahore, and were followed on the sth b y the 12th and 45th Native Infantry. Her Majesty's 10th, with the 7th, 32d, 38th, 51st, and 54th Native Infantry, have taken up their quarters in the city. Major-General Sir John Littler has been complimented in the highest terms by the Governor-General, and been, in evidence of the estimation in which he is held, appointed to the command of all the troops beyond the Sutlej. Yet this is the man who has been deprived of the rewards he is allowed to have deserved, and on whose fair fame an imputation has been permitted to rest —its recal in public having been refused publication by the Commander-in-Chief. These, of a truth, are no hero's deeds! The Governor-General gave a grand entertainment on the 7th, to the officers of the garrison, on which occasion he spoke as follows : " I will now propose the health of Sirdars Tej Singh, Dewan Deena Nath, Share Singh, and other Sirdars whose names I do not know ; in that I propose the Council of Re gency, more particularly Tej Singh, the commander-in chief, who displayed such energy and vigour in his late movement towards Cashmere.' After due honour had been done to the council, the Governor-General again rose and spoke as follows I beg leave, gentlemen, to propose the health of a distinguished officer, Major-General Sir John Littler, K.C.8., and 1 am convinced that you will unite most cordially with me in drinking the health of so gallant a sol dier. I cannot forbear, on the present occasion, enumerating the eminent services of Sir John Littler during our late campaign on the banks of the Sutlej, particularly against a formidable and gallant enemy. I beg more o high opinion I entertain of Sir John Littler's abilities as a commander, as shown in his admirable defence of Feroze pore. By the most judicious and bold manoeuvres, when threatened by a numerous army and powerful artillery, and thrown entirely upon his own resources, he succeeued holding Ferozepore , and b y showing such a bold front with his handful of men against the whole Seikh army, he ec tually deterred the enemy from his threatened attack. After this, he most skilfully, with 5,000 men and twenty guns, effected a junction with the main army under Lord Gough. On the departure of the British army from Lahore, finding it necessary to leave a garrison of our troops in that city, I selected Sir John Littler for this most important and re sponsible command. The appointment was at once accepted by the Major •General, and I have only to point out the high state of discipline which has been maintained in Lahore, as well as the quiet and peaceable behaviour of the inhabitants, to prove that my se lection of Sir John Littler was a most fit one. No one is more aware than myself of the great difficulty attending the occupation by our troops in a foreign capital—a fortified city ; but I am proud to say that under the able and judicious management of Sir John Littler all these difficulties were met and overcome. I attribute this not a little to the good un derstanding and great cordiality that existed between the chief civil and military authorities, and I have no doubt that the same cordiality will continue to exist. I now beg to propose The health of Major-Generalthree Sir John Lhree." ittler, K.C.8., and the Ga rrison of Lahore, with times E t ' The Governor-General left Lahore on the morning of the I lth, the 42d Native Infantry accompanying him as an escort. Precautions of every sort were being adopted for preventing collisions between the troops and the towns people ; a race-course, t-court and a theatre were about to be constructed, and there was some talk of getting the services of a chaplain and erecting a temporary church. The station will for the next six years contain 10,000 troops at least, of which from one to two thous forandves willto j be Eoinnglish men. • Permissi on has been given wi their husbands. Sinde, like all our other provinces, has, during the past month, been nearly barren of intelligence, the only tidings supplied being corrections of information previously re ceived. We detailed at length in our last the unsuccessful attempt of Colonel Stack against the Booghtie marauders, supposed to have occupied a position, when he declined attacking them, such as cavalry could not attempt with the remotest hope of success. The inquiries instituted subsequently to the misadventure brought out the singular fact that the appearance of a sudden elevation and a mass of irregular and difficult ground was an optical deception pro duced by the mirage of the desert. When the cavalry re tired, the whole of the officers were unanimous as to the appearance being a reality; and had the impression been correct, the justice of the conclusion would have been un questionable—that with 350 troopers, worn out by a5O miles' forced march, to have attacked a body of 1,500 fresh, resolute, and well-armed men, established as they were, would have been madness. In reality, the enemy were defenceless, in an open level plain, where they might have been cut to pieces. The gallantry of the 3d Cavalry is well known ; and the courage, ability, and high integrity of Colonel Stack have so long been notorious, that no imputation ex cepting that of having been deceived by an optical delusion rests on the officers or their commander. These were the only facts the court of inquiry ordered to investigate the matter, under the supervision of General Hunter, were likely to elicit. The award pronounced would depend on the view taken of how far Colonel Stack and his officers were war ranted to act on the evidence of their own eyes—deceived in this :case by an atmospheric illusion. Sir Charles Napier, with his family, intended to quit Kurrachee about the pre sent date (31st January), on a trip to Hyderabad, to take a last look of the battle-fields which won him all his laurels. There were numberless rumours of changes and reductions in Sinde, but beyond what had appeared in general orders nothing was known for certainty. The steamer Berenice was under orders to leave for Bombay on the 30th with the head quarters of her Majesty's 86th Foot; three-fourths of the re giment have already reached Bombay. An unfortunate affair had occurred about the 20th. A Sindian and a Beloochee pri soner having attempted to escape from an hospital tent, where they were under medical treatment, were both shot by the sentries on duty. The retiring troops had been highly complimented in general orders by the Governor. No copy of the paper itself has yet reached us. It is said to enter into the general question of the policy, and especially into the value, of the conquest, with other matters not usually treated of in such documents. Should this prove true, it is likely to furnish no small food for discussion. Accounts of the strength and charges of the various irregular corps now in existence, and likely to be maintained, in Sinde, lately published in general orders, furnish further light on the ex penditure of the country, which lead to the inference that the unfavourable balance exhibited in the Parliamentary papers is greatly under the mark. There seems much reason to believe that, after all the present seductions, a million and a half sterling annually will not make good deficiencies. Were this to come directly from the pockets of the people of England instead of from those of the poverty-stricken culti vators of India, we should not long require to seek for redress. The abandonment of Sinde would enable the India Company to abolish the salt monopoly at once and be gainers on the bargain, which would doubly relieve their subjects. Why are Messrs. Aylwin, Stocqueler, and Co., silent on this? We subjoin a couple of communications, which, though of old date, contain almost all the news we have received during the past fortnight : LONDON,- to present maiden colours to the 2d Irregular Horse It is Rao o ! nt. ore f‘f the many steamers that have taken the 7! t. , gl:i%•achee will briol;• lency to Hyderabad. At present there is not one steamer in harbour. No or.e can say how long the Governor's stay will be, or whether he goes onwards. Captain Scutt, su perintendent of canals, is now at Hyderabad busily engaged in laying out work for his numerous assistants and surveyors, the whole of whom are to be distributed throughout the country. Captain Scott will also go into their several dis tricts, inspecting what each has clone. What with assistants, surveyors, woodrangers, ice., and their respective attaches, he has certainly a very strong subordinate corps, and for the immense deal of money expended upon them Govern ment ought reasonably to expect ample topographical and statisical information, as well as full particulars regarding the resources of the country and the capabilities of its soil, and suggestions as to the most profitable way of disposing of the timber (sech as it is), firewood, gum, and bark, &c. The superintending engineer, Major Peat, C. 8., will be at Hy derabad in a day or two, on his tour of inspection of the public works. Lieut. Burke, of the engineers, is the present executive engineer Middle Siude Division."—Bombay Tele graph axd Cou; ter, Jan. 27. • THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, FEB. 1.---Our import market has been, in some respects, even duller during the pest fortnight than we have had to report it for some time past. Notwithstanding the advance which has lately taken place in the cost of manu factures at home, buyers here show little diseosi• ion to in crease their stocks, and demand has been chitfl., confined to heavy domestics and grey longcloths; other descriptions are without inquiry. The heavy supplies known to be on the way, and shortly expected to arrive, have re::dered not a few of them desirous of selling at such low prices as are now cur rent. In consequence of this, though a good many sales have been effected during the past few days, a general decline in the prices of most of the Manchester staples falls to be now quoted; indeed scarcely a single article in general demand is saleable at a cost sufficient to save the importer from loss. Such inquiry as has existed during the past fortnight has been chiefly for heavy domestics and grey longcloths, of which the sales have been considerable, but at a decided reduction from the prices obtainable even in December last. Lappets, mulls, book muslins, and all kinds of Glas gow goods, are only saleable at a heavy sacrifice. No Marwarrie purchases of any extent have been made in Bombay during this season ; these in former times were very extensive. The absence of anything approaching to the usual demand this season was at first accounted for by calling to mind the extensive speculations in opium, in which the Marwarrie people were known to have had a large share, and the consequent more than usual want of confidence in the native mercantile community, while the majority of the claims arising out of those speculations remained unsettled, and threatened, as they still do, to become subjects of exten sive and varied litigation in the supreme courts of the presi dency. But it is now remembered that the Marwarrie pur chases in this market have been declining for years; and that they have this year been almost nothing, is not ex plained, or at least is only partially explained, by the circum stances attending the opium speculations here alluded to. l'here is a certain amount of demand for articles of common and general use, which speculations in opium could never interfere with, and which, if not made in Bombay, will be made somewhere else. It is believed that some of the markets of North West or Central India, including particu larly the extensive one of Joudpore, which have hitherto been supplied with English goods from Bombay, have been of late supplied with these from Calcutta, where cotton goods have been obtainable on even lower terms than at Bombay, and whence the means of communication with the internal country, by roads and rivers, are in many respects superior to those yet available in Western India.—lt is not easy to fore see how tong this state of matters may last. Cotton Manufactures --The foregoing general, observa tions are meant to apply particularly to these, and little ad ditional falls to- be added. Grey domestics, which lately were in demand for the Arab market, have, since last issue, been sold at Bto 10 annas below former prices. Turkey red cloths, both twilled and plain, have &so been disposed of at a reduction. The holders of grey longcloths and grey do • mestic seem fully more desirous of selling than parties are of purchasing. Sales in consequence can only be effected at a reduction of price. Fine white shirtings and 45-inch grey ditto are also in some request, but there is no improvement to notice in their value. Seven-fourths and eight-fourths cambrics are scarce, and would command good prices if now in the market in moderate amount. Cotton Yarns—Sales of twist have not been made to the usual extent, and a slight decline on Bevel al of the numbers, both mule and water is quoted thus : Mule. No. 20. Annas 0 1 4 to per lb. N 0.30 7 LA No. 40 7 3 / 4 to 8 „ No. 50 „ 9 1 4 to 9'4 Water. No. 20... N 0.30 B l /2 No. 40 „ 11 1 / 2 Nevertheless sales are reported to us as follows : Water Twist. 1,2001135. No. 20 to 7% ans. per lb. 1,2001b5. No. 30 to 8% „ „ 2,4001b5. No. 30 to SLA If Turkey red, green, and orange, in no demand. Metals have been in fair demand, but without much alte ration in value. The following sales are reported or known to have taken place::-500 cwts. Tile copper, at Rs. 50i per cwt.; 150 cwt. of brazier's sheets, 4 by 4, at Rs. 61 per cwt. ; 90 cwt. of heavy sheet, 4 by 3, at Rs. 60 per cwt. ; 400 cwt. of sheathing, at Rs. 58*. per cwt.; 40 cwt. of bolt, at Rs. 59. In iron, we are informed of a sale of 70 candies, 3-16 to 6-16 inches, nail rod, at Rs. 46 per candy; of 165 kegs nails, at Rs. 12 per cwt.; of 776 bundles sheet iron, at Es. 7i per cwt. ; of 2,510 bars false Swedish, at Rs. 88 per candy. In Spelter we have heard of a considerable trans action at Rs. 10 annas 10 per cwt., since last mail. There has been a sale of quicksilver since our last, and the market is bare of that article. Beer—Allsopp is quoted at Rs. 65 per hhd., but there being none at market, the quotation is merely nominal. Sales of Bass are reported at Rs. 50 periland., but we are not informed as to what extent. Spirits--Sales of brandy at Rs. 3 2 annas to Rs 3 4 annas per gallon have had effeet since our last. Marine Stores—We are informed of 103 cwt. of white paint having been sold at Rs. 11 per cwt. Saffron—Sales of first quality are reported at R 5.18 per lb. Cochineal—Very scarce, and in demand. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—There is still considerable activity in Cotton shipments for England, but prices have a tendency down wards, partly attributable to the inferior article on hand, and to the scarcity of available tonnage in the harbour, and consequent advance in the rate of freights. Shippers of this received, the ne wa,nsdo f me r whi triflingeh Es. 8 parcelsB per of is asked. - w candy m staple for China are doing nothing , p referrin g a pp arentl y to wait the arrivals of new cotton to o p eratin g oa w hat re mains r a atty of h th a e ve old. Of been The current rates are as follow :-- Broach and Jumbooseer Rs.B2i Surat B2 Dhollera 76 Compta Opium since our last has receded, and is now quoted at Rs. 1,080 to Rs. 1,100 per chest. Further accounts of the China market (being expected by the Ceylon steamer) are looked for with some anxiety. Not a little of what is in the market is supposed to be of inferior quality. Purchases to some extent have been made at the rates here named. Freights to Great Britain continue firm at 51. 55., with en upward tendency, owing to the small amount of available tonnage in the harbour. To China freight is nominally Rs. 14. MONEY MARKET. "Sinde, Jan. 7, 1847. • The Quartermaster -General's department to be reduced, ale police department to be curtailed, many brigade majo rities to be done away with, Queen's officers holding appoint ments in Belooch corps are to return to their regiments, and a variety of heterogeneous situations to be abolished, and to be spoken of as things that were. " The 14th Regiment marched into Kurrachee on the 7th instant. The 13th were duly reviewed by the Gallant Officer commanding at Hyderabad, and the 18th were eagerly expecting the same honour about the 6th inst. preparatory to a pleasurable and enlivening trip to Shikarpore. Tb' 4th Rifles are to have the benefit of sea air at Kurrachee after their late residence in the North Sinde pandemonium. T t hhee 3d d l o R ove e eg i m e nt thought was t e o , h fi e rst s contpneekeet spoken d e f w ia s h t h t h e e l ee a e t e t r e a i r d, and el ieve the the 4th.Bth RegimentW hat cswhiat with e such induced unduethe authoritie s parpartiality we o ehase re a g ed a ei r ee d dt guess. Since the corps ent ere d Si n d e one o fficer and five have been obliged by sickness to leave the country. One year's residence at Gharra two summers at Hyderabad, an expedition to Kusmore, in the middle of the hot season, and a still greater infliction in the shape of a weary, wretched rush up to Bahawulpoor, ought to be considered a tolerable three years' work.” --Bombay Times, Jan. 16. " Snide, Jan. 10, 1847. " Sinde is to be, to a considerable extent, denuded of troops. Only 5,000 men, exclusive of the local corps—viz.,. the Ist and 2d Irregular Horse, the Ist and 2d Belooch Battalions, the mounted and foot police and Fitzgerald's camelthese ecaocrpsr—egaithreenttso agnadrrispornohaShiliyide aantdreepCuetcfh horse unt of its salubrity, e d I believe the informs. o p r re c h o a m h p ly an w y il o l fhfaovoet Kaurtririaleerh);,e,aroen to ace ti of Europeans, who for head-quarters. I am informed —an correct—that y ti e n a ti re is age regular troops under his government reduced 5 te th e Sir Charles Governor-General Napier to ha v applied ,ol s ou o om n . i h e eir t: o - i o sf a w p a p s, lic t a h t a i t on it w w as ea reiterated he t en accounta short f Sindetime a gt that awasspe aspect kept t affairsup , i but in the p because tteja of h t a h e e d u e uncertain c t e h r e t a i n t w a h e s n o t e h e e g reply forcet of the then Vizier, Raja Lail suspiciousadminis trationSingh.an'ld'lulinspilnetarnna.- tion was of course flattering to Sir Charles, inasmuch as it tended to remove the onus which otherwise would have rested on him. " What is intended to be done with the barracks no kw i course of construction at Hyderabad, complete as they Neil' n be with hospital, &c., for a whole European infantry regi meat? It scarcely appears likely that any European corps will leave Kurrachee, and risk health and life to occupy them. Upwards of a lakh and a quarter has been already expended upon them, and it is estimated that they will cost a considerable sum more to be thoroughly completed. • " The last native festival at Hyderabad, the Mohurrum, did not, I am sorry to say, pass over without bloodshed. On the final night, the 28th ultimo, a skirmish took place in the town between some turbulent sowers of the Sinde Ir regular Horse and the police, headed by the kotwal. It appears that the sowars, in viewing a taboct, insulted some women, who were also looking at the tumasha. An alter cation ensued, and the police interfered. The sowars were armed with swords, and on being ordered to give up their weapons, one of them, instead of complying, inflicted a severe wound on the head of the kotwal. A regular battle then took place, and the kotwal received further injuries— several of the sowars and policemen also being wounded. Mane of the former were made prisoners by the latter, and one of them died the next day. A court of inquiry; of which Lieut.-Colonel Corsellis is president, is now investigating the tragical occurrence, and we shall doubtless soon know the result. " The Governor, with his whole staff, is expected at Hyderabad by the 20th instant; his chief purpose being The Banks have advanced their rate of discount one per cent., money having been rather more in request, owing chiefly to heavy payments in the Five per Cent. Loan. Of bills on Calcutta a sale to the extent of five lacs, held a few days ago, produced an average of Rs. 95-15-6 for Rs. 100 at thirty days' sight. The following are the quotations of the public loans :- 5 per cent. Loan of 1825-26 Rs. 103 f 4Do d 0... 1832-33 4 ...... d 0... 1835-36 ,, 90 5 Do d 0... 1841-42 994 4 D o , d 0... 1842-43 „ 90 to 901 Bank Shares are as follows : Bank of Bombay Rs. 35 to 36 per cent. prem. Oriental Bask, Old Share „ 31 D 0.......... d 0... New do „ 22 to 26 Agra Bank „ 50 Exclusive of the Bonus divis'ble on the 30th June, 1847, of 40 Rs. per share. Commercial ...... „5 to 7—Last sale reported 10 prem., but since offered out at lower rates. Exchange indicates a slight advance, being now quoted at s. 0 1 / B d. to 2s. Ot%d. There seem to be more drawers than buyers, the sales of English goods not having amounted to much, and the purchases of raw cotton being consider able. The rate of exchange on Calcutta at sixty days sight is now stated to be at above Rs. 98-15 6 ; on Madras and China no quotation. PRICE OF BULLION. Rs 10 1 4 Sovereigns, each 7 . Bank of England Notes, per £ lO 12 0 CALCUTTA MARKETS. • CALCUTTA, JAN. 21. THE MONEY MARKET.—We have but little change to I notice in this market since our last issue of the 7th inst. The market continues active; advances and accommodation for general commercial purposes are required, but transac tions of safe character command means at current rates. The outward remittances by the two last mails have been contracted not exceeding Co's. Rs. 30,000,000; but money for all purposes is still abundant. The purchases of Opium at the second Government sale were paid up on the 12th imt., without occasioning any change in monetary relations. The third sale of the season will be held on the 25th inst., and will take about Rs. 31,000,000 towards purchases for which we believe provision has been made; payments into the Treasury towards the re-opened five per cent. loan con tinue; we understand that it will be closed upon Rs. 1,00,00,000, and that about Es. 80,00,000 are already sub scribed. The following shows market value of bullion and foreign coin, and the rates of banking transactio:, ; thelatter exhibits no change from last quotations : Dollars .....Co. Rs. 219 4 to 221 0 per 100 Sovereigns .. ts dust :::; 11 li 1 11 3 ea.c Gold Mohurs { ol d 2O 15 21 1 ~ new ~.. St... 19 0 -- 19 2 ~ Five franc piecea (silver) 2 0 2 1 „ Bank of England Notes lO 8 11 0 per £ Ctrai hina bars G01d... 1 c., ••••••• l4 8 16 12 psa wt. 13 8 • 16 0 Silver, Sycee BANK OF BENGAL RATES. DISCOUNTS. Private Bills and Notes at or within 3 months k Government acceptances ditto 5 1 INTEREST CHARGED. If ft On Loans and accommodations of credit, not exceeding 3 months, on the deposit of Company's paper 8 1 / 2 per cent. per ann, On fixed Loans, ditto ditto ...... 8 night, from having FREE CHURCH SITE S.—Mr. Matheson, __m • _p ~ was prevented trom votin g , as he had intended, in favour of bMere.nßaocue i v d e e r n i e :a s i i i3 y cdtieotna detained T in tte rc sd , t a u y r ni n g from the noun try until too late for the division. The 'Tribunal of Correctional Police in Paris, gave judgment on Saturday, in a prosecution against Madame Hahnemann, widow of the deceased Dr. ne Hahnemann, the h om e o pathist, on a char g e of practising medici without being legally qualified, The defendant had urged in her defence, that she was assisted in her practice by two qualified physicians, and had herself obtait.ed a diploma for a foreign college of medicine; but the tribunal, finding from the evi• dence that the two physicians were subordinate to Mposs eadam ese Ilah n emann, and the foreign diploma which she ss gives h er n o right to practice in France, withoutant a special authori s ation to that effect, declared the defend to have violated the law, and condem ned her topay a fine of 100 t:, and the costs of the suit. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 4,_1547 DIFFICULTY OF DOING JUSTICE. THE INSTILLERS (From the Spectator.) It is not easy to apply the most plain and obvious rule of abstract justice in a society so complicated as ours. Not the least evil of the partial system of cherishing and proinoting "interests" by financial arrangements. So long as protec tive duties or exemptions to promote this or that branch of industry are upheld, wrong is done to all who are not en gaged in it; and any attempt to place others on a footing of equality with the favoured interest is almost certain to result in an act of injustice to some luckless individual whose case has been overlooked, and who, not expecting such a visita tion, has been tardy in claiming attention. This general observation has immediate reference to the case of the British' and -Irish distillers. Three Bills are making progress through Parliament, under the auspices of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—the Sugar in Breweries Bill, the Sugar in Distillexies Bill, and the CuStoms Duties Bill; which, having one object in view (and a very proper one), must be taken as one measure. They are intended to open a wider field for the consumption of sugar, by per mitting en extended use of it in breweries and distilleries, and to admit colonial spirits into the home market on equal terms (in so far as duties are concerned) with home-made spirits. The principle of the measure is sound : it is the principle of free trade adopted when it tells in favour of the colonies, since it has already been put in practice in a man ner that tells against them. Still the details of the measure are open to criticism; and here the home distillers take up their ground. They main tain that the rates of duty proposed to be levied on colonial spirits, instead of being equal, are in reality lower than what is to be raid by the home distiller. The duty paid on home-• made spirits is—in England, 7s. 10d. per gallon; in Ire land, 2s. Bd.; in Scotland, 3s. Bd. The duty proposed to be levied on colonial spirits is—in England, Bs. 4d. per gallon ; in Ireland, 35. 2d.; in Scotland, 45. 2d. Appa rently there is in each case a difference of 6d. in favour of the Home distiller. But the spirit-duty is not the , only tax levied on home-made spirits. Of nearly . sixteen millions and a half gallons on which duty was paid in 184 6 , upwards of six and a half millions were - distilled from malt. In the distillation of all the spirits not made from malt a portion more or less of that ingredient is used. The duty on malt, is 2s. 8 1 4 d. the bushel ; in Scotland, half of this duty is returned to the distiller. If more than two gallons of spirits are produced from a bushel of malt, the Excise charge malt-duty on the excess. To the nominal duty on home made spirits, therefore, we must add Is. 4d. per gallon in England and Ireland, and Bd. per gallon in Scotland, for all spirits distilled from malt, and for other spirits a proportional sum, according to the quantity of malt used in distillation. The duty really paid by the home distillers from malt will therefore be—in England, 9a. 2d. ;in Ireland, -Is.; in Scot• land, 4s. 4d. This baing the case, the proposed rates on Colo nial spirits will amount to a differential duty of 10d. per gallon against the English and Irish malt-distiller, and 2d. against the Scotch. The case of the grain distillers is not so clear the amount of malt-duty paid on their spirits varies according to the quantity of malt used by each individual. Some distillers estimate it as low as lid. per gallon, others as high as 4id. But there is a peculiarity in the case of the grain distillers that makes the duty they pay heavier than it appears. Their spirits must undergo a rectifying process before they are fit for use. The Excise regulations do not allow the distilling and rectifying processes to be carried on in the same pre mises, and the Excise-duty is levied on the spirits as carried from the distillery. Rectifying occasions a considerable diminution in quantity; and, consequently, duty is paid on a larger quantity of spirits than is actually brought into the market. It is alleged by the grain distillers that this wastage has not been taken into account by the parties who fixed upon 6d. as the fair difference between the duties on home made and colonial spirits. Were the additional duty imposed on home-made spirits in the shape of a malt-duty the only subject for consideration, the case of the malt-distillers might be easily disposed of: The proportion borne by the malt spirits to the whole spirits on which duty was paid in the Three Kingdoms in 1846 will appear from the following figures. In England. In Scotland. In Ireland. Grain Spirits Malt Spirits...—. 717,483 Total 9,076,381 :. ... 6,441,011 Of the comparatively small quantities of malt spirits on which duty was paid in England and Ireland, none, we are informed, was manufactured in England, and only a small part in Ireland; the rest was prepared in Scotland for the English and Irish markets. On the strength of these propor tions it might be assumed, that distillation from malt was exceptional and accidental in Englai,d and Ireland, and dis tillation from grain exceptional in Scotland; and the com parative rates of duty on colonial and home-made spirits might be regulated on this a.c:umption. But such an arrange ment would leave the allegations of the grain •distillers respecting the rectifying process undisposed of, and also the representations both of malt and grain distillers as to the enhancement of their cost price by the Excise regu lations under which they must work, and from which the colonial distillers are free. Everything considered, tie proposal of the distillers, to refer the investigation of the matter to a select committee, seems the fairest and most eligible. The case is one of technical details; it is not fit tor the rough handling and bush-fighting of a " Committee of the whole House," but is better suited to the scrutiny of three or four intelligent Members, sittingon it as they would on a waterworks or railway Bill. No perceptible loss of time would be in curred : the points to which inquiry ought to be confined are few and palpable. A couple of intelligent witnesses on the part of the distillers, as many on the part of the colonial interests, and one on behalf of the Excise, would be suffi cient. The investigation might be concluded satisfactorily in three days. That Parliament is not in possession of data whereon to form a correct judgment, will be obvious from one circumstance. In the Excise reports on distillation from grain and sugar, presented to both Houses, the quantity of spirits yielded by a quarter of malt is estimated at 18 or 19 gallons. In the schedule placed in the hands of every distiller to be filled up, is a column headed " Pro portionate deficiency of malt, after the rate of one bushel for every two gallons (t. e. one quarter for every 16 gallons) ex cess of proof spirits." Either the Excise have given a false and exaggerated estimate of the quantity of spirits that can be produced from malt, or they systematically overcharge the distillers. With a view to immediate practical application, we have confined our remarks to the representations of the distillers. But the complicated system of levying duties, brought to light in the attempt to illustrate their case, has a much wider range of interest. Let us compare the position of the manu facturer of spirits from malt with that of the manufacturer of piece goods from cotton. Finished cotton goods are liable to no duty ; spirits fit for the market are. The duty on malt spirits is levied at two stages of the process: so much is charged on the malt, and so much on the spirits. The malt and both and the spirits must be made on separate premises, under lock and key of the Ex,cise. Fancy for a moment that one duty were imposed upon cottony arns and another on piece goods; that the spinner were forbid to weav o he same pemses and that both spinning and weaving were ordered r i to be carried on under lock and key of the Excise! The manufacture of malt spirits is subjected topease of the ties and re strictions which would not be tolerated in t c cotton manufacturer. And the distiller is not the only sufferer. The grower of barley is thereby placed at a vantage as compared with the grower of cotton ; and the consumer of spirits is placed at a disadvantage as compapd with the consumer of cotton goods. There is here a glaring case of oppressively unequal incidence of taxation. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert left town , yesterday morning, for Osb o rne l House, Isle of Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal i Highness accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and Princess Royal, lett Buckingham Palace in ter a carriage the the ur at ten minutes before ten o'clock, for t minus of and four South -Western Rsilway, at Nine Elms. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Alf r ed, tlie Princ ess Alice,_ and the P r i ncess Helena, and a lso the Countess of :ii rn t . arleont, Lady Caroline Cocks, Lieut.-Colonell the Hon the Hon. Charles BPhipps, Major-General Bowles, Colone C. Grey, and Colonel Bouverie followed in four carriages and four. The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted to their carriage by the Master of the Horse, t h e Earl of Listowel. the Vice Chamberlain, and Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. Her Mkjesty will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday next, the 9th inst., at Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of gent, attenouse,ded b St.y Lady Fanny Howard, left her residence, Clarence H James's, ins rriage and four. soon af,er eleven o'clock yes terday. morning, for Fro,;ni ire House, Windsor. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick o f Hesse, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesurth their company at dinner yesterday even ing, at thei r with resi dence in Grosvenor-square. Mr. E. D. Bayne President of Monserrat, had an inter view with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial- office. Sir Edward Codrington had a n d of with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir William Heathcote had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Struts yesterday at the (dice of Commissioners 'Railways in Great George-street. ------,-:'"------_ SOYER'S CHEAP — SOUP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—For those who have the chance of procuringadvan a 'ew potatoes once a we ek, they may be used with tage in the f o ll ov iing manner : — SOUP. No. 3. rOTATO Having prepared the soup according to recipe No. 2 (already published), when nearly done, wash half a pound of potatoes, pick out the bl ack s p ots, if any, and cut them in small dice, put them int i the soup to boil for twenty minutes, or a little longer, until done; then put a quarter ound o f c ommon flo ur into a stewpan, moistened of a p wa ter, so as to form a liquid paste, with a gill ..if cold s tir it the soup q uickl y with a s p oon ; let it boil anothe in r five m i nutes , and the soup is ready, and will of po tato, the short time of ebullition pre strongly tas te ser ving all the aroma of that inconstant root. ' wi n g promised to make my receipts public, for th e benefit of the la borious class of societ y , 1 think that if a man could treat his family once a week with a food called potato soup, each member of it, who had previously fed on that root, and who are now nearly de ri dof food, Would worship the day of the week P whe e n such that luxury should be displayed on their humbltable. No. 4, PEA SCRIP. e Have a quarter of a pound of fat bacon, if none, take leg o f beef, veal, or pork, cut it into dice, peel and slice s i ze d onions, or three small ones, fry them good ithgthe meat until lightly brown, then add half a pound w of vegetables, either carrots or turnips, well washed, but not pt elect, also leeks ' add r any other vegetables, which one pound of yellow peas, pre viously' t hen you fry viously soaked some hour s , . and eight quarts of water, three ounces of salt, halt an ounce of brown sugar; let the whole boi l g entl y for two hours, s tirring it now and then. Put into a stewpan half a pound cll . common flour, mixed into i t into a liquid paste, quite smo ot h, w , t h co ld wa ter, and your scup, sti rr i ng t h e contents w i t h a pour wooden spoon, so as •to mix it well; boil again a quarter of an hour, and serve. siricel gave publication to my two first receipts, I found that all those soups, if made the d::v before, and warmed up the day followin g , t h ey not (pi t y are m uch improved in quality, but also in quantity, merely re quiring to b© warmed slowly, and stirred uow and then before using. am, Sir, your obedient servant, R 3 forin Club, Feb. 27. A. SOYER. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS FOR GLASGOW.--An at tempt is about to be made to e s t a bli s h i n d us t r i a l schools in Gl asgo w, for which we would b es p ea k th e h ear ty co-opera tion of an sections of the benevolent public. Thousands of youth, of both sexes, are daily r oam i ng th e s treets, receiving no education, living by beggi ng , o ft ent i mes the companions of thieves, and eventually filling the prisons and peniten tiaries.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Ti-nceedingn of the 1 hatse Cr0z , 40 ,. “.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com;- mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 3—Extension from Bury St. Edmund's to Thetford). Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester. London ant North-Western (Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, &c. ) London and North-Western (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches). London and North-Western (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch). Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation of Line). Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Warwick and Stratford Line). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Stourbridge and West Bromwich). Eastern Counties (Sothersham to Ramsey). Eastern Counties (Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Derebam Railway Lease). Eastern Counties (Purchase of the North Woolwich Railway) Eastern Counties (Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway Purchase). Midland (Extension of the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch at Lincoln). Newmarket and Chesterford (Repeal of Provision authorising the Company to use the Line of the Eastern Counties Railway). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith and Granton Junction). Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin. London and North-Western (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &c.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bill is appointed to be read a second time : MONDAY, MARCH 8. Blandford and Bruton. • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston, and Gainsborough). Great Northern (Deviations between Gainsborough and Doncaster). .-- Quarter Quarter Half-year ended ended from July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, 1846, to Jan. 1846. 1847. 5, 1847. --- Number. Number. Number. 71,728 66,046 137,774 2,909 1,348 4,257 123,372 68,095 191,467 89,948 113,276 203,224 Oxen, Bulls, and Cows Calves ... ... Sheep and Lambs... Swine ... ... MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED). BENTLEY. Another phasant theft from Percy; by filbert Smith,. opens r.e preettt number of Bentley. Sir Al. dirigar'isthe htoro operated Oh this month, 2nd pl7,a motly and merrily does Albert Smith proceed to relate, atter his own fashion of burlesque, the adventures of the knight. It is a tale to scream over; but, in the midst of all the fun, we ever and anon come unexpect edly upon a little bit of genuine poetry. Take the fol lowing description of " Thames Scenery " as an ex- "Do you know the river above Maidenhead Bridge? If you do you will be able to call to mind one o f th e fairest scenes that our sylvan England can boast of. hanging woods, so thick with leases that the sunlight can scarce l y quiver on the short and glossy turf below, come down to the very water's edge until their lowest branches are kissed by the ripple, and the petals of their blossoms spangle the blue river in the springtide. There are long climbing avenues of scented firs and cedars, dark even in blazing noon, and tortuous -walks amidst gnarled and mis-shapen bolls of trees, that need every fibre of their writhed roots to hold them to the slopes they start from. Here and there a -cold spring of crystal waters forms a clear basin, and gurgles over blue, and white, and mottled pebbles, into *the Thames. It is a pleasant thing in summer to gaze from the heights on the fair expanse of river and pasture far below, glittering in the afternoon sun, and hear light laugh ter and stray chords of music, flitting through the woods. You might travel a long way further, and after all your trouble, see nothing that would excite so much admiration as the leafy Clifden. " Cooper continues Captan Spike, and the plot thickens as the tale proceeds. The Swash is joined by a Mexi can schooner, on board which she tranships her cargo of flour. One of the casks bursts, and Mulford discovers that each cask of flour has in its centre a keg of gun powder, so that Spike is in fact supplying the enemy with warlike stores. He is Likewise in treaty to sell the Swash to the Mexican Captain, and to the Mexican he avows his intention of carrying off Rose in the brig to a Mexican port, and then forcing her to marry him. Mulford and Rose, who overhear these conversations, take measures to prevent Spike from carrying his inten tions into execution ; the Mexican Captain, who is an honourable man and completely understands the charac ter of Spike, seems inclined to befriend poor Rose; and even. Madame Budd has at length her, eyes opened to the villany of Spike. The ships are lying near each other—the Mexican Captain being on board the Swash. Suddenly a furious tornado approaches. The Swash weathers the storm— thanks to the able manoeuvres of Spike but . the schooner goes , down, and all on board perish. Spike undertakes, for a large reward, to weigh the schooner, and succeeds in so doing. The description of weighing the schooner, with which this chapter concludes, is most graphic. Dr. Cooke Taylor, in a review of Miss Pardoe's "Louis XIV.," gives an account of the Montpensier marriage of about a century since between the son of Philip of Spain and the daughter of the Regent Orleans. which, like the recent Montpensier marriage, entirely destroyed the entente cordiale which had previously existed between the Orleans Princes and England. Brian O'Linn is continued. "A Sentimental Journey through Normandy," is a bad rechauffe to the guide books ; the dullness of which, however, is amply atoned for by the article which immediately follows—" A Hen contre with some Bachtiari Bandits between Ispahan and Shiraz " It is a stirring tale of adventure, stirringly told by the llon. Charles Stuart Savile". We have then a beautifully engraved portrait of Webster, the great American statesman, accompanied by a short biographical notice. We have also a pleasant gossip ing paper on the Festivities and Superstitions of Devonshire," by Mrs. James Whittle; the conclusion of " Reminiscences of the late Bishop of Norwich," by his daughter; and several other amusing articles. Leech furnishes a rich illustration to Sir Aldringar. HOOD'S MAGAZINE. This periodical is more of a poetical melange, than of ordinary magazine articles. " The Avenger" is brought to a conclusion, by the publication or the fifth act, and with a miscellaneous assortment of cuttings, emendations, sentiments, sonnets, and curiosities of prose and poetry, an agreable, though cloying, banquet is provided for the subscribers. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. We observe that this Ut iversity organ has a more substantial appearance now than heretofore. Under iir, second editor it is apparently, and if so, not unde servedly, prospering. Some of the articles have latterly been remarkable for their elaboration, and, as an exam ple of this, we may mention the paper upon " Westmin ster Abbey." To those who are most familiar with that magnificent relic of midceval architecture, it will be as interesting as to those least acquainted with its antique beauties. Whatever may be said in depreciation of the gothic style of architecture as a mongrel style, a barba rous and florid style, the superb minsters and abbeys scattered so plentifully about England attest sufficiently well the genius of their fabricators, while they render sarcasm futile and derision dumb by their magnifold graces and exquisite proportions. Of these buildings, Westminster Abbey is among the most splendid ; one portion of it being of matchless beauty (we mean, of course, King Henry the Seventh's Chapel). But that the 0 Sacrifice of Cracow" can scarcely be spoken of too frequently, inasmuch as it is associated with the liberties and safety of all the lesseo principalities of continental Europe, we should regard the article under that heading as rather stale and profitless. With a silly and insigni. ficant vituperation upon Sir E. L. Bulwer Lytton and his'" Lucretia," the minor criticisms form but a con temptible group. Otherwise, the Oxford and Cambridge Review is praiseworthy. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. A more appropriate theme could scarcely have been selected for the opening article in a political periodical than that, afforded by the " Character and Career of M. G,iizot." And it is appropriate in a lamentable manner, seeing that it is elicited by the odium excited against the Prime Minister of France by his dishonourable and un principled conduct. Never had a statesman risen from the people with fairer opportunities to render himself the idol of his fellow-countrymen by his patriotism and the ad miration of foreign nations by the decision and rectitude of his policy. Those opportunities have been squandered away. Guizot is now utterly beggared in reputation. As an historian, as a journalist, as an orator, he possesses a deserved . fame ; as a statesman, as a diplomatist, as a minister, he has, acquired a note very little removed from the infamoUS. So let it be Let the ruins of that once enviable celebrity be the everlasting beacon of his successors ; let the opprobrium with which he is now universally regarded be a warning to the selfishly ambi tious. From the masterly contrast given by M. Corme nin, under the soubriquet of Timon, of Guizot and Thiers, we would, did an opportunity present itself, give copious extracts, but we shall content ourselves with reviewing the recollection of that final and mournful exclamation in the "Lure des Orateurs"—" Both" (meaning Guizot and Thiers) " humiliating spectacle ! fought furiously for the dry bones of office, concealed within the red morocco portfolio, and then after this noble struggle, the victor goes and licks the feet of his master !" It is this deplorable subserviency to the wishes of Louis Philippe, however much those ' wishes may be opposed to the interests of the nation that have rendered both of these eminent and gifted men so little honoured abroad, and so feebly seconded in France. William Carleton commences another story, now that his powerful fiction of the " Black Prophet," is completed. The present is entitled " O'Sullivan's Love ; a Legend of Edenmore." Remembering the mag nificent Homeiic Hymns, as rendered by the poet Shel ley, we are somewhat amazed at the temerity of Mr. Kenealy in attempting another translation of " Homer's Hymn to Hermes." The learning of this admirable classical student, and his graceful facility as a metrical translator, have redeemed him, however, from the simple charge of rashness. Mr. Kenealy has drunk deep draughts of poetry from the numbers of the old Grecian, and he chaunts the story of Mercury and his wily doings in melodious rhythm, with a cadence of full and beau tiful melody. " Irish Records," being a national subject of peculiar importance, will be perused with interest. We cordially rejoice in the tone of the critical article upon "Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's Lucretia," ansl we do so from the peculiar honesty and vigour with which the review is penned. The writer stigmatises with indignation the attempt which is beit,g made just now to "run down" Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, and expresses his conviction that the press in so doing is in error. One passage we must quote. "We have," sap the reviewer, " all our countrymen's love of fair play ; and if his (Sir E. B. L.'s) literary reputation is to. be run down, let it be in fair and manly combat, by men of education, thoughtful, serious men, who are competent to form an opinion, and not by the random stroke of insignificant scribblers, and the senseless vituperation of mercenary critics, whose daily bread, perhaps, depends upon the countenance of the journal, in the columns of which they are paid so much a line for their venal abuse." Strong as this lan guage is, it is in a very great measure justified by the monstrous and indecorous course taken by certain divisions of the press in regard not merely to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton but to another illustrious and extraordinary writer, we allude to Mr. Charles Dickens. In the very zenith of their fame, while their intellects are most vi g orous, and their genius is acknowledged not merel y b y multituoes in England, but throughout Contit.ental Europe, and beyond the Atlantic, a sudden onslaught is made upon the literary reputation of each. We have all heard of Aristides. The inferenc e is obvious. It is satisfactoryto think that these abus ive attacks, even iftripled in volume and frequency , would p rove altogether ineffectual million in diminishing the a dmiration of the judicious for Sir Edward B ulwer Lytton. and especially for Charles Dickens, than whom no writer ever enlisted or deserved more of the affections of the people. With a hideous likeness of Mrs. James . Gray, and one or two bi ogra phi,al sketches , the magazine is completed. :-_-_-_----- THE ECCLECTIC REVIEW. To those who have not paid scrupulous attention to the involutions and sinuosities of the French diploma tists in their recent peninsular co ntrivances, the paper called " The whole Trut h on the Spanish Marriages, will prove a convenient remembrancer. To every one else it will be worse than superfluous. We are heartily fatigued with the repetitions of the old disgusting story which have been published again and again usque ad nauseum. It was remarked by one of the Parisian press, that the articles written on ono day about a single docu ment of the Spanish correspondence, would form three octavo volumes. We believe the calculation to have been c no exaggeration, and regarding it as only partially corn ct, we .must come to the conclusion that all that has been written upon the question since the famous midnight in ter viewbetween Isabella and the Afrancesl dominis.ters,would. Notwithstanding this, a very respectably sized library.otwahstanding this, another article and another comes like the spectral kings before Macbeth, until w as the Thane of Cawdor and Biography and writings," is . it almost soars into the lively paper upon " Railways,use arc nearly asdcmentecl l aromis. "South :—his a c tango so agreeable that their by comparison. The Consolidation and Govern- PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. FACTORIES BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:"— Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 190. Ackers, James Fitetwood, Sir P. Norreys, Lord Acland, Sir T. Fox, C. R. O'Brien, A. Stafford Acland, T. D. Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, C. Acton, Colonel Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, W. S. Ainsworth, Peter Gaskell, J. M. O'Connell, D., jun. Aldam, William - Gladstone, J. N. O'Connell, M. J. Antrobus, Edmund Godson, R. O'Connell, Jolla Arundel, Earl of Gore, Robert O'Conor, Don Baillie, H. .T. Granby, Marquis of Packe, C. W. Bernie, W. Grey, Sir G. Paget, Colonel Bankes, George Grogan, E. Pakington ' Sir J. S. Bannerman, A. Grosvenor , Lord R. Palmer, Robertobert Barnard, E. G. Halford, Sir Henry Palmer, G. Baskerville, T. Hall, Sir Benjamin Palmerston, Viscount Beckett, W. Hall, Colonel Plumridge, Captain Benbow, John Halsey, T. P. Polhill, Frederick Bennet, P. Hamilton, G. A. Prime, Richard Bentinck, Lord G. Harcourt, G. Pusey, P. Berestord, Major Harris,:Captain Rashleigh, W. Bernal, Ralph Hatton, Captain V. Rendlesham, Lord Blackstone, W. S. Heathcoat, John Repton, G. W. Blake, M. J. Henley, J. W. Rice, E. R. Borthwick, Peter Hervey, Lord A. Rich, Henry Brisco, M. Hildyard, T. B. Richards, Richard Broadley, Henry Hindley, C. Russell, Lord J. Broadwood, H. Hodgson, F. Russell, J. D. Brooke, Lord . Hodgson, it. Rutherford, A. Gruen, Colonel Holland, Robert Ryder, G. D. Stiller, Charles Hope, A. Sandou, Viscount • Buller, Edward Hernby, John Scrope, G. P. Sunbury, T. otham, Lord Shaw, F. Burrell, Sir C. Howard, C W.G. Shell, R. L. Butler, P. S. Howard, P. H. Shirley, E. J. Byng, G. S. Hudson, G. Shirley, E. P. Cabbell, B. B. Hurst, R. H. Sibthorp, Colonel Castlereagh, Visc. Hussey, Thomas Smith, A. Chelsea, Visc. Inglis, Sir It. Smith, Vernon Chichester, Lord J. Jervis, Sir John Somerville, Sir. W. Cholmeley, Sir J. Johnson, General Spooner, Richard Christie, W. D. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, E. Churchill, Lord A. S. Jolliffe, Sir V, G. IL Stanley, W. 0. Clayton, R. R. Kemble, Henry .Stanton, W. H. Collett, John Lambton, H. Stuart, Lcrd J. Cowper, W. F. Law, C. E. Stuart, J. Curteis, 11. B. Lawson, Andrew Strickland, Sir G. Davies, D. A. Lefroy, Anthony Taylor, E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lennox, Lord G. H. Tollemache, J. Dickinson, F. F. Liddell, H. T. Tower, C. Douglas, J. S. Macaulay, T. B. Towneley, John Dull, James M'Carthy, Alex. • Trevor, J. R. Duncombe, T. It'Donnell, J. M. Trotter, John Duncombe, A. Mangles, R. D. Trowbridge, Sir E. Dundas, Admiral Manners, Lord J. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Dundas, Sir David March, Earl of Vyse, R. 11. It. H. Du Pre, C. G. Masterman, John Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Ebrihgton, Viscount Miles, William Wakley, Thomas Egerton, Sir P. Milnes, R. Monckton Walker, Richard Ellis, Wynn Monahan, J. H. Wawn, J. T. Entwisle, W. Morpeth, Visconnt Williams, W. Etwall, Ralph Morris, David Yorke, Henry R. Ewart, William Mundy, E. M. Fellowes, E. Munta, G. F. TELLERS. Ferrand, W. B. Napier, Sir Charles Fielden, John Finch, G. Newdegate, N. Brotherton, Joseph Fitzroy, Lord C. Newry, Viscount MINORITY-NOES, 100. Anson, Colonel Gill, Thomas Oswald, Alexander Baine, Walter Gisberne, Thomas Parker, John Barkly, Henry Graham, Sir James Patten, J. W. Baring, F. T. Greene, Thomas Pattison, James Baring, W. B. Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Sir Robert Bell, Matthew Hamer, Sir John Peel, Colonel Berkeley, H. F. Hawes, Benj. Philips, Mark Bouverie, E. P. Hay, Sir A. L. Protheroe, E. Bowes, John Hayter, W. G. Reid, Sir J. R. Bewring, Dr. Tiouldsworth, T. Ricardo, J. L. Brown, W. Hutt, William Romilly, John Brownrigg, J. S. James, William Ross, D. R. Cardwell, Edward James, Sir W. C. Russe.ll,':Lord E. Clay, Sir W. Jones, Captain Scott, Robert' Clerk Sir G. Kirk, Peter Smythe, G. Colebrooke, Sir T. Labouchere, Henry Somerset, Lord G. Corry, Henry Langston, J. H Stanfield, W. R. C Craig, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, V. Cripps, William Leader, J. T. Stuart, Henry Currie, R. Lemon, Sir C. Strait, Edward Dalmeny, Lord Lincoln, Earl of Tancred, H. W. Denison, J. E. Lindsay _Colonel Thornely, T. I)ennistoun, J. Loch, James Trelawny, J. S. Douglas, Sir C. E. Lockhart, W. Villiers, Charles Duncan, Lord M`Neill, Duncan Villiers, Viscount Duncan, George Marshall, William Wall, C. B. Duncannon, Lord Marsland, Henry Warburton, H. Dundas, F. Martin, J. Ward, H. G. Egerton, W. T. Matheson , James Wellesle y , Lord C. Estcourt, T. G. Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Colonel T. Evans, William Moffatt, George Fitzroy, Henry MoleswOrth, Sir W. TELLERS. Flower, Sir James Norreys, Sir D. Escott, Bicklmat Forster, Mathew Northland, Viscount Bright, John Gibson, Thomas M. Ord, W. -- CATTLE, ETC. AN ACCOUNT of all CATTLE, SHEEP, and SWINE, IMPORTED into GREAT BRITAIN from IRELAND, from the sth day of July, 1846, to the sth 'day of Ja nuary, 1847. Exported to Great Britain from Ire land. Since the year 1825, when the trade between Great Bri tain and Ireland was placed under coasting regulations, the official record of the interchange of produce and manufac tures between the two countries (except in so far as the ar ticle of corn is concerned) has of necessity been discontinued. The foregoing return, therefore; has been framed from non official documents, collected at the ports of exportation, and consisting chiefly of printed market and shipping reports. W. IRVING. Office of the Inspector-General of Imports and Exports, Custom House, London, Feb. 26, 1847. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AND tiUlTE.—During the 'Corning the British and foreign ships in the Roads and harbour were gaily dressed in flags, as were the yachts and pilot vessels ; numerous flags were also dis• played along the shores of the harbour. Soon after 1 o'clock the Royal Yacht steamed into the harbour, saluted from the Castle and the R.Y.S. battery. The Royal Family and attendants landed at the Trinity Wharf, and proceeded in their carriages to Osborne Elouse by the new road, through East Cowes Park. THE GRAND SULTAN'S YACHT.—This ' splendid steam ship, built by the Whites, is to be launched to-morrow. She seems almost long enough to make a bridge across the Medina. A great many men are employed fitting up accommodations for the royal party, who are ex pected to attend. It is understood that her Majesty will name the yacht. MOTTISTON, 1 O'CLOCH.-11. M. S. SPHYNX.—AII the power that could be laid on at high water this day only hove the ship a few feet further out, say yesterday and to-day 150 feet at the utmost, though the three steamers tried full power, and every assistance was given with the camels, &c. There is less water outside than where she was lying. All hope is in a fog; the ground swell attending it may lift her over. Science is sanguine, but the Isle-of-Wightmen say it is all over with her :h a Another trial is to be made in the ni g ht. I DIETARY FOR PERSONS SINKING FOR WANT OF FOOD, OR AFFECTED WITH DYSENTERY, ARISING FROM I WANT.— Recommended by Sir Philip Crampton, one of the very highest medical authorities in this or any other coun try, for the information of persons to whom the distribution of supplies of food may be intrusted. The following prepa ration has been found eminently serviceable in such cases: —l. Rice.-2. Sago.-3. Arrowroot; of each a pound.-4. Canella Alba, a coarse and cheap kind of cinnamon, and a valuable tonic, half an ounce. Boil slowly in a sufficient quan tity of water , until the whole is reduced to a thickish jelly; sweeten with lump sugar. and season with port wine, in the proportion of two table-spoonsful to each half-pint o f the jelly; add , when charrha3a or dysentery is present, thirty drops of laudanum to the quantity of jelly consumed in twenty-four hours by an adult. An infant under one year old should not take more than two drops of laudanum three times in the course of twenty-four hours, at intervals of not less than four ~hours; five drops every six hours may be considered as an average d . ose . for a person from ten to twenty years of age. This directi . ouis offered for the information of those who may not be within the reach of medical advice. Tapioca, or ma be substituted for arrowroo t, when the la barley, y latter is not easily to be procured. —.Dub in Even ing Mail. SALMON FISRING.—After the spate subsided which followed t he breaking up of the storm in the early part of last week, there were several successive days of excellent takes of salmon in the river. At the North Inch station large fish were caught within twenty-four hours, and thirty mirt)orst of the stations down the river, the fishing was nearly as successful. At StockgrGen, in particular, there were some large hauls, On Monday twenty-four boxes were shipped for London, which is a good cargo for this period of the season, although February on the wkole has been greatly be low an average, owing to the closing of the river from ice.— Perth Courier. ment, will be perused with advantage at a moment when those great instruments of civilisation and of com mercial development are becoming more permanent):y tirough less gradually distributed throughout the world, than at the moment when the stagging system was in its zenith, and Capel court was the paradise of speculators. The worthiest contribution in the number, and the most carefully compiled, is the one relating to Peru, and sug gested by " Tschudi's Traveh' in that territory. In diversity of subjects the Ecclectic has frequently been more remarkable, but in soundness of information very seldom. • SPORTING REVIEW. Many of the most accomplished and lively among the - rivals and contemporaries of Nimrod are retained upon this clever periodical. Hence, it is scarcely surf rising, that under the conduct of its able and assiduous editor its contents" should be characterise) by so much ability. As a continuation of the editor's serial, " The Hand book of the Chase," the present chapter anent holiday hunts is lively and agreeable. Two capital engravings are prefixed to the number—one being the ninth of T. F. Herring's series entitled " The High-mettled Racer," introducing the " favourite" in the stubble•field with a harrow at his tail; the other being a beautiful moonlight sketch inscribed " Make Ready." Lord William Lennox contributes a pleasant paper, showing the advantages of " Goodwood as a sporting residence." For his Protec tionist Grace the Duke of Richmond the article will be a very titbit. Craven has evinced his industry and liveli ness in his gossip about the "Spring Races Generally," and his account of the " Cockney Contrivances Apud Dianam." About the diversities of "Sportsmen and Sporting Men," but especially the latter, Harry Hieover still runs on very delightfully, displaying a perfect familiarity with his theme and a ready perception of character. As a whole, the Sporting Review for March is inferior to few of its predecessors, and superior to a very large majority. THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE. Part XV. By Charles Lever. Mr. Paul Dempsey cuts the most conspicuous figure in the present chapter, and although a " fellow of infinite humour" in his way, Paul is such an egregious pry, and is withal so irredeemably vulgar, that we are disposed to regret his undue prominence in the narrative. As an additional and crowning degradation to the proud lady of Maurice Darcy an execution is put in the Corvy, and the Lady of Gwynne with her daugher are compelled to fly, under the protection of the officious Mr. Dempsey. A very laughable equivoque, though of rather questionable delicacy, takes place through the inquisitiveness of that intolerable eavesdropper. By peering into the bed chamber of Helen Darcy he beholds what the artist has facetiously styled a pose plastique of mother and daughter, the latter in most becoming dishabille; and misconstruing some casual allusions to Forester to be allusions to him self (P. D.). credulously conceives himself to be the object of Helen's affections. From this blunder we an- ticipate some rare drolleries. The number begins with a midnight carousal between an attorney, one Mr. Peter Nickie, and his parasite, and closes with an interview between Con Heffernan and Lord Castlereagh. Ther© is a strange improbability, by the way, in such a" born nat'ral" as Paul Dempsey improvising half-a-dozen humorous stanzas in a heavy snow storm at nightfall! SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. The competition which has been excited among the cheaper monthly periodicals since this magazine was first undertaken, has tended only to its visible improve ment. In illustrations, in the selection and diversity of its literary contents, and in the combination of amuse ment, with information, it is inferior to none of its rival publications. THE PLOUGEL Taking as its perpetual motto that declaration of the great Liebig, that perfect agriculture is the foundation of the riches of states," the Plough is striving to render itself a strictly national work. Its endeavour is being rapidly realised, as each successive number (and the present is the fifteenth) has exhibited a perceptible improvement upon its prcdecssor. The number here published is creditable to all engaged in its production, and is an hon Our to the agriculturists. SUPPLEMENT TO THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1847. This valuable supplement to a valuable work which is published annually a few weeks subsequent to the assembling' of Parliament; has just made its appearance. It contains a complete Peerage and Parliamentary Directory, giving the country seat and the town residence, during the present session, of every Peer, and of every Member of the House of Com mons. Lists of Peers arranged according to the order of precedence, and also alphabetically ; the titles by courtesy of the eldest sons of P eers; a li s t o f P eeresses in their own right; of the Irish and Scotch Representa tive Peers ; and of the officers of the House of Peers. Lists of the Members of the House of Commons, ar ranged, the one according to the places for which they sit, and the other arranged in the alphabetical order of their names; this latter list also shows the various offices each Member holds. The whole is corrected up to the day of publication. This supplement, in con tinuation of the "Post-office Directory for 1847," also contains a list of persons who have commenced busi ness since the publication of that work. to this we must add the " Postal Directory," which gives every informa tion as to the regulations of the post-office ; for , the re ceipt and the dispatch of letters ; an alphabetical list of the post towns in England, Ireland, and Scotland, point ing out those at which money-orders can be obtained or I cashed, and with regard to other places, showing the exact distance of the place from the town at which money-orders may be had, together with a list of 5,000 principal- places throughout .the world to which mails are dispatched, and the universal rates of postage on letters and new spapers. In this portion of the work we obtain informat i on as to the results of the new Postal treaties entered into with various countries on the continent. The work is ably got up, clearly printed, and is edited with the pains taking accuracy which characterises all the books of reference which have hitherto appeared under the superintendence of Mr. Kelly. It is a model of industry, accuracy, and neatness. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. MARCH 3.—At a congregation appointed for this morning, at eleven o'clock, the grecious answer of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Chancellor Elect, to the letter announcing his Royal Highness's election into that office, was read to the Senate : " Mr. Vice- Chancellor, and Gentlemen of the Senate,— " I thank you for the kind terms in which you have ap. prized me of the result of the recent election for the Chan cellorship of the University of Cambridge. " I need scarcely observe, after so recent and public a de claration of my sentiments and feelings with regard to my nomination as a canelidate for that office, that the proceed ings whichhave subsequently taken place have been entirely without my sanction or privity. " The intention to propose me as a candidate was not known tome until a period when the time for the election was at hand, and when the arrangements for ascertaining the sense of the University were already completed. " I could only have suspended their progress by a peremp tory declaration, that under no circumstances would I con sent, if elected, to accept the office of Chancellor; and such a declaration I did not deem it respectful to the University to make. " The election has now terminated ; and a maj rity of the University, including a very great number of its members most eminent for their services to the Church, to the. Uni versity, and to the cause of literature and science, has de clared itself in favour of my appointment to the vacant office. " It is incumbent therefore, upon me to notify without delay the course which, under these circumstances, I shall pursue. "I have resolved to accept the trust which the University is willing to confide in me. "In forming this decision I have been ,influenced by a respectful deference to the wishes of a majority of its mem bers, by a great unwillingness to involve the University in the probable necessity of another contest, but, above all, by an earnest hope that through a zealous and impartial dis charge of the trust which I undertake, I shall succeed in. establishing a claim on the confidence and good-will of the whole academical body. " ALB ERT. " Buckingham Palace, March 2." At the same congregation the following degrees were con ferred : M.D.—E. L. Birkett, Caius College. B.C.L.—John Gardner, Trinity College. • M.A.—John Ball Chalker, St. John's College ; Charles N. Strickland, Trinity College. B.A.—John Beasley, St. John's College. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Sphynx, steam•sloop, was hove out of her stranded posit ion at Brook, yesterday, about 45 feet, when a ledge or bank stopped her further pro— gress seaward. About two feet and a half of water, which she had made, having been pumped out , it was ex p ected the vessel would have been hauled off last night, but as she has not made her appearance at Spithead up to this evening, we conclude the experiment was a failure. After to-day the tides" take off " again, The Dragon, steam - frigat e, Ca p tain Ramsay, left this morning, with 150 tons of bread and meal, for Cork, on the relief service. Last week between 600 and 700 tons of meal and biscuit, for the service, were made and shipped from the Royal. Clarence Victualling establishment. The highest praise is due to the officers of this vast depot for the immense exertions they have made, and are still making, night and day, to meet the demand upon their resources for food for the ielief of the prevailing distress in Ireland and Scotland. The Centaur, steam-frigate, arrived at Spithead this after noon for Ireland. The Baretto Junior, transport, Lieutenant Griffith, agent, was towed into harbour this morning by the Rattler, steam sloop (all the tugs being at the wreck of the Sphynx), to be l oa ded with stores for the squadron in the Tagus. The Emerald, tender, arrived to-day, from Woolwich with su L Pe ie rn u l t i e m n e a r n ais ' Lieutenant Robert Reid, late of the Sappho, has been ap pointed to the Mariner brig, at Devonport. Major-General Richard Hassal! Yates, of the East India Company's service, died last week at his seat is Staffordshire. He belonged to the Madras division of the army. _ _ Colonel Ferguson paired in favour of Mr. Bon. verie's motion for a committee of inquiry into the refusal of granting sites for churches in Scotland with Henry Stuart, Esq., Bedford. FIRE.—About half-past nine yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the workshops belonging to Mr. Wil loughby, carpenter and builder, in Pearl-street, Old Gravel lane, Wapping. Owing to the combustible nature of the stock, and also of the building—the latter being nearly all ; wood—the fire travelled with great fury. The occupier was insured. DEATH OF A SAVANT.—Prince Mourad Ali, the 85th son of Feth Ali, Schah of Persia, who had 104 children, of whom 39 are still living, died lately at Khoi, a small town of Persia, at no very advanced age. On the decease of his father in 1831, and the accession of Abbas Mirza, the eldest son, to the throne, Mourad Ali left the court of Persia and retired into one of the provinces, where he lived in a com paratively humble style. He was a man of a cultivated understanding, and employed himself chiefly in astronomy. A few years ag a treatise on the prognostics of the weather, written by him, was published at Taur a l. timer• ~~~/ I