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ouse under the ac t w hi c h h a d b een b roug h t i nto Government proposed to take any measures for the more to the proceedings which h a d b een t a k en by th e on in the course of last year, and with regard ,tO ; certain transmission of the mails to Australia, andwfo.r oethcrertp effectually enforcing the contract for that purpose Th i ra tn . Pc the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation (-) _ 7, 3: _ il _ c _ l ! several . _ other messages of the same_lcind might yet ire ceived by their - - lordships. This was the first in whefichthetheayethaedf b le c s e t n ye ca ar lle te d pany I (Hear, hear.) - ---- - u e po ene n ur u w nd it e h r the the Viscount CANNING said that no apology was needed s i : rc a r ,V e is e ie in ns , h from his noble friend f or brin g in g . under the notice' , of . H• ouse of C ommons f or th e purpose o f e ff ectua ll y pre their lordships an occurrence which. had calmed so nil! c , Vf :rating acts of bribery, and he thought it was impor public inconvenience, and ha d led to so much disappoill t' ant that they should ascertain from the Government 'went and anxiety on the part of private inclividuals.., ' ivhat course they intended to pursue with reference Before,, proceeding to answe r the' questions w hi c h hi ; e with reference to the message. He conceived that it it was necessary was now the duty of the Government to suggest the noble friend had put to him, he thought with regard f 0 e J y "r urse which the would advise their lordships tpursue, that , he should refer to one or two points. . and he had expected that some communication would have been made by some member of the Government the contract between the Government and the Australis in . Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and the mode in 'before the motion for the adjournment of the house, but which it was performed by the latter. - He (Viscou at probably it had been from inadvertence that no such made. He now wished to ask had been Can C nine) had no wish to be considered as thechampi an communication what course her Majesty's Government were prepared of this company, and if he had such a wish his task wor 4 d to suggest in reference to the communication which had certainly be a difficult one, but he thought it right tl La t been received from the other house of Parliament ? there should be no appearance of overcharge in why t The Duke of NEWCASTLE apprehended that the was stated against the company ; and, in the first play 3, only reason for the Government not having stated their he might remind their lordships of the exact n ature of views to their lordships in reference to the subject al lude dto by the noble earl was that they were not aware t h e c ommunication which existed atthe present momei it that such a communication would be sent up from the between this country and Australia. The Australis bra other house that day. He was quite prepared. to state Royal Mail Company did not provide the only means of the course which the Government proposed to take. An postal communication between England and the As 9 - alteration 'had been introduced into the measure on tralian colonies. There was, or there ought to be, a which these commissions rested, to the effect that on an occasion when the House of Commons should call on regular monthly mail, starting alternately from , Ply- • their lordships' house to join with them in an address to mouth and Southampton, proceeding on each alternate the Crown, a message should be sent down to request month by the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, and the ' the House of Commons to favour them with a copy of other months by the Mediterranean and Singapore. On the evidence tak en bef or e th e comm itt ee o f th a t h ouse . every alternate month of the year the service was per- H"e for one had objected to the introduction of that pro formed by the Australian Mail Steam Navigation Com- visi on, but of course, apart from any individual opinion, pany, their -vessels sailing by way of St., Vincent and as to the advisability of such a provision, it was the dirty the Cape of Good Hope ; but however imperfectly the of the Government to carry it out in the proper spirFit. service might be performed by them, there was not the He believed therefore that the proper course would be absence of all sure communication which his noble friend for their lordships to ask the House of Commons to had seemed to suppose. He (Viscount Canning) had no favour them with any evidence taken before any election wish to 'extenuate the conduct of the company in failing committee, and after a sufficient time had been given for, to perform' their contract, but he simply desired to assure considering the evidence, it would be proposed that that their lordships and the public as to the fact of there being house should agree with the House of Commons in an a safe and reliable means of communication between this address to .the Crown. country and Australia. His noble friend had also found The Earl of DERBY said the course' proposed by the fault with phe low rate of speed at which the vesse ls o f Government appeared to be that which was required the company had performed their voyages ; but he (Vis- under the circumstances of the case, for it was only pro count Canning) could not help thinking - that ' his noble per that they should have the evidence before them on friend had left out of his calculations the stoppages which 'which they were invited to join in an address to the the veseels were obliged to make, being compelled to Crown. It might be more in accordance with the usual stop at St.. Vincent's, and at the Cape, besides further ; courtesy between the, two houses that they should not stoppages in Australia, before they arrived at Sydney. separate without taking some step, and perhaps it would These stoppages ought to be taken into consideration. be better that the evidence should be moved for before He was not praising the company for their punctuality the adjournment of the house. or rapidity ; far_ from it ; but he wished their lordships The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that there might be to be informed of the whole of the facts of the case. The some irregularity in that course, but he should give Australian, on her first voyage, had occupied'9s days in notice on the subject to-morrow. , reaching Sydney ; according to the time tables attached Their lordships then adjourned at a quarter-past seven to the contract 79 days was the time allowed to her for . o'clock. completing the voyage. Upon her retrirn she had oc cupied 113 days in going over the same space. That therefore gave, in the one instance, adelay of 16, and'in the other a delay of 34 days over and above the right time. With respect to touching at King George's Sound, he Was not prepared to defend the arrangement under which that provision made a part of the contract. The contract had been signed in June last, and he was ignorant of the motive which had induced the Govern ment of the day to put this and some other provisions into the contract, though he was sure that they had not been inserted without due consideration. However, he was inclined to think that the stoppage at King George's Sound was on the whole objectionabl. His noble friend had stated correctly all that had happened in reference • to this unfortunate vessel the Australian: She ought to have left Plymouth on her last voyage on the 3d of Feb., but the company had made application that she should not sail until the 23d, as she was not likely to be reaoiy for sea before that day. The Lords of the Admiralty had given their sanction to the delay, and the 'mails had been sent down to Plymouth on the 23d, but the vessel was not then ready, and did not sail until the 24th. This Legit delay had been without the sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty, aan.l.a fine had been inflicted on the occa casion, which would be enforced against the company. On the 24th, the Australian put to sea, but on the 25th she was obliged to put back to Plymouth; herself disabled and her mails very seriously damaged. So far as re garded the performance of the public service, her Ma jesty's Government felt it to be their duty to provide for the immediate dispatch of the letter part of the mails, and it had so happened that when the accident occurred to the Australian, it was within seven days of the dispatch of the next monthly steamer. Accordingly, the letter portion of the mail had been immediately sent to South ampton, and was now on its way, by the Mediterranean and Singapore, to Australia. He did . not apprehend that much inconvenience would be suffered by parties; from this brief delay of seven days, because the means of communication by which the letters had been dispatched was so much shorter than the other that the letters would reach their destination nearly as soon as if the Australian had, proceeded on her voyrge. After sundry repairs, it had been announced to Government that the Australian would be ready to start again from Plymouth on the 10th of this month. She did start, with a new mail, and, as their lordships were aware, was obliged to put back into Plymouth, more than ever disabled ; the mails, how ever, had suffered no injury, and the vessel was now on her way up the Channel to the port of London. That portion of the last mail which was addressed to the Cape ' of Good Hope had been immediately transhipped to a vessel belonging to the Screw Steam Company, which . sailed the following day ; and, in fact, the only portion of the mail which would be at all delayed, and by which any inconvenience would be caused, was the newspapers. That, no doubt, would occasion serious inconvenience to parties in Australia, but it had been quite ont of the power of the Post-office to make arrangements for the transmission of the newspapers, inasmuch as it would have been utterly hopeless to attempt to convey the 150 large boxes which would be required for the purpose across the Isthmus of Suez, unless due notice were given beforehand. Those newspapers would in all pro: bability be conveyed in a day or two by some fast-' sailing passenger vessel, and in the ordinary course of things they would be delivered in the Australian colonies within ninety-five dayi. He believed that he' had now replied to the inquiry of his noble friend so far as it related to the transport of the present mails. As regarded the question whether the Government would take any steps for enforcing the contract with the Aus tralian Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, it was neces sary that he should state that, during the delay which had occurred in consequence of the mishaps of the Aus tralian, the Lords of the Admiralty had received a letter from the chairman of the company, setting forth the dif ficulties under which the company conceived that they had been called upon to perform the service, and pray ing for a favourable consideration, and requesting that, as it would be impossible for them to provide a vessel for the conveyance of the mail which ought to leave England in due course on the 3d of April, their lord ships would consent to forego that service, and would be satisfied if the vessel were ready by the 3d of .Tune. That letter had been referred to a committee which was now sitting for the purpose of investigating the state of the Post-office packet service. The committee having had the letter before them, had yesterday reported their opinion to the Lords of the Admiralty ; but as he (Vis count Canning) was not then in a position to state that any action had been taken on that opinion, he hoped that his noble friend' would not press him to give any distinct explanation of the terms in which it had been conveyed. It would be perhaps sufficient to state that the spirit in which the committee had approached the ' subject had been, that while, on the one hand, it was most desirable that the Government should not jastly undergo the charge of straining their legal rights or of pressing hard upon the company, yet, on the other hand, it was their firm conviction that the system of con tracts for the packet service of this country was to 'be carried on, and if the public was to be called upon to pay large subsidies for such service, it was the duty of the Government to insure to the public the enjoyment of all contracts' of a reasonable amount of punctuality, cer tainty, and dispatch. (Hear, hear.) He had only to add that, if the contract between the company and the Government were not already on the table of both houses of Parliament, it should be placed on their lordships' table forthwith. Lord COLCHESTER was understood to observe that 1 t was for' the convenience of Western Australia that it had_ been provided by the contract that vessels should call at Rin g George's Sound. In reply to a further re mark by the no bl e l or d, w hi c h did no t reac h th e ga ll ery , v c ount CANNING said he belieyee that the por tion of the Australian's mail which had 'suffered most were 1y,,,,,, the ,c, for Melbourne. Those bags had been opened and the letters dried, which was an operation that had occupied which had therd* a considerable time. The letters bos, and d rrions still legible had then been, packed in' There were, and Oriental Steam packetabeen sent off by the Peninsular Company's vessel along the overland route. letters, the addresses of 'which however, about 60 or 70 tested that it was quite impossible h a d b een so ent i rely obli their destination, and under these to f orwar d th em t o circumstances had been dealt with in the usual they Dead Letter -office. About half of thl.veraayia and sent to the and about 30 still remained, which C ad ; 1 1 :)een claimed, called letters, and could not be disting e i s 7 d hardly be ed from mere scraps of paper. In reply to a question by Lord \Vila p -- - I ` I. CLIFFE, Which did not reach us, Viscount CANNING said he feared he could not give a very satisfactory answer t o the q uestion of hi , noble ' friend, because it related so entirely to Admiralty busi ness that he was not fully informed on the subject. R e had seen a 'report from Captain Lowe, the Admiralty surveyor at Plymouth, to the effect that, on examina tion, it a•Ppeared that the Australian had started on her second voyage with s omethin g like 400 tons weight, in the shape of coals, stores, and cargo, beyond that which she had had on a former voyage, which, although not performed at the stipulated rate of speed, had been safe and prosperous. It was conjectured that this cause, together with severe weather, had led to the opening of her seams, through which the water had got in, and the safety of the vessel had been risked. This supposition appeared to be borne out by the fact that she had been carefully examined by the surveyor, and so long as she was in smooth water she had been ap parently perfectly watertight. Utees,, The conversation then dropped. , ....,,.. 1 4c...1., 4% ttN. 4-- -9- t BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. ~. th. On the motion that the house do ' C 'ec i now adjourn, e-'1 0 ,.. . The Earl of DERBY ' 1 ; adjourne 1 said he wished, before the house c ......„ . (to ask a question of e ', o e ,fie terry of State forthe the Colonies, -or of the noble and j ..., t l y z, , _. ceired in the woolsack. Their lordships had re , . ,c 4 X';',,A, very course_. of that day a communication on a important subject fr 5.. r. ~ ,y.i, f i it was due, in point from the other house, to whom int of courtesy - .l .— C - 0 , . - ---' should pay the earliest at attention =-' r and respect, that they abetter of such deep interest. , more especially on a The communication re- HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. ALEXANDER took the oaths and his seat for Carlow. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Crystal Palace Company, Liverpool Borough Court, and London Assurance Several petitions were presented against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. Mr. OLIVEIRA presented a petition from medical men in the metropolis, in favour of. the duties on foreign wines. Several petitions were presented against'the admission of Jews into Parliament. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Mary lebone, in favour of competition in the supply of water to the metropolis. Mr. BLACKIE presented a petition from Newcastle, in favour of the London University being allowed to return members to Parliament. Mr_ LOCKE presented a petition from Dover, in fa vour 'of the admission of Jews into Parliament. KNARESBOROUGH ELECTION. The SPEAKER informed.the house that he had re ceived a letter stating that it was not intended to pro ceed with the petition complaining of the return for Knaresborough. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. The SPEAKER also intimated that he had received a letter to the same effect, with regard to the petition against the return of Sir A. Cockburn, at the last elec. tion for Southampton. PETITIONS. Sir J. PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton against the taxes on knowledge. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Tavistock, praying for the abolition of the qualification of members. Mr. G. R. MOORE presented a petition from Dublin, praying for the revision of ministers' money in Ireland. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from freemen, inhabitants, and others of the Ward of Billingsgate, in favour of a reform of the corporation of London. Sir J. SHELLEY presented a petition from Bridg north, praying for inquiry into the corruptions at the elections for that borough ; also, a petition from a per on named Truelove, complaining of his treatment by he Stamp-office in respect of a paper called the Potteries Free Press. NORWICH ELECTION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE brought up the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the withdrawal of the Norwich election petition. The report, which was rather lengthy, and detailed some of the main facts proved before the committee, stated that the committee were of opinion that Mr. Brown, the Parliamentary agent, received no instructions to withdraw the peti tion, and that the complaints of the petition ers, with regard to its withdrawal, were not alto gether unfounded ; but as they could find no precedent as to the proper mode of proceeding under the circumstances, they left it to the house to determine whether it could comply with the prayer of the peti.: toner. They did not think that Mr. Brown was ac tuated by any corrupt or unworthy motive, and they attributed his conduct to an error of judgment, and his zealous desire to advance the interests of his party. (Laughter.) The committee also reported that it formed part of the arrangement entered into between Mr. Brown and Mr. Coppock that petitions 'should be withdrawn, affecting no less than the seats of 10 mem-. bers. (Hear.) The committee, in conclusion, recom mended the house to take into its serious consideration the facility which at present exists of withdrawing elec tion petitions, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it was not desirable to adopt measures to prevent the continuance of the system. IDOLATRY IN CEYLON. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Ceylon, l against any connection of the British Government with the idolatry of that island, and to move that the said petition be printed with the votes. Mr. THORNELY opposed the motion, as it was tak ing the matter too far out of the hands of the general committee of petitions. After a few words from Mr. HUME and Sir J. PAK INGTON, the motion was negatived without a division. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Spalding, pray ing for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge ; also a petition from a place in Scotland, against the Public House (Scotland) Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION, Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that, to-morrow, he should ask the Government if it was their intention to take steps to make gold a legal tender in India. _ _ Mr. COBBETT gave notice that, early after Easter, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to shorten the hours of labour in factories by females and children, and to provide means for the better enforcement of the prbvisions of the Factory Act. Sir J. V. SHELLEY gave notice that he should postpone his motion on the subject of the Chatham elec tion. SERGEANT ADAMS, Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, a question concern ing a recent trial at the Middlesex Sessions, in which it is stated that Mr. Sergeant Adams, who presided, sen tenced Mary Hill to 7 years' transportation for robbery, and to 3 years' additional transportation for calling a policeman a pig ; with a view of founding a motion thereon, if the facts be as stated, and if the pre sent state of the law be inadequate for enabling the Secretary of State to correct, this description of judicial administration. He wished to ask the noble lord if his attention had been directed to the case ? Lord PALMERSTON said the woman was. found guilty of an offence committed under circumstances of an aggravated character, and he was informed that rob beries committed in this manner were by no means an unfrequent occurrence. The practice of such depreda tors was this :—A lady of engaging manner--(a laugh)--inveigles a gentleman into a lonely spot, and manages to rob him there while engaged in conversation. Thereupon a male confederate of the lady issues upon the unsuspecting gentleman, and complains of being in terfered with in his connubial rights—(renewed laughter) —and while the altercation is going on the lady escapes with her booty, and the gentleman is happy to escape without personal injury. Now, this woman, after having been once rescued from the hands of the police, was again taken up and found guilty of robbing a gen tleman under similar circumstances to those he had stated. The magistrate sentenced her to seven y ip e o a s r e s' olfier t e ra 4 ns e transportation ; and after the sentence ode as rme,o p in as st s r e a d ti s o h nes became of e very violent. The judge, there restore the original deterringi tghi n e oa s lt e h n e t r e s nc fr e o b m y threefan fallin g year's, forsuc such the violentp ur - andsentence m and the s en t ence now stoodte bae temp o e rrse,e seven, butehne sessions h in e s i t n e t a e d n c d ol efods ten ed t n o , years. Mr. K (R E e R S a r. ) CANTERBURYEYMOTJR appeared ELECTION. at a ' th e b house, and stated th a t the LoFds requiredco a n r fe o r f en th ce e w ith this house on the subject of the Canterbury election. Managers having been accordingly appointed, the business of the house was suspended for a brief space, and the conference was held. On the return of the ma nagers, Mr. KER SEYMOUR stated th a t t h e resolution of the house for au address to the Crown had been left with their lordships. _ _ COLONIAL POSTAGE. - - Lord STANLEY wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonie s, at what time the reductiott n rates of colonial postage , announced by the Postmaster- General, may be expected to come into operation ? Mr. F. PEEL said he was afraid that considerable time must elapse before the plan announced by the Postmaster-General could be brought into operation. He understood that plan to be this, that uniform postage of 6d. the Salf-ounie , should be imposed on all colonial letters, but. before that could be accomplistred the sanc tion of the colonial legislature to the scheme must be first obtained. MEXICO. Mr. F. W. RUSSELL wished to ask Lord John Russell whether he had received any official reports that her Majesty's Minister at Mexico had succeeded in pro curing for our trade, by the publication of a new tariff, the removal of the prohibition that has existed for the last twenty years against the importation of ordinary cotton fabrics into that country, and in having the late excessive duties modified, which from the opening of the Mexican trade have weighed upon all other articles of this most important branch of our exports. He also wished to ask, in the event pf such information having been received, whether the Government had any objec tion to lay before the house a copy of the official com munication. Lord J. RUSSELL could only state generally that such a dispatch had been received, but he could not say whether he could produce it until he had time to exa mine its contents. CANADIAN RAILWAYS. Mr. MILLS wished to ask the Under Secretary of f3tate for the Colonies whether the attention of her Ma jesty's Government has been called to the circumstance that the only existing winter route for troops from the Atlantic coast into the interior of Canada is through the territory of the United States, and whethe r it i s th e i n : tention of the Government t o facilitate, by guarantee or otherwise, the completion of the railway communication between lalifax and Quebec, in compliance with a me morial addressed to her .Majesty in Nov. last by the Canadian Legislature. Mr. F. PEEL was unable to answer the question at present. UNSTAMPED NEWSPAPERS. Sir J. V. SHELLEY said in consequence of the pro secution which was going on against Mr. Truelove for selling an unstamped newspaper, he wished to ask the Attorney-General if he had any objection to state whether the prosecution commenced against Mr. Collins, the proprietor of the Racing Times, for publishing an unstamped newspaper was abandoned, and if so, whether it was in consequence of the opinion of the then Attorney-General that the prosecution could not be sustained without it was carried on in conjunction with a prosecution against the proprietors of the'Euilder, the Atheneum, and similar publications. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it certainly was true that the prosecution against Mr. Collins was aban doned, but it was not usual to state the contents of an opinion which the Attorney-General had given to the Croyn. Sir J. V. SHELLEY wished to know whether if in the present uncertain state of the law it was intended to continue these vexatious prosecutions against newsven ders. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not feel himself at liberty to give an answer to this question, but he should be inclined to recommend a prosecution in all cases where there was an infraction of the law. (Hear, hear.) CHICORY AND COFFEE. Mr. HASTIE wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is to be clearly understood, under the terms of the late Treasury minute, relating to the sale of coffee and chicory, that it will be considered a breach of the law to sell coffee without any label of de scription, except in a pure and unmixed state.; and that, if coffee so sold without being labelled shall prove to be mixed with chicory, , or, whether labelled or not, shall prove to be mixed with , any other extraneous substance, the party selling it will be liable to prosecution ; and, if in case of information being laid of a broach of the law, the proper authorities will prosecute the offenders. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the affirmative to all the questions. INDIAN TERRITORIES. Mr. OTWAY wished to ask the President of the Board of Control, whether it be true that the Govern ment of India has recently propoied to annex the ancient Rajpoot State of Kerowlee to the British territories, in pursuance of the claim which was asserted in Lord Dal housie's Minute of the 30th day of August, 1848, and if so, whether the home Government has approved of this proceeding ; also, whether there be any objection to lay on the table of the house, the communications which have passed ,between the authorities at home and in India on this subject. Sir C. WOOD said it was not true. • HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. R. MOORE wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether it is the intention of Government to introduce any Irish town improvement bill during this session. Sir J. YOUNG said he had no intention to introduce such a bill this session. Mr. COBBETT wished to ask the Chief Commissioner of Works whether, until the intended amendment of the act 11 and 12 Vic., c. 63, shall have been submitted to Parliament, the General Board of Health will suspend its operations as to places already visited and reported on by superintending inspectors, but with regard to which places no provisional orders or orders in council have been issued. Sir W. MOLESWORTH should offer no obstacle to the application of the Health of Towns Act in cases where the majority of the ratepayers were favourable to the act. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Lord A. VANE wished to ask Lord J. Russell, whe- ther there is any intention on the part of her Majesty's Government, to introduce any measure or resolutions providing that henceforth in all cases where bribery or treating in any city, county, or borough, is proved be fore a committee of the House of Commons to have taken place, a commission should issue from the Crown to in quite into the state of such borough, city, or county. Lord J. RUSSELL said that in cases where bribery had been proved it would be right to institute a com mission of inquiry, but it was not the intention of the Government to introduce any measure on the subject. CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATUTES OF IRELAND. Mr. V. SCULLY wished to know if it was the in tention of the Government to codify the statutes exist. ing in Ireland ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that that would be included in the general measure proposed by the Government. THE AFFAIR AT SIX-MILE BRIDGE. Mr. NAPIER rose to move, pursuant to notice, for copies of p4er relating to the riot at Six-mile bridge, in July last ; and said that as great misapprehension pre vailed on the subject, and as his own conduct, as Attorney- General in the matter, had been not to say unfairly but mistakenly misrepresented on a recent occasion, in another place, he would take this opportunity of laying all the facts before the louse ; and he did not doubt that, as the interests and character of justice in Ireland were involved, he should obtain the indulgence of the house while he trespassed for some time upon their patience. The right hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to enter into a close and detailed narrative of those facts with which the public are already familar, connected with the actual fracas between the military and the mob, at the Six-mile bridge.. Continuing the history, he justified the advice he had given that the soldiers wh o h a d b een comm it te d should be liberated on bail on the ground that it was necessary to fix a crime upon each individual soldier, inasmuch as the law distinguished between unlawful assemblies and lawful bodies in the discharge of their duty, holding each member of the unlawful assembly responsible for the collective acts, but holding the member of the lawful body respon sible only for his own acts, if those acts were in excess of the law, and in this case he had not found sufficient evi dence to individualise the alleged offence. Immediately after bail had been accepted, a newspaper in Ireland pub lished an account, or rather a partial account, of the transactions in question, and of the inquest : and in this newspaper the regiment was charged with being guilty of deliberate murder, this charge being made pending the inquest, and befere the subsequent expected trial. This newspaper also threw out imputations affecting the cha racter of the regiment—it s courage and conduct. The Duke of Wellington saw this newspaper, and being ever alive to everything affecting the honour of the army— (cheers)—he immediately wrote to him (Mr. Napier), in timating,•that he thought that the libel would be a fit sub ject for prosecution by the Crown, with a view to the pro tection of the soldier. In consequence, he (Mr. Napier) applied for further information t o th e two officers who had been in charge of the soldiers during the riot ; and their depositions were submitted in a very full shape. (The right hon. and learned gentleman read these depositions, which were elaborate justifications of the conduct of the soldiers, their firing on the people being represented as a merely defensive act.) He appealed to every man of right feeling whether after these sworn informations he could have come to any other conclusion than he did, that these officers and soldiers should receive constitutional protec tion, and that steps should. be taken to bring the prime movers of this riot to condign punishment. A great deal had been said with reference to the exact rights and duties of the soldiers on occasions of this kind. He apprehended that the duty of a soldier in a case of this kind was not different from that of any other person, A soldier was under the order of his superior officer, but the order - of his . officer was not of itself a sufficient justifica tion. But in this case the soldiers were deprived of their officer, and the corporal, the next in command, was struck down senseless. Now he (Mr. Napier) believed upon his conscience that the men had done no more than their duty, and that as British soldiers they ought to have had the support of the laws afforded to them. (Loud cheers.) Yet those men were paraded in the dock as felons, and an impression was created by the speech of the Attorney-General himself that they were murderers, or at least, aggravated manslayers ; and that they had only escaped because the law officer could not get at the man who had fired the fatal shots. (Hear, hear.) His late learned colleague (Mr. Whiteside) had been asked to go down to defend the soldiers, for they had had no means of defence provided for them by the Go vernment ; and he had felt some delicacy in doing so, having 'himself been a law officer of the Crown, and the Attorney-General being about to go down to prosecute. His learned friend had consulted him (Mr. Napier) upon the point, and his answer was " Surely, you ought to go. You would never have appeared as prosecutor, for we never intended to prosecute ; and the soldiers are just as much entitled to the protection of the law as any other .men." (Cheers.) His, learned friend did go, but owing to the course matters took, the accused were deprived of the ad vantage of his learned friend's statement, and the evidence he could have adduced. They were thus put in a much worse position than if the bills had been found against them ; and they had now to labour under the imputations which had been cast upon them, and which they had had no opportunity afforded them of removing. All this time the two Roman Catholic priests and the other parties had been discharged from their recognizances, and they had actually been brought—one of them from the very gaol— as witnesses against these British soldiers. (Cheers.) The results of the case had been most disastrous to the magis trate who had been concerned in the affair. He was obliged to have policemen living in his house ; his family were kept in a state of perpetual alarm ; and he was him self unable to attend any fair or market, or to discharge the duties of a country gentleman. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Justice Patteson had we,ll olmeryed, that if ,this case 'had occurred in England ; thi n Crowwould have defended the soldiers, and would have left the proceedings against them to be taken by private parties: (Cheers.) But the lesson held up to the people of Ireland was, that while the mili tary were amenable to the laws, there were certain persons who were amenable to no law whatever, (Cheers.) They were creating difficulties in Ireland, with which they had not the courage to grapple. They were not straightfor ward enough. While they held out equality in civil pri vileges, they ought to enforce equality of liability. (Cheers.) It was said that the names of M`Grath and the priests had been put in the indictment, and that there ought not to be a cross-indictment against them. But he would again re peat the question—Why was M‘Grath's name put there ? (Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Napier) appeared in this case with great regret ; and he should be sorry to have it thought that he had been incited by anything like personal motives. If he had stated it somewhat warmly, it was because he felt warmly respecting it ; but he thought he had submitted it to the house fairly and impartially. (Cheers.) It was one that demanded strict inquiry. If they expected soldiers to discharge their duties, they must see them supported by the laws, of which it was an old and sound maxim, that wher e p ar ti es h a d spec i a l d u ti es t o perform, they had a claim upon those laws for special pro tection and support. (Hear, hear.) As these men had not had an opportunity of vindicating themselves before a jury, he hoped that they would set themselves right before the house and the country. (Cheers.) What was wanted for Ireland was, that elections should be free, that the soldiers should be supported in th e i r d u ti es, and that every man, be he priest or who he might, that should presume to offend against the law, should be brought before the bar of public justice; and made amenable to the laws he had set at nought. (Loud cheers.) Mr. FITZGERALD had listened for nearly two hours to the right honourable and learned gentleman, but he had utterly failed to discover the object of his statement, un less it was to glorify himself, to make a charge against her Majesty's tiovernment, or to i m p ugn th e con d uc t o f th e right hon. gentleman who had succeeded him in office. He gave the right hon. gentleman credit for great nisi prim, dexterity in his statement of the case, for great art, but for little candour. He perfectly agreed with him that the laws ought to be administered with perfect impar tiality, and without respect of persons ; but he had no idea of an Attorney-G-eneral showing himself from the very first in the light of a partisan. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman had described the force which had been used at the late election ; but there was one kind to which - he had not alluded—the influence and coercion which were unhappily made use of by the landlords of Ireland. (Cheers.) He denied that the voters had in tended to vote in the manner the right hon. gentleman had represented. Had they been free to follow the dictates of their own consciences, they would have voted in a manner just the reverse. (Hear, hear.) There was a large class of possessors of property, who exercised their legal rights in such a manner that if their tenants did not vote as they pleased, it would cost them their homes, and render desti tute their families. (Hear, hear.) These sad occurrences had taken place in the county of Clare, and in connection with that county the name of Sindey Godolphin Osborne would speak volumes. (Cheers.) Never had a case been more misrepresented. The voters resided on an estate, over which a person named King was the agent. On the Sunday night before the election he had driven them, like a flock of sheep, to Limerick. This was made known to the liberals, and Dr. O'Brien, when examined before the coroner's inquest, had stated that he went to them at the Temperance-hall, and asked them if they had any objection to the liberal candidates ? Their answer was that they had not; but that they were at the mercy of their landlords. (Hear, hear.) Again, he (Mr. Fitzgerald) denied that the requisition to the magistrates was founded upon any in formation. When the force was brought to the Tempe rance-hall, the voters had been released, and the object was to imprison them again. One of the witnesses said toat Mr. Delmege gave him directions to get the voters in and keep them in. (Hear, hear.) Was that freedom of election ? (Cheers.) This was the gentleman whom Mr. Napier thought entitled to the highest praise for his con duct ; he directed his agent to imprison the voters in an omnikas or van, and to keep them there. (Hear, hear.) There had been such things as partisan law-officers in Ire land. The law was differently administered there, in many respects, to what it was in England. One difference was that the Attorney-General was the public prosecutor in all cases of importance. He noticed this, because it had been represented that the present Atttorney-General 'going down to conduct this prosecution was something out the ordinary course. (Hear, hear.) This was by no means the case. Another great difference between Ire land and this country was the employment of the military at elections. (Hear, hear.) In this country their in terference was most jealously excluded, with a wise regard to freedom, and by an act of the 8 Georg e 11., th e i r pre sence at elections was forbidden. On the occasion of one election in Westminster about a century ago, where there was much rioting, the high bailiff had called in the military for which he had been rebuked by a resolution of that house, arid compelled to attend the house on his knees to hear the admonition of the Speaker. (Hear, hear.) In the recent calamity, the first unfortunate step was the autho rity given to the soldiers to load, when in Limerick. While there, Captain Eager, the military commandment, knocked at a door, which was the wrong one, and on its not being opened, offered to Mr. Delmege, the magistrate, to blow it in. He afterwards knocked at the right door, and it was opened by an old woman. The hon. and learned gentle man then read copious extracts from the evidence as to what passed on the way from Limerick to Six-mile Bridge, one of the witnesses deposed to hearing Mr. Delmege say to a Limerick man, " You have had your election, and we will have ours, or we will have blood for it." (Hear, hear.) This witness was wholly nncontradicted. Tierney, the driver of the omnibus which conveyed the soldiers, heard one of them say he hoped they would have some pro vocation, so that they might discharge their muskets, and not have to draw their charge. (Hear, hear.) Up to the arrival of the military at Six-mile Bridge, everything had been most peaceable. Mr. Wilson himself, an old military officer, had prevailed on the people to go and deposit their sticks at the police-office. It was said that there was a premeditated design on their part to attack the military. The contrary was as clear as light. In addition to the comparatively large military force sent from Limerick, there were in this little village of Six-mile Bridge a most formidable body of the constabulary, who were more effective than any troops in preserving the peace. He did not deny that after the troops arrived there was rioting and stone-throwing, but he contended there was not that amount of provocation which justified the soldiers in taking life. (Hear, hear.) He contended that nothing but abso lute peril could justify any persons in taking the life of others. Seven persons there met an untimely death, and that was not a circumstance to be slightly treated. The right hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Napier) might gain a party triumph by his motion, but he had neglected his duty in not giving every facility to a full inquiry. He relied only on the evidence of the two officers who were most interested, and of Captain Eager it might be observed. that he was in this position—either his men fired unne cessarily, or, the necessity having arisen, he neglected to give the order. (Hear, hear.) The learned gentleman had spoken of the office of coroner as a public nuisance, but he surely forgot that the coroner was an officer of the highest antiquity, and existed long before an attor ney-general was heard of. (Hear, hear.) It was admited that a soldier was a citizen, and had the same right to defend himself from attack, but the moment that attack ceased to be dangerous, he ought to desist from the use of deadly weapons. Such had not been the case here, as was clear from the evidence of Mr. Wilson, who stated that he saw one soldier fire, charge, and fire again, and that three soldiers charged and stabbed an unarmed young man, who was running away. (Hear, hear.) He deposed that the conduct of the military was " unsoldierlike and inhuman." In the main street, where there was no rioting whatever, the soldiers had rushed in, and fired upon unoffending people. In front of the Court house, four persons were killed, in a narrower space than the width of that house, and within ten yards of an over whelming force of the constabulary, amply sufficient to preserve the peace, besides a detachment of the 14th Regi ment. (Hear, hear.) It was - said that the Rev. Mr. Burke, the parish priest, was th e cause o f the rioting. He had the pleasure of knowing that rev. gentleman, and the late Secretary for the Admiralty (Mr. Stafford) knew him also, and were the hon. gentleman present he might safely appeal to him whether Mr. Burke's conduct was not always characterised by peace, absence from political interference, and obedience to the laws ? He admitted that rev. gentle man forgot himself on the occasion referred to, and that he made use of language nnbefitting his sacred calling. (Cheers from the opposition.) But no one regretted that circum stance more than did Mr. Burke himself. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman then read an account of the rioting at Oldham, wriere the troops were called out and dispersed the crowd, but where " the military used only the flats of their swords. (Hear, hear.) That was moderation and discipline, and the cavalry who acted in that manner deserved commendation. At the West Glou cestershire election there were also great tumults, and the Riot Act was read three times. At Sixmile-bridge the Riot Act was never read at all. The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to discuss the law of the matter, and contended that although soldiers did not lose their rights as citizens, yet they acquired no greater rights and were subject to the same liabilities. It was not necessary in discussing this question to consider whether the soldiers acted under the orders of their officers, for no order was given ; but he was of opinion that a soldier was not justi fied in acting on the orders of an officer unless those orders were legal. Soldiers might, as any other citizens might, use weapons in their defence, and take life in their defence, but only by the same right as was enjoyed by any ordinary individual. Though a soldier, like any other person, might aid in suppressing a riot, yet he could not legally take hu man life in suppressing a riot, unless his own life was in peril. The hon. and learned gentleman then quoted the opinion of Lo r d. M ansfield, as expressed on the occasion of the Gordon r i o t s, to the effect " that persons assisting in the suppr ess i on of a riot (meaning the military) could only be consid ere d as p rivate individuals, acting according to law; p and if they exceeded the law, they were liable to be punished." Judge Perrin had adopted that reasoning in stating . the ca se of the soldiers at Si xm ile-bridge to the grand jury of Clare, and went .further saying that if they fired in the defence •f their lives, the homicide would be justifiable, but it must be shown by evidence that their lives could have been saved only by their firing, and there must be evidence that such was their danger. In that opinion he (Mr. Fit zge rald) agreed, but the questi on t o b e investigate d was, whether their lives were in danger • if they were not, they were at least guilty of manslaughter. and ter. By the Queen's ulations were to tell the people that if the troops were called on to regulations it was laid down that officers fire, their fire would be effectual ; that the troops were not to fire except by the order of their officer, and he was not to give that order until directed by the magistrate ; that the firing was to cease the instant that it was no longer necessary, whether the magistrates ordered it to cease or not, and that the soldiers were not to fire on persons separate and apart from the crowd. There was not one of those regulations that the soldiers at Six-mile-bridg e did not violate. This was the case which the right hon. gentleman had thought proper to bring be fore the house with some object of his own. It was no doubt a case for investigation, but he (Mr. Fitzgerald) would never consent to an investigation unless it was ex tended to all concerned. But the right hon. gentleman had taken a very singular - course, for he had moved for documents which were open to any, and might be got for the asking.: Wh en t h ose d ocumen t s were i n the hand s o f members, the ri g ht h on. gen tl eman s h o uld proceed to make some direct motion. But; doubtless, his object was, by , means of this motion, to make an assault on the Govern ment, and end eavour to set hi s own con d uc t in a favourabl contrast with that of the present Attorney-General for Ire land. This was one of those calamitous cases, which the sooner it was begun to be forgotten the better. In his (Mr. Fitzgerald's) judgment, the course taken by the pre sent Attorney-G enera l f or I re l an d was w i se a nd judicious, while he did n o t en t er t a i n th e same op i n i on w ith regard to the course which had previously been adopted. The right hon. gentleman, in bringing this motion before the house, had made a singular selection of a subject which was to occupy the attention of the house on the evening of the day dedicated to the patron saint of Ireland; and instead of permitting members to meet around the social board in honour of an institution which was intended to promote th&bonefit of Ireland, had crone his best tb on' the house an Irish row. He (Mr. Fitzgerald) knew, however, that if any asperity-was imported into the debate, the col league of the right hon. gentleman, the hon. and learned mepa.ber for Enniskillen, would pour the oil of his kindli ness on the waters of discord. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CAIRNS warmly defended the conduct of the sol diery, and contended, on the authority of the Duke of Wellington, and in opposition to Judge Perrin, that a sol dier was bound to use his weapons when in danger of being disabled from the execution of his trust. He denounced the course of the present Irish Attorney-General, especially in regard to his abstaining from putting the priests into the felon's dock. Every pea san t in the county of Clare be lieved that such a course had been dictated by fear. Sir JOHN YOUNG contended that the law had been fairly, honestly, and impartially administered. It was a matter of regret, first, that so few soldiers should have been called in, for when the military were summoned, it should be in numbers to render resistance hopeless ; and secondly, that they should have been posted in an unfor tunate position. He vindicated the course of the Irish Attorney-General, who, he said, had shown no enmity against the soldiery, but had pursued a wiser and higher course than that of Mr. Napier. As regarded the priest Bourke, he asserted the absolute necessity for calling him as a witness, and the impropriety of subsequently placing him on his trial at the same assizes, and before the jury who had heard his evidence. And as regarded future pro ceedings, their success would be very doubtful, while there would be the certain mischief of keeping alive ill blood. He indignantly scouted the idea that any member of the Government could have sought for popular support or favour in taking the course which had been adopted in this case, and expressed his belief that the best manner of ob taining the confidence of the Irish people was by the strict est and justest administration of the law. But if Mr. Napier thought he had, any case, Government was ready to meet him on a definite issue. The present moment was one which, if made at all, should have been made in silence. Mr. WHITESIDE argued, from the ferocity which had been displayed by the peasantry in another case which he cited, and from his personal knowledge of the scene of the affray in question, that if the military had not been prompt, their lives would have been sacrificed. He went into evidence to show the rioting, and the complicity . of the priests, energetically defended the magistrates and the soldiery, and animadverted severely upon the conduct of the Irish Attorney-General, whom he accused of falsifying the promise of Lord Aberdeen. He denied that this motion had any factious origin. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL remarked upon the in tense bitterness with which Mr. - Whiteside had sought to blacken the character of a professional brother, and ob served,that the House of Commons ought not to be made a court of appeal in such cases. In reference t,) the case of the soldiers, he vindicated Mr. Brewster from the charge of not assisting them, by stating that the Secretary-at-War himself had given express orders that they should be de fended. He reiterated the previous arguments which had been urged in favour of the non-prosecution of the priests, and demanded of Messrs. Napier and Whiteside whethpr, if they themselves should return to office to-morrow, they would revive the memory of the melancholy affair by send ing Bourke for trial. Energetically condemning the tone in which the absent Attorney-General for Ireland had been assailed, he repudiated the charges against him with the disgust they deserved. Lord ADOLPHUS VANE gave notice that on the next occasion of going into Supply, he would bring on a motion upon this subject. The motion was then agreed to, the debate having ocdu pied seven hours and a half. The house then adjourned. BANK OF ENGLAND. A general court of the governors, directors, and pro prietors of the Bank of England was held yesterday at 12 o'clock, in eoniformity with the charter, and also for the purpose of declaring a di v id en d f or th e half-year. The SECRETARY read the minutes of the last meeting. The GOVERNOR (Mr. Thompson Hankey, jun.), said- 1 — I hare to acquaint this court that this is one of the quarterly general courts in conformity with• the charter, and also one of the half-yearly courts appointed by the bye-laws for the purpose of declaring a di vidend. During the half-year ending the 28th of February, the. profits have been 563,049/., and the rest will be, after deduction. of the dividend 3,594,2331. This will enable the court to declare is dividend of 4 per cent., after payment of which there will be to the rest 3,012,113/., and the court of directors recommend that a dividend of 4 per cent. for the half year ending the 28th of February last, should be made to the proprietors without any de duction of income-tax. I have, therefore, to propose that that court do order a dividend of 4 per cent., with out deduction of income tax. The resolution having been seconded, was carried unanimously. Mr. COOKE expressed his great satisfaction at the statement of the governor, and begged to move a vote of thanks to him and the directors, for the manner in which the affairs of the Bank had been conducted by them. EDWARD BERKWTER seconded the motion, which was carried. The GOVERNOR returned thanks—and said that as according to the act of Parliament, the dividend cannot be paid without a ballot, inasmuch as it exceeds the amount prescribed by the act of Parliament, it is neces-' nary that a ballot should take place to sanction the pay ment. I have, therefore, to propose that a ballot', should take place between the hours of 11 and 4 o'clock on Tnesday, the 22d inst. This proposal was unanimously carried, and the court adjourned. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-THE SALE. According to the announcement made by Mr. Scott, the auctioneer, the sale of the fittings, scenery, dresses, and decorations of this world-famed establishment, took place yesterday. At the hour appointed a crowd of persons numbering at tbe,most 150, assembled on the stage. Mr. Scott, attended by his clerk, having made his second ap pearance on this stage, proceeded to read the conditions of the sale, and afterwards put up the whole of the pro perty for the upset price of 12,0001. A long pause ensued, but not one single offer was made. Mr. Scott then informed the assembled few that not having received any advance on the upset price, he would commence the sale in the concert-room. Shortly after two o'clock the auctioneer made his ap pearance at a slightly-built desk in the concert-room, and two rows of theatrical, tables having been covered with scarlet cloth, the sale commenced in earnest. The first lot consisted of two parcels containing fifty-seven pieces, and brought seventeen shillings. It was bought by Mr. Sheppard of the Surrey. The lots sold yesterday formed part of the gentlemen's wardrobe, and consisted chiefly of shirts,, tunics, and the like, realising in some cases 31., but generally the prices at which they were knocked down did not exceed 21. The celebrated dress worn by Lablache in the Tempest, after a languidabidding, sold for one guinea. A parcel of Egyptian dresses brought 2/. 14s. A magnificent Indian dress and a lot of imitation tiger skins brought only 235. Those present at the sale consisted principally of gen- tlemen connected with our metropolitan theatres, Smith of Drury-lane, and Mr. Conquest of the Grecian Saloon, being among the principal buyers. The sale, we are informed, will last over ten days. IMPERIAL TASTE.-A Frankfort journal states that it is able to communicate the interesting fact that Gene ral O'Donnell has received from the Archduchess Sophia, in memorial of the service he rendered the Emperor on the 18th ult., a gold ring with a large turquoise. Under the stone are several hairs of the Emperor, clotted with the imperial blood. RUMOURS OF ANOTHER EXPEDITION FOR THE INVA SION OF CUBA.-It is said, though we do not vouch for its truth, that another expedition is being organised in New Orleans, with the design of invading the island of Cuba, and wresting it from the possession of Spain. A colonel of the late Hungarian army is to have the com mand of the expedition, which, already, it is said, num bers a force of fifteen hundred men, from Cincinnati and elsewhere. The committee is reported to be in the habit of meeting for the transaction of business and further ance of the project, almost every evening, at one of the hotels, in New Orleans ; but it is surmised that no ac tive measures are to be taken for five or six months more.—New York Herald. HYDROPHOBIA.—A very curious fact has come out respecting canine Rabies ; it appears that in the Ar dennes there is an institution for the cure of hydro phobia dedicated to St. Hubert, the patron of hunters, and that scarcely any person bitten by dogs said to be mad, have incurred that disease if they had good fortune to be admitted into this institution. Now, the fact is clearly as we have stated, but the reason or ratio medendi of these cases requires explanation. The patient, on admission, has perfect faith in the cure, which, as is well known, the Catholic ascribes to the powers of the Patron Saint ; all the inmates of the house pray also and the person bitten has his mind so much fortified by confidence in the remedy that those frightful symptoms resembling hydrophobia do not come on, and he is discharged cured or rather freed from danger. Now the real explanation which has resulted from medical examination is this. The true hydrophobia is so rare a disease that it scarcely happens twice in a century, whereas a spurious but equally fatal disorder of the throat and stomach is brought on, in predisposed constitutions, by fear of the disease. The dog which had bitten the patient is, too frequently, foolishly destroyed by his timid master, and thus the poor patient has n o means of finding out that the animal was not really rabid-; wbereas, if the dog had been only chained up, instead of being killed, not only would many a valuable dog be saved, but the patient, perceiving that the animal was not rabid would be, satisfied in his mind of his own safety and would not incur the disorder alluded to. The false alarms, usually spread abroad about hydro phobia,have a similar bad tendency to p romote this malady. This subject is so important th a t i t ought would a hvto be more generally known. There is i n part i cular epidemic seasons a tendency to these di sor d ers of the and throat and fauces under the special i n fl uence of the mind, and if the advice herein contained were p romptly acted The above remarks have been co mmun i cated to us on t o h n e , a many utho r casesity of o f dreadfulscientific d suffering examined into the subject. _ . [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11ollowiy's Ointment and Pills have effected a Wonderful Cure of Lameness of Five Years' Duration.--Extract of a letter from Mrs. Dran danrill, of Turks Island, Bahamas,, dated August 3, 1851 :—" To Professor Holloway.—Sir, —I have suf fered during five years from lameness, occasioned by a severe cold, which confined me to my room for two years and a half, during which period I tried various remedies, but derived no benefit from them. I was then recom mended to try your excellent medicines, and from their use I have experienced the greatest relief. They have proved most efficacious in my case, as I am now enabled to walk without assistance, and am entirely free from pain."— Sold by all Druggists, and at Messrs. Hollo way's estahlishment, 244, Strand, London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. The attendance was confined to about a dozen mem bers, and the only transactions were :-300 to 25 agst Orestes, 550 to 25 agst Ninnyhammer, and 18 and 25 to 1, to 1001., agst Honeywood. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY. GOLD CUP, value 100 sovs., with a bonus added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for horses the pro perty of officers on full pay of the army, and that have been regularly hunted in the years 1852 and 1853 with any established pack of hounds ; 12st each, winners extra ; to be ridden by officers on full pay ; • the second to save his stake, and receive the bonus ; any officer who has not ridden a steeplechase or hurdle race allowed 51b. The winner to give 101. to the third horse. Three miles. Cap. Thornton's ch'm Minna, 12st (Mr. Berkeley) 1 Lieut. Probyn's Routh, 12st (Lieut. Hunt) 2 Lieut. Pottinger's Harkover, list 91b (allowed 51b) (Owner) 3 Lieut. Hogge's Chance, 12st Lieut. Hamilton's Abel, 12st Lieut. Scott's Maucan, 12st (carried 12st 41b) .. (Sir T. Grosley) 0 Capt. Buchanan's Gannymede, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 Lieut. Adlington's Welcome, 12st Capt. Dickenson's First Flight, 12st Capt. Dickson's Harlequin, list 91b (carried 12st) (Capt. Barclay) 0 Lieut, Sartoris's Young Sir Edward, 12st (carried 12st 91b) (Owner) 0 Lieut.-Col. Lawrence's Slattern, 12st 101 b (includi ng 101 b Cornet Jones's Senator, 12st (Capt. Tower) 0 Capt. Morant's St. Nicholas, 12st Betting--5 to 1 a g st Routh, sto 1 agst Sl a tt ern , 6t o 1 agst Harlequin, 7 to 1 agst Senator, 8 to 1 agst Chance, 8 to 1 agst Minna, and 10 to 1 each agst Wel come, First Flight, Young Sir Edward, and St. Nicholas. Won by three lengths, six lengths between second and third. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with a bonus added, and - conditionally the property of officers on full pay in the army ; llst each, winners extra. 'To be ridden by officers on full pay in the army. The winner to be sold by auction for 100 sovs. if demanded, &c. Three miles. Lieut. King's Bendigo, list (Mr. Purcell) 1 Capt. Morris's Quiffie, 1 Ist 2 Capt. Lane Fox's Esculapius, list Owner) 3 Lieut. -Col. Berkeley's Gloomy, 115 t... (Capt. Rowley) 4 Mr. Hunt's Signal, list (allowed 51b)... (Mr. G. Booth) 5 Capt. Dickson's Free Trader, list...(Lieut. Berkeley) 0 Betting— 7to 4 agst Quiffie. Won by a neck ; three parts of a length between second and third, and the others beaten off. Free Trader did not pass the post. WELTER STAKES of 10 goys ; each, with a bonus added, for horses unconditionally the property of officers on full pay in the army ; 13st 71b each, winners extra ; to be ridden by officers, &c. Three miles. Capt. Dickso n ' s P ee pi ng Tom, 13st 71b (Owner) 1 Major Foster's Canon Ball, 13st 71b.. (Lieut. Saz;toris) 2 Betting.-2 to lon Peeping Tom, who won in a canter by ten lengths. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Hobby-horse (taken). CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 30 agst Little Jack (taken). NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Ethelbert (taken). 8 to 1 bar one. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Bto 1 offered on the field. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Orestes. 25 to 1 agst Hurworth (taken). 30 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer (taken). 50 to 1 agst Speed the Plough (taken). 1000 to 30. agst. Filbert (taken). NCE EXTRA. ING MEETING. NCOLN SPRING HANDICAP of It accepting being Bst., it has Yrs st lb c by Theon out of Rebecca 4 6 11 Thunderbolt Chilton Game Tommy 3 6 5 The Gip 3 5 11 Sir Eustace de Grey I The rest pay 2 sovs. each. 'D SPRING MEETING. each, 10 ft, with 200 added, Yrs st Galvanism - i - i - - a Sanita 4 6 19 Ethelbert Charley Hatchel. Invasion INTELLIGEI LINCOLN S PR. ACCEPTANCES for the Li. 10 sovs. each. The highes been raised, &c. Yrs st lb Warwick 5 8 7 Musician Sir R. Trenchard 5 8 0 Odiharn 5 7 5 Prestige 5 7 5 Harp 5 7 0 Abdallah Caurire Presto NEWMARKET SECON SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs. for 3-year-olds. A.F. • Yrs st lb Mountain Deer 5 8 8 Harbinger 4 8 1 Conmore Gossamer ' 4 7 8 Bardolph Father Thames YORK SPRING MEETING. THE FORCED FREE HANDICAP of 300 sovs. each did not fill. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, ------ CUSTOM-ROUSE—MARCEI 17. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Baron, from Antwerp • Wil-, liam Crew, Marans ; Bonne Marie, Nantes ; Providence, Rouen ; Gertrude, Charente ; Slavianskif Constantinople ; Veritas, Guernsey ; Rainbow, Rotterdam ;Howard, Laur lig ; Deborah, Rouen ; Isabel, do. 4 Dona Theresa, New Orleans ; Apollo, Schiode ; Eburn, Dunkirk ; Arehimede, Queen, Munsoorcottah ; Aluila, Havan- Caen ; Twee Vrinden, Dantzic ; Heinrich, Charente ; May nah ; Mary, Odessa ; Lagaginerie, Lucon ; Times, Odessa ; Industrie, Christiansand ; Dieu de Portege, Dieppe • Swithamley, Whainpoa ; Jens Hansen Lund, Leghorn ; William Gow land, Charente ; Victoria, Christiana ; Alamode, Leghorn ; Livonia, Demerara ; Augustine Clara, Charente ; Yandew, Oporto ; San Bruno, Torrevieja ; Earl of Auckland, Rot terdam .- Constitution, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ge neral Sale, Singapore ; Marsala Girgente; Francis Henty, Melbourne ; Renolna, Santander; Fame, Calais ; Sophia, Calcutta ; Jeune Hermine, Charente ; Attwood, Rotter dam ; Salva Dora, Boston Emden ;Facto ; Willi am and Rebecca, Calais ; werp. Lea,ry, Rotterdam ; B urgh Castle, Ant- ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Triton, for Ostend ; Soho, Havre • Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Sea Witch, Shanghai ; Patrick Henry, New York; George and Eliza beth, Rouen; Rupina, Baton and San Sebastian ; Albion, Boulogne ;Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Fame, Calais ; Aurora, Sydney ; Celestial, Madras ; Hanover, Port Philip ; Investigator, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Jovia Anita, Valencia and Barcelona ; Emilie and Maria, Rouen ; Rainbow, Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The John Bertram, for Boston ; Brooking, St. John s, Newfoundland ; George and Elizabeth, Rouen ; Margaret, Launceston ; Ganges, Port Phili p ; Ci ty of Paris, Boulogne ; Sally, Brussels ; John Bull, M ontreal ; Carrier, Mogadore ; Nora, Geelong Montreal. Stanhope, M e lb ourne ; Urania, Rouen ; City of Hamilta,; The wreck of the brig Markland, with only foremast and bowsprit, standing, having apparently been run into by some vessel, was passed, Feb. 24, by the Jane, arrived at Liverpool from New Orleans. RIO JANEIRO, Feb. 14.—The Camada, from the Chinchas Isles to the Chesapeake, put in here yesterday leaky. DOUGLAS, 1.M., March 16.—The Castilian Maid arrived here, after having been on the Scarlet Rocks, having mis taken the harbour light ,for the Calf light, and is dis chL arging. AAILA.SH, March 15.—The Henry Holland (brig), from the Clyde to St. John's, N. 8., went on shore at Corrygill Shore, near this place ; should the weather keep moderate the vessel may be got off. of St. John' s , I t s o .— Be T e h te e n M , w ar a y s May, N C B ° . LE f r u e t a iN A E r , d M r e a r s sa c h n driven on shore on Rathlin Island yesterday morning —crew saved. to California, s a il e d hence, Dec. 14, but STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLES, Jan. s . —The Porcupine, from Liverpool but has just put back with floor-timbers broken and other Pnairth'e vessel. damage, having been on shore in the Straits of Magellan, attempteddischarge te to b r ur e The natives surrounded t a h n e d m m a u n s d t dh BAHIA, Feb. 19.—The Scio, Rio Grande to Queens town, and put in here Feb. 5, leaky, has repaired, and will sail 21st for her desti na ti on. The Templar, Valparaiso to chLiverpool, put in h ere Feb. 8, very leaky, and will dis arge. GUERNSEY, March 15 . —The side of a small vessel, sup posed to b e English, h as b een brought in here. ANTWERP, March 1 6. —The iene, Stettin fr Mar seilles, has been stranded ne ar the B Island of Sardinia. The two casks of brandy which were picked up Jan. 23, and taken to Leith, have been ascertained to have been part of the cargo of the Diederic, Hedenburg, which sa il e d f rom Rochell e N ov. 10, for Boston,. and had not arrived at th e l a tt er port Feb. 26.U.5., NEW YORK, March 2.—The Diedrich, Hedenberg, which sailed from Rochelle, for Boston, is about two months out of time, and was probably lost soon after her departure, as two quarter casks of brandy, the mark of which corres ponded with those in a bill of lading of some brandies shipped on board that vessel, were picked up Jan. 23, near the B a y of Biscay, by the Gem, of Leith. See Antwerp paragraph. A ship's binnacle, a sextant in wooden frame Dr. Johnson's Comprehensive Dictionary, with the name of John Bodinna, Jan. 1851, on the outside of the cover, bound in cloth, a Prayer-book, same binding, and several pieces of log line, &c. , apparently having belonged to an English ve sse l, were ofered for sale by the natives of Sav age Islands, in lat. 19 deg. 10 min. S., and long. 16 deg. 57 min. W., on the 27th Sept., 1852, to Comr. Vigini, while heaving to off there. MARCH s.—The Italy, New Orleans to Genoa, which was abandoned Feb. 3, was seen on the 20th of the same month in lat. 33 N. and. long. 77 W., with five or six men on board, but who were without provision, by the Tenes see (schooner), arrived at Boston, which lay by for six hours, but could render no assistance. The wreck of a vessel sunk, the decks with spars alongside, bulwarks anti rail gone, and app a r en tly o f a b ou t 200 t ons , was p asse d Feb. 24, on the western edge of the Gull Stream, Cape whic h put W.N.W. The Fairy, Smyrna for Boston, put into St. Thomas's Feb. 5, was leaking badly, and would have to discharge. ALMERIA, March B.—The Belmont, Carthagena to New castle, has been brought in with damage, having been in contact with a guards costa. The Doris (not Dovre, as reported yesterday), f rom Dantzic to London, passed the Sound Dec. 7, and has not since been heard of. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The America, New York to Liverpool, Feb. 23, lat. 40, long. 69. The Sarah Louisa, Liverpool to New York, Feb. 22, lat. 42, long. 61. 1 LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No• of Strand, in the freeinet of the Savoy, in the coati Middlesex, Friday, March 18, 186$. COUNTRY MARKETS. BOSTON--MARcri 16. Although the supplies of grain generally were 0 my moderate, the trade was in au extremely languid sty At, more so than for several weeks past. Wheat declines lin value fully is per qr. on the depreciated currency of • tl is day se'nnight. Barley, beans, and peas were 6d to 1 e per qr. cheaper. Oats barely supported late prices. W beat, rei, 37s to 45s white, 45s to 475, extra 49s ; bark V T 27s to 31s ; oat s , As to 19s ; beans, 32s to 35s ; peas, = 35s per qr. NEWARK—MARCH 16. Our corn market to-day was well attended, end there was good supplies of grain, which experienced a son /el rhat heavy sale, at the currencies of this day week. W 1 teat, white, 54s to 565, red 44s to 50s • berley, grinding, 2Z3 t° 30s, maltinc , 32s to 35 8 ; oats, seed 24s to 28s, feed 21 to 24s ; beans 28s to 44s ; pe as 34s to 38s ; malt 56s to • 6 0 ' 3 ; tares, 44s to 48s per qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD—MARmi 15. The supply of fat beasts to-day was large, with an i attx of buyers ; high prices were asked, and some few I .eta left unsold. Sheep were scarce, and realised highe c p than they have for several year s p as t. Th e num b e a f i" pigs were larger than it has been for some time, and. a glad e lower in price. Fat and store calves were more vlentifill• =Beef, 51d to 6d ; mutton, 'Tic' to 84(1 ; veal, Sid to 6d Pe r lb. ; pigs, 9s Od to lOs Od per score ; rough fat, 4s 6d per 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d to 24d per lb, ; calf-skins, 20 to 3 .1" per lb. DENBIGH—MARCEL 16. There was a small market. to-day, in c onse quence cf . Ffair Blodau taking place on S a t ur d ay next. wheat, 161 to 17s Od ; barley, 9s 6d to 10s ; oats, 5s 6d to 6s Od per hobbet ; tub butt er , 9,d to 10d ; •esh ditto, is ld per lb. DUBLIN—MARCH 15.. There was scarcely the appearance of business at' Or Corn-exchange to-day. Buyers generally held off, hu', holders were not disposed to tempt them by any furthe r concession in price. On the whole, the market was dull e s possible. _ . White wheat, 26s Od to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to 28 5 ; barley, 123 6d to 16s 3d ; oa t s , 9 s 6d to Us Od ; rapesee d, 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s Od ; baker! flour, 14s 6d to 18s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 31s Ocl to 33s 6 " per 480 lbs. CORK- Air 16. Brig. 16 White wheat 25s 9d to OOs 11 Redwheat 21s 9(1 to 23s Ditto OOs Od to OOs --4 Ditto OOs Od to 00s 34 Barley l3s Od to 14s Ditto OGs Od to 00s rot Lo OOs Od to (00s Bere 00s Od to 00s 343 Oats 160 Ditto lOs 4d to Ills Ditto 00s Od to oOs 1 Pigs 43s 6d to 0.08 Currency. Od Os Od-20 stone* 6d Od 00s Od-20 do. Od 8(1 Od} 133 6d-16 do. Od Od Os Oil • 4d 0d). 103 4d dA• Od Od 005 Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the h ighest prices : 00 barrels white wheat ; 5 red ; 6 barley ; 0 bore ; 16 oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number a f pigs sold last week l- - •: Wheat, 193. Barley; 318. .Bers, 0. Oats, 2, 81 " d ' Pigs, 149. • • No quotations for butter, nor re t urn o f fi r ki ns, un til the ,11th.of April. Return of cattle sold for week encUng March 12:-- Pigs, 662. Sheep, 287. Cows, 104. d; CORR.—Flour— First, 15s Od t o 16 s Od ;extra , 175 A 1 seconds, 148 Od t o 14 s 6d ; h ouseholds, lOs to 13s Od ; thi7 ,4., 8s Od to lO s p er cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to 8 16; oatireal, 108 6d to llsOd ; wheat meal, 108 6d to lls Per c 6d Indian Corn, 71 5s Od to 8/ Os Od per ton. Bran, 4112 0 to 41.15 s Od perton. Hay—Farmers, 25s Od to 32s Od; arerag e 2, 295; dealers, 35s Od to 00930 d ; average, Os per ton. Straw„ to Farmers, 19s Od to 25s Od ; average, 218 ; dealers, 255 „ ° A u to 30s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten oaf, „'" A is Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, l i; e 4 'lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Meat te 4id to 8d ; mutton, S t itt to 63d ; veal, 41d to 6 1 d ; pork* Y -6d ; bacon, 7d to 7d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—fish, Newfonn ; land, 111. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 288 toL e ..t ., °S Red, do., .10s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 9d to 10d; i gm fis lid to 1 2d.—Coals, Newport, 218 ; Lydney, 218 ; Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 o.p. 6s Od per imperial frau% L if Hiees, market, 25s t o 32 s ; Salted, 26s to 32s per cwt. skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. per ton:, Fleece wool, 15s t o 16 s per stoue.--Hemp, 38/. to 421:r ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pine, 3/. 108; yellow a ° 4 Si. ss. per ton ; deals, 161. to 181. per hund re d.—Bark, T I L 8/. to 81. 10s. per ton.— r.. , -- allow, 46F to 47s 'per cwt,: l _; , ° % L 71. lOs to 0/. per c w t.—T ar, A rchangel, 19s. per brl.—uu"-- Peruvian, 101. 108 to 11/. per ton. RAILWAY AWARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MAI:toII 17. 61/ STOCK EXCHAN G E.—The d ui share market has been _ day, and closed without animation. The latest q uotatt . ,% l2 were as follows :—Birkenhew.d, Lancashire, and Che s— ,, p . o , 121. shares, 3-b dis. ; Caledomian 324 ; Eastern Con n ,", n 13 1-16 ; Lancashire and Yorlushire, 76-A ; Leeds Northern, 16 ; London and North Western, 1194 ; Manchesri l, Sheffield, and Lincol n , 29/ ; Midland, ; North Brit s o. ' 9; ditto Half sha res , i ssued at '-0 dis., 32i ; South Eas l . and Dover, 233 • York, New lstle, an d B erw i c k, ~, " Midland (Bristol and Birming ham 6 per cent.), 1 41 Dutch Rhenish, 2 dis. MANCHESTER-- -MARCH 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.- P r i ces opened ranch low er , -a n i s d though they have fluctuated, have not regained yesterlo. currency. There has been but alb nited business. L 1 .. 764 ; Sheffields, 2 n ; Midlands, 71/4 ; Dovers, 23/7 ; ..7 , T i 1l Union A 252 ; North Union B, 175 c don Fifths, 2.4 p. ; East Anglian 13 per cent., 3 N t .d., 44 4 London . dis. ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee , B b , ; stock, 1194. • Northstan BIRMINGHAM MARMI 17 _- t _S a T a O y C t il ha E n x o C r H a A i u N a G ry E ..—Th sto e c r k el w v as as namoorereibnugsujilds dafotenerphanered prices were firm. Midland 6 per cent. Was done at 146. LEEDS--MARCH 17. . 7 4 t STOCK EXCHANGE.—W e have had a weaker this morning for all kinds .of stock. Lancashire and York shires declined to 76g ex 11v. and were done during t „ g be meeting at 764 ;idlands fell to 75g ; North Wes tern were done at Si. 3s 9d. ;[n other lines there were `— operations. SEA 80R.V.17 MAILS. t (N signifies that the mail s are se at from the General Poofdce -- by the night—and M by the mornini; —dispatch.] Day when nt tde Fro i nt .ort aue in d. what lo hen COUNTRIES. in G e n era l 1 ost• Office, Con d i in. Dispatched. EDg •- 1 Amerlca(byßrit.pack)N Ev er y F r id ay Liverpool "d or,. Each - America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N March 22 .. Liverpool ... arrived • America (by U State, 26 packet) ......... N March 1 6 ......... Southampton &larch Australia (via South ampton) .......... M 4th of May .. It lonthampton April 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May Dover Apr.. 1 . Ditto (via Cape of t.ood Elope) ...... •• • ....N 2d of April .... Plymouth .. Arrive Africa ( West Coast) ...N 23rd of the month. t'.'ymouth 13 Alexandria .....• • ... N 5,9, 24, &30 of m Dover • mar.' 2 ° Alexandria .. 31 4th & 20th o f mon. So u thampton 510 e-, h „,00 Bahamas ..... • . nd M 2of the month t_4ol..thamptun Ist 0. "" Belgium ............N Brazil • • .• • . ....M 9th of the mouth.. Southampton Arrive d • Buenos Ayres ..., 31 9th of .he m S p o ir t e la r am — pt . o . n . Arrive d Cape of Good Hone .. N 14th of the month Plymouth .. 30 Cap. of Good Hope ..N 2nd of April Plymouth .. 26 Cape de Verds .....N lath of the month Plymouth .. March Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth .. ' 014. 6 Channel 151e5.... • . ..N Mon.,Wed ,&Fr.d. Southampton IV Chi l i . • • • • • •• • • • . .d & 17th of month Beuthamptot, Marc" j 6 China (see India) •2 0 . . Constantinople 7 ,8,17,21,&270fm. Dover ...... M 20 Constantinople ......31 4th Sc 20th of mon Southampton Marcholl tont. of Europe M & N T w i ce d a i ly .Dover Egypt (tee India) , • France ........ M & N Twice da11y...... Dover ...... Twlced 16 Gibraltar .. ...M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 o f m. Southampton Marc' Greece (see India) Greytown ...... •.nd & 17th of mon. South am pt on „, ..h 16 Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London Havannah .......... At 2rd - of the month Southampton AP..ifi Holland M Wednesday & Sat Londo n won.fi b 16. Honduras hi 17th of the mon th Southampton ~.„h India (viaSouthampt.)lll 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton rittlavu India (via Marseilles)H Bth& 2 4th of month Dover Arrived lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........M & N T w i ce d a il y Holyhead ..As sa r 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Anil'' .! Madeira 9th of the month South ampton Arrive d • Madeira ............ N 23 r d of the month Plymouth .. i Malta (see India) • Matt i ' 10- Malta ...... • • • • • . ..N 7,17,19,27, 30 elm Dover Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth Mexico 0 Naples..... .• • . N sth Ihth2sthofm on Dover Mar_..c h l 6 New Granada ...... 31 2d & 17th of mont h S ou th ampton Mar ch 16 New Zea1and.......... lay private ship .. Variou, ports trneeli Papal states Peninsula .. thl7th27tholmon. Southampton Marc.' , 6 Peru...... •• .. M & 17th of mon I , outhampto n March Port Natal 14th of the month! lymouth March 46 Sicily • • • • •• • .......N sthl th2stholmon, Dover March 22 Tuscany • • ........N sth 15th25thofmon. Dover March 16 Venezuela AI 2d & 7th of month Southampton i March ' Van D'emen's Land (lee Migrants) .......... ii West Indies ........ 31,2 d & 17th of month,Southampton!March 16_ !Southampton 3farell 16 BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 13th inst„ at Sensington-park•villav, Notting . hill, the wife of H. Le Jenne, Esq. OF A DAUGRTRR. On the 16th inst., at the Admiralty, the wife of CAP l6in 'Milne. R.N. On the 1 9 th inst., at Tipper Phillimore- P lace Kel lsinga ton, the wife of John Fletcher, Esq. MARRIED. bo On the 15th inst., at St. G eorge ' s, Hanov er-squa , r e, l o doi, D. Gardner, Esq., of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, to -A f eldest "daughter of W. Pi go t t, Es .q , and granddaugh ter the late Gen. Jeafferson and the Vis coun t ess Germans°il°, of Dullingham-house, in the same county. n Sid C: On the 15th inst., at Monk TownLchnrch, -- on he% Campbell, Esq., second son of Rear-Admiral D. Ca n Wi i ter of Barbreck, Argyleshire, of Charles Copland, E s o f - L frd t ° (3antY. •, of on o - erre , Dublin. to Jessie E. Copland, daug DED. On the 10th inst ., at Cheddar, Somersetshire, George Budgett, Esq. On the 12th inst , at Bridgwater , Henry Reed, Es" solicitor,' age d 64. o ver, of On the 13th inst. at the Ursuline Convent, Mrs. r relict o f Nicholas Power, l Esq. of Snow-hill, and aunt the lat e Ri ght Hon. R. L. Sheil, aged 116. , g a ol On the 12th i ns t ., at Scaleby-hall, Cum b er l an d, Farrer, Esq.. aged 54. Warvi iajc- On the 15th inst., at 13, Gloucester-street,. square, Pimlico, Mr. J. F. Allen, aged 56. agoOdnst4, the 14th relict h inst., at of E denEq., of Clarence-parade,sN Cheltenham aged Gloucestershire. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1853.