The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-14 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. FAREWELL BENEFIT or Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING, Maim 14, Will be performed THE ROUSED LION. After which, A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. To be followed by THE PRETTY GIBS OF STILBERG. FAREWELL ADDRESS. To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Meaca 14, Will be performed the Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES' or, a mind red Years Ago. Supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, O. Siszith, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woo l Kar, and Miss F. Aiaskel.i. After Which, A LUCK.Y FRIDAY. To conclude with (at second price) JACK SHEPPARD. Doors open at hall-past six o'clock. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. - Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, 3Lsaca .14, wm be produced Shakapere's Tragedy of MACBETH (as acted at Windsor Castle, by Royal command). Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Mutes 14, wrilj be presented THE FARMER'S STORY. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Shalders, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. After which, THE LOIN OF A LOVER. To conclude with THE SERGE ANL '3 WIFE. Box-aline open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Horning 39 min. after 4 f Evening 52 min.a ft . 4 To-Monnow—Morning 8 min. a ft er 5 f Evening 24 min.aft. 5 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following pl ac es at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. LIMERIOIC -- S.E., strong breeze—cloudless. MULLINGAR—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HASTINGS—E., fresh breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—N., strong breeze—cloudless. FOLKESTONE—N.R., fresh breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze--cloudless. BASINGSTOKE — E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—CaIm—foggy. STROOD—E_„_. calm—foggy. ' SWINDON — N.. light breeze—foggy. CAMBRIDGE—E., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—E., calm—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock HASTINGS—E., fregh breeze—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON—S.E., strong). breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE--N.E., fresh Leeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. BASINGSTOKE—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. STRooD—S.E.,_gentle breeee—foggy. SWINDON—S. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. LEIGHTON—S.S.E., calm—partially cloudy. CAMBRlDGE—Calm—cloudless. YARMOUTH— S.E., gentle breeze—foggy. HOLYHEAD—S., gentle breeze—very fine. LANOASTER--S.W., calm— cloudless. DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze cloudy. SHAP—E., calm—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCII 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 51— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 87—going down rapidly. WIND, S.S.E. to S.W.—Light breeze, and variable, with clouds and sunshine—very fine weather. MARCH 14. 55—highest 'since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. • 38—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'63. Wm), ranging from S.W. to W.N.W.—Dull weather, with rain. Rain began last night about nine, and has continued with slight interruption. TUB PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLT A mENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News arriving up,to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. - f.-zy,' , - ;.-;', -' -"- % '4 4 4 • .., ‘........ . 'NI ; ,lityc . t'' , g - --1_4 4 ,..,11 . --- - _,,,- ilt - .- - zivv b ~,, . .v . LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1853. Viscount MAIDSTONE has been at it again— The Deluge*—and a Poem too—and Dedicated to the Electors of Westminster ! Although our noble author does his very uttermost to bring himself into ridicule, we are willing at all times, in spite of his intolerable petulence, his constitu tional pugnacity, and . his excessively i rr it a ti ng self-sufficiency, to acknowledge whatever talent he may happen to display in the course of his very eccentric lucubrations. Perhaps he has never dis played more ability than in this satirical onslaught upon so many of his contemporaries. We say this none the less cordially because of his exceed ingly courteous and refined allusions to ourselves. If upon occasion we come in for a casual egg or an incidental brickbat when placed in the pillory of his satire by Lord MAIDSTONE, we feel that we are only enduring the common lot of journalism-- paying the customary penalty of the politician— receiving the ordinary reward of Independence ! Besides—while possessing, no doubt, a tolerable amount of what the phrenologists call the Organ of Self-Esteem, we are still very far indeed from labour ing under the erroneous idea that we constitute an exceptional example of that delightful impossibi lity—Perfection. Lord MAIDSTONE may be right enough in his conjecture that " PECEBITS has no connection with The Sun," but at any rate its Leaders have not been kept in hand during the sixty-one years of its existence by the timorous grasp of a PHAEToN—otherwise it must long since have toppled down from the literary zodiac to " bottomless perdition." Whatever the temperament of the charioteer in other respects, at least, we encourage ourselves in the belief that it is neither marred by a lack of self-knowledge, nor by a total absence of magnani mity. It scarcely remained for Lord MAIDSTONE inform us that there are sometimes--" spots on The Sun." Nevertheless, it would appear that for his own part, like some of the astronomical observers, he himself has only the faculty of perceiving the dark spots—the light being altogether passed by unnoticed. Yet, notwithstanding all our . self depreciation, we cannot help flattering ourselves into the belief that faeuke as well as maculae are occasionally visible on the surface of the luminary. [Viscount MAIDSTONE must pardon whatever cox eA) inbrY ther e may be in the use of th a t expres mon, in consideration of his having himself com menced these " allusions metaphorical.") How beit the recognition of a few vu l gar an d intem perate personalities,peseven though som e among the o coarser of thosepersonalities be dir ec t e d aga i nst ourselves, cannot blind to t i the ability with which the Nobl e Lord has aga i ns t the Press an d against th e a gratified his spleen explaining ins - version f whileexisting C a bi ne t Deluge to the electors of West in i nst e the moder n admitted d. Considerable humour, it m ust be mitte by the most obdurate of his depreciators, h as h e T displayed by Lord MAIDSTONE in hi s present ---- city as a satirist. Possibly we are the better ena bled to appreciate this humoui, from the circum stance of so many of the opinions expressed h y Lord MAlDsTaikrß being exactly coincident w i th those frequently expressed already by ourselves. For, however much disposed the noble satirist may be to associate the views advocated by this journal with those which he is facetiously pleased to de signate " Tiverton's three tails," or, in other words, with the systematic and infatuated apolo gists of the existing Government, we take leave to remind him, as it were needless to do one of our habitual and more observant readers, that The Sun cannot, in common justice, be ranked in that particular category. Appreciating, as• we have ever done and must ever do, the distinguished ad ministrative ability of Viscount PALMERSTON, re cognising, as we have ever done and must ever do, his eminent and patriotic career as a stat t es man, we h ave never pandered Ito that appetite for place which has led so many men *,.!` Tile Deluge. Dedicat e d to the Elector A Poem. By Viscount M a id stone. of Westminster." • 48. Chapman and sall : London, 1843. Bvo., pp " Oh strangest symptom of times out of joint ! Verbose malignity mista'en for point, Diffuse parade of commonplace for style, And for free speech a pleonasm of bile." "Hail, veteran rider, with the battered jack And tatter'd plaid on thy marauding back, With ragged spear, six Scottish ells in length, And dudgeon knife, and bow of wondrous strength, (To say nothing of its being as long as the spear) " Ready in foray, stiff in stour to stand, A Reiver from the waste of Cumberland," &c. Restricted though the purpose of the poem would seem to be from its title, the Satirist by no means confines himself to taunts of a political character. Nothing comes amiss to his insatiable greed of derisive merriment. Admiring TENNYSON, as he tells he does in a foot-note, he nevertheless can not resist inquiring— " Shall daily puffs from swift oblivion save ALFRED'S late howl o'er British ARTHUR'S grade ?" An inquiry, by the way, which none of those among our readers can possibly marvel at, who bear in recollection our strictures upon . the fune real ode of the Poet Laureate. Although num bered in the ranks ourselves, we cannot resist the luxury of a chuckle over Lord MAIDSTONE'S pre vious taunt, addressed to the living chiefs in the schools of criticism : " And these are they, forsooth, who simpering sit On office-stools, and hold the courts of wit ; Who bridle PEGASUS, make CLIO stare, And push APOLLO from his awful chair." Disgusted with the lack of taste evident among the reviewers, the Noble Lord appears, in fact, to have resolved henceforth to content himself with a more select and discriminating audience, leaving the plaudits of the ot roXXot to lowlier and more readily contented ambitions. An tua demens Vilibus in ludis dictari carmina malls ? Non ego : nam satis est Equitem mihi plaudere, ut audax, Contemptis aliis, explosa Arbuscula As about the happiest example of Lord MAID STONE'S satirical fun, we should perhaps select that passage in reference to the dangers threatening the Noah of the Political Deluge —in the course of which we are asked— " Safe can he wander through the pathless dark, With all the beasts at variance in his ark / How shall the self-denying lion pass A friendly morning with the pert young ass ? Or old-wife's canniest contrivance pen Reforming Reynard with an Oxford hen ?" It were something like ingratitude, moreover, after the laughter we have drawn from its perusal, were we not, however cursorily, to commend the humour of that drily-delightful appendix in which are set forth, in such irresistible array, specimens of the bathos of SAVAGE LANDOR, " the deep-mouthed Boeotian." So leave we in good part—to subside as it best may—" The Deluge" of the spiteful but sprightly MAIDSTONE. Among the many taxes on knowledge there is none more thoroughly objectionable in every point of view than the Advertisement Duty, which is alike inequitable and inexpedient —as much op posed to equal justice, as it is to sound fiscal policy. It is, indeed, based on the most erroneous princi ples, casting the chief portion of the burdens on those least qualified to sustain them —and oppo sing a serious, and, in many cases, an insurmount able obstacle to the dissemination of the informa tion which is of such vital importance between vendor and purchaser, and master and workman. The importance of such publicity is well known and thoroughly appreciated in America. Take up almost any one of the 350 journals published daily in the United States, and you will find a display of advertisements not surpassed in the Leviathan of English Journalism, and far exceeding any of the other nine of the English daily newspapers. Why is this ? Is it ascribable to the superior wealth or population of the North American Re public ; to its more numerous commercial trans actions, or because employment is more difficult of attainment therein than in this country ? Certainly not ! In every 'respect there would be a greater demand for publicity through the medium of the press here than at the other -side of the Atlantic but for the Advertisement Duty, which exercises its malign influence in preventing those whose wants are most urgent f rom ma ki ng them known to the quarters in which they might be supplied. If a starving sempstress, ground down to the lowest by the liberal slopseller, who pays id. or 2d. for making a shirt, desires to obtain more lucrative occupation, the Advertisement Duty acts as a practical prohibition to the accom plishment of her moderate demands ; the clerk, shopman, or artisan out of situation, is unable to detail his qualifications, and to explain how his services could be useful. The impost may be of little consequence to the rich capitalist seeking employment for a large sum of money ; to a landed proprietor anxious to dispose of or mortgage a large estate ; or even to a wealthy merchant or shopkeeper desirous of calling atten tion to the superiority of quality and economy of the price of his goods. But it is of vital importance to the small shopkeeper, the struggling trades man, and to the working classes generally—to all, indeed, who are earning their daily bread by their daily labour. It is a matter of gross injustice to such persons to say that they are only charged at the same rate as their more fortunate brethren. In such cases the pretext of equality merely adds insult to the previous injury. As well might an equal poll tax on the peer and the peasant be justified, and the half-starved Irish cottier be Called upon to contribute as highly to the liquida tion of the national liabilities, and the mainte nance of the national establishments, as the owner of Wide spread domains, or the comfortable mil lionaire. is also ver The injustice to th t e . proprietors . of newspaper property why the Press should jrn vertisements in. aral±lontheg. cals should be charged, while nuisance, or the placards in omnibuses, the chalking the desecration of the National be permitted to escape With be taxed—whyl t is hard to A s ady agazines, or periodi cals advertising van onratihlway carriages and Moe numents and even im u should system be indeed judicious, it should be If the e extended so as to comprise every class of Adverti s unwise and impolitic, it should not be p ut o n sif A reduction of duty would not meet the necessityll of the case, and the total amount collected, under 160,0001., is not of such importance to the revenue that the anxiously sought-for boon should be only partially conceded. We trust that the CHAN- of illustrious reputation to sacrifice principle and consistency, in order that they might, at all cost, oust their opponents from office, and form them selves into a coalition Government. We were the first, in fact, to fasten upon the new Ministry that soubriquet of " The Happy Family," of which Lord MAIDSTONE here makes (p. 37) such odd and fantastic application. Beyond this, we were the foremost to raise the voice of mingled remonstrance and indignation against those who we conceived were degrading the character of the Fourth Estate, and jeopardising the dignity of the empire, by the .ignorant abuse and insolent vituperations directed against the friendly ruler of a neighbouring and unoffending population. Not less wonderingly than Lord MAIDSTONE have we ourselves long since marvelled over a recent and very flagrant infatuation—of which he himself now exclaims— Contenting ourselves, however, with a compre hnnsive protest against the charge of partisanship —as unprovoked as it has, we are bold to say, on our part, been ever most scrupulously undeserved —return we to a cursory glance at the drolleries indulged in by our poet-pamphleteer. Brief though it is, " The Deluge" is, perhaps, the most vigorous satire that has appeared since the "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." The secret of its vigour is its boldness. Viscount MAIDSTONE cares not one jot who it is he happens to have selected for the shafts of his ridicule. " Prepare for rhyme—l'll publish right or wrong : Fools are my theme, let Satire be my song." Against " Peelite Medusas" and " Whig-snapping turtles," against " Thrashers from Erin," and " Sharks from Middlesex," he hurls the arrows of his flippant and indiscriminate malevolence. Pas- sing. in review the principal members of the coali tion, he greets them all in succession with the choicest phrases of sawn, culled from his ample and acidulated vocabulary. For the Premier in particular, he has a greeting of peculiar earnest ness CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER may ponder the argu ments addressed to him by the deputation which waited on him on Saturday last. He has a considerable surplus at his disposal, and in no mode could he more beneficially apply 160,000/. It would give an earnest of his disposition that might gain much credit for the Government. Mr. EwART, who accom panied the Deputation, and presented the Memo rial, has, for his conduct on that as well as on many other occasions, eminently entitled himself to the thanks and gratitude of the Fourth Estate, and of the community in general. It is, indeed, a matter in which public journalists are not alone concerned, their interests and those of the people being in that, as in every other respect, one and indivisible. landlord's wish," is far more cruel, for it leaves a pang in the voter's soul ; and the Ballot is the only ours for tkat. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. GAIT ,'wo O'CLOCk. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade, including about 2,250 American, 900 Perham and laranham at 6d. to 71d" 30 Bahia at Od,, 400 ligyptiati at 6id, to is. ao., 300 Surat at 30. to 4d., and 70 Sea Island at is. 11d. to 2s. 6d. perlb. The mar ket 'was flat at previous rates. Railway Shares were inactive without alterations in prices. The grain trade is very dull this morning. The steamer, Australian has again put back to pantythere A el has be ao s returnlno taken icourse the ae Plymouth in a leaky condition, and we apprehend p n au o sp w s a left bg ye ta hnoedp members freight to the r h sm e oo c fn o te m hy e : Stock Exchange which, we trust, will be followed up to the fullest extent until satisfactory explana tions are elicited. The Coshe nM . • e mina Company . a short time back introduced to the public, is di vided into 20,000 shares, and, quietly, brokers em ployed by the Company are said to have been buying up large quantities of them, the consequence being that they have borne the high premium of 3/. per share, although not issued. Now the allot ments are made, it is ascertained, or asserted, that they have been extremely limited, and the jobbers think titat something very like a " rig" has been practised upon them. Without at present compro mising ourselves by giving too positive an opinion on this particular case, and desiring to await fur ther information, we may remark that examples of the kind are too frequent, and that it is imperatively necessary they should be sum marily checked. People who sell shares on speculation before they are aware whether .any will be allotted to them, may fairly be held to be amenable to the risk ; but this is not quite as justifiable as the agents of the Company buying on the other hand, in order to give fictitious sup port, and does not exonerate the Board of Direo; lion from the duty of keeping faith with the public by an allotment of all the Shares, except such por tion as the Board takes up itself and at once pays . for : the last named a very important point, be cause there is such a thing as privileged persons taking Shares, and not paying for them until long after. The Committee of the Stock Exchange has the power in its own hands; by refusing to appoint a settling .day for the Shares of, any. Company that has not allotted an adequate proportion of its capital, while the jobbers have the additional pro ..tection that all, bargains, prior to, the issue of the scrip, are, by the rules of the "house," invalid. It would be unwise to make this rule available, except in extreme cases ; but extreme . cases seem now to be arising. In explanation of the movement among the holders of United States Bank Shares, we have the following from a correspondent : " The Bank remits four million dollars for the loan for merly contracted in Europe. Of this amount a Dutch house receives 14-40ths part, and an English house 6-40ths. The two loans at Amsterdam amount to four million dollars. The remittance for that place (3,500,000 guilders) will be absorbed by arrears of interest, but then there re mains the security deposited formerly ; consisting in stocks of the different States. According to the present market price those stocks will nearly cover the loan of four million dollars in Amsterdam.. The position of the loan in London I am not able to state, but certain it is; that in case those.two loans are settled, as it seems they will be, the United States Bank Shares will acquire a well-founded value." COURT CIRCULAR. ' The Queen aUd'Prince Albert drove to Sydenham on Saturday afternoon, attended by Colonel Bouverie and Captain the Han. Dlidley - de Ros, and insp ec t e d th e works in progress at th e New Crystal Palace. Her Royal Ifighness'the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday morning, attended by the Hon. Capt. de Ros. The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hehenlohe, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, the Count and Countess Colloredo, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Sp e th, L or d James Murray, L or d and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady de Ros, Lord and Lady Colborne, Sir James and Lady Graham, Sir John and Lady Pakington, and Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance in the Palace during dinner, and performed the follow. ing selection :-- - . Overture—" Der Vampyr" Lindpaintner. Selection—" Th e Sl eeper Awakened" Macfaaren. March (composed. for the funeral of the Bridal Song and Chorus Duke of Wellington ) ............... Sir H. R. Bishop. (" Mountain Sylph")... ....... . Barnett. Quadrille, or Airs from "Pietro Il Her Majesty's Grande" ........... ...................... .Jullien. private band afterwards attended in the Palace, and played the following pieces : Overture—" N eron " Reissiger. Selection—" L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber. March........,~.. with the Prince of Wales, 'the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the domestic household; attended divine service yesterday morThenin H g in the priv a t e c h ape l of Buckingham Palace. on. and Rev. Gerard Wellesley officiated. A. deputation of gentlemen from London, Hull, Man: cheater, &c., on the subject of reform in the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The deputation was headed by the fol lowing, member of Parliament :—Messrs. Wm. Brown, J. A. Smith, Geo. Hadfield, F. Scully, B. Oliveira, Capt. Scobell, Vincent Scully, J. Green, J. Brotherton; A. Pellatt, Sir R. Ferguson, P. Kirk, J. Cheetha,m, T. Geo. Goodma n , W. Willi ams, D r . Michell, Barro w , W. P. Pri ce , J. C rook, C. A. Moody, W. Barnes,i. 13Sl. Geo. Sanders, Montagu Chambers Sir Jas. Duk e , J o h n .Masterman, C . Hi ndley, H. W. Wickham, C. Turner, E. J. Hutchins, S. Gregson, H. G. Langton, T. Alcock, Sir H. MaddOck, Joseph Hume, P. Grenfell, H ea dl am, H ,H.Berk e l ey,Acton, J. L. Ricardo, Sir W. Ver ner , A rc h . astie Bowyer, John M'Gregor, Alexander Hastie, Swift, 'W. Marshall, Heywood; •A. Wise, Humphrey Brown, Divett, T. A. Mitchell, Grace, Lawrence Hey rvorth, George Duncan, Rich. Pilkington;• and'F. Cross ley ; a n d M r. Grantley Berkeley and Mr. Torrens M'Cullagh. The deputation consisted of the Mayor of Hull (with a deputation) ; Mr. J. C. Bazley, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester (with a depu tation) ; Messrs. John Dillon, J. P. Gassi o tt, J. I ngram Travers, Robe r t Crawford, Matthew Clark, James Cook, W. J. Hall, F. Pegler, J. D. Bowles, James Hutchin son, W. Pye, T. Tooke, F. Pattison, W. Hawes, W. L. Ogilby, P. Dickson, F. W. IL Mmillier, Charles Mar ryatt, J. E. Saunders, Brainier Moo re ( o f Li verpool), C. W. G regory , A. Travers, A. Crowe, H. L. Morgan, and George H,enry. A deputation on thusubject of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, consisting of Mr. G. Lindsay, Mr Barclay, Mr. G. Faith, Mr. W. Faith,, Mr. C. M. Lughrue, Mr. Lawford (solicitor), and Mr. Watson (secretary), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Saturday, at the . Board of Trade. We would, before closing, earnestly invite at tention to Mr. FRANCIS' admirable letter on the subject, which will be found in another part of this day's impression. In a truthful and able article, last Thursday, the Times fully and fearlessly exposes the actual extent of bribery at elections. It states—what we quite agree with—that probably 600 of the 650 Members must know by their bankers' books, if by nothing worse, that they paid more than the legal expenses at the last election ; and hence infers that the House of Commons cannot wish, by adding hypocrisy to bribery, to appear very anxious about purity of elections. We are glad to see our powerful contemporary doing such excellent service, by calling public attention to the lessons on electoral corruption taught by the Election Committees. ' We differ, however, in some of the inferences we should deduce from such a case as that presented by the Derby Com mittee. We may fairly assume, from common report, that there are many such cases ; yet, how few of them are fairly brought before the public —how few so laid hold of that a House of Com mons' Conimittee, several of whose members per haps experimentally understand the whole process, are compelled to work out the mystery of corrup tion in its revolting details. It is not every day that a FLEWK.ER will " disclose," and that a policeman, instructed by a solicitor, can pass the sentinel, with his finger on his nose, " all right, coming from Radford," and capture the good and safe man, the note-book, the bag of sovereigns, theW. B. letter, and all: Two things at least are commonly in the way of disclosure. It generally pertains to the worsted party to make it. If, however, he has been ever so watchful over the purity of his own election, as things are now managed, what with cabs, committee-rooms, fares of absent voters, printers' bills, and one thing and another, he has generally paid a pretty round sum proportioned to the size of the constituency, and ,a petition, he knows, cannot cost him less than 1,0001., and may as likely mulct him in 5,0001. as not. The pecuniary discouragement, therefore, is consider able ; add to which, a petition, rarely compara tively secures, as in the Derby case, the seat for the petitioner. But the grand obstacle to dis closure is the circumstance that both sides are equally guilty. In very many towns there are a set of well-known voters whom nothing will in duce to poll on either side but sums varying from 30s. to 101. We knoyy- a borough where they are accustomed to poll for 2/. a-head. That they re-' gard as their right. It is so much their right that they look upon it equally as a point of honour not to vote without receiv ing it, and to vote for their own party if they do receive it, although the other party should offer them more. Honour amongst corrupt electors ! In other cases we have known, that with the utmost determination on the part of Member, and even of his committee as a whole, to keep from bribery, yet some old practitioner, un known to the others, has actually bribed suffi ciently to unseat the Member if petitioned against; and when it is a case of one Liberal and one Con servative, it is, of course, useless to petition when the other could petition with success also, al though the bribery may have been practically all on one side. • Between the expense, therefore, and the equal guilt on both sides, the petitions pre sented are but few compared with the extent of the offence. This, indeed, is admitted in the state ment, that all the House of Commons but the odd half hundred Members are more or less returned by bribery. If we add to the considerations just mentioned, the adroitness and cunning of bribes, rendering legal evidence of bribery almost impos sible, we cannot think that " there is no real necessity for very strong measures, much less for so great an experiment as the nal lot would undoubtedly be." If, indeed, an in expensive and impartial court to try the cases in question could be constituted in each borough, and if electors could be required to criminate them-- selves, with the penalty of disfranchisement, and a fine impending over their heads, and if all par ties concerned, from the candidate or member downwards, could be compelled in like manner to criminate themselves, and if there could be a kind of public prosecutor to take charge of the investi gation, into the case of not only of every peti tioning, but of every suspected borough, if all these hypotheses could be turned into facts, no doubt something might be done. But these we should designate very strong measures ; and cer tainly those who would plead for self-crimination must no longer exclaim against the Ballot as un- English. We take some encouragement in our advocacy of the Ballot, from seeing it held out as a threat by Sir GEORGE GREY to the intimidating landlords this summer, and now by the Times . to the House of Commons, as the sure consequence of persisting in corruption. We are to " have it, and Hea ven knows what beside, if they will not do something. If we do not set our house in order, we shall lose it, and with it, most probably, no small part of what is valuable in the British Constitution." We are not quite clear as to the precise ,applieation of the last clause, whether a House elected by Ballot is a lost House, and whether the valuables of our Constitution would be lost with it. If so, we think the opposite view is almost demonstrable. As we remarked lately, English constituencies (except the smallest family boroughs) are generally composed of a large majority of respectable voters, pretty equally divided as Liberals and Conserva tives. The corrupt portion, " accessible by these means," even in Hull, for instance, was not more than 1,000 out of more than 5,000. No one pretends that the opposed candidates differ in re spectability, and hence, were the .corrupt voters no longer purchaseable, 'the only effect would be, that in many cases a Member of diffe rent politics would be returned ; and, notwith standing our Liberalism, we really should not think our House of Commons and half our Constitution lost, - if the House lost some score or two of Liberal Members by the Ballot, and gained about as many Tories. We obtained the repeal of the Corn Laws, and of Catholic disabilities too, from Conservative Parliaments. If the people are Conservatives at heart, let them, for all we care, fill the -House with Tories ; only let them not do it at the insti sale pporlies:soceinltteoe f a r a d' duty A large and very influential meeting' of mer mch.apn.ts, , 4 p a r s e j s us id t o be o en ver he b ld y a J t oh t n he M L as o t n e d rm on an Ta , E ve s m q of China, h e Cityor engaged f c:ch l a noe:i n cdmh d i ne London, cheapest theihea l e s t T fo h r e th m e e p e ur tin p g ose w o m f a v do ery ptin un g a anim mem ens ezial a t n o d Go p v as e s r e n: ment in favour of a reduction in the tea duties. resolutions in accordance with the following : " To THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., CHANCELLOR OF HER MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER, &C. " The Memorial of the undersigned Merchants and Traders in the trade with She weth—That your memorialists are deeply interested s t u h m e p avowed to memorialists nat charged upon tea to be exorbitant and oppressive, and most the nation, of securing to the mass of the people all neces sary" That this excessive duty interferes Po ' * most seriously with the consumption of tea. inconsistent‘ Thata ti c articles of youro . w f consumption n " That the natural development of the China trade (in most instances one of barter) is greatly impeded by the imposition of a high duty upon one of the principal arti cles of iniport, as the extent of British manufactures to be introduced into that country must be regulated by the re turns of China products which we are enabled to consume. " That your memorialists consider that could returns be taken from China in sufficient quantity, the exportation of British manufactures would b e increased to an enor mous extent, China being not only the most populous country in the world, but it s i n h a bit an t s are pro b a b ly the most dress-loving people and the most prone to the indul gence . of cheap luxuries o f any na ti on w i th which we are acquainted. That your memorialists are convinced that the reduc tion of the duty on tea would ensure a la rgely increased consumption of that article. " That the loss of revenue occasioned by a reduction of duty would be speedily repaired by such increased con sumption, provided the reduction were sufficiently impor tant to cause a sensible diminution in the price, and one which would be felt by the mass of the people ; whose pur chases though made in very small quantities, are enormous in the aggregate. " That the duties imposed by the Chinese Tariff on British goods varies from five to seven per cent., while the duty on tea, their staple export to Great Britain, varies from 200 to 250 per cent.—a fact which should induce the Government of this country to take the earliest opportunity of lessening the excessive duty now charged thereon. " That independently of commercial views, the extended consumption of tea in this country may be deemed a moral 'and social question of great importance. Tea yields a wholesome and agreeable beverage to every class of the po pulation, one that is increasingly desired as a substitute for intoxicating - liquors, and is peculiarly valued by the humbler classes, whose comforts would be increased and whose social habits would be improved, were the cost of so important an article of constimption materially reduced. " That in reference to navigation, a large reduction is important ; tea is a light and bulky article, requiring con siderable tonnage in proportion to its value ; the continued emigration to Australia will direct a large amount of ship ping to the Southern Herhisphere, a part of which, pro ceeding to China,' would find profitable employment, were a large additional quantity of tea require d in this countr y . " hat your memorialists would further mention that during the past six years, while the shipments of tea from China to Great Britain have only increased from 57,600,000 lbs. to 65,000,000 lbs., the exports of tea to the United States, where no duty is imposed, ha ve increased from 18,0()0 , 000 lbs. to 34,300,000 lbs.,—a striking illustration of the expansive power of the tea trade if relieved front .burthensome and oppressive duties. ' " That in our colonies and dependencies, where tea is free or lightly taxed, the consumption is in, proportion to the population in some cases two, in others three to one more than in this country, a fact which further strongly illustrates the capability of greatly increased consumption. " In conclusion, your memorialists will only refer to the elaborate investigation into the working of the China trade by .a committee, of the House of Commons in 1847. Th e report of that committee, which entered most fully an d ably into , all questions arising out of this important branch of our commerce, contained the following recommendation to the House : " Your committee think themselves warranted in re commending to the House a considerable reduction in the duty on tea, at the earliest period which in its wisdom it may see fit, as most desirable in itself, with a view to the comforts and he social habits of the people, as involving but a temporary loss to the revenue, and as essential to the extention of our trade with China, nay, even to its main tenance at the point which it has already reached."' " Under these circumstances, your memorialists pray for a liberal and prompt revision of the tea duties." There Is not the slightest animation in the En glish stock market, and prices are nominally about the §ame. Consols have been ;1001 for account, the transactions having taken place for money at 100 to The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are shut. ' Exchequer Bills of June are 10s. to 145., and those of March Bs. to 12s. premium. Mr. Wodehouse, M:P., had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. A deputation on the subject of the advertisement duty had an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing -street. The deputation consisted of the Lord Mayor, Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Murdo Young, Mr. F. Smith, Mr. John Francis, Mr. Robert Bexley, Mr. Daniel Pratt, Mr. Thornton Hunt, and Mr. R. W. Cooke. The Committee of the Queen's Most Hon. Privy Council for the Affairs of Jersey and - Guernsey, sat on Saturday at the Council-office. The Lords present were —Earl Granville (Lord President), Viscount Palmer ston, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the 'Admiralty Court, and Sir J. Patteson. The case of the petition of the States of Jersey against the Orders in Council of the 11th of February, 1852, &c., was resumed and adjourned. A deputation, headed by Col. Wood, on the subject of the militia had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston on Saturday. A deputation on the subject of the French tariff on linens and linen yarns had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con sisted of Sir G. Goodman, M.P., Mr. G. D uncan, M . P ., Mr. P. Fairbain, Mr. Wickham, M.P., Mr. Marshall, M.P., Mr. Vincent Scully, M.P., Mr. Francis Scully, M.P., Mr. William Kirk, M.P., Mr. J. C. Barritt, Mr. Davison, M.P., Mr. Cairns, M.P., and Mr. Crook, M.P. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. A deputation on the subject of the Vaccination Ex tension Bill, including Dr. Babington, Mr. Marson, a n d Mr. Grainger, had an interview on aturday with Vis count Palmerston. THE STEAMER AIISTRALIAN.—This steam-ship appears unfortunately to be doomed to continual ,disasters, for we learn from Plymouth this morning, by electric tele graph, that she has again put back to that port very leaky, and with the passengers at the pumps. MR. WEBSTBR'S BENEFIT.—After a management of 16 years' duration at the Haymarket, Mr. Webster, it appears, has now determined for the future to transfer his great experience and ability to the Adelphi exclu sively. Accordingly he to-night makes his last appear ance, at least in a managerial capacity, on the Haymarket stage, in the Roused Lyon and The Pretty Girls of Stzl berg. It is needless to say that he retires with the good wishes of all, and the dramatic corps he has led, and the public which he, has served so long. He is to deliver a farewell address 'at parting, and after the fall of the cur tain, and the dispersion of the audience, he will be, as we understand, presented by Mr. Buckstone, his able successor, with a piece of plate, consisting of a silve r salver and a loving cup, sub scr ib e d for by the members —present and past--of his company. The affair excites no little interest in the dramatic world, and we are sure that the general public will equally mark their sense of Mr. Webster's long -continued services. MR. FREDERICK WEBSTER'S BENEFIT.—The brother of the retiring manager announces his benefit for to morrow. On these annually recurring occasions, Mr. F. Webster, who has long filled a responsible situation in the Haymarket Theatre, has always succeeded in drawing together an overflowing audience ; the order of Freemasons, of which Mr. F. Webster is a not undis tinguished luminary, coming forth=-as we hope they will on the present occasion—with great force. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT TO TEE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE. —The Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, and th e P r i ncess Royal and- Princess Alice, paid a visit to the new Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on Saturday. The Royal party were received by Owen Jones, Esq., who bad the honour of conducting them over the building, with which, and the general arrange. ments going forward t o carry out the object contem plated by the erection of this elegant structure, her Majesty and the Prince Consort were evidently much gratified. The apartment appropriated for the reception of' casts from ancient statues, &c., seemed to give espe cial satisfaction - to. the Royal, visitors. Her Majesty having remained about three-quarters of an hour in the spacious building, left for Buckingham Palace at a quar ter to five o'clock. Colonel Bouverie and the Hon. Captain De Ros were in attendance upon her Majesty and Prince Albert on the occasion. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, &c.—The Earl of Aber deen leaves. Argyll-house early in the' ensuing week for the Ranger's lodge, Blackheath, where the noble Premier purposes to pass the holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are expected to leave Carlton-gardens on Saturday next, for Broadlands, near Romsey, Hants, and, will sojou rn t h ere during the parliamentary recess. The Duke o f .N ewcastle, it is said, will remain in town during th e h o li days, his colleagues, the Home Secretary and the F ore i gn Secretary, intending to repair to their respective country seats, as it is necessary one of the ministers of state should be in London., The Marquis of Lansdowne goes to Bowood-park, Wilts, in the course of the week; and Lord John Russell, with Lady John and family, goes, ' after the ad j ournmen t o f t h e H ouse of Commons, t o Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-park, for th e holidays. reside with th e Countess of P em b ro k e, at Wil ton-house, The Ri g ht Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., will Wilts, during the 'Easter recess • a large family circle meeting there fo r th e holidays.—gunday Paper. • A NEW GOLD LAND AND' MINING COMPANY formed in i , an immense tract of land in the Nevada district in Cali fornia, on the Feather River, is attracting consideration in the city amongst the monied interest. This attention appears not Only to arise' from the novelty of finding, names of wealth and position upon its direction, but from th e f act that; unlike many other companies of a similar kind, it has first sought and found a portion of its capital in the markets of Paris and New York, coming only after such accumulation of capital for the remainder to English enterprise. The Feather River Company Shares are already at a p rem ium ; and the quiet, manner in which it has made its appearance, unlike the bustle and parade which has ushered in many of its predeces sors, will be at once accounted for by the facts here alluded to. East India Muds are 455. to 475. premium. Foreign Securities have been rather brisk. Spanish Certificates have been quoted 7i being a slight improvement. Peruvian Scrip is up, to 5 And 51 premium. Grenada Deferred are worth 11 1. Mexican have been 254 Spanish Threes bring 48i, and the New Deferred 24i 8. Brazilian Old Stock is supported at 1031. Danish 5 per Cents. are 105 to 4, and Russian 5 per Cents. 1181. Sardinian Stock is worth 98z- to 99. Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating— Great Western and one or two other lines being fairly supported, 'while the remainder are slightly in favour of buyers. French Shares have been rather weaker. The Joint-Stock Bank Shares are all very firm, thoiigh not brisk. The Gold Mine shares are rather heavier, in the absence'of the steamer so much overdue. The Land Company's shares have been tending upciards, and Van Diemen's Land are higher. Letters have been received from the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company's manager, dated Melbourne, 23d November last; handing bill of lading of 532 oz. of gold dust shipped on board the Francis Henty, 171 oz. of which were picked up by the Company's miners. gation of " ladies in mourning," or of " safe men." , Let the Honourable Members be honour ably elected'. ______ -But after all this" tendency of editors and statesmen (even Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Sir JAMES GRAHAM have done the same), to threaten constituencies, or the House itself, that the Ballot must be conceded if they will not mend their ways —what does it mean ? Does it not plainly show that the threateners regard it as at least an effec tual remedy ? There may be objections against it, though all hitherto have vanished at the touch of common sense ; still it is held in terrorem over the incurably corrupt as that which will do the thing if they won't. No doubt it will. The Elec tion Committees have not more plainly developed the vast extent of bribery, than they have esta- BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) • i Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 47 5 Consols for Account 13th April Exchequer Bills, lid• June. £l000 £5OO lO Small lO March. 8 SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION SCRUTINY. - It is said the expense Of the scrutiny into the Southampton election will, it is expected, cost the Conservatives about 4,0001. Out of about 50 witnesses subpoenaed by the Tories, 40 gave evidence favourable to the liberal sitting members, and 2 of the remaining 10 will be prosecuted by the Radical party for perjury. The inquiry into the South ampton election has shown that the power of issuing Speaker's warrants may be greatly abused, for an emi nent London m erc h ant an d d i rector o f t h e S o uthampton Dock Compa ny Tories before th e H ouse o f Commons committee because was subpoenaed by the 'SouthamPton 116 voted for the sitting members, and counsel was in structed to insult him by,asking him if his wife did not apply for the amount of hii expenses to and from London and Southampton, amounting to a few shillings. . • , Wished the position that the poll-book is indis- PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lo3i Danish 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 2 Peruvian Scrip 5 p Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, 4A per cent lO4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. 4Bi HALF -PAST TWO. _ donsolts . 100 4 J Ditto April Account ' - ' - lOOk pensable to bribery. But if indispensable to the Hull, Cambridge, Clitheroe, or Canterbury style of bribing, how much more so is it to the Bridg north---we mean the WHITMORE style ? A style by which that family, as Mr. CADOGAN says, " can return their own footman if they please." Less disgusting and revolting in appearance than bribery y gold and beer, the equally extensive bribery of putting on the screw," and communicating "the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ' EVENING MARCH 14, 1853. OVERLAND MAIL (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) MARSEILLES, MARCH 13 The India Mail has arrived. The dates are— Calcutta, Feb. 5 ; Bombay, Feb. 12 ; Rangoon, Jan. 13 ; and China, Jan. 13. In reference to the revolution at Ava, the. King had been deposed by his brother. An ambassador had set out for the capital. Commerce in India was active. 2s. lid. Exchange, ELECTION COMMITTEES-(TITIS .DA SOUTHAMPTON The committee re-assembled at half-past eleven, Mr. Henry Herbert in the chair. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake resumed his address on the part of the sitting members. The learned counsel's address was likely to occupy the greater part of the day. MALDON. •The committee resumed this morning at eleven o'clock, and additional evidence was adduced on behalf of the petitioners. HUDDERSFIELD. The committee resumed this morning at eleven o'clock, and the examination of several witnesses on behalf a the sitting member was commenced. NEW WINDSOR. This committee resumed this day at twelve o'olock, and the examination of witnesses was continued. CIRENCESTER. - - The examination of witnesses for the petitioners was resumed at the committee this morning, but nothing of any importance had transpired when our report left. rRREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a Bench of Magis trates.) EXPERT ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES. Daniel Fitzgerald, 19, was indicted for stealing from the person of Elizabeth Fisher two ten-pound Bank of England notes and two five-pound Bank of England notes, in her dwelling-hous e ; and Mary Sullivan, 19, was indicted for receiving one of the ten-pound notes, well knowing it to be stolen. From the evidence it appeared that Mrs. Fisher and her brother are dealers in paper-hangings and decorators in the Dover-road, and the prisoner entered the shop during the absence of the latter, and requested to be shown some cheap paper. While she was exhibiting some pieces to him he stood alongside of her, and after remaining in the shop a few minutes he said he wished to see Mr. Fisher, and he would return shortly, at the same time quitting the shop. A few minutes prior to. his entering the shop she had deposited the notes in a side pocket of her, dress which was nearest to 'the prisoner, and a few minutes after he had left, she put her hand to her pocket .to lock the money up in a safe place, when she missed it. No other person had been in the shop from the time she placed the notes in her pocket up to the time of her losing them but the prisoner. Informa tion was immediately given to the police, and all the notes were in a few days traced to , different tradesmen at the east end of the town ; and it was proved that the prisoner had purchased new clothing, a watch, furniture, and other things with them—and the female was in his company when one of the notes was changed. They were shortly afterwards apprehended at a low house in Cock and Neptune-court, Ratcliffe-highway, and the new clothes, watch, and other things were found. The notes were passed into the Bank in the usual way, and produced by one of the Bank clerks - , when they were identified as those stolen from Mrs. Fisher. There was nothing to show that the female had anything to do with the robbery, consequently the jury acquitted her, but found the male prisoner guilty. The Court sentenced him to nine months' hard labour ' in the Wandsworth House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY) ROBBERY.—Heniw Stanton, a lad about 14 years of age, was brought before Mr. H ar d w i c k, cha r ged with stealing a great coat, value 255., the property of ' Daniel Box, tailor, &c., 38, Regent-street. William Wareham, shopman to the prosecutor, deposed that on Saturday night, about half-past seven . , he suddenly missed a coat from the inside of the shop door, and on running out to see who had taken it, he was astonished at seeing the prisoner about twelve yards off, coolly folding up the coat. Witness ran after him and took the coat produced from him. The value of the coat is 255., and the pro perty of Mr. Box. - The prisoner, who had no defence, to offer, was coin• mitted for trial. The remainder of the charges were not of the least public impor,tance, consisting merely of drunk and dis orderly characters, and fashionably-dressed "nymphs of the pave." The latter were fined 7s. each, and the drunkards admonished and discharged. TO THE PEOPLE OP ENGLAND. " NEVER FORGET lIORATIA." Among the many reminiscences of departed heroism which history writes among her choicest chronicles, the above words constitute, perhaps, the most touching ap peal ever proferred by a great man to the beneficence of a beloved and honourable country ; and if any considera tion could add to the pathos of their simple and un affected eloquence, it is the recollection of when and by whom those thrillingly affecting words were spoken—the recollection that the request which they so feelingly con vey was the first and last ever preferred by the noble Nelson to that dear country whose honour and glory constituted, of his devoted life and hero death, the pur pose, the aim, and the result. When, at the close of his brief but brave career, Trafalgar claimed his last great sacrifice, and laid him on a timeless bed of death —when his last thoughts, amid his agony, recurred to those who were most dear to him, especially to his young daughter, so soon to become an orphan for our sake—shall we wonder that, in his natural anxiety for her, he turned in confidence to the great nation he had served so faith fully, and, leaning on their generosity, bequeathed her to them as a sacred legacy ; nor doubted that the value of his services, of which he was not and could not be ignorant, would at least be of sufficient weight with England to induce her to bestow upon his child the ne cessary provision which his own poverty through life unfortunately prevented him from doing ? In short, can we wonder that it was to his beloved country, for whose welfare he had lived, and in whose defence he was about to die, that he appealed in her behalf with such pathetic earnestness ? "Never forget Horatia !" How brief, yet how expressive is the sentence !—how full of that trusting confidence which ever characterised his generous nature !—and how insensible must be the heart, if there is one, to whom they do not seem fraught with an elo quence which is irresistible ! It is the last appeal of expiring heroism—not to the pride, th e admiration, or even to th e gra tit u d e o f Britain, but unt o s till more heartfelt sentiments,---her sympathy, her affection, and her benevolence. When was she ever thus besought in vain ? It is the sole, the dying request of England's Nelson to his countrymen. Why do they disregard the sacred opportunity' of proving their appre ciation of his worth ? When at the close of Trafalgar's deadly, contest, England first learned the glorious victory was her own —bought for her by the life blood of her darling hero— deeply, intensely did she lament his gallant fate , be stowed upon his senseless ashes a funeral whose splendour was without a parallel, and since, then has ever been erecting costly cenotaphs and proud mementos to his honour, as if, conscious of the neglect with which through I life she had regarded his almost superhuman efforts in her cause, she was anxious to acknowledge to the world how true a friend she lost when Nelson died, and offer some atonement to his memory, nor could she have done less. But a nobler reparation yet remains she can offer a yet prouder memorial to her patriot than the useless ceremonies of respect paid to his cold inanimate remains ; she can prove her admiration of his devotion by a prompt fulfilment of the last entreaty made to her in the agonies rendering the spontaneous offering of of death, and, by thy affection, and assistance to Horatia Nelson, 'she can liquidate the debt of g ra ti tude she so deeply owes to the sublime patriotism of he r h ero father. This is what England can and ought to do. This is the right which benevolence and justice alike demand of her, not as the mere effusion of her enthusiasm, but as a token HER DU TY voluntarily rendered o f h er integrity, her honour, and Englishmen, the legacy your darling hero so solemnly bequeathed you still survives ; his child, his only child Horatia still lives ; and, Strange and inexplicable as it appears, lives in need of pecuniary assistance from the very land whose proudest victory rendered her an orphan, compelled, through the medium of a newspaper advertisement, to solicit in behalf of herself and her eight Children the generous assistance of the charitable. We appeal to you, we appeal with all the earnestness of honest indignation to the warm-hearted, intelligent in habitants of Britain. Englishmen, will you still continue to neglect the only proof that now remains for you to give, that while you boast the glory and the freedom of your country, you do not forget the gratitude you owe to him whose dauntless energy secured them to her ? Will you still let Horatia live a reproach to all who own the name of Britons, and die a witness to their thank lessness ? Or will you come forward with one voice, one heart —with the earnest perseverance - which has enabled you to accomplish so many noble deeds, and, rejecting, as d egra di ng to the child of Nelson, the con tracted .sphere of private philanthropy, appeal to the , benevolence of Parliament—ask from thence provision for Horatia, and render her the long -neglected tribute of your honour and affection, free and disinterested as the zeal, the loyalty, the life, her patriot sire devoted unto us, and UNIVERSAL as the victory his courage pur chased for us by his death ?—that fathers, when they read to their wondering and admiring children the history of his glorious career, no more shall need to close the book abruptly, and blush for England's un atoned .neglect, while they repeat his last awl , exqui sitely-touching words—" Never forget H ora ti a I AN ENGLISHWOMAN. A DARING THlEF.—George Bell Badger, who, for a length of time has attended Darlington and the neigh. bouring markets—was arrested there on Monday, the 28th ult., on a charge of taking from a farmer's cart 1 boll of wheat, but was acquitted. On Wednesday, th e 9th inst., he was again arrested at Stockton-on-Tees for stealing wheat from different agriculturists' carts. After a strict search, ii bolls were found in his possession, which he had been seen offering for sale. lie was com mitted to Durham gaol for trial at the next assizes, 8 12 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE SPIRIT OF THE TUBC* 28. BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES, MirterE - Weights for the Birmingham Annual Steeplecha s : 0 st lb • 9 9 Peter ............. 8 9 Vain Hope lO 12 Betsy Prig ............ „ 8 Bourton lO 11 V oyager ............... ,v, 7 Oscar lO 9 Ri ng l ea d er. ........... vn 6 Abd-el-Kader 9 Carrig lO 5 Toth of Tuam ..... . ... n Tipperary Boy Victress lO 2 Benedict ............••• 9 n 5 The General 9 Maurice Daley lO 0 .G era ld us ............. v 0 Maria Day lO 0 Sam Hood .......... 0 . : Slattern , 913 Ringdove .. :. . .... 9. ... is Forest Lad Forfeits to be declared on or before March 1 6 .,,,bt [We have been requested to state that Mr. Cartvr ri b does not accept with Maurice Daley.] - • ‘4O , A Free Handicap Steeplechase ; acceptances to be_ . :; nified on or before the 16th of March, to S. t g'i l , o ' Leamington •if entered to be sold for 60 sous. bP, time of accepting allowed 71b ; 50, 101 b ; 30, 1 41 b• Ily t o st lbi 0 9 Young Lottery (paid) 11 10 Dearest Mae lO 12 The Screw . 10 7 Quickstep lO 7 Nom-de-Gurre lO 4 Gulnare ............... 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ALBAN'S STEEPLE- H . 29. st lb Vain Hope ll 0 Ploughboy lO 11 Oscar lO 9 Abd-el-Kader. lO 7 Carrig lO 2 Shinrone lO 2 Quickstep 9 12 Dearest Mae 9 12' Trust-me-Not 9 10 Dandy Jem 9 10 The Dean 9 6 Forfeits to be declared m gt , 1b Poll ''' 9 Contractor ............ 9 6 Viscount ............... 9 6 Ta1i5man.......... ... .. 9 6 Little Charley ... ... .. 9 6 6 Gulnare .. . ........... .. n i Sam Hood ............. u Rachael— ............ 9 4 Perjury 9 % ................ i, Young Lottery (dead) 10 or before the 15th inst• CHIPPING NORTOI MATh Acceptances for t] st lb V STEEPLECHASES , cH 22. he Free Handicap. st 11) n 1 Unknown lO v 6 1 Stanley 6 Nimrod lO 6 Blue Dick - ¢ 10 0 Countess Pay the Way ... ......• , 1 ,; 1 g YoungLottery(dead) l' Peter Simple (includ inglolb extra) 13 0 Ploughboy l2 0 Rejected ll 5 Forest Lad ll 2 Friendless lO 12 Reindeer. lO 7 Contractor lO 7 THE DERBY STEEP] Weights for the M Yrs st lb Peter a 11 8 Peter ... . a 11 2 Vain Hope a 10 11 Warner a 10 8 Bourton a 10 8 Oscar .. . a 10 6 Lucy Neale a 10 5 Shirone a 910 Weights for thi st lb 10 10 10 5 iECHASES, Nasal 23' idland Steeplechase. t Yrs lb s 9 10 Melford 5 9 9 View Halloo 0 Daphne 6 0 Friendless aB 9 15 Springs 5 15 Ringdove a 8 7 Newman Noggs 5 Le Hurdle Race. Sir Robert Caurire Sir Harry (late Sca pulary) Quickstep Giraldus st lb Thellero(lateWood- 9 8 fold) 9 b Lizzy ................ Harmony S ° Gerard S I‘3 c by Drayton 9 13 , 9 12 9 10 THE STEAM-SHIP AUSTRALIAN. PLYMOUTH, MABCI I I , l 'p° The Australian steam-thip, Captain Hoseason, made a successful trial trip round the Eddystone Y es A 'e,s day, under th e i ns p ec ti on o f th e D oc k- yar d autlw—titi and Captain Henderson, R.N., proceeded on her deg nation at five p.m. Amo ng th e p assengers on bow d , the nume rous s t a ff o f th e c h artere d A ustra li a n 1 14 Mining, Importing, and R e fi n i ng C ompany , cons its of its general mana ger , C a pt. H enry Baker, It•N'',l l e, metallurgist and assayist, M r . Ch ar l es W a tt, o f Lon. ° a Mr. Charles Braithwayte, Mr. J. Harford Mullingl : 1 about twenty well-selected engineers, assistants , nt of mechanics, who take with th em a l arge amou nt j. with iron houses, tents, waggons, and the re 4 , n g . site apparatus and implements f or assay i ng an d snn t 'ili The men appeared in excelle n t h ea lth, an d alluded t satisfaction to the prospects before them, lo s pecially as they ar e t o p ar ti c ip a t e i n the F et t i el e of the undertaki ng . It a pp ears th a t up t o this no systematic course has been pursued , by the te a nary gold diggers in Australia, who have conten eta l themselves with that portion of the precious thou visible to the eye, and have thrown away man/ e sand tons, because they p resen t e d no i mme diate ri er fit, while this very ref use i s sa id to con t a i n a ' te • proportion of gold than wh a t h a d a l rea d y b een extra th a t It is to the extraction from this abandoned deposit d in the company are about to direct their attention, an re d order to insure su ccess th ey h ave very prudently 'o• the valuable se rv i ces o f M r. Charles Watt who L''''', l 4l vented an economical mode of extraction, the LT which the exp ens i ve pract i ce hitherto followed, ko use of quicksilver, is avoided. However, to lilate surety doubly sure, the company have taken eire tli o secure to themselves a large freehold estate in et county of Argyle, in a well-known auriferous di s o `This T he man, they say, is the greatest benefactor tlana fellow-man who can produce from a square yard °I t to the greatest number of grains of wheat, and nex b ie him we m a y p l ace t h e otie who can extrac t from a cu p yard of earth the largest amount of grains of g d this point of view, the contemplated ingenious an, the dustrious course propounded by the promoters or Chartered Australian Company, is well wort h c h iefs mendation. We have seen a list of the directory . ti A counts among its members some of the most substail or city p a n ro d v i i ) n u c s e in s . e s i k We e s h m a e l n l b w e h t o r u a l r y e p r e a s b e e dfound hereafter i n tile o r "e success of this legitimate enterprise.— Wester" Caurie THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.— We have authol to contradict the statement that Sir Richard MaYn i ,„ e about to retire from the Chief Commissionership rtl"- There is not, nor. has ever been, any foundatiOn for Btic a report,72imee. SPORTING NOTES.---No. CCCLXXXIX. _ i WARWICK SPRING MEETING. The present week is replete with sport, no less than two flat race, and five steeplechase meetings being on the list of fixtures. Warwick is marked for to-morrow and Wednesday ; Narbenth, to-morrow ; the North Tr° Great Annual Steeplechases, on Wedneiday Coates races, on Thursday ; the Grand Military Steeple chases at L eam i ngton, on the same day ; ,and the Carp' warth and Warwick Grand Annual Steeplechases) o n Friday. Of course, the principal attraction to the me' tropolitans will be the'races and steeplecha , ses in War . wickshire ; th e fi rs t d ay ' s races of which I shall now comment upon. The first race on the card is announced to be run off at h a lf- pas t one, . an d i s th e T r i a l Stakes o f 10 sovs. each, with 50 added (the mile course). Long: bow's name figures among the entries, but I underst and it will not be among th e starters. I presume that Poodle will not be pulled out for this stake with the grea ter attraction of the handicap on the following day in v iew. ' more especially as he is not in the best of conditioi!., DEFIANCE is the only other ce l e b ri t y i n th e race ; an he runs, which is not altog e th er cer t a i n , of course, " WM. The Woodcote Stakes of 15 sous. each, 5 ft. (fiv e fur. longs), has, with one exception, an entirely dark entry, consequently, considering th e backward state of preps ration which most horses are i n a t th e prese nt time, i ti a work of no ordinary difficulty t o select a winner. int; Stanley's Mirabeau is a very promising animal, but not as forward in his work as h e m i g ht b e . miss }Kit t / Cockle filly is slightly fancied by her stable. Oleaster promises good things. The Uncleared and the Petes tas filly are but indifferent anim a l s . Th e c h c by ~„ het.;o'Gaunt, he receives Sibs, ought to be somew about the mark ; and to him or OLEASTER I shall I tt for the winner, though not at all con fid en t o f having '- the bull's-eye. The Willoughby Handicap will p ro b a bly have Be it six or seven starters. Sir Robert is the top vreig ig lOst 121 b. I almost fancy the distance (two xrdie s /„„ a little too far for him. Trifle, with Mr. .T. Par r - 1 ,1: if he runs, will be sure to finish in a place. Old P° ll- ,, at lOst 51b, ought to make the top weights sat; Smuggler Bill has his chance completely disposed ef .,,a Gaylad 121bs less, who has beaten him before, '"" t will do so again. Peter Simple is out of his eletee e here. The same remark will apply to Tom Ga re t Tipperary Boy, and the Hero. The King o f Troyll.„ 1 a respectable rider up— a l wa y s a d u bi ous case in t ' u " -- gentlemen jock races—ought to b e fi rs t or seco nd. race, I fancy, will terminate i n f avour o f DOUBT or the KING OP TROY. i n The Free Handicap of 10 soya e ac h, 5 ft., &o. mile) will probably be contested by. Forester, lie r° Knight of the Thistle, Odih am , P r i am th e Third, 71, ~.w" Idas gelding, Feramorz, Blackjack, and perhaps PrT I and Burndale. The race,- i n m y o pi n i on , w ill be ee'r ic k confined to Heroine, PRIAM THE THIRD , and 13 ''' A s JACK, with probably the last-n a m e d, th e third Pri aln the winner. - - The Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 20 a aaed (five fi rm longs), for two year's old and upwards, with ~g e Farmers' Plate of 50 sovs with 10 to the second h a— for hunters, do not close aid name until this evening'. • Mr. H. T. Thompson's three years' old, br c, by P i r i z i ; tish Yeoman out of Nurseling, has been named British Farmer. Leamington races are anno un c e d t o t a ke plaeeme: Easter Tuesday, March the 29th, over the Lealni e r iT o f new race-course, which is o va l, an d 250 y a rds 011 ," a mile in length, w ith a s t ra i g ht run i n o f 385 yare.":_j g , Jennings, and J. Worthington, Esqrs, are the stewai — io „, and Mr. Fallowfield the judge. The Leamington dicap and Hurdle Race close and name to Mr. A1k 3 131° ,; z 4 c.c., 115, W arw i c k- street, • L eam i ngton, on or er"" Wednesday next. r