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trb 12))ttion. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 10 to 6 agst Contentment. 13 to 2 agst Snowdon Dunhill. Bto 1 agst Ireland's Eye (taken). 15 to 1 agst Pug Orrock. 25 to 1 agst Terpsichore. CITY AND SUBURBAN. sto 2 agst Longbow. 4to 1 agst Ethelbert. 10 to 1 agst Jouvance. 10 to 1 agst Pancake. CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Little Jack. 50 to 1 agst Peggy. DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Reiver. 15 to 1 agst Honeywood. 30 to 1 agst Contentment. CROXTON PARK-MONDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVALS.—Jack in the Corner, the Monk, H ar p, Gladiole, Humphrey, Heriot, Contender, Hero colt, Little Kitty, Begum colt, Grapeshot, and Canine. CHELTENHAM. Anurviii3.---'Gulnare, Unknown, Bullfincher, Har riott, Jape - rello, Trust-me-not, Gaylad, Tom Gurney, Thurgarton, Maurice, Daley, Di ana , P eter S i mp l e , Sir Peter Laurie, Vainhope, Bourton, Mi s s Mowbray, Oscar, Shinrone, Friendless, Non-Such, Dearest Mae. A great many cm the spot for stakes not yet closed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORD--(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Bishop of LLANDAFF took the oaths and his seat. Loyd LYTELLTON presented a petition from unions i n Worcester praying for an alteration in the Law of Settlement. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from a place in Dif'vonshire, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. THE CITY ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. Lord CAMPBELL rose to put a question to the no ble lord the Foreign Secretary with respect to an ac count which had appeared in the newspapers, of the pre sentation of an address by certain persons to the Em peror Napoleon 111. Of these persons he wished to say nothing disrespectful, because they were all per sons of respectability, and were no doubt actuatedby laud ablemotives, but he apprehended they had been guilty of an offence against the law of the land, and, at all events, against the law of nations. :The rule laid down byjurists is, that intercourse between foreign nations should be carried on only through the medium of accredited ministers and ambassadors. The noble and learned lord proceeded to read an extract from Vattel, in which this doctrine was laid down, and which was supported by Puffen dorf, and also cited an instance which occurred in 1791 of a deputation having been sent by a private ' body of Englishmen to the Empress Catherine, which proceeding had been condemned in the strongest terms by Mr. Burke as a violation of the law of na tions. (Hear, hear.) There was no doubt that these persons, if their proceedings were not sanctioned by the English Government have been unwittinglyguilty of a great breach of international law. The declaration in the address was perfectly harmless, and one in which he (Lord Campbell) could join most heartily, but it assumed to be an address from the English nation to the French nation, and he must therefore ask whether Sir James Duke bad been sent to supersede Lord Cowley in the full powers of an ambassador extraordinary find plenipo tentiary. It did not appear whether Lord Cowley was present, and he (Lord Campbell) could not tell whether he had countenanced the presentation of this address. He well remembered when Mr. Smith O'Brien and other Irish gentlemen had presented an address to the Provi sional Government of France, and so far as regarded the principle of the matter the presentation of this address was exactly similar. He therefore wished to know whether these gentlemen had the sanction of her Ma jeety'n Gov...went in their proceedings. The Earl of CLARENDON thought that the noble and learned lord had given the matter more importance than it deserved. In his own opinion, however, these gentlemen had only presented an address purporting to proceed from a particular body of the citizens of London, expressing their own indivi:ual opinions on a particular matter, and the noble and learned lord's argument was therefore wholly based on a fallacy. These gentlemen had certainly communicated to him (Lord Clarendon) their intention of presenting this address to the Emperor Napoleon, and on seeing it he had not thought that it partook of a national character. He had not, however, given any authority on the part of Her Majesty's Government to these gentlemen to present this address, and he had declined to instruct the British ambassador to be present. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought that this was a matter of considerable importance. He quite agreed with all that had fallen from the noble and learned lord except the complimentary terms in which he had spoken of these individuals. For himself, he looked upon the transaction with no feelings but those of disgust ; and as they had from the very highest autho rity that these persons had been guilty of a grave offence, he hoped that if they came before the noble and learned lord in his judicial capacity, his sentence would be divested of all complimentary terms. The Earl of MALMESBURY agreed with the noble Earl opposite (Clarendon) that this address was harmless and unnecessary. Having been present at Paris at the time, and having conversed with several of the French ministers on the subject, he wished to bear testimony to the very beneficial effect which the presentation of this address had on all classes in Paris. The LORD CHANCELLOR denied that every such transaction as this—the presentation of an address of private British subjects to a foreign sovereign—was ille gal without reference to the circumstances, and pointed, as an example, to the presentation of the address to the Duke of Florence on the subject of the Madiai. Lord CAMPELL pointed out that the subject of this address was not national, and not referring to matters of peace and war. The Vaccination Extension Bill was read a second time. INDIA. Lord CAMPBELL rose to present a petition from the Armenian inhabitants of Calcutta and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair a few minutes to four o'clock. During the recess the arrangements for lighting the house have been entirely changed. The roof of the building is now formed of ground glass, and the gas jets are placed above. The place of the old chandeliers is supplied by pillars ohnahogany. As the jets had not been lighted when our report left, we cannot speak of the result of the new system. THIRD READINGS. The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill, and the Eastern Counties Railway (North Woolwich, St.c.) Bill, were read a third time and passed. SECOND READINGS. The Glasgow and South-Western Railway (No. 2) Bill, the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford (Taff Vale) Railway Bill, the Oxford,Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (extension of time, &c.) Bill, and Price's Patent Candle Company Bill, were severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS, Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, in favour of the abolition of university tests in Scotland. Mr. Alderman CUBITT presented a petition from Hampshire, in favour of the abolition of the malt and hop duties. Mr. K. SEYMER presented a petition from Sher borne against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. Sergeant SHEE presented a petition from Kil kenny, in favour of Mr. S. Crawford's Tenant Right Bill. Mr. ICINNAIRD presented two petitions from Perth against Scotch University Tests. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from Surrey against opening the Crystal Palace or its grounds on Sunday. Sir J. SHELLEY presented a petition from the Strand Union in favour of the more equal assessment of the taxes for the maintenance of the Metropolitan Police. _ _ _ Mr. HATFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield, prayi ng for the legalization of marriages with a de ceased wife's sister. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE presented a petition from work ing men in Finsbury in favour of the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Lei cester, praying for an amendment in the mode of levying land' tax. NEW WINDSOR ELECTION. Mr. GASKELL brought up threport of the New Windsor Election Committee, declaring h I t il3 h au a t t t Charlesstating Wellesley was duly elected for the borol that the committee had reason to belie autices had extensi v e l y p revai led at the last election. co t pt ~,,, ,.. N s, s r \pros th e motion that the report be laid on theta e rsblelce, 0 1 -` ' --- - - COBDEN presented a petition from 120 (--- of AT Windsor, praying an inqu ir y i nto th e practices at 'tik/1 't election for New Windsor. He said he had fra no ciesir to impugn the decision of the committee, but he woul su gges t th a t, in addition to the evidence being laid tlie be ' e the house, it should be printed, in order that se might be in possession of the whole circum ate, s connected with the election. :: 1, - The report was then l a id on the table, and on the motion of Mr. CODBEN the evidence was ordered to be printed. COUNTY OF WEXFORD ELECTION. The SPEAKER intimated that he had received a communication from Messrs. Morris and Sons, parlia mentary agents, stating that it was not intended to pro ceed with the petition complaining of the return for the county of Wexford. PETITIONS. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Cam den-town in favour of the liberation of Edward Murray. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Maryle bone against all taxes on knowledge. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the reduction of the duties on tea. , _ Col. BOYLE presented a petition from Frome in favour of the ocean penny postage. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the town council of Arbroath and Montrose praying for the extension of the English County Courts to Scotland ; also, a petition from Glasgow against the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill. Sir - , W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from the metropolis in favour of the Crystal Palace being opened on Sundays. Captain SCOBELL presented a petition from Hartle pool against the Mercantile Marine Bill: Mr. HUDSON presented a similar petition from Sun derland. Mr. HEADLAM also presented apetition to the same effect from Newcastle. Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition against the admission o f J ews i nto Parliament. Mr. W. WILLIAMS gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Secretary of the Admiralty a question with reference to the desertion of a number of H. M. seamen, in consequence of the flogging of a petty officer named Stapleton. CONSOLIDATION FUND ACT. Mr. GLADSTONE gave notice that on Friday next he should move that the house resolve itself into a com mittee of the whole house, to consider the Consolidated Fund and the National Debt Redemption Acts. THE MINISTERIAL BUDGET. Mr. GLADSTONE —I will, also, take this opportu nity of mentioning, that I propose to state the intentions Government with respect to finance on this day fort night, the 18th instant. CANADA CLERGY RESERVES BILL. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to take the third reading of the Clergy Reserves Bill on Monday next, and he would, therefore, postpone the third read ing of the Jewish Disabilities Bill for that day until the Friday following, the 15th. Mr DISRAELI—Perhaps the noble lord will state on what day the Government intend to make their statement with respect to their proposals concerning the East Indian territories. Lord J. RUSSELL—I cannot state the exact day, but as soon as we are prepared with that measure, I shall state the nature of it to the house. (A. laugh.) On the motion of the noble lord, the orders of the day were postponed until after the notices of motions. EDUCATIONAL SCHEME OF THE GOVERN MENT. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to state the intentions of the Government with respect to education in England and Wales, previous to moving for leave to bring in a bill on that important subject ; and in doing so he said he should not think it necessary to ask the attention of the house, because he was sure, however in adequately he might perform the duty he had under taken, the subject was one of so much importance, it affected so deeply the religion, morality, and future well-being of the country, that the house would readily give its attention to any statement which might be made, and any propositions which might be brought forward upon such a subject. (Hear.) He would begin by stating what had been the course with respect to the education of the poorer classes in this country from the commencement of the establishment of public day schools. He might here observe that these day schools were commenced at the beginning of the present century. At that time two persons, who had both given great attention to education, and who were both deserving of commemoration as well for their intelligence, as for the laudable efforts which they made—he meant Mr. Joseph Lancaster and Dr. Bell—were instrumental in establish.! ing large day schools for the education of the poorer classes. Both of them proceeded on the system of having monitors in the schools, chosen from among the boys attending the schools, by whom lessons should be given to the children who were not sufficiently advanced to receive better instruction from the masters. It was believed, and it was certainly the fact, that a larger number of children could be educated by these means than by having a greater number of separate establishments ; but no doubt that sys- GcLa rl,lO j ter, vlrcavuk educated through the instrumentality of persons who were themselves little advanced in learning, and who had no peculiar aptitude for imparting instruction. There was, however, a difference upon a topic of a most exciting nature in regard to the system adopted by the advice of these two persons. The system of Mr. Joseph Lancaster was adopted by the British and Foreign School Society about the year 1805, and it proceeded on the principle of teaching the bible to all children in thei T , schools. It was the distinctive feature, he might say of that system. King George 111. gave his immediate pa tronage to this plan, and many persons anxious to promote education—his (Lord J. Russell's) father, the late Duke of Bedford, among the rest—combined in placing themselves at the head of the institution. Lord Brougham, Sir Samuel Romilly, and many others, aided with their abilities the new establishment. At the same time, while these schools were thus promoted, there arose on the part of the Established Church, an objec tion that, although the bible was taught, there was no instruction given in the formularies of the Church of England, and accordingly, at a later period, in the year 1811, a society called the National Society was formed, in order to give instruction not only in the bible but also in the catechism ; and it was proposed, at the same time, that the children belonging to other schools should attend the Established Church on Sundays. Differences, however, soon arose as to the mode in which the schools of the National Society were conducted. It was not necessary for him to dwell upon this branch of the subject. The conduct of the Church stirred up the Dissenters, and the system carried on by these two so cieties gave rise to the establishment of a great number of schools. About 1831 or 1832 Lord Grey proposed that the State should make an annual grant to these so cieties not exceeding 10,0001., and that grant continued to be made until 1839, when Lord Melbourne's Govern ment proposed that a committee of council should be formed for the management of the educational grants. He happened at the time to hold the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department, and at the time he isued a letter stating that it was the wish of the Crown to promote the education of the youth of the country without interfering with the rights of conscience. A normal school, for the purpose of training school masters of all religious denominations, was established by the state, and the new system remained in force down to 1846. In that year other' changes were proposed for improving the state system of education, and the system had since been carried out upon the minutes that were agreed to in a Council. The house would therefore perceive that the plan of national educa tion in this country had been essentially carried out upon the voluntary principle. Great improvements had been introduced into the system, and what he proposed to do now was to state the position in which the ques tion now stood. At present the day schools numbered 44,898; the number divided into public and private schools, and from returns which he had received from the Registrar-General, he found thation the 31st of March, 1851, the number of scholars attending the public schools was 1,115,237, and the number attending the private schools was 635,739. The attendance of the two, as compared together, was as 95 to 18 per cent. The schools in existence of all \ denominations numbered 19,856, and the attendance of scholars amounted to 1,281,077. The total incomes of these school's were estimated at 1,046,9791., derived in this way, from local endowments 69,5371., local subscriptions 366,8231., col lections 114,1091., school pence 413,044/., and other sources 83,0761. The item of school pence was rather understated, and they might safely put it down at half a million a year. Now, half a century ago, there was nothing known about Sunday schools, and it was therefore gratifying to know that the poorer classes of the country were now contributing half a million annually for the education of their children. That circumstance should encourage Parliament to con tinue its efforts to improve the existing system of education. It would not be wise or judicious to disturb that system, but much might be done to improve and extend it. He had already pointed out what had been done in the way of establish ing training schools. The plan now in force was this : A boy or a girl who showed capacity for teaching was retained as a pupil teacher for five years, and at the expiration of that period the pupil teacher enters a training college, and is prepared for the office of schoolmaster. The importance of that office could not be overrated, and he was rejoiced to know that the time was rapidly approaching when its value and usefulness would be highly appreciated. Since 1844 up to the year 1851, the amounts expended in training schools was 353,402/., of which 137,6281. consisted .of grants. Last year upwards of 130,0001. was expended in improving the train ing schools, which numbered something like forty. No grants which had been sanctioned by Parliament had produced more beneficial results than those which had been expended, and in proof of that he need only refer to the reports of the School Inspector. A system of exa mination was carried on by the Council of Education, and about 2,700 persons had received certificates of merit. He now came to the question of what should be done 'in the present state of affairs. Should they con tinue the system and adopt another, or should they they attempt to improve it ? Before he came to state the intention of the Government, he would take leave to discuss this question. He could not agree with those who thought that there was any rrinciple or scruple which should prevent the State from affording religious instruction to the rising generation, and it appeared to him that it was the duty of the State to see that in any system of education which it should sanction it should embrace the religious aliment. But there was another plan proposed, and that was the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1853, establishment of what were called secular schools. The noble lord explained that this system embraced edu cation in reading, writing, &c., but treated re ligion as a subject which had nothing to do with the school; but he for one could not subscribe to this plan. The school was the place where the child was to be educated in morality, and was to obtain rules for his future guidance in life, and he would ask how that could be done 1: there was to be no teachings in religion ? Such a system of education would be found grossly defective. It was said there was a natural theology which could be taught in schools, but that the doctrines of Christianity ought to be banished from the school-room ; but he could be no party to such a plan, and he came, therefore, to the question of what could be done under the present system ? He did not think it would be possible to unite children of different denominations in all the parishes of the country. In the Dissenting schools the catechism of the Church was used, but it was obvious that this rule only intended to apply to children belonging to the Church, but even in the absence of such a rule, he did not think that the difficulties which stood in the - way of attempting the unity of reli gious denominations in schools would be overcome. It was impossible to have one general scheme for all classes of the people, but it appeared to the Government there was one sort of community in the country which might undertake the management of local education. He alluded to the local authorities of corporate towns ; and it appeared to the Government that it was possible to give municipal corporarions power to vote an education rate under certain restrictions. For instance, two-thirds of the town council must sanc tion the rate, and in the next place the rate must be applied, not in the establishment of new, but in assisting schools already in existence, which were supported by voluntary contributions. The rate would have to be distributed in proportion to the pence contributed by the children. The town council would •be required to appoint a committee to ad minister the rate only to such schools as complied with the provisions of the state.• Power would be reserved to give the parent the right of withdrawing his children from the school wherein was taught a sys tem of religion which he did not approve of, but the provisions of the bill so far as it related to this branch of educaton had not been finally concluded and upon this part of the question the house would hereafter be called to pronounce an opinion. The important provisions of the bill would provide for the building of new schools in populous and poor districts. There was, however, another important branch of this subject, which he must refer to. The house was aware that there was a large number of schools in existence, which had been founded by charitable persons de ceased. These were known as charity schools; but owing to the neglect or carelessness of the trustees the funds upon which they subsisted had been greatly reduced. By a report of a commission which investigated the subject, a few years ago, it ap peared that there were no less than 28,840 of these charities in existence, with an annual income of 1,209,3951. The noble lord having stated that the annual income of endowments for educational purposes alone, was, no, less than 330,0001., and having giveu some more details connected with these charities proceeded to state that the Government proposed to adopt some of the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Bill brought forward by Lord Lyndhurst while he was in office as Lord Chancellor: Those provisions, however, would be restricted and amended, and, if possible, ren dered less objectionable to those who now had the ad ministration of these charities. The power to carry out these provisions would be intrusted to a charities board to be attached to the Board of Privy Council for Educa tion. [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE AGAMEMNON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l. In your paper of yesterday's date there is an article with reference to the fever on board her Majesty's ship Agamemnon which is calculated to cause alarm to the relatives of the crew, and to produce an erroneous influence on the public mind, both in regard to the viru lence of the disease and the want of proper measures to arrest its progrees by the authorities at this port. 2. On the latter point I shall say nothing—for, when it is necessary, the parties alluded to, will no doubt be able to justify their conduct ; but I beg to state that you have been misinformed on the nature of the disease, which is not typhus, or typhoid fever, but scarlatina in a mild form ; and out of 268 patients received from the Agamemnon into this hospital up to this date, even one death has not occurred ; on the contrary, a large number of the patients are daily amusing themselves out of doors, and nearly 100 will be able to rejoin the ship on Monday next, haying been free from all fe'ver sufficiently long to warrant such, an arrangement 3. I may mention, that at this hospital every possible means have been taken to prevent contagion by washing and cleansing the clothes and bedding ; and, as one per son only belonging to the establishment has been at tacked by fever, it proves that these measures have been pretty successful.' 4. You are pleased to say that, with regard to the men who have been carried off to Haslar, it is likely enouh they have received every attention : but if y ou hadthe smallest doubt on the subject, and could spare an hour to visit the hospital, I feel certain you (or any one else) would be convinced that the brave men who enter the public service receive every comfort when sick ness overtakes them which a grateful country can bestow. With respect to the medical officers of the establishment, from Sir John Richardson down to the junior assistant surgeon, I can declare it is impossible for duty to be more zealously performed by any class of officers in the service or the Crown. I request you will do me the favour to insert this Letter in your next paper ; and I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, W. J. HoPi - JOHNSTONE, Captain-Superintendent. Haslar Hospital, April 2. - • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE SUNKEN ROCK IN FALSE BAY. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, Feb. 19, 1853. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have re ceived from the Naval Surveyor at the Cape of Good Hope, an account of the discovery of a sunken rock in False Bay, carrying fifteen feet over it at low water spring tides. From the Roman Rocks it bears by campass N.N.E., half E., about one and a half cables' length, and from the Light Vessel it bears N.N.E., half N. one cable's length. field and Clergy, and ministers of all denominations." He hoped the reverend persona who were the subject of the toast would not think it beneath their influence or their dignity to use their great power for the purpose of showing that both giving and receiving a bribe was an offence against humanity, religion, the Word of God, and the laws of the country. (Applause.) The Rev. W. F. WILKINSON acknowledged the toast. He said, as an elector of Derby, I feel an honest pride in the vindication and the rescue of the independence of the borough, and in the restitution of its just, and legi timate, and characteristic representation. (Cheers.) As a Liberal in politics, by conviction, ever since I felt myself capable of forming a judgment in such matters, I have a right to rejoice in the confirmed ascendency of my principles and my party. But, as a minister of religion, I feel that it is especially my duty to be thank ful that truth and justice have triumphed, that falsehood and hypocrisy have been exposed, and a foul conspiracy has been defeated, and that indignant and universal con demnation has been pronounced upon all such proceed ings and upon their authors. (Cheering.) After several other toasts had been proposed, and warmly responded to, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of a gentleman who had applied himself diligently and with much ability to the conducting of the case against Major Beresford as well as against Mr. Horsfall, and whose eminent- abili ties as a Parliamentary agent were well known and ap preciated—Mr. Coppock. (Loud cheers.) Mr. COPPOOK was received with great applause. He said—This appears to be a night of disclaimers, when every man is disclaiming the services he has rendered, andis anxious to do justice to his neighbour, and throw public gratitude upon others. (Cheers.) I have heard the members of the borough this night both of them disclaiming any share in corrupt practices; I have heard our worthy chairman disclaim any return for services rendered ; and I have heard our vice-chairman disclaim ing the services rendered by him. Everybody appears to disclaim that credit which the public bestows upon them—l disclaim it also. (Laughter.) But although I am disclaiming the being worthy of your thanks, I will never disclaim the pride I feel in being entrusted by you in conducting a portion of the late inquiries, and being supported in the prosecution of these inquiries by the anxious zeal and intelligence of your excellent chairman, and the untiring perseverance of your worthy friend the vice-chairman, who has won you success. (Loud cheers.) lam not unused to matters of this kind. For more than 20 years I have been engaged upon them. I only enter upon them on one side ; I could not act faith fully upon the other ; but in the whole course of my life I have never met with more anxious and more careful zeal, and more talent, than has been bestowed upon your case by Mr. Moss and Mr. Madeley. (Cheers.) Our case was an extraordinary one. I never before had the opportunity of so exposing corruption and villainy in the way in which I was the honourable means of exposing it. But this case is but a sample of what was done by the Derby Administration—(hear, hear)—and I think if anything may be drawn from names, this much may be drawn, that the Derby Administration was wrecked upon the borough of Derby. (Loud cheers.) That was a proper and just retribution. (Cheers.) The Derby Government was as base and unprincipled a government as this country ever was cursed with ; and it used means as base and unprincipled as any party ever could do. (Loud cheers.) Where would be the Morgans of Derby if the W. B.'s never existed ? Where would be the poor man selling his franchise, and receiving 21. through the chink of a door, with his hands behind his back, if another prime mover was not behind the scenes ? The late election was one wholesale system of bribery, treat ing, and dissipation which the history of England never saw equalled. (Cheers.) The. Derbyites were hypo crites everywhere. They were Free-traders in towns and Protectionists in the counties ; they professed in one place what they never intended to practice, and in another disclaimed wh a t th ey rea ll y intended to do if possible. They gave 21. in Derby, and 101. in Canter bury. Place was all they cared for. Place was their ob ject—the means, anything whatever. It is a curious event in the history of electioneering tactics that a party having got from some source or other a large amount of money, should have forced their confidence upon a gentl man in this town of the name of Flewker, notwithstand ing his disclaimer of their solicitations and his refusal to act in their case, they should by some strange fatality force upon him that confidence which he did not betray, which he only exposed. (Hear.) Mr. Flewker was no traitor—his was not the act of a traitor. They knew his just ground of complaint, they knew his positive refusal to act with them, and yet—strange fitalityl—they forced their confidence upon him. They were seeking to use and abuse him for their purposes, and he exposed them. (Cheers.) I think the Liberal party are greatly indebted to Mr. Flewker. (Cheers.) I say more than this—l say the entire Liberal party in England are in debted to him. (Loud cheers.) Now, how is this charge met ? I read in the Derby illereary, the first publication after the election, three distinct assertions—first, that a thief had been set' to catch a thief ; that a plant had been made, but that there were cases without end of bribery against Messrs. Bass and Heyworth. (Laughter.) In another part of the paper was a statement of Mor gan's, who said that he had not seen a single voter—that not a voter had been in his room—and that is quite true, because every voter turned his back to the room, and received the money behind him. (Laughter.) A state thew, we also made by Mr. _Lewis, who piectgea notn his honour and veracity that neither Mr. Horsfall, nor his friends, nor any party connected with him, had any thing to do with the affair. From whom did the money come ? (Cheers.) Did it not come from the lead works to - Morgan at the room ? What did they do more ? I have in my own possession certain documents, briefed and delivered to counsel. These documents are in part the evidence of parties professing to prove that Mr. Flewker had concocted the Morgan scheme entirely,and that the letter found upon Morgan had been written in 1848, and had been placed by Flewker in Morgan's pocket. (Sensation.) Who Samuel Leech may be I know not ; but Samuel Leech was briefed to prove that Mr. Flewker had told him that the letter was written in 1848, and that in truth the whole scheme was a con coction of Mr. Flewker's—that Mr. Flewker planned the whole scheme—that he put the letter into the.man's pocket—that he put the man in the room ; but how, in that case, the money got into Morgan's hands does not appear. All these assertions have been disproved ; aye, and they suborned men to come to London to prove personal bribery against Mr. Bass. (Hear.) They dare not, however, call them, but struck their colours and ran away. (Cheers and laughter.) As a finishing stroke to their infamous calumnies, they affirm that after all we have compromised the affair.: There has been no compromise. (Cheers) They struck their colours un conditionally ; and there never was or has been the slightest attempt at compromise. From the first day of the election, when the scheme was concocted, and Mr. George Richards t on Cox, and I believe Mr. John Huish, were in London, up to the present moment we know of much that has occurred ; but by what means the money reached Derby we know not at present ; but this I do know and say, that the man Morgan was but a tool in the hands of others; it is not to punish him that we seek, but I do seek to punish the W.B.'s, and all the agents by which these things were practised. (Loud cheers.) If there were no W. B.'s, if there were no men to find the money there would be no men to receive it, and it is in vain to talk of punishing the poor man, while the man who has the ambition and pride to attempt to get into Parliament, and place his family in a distinguished position, to get rank and honour, escapes. This is the man who ought to suffer. (Cheering.) I know not what view the House of Commons may take of this matter, but this I do pledge myself to do—if the House of Commons does not authorise the Attorney-General to prosecute the parties, I will not come into Derby again before I have preferred an indictment against the whole batch for con spiracy, from "W. B." downwards. (The assembly rose en masse, and gave several rounds of cheering.) It appears to me that it is only by meeting the evil at the fountain head that you can stop its course. (Renewed cheers.) I have never seen yet any man in the country who would distribute money unless he expected it would pay, and I do say, if the House of Commons is sincere, they will institute proceedings ; if it will not, then pro ceedings must be instituted elsewhere , and as the of fence began in Middlesex, I will bring all the parties (as I can do), before the Central Criminal Court. (Loud cheers.) And now, gentlemen, what is the remedy for all this ? The evil is great —you have in one place bribery, in another treating, in another intimidation and undue influence. In my opinion the answer is easy — nothing but the power of voting secretly and honestly will do it. (Loud cheers.) The ballot and the ballot alone is the remedy for the evil. With the ballot, inti midation and undue influence would be of no use—you would have no Morgans and W. B.'s. The ballot would be a complete cure for all corruption as at present prac tised. Ido not say it would be a complete cure for everything that might be practised ; but the ballot would be a cure for the evils now practised. As voting is now performed, much corruption would be prevented if the briber were rendered liable to be punished ; in stead of punishing the poor devil who receives the bribe, punish the man who offers it. (Loud cheers.) A man asking or taking a brib e is punishable now, but not party offering it—a man who offers a bribe, except the the bribe is excepted, is liable to no punishment, while man who accepts or asks is punishable. And the House of Commons is in a great measure composed of men who do these things. Take them all in all, they are, thr in the I admit, e as good a body of men as ever met g world ; but they are as corruptly got together as it is possible to be. (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, I would again say, the ballot is the great remedy for all these evils. Inscribe on your banner, civil and religious liberty ; enfranchise those who are worthy of the fran chise, disfranchise those who are unworthy of it ; extend the suffrage, and then, with a full protection to the franchised, by means of the ballot, economy, retrench. ment, peace and prosperity will follow —you will have happiness here and everywhere, and you will know that you have done your duty to yourselves and your coun try, and others will learn that the people of Derby have not neglected their duty. (Loud applause.) The toast " Purity of Elections," and several other toasts were next drunk. The proceedings then terminated. [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Holloway's Ointment and Pills singularly effective in Curing a Diseased Ankle, and preventing a White Swelling.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Hicks, druggist, Lerwick, dated March 12, 1853 : —"To Professor Holloway. Sir,—l have the pleasure to inform you that your rmadicines have been eminently successful here in the cure of various diseases, among which is that of a young woman, residing in this town, who had suffered for a considerable time from a diseased ankle, producing lameness, and symptoms of white swelling. After every other remedy had failed to be of any benefit, your ointment and pills were made use of, and they have been the means of effecting a perfect cure." - -Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. CUSTOM-HOUSE-APRIL 2. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Panther, from Ostend; Etoile de Rouen, Rouen ; Homan, Leer ; Amity, do. ; Wanderer, Terceira ; Carleton, Callao ; Rival, Mogadore ; London, New York ; Tiger, Hamburgh ; Calypso, put back ; Me teor, Melbourne and Cape of Good Hope ; Papenburg, Amsterdam ; Gazella, Bahia ; Arab, St. Michael's ; Dublin Lass, Guernsey ; Ipswich Lass, St. Michael's ; Akbar, Calcutta ; Seine, Boulogne ; Land o' Cakes, Canton. :_ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Exhibition; for Konigsberg ; Penelope, Schien ; Jane Green, Bombay ; Valleyfield, Sierra Leone ; Europa, Barba,does ; City of Boulogne. Boulogne ; Lord Sidmouth, Quebec ; London, New York ; Papenburg, Sydney ; Elizabeth, Port Philip ; Nonpareil, Saffe ; Regina, Montreal ; Donna Theresa, Alexandria. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Anne Gesina, for Amsterdam ; Hellechina, Konigsberg ; Neptune, Bil boa ; Patrick, New York ; Johanna Georg, Port Philip ; Albion, Boulogne; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk; Adonis, Bremen ; Antwerpen, Antwerp ; William Stuart, Port Adelaide ; Eliza, - Naples ; Murray, Antwerp ; Alegre, Oporto ; Druid, Hobart Town ; Geschwisters, Hamburgh ; Albert, Sydney ; Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Lord John Russell, Harlingen ; Diana, Amsterdam ; Paradise, Calcutta ; William, Leer ; Batavier, Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL-APRIL 2. The Albert Edward, arrived from Calcutta, when off the Cape of Good Hope, was in contact with the Dutch ship Australia, on the 24th of March, lost fore and mizen-masts in a squall, and during her voyage encountered strong easterly gales. The Warbler, arrived from New Orleans, drove ashore on Burbo Bank, on Thursday night, the steam-tug Tartar, which had her in tow, being unable to keep her from drift ing, even after the ship let go her anchors. The Warbler remained on shore five hours, when she slipped, and came off with damage, and making a little water. The report of the Daring, from New Orleans, making water all her voyage, turns out to be incorrect. The Pilot Fish, which sailed March 30, for Rio Janeiro, has put back , with loss of four hands, washed off the jib: boom, off Wicklow, while furling the jib. QUEENSTOWN, March 31.—The Nettuno, Matanzas to Plymouth, was fallen in with March 19, 120 miles W. of Cape Finisterre, with master, mate, and two men washed overboard, and loss of topmasts, jibboom, compasses, &c., by the Romeo, arrived here from Berdianski, which accom panied the Nettuno to Finisterre, supplied her with com passes, and gave her the course for Plymouth. MALTA, March 27.—The Robert and Mary, Lagos to Queenstown, which put in here on the 22d very leaky and with damage, is supposed to have touched the Monscian Reef with her rudder, but she did not make more water than before. The Globe, Karamuti to Queenstown • the William, Salonica to Queenstown ; the Niagara, Alex andria to Liverpool ; and Haidee, Constantinople to Queenstown, have put in, with cargoes shifted. The Season Sluice, Tenedos to Queenstown, and the Rainbow, Salonica to Queenstown, &c., and the Hawkhill, from Smyrna to London, have put in leaky, &c. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Empress, Liverpool to San Francisco, Aug. 25, off Madeira. The Cumberland, Liverpool to San Francisco, Dec. 29. The Osborne, Liverpool to New Orleans, Feb. 15, off Tuskar. The Araby Maid, Feb. 22, lat. 1 N., long. 20 W. The Duke of Wellington, Feb. 24, lat. 4 N., long. 20 W. H.M.S. Calliope, same day. The Petrel, March 25, lat. 48 N., long. 7 W. A liamburgh brig, from Para March 4. The Laconic, Newport to Rhode Island, March 22, lat. 46 N. The Meteor, of Hull, bound W., March 14, lat. 44 N., long. 38 W. The Mary Appleby, March 19. The Intrepid, Cork to Now York, March 16, lat. 46 N., long. 28 W. The Go Forward, Dartmouth to Geelong, March 14, lat 16 N., long. 22 W. The No. 1,798, second dist. pendt. (English brig), 15, lat. 18 N., long. 27 W. The Matilda Luckie, 30, lat. 48 N., long. 9 W. The Rudolph, bound E., March 12, lat. 41 N., long. 43 W. The Constitution, Liverpool to Now York, 21, lat 50 N., long. 21 W. T A h l e a r r g e e g gy steamer ,ajldfr e b n o n u ynd ,f o W r . s , : d n 5, e l a y p t .Fselb . 15, a nt . . 1 15 5. W. The Petrel, Callao to Queenstown, 6. H.M.S. Highflyer, 10, lat. 43 N. The Vittoria, from Ceylon, 22, lat. 42 N., long. 13 W. The Tryphena, 23, lat. 48 N., long. 10 W. LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION AT DERBY. On Tuesday last a dinner was given at the Athenaeum at Derby to celebrate the recent triumph of the liberal party in that borough by the unseating of Mr. Horsfall, and the return of Mr. Heyworth. The Mayor occupied the chair. He was supported by Mr. Heyworth, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., the Rev. W. F. Wilkinson, Mr. J. Barber, Mr. J. Coppock, and others. After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, The MAYOR gave the toast of the evening—the health of the members for the borough, which was received with great applause. Mr. BAss, M.P., on rising, was received with loud cheers. He said,—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,—l pray you to accept my warmest acknowledgments for the kind expression of your good feelings towards me on this and on previous occasions. I feel that on an occa sion like the present it would be impossible not to dwell upon the all-absorbing subject which has engaged our attention for some months back --though I am told that to allude to it would be almost an infraction of good breeding itself. (Laughter.) But, met as we are to congratulate each other on the successful attempt that has been made to expose a flagrant system of corruption, I cannot'understand that we have any right to be here at all, unless we take some notice of those deeds that have been done by our opponents. (Hear, hear.) I have been accused by our opponents of having taken an uncalled-for course, by giving an earnest and frank sup port to my' hon. friend Mr. Heyworth. (Cheers.) Many of them have said to me—their leaders have said to me, that I was making a very poor return for the support they were willing to give me. They com plained that whilst Mr. Horsfall himself was trying to give me his second votes, I was taking every means in my power to prevent his return. (Laughter.) Why, how did we stand in relation to each other ? I never had to acknowledge any support from them ; and al though I have to acknowledge, and freely acknowledge, uninterrupted expressions of kindness from many mem bers of the Tory party, I am not quite certain, that if they could have succeeded in getting a second candidate to contest the election, that they would not have with held oven the small amount of support which, under the circumstances, was vouchsafed to me. (Cheers.) I entertained no feeling of personal hostility to our oppo nent Mr. Horsfall. I knew nothing of him personally before he was presented to the notice of the constituency of Derby ; but all that I had heard respecting him was, that the highest respect was felt for him as a man. I believe if the Conservatives must have a candidate, they could not have selected a better man. He came with the highest character to recommend him ; and we knew that if we were to be beaten, we could only be overcome by a combination of untoward circumstances, and by having to contest the election with one of their picked men. But because they brought a candidate of this character, was I on that ground to be debarred from promoting those political tenets which I have conscien tiously entertained for years ? It is quite true that upon some theoretical questions my hon. friend and myself differ, but upon all practical questions Mr. Heyworth and myself almost invariably go into the same lobby together. (Cheers.) I must be permitted here to offer a few common-sense remarks upon the proceedings that have lately occupied the attention of the public. (Hear.) After the disclosures made before the Beresford Committee, I think it was impossible for any man of in telligent mind to come to any other conclusion than that improper and illegal measures had been resorted to to obtain Mr. Horsefall's seat. (Cheers.) I regret, for the sake of Mr. Horsfall's honourable character and high name, that he did not take the course which duty clearly pointed out, I regret that he put his opponents to 1,500/. expense in defending the rightS of the con stituency. (Cheering.) I think he was quite wrong in having defended his seat up to the point where he ulti mately abandoned it. Notwithstanding the continued asseverations I made to Mr. Horsfall, I found no abate ment of hostility against myself. And even at this moment our opponents go the length of insisting—not withstanding the facts are patent to the whole world— that a compromise has taken place in some way or other. (Laughter.) It's true we had opportunities of compro mising, even when the petition was before the Com mittee of the House of Commons. An intimation was made to me to ascertain whether there were no means of letting this matter gently down. (Laughter.) My an swer was—No, as far as I am concerned, it must go on as it has begun. (Cheers.) The petition against me wasi,.in my opinion, totally unwarranted. I defied my opponents to carry out their threats. I had no conces sion to make, and I defied them to the proof to the uttermost. (Cheers.) Well, so matters went on, and Mr. Horsfall, up to a very late period of the inquiry, declared he would spend 20,0001. in defence of hi. cha racter. I must say that it seemed strange to me, that so good a character should require so large an expendi ture of money to defend it. (Laughter.) I will do hiin the justice to state again, candidly and frankly, that it was money very much misappropriated, and not at all required. (Laughter.) Well, gentlemen, to come to the end of this matter, it so happened, that one fine morning I found, notwithstanding this 20,0001., the committee were agreeing that Mr. Horsfall was to be unseated for bribery by his agents, and that the counsel declared, before that constituted tribunal. that ti,=. 3 7 weiU 110 b, rue very shame, go on with the petition against me, as not the semblance of a case could they offer before five honourable men. (Cheering.) After stating that he had challenged the solicitor of Mr. Horsfall to prove that there was the slightest pretence for the petition against his return, Mr. Bass went on to say—Amongst other charges levelled against us, we were accused of a foul conspiracy. I am sure all will now agree that the conspirators were not on our side. (Cheers and laughter.) And now I have only to ask-- what is to be done with those in high places, the W.B.'s, and some of your neighbours —some of the lead-works gentlemen ? Are the doings of "W. 8.," of the gentle men of the lead works, and others, to be forgotten like an idle dream ? (Cries of " No, no !" and cheering.) I say to you, as I said in my address, that justice has in some measure been done, but not yet completed. Well, then, it remains to be done. (Cheers renewed.) las a guardian in some sort of your rights and liberties, feel it my duty, whenever called upon, to bring these people to justice. (The company rose and cheered vociferously, and Mr. Bass resumed his seat.) Mr. HEYWORTH, M.P., said, it is impossible for me to find words to express the deep debt of gratitude I owe you for the kindness I have received on this, and upon all occasions when I have appeared amongst you. I regard the demonstration of yesterday, in conjunction with the present festival gathering of friends, as one of the great events of my life. In its consequences it will prove of vast importance, and the result of the recent proceedings, which we are now celebrating, will have its influence for good in promoting purity of election in this, and other boroughs, I trust, for generations to come. (Cheers.) And now, gentlemen, as my hon. colleague has stated, it is impossible, on an occasion like thiS, and after the treatment we have received from Mr. Horsfall and his party, to be entirely silent on a subject, the mere mention of which naturally causes feelings of irritation—l hope also of shame—in the breasts of our opponents. (Hear, hear.) I will not enter into details; but there were one or two incidents in the recent pro ceedings which I cannot altogether pass over. I will set down nought in malice, for I do not entertain any feeling of animosity toward my late opponent Mr. Hors fall, or indeed toward any man in the world. On one occasion that Mr. Horsfall met me in the street, he said, Mr. Heyworth, what is the use of going on fighting and fighting ? said I see:no use in it, and lam surprised that you have not long since withdrawn from the vain attempt to defend your seat ; and now, I said, the best advice I can give you, and do it as a friend, is at once to stay further inquiry into the gross bribery cases of which your own party have been guilty. He said, oh; but I must defend my own cha racter. I said, I can't conceive that you will be defending your character by prolonging a contest from which all the facts of the case will be elicited and put on record. If all the facts should be brought to light, and be re corded, your assertion will not countervail the inference that will be drawn from them ; and the public regardless of your assertions, will form their own opinion on the subject. (Hear, hear.) He said,—but, Mr. Heyworth if I were to withdraw from this contest and cease to de fend my seat, we can't unseat Mr. Bass. (Laughter and cheers.) I said Mr. Bass has done no wrong ; why prolong an expensive contest against him when you have not the shadow of a case against him ? I said, really, is it likely ; is there any reasonable motive that you could suppose would induce Mr. Bass to bribe for a vote when he had the moral certainty of a large majority. Well, gentlemen, after the committee had decided that Mr. Horsfall was to be unseated, and myself seated, I saw him in the lobby, and he toldme that notwithstand ing this result, he should attend Prince Albert's levee in the afternoon and be presented, if the newspaper reports be true, as member for Derby, when a committee of the House of Commons had already declared me the seated member. I leave you, gentlemen, and the public, to decide upon the prorpriety of that act. (Loud cheers.) The idea, industriously promulgated, in order to cover the disgrace attaching to the discovery of Morgan, was, that no election takes place at which bribery is not committed on both sides. No doubt that accounts, in some degree; for Mr. Horsfall's incredulity. But, gentlemen, how great does it redound to your honour that you have, without expending a single farthing improperly, seated your two members. (Cheers.) You stand before the world in the light in which all constituencies ought to stand. Your honour was im peached— it has been proved scatheless. (Cheers.) Your character was suffering from the aspersions of in terested traducers,—it stands forth in all its integrity and uprightness, and shines with increased brilliancy after the passing away of the cloud by which truth and honour were for a time partially concealed. (Loud cheers.) Standing then in this proud position, you had a right to make the demonstration which gladdened our eyes yesterday. We pride ourselves upon being the members of such a body of constituents. If either of us had been returned to Parliament by corrupt and unlaw ful means, we would not have retained our seats one moment after a disclosure similar to that on the Beresford committee. (Cheering.) The example you have set, ought, and I think will have, its effect in other quarters ; t a eun t rtaeirnetyloyraadetreoa,pdttiheseaotrmee,ectemini eteacenausprsoweshuoerfreebwwriiibltlieircytooma mitigate, d e l corruption.t h e e i g f s n o a t - ml ( o L ne o l u bdaescr, it e op e r r l s ei na . ) s et the GeGe capacityon d t le t m o en, spare o l f again vf t ea h ,t a ew n k hi ne y dt ih o v i rd ; ua s a a and d omur so y best services shall be devoted to the interests of my country. (Much cheering.) The healths of the Mayor and the Right Hon. Edward Strutt were next drunk, the latter being replied to by Mr. John Strutt. The- toasts which followed were . — " The County Members," and "The Members of the Corporation." Mr. JOHN BARKER proposed "The Bishop of Lich- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw three-decker, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., in the steam basin, got her funnel up yesterday morning, and lighted her fires, the machinery being ready for trial. It reflects no small amount of credit on the engineer department of this dockyard that the gigantic motive power of this colossal ship should have been got ready for trial by the very day intended—the commencement of the financial year—considering the delays and trouble in getting her machinery piecemeal from the Clyde, for the want of efficient transport accommodation in the first instance. No one who saw the engine -room of this ship a fortnight ago would have imagined she could have had steam up yesterday, but so ohe had, and, what is more creditable to chronicle, there was no mishap, no scalding of the engineers by escape of steam, &c., but all the mighty parts worked well, and exhibited but the slightest symp toms of warm bearings from the newness of the gear. Many officers and strangers assembled to witness the first working of the screw in this famed ship, and among them no less a personage than Captain S. Bourgeois, the second captain of the celebrated screw line of battle ship Napoleon, who attentively inspected, inside and out, the "Duke of Wellington." Rehr-Admiral Fan shawe, and many others, were also present. The result of the "steam-up" trial was deemed eminently satisfac tory, 20 revolutions having been attained, The next highest spring tides are on the 9th and 10th, and it is intended the Duke shall go out for public trial at Stokes Bay on the former of those days, or on Monday, the 11th. A deputation from the sawyers of this dockyard who have struck, not for an advance of wages, but for a remedy of hardships, waited upon th e master sh i pwright yesterday and stated their case, which in brief was—that the amount of labour exacted of them was too great for the wages given, which we believe to be 18s. and 21s. per week ; that there was too great a difference between the new scheme and the old—about one-fifth against the workman. The master shipwright (Mr. Abethel) said he could not alter the new scheme, but he thought they worked hard, and that they were industrious men. He instanced the dockyard at Pembroke (of which he was lately master shipwright), saying the men there could earn extra money on the new system ; to which the de putation rejoined that Pembroke Dockyard, from the work being all new, was no criterion for other dock yards, where the work chiefly lay upon jobbing and sea soned timber. The master shipwright said they should be allowed for loss of time for battalion drills (never al lowed before) or other necessary hinderances, and he promised to present their memorial to the Admiral-Su perintendent. The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. G. Allen, Acting- Master, R.N., embarked Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, C. 8., commanding the Royal Engineers in this district, and staff, yesterday morning and conveyed them to Sconce-point to inspect the new works of defence there, returning with them in the evening. The Persian 12, Commande r T homas Mi tchell, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from the West India station, to be paid off. By letters from the West India squad ron we learn (March 13th) that the Imaum, 72, Com modore 111`Quhae • Devastation, 6, steam-sloop, Com mander C. Campbell ; and the Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Smith, were at Port Royal at the above date. The Geyser had lately arrived from Greytown, and was coaling preparatory to sailing for Bermuda and England, her boilers being defective. The Devastation had arrived about a week from Belize and the Bay Is lands, having on board his Excellency the Superintendent of British Honduras. She had touched at Truxillo, and had obliged the Honduras Government to withdraw a force which had lately taken forcible possession of Limos, in the territory of Mosquito. The Daring, 12, Com mander Napier, had returned from a cruize off Cuba, and was likely to sail for the Spanish Main soon. The Resistance troop-ship, Master Commander Bradshaw, arrived at Port Royal on the 10th of March, after a stormy passage from England, and was alongside the dockyard refitting. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Ha milton, was at Havannah, and had condemned two out of three slavers she had captured, and the third it was believed would be condemned also. The Buzzard, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Dobbie, was cruizing off Cuba. The Calypso, 18, Captai n Forbes, was at Barbadoes, where the Dauntless, 28, Captain Halsted, was preparing to leave for England, the fever having nearly disappeared in her. The squadron is now quite healthy. The Spiteful, advanced steam-sloop, arrived at Spit head Izst night from Devonport, on her way --to Woolwich. She brought seven boats for this -dockyard, and sent them in from Spithead this morning. The freight in -gold dust from Australia, brought by the Vulcan steam-frigate, will be landed to-morrow, and conveyed to London by Messrs. E. and E. Emanuel, freight agents and bullion merchants of this port. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 3, Her Majesty's steam-transport Rhadamanthus, Mas ter-Commander Belam, which sailed with stores for Pem broke on Thursday, was compelled by the heavy weather which prevailed in the Channel to return on Friday. She went into harbour to have defects made good. Hex Majesty's steam-sloop Spiteful, in charge of Mr. Brown, left on Friday for Woolwich. ham I,lllm week undergone several trials with steam and canvas, which have proved satisfactory. She is reported to be stiff under canvas, and an excellent sea boat. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, The Cesar, two-decker, 90 guns, now building at this dockyard, is being fitted for the reception of the screw auxiliary power. She is far advanced, and it is said will be launched this year, to form one of the squadron of screw two-deckers. The James Watt, 90, is positively to be launched this month. Her jury gear and ballast have been sent round. All the available force of -the dockyard is now at work upon her in order to expedite her completion. It is stated that another ship of the line, of equal force with the above, is shortly to be laid down in one of the sheds, and likewise that the lines of a first-class frigate will soon be drawn, to be built here. WOOLWICH, APRIL 2. APPOINTMENTS, Second-Master. —Alexander Brown (1847), to the Rolla, 6, brig, making ready for commission, at Ports mouth. The following appointments have taken place on the dates undermentioned : March 21.—Lieutenant George Mitchell (1815), to retired commander, under the Order in Council of Janu ary 30, 1816. March 2 3.—Lieutenants—B. Urmston (1848), to the Queen, 116, at Devonport ; Godfrey Taylor (1852), to the Queen ; Joseph Robinson (1849), to the Trafalgar, 120, on the Mediterranean station ; George Y. Paterson (1841), to the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth ; John K. Simcoe (1850), to the Duke of Wellington. Mates.—Richard Onslow (1849), Robert S. Chisholme (1853), and Henry Berkeley (1853), to the Queen. March 24.—Mate—Henry R. Stewart (1852), re cently serving in the Inflexible steam-sloop, on the Mediterranean station, to the Espiegle, 12, at Sheerness. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Arnot, M.D. (1846), to the Waterloo flag-ship at Sheerness, vice Nicholas. March 25.—Surgeon Edward Nolloth, M.D. (1845), to the Hercules emigrant ship at Cork, vice Carey. March 26.—Captin John Moore (1848), to the High flyer steam-sloop, vice Heathcote. Li eu tenants—Charles Stirling (1851), to ,the Queen ; Alfred Young (1842), to be Agent for Mails in a con tract steam-vessel. The Rifleman, 8, screw steam gun-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Richard H. Dalton, arrived at Woolwich to-day to be paid off, having been in commission since October, 1848, and mostly on the Pacific station. Lieu tenant Dalton left England as Second-Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Southampton, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope station. On Rear-Admiral Reynolds succeeding to the command-in-chief of the South-East Coast of America station, he gave Lieutenant Dalton the com mand of the Harpy steam-tender, which he held until appointed to command her Majesty's ship Rifleman, on the death vacancy of Lieutenant Branch, who com mitted suicide by jumping overboard in the River Plate, in a fit of temporary insanity. Both •in the Harpy and Rifleman Lieutenant Dalton won golden opinions from officers and men, and his leaving the former was unani mously regretted by every one on board, his affability and kindness having endeared him to all. The London, 90, Captain George R. Mundy, at Ports mouth, has been placed under orders to proceed t o th e l Dunda Woolwichs , C.B. Docky ar d The Mediterranean station, to join the fleet at M a lt a under thecomcnylicalnodps steam -Admi passed Vice-Admiral to-day on her way up to John Penn and Son's Deptford, to take the Melamp us , 42 , in wharf at t pro ceed with her to Devonport, w ith the ow, and heavy engines and boilers mad e b y that firm parts of the for the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, recently launched at Devonport. THE EAST INDIES AND CHINA. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew, C. 8., has by this time arrived at Rangoon, and superseded. Commodore Lambert in the command in chief, with his flag in the Winchester 50. Who will be captain, now that Captain Loch is killed, is a question which the next mail probably will solve—most likely Captain Shadwell, who has been twice promoted, the intelligence from India having passed the Admiralty commission going out. Commander Hillyar has also been twice promoted in th e same way, so that the new admiral will have the patronage of filling up the death vacancies. We trust he will distribute them amongst those who have taken the risk of creating a vacancy by the sacrifice of their own lives. Poor Captain Loch was a gallant officer. He was second son of James Loch, Esq., of Drylaw, county Edinburgh, an Advocate at the Scottish bar, and M.P. for Kirkwall, &c., by Ann, youngest daughter of P: Orr, Fsq. of Kincardineshire, and. neph ew o f C a pt a i n Fra s . Erskine Loch, R.N. His promotion in the service was one of the most rapid. He entered the navy in February, 1826, and was a captain in August, 1841. He volun teered to join the expedition in China, where he acted as extra aide-de-camp - to Sir Hugh Gough at the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo July 21, 1842, and was present with Sir Henry Pottinger in his negotiations with the natives. In the course of 1842 he published an able and very interesting work, entitled "The Closing Events of the War in China." In 1846 he obtained the command of Alarm, 26, then on the West India station. In this capacity he conducted a very spirited expedition in boats up the River San Juan de Nicaragua (the scene of one of Nelson's early exploits), which enabled him to adjust the differences then existing between the British Govern ment and the Nicaraguan Republic, and to dictate a treaty with that state. For this service he received from BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 30th ult., at Ardess Glebe, Lady Adam Loftil g ; f , On the Ist inst., at Cheadle, the wife of T. W. Bar b ° Esq., barrister-at-law. OF A DAUGHTER. j On the I s t inst., at 32 Devonshire-place, the Loaf Sir John W. H. Anson,Bart. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at Leeds, Thomas Turner Maiynea Esq., to Catherine Esth er Long, daughter o f the . 1 " 0 1 Lieutenant Joseph Packe r , R.N., and granddaughter late Major Simpson. On the 30th ult., at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, linson, Esq., surgeon, Green-street, Kent, to 0 1;0 Georgiana, third daught er o f G eorge F. Dick, Esq., Colonial Secretary at Mauritius. DIED. On the 6th ult., at Worthing, Barbadoes, the f„,dl Harris, aged 22. , f icY On the 28th ult., at Brighton, aged 23, Hubert P . _" 1 01 t' Milman, Esq., Lie u t enan t , R.N., fifth son of Lientew" General Milman. On the 28th ult., at Stonehill, Glenarm, Hill H. Esq., A.M. T.C.D., barrister-at-l aw . 6. On the Ist inst., at Cumberland place, Southampt oll ' H. Edwards, Esq. : 3 6 On the 29th ult., a t 6 , Notting-hill-square, agecii Lieut. W. S. Str a tf or d, R.N ., F . R . S ., upwards of twenty years superintendent of the " Nauti 1 Almanack." On the 31st ult., at 153, Piccadilly, Lieutenant-GI -8n Cartwright, Bengal Army. N _ 4 ' LONDON : Printed and P u bli s h e d b y MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Po' o r o' Strand, in the Pre c i nc t of the Savoy, ia the ca ll Middlesex. Monday_ A nril 4. 1 SIK2 HADDINGTO: The following are the pri, to-day : WHEAT. EARLEY. . First s6s Od 375 Od. Second 4Bs 3d 33s id Third 42s Od 28s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, .1, 7, barley 7, ,f ~ oats " beans ~ ~ ABERDEEN-APRIL 1. The prices of grain - are—Old 'oats, 00s Od. to 00s 04 401bs per bushel - new oats, 17s Od to 00 s Od, 401bs bushel ; bere, 28;0d to 29s Od, 531bs per bushel ; bar 4 28s Od to 285 - 6d; 531bs per bushel • wheat, red, 39s Od 405' Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, White, 46s Od to 48s t"' 62113 s per bushel ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s Od p er boir i ; flour, 39s Od to 41s Od p er sac k . P rov i s i ons —Beef, per II: 4d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d. : veal, ditto, 6d to t u i: pork, per lb, Os "5d Os 6d ; salmon, per lb, Is 6d to Os rabbits, each, 7d to Bd,; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 4s r i ; ' potatoes, per peck, is t o Is 2d- ; b u tter, p er lb , 8d t o Os v`t,, eggs, per doz, Os 7d t o O s 8d • hens, per pair, 3s ej 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2 s 6d t o 3s Od ; ducks, ditto, 2s to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os Od ; turkey each, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; geese , ditt o, 35 641 to 4 5 Od. ; for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 74s to 005 tr,, ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ; eggs, wholesale Pri, perne dozen, 0.. (1.1 1., sid to Od 0.. 0 ; 41b loaf, 7,1 ; 21b lo a f, 3id ; P T I fins wmall..l rorls, large, 0.. - okt- • lamb, per quarter, 7s 6d to lOs ; cheese, per impel l stone, 5s 6d to 7s. CORK -Arm 1. Brig. urrency. ' , White wheat 00 s Od to 00s Od Os C od_2o st , Redwheat 22s 6d to 24s 6d Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 008 Od-20 do• Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od 20 Barley l4s Od to 00s Od Ditto OGs Od to OOs Od> 00s Od-16 do. Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os Oa 178 Oats 121 Ditto 9s 10d to 108 Iod 9s 10d do. Ditto OOs Id to OOs Od 2 Pigs 4os Od to 43s 6d OOs Od per oft" Quantity sold at the highest prices : il 00 barrels w hit e w h ea t ; 0 red ; 00 b arley; 0 berg; oats ; 1 pig. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Pigs, 17 Wheat t. 116. Barl ey , 17 4. Bere, 0. Oats, 2„0 0 3 No quotations for b u tt er, nor return of firkins, until 00 11th of April. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 26 : Pigs, 495. Sheep, 368. Cows, 120. RAIL WA T SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 2. .'..' STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market continues ' tive, with little business doing. Prices, however, wed t shade higher than quoted yesterday. Birkenhe a d, Pr. j: cashire, an d Ch eshire (Chester and Birkenhead), 1, ; East Lancashire 171 ; Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , lu London an d NOrth Western, 118 ; Midland, 74 ; So Eastern and D over, 221 ; York and North Midland, 294' MANCHESTER, APIIIL 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.--Only two sales were registe.e i t here thi s morning, but at' rather higher rates—Sheffito 30/ ; and Dover, 22 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 1. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was dull to-day, " shares a shade lower. South Staffords were done dis. LEEDS, APRIL 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market ham been 1 , fl a t again to-clay, with declining quotations. Lancsow a and Yorkshires were done at 741 ; Caledonia ex di v . ; Midlands at 731 ; and York and North Mi dl L at 29k. RETURN OF THE EBBA ERIHE . — LIVERPOOL, SAT- 4 DAY.—The emigrant ship Ebba Brake, that went as.l l° ' % s on East Mouse on Thursday night, but was got off l' a e ba morning, ente re d t h e river yesterday afternoon. was leaky, making about two inches of water per 11 0 " and some inj ury was done to her rigging. The passe,": gers and crew were all safe. This mornin t of the ves se l (M essrs. de Wolf) and the passenger get (Mr. Walthew) made application to the Govern:o 4 . of emigration officer at this port (Capt. Schomberg) permission to place the passengers in Birkenhead 0 1 0 gration d epot, until such time as the vessel was readfo go to se a again. Captain Schomberg, however, l i unable to comply with this repiest without the pert o sion of th e Ad m i ralty. A te l egrap hi c communiaati, was at once forwarded to Somerset-house, London, I ing for the required permission, and an answer s i, shortly aft erwar ds returned complyi ng w i th the reql,l'.og The pass e ngers (with the excepti on o f those occupPer berths in the chief cabin) were conveyed there this lift o , The chief noon, and will be lodged and fed at t h e ship ' s expel cabinat private lodgings, passengers willngsbe, a accommodated they desire.ominodatedeit iet j t. at an ho 'Meeting of the passeng ers h as been called, and will 13 held on Monday i n th e M erchants' Coffee-house, Churchyard, at one o'clock. tel or her Majesty the Companionship of the Bath, upon th recommendation of Lord Palmerston. In 1852 Captain Loch was appointed to the command of the Winchester, 50, which was ordered to relieve Hastings, as flag-ship, in the East Indies. So that, by a singular coincidence, his short but brilliant career was chiefly remarkable, fot his services in river warfare, on the Yang-t se -Ki ang , the San Ju an d e Ni caragua, and the Irrawaddy. Shore): after his arrival at Rangoon Admiral Austin died 0 ' cholera. The commodore remained with the squadron off the coast, and the commander of the river devolved principally on Captain Loch. In spite of an oppressive cli mate and a harassing enemy, lie kept the communise' tions open, and succeeded, against enormous odds, in corn' pelling the Burmese to retire, in great measure, from the stockades and positions they held on the banks. was, however, of a rather impatient temper, and he sr pears to have acted with some precipitation. In every' thing he attempted, he entered heart and soul in the matter, and generally succeeded ; but in this instance he paid dearly for his characteristic dashing. Had be lived, the chances are he would have carried through all; as it was, his fall, and that also of the senior officer of the troops co-operating with him, rendered theattempt a failure. Honour, however, be to his memory ! He loe shown himself a true English sailor, worthy of the honours his young services acquired ; and, we doubt not the gallant fellows who followed him to the death have, ere now avenged the loss of an ornament to their profef Commodore Lambert, in the Fox, 42, Captain Tall ton, was at Rangoon, with the Winchester, 50. Rattler 9, screw, Commander MeHersh, had proceeded to Chins; Sphynx, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hillyar, was . re leave for England in a fortnight, having been orde home in December. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Massie, had arrived .1- Rangoon from China, en route to England, to be paid OP The Spartan, 26, Captain Sir W. Hoste, Bart., was te be sent to Hong-Kong, as senior officer of the Chines e division, which was composed of the Hermes, 6, paddle' sloop, Commander Fishbourno, at Hong-Kong ;SO mander, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Ellman, Amoy' Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, Shanghai ; Rapid, Commander Blane, Canton ; Royalist, 11, Commande r : Bate, at Hong-Kong ; and Alligator and Minden, store and hospital ships. Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. Spencer, 1 1 ° left China, en route for England, to be paid off. - 1 THE WEST INDIES. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., in his flag-ship Cumberland , 70, Captain Seymour, was at Bermuda. Commodore M'Quhae was at Port Royal in the Imaum, with the Devastation, 6, steam-sloop, CO mander C. Y. Campbell ; Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Coto' mander Wilson, ordered home ; Daring, 12, Command Napier ; Resistance, troop-ship, Commander Bradshasc and Alban, 4, steam-tender, Lieutenant-Coromandel Meynell, March 13. Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, and Buzzard, paddle-sloop, Commander Dobie, were cruising at I vannah. In harbour there were two French men war and the Spanish squadron. The Medea, 6, padc sloop, Commander Crawshay Bailey, had not arrii March 13. Devastation arrived March 2, from Honduras, ba t from Nassau. Daring, arrived on the Bth from a cruise. Resistance, arrived from Woolwich on th e 10th wit ) artillery anedetachments of the 16th Regiment. Geyser, arrived on the Bth from Bluefields. Alban , ordered to England to be paid off. • Dauntless, 33, screw-f r i ga t e , C a pt a i n Halsted, it' mained at aibadoe s in good health. • COUNTRY MARKETS. r—APRIL 1. )s of grain at our irnaro.l OATS. DK& 24s 6d 38s 23s ld 35s 20s Od 31s 310 qrs., 286 278 qrs., 2511 274 qrs., 211 140 qrs., 130 sion.