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k,,,-, . , n 7 In debate, and was a frequent and effective public writer, i rld ' e Nve are famished with an additional testimony, if that, lik e ed : L were wanting, that there is no incentive tu exert; ii 14, 4 .' 1 ' 0 passion for a noble renown. Nor sliculd it be t ti r a Ven, that in all he accomplished he had but one ceUrPuse. and that the higheSt. The debate, the com ipleet'ie, the article in the Journal or the Review, the public g, the private we all to Been hat which he had research—these proposed as the objec ~ f means his public nara elY, to elevate the conditi, n of -the people. 4 , t . scholar and a man of the world, learned in history and tili,rxPerienced in human nature, he was sensible that we b4,':°ok to t h e. const i tuent princ i ples of soc i ety f or t h e e s and the cures of great national disorders. lie there t,atiow,est deeply into the question; nor shrank from enSon hew far those disorders were produced by thpera 't t t ', the desuetude of ancient institutions, and how far Out be necessary to call new influences into political kree for their rethedy. Richly informed, still studious, tto ti „, 4 f : labour and indefatigable, of a gentle disposition vi' er "ad ardent mind, calm vet energetic, very open to to o b 3t ' i lon, but possessing an inflexibility amounting even 1 114. 0v . na c.Y when his course was once taken, a read) and ,kte q , lia g sPEaker, an apt and attractive writer, .affabl . e and i) rd 4 and with the undesiguing faculty of making friends, *!Henry seemed to possess all the qualities of a popular kg ag i h lf we add to them the golden ones—high lineage, an apPearange, y been developed to the prejudice of the -- -- -- - p ( , NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 4 -11r sslotPrn, Mama 22.—The Talbot, 26, Captain Ilia nags Thompson, Bart., was towed into harbour ►iii It e rte rnoon, to discharge her freig:,z, af:er which she tel r , Paid off, all standing, and draughted into the Si e t service." She was inspected, and her crew mus ',),4 and exercised at Spithead this morning, by the ith k nider in -Chief, accompanied by Captains Milne, tti k e St. Vincent, and Chads, of the Excellent. The 4: 17 was good, and the men and ship declared to be kid efficient order When she left the Pacific the a rid ' squadron consisted of the Collingwood, 80, iop, ~I lS nsart, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir ueorge Sey ' ‘ . ' e tnnaander-in-Chiel, which, with the Constance, Ipt!P t ain Sir B. W. Walker, and the Carystort, 26, kinti Michael Seymour, were at Valparaiso. The ',1! ) , 8 : 11 steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, and the ~N.4"s h e , 20, Captain Worth, were at Callao. The li s vus, 50, Captain Kirtin, was at Otaheite. '" h , v essel h a d prove d h erse lf but a very poor 50-gun_ it o '"; She was a dull sailer, berthed her crew very 14" l ' s tably, and could not stow more than six or d ecks provisions for them without encumbering IlaTeekil- ► The Spy, 3, Commander Woolridge, let li ' l so four days before the Talbot, with dispatches Captain Admiral f or th e G ram pus. The Juno, 'aPtain 13:ake, was at Honolulu, Sandwich -8. The Fisguard, 42, Captain Duntze, the 6 te, 18, Commander Baillie ; and the Cormo. 'team-sl oop, Commander Gordon, were to the north of the Columbia ; and the Frolic, 16, Commander 11 4 ton, was coll ect i ng f re i g h t i n t h e G u lf o f C a lif ornia . ik tnerican squadron consisted of the Columbus, 90, 410dore Biddle, last from China and Honolulu ; the e ndence, 54 Commodore Sheebrick, about to pro gs take charge of California ; the Savannah, 50 ; ess i 50 , Commodore Stockton ; and numerous g smaller force, forming a squadron overmatching I tte , e, titish considera b ly. The Talbot met at Ri o a teli 4 46 going ou t w ith a commo d ore ' s b r o a d pend a nt, i or 4. e Commodore Bruat of the command and go hes,ulP of Otaheite. " 6 nrt of Inquiry continues sitting on boord the Id li rd,et, to investigate the conduct of Captain Ha thq tiring his command of that ship. Tne members P hi t i e 9ntt consist of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, ik i e nt, Cap ta i n H orat i o Austen, of Woolwich, and .ityl 4 ender son , o f th e Sid on . One subject for in tlte,ll3 the fact of Lieutenant Scott, the second i tVt,,,ef the Salamander, having been put under 4 ,.' 4 t tb-Y Capt a i n Hamond, and remained under arrest L d -° , ll ths, at the expiration of which time he was 1 4d, 1 1 First Lieutenant Ricketts, the acting com liti` 0 the Salamander. After this Lieutenant Scott Ike 'alle J most anxious to have his character cleared 1 )1 °44 of Inquiry. e SA o af - Ynx steam-sloop was taken out of the basin N o atno n. 11 '' Ntit l ' W d I C; MARCH 22.—The Blenheim, 72 guns, was I. l t N - "n to Woolwich from Blackwall on Saturday 1 4 1, 0 5 „, °, too late to be taken into dock during the sauce I l lies, la g to her 'An , aground on the Essex shore in , k 1 '‘‘ace of the - CaCtus brig, belonging to Sunder kt:h P 4 the Cactus coming ' into contact with the 4° o' the anchor of the latter broke in the bulwarks i i t, jig, and became so entangled that it was come th e Ore, the vessels were disengaged; aad the engines . ktiy'nenkey Government steamer having been in dovvi/t°PPed and reversed to prevent the brig being pi e, the Blenheim drawing 20 feet 6 inches of v i 7as for ce d b ac k b y the strengt h o f t h e t id e Sit e "hV iCh-reach to the Essex side of the river, 111,041hei,r eßaus:sby's-hole When the anchor of the l i " D a ' . was cleared from the brig, the Monkey off, and with a hawser towed the Bien th4et° the middle of the river. The Mon 'how then a• head to take a hawser from ! in dointhe Blenheim to tow her down the river, ‘ drove -g a ° the Blenheim touched her quarter, ' L it' nd,l y i n h „, into the brig Agility, of Sun : ' that vesielilta anchor in Bugsby s-hole, and 'fiiat 1 r -4 wil to the water. The Agility -.e y s A pp ed _ _ . t he Blenheim her cable, and the Monkey steamer et _, 0 a nd towed the brig on to the tA ln re. Another hired tug was procured, and the , t.. !tn brought saf e l y to Woolwich. The delay in .L.l.val of th e Bl enheim at Woolwich must have 41tended with considerable expense, as the ship car .l4 and labourers, who were in waiting to have her i ' Were under the necessity of coming to the dock ht th , , 1, .r %t . ree 0 carte. on Sunday morning to perform that 164 which was effected with the aid of about 100 t iffs 1.• The only trang injury sustained the . 0; i 141 on Saturday afternoon during her contact with . t! ., Was the abrasion of four sheets o f her co pp er ', I L I:, caused by the fluke of her anchor being t % . " against her side under the water line. She . ap t k l , fine strongly built ship of war, and is fitting up , tt, r r aanent service. A large well has been cut in f ta b - from the upper deck down the lower part o a k r; to raise or lower her screw propeller when 'Zi le 4 ,7. tor t , errible steam-frigate, Captain Hall ; was taken m eal basin yesterday afternoon, and it is expected , 0 , 4t ,' she is to take to Ireland will be brought down ,Q . ''`‘'lnh from Deptford in barges. 'p,7_endhound steam- vessel, Lieutenant Commander I'. went to Deptford yesterday to be docked. eks, ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE •AND Ittri4°P CAPUA.—Letters from Malta, just received by It t k °4 Mail announce the arrival at that island on the from Naples, of the Commendatore Stahly, one o retaries of the royal household of his Majesty the `'ti, t he Two Sicilies, accompanied by the Cavalier it tt Ntg v i e Procurator-general of the Supreme Tribunal of specially dispatched bv his atajesty with over- N r i ee onciliation to his royal . brother Francesco Bor- V4si "e of Capua and Count of Mascali. These royal „t.t, °tiers lo s t no t i me i n see ki ng a n interview with the C,tettuat from their not having availed themselves of a to t 'edit, which one of the parties had on Malta to a kl,4rt4' 3 lder able amount, it is very generally rumoured that k)4%. re ciffered were not such es his royal highness with k. of delicacy or respect to the Princess could pro tB3 rPr.,• It is st - ated, that although a very liberal pro- VtB3 tuered to be made, not only for the Prince and IA likewise for any children they may have, a re- Itt, 111 (14lia the limits of the kingdom is strictly forbidden, I lk ti tle, that the Princess cannot be recognised by any Vt, Ligh t ofd moreover, that the children shall be barred ' 4 succession succession to the throne. The commissioners k e n g On their return to Naples. on the 14th of e tlte ,„ their sojourn they were hospitably lodged l it r t t e a rled by the Chevalier Ramirez, the Neapolitan r Y decorated with the insignia and order of San Y t°4 l' , 41 4 1 1. 1 Pet OF THE HARVEST IN IRELAND.—For es• t ' h Pa4t there have been rumours of considerable Yabj eet Young wheats. The result of our inquiries on peti t is , is, that there certainly have been failures to lato t, but almost entirely confined to wheat sown on to kit V's, turned for the cultivation of the grain. you have endexed to clover-lea as well as to cases tota grass-lands had been ploughed up. The 'itetrt &inn:tent of the failure of the young wheats, in klL l lte ed a hees, has fortunately afforded time for putting tt ,‘`„oats instead; and this has been done very gene- To l i fi 'oe farmers who cultivate wheat possess the means 104 Jag for another crop. Allowing for the failures to Vtt s , ^ 0 have referred, we understand that the young recent fails of raiu.—Dablin . Evening Post. t 14 : 4 1/00PRIATION OF PEWS BY CLERGYMEN —A 4, CO of some importance in reference to the appropria t',/%Pews by clergymen, has lately arisen in the Cousis ()Art, in this city (Carlisle). The Rev. G. Bell, incum- N 4 r tirklinton, was cited by the churchwardens of that `ilqs. t for having taken upon himself, of his own mere capriciously and improperly to allot and appro- Os tid e Pews lu the new church." The court decreed on ilt llpo a3 , last, that the appropriation was null and void, h`ioionsae(il upon the defendant the costs of the suit.—Cur W t rtr t RUINED SUICIDE.—On Sunday, about one (0: gentleman of the name of Macvean, residing at 1.144. olwell-terrace Lambeth-walk, committed suicide, ‘ 4, t i, th e i ( lg a knife several times into his throat. It appears anci eceased had for some time been suffering from ill '4Attott, wa s in a very dejected state. Mr. Thompson, a i, ) "' Lambeth-w a lk was called in, who attended de- Nuhte.,wiLthout avail. ' He lingered until ten o'clock that l ki rtti t e expired. tI k' he afternoon, a very skilful ope- PN at aoy al Performed by Dr. Marsden, the senior surgeon of I ke F ree lios ital in the Gray's Inn-road (in the r of th e H P ' i i l) 4 gariti ern on. Walter Ogilvy, Mr. T. W. Cooke, and 1, 4 (1 t iav v . h en), on a long-standing tumour of the upper ravell„,, °lie, of William Wood, aged sixty-seven, who b kih tt th e up from Guilford for the express purpose of IY; Of t i t ' ° Aeration effected. Mr. Cooke, the resident sin-- 4i t ,' l ltrio e hospital, administered the vapour of ether, and Ikp, by the as removed without the slightest evincement of br,,assea la . Patient, who, on his recovery, very gratefu:.y e/tp eet is thanks, and was removed to his ward with ti v ation of a perfect cure. q'Yset t i °L °NlAL BISHOPRICS.—It has been defini -'2(l b tti . ' ti e, ,Y . the Committee for the Management of the ,ttti4 shall oa be be Fund, that the present diocese of e divided into three separate sees ; the central h`i'ave tug iti ll , t l perintended by the Right Rev. Dr. Brough 041°P ot of Australia, but whose title will henceforth lit l sh a l t Sidney', The district of Port Philip it is in -o°Ari a l3 O f form a separate see, under the name of the ° •Alelbourae. To this diocese the Reverend ev qt rr . •A., of Trinity Collegs, has been appointed. tttti:e,lvitrrthern coast of New South W ales another t aeri ts , name to be derived from one of the principal 44 1 %1 0 , 1 _ k N ewcastle or Maitland probably) will be formed. A 11 , 44 %f.Solith Australia is also forthwith to be (Tee' ed sitetiltahhort, f 4 hi diocese, and its first Bishop will be the lt.v. of hrist Church, Oxford, now rector ' 4 O B ll ' °r Pe Northam p ton-h . s Dart' °Pries 'ps fre. o soon , as , the Wo rks_ r or Fund shall admit, the, Cape of Good H pe s eoB Le te, with other places, will be constituted se tlll3llrlt REF UGE HARBOUR.—We at length con e readers that the great national undertaking, e kitti,a, , a harbour of r e fuge at Dover, is no longer /tikr W. The greatest probability exists that the pre "'LL see the work couunenced.—Dever Chronicle. 4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEIDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1847. BANK OF ENGLAND, A General Curt of this Company was held yesterday at the Board Room, to determine whether, in addition to the divided of 3/. 105. per cent. for the year ending the .sth of April next, a bonus out of the interest and profits should be made of one per cent. out of the capital stock of the corporation. There were present the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and a lartze number of the directors. The adverifteinent convening the court having beill read, the ballot 5.:3 immediately commenced, hut titcl not terminate till after four o'clock. . . . _The scrutineers then made their report, which stated that 253 of the cc rporation had voted, of which 196 were for the affirwadon of the report, and 57. against it. The bonu's of 1 per coot. wai consequently coutirmed. The Cuurt then separated. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPAI\ Y. A meeting of the proprietors and shareholders of the Lbove company was held yestt rday at the Nine Elms Sta tion at 'Vauxhall. The Cria:r was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Chaplin. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the ale , tih , g, The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had been called ac,ording to Lord Wharnclifie's Act for confirming the resolutkits which they had previously adopteg with re gard to certain Bilk; in Parlianeut. The solicitor would re ml to them the various Bills to be submitted for their consideration. Tile SOLICITOR then read the titles and preambles of the Acts, which were agreed to, al follows : A Bill to amend the Acts relatint , to the London and South-Western Railway, and to enable the London and South-Western Railway Company to increase their capital, and to complete various arrangements with other companies, and undertakings, and for other pur poses. A Bill to enable the London and South •Western Railway Company to widen and improve the London and South• Western Railway from the junction thereof with the Richmond Railway to the terminus at Nine Elms, and to enlarge their intended station at the York road; Lambeth. A Bill to enable th. London and South-Western Rail way Company to make railways from Andover to join their Salisbury Branch Railway at Michaelmarah, and f.om the same branch at Romsey, to join the South ampton and Dorchester Railway at Reobridge, all in the county of Southampton, to be called " The Andover and Southampton Junction Railway." A Bill to enable the London and South-Western Rail way Company to make a railway from Salisbury to Yeovil, with branches to Shafte,bury and Wincanton, and to the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester and Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railways ; and to purchase or lease the said Ex, ter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway. A Bill to enable the London and South-Western Rail way Company to make a railway from Blandford. in the c-unty of Dorset, to Breton, in the county or Somerset. A Bill for making a railway from Exeter to Yeovil, with branches and extensions therefrom, to be called " The Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway." A Bill to amend the Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act, 1846; and to enable the London and South-Western Railway Company to subscribe towards lease, or pur chase the said railway. A Bill to enable the London and South-Western Rail way to make Railways from Exeter to Truro and Ply mouth, with various branches therefrom, to be called " The Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Railwy." A Bill for improving and regulating the Harbour of Sutton Pool, within the Port of Plymouth, in the county of Devon. . _ . A Bill to enable the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company to lease their undertaking to the London and South Western Railway Company. A Bill for making a deviation in the line of the Taw Vale Railway, for making branches therefrt m to the towns of Bideford and South Molton, for enlarging the dock, and amending the Acts relating thereto. A Bill for enabling the London and South-Western Railway Company to make extensions of the Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Farehain Railway, near Portsmouth ; and a deviation in the authorised line thereof, near Godalming. A Bill for authorising the sale of part of the Brighton anti Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway to the London and South-Western, and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Companies, and the use by the last-mentioned company of part (Wandsworth to London) of the London and South-Western Railway. A Bill for making a railway from Staines to Woking ham, with blanches to the London and South- Wester Railway. A Bill for making a railway from Richmond to Wind sor, with a loop line through Brenttord and Hounslow. A Bill for making an alteration in the line of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and branches therefrom to Lymington and Eling, and for other purposes. A Bill for making a Branch Railway from the South ampton and Dorchester Railway to Blandford, and for other purposes. A Bill for making a Branch Railway from the South ampton and Dorchester Railway, at Moreton, to Wey mouth, and for other purposes. A Bill for making a Railway from Southampton to Cheltenham, to be called " The Manchester and South ampton Railway." A SHAREHOLDER inquired whet was the estimated cost of the execution of these various projects? Mr. LOCKE said about (1,000,000/. The common seal of the company was then affixed to the Bills. The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret that so little ad vance had been made by the directors since last meeting, but they had been compelled to wait for Mr. Struts's Bill being completed, which would not be until after Easter. A SHAREHOLDER wished to make a few observations with regard to the Bill introduced by Mr. Strutt. It was a Bill which bad been very much criticized and handled by the various companies, and it was consi dered as affecting the interest of railway property in a very material degree. It was criticized as having not only a prospective, but a retrospective effect, and in that shape it would inflict incalculable injury upon railway property. He knew perfectly well that the chairman, in common with the other directors, had organized an opposi tion against the measure, but in his opinion the opposith n should have been carried to a larger extent. It appeared to him that a petition signed by the whole of the railway proprietary would have great influence in Parliament. The Chairman, in the commit tee of which he svaa au unworthy me.nber, had presented a petition against the measure; but the view he took of It was—that the proprietary, one and all, sh. old hay,• joined in that petition against Mr. Strutt's Bill. It was a measure calculated to inflict seribus injury upon vested interests. The Government might as well interfere with their landed properties, for when they pur chased shares, they had Ipoked at their rights, under the Act of Parliament, and they knew what they were baying; but now came a power, under the sanction of the Government, for the purpose of disarranging entirely the foundation upon which their property rested. —(Hear, hear.) His intention was not at the present time to go more particularly into the measure which Mr. Strutt had proposed; but he trusted, however, that the opposition which they had so wisely raset! against the scheme might have the success it deserved. The CHAIRMAN said that he believed that the railway world, whose interests were much affected, were unani mous against the Bill, and the reason they had not pro ceeded more vig , trously up to that moment was because it was generally understood that considerable modifica ti ins would be introduced by the Government when the Bill came again before the House of Common:. Tree meeting then resolved itself into a s[ecial meet ing, fur the purr se of electing a new director, in the room of Mr. Robert Sheddon, retired. The SECRETARY read a letter from Sergeant. Gazelee, declining to become a candidate for the vacant office, according to the notice he had given. The CHAIRMAN then proposed Mr. Ker Seymer, M.P., and sated that the influence of that gentleman in Dorsetshire would very materially further the views of the company. Lord MORLEY seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. Mr. KKR SEYMES having. returned thanks in an appropriate speech, A vote of hanks was given to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. CLARENCE RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the proprietots of this railway was held yesterday, at the George and Vulture Taverit, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, tai submit to them the draft of a Bill introduced into Parliament this ses sion, to enable the company to amalgamate with the Leeds and Thirst: Railway Company. Mr. Blanshard was called to the chair. As th, meeting wai a formal one, in accordance with the standing orders, the only business transacted was the submitting resolutions to the meeting, approving of the amalgamation, and giving a discretionary power to the committee of directors to act as c ircumstances might require in carrying out the arra n g ements, which were unanimously agreed to. The meting then separated. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was 11,:ld yest: Hay, at one o'clock, in the Board ro:im, Paddington Station, for the purpose cf taking into consideration the drafts of twenty-two Bills, which the company intended to apply for in the present session. Charles Russell, Esq., chairman of the company, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN then saic, that the meeting of pro prietors conveNed for the 14th of December was for the double purpose of sanctioning the Birmingham and Oxford lines, and for giving approval to other schemes. Many of these were Bills of last session,and it would be unneces sary for him to r:.vert to them, as they had already received the approbation of the shareholders. The present meeting was called for the purpose of giving effect to the long list of Bills suimitted to them, and he woula therefore take the projects, not as th:i came in the list, but as they were distributed through certain localities; and he would take first that which was known by the name of the West London Railway, which would give them the ad vantages t iat %N•Nn'e at pr-sent, or would be, enjoyed by the London and S,,utli-Western Railway ; the next would be the Bill fit making branches to E,;iiam, Staines, Brentford and Twickenham ; an,l th - e, third Bill he would associate with this group would be one for making a branch railway to Henley and Radit,ck, to widen certain portions of tire Great Neste-n Rail , ay, to enable the Great Western to atnalgatnate with the Birioiiigham, iVolverhatopton, and Dudley It .0 way, and to purchase the Wycombe and Great ‘Vest,rn and Uxbridge Railways, i.nd for other purposes ; and the fourth and last was a scheme to make a line from Windsor, to join the Great Western at .• Slough. and to be called " the Windsor Railway." He , UNIVERSITY INT3,LLIGENCE. again repeated. that any information would be afforded ' OXFORD, Mawr' 20. to the proprietors on the subject of these lines. The ; WADHAM COLIEGE. Chairman concluded by proposing the first Bill—namely, : A Clerkship will be vacant in Let Term, and will be the West London Railway (the coat of which was filled up on Friday, the 11th of Jine next. Candidates 180,000/.), which having been seconded, : are desired to call upon the Warwn at 9 o'clock in the Mr. MARRIOTT said that he saw not less than 22 Bills, morning of Thursday, the 10th tf June, bringing with th© ' them testimonials from their colle;e or school. which were to be submitted for the e,nsideratiou of shareholders, many of them lines of great extent, in- : me Lord Bishcp of Oxford prkposes to hold his next volvitig a vast number of branches. Now, he thought ' Ordination on Trinity Sunday, toe 30th of May next. that the proprietors ought to know in what financial 1 Lordship's secretary, : All candidates must transmit the requisite papers to his position they stood already, and he trusted the directors , Mr. Senior, formerly Fellow of Magdalen? Mr. John Birder, 27, Parliament would be prepared to inform them upon that point. ! street, Westminster, on or before he 30th of April. The CHAIRMAN said that at the last meeting of the : proprit tors, a full, and in every way satisfactory, state- i only candidate for the Professorshb of Political Economy, mint of their finances had been laid before the meeting, , is now the vacant by Dr. Twiss's term of Om having expired. and he could not think at that time of entering upon a The Professorship was founded it 1825, by Mr. Henry discursive ar,2,ument involving minute particulars, which Drummond, the banker, and forinaly of Christ Church. had Even already deemed satisfactory.—(hear, hear.) Mr. Senior was the first professor,and is now re-eligible. University on the Fast-day. Every 1111, as it would be prposed, would be explained , Dr. Hampden will preach the sermon before the as fully as the directors could, and every question they , would endeavour to answer. The long-agitated question of the parochial burial , SHAREHOLDER thoright that these questions should ' grounds will be proceeded with without delay. ! grounds is now settled, and the enclosure of the three be answered. He did nut sue that the proprietors should recklessly rush into an expenditure which might involve UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. theta in bankruptcy and ruin. Mr. Philip Oxenden Papillon, of University College, The CHAIRMAN again reiterated his former statement, h as been elected to a Mathematical Exhibition in that that the injority of these Bills had already received the Isociety, sanctien of the proprietors, and it was really unfair to Th e Rev. W. A. Ormsby, NI.A., of this Col!ege, has had b, cdl upon the &rectors to enter into en at the last meeting fully explained, rticulars which been instituted to the rectory of Edeefield, Norfolk. The first Bill wA WADHAM C OLLEGE . s then c irried. The Rev. Henry Brancker, M.A., of this College, has The second Bill, fir makinf* branch railways from the Great Western Railway to the towns of Egharn, Staines, been licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Peter's Church, Bishopsworth, Somerset. e prop d, Brentford, and Twickenham, baying been submitted to The Rev. James Bandinel, M.A., has been appointed rietors, to the curacy of M ars h woo d , D orset. Mr. MARRIOTT asked what the capital estimated for The Rev. Edmund B. Venables; BA ,to the curacy of the project was? Buckland Newton, Dorset. * The CHAIRMAN said 500,0001. The Rev. W. F. Addison, to theer e tual curacy of After a few words from a shareholder again s t the St. George Kemoyn, Cornwall. p p project until further information wer e g i ven ; an d f rom CHRIST CHURCH. Mr. VOITSELY, in favour of it, the Bill was approved of. The Rev. F. Lear, 8.A., to the curacy of Bishopston, The third, a Bill to make a railway from Windsor Wilts. to Slough, was put and seconded. The estimated cost The Rev. 11. W. Brown, 8.A., to the curacy of West was 110,0001. Grinstead, Wilts' In answer to a question from Mr. MARRIOTT, Mr. SANDERS The Rev, Barrington S. T. Mill s, 8 . A ., t o the curacy were not liabl e for 14,000,00 (the secretary) said that the com o/. in addition to pan they of Great Lanford, Dors e t. 9,000,0001 which they were authorised to raise by WORCESTER COLLEGE. shares or debentures. The Rev. R. B. Greenlaw, M.A, of of this College, and Mr. MARRIOTT said that the simplest way to me e t his chaplain to the Bishop o f Rochester, has been presented inquiry would be to stat e w h a t th e fi nanc i a l p os iti on of to the vicarage of Chigvvell, E ssex. LINCOLN COLLEGE. the company was ? Philip Woolcombe, 8.A., of this College, has been The CHAIRMAN interposed, and begged the proprie- licensed to the curacy of West Stafford, Dorset. tors to remember that Mr. Marriott was the gentleman QUEEN'S COLLEGE. who urged the claims of other lines, at the recent meet ing at Birmingham. in contradistinction to that of the The Rev . Edwin Meyrick, M.A., late of this college, has been appointed to the vicarage of Chisledon, Wilts. Great Western Company. He would, under all these ORIEL COLLEGE. circumstances, put it to the meeting, whether his ques- The Rev. Anthony Buller, M.A., of this college, tions should be answered.—(Cries of " No, no.) rector of St. Mary Tavy, Devon, has been appointed Mr. MARRIOTT denied that he had advocated the chaplain to Henry Claampernowne, Esq., Hi g h She r iff o f claims of other lines, or tried to injure the profits of the Devon. Great Western. His sole object was to get the best The Rev. J. P. Prescott, M.A., to the curacies of Wil price for his own shares. lingale Spain and Willingale Doe, Essex. The fourth Bill, to approve of constructing a line to MAGDALEN HALL. Henley and Radstock, was, after a few words, acceded to. The Rev. Arthur Wellington Wallis, of this Hall, and The fifth Bill, to make a railway from the Berks and Boden Sanscrit Scholar in 1837, late Principal of the Hants Railway, at Hungerford, to join the line of the Sanscrit and English College at Benares, in the East Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Westbury Indies, formerly of Sidmouth, Devon, has been appointed, by the Hon. East India Company, assistant chaplain in and Devizes, having been put, (estimated cost 600,0000 was unanimously agreed to. The next Bill was a Bill for making a line from the Presidency of Beneal. Bridport to export, the proposed capital for which was proposed to be 1,480,0001., which was also unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then said that the next series of Bills were those in connexion with the Wilts and Somerset Railway, and with respect to the principle of which the Committee of tl:e house of Lords had, in the last session of Parliament, pronounced a decisive and favourable opinion, The Bilk included under this head were Bills for authorising certain alterations in the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway; a Bid to construct a railway from Bkadon Blandford, with branches to Glastonbury and Gillingham; and a Bill for improving the harbour of the town of Weymouth, the whole of which were also unanimously agreed to. The next series of Bills were two in connexion with the South Devon Railway, which were brought forward by independent companies, and in which the Great Western Company had only interest, by virtue of the shares which they held in them; the first of which was a Bill to authorise the construction of a railway from Tavi stock to Launceston, and to extend the line of the South Devon Railway to Torquay and Brixham ; and the second, authorising certain alterations and amendments of the line of the Cornwall Railway, passed in the last session of Parliament, both of which were also unani mously agreed to. The next Bill referred to the districts in the neighbourhood of Cheltenham, entitled "A Bill for making a Railway from the;,.Great Western Railway at Cheltenham, to join the Oxford and Rugby Railway, near Oxford," for vihich 4 per cent. and half profits were gua ranteed by the Great Western Company. This Bill was also agreed to. Four Bills were then proposed in connexion with the South Wales Railway, which were brought forward by the South Wales Company, and upon the capital of which 5 per cent. was guaranteed by the company, in. eluding a all fur making certain alterations and amend ments in the South Wales Railway; a Bill for making a railway from Ystradgunlais, in the county of Brecon, to Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan ; a Bill for enabling the Vale of Neath Railway Company to make certain alterations and amendments in their line of rail way; and a Bill to authorise the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway to construct a dock or basin at Glou cester in connexion with that railway—which were also unanimously agreed to. - Two Bills in connexion with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway were then submitted to the meeting, the first of which authorised that company to make a railway from Cheltenham to join the Strat ford-upon-Avon branch of that railway ; the second authorising the construction of a railway from Stour bridge to join the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway ; near Dudley and Hales Owen, the capital required for which would be about 700,0001., both of which were also agreed to without opposition. The next was a Bill which was merely a duplicate Bill of the former ones, and authorising the construction of a railway from Stourhri lge to West Bromwich. • The three remaining Bills had reference to the Bir mingham and Oxford Railway, passed in the last session of Parliament, but ,which had been purchased by the Great Western Company since the passing of the Act, authorising the construction of several small branches of railway, and the application to Parliament for power to purchase the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolver hampton Railway. In laying those Bills before the meeting the CHAIRMAN alluded to the circumstances which had attended the course of conduct pursued by the London and North-Western Railway Company, with respect to the Birmingham and Oxford Railway Company, and the purchase by the former company of a great number of shares for the purpose of obtaining the management of that line in their own hands. The subject was under the consideration of the Court of Chancery, and the directors had also felt it their duty to bring the subject before the atten tion of the 1-I,aise of Lords itself, who had appointed a Committee to inquire into the allegations contained in the petitions which the directors had felt it their duty to present. The members of that Committee would be ap point. d immediately after the Easter recess, and the directors had not the slightest doubt of the ultimate success of the course they had adopted. The Bills be would propose on this subject were—first, a Bill to make certain alterations in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, and to purchase the Strat ford- upon-A von Canal Navigation. The second was a Bill to authorise the construction of a line from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rail way, near Warwick, to join the line of the Stratford upon-Avon branch of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Railway, and for other purposes. The third was a Bill for uniting the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company, and the Birming ham,hweaysaCleomo the ny into 0 n N e V c o o l v m e p r h a l a l m y, t a o n n d , t a b '? a D u t u h d o l r e i y s n ß g a t l Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, and other new works, to the Great Western Company. These Bills were severally passed, and the business of the special meeting was declared at an end. After a few words from Mr. VOtYSELY, The CHAIRMAN begged to assure the Hon. Proprietor, and all the Proprietors, that every effort would be made by them to vouie to amicable terms with all their neigh bours. • After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors the meeting separated. CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 20. BELLS SCHOLARS. Calvert, Trinity College. Collett, Clare Hall. SCHOLASTIC APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. George Moyle, M.A., of Pembroke Col lege, to the Second Mastership of the Grammar School, Bury. C. Scott, 8.A., of St. John's College, to the Mathe matical Tutorship of the Grammar School, Bury. THE INSTALLATION. There is some doubt as to whether this anxiously looked for event will come off in the July of this, or the next year. The obstacle to the taking place of the fes tivities this year is a probable one resting on the suppo sition that the general election is fixed for July. CAIUS COLLEGE. DISTRESSED IRISH AND SCOTCH.—It appears that the rumour, which assumed the shape of an authentic state ment in the local papers regarding the intention of this College to devote the cost of the Annual Foundation Feast to the relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch was incorrect. On the other hand, it is but justice to the College to state that the sum 431. 6s. 6d. was collected in chapel for the same benevolent purpose. THE CHURCH. The following appointments t►ave taken place: Trio Rev. Robert Allwood, 8.A., of Caius College, to the bishopric of Morpeth, Australasis. The Hen►. and Rev. William Henry Lyttleton, M.A., of Trinity College, to the rectory of Hagley, Worces tershire. The Rev. Isaac Wood, M.A., of Trinity College, to the archdeaconry of Chester. The Rev. Charles Craven, M.A., of St. John's College, to the rectory of Spexhall, Suffolk. The Rev. Robert Scarlett Grignon, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the vicarage of Dedham, Essex. The Rev. Joshua Greaves, M.A., of Trinity College, to the donative curacy of St. Kenelm's, Worcestershire. The Rev. William - Oliver, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the curacy of Westbury, Salop. The Rev. Charles Nourse Wodhouse, M.A., of Trinity College, to the archdeaconry of Norfolk. The Rev. John Henry Gray. 8.A., of Christ's College, to the euracy of Rothley, Leicestershire. The Rev. Ebenezer Howell, M.A.. of Emmanuel Col lege, to the perpetual curacy of Lundy, Yorkshire. The Rev. John Wilson, 8.A., of Clare-hull, to the curacy of St. John, Preston, Lancashire. The Rey. Thomas William Thompson, 8.A., of Pem broke College, to the perpetual curacy of New Bucken ham, Norfolk. PRODUCE OF THE GOLD MINES IN OREL AND SIBERIA. We are indebted to Mr. Frederick Scheer, of Adam's court, Old Broad-street, for the following interesting information respecting the gold mines of Siberia, which he has just received from official sources in Ru-sia:— Of the quantity of gold worked in 1846 in the Crown mines, and in the mines in Orel and Siberia, the Mint has received to this date (6th Feb. 1847) 1,397 poods 15 liv. 13 zol., to which must be added 325 poods 14 liv. 74 zol. expected during the winter, thereby making the total production of gold in 1846 amount to 1,722 poods 29 liv. 87 zol. Formerly gold was only worked in the district of the mines of Catherineberg, belonging to the Crown, in the mines of Perezoff, and in the district of the mines of Kolyvano-Voskressensk and of Nertchinsk, and was ex tracted from silver, which was worked in those mines : the whole quantity extracted annually amounted to but 34 to 40 poods. In 1819 some veins of golden sand were discovered- in Orel. Since then, the production of this precious metal has increased in the following proportions :—ln 181.9, 40 pools 9 liv. 55 zol. ; in 1820, 44 poods 3 liv. ; in 1821, 52 poods 24 liv. 85 zol. ; in 1822, 79 poods 21 liv. 36 zol. ; in 1823, 125 poods 19 liv. 79 z3l. ; in 1824, 228 poods 13 liv. 38 zol. ; in 1825, 257 poods 12 liv. 14 zol. ; in 1826, 257 poods 25 liv. 15 zol. ; in 1827, 307 poods 30 liv. 95 zol. ; in 1828, 317 poods 39 liv. 44 zol. ; mak ing a total of 1,711 poods 0 liv. 21 zol. It was in 1829 that some veins of golden sand were also discovered in Siberia. At first the working of it was not very productive, but after a while, and more especially during the last six years, the results have been very brilliant, as the following figures will prove: — In 1829, 314 poods 31 liv. 1 zol. ; in 1830, 378 poocis 15 liv. 79 zol. ; in 1831, 396 poods 29 liv. 37 zol. ; in 1832, 410 poods 8 liv. 61 zol. ; in 1833, 408 poods 22 liv. 4i 7 : 1 31 z 8 0 p3 1 0 . 70 : d i s4 n 6l9 l l B pi v 3 0. 4 08 , d : 4? 2, 6 0; 0 inv 0 . d 18 : 356 4 z,04 1 1 i .2 v. ;6 . pi 6 : 4 old z ss o 3 l 3B . ,; liv.s i 2 n 474p 1 z0 8 00 3 1d. 5 .8 , ; 36 liv. 69 zol. ; in 1839, 525 poods 6 liv. 38 zol. ; in 1840, 585 poods 15 liv. 60 zol. ; in 1841, 681 poods 20 liv. 34 zol. ; in 1842, 950 poods 26 liv. 68 zol. ; in 1843, 1,283 poods 2 liv. 60 zol. ; in 1844, 1,341 poods 125 liv. 60 zol. ; in 1845, 1,386 poods 6 liv. 41 zol. ; and in 1846, 1,722 poods 29 liv. 8 zol. ; making a total of 12,624 ponds 28 liv. 24 zol. Thus, since the discovery of the golden sand—that is to say, since 1819, the working of fine gold, both in Orel and Siberia, has met produced al o fwhich 14,335 the Crown poods 2B mines e 4 s s zinol.oorretlhihsapvreeccioonus tributed 2 924 ponds 24 liv. 32 zol.; those in Siberia, 1,293 poods 7 liv. 28 zol.; the private mines in Orel, 4,219 poods 39 liv. 70 zol.; and those in Siberia, 5,897 poods 37 liv. 11 zol. The produce of the year 1846, which, as before stated, amounts to 1,722 poods 29 liv. 87 zol., forms more than a tenth of the whole quantity of gold worked since 1819, and surpasses by 336 poods 23 liv. 46 zol. the result of the working of this metal in 1845. P "Tl dr Hi hAelamyeeesottifenr vi d g a h y o i l a t two some LieLieu. _ - ---- of G th ß e E s A h T are l‘ h r o u l N de s r r s E o ß f o'clock, at No. 21, Essex-street; but the gentleman deputed to attend for The Sun was informed that " they did not want RAILWAY. — s a reporter." K.C.8., is PRESENTATION OF COLOURS. colonel, were presented with new colours this afternoon, on i tenant-General lAl'e 1122.—ri the e Hon. Majesty's Sr Hercules c ußegiment, n h a m , Southsea Common, by the Hon. Lady Pakenham. The colours were consecrated by the Rev. Mr. Madden, w h o was it. The usual addresses were made on this occasion, but in stead of the general practice of the officers giving an expen sive ball and supper to their friends, they subscribed a con siderable sum of money, and gave all their soldiers and their wives and children a good dinner, with plenty of pudding and beer, and to each of the sergeants the addition o f a bottle of wine. Lieutenant. General Sir H. Pakenhatn will resign the lieutenant• governorship of this garrison and the com mand of the south-western district to Major-General Lord Fitzclarence early in the ensuing month. BRIXTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION.--Monday, at an adjourned quarter-sessions for the county of Surrey, Mr. Johnson, the chairman of a committee of magistrates ap pointed to ascertain the best means of providing aecommoda tion for prisoners, described the evils arising from the present deficiency of prison accommodation, and moved a resolution to the effect that a new prison be erected ou . some convenient site. The motion, after some discussion, was carried by a majority of 28 to 9. , , I.I.EPORTS OF THE ADMIRALTY ON THE PROPOSED DEVONSHIRE LINES.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have reported that the promoters of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Branch, the South Devon Extensions, and the Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter Railway (with branches), have not ccam,lied w ith the requisition made to them, in common with others, to deposit a sum to cover the expense of a local examination, and the Commissioners above named are not prepared to offer any opinion on the provisions of the proposed Acts.—Devonpot t Independent. The Church of Englund Journal has freely exposed Church abuses in %Vales A Bishop is annoyed, and sends the following courteous note ;—" The. Bishop of Bangor re quests that no more numbers of a newspaper called the Church of Enpland Journal may be Bed to him." The paper was pent grat4itously...Shttivskr7 Chronicle. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Pluwstead, which left Algoa Bay on the 12th January, we have accounts from th- eastern province of this colony. The information from the frontier is cal culated to cause uneasiness. The Kafirs continue their depredations. and have succeeded in more than one in static,. in getting clear off with their booty. In an at tempt to rt cover stolen cattle a party of the Graham's Town Hottentot levy, under Lieutenant Gilstain, had been r +ughly handled, and one of the men killed by a shot. Immediately the poor fellow fell, several of the Kafirs made a desperate rush to stab the dying man, but a well-directed fire speedily threw the Kafirs into con fusion, and enabled the party to carry off the corpse. Four thousand five hundred cattle have been recap tured from the people of Cobus Congo and of his brother Pato. The engagement with these people was severe, and it is stated that forty Kafirs were killed, whilFt the troops had one man killed and two wounded ; these men belonged to the rifle corps. The troops in camp near the Kei had been put on half rations of biscuit, in consequence of no store waggons having arrived there. This produced much dissatis faction. FAIR IN TRE THAMES TUN N EL.—Monday, the fourth anniversary of the opening of this thoroughfare be neath the Thames was celebrated by a grand fancy fair. The tunnel was illuminated with 100,000 variegated laevemps, and with brilliant de vices in gas, and decorated with r- Th visitorsfe mal e N s v eprleayai plying s e s d a x w e - it h h o r p n o s s; r a e n r a, d greensbands a o nf music s . (one the Wizard of the North. SHIPWRECK.—On Tuesday night last, 32 4 tons about half past ten o'clock, the brig Defia nce, of Goole, regis ter, Robert Sp enc e master, from Lon don to Galway, with a general cargo, struck on the Rundle Stone. The master and crew, fourteen in number, left her in the jolly-boat, at midnight, with nine feet of water in the hold, and the next morning she was seen off the Brisons, near Cape Cornwall. Part of the cargo, which is flour, meal, &c. , has been washed on shore. 'The crew landed on Wednesday, at St. Ives, from the schooner Aid, of Salcombe, which vessel fell in with ; them that morning, f o ur miles north-west o f the Brisons. ties; Neither master nor crew have saved any p art of ther. clothes; but the age n t s f or th e Merchant Seaman's Fund, and the Shipwreck e d Fi s h ermen an d Mariners' Society were 'Thursday, for them, and it was ex p ec t e d they would leave on for Bristol, in the Brilliant steamer.—Falmouth Packet, EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR Some days ago an affair of somewhat extraordinary character took place in Church- street, Lambeth, w bleb has given rise to much gossip and scandal in that locality, and was at one time viewed as one of serious consequence. It appears that Mrs. Charlotte Lovelle, a foinah , about 26 years of age, and the wife of a bargeman, had been observed by her friends acd neighbours to become gradually stout and stouter still, until no doubt what ever remained upon the minds of all that she was in that "happy state," and would in due time bless her husband, John, with her first-born. Indeed, J o hn hi m self ap peared as certain of this as any of his neighbours, for not only did his wife inform him of her delicate condition, but actually carried matters so far as. some weeks ago, to insist on his sleeping in a different bed. Mrs. Lovelle also taxed the charitable disposi tion of several benevolent individuals in making pre parations for the happy event, and, amongst others, had called on the Rev. Mr. Dalton, rector of the parish of Lambeth, and son in law of the Bishop of London, and obtained from that Rev. Gentleman a letter to the " Lam beth Ladies' Society," from whom she got a box of baby linen. &c. Some days after she was noticed to be consi derably reduced iu size, and the question was naturally pat to her what had become of the infant, and what she had done with the child? Her reply was that she had been delivered, but the infant was such a hideous-look ing raonster, that she could not bear to look at it, and had, therefore, made away with it. Information of the sircuinstance was given at the police station-house in High-street, Lambeth ; and police-constable Dixon, 85 L, was dispatched to make the necessary inquiries into the mysterious affair, which, if it did not amount to wil ful murder, was at least that of manslaughter. On going to the house, No. 35, in Church-street, Dixon found Mrs. Lovelle in bed, and in a very low and weak state ; so much so that he felt it to be his duty at once to call in one of the medical gentlemen in the neighbourhood to see her. The gentleman promptly attended, and upon a cursory examination of the patient he expressed it as his opinion that she had certainly given birth to something. He also recommended, from the wretched appearance of the place, the absence of her husband, and the want of proper attendance, that she be at once removed to the workhouse, and this was done. The affair at this period wore a most suspicious ap pearance ; a formal report of all the circumstances was presented by Mr. Superintendent Rutt to the commissioners of police, and a cab in which Mrs. Lovelle took a short drive on the evening of her supposed delivery was anxiously sought after, and every effort was being made to discover the mangled remains of the unfortunate infant. In a day or two a female named Connor, in turning over the bed in Mrs. Lovelle's room, discovered something sewn up in a piece of white calico, which, from its size and appear. ance, she at once concluded to be the body of the missing infant. She in consequence hastened to the station-house for Dixon, the constable, and on the arrival of that officer, she presented the bundle in the same state as she found it. Dixon at once undid the covering, or rather cut it open, and found its contents to be what he conceived to be the body of a child, though somewhat extraordinary in its shape and appearance. Dixon refolded it in the wrapper, and carried it to the station-house, and informed Inspector Carter, who was on duty at the time, that he had discovered the body of the child, or something very like it. He then exhibited the body of the child, as he had described the contents of the parcel to Mr. Carter, when that experienced officer, after viewing it attentively for a moment or two, exclaimed, " The body of a child, indeed 1 why, it's nothing but a - old cat skinned, don't you see his teeth ?" Such, however, was the noise that the affair created, that the inspector thought it prudent to have the parcel as found conveyed to the workhouse to be seen by the medical men, who might perhaps deem it necessary to have a coroner's inquest. This, however, was deemed unnecessary, for after a minute examination the body was found to be that which Mr. Carter described it, namely, that of a dead cat; but skinned and dressed in such a manner as certainly to puzzle many at the first glance to discover what it was. The tail was not only cut perfectly close to the back bone, but covered over with a part of the flesh, so as to remove all trace of the stump, and the stumps of the ears and the head itself were hollowed down so as to bring it as near the human shape as possible. The teeth alone exhibited the proof of the animal, and had these been drawn before it had been discovered under the bed there is no knowing the ludicrous length the affair might have been carried. Mrs. Lovelle has since ac knowledged that the cat was a favourite old tom belong ing to her landlady, and that she had killed, skinned, and dressed it herself, but what her real motive was has not transpired. A SHIP RUN AWAY FROM HER CREW. (From the Polynesian, Sandwich Island Journal, Sept. 2G.) The following extract from the log-book of the Inez, containing an account of her late disaster on the north west, has been kindly furnished us by Captain Jackson, and will be read with interest. It is not often that a ship is in a position to run away from her entire crew:— " On the 22d day of July, in lat. 59 25 N., while lay ing off and on at Middleton or Rose Island, the ship struck upon a sunken ledge of rocks, about four or five miles from the land, which the most part of the time showed no signs of danger, the water being very smooth ; but occasionally there would be a heavy sea and breaker rise over them—but the man at the masthead, and some twelve or fifteen hands that were on the (lick, saw nothing of this till the ship struck. There are no such rocks or anything of the kind put down on any charts that I have, or have ever seen—and I have good charts of the whole Pacific Ocean. When the breakers came up they would raise the ship and set her down with such force as to render it impossible Co do anything on board of her; and the first mate and the rest of the crew, being twenty in number (myself and th e secon d mate, with two boats' crews, being at the time on shore) for fear the masts would fall upon them, lowered the two boats that were on the cranes, and all got into them and left the ship, without taking anything with them except a few clothes. I discovered from the shore that there was difficulty on board, so I mustered a boat's crew as soon as possible, and started for her, but had not got far before I met the mate, who stated that the ship was going to pieces. I made no stop, as I felt anxious to secure something out of her. I soon perceived that every roller was driving the ship along over the rocks, and I felt in hopes that I might be able to do something with her—and when I got half-way from the shore to the ship, she drove over the ledge altogether, and filled away, heading out to sea, the yards being trimmed that way when she struck, though the topsail Wier& had been let go; but the jib and foresail were trimmed aft so as to draw well, and there was a good breeze at the time from the eastward, and the ship headed to the south west, and went so fast that she got about ten or twelve miles from the shore before I could come up with her. As soon as I got on board I hove the ship to as dead as possible, and took up my boat, and then ordered the men to start the pumps while I was examining the damage done. The men freed her of water in about ten minutes, and all the damage I found was the rudder was gone, and planking about it considerably damaged, with the tiller and wheel broken to pieces, and the hurricane house over the wheel broken to pieces. In about three quarters of an hour after I got on board the second mate came, stating that the other two boats were close in shore when he left. We now began to study how we should get the rest of the crew off the island. The ship was drifting away from it fast, and the weather thick, so that we could not see it. It was near night, and I knew if we drifted until morning thete would be very small chance that we should see the island if it were clear. So I got the deep-sea line and sounded, and found that there was only fifty fathoms water, with a smooth sea, with not much wind, and that was growing lighter. So I con cluded to anchor. I got up a kedge, and bent a hawser and both my cutting falls to it, and let go and brought the ship up about fifteen miles from the land. It was now nearly dark, and the weather thick, so I thought it would not be prudent to send a boat in that night; but I did not know but they might hear a gun on shore, so I fired three times and set the watch. At two A.M., on the 23d, we called all hands, and got some breakfast, and then I sent the second mate on shore to fetch the men and everything off as quick as possible. The ship lay very easy by the kedge. and only leaked about 50 strokes per hour. At two P.M., the boats with all hands came. It was now nearly calm, and the ship would be entirely unmanageable, without a redder ; so I let her lay, and went to work to make a rudder as fast as pos sible—but we had no blacksmith, and with the tools and materials we had to work with, it was no easy job. We got it done the 25th, and hung it about nine, P.M., and we took our anchor (we had been laying all this time by the kedge, with scarcely any wind) and got under wav immediately and started to the south-east. I did not know what the state of her bottom was, so I started for Oahu, and thought I would follow the coast down until I got near the latitude of the islands, in case any thing should happen, that if we were compelled to leave we would Lot have so far to go with our boats. " August 11, in lat. 53 N, long. 137, we had strong breezes and rough sea, which broke our rudder loose from the false stern-post, so that we had to take it in and secure it again, which took us three days, the ship all the while drifting about, she being almost entirely unmanageable without a rudder. We fixed it much stronger this time, and then put away for Oahu. This Itime, thinking the rudder stronger, - .and the leak gettin g no worse, I started direct." GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.—Monday one of the most splendid races took place at Gannick-corner, near Barnet, for 501. a side, between Sewards (commonly called the American) and Westall (of London). Distance 200 yards. These men are both well known as two of the fastest runners of the present day. The betting at starting was nearly equal. Both men got well off together, and after one of the most speedy races ever wit nessed, Seward came in the winner by three yards. Westall's friends lost large sums of money on this event. Vulcanised India-rubber is now made use of supersede steel in the buffer springs of railway and other carriages. To-morrow will determine the value not only of shares in the two patent theatres, but of admissions. Mr. Robins has announced some attraction to the playgoer on that day. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, MARCH 22. —Mr. Godfrey Pigott Cordeux, from Sheffield Collegiate School, was electe, on Saturday last, to the Lusby Scholar ship at Magdalen-hall. A Toulon letter, of the 15th, states that the Prince de Joinville was about to take a trip to the coast. of Italy in a steamer. On the 13th his Royal Highness gave a grand dinner on board his dig-ship, the Suverain. NESS SALMON FISHINGS.—Since the opening of the salmon fishings, the take in the Ness has been very limited as compared with other years. Within the last few days, however, . the number of fish taken was slightly in creased, and it expected that as the weather becomes more genial, the fishings will improve. Some days ago a fitse fish, 351bs. in weight, was taken. Salmon sells at Is. 9d. per lb.—. Ross-shire Advertiser. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, 11Iarch 23. The. LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat OR the Wo sack at Five o'Clock. ASSISTANCE 46 IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. Earl GREY said that he had to communicate to the House that he had received a letter from the Governor of New Brunswick, stating that the Members of the House of Assembly of that colony had voted the sum of 1,2501. for the rad' of the distressed population of Ireland and Scotland. Ho (Earl Grey) was sure that their Lordships would receive with much satisfaction this exhibition of good feeling on the part of these colonists. EASTER RECESS. Earl GREY said that, on the part of his Noble Friend the President of the Council, he had to move the adjournment of the House, at its rising on Tuesday next, till the 13th of April. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Lord STANLEY presented Several petitions from Lancashire and other places against the Government scheme of education. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from the Mansfield board of guardians against the law of settle ment. OUT-DOOR RELIEF IN IRELAND. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from Mr. Richard Daly, an Irish barrister, against the system of out-door relief in Ireland. DRAINAGE ACT. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from Mr. Rigby Wason, lately a Member of the other House, praying for an alteration in that clause cf the Drainage Act which limited the period for considering applica tions. SPANISH DEBT. Lord BROUGHAM then rose, pursuant to notice given on a former occasion, to bring before their Lord ships a subject which required the utznest atten tion of Parliament, or, if it could be done, of Govern ment ; but he was aware that there was great diffi culty in the way of their taking steps in such a caw. Still there was no reason why the justice of Parliament should not be applied in a case of hare ship and injustice like that he was about to bring before them. The pe:i:ion which he had to present was from Mr. Dempster Hemming and Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Bart., and they were the representatives of a great class of sufferers. The Noble Lord then proceeded to state that the petitioners were creditors of the Spanish Government, having lent money to that country in its great struggle for freedom which had never been repaid. It could not be alleged that the Spanish Government was in a state of insolvency, for the revenue, which some years ago was deficient some six millions annually, now exhibited a surplus of more than half a million. The Noble Lord concluded by reading the prayer of the petition. The Earl of CLARENDON said that his Noble Friend had, a few days ago, shown him the petition which he had just presented, and he believed that the statement contained in it was not at all over charged. He believed that the case was one of gross injustice, for Spain, as the Noble and Learned Lord had said, was not in a state of insolvency. There was no country in Europe whose products were more in demand than those of Spain. She had the means of acquiring wealth, and therefore she had no right to refuse to pay the just demands made upon her. But he was glad to observe that Spain had never adopted the new word which had recently been intro duced into the vocabulary of England, for on several occasions the debt had been admitted and arrangements made for payment of the interest. Owing, however, to the succession of new Ministers, the claims of the Spanish bondholders had been set aside. Many persons in this country had invested the savings of a lite in these bonds—foolishly, he admitted, for they ought to know that advances of money made to foreign Governments, without the sanction of their own Govern ment, must f course be at their own individual risk. Many millions of the mony of this country had been sacrificed from losing sight of that pre caution. His Noble Friend at the head of the Foreign Department was now communicating with the Spanish authorities, and he sincerely trusted that the result of the communication would prove successful. The Spaniards, he knew, were an honourable people, and he was quite sure the proceed ings of their Government were not sanctioned by them. He hoped that their Lordships would be of opinion that Spain was not justified in repudiating a debt like the present. Lord BROUGHA M said that he was very glad to hear what had fallen from his Noble Friend opposite. Perhaps there should be some arrangement to appoint some commissioner. Lord ASHBURTON made a few observations which were inaudible in the gallery. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he wished to call their Lordships' attention to one part of the pre sent Bill, which he considered defective. He considered that no provision was made in the Bill for carrying off the water that came from the mountains of Scotland, which would go into the water courses, which would he necessarily flooded. He thought that provision should be made to prevent that. Now, if what he deprecated were permitted in his own neighbourhood, half the town of Tewkesbury would be carried away. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said it would seem that this was a Scottish Bill, as while two and a half millions were applied for by Scotch proprietors, but half a million had been applied for in England. Lord CAMPBELL replied that this would only show that more improvement was going forward in Scotland than England. After some further observations from Lord Brougham, Lord Ashburton, and the Earl of Tinto, the Bill passed through Committee. The House then resumed. ➢Messengers came up from the Commons bringing several Bills. EASTER RECESS. The Earl of WICKLOW said it had been intimated by the Noble Earl the Secretary for the Colonies, on behalf of the Noble Marquis the President of the Council, that he would, on Tuesday next, move the adjournment of the House till the 13th of April, but he (Earl of Wick low) hoped that they would adjourn till the Thursday instead of the Tuesday, according to invariable custom. as it would be much more convenient to those Peen connected with Ireland, who might, therefore, have to go to a distance. Earl GREY said he of course could give no answer at present to the Noble Earl's suggestion, but if it should appear more convenient to some of their Lord• ships, and if it would not interfere with the course of public business, ho expected that the wishes of the Noble Earl would be met by his Noble Friend the President of the Council. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE 01 COMMONS, March 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bi li were severally read a second time,— Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company. Dunfermline and Cupar Court Houses. Runcorn Gas. Rutherglen and Strathbungo Road. Warrington Gas Light and Coke. Westminster Improvements. GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL SCHEME. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from Lancaster against the proposed Government grant. SEE OF KILDARE. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from a place in Ire land praying for the restoration of the see of Kildare. SCOTCII REGISTRATION BILL. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Forres against the proposed Scotch Registration Bill. Mr. YOUNG presented a petition from the county of Cavan, praying for an improvement in the present electoral districts. IRISH POOR-LAW. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from Bethnal green, praying that the principle of the English poor law might be extended to Ireland. COTTON IN INDIA. Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions from Man che3ter in favour of encouraging the growth of cotton in India. The Hon. Member intimated that he had decided to postpone his motion for a Select Committee on this subject till after Easter. POOR REMOVAL ACT. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE presented; petition from Bridlington, in Yorkshire, praying for the repeal of the Poor Removal Act. INSPECTOR OF RAILWAYS. Major LAYARD asked the First Commissioner of the Railway Board, why the office of Inspector-General of Railways, so essential for the information and guidance of the Board, had not:yet.been filled up. It was now five months since Sir Charles Pasley's services were d's pensed with, and the responsibility now rested with the former Assistant-Inspector, without any increase of salary. Mr. STRUTT answered that the terms of the Act did not require the appointment of such an officer as an Inspector-General In other respects the statute had been sufficiently complied with. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. Captain GORDON presented several petitions from Aberdeen and other places in Scotland, praying that this Bill be not permitted to pass into a law. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Lord J. MANNERS . presented several petitions against the existing Law of Settlement. FURLOUGH REGULATIONS IN THE ARMY AND CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA. Mr. EWART said that, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the President of the Board of Control in the House, he would take the opportunity of asking him whether the Board of Control had received sugges tions from the Board of Directors of the East India Company with respect to the improvement of furlough regulations in the Indian army and the civil service, and whether the Government were prepared to act upon these suggestions. Sir J. C.IHOBHOUSE said that, in answer to the question of the Hon. Member, he might state that the subject of furlough regulations, both with respect to the army and the civil service, was under the consideration of the Board of Control. He need hardly inform the Hon. Member that a subject so important as a change in these regulations must demand previous considerati on. Mr, EWART had asked the s e quest i ons because con siderable anxiety prevailed upon the subject. FLOGGING IN HO SG-KONG. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on 'Thursday he should ask the Secretary for th e C o l onies whether he had received any account of the discontinuance of the of Hong-K ong ? practice A of o I x. Ar o ito i iLan, thePool{,-LAW whose colony \ hv oseN nIRELAND.ame w e coul d not ascer• fain, presented a petition from Sligo in favour of a systematic and equal poor-law rating. BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. FORBES presentee portions from several Pres byteries against certain of the ciuses of this Bill. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. EWART gave notice that next week he would move for certain returns connected with the public works in Ireland. Mr. SPOONER postponed Mr. Muntz's motion re specting the small brewers of the Midland Counties till Tuesday, the 13th of April. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTS. Mr. ROMILLY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the better administration of the charitable trusts of the Roman Catholics. It was not his wish to enter into a lengthened discussion on the principles of the Bill at present. lie would, with the permission of tha House, move for leave to introduce his Bill, and restive the further discussion until the second reading of the Bill. The main object sought from the Bill was to obtain a return or all charitable prcTerty of the Roman Cathoikes in the C-urt of Chancery, and to ensure a bettyr adnie nistration of the hinds. Mr. .1. o'CONNEE.L hoped that the Hon. Memb e r would name a long date for the second reading of the Bill, for Cho purp(,se of giving the Catholic Members an Gpnortuniv of consultin g the Bishops and Clergy of Ir< land. and ascertaining their opinions upon the m.lasure• The Bill was then ordcred to be brought in. REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liverpo. , )l, very nunn , rously signed, praying for a reduction of the duty on tea. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA Viscount SANDON then moved for a Select Com mittee on the present state of our commercial relations with China. lie was very gratified that he was saved the trouble of entering into a lengthened statement of the reasons which made this investigation necessary, as the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had inti mated to him that it was not his intention to offer any opposition to the motion. As he (Lord Sandon) did not wish, therefore, to delay the House from proceeding with the consideration of the Irish poor-law he would not take up its time at present. He thought, however, that the subject was one which required investigation, with view to ascertain what the obstructions were to the ex tension of the China trade. He thought the labours of the Committee would be attended with the best results. Their relations with that country were of a recent date, and he might say merely experimental, and the altered circumstances which the recent rupture had brought about made it necessary to inquire what were the obstructions to the extension of their commerce, and by what means they could be re moved. He would not, however, delay the resumption of the discussion of the clauses on the Irish Poor-law, but conclude by moving the appointment of a Select Committee to investigate the subject. The motion having been seconded, Mr. A. FIASTIE said if the motion had gone directly to the object at which it aimed, namely, the reduction of the tea duties, he should have seconded it with great pleasure. Looking at the character of the Chinese, and to the jealousy with which they viewed the proceedings of other nations, he feared that the motion as it stood would not be productive of the good which the Noble Lord seemed to apprehend from it. The Committee if appointed should confine its inquiries to the tea trade alone. The motion was then agreed to. PUBLIC WORKS IN CLARE.—CAPTAIN WYNN. Mr. C. O'BRIEN moved the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the conduct of Captain Wynn during his employment in the county of Clare in the months of November and December, 1846, and January, 1847, as inspector under the Board of Works, and into the statements contained in the printed letters of Captain Wynn and Mr. S. Gamble, addressed to the Board, and laid on the table cf the House, and report thereon ; and also to inquire into and report whether the said Bonrd of Works have, or have not, suppressed certain letters or reports made, or alleged to have been made, by Captain Wynn to them, on investigations held at Ennistymon on the 10th, and at Liscanner on the 17th days of De cember, 1846 ; and also certain letters, in pos session of the Board, connected with these subjects. He said it would be in the recollection of the House, that, on the 11th of February, he moved for the produc tion of papers relating to the conduct of Captain Wynn, in his official capacity ; but they were only laid on the table of the House two days ago, and he found them so incorrect, incomplete, and confused, as to be almost useless. He considered this most unfair con duct towards one who had occupied a seat in that House for the last sixteen years, the more especsally as he and his colleague had during that time supported the present Government ; it was, therefore, most improper that difficulties should have been purposely thrown in his way, and that the Government should support a public officer who had charged him (Mr. C. O'Brien) with conduct which, if he had been guilty of it, would have rendered him unworthy of a seat in that House. The character of the House was embarked in this sub ject, and he hoped that the Secretary for Ireland would reider some explanation of the circumstances of the case. The Hon . 0 , -nileman then referred to letters written by Captain Wynn on the 4th of February and the 26th of November, 1847, page 209 of the Blue Book, which stated that the landed proprietors rendered very inefficient assistance to the relief committees. He would say it boldly, that this charge against the com mittee over which he presided was calumnious and false.— (Hear, hear.) When he wrote those letters he had only been three weeke in the tout try. and could not have known the workiug of even one half of the com mittees. The only reason for these calumnies was in order to carry out the measures of the Government. An outcry was - desired against the Irish proprie tors, and this was the motive by which he was actuated, and be wished Hon. Gentlemen to know that this was a way to get rewarded and to obtain public money. It would arpear that the Glare Journal had been purchased with the public money. The next letter was dated on the sth of December of last year, and was written by Captain Wightman, of the Board of Works, in which they were charged with being assassins. With respect to Mr. J. O'Brien, he could, in his place, defend himself', but he (Mr. C. O'Brien) happened to have a letter from the engineer of the Board of Works, who was at the same time district engineer and county engineer, and who was, of course, cognisant of all the circumstances, and he had fully stated his opinion that the charge was false. If the Committee which he moved for were not able to prove the assertions he had made, he would not occupy a seat in the House again, but would resign imme diately. It was a most unfair thing for the Government not to allow the Committee to be appointed. He had constantly supported a Whig Government for a period of sixteen years, and this was now the reward which he received at their hands. He hoped, therefore, that these serious charges, involving as they did his character, would be investigated before a Select Committee, that an opportunity might be afforded him of showing how utterly groundless these statements were. One of the letters which he sent to Captain Wynn—a mostim portant one, to which no answer was returned, but for which he moved—had been suppressed. ,The Honourable Gentleman then referred to several letters and read extracts from them, among which was the following:—" I have displaced upwards of 9,400 persons chosen and placed upon the relief works in seven baronies; and I have plactd upon the list the poor and starving labourers, who had not been attended to be- cause nobody had any direct interest in their welfare; and I trust that this course will meet your approbation." He particularly requested the attention of the House to this statement, because when he was asked to furnish a list he declared that he was unable to furnish it, although he referred the board to it, well knowing it did not exist. Now this was an imposition on the liovernment, and was a fit and proper subject for investigation. He called for a searching incist ry; he wanted no favour, ho wanted nothing but justice, and he did hope that the House would grant the Committee which he sought, notwithstanding the indisposition of the Government to grant one. Major MACNAMARA said he would second the motion of his Hon. Friend. He could not help com plaining of the course which the Government had pur sued upon this occasion towards himself and his col league. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he regretted very much that the Hon. Gentleman did not postpone for a very few days the motion of which he had given notice, for he must remind the House that on the motion of the Honourable Gentleman certain documents had been presented to the House, and were now in the course of being printed, and which, he could assure the House, would be in the hands of every Member in a few days. These documents threw great light upon all these trans actious, and the House would be able to discuss the ques tion with an accurate knowledge of the circumstances. The Hon. Gaitlernan the Member for Clare had re- minded him that the Government of which he (Mr. LabouGhere) wus a membi.r had received general support from himself and his colleague, and he had said that it was but an ungrateful and ungracious return on his part and On the part of the Government to have taken a different course on a question of this description from that adopted by those Honourable Members. He could only say that he certainly could have no desire to estrange any supporters from her Majesty's Government —a Government which had not so numerous a body of supporters in that House as to make him, as a member of that Administration, anxious regard o eeguae a rud l i r e e t il de s te t ha e mq t u h we e si tt iho s nt u h p o y it o r r t ah t si ssi o sk f t ' ai nu de e e ny .if Hhoeef mustw t e h r to s s e taoy a lw withtheor that course which in his judgment and conscience, he felt himself bound to pursue, when reference Was e m e s o h a n d r d a e u n t a l c o ftrhoemcotnhdeuct defence ofan officerot manwhen that G o Govern ment—if n t.h m o e u n g t irt • t entitled to the defence and appro b at i on of the Govern ment, in order consult anysupport i n th e H ouse o f Commons, him self disgra ce d. A s an o ld he sit to should feel servant of the Crown, he had n o choice upon this ques , and to defend of n h , i s and ah i h l i e ty f e , l t t h os those bound defend v‘.h t o o m the honest services of all discharged their duty to thelndroiwn n th . at H H e o m us u e acting under him he believed to have honestly the Honourable sttorethpeeabtetsot might Gentlemen that, however much he regret having been . pursue a obliged to course which • d excite warm feelings in' the mind of himself and his• colleague, he could not allow himself, on any consideration of the description referred to to alter the course which upon deliberation he had felt it his duty to adopt. The lion. Gentleman had complained of the delay which had been interposed to the production of these papers, and said that the Government did in some way wish to delay their production. Nothing could be more erroneous. He had repeatedly urged upon the Board of Works the importance of having these papers immediately pro duced, but they were of that complicated and vola minous description, that it was impossible in a shorter time to lay them on the table of the House. Whey oE. new