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HE SAW THE ISLES. weighing as much as the rest of the animal without it was a morceau, in Rome, to make a philosopher's mouth water. This was not proof of a more depraved taste than that exhibited by a Christian Queen of France, who spent 1,600 francs in fattening three geese, the delicate livers of which alone her Majesty intended to dine upon. The pigeon and guinea-hen never attained to such popularity as the goose and duck ; while the turkey, and especially the truffied turkey-hen, has its value sufficiently pointed out by the saying of the gastronome, that there must be two at the eating of a truffied turkey—the eater and the turkey ! The turkey, originally from the East, was slowly propa gated in Europe, and the breed appears to have gradually passed away, like the bustard in England. It was brought hither again from America, and its first re-appearance is said to have been at the wedding dinner of Charles IX. of France. HE saw the isles from sea to sea, And then the stranger said, 0 Where lies that merry England Of which my youth has read, Of which our old men talked at times, When evening's light was ou the limes, And grew so blithe with saws and rhymes When forest feasts were spread? "I have seen wealthy England In mart and mansion fair; I have seen merry England In many faces there ; I have seen of trade the strife and trust, The toil that turns men's days to dust, And gold's dull worship that like rust Into the heart can wear. _ The turkey was not protected, as the peacock was by Alexander, by a decree denouncing death against whom soever should kill this divine bird, with its devilish note. The decree did not affect Quintus Hortensius, who had one served up at the dinner which celebrated his accession to the office of Augur. Tiberius, however, preserved the peacock with great jealousy, and it was only rich breeders that could exhibit this bird at their banquets. A man who passes through Essex may see whole "herds" of geese and ducks in the fields there, fattening, without thought of the future, and supremely happy in their want of reflection. These birds are " foreigners ;" at least, nearly all of them are so. They are Irish by birth, but they are brought over by steam, in order to be perfected by an English education ; and when the due state of per fection has been attained, they are, like many other young people, partaking of the " duck" or the " goose," trans ferred London and " done for." -" My father's churches o'er the land Rise stately, still, and grey, With the solemn lights and storied tombs Of the old believing day ; But there is wane of sport and cheer, The morris-dancers are not here, For steam and change from all the year Have swept brave youth away." Some stranger is that England Which in thy dreams bath been, Gone with the yule log from the hearth, The Maypole from the green, With subtle priest and simple throng. With woodcraft and with shepherd's song,— For working England stern and strong It is that thou bast seen . * * * * * The fight grows hard and heavy, By marts, and mines, and waves, And many have the laden hours And more the souls of slaves ; But when the world at last breathes free, A merry England men shall see, Though long the summer's grass will be And green upon our graves. FRANCES BROWN. REVIEWS OF BOOKS. By Dr. Table Traits, with Something on Them. Doran. London : R. Bentley. A " He," says a French savan, " who careth not 10 his dinner careth not for anything." The p r \Andial meal, constituting as it does so important an element in the enjoyment of social and of domestic lifer it is scarcely a matter to excite surprise that so much study and so much profound attention should have been bestowed on it. It has long been a subject of charge against the English that, notwithstanding their advance in science and in the practical arts of civilisation, they are lamentably defective in the art of pre paring their own food. It is but as yesterday that IF! de, the prospero of gastromes, bewailed the preva lent ignorance and inattention to his science which characterised the English, and made the great chef declare, half in indignation, half in anguish, that, while England possessed five hundred reli gions, she had only one sauce—melted butter. Smce that period much has been done to extend our culinary lore, and the literature of the kitchen has at length become extensive, and the prosecu tion of it is no longer deemed a matter beneath the notice of a cultivated intellect. The work under consideration is an admirable illustration of the last remark. To the composition of a book on such a subject, Dr. Doran brings stores of erudi tion, a lively fancy, and a piquant wit,—combining with these elements a judicious rationale of the effects produced on the digestion of different indi viduals by different kinds of food, and its varying modes of preparation. The doctor wisely starts the consideration of the daily food by glancing at the matin meal, and offers the following judicious REMARKS ON BREAKFAST. It was an old popular error that a pound of butter might consist of any number of ounces. It is an equally popular error that a breakfast cannot be unless bread and butter be of it. Marcus Antoninus breakfasted on dry biscuits, and many a person of less rank and higher worth is equally incapable of digesting anything stronger. Solid breakfasts are only fit for those who have much solid exer cise to take after it ; otherwise, heartburn may be looked for. Avoid new bread and spongy rolls ; look on muffins and crumpets as inventions of men of worse than san guinary principles, and hot buttered toast as of equally for wicked o.• ' Dry toast is the safest morning food, perhaps, for ns of indifferent powers of digestion ;or they may su tute for it the imperial fashion set by Marcus Antoninus. From dry biscuits and unbuttered toast for breakfast, the transition is an easy and a natural one, which leads us to a consideration of bread ; concerning, which the doctor is learned as well as eloquent, as will be seen by his observations on From the extracts given it will be readily ap parent that the doctor,while fully able to command a whole battalion of cooks, and to direct their operations, is even more efficient as an adornment to the banquet-hall. In treating of his somewhat unpoetic subject, he brings to bear upon its illus tration the torch of history and the lights of science. Combined with these, he adds nicely graduated modicums of smart remark and telling banter ; he manifests himself in high good humour, and he contrives to put and keep his readers in the same happy vein. , Reminiscences of a Huntsman. By the Hon. Grantley Berkeley. With Illustrations by Leech. London : Longman and Co. No sport is more pre-eminently English than hunting, and the narration of incidents illustrative of its pursuit at all times attracts attentive listeners in an English educated circle. No matter how little of the Nimrod may be in his composition, a well-informed native of our isle is sure to find or create an interest in the adventures of the chase, redolent as these at all times are of pleasant joyous temper and high spirits. While, as the song tells us, the squires of old Would rouse the day to the sound of the cheerful horn, their descendants have of recent years betaken themselves to the hunting of elephants and rhino ceroses, to the fellowship of alligators and hippo potami, and sought excitement in precarious combat with the lion and in the slaughter of the tiger, the health-sustaining exhilaration of our own field sports has lost none of its attractions ; and how much soever we may wonder at the tales of danger and success, of peril and triumph, to be met with in the adventures of a Cumming Bruce or a Parkyns, we are not the less inclined to enjoy the more quiet, and quite as rational amusements of those who confine themselves to the sport afforded in our native land. Some of these, it would seem from the annexed extract, are attended with excitement intermingled with anxiety and danger, the adventure greatly heightened in its relis by a dash of the ludicrous. AN INCIDENT IN STAG-HUNTING. Another instance worth remarking occurred at Lady Mary Hussey's, who lived near Hillingdon. A stag, quite fresh, and of whom the hounds had suddenly obtained a view, came tearing along under the garden wall, among the shrubs, till he found himself in contact with one side of a bay window : through this he went, with two or three hounds each side of him ; and instead'of going out at the other side of the window, he turned, and ran to the fur ther end of the drawing-room in which I believe Lady Mary Hussey and other ladies were seated. It was enough to have scared a man, and this sudden crash and furious apparition of course had a startling effect on the ladies. Seeing the mischief to the window, I was off my horse immediately, cap in hand, to make a thousand apo logies • but my first act was to get the stag out, and pre vent further damage. On entering the drawing-room, alas ! I found the line lay through a conservatory ; but when I gained the locality of the stag, the following scene presented itself. The stag, wet and bloody, from a few (not serious) scratches by the glass, had his muddy haunches against, and plastering, the wainscot, while oc casionally he rubbed his antlers, to keep them in a condi tion of war, on a mahogany table, making considerable ditches in it, while at the same time whenever two or three hounds, who were baying him from beneath the sofas and chairs, approached too near, he made furious dashes at them, upsetting everything in his way. On one side of the room, and staring over the top of it, was a ser vant, or one of my field, I forget which, behind some ancestral portrait, with the face of the picture to the stag, which he had taken down to serve as a shield, while the window-frame had beet driven in with such force, that as it stood, there was no getting the deer out that way. In the midst of it all, and expecting more hounds in at the window, unless my brother and Henry Wombwell were quick in getting them away, I was almost at my wit's end ; however, calling on the spectator who was parading the picture, for heaven's sake, at least, to turn it the other way, or the first thing the ancestral countenance would have would be the horns of the stag through it, in motion as the bearer kept it, I caught the hounds and led them out. The stag being quiet, and having sent all sorts of apologies up to Lady Mary, I reported that the state of the window would not admit of the stag's egress, unless I was permitted to enlarge the aperture, while, at the same time, fresh and powerful as the stag was, it would be dan gerous to attempt to lead him through the conservatory. The reply to my apologies and to this report was the best-natured and kind that could be. She said, " she did not in the least care for the accident, that I could not help it, and, if necessary, I was to enlarge the fracture in the window as much as I pleased," the only stipulation being that, " when the stag regained his liberty, the hounds were to be laid on the lawn that she might see them running." Having returned to the scene of action, and disengaged my sporting friend from the ancestral picture, and placed it in safety, we knocked away the stanchions - of the window sufficiently to let the deer through, and having borrowed a door from the offices by way of more fitting shield, I got the stag out, and laid the hounds on at the window. No feature of this work is more charming than the perfect good nature and self-satisfied air of pleasantry which pervades its every page. The author tells his tale with that felicitous buoyancy of spirit which can only be derived from a full con viction of its interest. He is thoroughly in earnest, and inspires the same feeling in the reader. Merry he is generally, but not always so ; many of his reflections indicate a mind full of fine feeling and open to gentle emotions. The illustrations by Leech are also happily in character, and the book, like the subject it treats of, is a bracing one— sufficiently stimulative to promote a healthful flow of humour—not partaking of excess nor provoca tive of langour. BREAD AND ITS APPLIANCES BY THE ANCIENTS. Endless were the varieties of bread sold in the markets at Rome. There was Cappadocian bread for the wealthy, pugilistic loaves for the athlete, batter bread for the strong, and Greek rolls for the weak of stomach; and there were the prepared bread poultices, which people who, like Pompey's young soldiers, were afraid of injuring their complexion, were wont to keep applied to their cheeks during the hours of sleep. Anadyomene so slum bering, with Adonis at her side similarly poulticed, can hardly be said to be a subject for a painter ; and yet many a blooming Caia slept on the bosom of her Caius, and more panic madidna than blushes on the checks of either. Pliny ventures on a strange statement with regard to oats. He says that oats and barley are so nearly allied, that when a man sows the one he is not sure that he may not reap the other'. He also illustrates the prolificness of millet by asserting that a single grain produced " innu merable ears of corn, and that a bushel (20 pounds' weight) of millet would make more than 60 pounds of wholesome bread !" The Romans and the Greeks also appear to have been acquainted with Indian corn. Our author discourses with much gusto, and no small amount of good humour, on the cookery of different nations, enriching his remarks by anec-, dotes as piquant as the condiments he recom mends. In a few brief sentences, and without the parade of set form, he demonstrates the celestials to be far advanced in the arts of civilised life. This may be gathered from his picture of CHINESE COOKS AND COOKERY. The Chinese are exceedingly skilful cooks, and exhibit taste and judgment in the selection of their food. With a few beans, and the meal of rice and corn, they will make a palatable and nutritious dish. They eat horse flesh, rats, mice, and young dogs. Why not ? All these are far cleaner feeders than pigs and lobsters. A thorough-bred horse is so nice in his appetite, that he will refuse the corn which has been breathed upon by another horse. The Tonquin birds' nests, eaten in China, may be described as young Mr. Fudge describes the Paris grisettes " Rather eatable things those grisettes, by-the-bye." So are the birds' nests, composed as they are of small shell-fish and a glutinous matter, supplied by the plumed inhabitant of the edible houses. Bears' paws, rolled in pepper and nut meg, dried in the sun, and subsequently soaked in rice water, and boiled in the gravy of a kid, form a dish that would make ecstatic the grave Confucius himself. As yet, it will be observed, we have hardly reached the citadel of our author's stronghold, " the dinner table and its arranged accompani ments." The elegant ease and smiling comfort which surround a well-disposed dinner table are detailed by him in excellent and captivating taste ; instead, however, of entering upon that topic, we shall confine ourselves to an extract, which may be called POULTRY AS MATERIALS FOR DINNER. The Works of Joseph Addison. With Notes by Richard Hurd,.D.D., Lord Bishop of Worcester. London : Henry G. Bohn. The volume now before us is the second of this very handsome edition of the works of our most elegant essayist. It contains the whole of Addi son's contributions to the Taller, and a consider able number of thoise whose quiet humour, sweet ness of diction, and moral grace, conferred undying popularity on the Spectator. The highly-wrought moral beauties which adorn the " Vision of Mirza" are scarcely superior of their kind to the play ful, yet erudite, criticisms which he scatters about over our popular poetry, nor do these surpass the easy badinage and hearty good humour with which he ridicules the frivolities and mock miseries of artificial life. To quote from Addison now may to many appear commonplace ; yet, even at the risk of being charged with triteness, we shall present to our readers the following catalogue of ARTIFICIAL WO3B. It is, indeed, wonderful to consider, how men are able to raise affliction to themselves out of everything. Lands and houses, sheep and oxen, convey happiness and misery into the hearts of reasonable creatures. Nay, I have known a muff, a scarf, or a tippet, become a solid blessing or misfortune. A lap-dog has broken the hearts of thou sands. Flavia, who had buried five children and two husbands, was never able to get over the loss of her parrot. How often has a divine creature been thrown into a fit by neglect at a ball or an assembly ? Mopsa has kept her chamber eve'r since the last masquerade, and is in greater danger of her life upon being left out of it, than Clorinda from the violent cold she caught at it. Nor are these dear creatures the only sufferers by such imaginary calamities. Many an author has been dejected at the censure of one whom he has ever looked on as an idiot; and many a hero cast into a fit of melancholy, because the rabble have not hooted at him as he passed through the streets. Theron places all his happiness in a running horse, Suffenus in a gilded chariot, Fulvius in a blue string, and Florio in a tulip-root. It would be endless to enumerate the many fantastical afflictions that disturb mankind. The editorial labours of the learned and reverend prelate who has undertaken the superintendence of this edition, evince attention, consideration, and sound judgment. He contents himself with per forming the duties of an editor ' and appears satis fied with a careful p er f ormance of his task ; would it were possible to say, with truth, as much for every editor of our English classics. The Jews, it is said, never ate poultry under their old dispensation • and French gastronomists assert that this species of fo od was expressly reserved to enrich the ban quets of a more deserving people. About the merits of the j people, the poultry and winged animals generally would , perhaps have an opinion of their own, were they capable of entertaining one; for nowhere, as in France, have those unfortunate races been so tortured, and merely in order to extract out of their anguish a little more exquisite enjoy ment for the palled appetites of epicures. The turkey has, perhaps, the least suffered at the hands of the Gallic expe rimentalists, though he has not altogether escaped. The goose has been the most cruelly treated, especially in the case of his being kept caged before a huge fire, and fed to repletion until he dies, the Daniel Lambert of his species, of a diseased liver, which is the most delicious thing possi ble in a pie. But it is ignoble treatment-for the only bird which is said to be prescient of approaching earthquakes. The goose saved Rome, and was eaten in spite of his patriotism. He is skilled in natural philosophy, and his science does not save him from death and sage-and-onions. Nay, even a female sovereign of England could not hear of the defeat of the Spanish Armada without declaring " death to the geese," until the time comes when Mr. Macaulay's Huron friend shall be standing on a fragment of Black friars -bridge, sketching the rains of St. Paul's. It must be allowed, however, that the scientific ladies of farm-Y have improved upon th e k now l edge of their ards ances tresses. Formerly, of turkeys alone, full one-half that pierced the shell perished ; but now we rear more than 15 out of 20. I do not know, however, that th a t f act i s at to the turkey des tined to be dined upon . all co Themistocles nsolatory rated or d er ed his victory over Xer xes t o b e yearly commemorated by a cock-fight ; and the bi r d it se lf was eaten out of hono ur, as in Rome were for rea sons dogs hen was the favourite bird of vengeance. At home the but hens were consumed such . . qu . antities, that Fanning, the consul, issued a decree prohibiting their being slain for (.1 : and, in the meantime, the food during a certain Pe ri The duck was devoured Romans " invented the capon• medicinally—that is, on medical assurance that it was good re great sages, who diet for weak stomachs ; and there we n ld maintain men not only taught that ducks, as a in health, but that, if theywefr°e°4lll,wtohe ample feeding Mithridates , it is thereon would soon restore them again. alleged, ate it as a counter-poison ; othe r times and places, simply because they like d it • peppleTh, of e other was in as much favour as the duck with the digest gifted stomachs of the older races. It was t he royal diet in Egypt, where the monarch did not, like Queen Eliza beth, recommend it to the people, but selfishly decreed that it was only to be served at his own table. Gigantic geese, with ultra-gigantic livers, were as much the delight of epicures in Rome, as th e livers, if not the geese, are now the woluptas suprema of the epicure of France, and of countries — """ 4 " 4 ^ the French code of diet. A liver Caleb Stukeley. London : Nathaniel Cooke. Caleb Stukeley is a tale of thrilling interest, which first appeared in the pages of Mackwoocre Magazine in 1841, and which, during the co urse of its serial publicat ion in that celebrated periodical, excited much attention. It contains numerous vividly painted pictures of college life and artisti- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AIND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER cap traced delineations of some of its more occult scenes. In the present form, a handsome and closely-printed volume, with many well-executed illustrations, it has been pruned of some exube rances, without detracting from its. general interest. To the many readers who perused it with avidity in the course of its periodical appearance, its re publication will be welcome; and to numbers who had not that opportunity, it will be an equally appreciated treasure. It is indeed a tale of start ling interest, written with power and Orr's Circle of the Sciences. London and Liver pool : W. S. Orr and Co. The aim of this work, and it seems so far suc cessfully carried out, is to supply to the reading public, and especially to the young, a complete cyclopmdia, the different subjects being treated of from their most elementary condition to their finished elaboration ; in each and all of them the Great First Cause is visibly traced, and the power and working of His wisdom indirectly insisted on. In the parts already published we have interesting treatises on physiology, animal and vegetable ; on physical geography and geology ; and on the ma thematical sciences. The book is published at a very low price, and is most tastefully got up. Library of Biblical Literature. London: Freeman. Of this serial we have before us the second, third, and fourth parts. They treat severally of Hebrew Life in Egypt, the Dead Sea, and the Egyptian Life of Moses ; each of which interesting subjects is treated of in a popular and pleasing manner. The Christian Family Advocate. London : 11. G. Collins. This periodical, which is under the judicious management of Miss Catherine Ponsonby, con tinues its able advocacy of Protestant principles and practice. NEW MUSIC. The Chalet Polka and the Chateau Polka. These are two polkas cleverly arranged for the pianoforte, with just sufficient difficulty to arouse attention without disheartening the juvenile per former ; they will also be found piquant additions to our popular stock of dance music. They have been brought out in the usual style of tasteful accuracy which distinguishes the musical publica tions of our townsman Mr. Beswick. THE RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA. (FROM THE SYDNEY CORRESPONDENT OP THE TIMES. ) As you are aware, the Executive Government here has consented to advance*X3,ooo to defray the expense of col lecting specimens of the natural productions of New South Wales, to be sent to the Great Exhibition at Paris in 1855.. There is a general impression that this colony was not ade quately represented in the London Exhibition of 1851. As the discovery of gold was only made here about the time General Browne and Colonels Sullivan and Laurence,. the Exhibition opened, Australia sent nothing so striking with the Rifle Brigade, and Colonel Victor, of the Artillery, and brilliant as the fine specimens of the precious metal, with 100 Sappers, have arrived at the camp of Conrail, in solid " nuggets," dust, and scales, it could now furnish. three leagues from Gallipoli. Four thousand French But these are not the only forms in which it is found ; soldiers, under the orders of General Canrobert, are many of the auriferous rocks, through which the gold is encamped there. Horses are not to be had. The best scattered in threads or grains, are more beautiful to the understanding exists among the allied troops. The Pacha eye than the solid metal itself. Parts of the gold region of Adrianople does everything in his power to facilitate have also produced gems and stones, which have yet to be our arrangements. The Sappers have begun to fortify confirmed in a full right to the name of " precious ;" and the Isthmus. the opinion of Parisian lapidaries on the diamonds and The Baltic fleet, under the command of Vice-Admiral rubies of Australia will be worth taking. There is also a Parseval Deschenes, has sailed from. Brest for the Gulf of great variety of other minerals, quite enough to fit up a Finland. This fleet , on board of which a bod y of infantry splendid cabinet of specimens. rhe ores of copper are very and marine artillery has embarked, is composed of 15 sail rich; stream tin has been found among the black dust of ing ships, carrying 1,080 guns, one strew vessel of 100 the goldfields • and more recently a mine of pure steel is guns , and six paddle-wheel steamers, carrying upwards of said to have been discovered near Bathurst. A block of 30 guns. The Mediterranean squadron includes 23 sailing Sydney sandstone will be sent to show we have excellent ships of 1,370 guns ; six screw vessels of 328 gnus ; and materials for building, and some of the pure white sand of seven paddle-wheel steamers of upwards of 31 guns. The the coast, in hopes of tempting over a few glass makers, French navy has now embarked, on different seas, 56,000 for whom there is a capital opening. Specimens of all the sailors. cereals at present cultivated will be sent, and perhaps a A detachment of the 17th Lancers embarked on Tuesday, few cases of colonial wine, though the comparisons chal- with their horses, in the Pride of the Ocean, at Ports lenged by submitting it to French criticism may be mouth. The process of slinging the horses on board was slightly hazardous. It is proposed also to give European done with the utmost celerity and safety ; eighty-three of eyes a better idea of some of the Australian scenery by the animals were on board in the first two hours without means of models than can be derived from pictures or an accident. The Pride of the Ocean was towed off to descriptions. The harbour and shores of Port Jackson, Spithead by the. Sprightly tender, and sailed on Thursday from the Heads to Paramatta, including the city of Sydney ; for the East. Another detachment of this regiment em and its suburbs, with all the coves and creeks of the bay, I barked soon after in the Ganges, and left the harbour have been suggested as furnishing a fine subject for this, I on Thursday morning. the best kind of illustration if it is well executed. Speei- I Letters from Gibraltar mention that the North of mens of the colonial flora could not be sent in their finest Europe Steam Company's vessel Tonning had arrived at condition, but close imitations of the best native varieties ' that place after a passage of four days and 20 hours, be may, it is believed, be prepared in wax. Our fruits are all lieved to be the shortest on record ; she had on board Sir introductions, and the European sorts would have no direct Colin Campbell and a portion of Lord Raglan's staff, I novelty, but some degree of interest might attach to them together with some troops and 60 horses. The steamship as familiar friends returning from their distant home, in I City of Norwich, belonging to the same company, sailed appearance nothing the worse for the climate. The native from the Tower on Saturday, the Bth, and arrived at woods did not attract so much attention as they deserved Hamburg in 39 hours. in London, a s the specimens sent were in planks and The Albatross, Captain Lyell, lately arrived in Ports blocks ; for the Paris Exhibition it is proposed to work mouth Harbour, has been ordered to the East on special them up into articles of furniture, that the French mann- service. The Stromboli, 6 guns, which has arrived home facturers may the better appreciate their merits. We from an American station, is expected to be ordered to should send some colonial silk if we had any, but we the Baltic. have got no further towards producing it than growing a The gigantic new steam-ship, Royal Albert, 131 guns, few mulberry trees. In the production of cotton we are is to be launched on the 13th of May, in the presence of more advanced, 18 bales having been recently shipped for the Queen. Liverpool from the Moreton Bay district. Olives have In regard to the Baltic fleet we learn from Copenhagen been grown in the Botanical-garden at Sydney, to the ex- that four Russian ships, laden with cargo, were captured in tent of two tons in a season, but we do not know how to the Baltic on the 17th, and carried past that city the next preserve them, or press them for the oil, so the commercial day as prizes for London. On the 19th the English fleet value of this capability, like that of so many others, is nil. was reported off Gothland. Two experiments with coffee have lately been announced SIR CHARLES Ne.rtzn IN THE BALTIC.—A letter as failures at Moreton Bay ; in one the plant withered, in from an officer on board H.M.S. Hecla, dated Copenhagen, the other the seed would not grow. It is a safe rule to the 13th April, states that Sir Charles Napier had sent a assume that any kind of cultivation that requires special competent party to the island of Gothlan.d, to ascertain if knowledge and close attention, cheap labour and many there was any good anchorage there for the fleet, and if hands, does not and will not exist in Australia for many water could be provided. In returning, the officer fell in years. Cattle breeding and agriculture, according to the with the Dauntless, on her way back from the Gulf of most ordinary English methods, are the only productive Finland, with intelligence that the ice had cleared away industries practised on a large scale, to which may be added up as high as Helsingfors, and that six or seven Russian horticulture enough to furnish a meagre supply of the coin- sail of the line were anchored there under the strong monest English kitchen vegetables and fruit. batteries. Sir Charles Napier, who was then in Kioge Bay, about 18 miles from Copenhagen, on hearing this news, at once made arrangements to sail immediately, and on the 12th inst. put to sea, at the same time sending the Hecla to Copenhagen with despatches, and to com plete coaling. The Hecla will rejoin Sir Charles imme• diately, together with the Dauntless, Gorgon, and one or two other steamers, which were all at Copenhagen on the 13th. The Bth Hussars, or " King's Royal Irish 'Light Dragoons," embarked on Saturday week at Plymouth, on board the Eehunga transport. Some trouble was found in getting the horses on board, and an accident occurred : " Not all the caresses, which the Hussars bestowed un sparingly on their favourites, could induce some of them to submit to the trammels. They snorted, reared, plunged, darted to and fro, and in other ways gave much trouble to the courageous fellows, who invariably over came them in the end. One of the creatures furiously resisted all efforts to put the sling upon him. Numbers of men clung to him, but he threw them off several times, except those who held the halter. At length an instru ment, with a loop of leather at the end of it, was fastened to his upper lip. This had generally tamed the most re fractory, but it only excited this noble creature ; and kicking with fearful violence, all near him were dispersed except the man who held the instrument just named, and he was borne along off his legs, yet never slackened his hold. The horse soon stopped ; it was pushed back to its place, and another attempt was made to put the sling under him; he, however, kicked it from him, and at the same time kicked one of the assistant riggers in the abdomen. The poor fellow walked a step or two and then fell. He was immediately taken in men's arms to the doctor's office. After this serious accident a rope was fastened round a hind leg of the creature, when his kicks became more violent than before, but having exhausted himself, the rope was brought between his fore legs, over his' shoulders, and round his neck. This being drawn tight materially prevented his struggles, the sling was fastened upon him quickly, in the twinkling of an eye he was pawing in the air,' and the next moment was deposited in the ship's hold." Besides this, another horse knocked down a Dragoon; and the last that was put on board bit the arm of another Dragoon. The sailing orders of the Echunga arrived by electric telegraph on Monday, when she immediately put to sea, with a fair wind. GREEKS IN TURKEY.—The measures against the Hel-, lenic population are being carried out with unexampled severity. Every steamer that leaves for Syra is crowded with human beings so thickly wedged together, that to walk the decks is impossible. At least four hundred are' said to have taken their departure in one vessel. Most of them have been reduced to the depths of poverty, and when thrown ashore, friendless and destitute, at the Firm's, three-fourths of the men will probably go to swell the ranks of the Thessalian insurgents, or take to their old trade of piracy in the .2Egean. A very large number of the subjects of King Otho, resident in Turkey, have acknowledged allegiance to the Sultan, and will re main in the country. THE BLACK SEA: -A letter has been received in South Shields from Mr. Philips, master of the barque Anne, now at Constantinople, giving the particulars of the attack on his vessel by the Russians on the Danube. The captain states that the Russians kept up a brisk fire for above half an hour, and that one of the balls knocked the cap off his head. At two o'clock on the following morning about 100 soldiers came on board, and compelled Mr. Philips to get out of bed, when they took him and the crew before the Russian general. On arriving there Captain Philips asked the reason why they had fired upon his vessel, when the general replied that it was a mistake, and apologized dof soldie r s. He also states that for what had been d one. In a few hours afterwards Mr. Philips and crew were liberated, and escorted back to one e ir of vesselthe crewby guar a of the Bedlington, of 13lyth, was killed, and the master wounded.—Shields Gazette. OUR NAVAL RESERVE. —A full account has been given of the powerful fl ee ts which have been designat e d f or ser vice in the Black Se a and the Baltic. We do not su ppose it likely ewlyili have v th e ey to will prove inadequate for the hot work encounter ; but even if they do, and supposing both of those magnificent fleets should be de stroyed, we have ample material in our home ports to supply their places. From our ships in reserve and build ing we could form a naval force far surpassing that which any other nation in the world can boast of having afloat. We have in reserve at the four ports of Portsmouth, Devonport, Chatham, and Sheerness, not less than 161 vessels of the " effective ships of the Royal navy," and these estimated to carry not less than 6,807 guns. Be sides these, too, we ha ve a goodly number of paddlewheels and other small craft. Thou gh some of the vessels may not without considera ble r epairs be in a state to send to sea, yet most of them are ex cellent sea-going vessels—far superior, indeed, fitted out for service to anything Russian—and could be ce on very short notice. Then we have of vessels building-5 at Portsmouth, 7at Devonport, 1 at Sheerness, 6 at Chatham, 11 at Pembroke, 4 at Dept - ford, 4 at Woolwich, awl 1 At Mißwall.—Portsmout4 0 uardian, VARIETIES. A TURKISH WILL.—A testator left to his eldest son one-half of his horses, to his second son one-third of his horses, to his third son one-ninth of his horses—the testator had seventeen horses. The executor did not know what to do, as seventeen will neither divide by two, by three, nor by nine. A Dervish came up on horseback, and the executor consulted him. The Dervish said, " Take my horse and add him to the others." There were then eighteen horses. The executor then gave to the eldest son one-half, 9 to the second son one-third, 6 ; to the third son one-ninth, 2; total 17. The Dervish then said, " You don't want my horse now ; I will take him back again." THE IMPORTANCE OF LEG-El.—Only consider the im portance of legs ! What should we be without them ? Ask some infinitely poor and miserable person, a bedridden man. To be deprived of the blessed faculty of locomotion at will—not to possess that glorious privilege of riding " Shank's mare," or of taking the " Marrow-bone stage ;" of bidding defiance to stage-coaches, carriages, cabs, and railway trains ; of feeling the firm earth beneath our tread ; of footing it over the daisies, or strolling over the velvetty sward, or climbing thehdaisies, hill, or descending the valley, or paddling through the brook ; to be unable to take a walk, in fact is to be deprived of nine tithes of our pleasure here below, of half our capacity for enjoyment, of nearly all our faculty of observation. A man may learn with his legs very nearly as much as he can with his eyes ; and helearns it more cheerfully, more genially, more naturally. It was a true word spoken in jest, that named the legs the under standings. A great walker is nearly always a contented, happy, and philosophically observant man. The free use of his legs makes the penny postman satisfied with his twenty-five shillings a week, reconciles the policeman to his weary night watch, solaces the sentinel on his guard, makes the ploughboy whistle as he follows his team, the milkmaid balance her pails merrily, and the pedlar carry his pack as if it were a pleasure. Legs are a consolation in trouble, and the grand remover of spleen, care, and evil humours. The first thing that a man does when he is im mured in jail is to walk about (if so he be allowed) his prison yard. If you have been angry with your brother, or if your wife has vexed you, or your affairs are in a gloomy case, or your periodical hatred of the world and those who are in it, come upon you, you cannot do better , han " walk it off."—Dickens' Household Words." A DBATH-BED IN BETHNAL GREEN.—I went into one room in this unhappy place—this core of all the misery in Bethnal-green—and saw a woman in bed with a three weeks' infant on her arm. She was still too weak to rise, and her husband had died when the baby was three days' old. She had four other children, and she panted to get up and earn. It eased her heart to tell of her lost love, and the portion of her story that I here repeat was told by her, in the close narrow room, with a more touching em phasis than I can give it here ; with tremblings of the voice and quiverings of the lip that went warm to the hearts of all who listened :—" The morning before my husband died," she said, " he said to me, ' 0 Mary, I have had such a beautiful dream !'—' Have you, dear ?' says I ; do you think you feel strong enoug h to tell it me ?'— ' Yes,' says he, I dreamt that I was in a large place where there was a microscopic clock' (he meant a microscope), and I looked through it and saw the seven heavens all full of light and happiness, and straight before me, Mary, I I saw a face that was like a face I knew. And whose , face was it love ?' says I. 'I do not know,' says he, but it was more beautiful than anything I ever saw, and bright and glorious, and I said to it, shall I be glorified with the same glory that you are glorified with? And the head bowed towards me. And I said am I to die soon ? And the head bowed towards me. And I said shall I die to-morrow ? And the face fixed its eyes on me and went away. And now what do you think that means ?' Ido not know,' says I, but I think it must mean that God is going to call you away from this world where you have had so much trouble, and your suffering is going to be at an end, but you must wait His time, and that is why the head went away when you said, shall I die to-morrow ?" I suppose you are right,' says he, and I don't mind dying, but, 0 Mary, it goes to my heart to leave you and the young ones' (here the tears spread over the poor woman's eves, and her voice began to tremble). I am afraid to pari with you ; I am afraid for you after lam gone.'—' You must not think of that,' says I; you have been a good husband, and it's God's will you should go.'—' I won't go, Mary, without saying good-bye to you,' says he. If I can't speak, I'll wave my hand to you,' says he, and you'll know when I'm going.' And so it was, for in his last hours he could not speak a word, and he went . off so gently that I never should have known in what minute he died if I had not seen his hands moving and waving to me good-bye before he went." Such dreams and thoughts belong to quiet poverty. I have told this incident just as I h ear d it ; and if I were a daily visitant it! Bethnal-green, I should have many tales of the same kind to tell—Dickens' "Household Words," TIE WAR. Accounts from Omar Pasha's head quarters, prove the I urgent necessity of the prompt arrival of the allied armies. The Turkish army on the Danube does not number more than 90,000 men, opposed to 200,000 Russians, now in the principalities and Bessarabia. These reports, confiirmed by the evidence of the French Colonel Dieu, may have hastened the resolution of the French goVernment to send at once 100,000 men to Turkey instead of 50,000. It is believed that arrangements are already making for the despatch of the required increase. An Austrian paper states that the important frontier town of Fokshani, in Wallachia which had just been for tified, has been destroyed by fire. All the Russian stores, provisions, arms, clothing, ammunition, and all the military hospitals, have fallen a p-ey to the flames. Fok shani is on the boundary line between Moldavia and Wallachia—at least 150 miles distant from any of the Turkish army, so that the fire was probably accidental. A communication from Orsova of the 16th, states that on the 14th the Russians ocupied Turnu.Severin, in the Servian territory. Kostendje was set on fire by the irregular Turkish troops on evacuatinc , the town. Under date of Constantinople, April 10, we are informed that a very large number of the subjects of King Otho, resident in Turkey, have acknowledged allegiance to the Sultan, and will remain in the country. Three hundred Greeks, who had landed at Volo, in Thessaly, have been put to the sword, with the exception of a few who were saved by going on board the Austrian corvette, Caroline. A Greek ship with ammunition has been captured at Entrea, off the Island of Negropont. On the 14th " an Anglo-French note of a menacing character" was received at Athens. There are now fitting in the basin at Sheerness, for immediate service, the Formidable, 84 guns ; the Tartarus, 4, paddlewheel steam-sloop ; the Cuckoo, 3, paddlewheel steam vessel ; and the Miranda, 15 guns, screw steam ship. The Siren, 16-gun sloop, is also undergoing altera tions, and preparing for immediate service. The main body of the British infantry have now left Malta and other ports of rendezvous for the seat of war, and, with the exception of the cavalry, will have arrived in Turkey before their commander-in-chief. The 77th, 49th, 33rd, 41st, 4th, 47th, and 50th Regiments, had left Malta between the 9th and 12th, in the Himalaya, the Indus, the Cambria, the Emu, and various transports, some of which were towed by the larger steamers. The French land force of 46,000 men is rapidly hastening to Gallipoli, not a day elapsing without its French transport passing Malta. Odessa letters of the Bth state that most of the opulent families there were leaving town, and removing, to their more distant country seats, in order to be out of the im mediate vicinity of the casualties of war. The funds of the Odessa Commercial Bank were already packed, so that the hard cash might be removed to Jekaterinoslaw with out delay, as soon as the combined fleets should make their appearance. The actual garrison is computed. at 30,000 men. The Constitutionnel states that the Turkish Govern ment has received information from Haireddin Pasha, the Commandant at Kars, that a certain number of Polish deserters had arrived in that town, who stated that more than 12,000 of their fellow-countrymen would quit the ranks of the Russian army the moment they should see a Polish flag flying in the Ottoman army. It is well known that for some time past the Russian Government has been sending the Polish recruits into the army of the Caucasus, in order to remove them as far as possible from their native country. REPLY OF RUSSIA. TO THE DECLAMATION OF WAIL: The Russian manifesto, replying to the English and French declaration of war, which is published in the St. Petersburvh Journal of April 13th, is a specious worded document, defending Russia's injured innocence, and throwing the responsibility of hostilities upon England and France. The same paper of the 12th contains some remarks respecting the " confidential correspondence." It states that the subject was brought confidentially to the knowledge of the Sovereigns of Prussia and Austria, but not to that of the Emperor of the French; because, at that moment, the French Envoy at Constantinople was employed in actively supplanting Russian influence there. The article defends the Emperor's motive as correct and honourable, and concludes as follows :—" These short observations will suffice to reduce, to its just value, all that falsehood, exaggeration, and malevolence has at tributed to the language of his Majesty. In the eyes of impartial men, the publication which has just been made will prove only one thing, the abuse of a generous confi dence, which has not been appreciated, and the injustice of suspicions, which have been made the pretence of a dis astrous war, for which, had it not been for them, there would have been no cause." PRIVATEERS IN DUTCH PORTS.—The official journal of the Hague has published the following very satisfactory notice :—" According to orders from the King, the Minis ters of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and the Marine, make known to those whom it may concern, that, in order to observe a strict neutrality in the war which has just bro ken out, no privateers, having commissions or letters of marque, either alone or with any prizes which they may have made, shall be admitted to enter our ports, or the mouths of our rivers, except in case of actual stress of weather ; in consequence, orders have been sent to keep a strict watch over such privateers and their prizes, and to compel them to put to sea again as soon as possible. The above ministers, with the authorization of the King, warn all the inhabitants of the kingdom not to engage in any way in the present war, by means of armaments, as no letters of marque, issued by the belligerent powers to Dutch citizens, without the authorization of the King's government, will have legal value. The ministers hereby make known to the public, that the Dutch government, in observing the most absolute neutrality, will not sanc tion any commission or letter of marque; therefore, the subjects of the King, and all those who are subjected to the laws of the kingdom, would, by taking any part in the war, by fitting out vessels, run the risk of being treated as pirates by other nations, and expose themselves to pro secutions before the Dutch tribunals, as well for making an attack on the safety of the state as for piracy." PREPARI3G FOR VICTORY.—Within the past week, the dies for three medals have been sunk in London, (and by an English artist,) intended as decorations for the Russian army of the East, and proof-medals have been, we are informed, struck in copper. The largest of these medals, which is to be of gold, is to have a circlet of diamonds ; there is a group of figures in the foreground, with a view of the Holy Places" in the background, and a diamond inserted in the sky, valued at £4O, to re present the " Star in the East," which, it is conjectured, is to be the name of a new order. In the larger and most valuable medal the part representing the sky is to be formed of torquoise stones, and in the two smaller ones of a blue enamel : the design is the same for all three. In the model we understand the torquoise stones were so beautifully set as to appear all one stone, and altogether so supeebly executed as to produce a most exquisite effect. The dies are now in the' hands of the Russian agents in London. The order, we are told, came through the terri tory of our good ally Prussia. The reverse of the medal is of course left blank till the victories are achieved.—United Service Gazette. A PRIZR.—On Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, no small commotion was caused in Portsmouth, by the appearance in the roadstead of one of her Majesty's steam-vessels, having a sailing' ship in tow, and making for the harbour with all speed. Her Majesty's steam cruiser Argus, Commander M. W. S. Grandy, which left Southead on Thursday, fell in with the Froya, for Abo, 440 tons, 15 men, Wickmann, master, between the Owers and Beaci3y Head, (about 18 miles from the latter point,) and boarded her, ultimately making prize of her. She is a fine ship, four years old, and apparently in gold condition. She left Lisbon on the 28th ult., with about 600 tons of salt as cargo, and was bound for Abo, although her master (who speaks very good English) says Elsinore. No opposition was offered' to her detention, and Commander Grandy accordingly took her. She carries two nine-pound carro nades, together with small arms for her crew, and a little ammunition.. Tun BALTIC FLEET.—Very gratifying (says the United Service Gazette) are the accounts which reach us from correspondents in the Baltic Fleet. Everything seems progressing favourably. There is an absence of unneces sary evolutions and worrying orders, but in all essentials due attention is given to the service the ships are likely to' be called upon to perform. Theprevailing opinion in the fleet is that the-Russians will not come out to fight. Their plan of operations appears to be concentration, for what ultimate purpose cannot now be divined. The inference is, that the Czar is aware of the incompetency of his naval commanders and weakness of his ships. On paper the Russian fleet is' overpowering. Thirty large sail of the line, besides frigates and sloops ; yet with all this show we find the Czar abandoning the important position of Aland, and endeavouring to collect his ships at his prin cipal stronghold in Helsingfors. The approaches to Cron stadt are being rendered impassable ; blocks of granite and other impediments are sunk in the narrow and only available deep water channel. Practical men are averse to any expedition against Helsingfors or Cronstadt. The latter, indeed, is out of the question. The pilots consider that ships drawing more than twelve feet water could not be brought into a position to bombard Cronstadt with any effect, and as- we are destitute of ships of suffiet.nt force drawing so little water that idea must be abandoned. Helsingfors is again defended by Sveaborg, a fortification, or, rather, series of fortifications, comprising tremendous batteries, calcukted to deal destruction upon any ship approaching within their deadly range. Copenhagen and Algiers have been , mentioned as proofs of the vast powers of ships' batteries, but we think the comparison is not to be sustained. The fleet under Lord Nelson, at the former place, as well as under Exmouth, at Algiers, were per mitted to go into action and take up their• positions with little molestation. Had the Danes resisted the approach of the British in 1801, a different result might have en sued ; and, moreover, had it not been for Nelson's master piece in negotiation, it is barely doubtful whether one of his ships would ever have left their anchorage. At Algiers, also, had the Dey opened fire upon the Queen Charlotte and other ships as they advanced to take up their allotted stations, they would all have been very roughly handled, as the Impregnable was. The Russians would not forego that advantage. Our ships would be exposed to a terrific raking fire, to which no return could possibly be made; hence the inexpediency of attacking such places as Sveaborg. At Port Baltic or Revel our chance would be better; and it seems pro bable that one or other of those places will be captured. Port Baltic, which is a capacious harbour, might be found particularly useful. The number of prizes taken by the British steam-frigates Conflict and Tribune, in the Baltic, amount to 14. The report that the frigate Amphion had got ashore off Dago was incorrect ; it should have been the steam-sloop Alban. She is now again afloat. An officer on board H.M.S. Leopard, which was dispatched in company with the Imperieuse to reconnoitre Revel, writes, on the 11th of April, from opposite that port :—" We met very rough weather going by the Island of Gotland, and yesterday it blew a heavy gale of wind, and oh ! the cold — every rope in the ship was enveloped in the ice an inch thick, and long icicles hung from all the bowsprit rigging. There was scarcely any walking the deck ; every sea that fell aboard of us was instantly frozen into a sheet of ice, and this, with the pitching and sending of the ship, made walking a work of no small nicety. We overhauled a num ber of ships, but none with contraband goods on board. This morning we came up with the ice in large floes knocking about, and in some places very extensive fields. We steamed full speed through it, passed Revel on the right, and, faith, the look of it at ten miles off was not such as to make any of us wish to go nearer. It appeared bristling with cannon, but we could see no ships ; we then crossed the Gulf, and, at one p.m., at twelve miles off, we sighted the formidable fort of Swieborg, full of men-of-war of all sizes. Having satisfied ourselves of the fact that the ice was sufficiently broken to go up to it, we very prudently turned about and steamed away as hard as we could back to rejoin the fleet, before any of the ships at Swieborg chase us, for if they do they will either sink or make prisoners of us. We are keeping a sharp look-out astern, and very few will sleep on board to-night ; the men will be at the guns most of the night, and probably sleep at quarters. Instantly on our rejoining the fleet, I fancy, we shall dash at both these places, and that before this day week. Such have been our movements. What will happen before I get another chance to write, God only knows ! I could count eight line-of-battle ships lying at Swieborg !" A late letter from the Baltic announces that Sir Charles Napier has ascertained that the Russian fleet in that sea consists of 30 sail of the line, and a corresponding number of steamers, &c., and also that there are 800 gun-boats. A PICTURE OF RUSSIAN LIPS.—The picture of Rus sian manners varies little with reference to the prince or the peasant. The first nobleman in the empire, when dismissed by his sovereign from attendance upon his person, or withdrawing to his estate in consequence of dissipation and debt, betakes himself to a mode of life little superior to that of brutes. You will then find him throughout the day with his neck bare, his beard lengthened, his body wrapped in a sheep's skin, eating raw turnips and drinking quass, sleeping one-half of the day, and growling with his wife and family the other. The same feelings, the same wants, wishes, and gratifications, then characterise the nobleman and the peasant ; and the same system of tyranny, extending from the throne down wards, through all the bearings and ramifications of society, even to the cottage of the lowest boor, has entirely extinguished every spark of liberality in the breasts of a people composed entirely of slaves. They are all, high and low, rich and poor, alike servile to superiors ; haughty and cruel to their dependants; ignorant, superstitious, cunning, brutal, barbarous, dirty, mean. The Emperor canes the first of his grandees ; princes and nobles cane their slaves ; and the slaves their wives and daughters. Ere the sun dawns in Russia, flagellation begins ; and throughout its vast empire, cudgels are going in every department of its population, from morning until night. —Dr. .E. D. Clarke's Travels. FIRST VIEW OF CONSTANTINOPLE.—There stood the swelling domes, the arrowy minarets, the shining palaces and towers of Constantinople gleaming in the morning sun. At first view a mass of temples and human habita tions were crowded on a mountain side, and the gardens, cypresses, and pinnacles appeared to be thrown in the midst of them without regard to arrangement ; but we soon distinguished Stamboul and Scutari, and then we rushed by the Seraglio Palace into the mouth of the Golden Horn. Pera rose from the water's edge with the new marble image of the Sultan on the Bosphorus, and there we came to anchor, having Scutari behind us, Stamboul on our right, with St. Sophia, the St. Peter's of the Moslem, and a score of mosques with their surrounding minarets in full view ; and Pera surmounted by the Russian Palace on our left. The Golden Horn, an arm of the sea, was stretched out before us, clasped by a bridge, and filled with the shipping of every clime ; a sight, in all its parts, of such extraordinary elements of beauty and grandeur, as the approach to no other city i . n the world presents. No wonder that it has been besieged twenty-six times ! No wonder that every conqueror who comes in sight of it covets it and resolves to have it. No wonder that Nicholas longs to transfer his palace &con the frozen borders of Finland to this encha4tiOU zone 1---Letters of Immo. THE "REFORM* ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sxn,—The annual report of the above body mentions, amongst its other successes, tie result of the town's meeting on Parliamentary Oaths ; and I think that, con sidering that the majority of that meeting consisted of a picked corps of Irish Romanists, fresh from the classical regions of Fontenoy-street, Marybone, Vauxhall-road, &c., who cowardly created an uproar during the speeches of Dr. M`Neile, &c., but were as quiet as lambs during the speeches of Messrs. Simon, Earle, and Rathbone, that the " Reform Association" deserves every credit for their sin cere attachment to "civil and religious libeiltYr Your readers are probably aware that it was these Irish gentlemen who attacked, and almost murdered the Rev. Mr. Wolseley in 1851, and who have, at various times, almost caused the death of several scripture readers, which, I suppose the " Reform Association," had it been in existence, would have considered as " Triumphs of liberal principles over tory bigotry." Hoping that this patriotic body may ever enjoy the sympathy of the Roman Catholic " Bishop" and clergy of Liverpool (and none else).—l. remain, Sir, yours respect fully, O. W. M. Liverpool, 21st April, 1854. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. W. Alford, M.A., Curate of F)lke, Dorset, to the Rectory of that parish. Rev. R. Cage, M.A., to the Rectory of Rathconnell, West meath. Rev. J. R. Crowfoot. 8.D., to the Incumbency of South wold, Suffolk. Rev. C. H. Ford, to be Junior Curate of Sedgefield, Durham. RN. G. H. Faussett, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Ox ford, to the Incumbency of South Littleton and Middle Lit tleton, Evesham. Rev. H. J. Garrod, 8.A., to be Chaplain of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary. Rev. E. Gilson, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Wanley, near Brentwood. 110. E. B. Hawkshaw, M.A., Rector of Brampton Abbotts, to be Organising Secretary for the Society for the Propoga tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in the Diocese of Here ford. Rev. R. Hughes, 8.A., to the Curacy of West Bagborough, near Taunton. Rev. R. T. Jenkins, Vicar of Mydrim, near Carmarthen, to the Incumbency of Llanginning, near St. Clears. Rev. J. Keeling, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's Church, Lisson-grove. Rev. B. Lee, M.A., to the Curacy of Woolley and Barham, near Kimbolton. Rev. E. Lewis, Curate of Llanllecbid, Carnarvonshire, to be Diocesan Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in the Diocese of Bangor. Rev. J. Macbean, to be Chaplain of St. Andrew's Church, Colombo, in the Island of Ceylon. Rev. W. Marsh, M.A., Vice• Master and Senior Tutor of Trinity-hall, Cambridge. to the Vicarage of Wethersfield, near Braintree, Essex. Rev. M, Mitchell, M.A., to the Vicarage of Kirtling, near Newmarket. Rev. J. P. Murphy, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Holy Trinity Church, Preston. Rev. C. F. Norman, 8.A., to the Rectory of Portishead, near Bristol. Rev. G. A. Poole, M.A., to the Curacy of Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield. Rev. F. Reade, 8.A., to the Incumbency of the new Church of St. John the Baptist, Hove, near Brighton. Rev. W. L. Sharpe,. 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's Church, Whipoingham, near Newport, Isle of Wight. Rev. I'. Sikes, M.A., to the Vicarage of Chevening, near Sevenoaks. Rev. J. Sparling, M.A.., to the Rectory of Eccieston, near Chorley, Lancashire. Rev. S. W. Steedman, M.A., to the Rectory of Fyfield, near Andover. Rev. A. Tatham, M.A., Minor Canon of Southwell, to the Incumbency of Halam, Nottinghamshire. Rev. J. H. Theodosius, M.A., to be Chaplain of the Stafford Poor-law Union. Rev. G. D. Thomson, M.A., to the Incumbency of Queen borough, Kent. Rev. .1. B. Vale, M.A., to the Curacy of Theberton, Norfolk. Rev. E. Whitehead, M.A.. Rector of Godmanstone, Dorset, to the Ministry of Laura Chapel. Bath. DIOCESE OF CHESTER. CONSECRATION.—Christ Church, Claughton, in the parish of Bidston, which has been for some years past open, by license, for divine service, is to be consecrated by the bishop of Chester on Monday next, the first of May. VACANCY.—The rectory of Eccleston, in the county of Chester, by the death of the Rev. Richard Massie. Patron, the Marquess of Westminster. Value £403, with a house. ORDINATION.—By the Archbishop of Armagh, at the Cathedral, on Sunday, the 9th inst. :—Deacons —T. D. Barlow, A.B. ; C. L. 31:Clean, A.B. ; for the Diocese of Armagh. H. Hutchinson, A.B. ;C. C. Boomer, A. 8., for the Diocese of Chester. Priests—E. J. Gaussen, for the Diocese of Armagh ; J. 31:Laurin, for the Diocese of Clogher. DR. SHORT, Bishop of Adelaide, who is at present in England, is making arrangements for the establishment of a new bishopric in Western Australia, the seat of which shall be at Perth. CAPACITY OF CELEBRATED CIIIICHES.—The following is the comparative capacity , for accommodation of the most celebrated churches in Europe :—St. Peter's, Rome, 54,000 persons ; -Milan Cathedral, 37,000 ; St. Paul's, Rome, 32,000 ; St. Paul's, London, 25,000 ;- St. Petronia, Bologna, 24,000 ; St. Sophia's, Constantinople, 23,000 ; Florence Cathedral, 24,300 ; Antwerp Cathedral, 24,000 ; St. John, Lateran, 22,900 ; Notre Dame, Paris, 21,000 ; Pisa Cathe dral, 13,000; St. Stephen's, Vienna, 12,400; Cathedral of Vienna, 11,100 ; St. Peter's, Bologna, 11,400 ; St. Domi nic's, Bologna, 11,000 ; St. Mark's, Venice, 7,000. ELECTION OF THE BISHOP OF SALISBUILY.—A special. chapter of Salisbury Cathedral was summoned on Saturday week for the purpose of proceeding to the election of a bishop of the see, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Edward Denison, deceased. After the usual formalities had been gone through, Mr. Hamilton was elected without a dis sentient voice. It is stated that the consecration will take place at Lambeth on the Ist of May, being the festival of St. Philip and St. James. CHURCH PREFERMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—The Right Rev. Dr. Carr, late Bishop of Bombay, has accepted the Rectory of Bath at the hands of the trustees of the late Mr. Simeon, of Cambridge, the patron. The Rev. J. Brod rick, who has for the last fourteeen years been rector of the parish, announced his resignation in vestry last Mon day, and stated that the late bishop, in his anxiety to become useful in the church, had accepted parochial duty. The annual value of the benefice is £750. HORTICULTURE. STOVE, GREENHOUSE, AND CONSERVATORY.—The tem, perature of the plant stove should now be 70 ° to 80 ° by day, and at least 5° less at night, and great care must be taken in admitting air, as the cold winds which still prevail, if admitted without due regard to the now tender vege tation, will prove highly injurious ; however, no opportu nity of safely ventilating the houses must be neglected, and, for this purpose, choose the middle of the day, when the sun is warm. Water regularly and thoroughly, ex cept in the case of newly potted plants, which do not require so much water as those whose roots are filling the pots. If the green fly has made its appearance, smoke the houses thoroughly, for neither health nor beauty can exist with that pest. FLowErt GARDEN.—Annuals may still be sown, and a second sowing will be required, as many of those already sown early will have been killed by the cold dry weather. Begin to harden off the rooted cuttings of dahlias, verbe nas, salvias, &c., by giving a little more air to the frames containing them. KITCHEN GARDEN.—The main crop of cauliflowers may be planted out on sheltered borders. Sow carrots, salsafy, scorzonera. Continue to plant potatoes. Cuttings of sage and rosemary may now be struck, and the seeds of thyme, savory, &c., should be sown. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1854: aIIESILTRE AND WALES _-,----- MR. TrromA.s WRIGHT and Mr. Samuel Jones ir e ,,,.,a rec4l . Ou., . Tuesday elected churchwardens for the district of .... I tb it_i r eheTe ci mere. MESSRS. FAWCETT, PRESTON, AND CO. hav e ' l i .. e le•• .. k ~, ,e d taken a large plot of ground fronting the Bir'.' e b e iler s'tittd ' Great Float, where they are about to remove their ~, e at %alp., cc establishment, and to erect conveniences for fittio, ett:saler raw' ,kowi the numerous steamers for which they are now b i 41. A2r , Of If t ' u t engines. HOUSE ROBBERY.-The house of Mr. Alex a i n ef , ,kr.i; Oxton-view, Higher Tmnmere, was entered 0 °,,,,,'' f a left 1 ,, .11'tfe day night by the parlour window, which !mu -- hoo t rilig u de n c f a a m st p en ed ed , ; vi a t n h d athelatrghieevqesn,anatftteyr raneacking tbe . .,4 g e oh. i , o f va l u able w e '''" - nor, apparel and other articles. bills,'o If ki rt I CAUTION TO BILLSTICKERS.-A poster of • ger %eb', 4 ' l Rafferty, was summoned before the magistrates Of 3r e hie Ne i llk head for following his avocation on a Sunday el g r klee "l having been previously repeatedly cautioned by the s a v e t g. sY ro i intendent of police. The chairman (the d'hia l r,„,th 0 1 Fielding) said it was a monstrous offence, and order' f° ° TESTIMONIAL to pay costs. 0, rel llll TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.-The fitters in ~.e e bie ', , DIAL., -11 presented a ' 3l ' l3 )lr- 47' A of the Birkenhead Gas Company have presen e t, ,1 Ito, time-piece to the manager of the fitting departure ,tera. 4 4 . 11 William L. Otty, as a token of their respect and e' t ...eoll Nt}:, (l PREPARATIONS are making for the public celebri,o, S tf r of the majority of R. M. L. W. Bulkeley, Esq , at l 'e ter Nei i °4 maris, on a large scale. ......1 for - 11 4 th THE Commissiorrires of Rhyl have advertise-i, fed k ell v , ders for the erection of a Market-hall, which will '''' - irard.' convenient and commodious edifice. e a 1)1 7 tle '' FLINT.-The electors of Flint have been addresAbol Or' the Hon. Thos. E. M. L. Mostyn, of Mostyn, in th e P ; e pre' I,N Q : interest ; his father, Lord Mos ' tyn, who hitherto wt2oo - the county, having succeeded to the neerg v ,;h' Z l, llt WILLIAM ELLIS, schoolmaster and John 'l7ige.l freof r smith, both of Harlech, have been' committed t° ' - ‘ , 5 50' llles, gaol for two months, in default of payment of the a° theo Lu g costs, for concealing the elephant's tusks forma by "' 4 k 4 . k, ,e, on Harlech beach in August last. ~ing 1 06' 47 4t 11 r FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD. -On Tuesday reo.---,. - Li t e 0 t m. 4 11 officer in Grange-lane, observed a quantity 01 V`",, ca y 0 Cell i 8 , issue from the roof of the house of Mr. nig . '" e f 'o4 Ohl Whetstone-lane, and it was discovered that one They 1 1),kept upper rooms, a door, and a large box, were on fire; ; „ 0 0' Vie b bexo e t i x n inc g go a nnti p aah l i en nede t d i b ful supply of water, the conflagr' w " l'b e 'Die w ef e o a re rin m g u a c p h par d e a l ma , of the servant girls had accidenng,dtleyitwiiasgrus s ' u t sP ed usP°sta t ieu-115tbelt :ZN4':'ll 1 1' 'IQ with a candle. re 6 tl l.i!e t SEVERAL HOUSEKEEPERS have determined OS v iite 1, -,, t I , a testimonial to Inspector Birnie, of the Birkenb e L i d„ li t4 l ll . , force, for the promptitude and ability he recently a' - ',. tole 'put in the capture of Thomas Wilkinson, whom be,,,,.'11 1. the wine cellar of Mr. Davies, of the Angel 11 - 1 ,,, - ;V r ' 1,7_ , Thursday morning. The culprit was a daring; house,,'":,lerA" who has been plundering the inhabitants fora e t " - kltgi l ble time past. t he VESTRY MEETING AT WALLASEY.-012 Tue S r kp CIO! 1 annual meeting was held in the parish chur ch ; was occupied by the rector, the Rev. F. II gg ett: - lo ll' tp lt 'Z accounts for the year were read by Mr. Chant 11a1 h.riit, afterwards adopted on the motion of Mr. Wm,' Chi F . ,,, , seconded by Mr. Ellaby. Mr.. J. C. Ewart and 3 "- r so delf l l tt qt bres were then unanimously re-elected clinreb',„" ere ct irr and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the e r r orv i i t ... separated. The majority of the parishioners 3 '. l , l e ,Dev °. rt t ? dined together at the Boot Inn, under the pre p ' 4 ° Mr. John Coventry. ee tia r e ti 4 BEBINGTON PARISH CHURCH.-At the vest* . ni 0° !l ad on Easter Monday, the rector occupied the Clair: pro' 1 1 , churchwardens presented a detailed report of thertiditel. jh ceedings during the past•yea.r. The accounts wer e :d o',,Z q by John Deane Case and George King, Esqr s .; 3- P A 'V unanimously passed, with thanks to the waree ° , s i, 50 - w u t l rector re-appointed Mr. Henry Neild as his war" ; se° 0 the vestry appointed Mr. John Lightbound. After i i' q of thanks to the rector, the meeting terminated. fet 1 ( CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWA.Y. - m le ii vr 4 • ` s ae rvi tr 4c ' ''lt the week ending 16th April, 1854, was as f° :.. b °l; Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £2,36: 3 -i e ot kl l t tt l, steam=boats, £364 9s. bd. ; total, £2,726 lbs• tra gic,l d ' l''' 1 4 1 £l3Ol 3s. 4d.: total, includi g Carnarvon cot' ill; rail, £4,027 18s. sd. ; steam-boat, 064 95 , is Tes fft i ", ; i,,i responding week last year, per 'rail, £3,` 22 fZas - . 7° . kle per steam-boats, £282 15s. 10d. Increase, 0 1 " ":„' o che i , f N RIOT.-The Ann Foster, which had received Pt"t wee' St cargo in Liverpool, put into the Birkenhead Doeltirea el° Ze l to get machinery on board. The labourers who ba . ,,‘'ee P e n a' . :NI gaged in the first instance would, it was SUPP ( W": 'y s ilb i l - ,1 11 1% li t mitted to complete the cargo ; but to this the 1 3 „. 0 the y o L men objected, and threatened the Liverpool me° I ' e ast ll ,,, r ' 01 not desist they would have recourse to extrem e ' ll , l es" - _,,,,, 1,1 Intelligence was conveyed to the Police-office, 9° ' :saw" ,„11 was despatched, whose presence frustrated the iii - Of' of the malcontents. JO , `4 „ stet . 81 1 °„. 0 0 BIDSTON PLANTATION ON FIRE.--On E.-- 4. 13i10.. I; ('', ' , 4 the extensive plantation of Robert Vyner, Esq. ,3 " irrb ifr 'l' 4 was discovered to be on fire. The co nflagr 3 . t r'eaeq. ittl commenced in the east part of the plaritatioat ea le', ,{l l spread to the west, the sparks igniting the gerse.oooCa," :, t ;i ston Hill, which burned with great fury A n d i the t`" ..' number of trees and shrubs have been destroy of the 'Pi e k having extendetifor about six acres. The tot thee', 0 is not known, fire only circumstance ten ding' fore t he 6 ' l'' light upon the matter being the fact tba t h e plan W wi T cho d ml i i si th o l v tTeci e T r AL e p d ip. three men were seen to lea' e , t b e eatio d li 9 , ,, 1 \\IIV Ir ' OF A HOUSEBREAKO* --111°InaS o °l , l 14 • I son, and Mary Ann Parkinson, were br °ught 11P ° 4 4 mand, at the Birkenhead police-court, on TuesdaY, C 4 . 6 1 4, with having committed a number of robberiCO, 0 p cn township, most of which were perpetrated at nig b- I. ° ' male prisoner was apprehended by Inspector ~,,, ~, _l3 , iro o f S o f e ' i' l l the Ed previous Thursday morning, in the wine cell"' eph 1 ,, Edward Dav t ie a s kt , eong of ientht t o h er e e7 A atn n odd g y el athia ll er o g t e el, n a n n ra d benitt t r he it It : I h . , opffrisenodenersr was s ived same mor , f 0 ~4 tickets relating to property which was identifi,,peu "° fr e ' t/ been stolen, was found in their possession. 1 " . " . 1 4 committed for trial. „Atl rt THE NEW GRAVING DOCKS AT BIRKENIISA-Price fl • said that the leases of the land fronting t be i r - qie ce- el, i Birkenhead to Mr. Laird, Messrs. Clayton and f op let j a gun, and Messrs. Clover and Royle, have bee° `soe, itt e'" e and contracts entered into with Messrs. L e e e ' the t " - ,,er 1 Freeman, of London, for the execution m„i," the J' 1 .,,,1 1 graving docks and other works connected " ° ThreP . hi, t by shiuilding yards. The plans have beer r o ar - t o ' b au y p en. Mr. n t Jamesend e 11 cAe b a e n r d ne t t h h a y t , o a r nd ir w . . i iv ll ebigehe:xraecauritl,e°soi e i gi j i , e , 1 1 the corporation. The ground is now being get -of "' tv e a few weeks we may expect to see a large IM D : oe rst i .. ,ll men busily employed, and when in full "toa g '"" P 11. benefit of them will be felt through the whole .-,,eleberoe Birkenhead, and ensure the location of a larg e , "I'be u tlio industrious mechanics in the neighbourhoo°' whic,' pletion of these works, and also of the doe' c oon t tY present dock trustees have undertaken to nea tly about two years from this time, will add g t iff prospects of Birkenhead. BIDSTON VESTRY MEETING. - The 0 1 SY. i a ster a r l , s f. . meeting was held at the Parish Church on Present-Sir Edward Cust, Bart., Rev. Vi• a le . . ' l ' tc' R Stubbs, Mr. Henry Bell, Mr. Rimint,reps'&lo! Hind, Mr. Dobbin, Mr. Maddocks, Mr. bioA;re' l. wardens, one-half A long discussion took place as to the desilthe 011000 the of as the ratotewan, and d p i o t f w C aa la ug un h a t n o i n nw eq 3 c e d cc: p u t: d in e ; ratepayer of Claughton being appointed one,teete, cl j OA° Mr. J. H. Hind, of Birkenhead-park, shom,„ r ela` r ge r ' a im nd po M rt r a . n Ha t au m b p je s e o t n, w o aa f S d a e on the part of Claughton as one of the e5, 1 " - et ll p e o largr meet of the burial-ground attached to P t- g e r a l ' ugh dded an u , po th n e , o n th ani er: ,ev it st b;elar c if e ler do for which purpose Mr. extend had granted a o d t o . g irlc,,i l/. ground, which would the present gr ° l the Yllow its size. It was found that, in consequence 0 , Oil t he head Cemetery Bill of 1844 precluding r,l4luebt°„flilitisl places of interment in Birkenhead and "" - i , (St• "' a ct c '," t only burial-ground for members of the Chat., e-1 ,, pr° Sr e ig , e . 1 , - , the Cemetery being completed for many was filling up very fast, and there being l',. s " to e ° n - asL Y ea aera ti°- arbe would shortly become a very serious coa, s' ~r id Cls,. o°_,, how and where the dead in Birkenheaa 31-oves'l'6oP7 were to be interred. The great addition, n i l a tfr: irb e: i ? about to be made in Bidston Churchyard w- pieb - har w e. considerable relief to Claughton and the °- - A "ye as every ratepayer of Claughton is eat' rV ° dio s 'tied t° 0' et place there. The meeting broke up soon a ft ' e su na 3l and various of the officials adjourned to the 0 0 ' e t at Ring o' Bells." I. wor ltuj ik,e ° KITCHEN COURTSHIP --Geo e Scow, ke 5 1 1 0 pv t ployed at the railway), was broughtrg UP of 110404a' the Birkenhead Police Court, on a charge. o.. , ° " o Icc e kef h e i.g concealed in the house of the Rev lc' i ` - ielii , s itio t i ; The complainant stated that on Tuesday 11-- , a ioa - oi gsl " o'clock, he was in his study, under the ira9rf, - „e. to a servant girl had gone to bed at ten o 'e''`; - a ne „ 10 0 4 heard Mrs. Prince call out for the gir being returned, he went into the kitchen, ' w ho o 6 ' 4 'o oo , the servant, from whom he could get ° ° o,o o , aoc' reason for not being in bed. He was ab °l- ; l ip boa T T.oo, ) , e , the girl still further, when he perceived a e a the 1 ) . ie tm, partially open, and on looking into it he fona bo wa,,, r concealed. The delinquent explained messes the 14 house for the purpose of paying his addru':lAilli! l ''', if, i ,' and not for any improper reason. The CO?f ° ,,, e .ofb e e e d, '',,; ever, detained him until the arrival of a i ds re leas ~,a, the oti t - e j te a took him into custody. He was aftervi_,,a r ''.o Mr. Prince waiting upon him at the ra'',"Ot tre". 4 o . . d e g prisoner would not make any apologY, , - , ( 1 the r a tia - i , a whole matter as a joke. The magistrate said thewa6-eit had committed a very improper act, but there, ho ' liege e , to show that he had been concealed' felonious intent.-The complainant did ' I altD ° ., jiois intentions of the young man wore ProPqr'i l omige_i 9 said that he intended to the girl• --- ' " e eo -V' marry • t was . t he .et fication urged by the prisoner was, that i , o ici aO , o'clock when he was found. -The mug be n00;00 did not matter, and ordered the offender to re ties ' , wo 0° 00, to keep the peace, himself in £2O, and t a bio c ierV; each. ..,Frida y le tl) GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL. --01' ~b y ti r , piece of plate was presented to Mr. Ba d ' fe rrY , , 60'4' captains, and men employed at Woodsideappoiatey. ja, in tbe o ; i eelifle I: i t occasion of his retirement, having bee% Colaf.o. re ° oe tart' to the Canadian Steam Navrgatio, w aito 0 ,,,i0 j , we , ~ 3 0 five P.M., the men having assembled wh iner , l e. ,ii . 0 at Woodside Ferry, Mr. Nicholl, treaSstiog ot_ A 0 .i.,1_,,, speech, presented the testimonial , corditee e cgr g°°.,"iuse r ;ef some silver cup, accompanied with the /toe:00. of all the subscribers and bearing tr l a te ' o eir ' fo e tion :-" Presented to 'William Rudd, Ds..q:', al l& , il O 4,, Woodside Ferry, by the clerks, canstriolLoy ot_ 'i ia g ' er , ~ fee dee , ployed in that establishment, as a te a g0 0 ‘• il tel , o oT' preciation of his uniform kindness ? hs su peri th e 4 0 0 01 Woodside, April, 1854." Mr. '-' u e a proof if u r a r tfiC" wards them during the many y for such a substantial and unexpect as he b al , o f 5 0 ,4 good feeling that existed, eseeeilt w ith a° e t iolee' t ' a irl ej of eight years carried ou his duti . „ ro ws, „a 0 b ot ears of -tba"k.-- ea the c e 4) OA, D o ubtlessA L ' ao a put l i e ast e )1 0 '., discipline, and, to fart under suclith'' for ryZotli o ece i most gratifying to lum• notoriety respecting its manageT e to the t_V j oa a. ~„ ferr / 5 the credit was not due to him, L'un all oecas' o f ta`',eoai, he had found the men to give nno, be we ifoFe. o ,a - 0 1 , and those connected with the or king , iic , opr,tor ever continue to do so. He also . vi a a . 0. otS oil ' tit) . " ot , always felt deeply interested in li c.hig of ity r , J ° ,,esr e e ` 4 , Hind, who was present on the c:c of ~, g o aef ie The chairman of the committee, T" warm in his congratulation o, to be the first on every occasion _ . , 10 0 0 r T UE 4 r ,‘-.. '----: ) ,,. q4R G.E , c IRELAND. The Limerick Chronicle states that the Attorney-Gene ral Brewster is forthwith to be placed on the Irish bench. TRINSPOBTATION. — On Wednesday last, 250 convicts sailed from Spike Island depot, in the Amazon, for Ber muda. William Brooke Kirwan, convicted of the murder of his wife on Ireland's Eye, was one of the number. TIIOMAS MAGUIRE, a coal porter, whilst in a state of _ intoxication, jumped into the Liffey on Monday, after his hat, and, having gained the prize, was unable to reach the shore, and lost his life. DUBLIN GREAT CATTLE SHOW.—The annual exhibition of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, poultry, and agricultural implements, under the auspices of the Royal Dublin So ciety, was opened on Wednesday, and it is generally allowed that it is in all respects the largest as well as the finest show of the kind which has been hitherto held in that city. The Exhibition building, together with the large court and yards of the society, are crowded with stock of all kinds, and of a truly superior quality. THE EiODUS.—The Mayo Constitution states that the flight of the population from that county, especially those of the " comfortable farmer " and artisan classes, almost exceeds credibility:—" Daily tens and twenties pass through this town on Bianconi's cars and Wallis's vans for America and Australia. To the latter country the emigration is comparatively small, but to the former it is beyond belief, which, of course, is owing to the encouragement by the remission of large sums of money by those who have for merly emigrated from this country to their friends here." COMMITTAL OF BANKRUPTS FOR THE SECRET RE move'. or PROPERTY.—Considerable excitement has been caused this week in Derby, by the discovery that property, consisting of silk, cotton ' furniture, and various articles, the property of Messrs. Robson and Son, silk manufac turers, who have been recently adjudicated bankrupts, had been removed and secreted. It appears that in the month of February last the above-named firm found themselves unable to meet their payments, and submitted a statement of their affairs to their creditors, with the view of inducing them to accept a composition. The younger Robson went himself to London, to endeavour to carry out an arrange ment, when an assignment for the general benefit of the creditors was proposed. On his return, it appears that both he and his father immediately commenced the removal of property from the silk mills and their dwelling-houses. Difficulties arose in the way of carrying out the assign ment, and a petition for adjudication of bankruptcy was filed in the district Court o Bankruptcy against them on the 17th of March, which was at once opened. Rumours came to the ears of the official and trade assignees, that at once induced them to institute strict inquiries about the doings of the bankrupts for the month immediately pre ceding the bankruptcy, and it was discovered that silk had been offered for sale under very suspicious circum stances. The Burton road was pointed out as the direction in which the goods had been removed, and after a long search, an unoccupied house was discovered, which, for the purpose of concealment, h a d b e f ore one o f th e w i n d ows a piece of bagging nail e d up opened, and property as a blind. The window was to a considerable amount discovered. Another search was made in a house in Macklin-street, and more silk discovered. A special court was held on Saturday, at the residence of Mr. Commissioner Balguy, at Duffield, and, by adjournment, at the Royal Hotel, at Derby, on Monday and Tuesday, which resulted in the discovery of more property, and the remand by the Mayor of both bankrupts for felony Witil Tuesday next.---Per4 Mercury,