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London, England, 1852-05-05 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY _EVENING, MAY 5, VP.

(Hear, hear.) I have never found fault with the 1210-
lives of those who proposed to.deprive me of the power
of bringing in.a all on this subject.—(Hear, hear.) It
was a proceedinz, I believe, quite without precedent.—
(Hear, hoar.) Daring the tirne I have sat in Parliarnsrlt
I have known no suca precedent. I did not hid fault
with the motives of those who did it; but because I.
on the second reading of this Bill, opposed it, it was said
that my motives must not be with a view to the de-
fence of the country, but that they were party motives.
hear.) I deny such as interpretation of toy.
con:lact.—(Cheers.) It is a gross misrepresentation
of what my inten'ions were ou the subject —(Elear.) I
can hardly speak on this subject without saying that the
Ri.T,ht Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, and some Gen:lemea on the other
side, have most fairly adireszed themselves to any argu-
ments I have used.--(Hear, hear.) have nothing•to
complain of on their part; and With regard to the Right
Hen. Gondeman the Secretary of State nothing could be
more fair than the manni3r in_ which he met my argil.
moat.—(Bear, hear) I Pvim, as the matter at present
stands, I think it better that this
.House, havinggo into
decided
in favour of the principle of the
should
Committee, and no alterations should be mule that are
inconsistent with the general intentions of the Govern-
rnent.—(ilear, hear.) I cannot say I take a very san-
guine view of its efficiency; and I think it will be found
necessary, probably at the noMmencemeat of the next
year, to review the whole sulej.±et of the defences of the
country.—(Hear, hear.) I think •it probable-.—withailt
any view to bur divisions on the-Subj,ct—that we may
arrive at a system of defence that noay be perhaps bet-
ter than the local militia I propose, or'tho regular militia
now proposed, and by which we will be all
satisfied the
country is sufficiently defentled.—(Elear, hear.) I am
afraid you will find the Bill in its operation, while it will
be obnoxious to many eotnplaints, will not give such'a
force as you can rely upon; hint I do
not think that in
the present session you will -be able to determine upon
such a foree.—(Hear, hear.) I think it better that the
present Bill should pass, and in the next session we can
consider the alterations:that ihouldiee made, and the
means by which we can best, ato,nd it.—(Hear, hear.)
If I should prove to be totally mistaken—if 50,000 or
80,000 efficient men, on whom military men can rely for
the defence of the country, can-be Obtained.
I shall be
glad I was mistaken; but iF, on the contrary, the gene-
ral sense of the House shall be that we are not secure,
I trust we shall have some other and more efficient mea
sure.—(Heer, hear.)
The House divided, when there appesred—
For Mr. Cobden's amendment
Against it...

or to.ftny reservoir the whole of the water from which
is distributrii through district mains or pipes for other
than domestic purposes.
Clause 3. From and after the 31st day of December.
1855, no iviLter shall be brought or conducted within the
metropolis by any company for the purpose of dorwstie
use, otherVvise than through pipes or through covered
epoducts, unless the same shall be afterwards tilte,cd
before distribution.
"Clause 4 is to the following efr.ct: —From and after
the 3t)th day of Auguit ev,..ry company- shall eff?ctnally
filter ail water supp?ied by them within the metropolis
or domestic use before the same shall pass into the pipes
for distribution.
Claine 5 states that three months before any com-
pany shall reArt to any now source of supply, such
cornpany,shall give notice in writing thereof to the Lords
of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plan-
! tations hereinafter called the Board of Trade, aed there-
.upon, within one month after receipt of such;notice,' the
• said Board of Trade shall, if they think fit, appoint a
competent person as an inspector, who shall report with
respect-to any sources then authorised by' Parliament,
whether the directions of the special Act have been e )m-
-plied with in reference thereto; and with respect to any
new sources, not authorised by Parliament, whether the
same ere capable of supplying good and wholesome water
for domestic purposes.
"Glance 6 provides that the inspector so appointed
shell, within ten days after such appointment, give
notice in writing to the company thereof, and of the
tirns at which he proposes to visit and inspect the
sources.

`" Clause 7 directs that the Board of Trivia shall,
within 21 days after the receipt of the said inspector's
report, rend to such company with respect to any such
new sources of supply ❑ot authorised by Parliament, a
certificate in writing of their approval or disapproval
thereof ; and with. respect to any ench sources as shall
then be authorised by Parliament, a notice in writing,
stating whether in the judgment of the said Board of
Trade the directions of the special Act have in reference
thereto been complied with.
Clause 8 specifies that in certain ewes the matter
may be referred to the Attorney-General.
". Clause 9 provides, that if at any time complaint as
to the quantity or quality of the water supplied by any
company for domestic use be made to the Board of
Trade by memorial in writing, signed by not less, than
20 inhabitant householders, paying rents for and sup-
plied with water by the company, it shall be lawful for
the Bard of Trade, at any time within one month after
the receipt of such complaint, to appoint a competent
person to inquire into and concerning the grounds of
such complaint, and to report to the Board of Trade
thereon.
_ _

... 76
••• ... 285
Majority against..
..._209
Oa the question that the Speaker do lea-ve the chair
for the House to go into Committee on the Bill,
Mr. HUME blamed Lord John Russell for having
counselled the passing of a measure which he himself
had stated was inadequate to the purpose for which it
was intended. For the Opposition to yield to the Noble
Lord's advice was to place themselves in the same boat
with himself, and that be (Mr. Home) was not prepared
to do. He should. therefore, meet the *notion 'with a
direct negative.--(0h, oh! and divide.)
Mr. GIBSON asked the Home Secretary whether it
was not possible to go into Committee pro forme, with
a view to introducing another Bill, which should' com-
prise the whole of the militia law in one enactment?
Mr. WALPOLE could not answer the question until
he knew what the Committee might do with the amend-
ment of which notice had been given, to omit the com-
pulsory clauses of the Bill.
Mr. BRIGHT asked if it *as intended that the 80,000
men who were to be balloted for, or who entered the
militia as substitutes or velunteeta, were to come under
the provisions of the Mutiny Act, "and be subjected to the
punishment of flogging whilst in training?
Mr. WALPOLE—The Hon. Gentleman would ex-
cuse him-if he declined answering the question until the
Bill went into Committee.

" Clause 10 stipulates that the person so appointed
shall, within three days utter such appointment, give
notice thereof in writing to the company; and after such
notice as aforesaid he shall have power to inspect and
examine the waterworks of the company, and to inquire
into and concerning the grounds of such complaint, and
the company and their offi.;ers shall afferd all reasonable
facilities for such inspection. examination, and inquiry.
" Clause 11 fixes the penalty for any person obstruct-
ing such inspector in the due prosecution of such inspec-
tion, examination, or inquiry, at any sum not exceed-
ing 101,
Clause 12 directs that if, after receipt of such re-
port, it shall appear to the Board of Trade that the said
complaint is well founded, the Board of Trade shall give
notice thereof in ceriting to the company.
" Clause 13 provides that if the company shall fail to
remove the ground of complaint, the matter is to be re-
ferred to the Attorney-General.
" Clause 14 makes it compulsory that every steam-
engine, furnace, or other work in which coma shall be
consumed by any company for the purpose of the water-
works, shall be constructed on the most effectual prin-
ciple for consuming its own smoke.
Clause 15 provides that after the expiration of five
years from the passiag of this Act everp company shall,
subject to the provisions of the special Act relating to
such company, provide and keep in the district mains
already laid down, or hereafter to be laid by them, a
constant supply of pure and wholesome water, sufficient
for the domestic use of the ,inhabitants of all houses
supplied by such company, at such pressure as will make
the water reach the top story of such houses, but not
exceeding the level prescribed by the special Act of such
company.
Clause 16 provides that it shall be lawful for any
company from time to time, with the approval of the
Board of Trade, to make such regulations as shall be
necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing the
waste or misuse of water."
Tha document concludes with a clause interpreting
the terms employed in it.
The question of rates and tolls is to be determined in
relation to the peculiar cases of the respective_oompa-
nies, to be inserted in • the several Bills.

Mr. COBDEN thought that, before the House was
called upon to go into Committee, his Hon.- Friend had
a right to learn from the Home Secretary whether' he
intended, by the provisions of the measure, that those
who were balloted or who came under the provisions of
the Bill by volunteering or serving as substitutes, should
be subjected to-martial law whilst in training, and
punishment of the lash.
Mr. VirALPOLE'S belief was, that according to the
provisions of the Act 42 George 111., chap. 90, the
when embodied or enrolled, was put for the time
under martial law ; of course he meant by that expres-
sion under the Mutiny Act.-- -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex-
pressedat]. Member for Montrose
a hope that the
would withdraw his motion.; but-.
Mr. FIUME declining',
The House divided, whelk:there appeared—.
For the motion 219
Against it B5
Majority for the motion —.134
The House then went into Committee pro forma, Mr.
BERteAL in the chair.
Mr. BRIGHT hoped the Government would not
hastily press forward the measure to a further stage.
The- urgency of the measure was not proved, ed;and he
be
thought that any further stage of the Bill should
postponed until the country had tine to declare its opinion on the subject.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the proposition of the Hon. Member was most pre-
posterous. The Government had been urged from day
to day to expedite the business cf the house, and what-
ever other business might be on where any doubt of its
importance might exist, the Militia Bill was that bust-
nes!), for the preponderating opinion of the- House was
decheeid in support of the importance of the measure;
and now the Hon. Member wished them to fix a remote
day for its next stage, and for what purpose? Not to
discuss the merit• of the Bill, but to agitate the country
upon it—to go about the country agitating the public
miud on it—a course which was most unconstitutional.
',weed, then, of fixing a distant day, he should, in con-
formity with the general opinion of the House, take the
liberty of fixing Thursday next for proceeding with the
Committee.
After a short conversation in which Colonel Sib-
thorp, Mr. Fox, Mr. Walpole,
and Mr. M. Gibson took
part, as to the necessity of expediting the progress of
the Bill as proposed by- the Chancellor of .one Exche-
quer or of postponing it as urged by the H. Member
tor ifanchester,
Mr. HUME suggested, as a
middle course, that Mon-
ti. ay next
of the Bill should be the day for -resuming the considers-
Mr. NE WDEGATE combatted the proposition for
delay, as wholly uncalled-for and unnecessary, the mea-
sure having beer. already 80
long before the House.
Mr. COBDEN repelled the
imputation of the Chan-
cellor of Exchequer, and warned the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman not to repeat that tone to Hon. Members on that
(the Opposition) side of the Heinen.. A charge of agita-
tion come badly from g
bad once before •been hlembers opposite. They
Pe9sed to them on a national
question, and they couldheet charge him (Mr. Cobden)
or his friends with want of forbearance on that occasion;
but if they agitated the.country, it would not be for the
purpose of reinstating on the Treasury bench men who,
immediately on their entering Upon office,
principles which they professed in opposition.
Tne CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
abandoned the
there was n misinterpretation, which had batter be set
right at once. The Lion.
Member for Manchester
wished for delay in order to appeal to the country, and
he wanted to know what that meant, if not to agitate the
country. He did not charge
the-Hon. Gentleman with
wishing to agitate; he drew it not as an inference, but
as the natural conclusion from his own words. With
reference to what had fallen from the
Hon, Member for
the West Riding, he begiTed to inform him that ho (the
rat
Chancellor
on the politics Which
equier) was, there to put into ope-
side of the house.—(C ere .)
h had professed on the other
After some further i d
seession, the 1101180 resumed, ,
The CHAIRMAN reported
progress, and obtained
leave to sit againou Thursday next.
Thu Mrr. RU
MX
da
the
be then mOved that Monday next, instead of
Y ,y
fized for proceeding with the
sda
Committee. .
The s Houe emotionedwhen there appeared—
For .the
Again" 31 it -• • .
103
Majority •• , 72
The-Meuse again divided on the motion that the House
For the motion
do resolve itself into Committee on Thursday next.
105
Against it ..•
e; 29
Majority
_76
Adjourned at Twenty.Mi
—"lee Past Two o'clock..

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,—On Monday the 3d, the Secretary for the Colo-
nies moved to bring in a Bill to grant a Representative
Constitution to the colony of New Zealand. The Tories
aro evidently bent on taking the wind out of the sails of
the Whigs, wherever they are able; and the present
afforded a brilliant instance of their talent In that re-
spect. It is quite true, that they found nearly all the
features of the Bill sketched in by their predecessors;
but the style of handling was what they had the genius
to make their own. Instead of a snarling, grumbling
kind of process, having the air of looking about for re-
cast-silts for the sake of a wholesome stirring of their
bile, they cintrived that all should go smoothly as a
wedding-bell. If there were disputable questions of do-
tail, they produced them as such, with professions which
could be insincere, of their sea liners to submit
them to acnicabk. discussion. On the (Trout point of all,
in comparison of which questions of First Chambers
and Second Chambers sick back into the pigeon-holes
they were taken from, they spoke like men who knew
that fortune hsd thrown into their hands the task of lay-
ing the foundation, of what rosy honestly turn out to be
a world supremacy. If there b 3 one thing especially
revolting to the man who has stut?ied his country's his-
tory and mankind's, it is to hear a "snobbish" and
furacious individual prating about " the Anglo-Saxon
race;" when the known feet is that the country in
which ho speaks, is to a greater extent than any other
in the universe, an agglomeration of all races and all
divisions of the one blood of which were made the na-
tions of the earth. The Whigs have let the• Tories
snatch from them the grand experiment of amalga-
mating a race at the Antip odes into supporters of the
British Crown, and thus striking into the principle
which alone will enable us in the next century to hold
our own against the offspring of oar negro-drivers. Con-
sult Defoe, and see how many bloods went to the com-
position of the " true-born Englishman." Why should
not a dozen more be added to the list, bringing each the
dowry of a province, or some a quarter of the globe?
Can any mar tell, for instance, why India, or Africa, or
the Antilles, should not, by something like the contrary
of policies hitherto pursued, be studded over with popu-
lations of swarthy Englishmen, born to the climate, and
boasting, like the Jew of Tarsus, of being citizens of
no mean city, under a wider than Roman rule? Of a
surety, if thero be truth in theology, the Romans will
one day stand up with the glean of the South, and de-
mand of our whole string of Colonial Secretaries to
show whether they have come up to the Roman mark,
and given to races at the world's extremes the same fair
play that was given to our rugged ancestors. Oae single
thing bars the vast preepeet open to a true statesman's
view;--the brutish instinct of race the vulgar roan
shares with the rat miscalled of Norway, prompting him
to see in all who differ from him by a shale of colour or
a cast of fur, objects for blood-sucking instead of ma-
terials for a country's political and commercial great-
ness. The Americans have deeply sworn, within the
life of man, which is threescore years and ten, to place
an American army behind the Horse Guards, and haul
down the " flaunting bunting" on Windsor Castle; and
they will do it too, unless " Amalgamation" can beat
" Non, Amalgamation" in the race. It Is easy talking
about the friendly disposition of the Americans; but
this is what is in their popular mind. America
means to "annex" you; and if something is not
done, she will. It must have been highly amus-
ing to Transatlantic slave-breeders, to see the zoil
with which John. Bull on his late alarm from France,
exclaimed " America will help us." If she helps
you, it will _be) as the feeder helps the swine, to
make bacon of the whole hog afterwards. It is not im-
possible, that the scene which Heaven's scene-shifters
aro now raising before the audience of the world, is a
struggle between the old and new English, to settle
whether the more backward races of the earth are to be
raised by the agency of the first, or tracapled on by the
other. It is difficult to say what the expectation of ex-
istence of a Colonial Seeretary may he; bat the man
may wri 'to " Vixi,',' who has had the opportunity of lay-
ing his band on so magnificent a cause.
The Bill was ordered to be brought in, with a una-
nimityl and general applause which have been rarely
witnessed. It is great pity but it hail been brought
in and carried through by somebody else. But what is
n
to be done, when men have not the gift of what artists
call "getting things out of hand?"
On moving to go into Committee on the Militia Bill,
Amendment The
f
getting tthhan on the
moped
this, must have been ved to call for certain retue hoperns
.
only
good
a r
waseasonfo
greater proportional division
former occasion. Instead of which, an adjournment was
moved, thereby sending
useless or
all who might think the adjournment
_y
b 291 to 68,
ill-
timed; the whole ending in being beatenf
the former divi-
to the other side the votes of
which is more than 4 to 1, instead o
do not call this making an advaneteiao
Militia Bill
was
On Tuesday the Amendment
sion of 315 to 165, which is less than 2to 1. Tacticians
with a majority of 219 to 55
negatived by 285 to 76;
sincerely,
I am, Sir, yours rery D REFORMER.
AN OL
and the_°_l32,ill carried into Com-
mitteeßlackheath, May 5, 1852.

The Hon. W. E. DIINCOMBE paired against Mr. Cob•
motion, with Mr. H. D. SEYMOUR in favour.
Colonel CH ATTEATON paired off against Mr. Cobden 's
EIOLEFIELD.
motion, with Mr.

LY

PIE TR.OP °LIS!
WATER SUPP.II .. of the
Yesterclay,'after 70 days' investigation, committee
of tho House of Commons adopted
tae Water
t ilowing code of
law for the future regulation of
and public supply of the metropolis. Tho companies
east of this
inquiry is estimated at the rate of 1,0004 , day, includ-
ing fees to 20 counsel, parliamentary
LI
aie„se.
S, solicitors,
conferences, publication of khOrthßnd notes,
es, and other
,h
matters. The provisions are understood to be satisfae•
tory both to the promoters of the Government measure
and to the various water companies, Whose Bills will now
be gone into seriatim by the committee. The Bill of
the Chelsea Water Company is now under considera-
tion, and there are ten others to be taken,
0 wing, it
is stated, to the determined opposition of the compel-lies
the provisions are totally different to those prop ,
osed in
the Government measure as originally brought in.
" Whereas it is expedient to melee provision for se-
curing the supply to the metropolis of pure and whole-
EOM rater, and otherwise to make further and better
provision in relation to the water supply of
the metro-
polis;
be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most
Ex-
cellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and commons, in
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
cf the same, as follows:
" Clause 1. From and lifter the
coman to
1855, it
shall not be lawful for any p y take for the sup-
or of any part thereof, any
ply of the metropolis, wwer
from any part of the river Thames below Teddington
Lock, or from any part of any of the tributary rivers or
streams of the river Thames below the highest
point
where the tide flows it such tributary rivers and streams
respectively. -
" Clause 2. From end after the 31st day of December,
1855, every reservoir within a distance in a straight lin,
from St. Pistil's Cathedral, in the city of London, of not
n:Ore thee five miles, in which water for the supply of
the metropolis, or any part thereof, is stored or kept by
any company, shall be roofed in, or otherwise covered
over; provided always, that this. provision shall not
extend to any reservoir, , the water from which is sub-
jected by the company to efficient filtration after it is
discharged from such reservoir, and before it is passed
into the milks or pipes otthe OgraPanY for distaatiwa,

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MAGAZINES, &c. (CONTINUED;. I . NAVAL INTELLIGENE.
BL A CK WO OD. His Grace the Duke of Nerthemberhind, First Lordof
Attractive, perhaps, b:yond almost any other sub. the Admirelty, heid a levee et iiihirehall yest d ' ct
er ay, and
jest was attended by the follotilw.:: effiz.cr:-....
jeet that coul I lea just now selereed ra the theme of :
a magazine centribetioe, grid is the subject of the Captaie,—Charlas Smith, William L. Castle, Philip
Jusaec, Thotnae Fisher, Canee H. M. Buckle, Thomas
first article in Blackwood for .1114 y—" Gold: its Ne-
,Frencis Birch, Thomas W. Carter, Harry E. &igen,
rural and Civil History." Evidently wthten through- ,
.ed George 51oubray. Commanders—Thomae C Sher-
out with much refisetion and after very considerable wic G. Caswell, John A. L Wharton, Robert' T.. research, the met. will eminently repay perusal. ford, Jetties Wood. M. Done:lan, John Powney, Tr,
Scarcely lees interesting, end, in a literary sense, itn- . Robert J. ()away. George Woodhowe, Lord Francis J.
measurably more valuable is the F econd essay in the Riosill, and F. P. %Varlet.. La utenantsa-M. Rodney,
number, an appropriate review of the " Life of W. Visa:., R. G. White, J. Rainnier, W. A. R. Lee, G.
Niebuhr," the most adventurous of all plea. 0. Willes, and H. Hannan,.
loloeists. ' Full justhie is done by the writer neer-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., held a levee yester-
to Niebuhr's profound and various erudition, and LL,y, which was attended by the following officers:—
Caatains-11. Dunlop, H. E. Edeell. Thomas Fisher,
what is yet more—to his ardent and comprehensive
Villiern L. Castle, John Powney, KAI., Frederick T.
imagine' ion. A rather euperfieial but genial biography
Michell, F. D. Hastings, M. Rae. and A. Murray.
of " Tho:nas Moore" startles us by commending
r Cummine J. Wood
what to our thinking is, of all his worke the one of Commanders—Arthu : e.
_,
.. , C. T. P.
Newten, R. T. Bedford, E. D xoui, 1 ley.itell C. Michell,
most questionable merit, his "Lire of Byron," but J. Whehten, and George Caswel . Lieutenants—John
in the writer's final o• • the •t• ' .
pinioe upon posi ioa as- ii,i„ni„ 0
11-11,, and NV A. R. Lee. Surgese
sumed by the bard of Ireleed in literature we most is'l Master—Frederick R.
Card.
NiNiadria, M.D. Second cordially egree, an opinion declarieg th A "Moores
future fame will depend on his National 211elodios." ltear-&:miral Sir Phipps Hornhy, K C. 8., held a
h ulwer Lytteu'e " Novel" par exeellehee io levee at the Admiralty yesterday,"and it was attended by
called, the following Mils:era:—
as it approaches its close, becomes
more than ever enthralling. There is a Captains—W. L Castle, IT. E. Edgell, C. H. M.
wisdom worthy of La Bruy ere in that "Initial Buckle, Henry D. Trotter, and Henry T. B. Collier.
Chapter" in which the latent operation of Hate is no- Commanders—Arthur Cumming, Henry Hire, T.
ticed as among the most peculiar char Chaloner, H. Dixon, C. Mieb il. J. R. Rennie, and
characteristics of Peter Cracroft. Lieutenants—J. Bainnier, A. B. Hodg•
" E eglish Life " now-a-days. Almostadmirable
_ as kin3on, H. Moore, J. White, Justus B. Kooystra, R. Lil-
this chapter is the lament pronouncedover
the glory borne, and B. M. Noble. Masters—J. Brown and P. P.
of Bond-street, long since departe 1. _ Our friend Cotter. Surgeon—P. Ni drier M.D. Mate—P. Blekis-
Squire Hezledean, accompanied 1::(
Y Parson Dale, too. Paymasters and Pursers—J. Doyle, O. Walker,
arrives in town, and his arrivalportends ill fortuneand It.
to his fine •hearted scapegrace of pa
son , Frank, Dr Marsh.
Morgan, the benevolent homeeonatV ' * D
a- - WI ' turns up " e ORTSMOUTLI, TUESDAY.—The Queen, 116, Captain
again as in gratuitous attendance on the Squire's Wise, was to have come into harbour to-day, but it was
cousin, Captain Higginbotham. Poor Burley—big deferred till to-morrow, when she will come alongside a
John Burley—the strong man of genius ruined by the hulk, and her officers and ship's company will be turned
very robustness of his vitality, the creation over while she is in dock.
which of all others in the fie:ion does most A court of inquiry was held on board the Conflict,
honour to the head and heart of Bulwer --(verifying steam-ship, to get at the circumstances attending the
bursting of one of her boilers, by which four men,
his assertion in the explanatory epilogue to .Arot so stokers, were scalded to death, and another so severely
Bad as we Seem, that he is "proud of his order")— injured that
C. 8,,
life is noth. Setcpron.oun‘led safce.amCsapt.
JOHN BURLEY, henceforth the companion picture to Henderson
DAVID FALLEN—dies. There is a noble pathos in and Captain Wa.r'dennofetihme;Reatpribtuintionollecsomposel the
the description. Leonard, who has discovered Burley court. Whether the' result will bo accent-martial or net
through the charitable medium of Dr. Morgan, is, of we have not yet learned.
course, at the death-bed ; and with the demise of poor The Birkenhead's affair will be divided ieato two
Burley the present instalment terminates. Audley courts-martial. The first will be on Mr. Richards,
Egerton, by the way, stern man of business though masthrhs assistant, and four men; and the second on the
ho is, living even in the iron moil of public life, remAasiwniengetaotffiedcers and crew.
yesterday,.a court-martial will be held
wins upon us strangely in these later chapters, being on
n charges
preferred
only less loveable than that most gentle and the Conflict for come insubordination.
sdtbltho second lieutenant of
chivalric of all the characters penned by Be! wer— The Count d'Aqulla, admiralaottfonii tnfeiidealpolitan fleet,
Harley L'Estrange. The bad genius of the story, a brother of his Ma'esty the King
Rendal Leslie, becomes, we feel convinced by premo. expected ad day. The Vietotv's hsrgoaphease hag been
nitory sensations, more and more involved in the web wmitiug to attend on Lis Royal nighties:, as was been
of his own spinniog. One glimpse of him, obtained the Sprightly steamer. He had not, however, arrived at
in ch. 10, b. xi., is in the streets of London at mid- half
t pastie cluck,Vf(i)cutroro''s a a dwaliteH. tehealnifde-lines were removed
night, when the author exclaims, in eccents pecu- from
to ComuiodOre-Eien, are expeetei,iactutebnant Gore,
liarly his own, in their touching and almost solemn of the commander-in-chief, who has invitetd° the he lieu-
beauty —" Solitary amidst the vast city, and on governor,the a aura -superinten ent, and a large
tenant- d . l ' d
through the machinery of Civilization, went the still pa-ty to meet the Count.
spirit of Intellectual Evil." Leonard, in the end, we Tao Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, sailed from
feel assured, will gain, as his wife, Helen, and liar- Spithead for Chatham in the night, to be paid off.
ley, Violante. "Oar London Gemini: sioner" is scarcely The Edinburgh, 58, steam gunnery ship (screw), has
as emusing in his second as in his first contribution begun rigging its the steam-basin. Her steam was got
—doing justice and (although it is expressed in up to-day to try her boilers and engines.
the language of absolute panegyric) only justice to DEVONPORT, MONDAY.—The Rodney, 92, Captain
Charles Mathews, the most consummate artist and the Charles Graham, C.B, arrived here yesterday, from
most perfect of all actors, as a light comedian. Be- which she is above 100 short. She will proceed to
Finder," Maga contains 'a
e, Portsmouth, to complete her complement of men, of
sides some graceful verse Cork from this port, to join the Channel squadron.
- entitled "The Gold-
pleasant notice of Mr. Cork
Amazon came into the Sound yesterday, in coma-
Angus B. Beetch's last book, under the h • of
heading parry of the Rodney. She is to come up harbour to be
" The Vineyards of Bordeaux." In this -"
contribu-
tion peat off.
we revel in the condemnation of that most The Britomart brig, Commander Heseltine, will be
loathsome of all fruit the olive. Speaking of inspected by the Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir John
such titles for books as " Claret and Olives," Ommanney, G.C.B , teeday, and will in all probability
" Wine and Walnuts " (a capital old gossipping sail on Wednesday for the coast of Africa.
work by the way, and nut as the reviewer The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, still
in Blackwood supposes, with " the wino corked and waits the arrival of Sir Charles Hotham, who was ex-
the walnuts wofully shrivelled"), as "Nuts and Nut- pected here yesterday. In the event of his Excellency's
arrival in tam©, the Vixen will sail on Tuesday for the
crackers," as " Grog and Biscuits," " Sherry and 8r4,15.
Cheroots," "Alcohol and Anchovies," " Tumblers
and Talk," "Ale and 2Esthetics," or " Beer and envrlTEtSoDlthYo.—BrSsizruC n:arrlreiiv li
heredOth atn , tchsteenr
jewly-apvia tod
'Batty"—we wonder no mention was made of "Cakes this )(Tuesday) afternoon in the YVixena3et'eaamn sails.sloo p,
and Ale," a production better known than all together, Commander Bereurd.
and written moreover by one of Maga's own contri- Sir William Bennet, head of' the naval medical depart-
butors. The number closes with a political argument Merit, is now at Devonport on an official visit.
upon what is called " Tne Democratic Confederacy.', Wcoeween, MAY 4.—Trident, iron steam-vessel, is
now in dock receiving Mr. Bocciue's composition for
protecting iron on her port ride; and Mr. Hay's, which
has hitherto most succe.ssfully beaten all other compe-
titors for this purpose, is to be tried on the starboard
side.

AINS WORTH.

After the customary chapters of " The Lancashire
Witches," by the editor, we have some exquisite and
heart-born verses, from E. E. M. K., entitled " The
Birthday." Among the continuations are additional
instalments of the "Florence Hamilton" of Miss
Julia Addison, as well as of " Velthines" and "The
Confederates." A rather wordy, but still graceful
contribution, is the " Page from the Domestic Life of
Pompey the Great," by. Mrs. Edward Thomas. "The
Fatal Phial," or what is absurdly entitled ft tail
of horror of Haverstock Hill—calling disagrecabiy
to mind locker's ho7rible murder of Delarue—ii
sheer extravagance. T(:m Hood might have made
the incident laughable in the "telling," but Charles
Vtrnet seems not to unders'Aud even the significance
of his mother tongue, calling a rieglecel field " a
mausoleum" fur dead cats and dogs ; as well call a ditch
a cenotaph, as a field a sepulchral building or mauso-
leum. S. W. Thornbury has a rude but spirited
metrical piece, called " The Jockey's Song." The
rest of the number is of average merit, and, in stmc
instances, of more than average mediocrity.

The Driver steam sloop, Commander Charles R.
Johnson, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday afternoon,
and will ho p,id off here on Saturday next, having been
in commission since B,!ptenaber, 1849, on the Pacific,
station. She has brz.ngl3 home two eagles and two con-
Lis frem South America.
Tire Violet, Lieutenant-Commander H. P. Jones, sr-
rived from Dover on Sunday aficrnoon, and was taken
into the. ly.sin to-day.
The cui.ison Res rem I%d frcm the entrance of the
basin to (1.4, and towed d.)ven to the East deck, where
i is to be lengthen( d 9 fee*, the entrance to the basin
having b:un orderA to be widcucd t) that Extent to
neirn4 the AganannEen, 90, sNlitn that vessel is launched
on Friday, the 21st inst.
Uirst class Assistant Engiorer William Achindachy,
second class As-..iitant William Robinson, aed
third cla-,s Assistant Enigecr Joseph Gillard, to the
Porcupine rteatn-vessO, at Porsmouth.
ActiLg third CIE!. 33 gunner Pt.illip Turner, from the
Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, to the Porcupine.

COWES, is'LL OF WIGHT.
(mom 01.13 OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
THE COMPTON. BAY WRECK.—The Dutch barque
j,pare, on adore in Compton Bay, was hove off yesterday
morning about balf-past tea o'cleek, and at half-past
one, when labt seen, had been warped ne.rly half a mile
out to the vuth-vrest; but the was still in shallow water,
and as the wind bad shifted to the S.W. (right on),
the Rose cutter, the only vessel in sight, c uid be of no
uASUITIW. The barges and Mesas. White's life-boat
have returned to Cc.mo. 11.;c1 a steam-vessel been em-
ployed the ship w.ultl have ben here also. A steamer,
Her nejesty, has b,en engaged to go round for her to-
morrow morning. Some folks had made up their minds
to break the good ship up, ard even v li!t they were to
4ive for her; but Proviiancl has dm eppennted them.

l:ct.,
COURT CIRCULAR.
The Qacea‘ and his Itoy.:1 High,,,," Princ
attended by theCountel.% of Cnurlernont, the lion. E!es_
nor Stant,v, the 1-Ic.m. Mende Paget, Lord Polwor,h,
Lrd Charles Fitzroy, and Li utr lionant-Colonel the n.
,!. Gordon, honoured her iViejesty's Theatre ioas Atb evr
ifig with their presence. 1-1,,r 11-,yal Ilighr:essth:sl.)ruhcehaot:
~tlifßeat,httanded by LTly Anna M tri:t Dawson,
Jio tioneurd the performance, at Li. Mai
e)uttc,.y,n, on
out
,nt
His Royal il,ghneis Print,,, A iiiclt r,L6iii:
se
with her pre:Knee lust tvenin;:.
13.,ek leaterday morning, atte id Al by
-hCoorslo: e
nvl Hon. A. GordAn
'I he r 1?..yal Ilighnusei the Prince
prinec-ss IZoydl, I r nee Able:, ,i_ti' 'ee of WaleP, the
attended by Mr. Gibbs, it,v,e;t.d f.' the Princess Alice,
earth in Leicester-squian, N , - ,-" ilrge model of the
-_. • c't"."sY morning.

A deputation fro's.l IILi), 0..4444:1ag of Mr. A. Ban-
nister ( "tayor of Llu'ei). Mr. lErrisou (Si-.eriff of Hull),
Mr. Herry Eknc it (+,`eal:prim: of the Town's Com-
initte,), Mr. W. IL P, r. J . Middleton, and
Mr. Holth.r, ltz:d interview with the Right Honour-
able J. W. Henley, ycstPrday, at the Board of Trede.
Mr. Mco:e ha.l an interview c-:ith the Earl of Derby
yuLterday, at hiu official residence in Downing-street, on
the subj,ct o preserved
A thputation had en interview with the R;gbt Hon.
W. 'lenity and Lord Colchester yesterday, at the
Board of Trade.
Mr. Watson Taylor had an interview yesterday with
Sir John Pakingio. at the Colonial-office.
A deputation headed by Sir Benjamin. Hall,.
and Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.,
the Earl of Dcrby yesterday.
with the Right
Mr. G. F. Young had an interview
had an interview with
alinonin.tJer.vWiew. HweniltchT
th the
yesterday. Right
Hon.
N.
Gewendteigemataenhaadt alsotit e
Board of Trade.
day from the Governor of GI
Dispatches were received atb rteitaCr.olonial office yeeter-