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APRIL 12, 1852
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went round from E. to S W., which 1 think Nas
enough to lose any ship."
I beg to remain your obedient servant,
Portsmouth, April 7. G. H. G.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.—ln conversation with se-
veral of the passengers, per Propontis, from the
Cape of Good Hope, I have been informed that the
general impression is, that the melancholy accident
resulted from a variation of the compass, for the Bir-
kenhead was presumed to be steering at least three
miles outside the rock on which she struck. That
part of the coast on which the Birkenhead was lost
was first surveyed in 1818, by Commander Walker,
of the Dispatch store ship, who carefully examined
the coast during 14 trips along the S.E. coast of the
Cape colony, and made a chronometric survey and
chart from the Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay.
Captain Walker gave his name io Walker thy, and
also gave its name of Puint Danger to that projection
of the land, in consequence of the reef extending so
far off. The same coast has been since surveyed by
Admiral Owen with a surveying ship. The coast is
well known, and the awful disaster must have arisen
from deviations of compass, occasioned by the local
attraction of the iron ship, which were in all proba-
bility erroneously corrected on Professor Airey'a
principles. The loss of this steamer has created a
deep sensation in the community here, many of whom
are related to the unfortunate officers and crew.—
Shipping Gazette.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
Another reception of the public in the Crystal Pa-
lace was accomplished on Saturday ; and again, for
a few brief hours, some thousands of persons were
scattered through its vast and desolate aisles. Whe-
ther influenced by the sanguine hope of preserving
the fabric, or by the regretful expectation of its
speedy removal, the same unflagging spirit of admi-
ration seemed universally to prevail. The chances
of an unfavourable issue to the natural desire to re-
tain so brilliant a memorial of those triumphal scenes
which have so lately been the all-absorbing topic,
invest these later visits with melancholy anticipations
of a possible farewell. So thoroughly is the display
of 1851 associated in every mind with the building
itself, that the acres of vacant flooring suggest, even
to the most unimaginative, the recollection of what
has been and is now past. Whether the fame of the
Crystal Palace is to rest upon that recollection, or
upon the realization of Sir Joseph Paxton's winter
garden, will in a short time be finally decided ; at all
events, its applicability to the purpose of a sheltered
promenade has been tested with unchallenged
success ; and although attempts to disparage may
have given it the name of. the great glass greenhouse
in Hyde-park, it by no means follows that such a re-
treat would not be most agreeable during the preva-
lence of the bitter east winds with which this metro-
polis is so favoured. Next to the genial temperature
which prevails in the Crystal Palace, nothing more
forcibly strikes the observer than the completeness
and simplicity of the arrangements for drainage and
ventilation. Although their ingenuity has been fully
detailed, it may not be out of place to remark that
they are comprehended at a glance, now that the con-
tents of the building have been removed. Perhaps it
may partially be attributed to the absence of obstruc-
tions to sight, and greatly to the paucity of attrac-
tions, which before lured observation from less inviting
subjects. It certainly now presents a very different
scene. The transept is clear, excepting a solitary
fountain, a refreshment counter, and a few seats and
tables at the northern end. To some of the doors at
the principal entrance were affixed bills, announcing
a sale, to commence on the 26th instant, of several
powerful boilers and the steam-pipes which supplied
the motive power to the machinery. From one of the
pillars on the right, where the transept is intercepted
by the nave, hung the original and very pleasing and
interesting water-colour drawing of Mr. Louis
Haghe, which is to be published on the Ist of May
next, representing the transept and the principal re-
freshment court, with the magnificent trees, which
even now are budding, and were when taken, in full
foliage. The picture was greatly admired, and cer-
tainly forms one of the prettiest of the views of the
Exhibition. Underneath was one of the views of the
building, as proposed to be altered for a winter gar-
den, according to the plan of Sir J. Paxton, and to
which we have before referred. From another
and immediately opposite, depended a set of drawings
of the interior of the Exhibition, by Baxter's oil-
printing process; and here, too, crowds of the visi-
tors lingered to congratulate themselves on having seen
the reality which in these drawings is so truthfully
delineated. In one corner, ranged in rows, were the
watering-pots used for eying the dust; and in
another, an array of brooms and buckets, companions
in idleness of the 350 flagstaffs, all of which miscel-
laneous properties, including the flags of all nations,
will assuredly be applied by new owners to household
purposes, unless a fever to possess relics of the Ex-
hibition spreads rapidly amongst a discerning public.
There are twenty tell-tale turnstiles marked for the
coming auction, to pass which thousands and tens of
thousands of pounds, in shillings, hare been so eagerly
and cheerfully paid. Mr. W. T. Best performed,
upon the organ, selections from Handel, Haydn,
Mendelssohn, Grann, Bach, and Mozart, between the
hours of three and five,' commencing with portions
of the Messiah, and concluding with the grand
Halleluj chorus. During that time the compti,ny
promehaddein'the nave, ascended into the galleries,
mapped cart the different- sections from memory,
looked curiously at the maze of pipes exposed to view
in the machinery department, and, in fact, followed
the bent .9f their different humours ; and as the
declining rays of an unclouded sun shone unim-
peded through the transept roof, gradually and silently
withdrew.
With respect to the means now being taken to ar-
rest the sentence of demolition, the petitions to both
Houses of Parliament, lying in the building, received
an immense number of signatures. At three o'clock
a general meeting of the committee took place in the
large room near the south entrance, and resolutions
were unanimously adopted to organise district com-
mittees and get up public meetings in various parts
of London, so that the metropolitan public generally
may have an opportunity of expressing their views and
opinions upon the subject. Meetings with this object
will take place in the course of next week. and on
Monday the 19th there will be a general public meet-
ing of the people of London.
For the country the annexed form of petition has
been suggested, and a great many already circulated
in various towns, cities, and boroughs :
" TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRI.
TAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants
of the borough of --,
" Showeth,—That your petitioners have heard with
great regret of the intention to take down the Crystal
Palace in Hyde-park; that they regard that structure as
the object of the world's admiration, and they believe it
to be capable of being adapted to many purposes of
public utility and enjoyment.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho-
nourable House to take such measures as will ensure the
preservation of the said palace, and its dedication to the
use of the public
" And your petitioners will ever pray."
The Commissioners have addressed the following
reply to a memorial of the local committee of War-
rington on the subject of the appropriation of the
surplus funds of the Exhibition :
" Palace of Westminster, April 3, 1852.
" Sir,—l am directed by her Majesty's Commissioners
for the Exhibition of 1851, to acknowledge the receipt
of the memorial signed by yourself on behalf of the War-
rington Local Committee, praying that the sums sub-
scribed to the Exhibition fund by the various provincial
towns may be appropriated to public objects connected
with the progress of art, science, and education in th.e
town from which subscriptions have been raised; iTelmin.
particular that the sum of 1501. remitted to the
bGeap.
missioners for the borough of Warrington may o_,
u
propriated to the building fund of the Warrington m
seum and Library.
" The Commissioners direct me, com-
to you, for the information of the Warrington
d
address©d by
mittee, the accompanying copy of a report
in reply,. to transmit
them to her Majesty on the subject of thhoo dis
y would more
posal of the
surplus funds in their hands;
especially call the attention refer to the an-
passages in that report in which r )by
of the to the
them, that all
nouncement originally put for a a
that the surplus should not be
subscriptions must be absoluhte and definite, and in which
they express their opiniont
limited,a partial, or local cha-
applied to purposes of a
*thhe teeappliestion contained in
racier; and they do not
in a position to comply wit
the memorial.
tend that it is likel ,
" to the statement advanced b
tny the corn-
With respectu
mittee, that they nd erscitate
the
erection of e surplus
fund will be appropriate
in 'or near London for the purpose of
a museum or
picture gallery
I am
.directed to.e
part acquaint you that there
has been no declaration on te
of the Commis-
sioners to justify such an opinion; that the enclosed re-
port is the only document relating
to the surplus that
exists; and that no other report on the subject of its
dispthal has been made by the...Conatnissioncrs.—l have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
EDGAR A. n
,OWIIING.
,snjunain Pierpont, Esq,,

The commander of the Janus, Commander Powell,
has been permitted to accept the Spanish ,Qrder of S.C. of
Charles the Third, and the officer
second in command an
inferior grade of the same Order, for their conduct against
the pimtekon 01° 1111"9.114‘
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tion and Civic degredation ; and Faret, CceurdiAr,
and Crassous to ten years' imprisoriment and•Viiie
)dt gredation. The Court ordereOhat the px!ecetion.
of the four persons condemned "ii6=;4t3attti"gliall take
place-publicly in the town of B4apialle*VAtae men,
on bearing sentence of death were, d---
Choumac exclaimed, " I will app4.11!..-)-„*dal and • ;
Pages stamped on the floor, and, pu@iiialieir hands
to their beads, cried, Ob, what p 'stab:Cl:or our
families !"

[PRICE SD.

EXCISE INFORMATIONS.
ALARM IN THE WHISKY :TiiiDE.—A very curious
question was brought before the sheriff ,substitute here
on Friday week, whereby hangs a tale, in which the
town of Crieff has acted a very prominent part. It
is said that information has lately been lodged with
the Excise that a distillery concern in that quarter,
which bad become bankrupt a few years ago, had
been largely involved in the purchase and sale of
smuggled whisky ; and eo systematically had the trades
been carried on that regular entries of the illicit
transactions were made in the books of the concern.
A summons was accordingly served upon the trustee,
at the instance of the Excise, for the production of
the books in court, on Friday ; when the agent in the
sequestration attended and pleaded that the books
formed part of the bankrupt's estate, which was per-
sonally vested in the trustee, and could not be sum-
marily demanded. As proceedings in Excise are
conducted under British law, the intervention of a
jury was necessary to determine the point iu question,
and Friday. last was appointed for the purpose. In
the meantime the rumour got abroad that legal evi-
dence of a long-continued and extensive illicit traffic
in whisky with individuals not only in Crieff, but
with several towns in this and the adjoining counties,
was contained in the bankrupt's books, and a
panic took place in the former place, as in-
tense as if some fatal epidemic had broken out. The
subject engrossed public talk for some days, and the
office of the law agent in which the innocent cause of
all this consternation was deposited became the centre
of interest to all who had had transactions with the
bankrupt. At an early hour on Thursday morning
last it was discovered that the office referred to bad
been .brokers into and the corpus delicti carried off!
This,. It appears, had not been a difficult work to
achieve; us the office was on the ground floor, at the
back of a house along which there was a thorough-
fare ; and upon a precognition the same day by the
procurator fiscal, an old woman who lives in a neigh-
bouring house said that being awakened in the course
_of the night, she , happened to look out, and by the
light .of-the moon observed four men with a lighted
candle leaving the premises with books under their
arms. The intelligence rapidly spread, and it was
soon apparent that a great weight had been taken off
the minds of the lieges, and the relieved feelings of
the community got vent in mirth and music, a band
perambulating the streets in honour of the victory
over informers and excisemen. Here the mysterious
affair rests for the present, so far as we can learn, or
until clairvoyance discovers if the tell-tale documents
are still in existence, or where screted.—Perth
Courier.

THE INSURGENTS OF BEZIERS,
A court-martial assembled at Montpellier on the
18th ult. to try the chiefs, fourteen in number, of the
insurrection at Beziers, department of the Herault, in
December last. The names and occupations of the
accused were—Peret, a distiller; Coutelou, plasterer ;
Salleles, cooper; Faret, shoemaker; Cceurdacier' con .
tractor for public works; Marine, landowner; Ores-
sous, agent do remplacement, militaire ; Lauren',
street sweeper ; Vidal, gardener ; Cadelard, stone-
cutter; Pages, tanner; allibert, alias Le Chat, far-
mer; Boyer, pavour ; Silvan, cooper. In the body
of the court were a quantity of muskets, scythes,
poignards, pitchforks, pistols, swords, hammers, sticks,
axe!, &c., &c., together with some clothes stained
with blood and dirt. The indictment, which was very
long, set forth the following facts :—Trie news of the
coup d'elat at Paris reached Beziers on the 31 De-
cember, and was announced to the population by pla-
cards of the authorities. It caused considerable agi-
tation. Some men known to belong to the secret so-
cieties, which for sometime before had existed in dif-
ferent parts of the department, went to cafés and pub-
lic houses, and there heid exciting language, calcula-
ted to inflame the passions of the people. The sub-pre-
fect and other authorities took measures for preserving
order ; the troops were ordered to be kept in their
barracks ready to act ; and a detachment of '35 men
of the 12th Regiment were sent to the sub-prefecture.
The next day, at an early hour in the morning, the
agitation became more menacing ; men in arms
appeared in the streets, and a meeting of the chiefs
of the revolutionary party was held at the house of
Peret. Presently a column of about 6,000 men,
armed with muskets, scythes, clubs, pistols, kitchen
spits, cutlasses fixed on sticks, and all sorts of weapons,
marched to the sub-prefecture. They uttered fierce
cries and brandished their weapons. The Mayor,
who had been up the greater part of the night, on
seeing the column pass, hurried to the Hotel de Ville,
-where be found every one asleep. Ilecauspf4defensive
measures to be taken, and then hastened to the sub-
prefecture. The sub prefect had also been up all
night, and had received alarming news from the
adjacent villages, especially from Villeneuve. He
had just before sent off some gendarmes to the latter
place to assist the Mayor in quelling an armed insur-
rection which had just commenced. Whilst the Mayor
was still in conversation with the sub-prefect a slip of
paper was brought to the latter, containing the
following words :
" ha the name of the Sovereign People, in the name of
the violated Constitution,
" You, its representative, are summoned to give up
your powers, on account of the violation of Art. 51 of
that Constitution, which declares that the President
forfeits his power if he dissolves the Assembly—and it
appears irons the dispatch placarded on the 3d that he
has done that.
" Deliberated in the public streets, this 4th December,
1851.
The sub-prefect's first impression w" THEasthartEothir."
do-
cument had been seized by the police ; but, on
leaving his room to make inquiries respecting it, he
found a deputation of three men waiting for him.
He asked them what they wanted ? and they said,
" We are the delegates of the people, and you must
resign at this very moment your functions to tous
and withdraw." " I hold my powers from a re-
gular government," said the sub-prefect, " and I
will not give them up to a deputation of the emeute."
" Do you count on your soldiers ?" said one of the
deputation. " Well, if you do, I tell you they will
not fire. They know as well as we do that the Con-
stitution has been violated, and that the people have
regained possession of their rights. Therefore all re-
sistance is impossible. We are ten thousand in
number, ready to march." "If I only had two
men," said the sub-prefect, " I would not hesitate
to get myself killed with them sooner than do what
you want ; and I ask you, if you were in my place,
would you do otherwise ?" One of the men, who
seemed much affected, remarked, "No; and, in short,
I should not be sorry to shelter you with my body
from a bullet." The sub-prefect then sent to the
barracks for au additional force, and called the detach-
ment at the sub-prefecture to arms. Shortly after a
detachment of soldiers arrived, and with the others
prepared for resistance. Some minutes later the co-
lumn of insurgents appeared, and the soldiers pre-
sented their muskets. The insurgents cried, " Vive
la ligne!" They were headed by some of the pri-
soners. Summonses were made in the usual form to
the ipsnrgents to disperse in the name of the law, but
they responded by a discharge of musketry. The
troops returned the fire. Eight of the insurgents were
killed, 16 wounded, and the others took to flight,
throa'irg aside their arms.; and abandoning their vic-
tims. Meanwhile other bands committed gross ex-
cesses in different parts of the town ; and one of these
band shot at and attacked with scythes two gentle-
men named Bernard and Vernhes—the former a
landed proprietor, the latter registrar of the Tribunal.
Bernard was so dreadfully injured that he died on the
spot, and M. Vernhes still lies in a dangerous state.
Some of the insurgents threatened a female, who
keeps a tobacconist's shop with death, and others
cried in patois, "To the lantern with her ! To the
lantern !" Meanwhile the troops turned out, and
attacked the insurgents with great vigour. Attempts
were made to form barricades, but they were pre-
vented ; and after a short resistance, all the insurgents
' were dispersed, and order was re-established. The
prisoners who had distinguished themselves in the
fray, or were known as chiefs of the revolutionary
party, were subkquently captured. The number of
witnesses called for the prosecution was very great,
Tney established all the important facts stated in the
indictment, end disclosed others of deep interest. It
was proved that secret societies existed at Beziers and
in the neighbourhood, and that the persons who were
received into them bad to take an oath to obey their
chiefs implicitly, and bound themselves to put to death
any members who should betray the secrets of the
society, or refuse to obey the instructions of their
officers. The obligations of the oath, administered by
order of the central committees, were that all the
means and energy of the members should be directed
to the establishment of a democratic social Republic,
but out of those societies there sprung up others, in
which the members were organised with a view to
pillage, and with an understanding that, in the event
of a conflict, the working classes should fall indiscri-
minately upon and massacre every man above their
own class, whatever might be his politics or his posi-
tion. The murder of M. Bernard, and the dreadful
wounds inflicted upon M. Vernhes, could only lE)
e
ascribed to the men composing these andsocieties,lnion
several of the witnesses declared their conviction
they
that these gentlemen were attacked, not
tbheecya
were of
were personally obnoxious, hut becausen
had re-
course of the trial that severalt P
the class of the bourgeoisie. trearsos
appear in the
ceived a friendly warning not
mto g pisred in the
the insurents
streets during the commode"'very
the fact that
person not gear-
had resolved to fire upont. ea
working man. That
ing a blouse or the dress P
the wit-
roved by
n by some of
a considerable number
pillage was intended
was
the insurgents were pro_
hich they intended to place ,
vided with bags, in w •
and cruelty of the insurgents
noises of the ferocity
ere horrifying.
inflictingmilnraesrVlYernhesw lyinTgheoynwtehree
the booty. The accounts Wive
not satisfied with death, but when
towards their yid
ere‘
M. .Hernard and
*alploring mercy, the wretches again
ground and
and one of them boasted after the
tired upon theim had shown his
cenflict that he into patriotism by plung-
ing
lcbfork the very bones of his victim.
ing hisPl
witnesses agreed •
All the
in describing M. Peret as
the chief of the democratic party at Beziers, and it
was proved that meetings had been held at his house,
at aebich the rising was determined upon, and from
which orders were issued to the different chiefs and
officera of the secret societies to call out their men
And proceed to a fixed place of rendezvous. Most of
the witnesses for the prosecution, however, expressed
an opinion that M. Beret was opposed to massacre
and pillage, and regretted the excesses which the
insurgents had committed. For the defence, several
witnesses were called for the purpose of proving an
alibi in favour of some of the prisoners, but the at-
tempt failed, and four of the witnesses prevaricated to
such an extent that the president of the court-martial
ordered them to be taken into custody with a view to
a prosecution for perjury. When the evidence bad
closed, however, the president had these persons
brought before him, and informed them that although
they had exposed themselves by their false testimony
to the penalty of imprisonment for life with hard
labour, be was disposed to take their ignorance into
consideration, and to suppose that they had been
guilty from a feeling of humanity towards the
prisoners. Ile would, therefore, order their dis-
charge from custody, leaving them to the justice
of God and their remorse of conscience. After
the pleadings of the different advocates for the
defence, and the reply of the commissioner of the
Government, the president, on the 29th ult., the trial
having occupied 11 days, ordered the court to be
cleared, and the deliberation commenced on the ques•
tions, one hundred in number, brought forward
the prosecution. The deliberation having closed, the
fourteen prisoners were brought forward to
their sentences. They were all declared guilty'ien:
Chomac, Vidal, Cadelard, and Pages weri3"o;er were
to death ; Peret, Coutelou, Galibert, and_
fortified place ;
sentenced to transportation in a trAusporta-
Sallelea) Iklarme, and Salvan to Simpi

WORKING MAN'S MEMORIAL TO THE
LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
So.,—The committee appointed at the public meeting
held on the 7th of August, 1850, at the Whittington
Club-room, to collect subscriptions from the working
classes for a memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel,
have closed their labours ; and the auditors having, on
the 6th inst., examined all the accounts, and certified
their accuracy, it may be satisfactory to your readers
to know the result.
Including the subscriptions begun at the Belvidere
Hotel, Pentonville, there has been received the sum of
1,7371. o.i. 6d., chiefly in penny subscriptions ; and
that amount has been paid into the Bank of England,
to be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, in the
names of three trustees ; and in the course of the
next month the committee will decide in what manner
that sum shall be employed, so as to confer the
greatest possible benefit on the working classes.
The committee have already decided that the, early
interest of the fund shall be applied to educational
purposes, under the title of the " Working Man's
Memorial to the late Sir Robert Peel ; and they will
spare no endeavours to render its application judicious.
It appears, on examination, that these subscriptions
have been received from upwards of 350 towns and
villages ; while in other towns the subscription that
Was commenced for this fund became sufficient in
amount to establish a local memorial, which the com-
mittee in every case encouraged.
The number of individual subscribers is about
250,000, among whom are English workmen at St
Petersburgh, who have contributed Si. towards the
fund. - -

The expenses of the committee for printing, send-
ing out between fur and five thousand circulars, and
answering applications for books, lists, office charges,
&c., amount on the whole to '295/. 14s. 91. up to the
present time ; and the committre intend to defray the
whole of that amount by contributions from their
own number, ant from other friends of the late Sir
Robert l'ed, so that the entire amount of subscrip-
tions collected shall remain applicable for the purposes
above stated.
A comvlete list of the names of the persons and
places from which subscriptions have been received,
and of the amount subscribed at each place, has been,
prepared ; and should there be funds sufficient, this
list will be publi,hed, so as to satisfy every subscriber
that his mite has been received, and will be applied
for the objects intended.
I remain your obedient servant,
JosEra llumE, Chairman of the Committee
Brvanstone-square, April 10.

of the
season
biiul
ROYALtriLpOofNtDhOo NseaYaoAnCo this CLUB.clobs
to
take
plaTceheonepSettetiteirgday, the 24th inst., when the commodore,
James Goodson, Ecoitf.,w.ill
Blackwall,ho at
tis
fflosogt:
yoonaillahooctak,radrnihtiss,
the vice and rear commodores in
yanadchatc,ettoirn.9
paAvnaileodnb,y
the War Hawk and blouse, will proceed to the new club
house, at Erith. The first match of the season is to take
place on Saturday, the 29th of May next, and i* for
y, and the course from
small•class vessels (not exceeding ten tons) only; tho
course is from Erith to the Lower Nape Point and back,
guineas
etahaefoprritzheos
suseeo second.
guineas for
steam
-boat
firstw iu
be
engaged
by the club for the accommodation of the members and
for will be
th itrhferiieant
gd
es; The second
vessels matchoni
Erith to Southend and back; the
guineas for the first yacht, and 10 guineas for the s
cond. The day is not yet definitivelPyrfiizxeesd:
be either the middle or end of June.

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
Tho usual monthly meeting of this distinguished club
was held on Wednesday evening, at the Plazzi Hotel,
Covent-garden. For the first few minutes the chair was
taken by Mr. Green, who,was quickiy succeeded by Lord
Alfred Paget, upon whom the main business of the even-
ing devolved. The minutes of the previous meeting
having been read and confirmed, it was determined that
the second and last match of the season should take
place on Saturday, Juno 12, entries to close on the even-
ing of the 2d. The secretary then read a communica-
tion from the Russian Consul, announcing the great
regatta of St. Petersburgh for June 27, in which royal
yachts of all nations are invited to contend for a prize
of 850 gs., the race to extend from Croustadt round the
Neva Island. The letter was expressive of the warmest
desire fur the St. Petersburgh Imperial Yacht Club that
gentlemen of the Royal Thames Yacht Club would ho-
nour them by entering the lists. The distance to be
eailed is 160 nautical miles. Lord Alfred Paget pro-
posed that the annual donation of 5/. be subscribed
a
by the club to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society,me
t the
proposal which it is almost unnecessary toeosra ye
Thames
Yacht
Club then appointed agent for the.
Wheelerßoy announced
seehltl
hearty concurrence of the club. Mr.
Royal
lGThamg
Club at the Isle of Man. Captain
f. superior aCOOLII-
pet ofena e n
tickets
othfatthtihseellattju,byasheaffdorbdeteougc,hfarortmerhedertobiazGcc,nomtlpany the races
stewards
and
other duties on board the steam-boat,
having beau appointed for
boat severalmembers
,
modation to members and vitsbitoorsr.ecei
meeting.
were elected, and others proposed for ballot at the next

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DESERTION OF A IN IFE BY HER HUSEAND.--OR
Saturday, at the Brentford Police-court, John Keeley, an
elderly and respectable-looking man, valet and courier to
Colonel Caulfield, of St. James's-street, was charged by Mr.
Lewis, vestry clerk and overseer of the parish of Isleworth,
with having deserted his wife, and left her chargeable to the
parish. It was stated that the defendant, who had been
courier to many of the nobility, and who was now in the re-
ceipt of as much as 2001. per annum, had deserted his wife
while she was on a sick bed. That he had not contributed
anything towards her support for many years, but she had
The de-
obtained a precarious living by going out nursing.
fendant now refused to allow the poor woman SI. far.thhi°i.
and said that she was well able to make her own livebileo.t
The chairman said the defendant richly desercedafouceru
should commit him to prison under the Vagra 11"
ment, and as he refused to make his wife any allnotir:o__
asb:
rogue and vagabond.
rn R {Tom nail steam.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDA.T.---ihe
team-
the Mersey at
and a
12.10 P.M. to-day, for Sew
York' wistherew steam-ship City of
ship Asia, .1 udkins commander, sailed°,
large number of passengers. '
sailed from the Mersey tills
Glasgow, Wylie commander.h%
i large freight of manufac-
afternoonThe e, au
cTit i
Pacific
cl
flail
ai
il
la
tured goods and 70 patseseeinng_esiii.p Bogota, Hall commander,
for Philadelphia, W.,.,
ship Company
.5
new es from the Clyde. ,She will be
arrived at this port ynes_day next for the Pacific., calling at
dispatched on V"d es and Valparaiso ;:and will take
'• Tanetro, out
Madeira, 1,10 , the above-named places. The Royal :Mail
mails for each of stone
commander,
with Mail
advices from
steam-ship Si the ult. Boston 0
York to the , ... 9 , to the olst, and tele-
7Cewhic expectedmay
tA ew lork, s
portlf to the Ist
graph
may be f:aitcldstoataerr,ive at this on Monday (this
ciao.) The
' mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye
c_ander, with advices from New York to the 3d inst., may
be looked for Wednesday morning next.
ITIGHLAND ROADS AND BRIDGES..-011 Saturday
the 38th report of the Commissioners on Highland Roads
and Bridges (presented to Parliament) was printed, extend-
ing to 30 pages. The whole of the assessments on the coun-
ties of Scotland for the 1851 amounted t
year amoun 0 ,
4 048/.
only, showing a decrease of G 551. Belo f 0190 of ;owe awl
1,746/. balow Ulm of lits.