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N°.18,582.] LONDON, MONDAY
APRIL 12, 1852.
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH
. AND PARISH OF LEOMINSTER.
Gentlemen,

Understanding 'that the only Candidate who asked for your sup-
port on Liberal Principles has withdrawn, I lose no time in soliciting
your. Suffrages.
You are aware that on a former occasion I gave way, rather than
theean exr
sfeolrns
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expose the Liberal cause to danger, • by dividing its adherents, and
conduct to
y
My claims are such as, whether I succeed or fail, my supporters
yinpersonal present
ambition.
cannot be ashamed of. •
Early convinced that the principles of Free Trade were founded
on truth and reason, I incorporated them with my political creed
long
before they received the sanction of the Legislature ; and at
present, when they are attested by the most conclusive evidence, I
owe that to call won the country to retrace its steps—to tax the
poor for the rich—and to create artificial scarcity in this over-
peopled country for the imagined interest of a particular class, does
appear to me an infatuation that the blindest disregard to the most
obvious facts can account for; but not at all excuse. • •
Any attempt, under whatever pretext, to impose a tax on corn,,
shall therefore meet my determined and inflexible oPPPliltim•
The hideous and disgusting scenes of corruption which repent in-
quiries have disclosed furntsh, in my opinion, the supporters of the
Ballot with an argument that is unanswerable. What can be more
shocking to every man in whose soul every spark of probity and
honour is not extinguished, than the means which it appears are re-
gularly employed in many places to obtain a seat in the great council
of the nation ?
To such means I never will haver recourse—if. the !consequence be
a perpetual exclusion from the House of Commons—to that exclu-
sion I will submit, for I was early taught to prefer the consciousness
of integrity to the most dazzling prospects of ambition. But to the
liberal and independent Electors of Leominst,r I oiler an opportu-
nity of asserting their right,•and of returning to Parliament a faith-
ful and fairly chosen Representative.
As I hope on Tuesday or Wednesday to have an opportunity of
explaining my sentiments to you, I will not enter into any detailed
statement of them. I was the advocate of Law Reform, and espe-
cially of Reform in the Couit of Chancery, long before such opinions
were as popular as they are at present lam as anxious for the re-
moval of Ecclesiastical Abuses, and for a better' distribution of the
Revenues of the Church, as I was when I last addressed you. Upon •
the question of Mayinopth my opinions have undergone a consider-
able
alteration. No man clings more tenaciously than Ido to the
great principles of toleration ; no man would more , shrink, from
speaking Kith disrespect of the creedof the Roman Catholics. '1 o
make the Roman Catholic citizens, those to wheal I most look up
have sacrificed all that could tempt human ambition ; I trust I
should imitate their example. But • I do not wish to see them
more than citizens—and recent events have satisfied me• that
to contribute to the support of Maynooth is to
_contri-
bute to the dissemination of Luorance, and to the . sup-
port of a tyranny over the minds of the simple and illiterate, exer-
cised by those who have obstinately- and pa,sionately resisted every
attempt made by Government to enlighten and improve the people.
I will only add that I am for the Aboddon of Church Rates; the
present :tate of our law upon that subject is scandalous to a civi-
lised people. In my opinion the Revenues of the Church—properly
distributed—are abundantly sufficient to repair and maintain ur
sacred edifices, without a tax which irritates a large and valuable
portion oh the community.
JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE.
Stafford, March 15, 1852.

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SHIP NEWS.

GRAVESEND, APRIL 11.—Wind S.E., moderst3 breeze,
fine clear sky.
Arrived—City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; Sir Ed-
ward Bankes, from Havre; Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt ;
Concordia and Ranger, from Rotterdam; Adonis, from
Bremen; Leon, from Harlingen; Fame, from Calais;
Elbe (for Hamburgh) returned; Gode Broeder, from
Norway; Persia, from Ceylon; Commonwealth, frOm
Calcutta; Panther, from Ostend; Seine, from Boulogne;
Isabella; Jeshna, from Hamburgh; Vicks, from Gotten-
burg; Ino, from Guernsey; George Anson, from Genoa;
Calista, from Honduras; Mangalore, from Madras;
Vrienden, from Manila; Dolphin, from Buenos Ayres;
Leila, from Cadiz; Queen of the Isles, from Rio Grande;
Napoleon, from Gravelines; Perla, from Havannah ;
Charlotte, from Port Adelaide; Governor M'Donald,
from Gambia; Edinburgh, from C=lcutta; Lucinda, from
Memel; Kate Kearney, from Africa; Charlotte, from
Port Adelaide; Ambassador, and Bengal? from Alex-
andria.

Sailed—Triton, for Boulogne; Sir Robert Peel, for
Dunkirk; Antwerpen, for Antwerp; Batavier and Earl
of Auckland, for Rotterdam; Lord John Russell, for
Harlingen; Diana, for Amsterdam; Elizabeth, for
Quebec; 'Palmer Castle, for Madras; Fortuna, for
Algoa Bay; Gallardo, for Rivadeo; Sarnia, for Ham-
burgh; Victoria, for New York; Bosphorus, for Syd-
ney; Asia, for Quebec; Richard Cowl, for St. Domingo;
Mystery, for Leghorn; Minerva, for Copenhagen; Ca 7
therina, and Industrie, for Norway; Menai, for Calais;
Neptune, for Hamhurgh; Rhine, for Oitend; Occan,
for Rotterdam; Fearless, for ; Eglinton, for
Swan River; Antilles, for Trinidad; Margaret, fur
Naples.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD.

We are glad to state that the officers and ships'
companies of. the ships and vessels, at Spithead have
'followed the example set by the Commander-in-
Ciiief, the AdiniralrSuperintendenf, and the ships in
harbour, and have all subscribed a day's pay towards
the* relief of the widows, orphans, and distressed
relatives of the unfortunate persons lost by the
melancholy wrcTk of the Birkenhead. A. committee
will be immediately formed, w© hear, consisting of
Admiral Sir TOomas Brigg,s, Rear-Admiral H. Pres-
cott-, Captain , Chads, and other officers, to consider the
best manner'of carrying out the philanthropic inten-
tion of the subscribers. ..A large sum will, no doubt,
be realised, which will be -distributed in a somewhat
similar way.to that adopted for the relief of the dis-
tressed persons who- lost husbands and relations in the
late Avenger.
At Devonport the following general memorandum
was issued by the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir
John Ommanney, K.C.B.:—
"Impregnable, in Hamoaze, April 9, 1852.
"The distress that must be caused •to many of the
families of the unfortunate sufferers in the Birkenhead
is a subje:ct that cannot be viewed with indifference, but
mast crests a sympathetic feeling for them, and a desire
to relieve their sufferings, so far as pecuoiary aid can be
effective. These sentiments-are in perfect accordance
with the ideas of Commodore Seymour, who with myself
is desirous 'of contributing one day's pay towards any
fund that may be established for that purpose. • '
" In bringing the circumstance to the notice of the re-
spective captains and commanders of her Majesty's ships
at this port, I hope they will ascertain from the officers
and CISWB under their command whether they may re•
sp' ctively wish to make a similar contribution.
(Signed) "J. A. OSuIANNEY, Admiral. ,
" To the respective Captains and Commanders, &c."

We are glad to hear that Mr. Scaife, who has been
long serving as clerk in the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, has attained his long-merited promotion to
the rank of paymaster.

Commander Henry Downes died on the 3d instant,
aged 62.
Lieutenant George H. Godden died on the 3d
instant, aged 27.
Paymaster Edward B. Robins, late of the Cormo
rant steam-sloop, died ori the sth instant, at South-
sea, from the effects of illness contracted in a tropical
climate; •

Clerk—Tobias E. Palmer (1848) has been ap-
pointed from the Jackal steam-tender, to be clerk in
charge of the Blooihound steam-tender, coast of
Africa.

Fairy screw-tender yacht, and the Elfin-dispatch-
boat, will be taken into dock this day, to have their
bottoms looked at.

Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hand, was on
Saturday dispatched from DeVonport to cruise in the
chops of the Channel, to relieve the homeward-bound
ships detained by the continued easterly winds.
ji3clial steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Bedding-
field, was at Lagos on the 19th February, as also the
Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Bruce.

Magicienne stetim-frigate, Captain Ronny, in
command of the. steam reserve at Devonport, went
into the Channel on Saturday on a trial cruise. On
leaving the harbour she saluted the flag of the Com-
mander-in-Chief, which was returned by' the Impreg-
nable flag-ship.
Simooin steam troop-ship, Captain Kingcome got
up steam on Friday afternoon, and went into Ports-
mouth harbour, going alongside the Malabar, coal
depot, to complete her fuel. She is preparing to take
detachments to Halifax and Quebec ; from the latter
place she will bring back a regiment.
Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth, having received
new chocks for her mooring•bridlei, was taken back
to her moorings, off Common-hard on Friday evening.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—The Retribution, 28,
steam-frigate, Captain Warden, embarked Mr. Staf-
ford, the Secretary to the Admiralty, and Colonel
Green, the Admiralty Engineer, yesterday morning,
and left with them for Plymouth.
The Vulcan steam
,troop-ship, Master Commander
Penn, was taken into the steam basin yesterday to
have her defects repaired.

ter and pursers of her Majesty's navy has been signed
by the proper authorities. The details thereof have
not yet been made public.
The Duke of Northumberland, accompanied by
several members of the new Board of Admirely, will
visit the various dockyards during the present week.
Mr. Stafford, M.P., the secretary, Colonel Green, the
Cilief Director of Works, and Mr. H. J. Grant, have
departed from Whitehall on an official visit to Ports-
mouth and Devonport.
Commander Shepherd M'Cormick (1841) died on
Sunday, the 28th ult., at New Ross, Wexford, Ire-
land. He served in many parts of the globe during
the and was engaged in many hard-fought
actions.late
war,
e was last employed in the St. George,
120, and was superseded from that ship at his own
request.

Lieutenant Andrew Robert Dunlap (1842) died a
few days since. lie passed seven years of his pro-
fessional career on the west coast of Africa, where
he was present at the capture of 34 slavers. Alto"
gether, he served 15 years in tropical climates.
While in the Eclair he was one of the first attacked
with fever, and although he recovered, his constitu-
tion received shock, the-effects of which were never
removed. His last employment was in command of
her Majesty's steamer Acheron, on the coast of Ire-
land, in 1847, during the famine in that part of the
United Kingdom. .

The brig Isabella, of
Whitby, Grainger, master,
bound for Rochester, got on shore on the Sheerness
Middle Ground on the Bth inst. at nine A.M., having
at the time all her canvas spread, including topmast
and topgallant studding sails.
Shortly after, veering
round upon tide, she let go her anchor. The hands
were ordered to the pumps, and she remained ashore
until eleven A.M., striking heavily. Whilst getting
in her anchor she again took the ground, but shortly
afterwards, floated off, and proceeded Cm her voyage.—
The schooner Elizabeth and Mary, of Whitby,
laden with a cargo of coal for London, ran on shore
on the morning of the 9th inst. on the Black Tail
Sand, a little below the beacon. Some hands belong-
ing to the smacks in the vicinity were employed to
lighten her, and a portion of her cargo having been
thrown overboard she got off at high water yesterday,
and proceeded on her voyage to London.
As a caution to the masters of vessels trading to
this port, we would strongly advise them not to at•
tempt to pass on the north side of the Sheerness Mid-
dle Ground buoy (which lies nearly midway between
the Great and Little Nore) before half flood, or after
half ebb tide, especially when the sea runs high, un-
less their ships are light. On the south side of the
Middle Ground there is from 20 to 28 feet water,
while on the north side, at low water, there is only
from 13 to 17 feet water.

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

. PLYMOUTH, Aram 6.—ln conversation with se.
venal 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 to Walker Bay, and
also gave its name of Point 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's
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.

laa cree
few was
brief
hours,
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
omp i s
shoed
em o n t
hSo Saturday Another reception of the public in the Crystal Pa-
o; f alip
de
r saognasi 4eforer
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 shltered
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
end 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 he 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 pillar,
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 laying 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, have 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
Hallelujah chorus. During that time the company
promenaded in the nave, ascended into the galleries,
mapped out 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 of 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 iu 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 au 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•
LTAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants
of the borough of --,
" Showetb,—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 oaplble of being adapted to many purp)ses of
public utility and enjoyment.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Ho-
nourable Howe to take such measures as will ensure the
preservation of the said palace, and its dedication to the
use of the public.
" Anti 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 objtcts connected
with the progress of art, science, and education in the
town from which subscriptions have been raised; and in
particular that the sum of 1501. remitted to the Com
missioners for the borough of Warrington may b -
e..%).-
propriated to the building fund of the Warrington m
seum and Library.
I, The Commissioners direct me, in reply, tot transmit
to you, for the information of the Warringon c_om-
mittee, the accompanying copy of a report addressed by
them to her Majesty on the subject of the di:, sal of the
y P:uld more
surplus funds in their hands; they to
especially call the attention of the
the a the
passages in that report in which they"refer to
nouncement originally put forward by thaenmd,inth:th.anll
subscriptions must be absolute and definite, ich
they express their opinion that the surplus not be
applied to purposes of a limited, partial,t or
_local cha.
racier; and they do not therefore feel
. themselves to be
in a position to comply with trio application contained in
the memorial. bY the corn-
" With respect to the statement ad.van eed
building
in that they understand that it is likely the surplus
fund will be appropriated to' the erection of a
in or near Loudon for the purpose of a museum
off
picture gallery,' I am directed to acquaint you that there
that the
has been no declaration on the part of the Commis_
enclosed re.
sioners to justify such an opinion;
port is " tho only document relating to the l
surp us that
exists; and that no other report on the i,
sumjeet of its
disposal has been made by the Commissioners.--I have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
41 r,...,_
''"u4ll, A. Bowartiu.
" Benjamin Pierpont, Esq., &Le,

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The commander
has been permitted to accept the Fipani,!ll Order of of
Charles the Third, and the officer becond in con,„„d „
inferior grade of the same Order, for their conduct against
the pirateci th. 1/i11"15t•