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London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

A PHIL 1, 1852.
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have hitherto been assessed within the sacral divisions
of the country, that tho quotas to be assessed within the
several divisions of, the country be the san sums aS were
assessed thereon respectiiely for the ltst year.
Mr. RAMSDN• seconded the amenduieni, on the uh-
derstandieg that it was to bo followed by 'the' nobtion to
go to Parliament. He trusted that gen(' would arise
from their proceedings, but if they passed; the original
resolution they would be without the ;evens of enforcing
it—they would have no funds to contest their right to
enforce it; and though he fully admitted the gross in•
justice of the present operation of.the tax, ho thought an
application to Parliament was the only thing they could
adopt to remedy the evil. •
Mr. Denaldsere,Mr..Neate. Mr. Woodward, and other
commissioners, ltravieg' shortly spoken,
Mr. CoPeoca. brif.fly replied. He said all had ad-
mitted the justice of bis case, and he was clearly of opi-
nionthai he had the !aim with him. He did not propose
to interfere with division and division, but as to parishes
within a division. And as to the letter of the Board of
Inland Revenue, a more unauthorised or unwarantable
letter never was written; and the threat that .the board
would defend the commissioners out of the public
money,
should they be proceeded against, was, in effect, setting
the authority of that board against that of the Queen's
Bench, and, if he mistook not, that letter would be beard
of in the house of Commons.
The resolution, as amended by Mr. Payne, was car-
ried, on a show of hands, by 32 against 18.
After some discussion, Mr. Payne abandoned his
resolution for making an (application to Parliament, and,
on the motion of Mr.
.Coppock, it was resolved that it
be referred to the committee appointed last 4ear to
wait on the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the
upon him the necessity of bringing the subject before
Exchequer upon the subject
Parliament. _ , with the view of urging

The CHAIRMAN said the Lord-Lieutenant, the Mar-
quis of Salisbury, had taken the matter 4 hod
.4ao.
inove_dfor returns On the subject.
Mr. -COPraux ..;d they had the great advantage of
knowing beforehand what were the opinions of the
present Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject;
they never could find out what tho opinions of the late
one were.—(A laugh.)
Masters W. Brougham Sir George Rose, and Ferrer,
were present as commissioners for the Liberty of the
Rolls, and they were added to the committee to wait on
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The proceedings terminated With a vote of thanks to
the Chairman.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
REDUCTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.—
The Mediterranean fleet has nowbeen reduced to a mere
squadron. Sir William Parker has given up the com-
mand to Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., and left
116, Captain Wise,
Malta in the Queen, for England,
with the SiAteful, 6, steam-sloop, commanded by the ad-
miral's son, Couimauder G. Parker. The squadron re-
maining on the other side of the Straits of Gibraltar is
now limited to 13ritannis, 120, Captain Goldsmith; Tra-
falgar, 120, Captain Greville, and Bellerophon, 78, Cap-
Modesto, 14, Com-
salonodp,ththee
mtalin Lord G. P Com-
mander Lord Compton;
a following steamers,
besides the breaking-down packets—Firebrand, 6, Cap-
tain Codd ; Scourge, 6, Commander Lord F. Kerr; Fury,
6, Commander Tatham; and a shaky old tub called the
Shearwater, 3, Lieutenant Commander Horton. The
elite of the Mediterranean force is now dispersed. We
have not a singly ship at Corfu, no cruiser on the coast
of Syria—at a moment, too, when the greatest excite-
ment prevails with respect to the Tanzimat; we have
not a single pendant at the Pirreus, and whilst a
heavy French frigate has by this time passed the
Dardanelles, and is anchored off Constantinople, the re-
presentative of the British navy there is an old, worn-
out, leaky tub—the Shearwater, with not guns enough
on board to return any compliment paid to the union
jack. Hitherto it has always been held that the natural
rendezvous for the main division of the British fleet in
commission is on the station on which the French fleet
is cruising, and near the forces of other powers. It has
also been considered that the best method of keeping
our ships in an efficient state, and teaching our junior
officers and men their profession, is by cruising and ex-
ercising together, and performing their evolutions in
company and in aucoession, which enabled Howe, Jervis,
and Nelson to engage so successfully the superior forces
of the enemy. Opinions appear to have changed, and
systems to have altered. It would seem now that the
means adopted to make our fleet efficient are to koep
the line-of-battle ships as far distant from each other as
possible. Time, however, will test the soundness of the
judgment which has weakened our Mediterranean forces
at a time when our rivals are so strong on that station,
and distributed our ships to those ports at which their
presence is unnecessary.—Herald.
We stated yesterday that commanders would be ap-
pointed to the flag-ships at the home ports as formerly,
and we gave the appointment of Commander J. B. Marsh
(1844), to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship. Sheerness. Two
officers have now been appointed to the other flag-ships
—bamely, Commander Alexander Boyle (1842), for-
merly of. the Thunderbolt, steam-sloop, to the Victory,
flag-ship, at Portsmouth, and Commander John R. Rodd
(1851), to the Impregnable, 78, flag-ship, Devonport.
Lieutenant W. B. Mason (1848) has been appointed
to the Britomart, 8, fitting at Devonport.
Spithead now looks as of old. The presence of the
Prince Regent, 90, the Superb, 80, the Rodney, 90,
Hogue, 60, and Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, gives it a
warlike appearance.

Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Robinson,
was removed from the angle dock into the basin, at
Portsmouth, yesterday morning, where she will further
fit for service.

Dauntless, 33, screw steam-frigate, Captain E. 1).
Halsted, was paid wages in Plymouth Sound ou Monday,
and the men were'granted leave.
Niger, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Heath, is ordered
home from the coast of Africa.
Racer, 12, Commander Reddon, was paid off into or-
dinary, at Devonport, yesterday.
Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, has
hauled•of from the dockyard to the Dryad hulk, at
Portsmouth.

Vulcan screw troop-frigate, Master-Commander Penn,
which on her arrival at Denenport was compelled to
come to an Ember at the west end of the Breakwater,
was towed to the moorings within by the Confiance
steamer, on Tuesday.

PoRTSMoUTH, tll;lncrt 31 —Tau CHANNEL SQUAD-
W. F. Martin, has arrived from Lisbon and Queenstown.
RoN.—Eler 11.. j sty's Prince Regent, 92, Captain
'stY's :
She saluted the Port-Admiral with 17 guns trom her
heavy battery-, which shook the town. Her crew will be
paid down to six months. Her Majesty's ship La
Hogue, GO, aria Encounter, 14, are hourly expected to
anchor at SpithPad from the same ports, when the effec-
tive force at this station will comprise the following
squadron:—
crew, Captain Scott.
Neptune (ordinary flag) 120 guns, 2,705 tons, 482
,
Prince Regent, 92 guns, 2,613 tons, 820 crew, Captain
Harris.
Rodney, 92 guns, 2,598 tons, 820 crew, Captain
Graham.
Superb, 80 guns, 2,589
tons, 750 crew, Captain Purcell.
*Blenheim, 60 guns, 1,747 tons, 500 crew, 450 horse
power, Captain Henderson.
*Hogue, 60 guns, 1,750 tons, 500 crew, 450 horse power,
Captain 41)01101
Arethuss, 50 guns, 2,130 tons, 500 crew, Captain Sy-
monds. . .
ugnuen,s,l,lB,742B7tontosn, s4,so4scOrecwre,w3, Captain
360
ohorse
Loch.
•Aprorwo gt. ar power, Winchester,C a4p6stoa gi
n Robin s 4, n .
tone, 1
46 Retribution, 28 guns, 1,641 tons, 300 crow, 400 horse
power, Captain Warden.
*Encounter, 14 guns,
Captain Captain Gordon. ,
Sampson, 6 guns, 1,29;
90 6 tons
210 crew, 75
Captain Jones.re horse_
3600,power,
o wo horse
Vixen, 6 guns, 1 054 tons, c 7 hwo,
he
, 160 crew, 280 horse power,
Captain Bernard. .

* Tho,e marked thus are screw ships.
Or this force the Neptune is the harblur guard ship,
or receiving ship of toe ordinary; the Rodney is filling
up her complement. and wants upwards of 150 to make
up 8'20; and the Winchester is fitting out to proceed to
the Esst Indies and China, as Commander ,in-Chief's
Prince Regent, Rodney,
sSinipperbl,iaenr Mdßaejt2btyu2tiP
onhairesat Spithead; the rest are in
Portsmouth harbour.

ancilheorreMdaajetsStypisthsehaipd Labaollutogfiuvee'o6'ocloCckapytaeisnte
Mrd'aDyoaufgtearll.,
noon, from Lisbon and Ireland, and saluted the port-
admiral with 17 guns.
yf to have her machinery re-
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Vesuvius was taken into
The Antelope steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander
paired.
The basin yesterday,
Young, is on shore at St. Helen's. She brought up there
yesterday, on her way from this port to Gibraltar, not
liking the appearance of the weather, and it appears she
Trahne
sesphrigorehtilny
George Allen. Acting
Master Commanding, has been sent to her assistance;
getting under
Mr. under weigh early this morning.
she towed the Drake lighter also to the spot with haw-
sers ~nd the necessary gear for getting her off, and they
have not yet returned, therefore we cannot give details
31.—Her Majesty's
of the eata!,trophe. The Antelope is an iron vessel.
At Spithesd—The Princ9 It:gent, 90; the Rodney,
and the Retri-
ship Water-
b92ut;iotnh,e2BS.uperb,
80;ac
n the
31H MAloo, 120, Captain G. R. Mundy, flag of Vice-Admiral the
SHEERNESS,
Rogue,r oHon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief, sent up her
topmasts and topgallantmasts, and crossed her lower and
g topsail yards, yesterday morning, being
her rig for the
summer months.
Her Majesty's ship Monarch, 84, Captain C. Hope,
and her Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain the Hon.
Montague Stoptord, also sent up their topmasts and
crossed their over and topsail yards.
Iler Majesty's steamer Myrtle, Mr. sin...
Pt S. Bourchier,
maser, proceAed to Chatham Yesterday on service for
the dockyard, returning to port in the afternoon.
Her Majesty's steam.trigate Anaphion,
,t, has her
topgallantinasto• fidded, and will be all atuut in a day or
two. She has been removed to the north side of the
fitting basin.
The Legatas, Ord, muster, and Columbus, Gray,

master, having been windbound for several days, have at
length railed for Newcastle.
The Countess of Morley, Clapp, master, from Leg-
horn for London, was run into while lying at anchor
off Deal; on Sunday, by the Lady Dundas, of Lyming-
ton. She lost her jibboom and cathead, and sustained
other damages, and proceeded for the river in tow of a
steam tug vessel.
The Vivid, from Demerara, came in contact with the
Albion, Adams, master, from Sunderland, bound to
Aden. The former carried away her bowsprit, had her
bows stove, and was obliged to be towed for the river
by a steam tug. The latter lost her jibboom and cut-
water, and received other damage. She proceeded to
Falmouth for repairs.
WOOLWICH, MARCH 31.—The Valorous steam-sloop
will 'leave Woolwich for Greenwich on Priddy morning
next to have her compasses adjusted, and will then pro-
ceed round to Devonport in charge of Lieut. Robertson,
and ahe will remain at that station as an advanced war

steamer.
MAthA, MARCEI 26.—The Medusa, with the India
mail, reached the island during the night.
Reschid Pasha has once more been called to the Vi-
siorat.

In Athens the Rev. Mr. King has been sentenced to
fifteen days' imprisonment, and also to be banished from
Greece for proselytizing young Greeks, Mr. King, who,
as an American missionary, has been before the puplie
on other occasions, has appealed against the sentence of
banishment, but we have not heard the result in Malta.
The scourge steam-frigate, having parted company
with the Queen, Hercules, and Spiteful, with a fair wind
for Gibraltar, ran to the Graham's shoal, and found
little or no difference since the survey in April lastyear.
Ihe Scourge leaves port to-morrow for Corfu, and
afterwards for Constantinople, to be placed at the order
of Sit Stratford Canning, who is going home on conga.
The Spitfire survey steam-ship will proceed at Me end
of the month to resume her surveys.

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COURT -CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Count d'Aquila, brother of
his majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, and the
Countess d'Aquila, accompanied by his Excellency the
Prince di Carini, Sicilian Minister, had an audience of
her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses were introduced
the Queen's Principal ForeignSe-
Y'
Affairs, and conducted by
Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her
cbmryea
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aohrrey.
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Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Princess
de Villa and the Chevalier Folgori.
Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council on Monday
next, the sth inst., at Buckingham Palace. Summonses
were issued yesterday to the Ministers and Officers of
State.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, attended
by Major-General Buckley and C.oloilel Bouverie, visited
the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park yesterday
morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred,' and the younger members of the Royal Family,
took. their usual exercise yesterday in the gardens of
Buckingham Palace.
The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the
lion. Caroline Cavendish, the Earl of Verulam, and
Alaj(ir-General Buckley, honoured the Haymarket
Theatre with their presence last evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lird
George Lennox, Culonel Wylde, Colonel the 11.)e.
Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the So-
ciety of Arts with his presence yesterday evening. His
Royal Highness afterwards joined her Majesty at the
Haymarket Theatre.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, left her residence, Clarence-house, St.
James's, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, for Frog-
more. •

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hindley, M.P.. Mr.
Hilton, , Mr. Birley, and Mr. Bazley, had an interview
with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at t he Home-office.
Admiral Hornby had an interview with the Earl of
Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street. _

The Oxford University Commission bad a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop
of Norwrich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem-
broke. the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the
Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and
the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary).
Sir John Duckworth and Mr. Robert Neilson had an
interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office.

Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, transacted
business with the Earl of Malmesbary at the Foreign-
office on Monday.

PARIS THEATRICALS.

ITALIAN OPERA.—M. Bazzini, the great • Italian
violinist, made his appearance on Saturday night. He
was announced to perform three morceaux of his own
composition, each entirely different in style and cha-
racter, and he bad not played a dozen bars before he
proved himself not only a complete master of bis instru-
ment, but a true . musician by nature, feeling, and
genius, delighting and revelling in all the passionate
beauty and poetry of his art. M. Bazzini first pia) ed an
elegant and brilliant study on Donizettes Anna
Bolena —exquisitely performed, and followed by im-
mense applause. His next theme was the celebrated
finale from Lucia, into • which .he threw a soul and ex-
pression not to be surpassed by that greatest of all in-
struments—the human voice. In his hands the
violin absolutely sings this beautiful air with all
the pathos, tenderness, and passion of a Rubini.
The largo was executed entirely upon the fourth
chord,
.and was given by Bazzini with a power and
grandeur worthy of Paganini himself, of whom he re-
minded every musician present who had had the gratifi-
cation of, hearing that great master. This marvellous
performance concluded with a scherzo, "L 3 Ronde
des Lutins," one of- those fantastic dreams of
fairyland in which the imagination of the com-
poser and player is allowed full scope, and
which considered alone as an exhibition of executive
skill, is one of the most extraordinary feats ever
heard on this instrument. His passages of tenths, dou-
ble notes, and daring leaps of bow and hand, preserving
unerring truth of intonation, even in the wildest
velocity of delivery, exhibited a mastery over every
conceivable intricacy and difficulty impossible to sur-
pass. This wondrous display, at first frequently in-
terrupted by expressions of delight, as it proceeded gra•
dually excited a perfect furore on the part of the public,
who, after a tempest of applause, insisted on a repetition
of the entire morceau, a demand which, notwithstanding
its unreasonableness, was complied with by M. Bazzini
with unimpaired energy; and he concluded amid re-
newed acclamations on the part of the entire assembly.
Among the many claimants to the succession of the great
Paganini, M. Bazzini must be set down as the most ideal
and poetic that has yet been heard in Paris.
ODEON.--.M. Leon Gozlan has produced Les Cinq
Minutes du Commandeur, a-drama in five acts, founded
on an excellent novel of the author's. The transplanta-
tion and adaptation to the stage has been effected so inju-
diciously that the plot, to those who are unacquainted with
the romance, is perfectly incomprehensible. Under these
circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that Les
Cinq Minutes du Commandeur should have been a
failure. Since the first representation it would appear
that some changes had been effected in the drams, as it
has kept its ground on the alfiche, where, however, it
seems impossible that its sojourn can be permanent.
OPERA. COMIQUE.—The last novelty here, Le Far-
fedet, partakes of the unsubstantial nature of the fan-
tastic being denoted by its title, both as regards the
music and the libretto. It is an old story, but
arranged ,in a new form, and gaily narrated by M.
do Plsnard. A clumsy miller is about to marry
the pretty Laurette, under the compulsion of one
of those traditional uncles fast disappearing from
the stage, while he is in reality attached to a cer-
tain Mdlle. Babet. Laurette,-in her turn, still regrets
a former lover, one Marceline a baatoy.n, supposed
to have been drowned. An evil spirit (a farfadeo
appears, however, to have bewitched the will, for as
the diy fixed fur Laurette's nuptials approaches, the
machinery gets out of order, sacks of flour are
tossed about, and a thousand pranks are played the
miller, by the mischievous elf, who turns outs, 9. s 0
length, to be no other than Mona Marcellin the rnionV
boatman. Laurette marries her lover, Bahet bec 6
but
the wife of her miller, and everybody is satisfied, even
P the public. The music, by M. Adam,
ismention.
It
contains nothing meriting note or special_
ercier•and
was extremely well sung by Mdlles. LTD, and Le
Talmon, and MM. Bussine and Joni-a
°cat satis-
Farfadet was received with marks of 'illegal,
faction. brought out
GYMNASE.—Two novelties have 'bee.n
here, both of which were rect. h a; a two act affair,
eived with favour. The
first, Le Marquis de la Breteoc_ Madame
I Mar
-
in which the artful designsof
her
er husband ere prettily
guise" to win the affections
and Carm9uche, the
described by
MM. Milesvlie
having condet-cended to
authors. The The Marquis
asc,maatirr.,iage with a
pair his shattered torten sby .
pretty bourgeozse, 1 ashamed at thus
very rich and pret.
self', that on the first day after his
having encanaille
is
marriage be leaves ...
his" wife, and flies to
is chateau in
Britanny, where by waY of killing time, he lays siege to
the virtue of a pretty peasant girl, in whom he notices a
strong resemblance with his
as matters proceed
however, he is amazed to find that the little villageoise
is no other than " Madame la Marquise" herself, who
has resorted to this method of making the conquest of
her husband; this stratagem brings about a better un-
derstanding between the sp
"-;
, between whom the
greatest harmony prevails at the fall of the curtain.
This sprightly affair is acted with great spirit by Mdlle.
Luther and MM. N
_ems and Latontaine. The other no-
velty, Le Piano de Berths, ism mere bluette to display the
talents of MineS. Rose and Anna Cheri, and M. Bressaut.
It is written in imitation of the style of M. Alfred do
Ilusset in (in Caprice, and, though far from quaffing
the original, it is not destitute of merit. The authors
are MM. Barri&re and Morin.
lugubrious melodrama, Sarah la Creole,
exhibiting the terrible rancune of a certain damsel in
Martinique, has been received With transports of applause