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PoRTSHOUTII, THURSDAY.—The Fairy, royal yacht,
Commander Crispin, came into harbour this afternoon from
Osborne, with his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sax%
Weimar, who has been sojourning with his august relative
Prince Albert and her Majesty since Tuesday. His High-
ness landed at Gosport beach, and left for Winchester, for
the half-past two o'clock train of the South Western
Railway.
Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Maid of Honour in IVaiting
upon her Majesty at Osborne, also returned from her duty
to-day, with Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and left in
the same train for London, having been relieved by the Hon.
Miss Napier.
The Curlew, 10-gun brig, fitted with a 13-inch mortar,.
upon the plan of First-Lieutenant Julius Roberts, of then.
Royal Marine Artillery corps, was towed outside Spithead
this morning to make another trial, under official inspection,
of the merits of the important invention. The vessel bad not
returned when this dispatch was closed.
The African steam-tug, Mr. Barker, master, returned this
afternoon from Weymouth, whither she had been to return
the surf-boats and their crews, hired for use at the wreck of
the Sphynx.
The Centaur steam -frigate, Mr. 11. Davy master com-
manding (acting), is loading provisions w.nt all possible de-
spatch from Clarence-yard.
The Portland, 50, Commander C. F. Schomberg, having
been fitted in a great hurry at Plymouth, it has been found
requisite to refit her here; and her crew have been employed
in this necessary duty ever since she arrived. They are.
likewise repainting her, she having been previously in the;
ordinary (drab) uniform.
The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Sir G. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific,
and the Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, were at Valpa-
raiso on the 27th of December; the only men-of-war in
the bay.
The Constance, 50, Captain Sir B. Walker, was at Callao
on the 7th of January, about to sail for the northward.
The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, was at
Callao on the 9th of January.
The Endymion, 44, Captain Lambert ; the Alarm, 26, Cap-
tain Lock; and the Daring, 12, Commander Peel, were at
Vera Cruz on the Ist of February; also, two French brigs
and a Spanish corvette. The first two named were ordered
up to Port Royal, in order that their captains might sit on
a court-martial ordered to try Lieutenant Cawley, of the
Imaum, upon a charge of drunkenness. Commander Tarle-
ton, late First-Lieutenant of the Endymion, came home in
the Medway.
At the above date the Americans had at Antinuzado (?)
the Raritan, 54; the Princeton steamer; and two small
steam-vessels. The John Adams corvette, and the Porpoise
brig, were blockading off Vera Cruz. The remainder of the,
squadron were supposed to be at Campeachy.
By private letters we are informed that it was reported
that an attack was intended by land on the city of Vera
Cruz. General Taylor was to fall back and form a junction
with General Scott at Tampico, when the united forces of
those generals would amount to about 10,000 men. Santa
Anna was at San Luis Potosi, which he had fortified, and had
about 27,000 men there—not more than 20,000 of whom,
however, were armed. The Americans had made Tampico a
free port for American bottoms only; freight goods might
also be admitted, having been previously cleared from one of
the United States.
Captain Maitland, of the Electra, has come home invalided,
leaving the vessel in command of First Lieutenant Cooke at
Bermuda.
Captain llamond, of the Salamander steam-sloop, has also
come home from Antigun. Her boilers being so defective as
to preclude the possibility of her steaming home, she has left
under canvas.

Mr. Brenton, paymaster and purser of the Endymion, also
came home in the Medway, Mr. Hockings, of the Alarm,
being appointed to the Endymion.
It was supposed that if the city of Vera Cruz was assaulted,
by escalade, a great loss would result to the assailants.
Commander Rawstorne (1846) is appointed additional to
the Belvidera, Captain Layton, to distribute meal amongst
the islands of Scotland.

First-Lieutenant A. a Murray, of the Terrible, is appointed
to the Royal yacht. Lieutenant Murray was mate of the
Dolphin, and dangerously wounded in her boats at the cap-
ture of a pirate on the coast of Africa in 1841.

DESTITUTION IN LAMBETH.
The continued severity of the weather, combined with the
high price of provisions, and the difficulty of finding work
for the able-bodied poor belonging to the suburban districts
of this extensive union, have placed the guardian board in a
position of very great embarrassment. The subject has
already engaged the attention of several vestries, but with-
out being able to devise any remedy adequate to the emer-
gency. The poor-rate, at all times excessively high, has
during the last two quarters advanced to the extreme point
of endurance, considered with reference to the capability of
the inhabitant householders, very many of whom are little
removed from absolute pauperism; and although an extra
rate has been lately made, the collectors find it impossible to
get in the money in time to meet the imperative demands of
the guardians, to whom the overseers of the several parishes
are responsible for the funds necessary to the maintenance of
the poor. The accommodation within the house is barely
sufficient for the aged and infirm, whose support constitutes!, a large item of fixed expenditure, there being no return ill
the shape of productive labour. This, however, is trifling
when compared with the constant outlay, in bread, meat„
and money, to what are termed " casual poor"—a class
which this inclement weather has more than quadrupled%
owing to the dearth of employment in the out-
districts, to the great influx of agricultural labourers
from the circumjacent counties of Surrey, Sussex.
and Kent, where the continued frost has suspended
husbandry operations far beyond the usual time; and also VA
the very large number of excavators, who have heretofore
found employment on the several railways which have their
termini within this union. The allowance to trampers is
lib. of bread per diem, which is for the most part greedily
devoured at the gate. To the resident poor relief in bread and
meat is afforded, proportioned to the number of the appli-
cant's family, the medical officer having first certified that
the pauper is unable to work at his usual trade. In this way
upwards of 600 quartern loaves of bread and 80 stone weight
of meat have been distributed daily during the last two
months; and this is irrespective of relief to the casual poor.
Where relief in money is granted, the allowance to single
men is 10d. per day, and to .hose with families Is. 4d. per
day, o❑ the performance of a given amount of work on the
roads or at granite-breaking. This is the test of actual des-
titution, and the readiness with which it is submitted to by.
the applicants affords ample evidence of the extent and
severity of the distress now unfortunately so prevalent in
this and other metripolitan districts. The doors are besieged
from morning till night by famished beings, who have be..
come so clawourous that the guardians have been compelled
to call in the aid of the police to preserve order, and to assist
in the distribution of bread and meat. Should the demands
continue much longer, the want of funds will render it wholly
impossible to grant out-door relief, and thousands of meri-
torious persons would in such case be deprived even of that
scanty subsistence.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, MARCH 11.—In a convocation held this day, the
Rev. W. Jephson and the Rev. E. Roy, Masters of Arts,
C. C.C., Cambridge, were admitted ad tundem.
In a congregation held at the same time, the following de,
grees were conferred :

MASTERS OF ARTS.
T. B. Yonge, Exeter.
F. Temple, Fellow of Balliol.
H. Lambert, Balliol.
E. Percevak Brasenose.
Rev. E. H. APLachlan, Scholar of Pembroke.
Rev. W. C. Jowett, Magdalen Hall.
Rev. T. Bearcroft, Queen's.
Rev. W. F. Stirling, Trinity.
BACHELOR OF MUSIC.'
Charles W. Corte, organist of Christ Church.
THE LATE CONTEST FOR THE CHANCELLORSHIP.
CAMBRIGE, MARCH 11.—Earl Yowls has addressed the
following circular to his supporters on the occasion of the
late contest for the Chancellorship :
Rev. Sir,—l hasten to acknowledge with my warmest
thanks the exertions you have made in my behalf during the
contest, now concluded, for the Chancellorship of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge.
"It will always be a source of pride and gratification to
me that so large a portion of the Senate have given me their
independent support, and hare done me the honour to record
their votes in my favour, many of them making great sacri-
fices for that purpose. The numbers polled tor me justify-
the contest in which we have been engaged, and would on
most occasions have insured success.

"The election being over, I dismiss all feelings but those
of the deepest gratitude for the kindness of my friends, and
I beg to assure you that I shall be always ready to assist in
the maintenance of the rights and privileges of the University.
" I have the honour to be, Rev. Sir,
" Your faithful and obliges servant,
" PO WIS.

" Berkeley-square, March 1."

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHATRAm.—Yesterday
morning, at three o'clock, a fire broke out at the
house of
Mr. Stenner, plumber and glazier; Military-road, Chatham.
The fire was first observed issuing from the cellar window,
and it soon communicated itself to the next house, occupied
by Mr. Day, the " Recruiting Sergeant." The flames spread-
ing with frightful rapidity, and the wind blowing strong front
the east, both houses were soon in flames from top to bottom,
and in less than half an hour the walls fell with a frightful
crash, burying every vestige of property. The fire speedily
communicated to the houses right and left, one occupied
by Mr. Bottle, eating-house, and Mr. Thompson, pastry-
cook; and so rapid was its progress that it was with diffi-
culty that the children of Mr. Bottle could be rescued, and
not a vestige of furniture or clothing could be saved. The
adjacent houses, occupied by Miss Stigent, milliner, and
Mr. Thornton, tailor and draper, shared the same fate, and
those of Mr. Tadman, hair dresser, and Mr. Winder, the
Rising Sun beer-shop, are partially destroyed. The safety
of the latter house is attributable to the exertions
of the dockyard police, with their engine, under the
direction of Lieutenant Wise, R.N. At the commencement
of the fire there was great difficulty in obtaining water although.
several engines were on the spot, and a body of troops to the
number of 2,000. The officers placed the men in lines, for
the purpose of passing buckets of water to the engines, in ad-
dition to which beer butts filled with water were brought to
the scene of conflagration in drays, from Colonel Best's
brewery. By six o'clock the fire was got under. The majo-
rity of the tradesmen whose property was destroyed are in-
sured—Mr. Day, in the Sun; Mr. Bottle, Royal Exchange;
Mr. Thompson, Phcenix ; Mr. Tadman, Royal. Exchange;
Mr. Winder, Royal Exchange; and Mr. Thornton, in the
Alliance. Their insurances, however, will not cover their
loss. The Commandant, Colonel James Simpson, with his
Major of Brigade, Captain Wood, was present during the
whole time of the fire, assisting in giving {directions to the
troops. One of the Royal Marines received a serious injury
by a portion of the wall of one of the houses falling on him,
rbaacklL BURGLARS.—On W.ednesday
andAwriasoTtEakxeßn oGffAtoNathoe
the mayor and magistrates of Rochester were engaged nearly five hours in theienivnihetsiimethiggation of a case involving
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hdaepvreebdaeetinontsh many farmers in the neigh-
b serieson r
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been robbed, and the doors still" barns and granaries having
their having been opened. exhibiting no appearance of
a cornfactor named Charlton, living
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Strood,having tboe e3nirs.oroy,bya
miller in Chatham. has led to an investigation, and two men,
named Burgess and Smith, were in consequence apprehended.
From the voluminous evidence adduced it was elicited that
the corn was lodged at the house of a widow in Ordnance-
place, Chatham, by a man named Gilbert, accompanied by.
Smith and Burgess, and sold by them to Charlton. who re-
moved it in a cart, and afterwards sold it in the neighbour-
hood. In the house of Smith a jacket was found belonging to
him, in which were 24 skeleton keys, some of which have
been found to open barn and granary doors at Horsted,
Upper and Lower Delce, and the Parsonage Farm at St.
Margaret's, from all of which corn has been abstracted.
From the atter a sack of new and old wheat was taken, and.
this corresponds with the mixture sold to Joy. A man
named Jenkins was also examined, at whose house at Ro-
chester two sacks belonging to Mr. Wickham, at Deice, were
found. The three men, Burgess, Smith, and Jenkins, were
committed for trial,