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at full terms, with more inclination to buy than to sell.
From Malta our letters are of the 24th of March ; in
consequence of the very reduced state of the stock of
wheat at that place, barley had been extensively used for
home consumption as a substitute, and Indian corn had
been in so much request as to drive up the price to 555.
Bd. for future delivery, whilst for parcels on the spot
still higher rates had been asked.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, APRIL .5, 1847.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
Drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following
days, at two o'clock, via.:—Thursday, 15th April ;
Thursday, 27th May next (to celebrate her Majestes

THE CORN TRADE.
(From the Mark-lane Express.)
The weather has throughout the week been very cold
and ungenial, and on several occasions sharp night-
frosts have been experienced : vegetation has, cinse-
quently, been kept back, and from present appearances
there is not much prospect of an early season. We do
not, however, regard this as an evil, a premature luxuri-
ance being generally attended with danger. It is, of
course, at present impossible to ascertain whether the
young wheat has been injuriously affected by the
low range of temperature; but from the hardy charac-
ter of the plant, we feel little apprehension on that
hand, and the only circumstance which can be viewed as
unfavourable is the probability of the next harvest being
late, which might, in the position of the country in regard
to stocks, prove very inconvenient. The sowing of spring
corn having received but little interruption, nearly the
whole of the month of March having been highly aus-
picious for field work, most of the barley and oats have
been got in, and great progress has likewise been made
with bean and pea planting. These important labours
having been nearly brought to a close, farmers h ay.e
again directed their attention to thrashing; a
in the
and it is
probable that an increase will shortly sake place
deliveries of grain from the growers. The time has now
arrived fur testing whether the stocks of wheat in the
hands of the producers be really short, for there
ere can be
no question that if they are holders to any gr exteht,
they will avail themselves of the very first opportunity
of turning their wheat into cash. -The
inducements to
realise are the still high value of the ar _clF and the
state of uncertainty felt as to the future ; if, there-
fore, the markets in the agricultural districts be not
plentifully supplied during the month, we shall no
longer entertain a doubt on the question of stocks,
but look upon it as the strongest possible evi-
dence that the quantity remaining in the country
is actually as small as represented. The regular course
of the trade has been more or less interrupted this week
in consequence of several of the markets having been
held off the accustomed day (owing to Good Friday),
and the amount of business done has not been important.
The value of wheat has, as might have been expected,
felt the effect of the recent fall at Mark-lane, and prices
have tended downwards in all parts of the kingdom. At
Liverpool further arrivals of flour and Indian corn have
come to hand from America, but the receipts of foreign
wheat have not been large either there or elsewhere ;
whilst the demand for export, though on a somewhat de-
creased scale, has nevertheless continued.
The advices from the port just named are not quite so
dull as last week, the important reduction which has
lately occurred there having attracted buyers from the
interior. In wheat a fair amount of business appears to
have been done on Tuesday, at rates 3d. to 6i. per 701 b.
belowthose current on that day se'nniht ; and subse-
quently a portion of that abatement was recovered,
several sales having been made on Thursday on terms
not obtainable earlier in the week. United States our,
which was, it will be recollected, at one period of last
week sold at Liverpool at 365., has since been in request
at 375. per barrel, and many holders have even refused
to accept the latter price. Indian corn seems also to
have met with attention at improving rates, 50s. to 525.
per 480 lb. having been paid for fine, and 48s. to 505. for
mixed American.
At the leading towns in Yorkshire stocks of wheat
are unusually small ; and the supplies having barely
kept pace with the demand (tardy as has been the latter),
sellers have declined submitting to a greater reduction
than is. to 2s. per quarter. The business done at Hull
and Leeds on Tuesday was, however, very circumscribed.
At Wakefield, on Thursday, the operations were also
on a restricted scale, and the few sales of wheat effected
were at prices ls. to 2s. per quarter below those current
the preceding week.
The accounts from Bristol, Birmingham, Gloucester,
and other towns in the vicinity of these p
re laces, are of a
similar character to the reports above ferred to; but
whilst there has been no speculation, and the buyers for
consumption have confined their purchases to as narrow
limits as has been permitted by their pressing wants,
there has, on the other hand, in most cases been a degree
of firmness on the part of holders, which has prevented
prices giving way more than 2s. per quarter.
In the north the weather has been even more severe
than with us, and the letters from Scotland speak of
rather sharp frosts ; this, however, had produced no in-
fluence on tho corn markets, and quotations of wheat,
as well as prices of spring corn, were lower at Edin-
burgh and Glasgow on Wednesday than on that day
week.
From Ireland we learn that Indian corn, which has
become the staple article of consumption with the poorer
classes of that country, had been freely offered at about
50s. per quarter at several of the principal ports, and that
a corresponding abatement had occurred in the interior.
This great fall has tended to alleviate the distress; and
as further supplies of this useful article of food are likely
to be sent from Liverpool and other English ports to the
sister isle, besides what may still be on passage from
America, the Black Sea, arid the Mediterranean, prices
of Indian corn will probably remain at about their pre-
sent level.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have
been moderate ; and the show of samples at Mark-lane
on Wednesday by land carriage from Essex, Kent, and
Suffolk was small. The greater portion of the wheat
exhibited consisted of white, and as the French buyers
have all along directed their attention more to red, there
was not much done for export ; the town millers
were, however, pretty free purchasers at Monday's
decline, and a fair clearance was made. Good qua
lities of foreign red wheat were inquired for on French
al,stmhco:ncibvgeogmeouhlnt, but the high pretensions of holders pre-
vented extensive transactions. We stated last Monday
that
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consisted of 10,719 quarters, whilst the exports have,g
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birth-day).
N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to ap-
pear in their Collars, at the Drawing-room on the 27th

THU ROYAL HOSPITALS.
On Monday the Lord Mayor received the following
report at Christ's Hospital, upon the occasion of the
preaching of the first spital sermon at Christ Church:—
A true report of the number of children and other
poor people maintained in the several Royal Hospitals
of the City of London, under the pie us care of the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and governors thereof,
the year last past.
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Children put forth apprentices and discharged from
Christ's Hospital the year last past 194,
.some whereof
being instructed in mathematics and navigation were
placed forth apprentices to commanders of ships out of
the mathematical school founded by his late Majesty
King Charles II.; children buried the year last past, 11;
children now under the ease and charge of the hospital
in London and at Hertford, 1,410; to be admitted on
presentations granted to this time, 248; total, 1,658.
The names of all which, as also when and where they
were admitted, will appear in the said hospital books.
The support of this hospital materially depends upon
benefactions and bequests. As that part of its income
which is permanent is far short of maintaining the usual
number of children whose education qualifies them for
the Church, for naval service, and fur every station in
life, according to their abilities ; and as the principles of
religion, as well as the due order of civil society, are
points to which their attention is constantly directed, it
is hoped that all charitable persons will readily contri-
bute to an institution which is not only of local but of
national good.
The expense of repairing and keeping up the build-
ings of this hospital (many of which are very ancient,
and originally formed part of the Old Grey Friars
Monastery) having been found to be extremely burden-
some, a fuud was established in 1802, by subscription
of the governors and other friends of the hospital,
with a view to the gradual and complete rebuilding
of the whole fabric, and a great part has accord-
ingly been restored in a most commodious and substan-
tial form, notwithstanding the number of children
upon the establishment during the progress of the works.
Much, however, yet remains to be done, and the Gover-
nors regret to state the fund originally subscribed has
been completely exhausted, and a very considerable sum
expended from the general funds of the charity ; but
they are willing to hope that the generosity of the public
will afford the means of completing this great work, and
prevent the necessity of encroaching further upon the
permanent income of the hospital, and thereby diminish-
ing the scope of its usefulness.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.
Patients admitted, cured, and discharged, during the
last year, 5,831 in-patients ; 19,758 out-patients ; 31,536
casulty patients, most of whom were poor, sick, and
lame persons, and many of them being destitute of all
relief have been supplied with money, clothes, and
other necessaries, to enable thorn to return to their seve-
ral habitations ; amounting together to 57,125 ; died,
383 ; remaining under cure—in-patients, 493 ; out-
patients, 2,798.
This being the most ancient hospital in the city and
suburbs of London, and having escaped the great fire in
the year 1666, the building, by length of time, became so
very ruinous that in the year 1829 great part thereof
was necessarily taken down. A subscription was then
entered into by many of the wealthy governors and other
1 charitable persons, for defraying the expenses of rebuild-
ing the hospital, which was progressively effected. The
funds for this purpose having been exhausted, and
the building still being inadequate for the purposes
of the charity, it was found necessary to make
a considerable addition thereto ; and the' Governors
have removed within the last six years valuable pro-
perty on the north side of the principal entrance in
Smithfield, and have erected on the site thereof a
spacious surgery, which is open at all hours of the day
and night for persons requiring medical and surgical
assistance, with additional wards, and an operating
theatre adjoining, whereby a very large sum has been
expended, and the fulfilment of the intentions of the
benevolent founder, to afford immediate relief to the
multitude of poor diseased or injured applicants, has
been effectually promoted.
All fees on the admission of patients have been
abolished ; the sisters and nurses placed in situations of
comfort better adapted to the nature of their duties ;
and the accommodation for the in-patients so extended
as to admit 560, while their diet and general com-
forts have been very materially improved. The
accomplishment of these objects, so essential to
the welfare of the patients, has occasioned a very
heavy increase of annual expenditure. The Governors,
therefore, earnestly represent the strong claims of this an-
cient institution to the public, hoping that by their con-
tinued support and encouragement they may be enabled
to render relief to the annually increasing necessities of
the poor, and the urgent calls upon this charity.
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.
There have been cured and discharged from St.
Thomas's Hospital, in Southwark, the last year, of sick,
wounded, maimed, and diseased persons, 3,692 in -
patients, and 26,928 medical and surgical out-
patients, including casualties, some of whom have
been relieved with money and necessaries at their depar-
ture, to accommodate and support them in their
journeys to their several habitations; total, 30,620.
Died, after much change in their sickness, 249. Re-
maining under cure, in-patients, 428; out-patients,
1,504. So that there has been, during the last year, of
poor miserable objects under the care of the said hos-
pital, and destitute of proper care, in all 32,801.
The Governors think it their duty to state that on the
rebuilding of London-bridge and the formation of its
new approaches, they made, at a considerable expendi-
ture of capital, large purchases of ground and buildings
adjacent to the hospital, and rebuilt two new wings,
1
affording accommodation for about 160 patients, and, at
the same time, secured such ventilation and accommoda-
tion as were deemed necessary for the health and com-
fort of the patients, &c.
BRIDE WELL HOSPITAL.
Received into this hospital during the last year, under
commitments by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of
this City, as criminals or disorderly persons, who have
been kept to hard labour, cr to receive correction, 1,222;
apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for confinement,
32; received into the hospital during the same period
sundry poor persons who had been found wandering
abroad and begging in the city of London, 168.
TILE HOUSE OF OCCUPATION OF BRIDEWELL
HOSPITAL.

of May.
REG ULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT
THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOMS, AT ST.

JAMES'S PALACE.
The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's
Drawing-Rooms, are requested to bring with them two
large cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one
to be left with the Queen's rage in Attendance in the
Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the
Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the narae to her
Majesty.
And those Ladies, who are to be presented on Thurs-
day, the 15th of April, are hereby informed, it is abso-
lutely necessary that their names, together with the
names of the Ladies who are to present them,. should be
sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before- 12 o'clock
on Monday, the 12th of April, in order that. they may
be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her
Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take
place unless the name of the Lady presenting, together
with that of the Lady to be presented, shall appear on
the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which
names shall correspond with those previously sent in to
the Lord Chamberlain's Office.
It is particularly requested that in every case written
cards only be delivered.
The following article is substituted for that which ap-
peared in last Tuesday's Gazette.]
WIIITLHALL, Maacti 29.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
James Taylor to the church and parish of Mouzie, in the
presbytery of Auchterarder and shire of Perth. vacant
by the transportation of the Reverend George Hutchison,
late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Ban-
chory Ternan.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieut.-Colonel
Charles Oldfield Bowles to be Colonel, vice Gore Lang-
ton, deceased-, April 3.
WHITIMALL, Manen 5.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt.,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas, has appointed Richard Pidcock, of Woolwich, in
the county of Kent, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual
Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the sub-
stitution of more sbnple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Kent.
BANKRUPTS.
Frederick George Wilson, draper, Pangbourne, Berk-
shire, to surrender April 21, at one, and May 18, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Peddell,
Cheopside.
William Henry Mackey, attorney, Southampton,
April 15, and May 13, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
W alker, Lombard-street.
Mary Deacon, of the firm of Mack and Company car-
rier, Norwich, April 14, at one, and May 20, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings ; Wilkinson and Rasch,
Nicholas-lane, London.
Thomas Symes, scrivener, Bridgwater, Somersetshire,
April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Messrs.
Trevor, Bridgwater; Messrs. Holme and Co., New-inn,
London; Stogdon, Exeter.
John Cartwright, iron founder, Shrewsbury, April 14,
and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Smith, Wolverhampton; Smith, Birmingham.
James Bryan Ward, cheese factor, Birmingham,
April 17 and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
Hiern, Stafford; James, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

J. B. Oram, clerk to a wine merchant, West-square,
St. George's-road, Southwark—firbt div. of 3s. 2d. in
the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two following
Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
J. E. Green, appraiser, Whitecross-street, Cripplegate
—second div. of 3s. in the pound, on Monday, April 12,
and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan,
Birchin-lane, City.
A. Yeatman and A Lunn, chemists, Fore-street, City
—third div. of lid. in the pound, on Monday, April 12,
and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan,
Birchin-lane, City.
A. Yeatman, chemist, Fore-street, City—second div.
of 2id. in the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two
following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-

lane, City.
R. Mann, chemist, Huntingdon—firstdiv. of ss. in the
pound, on Saturday, April 3, and two following Satur-
days, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry.

DIVIDENDS. •
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street.
W. Gilpin, army clothier, Villiers-street, Stram.
April 27, at eleven—J. Johnson, grocer, Chelmsford,
April 27, at eleven—J. Bickerton, hat manufacturer,
Castle-street, Southwark, April 27, at half -past twelve
—C. Ashby, tailor, Bishops Stortfurd, April 28, at two
—J. Knights, cattle dealer, Great Melton and Thur.
garton, Norfolk, April 27, at one—i. J. Carr, Lieu-
tenant, R.N., Bradwell near the Sea, Norfolk, April 29,
at eleven—J. A. Willson, baker, Old-road, Stepney,
April 29, at eleven—W. H. Benfield, publican, Bedford-
bury, King-street, Covent-garden, April 29, at eleven.
In the Country.
P. A. Hannaford, bookseller, Exeter, April 29, at one,
at the Exeter District Court—J. Prior, tailor, Saint
Blazey, Cornwall, April 29, at one, at the Exeter Dis-
trict Court—J. I. B. Wright, druggist, Liverpool,
April 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W.
Bickerton, timber merchant, Hull, April 28, at ten, at
the Town-hall, Hull—R. Buckeridge, clerk, Castle
Church Staffordshire, May 4, at twelve.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary on the day herein mentioned.
J. S. Flaxrnan, tailor, Ludgate-street, City, April 28
—E. Axford, milliner, SL John's-wood terrace, April 27
—F. Hatch, iron-plate worker, St. John's-square,C lerken-
well, April 28—H. Leonard, ironmonger, Cheltenham,
May .I—J. Hall, innkeeper, Carlisle, April 29—J. W.
Hance, architectural ornament manufacturer, Liverpool,
April 27—J. Bailey, builder, Stalybridge, Cheshire,
April 29—J. Hudson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham,
April 27—J. T. K. Sloan, tavern keeper, Manchester,
April 27—J. Taylor, rope manufacturer, Manchester,
April 27—A. Thorn, oilman, High Holborn, April 27
W. Cleversley, floor-cloth manufacturer, Old Kent-road,
WD' a Jacksonrlasto
April 27.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Anning and J. Deane, millers, Axminster, Devon-
shrireer—s,
l'oyser, glue manufacturers, West Leigh, Lancashire—
nandst
Staffordshire—H•
T.
dlVhoi
roedi_wood-screwi
j. en y m anu fa c -
and J.
Kenyon manufac-
turers,
R. Cana and B. Moulton, appraisers, Woodbridge, Suf-
folk—E. Halle, M. H. Steinthal, L. Steinthal, and T.
Hertz, Manchester (so far as regards T. Hertz)—W.
Ridgway, E. J. Ridgway, and L. J. Abington, earthen-
ware manufacturers, Hanley, Staffordshire-11. Oppen-
heim, jun., and S. Oppenheim, Mansell-street, White
chapel—S. Cary and R. Leonard, jun., attorneys, Bristol
—S. Woodhouse, T. Ward, and J. Priest, warehouse-
men, Manchester—W. Jackson and H. Collier, comb
manufacturers, Sheffield—J. R. Symons, G. T. Symons,
and S. T. Middlwon, grocers, Newlyn East, Cornwall—
H. and T. llilditch, grocers, Shrewsbury—W. Theak-
stone and 11. Umpleby, surgeons, Bedale—H. Clark and
J. Contecin, lithographers, Pancras-lane, City—S.
Thornely and J. Dod, tailors, Liverpool—lL and J.
Davison, builders, Manchester--W. B. Hills and R. W.
Alldridge, provision merchants, Rood-lane, City—W.
Dicker and G. Meek, lithographers, Crane-court, Fleet-
street—W. T. Probyn and J. Sloper, jun., curriers,
Pontypool, Monmouthshire—S. Diggle, W. Tuer, W.
Hodgson, and R. Hall, monfounders, Bury, Lancashire
(so far as regards S. Diggle)—G. Thornton, B. Gimson,
and J. Gimson, pressed cotton reel manufacturers, Lei-
cester—G. Martin and E. Cade, linendrapers, Exeter—
J. Barns and 8.. Smy, brickmakers, Bristol—E. Shrigley
and J. Williamson, painters, Lancaster—E. Hollins, C.
Yeltmann, sod 3.1..,131.ar51and, cotton manufacturers,
Manchester--T. Sperrings, S. Sperrings, W. Sperrings,
G. Sperrings, 3. Bennett, and H. Milsom, stone quar-
riers, Frenchay, Gloucestershire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Robert Henderson Robertson and Company, manufac-
turers, Dunfermline, April 14 and 30, at two, at the
chambers of Mr. Ronaldson, Dunfermline.
Alexander Robson, surgeon, Dumfries, April 12 and
May 11, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Gordon
and Whitelaw, Dumfries.
William Stewart Donnan, draper, Whitborn Aprill2
and May 3, at one, at the chambers of dr. Black,
Wigtown.
Fairley and Thomson, ironmongers, Glasgow, April 12
and May 3, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Gourlay,
Glasgow.
Robert Thomson and Company, copper merchants,
Glasgow, April 12 and May 3, at two, at the chambers
of Mr. ourlay, Glasgow.
Thomas Wallace, wright, Edinburgh, April 12 and
May 3, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Dunn, Edinburgh.

ters.
English flour was on Wednesday to the full as difficult
of disposal as earlier in the week; and, in the absence of
business of importance, quotations remained nominally
unaltered. United States flour met with a moderate
share of attention, the relatively low value of the article
as compared with that of wheat having at length bought
forward a few buyers. Good brands of Western Canal,
which had previously been freely offered at 365., were
not obtainable below 375. per barrel ; and unless the
supplies should be very large, a further improvement is
not improbable.
The barley trade was wretchedly dull ; the seed de-
mand appears to be nearly over, and the principal mal-
sters having left off work, the finer sorts were almost as
difficult to place on Wednesday as the ordinary kind.
The quantity of English on sale being, however, small,
Monday's currency was about supported for the best,
but secondary sorts and foreign barley might easily have
been bought at a reduction of Is. per quarter.
Malt was totally neglected, and to have succeeded in
effecting sales Is. to 2s. per quarter less must have been
taken.
The arrivals of oats coastwise and from Ireland were
scanty; having, however, a good supply from abroad, the
display of samples was rather large. The quality of the
foreign oats of last year is much inferior to the usual
growth, which circumstance has unquestionably assisted
to produce the existing depression in the market.
Some of the Dutch feed do not weigh more than 28%.
to 301 b. per bushel, and the sales having been pressed
from on board ship to avoid incurring landing expenses,
the dealers have had it all their own way. Malty good
corn was not cheaper on Wednesday than in the com-
mencement of the week, but to place the inferior sorts
less money had to be taken.
The quantity of beans exhibited proved more than
equal to the demand, and the turn was again in favour
of the buyer.
White peas, suitable for seed, brought 60s. to 635. per
quarter, being fully their previous value ; but gray and
maple peas were rather easier to buy.
The continued du'l accounts from Ireland relative to
Indian corn, caused that article to be pressed on the
market, and it has become difficult to give correct
quotations.
The decline which occurred in the value of wheat
about the middle of the month of March here, in France,
and in Belgium, was, in the first instance, caused by the
fine weather which was experienced in all those coun-
tries about that time ; and though the fall which has
since taken place in the temperature 'renders an early
harvest, to say the least, improbable, still prices have
continued to tend downwards as well abroad as at home.
The most recent advices from Dantzic (28th of March)
state that the dull accounts from this side had caused
prices of wheat to recede 3s. per quarter front the ex-
treme point, and even at that abatement there had, it
appears, been little disposition to buy. Fine high-mixed
parcels were then held at 675. to 695. per quarter, and
other sorts at corresponding terms. The ice had mostly
disappeared, and a few vessels had arrived out in search
of cargoes. The Vistula was still partly frozen, and
would not, it was thought, be open much before the
first week in April.
At Stettin, on the 29th of March, the navigation was
entirely free from ice; still business was then, and had
for some days previously been, very dull. Holders of
wheat had, nevertheless, remained very firm, and for
red, weighing only 591bs. per bushel, 60s. to 675. per
quarter, free on board, bad been demanded. Barley had
met a moderate degree of attention, for local consump-
tion, at a price equal to 355. per quarter, free on board.
By the accounts from Rostock and the neighbouring
places, it appears that, though stocks of wheat were
generally short, and the deliveries from the growers had
not been large, the prices had, nevertheless, rather
tended downwards, in consequence of the dull English,
French, and Dutch accounts.
At Hamburgh, on Tuesday, there was, however, again
some inquiry for wheat on French account, but to effect
sales it was necessary to accept lower terms than those
current the preceding week, and 70s. per quarter had
become the current value for good 601 b. red.
In the Dutch markets prices of both wheat and rye
appear to have undergone a considerable fall. At Am-
sterdam, OR the 29th of March, Polish Odessa wheat
was quoted 785., and Norder 80s. 10d. per quarter; these
rates, though high, were from 4s. to Gs. per quarter
below the quotations of that day week. Osts were very
scarce there, and not cheaper, feed being then still held
at equal to 385., and thick at 395. to 40s. per quarter.
The advices from the southern and south-eastern parts
of Europe are generally of a firm character, and the
value of wheat appears rather to have risen than fallen
at the principal ports in the Mediterranean.
Letters from Marseilles, of the 27th of March, inform
us that, notwithstanding the enormous arrivals of wheat
which had taken place there during the winter months,
the demand from the interior had been so extensive as
to leave but little stock on hand. The small quantity
remaining had, consequently, been held with much firm-
ness; and though the inquiry had rather fallen off, and
several vessels grain-laden had again entered the port,
prices of wheat had not receded.
At Leghorn, on the 26th ult., the article was also held

---
Remaining in the House of Occupation at Christmas,
1845-101 males, 92 females; admitted in 1846 —4B
males, 38 females; discharged in 1846-50 males, 29
females. Remaining at Christmas, 1846-99 males, 101
females. Of the number discharged, 3 were expelled,
absconded, and all the rest left the house under favour-
able circumstances.
BETHLEM HOSPITAL.
Remained in hospital, Ist of January, 1846, including
those out on leave of absence, 204 males, 396 females ;
admitted during the year 1846, 142 males, 171 females.
Discharged—Cured, 67 males, 96 females; uncured, 25
males, 62 females; by request of friends,3 males, 12 females ;
improper objects, 17 males, 16 females. Died, 5 males, 10
females. Remaining December 31st, 1846—Out on leave,
1 male, 5 females ; in hospital, 216 males, 174 females.
The sub-committee meet every Friday, at Bethlem Hos-
pital to admit and discharge the patients from all parts
of the United Kingdom, without expense to their rela-
tions or friends.

DARING BURGLARY.—Considerable sensation exists
in the garrison at Chatham, on account of an audacious
burglary having been perpetrated, during the night of
Friday, the 3i instant, by breaking into the Invalid
Depot Pay-office, at the Casemate Barracks, at Gilling-
ham. The entrance was first discovered by the orderly
on Saturday morning, on his going to prepare the office
for the clerks, when he found it in the utmost disorder.
Papers and books were strewed about the floor, as also a
quantity of lucifer matches, some of which had been
burnt; and it was evident, from the drops of tallow
about, the party.had had a candle. Tho cashier's desk
was the only one broken open; and, from the destruc-
tion of the lock, some strong instrument bad been used.
The whole of its contents were taken out, including a
number of India remittances, bills belonging to invalids
returning from India, amounting to about 12,0001.; and
a large bowl, containing a quantity of copper coin, was
gone, as also several coats belonging to the clerks taken
away. The thieves, not content, took away the whole
of the keys of the several departments. No clue .
as yet
has been obtained of the offenders, although a stilet in-
quiry is on foot by the police and military authorities.
During the• day of Saturday the remittance bills, and
some of the papers belonging to the officers were found
in the trench, as also the bowl which contained the
copper money. The entrance, it appears, was effected
through one of the windows. The office is placed in a
very secluded situation, being by itself and totally un- '
protected, not a sentry near it. By the cashier's desk
being the only one destroyed, it is evident that this bur-
glary must have been committed by some one who well
knew the place. It was fortunate that on the evening
of the robbery a considerable sum of money was removed
on the clerks leaving their duty at four o'clock.
THE LATE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF STAIR.—The
funeral of this lady, who died on the 17th of February,
took place on Wednesday. The funeral moved from No.
4, St. Andrew-square, the residence of her brother, John
Gordon, Esq., of Cluny, and was deposited in the tomb
of the Cluny family in St. Cuthbert's churchyard. The
body was enclosed within a coffin covered with fine
black cloth, as also a leaden coffin, lined with white satin,
and both were placed in an outer dress coffin of oak,
covered with purple silk velvet, richly ornamented. On
the top was an engraved subscription plate, with her
Ladyship's armorial bearings, surmounted with a massive
coronet.—Edinburgh Paper.
AN UNINTENDED TEMPTATION.---011 a field in
the outskirts of Manchester there is erected a board on
which is painted the following rather tempting notice:—
" Five Pounds Reward. Any Person found, breaking
down or removeing, any Rails or Posts from the Fences
of this estate, shall upon conviction receive the above
reward." We omit the name of the solicitor to whom
application is to be made for the reward, lest he should
be pestered with a crowd of applicants, willing, for the
' sake of the 51. offered, to break down as many fences as
might be thought desirable, and to find witnesses to con-
vict them of the offence.
THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS.—The out-pensioners
of the Royal Hospitals of Chelsea and Kilmainham have
received notice that for the future, agreeably to the pro-
visions of the Bill lately introduced by the Right Hon.
Fox Maule, their pensions will be paid without the de-
duction of 5 per cent.—an impost which, after years of
useless complaint, they have, owing to the determination
of Ur. Maule, succeeded in removing.

EVERY DOG HMI usa DAY.—A singular apparition •
is now constantly witnessed along the highway of Clif-
ton•—namely, a carriage, splendid in all its appoint-
ments of horses, harness, coachman, footman, &c.,
driving about in the fashionable hour of the day, its sole
some-
what of the poodle breed, which look out at each win-
dow, with pert and important air, as if conscious that
they were
panse is spared. The owner of
tenants
sb enionpuppies
handsome
uonnwdgsrdoeeml
degree,"
but " curled favourites of fortune," fur whose conve-
the equipage, poodles, &c., is a lady of noble family,
who is so fond of her canine pets that even a carriage ie.
kept as much for their accommodation as her own, for
it is driven up to the door, and when the lady herself i 3
nience or comfort no ex
unable and indisposed to go out darlingsotman will throw
down the steps, and the curled , descendin the
well• carpeted stairs, jump into the chariot in a style
only to be attained to by quadrupeds after long custom
and practice. The steps are then put up, the door
closed, and the dogs driven off for their airing, return.
ing, with a brisk and self satisfied bark, the valedictory
hand-waving of their benefactress in the balcony above!
—Bristol Times.
We understand that his Majesty the Breaf the
French has lately presented the Dowager Ladyton
with a beautiful vase of Sevres china, in token of the
high estimation in which he holds the memory of her
husband, the late Vice-Admiral Sir J. Brenton, Bart., a
copy of whose memoir his Majesty had been graciously
6 pleased to accept from Lady Brenton.
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LONDON, WE DNESDAY
---MORNING, APRIL 7, 1847'
THE SUN, (Z. AZETTE. THE WEST INDIA MAIL-STEAMER

TWEED.

The announcement of the reported loss of another of
the West India mail-packets, which reached London on
Sunday from Havre via Southampton, and appeared in
this journal of yesterday, caused great excitement in the
City ; and anxious inquiries were made during the day
at the company's office, in Moorgate-street, with a view
to ascertain whether any authentic information had been
received by the directors on the subject. To these in-
quiries but one reply was given, viz., that the directors
had received no official information of the wreck, the
only intelligence forwarded to the office being a short
note from their agent at Southampton, and an extract
from the Havre paper, the latter containing no facts
beyond those published yesterday.
The Southampton agent wrote as follows :—" By the
Calpe steamer, just arrived from Mavre, an American
account has come of the loss of the Tweed. They say
she struck on the Alacranes, and went to pieces almost
immediately, on the 12th of February—that 60 persons
were lost ; but beyond this I am unable to obtain any
particulars relative to this very unfortunate report,
which, I trust, may be without foundation."
The hope expressed is the last sentence of the South-
atApton agent's letter is shared, it is right to say, by
several of the directors, but the prevailing impression, it
must be added, among parties competent to judge is, that
the account received via Havre is too circumstantial in
its details to be untrue in fact. Moreover, the locality
where the wreck is alleged to have taken place agrees
so exactly with the supposed position of the ship at the
date quoted, that little, if any doubt, is entertained of
her loss.

The frightful loss of life described to have taken
place—no less than 60 persons—may, perhaps, lead to
an impression that many passengers have been lost in
the ship. This fear will be in a great degree set at rest
by an announcement, furnished yesterday by Captain
Chappell, the indefatigable secretary of the Royal Mail
Steam-ship Company, to the effect that when the Tweed
left Grenada, her starting point on the present voyage,
she had but seven passengers on board for Vera Cruz.
These were—
Mr. Price, of the firm of Manning, Mackintosh, and
Co., of Vera Cruz.
Mr. Ellice, nephew of Russell Ellice, Esq., the East
India director.
Mr. Ynchausti.
Mr. Farias.
Mr. Fontecha.
Mr. G. Le Charlier.
Mr. Bausel.

It is possible that passengers may have booked from
Jamaica and the Havannah for Vera Cruz, in which
event they would, of course, be on board when the
alleged wreck took place ; but it is not considered pro-
bable that any had so booked.
The Alacranes, on which the ship is supposed to have
struck, is a dangerous coral reef, about 400 miles from
the Havannah, and about 70 from the coast of Yucatan.
It is considered by navigators the most dangerous part
of the Gulf of Mexico, the currents being so capricious
and powerful in that region as frequently to carry vessels
upwards of 40 miles out of their course in one day.
The Tweed was due at Southampton to morrow.
In consequence of numerous applications from the re-
latives of persons supposed to be on board the Tweed,
we have procured from the General Register-office of
Seamen the following list of the crew, as reported on
board when the vessel left Southampton, on the 18th
day of Dec., 1846 :
G. Parsons, commander.
E. J. L. Ellison, cbief- officer.
C. H. Onslow, second officer.
E. Shepherd, third officer.
W. H. Croke, fourth officer.
T. A. Spence, midshipman.
R. Vaudell, midshipman.
T. T. Rowlett, midshipman.
I'. H. Barnard, supernume-
rary midshipman.
S. B. Rowland, surgeon.
J. Ballard, clerk.
J. Broad, boatswain.
S. Rogers, carpenter.
W. Shotter, carpenter's-mate.
G. Fleming, quartermaster.
J. Smith, quartermaster.
P. M'Cullam, quartermaster.
W. Turl, able seaman.
J. Slade, able seaman.
T. Harris, able seaman.
J. Purze, able seaman.
D. Martin, able seaman.
W. Green, able seaman.
G. Turl, able seaman.
P. Moore, able seaman.
J. Cove, able seaman.
W. York, able seaman.
W. Mackrel, able seaman.
J. Briscoe, able seaman.
11. Harley, able seaman.
J. Layer, able seaman.
G. Deal, able seaman.
G. Barwick, able seaman.
T. Sully, able seaman.
H. Horslow, able seaman.
J. Phillips, able seaman.
J. Macey, able seaman.
J. Ivatts, ship's cook.
J. Dixon, commander's ser
va

J. Morrison, second engineer,
W. M. Hair, third engineer.
D. Blair, fourth engineer.
W. Androse, fifth engineer.
W. Wilesteed, boiler-maker
S. Foster, fireman.
R. Johnston, fireman.
A. Burt, fireman.
G. Low, fireman.
W. Hitchings, fireman.
J. Wallace, fireman.
J. Cox, fireman.
J. Haddon, fireman.
J. Glassup, fireman.
T. Stone, fireman.
W. Bishop, fireman.
T. Kenney, fireman.
J. Harmey, coal-trimmer.
,D. Wallace, coal-trimmer.
IJ. Garnett, coal-trimmer.
IS. Harris, coal-trimmer.
W. Allum, coal-trimmer.
L. Noyes, coal-trimmer.
C. Parker, coal-trimmer.
J. Merton, coal-trimmer.
J. Moody, coal-trimmer.
0. Hill, coal-trimmer.
J. Newman, coal-trimmer.
J. Alcock, coal-trimmer.
C. Stewart, lamp-trimmer.
C. T. M'Cave, steward.
W. Hughes, waiter.
H. Bluett, waiter.
H. Handcock, waiter.
W. Ellis, bedroom steward.
H. R. Hawkins, boots.
J. Paine, cook.
E. Burton, cook's mate.
J. Benson, baker.
-,W. Lee, butcher.
IT. Finlay, barman.
!Mrs. A. Gundy, stewardess.
'G. Marlow, waiter.
'G. Adams, extra waiter.
G. Dawson, storekeeper.
iW. Bundy, supernumerary
able seaman.
Lietenant J. Davies (C),
R.N., Admiralty-agent, in
charge of the mail.

E. Moon, apprentice.
F. Warren, apprentice.
.1. W. Eager, apprentice.
G. Loney, apprentice.
S. L. Gallais, apprentice.
W. Cushman, officer's boy.
W. Cooper, dispensary boy.
U. Philpot, engineer's boy.
A. Mlienzio, first engineer.

NEWS FOR ANGLERS.-111r. D. Lipscombe, the
well-known angler, caught in the Teme, at Broadwas, on
Saturday, with an artificial fly, a fine salmon, 1211 b.
weight. The fish was taken with a common fly rod used
for trout fishing, after a gallant fight which lasted an
hour and a half. This is the first salmon known to have
been taken in the Teme with the artificial fly within liv-
ing memory. The event was celebrated by a few bro-
thers of the angle dining off the prize, who were not a
little elated at so good a commencement of the season's
campaign.—On the same day a gentleman of this city
caught in the Severn at Holt, while angling with the
worm, a splendid trout weighing 411 b., in the finest con-
dition, measuring only twenty-two inches in its extreme
length. The fish was taken with a very small hook
(No. 8) attached to the finest gut. Last week, a trout
of a similar kind was taken in a trap at Powick Weir,
which weighed upwards of 51b.— Worcestershire (Aron.
AN AGED FROG.—A few days ago, as a man of
the name of John Bally, of Abergavenny, was in the act
of sawing a large block of freestone, the saw came in
contact with some hard substance, which entirely re-
sisted further progress. It was turned upside down, and
the saw entered in an opposite direction, and after pro-
ceeding to within a few inches of the centre it encoun-
tered the same obstruction as before. After being cut as
far as practicable on each of its four sides, a wedge was
applied, when after a few strokes with a sledge hammer
it burst asunder, and a living frog was discovered in a
small cavity in the centre of the hard flinty substance
which had resisted the saw. The frog must have been
confined there from a very remote period, without air,
food, or light, as the stone is without any fissure or joint
within at least two feet and a half of the place where it
was enclosed. It is still alive, and appears much more
active than when first discovered.—Hereford Times.
CuAST DEFENCES OF SCOTLAND.—The annexed
return embraces a list of the various guns mounted on
the different castles on the coast of Scotland and the
estuaries :—Edinburgh Castle—nine 24-pounders, six
18-pounders, nine 12-pounders, seven & pounders, and
two 8-inch mortars ; total, 33. Stirling Castle—six 12-
pounders, eleven 9-pounders, and twelve 6-pounders ;
total, 29. Dumbarton Castle—three 18-pounders, nine
12-pounders, one 9-pounder, and four 6-pounders ; total,
17. Leith Fort—five 24-pounders, four 18-pounders,
and one 10-inch mortar ; total, 10. Fort George—seven
24-pounders, eight 18-pounders, eight 12-pounders, two
9-pounders, and two 13-inch mortars ; total, 27.
Fort Charlotte—eight 18 pounders, and four 32-pounder
carronades; total,l2. Fort William—twelvel2-pounders.
Rothsay Castle (Isle of Bute)—five 18-pounders.
Grand total for Scotland, 145 guns. It will be observed
from the above return that, with the exception of a few
guns, mortars, and carronades, at Leith Fort, Edinburgh
Castle, Fort George, and Fort Charlotte, the whole of
the guns in Scotland are of exceedingly light calibre,
and almost unfit for the improved state of modern war-
fare. The attention of the authorities has not yet, we
understand, been drawn to the coast defences of Scot-
land, but a total revision is likely to take place shortly
in the character of this armament, or at least, a material
increase in the number of guns of heavy calibre.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—TILE GAME-LAW NOVEL.—
The very distinguished success of Mr. Carew's novel,
" The Poacher's Wife," has arisen not merely from the
undoubted genius it displays, nor from its thrilling inci-
dents, its breathless situations, its pathos, its mirth, nor
its dramatic force of individual character—but because
it illustrates a great principle, and exposes one of the
most glaring abuses yet remaining of civilised England—
namely, the game-laws—which have done more to de
moralise the peasantry, than any other offspring of an-
cient feudal tyranny. The Court Journal, in its review
of the work, says, " Truth stares us in the face at every
fresh page we open, and we shudder as we close the
volumes, because we feel that, as it is in the power of
the country to destroy such frightful sources of crime,
every man is accessory to their existence. The Weekly
Dispatch observes, that " the author has manifested as
much good feeling in exposing the evil effects of the
game-laws by means of a tale, as the great commenta-
tor, Blackstone, did when he denounced them with his
legal philosophy."
AFFECTING DEATHS OF Two FEMALES (MOTHER
AND DAUGHTER) AT INVERNESS SUPPOSED FROM
STARVATION.—We learn that two females, of the name
of Logan, residing at the Shore of Inverness, are re•
ported to have died last week from actual starvation.
We believe they were, at one time, in comfortable cir-
cumstance,—the knowledge of which, in addition to their
recent depressed circumstances, and their anxiety to
conceal their actual condition from the knowledge
ial of the
e
public, rendered them averse to asking pch
other relief. The result therefore, has been that they
were both found dead in one bed.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
FORTIFICATIONS OF lianwion.—The means of de-
defence at this seaport are so exceedingly deficient as to
induce the military authorities to make a strung repre-
sentation to the Board of Ordnance on the necessity of
placing the defences on a more efficient state. It appears
that there are ten 24-pounder guns on traversing plat-
forms, and the only force to work them consists of a
master gunner, one non-commissioned officer, and three
gunners of the Royal Artillery. In consequence of this
representation, an experienced officer of Artillery will it
is stated, be sent next week to examine the state of the
defences, and report to the Bord of Ordnance what is
necessary to be done. It is expected that some 56-
pounder guns, or others of heavier calibre, will be
mounted, and that a company of Royal Artillery will be
stationed to take charge of them—Essex Herald.

MARSEILLES, APRIL I.—An alarming fire broke
out in this city, at about midnight, on the 30th to
31st ult. One person was burnt to death, an old lady
aged fifty-eight. Several persons were more or less
seriously- injured in their endeavours to escape. The
loss of property is estimated at from 250,0001'. to
300,000 F. This loss falls upon the Indemnite, Roy-
ale, and Urbaine Insurance offices.
The site of the calamity was only about 200 yards
distant from the port; not a breath of wind was stir-
ring very fortunately, for the slightest mistral
would have conveyed the flames to the centre of the
shipping, in which case the whole port and the prin-
cipal part of the town would have perished.
The origin of the fire does not appear to be pre-
cisely known. It is supposed to have arisen in a
stable, adjoining the timber yard of Messrs. Constant,
where it was first perceived.
The Tribunal of Commerce was in the greatest
danger, and but for the energy and presence of mind
of one clerks of the Court, who ordered some of the
rafters of the building that were already kindled to
be cut away, the whole edifice must have fallen a prey
to the flames.

AT MANILLA.

The following regulations recently ',brought- into
operation at Manilla will be of interest to parties
connected with the trade of that port :
Attention having been called to the practice ob-
served in the Custom house of this capital by the
captains or consignees of vessels, of not expressing in
the manifest the contents of the bales, packages, eases,
and other sorts of packages of goods which they con-
vey, before their introduction into the Custom-h ouse,
and in order to correct a practice which, although
founded on the tariff in force, in these islands may
give room to very great abuses, it has been decreed
as under :

The house adjoining the timber yard of Messrs.
Constant, inhabited in part by them, and by others,
among whom was the family of the propEetor of the
premises, and the unfortunately lady above referred
to, was burnt to the ground.,

SUNDERLAND DOCLS.—PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF
THE GROYNES.-A very serious accident has befallen
the groynes which are to form the breakwater to the
immense sea wall for the extensive docks at Sunderland.
Three groynes, about 100 yards in length, and of solid
masonry, have just been completed, and were found to
answer the purpose most admirably for which they were
designed. The successful completion of the work, after
an arduous struggle through the winter, was a subject
of much congratulation ; but the work has been hardly
finished before the unruly waves of the ocean have
broken through the middle of the north and south
groynes, leaving the centre one uninjured. The extent
of masonry swept away in each of these two groynes is
about 25 yards, and the heavy blocks of stone, bound
together with iron clasps, and cemented in the usual
way, calculated to resist the greatest violence of the sea,
was on Friday night last, swept away during a tremen-
dous gale and heavy sea from the north-east. It was
expected that the succeeding tide would have completed
the total demolition of the two groynes, but, fortunately,
the gale abated, and the sea subsided in violence, so that
no further damage has yet been done. This untoward
circumstance has created a great sensation in the town,
and given rise to fears that the final completion of the
docks will be attended with great danger and expense,
but as yet no official account of the accident has been
given, and it is impossible to say whether the masonry
has been insufficiently put together, or it is one of those
casualties which the greatest care cannot always pre-
vent. The expense of repairing the breaches will be
very considerable, but it will not fall upon the con-
tractDrs. _ _

Art. 1. The manifest that according to :rule No.
24 of the present tariff, captains, supercargoes, or
consignees of ships, national as well as foreign, are
bound to present within 30 hours after being visited
in this port, and 48 hours if in covite, shall contain-
-Ist Class, country, name, tonnage of the vessel, and
number of crew. 2nd. The name of captain or mas-
ter. 3d. The port or ports from whence she comes.
4th. The name of consignees to whom the carg o is
directed. sth. The bales, packages, casks, barrels,
hogshead, &c., of all kinds, with their correspon,
marks and numbers, expressing the quantity of each
class by figures and letters. 6th. The different des-
cription of goods or contents of the packages. irth.
The number and kind of those that contain go ods
prohibited from importation by the tariff, expressing
the foreign port to which they are destined in the
manner permitted by the law. 9th. That the ship
does not bring any other pods, and that none of t hose
on board are prohibited from a fear of plague.
Art. 2. Goods which on account of their nature
canna come baled or packed up, as iron in bars or
sheets, metal in slabs, logs or beams of wood, planks,
seeds or other like articles, shall be expressed in the
manifest by the descriptions without specifying the

quantity.
Art. 3. In the continuation of the manifest, but
separately, shall be put a circumstantial note of v var-
like stores and provisions, and marine, on board such
vessels.

THE DOCKYARD BATTALIONS.—The artisans, eic.,
of this dockyard have this week been organised into 12
companies of infantry, and 10 companies of artillery,
each company consisting of 85 men, making a total of
1,870 men. The infantry corps is ender the command
of the master shipwright, with the rank of lieutenant-
colcnel ; to each company will be attached a captain,
two lieutenants, two sergeants, and two corporals. The
captains will be constituted of the foremen and clerks,
the subalterns of the junior officers and clerks, and the
sergeants of the leading and single station men. Of the
artillery companies, six companies are for land and four
companies for afloat service, the latter to be called the
boat brigade ; the whole under the command of the
master attendant, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
These companies have also the same complement of offi-
cers attached to them as the infantry companies ; the
captains of the boat brigade companies are the foremen
afloat, the boatswain of the yard, the master rope-
maker, and the master rigger. The men of both corps
are to have canvass dresses for fatigue duty ; and it is
understood that it is intended they shall wear a uniform
on show occasions.—Hanipshire Telegragh.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTIONS ON BOARD HER
MAJESTY'S STEAM VESSELS SHEARWATER AND TOR-
ToisE—Official information has just been received at
Woolwich Dockyard that fires haring broken out on board
these two vessels, through spontaneous combustion.
The first occurred on board the Shearwater steam-
vessel (2 guns), Commander Sir G. Webster, Bart.,
stationei at Oban, where, on the 20th of March last, a
fire broke out in her coal bunker, and on the next day
in the opposite one; with the united exertions of the offi-
cers and crew, after some hours' working at the pumps
it was extinguished, but not before great damage was
done, and the fear of being compelled to run her on shore
and scuttle her. It is expected she will be ordered home to
Woolwich dockyard for repairs. The second was on
board the Tortoise (2 guns), store-ship. Cant. Hutton,
stationed as guard-ship at the Island of Ascension, for
the supply of the African steam squadron with coals.
The fire broke out among the coals, a signal gun was
fired, and the whole troops in garrison were put in re-
qnisition, when, after four days and nights' hard work
her hold was cleared, and the fire extinguished, but not
till nearly all her beams were burnt from three to five
inches through ; as it was, had not the united exertions
of the officers and men of the marines and naval crews of
the vessels been prompt and with alacrity, she must have
burnt to the water's edge ; had she not been lined with
copper inside she must have been a wreck. It jis ex-
pected from this circumstance that the Lords of the Ad-
miralty will order all vessels to have a copper lining
which are employed under similar circumstances.
AN IRISH RAILROAD.—A correspondent of the
Railway Record gives the following sketch of a locomo-
tive establishment on the Great Southern and Western
at Inchicore :—" On my approach to the locomotive
work at Inchicore, to my astonishment I saw, in the
midst of a large field, a building to all appearance
tumbling to decay. There were no workshops of any
description. The blacksmiths were working in canvass
tents ; the pattern makers in a temporary wooden shed
(the offices comprising a part of the same) ; the fitters
tumbling about in the half-finished running-engine
shed ; and valuable machinery lying about exposed to
the weather." He also gave a narrative of the style in
which they run special trains. On Sunday, the 30th, a
special train, from Dublin to Salins and back, was
engaged by a party of gentlemen. On the return to
the Dublin station, neither station-master nor porter
was to be seen. The carriage doors were looked, and
the party could not get out. After a short period of
excitement, a gentleman was seen crawling out of one
of the windows. The example was soon followed, when
the whole got out in the space of three minutes. If
you had witnessed the scene, ycu could not, while you
condemned, but have laughed, for the last was a gentle-
man remarkable for rotundity, and it required three of
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SINGULAR DISCOVERIES AT IPSWICH. --A few
day since, as some workmen were digging for a cellar in
the premises of Mr. Charles Meadows, in Tavern-street,
they discovered a considerable number of human bones,
not placed in the usual manner of sepulture, but laying
heaped together. Upon examination, it appears that a
place, about ten feet deep and two feet wide, had been
made for the deposit, at the bottom of which a fire had
been made with wood, and the bodies placed over it and
burnt, as those in the lower part show evident marks of
the fire. Upon making further search, the remains of
an urn, apparently of Romano-British workmanship,
was found, containing ashes, charred wood, and some
brass instrument, but so oxydised that it could not be
made out, some bone pins, with plaited work twisted
over them. From the bones collected, many of which
are very large, it is ascertained that the remains of at
least thirteen bodies were here deposited. Several of
the sets of teeth are very perfect. Over the narrow
chamber containing these mysterious remains, and
at about six feet from the surface, was laid a round
stone, containing a large aperture in the centre ; it was,
however, unfortunately, broken into five pieces. A gen-
tleman, who is a competent judge, says it is evidently
.a
stone that was used for placing over a large mortar, in
which it was customary to pulverise grain, &c., and that
the pestle was passed through the hole in the centre to
steady it. The stone is of a vey coarse material, and is
very similar to a small rough grindstone ; it is about
four feet in circumference. The bones occupy a space
of feet in depth, and must have been intered hundreds
—lpswich Express.
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PORTLAND.—Within the past week
a ground sea
swept the beach of Chisel-beach quite clean, and enabled
searchers after curiosities, &c., from an old wreck oppo-
site Chisel Town, to realise a few rich prizes. Some have
picked up a dozen or so of dollars, amounting in all to
sixty ; some, two large pieces of bullion, valued at 101.
each ; others, some large pieces of gum benzoin, weigh-
ing from 201 b. to 101 b. This ship ran ashore at Chisel
Town some fifty years ago in the dead of night ; the
captain was the only hand saved, and he, through his
experience of this coast, as nothing can come ashore
here but it is dragged off the breakers recede, owing to
the underground current. He took his station on the
bowsprit, and leaped clear of the sea. The others, buf-
feting to and fro with the waves, were soon all drowned.
Should this meet the eye of any distressed navigator in
Chisel Bay it may be a guide for his preservation. We
hope some slight harbour of refuge or ctaviwtyhsTeibllybeessuels
driven in may run for shelter.l
fimately constructed off Brandy-row,
,
o twoultdafford
the mariner security, it would give isecurityWhilst
to he now
overwhich
helpless town of Chisel, only protected by a mud bank,
ks, and threatens destruction to life and pro-
pr. sea
ty. One day it will go if not strengthened by a
the
e r
ea, on every spring tide, wind setting in west,
sea-
wall, and then good bye to Weymouth, for Chisel beach
isits breakwater.—Sherbourne Journal.
PUBLIC WORKS (InELAND).—It appears, from a
Parliamentary Paper, issued on Saturday, by order of
the House of Commons (having been presented by her
Majesty's command), that, during the week ending
March 13, there were employed in the Public Works
(Ireland) 708,002 persons, on roads, &c., and 20,736
on drainage, making a total of 728,738 persons. The
cost of labour was 236,9221., of superintendence (charged
to Baronies) 17,102/, and of superintendence (charged
to Government) 5,0811. ; total cost 259,105/. The
daily average number of persons employed on public
works, in Ireland, for the same week, was 128,181 in
Leinster, 303,614 in Munster, 86,446 in Ulster, and
210,497 in Connaught ; making the gross total of
728,738 persons.
PROGRESS OF PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS.
The new hall and staircase of the British Museum, to aid
the interior effect of which polychromatic decoration has
been called in, and with considerable success too, will be
opened to the public, it is expected, on Monday next .
The exterior of the northern wing of the Board of
Trade, Whitehall, is fast approaching completion. Re-
port says, that a design to elevate the Horse Guards has
been approved by the Government. At the Carlton
Club, a part of the new facade is up ; and the
Museum of Economic Geology, described last week, is
showing itself above ground. Mystery still shrouds the
proposed addition to Buckingham Palace ; rumour
speaks of an alteration in the elevation, but we haie no
certain information concerning it. The public mustpay.
their money before they see the sight ; and insteadencoe.:
commenting in time, with a view to obtain
.ewxpeelnl
too
oppor
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must be contented with abusing
late to amend, and sighing
.grumpilyo
Act over
into
tunities. When Mr. Disraeh
newordered. " Hang en
the results
late
ope-
ration, these things will be better The
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ilder,
architect," and all will come right.

A boiler explosion, attended with loss of life, oc
occurred on Thursday on board the Troubadour, which
trades between Swansea, Bristol and Liverpool. The
vessel had just arrived at the Mumbles, and turned off
her steam, when one of the principal tubes of the boilers
exploded, filling the engine-room with scalding steam,
which rose in a dense cloud, and was seen from the
shore. Two men were below at the moment, and their
sufferings were frightful. One of them rushed out of
the door which communicated with the engine-room,
and fell exhausted. The other made for the ladder,
with a view of getting on deck, but the scalding steam
drove him backwards, and he sunk. When extricated
their appearance was truly appalling—they were ac-
tually boiled. They were conveyed to the, Swansea In-
firmary, where ono shortly died: the other remains in a
dangerous condition. None of the passengers sustained
any injury.
SPONTANOUS COMBUSTION ON BOARD HER MA-
IESTY'S STEAM-VESSELS, SHEARWATER AND TORTOISE.
--Official information has just been received at Wool-
wich Dockyard of fires having broken out on board
these two vessels, through spontaneous combustion. The
first occurred on beard the Shearwater steam-vessel (2
guns), Commander Sir G. Webster, Bart., stationed at
Oban, where, on the 20th of March last, a fire broke out
in her coal bunker, and on the next day in the opposite
one; with the united exertions of the officers and crew,
after some hours' working at the pumps, it was extin-
guished, but not before great damage was done and the
tear of being compelled to run her ashore and scuttle
her. It is expected she will be ordered home to Wool-
wich Dockyard for repairs. The second was on board
the Tortoise (2 guns) store ship, Captain Hutton,
stationed as guard-ship at the Island of Ascension, for
the supply of the African steam squadron with coals.
The fire broke out among the coals, a signal gun was
fired, and the whole troops in garrison were put in re-
quisition, when, after four days' and nights' hard work
her hold was cleared, and the fire extinguished, but not
till nearly all her beams were burnt from three to five
inches through; as it was, had not the united exertions
of the officers and men of the marines and naval crews
of the vessels been prompt and with alacrity, she must
have burnt down to the water's edge; had she not
been lined with copper inside, she must have been a
wreck. It is expected from this circumstance that the
Lords of the Admiralty will order all vessels to have a
copper lining which are employed under similar circum-
stances.
LOLA MONTES.—A fresh claimant appears for the
" honour" of the birthplace of Lola Montes. The Galway
Vindicator, on the authority of a corespondent, insists
that Coughrea is the true locus in quo Betsy Watson first
isthaled the vital air. Her father, poor Jerry Watson,
follow ed the profession of a vagrant player, and often
delighted the denizens of Loughrea with his " mirror,"
which he held singularly close "to nature." Betsy, too,
was famous in her day. The Vindicator concludes the
notice thus:—" This is no tale of imagination; it is ' an
ower true tale' of natural life. We should not wonder if
she inherit some mixture of Spanish fire, obtained from
the ' old Spanish town,' the ' ancient citie of the tribes,'
Galway, which may account for the surmises as to her
Spanish origin.
LAMMING EXTRAORDINARY. Mr. Burrell, of
Burshill, near Brandsburton, has thirteen ewes which
have produced forty lambs, most of them are doing
well, one ewe having had twelve lambs in three years.
THE ISLAND or LABUAN.—The following is an
extract of a letter from a gentleman, dated Labuan,
east coast of Borneo, December 25, 1846 :—" We are
now at the island of Labuan, which was taken possession
of yesterday by Captain Mundy, of the Iris, in her Ma-
jesty's name. There is to be a grand expedition against
the pirates next April, and we may be detained on the
station till May. The treaty ceding the island of La-
buan was signed by the Sultan (sealed rather). I have
no doubt that there will be a flourishing trade here in a
few years. There is a brig laden with long-cloths in the
harbour, so that the merchants of Singapore have their
eyes here already. If the piracy could be suppressed, a
large market would be opened."
Ma. MAcaEanr.— We are glad to learn that this
distinguished tragedian is recovering from his recent
attack of illness. He suffered very much in his journey
to London on Monday week; but, under the care of Dr.
Elliotson, he has been gradually improving, and was
able, on Monday evening last, to preside over the gene-
ral theatrical fund dinner ; though this effort, we regret
to learn, threw him back a little. The latest accounts of
him are, that he is again improving, and he will, in all
probability, be in Manchester this day week to fulfil his
engagement.—Manchester Guardian.
FETER ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Fever
of the very worst kind, we are informed, has broken out
among the railway labourers employed on the Cale-
donian Railway, at the Cut at Evenhead. A great
number of deaths have taken place. Some of the rural
inhabitants of the districts have been attacked with it;
and in a shepherd's family on the farm of Howcleuch,
four deaths have taken place during the last fortnight.
The huts are not fit abodes for men. Let the directors
look to this!—Glasgozo Argus.
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.—We learn that the
statement of the retirement of the Count de St. Aulaire
from the post of Ambassador to the Court of St. James's
is confirmed. His Excellency, at his own express de-
sire, retires from the fatigues of public affairs to the
enjoyment of private life. We regret it, knowing the
high' estimation in which his Excellency is held in Lon-
don by all who have the honour of his acquaintance. It
will be a difficult task to replace him by a diplomatist
so eminently formed to command universal friendship
and respect, both towards himself and the nation he
has so ably represented. We learn that Count de St.
Aulaire is expected in Paris on Monday or Tuesday
next. It does not appear that anything has yet been
decided on as to his successor, but it is thought pro-
bable that it may be the Baron de Barante.—Galignani'e
Messenger.
RAILWAY TRAVELLING, AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE
HUMAN SYSTEM.—The very important question of the
medicinal effect of travelling by railway has lately
engaged the attention of the most eminent physicians;
and it is some satisfaction to know that those who are
said proverbially to disagree are at least in this respect
unanimous. Even to the passengers of the third-class,
exposed to all the elements, railway travelling has beenpronounced the harbinger of health, and the greatest
uop-
ponent to disease. Dr. James Johnson, no_uwmea in nc, o
, terms
rity in these matters, has written in the glowing
a dead calm
gi
of the advantrges derived; as ‘
we cleave through the air as we‘thiofurigtehe hwe ere
adverse,runn i
%,n,ge
against a brisk gale—and if the breeze
are sailing right in the wind's eye against a furioush
hurricane. This is the way to undergo a thorough ven-
tililation—a sanatory purification from the mephitic at-
mosphere of London, impregnated with all the poisons
issuing from Pandora's box. It is in the "main-top" of
a flying train like this that we can most effectually take
pretique from a London lazzaretto, and disengage from
our persons and clothes these noxious vapours that
have emanated from at least one hundred millions
of living things, besides the inculculable masses of
dead animal and vegetable matter in the transit of de-
composition from a solid to a gaseous form of existence."
Rather strong language this : but the assertions aro
confirmed by every- day experience. He further adds,
that the oscillatory motion of the railway carriage is not
only more salutary than the swinging. jolting, motion of
a stage-coach, but that " it bids fair to be a powerful
remedial agent in many ailments to which the metro-
politan and civic inhabitants are subject ; and that to
thousands of valetudinarians a railway ride of twenty
miles would prove a means of preserving health and
prolonging life more powerful and effectual than all the
drugs in Apothecaries' Hall."
EXPORT OF HORSES.—On Friday last, 18 very
fine horses, the property of Mr. Sacks, were shipped by
the Helen Macgregor for Hamburgh ; and on the fol-
lowing day a further shipment of 12 horses was made for
the same place, the property of Captain Dickinson.—
Hull Packet.