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2. That a small portion of the Castle Rock (B) on the
Cheshire side, as well as the adjacent angle of the shore
(C), be also cut away by the company, in order to form
the shore to a regular curve, as shown in the plan.
3. That the island between the Castle licck and the
Old Quay Canal be removed by the same parties, and
that all the above-mentioned excavations be made to the
lowest summer level of the river.

4. That if the company think it expedient to cam
the bridge on arches, the waterway opening between the
piers be not less than 280 feet in the clear ; that the
piers be not more than twenty- five feet in thickness, with
proper cutwaters ; and that the clear headway under
the centre of each arch be not less that 100 feet abovi-
the level of the flow of the highest tides, and that the
spring of the arches be not less than 65 feet above thy,
same level.

But if, instead of such arches, the company should
consent to substitute flat girders, with piers of not more
than 20 feet thickness (which would be in every way
preferable), my Lords would in that case be contented
with the clear space of 250 feet between the piers.
5. That in order to facilitate the warping of large
ve.sels through the bridge, a turret staircase from the
footway along the bridge should be made, down the
second and third piers from the Cheshire side, to a
strong wooden or iron gallery round those piers, of
about three feet wide, and one or two feet above high-
water mark; that a trackway between the river and the
abutment wall, of the usual breadth, should be left on
the Cheshire side, and that a free footpath should be
afforded along the bridge, properly protected from the
railway, and connected to the present footpaths on each
bank of the river.

6. That the excavated materials shall either be used
in the construction, or placed in the curved line desig•
nated on the plan by the letters D D D, so as to form a
wall or weir, which shall, in the first place, extend 2 000
feet to the eastward, and afterwards 800 feet further (if

considered necessary by their Lordships) in order to
give a proper direction to the tidal streams, and this wall
or weir shall be securely or substantially constructed,
and carried up, at the expense of the company, to the
level of high water, and that the works of excavation
shall be carried on simultaneously with the erection of
the bridge, which shall not be opened for the use of the
railway till all the excavations shall be fully completed,
nor till the works be approved by the Lords Conserva-
tors of the Mersey.
7. That during the execution of these works neither
the navigation nor the current shill be obstructed more
than is absolutely necessary in the opinion of the acting
conservator of the river.

8. That any damage done to passing vessels by the
works of the bridge during its execution, unless caused
by the negligence or misconduct of the pilots or persons
in charge of the vessel, shall be paid by the company.—
I am, &c.,

(Signed) H. CORRY.
J. Swift, R:q., Fer.ton's Hotel, Si. James's-street.
G wydyr House, Whitehall, March 28, 1846.
Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Conservators of the
River Mersey the clause you propose to insert in the
Huyton and Aston branch of the Grand Junction Rail-
way Company, relative to a bridge over the River Mersey,
at Runcorn ;
I am desired by my Lords to inform you their Lord-
ships approve of the clause; but, in addition thereto, my
Lords Conservators deem it to be necessary that you fur-
ther insert a clause in your Bill to the following effect:—
" That in the event of any improvement hereafter
taking place in the navigation of the river Mersey, east-
ward of the proposed bridge at Runcorn, for the purpose
of establishing a communication for ships or vessels with
Manchester, or any other place to the eastward of the
present viaduct of the Grand Junction Railway over the
river Mersey, near Warrington, the Grand Junction
Company, or the then owners of that railway, shall con-
sent to such arrangements for the passing through their
present viaduct over the river Mersey, near Warrington,
as my Lords Conservators shall deem it to be expedient
to require."
(Signed) GEORGE EVANS,
Acting Conservator of the River Mersey,
To J. Swift, Esq., solicitor for the Bill,
to
with your Lordships
constructed
by it
29, Georgo-street, May 16, 1846.
My Lords,—l take the liberty of again communicating
w
in reference
Grandef rence to
Junctionth
party over the river Mersey, at Runcorn, which, accord
bridgeßail proposedy Com.
Railway
nig to the clause approved by jour Lordships, i 5 to be
constructed in such manner, and with such works, as
your Lordships may direct.
Under these circumstances, I have to request that, if
it be not inconsistent with your Lordships views, I may
be favoured with a letter from your Lordships, which I
may submit to the committee, stating that, in your
Lordships' opinion, it is desirable that the precise mode
of constructing the bridge should be left open to the
supervision of your Lordships, rather than that clauses
should be inserted in the Bill fixing now any specific
mode of constructing such bridge, or any partizular
works to be done by the compact, for the Improvement
of the bed of the river.
(Signed) J. SWIFT.
The Right Ron. the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty.

EXCISE SALE OF SMUGGLED BRANDY.—Yesterday
there was a sale of 17,000 gaih,ns of French brandy, and
3,000 gallons of Geneva, at the Excise Office, Broad street,
City, the whole havinir been seized ty the revenue officers.
Tile spirit had all been redistilled and %aged in the St. Katha-
rine's Decks, and realised very fair price,.
Lord and Lady Hatherton left Farrance's Hotel,
Upper Belgrade-street, yeaterday, for loddesley, Staf-
fordshire.

I SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
I GRAND ENTERTAINMENT BY THE LORD
IMAYOR TO THE PRESIDENTS OF THE Sel-
ENTIFIC AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &e.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid enter-
tainment to the Presidents of the royal, and other distin-
guished scientific and literary institutions, at the Man-
sion-house. The Egyptian Hall was, upon the occasion,
a crowded arena, and there certainly never were as-
sembled at the great civic board, within the last century,
such numbers of individuals of high literary and scientific
attainments.
- The dinner was appointed for a quarter before seven
o'clock, but long before that time many places were
taken in the Hall. The greatest curiosity was excited
among the crowd of parsons who assembled about the
doors, and several of the distinguished guests of his
Lordship were cheered as they entered the building.
Amongst the company we noticed the Marquis of
Northampton (the President of the Royal Society),
Lord Colchester (the President of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society), Dr Paris (President of the College
of Physicians), the Rev. F. W. Hope (the President of
the Etymological Society), Mr. J. E. Grey (the Pre-
sident of the Botanical Society), the Bishop of Norwich
(the President of the Linnaian Society), Mr. W. H.
Wilson (the President of the Numismatic Society), Sir
John Rennie (the President of the Institution of Civil
Engineers), Sir R. J. Murchison (the President of the
British Association for the Advance of Science), Dr.
Daubeney (Professor of Botany), the Rev. Robert
Welker (the Professor of Experimental Philosophy at
Oxford) ; Mr. J. Kidd, M.D.
,(Professor of Medicine
at Oxford); Mr. Travers Twiss (Professor of Political
Economy at Oxford), Professor Sedgewick (Professor
of Geology of Cambridge), the Dean of Ely, Prin-
cipal Mel'arlane of Cambridge, Sir James Clarke,
Bart., M.D., F.R.S. ; Mr. J. G. S. Lefe!vre, Vice-
Chancellor of the University of London ; Mr.
Neile Arnott, M.D., of the Senate of the University
of London ; Dr. Locock ; Mr. James Walker, F.R.S. ;
Mr. Warburton, M.P., M.A., F.R.S. ; Mr. Itichara
Potter, Professor of Natural Philosophy in University
College ; Mr. De Morgan, Professor of Mathematics
in University College ; Mr. J. Donaldson, Professor of
Architecture, in University College ; Mr. T. Graham,
Professor of Chemistry in the University College ; 1)r.
Sharpey, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology ; Mr.
Bell, Professor of Zoology of King's College ; Mr. W.
:Masking, Professor of Arts ofsConstruction ; Mr. Part-
ridge, Professor of Anatomy of King's College ; Mr. R.-
B. Todd, M.D., Professor of Physiology of King's C. 4-
lege ; Dr. E. Forbes, Professor of Botany in King's
College ; Mr. J. F. Royal, Professor of Meter Medics
in King's College ; 1)r. G. Budd, Professor of
the Practice of Physics ; Mr. W. M. Guy,
Professor of Forensic Medicine; Mr. W. Ferguson,
Proiesser of Surgery in King's College; Mr. Clarkson
Staefield, Royal Academician; Sir Richard Westma •
cott, Sculptor; Mr. E. H. Baily, Sculptor; Mr. John
Carew, Sculptor; Mr. C. R. Cockerel!, Architect; Mr.
Barry, Architect of the Houses of Parliament; Mr.
Philip Hardwicke, Architect; Sir Henry Ellis, Principal
Librarian of the British Museum; Sir Frederick Madden,
K.H., Keeper of the MSS.; Professor Owen, M.D.,
Vice-President of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science; Lieutenant-Colonel Sabine,
Foreign Secretary R.S., General Secretary to the British
Association for the Advancement of Science; the Dean
of Westminster ; the Rev. H. H. Milman ; Professor
Barlow, of Woolwich; Major-General Paisley, Inspector-
General of Railways ' • Mr. I. K. Brunel, Civil Engineer;
Mr. W. Cubitt, Civil Engineer; Mr. W. Tite, Architect
of the Royal Exchange, &c.; Mr. Benjamin Disraeli,
M.P.; Dr. Bowring, ei.P ; J. Brand, Mr. Charles
Knight, of Ludgate hill, Captain Sir James C. Ross,
U.N., Captain Sir William Simmonds, Mr. G. Baker,
Mr. T. Grissell, Mr. P. Rolt, Mr. R. Monckton Milnes,
M.P.; Major-General Trench, M.P.; Sir W. Molesworth,
Bart., M.P. ; Sir C. Lemon, Bart, M.P.; Sir Harris
Nicholas ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. F. Smith, R.S. ;
Mr. Charles Palmer, Mr. James, Mr.. W. Johnson,
(brother to the Lord Mayor), Mr. Harmer, Mr. T. Wood,
Mr. Pugh, Mr. George Doiland, Mr. John Shaw, Mr.
John Britton, F.S.A. ; Mr. Deputy Brown, Mr. Jobe
' Bethel', Mr. G. T. Doo, Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P. ; his
Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Colonel Colley, R.E.;
Sir Benjamin Brodie, Profess( r Samuel H. Christie, the
Rev. G. R. Gleig, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. G. I
Beckett, the Rev. John Baden' the Rev. Samuel 4irch,
Dr. Southey, the. Rev. Dr. Mortimer,
,the .Rev. Mr.
Hussey;-the Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr. M. Gore, M.P. ; the
Rev. J. W. Hughes, Mr. R. Kilsey, Sir James Metkdatu
Mr. J. R. Gardner, Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Mr. Johns
Lee, D.L. ; Mr. George Rennie, Sir Robert Harry Inglis,
M.P. ; Mr. H. Lawson, F.R.S. ; the Reverend
Mr. Bean (of St. Paul's School) ; Mr. R. Bethel', Q.C.;
Mr. J. Pultnan, Mr. J. H. A. Poytider, Sergeant Mere-
wether, the Recorder, Mr. W. F. A. Delaue, Colonel
Hamilton Smith; F.R.S; Sir J. H. Pelley, Bart., Deputy
Master of the Trinity House ; Mr. C. E. Michell, Cap
otin Beaufort, R.N., the Admiralty Hydrographer ; the
Right lion. H. Gouiburn, M.P. for the University of
Cambridge ; Mr. Esteourt, M.P. ; Mr. W. Jerdan, the
Editor of the Literary Gazette ; Mr. G. Whiting, Mr
James Andertems Mr. Richard Taylor, F.S.A. ; Mr. Vi',
Johnston, Mr. S. Cousins, A.R.A.; Mr. Bruckedon, Mr.
Rendle, Sir John Herschell, Dr. Grant, University Col-
lege, London ; Mr. Poynder, Mr. H. Colburn, Mr. John
Murray, Mr. Horace Twiss, Mr. W. Walker, Mr. P. L.
Simmonds' Mr. Dilke, Professor Carlton, Professes
Thawton, Professor Tullberg, Professor Holmboe, Mr.
T. Gautier, Mr. Behnes (Sculptor), Mr. Inskip, Mr. L.
Hayhe, Mr. Cundy, the Rev. Mr. Plow, F.R.S., Mr. W.
, Cotton, the Pev. Dr. Rice, Archdeacon Hale, Mr. T.
i Allason, Mr. Charles Presley, Mr. GeOrge Coiner, Mr.
A. W. Hofman, Mr. Braneby Cooper, Sir John Bur-
, goyne, Major Shadwell Clarke, General Failon, Dr.
Roget, Secretary of the Roy al Society, Mr. C. Babidge,
F.R.S. ; Mr. Rymer Jones, Professor of Comparative
Anatomy in King's College, London ; Mr. J. S. Buck•
ingham, Director of the British and Foreign Institute ;
Mr. Saull, Proprietor of the Geological Museum in the
City ; and "Dr. Reid, Professor of Chemistry in the
Univereity,of Edinburgh, &e.'&c: &e.. •„ • ' _
The banquet, which was extremely recherche, was
supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, of Cornhill. Mr.
Harker officiated as toastmaster, and gave the esta-
blished civic toast of "The Loving Cup," and the other
toasts of the programme, in his usual able and impres-
sive style. The following comprised the bill of fare:—
Turtle and iced punch.
Salmon, turbot, fried fish, &c.
Side Board—Petit pates, chickens, capons, turkey
poults, larded ; hams and tongues, ornamented ; ribs
lamb, raised ornamented pies, lobster salads, prawns,
Chantilly baskets, ornamented trifles, Nopeau and Maras-
chino jellies, pine, strawberry, and Italian creams ;
Genvoise pastry, Swiss and Venice marangs, Chantilly,
tartelets, creamed tarts, Nesselrode puddings, &c.
Removes—Haunches venison, currant jelly, &c. ;
chines lamb, ducklings, goslings, leverets, turkey poulte.
Dessert—Pines, hothouse grapes, peaches, strawber-
ries, cherries, oranges, dried fruits, Savoy and almond
cakes, mixed cakes, brandy cherries, preserved ginger.
The following toasts were then given from the chair,
and responded to with all the honours:—" Her Most
Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria," " the Queen Dow-
ager," " Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the
Royal Family."
The LORD MAYOR then gave,
Bishop of Norwich, and the clergy."
The Bishop of NORWICH returned thanks for the corn
pliment paid to him in having his name coupled with
that of the Established Church. He hoped and trusted
and believed that the Established Church, supported as
it was by the loyalty and increasing zeal of the clergy,
was rising day by day in the estimation of the country;
and so long as she did her duty, she would, he felt satis-
fied, meet with the confidence and esteem of every re-
spectable man who boasted of the name of a Christian.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The Chevalier Bunsen
and the Foreign Ministers."
His Excellency the Chevalier BUNSEN returned thanks.
He felt greatly honoured at having his health proposed
in so illustrious an assembly. He believed he was in-
debted to it partly from the feelings of attachment and
affection evinced by that country towards his royal
master, the King of Prussia, who was second to no other
monarch in his estimation of science and literature, as
being the brightest ornaments of his throne. He con-
gratulated the meeting that the first magistrate of the
first city of the world had called around him all that was
illustrious in that country in science, in art, in literature,
and in philosophy. It was the first occasion on which
such a reunion had taken place, and he hailed it as an
additional acknowledgment of the pre-eminence which
was so justly due to their professors and savans. Ile
believed no country in Europe had furnished so many
able and illustrious men as England, and he knew of no-
thing that would contribute more to its advancement
and prosperity than the honours thus-paid to literature
and science.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave "The Marquis of North-
ampton and the Royal Society."
The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON returned thanks. He
agreed with his friend the Chevalier Bunsen that the
present meeting formed a new era in the festive assem-
blages at' the City of London, the chief magistrate hav-
ing marked distinctly the sense which the City of Lon-
don entertained of the importance of science and litera-
ture. He must express his surprise that such an assem-
blage had not taken place long ago ; and he must only
suppose that those who had preceded the Lord Mayor in
dispensing the civic hospitality had by some accidental
circumstance overlooked the matter.—(Hear, hear.)
There were few persons who were not aware of the great
importance of science and literature in a commercial and
trading country like theirs; it was equally important to
their navigation that the science of astronomy should be
encouraged and promoted, and it was unnecessary to
point out the intimate connexion that existed between
the various branches of their manufactures and the im-
provements that were daily taking place in mechanics
and chemistry.—(Cheers.) In a country whose manu-
facturing and commercial greatness was unparalleled,
they need not be, therefore, much surprised at the
tribute paid to literature and science. The Noble Mar-
quis concluded by proposing " The health of the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor," which was drunk with great
enthusiasm.
The LORD MAYOR, in responding to the toast, said
that if the Noble Marquis had felt pleasure in proposing
the last toast, he (the Lord Mayor) felt equal pleasure
and. gratification in finding himself surrounded by the
distinguished :company by whom he was this day ho-
noured. To assemble that company had been a subject
which had occupied his mind for some months past, and
he had only delayed it because he had discovered that
the present would be the most convenient period of the
year at which to meet. He felt additional pleasure that
he had been the first who had gathered together the men
of literature, of science, and of art, in that hall; and he
trusted his successors would not forget the compliment
which had been paid hitn by their company, but that
similar invitations given by those who might follow him
in the civic chair, would meet with in the oime honour
as those which on this occasion he had acquired.—
(Cheers.) His Lordship concluded by proposing as the
next toast, the " Royal Society of Literature."
The Bey, Dir. (iixici briefly acknowledged the corn-

‘‘ The Church, the

pliment paid to the learned society, of which he had the
honour to be a member.

The following toasts were then severally proposed by
the LORD MAYOR, and duly honoured by the company:—
" The Royal Astronomical Society" (responded to by Sir
John Herschell); " The Royal Geographical Society"
(acknowledged by Lord Colchester); " The Royal Geo-
logical Society,' for which the Dean of Westminster
returned thanks; " The Royal Linnean Society," spoken
to by the Bishop of Norwich; " The Royal Society of
Antiquarians," for whom Sir Henry Ellis, of the British
Museum, return. d thanks; and, " The Earl of Auck-
land and the Royal Asiatic Society," briefly acknow-
ledged by Dr. Bowring. The toast of " Prosperity to
the University of Oxford" followed.
Sir R. H. hms, M.P., said that OA the part of the
members of that University, and of his Hon. Colleague
in its representation (Mr. Estcourt) and himself, he had
to return thanks for the kindness with which the toast
had been proposed and received. This was not the first
occasion on which under that roof his Lordship and his
predecessors had been pleased to pay that hon:rur to the
religion and literature of the country which he believed
to be associated most happily and indissolubly with both
the universities. It was not necessary in that place that
he should remind his Lordship of the munificent assist-
ance which the City of London had afforded to maintain
the ancient literature and religion of the country. In
Oxford one of the colleges had burn founded exclusively
by a munificent predecessor of his Lordship, and there
was not a single other college in that university which
had not participated in the bounty of some one or more
of the wards and companies of this great, wealthy, and
important city. It was therefore most fitting ❑pon the
partof the representatives of the University to take every
opporttniity of acknowledging 'gratefully and respect-
fully the benefits which the learning of Etigl•and had de-
rived from the liberality and bounty of tae citizais of
London.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed, "Prosperity to the
University of Cambridge," and coupled with it the names
of the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, and the Hon. the
Recorder.

Mr. GOULBURN returned thanks on behalf of the
University, and of his learned colleague and himself. It
was meat difficult for him to follow adequately the sp►•ech
of his Hon. Friend near him (Sir R. H. Inglis); but he
could repeat, with regard to Cambridge and the City of
London, all that had been stated by his Hon. Friend
with reference to the University of Oxford.—(Hear.)
The subjoined list of toasts was then gone through
with all the honours. " The University of London,"
acknowledged by Mr. John Shaw L.4evre, in the absence
of the Earl of Burlington; " The British Association for
the Advancement of Science," replied to by Sir Roderick
Murchieon; " The Learned Professors present," for
whom P:ofessor Sedgwick returned thanks; " The
Royal College of Chemistry," ken to by its president,
Lord Newry; " The Royal Colleges of Physicians and
Surgeons," acknowledged by Dr. Paris; and lastly,
"The Army and Navy," in whose behalf Sir John
Burgoyne expressed his thanks and esteem of his
brethren of both services.

The Lord Mayor, attended by his distinguished guests,
then retired from the Egyptian-hall to the Drawing-
room, and at a late hour the party separated.
On Thursday last the Lord blayor and Lady Mayoress
gave a splendid banquet in the Egyptian-hall to the
members of the Common Council, filar ladies and
families.

MR. MONCKTON MILNES AND
• THE NEW GOVERNMENT.
TO THE ELECTORS AND INHABITANTS OF
THE BOROUGH OF PONTEFRACT.
Gentlemen,—The course of policy adopted by Sir
Robert Peel having entirely dissolved the powerful
political party which raised him to that direction of
public affairs in 1841, I think it right to address to you
few remarks as to the part my sense of public duty
inclines me to take in this peculiar juncture.
As I never anticipated either the great immediate
benefit, or the extensive ultimate injury from the repeal
of the corn-laws that many others have done, I should
;lave preferred a settlement of the question which
hould not have been attended with so great a
acrifice of revenue, and with so much painful feeling
on the one hand, and so much triumph on the other;
-hut when all hope of compromise was past. I
could not consent to reject a measure which so large a
'portion-of the community believed to be just, when the
suss,. whatever it be, mast, as far as our part of the
country is concerned, fel: exclusively on my own class of
society, the demand for labour being abundant, and the
tenant farmer free to make new terms with his landlord,
as altered circumstances may require.
But the greater part of the late Ministers had been the
stautiche4 advocates of the protective system ; and we,
acting under the advice of Sir Robert Peel in 1841, op-
posed the considerableadvance in the direction of tree trade
then proposed by Lord John Russell ; and thus, however
conscientious may have been the change of opinion in the
late Government, it was impossible that one party could
forgive the suddenness of their conversion, or that the
other could forget their long persistence in error. They
have, therefore, incurred the natural consequences of in-
firmity of purpose, and their opponents, whose free-trade
tendencies Parliament has accepted and confirmed, are
now the Ministers of England.
This occurrence is surely not to be regretted, when
we consider that the alternative must have been he un-
certain maintenance in power of a Government too ex-
posed to.insultim, reproaches from former friends, who
believed themselves betrayed, and to impediments trout
opponents who believed themselves overt., ached; arid
only able to retain their places by continual appeals to
the meanest interests and the basest passions.
Lord John Russell is at the head of the most numerous
sf the three parties in the House of Commons, and has
'bus the fairest claim to form a Government, but it
is clear that he cannot sustain that position with
nonour to hirn,ell arid tenefit to the nation, unless
,upported by some who have hitherto been opposed to
him. It appears' improbable that Sir Robert Peel,
having retired to his wealthy priiacy and his hopes
_or fame, will, for some time at least, attempt to organise
a new opposition; and it e not certain tlvit the colleagues
and followers, who have already endured and sacri.
iced's() much, would invite him to a fresh competition.
The Protectionists, to whom the present Government,
owe their accession to power, are not the men to have
raised an Administration for the mere pleasure of over-
throwing it, and sport with the institutions of their
country without prospect of advantage to their principles
or their party. Every man, in fact, is free to act as he
thinks best; and I cannot conceal from you my convic-
tion, that it is the present duty of every true Conserva-
tive to give a fair and independent support to the Go-
vernment of Lord Jahn Russell.
An opposition may—nay, must—form itself in the
course of time ; but let it be a real and not a nominal
one—an opposition either to the practical mismanage-
ment of the executive, or to an illiberal and exclusive
distribution of the offices of state, or to an attack upon
some institution which we reasonably value. Let us, in
a word, oppose measures which we believe to be wrong.
and not the men who have been placed in a difficult aua
responsible position, almost without an intentional effort,
by a series of singular events, and the rapid change in
the political views of a mature and experienced states-
man.
In the limitation of the hours of factory labour, in the
amendment of the tenure of land in Ireland, in the im-
provement of the poor-law, in the prosecution of public
education, and in the wisest treatment and reformation
of criminals, Lord John Russell has before him ques-
tions sufficient to call forth all his energies, and on which
it would be indeed grievous to see good intentions and
sagacious plans thwarted by the blindness and violence
of Parliamentary faction.
Old party distinctions have passed away, and it would
be well if old party names could be extinguished too.
Let the new Government distinguish itself by a truly
liberal, temperate, and judicious policy, and by patent,
practical reforms, and the country will forget that. it in-
.cludes men who once offended it by their exclusive pre-
tensions and oligarchical traditions.
With these hopes, and, I may add, expectations, I
trust that I shall find myself representing your feelings
and desires, in supporting, as long as I conscientiously
can, the Administration of Lord John Russell.
RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES.
26, Pall-mall, July 8.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Lords of the Admiralty
have cancelled the appointment of Mr. James Chiati% the
paymaster and purser of the Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland,
having doubtless considered the impropriety of returning him
to a ship where he has received such unprecedented ill-treat-
ment; and given him notice, through the Commander-in-
Chief at this port, that he is to hold himself in readiness to
receive another appointment. We cannot too highly eulo-
gize such an exhibition of noble and prompt justice as this
act of the Ellenborough Admiralty; and, we doubt not, but
that the appointment about to be conferred upon Mr. Chimmo
will be one which will repay him for all the expense and
agony of mind he has been so wantonly subjected to under
the late disgraceful circumstances at Bermuda. •A larger
ship and a better station than his last is clearly but just to
expect, and will convey a practical lesson to flag and other
officers to respect and not to abuse the power vested in them,
when from under the eye of the powers at home.
The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain Williams, arrived at
Spithead this morning from Cork, to fit and prepare for the
reception of Ibrahim Pacha and suite,_ whom sue will coney
er)e'
from this port, en route to Egypt, on his Highness's dep•u
from this country.
foremastrrhe it beingnrolB3B.
The Pem
t Pembroke,taken out
this
enorfn
morning,
advanced
tte ships,n. haslt has
sdb
been
•
in her nearly two years, and was made i
examined.
The docked immediately afterwards to have her copper
rhcenoepr ;hr.
waterM‘Tl) h°enei
andlN' provisions.aaurntiuesjiBl mLo:renltn7';rnot;C:ffniffraig
A board, comprising '.General Webber Smith, Director-
General of Royal Artillery ; Colonel c ard ew, Commandant
of the Royal Engineers in this garrison ; and Colonel Cock-
burn, Royal Artillery, arrived here yesterday to select a pro-
per site for a new laboratory, in case the present one (adja-
cent to the works of the new steam basin, in course of con-
struction in this dockyard) should be tequircd to be removed
to extend the said works.
We were in hopes that amongst the number of officers
Lord Ellenborough has been pleased to consider as deserving
of promotion, would have been found the First Lieutenant of
her Majesty's ship Vanguard—an officer who has been almost
uninterruptedly employed since his promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant, which bears date November, 1826. In additi4in
to this officer's length of service, is to be mentioned the fact
of his having been First Lieutenant of three line-of-bat,le
ships, viz., the Talavera, Pembroke, and Vanguard, twice
in the last-named ship. We still hope these facts may draw
his Lurdship's attention, and that his last signature to a
commander's commission, ere he leaves office, will be the
promoting to that rank of the above most-esteemed and de-
serving cificer.

Divatche3 were reeeilo d sterday at the Colon!al•
offi(.o trorn the Governors of New South Wales and New
Zealand.
A person in North Shield. has a rabbit of the Spanish
breed, which has in four litters produced forty-seven young
ones—first litter, blue ; second, fOurteez ; third, twelve; 411(1
tin thirtb, LO mahrestwao flovrna,

COLONIAL-OFFICE.— On Thursday flle'nacreliiiiivycicilfticijoil
paper was printed, containing the cortespelP
taken place between the late Colonial Secrete.Y. utisieoo
stone) and the Lords of the Treasary on the apPl,ent 0,
an Assistant Secretary tor the Colonies. The docui.- if si
required to contain the minutes or orders in Colill,c„lotot,
the year 1833 relating to the establishment of the v-00
office. The first minute, or, rather order,__ was Inadeto
17th of September; 1834, mitten Lord Monteaglet t 0-e0o0;
Spring Rice, held the seals of the Colonial-office; thew/ 10"6
oit the 29th ot August, 1839, when Lord NornialU Ot
Colonial Secretary; the third was in October of t"- •
year, when Lord Russell was Colonial SecretarliPlii
fourth in the same month ; the fifth, from the, shale is y
vLeonrdib,eirn, JlaBn4usarT,
alnBd4Oti;etheseth and ht
sixth,en fromLoeridgStanh,
Secretary Gladstone, on the 17th of April and the ;be fl,(May last. These several documents set. forth 'at
cessity of alterations • in the internal manegen3,;ed,io
the Colonial-office, and her Majesty was in°;',o
Council to sanction the alterations, which sar!?l,;to I'"f
obtained. Lord John Russell, in his communicato:',49,:g
Lord President in January, 1840, showed that the '4O;
of dispatches and letters received for the then
,Pr'"
three years had not in any year been less than 11,uni:i0111„r,
of those a very large number were so voluminous, cOl-0 c's
often numerous ei.closures, that the whole env_All./0014f,
lection far exceeded in bulk what might be inferll7oo,'s
mere consideration of the number alone. In April
„; ot'ho
Secretary Gladstone applied to appoint. (ainglltgr,t
things) an Assistant Under Secretary, at 1,0001. *-9—;aoPs
should also be placed on the Colonial Land. and gni:oe
Commission. The appointment was allowed to to 'O,lOO
the 18th of May last, and a gentleman (Mr. M11111°C;:st114,'
had been a clerk in tthe office a number of yeark`: 09'
spoken of in high terms by the several heads of r•m` „I
was promoted to the first class. IP, 00.

- - P,
si,IBANDISM IN SLIGO.—We regret to say O
0,
bandism is still rife in this country. It is to us no°d 10,5
most incomprehensible systems that ever existedte
know that no good has ever proceeded from it. vv.,°49 P`rat
the signs for the present quarter, to show the pal'', the
well their proceedings are known; and we can sass"
that there is scarcely a magistrate in the county ivis°oo tie
in full possession of their signs. We do not wish to of V„
people hunted down by the police and bloodhound/
law, and it is for the purpose of warning them we e oe,„-;
lish those signs. The passwords are—Question—"
son is wet." Answer—" The harvest will be late."
It will disoblige the poor." Answer—" The Ilteeav
on them." The quarrelling words, though they ellgr.eoe.:i
called by another name, are—" Be calm," " I thane :4 t,P,,
your advice." The signs of recognition are, the ,t 7. 11,1
fingers of the left hand to the shirt collar on the AP" o v
ban`; t de
countersigns are, the two first fingers of the right be- Is-
tip of the left ear. The folly of all this would make 1107,,,
if the consequences were not so serious.— Sligo Changs rtier,
CHINESE GEOGRAPHY.—Among the Chinese 13er‘t7,
exhibited in Paris at the Hotel of the Minister of Co Te sts,o,
is one which offers a peculiar interest as showing tßivori
of science in the Celestial empire; it is a map (4. SteopeAre'e
presented by the grand mandarin of Canton, who 0
to prize it 'very highly. The Chinese geographer
_II P,
ranged the earth atter his fashion ; for hiin thereeed
peninsulas nor isthmuses; the isthmus of Suez is r,effroiri Ohl
a magnificent arm of the sea, which detaches itseße'd` Nes ;
Mediterranean in order to throw itself into the two sCS!'do
isthmus of Panama is likewise wanting, and tue " TP'
this direction are joined together by the same prOCeS. _
is also no question either of the Pyrenees nor of tii.e
and the great mountains of America are scarcely
tAsane g compensation,
dislike,ru E. —t
0A
am
manast iffwho belongingse business to ebrostetio,
er
countries of no importance.
tispbt
other Chinahina
parts
spoir
thenea wrlyorltdhraepe-pfensOrs;
the house. Being much annoyed ..tb.
uirsf uel
endeavour
promised
incsteo
dn toste( consequences,
removeud eon,caens
d,
the he
r ordueigqs
hlui
te requested
i.botje v_;s
tea .se
C
it
gVatinchaitnagierhibsyactin
owner
arNltekotqle)Nou;eEihnai
arGtrirgi
;d r:,
oeAgfa,
tfeTut
oint.
the dtOolglo,willi
accident, pu,heit the deg into a wellW.' (10/
in the 3 yard, apifoloo
allowed it to struggle a considerable time. When
seemed to be getting tired, the tanner desired his 0111
opportunity,g oa thhee
unnoebdlenyd,isoyEehitpti...,;.
AIM
to pull it out, which he did. The animal, on beam r
cated, tawned upon his deliverer, as if sensible that COI
saved his life, and never molested him again; 'Oll tv kr;
trary, hi received him with a kindness whenever ti"oisr
ho
and often accompanied him a mile or two on his way -
Anecdotes of hogs.

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BIRTHS.
rt• Tloo°'
On the 6th inst., at Tonbridge Webs, the lady of Mr. • r
Hampstead-road, M a son. Wife
On the 6th inst., at bitteswell Vicarage, Leicestershire, t/r if,
the Rev. George Mounington, of a son. 101
On the 7th inst., •at Cavershain, the lady of Charles er.
thingt
the on,
7th i Esq., ot a hon. AOOO,
On nst., at stockwell, Surrc.y, Mrs. Lambert, ofAr ,
On the 7th inst., at Pembroke Cottages, Caledvuian-road, • i 0
Mrs. Leopold Drousten, of a sou. 0'
On the 7th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Major Straps. . 0,
daughtheter. •
~ Leil
On Stb inst., in Russell-square, the wife of Thoe-Afj
jun., Esq., barrister-at-law, of a sou. D.
On Um. 4th inst., at Regent-square, Mrs. 'Walker, of a "et"'" a.. '
On the sth inst., at linale-s.ryet, Blanchester-square. '
liter,
Benjaminl",th inst., of a daughter. j. fin
• On the , at St. James's-road, Holloway, Mrs'
_.....„..„,
of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the Bth Inst., at Iver, Captain l'Zobert Lambert I,'lOlP-
Royal Navy, to Frances, daughter of the Right Hun. Lord ,

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WEL. ',ado,
On the 3d Let , at. Cantray, county of Nairn, North Br"- 0
C. DavidKm, EN , aged 3i. li
of •
On the 3d 'Last ,at AA.,ling House, Hants, Sophia, relict 0 le,
Ittiv. Dr. Withaorgan, agtd 03. - 10(
On the fith im
hsMt ~ at N -len utting, Kensington, Ma,
.:r. '. - ,
Worth, .47,ed lid: __./7".--
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London: cr:iaot unit by N:T.Titllo YOUNL4,,,De Ile ig/
Strand, Prioter, ut friu Su,• office, u. 112, Strand. isulrop
of the SITU, in the County of Middlesex,
11, 184*

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