The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-21 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA.

We have received by electric telegraph from
Trieste intelligence from Bombay of the 16th ult.
The only political news of importance was the
pitnhouneement of a mutiny in the 66th Native In-
4intry in the Punjaub, which, however, was speedily
checked by the arrival of other troops.
I,The disbAnding of the Seikh contingent in the
'llhjaub was determined on and carried into ex-
ecution..

The rest of India was profoundly tranquil.
The Governor-• General had re turned to Calcutta.
The commercial advices by this arrival announce
,"ImesB in imports and a slow sale of English manu-
factures,

Cotton for England and China was in d3mand at
4 4vanced prices.
Exchange on London—Six months' Light, 2s. per
rupee.

The steamer Mozuffir, which brought the mails
f, 4141 Bombay, reached Suez on the 7th of March,
With 129 passengers.—Times.

(From the Bombay Times.)
•The news transmitted by the present mail is small
in
emount, and still smaller in importance, if we
4eept the painful intelligence just received from
;Shore of the mutinous spirit displayed on the Ist
2d instant by the 66th Bengal N. 1., forming the
c,L.lrrison of Umritsir. Something of this sort amongst
troops had been looked for tor some time, and a
soldiers of one native regiment had been
Vanished for disaffection, when it was hoped
the others had seen their error and the futility of
resisting the orders of their Government. Un-
happily such was not the case with the 66th, and
corps has subjected itself to the heaviest punish-
illeht--a punishment which the Commander-in-Chief
has publicly avowed his determination of inflicting on
.who forget the duty they owe to a Government
:v_nleh has ever behaved, as he says, with liberality
t°Wards them. The Guicowar of Baroda left Born-
day yesterday fur Poona, after a stay of three weeks,
till'ring which time he had seen and visited every-
et,,tng and place worthy of note at the Presidency.
tae
ex-Maharaja Dhuleep Singh was at Meerut on
A 7 28th ult., on his way to his destination,
'`‘ilYghur. All the state prisoners, including Chutter
ohere Singh, and the ex••Dewan Moolrej, passed
through Delhi on the Ist instant. Everything con
tin
)1/4, tied tranquil throughout the Punjaub. Sir C.
Napier reached Rawul Pindee on the 20th, and was.
expected at Peshawur by the end of January. The
bmeant unhappy event at Umritsir would most pro•
bably hurry him back to the capital sooner than he
"4d intended. Tne troops were everywhere, except
at Moultan, in good health. All the Bombay corps
art left Peshawur and Moultan but the 3d Native
Infantey which was to leave the former station on
thel, 29:'h ult. Sir 1.1. Lawrence and Sir
Gilbert were at Umritsir, taking such
i'ePs as wore considered necessary with the mu-
illtleers. Orders had, consequent on the recent
European
of a party cf Gooroos on a company of the
',aropean fusiliers, been issued for the total and im-
mediate disarming cf the entire population of the
%pita' and province in general—a wise measure, but,
which will prove exceedingly difficult of being car-
tied into effect. The station of Wuzerabad is to be
abandoned, and Sealkote occupied as a military can-
toninent in its stead. The commissioner of Shale
Was at Kurrachee. General Munson, C. 8., and staff,
had
proceeded on a tour of inspection to Gutch. The
~
`2tlfoot resumed their march from Roree for Feroze-
-I)4e on the 23d ult., and expected to reach their desti-
tlation by the middle of March. The first portion
;t: the force intended for operations against the
lltkiin Raja left Darjeeling on the 27th ult.; the
remainder of the troops, amounting to upwards of
*▪ even hundred men in all, were to follow immediately
after them. A mission from the ruler of Nepaul,
teatirged with letters and costly presents to her Ma-
astY, is now on its way to Calcutta, where they take
Damage for Sz the April steamer. Sir H. Dun-
(las is now inue Bombay; he leaves for England by
'text steamer. The Rev. G. Pigott, acting arch-
deacon of Bombay, has been compelled by ill-
„ealth to return to England ; he leaves
Alia day by the ship Aboukir. Sir T. E.
.• Turton, Bart., late ecclesiastical registrar
• Calcuttr, has been sentenced to imprisonment for
• c 1 years under the penal clause of the Insolvent
Act, after the expiration of which he is to be allowed
the benefit of the said Act. The agitation against
the " Black Act" continues. The Hon. Mr. Bethune
having
spoken rather too freely of the private cha-
racter of Captain D. L. Richardson, late principal of
the Calcutta Hindoo College, is about being prose-
rated by that gentleman for libel. Captain Watt,
Native
commanded the party of the 43d Madras
•eietiye Infantry, which fled before a few score
of Moplahs on the Malabar coast, in August
Ist, bus been sentenced by court-martial to be
placed at the bottom of the list of captains in his
corps. There are said to be a large number of
Queen's and Company's officers now awaiting trial
roe various offences in the Bengal presidency ; Sir
Charles Napier sparing none who may have the mis-
fortune to forget themselves. Among those under
arrest is Lieutenant-Colonel Ousley, late agent to the
Governor-General on the south-west frontier. A return
has just been published in the Calcutta Government
Gazette, showing the revenues and civil charges of
the Bengal presidency for the years 1846-7, 47-48,
and 48-49. From this we learn that during those
Years respectively the receipts were 10,248,2021.,
9,433,698 e, and 9,817,8371. ; and the expenses of
Collection 3,609,125/., 3,778,6281., and 3,724,363/.
Superintending Surgeon Rooke, of the Bombay
army, is about to retire from the service, owing to
eentieued ill-health ; and it is believed that an addi-
tional superintending-surgeon will be allowed to the
es4loinbay presidency for the Rajpootana Field Force.
-12 he " Railway Staff" has arrived at Bombay,
and the greatest anxiety prevails amongst the
shareholders as to when operations are to ba corn-
tOeneed. The treatment received by Mr. Chapman,
14 the hands of the London Board of Directors of the
Company, has been viewed with the deepest disgust by
every shareholder who knew anything of that gentle
man's abilities, and can appreciate the services ren-
dered by him to the company while in India. India
throughout continues tranquil and healthy, and the
climate is cool and pleasant. Trade at Bombay
Continues dull, with no immediate hope of its
revival.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY.
The Debdale Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added; the
whiner to pay 5 sous. to the fund. Two miles. (9 Subs.)
Al.r. D. T. Cuttynghame na Castaway. list 71b
Col. Shirley's Fuglunar, list 121b...(Mr. Davenport) 2
Mr. E. H. Clarke's Counsel, list 71b...(Capt. Dade) 3
Mr. R. Denistoun's The Prophet, aged, 12st (Owner) 4
Mr. W. Bamsay's Chanco, 11st 71b...(Mr. C. Brooke) 5
Mr. C. Arlrwrig'a's Ozit,r, 12st ... (Owner) 6
Betting— 6 to 4 ag,t Fuglema.n, 7 to 2 agst, Castaway,
and 4to 1 apt Counsel. Won by half a length.
itanniesp of 5 aovs. each, and 20 athei. T. Y.C. (14
Subs.)
Mr. Binge‘'s Christiana, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Thick) I
Mr. Williams na Miss Julia, 4 yrs, 6it 121 b (i4;'etair) 2
Mr. Sadd's Salute, 3 yrs, 6st I Ilb (Sabin) 3
Tic following also r.tri:—
Mr. Minor's Shrcpshire Witch, Bst 71b ...(Brookes) 0
Lord Clifden's Rathuatnes, 6 yrs, Bst Ith (Pearl) 0
Mr. S. Lord's Ciattiflower, 5 yrs, 7*t 7d) ...... (Escott)
Mr. Hesseltine's Andalusian, 4 yrs, 7st 61)(13.ishani) 0
Mr, Johnson's Sarah Sykes, aged, 7st 3.b (Crouch).
Mr. Cassidy's Ddigence, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b...(G. sharp) 0
Mr. Lao sou's Eunuch. 3 yrs, 6q 6lb • (Arnold) 0
Mr. Scott's Warwick, 3 yrr, 65t 51b (W. Sharp) 0
Mr. Dennistoun's Secoinahand, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Knott) 0
liPttiug-3 to 1 kgst Andalusian, 5 to 1 egst Eunuch,
6to 1 each agst Rat hmines and Christiana. Won by a
neck, the same between second and third. Rathmines
did not get off.

The Two yri. old Stakes of 10 3(11,3. each, and 50 added;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Half mile. (15 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Louis Napoleon, Bst lib (Prince) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Britannia, Bst 41b (Walt, field) 2
The (~;lowing also started, but were not place:l:
Mr. E. Jones's I,.tithe, Bst 4lh (Thick) 0
Mr. Me-son's Staff,rll, Set 71b .........(Whitehouse) 0
Mr. Little's Coli,4i, Bst 41b (Tanker) 0
Lord Warwick's Leap Y, ar, Bst 71b (Nlarlow) 0
Mr. Armstrong's Banker, 3st 71b ......(Cartwright) 0
Mr. Parker's Calculator, Bst 71b „. (Denman) 0
Mr. J. Cassidy's Whisper, Bst 71b (Nat) 0
Mr. St-bbing's The Partridge, Bst 71b (Wintringharn) 0
Lord Clifden's Beaufert, Bst 71b (Pearl) 0
Captain Archdall's Quadroon, 8t 41h (J. Sharp) 0
Sir J. Ilawley's fby Vfnisor, Bst 41b (Templeman) 0
Betting-4 to 1 agst Whisper, sto 1 agst Louis Napo
leon, 6 to 1 each agst Be lutort and Stafford, and 7 to 1
agst any other. Won by half a length, Partridge a
good third. Whisper lost start. Hun in 1 mit.. 2 sec.
The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15
ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added; the second
to s,ve his stake, ayA the winner to pay 15 sovi.
towards otpemet. Two miles. (28 Subs., 18 of whom

declared).
Mr. Irwin's Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 81 71b Bell) 1
Mr. Lawson's Keleshea, aged, 7st 71b (Evans) 2
Lord John Scott's D.-limiter, 5 yrs, Bst . (Nat) 3
Mr. Meson's The Dal t trzed, 816:h (WhitAouse) 4
Sir T. Ilesketh na Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs, 7st 9it! 5
Betting-5 to 2 agst Defaulter, 10 to 3 apt B Alinafad,
4 to 1 agst Ktleshea, 4 to 1 agst Dart, and 6 to 1 agst
Eagle's elutne. Won by a length. Defaulter well up.
Run in 3 min. 46 stc.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. and 25 added, for three
yrs old and upwards. One mile. (15 subs.)
Lord Clifden's Cotton Lord, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ...(]'earl) 1
Mr. Green's Ilaidee, aged, 8,4 Blb (Whitehouse) 2
The following also ran:—Psquits, 4 yrs, 84 (Treen)
The Conjuror, aged, Bst 81b (Wintringbatn)—Countess,
3 yrs, 6bt (J. Sharp)—Mischb f Maker, 5 yrs, Bst 91b
(Marlow)—Syrup, 4 yre, 71 11lb (Sabin)—biahe.scah,
3 yrs. Est 41b (W. Sharp)—La Maiheureuse, 5 yrs, Bst
71b (Yates)—Theory, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Cartwright)—
Eunuch, 3 yrs, 64 3lb (Arnold)—Sam Hood, 3 yrs, 84
9lb (Crouch)—Ferryhill, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Tacker)—Se-
toad Hand, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Knott)—and Captain Parry,
4 yrs, Bst (Wakefield). Won by a length.
BETTING.
LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE.
7to 1 agst Proceed. Il2to 1 agst Venture.
12 to 1 agst Maria Day. I

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Behr'. I 15 to 1 agst Ballinafad.
0 to 1 agst Chantrey.

DEBBY.
COO to 60 agst Clincher j No other change.

LYME REGIS MUNICIPAL ELECTION-.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
WARING V. HARDER.-ACTION FOR BRIBERY.

Sia,—As you quote in your paper of yesterday an
assertion of Mr. Cockburn's in his address to the
jury on the defence of this action at the late Dor-
chester Assizes, ascribing to me vindictive and con-
temptible motives in the prosecution of this action,
I cannot, although fully aware of the irresponsible
licence of counsel on such occasions, allow this attack
upon me to pass unnoticed. I entirely repudiate any
such motives as those ascribed to me in the institu-
tion of the proceedings referred te.
It is a matter of notoriety here, that the practice
complained of, viz., offers of payment for the day's
work on condition that the vote was favourably given,
was extensively and successfully acted upon at the
municipal election in question, which followed close
upon Mr. Attwood's defeat in the Parliamentary
election of the preceeding year, and his subsequent
unsuccessful petition against that return in 1843
and it is well-known also that the ulterior object of
that election, which introduced (owing to the corrupt
means resorted to) four of Mr. Attwood's warmest
adherents into the Town Council, reached far beyond
any merely municipal contemplations.
That the defendant in the present instance escaped
conviction, does not render these facts less true, or
the evil tendency of the practice less manifest, calcu-
lated, as it must obviously be, to subvert entirely
every principle of a fair and honest selection of the
municipal governing body. Opposed, as I have ever
been, to the influence from whence this impurity
emanated, it was with a view to put a stop, if possible,
to its further growth, that I determined, from a feel-
ing of, I trust, no unnatural or unworthy indignation
at its being thus exercised, at whatever cost to my-
self, to expose and check its progress in this direction.
The provisions of the Municipal Reform Act,
strongly framed with a view to the repression of such
a corrupt influence, were those to which I was neces-
sitated to have recourse for this purpose ; and although
the very severity of the penalties thereby imposed on
the offence complained of (and which, as an appeal
ad misericordiarn combined with the most lavish
abuse on myself; formed, indeed, the staple of the
learned counsel's advocacy), may not improbably have
influenced the worthy farmers who composed the
jury in the lenient verdict they returned ; yet that
those penalties are clearly incurred by the corrupt
practice in question was so distinctly laid down by
the Learned Judge in his summing up, that I feel
confident the result of this action will be the discon-
tinuance and destruction c.f the practice, to which,
on another occasion, a jury may not possibly be so
lenient, and with ;hat practice, the destruction also
of that secret and unscrupulous boroughmongering
influence which has long been seeking, although
happily, hitherto unsuccessfully, to effect the thral-
dom and degradation of our little borough. If such
be the much-to-be-desired effect of the late trial, my
sole purpose in prosecuting this action will nave fully
obtained its accomplishment, and my defeat will be of
little or no importance. In the hope that, as you
gave publicity to the charge, you will also kindly
insert the exculpation,
I am, Sir, &c.,
Lyme, March 20, 1850. 11. F. WARING.

NUMEROUS FIRES LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORN-
iNG.—The occurrence of the following fires has been
officially reported:—Aldgate High-street, on the pre-
wist,s of Mr. Golding, butcher; serious loss of property
on the second floor. Insured in the Phcenix Fire-office.
—Crawford-street, Marylebone, No. 116, occupied by
five families. It originated, it is supposed, in the rooms
of Mr. Gihktt, hosier, on the third floor; shop and
thrt e rooms consumed, and contents also, all ef which
are insured in the Phcenix and Union Fire offices. Also
in the shop of Mrs. S. Hodge, milliner, same house, great
damage to stock and furniture therein; not insured.
Also on the first floor cf the same premises, in the shop
and rooms of Mr. George Warren, toy and fancy
stationer, the stock and furniture partly destroyed by
fire and water; building only insured in the Union
office. Also Nos. 75 and 76, Gloster-place, occasioned
by the above fire, in the houses of Messrs. Ellis and
Archbold; damage to houses and furniture; not insured.
—ln St. John-street, Smithfield, in the lower part of the
house of Mr. Cohen, confectioner, through the over•
beating of the furnace in bakehouse. The firemen and
engines from Farringdon-street soon attended, but con-
siderable damage was the result. Insured in the Phce-
niX-Offiee.

SACRILEGE.—On Tuesday se'nnight the parish
church of Eeeleston, near Chester, was broken into b)
some scoundrels, who, after getting into the church, sue
ceeded in effecting an entrance into the family vault of
the Marquis of Westminster. The coffins of the late
Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster were despoiled
ti their plates, ornaments, and coronets, but no attempt
seems to have been made to break into the vestry,
where the communion plate was kept, and which was at
that time easily accessible. The coffin plates were, we
understand, silver, the coronets and handles only gilded
and plated. The robbery was not discovered until Wed-
nesday evening, and no clue to the robbers has yet been
obtained.—Chester Courant.
THE WEATHER AT CONSTANTINOPLE.—The fol-
losing is an extract from a private letter:—" Galata,
Constantinople, Sunday, Feb. 24, 1850.—What kind of
a winter have you had? Could you but imagine ours—a
similar winter has been unknown for 40 years past—three
thousand is the number of persons frozen to death here.
abouts; the very fish, two and three feet long, and in
thousands and thousands, left the water, quitted their
own element and rushed on shore; I have walked over
them in Asia as upon pebbles. The whole of Constan-
tinople was shut up—not a door, not a house, or a shop,
were open. I never flinched, but was covered up like au
Esquimaux, and was out at six in the morning, but
could scarcely breathe on account of the rarified state of
the air. Frightful! it is passed now; but when I think
of those times, I tremble."—"F. C. H."
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—
Mes.rs. Morisoe and the Society of Hygeists and Me-
dical Reformers hereby caution the public, that they
have no sort of connection with the ointments, pills, and
farinaceous powders sold. in chemists and druggists'
shops.—British College of Health, New-road, London,
February 1, 1850.
THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.
—Yesterday upwards of two hundred men were employed
upon the new works helunging to this company situate
on Bow•common. The portions of ground intended for
the new plant are staked out, and the apace marked for
immediate excavation for the gigantic gasometers the
company are about to construct. The buildings will be
commenced as soon as the foundations are prepared,
which, from the large number of men employed, will be
the course of a few days.
Poetry should strike the reader as a wording of his
own highest thoughts, and appear almost as a remem-
branee.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
MR. DYCE SOMBRE.--This gentleman has placed a
new petition on the files of the Court of Chancery. It
is, we believe, the seventh appeal of the same descrip-
tion, and asks, like the former ones, for an inquiry into
the state of his mind on the authority of certificates fur-
nished by foreign physicians. The hearing of the peti-
tion is fixed for Monday next, or the first day on which
the Lord Chancellor takes matters in lunacy.
MEETING OF BRICKMAKERS —Yesterday a meeting
of brickmakers from various parts of the country and the
suburbs of the metr.ipoits, was held at the London Ta-
vern, for the r. urpose of adopting measures to induce the
Government to allow the drawback on all bricks manu-
factured, and thereby prevent the ruinous eff,cts conse-
quent on the sudden and unexpected reduction of the
duty on bricks, and to agree to a memorial to the Chan-
cAlor of the Exchequer thereon. Mr. Win. Heron a
Uxbridge, took the chair, and entered into an explana-
tion of the effect of the proposition of the Chancellor
upon a large body of the trade. If the proposition
was carried out without a drawback hem..' al-
lowed upon the stock now on hand, the mis-
chievous effects would not be confined to then/ in.

dividually, but would spread over a large body of
the community, as a p€l feet stagnation would take
place in the progres of buildings, as the builder and
contractor would suspend their operations until the new
brick, could he brought into tLe market. It was ttved
during the meeting, that the drawback upon stock in
hand would exceed 120,0001., one firm alone being af-
ficted by it to the extent of 5,0001. A resolution was
also adopted, that a memorial should be presented to the
Chancellor cf. the Exchequer upon the subject, and that
a deputation should ferthwith present the same, Lord
Robert Grosvenor haring succeeded in obt iining an ap-
pointment for that purpose. At half-past three the de-
putation proceec'el to the official residence of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in .Thwning• street, when they
ware introduced to the Right Honourable Gentleman.
He admitted to the full force of the arguments used in
favour of the drawback, and he would give the matter
his most serious consideration, but at present he could

not pledge himself to anything, but would give notice of
the intention f the Government in his place in the
Hense. The deputation then withdrew.
PUGILISM.—W. CAIN, OF LEICESTER, AND 11.
BRUNTON, of LONDON, FOR 50/.—These rivals for fistic
fame inrt on Tuesday, near the hamlet of Horsell,
twenty-six miles from the metropolis, to settle their
lengeigreed-on difference of opinion in the style of a
pugilistic duello. About a thousand of migratory
" fancy" birds, from that vast human roost rig-place
hight London, accordinely settled, after a lengthened
fly, on that part of Woking-common above-named, and
perched themselves, some in waggons, some in carts,
some on coach-roofs, on horses, bundles of straw, camp-
seats, &c., around a square ring, executed by that pro-
found mathematician, old Tom Oliver, to whom, in these
modern times, alone beloogs the honour of demonstret-
ing the quadreture of the circle. At five minutes to
two the la is stood ur, Brunton attended upon by David
M'lutyre and S. Brown, Cain by Jemmy Welsh and his
namesake Tom,'' of that ilk." Tee battle was long,
enduring, and slow, determined and rough at intervals,
but, on the whole, tedious and without points. Brun-
ton's hands were bad, and Cain's style was shifty, cau-
tious, dropping, and unsatisfactory. Indeed, he so long
took the advice of his seconds to " keep out," that he
nearly " stood out" his chance altogether. At the end
of three hours and seven minutes, during which 138
rounds were contested, Cain was proclaimed the victor.
A YOUNG LADY KILLED.—BRISTOL, MARCH 20.
—This morning an accident of the most appalling cha-
racter occurred at the St. Vincent's Rocks, Clifton, and
by which a young lady lost her life. It appears that at
about half-past nine o'clock Miss Craven, the daughter
of Mr. Craven, of the firm of Messrs. Phippen and
Craven, solicitors of this ciey, about 18 years of age,
went out for a walk upon Durdham Down, just above St.
Vincent's Rocks. Unfortunately she approached too
near the edge of the Down, and being near-sighted, she
slipped from the edge of the cliff and fell to the bottom
of the chasm below, at least 200 feet. Two persons
happened at the moment to be walking at the foot of the
cliff, and observing her fall hastened to the spot, but
found only a heap of mangled remains. This is about
the fifth fatal accident which has occurred from the tame
spot within a very short period.
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM. The usual annual
dinner of this excellent charity was held last night et
the London Tavern, and was very well attended. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided, and
about 200 gentlemen sat down to the entertainment pro-
vided on the occasion. His Royal Highness, iu propo-
sing the toast of the evening, adverted with strong feel-
ings of gratification to the long period of 45 years during
which he had been connected with the charity, watching
its operations, and seeing its beneficent influence gradu-
ally extended. It now affords a home for 150 orphan
girls, all of whom were present last night, and by their
cheerful, healthy looks, added weight to the charitable
appeals made on their behalf. The subscriptions an-
nounced by the secretary amounted to 2,0001.
THE LION. AND REV. BAPTIST W. NOEL.—Tues-
day being the day appointed for the public recognition
of the lion, and Rev. Baptist Noel as pastor of John-
street Chapel, Bedford-row, the chapel was crowded by a
highly fashionable audience. The Hon. and Rev. Gen-
tleman entered into the pastoral duties of this chapel
some six months back, but owing to the illness of the
late Rev. J. H. Evans, who had then been minister of
John-street Chapel thirty years, the ordination service
of the Baptist church could not be pet formed. Another
moon for their necessary postponement was the absence
of a satisfactory arrangement for the sale of the chapel,
as 11. Drummond, Esq., M.P. for Surrey, was unwilling
to allow this place of worship to remain any longer in
the hands of Baptists. A sum of money from the con-
gregation, 2001. of which was contributed by a Noble
Duchess, has however settled this difficulty, and on
Tuesday he was inducted as pastor of the chapel.
Prayer having been offered up, a statement regarding
the affairs of the church was then read by one of the
deacons. It stated that since the Hon. and Rev. Gen-
tleman had been acting as pastor they had been obliged
to increase the chapel to accommodate 200 additional
sittings, making it now capable of holding-nearly 2,000
persons. The cost of purchase from Mr. Drummond
was 6,5001, with certain conditions in the event of the
decease of Mr. Noel. Within the last six months the
reverend pastor had baptised nearly 100 persons, nearly
all of whom were members with him when in Bedford-
row. Addresses " on the duty of a pastor to the church,"
and "on the connexion between the pastoral office and
prosperity of the church," were then delivered, after
which the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman addressed the con-
gregation at considerable length. The services lasted
hr. e hours, and were termivateil by the singing of the
doxology.
FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—On Friday Mr. James
Taylor, of Birmingham, lei tined on the subject at
Stowmarket, to about three hundred of the inhabitants
~f this town. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. W.
Stevens. A large number of the auditors enrolled their
names as members.
EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—A public meeting
of the young men of London in connexion with this as-
seciation was • held on Tuesday in the theatre of the
Western Literary Institution, Leicester-square; Mr. S.
C. Hall in the chair. The chairman, in addressing the
meeting, adverted to the progress the association had
Arcady made as something to encourage, yet nothing
like what it ought to have made. The difficulty was to
ere ik the public of a custom which they continued
without a thought far the wrongs the custom was in-
flicting, After referring to the good which early closing
would do to the employers and to those employed, he
read a plan drawn up some three years ago by his wife.
41r s. S.C. Hall, which recounted concisely the evils of
lute shopping, and then pledged the subscribers to do
everything to encourage the shopkeeper who closed at a
reasonable hour, and to discourage him who did other-
wise. This pledge was sent by her to all with whom
she had influence, high and low, and it was subscribed by
320 persons. Mr. Lilwall, the secretary, stated that the
iifficulty which opposed and crippled the association was
the apathy of the young men themselves. Last year the
subscriptions from that class, which numbers 100,000 in
the metropolis, amounted to only 1601., and there was
now a debt of 1501. on the association. He urged the meet-
ing to make an effort to obtain at least 1,000 five-shilling
subscribers, so as to unfetter their future efforts on .be-
half of their interests. The Rev. T. Davis, the Rev. W.
Brock, and Mr. Miller, addressed the meeting, and es-
pecially urged upon young men the necessity of doing
something for themselves. Resolutions recognising the
objects of the movement, and pledging the meeting to
subscriptions were moved arid adopted. After a vote of
thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated.
MARINE SOCIETY.—The anniversary festival of this
valuable charity took place on Tuesday evening, at the
London Tavern, and was presided over by the Earl of
Romney. About 70 gentlemen, supporters of the insti-
tution, sat down to an excellent dinner, at the close of
which the usual round of toats was given and received
with great cordiality by all present. Subscriptions were
announced to the amount of 700/., and among the prin-
cipal contributors were her Majesty and the East India
Company, and the Trinity House Corporation. During
the evening, • the boys supported by the charity were
marched round the room; their healthy and robust ap-
pearance exciting general admiration. The musical ar-
rangements of the festival were under the able superin-
tendence of Mr. George Genge, and Mr. Higgs officiated
as toastmaster.
ANCIENTS.—Dead bones used for the purpose of
knocking down live flesh.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20.—The
Ocean Steam Navigation Company's• ship 'ferment!,
Captain E. Crabtree, sailed this afternoon for New York
with the United States contract mails for Great Britain,
France, and Germany. She has about 80 passengers,
and on freight 160 tons merchandise from Bremen, and
220 tons from Havre and Southampton, amongst which
are several packages of pictures and statues intended for
the exhibition of fine arts to take place at Philadelphia
on the 7th of April. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company's ship Indus, Captain J. Soy, also
took her departure this afternoon with the East India
and China mails, and the mails for Gibraltar, Malta,
the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Sur z, &c., in charge
of Lieutenant Brady, R.N., Admiralty agent. She has
76 passengers, specie, value 40,5001. sterling, and a
steneral cargo of cottons, linens, hardware, and woollens,
for Malta and Alexandria.
OUT-PENSIONS OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL.—The
lieutenants' out-pensions of Greenwich hospital, vacant
by the deaths of retired Commanders Coates and De-
, eceurdeux, have been conferred upon retired Commander
John Osborn (1832), a lieutenant of 1806, and Lieute-
nant Samuel Spencer, 1806. The former is 74 years of
' age. He was in Sir R. Calder's action at the taking of
the West India Islands ; was wrecked in the Bombay
Castle, at the capture of the Guillaume Tell ; in the ex-
pedition to Egypt ; and at the capture of the Marengo
and Belle Pottle. Lieutenant Samuel Spencer is 70 years
of age ; was 44 years a commanding officer, of which
period he served 29i years at sea ; was master's mate of
the Victory, at Trafalgar ; in the Maidstone's boats at
Hieros Bay, in 1804 ; was agent in charge of transports
at the battle of Algiers, and received a severe wound
from the bursting of a 12-pounder.
The Feirl and Countess of Glengall had a dinner
party last evening, at their mansion iu Grosvenor-stre, t;
subsequent to which her Ladyship received a brilliant
circle of the members of the beau monde.

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CABIN ET DIN N ER.—Viscount Palmerston gave a
grand dinner to his colleagues cif the Cabinet, last even-
ing, at his mansion in Ctirlton-ga,rtens. The guests
were the Marquis of Lansdowne. Lord John Russell, the
,marquis of Cianricartle, the Etirl Grey, the Earl of
Carlisle, tbf! Earl of Minto, the Right lion. Sir George
Grey, the Right Hon. Ht my Lahouchere, and the Right
Hon. Sir John Cam Liobbouse, &c.
A SMALL CONGREGATION. The Leicestershire
Mercury hiss a paragi aph which would have pleased ttie
late Canon of St. Paul's. On Sunday morning la't, a
clergyman of the Established Church went to officiate
at his appointed place, not far from Fleckney, when lo!
there were but the clerk, schoolmaster and mistress,
with one scholar; yet the village contains 473 inhabi-
tants. Surely, ho Rev. Gentleman should "go out into
the highways au 1. l; Midges and compel them to can in."