The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

NEWPORT.

Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d;
Veal, 3s to 3s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per 811 as.

*RTHITECILEIP EL.

Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s Btl tl 3s 6d;
Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s. per Sibs by
the carcase.

BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, 3s to 9s ; Brills, 3s to 6s ; Cod Fish,
2s Gd to 6s; Whitings, 4dto:Bd; Lobsters, 10d to2s each;
Soles, 6d to 2s per pair ; Eels, 4d to is per lb.;
Haddocks, 4d to 9d ; Herrings, 10d to is 4d per
dozen; Oysters, 10s to 45s per bushel ; Flounders, 8d
to Is; Smelts, is to Is 6d; and Bloaters, is to is 4d
per dozen; Mackerel, 6d to 9d oach; and Salmon, is
4d to is 9d per lb.

BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are
from 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 4id to Sid per 41b
loaf.

RIDE MARKET._

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lkd to lid; ditto, 641 b to
721 b, lid to lid; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 21d; ditto;
801 b to 881 b, 2id to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3,4 d,
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 344 to aid; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b,
3ld to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 3d to 3s Od: ditto full
5s Od to 5s 6d; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep,
5s 6d to 7s Od ; Kents and Half-breds, 4s 4d to 5s Id;
Downs,4s 2d to 4s 11d; Shearlings, 6d.

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ibs
Su ,—At a moment like the present, vine
`4
fearfully uncertain fate of the intrepid Franklin and
his gallant companions will, in all probability', under
Providence, occasion the solution of the
lent ,
anxiously examined nothern problem—and g w
indeed will it he for England when she announces.a,
the world that her sons have accomplished thi feelt
ous task, though tempered, alas! her proud !
same time
must be with the deepest sorrow if at the
she has to mourn for her missing children.
At a moment like this, when not only is the refit
problem of the north about to be solved, but that art
of the Central American Ship Canal, the que3t•iii:
of the junction between the Atlantic and Flltd.
ad
Oceans becomes, every hour, more and more exct;
u
In the north, Englishmen, by the most deteo2,l/
zeal, amidst accumulated difficulties, have n.e.'„fre
proved that nature has performed, by her oval slot
but awful power, and for her own purposes, or of
man is about to do near the equator, by the Pyle or
science and wealth, to meet the great demand of co
mercial enterprise. and 'Ora
It has required years of deep thought the
labour to ascertain what nature had done 10180,
Arctic regions, whilst numerous have been thet, p
and various the suggestions, for many a day',:aes,
what man could and ought to do in southern anw
more
Now, however, matters appear tube talking ce of
active and practical turn. The eat import° tern
a regular and quick communication with thew resdir
coast of South America, as well as With 01jA,-.101
tent but highly valuable colonies of New sell as
and Australasia, is now so seriously felt, 09 W.' the
great impetus given to trade and commerce Intot
Pacific, by the discovery of Californian gold' thus
everything seems to point out to us that the "%fel•
at length arrived when we shall be permitted tie "Rio
come all the apparently insurmountable diffiatong,
and barriers of nature, and no doubt, hefurefides•
England will be called upon, as a part of bLe: the
tiny, to open a ship canal to the Pacific lei rcial
nane
Iconvenience and support of her co
thereby
and naval fleets in that ocean—enabling her
to retain that high position amongst the an, of
essential
the world, in every quarter of the globe, to
to the welfare and the happiness of them all—and;; dir
her
own offshoots—so widely distributed• tbe,
cussions about the Nicaragua route, os
reports regarding the one in the pr°,v'n" cat
Choco,
will no doubt be familiar lei other
as well as the merits of the several and
tt
routes that have been very lately alluded ttit tban
is not here necessary to dwell upon any
1'
otohlerdt• apti
b
the one originally pointed out by Hum
which appears the best calculated to be aftlav3ll.s
to England. A nieric°
A few extracts from a Work on South ,:t
0
aill
and the Pacific, by the Hon. Campbell Scilr'e`" or
be that is necessary, at p.
resent, to rem° Itrf
readers that there is no occasion" for this IsTica•
to have any dispute with America about the rob
ragua or any other ship canal--f°,l to the
nation may have its own. With regalltt obi
Isthmus of Panama, the Hon. Campbell Saar'"(„" erl
serves—" For a ship canal this would never an% Te
and
I believe the Americans have found altar; the
proceed, however, to the extracts regarllhoc°l
lAtratoi and Cupica route to the province °,l„„•Diee,
Mr. Scarlett observes—" Humboldt was 0' ,0 (Th
that Cupica Bay merits the attention of ' for
science from the great facilities it presents
solving the question of a ship canal." • C°V ca, DO
" The scheme is simply to connect tote
tbe
in the Pacific with a river (the Naipi) flowing 30
Atlantic, by forming a canal across the intercill
is ascertained to be a perfect level. born' toe
" The Atrato flows through the province.of. C at
which it takes its origin, and reaches the Atluuthe Pat
southern end of the Gulf of Darien, la
of Choco.
" The course of the Naipi, previous to itsc°l3fi fluieitiflit/a
with the Atrato, intersects some level couldliftsili°
five leagues of the Bay of Cupica." Humboldt asee';paible
" not even a ridge or partition, or all s'o the
demarcation, exists between the B of o b Lich
coast of the South Sea and he aiiver NuiPlb'owelua
empties itself into the Atlantic the river Nt'P" 0
empties itself into the Atlantic fif leagues:ol , .11
embouchure of the latter river into theAtlaula&opec
n a note to his work the Hon. -
Scarlett says— pf tb
"It is well known that Captain Illinswortht cc!,
Chilian frigate the Rose, caused a boat caPshier t
mining fifteen men to be drawn across thisilt:ll3;
(from Cupica Bay to the Naipi), and launche'ind woots,
Naipi. The Naipi has twelve feet of water, a.„i- bet;
Atrato therefore be as navigable as the A fur 6-'
The Bay of Cupica is large, deep,and--to shelter
Bay of Choco is also deep and sheltered." loPi
Cupica Bay is in latitude 6 deg. 10 min'' land
gitude 77 deg. 45 min. The advantages to -Doe
this route for a ship canal over all the natbeetedr- Set
posed will be evident to all who have reflected
this subject ; and it will no doubt be retn.ear,e;
the Atlantic and Pacific were once united ytbward
of the Atrato, and a river more to the toe, cso
than the Naipi, called the 111. b , byrthe
of Raspadura. It would be 'rain lica" nertal"
truth of all the facilities
before either our merchants or our Gover'°e-erielint
pointedweolluttofoars-tbisfir si."9
committed in regard to any other Central Aln.„-ne
s totpncica_rlal. Better double Cape Horn or the as `re
hove
Hope, than be outwitted in this questie,,,nnsuear
been in those of our North American v-
ries.—l have the honour to be &c., 'rS'
ROBERT CARMICHEL S'my""
15, Charles-street, Haymarket.

FISHERY IMPRO VEMErif ho
TO THE EDITOR OF THE '-b'jee'
vef
SlR,—Practical demonstration of any sucon 0
always been found to be the readiest way t° puh'i
an idea to the mind. A practical lesson tf.hesteroloi
have been taught latterly in consequence °at, fre.es
weather at sea, which prevented open b,°, stlPrtbe
quitting the beach, thereby stopping regweil, ia
of cod fish, was seen and felt ex
method of riLi: prOP
a person (or a people), and to bring then' t° stDrvt
knowledge of their true situation, than bi,ittell °ls
them into submission. All that has been write foto
said on the subject of fishery improvemeso
length of time back made little more fulPres bber e.
public attention, than heaving an india ru,.od rh
upon hard dry clay. The ball strikes t Digit:
bounds, falls and rebounds again, only ne 00.0
and so it goes on for a short time a her
strength is expended, when it runs bovv,eYtbe'
distance, and then lies still. A gale of win iteriet't.dt.
shows a different effect. The gale has °tuck t
clay so that when the ball struck it hesosdeali "ft
The supply of cod fish having been so ts. esv6e,', 0,4
off made the public wonder what was the cow to
having been explained that the open h°3,(1,,, th.toeo
be put to sea during bad weather, and ",ber °lie%
greatest part of the deep-sea bad-went traviable
were either laid aside or engaged in if being 011
trade, in consequence of their owners ne'd pie,
to compete against the cheap along-shore CO
iltber 51,0
showed the public that to support a fair west
showed the public that to suppart
one w 5 frsetibeci
tern, to extinguish a bad weather one we day 0
with danger ; and how that cheapness °not su'lle
dear, or perhaps none at all, the next, let viesb,slolf
good system as the old one, when the mar, it or 40
plied regularly, let the wind blow lug el.' to
the boa
low. Fishmongers are now seeing flea
fish made by giving over-encouragement for °rof fiso,leir
to the prejudice of the welled smack systerili,, e in ''resS
whilst the smack owners may well chucked 13e
sleeves, that there is nobody so able as tars
letedv
to blow 3ense into their noddles.
r eo'''
Having made some allusions in mY .° foci° woo'
to long-line and hand-line fishing, I havtwo 9315; the
being asked the difference between the conveJ with
The following brief explanations o'ilYriength'„, Si
idea. Long lines are 40 fathoms in oods is
25 snoods and hooks attached. The t „
west''-
out
feet apart from each other ; when t"'-ro the
moderate, these lines are tied togethereetiol!'a the
a considerable distance in a straight "blehig ij6sl)
lines sinking to the ground. After when °along
water a few hours the lines are hauled. ' book • the
take bait, they sometimes swallow the die it lon
,1
with it, and if struggling Bauch they ell
water. Should the cod be alive whee.nto then est
board the snood is cut, and the fish Put the soe
with the hook inside. The hand-line iS
slive. ore
plan for hauling cod fish out of the see,n baud fist' 0
line is fitted with two hooks—it
the vessel's side, hanging perpendicular. tl
;1,
de. and ot I_A
a nibble is felt the line is jerked up war das co--
are invariably hooked by the lip, Which -d the
Ire
jure them much ; the hook being rem°bogs
are put into the well. 0 roe- ,bet
by tw ov
Mackerel fishing is also carried on
,em, the
for their capture. One is by neiting t;3,„ systaTogs•
by what is termed railing. The nett' kr her' in is
much upon the same principle as fishieng,:run.e
..toets
farther than the meshes of nets ar , 1,:n5 tbac,t
is held Qo SOO
during the seasons when mackerel are blip o'i's errooe
are mostly used. The railing ten °- °us ore
pole out from the vessel's quarter, with
,e boo
cleets or notches for lines to rest 0n.9 'or the g, tit
baited either with a piece of white rsf, elosleeieg
part of skin from a fish. As the vesraniel"
erelfb, bitOi
the rate of three or four knots, theu _5Oll o
the bait, and supposing it to b
eatt_, atiantil,ot
system
os
the netting system far the
.gr
ntep-lroyea;ta
mackerel are taken ; and that is al
,onpgv‘tbier°
• t pre'
yet
Scotlandu n a d 0
andpte d
Ibr by l a thendfishermen
l a mszicaiST
011 Y, der'
Germ °ad or
.4,
THE DRAMA IN kJ-ER:MANY.
s, „.„,1 sec
on
employing 3,398 performers, 2,0/ „4 000.
tl
5,835 musicians, 143 prompters, ;7, and ent, there are 523 theatres of the fir "'" 2,340 U.../oyeli
,tee 6
Among the actors are 1 count, 2 ha ou.
tbe P.° tiO
nobles.
of savings banks absconding the DaTriclefi"
So frequent have been the CsSwesithlattehleY
it has been thought advisable to alter e d
of co 1,
°d-e. pol,of
ge
establishments in question, and
them as Gallia, call them cuttings ---4

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

LiTERiITUItE.
211°-8E VERSE AND PROSE. Vol. I. By l
Corn law Rh,. .7.
Appearing dint .
FRIDAY-, MA am 1.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House ,f c 0,,,, ~,,s.,
as this voltime has done almost simul-
taneolld y with the news of the demise of its gil%edl PARLIIIIE \ TAM' I'OTERS
iiutho,.(lN TEIE COMMITTEE.)
(IRELAND) BILL.
lit ~ it partakes of all but a pustbumous character.
goon ally rate as the last effusion of the clear, the First Clause (Ocean era of Land rated fodr thl
a net annual value of !Ri. or upwar s,! a,
, and
secures . , u e ect of Ebenezer
the manly i t 11 Elliott, it under this Act, shall be entitled to vote atleei'Eligloecorterig-orinasstteerfeoadrt
attract. for itself•a melancholy and yet agreeable and Cou:ities in INreloarutd)thi;Awomredn:,linent proposed, in page 1,
occupy," in order to insert
Us but examination. Not a Free-trader amongst
the w must experience a feeling of proud interest in ltirlee Alv3o,rdtos
put,the wo.d ' occupy' stand part of the Clause."
leave out
occupied as tenant i r owner :" Question
00therdtitinY °I. Elliott's poetry—for his muse, though The Committee divided :
and
,e in a home-spun raiment, is always beautiful, MAJORITY—AYES, 166.
~. n r beauty is a direct emanation from what some Adair, R. Shafto Fox, It. M.
Fox, W. J. Ord, W.
of
.. a most dry and barren science, the science Aglionkby,ihlL. Ass.
Gibson, Thomas M. Osborne, Ralph
Political economy. We feel that his sympathies AAlicisOen, Colonel Grace,O. D. l'aget, Lord C.
t7fentzurs, for we find some of the innermost thoughts Armstrong, Sit:lAl A.
GGrrattlitaaiirli,,Shrrn,Jyames I;anfiente,rl.toornd, klvge
fir_
nr_ nature articulated in his voluble diction. The AArrmunsdtreol,nf,,,,A.of. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Parker, John
e2:B f these volumes of " More Verse and Prose" Baines, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Patten, W.
moreur tOS Entirely of tho former, and hence to us is Grey, it. W. Pechell, Sir G.
Barnard, E. G.
Bass, Thomas }fall, Sir B. Peel, Frederick
portin Peolliiarly attractive. It is divided into six Hallyburton, Lord J. Perfect, It.
Bellew, It. M.
Pigott, Francis
pc,,, "'---1, Lyrics fir my Daughters :9, Small Berkeley, Admiral Harris, Richard rilS •
Epistle'. ,• i ' , The Year of Seeds : 4, Ballads : 5, Berk o uveel rei ye 'E.Li ,
.G .
rtstie• , -., .111
,aiss
tt lee: Li eexh ai Ldledr Priiliknien3i.,,t
W.
vi ..
the fo„ •u, l'Aheline. Among the Lyrics we find Boyle, Colonel Hatcher', John Power, Dr.
kind "°Wing noble song, more than national in its Bright, John
John
Hawes, B. Power, Nicholas
Posey, Philip
Hayter, W. G.
, to be chaunted to the air of Rule Britannia : 1:07 st ,
, J. Headlain, Thomas Reynolds, John
4 P.rom age to af,e, the bad grew worse, BB
Brother
ton,
W.
~k.liti still retorted curse for clin.e, Banbury, E. H. James
s Rlteicehb,ncHte,n.jr.y
A.
Busfeild, W.
sittlgh Seas, and skies, and light, and air, Chmpbell, W. F. Russell, Lord J.
111 Henry,
w:r:Yo' o"n' r°stde Alexanderl
il, Lawrenceaj.tmß.
Sow
rig, 1•141, in concert, everywhere: Carter, John B. Hodges, T. L. Sadleir, John
Salwey, Colonel
Howard, C. W. ~It weeds, and say, ' Here it mers will bloom!'
ccsayulieleyildi(jlw. Edward S. Howard, E. G. Scholefleld, William
41(nne to roost all curses come.
"an wilful woes the sun arose, Clements, Charles Jackson, William
Scully,Scroi)e GFr.aPn.eis
Clifford, Henry M. Jervis, Sir John
,4„rlCobden, Richard Keating, Robert Shafto,ii. D.
.0 sun went down on wilful woes, Colebrooke, Sir T. Kershaw, James Sheil, R. L.
.-urit'?ugh earth and heav'n seena'd waxing 3 oung, Collins, William King, P. J. Smith, John B.
Goll a thus, the ' God of Gladness' sung:
Cowan, Charles Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W.
uth Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. 11. Spearman, 11. .Ifor-Good is Peace—is Peace and Love:
Craig, W. G. Lemon, Sir Charles Stansfleld, W. It.
• Willing learners best improve. Dawson, T. V. Lerman!, T. 11. Stanton, W. H.
Strickland, Sir G.
4At length, DeveretLx, John T. Lewis, G. C.
Stuart, Lord D.
Teach Great God, thy seas and skies Douglas, Sir C. Littleton, E. R.
Sullivan, Michael
It wilful mourners to be wise! Drummond, Henry Loch, James
a er"nd, that he who fights may fall! Duncan, George 31`Cullagh, W. T. Tenison, E. K.
Meagher, Thomas Tenneut, It. J.
Dirndl's, Admiral
Codn...tbis shall be the song of all: Dundas, Sir David Mahon, O'Gorman Thicknesse, Ralph
,Good is Love—and Love is Peace: Dunne, F. P. Martin, C. W. Thompson, Colonel
Tollemache, F. J.
Ebrington, Viscount Mauls, Fox
Fro Good, partaken, must increase."
Melgund, Viscount Towneley, John
Mrn the Ellice, Edward
Joined small poems we gladly extract the sub- Ellis, John Mitchell, T. A. 'I ownley, It. G.
most 4130, eulogistic and well-deserved Epitaph for Enfield, Lord Moffatt, George
Tufnell, Henry
Evans, Sir De Lacy Aronson, William
Walmsley, Sir J.
Evans, John Moore, George H. 'Avra
`'Gr Evans, William Morison, Sir W. lntwitnni , s Colonel
J.
.T .
?eater than Colon, name renown'd Fagan, W. Wilson, Matthew
All f • - Mostyn, E. 31. L.
Wood, W. P.
Mowatt, Francis
here
ara d Discovery's rolls, Fagan, James
lies Charles Dickens, who first found Fergus, John Mulgrave, Earl Wrightson, W. B.
are
Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys, Slr I). Wyvill, M.
s
1r
Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nugent, Lord
i
That poor folks may have souls."
Elliott's defence of his own homely rhymes : yyley, J. 11. O'Brien, Sir Timothy TELLERS.
O'Connell, Maurice Hill, Lord M.
O'Connell, M. J. Howard, Lord E.
O'Flaherty, Anthony

A scribe ,who,
STOLEN LYRE.
twenty years ago,
tu wh
printed lies in Salford town,
80 .Puff dear waves, made dear by law,
attct 'Elliott's lyre grates like a saw
:puLecause i strings were shaking down
Vie worstsoeues that the world e'er saw).
1,41.1ei died, and,-th-en, another found
4t my old lyre An organ was,
1,4 which I still the corn-laws ground.
ph? ley old creaking tune.' Alas!
4;:tio worthy brothers might have shown
gat Elliott's lyre is not his own.
ii.pcertaia T. P. Thompson bought
FAI one A. Smith the 'creaking thing.'
or
,sent it to me, charging nought
Analit, and many a brave new string,
Auat gave its chords a trumpet's tone.
d guilty Fear's conviction brought
on, 40 brains of mud, and hearts of stone."
tallest tri°re fragment of free-trade versification we
give in the form of the annexed hymn :
The deed is done, the end begun;
Ti4vies, patient long, will yet be men;
s IQ battle of Free-trade is won!
Atierni'd, conquer'd is the robber's den!
praise to them who won the fight;
tiTcropson, Hume, Villiers, Cobden, Bright!
L
,ry shouted, as they storm'd the den,
I„40 slaves like us the world bath seen;
gkere are no men like Englishmen;
T°l task'd and robb'd, as we have been!'
prais'd be they who won the fight;
-nIP) Whitmore, Fryer, Cobden, Bright!
k
AuftY sought the felons in their den,
-41:41 shouted over land and sea,
Sphere are no mea like Englishmen,
, wise and good as we will be!'
Shen' Praise to them who won the fight;
Or l'tb, Thompson, Bowring, Cobden, Bright!"
Postl the striking effusions of Ebenezer Elliott's
the ba-hgeoius, to our thinking the most remarkable is
'the -;.14(1 of "Devil Byron." By it more than by any
PerDL'lldividual poem in his books his name will be
tiot1:11:11,ted ; and under all circumstances his repu.ta-
tif ""I be respected by posterity as the reputation
lishhWalai-hearted, large-minded, free, fearless Eng-.
eyj'ati• Peace to his manes.: " after life's fitful
Icie sleeps well."
ZO,
-2' SIGNALS. A Dictionary. By Captain
\Vim, A. P. Eardley Wilmot, R.N.
tten,'"u the compass of scarcely 300 pages of a
LleY Ntle•it Pocket volume, Captain At thur Parry Eard-
letbLlTh3t) of the Royal Navy, has here condensed
ilhhier a complete and universal dictionary of
Itkrics for the boats of her Majesty's Fleet. The
144,1 Which is beautifully printed and admirably
‘4ily"tged throughout, will prove of large utility, not
%ICC° the members of the great national profession,
loki° a Multitude of other persons—the signals be-
tllilitarWell adapted for yachts, the merchant service,.
%trit2 Posts, signal stations, and railroads, either in
litil-i'hnication with each other or in conjunction
hinl" 'loyal Navy of England." Besides the for.e-
-,411'„' the volume comprises a large amount of mis-
4ta-e°us information, such for example as a correct
4reill the Royal Navy, the Indian Navy, the dif-
)144,1. Yacht clubs, and the names of all merchant-
reefed registered registered at Lloyd's, with their tonnage, cor.
to IMO. The book contains likewise, it
41%4'4 be observed, a variety of new and simple
Sina °` signalizing, illustrated with coloured en-
NI ;has the whole being compiled and invented
ule re sanction and under the especial patronage of
'utlis Commissioners of the Admiralty.

COURT CIRCULAR.
oteet, —Val Highness Prince Albert rode out on
4°14;4.1c Yesterday morning, attended by Colonel
lit —Val Highness Prince Albert presided yes-
to afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for
vtidi -5 and encouraging the Fine Arts in re-
&htln. the. Palace
the
Westminster. His Royal
d arrived new Palace at three o'clock,
-e r
The by Colonel Bouverie.
Vl4 The
present were the Marquis of
titt Stib-Wne the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Canning, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon.
theN ICriPealter of the House of Commons, Viscount
c'',.)11.1) the Ri ht Hon. Sir Robert Peel, M.P.,
Dll°Al HO'n. Sir Jamesg Graham, M.P., Sir Robert
"4`4113:1,.'*1)., and Mr. Hallam. 'rhe Secretary, Mr.
hk,„,--e, Was in attendance.
theip meeting the Prince and the other Royal
Pette''
°ners went to the upper waiting hall and
41
;ta4 d the frescos.
Oh, i\raeeting broke up at a quarter-past five o'clock.
)111 o:peen had a dinner party yesterday evening
;211:7Rhain Palace. The company included the
kv:°,4,Wellingt ton, Lord Gough, the Earl of Mul-
Z1',.•„,",e lit °Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel,
k,;111'147:4",,,e-ti. Hon. Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon.
bright Lascelles, Sir Hamilton and Lady
ph., and Colonel the Honourable C. B. and
The k'Pps.
.;1411 ; of the 91 Life Guards attended during
gotd er and
the direction of Mr. Grattan Cooke,
Ot rreed the following pieces :
Vetil 'enure MS.
on, .....
10, Lombardi"
04, c Cross Knight "
G° he.; -u tre.fly"
kat3uble, !‘ Dedie a Mahomet" Gurtner.
"The: the Queen.
'4lt4yd,-"Val Family took their usual exercise yes-
'etti Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) has relieved
hileckley in the duties of Equerry in Waiting
!:A c 741 Highness Prince Albert.
41eifc4t1)-aet Council was held yesterday, at the
theZffice. It was attended by Lord John RU3..
Rtit qe 'irquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto,
ut
44h„ge Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey,
ot td4b" Robhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon.
' Cl4„°tlehere, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Marquis
t*l'he'llearcle. The Council sat one hour.
rtrel4ancellor of the Exchequer was sufficiently
tir,' Yesterday to take a carriage drive for the
vlat 'ince his recent illness.
tale ev• Ur. Abrahams had an interview with Earl
yesterd
tp,...4.r ,ay at the Colonial-office.
41:410 e3') M.P , attended at the office of the Com -
Vtidln—s of Railways yesterday, to present a me-
ti,°l4,,in the subject of the Oxford, Worcester, and
'at parePton R from the Mayor and Coun-
t,. "44,, al way,
viclptttehyrnainster.
iipebloniael..B were sent off yesterday evening from
‘'la Col office, for the Governors of the West
tenies.

~11tit4).,411,,g or QUARTERS OF THE G
''' P "'le half- 1 Ine of quarters of s Yes-
uAßDhe.briae
14, otit q_
.gyear cla g .
hcillitttaijon'7, took Place,
3'134.
.frot, v, ',1?1;11 St. George's ,vLz .:
Barracks;r e Dtaod I er Guards;Chichester;
, (from
tt,v. uttngton Barracks to Sr. John's Wood;s.
ft fro,n •ve,indsor to the Tower. Coldstream Guard.
leer Chie,°t• John's Wood to Portman-street;
Scots Fun-
etQuar. tifie.stor to St. George's Barracks.
-street; 2nd,
to Wellington.
I.i'lltica (.1
~ to
from Portmaniv,iti
18th Foot.
thr_qe,..znl, from the Tower to _ roedsor.
Los re General Burrell, C. 8., who formerly commanded
NI 4 ",Qut, is named as likely to succeed the late
, It I, Ater as colonel. )111.0?ftilspired
although no
yesterday morning that, ,
t'!pit nouee to that effect was given yesterday at the
04.11141i°4
grand, the directors had come to the ddeate.rs-,
dtiritim of ting loans for the space of fourtetenansler
deter-
Per eAlt11(1 cloe, for the dividends of the r f
t Ilti, 14e Reduced stocks, at tho rate of two per cent.
mut,.

Fordyce, A. I).

Forster, Mathew
Fortescue, J. W.

MINORITY—NOES, 102.
Arbuthnott, Hugh Greenall, G. Miles, William
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Greene Thomas Mullings, J. R.
Bankes, G. Grogan, Edward Mundy, William
Barrington, Vis. Hale, R. B. Naas, Lord
Bateson, Thomas Hamilton, G. A. Neeld, Joseph
Bennet, Philip Hamilton, J. 11. Nesedegate, C. N.
licresford, William Hamilton, Lord C. Newport, Viscount
Best, John Ilarris, Captain Ossulston, Lord
Brainston, T• W. Ileneage, G. 11. Plowden, W. 11.
Brisco, M. Herbert, 11. A. Prime, Richard
Firoadwood, H. Ilerries, J. C. : Pugh. David
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hervey, Lord A. Repton, G. W. J.
Sunbury, William Hildyard, R. C. Sandars, George
Burghley, Lord Ilililyard, T. B. Sandars, Joseph
Cabbell, B. B. Hill, Lord E. Scott, Francis
Carew, W. P. Hood, Sir A. Smyth, J. G.
Castlereagh, Vis. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Sotheron, T. 11. S.
Chatterton, Colonel Jones, Captain Spooner, Richard
Clerk Sir G. Ker,:Richard Stafford, Augustus
Cobbold, J. C. Knight, F. W. Stuart, H.
Cocks, T. S. Knox, Colonel Taylor, T. E.
Cole, Hon. H. A. Law, C. E. Thesiger, Sir F.
Corry, H. Lennox, Lora A. Thompson, Alderman
Dod, J. W. Lennox, Lord 11. G. Tyrell, Sir J. i
Dodd, George Leslie, C. P. Verner, Sir W.
Duckworth, Sir J. Lewisham, Viscount Vesey, T.
Duncombe, A. Lindsay, Colonel Vyse, Howard
Duncombe, 0. Lockhart, W. Waddington, H. S.
Forester, G. C. Lowther, Colonel Walpole, Spencer
Fox, S. L. Lowther, Henry Walsh, Sir J. B.
Fuller, A. E. M'Naghten, Sir E. Wegg-Prosser, F.
Gaskell, J. M. Mandeville, Viscount West, F. It.
Gladstone, W. E. Manners, Lord G. TELLERS.
Gore, W. 0.: Manners, Lord J. Henley, J. W.
Goulburn, Henry Marcia, Earl of Mackenzie, W. F.

Same Clause:—Motion made, and Question proposed,
" That the blank, page 2, line 4, be filled with eight
pounds :' "—Question put, " That the blank be filled with
eight pounds.' " The Committee divided:—

Abdy, Thomas N.
Adair, R. St.atto
Aglionby, H. A.
Alcock, Thomas
Anson, Colonel
Armstrong, Sir A.
Armstrong, R. B.
Arundel, Earl of
Baines, M. T.
Barnard, E. G.
Bass, M. T.
Bellew, R. M.
Berkeley, Admiral
Berkeley, Henry F.
Birch, Sir T.
Bouverle, E. P.
Boyle, Colonel
Bright, John
Brock,ehurst, John
B.

MAJORITY—AYES, 213.
Glyn, G. C. Ogle, S. C.
Grace, 0. D. Ord,: William
Graham, Sir J. Paget, Lord C.
Grattan, Henry Paget, Lord G.
Greene, John Palmerston, Vie.
Grenfell, C. Pascoe Parker, John
Grey, Sir G. Pechell, Sir G.
they, R. W. Peel, Frederick
Grosvenor, Earl Pelham, D.:A
llall, Sir B. Perfect, Robert
Hallyburton, Lord Peto, Samuel
Hamner, Sir J. Pigott, Francis
Harcourt, G. G. Pilkington, James
Hardcastle, J. A. Pinney, William
Hastie, Alexander Power, Dr.
Hastie, Archibald Power, Nicholas
Hatchell, John Price,lSir Robert
Hawes, Benjamin Pusey, P.
llayter, W. G. Reynolds, John
Headlam, T. E. Ricardo, Osman
Heathcoat, John Rich, Henry
Henry, Alexander Roebuck, J. A.
Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, Sir John
Heywood, James Rumbold, C. E.
Heyworth, L. Russell, Lord John
Ilobhouse, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A.
llobhouse, T. B. Sadleir, John
Hodges, T. L. SaiweY, Colonel
Holland, Robert Scholelield, W.
Howard, Lord E. Scrope, G. P.
Howard, C. W. Scully, Francis
Howard, E. G. Shalt°, R. D. j„
Howard, Sir R. Shell, R. L.
Hume, Joseph Shelburne, Earl of
Jackson, William Simeon, John
Jervis, Sir John Slaney, R. A;
Keating, Robert Smith, J. A.
Keppel, G. T. Smith, J. Benjamin
Kershaw, James Somerville, Sir W.
Kildare, Marquis Spearman, H. J.
King, I'. J. Stanstield, W. R. C.
Labouchere, Henry Stanton, W. H.
Langston, J. H. Staunton, Sir G.
Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Lord D.
Lemon, Sir C. Stuart„ Lord J.
Lennard, T. B. Sullivan, Michael
Lewis, George C: Talbot, J. H.
Littleton, E.:R. Tancred, H. W.
Locke, Joseph Tenison, E. K.
31`Cullagh, W.IT. Tennent, R. J.
31'Gregor, John Thicknesse, R. A.
Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel
Mahon, O'Gorman Thornely, T.
Martin, John Tollemache, F. J.
Martin,lC. W. Towncley, John
Martin, Samuel Townley, R. G.
Matheson, Colonel Townshend, Captain
Mamie, Fox Vane, Lord 11.
Melgund, Viscount Villiers, Charles
Mitchell, T. A. Wakley, T.
Moffatt, George Wahnsley, Sir I.
Monsell, William Watkins, Colonel
Moore, G. H. Wawn, J. T.
Morris, David Willcox, Brodie
Mostyn, E. M. Wilson, James
Mowatt,Francis Wilson, Matthew
Mulgrave, Earl Wood, W. P.
Norreys, Sir D. Wrightson, W.B.
O'Brien, Sir Timothy Wyvill, Marinaduke
O'Connell, Maurice TELLERS.
O'Connell, 31. J. Tufnell, Henry
O'Flaherty,'Antliony Hill, Lerd Marcus

;rockman, E. D.
Brotherton, Joseph
Brow.i-Westhead, J.
Brown, W.
Bunbury, E H.
Busfeild,William
Buxton, sir E.
Carter, J. B.
Castlereagh, Vise.
Caulfeild, J. M.
Cavendish, C. C.
Cayley, E. S.
Charter!s, Francis
Clay, James
Clements, Charles
Clifford, H. M.
Cobden, H.
Coke, E. K.
Colebrooke, Sir T.
Collins, W.
Cowan, Charles
Cowper, W. F
Currie, Itaikes
Dawson, T. V.
Devereux, J. T.
D'Ericourt, C. T.
Douglas. Sir C.
Douro, Marquis of
Du Pre, C. G.
Duke, Sir J.
Duncan, George
Dundas, Admiral
Dundas, Sir David
Dunne, Francis P.
Ebrington, Viscount
Ellice, Edward
juu.
Ellis, John
Elliot, John
Enfield, Viscount
Evans, Sir De Lacy
Evans, J.
Evans, William
E wart, William
Fagan, James
Fagan, William
Fergus, John
Fitzpatrick, J. W.
Foley, J. 11.
Fordyce, A. D.
Forster, M.
Fox, Richard M.
Fox, W. J.

Adderley, C. R.
Arbuthnott, 11.
Archdall, Captain
Arkwright, George
Bagge, W.
Bailey, Joseph
Bailey, J., jun.
Baillie, H. J.
Bankes, G.

MINORITY—NOES, 144.
Fuller, A. E. Meux, Sir Henry
Gaskell J.M. Miles, Philip W. S.
Gladstone, W. E. Miles,:W.
Gooch, E. S. Moody, C. A.
Gordon, Admiral Morgan, 0.
Gore, W. 0. Mullings, J. R.
Goulburn, Henry Mundy, William
Greenall, Gilbert Naas, Lord
Grogan, E. Neeld, Joseph
Guernsey, Lord Newdogate, C. N.
Gwyn, Ilowel Newport, Visct.
Hale, R. B. Ossulton, Lord,
Hall, Colonel Packe, C. W.
Hamilton, J. H. Plowden, W. H.
Hamilton, Lord C. Prime, Richard
Harris, Captain Repton, G. W. J.
Heald, James Sandars, George
Heneage, G. 11. W. Sandars, J.
Henley, J. W. Scott, Francis
llerhert, H. A. Seymer, Henry Ker
llerries, John C. Sibthorp, Colonel
Hildyard, R. C. S mollett, A.
Hildyard, T. B. T. Somerset, Captain
Hill, Lord E. Spooner, R.
Hood, Sir A. Stafford, Augustus
IlornbyNohn Stanford, J. F.
Inglis, Sir R. Stanley, Edward
Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, Henry
Jones, Captain Stuart, J.
Knight, F. W. Sturt, Henry G.
Knox, Colonel Taylor, Thomas E.
Law, C. E. Thesiger,7Sir F.
Lennox, Lord A. Thompson, Ald.
Lennox, Lord G. H. Turner, George
Leslie, C. P Tyrell, Sir J.
Lindsay, Colonel Verner, Sir W.
Lockhart, W. , Vesey, Hon. T.
Long, W. Vyse, R. H. Ti. H.
Lopes, Sir Ralph Waddington, David
Lowther, Colonel Waddington, H. S.
Lowther, Henry Walpole, S. H.
Lygon, General Walsh, Sir J.
M`Naghten, Sir E. Wegg-Prosser, F.
Mahon, Viscount West, F. R.
Mandeville, Viscount Willoughby, Sir H.
Manners, Lord G. Worcester, Marquis
Manners, Lord J. TELLERS.
March, Earl of Hamilton, G. A.
Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Mackenzie, W. F.

Baring, Francis
Barrington, Lord
Bateson, T.
Bennet, P.
Bentinek, Lord H.
Beresford, William
Best, John
Blair, Stephen
Boldero, Henry
Bowles, Admiral
Bremridge, Richard

Brisco, M.
Broadley, 11.
Broadwood, H.
Brooke, Lord
Buller, Sir Y.
Bunbury, William
Burghley, Lord
Carew, W. 11. Pole
Chatterton, Colonel
Chichester, Lord J.
Christopher, R.
Christy, Samuel
Cocks, T. S.

Codrhigton, Sir W.
Cole, H. A.
Coles, H. B.
Conolly, Thomas
Corry, Henry

6otioll, W. E.
Dod, J. W.
Dodd, G. _ _ .

Duckworth, Sir J.
Duncombe, A.
Duncombe, 0.
Du Pre, C. G.
Ferguson, Col.
Forbes, W.
Forester, G. C.
Fox, S. L.

COLOSSEUM.—An entire change has been made in
the scenery of the Swiss Cottage, the view of Mont
Blanc has been removed, and an interesting picture of the
Tete Noir Pass and Valley of Trient has just been
painted by Messrs. Danson and Son, showing the cas-
cade, villages, &c., of that celebrated spot. A re-engage-
ment has been entered into with the Collins family, and
their musical performances combine with the other fea-
tures of this exhibition in rendering it a most attractive
place of amusement. The Cyclorama, with a moving
Panorama of Lisbon and representation of the Earth•
quake in 1755, is still exhibited.
THE WELSH CHARITY SCHOOL.—Yesterday being
the anniversary of St. David's-day, the annual festival,
held in support of the funds by which this institution is
sustained, took place at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street. The chair was filled by the Earl of
Powis, supported by the Bishop of St. Asaph, Sir Thos.
Phillips, and upwards of 150 gentlemen connected with
the principality. The musical arrangements were en-
trusted to Mr. Genge, Mr. F. Smith, and a large choir
of vocalists. Mr. C. Roberts, harpist to the Prince of
Wales, was also present. and Mr. Sims Reeves in the
course of the evening delighted the company with his
exertions. The company having partaken of an excel-
lent dinner, provided by Mr. Bacon, the usual patriotic
and national toasts were given from the chair, and re-
sponded to by the company. Tho boys and girls of the
school were introduced, and had every appearance of
liberality of treatment and the enjoyment of health. A
large amount of subscriptions was announced by the
secretary, soon atter which the chairman retired. The
festivities were kept up till a late hour.

COUNTY COURTS r4XTENSICINe-411 the Bill to ex-
tend the jurisdiction of the County Courts, yesterday
printed, there is a clause giving either party a right of
appeal to a superior court in actions above 201. There
are fourteen provisions in the Bill and a scale of fees in
actions above 201.

IN STITUTION OF CIVIL ENGIN EEIL.C.
On Tuesday, February 26 (William Cubitt, Esq.,
President, in the chair), the paper read was " On
the street paving of the metropolis, with an account
of a peculiar system adopted at the London and
North-Western Railway Station, Euston-square," by
Mr. William Taylor, of Birmingham.
The paper commenced by directing attention to the
importance of a good system of paving, in conjunc-
tion with a more perfect plan of sewage for all large
towns. The paving of the metropolis had too long been
carried on under an antiquated and unscientific sys-
tem, of using large masses of granite, placed upon an
insufficient substratum : the consequences of this were
great noise, an imperfect foot. hold for the hordes, danger
of the constant fracture of the springs and axles from
the jolting over an uneven surface, and great expense
of repairs. The " Macadamized" streets were mani-
fest improvements on such a system, but the surface
was not found capable of resisting the heavy traffic of
the main thoroughfares of the City. The defects of
the wood pavement so greatly exceeded the merits that
it had been nearly abandoned.
Impressed with the disadvantages of the present
system of paving, Mr. Taylor tried an experiment
about ten years ago, by covering a surface subject to
very heavy traffic, and subsequently, about five years
since, entirely paving the departure side of the
Euston Station of the London and North-Western
Railway in a peculiar manner. The system was
upon entirely new principles. The method employed
was, after removing the subsoil to the depth of sixtee❑
inches, to lay a thickness of four inches of strong
gravel, equally and well rammed, then another layer
of gravel mixed with a small quantity of chalk, or
hoggin, for the purpose of giving elasticity, the ram-
ming being continued as before; a third coat, of the
same materials, was then laid and rammed, a regular
degree of convexity of surface being preserved. The

stones used were of Mount Sorrel' granite, dressed
and squared into regular masses of four inches deep,
three inches thick, and four inches long; these stones
were laid in a bed of fine sand, one inch in thickness,
equally spread over the surface of the substratum, and
they were carefully placed, so that no stone should
rock in its bed. The whole surface was then well

driven down with wooden rammers, weighing fifty-
five pounds each. The small size of the stones enabled
them to be welled rammed home, so that the surface

of the pavement never sunk, and the hardness and
toughness of the material, prevented the stones from
being worn down by any traffic, however heavy.
It was stated that this system was found infinitely
preferable to the employment of large stones, and the
statement of cost was vastly in its favour ; the price
of the ordinary kind of granite paving, in London,
being eighteen shillings per superficial yard, and the
maximum cost of the new or " Euston" pavement,
including the substratum, was not twelve shillings
per yard, and deducting the value of the old stones,
not (in this latter case) claimed by the contractor,
the net cost would only be nine shillings per yard.
The system was stated to have been very exten-
sively employed at Birmingham and many provincial
towns, and it appeared admitted, that the beauty of
the pavement, when completed, was only equalled by

its extreme durability and by the manifest advantages
it offered in its noiselessness, good foot-hold for
horses, freedom from jolting, and the small repairs it
required.
It was suggested that the different paving boards
should make a trial in streets of small traffic, by
lifting the' large stones, and cutting them into
small cubes, or rectangular pieces, of three inches
in depth, for the future pavement ; so that a good
field would be afforded for the practice of the
paviours, which would enable them to be better qua-
lified for the task of extending the system to the more
important thoroughfares : by this means, too, a large
surplus of stone would be accumulated for paving, and
the refuse would be valuable for Macadamizing the
roads in the outskirts.

The discussion upon this important subject, was
announced to take place at the next meeting,
day,Tues-
March sth, when the following paper would be
read :—No. 815—" Description of the Chapple Via-
duct, upon the Colchester and Stour Valley Exten-
sion of the Eastern Counties Railway," by Mr. P.
Bruff, Assoc. Inst. C. E.