The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY
_EVENING, MARCH 241 1845.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Uri' QUARTER TO THREE.
There was no chang.? in the prices of Cotton at Liver-
pool on Saturday, when only 3,000 bales v.% ere sold, the
demand being limited. Business closed quietly. The
Stock Exchange was to re-open to day.
Among the many proposals for facilitating the great
objects of commerce, there is one which has been long
talked of as most essential ; hut which, owing to various
obstacles, has not hitherto been so matured as to lead to
a probability of its completion. We allude to opening
a communication through the I thmus of Panama.
Much has been said and written upon this subject,
and scarcely a dissentient voice for years past has been
heard among the mercantile interests as to its utility.
But somehow or another there have been conflicting in-
terests to consult. We understand now that all preli-
minary diffiLulties have been overcome, and that ere long
the works will be commenced and supported by a body
of influential individuals, who have the means at their
command for carrying out this lung-desired and most
important undertaking.
The private advices received by the West India mail,
per Severn, are very satisfactory. It is alleged that
the prospect of the crops are so cheering that they we re
expected to yield in Jamaica, Demerara, and Antigua, a
third, or, according to some accounts, a quarter more
than has been realised since the new system came into
operation. To use a homely phrase, the planters
have set " their wits to work," fearing the competition
of foreign produce in our markets, to improve as much
as possible the cultivation of the land, and various inno-
vations (at least the old stagers call them so), had been
introduced in working the soil and improving the pro
cess of manufacturing sugar. In the, present accounts
we do not find so many complaints of the measures of
Government as were prevalent at the date of the pre-
vious advices.
There are not any arrivals from Mexico or Vera
Cruz by the present opportunity.
We learn with regret that a most heavy failure has
occurred this morning in Mark-lane, said to be for from
40,000/. to 50,000/. Operations two or three years since
was said to be the cause of the event, which has caused
a strong sensation to-day in the corn-market. We for-
bear mentioning the name at present, as it might do
harm, and certainly not any good.
There were advices from Graham's Town to-day to
the 19th December, and from the Cape of Good Hope to
the 12th January. We do not find that any information
of importance is brought by this arrival. Affairs were
not in a settled state at Natal.
There has been a firm market to-day for those of the
British Securities now open. Consols for transfer to-
morrow have advanced to looi, and for the Account to
1001. Exchequer-bills are on the declir.e, realign.-" but
58s. The New South Sea Annuities have just been
quoted at 991.
In the Foreign Stock Market a good deal of business
has been done. Spanish Five per Cents. have been sold
freely at 30, and the Passive Stock at 7i--'i. Brazilian
Bonds are on the advance, being quoted at 92, and the
New Stock at 89. The Portuguese Converted Bonds
are firm at 67; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 99i- -a;
and Colombian at a rise from 14-,- to 15.
In the English as well as in the foreign Railway
Shares a good deal of business has been transacted this
morning. The variations in prices are shown by the an-
nexed list:—
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Aims lOO 99% 1001,4
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,0001.
500/.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ........
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 92
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 89
Ditto, 1844 B7l/2 88%
Columbian Bonds. l4l/8 15
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 36%
Ditto Deferred Stock 17%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 33
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 3O
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 7141/S
Dutch 21/ per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE
Aberdeen ... 21% 2% to
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Ditto, New...
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Caledonian 5 - to
Cambridge and Lincoln ... 11,4
Chester and Holyhead
Churnet Valley
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth 11/2 2/414... to
Pirect Northern
Dublin and Belfast Junction 91/2 WI ...... to 6
Dublin and Galway 2l/z 3 ...... to
Eastern Counties
Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 35s lis to
Ditto, ditto, No. 2.
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great Grimsby and Sheffield 2% 35/8%... to
Great South and W. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Extension
Great North of England 100 192 ...... to
Ditto New
Ditto New
Great Western
Guildford, Farnham, Portms. 21A 5
Hull and Selby
Ditto Half Shares ,
Kentish Coast
/8 ......
15 35% to

Lancaster and Carlisle... •••••• -
Lincoln, York, and Leeds 1% IN3 to
Loudon and Birmingham ...100 234 ...... to
Ditto Quarters
London and 8right0n.......... 50
London and Croydon ......... 133/4 — ...... to
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 4
London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d...
Ditto Preference
London and South Western.. 41%...... SO
Ditto New 2l/2 12%1/t... to
London and York... ..... ...... 21/4.-- 3: 'A % to
Manchester and Leeds 73 .....14711/2 to
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto 1.4. Shares
Midland 100 ...141 140% 141% to 140
Ditto New 2 ... 14%%3/41A to
Midland, Birrn. and Derby _lOO lOB
Newcastle &Darlington Sane. 24 ...... 473/4
Ditto New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick" l% 143/41/2— to
Newark and Sheffield
North British
Ditto New 1 .. ... 41/4 ...... to

Northern and Eastern
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon lO .... 17
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worcester, and Tring 1
Scottish Midland ... 1% 2% to
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 21/2 4l/2 to 5
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 331/8 — ...... to
Ditto New, No. 2 2 • 12
South Wales
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 31/41/2... to
West Cornwall l% 4%...... to
York and North Midland ... 50 lO2
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux,'Toulouse,andCette 2
Great Northern of France ... 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 ...... 1114 to
Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 21/2 to
Paris and Orleans...
Paris and Strasburg 2 ...... 25/8713... to
Sambre and Meuse
Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAucii 24.—Wind Westerly, fresh breeze and
fine clear weather; it rained hard last night.
DEAL, MARCH 22.—Wind W.S.W., strong breezes. 23,
Ditto, ditto.—Arrd. Emma White and Bilton, Starks, Cal-
cutta ; Duchess of Buccleuch, China. 23. Pacific, South
Sea ; Alexander Baring, Hale, China ; Margaretha, Baner,
Batavia; George Lund, Bailey, for Copenhagen.
SHEERNESS, MARCH 23.—The Thompson, of and for Sun-
derland, which was on the Grain Spit on the 21st instant,
was assisted off last night without damage, and has pro-
ceeded.
OFF MARGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Ro-
bert Stride, Calcutta.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 23.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., fresh
breeze.—The John Kaox, Cleland, from Bombay to London,
was wrecked on the Goodwin Sand this morning ; crew and
part of cargo saved.
DEAL„ MARCH 23.—The Union, Middleton, from Mauritius
to London, ran ashore en the Main, near Dover, early this
morning, in very thick weather, with loss of anchors and
rudder, and making eighteen inches water per hour, and
brought up in the Downs.
LIVERPOOL MAncii 22.—Wind W.N.W., light.—Arrd.
Uruguay, Kelso, China, left St. Helena Jan. 27 ; Beethoven,
Taylor, Paragon, Coleman, and Zulieka, Montgomery, Cal-
cutta.
CARNARVON, MAncii 22.—The Ann and Catharine,
Hughes, from Liverpool to this port, came ashore on the
north bank of the Bar yesterday afternoon ; crew saved.
Two sloops, name unknown, are also ashore on the north
bank. It blew very hard last night from S.S.W.
HOLYHEAD, MARCH 23.—The Oakland, Barry, from New
Orleans to this port, got ashore this morning eleven miles to
the southward, and is a complete wreck ; about 100 bales of
cotton saved; two men drowned.
MARYPORT, Miami 22.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night
at S.S.W., during which the Albion, and the Nancy, Prat,
from Dublin, in running for the harbour, got ashore behind
the North Pier. The latter has since been got off and
brought into the harbour; the former is expected oft to-
night's tide. The Cottager, Bean, got within the Pier, but
backed out, and is supposed to have gone to Carsthorn.
PETERHEAD, MARCH 20.—The Gleaner, Johnson, of this
port, hence 9th inst. for Greenland, has put back for the
northward of Shetland, leaky, and has gone to Aberdeen to
be put in the patent slip.
YARMOUTH, INIARcit 23.—The Alexander, Dean, of Aber-
deen, for Valparaiso, was lost on Ilaisborough Sand en the
night of the 20th inst. ; crew saved. The Barnesby, of
Goole, and the Sea Adventure, of Boston, have been assisted
in here after being ashore at Lowestoft, the former with loss
of rudder.

DEATH OF LADY LESLIE.—We have to notice the
demise of Lady Leslie, widow of the late lion. Sir
Charles Leslie, Bart., brother of the Countess of Devon,
and the Hon. and Rev. Sir Henry Leslie, Bart., Chaplain
in Ordinary to the Queen and Prebendary of Exeter.
Her Ladyship had survived her husband twelve years.
DEATH OF REGINA MARIA ROCHE.—On Monday
morning, at her residence, on the Mall, the above-
named lady, authoress of the " Children of the Abbey,"
and other works, died at the advanced age of eighty-one.
--Waterford Chronicle.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE--(MONDAY.)
Since Monday last the arrivals of English Wheat,
Barley, Malt, and Oats, have been only limited; but
those of Scotch and Irish Oats have somewhat increased.
Of all other kinds of Grain the receipts have been small.
Fresh up from Essex, Kent, Lincolnshire, and Cam-
bridgeshire, very little Wheat came to hand, and the
show of samples was, comparatively speaking, small.
Owing, however, to the announcement of a large failure
in the Flour trade—the amount of liabilities being esti-
mated at very little short of 50,0001, 30,00 W. being on
this market—considerable effect was thereby produced
upon the Wheat trade, which ruled extremely inactive;
indeed, fewer sales took place than for many weeks past,
and last week's prices were with difficulty supported.
At the close of the trade a clearance wits not effected.

The quantity of fine Foreign Wheat on offer was by no
means large ; yet it was more than adequate to meet the
wants of the buyers. Holders were firm, and, i❑ the few
sales concluded, obtained full prices, particularly fur
selected qualities. Of Engliih Barley the show was
small ; but that of Foreign, tree of duty, proved tolera-
bly g, od. Malting parcels mostly sold at full curren-
cies. In other kinds, next to nothing was doing, yet
their value was supported. The show of Malt was rather
limited, yet the trade with that article was in a very de-
pressed state, at barely last week's figures. The supply
of Oats being on the increase, we have to report a dull
inquiry for them. The best Potato samples were quite as
dear. Other kinds were the turn lower. Beans, Peas,
and Flour very inactive, at barely late rates.

Wheat—

64e to G5l

CURRENCY PER IMP
—Essex
Red
Ditto, White •• • • 46s 56s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red.
Ditto, White..
Irish, Red.. •
Ditto, White • •
:ye —Old . • .. • • •
Barley—Grinding
Malting . • • •
Chevalier • • • • • •
Malt—Suffolk and Nor-
folk
Brown .••.. . .
Kingston and Ware 603
FOREIGN GRAIN A-.S
Wheat—Dantzic • . • • • . 32s to 36s
Hanaburgh • . alYs —s
Barley
Oats —New .••••• • • • • • 17s IBs
Feed .. ••••• • • • • • 15s 17s,
SMITHFIELD.

... 38s 43s
... 40s 47s

'Eltl A L MEASURE
Malt—Clievalior • • • •
Oats Yorkshire and
Lincohish., Feed. 22s 23s
Potatoe ...... 23s 24s
Youghall and Cork,
Black .• • • 2os 22s
Cork, White . 21s 238
Scotch, Feed. .. 22s 23s
Beans—Tick 348 36s
Pigeons..... •.. 3Bs 398
Pease—Grey . • • ...
Maple ...• • • . 3ss 36s
White .•• • •
Boilers .•••• • .. • • 36s 38s
Flour—Town-made .• . 42s —s
Suffolk .• • ... 33s 355
Stocktn & Norfolk 33s 35s
cD FLOUR IN BOND.
Beans • • ••. • • • • 24s to 29s
Pease .. .. •• • • 288 32s
Flour----American
Baltic ... ••• • • •

-S -s

•
35s 36s
27s 30s
33s 35s
36s —8

Since this day se nnight the importations of live stock
from abroad fur our market have not exceeded fifty
Oxen and Cows, together with thirty-two Sheep, all
from Holland. To .day we had on offer twenty-seven
Beasts and twenty Sheep. Although a slight comparative
improvement was noticed in their quality, it was far
from first-rate; but there was no appearance of the epi-
demic amongst either the Beasts or Sheep. The former
sold heavily at from 141. to 191., the latter IL Bs. to
If. 17s. per head. The weather having become much
milder here, as well as in Holland, larger im
ports may be shortly expected, as we learn that
great numbers of stock are no ,v ready in
most of the shipping ports in that country, espe-
cially at Rotterdam, waiting a conveyance to England.
The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from our various grazing
counties were somewhat extensive, for the time of year,
as to number ; but their general quality was inferior.
We much regret to observe, that at least a fourth of
them were suffering severely from disease ; indeed, on
no previous market-day of the present year have we no-
ticed so large a portion of the stock thus affected. To
show it, extent, we may state that upwards of 100
Beasts and 300 Sheep were left on the roads, it being
impossible, from their lameness, to convey them to the
metropolis ; while from 20 to 30 Beasts and 60 Sheep
were carted out of the market to-day alive and slaugh-
tered, from the same cause : hence, of course, great
losses have been sustained by the graziers. Many of the
Beasts left unsold must, we fear, undergo the same fate.
As we have before remarked, the supply of Beasts was
good, owing to which the dead markets being heavily
stocked, and the unwillingness of the butchers to pur-
chase largely during the season of Lent, the Beef trade
was again exceedingly heavy, and Friday's depression in
the currencies of 2d per 81bs was barely supported, the
very highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding
3s 10d per Sibs. The primest Beasts were nearly all dis-
posed of, but numbers of the inferior breeds left the
market unsold. Fortunately for most parties, the number
of Sheep were rather limited, which caused the Mutton
trade to rule tolerably steady, at prices about
equal to those obtained on Monday last; the best old
Downs selling without much difficulty at 4s 6d per 81bs.
No Lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight, while
from other quarters that description of stock, arising, no
doubt, from the low currencies obtained on Friday last,
were rather limited. Down qualities sold slowly, at from
5s 10d to 6s; other breeds, from 5s to 5s 8d per 81bs,
being about stationary figures. With Calves we were
but moderately supplied, yet the demand for them, espe-
cially the middling and inferior qualities of Veal, was in
a very sluggish state, at barely, in some instances, a
trifle beneath last week's quotations. From Ireland we
received 120 Pigs, while from our neighbouring counties
the supplies were moderate. Neat small Porkers sold
steadily; other kinds of Pigs slowly, at late rates. The
Bullock droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridge comprised about 1,900 Scots and Home-breds,
while from the northern districts we received 250 Short-
horns; from the western and midland counties, 350 He-
refords, Devons, Runts, &c.; from other parts of Eng-
land, 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 130
Horned and Polled Scots.

Per Sibs. to si
s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts • • 2 6 210
Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 2
Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6
Prime Scots .• • 3 8 310
Large coarse Calves 310 4 8
Prime small ditto .. 410 5 0
Suckling Calves, ..18 0 30 0
Inferior Sheep .. ••2 10 3

ink the offal.

s. d. to s. d.
Second quality ditto 3 8 310
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 2
Southdown Wethers 4 4 4 6
Ditto out of the wool
Large hogs . • 3 0 3 8
Small Porkers ••.. 3 10 4 4
Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 20 0
Lambs
_5 0 6 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.

Beasts.
3,004

I2SOh, 3e Oe PO
.

I Calves. I Pigs.
44 315

NEWOATE AND LEADENBII.7.7.
Considering the season of Lent, full average supplies
of country-killed Meat have been received up to these
markets, since this day annight, in good condition.
Of Lambs about 600 have come to hand, being of
course in addition to the receipts given in our tabular
statement below. The supply of Meat slaughtered in
the metropolis is good. Prime Mutton and Lamb are
in steady request, at full prices ; otherwise the trade is
inactive, and the quotations are with difficulty supported.

At per stone, by the Carcase. -
s. d. to s. d. ; S. d. to s. d.
Beef, inferior•• .• •. 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 2 4
middling •••• 210 3 0 Middling.. 3 2 3 4
prime large • . 3 0 3 2 prime ••• • 3 6 3 8
prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 8
310 410 I small ........ 310 4 4
Lamb, ss. to 6s.
ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs.
15 400 500
22 500 700
8 100 120
5 90 50
20 120 100
13 200 200 190
25 320 90 200
40 30
30 100 30 150
25 200 100 200

Scotland • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Yorkshire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Norfolk • • • • • •
Suffolk . • •
Cambridgeshire ••••• • • • • •
Essex
Surrey •• • •••

Devonshire •
Wiltshire •• •
Other parts •

Total • • • • • • • .
Previous week's arrival .• •

- -
163 2,070 420 2,240
32S 2,250 600 2,130

•
Difference since our last ••• • .. 65 180 180 110
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIEX.XIB.
Very few Potatoes have arrived at the water side
during the last ten days, yet the supplies offering in
these markets are seasonably extensive. Prime parcels
command a steady trade at full prices ; but in other
kinds only a moderate business is doing.
BOROUGH HOP PTAILILET.
We have to report a very limited business passing in
all kinds of Hops, yet prices are, generally speaking,
supported.
WOOL M.A.SLEET.
The imports of Wool in the past week have been
extremely small, yet the quantities of both English and
Foreign, as well as Colonial, offering privately, are some-
what extensive. The demand, however, is active, and
prices are steadily supported.
TALLOW.
We have no alteration in prices to notice this week :
the market is steady. For the autumn delivery there is
but very little inclination to do business ; the price is
39s for the last three months, sellers. Town Tallow is
39s to 40s 6d net cash.

GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Two young men, named Henry Cummings and Joseph
Bradley, were placed at the bar upon the charge of steal-
ing a quantity of sheeting and other articles, the pro-
perty of Thomas Howard.
It appeared that the prosecutor resided in Cow-cross-
street, where he carried on business as a general dealer,
and the prisoners lived in a narrow court up by
the side of his yard. On the morning of last Thurs-
day, the back door of his premises was forced open and
the articles named taken away. The police eventually
succeeded in tracing a portion of the property, and found
that it had been sold by the prisoners.
The prisoners were remanded, in order to afford time
for the discovery of the remainder of the property.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
MARCH 23.—SuiPwnEcx.--A foreign vessel, said to
be a Dutch galliot, laden with fruit, was driven on shore
at Black Gang Chine about four o'clock this morning.
The only particular at present known is, that the crew
are saved, which, at such a dreadful place, on such a
night, is quite a miracle. It is blowing very hard dead
on the shore, and very thick.
The weather in the Isle of Wight has been unusually
severe—more so than ever before remembered. Severe
frosts continued up to the morning of the 21st instant,
which have been ruinous to the farmer. The turnips
are nearly all exhausted ; and such inroads have been
made in the stock of hay, that there is hardly any to be
obtained for money. What last spring would not pro-
duce 50s. per ton, would now bring 61., and is expected
to be worth 71. Not a blade of grass is to be seen in the
fields; indeed, everything like herbage has disappeared,
and the sheep and cattle are, in many places, starving.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mademoiselle Polin, one
of the most eminent of the dancers of the French
school, and the principal one at the Grand Opera of
Berlin, has arrived in London, and will make her first
appearance, together with Monsieur Gasperini, in the
new ballet of Bobei t a Bertrand to-night.
The Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ad-
ministered yesterday (Sunday) morning at St. Peter's
Church, De Beauvoir-town, West Hackney, by the Hon.
and Rev. Frederick S. Monckton, after a sermon preached
by him, from the four first verses of the 6th chapter of
St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. There were about 25
communicants present, including the Dowager Countess
of Galway, the mother of the Rev. Gentleman.

HIGHLAND SOCIETY of LONDON.
This convivial Society held, on Saturday, at the
Freemasons' Tavern, their anniversary festival in
commemoration of the victory of Alexandria, in which
so many Highlanders had distinguished themselves
on the 21st of March, 1801. Good Friday having this
year fallen on that day, the gathering took place on
the 22d. It is usual for the Society to invite all the
officers who had been present with the army in
Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercremby, but the hand of
time has made sad havoc amongst those brave men,
and the present long and severe winter has been the
means of confining several of them to their homes by
indisposition, so that only a few of these veterans
were present, viz., Col. Sir John M. Wilson, Col.
Elwin, Capt. Kelly, R.N., and Capt. Fead, R.N.
The Gallant President of the Society, Lord Saltoun,
was prevented from attending in consequence of the
death, on the previous day, of his brother, the Hon.
Win. Frazer. The chair was, however, very ably

filled by The Chisholm. Amongst the general com-
pany present we observed Mluor-General Duncan
M'Leod, Major-General Briggs, Colonel Sir John
APlta, James Matheson, Esq., of Achany, M.P. who
wore a magnificent Highland dress, Lord Reidhaven,
Colonel and Major Burns, sons of the poet; Captain
Maitland, R.N.; Captain Rigmaiden, R.N.; Captain
Lamont, R.N.; Captain Kelly, R.N. ; Captain Innes,
R.N.; Captain Charles Forbes, Captain Kincaid, Dr.
Power, Captain Tulloch, W. Sprott Boyd, Dr.
Stewart Chisholm, R.A. ; Robert Coates, Esq.;
W. W. Scrimgeour, Esq.; Thomas Lawrence, Esq.;
D. C. Guthrie, Esq.; J. Gordon Duff, Esq.; J. Tul-
loch, Esq.; J. Masterman, Esq.; Geo. Bain, Esq.;
John Burnie, Esq. ; John M'Gregor, Esq. ; Hugh
J. Cameron ; W. Judd, Esq.; T. Archer, Esq.
Before dinner the Society held a general Court, at
which the proceedings of the Society, and other
matters of business connected therewith, were brought

before the Court by Mr. G. Bain, the Honorary
Secretary, after which the company proceeded to the
banquet in the magnificent hall of the Freemason's
Tavern, preceded by her Majesty's piper, Mr. Angus
Mackay, and his brother Donald, the Society's piper,
formerly in the service of his late Royal Highness the
Duke of Sussex.

About one hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner,
the majority of whom were attired in full Highland
costume. This gave a most picturesque appearance
to the gathering. It looked like a tableau vivant
from Sir Walter Scott. The gallery was occupied
by ladies. During the dinner, which was an excel-
lent one, and which included most of the national
dishes of Scotland, in addition to the most recherché
of the products of the cuisine of France, and the solid
roast and boiled of Old England, the band of the Scots
Fusilier Guards played several popular airs. At the
conclusion of the dinner, the pipers paraded the room,
playing a highland national air, which was received
by the company with shouts of enthusiasm. Grace
having been said, the cloth was withdrawn, the toast-
master Toole, the Toole, proclaimed silence for
The CuisiroLm, who in proposing the first toast,
briefly alluded to the circumstances under which he
had been unexpectedly called upon to assume the
chair. Their President, Lord Saltoun, was un-
avoidably absent in consequence of the death of his
brother, the Hon. W. Frazer, and in alluding to
that melancholy event, he could not forbear paying a
passing tribute to his memory.—(Cheers.) They
had not only to regret the loss of his valuable ser-
vices to that Society, but to the world.—(Cheers.)
In consequence of that unexpected calamity he had
been called upon to fill the chair. He would not
ask their indulgence on the occasion, as that might
imply a presumption on his part, on the one hand,
that any exertions of his might contribute to the
hilarity of the evening, or on the other that his
short-comings might damp it—(Cheers)—but he
would ask them all cordially to unite in assisting to
pass the evening with true Highland feeling, and
true Highland enthusiasm.—(Cheers.) He had now
to propose a toast, dear to them as British subjects,
most dear to them as Highlanders—" The Queen."
Drunk with all the honours.
" God save the Queen,"—By the band.
The CHISHOLM, in proposing the health of the Queen
Dowager, alluded to the well-known benevolence of
that respected lady, and stated that on being recently
applied to for her patronage for a benevolent institu-
tion at Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, her
Majesty had not only granted her patronage, but had
also sent a liberal subscription. The toast was drunk
with three times three.
The Cnisuolat then rose to propose the Prince of
Wales and the rest of the Royal Family.—(Cheers.)
He proposed that toast under peculiar circumstances.
lie could not but recollect that this was the year
'4s.—(Cheers.) A hundred years ago the ancestors
of some of those present would have told a different
tale.—(Cheers.) But what brought them out in
'45 ? In what character did they appear ? They
appeared as the gallant subjects of their Sovereign.
It was their loyalty that made them take the field.—
(Loud cheers.) It was to support that Prince who
was the lineal representative of the heir to the British
Crown that their ancestors went to the battle-field—

(Cheers).—and that same feeling of loyalty would
induce them now to stand up as firmly and un-
dauntedly in support of those who now occupied the
throne.—(Cheers.) They were now, in 1845, sur-
rounded by English officers, but he could not forget
that their ancestors, in 1745, met them on other terms
at Preston Pans.—(Cheers and laughter.) So far
from forgetting it, the remembrance of it should
excite in them the spirit of emulation as to who should
best serve their Sovereign and their country.—(Loud
cheers. As the descendant of one of those clans which
had been out in '4s—(Loud cheers)—he would not
be ashamed to do or afraid to suffer in the cause of his
Sovereign anything that his ancestors had done or
suffered for the sake of the Stuarts. He called upon
them heartily to respond to the toast of " The Prince
of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk enthusiastically.
The CHISHOLM next proposed " The Health of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chief of the
Highland Society."—(Loud cheers.) From all that
they had heard and seen, it was evident that true lligh-
land feeling reigned paramount at present in high
places.—(Loud cheers.) He proposed the toast should
be drunk with Highland honours.
The toast having been drunk, each man placed his
left foot on his chair, and his right foot on the table,
and waving his plumed bonnet, gave that enthusiastic
and inspiriting shout which is so often heard on the
battle-field, when the clans
" Like reapers descend to the harvest of death."
The appearance of the Hall at this moment was most
picturesque. The magnificent costume of the High-
landers, the animation of their features beaming with
delight as they cheered, the enthusiasm with which
the sound of the bagpipes which immediately struck
up was greeted until impelled, as it were, by an irre-
sistible force, they rushed to the dance, and began a
Highland reel, contrasted forcibly with the tame, dull
matter-of-fact manner in which the business of the
evening is usually gone through at English dinners.
The CHISIIOLM then proposed " The Army and
Navy," a toast never omitted at any public festivity,
but one which was more peculiarly appropriated to the
present military festivity, inasmuch as the Highlands
had devoted so many of her gallant sons to the de-
fence of their country in both services.
Drunk with three times three."
Sir J. APRA, on the part of the army, returned
thanks in Gaelic.
Captain KELLY, in returning thanks on the part of
the navy said, that he was proud to believe, from the
manner in which the toast was always received, that the
services of the members of his profession had met
with the approbation of their countrymen in the
effort which they had made to protect this sacred is-
land from the invading foe.—(Loud cheers.) All
the attempts of the French, who at that time had
extended their tyrannous grasp over the whole of
Europe, had been ineffectual.—(Cheers.) This sa-
cred isle had by the efforts of the navy been pre-
served from violation by the foe.—(Loud cheers.)
And if an enemy should again be induced to make
the attempt, that same patriotic feeling which now
slumbered in their breasts would be again aroused,
and again would the navy deserve the approbation of
the country.—(Loud cheers.) He thought that those
now growing up would find, if necessity should re-
quire it, that the navy would protect them against
any inroads which an enemy might be daring enough
to attempt.—(Cheers.) He believed that those who
came after us would be as well protected by the navy
as those who went before us had been.—(Renewed
cheering.) He returned his grateful thanks to the
Highland Society of London and to the Highlanders
of Scotland, of whom they were the representatives,
for the manner in which the toast had been re-
ceived.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHISIIOLM said, that the last toast which they
had drunk was, " The British Army and Navy," but
there was another army which comprised in it many
British soldiers and officers, whose services had of
late years been nlless remarkable than the services
of the Queen's regiments.—Hear, hear.) He was
proud to see among them that evening, two general
officers of that service.—(Cheers.) They had all
heard of the glorious deeds which that branch of the
service had performed.—(Loud cheers.) They had
all read of the sufferings of the highland regiments
at Kurrachee. He therefore proposed, and he was
sure they would drink the toast with enthusiasm,
—" The British and Native Soldiers of the Indian
Army."
The toast having been drunk with three times three,
Major. General APLEms returned thanks.
The CIIISIIOLM, in alluding to the enthusiasm with
which the last toast had been received, said,
that tho one which he was about to pro-
pose was calculated to excite somewhat
different feelings. It was emphatically the toast of
the evening—" The Memory of Sir Ralph Aber-
crombie and the Heroes who fell with him at Alex •
andria." The Highland Society had selected the
anniversary of that battle for their annual meeting
because they considered that on that day their coun-

trymen had gained more than usual honour.—(Hear.)
He saw among the members present some who had
shared in the glories of that battle, and they doubtless
knew of the act of bravery and cool courage exhibited
in that battle by a Highland regiment, which he was
about to relate—an act which, however much it might

be admired, could never be properly appreciated by
civilians. During the battle of Alexandria a thick

fog enveloped both the highland regiments. The
British troops were drawn up in two lines. A French
regiment advanced under cover of tl.e fog, and passed
into the interval between the two regiments,
so as to occupy the rear of the front
line and the front of the second line. That front
line consisted of a Highland regiment, which was
thus engaged in front and rear at the same time.—
(Cheers.) They beat their opponents both in front
and rear.—(Cheers.) Now he appealed to the officers
present if that was not an instance of cool courage
almost unparalelled ?—(Loud cheers.) It was that
•oolness in the hour of danger that made the British
highland soldier the glory of his country.—(Cheers.)
But while they thus rejoiced in the glory acquired
by their native troops, it behoved them to remember
the dear price which they had been called upon to
pay for it.—(Hear, hear.) They should recollect the
many heroes which on that occasion had been lost to
the service. Abercromby fell covered with laurels in
the arms of victory.—(Cheers.) He fell gloriously.
Many of his companions, who had exhibited equal
prowess, and were an equal honour to the ser-
vice, had lived to reap the reward of their
services ; and although they might feel that they had
received the full reward that they were entitled to,
yet it was some satisfaction to them to know that
their countrymen appreciated their services and were
willing to do them justice.—(Loud cheers.) They
equally appreciated the services of those who had
fallen in the defence of their country.—(Loud
cheers.)
"For them e'en banquets fond regrets supply,
In the red cup that crowns their memory."
(Loud cheers.) He called upon them, therefore, with
that solemn feeling of respect which was befitting the
occasion, to drink the memory of Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby and his brave companions in arms, who fell
with him in 1801, on the day of which that was the
anniversary, at the battle of Alexandria.
The toast was then drunk in solemn silence, after
which the bagpipes played a lament.
The CnisnoLm said it had been usual on these oc-
casions to invite every officer who had been present
at the battle of Alexandria. He now craved the atten-

tion of the company for Col. Elwyn, who would ex-
plain how it happened that so many Egyptians were
absent on the present occasion.
Colonel ELwYN spoke as follows :—Mr. President,
on looking around me, I regret much to see so small
a portion of my military companions assembled to do
justice to the occasion that has called us here together.
It may probably be accounted for, simply, for two
reasons—several members, especially of the United
Service Club (all old Egyptians), being, at this time,
out of town, and many more having, of late, been
called to that bourne from which no traveller re-
turns.' These may be, perhaps, deemed the best
excuses that can be offered for the smallness of the
numbers met this day to commemorate the battle and
victory of Alexandria, under our gallant chief and
veteran commander, Sir Ralph Abercrombie. I feel
happy, however, still, in noticing the full meeting of
the gentlemen composing the old established institu-
tion of " the Highland Society of London," and most
sincerely do I hope that on every future occasion, and
so long as an anniversary of this day is continued,
that they may assemble with the same elasticity of
spirits and good health as on the present occasion, and
also without any apparent diminution of their numbers.
I have no apology to offer for the absence of naval
Egyptians, they have all received a summons which
will, ere long, call us all from the festive pleasures of
the Highland hospitality."
Song, Mr. M'lan, " The Old Highland Gentleman."
The CHISHOLM trusted that all had filled bumpers
to do honour to the toast which he was about to pro-
pose. It was the health of a brave and noble High-
land British soldier, who from the time he had en-
tered the service up to the hour when he had quitted
China, had been always found whenever his country
required his services, and had always acted is a true-
hearted British soldier.—(Hear, and cheers.) That
Society was under peculiar obligations to him, for he
was among the best, if he was not the very best Pre-
sident they had ever had.—(Cheers.) He gave the
health and long life to Lord Saltoun.—(lmmense
cheering.)
Drunk with the Highland honours.
This toast was followed by a reel. _ _ _

The CHISHOLM said the next toast was one which
he would rather had been proposed by any other in-
dividual as it was the health of a near and dear rela-
tive of his own.—(Cheers.) He would not, however,
shrink from the performance of his duty, but would
propose the " Health of the President of the past
year."—(Cheers.) His defence of Hougoumont
would never be forgotten.—(Cheers.) At a late
period of the day General Macdonell had received a
wound from a splinter, which had for a moment
stunned him, and he fell. The word was passed round,
" Macdonell has fallen, the command devolves upon
Saltoun." But the blood of the Glengarry rallied—
(Cheers)—and with far more energy than politeness,
when he heard, " the command devolves upon Sal-
toun," he exclaimed, " No, I'll be d—d if it does."
When on a subsequent occasion the great Captain of
the age drank to Lord Saltoun, as the defender of
Hougoumont—Lord Saltoun got up, and with the
spirit of a true British soldier replied, "No ; I had
only the honour to belong to the regiment, and to
obey the orders of my superior officer, General
Macdonell.—(Loud cheers.) He proposed " Health
and long life, to their past President, Sir James
Macdonell."—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with Highland honours.
Mr. GUTHRIE rose to propose " The Health of the
Chisholm."—(Loud cheers.) They deeply regretted
the absence of their President, and they more deeply
regretted the melancholy event which had occasioned
that absence—(Cheers)—but they had seen that night
how admirably their President's place had been sup-
plied by the Chisholm.—(Cheers.) He was a soldier
by profession, and had a soldier's feelings, and the
name of the Chisholm roused feelings of enthusiasm
in the breast of every Highlander.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with highland honours.
The CmsnoLm, in returning thanks, said that he
had taken the position he had held that evening, not
as of right, not altogether from their election, but be-
cause it was understood by every British soldier that
he was not to shrink from his duty—(Cheers)—and
from the simple feeling that if the front-rank man
was removed by any circumstances, it was the duty
of the rear-rank man to step forward and supply his
place.—(Loud cheers.) He had, in the beginning of
the evening, asked them for their assistance—that had
been cordially granted him.— (Cheers.) He thanked
them from his heart for the cordial manner in which
they had drunk his health.—(Cheers.)
Song—Mr. Moody.
The CHISHOLM then proposed " The Patriarchal
system of Chiefs and Clans."—(Cheers.) That sys-
tem, which had descended to them from their fore-
fathers, was altogether different from the feudal sys-
tem. The clansmen were bound together by bonds
of affection, and not by those of vassalage and servi-
tude.—(Cheers.) They drew their claymores for the
service of their chief—but if their chief engaged
in a cause with which in their hearts they
did not agree they deposed that chief, and
elected another, as they had done at Killiecrankie.—
(Cheers.) That system bound the clans to the chief
and the chief to the clans by the bonds of mutual
affection, and it was the early nurture he received in
that system, the early training to obedience which
made the Highland soldier the most distinguished
among his fellow British soldiers. It was this that
made him the most cool in the hour of danger, and in
the most imminent peril the most subordinate to his
officers.—(Cheers.) He therefore proposed " The
Chiefs and Clans."
The toast was drunk with loud cheers, and followed
by the Killie-Callum, a sword-dance, which was
beautifully performed by Mr. James Davidson.
Colonel Burns and Major Burns, the sons of the
poet, were then proposed members of the Society, and
elected by acclamation. In putting the question, the
Chisholm shortly paid a tribute of respect to the memory
of Scotia's immortal bard. The manner in which the
Chisholm put the question as to the election of mem-
bers was excellent. He put it negatively in the first
instance, and, of course, if there was no opposition to
the question, it was carried, thus saving the trouble of
putting it twice.
Mr. /11`GREGOR had to propose as a toast the Ille•
mory of one, the mention of whose name was suffi-
cient to inspire in every breast those feelings which
were the support of mankind under every difficulty
and in every danger. He proposed the memory of
Robert Burns—(Cheers)—and he rejoiced that they
were that night honoured by the presence of two of
the sons of their great poet.—(Cheers.)
The toast was then drunk in solemn silence.
Colonel Buyis returned thanks for the manner in
which the memory of his father had been drunk. He
was proud to be the son of such a man.—(Cheers.)
He had himself long desired to be a member of the
Highland Society, and he thanked them for the honour
they had conferred on him in electing him that
evening.—(Cheers.)
Burns' beautiful lyric " Of a' the aids the wind
can blaw," was then most sweetly and tastefully:sung
by the poet's son, Major Burns. The song, the
singer, and the exquisite simplicity of the melody,
excited a feeling which probably could have been
produced no where else than in such a meeting.
Lord Reidhaven, the son of the Earl of Seafield, who
will one day be chief of the clan of the Grants, was
unanimously elected a member of the society, as were
the undermentioned gentlemen :—Captain James
Lamont, R.N., Hugh Innes Cameron, John Irvine
Glennie, James Currie, James Davidson, Captain
Kincaide, Henry Collingwood Ibbetson.

The CHISHOLM then proposed the health of t:
Visitors to the Society, which was acknowledged by
ajor-General Briggs.
In proposing the Branch Societies, The CrusnoLic
mentioned the fact that there were several branch
societies established in Canada, and anticipated the
greatest possible benefit to the Society from their
loyal exertions in that country.
The next toast was " The Caledonian Asylum,"
which was drunk enthusiastically.
" The Emerald Isle" was acknowledged in a brief
speech by Dr. POWER.
The CHISHOLM then rose to propose one toast more
—a toast which his friend near him would give in
Gaelic, and which would best explain the mystic
feeling which prevailed among Highlanders. It was
" Highlanders shoulder to shoulder.'
Sir J. M'RA then gave the toast in Gaelic, which
was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm

The Pipers then struck up, and Major-General
M'Leod stepped out fur a reel, in which he was joined
by Mr. Alexander Macdonald and Mr. James Da-
vidson and his brother, and this party danced
the concluding reel of the evening, at the close of
which the Chisholm vacated the chair, and, preceded
by the Pipers, left the room in procession.
Several other reels were danced during the even-
ing. One attracted especial applause, in which the
dancers were Lord Reidhaven, the Messrs. Davidson,
and Mr. G. Bain, the Honorary Secretary.
It was " the wee short hour ayont the twal" before
the company separated. The dinner and wines were
excellent.

IRELAND.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

Drimax, M.A.ncn 20.—A case of the above nature
was tried at the Cork Assizes, before Mr. Justice Ball,
on Wednesday and Thursday last, which, of course,
excited no small share of interest in the locality. The
plaintiff was a young lady, aged 18 years, the daughter
of the Rev. Thomas Forrest, a beneficed clergyman of
the Established Church ; and the defendant, Captain
O'Brien, of the 72d Highlanders, which regiment was
stationed at Mitchelstown, in the county of Cork, last
autumn. An acquaintance sprung up between the par-
ties, and, after a brief courtship, the Gallant Officer pro-
posed marriage, was at once accepted, and the day
all but fixed for the nuptial ceremony. Subsequently,
however, the defendant, who has reached the ma-
ture age of forty years, slackened in his attentions,
and finally broke off on his corps being ordered
for foreign service. The main ground relied upon for
the defence was, that the evidence for the plaintiff,
documentary or otherwise, failed in furnishing positive
proof ;of an actual promise of marriage. Colonel Sir
Gaspard Le Marchant was examined with the view of
showing, from his military experience, that the pay of
a captain of infantry was of itself totally inadequate
to maintain a wife in respectability ; and, in answer
to a question by the plaintiff's counsel, as to whether
there was any additional accommodation provided for an
officer when he married and brought his wife home to
quarters, the witness replied in the negative, adding,
amidst shouts of laughter, that the Commander-in-Chief
did not recognise the ladies at all. The jury, after
twenty minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff, with 2501. damages and 6d. costs, the foreman
adding, that if there was any proof that the defendant
had any property beyond his pay, they would award
much larger damages.