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Cite litrorelio. TO CORRESPONDENTS. &dewed Mika of . TM Exproo." Ow ono mosirre 0 u," is poliiied emy Tonga, mad WOK la timo fir pi& blismamalitslorded for " TM Tim m,"Looks Illmolog mon zoo MO pra do 011es.so, 10, Sonorioomm. by Two °MAIL oo the Or a llibid HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan Dee —Mania& 31. Um. .- ..... ..11fternoos. 41. 14a. Tooloazew—lieraisg, 41. na...........Atarrxe. 411.1174. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 23. MR. LATARD'S success has been but little moss fruitful than his failure. Whilst Ministers were able to keep him silent, he of course could not en lighten us about the East, and now at last, when we find him really speaking of Russian aggressions and Turkish dangers, his question to the Minister is accompanied by the statement of no new fact, whilst the Treasury Bench gives in return just one of those bland Parliamentary responses which involve reply without answer, and leave the questioner just where he was before he spoke. Mr. LATARD's speech was good enough in its way, but told us nothing new. Indeed, it was but a House of Commons echo of the sentiments uttered again and again by the Liberal Press of England and France upon this Russian question during the last few weeks. He declared the acts of the Catit to be unjustifiable, outrageous, and dangerous to Europe, and pointed out the impoverishment they were in ducing in Turkey, the danger they foretold for other weak States, and the mockery of say ing such violent acts were mere " negotiations." But all this, though very true, is nothing new, and, in reply to Mr. LATARD, Lord Joar4 RUSSELL also most carefully refrained from throwing any novel light upon the subject. His statement that a despatch had been sent to St. Petersburg, couched in language akin to that of DROIITE DE Laura, was only repeat ing what Lord CLARENDON had told us before; whilst his admission that to invade the Principalities was to break a Treaty was the mere utterance of a truism. He gives no explanation of the policy adopted by the Ministry in relation to Russia; he removes none of the doubts respecting the tacit countenance which the CZAR may have received from friends in England before MENCILIKOFF went to Constantinople ; and named no day on which the House of Commons should be invited to discuss the present relations of this country with the Great Powers—now all more or less involved in the Eastern difficulty. It is not customary, we are told, for a single State paper to be made public in England, as the despatch of DEOUTN DE LHUTS was published in France. We cannot, therefore, be allowed to see Lord CLARENDON'S letter to Russia; and we are to wait till the Cabinet think fit to print the whole of the despatches. These we shall doubtless have in a Blue Book the very first moment—after they have ceased to be interest- ng. In still adhering to this pertinacious escresy, the Government cannot have overlooked one point. The Cabinet will not permit the House of Commons to criticise or to sanction their views, or to discnes their policy. The people are not allowed to share the Ministerial confidence—they. there fore, escape the Ministerial responsibility. By keeping their counsel so suspiciously to themselves the Cabinet clearly monopolise the entire onus of the settlement. If they pass the ordeal with honour and success the result may justify their conduct, and may even add to their power ; but if, on the contrary, besides being secret and self-sufficient, they should be unsuccessful also—then upon their Muds with treble force must all the consequences fall. The friends of Russia and of Lord ABERDEEN still busily circulate the rumour that the Russian difficulty " will be settled amicably." Heaven send it may, if it be settled honourably also. But we are not told that Russia will at once withdraw from the Principalities ; and whilst she occupies them, how can an honest settlement come about P When the renowned JACK SHEPPAND invaded the country-house et 14 'Slam, it wee never mid that the inftection of the law was " settled," whilst that most illustrious of burglars and his companions were in full posses sion of the premises, carousing at the cost of thecellar and the buttery, and de filet° masters of the plate chest. Even the evacuation of the moated grange was hardly in those days considered a settlement— s word indeed reserved in JACK SHEPPARD'S case for a ceremony that finally arranged all scores between himself and the law. In the case of the Principali tics, it is not now denied that the CZAR has broken the T:eaties—those parchment bolts and buts in vented for the safety of nations— and that he and his horde are in forcible possession of the wheat fields, the mansions, and the larders of Nluldavia and 'Wallachia. We know oreocer that his presence thero has led to great outlay on the part of the rightful owner of the in vaded country, and that from week to week, and month to month, the cost of keeping up great mili tary preparations for self-defence is draining the ex chequer and wasting the resources of the Suurast. Every piastre thus spent by ABDUL-MA:101B improves the chances of the CZAR, and whilst we wait for the promised peaceful solution of the quarrel, the Ottoman grows less and less a match for his crafty and remorseless foe. Very soon the fleet now in Besika will be compelled by the storms of autumn to seek a safer anchorage, and the choice rests between a retreat to Malta or an advance to the Sea of Marrnora. Yet with all these chances, promising, if unchecked, to turn in favour of the wrong side, we are told to wait for the settlement in store fur us, and to wait, too, without any know ledge of the steps taken for the preserva tion of the faith of Treaties, or any clue to the terms to be expected from the despotic originator of the mischiefs. We still find no lack of writers to repeat the talk about concluding the difficulty by a division of Turkey, as Poland was once divided—who say that the SULTAN is helpless—aud may therefore be safely robbed. Heaven forbid that England should ever be lured into taking part in any such spoliation. We have territory enough; and if we had not, it would be base and infamous to join in the plunder of an ally whose chief crime is his alleged helplessness. Our interests in the Eastern question are very clear. We are bound by treaties and impelled by policy t o preserve the integrity of the Ottoman dominions from the encroachments of Russia, and we have moreover is Turkey an important market for our goods, receiving corn in exchange for them. Honour, policy, and commerce, are the links binding us to the SULTAN; and the only" settlement" by which these arc preservable must be one that shall compel the Muscovite to return within his own frontiers; that shall secure the commercial freedom of the Da• nube ; and shall involve such ameliorations of Turkish rule u will induce the rapid future growth of civi lisation by tho promotion of public works. The CZAR once driven back, the establishment of railways, telegraphs, canals, are the future guarantees which ABDUL-MEDJIB should give to Europe of his wish for progress and his claim to help. Stich works— and the ratification of the law placing all his sub jects on religious and political equality—will be his best future defences against greedy and dishonest neighbours across either the Pruth or the Soave. THE India Bill gave rise to a discussion and a scene in the House of Commons last night—as our report fully shows. The proverb tells us not to look a gift horse in the mouth, and this advice is appli cable to the small contribution towards good legisla tion which the Government proposes to give us in the India Bill. As a temporary Measure, and for morsels of merit here and there scattered through it, the House has been inclined to let it pass. There are, however, one or two features in the plan, which are such evident improvements upon the old system, and are so intrinsically good, that it would seem that they stand in need of no defence. One of these is the clause that throws open the civil appointments to public competition. India, it is said, requires the services of the best men that England can give her ; it is, therefore, but natural that some means should be adopted of discovering who are the most competent of the candidates for a share in the administration of the destinies of our most important colony. Up to the present time no such means have been employed. An embryo judge of a district in India, who has the fate of thousands under his control, is placed in the position which is to develop his judicial capabilities, without the slightest regard being paid to his probable fitness for theoffice. Directorßlank, entrustedby the Government of this country with the onerous duty of providing Governors for India, selects one youth as a possible judge, because he is his nephew; another ea a possible surveyor, because his father gives Blank good din ners; another as a possible general, because he belongs to a portion of the Blank family, which has never been able to do anything for itself. The poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind, who have the good fortune to be connected with families whom it is Blank's interest to conciliate, are sure of Indian appointments. The Government scheme administers a heavy blew and deep discouragement to this abuse. The laying open a large number of appointments to public competition is not only a graceful recognition of a principle which must ultimately be adopted in every branch of the public service, but it will be of the greatest possible advantage to India. The 32nd clause of the new Bill for the government of India takes away from the Directors their special privilege of nominating students into the college of Raileybury, the military seminary of Addiscombe, and appointing assistant-surgeons in the forces. The 33rd clause enacts that "any person being a natural born subject of her MAJESTY, who may be desirous of being admitted into the said college at Haileybury or military seminary at Addiseombe, or of being appointed an assistant. surgeon in the said Company's forces, shall be ad mitted to be examined as a candidate for such admission or appointment respectively." The first of these clauses abolishes at once and for ever the power until now vested in Blank of deciding . _ . _ _ in his breakfast room who shall and who shall not be one of the Lords of India. The second throws open the appointments to the competition of capable men. It would seem that very little reasoning is necessary to establish the soundness of the principle which is involved in both these clauses; nevertheless, it has met with considerable opposition in the Houle of Commons. Mr. MILNES, on Thursday evening, moved the omission of the words in the 32nd clause which abolished the exclusive privileges with respect to Haileybury. It is unnecessary to notice the extraordinary fallacies by which the ho nourable gentleman endeavoured to support his amendment, as they were all met by anticipation in the brilliant speech of Mr. hiscsui.sr when ha ad vocated the Ministerial Measure. A far better illustration of the necessity of the thirty-second clause is afforded by the discussions which have taken place in the House during the last two evenings on occasion of an mor tice of Mr. BEGET. That gentleman informed the House on Thursday evening that a friend of his got a promise from Mr. So-and-so of an appointment in India. When the promise was made it was said, " My friend is not rich, and you are a man of busi ness." Upon a request for an explanation of these mysterious words, the oracle replied in the same terms, " My friend is not rich, and you are a man of business." It was impossible to misunderstand than words, and the "man of badness" answered a could not understand how they could Europeanise the Julian minil and then say, thus far you may go and no farther. ill, ar, hear.) lie did not ask for any specific *tit ulition from the government. All Le asked for was that they should establish some college or university by which the natives of India would have the same recess to, the Indian lei rvice in India that wry would have if they came to England. (Hear, hear.) The amendment was negatived without a division, and elause 33 was then agreed to. Upon clause 31, s i r J. W. HOl.lO said that at present the nominations to Heileybury were by the Court of Direc:ors. Ile would pro ', • i .e at they should in future be made by the court, sub th ilet to the Board of Control. ~r C. WOOD thought that the arrangement contained in the bill would be the beet that could be adopted. Mr. HOME hoped that no time would be lost in carrying the reguletions into effect. The C..11/le, tueethir with clause 35, was then agreed to. Up a clause 38, Mr. RICH complained that the statements he Lad made upon clause 33 had nut been answered by the right hon. b . „ ‘ „, e , (sir U. W,xid), but the clause had been hurriedly pared. L S f ANLEY thought that the statement of the hon. etieltaireo (Mr. Rich) ought to hare received mire atten tia. treat the l'resident of the hoard of Control. He did sot think that there was sufficient field fur the natives of India. c. WOOD said that if the noble lord looked to the wham:a:ay papers ho would find that the number of uatisee taipl . ..yed by government had greatly increased of late years. The evidence went to show that there was no other mode of effectually educating a person for Indian service except at Iltileybury. Ile had already on a former occasion state , ' that this wu his impression, and he had not seen any reason to change his view open the sulej, et. It was hut proposed to exclude natives of India from Hai leybury, but only to require that candidates for admission should be capable of passing an examination. Atter a few words in explanation from Lord STANLEY, Mr RICH again complained that the clans. had been hurried through the committee. CLavics id, 31, 38, and 39 were then agreed to. Upon clause 40, enacting that the seniority of the civil *Mate in India should be reckoned only from the time of their passing their examination in India, Sir J. W. HOU° proposed that this clause should be omitted altogether, as tendicg only to Introduce great cone fusienand injustice. Sir C. WOOD consented to withdraw the clause. Classe4l was agreed to ; and the house then resumed, gu C. WOOD stating th at he should bring up some new clauses ea Monday it the bill was got through committee on that day. ENCUMBERED TI N ESTAT EUANCE S (IR BILL.ELAND) ACT CON- On the motion fur going into committee on this bill, Idr. IIITESIDE opposed the bill in a long speech. Mr. KEOGH trusted that although at that late hoar he did not propose to procred with the clauses, the house would 1.4054. at to go into committee en the bill. - - - _ Mr. BUTT 'would vote for going into committee, but objected to several Matting in the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said that all government intended to do woo to go into committee, leaving the consideration of the causes for a feature day. Colonel DUNNE opposed the bill both in principle and ditch Lord NAAS thought the government were wrong in shelving the hurl settlement of the question for two years. Mr. CANN supported the bill Mr. DUCARTNEY complained of the delay in winding up accounts in the Encumbered Estates Court. The amendment was withdrawn, and the house then went into committee pro forma. The Patronage Exchange Bill, the Colonial Bishops Act Extension Bill, the Thames Embankment Bill, and the Turnpike Trate Arrangements Bill wets read a third time and passed. The order of the day for the second reading of the Barial•grounds Bill was discharged. The report en the Customs, de , Act was brought up and received. - - ►lr. MACARTNEY was moving for some returns, of which ►e bad given notice, connected with the permission given by t►e Admiralty to certain yacht clubs to carry cer tain signals, when An Nor. Mynah moved that the house be counted, and, there not being forty members, the house adjourned at 20 minutes put 2. Pritas.—Mr. Whitmore has paired off with Mr. Adair from the' 3rd inst. for one week. Hon. Ashley Ponsonby pared for government with Mr. Viussittart against from half-put eight to ten. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1853. once in a business-hke manner. " Well, I suppose you mean an offer of money; but, even if I were dis posed to do that, is there not a law by which I am obliged to swear that I have not given, directly or indirectly, and shall not give, any one any fee or re ward?" Again comes with little variation the monotonous i t eration, " These are matters of form, and you are a man of business." The applicant in the end intimated that, although a man of business, he did no business in that particular hoe, and the appointment was given to me one else who understood bobinces better. Of course there was an universal cry of " Name, name," to which Mr. BRIGHT refused to respond. Last evening, however, the subject was renewed, and Mr- BRIGHT gave as his authority for the anecdote Mr WILKINSON, the member for Lambeth, whose brother, it appears, was theapplicant in question. After a "scene" in the hou se, the subject was dropped, the name of the Director who knew so well how to appeal to sympathies of " men of business" being of course withheld. The Court of Directors very properly declare their earnest wish or punishing a gentleman who has not only committed a misdemeanour, but has been guilty of the unpardonable stupidity of being found out. But how will the punishment of a single individual interfere with the working of a corrupt system? There can be no question that the patronage of India is jobbed, and that the present system affords every facility for jobbery. how will the detection of a single offender purify a method of administra tion, in which corruption may be flowing in a hun dred different channels? We want the fountain puri fied; the stream will then flow clearly enough. Abolish the privilege of private nomination—throw open appointments to public competition, and the Court of Directors will be saved the trouble in future of looking after the conduct of such of its members who disgrace themselves and their country, by mak ing private gains out of a great public trust. LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT. Turkey, and worthily to sustain the attitude assumed in these negotiations." The trial of the persons implicated in the affairs of the emir/lune rerolutionnaire terminated to-day in the conviction of most of the accused. The heaviest sentences are passed upon the leaders who are ab sent. The public were scrupulously excluded from court. 1 understand the prisoners maintained a very firm bearing throughout, protesting against the jurisdiction of the court, as being the creature °la government of usurpation, and upon that ground refusing in many instances to answer the questions put to them. F. Pyat, Caussidiere, Sergeant Boichot, L. Avril, and Rouge, are sentenced to ten years' im prisonment, and lines of 6,000 f. each. Five of the accused who were present were condemned to five years' imprisonment, with fines of 3,000 f., and two to two years' imprisonment and the like fines. All these are . pronounced guilty of having belonged to secret societies, and consequently may at any time hereafter be trinsported fur life at the good pleasure of the government. Three of the prisoners were acquitted, and the remainder sentenced to various terms of imprisonment, with fines. On Sunday last twenty-five persons were arrested at Cette, upon the charge of having made legitimist demonstrations. Several of them were released after being interrogated. One of the oldest members of the French press, M. de Beauregard, died suddenly yesterday of apo plexy. He was during the last twenty-five years, one of the leading writers in the Gazette de France. An imperial decree of the lath enacts, that " the provisions of the decree of the 22nd of January, 1832 (Article 10), and of the decree of the 26th of the same month, relative to the allowances of mem bers of the Legion of Honour, shall not be applica ble to general officers of the army sod navy who have passed or may pass into the reserve." The decree of the 22nd of January refered to is that which regu lated the disposal of the property of the Orleans family, one portion of which, it may be remembered, was set apart for the Legion of Honour. The market at the Bourse was exceedingly firm to-day, and a further improvement has taken place is the public securities. The Three per Cents. rose 30c., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 35c., both tor money ; whilst for the end of the month the ad vance was 60c. in the Three per Cents., and 60c. in the Four-and-a-Half. An advance of 3f. took place in Bank of France shares. The following were the final quotations : For cash : Three per Cents., 78f. 80c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. For the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 80c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 L 50c. Bank Stock, 2,735 f. Northern, 880 E ; Paris and Orleans, 1,152 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 935 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 937 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,100 f.; Lyons to the Medit., 765 f. 50c.; Western of France, 7491. 75c. ' • Rouen and Havre, 505 f .. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6401. INDIA AND MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JOLT 22. The Oriental Company's steam-packet Ripon, Captain Robert Moresby, arrived here at 11.30 p.m., with the heavy portion of the India Mail. Her dates are : Calcutta, May 3 ; Madras, June 9; Cey lon, 14 ; Aden, 28 ; Alexandria, July 7 ; Corfu, 8 ; Malta, 12 ; and Gibraltar, 17. The Ripon brings 37 passengers, inclusive of 10 children. From Bombay no direct mail. From China non received. The Hindoetan, being three days late, only waited thirty-six hours for the China mail at Point-de-Gall.. Her cargo consists of 2 packages of specie, 446 bales of silk, 69 ditto wool, 212 ditto flax, 2 cases shells, 13 ditto essence bergamot, 4 parcels of lace, 15 bags of aniseed, 6 caws of shawls, 56 pack ages of elephants' tusks, 110 packages of sundries, 2 giraffes, 2 gazelles, and two horses. The effective part of the Egyptian fleet, consisting of 4 Line of battle ships of 100 guns each, 4 60-gun Frigates, 2 Corvettes, 1 Brig, and half-a-dozen steam vessels was at Alexandria, under the command of Admiral Hassan Pacha. It was actively engaged preparing to meet the demands of the Sultan by transporting as many as they could stow of 15,000 troops all ready to embark in a few days for Con stantinople. The Ripon had experienced moderate bead winds from Alexandria to Malta ; light variable breezes from Malta to Gibraltar ; strong N.N.E. winds from Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre ; across the Bay, mode rate breeze W.S.W. and thick weather; up Channel, fresh N. W. breeze and fine weather. The British screw steam-vessel, Orontes, was at Alexandria. At sea, 13th, noon, exchan ged signals with British barque Andromache, steering to the westward, lat. 37 deg. 12 min. north, long. 10 deg. 48 min. east. 18th, 1. p. m., exchanged colours with British schooner, William Duke, steering south, the Rock of Lisbon north, 75 miles. H. M. S. Wasp and Triton were at Malta. H. M. S. Cruizer was at Gibraltar. 13th, 1•30 p.m., exchangeed signals with the Company's steam-packet Bengal, E.S.E., Island of Galita, west, 75 miles. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Russians have built a permanient bridge across the Truth at Leowa, and arc makings military road into the interior. The Moldo-Wallachiane will have to pay for it. RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia's visit to Warsaw is post poned. DENMARK. The island fort of Christians°, hitherto employed as a state prison, has been strengthened, and its garrison considerably reinforced. A committee of the Diet recommends the fortification of Copenhagen, Fredericia, and several points on the Little Belt. BELGIUM. The Duke of Brabant (Prince Royal) and Count of Flanders have been attacked by the measles. The disease is progressing favourably. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. It will be seen from our parliamentary report that the British government is not prepared positively to confirm the statements which are literally showered upon ns from all parts of Europe respecting the disposition and intentions of the Czar. Of the ru mours received yesterday some attributed to the Czar the intention of referring the matter to arbitra tion, with the addition that, after inch arbitration, he should demand an indemnity for the expense and trouble he has had in moving his army. tic cording to some reports he would not negociate while the fleets remain in Besika Bay; and, according to others, he has already accepted the French proposi tion. It would be stranife if either of these being true was unknown to the English cabinet. Letters from Moldavia and Wallachia bear witness Is the complete supremacy which the Russians have summed iu the Principalities. Our government was mead in parliament, the other evening, whether the kaadeas had assumed the civil government of those ermatriee. The following extract from a letter dated Jassy, July 11, shows what has become of that auto nomic faculty which treaties attribute to the two Principalities. The writer says : Several deputies have arrived from different parts of the principality, in order to pay their respects to Prince Gort schakoff and General Dannenberg. It is true that the actual government of our principalities is not interfered with by the Russians, but it is difficult to say that we pm sess self-government and an independent administration la our country when, in obedience to a programme issued hen by the Russian consul, our ruling prince is obliged to pay the first visit to a Hessian general (Gortschakoff), sad when on the most solemn occasion—namely, at the Te ileum celebrated in honour of the birthday of the Em peror Nicholas, our own Prince (the Hoepodar) is forced to cede precedence to the same general, and to kin the Hely Gospel (a usage of the Greek church) after him—and that, too, in the presence of all his people assembled within the walls of our cathedral church. Where, then, is the autho rity of a Prince who, though not clad in the robes of son reignty, but only of suzerainty, ought to be placed above a mere general of a neighbouring power, which declares the integrity of our institutions to be inviolable and inde pendent, and yet ezposes that Prince to ouch indignities, Russian soldiers were still pouring into the am. try at the date of the latest advices. On the 11th 28,000 infantry and 72 guns had passed through Jassy, and 24,000 infantry, 8,000 regular cavalry, besides Cossacks and a number of batteries, MI passed through Leowa. Fresh battalions were more over entering every day. The number of these troops should be taken into the account in judging of the probable intentions of the Czar. So large a force is not needed to take temporary possession of a country without an army and without fortresses, and inha bited by one of the most uawarlike races in Europe. It is clearly for no ephemeral occupation that a force which, on the 11th, exceeded 60,000, and was to be increased by daily arrivals until the end of the month, is transported with its cumbrous material hundreds of miles beyond the Russian frontier. Every day now lost will add to the difficulty of ter minating the Russian occupation. In a very few weeks the season will be so far advanced that, whether the negotiations lead to a settlement with Turkey or not, Russia will be left during the whole winter in quiet possession of the Principalities. The consequence will be that the Russian army will be able to settle itself firmly in the country, and to strengthen its position so much, that by the spring it will be more difficult than ever to get it out, FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAT ETIMIXO. The Bourse to-day ham been precisely the reverse of that of yesterday. After a flat opening, succeeded by a considerable fall, there was a sudden rise of more than a half per cent. in the rents within the last half hour. It is beyond a doubt that the go vernment has received news of some kind from St. Petersburg to-day, the substance of which was pp bably known yesterday. Every Saturday a Russian •"pyroscaphe " leaves Cronstadt, arriving on Tuesday at Stettin. From Stettin to Berlin the distance, only 35 leagues, is travelled over in four hours by railway : The courier from Berlin must have arrived in Paris to-day, and if it be true that on and after the 9th the Czar seriously mani fested a desire t. compromise, the govern ment must now officially know the fact. There is, however, every reason to believe that no decisive communication has been made from St. Petersburg. At all events, it is certain that M. Drouyn de Lhnys' lut circular can only have arrived there to day, and as that circular was accompanied with im portant reservations relative to the proposition before made, it is clear that the Emperor of Russia's final answer cannot be known till the end of next week. The following paragraph in the Patrie looks as if the question were still considered quite open in ministerial circles : Official intelligence of the acceptance at St. Petersburg and Constantinople of the conciliatory propositions ema nating from the powers parties to the treaties of 1841, is looked for with impatience. We shall continue the re- Nerved language we hineitherto used with regsrdte this question, neither too arch re-enuring, nor alarming our readers. But what we may now say with certainty is this, that oar government, while seeking . mein to maintain raw, will know how to protect the interests of our ally gut emit% OSBORNE, Fruorr. The Duchess of Rent and Prince Ernest of Leiningen, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, arrived from London yesterday on a visit. Wm Royal Highness crossed over from Southampton in the Fairy ecemnuided by Captain C ri spin. Prince Albert, the Priam of Wales, and Prince Alfred walked in the grounds. A deputation from the parish of St. James's, headed by Sir John Shelley, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Palmenten yesterday, at the Home-office. The Cathedral Commision had a meeting yesterday. Present—the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. Richard Jones (Secretary). Sir John Herschel had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governor-General of Canada, and the Governors of the other North American province,. _ Despaici;e7 were rue lea yeiierday from the Goveenor of Siam Leone. POCKET BOROUGHS OF THE PEERAGE NIIII3III Or BOROUGHS. BLBCTOBI. PATRONS. Arundel Woodstock 347 Duke of Marlborough. Marlborougk 271 Marquis of Aftesbary. Horsham 360 Duke of Norfolk. Thetford 2OO Duke of Grafton. Ripon 363 Earl De Grey. Lisburn Bandon Dungannon ........ 168 Earl of Ranfurly. Chichester 767 Duke of Richmond. Newark Durham 1 167 Marquis of Londonderry, Holston" 317 Duke of Leeds. Fenno and Falmouth 906 Lord de Dunstanville. Cockermouth 365 Colonel Wyndham. Milton • 845 Earl Fitswilliam. Morpeth 416 Earl of Carlisle. Ashburton 236 Lord Clinton. Armagh 3lB The Lord Primate. Tavistock Totnese Caine Wilton Dorchester 432 Barl of Shaftesbury. Huntingdon 390 Earl of Sandwich. Stamford Ludlow 460 Berl of Powis. Richmond 243 Lord Dundee. Caroarvon B6l Marquis of Anglesey. Montgomery 1 OO3 Lord Clive. CIIARGP.B AdAINBT But hxEs BltOOKL—Yentee day a parliamentary paper printed contained a copy of the iskruoitionsuMWdie . of India, direct- ing him to issue a commission to inquire how far the posi tion which Sir James Brooke holds in Sarawak is adyanta. goons to the commercial interest of Great Britain. As the expense of the commission will have to be borne by the public, strict mom is to be ositorsod. TEE SHRIEVAL7 T Yesterday a Common Hall was held, " for the election," according to the terms of the SUMMON., of • fit and able person to be one of the sheriffs of this city, together with David Williams Wire, Esq. and Alderman, sheriff of the county of Middlesex tor the year ensuii.g, it the room of Joseph Turnley, Esq., who has refused and neglected to give bond to take upon him the said office." Several reports as to the difficulty of filling the office were in circulation during the day, and it was pretty generally known that Mr. Mechi, of Leadenhall-street, and Mr. Deputy Bennoth, the representative of the Lurd Mayor in Cripplegate ward, were amongst the gentlemen •ho were solicited to accept the office and begged to be excused. In fact, the citilens are beginning to think that it wou!il be nothing more than equitable in the corporation to defray the heavy elp enses incurred by the sheriffs during their year of office, inasmuch as that body make so liberal an allowance to the Lord Mayor as renders it unnecessary except under extraordinary circumstances fur that officer to touch the contents of his private purse during his Mayoralty fur ceremonies or convivial purposes. At all events the im pression seems to have gone abroad that it is as economical and just es honourable to pay the penalty of refusal as to discharge the irksome duties of the Shrievalty, and to I.e mulcted in the enormous charge of between 2,000/. and 3,0001. At two o'clock, the hour at which the Lord Mayor signi fied his intention to take the chair in the Guildhall, there were very . few of the livery in attendance. His lordship, accompanied by Aldermen Farncomb, Lawrence, and Finals and attended I y the Sheri ff s, the Town Cl er k, t h e Secondary (Mr. Potter), the City Solicitor, and other City ollieers, proceeded at the appointed time to the hustings, and the Hall was opened with the accustomed ceremony. The LOUD MArou then came forward and said he re. gretted that his brother liverymen should have been at the trouble and inconvenience of assembling upon the accmion, as uncontrollable circumstances bad occurred whicb rem dercil an immediate adjournment necessary. (Expressions of diesatisfaction.) Ho was sure that the livery would agree to the proposition of postponing the electiou when they were informed that the public advantage wao intinded by the delay, end that arrargements were ab cut to be mode likely to lead to a satisfactory issue. (Murcouri.) A GENTLEMAN, who stood with his face to the hustings, said—l came here, at great inconvenience to mysilf, to pro pose a person as a fit and proper person to fill the office of sheriff. Several voices from the hastiags—"Name Lim—came him." No name, however, was given, and the Common Crier then adjourned the hall. As the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c., passed through the hall from the hustings, a few individuals who were scat tered through the building blued and groaned, but nobody knew why. The disapprobation was supposed to have issued from those who were disappointed by a move ment calculated to interfere with the infamous system of extortion which has been so long endured by the citizens of London, but which it is believed the municipal commis sioners will soon put an end to. It was stated in the civic circles that Mr. Turnley, who some days ago petitioned the Court of Aldermen against his return as sheriff, is determined to resist the application for the payment of the penalty affixed to his refusal and neglect to give bond. ENTERTAINMENT AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM. On Wednesday last an entertainment was given to the lunatic paupers at Colney Hutch Asylum. Of late years the public has been periodically informed of smiler entertainments given at the llanwell Asylum, where the superiority of the non-restraint system over any other mode of treatment to which this entortunate class of patients have been sufject has been strikingly illustrated. Colney Hatch is the largest establishment for lunatics in the country, and at present contains upwards of 1,200 patient.. It is situated in a beautiful part of tho county, surrounded by its own undulating grounds of 124 acres, commanding ex tensive views over the neighbouring land.. The scene which was exhibited en Wednesday will not soon be forgotten by those who bad the gratification of being present. In a meadow sloping to the south tents were erected commanding views of a richly cultivated and finely timbered district, in ono tent, appropriated for the bazaar,fancy and ornamental work made by the patients was exhibited for sale, the produce being added to the Victoria fund for the benefit of the convalescent. the eager purchasers who in the course of the afternoon visit d this tent nearly cleared the bazaar. At four o'clock the band was heard at the distant part of the grounds, and in a short time upward, of seven hundred male and female patients were seen marching in regular order three abreast. As they extended their line along the south of the building the sight was extremely suggestive and even affecting. All clean and neatly attired, each division accompanied by the male and female attendants, they entered the field appro priated for their amusement cheerfully and in order, and affectionate greetings soon took place between the patients and their friends. These ended, the male patients engaged in the various games provided for their amusement, which were kept up with great spirit till the close of the day. In the course of the afternoon all the patients were regaled with cake, nuts, oranges, and other refreshments, which the chairman and other members of the committee Assisted • to distribute. Soon after seven o'clock the patients were again assembled and re-entered their wards. The number of visitors of all classes on this occasion could not have been less than 3,000. ELECTION COMMITTEE. CLITHEROE. This committee met yesterday. Ribiert Toiler, the larall .rd of the Swan, who 1. ail bees committed on Wednesday for prevericatiag, was brought into the room by anessenger of thu house, aud, afa r being cautioned by the chairman to take time end consider his snow, rs, so that his evidence might be more straight forward and less confused than it hod previ .le.ly been, in reply to Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, the witness said that on the nomination day there was a good de..l of liquor given out (mostly beer), and the Mile thing took place en the, election day. On the nomination ear, there were "twe thirty.siaes" of beer given out. There was some spirits, but " treeless little," given out. There were It gallons of gin, rum, and welt out. (Laughter.) When the last witness, Alice Came d_rwo stairs on :he morning Cl the election day he could not remember whether he was in the liar or not. On the election day there was time drink e' raid out that was not paid for, but not so much as on the , itnination day ; three 18 gallon casks of bier, and there inigt.t be 10 et 11 gallons of spirits, were served out, but that included all th-t was paid for as well as what 3:.110:. llm :core of what was nut paid for was earl el first Irma a to a !late and then into a book (one of those product:Li) by him self or his wile. lie thought it was his are cae.ed it. The value of what was scored up on the IsolllißkltlOß day might be about 71., or perhaps 81. or 101. The amount of his bill altogether was 1171., or thereab , u. 1, for the c.cctiom of 18,12. The examine min of this witness was cue:tutted at great length, as to the authority his had fur turuiliang re freshments to the electors, and lie said that he looked to Mr. MU for payment of his bill, as it was he who gave him orders to give these refreshments. James Rudd, the landlord of the Rose and Croon, was nest exansined, and stated that lie was canvasaeil by Mr. Aspinall, who was aceornranicd by Mr. Dewlinut and Mr. Baldwin. Ile had a bill fur drink fariii.heil during rho election. Be voted for Mr. Aspivall. lle called on Mr. Baldwin about six months after the election for pay ment of his bill, and Mr. Baldwin said ho w0u. , 1 nut pay the bill yet. That was after the committee hod unseated Mr. Wilson, after the electien of 1852. Mr. Baldwin did nut ask the amount of the bill, nor did he (witness) tell him. Me had belere that given the bill to Dewerdeu, one of Mr. Aspinah's committee. The examitiation of this witless was proc,clile when 4 o'clock arrived, at which time the committee steli'urneel to this morning. HULL BRIBERY COMMISSION FitipAy„ JUL'. 22. Mr. John Balderson Bardworth, a timber mer chant, examined, said—He had an interview s ith Mr. Moore at Normauton, when the amount to be paid was agreed upon. Asked Mr. Moore to pay 2,000/., but he said he could not pay that, but would not mind 1,2001. Witness wished to get as much as possible out of the candidates, to be cnabkd to fight the liberal party with its own weapon— that weapon being money—to buy votes wilt. Clad ceased to deal with a butcher because he lead voted arat.g"•. Asked him to abstain from paling, if he would not von: orange. In witness's opinion, it is the duty of a workman to vote with his master. The vote is not for the benefit of the ser vont, hut for the masters. Believes that Mr. Butler knew that Hull was like every borough in the kingdom. Mr. Joseph Walker l'ecse, banker, and a member of Moore and Butler's committee, was under examination when our parcel was dispatched. THE PROPOSED NEW FACTORY' ACT. Yesterday, a special meeting of the members of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce was held in the council-room of the Court-house, to consider the provisions of the bill (Mr. Cebbett's) now before the House of Commons, sad appointed to be read a second time on Wednesday next, to limit the hours of labour of women and children in the rec tories of the United Kingdom.—The Mayor said his atten tion had only recently been called to this bill, and if he was rightly informed of its previsions, the effect of it would be to almost put a stop to the woollen manufacture in this dis trict. If such wu really the effect, the bill ought to be oppoeed.—Mr. Lupton explained the hopelessly impracti cable nature of the bill, which he said was so absurd, that if carried, the manufactiners would say, " We won't atiempt to carry it out." Lord Palmerston bad introduced another bill, which, compared with this, was perfectly unobjec tionable, and which was probably intended to supersede ,the bill under consideration. But he thought they ought to memoralise parliament spinet this bill, which, by mak ing servants informers against their masters, would thus create a most hostile feeling between them. Mr. Wilkin son said what had given rise to this bill was the evasion of the existing law in some parts of the kingdom, by the em ployment of relays of half-timers, by which means the mills wild be kept running for 13 hours daily. This system had been introduced in Leeds, or in hill trade Max spin ning) any where else. Lord Palmenton's bill was, he thought, intended to remedy this evil, and if that was done, he thought ne further objection would be felt to the exist ing law. Ihe half-timers in his mill enly worked half the time of full-timers, and the system had worked very well. At the same time they had restriction enough on the mov ing power, especially as they had to compete with the manufacturers of Belgium, who stole English patterns, and worked their mills 13 hours per day. Several gentlemen exposed the oppressive nature of the proposed measure, after which a petition against it to parliament was adopted. COMMISSION OP LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES:. The election of a clerk to the commissioners of land and assessed taxes for the district of the duchy of Lancaster, St. Clement Danes,and St. Mary-le-Strand, and also of a clerk to the commissioners of property and income taxes for the same district, vacant by the decease of Mr. Score, took place on the 21st instant, when Mr. Isaacson, tke vestry clerk of St. Clement Danes, was unanimously elected to fill both ap pointments. There were eight candidates. Tun TELEGRAPH IN SPAIN.—The Madrid Gazelle publishes a royal order to the director of the tele graphs to proceed immediately to a general survey, with a view to the establishment of electric telegraphic wires throughout the kingdom. CANTERBURY ELECTION.—We (Kent Herald) are authorised to state that the Hon. E. V. Bligh, having been appointed to fill a diplomatic office in connectioa with the British Embassy at Berlin, will not appear as a candidate:at the ensuing election for Canterbury, should the writ issue the m the present lenient of parliament. THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Yeaterdays FATAL Countess de Nenilly, accompanied by the Dachau of Orleans, ACCIDENT AT THE DEAN-LANE COLLIERY, the Count de Paris, the Duke de Panthievre, the Duke de BEDMINSTZIL—BaseroL, JULY 22.—A shocking accident, b which one man was killed on the spot and another Chartres, and the Princess Francois', visited the Diorama se hurt, occurred on Thursday afternoon at the Dean of the Ocean Mail, at the Gallery of Illustration, in lane colliery, worked by the old company at Bedminster. Repnt-street. The accident occurred at about three o'clock. On Thursday ELOPEMENT.—A great deal of excitement pre- the work went on as usual until about three o'c'.ock in the valid la Plymouth last week, in consequence of a report afternoon, loads of coal varying from a ton to 25 cwt. being that a Captain of the 55th regiment h eloped with the safely drawn up. At this time the signal was given for a wife of a worthy baronet who has a seat near Ashburton, draft of men to be hauled up to the surface. The engine ma who had been staying at Plymouth for several months helve the sad event occurred. The officer alluded to isthe being set in motion the bucket rose steadily for about 20 fathoms, when it suddenly broke tad with its living bur ns of another officer, who is one of the representatives of a neighbouring town ; and the young man who has thus then fell to the bottom. William Tiley, one of the men in the bucket, was killed upon the spot ; and the other, Joseph broken the peace of one family, is said to have recently had Marshall, was found at the bottom of the pit in a hopeless a faux pas with the wife of another gentleman resident in state with his back broken, besides having received other P4mouth, which led to the breaking up of that family and i n j ur i es . the wile bein g sent home to her "' gum ' In the case of PROPOSED NEW METROPOLITAN BARRACK.—A the baronet's wife, we hear that it is likely to lead to a di barrack, on an extended scale, has been talked of for the saes. Yet the officer to whom we allude is still received cases, re- open grounds at Brampton. If properly enclosed by cir ia "society," he having very quickly, in both cumjacent margins, say 20 feet of plantation, and:moderately termed here from the scenes of his amours, leaving the hig h wall, with iron railing on top (7 feet would be ladies to get through their difficulties in the best way they enough, for sake of air and light), no position could be seald.—Plisowth Jo urnal. more eligible ; and whilst under estimate, some improve- NEW INATION FOR ENSIGNS.— A you n g meat might be introduced in the arrangement of dormi ensign' on joining a corps not 60 miles from Limerick, was tories, &c.; so that the more humanised principle of com met in the square of the barrack yard by his commanding mon lodging-houses, now so well understood, may super officer, who summoned all the officers to attend, mate thus ce d e t h e ant i qua t e d, ru d e , a nd indecorous usage of piling addreised the new comer—" I have suffered a vast deal by beds (for married and single) in tiers :one above the the imprudence of my officers in Dublin, and I require from other, to the low ceiling. In camp, soldiers must rough you explicit answers to the following—for if you answer it contrary to my wishes I shall first apply to your parents or No ; in barrack, they ought to be treated like human beings. job is necessar il y implied in the erection of a barrack ; guardians, and then to Lord Hardiuge for your retirement. no colossal fortunes need be acquired, at the public ex- Will you endorse or accept a bill or bills for your brother pease, by architects and builders, as in some great strue officers ; will you deal with a notorious usurer ; will you tures which shall be nameless.— Th e Builder. go in debt, and if you do, will you exceed the allowance ANECDOTE OF A PARIS AERONAUT IN 1784. you receive, either at or above 601. • year ? ' " The military The aeronaut was making his final arrangements, when a novice to whom the startling queries were put replied that he cheerfully embraced the inquiries of his superior, and him : " Monsieur," he said, with a foreign ac cent, " I am promised to repudiate all transactions in bills or usurers.— pail of the Ecole hlilitaire came forward and addressed Limerick Chronicle. PS . willingly accept the honour of your company, young men, " QUEENS COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM . — The Court of Directors of the East India Company have most liberally replied the aeronaut, " but Wive calculated the sscensional here to offer myself as your travelling companion." " I would power of my machine to carry up transmitted to the college a collection of the specimens of ~ That is no obstacle at all ; you will put so much less nod the raw products of India in aid of the public museum for i n th e car, and I shall serve you as ballast ." " Your argil the promotion of scientific and industrial education. The only a single person." ment is excellent," answere d the aeronaut ; " but the only following donations have been recently presented to the fund for the purchase of philosophical apparatus for the use r id o f, s h ou ld occasion require. Nevertheless, if you con of the institution: The Earl of Craven, 101. ; Lord Ash- sent to"— This proposition , made in a sarcastic tone, did ' Dorton, 101. • Lord. Overtone, 101. • Charles Gnash , Esq., ballast that is of any use to me is ballast which I can g et not suit the young man's notions. He became red in the 10!.; the Hey . i Dr. Warneford, 211. ; Mr. Samuel Haines, ru e , n ipped his brows, flied hiseyes on the speaker's cons- Chad-house, 251.; Mr. James Griffis, Athol-house, 251. tenance, and said to him in an angry voice, " Monsieur, I STRANGE DELUSION.—A great noise wall heard am determised to go." He then jumped tote the car, and on Tuesday afternoon, on the fourth storey of a house in clung so tightly to the ropes of the machine, that the taffety the Faubourg Saint Denis, and one of the lodgers appeared of which the balloon was made was torn in several places. at a window looking into 'the court-yard, and commenced In consequence of this accident the ascent was impossible. throwing out his furniture, crockery, bed, and other articles. The young man was overwhelmed with reproaches by the " lam going to set off," cried he, .‘ for the infernal re- aeronaut, and threatened by the spectators ; and his friends gions, and do not want any furniture." He then hurried got him out of the way as quickly as they could, in spite of his resistance. The adventurer thus prevented from as . d. cending was Jean Pierre Blanchard, who was making his o H wn ere stairs, l go 1 " and andru sh th ing rew to b t i li n e m w it ell in in . the ee m y e ar o d f , c t ri be ed po out, m. piers of the neighbourhood being sent for, one of them went debut ; the young man who displayed such despotic wilful down into the well, and fixing a rope round the body of ness, and such bold imprudence, was Napoleon Bonaparte, t then a pupil at the Ecole Militaire of Paris. M. the Che valier de Keralio, one of the inspectors, ordered him to be Cita b i e ury n . ian .. , Bbesi wossary og as f edrvrioadliwecenni?uytapinkwueinntheo,touktehaws lunatical n , f r b r y e c e o r i d v ase e r d yi se oumf ri th o ._ u e s put under arrest, as a punishment for playing so wild a Gehrsam. , prank.—Dicknes ",11vuieltykl Words. STRANGE CONDUCT OF A CLERGYMAN. For the last two days, the town of Dorking has been in a state of great excitement. On Saturday evening, Thomas Croucher, ostler at the White Horse Inn, went into the loft to sleep, sod the following morning, about six o'clock, he was found lying in the stable, with his aka ' fractured, and quite dead. On Monday an inquest was held, when, as it appeared that deceased was subject to fits, and bad either accidentally, or being seised with a fit, fallen from the loft, a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned. The coroner issued his Initial warrant fur the interment of the body, and on Wednesday, about one o'clock, the corpse, followed by the relatives, was conveyed into the churchyard. It was met a short distance from the church dour by the curate, the Hee. Mr. Oldham, who hat only been stationed here a few weeks ; be began to read the funeral service in the usual way, but when he came to the church dour he turned off towards the gra re ; the relatives insisted upon the body being taken into the church, and the curate positively refusing, an altercation ensued, and the body was ultimately deposited in the churchyard in the care of a few friends, the relatives and also the curate leaving the ground. The fact spread like wildfire, and created very great excitement. During the afternoon huadreda .4 the townspeople continued to flock into the churchyard. Towards evening the excitement increased, and it was feared a serious breach of the peace might be committed. Super intendent Page and others of the force attended to preserve the peace. About 2 o'clock, during the night, Mr. Mapper, a surgeon, at forking, and a number of other persons, went to the house of the Rev. Mr. Joyce, the vicar, with the intention of calling him up to perform the service, but Mr. Joyce being from home, they went to the curate's with the same intention, and aroused the servants, who in a state of great confusion got up and called out for the police. The latter attended, but the rev. gentleman did not get up. The corpse remained in the churchyard the whole of the 'next day, and the excitement continued, the curate offering to bury the body, but would not take it into the church. About six in the evening the crowd again began to assem ble. The churchwardens attenued, and wished to know if the relatives were willing to remove the corpse, or they must make an order for its interment. Eventually this disgraceful state of things terminated for the day by the friends taking the body through the town, followed by a vast concourse of people ; the windows of the houses being also lined with people. The body was then deposited for the night at a chimney•sweep's, a relative of deceased. The Rev. Edward Lambert, minis er of a chapel at Westcott, a small village about two miles distant, has kindly offered to provide a grave and perform the funeral service gratuitously, and it is expected that it will be thus disposed of. The curate gives as hie reason for the refusal that he believed the man ,was a dissipated character ; but how the affair will terminate is at present a matter of conjecture. !