The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

SPAIN. The Chamber of Deputies of Spain, in the sitting of tic 4th, rejected by 141 votes to 24, the proposed. impeach m ent of the president of the Council for havMg awarded indemnities to the firm of Bertram do Isis. it afterwards proceeded to discuss the bud get of the Marino department. The journals con tain no news of importance. GERMANY. AUSTRIA. qhc Toiltibterial Austrian Carreinraulen: of the sth inst. states that the military governor of Vienna has addressed a circular to all the newspaper editors of th e capital, informing them that for the future they will out be ailowca to mention any arrests which take pl a ce, or to publ;:11 the names of the persons so arr ested, bemuse it has be.n proved that such pub licatiea interferes uttlt the Judicial proceedings. A similar circular has been addressed to the provincial newspapers. PILL SSIA. BERLIN, Ore. 7. Te mini , try are meditating a re-impip,:tion of a stra p r. l aewspaivvs. lids tax, which, it is said, i , to tr:Ant to too dollars for each exemplar, which the Kres.: :/aits.ig. while advocating the principle of the tax, considers far too high. It says that sa an impost would entirely annihilate the o?position press. and extinguish also several small conservative kemr.:s. Art= Z-iiirsay is of a condrative dis posi,ixi, and would not like to be deprives' of all its opponents. It propocs that the out stamp duty of taw delar air he renewed, which would be likely to redece the lens to what it was before the revolt'. tion. is. to a very, few political prints. It is their low price that multiplies journals, and gives theta a sufficient remunerating circulation in !hi- and when unt considers the very gor..t ram& r u. them that exist, one wood. r, at th e ir thorn:4h relocetabilite. Most of them show con „ie„:4l4e telt ht, awl all great. almost tiir.Ft. modera ti.n. and yet of sue', a prs s as this the l'russian ge st:mm.ld 6 ufrr.i.l, and would clap over the little light it gives the C3.lTlglllShet of a tax. HANOVER. Orr ethic(' from Ilanover represent the opposi tion b the chambers as becoming serious. The first el l in,!nr having adopted a motion, calling on George V. to realise the promi , ed reform -I, and safeguatd the iudepcodenee of the kingdom ngainst the utter f.ance of the Diet, the second chtanber has now p.„Lioantsil ia favour of a similar motion, preferring wires. howc..-er, in a more conciliatory form, a: t! contining itself to the expression of a mi.:h. M. Ptiive, chi; •of the opposition before 31arth, ISls, and afterwards minister, will, it is expected, shortly rcarpeur in the cham'Ar to support the constitution sad oppose tie new tr,:uty. Constitutional addresses in scaurt of the cute of the chambers reach the ra'n:•,:r:. from several towns, especially from Dum luuck. .11m so-called Ilutognricur emissary, lately =tasted by the Austrians at ltcnd,burg, has knit bo., a hurried off to Vienna, under strong escort, to le tried by a council at war. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The convulsed state of France has moved ltussia to make the meet urgent demands for the prompt end definitive settlement of the ltanish and Duchy in which the Austrian and Prussian govern ments lutve es urgently joined. Negoth.ti.,ns be tween the peat German powers and Copnehagett Lee,: therefore been most actively renewed. The correspondent of the Preionisehe Zeitunq announces th.,t 3lat'irg, the Minister of Worship, has thrown vp his porties:io, reel that it was reported that Coun sellor Bang is to be his successor. lu order to give greater unity to the demonstra tion of the Under House, Lehmann, on the lat, withdrew his motion fir an address, and I fall pro v.wst the order of the day in a f win similar to that tarried in the Lands-Thing. This preposition was warmly supported by Clausen, Krieger, and others, end was nellited by a majority of 87 to 2. The Foreign Minister advanced his reasons against the Folk-Thing taking any such step, but the opinion of the Chamber was so deeidel, that the result was as we have stated. Both the Danish Chnuitars have, therefore, now solemnly and unanimously declared that any arrangement which unites Schleswig with Holstein, or deprives Schleswig of participation in the Danish constitution, is contrary to the will and interests of the whole conntry, and will not meet with the support of the Danish parliament. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. We learn from the supment of the Oficial Cola aratee of the 27th ult. that the Lord High Commis sioner of the lonian Isles has announced to the Senate that he has thought it expedient to order the exile of M. Li,emra from panto to Funo, for having written an ariele in the Greek journal Rigas, in which he tmerted tho tight of the lonian Isles to be independ. tat of England. It is added that the Lord High Commissioner had exercised his discretionary power in this instance, as the author of the article had been previously acquitted by a jury. Tho measure has been approved of by the Senate. LATEST FOJ U EXCHANGES. PARIS BOURSE. PARIS. Dix. S. SW IP Maar. ?ming Lowest Mods. 3 rev Qua. 312 03 36 53 59 0 It 30 Si RS 4. mq-ties MSI I 9$ 73 36 70 93 73 96 03 •leeiV nts. I . Eseciii7sa Liken t *WO — t, 1 5; 90 dais . , :3. De'liss. %. MOW —.... $1 Hwy Na:.4e Rents 'kap Dd. 7 , , IbU Ituesan Lowe, 1631 73$ Do. 4 4 Do. 1430 lei Do. 24 Podow^.43 61 ... Bank Ktwes ...... 2270 ... P.utts 9.—Vcrsaillcs (right bank), —; ditto, With 4 5 13; Paris awl Oro. 910 ; Pane end lidos„ 31" , . and !Y 73; Darwin.' and ATIVOS. 203 73 ; Strue. Oftle awl Ms, NO; Oantre, 442 30; IBowlegne and Amiens. —• 1 9 asi cordon.. NI; Northern. 447 SI• P.srir, and e•trara! tour& 373 73; Tours and Nantes. 235 73; Mostinsa and Troyes, 95. Par Aasoast. 11 tnnty, DEC. 4.—Three per Cents., 37'; after &Asa, 37! d. Four per Cents, 134 ; after Bohm, Five per Cents., 16/ ; after Bolus, 10. Cou pons, ; after Holm, 81 cash. Passives, SI ; after 844. a, 5:. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 981 d. Fatliange on London, 50.30. Viol. %Timis or THE Fat - roar Acr.—On Sunday list a meeting of delegates from the factory districts was lard at the Cotton-tees public-house, Manchester, with a taw to adopting the course alluded to . by the Earl of SLitt.sbury on his recent visit, of enforcing a more strict eompritatue with the Tea Hours' Act. Mr. Hargreaves, chairman of the abort time committee, took the chair, and there was a meeting of about tw cut,' or thirty delegates, who presented reports of systematic breaches of the Factory Act by employers in Ashton, Oldham, Glossop, and Masa i. y. It aopeared from their statements that with the es ti ptica of these districts, on the whole the act was very well carried out. The meeting determined upon the for mation of au association, and appointed a committee to and concentrate their forces so as to enable th`ru to do their beet in putting down these breaches of the I.w. Resolutions bearing on these points were adopted. The meeting lasted nc , irly the whole of Sunday. Tile CoLmat ExPLostoN AT Ilanost.Er.—The anqa,,t upon the bodies of the four unfortunate men killed I/ 4a explosion of tire-damp at the colliery of Mr. Jonah harrnp. airdaley. near Asliton-under-Lyne. described in the larress of Saturday, took plac e on Monday. Wit hews inns detailed th e circumstances connected with the rEl:encholy oc.mrrence, the jury, after a brief deliberation, haw a verdict to the effect that the death of the deceased was the result of accident. The jury, who seemed to be I practically their disapproval of the custom of allowing open P- to he taken beyond the first level, and in favour of a Cl a furnace to aid the ventilation. Mr. (filbert, the tnar..l2er, was called In and strongly advised of the needs si.y et these suggestions be adopted, the jury contend ing that, from the nature of the workings in this it, there Mint be, without the furnace, constant accumulations of the iwa,:aniabie gas. THE C.NVICT SMITH, —The life of this wretched re.. 14 who was convicted at the last sessions of the Central Crimir.al COP)... of the murder of the infant child of a "mu , . aith wh at , t he cohabited, and who was sentenced to will, i t .appears, be saved. At a late hour last ettnieg a conu nnn i o , tion addressed to the sheriffs was te ethed at lc e e gata e ra ,„A Sir George Orey, announcing the fact that, aft. : a full co Nideration of all the circumstances laid b, fore him by the she,•;ffs, he had felt it to be his duty rcc).esuend to her Majesty that the life of the convict shou:l b, spared, a n d that t n .; sentence Should be cola azotc4 to transpcatation for life. tlje Court. OSBORNE. Trasnay. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the younger branches of the royal family walked in the grounds yeot rday. The Rev. Mr. Birch had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent oat leave Osborne to-morrow morn ' ing fur Frogman. Mr. Barrie, M.P., and Mr. Ells, M.P.. had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence, in Ihmniug-street, to presrnt a memorial to his lordship frets a public meeting of the inhabitants of Leicester on the Kaffir 'War. Lord Jul.a Ilus.:1 left town yesterday afternoon ter Osborne, Isle of A% ight, on a visit to her Majesty. A deputithin from the West of Ireland Land Investment Company had an interview with the !eight Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The depu tation consisted ofitear.Admiral Mr Richard O'Coner, K.C.11. ; the Chevalier Claussen, Mr. Joseph J. Wright, D.L., Mr. Kenyon S. Parker, Q.C., Mr. John Murray, C.E., Mr. Joseph Hannah, Mr. Joseph Napier Iliagins, Mr. Evan Hare , Mr. litniel .tilolphus Lange, Captain IL J. Hooke, Mr. W. ts-yniour, Mr. George Capes, and Mr. Hamilton R. Fulton. A deputation of postmasters had an ihterview with the Chancellor of the Ezell( (vier yesterday, at his official resi dence in Doe ning•street, upon the subject of the tiost-horse duties and tax on earriag ;s let to hire, by which all po;t masters are charged on the average 20 per cent. en their gross earnings, besides a heavy tAx on their carriages, whilst railways pay but 4:0 p_r cent. on their passenger tragic and no tai on their carriages. The deputation corhi,ted of air ' James Duke, M.P. ; Mr. Locke, ; Mr. Hartley Kett ' nedy ; Mr. TAtters, 11, chairman of the meeting; Messrs. Chancell-r, Dyer, M infant Bryant, Charles Newman, Gray, unto (M:sidstoue), Chew, Wits in, Colo (Godslming), Wil liam 'lagg, Pawley (Bromle)), and Robert Newman, of the London comtuatte ; Mr. fAillibeer, honorary secretary ; Mr. Croon, from Edinburgh; Mr. Campbell, from Stirling; Mr. Rohr mon, from it!.crtlren ; Mr. Walker, from Perth; Messn. Coektliott and tireenwood, front Manchester ; Mr. Ba-by, from Liverpool ; Mr. F01w..11, from Bristol ; Mr. Lam, front B .th; Mr. Bushel, front Leighton Burtaid ; Mr. Icwler, from Ash:share : Mr. Silverthorne, from Brighton; Mr. Pratt, iron Southampton; and Mr. Rattail, from Ip•wieb. Mr. Mwerrnan, M.P., and a deputation, including Mr. Mitchell, M.l'., 11-.. rot Rothschild, Mr. Alderman Thomp son, Ml'., Mr. Mastic, M.P., and Mr. W. M.l '., lind an inierriew with'ldo7d Juhn Raise]] yesterday ;:speet: in r a reform of the customs. Earl Oraardle was prtteat at the eonferenee. t;ir 'Thom. Frrman :e, Chairman of Customs, had an interview with the '..7haterlior of the Fache.lutr yes terri .y. llt.p aches wcr' reecir. 4 yesterday at the Colonial-oriee from the Uovcrnon of the North American protium, the Gold Coast, and the West India Islands. (From LA: night's Cc= ttc) FonEir;x-omcE, i)cc. 4.—The Queen has been ;Tacieusly pleased to appoint John Augustus Islaytl, Esq.. to be her Maiesty's Charge d'Affaires uad Consiii-Uccer.l to the Republic of Boliiii. IRELAND. Dumas, Dre. 0. At tt ptiry council held yesterday the tlibtrict of tho clunty of Monaghan,in which the murder of Mr. Thomas D. Bate ron was perpetrated on Thum dny lost, was proclaimed under tho Crime and Out rage Act. The district embraces the parishes of Clontibret and 3luclttio, in the barony of Cremorne. On the same occasion, the polishes of Derrynoose and Keadv, in the baronici of Tiranny and Arniagli, county et Armagh, were proclaimed, that locality being one of those in which the Ribbon conspiracy is known to be most rite. The Lord Lieutenant awe sided at the council. An inquest wes held on Saturday, at Castleblaney, on the remains of Mr. Ihteson; and several wit nesses having spoken to the facts connected with the frighl Cul occurrence, as already detailed, a verdict of Wilful murder agaiu.,t three or more men, uu known " seas returned. At tho election for the chancellorship of Dublin University, there were four Totes for the Primate, three for the Earl of I )(Thy, and one for Lord Ito,s. The directors of the East India Company have pre sented to the Royal Dublin Society a complete set of specimens of raw materials from India, as exhibited at the Great Exhibition. _ _ . A model school, in emnexion with the national syst , :m, wes opened on Monday, on the estate of the Right llnn. I. W. Tighe, of 'Woodstock, when the parish priest, adopting a thtlerent course from others of his brethren, sent his senior curate assist at the ceremony, and ordered the children of his parishioners to attend the school. SPOPTING. WOLVEMIAMPION TC y. (By Ent& Te.t.lrapb.) IL\ vi•i: tr (Str.Erizeittsz) SwErrsrliirs of 20 SOTS. C3Cli, &c. with 100 eddcd. Mr. 'Mumma pul b g 11.trdwier, 6 Tr,, gat Mb 1 Mt. K. Jump's Wimp, pied, bat blb ...... 2 Ten umers started. Won iu a canter. SCLLINO (SlZErint 4 tASC) STAYEb of 5 11YI. each, p.p., rith 20 added. 124 t each. NAOS' Mashies .... Farr MaximAr (Ilviumc-zucE) of fi soya. each, and 0 added. Mr. W. Fleieber's The Dreg. 4 we, 9et Sth.. ... Mr. Lesen's Peter, ants:, Fat lab Mr. Cuuningh3re ad LIUM MUM. S Drs, Mt Itib ALLEGY.D INFANTICIDE.— Yesterday, an inquiry was held at the Plough Tavern, Carey-stieet, on the body of a male child, the illegitimate off spnng of Agnes Tyler, of 38, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Mr. James Ste vens was sworn, and stated that he was a surgeon, and re sided at 26, lfloonishury-square. On the morning of Thurs day last, soon after midnight, he was called to see the mo ther, who is a single woman, at 38, Carey-street. Ile found her in bed, and the child had been born half an hour. lle found it was a seven-menthe child, and put it into a warm bath, and used every means to preserve life, but all were of no avail, and it died after a few gasps. The next day be saw the mother again. As he knew she was a single woman he asked her who the father was, and she told him, and also where he lived. She then went on to state that ho took her to a house in St. Martin's-street, near the Great Globe, and that she went in while he stayed at the door. She saw an old woman and a medical man, as she supposed. Upon asking if anything bad hem given to her, she told witness it had not, but an instrument was used which hurt her very much, and she was to have gone again the next night, but as she was afraid of being killed she did not. She also ' said that when M the !toxic. iu St. Martin's-street she had re ' fused to have anything done, and the "doctor," who was an old man, raid he would only examine her. She then made a statement that before this the father of the child bad taken her to his house, and introduced her to a friend of his, a French doctor, who used an instrument much against her ' will. Mr. Stevens continued, and said lie was induced to ' go to the house described in St. Martin's-street, and saw the old woman, who admitted " the doctor" attended and operated, and that the young ladies generally stayed about a week, and then went away, lie went in and saw that every thing was prepared far such a purpose, and he asked the woman if a young lady had been there the night before, and she replied that she had, and was coming again that night. To throw the woman off her guard he told her to keep a good fire, ' and he believedshe either mistook him to be the father of the child or else that be was about to take some other young lady there.—To the Coroner: Miss Tyler told him that she had been taken there against her will by the father, who said he wished it done for his sake. lie on Monday made a post mortem examination of the body of the 611. The lungs were filled with dark blood, and had not been inflated with air, so that they sank in water, while inflated lungs would not only float but support the heart.— The Coroner : The inflation and floating of the lungs is usu ally a test that the child had breathed, but he had known cases where it was not so.—Mr. Stevens observed that test was wrong in this case, for, he saw the leg of the child move. Ile added that the brain and scalp were congested. To the Coroner: There was no wound of any kind on the body.—Tho Coroner: What will you say is the cause of death ?—Mr. Stevens replied that if he had been there when the child was born he could have saved the life. lie had hopes that it would live, and it died from its weak state in being prematurely horn. If it had been born at the full period, he thought it would have lived.—lt appearing that Miss Tyler, the mother, is now exceedingly ill , and would not be able to give her evidence fur some time, the coroner asked if the police hail any evidence to give.—lnspector Wilkinson, of the F division, who had had the case in ' hand, said. they had not, and ho feared the pie ties would be put on their guard by . seeing what had taken place.—The Coroner (surprised) : What ! have you not matter now to found a prosecution?— The inspector said they had no evidence; they could not take the statement made by the mother as evidence, and act upon it. The Coroner—ls there nothing you have heard as having transpired at the house in St. Martin's street ; there is what the old woman said ? The inspector replied that very little dependence could be p laced on her as a witness. The magistrates, he understood, had refused to act without the mother's evidence. Mr. Stevens said this was so : they beard what he had to say to a certain part, and then they stopped him. Mr. Shuttleworth, who attended to watch the proceedings _on the part of the friends of the mother, also, on being asked by the Coroner, said be was not prepared to take any proceedings. The jury were then bound over in the usual form, and the inquiry was ad journed till the mother it able to attend. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1851. CUSTOMS REFORM. Yesterday a very numerous deputation of merchants and others interested in the trade and commerce of the City of London, waited on Lord John Russell, at his official residence, in Dawning-street, for the purpose of submitting to his lordship the views and sentiments ex pressed at a public meeting, tall at the London Tavern, on the 3rd of December last, on the subject of a reform in the customs.. The deputation was introduced by J. Niwitcr- man, Esq. M.P. Lord Sohn Russell was accompanied by Lord Granville. inc. MASTKIIMAN, in introducing the deputation, said that their object Rai to submit to his lordship a representa tion founded on resolutions passed at Vac late meeting in the City, and he (Mr. Mastermen) having presided at that meeting, could state that h had never seen so great an absence of all political feeling, so complete an unanimity of sentiment and opinion, as was exhibited on that occasion. (Hear, hear.) The fact was, that the preseat constitution of t! c I.l.:ard of Customs was looked ni.un as a general commercial grievanc,! ' and their recent . procLedines against two most respectable bodies, the Loa-an rind St. Katharine's Doek Companies, had very much increased the feeling. (Hear, hear.) The fact of such ly.clies king recklessly attacked made all commercial men feel more or less insecure. (Hear, hear.) They had not come to dic tate any inea.sures to his lordship, at merely respectfully to submit to him certain propodtions, and to urge the necessity of some alteration in the system, or at lea,t the early re-appointment of the select committee that had sat last se,sion. Mr. TR. \VERS, aschairman t f the committee appointed to draw up the views of the merchants, then came forward, and having stated that the committee thought it more re spectful to his I and more consistent with the import ant* pith. subject to have their viewsdr,,wit up in writing, proceeded to read the following Representation to tho Right Ilion. Lord Jilin Russell, Pint Lela of her Majesty's Treasury, and meti;Jer fur the City of London, by the deputatioa appointed at a public meeting Mr reform of the Customs, held at the London Tavern, the 3rd lkeember, 1841. The re:mrt ant resolutions unanimouslyadouted at the public meeting from which this deputation 'derives its authority hare been alreativ laid before vour lordbhip, and explain the reasons which have induced us to solicit the favour of this interview. Whether for the purfmo of further inquiry into the anuses end inAtlciency of the Customs department of the public service, or of proceeding at once to the recammendntion of complete remedial measures, the deputatkin have been commissitor.cd to express the earnest desire of the commercial ceas e s that the select toinir.ittee of last sessi.m on the Customs, should be re-appointed at the earliest period after the re-assembling of parliament; and explicitly to a s certain the intentions of government on this subject. Wo therefore take leave to solicit the favour of an intimation of your lordship's deter mination in refemoce to the re-aopointment of the select contruittcv. The deputation would be well contented here to close their duties. But they have been charged with a further commission, which, although, as Involving relict- tions on intlieiduel,;, they ihould have been glue 6 NI re tiered from the painful fleece ity of fulfilling. they Teemed so not less imperative upon them, thau imeortent in its own results. IS e have bet n desired t mphatically to caress the great dissatisfaction experienced by the men:anti:ls body with that department of your lordseip • govcrnlaeat which directs the administration of the Custom-bouee system. When the merchant vote loins to the Glace= chargen the collection of foreign revenue of irksome reetrictious, useless forms, improper detentions, or unjust seizure's, the latter plead in jet...title:llion of their riots a board's order or the letter of the law. When the party aggrieved appeals to the board that tribunal refers to the obligation of the acts of parliament as its warrant, or to the want of power to dispense with the nemisitious of statutes, the erose-ions of the tariff, or the absence of a diemetionary faculty es its excuse, rod throws the responsibility on the Treasury as the solo depositories of discretionary powers in the lust re sort to grant dispensations from obviously sinju-t regulate= or oppressive applications of the law. 't he public are thus induced to regard the govermaeut as ultimately respeusible for the abuses of which they complain, either by a misap plication of the powers it possesses or by neglecting to app.y to parliament for the visibly to introduce such reforms as it nem r r.fuses to the reasonable representation , of an admi nistration in which it repose* considence. a:cording the 'treasury as thu lend of the whole revenue branch of the public service, we aro instructed ta charge it upon that de partment. I. 'Phut the Beane of Customs, of which it is or ought to be the master, is generally inefficient and incompetent; and that it has b e en suffered to regulate its own time and attend ance on its public duties, and to neglect the ncomunida tions of suet:_--ive commissions, and even the ib-:ructious of the Treasury. 2. That no improvement has been adopted in the system of appointments, either of cosmaissioners, or inferior mike rs, so as to pa-cure to the public the benefits of a competent administration of the system. 3. That the commuseioners are inaccessible ; their pro =Winos conduced in secret ; the official represeututions on which the decide concealed from the parties they affect; and that their acts arc, therefore, altogether removed from accountability to the public. 4. That their respunsibility, even to their superiors, Is rendered practically a dead letter; inasmuch as In lineal from theboard sesults only in a reference to the very tribunal from whose decision the appeal is made. 5. That the very fact of the co-exiettneo of a Treasury comntieeion, and pereiameutery c smmittee, to inquire into and remove the acknowledged ebuses of the depart ment, is substantially an evidence of the general conviction of the necessity of del, mtlng to other parties the duties which properly devolve on the Trea sury, and of interposing to exercise its hauctioes to ert the consequences of its neglect, or to remove com plaints which are caused solely by the want of a proper supervision of its officers:. On referring to the twelve eeads of measures of reform, suggested in the report adopted by the public meeting ' it may be seen that many of them might have been ca rried into effect by the simple execution of the authority of the Treasury; and tint, with regard to such as required the interposition of parliament, to that department of tle: government must be attributed the omission or refuse! to propose the necessary measures for effecting the desired alteration. 6. While many examples have been forwarded to the committee, duly eutle aticated, of woes maladministration of the Customs deportment, the deputation confine them selves to circumstances judicially recorded, or reported to the legislature, find therefore known to your lordship, for the justification of the public meeting in committing to this deputation the painful duty they now discharge. From the proceedings connected with the prosecutions at the instance of the crown against the London and St. Katherine Deck Companies, the following conclusions are but too plainly deducible : 1. That if the nets charged against these companies have been lilt gal, indictable, and fraudulent, they have been practised tar many years with the sanction and concurrence of that board which now charges these acts upon them as highly penal offences. 2. That if the " nominal fine," accepted by government as a compromise, satisfies the justice of the case against the dock companies, the prosecu tions were totally without excuse ; while, if the counts of the indictments, and especially the charge of the then Solicitor- Cie ne ral. were true, the withdrawal of the several proxentions cannot easily be distinguished from compounding of felony. 3. That the attempt of the Solicitor of the Customs to withhold front the accused before trial all information of the particulars of the drone' charged against them, which brought down upon the prosecutors the marked ani madversion of the Court of Exchequer, • and the subse quent endeavour to ignore the judicatory chosen by rho crown, and to heap costs on the defendants by moving for a new trial, are signal examples of abuse of powers, and perversions of the first prin ciples of justice, for which no plea of public exigency could afford even a feeble palliation. 4. That while the first care and clearest duty of government is to support and meet our great national institutions, the unmeasured accusations and intemperate language by which the London Dock Com pany has been assailed by the public officers were calculated to create the utmost alarm among our foreign consignors for the safety of their property; to degrade the high esti mation entertained abroad of the character of our mer chants, and materially to affect our commerce ; while the charge of the Chief Baron, and the verdict of the jury, have proved such charges so expressed to have been not 'merely untrue, but without reasonable justifi cation. 6. That the means adopted to compel the submis sion, and consummate the humiliation of the dock companies have been even more discreditable than the end, having been pursued by secretly taking the servants of the compa nies into the pay of the crown, by the subornation of wit nesses in the shape of subsistence money, and corrupt pro mises of future provision or employment, by converting the servants of great mercantile institutions into spies, to the sub version of all discipline and fidelity, by sending public officers to the chief customer, of the companies, to whisper away their character and destroy their trade, and by perverting the public money to the corruption of 62 dock servants, who, for the purposes of the prosecution against their employers, were taken into the pay of the executive. 6. By practically ignoring the existence of the select committee to whom the vases of the dock companies were expressly referred by the llouse of Commons, by giving fresh notices of trial in some cases, and otherwise keeping alivo 120 actions simultaneously, pending a parliamentary inves tigation ; thus piling action upon action, cost upon cost, and fine upon powder, to the extent of upwards of 160,004 and concluding 'by the acceptance of two pitiful nominal mulcts of 1001., to the outrage of public justice, and at the risk of briuging our tribunals into contempt, by misapply ing their legitimate functions to the purposes of oppression. 7. By the arrest and arraignment of the most valued officers of the companies, and the incarceration of some of their ser vants, and labourers in their casual employment, on charges of smuggling and felony, without any justification what ', ever, and on utterly futile pretences , by removing• the trials from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench; by wantonly withdrawing the record on the very day of trial, at an oppressive cost to the de fendants; by keeping the ,e charges of felony, involving penalties of upwards of 93,0001., suspended indefinitely over their heads, at the same time refusing either to substantiate or abandon them ; and then, having compromised the pro- sccutions against their employers, by ultimately retracting, without assigning reason, criminal charges proved to have been preferred without cause. Such is the abuse of un constitutional powers, for the exercise of which the Treasury is held by the public responsible to parliament. That it has not erred in ignorance, or neglected its duty from not , knowing it, is but too certain. If it is not the author, it has been at least the abettor of these scandalous proceed ings; and temperate and friendly remonstrance against such unheard of acts has, we regret to say, been re ceived by the Chancellor mf the Exchequer with disre gard, and dismissed with discourten-. He has perse vered in the infliction of wrong until its very enormity has alarmed its victims Wei submission ; ho has broken the conditions on the honourable understanding of which technical legal admissions were drawn from the London Dock Company which rendered future resistance impracticable, and, finally, he has concluded the nezatia- Una by a gross misrepresentation of the COUCeSIiOII% of the coinpitny, and by putting a construct:stir upon their words which is Entirely negatived by the correspondence. On these and other grounds we have been instructed to prom upon your lordship Ca, necessity of recommending the re in:pink:men! of the select committee in the view of pro moting the reform. r.eommeinktl in the report adopt( I by the public messing from which we ere deputed: and of conveying to your lordship the expression of the deep and general dissatisfactinit entertained by the commercial classes with the administrntiun of the fiucal department of your gorernment.—(By order and in name of the depute ties`, J. I. Travers, Chairman; Robt. Wigram Crawiurd, Deputy Chairman.-4, Charlotte-row, Dee. 8. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who had listened most atten tively to the reading of this document, said that of course thee would not exp et that to an elaborate document, care fully prepated, and no doubt maturely considered, he would be able at once to give a reply, further than an actmis.ion of the importance of the case. It was ono which, concerning as it did both the Board of Customs and the Treasury, was of the highest possible importance. (Herr, hear.) Ile was nut infeasible of the necessity of so arranging a department that collected so large a portion of the public revenue in such a manner as to Cause the least possible inconve nience to the lawful and most useful pursuits of commerce. With that view a commission, consisting of Lord Granville, and other efficient gentlemen, was apiaiinted, and at a later 1 period a select committee of the I louse of Commons, to con ' skier the subject. And hero he might say that although it had been represented that tho Clianeelior of the Exchequer opposed the appointment of the committee, the fact was, that so far as regarded the general administration of the Customs, big right hon. friend did not offer any opposition ; he had merely said that with regard to matters still pend ing in courts of law it was doubtful whether it was expe dient they should be referred to. It was, however, to be remarked, that this Customs department, and the laws of the Customs generally, faulty us the de putati nt might think them—and he was ready to admit they were saseep- WA.: of improremeat—had been framed by very able iaon and he could well remember Mr. Mishima s tying he had reformed the Customs la es, and holding up the volume in exultation—and be it remembered that Mr. Huskisson UASI a nun by no means unlit to be trusted with `e.ua:ag a legislative meuure. Still, the 74) was no (*malt bnt that great improvements might be made in the laws and construction of the Board of Custo.ns. (Dear, hear.) With coral to the present board, it so happened that during the five years he had been in the Treasury he hud made no opp,inttn, ats. Ile had left the board as he found it, the emir appointment he had made being that of Mr. Pressly, a getitleman well qualified for his °nice. He merely men tioned this to show that with regard to this pintimiar board ho had no projudico one way or the other. (Rear, hear.) But at the same time ho felt it to be his bounden duty with respect to these charges not to say that they were guilty until he had inquired into the facts buth frout the heal of the bowie:lel we numbers. Now, without entering into the varioas particelars as regarded these presets'. times, he should say generally that it did not follow, that became very respectable men belonged to a company fraud might nut have been committed. They had seen in the case of the Comptroller of the Exche quer's office, and in that of the Ecclesiastical COMMiC 4 iOII. . . en, persons had been found guilty of fraud, while littla or no blame could be attached to the directing persons. Therefore it did not follow, because the dock companies were respectable, their officers might net have been guilty of irregularities. Wel!, the Board of Customs had stated that frauds existed to a considerable extent—perhaps they were wrongly informed—they node representations to the Treasury, and he thought that a very grave responsibility would rest on the Treasury, and a very grave respausibt lity upon as representative of the City of London, if, when the Commissioners of Customs informed him that the revenue had been defrauded, he had, out of tear that the merchants of London might be inconvenienced, pre vented the th cessary inve.tigatiou. He had felt this before when asked to put a stop to these proceedings. He had not found that the commissioner• had any doubt about the rustler. With regard to the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, he thought there were home to:Aid:tints in the statement just read, of which he could not admit the justice. He thought that his right honourablo friend wag hound not to interbire with the course the Customs had recommended. h is r.glit honourable friend had referred the matter to lulu, and both had concurred in the opinion that it was not pose 'able to interfere. The statenieut also complained of an understanding which had been broken with respect to the fines. lie did not know exactly what that alluded to, but with respect to the chan4ing of the 31. tine to 1001., he re collected thet in a Cl , O that occurred in ISIS, the arrange aunt was a fine of I per cent., and all expenses. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had thought it better in the present case to e get rid of such an arrangement which might keep up irritation, and to take 1001. as a mode of closing the matter. With regard to the general statement that the Board of Customs must be entirely wrong, or they would net have agreed to a com promise, every gentleman present must be aware that over and over again revenue board. have given up prosecutions on payme ut of a sum of money. Whether such a proceeding was in consonance with strict practice might be a matter for dis ens-im, but it was certainly according tie titling prece dents. With regard to the very impertaut point of the aple.hitmeat of a ceunnittee, he did nut know that there was any absolute objection to such appointment, but ho would not pledge himself, because, alter hearing the present statement, be should like to see the chairman of the last committee, and consult Aim as to the advantages of its revival. Therefore, not seeing any strong ob jection, he 'tumid refrain from giving any de cided as:urance. lie could only assure the deputation that the 6 - abject ',Wald receive full consideration, and that any arrangement which, while maintaining full security fur the revenue, should give great( r facilities to the merchants and the (lock companies, should meet with his moat strenuous support (Cheers.) Alderman THOMPSON, M.P., was ready to admit the possioility of irregularities in great establishments like the dock companies. What he complaint/ of was, that when these charges were made by the Commissioners of Customs, and the St. Katherine's Dock Company made application for inquiry, stating that, inasmuch as they were liable at once to the merchants and the crown, they had a deep in terest in the question, they were met with a decided nega tive by the commissioners. 'the same course had been adopted with respect to the London Dock Company. Sub sequently the dock authorities had asked for particulars, previous to going to trial, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer had refused, although he was about to arrest 53 of the servants of the St. Katherine's Company and 07 of the London. These circumstances had made a deep im pression throughout Loudon, and the merchants felt that they had been treated more like a set of swindlers than a.; British merchants ought to be treated. Mr. J. D. POWLES, secretary to the London Dock Com pany, complained that the Customs' authorities had in their case broken the understanding as regarded the fines. The understanding was that the fines should be merely nominal, to protect the officers of the Customs from ulterior proceed ings, and therefore great was their surprise when they received a letter demanding a fine of 1001. They requested the commissioners to refer the matter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but those gentlemen had declined to do so. Mr. Towles recapitulated the transactions between the Lon don Dock Company and the Commis.doners of Customs,which have more than once been published, and submitted that there was no justice in imposing a fine of 1001. on a com pany that had already spent 10,000/. in law proceedings which had turned out to be wholly unnecessary. lie com plained that the applications of the company for interviews or information as to the charge against them bad been met with repeated negatives, and that up to the morning of trial they were unacquainted with the case they had to defend. Mr. MITCIIELL, M.P., said he hoped that the noble I , wd would give these grove charges his best consideration. Ile could hardly ask his lordship to react the voluminous evidence taken by the committee. but if the noble lord near him (Lord Grant ille) would read it, he might be able greatly to strengthen the noble lord's judgment in the matter. If the noble lord thought that further inquiry would be advantageous, he (Mr. Mitchell) was quite ready again to give his services on tile committee. (Hear, hear.) , - Mr. M. CLARK trusted that the verdict obtained against the Customs, as respected the frauds, would have its due weight in influencing the noble lord's judgment. Mr. W. J. lIALL said that the proceedings of the Customs were disgraceful not only to the Customs but to the Treasury. lie complained of the mode in which ho himself had been written to fur a sum of 13/. 9s. 2d., threatening that in case of refusal his bonding privileges should be withdrawn. Ile had been for forty years tor mented by the Board of Customs, and he did not hesitate to say that it was the most incompetent public body in the world. In one instance they had detained from him 3,000 chests of tea for eighteen months at a loss to him of 10,000/., while they had at the same time released the tea of au American house under precisely similar circumstances. Mr. MASTERMAN submitted that Mr. Hall had better rest satisfied with the assurance of the noble lord. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that, not being acquainted with the circumstances of the particular case, he could not say anything about it. The deputation then withdrew. EXTILAORDLNARY CONDUCT OF A MERCIIANT CAPT./IN.—A can of a somewhat singular nature was gone into yesterday before the Bristol bench of magistrates. It appears that about a fortnight or so ago the ship Elizabeth, of Liverpool, was by stress of weather driven into the port of Bristol, and at the time she had upwards of six feet of water in the hold. She was bound to Africa, and had on board a cargo of salt, by which one of the pumps had got choked. Complaint was made by the shipping master and tide surveyor of Bristol, that, although five of the men were ill, the captain would not allow of their going ashore, and he bad kept them on bread and water for la days, the vessel also not being seaworthy. It was not con siderel right by the authorities that the vessel should put to sea (which it was stated the captain was ready to do with her crew in the state they were.) The magistrates directed Inspector Alexander to go on board the Elizabeth, and in quire into the matter. Yesterday he attended, and con firmed the statement as to the men having been kept on bread and water, two of them were ill, and three refused to work. The captain had stated that he did not wish to prefer a complaint against the men, and after a long in terview it was ultimately mutually agreed upon that the matter should be left to the arbitration of Captain Emerson, the shipping master of the port of Bristol. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. Yesterday, which was the first public day of the Christmas fat cattle show of 1851, was quite as numerously attended as that of any preceding year. The police and of f icials in attendance say much more so; but the increased space. prevented that incouveMence from overcrowding which has been on former occasions with good reason com plained of. Throughout the day, from 8 o'clock in the morning till 9 at night, the influx of visitors was incesant. Butchers front the London streets and saburts, many of thi :a mere lookers-eu, but certainly with a fair pro portion of buyers—Breeders and feeders from the pro vinces, some complaining, as is always the case disappointment, of unfairness, others congratulating themselves on the success of their efforts, others again regretting that they had not entered the field of com petition, convinced if they had that they would have carried off the highest prizas—these, with a general sprinkling or the uninitiated nuhlic, the determined sight-seers, making up the ever-moving and ever-changing group. As the day wore on the moving ma's assumed a more pietur-olue appearance by the addition of a number of well-dressed ladies, who, though they could hardly bo suopos,d to bo competent judges of fat stock, scern—i to take as much interest in the show as the breeders and dealers. The number of sales etfece d was more than usually large far a first day; in pigs mid sheep there was almost a complete clearance for the finest animals, but in horned cattle, probably front the high price asked, the prize beasts moved off much less readily than those which had been less sure. sated in the competition with the judges. In Class I, °Lan or steers of any breed above 4 and not exceeding 5 years old, Mr. Wm. Heath's 4 years not 10 months old Hereford ox, which took the first prize of 39 , ., and the silver medal to the breeder, was bought by Mr. John Mann, butcher, of Croydon ; rind Prince Albert's Hereford ox, to which the third prize of 5/. Ras awarded, was purchased hr Mr. Paul, of Burdock (Jrzage, Dorset ; a short hord bedunging to the Mare,ols of Exeter; another exhibited by Mr. Watson, of Thorley. Northampton; and a third belonging to Mr. Longhorn, of Cottesbrook. in the same county • Her. feeds exhibited by the Earl of Warwick and by Mr. either, of Woodstock, also found purchaser., the principal buyers being Mr. Philp, of Lower Ilelgra.ve street ; Mr. Speed and Mr. luglir. of Chelsea ; Mr. 'ley, of Dath; and M:. West, of line. A vary beautiful Durham bullock Ia the same class, exhibited by Mr. Leeds, of We t L , , sham, Norfolk, fur which .t was said did guineas were offered,faili in obtaining a purchaser nt the price sic. manded. The 30/. prize beast in the second ehiss—a 3 year and S months ola litre:tad steer, bred by Mr. Long more, of Adlorton, Salop, and which also obtained the silver medal to the breeder and the gold medal as the best ox or steer in the lot, 111, 3rd, tth, and Ith classes, was purehf.sed by Mr. Not?, of Birkenhead. Another Hereford, wheh took the ~ecnd prize in the sane claas,aas boughtby Messrs. Wrighton and Farrow of Itead ing; and a short horn,c %Whited by Mr. Derry,nf Geiney Loa; Sutton, Lincoln, found a purchaser in Mr. Merton, of Ely, for :hens—by no meant an out of the way price eau siderin4 the weight of the animal. In data 3, l'rince Albert's second prize Hereford was sold to Mr. Alder, of Esher. The first priz.t beast in class 5, the Earl of Leices ter's pure North Devon, of which wo spoke in terms of commendation yesterday, found a purchaser in Mr. Webber, of the Edgeware-road. Mr. Battle second prize ILvon steer in Mr. Kiag, of Paddington-s retet ; atol the only animal to which u prize was awarded in chess o—Mr. Kindcrle7's Pembrolt..shire ox, in Mr. Collingwood, of Lambs Conduit-street, a namesake of whom, Mr. wood, of Paddingten.. secured Mr. Druce'; short-horto7d lierefoni heifer, which had carri:d off the find prise in class 7 of 2UL:the. surer medal to the Lrccder, and the cold medal at the lte..t cow or heifer esifieited in the itif, sth, and 9th assns. Lord Favtrsluun's short-horn cow, the successful animal in class 8, Mr. Cragg, of Mount- street, bought. The butchers who meek Mho largest number of purchases in cattle yesterday were, besides thoso enumerated above, Mr. Foulco, of Hemmer. smith ; Mr. Adam , of Windsor ; Mr. .1 y, of Regent-street ; Mr. Sutton, of Dalston ; Mr. Glass, of Lalabeth-walk ; Mr. Tucker, of Long-werc ; Mr. Elphiek, of East Monkey; Messrs. Ilales, of Bath ; end Mr. Withers, of Guildford, Sun . y. Of the sheep, the prise peas in class lit, lon:; we. id wethers (Mr. Lee Bradshaw, of Burley (near °Ahem), I.eicesters, elan 12 ; Mr. lternan's Cotswold wetl.ere, thbli 1:k the Duke of Richmond's Southelowla (Ist prii.e, nod gold medal as best sheep in 15th, 16th, and 15th classes), and Mr. Sainshary's Soutlidownl Und prize), class 17 ; Mr. John Villiers Shelley 's Bouthdowns ; and Mr. S tinshory's Southdown welder, which obtained the silver nu-dal in the cla,s far extra stock (short-woolled sheep), were purchased nspre tively by Mr. Glae, of Lambeth-walk; Mr. L.wk log, of Walbrook ; Mr. Jeffrev of Foolr:rt's-place, Regent-street ; Mr. Kitrr, of Pu ' ildington-street ; und Mr. Phi/tr., of Lower erosvenoust:ett. The pigs ap peared to have been in the largest demr.nd with the country butchers,especially those of Reading, hat exten sive purchases were tn.:de by Mr. Squire, of Tottenham court-road ; Mr. Garland, of ()xfordstreet ; Mr. Wilcox, of le:me-lane • and Messrs. Iledges of the Iturrow-rouel, who secort ditto bee . tpen oC pigs, uceorthej to the aw trti of the 121st cases. T Up to eight o'clock in the eve ning, 112 sales were announced, the total number of entries being 273. Among.t the more distinguished visitirs of the show during the day were the Earl of Leicester, Lord Berm:re, Lord John Manners, the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Itanc lagli, Colonel Sibthorp, Major-Gene:al Wemys., Sir W. Pell, Ur. Fisher llob'as, Mr. Drandreth Gibbs, and Mr. Barker. At the ordinary meeting of the club in the morning, the judges' award was read nud confirmed, the Duke of Rich mond was re-elected to the office of President, and Earl Ahoyne, the Earl of ilardwicke, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Yarborough, and Mr. Philip Pusey, were elected Vice , Presidents; the Duke of Richmond, Lord Portman, and Mr. 13randretli Gibbs, were appointed trustees, and the last-sunned gentleman was rc-appointed to the office of Iluumary Secretary of the club. The report of the committee appointed last year to con sider the advisability of classing the animals in dis tinct breeds at future shows was receive.:, and altar sonic discussion adopted by a large majority. Accordingly, in future years, the classos will be: Ist, Devon'; 2nd, Mere fords ; 3rd, short horns ; 4th, Scotch, Welsh, and Irish ; sth, other pure breeds ; and, 6th, mixed and cross breeds. Tito committee had also arranged sub-divisious of these classes, each to have its separate judges ; but this part of their report was referred back to them fur re-consideration, it being understood that their final recommendation shall be given at the meeting on Thursday next. BIRMLNGIIAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES CATTLE AND POULTILY 8110 W. BIRMING rug, TCESDAY. This annual exhibition of cattle raid pottltry com menced to-day with the private view to the subscribers and others; to-murrow the general public are admitted. The show is a very successful one ; agriculturists of great expe rience have declared that a more meritorious class of animals were never before exhibited. No one at all familiar with exhibitions of this kind could v.alk through struck with the remarkable change which appears to have been . wrought the stalls within the . last dozen or fifteen years; at ono time every effort was directed to the piling on the animals of moun in the inlin,ds and of pass both today breeder'without being and feeders tains of fat—at once worthless, wasteful, and extravagant. A striking feature in connexion with the show to-day may b. noticed; in lookints over the certificates of the exhibitors of fat stock we remarked the decline in the quantity of oil cake used, and, consequently, the increased amount of vegetable substance—a circumstance of some importance, indicating as it must do an improved quality of flesh., The amount of competition and the extraordinary excel rerience in such mattersshow. Oa e eo we n ee sul ea ti p e at feature of this hence of the stack exhibited is the much perfection in emi every respect had never befere been witnessed by of sonic idea may be formed from the fact of the stock having been eatupied for eleven hours and a half os unremitting labour in the performance of their duties. Stock was exhibited from all parts of the country, awl whilst on the subject of competition, it may be state". tkai in one of the classes for sheep no less than five peer' were exhibitors—the Earls of Radnor and Leicester, Viscount Hill, and Lords Hatherton and Walsingham ; the prize was, however, awarded to a tenant farmer (we believe) Mr. J. Williams, of 'dockland, Farringdon, Berks, to whom was also awarded the silver medal as the exhibitor of the best pen of short-wools out of four classes. Reverting, however, to the cattle, of which some 150 head were shown in fifteen classes, there was most sur prising excellence in every essential ; indeed, the judges declared that there were not half a dozen animals of doubt ful merit in the show. His Royal Highness l'rince Albert has carried off the first prize in Class 1., and the gold medal fur the same animal as the best ox in the yard. The animal is of the pure Hereford breed. A fine four year old ox in this exhibition, in this class, by the executors of consulting thatAs so_,!.l,arge ex the late Sir Francis Lawley, attracted very great atten tion, and was generally admitted to be a - fine specimen both of breeding and feeding. In the third class, for Hereford cows, seven splendid animals were shown. A tenant-farmer from the neighbourhood of Leominster car ried off the first prize and gold medal, as exhibitor of the best cow in the yard; and, indeed, a finer specimen was never bred. There was very great competition, in this class especially. Lord Ha:Judea showed a couple of re markably fine Hereford steers; but in the classes both for steers and heifers there were such specimens of early maturity as would have been thought impossible a few years ago. Fifteen short-born oxen were shown in class 5, all of them perfect animals, all of them very superior to anything ever shown before in the midland counties ; apart from the excellence of build and form of the animals shown in this class, their appearance indicated that their feeding would not be unprofitable. The winner of the first prize was bred in Gloucester-shire, and ex! , ibited by Mr. Spregoett, of Southern, in this county. Two-and-twenty highly brid short-horn cows were shown in class 6, the first prize being awarded to Mr. Beaman, of esi splendid fct :o eh r ade k a oti dl appearanceh i euh r rc M ho compactness, r p c S of a nt heifer'e pureus e s l , Moreton-m-the-Marsh, and the second to a well-known n bwl at re.wi ri irlee c y ul sizigh. tur ow is linnn t ,dial f eca r li L ot m ezdtBh li . fourteen be a ym r rp i rc e eh Y s smallness of bone, and consequently lightness of offal. Lord Hill obtained the first prize, and an eminent Worces tershire agriculturist—Mr. Woodward, of Bredons-Norton— the second. Four very handsome Devon oxen shown in class 9, were highly commended, the Earl of Leicester obtaining the prize. All the Devon stock exhibited pos sessed great merit; the Earl of Aylesford sent some beautiful Devon cows, a very rich maroon in colour ; such L his lordship's anxiety to preserve the uniformity of his herd in this respect, that any animal having a mark upon it is immediately killed fa. domestic purposes. Class 13 at the show was appropriated to the old favourite breed of long-hortud cows ; this breed has gone very much out of fashion a late years, and seems to be pretty much worn out—only two were shown. In two extra classes some capital specimens of cross-breeds were shown. In the mixed lasses the competition was very great, especially be tween the Devon short-horn and cows-bred heifers; as agriculturists well know these ellsses arc always the most interesting features in these exhibitions. The Scotch and Welch cattle shown in class 17 were in fitio trim; Messrs. Rob, from the neighlacurhood of Th:rsk, perhaps tha greatest northern cattle feeders for the London market, sent a splendid animal, which carried off the second prise, and was by many considerell one of tho lisst animal, in toe yard. Thirteim were entered in this dam, all of them presenting ti.e appearance of that lino quality—shortlegs and small frames, combined with a largo amount of meat—that is so characteristic of the pare of these breeds. Nothing approaching to an over or badly-fed beast was shown. We h noticed that the Hereford breed carried off both gold medals. The Hereford breed is in the ascendancy of fashion just now, although many eminent ;tulg,:s incline to the opinion that in souse respects the Herons possess finer qualit.es. Certainly these shown to-day were the best sp lams ns. The short-horn breed has also been very much improved. Those here were cer tainly not a bit behind the Herefords ; many did net hesi tate to pronoun:l them superior. . . The :keep classes (all foi w then) were well filled, about eighty peas hating been shown. '1 ho Cotswold and South downs are now decidedly the favourites although soma rtry line spechnens of the old Leiorskr breed were exhi biud. Of the Shropshire and pure Southdown breeds there was a reryline display. Tho medal to the breeaer of the h. st pen in Lie first four classes was carried off by Mr. J. 11. Lees, of C,leshill, Warwickshire, for long wools; arid a medal for eras-breeds was awareed to SU. lwitchwell, of Northampton hire, as the breeder. There wee a good collection of pigs, both of large awl small brct ds. Decidedly the most interec.t:ag and novel attraction in connexion with this t xhiUition is the display of p sultry. Thero were cry snarly el..ven hundr.4 pens enter,' tie competition, and amongst the comp, ti•on•wero pergolas of the luglu of rank, fauns the Duchess S ut h er l a nd , through • • rely gi.atle of loviety Lind trout all partx of the country. The Cana of the Cochin China fowls was C't/11111ttl at many thou :ands o, vmnds ; and every known variety of domestic iowl was exhibit d. Amongst the cxhihitors were his pal Highness Princo Ailart, the Duke of Sutherldnd, Lard llowe, Lord Hill, Lord Ilathertou, Lord Aylesford, dtc. Eight tmslals were a ,arded for poultry: Thr, e for Cochin Chinas, tw., f Dorkings, one for game fowl, one to. turkeys, and ona for geese. Tha "private view" to-day was visited by 7,000 or ft,CO4l .. , oas, including th • Ma: „Ids and Marehiotters of Stati'..rd, the Earls of Coltenham, AylesOrd, llowe, Dartmouth, and families; LoOs 11111, Samlys, Curzon, Guernsey, M.l'., Lewilitarn, NVrottesley, llatherton, Laub, cud ladies; Sir John I'4kinatuo, M.l'., Sir G. Chetwynd, Sir Oswald .lo.dcy„; Mr. Spooner, Mr. Townley Parker, M.l'., and a 14 ,,, t of di•AOpttibltrd TLc following is the award of prizes . EAT CATTLE. nfall/C3llll O‘r. pf 17.1 ICI. end foil w.ete, Va. WC& priae lit. lot thrlwat ox or eeer ot any brreaL—Estgow,r, Royal Ilighmeo l•ritwe Albert Ilercler, Mr. Stetartato,Hooston. elr Tihict•. Set' e... 1 rare lt. ralithit,re, the CICCU,vIA ut .1:0 lota nx part.. Maldktooduill breetter, tbo late Sit Franco. Lawler, 11 teasuida e., ire.-rriZe 31. end saver metal, to br-eder. Waiter and twee in the Bight lion. Lord Ilatiacrten, Teddeery. park. Ilecreono Cows.- Chat prize let. and the gold metal, wall extra pr 're of VI, Ice the best cow or Lei', r of inly urea 1.- enhibitar, Mr. Wiliam T d uahr Clubetrey, tier larruinater ; breeder. the Rae. Henry Mawr% Lettneadart, 1 leiv°ol a Mice. so neat prize, 5/.--Ex. Miter, Me. Edmund Herbert, route% near Neurones ; breeder, Mr. leen Berry, l'aoecTurd-eart, Hera Au tlehire ; age, lire years and eight nimbi's. 'this clam, geremay earamenalcrl. Iliaress.- Vest prie 5 lit -lixbidter, Mr. John Wal. tier, Milner, near Ileeeforit ; breed. r, 'fns raw, Berconshirc. Cenral Frier, 51.- Exhibitor and became, Mr. Henry Hill, Stableford, near Brulganorth. Snow-Home Od.m art Set iii.. -Fired prize, 1.1.-Exlehitov, Mr. Rfolur i etwagAtatt, .Sauthetai, ue r Warwick; breeder..lr. Iti,hard.. eihnecester-i.irr. tdoontl prow, U.-Fah:Mot end :gander, Mr. W. De Captl litoo.e. Geateingtua.geuge, North. 'opt nelaire. .Haar-aonx SI en nu. - Prr 5 5/. -I:slat:or and breeder, Mr. Tho- Mae Pulver, Brourialen,Noilliamptonsuire. Famine-tam:a Cows -Firet pore, He.- -Relaibiter, Mr. it Bert Be. wean, Moreton.hutheaMarelo Ere. tier, Mr. John 'fordle, Lang feud, na .ar lectitade, Gloacerterelere Seem! pt Lae,. 2/. -Exhil..tor areal breeder. Me. tsaudiel WheT. erail.by, near York. enee.vaiimate 11.1...10.-Nine 1 Wm, 101., and rarer medal. an treed r.-Exlehiter and brerrier, mho Eight Pon. Vl roett Ilawka oar, near Shrewsbury. rieemid pen, .51.-Esinbiter . end lowlier, M r. William Weedwall, Breedagfe Norton, near Tewkes b ury .throe Oxim on Strellas.-Fiat prize, 101., anal sliver meant, as breeder.-Exbibitor and bee:lee, the Weld. lion. the Earl of Let terer, llolkhanialbal, Nor-!h. Said ; riots, 31.-Exhitter, :he Right Hen. the Yard of Leiceeter, Itollatam.huit, Noeloh; brester. Mr. Willow Baker, It.shophi NKr.; ton, Hevenshlre. De.voe tireuts.-Itrise of .a/.-Exhibitor anal breeler, the Right Iloa. the Earl ofAk olad, rockietet..% near Ceeerntrv. It, vote Cowe-Bret pea., IN.-Exhibitor, Ve Ititelb than, the Fart of Ay leardel, Paeking:nn, near Vara:try; brooder, Mr. William hiker, Writ Johnston, tear Swath Moulton, Itevershite. Second prize, 3/.--Extubiter, Mr. Abraham Banbtre, W. anomleall, Leaming ton Spa: breeder, the late 3155 S. Bashers, Weinumbe'l. llevose Iletrarax.- First prise, del.-Kshilater, Mr. Thomas New. le id, itaginetan, ram Coventry; breeder, Mr. Ahr tiam Lluabera, Weston-hall, I aan.ington Spa. ti a coed tree, 51. -Exhilet ir, the Right lion. the Earl of Leicester, Norfolk; loeetior o Mr. Turner, Marton, near }tenon. Li..W• on firsrdre..--Viruiprlne, Inord e.lwr mead ac breeder. Sadists, anal tatewler,Mr. ItiMmt Oiblis, Itlarktoraamaisl, Henley-in-Anton. Meced..l prize, 01.-Exhlbitur ' rdpiunt horpe Con-tantine, tune T...inkur.t.: breeder, the lion. 31. W. Nu. gent, Late of Ilisbaulagraugat, near Ilinekley. EXTRA CLASSES. tare on Sre.rde.„-Fite[ pride, 11.i.-Exhi . .itor. the Right Roll. Lord Leigh, btoneleigh-abhey, Kenilworth. Second in :eat, 52-Exhi. biter, Mr. Rktuard Slimaggett, Southam, near Wurwlek ; braider, Charles Barton, Halo at. Venn's, I .1' , 0401 ethire. come.-Vand. prize, 101.-E ohilnier Mr. William Thum. Grand. bonus% near riouthans. Mara alai:ire; breeder, Mr. Slows Cart wright, Stanton.hou-e, Derbyshire. Second prize, rd.-Enleibibm. Mr. Matthew Ingle, Wigton, near Tanwortb. UEIrAt..-I , lNt prise, lei, and etiwr medal no treater.-Pahl. Ohm anal lareeder, Mr. Ablehom Umbers, Westonahnll, 'arming:on Spa. Second prier, 51. -Exhibitor, the Right Hoe. the Earl of Lei cester, Malaita-hall, Nurtoak; broader, Sir. George Turner, Yazoo, neer Exeter. Serum ea Weren Ovate on Sr, tae.-First prier, 10/.-Exti abhor. Captain Muegrure, MBverbrn.hill, near Leamaigton ; lairealer. Mr. Campbell, of Kum. Ago, live years and nix nionthat. (Wert High- Seernal paler, 3/.-Erhibitm, Mr. Joreph D. Ruh, Calton, near Think. The whole class coraniellikxL borpd. .11l Wrtru 51.-Exhibitor, Mr. John Tidal:di, Mint-Louse, near Kendal, Weetungelatal. SHEEP. Lriceerns.-IFat %tethers net exceeding 22 months olit.)-First Mont el., and ether medal, us br a ider. -Exbibttor ant bra 1,, the Moot Noble the Marquir of Exeter, E.G. Burghley-house, near Shan. find. Second prier, Si.- -Exhibitor and breeder, Mr. George Wallas. ley, Rudsten, near Bridlington. Lotaarrea..-(Fat wethere, not teen-deg 31 months old.)-Firet prize, M., anal sitter medial as breeder, anal Silver mall. exhibiler, of the beat pen of Tong-wooled sheep in nature 19, 20, 21, anal 21.- Exhibitor and bet-nice, Mr. John Henry Lees, lidionheenal, Second prior, 51.-Bihibitor add breeder, Mr. Juhn Beery Lted, BacorN-end, COICBI3III. LONG•11-01 , 11.1.K0 Surer, nor perm Lerciorine.-(Fat ',ethers, not exceeding 22 months old.)-First prier, 5/.. and river meld, ea breeder.-Exhibitor and breeder, Mr. 5 5 intern Caltheott, liver Nor ton, oxfordohare. Second prize, U.-Exhibitor and broader, Mr. Coldicatt, Over Norton, Oxfordshire. L05 , ,01001.1.141. Sneer, Nun' nmeu LEICAATEIte.-(1.4 withers, not exceeding 31 mantel. ofd.)-Eint prier, MI., and silver medal an breeder; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Robert Bemire Muretor..in-the. March, Gloucesterehire. Second prier,sl. • eibibilor Mr. thentrel Sponge% Southani, :near Ware lee; breeder, Mr. Hunuel Perry. lioseetun, Gluticesterolure. wetherr, not exceeding 22 month/ °a!-- aft, and Oleo. medal, as breeder, anal .iiver Ixexhirit'or'ti'rize of the . best pen of short-wooll claims .1 ud cheep, in cla. 23, . 25, and 26; exhihiter and breed r, Mr. John William,, Bueriand, Earinglon, Berke Second prize 51.; exhibitor and deed. r, Mr. John Wi hams, Bucklanal, Eatuaidun, Berks. This chase gaderaUp J. recommended. Peat-hum Seeraumese.-(Fat wethers, not exacting 34 monad ni.:.)-Firet prizes M., and serer medal, as breeder; exhibitor anal breeder, Mr. Darwin Gahm, Faletoncaliall, mar Stratford-upon-Aron. SUROPSRIZE AND OTHIM Saber-WOOLLUP SR.!, MP" SOVTR. rows-(Eat 'tethers nut ...rending 22 months 0114-Firer prize. N., and silver med breeder ; exhibitor ant breeder, Mr. John Benjamin Twitch-al, Welby, mar Northampton. Snead prize, 51.; eralt' anal breeder, Mr. lance Williams, Coheir -v e- leWk low. orrtre Brronr-WOnttlia Bluer nor risivn Snort. n0wn7".•"... nether not ex...citing 31 months o:d.) —First pf.r.e, q., Oliver medal as breedir • exhibitor and breed e r, the Right ion. the Earl of Aylesford. Pleklegton, mu Coventry. Second prize, 3/. ; exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Michael Goodall, Ecet,th Manor. Shifflud, Fairy. Caosi-enyt, Sneer. —f Pat wethers, not esti:ding 21 months eI.L) —First prize, Id,, and silver medal as her der, end eilver medal as ex. htbitor u: the best pen lit era:Wired duels in class's and 21; el bibltor awl breeder, Mr. John Benjamin Twitcheil, Weiby near Northampton. Second prize, U.—Exhibitor and broede Liam GClett , liouthkigb. CROSS-UARD SUREr.—Tat wethers,' not exceeding 31 months old.) —Firet prize, U., and silver medal as breeder ; exhibitor and breeder. the itight lion. the Earl Howe, GopeaL Leiceetershire ; fed on cake., corn, ate. second prone , M.—Exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Abraham Nuree, Ashby Pane, riser Luttcrworth; led on oileeke, gram, and turnips. An excellent cob oetion of root; grown by Lord ILithcrtst, the Earl of Aylest rte, Mr. Bretberton, Mr. Wiggan, Mr. K and Mr. G. Peters, and exhibited by 31r. P. Burbridge, were in. epeeted by the judges cf the cattle and sheep, and highly coma mended by them. The co'lectlon Included very line specimens of mivagollvwurzel, swedes, cabbages, Kohl Rabbi, green -topped tar. nips, &.e. PIGS. PAT Pll% war exerrorso Tag Mennen Orin. First prize, 101.. end direr medal, ea breeder.—Exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Jansen Taylor, Moseley-bait, near Birmingham. Second mize, 3 L—Exlda biter, Mrs. Martha Ernuits,llandeworth ; breeder, Mi. John Catherell. Mole, Salop. FAT PIOS. COT EXCTEDIRO 13 Motions OLD.--Flrst prim. 101., and sliver medal, as breeder.—Ezhibitor and breeder, Mr. Thomas Stud- Wilkins, Peddemoor.hall, near Sutton CeildSe! , l. Second prize, 31.—Exhibitor and breeder, Mr. W. D. Hollister, Ilaraptteads mill, near Birmingham. Par Pio, szegiud Nu 15 Megrim Ot.n.—Firet prize, 51., and slicer medal, as breeder. —Exhibitor and breeder, Mr. Arthur Perks, hinges bury, Warwickshire. Second prize, U.—Exhibitor and breeder, 3ft. Thomas Beaumont Shileock,, Hose, Leloesterehire. Want of space would not penult • detailed account of tho award of prizes in the poultry department; in class 40 the first and second prizes were obtained by Prince Albert and the Duke of Sutherland. Stewards of the Show-yard—Mr. C. Wedge, of Dicknall; W. Newton, rth. of Pakisigton; Tamwo and Dir. U. Lowe, of Comber ford, near &WS., near a UW.WWILI. ELECTRIC TELECRAPIIIC COMMENICAT t number of telegraphic stations now open, and i "s , •11 with in Le th th e bury cen , tral am s o ta u t n io t n to of 2, t 2 h 6 o . E e l m ec b t r n a c ci T n e g le dl gm A towns in the kingdom, between which commc .4 rate despatches are arc transmitted and anew ••• a few minutes. Of the total 226 stationst neatly 7 i 1 dbm' ' 7 princip, commercial stations,' at which the:attoftdanOs WIN 0 •1r what is called constant, that is to say, day mil 'night; the .4„„, 41, length of the lines of communication extending MI 20 00 •" 7 CO miles, with 800 in progress of suspension. • s