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338 r - • ;--41. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Re are extremely sorry that we cannot this week find room for the letter of The Writer of "lite Preen and the Public Service." The communication Is already in type, and shall certainly appear in our next number. Vbx 2 ;) rTgo+ LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1857. POSTSCRIPT. THE NEUFCHATEL CONFERENCES. The Con'erence (lid not meet again on Thursday, as anticipated. The demands of Prussia under discussion are a full and complete amnesty for those who took part in the insurrection of September; conservation of the title of the Prince of Neufchatel ; payment to the King by the Helvetic Confederation of 2,000,000 as a lompensation for the revenues of Neufchatel ; restitution of the property of the Church incoi porated in the year 1848 with the property of the State; payment by the Hevetic Confederation of the expenses occasioned by the events of Sep tember, and by the occupation ; contribution by the population to the expenses at the charge of the State ; amnesty for all political offences anterior to the events of September; guarantee by the State for the capital and interests of pious establishments, hospitals, yte., particularly of the sum bequeathed by the Byron de Grury ; and suspension of all dis• cussion relative to the constitution of Neufchatel until after the expiration of a term of six months. The Emperor of Russia has definitively renounced his intended excursion. Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Suellosanol, Minister of War, are expected here shortly. SPAIN AND MEXICO. Advices from the Gulf of Mexico, on the 25th February, via Cadiz, state that the Spanish frigate, Ferrolana, had had rather a sharp cannonade with on of the forts of Vera Cruz, which had fired for the third time on her boats as they were going for water. The situation of affairs in Mexico still con tinued silious. Fresh demonstrations against Spanish subjects had taken place in the east, and the authorities of the country, notwith-tanding the formal orders given by the central Government, had hal not been able to put a stop to the outrages. General Todtleben, the great engineer and skilful &fender of Sebastopol, has arrived in Paris. This gallant officer is on a tour of military inspection, and it. is believed he will visit the arsenals of England before returning to St. Petersburg. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. LORD CHELSEA addressed the electors at Hammer smith yesterday. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Daly, the landlord of the Black Bull at Ham mersmith, asked the following question : A proposition having been brought forward in the House of Commons to throw open the licensed victuallers' trade to the whole world, will Lord Chelsea pledge himself to support the licensed system against an open trade? Lord Chelsea replied that he most unhesitatingly did so. At a subsequent period of the evening a deputa tion of licensed victuallers attended at Lord Chelsea's committee room, and had an interview with his lord ship, which resulted in a most satisfactory explana tion of his lordship's views with respect to the licensed victuallers' trade, and a di termination was expressed on the part of that important body to give his lordship their unqualified support. 'N INTELLIGENCE. )F POLLS. Br.:rxsntrez. Palmer (C) Bowen (L) Vansittart (C) 1,2f10 Vernon NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 8. Althorp (L) Knightley (C) 1,295 V7le CUMBERLAND, W. Lowther (C) Wyndham (C) 1,170 Lawson LATEST ELECTIO. CLOSE a CA M n nrDOESIMIE. (C) Atleane (L) ..... Yorke (C) Manners 11ED704D811IKE. Russell (L) 1,56.1 Higgins (L) Gilpin (C) Stuart . CARLOW &MOIL ,__. Alexander (C).... 127 Punsonby (L).... 70 NOMINATIONS FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS. ENGLAND AND WAtES.—CileSIDre (North)—This day. Cornwall ( Eut)—This day. Derbyshire ( Nortlil—Nlon• day, April 6. Flintshirr—This day. Hampshire (South) —This day. Norfolk ( East,—Monday, April 6,1. SCOTLAND.—A)r Burgh—This day. Caithness—This day. Wigtonshire--This day. THE PRESS. In ELAND.—Antrim—Thursdny, April 9. Armagh— Wednesday, April 8. Carlow—This day. Cavan—Monday, April 0. Clare—Thursday, April 9. Cork—This day. Donegal—Wednesday, April 8. Down—Thursday, April 9. 1 /üblin—Thursday, April 9. Fermanagh—Thursday, April 9. Kildare.—Tuesday, April 7. Limerick—This day. Londonderry—This day. Longford—Thursday, April 9. Louth—This day. Mayo—Tuesday, April 7. bath—Monday, April 6. Monaghan—Wednesday, April 8. Queen's County—This day. Sligo—This day. Tippe• rare—Tuesday, April 11. Waterioi d—Wednesday, April 8. er,ourt an efas'pon. Her Majesty the Queen has taken daily drives during the week. The health of her Majesty is satisfactory. Her Nlajeaty has received visits from different member' of the Royal Family during the week, and on Thursday gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston and to Earl Granville. The Puke and Duchess of Northumberland have gone to Sion•house until after Easter. His Eseellency the Russian Minister and the Countess Chreptowitch entertained at dinner on Wed nesday the Marquis of Lane lriwne, Lord J. Russell, Lord Aberdeen, Etta they, and a select circle. plitlcal. A Counr of PRIVY COUNCIL was held by her Majesty the Queen, on Thursday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Court was fully attended by Ministers. A CABINET COUNCIL was held the same afternoon at the official residence of Viscount Palmerston. All the Ministers attended. DR. HINDS, BISHOP OF NORWICH, has in a farewell address to his clergy announced his intention of re signing at the end of the month. Dr. Hinds was appointed to the bishopric in September, 1849, and enthroned in January, 1850. Loan COWLEY, her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, is to be raised to an earldom, by the style and title of Earl Cowley, ill consideration of his eminent public services. THE RIGHT HON. M. T. BAINEA, M.P., will, it is said, be proposed as the Liberal candidate for the Speakership of the new Par!iament. The Right Hon. H. Fitzroy has not declined to offer himself as a candidate. CAPT. G. G. WELLESLEY, C. 8., R.N., has been ap pointed Commander in Chief of the E. I. navy, vice Sir H. Leeki., µ•ho retires. LORD PsotertsroN has returned the following reply to the Earl of Malmesbury's letter of the 25th inst 04, Piccadilly, March 25. My dear Lord Malmesbury.—l have received this even• ing your letter of this day. I have neither time nor in• clination to renew the China debate. I have used a right which I do not deem myself deprived of by my official position, to express publicly my opinion of the conduct of public men on an occasion of no small public importance, and I have nothing to retract or to quality —Yours faith luny, PALMERSTON.—The Earl of Malmeshury. Alttropolitan. THE CLERRENWELL INCUMBENCY ELECTION will be decided next week. The poll opened yesterday, and closes on Monday. The Rev. H. Ball, Rev. H. Herbert, and the Rev. R. Maguire are the candidates. THE PERSIAN AMBASSADOR visited NN'oolwich Arsenal on Wednesday, and witnessed the evolutions of the field batteries of artillery. The Persian field artillery is considered among the finest and most efficient in the world ; and the Ambassador appear. d to take great interest in the exhibition afforded him by Sir William Williams. THE REGISTRAR'S GENERAL'S RETURNS for the week exhibit a low rate of mortality, the deaths (144) being 202 below the fair average. The births amounted to 1,937. The deaths include the Viscountess Keith, at the venerable age of ninety-three ; the Dowager Countess of Westmorland, also at an advanced age; of Major }Arington, of the Tower of London, at the age of eighty-seven ; and of Mr. J. Kemble, Examiner of Plays, and an eminent Anglo Saxon scholar. Weblitual. AN OFFICER OF THE 44TH REGIMENT now at Wel mer, Lieutenant. E. Carroll, aged 20, is believed to have been most brutally murdered by a publican at Deal. The young officer about one o'clock on Sun day morning tried to force his way into the public house kept by this man, Baker. Mrs. Baker resisted him. Lieut. Carroll, after a short struggle to force open the door, walked away towards Sandwich. Baker, the publican, on hearing the cause of the dispute, seized a short pcker, ran after Lieut. Carroll, and it is supposed beat him cruelly over the head, for the young dicer was found at Are a.m. lying on SATURDAY, the beach insensible and bleeding, his skull frac tured, and a deep gash on his head. Ile never rallied, and in a few hours died. Baker has been arrested and examined, and fully committed for trial. THEIR HIGHNESSES THE PRINCES OF OUDE are at present on a visit to Birmingham. The Mayor and Corporation have paid every respect to their Royal Highnesses, and indeed the reception the Princes have met with has been most cordial from all classes. On Tuesday the Major entertained their Highnesses at a grand dinner, and invited the resident gentry to meet them on the occasion. Major Bit d returned thanks for the toast of the evening. He observed, with regard to India : The productive csapabilities of India were scarcely appre ciated, or even known. There was a general knowledge regarding the existence of a little indigo, cotton, sugar, and so on; but none knew the extent to which all these could be grown. For the production of cotton, to any amount and in the utmost perfection. knowledge was alone wanted; and now they had commenced railways, which would bring it to market at a cheaper rate than was hitherto possible. Tea, coffee, and sugar growing, might also he made a flourishing branch of commerce. Enter- prise was alone wanted to develop their cultivation to any extent. If Englishmen imagined that India had yet arrived at the hundredth part of the condition of civilisa than which it was capable of achieving, they were labouting under a great mistake. If the presence of the ro3 al family of Oude in England had no other effect than that of drawing attention to the ine'hanstible natural riches of India, their visit would indeed be a profitable one. In conclusion, Major Bird expressed, on behalf of their Royal Highne-ses, their thanks for the very handsome welcome the Mayor and his guests had given them. anb THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK was once more brought before the public on Wednesday last, when Mr. Apsley Pellatt was examined with reference to his connection with this great ►swindle. To sum up the examination we may briefly say that Mr. Apsley Pellatt could remember nothing. In the course of the examination the following characteristic letter WAS read : Caledonian United Service Club, Edinburgh. October 10, 18.19. Noon. My dear Sir,—Yon will sympathise in my great saris• faction in being able to report to you :- 1. That I have already ananeed on terms as simple as they are advantageous for the Royal British Bank that I shall obtain any sum that may be necessary to enable ns to commence business whenever we choose, and to give the " conge " to the black—ds (" shareholders," I mean) of the north (great laughter) in asiyle truly right " royal " (roan of laughter) ; and 2. That I have carried my point for my fair and honour• able client, and have secured her the odd 1,0001. It would be too presumptuous to say with the warrior of old, "Veni, vidi, vici (a laugh); but I ought, with all humility, to say and proclaim that He in whom I trust is indeed invincible. For ever blessed be His name ! (Great sensation and hisses.) Yours most sincerely, HUGH INNES CAMERON. Please let my friend the Deputy-Governor know that I leave (1).V.) at 9 tonight, and hope to be at the bank to morrow at 2 p.m. Request Mr. Allardice to stop proceed ing with the cash journal till I arrive. 11. I. C. Edward Mullins, Esq. The Commissioner said he did not see how Cameron's letter could be connected with Mr. Pellatt, unless it could be shown that it was laid before the board. ➢ir. 'ANIMATER: 7t is necessary that I should put the question in order to complete evidence which will ultimately have to go elsewhere. (Clapping of hands.) In October, 1850, Mr. Peßatt went into Wales, in spected the Welsh property, came back, and imme diately tendered his resignation. Before leaving the board, however, he signed a petition to the Crown to increase the capital of the bank 500,00 a In his letter of resignation he observes : I have the satisfaction of having done what little w as in my power to aid you and the friends of the bank in bring ing into active operation a sound, practical, and benevolent commercial establishment, founded upon safe and unerring principles, which, properly worked out, must ultimately lead t) great utility, and yield a good dividend to the pro prietors. I believe I could not retire from the court at a more fitting period than the present. when improving balances, high public opinion, and increasing confidencf.. must not only afford the directors great satisfaction, but will offer facilities for securing men of commercial weight and in tegrity of character to fill up the vacancies of the court, for strengthening and consolidating the permanent interests of the bank. The examination of Mr. Stapleton, M.P., takes pla on Wednesday next. FIVE CASES OF MURDER, one of manslaughter, and two of cutting and wounding, were tried at the dit ferent assizes between the let and 2ud of this month;