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LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) ST) ES V. GREEN.-EXTRAORDINARY WILL CASE. This was a suit instituted by the executo o rs f infofany, the late r Captain William Notts, of the 83d regiment as . di trsputed by for the purpose of proving his will, which was the defendant, his nephew, on the ground that the instru ment was not duly executed in conformity with the pro visions of the act, and that the at rmwe of signing asno t of ‘‘ s i o t und memory, and understanding,', the time Dr. Deane, Q.C., was counsel for the plaintiffs, and Dr. Addams, Q.C., for the defendant. Dr. Deane stated the case. The circumstances connected with the present suit were of a singular character, and not without some features of interest as regarded the testator. It appeared that Captain Notts was born in 1810, and was the son of a solicitor, who was practising. in London at that time. His real name was Frederick Green, and in early life he had been apprenticed to a surgeon ; but, not liking the medical profession, or from some misunderstanding with his master, he suddenly departed, and was not heard of by his family for some time, when it was ascertained that he had enlisted, and that he had gone out to Canada with his regiment, having taken the name of William Notts, by which he was known up to the period of his decease. Mr. Symes, the plaintiff, who was a surgeon, carrying on his profession in London, but who had subsequently removed to Lewes, was acquainted with the father and mother of the deceased, and on the death of the former he married the latter. It ap peared that at the time of his death Mr. Green left three sons, including the deceased, and a daughter, all of whom were dead ; and the only next of kin surviving was the pre sent defendant, who, in the event of the will not beingproved, would come into possession of the estate of the deceased. In 1841 Captain Notts returned to this country and visited the plaintiff and his mother, with whom he remained for some time. In consequence of his good conduct, Captain Notts, who was then a private, was presented with a com mission in the 83d regiment, in which he had originally enlisted, and went out to India, the plaintiff having ad vanced him the amount necessary for his outfit. He re mained in India from 1847 till 1857, when he again re turned to this country, and as previously visited the plain tiff, whose wife, deceased's mother, had died, and who was married again. He went to Chatham to obtain instruc tion in musketry practice, and remained there for some months, occasionally visiting the plaintiff, with wheal ho continued to be on the most friendly terms. In July, 1857, there could be no doubt that he was afflicted with mental disease, and for a period he became incapable. While in this state Mr. Symes, who was telegraphed for, went to Chatham to see him, and when he recovered he (deceased) went to his place at Lewes, accompanied by one of the hospital orderlies, who, however, left the following day. He remained at Lewes from the 15th of August to the 29th of the following September, during nearly all which time he lived with the family, and acted in every way like a person perfectly rational. Towards the end of his visit, however, he received the sacrament, which seemed to have a considerable effect on his mind, he expressing his con viction that he had taken it unworthily, and that he had risked his happiness hereafter. He returned to Chat ham, accompanied by Mr. Symes, and when they reached the barracks, the latter mentioned to Dr. M'Lean, the battalion surgeon, that he had been in a very excited state, and delivered him to his care. Sometime subse quently Captain Notts recovered his usual health, and on the 3d of April he drew up a will, in which he set forth that he was in sound mental health, and directed the whole of his estate, after the payment of his debts, to be divided equally between the plaintiff and a Miss Lucy Tinsley. That will was duly executed on the Ist of October, and for warded by Captain Notts, with some other papers, to Mr. Symes. On the 3d of September, he wrote two letters, one of which was addressed to Mrs. Symes, thanking her for her kindness to him, and he subscribed the letter, " Your truly affectionate, Frederick." The other was addressed to a lady named Ireland, whose acquaintance he had formed at Mr. Symes's, enclosing her a book ; and both letters were perfectly rational, although he expressed his apprehension as to what would happen to him in conse quence of having taken the sacrament on the occasion pre viously alluded to. In these letters there were some mis takes in the spelling, and some of the sentences were not complete, but those inaccuracies arose from defects in his education. In the month of October, Captain Nott's health became so bad that the battalion surgeon required a medical board to inquire whether he was labouring under mental disease. The board, having made the inquiry, found that he was 44 47 years of age, had been in the regiment 30 years ; that prior to last June his health Was good, but subsequently he exhibited great eccentricity both in speech and writing, and on certain occasions it was found necessary to restrain him from throwing himself out of the 'window ; that he was not in a sound state of mind, and was incapable of taking care of himself. He was then Placed in confinement in Fort Pitt, at Chatham, but was shortly afterwards removed to a lunatic asylum at Henly, Warwickshire, where he died in September, 1858. ...With respect to Mi s s Tinsley, to wh om h e h a d l e ft nail of his estate, it appeared that he had known her in early life, and it was arranged between them that they should be married as soon as he O btained his commission, but on his return from India hie mind changed, and the marriage was broken off. How ever, they continued on good terms, and he wrote her a letter in which he expressed a hope that th e y s h ou ld be good friends during their lifetime. The learned counsel concluded by citing a number of cases bearing on the ques tion, relative to testaments executed during lucid intervals by persons who had been afflicted with insanity. Several witnesses were examined on behalf of the plain- WY) and the case was not concluded when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. 'UNLAWFULLY SELLING COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY. Edward Mortimer, described as of 2, Russell-court, St. L am es's, and Thomas Robert Marshall, military tailor, of ''' jer re3' l l-street, Si. James's, were again in attendance, charged with " unlawfully conspiring to bargain for the sale of a certain commission in the army." Mr ' Bodkin cond uc t e d the prosecution on b e h a lf o f th e W aroffice; Mr. Ribton attended for Mortimer; and Mr. Metcalf e for the other defendant, Marshall. It will be recollected that the defendants were first charged with the offence on Wednesday week, when, after the evidence of a witness named Pugh had been recei ved, the case was adjourned until this morning, in ewer that M r. Coningham and Mr. Bridson, the former Person for whom the commission in the 13th Light h infamtrY— was to be procured, and the latter gentleman, who be ad h e s, • la communication with Armstrong and Co., might in attendance. Mr. Henry Bridson said—l am a merchant, residing near Bolton -le-Moors. I have a brother-in-law named Con inghara• He is n ow an ensign in the 13th Light Infantry, stationed at Fermoy, in Ireland. I was desirous, in April and ‘ i Ma y ",,, " Year, to tobtain a commission for him, and, amongst other person s app li ed to, I had a conversation with with a person named Pugh. I afterwards had communication* 28tht hi h m b oth verbally and in writing. After that, on the shall ' f M ay, I rec e i ved a letter from the defendant Mar the subject' nowt, of educed.Pl' I afterwards saw Mr. Marshall on The letterhe communication. was here read by. Mr.--Betrnaby, the chief clerk, and was would be to the e ff ect that Mr. Coningham of X4OO. g azet ted as a li eutenant on the lodgment The letter was also accompanied by the following, which was directed to be rewritten and sent back : To his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Believing that your Comm ander-in-Chief. services of officers I Venture to recognises the behalf of • Venture to solicit a favour on I,7o9h,moinses commissions, that a Young relative of mine, Mr. Cunningham, • th gr at a h nd i :a n t a li tn er b a e nd i two brothe7 have _ held p aced on the list of candi d te for commissions with to ask so great a f without purchase. I should hesitate existence to jus • tifr alTur, were there not strong claims in Madras Native InTaiii ' Hisc father commanded the 24th father and great -granltlailler died in ; the service ; his grand hope that you will extend aso died in the service. In my young relative, who will your gracious patronage to beg to s u b scr ib e myself. not prove unworthy of it, I On the 14th of June I forwarded a mi l!' of the draft letter to his Royal Highness the Comm defendant, Marshall, and on the 30th of June' thel believe, again wrote to him on the subject From this period I was ill co mmunication with Marshall and Pugh. On the sth 0 July I arrived in town. I sta ed i the Bth I called on Mr. Marshall J n Cork -street. On liermyn-street. I had n ever seen Mr. Marshall before. glad to see te e in town. 1 ilarshall said he was came abont vats Il e . Co • told him the business that I would wait a few minutes n Ingham's commission. He said if I Messrs. Armatrotgdhe would send down to the office men to come up etattd Company for one of the gentle - three-quarters of a u h oli : e e roe- I waited for about being able to remain any,lat the end of which time, not dence. onger, I returned to my resi- Mr. Henry—Did remy where his nee— . Witness—l can'tmber. ' w a s ? By Mr. Bodkin—l believe I heard the Mortimer mentioned. Ii eft M hen I I e name of C a pt a i n arshall my residence in Cork- street, and th eme / . returned to been left. I have not the card now iii ro rt u i nd a card had Shortly afterwards a person came to in n . C l '''' s f ess , ,,, i'll• now the person who called. It is not the CaptainVue.,.,77 mer now in court. I believe it must have be en. the -- , -- 4 ,'" - dant Eicke. He said his name was Armstrong. ifeeb.eu duced the letter to the Duke of Cambridge. some slight alteration was made, and he then requested I would re write it. I did so, and afterwards sent it to Arnasrom, and Co. I sent it on the 19th of July, by the porter of t 1;; hotel at which I was staying. I also enclosed the certifi cate of Mr. Bridson. Mr. Metcalf and Mr. Ribton objected to the letters bei ng read, unless it could be more clearly shown that the defen dants were connected with them. Mr. Bodkin—Very well, call the constable. Sergeant Williamson, of the detective force, said—l found a bag, containing letters and papers belonging to the defendants, at Woburn-chambers, the offices of Armstrong and Co. I handed them over to llr , Humphries, the solicitor. By Mr. Ribton—l had no search warrant. There were a great many names on the door of the chambers, Capt. Mortimer was arrested there. I found the papers in the desk. I opened the desk with the keys. I did not get them. They were procured by another constable. Mr. Humphries, solicitor, said—l received the bag of papers and letters from the police. I found the letter pro duced amongst them. Mr. Ribton objeeted to the letter being read. He thought there was not at present sufficient evidence to connect Marshall with Armstrong and Co. Mr. Henry—l will make a note of your objection. (The copy of the above letter to the Duke of Cambridge, and the certificate of Mr. Bridson's baptism, was then read.) Witness continued —After I had seen the letter I pro ceeded to the bank of White and Co., in the Haymarket, on the 9th of July. £4OO had been deposited there in my nalne. On the day mentioned I gave a gentleman named Moore some directions respecting the money. The day after this I left town, and from the country I addressed a letter to Armstrong and Co. (The letter was here read. It was to the effect that Mr. Bridson had not yet received notice to attend for exami nation, and that the remaining arrangements had been com pleted at White's.) Mr. Bodkin—l will now put in the answer. Mr. Metcalfe objected to the letter beingiread, unless it could be proved to be in the handwriting of Marshall. Mr. Pugh was called, and said to the best of his belief the letter was in the handwriting of Marshall. The letter was then read, in which it was stated that the consecmence of Mr. Bridson not receiving notice was a mis take, 4 that in consequence of Mr. Bridson being over the age, ikatra exertion had to be used, for which an extra twenty guineas would not be objected to, but the whole of the charge was not to exceed £4OO, and that when the busi ness was completed £l5O of that money was to be paid into the bank to Messrs. Armstrong, and the remaining £250 to the account of the writer, R. Marshall. A number of other letters were then received, written by Marshall, some of which congratulated Mr. Bridson on Mr. Coningham being gazetted, and others soliciting the order to prepare Mr. Coningham's outfit. By Mr. Metcalfe—The statement contained in the letter to the Commander-in-Chief was perfectly true. All I know is that I forwarded the letter to Messrs. Armstrong, and I received an answer from the Horse Guards. I never inquired where the £4OO was to go to. By Mr. Ribton—l have the official letter I received from the Horse Guards. I have not got it with me. The trans action occupied some weeks ago. I never saw the Captain Mortimer now in Court daring the whole of the time. Mr. Coningham said—l am an ensign in the 13th Light Infantry. I asked my brother-in-law to obtain a commis sion for me. On the sth of July I arrived in London, and on the 7th I put myself under a military tutor. I took my certificates to Armstrong and Co., in Russell- court. Be • fore I went-up for examination I called at Armstrong's. It was about the 14th of July. I saw a boy there, to whom I gave my card, and told him to give it to Mr. Armstrong. I saw the boy deliver it to the defendant Mortimer. He said, " Oh, Mr. Coningham, will you walk in." I went in and the boy closed the door after me. I told Mr. Mortimer I had brought him the testimonials, which I had been instructed to do. Mortimer took them, and said he would send them in. He asked me if I was reading very hard. I said I was, and then he asked me if I was going into the examination (the one that was coming), and I said I was. Nothing was said about gazetting. I left, but before I did so he asked me to drop in occasionally, and I promised to do so. I 'then went on with nay studies. Not hearing from the Horse Guards, I addressed a letter for Sir Charles Yorke on the 13th of July. I received an answer on the 15th. I was under 'examination on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 19th. On the 15th, the first day of the examination, I called in Russell-court. I saw Mortimer. He asked me how the examination was going on, and I said I thought I had written a good paper that morning. I asked i£ he had any idea when I should be gazetted, and he said, " Oh, I should think in about two months after you have passed." I was gazetted on the 24th of September as ensign, 13th Light Infantry, Ist battalion. I afterwards came to London and remained sometime with Mr. Fother gill, the military tutor. I afterwards called at Russell court. I there saw three gentlemen—Mortimer was one— a pers an of the name of Eicke, and another Steinbach. With respect to Eicke, Mortimer introduced me to him; he said, "Here is Mr. Armstrong." When Eicke was introduced he said, " I see you've been gazetted to the Yi3th." I did not remain longer than a minute. I employed Mr. Marshall to prepare my outfit. I called a number of times about the end of October. I heard some thing about Mr, Pugh writing to the Duke of Cambridge. I aske• I. Marshall why Pugh had threatened to lay the business before the Commander-in-Chief, and explaining the whale affair. He said Armstrong and Co. had had their share (1200), and that they had handed Pugh's and his share over to him (Marshall) ; but Pugh owed him some'- money, and that he bad stopped what he owes 1 3 him out of it. Down to that time I knew nothing about ay irregularity. I Iniew there must be a screw loose by Pugh threatening to lay the whole business before the Comma bcler-in- Chief. By D tr. Metcalfe—l previously wrote to the Horse Guards for an ; tppointment, but I had received a letter stating that Lwas oTer age. I had asked Mr. Bridson to procure a commission previous to that.. out Christmas), and he pro mised t ; D4O KIX. 0 0,.! ): : army tailors procure COM mission's or ':when I first came to Lon don. I never saw Stirnb 'I after I had been gazetted By Mr. Ribton—l don't know that Mortimer had ever been in the army. I know there are offices in existence not recognisoed by the Horse Guards, which effect exchanges in the arm-y. By Mr. Henr3i .gazetted without purchase. I never asked how ge • ; after £4OO had been paid. Mr. Bodkin—W = • was told you by Marshall himself I' Witness—Yes. Mr. Gregory, from White & Co., bankers, Haymarket, said—Tle account of Armstrong and Co. was kept in the name of Henry Eicke, as of No. 8, Ponsonby-street, Bel gravia. The account was opened on the 23d May, 1857. There was a deposit of £4OO on the 3d July by Mr. Bryd son to bo paid over on Mr. Conningham's name appearing in the Gazette to an ensigncy. The £4OO was trans ferred t o Eicke's account on the 27th September, and on the same day a cheque of Eicke's was paid to Mar shall foi: £2OO, and one to Captain Mortimer for £5O. I wish it; to be clearly understood that our firm have nothing whatever to do with the defendants, beyond receiving de posits of money in the ordinary way as bankers. The c ashier at Messrs. White's said, the cheque drawn in favour of Marshall was paid on 23d September in two £lOO notes. Mr. Itibton contended that the account of Eicke was a private one, and in no way connected with Armstrong and Co. Mr Gregory said when Eicke opened his account in 1857, he said Ise was trading under the name of Armstrong and Co., but the cheques would be signed by himself. Mr. R ibton—As no one else could draw upon that ac count, I therefore contend that Mr. Mortimer is in no way connected with it. Mr. Jciseph Eaton, cashier to Messrs. Hopkinson, said— I cashed a cheque for £5, drawn by Marshall in November last, to a person named Pugh. Mr. B odkin—l shall not proceed further with the case to-day. Mr. Matcalfe—l wish it to be distinctly understood that my client., Mr. Marshall, is prepared to show that the only interest bssi had in the transaction was the hope of getting the outfit. of Mr. Conningham. Mr. Henry—At the proper time you will have ample op portunity- of making any statement you may think proper. Mr. M etcalfe—l wish to make a statement— Mr. 33( Kikin—l have no objection to the public knowing that Mr. Marshall denies the charge. Mr. M Acalf—l wish the public to withhold their judg ment as t he case has been opened with a gloss. Mr. Ri bton—Everything Mr. Bodkin does is done with a gloss. Mr. 13codkin—I am quite indifferent to what you may say. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned till Monday next at eleven o'clock. MARLBOROUGH. STREET. Murtnrenous ASSAULT BYI A BucruEn.—Henry Hum borg, a German shoemaker, residing at Whitechapel, was charged . pith the following serious assault on his brother, whose heed was enveloped in bandages : Charles Humborg, of 15, Marshall-street, Golden-square, upholsterer, said the prisoner was his brother. A sister, who resides with the prisoner, having complained to him (prosecute .r) of his brother's conduct, he wrote to him ask ing him ti) come and see him, and in consequence of which he did coaae on the previous night. Hearing a knock at the door Le went to it, and on opening it found it was his brother, and said to him " Here you are," and then said " How cum you ill-treat our sister so ?" He made no answer, bunt with a pies() of iron, the half of a poker, pointed, struck him a tremendous blow with all his force on the fore head, causing a large wound and great loss of blood. He had been heard by a neighbour to say that he had come from Whitecha . - 2el to kill him. He tried to escape, but was pur sued and captured. His (prosecutor's) wife previous to his making oEf had wrested the iron from him. He had been attended 1)y a surgeon. The prisoner said he did not take the iron with him. He took it out of his brother's wife's hand. Proses: itor denied this. He had witnesses to prove that it had be n seen at his house in Whitechapel. Heinrich Kenester, of s,Xarket-street,[Newport-market, proved se sing the prisoner talking to his brother, with his hand belrEnd hi s b ac k, an d su dd en l y saw him raise it, and with the pi ece o f i ron strike him on the head. Be adon s a id h e s h ou ld requ i re the surgeon who was call e d in, and the witness who had heard him threaten to kill Moab:Nether, as it was a very serious case. Reru n Lied. THAMES. CHAP.G7P of SMITGGLING.—John Fowler, aged 32, the steward of the steam -ship East Indian, was brought before Mr Yardley, charged with smuggling 91 lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco which had not paid duty. appeased from the evidence of Mr. Rees, a tide sur veyor, that he went on board th e East Indian in the river yesterday, and found n lbs. of foreign manufactured to bacco in the bread-room, and' upon asking the defendant who it belonged to he at once admitted it was his own pro perty, and that he had placed it there. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said he put the tobacco out of the way, and intended to take it to sea again for the consumption of the crew and passengers. He had . no intention to take it on shore. Mr. Yardley said that the defendant had clearly violated the law, and ought to have reported the tobacco to the Cus toins. He fined the defendant £6, which was instantly paid. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a second time :—Glasgow Public Parks and Gal leries of Art, Kingstown Water, and York Improvements, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1859, THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, Dublin and Wicklow Railway, Glasgow Corp•ration Water, Leominster and Kingston Railway, Great Northern Railway, King's Lynn Waterworks and Market Improvement, and Tavistock Market and Streets. THE INDIAN ARMY. Earl GRANVILLE gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a copy of the report of the commission on the organisation of the Indian army. The Earl of DE RBY said there would be no objection to the motion. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN BILL. This bill was read a first time. CHANCERY ACCOMMODATION. Lord REDESDALE moved that there be laid before the house a plan of the ground proposed to be appropriated by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, to the courts, and other buildings for the transaction of the business of the Court of Chancery under the provisions of the Court of Chancery Accommodation Bill, now before the house, and also plans and elevations of the said courts and buildings. The noble lord was of opinion that no sufficient grounds existed for fixing on the spot named in the bill. He thought the house ought not to pass the bill before some further information of a more definite character was in possession of their lordships. The noble lord, who spoke in a very indistinct tone, was understood to say that a much more suitable site might be obtained at a greatly reduced price in the neighbourhood of Westminster. Lord ST. LEONARDS had no objection to the motion of the noble lord, but he was of opinion that the equity courts of law should not be removed from Lincoln's-inn. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that the act of 1852 had greatly improved the practice of the Court of Chancery, and it was for the purpose of giving full effect to the im provements contemplated by that act that he had proposed the Bill which had been referred to for providing increased accommodation for the Court of Chancery. With respect to the motion for plans and elevations of the proposed build ings, he must remind their lordships that those plans were as much the property of the Society of Lincoln's-inn as any plan for the improvement of a gentleman's estate was the property of that gentleman. These plans were private property, and there was no application for public money to effect the contemplated improvements. He had introduced the bill, moreover, not as connected with the Government, but on account of his office as the head of the Court of Chancery, and of the absolute necessity for greater accom modation being given to the Courts. When the two addi tional Vice-Chancellors were created the Society of Lin coln's-inn, at its own expense, built two courts for their temporary accommodation, but he believed that those courts, if they were not very soon pulled down, would fall of themselves. (A laugh.) the act of 1852 abolished Mas ters in Chancery, and a great proportion of the business was now done by the judges in the Court of Chancery and by their chief clerks in chambers. Rooms had been taken for the chief clerks, but they were very inconvenient, and he believed that the efficiency of that most important public measure of 1852 had been very considerably impaired, owing to the want of proper accommodation. It was absolutely essential, in order to carry out the system provided by that act, that the chief clerks should have chambers near their courts, in order that they might have ready and constant access to them. The Society of Lincoln's-inn proposed to give a site and to erect proper courts and proper chambers, provided they were guaranted 4 per cent. on their outlay and on the loss of the rent which they would incur by pull ing down chambers. Tinder the act of 1952 the Lord Chancellor had the power' of applying a portion of the Suitors' Fee Fnnd for the purpose of providing courts and offices, but he could only applythat fund from year to year, and the Society of Lincoln's-inn desired to be secured for their outlay by having a term of years granted, and that was the only ground which rendered an application to Par liament necessary. He should have thought that a measure of this urgency would have been acceded to immediately, and so it would, he believed, but for a larger scheme having been propounded, the object of which was to clear away about seven acres of buildings between Carey-street and the Strand, and to bring all the courts of law and equity toge ther upon that spot. That might or might not be a very de sirable object, but the means suggested for accomplishing it seemed to be of sucha character that it would be his duty to oppose it; because, as he understood, the Incorporated Law Society proposed to take £BOO,OOO from the Suitors' Fee Fund of the Court of Chancery, and to apply it to that purpose. His noble friend at the head of the Government ha&consented to grant a commissionto inquire into the ex pediency of concentrating those courts, and into the means by which it could be effected, and he believed that the result of the inquiry would be to show that the Suitors' Fee Fund had to !bear charges to such an amount that there was no surplui which could be appropriated to this purpose. But supposing that such a plan should be deemed desirable and that funds could be found for accomplishing it, how many years, he asked, must elapse before it could possibly be car ried out, while the suitors in the Court of Chancery and the public generally were suffering from the want of the accom modation which was so much required ? This limited scheme which he had introduced would not interfere in the slightest degree prejudicially with the larger plan, because the courts to be erected in Lincoln - s-inn* under his bill would only be about 200 yards from the site which was suggested in the new plan. Lord CAMPBE LL was glad to hear that the noble earl at the head of the Government had granted a commission to inquire into the expediency of concentrating all the courts, for the subject was of the last importance to the judges, jurors, the bar, and the public at large. He hoped that all further discussion would be postponed until the commission had made its report. (Hear, hear.) Lord CRAN WORTH agreed that the working of the Act of 1852 was much impeded by the present state of the Courts ; and fcr that reason he highly approved of the mea sure which the Lord Chancellor had laid before Parliament. But he saw no reasonable objections to the plans being pro duced for tho information of Parliament and the public. After a few words from from ST. LEONARDS, the motion was negatived. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Viscount DUNGANNON moved for returns of the num. ber of convicts to whom tickets of leave had been granted during the years 1857 and 1858, specifying the number given each year ; also the number who, during that period, have been remanded to prison in consequence of the com mission of any subsequent offence, with a view of submit ting the whole subject to the consideration of their lordships at an early period of the next session. TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. The order for the second reading of this bill was dis charged. THE IRISH MAILS. Lord MONTEAGLE, in pursuance of notice, asked the First Lord of the Treasury in what mode, and under what authority, it was proposed to give effect to the contract re specting the acceleration of Irish mails, now on the table of the house ? The noble lord complained that the Go vernment made contracts without their being previously brought under the consideration of Parliament. This con tract amounted to £lOO,OOO. Parliament knew nothing of the transaction. The following year Parliament had to make provision for payment, and if they objected they were told it was too late, as the contractors had acted on th© faith of the Government having pledged itself to them. Practically, these contracts were removed from the supervision of Parliament, and they were impor tant, not only on account of the consequences to which they led, but on account of the enormous amount of public money —nearly a million—thus annually expended. In this case there was a peculiarity which involved a breach of the law. He charged this contract with illegality. Formerly the contracts were made by the Post-office, and paid out of the gross receipts of that department ; but, to bring the ex penditure under the cognisance of Parliament, it was pro vided that they should be made through the Admiralty. In this instance the contract was made directly with the Post master-General, and not through the Admiralty ; and, therefore, his noble friend (Lord Colchester) was encum bered with the responsibility to perform an illegal act. He trusted most sincerely that the House of Commons would exercise its just principles, and not with the less vigour and decision because they would interpose between the Govern ment and the violation of the law. One day the Govern ment replied to an application from certain parties that the principle of a contract of this kind was, that it should be open to public competition, and the next day they made a contract without any competition and without the approval of Parliament. He appealed to the noble earl at the head of the Government with respect. to a declaration that he made. The noble lard was reported to have stated to an ap plication made to him, that the contract was not complete, but that is was still matter for negotiation. He added that a reservation had been made by the Government for the purpose of inquiring into the solvency of the company, the benefits likely to be conferred by adopting the route in question, and whether the service was likely to be per formed in a satisfactory manner. There could be no doubt the noble earl's attention had been directed to all the difficulties of the question. It was said that contracts of this kind were favourable to the prosperity of the shipping interest. But a worse blow could not be struck at the prosperity of the shipping interest than by Government adopting the artifice—he might almost call it the trick—of making contracts of this kind, which were not open to the whole of the shipping interest without excep tion, and which were liable to imputations of favouritism. The Earl of DERBY said he understood the noble lord to object to the contract on the double grounds—first, that Par liament had not been informed beforehand of the inten tion to enter into the contract, and its nature and objects ; and further, that the contract itself was a violation of the existing act of Parliament. In order to substantiate the latter part of the case, the noble lord used a word which did not appear in the contract, and which involved the whole question whether there had been a violation of the law. Under the provisions of the Act 17 and 18 Vic., it was pro vided that all the gross revenues of the various public de partments should be paid in, and that an estimate should be taken of the sums required or collecting and managing the revenue. Now he would admit that this particular charge was covered by the terms of the act. But the noble lord said the contract was, that it should be paid out of the " gross" revenues of the Post-office. He did not know where the noble lord found this word, fur it did not form part of the contract. The payment was not to be made out of the " gross" revenues, but out of the revenues of the Post-office. Besides, no contract whatever could be valid which violated an express provision of an act of Parliament. The circum stances under which the contract had been entered into were these. Two years ago an act of Parliament was ob tained which authorised the London and North-Western Railway Company, the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, and the Dublin Steam Packet Company to cm.- tract with the Government for the conveyance dale mails to Ireland ; and in pursuance of the provisions of that act, by which Parliament sanctioned the entering into a contract for the payment of a certain sum for a certain service, her Majesty's late Government, in September, 1857, entered into a contract verbatim et literatim with that emw on the table of the house, and signed by Mr. James Wilson, the then Secretary to the Treasury, (Hear, hear.) A Treasury minute was subsequently issued authorising the Postmaster- General to carry that contract into effect. It was therefore In pursuance of that act ipt rulinztent, and in pu544409 of the contract so sanctioned by the late Treasury Board, that his noble friend the present Postmaster-General had put his name to the contract which was now the subject of such strong comment by his noble friend opposite. (Hear, hear.) These were the real facts of the case. Parliament had authorised the Postmaster-General to contract with the railway companies for a certain service at a certain payment; and he (the Earl of Derby) should like to know out of what fund his nolie friend was to make that pay ment, except from the revenues of the Post-office ? He had no other funds at his disrosal than those which were derived from the revenues of tie Post-office. If his noble friend (Lord Monteagle) meant to say that the expression " the revenues of the Post-ofice" was not the most correct one that could be used, he night possibly be right in that ; but he could assure his nolle friend that there was no intention on the part of her Maj✓sty's Government to deviate from the course laid down by the law in this matter, nor to con ceal any part of the arrangement from the knowledge of Parliament. The arrangement was made by the Post-office, but the sum in question could only be paid in pursuance of an estimate which comd be submitted to Parliament by the Treasury. Parliament had in this case sanctioned the enter • ing into the contract, and that contract had been signed by the present Government, as a similar one had been signed by the late Government; but the execution of it must de pend on Parliamentary voting, by way of estimate, the sum of money necessary to carry it into effect. That contract was not to come into operation until June, 1860 ; and his noble friend was now, in 1859, complaining that the Go vernment had laid on the table the whole particulars of an agreement which was entered into under the authority of an act of Parliament, and for the execution of which it would not be necessary to take one shilling of money until an estimate for the requisite sum was passed by the House of Commons in 1860. (Hear, hear.) That was a plain state ment of the case, and he did not think his noble friend had any right to complain that there was in the arrangement any violation, in letter or spirit, of the act to which refe rence had been made, either on the part of the late Govern ment or the present, or. that any attempt had been made by either to saddle a public department with a responsibility which rested with Parliament itself. The Duke of ARGYLL said, if the words in the contract ran counter to the law it must be by a mistake,' and there could be no intention on the part of the Government to ex pend the sum in question without submitting an estimate to Parliament. He confessed, when he was at the head of the Post-office, he felt the whole position of affairs as re garded the packet-service most unsatisfactory. (Hear.) It was true those matters came before Parliament, but it was not until the faith of Parliament had been pledged ; and it was then extremely difficult for Parliament to exer cise any practical influence upon them. With regard to this particular service, he always:theught that Irish mem bers had a very strong claim on the support of Parliament ; but generally he could say the packet-service was not alto gether entered into with reference to the business and con venience of the Post-office. He felt, in the present state of the public expenditure, that it was most important not merely that the sanction of Parliament should have been givenbeforehand in this matter, but that in future the par ticular arrangement proposed by every Government should receive the sanction of the House of Commons, and that without that sanction the contract should not be signed. That was the only security they could have against undue influence being brought to bear on the Government, or against the public suspicion of such influence. The Earl of HARDWICKE submitted that it would be desirable to place those contracts for the Post-office service in the hands of a responsible officer of the department ca pable of forming a just opinion of the sum of money to be expended on them, and who should bear the whole respon sibility of them. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that what the public complained of was the growing practice on the part of Government of entering into expensive contracts without the knowledge or sanction of Parliament. Such a system was calculated to lead to gigantic jobs, or at least to the suspicion of them, and ought to be at once abandoned. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought, on the con trary, that the making of contracts should be intrusted to the Ministers for the time being. In America the system recommended by the last speaker gave rise to the grossest corruption. He hoped, however, that the Government, contracts would be looked sharply into, for he believed they were generally extravagant. Lord COLCHESTER stated that the heads of the Irish contracts were drawn up while the late Government were in office, and the Postmaster-General was authorized to complete the agreement. There was no necessity for asking for any money for the current year, but no intention was entertained of withdrawing from the notice of Parliament any sums to be paid under this contract. Lord MONT EAGLE repeated his assertion that the contract was illegal, and he trusted that the Government would amend it. He believed that the error arose from copying an old form of contract, and ho was sure that in the next session there would be a committee to inquire into postal contracts and all such matters. The conversation on this subject then dropped. The following bills passed through committee.:—The Affidavits by Commission, &c., Bill ; the Indemnity Bill ; the Nottingham Charities Bill, and the St. James Baldersby Marriages Validity Bill. The following bills were each read a third time and passed : The Savings Banks (Ireland) Act Bill and the Recreation Grounds Bill. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Earl of HARDWICKE gave notice that on Friday the noble earl, the Foreign Secretary, hoped to be able to make a statement to the house relative to foreign affairs. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) APPROPRIATION BILL. This bill, which is always an infallible omen of the close of the session being- at hard, was brought in by Sir S. Northcote, and read a first time. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.. The medical profession and the public generally will be glad to learn that the new system of exa mining candidates for the diploma of membership of this college, determined upon by the Council, has come into operation. By its aid it is hoped that the acquirements of the candidates who offer themselves for examination will be more effi ciently tested than heretofore, and it is especially sought to discountenance the plan of preparing for examination by what is called " grinding" or " cramming," i.e., substituting the mere cate chetical instructor of a grinding tutor for the study of the fundamental principles of the art of surgery in the dissecting-room and in the wards of the hospital. The student is now required, in the first place, to prove that he has practically studied anatomy, by an examination upon the dead body, and on another day he has to furnish written answers to questions in physiology, or the functions of the economy. These two tests, which are called the "preliminary examination" cannot be submitted to until the student has furnished proof that he has completed two years' study in a medical school re cognised by the College, as offering due guarantees of being able to conduct an efficient education. After he has passed four years in such study of his profession he may present himself for the two final or pass examinations in pathology and surgery, the one oral, the other written. By the system of examination now abandoned (except in a few par ticular cases) all these subjects were inquired into on the same evening, the student having only to submit to a single examination at the end of his studies. Already pupils have passed the prelimi nary examination, or " little go," as it is termed, but which many have found far from being so in significant an affair. The following gentlemen, having undergone the above examinations, were admitted members of the College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners last night—viz., Messrs. Thomas Westcott Gale Stone, Lincoln's-inn•fields ; Robert Parker, Churton, Chester ; Frederick Woodcock, Dowker, Laysthorpe, Yorkshire ; John Robert Nunn, Bedford ; James Adams Addington place, Camberwell ; Henry Ashlin Clare, Holland Cottage, Kennington; David Lloyd, Carmar then ; Bradley Gregory, Exeter; Thomas Cann, Seaton, Devon; Henry John Buck, Norwich; John Henry Square May, Plymouth; and Francis Hollis Woods, Northampton, students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Samuel Grose, Bo:- ton, Lincolnshire; Charles Grabham, Lonsdale square, Islington ; Alfred Leete Griffith, Eden place, Old Kent-road; and Charles Henry Drake, Kingsclere, Hants, students of St. Thomas's Hospi tal ; John Roberts, Crug, Carnarvon ; John Thomp son, St. Mary's, York ; and Rees Miles, Merthyr Tydvil, University College; Joseph Bancroft, Stret ford, near Manchester, and Frederick Foulkes, Swineton, Manchester, students of the Manchester School; .Bransby Brooks, Henley-on-Thames (Guy's Hospital); George Mamie Evans, Queen's-road west, Regent's Park (King's College) ; Ebenezer Bucknill, Stanley-street, Chelsea (St. George's Hos pital) ; and Richard Henry Blennerhassett, Tralee, county Kerry, Ireland (Westminster Hospital). [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC. TACLES.—POWERFUL TELESCOPES „.•••OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECJIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel, .W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show dis tinctly a person to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also pre ferred for deer-stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and. gamekeepers. Telescopes 31 inches long, by which a per son may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles' and an object at 12 to 14 miles' distance; and with an extra astro nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured uy her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They answer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera • houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable fo; shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game keepers, andtourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the gTeatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the Owns out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by statingtheirage. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organie Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, ontirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unplea sant 864sa i9D. of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved, and it affords all the apsistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piooadilly. °Nerve— rivosite the York Hotel, W. TILE NAVY. The Perseverance screw steam troop•ship, Com mander Edward R. Power, sailed from the Mother bank at daylight yesterday morning. The screw steam transport Princess Charlotte (the arrival of which at Spithead from Hong Kong with military and naval invalids was announced,in The Sun of yesterday), went into Portsmouth Harbour from Spithead yesterday morning, and landed her invalids, passengers, &c., on the north jetty at the Dockyaad. The military invalids consisted of— Royal Artillery, 26 men; Royal Engineers, 13 mon ; Ist Royals, 1 man ; 59th Foot, 22 men ; Medical Staff; 9 ; and 1 deserter (sent on board at the Cape of Good Hope, from the 2d battalion of 12th Foot), five women, and two children. The Assurance, 4, screw steam gun-vessel, Com mander C. Aynsley, at Portsmouth, it is expected will turn her crew over to a hulk, and be placed in dock for examination and repair. Commander Charles L. Waddilove has been ap pointed to the St. Vincent. THE ARMY. The Government, on the recommendation of the General Commanding-in-Chief, having directed that the head=quarters of the Royal Artillery shall remain, as heretofore, at Woolwich, but that the Staff of the battalions shall be distributed to the several districts and garrisons at home and abroad, as detailed in The Sun of yesterday, under the terms " Brigade" and " Battery," the regimental Staff of the existing battalions will form brigades bearing corresponding numbers, and will proceed in the early part of June, in the first instance, to the stations already named as head-quarters. The depot brigade at Woolwich will supersede the pre sent Adjutant's and Field Battery detachments at oolwich, to which the Regimental Staff of the field batteries will be transferred, and will recruit for foreign service brigades. The reliefs will be carried on by entire brigades. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, commanding the garrison, yesterday assembled the whole of the forces under his command for general parade and inspection on Woolwich-common in heavy marching order. The corps of Royal Marines were com manded by Col. Stransham, Commandant ; the Queen's Royal Rifles, the Antrim Militia, by the Marquis of Donegal ; the Royal Horse Brigade, by Col. Philpotts ; the various brigades of Artillery by the respective officers in charge; and the Military Train, by Col. Erskine. They were drawn up in double line, extending the entire length of the review ground, when the General and Staff, who proceeded to the inspection at 11 a.m., rode up and down the lines, and retired to the front. The troops, preceded by the Royal Horse Brigade, defiled in a single line, and marched past four abreast. Having performed a slight series of field evolutions they retired to quarters. The Royal Horse Brigade then went through a course of active gunnery exercise, firing blank ammunition. Before leaving the ground the General intimated to the officers commanding his perfect satisfaction at the general clean and orderly bearing and appearance of each corps. The East India troopship Merchantman, Com mander Brown, arrived at Gravesend yesterday, 110 days out from Calcutta, having on board a large number of sick and wounded troops, who have been invalided home in consequence of having been wounded or otherwise disabled at Cawnpore, Luck now, and Delhi. The troops embarked at Calcutta on the 27th December last, and sailed on the 29th of the same month; the Merchantman touched at the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th February, where several passengers were taken on board, including Assistant-Surgeon E. P. Forrest, late of the screw steam sloop Wasp, 13—and sailed on the 19th Feb., the passage to the Thames being a very tedious one, caused chiefly by calms and adverse winds. The num ber of sick and wounded troops who embarked was 153 of all ranks, five women, and 14 children, be longing to the 2d (Queen's) Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars, 9th Lancers, sth (Fusiliers), 6th, Bth (the King's), 13th (Light Infantry), 19th, 20th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), 29th, 34th, 35th, 37th, 38th, and 42d (Royal Highlanders), 43d (Light In fantry), 53d, 54th, 60th (Rifles), 64th, 73d, 77th, 79th (Highlanders) 82d, 84th, 88th (Connaught Rangers), 90th (Light Infantry), 93d (Highlanders), and 97th Regiments, the Rifle Brigade, Royal Ar tillery, Royal Engineers, and Military Train, the whole under the command of Lieut. H. Helsham, 53d Regiment, and Lieut. S. Johnstone, 20th Regi ment, and in medical charge of Dr. Fosbroke, civil surgeon. During the voyage Mrs. Brown, the wife of the captain, died, and 13 of the invalid troops, including one man of the Military Train, one of the sth Fusiliers, one of the 13th Light Infantry, two of the 23d. Welsh Fusiliers, two of the 37th Regi ment, two of the 43d Light Infantry, one of the 53d Regiment, two of the 73d Regiment, and one of the 90th Light Infantry. The troops, after disembark ing at Gravesend, were immediately conveyed to Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, wh ere they were medi cally inspected by Surgeon-Major J. S. Prender gast, M.D., when it was found necessary for 46 men, who are still suffering from the effects of their wounds, to be admitted into hospital ; the remain der were forwarded to St. Mary's invalid depot to await their inspection by a Chelsea Board. Many of the troops are suffering from severe wounds re ceived at Cawnpore and Lucknow, where nearly the whole of the troops, with the exception of the Bth Foot, served under Lord Clyde. The Bth were at the assault of Delhi, where they suffered severely. A number of the men have lost an arm from musket wounds. GUNPOWDER MANUFACTORIES. (From the Mechanics' Magazine.) The fearful explosion at the Hounslow Gun powder Mills will necessarily for a while draw men's attention to the consideration of the causes of such disasters, and the more philosophical and pro fitable means of their prevention. We have had enough of these accidents to convince us that gun powder is a chemical combination of an extremely treacherous nature. Although not so uncertain as gun-cotton and fulminating silver it is, from the difficulty of defining to what length it may be trusted, of the same coquettishfamily. Gun-cotton, it has been proved in the making of rockets, may be rammed by a succession of gentle taps, or by the whole force of hydraulic pressure some nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine times with perfect impunity, and then a child shall drop a mere rodupon it and cause the loss of many lives. Fulmi nating silver may be stirred with impunity two or three times a-day in a wooden bowl, with a wooden stick for a period of some ten or fifteen years, an d yet this simple act shall at some other time scatter into space a large factory, spread dismay throughout Bond street and Piccadilly, and strike the in genious inventor of wire•cartridges a corpse. With gunpowder, copper as a metal has , from the time of Roger Bacon, been supposed to be friendly, and men have not doubted that the former would patiently submit to be knocked about by the latter with the greatest unconcern; yet after such a fact has been almost universally accepted as beyond dispute, experiments in France and Austria incontestibly prove that under special circumstances copper is as liable to produce its ignition as iron. Indeed, at the accident at Hatton, about a year ago, a spark was seen to escape from the copper tool used by one of the men. And now we have iron rollers substituted at the Hounslow Powder Mills in lieu of stone, as iron is considered to ensure an additional safety from accidents. When we visited the works on Thursday we found the pressing -house, or rather the site where it had stood, bearing every evidence that it was upon this spot that the explosion first took place, the greatest corroboration being in the fact that the hydraulic press in the centre of the building yet remained almost uninjured. Not only that the accident originated here, but that the press itself was the cause of it, we feel fully convinced. The four uprights of the press were still standing, somewhat, however, out of the perpendicular. The, bottom was nearly perfect, but the whole of the top had been blown away. This would be just the effect which might have been anticipated from an explosion taking place within the press. It acted in some wise -as a huge piece of ordnance, scattering destruction around, but leaving itself intact. Now, does not extreme pressure necessarily in volve an explosion taking place within the press. It acted in some wise as a huge piece of ordnance, scattering destruction around, but leaving itself intact. Now, does not extreme pressure necessarily in volve friction of particles, and does not friction of particles, under certain circumstances, and in countless instances, produce ignition ? If the reply is in the affirmative, what is there in the nature of sulphur, or charcoal, or saltpetre to exempt them from a well-ascertained law ? We believe we are not alone in pointing with suspicion to this machinery. Very well-grounded fears respecting its danger have been openly expressed by the best informe men upon the works, and if we are not misinformed, so strong was this feeling during the period of its construction that the foreman of the works, after respectfully protesting against its adoption, resigned his appointment rather than run the risk he saw in its use. - Fear does not, however, appear to exercise much sway over the men who work in these dangerous trades. Eight men were killed en the Wednesday and more than eighty had, directly or indirectly, offered to supply their places before even their mangled remains were consigned to the grave. Surely, then, the inducement must be great ; the pay must be liberal, and the hours short. It the two shillings and twopence a day be an equivalent for the risk, this the " black men"—the men who must go with a " blow"—receive regularly and faithfully. And here a most important considera tion presents itself. Have we any right to tempt honest men, even for fifty times that amount, to risk their lives in such an avocation ? Surely we have convicts enough doing nothing—or less than nothing—who might be employed in such pursuits, and who might then be paid for their time ; for no one would grudge even the greatest malefactor 2s. 2d. a•day when it was known that his body was liable to be rent into fragments and scattered to the four quarters of the globe at a moment's notice. The question whether Hounslow is now a proper locality for the carrying on of so dangerous a trade must shortly force itself upon the attention of the Legislature; and we shall not be surprised to hear that meetings are called and attended by the principal landowners and others for some five miles round to take into con sideration a matter which so seriously affects the interests of their property, and the consequences resulting from fright and alarm which so many of their relatives and tenants are now suffering and may suffer for years. DREADFUL SUFFERINGS AT SEA. The following painful statement has been made by John Elliott, mate of the Dromahair : " The British barque Dromahair sailed from Quebec on the 20th of November, 1858, for Gree nock, Scotland, loaded with lumber and manned by 13 persons, including the captain and mate. She carried no passengers. Her officers were—John Hutchison, captain ; John Elliott, first mate, and Wm. Henderson, second mate. The following are the names of the rest of the crew :—Hector M'Naughton, Hector Munroe, Dougald Campbell, James Henderson, Henry Frost, Samuel Cochran, George M'lntosh, John Murray, James M'Grail, and John M'lnnes. The barque was built in St. John's, New Brunswick, and carried 350 tons. On the 18th of December the vessel was in about 50 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude, and 30 de grees west longitude. The captain ordered sail to be taken in and the deck cleared. At three o'clock the ship was hove to, but the winds ' rushed roar ing on,' tossing her like a feather on the foam. At seven o'clock she shipped a sea, capsizing the long boat and the lifeboat, which was inside of it, forc ing both from the lee rail into the sea. The long boat was stove to pieces, and had to be broken up , still more to save the lifeboat. The ship had al ready begun to make water, and all hands but three were put •to the pumps. Thus the night passed, occasional showers of hail being driven furiously down upon the barque. Between these showers the moon occasionally peirced the tissue of fleecy clouds, and tipped the crest foam of the raging billows with a wavy, tremulous light. About five o'clock on Sunday morning, the 19th of De cember, the little barque shipped another tremen dous sea, which carried away the port bulwarks and stancheons, split the covering board, carried away the cook house, tore the lifeboat from the deck, where it had been lashed, carried away the companion and the steerage wheel. Mr. George M'lntosh, the pilot at the wheel, was struck by the mountain billow. The little boat hanging at the starboard davits was also swept away, with a large portion of the standing and running rigging. Nearly all the sails were at this time blown from the yards. At the time the wave struck all the men were at the pumps. They jumped for their lives, and when the water cleared off they found themselves jammed into corners abut the deck. One men was high up in the rigging. The waves swept as high as the maintop. The water ran into the cabin, stove the bulkheads, and flowed into the bread-room, destroying nearly all the bread in it. They had only one barrel of bread left after this calamity ; it happened to be stowed away in a spare locker. The cabin stairs were carried away, and everything torn up that impeded the course of the maddened waves. Sea after sea swept over the labouring ship, the men seeking merely to cling to her, knowing that has she was loaded with lumber she could not go down. Whenever they could they worked at the pumps, trying to keep down the water as much as possible. All day Sunday the storm continued, but not quite so violently. About eight o'clock Sunday night the pumps were utterly disabled by a sea. Then the storm began to mode rate, but the water gained on .us. At one o'clock on onday morning there were 13 feet of water in the vessel. Seeing there was no hope but in the pump we commenced to repair it, and as the wind had somewhat abated, we got to work, and the ship free from water by noon of Monday. We cleared away the wreck as much as possible, and tried to get some canvass on her to steady her. We made a tiller and got her so we could work her pretty well; but at eight o'clock on Monday night there arose a tremendous gale—a wind even more furious than we had heretofore had—dashing the sea over the ship fore and aft. The storm was so violent we could not remain at the pumps. The wind continued to blow all night fearfully. At six o'clock on Tuesday morning the water was up over the cabin floor. We were all obliged to go into the cabin to save ourselves from being washed overboard, as the bulwarks had been torn away. But as sea after sea swept over us and filled the cabin, we were com pelled to run from it and get into a small forecastle house on deck, built in with the rise of the keep, about three feet above the deck. When the Dromahair was used a passenger ship this house was used as a second cabin. When we were forced toleave the cabin we got 301 b. or 401 b. of bread, put it into a bag, and took it along with us to the little deck house. We had no water, and no other food except some salt meat, which we got afterwards. The storm continued, and we remained in the house a few days, then the bulkheads of it were knocked down and the water got free access to it, passing through it at every lurch of the vessel. The bark was now completely waterlogged, and would have sunk had she not been loaded with lumber. The storm struck us on the 18th of December, and we remained in this condition till the 9th of January. On the 22d or 23d of December a steamer passed within two or three miles of us ; she was standing to the south ward, appeared to be propelled by a screw ; she could see us, but made no sign whatever to us. We lived on half a biscuit a day. A barrel of salt beef and a barrel of salt pork were under the hatches, and after the storm somewhat abated we could get at them by watching our chances between the seas, This was all the food we had. We had no water except what we caught when it rained; there were several little showers, one almost every day; we.{ could just get a mouthful of w a t er , no t enoug h to at all satisfy our burning thirst. We got it by putting our mouths to the masts and licking off the water as it trickled down them. Our sufferings were most intense. The salt meat eaten raw created a fever and inflammation of the bowels, causing a burning thirst. About the 25th of December one _of the men, John M'lnnes, began to show symptoms of insanity ; he had •drunk salt water, and its effects could be seen upon him. He died on the 31st of December, and was buried or - thrown overboard on the Ist of January. Henry Frost had become deranged previous to the death of M'lnnes, and on the 2d of January he jumped overboard, not know ing what he was doing ; though in the sea he at first clung to the side of the ship; two men laid hold of his hands to haul him in, but lie finally broke from them and was drowned. On Tuesday, the 3d of January, the boy James M'Grail (aged about 17) was Washed into the cabin and drowned there. The rest of us lived on as best we could; the biscuit gave out on the 3d of January, and aft er that we had nothing to eat but raw salt meat . On Satur day, the Bth of January, John Murray andsSamatnuerl tCimoceh. We buriedrandied,them on after having been stin d crazy a y morning, r for nin g, s ometh the 9th, just before being taken theoff thewreck. eto,et at a To satisfy our thirst, we tore u p cask of fresh water whic h had been left there,b but great was our disappointment when, after two days' labour in getting to it, we found it with the bung out, and filled with salt water. We saw no vessel except the steamship before alludsl dueyd sawto,rig a r n h and e a craft of some kind that passed ne e ar o u n dark night—she could not see us, we lights—until Sunday, the 9th of January, about noon, the ship Centurion, Capt. C.tulkins, from Glasgow for New York, came alongside and picked us up. It was blowing hard, as it had been dur ing all the time of our wreck, and a high sea was running. The mate of the Centurion, with a crew, came alongside in a boat, removed us into it, and carried us on - board the ship. This was no easy task, as most of us were unable to stand, and had to be raised into the vessel, while a heavy sea was running. Captain John Hutchison, the narrator (mate, John Elliott), and Hector INl‘l\Taughton were the only members of the crew who could stand when rescued by . the Centurion. The other men saved were—Wm. Henderson, Hector Monroe, Dougald Campbell, and James Henderson, making seven saved and six lost. Our wants were all supplied by the kind officers and crew of the Centurion. Everything that could be done for us was done. We lacked nothing the ship eould afford. Our abiding gratitude is due to the honourable captain of the Centurion. On the 24th t o o f F s e: a r n u s a e r a y , the Boston vessel Mage , Wales, passed us, and five of our crew Shavingnoeuithg r ecovered their health during the 45 days they remained on board the Centurion were put on board of her. I and Hector M'Naughton remained on board the Centurion and arrived in New York with her on the 23d inst. We have put ourselves under the charge of the British consul at this port. These two men appear in pretty good health, but their feet are still covered with sea sores. Mrs. Captain Caulkins fortunately accompanied her hus band this voyage, and the rescued speak in terms of the highest praise of her gentle and unremitting exertions for their benefit?' SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT .RAMSGATE RAMSGATE, MONDAY EVENING. Great excitement was caused this morning in Ramsgate and the neighbourhood by the discovery of the body of a man below the East Cliff, near the residence of Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., under circumstances of great mystery, but which leave little doubt that a murder of peculiar atrocity has been committed. The body was found naked at the foot of the cliff, with a stab in the left breast reaching to the heart, one arm broken, and the left hand missing, having been cut out from the socket. The hand and a small chopper were subsequently found on the rocks at no great distance from the body, and the coat, waistcoat, and trousers of the deceased. were also lying near the spot. The unfortu nate deceased is a foreigner, believed to be a Ger man, and has been identified by the porter at the Royal Oak Hotel, as having been at the house on Sunday morning. H e th en as k e d th e porter to brush his clothes, which was done, and the deceased soon afterwards went away. The porter remembers that the left hand of the deceased was bandaged at the time, and from this circumstance an impression has been formed in the minds of some persons who have viewed the body, that this was a case, not of murder, but of suicide ; that the deceased, in a fit of frenzy, first chopped off his hand, and then stabbed himself to the heart. The fact of the arm being broken, however, favours the opinion that he fell from the cliff, and a medical gentleman who visited the spot being appealed to, said it was im possible for the deceased to have stabbed himself to the heart and then thrown himself over the cliff. We may add that, up to the time we write, no weapon has been discovered with which the wound in the left breast could have been inflicted. It is to be hoped that the inquiry to take place before the coroner will dispel the mystery with which at present this shocking affair is surrounded N*APOLITAN EXILES. The following is a list of demned to imprisonment •in punishment was commuted i from the kingdom by a Rc March, 1859: Giovanni de Simone, • Gaetano Ronieo. Lorenzo Vellucci. Michele Russimartino. Giovanni Saturno. Cassio Marcolongo. Giuseppe Santangelo. Salvadore Colombo. Francesco Cavaliere. Achille Vallo. Raffaele Vecchione. Mariano Sorice. Aniello Majetta. Francesco Morelli. Antonio Ferrara. Domenico Picone. Francesco Pastore. Raffaelle Ferolla. Raffaele Ginnari. Gaetano Capozzoli. Felice Barone. Pasquale Voso. • Tobia Gentile. Luigi Tiberti. Niccola Paolessi. Domenico Lopresti. Panfilo Serrafini. Teseo Malatessa. Giovanni di Michele, alias Pappatace. Francesco Marozzi. Antonio Panichi. Giovan Battista Scillone. Raffaele Martino. Giuseppe Stratico. Antonio Mirabelli. the persons who were con irons in Naples, but whose into that of perpetual exile )yal decree, dated the 18th Francesco Valentini. Liugi Baffa. Gaetano Cortese. Paolo Addessi. Clemente Botta. Pasquale Cristao. Emmanuele Nicolazzo. Antonio Stella. Vincenzo Rotelle. Giuseppe Perri Mallafarina. Pietro Leone Esposito. Achille Zizzi. Saverio Barina. Filippo de Girolamo. Bruno La Rosa. Domenico Morabito. Vincenzo Idone. Marcantonio Medici. Raffaele Morgante. Giovanni Morgante. Gaetano Musolino. Gioacchino Lopresti. Ilario Scuteri. Vincenzo Cacciola. Giacomo Longo. Mariano deli Frond. Antonio Lopresti. Lorenzo Jacovelli. Stefano Surace. Vincenzo Greco. *Gabriele Battaglia. *Demenico Jacovelli. *Gaetano Simeoli. *Beneamino Mannetta o M az zetta. By the Chief of the First Division of the Royal Minis try of Foreign Affairs. J. SANTARILIE. * Expatriated at their own request. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER-APRIL 9. The supply of, wheat at our market to-day was vent small, sales realising about the currencies of last week. Barl4 was dull, and rather cheaper. Beans is per qr. up. Oats held for previous rates. Peas and other articles as before. Wheat, white 46s to 50s 1 Beans, Mazagan..33s to 35 0 red 36s to 44s 1 Middle & small 38s to 400 Barley 3os to 42s I White peas 40s to 420 Oats 24s to 30s 1 Grey.. 40s to 420 CAMBRIDG 1--APRIL 9. At this day's market the show of wheat was moderate. The trade in all descriptions of grain was slow. Wheat .. 38s to 42s Oats.... 24s to 28 0 White do .42s to 48s I Beans .. —s to ••• - ' 5 Barley .34s to 38s Ditto, old ........40s to 420 STAMFORD-APRIL 9. Yesterday there was a fair show of wheat, and the trade ruled rather dull, at previous rates. Fine barley was in tolerable demand, at extreme prices. Oats come tardily to hand, at late prices. Beans a meagre show. Wheat .. . 38s to 43s Oats.. 24s to 3 01 I White do 44s to 48s Beans 44s to 48s Barley . .. 28s to 30s I Beans, new 40s to 445 DERBY—APRIL 9. We had a dull market at our corn exchange nster' day, without any alteration in the general currencies of last market day. Scarcely anything doing in barley. Beans • in small supply. Oat s as b e f ore . White wheat, new, 42s to 468 Barley , grinding • 288 to 30s Red do. 37s to 42s Oats, old, 24s to 305 Old white 42s to 46s New do 26s to 30e Red do.. 37s to 42s I Beans. 40s to 46s Barley, malting... .388 to 42s 1 Peas ....--8 to --0 li AL P a l lI L 9. We had verysmall supplies DY To A -dy of f wheat, oats, and barley. Seed dem and for barle y and oats influenced price s a little, so that generally they are in favour of sellers. IRK Wheat (N). Barley (N). Oats (N). First.... 368 Od 27s Od 20s Od Second .. 43s Od 32s Od 24s Od Third .. 46s Od 34s 6d 25s 6 a Wheat (0). ' Barley (0). Oats (0). First.... —s Od -s Od —S Oa Second.. —s Od --8 Od --6 Od Third .. —s Oct —s Od __. dO COAL MARKET—Apnu 11. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) s. d. , Walls End. Euddle's West Hartleyls 0 Bell's Primrose. ll 6 Burnhope 12 0 Holywell 13 6 Haswell Gas. ll 6 Ward's West Hartley l4 0 Wylam l4 0 Howard's West Hart ley s. d. Haswell . l7 9 South Hetton l6 Russell' Hetton l6 3 Kelloo l6 0 14 3 Heugh Hall Nixon's Merthyr ...„ 21 0 Powell' s Duffey Steam 21 0 Lambton ' l7 0 West Hetton .ll 9 South Hartlepool. 15 3 Gosforth Trimdon Hartlepool. l6 6 )t, 72—Sold, 48. Walls End. Braddyll's Hatton. 15 6 .Harton Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-APRIL ii. The market was agitated all day, and after fluctuation s of about 1 per cent., prices closed rather better than at the opening, with a very firm appearance, Midlands, 1004 Eas t ern Counties, 11± i—Che s t er an d H o l y h ea d s. 49i O Bh e ffields 374 B—Caledonians, 79 t —L aneas h re an d ork shire) 921; 3h—London and North-Westerns, 93 --Dutch Mulish, dis.—Dovers, 20 9-16—Berwic s, 90 Birkenheads, 621 3--Leeds Northern, 45 f. MANCHESTER—APRIL 1:. There was a large business doing, and prices rather lower. Leeds 92 92I—Dovers 20i —North Staffords, 41 Great 'Western, 57 —Midlands, 100—Eastern Counties, 11z - .Sheffields, 374—Londons, 93—Trunks, 8/. BIRMINGHAM —APRIL 11. There was a fair amount of business dove to-day in thia market. Londons, 931—Midlands, 99-1--South Stafford/a. 101. - . BIRTHS. 130ROUGIL—On the 10th inst., at Chetwynd-park, Shror shire, the wife of Burton Borough, Esq., of a son. Ditummesp.--:On the 10th inst., at 74, Sloane-street, the wife of W. Drummond, Esq., of a daughter. WEGumnr.—On the 9th inst., at 23, Eaton-square, Op wife of T. M. Weguelin, Esq., M.P., of a son. WALSII.—On the 10th inst., at 35, Hill-street, Berkeley' square, Lady Emily Walsh, of a son and heir. MARRIAGES GRACE—MILLAR.—On the 9th inst., - at StoCkwell-greell New Chapel, Mr. William Grace, jun., of 'Wakefield, to Elizabeth Petherbridge, only child of R. J. Millar, Esq.? of Holland-grove, North Brixton. STARTUP—KENTISH.—On the 9th inst., at St. Maris , Islington, Mr. Thomas William Startup, of West Far leigh, Kent, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Kentish, of Wharton-street, Lloyd-square. DEATHS. CLARIC.—On the 7th inst., at Hackney, Jolin Clark, Escl.t merchant, of 24, Mark-lane, aged 74. of CONEY.—On the 9th inst., at Gloucester, Blanche, the Rev. C. B. Coney. GLYNN.—On the 11th inst., at Elm Cottage, Isabella, wife of Joseph Glynn, Fq., F. Hampstead, S., of We st ' bourne-park Villas. JONES.—On the 7th inst., at Ordnance .road, St. John' s " wood, Mr. Josiah Jones, ag e d 64. STAPLETON.—On the 9th i ns t., at Clay-hill, Enfield , ft " Stapleton, sen., Esq., aged 76. WAYLAND.—On the Bth inst., at Bassingham, Lin coln ' shire, the Rev. D. S. Wayland, aged 76. WRIGHT.—On the 10th inst., at Hereford, Edwin Goode Wright, Esq., aged 78. LONDON : Printed and Published by 2.IURDO YOUNLf of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in. the county •I Middlesex, Tuesday, April 12, 1859.