The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-23 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. CALNE. This borough is to be contested by the Conserva tives. Captain W. J. Marshall has entered the field to opp?se the return of the Right Hon. R. Lowe, who is a candidate to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of General Sir Fenwick Williams of Kars. In the course of his address Captain Marshall says : " No man is more disposed than myself to recognize the legitimate influence of property, and the introduction of a candidate to your notice through the means of the distin guished statesman who is your neighbour (the Marquis of Lansdowne) is an act, under ordinary circumstances,which you may fairly accept and strangers may approve. But when a gentleman whom you have once sent to Parliament as your member, whom you might possibly wish to send there again, is required to resign his seat on the instant to make way for an ultra party man, then, gentlemen, it be comes a question how far your feelings will tolerate such a transfer and whether you are swilling to allow it to be said that the electors of Caine are voiceless in the matter." FINSBURY. The friends of Mr. Cox are pursuing a most extraoralnkry course. It appears that they at tended Sir Morton Peto's meetings, for the purpose of preventing him addressing the electors in expla nation of his political principles, and his motives in coming . forward for Finsbury. This conduct is not at all likely to promote the interest of Mr. Cox among the independent voters. To such an extent has this interruption been carried, that Sir Morton Peto's committee have advertised the discontinuance of meetings already announced. Thus are many of the electors deprived of the opportunity of hearing Sir M. Peto's views on the important subjects now engrossing the attention of all classe s, and depriving the independent electors of all ch ance of quest ioning Sir M. Peto on any of the leading questions of the day. Mr. Cox will act wisely in doing all he can to prevent future interruptions. Englishmen like fairplay. GREENWICH. Mr. Alderman Salomons has issued his address soliciting re-election. In it he says The new Parliament will have to deal with the impor- I tant questions of reform in the representation of the people, the Indian finance, church-rates, ballot, and improvement I in our laws, all of which should be considered in a liberal and comprehensive spirit. There is no question of more importance to yourselves than a measure for equitably rating the Government establishments, which would afford just relief to many of the most hard-working and industrious inhabit. ants of your borough. I need not assure you of my ready support of such efficient naval and military establishments as may seem necessary for the security and dignity of this great country." LAUNCESTON. - - - In consequence of the retirement of the pre sent member for this borough, the Hon. J. W. Percy, on account of the state of his health, Sir Brenton Haliburton, the author of " Sam Slick," has announced himself as a candidate in the Con. servative interest. A few days ago he addressed a public meeting of the electors, and was well re ceived. In his address he says : "At a time like the present, when an unscrupulous at tempt has been made to Americanise the institutions of this country, and to derange the well-balanced machinery of our excellent constitution, vague professions and ambiguously expressed opinions are alike insulting to electors and un worthy of men of honour. It is essential that there should be no mistake as to the political sentiments of your repre sentatives. It would be paying a poor compliment to the increased intelligence of the age to assert that we had made so little progress during the long period that has elapsed since the passing of the Reform Bill that a further exten sion of the franchise was not needed ; but there is a wide difference between a well considered and prudent measure for this purpose, and a revolutionary scheme like that re cently promulgated by the advocates of democracy. To con serve the constitution of the country is by no means incom patible with repairing, amending, or enlarging it, to meet the requirements of a population rapidly increasing in edu cation, in numbers, and in wealth. Rash alteration in its structure can but endanger the edifice. I am prepared to support the Administration of Lord Derby, because I be. lieve that he possesses the skill, firmness, prudence, and libe rality required to deal with the matter of reform, because I feel that his management of our foreign affairs is alike con ducive to the safety and honour of this kingdom, and be cause I know from personal experience that our colonial re lations have never been so ably conducted as they now are under the present Government." NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME. It appears that Mr. Christy, one of the present members, has definitely retired, and the candidates now in the field are Mr. Jackson, the present Libe ral member, and Mr. G. Jeffries and Mr. Murray, both Conservatives. NEWPORT (ISLE OF WIGHT). Mr. Flower, one of the Liberal candidates, has retired, hut Mr. W. M. Cooke still remains in the field. The Conservative candidates, Messrs. Kin naird and Powys, have completed their canvass, and are confident of success. NORWICH. The Liberal candidates (Lord Bury and Mr. Schneider) issued on Wednesday night a second address to the electors, in which they express their thanks for the hearty and cordial support which they have received. They continue : " We have to decide upon the great question of Reform, or no Reform. Our opponents and the Minister whom they support have in vain endeavoured to shift the question from this simple issue. But how stands the fact ? Par liament is dismissed, and why ? We are told that it was not because of the rejection of the so-called Reform Bill. If that be really so, the only reason which could justify the step is removed. If Lord Derby had conscientiously entertained a hope that by appealing to the country he should obtain a reversal of the decision of the House of Commons, he of course would have a right so to advise her Majesty. But he has not ventured to express such a hope. It is, therefore, most unjustifiable to inflict on the country the inconvenience ofan election without a shadow of reason, except that, as Mr. Disraeli said, there was a majority in Parliament against them. But, though we deprecate Lord Derby's decision, we can have no fears for the result." RICHMOND. Mr. Rick and Mr. Wyvill, the present members, solicit re-election. The former gentleman, in his address, after condemning the Government Reform Bill, says : " It is for the country, therefore, to pronounce its opinion, first upon this bill, then upon the expediency of dissolving Parliament on it at a most critical juncture of affairs, when the tranquillity and peace of Europe hang, as it were, upon a thread, and, further still, upon the moral obligation that the great parties of this country, whether of Govern znent or of Opposition, should more frankly declare their guiding principles, and more frankly adhere to them." SHREWSBURY. On Thursday night Mr. IL Oakley, the Conser vative candidate, addressed a large body of the electors at the News-room. After hearing an expo sition of his views, in the course of which he ex pressed himself an ardent admirer of Lord Derby, the meeting passed a resolution pledging itself to support him. STOKE-UPON-TRENT. The canvass on behalf of each of the three candi dates is proceeding with great vigour. Mr. Alder man Copeland has addressed the electors and non electors in the various pottery towns. Mr. Ricardo's illness and the sudden death of his younger brother have prevented him from appearing in the borough, but Mr. R. R. R. Moore has been addressing the electors and non-electors on his behalf. Mr. Pope has also been addressing large meetings. SUFFOLK (EAST). Colonel A. S. Adair, the Liberal candidate, addressed the electors at Woodbridge on Thursday afternoon. The gallant colonel was well received by about 500 persons who had assembled on the occasion, and who gave him three cheers on the conclusion of his address. A joint central committee for securing there-election of the Attorney-General and Lord Hennik er h as b een f orme d a t Ipswich, Sir E. C. Kerns? n acting as chairman. The contest will probably lie between Colonel Adair and Lord Henniker. SUFFOLK (WEST). It appears that a large section of the Conserva tive party are much chagrined at the retire ment of Captain Bennet from the representation of this constituency, in order to avoid any contest between Major Parker and Earl Jermyn. A meeting, attended by 400 persons, was held on • Wednesday, at the Town•hall, Bury St. Edmund's, and several gentlemen having expressed their opinion that Captain Bennet was not the " Jonah to be thrown overboard," the Rev. J. T. Walters, rector of Steadishall, moved the following resolu tion : "That this meeting, regretting the retirement of their old and valued member, Captain Bennet, and the reasons that have induced him to take that course, and entirely be lieving Captain Bennet, and not Major Parker, to be the Conservative choice of this division , and to have the first claim on their support, pledge themselves to propose and second him on the day of nomination, and in the meantime t o use every exertion to procure his re. election." On this it was proposed that an effort should be made to return both Captain Bennet and Major Parkerand the chairman (Mr. J. T. Ord), proposed that the words "and not Major Parker" should be struck out of the resolution, which, thus amended, was carried with one dissentient. TIVERTON. Captain W. W. W. Humbley on Thursday an nounced his intention to become a candidat e f or this borough on Conservative principles. If h e should go to the poll there is no chance of his return, as Lord Palmerston and the Hon. G. Denman have obtained numerous and influential promises of sup port. WESTMINSTER During the last few days a requisition has been going the round of Westminster, inviting-Mr. Thos. Wakley, the coroner, to come forward as a can didate. IRELAND. BANDON (BOROUGH). Mr. Shaw, Liberal Conservative, declines con testing the borough, so that it is not likely there will be any change in the representation. CARLOW (BOROUGH). Mr. Gridley, the Liberal candidate, is said to have resigned, and the probability now is that there will be no opposition to the re-election of Mr. Alexander. DUBLIN (CITY.) The Liberals are still in search of a colleague for Mr. Brady. Mr. Martin, jun., who is extensively connected with the timber interest, has been ear nestly solicited to come forward, but as yet he has made no sign. An aggregate meeting of the party is to be held at the Rotundo on Monday, which is expected to produce a second candidate. The Conservatives are leaving no stone unturned to secure the re-election of the late members. QUEEN'S COUNTY. Colonel Dunne's canvass is proceeding. It was erroneously stated that the gallant colonel, when he last sat in Parliament, was an advocate of the ballot. In his recently published address he makes no allusion to the subject. TYRONE (COUNTY). The Derry Standard, a Presbyterian paper, says that Major Blackhall, of Coolamber-park, county Longford, is in the field as a candidate for county Tyrone, on the tenant rights and Liberal interest, and that he will be extensively supported by the Presbyterian and Roman Catholic electors. Major Blackhall is no stranger to county Tyrone. He is an extensive landed proprietor in that county, and a member of the grand jury, so that his claims are sustained by local connection and by local interest. WATERFORD (COUNTY). Sir Edward Kennedy (Conservative) and Mr. John Ball, late M.P. for Limerick City, are both canvassing the electors. It is not yet altogether certain that Mr. Power retires. Mr. Esmonde is again in the field. R2PRESENTATION OF EDINBU.RGII, Mr. Black, who solicits re-election by the city of Edinburgh, and Mr. Moncrieff, who withdraws from the Leith burghs to offer himself for the city, held a meeting with the electors in the Music-hall there on ! Wednesday. The Lord Provost presided. Mr. BLACK at some length vindicated the resolu tion of Lord John Russell, on the ground that it was of essential importance to decide first on those principles which gave a character to the whole bill. Had it, he said, been thrown out on the second reading, seeing it contained some good clauses, then the opponents of the measure might have been censured for objecting to reform and. to what was good in the bill. On the other hand, had they permitted it to go into committee to be discussed clause by clause, it would only have been a waste of time. If the Liberals and the Ministry each continued firm to their principles, it must have been thrown out at last or abandoned by the Ministry after weeks or months of fruitless wrang ling. The Reform Bill of 1832, supported by an undivided Ministry and with a majority of more than a hundred at their back, was retained strug gling its way through the House of Commons from the 15th of June to the 22d of September, though at last agreed to by a majority of 109. Well, then, what would have been the fate of this bill with a majority against it ? The resolution of Lord John Russell was not only the most convenient for the House of Commons, but ought to have been con sidered the most favourable for the Ministry them selves. The main principles were brought forward to be tested at once, and the decision upon them was most remarkable. On the Opposition side of the - House there was a unanimous opinion against them, and on the Ministerial side of the house, ex cepting the Ministers themselves, no man spoke in favour of them. In short, I never saw a more unanimous opinion expressed than on that occasion against the principles of the bill which were struck at by Lord John Russell's resolution. From the course the Ministry adopted they must have made up their minds that if they were in a minority they would either resign or dissolve the Parliament. They did dissolve ; and who is responsible for all the unnecessary turmoil in the country, and the serious injury to trade, and the dangers arising from the threatening state of affairs in Europe ? Had the Ministry yielded as they ought to have done to the unequivocally expressed opinion of the House of Commons, there needed to have been no dissolution. Lord J. Russell's resolution was carried by a majority of 39 ; the second reading of the Edin : burgh Annuity Tax Bill by a majority of 40. (Cheers and hisses.) There is something curious about this majority of 39. I sometimes amuse myself with . . analysing the divisions on important questions ; on this I found there was a majority of 17 among the Scotch members—(cheers)—but these were neutral ised by the Irish members, who gave a majority of 16 to the Ministry, a number of the Liberal Catholic members voting contrary to their usual policy. (Hear, hear.) What could have been the cause for this ? Is it possible that this ultra- Protestant Ministry, the men who have uniformly resisted even the just claims of Catholics and Jews, could have resorted to any unworthy promises and compliances to secure a few votes ? (Hear.) Had there been no Irish members in the house, the English and Scotch would have given a majority of 55 ; and if all the Liberal members had voted, as they ought to have done, the majority would have exceeded 100. (Cheers.) Bat it is one of the reproaches brought against the Liberal party, and not unjustly, that they are a rope of sand—that they have no cohesion. With this they were taunted again and again from Ministerial benches. The fact is, we are - too independent ; every man must follow his own individual notions. The Tory party are a compact, well-disciplined army. We are made up of different clans and volunteers, every one thinking he has a right to fight for his own hand, sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other. The consequence is, although we are the majority, we are generally beaten, just as a dis jointed army, especially if under discordant leaders, are sure to be discomfited by well-disciplined troops under leaders acting in concert. There is often a clamour raised against " party men," but, gentle men, let me tell you there is a large and a powerful party against you, and unless you can form a party larger and more powerful you must submit to their rule. It is not the members of Parliament who are alone to blame for this disorderly state of your troops; the constituencies are not altogether guiltless. They sometimes speak slightingly or reproachfully against a member because he joins with others of similar sentiments who are generally acting under the same leaders. They taunt him with being a party man. Gentlemen, I make bold to say that I am as independent as any man in the House of Commons, or any man in this room—(cheers)—and I consider it my duty to act In all great questions with that party who are the supporters of Liberal measures, and I will act under any leader who secures the confidence of that party, and in so doing I am convinced I shall promote the best interests of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. MONCRIEFF, after an eloquent reference to the past struggles for re f orm made in the city of Edinburgh, said—Gentlemen, her Majesty's Mini sters, in a great crisis of public affairs, in a position both at home and abroad of very considerable anxiety, have recommended her Majesty to dissolve Parliament—to dissolve it before it has run more than two years of its course. Th e cause o f t hi s dissolution is an adverse vote of the House of Commons ; and, according to cons tit ut i ona l prin ciple, the dissolution must mean an appeal from the vote of the House of Commons to the opinion of the country. There is, therefore, a quest i on asked which the country is expected to answer, and that i question must be a weighty and important one. I heard Mr. Disraeli say that so critical was the state of our foreign affairs that even our debatin g hi s Reform Bill had weakened the friends of th e Government. And yet there is a question which the country is expected to answer, so pressing an d so momentous that, notwithstanding the state of our foreign re lations, her Majesty's Ministers have advised the Crown to take the sense of the people upon it. Gentlemen, upon former occasions when a dissolution took place under such circumstances, the question sent to the country was a very clear and distinct one. In 1831, when another Reform Bill was rejected, the sense of the country was ap pealed to on the clearest of all issues, and it gave the clearest of all answers ; and in the same way in 1857, when Lord Palmerston appealed to the country from the vote on the China war, there was no doubt as to what the question was which the country was asked, and there was as little doubt as to its answer. But here, when I turn to the first thing that we must attend to in such a case, and ask what is the question which the country is to answer, I declare I am totally at a loss. If I look to the account given of it by the Prime Minister in his speech, where I should have expected to find it, I find that the question which he was most anxious about was whether he or Lord John Russell had been the most liberal, useful, and consistent politician. Gen tlemen, if that were the question, I suspect the country would have ve r y littl e difficuty in giving it an answer. (Cheers.) I should say that for the Lord Stanley of the Reform Bill of 1832—the Conservative Premier of 1859 with I suppose the repeated chee rs o f all the survivors of that House of Lords who did not assemble to oppose that Reform Bill in 1832 --to put such an issue certainly THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1859 shows that his character for indiscreet courage has not been unjustly earned. (Rear, hear.) nut, gentlemen, although the Prime Minister chose to put it on a personal altercation of that kind, though he talks a great deal about divisions in our party, he may depend on it that the memory of the coun try is much better than his own, and that they have forgotten nothing of what has happened in the interval from 1832 till now, and that they never would think of placing on the same level the long, consistent, useful, and honourable career of the one with the erratic, the volatile, and the fitful lead- ings of a pilot, eloquent, indeed, and full of genius, but trimming his casual sails to every passing breeze, and subsisting on the changes and impulses of the transient hour. (Cheers.) But if we must find some issue other than that, and if we go from the speech of the Prime Minister to the speech which he has advised her Majesty to deliver from the throne, I must say my wonder is infinitely increased. We are told that this dissolution has taken place in order that the country may consider the state of the country. That is all the informa tion you are given ; and the question you are asked is, what is the state of the country ? The Prime Minister thinks that the firebrand, for such it is, of a dissolution and general election is to be cast abroad, people taken from their avocations, and trade injured, in order that the country at large may consider the state of the country. (Hear, and ap plause.) Not a word about the Reform Bill. You could not have discovered from that speech that there had been a Reform Bill, but we are told that the country is to consider its own state, because two Ministries have successively lost the confidence of the House of Commons. Gentle men, I say that that is as unsatisfactory an expla nation of the grounds on which this dissolution has taken place as ever proceeded from a Prime Minis ter of this country. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen. the two questions we have to consider are, first, the merits of Lord Derby's Reform Bill ; and, second, the merits of Lord Derby's Government. In the first place, as regards Lord Derby's Reform Bill, I do not know that there can be much doubt about the answer to be given to it, for I know nobody that is in favour of it, not even Lord Derby himself —at least, I have never heard him say so—and cer tainly neither in his speech in the House of Lords, nor in the Queen's speech, is there any indication given of that kind. The truth is, that having been defeated on this question of a Reform Bill they throw it to the winds. They have nothing to say for it themselves; their friends have nothing to say for it ; and having admitted that they brought in a measure for which they did not care, or which they did not dare to stand by, they now come fo dissolve Parliament on some other issue which they have not explained. They introduced a Reform Bill, but it was a bill that had not one feature of reform in it. It was a retrograde bill from beginning to end. (Cheers.) It was a bill that could have uo effect but to increase the power of the lauded pro prietors and of the aristocracy, and to diminish the popular element; and here you have the reason why, when this was found out, there was so little said in its favour. Why, the bill was simply this —the 40s. freeholders were to be put out of the county because they were the popular element in the county ; a £lO occupancy was to be given to counties, without providing for residence or a dwell ing-house on the subject, which would have enabled landed proprietors with tenants at will to have made just as many votes as they had acres yielding £lO a-year, and.these all out-voters, resi dence not being required ; and having done that in the counties the bill introduces a £2 property fran chise in the burghs without requiring residence, and you see how that would work in the smaller burghs, and how many persons could thereby acquire a vote ; by this means the Carlton Club could have bought up, I believe, a very large proportion of the burghs of England. That bill, gentlemen, has met with its righteous fate. It is in vain to tell us about coalitions and factious movements ; it was a bill of such a nature as never could have been read a second time in a reformed. House of Commons. (Applause.) It would have been great treachery to the whole principles of true representation if the House of Commons had ever permitted that bill to go into committee. (Ap plause.) But it has gone "to the tomb of all the Capulets," and we shall never hear of it again ; but the question still remains, what are we to do ? Are we to have a Reform Bill? I think we must. (Cheers.) After expressing his desire to sec the question of Reform settled " when the sea was calm, and the 'weather was fair," Mr. Moncreiff went on to say :—" In December last, addressing my present constituency at Leith, I went back to the Reform Bill of 1854, and suggested it as being probably as fair a solution of our difficulties as any other. I think so still. I think a £lO occupation franchise for the counties, with residence—for that is indispensable—and a £6 occupancy franchise in the burghs, world be a fair, reasonable, useful, and beneficial extension." (Applause.) After some further remarks on the Reform question the hon. and learned gentleman proceeded As to the second issue, what are we to say about Lord Derby's Government ? Is there anything in his Government which it is so important to preserve that Parliament should be dissolved in order to ask the opinion of the country in regard to it ? The truth is that there is a very important question connected with that. It is not whether we are to have Lord Derby's Government or not, but whether we are to have any Government which, in this free country, really deserves to be called a Govern ment Are we to have this system of petty expe dients from day to day—a little support picked up here, and a little support picked up there, and no general principle laid down, or, if laid down, never adhered to ? I believe that the country has long grown tired of that kind of game. They see great questions at issue; they see that great measures are required, and they want a Government with boldness enough to propose such measures, and with resolution and self-reliance enough to stand by their measures when proposed. (Applause.) Now, we all felt when the Derby Government came in that it deservedZas certainly it required, a deal of gentle consideration—(a laugh)—and it got it. But, at all events, coming in in that way, and trusting to the leniency of their opponents, we might at least have expected that they would have been reason ably moderate, quiet, and polite in their language. Now, I must say, I have seen and heard with an astonishment I cannot express the kind of vitupe ration which has been going on of late in this quar ter against what they call factious combination and factious coalitions, and all manner of imputations and improper motives launched at some of the best and greatest men of this country; and for what ? Why, because the Liberal party, who have always supported Reform, thought proper to oppose a Re form Bill produced by a Government representing those who themselves had always opposed it. (Hear.) That is the great crime which we have committed, and we are told that this is a factious combination. But who are these gentlemen who complain ; and how did they get into their present position ? (Hear, hear.) It was the Conspiracy Bill on which Lord Derby's Government came into power, and yet they all voted for the first reading of that bill ; and, moreover, I think Lord Derby in the House of Lords encouraged Lord Palmerston very strongly to bring in the Conspiracy Bill. That was a question on which there was room for difference of opinion, and there were about 100 gentlemen on the Liberal side of the house who did differ from the measure on grounds which were quite intelligible ; but the Conservatives supported the bill on the first reading, and they came down to the house on the second, and I will just tell you what I saw. Mr. Milner Gibson made a speech of great power, 'which was cheered loudly by those who took the same view as himself and had voted against the first reading, but it was received with unanimous silence by the Opposition up to a par ticular period of the debate, when suddenly cheers began to surge • from below the gang way and above the gangway, and at last, when Mr. Walpole got up to support Mr. Milner Gibson's motion, there was a shout from the Opposition which rent the roof, as if a sudden con viction had flashed on their minds as by electricity, and they had for the first time seen all the iniquity of the Conspiracy Bill, and all the merits of Mr. Milner Gibson's motion. Now, there was no diffi culty in understanding that. (Hear, hear.) They made a combination for the moment—which, of course, was not factious—with Mr. Milner Gibson and the 99 Liberals, and so obtained the rests of Government. But it is not for them—l say it is very ungrateful of them—to speak of fac tiousness, for if we may - not combine with Mr. MilnerGibson and Mr. Bright I do not know on what principl e they found mea n s to do so. (Hear.) But the question is how is the Government to be carried pona?tthyo tlhunion elementsbelievejon there is only one way, and that is by r of the of a Liberalstrong Government, party. andthalt see it nowhere else; but I trust that, however that may be, the country will no longer allow its states men to degrade the high position of conducting the affairs of this great and free country into a mere miserable game of political chess." (Cheers.) A vote in favour of the two candidates was unanimously carried, as was also a vote of thanks to Mr. Cowan the retiring representative. It is said in a letter from Vienna that in a recent sitting of the Municipal Council of Pesth it was proposed, in the event of war, to form a corps of volunteers at the expense of the city. A letter from one of the principal vine-growers near Apernay says :—" I am sorry to inform you that on the merning of the 18th all the Vineyards in Champagne were cut up by a sharp frost. There does not remain for the present one. eighth of a crop, and the result will be a great failure for the year. We are not yet out of danger for the remainder, and cannot be before the middle of next month." THE NEII 7 HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Our readers will be glad to learn that the great clock at Westminster is at least progressing towards completion. In saying this we by no means intend to convey the impression that the clock will soon be going, or that a considerable interval may not yet elapse before it is completed, or even that it will ever be completed at all. In speaking of a subject which has given rise to such endless disputes, we must guard ourselves, we suppose, against express ing any opinion at all. We only, therefore, announce the fact that Mr. Dent's workmen have at last begun to do that which should have been done long ago, and that the mechanism of the clock is being put toge- ther very slowly in the clock chamber behind the dials. Unquestionably, for a clock whose history n ow extends over 15 years, and which has been going for nearly three years in Mr. Dent's factory, it is no great matter to say that after all this time it is at length in course of being sent to the very place for which it was constructed. But little as this may be in the way of progress, it, at all events, is progress, which is more than we have been able to say of the whole affair any time these two years past. Before the clock will be really in going, and striking order many little difficulties, we believe, have yet to be overcome. One is a contrivance - - - which shall catch the hammer of the great bell the instant it has struck, in order to prevent the re bound again dropping it upon the bell, and lift it clear from the side, that the vibration may not be interfered with. This is, of course, a difficulty which can be overcome, though devising and perfecting the means will require time, especially with a clock of such accurate construction that its striking is guaranteed to be true to a single second. Another difficulty is connected with the arrangements for its being regularly wound. To wind it by hand labour is almost out of the question. This monstrous clock will require winding once in three days, and take 11,500 revolutions of the handle to wind it com pletely. Supposing two men to be able at such labour to work continuously, and to make 800 re volutions of the handle per hour, it would require 141 hours of such exertion every third day. If to this is added the delay caused by the men having to make up the difference caused by the descent of the weights when the clock struck (in striking 12 they descend six feet), it is not too much to esti mate the labour at 18 hours, instead of 141 ; or, to speak generally, about four months of every year would be spent in winding it up. Of course, 111 r. Denison will devise some contrivance which will ob viate this difficulty, and he can scarcely find a better one than has already been worked out by Mr. James and the indefatigable clerk of the works at the New Houses, Mr. Quarm. By the plan of these gentle men the clock is made self-winding. When the weights have descended a certain length they open a valve communicating with a column of water from the top of the tower. This water is let into a cylinder with a piston of six feet stroke, which by the weight of the water is forced up with the clock weights to its full height. As often as the clock strikes this hydraulic winder acts with the expendi ture of a very small quantity of water. Of course, when the piston is out to its full stroke the valve communicating 'With the column of water is shut off and the piston descends till the weights again reach the level at which they require winding. The num ber of gas jets to illuminate each dial has been re duced to 38, making 152 burners for all. These, as we have before stated, are so connected with the mechanism of the clock, as to be gradually burnt down with the approach of dawn each morning, and burnt in full again as the sun sinks. All the additional supports which were required for the bell framework have been adjusted, and the frame of Big Ben and his satellites is now as rigid as the tower itself. A light ironwork staircase is being put up to lead above the bell chamber into the upper lan tern of the tower. As we are upon the subject of the Houses of Parliament, we may take this oppor tunity of referring to the decay of some parts of the stonework already, and the effectual method which has been adopted to arrest this slow but sure de struction of one of the noblest edifices in Europe. Notwithstanding the great care that was taken in the selection of the stone used in the New Palaces, it has undoubtedly yielded to atmospheric influences in many places to a much greater extent than could have been anticipated from the evidences of its dura bility, as shown in ancient buildings, and the results of the chemical experiments to which it was sub jected before being employed. The commissioners appointed in 1839 to select the stone to be employed, after having visited 103 quarries, in all parts of the United Kingdom, and tested 36 varieties of stone, and after having examined the state of many of such specimens of stone in upwards of 100 ancient edifices, recommended the stone which has been used for its crystalline character, with its close approach to the equivalent proportions of lime and magnesia. It was found to absorb 182-1,000 of its bulk of water, while the least absorbent from Chilmark was 053-1,000, and the most absorbent from Bath 312-1,000. This power of absorbing, of course, indicated the amount of space between the molecules of the stone, as the tests were all conducted under the exhausted receiver of an air pump. The decay in this stone which has already taken place seems to be confined principally to the parapets where the stone is ex• posed on two faces, in the water tables, tills, bases, tappings, and plinths, and the stonework above and below them within the influence of the drippings and splashings of showers, and more especially where these parts are exposed to the south and south-west winds. Sir Charles Barry considers that a most fruitful source of decay is due to the unusual and extensive use of water externally for purposes of ventilation, by'whioh a considerable portion of the masonry is rendered alternately wet and dry, the most severe test to which the durabi lity of any stone can be subjected. The first symp toms of decay in the stone are manifested by a blackish discolouration, which appears to be caused by absorption of the moisture and dirt of the atmos phere. The next stage is an eruption of a coating of this discoloured material, under which the natural colour of the stone appears, but in a state of powder, which continues from time to time to be removed, and so occasions a rapid and constant disruption of the surface. During the last four years no less than six inventors have applied their compositions to various parts of the building, for the purpose of dis coverin g by actual test the best means of defending the stone from all atmospheric influences. With one exception, all these inventions have failed more or less totally to effect their object. The one composi tion which has succeeded beyond all expectation is an invention or discovery of Mr. Szerelmey's, Polish gentleman. What this composition is is unknown to all except the inventor, but the effect produced by the application of the almost colourless liquid is perfectly marvellous. It at once renders the stone unabsorbent of mois ture, thereby removing the primary cause of all decomposition due to atmospheric in fluences. It seems to fill completly the inter stices between the molecules of the stone with an intensely hard flinty substance, which Mr. Szerelmey declares will literally last for ever against the action of the air. The secret, whatever it is, was obtained from analysis and examination of the flinty coating which has protected the bricks of the Pyramids and the statues of Egypt for thou sands of years. As it is now applied in some parts of the new Palace, it endures without change any amount of heat and cold, and resists the action even of the strongest acids. The colour of the com position is that of the stone when newly worked, and neither the granulated appearance of the sur face nor the tool marks upon it are obliterated by its application, which is effecte I rapidly by means of a common brush, as in painting. Many attempts have been made to remove the composition or im pair its effects by long-continued scrubbing with wire brushes and water, but without making the least impression on it. In reporting on the merits of this composition to the Board of Works, Sir Charles Barry strongly recommends its application to all the external masonry of the New Palace as a specific against further decay, and in a great degree against all discolouration arising from the impuri ties of the atmosphere. The cost of applying this composition to the stonework is only ls. per square yard, and it is an operation which is done as quickly as whitewashing. Some of the river front (though only very small portions), the Speaker's Court, and a S as t b e co p lue h ta e n n t aols yearsilali hall t have y a an ndbdeae as n h au c l o nf thye unchanged as gt theehe d c l o a o n t m e t c p s i i • o d p s e i l t a i o c o f e n S f i t o s . r as the day it was first applied. Another composition of Mr. Szerelmey's, which has also been extensively used in the roof of the New Houses, is a v er y c h ea p s olution, call e d a gra nite composition, for th e p rese rvation of i ron f rom over tbh e ee t h n e ironwork,pi•roeo preserved e s rv o ef both the ota hs a s V n i i l d e a t s o c r b a i e s a e t Towers, o h a w p a e s p r l s i t , e i d l a u n s d I l cv • o. s o t eu . kg This i ht bright and even shining as the day it left the foundry. Both compositions, as we have said, have proved themselves eminently successful, but ofthe two that which prevents all chance of rust in iron is thought to be the most valuable, as being, perhaps, more generally . required. Iron when thus coated seems uttterly indestructible by the action of the ele ments, and even if immersed in uri sal h • p c acid no effect is produced. Its adhesion to the surface is so tenacious that when small portions are removed with chisels a part of the surface of the iron is generally removed with it. The process of covering the iron and stone work of the new houses with these com positions is gradually goingforward, though almost too slowly when the undoubted efficacy of the means for preventing decay have been so long tried and proved so eminently successful. EXAMINATION OF TWO GERMAN .PIibCUIZESSES. The Eastern Counties Herald has the following account of the examination of the two German women, who were apprehended by the Hull police, as stated in The Sun of Monday. Two German women, named Mary Catherine Margaret Hamann, apparently about 28 years of age, and Mary Schwartz, about 50, were brought up on Wednesday before T. H. Travis, Fsq., at the Hull borough police-court, charged with illegally procuring Mary Ann Ferguson and Martha Vernon, for the purposes of prostitution. The following evidence was adduced : Mary Ann Ferguson—l know Mary Catherine Hamann. I saw her first last summer, being taken to her by a gentleman. She asked me to go with her to Hamburg as an unfortunate girl. I should have gone with her, but a friend took me away, and I promised to go with her afterwards. 1 next heard of her being in Liverpool last Sunday night. She had a room at a gay house, kept by a Mrs. Berry. I went to her and rsked her if sue would take me to Hamburg, as I did not go last year. She said she was not going to take girls this time, but told me to call next day, as she saw I was determined to go. I did so, and she said she would take me as I wished to go. She said she had two houses in Hamburg. I understood her to mean two gay houses. 1 left Liverpool yesterday in company with the two prisoners and Martha Vernon. lam not certain who paid our fares. Neither I nor Vernon had any money. For the three days we were in Liverpool we had our meals at Mrs. Berry's. " Madame" (Hamann) always gave us them. She did not find us with clothes. She gave me this shawl to wear. I first saw Mary Schwartz on Monday last, at Mrs. Berry's. She was with Madame Hamann, but was not present when it was decided I should go ; they came to Liverpool to gether ; I told Vernon, who was my fellow lodger, that I was going, and she went with me to see Madame Hamann, who agreed to take ber, after a little persuasion. Schwartz was there. We ' came to Hull via Holland, and arrived here about half past one o'clock yesterday. We drove in a cab to a house in the town, and were to go to early this morning to Hamburg. We were apprehended by the police about eight o'clock last night. I know that last summer Madame Hamann came for girls. I think she only got one girl, named Alice, who would then be about nineteen or twenty. lam twenty years of age. Hamann said she would dress us up and keep us, but I don't know that any arrangement was made about money. Hamann told me that Alice had been taken away from Hamburg by a gentleman. She said there were four Ger man girls in the house she lived The other house was for English girls. She said she only intended to keep six altogether, and that I and Vernon were to have the other house to our selves. She said it was better for me to be at Hamburg than at Liverpool. She said nothing to me about walks, concerts, or theatres, but she said she had music and dancing in her house every night. The deposition of the witnesses was then read over by Mr. Ayre, the magistrate's clerk, and trans lated to the prisoners by Mr. Jacobson. In the course of it the prisoner Hamann made the follow ing statement. On coming to the point where the witness said she had promised to go to Germany with her the next time she was in England, the prisoner said, " That was the reason I came." Re specting the travelling expenses of the witness, the prisoner said she " paid all," and had taken a dress out of pawn for the witness, for which she had paid 2s. She also stated that she came for girls to Liverpool last summer; and that the " Alice" al luded to by the witness was a girl named Alice Scott. She said she came over to England last year in consequence of a letter which she received from " her agent" in Liverpool (a person who was stated to have only one arm), and that she had had some unpleasantness with him on the present occasion, because she would give him no money, as the girls came to her of their own accord, and the agent had been put to no trouble about them. She wished to correct one statement. She did not tell the witness that there would be music and dancing every night, but that they would be taken out to a dance on Sundays ; she believed the witness had told the truth as far as she understood it. Martha Vernon was then examined, but her evidence was substantially the same as that of the other witness. She said she was still willing to go to Germany with the prisoners, and so was her companion. On the evidence being completed the prisoners did not deny the charge, but Madame Hamann, in defence, stated that she was " licensed" to keep a brothel at Hamburg, Wand was not aware that she had acted illegally in what she had done. She entreated his worship to deal mercifully with her, and said if set at liberty she would never come to this country for such a purpose again. Mr. Travis then remanded the prisoners to Wed nesday next, in order that further inquiries might be made into the case. He stated that he would accept substantial bail. Ferguson and Vernon were then place in the dock charged with being in company with the two first-named prisoners for an unlawful purpose, and were also remanded to Wednesday. Yesterday the two German women were again brought up, and remanded on their own recog nisances until this day (Saturday.) The two girls were remanded until Saturday. No further evi dence was given. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENT S On the 4th inst., at 2.30 p.m., Ancient-Briton, Vigo, and Queen Bess out of the Londesborough Cup at York. On the 4th inst., after 6 p.m., Minster Out of the Rail way Plate at Epsom. On the sth inst., at 9 a.m., Brookside out of the Metro politan Handicap. On the sth inst., at 9 a.m., Puritan out of the Railway Plate at Epsom. On the Bth inst., at 9 a.m., Griselda out of the City and Suburban Handicap. On the 11th inst., at 2.55 p.m., Mutineer out of his en gagements at York Spring, Chester Cup, and Newmarket Handicap. On the 11th inst., at 2.55 p.m., Halo' Kirklees and Flitch out of the City and Suburban Handicap. On the 11th inst., at 2.55 p.m., Sweet William out of the City- and Suburban and Newmarket Handicaps. On the 12th inst., at 4.8 p.m., Gorsehill out of the Ches ter Cup. On the 15th inst., at 9 a.m., Egbert out of the Two Year Old Stakes at Epsom. • On the 13th inst., at 9 a.m., Mitraille out of all her en gagements. On the 14th inst., at 2 p.m., Newington out of the Me tropolitan and Newmarket Handicp.ps. On the. 15th inst., at 12.53 p.m:, Beacon out of the City and Suburban Handicap. On the 16th inst., at 3.50 p.m., English Rose out of the Marquis of Westminster's Plate at,Chester. On the 18th inst., at 12.30 p.m., Ardca out of the Wynn stay Handicap. On the 21st inst., at 9 a.m., Grillade out of the Chester Cup. - - Long-range and Go-ahead have been scratched for the Marquis of Westminster's Plate at Chester. TEE CHAMPIONSHIP. (Frees Bell's Life.) TOM SAYERS AND MS OPPONENTS. - On Thursday, according to appointment, Toni Sayers, attended by his backer, appeared at our office to meet the gentleman who had staked a pony for the Unknown to fight him for the championship. The first question, of course, that was put by the champion was, " Who is your man ?" To which the only reply he got was, that his name could not be idisclosed at pre sent. Tom, of eourse, declined to enter into an engagement which would enable his oppo nents to have as many men as they chose in training at once, and pick the best on the day. A good deal of discus sion took place, which ended in a proposition that the Un known should be produced, so that Sayers would be able to identify him on the day. To this Tom assented, and in a few nuutes Mr. C., the backer of the new aspirant, pro duced his hero, who turned out to be certainlyan unknown s and, judging from his appearance, a thoroughly untried man. He stands about six feet high, is remarkably " thin through," has little orno shoulder, and his general bearing and look was so meek and soft, ud the idea of his ever making a champion caused an involuntary smile on every countenance. Having been trotted out, the would-be " coming man" was taken away by his mentor, who then returned, and a discussion ensued as to the day of fighting. Tom's backer having ascertained that Bob Brettle would not alter the day fixed for hia fight, proposed to fight three months after that event, a proposition which was rejected by Mr. C., who appealed to us whether Sayers was not bound to fight the Unknown in six months. Of course our answer was in the affirmative, and Mr. C. at first insisted on the leiter of the law being observed, as Sayers would have a month after his battle with Brettle to recover him self. On being pressed, however, he consented to give another month; and articles were then drawn up, by which Sayers and the Unknown agree to fight, for £2OO aside and the belt, according to the rules of the P.B.A. The fight to come off on the 16th of November, on the home - circuit. £25 aside was staked, and Mr C. appointed a meeting for Wednesday, June 7, at Alec Keene's, Three Tuns, Moore-street, to stake an additional £25 a• side. A toss for the last deposit was won by Sayers. These preliminaries settled, the backers of the Unknown withdrew. Since we wrote the above, the rumours we alluded to last week, as to the Unknown being a myth, have been again renewed, and p"rties professing to know everything declare that the match has been concocted by the backers of Sayers to give him time after his fight with Brettle, and leave him only one opponent (Aaron. Jones) to dispose of before claiming the belt as his own pro perty: and we are assured that at the last moment the Unknown will be non est , and Sayers's backers will receive the so-called forfeit, but which, in reality, will be their own money. Such accusations as these are easily made, but it is difficult to prove or disprove them. All we can do is to allude to them, so that it may not be imagined they escape our notice. As we have said before, we do not believe Tom Sayers capable of such conduct, and we feel certain he would rather fight all comers for the next three years than allow such a suspicion to rest upon him, and we shall con tent ourselves on the present occasion by begging him— when he meets the Unknown—as he values his reputation, to get himself just as fit as though he had to meet as good a man as himself, so that he may not inenr such risks as he ran with: his late opponent. As to the Unknown—if he really means business—he must ?tit himsclf under some one capable of imparting some knowledge to him, and teaching him what It is to be knocked about, for it is our firm belief that at present he is as much unknowing as unknown. Tom SAYERS AND AARON JONES.—As soon as the above business was settled the backers of Sayers staked £5O to match Tom against Aaron Jones, according t 3 his chal lenge, for the larger sum of £5OO a-side, the match to come off in six months after the fight with the Unknown. Tom says he will fight Jones for this sum win or lose with Brettle and the Unknown. Of course, if he is fortunate enough to win, the belt to go with the battle money. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 19. This day had audience of her Majesty—The Chevalier Maxime Taparelli d'Azeglio, on an Extraordinary Mission from the King of Sardinia, to deliver his credentials ; to which audience he was introduced by the Earl of Malmes bury, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, APRIL 18. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Hugh Hill, Esq., one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry Adams, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the Colony of Hong Kong. WHITEHALL, APRIL 20. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart.; Vice- Admiral Wm. Fanshawe Martin; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Alexander K.C.8., and the Hon. Frederick Lygon, to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL , APRIL 21, The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Palermo, stating that the King of Naples has granted permission to import corn, free of duty, into Sicily, for two months, from the 30th of March last. WAR-QFFTCE, PALL-MALL, Arun. 22. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant George Paulet, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Geo. Campbell Ross, who exchanges. sth Light Dragoons—Comet Robert Mather to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Bright, who retires. Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Campbell Ross, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice George Paulet, who exchanges. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Walter Raymond Nolan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Baring, who has retired. Military Train—Lieutenant Charles Turville Wilson, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Li e utenant, vice Whittington, who exchanges. The appcintment of Comet H. D. J. Macleod, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Ensign, as stated in the Gazette of 30th July, 1858, has been cancelled. 6th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Patrick Sheeran, from the 96th Foot, to be Quartermaster, v ice Jamieson, who exchanges. 7th Foot—Captain Thomas George Dupre Payn, from the 61st Foot, to be Captain, vice Thurston, who exchanges. Bth Foot—Lieut. William Frederick Metge to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Alan M'Donald, who retires ; Ensign Philip Homer Page to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Metge. 9th Foot—Captain Thomas Grace, from half-pay, Unat tached, to be Captain, vice Baillie, who exchanges ; En sign Brownlow Villiers Layard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vibart, promoted. 10th Foot--:-Captain William James Hales, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Medhurst, who exchanges. 11th Foot—Lieut. A. F. De B. Dixon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peebles, promoted ; Ensign Percival W. Jordan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dixon. 18th Foot—Ensign Francis Wallis Lipscomb to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Watt, deceased. 38th Foot—Lieut. Philip Homan Eyre to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Evans, who has refixed. 39th Foot—Lieut. John Du Boulay Blennerhassett, from the Royal Wiltshire Militia,. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Hussey, who resigns. 40th Foot—Lieut. Theophilus Bolton to be Captain, by purchase, vice O'Hara, who retires. 43d Foot—Ensign Thomas M'Goun to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Benett, who retires. 60th Foot—Captain John William Medhurst, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hales, who exchanges. 61st Foot—Captain Henry Neville Cotton Thurston, D from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas George up re Payn, who exchanges. 69th Foot—Major Percival Fenwiek to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hickey, who retires; Ca p tain Augustus Barnard Hankey to be Major, by purchase, vice Fen • wick. 75th Foot—Captain George Alfred Currie, from half-pay Unattached, to be aptain repaying the difference , vice Brevet-Major B. D. W. Ramsay,e who exchanges ; Lieu tenant William Clive justice to be Captain, by purchase, vice Currie, who retires ; Ensign Hugh Barton Gled stanes, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Justice. 76th Foot—Lieutenant William Frederick Field, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Macdonald, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Captain Augusten E. Warren, from the 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Herbert Taylor Macpherson, who exchanges. 82d Foot—Brevet-Major Herbert Taylor Macpherson ' from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Warren, who ex changes. 96th Foot—Quartermaster James Jamieson, from the 6th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Sheeran, who ex changes. 97th Foot—Ensign Richard B. Hamilton Lowe to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice M‘Kay, deceased. 99th Foot—Ensign Alexander Gray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clarkson, promoted. Gold Coast Artillery Corps--Lieutenant Thomas G. Danger to be Adjutant, vice Bolton, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment--Lieutenant George John Charles Whittington, from the Military Train, to be Lieutenant vice Wilson, who exchanes ; Lieutenant Mortimer James Macdonald, from the g 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Field, who exchanges. - School of Musketry—Ensign James Slack, from the 63d Foot e to be Quartermaster, with the rank of Lieutenant. HOSPITAL STAFF—Acting Assistant-Surgeon George Hayward has been permitted to resign his appointment. UNATTACHED. - Cornet H. D. J. MacleOd,irolhii:pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry C. Rawlinson, K.C.8., a Member of the Council for India, and a retired officer on the Bombay Establishment to have the local rank of Major- General in Persia, while holding the office of her Majesty's Minister, in that country. ' Captain George Alfred Currie, 75th Foot, to be Major n the Army. Captain Huntly Rothery Garden, 2d Bengal Native In fantry, to be Major in the Army. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, G.C.8., Colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons, on Bth April, 1859 : Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Colonel of the 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel George Bell, C. 8., Inspecting Field Officer of a recruiting district, to be Major-Genekal. Brevet-Lieutenant Colonel John F. du Vernet, Captain half-pay. Royal African Corps, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major William Henry Kenny, Captain half-pay Glst Foot, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant • Colonel. Captain Thomas Teulon, 35th Foot, to be Major. The following promotion should have been included in the succession to the late General F. C. White : Major-General J. H. Richardson, upon half-pay as Lieu tenant-Colonel Unattached, to have the rank Of Lieutenant- General. The undermentioned promotions to take place in the Indian Military Forces of her Majesty, consequent on the death of General William Charles Fraser, Madras Infantry, on 4th March, 1859, and of General John Mac Inns, Ben cal Infantry, on 12th March, 1859 : TO BE GENERALS. • Lieutenant-General John Carfrae, Madras Infantry. Lieutenant. General George Jackson, Madras Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT - GENERALS. Major-General Samuel Shaw, Bengal Artillery. Major-General Fredk. Larkins Doveton, Madras Cavalry. TO BE MAJOR GENERALS. Colofig Henry Macan, Bombay Infantry. Colonel *William Sage B e ngal Infantry. The undermentioned 'Officers of the Indian Military Forces of her Majesty, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of honorary rank, as follows : Colonel Augustus Samuel Hawkins, Bombay Infantry, to be Major-Oeneral. TO 1W COLONELS. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Conyers Cotton, Madras Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Tudor Lavie, Madras Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel John Wilson Auld, Bombay In fantry, TO PTI LIEUTENANT -COLONELS. Major William Charles Western, Madras Infantry. Major William Henry Larkins, Bengal Infantry. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT County o f Wilts—John Du Boulay, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Henry Hitchcock, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry ; ---Charles, Lord Wore ley, to be Captain, vice Nanney, resigned. West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Capt. the Earl of Darnley to be Major, vice Chapman, resigned. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Rupert P. Featherstonhaugh to be Lieutenant, vice Lieut. the Lord Ashley, resigned. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Michael Angelo, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jackson, pro moted. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—James Edward Gibson, Gent., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Pierce, resigned. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry Regi ment of Militia—Lieut. George Barlow to be Captain, vice John Henry Blake, resigned; Ensign Henry Maxwell Howard to be Lieutenant, vice George Barlow, promoted. Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Robert Sheldon Patrick, Gent., to be Lieutenant. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 20, 1859. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now b e ing made for the inte nded distribution of the award for salvage services rendered to the Brothers, of Wexford, on the 21st Septem b e r, 1856, b y her Majesty's ship Vesuvius ; for the slave schooner, name unknown, supposed to be the Jupiter, captured on the 29th June, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Antelope ; and for the schooner Lewis McLane, captured on the 15th October, 1857, by her3fajesty's .ship Alecto. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested , w ith as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of th “Accountant -General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset- House." Due notice will be given, by future achirtieemente in the " London Gazette," of the date proposed for the commence ment of distribution; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an nounced. BANKRUPTS. Richard Blackburn, tailor, London-wall, to surrender May 5 and June 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Wilisher, licensed victualler, Maidstone, May 6, at eleven, and June 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Casper, shoe manufacturer, Norwich, May 6 and June 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Nathaniel Wynn, auctioneer, Greenwich, May 6, at twelve, and June 3, at eleven, at tho Court of Bank- ruptey. John Latch, ship broker, Bristol, May 3, and June 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Hutchinson Stothard, saddler, Swinefloet, York shire, May 10, and Juno 6, at eleven, at the Commercial buildings, Leeds. Mark Benton, and John Benton, builders, Leeds, May 6, and June 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Hamilton, joiner, Holytown, Lanarkshire. Alexander Kelt, watchmaker, Dundee. Alexander Anderson, tavern keeper, Edinburgh. Thomas Brown, flesher, Glasgow. William Smith, fruit dealer, Glasgow. George Gunn, farmer, Rhives, Sherlandshirc. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day of April, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued £31,882,630 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & BuWou 17,107,630 Silver Bullion £31,882,630: $31,882,630 BANKING DEPARTMENT, Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest _ Government Secu rities Aincluding Dead WeightAn- Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commi s missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5,079,902 Other Deposits 15,121,305 Seven Day and other Bills nuity) £11,371,118 Other Securities 16,808,520 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 613,718 807,957 £38,703,623 1 £38,703,623 _ _ 31. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated April 21,1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. `The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 19th day of April, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 27s 2d THE PRINCIPALITY OF DH.411 About 30 miles west of Mhow, and close to the ruins of the ancient Mandu, is Dhar, one of the oldest cities in Malwa, and once boasting a population of 100,000 souls. Many a Rajput chief f oug ht an d flourished in that city or its vicinity before the name of the Feringi was known in India. Some old mosques testify to the conquests of the Muslim kings, and that Dhar had been included in the Mogul Empire, but in A.D. 1724, the principality passed again into Rajput hands. In that year, Udaji Powar, or Pramar, a Rajput serving with the Peshwa, overran the district, and held it for a brief period. He was expelled, but his successor, Anand Rao Powar, reconquered and held Dhar, and finally obtained it as a fief from the Peshwa. In his family it continued till the year of the mutinies. On the 28th of May, 1857, the officiatiag agent for the Governor-General in Central India reported that Jeswant Rao Powar had died, adopting a younger brother, Bala Sahib, a boy 12 years of age. Of J eswant, the Gover nor-General's agent said, that he " had secured the esteem and respect of the people and chiefs of Western Malwa, as well as the approbation of successive residents and agents." The young Bala Sahib was confirmed in his principality by the Governor-General, but not many weeks after the , outbreaks at Indore and Mhow took place. The 23d Bengal Infantry mutinied at the latter station on the 2d July, and the contagion soon spread to Dhar. When our own soldiers revolted, what could be expected from the troops of native chiefs, who were besides powerless from the influx of swarms of Pathans and Wilayatis astir everywhere for blood and rapine. The mercenaries of Dhar revolted against their boy prince, plundered and burnt the stations of Bhopawar and Sardarpur, hoisted the Muslim standard, seized the fortress of Dhar, and defied the British Govern ment. The avengers were, however, at hand. On the 22d of October Brigadier Stuart's column arrived before Dhar, and after a few sharp skirmishes on the Ist of November the fort surrendered. In all this the young Bala Sahib was absolutely without blame- , --sinned against, but not sinning. The Bengal Government directed that the principality should be immediately attached, and that it should be announced to the young chief that " he must never hope to see it restored to his hands." We are totally unable to see the justice of this decision, and so were the Court of Directors. On the 22d of June, 1858, they transmitted a despatch to the Bengal Govern ment, :in which they say, "We do not perceive how we could consistently punish this, or any other weak state, for its inability to control its troops, when it was patent to the whole world that the more powerful states of Gwahor and Indore, and even the British Government itself, were unable to control theirs." Well done, Court of Directors I This reasoning is not easily confuted. We have now before us the Parliamentary papers respect ing Dhar, returned to the order of the house on the motion of Mr. John Benjamin Smith. As the extract we have quoted above occurs at the sth page, and there are thirty three pages in all, we turned over the pages with much eagerness in the full expectatio3 of finding an elaborate defence of the policy of the Bengal Government, and of being finally convinced that it was for the general good that Dhar should be confiscated. Our astonishment grew with each page to find that the despatch of the Court .f Directors had never been answered. It appears that others besides ourselves have shared in this astonishment, ) for at page 6 is a despatch from Lord Stanley, calling atten tion to the Court's despatch, and "the good and sufficient reasons" therein contained for the restoration of Dhar to its native ruler, and adding " considering the time that has elapsed since the date of the Court's despatch, H. M.'s Go vernment have not unreasonably expected to learn that your Excellency had, in one way or the other, g i ven effect to the instructions which it contained." Outsiders, no doubt, can have no idea of the vast pressure of business which during these times accumulates at the door of the Indian Government. We are disposed to make every al lowance for the want of leisure that pressure entails, but here is a case which surely requires no long deliberationt and on the principle, bis dit qui cito, the sooner it is decided the better.—Homeward COUNTRY MARKETS. MANSFIELD—Arnm 21. We had fair supplies of all descriptions of grain to-day, and wheat met a good sale at is to 2s per qr. over previous rates. Oats fully as dear. Barley of superior quality un changed in value. Very little doing in beans. WAKEFIELD-APRIL 21. In consequence oismall-arrivals,Owingtocontrary winds prevailing, the show of wheat was very limited ; from the market being held off the usual day the extent of business was only moderate, but last day's rates were fully main tained on the sales which took place. Fine barley steady ; other sorts dull. Beans in request at higher prices. Other articles unaltered. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 631 b., Essex, Suffolk, and Kent, white, old, 48s to 50s; new, 47s to 50s; ditto, red, old, 42s to 44s ; new, 41s to 44s ; Lincolnshire and York shire white, new, 43s to 47s ; red, 38s to 435. N ORTH ALL RT ON—ArRIL 20. There was an avetago supply of grain to-day, and a fair business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 5. 4 3d to 589 d per bushel ; red, 5s Od to 58 6d ; beans, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; barley, 28s to 34s Od per qr. ; oats, 22s to 28s. STOCKTON-ON-TEES—APRIL 20. There was an average show of wheat to-day, which Sold at better prices than last week—from 44s to 49s , barley at 29s to 30s per qr.; oats, 20s to 26s per 24 stone ; beauFt 38s to 48s per 38 stone. EXETER.—APRIL 21. There was a moderate supply .f wheat to-day, for which business was limited, at the following prices : Wheat, white ..5s Od to 5s 4d Barley.. Od to 4s 3d I Ditto red 4s 9d to 5 s Od Oats ^ . 3s Od to 3s 3d Flour, fine, 29s to 30s ; seconds, 28s to 29s per sack. CATTLE—The market was poorly supplied with stock. The attendance of farmers thin. Pork carcases a mall supply. Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s6d Pork carcases, doBs 6d to 9s Od Lambs, per lb . . Od to Od Rough fat, Ewes, per lb ....61d to 01 Wethers, d 0...... 7d to 7id Fat calves, d0....5 3 / 4 d to Od 'lid per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR-APRIL 21. There has been a steady market this week, and the trans actions since our last have been to a fair amount, but the market closes with rather less firmness. Refiners' produce firm, and there is a good demand for all descriptions. R 1033 continues neglected. BIB,THS. ASSER.—On the 16th inst., at Park-end, Sydenhara, the , wife of Mr. Robert Asser, of a son. CooxsoN.—On the 13th March, at Rawnl Pindee, the lady of Captain S. B. 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Tegg and Co., publishers, Queen•street, Cheapside, aged 59: WAYMAN.—On Good Friday, at 12, Claremont-square; James Blyth Wayman, Esq., late of Colchester , a g e ' 80. WHITE.--On the 20th inst ,at Acton-plaee, Kingsland, very suddenly, William Inman Hunt, Esq., o f Cheshun t, Herts, aged 53. YAPP.—On the 20th inst., Margaret, wife of Wra• V 9 'P P ' 4, Old Cavondish-street. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO TOVP'"a' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sttn Of fi ce, No . 1 / 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the count"' ° Middlesex, Saturday, .April 23, 1859.