The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL` PARLIA M ENT HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY)• The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. INDIA PRIZE PROPERTY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that on Monday next he should ask the noble earl at the head of the Government whether any measures had yet been taken for placing the army in India in possession of prize property captured during the campaign, and whether the Government were willing to give directions for accurate plans to be prepared of the forts takdn during the war. THIRD READINGS. - - - - The following • bills were severally read a third tim e : Glasgow Public Works and ; Galleri es ßombay, Baroda, a n d C en t ra l India ;York ;and of Art Kingstown , Water • York Improvementd Ipswich Fisheries. RED SEA AND INDIAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY comp l a i ned of the agreement entered into by the Treasury with this company. By that agreement f our an d a-half per cuguaranteed the comp an y on a cap i tal of £BOO,OOO. H e e t i was hought the Government ought to have undertaken the construction of the telegraph ; it could have borrowed money at et per cent.,in . stead of guaranteeing a public company 4t per cent., and, in the event of n eat success reaping -• • ' tli the whole of the benefit. Some of the provisions e the whole of the benefit. Some of the provisions of the cont t he thought monstrous, and it not only gave the company the power of laying down a telegraph between Suez and Kurrachee, but in anyplace that it might think desirable. He was of opinion that Parliament ought not to give its sanction to the arrangement. The Earl of DERBY thought that the bill would re ceive as much attention as a private bill as it would if in troduced as a public one. The noble lord opposite laboured under a mistake with respect to the amount upon which 4/ . per cent had been g i ven. It was true £BOO,OOO was the capital of the company, but it was not upon that sum that the interest was guaranteed but upon the sum actually spent in layi ng d own t h e telegraph. In the event of the telegraph not being completed the contract would fall to the ground. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought the Govern ment had taken the proper course. He thought it unfor tunate to overestimate the importance of the pro posed communication with India in a political and military point of view. He had himself on a former occasion advocated the establishment of such a telegraph, and it would in the present instance be absolutely impossible for the company to advance a single the step Government in the work without th e co-operation and support of . Lord WODEHOUSE agreed in many of the observa tions of the noble lord below him (Lord Stanley of Alder. ley). It would be impossible to attach too much importance to the establishment of a rapid communication with India, but in doing so it was necessary to have a company in a sound financial position. If this bill was rejected it would no doubt cause great delay ; but he thought notwithstand mina tion ing that the Go vernment ought to reconsider their deter- The Earl of DON OUGHMORE hoped the house would assent to the third reading of the bill. At the end of the resent month telegraphic communication would be esta lished between Suez and Men. Lord STANLEY of Alderley said he did not wish to op pose the bi be 11, but h e h oped further progress would stopped agreement. l Parliament had h a d an opportunity of considering the The Earl of DERBY said he had no objection, only great delay would be the result of postponing the bill for the pre sent session, and allowing it to be taken up with other pri vate bills next session. The third reading of the bill was accordingly postponed. EDUCATION IN INDIA. The Duke of ARGYLL called the attention of their lord ships to a letter from the Earl of Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control, to the chairman and deputy-chair man of the East India Company, dated April 28, 1&58, and moved that a humble address be Pre sented to her Majesty for a copy of the regulations and conditions under which the grants in aid of schools are afforded by the Government of India; and also for a re turn of the number of schools which have received such grants distinguishing those which are under native man agement and those which are conducted by Europeans, and of the amount of such grants in each case. du The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH said that the noble duke seemed to have a d es i re to get up a discussion on the b subject of education in India, but h e (th e E ar l o f Ellen g) would would not assist the noble duke in this object, and if he had no other reason he would find one in the fact that the noble earl at the head of the Government had pro mised to lay the last d espatch of the Indian Government before their he shortly. The noble duke had read an extract f rom the letter of a n a ti ve o f I n di a on thi s sub ject. He (the Earl of Ellenborongh) would also read a let ter addressed to him from a native gentleman which related to this question of education in India. This gentleman and that he had lately been reading Sir J. Lawrence's and Colonel Edards's letters onthe subject of Christianis ing India. There were, he said, many persons in India who entertained similar views with Colonel Edwards on this subject, but he was satisfied that if Colonel Edwards's views . were to be carried out, it would have the effect of covering the fields of India with blood. The noble earl, after refer infto Earl Granville's letter on the subject of education ildie ) and having reminded their lordships that this was only t he °Pinion of that noble lord, begged to call the atten tion of the house to her Majesty's roclamation on this sub ject. In this proclamation it was enforced that the Govern ment of India would carefully abstain from any interference with the religion of the natives. (Hear, hear.) This pro clamcation was issued before he (the Earl of Ellenborough) i nto office. The noble duke had referred to his (the Earl of Ellenborough's) despatch on the subject under con sideration. Well, h would read a letter which had been addressed to him from a tman in Berar, in which he complained of the interference of the missionaries with the religion of the natives. Now, what was the language of the P ee ree te laa L at i°n Why, that the Government would adhere - 4 gyve faith to non-interference with the religion of the ne "yea. Re (the Earl of Ellenborough), however, never objected to znatic into grants to schools ; but he did object to a syste --"eerenee with the religion of the natives of India. And let it be recollected that it was in Berar that they found the ereatest deeeee.ty in putting down the rebellion. He would say that it was his deliberate opinion, that unless hey gave confidence to the natives of India that their reli gion would not be interfered with, and that, in fact, the People would be protected in the exercise of their religion, all their efforts to govern India would be futile. (Hear.) for The , rye of MARLBOROUGH thanked the noble duke 'laving brought this subect forward. His complaint a gainst the noble earl (the Earl of Ellenborough) was not that he did not assist the spread of Christianity in India, but that he that country. P r oe.o.sed to' proscribe the Christian religion in le earl was i mpossible in fact. rhe view pr p ded by the nob He did e t see any danger in the pre sent System. Although it was ile the duty of Government to act in a wise and conciliatory spirit, yet it was also its duty to promote Christian civilisatiOn. The Earl of DERBY did not intend to lengthen the pre noble conversation, but thestatement he had made to the noble del -....e appeared to have b enmisunderstood, not only ?etchby the noble earl, but by the noble e duke himself. The de which had been sent out was merely to intimate that o new expenditure on account of education should be in hisctirred without th - noble relative e(Lord s anetir of the home eeee e d d to the office he nowthe held he felt exeretaely desPous eu to ascertain what was _or precise. stath of education in India • and he had there e desired that all the material' ject shoald be collec st the other objects he had ted. • s which existed on the sub- His noble relative, amongst been the e ee in view, wished to know what had ect of the regulations of 1854. He wished to know whether the rai • unpreseion am interfee • ' esi mai7 schools had produced any ongst th natives that there was a wish to e with their rte le had thus had any practical effe e e in ° • and whether they formation which had been ioaerireuecadeg the mut t i o n? The in eomene and unsatisfactory de t. proved be of a very only brought into actual s?zap ed. The system was years whi c h h ad c ° Peration in 1855 ; and of the three occupied by different.rice e elapsed' two of them had been course been ngedeons revolt.. Its operation had of for, as his noble friend iffeven t portions of the country ; means identical in elead truly observed, India was by no had worked well ; every Part. In some districts the system order to show the un others vf it .ead been a total failure. In (Lord Derby) would :eafel; rol y character of the returns, he en the Government schools,o th,e statistics of the attendance stated to be 7,000 ; intile Tee attendance in Bengal was Madras, 1 , 6 00 : while in Baoertil-vrest provinces, 6,000 ; in nabay it was 23,846. This great discrepancy was explained b e y the fact that in Bombay every echool which receivAegdaainnYwttiat all was set down as a Go thevnment school. missionary schools v;aa t e in Bengal the attendance in in all other schools in Madr ae down at 9,803 against 68,003 tively 28,500 and 5,000 —the lasted the numbers were respec the missionary schools excitedae being that in some districts tives, whereas in other places that alarm among the na sion at all. The papers for which there rise tone apprehen would embody the whole of the i noble duke had moved nforraation onsubject f education which was to be found in the archives of the Ineediae office. The object of the despatch which had just been sent out was merely to cause the indeefireasciene7fof that information to be supplied, to prevent any fact any alteration in the existing s t exPenditure, and in em without the sanc tion of the Home Government: conjunction with the report e e th e i That despatch, taken in (which naPeetor-General of the Lower Provinces of Bengal woeld shortly be pub lished), would place before the _house the present' state of instruction in India, and would facilitate future dieeneeiene on the subject. (Hear.) wn, o and an Derby, B :needed return The motion wa s thenwithdra in the form sugges t e d b y the Earl f PUBLIC OFFICES EXTENSION ILL e . d to.' This bill passed through committee. SUPERANNUATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and_ passed. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BILL. The report of amendments to this bill was agreed nd the bill was ordered to be read a third time thi to, a - (Saturday.) 8 d ay THE NAVAL MEDICAL SUPPLEMENTAL FUND SOCIETY ANNIII,TIES , &c ,ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was reed a CONSOLIDATED seco nd time. (APPROPRIATION BILL.) This bill was read a second time. EXCFIEQUER 81LL5ti1te1.3,227,400) BILL. This bill was read a Their lordshipsthen adjourned. HOUSE OF COMmox S. — bi s u s s' were . .The SPEAKER took the chair at fon ERBAY.) PRIVATE Rus n ,47 o °'clock. The amendments to the following and agreed to. and the bills were ord er d consider third time :—King's Lynn Wat erwork e x to be readeda Borough Improvement; Tavistock Ma4: larketB, and Improvement ; Leominster and Kingston ts, and 'The followino• bills were read a third Railway .—Carlisle and 'Penrith, &c., Roads, cat er i., - 71, .Paased Central Wales Railway, Commercial Do c k s T Railway, Frstilvvay, Dundee and Newtyle Railway, London a n d s ou r ,lnilnent, Railway, London, Brighten, and South c oast atern Mountsorrel Railway, Vale of Neath Harbour Improvement, People's Provident Agnasaurrd_ ance Society, Scarborough Gas, Standard Life Assurance Company, Victoria (London) Dock; Bel fast and Londonderry Junction Railway, Colic and Kinsale Junction Railway, and Tralee and Killarney Railway. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE BILL. Lord J. MANNERS, in moving the second reading of the bill, said he did not mean to proceed farther with it in the present session ; but it was necessary it should be carried as far as they could previous to the meeting of the next Par liament. They had obtained certain houses, but they were required in order to make the new approaches to the new bridge—those houses lying on the north side. The cost of the new approaches would .be considerable ; but, as a compensation for th a t, th ese a pp roac h es wou ld considerably aught value of the houses on the north side, the pro- perty of the Commissioners. The total estimate for the works amounted to £316,000, but of that sum £96,000 would still be required to be voted by Parliament. The noble lord then moved that the bill should be read a s and time. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY was of opinion t at the ap proaches would be very costly. He also thou; t that as in all other parts of the country the bridges wer built by the respective counti es , a diff erent course of pro eding should not be adopted as regar d e d the metropolis, b that the same principle should be acted upon all over th country. He should like to know whether the works now in progress F were going on by contract, or whether they were performed . by piecework. , Lord J. MANNERS said, as far as the superstructure of the bridge was concerned it had been contracted for by the Messrs. Cochrane, and the piers and foundations were at the present time being completed by Mr. Page, the emi nent engineer. Lord DUNCAN wanted to know what would be the probable cost of the approaches to the bridge. Lord J. MANNERS said a rough estimate had been made upon that point two years ago, but he thought it would not be politic at present to state what that estimate was, as it might influence the decisions of the jury in making thei r valuations. Sir DE LACY EVANS said it was of no use to object to the cost of the approaches, as, if they had a bridge, they must also have approaches. The bill was then read a second time. SAVINGS BANKS. Sir S. NORTHCOTE moved for returns from each sav ings bank in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, in columns, the names of the officers, their re spective salaries, and other allowances, if any ; the amount of security each gives ; the number of accounts remaining open; the total amount owing to depositors; the total amount invested with the Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt ; the rate of interest paid to depositors on the various amounts of deposit, and the average rate of interest on all accounts ; and the total amount of the separate surplus fund, on the 20th day of Novem ber, 1857, and on the 20th day of November, 1858, respect ively ; the rate per centum per annum on the capital of the bank for the expenses of management ; the annual number of receipts from depositors ; the annual number of pay ments ; the average amount of receipts ; the average amount of payments ; the number and amount of annuities granted ; the annual expenses of management, inclusive of all payments and salaries, for the years ended the 20th day of November, 1857, and the 20th day of November, 1858 ; also the year in which business commenced in each bank, and the name of the day or days, and the number of hours in the week on which the banks are open for the deposit and withdrawal of monies (in continuation of Parliamen tary paper, No. 55, of session 1857).—Agreed to. GOLD COAST. Mr. M'MAHON moved for copy of the correspondence between James Coleman Fitzpatrick and the Colonial-office, relative to the Gold Coast (in continuation of Parliamen tary Paper, No. 433, of Session 1856).—Agreed to. EAST INDIA SALARIES. _ _ _ Mr. J. B. SMITH moved an address for return of the annual salaries, converted into sterling money at the rate of two shillings the company's rupee, with all other allowances, emoluments, or outfits, of the offices of gover nor-general, governors, lieutenant-governors, chief jus tices, puisne judges, bishops, chaplains, and all civil and military covenanted servants of the Indian Government, in the general, judicial, revenue, salt, ,pium, political and miscellaneous, post-office, public works, canals, ro ids, me dical, and public instruction departments of the adminis tration in India; specifying the number of persons in each of the aforesaid official grades, and distinguishing the diffe rent presidencies, lieutenant-governorships, or other places in which such offices were held. —Agreed to. EXCHEQUER, &c. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY moved for accounts of the ba lance of votes unissued from the Exchequer on the 31st of March, 1858 ; of the cash balances at the credit of the several votes of Parliament and other accounts in the Pay master's books on the 31st of March, 1858 ; of the supply grants under the several heads, specifying each, on which there is a surplus of money voted, and setting forth the different years in which the accumu lation of unexpended but appropriated money has arisen, to be made up to the 31st day of March, 1858 ; of the balances on the miscellaneous deposit funds in the hands of the Paymaster-General on the 31st day of March, 1858 ; of all monies received by the Paymaster-General, ex cept such as were drawn from the Exchequer or were re - payments of monies issued for services from the Exchequer for the year 1857 and 1858 ; and, similar accounts for the year ended the 31st March, 1859 (in continuation of Parlia mentary Paper No. 205 of session 2, 1857).—Agreed to. CHURCH RATES, &c. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved an address for retarn of the rateable value of the property assessed to the poor rate in the parishes in which, according to the returns No. 2 and No. 39, of session 1859, no church-rates were made ; where ever in those returns the place named is a district or other ecclesiastical division, forming part of a parish, the rateable value of property in the entire of such parish to be given ; the partial character of the above returns in this respect to be indicated in each case.—Agreed to. COLONEL DICKSON. Mr. T. DITNCOMBE gave notice that on Monday next he would ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to reinstate Col. Dickson in his commission in the Tower Hamlets Militia, considering the verdict that had been obtained by him at the recent trial at Westmins ter-hall. APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATES AT NEW- BURY, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had to ask a question, and in order to do so formally, he would move that the house at its rising do adjourn till Monday. It appeared that five magistrates had been appoint e d by th e L or d Ch ance ll or f or the borough of Newbury in opposition to the wish of the municipal body, three of whom were Conservatives and two Liberals. MAGISTRATES FOR THE CITY OF HEREFORD. Colonel CLIFFORD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any subsequent information which would enable him to qualify the state.. ment ha had made the other eveninc , as to a public meeting, alleged to have been held in Hereford, previously to the recent appointment of magistrates in that city, and if not, whether he would state his authority for the same ? and called the attention of the house thereto. Mr. SECRETARY ESTCOURT said, in reference to the question of the hon. member for Finsbury, the Lord Chancellor had been informed by the Recorder of Newbury that additional magistrates were required for the borough of Newbury, and that he had applied to the town council for that borough for the names of per sons to supply that deficiency ; but they could not agree as to whom they should nominate, and they replied that no additional magistrates were required. The Recorder of Newbury again applied, and the appointments were then made. With respect to the question put by the hon. and gallant member (Col. Cliffold), he held in his hand letters to the effect that meetings were held in Hereford such as , he had previously described; but if it could be proved to him that the statement was incorrect, he would be most happy to make the atonement necessary. After some conversation the subject dropped. GOODS IMPORTED INTO INDIA. Lord Duncan, Mr. Hadfield, and Mr. Wilson put ques• tions to the Secretary of State for India on this subject. INDIAN ARTILLERY AND ENGINEERS. Colonel KINGSCOTE asked the Secretary of State for India whether it was the intention of Government, now that the commissioned ranks of her Majesty's Indian artillery and engineers had been so fully assimilated in other respects to those branches of the army at home, to complete the uniformity extending to the retired field officers the privilege enjoyed by those of the royal artillery and engineers, of not allowing them to be superseded (in rank) by their brother officers who remained on the effective strength of their corps. THE TROOPS AT TRINIDAD! Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary of State for War by whose authority, and for what reasons, the detach ment of the 41st Regiment at Trinidad) which had been moved out of barracks into camp, on account of the mor tality and disease which had occurred in the former, were subsequently ordered back into barracks, where the severe losses they had previously been exposed to were mnewed. THE DISTURBANCES AT TRAVANCORE. Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of State for India whether he had received the papers in reference to the recent disturbances at Travancore, and whether he would lay the same on the table. He took the opportunity of vindicating the conduct of Sir John Lawrence from some imputations that had been thrown on it by an hon. member of that house. Mr. V. SMITH, as the member alluded to, said that he had stated nothing which he intended to be detrimental to the reputation of the gallant officer in question. His state• meat was made on the authority of papers presented to the house, but the denial of the accuracy of what appeared in those various papers was quite sufficient to satisfy any one in the Government. But even admitting that the sources were correct, his remarks on a former occasion could not be considered to reflect on the conduct of Sir John Lawrence in reference to what he had alluded on the occasion in question, for that con duct might have been distinguished by great ability. THE STAMP DUTY TO BE PAID BY SECRE TARIES' OF STATE. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether, according to his promise, he had obtained the opinion of Mr. Attorney General respecting the legality of the Earl of Malmesbury refusing to pay the £2OO stamp duty required by the Act 55 Geo. 111., c. 184, to be paid on the patent of appointment to the office of Secretary of State? He understood that other Secretaries of State for War had paid that duty, and he could not see why the noble lord who occupied that station had not paid for his patent. His not doing so was a violation of the law, and it was setting a bad example, for a noble lord who had £5OOO a year, not to pay £2OO, which his predecessors had paid. INDIA. Lord STANLEY rose to answer the somewhat miscella neous questions which had been put to him in the course of this discussion. In the first place he would refer to what had been stated by Mr. Kin . aird with reference to the delay which that hon. gentleman complained occurred with refe rence to the transmission of official intelligence. There were two reasons for that delay. In the first place it arose out of the very nature of official communications. It was hardlypossible that official communications could be received in the same time as private communications. A private col.- respondent, or the correspondent of a public journal, did not write under anyofficial responsibility, he took his facts from their current rumour. But as official communication was made under a grave responsibility, it was necessarily requi site that the party making it should not do so without due consideration. But, further, it frequently h a pp ene d th a t those communications had reference to local questions, and in such case further time was taken up in referring to the locality to which they had relation. With regard to the alleged disturbance at Travancore, to which the hon gentle man especially referred, he had not received any official com • munication. Ile had seen several accounts relating to that r air, all of th em varying much in their statements of the 'acts. would The hon The Supposing those facts were of a certain nature. answer of for _,,w la c e must say, in all courtesy to the hon. member and c w ' en m veui srct to the house, that it was not consistent with which, on the him to answer such a question. The only aware of the li fa . the could give was this, that when he was and in answerltcl:ettr ts then he would say what was the course P t art of the Government, ought to be followed. He would ne kV that t,o the statement of Colonel Kingscote; itestion of the hon. and gallant mem ber he must vernment to t a k e 4 .,_ was not the intention of he Go- It details to state the It would tak e h im "'"Cps to which his question alluded. oo long a discussion of profes vernment based their resolv e upon upon which their Go- Govern and gallant raeraeberlle could, however, assure eettai rd the house that the ment had maturely an ered the question. The next matter alluded to was th e articles of hardware. The hon. member for Sheffield (Ilanr.citaretnhaofd l a n s t i e a d Now, the only copy of tho tariff what was the duty tow which ja pi athee d_ laen was the draft which had not yet passed the Council of Calcutta. In that draft the duty on hardware was fixed at from 5 to 10 per cent. The hon. member had also asked whether the Indian Government had power to impose this duty. He understood that since the act of 1853 the legislative body in India had power to make alterations in any laws not affecting the pre rogative of the crown. In this case the Government had sent out instructions to impose duties corresponding closely with the course actually taken by the Indian authorities upon their own responsibility. Lord Canning had in fact communicated to him that it would be impossible for him to meet the pressure upon him unless on his own authority he took the step of levying this impost. He had, therefore, taken upon himself to follow that course, relying upon the Government to give him their support. That support he need hardly say the Government were prepared to extend to Lord Canning. The hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Wil son) had asked him whether these taxes were intended to be an increase upon British manufactures only, or upon all others also. In answer he had to state that they would affect all manufactures. (Hear.) He thought he had now answered all the questions put to him. RIBBONISM IN IRELAND. Mr. M‘MAH ON asked the Attorney. General for Ireland whether he could give any explanation relative to the setting aside of jurors on the late trials for ribbonism at Belfast, and the cause for which each juror was set aside ? Mr. WHITESIDE thought, with all respect to the house, that it was not a fit tribunal to inquire into a matter of this kind. He found that a few years ago, when a motion of this nature was before the house, Sir J. Grant, then the Attor ney-General of the Government, opposed the motion, and stated that it was an inquiry which could only be gone into in the case of corruption of a public officer, or in the case of oppression. He had received a report from the crown soli citor on the subject to which the hon. gentleman referred. He must premise that 25 years ago an order was made by the Attorney-General (Sir M. O'Loughlin) that in cases of conspiracy a licensed victualler should not sit on the jury; that was a rule based on the fact that most of these socie ties were held at the publichouses, and it was a rule which had ever since been acted upon. Now in the case to which the hon member referred nine jurors had been told to stand by—four of them under the rule laid down by Sir M. O'Loughlin ; the others were directed to stand by because they were party men. In no case was a juror challenged on account of his being a Catholic. The house, perhaps, would allow him to advert to a statement made the other even ing by the right hon. gentleman the member for Kerry (Mr. H. Herbert). The right hon. gentleman adverted to a trial which recently occurred at Tralee, and said he regretted much the course which the Crown officers had thought it right to take there. The case to which allusion was made was that of the Phcenix conspirators. The indict ment in that case was framed under the Pains and Penal ties Act, the object being to avoid the extreme capital penalty. The trial took place, and 50 witnesses were ex amined, and after some consultation it was found that the jury could not agree. There was no imputation that could be properly cast on the Crown Solicitor in the matter ; he had acted with due zeal and impartiality. The Crown Solicitor had felt deeply the remarks whieh the right hon. gentleman had made, and he had forwarded to him (Mr. Whiteside) a letter from the late Mr. O'Connell, speaking of him in the highest terms, and as one who " was a model for all Crown Solicitors." NVell,-as he had said, the jury could not agree; two of the jurors—he mentioned only what was openly stated to the court—would not listen either to honour or reason. When another jury was em panelled, a gentleman was desired to stand aside because twenty-five years ago he had been tried and fined in a tithe case. It was true that he was on the list of magistracy, but in appointing him the Lord Chancellor was not aware of his having been concerned in such a case. It was felt, and justly, that in a case like that before the court, this gentle man, though many years had gone by, might not be alto gether without bias. In conducting that case, the Crown officer followed the course which had been pursued in the case of Mr. Mitchell, the most recent case of conspiracy. The Attorney-General of that day, himself a Catholic, wrote to the Crown solicitors "that it was not his desire that any person should be set aside on account of religion, but that as to the propriety of setting aside persons on account of poli tical bias, he did not think the instructions usually issued applied to the case of a confederacy." He (Mr. Whiteside) was present at the trial, and there were then 39 jurors or dered to stand by, in which number all the Catholics were comprised. In the recent trial at Tralee fewer persons were set aside than he had recolletced to have seen challenged in a political trial, and he put it to the right hon. gentleman to show a case in which the prerogative of the Crown had been exercised so leniently. Mr. H. HERBERT must still express his regret at the course which had been pursued on the trial to which he al luded. He had listened carefully to the speech of the right hon. gentleman, who had given them no reason why eight other gentlemen now besides the nine he had particularly instanced, were told to stand by. With regard to this being a political confederacy case, he must remind the house that it received no sanction from the body of the Roman Catho lics of Ireland. They before the Government moved had nipped the thing in the bud, the small tenant farmers, even the class known as the " boys," who were proverbially ready for mischief, stood aloof from it, and the priests had de nounced it from the altar. Their reward was to be told that no member of their community was fit to serve upon a jury. Mr. WHITESIDE—I never said so. Mr. H. HERBERT—It might not have been said, but the opinion was acted upon, as all Roman Catholics were struck off. Amongst others who had been struck off was a magistrate whom he (Mr. Herbert) had recommended to the commission. The grounds were that this gentleman had been convicted of conspiracy, the facts being that 27 years ago he was convicted of making an anti-tithe speech in an obscure village, and for it he was sentenced to a fortnight's im prisonment. This gentleman had felt so acutely the obser vations which had been made in that house, that he had tendered his resignation to the Lord Chancellor. He (Mr. Herbert) had felt himself justified in recommending this gentleman to the commission, and the attorney-Genera told him he was unfit to be a juror. Mr. WHITESIDE had never said that the gentleman was unfit. What he had said was that a man who had him self been convicted of conspiracy was not the fittest person in the world to try another person for conspiracy. (Hear.) Mr. HERBERT considered the objection to this gentle man to be no more than a quibble, and was still of opinion that the ends of justice would have been better served by the empanelling of Roman Catholic jurors on these trials. A Protestant and a Whig, writing to him, said, "It was ex ceedingly improper to strike off these jurors," and a high Tory was of opinion " that the Crown made a grievous mis take in rejecting Mr. Gerard O'Connor." (Hear, hear.) NAVAL PROMOTION. Admiral DUNCOMBE complained that the order in council of June 211ast, providing for the retirement of naval officers above 70, had not yet been fully acted upon. Nine teen vacancies had occurred, of which 18 had been filled up, but the 19th still remained unprovided for. He considered the delay to be a great hardship, as it kept back a vice and rear admiral, and prevented the promotion of a senior cap tain. Should the latter die before he obtained the promo tion to which he was entitled, his widow would only be en titled to a captain's widow's pension. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had delayed the appoint ment alluded to, because he had had it in contemplation to publish some comprehensive and satisfactory scheme of naval retirement. However, the vacancy had been offered to one gallant officer and had been declined. However, recent cir cumstances had convinced him that the vacancy should not be kept open any longer, and he had therefore determined upon making the appointment. THE ARMY IN INDIA. Sir G. C. LEWIS wished to know precisely what was the exact number of imperial troops at present in India, and what reauctions were contemplated during the present year as no doubt the estimates would be framed with a view to the prospective reduction. He wished also to know whether there was any foundation for the statement that the Indian Government had been required from this side of the water to maintain a greater number of her Majesty's troops than they desired or required for the peace of India. He thought it most undesirable that any unnecessary burthen should be cast on the finances of that country. He asked whether, in case a greater number of regiments than was at present em ployed could be spared, means might not be found, by the disembodying of militia regiments, for their remaining at home. Mr. MONSELL asked why the recent examinations at Woolwich had not been advertised generally in the news papers, according to the previous praetice ; also why the re port had been delayed ? THE TROOPS IN TRINIDAD. Gen. PEEL would first answer a question which had been out by the hon. and gallant member for Westminster respecting the troops in Trinidad. The authority rested, in the first instance, with the local authorities in that Island, and upon the outbreak of the fever in September they sent the troops into camp. In December, the fever having abated they were sent back to barracks. He had received that day accounts from Barbadoes, from which it appeared that the health of the troops in Trinidad had greatly improved, but that it was still desirable to keep them in camp, in order that the barracks might be throughly cleansed and white washed. The Colonial Secretary had sent out all the neces sary authority for whatever removals might be neces sary, and power had been given to the officers in command to incur a certain amount of expense for sanitary purposes. He believed, although there might be occasional outbreaks of fever in Trinidad, that the general average of mortality amongst the white troops was only four per cent., while that of the black troops was three. From the accounts he had received he hoped for the early abatement of the fever. THE ARMY IN INDIA. Gen. PEEL proceeded to say that, speaking from me mory, the army in India amounted to 73 regiments of in fantry and 12 of cavalry, of which he should be happy to withdraw as many regiments as possible • but a late letter of Lord Clyde's stated th a t se v en regiments ef infantry and one of cavalry were all that could be spared. In fact, the great difficulty wa4 in satisfying the Indian Government, without whose requisition no troops could be sent out. If any more could be spared, there was no doubt but that, by means of the militia, means of accommodating them might to a great extent be found. Looking at the state of Europe, he should not have the slightest objectionto receive as many regiments as could be spared. (Hear, hear.) With respect to artillery, the Indian Government were preparing to raise 12 batteries of their own. In answer to the right hon. member for Limerick, he had only to say that the ex aminations in question were duly advertised in the Gazette, and would have appeared in the newspapers as before, but that the latter refused to insert them again, unless t hey were paid for as advertisements. The report of the last examina tion would be published in a few days. JAMAICA IMMIGRATION. Mr. GILPIN, in the absence of the Secretary for the Co lonies, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government assent had been given to the Jamaica Immigra tion Bill. Also, if the papers on immigration, which the right hon. baronet thought would be ready by the 31st of March, were yet ready. And if the following papers would be ready to be laid before Parliament previous to its disso lution :—Returns of the number of immigrants from India and China who had been introduced into the British East or West India colonies since 1835 ; with a statement of the mortality on the passage ; the duration of the voyage; of the number who had left each colony to return home ; of those who had died there ; of those who had become chargeable as paupers or otherwise on the colony ; how those that remained were employed ; and a statement showing what proportion of the expenses on immigration account had been paid out of the funds of each colony, and how much out of the Im perial Exchequer ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Jamaica Immigration Bill had been confirmed by the Privy Council. The reports asked for were, he was sorry to say, very voluminous, and would not be laid on the table previous to the dissolution. Lastly, no return of the number of immigrants had reached the Colonial-office. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. CONINGHAM said he wished to ask the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question with respect to some recent purchases of paintings which had been made for the National Gallery. He perceived that three purchases of early Italian pictures had been recently made. One of them was said to be a picture of Marco Ba.s saiti, which he had carefully examined, and with respect to which he had consulted persons who had great experience in the purchase of pictures, who entirely agreed with him in the opinion that the whole surface of the picture had been restored, and that it had been rendered worthless. There was also a picture by Cima da Conegliano which THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY F iVENING, APRIL 16, 1859. presented a most unfavourable specimen of restoration, and which he believed had b een purchase r I for the Natio na l which was formerly not a genuine pic- p G i a et ll u ez to fr w om nioh som n e e F re r f e e n n z .e h d w de; s lerm Paris. The thi r d one a M tt olo b n u i t . ed H to e IS eo l n or t e e t n t d o e , d bu ti t ta w t hiitchwwasa 3 now said to be by made in those ture of that master, and t hat it as altogether a paint pinegndoitf4en of inf p e u ri b o u r e ch m ar o a n c e t y el l . .. na Se b e ng ; that so large an pur chases,ex- he could not help calling Oaf, attention of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to Lilo all t ject, for it amounted, i n his opinion, almost to a malve matt on of the national funds. The mistake which had been mad e in those purchases he could only attribute to an ern or in judgment ;he should not even insinuate a graver clue r ge. But that the public money had, in the instances to wi rich he had just adverted, been improperly laid out, he was prepared to maintain and he should, upon some futu.re occe sion, be prepared to bring the subject more at length uncle r the notice of the house. (Hear, hear.) Purchases such as those lowered and de teriorated our collection of pieta res, and he therefore could not sit silent while paintings which he would not say might be referred to the el iass • of mediocrity ; but which were almost entirely worthless, rere placed in the National Gallery. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that inasmuch as he was unaw are 1 hat it was his intention to bring the subject of the ien.t purchases made for the National Gallery under the i totcyce of the house, he was at the present moment quite u npr epared to enter into any criticism of the pictures v ihi ch A`ie had mentioned. The subject was, however, one -,wlr, ich v ras of great importance, and he should endeavour t o )btai n that information with respect to it which would be , e xped'ient for the guidance of the Government as to the c ou rse vnhich ought to be taken in reference to the National Ga THE DIS ,SO LU TION. Lord PALMERSTON a Ala wl tether her Majesty's Go vernment had as yet come to arty decision as to the day when the dissolution was t o take place, and also whether the writs would be issued or t the same day ? There was great anxiety on the subject am( cigst gentlemen of all political parties—(" No, no," from t 6 .e benches)—as their election arrangements were c ompletely hung up whilst this uncertainty as to the day of Essolution. lastd. He was sure the right bon. gentleman ir4 'uld be conferring a favour on the house could he then name t he exact day for the dissolution. The CHANCELLOR of t Ite EXCHEQUER said that the question of the noble lord was one which was very diffi cult to answer in so precise a : manner as he could wish. All he could say was that Ministe rs should advise her Majesty to prorogue Parliament during • Passion week, when, as far as ho could judge, the new Pai lament might be summoned for the 31st May, but it was it apossible to fix the day with absolute exactness. The dissob ation could not be proclaimed on Good Friday, but both proroi - cation and dissolution would take place during the ensuhag w eek. With regard to the fees payable by the Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs on his appointment to office, he h ad submitted a case to the At torney-General, who agree d with him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that Secret arks: of State were liable to the fees on their appointment, anti he had accordingly directed the Attorney-General to enforce, the payment, not only from his noble friend the present Foreign Secretary, but from some of his predecessors who had tot paid. (Hear, and a laugh.) The motion for the adjourn meat of the house to Monday was then agreed to. INDIAN I, ',ETURNS. Mr. HADFIELD moved tt at the return relating to East India (Cabul and Affghanista a) presented 24th March be printed. An hon. member moved that the house be counted. The house was counted actor dingly, and there being only 13 members present, The house was adjourned at 20 minutes past seven. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING.--FRIDAY. The Railway Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs Winners extra, New T.Y.C. (Three-quarters of a mile.) Mr. G. Castle's Vulture; by Damask, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. J. Shelley's Lord Berkeley, 5 yrs, Est 5113 (W. Bottom) 2 Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 6 yrs, Bst .. (J. Land) 3 The following also ran ,—Peter Flat, Nereus, De Ginkel, Greenwich Fair, Salonica, Maid of _Kent, Beauty, Mi ss Eleanor, Joskin, and Julie. Betting--3 to 1 agst Peter Flat, 6t o 1 each agst Vul ture and Maid of Kent, 8 to 1 each agst Salonica and Nereus. Vulture made all the running, and won. by three lengths ; same distance between the second and third ; Beauty was fourth ; and Miss Eleanor fifth ; Salonica was last. The Paddock Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. 9 subs. Mr. Lock's New Brighton, by Birkenhead, aged (£3O) Bst 101 b (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Blanton's Rhisus, 5 yrs (£3O), Bst 131 b.... (French) 2 Mr. G. Leycester's Rip Van Winkle, 6 yrs (£3O) Bst 131 b (W. Sharpe) 3 The following also ran : Miss Partridge, Fearful, Tryphena filly, Spicy filly, and Dumfries. Betting-7 to 4 agst New Brighton, 2to 1 agst Rhisus, 7 to 1 agst Miss Partridge. New Brighton led throughout, and won a closerace in by a head, bad third; Dumfries was fourth. The winner was bought in for 205 guineas. Rhisus was claimed. The City and Suburban Handicap, of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added. The second to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. Winners extra. Last mile and a quarter. 110 subs, 46 of whom declared. Captain Gray's Glenbuck, by the Flying Dutchman, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (car. 4st 121 b) (J. Adams) 1 Mr. Schickler's Martel-en-Tete, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (W. Carter) 2 Mr. W. Barratt's Southampton, 3 yrs, sst 41b(W.Bottom) 3 The following also ran :—Little Gerard, Blackthorn, Sedbury, Fright, Accurate, Hobgoblin, Gracchus, Bellona, The Greek, Artist, Bouquet, Duke of Duty, Production, Villaret, Precious Stone, Chanoine, and. Vigo. Betting —5 to 1 agst Accurate, 6 to 1 agst The Greek, 7 to 1 agst Production, 8 to 1 agst Sedbury, 100 to 8 agst Little Gerard, 100 to 7 each agst Martel-en-Tete and Pre cious Stone, 100 to 6 agst Vigo, 20 to 1 each agst Gracchus and Bellona, 2.5 to 1 each agst Glenbuck and Hobgoblin. Glenbuck broke away before starting. He ran up the hill past Sherwood's house, and on being turned back he took the lower road towards Leatherhead. When the flag fell he was about fifty yards in the rear, but he made up his lost ground before coming to Tattenham Corner, and taking the lead soon after entering the straight, he won in a canter by a length and a half, about six lengths between the second and third ; Accurate and Sedbury were fourth and fifth, close together, Gracchus, Precious Stone, Chanoine, and Vigo were next ; the others were beaten off. Beacon was struck out of the City and Suburban Handi cap at 35 minutes past 12. The Two- . yr •old Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added. For colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The second to save his stake. Haifa mile. 38 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Lupellus, by Loup Garon, Bst 71b (Withington) 1 Sir Joseph Hawley's Madame Eglantine, Bst 41b (Wells) 2 Mr. J. Merry's Thormanby, Bst 71b (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—The Assyrian, Testatrix, Hesse, Idler, Restes, White Rose, Phcebe, Mayflower, Plumper, and Foretop. Betting-5 to 2 agst Madame Eglantine, sto 2 agst Thormanby, 4 to 1 agst Lupellus, 10 to 1 agst Restes. Madame Eglantine led for a short distance, when Lupel lus took the lead, and won by half a length, a neck between the second and third ; White Rose was a bad fourth, Restes was fifth, Foretop, Phcebe, Mayflower, and Assyrian were the next three. The Great Metropolitan Stakes (Handicap) of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added. The owner of the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Winners extra. Two miles and a quarter. 91 subs, 35 of whom declared. Mr. J. Shelley's Lifeboat, by Sir Hercules, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Rigby's Blue Jacket, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 2 Baron Rothschild's Crafton, 3 yrs, sst (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Newcastle, Arsenal, Long range, Compromise, Meadowdale; Beacon, Pan, Conductor, Old Robert, The Greek, Shuffle, Yellow Rose, Cytherus, Yorkshire Grey, Tunstall Maid, Hydromel, and Queen Bess. Betting-7 to 2 agst Old Robert, 9to 1 agst Lifeboat, 10 to 1 agst Yellow Rose, 12 to 1 each agst Meadowdale, Tun stall Maid, Crafton, and Beacon, 16 to 1 agst Newcastle, 100 to 6 each agst Blue Jacket and Cytherus, 20 to 1 agst Arsenal, 25 to 1 agst Compromise. Pan led to the distance, where Lifeboat came out, fol lowed by Blue Jacket and Crafton, Lifeboat winning by three-quarters of a length; a head between the second and third ; bad fourth ; Beacon was fifth, Old Robert sixth, and Cytherus seventh. The Inkerman Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap), Winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. Shelley's Lord Berkeley, by Weatherbit, 5 yrs, Est 121 b Mr. La Mert's King Edward, 2 yrs, sst 21b (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Challoner's Fusee, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Musgrove) 3 The following also ran :—Fair Play, Comquot, Bound away, Maid of Kent, Varna, Brenhilda, Homer, Carlotta, Madame Moet, and Twang. Betting— 3 to 1 agst Lord Berkeley, 5 to 1 agst Madame Moet, 6 to 1 agst Twang, 7 to 1 agst King Edward, 8 to 1 agst Comquot. The favourite made play, followed by Varna and Carlotta to the half distance, where King Edward took the second place. Lord Berkeley maintained his advantage to the end and won by three quarters of a length ; two lengths between the second and third ; Comquot was fourth, Varna fifth, Boundaway sixth, and Carlotta seventh. The Balaclava Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. Half a mile. 13 subs. Mr. Copperthwaite's Madame Moet, by Kingston, 3 yrs (130), i'st (A. Edwards 1 Mr. Fuller's Salonica, 5 yrs (130), Bst 61b (Plumb) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Simple Simon, 2 yrs, (10), sst 21b (Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Lady Bird, Polyxena colt, Yarra Yarra, Donna Carmen, and Homer. Pearson weighed for Mr. Gulliver's Macbeth, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 21b, but he unseated his jockey before getting to the post, and did not start. Betting.-5 to 1 agst Madame Moet, 6to 1 agst Lady Bird, 5 to 4 laid agst Macbeth. Won by two lengths. The winner was sold to Mr. Fuller for 60 guineas. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst The Promised Land (taken) 15 to 1 agst Gamester (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Glenbuck (taken) Before the race for the Metropolitan, 1000 to 15 was taken about Old Robert. DERBY, 1860. 20 to 1 aget Lupellus (taken) FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WHITEHALL, APRIL 13. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Brenton Halliourton, Esq., Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. WHITEHALL, APRIL 14. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend John Stewart to the church at Lochgilphead, in the parish of Glassary, in the presbytery of Inverary, and shire of Argyll, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Mac farlane. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 15. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain George Thomas Gough, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice King, who exchanges. 3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard James M. St. George, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Teevan, who exchanges. 12th Light Dragoons--ilaptain William Wallis King, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Gough, who exchanges. Military Train—Captain William Banks, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Mac donald, promoted to an unattached Majority, without purchase; Captain C. F. Hutton, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Brevet- Major Shervinton, promoted to an Unattached Majority, without purchase; Lieutenant George Hall, from half pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Banks, who reverts to the half-pay of his former rank of Captain in that Corps from the Ist April, 1857; Lieu tenant George Edwards, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutton, who re verts to the half-pay of his former rank of Second Cap tain in that Corps from the Ist April, 1857. 9th Regiment of Foot—Captain John Molloy, from half pay Unattached, t o b e C a pt a i n , repay i ng the d i fference, vice Brevet-Major H. B. Scott, seconded, having been appointed District Inspector of Musketry at the Cape of Good Hope; Lieut. Henry Collingwood Vibart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Molloy, who retires ; William Queale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purch ase , v i ce Roberts, promoted. 11th Foot—Captain Edward G. Keppel Ravenhill, from the 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickinson, who ex changes. 15th Foot—Lieut. William Robertson Tyler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Morshead, who retires. 36th Foot—Lieut. Arthur Francis Kelsey to be Adjutant, vice C. D. James, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 39th Foot—Ensign Edward John Armytage, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign, vice Ker r , w h o exc h anges . 41st Foot—Lieut. Henry Seymour Hill to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Dixon, dec ease d ; Ensign Ralph Sadler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hill. 52d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Henley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bayley, who reti res; E ns i gn Reginald G. Wilberforce to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henley. 64th Foot—Lieutenant David Gardiner to be Instructor of Musketry. 70th Foot—For Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be Lieu tenant, &c., which appeared in the " Gazette" of Bth April, 1859, read Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be Captain, without purchase, vice Mulock. 72d Foot-- I Lieutenant Charles Wellesley Vesey to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Buchanan, who retires ; Ensign James Drummond Stewart to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Vesey. 74th Foot—Ensign William Henry Beere, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whimster, deceased. 84th Foot—The appointment of Surgeon La Presle. from the Staff, as stated in the " Gazette " of 314 December, 1858, has been cancelled. 86th Foot—Lieutenant George Albert Conran has been per mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his com mission. 94th Foot—Lieutenant George James Teevan, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice St. George, who exchanges. 96th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Wright to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice H. L.. Williams, who retires. 99th Foot—Captain William Speke Dickenson, from the 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ravenhill, who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Francis Ernest Kerr, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Armytage, who exchanges ; Surgeon Joseph Thomas La Presle, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Sanders, who exchanges. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain William Edward Wal lace, from the 26th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Buchanan, promoted to an Unattached Majority, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy-Commissary- General William Bishop to be Commissary-General ; De puty-Commissary-General Thomas Christie Weir to be Commissary-General. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon H. S. Sanders, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Surgeon, vice La Presle, who ex changes. UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Stewart, from half•pay, 84th Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major, without purchase. BREVET.—Captain ohn Molloy, of the 9th Foot, to be Major in the Army; Brevet-Major John Molloy, of the 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 15. • MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Robert Hanson Coldwell. having obtained a first-class certificate at the School of Musketry at Hythe, has been appointed by the General Commanding-in-Chief, with the concurrence of the Secre tary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to the 2d Stafford Regiment of Militia, vice Captain Wilson, promoted. COMMISSIONS BY THE QUEEN. King's Own Light Infantryßegiment of Militia—James Little, Esq., to be Paymaster. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Captain Bryan Thornhill to be Adjutant. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Colonel John Wilson Patten, M. P., to be Vice-Lieutenant of Lancashire 'luring the temporary absence from England of the Lord-Lieutenant of that county. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Lieutenant George Rashleigh Gompertz to be Captain, vice Traherne, promoted. - - Norfolk Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant the Ho nourable Harbord. Harbord to be First Lieutenant, vice Thierens, resigned. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia.—George Duke Ormsby, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John Allan Johnson, resigned ; William Constable Brown Con stable, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John Hay, promoted ; John Allan Johnson, Gent., to be Second Lieu- tenant, vice Augustus Walter Cruikshank, promoted. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the " Gazette" of the 12th instant.] Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—John Lechmere, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, promoted. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia.—The Queen has been pleased to accept the resig nation of his Commission by Ensign Edwin Robert Ives. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 14. Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for the slave schooner Abbot Devereux, captured on the Ist August, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Teazer, will commence on Wednesday, the 20th April, 1859, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." Agents and 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 of any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are reques3ed to present the same at this office. Any Officer, Seaman, Marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London " in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Cus toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it Would be con venient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share ..... £62 19 1 Commander.... 149 10 5 Fourth class ... 69 0 4 Fifth class .... 38 6 10 Sixth class 34 10 1 Seventh class X 23 0 2 Eighth class ll 10 4 Ninth class 7 13 4 Tenth class 3 16 8 BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Adam Bannister Goss, brewer, Ormskirk, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. James Newton, hop merchant, Camberwell, Surrey, to surrender. May 2, at half•past twelve, and 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Brent Price, draper, Leicester, May 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Francis Worrall Stevens, dealer in shares, Royal En. change, City, May 2, at eleven, and May 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Hamer and John Hamer, flour dealers, Bolton le-Moors, Lancashire, May 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. William Norris and Jane Norris, ship and anchor smiths, Liverpool, May 5 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John M'Lachlan, ironmonger, Stirling. John Wright, grocer, Hanley, Staffordshire, now residing in Glasgow. Alexander Christie, now deceased, ironmaster, Burntis land, Fifeshire. Alexander Hay, shoemaker, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND'. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day of April, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £32,397,090 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 17,922,090 Silver Bullion .... - X 32,397,090 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi-__ _ ___ 1 £32,397,090 IEPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,371,118 Other Securities 10,938,400 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 674,444 tit y £14,553,000 Rests 3,133,972 Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mis stoners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 5,026,939 Other Deposits 15,981,833 Seven Day and other Bills 819,228 £39,514,972 M. ] x 39,514,972 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier, Dated April 14,1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 12th day of April, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : F r om the British possessions in America Per e 27s 61c1 Muscovado, the produce of the M aur i tius .. 32s 3fd Muscovado, the produce of the East I n di es.. 30s 110 Average price of the foregoi ng ............ 304 8d FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George B. Kerferd as Consul-General in England for the Republic of Salvador. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Treeby as Vice-Consul at Plymouth for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 15. The local Directory for several years was ex hibited, to show that there was only one H. G. David in New York up to 1856, when he left America ; and that in the next year's Directory the name was omitted. A number of letters, addressed to " H. J. David, 13, Wall-street, New York," were also put in. M. Hall, after examining the papers, said the anxiety of Mr. David to have the matter investi gated was very natural, but he had no power either to compel Mr. Keen to attend, or to punish him for not attending. The statements of Mr. Richards were very startling, and seemed to show that Mr. DaVid had been charged With forging his own name. No one could have been more surprised than he (Mr. Hall) was at the termination of the case, after the repeated assurances given that Mr. Keen would be present. A gentleman's character might be seriously affected by such proceedings, and the Extradition Act used to inflict a great hardship ; but it was not in the magistrate's power to afford him any redress. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Edwd. Murray, of St. Martin's-court, hotel keeper, and Antonio Bombardini, an Italian, were again brought up, charged by James Bentley, the officer of the Sheriff of Middlesex, with assisting other foreigners in rescuing from his custody a man he had on writ arrested for a debt and costs, and assaulting him in the execution of his duty, and another whom he had called to his assistance, at the house of the defendant Murray, on the 31st ult. It had been alleged that this was a case of mis taken identity ; and that Bombardini had committed no assault whatever, and two remands had been granted to give the defendants the opportunity of rebutting the evidence against them. In support of the case, it was shown that the arrest having been made a cry was set up, which brought around the officer, the assistant, and the arrested person a knot of officious foreigners from the coffee-room, who, insulting the sheriff's man, enabled their prisoner to escape, and that in the affray the assault by the defendants was committed. Defendants got away, but were subsequently taken. The defendants were committed to the West minster Sessions for trial, but bail taken for their appearance. Emily Ellen Clifford, Ellen Wills, William Wills, and Prderick Garcha were again brought up, charged on suspicion of being equally concerned in robbing the house of Mr. Edward Fox White, 60, Brook-street, of plate and jewellery to a considerable amount during the own er's visit, with his wife, at a friend's at Notting-hill, on the 23d of March. Garcha and Ellen Wills being in the prosecutor's service. The case was one entirely of suspicion, and there being no additional or confirmatory evidence, the defendants were discharged. WORSHIP-STREET.—Joseph Trayling and Joseph Barnes, each about 22, and describing them selves as costermongers, were charged with at tempted robbery. Mr. John Hill is a hat maker in Squerries-street, Mile-end, a dull and not well-frequented street, and had been thrown into something like appre hension by noticing two men, who he felt satisfied were the prisoners, lurking about the street at night, and manifestly closely scanning his house, which had been before attempted by thieves. This was conspicuously the case on Monday and Wed nesday nights, and he therefore the next morning communicated his suspicions of an intended bur glary at his house to his son-in-law, a Mr. Ward, who agreed with him to watch together the next night for the thieves. At dark on Thursday night they accordingly placed themselves in Mr. Hill's parlour, extinguished the light, and waited patiently for the result. This was not a long time coming, for they presently after heard two hesitat ing knocks at the street door, of which they took no notice, and these were followed by a key turning in the lock, and the entrance of two men, whom they saw through the crevice of the door light a silent match and advance cautiously along the pas sage. Their progress was very speeilily stopped, however, by Mr. Ward, who rushed out upon them, and, as he ingenuously acknowledged, struck Trayling two such blows upon the head with a poker that he dropped to the ground, shouting to ting loudly in terror for mercy. Barnes contrived escape into the street without damage, but was pursued with the cry of " Stop thief !' and this rendered the prisoners pace so bewildered and un certain that he unwittingly rushed into the arms of a constable, who found in his pockets a latchkey and lucifers, and lodged him and Trayling in the station. Mr. Hammill remanded them both for a week. ANOTHER EXPLOSION OF A POWDER MILL, AND LOSS OF LIFE. On Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, the nhabitant s o f Hastings were startled in conse quence of hearing a loud report, very similar to the explosion of a heavy piece of cannon, and some even felt their dwellings shaken. It was imme diately surmised that an explosion had taken place at the Gunpowder Works of the well-known firm of Messrs. Lawrance and Son, near Battle, about six miles distant from Hastings, and this unfortu nately proved correct, information having been brought in before noon. On proceeding to the spot we ascertained that the explosion had taken place in a " corninge-house" connected with Lower Pep pernye works, and that a man named Putlarid. aged 57, who has been employed at the works many years, had lost his life, his body being literally blown to atoms. So complete was the annihilation of the deceased that not one-fourth of his body has been found, although the ruins have been carefully searched, as well as the adjoining land. The two largest portions picked up were a foot minus the toes, and the skull with the hair completely torn off. The unfortunate victim had previously had a narrow escape, and his father also lost his life by an explosion. His family consisted of nine children, but fortunately most of them are of sufficient age to obtain their own livelihood. As usual on these occasions, not the most remote sur mise of the cause of the accident can be given. It is supposed that the building, a wooden struc ture of no great extent, and erected on six small brick pillars, built into the ground as a foundation, contained about two hundred weight of powder and " dust." Fortunately no other person was in the " house" at the time, the foreman having quitted it a short time previously. As will b e imagined from the weight of powder explod e d , the building itself was shattered into thousands of fragments, which were scattered in all directions for several hundred feet ; the brick pillars in blocks of half a cwt., were thrown a distance of from 150 to 200 feet. The bea t m h s e of eair t tt h she ; fan d building were also deeply embedded in presenteda perfect picture of desolation The "magazine"t the, exactly opposite the building destroyed, but only damage it sustained was the removal of a f ew tiles and the destruction of the windows. The shock was , of course, felt in the town, about two miles distant, but not severely. An inquiry by the coroner is expected to take place to-morrow. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway-'s Ointment and Pills.— Head Disorders.—This order of complaints usually attracts attention in the spring, as then the hearts action becoming more energetic, causes a temporary inconvenience to the brain or produces more serious consequences as, epilepsy, paralysis, or apoplexy. Holloway's Ointment well rubbed over the spine, nape of the neck and liver, even in the fullest habit of body,. prevents an overflow of blood to the head, and in conjunction with his pills, dispels the alarming symptoms of giddiness, dimness of sight and heaviness, or s: hung, all of which are sure forerunners of those diseases of the head which, unchecked, do irreparable mischief both t o mind and body, rendering the former childish and leav ing the latter motionless. BOW-STREET. —Mr. Richards, a solicitor, ac companied by Mr. H enry J . D av i d, late of New York, attended before Mr. Hall, and made the fol lowing application :—He reminded the Court that some time ago his client, Mr. David, was appre hended, and detained in prison for seven weeks, upon a warrant, obtained under the Extradition Act, the operation of which in the present instance had been most cruel and oppressive. Mr. David was charged with forgery, alleged to have been committed in America, and after having been kept in custody froth. week to week, was ultimately dis charged in consequence of the non-appearance of Mr. Keen, the prosecuto r . Th ere appeare d t o b e no way of redress open to his client ; but it hap pened that while Mr. David was dining with a friend at a public tavern, on Sunday last, Mr. Keen entered the room casually, took a seat, and called for a cigar. Mr. David, actuated by a momentary impulse, rose to inflict personal chastisement upon his accuser, but was restrained by his companion ; and Mr. Keen, on observing' him, made some re mark to the waiter about his being in great haste, having to leave London that night, and hurried out of the room. It had occurred to him (Mr. Richards) that it might be in the power of the Court to grant him some assistance in the effort to make Mr. Keen responsible for the conduct he had pur sued towards Mr. David—responsible, at least, for the contempt of Court, of which he had been guilty. The solicitor then entered into a state ment of some important details, and produced a number of Mr. David's checks, all endorsed by Mr. Keen himself, and subsequent to the date of the alleged forgery. These had been procured from Mr. David's bankers at Philadelphia, and they amounted to upwards of £1,400 ; while he held the title deeds in his hand to show that his client possessed freehold property in New York city to the value of £35,000. COUNTRY MAI?KETS. LIVERP 0 0 L—Ar RIL 15. A fair attendance of millers and dealers to-day. Wheat may be quoted fully ld per cental advance. Flour held for more money, and sales inactive. Prime yellow In dian corn in fair inquiry, and Id to 2d per cental higher than last week. Oats and oatmeal steady. Egyptian beans and peas quiet. Barley declined is to 2s per quarter on the week. WAKEFIELD-ArRIL 15. Very fair arrivals of grain from the coast arid by railway this week. The wheat trade is brisk to-day, and the busi ness done was good for consumers, at is ever late rates. English barley firm, and supply very limited. Foreign dull of sale, and in good supply. Beans, oats, and other articles were at about previous prices. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b., Essex, Suffolk, and Kent, white, old, 47s to 49s ; 'new, 45s to 48s; ditto, red, old, 41s to 43s ; new, 39s to 42s ; Lincolnshire and yo j;. shire white, new, 41s to 45s ; red, 38a to 40s. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,323 qrs., at 43s 2d 8ar1ey........ , 354 ~ 36s Ofd Oats 9) Rye —8 —d AA " Beans -I- . If 43s 9d Peas E XETER—Aritm 15. There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, for which the following prices ruled. Wheat, white.. 5s Od to 5s 3d Barley.. 4s Od to 45 3d Ditto red 4s 6d to 5s Od I Oats 3s Od to 3s 3d Flour, fine, 29s to 31s ; seconds, 27s to —s per sack. CATTLE—The market was fairly supied with s tock. The attendancd of farmers good. Pork pl carcases a small supply. Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s6d Ewes, per lb ... sid to 7d Pork carcases, do7s Od to 8s 6d W e thers, d 0...... bid to 71d Lambs, per lb. Od to Od Fat calves, do to 6d. Rough fat, 4/d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL 15. There has been a steady and firm market this week, but the transactions since our last are not large, owing partly to the indiffer en t su p p l y on s h ow, and partly to the fact that the buyers themselves are fairly in stock. Refiners' produce is without alteration : there is a fair demand for all descriptions, and former prices are fully supported. Rum neglected. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—APRIL 15. the close of the market.) Walls End. s d. Wylam Howard's West Hart ley 15 3 Haswell Gas. ll 6 Walker Primrose 12 0 Tanfield Moor 11 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 11 0 Stewart's . s. d. 17 0 Harton ... 14 3 Eden Main 15 6 Russell' Hetton 15 9 South Hartle pool 15 3 Nixon's Merthyr 2l 0 Powell's Duffun Steam 21 0 Gosforth. l3 9 Keiper Gran.ge..... l6 0 Kelloe l6 3 Heugh Hall.. l5 0 Cassop 53—Sold, 48. Walls End. Haswell l7 6 Lambton ' l7 6 Riddell 14 3 Hetton.... Ships at marki COURSE OF EXCHANGE.---YESTREDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam ,— 11 16t 11 17 Antwe Brussels 2i -- 25 15 25 22 Hamburgh - 13 i 13 6 Paris Short. 25 2 25 19 Ditto Marseilles — 25 25 25 30 Frankfort on. Maine - - 1 14: , 117 f Vien na Trieste Petersburgh — 34 Madrid Cadiz - `.% ‘s 50 29 87i Leghorn -- 25 Genoa — Naples - 40 37 ii P alermo — i 122 Messina — I. i 12 1 Lisbon Oporto - 52 t 53 Rio Janeiro 6O days st. New York E.I. CO's ble. House ble. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 26th all. to the 9th inst. Bengal Madras £433 6 8 0 0 0 Bombay £483 6 8 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 5 Ok Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--APRIL 15. The market was quiet throughout the day, and prices closed without much change. Midlands at 1001 101— —Birkenheads, 62 f—Leed s N or th ern , 45 f—Blackburns, 111 I—North British, 56k 57—G rea t W estern of Canada, 151 3 Grand Trunk of Canada, 8k k—GreatWestern, 58— Eastern Counties, 11 k —Chester and Holyhead s . 491 504 Sheffields, 381 f—Calenians, 80 i—Lancashre and York shire, 92/ 3—Lond on an d North-Westerns, 934 f —Dutch Rhenish, 5 41 dis.—Dovers, 20 f 20k—Berwicks, 90 f East Lancashire, 91 92. MANCHESTER-APRIL 15. There was a dull business doing most of the day, and prices closed with a steady demand, and rather better. Sheffields, 38—Midlands, 100I—Dovers, 20 9.l6—Leeds, 92#—East Lancashire, 91 —Londons, 931—Caledonians, 80 —Blackburn Stock, 44k. BIRMINGHAM—APRIL 16. There was a dull business done to-day in this market. Prices were generally lower. Midlands, 1001 I—Gireat Westerns, 57 t--London and North Westerns, 93.1 9n- North Staffords, 4j 4 dis. THE SHIP SUBlLEE—Yesterday an official inquiry, instituted by order of the Board of Trade, into the cireum taotannscreesgaisttteenr, of Worthington,ding thestranding C o a f p t t h ain e ship Jubilee, mas master, which which went on shore at Berck, near Boulogne, on th e evening of the 3d of February last, with a cargo on board of the estimated value of £220,000, took place at the Green wich Police-court, before Mr. Traill, police magistrate, and Capt .Harris, nautical assessor. Several witnesses having been examined, the inquiry was adjourned till Monday. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC.' TACLES.—POWERFTIL TELESCOPES:.-OPER A ,. RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE 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 Ni g ht Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and. 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show dis tinctly a person t o k now 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 3f 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 by 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 Raze-course and at the Opera . houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, galne. keepers, and tourists. Price 30s. —Spectacle Lenses of the The great advantage derived greatest transparent power. from this invention is, that vision becoming i mpa i re d is strengthened,he aatn thed powerful very ci u assistance. aged ent personschango e,stPersonso t a . r preserved and enabled to employ their sight most minute occupation a much less magnifying power, see with those lensesof the frequent agmfYing power, and they do o not require r the most remote part of the world by send g one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and i s e tating the distance from the eyes they can read small print o d an ang b e e r s o ui us te e d ffe a c t t t s ho f with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by statingtheir age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Orgasm, Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, s urpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably i c s il n y o a t t p e e h r ur cep c ti h b a l n e. d a l t t p e u n b a li b e le a s ss d e e m af bli p e e s r ; so t n h s e t un e ever can be, produced. B e i ng o f th e same co l our as thephelea sant sensation of s i ng i ng no i ses i n the ears is entirely rear - d aide istin , moved, and it afford s all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe-- opposite the York Hotel, W. BIRT E 5. BRAMLEY.—On the 14th inst., at the Governor's House, Millbank, the wife of Captain Richard D. Jennings Bramley, of a daughter. RANDOLPH.—On the 13th inst., at Riverhead, Kent, Mrs. Cyril Randolph, of a daughter. THYNNE.—On the 13th inst., at 39, Prince's-gate, the Lady inrica Thynne, of a daughter. WHITE.—On the 13th inst., at .the Vicarage House, the wife of the Rev. Richard Marsh White, vicar of Aveley, Essex, of a son. MARRIAGES DUCKET—DENNY.—On the 14th inst., at St. Andrew's, Gorleston, Suffolk, Clark A. Ducket, R.N., second son of Edward Ducket, Esq., of Bresby House, Quacking Eau dike, Lincolnshire, to Mary, only daughter of the late J. W. Denny, Esq., of Bungay. WEITHERBY—KELSALL.—On the 14th inst., at Fareham, Edward Weatherby, Esq., to Frances Anna, the second daughter of T. F. Kelsall, Esq. DEATHS. COATES.—On the 13th inst., at 53, Brampton-crescent, Eliza Ann, relict of the late B. Coates, Esq., of North end, Fulham, aged 73 _ . . . COTTINGLIABL—On the 13th inst., at Lewisham, Kent, Mrs. E. Cottingham, aged 70. FERnAND.—On the 13th inst., at Tunstall Rectory, sud denly, the Rev. Thomas Gerard Ferrand, rector, aged 74. . - HANBURY.—On the 10th inst., at Vauxhall, Charles Han bury, C.E.,a ged 37. HARRISS.—On the 11th inst., Mr. C. Harris, late of Upper Stamford. street, Blackfriars-road, aged 46. HOPKINS.—On the 13th inst., at St. I've's, Hants, the Rev. R. Hopkins, aged 38, MORGAN.—On the 13th inst., of bronchitis, Sydney Lady Morgan. LONDON : Printed and Published by MIRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Niddlesex,lSaturday, April 16, 18594 Pa To 1. 0 to FIN F:a Ati th, Yai be, eur ( > l l of 1