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THE LEESWOOD CANNEL and GAS COAL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under• the Joint-stock Companies Acts, 1856- 1 57, whereby the Liability of the Shareholders is Limited to the amount of their respective Shares, Capital, £lOO,OOO, in .50,000 Shares of each. Deposit ss. per share on Appli, ation, and 15s. on Allotment. No further Call to be made until after a Dividend of 10 per cent, has been paid to the Shareholders. DIRECTORS F. S. Bolton, Esq., Broad-street Metal W or k s, Birming ham, and Cheadle, Staffordshire. R. J. Clarke, Esq., 4, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane, Direc tor of the County Gas Company. G. Lettsom Elliot, Esq., 7, Hyde Park Gate South. J. Goldingham, Esq., Cross D eep H a l l, Twickenham. George Haworth, Esq , Fluckersbrook, Chester. John Jerdein. Esq. (Messrs. Lee and Jcrdein, Coal Ex change, and 9, Lancaster-place). F. J. Stevens, Esq., Darlington Works, Southwark-bridge road. M. Brown Westhead, Esq. (Messrs. Westhead and Co.), Manchester. AUDITRS. W. Barton F or d, Esq. (Messrs. O Clark, Ford, end Co„ ac countants, 7, Nicholas-lane). W. J. Vian, Erq. (Railway Passengers' Assurance Com pany), 64, Cornhill. BANKEus.—London and County Bank, Lon 'bard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. It. an d S. MuHens, 7, Poultry. Messrs. Tyndall and Johnson, Birmingham. BROKERS. Messrs. St. Alphonse and Halls, 75, ad-street. W. J. Scott, Esq , AVaterloo-street, Birmingham. . SECRETARY, pro tern.—John Collett, Esq. Temporary Oflices.-7, Nieholas-lane, Lombard -st rect,E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and thoroughly working and developing the well-known Leeswood Collieries, near Mold, Flintshire, where an extra ordinary discovery of Cannel Coal has lately been made. The Collieries are at the pres en t ti me , i n p ro fit a ble opera tion, and considerable quantities of very superior Cannel Coal (upwards of 2,500 tons per month) are being raised and sold at prices which leave a large profit. The quality of gas produced from the Leeswood Cannel is equal to that obtained from the well-known Torbane Hill Mineral, or Boghead, which realises so high a price (about 40s. per ton) in Scotland.—Sea Dr. Fyfe's (of Aberdeen) Report for comparative value of the Leeswood with this and other cannels. Contracts already exist with gas and other companies for upwards of 30,000 tons per annum of the Leeswood Cannel Coal, thus ensuring a sale for the whole amount of the pre sent raiaings ; and additional contracts, to at least double this extent, can be made directly the increased yield of the collieries will afford the requisite supply. The present get and sales of Cannel Coal from the proved area alone (without taking into account the other proved seams) will yield for upwards of 20 years a certain dividend of above 10 per cent. on tho entire capital of £lOO,OOO, after making a lib eral allowance for all possible expenses and contingencies (see " Statement of actual Raisings, Sales, and Expenditure for January, February, and March, 1862"), b u t w i th the proposed additional pits, by an outlay not exceeding £lO,OOO, the amount raised will be more than doubled, and the (livid ends increased in proportion. (See Re prts of M r . M acCulloch, Mr. MacDougal Smith, and Mr. R. C. Webster, of Ituabon). Prospectuses in full, reports, statements of actual work ings, profits, &c., and forms of application for shares, can be obtained at the Solicitors', Brokers', and at the offices of the Company, from whence they will also be forwarded free by post if required. T HE CHA NNEL ISLANDS HOTEL are now COMPANY(Limited).—The Directors of this Company Secretary, &e prepared to all o t Sh ares upon applicat i on t o the Weymouth, May 30, 1862. J. MAUNDERS, Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- WHITSUNTIDE 'TOL IDAYS.—CHEAP EXCUR SION to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On SATURDAY, June 7, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at Mt ra itE 4 and Reading at 9.5 a m., for WESTON-SUPER , Ilighbridge' Bridgewater, and Taunton (Fares 20s. and 14,4.); Williton, Watchet (for Lvnton, &o.), Tiverton and Exeter (225. 6d. and 165.); Starcross, Dawlish, and eiglimouth (255. and 175.); Newton, Torquay, .Paignton, ~1-24kara Road, and Totness (275. and 188.); Kingsbradge ;Lima an 4 piYMouth (30s. and 205.); returning cn the follow- Ing Saturday J from Plymouth, at 8 25 a m tine 14, • • • G i t_EAT WESTERN RAILWAY, SION tath wHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCUR e SEA —On SURDAY, June 7, a EX CURSION TRAIN SIDE ill le PADDINGTON at 3.45 p.m., and READING READING a t 4.50 p.m., for Chippenham, Melksham, Castle 'Westbury, and Frame (10s. and Gs.); Bruton, Carey, and Yeovil (11s. and 75.); Maiden Newton, B ridport, • Dor c h es t er, and Weymouth (12s. an d 88. ) ; return atin 7.30 aon , on Wednesday, June 11. O.REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- WHITSUNTID HOLIAYS. EX SION to BATH and E BRISTOLD —CHEAP .—On SATURDAY, June 7, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave PADDINGTON at 6.35 p.m., and READING at 7.45 p.m., for Bath (12s. and 68.), and Bristol (14s. and 75.); returning on Tuesday, June lo,iromilr6tol at 8.15, and Bath at 8.45 a.m. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. On wilir-SUNDAY, the Bth of June, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and Reading at 8.50 a.m., for CIItItN,;ESTER and STROUD (Os. and Ss.), Gloucester and Cheltenham (10s. and es.), Chippenham and Bath (Os. and 55.), and Bristol (108. and es.); returning the same day from Bristol, at 7.0 p.m., and Cheltenham at 6.30 p.m. REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— WIIITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.—On WHITSUN DAY, Bth June, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Pad dington at 8.45 a.m, for TAPLOW (55., and 2s. Cd), Twy ford, llenley, and Reading; (ss. Gd, and 35.), Theale and Aldermaston (6.9., and 3s. 3d.), Woolhampttn, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, and Ilungerford (Os. Gd. and 3s. Gd.); returning the same day from Ilungerford at 7.0 p.m. ATLANTIC nr.d GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY (NEW YORK DIVISION).—COUPONS due Ist July next will be PAID in London, at the Bank of Lon don, or in New York, at the banking-house of Messrs. Dun can, Sherman, and Co. London, No. 10, New Cannon-street, June 2, 1862. Circular to the Bondholders of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway. NEW YORK DIVISION —INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. The Coupon for half-year's interest, due Ist July next, completes the series guaranteed by the Bank of London. The nett income of the Atlantic and Great Western Rail way being now greatly in excess of the amount required for these payments, the Directors have made an arrangement to continue the security of the bondholders in a form which it is believed will give complete satisfaction. The Directors have agreed to pay over to Messrs. Brown Brothers and Co., in New York, as agents for the Trustees, to be remitted to London, the first receipts after each half yearly period, in order to provide for the next maturing, Cou pons, and f per cent, per annum to be invested in the Bonds in London, as a sinking fund, to complete the redemption of the whole issue at or before maturity. The bonus agreed to be paid by the Erie Company, on the gross amount of freight thrown on that line by the Atlantic and Great Western, is especially devoted to these payments. tiamuel Gurney, ELq., M.P. (Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co.), John P. Kennard, Esq. (Messrs. Heywood and Co.), Charles Mozley, Esq. (M essrs. J. Barned and Co., Liver have ag reed l to act as trustees for this interest and sinking fund. The Coupons will be paid at the Banking,-house of Messrs. Heywood, Kennar•', and Co., at the fixed rate of 48. to One Dollar, commencing- with January, 1863. Unity-buildings, Cannon -street West, E.C., London, June 2, 1862. 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STAMPED ....sd. 20th, 27th (Enniskillens), 34th, 42d (Royal High lenders), 43d Light Infantry, 48th, 54th, 77th, 79th Highlanders, 80th, 88th Connaught Rangers, 90th Light Infantry, 92d Highlanders, 94th, and 97th Regiments, and 3d battalion Rifle Brigade. The number selected to embark for Bombay is 28 officers and 842 men of all ranks, belonging to the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, Royal Artillery, 28th, 33d (Duke of Wellington's), 44th, 56th, 72d High landers, 95th, and 103(1 (Royal Bombay) Fusilier Regiments. The reinforcements placed under orders to embark for Madras include 20 officers and 752 i v battaliontes of u tthe Royals, l7th non-commissioned s o s i y o a n l e A d r o t ffi i I c e e r r y s , 1s t and privates Ist battalion 18th Royal Irish , 3d battalion 60th Rifles, 66th, 69th, 74th Highlanders , and 91st Regi ments. In addition to the above, 8 officers and 216 non-commissioned officers and men selected from the 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, Ist battalion 4th (King's Own), Ist battalion 19th, 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry, and 71st Highland Light Infantry Regiments, have been placed under orders to proceed to Kurracbee for reinforcing the regiments at that station. The whole of the rein-1 forcements will embark at Gravesend as soon as the necessary amount of tonnage has been taken up for them by the Hon. Council for India, The Megiera, screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, arrived at Portsmouth at an early hour yesterday morning from Alderney, with the remain der of, the 55th Regiment on board and two batte ries of Royal Artillery. The 55th were disembarked and joined headquarters in Portsmouth garrison. Theßoyal Artillery on disembarking were forwarded by special trains on the South Coast and South- Eastern Railways to Dover. The two batteries of the Royal Artillery comprised—Second Capts, H. W. Briscoe and H. B. Maule ; Lieuts. H. G. Cob bold, S. M. Mulremau, J. F. Jenkin, and J. A. Lawrie ; Assist.-Surg. W. H. Pollard ; 10 sergeants, 2 trumpeters, 13 corporals, 177 privates ; 31 women and 44 children. C ~~ S PAPE R EN% :K - - P - T 3 '' , m if f, , h -trviiil ~iii 7 „S.. - '...-. V4,Ae6`, ' k •I` . *'' s ,' ~..... end melted him to lAIIOII I / 1 1 *4114tt., /- back a little, as the people mig ;'ilitit-tlavY. had been fighting and that his re 4' mai Ter ning away. Melanie came up at the same time to bid goodbye to the Mexican officer, when suddenly the French cavalry, without any warning, charged the Mexicans in the rear. They were quite taken by surprise; they had not time to draw their swords or unsling their mus kets before 12 of their number were cut down and 15 taken prisoners. Tha rest escaped. General Melanie was knocked off his horse when the attack was made. After he had recovered from his sur prise he remounted. He then saw a French trooper order a Mexican lad of about 16 to dismount. He saw the same trooper draw his pistol, blow the prior boy's brains out, and then rifle his pockets:, nll in the presence of the French officers, who looks d on. Two troopers rode np 'to Melanie and ordered him to dis mount under pain of being immediately shot. Me lanie turned to them in a cool manner which is habitual to him, and said, ” I have no doubt you would ; it is no more than I would expect after what I have seen. But let me tell you that lam General Melanie, of the Spanish army, and that if you blow my brains out you will answer for it." At this crisis the French officer interfered, and Melanie was al lowed to leave at once. He joined Prim, and they continued their journey towards Vera Cruz. The English hauled down their flog from the wall of the town, and saluted the Mexican flag with 21 guns on the 25th ult. The French have seized the Custom ' house and revenues, and augmented several taxes. What appears strange is that the French have not hauled down the Mexican flag from the walls of the fort, but left it flying alongside of the tricolour. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF EXTORTION, • A most extraordinary case came last TilThlay before the bench at Mark-cross, East Sussex, Messrs. Watson, Smyth, and IL Dixon. James Menarge, 25, of 16, Clever-street, Kennington-cross, was charged with threatening to accuse Wm. Dixon of an infamous crime, with the intent to extort money from him, and also, in conjunction with Robt. Westfield, 22, of 1, Brydges-street,Covent garden, of conspiring by false preterces to obtain money from the said Wm. Dixon. Mr. Dixon was formerly the senior partner in the firm of Dixon, Brook, and Dixon, bankers, Chancery-lane. The pro secutor, produced a bundle of letters in the hand writing of Menarge and Westfield, but principally the former. In these Menarge demanded interviews with Mr. Dixon about important matters, hinting darkly that prosecutor had injured him when a boy at Brighton, and that if he did not come to terms legal proceedings would be the consequence. T o avoid annoyance and the injnry to his business which would arise from such a charge Mr. Dixon, in an unfortunate moment, consented to give money to the fellows. From a memorandum book he read the following items of sums paid by him to the prisoners and Maynard :—January 11, Menarge, £5O ; May nard, £5O ; March 1, Maynard, £2O ; Menarge, £2O ; 15th, Maynard, £5O (as he said he wished to go to Australia) ; April 1, Menarge, £5O ; 18th, Menarge, £5O; May 9, Menarge, £5O ; June 5, Menarge, £7O; 29th, Menarge, £100; July 22, Menarge, £lOO ; August 17th, Menarge, £5l; 29th, Maynard ; £52 ; September 13, Menarge, £52 ; 28, Menarge, £5O; October 10, Menarge, £10; Nov. 10, Menarge, £2OO ; Dec. 11, Menarge, £5O ; 20th, Menarge, £250 ; 30th, Maynard, £5O. This was all in 1858, but in 1859 still larger sums were extorted from the unhappy victim :-January 17, Menarge, £400; Feb. 26, Menarge, £4OO. It was with things in this state that Westfield was brought upon the seeno, he and Maynard tendering their assistance to rid Mr. Dixon of the enormous extortions to which he was subjected by Menarge. In some of the letters Menarge said he had Mr. Dixon under his thumb, and it would be folly to let him slip. Arrangements were also entered into for getting further sums, and especially pointing out what Westfield was to do in the matter. In this state of things the game of ex tortion in 1859 proceeded as follows :--March 27, Maynard, £22 ; Westfield, £22 ; April 3, Maynard, £25 ; Westfield, £25 ; 11th, Menarge, £4OO ; 18th, Maynard, £25 ; Westfield, £25 ; 19th, May nard, £5O ; Westfield, £5O ; May 8, Westfield, £100; 21st, Westfield, £5O; 29th, NI enarge, £100 ; June 10, Westfield, £100; 11th, Menarge, £53; Westfield, £4 ; 22d, Maynard, £4 ; Westfield, £4; Westfield, £204 ; Menarge, £lO2 ; 27th, Menarge, and Westfield, £lOO ; July 27, Menarge and Westfield, £lOO ; Westfield, £2. In this state of things Mr. Dixon, who has been paralysed for 25 years, was, by the advice of his medical atten dant, removed from this country, and the system of extortion ceased. About a fortnight ago, however, Mr. Dixon came to Frant, on the borders of Kent and Sussex, to see his sisters, who reside there. Scarcely had he arrived before the prisoner Men arge was on his trail, and he actually had the im pudence to tell his story first to a policeman named Dennis And afterwards to Superintendent Bennett, of the East Sussex Constabulary. Mr. Bennett asked him why he was staying at Frant. He said " Mr. Dixon has used me very bad. He took me away from my place at Brighton when I M wa! , only 14, and committed an unnatural crime 011 MO. The last offence, he added, was 21 years ago. r. Ben nett cautioned him, and that evening Westfield arrived at Frant. The wife of a c oachman at the Miss Dixons proved that Menarge had a c edat the house for an answer to a letter he had sent by a lad named James. She told the prisoner there was no answer to his letter at all. He said he should wait several days to see him, and asked her if she remembered him at Reigate. She told him she did, because she remembered him and two others watching Manor - house, Wray - park, f or an hour. Miss Dix on was l i v i ng there, and Mr. Dixon visited her once a week. Mr. Dixon said, " I saw Maynard and Westfield to gether at Reigate. The moneys were given to both at the same time. I gave it because they said they required it to punish Menarge for some crime he had committed upon a Jew boy, which I believed to be true at the time. The money I gave to Me narge was to prevent anything that would be an noYing or prejudicial to my partners in the banking business." Mr. Dixon, who appears infirm and ad vanced in years, was accommodated with a seat on the bench. Mr. Morgan, of the firm of Morgan and Humphreys, Giltapur-street, was for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Lewis, jun. (Lewis and Lewis, Ely place), who defended Westfield, said, as the pri soners must be committed for trial, he should re serve the defence. Westfield was bailed to appear at the assizes by his father, Robert Westfield, cab proprietor, Eagle-yard, Holborn, and his partner in the Star Coffeehouse, 1, Brydges-street, Covent garden, a fashionably - dressed young woman, who appeared much affected, in £lOO each. The bail offered by Menarge, his father, was refused, and be I was committed for trial at the Sussex assizes. anneal HOME TEACHING FOR THE BLI ND. meeting of the society for supplying hom T d Scrip books in Moon's type to enable the blind t°'rse:ocans, King ht ©teachers and tures was held yesterday afternoon at Willuids on street. Mr. J. C. Colquhoun presided,oaeorge the platform Smith, Mr. were the Rev. Robert Maguire, Rev George A. R. Fowler, Mr. Moon, Mr. Assistant -Judge Payl , m v , o a very interesting ac.. Consul Parkes, &c. The reportth gsaociety during the year in count of the proceedings of the of the world. The receipts this country and in various partsafter meeting the necessary ex had been £319 Os. 51 ' l an G 40. 10d. remained in the hands of penses a balance of Lad support was earnestly requested the treasurer. might extend its operations. The in order that theisuoiccuoielt! i m portance of the society was not to bo chairman said th th e e a mount of its income. Ile had examined estimated by into the operat i on s of the society, and he could say it de the mos t cordial support. In this country th ere was ser ved ablin d population of 30,000, of wham 2,000 had been reached by t h e agency of the society. In London there were 2,300 blind persons and the society had reached 700 of them. These figures conveyed no adequate idea of the benevolent results which accrued from the society's agency. lie earnestly hoped that those who had means would show their sympathy to the blind by giving increased pecuniary assis tance. ; Mr. Pennefather moved the adoption of the report, and earnestly advocated the claims of the society. The Rev. G. Smith, in seconding the motion, said the more the society l was known the more liberally it would be s upported. nt The motion was carried unanimously, and several gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting, which was well voN attended.sHlßE. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DE opseindsal SQUARE, CITY.—The aggregate number re lieved during the week ending, 3ia3l, was—Medical, a— ati i‘e t ie w y hich 651 were new 1,269 ; Surgical, 633 ; total 1,902, of • cases. • = - I , ,':f-7- .. N'• ' , •::t.'.''il !,/; - q A . l) THE ALLIES IN MEXICO. (From the Times' Correspondent.) VERA CRUZ, April 27. As I have little doubt you are anxious to know what has recently taken place here, I will in the following letter send youvhat information I have been able to gather. The Commissioners of Eng. land, France, and Spain had agreed to meet on the 19th of this month the Mexican Ministers at Orizaba, for the purpose of conducting negotiations there and bringing them to a conclusion. Orizaba was fixed upon as yellow fever was raging at the time in Vera Cruz. It is a healthy town, 100 miles from the sea coast. The forces of the allies were only allowed u proceed to it on the understanding that if, after the conference on the 19th, the Commissioners of the . _ three European Powers could not agree with the Mexican Government, they were again to withdraw their troops to Vera Cruz. The English, French, and Spanish Commanders-in-Chief signed a treaty with the Mexicans, in which they faithfully under- took to perform this obligation. Each gave his word of " honour" that the Government he repre- sented would not depart from the promise so made. The allied troops accordingly proceeded to Orizaba, and found there a very good hospital, with every facility for providing stores. The French took up their quarters about five miles from the town. Four days before the time fixed for a conference the Eng lish, Spanish, and Mexican Ministers met. As the French Minister, however, did not join them, they waited until the 19th ; the French Commis sioner was still absent. General Prim then showed great impatience of the delay, and he resolved at length to ride towards the French quarter to ask an explanation of the cause. He had hardly gone two miles, when to his surprise he met the French army advancing in military array. First came the cavalry, with drawn sabres and carbines loaded and unslung. The infantry followed, with muskets at the trail, loaded, and bayonets fixed. Then came the artillery, every gun loaded and ready to unlim- ber. He met the Staff, and asked Admiral Renier the meaning of that movement, and told him that he had come out to ascertain why he had not made his appearance at the conference. The Admiral re plied that he had received orders from France which absolved him from all former treaties. He added that he had heard our sick were in danger of being massacred. General Prim at once protested against the course taken by the French. He told Admiral Renier that he was violating the recent treaty, and acting in flagrant violation of any ob ligation imposed by the law of nations, by advano• ing, armed and ready for battle, into the interior of a State against which war had not been declared. The Admiral gave the protest a patient hearing and answered that he would encamp where he was for the night and think about it. General Prim then rode back to Orizaba, and informed Commo dore Drummond of what he had seen, heard, and done. To ascertain if there was any ground for the assertion that a massacre was in contempla tion he visited the hospital, and found everything quite safe. He visited it again at 7,8, and 9 p.m., and again found everything quiet. The Com. modore went at 10 p.m., and with the same result. As there was no evidence of any plot of the kind at 4 a.m. on the 20th, General Prim then went to the Mexican Minister, and told him that he would re turn to the French quarters, and urge the necessity of strict adherence to the conditions of the treaty. ii A nd d l m ase o ir f al the latter As all the Spaniards had gone to Vera Cruz, the Mexican Minister insisted that he should be swum- General panied by a guard of honour of 100 men. Prim, however, did not wait for the guard of hon our, but set out at once on horseback towards t he French encampment. Imagine his surprise at find ingchief medical on th e t the Frenchd ay hset the faoffr.e. army AHse hroedpeia rightpassed saluted him with ' ` Bon jour mon Amiral," but the reply was simply, " Bonjour General." When the of the Spanish commander got into the middle Staff he took off his hat, bowed all round, and said, "Officers and gentlemen, you made this advance yesterday under the excuse of your sick being in e d ad v ancethinetFo t he r e again, :h a offices at 6,7, 8, and 9 p.m., and found danger. I have visited your sick and everything quite safe. The English commodore vi • sited your sick at 10 p.m. with the same satisfactory re sult. I visited them again 4 at this morning. I found all quiet, and was assured by your own medical officers that they are as safe as in the middle of France, the Mexican population showing their good feeling by the readiness with which they supply them with provisions. "Now, gentlemen," he added, I have relieved your minds on this score, and I beg of you to adhere to the solemn promises you have made, and not to ad vance fu th " r er. At first there was no reply to this protest. At length, however, Admiral Renier, after some talk with his officers, turned to Prim, and said that he had received recent orders from the Emperor which absolved him from his word and the treaty. He had been instructed not to Ireat with the Mexicans, except in the town of Mexico. Gen. Prim made no reply to this statement. He considered the conduct of the French dishonourable, and rode away at once for Vera Cruz. Just as he left, the guard of honour which had been ordered to escort him, and which he had left a mile behind and out of sight, made its appearance. The French cavalry at once halted, and the officer in c ommand of the French cavalry demand ed what they were econdnd ex- in doing there. Gen. Melanie , the Spanish s com mand, advanced from the Alex icans, a nonr to Gen. plained that they were a gua rd of ho Prim and himself. The French colonel then or dered the Mexicans back, and told Me l an ie that he was now within the French lines. Melanie then persuaded the Mexicans to g o back a t once, as he was then quite safe from all bandits. All this time the French cavalry had been pressing close on the heels of the guard of honour, so much so that the Mexican officer turned round to the French colonel now THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE NI NG, uN E 5, 1862 p THE LATE JOSEPH ST URGE. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A ceremonial took place here at noon to-day which possessed much interest for the inhabitants of this town ; this was the formal uncovering of a statue which has been erected to the late Joseph Sturge. Elsewhere Mr. Sturge was known in some measure as a philanthropist; also for the peculiarity of his political views; for the part he tock in the abolition of negro slavery, and the slave trade; and, lastly, for that journey to Russia—a fruitless mission, which his bene volent and sanguine nature induced hint to go upon on the eve of the Crimean war, in the hope that by the force of reason be might stop it. Here Mr. Sturge was regarded with sincere affection, and and his name and memory are honoured accordingly. Shortly after his death a subscription was raised for a public statue. Mr. William Middlemore, a borough magistrate, Mr. John Jaifray, and other gentlemen took an active part, the funds were raised speedily, and the commission to execute it intrusted to the late Mr. Thomas, the sculptor, who died be fore he had given the last touches to his work. The statue has been erected on by far the best site in the town ; it is at one of the boundaries where the parishes of Birmingham and Edgbaston meet, the last being the parish in which Mr. Sturge resided. The monument consists of a central figure of Mr. Sturge, his right hand resting on a Bible, and the left extended towards a figure symbolical of Peace. A figure on the other side is typical of Charity. At the base of the statue, in front and back, are large basins for ornamental fountains, and at either side are drinking fountains. The principal figure is in Sicilian marble, the secondary groups in fine freestone. The likeness of the man is por trayed with wonderful fidelity. The expressions of benevolence which spoke so powerfully in life are depicted wonderfully in the stone. The allegorical figures, with their symbols, are also very cleverly executed. There was a large assembly to-day to witness the undraping of the statue. Mr. Bright and Mr. Scholefield, the borough members, were present, as were also the Mayor and many members of the corporation. Mr. MIDDLEMORE, the chairman of the Statue Committee, read the following formal address to the Mayor, dedicating the statue to the town : "To HIS WORSHIP THE MANOR OF THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM. " Sir,—As chairman of the committee I have the duty imposed upon me of making over to you, as representing the Town Council, the statue of the late Mr. Joseph Sturge in trust for the public for ever. The statue has been erected to perpetuate the name and virtues of one who, though possessing none of the advantages of birth and position, and invested with no official dignity, made himself a name among the good men of all lands by the purity of his life, and by the active and unostentatious ex ercise of a philanthropy that embraced all ttle helpless and suffering of our race. Of Mr. Sturge it may emphatically be said that 'he went about doing good.' Undeterred by ridicule, undaunted by physical difficulties, ho endeavoured to avert a disastrous and resultless war. lie was a distin guished actor in the work of negro emancipation, in the reclamation of juvenile offenders, in the cause of education, and in numberless other ways he sought to heal the wounds that sin had made in the framework of society. While Birmingham has her memories of successful warriors and eminent statesmen, it seems right and fitting that the graces of benevolence and philanthropy, as embodied in the cha racter of Mr. Sturge, should be held in honour. With this view the statue of Mr. Sturge has been erected, and it is now entrusted to your care, in the fervent hope that the example of his beneficent life and this lasting recognition of his virtues may influence generations yet to come.— Signed on behalf of the committee, "WILLIAM MIDDLEMORE, Chairman. "Birmingham, June 4." To which the MAYOR replied in the following terms :—On behalf of the contributors and the family of our departed friend, I thank you, your treasurer, the honorary secretaries, and the com mittee, for the zeal and ability manifested in car rying to so successful a result the responsibility of providing a lasting memorial to departed worth. On behalf of the corporation and the town, I accept the noble gift, with its accompanying obligations. It was my privilege to know Joseph Sturge somewhat intimately. I can therefore with confidence endorse every word of commendation contained in your address. I never knew a man who appeared less selfish and more loving. He was a striking example of how true greatness may be attained, and how much one man might do by a consecrated life to relieve the sufferer and the oppressed. His generous nature knew no distinction between the dif ferent sections of God's great family. It was enough for him to know that help was needed to secure his aid. He was one of God's epistles to man, and though dead he yet speaketh. I trust that the beau tiful memorial this day inaugurated may speak com fort to the bereaved widow and encouragement to the fatherless Children, and stimulate many of the present and future generations to follow his example. We should have been glad to have seen with us this day the genius that designed, and almost completed, the work of art before us ; but, alas, before the finishing stroke was given his arm was paralysed by death, and, instead of receiving the thanks of the multitude now assembled, he speaks to us by this his last work, and from the grave, "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh." After a few words from Mr. Scholefield, Mr. BRIGHT said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I also deem it a privilege to be permitted to be here to-day, although this assembly and this ceremony recall an event which was to me a great loss and a real grief. I have not been accustomed to look upon the erection of statues and monuments to the honour of the living or in memory of the dead with much favour and appreciation. Generally, in this country, and I fear in other countries also, they have been raised rather to rank than to worth, rather to suc cessful ambition than to true goodness, and more often to the destroyers than the benefactors and saviours of mankind. (Cheers.) But to-day there can be no doubt in the mind of any man—to-day we make no mistake—to-day it is worth we honour and not rank; it is true goodness, and not success ful ambition ; we erect the statue to a benefactor and friend, and not to a destroyer of men. (Hear, hear.) I shall not speak a history of our departed friend ; I shall not indulge in any elaborate eulogy; but there are certain questions with which his name must be for a length of time—perhaps for ever—associated, to which I should like to ad vert. Already reference has been made to one question which is now of lively interest with us. Thirty years ago you remember how prominent was the name of Joseph Sturge in that noble and benevolent band of men who were making war upon the greatest crime that men have ever committed —the crime of the continuance of slavery. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") I know, and possibly many of you know, that after the Bill of Emancipation had passed, and the system that professed not to be slavery, but certainly was not freedom, had been established, Joseph Sturge journeyed to the West Indies, investigated all the circumstances, returned to England, and unveiled the whole of that sy stem of imposture and evil ; and mainly by his inces sant labours, conjoined with the unsurpassed orations ofGe e o e r n ge Thompson in the country and L ord Brougham in a the senate, finally on one great a nd P ea ce w rong ar ci oe gl orious s sgh d o e u p la the lash was struck from the hand of e oppressor, and the shackle from the limbs of the slave . ( Loud applause.) Another question ha s also been re ferred erred to—the question of peace. W as it and contempt o right your t o plea d illustrious for to peace wn man, in connect i on It was w (Hear, hear.) a w s it a h m so a m tte e r o o th f e r r i s dl o c f u hs le i fo fr r ie s n om as e , proceeded to St. P etersburg just before t h e break ing toErirothers it that out of the war with Russia. It was, however, done with an honest and conscientious object, and principally it was done in obedience to what he believed to be the will of the Most High. It was a duty performed with a sublime courage, and I will undertake to say, though we cannot measure re sults, it was not without result towards the promo tion of peace and human happiness. (Hear.) But there was another question in which many men I see before me took a great interest. It was not only for the negro at a distance, men of different country and different clime in other parts of the world, that Joseph Sturgo had sympathy—he had sympathy for his neighbours and his own people. He endeavoured to preach a political morality and justice that would have included the great body of the labourers and artisans of this country within the pale of the Constitution, and would have given to them the elective franchise. (Cheers.) He sought by these means to remove the barriers between classes, to reconcile all sections of society, and to ennoble his own countrymen. Bat some may say, " Well, what of all this ? did he not fail in all these things ?" No ; I say he did not fail. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I say that 800,000 negroes became free ; and I say further that the action of England in that matter has never ceased to move the intelli gence and the conscience of every people through out the world in the question of negro slavery. (Renewed cheering.) At this moment, we see in the North American continent a gigantic struggle mainly connected with that question. That conflict is the offspring of the sin of slavery ; and—l speak with great deference, for I see very little—it appears to me destined at no remote period to be its grave. (Hear, hear.) On the questicn of peace, notwith standing the great armaments which European Powers now support, there can be no doubt of this, that war is less rashly entered into than at any preceding period; that it is felt to be more perilous than heretofore, and more intolerable ; and we be hold on every side the stream of industry and com merce widening and deepening throughout the world, and threatening—or rather I would say pro mising at no distant date to make war impossible between all civilised commercial and Christian na- tions. (Cheers.) And if anybody says that the exertions of our departed friend on behalf of his countrymen in reference to the franchise were in vain, I only say that they were so much in vain that up to this moment the result is not cor rectly to be measured. But " the hour comets " —as surely as we stand here—when one of the bar riers which he protested against will be broken down, and when these demarcations and privileges will perish, and when the institutions of this coun try will rest more widely than they now do upon the assistance and co-operation of the, general body of the people of this kingdom. (Hear, hear.) If I were speaking a history of our departed friend, I might dwell upon his multitudinous acts of private benevolence. You know mere of them than I know; but you and I together know very little of them. (Hear.) But this little only we know because his left hand scarcely knew what his right hand did ; but this we have faith to know, that his deeds of private benevolence are recorded on those everlast ing tablets which preserve for ever the memory of the actions of a good man. I recollect well the last visit I paid to the house of Joseph Sturge. It was but a few days—a very few days—before his last day on earth. I went with him to his place of worship, and I sat near him. His countenance was in the line of my eye ; I observed it more than once. I remarked the gentleness, and the purity, and the peace that were expressed upon it. I felt that I was looking upon what I may describe as the coun tenance of "a just man made perfect." Well, we know all who are connected with the erection of this memorial have raised it to remind us of the charac ter of this man, of his great courage, of his great meekness, of his benevolence inaction, of his charity in thought. It is not needful that this statue should be here to remind this generation of him or, as in the lines 4, Why need we monuments supply, To rescue what can never die ?' (Cheers.) But it is raised for succeding generations that they may know such a man dwelt here, that as he lived and he moved so he was loved, so he was reverenced, and that in erecting this memorial we do it to stimulate future generations, and in spire them with sentiments of justice—to stimulate them to works of mercy and in the hope it may tend to raise up other men, who in their generation may confer on this great community an honour and a distinction as great as Birmingham now derives from the life and character of Joseph Sturge. (Great cheering.) After the " ceremonial" Mr. Middlemore, as chair man of the committee, invited a large party to luncheon at the Plough Hotel at Edgbaston. Messrs. Bright and Seholefield ; the Rev. Dr. Miller, rector of this town ; the Rev. Dr. Badham, the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Phillips, Mr. Alderman Palmer, and many other of the clergy a n d l a i ty were present. After " The Queen" had been duly honoured, Mr. MIDDLEMORE proposed " The Memory of the Great and Good Joseph Sturge." Mr. BRIGHT said,—l have already in reference to the proceedings of the day said , as clearly as I could, what I had to say with respect to the man whose statue we had the pleasure to see uncovered, and it would have been a great relief to me if our chairman had called upon some gentle man more capable to do what he proposes I should do. But there is in the proceedings of this day a moral which we may all gather if we will. I believe there are few persons present, none who were with us a few hours ago at the meeting we held at the foot of the statue, who do not and who did not feel that they were assisting at a ceremonial which they felt they:were right in assisting at, and which did honour to themselves individually and was creditable to themselves as representatives of a great community. Now, if we were to examine why it is that so many persons who knew Joseph Sturge so intimately and so many who knew him indirectly and by hearsay think in our proceedings of to-day we are only doing him just honour—only doing justice to his name and memory, it is because we have all a belief in and a respect for his virtue. There can be no doubt in the mind of anybody acquainted with him of the sincerity of his professions; social or political. It is not necessary that we should all see alike or believe alike. On the contrary, it would not be well that we should all see alike or believe alike. It would destry competition ; it would destroy that rivaly which holds communities if it were so. Now, in the ease of Joseph Sturge there was that degree of calmness in the discussion of all questions, that charity in all his doings, which, though I never have pretended to imitate, I always most sincerely admired—no one more so. (Cheers.) lam quite sure that that calmness was one of the many quali ties which endeared him to all of us, which recom mended him, and which recommended his opinions to us. Unfortunately for me, I have not been very visits here, .bee M n y very short. u lo n n f g or c t o u n n n a e te c l t y ed f w or ith m ß ys i e r l m t i n g h h a a v m e But while I have been in Birmingham I have seen as much private labour for the good of the commu nity as I have seen anywhere. I am introduced to somebody, and I am told that he gives a great amount of time to Sunday-schools ; another to other branches of education ; another to the alleviation of the sufferings of our criminal population (cheers) ; and from the exertions of those excellent persons the town must derive great advantages. Now, it has often struck me that if we could introduce in public questions the calmness with which we discuss social and scientific ones, we should arrive at a much quicker and much more satisfactory termination than we do occasionally in Government questions. I think intelligence and careful consideration are pri vate ones. It occurs to me to re fer to two q uestions as necessary in public questions as they are in which are particularly affecting Europe, and parti cularly the county of Lancaster. We have had for a long time possession of a country which could grow cotton, and which we ought to get from that country, but which we do not get. We have not turned our attention to it. There has not been in- telligence enough displayed to comprehend the question ; and there has not been virtue enough when it has been comprehended. In the United States of America you find the most terrific calami ties that ever overtook any people have occurred. But every man can see that if 50 or 70 years ago there had been virtue eroagh to do away with that blot to humanity, slavery, these things would never have occurred. (Cheers.) If these men had had humanity enough, virtue enough, honesty enough, to do away with this curse, this greatest crime of the human race, humanity would have been spared the fearful spectacle afforded by the present war. 1 have said, and I say again, it is not necessary we we should all agree and be of the same opinion. But it is necessary that we should all seek after truth. Now, gentlemen, I believe there never was a time in the country, and perhaps, with the excep- tion of the United States of America, there never was a time in any other country at which men were so anxious for the good of their fellow-men. There were never so many people anxious for the general welfare. (Cheers.) Now, if we could only intro duce this feeling into our Government I am not at all sure that we could not do great good for our country. (Loud cheers.) 3 oseph Sturge was a man who believed in the doctrine I have just enunciated. He thought that these questions were not only to be treated with calmness in all matters of domestic concern, but in matters of universal polity as well as in things of less moment. We have this day been witnesses of the uncovering or the statue of men who, whether in his private or public life, was equally loved and revered, and who in private life and in public life sought only that which was true. Ido hope that what has taken place to-day fn the presence of so many kind and sincere friends, who admired the character of Joseph Sturge, will have great and good effect on the growing community of the town, although the departed was known to us, that when men pass that monument, men who have sons and daughters, they will take the opportunity of telling their children why it was placed there, and that they may picture to them what sort of world this would be and how much its joys would be increased if we could only have in every town a man of such charity, a man whose kindly nature and whose generous heart was always ready to assist the wretched—a man who in his own notions of what was right was so firm and so immovable as our lamented friend and fellow-townsman, Joseph Sturge. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I will only further say that this will be a day long remem bered in Birmingham, as one on which we have met together to do just honour to a man to whom honour was most truly due. (Cheers.) The memory of Mr. Thomas, the sculptor, was given from the chair. Poor Thomas, whose labo rious career was so early cut off, began life in a I humble way in Birmingham, fostered by the gene- rous hand of Mr. Branson, the railway contractor. Mr. GUITHER (Mr. Branson's partner), in ac knowledging the sentiment, gave an intezesting sketch of the early struggles of Thomas—his modesty and doubtingness of his own ability. He mentioned that the sculptor was much affected and depressed by the death of the Prince Consort, to which, combined with his arduous labours, he attri buted the early close of his earthly career. Mr. Guyther promised that the widow's heart should be gladdened by the kindly recognition of her husband's worth, and by the tribute paid to his memory. - - Several other sentiments followed before the meeting broke up. THE NA Vi'. VALETTA, May 31.—There is little or no nasal news oc importance to notice. Her Majesty's pad• dlewheel steamaloop Trident, 3, Commander E. J Balfour, left Malta, as expected, on the 23d inst. for Naples, and the screw steam corvette Malacca, 17,',Capt. G. J. Napier, left the same day for Corfu, with a mail for the Admiral. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte, and the screw corvette Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock, came in yesterday, the former from Corfu and the latter from the Pirreus. The Pelican, I understand, has come to Malta for the trial of her master by court-martial on various charges brought against him by the captain. We have now in port the Hibernia receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C.B. ; the London, 86 ; the Amphion, 36 ; the Pelican, 17 ; the Medina, surveying ship; the Gannet, 11 ; the Surprise, 4 ; the Procris, 3 ; the Boxer, 3; and the Hearty tug. The Gannet leaves this morning with the mails brought last night for Corfu. Some changes are about to be effected shortly in the distribution of the troops at the different stations in the Mediter-, ranean. The 2d battalion, 3d Buffs, now at Malta, will go to Gibraltar in about ten days to relieve the 25th, King's Own Borderers, who are to come here. It is reported that the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade here will relieve the 2d battalion 9th Regiment at Corfu, ordered to this island, and that the 6th Regi ment at Gibraltar will change places with the 2d battalion 2d Regiment at Corfu. The Italian cor vette Tripoli, which has been for some months past stationed at this port, left on the 27th inst. for Tripoli with secret orders. General Grivas, who commanded the Grefk insurgents at Nauplia, and was among those exempted from the amnesty granted by the King, arrived here a few days ago from Smyrna for the purpose of taking up his residence in this island, A letter received yes terday from Corfu, dated May 28, by her Ma jesty's screw gunboat Surprise, says that her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Queen, 86, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, arrived at that island on the day pre vious from Alexandria and the Piraeus, having on board the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and left a few hours afterwards with her distinguished passengers for Trieste. Her Majesty's ships at Corfu were the Marlborough, 131, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., the Malacca, 17, and the Icarus, 11. The Queen was expected back from Trieste in about ten days. Ad miral Martin was with his family taking the benefit of the country, residing at the Casino which the Empress of Austria occupied during her stay at Corfu. He bad been living in• a very retired man ner in that delightful spot. According to the news brought by the Surprise, it was believed that he would shortly remove to Naples. The Curacoa, screw frigate, Capt. A. Phillimore, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yester day. George Ford, ship's corporal, James Privett, quartermaster, and Wm. Smith, boatswain's mate, were recommended to the Admiralty for the gra emmended M , and The Cormorant, 4, Commander C. M. ,screw steam gra tuity and medal allowed for long service. John West, sailmaker, was recommended Buckle r the Racehorse, 4, Comm ander e e s d te f r o d r ay th m e o c rn h i i n n g a station. The Norwegian s crew corvette Nornen, 20 guns, f g r n o n m v e s s h s e e l e; s ness. arrived T They y 8 arepit h r e e a p d o r y t Capt.capt 8 guns from Spithead yesterday morn ing with a fine westerly breeze. The I\l - • sailedandthe Prussian brig Hela, omen is bound for Christiana, and the Hela for Dantsic. K Smi th, l t t, THE ARMY. A notification was yesterday received at Chatham garrison announcing that reinforcements to the number of upwards of 4,000 men of all ranks, with 101 of fi cers , will embark for India, towards the end of this month, for the purpose of augmenting the var i ou s cavalry and infantry reg i men t s serv ing in the Bengal, Madras, and B om b ay P res id enc i es . The following are the numbers of officers and men of the several regiments 'who will embark for the Pre sidencies named ;—For Bengal-45 officers and 2,230 non - commissioned officers and men, selected from the 2d (Queen's) Dragoon Guards, Bth Hus ears, 17th Lancers, R o y a l A r tillery, let battalion, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, let battalion ....., 1 , le-