The Sun. — London, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

BENSON'S WATCHES. " Perfection of mechanism."--Morning Post. will thenceforth be treasured amongst her archives as the last greeting to her from one of the most illustrious of her sous. Meanwhile we have already, while awaiting in uncertainty this anticipated Oration of Lord BROUGIIAM upon the occasion of his installation as Chancellor, we have already the satisfaction of conning the eloquent and elaborated harangue of a Rector who, whether regarded as orator or as legislator, is not at all unworthy of that Gold; Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. $3 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C. Established 1749. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buokstone, Compton Chip pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE. And THE BOARDING SCHOOL. companionship. At the commencement of his noble inaugural ad• dress on Monday, Mr. GLADSTONE observed with with perfect truth that it might be said in reference to whomsoever might be nominated by the Edin burgh University to the dignified and responsible position to which he had the gratification of find ing himself elevated:—" It is fitting that he should speak to you on such an occasion of that which unites us together—namely, the work of the University, as a great organ of pre paration for after life; and that, in treating of what constitutes the great bond between us, he should desire and endeavour to assist in arming you, as far as he may, for the efforts and trials of your career." He observed thereupon, moreover, how "Subject to certain cycles of partial revolution, it is true that, as in the material so in the moral world, every generation of man is a labourer for that which succeeds it, and makes an addition to that great sum total of achieved results which may, in commercial phrase, be called the capital of the race." A fragment of mercantile phraseology not wholly inappropriate from the lips of a Chancellor of the Exchequer ! But Mr. GLADSTONE continued, " Of all the conditions of existence in which man differs from the brutes there is not one of greater moment than this, that each one of them commences life as if he were the first of a species, whereas man in herits largely from those who have gone before. How largely," said the right hon. gentleman, " none of ns can say ; but my belief is that, as years gather more and more upon you, you will estimate more and more highly your debt to pre ceding ages." It was subsequently to the utter ance of these and several kindred reflections, that the newly installed Rector of the University of Edinburgh enunciated some of those loftier and more impressive truths, to which we have made allusion at the commencement of these observa tions. As when he remarked, " The progress of mankind is, upon the whole, a chequered and an intercepted progr ess ; and even where it is full formed, still, just as in the individual youth has charms that maturity under an inexorable law must lose, so the earlier ages of the world ever con tinue to delight and instruct us by beau ties that are exclusively or peculiarly their own." Adding—" It would seem as though this progress (and here is a chastening and a hum bling thought) were a progress of mankind and not of the individual man, for it seems to be quite clear that, whatever be the comparative greatness of the race now and in its infant or early stages, what may be called the normal specimens, so far as they have been made known to us either through external form or through the works of the intellect, have tended rather to dwindle, or at least to dimi nish, than to grow in the highest elements of greatness. But," observed Mr. GLADSTONE, " the exceptions at which these remarks have glanced neither destroy nor materially weaken the profound moment of the broad and universal canon, that every generation of men, as they traverse the vale of life, are bound to accumulate, and in divers manners do accumulate, new treasures for the race, and leave the world richer on their departure, for the advantage of their descend ants, than, on their entrance, they themselves had found it." As to the mental portion of this accumulated and accumulating treasure, that, he rejoiced to bear in remembrance, and to remind his auditors, is happily stored: while the chief part of the progressive labours referred to, devolve upon those eminent institutions, Universities, which, exclaimed Mr. GLADSTONE, " I venture to say have been entitled to rank among the lights and glories of Christen dom." In more distinct recognition of this, he con tinued, " It is, I believe, a fact, and if so, it is a fact highly instructive and suggestive, that the Univer sity, as such, is a Christian Institution." Further —" The Greeks," said the annotator upon HOMER, "had indeed the very largest ideas upon the training of man, and produced specimens of our kind with gifts that have never been sur paised. But the nature of man, such as they knew it, vas scarcely at all developed ; nay, it woe. maimed in its supreme capacity—in its relations towards God. Hence, as in the visions of the Pro phet, so upon the roll of history, the imposing fabric of ancient civilisation never have endured." Finally, to gratify ourselves with yet one more quotation from this most eloquent and really admirable harangue. "Greece has be queathed to us," exclaimed Mr. GLADSTONE, in one of his most impressive and rhetorical outbursts, " Greece has bequeathed to us her everliving tongue, and the immortal productions of her intellect. Rome made ready for Christendom the elements of polity and law; but the brilliant assemblage of en dowments which constitutes civilisation, having no root in itself, could not brook the shocks of time and vicissitude ;" adding, in words and thoughts of im pressive suggestiveness—" We now watch, gentle men, with a trembling hope, the course of that later and Christian civilization which arose out of the ashes of the old heathen world, and ask our selves whether, like the Gospel itself, so that which the Gospel has wrought beyond itself in the manners, arts, laws, and institutions of men is in such manner and degree salted with perpetual life that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it? Will the civili zation, which was springing upwards from the d a y s of Charlemagne, and which now, over the face of Europe and America, seems to present to us in bewildering conflict the mingled signs of decrepi tude and of vigour, perish like its older types, and like them be known thereafter only in its frag ments ; or does it bear a charmed life, and will it give shade from the heat and shelter from the storm to all generations of man ?" Let us live on hopefully in the belief that after ages will answer inquiries like these only more all eager speculative in and more loudly in the affirmative. JO YAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the Farce, CRUEL TO BE KIND. Mr. A. Harris, Frank Matthews, and Miss Carlotta Leclercq. Followed by THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuccio, a Jester, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with the extravaganza of TILE SYLPHWE . Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss ll e len Howard, Miss Rose Leclercq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank Matthews, Commence at 7. A D EL PHI, NEW THE MrATßEW6bster-ROYAL. . Benj. . Sole Proprietor and Manager, THIS EVENING, April 18, will be reproduced the popular orig - inal Adele! _drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert Landry, Mr. B. NS ebster (who will make his 9th appearance since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour) ; Messrs. P. Bedford, .f. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J. Smith, Billington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. After which (9th time at this theatre), the Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Manche, Esq., of THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. L. Toole; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen Lncldora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. — Under the management of Mr. Wm. Brongh. THIS EVENING, a new comic drama entitled NEXT OF KIN. Messrs. Emery, S. Calhaem, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames E. Travers and K. Saxon. Alter which, the burlesque of THE FORTY THIEVES. Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, Miss E.Travers, Miss K. Saxon; Mrs. Wallis ; Messrs. Emery, Tilbury, &C. ; and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE MIDDY ASHORE. Miss Lydia Thompson. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to carriages and toot passengers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING the performances will nommen.. with A BORDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. C. Young. After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM. Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E. Beott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de Ballet To conclude with ' No. 49." - - - Reduced Priees—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, le. The Box-offloe open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform ante commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — proprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY. Sole Maner, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES. THIS EVE NING, and during the Week, To commence with the immensely successful Grand Military Spectacle, entitled " THE HISTORY OF A FLAG." New and splendid scenery, costumes, and appointments, introducing the stud of beautiful horses, ponies, camels, &O. &c. To be succeeded by the Scenes in the circle, supported by Madles. Monet, Marie, and De Berg, and Messrs. TI. Williams, De vereux, Fernando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jaok. Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. CONCERTS. CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING, LIICREZIA. BORGIA, (Donizetti). Donna Lncreala Miss Russell. Mark) Orsini Mrs. Anderson. German) Mr. Henry Herbert. Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli. Conductor—Mr. Jonghm ans. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-SON OPIUM APRIL 18, 1860, THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.12 ; falling. WIND, North-Easterly ; fresh, with fine clear, coo] weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Dey.—Morning, 12h. 16m.—Afternoon, 12h. 34m. To-monatow.-Morning, 12h. 52m.—Afternoon, lh. 9m. ...-...-- ' 1 :1(01 1 1 j • y ' -., 43 . % 1,1,1 f,, 't''' ' '' ' , 2-' , --,,,, ~..ri ~.--, 1 ~-, -,, a.tc , - fl - , 41Y11-",.7' 4; %_- , 3., ' 1 43'1 ,T*4.;l , • ) ' , putt ' ' f. ' - 4 ~..7,,,F ig0 1 / 4 _,,,,. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1860. It has been happily remarked that we are the true ancients. The ages of antiquity so called constituted unquestionably, constituted obviously the epochs of the virginal youth of the world—those years of immaturity, when mankind had in arts, in sciences, in philosophies, in religion, to make a beginning. Since when the generations of humanity have—often, it is tine confusedly, and in an ap parently irregular and disordered manner—been advancing in knowledge and general enlighten ment. More confusedly—immeasurably, incalcu lably more confusedly—prior to the commencement of the Christian dispensation. And this manifestly from the simple fact that Divine aid was alone vouchsafed in an insulated and even then restricted manner to one solitary race, guided by the supernal light and sheltered under the preternatural segis of a Theocratic Govern ment. Subsequently to the advent of the time of that Supreme Event which has been the turning point in the history of Man upon this earth those lights have been diffused, that (Egis has been extended, in truth (though here and there, invisi bly even up to the present epoch, and unrecognised) over all races, and throughout all generations. Here, in effect, is the one reason for the glaring difference between the scope of the Heathen and of the Hebrew civilization, and of that more vast, and even, it might almost be said, illimitable Civilization'which has sprung from the dawn o f Christianity. The contrast presented by that mar vellous dissimilarity of scope of mere scope, is as nothing, when compared with the seemingly dia metric opposition, which is presented to view by the gl iring evanescence and perishableness of all former civilisation, and the apparent indestructi bility, save with the destruction of the globe itself which it adorns, of this later and final and still far from wholly developed Christian Civilisation. It was in the consideration of these great truths that Mr. GLADSTONE sought on Monday, at Edin burgh, for thoughts and words not all unworthy of crowning the summit of his oratorical reputa tion. The occasion was one indeed in some measure befitting his " high argument " being that of his formal installation as Rector of the chief of the great Scottish Universities. The magnificent oration delivered upon this deeply interesting and henceforth (in the history of the Edinburgh University) most memorable occa sion, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will be found in another part of our impression of this evening ; and it will amply repay the careful perusal of all who care to hearken for a while, in the midst of the din of politics, to the profounder meditations of one amongst our leading statesmen ! One who, with all his faults aad demerits, has at least the twofold distinction of being noticeable among the mob of debaters and administrators as at once one of our most philosophic thinkers and one of the most at comp] ishid and highly ed uca t e d of our rhetoricians. The Emperor of the FRENIII, we are told, is patronising a new motive power for his steam navy, one which is to render him independent of the Welch coal field, save him some three millions sterling per annum ; indeed, which will require no more coals for a voyage than are now required for its cooking ! Air, it seems, is to take the place of water—Not air of hot water; with the lat ter he means to dispense in regard to his navy; the general wish will be that he were not so fond of- it elsewhere. Hot water cer tainly seems his favourite element. With the POPE, with England, with Austria, with Switzer land, with some country, with some person, to be in hot water is his delight. Just now it is Switzerland that is rather too hot for him. We remarked last Friday on the military strength of the republic, which, contrary to what is generally supposed, can, and is prepared to, muster a force which will make it troublesome to him to do her the injustice he originally in tended. His first object plainly was, while retaining Edinburgh could hardly have Made two more appropriate selections; than she has done simul taneously, when nominating. Mr. GLADSTONE as her Rector, and Lord BROUGHAM as her Chancellor. A little later on, and the venerable ex. Chancellor will be afforded the opportunity of addressing himself to. the alumni of his own be loved alma mater in. An inaugural speech, which might well be said. As it stand; a mere whisper might be charged as an-offence; and exclamations caused by great provocation the Judge him self declared to be brawling, an offence which entails excommunication, that is, six months' imprisonment, and we know not what penalties in the shape of costs. Civil magistrates and common law judges know bow to treat all such things on their merits, and if they cannot always master the technicalities of law, they generally contrive to see substantial justice done. ' That was certainly not done in this case. Mr. Ro- SIER'S offence, if proved, was, under the excitement of the circumstances, far too venial to merit a fine of £lO. a first-rate line of defence for himself, to be able, without obstruction, to march south or east into Italy, or into Switzerland and Germany, at his plea sure. The master of more than half a million of soldiers would thus be able to keep all around him in awe ; and while defying England with his im mense navy, the adjacent parts of the continent would be mediatised by his military strength. He would reign without conquest over his virtual sa trapies within the "natural boundary" of the Rhine, and in the fitting time would annex them by " cession " and by the universal suf suffrage of ballot-boxes in charge of his paid agents. There is, however, at present just this little hitch—the Swiss object to being mediatised, much more to having their Cantons converted into Freneh Departments. They appeal to all the signatories to the treaties of Vienna and Paris. They meet, however, with but an indifferent response. Austria übjects, but with little energy; Prussia says it is not just the thing, and even Russia will not intermeddle. She is so pleased with the idea of the cession of Savoy by treaty, instead of annexation by that infernal device, the free consent of the whole population, that she appears to con sider the annexation of Savoy as the one bright redeeming spot iu all the late territorial changes. England is, perforce, confined to remonstrance. We have no means of placing a flotilla on the Lake of Geneva, or a single regiment in Chablais and Faucigny. We can only say it is all very wrong—in deed far worse than wrong in the eyes of statesmen, it is impolitic—but there we must stop. And if the hot water EMPEROR prefers,politically, that element, we must even leavehim in it—leave him with Belgium, Prussia, Austria, Switzerland, and indeed all Ger many simmering and bubbling around him. That the Swiss have, according to French " ideas," one of the strongest cases is evident. The " idea" in the annexation of Savoy, is strengthening the military border of France. She deems the " idea" so important that she must hold all the strong places of the mountains which separate her from a neighbour kingdom not having one-third of her population, nor one-third of her army, and having hardly any navy at all. How much more may the Swiss demand that their frontier shall not be weakened—that thsy shall have the slopes of the mountains which would make a descent on But what shall we say of the real brawler in church, the man who, if we may be pardoned the Hibernicism, has been for years brawling to the eyes as well as to the ears of his parishioners ? Mr. BRYAN KING, knowing the offensive ness of his vestment; and altar orna ments, and choral performances, and intoning of the service, to his parishioners, persisted in these provocations. They are, surely —pure provocation. He cannot pretend that they have the sanction of common use ; facts show that they cannot plead utility ; an antiquated Rubric with which he is not required to comply—which his ecclesiastical superior, the Bishop, would be well pleased he should not comply—this is literally the rev. gentleman's only pretext for keeping the church and the parish in an uproar. Yet our Ecclesiastical Courts can punish the man who was provoked to technical brawling, at the instance of the originator of the brawling, and the real author of the offence cannot be touched by them ! If this be ecclesiastical justice, then down with ecclesiati cal tribunals is the feeling of all free Englishmen. Lord PALMERSTON has done much to deprive them of nutriment by taking away all their really importEint business : we hope he will put a final hand to his work and abolish them altogether. L ATES'T The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley have arrived in St. James's-square from Knowsley Park, Lancashire. The Earl and Countess of Hardwick° and the Ladies Yorke arrived in Portman-square yesterday from Wimpole Hall for the season. The Earl and Countess of Stradbroke have arrived at their mansion in Belgrave-square from Henham Hall, Suffolk, for the season. heir territory so easy—and, especially, that The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea and Lady Florence Paget, have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Dalrymple have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. the narrow lake which forms their southern border shall not be " a French lake." The rea son of the case is so strong, that even a determined despot is perplexed. The Swiss assume a bold front—as bold a one as when they refused to expatriate or deliver up the man who was then a refugee in their country, but who now seeks to deprive them of cherished rights; —and, between the possibility of a bloody conflict, and the certainty of a disgraceful cause, even LOUIS NAPOLEON wavers. Not in his purpose, however, does he waver, as we believe. He means, we fear, to be lord para mount of Switzerland, and of other countries, too, if he can avoid provoking a general coalition. His behaviour about Tuscany as well as Savoy and Nice sustain such a supposition ; and if the opinion be general, he has but himself to blame for it. We cannot but commend the Swiss, therefore, for their far-seeing and brave policy ; and we only hope that they will compel might to hesi tate in the face of right. Were but one small Power to begin resistance to the EMPEROR'S annex ation practices, he might find that others would follow. The Continent might arouse itself, and think it better to put a stop to French aggrandisement at the very beginning. All are now smarting under the cost to which his military measures put them ; and England—so quiet and friendly now—might think it would be cheaper to annihilate for ever the French Navy, and to treat Cherbourg in the fashion of Sebastopol, than to pay annually trebled Army and Navy Estimates. We are beginning to per ceive that Mr. GLADSTONE is, after all, the least to blame. He has too humbly endeavoured by his Treaty to buy off the Gauls from our shores— but, his Income•tax is, in reality, a NAPOLEON tax. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and the Hon. Misses Canning arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square a few days since for the season. Lord and Lady Chelmsford and the Hon. Miss Thesiger, arrived at the family residence in Eaton-square on Monday, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Shrews bury and Talbot at their seat in Staffordshire. Lord and Lady Foley arrived in Grosvenor square yosterday, from Cheverley Park, Cambridgeshire, when they passed a few days with Lord George and Lady Adeliza Manners, on _their way to town from Worksop Manor, Notts, Lord de Lisle and Dudley kas arrived at the SI George's Hotel. The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait arrived in St. James's-square yesterday, from Starkey's Victoria Hotel, St. Leenards -on-Sea. We are glad to learn that his lordship's health has been much improved by his sojourn at this delightful watering-place. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart, M.P., and Lady Mary Wood arrived in Belgrave-square yester day, from Hickloton Hall, Yorkshire. Sir Robert Peel, Bart, M.P„ and Lady Emily Peel are expected to arrive in Whitehall-gardens to-day from Geneva. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at Grosvenor-gate, from Hughenden Manor, Bucks. MR. BARON GREENE.—The Freeman's Journal states that Baron Greene lies dangerously ill—so ill that serious apprehensions are entertained of his recovery. SUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCE AT SEA. GENOA, April 12.—The S. Liberate, Briyiera, arrived at Malta, re ports that on the 2d March, while on her voyage from that port to Scoglietti, she saw a brigantine wrecked in Braci otto, seven miles east of the latter place, and that a report was current in S. Croce and Scoglietti that seven persons seen alive on the brigantine had afterwards been found dead, and that the cases and lockers had been broken open and robbed. It is also stated by a passenger on board the S. Liberata that a letter was found on the brigantine, show ing her to be a Swedish or Norwegian vessel named Thetis or Themis. LONDON DOCK COMPANY.—A special general court was held yesterday at the Dock-house, at which the various clauses of a bill in Parliament for making a branch railway from the Blackwell Station to the London Docks were severally read, and -a resolution was carried, that the bill, as amended in the House of Lords, be approved, and that a copy of the same be sent to each proprietor. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE square, City.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending April 14 was—medical, 867 ; sur gical, 397; total, 1,264. of which 365 were new cases. GREAT FIRE AT GREENWlCH.—Yesterday morn ing a fire broke out in the extensive premises of Mr. 'NV. Huntley, sash maker, and known as Wood's Wharf, Greenwich. Vast streams of water were thrown upon the blazing pile, but the flames continued to defy the exertions of all present, and mounted so high as to be distinctly seen from almost every part of London. The fire was not extinguished until the premises of Mr. J. Huntley, Ns. P. Corbett, boat builder, Mr. J. Stapleton, smith, Mr. J. Tracer, mast maker, Mr. J. R. Hunter, coal merchant, Mr. S. Thomas, chandler, Mr. E. Thomas, Mr. J. Showells, and Nos. 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, on the opposite side, and lot out in tenements, were con siderably damaged. THE BANQUET TO THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS.— The Scotsfilait of yesterday says :—Thi s grea t ontertein ment, which is to take place this day week in the Corn Ex change, promises to be a very grand spectacle. The Ex change is to be profusely decorated with Highland and East ern trophies, and with flags, skins, deers' and leopards' heads, ancient and modern armour, &c., and when brilliantly illuminated, and filled with the gall an t so ldi ers i n f u ll High land costume, and with many other guests or entertainers in uniform, regular and volunteer, naval and military, the seine will be extremely striking and splendid. The arrange ments for the banquet are far advanced, and promise to be in every respect satisfactory. It is understood that a marriage is on the tapir between the only son of Sir George Grey and a young lady, daughter of a military officer, resident at Cheltenham. This marriage, we believe, will not take place till late in the autumn—after the return of the Prince of Wales from Canada. The appoint meat of Equerry to the Heir-Appa rent was entirely unsolicited on the part of Captain Grey, and was a compliment paid by the Queen to the gallant career of the young officer, and to the long and able politi cal service of his distinguished father. Captain Grey served throughout the Crimean campaign with the Rifles, and re turned home safe, to enjoy his well-earned promotion. Captain Grey is the only sin and only child of the distin guished political baronet.—Court Journal. Pending the opini ng of the Indian telegraph to the public, which is promised in two or three weeks, it is hoped that the greatest care is taken to prevent any mes sages of a commercial or financial character finding their way to quarters in which they might be used for purposes of speculation. At the present moment the disturbances re specting the indigo cultivation, and the uncertainty regard ing the influence of the new duty on saltpetre, constitute circumstances in which changes of quotations might occur to affect the fortunes of all concerned in those branches of trade. Any priority of intelligence would, therefore, be most unfair, and it is difficult to believe that if messages are transmitted hither to more than one person they are likely to be inviolably preserved. The public, therefore, would be gratified to learn that such as are forwarded for Govern ment purposes are addressed to and seen by Sir Charles Wood alone. Mr. BRYAN KING has obtained a partial triumph. He has succeeded in getting Mr. RosIER admo nished by the judge of the Ecclesiastical Court; and, what to Mr. ROSIER is of far more consequence, since he says that he is but a poor man, the rev. gentleman has got a fine of £lO in the shape of costs inflicted on the worthy tradesman. The fine, however, will probably be promptly paid by the many who sympathise with him. It was stated at the close of the affair that a penny subscription should do it, and there, we suppose, the matter ends for the present. We are not learned in ecclesiasti cal law, and have neither time nor inclination to inquire just now of those who are so, but we presume, from the remarks made in court, that the " admonition" was then and there given ; if so, we are not likely to hear more "of the office of the judge promoted by the Rev. BRYAN KING against Mr. RosIER for brawling in church." But what now are the feelings of all true Eng lishmen in reading the accounts of this trial, and the judgment of Dr. TRAVERS TWISS ? Certainly that Mr. ROSIER got about the measure of justice . which a poacher may expect from a game-preserv ing country magistrate. We have not a word to say against Dr. Twiss personally, not even as a judge. The blame lies in the system. No amount of excusing and refining can persuade laymen that judges in ecclesiastical courts are not prejudiced persons—unconsciously prejudiced, it may be, but still biassed in favour of ecclesiastics and their Church generally, against laymen. Had Mr. ROSIER been tried before Mr. SELFE, or any of our metropolitan magistrates, the presumption would have been that the case was proved against him. We may ask nine-tenths of our readers whether, on reading the judgment of Dr. Twlss himself, they feel reasonably sure that it was proved. There were two witnesses against one, and the judge thought that the one witness in favour of Mr. ROSIER deposed to what occurred on another occasion ; on the other hand, Mr. ROSIER, though, to be sure, the accused, and unswornoitterly denied ho of vai an g a c u c s u ed the se dp pe r son, rwordsson, like eq thatues t i o o n f . a l I T o h t e h t e e r s s t , m o must, s t, however, go for what it is worth ; and nothing has turned up, that we know of, to make it likely that Mr. ROSIER would lie in plain English, for he would seem to have been too plain an Englishman for Mr. .t sE O L n FE th w e ou w l hol ah e we emuh found c h q i m u e g st u i i o l n ty whether Mr. SELFE would have fo u nd h i m guilty of one half the charges more than of the other half; and we feel confident no jury of his countrymen would have convicted him. From all we have seen of the case nothing would have induced us, in a jury -box, to go further than the Scotch verdict, " Not Proven." We feel pretty confident, therefore, that most lay men on reading the report of the trial will utter a fresh malediction on Ecclesiastical Courts. Dr. Twiss nay of course have been right in his but the curse of the system capacityis, that n o o f n e h o t i f w us inl a can ; an feel sure that justice was done. Englishmen have quite a diffenreenTterfeweliiinlgbien regard to all other courts — but th e y . lieve that Ecclesiastical Courts are Courts of Jus- STEAM VESSELS FOR THE GANGES.—The first of the steam vessels designed by the Oriental Inland Steam Company for the Navigation of the Ganges has just been tried on the Mersey. This vessel, which draws two feet of water, is 250 feet long and 30 feet beam, and is propelled by two high pressure engines of 200 horse power nominal, but working up to about 800 actual horses' power. The speed attained on the trial trip was about 14 miles an hour, with 31 or 32 revolutions of the wheels per minute ; but as many as 36 revolutions per minute were obtained for part of the time. The engines are formed with inclined cylinders, of 26 inches diameter and 6 feet stroke, and the pressure of the steam is 1001bs. per square inch. The steam is supplied by four boilers, on the locomotive principle, of great strength. The vessel is trussed, both lo n gitudinally and transversely, with wrought iron pipes, which are effective in withstand ing both extension and compression. As this vessel has more power and a lighter draught of water than any now upon the Ganges, and also a higher rate of speed, her es tablishment upon that river is looked forward to with great interest. The Janina, a sister vessel, is also nearly ready, and these vessels, it is expected, will inaugurate a new era in the navigation of the Ganges, as combining greater power and speed and a lighter draught of water than any heretofore introduced upon any of the Indian rivers.— Live,pool MATRIMONY AND COTTON TOPS.—Now, gentle men, let us pause for a moment over these cotton tops—let us turn them inside out—and see what is the legitimate in ference to be derived thence. here we find a young lady just at the most critical period of her life—when she has exchanged vows, for the first time, with her lover or hus band—call him what you will—who sees before her an un known and untried htture, which, in most cases, love tinges with its purple hues. What is she thinking about ?—that she will be a glory in his prosperity, a solace in his sickness and adversity, to that man in whom she believes as the type and exemplar of glorified humanity ? Pardon me, gentlemen, it I carry you back to the times in which we also —we hard worldly men, believed in such things—even we 1 Well, what is this young girl thinking about ? Why, that a silken stocking will set off her foot and ankle to greater advantage than a stocking of any other texture. That is her notion of love —that is the acorn out of which the sturdy oak of Mr. barber's domestic happiness is to grow,—From "Divorce a Yinculo," in Once a Week. tics. On the law relating to brawling, something THE; ',SUN,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING .APRILS 1 18, 1860, NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : BOMBAY MAILS. The Ottawa arrived at Suez on the 10th of April' The Valetta arrived at Marseilles on the 18th of April, at 6 a.m. Mails left for London at 10 a.m. The Euxine at Alexandria on the 12th, expected at Malta on the 17th, and at Southampton on the 27th inst. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Pera arrived at Malta on the 12th, at 3 p.m., and sailed for Alexandria on the 13th, at 10 a.m. The Panther arrived at Malta on the 14th, at 9 p.m., and sailed at midnight for Alexandria. The Alhambra left Malta for Corfu at midnight on the 14th. The Colombo, with the Londoi mail of the 20th and 27th Feb., reached Point de Galle on the 26th March, en route to Calcutta. PARIS, APRIL 18. The Constitutionnel, in an article signed by M• Boniface, says it is authorised to declare that the pamphlet, "La Coalition," is entirely the work of a private individual, who has neither, directly nor indirectly, been inspired by Government. MADRID, APRIL 17. The report that Ortega has been executed is untrue. PARIS, APRIL 17. M. Thouvenel has informed the representatives of the Powecs who signed the Final Act of Vienna of the nature of the reception France will give to the circular note of the Swiss Federal Council of the sth of April respecting the convocation of an European Conference. It was not until the King of Sardinia had for mally taken posseseion of Lombardy, and the trea ties of Zurich had been signed and ratified, that France and Austria jointly addressed an invitation to the Powers who had signed the treaties of Vienna to assemble at a Conference, in order to make known to them the territorial arrangements which had resulted from the cession of Lombardy to Piedmont, which cession was freely consented to by Austria. No Power having then objected, France will follow the same course. When, there fore, the cession of Savoy and Nice, freely con sented to by Piedmont, shall have been sanctioned and ratified by universal suffrage of the inhabi tants, and by the vote of the Sardinian Parlia ment, France will take possession of those pro vinces. Immediately afterwards she will consent to the assembling of a Conference for the pur pose of receiving a communication of the treaty concluded on the 24th of March last between Napoleon 111. and King Victor Emmanuel. France will likewise be willing that -the said Conference shall examine the following question— " In what manner are the rights of France, irrevo cably acquired through the cession of Savoy and Nice by the King of Sardinia, to be reconciled with the guarantees stipulated by the treaties in favour of Switzerland ?" It being, however, well under stood that the Conference shall leave the treaty of the 24th of March intact. Baron Monrad, who arrived here last week from Copenhagen, was received on Sunday by the Em peror at a private audience, and left again yester day evening to resume his functions as Minister of Public Instruction at Copenhagen. Baron Dirkink Holmfeld, formerly Danish Am bassador, also left yesterday evening for Copen hagen. Ho was previously received at a private audience by the Emperor, who presented him with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The pamphlet, La Coalition, originates from a Government source, although it has been denied. BERNE, TUESDAY. There again appears some probability that the Conference will take place. England proposes Brussels as the place where it should be held, while France insists upon Paris, in which she is supported by Russia. GENEVA, APRIL 17. General Canrobert, accompanied by several officers of Engineers, has visited the fort of Les Rousses, on the frontier of Switlerland. The Canton de Vaud has been supplied with war materiel. The English Government has given encouraging assurances to the Federal Council. GENEVA, APRIL 17. Prince Gortschakoff, in his reply to the note of Switzerland, identifies Russia with the other Powers who signed the treaties of 1815, and who recognised the inviolability and neutrality of Switzerland. In this note the Prince also states that it is the true political interest of Europe to preserve Switzerland from all foreign influence. But France having manifested an intention of negotiating, either with the great Powers or the Swiss Confederation, and the Federal Council having expressed a similar desire, Russia gives her complete adhesion to the assembling of a Conference, being convinced that the Federal Council does not doubt her solicitude to efficaciously insure the neutrality of Switzer land. MARSEILLES, APRIL 17. The official Neapolitan journals from the 10th to the 13th inst. inclusive say nothing of the popular movement at Messina. Private letters merely state that the attempts to surprise the military posts at Messina had been repelled, and that the agitation was less at that place than at Palermo. 10,000 men were pursuing the insurgent bands. Since the insurrection commenced the Govern ment has sent into Sicily four battalions of Infan try, two battalions of Artillery, and a regiment of Lancers. The Governor of Sicily had written that no more reinforcements need be sent, his forces being sufficient. NAPLES, APRIL 14 (via Genoa.) The insurrection has spread to Trapani, where the Provisional Government and the National Guard have joined the insurgents. The Royal troops still occupy Palermo, which is destitute of everything. Great activity prevails in the arsenal at Naples. The embarcation of troops for the pro vinces continues. The agitation is increasing. The corps d'ul•inee in the Abruzzi has been recalled. TRIESTE, TUESDAY. says According to The Trieste Zeitung au thentic private information from Messina to the 9th, the Austrian Consul had quitted that city on board an Austrian merchant vessel. " A bombardment of the city was expected in the course of the 9th." LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—A general meeting of the shareholders in this J company was h e ld yes terday, at the London Tave rn, Mr. .N. Daniell in the chair, for the purpose of obtaining the assent of the pre.. prietors to a bill for ' taking a line of railway t o the Lundou Docks, now before Parliament , u nder th e provisions of the Wharnclitre Act. There was n o o pp ositi on to the scheme, and a remlution authorising the directors to proceed with the line was agreed to. LITERATURE. Leonore and the Little Countess. A Tale. By the author of " The Myrtle and the Heather." Bentley. This is a simply written and interesting, though somewhat melancholy tale. The scene is laid in Germany. The heroine is a young orphan, possessed of great beauty and talent, who has been received into the family of a cousin, who occupies the position of intendant. Nadine, the little Countess, is also an orphan, who is living with a female relative, the Countess Justine, and her son. Nadine has been from infancy an invalid, and in the love and companionship of the little Leonora she finds her only solace. Being accustomed to see her wishes fulfilled, as she is a great heiress, she finds no difficulty in procuring the removal of Leonore from the cottage of the in tendant, where she is unloved and unwel come, to her own chateau. The two girls grow up together, and love each other like sisters. They spend many years of their early youth in Paris with Nadine's grandmother, and here Leonore first begins to discover her anomalous position. Loved and treated as an equal by Nadine, she is regarded only as a companion or domestic appendage by others. In Paris, where more homage is paid to beauty and intellect, she finds many ad mirers ; but on their return to Germany, the narrow etiquette and haughty exclusiveness of the aristo crats of their petty court inflict many pangs on the warm hearts of the two friends. The Countess Justine is one of the most bitter of Leonore's op ponents, though she is fearful of expressing her sentiments too strongly, out of deference to Nadine, whose wealth makes her an object of consideration. Countess Justine is eager to secure it to her son Adal bert, but Leonore is a dangerous rival to her gentle patroness. In his boyish days Adalbert had vowed constancy to Leonore, and though during the years of absence he had felt the engagement irksome, on her return from Paris he hastened to renew it with all his old fervour. Leonore, who had refused many brilliant offers in Paris out of regard to her childish lover, hesitates, but persuaded by Nadine agrees. The generous little countess, though secretly attached to Adalbert herself, resolves to bestow on her early friend a large portion of her wealth, hoping thus to secure the happiness of her two best loved friends. However, the pride which has little to be proud of, steps in. Adalbert's mo ther is furious, his chosen friend equally so, and by way of settling the affair he despatches to Leonore a letter he had received from Adalbert while the friends were still in Paris, setting forth all the obstacles which existed to their union. Leonore, finding her own fears confirmed, at once breaks off the engage ment ; she returns to the humble cottage of the intendant, from whence all the protestations and persuasions of Adalbert and Nadine fail to draw her, and finally enters a convent ; while after many years Nadine bestows her hand upon Adalbert. Though very pleasingly written, the story is very unsatisfactory, Too much weight is attached all through to the accident of birth. With Nadine's independent position, and with her generous attachment, Leonore's happiness might have been secure. The great mortification experienced by the two friends is somewhat extreme. If both wero such estimable and high-minded characters, surely they would have learned to appreciate the manners of a ball-room or reception at a truer esti mate. Adalbert, vehement and fickle, is certainly , scarcely deserving the affection so lavishly be stowed upon him ; while Leonore need scarcely have abandoned the world entirely because she could not claim descent from a German count or baron. " The grand old gardener and his wife" might indeed smile at such a reason. Nadine is the most attractive character from her unselfishness and generosity, but her kindness scarcely meets its due reward, as Leonore evidently forgets the con sideration due to her friend in her despair about Adalbert, and her grief at the treatment she receives. The moral the book is intended to convey is, that with the best intentions it is a cruel kind ness to lift persons above their station or to place them in a false position, but it unintentionally con veys another also—that the ranks and divisions of Society, though excellent in themselves, may be too highly esteemed ; and that it is a worthless ambi tion that would sacrifice love, friendship, and happiness for the sake of mixing on terms of equality with the frigid exclusives of a German Court. WEAVING BY ELECTRO-MAGNETISM M. Bonelli's great invention of applying elec tricity to the art of weaving the most elaborate pat terns, is at present attracting so much attention that we think it necessary to return to the subject, in order to show how far it outstrips the improvements introduced into the loom by Jacquard, improvements which, in their time, certainly effected a thorough revolution in the art. In Jacquard's system the pat term of the design was pricked on large perforated cards, which went in an endless chain round a roller in the centre of the loom. All the threads of the warp were connected with bars in the upper part of the loom, and these by a movement of the weaver's treadle were pushed against the per forated cards. Those which faced the pat tern holes, and therefore corresponded with them, remained there, and so, when the lever was lowered, held up the threads which ought to have been raised and allowed the shuttle to weave in the weft or pattern between. M. Bonelli, proceeding from quite a new principle which had not been dis covered in Jacquard's time, substitutes eleetro-mag nets for the little bobbins or bars which hold up the thread of the warp in the former system. The design is painted on a sheet of tinfoil, with the portions not used in the pattern covered with a non-conducting varnish. The patter' passes slowly over a roller under an immense number of brass teeth, communi cating by fine insulated wires with the bobbins, the pattern, of course, being in connection with one pole of a battery, and the bobbins, or magnets, with the other. Thus, as the tinfoil slowly moves round, the parts which are not to be worked, being co vered with a non-conducting varnish, transmit no current through the brass teeth to the bobbins. The pattern, or exposed portion of the tinfoil, on the contrary, does so, and transforms the bobbins into electro-magnets, which attract and hold the bars opposite their points attached to the threads of the warp, which, as the lever descends, the bars are thus held up for the instant, and, of course, raising their threads below, and allowing the shuttle to be passed between. In weaving by the old machine, the design is drawn on paper divided into a multitude of little squares, the horizontal series representing the weft, or pattern ; the cross or short series, the warp, or substance of the material woven. Secondly, the design must be " read"—that is, the punches of the stamping machine, which are equal in number to the small squares of the pattern, must be arranged so as to perforate the cards, which, as we have shown, form the basis of the present Jacquard system. Each of these operations must be repeated as many times as there are it orizon tal lines in the design (which merely represents one thread of the weft), as there must ba as many cards as there are wefts or cross-threads in a pattern. Lastly, all the cards must be sewn together in the order of their succession. In Chevalier Bonelli's plan the design being traced on tinfoil as above described, the metal pattern thus formed renders all this labour unnecessary, its conducting portions doing the work without any intervention of human hands. When the weaver presses the treadles with his feet the brass teeth, for Ming a metallic comb, as described; are lowered and come in contact with the tinfoil sheet of the design. Such are the chief features of this electro magnetic weaving machine, which, apart from it s scientific merits, contains, in addition, some most admirable mechanical contrivances. Such, for instance, is the ingenious means by which the design sheet moves with a speed variable at will, and either backwards or forwards, and the addi tion of a little brush to clean the comb. This last, at each motion of the loom, sweeps across all its teeth to prevent the injurious action of the dust, which falling upon the surface would soon interfere with the action of the electric fluid. The loom which we have now described is only appli cable to stuffs of two colours—that is to say, of ono colour upon one general ground. But a loom capable of weaving stuffs of six, eight, or ten colours only differs by the addition of a most simple piece of mechanism, thus :—Each of the different colours is insulated from the other, and along them on the pattern the pole of the battery slowly passes as the weaver works the machine with his feet transmitting the current to each colour in the order in which they occur. Thus, of course, the current is sent through the comb to the electro magnets, which raise the threads of the warp below, where the weaver has his colour shuttles arranged in the order in which they are to be used, and throws them in accordingly. So the loom just as easily, and on the same principle, transn:gits the pattern to a stuff of 12 colours as to that of only two. It is in this th a t th e weav i ng b y electr i c i ty displaysits superiority over the present system, according to which, for example, if a material is to be worked in six colours, it is nece_sary by the Jacquard loom to employ six times more cards than for a similar design of one oalour. COTTON AND COFFEE IN NEW ZEALAND.—At tempt are now being made to introduce the cotton and coffee plants to New Zealand. Coffee-berries from Ceylon, and cottonseed from China, have arrived at Auckland, and both are now depoJitecl in the ground in the faith of yield_ ing profitable results. Seeing that oranges, lemons, and other delicate fruits are already succe/Afully cultivated in the northern portion of the colony, and that grapes of the very best quality are grown in the province of Auckland, there is no reason why the coffee and the cotton plants should not by also, tinccessfully cultivated in this laud Of vropAge.--Arfw 4401KOVItilk Examiner, April 164 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) ADVERTISING FOR ♦ PARTNER.-SHOTEANDER V. SPRINGER. This was a claim of £5 17s. 6d. for endeavouring to get defendant a partner with £3,000, plaintiff being an ac• countant. Plaintiff stated that in the latter part of last year de fendant mentioned that he wished to get a partner with £3,000, and, after some consultation, an advertisement was inserted in the Times. Plaintiff consulted with several per sons, solicitors and others, and had not defendant been out of town, the business would have been brought to a satis factory termination. Plaintiff had received ss. for postagee. Mr. Buchanan, for defendant, cross-examined plaintiff At some length, and handed up an account in which plaintiff had charged £1 7s. 6d. Plaintiff—That was for cabs. His Honour—Why, here are many items such as consult ing Mr. Clare, seliator—that cannot be a cab. Here are letters. They are not cabs. What was the advertisement ? Plaintiff—Defendant wanted a partner, a sleeping part ner, with money. His Honour—What trade does defendant carry on ? Plaintiff—He is in the East India trade, and has an office in Bury-street, St. Mary. axe. Defendant said he only engaged plaintiff to put an ad vertisement in the Times, and paid plaintiff 3s. for doing so. Plaintiff then answered a letter and was paid his charge, 2s. Plaintiff—Why, he didn't like to show in the business, and asked me to receive the parties answering the advertise ment at my own house. His Honour did not think plaintiff could be expected to obtain a £3,000 partner for ss. Mr. Buchanan—Your honour will remember that defen dant positively swears he paid plaintiff all that ha demanded. His Honour was only surprised that any one should be foolish enough to answer such advertisements, and as it was a case of oath against oath he would nonsuit the plaintiff. RAMSGATE COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Heath.) SINGULAR CASE OF LANDLORD AND TENANT.-DIVISSON V. TENANT. Plaintiff is a tobacconist, of Margate, and defendant is a gentleman residing in the Marine-parade. The action was brought to recover £3 3s. for two months' rent, and one week in lieu of notice. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, London, for the de fendant, contended that his client had never had possession —had never accepted the key, and had not signed any thing. Under the statute of frauds defendant was not liable ; nor did the Bth and 9th Vic, mend plaintiff's case. For the plaintiff it was argued that a parole lease could be proved when the term did not exceed one year, but, after a long argument, in which Mr, Buchanan and plaintitPs attorney quoted a long string of cases, and took up many points, his Honour nonsuited the plaintiff with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PICKING POCKETS AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--' Henry Stephens, a young man, and who on the previous night gave the name of John Roberts, was charged before Mr. Beadon with picking pockets at her Majesty's Theatre on the previous evening. Edward Langley, 100 A, said that about half-past seven the previous evening he was in plain clothes at the gallery entrance of her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket. A great crowd of persons was round the door waiting admis sion, and he noticed the prisoner, who had a coat over his arm, go close behind several gentlemen, and after wards observed him go close up to a gentleman and hastily leave. Suspecting his object, he followed him him up the Haymarket, and while doing so saw him put something in his pocket. He then secured hire, and took him back to the theatre, where he searched him and found on him four pocket-handkerchiefs—two silk, one cambric, and one cotton—one of them having the name of " George Fisher, No. 3" on it. He also found some dupli cates in different names. The prisoner at the station gave the address 2, Bryanston-square ; but from letters found on him he ascertained his real address to be near Red Lion square. Sergeant George Appleton, 6 C, said he had frequently seen the prisoner in the company of thieves. A gentleman in Court said that Mr. George Fisher, the theatrical agent, was at the theatre, he believed, the pre vious night, and probably the handkerchief was his pro perty, as the names agreed. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES. UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF FELONY.—Lydia Fulcher, a young woman who appeared to be overwhelmed with grief, and could hardly support herself in the dock, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of a laundress named Stron. The prisoner is a lodger in the house of Mrs. Stron, at No. 5, White Horse -place, Stepney, who had been in pos session of a silver watch for many years. It had been hanging up in her room, and was there yesterday at two o'clock. At a later period of theday the watch was missed. Mrs. Stron questioned her lodgers, and some communica. tion was made to her that the prisoner was the thief, and she was forthwith given into custody. Robert Chambers, assistant to a pawnbroker, produced the watch belonging to the prosecutrix, on which he had advanced a loan of 15s. Mr. Yardley—Who pawned that watch ? The witness pointed to a female behind him and said that young woman pawned it. Here much confusion was created by the old woman, Mrs. Stron, fainting, while the prisoner was sobbing loudly and calling out, "I am innocent, the great God is my judge, I am innocent. Phoebe Bristow, a young woman, who was pointed out by the pawnbroker, here stepped into the witness box and was sworn. She said in a firm and collected manner—l live with the old woman at No. 5, White Horse-place. I pawned the watch through the instrumentality of the prisoner. I received 15s. en it. I gave 10s. of it to the prisoner. I had 58. myself. Mr. Yardley—How came you to have ss. ? Witness—The prisoner lent me ss. of the money. The prisoner —I declare most solemnly I never had farthing of the money. Mrs. Bristow continued—The prisoner came to my par lour window this morning and said I am going to the station-house. I asked her what for, and she said to see A policeman; and she did go for a policeman. I said she was the thief, and she was taken into custody. Mr. Yardley—When did you hand the half-sovereign to the prisoner ? Witness —Not until:this morning. M. Yardley —And when was the watch pawned ? Witness—Yesterday afternoon. Mr. Yardley —I will not keep the prisoner in custody on minute on such evidence. It is plain enough who the thief is. I believe the prisoner is perfectly innocent. Sup posing the prisoner did steal the watch, the woman Bris tow, who took it to the pawnbroker's shop, knowing whose watch it was, and received part of the money, is equally A police-constable, No. 32 K, said the witness Bristow redeemed a pillow and other things belonging to Mrs• Stron, when she pawned the watch. The articles had been stolen from Mrs. Stron's apartmext. Mr. Yardley—Did you find any money on the prisoner ? Witness—Not one farthing. Mr. Yardley —I believe she is perfectly innocent. Mrs. Stron—l accused Mrs. Bristow of stealing the watch, and said if she made me acquainted with the truth I would forgive her, and she said the prisoner stole the watch, and she (Mrs. Bristow) had pawned it. Mr. Yardley—My good woman, you have got hold of the wrong person. Get rid of that wicked lodger of yours, Mrs. Bristow, as soon as possible. She is a very mischie vous person. I believe the prisoner to be perfectly lune' cont. I won't detain her a minute longer. She is dis charged. Some directions were given to the police about Mr°' Bristow, who is likely to change places with the prisoner. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April Is.—Wind this day at noon, North' East ; strong breeze, and fine clear weather. QUEENSTOWN, April 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Athena' from New Orleans. PORTSMOUTH, April 17.—Wind from Demerara. COWES, April 17.—Wind E.—Arrived—Christen SO W. son, from Cape Haytien. CARDIFF, April 17.—Wind Louis, for Calcutta; Vicenzo Courosi, for the Cape of Go o Hope; Anniversary, for Buenos Ayres. FALMOUTH, April 17.—Wind E., fresh gale.—Ai ri/ ed —Arethusa, f rom Honduras for Devonport. Hum., April 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Stenton, lbr Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning, Wind N.E. Arrived, April 17—IIunghorn, from Christiana; Char lotte, from Guernsey ; Branch aid Waterwitch, from Su l l y derland ; Ann, from Middlesborough ; Duke of Corm steamer, from Dublin. Arrived, April 18—New York, steamer, from Bremen.,,„ Sailed, April 1 7—Northumberland, for Cardiff; Du rr of Cornwall, steame r , for London ; I)i9 atop s teamer, fo Jersey ; Atrato, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Tagus, steamer, for Lisbon ; La Poule, for Cherbourg. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E., tide two hours' flood, wea th er strong. t Arrived, Ap r il 17.—C ey l on , from Wilmington; from Singapore ; Neptunus, from Wismar ; Apollo, front Griefswald; Peter Mogge, from Midddhamis ; 'Cr it . Pretheika, f rom Midd e lh arn i s ; Industry, from Jam ale ye : Hans Th orwo ld, f rom H erm o s und ; Theo, from Gra lholra lines ; Geor ge , f rom F aro; Christiana, from Eng e Sailed—Banshee, for Corfu ; Prospero , for Berinud. a. DEAL, Wednesday Mornmr• Wind N.N.E., strong. for putt Passed—Emperor, for Quebec ; Water Ny m p h, Phillip ; Glenshee, for Mauritius—all from London ; sy l p h screw steamer, from Bordeaux, for lioudou. fir po eel T 1 la / a yes pri( ana4 ten pret torn Ti itnin Tr ur 131; Jo in fa Char and i tlo Ditt Ditt BPani Ditt Ditt 4 urkil Kitt Litt D, *b hitt SI B 111 144 I lliery litl aY e]