The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-25 00:00:00

THE C'AMBRIDGE-ROUSE CONSPIRACY. ( From the Daily elos • ) Few things quicken ingenuity more efficaciously than defeat. The beaten general will attribute the lost battle to all causes, possible or impossible, rather than to defective generalship ; and the un successful advocate blames his case, his client, and his witnesses, anything and everything but his own want of tact and management, for the adverse ver dict or the unfavourable decree. Discomfiture is unpleasant enough under any circumstances, but it Is especially distasteful to those who pique them selves on the possession of power and the prestige of success. The disaster of Mr. Cardwell's motion, following so close upon the disaster of Mr. Conspi racy Bill, has naturally been felt as a heavy blow by the unpopular ex-Minister and the powerful organ, When Lord Palmerston fell suddenly from Ibis pride of place under the vote of the 14th Feb., the Times, it may be remembered, turned fiercely round on the British public and roundly taxed us all with fickleness and folly. The nation had pre ferred its old liberties to the new favourite of the Times, and was accordingly rated for its inconstancy by the most constant and consistent of censors. Lord Palmerston and the Times have again come to grief, and the wrath of the great organ seeks another vic tim. This time it is the House of Commons —the House of Commons, be it remembered, of Lord Pal rnerst on and the Times, the House of Commons which came in to reverse the China vote, annihilate the enemies, to confirm the supremacy, and to perpe tuate the power, of the great popular h Minister. .Alas pant ammuta tus ab ill:T e o e fat and d r mons has tired of the y oke ; las ware us `_kicked ; it has thrown its rider ; it has been un grateful to its makers. It has dared to assert a will of its own. But it is not destined to escape whip ping. The Times is down upon it. "No body of men," we are teld, with reference to the vote of Friday last, " could possibly have managed matters 'worse than the House of Commons seem to have done." "No conclusion could be more absurd," than that at which they have arrived. They acted from none but the lowest motives. Social ambition ,personal animosities, fear of dissolution, did it all. And then comes the sentence. "A house that will give real and efficient support to neither side is self condemned already, and only awaits the moment of execution." There, gentlemen of the House of Commons, is a pleasing sentiment to sweeten the brief leisure of your Whitsuntide recess ! You have been convicted of a want of party spirit; you dared to prefer the public interest to the Palmerstoa in terest—the safety of India to the intrigues of a cabal ; and for this offence you are under notice to quit. The Times has declared against you ; you exist but on sufferance—set your house in order and make ready to depart. The arrogance and absurdity of all this is so cha raetmistie, is so much like what might have been expected, a priori , under the distressing circum stances of proved powerlessness to which the " powerful organ " has been reduced, that it may safely be left to answer itself. There is, however, in connection with this abuse of the House of Commons, a view presented of Mr. Cardwell's motion which is so delightful in its naive absurdity that it is impossible not to ask a moment's attention to it. This motion, we are gravely assured, "has done the non-political part of the country great service, and it is only just that this should be remembered, because there can be no doubt that it has not, in a party point of view, been a success, and because the credit and acknowledgment of this great public service are due exclusively to the mover and supporters of the mo tion, and not to the House of Commons as a body." If this be true, the " non-political part of the coun try" must be an eminently ungrateful body. The " non-political part" of the country has to a man looked on with disgust at the protracted duration of a parliamentary struggle whose manifest aim and object was to assert a policy of confiscation in India as a step to political power in England. The non political part of the country has been obtuse enough to regard the whole thing as a mere selfish conflict for place—a fight, not for principle but for office. It seems they have been wrong. The debate has done them a great public service without their j knowing it. Do they ask what ? The Times shall tell them. It has produced the resignation of Lord Ellenborough, and a telegraphic approval by Mi nisters of the policy of Lord Canning. Mr. Cat d well, who has " done all this good by stealth," may well "blush to find it fame." The resignation took place, the telegraphic approval was sent out, before the motion came on for discussion. The great public service had been accomplished before the debate begun ; why was the debate continued, why was the motion persevered with, after the results for which the Times takes credit had been accomplished There is but one answer : Solely for party purposes. But then, says the Times, as a party move the mo tion has not been a success ; you therefore, the nou po'itical part of the country are all the more hound to remember the great public service it has inci dentally done you—Lord Ellenborough has re signed, Lord Canning is not recalled. This is really very impudent as well as very silly. What disgusted the nat on was the perseverance with the motion for party purposes al er its object had been gained, and are we now to be told that such factious perse verance is a ground of gratitude, simply because the attempt, as a party move, bad failed ? And now one word as to the probability of ob taining by a dissolution a House of Commons the majority of which would be really prepared to give efficient support to a real Liberal Government. The first requisite to such a desirable end is obvi ously this, that there should be a real Liberal Go vernment to be supported—a Government based on comprehensive principles—ignoraat of clique exclusiveness, bent upon great measures of pro gress. Give the Liberal party something to som-- thing to support before you blame them for with holding that support. Mit what if the difficulty lies deeper ; what if it be not only the want of a real Liberal Government, but the deeper want of wider and more liberal basis of representation ' that is really at the root o f th e disorganisation and apathy which now prevail in the Liberal ranks ? This we believe to be the real explanation of what all see, and the true friends of rational progress sincerely lament. The remedy is i n our own hands; we can remove the stagnation if we will. We must throw ourselves on the ranks of the unrepresented. We must find there the momentum, the vigour, and the enterprise without which the so-called Li beral party in Parliament would be nothing but a disorganised host, doubtfully rallying round a few half trusted leaders. These leaders, if they wish to be in fact what they are in name, must renew their youth, and throw themselves confidently on that great stream of tendency and aspiration which is the true life-current of a free, energetic, and prosperous community. If, when all else moves onward, they alone halt, or lingers or turn back, the consequences are plain. They will be left with out followers and without power to lament in nar row cliques over a prestige that can never return, and a party that has sought out new chiefs. Their political destiny is still in their own bands. Let them be wise in time, and not wilfully throw away, by a cold mistrust and a timorous over-caution, that confidence and that affection which a gene rous country is still ready to bestow. Let the cousinocracy whisper what th ey will , it is - better ' to lead a nation than to rule a coterie • to live in history by great measures than to be famous in' the Clubs for little cabals. The adoption of a wider and a bolder policy on the part alike of the le Idea and the led, is the one thing now wanting for the resuscitation and consolidation of the great Liberal party. (Prom the Morning Herald) The speech delivered by Sir James Graham on Thursday night in the House of Commons was a remarkable combination of terse argument, dose reasoning, felicitous satire, end historic illustration. It we I...other instance of the extraordinary cha racter which the debate had all along assumed. The vindication of the Government came from leaders of the Liberal party. In fact, there never was a debate in which the preponderance of argument was so great on the Ministerial side, and there never was a debate in which Ministers spoke so little. They left it to the Liberal party to destroy the anti-ministerial cause. The result was, that if the motion had proceeded the reserve force on the Treasury bench would have annihilated the Oppo sition, who on Friday night recoiled from the de bate with all their ammunition expended. What is remarkable in the speech of Sir J. Graham is the vast numt , er of pertinent facts which he digests and applies in support of his argument. This charac teristic bad especial value in a debate in which everything turned upon matters of fact and in which so few facts were keown. Nor is it possible to ex . a consideration o f th e p ecu li ar groun d s un d er which Sir J. Graham came forward to vindicate the -- folioy of Government. Ho was a professed Liberal ; Jae had held the Admiralty under the Coalition Go lreinment ; and if L ord Derby had now given way, and a new Coalition Government had been formed, might have dictated his own term. He was, moreover, the r epresentativ e of that party in th e 11011.93 of Coalitions to whi ch L or d C ann i ng di, - tincti vely belong.. It rather was an ano ma ly to see the Whig leaders manifesting extraordi nary solicitude for one who Was n. this observe the Peelite leader offeringathishuinbaianscisetdo b u t uncompromising criticism on th e Peelite pro consul in India 1 What marks the speech of Sir James Graha m with its greatest force is the extreme clear nesawitb which he brought into view the disastrous differ ences of opinion subsisting between the Governor General and the military and civil authorities of . TilE* SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY E V ENIMG, MAY 1:858. the highest consequence in India. "It is vain," he said, " to disguise the fact that a very serious divi sion of opinion has arisen between the civil and military authorities in India. It is quite plain that the whole scheme of military operations laid down by the Commander-in Chief has been set aside by the overruling authority of the Governor- General. That whole scheme has been not only changed, but inverted. After the splendour of those military operations by which Sir Colin Camp bell, at the bead of a mere handful of men, at great risk, was enabled to relieve the beleagured garrison of Lucknow, the object of that gallant chief was not to return to Lucknow, but to deal with the insurrection in its extremities, to tread out the mutinous insurrection at its furthest parts , and I then to return at a late period to Lucknow. The Governor-General, from the purest motives, no doubt, but from political reasons, altogether in terfered with those arrangements, and obliged Sir Colin Campbell to proceed to Lucknow . . . he Governor-General acting on his own responsibility directs the military operations." If this be the policy which " her Majesty's Opposition" aro prepared to approve, they had much better have appointed Lord Canning to the office of C o mmander-in-Chief on the death of General Anson, and have kept Sir Cohn Campbell in England. A civilian in supreme authority has every concern with the maintenance of war or peace, but he has clearly n o concern w ith th e strategical principles involved in the detail of a campaign. We shall next hear that the Duke of Newcastle ought to have instructed Lord Raglan how to fight the battle of the Alma, and that General Simpson simply ac t e d up t o th e m i nu t e directions he bad received f rom L or d P anmure on the occasion of the unsuccessful attack on the Redan. This criticism of Lord Canning by Sir James Graham has a direct bearing on the criticism of Lord Ellenborough by the Opposition. Lot us not be told agai n o f th e p ar ti san an i mos ity w hi c h is falsely alleged to have dictated Lord Ellen borough's famous despatch, when we read an equally unfavourable criticism from the leader of the party to which Lord Canning distinctively belongs. But all this formed a small part of Sir James Graham's case. His next view of the question was, that Lord Canning's policy had not only overruled the strategical designs of the Commander in -Chief, but that he had acted in defiance of the opinions and protestations of every man of mark and authority around him. Indeed, it is fearful to contemplate the responsibility assumed by a statesman in supreme control of an empire simul taneously setting at nought the representations of the wisest and most experienced in civil affairs, and overruling the military tactics of a general resting his reputation on half a century's military career. " Sir James Outram," observes Sir J. Graham, " well knowing the feeling of the landed proprietors, in the strongest and most decided manner objected to the proclamation, and pressed upon the Government the policy of humanity." " Who isSir James Outram l In 1856 he wasunder Lord Dalhousie, and from that period he had the most intimate knowledge of the state of feeling in Oude and of its social condition." Tins is the verdic tof one authority. But it is far from the only one which Sir James Graham adduced. " Sir John Lawrence," he proceeds, "pressed for what is called a discriminating amnesty, and also objected to this proclamation. This statement now rests upon official authority." Nor was this all. " I have reason myself to know," pursued the orator, " that General Mansfield, chief of the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, has also expressed in strong terms his doubts in respect of the policy of the Go vernor-General. I have reason to believe that General Franks, who has just returned from most distinguished military service before Lucknow, has expressed his individual opinion that this procla mation was an unfortunate step." According to Sir James Graham the Commander-in-Chief h , ts merged into an aide de-camp ; and the civil policy of the Governor-General has been pursued in de fiance of the concurrent opinions of Sir James Outram, Sir John Lawrence, General Mansfield, , and General Franks. Mr. Bright and Sir James Graham were equally happy in their illustrations from Indian history. The lattee successfully showed that Lord Canning's policy had been pursued in violation of the first principles of civil administration adopted from the time of Lord Wellesley downwards. Lord Welles ley and the Duke of Wellington acted up to a directly opposite principle. " Play light with in dividuals, but grind the state ;" such were the Duke's instructions to Sir Johu Malcolm. In other words, " Give amnesties to talookdars ; but deal as hard as you will with the ursurping Government." " What," asks Sir James, " did Sir Chas. Napier do I He played light with individuals, but he ground the Ameers." . . . " What was the conduct of Lord Ellenborough in respect of Gwalior ? There was a case in which there had been an undoubted breach of a treaty on the part of the ruler of Gwalior. Lord Ellenborough made war on him. He gained a signal victory over him; but ho never disturbod tho title to the land." Sir J. Graham went on to show that Lord Hardinge and even Lord Dalhousie bad pursued essentially the same course. This policy of confiscation, then, resolves itself into a defiance of all opinions and of all precedents. Mr. Bright supplied all that felicity of objective attack which was thrown out by the weightier mat ters with which Sir James Graham had to deal. The ssrcasm on Lord John Russell and Lord Pal merston was extremely happy. Lord John, ac cording to Mr. Bright, wrote just the kind of letters to right reverend prelates that he attempted to censure Lord Ellenborough for writing to Lord Canning. "He was also,' says Mr. Bright, with rare piquancy, " guilty of the indiscretion of writ- Inc , acd giving publication to a letter which mate rially damaged the character of the noble viscount the member fur Tiverton." In fact, both Mr. Bright and Sir James clearly showed that there was no hesitation on the part of the Whigs to dis honour a colleague or a proconsul whenever it served the purposes of the moment. Their speeches are masterpieces, and they show the refutation of the Whigs came out of the mouth of the Liberals. ROYAL GEJGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society was held yes terday at Burlington-house, the President, Sir R. Murchison, in the chair, who detailed to a numerous audience the progress of the society during the pak year, and concluded by investing two most distin guished geographers with the medals awarded them by the learned body over whom he presided. Pro fessor Packe, of the United States, and Capt.Collin son, of Arctic fame, were the individuals thus hon oured, the former being represented by the Ameri can Minister, Mr. Dallas. In the evening abaut 120 of the members attended the dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern, Sir R Murchison again pre siding, and being supported by the Swedish Am bassador, Mr. W. Gladstone, M.P., Colonel Sykeq, M.P., the Etrl of Sheffield, Sir J. Back, General Monteith, D Shea, the Ray. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Gruneisen, (Lc. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the usual loyal toasts, dwelt upon the interest taken by the Prince Consort in the progress of arts and sciences, and cited as an instance the ciroumstance that a fow days after Dr. Livingstone's arrival in England his Royal Highness requested that distinguished travel ler to wait upon him and to narrate to himself and his royal family the story of his travels in Africa. Mr. GLADSTONE is responding to the tout of the " Universitis and the progress of Comparative Geography," remarked that universities were no longer as they were formerly, the sole repertorie ; of knowledge. Other bodies, such as that with which moat present were connected, were in the field searching in all quarters, and even publishing new facts, but between those bodies and the universities there was a deep Boling of sympathy and brother hood. The health of Sir R. MURCHISON was most en thusiastically chunk, and that distinguish e d philo sopher, in returning thanks, observed that he was now entering upon the seventh year of office, the present being the third in succession as President of the society, and however arduous the duties, which they undoubtedly were, ho regarded them as a labour of love, and his hearty efforts would not be want . ng to advance the progress of the society. Some other toasts having been drunk the com pany separated. A HOLT " SPIINGE."—The Calcutta Platen' the death of an extraordinary impo s t or called li`tintouSam The man was believed so holy that he was allowed to wander about at large, and feed with as little opposition as the Brahmin bulls. Every morning he went out frcm his house with a large tag which he filled with grain and spices from the various shops in the bazaar, taking he • aod there a handful. None of the bunneahs ever inter fered. The man, it was supposed, could work miracles, an I was reputed to sleep at night hung by the heel to one of the rafters of his hut. We are not told who let him do .vn when be succeedr d in banging himself. FIRE AT CHARLTON-WHARF, KENT.-00 Saturday morning a tire took place on the premises termed Charl ton-wharf, the property of Sir T. Wilson and Fhb Messrs. Hoare, the brewers, but let to Mr. W. Ayler, the r ipe manufacturer. The total amount of loss is va riously estimated, but the following is the cficial report by Mr. Superintendent Braid wood :—" Saturday, May 22, seven o'clock a.m.—A fire broke out in the premises termed Charlton-wharf, situate at Charltor, in Kent, in the occupation of Mr. W. Ayler, rope-maker. The land lords are Sir Thomas Wilson and Messrs. Hoare, the brewers. The stock was insured in the Phoiloix Fire office; the furniture was insured in the Sun, and the buildiugs in the Unioir. The ' call' was received per electric telegraph ; the fire was extinguished by police and firemen. T I e cause o f fi re unknown. A b r i c k building et used as s t ore h ouses , a b ou t 70 f eet l ong an d 30 f wide, burnt out roof of rope grounds by cutting away, aad furniture damaged by water Wld removal." COMMISSION OF LUNACY UPON THE REV. MR. LEACH. FOURTH DAY. The proceedings in this extraordinary case wore re sumed yesterday by Mr. Commissioner Barlow. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Coleridge, again appeared iu support of the Commission ; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q,C., and Mr. Garth, for the alleged lunatic. The following additional evidence was adduced on behalf of Mr. Leach : Dr. G. Johnson deposed that he was one of the physi• clans of King's College Hospital, and had had a good deal ofexperience in cases of insanity and acute mania. He had had three private interviews with Mr. Leach. The first was on the Bth April, when he conversed with him upon the subjects that were supposed to form the ground for considering that he was insane. The result of the whole of his conversation with Mr. Leach was that he was of opinion that he was of sound mind, and perfectly com petent to manage hie own affairs, and be did not dis cover that he was labouring under any delusion. With regard to the vision in the pulpit, Mr. Leach only pro fessed to have bad a mental vision of our Saviour, and he said that he never intended it to be under stood that he had seen our Saviour, corporeally at the time in question. With regard to the Millennium, Mr. Leach said that he did not believe that it had arrived, but that it was dawning, and would soon arrive. He also said that he never considered that be was obeying the Divine command in wearing Lis beard, although to a certain extent he felt that it was a point of conscience. He said that he had bought the pistols to protect his person and his property, and he did not utter a word that induced witness to believe that he was at all likely to commit an act of violence either upon himself or others; but, on the contrary, he seemed to be a remark ably quiet and inoffensive man. The witness then stated that he gave him exactly the same account, with refer ence to the other supposed delusions, that he did to Dr. Take; and he added, that he did not appear to enter tain any greater amount of animosity towards hie mo ther than might reasonably be supposed would be enter. tained by a man who felt that be had been unjustly placed under restraint. Cross-examined—Witness could not see anything in Mr. Leach that was different to other men. He went to see him on the first occasion with some suspicion on his :wind, but if he had met him casually in a drawing-room he should not have thought there was anything extraor dinary about him. Mr. Leach might have told him that he had the Divine sanction for wearing his beard, or words to that effect. He also seemed to think that it was more natural to wear the beard than not to do so. Re-examined—In "Southey's History of Wesley and the Progress of Methodism" there were several instances of persons being converted by visions as that described by Mr. Leach. All the impulses of Mr. Leach ap peared to induce him to do good, and never to do evil, and nothing he had heard in the course of the present inquiry in any way tended to alter his original opinion. He considered Mr. Leach a well-informed, intelligent man. If he had met him in an ordinary drawing-room, be should have considered him an erraordinary man, but if ho had met him in a drawing-room where there were none but learned and scientific men, he should have thought him quite at home, and neither his beard nor anything else about him would have excited the least suspicion in hie mind respecting his sanity, Mr. Fuller, a general practitioner at Sc. John's-wood, gave similar evidence to that of Dr. Johnson. He said be had three long conversations with Mr. Leach in January, and on the 14th and 18th of May of the present year, and the result he arrived at was that be was per ' fectly sane, and he was quite astonished that such a man should be even under the surveillance of a keeper. The most that could be said was, that Mr. Leach was an ec centric man, but he did not consider that he was labour ; ing under a single delusion. He added, that he believed Mr. Leach to be as harmless as a lamb, and that be was incapable of injuring any one, Cross-examined --He put no question to Mr. Leach as to his opinion when a man forfeited his life, but he did say that he considered that if he were to shoot a keeper who came to take him, he should b e gu ilt y o f mur de r an d should be executed. n the course of the conversation be had with Mr. Leach he said that he played at cards with his servants as a relaxation after severe study. Witness told him that ho still thought it was inconsistent with his position, and he replied that no one could corns to a correct opinion as to his feelings, and the position in which he had been placed for many years, without any society, and having no one about him but his servants, and that when his mother left him he was still more lonely. If Mr. Leach had said that he played cards with his servants partly from his knowledge of the Scriptures he should consider it, without explanation, inconsistent with the idea that he was of sound mind, but with Mr. Leach's peculiar religious opinions, he should consider it necessary to ask him to explain what he meant. RU-examined—ln witness's opinion, it was a cruelty to lock up such a man as Mr. Leach. His attention was first called to the case by Mr. Clark, Mr. Leach's boot maker, and it was in consequence of his humane inter ference that he went to see him on the first occasion. In his opinion, Mr. Leach was a man of great piety, sound judgment, and great learning, and it was a plea sure to converse with him. Dr. Seymour, formerly one of the commissioners of lunacy in the metropolis, deposed that he had for eight years acted in that capacity, and he had also had a. great deal of experience in other respects in connection with lunatics. He was first instructed to see Mr. Leach, on the part of his mother, through the agency of Dr. Wins low. The report he made was that his irregularities were not, at the time he saw him, of such a character as would induce any jury ti find that he was insane, He stated that his views of religion were the tame that was entertained by many other persons, and as to his marry ing his servant, although it was a very fool'eh thing and contrary to their received notions of propriety, still it did not at all establish his insanity, and if such a proceeding were alowed to make out that a man was insane, all he could say was , that ha'f Westminster-hall would be in confinement. (A. laugh.) On the second occasion when lie saw him he thought he was much better—his con versation was pleasing—he was a very humane man, and he saw no reason whatever for placing him in con finement. The last time he saw Mr. Leach was in De cember last, and after he had made his report, the soli &tore for Mrs Leach did not communicate with him, and he was not aware of the former trial having taken place, and he had been suddenly summoned this morn ing to give evidence. Mr. Leach's religious opinions were certainly peculiar, but not at all more so than were entertained by many persons with whom he was acquainted, and none of them were of a character that were likely to. induce him to commit any act of violence. He was quite aware of the nature cf the supposed de lusions entertained by Mr. Leach, and be touched him upon the whole of them, and the opinion he arrived at was, that no twelve men would find him of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs. In cross-ex smination Dr. Seymour admitted that h e had written a letter in March, 1857, in which h e s t ated that Dr. Leach was of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his affairs ; but he also said that he did not think any jury would find he was in that state. Wh en he saw Mr. Leach the second time, in December, ac cording to his opinion he was better. It was his un bias+ed and clear opinion in March, 1557, that ti,. Lead' was of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his own affairs, and that his family had acted wisely and humanely in the c muse they had taken, Witness considered that Mr. Leach's religious opinions were very much modified when he saw him at ChreAinsa last. In March be appeared to consider that the Millennium bad arrived, or was imminent ; but he did not appear to think this was the case in December ; and he was much more gentle. At first he appeared to consider that he wore his beard under the authority of the Bi ble ; but the second time ho said that he wore his beard because other people wore theirs, and he did not see why he should be looked upon as insane on that ac count. The witness further stated, that a singular fea ture in Mr. Leach's character was his extreme harm leafiness. Reexamined—l - le was instructed, in the first in stance, that Mr. Leach bad struck his mother ; but it turned out that there was no foundation whatever for this statement. There were many people moving about the world, and managing all their affairs, who, to his knowledge, entertained quite as extraordinary opinions on the subj3ct of religio❑ as Mr. Leach did, and he , bould be very sorry to say those persons were insane' on that account. Taken as a whole, he thought a► tir,t that Mr. Leach ha'! very peculiar opinions, ant ooupled with the knowledge of the two previous attacki he was of opinion that Mr. Leach WAR of unsound 1 mind in March, 1857, and that he hart better remai n quietly in the asylum for a short time. After the second visit he considered that there was no danger in his being at large, and that he was quite competent to manage his affairs, and if he were c natined in an asylum over whi l h %itness had control he should have no hesitation in stt• tint; him at liberty. By the Commissioner—lie had a very long prfes• sional interview with Mr. Leach in March, and he tien came to the conclusion that ho was insane, but he should have felt a difficulty in signing a certificate I r hisre moval to a lunitic asylum, and he should rather h a ve had him placed under the charge of his friends, or in the care of an attendant. _ _ Mr. Cotton, a tailor, who had occuionay worked fn. Mr. Leach for 16 years, proved that he ordered that he required, and paid him regularly, and appeared pito cimpetent to manage his affairs. He said that he first hard Mr. Leach was lal , en to a lunatic asylum hetrvten Christmas and March, 1857. He wal a very kind and h9nevolent man, and he considered that he woull not injure any one. Mr. Carey, another tailor, proved that he aas i n the habit of communicating with Mr. Leach up to the time when he was taken to the lunatic asylum ; and h e and e'veryorie else in the neighbourhood we'e quite astotisht d that such a course should have been taken respecting 'itn. He hail some clothes to make for him at the time, And he went to Dr. Winsl.iw's asylum about three weeks 'f" , r he had been there, and saw him upon the Fubject of these clothes. He was told that he would not be al. lowed to see Mr. L?ach a;a'n unless he brought k letter from his mother, awl as he knew it was no use asking for that, he never saw him again. Mr. S Mit), a builder, at tiaminersini•,h, give similar evidence, and he also proved that there were a great many robberies at that place, and that a good many gentlemen living there purchased fire-arms. Mr. Leach was very correct in all his dealings, and he considered that he was perfectly sane. Mr. Clark, a boot-maker, deposed to the some effect, and also stated that he wag so S ati s fi e d that Mr. Leach was incapable of committing any act of v i o l ence, that he should have no oljection to sleep in the same room with him if he ha loaded pistols in his possession. Mr. J. U. Romer, a gentleman who lived in an adjoin. ing villa, proved that his house was attempted to be robbed, and that Mr. Leach's was broken into. He saw Mr. Leach almost every day up to the time of his being taken away, and he al ways considered him a very sensible, sane man, and quite competent to manage his affairs. His mother lived with him a great portion of the time, and she never made any complaint of the condition of his mind, or of any necessity that existed for his being placed under control. Dr. Connolly, the consulting physician at Hanwell for 20 years, was then examined, and he stated that in his opinion Mr. Leach was quite competent to manage his affairs. He said he had had very long conversations with t in, and he allowed him to go on talking fora long time, and he never exhibited the least incoherence. He did not appear to desire to conceal anything, but candidly ad mitted that upon two occasions he had been properly placed under restraint. Cross-examined—He had advised at one time that Mr. Leach should be under surveillance, and that he should travel, accompanied by a medical gentleman ; but his opinion now was that any surveillance would be irksome to him, and that it was quite unnecessary. Re-examined- - He distinctly stated on the former occa sion that, in his opinion, the best thing that could be done was to release Mr. Leach from restraint. By the jury—lf there had been any trace of insanity in the mind of Mr. Leach, the severe test that had been ap plied to him of confining him . in a lunatic asylum for so long a period was most calculated to bring it out. The following letter, addressed by Mr. Leach to his brother-in-law, Mr. Sidden, while in confinement at Dr. Winelow's v was then put in an d rea d : " Why, Sidden, what a man you are to act as you have done towards me I lam really annoyed at you, and hardly know how to write from imp a ti ence an d diQgust. To cause me to be put under restraint - taking such a cowardly advantage of my isolated position--a marvel lous thing indeed that you should have such power in this free country. But for my projected marriage such a proceeding could never have ent ere d y our h ea d . Why it was only on the Sunday previously that I had the long conversation with Laura, when I waited for you till half past five that we might talk the matter over. What was there in my manner or language that would indicate the shadow of a taint of insanity. I can confidently assert, nothing, and so would Laura. But it seems she thinks it less disgrace to live with a woman without marriage, or to visit houses where men arc in the habit of gratify ing their passions, than to contract a lawful marriage with a person of different station from myself. I hold an opposite opinion, and for that I am deprived of my liberty —a most cruel and wicked step on your part, for which you will some day have to answer, to your shame. There is a Power above who will, sooner or later, right the oppressed ; and on that r ghteous power I put my implicit trust. Tuis house is not intended to hold persons like myself, who happened togive offence to their mother and sisters, but for those unfortunate ones who, under delusion, think their right hand their left, or fancy them selves emperors or kings, &c., &c. Nobody ever thought of imprisoning Charles Mathews when he married Ma dame Vestris, or Alfred Montague when he united him self to one of the same sort of women. And though there is a religious motive associated with mine, if that would indicate insanity, you might as well imprison the whole body of Quakers, of Methodists, of S wedenbor gians, of Mormonites, and I know not how many more, who act according to their consciences, and be lieve that they act more or less under divine influence in their everyday proceedings. Think of the Quakers, who believe in what they call the inward spirit; and never speak at their public meetings unless they are, or think they are, moved by the Holy Spirit. Women are allowed thus to speak as well as men. Ho w r idi cu l e d they are, and have been, and persecuted, everybody knows ; but we have lived to see the day when they, and all religious sects, are freely tolerated. It is grievous to think that but for my tem per on the Friday previous, and my divulging my in tended marriage, which by the way, if I had chosen, I could have contracted secretly, neither you, nor any one else, would have cared, mere than you have ever cared, for my religious opinions or conduct; that is to say, not a twopenny-piece. I do hope and pray that both Win slow and Bartlett will be very soon convinced of my perfect sanity, and that, as Englishmen and Christians, they will hasten to wash their hands of this matter. If not, and it were pOssible that you could succeed in keep ing me here, why then I might as well be in Rome, and imprisoned in the inquisition, for denying the supremacy of the Pope, or transubstantiation, save and except that there is no rack or torture, but oa the contrary much comf ;rt, and every one trying to do the best they can for us. Sidden, cease, I beseech you, from this unmanly conduct, and show yourself a man, and somewhat wor thy to live in such a country as this, where Sabbaths, and clergy, and bibles compel almost every man to know right from wrong, where responsibility is, therefore, greeter, and retribution in cases of injury must be ter rible." Mr. Garth then proceeded to sum up the case of the alleged lunatic, and he urged that it had been most clearly established that there was not the slightest pre tence for saying that he was of an unsound mind, and that he was entitled at once to be set at liberty. Mr. Bovill then made a most able reply upon the whole case. He particularly commented upon the ser• vants, who were with Mr. Leach from the period of his mother leaving the house until he was removed to Dr. Winbrsw's Asylum, not having been cared as witnesses to show what his conduct really was during that period, and he said that the only inference that could be drawn from their absence was, that if they bad been called they would have been compelled to admit that be was in a state of insanity. The learned counsel commented upon the evidence that bad been adduced on both sides, and concluded by expressing his opinion that there could be no reasonable doubt of the insanity if this unfortunate gentleman, and that the jury would have no alternative but to return a verdict to that effect. The Cumini , sione; addiessed a very few observations to the jury, and at half-past seven o'clock the room was eleired, and they proceeded to deliberate upon their vertre;. Li a eery fey minutes the Clint was re-opened, when the f Taman announced that, by a majority of 19 to 4, they were of opinion that Mr. Leach was of sound mind, and perfectly competent to manage hie affairs. Theca was a burst of applause when the verdict was pronounced. TIIE EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY AT LORI) FOLEY'S. Harry Whetstone, Thomas De Puzay, Geo. Cherry, Thos. Partridge, and Margaret Picket, were yesterday again brought up before Mr. Bingham, at the Marl borough-Areet Police court, charged with the above rub bery, and Samuel Beiimin with receiving a portion of the date, knowing it to be stolen. T4e bo :y of the court, as on each preceding occasion, was exce , asively crowded, and Col. Foley and several dis tingoished friends of Lord Foley's family occupied seats on the bench. Nr. Humphreys, jun., conducted the case for the pro secttion, and the &fence, as before, was placed in the bards of Messrs. Edward Lewis, of Marlborough-street, Gihain, tf Bedford-row, and Lewis and Son, of Ely- qr. Sup: rintendent Hannant attended on the part of po:ice. the self-same bravado was shown by most of the pri scners during this examination as has been already nitic3d, particularly by the woman Picket, and, as re lates to the latter, to great an extent that the magig tiat, was under the necessity of frequently checking her misy cavils, finding that it incommoded the business in land. Mr. Humphreys opened the case by observing that al Ile la._t remand h0p , 38 were entertained that certain in brrnation would have reached him by to-day, which would lave enabled hi,n to conclude the evidence for the prose :ution ; he f ,und, however, that he should be compelled to ask for a further remand before the case could be com pleted. It would bo remembered that one of the witnesses had deposed to a remark made by one of the prisoners seen at the railings of Lord Foley's house, that they had been working late there, and had been to reset a grate, and he should now produce evidence to show that no such work had been done. Wia a n CJrk sworn, said:Tn.al hall-porter at Lird house. I was away during the absence of the family from town, from the let to the Bth April. I re member the night of the 9th, when Suthers, the f )otroan, went to tie theatre. Ile left at half-past six, and did not return till half past one. I❑ Suthere' absence there were no workmen whatever on the premises, and no grate bad been set or repaired. There had been workmen in the house during the day, but they left before Suthers went ou'. I also recollect Inspect:A. Park examining the ser vants after the robbery. The prisoner Whetstone said to rue, " Ab, the robbery was teo cleverly done to bo found out." Crosi,oxami nc d b y M r. E . L oa i i —Th e su bject of the robbery had been gaLeral matter cf converswion among the servants. John Tonkin re-examined—On the 23th of March there were three green baiz3 wrappers in the plate-room rx Letly similar to th e one p ro d uc3 d. On the 14 th of April, on opening the plate room, there were only two, one b ing wis , on;:. The previous morning, when going out, I saw Mrs. Beardmore, the charwoman, cleaning the passage. Tide was at half-pa t seven, and there were no male ~e rvants down stairs at that time, Dani l Jahn Steward—l live at 23, Manning-street, Lesson-grove. I was last month in the service of Mr. Iltker, a clothier, at 18, Chapel-. treet, Edgware-road. Oa Friday, the 9th, Partridge paid nie for a coat and ether articlrs 21. 53. I therwards saw De Puzey, and he paid me 21. 53., the balance of a coat. This was on the 10 h. Partridge bought an overt at for 11. 7s. It was on the 10th that I first saw Partridge and De together. I know Cherry by sight, but have net seen him in company with the others. Mr. Humphreys said he hal no further evidencs to off , ,r tc-day. Mr. Lewis, son.----This is a most unfair proceeding, as fir a, Me:lle:in is concerned. Without saying a word about his inuecence or guilt, I mu,t comp'ain of the great nuarber of remands he has been eiv jeeted to. Benjamin was taken into custody in the early part of April, since which he has been remanded no less than six tiinte , , without any a'Mitional evidence hav ing ben Lrotight against him, p,.r..d bail has been al way refu,e.l. It is iii your discretion, sir, to refuse bail, hut without desiring in the remotest degree to make any reference to what has passed in this court, I would beg to remind you cf the saying that the discretion ef judges is the law of tyrants. My appli cation again is, that Beritruin should be admitted to bail, or at once committed. Mr. Bingham—Notwithstanding the emphatic lon. gunge in which you have exhorted me, 1 mu•t take upon myielf the responsibility of refusing your applica tion. Mr. Lewis—l have yet another application to make. When my clent Wag apprehended, articles of plate, his private property, - and 18t. in cash, were taken from him. I hope they will be reztored to his family. Mr. Humphreys—As far as forks and plate are con• cerned, if they have been examined, I have no objection that they should be given up. But certainly I shall object to any money being returned when a robbery in volving an amount of 3,000 guineas is in qu_stion. Mr. Lewis—The plate has been examined by Lord Foley, and there is no pretension for sayi❑g it forms any part of that which is the subject of the charge. The above depositions having been read over by Mr. Lea-Hey, the chief clerk, the prisoners were remanded till Friday flex'. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dday 24. GUILDHALL.—James Styles, a marine-store dealer, was summoned for assaulting his wife. The complainant said she had been married to the defendant 21 years, but that during the last 18 years there had been one continued scene of strife between them. On Monday last they had been quarrelling, and, knowing his violent disposition, she attempted to make her escape by the door, when the defendant took up a 41b. weight and hurled it after her with great force ; it struck her upon the arm, and inflicted a severe wound. (The witness here bared her arm and displayed a swelling as large as an egg between the elbow and the shoulder, surrounded with a mass of bruises, all of which she said was the result of the blow with the weight.) Sha afterwards met defendant in Coleman-street, and be beat her most brutally about the head. Another witness c)rroborated the complainant's testimony as to the assault in Coleman-street, and added that she had repeatedly seen defendant beat his wife in a most unmerciful manner. The defendant denied throwing the weight . , and said his wife was constantly making away with goods out of the shop, and spending the money in drink. The police had frequently found her rolling about the streets drunk, and had brought her home. Inspector Foulger said that was perfectly true, for he had taken her home drunk on more than one occasion. The complainant said she did not deny being drunk now and then. Alderman Cubitt said it was not to be surprised at that the defendant should get angry to find his goads disappearing, and his wife getting drunk upon the money, but it did not justify the assault. At the same time the complainant's conduct de prived her of the sympathy of the magistrates. Ho should therefore, under the circumstances, bind the defendant in his own recognisances of 201. to keep the peace for six months. WESTMINSTER. A STRANGE AFFAIR.— ElizAboth Belcher, a girl between 14 and 15 years of age, servant to Mr. Robert White, iron monger, 309, King's-road, Chelsea, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with having stolen a gold watch and chain, two gold pins, and some other ornaments, from her master's dwelling-house. It appeared from the statement of the prosecu tor, which was in some respects uni n t e lli g ibl e an d contradictory, that on Sunday morning he and his wife went down to breakfast, when the latter left the keys of her drawers under the dressinc , case in the bedroom, but missing them shortly afterwards hastened up-stairs and asked the prisoner where they were, when she informed her. Mrs. White then cursorily examined her draw in which money and valuables were kept, and finding the fornier correct, made no furth, r search. After dinner the prisoner, as usual, went home, and Mrs. White proceeded to dress herself, when she missed the watch, chain, and other property described. Search was made throughout the apartment for the pro perty, but in vain, and information having been given to the police, they went to the prisoner's house and found her. 4She denied all knowledge of the robbery, but was given into custody and de tained. The missing articles were, however, not then discovered. A thorough search was made on the following morning in the lower part of prosecu tor's house, when, in an old drawer amongst some rags, the property was fo un d a lt oget h er. Mr. Arnold asked when the watch and other things were last seen safe in the drawer. Prosecutor replied that morning before leaving the room for breakfast. Be was then asked whether there were any other persons in the houss, and at first replied "No," but subsequently- stated that there was a lodger, who was out during the day. In the course of further examination, it seemed questionable whether the things had been seen safe after or before he left the house, and Mts. White was not in attendance to give any explanation upon the matter. Mr. Arnold said be should adjourn the case for the attendance of Mrs. White and the lodger, and as the whole charge rested upon the confused ac count given by Mr. White, he would accept one surety in 101. for the prisoner's reappearance on Thursday. The aCcnsed's mother, a very respectable-looking widow, having stepped forward and stated her wil lingness to become surety for her daughter, Mr. Arnold said he would axept it, and the girl was accordingly liberated. CRUEL ROBBERY.—Andrew Dixon, a man hav ing the appearance of a bricklayer, was charged with stealing a poor family's Whitsunday dinner. James Morrington, a baker in Leader-street, said that prisoner came there at or near one o'clock and said he wanted his dinner which he had sent to bake. He felt his pocket', and, pretending that he had forgotten the tin ticket relating to it, went away, saying he wou ld re t urn . At about half-past one, when nearly all the dinners had been fetcled, it was discovered that one was missing, and wit ness supposed that in the hurry of giving them out prisoner must in some manner have obtained it. Elizabeth M‘Munn, the wife of a poor labouring man with a large family, said that she sent a nice bit of beef, over a b3tter•pudding, to Mr. Morring ton to bake, and when she went for it somebody else had got it, and her poor children went without a dinner. George Elson, 258 B, produced a huge brown dish containing the dainties in question. From in formation he had received he went to Manor-gar dens between 1 and 2 o'clock on Sunday, and there, in a commode of the most common description, he found the prisoner - sitting asleep, drunk, with the dinner by his side. Prisoner could not account for the possession of the dinner, and coolly said he did not recollect anything about it. Mr. Arnold gave an opportunity of refresh ing his memory by committing him for two months, and ordered the poor woman " to have her dinner restored." He further kindly directed half-a crown to 12es given to her from the poor-box, for her loss of time in coming to the court. ad._...... CLERKENWELL. —TIIE SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN. —THE DYING MAN'S DEPO SITION. —Duncan Jenkins, the landlord of the Red Lion public-house, Laystall-street, Leather-lane, , was charged before Mr. Corrie on Saturday with violently assaulting William Carrie, on the 12th of May, whereby his life was placed in danger, and the case was remanded for a week, the defendant consenting to enter into his own recognisance in 1001. to appear on that day to answer Whatever charge might be preferred against him. The surgeons of the Royal Free Hospital con cluding that the injured man could not be expected to live, commun'cated with the police, and Mr. Corrie, accompanied by Mr. M ou ld, th e ch i ef clerk, and Mr. Campbell, the second usher, went to the hospital, when the dyi ng man said, the oath having been administered to him, that his name was Wm. Carne, and that he resided at No. 29, Liquorpond street, St. Andrew's. On Wednesday week about half-past nine o'clock, he was at the defendant's public-house, in front of the b ar , h av i ng something to drink. e had had something to drink before he went there, but he was neither drunk nor sober. He had some be: r, and then. he called fora quartern of gin, which, being served he poured some out for his wife. The defendant then asked if the gin was going to be paid for, when he replied in the affirmative, having a shilling in his hand, but be fore he could do so the defendant took the measure from his hand. Upon asking what he had done that for, and defendant replying to the same, he (complainant) made a s`rike at defendant, T r the purpose of getting the measure back, when he got a stroka on the head and he did not recollect any thing more. The defendant cross-examined the poor fellow, when he said he did not recoil« et throwing a pewter measure at him or anything else. SO UTH WARK. —A "GERMAN JEREMY DID-. DLER."—CAUTION TO LODGING-HOUSE KEEPERS.— Wildara Conadinga, alias CAtrings, a middle-aged wel-clreised man, with sandy whiskers and beard, who stated himself to be a native of Brunswick, and connected with several religious institutions in this Country and G. rinany, was brought before Mr. Combo for final examination, charged with obtain ing food and lodging from various individuals in the metropolis under false pretences ; also on sus picion of being conceined with others with ate ding a gold w , itth and chain, the property of Mr. Louis Bruce Finlayson, of the Dover-road. It appeared from the evidence given on a former occasion that on Monday, the 10th inst., the pri soner paid a visit to Mr. Finlayson, who had apart ments to let, and hired a furnished room. He said he was engaged in the City, and would require food as well as lodgings, for which he should pay on Saturday, when he took his money. I=ie gave a reference to Mr. Allen, which proved unsatisfac tory, and during his absence on the Friday after, a gold watch, chain, and silk dress were stolen, and the prisoner never returned: Information of the occurrence was given to the police, when Dennis Scannell, 177 M, a detective officer, traced him to a house in North-street, Walworth, where he hired apartments under similar circumstances. He was taken into custody and brought before the magistrate at this court on Thursday last, but re manded for further evidence. Yesterday, on being placed at the bar, several persons who had apartments to let in various parts of London, were in attendance, and recognised him as having swindled them out of board and lodging. Mrs. Duberg, of 12, George-street, Minot ies, said that the prisoner boarded and lodged in her house three months, at the end of which he sud denly . decamped without paying a farthing. She heard nothing more of him until she saw an account of his examination in the newspapers on Friday last. She now recognised him as the party, and he had swindled her hush md out of nearly 301. for board and lodging. Mr. Combe asked whether her husband trusted him without recommendation. She replied that he handed her a letter signed by the Rev. Hugh Allen, of Commercial road East, and she believed it to be genuine. Mr. Combe asked whether any inquiries had been made about that Scannell, 1774,said. he had called on the Rev. Hugh Allen, in Philpot-street, Commercial-road East, and he told witness that he had known the prisoner four years ago, and he then believed him to be a religious and honest man. He had not Seen or heard of him since. Mr. Combe thought it not only very foolish, but dangerous on the part of a clergyman to give recom mendations to a person who was evidently an ac complished swindler. He asked Scannell whether there was any evidence against him respecting the stolen watch and chain ? Scannell replied that he had made sundry in quiries, but could ascertain nothing about them. There were, however, a number of persons in court who had been victimised by the prisoner out of board and lodging. He had at some places repre sented himself as connected with the Church, and at others a teacher of languages. He honeyed him to be a German Jew. A very respectable looking man, who stated him self to be a converted Jew and teacher of languages, and who also said he was lately a professor of C►,ris tianity, said he had known the prisoner in 1850 as sexton of a church in Liverpool. In 1852 he lived in good circumstances at Cambridge ; but he be lieved him then to be a strictly religious and honest man. Mr. Combe asked him whether he had known anything of him since 1852 ? He replied in the negative, and he was much surprised to see his name in the papers on such a charge. _ _ Mr. Combs observed that there could be no doubt that he was now a systematic swindler, and morally he had robbed these poor people of board and lodging ; but, he was sorry to say, the criminal law would not touch him. He must therefore dis charge him, but he thought that those who gave him such excellent characters had better take care, and keep him from committing such rogueries, or they might get themselves into trouble. He, how ever, had no doubt the publicity of the circum statices would be given in the newspapers to put the public on their guard against such a dishonest character. The prisoner then left the court in a skulking manner, followed by his victims. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO A PUBLICAN'S WlN now.—Ann Wilkinson, a dissipated woman, was brought up on a remand by Dennis Clark, 108 M, charged with wilfully breaking a square of glass, value 5/., in the shop of Mr. James Bridgeman, the landlord of the White Bear, Kent-street, Borough. The prisoner is a most violent character, and was seen to break the square of glass by throwing a large oyster shell at it, when she decamped before the landlord could get round the counter. Mr. Combo fined her 5/ , or two months' impri sonment. HOME, SWEET ROME! OR TEE JOYS OF A YOUNG COUPLB. A well-dressed young man, who gave his name as Timothy Carroll, appeared on summons at Col lege-street Police-office, Dublin, to answer the complaint of his better half, Mary Ann Carroll, for using threatening and abusive language towards her. The complainant is a dashing individual, and was dressed in the prismatic hues of the rainbow, and had an immensity to say far herself. On the evidence it appeared that the loving pair were married about two months since, and the " treacle-moon" had scarcely terminated when they began to fight. Mrs. Carroll is a strong-minded woman and showed her i n d e p en d ence o f sp i r it b y retaliating on her husband for stopping late on one occasion. Mr. Carroll had met some friends, and did riot return home at the usual hour. On re turuing to the scene of his domestic felicity, he was met with a torrent of abuse, and the bride and bridegroom spent the remainder of the night like two cats in a strange garret. The next evening Mrs. Carroll went out and locked the door after her, and when her spouse returned he had to break open the door to gain admittance. The lady re mained out all night with her aunt, and when she showed in the morning there was a row royal. This rumpus ended by Mrs. Carroll leaving again for her aunt's. (It has not been ascer tained whether this relative of Mrs. Carroll is a "Mrs. Harris," or what Mr. Toole at the Queen's Theatre calls a " hoop de dooden do.") On Sunday last Mr. Carroll met the wife of his busum walking with a very nice young man. He went up to her and told her to go home, but she refused to do so. Arguments were used, and she was told to remember that she bad promised at the altar to love, honour, and obey him (" hoop de doodle do). Persuasion was of no avail, and threats were resorted to, and the slighted' " Benedict" ex pressed his determination to send his angel to heaven by som e surg i ca l process i n the way of am putation. During this dialogue the cavalier who was doing the amiable to Mrs. Carroll, thought it wise to haul off, fearing that he would be qualified to form the principal feature in a grand procession to the nearest hospital. The complainant stated that she had heard that her beloved husband had another wife in America, but admitted to the magistrate that she had not heard of the matter until she had cut her lucky. " Tunotheus looked as if he would have struck the lyre," when he heard this accusation brought against him. He contended it was " a weak invention of the enemy," and wholly devoid of truth. The magistrate dismissed the complaint, and strongly recommended the parties• to arrange the differences between them. The complainant left the court loudly asserting her determination never to make up the fight, and to derive light from the torch of cd'scord" and not from that of Hymen." The alto-soprano voice of dear Mrs. Carroll could be heard in the distance. The bridegroom went his way looking like a man who had got a bad bargain.—Evening Freeman. GOOD ADVICE.—A beautiful woman went one day to Aaron Burr, to engage his services in a suit for divorce, which she was about to bring against hfr husband. After bearing her story, he was averse to bringing the snit, and dissuaded her in terms like these :—" Madam, your cause will hafe to be tried by twelve men, all sinners. They will have a fell iw-feeling with the sinner ; and you know a fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind. These men will have to be told that for a long time past your husband has not been permitted to enjoy your society. They will lee you, and pity him. I assure you, my dear madam, it will be extremely difficult to get . a verdict in your favour." 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Important Caution against the fear. ful dangers of spurious imitations.--The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the I.oth March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Foe 1. , Country MarketF. NOTTING HA 11— MAY 22. There was only a small supply of w h ea t today, whi i oh sold at the r a t es o f l as t wee k f or pr i me parce l s, w hilst t ferior were is cheaper. Superior white samples made 50 5 t and good red 488 per 36 stone. Grinding barley, 28s to 31s per 30 stone, and but little doing. Oats scarce, and fully as dear, 31s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans were the same as last week—ne w , 41s to 45s ; old, 42s to 46s per 38 stone. COLCHESTER— MAT 22. A fair supply of wheat, but the trade was dull, at late rates. Beans and peas in short supply, but without any material alteration in value. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 463 to 50 3 ; red, 42s to 465; barley, 36s to 43s ; oats, 24s to 30s ; beam; Mazagan, 31s to 38s; middle and small, 38s to 425; PO , white, 42s to 44s ; grey, 42s to 445. • Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c, in the port of London, from the following p May 17 to May 22, both inclusive. received from • g ° 0 4 ° 111 Colchester — 350 Llarwich 1 630 409 - - 12 32 Leigh 1 662 18 _ Nialdon , 826 30 r 106 135 i 2OO NORWICH—Met 22. —Met 22. The corn trade of this district has been quiet during th e past week. There was more firmness apparent to-day, the sales made being effected on rather easier terms than on this day se'nnight. Little doing in barley, oats, beano► and peas. Flour, 29s to 29s 6d per sack from the miller' White wheat, 46s to 48s ; xed, 40s to 455. KIRKCALDY—MAY 22. Here, to-day, we had moderate supplies of wheat and oats, and small of barley. Sales of barley slow, at are. .duction of 2s per qr from last week's prices. Sales read/ enough for wheat and oats, but at prices rather in favour of buyers. Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. 1 Beaus. First 4Bs Oct I 33s 0.1 ( 30s 6d I Os Od Second I Third 3ds Od 28s Oct 23s Od 1 Os I" COAL MARK] Prices of Coals per ton at ":.-31.A.y 24. the close of the market S. d. Bell's Primrose l2 3 Bobside W. Hartley! 1G 0 Davison's West Hartley 16 0 Hastings Hartley 16 0 Lambert'sW. Hartley...A d 0 Haswell Gas l3 t Elolywell l5 6 Canfield Moor Butes 12 3 %Vylam Wallsend, gA. Acorn Close l5 3 Benson l5 ° Glosforth l4 6 Braddyll l6 Eden Main l5 6 Haswell 17 6 Lambton 16 16 3 Keiper Grainge 15 9 South Hetton Russell's Hetton ... ... l5 9 Tees l7 Bartonrton Cassop 16 15 Rough Hall Wallsend, &c. Powell'a Duffryn Steam 20 0 Ra,rtlepool lletton l6 0 Trimclon 16 61 South Hartlepool l6 9 West Kelloe 15 0 Ships at market t, 89; sold, 68. LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL—MAY 21. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market to-day has been q-- and prices declined ,3 per cent, in the afternoon, closing the lowest. Birkenhead, 711 i—iheeds Northern, 2:31 ; —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38,1 6—London an ~1 North Western, 94—Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , soi to --Midlands, 9361—Eastern Counties, 12 4-Caledonians'42l .3—Blackburn, 91 10 —S ou th Eastern, 20 13-16 isrortil British, 121 Z—Dutch Rheni s h, 4 11.-16 d.--Great Weste lll of Canada, 194 19.3—York and North Midl an d, 36i 11.1 Chester and Holyhead, 174 to 184—B erw i c k s , 22 A to —East Lancashire, 90 to 9,)—Graad Trunk of Cae# 4ol 124 to 12,;, MANCHESTER, MAY 24. vg STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened with un t u Ati l moderate business, and prices were lower. Midlands, ",,5 Trunks, 12 s.l6—Leeds, 904—Dovers, 201—London:I , —Sheffields, 38i—Eastern Counties, 12i—East Loa *. shire, 901. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24. ct STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was active to -day, o i , prices rather higher. Birmi ng h am and Stour I r g ue 4. were done at B,.—Great Westerns, Stou r V a lley u"A ranteed Stock, 57 56i —Ditto Birmi ng h am Guarante e d ' 73A—Ditto Pref. shares, 91. 18s. 9d. THE ADELPHI THEATEE.—Those play-goers of te ,Bl3l l ' years ago, who remember with a ff ect i on the melo d ra o3 . of " Victorine" and the " W rec k As h ore ;" who sof t"f opening door in " Sathanas," and the tank a () / rail water in " Die H exen am Rh e i n ;" t h o se' later times, who have wept over the sorrowS Madame Celeste, or lau g h e d a t M r. W r i g ht t' s the peacock's feather in his wig, and th e r ed blaw le i fastened by skewers round his body—all these Pe ° P le 'ie will be interested to hear that th e building, la which they have received all this deli g ht i s to be Pu ll ed down. In the earliest days of next month the Ade l P ho bi closes its doors, and the work of de mo lition will 1 - 1 1 at once begun. By the middle of September it expected that a new theatre, much larger and n 4 d e commodious, erected in the sa me pl ace, w ill be reS b f, for the reception of the public. Mr. Webster, sc is now sole proprietor , having recent!y p urc h as ed 10 0 the representatives of the late Mr. Frederick Itaito their interest in the property, originally intended. raise the money necessary for this new buildll on debentures, bearing five per c en t, i n terest, ii h io conferring certain advantages on the holder ; .but 6 4) scheme, apparently, did not find much favour r ot the speculative world, and has been abandoned. 4 ' is the time for doing away with all ki n d s of abuses 1 ;6 oonventionalities which have long held sway is Adelphi—for giving us stalls where our knees need li e , be in our mouths, or in the small of s ome o th e r gels man's back—for giving us private boxes w here 0 , • than one person can. see, and wh ere w h en n ot l e j place of honour, we may sit with ou t being comPl u t o to keep our bodies to the audi ence w hil e our heath; 14 ,0 twisted round to the st age —f or giving us stair o which are not ladders, a n d f or abolishing breakiogli and utterly exterminatin g th a t d oor ! t h at marvell°o door, which is always kept looked, and which se 6l3l , B byt be there as a kind of practi ca l j o k e, t o s h ow peePle;tee though they've paid money and ascen d e d th e s t a irs yl' boxk - eeper don't consider they have a n y r i g ht to e el b e be No doubt, however, in th e new h ouse a ll this y . rectified. During the rebuilding, Mr. Webster's c liy, parry will act at the Surrey, and at the same time and Mrs. Barney Williams will appear at Drury- 10° ' Illustrated Times. [.6.1,VE kaItIEMBBIT.] SIGIIT AND HEARING SPEOTAOII POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, A ND PERSFS' 3 L le . GLASSES. —S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Alben,r, street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel', 0 . By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable a nd' traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brills Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspee" oo Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes O t to, such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telew.l B o can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half_ l ly distant and an object from 16 t o 20 m il es. F or the 77,,,,d coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with incr powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—A able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat - lnol Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a p erson can be see n ur known one and a-half mile distant. They answer ever,' P i e pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. C°l2,llbef scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. to are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachtiegia* sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. pi Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wend s o t e powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses . c ed greatest transparent power. The great advantage ," del►. from this invention is, that vision impaired become. 5 0 4 served and strengthened and very aged persons are e1 0 '7, 0 8 to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—ctol with those lenses of a ranch less magnifying power 'd A ir they do not require the frequent changes to 0 1, 4 00 geroas effects of further powerful assistance. ", -- 1 01. ean be suited at the most remote part of the world b 7 " . ",d ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letters-riot stating the dist wee from the eye they can read sra ali h t with it, and those who have not made use of spectsc"o stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.-=The 0 1 1 6- 06 1 Vibrator, an extraordinarily p ower f u l , sma ll, newly-iel ° t o, instrument for deafness, e n ti re l y diff eren t from all eoe ololf surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or pr_ so can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the sk . , ,t not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinc t y church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensativ do singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it al e . all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. A' marle-street, Piccadilly—Opposite the York Hotel, W• BIRTHS, COWARD— On the 20th inst., at Streath am , the wife of "" George Frederick Coward, Esq , of a son. DONOP—On the 23d inst., at Bath, the wife of CLIO Brenton wife of Mr. Robert P ec kh am, so von Donop, of a daughter. v PECKHAM—On the 18th in s t. at Ludgate-street, th e - ' licitor, of a son. e j SPIELMANN—On the 22d inst., at 7, Mecklenburg -E n -- the wife of Mr. Adam Spielmann, of a son. MARRIAGES. m r.Y% GRAHAM—WALKER—On the 19th i ns t., at St. ta t Brvanston-square, Lieut.-Coionel James John Gra f eldest son of the late G enera l G ra h am , Govern ' A te Stirling Castle, to Isabella Louisa, daughter o f the General Walker, R.A., of Bushey, Herts. MATHEWS —GODFREY—On the 20th inst., at St. sl id Hastings, J. H. Mathews, Esq., of Li nco ln's-inns te r of the Middl e T em pl e , b arr i s t er, t o Marianne, InZtell of the .late Rev. Thomas Godfrey, vicar of Mowbray. DEATS CRossmax—On the 23d inst at . e Upp r George's" - Bryanston-squa r e, th e Rev.. H Francis Geach Creso3* aged 71. CARNELL—On the 21st inst., at 2, Scarsdale Villas, r. sington, Mr. Thomas Carnell, of Sevenoaks, aged s `"vir. FISHER—On the I7th inst., at the vicarage, the R el „., 11 0, Fisher, M.A., vicar of Hartlip-next-Sitting"" Kent, aged L-'6„ COWER—On the 22d inst., Lady Margaret - Gower. .„ KERR- On the 20th inst., at 1, Trion-road, Clap ba `" . of Mr. Wm. Kerr, th e m uc h respected representativloo, Messrs. J. and F. Lloyd and Co 77, Snowhill, Lau aged 68. t_terr STAINTON—On the 18th inst., at 3, Claremon John Stainton, E q , aged 93. STEPIIEN—On the 21st., inst., at 12, the Grove Clal3ll-°- common, Major Henry V. Stephen, MEd C Lox-rporr : Printed and Published by AILTIW v O - 0 No. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, it 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in °I. CO of Aiiddiesex, Tuesday, May 25, 1858. N ,,, C Onic lei fq on t► 122, ........., N ...e., k.,.. 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