The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

frbtrbf Wittition SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) At first 4 to 1 was the highest offer against Lord Derby's Tozopholite, and 6 to 1 was offered against Fitz-Roland, at last Fitz-Rowland rallied, 5 to 1 only being offered against him, the like odds being then cur rently offered against Toxophilite. 200 even was betted between the two. 9 to 1 was offered bar two. Longrangs was driven to 20 to 1. East Lang ton was in much demand, and from 1,000 to 30, advanced to 25 to 1. 40 to 1 might have been had without trouble about either of Mr. Gratwicke's, Ethio pian and Deceiver. CLOSING PRICES. DEBBY. sto 1 eget Fitz-Roland (offered) 5 to 1 aget Toxopholite (offered) 9to 1 aget Ancient Briton (taken and offered) 12 to 1 eget Eclipse (taken) 12 to 1 apt Beadsman (taken and offered) - 100 to 6 apt Happy Land (take 20 to 1) 100 to 6 aget Hadji (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 eget Ditto (taken) 20 to 1 eget Longrange (taken) 20 to 1 aget Sedbury (taken and off.) 25 to 1 aget Physician (taken) 25 to 1 eget East Langton (taken) 1000 to 30 eget Kelpie (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ethiopian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Deceiver (offered) 40 t• 1 aget Brother to Birdnn-the-Wing • 50 to 1 aget plan (taken and off.) OALS. 4to 1 aget Governess (offered) to 2 agat Sunbeam (taken) 10 to 1 aget Target (taken) 10 to 1 apt Tunstall Maid (taken) ARRIVALS AT EPSOM Fisherman, Merryman, Nereus, Blue Jacket, Vindi cator, Cymba colt, Kelpie, Melibocus, Orianda, King Sardinia, Wanderer, Polly Johnson, Clara, Yarra, My Niece, Fusee, Grand Duchess, Glenluce colt, Black smith, New Brighton, Farmer's Daughter filly, Ls4y Madame Most, Peter Flat, Bravissimo, Babylon, Massacre, Bannockburn, Botany, Hibernia, Gin, Pirate, Terra Yarra, Vision, Carmel, Perfection, Eclipse Qireenstown, and Sedbury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY'S RESOLU- TIONS. .The Earl of DONOUGHHORE called their lord ships attention to the fact uf Viscount Falkland having toted in the division on these resolutions on Friday lad, both in person and by proxy. The majority of the Government was thus diminished by one, and shouli 10 instead of 9. He hoped the house would adopt LIMOS to prevent such mi-takes in future. The Earl of BESSBOROUGH said that if their lord ships looked at the division lists, they would find that Viscount Falkland's proxy had not been tendered. THE INDIA TELEGRAPH. Lord DE MAULEY moved for copies of all corres pondence between the Euglish and Austrian Govern ments respe ting telegraphic correspondence between Ragusa and Alexandria. The Earl of MALNIESBURY said that all the papers referred to by the noble lord were being printed, for the purpose of being laid before Parliament. SUPPLY OF MEAT TO THE METROPOLIS. Lord BERNERS presented a petition from the butchers, graziers, farmers, salesmen, and others en• gaged in the trade and supply of meat to the metropolitan markets. Tile petitioners com plained of the bad accommodation for slaughtering animal ,, , the loss occasioned thereby, and they prayed that their lordships would alter or repeal the various mete relating to the subject, or pa's new measures t) remedy the serious evil complained of. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. THIRD READINGS. - The Chelsea Hospital and Water Works (Exchange of Lsnds), Chief Justice r f thmbay, Trustees, Mort gagees, ke., and Loan Societies Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The &ileum took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Brantford and Richmond Railway ; Carlisle, Lang holm, and Hawicit Railway ; Esat Kent Railway (Wet tern Extension) ; Fife and Kinross and Kinross-shire Railways; Lond on, Brighton, and South Coast Rail wry (Shoreham to Henfield, &•.) ; Worcester and Here ford Railway. The fAlowing bills were further considered and or dared to he read a third time :—Andover Canal Rail way ; Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cileraine, and Portrusb Junction Railway ; Belfast and County Down Railway ; Cords, Macbynileth, and Riv, r D ,vey Tramroad (Ma cluniletb, and River Dovey Railway) ; Dean Forest Turnpike Trust; Hesketh Marsh ; Llandaff and Canton District Markets ; Luton, Dunstable., and Welwyn 'lnaction and Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Taunton Water; Water ford Gas ; and Windsor New Road. The Stanhope and Wokingham Rectories Bill was read g second time. ' NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY BILL. Mr. ELLIOT moved that the minutes a the procee legs ,f the committee on the North British Railway aud Carlisle Juneti , 'n Railway) Bill, and Bor der Couuties Railway Bill, in Group 13 of Railway and Canal Bills, be printed at the expense of the parties and distributed with the votes.—A greed to. METROPOLITAN TOLLS . Cvl,nel FORREiTER, Comptroller of the House bold, apt eared at the bar of the hou.e with her Ma jesty's gracious answer to an address voted to her , Majesty for a Royal C3mtnibsion to inquire into and re port as to the best m.ans of abolishing tolls and toll bars within six miles of Charing-cross, to the effect that her Maje ty, having taken it into consideration, had directed the R tyat C•)wmissioner to issue as requested, THE OATHS BILL—CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS. The SPEAKER announced that he had received a xnelaage from the Lords, appointin; a c mference with this house to-morrow, at half-pa,t 4 o'clock, in the Painted Chamber, on the Lords' amendtneute to the Oaths THE DERBY DAY. Capt. VIVIAN gave notice that he should to-morrow mote the adj iurnment of the house at its rising till Thursday. (C4eep.) THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. , In answer to a question from Mr. LTGON, . Mr. H. BAILLIE said that the first private letters received by the present Government from India arrived by the mail on Saturday. On that day three private let•ers from Lard Canning reached Lord Ellenborough, in which he stated he had received information that Lord Ellenborough had accepted office. He (Mr. Baiilie) thought that Lord C sending three private letters by one mail was a sufficient prowf that the noble lord was in the habit of corresponding by private lettere with the late President of the B >ard of Control. (Cheers.) CONSOLIDATED FUND (11,000,0001) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. STAMP DUTY ON PASSPORTS BILL. This bill, al amended, was considered. THE VOTE OF CENSURE ON THE GOVERN. MENr-ADJOURNED DEBA.TE - Mr. ROEBUCK characterised the motion of Mr. Cardwell as one of the most transparent instances of party manceArring he had ever witnessed. (Loud cheers from the Mioisterial benches.) Whilst discussing the grave question of governing India there had been intro duced a question of party politics, and they were called upon to decide which party should sit on this side of the house and which on that, the real question being not the-happiness of the 200,000,000 people of India, but the Government of this country. (Cheers.) He contended that Lard Eilenbarough was b3uod to answer Lord Canning's proclamation ; secondly, that Lord Itlenborough wrote the right answer to it ; and thirdly that Lord Eilenborough was not solely answerable for the production of the despatch. We had acquired a great dominion in the East and our only justification 'for that dominion was that it produced happiness to the people whom we governed ; but, in order to do that, it must be a just and merciful Government. (Hear, hear.) Referring to the mutiny that had broken : eutt, in India, the hon. and learned gentleman •' that pnhis'einent to the uttermost ought t) follow s) atrocities that had been committed, but he drew a v _ er e y grut distinction between the mutinous army and . te say p p e o o rt pl i e on of o l t ud i i n is ci . ia (llear, hea r.) . When we conquered he , considered we should annex it and not create a n i withthem, but party and enter into treaties having done so, we ought to be hound by th sta , tare of Oude to the issuing of the Tr a c inglate first theai bon. and learned gentleman said t hatt h eof history of man kind presented no such a parallel case Governor-General as this. The intention of the Governor- India athe to issue such a proclamation was enough to ca use people of Oade to rebel to the end of their " : (Hear, hear.) This proclamation was objected to by lr a ii io communication with the Governor-General of Indi4. sod he understood fr om p rivate sources, that with the' draft of that proclamation a demand was reade for a reinforcement of 20,000 men. (hear, hear) Such a - proclamation rs.quired an answer ; and, if the Prebident of the Board of Control had refrained from so doing he ought to have been impeached —(loud cheers from the Ministerial aide of the house) — and he knew none who would have been more loud for an impeachment, under such circumstances, than the supporters of this motion. After the question of the bon. member for Birmingham, and the answer of the Vice-President of the Board of Control, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer stating that the Govern men disagreed with the proclamation "in every sense," it was impossible for her Majesty's Government to with hold the deepatch, and it was the opposition side of the house that was to blame for its production, and they alone. (Cheers.) As honest men, ber Majesty's Govern ment were called upon to give their opinion ; they did so, and when they were called upon to publish i , it was from a demand on the opposition side of the house, and in spite of themselves. The hon. and learned gentleman condemned secret diplomacy, and urged that the course that ought to be pursued toward s India was pointed out honestly in Lord Elleoboripugh s despatch, and he mistook his countrymen if they did not come to the same conclusions. (Ch eers from the Mini sterial side.) If the mover of the motio n obtained a ma jority to-night, what, he (Mr. Roebuck) asked, would the house and the country get by it ? Why, the Government they had so lately cashi-red. (Loud cheers and laughter.) And because they had neglected the honour of England they were, after a few weeks spent in the cool requiem of opposition, to be reinstated, and for what E Did the people of Eng land expect to obtain anything by it 1 If they did he thought they would be woefully mistaken. He con sidered that the people of this country bad to expect more liberal measures from the present weak Govern ment than they had from the strong and insolent Go vernment on the Opposition side of the house. (Loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the house.) If the house wished to give the people of India happiness, justice, and good government they would give a decided negative to the motion. (Cheery.) Sir C. WOOD considered that the object of the last speaker was to divert the a tt en ti on o f th e h ouse f rom t h e question before them. It was not a question of a strong or a weak Government, but whether Lord Canning had done anything calling for the censure of Parliament. He was not prepared to consider Lord Canning's policy and he asked the house if they were (Hear, hi Ir, and cries of yes, yes.) He wishei to enter on the question irre spective of party feeling. (Ironical cheers ) He as sured the house that he was not actuated in defending Lord Canning and condemning the Government from the paltry love of office (ironical cheers) but from a be lief that public interests in this country and India were perilled by the course her Majesty's Government had taken. (Hear, hear.) He proceeded to defend the proclamation which he raid was only addressed, as regarded confiscation, to those who bad been in arms against our authority io India. There was a distinc tion drawn between the landho'der and the people. Up to the sixteenth paragraph sue proclamation had reference to the former and what followed to the latter, and as such, he contended, the proclama tion would be read and understood in Oude. The right hon. gentleman read numerous extracts from Col. Sleeman's report, and also that of Sir J. Outram in reference to the rapacious conduct of the tatookdhars, or landowners of Oude towards the people, observing it was their property only that had been confiscated. The proclamation must be looked at in the manner in which it was issued to the people of Oude ; and in doing so, it appeared to him it would produce benefit by inducing the disaffected t. return to the British authority. Tee proclamation, as issued by Lord Canning with regard to confiscation was similar in language to those issued by a predecessor with reference to the Punjaub. BUFT SPEAKING. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS. Since the termination of the trial of Simon Ber nard for conspiring to assassinate the Emperor of the Freisch, and the abandonment of the other charges against him by the Attorney-General, it is understood that communications have taken place on behalf of Mr. Allsop with the Government, with the view to ascertain whether it was intended to proceed with the capital, or any other charge against that gentleman. It will be recollected that the charge against Mr. Allsop was precisely the same as that which was made against M. Ber nard, namely, that he, being a British subject, fe loniously conspired to procure, and was accessory before the fact, to a murder committed out of the Queen's dominion; and the evidence would have been precisely the same as that which was adduced in the case of M. Bernard. So far as Mr. Allsop was concerned, no legal difficulty would have arisen relating to the offence having been committed by a British subject, as he was undoubtedly an Englishman ; but a more serious objection would still have existed, and which would also have been raised on behalf of M. Bernard, if he bad been convicted, which was that th ,- murder in quest:on having been committed by foreigners, the statute under which the indictment - vas preferred would not apply. All these matters have, it is understood, been urged upon the attention of the Government and their legal advisers, and it is believed that the result has been that it is not intended to put Mr. Allsop upon his trial. After the lowg inquiry, and the pains that were taken, even to the extent of sending for a witness from Brussels during the progress of the trial of M. Bernard, to lay before the jury the whole of the facts, upon which a conviction was sought for, and the jury, after hearin g the whole of the evidence, having, upon the merits, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty," it would have been a very unusual course to have gone on with a second indictment of precisely the same kind, and sup ported by precisely the same evidence, particularly when the same grave questions Gf law existed in the cae of Mr. Allsop, as iu that of M. Bernard, and this, no doubt, influenced the legal advisers of the Clown in the decision which it is understood has been arrived at that no further proceedings will be taken in the matter.—Dispatch. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL, MAT 11. To-day's market was of the quiet character umal for some weeks of late. Wheat was considered to 131 about ld per bushel, and flour 6d per sack and barrel, easier in price than on our last market day. Indian corn also dull. and the value hardly supported, The fine weather the coun try is now favoured with suite checks any speculative tendency. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E V ENING, by himself or by some fellow of the university, to the Warden, 21. days at least before the day of elec tion. 4. The Warden shall cause the names of the can didates to be placed on the door of the Convoca tion-house 15 days at least before the day of elec tion. 5. The name of the person elected by the fellows shall be sent in by the senior fellow present to the Warden and Senate ; and the Warden shall sub mit it for approval to the Convocation holden the same day. 6. In case the person elected by the fellows is net approved by Convocation, it shall be left to the Warden to appoint another day of election, provided always that such day shall not be later than the first Convocation in the following Michael mas term. 7. The Pemberton fellow shall have a vote at the election of a member of senate by the fellows. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE; Orders have been receivedat Chatham by the officer in command of the depot of the 24th Regiment, directing 120 men of that regiment to proceed to Dover, in charge of Capt. W. B. C. Goodison, for the purpose of joining the 2d battalion, which is now being raised. The steamship Pacific, 1,500 tons, Capt. W. C. Thom son, having been chartered by the Govern ment for conveyance of troops between England and Ireland, arrived at Bristol from Kingstown on Sunday week, and disembarked the Royal North Gloucester Militia (who proceed to Cirencester to be disembodied), consisting of Col. Kingecote Cap tains Sir J. M. Stesle, Jone., E lison, and Fisher, Lieuts. Hun te, Viscount Andover, Daniel, Bona ford, Hunt, and .Luthbury ; Assistant-Surgeon Striven, wife, and child, and one female servant ; 540 rank and file, 48 soldiers' wives, and 48 chil dren. The Pacific returned to Kingstown, and ar rived again at Bristol on Thursday last with the Ist Royal Surrey Militia, consisting of Col. Sumner Major Scott, Capts. Penrhyn, Calvert, Barron, Platt, F,The., Sumner, Pepys; Lieuts. Whitmore. Peters, Medley, Bayne, Carleton, &sc. ; one lady and child, four servant., 691 rank and file, 43 wo men, and 33 children. H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Eyres, C. 8., flagship for Rear-Admiral superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, was taken out of harbour on Friday to try her engines since her last commission as flagship of the Commander in-Chief of the Baltic fleet. Admiral Sir G. Sey moor, K. C. B. , Flag-Captain Seymour, C. B. , aide de-camp to the Queen; Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hast ings, C. B. , Captain Eyres, Commander Erskine, Mr. Ma doch, inspector of machinery ; Mr. Toukio, R.N., Second Master-Attendant of Ports mouth dockyard ; Mr. R. C. Allen, Master, R.N., and other officers were on board. The object of the cruise was to test the working of the engines, which did their work, as formerly, very well. By letters from the south-east coast of America station we learn that the Cumberland, 70, Captain Dickson, flag of Vice-Admiral Wallis, had struck upon a rock on the 15th of March, in the River Plate, when going down for a short cruise. Luckily the water was smooth, and she got off again with out material damage, but sustained enough to necessitate her return to England to be docked and repaired. She may be expected to arrive about the end of June. The ship was in the full charge of a pilot at the tim e of the catastrophe, and the Adm iral was not on board, having some time before shifted his flag to the Virago steam sloop. Admiral Wallis had promoted Mr. 'James Ray, senior clerk in the Secretary's office on boatd. the Cumberland, to the rank of Paymaster and Purser, vice Evers field, of the Madagascar, deceased. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam Navigation Company's screw ship City of Manchester, 2,109 tons, Capt. James Kennedy, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday afternoon, from Liverpool, to prepare for embarkation, this day, of the following troops : For Gibraltar Brevet Lieut.-Col. Willes, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Lowndeq, Captains Lloyd, Fuller, Fielden, Phillips, Battis combo, Black, Waldy, Grant, Dowglasse, and Good win ; Lieurs. Grahame, Harness, Kelson, Pro theroe, Wolseley, James, Ball, and Adcock ; En signs Neale, Harrison, Robinson, Morland, Butler, Rovrarth, Gif.rd, Moriarty, Lowndes, Ensign and Adjutant Kitchener, Surgeon Hyde, Assistant-Sur geon Kerr, Paymaster O'Connor, Quartermaster Haden, 39 staff sergeants and sergeants, 16 drum mers, 812 rank and file of the 2d Battalion of the 6th Foot ; tn.iign Taite, wife, and 5c..% a-“t, ; aisign. Tibbetts, and Surgeon Atkinson of the 31st Foot ; 2 officers, 93 men, 6 wives and 9 children of the Royal Eagineers for Algoa Bay ; Lieut.-Colonel Freese, R. A., wife, 6 children, and 2 servants. From Gibraltar silo will embark about 36 officers, .871 men of the 2d Battalion of the 31st Foot, with their families, for Algoa 13 , iy, bringing thence 2 officer 4, 104 of the Royal Engineers, 14 wives, 36 children, and the Reserve Battalion of the 12th Foot—about 18 officers, 439 men, 5 officers' wive., 7 children, 22 soldiers' wives, and 55 children for Portsmouth. The City of Manchester was officially inspected on Saturday alongside Portsmouth Dock yard by Major-General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Searlett, K. C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the South West District, Lieut.-Col. Wright, Assistant-Quar termaster-General, and Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, Superintendent of the dockyard ; Captain Eyres, C. 8., of the Duke of Wellington, and Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C.B , of the Hannibal, also visited her. She will leave to morrow. Her Majesty's steam troon-ship Urgent, Com mander M'Donald arrived at Portsmouth on Satur day from the Mediterranean with the following pas sengers and troops :—From Malta—Lady Montagu St. ipford and 3 chili en, Mrs. Logan and 3 children, Mrs. White an d 1 c hild, Mrs. H. Jones and 2 chil dren, Mrs, Collings, Miss Tudor, Miss Richards, Miss Millar, Mrs. Quinton and 3 children ; Ensign Bainbtidge, of the 21st Regiment, On leave ; Major and Mrs. Pearson, 32 naval invalids 2 officers, 20 men, 3 wives, and 5 children of the Royal Artillery; 2 sergeants of the Royal Engineers ; 17 men, I wife and 2 children of the 14th Foot ; Lieut. Cooke (in charge) and 14 men of the 21st ft ,<; t. ; Assistant- Surgeon Irwin (in medical charge) of the 28th Foot; 4 men of the 31st Foot, 2 of the 28th, 8 of the 57th, and one wife ; 22 of the 2d Battalion Ist Royals, 5 wives, and 6 children ; 2 men of the 48th. Flom Gibraltar—Mrs. General Willi - Ans, 4 children, and 2 servants ; Mrs. Admiral Elliot, 5 children, and 3 servants ' • Mrs. M'Efferty ; Mrs. Clanben, and 2 children ; Mrs. Richardson ; Mrs. Oxley ; Mrs. Thorpe, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. Wills, and 5 children ; Mrs. Adams, Mr. Dixon ; Mr. Dun widdie ; Mr. M`liiilop and 4 children ; Capt. Hay, 921 Regt. ; Lieut. Campbell, 48th, on leave, dsc. She went alongside Portsmouth harbjnr on Satur day afternoon about 5 o'clock, aud, by the attention of Messrs. Rickman and Moore, principal Custom house officers, the passengers' baggage was speedily passed and cleared, and the trains thereby saved for London. The sloop Racehorse, 14, Commander Arthur Wilmshurst, which arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning, left Hongkong January 6th, Singapore 27th, Cape of Good Hope March 16th, and St. Helena 27th. She spoke on the line the ship Souanoth, of Greenock, from Rangoon, and sighted her again on Friday entering Falmouth Harbour. The Racehorse was commissioned Nov. 28, 1853, and has been chiefly employed in the Chinese rivers, and protecting shipping, &c. Forty invalids from the fleet in China have come in her. Her Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan, Commander John Seaconabs, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Malta an 4 Gibraltar, which she left on the 4th and 10th inst. respectively, bringing the folio .wing passengers :—Commander Nelson, KN.; the Rev. Mr. Hind, chaplain R.N., to join the Cambridge ; Lieut.-Colonel Butler, of the 48th ; Capt. S ewart, of the 48th ; Lieut. Thackeran 48th ; Lieut. Mills, of the 57th ; Mrs. and Miss Beckwith, Mrs.. Johnson and two children, Miss O'Reilly, Miss Parkes ; Mrs. Steuart, chi ld, and servant • the Misses Ingefield (4) arid two servants; Mrs. Nebs, Mrs. Ains and child ; and 500 tons of obsolet e stores from Malta. From Gibraltar -33 of the Royal Artillery, 9 wives, and 10 children. The Vulcan made the passage out in 10 days and 23 hours, and home in 11 days 6 hours, inc ludin g stoppag e at Gibraltar 35 hours. The Buffs were highly pleased with the ship, and the universal desire to make them comfortable by the commander and officers. She will go alongside Portsmouth harbour today to disembark. The R v. J. Woolley, LLD., Admiralty in- The of seheols, has completed his half -3 early inspection of the school for apprentices at Chatham dockyard, and he expressei his entire satisfaction with the state of the school and the improvement male by the pupils.. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Mr. Charles Richards controller of the victualling and transport services of the navy, vice Mr. Thos. T. Grant, F.R.S., retired. Her Majesty's birthday was c:.lebratel at Chat ham on Saturday in the usual manner. The encampment for the troops b.longing to the Ist battalion of infantry at Chatham garrison, under the command of Colonel H. Jervis, was completed on Saturday, and the whole of the tents pitched on the sits selected to the _ rear of Fort Amherst, inside the Spur battery. The depots selected to occupy the tents are the officers and men of the 24th Regiment, the officers tied men of the 30th (Royal Sussex) Regiment, and the officers and men of the 53d Regiteenti, ample accommodation having been provided for the men attached to those corps. '.Ub 13th company of Royal Sappers and Miners, YORK-MAT 15. There was rather a slow sale, and in some instances a decline was submitted to, but generally wheat sold at last week's rates--superior white, 48s ; red, 445. Jo barley no change. Oats and beans maintained the fall prices of last weck, CHELAISFORD—tiny 15. The farmers demanded former rates for wheat te-xlay. The trade firm. 8. 8. .24 34 _ Peas, Partridge 41 46 White 40 42 Boiling 4O 46 Dun 41 43 Beans, Tick 16 38 Harrow ticks 36 4ft Mazagan 33 36 ler qr Ditto: new... 33 36 BACHELORS OF ART. Reginald C. Glanville, Newton. Alain T. Craig, Wadham. INCORPORATION B A ST. M&RY HALL. - ... James J. Pickford, Trinity College, Dublin. In a Convocation held at 2 p.m., which was very numerously attended, a number of votes connected with the expenses of the New Museum were put to the house. Divisions were taken upon all the vo`es but two, the entire result being that four were re jected, and 11 carried. On the first vote, granting 200/. annually for the next five years to the Pro fessors of Geology, Mineralogy, Zoology, and Pathology, for the maintenance and improvement of their collection, the numbers were—Placet, 45 ; Non Placet, 54. On the second vote, assigning 701. a-year to an assistant to the Reader in Experi mental Philosophy, after a conversation, in which Professor Walker, the Principal of Brasenose, the Rector of Exeter, and the Master of Balliol took part, the division was—Placet, 45 ; Non Placet, 40. The third vote, allowing a fee of 31. on all pupils attending the Reader's Practical Class, was rejected, the numbers being—Placet, 41 ; Non Placet, 48. The fourth vote, allowing 701. a year for an assistant to the Professor of Chymistry, was carried by 52 votes against 39. The fifth vote, granting the Professor 5001. for an outfit of chymical apparatus, kc., was thrown out, there being in favour of it 42, and against it 51 votes. The sixth vote, allowing 1801. a year for five years to ttte Professor for the annual expenses of his apparatus, was carried, the votes being—Placet, 49 ; Non Placet, 40. The seventh vote, which raised the same question of fees already determined by vote three, but in con nexion with Chymistry instead of Experimental Philosophy, was (like vote three) rejected by 49 votes to 39. The eighth vote, allowing 2001. to tie Professor of Astronomy for an observatory, and the ninth, allowing 1001. to the Regius Professor of Medicine for apparatus, were carried—the former by 58 votes to 31, and the latter by 59 votes to 33. The last vote, requiring the Professors to render an annual account of all sums expended by them from University funds, was carried unanimously. On the first clause of the second decree, granting 7571. ls. 4d. on account of building expenses be yond the contract, there was no division. The second, third, and fourth clauses, voting sums for the levelling, &c., of the ground, and the enclosing it with an iron fence, and for fitting up the depart ments of the six Professors, were carried by majorities respectively of 19, 5, and 23. The last clause, assigning 2551. for the erec ion of a gallery round the main tower, was rejected by 50 votes against 30. The proceeding then closed. The Rev. C. P. Chretien, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Oriel . College, has been appointed Examiner in English History and Literature at the ensuing middle-class examination, in the place of the Rev. R. W. Church, late Fellow of Oriel, whose health does not allow him to act. Besides the names already published, it has been deter mined to appoint three additional examiners. The Rev. J. E. Sewell, of New College, and the Rev. G. Rawl:nson, of Exeter College, have been added Ito the committee for communicating with the examiners. MAY 16. The following gentlemen have been appointed by the Delegates additional Examiners under the scheme for the examination of persons not mem bers of the University :—Rev. G. S. Ward, M.A., Tutor of Magdalen-ball ; Rev. J. Barmby, M.A., F, Pow of Magdalen C )11-go ; and Mr. C. Parker, M.A., Fellow of University College. The University Sermons were this day preached, in the morning by the Rev. H. L. Mansel, of Sr. John's, Bampton Lecturer ; and in the afternoon by the Rev. W. Harrison, of Brasenosl College. Notice has been given that the election for Demies at Magdalen College, hitherto held during the Long Vacation, will hot tAce place under the new Statutes till Michaelmas Term. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 14. The Vice-Chancellor met the members of the Senate in the Art School to-day, for the purpose of considering the changes proposed by the Council as to the payment of University officers, and the fees to be taken on proceeding to degrees. Professor Selwyn objected to a stipend of 1501. per annum to the Public Orator in lieu of the fees now paid ; but Mr. Clark, the Orator, said he en tirely agreed in the proposed scheme. It is also proposed by the Council that the salaries of the Registrary, the Esquire Bedells, Proctors Moderators, and Pro-Proctors should be paid as fixed sums out of the common chest, in stead of by fees, as at present. Mr. G. Williams, of King's, thought the sum of 2501. for each Proctor too small a sum, consider ing the duties they had to discharge, as well as the sum of 2001. per annum for each Bedell. Dr. Ltapingwell observed that if 2001. was deemed sufficient for an Esquire Badell, 250/. ought to be enough for a Proctor, the office being only for one year, and the holder of it generally a Fellow of his College, and with a living in per spective. The duties of the Yeoman Bedell having become extinct, the office, as well as thlt of school-keeper, is proposed to be abolished, and two University marshals appointed instead. Profess , r Selwyn objected to the abolition of the schoolkeeper ; the clause was supported by Mr. C. C. Babington, of St. John's. On the proposed new scale of fees for degrees to be paid to the University-chest, as well as the fee of 30s. to be paid by every undergraduate before being examined at the previous examination, Mr. Emery, of Corpus, thought they might be placed a trifle higher. The University would now be called upon to meet a variety of charges, and he did not see the way it could be effected, and he advised a moderate increase upon the scale recommended by the Council, as being no real hardship on the payer, and as being, if adopted, of vital importance to the University. Mr. Raby, of St. John's, took the same view, and thought it wrong to hesitate about a small sum on one side or the other. The Master of St. John's said it would much assist the deliberation of the Council if the Senate would intimate what they thought right. It being proposed to charge 201. to the Univer sity-chest to all who proceed to the degrees of D. D. and LL.D., Professor Selwyn most energetically contended for a sum of 10 guineas instead, and he held up a scale, elaborately drawn, showing the in equality in the charge as compared with other de grees, which created some amusement. He insisted, though it was stated that the same degrees at Ox ford paid the sum of 4.3/., that it would prevent poor men from proceeding to the degree of D.D., and so operate as an injustice. He was replied to by the Master of St. John's, Mr. C. C. Babington, and Mr. Campion, of Queen's. The scheme proposes to confer dPgrees upon mem bers of tho University in their absence, which will be a great convenience to those absent in the colo nies. DURhAM. The statute, dated — lePtlnaber 28, 1857, for electing annually two members of the senate, one by Convocation and one by the Fellows, to be ap proved by Convocation, having prescribed that " the time and mode of election shall be settled by the Warden and Senate," The Warden and Senate, under the powers so given, have made the following regulations : ELECTION OF ♦ MEMBER OF SENATE BY C NVOCATION. 1. The election shall take place annually at Ile CJnvccation holden en the last Tuesday in Easter term. 2. The name of each candidate shall be sent in, by himself or by some other member cf Convoca tion, to the Warden, twenty-one days at least before the day of election. 3. The Warden shall cause the names of candi dates to be placed on ihe door of the Convocation house fifteen days at least before the day of election. 4. In case there shall be no more than one can didate the Warden s h a ll d eclare him elected, at the Convocation aforesaid. ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF SENATE BY THE FEL LOWS OF THE UNIVERSITY, TO BE APPROVED BY CON VOCATION. 1. The election shall take place annually within the Castle, at 11 o'clock in the morning of the last Tuesday in Easter term, the senior fellow present being in the chair, and having an original and a casting vote. 2. The votes of the fellows shall be tendered in p )rsQ.n. 3. The name of each candidate shall be sent in, Wheat, white old,per s. s. i qr,i 3 43 , 1 Oats, new 43 48 red, old 40 44 new 39 4 t barley 34 40 Chevalier 3B 44 Grinding 23 32 Halt 70 73 Chevalier 72 73 OXFORD-MAY 1L There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, but the demand was slow, and prices barely maintained at last week's cur rency. Beans more plentiful, at fall prices. PER QUARTER. I PER QUARTER Wheat, red (old) 42s to 46d1Barley, grinding ... — 5 t 035, Ditto (new) Ditto, white —s to —s:Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 304 to 34sFlour, per sack ROCHESTER- MAT 15. Trade slow to-day, with a good average supply of all descriptions of grain. For fine samples of English wheat there was a decline of is to 23 on last week's rates. B irley limited in demand. AVERAGE PRICES. Wheat, wlite 42s to 50s red. 4os to 46s Barley, grinding 284 to 32s Beans .... 4os to 4 is Oats . 23s to 27s Peas 42s to 44s EXETER—MAY 14. CORN.—Wheat, 5e 63 to 5s 9d ; barley, 40 to 4s 3d ; grinding do. OE Od to Oa Od. O a t s , 2 s 6d t o 2 s 9d Beans, Os Off tO 0 Od. Peas, 00a Od to 00s Od. FLouk.—Fine, 31s Od to 32. 01; seconds, 293 Od to 30s Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a fair supply of bullocks. Best beef, from Os Od to 10s Od per score • inferior, 7s to 8s per score ; fat calves, 5d to s ; d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 0 0 ( 1. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 181. tis ; butchers' ca lves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —a to s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5 s to 21. 15s per couple; ewes, Oki to 6.d; wethers, 7d --I; lambs, 7.1 d to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s; second size, —B k —s ; slips, —a to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 441 per lb. Pork carcases from 7s 6d to 8s 6d per score. DALKEITH OWN MARKET—MAT 13. Qrs. Best. Current. Infet I." 150 Wheat ......... 458 61 ........ 39s 31;1 32. s 1 65.'3 Oats 143 Barley .........35s 6cl 3os 61 22 Peas & beans 43s Od ....... 39s 10 i i,d 36s 0.1 HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MAY 14. WRICAT. I RA Y, 1 OATS. I RSA , 8, First 47s 03 36s Od 32s 01 1 45s 01 Second 4ls 9d 1 34s 2d 1 29s 93 )42 31 Third 353 Od 1 30s Od 1 273 Od 1 42s 01 Total quantity of wheat in market, 282 qrs., 278 gold barley „ 79 qrs., 79 sold oats ,; 219 qrs., 218 gold beans 73 qrs., 63 sol i AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 21. 1 9 5-12ths 1 Barley, —V. 14 2 10 1211 s Oats, ... 1/. 9 9 2-12ths I Beans, 21. 2 3 8-12 as , , ID Pt DUBLIN-MAY 14. White wheat, 27. Od to 29i 01; red ditto, 244 Od to 2J Cd ditto n ew , e 0 1 ; barley, malting, 14s tolBs 01; grind ing, —6 l to —a ; oats, old, 15a to 163 6d; ditto, new, —5 to —4 04 ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 168 Od; bere, new, —s to 01; rg ( 1 lese , , —a Od to Od per brl ; bakeis' flour, 14. 6 , 1t0 I.V. 0 1 per cwt; Indian corn, 353 01 to 374 6cl For 430 lbw. UNIT:E.RSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Mir 14. In a Convocation held this day at 10 o'clock, Mr. H. Smith, of Balliol, was appointed as Moderator in the Mathematical School. The Rev. John Wishrington Peers, M.A., Ca therine College, and the Rev. Thomas Leah, M.A., Queen's College, Cambridge, were admitted ad .undem. In a Convocation held immediately afterwards the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Robert H. B. Manham Merton. Wyndham L. 'Williams, and Rev. Richard Curzon, Brasenose. John D. Middleton, Corpuq. Richard Rowley (Student), Christ Church. Alexander Wallace, Trinity. Thomas Marshall, St. John's. Rev. Walter H. Tribe, Wadham. Thomas Roberts and Rev. George Steele, Wor cester. MAY 17, 1858. under the command of Capt. M. S. Whitmore, were inspected at Bromptou Barracks on Friday by Col. H. Sandham, commanding the Royal En gineers. They will leave Chatham this day and embark at Portsmouth, on board the City of Man chester steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope, where they relieve the 15th company, ordered home. Lieut. F. W. 13. Clements and Lieut. C. Crawford, R.E., also embark with the 12th company. Sir L. Loraine and Mr. W. N. Tufnell, mates, R.N., passed their examination for lieu' enants, and received certificates at the Royal Naval College last week. _ _ _ Lieut. W. A. Smyth has been appointed to the Ariel, and Mr. A. Price is appointed secretary to Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, commander-in-chief at Devonport. TEE LATE SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE REGENTS CANAL. LATEST PARTICULARS. Yesterday (Sunday) a great number of persons of both sexes crowded round the spot where the body of the unfortunate man (John Turner) was dis covered, on the evening of Monday last, by a barge man while pausing along the Regent's Canal, Vic toria Park, and Mr. Russell, the dock-keeper had considerable difficulty in keeping the curious visi tors out of danger. The police of the &strict, through the instruc tions of Mr. Superintendent Howie, were most ac tively engaged throughout the whole of Saturday in making every possible inquiry respecting the deceased, and Sheridan, an officer of the K division, has succeeded in tracing the deceased to the house of his brother-in-law, near the Edinburgh Castle public-house, Stepney, at which place he called on Wednesday night, the sth inst , between eight and nine o'clock, being 48 hours later than the time mentioned by one of the witnesses examined at the c )roner's inquest on Thursday aftecnoou last. The same constable has also ascertained that the de ceased borrowed 7s. from Mr. W. Bryant, his late employer, residing in Princs's-square, Ratcliff highway, on the night ho left home, and that he (thi deceased) was drinking in front of the bar of a public-house, a short distance from the canal, a few hours afterwards. The several persons who saw the deceased on the occasion referred to will be examined at the ad journed inquest, this afternoon, which may in all probability throw some light upon the present mysterious state of the case. Mr. Vaughan, summoning officer of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, rece:ved orders from Mr. Field, the foreman of the jury empanneled on view of the mutilated remains of the deceased on Satur day, tit proceed to the Home-office, to obtain Cm authority of the Seer• ary of State for the at tendance of Dr. Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, but, in consequence of the drawing-room in honour of her Majesty's birthday, no business was transacted, arid the officer returned. The body of the unfortunate man still remains in the eiarge of the landlord of the ffosford Arms public-house, adjoining the canal, and from the time deceased has been taken out of the water, and the previous condition of the body, there seems some doubt as to whe•her a satisfactory medical examination can be made. Yesterday afternoon, - t one o'clock, Mr. Wm. Baker, the Coroner for East Middlesex, received the following communication from the Home-office : " Mr. Waddington presents his compliments to Mr. Baker, and is directed by Mr. Secretary Wal pole, to acknowledge the receipt of his letter of the 14th inst., in which he requests that Dr. Taylor be authorised to attend in the case of the inquest on a man named John Turner, and to state in ie ply, that Dr. Taylor's assistance would be given in a CiS9 which required the best scientific and che mical evidence that could be procured, but as such evidence is very expensive, the Secretary of State would not feel justified in sanctioning such assist ance where o her medical te3tionony might be, as in this instance, equally available. —Whitehall, May 15, 1858." A copy of this letter was forwarded by the learned coroner to Mr. Vaughan, the summoning officer in charge of the case, and on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock the jury bad a private meeting for the pur pose of taking into consideration the reply from the Secretary of State, and after a long discussion, the gentlemen empanneled to investigate the deatb, re=olved, unanimously, that thay would have the evidence of Dr. Taylor, notwithstanding the parsi monious conduct of the offi nf the Home- iffice. Mr. Seffings, the surgeon, who has been consulted by several medical gentlemen of the district, still adheres to the opinion he first expressed at the in quoit that the deceased has been murdered, and the clothes afterwards buttoned up over the injuries he describes. He states that it would be utterly , im possible for the wounds to be inflicted by a barge passing against the body without cutting the coat, waistcoat, neckerchief, shirt, Ste., which are quite uninjured. The incision in the neck must have been cut by .+ sharp-edged instrument, and great violence must have been exerci ed in the infliction of the Injuries. Late last night the police were still busily engaged in the case, which has excited unusual interest. WRECK ON THE IRISH COAST, WITH LOSS OF ELEVEN LIVES. A correspondent writing from Dundalk, thus re fers to a lamentable wreck, with the loss of 11 lives : "It is my sad duty to record one of the most dis tressing shipwrecke, attended with loss of life, which has ever occurred in our bay. Dating the recant he tvy gale which visited the Irish coast, the barque Mary Stoldart got embayed in Dun dalk bay, and dragged both her anchors. She went on shore on the south, where she lay broad side on to the sea, which made a complete breach over her.. On learning the news I took a car, and proceeded to the Black Rock, ou the opposite side of the town, where I could clearly see her crew clinging to the rigging. It was blowing at the time a complete gale of wind from the 8.E., to which our bay is all open, with a heavy sea running, I mustered two boat crews of hardy willing fellows, to attempt the rescue of the poor men. I took charge of one of them myself, and both baats pro ' ceteded out in the teeth of a • heavy a gale as ever blew on this coal. The boats were only common open yawls, each manned by six men. They man fully pulled through the heavy breakers for nearly three miles, and within a short disiance of the un fortunate men ; but, to our great grief we were compelled to put back, as the sea was now actually r unning mountains high, and both crews were com pletely prostrated and exhausted, and were hardly able to keep the boats from filling. Capt. Joseph Kelly, of the steamer Pride of Erin, also manned and commanded another yawl ; but like us, he was ohliged to return unsuccessful to the shore. By this time a steamer's lifeboat arrived on the spot ; but she was of no more service than an ordinary boat, and was compelled to return to the shore. We all now returned to town almost broken hearted, compelled to leave the poor fellows to spend an awful night in the cold icy rigging. A meeting of the inhabitants was immediately con vened ; and three of the most exporienced master mariners n ibly volunteered to take command of three more ships' lifeboats, with a picked crew each. Capt. Kelly again readily consented to take off one of the boats. The boa's pulled out of our river through as heavy a sea as ever men contended with. Two of the boats succeeded in getting nearly alongside the ship, when poor Capt. Kelly's boat was overwhelmed with a heavy sea, and went down stern foremost; Capt. find's boat being nearly 50 yards off, pulled up from the wreck, dashed through the foaming breakers, and succeeded in picking up all Kelly's men, but thenoble man himself had sunk to rise no more, exclaiming as he went, r Lord have mercy on me ! Farewell, boys ; take care of your selvt s.' A braver man never breathed ,• be had on many previous occasions risked his life b 'aye a fellow creature. Three of his crew soon died in the boat from cold and exhaustion. One left a widow and six orphans, a second his widowed mother, sister, and two little children, 'arida third an aged father, mother, and two sisters. Capt. Kelly was unmarried, but has left a widowed mother to la ment the loss of an affectionate son. The other boat returned to the shore, and was compelled to leave again, unaided, the shipwrecked crew to their fate. The new lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat leistitution at Drogheda, which is about ten miles off, was about to be sent for the next morning, when to our joy we perceived that a boat, c:an manded by Mre Stionkey, of the coast-guard, had left the north side of the bay, and was strug gling nobly with the foaming waves to gain the ill fated barque, which was now on her beam-ends, her mainmast having been cut away, and her unhappy crew still in the rigging. The boat succeeded on the first trip in taking off 7 of the crew, mato were brought on shore more dead than alive, not one of them having had any food for three days. The boat, again commanded by the brave Shankey, re. turned en her errand of mercy and succeeded in taking off four more of the crew, the master being the last to leave I.ls ill f,ted vessel. Seven of his crew had perished ou board the barque. Ou shore every atteution was paid to the Shipwrecked. Fish ermen and Manners' Society. It should be stat ed that ten boats including Shankey's, had put off during this long interval with the view of rescuing the nide' tunate crew and that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has presented its silver medal to each of the masters who took charge of the b?ats, and 50/. in aid of the local subi-criptions now rasing for providing for the families of tho drowned, and for rewarding the boats' crew;. That society has also offered to station a lifeboat in the locality, if the inhabitants will co-operate with it in the un dertaking." MONTENEGRO. (Prom the Daily News.) A tall, stalwart, fierce-looking gentleman, in the Albanian costume, accompanied by a Hussar in most gorgeous braiding, made his appearance more than a year ago on the boulevards of Paris. A deep scar across his cheek showed him to have been fami- liar with close conflict. On inquiry this personage was found to be Dmielo, Prince of Montenegro. This potentate was the most arrant of politica coquettes. There was no Court to which he had not vowed fidelity, and from he had not derived succour, or at least encouragement. He was for a long time at Vienna, and made use of the patron age of Austria to accomplish the revolution by virtue of which he reigns—the revolution which allowed him to avoid taking ecclesiastical ordev, and to govern as Prince, not as Bishop or Yladika. He was then Ru ss i an , but, to do him justice, gave no trouble during the war, when he might have done serious mischief. -For this conduct he came, no doubl - ,, to seek a reward in Paris. Should the Levant be divided, as it is asserted and feared, between two alliances, the English, Austrian, and Turkish on one s id e , the French and Russian on the other,—this latter band will have an immense advantage over iti rival. Fiance and Russia are governed by rich, irresponsiNe, and pro digal rulers who have the habit of paying and pen sioning their friends, including even those of the rank of prinees. England has abandoned this prac tice even in the far East. Austria, the most parsi monious of empires, knows the use of the sabre, not that of coin, and Turkey claims more the right to rob than the duty to pay. . . . No one can doubt to which of these two alliances a paltry power in the Levant would be inclined to Lan. The inevitable character, in fact, of their ten dencies is a great argument against petty princes, and against all rulers who are not above the neces sities and meannes of mere personal greed, and who do not participate in that feeling of dignity and pride which arises from the consciousness of their ruling and representing a nation. Take the Prince of Servia, for example ; he would not sell his Principality for a bribe, nor put on either Aus trian or Russian livery ; because he knows and feels that the spirit and attachment of his own peo ple are his best support. It is otherwise with Montenegro, and the circum stances which have raised the chief of 109,000 souls into an independent Prince are, we must confess, to be regretted. But Montenegro, as a military po sition, is so important, that no great power would now willingly see it acquired by another. It con stitutes in itself a mountain fortress, formidable from its position, and for its 20,000 well-armed fighting men, who, it will be recollected, defeated and destroyed an army of 30,000 Turks in 1796. It is at once the point of junction and of sepa ration between Albania and Bosnia. The Prince of Montenegro is from position the natural master of Cattaro, the most magni ficient harbour in the Adriatic. Austria jealously guards this harbour for the time ; but it is not the less a natural dependency of Montenegro. Austria, therefore, though consenting at the present moment to the humbling of the Montenegrins, could no more desire to see them actually conquered by the Turks, than to see them reduced under Russian suzerainty or French influence. It being thus the interest of all the Powers that Montenegro should remain independent, indepen dent no doubt it will be: The Turks themselves have achieved a feat in shipping and conveying a large army from the B ,sphortis to the Dalmatian coast, and landing it there fre.h and well provided, instead of sending it by an exhausting and expen sive march accoss Roumelia. This precedent will greatly add to Turkish force in those western regions, and prove powerful to deter Bosnians or Albanians from insurrectionary movements. And this, probably, is what Turkey chiefly proposed to itself by the expedition. It would be more difficult to explain what good the French.Goverument proposes to itself by its valiant declaration in the Moniteur on behalf of the Montenegrins. Perhaps the Court of the Tuileries, feeling that in retroceding on the Danubian question it is playing no very glo rious part, seeks to recover a portion of its lost credit in the smaller Matter of Montenegro. But to set Prince Daniel() ever so upright upon his rocky throne, must appear to every one, and especially to Frenchmen, a somewhat insignifi cant result of the Crimean victories. The French Republicans and Orleauists are already sneering at the ignominious retreat of the Emperor before Austria and Turkey, and no petty triumph on the Lake of Scutari will be likely to be taken as a set off for total defeat upon the Danube. The proverb, or the translation of a proverb, that took birth about the year 1840, cannot be for gotten. It was then said that the expression of "May France protect you," " Que la France volts protege," meant " Qae le Diable t'emporte," " The Deuce take you." And in truth the realisation of the proverb, which so darnaLed the lustre of Louis Phi pp's rule and throne, has taken place so often of late under Napoleon the Third, that the French begin once more to repeat it Apparently nothing more is needed than for the Moniteur to come out one month with a flaming assertion and resolve, in order to be sure that the next the Emperor will shrink from the magnanimous declaration, and his ,Ministers sneak out of it, ore the ink of their first vaunt is well dry. French government promise, magniloquent at first, become at last infinitesimally small. They were to tree Italy one day ; they end by garrison ing Rome for the Pope. The Emperor was thento liberate Poland; when of a sudden Poland dwindled down to the Danubian Principalities, which were a'suredly to be saved. Now, the inclination seems to be to waive the question of the Principalities, and to substitute in their place the little rock of Montenegro. Even that may one of these days appear too vast, and the sympathies of the Moniteur be concentrated upon and satisfied with Dumas's island of Monte Christ°. MR. CARDWELL'S MOTION. (From the Morning Herald ) Discord and confusion reign in the ranks of the cabal. Mr. Smith's disclosures, the debates on Fri day, and the strong reaction in Lord Ellenborough's favour, have materially damaged that which once promised to be a very pretty cause. Moreover, the real character and object of the conspiracy have been fully disclosed, and many of those who felt an inclination to support Mr. Cardwell's motion oppressed by strange misgivings on the subject. Public opinion sets strongly in favour of Ministers, and their chance of obtaining a glorious triumph, even in a House of Commons elected at the bidding of the member for Tiverton, improves day by d iy. The Opposition chiefs never for a moment doubted that with Lord Shaftesbury's aid, a large majority would be secured in the Upper Hpuse. Yet a ma jority of 25 of those present Oft the occasion reduced itis 10, by the liberal use made by the Whigs of their proxies, have declared in favour of Lerd Derby. The course pursued by Lord Shaftesbury has mate rially shaken his influence. Although he professes to be a Conservative, the public cannot forget that he is nearly related to Lord Palmerston, and that he has been of late one of his most devoted adherents. In a certain portion of the religious world Lord Shaftesbury's reputation stood high, but his share in the Sunday movement at Cam bridge House has created surprise and even indig nation amongst many of his former friends and admirers. Whether Lord Shaftesbury was or was not present at the meeting at Cambridge House o u Sunday can be of litt!e consequence. We are not in the confidence of these politicians, and we do not therefore pretend to decide that point. The Pal merston organ on Monday last announced that such au assembly had taken place at Cambridge House on the previous Sunday, e ereali nvdtd. that On n n tahse ssault upon Ministers was to be d evening of the day on whichtlile forward annou ancesnate the appeared Lord Shaftesbury came champion of the Opposition. He thus virtually became the approver and the abettor of this Sun day movement. Many . persons imagined that there must be some mistake in the matter, and that Lord Shaftesbury would not on any account whatever sanction by . his advocacy a movement commenced under such circumstances and upon the most sacred dsy of the seven. But the weekly organ of the s) c pesition yesterday repeated the statement in conclusive terms. ‘! On Sunday afternoon," says the Observer, " a meeting of m os t o f th e mem b ers of the late abinet was held at Lord Palmerston's, when the position of affairs was fully discussed," k s ." And to this intrigue to reinst a t e a C a bi ne t s couted from power only three months ago Lord Shaftesbury lent his influence and support. Deeply do we regret that one generally respected should so far have forgotten himself, and thus have sh dken confidence in our public leaders. On being invited to undertake the direction of affair?, Lord Derby explained to her Majesty the state of parties, requested our gracious Sovereign to reflect over the matter, .and evinced no anxiety for office. Lord Derby did not, however, hesitate to accept its onerous responsibilities when con vinced that so deity' he should best serve his Queen atid country. The noble earl was aware that in a House of Commons constituted like the present he must be exposed to the risk of a defeat wionevcr hostile and j arr i ng sec ti ons c h ose t o combine for the purpose of harrassing and perplexing the Government. That peril now impends, but the remedy is in Lord Derby's hands. Lords Palmer ston and Russell head a new coalition in order to obtain office, but the country support the present Ministry. Their policy has been eminently success ful, and has gained them many friet.ds. Were this new cabal to succeed in thrusting the Government out, they could not remain in long themselves. Their div sions are healed, the strife is merely suspended. Of courseliberal professions are tendered for the pur pose of obtaining support, but the experience of the last few years shows how pledges are violated and engagements the most solem❑ set at nought. In this emergency, were Lord Derby to retire without a dissolution, he would leave the country without a government. His assailants can only combine for factious purposes—they do not possess the elements of a powerful C tbinet. The public are waiting for the opportunity to sweep away this scattered band of intriguing politicians. Unable to direct affairs with credit and success they coalesce in order to prevent others from carrying out a bold, a wise, and a progressive policy. The popularity of Ministers and the progress made during the last three months in wholesome legislation have induced the member for London and the member for Tiverton to lay aside their animosities and biter jealousy. The old rivalry is not however, extinguished, it is only smothered Hence their great object is to avoid a dissolution. Lor Is Palmerston and Russell know better than we can tell them that at the next general election the old Whig party will be broken up. The bare mention of an appeal to the people makes them shudder. Yet this is the abyss towards which they are hastening. Should success crown their intrigue it will be to them but the forerunner of disaster. The members of the House of Commons have a duty to perform ; and if they fail, by an appeal to the nation will the balance be restored. The elec tors are already preparing for the struggle. Lard Derby has but to give the word, and the majority which he requires will be obtained. Let those who have any doubt upon the subject whisper " dissolution" in the ears of any of the Cambridge House confederates, and mark the effect it will pro duce. They would not make wry faces, and de nounce such a constitutional appeal, if they did not feel convinced that for them and their coalition it means nothing better than total annihilation. TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE FIRST COM MISSIONEIi OF PUBLIC WORKS. Mr. Butler, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, bas recently handed the following memorial to Sir Benjamin Hall : "To THE RIGHT HON. SIR BENJAMIN HILL, BART., M.P., LATE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF HER MAJESTY'S 7 ORKS, &C. " Sir,—We, the undersigned owners of property within the borough of the Tower Hamlets, take the present opportunity of expressing our thanks to you for having originated and matured many great improvements in the Royal Parks of the metropolis, but more especially in the Victoria Park; in which large masses of the indus trial c'asses of the people resident in the eastern parts of London are so deeply interested. " We are also much indebted to you for having, after many years' delay by your predecessors in the office you so recently filled—a delay which operated to the serious loss and inconvenience of the rate payers—caused the important line of communica tion from Shoreditch to the Docks to be opened for public use. We feel that it has not been usual for gentlemen holding high official positions to identify themselves by constant personal inspection of, and take so deep an interest in, the improvements of the eastern parts of the metropolis, and we therefore desire to express to you our respectful opinion that the duties of the office of Chief Commissioner of Works, &c., were performed by you with great real. energy, and ability, and in a manner greatly to the advantage of the public. " It is also a source of gratification to us to ob serve that, in the disposition of your patronage of gatekeepers and other offices in the public parks, you have selected as worthy objects of your consi deration those who have claims upon the public service, and who bear the marks of their valour in the late wars. " We wish also to acknowledge the courtesy and attention we have invariably received from you. It is true that you may not always have conformed to the application we may have made to you, but we have always felt that you have decided imparti ally, and with a view to the public good. " We have the honour to remain, Sir, "Your very faithful and obedient servants." [Here follow the signatures.] Sir Benjamin Hall's reply was as follows : " Great Stanhope-street, May 13, 1858. "Dear Sir,.—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter containing a memorial from certain owners of property and others within the Tower Hamlets, and request that you will be so good as to convey my thanks to the memorialists for the ex pression of their favourable opinion in relation to the matters to which they refer. " I certainly was most anxious during the short period that I held the office of First Commissioner of Public Works to improve the parks, to render them still greater objects of attraction, and bene ficially to expend the moneys voted by Parliament. With regard to the appointments made during elf tenure of the office, 1 considered it to be my duty in the distribution of the little patronage at my dis posal to select persons who really had some claim on ' the public service, and bythe appointment of whom merit might be acknowledged, and a stimulus offered to others to deserve reward. "As you allude to the subject, I may mention that in two years, ending January, 1858, I ap pointed 57 men who had served in the late wars to places as park keepers, park constables, and other somewhat similar offices, admitting those only who could produce with their discharge the most uneV ceptienable references from their commanding offi cers; and these 57 gallant fellows wear upon their • breasts 49 Crimean medals, six Indian medals, one Caffre war med.il, one China medal, one Baltic me lel, four medals for distinguished services on the field, nine good conduct medals, one French good conduct and long service medal, one French war • medal, and one Sardinian medal. They have also 139 clasps declaratory of the action in which the/ have been engaged ; three of them wear the legion of honour, aud three others have that most noble of all distinctions, the Victoria Cross, making a total of 219 marks of honour possessed by these 57 men. " Of those who bad won the Victoria Cross, one has the China medal, the French war medal, and the Crimean medal with three clasps, and he now occupies a new lodge at Holyrood-place. Another has the Ghuznee mei:, al, and the Crimean medal with three clasps, and he lives at the new lodge at the Marble Arch. The third has the Crimean medal with 2 clasps; and is Chevalier of the Legion of Honour ; he also occupies a lodge which bas recently been built in the long walk of the Regent's Park. The \xaduot of these men has been most admirable, and I am happy to think that I have had it in my power thus to bestow places on persons who hem" so nobly d.scharged their duty to their Queen a nd their country. With the renewal of my thanks to the memorialists, and to yourself for the friend/ expressions contained in your letter, I remain yours sincerely, "B. 114.1.1.. " C. S. Butler, Esq., M.P." THE CROPS IN CAMERI DQ E.—Th e wheat and ba r l e y orops are thriving ani looking well, the latter a ppearing to lose its blue and frost-bitten colour, and no doub t onl y requires a few warm days for its natural gree nest,. Meadow crops in this district are materially im p roved during the last fortnight. Most of the p otato shoots ab )ve ground have been cut off by t he severe frosts, and other garden produce is considerably retarded in growtb. —Cambridge Independent. BIRTHS. Encx—On tho I,2th inst., at 44, Notting-hilliquare, the wife of Josiah Erck, Esq., of a eon. KNIGHT—On the 12th inst., at Battersea, Surrey, the wife of John Knight, of a daughter. ST s o t N o E n — e :D of n a th d e au ls g t h h te i r n . st., at Blackheath, Mrs. Thomas WHITE—On the Bth inst., at Grantham, the wife of M r. R. A. White, solicitor, of a daughter. MARRIAGES, FOOTMAN—RANSOMS—On the 12th inst., at St. Marg s ," rat's, Ipswich, Henry, eldest son of the late John Fo" . man, Esq., to Kate, eldest daughter of J. Allen Bo r. some, Esq. GRENFELL -- GRENFELr.—On the 13th inst., at St. Pita . Ci.urch, .Liverpool, Pascoe Du Pre Grenfell, Esq., t be !at son of Pascoe St. Leger Gr-mfcll, Esq. Swause , to Sophia, second (laughter of Vice-Admiral Grenfell, of the Brazilian Service. DEATHS. APPLETON—On the 13th inst., at Brompton-square, Jou ° Appleton, Esq., aged 70. BELL--On the 15th inst., at 263, Oxford-street, Ur. Yr* Bell, aged 58. DIXON—On s he 13th inst., at the Rectory, Nitton, Isle of Wight, the Rev. Richard Dixon, A.M., F.R.S., thirtl years rector of that palish. DANIEL—On .the 13th inst., Howe Conrtonay Danieh Esq., formerly 7th Dragoon Guards, at Chelten ham, aged b 9. HAIGEI—On Thursday, the 13th inst., in Half-Moon - str eett Elizabeth Charlotte, relict of the late Wol• Haigh, }],q , of Grainshy Hall, Lincolnshire. STRONG—Qn the 10th inst., at 51, Pall-mall, Franc is Strung, M.D. late of Calcutta, aged 74. kittl4Dox Printed and Published by kifjßDO YOU ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oiliest Na.ll 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coneil of iliiidlesex, Mowiay, May 17, IESSt