The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-26 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. VISITATION OF TRINITY COLLEGE. Yesterday, at ll o'clock a.m., the Vice-Chancel. for of the lUniversity (Blackburne) and the Arch bishop of Dublin opened the Visitors' Court in the dining-hall of Trinity College. The proceedings were commenced by the reading of the roll of Fel lows and Scholars, all of whom answered to their names, with the exception of some, who were stated by the Provost or other friends to be absent with leave. The roll having been called, the Vice-Chan cellor announced that the first business before the Court was the hearing of Dr. Shaw's appeal against the censure passed on him by the Board of Trinity College some weeks ago. The Vice-Chancellor asked Dr. Shaw whether he appeared by counsel or other wise Dr. Shaw having replied that he wished to appear by counsel, Mr. Lawson, Q. C., the late can didate for the University, rose and delivered an able speech on behalf of Dr. Shaw. In order to comprehend the question at issue, it is necessary to quote the annexed extract from the statement of the learned counsel : Oa the Ist of Feb., 1858, a document of great public importance was issued in this cotntry—namely, the re port of the commissioners appointed by her Majesty to inquire into the state of endowed schools in Ireland. That report was the immediate and proximate cause of the publication of the letter of Dr. Shaw, and the re commendation and observations contained in the report formed a considerable part of the written communica tion in question. This was not the only occasion on wbich Dr. Shaw felt himself coerced by his sense of the duty be owed to the public and this university to call the attention of the public to the state of education in this university, and suggest such reforms as seemed to him to be expedient to be carried out in order to ren der the university as effective ac possible for the objects for which it had been incorporated. Dr. Shaw, in the early part of th e year, published a pamphlet in which he called the attention of the public to the reforms that were going on in the sister universities at the other side ut the water, and impressed upon this university to fol low their example. The report of the Endowed School Commissioners being before the public, and being of course the subject of public comment, Dr. 'Shaw, en the 27th of March, published the following letter "TO THE EDITOR OP THP DAILY EXPRESS. _ _ " Sir,—l have just looked over the able and elaborate letter to Sir G. Grey, in which Mr. Stephens, a member of the late Endowed Schools Commission, details his objec tions to the report, and his plans for bringing about an im proved administration of the schools. Mr. Stephens states that his objections to the report were too strong to allow bins merely to abstain from signing it without alleging the grounds of his dissent, and so various that he could not do justice to them within the orlinary limits of a protest at the end of the report. It is satisfactory, however, to find that, notwithstanding this wide and multifarious diversity between Mr. Stephens and hie brother commissioners, there were some important subjects on which all parties were fully agreed. As most of these subjects on which una nimity prevailed seem to me to concern other educational institutions quite as nearly as they do the endowed schools, and as they appear to me to claim especial attention in their application to the University of Dublin, I would ask leave to quote them inyour columns, where I have:no doubt they will receive the attention they deserve from the alumni' of the university, among the clergy and educated laity of Ireland. Mr. Stephens agrees with his brother commissioners ; "1. That the ' chief causes of abuse and inefficiency in endowed schools' are the following : " a. The want of inspection conducted with authority by duly qualified inspectors, visiting at short and uncer tain intervals. "b. The wait of properly trained masters, receiving adequate remuneration, and animated in the discharge of their duty by the prospects of promotion, -and of retiring pensions as the reward of faithful service. " c. The smallness of many of the endowments. " d. The incomplete and unsafe modes at present in use of keeping the accounts of school funds and revenues, and the want of a proper system of audit. "2. That the provision made for the teachers ought to be such as to enable them to maintain themselves and to provide for their families in a manner suitable to their education and position in society, without its being neces sary for them to resort to any extraneous employment as a means of livelihood.' —Rep. 233. " 7. That all accounts relating to educational trusts ought to be audited under public authority, and the par ticulars thereof accessible to the public. Rep. 233. " I shall not trespass on your valuable space by any com manta on these obvious truths. Those who are in the least acquainted with the state of affairs now existing in Trinity College, Dublin, know that there is, indeed, no want of properly trained masters,' but as to their "receiving ade quate remuneration,' or being animated in the discharge of their duties by the prospects of promotion,' there are some very serious cases of want indeed ; while, as to the prospects of retiring pensions as the rewards of faithful service, such pensions in Trinity College are restricted to members of the board, a body which few of the lower half of junior fellows need ever expect to join until long after age and infirmities shall hays rendered retirement neces sary. With respect to paragraph 2, I shall only observe that there are now six of the fellows permanently obliged to resort to the extraneous employments of grinding,' managing a school,' kc., as a means of livelihood. And on the subject of paragraph 7, I will avow my belief that the simple publication of the college accounts for a few years, would lead to the most important educational reforms, so strikingly opposed is the present distribution of the revenues to the arrangements which the interests of education require, and which the voice of public opinion would speedily enforce. GEORGE F. Sllaw, Fellow and Tutor, T.C.D. That letter was published on the 27th of March, and on the 13th of April Dr. Shaw received the following communication from the registrar of the college : "Trinity College, April 13. "Dear Sir,- -I am directed by the Provost and Senior Fellows to direct your attendance at the boarJ, at 12 o'clock to - morrow.—Faithfully yours, _ H. TODD, Registrar. " George F. Shaw, Esq., LL.D., F.T.C.D." Dr. Shaw ha►ing received that somewhat unusual communieet!on, with the ♦ery natural desire of prepar ing himself with respect to any charge which might be advanced against him by the governing board of the College, wrote the following later : " Trinity College, April 13. "Dear Sir, —lf the matter about whi c h I am summone d to appear before the board to-morrew be of much import ance, I would thank you to inform me what it may be.— Your obedt. servant, " G. F. SHAW. "Rev. Dr. Todd, Registrar." Thit was a courteous and proper reply, and now came the laconic reply : "Trinity College, April 13. "Dear Sir, —The matter which the board have to com municate to-morrow is of importance, but I have no in structions to make it known to you more particularly.— Faithfully yours, " J. H. TODD. G. F. Shaw, LL.D." He (Dr. Shaw) attended the board next day, 14th April. He _found the Provost and seven Fellows assembled in full state. The two Deans were present, and all the solemnities directed by the statutes in reference to a public !admonition were performed, and Dr. Shaw then received the ceosure from which he appealed. When Dr. Shaw appeared before the board he was asked whe ther he was the author of the letter of the 27th March, and having avowed its authorship, the Provost, in the presence of the two Deans, thereupon proceeded to in flict upon him the punishment against which he now ap pealed. The resolution embodying the sentence of the board was passed -on the 13th April, 1858, the day be fore the correepondenoe between Dr. Shaw and Dr. Todd. It was as follows: "Board-room, Trinity College, "Letters were read which had appeared in the public newspapers, signed, one by Dr. Shaw, and the other by Mr. Carmichael, appealing to the public against certain supposed abuses in the internal management of the college. Resolved,—That the discussion of the internal affairs of the college in the newspapers by any of its members, whether fellows or students, is inconsistent with the dis cipline of the college and contrary to the spirit of the sta tutes. The statutes provide a tribunal armed with full authority to decide all controversies and correct all abuses which the Provost and Senior Fellows, when properly called on, have failed t o correct or decide'. [lt then quoted a passage from the statute and proceeded.] The exis tence of this tribunal renders it a hi gh statetable offence fo y member of the college to app ea l t o any external rtrib unal.an It was therefore ordered that ' th e Registrar summ on D Shaw and Mr. Carmichael to att en d th e board to-mor row,r. and that the Provost, in the presen ce o f the two De ans, be retreated to convey to them the f orego i ng resolution, ' and to admonish them to abstain from such conduct in future.' " Mr. Brewster, Q.C., followed on the part.of the Beard of Trinity College, and having addressed the Court at great length, was succeeded by Mr. Joy, Q.O. (aloo a late candidate for the college), who appeared for Mr. Carmichael. The arguments were of a purely technical nature, and pewees no interest for the general public. At the conclusion of Mr.,Joy's address the proceedings were adj•Jurned to this day. THE O'CONNELL FAMILY. The Freeman's Journal of this morning has a brief but eloquent obituary notice of Mr. John O'Connell, the favourite son of the Liberator, whose sudden death was announced by telegraph in the Times of Tuesday. By this event the Clerkship of Hanaper, value 8001. per annum, is left at the disposal of Government. The surviving sons of Daniel O'Connell are Morgan O'Connell, formerly member for Meath, and DAniel, the youngest, who sits for the borough of Traleo. Some 20 years ago, or more, Mr. O'Connell, then in the zenith of his , fame, used proudly to boast that there were "eight of us"--a very forcible hint to the Minister of that day. In 1858 but two of that formidable phalanx we surviving, and only one of the name of O'Con ell is now to be found on the rolls of Parliament. MURDER IN TIPPERARY. -A. letter dated Tipperary, M•Juday morning, i pulAdied u a morning paper, says : i n to Ti ° l ! t "—.!' sTul neighbourhood h ave b een th rown ribie st a ternu",,ct ..x ,ai citement by the perpetration of a hor w 0,,, found T a sm t morning a resp e ct a bl e f armer , name d Green, one mile of this town : a' pace called Ariloman , within The, body, wh , n i.,uni ln a fieli adjliniog his own house. piet„ei,yrets:nted a sbocking appearance. Toe bead was com as issupposed, from the e ff ects of a blow fram Zm i 13e17.11,nL.p instrument. The mangled remains were found appearaYneneg( p a small pool of In a s . h t o h rt e body water, and the general bore evi .aifter the dente of a violent struggle. intelligence arrived in town Mr. Willianatigle qa vine. The and a party of police were at the place where the body was foand, and immediately were on the ,: anxiety con equent upon the a wful outrag e ini Iced your corresnOndent to proceed to thel i —oca.ity, wh era h e learned the following particulars. While I write the e'oro ner for this district (Mr. John Ryan, M.D.) h as I, f , to hold the inquest, and there is every probability that THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E V ENING, some clue will be got towards the apprehension of the party or parties to the foul deed." THE LATE EXECUTION IN NENAGIL A correspondent of the Daily Express of this day puts forward the following statement : "A paragraph from the Dublin Evening Post to the' Effect that Burke, one of the witnesses in the case against the Cormacks, was arrested in Liverpool for perjury, having caused a good deal of sensation, and added an unpleasant degree of importance to a subject which has been freely canvassed since the execution of the Con macks—namely, their innocence—l have learned the facts connected with the rumour. Burke was some days since transmitted from Nenagh, and on his way to Dub lin stated in conversation that he gave his evidence under coercion, and that he knew nothing whatsoever of the transaction, and swore to prevent his being detainedin custody. The matter was reported to the Inspector- General of Constabulary, who caused Burke to be brought back to Dublin, and the police-constables who escorted him from Nenagh were also ordered to attend there to be examined. After a full investigation before the au thorities in Dublin, the statement of Burke was found to 113 groundless, or rather given with a view to stand well with the people, and he was discharged. A strong feel ing exists against the jurors who tried the case. Their names are circulated all through the North Riding of the county of Tipperary ; and numbers of that body, who hitherto were highly popular with the people, are now spoken of w;th opprobrium, and the most absurd stories are told connected with their finding of the ver dict Even persons who were not on the jury, but who were said to be of the number, have already experienced most disagreeable results, which it would not be proper to publish ; but it is an undoubted fact that the morbid sympathy with the unfortunate men who lately suffered the last penalty of the law has reacted upon a class of men who have faithfully and fearlessly at all times dis charged their duties to themselves and to the country." THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSE CONSPIRACY. (From, the Daily News.) We hear on all sides of the great political " dead lock." Parties can't be kept together ; majorities won't work. Powerful and popular Ministers sud denly find themselves denuded of support. There are no effective rallying cries. The Whigs are in dignant. The Coteries are puzzled. The Solons of St. James's-street and Pall-mall sit owl-like in solemn conclave, peering out blankly into the chaos. All kinds of devices are tried and found wanting. Cambridge House, according to John Bright, has attempted a Government by evening parties, but this, too, would appear to have failed like the rest. What does it all mean, and where is it to end ? are questions asked on all sides, without meeting with any very satisfactory answer. It is no doubt high time that some answer should be given—that some serious and earnest attempts should be made to ascertain the nature, the causes, and the remedies of a political condition so anoma lous and perplexing. Suppose, instead of asking incessantly where it is all to end, we began by try ing to find out how it all began. What are the causes of that political indifference and stagnation which have for a time suspended the regular and animated working of our Parliamentary system ! The inquiry is not an abstruse one—the solution of the problem requires no deep reach of philosophy. It needs little more than ordinary attention to the plain meaning of one or two phrases which are so often on our tongues that they are scarcely ever in our thoughts. All political parties, by universal admission, are substantially reduced to two—the Liberal and the Conservative ; the party of Pro gress and the party of the Status in quo. There is no avowedly Retrogade party in Parliament ; there is no avowedly Destructive party ; there are none who would go back ; none who would pull down. The desire to keep things as they are, either more or less absolutely, is the characteristic principle of the Conservatives. The desire to move onwards, either more or less rapidly, is the characteristic principle of the Liberals. Now it is quite conceivable that a period should arrive when, from the absence on the Liberal side of any vigorous impulse to advance, and on the Conser vative side, of any rooted aversion to c:iange, the mass of Parliamentary or active politicians ranged under the opposite denominations of Liberal and Conservative should he distinguishable rather iu name than in reality. A period like the present— a period;whieh has succeeded to the great middle class Revolution of 1832 without participating in its active enthusiasm or its turbulent excitement— a period of widely diffused information and of varied experience, which has witnessed, on one hand, the dissipation of so many eleutheromaniac dreams, and, on the other, the utter futility of so much stubborn resistance to institutional change— such a period as this is naturally distinguished by the presence of political eclecticism and the absence of party zeal. It is well if it be not also leavened with the scepticism to which all public objects are alike indifferent, and the cynicism to which all public virtue seems a delusion, and a lie. In free constitutions these epochs of political languor are not without their peculiar dangers. Without the animating stimulus derived either from grand ob jects of pursuit or conscientious principles of. resis tance, the business of politics is too apt to degene rate into a sterile conflict for place and power—the faction-fights of retainers for their chiefs, not the struggle of parties for their cause. What, life can there be in a Party of Progress which has ceased to be progressive, or in a Party of Resistance which has nothing to resist 1 The result is what we see—uncertainty, embarrassment, disorgauis e tion—in a word, the dead-lock. Now, in the middle of the eighteenth century-- in the days of the Walpoles and the Pelhams, when the State was a virtual aristocracy, the middle class a political-nonentity, and the "great order" of the peasantry and handicraftsmen but a dumb multitude—this state of political equipoise was natural enough. Where the people had 110 voice, progress no organ, and resistance no object, the problem for politicians was well understood to be seduced to a simple question of dexterously divi ding the spoils of office. To extend connexions, to secure votes, to get and keep place, and to let things in general pretty much alone, w as a l mo st the whole science of politics with statesmen of the Bubb Doddingtou type. It is different now. In. 1832 a new power entered into the domain of legis lation ; the artificial barriers were removed ; and since then the stream of progress has flowed inces santly onward, varying in its speed, but uniform in its tendency. The rush of waters that followed the Reform Bill, the angry rapids that swept away the Corn Laws, have been followed for a time by the tranquil lapse of a broader and more languid stream. But it is movement still. It is not stag nation • it is not e qu ip o i se . Th e d ea d-l oc k i s not in the Nation ;itis in the politicians—it is in those who fail to comprehend its t en d enc y, t o represen t its wishes; to enter into its spirit. Those who would sway a people must rise to the level of is destinies, must discern before they can lead, and be wise before they can be powerful. Above all, if they aspire to head the palter of Progress, they mast renew their youth with the spirit of the class in which Progress is most vital. The classes whom the Reform Bill enfranchised are not the whole of the Nation. Ten-pound householders are much, but they are not all. Above and beside the electsrel qualification of 1832 there are numbers—below it, there are multitudes tho roughly competent and honourably eager for the full exercise of the active duties of citizenship. A wide extension of the suffrage, accompanied by that protection of secret voting without which it will be to thousands a burden in the guise of a birthright, is a concession not only to the just claims of the People, but to the future prospects of progressive legislation, which the party calling itself Liberal—assuming to act on the principles of pro gress-esshas been suicidal in so long deferring. If it is to be said that th e coun t ry does not in truth desire suck a measure—if the middle classes an content with what they acquired in '1832, and the unrepresented class have no craving for their rights —then, of course, t h e present position of Parties adequ a t e l y represents the present position of the Nation. if this be so the dead lock is the only and Pro gr cry lknow bes t suite that possible conditio n of politics, and "Lord Palmer stonaanudt the we a l essive I m p rovemen t" are th e man nation .. e a v n e d n th th e e t v im er e y . this l t htn th e tsoi sn o House of Commons at, under the influence of popular bewilderment, support this m an away from both. The country snore earnest than L ord P I and a w t as hi elected a year ago t o I cry, has already f a ll en wants some lead er a tnerston come cry more definite than Progressive Im provement. What. the cry is, no Liberal ens doubt, Secret Vol - in , Household and Educational Suffrage,, „, express with sufficient accuracy the most imminent political needs of the time. Who is to be the leader? The person may principle be contingent, but th e p • • l e - p 1:4 clear : it will, it can only be that state sman, or that order of statesmen, who shall show mo -t promptness in adopting, and most earne,t -11033 in prometin,, e the only adequate meaus for re.cuing Party fr•im its present dead-lock, and ip nint , up before the English p, °plc a new I , it 1 broad path of sec i ri emelt-ration, politictlprogre ss and constitutional self-de velopalent. (Prom the Morning Herald ) The battle has been fought and, the victory is won, what are to be its fruits I Though Lord EUen borough has resigned office the doctrines he has enunciated will live and survive all the politician 4 who have mingled in ihe recent strife. Those doc trines are the fruits of the victory. "We desire," sail his lordship, "to see British authority in India rest upon the willing, obedience of a contented people : there cannot be contentment where there is general confiscation. Governme n t . canno t l ong be m a i n t a i ne d b y any force in a country where the whole people is rendered ho ,tile by a sense of w rong ,• and if it were possible so to maintain it, It Would not be . a consummation to be desired.' These are sentiments worthyindeed of being printed in letters of gold, or, better still, in accordance with Oriental practice, of being engraved on mono laths, rocks, and temples. Justice is the cheapest and most effective of all pacificators ; and the in stincts of all races of men render them susceptive of its influence and obedient to its decrees. Such is de clared to be our future policy in the rule of British India, and it entitles the Conservative. party to the confidence of the people. It should be remembered, though the fact is too frequently forgotten or ig nored, that British arms alone did not effect our earlier conquests in Hindostan. We first aspired to be territorial proprietors after the dismemberment of the Mogul empire, when various competitors disputed for the fragments at the point of the sword. On entering upon the political stage we found that empire parcelled out into several inde pendent states, each of which was eager to grasp at the territories of its neighbour, and the conse quences wereia normal state of internecine war and anarchy, in which neither life nor property were secure from day to day. To protect themselves against the savagery of their own countrymen the weaker rajahs and native princes sought the pro tection of the British, whose superior military or ganisation they recognised and appreciated ; be tween us and them an alliance was formed offensive and defensive, with a view to protect the rights of the contracting parties ; and when peaCe was per manently established those rights were confirmed by treaties. For some time these were olaerved with honourable fidelity, but when the doctrine was broached that the East India Company consti tuted the paramount state excuses were framed for annexation and justice disappeared. At length Lerd Dalhousie gravely propounded a principle which reversed our ancient policy of friendship to the native princes and exhibited us in the character of American filibusters, while we were reproving Russia for its seizure of Poland and Finland, the Crimea and Circassia. When Settara was confis cated Lord Dalhousie said :—" I take this fitting opportunity of recording my strong and delibera.e opinion, that in the exercise of a wise and sound policy the British Government is bound not to put aside or to neglect such rightful opportunities of ac quiring territory or revenue as may from time to time present themselves." We are not now about to inquire what were the remote or proximate causes of the present rebellion but he must be sinfully blind or stupidly credulous who excludes from view the modern policy of an nexation, involving the spoilation of the native princes and extinction of the native aristocracy. With the sagacity and foresight of a true states man Lerd Ellenborough predicted what would be the result of confiscation many years before he wrote the celebrated dispatch which gave rise to the late debate ; and considering that he has had the magnanimity to sacrifice himself rather than forfeit honour or abandon principle, it becomes our dutyessand we discharge that duty with pleasure— to place his opinions more fully before the bar of public opinion, convinced that they will meet with unqualified approval by every high-minded lover of justice. "Our government," said his lordship, "is at the head of a system composed of native states, and I would av o id t a ki ng w h at are cal l e d rightful occasions of appropriating the territories of native states ; on the contrary, I should be disposed so far as I could, to maintain the native states, and the giving to the subjects of those states the con viction that they were considered permanent parts of the general government of India, would Ma terially strengthen our authority. 1 feel satisfied that I never stood so strong with my own army as when I was surrounded by native princes ; they like to see respect shown to their native princes. These princes are sovereigns of one-third of the population of Hindostan ; and with reference to the future condition of the country it becomes more im portant to give them confidence that no systematic attempt will be made to take advantage of the failures of heirs to confiscate their property, or to injure in any respect those sovereigns iu the posi tion they at presJnt occupy." These opinions were carefully formed after a residence in the country, and their spirit was in fused into the dispatch which a hungry and un principled coalition sought to inculpate. Lord Ellenborough stands before the country as the representative of moral power ; Lord Palmerston is the turbulent champion of physical force ; the one respects the rights of private property, the other advocates confiscation. Now, as suming that the expected dissolution had taken place, which the pseudo-Liberals dreaded, but from which the Conservatives did not shrink, who can doubt, on the issue submitted to the constituencies, that Lord Derby would have secured a triumphant majority ? On the one hand, the country, is not enamoured of the increasing pressure of army and navy estimates, the result of aggressive and unjust wars ; and it knows full wall that protracted hos tilities in India may require a second army of 50,000 men. Even, then, upon the lower grounds of finance, to say nothing of the higher grounds of justice and humanity, the Conservatives would have gained a victory on the electoral hustings. But they would have appeared with other claims. They have quieted the angry feelings that were becoming intensified between France and England, and procured the release of the British engineers captured on board the Cagliari ; they kept good faith in reducing the income tax from 7d. to 5d., which good faith Sir C. Lewis would have violated ; they have not opposed the repeal of the Property Qualification Act; and Lord Derby has expressed his readiness, when the state of the Treaeury will admit of it, to repeal the paper duty. With these recommendations the Conservatives might have courted a gsneral election with a certainty of advan tage ; but the pseudo-Liberals dreaded the en counter. It has been said that India in the future will prove the difficulty of Government as Ireland was in the past. Not so, if the advice of Lord E led borough be adopted. When the minds of the native princes are free from doubts of an uncertain future, and feel a confidence which the Dalhousie policy uprooted, we may expect that the arts of industry will be actively prosecuted. Of territorial domi nion we have already more than enough, and ex perience has shown that fresh acquisitions are not accompanied by increased revenue. We should take the position of an umpire in a court of con ciliation, retaining sufficient power to enforce obedi ence to our just decrees. India should be viewed as a market of production and consumption, not as an arena of diplomacy, or a theatre of war. Its real interests should ever be regarded as insepar able from the manufacturing interests of the United Kingdom. Hitherto it has been a field in which the relatives of the Court of Directors have amassed private fortunes, but nothing has been done to elevate the condition of the people. A new race now exists, numerous and influential, descended from native mothers and British fathers, and it is neither just nor prudent to ignore their claims to some share of administrative power. To the Hindoo, Mahomedan, and half-caste popula tion the despatch of Lord Ellenboroogh is really a message of reconciliation and peace, based on th e eternal principl es o f j ust i ce. At noformer period did they receive such gratifying assurances, and we may regard Lord Ellenborough as the pacificator of Hindostan. It is a proudly distinguishing title, and he may well accept it as a compensation for his loss of office, though the publ;c would rejoice if he watched over the application of his own glorious principles. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. The annual conversazione of this body took place last night at the house of the Institution, Great George street, Westminster. Mr. Locke, M. P., the president, had the pleasure of gathering around Lim an assemblage of the most e m i nen t sc i ent ifi c, professional, and practical men, not only of the United Kingdom, but of foreign countries. As usual, upon these occasions, the theatre, and the suite of reams by which it is approached were filled with models of all the latest inventions in every de partment of practical science. Rare and choice flowers spread fragrance around—pictures by the best modern painters adorned the walls—exqt I ite busts and full-sized figures in marble were profusely diapla) ed—and at every step the attenton of the visitor was c ilhd to exhibit. ions of excellence in the practical application of science and artistic enter prise. Among tho4e which excited the most general intertst were some new developments of the rapidly-advancing discoveries of the age—the elec !re telegraph and ph =tography. In the former, M. John, of Prague, exhibited an improvement upon Morse's patent, by which the mesage, as it is sent, is presented on a thin and narrow strip of paper— somewhat re embling a piece of tape, in distinct and indelible characters, and the r,•ceiver of the message being farnishe .1 with the original tel gram, will la., enabled thus to correct any mist die in tvansor iption. It is said that by this system as many at 70 wont a, minute tu be legibly written. r. 13 tut n.'s articclated trains of vessels of light alsodrau specially a r l l i y lv a n l b a y p t a f e o a r in t - i t ] g internale o f great river power, tra b al u c t of Ind a, also e d pha es upon a largo scale, very general attention. The photonapl.7, pictures of the moon in its various The mon ier nugget of pure gold, exhibited at table t were t,he also c t r a e great source alae e, of attrac. ion. l which his been ex g l, was shows upon a e beside an . equally of the richest unrivalled black of malachite genf.ral appearance de scription. The "nugget" tested the strength of IllsaTistsfaction. many to turn it over, and in its and configuration suggests irresaatibly the idea of an igneous origin. It is needless to add that the with the president receiv. d his numerAts guests made f u o t r in t o li s e t i rcourle entertainmentan d th g a a t vteh universale arrangt TELgGRA PHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. The following communications have been ad dressed to a contemporary Sir,—lt is with some reluctance that I am in duced to address you, in consequence of the appear ance this day in your paper of a letter from the Rev. G. P. Badger, advocating the establishment of a line of electric telegraphs to India by way of the Red Sea, and objecting to the one now a b ou t t o b e laid down through Turkish Arabia. I have not been in any way personally connected with either of these projects, but I am sufficiently acquainted with each personally to be able to say that there is not any serious difficulty attending the construction of either. I feel that their several advocates will be found correct, as to some, at any rate, of the difficulties which are stated to belong to the rival line. In fact, I quite expect that each will in practice experience temporary interruption, but this only for a brief space of time • and the ob jections are so nearly bal ance d t h at I should find it almost impossible to decide which deserves the pre ference, if only one line were to be established. Nor is it the t.upposed 'danger alone belonging to each which re pins to be balanced, but the rela tive advantages should also be seriously weighed, such as having a complete command in the case of a line by sea, if adopted, while the one by land would include Constantinople, Asia Minor, Bag dad, and Persia." also. It is, however, quite unnecessary for me to enter into these and many other considerations, because I take the simple English view of this question, and I confidently expect you will repeat your ad vocacy of it, that Great Britain requires both lines of communication with India in order that there may still be communications with the East, when, through accidental or international causes, the wires are broken or cut. I have already on two occasions advocated the establishment of a double line of communication with India. One was during a lecture delivered by me at the United Service Institution towards the end of July last on the military and commer cial bearings of our communications with India ; and the other was a paper which I read before the British Association in Dublin last September. I thought at that time, as I do now, that the East India Company should lay down a cable from Kur rachee to Ras El Had, for the common use thus far of the double lines by way of the Red Sea and Turkish Arabia, leaving the task of laying them down to the rival companies. Cap'. Pullen's examination has confirmed the statement which I made on the occasions alluded to, that neither the depth of the water nor the coral rocks would cause any particular difficulty in lay ing down cables, which should, I presume, pass along the southern coast of Arabia and agaqn b:- tweeu headland and headland to Suez. As concerns the oiler line, a cable could be laid alceig the Persian Gulf to the estuary of the Euph rates, and thence either by land or in the bed of the Tigris to Bagdad; and again from the latter city to Coustantin - ple. The greatest part of this distance is as safe as if it were in England. Between Bag dad and Diarbekir it may be otherwise, but the strong hand of Omar Pasha and the favourable dis position of the Sheikh of the Shammar tribe cause me to feel much more confident regarding the secu rity of the wires than I felt at one time. Indeed, the Sheikh of the Shammars sent me a message to Constantinople, expressing his readiness to give me some 5;000 workmen and other assistance as soon as I reached his territory. When the Atlantic cable snapped last year, in conjunction with a high authority, the late Sir F. Beaufort, I suggested to the Government that the broken cable might be purchased and laid down between ICurra,chee and Ras El Had, and this for common use of the Red Sea and Arabian lines ; but nothing was done at that time, nor has there been subsequently, with the exception of the advocates of each line endeavouring t r show the impractica- Witty of the other, and thus losing sight of the main question, that we urgently, and, I may add, impe ratively require bath; for which reason each should support its supposed rival, or—what would be still better—unite the two companies and urge the Go vernment to give equal countenance and support to the two projects. I cannot close these remarks without expressing my regret that the question of a communication with India by electric wires was not taken up 1 mg ago. When I was at Constantinople in Sept., 1856, about the railroad, I thought it right to enter upon the question of electric wires, and having done so in a general way to anticipate other applications. I found the Porte perfectly le.aly to grant a conces sion for this purpose, and this I made known in London without desiring to take any other part, The opportunity was, however, lost, and the Turks, thinking it would be a very lucrative concern, after wards di aided to keep the wires in their own hands, and I believe Col, Bidslulph, of the Royal Artil lery, a m )st energetic man, is now laying do - xn the wires GI. the T.irks, and, taking into acciunt the support he will have from Omar Pasha, 1 think we shall find that ere long there will be a communica tion with India, Still, it cannot be comolofe as concerns our national interests without another or oven a third line, which, I would suggest, should be opened across the Black Sea to Asia Minor, and thence through Southern Persia to Bushire. I shall not enter upon the details beyond saying that such a line would be easy of accomplishment, not expensive, and quite secure.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, F. R. CHESNEY. Athenaeum, May 25. Sir,—Having already stated on the 4th inst. my convic'ion "that the interests of this country de mand that telegraphic communication with India shou!d not be dependent on a single line,"l greatly regret that the Rev. Mr. Badger's letter, which ap peared in your impression of to-day, should be con ceived in such a spirit of hostility to the Persian Gulf, ono of the two routes considered possible, that I am compelled once more to request the favour of your acecx , ling me space for a few observations. The objection urged by Mr. Badger against the Persian Gulf route is simply the danger that may be expected from the Arabs to a line of telegraph which is now bing, or is immediately about to be made by the Turkish Government between Con stantinople and Busaorah. Mr. Badger assumes that the telegraphic wire will be carried from Constantinople by Aleppo to th e Persian Gulf. This is a mistake —the line will follow the road by the towns of Sivas, Diarbekir, Mosul, and Bagdad, passing through a settled country under the control of the Turkish Government. On the road between. Bagdad and Constantinople, a regular postal communication is established, and there are post-houses every 10 or 12. miles. Is it, then, more likely that the inhabitants will destroy a line of telegraph, the intrinsic value of which to them is nothing, than the post-houses, from which horses and other valuable property could be ob tained ? Between Bagdad and the Persian Gulf I am as sured. by Capt. Lynch and others (who have gone over the whole district to be traversed by the Turkish telegraph, and not a portion of it only, as Mr. Badger has done) that there is a line of country in which the telegraph may be established where there aro no Bedouins, of whom Mr. Badger appears to stand in so much dread. Capt. Lynch, who sees no difficulty in either the Red Sea or Persian Gulf route, h s h id great experience of the Arabs, hav ing commanded the East India Company's vessels on the Euphrates and Tigris, and had entire charge of the postal communications, authorises me to state that ho delivered a mail regularly for some years between Buss - xah and Damascus, without experiencing any material interruption. Sr Henry Rawlinson (a good authority on this subject Mr. Badger will admit) stated in the House of Commons on the 15th ult , when moving la copies of the correspondence that had taken place with regard to the line between Constantinople and Bussorah, that " if he had made any statementthat night, the object of it would have been to show that tiegraplvc c.nnmunication between England and India by the Red Sea was of the utmost d ffi culty, if nut impracticable, while through Turkey it would be quite easy." Mr. Badger states the diff,rence of dis'ance be tween the Red Sea anti Persian Gulf routes to be 800 miles inTivour of the latter. The Turkish Go vtratuent, the rev. gentleman must be Well aware, has previded the materials f, r the line between Constantinople and Buss . »ali ; there, therefore, only remain 1,200 miles of cable to be supplied for the te'egraph from the latter plac 3 to Kurra ohm The distance between Malta and Kurrachee via the It-d Set is upwards of 5,0J0 miles (the chair !Lan of the Red Sea Company, in his letter to Lerd Palmerton, dated July 15, 1857, states the dis tance b. twe n Suez and Kurrachee to be 5,000 miles), iu)t a wile of the cable fur which has yet I) en orde: ed. The difference therefore seems to in, t ) be 3,800 mi'es in favour of the Persian Gulf rou'e. Having now, as I believe, effecturdly disposed of the objectinn advanced against the Pers;an Gulf route, by the to tirnony of gentlemen more exren sively acquainted with Acia is Turkey than Mr. Badgeris, I le tve the public to julge, putting the question of expense entirely aside, whether it is more advantageous to the interests of this country to commence the construction and submersion of 5,000 miles of cable required for the Red Sea route, the difficulties of which no person at all acquainted with the risks incident to laying long lengths of submarine cable can deny, or to undertake at once the 1,200 miles of cable neces ary for the Bussorah and Kurrachee telegraph, to be submerged in a shallow sea, and in which the Indian navy have MAY 26, stations already established.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, graphed back to Woolwich. The train then pro ceeded to London, and on arriving at the terminus witness saw the prisoner get out of one of the car riages, and was about to walk ( ff the platform with the parcel under his arm. Witness immediately stopped him and asked him what parcel he had titere, and where he got it from, when he replied that it was his, and that he had brought it from Woolwich. He took him to the station-master's office, when he was given into the custody of Ser geant Smith, 4 M. Witness added that all charges had been paid on the parcel, and it was marked for immediate delivery. The prisoner must have been very expert in abstracting the parcel from his break, as witness was hardly two minutes out of it at Woolwich. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company, Gresham-house, Old Broad etreet, London, May 25. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--j ay 25. MANSION-HOUSE.—Thos. Lay, a dirty disso lute-looking fellow, was charged with neglecting his children, and leaving them chargeable to the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate. It appeared from the evidence of Thos. Lay, an ' intelligent but delicate lad of 15, that the prisoner was his father, and that his mother had been dead some time. Besides himself his father had three Aber sons, aged 1.2, 8, and 4, respectively. Witness was apprenticed to a factor, bad for a l ong ti me k ep t himself upon his wages of 4s. a week, and the next boy, who worked at a pewterer's, also earned 4s. weekly and kept himself—the other two children being dependent upon their father, with whom they all lived together in Goodman's-yard. About a month ago, however, their father left home, giving them 55., and had never returned since, except one day when lie looked in and left ls. Gd. ou the chimney-piece, so that the younger c hild ren were nearly starved, and witness was compelled, as the only means of keeping them from actually starving, to bring them to the Lord Mayor, who first kindly relieved them and sent them to the workhouse, where they still remained, at the same time issuing his warrant for the prisoner's apprehension. The Assistant-relieving officer to the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, deposed that lie had appre hended the prisoner that morning while doing some stable work. Prisoner said he had done all he could for his children. He had had no regular work since Chri‘t was, and all the money he had earned during the last months was the ls. Gd. he had left on the chim ney-piece. The job ho was that morning taken from was the first half-day's work lie had had since. isoner's eldest eon said his father, when he did live with them, was constantly coming home drunk, when he used the most disgusting language before the youngest children. The prisoner denied that he was of drunken habits, but The Lord Mayor told him his appearance was quite decisive on that Feint without the aid of other evidence. The son said his father had been altogether regard less of the welfare of the little children: Oa one oc casion, on a Saturday night, he went home with a sovereign, out of which he gave witness ss. for the week, kee)ing the eat for himself. Th,3 Lord Mayor—Only ss. for four children, and 15s. for yourself. ‘Vhat a heart you must have. Prisoner (sullenly)—Well, I had myself to keep. The Lord Mayor—But who was to ke , p your children I'm sure, if this boy, of whom you ought to be proud, had not brought them to me, they must have starved, and yet they looked so neat and tidy, I was really surprised. The witness modestly said he kept them as. neat as he could, as he had no'one to help him. The Lord Mayor encouragingly told him he would one day be rewarded for his conduct, as no doubt some one would be found to take charge of his younger brothers. Mr. Combos asked the prisoner what he had to say about it. He replied that a man gave it to him to hold while he got out of the carriage, and then the guard pounced upon him. The guard hero observed that he was walking with it off the platfcrua towards the incline. Mr. George Graves, an in-pector in the com pany's employ, informed his worship that when the prisoner was searched the " way-bill" for the parcel of fish was found on him, so that it was clear that he had been in the guard's break. Sergeant Smith also said that his worship would perceive the prisoner bad given two addresses, which looked very suspicious. Mr. Hughes, the solicitor, here entered the court, and identified the parcel as belonging to him. It contained deeds of the purchase of pro perty in Kent for his brother, worth 2,500/. The stamps alone cost 471. Ils. 6d. Mr. Combs remarked that the abstraction of the parcel might hive been of very serious inconve nience to Mr. Hughes, and as he suspected the pri soner was an adept at such offences, he should re mand him until Wednesday, to give the constables an opportunity of making inquiries about him. WANDSWORTEL—SamueI Martin, a farmer, of Garrett-lane, Wandsworth, appeared to a sum mons charging him with having unlawfully turned out and kept depastured upon Clapham-common upwards of 100 sheep, which were in an unfit and diseased condition. David Porter, the Common keeper, deposed that there had been a great many complaints of the state of the defendant's flock of sheep turned upon Clapham-common. They were complained of in 1857, and on the 13th April last he had his attention again drawn to them, He examined them on that oc casion, and found them diseased to a very alarming cxteilt. He saw them again on the 17th inst., and they were will in a diseased state. Several of the sheep had died on the common from the disease, and he had buried three. The inspector of nuisances for Clapham, stated that there were several complaints made to the Wandsworth B card of Works of diseased cattle being turned and kept upon the COIIIIIIOI3. Those complaints were made in 1856, and also in April last. When he saw them in April last they were in a shocking state from disease. He saw one of the sheep without an ear, which had fallen off from disease, and the other ear was merely hanging by a piece of skin. Some of the feet of the sheep were rotten, and they could scarcely walk. The board had complained to the defendant on several occa,- stens, but no notice had been taken, with the ex ception that they were removed from one common to another. Prisoner—Why, ono day that boy told me not to go to his home, for if I did he wouldn't have me there. Witness—No, father. You came in one day and going to the cupboard you took some of our bread, which was little enough for us four, and I told you if you couldn't bring us any money you had better keep away. That was all. The Lord Mayor--And very proper too, when you wanted to live on his small earning , . You are one of the greatest brutes for a father that ever came before me. It is plainly proved that you have neglected your children, and I shall send you to hard labour for a month. If you ever come here for the same thing again I shall send you for three. Elizabeth Ohamberg, a respectably dressed mid dle-aged female, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and wilfully breaking a square of glass, value 255., and also with attempting to com mit suicide in a cell at the police station. It appeared from the evidence that on Monday evening the prisoner and two other w omen wen t to Mr. James Clousely, veterinary surgeon, of Park road, Clapham, Mr. John Donough, the medical officer of health for Clapham, and Mr. William Curtis, a butcher, of Clapham, gave similar evi dence of the diseased state of the sheep. The medical officer stated that they were in a deplorable state, apparently starved, and covered with scars and sores. Edmund Knight, the officer of the Clapham Branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that the secretary had complained to Mr. Martin of the shocking state of the sheep some time during last year. The defendant denied that any of his sheep were in a diseased state, or that he had lost any of his flock. This proceeding was taken at the instigation of the butchers who wished him not to turn his sheep upon the common. He took the sheep away on Saturday when they were complained of. The defendant's shepherd was then called, and admitted that the sheep were diseased, but not more so than other persons', and said they would not harm anybody. Mr. Ingham said he could not conceive a worse case, and as the defendant had repeated the act after frequent warnings he should fine him the full penalty of 101. and costs. The money was paid. the [labia Hood public-house, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, where, after they had stayed drink ing for some considerable time, they got fighting in parlour. They were, however, turned out of that room, but immediately afterwards "strip ped," and turned to, for a second time, iii the bar, to the great annoyance of the landlady and custo mers, until at last they were put into the street. They then began creating an uproar outside, and the prisoner, walking up to the door, deliberately put her fist through a square of glass value 255. She was then given into custody, being quite drunk and conveyed to the Bishopsgate-street police-sta tion from which she was removed shorty after to the M or-lane station, where about "'in. , : o'clock, police conitable 150, on visiting her in her cell, found her nearly strangled by a piece of tape, which was twisted and tied so tightly round her neck, that it was oily by the aid of his wife, whom he called to his assistance, he was able to cut it off, and only after some considerable trouble, and the liberal application of restorative; they were able to briag her to her senses. The prisoner said she lived in the Hackney-road, and went out on Mind ty morning to receive 100., when she met the two women referred to in the evidence, who asked her to treat thorn, and she took them into the Robin Hood for that purpose. They were c , mfortable enough so long as her 10s. lasted, but when her money was gone her com panions, who she supposed thought she had get more, abused her and struck her, and that was how the row began. As for the window, she was lean ing on the door and her elbow went through it accidentally. HAMMERSMITH. —Mr. Ch'tries Clark Wil liams, pawnbroker, of High-street, Notting-hill, was summoned for refusing to deliver a pledge after the principal and interest had been tendered. The defendant was represented by his assistant, and Mr. Hurry also appeared for him. Henry Barfoot, a painter, living at No. 2, Dart mot►th-street, Notting-hull, stated that on the 23d of July last he pledged at the defendant's shop two brushes, called "dusters," for ls., and received two duplicates. On the 17th inst. he sent his daughter, a little girl, to redeem them. He gave her a polite note to the pawnbroker and is. lid., being the principal and interest. His daughter returned, stating that 4d. more was required for the interest before they could be redeemed. She ;Iso brought back the tickets, and he then found that the date of one had been altered from the 24th to the 23d of July. He believed it was a trick to obtain double interest upon the pledge, and he therefore took out the su►nmong, as they refused to deliver up the brushes without the in terest on the two tickets. In answer to questions by Mr. 'lorry, the wit ness and he pawned the brushes in the name of John Brown. , He took the brushes in one parcel, and he would swear they were one pledge and not two. Be thought at the time it was a peculiar transaction, and be had his suspicions. It was the only time he had ever pledged, or he might have made some inquiries when the two tickets wtre delivered to him. Eliza Barfoot, the daught er , corro b orate d h er father's evidence, and said she saw one of the young men alter a figure on the ticket. Mr. Horry submitted that the complainant had placid himself out of court on his showing that he had given a false name, whereby he had incurred punishment of three months' imprisonment. Mr. Ingham referred to the 10th section of the Pawnbrokers Act, and said it did not make the giving a false name an offence ; it merely made it a ci•cum-tance of suspicion. Mr. Horry then went on the merits of the case, and said it was the practice to make separate pledges of duster brushes, for if they were put together it injured the hair. The complainant denied that it was necessary to separate them, and said he took them in oue parcel. The assistant said he remembered taking in the brushes, and told the man at the time he could not take them as one pledge. He gave him 6d. upon each and the two tickets. The prisoner's husband, who was in court, said his wife was au easy, good-natured creature, who was easily led astray by some bad ones, - vho threw themselves in her way, but she wasn't altogether a bad wife for an " honest, respectable working man" like himself. The Lord Mayor commenced to address the pri soner in his usual admonitory strain when drunk enness is in question, particularly enlarging upon the disgrace brought by her conduct upon an " honest and respectable husband," when an officer in court said the prisoner and her husband, until recently, kept a brothel in Montague-court, Bishopsgate, and the husband, admitting that he had kept the brothel referred to for six or seven years, still protested that he was an "honest and respectable man"---iis "he had been drawn into it"—and all his lordship's eloquence could not persuade him to the contrary. Ultimately the Lord Mayor dismissed this "re spectable man" with indignant disgust, and fined his equally "respectable" wife 255. for the damage, and 20s. for being drunk, o r one month's impri sonment. - In default of payment she was locked up. GUILDHALL.—WiIIiam Rawson, who was re manded from Saturday last, was committed for trial upon three separate charges of obtainiog goods of the total value of 1601. Mr. Ingham recommended that the parties should settle the case, for he could not suppose that Mr. Williams, who had always conducted his business with propriety, had given the two tickets on one pledge for the purpose of getting double interest. The assistant would rather leave it to his worship to decide, as it was very important to pawnbrokers. Persons might come to their shops wit h two tickets, and declare the property was pawned at the same time, and only pay single interest up )n them. Mr. Ingh im then said he should dismiss the summons. MARYLEBONE.—John Train, a donkey dri ver, was charged before Mr. Broughton with the following act of cruelty. Mr. Lowe, chief unstable of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, gave evidence that on Monday afternoon he saw the prisoner driving three donkeys on the Lower-heath Hampstead. They were ridden by females up a steep hill, leading to the Upper-heath. They were going at a fast trot, but notwithstanding they were progressing as fast as they could, the prisoner inflicted numerous blows over the hips and hocks of the poor beasts with great violence with a cudgel, which he continued to the top of the road, where he, witness, lost sight of him. In a short time the prisoner retuned, himself riding one of them, galloping the whole of them down the hill, and beating them all over the head and eyes with the cudgel till he reached the blitom of the hill. The blows were given with such force that the sound resembled the beating of carpets more than anything else. He had an officer of the society with him, into whose cus'ody he was given. Thomas Bradley, the officer alluded to, cor rohomted Mr. Lowe's statement. Mr. Broughton, after severely animadverting upon the cruelty exercised by the prisoner, inflicted on him a penalty of 20e., o in default of payment, three weeks imprisonment in the House of Correc tio n. The prisoner was then locked up. HIPPOPHAGY-The Journal clt 'Min says :—" A dinner of horseflesh has just taken plaee at Bourg, some amateurs having assembled at the Hotel du Midi for the purpose. Soups, cutlets, steaks, and roast joints were made from a fine animal which it had been found neces sary to kill on the previous day. The guests did not, however, appear to be much delighted with the novelty. Notwithstanding all the care used in the preparation of the dishes, there still remained a certain flavour sui genes-is which sfrected delicate palates, and we think it will be long before the genuine beef will be supplanted by the flesh of the horse." [Anvswrissmniu.]—The salutary effect of Du Barrios deli cious Revaleuta Arabica Food in removing Indigestion (Dye,- pepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumptionotnd Debility with. out Medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters: " Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4 ,208. Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. J. W. FLAVELL." R reuafrtbyl:ei dtime side, , haveLancashire,extreme Aug. 17, 1851. Gentlemen,—Fora considerable suffered severely from a violent pai n i n my l flatulency, aecompanied by an intolerable sensation of heart burn, and other disagreeable symptoms ofd ysuensia. Various i l t i i i i w culeaesldinlwdasiwic a ed to tiy your remedies, alleged infallible, were tried in vain, and for a long never twenty-four ttfwoernttiym-fourfhours without violent pain ; ....,...,. 1 o r it: an a lessn i e d e . _ SOUTHWARK. Alfred Henderson, a rustic ..r I found duties. f o p o e ( i; . than of T a y e n daily d h o biking man, who was de , cribed on the char t ge sheet as a painter, of 11ilstead, in Essex, but who after- relief, and my recovery was very previously had been an intolerable burdenp beeameutatedsewlighhieth wat di4'atect that be lived in Exeter-strent, Sloane - strew; Chelsea, was charged with stealing a parcel, of my coulp e l fnl exercise, and I have since accomplished more labour with n l e e s y s e f r a i t i a i g d u a e 1 v t h t a u u r n I ev e r e x expected t t . ableLb i e re a i t n o , a p e e t . .fo r. r7 T . No l m h a a a y ., e , containing valuable deeds, from the guard's luggage Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro van, on the North Kent Railway. fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A U;reih.D.r. Thomas Head, a gum' in the employ cf the y' past Dr. Harvey; South E tsteru Railway Company, said that about Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker Lord Stuart de D • • I Ter; Dr. Ingrain ; half-past nine on the previous night he stopped at sos, whose . he h a o lrh as Ring ' Major Gen •' T ecies, thnDowager Countess of Castiestuart and many other respeclable per- Woolwich, in charge of the train from Maidstone had failed, been restored by it, after all other to London. At that time he had three parcels in means of cure iled. Suitably packed with full instrue liis bre a k, or l agg . ago van. O ne con t aine d jewellery, tious, In canisters, 11b.. 2s, 9d ; 2:n. 45.. od.; 51b. lls. ; another fish, and the third valuable papers ad- 12 1 b. 225. The 12lb ca . are sent carriage free on re dressed to "G. M. Hughes, E q., solicitor, l'in. 1, ceipt of Post -office order. Barry Du. Barry, and, Co., 77 fßelgent-strent, London. Important Caution against the fear.' St. Swithin's-lane, City." After leaving Woolwich, vi u ril d i j a a nge p rs of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sir he missed the latter parcel, and on the arrival of Wood granted an Injunction on tk3loth March, the train at Blackheath lie communicated with the 1854, m aga i a n g s e t Alfred Hooper Nevill for im:tating "Du atation-master respecting his loss, and they tele- B arry'sßevalenta Arabica Fool.), 1858. From the London Gazette of Last Night. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Lincoln—Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., to be Vice-Lieutenant of the county. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—ArAur Henry Peile Trewman, Clerk, to be Chaplain, vice Dawe, deceased. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—John Wedgwood Yeeles, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Strachey, pro moted. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Anthony Strother to be First Lieutenant, vice Kennan, re signed. Royal East Kent Regiment of Mounted Rifles—Lieut. Edward Leigh Pember ton to bo Captain, vice Lushington, resigned ; Cornet Loftus Leigh Pemberton to be Lieute nant, vice Edward Leigh Pemberton, promoted; Percy Dixwell Nowell Oxenden, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bridge, resigned. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery — Second Lieutenant John Allen Allen to be first Liaute nant, vice Barclay, promoted ; Augustus Walter Cruick shanks, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Allan, pro mote& NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-House, May 24, 1858. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of tonnage bounty arising from the schooner, Name Unknown, captured on the 19 t h May, 1856 by her Ma jesty's ship Myrmidon. , _ Agents Aor other persons having any just and legal demand unliquidated against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Regis trar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the s one may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other perzons holding powers of Attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi ralty, Somerset-house." line notice will he given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette of the date proposed for the commencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an nounced. BANKRUPTS. Henry Clements, corn factor, Hythe, to surrender, June 4 and July 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Lane, agricultural implement maker, Cirencester, June 7, and July 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Margaret Blackwell, coach manufacturer, Sheffield, June 5 and July 10, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. James Simmons, c9achmaker, Brasted, Kent, June 8 at half-past one, and July tat one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Samuel Foster, dyer, Morley, Yorkshire, June 4, and July 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court, Charles Oates, woolstapler, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, June 10, and July 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. William Townsend, florist, Notting-hill, June 7, at half past eleven, and July 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Reuben Elley, innkeeper, Wolverton, June 8, at two, and July 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Meeks, upholsterer, Leamington Priors, Warwick shire, June 7 and 28, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. George Mare, miller, Newcastle-under-Lyme, June 4, a 6 eleven, and June 25, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Robert Speak, tailor and draper, Oldham, June 7 and 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. The London and Eastern Banking Corporation, Thread needle-street and Cannon-street, City, June 4, at eleven, and July 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Richard Bowker, commission merchant, Man chester, June 9 and July 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Ralph Turnbull, news agent, North Shields, June 7, at eleven, and July 8, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Wallace, music seller, Dundee. George Reid, spirit dealer, Barrhead, Renfrewshire. William Christie, grain and potato merchant, Ancht terarder. Samuel Young, grocer, Airdrie, Lana r k s hi re . William Bowie, merchant., Falkirk. Country Nianiets. LIVERPOOL. MAY 25. There was a limited attendance to-day, and only a von' moderate business for the passing consumption resulted. Common American wheat was offered at a reduction of id to 2d per bushel, but in the higher qualities no concession was made. Flour stood ground better than wheat, and was merely called easier. Indian corn had a fair trade at Friday's prices. Nu other change in last week's quote - eons for other articles. LEEDS, MAT 25. The arrival of wheat is large, millers try to buy on lower ' terms, but any decline of moment is resisted—the trade is, therefore, slow, and no advance on Friday's rates can be established. Barley unaltered. Oats and beans q uite as dear. Other articles as before. Averages for the week : Wheat, 43s 5d I Oats, 298 74d Peas, -8 Od. I Barley, 34s Oid Beans, 43s Sid Rye, Od. NORWICH CATTLE—MAT 22. We had tho largest show of Scots to-day that has been this year, as also of short horns. Trade slow. But for Devons and Irish at ettarket. Fat beasts, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; prime, -7s 6d per stone; being about same as last week. Sheep, 35s to 38s per head, and good store pigs, los to 20s. F a t pork, 6s to 6s 6d Per stone of 141bs; trade dull. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 7d j Butter, p lb. is id to is 2 ,1 Mutton, per 1b.... 6d t o 7d j Eggs, per 18, Os 01 to is 01 Lamb, do., Os 8d to Of 4 9d 1 Hens, p pair Os Od to 03 01 Veal, per lb ... 64d to Os 7d I Chickens,do. 4s Od to 6E, 0 I Pork, perlb...os 5d to 6;d Ducks, do. 4s 6(1 to 6k 6 ' Salmon, per lb .... ..... O s Od. Ducklings,do 2s Od t o 2s 6 ' Grouse, per brace 0s to Os 1 Turkeys, ea c h O s Od t o Os C", Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potato es , p er qr ., .--d t o 3P • COURSE OF EXCITANGE.--YESTERDAY. mn5terdam............ 11 ii% Gibraltar .. •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 17% L eghorn .. • • „.:49 60 Rotterdam ............ I 1 17% Genoa Antwerp ... ••••••••• •• 25 35 Milan .• •• •• •••••• •• •• Brussels 25 35 Venice Altorta .• •• •• •• ••• •• •• • • • • Palermo •• • • 1254 Piths •••••• • • «0— • • .... 25 . 10 Messina ... ..... •• •• Do. three months .. • • 25 32% Lisbon .. Marseilles •• •• •••••••• 25 35 Oporto .. •• •• •• •. .... •• 51% Rourdeaux •• •• •• • •• ea • • !Rio Janeiro ...... ••• • •• Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 118% 'Buenos Ayre5.......... ' Berlin • • New York,6o days' sight • Vienna •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 30 Philadelphia •• • ...... . •• •• .• 10 32 PRICES or strums, psi; 9Z ' Petersburg ............ 35% F ore i gn G old In Bare X 3.17 9 Madrid 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ... •• 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona ...... •• .. New Dollari Seville.: •• Silver in bare ••• .• .• 0 b LOCAL SHARE MARICAT4. LIVERPOOL—MAY 25. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market to-day has been quiet,: but became rather firmer at the close. Great Westerns, . 554 to 55I—Birkenheads, 714 11—Leeds Northern, 232 4 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 384 i—London and; North Western, 9311—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91 to 9 1 1 --Midlands, 9:8 —Eastern Counties, 12 4-Caledonians,' 4211 i—Blackburn, 91110 —S ou th Eastern, 20 13-16—North , British, 12i f 4 2— Dutch Rhenish, 411-16 d,—Great Western of Canada, 19 194—York and North Midland, 34 Chester and Holyhead, 1711 to 18i—Berwicks .22i to 3 —East Lancashi re , 90 t o 9ii—G raid Trunk of Canada, 12 13-36 to 5-10. MANCHESTER, MAY 25. STOCK EXORANGE.—The market opened with a fair amount of business, but prices were lower. Midlands, 94_ Trunks, 12 4—Leeds, 90—Dovers, 20i—Londons, 52i — Sheffields, 38i —Eastern Counties, In—East Lanca shire, 90—Canadas, 19}—Birkenhead Stock, 711—Grea 61 Westerns, 55i—Crystal Palace, li. LEEDS, MAY 25. STOOK EXOHANGE.—North Eastern, Yorks, 72i --Mid' ands, 92g. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 25. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was steady to-day, an d prices rather better. Birmingham and Stour yaw& were clone at 8 •.—Great Westerns, Stour Valley Gua ranteed Stock, 56 Shropshire Unions, 45 —Birmingham Gas (new ordinary shares), 101 CM:MOH-RATS CONTEST.— On Frid a y a v estry was hel' at Alton, to a,k }or a church rate of 4d. in the pound. The demand was resisted ; the votes being taken accord ing to Sturges Bourne's Act, the numbers were—For the'rate, 30 ; against it, 25. A poll was demanded, which terminated at four o'clock on Saturday, wh e n the numbers were—For the rate, 138 ; against, 77 ; rity for the rate, 61. A protest, in writing, against the estimate, on the ground of illegality, was handed to the chairman, which be refused to receive. If the non-oer tents are disposed to resist the rate, it will be easy to do so on the score of illegality. BIRTHS, Ettorreu—On the 24th inst., at Waustead, th e w ife of fr. Anthony Brough, of a daughter. KING —On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, at the residence o f her father, Admiral Carter, C. 8., th e wife of Augustus I f ' King, Esq., Captain Royal Horse Artillery, of a son. . VERNON— On the 23d inst., Lady Ha , riet Vernon, of a son. MARRIAGES. A STLEY — COREETT-011 the 22d inst.,. at St. James's Pi ce3- dilly, John Du g d a l e A s tl ey, Lieut.-Colonel Scots 'Fusilier - Guards, to Deanor Blanche Mary, only child of Themes George Corbett, Esq , of Elsham, Lincolnshire, and Darla' hall, Cheshire, and the late 14dy Mary Corb tt. &foams— METCALFE—On the 20th lust., at Hawes, York' shire, Joseph Morris, Esq., of Ashfield Villa, Upper Tulso Hill, to Susannah, only daughter of the late Christopher Metcalfe, Esq,, of Hawes, DEATHS; BAZALGETTE-011 the Ist April, kill e d w hil t en d u ty at the capture of Kotah, Captain Evelyn Baza'gette, 95th Bee ment, aged 23, son of Colonel Raze:gate, of Dorset-squa re, Regeut's-park, London. Escu -- On the 22d inst., George Esch, of Gmeva, at 22, Ric h. mond-place, Southwark. FAinow—On the 20th inst., at King William-street, city, J• K. Farlow, Esq., aged 76. Lsou--On Whit Sund a y , th e R ev. Wm. Dawson Legh, third son of the late Rev. E. D. Legb, incumbent of St. Botolpuo Al& rsgate, aged 24. OUSELEY—On the 10th Feb., at Assumption, Paraguay, Win: C. Ousel e y, on l y rema i n i ng son o f Si r William Gore OUsl ley, K.C.8 . , H . M . ' s E nvoy E x t raor di nary and Minister Plenipotentiary on a speeial mission to Central America. LONDON: Printed and published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office► N ° ' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy; in the corral of Middlesex, Wednesday. 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