The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-08 00:00:00

MITE EAST INDIA HOUSE, December 8,1858. of DIRECTORS of the EAST -a- INDIA COURT COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held as above, on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, between the hours of 12 and 6, for the Election of Three Directors, in the room of JOHN SHEPHERD, Esq., Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG, Bart., and WILLIAM JOSEPH EASTWICK, Esq., who have disqualified. The form of a letter of attorney, and of a declaration for enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by proxy on this occasion, will be prepared for delivery to the proprietors at the Treasury, in this House. C. CRAUFURD, Acting Secretary. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.—LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—Adverting to our respective Addresses of the Ist and 2d inst., we beg to intimate that the Court of Directors having announced that the election for three Directors (in the room of J. W. East wick, Esq., Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., and John Shepherd, Esq., who have disqualified), will be filled up, in the usual manner, on SATURDAY, the 18th inst., between the hours of Twelve and Six, we respectfully request you will honour us with your attendance on that occasion, and record your votes in our favour. Should you wish to vote by proxy, we shall be happy to forward the necessary power on receiving an intimation to that effect. We have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, 's Your faithful servants, J. D. H. ELPHINSTONE. GEORGE MOORE. ERIC C. SMITH. 7, Leadenhall-street, Bth Dec.' 18.53. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W Harrison. THIS EVENING, IL TROVATORE. Miss L. Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. J. G. Patey, and Mr. W. Harrison. - - - - ... Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUIt D'AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth' Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, entitled THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed THE RIVALS. Mr. Buckstone and Miss Reynolds. A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GR ACE, in which Perea Nena will appear. With WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by Sir Wm. Don, Bart. And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE . Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE. After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST : Miss Swanborough. And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. Commence at 7 o'clock. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. The Lessee has the honour to call public attention to thepro duction of a new p , rand military and equestrian drama, on Saturday, Nov. 4, for the first time. ' THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be repeated a new ;rand Spectacle, entitled LIFE .IN THE EAST ; or, The Fugitives and their Faithful Steed. Written expressly for this amphitheatre by Mr. R. Phillips, and embracing the entire strength of this vast Hippodramatic Temple. Princi pal characters by Messrs. R. Phillips, Holloway, J. Anson, Mark Howard, Francis ; Miss Dowton, Miss Weston, &c. Followed by the inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, in which Messrs. W. Cooke, Runnels, W. Cooke, jun.; Mes dame Blanche, &c., will go through their unrivalled feats. • No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught. • Commence at seven. Carriages at Eleven. . Prices of admission :—Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, ; Galleries, 6d. ; Private Boxes, from £1 is to £2 2s. and upwards Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor --C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing 3lusie hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unatternpted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment. the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 8. THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. - BAROMETER-30.28. WIND, South-Easterly; light, with dense foggy weather. THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1858. King BOMBA is beginning to discover that a re newal of diplomatic relations with the Western Powers would be no such bad thing after all. It is not pleasant in private life to be cut by your wealthy and powerful neighbours; and it is even more disagreeable to a minor State to have its ex istence virtually ignored by any of the great Powers. It is injurious alike to the amour propre, and to the position of the nation thus slighted, and although bontbastic pretensions may provoke such treatment, and perverse obstinacy lead to its con tinuance, it must prove very satisfactory to the offending kingdom to have the diplomatic inter dict removed, and to be restored to its quondam condition. We do not wonder, then, at the anxiety of the Neapolitan authorities to be restored to friendly relations with France and England, or at the ad vances said to have been made by King FERDI NAND for that purpose. But before his wishes can be accomplished he must fully and com pletely redress the grievances that led to so decided a step on the part of the Western Powers. It would be puerile to retreat from the position they have assumed, unless the causes that led thereto be altogether removed. Naples must cease to be a firebrand that may lead to the most serious disturbances-in Italy, and even tually to grave complications in Europe. The very properremonstrances offered to King BOMBA were treated with sarcasm and contempt. He seemed to think that "he had a right to do what he liked with his own," forgetting that, in so doing, he must neither injure nor endanger the property of others. The State of Naples was a political as well as a social nuisance, which it was the duty of every friend of humanity to abate with all convenient speed. It was impossible to sanction or tolerate the vagaries that were indulged in by one who was by no means even a favourable specimen of the Bourbons themselves. It is positively asserted that the English Go vernment has replied that everything will be subordinate to a satisfactory regulation. This is what might be expected from Lord DERBY and his colleagues, and doubtless the Cabinet of Paris will likewise insist on the performance of what had previously been demanded, before send. ing back an ambassador. It could scarcely be ex pected that the French Ministers would consent to a drawn game, and it would be far worse if King FERDINAND could show that by sturdy resistance he had carried his point against France and Eng land. It happens by some strange coincidence that Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE is at Naples at this moment. Although not officially accredited, his services may be peculiarly useful in bringing round proper arrangements. He is, perhaps, one of the best men for such a purpose. No one is better qualified to deal with stubborn parties ; and to maintain the honour, dignity, and prestige of Great Britain unimpaired. , He certainly will not permit himself to be cajoled or hb.mbuggedi and there is no danger of any British minister submitting to be bullied by Naples ! The great points are—first. to ensure that every demand, the refusal whereof led to the withdrawal of one Minister at the Neapolitan Court, should be entirely conceded; an? secondly, that any further grievances that ma: have arisen in the interval should be redresse I. By asking for a renewal of intercourse, KING FERDINAND admits his mistake, and he must be prepared to re trieve his error, when 'virtually suing for pardon from the Great Powers which he had wantonly offended. A magnificent future, we do confidently hope, is in store for our Anglo-Indian Empire, as a sequel to her MAJESTY'S royal and gracious Proclamation. It is surely noteworthy that from these Islands— the central point of the world-wide British domi nions—emanated during the last autumn a message of clemency of a very remarkable character, trans mitted almost simultaneously to the east and west, to the great Asiatic and American continents. The message, in each instance, emanated avowedly and directly from the SOVEREIGN. In each instance the medium for the conveyance of the message was altogether unprecedented. Here it was the sub merged wire of the electric cable, thrilling under the great deep, along the bed of the mighty At lantic. Here, again, it was a Solemn Proclama tion, addressed for the first time by the QUEEN in Council to the Princes, Chiefs, and People of India --an imperial proclamation, issued by one of the mightiest monarchs of the world. " VICTORIA, by the Grace of GoD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the colonies and depen dencies thereof in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith." Cer tainly one of the sublimest titles of sovereignty of which history in ancient or modern times hath re cord a title before which the one indicative of the fabled empire of the world, won by the sword of ALEXANDER, pales to insignifi cance a designation worthy of implying the wielder of the sceptre having authority over an empire on which literally and not merely figura tively the sun never sets. And the QUEEN REGNANT of this sublime and awful dominion, it is even espe cially worthy of remark, holds her own as the chief neither of an autocracy nor of an oligarchy, but of a purely representative and constitutional Govern- ment. Her sceptre is typical more truly of an olive rod than of a rod of iron under its outward seeming of gold encrusted with jewels. Her diadem presses more lightly upon her fair brow than those weightier baubles worn in the old feudal days of despotism, and of which alone it was that ono great national poet sang with so much pathetic significance— " Happy low lie down, - Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." In the very preamble of this ever-memorable pro. clamation of VICTORIA to the Princes and People of India, her Britannic MAJESTY intimates clearly enough, though quite incidentally, the source of her own pacific sway, the pledge to her vast empire of its security and tranquillity. • It is when imme diately after the stately array of the superb titles of her sovereignty, the QUEEN observes that " where as, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved' by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spi ritual and Temporal AND COMMONS in Parliament assembled, to take upon ourselves the Government of the territories in India," &c. A Proclamation so headed, so introduced headed by titles of sovereignty extending far and wide over all the four quarters of the globe, introduced by words illustrative - of the broad basis upon which the colossal superstructure of that stupendous empire has been raised, the combined energies of the whole of the great Anglo-Saxon race—can hardly fail to impress what is in itself so very impressionable, namely, the Oriental imagination. The Proclama tion, moreover, will have come before the Hindoo subjects of Queen VICTORIA at a moment in the his tory of British Rule in India when the vigour of that rule had been most distinctly and emphatically manifested. Hence the haughty syllables in which the crushing out of the late Sepoy revolt is briefly referred to in the ,Proclamation, when VICTORIA, after showing to the Princes and People of India " Our power has been shown by the suppression of that rebellion in the field," adds, "we desire to show our mercy by par doning the offences of those who have been thus misled, but who desire to return to the pai of duty." And happily, at this critical epoch in the annals of our Anglo-Indian rule in Hindostan, the man chosen by her Britannic MAJESTY to be the first Viceroy and Governor-General of India under the new (royal) organisation of her Asiatic dominions, is a statesman whose benignant policy in India has long won for him in that sense the honourable soubriquet of " Clemency CANNING." The policy towards India enunciated in the Royal Proclamation signifies mainly, if not entirely, a solemn message of peace and goodwill to the whole Asiatic population. The SOVEREIGN repudiates any design for the future aggrandisement of her dominions. "We desire no extension of our pre• sent territorial possessions," says the Proclamation. Those possessions have, within the compass of a single century, expanded from an insignificant mercantile settlement into a gigantic empire, peopled by races numbering a vast total of from 100,000,000 to 200,000,000. Henceforth the con- quests of Britain in this quarter of the world need only be pacific—conquests over the soil, and over the minds and hearts of the community. Reticu late the country with:an iron network of railways, thread it from end to end with a magic maze of electric wires, systematise its irrigation, ad minister the laws with justice, encourage education among all classes, facilitate by every possible means the diffusion of art, science, and litercture, and be sure that we shall not only, by so doing, strengthen our dominion in Asia, but indi rectly among the Pagan multitude of Hindostan render civilisation the pioneer of Christianity. What is the necessity for gold as a circulating medium P Simply to adjust the balances on foreign accounts ; to pay to, or receive from, other nations the amounts that may be due for goods in excess of what the indebted nation may have supplied to the other. It is not all required for domestic use. In fact, as the Times admitted some years since, " The internal commerce of the country could be carried on without a single ounce of gold. A deposit of Consols, or the fact that the notes would be received in payment of taxation, would render them universally acceptable." For the supposed benefit of our foreign trade, then, it is that all the crushing restrictions are imposed, which, by perio dically producing an artificial scarcity of gold, sesthe energies o f th e i n d us t r i a l popu l at i on para ofth l e y country, suspends production, and converts the creators of national wealth into unprofitable consumers. In order that gold should be kept available, it is rendered the only circulating medium for sums under £5 sterling, and fifty to sixty millions of sovereigns are required for the adjustment of everyday life, and thus deiverted from their original purpose, for which they would be really valuable. Never was there such a waste of power. Notes, of small and convenient denominations, would • cgt , ""110111 ~~""~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1858. meet every possible domestic requirement, and at least forty million ounces of gold could be econo mised, and the wear and tear thereof, which comes to no inconsiderable amount in the long run, altogether averted. Paper has many advantages as a cur rency. It is lighter and more portable than gold, can be more easily transmitted by post, and, if lost, may be more clearly identified, and the plun derer brought to justice. If destroyed there is no actual loss to the nation, and the owner, if he adopts simple and easy precautions—keeping the numbers correctly—may recover the full amount. These are important matters. The small notes in Ireland and Scotland are universally preferred to gold, which is paid into the bank or exchanged for paper on the earliest opportunity, and a similar result would follow in this country, when the superior convenience of the paper issues became palpable to the people. This issue of £1 notes would not necessarily clash with the principle of convertibility. Mr. JAS. WIL SON, a strenuous bullionist, an unflinching advocate for convertibility, has pointed out clearly and dis tinctly that no more danger can exist with one pound notes than those of five pounds, while at least twenty millions of capital would be liberated immediately from an unproductive use, and ren dered available for the purchase of food and raw material for the employment of the population, and for all the purposes to which such an increase of capital could be applied. The only objection to £1 notes is, as Mr. WILSON truly declared, " a mere prejudice grounded upon the adoption of false princi ples half a century ago." And yet that prejudice led to the abolition of this convenient instrument, the use whereof saved the Bank of England from suspending payments in 1825, and proved as effi cacious in enabling the nation to pass through the monetary crisis of that year as the suspension of the Bank Charter Act did in 1847 and 1857. Mr. WILSON pertinently inquired, " who could doubt the safety of paper to the extent of £50,000,000 guaranteed by English Consols to the extent of £34,000,000, and gold to the extent of £16,000,000 ?" emphatically adding, " while, there fore, at present we economise the capital of the country by the use of £5 notes and upwards to the extent of £14,000,000, we would accomplish the same to the extent of £34,000,000 or £20,000,000 in addition, by the use of £1 notes, and with the most perfect safety. We should thus immediately add to the effective capital of the country, to our stock of commodities, or, which is the same thing, our command over them, just as much as if we dug that amount of bullion out of the centre of Eng land—in the same way as France will add to the amount of her capital by extending her issues from notes of the denonomination of £2O to those of £5; and in the same way as Russia has, by the law of 1839, accumulated in the fortresses of St. Peter and St. Paul bullion capital to the extent of £19,000,000." We have referred to these views of Mr. WILSON, perhaps the most able advocate of the bullionist theory, to show that there would not be the slightest danger to the principle of conver tibility involved in a large issue of £1 notes. We need not say that we are totally opposed to that principle which has occa sioned so much misery and suffering since 1819, or we may say since 1816, when the preparations for a return to a metallic standard were com menced by the Bank of England. We have ever since endured many serious evils from the suppres sion of small notes, and the spasmodic efforts to bring back gold when it had been taken from us by ether countries, in whose hands we placed the power of doing so whenever they thought proper. For this purpose discounts have been advanced to ruinous rates, which no person could pay out of the legitimate profits of business. Merchants, manu facturers, and traders have been compelled to sell their stock at much less than cost price. Mills and factories have been closed, and the working popu lation thrown out of employment, and compelled either to expend the savings which they had pro vidently accumulated for old age, or to resort to the tender mercies of the Union Workhouse. The aura sacra fames has produced all the mischief. We have sacrificed many victims at the shrine of the idol, and yet there are myriads who hug their chains, and will not be contented to accept any benefit that would get rid of the convertibility of the bank note. To such persons we commend the views and arguments, of Mr. WILSON, proving the perfect safety of the issue of £1 notes to their darling system ! We should, however, greatly prefer taxation paper, which should be a legal ten der in every domestic transaction. Gold should then be treated as a commodity, which would bring 1 a fair price in accor !lance with the laws of supply and demand ; and. which any foreigners de sirous of obtaining, or any nation wishing to hoard, should pay for at the fair valne. The variation in price would be comparatively trifling, and far less disturbit ig to our foreign trade than the changes in the rate of discount, and the difficulty of obtaining money at almost any price .= even un exceptionable securitie s. THE FIRST B. RITIS.H . MINISTER TO CHINA. We believe we may announce that Mr; Horace Rumbold is appointed her Majesty's Minister at Pekin. THE C,4111P, AIGN IN O UDE. The following is Lois 1 Clyde's Proclamation on .aking the field : " OCTORER 26. " The Commander-in-C 'hief proclaims to the people of Oude that, under the orders of the Right Hon. the Governor-General, la comes to enforce the law. "To enable him to effE et this without damage to life and property, resista] ice must cease on the part of the people. " The most exact disci pline will be preserved in the camps and on the ma: rch ; and when there is no resistance houses and en Jps will be spared, and no plundering allowed in a -e towns and villages. " But wherever them is resistance, or even a single shot fired against the troops, the inhabitants must expect to incur ik ,e fate they have brought upon themselves. " Their houses will IJe burnt and their villages plundered. " This Proclamatic includes all ranks of the people, from the Talc plzdars to the poorest Ryots. " The Commander -in-Chief invites all the well• disposed to remain in their towns and villages where they will bet lure of his protection against all violence. " CLYDE." The Prince Sehaba taf has left the Clarendon for he Continent. The Earl and Coun to ss of Darnley have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from L 1 )bham Hall, near Gravesend. Lord Stanley left toy Park. :n yesterday for Osterley The Bishop of Durh:o i has arrived at Claridge's :otel, from Auckland II ,e, Durham. The Hon. Mr. and ' :s. Sydney Pierrepont have arrived at Claridge's He %Al , from Evenly Hall, Brackley. Sir Brook and La( 1.1 ;Bridges have left the Clar endon, for their seat in Sent. Sir George and L ady Dashwood have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from West Wycombe Park, Bucks. Chevalier Miniat( ) has taken his departure from the Brunswick Hotel, I 'or Paris. Far , u qu p h i ;• N an o d rw f o a o m d. ily have arrived at the Queen's T Qiueex: N. otel , eH . - LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Marco Polo arrived in the Mersey this morning, with gold equal to £187,000 sterling.• She left Melbourne on the 10th of September. COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT. The Times' Paris correspondent (second edition) says : " I hear that the decision come to yesterday at the Cabinet Council was, that M. do Montalem bert's appeal should be allowed to come before the Court, and argued, but that the answer to it will simply be the Emperor's pardon, which, it will be pleaded, covers everything—the penalty imposed by the Police Court, as also the possible effect of the new Penal Law, popularly known as the Loi des Suspects. If such be the pleading, it will, I suppose, be so ruled by the Court. I have no doubt whatever that the Government are most anxious to get out of their unpleasant position as best they may." The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MARSEILLES, TUESDAY. Letters received from Naples assert that the King has offered to the Western Powers to re establish diplomatic relations by sending Ambassar dors mutually. England has replied that every thing would be subordinate to a satisfactory regu lation of amnesty. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has remained a Naples, and has visited several Princes. MADRID, DEC. G. It is not true that General Sanz has proposed in the Senate a vote of censure against the Govern ment. The fractions of the Opposition in the Senate have formed a coalition, and will vote to gether. A commission of the Senate disputes that the speech is in conformity with the unanimous opinion of the Government. Three per Cents. closed 43 50. Ditto Deferred, ,31" 40. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. It is generally understood that the French Chain bers will meet about the sth of February. The Emperor has received a letter from the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, announcing the marriage of the hereditary prince, his son, to the Princess Feo dora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. The Journal de r Aisne publishes the following letter addressed to the editor by the widow of the late Marshal Loban, who was Aide-de-Camp of the late King Louis Philippe. It is dated Paris, December 4 : " I learned this morning only, and with extreme surprise, the error committed with respect to me in the number of your journal, of the 29th of November last, where my name is inserted in the list of persons invited to Compiegne. However improbable such an announcement may appear in the position so exceptional in which I am placed, I desire, sir, that you will rectify the article as quickly as possible. " The Marechale Countess of LOBAII." The Count de Paris leaves Claremont to-morrow for Seville, in Spain, where he intends spending the winter months with the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. BOURSE, Dec. 7.-:-Threes have 'been quoted to day ex dividend, and improved - rapidly. There was also a general rise on other speculative securi ties. Threes, after having been done at 72f. 70e. ex div., are now at 73f. ; Mobilier varied from 905 f. to 982 f. 50e. ; Austrian, 645 f. (to 647 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,392 f. 50c. to 1,397 f. 50e. ; Northern, 992 f. 50c. to 997 f. 50e. ; Southern, 577 f. 50c. to 582 f. 50c.; and Lyons, 880 f. to 812 f. 50c. The upward movement continued until the close, when the following were the quotations : ti per Cents. 97 Do. end montk 3 per Cents 73 10 Do. end month 73 20 Bank Shares 3lBO Credit Mobilier 987 50 Do. Account 990 —. Credit Fonder 675 Belgian 41 Piedmontese (5) Roman . Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ' 1395 .. 1400 Northern New ditto. B4O .. 840 Lyons and Mediterranean ...... New ditto — Geneva .. 625 Midi — Southern Western 612 50 .. 610 Eastern Grand Central Sardiniaa Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three month a, paper, 24f. 95c. ; money, 24f. 90c. CANDIA. The Journal de Constantinople publishes an article on the subject of the affairs of Candia which has all the appearance of being a " commu *nicated" note After. stating that the Porte has done everything in its power to pacify the public mind by granting the just requests of the Christian inhabitants, it says We nevertheless see with regret that the feel ings of the people are not in such a state as they ought to be. An active propagandism has been carried on, tending to withdraw them from their duties ; arms and ammunition have been landed in the country ; and agitations have taken place which cannot but be attended with the most disas trous consequences for the inhabitants of the' island. The Turks who are dispersed in different parts of the country, being alarmed at those indi cations, are again thinking of taking refuge in the towns and fortresses. We hope that if those pro jects exist, notwithstanding all the solicitude evinced by the Sultan's Government, the good sense of the mass of the people will know how to repulse them. Under any circumstances, the Go vernment keeps a careful watch and is well pre pared to meet in Crete, as on all other points of;the territory, every state of things which bad passions and ideas of disturbance may give birth to." with the conditions imposed on responsible editors, will'allow certain offences to be tried by juries, and will not render the signature of articles obligatory. The arrival of the Grand Duke Constantine at Madrid was expected. M. de Baladine, the Russian Envoy to the Court of Vienna, arrived in that city on the 2d. The day after he paid a visit to Count de Buol, and was to have a private interview of the Emperor two days after. WEST .COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 7. The Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet Ethiope Capt. A. P. French, arrived this morning. Her dates are—Cameroons, Oct. 29 ; Old Calabar, Nov. 1; Bonny, Nov. 3 ; Lagos, Nov. 5 ; Liberia, N0v..15 ; Sierra' Leone, Nov. 20. . . , Her cargo includes a quantity of ivory and palm A meeting was held at Sierra Leone on Nov. 12 for the organisation of a vigilance committee to raise funds for the employment of an agent in Eng land to advocate the cause of the colonists at large, in order to obtain the same rights which are en joyed by her Majesty's subjects in other colonies of the British empire. Trade is very dull in Fernando Po, and dissatis faction is expressed by the settlers on account of the Spanish Government having converted the is land into a penal settlement. The majority of the settlers propose migrating to a new settlement to be called Victoria, in Ambrose Bay, on the main land. There is no commerce at Cameroons, OM Calabar or Bonny. Kings Palma and Coobra occupy oppo site banks of the latter river, and are at war. Palma had seven war canoes afloat ; Coobra did not ap pear while the Ethiope was there. At Accra the war has ceased with the Crobbies, who pay £lO,OOO sterling. A French vessel has been to Liberia shipping slaves, called emigrants. H.M. steamship Alecto and the United States' frigate Niagara were in the reads, and the Liberian Government had applied to them and had received protection. It is stated that the French vessel has since left the coast. H.M. steamship Vesuvius sailed from Fernando Po for Lagos on Oct. 24th. A Spanish transport had arrived at the island with troops and con victs. Her Majesty's steamvessel Myrmidon had been condemned; her machinery is removed. The Vesuvius was at Lagos on the sth of November. The Sharpshooter had passed to the leeward. The Alecto was at Liberia on the 15th of Novem ber. The Trident and Spitfire were at Sierra Leone on the 20th ; the Alecto had arrived from Monrovia. The outward African mail steamship Athenian arrived at Sierra Leone on the 24th Oct., and pro ceeded for the leeward coast. vv Merchant Shipping--At Fernando Po, the barque Recife, discharging coal. At Cameroons, the Eliza beth Emily and Lotty Sleigh. The Belle, yallop, sailed Oct. 23, for Rio Bento. At Old Calabar the Paramatta, Roderick Dhu, Africa, Northumberland, Eudracht, Thornhill, and Golden Age. The Decima left Oct. 25. At Bonny, the Ferozepore, Earl Derby, Albro', Magnolia, Mississippi, Grand Bonny, Sunshine, Empress, and Clan-Gregor ; the brig Seneca. sailed Nov. 2, and the ship Royal Arch Nov. 6, both for Liverpool. The screw steamer Mallacho was sunk on the bar, her masts only were above water. At Lagos, the Hamburg ship Lagos ; the brig Black Prince had sailed for Benin. The Athena was discharging coal at Sierra Leone, and the American barque Turk of Salem was at anchor in the river Gambia. Dr. Inglis, R.N., is come home in the Ethiope from Sierra Leone. SPAIN. The general conference of the German Customs Union, whioh has been sitting at Hanover, has closed its proceedings, after five months' duration, without coming to any definitive understanding on the principal questions submitted to it, namely, the suppression of transit duties and the tolls on inter nal navigation. The Madrid journals of the 3d are again oc cupied with the Queen's speech, and most of them, being of the Opposition, attack it. The Fenix, the organ of the Conservatives, pub lishes an article which dwells on the necessity of union among that party, and recommends them to rally frankly round the O'Donnell Cabinet. In the election of President of the Senate the Opposi tion gave 40 votes to Lieutenant• General Calonge, and it was thought from this that he will probably be for the present the leader of the Opposition iu that body. Is the Chamber of Deputies on the preceding day, M. Martinez de la Rosas, on taking the chair, delivered a brief speech, thanking the Chamber fsr the honour done him in electing him President, and recommending the mem bers to show respect to the law, and to display moderation in discussion. In the Senate, a committee to draw up an address in reply to the speech from the throne had been nominated. The motion of General Sanz blaming the Ministry for revising the electoral lists, which has been men tivned by telegraph, had created some sensation. According to the Independence Espagnole, the new bill on the press will reduce the caution money at present required from newspapers, will .do away THE MASSACRE AT CAWNP ORE. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times) As- time rolls on, and the events of 1857 become historical, the details of the dreadful scenes enacted at Cawnpore, Delhi, Futteghur, and other plates, which must ever sound sadly and horribly in English ears, are brought before us more clearly, and can be viewed more distinctly, if not more calmly. The narrative of Mrs. Murray may be regarded as a fiction founded on fact—the former being the work of the ingenious gentleman who " put her narrative into shape." But there is now in course of investigation the story of another sur vivor and eyewitness of the massacre of Cawnpore. Some time ago a half-caste Christian named Fitchett presented himself for admission into the police levy before the local authorities at Meerut. The usual inquiries into his character led to the development of his tale, which is as follows : When the mutiny broke out he was a musician in the band of one of the native infantry regiments at Cawnpore, and in the general massacre he saved his life by proclaiming that he would become a Mahometan, which he did by an easy process al most on the spot. He remained in Cawnpore, and was enrolled in the Nana's force, with which he did duty. On the afternoon of the 15th of June, when it became known that the British were advancing, a council of war, or of deliberation, was held by the Nana, at which it was resolved that the women and children at the Beebeeghur, about 205, were to be murdered. The news went rapidly through the town, and the men of the mutinous 6th N.I. enter ing the enclosure proceeded to take from our unfor tunate countrywomen any articles of -value or trin kets which they retained on their persons. When the Nana heard of this he was very much displeased and he sent down a body of Sowars with strict orders to surround the house and permit no one to enter but the executioners. It so happened that by some means not clearly ascertained four Eng lish gentlemen were at this time living with the women and children in the inclosure. Three have been identified beyond doubt—namely, Mr. Thorn hill, magistrate and collector of Futteghur ; Col. Smith, 10th N.I. ; and Brigadier Goldie, of the clothing department. The identity of the fourth has not beenlestablished, but it is probable he- was one of the Greenways. Shortly before half-past four o'clock a message was brought to these gen tlemen that Brigadier Jeekin, a native officer of the mutineers, desired to see them, and they left tha house to repair to his quarters. They walked quietly along the road, suspecting nothing, in the direction indicated to them, and when they had got as far as the Assembly Rooms they were suddenly attacked from behind, cut down, and murdered on the spot. Meantime preparations were being made for the execution of the orders of the Nana and his Council. There was some difficulty about get ting instruments for this horrible butchery. The Sowars wished to save themselves from the defile ment of blood—the infantry were equally averse to the task—but at last some soldiers of the 6th Native Infantry were compelled to go inside with orders to fire on the poor helpless crowd. They fired in the air, or did so little harm that it was evident the views of the assassins could not be accomplished in that manner. They sent into the town, therefore, and the. Sowars brought out two of the common butchers of the bazaar—two Bhooreeas, men of a wild miserable gipsey-like caste, and a vilaiytee, who were armed with hatchets and tulwars and ordered to go in and kill every soul in the house and enclosure, while all egress was strictly watched by the Sowars outside. It was a long and dreadful butchery. Fitchett, who was near the place, declares that the assassins en tered the enclosure about 5.30 p.m and that it was 10 p.m. before they came out to announce that their work was accomplished. Once, he says, a butcher appeared with his sword broken in two, received a sabre from one of the Sowars, and returned to con tinue his hellish labour. The Nana was in the hotel close at hand, and when he heard that all were dead he gave orders that the doors should be closed for the night and guards put over the place. That night the Nana gave a nautch—a kind of dance and ball—to his friends. • Early in the morning-of the 16th the Nana gave orders that the doors should be opened, and that all the bodies inside should be flung into the well within the compound ; but, as it was far too small to con tain so many bodies, it is probable that some were dragged away to other places or were thrown into the Ganges. On the 16th Fitchett fled with his new friends to Futteghur, and here occurs a most interesting part of his story. He declares that he frequently saw Miss Wheeler, the daughter of the General, at Futteghur, and that she travelled with a Sowar who had taken her from Cawnpore—nay, more, that he was shown into the room where she was, and ordered to read extracts from English newspapers which the rebels received from Calcutta, he being employed by them for the purpose of trans lating the news, in which—particularly that relatin g to the progress of the war in China—they took great interest. She had a horse with an En g lish side saddle which the Sowar had procured for her, and he rode close beside him , wit h her face veiled, along the line of march. Wh en the British, ap proached Futteghur orders we re sent to the Sowar to give Miss Wheeler up , but he escaped wi th her at night, and it is supposed he went with her to improbable that LI that case it is not at all that the unfortunate young lady may be still alive, moving about with Tantia Topee, and , that we may rescue her from her unhappy. fate. 1 here is another Christian half-caste still alive, who became a Ma hometan at the same time and under the same cir cumstances . Fitchett, pursuit of wh om th e authorities are now most busil y engaged. Line upon line, here a little and there a little, we shall soon know nearly all that can be known about that " bloodiest record in the book of time." THE CATTLE SHOW. The show at Baker-street was thrown open to the public yesterday . Notwithstanding the raw ness of the atmosphere, the company has rarely been so numerous on a first day, proving that the annual exhibition of the Smithfield club has lost none of its popularity with the general public. The prizes were much criticised ; but on the whole the awards of the judges are admitted to be just and impartial, through the Prince Consort's claim to the award in the first class seems, by the brief discussions that take place, to be as much disputed by the visitors as it was by the critics. It should however be borne in mind that his Royal High ness is simply the exhibitor : he no doubt gives long prices to the breeder for his stock, and after all his success is :more due to the force of capital than the result of skill on his farm. The two other prizes that compete with him were bred from the exhibitor's own stock, and fed upon their own estates. The patronage of the Prince, therefore, promotes the interest of breeding in two ways : it encourages, in the first place, the produce of stock with a. view of selling to intending exhibitors ; and in the next place it stimulates emulation amongst those who breed and feed cattle for the sake of prizes. Few sales of prize cattle were effected during the day. The dealers for the most part hung fire, and in these classes we have but a small number of transactions to record. A more active business, however, was apparent in the sheep department, where a great many pens changed hands at almost fabulous prices. Amongst the published sales were the following : The Prince Consort's Devon steer, two years and 10 months old, the winner of a prize of £25 and a silver medal purchased by Mr. Pausey, of Bath. His Royal Highness's Devon steer, three years and one month old, also a prize of £25 and a silver medal; by Mr. Petherbridge, Hastings-street, Brunswick-square. Mr. J. Overman's Devon steer, four years and one month, a prize of £lO ; by Mr. Jeffery, Foubert's-place, Regent-street. Mr. Gibbs's Devon cow, nine years and one month, a prize, of £2O and a silver motlal Mr. Chamberlaine, Exeter. Earl Spencer's short-horned steer, four years, a prize of £lO ; by Mr. C. Cooke, Northampton. Mr. Marriott's short-horned steer, four years and five months, a prize of £25 and a silver medal; by Mr. Bottrell, Rochester-row, Westminster. _ _ _ Mr. Cane's Sussex steer, three years and nine months, a prize of £2O and a silver medal; by Mr. Sharpe, Brighton. Messrs. J. and W. Martin's Scotch horned steer, four years eight months, a prize of £2O and a silver medal ; by Mr. J. Deacon, Burnham, Somerset. Mr. W. Heath's Galloway Scot steer, about four years, a prize of £29 and a silver medal : by Mr. J. Mann, Croy don. Mr. T. Knowles's Scotch polled steer, three years six. months, a prize of £10; by Mr. John Petherbridge, Has tings-street, Brunswick square. The Baroness Grenville's Scotch polled cow, four years and six months, a prize of £lO and a silver medal; by Mr. Jeffery, Regent-street Mr. Knowles's cross short-horn and Scotch horn steer, two years and eight months, a prize of £lO ; by Mr. Ford, Kenton-street, Brunswick-square. The Duke of Beaufort's crossed short horn and Gloucester steer, three years and six months, a prize of £5 ; by Mr. T. Palmy, of Bath. Mr. Jordan's pen of 20 months' Leicesters, the winners of the gold medal as the . best of the long-woolled classes, a prize of £2O and a silver medal ; by Mr. H. Barclay, Tich field-street, Mr. Hine's pen of 20 months' Leicesters, a prize of £15.; by Mr. Dudley, New Cattle Market, Islington. Lord Berners' pen of 20 months' pure Leicesters, a prize of £l5; by Mr. S. West, Croydon. • - Mr. Twitchell's pen of 21 months' crossed Southdown and Leicester wethers, a silver medal; by Mr. B. Spice, Croy don. _ _ The Duke of Richmond's peltof 20 months' Southdowns, - - •• • • the gold medal, as the best of the short-woollen breeds, a £2O prize and a silver medal ; by Mr. King, Paddington-st. Lord Walsingham's pen of 20 months and two weeks' Southdowns, a prize of £lO ; by Mr. Jeffery, Regent-street. The Duke nf Richmond's pen of 20 months' Southdowns, a prize of £lO and a silver medal; by Mr. King, Padding ton-street. Mr. Rigden's pen of 20 months' and 2 weeks' South downs, a £5 prize; by Mr. Sharpe, Brighton. The Duke of Richmond's pen of 32 months' Southdowns, a prize of £2O and a silver medal ; by Mr. King, Padding ton-street. Sir R. Throckmorton's pen of 32 months' pure South downs, a £lO prize ; by Mr. Jefferey, Regent- street. M. J. Overman's pen of 32 months' pure Southdowns, a £5 prize, by Mr. Jeffery, Regent-street. Mr. Brown Canning's pen of 21 months' and 2 weeks' improved Hampshire downs, a £5 prize; by Mr. Bottrell, Rochester-row, Westminster. Mr. S. King's pen of 21 months' west country downs, a £lO prize ' • by Mr. Smith, King's-road, Chelsea. Mr. W. King's pen of 21 months' west country downs, a prize of £l5 and a silver medal; by Mr. Jeffery, Regent street. Mr. Rigden's 20 months and 2 weeks' Southdown wether, a silver medal ; by Mr. Sharpe,lirighton. Lord Walsingham's 20 months and 2 weeks' Southdown ewe, a silver medal ; by Mr. Jeffery, Regent-street. Mr. W. M. Barber's pen of improved Middlesex pigs, a £5 prize ; by Mr. Dorbon, High-street, Woolwich. Mr. J. V. Williams's pen' of improved Leicester pigs, a £lO prize and a silver medal; by Mr. Wersfold, King's road, Chelsea. Sir J. B. Mill's pen of Mottisfont (Hants) pigs, a prize of £lO and a silver medal; by Mr. Dorry, Cambridge-gate. Lord Berners's pen of pure Yorkshire pigs, a prize of £lO and a silver medal; by Mr. Marshall, Oxford-market. Mr. G. Beale's pen Of improved Leicester pigs, the winners of the gold medals as the best of any breed, a prize of £lO and a silver medal ; by Mr. S. Mather, Leicester. THE HARBOURS OF REFUGE C 0.211. MISSION. The royal commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of harbours of refuge on the coast have continued their sittings at the commission office, Manchester-buildings, Cannon-row, the members in attendance being Admiral Hope (chair man), Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P., Sir F. Smith, Capt. Vetch i RE., Capt. Sullivan, R.N., Capt. Washington, R.N., and Mr. Coode, C.E. Mr. Walker, the Admiralty engineer, was examined respecting the proposed extension of the works at the mouth of the Tyne so as to render it a harbour of refuge. The works, planned in 1853 and now in progress, would cost £400,000., and the pro jected enlargement £BOO,OOO. He was sent down by the Admiralty to view the plans and to advise as to the extension. The head of the piers of the entrance would be carried out to 30 feet low water, and on present bar, marked 6 feet and 7 feet, he hoped. to have 18 feet ; a bar might form across the proposed entrance, but it would not be to any extent to cause incon venience. He believed that a harbonr of refuge could be constructed at the mouth of the Tyne. A harbour at a commercial port like that was of much more value than if it was formed at a place of no such interest. As the present works progress, they found the Herd Sand decrease, and he thought it would go away altogether. Mr. Calver, R.N., Admiralty surveyor to the East Coast, said he was of opinion that a harbour of refuge at Wick was much needed for the fisheries in Scotland, as they were exposed to sudden risk and a wholesale loss. A harbour at Peterhead or Frazerboro' would not be useful for saving life. Bar harbours were un fitted for refuge purposes. A harbour at Hartle pool on a proper scale would afford refuge to the loaded vessels now commonly embayed and lost within the N.E. embayment, and even to as far as Flamborough Head. A harbour at Filey ought not to enter into consideration with Hartlepool ; and if it was necessary to form a harbour near Flarn• borough Head, he preferred that it should be Bur lington ; would not construct the harbour at Wick for the passing traffic, but for saving life. The work he should place in Hartlepool would be on the principle explained in his work of the " Wave Screen." Mr. Calver's examination extended over the greater portion of yesterday. The proceedings were adjourned. A painful rumour is prevalent in Canada that a disaster has befallen three young English noblemen in the Far West. It will be recollected that Lord Grosvenor, the Hon. Mr. Cavendish, and the Hon. Mr. Ashley left Eng land some time since for an extended tour in America and Canada. They had penetrated far into the interior beyond the settlements of the whites, and amongst Indians hostile to them. It is reported that, in some way or other, they have lost their lives amongst these Indians ; but it is earnestly hoped that this sad rumour may prove to be groundless, and that they may, perhaps, the have only missed their way, and by this time have reached one ofAme rican settlements. si FLOATING OF THE WRECKED STEAMER GENOVA. —The screw steamer Genova, which came into collision last week with the ship Goodspeed, and sank at the en trance of the Mersey, was on Monday cleared of water by the application of Palmer's marine wrecking pump, and is now ready for discharge. The wrecking pump, an Ameri can invention, works upon the atmospheric principle ; and so immense is the volume of water pumped out, that at one period of the operation on Monday about 68 tons per minute issued frm the discharge pipe, and in 164 minutes the vessel was completely clear of water, though previously she had 18 feet 6 inches in her hold. The experiments, which were witnessed' by a number of scientific and nautical men, were most satisfoctory. A DANISH SLOOP LOST IN THE NORTH SEA.— DOVER, Dec. 7.—On the 26th November, at 8 a.m., the Danish sloop Maria, laden with Swedish iron, and bound from Gottenburg to Hull, when about 36 miles from the coast of Norway, between Norway and Heligoland, sprang a leak and went down almost immediately. The captain and crew were happily able to launch the boat, in which they were driven about for several hours in a strong N E. gale. They were eventually picked up by a Dutch schooner, and at noon this day were landed at Dover, and found a refuge in the S a il ors ' H ome, from whence they will be for warded to London. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille discount, the short exchange on London is 25-10 per £l. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is 2-10t1cis per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 k per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13-5/ per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 2-10thsper cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1091 per cent. which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that :the exchange is slightly against England; and, after making allowance for charges of trans part and difference of interest, the present rate leaves nb profit on the importation of gold from the United States, DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS IN ESSEX. During the past week a large number of la bourers have been employed in trenching some fields belonging to Holme Farm, situate about a mile and a half west of North Ockenden. In the course of their operations they found a number of beds of dark soil, about 18 inches in depth, and at about one foot from the surface, in which were de posited a large quantity of bones, supposed at first, to be human, together with fragments of pottery, andfpieces olcharcoal. • It was the general opinion of the workmen that the field was once the scene of a great battle, and this opinion is supported by some local traditions. One thing, however, is cer tain, viz., that the scene of their labours is the site of a Roman burial-ground, extending over a space of about 16 acres, but whether it marks the battlefield of one of those many great struggles which took place in this county between the Britons and Romans, or whether it denotes the peaceful cemetery of a Roman station, it is perhaps not very easy to determine. The little evidence, however, which the plough and the harrow have left behind, seems in favour of the latter. The regular and almost equidistant arrangement of the graves, and the large quantity of fragments of cinerary urns found in nearly all of them, seem to indicate rather the orderly interment of a cemetery than the hasty burial of a battlefield. The graves are at once discernible from the surrounding soil, the natural soil being a yellow clay, while the earth of the graves is nearly black.. They vary in size from about 10 to 40 feet in circumference ; it is impossible with any accuracy to trace their original form, but they appear for the most part to have been circular; one, however, is much larger than the rest, and of a different form ; it is about 60 feet in length by about 20 in width. The frag ments of pottery vary very much in character, some being of the very rudest workmanship, while others have been more carefully manufactured ; a few very small pieces of Samian ware have also been found. The bones are all of different animals the horse, the deer, &c., but these have all been so broken by the plough as almost to render identification impossible. No coins nor any frag ments of metal have as yet been discovered. An adjoining field is still called Church-field, which, as it contains no foundation of any building, pro bably received its name from the multitude of bar rows or burial mounds which must formerly have crowded the surrounding locality.—Essex Herald. STATE. OF TRADE. LEEDS, Dec. 7.—The weather has been so thick and foggy that it was very difficult to judge of the true character of cloth ; therefore little business has been done in the cloth-halls this morning. In other respects the market was of a satisfactog cnaracter, the tone of the trade continuing cheerful, and orders for goods being fully as plentiful and extensive as is usual at this period of the year. MANCHESTER, 7th.—ln the yarn-market there has been a fair amount of business for immediate or early delivery by shippers to Calcutta, Bombay' China, and Germany. These yarns chiefly i nc lude 20's and 30's water twist, and 20's, 30's, and 40's mule. Spinners have been able to command very full prices for these goods, and for Germany buyers have been willing to give out contracts lasting, to the end of the year, but not beyond. Telegraphic communications from Hamburg to-day speak of the weather as exceedingly mild, and under these cir cumstances, though less fear is entertained Of inland navigation being stopped, shippers are encouraged to complete all orders which are of a pressing character. For the home trade there is less activity, but still sufficient business to keep prices steady. Rather easier terms are spoken of in some descriptions of yarn, but these are only exceptional cases. Yarns for the Mediterranean are also in fair request. In the cloth-market there is also a very steady and rather active demand , though without any appearance of excitement, for India and China. The latest advices from tiles° markets are considered encouraging by the trade , and shirtings, madapollams, jaconets, and other suitable cloths realise very full rates. The home trade is quiet, and if there is any change it is in heavy domestics, which are rather worse to sell. There is a moderate demand for printing cloths, but T-cloths and long-cloths are not in so much re quest, though steady in value. Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co., report :—" To-day there has been a steady market without change of prices for goods, the trade being generally well held before' hand to the end of the year. Yarns are perhaps a , little tamer." BETTING TRANSACTIONS. Yesterday, in the Bail Court, an action for false imprisonment was tried before Mr. Justice Cromp ton, the parties concerned being two :gentlemen named Sinclair and Shaw, The plaintiff, Sinclair, was a betting man, -and was in the habit of attending races. The defendant was, until very recently, a captain in the 36th Re' giment, was likewise a betting man, but also occa sionally rides steeplechases. It would seem that the plaintiff and defendant were both present at the Liverpool Autumn Races in 1857, and they en tered into a bet of £lO to £2O with regard to a mare named Englemere, which was a starter for one of the races. Plaintiff betted against Engle mere ; the defendant backed her. The race came off, and a horse named Thistledown came in first* On that plaintiff went up to th e d e f en d an t ' tol , l told him he had lost the race, and asked him for £lO. Defendant ha n d e d it to 11it . 4 No sooner, however, had he done so than " transpired that the race had been run on the wrong course. The stewards declared, therefore, that it must be rim over again. Well, this tinl° Englemere came in first, but when the defendan t, Captain Shaw, went in search of the plaintiff ?, get back the £lO which he had paid over, as we': as the £2O which he stood to win, h e w as not forthcoming. Sinclair, however, alleged that he was at the racecourse all day, and th a t h e did 3: l °' think of repaying the £lO to the defendant, fo r that he had won it fairly, his bet being on 0° horse "first past the post," and not upon the horse that might eventually be declared the winner. T ll° parties did not m ee t aga i n un til th e f o ll o wing March, when they were attending the Brixwortl; races, and it was on the plaintiff being assaulted,t l3l "' the defendant was given in charge of the polic°2 but after being detained the whole of the night' was discharged by the magistrates in the morning' Evidence on the part of the defendant having beea heard, The jury, after an absence of about half an hour , returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—damage ° £lO. SHOCKING CASE OF MALICIOUS BURNING. At the Manchester City Police Court, on Mond* a young married woman,' named Young, was charged with throwing burning naphtha upon her servant girl, Bridget M'Quaile, thereby causing her such serious injury that her lif e i s d es p a i re d of policeman said he was on duty in Hanging flit at one o'clock on Sunday morning, when he hea r a cry of " Fire," in Cateaton- street ; he went in ,„ w n that street, and was told that the fire was in tailor's shop in Cannon-street. Witness went to the house, openod the door, and found some rags burly ing in the kitchen. The prisoner was is bed in th i e kitchen, and two men, the prisoner's husb a nd an' a lodger, were sitting naked in the same roonl• One of the men said the room upstairs was on fir e ; Witness ran upstairs, and found a woman lying on the floor in a room. She was on fire, and the room was full of smoke. Witness tore th e clothes from her, and assisted her to stand nr . The woman was doing nothing herself, because she was nearly suffocated. She said the woman doW /3 stairs had don e it. Wi tness got her down i nto t he ; kitchen, and th ere s h e sa id to t h e pr i soner, " 14), threwithe burning naphtha on me, and set me fire, and neverfattempted to put it out." The Pri soner made no reply. A cab was speedily procure' and the woman was taken to the Royal Infirmary; George Macbeth, the lodger in the prisone r's house, said the prisoner's husband was sleepi n g with him on account of the illness of one of tP i o children. They had been in the bedroom about ' I , minutes on Saturday night, when the prison e o shouted that Bridget was all burning. 'WO% ran down the stairs, but was met by the g irl ie fire, who tried to get through the window• a. prevented her from doing so, and threw the b e 5 , clothes round her in order to smother the flanf ve Bridget had been in the house about four or fi weeks, looking after the children. She, bad f. t , nuently had words with her mistress. When w i l l l 0 ess went home about midnight on Saturday' t om, prisoner and Bridget were sitting beside the There was a naphtha lamp burning on the tabt a Witness was a tailor, and had worked by nal:at' lamps for many years. Mr. Superintendent Gee said that in conseque,ll. of the dangerous state of 'the injured woman' . 11 ' statement was taken on Sunday afternoon. to The magistrates sent to the Royal Infirrnari ta inquire respecting h er , an d were in f orme d that s o was in a sinking state, and might die any inon ie o :' She could g i ve no answers b u t "y e s" and " n t It was, therefore, deemed inadvisable to attel; taking her deposition, and the prisoner was manded. We understand that Dr. John Ivor Murray 11. been appointed to the vacant of f ice of Colonial StuSe°-' Hong Kong.— Scotsman. ........ NI T 1 by t] tain( quay anm. varic £45( railv tivit marl ness : duri: no neg. () by ti firm ; estal resat and raay will cans COun value Shar tr am on y, out Lanc Cour and Excl Ditto PRI Braz Cliii; Dut, Di br: th, vo