The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

irri Xtfition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'--(This Evening.) CHESTER COP, 10 to 1 agat Sweet William (taken) 12 to 1 agst Physician (taken) 100 to 8 agat Blink Bonny (taken) 15 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) 15 to 1 agst General Bosquet (taken) 16 to 1 agst Melissa (taken) DEBBY. 6to 1 agst Fitz Roland (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Toxopholite (taken) 10 to 1 agst Longrange (taken) 11 to 1 aget Sedbury (t 12 to 1) 100 to 6 agst The Hadji (taken) 20 to 1 agst Beadsman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Physician (taken) 25 to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Kelpie (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Cock.a-doodle-doo (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.--('mss Evening.) The LORD Cumfeseeoit took his seat on the woolsack sit five o'clock. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE took the oaths and his seat as a British Peer. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDRSDALE, the Dundalk tied Enniskillen Railway Bill was recd a second time. The Earl of CORK gave notice that on an early day be should call the attention of her Majasty's Government to a report issued by the commissioner of the endowed schools in Ireland, and found a motion upon it. INDIA, The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Birmingham, praying for a better system of government of her Majesty's Indian possession. The noble lord said he had great pleasure in supporting this petition, bec2use it contained a practical suggestion for carrying out its principle. The principle had been ad Knitted by the late and present Government, and it ap peared to him to be both practicable and benefici a l. The petition recommended the appointment of a Sccr e tar)? of State for India, with a sufficient number of assis tant Under-Secretaries—a suggestion which was first made by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and the idea had been most ably advocated by the leading portion of the preee The noble lord cindemned the poposed plan of governing India by a secretary and counc.l, which he FAR! was only another name for a double government, a system that had brought about the present lamentable State of things in India. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Their lordehids then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEArlit took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Alyth Railway, and Peniston, Thnrlstone, and Ozspring Gas Bills were read a third time and passed. The Bradford Corporation Water, Burghead Harbour, Manchester Assize Court House, Manchester Improve ment, and Tay Fisheries Bill were fully considered and ordered to be read a third time. _ _ . The liainault_ Forest (Allotment of Commons) Bil: was read a second time. LUTON, DUNSTABLE, AND WELWYN JUNG TION RAILWAY BILL (1855). Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the Luton, Dunstabli, and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill (1855) be referred to the committee on group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills, in reference to the Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction and Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill.—Agreed to. INDIA. Mr. GLADSTONE presen•el a petition from the creditors of the East India Company who hold the ter ritorial debt of the company to the extent of a million and a half, praying that in any change that might take place in the Government of India their claims may be respected. GUARANTEED LOANS (COLONIES.) Mr. GLADSTONE moved an address for statement of any instances in which colonial acte or ordinance, for raising money, is anticipation of a guarantee from the Imperial Parliament, have received the assent of the Crown without the previous passing of an act of Parlia ment to give authority for granting such guarantee.— Agreed to. PLAYGROUNDS FOR POOR CHILDREN. Ma► SLANEY gave notice that be should on Thurs day week move for leave to introduce a bill to facilitate the ',squiring of land for the purposes of play-grounds for poor children in the neighbourhood of populous dii tricts. ' EDIIC ANION. Mr. GILPIN moved for an address for return of the name and profession of all parties receiving 1001. per annum and upwards from the Council of Education, as inspectors or assistant-inspector 4, with the amounts they receive ; and if any of such parties receive any and what further income from public sources.—Agreed to. IRISH MAIL CONTRACT VESSELS. Mr. CORRY moved for a return specifying the hour and minute of the arrival at and departure from the piers at Holyhead and Kingstown, respectively, of the Irish mail contract vessels, during the twelve months ending Dec. 31 last; showing also the time of arrival off the lighthouses at those places.—Agreed to. C HIIAOH-RATES. Mr. LYGON gave notice that he shoutd, to-mcrrow, move for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of churoh-ratee. RECEIPT AND DRAFT STAMPS. Mr. COWAN moved f a return of the number of penny receipt stamps sold or issued in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, for each quar• ter since the 10;1 day of October, 1854. Like return of one penny draft stamps ; and, return of the total revenue for the above for each quarter (in con tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 297, of Ses sion 1855).—Agreed to. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. J. B. SMITH moved for an account of the amount of assessed taxes paid in the year 1856 for each county in the United Kingdom, exclusive of, and dis tinguished from, that charged in the Parliamentary cities or boroughs; and similar return for each Parlia mentary city or b3rough.—Agreed to. NAVY. Mr. CORRY moved for a copy of the Statistical Re port of the Health of the Royal Navy for the year 1856 —Agreed to. WORKHOUSES. Mr. ALCOCK moved for a return of the cost of building of workhouqes in England and `Vales erected since 1840 ; stating the number of inmates intended for originally, and average annual expense of food and clothing, for the last five years, of the said workhouses. —Agreed te. EXPENSES OF THE VAR IN INDIA. • Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Secretary of War whether the entire charge for pay, allowances, subsist .ence, clothing, appointments, stores, and horses of the increased force of British troops now a -ruing in India by reason of the mutiny, will be defrayed and provided for out of the Indian revenues alone, and if not, what pro portion will be charged on Imperial revenues ; also, whether any portion of the cost of transport from Eng land and her colonies of troops sent to India since July, 1856, by reason of such mutiny, has been borne by the Naval or War Department, and, if so, to what amount '? General PEEL said that every farthing of the expen diture arising out of the service named in the question would be paid by the East India Company. It would be chargeable to their revenue, and not on the Imperial revenue. The expense was in the first instance by the Admiralty, and afterwards through the War Department. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND (LOAN). Mr. C. FORTESCUE asked the Secretary for the C Monies whether it was his intention to intro duce a bill duriig the present session giving the Impe r i a l guarantee to a loan raised, or to be raised, by the Government of Prince) Edward' Island. Lord STANLEY said he intended shortly to submit a bill on the subject to INtheDIA. house. (Rear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved • that the orders of the day be postponed until after his motion respecting the Government of Ind ia.—A greed to . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. rose to move that the house would, on Friday next, resolve itself into a committee relative to the future government of India, the resolution respecting which he bad laid on the table of the house. The right hon. gentleman re viewed what had been done by the late Government with a view to the tranefeience of the government of India from the East India Company to the Queen, and 0)4 proposed by the present Government, observing that there was at the same time some similarity, but still a great difference between the two schemes, which he enumerated, and which difference was the main issue the house would have to decide on Friday next. There were two schools, as he might call tl . lem, for the government of India. One was that of plicity, such as cur colonies were governed through a Secretary of State; but on that he joined issue, and deniedro_ thatl e ndiaeh issue, uld be so governed—(bear, hear)— f ,"!"rtaite that it would no t wor k sa ti s f actor il y. T inlndia, Which school aleo urged that I n di a s h ou ld b e governe d hear) — an d meant thethat England should b e i gnore d —(bear, h Governor-General of Indi a b e plaosd in a po s iti on of p l a ce and p ower , suc h as t h e con stitution of the country n ever o hithert o contemplated, ° and would produc e effectsthe fortune s o f th at em pire, the magnitude of which it diet. (Hear, hear.) The more he impossible t o re * proposition the more Was he considered such t rther plan danger and impracticability. school was by o t t l iet foi. (Rear, hear.) of its brought forward by the other ward in that house in the shape of a bill lord (Palmerston) , which bad been stigmatised t Zs ble complicated affair, though he could not say that the - noble lord's bill was deserving of that epithet any more than the bill introduced by her Maje,ty's present ad. visors. Many modern institutions have been established en the eontinent on abstract truths and first principle-, but what had been the result ? (Sear, bear.) Our own Constitution was a complicated one, yet it worked :totter than modern inventions, and be was not die. ' posed to give in his adhesion that simplicity should be THE SUN, LONID'ON, MONDAY EVEINING, APRIL 26, 1858.7 the leading characteristic of the new constitution for India. • (Hear, hear.) Nothing appeared more natural, and simple than the system of our general admi nistration by a committee of the Privy Council called a Cabinet—(hear, hear)—but if it bad to be proposed for the first time, and be were in opposition, he thought he could show such a system was the most ridiculouse. Yet it is found, on the whole, to work satisfactorily. (Hear, hear.) He was inclined to believe that the majority of the house was in favour of a Council to assist the new Minister for India, and a real council must possess those elements for whieh the Court of Directors have been celebrated. Such a council ought to be numerous, and not dealt with by the limited number of nominees proposed by the noble lord's bill. (Hear.) A single individual would be a mere ad ministrator, and if they had a council for bis advice and assistance, it should consist of a considerable number, and that being so, was the house prepared to say the Crown should nominate tho whole ? He thou g ht not, and that being the case, how was that portion not nomi• nated by the Clown to be appointed ? (Hear.) Her Majesty's Government by this bill proposed they should be elected by the Parliamentary constituencies of certain towns named, but that had been met with the opposi tion of being unconstitutional and partaking of ciass iegi,lavea. The right hon. gentleman defeachtd such a mode of election, remarking that it was class-legislation that made England what she now WAS. (Hear, hear ) The only way to obtain men of the necessary character for conducting the government of India was by having recourse to the legislative policy, and if that principle was to be adopted, by whom was it to - be exercised ?Ho considered her Majesty's Government had devised the best mode of carrying it out by confiding the election of Indian councillors to the constituencies connected with India by trade and commerce. The noble lord the mem ber for Tiverton, when he introduced his measure, rested one of his objections to the present mode of home govern. ment on the manner of electing the members of the Court of Directors, and condemned the system of canvassing for votes; and it was a strange coincidence that the ob jection made to the representative part of the Govern ment bill was, that there could be no canvassing of the electors. (Hear, and laughter.) He looked on this as one of the great recommendations of the measure, and he proceeded at great length to defend that part of ' the bill propo ed by the present Goverement, observing 1 that the constituents were taken from those parts of the United Kingdom as would produce a sympathy of suf frages,. The Government did not overlook before they decided on taking the Parliamentary constituency, the claims of the municipality, &c.,. of those towns to return the Indian Council, but as regarded the Chamber of Commerce they were but mere clubs, and could not be taken as the representatives of the towns—(hear, hear) and as to confinieg it to the municipalities, it was ob vious that it would keep the patronag e of the Indian Council in the hands of a small numbr of families of these great towns. He was astonished to hear the other night the contempt expressed of the ten-pound franchise, and he was unable to compete with those powers of invective and sarcasm to which the great commercial towns had been treated by the Liberal party. (Hear, The right honourable gentleman in defence of his scheme referred to the freemen of Liverpool baying returned Mr. Canning, who filled the office of President of the Bard of Control, and was afterwards appointed Governor-General of India, Mr. Huskisson was also elected by them. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO ALDERSHOT. Her Majesty's first state visit to the camp this season terminated on Saturday evening, after one of the most unfavourable days for witnessing the evolutions of the troops that could have befallen even at Aldershot. It was, we believe, intended to have marked this occasioa with a sham battle on a scale of unusual magnitude, and to be contested with the most persistent obstinacy, but from one cause or another the idea was abandoned, and the day passed off with very little to distinguish it from other days, save those barometrical vicissitudes which checker the monotonous existence of all in camp. It was whispered by those supposed to be well informed in such matters that the reason for the non-performance of the sham fight was that her Majesty's charger would not stand fire, and this may certainly have been one of the causes which led to this portion of the programme being departed from. We are inclined, however, to suspect that the main obstacle to the review was the weather, and when that is really unpropitious at Aldershot it re quires no ghost to account for any alteration of ar rangements which keeps the men within their huts. On Saturday the weather was such as to put a sham fight out of all question. The wind swept across the vast extent of common with a violence that almost attained the dignity of a gale, and the clouds of dust it swept before it were quite a phenomenon in their way. It is really useless attempting to de , cribe the density of these simooms, but when once the hapless visitor got involved in them he was unable either to sYe or hear anything that took place even within a few feet of him, and not only was certain to lose his way, but almost ran the risk of being literally suffocate]. Probably, of its kind, few more curious spectacles could be wit nessed than the solemn, angry look at a distance of the dark massive banks of dust tLat hung over the greater part of Aldershot-common, and which now and then ware urged up into the air to a height ap parently of sortie 150 feet or so. With the ground on which the soldiers would have to manoeuvre in such a state of agitation, it was not at all difficult to account for the field-day being postponed and artillery practice being substituted in its stead. The firing was ordered to take place in the long valley, which, being tolerably green and well shel tered from the wind, was about the only ground near the camp where the dust was not absolutely blinding. The batteries ordered out were the I troop of Horse Attillery, with two field batteries ; the F and No. 5. They were ordered to parade at the ea.t end of the valley, and soon after 9 o'clock were all in their places. The target was erected at the w, st end of the valley, towards Caesar's Camp, at a distance of about 1,090 yards from the guns. The batteries remained for a considerable time in their positions, for it was half-past 11 before her Majesty was observed approaching the valley in a pony chaise, of which only occasionalglimpses could be got in the tornado of dust with which it was en veloped. Following her Majesty's carriage was his Royal Highness Prince Albeit and a large staff of officers, all of whom, like the Prince, were in un dress.uniform. The royal party having taken up their position under a hill on the south side of the valley, between the guns and the target, the pro ceedings were commenced by the evolutions of a small detachment of the newly-formed corps of mounted engineers. This detachment on Saturday was called " the Lasso Train," th nigh for what rea son it was so distinguished it would be difficult to say. Each man had a stout rope of 20 feet long fas tened to the side of his saddle, and with a running noose at one end, so as to be easily fastened to any object he might wish to drag away. The value of this corps for taking guns or advancing them unseen by the enemy was attempted to be shown on Sa turday, and two or three engineers, fastening their ropes or lassos to a gun, the 12 pieces of the two field batteries were moved down the valley at the rate of somefive or six milesan hour. This evolution, however, is so far from being peculiar to the new corps, that it can be performed by Artillerymen, or, indeed, by any men at all with a horse and a rope, and the display, therefore, was met with no little private ridicule among officers of all ranks. The mounted Engineers were too few to cover the advance of the guns, and,nef course, too few to pro tect them, and if their numbers were doubled it is certain they could perform neither duty so well as the Artillerymen themselves. What makes the in vention of such a lasso troop still more absurd and needless is that the artillery horses are expressly provided with all the requisite in the way of har ness for dragging the guns wherever they may choose, while the "lasso" being only fastened to a common saddle, the girths naust be drawia so tight to enable the horse to pull at all that the animal must be injured by the strain. In,short, the "lasso LEFT SPEAKING. DR. BERNARD AND THE STATE TRIAL. From 8 o'clock until near midnight on Saturday evening there was a large muster of people at the Cafe Chantant, in Leicester-square, it having been publicly announced, as well in a conspicuous part of one of the morning papers of that day as by a placard outside the cafe, that Dr. Bernard, ac companied by Mr. Edwin James, his counsel, would make their appearance in the course of the evening. On the previous night Mr. James and a friend had strolled into this place of public enter tainment in a casual way as they were passing through the square. They had hardly entered the building when the well-known person of the popular advocate was recognized by several of the company. He was introduced to the proprietor, a Frenchman, who expressed himself as flattered by the visit and showed his guest some civilities. A few of the people present, and these chiefly French, approached Mr. James and tendered him their con gratulations for the successful efforts he had made on behalf of their compatriot during the recent State trial. These he politely acknowledged, and expressed his admiration of the French nation. By this time the name of the distinguished visitor had spread through the room, and thence until his departure he became an object of general interest. During his stay, whether by chance or design, the Marsellaise Hymn was sung by the professional vocalists present with great enthusiasm. For the benefit of some of our readers it may be desirable to describe the place known as the Cafe Chantant. The name not inaptly designates its character, and its precise locality does much to supply what is wanting, to the mind of a Londoner at least. It is not a place where a man in search of an evening's recreation may expect to meet the archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, or the Prince Consort ; but it is nevertheless a nightly place of resort, with others of a kindred type now scattered over the metropolis, to considerable num bers of people of different conditions in life and of both sexes. In a large, lofty, and well-lighted apartment, furnished in the French fashion with mirrors, settees, and an almost endless number of small marble tables, the visitors, some hundreds in troop" can only do very ill what the Artillerymen , have always done very well, and the feats of this peculiar corps in this matter are only likely to equal those of a nautical branch of her Majesty's service whose equestrian performances are more talked of than seen. Their invention, in fact, only reminds the spectator of the clever archit et in Laputa who discovered bow to build houses from the chimneys downwards—a mode of proceeding which, theugh it muSt - ,bave been ingenious in the last degree, has, nevertheless, not been adopted even to the present day. After the departure of the lasso train the ball practice with Horse Artillery and field batteries commenced. Of this very little need be said. It both the foot and horse batteries had shown equal skill in hitting almost everything but the mark, we should have set the failure down to the weather, which was certainly in the highest degree unfes vourable. As, however the Horse Artillery fired infinitely better than the batteries, it is fair to con clude that the practice on the part of the latter was orily practice, and that they will require a great more of it to inaie them perfect. Toe range for the field guns was about 1,100 yards, and at this fair distance, though the guns had been most care fully laid, two-thirds of the shots fell so wide of the mark as to excite surprise. The first guns nearly all struck too low, and afterwards too great an eleva tion was given, and the balls went wide over the target, tearing up the hills and scatterimg the dust like water. The Horse Artillery then advanced, and at a shorter range, as they were of course lighter guns, their practice was really excellent. It was not alone that the silts actually struck the target, but nearly every ball pitched within a few feet of it. After this shrapnel shells and canister shot were fired, and a sufficient illustration was afford-cl of the devastating effects of each missile when used against men by the way in which after the balls scattered they ploughed the ground in every direction, tearing up the earth as if it had been a she e t o f water. Even upon the ground the effect of the shrapnel shells was something quite awful to witness. The practice only lasted some half an hour or so, and after the marching past of the batteries her Majesty returned to the Pavilion. In the afternoon the men paraded within their lines, and her Majesty, before taking her departure drove slowly through the camp. The royal party started to town from Farnborough soon after five o'clock. Messrs. Scott, Beattie, and Godson, of the South-Western Company, were in charge of the Royal train. The tremendous fire which we mentioned in our last notice of the camp as raging in the fir plan:sse Lions near Woking on Friday continued, as we an ticipated, to burn throughout the whole of Friday night and during Saturday. Some idea of the ex tent of this great conflagration may be f armed when we say that it has destroyed plantations on an ex tent of no less than 5,000 or 6,000 acres. The tract over which it has spread extends from the village of Pirbright over the steep picturesque eminences known as the Matchet hills and towards the Fritts ley ridges. It seems to have commenced near Pir bright, on a lonely road through a large fir planta tion, and which leads from the Guildford-road. From the fact of its having evidently commenced here on the wayside, it seems as probable as not that its origin was acciden'al. It commenced am ng the furze and gorse and heaps of pine con- s that lay about. Fed by these inflammable materials it seem to have spread rapidly, advancing simul taneouslyalong the old Guildford-road, and towards the Mitchet hills. The views to be got from these steep heights into the country below were pic turesque beyond description, and the little glens and shady dales that lay between the ridges were exceedingly beautiful. Now nothing can exceed the desolate and weird-like aspect of the whole scene. All except the largest trees have been con sumed, and the scorched and blasted appearance of these only makes the det , o!ation still mere striking in its appearance. The whole of the els tensive range of the Mitchet heights aupear like as many huge m oun d s o f c h arcoa l, t h e bl ac k l oo k of hills wh ich ran c plantationstras tsos ttosadlys t a h r o t u h n e in tense silen ce , t oo, that pervades the great ex ` ent d. rich Th g e ree of hill and dale over which the fire has raged is not the least mournful of its many impressive features. Not the sound of a bird, not the stir of a living creature, or even the a rustlin g of leaf breaks a stillness that is actually 1 pit• fu and, in place of a thick, blooming plantation' relolent ! with the scent of wild flowers, there is only the smell of burning wood. It is, in fact, difficult to imagine anything more mournful and desolate. The fire wss still hurning actively on Saturday evening, but the wind had chats. - ssd and the flarnee were being turned back over the tract they lied already devastated, so that it was likely to go out for want of fuel during Saturday night or hi the entree of yesterday. number, spend their evenings in an atmosphere of tobacco smoke, drinking coffee, consuming mutton chops and Welsh rarebits, with potations of pale ale, brandy, or gin. Some good music on the piano forte, a teepee able orchestra, and a corps of pro fesaional vocalists, the greater part of them ladies, lend additional attractions to the place, which is not without an air of decorum. Unlike Coger's hall, or "Discussion Forum"—now known to fame —no debating, political or otherwise, goes forward. [t is frequented as much by English as by French peopl-, and is not so much a haunt of political re fugees as other places in its vicinity. At the Cafe Chantant, then, of all places, the public were informed that Mr. Edwin -James and. Dr. Bernard were to present themselves on S itur day evening, and th , ? - re " the friends of liberty"— so the announcement went—were to give them an ovation. At 8 o'cl oc k, t h e h our they wore ex pected, there were comparatively few people in the room. Among these, two or three men, having all the unmistakeable mat ks of the ref uee class were distributing handbills invoking "ete rna l glory on the 12 jurymen"—naming them—" who upheld the honour and independence of Old England ;" on Mr. James who had vindicated the dignity of the English law, and " lasting shame on the promoters of the Conspiracy all." Tuis document, couched in indifferent English, purported to emanate from a "universal printing establishment" in B.olborn. As the evening advanced the audience gradually increased, until at length between 200 and 300 persons were present. They were, however, dis appointed, for neither Mr. James nor Dr. Bernard made their appearance in the course of the even ing. At whose instance the announcement was made that they were to attend does not appear ; but that it was not Dr. Bernard's—still less, per haps, at Mr. James's—is certain from the fact of the former having expresedgreat displeasure when he was informed of the matter, adding that he was not a Nana Sahib or a hippopotamus that any one should presume to exhibit him for money, and that he had no ambition for a niche in the Wallhalla of Madame Tussaud. Within the last few days a fact has come out ex tremely creditable, we think, to the jury by whom Bernard 'vas tried. A committee, of whom Mr. Nicholay, Mr. E. T. Smith, of Drury-lane theatre, Mr. Beales, of Piccadilly, and others, are members, has been embodied at Mr, Wyld's newsroom, in Leicester -square, at which for the last few years Bernard has been a constant visitor, for the purpose of arranging a banquet at the Free masons Tavern in the beginning of May to the jury and the counsel and solicitors engaged on the trial for the defence. The jury were a•ked if they would be disposed to receive such a token of public approbation ; they met together to consider the matter, sad the result is that they have respect. fully declined the intended ovation. They have stated, through their foreman, that on the occasion in question they sought to discharge the important duty which devolved upon them to the best of their ability, and that for the manner .e testimonyin whichf their o they per formed that duty they have th own consciences, than whis:th they desire no higher reward. _ - DEATH OF A VETERAN.—The Falkirk Herald reports the death of a veteran—David Richardson, of the 21st Fusiliers—" who bad the honour of teaching Sir Colin Campbell the use of the sword." The Tribunal of Correctional PoFee of BaHort (Haut- Rhin) last month condemned a weaver named Jenny three days' imprisonment and 16f. fin., for having in a public-house spread the false news that the Emperor was about to retire to a fortress and proclaim the re public, in order to prevent manufacturers from com pelling their men to work fourtsen houra a-day. Three days back, he appealed to the Imperial Court of Colmar a lta g hn a eg inf r f eaer e condemnation, and, as he bad done before the tribunal, he solemnly denied that be bad used the ; d ib g e m d ti t i o:im, protested that he was not an enemy of the Emperor, and represented himself to be an ous workman. The court, however, confirmed 14:1171.GRAVIt CABTLIZ.—We hear from good authority that Mulgrave Castle, the seat if the Marquis of Nor manby, has been let to Maharajah Dhuleep Sing.— York shire Gazette, NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. arrived on Friday in Plymouth Sound, where she was visited officially in the afrernoon, by the Danish Consul, Mr. T. W. Fox, jun., and his wife. Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, and Mr. Hamilton Licdsay had au interview on Saturday morning with Sir John Pakington at the Admi ralty. Mr. W. G. Ridings and Mr. A. B. Johnson have been appointed Assistant-Surgeons to the Indus. A general inspection and review of the troops belonging to the corps of Royal Engineers, together with the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, now at their head-quarters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, took place on Saturday by Lieut.-General Sir d. A. Wetherell, K. C. 8., Adjutant-General, and Cob J. W. Gordon, C. 8., Deputy-Adjutant-General to the Royal Engineers. The whole of the companies of Royal Engineers and the East India Company's detachments were formed in the barrack-square shortly before 12 o'clock in heavy marchingorder, and received Gen. Wether all who was attended by his aide-de-camp, Col. Sand ham, director of the Royal Engineers, and the principal officers of the garrison, with the usual honours. Tie entire corps then broke into open columns of companies, and marched past, after which they performed a few other evolutions. Geri. Wetherell and Col. Gordon afterwards proceeded to inspect the men's kits and accoutrements, after which they made a tour of the spacious barracks, visiting the libraries, school rooms, and large model room, formerly used as a chapel for the troops. The General spent some time to the examination of the various objects connected with warfare stored within thisbuilding; the numerous articles brought by the corps from the Crimea and the Baltic at tracted much attention. At 2 o'clock the troops were re-formed in the barrack-square in review order, and, each man having been supplied with several rounds of blank cartridge, the entire corps, headed by their band, marched to the Great Lilies for the purpose of going through the evc lotions of a field-day, under the direction Of L'eut.-Cel. A. P. G. Ross. The troops, to the number of about 1,200 men, having been formed into line, General We',;herall, attended by Col. H. Eyre, commandant of Chatham garrison, Col. H. Sandham, Col. J. W. Gordon, C. 13., Deputy-Adjutant-General, and a numerous staff, rode on to the ground, when the battalions were put by Lieut.-Col. Ross through a variety of mauceuvres which lasted neatly two hours, at the termination of which they fired a general saliva. At the conclusion of the review Lieut.-Gen. Wetherell was entertained by the offi cals of the Rtyal Engineers at an elegant repast in their mess-room, which was attended by about 100 officers, including Col. H. Eyre, commandant, Col. H. Sandham, R.E., Col. H. W. Parke, command ant of the R,yal Marines, Capt. G. Goldsmith, C. B. superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, and nearly all the heads of departments and command ing officers connected with Chatham garri:on. Be fore returning to the Horse Guards G-neral We therell inspected the 12th company of Royal Engineers, who were under orders to embark for the Cape of Good Hope. _ _ _ MILITIA. On Tuesday Lieutenant Wyatt, of the Tower Hamlets Militia, died suddenly at the Curragh Camp, of apoplexy. The Forfar Artillery Militia., a detachment of whi'h corps is at present in charge of the barracks in Kilkenny, on Wednesday recAved an order of readiness to leave Limerick at short notice for Dublin. The Forfarshiro Regiment has given several volunteers, non-commissioned officers and men, to Major Boothby's troop of Artillery in Limei ick. _ _ Au Irish provincial paper says,—" It is pro poi.ied to give each subaltern of Militia regiments about to be disembodied an allowance equal te six mouths' pay ; an allowance equal to one year's pay will be given to surgeons and assistant-surgeons from the day of disetnbodiment inclusive ; and paymasters will - be continuel on pay for three months, and receive a gratuity of three months' pay on rendering their final pay list. The cast) of regimental captains and adjutants has not yet been brought under the notice of the Secretary for War." EXPLORATIONS OF TEE AMO9R RIVER In Consequence °ea notification which was re ceived late on Friday evening last at Woolwich, that H. R. H. the General Commanding-in-Chief intended to inspect the garrison on Saturday, the whole of the troops were ass, , mbled in marching order at an early hour on the Common, under the command of Major-Gen. Sir W. Williams, drawn up in contiguous quarter-distarse columns, having three troops of Royal Horse Artillery on the right, commanded by lieut.-Col. Maude, C. 8., andtbres field batteries of Royal &vine ry, commanded by Col. Teesdale, on the lefr. The infants y brigade, cunsisting of one battalion of Royal Artillery, two battalions of Royal Marine Light Infantry, the Oxford Regi ment of Militia, and East Keno Regiment of Mili tia, was commanded by Col. Brown, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Two troops of the Military Train, under the command of Major Salis, were posted in rear of the line. His Royal Highness, having ben received on arrival with a Royal salute, proceeded to inspect tLe line, after which the troops marched past in quick time in open column. The Royal Horse Artillery ranked by threes at a trot, and then trotted past by troops. His R , ysl Highness having ord red Col. Brown to ferns the brigade into contiguous quarter-distance columns on the top of the Common facing the Royal Artillery bar racks, then assumed the command, and ordered the Horse Artillery to the front, which rapidly ad vanced and opened fire, under cover of which the two battalions of Royal Marines and the Oxford Militia deployed into line, and a field battery was placed on each flank, the battalion of Royal Artil lery and the East Kent Militia, with a field battery, forming the reserve. The Horse Artillery were then ordered to retire through the line, for which purpose tie battalions were wheeled back into open columns of companies', and the line being re-formed advanced, supported by the field batteries on the flanks. The line was then halted and changed direction, the one-eighth of a circle to the right, on the tt ixel company of the 2d battalion. The line was now ordered to refire in direct echelon of battalions from the left, covered by the Horse Ar tillery, which had been advanced rapidly through the intervals of the bAtalions. A second line was formed, consisting of ones battalion of Royal Artil lery, a field battery, and the East Keut Militia, through which the first line retired byopen columns IN NORl'llbliN ASIA. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF MR,. COLLINS, - UNITED STATES' COMMERCIAL AGENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON. April 17, 1858. The report call ,a for by Mr. Scott, of California, a few days since, in relation to the exoloration. of Major P. M'D. Collins on the Amnia- River, will be submitt. dto the house in a few days. It.vvas s-nt to the Stale D partment to-day, together with two maps—one on the Arrwor River, and the other showing the relative position of Northern Asia and our Pacific coast. The A moor, it will be recollected, is a river se cond only to the Mississippi, which flows from the cen , re of Northern Asia into the Pac fie Ocean not far north of Japan. The report will give a general view of the interior commerce of Russia prepara tory to the gr and development of her Asiatic com merce and policy. Mr. Collins obtained the appointment of com mercial agent from President Pierce, for the pur pose of making the exploration of the Amoor and testing the practicability of its navLation. In order to do this he was compelled to proceed by way of St. Petersburg, to obtain the permission of the Russian Government to enter the Amoor country. To have attempted its explorat;on from the sea, without the assistance of steam, and alone, would have been worse than folly ; therefore the neces sity of entering Russia by way of the Baltic. This, of course, rendered the land journey across both Europe and Asia necessary ; nor was this without policy or aim—it was to witness that great inland trade of Russia concentrating at Nijiie Norgorod in Europe and Kyaelita iu Asia, and to trac,) this line of commerce from the Baltic to the Pacific If the Amoor could be ascended by steamers this vast country could be opened to Americin com merce, and the very heart of Northern Asia made accessible to our merchants. Having obtained the appointmert, he proceeded cal ly in the spring of 1856, via England and Don mark, to Cronstadt and St. Petersburg. Owing to many circumstances, Mr. Collins was detained iu St. Petersburg and Moscow until after the corona tion of the present Emperor ; it was not till after that event that he could obtain the necessary for mal perinission to prosecute his voyage. It was now too late to cross the two continents in order to reach the Atnoor before winter woul I set in ; he consequently remained in Moscow tau it winter fairly set in, and the roads were rendered good by a sufficient coating of snow. His detention was not without its benefits, be cause it gave him an opportunity to become familiar with the vast interior trade of Russia ; the wealth of its great cities an the internal resources of a vast Empire ; all of which was regularly communicated to the Department of State, and in the meantime to make himself familiar with the Slavonic language. of companies from the right of battalions; the Horse Artillery retired by the flanks. The second line was ordered to advance, supported by three field batteries, the first line being formed in con tiguous quarter-distanci columns in rear of the centre. The whole of the troops were then f, rmed into one line of contiguous quarter-distance columns, the Horse Artillery on the right, in column of troops, the field.-batteries on the left in column of batteries. The line was ordered to ad vance in direct echelo❑ from the left, change front a quarter circle to the right, form line on right battalion, which manwuvre was executed with steadiness and precision, and brought the troops on their original ground. Major-General Sir W. F. Mr. Collins*passed overland from St. Peter-burg to the headwaters of the Amour, where he awaited the approach of spring, and then i❑ a small boat, with o•irs and five Cossack soldiers furni-hed him by General Mouravieff, the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, proceeded down the three fivers Ingailab, Schilkalt, and Atnoir, to the meth, a distance by water of some 2,500 miles As he proceeded entirely under the aumpicJs f the Russian Government, he had every facility granted him in obtaining information and for exploration. Start ing from Moscow in mid winter, Mr. Collins had the rare opportunity of testing all the terrors of a Russo-Siberian winter upon au Atinerican constitu tion. Major Collins now proceeded in a sleigh wi.h post-horses by way of Vladetnir, Nijne N.rgorod, Kazan, crossing the Ural Mountains at EJatherine burg, and thus on by Omsk, Towok, and Kramoy ntik to Irkoutsk, the capital of Eastern 4,000 miles east of St. Petersburg. Spending some time at Irkomsk, and being hospitably entertained by Gen. Mouravieff, Mr. Collins thou visited the cities of Kyachta and Mai-mat-Tschin. These places are, by treaty between RiieSia and China, the only points where commerce can be conducted by the people of the two empire'. They are situ ated about 350 miles scuth-east of Irk , .utsk, and 1,000 miles north-east of Pekin, on the frontiers of Mongolia and Siberia. Mr. Collins had the rare opportunity of witness ing the opening of the great fair at the full or 6 white moon," in February. • Grand feasts and entertainments were given in honour of the occasion ; the town of Mai-mat- Tschin was filled wi•h feasting, and illuminatad with lanterns at night. The trade conceuttated here is very important, said to bo 20,000,000 of dollars ar:nually. After findinz its way on the.backs of cam,ls and by bul locks from Pekin, it is taken up by the Russian merchants in the winter on sledges, and in the sum mer by the rivers and waggons, and finds its way across Siberia to the foot of the Ural mountains, crossing which it concentrates at the great f lir of Nijee Norgorod, where the commerce of 1856 summed up to 300,000,000 of silver roubles. Upon the approach of spring. Mr. Collins Crossied the Staunvey mountains, and fell upon the head waters of the Amoor. Navigation not yet being opened he made a full exploration of the gold and silver country of Nerchinsk, the mines of which are worked by the convicts from European Russia. The country is very rich in silver and gold. Returning from tle tour, he awaited at Chetah the breaking of the ice in the Ingodah, whence he prOceeded on his downward course t, the sea. The country along the Amoor is fully described, much of wh'ch is Buse p ible of farming and grazing. But the great problem as to its navigability is fully solved. WilLams — thenre-assumed the command, officers and colours were ordered to the front, and the day's proceedings w re closed with a Royal salu e. His Royal Highness expressed hinisd.f much satisfied with the discipline and general good order of the garrison. The troops were then, ralrched to their respective quarters. In The ,Suri, of Saturday it was stated that Colour-Sergeant Bond, 70th, was branded with the letter "D." It appears, however, that in con sequence of his former good character, tie was not marked with "D." The fietht ships Rwhester. Heather, master, and the Hope, Dyer, master, have hauled up to Chatltim dockyard, and have commenced shipping war stores for Devon') art and Sheernes._ _ Three 60 horsa-ii,JNer gunboats— he Quail, Ciieker, and Porpoise—wore forwarded to Wool wich on Saturday for Deptford, to be transferred to the west for reserve. Her Majesty's steam store transport Itliadamau thui, Master-Commander Sturdee, from the welt, was received into bamin at Woolwich on Saturday, to ship boilers and steam ge3r for her Majesty's ships Lion and Orlando. The Pembroke, 60 guns, screw steamship, Cap tain Edward P. Caarlewood, left Sheerness on Saturday for Coastguard service at Harwich. The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam guard- hip of ordinary, Captain Edward P. Halsted, waa put out of No. 1 dry dock at Sheerness on Saturday, and will in a few days be ready to receive her crew, when she will be taken to her harbour mocringi as guardship of the steam squadron cf reserve. The new screw steam frigate Emerald, 51 guni t is being fitted for the pendant i n N o . 3 dry dock at Sheerness. When Admiral Chad's squadron left Spithead on Thursday morning they had orders to proceed under canvass only. During the day the wirrd was aft. The screw steamship Renown, 91, Captain Arthur Forbes, proved the fastest. The screw steam frigate Curaea, 31, Capt: Thos. 11. Mason, kept nearly in a line with her. The screw steam ship Diadem, 32, Capt. Wm. Moorsom, was some distance astern ; and the screw steam corvette Ra coon, 22, Capt. J. A. Paynter, was " nowhere.' This squadron, with the Brunswick, 80, Hogue, 60, brig Nautilus, gunboat Lapwing, and Danish brig Omen, 12, are at anchor iu Plymouth Soand. The screw steam ship Brunswick, 80, Capt. E. Ommaney, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday even ing. She left Co!ou March 3, arrived at Port Royal on the 13th, left on the 17th, arrived at Havannah on the 24th, and sailed therefrom on the 27th. At Colon were the pad.dlewheel steam frigate Leo pard, 18, Capt a i n J ames F. B. W a inwright, and the United S ta t es ' corvet t e J amestown , and st,iatn ship Fulton. At Port Royal were the receiving ship Imaurn, 72 , Commander H. J. Grant, the Leopard, th e pa ddl ew h ee l s t ea m sloop Buzzard, 6, Commauthr F. P ee l, an d the paddlewheel steam sloop Basilisk, 6, Commander J. A. Phayre. Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, in the paddlewheel steam sloop D evas t a ti on, 6, Commander C. Wake, acoomparated by th e flagship Indus, 78, Capt. John C. D. Hay, was expected daily in Port Royal. The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Commander 0. Yesey, was at Havannah, accompanied by the gun boat Jaspr, Lieut. Pym. She took, on the 23(1 of March, a valuable prize, supposed to be a slaver, which had several thousand dollars on b )ard. The Styx left Havannah again on the 24th for a cruise. After leaving the Gild' of Florida the Brunswick experienced on the 31st of. March a very heavy gale, with the wind from all points of the compass and occasional calm. It was accompanied by thunder and intense lightning, torrents of rain, and • large hail stones. The storm commenced at 5 and continued until half-past 6 p.m., when it gradually followed a track to the north-west. The Brunswick was commissioned on the Ist of January, 1856, and has been employed on the Home, Mediterranean, and West India Stations, on the lazt of wireh was for somi time en A ag,,al watehing t he proceed ings of Waik , r's Fdlibusfering expedition. His Dani-h Majesty's brig Ornen, 12, Captain Smidth, 29 days from Santa Cam, for Copenhagen, Mr. Collins states, without hesitation, that steamers can ascend from the sea to Chetah, a dis tance of 2,600 miles, which great fact opens up Sii , eriat , , our Pacific commerce tnroug I the Amoor. This fact, hitherto unknown and not even gut sled at, presents a new field for commerce, the ultimate limns of which can hardly be grasped by the most comprehensive mind. Mangolia, Manchooria, Northern China, all the Tartari,s, Thibet, and Siberia, will a population of twenty to thirty minims, are approached by this river, and a new route to the Indies opened. The discovery of the north-western pa'sage sinks into utter nothingness in comparison with the utility and practicability of this route. One most astonishing fact is elicited, which is, that Irkontdc, the capital of Eastern Siberia, can be approached with only about three hundred miles of land carriage. Mr. Collins is the first foreigner that has ever descended the A moor, t h e second American that has ever crossed the Ural Mountains, and the first that has crossed the mountains dividing the waters of the Pacific from those of the Frozen Ocean. He speaks in the highest terms of the Russian officers and people upon his long journey, having been treated with kindnels and hospitality. At Kyachta, where ha- was invited to a public dinner, the health of President Buchanan was given m a regular toast, which was drunk standing, with all the honours. Mr. Buchanan is very popular in Russia, and his election was hailed with delight throughout the empire. As he was also our Minister at St. Peters burg, and negotiated the last commercial treaty between the two countries, he is known to many personally. 1 3y way of Hakodadi, Japan, up through the sea ofJ apan to the Straits of Tartary and into the mouth of the Amoor, the navigation presents no unusual difficultio ; steam is wanted at the mouth of the Amoor to tow vessels to and from sea, the same as at the mouth of the. Mississippi. Vessels approaching the Amoor will stop at De Castries for a pilot, where they can also get wood and: water, rind - the supercargo or captain can pro ceed by - way - of Eleezey, ak;ng a small portage into the Amor,o and thus anticipate his vessel at the mouth of the river. That vast and valuable extent of country lying along the Amoor, and more than that the naviga- , tion of that river from the sea to the interior pro vinces of Siberia through which alone she has an approach to the Pacific, is of itself a sufficient ar gument for the acquisiti on by Russii. But aside from this, the Amoor, for ages in the hands of Tar tars or the Chinese—who, like the dog in the man ger, will Loither use it themselves norlet any other nation use it—justifies Russia now in its acqusition as we weie in the acquisition of the Mississippi, by Jefferson—peaceably if we could, forcibly if we must. The whole Amoor basin is as necessaryto Russia in the development of that country, and to her quiet intercourse into the heart of Siberia, as the Mississippi valley was to us in 1803. It is not only most desirable to Russia, but equally so to progress and civilisation ; for with the possession of this river, the Tartar power will be completely hemmed in and approachable on all sides. Since Major Collins' vi , it to Irkoutsk and the Amoor, a company, called the " Company of the Arnoor," has bsen organised in St. Petersburg, and received the sanction of the Emperor, with a capital of four millions of francs, to be in creased to twelve millions, for the purpose of " encouraging and developing the commercial and industrial activity of the valley of the Amoor, to open trade through the Pacific ports with foreign countries, to trade with the Indians, to build and maintain steamers and sailing vessels, establish factories magazines, kc. This shows at once the waking up of Russia to the importanc , of the reannexation ot the Amo - ,r. It must be remembered that Russia once held it e Amoor, and only suspended her claims there in rho faCe Of great diffi.:ulties, to be renewed at a more propitious season. This time has now at rived, and she is pushing the task with vigour And to what power but Russia die,s- the world owe the succ,ssful beating 'back of the Great M 'guts who deva - stAtrd Europe for centuries with fire and sword ? Take the vast extent of country over which Russia now holds sway, and it is one ot the most remarkable in his tory ; in control pre-eminent, in extent far surpass ing 'that of Rome in her palmiest days. Russia alone has been able to control .the Tartar race, and has whipped them into something like civilisations, and from marauding hordes trained them to the plough and the loom. It is to Russia alone that civilisation owes the fact that you can now travel from Sr. Pe tersburg to Kamschatka quite as secure as in any other portion of the globe, and needing, perhaps, less precaution than over the same extent of terri tory on any other part of the ea, th's surface. After leaving the Amoor in the fall of 1857, Mr. Collins visited Japan, Kamschatka, and the Sand wich Islands, and returned to Washington by way of San Francisco, California. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -April 24. MANSION-HOUSE.—ALLEGED FORGERY.--At the conclusion of the business the Rev. George Radcliffe was brought from Salisbury, in the cus tody of an officer, upon the charge of having forged a transfer of stack to the amount of 1,0281. 6s. 3d. on the Bank of England, standing in the name of George Radcliffe and Robert Raxwottliy. Mr. Freshfield said he fel:. great pain in stating that the prisoner was a clergyman of the Church of England, anti rector of St. Edward's, Salisbury, and that he had forged a certificate, staling that Mr. R-txwottby was dead, and thus got 'IL° his bands the stock. Mc•. Fresh&ld said be should be obliged to require a remand, and would only pro duce evidence to justify it. GUILDHALL. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A Dm—Charles Pullin'', a lad about 14 years of age, was placed at the bar, before Alderman Hale, charged with stealing 60 pieces of challits, value 501., the property of his employers. George Russell, a City detective officer, said, yes terday afternoon, in consequence of information I received, I wont to the warehouse of Messrs. Jor dan and Co., 26, Noble-street, where the prisoner, is employed. I there saw the prisoner, and told him I was a detective, and that he was the party who had been stealing the goods which had ben missed from the wareriouSe, and giving them to a man to pledge. I had this man, whose name is Willis, called in, and told the prisoner he was the man to W OM he had given the goods to pledge, and I asked Willis if such was the case, and he replied it was. I then told the prisoner I must take him into custody on the charge of stealing 60 pieces of challres, 10 pieces before Christmas, and 50 pieces since. I then-took him to the station, and lie said one of the dupl:caies relating to the property was in his coat pocket in the warehouse. When the charge was read over. to him he said he wa4 guilty. Alder matt Hale—What is the value of the 60 pieces I Itussell—About 501., sir. Alderman dale—This is a very wholesale-rob bery for a lad like the prisoner to be engaged iu. Russell—l found a duplicate in the. prisoner's coat for a watch, and another for three pieces of chillies pledged on the 17th of April at Messrs. Pickford and Roberts's, in the Old IC-at-road. I also found in - the same coat-pocket a sea.ed piper parcel• containing six new neck-ties. There was an uher neck-tie loose in the pocket. I showed hem all to the prisoner, and aske.l him how he became possessed of them, and he said, "They are the governor's ; I took them this afternoon." I wish for a remand, sir ; but as the man Willis is here, I hope, sir, you will elution him to be careful iu letting me know where he has pledged the g. ods. Edwa , d Willis was then called to the front of the utagntrate's table, and ordered to en' er into his own recognisances in 401. to appear at the next hearing.. The prisoner was then remanded. WESTMINSTER. —SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST THE WIPE OF A TRADESMAN. —Dnily Hodge?, a young, well-dresed, ' and childlike woman, was placed at the b ch4rged with obtaining money under falle pretences. From :he evidence of Mr. Sowerby, pawnbroker, of Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, it appeared that the prisoner, who is the wife of a jeweller, residing in St. John's, Clerkenwell, pledged a gold locket at the house of the prosecu'or, on the 9th March, stating that it" wa s goo d gold, and obtained 4s. on it. On :.\-1 arch 22, April 9, and April 23; she again appeared, on each occasion stating that she had bi ought the same locket, which she said had been redeemed. Ou the fourth visit the pawnbroker bad considefable suspicions, on account of her having been there so many times, and on looking over h s things he found that he had four lockets in his pos session. They were all exactly like each other, and hitherto he had net doubted the truth of her repre sentation. On each occasion she gave a different name, 'and it could not be remembered she had done so. It might also follow that different assis tants in the shop might have returned the locket, so that pro-ecutor uld not be able to :ay whether ho had three lockets in his po ' ses sion or whether she had tendere I the same one each time. On her deceit being discovered she re fused to give an account of herself and rushed out of the shop. Witness caught her, when she scratched his face. Presuming the lockets to - be gold they would each be worth 10s. Witness assayed the lockets and found them to be spurious. Prisoner was given into custody. Mr. Archibald Douglass, 11, Sloaue-street, Chel sea, working jeweller, had assayed the lockets, and said there not above three graii , s of pure gold in each ; al•oe.ether they were not worth woe than ls. 6d. The value of the articles if pure gold would be about half-a-guinea in the trade. Mr. Neate, solicitor, who cond , icted the prosecu tion, said there was a regular system of fraud of this kind being carried on in London, and if the were remanded he could bring forward several other pawnbrokers who bad been similarly duped. The husbind of prisoner was in the habit of making these things at Clerkenwell. Mr. Arnold said it was quite evident that, from the extreme youthful appearance of the prisoner, she was the dope of some person, whom it was to be hoped would be placed by hor side. At present there was sufficient evidence to remand her upon. The case was, therefore, remanded till Friday next. GREENWIOS.--THE LATE MANSLAUGHTER BY A BOY.—COMMITTAL OF THE YOUTH AND AN INSPECTOR OF THE THAMES POLICE.—Win. st,lli,, a lad 12 years of age, of respectable parents, raid ing at No. 10, Wynford-terrace, Rotherhithe, was brought up on remand b efore Mr. Trail, charged with causing the dea t h of anothe r lad named John Thomas Bolton, about the same age, while fi g hti ng in Wellington-street ; and Henry John Hambrook, an inspector of the Thames police, was placdd in the dock charged with being an accessory, Mr. Superintendent Evans attend e d t o watc h the case on the part of the Thame s police, and M r . Soloinon appeared for .Hambrook ; the father of Stubs was present for his son. --- I A melical ceriificatt+ of the cause of death was read, and several wimnesses, the particulars of whose 'evidence have already appear() 1, were examined. Jarnes Francis andJamea Bowle swore that Ham brook was the person who offered the fata l tion to "hit him under the ear." • Mr. Solomon, on the part of Hambrook, begged the magistrate to take a merciful consideration of the case ; and after stating his unfortunate position to the effect that he- had been many years in the Thames polic force, and was now upon sick leave and in daily cxp , cta - ion of a pension, entreated !aim to hear setae witnesses in his behalf. ' Mr. Traill said there was no necessity for if. He intended to bind - him over to appear at the sessions and there to let the Court decide. It was a most ahomin ,ble act, and if the law would have per mitted it he should have sent him for trial as an accessory before the fact. There was, however, the absence of intention. It was the duty of every per son to prevent-a breach of the peace ; and when an officer of the peace, who had been connected with the police for the last 15 or 16 years, took no steps to prevent such an act, but assisted, he thought it a most shamdul proceeding. Mr. Solomon said, from the instructions he bad received, he really believed, if his worship would hear the witnesses he should produce, an entirely different impression would be entertained. Mr. Traill would not recommend such a course, but Hambrook sill pressing, he was ordered into the dock, the magistrate intimating that if the evi dence produced were unfavourable to him he should commit him for trial. The former witnesses were then cross-examined,- but their testimony remained unshaken. Witnesses for the defence were also heard, but nothing of importance was elicited. Mr. Boustrel, the chief clerk, then announced, after the usual caution, the committal of both pri soners.to Newgate for trial. Applications for bail were put in, but in the, else of Sellis a refusal was given. On the part of Hambrook two sureties in 251. each would be re ceived. Mr. Superintendent Evans, as also the father of Sellis, said the coroner had no objection if his wor ship thought proper to admit the boy to bail. Mr. Traill said, for himself, he would so agree ; but he held the coroner's warrant of committal un endorsed, his -consent would therefore be of no avail. Hambrook's sureties were then taken, and Sellis removed to a cell. THAMES.—CAPTURE OF TWO NOTORIOUS SHOP". LIFTERS. —T wo vulgar-looking women, Charlotte Coleman, a masculine-looking creature, and Ann Reynolds, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing 104 vards of printed cotton, the property of some linen - draper unknown. Copping, a de, ective officer, No. 379 K, said that on Friday night he was in Raven-row, Mile-end, in company with two other officers, and saw the prisoners approaching him. He knew them to be notorious thieves, who had been repeatedly con victed for robiiing linendra . ters' shops, and he said to them, " What have you got under yoursha - vls: let me see ?" They appeared thunderstruck, and said they had nothing, and did not know what he meant. H 3 put his hand under Reynolds's shawl, and took from her a piece of cotton print, measur ing 52 yards. The other prisoner, Coleman, shifted about, and then dropped on the ground from under her shawl another piece of cotton print of a dif ferent pattern, also measuring 52 yards. He asked the prisoners where they obtained the property, and the reply-was, " what is that to' you?" He then took them into custody. The prisoner Coleman said a woman asked her to carry the print from Mile-Eud-gate to Whi•echapel Church. Mr. Yardley.—Who is the woman, and where does she live ? The Prisoner.—l am sure I don't know. Mr. Yardley.—l suppose you want a remand, Copping, to find out the owners of the property. Copping.—l do, sir. Mr. Yardley rentanded the prisoners until Tues day. Country Markets. ROCHESTER-APRIL 24. At this corn exchange, with only a very limited supply, of wheat on offer, trade was exceedingly flat, and a decline of 2e to'39 per quarter on all kinds of wheat had to be sub mitted to, holders of home-grown parcels finding it difficult to effect a ales even at that reduction. The dull reports from the other markets operated against millers speculat ing to any extent, and buyers merely purchased to satisfj immediate wants. Foreign moved off very slowly, the value of the article receding about 3s per qr. There was scarcely any inquiry for flour, which was almost eatirelf neglected. The demand for barley was less active, bit prime samples were fully as dear as at last week's market. Oats held firm at former quotations, and in other kinds of spring corn there was no quotable alteration. The fol lowing were the prices quoted at the of the market White what, 42s to 468 ; fine, 48s ; red, 40s to 41s fine, 40 ; foreign, 40s to 48 ; malting barley, 34s to 40s; grind ing barley, 28s to 32s ; oa t s, 23 s t o 27 s ; b eans, 40a to 445 ; peas, 42s to 44s ; The several local markets held during the week have been but moderately supplied with grain, in which a dull trade was effected at a decline of 2s to 3e per quarter. NORWICH-APRIL 24. The weather has been splendid during the week, but a few seasonable showers are now wanted. The markets of the week haie exhibited the decline which was noted at this exchange on Saturday last, and at Mark-lane on Mon• day ; but the decline has not exceeded is to 2s per quarter• Here to-day, as at Chelmsford yesterdey, there was a slight rally for all descriptions of quality. Barley, which Wal l again in diminished supply, also maintained late prices and flpur was without alteration in value. Little passirl iu other articles. Latest averages :—Wheat, 2,980 qrs., 44s 4d; barley, 1,069 qrs., 38s 10d. LEICESTER—APRIL 24. At our corn market to-day wheat was in fair aupplY! and the trade ruled more active, at the full prices of lit week, fine white samples making sis, and red 46s pot quarter. Barley a small show, and almost unsaleable. Oats scarce, and is per quarter dearer. Beans were In ugliest, at an advance of is per 38 stone. NOTTINGHAM—APRIL 24. At to-day's market the supply of wheat was limited, ana, there was a'fair attendance of f a rmers. Th e t ra d e ru le(' tolerably firm, and the rates of last week were made; fine white samples realised 50s, red of superior quality selling at 47s per quarter. There was not much barley on offer, and the trade was dull, without a teration in p r ice, the best quality making 40s per quarter. Oats were in sret supply, and quite as d ear as last week. Beans firm, and in good request. - OXFORD—APRIL 21. A small attendance of farmers at market to-day, with corresponding supply of wheat, for which the demand Ws . ! slow, and last week's prices w ere b are ly rea li s ed . It 'll gener4lly stated that holders of wheat in this neighbour' hood are few and far between Barley was a dull tradN at prices from 32e to 365. Oats were mach inquired fort an buyers had to submit to a rise of from 1s to 2s per quarter. Beans were plentiful, and sold well at from 41° to 44a per quarter. Not a single sample of peas of any de' scription in the market. Seconds flour, 33s per saik• Hay, 3/ 3a to 3/ 15s per ton. The reports from the neigh' bouriog towns are, that wheat has declined from is to 211 per quarter. Other articles remain about the same. DUBLIN-APRIL 23. White wheat, 278 01 to 20s Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 26 1 61. ditto new, s Od ; barley, malting, 148 to 18a Od; grind ing, —8 to —s ; oa.s, old, 133 6il to 15s; ditto, new, to —s 01; oatmeal, 13s Gd to 15s 6d; bere, now, —s to Od ; rapesot d, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; nakeis' flour, Vs 611 to 19s Od per owt ; Indian corn, 153 01 to 37s Od fel 480 lbs. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 22. Qrs: Best. Current. In felt° r ; 351 Wheat 458 Od 3Ba 2d . 27a v,' 575 Oats 30 8 tad 27s 3d - 25, t''', 165 Barley . 368 9d 34s Bid .27. 40. Peas & beans 45s Od 42a 8d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 23. wasa.T. I Banally 1 OATS. i sasql; First soa Od 384 9d 31s 6d.1 45s 0 ,1 Second 4os ltd 1 35s 2d / 29s ld 142 3 7 Third 3ss Od 1 32s 6d 17,6 s 9d 130 s 6 1 Total quantity of wheat in market, 333 qrs ., 202 sold ,l PO barley „ 208 qrs., 208 sold # it oats 1I f l beans 11 ~ 21.8 qrs., 2_43 0 1 0 0 4 AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, -1. 011 9-12ths 1 Barley, ...11. 15 2 10-12 tbs Oats, ... 11. 9 1 7-12ths J Beans, 21. 2 4 10-12 tbs BIRTHS. DowNEB--On tho 14th inst., at Cambridge House, the wife of Win. Downes, Esq., of a daughter. JAMES—On the 24th inst., at No. 4, Guildford-road, South Lambeth, the wife of Mr. Edwin James, of st , daughter. NAPIER—On the 19th inst., at No. 22, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, the Hon. Mrs. William Napier, of s daughter. &HUI— On the 26th Feb. last, at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, the wife of Wm. Tasker Smith, Esq., Mixed Commission, of a son. SMYTH—On the 22d inst., in Lower S e y mour - s t ree t, the wife of LientoColonel Smyth, Bengal Artillery, .of daughter. MARRIAGES. PEARCE —SYMONDS—On the Bth inst., at St. Maryisfor dalene Church, Oxford, by the Rev. J. Ley, F ra nk Peale% Esq., of Kington Langley, Wilts, to Faun' Louisa, youngest daughter of Mr. G. eymonclo. SMITH—IIITCHINGS —On the 22d inst., at Wargrave Church, by the Rev. Henry Hutchinson Swinny, as sisted by the Rev. E. J. Hitching., brother of the bride William, second son of Octavius Henry Smith, Esq., ,u` of Thames Bank, Westminster, and A chranioh, Argyl l.. shire, to Harriet Cooke, eldest daughter of the late go r ' James Hitching., vicar of Wargrave. BAYLEY—LITCHFIELD —On the nd inst., at the parbax church, Twickenham, by the Rev. Mr. Salmon, Freda" rick Charles, eldest son of Charles Bayley, Esq., c' Peckham-rye, Surrey, to Anna Miles Scott, younges t daughter of Dr. Litchfield, of Augusta Villa, Twickell" ham. DEATHS, ABERCROMBIE—On the 22d inst., at his residence, 50° Norlaud-square, Notting-hill, after a lingering and e e: ful illness, Colonel . William Ab ercrom bi e , retir . 64 " Bengal Engineers, in his 46th year. SLODDEN—On the 18th inst., at his residence, 5, Chtlr° ll ; field-place, Margate, William Slodden, E sq ., late ° Glaston, Rutlandshire, in the 75th year of his age. Towx SEND —On the 27st inst.. aged 57, Richard E. Allst a ir : Townsend, of Doctors'-comm ons , an d l a t e o f Spriagfle' Norwood, Surrey. WEOUGHTON—On the 20th inst., at Vassall-road t Ar; nington, S. Thomas Wrou g ht on , E sq ., l a t e of kt.ffl" Customs. • ----- LONDON : Printed and Published by MUIWO YOU I V ° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27te Sun Of 1: 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the colli" of Aliddlesex, Monday, April 26, 185E4 anc Eigl Peri cont ftesii and ] Even Inns' of 11 2JI, aff/ :Circe adrni Intro ?turn tOiTII Back Eve ] ~ , r , ones 45.; Mr. ..--- Lqu Hun ALI