The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-28 00:00:00

NAVAL AND 3IILITARY INTELLIGENCE The General -Commanding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Wednesday next. Yesterday 1G non-commissioned officers ly:long ino• to the East India Company's Engineers, who have completed a course of instruction in sapping and mining and other engineering operations at the head-quarters of the Royal Engineers, Bromp ton-bstracks, left Chatham, and proceeded to the E , st India Company's depot at Warley, having received orders to embark for service in India. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed a 91- gun line of-battle screw steamer, to be called the Bulwark, to be laid down on No. 2 slip at Chat ham-dockyard. Owing to the large dimensions of the propos:d steamer, the slip on which she is to be built will bo kngthcni dat out 'c).O feet. The first slip on which th e O r ph eus , 22, screw corve tt e, h as been laid down, is ordered to be lengthened in ward 25 feet. The Monarch, 84, Capt. Patty, sailed yesterday afternoon from Spithead for Sh-Trne , s to ly3 paid off. The Imperieuie, 51, screw frig tte, will be un docked this day at Portsmouth and ptic.-q1 in the steam basri to be completed for commission. The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, an , l the Fal con, 17, sloop, will go into do .k this dly at Poris- Itmuth for refit. The Ithadamanthus, steam stlreship, 111a - t2r- Commander Sturde', left Pin tstri•Af h on Wednes day ev:niog for Plymouth with machinery and boiler 3 for the Orlando, 51-gun frigate. The Lightning, 3, paddle, airvecl. at Devoupnit on Wednesday 'morning from l'inbroke, the caulkers who ha , lben lent folio that yaad for duty then.. She sailed again in the afternoon for Pembroke. The Sprightly, tender, Master Commander Geo. Allen, is repairing defects in the steam bisin at Portsmouth, where she is likely to be detained for the next fortnight to make her 13)i!ers efficient. The Royal yacht, in No. 8 dock, at Portsmouth, is under canvas weather hou•ings to be decorated and embellished for her Majesty's service during the season. The large screw steam frigate Alevey, 40, at ChAtiam, has the whole straugth of the caulkers emiloye‘.l oa h'r, in order .o !lave co:npleted fer hunching with all de-patch. From the circumstances of the long lapse of time and the spoliation by v:sitors since the funeral car of the Emperor Napaton was placed in t oe Royal Reposi , ory at Woolwich, coupled with the fact of there being no records nor sketch specifying the precise st .te in which the relic was received after the funeral in St. Helena, some difficulty has been experienced in aseertainieg the peculiar species of drapery and other ornaments with which the car was decorated at the time, the whole of which are now wanting. In the course of research for infor mation on the subjec, a pens . oner of the 66th Re giment, then under the command of Col. Nichol son, stationed as guard over the dethroned monarch, has been discovered living in the Lady Grey-yard, at Bexley-heath. This gallant veteran bears on his person sundry scars, the result of many a hard fought battle in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, and is now earning a precarious livelihood by sell ing watercresses &c., in Woolwich. Hi s name i s Jas. Coope r , an d although 83 years of age, he tra vels about 14 or 15 miles per day to procure and dispose of his wares, and takes his stand at the gates of the Arsenal at 7 o'clock in the morning, amid the ordinary host of costermongers and others who throng that vicinity. At the reduction of the army he was allowed to retire on a pension of 9d. per day. In addition to his services in the ranks he acted as under coachman to Sir 11. Lowe, in which capacity he attended the funeral ; and on being questioned yesterday by Col. Tulloch, under whose superintendence the car is about to be removed for presentation to the people of France, he was en abled to state from recollection the details re quired. - Capt. Lascelles' company of the 7th Battalion Royal Artillery, Woolwich, yesterday went through a first and second course of mortar practice, with varied resuls, some of the shells, more especially the 8 and 10 inch, falling from 30 to 60 yards dis tant from the target, while others struck within the boundary, marked by a numbtr of small bannerols, surrounding the foot of the flagstaff. These varia tions with a fixed elevation of the mortars were rea sonably accounted for by the effect which the moist state of the weather had upon the power of the dis charge, and also the peculiar manner of laying the charge of powder in the chamber of the piece. A detachment of the Foot Artillery were yester day morning tAI off at an early hour, and were marched down to Woolwic't-marsh for a continua tion of experimental firing at the targe's represent ing a column of so!diers. The brigade of Royal Horse Artillery and the field-batteries went through a field day's exercise of attack and defence of posi tion. The fteghtship Apollo, from Birbadoes has dis charged her cargo of powder and war Mores at Wool wich, and is about to reship for Ne wfoundland. Mr. Large, late Junior Assistant Master Ship wright at Woolwich, baying been promoted as As sistaut-Surveyor of tiro Navy, is temporarily suc ceeded by Mr. S urdee, tha next senior officer of the yard, to do duty until the appointment is p.,,r -maneutly filled by order of the Beard of Admiralty. PORTSMOUTH.—TiIe troops of the garrisJnJto gether with the marines from G:sport, and the field battLry from Hilsea ' wee bri!.;aded on Sou h sea-col-ninon yrsteroay after..oon by Gent-ral Sir James Yolk() &Atka, It is intended, weather permit thin., that there shall be a field day every Thursday during the summer months. The troops are arrayed in battle order and fire blank car• tridges. PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD. —Cap`ain Ram say, soperint-ndent of this establishment, returned to ("try on Sa•urday from an offic'al visit to the Admiralty. T his . irsenal, in cnntnon with all the others, is in a state of the grea'est activity, the workmen being employed on the job and task sys tem to hasten the e )mpletion of certain v,siels. Toe Oclancl ,, , one of them, wit]. be launched on th e 12th of next month, and or the purp,-,!e of and navigativg her to Plymoullt the Light7iing, steam-tender, went to that port on the 25th to br.ng round a company of seamen and riggers. IRMY COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONP. A copy of correspondence between the Very Rev. Canon Moseley and the Council of Military Educa tion as to the mode cf conducting these examina tions was yesterday published by special cuter of the House of Commons. The result of the examination fur admission into the Royal Military Academy at Wo ,1 wich, held in Pieced dly on the 16th Jan. last, is prefixed to this correspondence, and it thence appears that 30 candidates were successful. The highest on the list, Mr. W. Emerson Peck, was educate) at King's College (London) Sehoel; he obtained 5,468 marks, and it is curious to note that the lowest on the list, a Mr. H. G. Palmer, was also ducated at this school, and yet only obtained 2,985 marks; the age of both gentlemen being identical. The Univ ers it y of Dublin, as usual, - ranks high, and the second candida`e on the list, Mr. C. Ardah, was one cf her alumni. Tho Leeds Grammer School, as usual, ranks low on the list, and the Queen's College at Cork is lowest but two. Nine of the 30 successful candidates—as if to rove that a collegiate or purely scholastic education is by no means a necessary qualification —were privately educated, and one of these (Mr. A. C. Wallinger, aged 19) stands as high as seventh on the list. The av rage number of marks won by each candidate was 3,660 against 3,724 and 3,344 at the last two examinations. The gg,regate num ber of candidates who applied to be examined at , five examinations, of which this was the last, was 537, of whom 493 presented themselves at the ap pointed time, and, omitting those who were re jected by the raedic.il board and those whe broke down at the "qualifying examination" in French (always a great stumbling-block), there remained 463 who competed for commissions in the Artillery, or for admission into the Royal Military Academy. Of these 190 succeeded in gt tting appointments. Canon Moseley reports that the offering of a wide range of subjects to the choice of the candidates (necessary at the first examination) was found at subsequent examinations to have encouraged a slovenly diffuseness or desultory style of reading, which was manifested by a fatal tendency, on the part of inferior candidates, to gather up mere crumbs of knowledge in many thing., without seeking for depth and reality in any, in the hope that a paucity of m isks, in very many subjects, would wake up a respectable sutn total. The number of subjects has since been restric'ecl wish gool: l effect ; a notable a d vance i n ma th ema ti ca l studies is reported, for while at the first examina tion only 20 per cent, of the candidates afforded "' de n" of a mere "moderate" ' degree of mathe matical knowledge at the fifth and l as t th e num berSO rose to per cent. Mr. Moseley ad v ert s to , the remaikabl e testimony in favour of open com petition for public of the a PPo'ntnaents afforded by the career in the academy youthsthe he selected at the examination*, especially w 6 o get i competitive u are compared with tho se of Military Ed ina ) : cadets "nomination." The Council Von, in a memorandum on C Moseley's re marks,3 a regret that he expresses has so far mis apprehended the object of a former memorandum as to devote himself almost exclusively to a defence of the principle of competitive examination rather than to an inquiry into the possibility of amending the system now adopted, a serious defect in which the Council have pointed out. This and other de fects relate rather to questions of detail, and may therefore be pawed over ill glello. THE LATE DUEL IN PARIS. (From, the Times) The French Em: eror is likely to pay a high price for military fidelity. The French people have not obtained without a sacrifice the order and tranquil lity of which Imperialism boasts. Napoleon 111. has delivered his country from the Parliamentary system ; he has expelled the v;rus of liberal institu tions' suppressed the orgies of democracy, restrained the turbulence of petty ambitions, and so on. He his established a throne, guarded by half a million of bayene's, which we . are told can bi direete 1 by a gesture from him agiinst; either foreign enemies or the subverters of order at home. But the army, which his been the inztrument of these great cliang,l and is the basis of this overwhelming power, is learning . its own strength, and seems fully inclieed to 1130 We should not return to he subject of tho late duel were it a mete isolated au, or wet e it that a fitting punishment would fall on the chief wron;-doer. But we only expre,s that puh lie opinion which trembles and shrinks from an utterance in Paris when we say that the eircum stancas of this unit 'ivy affair, the animosity indi c a,-.A by the numerous challtnges, the steady pur po7e of Hyenne, and, more than all, the aepl ruse with which the deed has been rect,ive 1 throu.r.botv, the Fre..ch a; my, are stns of an evil d:y which is ict hand for French sec'etr, and for al that is independent, and infellcemal in the country. The s•hughter of a young writer by a prole- sional sword - mau for a harmless joke is in itseif a cruel and cowardly act ; but we wi-h we could thmk that there was nothing deeper in the affair than the veng- , atce of a set of underbred men for a ratiu r petulant satire. People in Pat is feel, and no doubt conecAly, that the outrage is but an indicat.on of the passions which are bubbling up in a vat, tri umphant, ambitious, and idle army—an army sun dered in interest and feelirg from the rest of the nation, which knows little of society b3yond its barracks, cares for no authority but that of the chief it his raised to the throne, and is animated with a growing jealousy and contempt of the non military classes which formerly wielded political power. . _ . The conduct of M. Hyenne has received the approval of the army in general. So strongly has this feeling been shown that probably no attempt will he made to visit the action with punishaeatt, or even to mark it witri disgrace. It is possible that M. Hyenne may retire from t'ie service, or the Moniteur say a few words against the practice of duelling, but that will be all. In short, the army have triumphed, and every one knows it, nor can we believe that the Ministerial autho rities are sorry that it should be so. Henceforth there will be another check on the press, which may save the necessity of warnings, and deliver the Government from any unpopularity which frequent interferences might bring upon it. The army as a body is the support of the empire, and it would be a brilliant idea to make its officers, as individuals, a terror to opposition journalists, who may be called on to account for a chance expression, and fought by a regiment volunteetiug for the purpose. The army seems quite disposed to enter into such an arrangement, and an event which has happened within the last few days is a proof of their good will in the cause. On Saturday last the town of St. Germain was surprised by the sight of a large body of officers in full uniform marching to theoffice of the Industriel, a paper of the locality. Forty two of these gentlemen, in fact, thought fit to de liver in person a summons to the Director and lie &recur en Chef demanding the insertion of a letter received by them from "their comrade, M. Roge, officer of the 9th Chasseurs." The officers of the garrison of St. Germain " request, and in case of need require," the Industriel to insert an account of the duel of M. de Peue which they think is favourable to the character of M. Hyenne. Thus, it would seem that in France a journalist is not only liable to be called to account for what he in serts, but fur what he refuses to insert. M. de Pene received 31 challenges for his unfortunate plea santry, but the Director of the Industriel might have expected 42 had he hesitated to print what the garrison of St. Germain had determined he should make public. The document which was the object of this war like demonstration certainly disappoints curiosity The writer quotes the passage which gave the deepest offence to the military world. It is as fol -I.;.ws :—"Remarkable Improvement; the inevitable Sub-Lieutenant was not there." For this M. de Pens received challenges from Courtiel at Amiens, and from Hyenne at Abbeville. The duel followed, and the facer are almost exactly what have bern published before. "M. Hyenne," writes M. Roge, " approaching M. de Pene, addressed him with the most perfect coolness, and the following dialogue occurred." Then comes the conversation, which is substantially what has been already de scribed. It ended by M. Hyenne grossly insulting M. de Pelle in cold blood to make him fight. The only correction which is made in the former narra tive of the trial consists in the statement that. M. de Pene had a choice of weapons, and chose swords. But whit the writer thinks of great importance in M. tlyenne's just fication will be, in the eyes of ordinary men, his chitf crime. "It is stated," writes M. loge, " that after M. Courtiel was wounded M. Hyenne thought fit to take up the affair. This way of telling the story is insulting and iucorr ect, for M. Hyenne did not avenge M. Courtiel, but the entire army." In other wards, M. Hyenne went to the spot with the intention of fighting, and did not it,suit his adversary on the spur of the moment - . Such conduct was, in the writer's opinion, highly praiseworthy. " This is the place," he says, "to assert in the most unequi vocal manner that M. de Pene was responsible for his article, not only to an inuividual, but a class." " The officers of the Cavalry and Artillery of the Guard, as well as those of the 84th Regiment, have spontaneously assured me of their entire sympathy. Gentlemen, my desire is that the array, to whom the original insult was adds essed, should know p e cisely in what way it was avenged." This is what the 42 went in full uniform to publish to the world, and the woad will rtficct on the doctrines avowed. It is well to know what the chivalry of the Fr,nch army allows. A young man may, by this new code of honour, be challenged by 30 men ; one of the challengers, a professional fencing master, 45 years old, may come on the field in the gin- e of secoed to another, take advantage of this function to observe the skill of the victim, and then, "with the mcst perfect coolness," force him into a sec end duel, and t•tb him even as he is failing. Such are the morals of the force to which every man and every institu tion are now rubjeeted in France. RETIREMENT OF JUSTIC I, I COLERIDGE. (Front the Daily Nevis ) The proximate retirement of Mr. JusticS Cole ridge from that seat on the Judicial Bench which, with so much credit to himself and so much benefit to the country, be has occupied for the long period of three-and-twenty years, has thrown upon Lord Chelthsford the responsibility of appointing a new Judge. The gentleman upon whom his choice has fallen is Mr. Hugh Hill, Q. C., an eminent prac'i tioner at the Common-law Bar, and for t om ej t i me one of the leaders of the Northern Grcuit. The unanimous voice of the profession will pronounce this selection to be in all senses unexceptionable. The truth of the old maxim, that it is office only which proves the man has rarely been better illus trated than in the difficulty of conjecturing before band whether any given lawyer of distinction will maintain on the Bench the repufa!ic:n he has achieved at the Bar. Many learned jurists and many brilliant advocates have proved comparative failures as Judges, while others from whom lit le •was expected have made very valuable and excel lent ruagis,rates. In the exercise of his very re sponsible office, however, the Chancellor cannot go I far wrong if be takes the general opinion of Wtst mineter-ball as his guide iu the selection he has to make. The habits of a gregarious prefesSion, where each man works under the vigilant inspection of acute and thoroughly informed fellow-practitioners, are eminently favourable to the firm...llion of as cor rect a jude,ment as can be obtained beforehand with regard to the probable fitness of any given barrister for promotion to the Beech. It is not only the intellect, but the moral character—it is not only the moral character, but the temper and the man ner, that are daily put upon their trial before the most competent and not the most lenient of asses sors, in the course of an extensive practice at the Bar. • Tried by there tests, the new appointm en t i s a thoroughly satisfactory one. Quite irrespective of politics, and apart . from all refetence to any other consideration than eminent fitness for the post, Mr. Hugh Bill is, on the whole, thobest man that could have been selected for the vacant Judgeship. His range of commou-law s learning is extensive and profound ; a ready and retentive memory gives him a facile command over its accumulated stores ; his judgment is sound, his acuteness considerable, and although by no means eloquent, he possesses a co pious flow of precise and accurate lauguage, well adapted to juridical argument or lucid exposition. Mr. Hugh Hill, like S:r Hugh Carus, is a native of the pis'er country, which, in the persons of Sir Samuel Maitiu and 6 r Jauies Wilke, has shady given two judges to WeStminster Hall. The three out of our 15 chief magistrates should be from the other side of St. George's Channel can hardly be cited as an. instance of injustice to Ireland. It is probably as striking a proof as-could well - be" given ,that the honours and emoluments of the empire • are impartially 'open to all the citizens of the United Kingdom. Sir Johu Taylor Coleridge, who vacates his seat Cal the bench at the doge et the present, term, will carry with him into his retirement the respect and god wishes of the profession. He was not only an able lawyer, but a thoroughly cultivated scholar. The s'ngular brilliancy of his Oxford career is still a tradition in that famous seat of learning. He is well known, throughout the whole course of his forensic and judicial labours, to have blended the amenities of literature with the graver studies of the law. As a leading member of the Oxford University Commission he has entitled himself to the espe cial thanks of every one intere,ted in the highest branches of English education ; and it is not his fault if the report of the Commit ee on Legal Emu c•ition, in which he also took a prominent part, has not as yet led to more satilactory results. It is to be hoped that by the prosecution of these and kin dred objet's, Mr. Jus•ice Coleridge may sill find the moans of doing the Sate good service in the well-earned r, l ose of his honourable retirement. Mr. Hugh Hill, QC. the newly--ipp sinted judge, was called t o th e Car in 1841, before which time he had practised with great success as a pleader for a cuisiderable number of years. Mr Hill's plading conn ction early introduced him to busi ness, and from the date of his call his practice wss e.rnsideriblo, e4pecially mercanti'e cases. the Notthern Circuit he s .on etepped into the first junior LusiLes-t, and was extensively retained in the City of London. In the year 1851 he was CAI)1 witkin the har, and let erly, iii cpusequene of a failure in health, arising from the over- preSsure of bruin es, he had given up answering cases, con- firing himself to practice in open court. Mr. Hill's age i s 60, or vureabouts : he has never taken an aetive rart in politics, but is understood to be a strong Conservative. Sir Jahn Tayl Coleridge, the retiring judge, has been for more than 23 years on the bench, having succeeded Sir William Taunton, one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, on the 28th January (Hilary Term), 1835 ; Sir John Coleridge was educated at Oxford, and took his degree in Easter Term, 1812, when he was the only man of his year in the first class iu classics ; in 1810 he obtained the prize for Latin verse, and in 1813 the two prizes for the LAtin and English essays. Mr. Justice Coleridge, while at the bar, went the Western Circuit, and became a sergeant in 1832, three years before he was raised to the bench. PROGRESSIVE REFORM*. (From the Daily News.) It cannot be too often repeited that the princi- pal cause of the present unsatisfactory sate of affairs in the House of Commons is the want of a broad and marked line of demarcation between the two great parties of which the House is made up. Public opinion in this country is divided into two great camps : the e Imp of those who, being con tented with thins as they are, would remain stand ing still ; and the camp of thole who think things are susceptible of amendment, and would "move OD." From an endy ried of the reign of George 111. till the acce-sion of Mr. Canning to power the difference between the two camps was sufficiently marked. The great bodies who occu pied them were not altogether at one among them selves. There were d-eided and moderate Re formers—Whigs and Radicals; and there were ultra-Tories and moderate Tories. It was not easy to tell with certainty whe her a man was a mode rate Tory or a moderate Whig it you met him alone. the characteristics of the masses of the two parties were sufficiently distinc'ive. But with the Canning era began a changis, Mr. Canning's views on the Catholic guts ion, and his foreign policy, gained for him ihe support of the Whigs, and to a ;ertain extent of tie Radicals, againA the staunch ld Tories who had re:nied to follow h's banner. 1 Tire habit of actii:g along with their allies taught the Canningites to speak liberally and paironis .ngly of other articles of the Reformers' creed ; tod this habit facilitated immensely their adoption of it when the It-form struggle Of 1830 began. As soon as Earl Grey's Re form Bill was carried, the Canningites, and some of the moderate Whig 4 wished to draw bridl e . At the same time Sir R. Peel very adroitly persuaded the Tories to drop their old distinctive name and adopt one which was calculated to arouse less of popular hostility, because it had less meaning. "Conservatism" was the substitute. It is not necessary to recapitulate all the incidents that have occurred since 1835 to render the characteris.ic differences of parties less marked. Suffice it to say that, thanks to the euphonious and meaningless epithets of " Conservative Liberals," and " Liberal Conservatives," a man of any opinions may no w a-days declare himself a follower of any statesman —a member of any party. Ie fact, th' only re cognised party distinction has come to be the fol lowing of this or the other leader. A follower of Lord Derby calls himself a Conservative ; a follower of Lord Palmerston calls himself a Liberal ; yet there are members of Lord Derby's Government who profess openly to aim at organic constitutional charges from which many a staunch follower of Lord Palmerston would shrink aghast. So long as this is the state of the public and Par liamentar y mind we may have factions, cliques, and coteries ; but we can have no parties in ihe consti tutional sense of the phrase. It is this mixture of heterogeneous and incompatible members that has p tralysed the party of progress, and rendered the Obstructives triumphant. It is not the so called Conservative party—made up of the followers of Lord Derby—that arrests and impedesprogress. fn itself that party is as powerless as the Jacobites were after the accession of George 111. It is a minority both in Parliament and in the country ; arid, what is more, its apparent numbers are eked out by men —as, for example, Lord Stanley and Sir Fitzroy Kelly—who do not even give them selves the - trouble to pretend that they hold Con servative opinions. For any resistance this party could offer, any measure of Reform whatever might be carried to-morrow by a majority which would make the Conservative Lords act as they acted when the Reform Bill passed und , es p ntornueetetds of t rf through are their house. The real effective ,p those who, under the convenient name of Liberals, have mixed in the reform ranks, and impede all the movements of Reformers. Is a measure of reform proposed ? these men object to this or that detail as too sweeping ; they argue, and cavil, and threaten to oppose ; they bring the real Reformers to a parley, and by species of pathetic representa tions about the danger of disunion, they prevail upon them to do nothing. Another favourite and effective method with them of hampering the party to which they profess to belong is to insist upon its following, under penalty of disruption, leaders of their choosing. The scandalous and aimless faction fights—the halting between two opinions—the infirmity of pur pose, reversing to-day what was decreed yesterday . —which have disgraced the present Hon=e of Com mons, are almost entirely owing to the incongruous assortment of men of all principles and of no prin ciples, under the designation of the Liberal party.. The evil cannot be put an end to until the tares are winnowed from the wheat, the goats separated from the sheep ; until the impossibility of keeping alive a re a Tory party having been recognised, the Con .ter vatives of all shades agree to act openly together, and secede from the ranks of the Party of Progress. It is not our wish to denounce any man as un worthy of the confidence of Reformers, and insist upon his exclusion from the muster-roll of the Party of Progress. No such invidious process is required to purify the party. Let the real Re formers among the leaders of the party earnestly press on measures of practical reform, regardless of muttered discontents and threats of secession from professing members of their party, ani the separa tion will soon be accomplished. Lay down real measures of Reform before the party, and real re formers will advance and cling to them, as the steel filings inixe 1 with dust start from the mingled mass and cling to the magnet held over them. Let those who are thus found capable of pronouncing the Reform Shibb Meth, dropping the unmeaning designation of Liberal, re-baptise themselves the Party of Progress, and leave to the residuum that apathetically hangs,back to designate itself by what epithet it pleases. _ Even du - ring the necessarily brief period of the Session that remains to be gone through, a begin ning may be made. Two Bills, the object of which is to effect partial Reforms in our representative system, have already gone through several stages in the douse of Commons—the County Franchise Bill, and the Bill for abolishing the Property Qualifi cation of Representatives. A resolution affirming the principle of Secret Voting will he submitted to b the house soon after it re-assembles, Hera - are three important elements of Parliamentary R. form whichcan be succes'folly carried through one House of Parliamsnt—p ssibly, seeing how desirous Minis ters arc of obtaining popularity, through both— before the session closes. There can be no doubt that all real reformers would insist upon the whole of these three items being made part and parcel of any comprehensive scheme of Parliamentary R e f orm tiv‘ they cantheyhich be ca could r site during tlt tbe eirslippp,rrc. esession, If, there fore, It will be comparatively easy to carry the supple mentary items required to make up a complete- Reform Bill in the course of the next The mem ber of the House 9f Commons who demurs to such a policy is scarcely entitled to call himself a mem ber of the party of progress. Scarcely any objec tions are urged against the two bills of Mr. Locke King ; and as for Vote by Ballot, there can be no doubt that its adoption is desired by a majority of the real Reformers. The majority in its favour is sufficiently decided to entitle its members to call upon, those of their colleagues who still doubt and hesitate to co-operate with them. Unless the ma jority of every party is entitled to call upon the minority to follow its lead when the time for action comes, there can be no combined action. Anyone who hanets back when called upon to sup port the three • measures we have , pointed out, must be contented to be taken for- one of those Cense , vati7es who have insidiously mixed with the Reformer:, fee the purpose of impeding their advance. There is no chance of a compre hensive Reform Bill this session; and the carrying of these three poikts will make the work of next session so much water. At the worst, if the mea sures are rejected iby the Lords, we shall have made a beginning of re-organisiug the Party of Progress upon the basis of a recognition of defined practical measures lf, on the other hand, Minis ters, catering for ,popularity, prevail upon their House to concede an extension of the County Franchise, the aboition of the Property Qualifica tion for Represonatives, and Secret Voting, the Party of Progresswil!, even without a complete Reform Bill, go tothe poll at the next election— which cannot, miler any circumstances, be far distant—with infintely greater advantages than it has ever done befob. We have shown how the reorganisation of the Party of Progress /lay he begun. If we are asked who are to be its faders, we reply, Those who by their achievementi in the struggle to which we have been invitini shall show themselves most deserving of the diS notion. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENIiNG, MAX 28, 1858. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-3lay 27. At Bow-street Pulice Court Mr. Joseph Bla nior.t, a barrister, of 6, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, attended before Mr. Hall to prefer a charge against Joseph Belasco, the keeper of a small "ticket office," opposite the Royal Italian Opera-house, in Bow-street, for having obtained 1/. lls. 6J. of him by false pretences. Mr. Lewis appeared for the defendant ; the com plainant conducting his own case. The case appeard to excite considerable interest, awl one or two other gentlemen who had made similar complaints to the ma;istra`e were in attend ance, intending to be guide" by the decision of the Court. Names of Companies. Ashtn Coventry.... Derby , . • ... GrandJunetn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Unitn: Kennt 3, Avl, Leeds Sc.Livrp Leicester Leicstr Ntl, Lottglif,orogl, Macclesfield. Neath 0xf0rd...... Charles Comtans, clerk to the complainant, proved that he was sent to the Royal ItitTtp Opera how-) on Monday, the 17th init. with instructions to purchase three of the amphitheatre stall tickets, advertised at 10s. 61. each, if procurable, or three at 7s. or 55., if the former could not be obtained. He went to the new theatre, and being informed that the temporary office was on the opposite side of the street, he tressed over as he supposed, to the ofiLe in question, arid stw the defendant, whom he supposed to be the authorised agent of Mr. Gye. The off i:0 was a small reces , , apparently pat titionecl off from the shop, and fitted up with a plan of the interior of the new theatre, the placards inqle and out inti'natiug that were to be had within. Witness sta'el what he required, upon which the defendant produced three tickets, saying, " Are you aware of the price ?" Witness said he wanted the half-guinea tickets. Defer dant said, " These are the half-guinea tickets," and, painting to the midd'e of the third row upon his plan, said that they admitted the purchaser to those places. Upon this representation witness paid him the sum he demanded, namely, 1/. 11s. 6d. The stalls purchased admitted to the performance of Tuesday evening, the 18th. On Wednesday morning witness went again to the defen dant's office, by direction of his employer, to complain that they were only ss. tickets, and ad mitted to the fifth row instead of the third, as repre sented. The defendant and another man were there, and the latter said, " They altered the plan at the t''eatre, and we can't be responsible for tha'." Witness demanded back 16s. 6d., the difference in the price charged, and the value of the tickets, but they refused, and ordered witness out of the shop. The defendant said they paid Bs. 6d. each for the tckets themselve;, and offered to bet wituess a sovereign that he could not get them at ss. each. Witness having now discovered that he had mis taken this place for the genuine offic-, which was a few doors off, demanded to know the name of the defendant and the other person present. The defendant said, " The name is over the door plain enough, and the number is 24." Witness looked up, and saw the name of "Harris" outside. Berlin ....... East. London.... Mr. Lewis—Did the defendant say, when he sold you those tickets, that they were the tickets issued by the conductors of the new Opera-house at 10s. 6d ? Witness—No ; he said "These are the 10s. 6d. tickets." Mr. Lewis—Meaning that they were the tickets which he sold at 108. W. Mr. Edward Hall, of Myddleton-square, keeper of the box-office of the new theatre, deposed that the tickets prolue3d admitted to the fifth row of the amphitheatre stalls, and were ss. each. The first row of stalls were 10s. Gd., the second row 75., and all the rest were ss. Mr. Lewis—Then the third and the fifth row asathe same price Witness—Yes ; ss. That was the price charged for the tickets produced ; but of course we do not know who are the pinch ►sers, or what use may be made of them. No extra charge beyond the price advertised is ever made at our office.- Mr. L .wis—But you are aware that tickets are purchased by speculators, like defendant, and like the ho , ksellers at the West-'ind, to be sold again at double and treble the price advertised '1 Witness—No doubt of that. The Magistrate—l do not attach much import ance to the price charged for these tickets ; for everybody knows that the dealers charge a large profit upon them ; and if the public are willing to pay it, instead of going to the theatre for their tickets, no one has a right to murmur. The question here i. what was the representation made by defendant when he sold the tickets ? Mr. Lewis—l submit that the summons has been already answered. It charges the defendant with having represented them as the tickets issued by Mr. Gye at 10s. 6d. each. In answer to my ques tion the witness admits that the defendant made no such representation. Mr. Blamont, the complainant, observed that there could not be a doubt of the meaning implied, if not actually expressed, by the defendant, who had also represented the seats to be in the 3d instead of the sth row. Mr. Hall inquired of the witness Constans if the seats were numbered on the defendant's plan ? The witness replied that none of the seats were numbered. Mr. Hall considered it was just possible, under these circumstances, that the defendant might have been mistaken as to the row of seats to which these tickets admitted. No doubt strong conjectur , s and surmises to t' :e con' rary might be entertained; but it would not do t ) convict upon mere surmise, and therefore the summons must be dismissed. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. rUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVEIINO LONDON, TUEiDA.Y, MAY 25, 1858. CANALS. g Dividend per rn Annum. 93 71. p. et. 40 4l 00 II i. .00 el. 15s. 00 I% pr. ct. 10 6' pr.ct. 00 7s. ed 40 63. 00 251. 00 fil. 83 11. ss. 113 701 100 21. 10s. 1 1 100 161. 1 100 Name of Company. Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pfef. Grand Janction Do. New ...... Lambeth • • ........ New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex Do. Do, .. •• • • Name of Company. flunzerfard ...... .... Southwark ......•... Ditto New 0f7% P.C. Waterloo ..... ....•... Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall Name of Company Commercial .• .• •• •• •• Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand iurry D. & Canal Do. Loma Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• •• • .• • •• • • St. Katharine • • •• • • • • Southampton •• • • • • •• Victoria .• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New • • •• •• •• Price.' Names of Companies. Peak Forest Kege::t'a.. •• .Itoehdale..•• Stffrd &Wor jStourbridgq. j Severn and I Wye Rail. 6 j Warwick &'j firming. s yWarwick& Napton.. j Worestr & j Birming. Wilts & Brk: 10) !., WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. cnt. 41. percent. 51. per cent. 4s. per cut. Amount Share. 5/. per ent, t:. per cent. Dividend . per Annum. £ s. d. 10 0 0 Rock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 51. pr cent. 6/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cont. 51. Os per c. IT AND CO] British Provincial Brighton • •• •• •• City of London Equitable-. •• •• European .... •• •• Great Central .• •• .• Imperial •• Ditto New Dividend per Annum. ,100 0 0 GI 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. M. per cent. Amount Share. 4 s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Ditto Debentures Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent London Parl. Preferen. Phoenix .•• •• •• •• Ratcliff Surrey Consumers United General Westminster Chartered Ditto, New Western A ... Ditto B 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. COMP. Name of Company. Amount of Share. Albion .... • • .... • • .. Alliana Bri:. and For. Ditto Marine ... Atheneum .......... Atlas F. Argus Life ........... British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. • ... Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life Crown .... .. • . Eagle .. Equity and Law...... I European Life Family Endowment •• General • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Globe Gresham Life . Do. Do.. ....... Guardian Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life ......... Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire .......... Law Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law Marine... • • .... • . • • & Gen. Life Minerva • ....... • • Monarch New Equitable Pelican .• •• .• • • PIP Phoenix Professiona Life .• Provident Life........ Rock Life.... • • .. • • .. Royal Exchange .....• Sun Fire 61. per cent. 5% per cnt. 5/. 8/. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. 71. per c. , 71. 14s. 6d. l. p.c. & bs. £ 8. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 t5O 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 15s. Od. & t£ 41. per cent. 11. 10s. 71. 10s. 5/. 5 pr ct.& bs. 1/. per share 11. 18s. ss. iti per cent 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 121. per cent 14s. il.p. et. kbs. 2s & 2s bons 24i. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 4 per cent 51. per cent 51. per cent. G per cent 51 p. Ct. 51. per ceßt. 5/. per cent 12% per c. 71. 8 p c &bs p : c & bs Ditto Life United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life ..... 'ANIE S. it 14s. 4/. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. 5!. & totals. Dividend Name of Company. per Annum A.ustralasla. • • • • • • • • • . Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City.... Colonial .............. Commercial of London. Eug. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Loud. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New London and County Lon & Eastn Bilkg. C. London •Joint• Stock Londe and Westminatr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New Ditto ditto Natiow.l Bank New .- oat's Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Frovinctal of Ireland Ditto, New..... •• ... lonian South Australia Union of Australia.... Ditto . Union of llamburg.... Union of 57. Os. lis - 281 - 121, 10s. IZ. I's. 10s. is. Od. Paid. X s. d 100 all Paid. Price. Z s. d ['rice Amount of Share. Price. Paid. I Price. Z s. d. Stock. s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 a too 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. (oo "o 0 too 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 "lES. Paid. 123% 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 IN 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 107% Price. 6 5 0 100 o 0 5 0 0 Stock. s. d all 150 0 0 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 100 1 4 1954 150 Price. 39% 17% FR 'NCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION. A nr sw apparatus for this purpose has just been preset ted to the Academy of Sciences by M. Segni ar. The usual method of hatching eggs arti ficiall.y consists in placing them between layers of manure ; M. Seguier, on the contrary, places them i u • nests consisting of straw, hay, shavings, he., just aaOley would be in the case of natural incuba tion. illoteover, in the latter, the egg receives warm th from above, and the same effect is imitated in the new system, which consists of a central stove from 1, ?Lich eight or ten pair of India-rubber tubes issue in - various directions. Etch pair establishes a corm .u&cation between the stove and an India rubber cap, which covers a nest filled with eggs. The ste; ari generated in the stove is thus made to cir culate c one tautly over the eggs, which are thus ex posed to a moderate heat radiating upon them from the concac e surface of the India-rubber cap. The w h .-ming ;apparatus describe I to the Academy of Seim: 's a ommunicates warmth to eight nests, each containing 24 eggs, but the number of nests might be much gi r. HYDRAULIC CEMENTS. AllO •lier interesting paper on this subject has been submit ted by Ile. F. Kuhlmann, showing the advantage that may bi derived from the combina tion of silic ater, with mortars and cements in gene ral, and esp ecially with those tint are intended to resist the action of the sea-%later. It it well known that the first effect of water on cements is that of forming hydr. Ntes ; after which a gradual contrac tion tikes pla, le, producing a degree of hardness which increases in proportion as the contraction 13 slower, and the_ re is more silex or alumina in the cement. Now VI. Kuhlmann has observed that if alumina or its si licate, or else magnesia, whether caustic or carbonated, be kneaded into a paste, with a solutirn of silicate or potash or soda, the com pounds resulting tt,erefrom will bear a perfect re semblance to the na .tural silicate, such as feldspars talcous slate, magnesite, drc., and will, by repose and slow contraction, become hard and semi-trans parent, resisting in a high degree the corrosive effects of water. If slaked lime be added to the said compounds, they acquire the properties of hy draulic cements. M. Vicat, jug., having shown that calcined magnesia added to a cemeut would resist the actiouda sulphate of magnesia, M. Kuhlmann has :andeavouied to turn this obser vation to account„ by mixing calcined dolomites (which contain magnesia) with mortar, with the addition of a'kalirte silicates. This composition he finds [posts advantageous, since most of the salts contained in sea w ter must contribute towards the preservation of such cements. In fact, the chloride of magnesium, as well as the sulphate of magnesia, will be decomposed and form a layer of silicate of magnesia on the surface of the cement ; in the same manner the surface of lime must, being in contact with the silicate , of potash or soda, form a silicate of lime ; and all these silicates strongly resist the ac tion of sea-water. As for sea-salt, which is a chlo ride of sodiuLa, M. Kuhlmann proves that, in the proportion in which it exists in sea-water, it will slowly decompose the silicate of potash contained in the cement. and leave the silex free. The comp° sitions proposed have therefore the singular pro perty, not only of resisting the corrosive qualities of sea-water, but actually of becoming more insoluble the longer they are in contact with it. A cement composed of 30 parts of rich lime, 50 of sand, 15 of uncilcined clay, and sof powdered silicate of po tash is recommended by M. Kuhlmann as having all the requisite hydraulic properties, especially for cisterns intended for spring water. In marine con• structions care should be taken to add an excess of silic , te to those portions of cement which are ()V' posed to the immediate contact of the sea. Courtry Markets, ivr A NCIIESTER-blAr 27. Owing to the occurrence of our annual holidays there wag a most meagre attendance of buyers at market this morn' ing, and few factors found it necessary to open their sant" pies. Under the circumstances we can only repeat the quotations of this clay se nnight. TIE CABAL. In April, 1670, a cetain Cshinat Council was formed, which the people of England (much objecting to the same, and with reason called the Cabal, from the initials of the names of its five members. The conventional schoolboy knows tha these were Cliff ,rd, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashle: (afterwards Shaftesbury), and Lauderdale. It was .oported, we hope with untruth, that ➢ir. Disraeli welt out the other bight, ofier dark, and chalked on the font Piccadilly wall of Cambridge Ilouse— C lanlitrde, A rgyll B ethel, A sbley(now Shaftesbury), L and then cutaway cith all bia . /n i g ht and ma i n . H e might just as well heti waited until the whirigig of time brought about his rei)ogee.—Punch! FATAL PRIZI FIGHT. GRAVESEND, Thursday. —This town has been somewhat painfully excited by the fatal results attending a prize fight. The particulars connected with the affair are as follow :—lt having been ar ranged that a fight should take place between " Johnny Walker" and " Bob Travers, the Black," two men well known as pugilists, for 1001., yester day was fixed as the day, and consequen'ly at an early hour in the morning a considerable portion of the blackguardism of London repaired to the Fenchurch-street station to preceed to a place situated in the marshes opposite Greenhii he, selected cs the scene of operations. The fight, however, much to the disappointment of the majority of those present, did not " come off," Walker not feel ing dispose f to meet his coloured antagonist, who, theref're, claimed the stakes. The populace, how ever, urged two other persons to fight. Their wishes were satisfied, and two men (Sullivan and fought for a lengthened period. At the termination of the encounter two other p-reon4, said to be personal friends, commenced hostilities. One was James Morris, well known by the s )bri quet of '' The Brighton Pet," and the other was imed Philip Redwood, a young man about 26 y ars of age, who resided in Old Pie-street, West minister. The fight had lasted about an h .ur when Redwo id fell to tbe ground and was picked up by the seconds. He was unconscious, and his friends, finding it impossible to restore animation, con veyed him from the field to the banks of the river. He was the: e placed in a boat, and brought over to this side of the river, and taken from- the boat to the pier, when some of those who had come over in the boat endeavoured to restore consciousness by the administration of hot brandy and water. This did not have the desired effect, and the unfortunate young man was placed in a cab, and taken to the infirmary here, where ho was seen by Mr. Flight, the house surgeon, and other medical gentlemen who happened to be in the institution at the time. He still breathed, but, notwithstanding everything possible was done, he expired about 7 o'clock last 'evening, three quarters of an hour of er his admis sion. Shortly after his death two young men, named Thomas Oakey and James Donovan, called at the infirmary to call for their unfortunate com panion. They were taken into custody as being participators in the fight. They admitted they were friends of the deceased, but refused to give any information as to how his death wasoccasioned, who his opponent was, or where he had gone. The police, however, succeeded in ascertaining that the fellow who had caused Redwood's death was the person above named, and that he had fled to Lon don immediately after the corifFet. Mr. Superin tendent White at once despatched some officers to the metropolis, but up to thi s even i ng no informa tion of Morris's capture had been received here. H e is, however, so well known that his apprehen sion within a very brief period is considered cer tain. Up to this afternoon the identity of the de ceased had not been satisfactorily established, but about 4 o'clock an elderly woman named Margaret Wilson, who described hersrlf as mother-in-law of the deceased, presented herself at the police station and requested per m 7 ssion to see the body. Of course her wish was complied with, and she then gave the police all the information they required. She was much sheekf d at the appearance of the holy, which was frightfully contused about the head and neck . . She stated that the deceased was a married man, and had left a widow and two young children to tally unprovided for. This evening Mr. Flight, at the request of Mr. Helder, the coroner, made a post morteut examination of t he body. He found death to have resulted from apoplexy, caused by the rap ture of a bloodvessel on the brain, reiall'ing from the blows received during the fight. The deceased, as described by Mr. Flight, was a rather slim- built man, evidently not a fit person to engage in a pu gilistic encounter, and was altogether oitt of condi ti in. Oakey and Donovan remain in custody, and will be brought before the magistrates at their next sitting; and it is sail so determined are the au!ho rities to put a step to such disgraceful transactions for the future, that all the persons known to have been present at the fight will be summoned before the magistrates. A rumour was current this even ing that Haley, one of the men engaged in the first fight, had also expired from the injuries he rcciyed, GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. BRIDGE, Dividend . per Annum. lOs per cent. 11. 12s. Od. 11. ils. Od. 28s. DOCKS. FRANCE CO: Dividend per Alinum. 20 0 0 100 0 0 BANKS. TDB CIVIL CONTENTGENCIES. An abstract of the sums-expended under the head of civil contingencies in the year 1857-58 bad been pub lished. The total sum expended was 128,1211.. against 94,0611. in the year 1856-57. The sum of 45,6221. was appropriated to special missione, 3,545/. to the outfit and equipage of Ministers at foreign Courts, 19,1341. to the expenses of entertaining and conveying " persons of dis tinction," ambassadors, and governors, 3,957/. to the tx. penses defrayed by officers of the Household (not part of the Civil List), and 48,740/. to " various public services." Among the various items of the expenditure last year we find one of 4,000/. for the expenses of the Frontier (Tur key and Persia) Commission ; 2,500/. for the expenses of the Fishery (United States) Treaty; 6,121/. for the expenses of Earl Granville's special mission to Russia, to assist at the coronation of the new Czar; 6,5001. for the expenses of Sir H. Lytton Bulwer's special mission to the Danubian provinces ; 11,500/. for the expenses of three separate special commissions for carrying out the Treaty el Paris (1846) ; 10,0001. for the expenses of Lora Elgin's mission to China ; 1,0001. for the American and Canadian Boundary Commission ; and 1,0001. for Sir W. Gore Ouseley's special mission to Central Ame rica. The entertainment and conveyance of "persons of distinction" includes a large number of those items that ordinarily provoke discussion in the House of Corn moos. 70/. is charged for the entertainment of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia on his passage in her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne in the English Channel ; 161. fur the conveyance of the Duke and Duchess (dowager) of Cambridge, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and certain German princesses to and from the Continent on sundry occasions; 8561. for the entertainment of the Siamese ambassadors and suite, on their passage from Bangkok to Suez and thence to England, and another charge of 10,1091. for expenses incurred on account of the embassy from the Kings of Siam in this country ;" 2,1761. for the expenses of Ferouk Khan, from Persia, during his recent visit to England ; 3101. for the "entertainment" of Messrs. Newton, Watts, and others, while employed on excava tions at Beudrourn and Onidas ; 161. 10s. for the enter tai' ment of Dr. Livingstone on board the sloop Frolic in 1856, besides a Lumber of charges for the conveyance of c louial governors and official pereone, which occur as a matter of course. The entertainment of the corn missiener of Liberia, during a passage from Cape Palmos to Monrovia in the sloop Heels, only cost the country the moderate sum of two guineas ; while that of the Princess of Prussia and suite, and the Prince of Baden and suite, on their passage from Calais to Dover, entailed an expense of 8/. 17s. 10d. The ex - ra cx penses of the household (not " Civil List" charges) included 20/. for the cleaning and care of Whitehall Chapel ; 8611. for the robes, collar, and badges of knights of the several orders ; 170/. as a remuneration to " the Marshal cf the Ceremonies" for attendance on Foreign Ministers, and 2701. for the " household trum peter and and kettle drummer," in lieu of triennial cloth ing. Thera is a little bill for the collar and tabard of "herald," and the mending of the Captain of the Yeo men's golden stick meet figures fir 671. 45.; and 761. 7s. is charged "on account" of the exhibition of the Welling ton funeral car. The funeral H.R H. the late Duchess of Glocester appears to have been a costly affair, seeing that the expenses incurred in the Lord Chamberlain's department alone figure for 1,7701, beeides an item of 7211. for the department of the Office of Works "on account" of the came. The " various public services" include itenes of 9501. for the commission appointed t) inquire " whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament for the purpose promoting and encouraging tke fine art," (en acceunt); 854/ for the Geld Coast Commission ; 993/. for the Cape of Good Hope Territorial Commission ; 4501. for the Oxford University Commission; 128/ f ,r the Cambridge University Commission ; 431/. for the Galway Election Commission ; 821/. for the Army Commissions (Pur chase and Sale) Commission ; 4101. for the Sewage of Towns Commission ; 1001. for the four Metropolitan Di iceses Commission (whose report WAS recently reviewed ir, the Timis); 2,337/. paid to suedry persons for services to the Statute lAN Cornmiseien ; 1,0821. for filing up of Chelsea Hospital-hall for the Crimean Court of In quiry there held ; 300/. to Professor Airey, for the con struction of the new standards of length and weight ; 1,5551. to Dr. Thompson and Dr. Gifting and Mr. San dison, for enforcing the Smoke Nuisance Act of 1853 ; 1 5001. for the pubication of cuneiform inscriptions in the British Museum, under the care Lieut Rawlin son ; 302/. to the Rev. H. 0 Cr xe, f r his journey to Syria, Asia Minor, and Thmaly, for the obtaining of lies of the ancient MSS. preserved in those countries; 5,000/. for the premiums awarded to the successful competitors on account of their plans f.,r the new pub lic cflices ; 4 136/, fur relief of workmen turned off at the Woolwich Arsenal at the close of the war, in 1856 ; 45/. to the Boer,l t f Works for expenses incurred in :he parks (fire-work night, 1856); 1,621/. for the ac commodation of the plople in Hyde-park when the Vic toria Cro , ses we re distributed ; 500/. for replacing monu ments of officers in the new church at Waterloo (tae moiety of the t xpenro) ; 2,544/. for the services of the police at the Kentish camps ; 100/. to a Mr. Cettley, for his outfit to j ,in L gel Raglan in the Crimea, to assist his lordship by his knowledge of Russia and its language, &c. ; 113/. as rewards for the discovery of criminals ; 5671. for the transmission by post of proclamations and j forms of prayer to the clerev (Eyre a'id Spottiswoode) ; 785/ for the survey of the Thames ; 114/. fur translating foreign tariffs ; 1,843/. (net) to Lord Chelmsford on his appointment as L eel Chancellor ; 1,000/. for the outfit of Mr. J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., as Speaker of the House of Commons ; 1751. ter cleaning and repairing Mr. Speaker's plate; 522/. for paesing letters patent and commissions under the Great Seat; 2,7g91. for the equi page money of the Earl of Eglinton and Wilton, on his appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and 923/. for that of Mr. J. Napier, the Lerd Chancellor ; 963/. for the 13elfest rites inquiry; and 3671. (incurred in Ireland), for the Galway election inquiry. Professor Taylor, the toxicologist, received, a!t'gether, a remune ration of abut 3501. for sundry post mortem examina tions, &c., in cases of murder and suspected poisoning ; and there there is a curious it -m of 54/. " for newspapers, &c., supplied to Lord J. Russell, M.P., during the period his lordship retained a seat in the Cabinet, without office, in 1854 and 1855." Tee sum of 4/., 103. was paid h e lighting up a cave at Gibraltar during a visit of the ex-Regent r f Portugal. 100,000/ is asked for the civil contingencies of 1858-59 DEBTORS IN FRANCS.--Acoording to official returns just published, the number of persons imprisoned for debt throughout the whole of France in 1856 was 1,981 —uf whom 1,894 were males, and 87 females ; 1,813 French, and 168 foreigners. At the end of that year or,ly 360 debtors remained in prison ; the other 1,624 had been released, 325 in consequence of the funds for their support not having been supplied by their creditors, 486 after payment of their deb . s, and the r.imainder in consequence of age or other motives. lADvserissmzur.]--•-Tho great injury inflicted ou many in valids by drugs increases the interest the public take in Du Barry's Revalenta Arabice Food, which cures without medicine indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by this delicious food :—From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52, 612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ire hind, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's, excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines bad failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries, will bo cheerfully answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. No.. 32,836.—Three years' excessive nervousness, With pains hi my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very iniserable,bas been radically removed by D u Barry's health restoringfood.—ALsx. SWART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Ure; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Campbell; Dr. G:ittiker ; Dr. Wurzor ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestnart; Major Gen. Thomas Xing, and many other respectable per sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instruc tions, In canisters, 11b. 2s, 9,1.; 21b. 4s. ed.; .51b. lls, • 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free on re! ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Da Barry, and Co,, 77, Regent-street, London. Important Caution against.the fear. ful dangers of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted subjunction on Um I.oth llarch, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nova' (or imitating «D u Barrfißevalata Arabica Food." Paid. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 al 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 47 5 u 50 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 1 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 to o 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. TINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 101. per cent, Amount of Share. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10/. per cent.' 50 0 0 20 0 0 O. per cent..loo 0 0 50 0 0 23 per cent. 50 0 0 . 10 0 0 18 , per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 16 pe.&bs 100 0 0 35 0 0 „ 120 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 Z e. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. Of 71. p. c. & be. 4‘. per cent. 51. per cent. 4 .. per cent. 24'. per cent. taper cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 4'. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. s'. per cent. 10!. per cent.' M. per cent.! 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 151. per cent. Unity Mutual. ........ Western Bank o,Londn LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. ----- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - - 4 a. d. £ a. d. sank of Scotland -•• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 189110 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 217108 Caledonian Bank .. ••. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 81 5s Clydesdale Bank •• •• 5391. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13/ Os C - immereial Bank .. 71. per cent.lsoo 0 0 100 0 0 224.'0s Eastern Bank.. -•• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 101 7s Edinb.& Glasgow.... 3341. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 851 Os National Bank .. •• •• 634 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 185 Os North of Scotland Bank sLper cent 1 20 0 0 2 10 0 51 10s Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 142/ s Union Bank of Scot... 81. per cont. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90/10s Western Bank •• .. .... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8347. pr cont. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16110 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/ 8s Caledonian Fire Insur. 10t.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 .31 10s Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 04/ Os Edinburgh Life Insur. el. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 17/ Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.0er cent. 50 0 0 3 b 0 41 Os Life Assoc. of Scotland 61.p0r cent. 40 0 0 3 0 oli Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 11 19 s North British Inman.. 71. per cont. 200 0 0 20 0 0 38/ 5s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 15s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 12s Scottish Union Insrnc. nil. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 00 11 143 Standard Life --- -- ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 30/ Os -- MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - - .£ a. d. Z a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 JO 0 0 - _ Assam lea .......... 'P. per cent. 5 0 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart•• - .... 2 1 41 per cent 50 0 0 - A u stralian Agriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 29 Australian Trust .... 81. pr cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all _ Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all 1534 British American Land 57. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ... •• •• •• •• •• es. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 - D 0.5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds st.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 Gt. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 61, c. bds 1876 67. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal l'aiace • 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 all l Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - Electric Telegraph Eng.& Nils. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 Ene.Earis. !flag. T. Co - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. .00 0 0 110 0 0 - Ditto New ..., •• •• _ 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 'l. p c and 1/ 00 0 0 .00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Um.) - 25 0 0 all - Gen.SteaniNavigation 107. per et. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 20% London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 40 0 all 2 . 1 i Hudson's 8ay.......• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - llungerford ...• „ „ •• 2/. 51. 100 0 0 all - Loa. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/, per cent. le 0 0 all - .51ex. &S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discoont Comp N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5/. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bd. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all 4i North of Europe, Stm gl. per cent. 20 0017 10 0 ' Price'sPatente an d : C o - 23 - 0 0 all Peel River.Land&Min. - 50 0 all '2 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 803( Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 tO 0 0 .7 1 4 Reversionary Int. Soc. I% /. pr cent 100 0 0 all Ditto New ........ 43 2 /. pr cer - it. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... 1/. p. share. 100 0 0 5C 0 0 6 0 Scottish Aus. Invest. 15/. per cent. 10 0 all 1% South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 36 Trust and Loan Comp. 734.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Van Diernen's Land.. 10s. 1 -- 100 0 0/ 28 10 0 - CO-1 0 per .VeaciA ~.. 6Sr cent, = d = _ , 22 10 0 all f 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 0 50 0 LOUTH-MAT 26. A thin attendance, and transactions limited. No ad vance could ho obta:ned, and prices stood at late rates. Wheat, red, 39s to. 43s ' • mixed, 458; white, 475; bariet 34s to 376; oat 24a to 28s ; baans, 41s to 455. BOSTON-MAT 26 The supply of grain was short to-day, and w h ea t was taken off slowly, at barely last week's rates. Oats And beans firm. In barley and peas nothing doing. Prices :—Wheat. red, 38s Od to 44s Od; new, to -- 9 ; white, 42s Ott to 46s Od; extra, 48s. Barley, 28s Od to 33 9 Oi. Oats 25s to 30s. Peas, 40 to 453 Od. Beans, 4- 2 I Od to 453 Od per qr. NEW &R . K---MAT 26. We had a large attendance of buyers to-day, and a good supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat wet a heavy sale, 41 last week's rates. Other articles as before. Wheat, white 46s to 48s, red 40s to 41a; barley, malting 405 to 425, grinding 33s to 365; oats, 12st. 32s to 345, 11st, —s to -- a ; beans, 43s to 45s ; malt, 64s to 72s ; peas, 401 to 425; tares, —s to —s per qr. HULL- Ality 25. Wheat, English red, 42s to 458 ; white 43e to 465; Og g ,' 26s to 303; barley, 32s to 36s ; Indian corn, 37s ; cakes, Hull, 91 74 6d to —/ Os ; ditto, foreign, 8/ 4., to 91 7s ; rape cakes, 5/ 15s Od to 6/ Os ; guano, —1 to — l .; bones, 6/ 17s. 6d.; flour, —s to —s; tares, —s to --s. GLASGOW-MAT 2G. To-day wheat did not sell so readily as during the week , and prices receded :id to 61 per 2401b5. Flour—eitJM met a fair sale at lat e ra t es ; supers diffi cu l t to qu it a t 0" less. Barley has given way is to 2s per 3201b5. Bean! as before. Peas dull, at is decline. Oats and oatmea l unaltered. Irdian cora in fair request at 203 6d to 2 11 per qr.. EDINBURGH GRAIL-MAT 26. An average supply of grain to:day7S;l; heavy for all sorts, and prices back, with the exception of beans. Wheat, on the top, Os 6d down, and on the averag Os 4d down. Barley, 2s 6d down on the top, and is aci down on the average. Oats on the top were Os 9d dovro and on the average 03 9d. down. Beans on the top 14 Od down, and on the average is 4d up. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £2 1 0 6-12th. Do. new -12ths. Barley 1 11 4 4-12ths. Oats 1 7 7 5-12ths. Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1699 qrs sold SO5 cI.XI Barley 776 qrs sold 331 qrs Oats 140 S qrs sold 823 Vs Deans 66 qrs sold 47 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.—MAT 25. Our market less supplied with fat beasts to-Jay, 9 14 more than equal to the demand, and prices rather dearer , and readily obtained. The number of sheep was large' and in request. Several lots of l a mb s , th e grea t e r part e, them only half fat. A small show of fat pigs, which sold well. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6.0 to O i l mutton, 61 to 6Ad ; lamb, —d to 9d ; veal, 6d tc 614 Pc' lb. ; pork, 51d - to 5.W per lb ; rough fat, 6s 0 i to 01 , 1 per 141 b.; hides, 2il to 31d per lb ; calf-skins, 4d to 6 4 ' per lb. DEATH OF AN Ex - COUNTY COURT jUDGE—LIY S33' POOL, May 27.—Much regret has been caused in Liver pool to-Jay by the anr ouncement that Mr. Joseph pol lock, the latc esteemed and able judge of the County C )urt in this town, died yesterday after a long and pain ful illne&s caused in the first instance by the laborious n ture of his judicia' duties. He was compelled in con sequence of failing health to retire horn the office in October last, when, in consideration of the ability with which he had fulfilled its obligations, he received a pen sion of 1,0001. a-year. He had held the appointme nt eines the memorable dismissal of Ramshay, whose re* markable behaviour on the bench was the subject of 60 ch general excletnent at the time. M r . P o llock -,6 successor is Mr. Blair, who has bell the office since til o deceased gentleman's retirement, The salary is 1,5 001.. a- y ear. BIRTHS. EVANS - On the 26th inst., at 51, Denbigh-street, Pimlico, the wife of James Cook Evans, Esq., barrister-at -100 of a daughter. REEVES—On the 24th inst., at 123, Glocester-terraceP Hyde-park, Mrs. Sims Reeves, of a daughter. WIGRAM —On the 26th inst., at 8, Lansdowne-road, gr. ll ; sington-park, the Hon. Mrs. W. K nox Wigram t 01 ' daughter. MARRIAGES. ALLEN—ASIITON—On Whit Sunday, at St. Panoral (b ci r bans), Charles All en , E sq ., o f th e B an k o f .Engt 3° Threadneedle- s t ree t, t o Mi s 3 A s ht on , o f G ow er-ste t ,', SARGENT —MORRIS— On the 27th inst., at St. Jawn Church, Piccadilly, H enr y S argen t, E sq ., e ldest son o the Rev. Abraham Sargent, rector of Derrygrath: et!' Tipperary, to Jane lia.triett, only daughter of Sir Morris, Dep.-Lieut. of Waterford. DEATHS. ETANS—On the 21st inst., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Captain Augustine Charles Evans (h a lf-pay), 37th,-":' giment, who served th r ough o ut th e Peninsular ha and was awa:ded a incdal with nine clasps. GiEdaLER----On the 26th inst , Charles Fred. Giesler, E 5l " Fulham, aged %7. HARDWICKE—On the 26th in,t., at TiLteuhanger, Efewitrlet! Eliz anti!, Dowager Countess of lfardwicke, in he year of her age. JorntELL—On the 25th inaf., at Slin"rwater louse, 13 1: lieu:, Surrey, J o hn William Jodrell, Esq., of Ye ar ' -- ley, aged 50. JENKYN—Ou the 23th inst., at Rochester, the Rev. T. Jenkyn, D.D., late President of Coward College/ L en ' don. ROWLAND --At Swansea, William Rowland, Esq , ) 31 • 9 " F.R.C.S., aged 55. LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO YOUN' s of lqe. 112, Strand, Printor, at The Sun Mot 14° ' 132, S•trinel, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,' of Aliddlesvx, ,Frig ay, Alay 28, 1854 IVIONT WE th et Dr ST. JA/ (endi ng F IST l o Three 'orY, Is. 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