The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-11 00:00:00

ME ATLANTIC TELRGRAPH. The general programme of the second and, as - we trust, final attempt t o . submerge this gigantic line o f electrical commu nic ation between the New and Old Worlds is , we believe, decided on, and all the preparations necessary to secure a successful plan of o p e rations are rapidly advancing towards comple tion. Since our last notice of the progress of this great undertaking the machines at Glasse and Elhot's (manufactory have been working day and night to complete the 400 additional miles of cable ordered before last Christmas, and intended to re place the 384 miles which were submerged and lost last autumn off Valentia. This additional length has now been completed. It is of precisely the same kind of cable as the rest, which we have already described—flexible, strong, small, and light ;. it has been tested and retested to insure its perfect insula tion, and its completeness being th us definitely as certained, the last miles of it were shipped last night on board the Adonis screw steamer for con veyance to Plymouth, where it will arrive on Mon day next. In the dockyard there, at riv e ham the main bulk of the cable, to the length of 2,200 miles, has been stowed away in gigantic coils during the winter, and a full staff of electricians, under the directions of Mr. Whitehouse, have been engaged in working messages throughout its entire length, and generally proving the electrical fitness of the cable to the fullest extent. The result of these ex periments, we are informed, has been in the highest degree satisfactory.. Most of those acquainted with the first efforts which were made to send messages through the entire length of the cable know that the retarding influence, or whatever other name electricians may- now choose to call it, which exists in a long conductor exercised a most se rious influ ence upon the rapidity with which it was found possible to transmit words through the full ex tent of the wire. Constant experiments, joined with practical skill in working the wire daily, have enabled Mr. Whitehouse to over come so much of this resistance that five words per minute can now be sent through the 2,200 miles of cable at present at Keyham, and it is fully expected that before the time comes for its second submergement eight words will be transmitted with ease and certainty. Te many of our readers unacquainted with the practical work ing of submarine lines only eight words per minute may appear to be but a poor result after all though we can assure them that if ever attained it is such an improvement in the rate of transmission as not many ventured to anticipate who saw the cable worked for the first time last summer. At the same time such a result seems to show with most con vincing clearness that, though 480 words per hour through this line, if it is successfully laid down, might doubtless amply remunerate the company, it would still be almost as far as ever from accom modating the ,business messages between Europe and the New World. If, therefore, this line is submerged this summer it will follow as a matter of course that three or four others must be laid as well and there seems no reason why if one can be laid down there should not be as many telegraphs under the Atlantic as there are now under the Channel. When the Adonis, with the 400 recently com pleted miles, arrives at Plymouth on Monday next the additional length will be immediately landed and joined on to the coil already at Keyham. This will raise the entire length of cable already manu factured to nearly 2,650 miles, or some 150 miles or thereabouts more than the entire length with which the expedition started last autumn. There is no doubt, however, but that the first attempt was made with too small an allowance for casualties, and that consequently when the cable parted, and about 380 miles were lost in the depths of the At lantic, it so reduced the length of wire remaining at the disposal of the engineers that further perse 'Trance in the attempt became impossible. To guard against;a recut rence of this mishap it has now been determined to manufacture an additional 800 miles of cable beyond the 2,650 miles which we have stated is already completed. This additional quantity will be commenced at Glas3e and Elliot's works on Friday next, and will be completed in a month or so, and forwarded to Keyham to be joined to the main coil, which will then measure nearly 3,000 miles in length. The Niagara and Agamemnon are again to be the vessels employed in the attempt of this year. The former was to leave New York, we believe, on the Ist of this month, and is expected at Plymouth about the 12th or 13th. On her arrival at that port she will instantly commence taking on board her share of the immense wire, which this time will amount in length to 1,500 miles, instead 1,200 as on the last occasion. On board the Agamemnon the cable will not be coiled away in one prodigious mass amidships, but be distributed equally on the fore, midship, and after part of the vessel, in three coils of about 500 miles each. By this arrange ment, of course, the weight of the wire is equally distributed and the ship well trimmed. The very reverse of this was the case last autumn, when the weight of the whole mass was concentrated amid ships, and, thus balanced on the principle of a Chinese toy, the poor Agamemnon rolled on the least swell till ber yards almost touched the water. The attempt to lay down the cable will be made this year at a much earlier period than on the last occasion. As soon as the coils, with all the neces sary apparatus and appointments are stored away on board the Agamemnon and Niagara (which will be about the beginning of May), both vessels will leave for a short trip into deep water, when a num ber of experiments will be made with the paying out machinery, and to ascertain practically if any difficulties exist in the proposed plan for sub merging the wire from the centre of. the Atlantic. These experiments will be brought to end in a few days, and any alterations which their results may suggest in the machinery or manner of paying out the wire having been adopted as soon as possible the expedition will finally start about the begin ning of June. All the best authorities and most experienced seamen have been consulted on behalf of the company as to the state of the weather in the Atlantic in the month of June, and we believe the result of an immense mass of testimony goes to prove that there are some five or six con secutive days in that month during which a gale in the Atlantic was seldom or never known to occur. The expedition will leave these shores so as to arrive in the centre of the Atlantic at about the commencement of these halycon days, and the object will be, of course, to get over the deep sea part of the undertaking before the weather changes. The line will be joined and laid from the centre of the ocean, the Niagara bring ing her end to England and the Agamemnon con veying het s to America. Communication by electric signal will, of course, if the wire holds, be kept up between the two vessels the whole way. All these new arrangements and precautions are the result of the experience of last year's at tempt, and, of course, all improvements conduce towards the chances of ultimate success. But it is ntleileejaggeration to say that there is one portion of apparatus upon the fitness and proper manage ment of which the success or non-success of the whole plan must ultimately depend, and that is upon the paying -out machinery. That this ma chinery was bad last year, and that it was made still worse by the most absurd mismanagement, no one now denies ; but we trust and blieve that there is no chance of a repetition this year of such blunders. How the new machinery is constructed we cuinot at present say, further than that a new self-acting brake has been devised, which is said to be perfect ; that all the alterations have been made under the superintendence of Mr. Everett, chief engineer of the Niagara, and Mr. Appold, and that Mr. Penn, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Field have, we . believe, been from time to time consulted about it. tao far, then, it ought to be all that can be wished, b a. ,,t we hope to be able to speak more positively:on eels point in a few days. Our readers may recollect that 'when the attempt failed last autumn 380 miles ofof the were safely deposited at the bottom of all 0 .. Since that time, to the astonishment depth water in west coast of Ireland and the n e a r in which the cable lay, it has been underrun, a no When the last mi le as than 52 miles of it worth o ecr company or aeeeasapr recovered suriolsnau 0,- 1,000 fathoms, and, was raised raised it lay at a depth of was own, in that depth it broke, the remaining 330 w i n i i i l i e s s ta it y re til st l i t l h l in the bed of the At lantic, where they and e end of time, a pet - manent source of wonder amusement b to its ma rine inhabitants. It may, perhaps, men tioning, as an instance of the erdul e it o t f h hum an nature, that there are persons who think at this 330 miles is still to be recovered and utilisedthes again. • It le, however, but fair to state that . are in. no way connected with either the or officers , all the latter of whom have too much .in:these matters ever to entertain such vettirefa.Tahaet a pv a i s on w o h f e the cable firstea b la le . recovered dd egardea it s conizarering e z e b. sp b i y r a n l o N however, of ti a n t n lea t 1 condition. It sh owe d ' ing stretched to affect the n on o 4 the conductor. i th t an extent [ADVVITISKILENT —The sadden changes of t:" . "'"' " effect upon the skin, and also upon the hate°„"'tinent. Hence the prevalence of eryeipelas e , a l,7"* s t 7 e .q. l* rheumatism, and throat, and the many oth u er te c ilea ' bb.7B " so frequently generated by this cause. Fortunat ely, Holloway's Pills and Ointment we have the mea Y n's i :t promptly removing this class of diseases ; these wonder ful remedies not onl y suppress the inflammation, but expel the cause by a gentle excretion through the porer, and thoroughly invigorate the whole system, The testi• mony of invalids in all parts of the world demonstrates the healing power of these potent remedies.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the World, and at Piofeasor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, TllE l ' SCIN I ,_ LON ROY THURSDAY ETEN I Na, MARCH 11, 1858 NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Lords Commissioners ofithe Admiralty have been pleased to appoint Captain William H. Ken nedy as additional captain to the Pembroke, and d e p u ty comptroller general of coast-guard. The following General Order, in reference to the gallant conduct of the officers and men of the 54th Regiment when on board the Sarah Sands steam ship, on the occasion of the partial destruction of that ship by fire on the 11th of November last, has just been issued from the Horse-Guards : "Horse-Guards. " His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief has great gratification in making known to the army the substance of a report received from Major-General Breton, commanding the troops at the Mauritius, recording the remarkable gallantry and resolution displayed by the officers and soldiers of the 54th Regiment on board the ship Sarah Sands, on the 11th of November, 1857, under cir cumstances of a most trying nature ; namely, when that vessel took fire at sea, having at the time a large quantity of ammunition on board. "It is under such emergency that presence of mind, high courage, and coolness—qualities which are the attributes of British soldiers—are conspicu ous, and are rendered particularly so when attended by the maintenance of that discipline which was evidently observed oa the occasion. " Major-General Breton states in his report that the first consideration acted upon was to throw the powder overboard—a most hazardous and danger ous duty, which was effected (with the exception of a very trifling portion of it) by volunteers at the risk of their being suffocated by the smoke below. " The boats were got ready, the women and children placed in them, and the greatest degree of emulation evinced by the officers and men in the performance of all that could be required of them. , For the lengthened period of 16 or 18 hours the ship was in extreme peril, until the fire was subdued and the hold cleared of water, which was thrown in for the purpose of extinguishing it, or which had rushed in through the opening in the stern caused by the explosion of the last of the powder. " The following non-commissioned officers and privates are specially named by Major Butt (upon whom the command devolved) as having particu larly distinguished themselves on the occasion : "Sergeants.—Robinson, Page, Doyle, and Houston. "Privates.—Warren, Doyle, Hopkins, Fitz patrick, Dodd, Gallagher, Wiles, Walsh, olland, Glenny, Lamb, Carmichael, Folland, Hall, Buck ingham, Denton, Canavan, and Byrnes. " Lance-Corporals.—Westby, Stevenson, M'Cal lum. " The colours of the regiment appear to have been saved by Private W. Wile, 54th Regiment, and Richard Richmond, one of the Quartermasters of the ship, at the hazard of their lives. "Major Butt exerted himself to the almost, and is entitled to the highest praise for his conduct throughout. " He reports of the officers generally that their conduct was admirable, and gives great credit to Captain Gillum, Lieutenant and Adjutant Hous ton, and Lieutenant Hughes. "By extraordinary exertions the ship was saved from destruction and enabled to reach Port Louis. " His Royal Highness is pleased to observe that the behaviour of the 54th Regiment during the course of this distressing occurrence was most praiseworthy, and, by its results, must render manifest to all the advantages of subordination and strict obedience to orders under the most alarming and dangerous circumstances in which soldiers can ba placed. " By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." Several cases of smallpox and scarlet fever have lately broken out among the troops quartered in the south wing of Brompton Barracks, lately con verted into a hospital for the sick and wounded troops from India. The barracks at Brompton are in a very crowded state, which renders it the more desirable that prompt measures should be immediately taken to remove the men of the Royal Engineers, either to Plymouth or Wool wich, to prevent the contagion spreading among the troops. Immediately the smallpox and fever made their appearance Col. Sandham and the medical officera devised all possible precautionary measures to prevent the spread of disease, which, there are many reasons for believing, are mainly to be attributed to the overcrowding of the troops in the barrack-rooms ; and as soon as the symptoms of a case are observed the patient is instantly removed to the garrison hospital for treatment. Yesterday reinforcements to the number of up- wards of 50ö men of all ranks left Chatham garrison for the purpose of embarking for Kurrachee to join the service companies of their respective regiments in India :-7th Royal Fusiliers, 55 men ; 27th Enniskiliens, 41 ; 62d Light Infantry, 28 ; 61st Regiment, 23 • 70th Regiment, 8 ; and 94th Re giment, 30, u nder the command of Capt. Jackson, 70th Regiment, with Ensign Cobbe, 27th Regiment; and Ensign Nugent, 61st Regt. The whole of the above detachments, together with 3 officers and 53 men of the 7th Dragoon Guards, 12 meu of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and 30 men of the 98th, who arrived at Chatham from Canterbury, proceeded to Southampton, and embarked on board the Peninsu lar and Oriental Company's new steamer Malabar, 1,080 tons burthen, for Alexandria, whence they proceed by the overland route to Kurrachee. The following drafts embarked yesterday in the Ante lope steamer for Kurrachee, vis.-61. men of the 7th Royal Fusileers, 16 of the 52d Light Infantry, 29 of the 61st Regiment, 13 of the 73th Regiment, 10 of the 81st Regiment, 17 of the 94th Regiment, and 30 of the 98th Regiment—the whole under the com mand of Major A. Ormsby, 80th Regiment ; Lieut. R. Swift, 81st Regiment, Ensign C. M. Prender gast, 52d Light Infantry, Ensign M. Murphy, Gist Regiment, and Ensign P. H. _Dobbs, 98th Regt. Reinforcements for tb i e 43d Light Infantry will leave Chatham this day, and embark at Gravesend on board the T weedaide for Madras. Letters from India, received by the last mail, inform us that the European and American Company's steamship Lady Jocelyn, Captain Bird, which took out troops to India, arrived at Galls on her way back to England with passengers and cargo on the sth of February, and after coaling was to leave on the 7th. Captain Brow; Commander of the Hydaspes steamer, belonging to the same com pany, had been presented by the officers of the Royal Artillery who went out in his vessel to Cal cutta with a silver salver, accompanied by a very handsomo note from Lieut.-Colonel C. J. B. Rill dell, in which he thus expresses the feelings of himself and brother officers : " We shall all have the recollection of a pleasant voyage of the Hydaspes, in which nothing was left undone on your part to promote the comfort of the officers and men on board and make their voyage pass as pleasantly as possible." The salver bore a suitable inscription, with the names and ranks of all the officers. Her Majesty's steam troopship Urgent, 6, Com mander Macdonald, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Malta with Ordnance stores and the wives and children of the men of the 71st Regiment. She will take in the remainder of the 2d battalion of the 2d Royals at Portsmouth in a few days, and return to Malta, whether the head-quarters have already proceeded. To-day the depot of the 79th Highlanders wir remove from Dundee to Stirling, Captain Haria. son in command. To-morrow the depot of the 42d Royal High landers will remove from Dundee to Perth, Capt. Webber in command. The Russell, 60 guns, screw steamship, Captain Henry A. Storey, saluted the flag of the Comman der-in-Chief yesterday, at 2 p.m., at Sheerness, and left under steam for Plymouth, and thenc3 to Fal mouth for Coastguard service there. The Southampton, 50-gun ship, Capt. Edward P. Charlewood, from Harwich, remains moored over on the west shore at Sheerness. No fresh cases of fever have occurred since the 24th ult. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness, staying the fitment of ships for the Channel station. The steam transport Dee having undergone con siderable repairs at Woolwich in the engineer and sh:pwrielts departments, and having been sup plied with new bulwarks, sponsions, &e., com. menced shipping steam gear yesterday morning for ships under construction in the western yards. The Dee has been refitted with the superheating steam pipes, and is under orders to make a trial of the ordinary steam during her approaching voyage to the west, to be mixed with that supplied by the patent superheating apparatus. The freight ship Glentilt is moored off Woolwich arsenal, and has commenced shipping guns and department, at T oz he a f f r r o e m i gh w t i so s o h ui military stores for Bermuda. iwnpideJehrafnooerr, orders en up by the War Helena. Colonel ark military ne..oalpoonse.tl_otrohwan having recovered from his late 1 , : : : .11:: li n .:, or E s , : b e resume d 1 tmilelnthati: of f u d ties as Comman dant sx.____t the —Trt t la Ta a l L i i c t Mar inesl- oar : i l a a t r ly t e Woolwich,have ec different consideration of th igcstoanthael at the to the drill-serjes.ntssl ituiotnana r 6314 riroo2rtsieoeprierpldEaaysehd appoint 1". been battalion, Made Tester a l t f o - The following- nate increase day at the Admiralty i s were I Berijamin D. Connor, second m ~t , ,, i .,_ Renown ;J. F. Burns, C. Bayfield, \- & E_' ti m er and G. P. Roberts, master's-assistants, to the Impregnable, ME CASE Off THE CAGLIARI. The following is the substance of an opinion de livered on this subject by Dr. Phillimore " At the outset I would observe thatthere are two facts the importance of the bearing of which upon the law cannot be over-estimated, and which are not controverted by the Government of the Two Sicilies 1. That the Cagliari was captured not in Neapolitan waters, but upon the high seas. 2. That in the first instance it was nevertheless repre sented by the Sicilian to the Sardinian Government that the Cagliari had been captured within the Nea politan waters and that the truth upon this sub ject was not discovered by the Sardinian Govern ment until they saw the evidence of the captors. Upon this state of facts the question which imme diately arises is, under what circumstances is a State justified in seizing the ship of another State while passing on the common highway of all nations 3 The answer is one upon which all jurists are agreed, and as to which the practice and theory of States have hitherto been in perfect harmony, viz.—in time of peace, when the vessel is, or is reasonably suspected to be a pirate ; in time of war, when a ship is, or is reasonably suspected to be the property of a bel ligerent, or to be engaged in furthering the purposes of a belligerent. To deal first with the question of the capture of a piratical vessel in time of peace. As to the definition and characteristics of a pirate there is no material difference either in the opinion of jurists or in the municipal law of States. In sub stance a piratical vessel is one sailing without the authority of any recognised State, not entitled to carry a flag or ship's papers, the universally ac knowledged evidence of such authority, and, more over, so sailing aninzo furandi et depredandi. The next inquiry is, does the Cagliari fall under this de. finition, and if so, at what period ? No process of reasoning, no number of printed folios, no accumu lation of pointless erudition, can bring the Cagliari, at the time when she left Genoa, under the terms of this definition. She was a Sardinian vessel carrying a Sardinian flag, furnished with papers abundantly sufficient to satisfy the requisitions of international, and also it should seem of Sardinian law. She was ,prosecuting her usual voyage upon her usual track ; she was, in fine, a well-known Sardinian postal and passenger steamer. There is not an iota of evidence to connect the proprietors of the vessel with any intention of navigating their vessel for an improper or unlawful purpose. The next inquiry is :—Though the Cagliari left Genoa an innocent merchantvessel, had a piratical charac ter, despitethe wishes of the owner, been impressed upon her during the course of her voyage ? and if so, under what circumstances ? The facts appear to be simply these :—A considerable number of armed conspirators, who had embarked under the guise of lawful passengers, did, after the vessel was at sea, by acts of violence and threats of murdee, compel or terrify, it matters not which, the captain into abdicating his authority, possessed themselves of the entire control of the vessel, took her to Ponza,, filled her with additional conspirators, and, changing her destination, made for Sapri. There the conspirators had disembarked, the captain re gained his command, and immediately left Sapri with the intention of proceeding to Naples, and of reporting what bad happened to the Government there. While prosecuting this voyage, and at no great distance from his destination, he is fired at by a Sicilian ship of war, ordered to bring to, and immediately obeying without resistance is taken into Naples. Was, then, the Cagliari at the time of her capture piratically employed ?—I say unquestionably not. The assertion to the con trary rests upon a suspicion—unsupported, as far as 1 can find, either by oral or documentary evi dence—that she was returning to Ponza for the purpose of bringing fresh conspirators to Sapri. But against this vague suspicion are to be set the oath of the captain, the proved fact of the previous violence which he had undergone, and from which he had just escaped, the consistency of his whole story, and the previous history and character of the commercial vessel which he commanded. Let it be admitted for the sake of argument (though the question is one which was recently much contro verted between Great Britain and the United States of North America) that under the circumstances the Sicilian ship of war had a right to visit (a right, be it observed, distinct from the right of search) upon the high seas the Cagliari in time of peace, for the purpose, and for the purpose only, of ascertain ing her nationality. I say without hesitation that as soon as that nationality was ascertained to be bona fide Sardinian (as it must immediately on boarding have been ascertained) , not merely from her flag and papers, but from th e well-known his- tory arid character of the vessel herself, that the limited and doubtful authority of the Sicilian ship was certainly and clearly at an end. The rights of visit' and ' detention are rights of war. Sar dinia and the Two Sicilies were not at war. If it was supposed that there was ground of complaint against the Cagliari, it was manifest upon every principle of international law that this vessel so arrested in time of peace upon the high seas should have been allowed to continue her course ; and the complaint should have been urged to the ,ardinian Government, or before the co - arts by which she was alone justiciable—namely, the courts of the amicable and, be it also observed, closely neigh bouringPower, to the subjects of which the Cagliari ' was well known to appertain. Before I turn from this part of the subject I should notice an objection which has been taken with respect to the alleged in sufficiency of the papers on board the Cagliari. Upon this point a very 'great error as to the requisitions of international law is maintained in the Sicilian statement. It is no part cf t in duty, or of the right of foreign States to inquire into the question whe ther the vessel of another State does or does not carry all the papei a which the municipal law of her own country requires. If there be a sufficient con stat of the nationality of the vessel the foreign na tion has no right to inquire further. It does, how ever, so happen that in this case the Cagliari had on board the Patents, the having which was suffi cient to supply the demands of her own municipal law. And here it is, perhaps, not inopportune to remark that during the recent war with Russia the Prize Courts of Great Britain constantly refused to condemn, even as prize, a vessel lawfully captured upon the high seas, upon the ground that she del not carry all the papers required by the municipal law of her own country. The proposition put forth by the Admiralty Board of the Two Sicilies, namely —' Esio mancava dells carte necessarie di horde, pel difetto delle qualificato pirate,' and which being interpreted with reference to the circumstances of the case, means, that because all the papers which her municipal law might require were not on board the Cagliari she was therefore a pirate, is a novel proposition and fraught with danger to all com mercial States. It is quite clear, therefore, that neither at the time when the Cagliari left Genoa, nor at the time when she was seized, was she, in fact, in intention, or destination, piratically employed. Indeed, it is not difficult to perceive that the Sicilian Government are aware that this allega tion of piracy cannot be sustained, for upon a fore sight of its failure they advance another proposition, and one which I will venture to say is on the face of it plainly at variance with the first principles and acknowledged practice of international law. That proposition is, that if the Cagliari was not herself a pirate, nevertheless having been taken by pirate; she Lad become their property and was seizable as such. lamat a loss to express my surprise at this argument, for it is one of the most trite and certain maxims of international jurisprudence, flowing from the very character and definition of piracy, that capture by pirates effects no legal change in the property, which continues to belong to the o:Oual owner. ' Idque,' as Bynkershoek observes, ' est Juris communis, quo apud omnes genies receptum eat pirates, dominiuni] nou mutare.' It is hardly necessary to observe that it is not competent to the Sicilian Government, though the coati ary seems to have been supposed by them, by inserting a defini tion of piracy into their municipal code, to altertho general law of nations upon this or any other point iu which all States are concerted, however such al. teration may affec t the subjects of that Government. But if the Sicilian law did (which it does not) fur nish any authority on this occasion, it would be impossible to contend according to any recognises rules of construction that the Cagliari belonged to the class described in that law as ' bastimenti ap partenenti ai nemici del regno.' It remains to cou aider the other ground upon which the seizure of the Cagliari was justified, and which also occupies the other portion of the folio volume before referred to. Thet ground is, that the Cagliari was seized as a lawful prize during the time of war and in exercise of the rights of self-defence accruing to the Crown of the Two Sicilies, or, as it is alleged, o t w o in h e e r e a o I must r.o c fi e r d s e t o toebd sveinrvi. e vi th r a eP t e i l t ien atear N s io n upon o m t p w t o to wh ju o s ll t y ra ify se t p h s es t e e iz andi of e a s i —at one time virtually alleging a state of i ea:e an , tforeign nsten tg r o u vess e lndis making an accusation of piracy ; at another, alleg ing a state of war, and putting forth a claim of P• rize There is great inconvenience as well as novrlty in this mode of procedure, for under cover of this double defence ( r attack (whichever it be called) arguments relating to one state . of things are e ey have perp no etu ti all e y o b n l n e e n c de o. But dnwithatl in wh at other war wa s thwiucL , the Crown of the Two Sicilies engaged ? Not in a war with any other State—but, it is said, in that kind of war with its own subjects which Grotius calls bellum, mixtion. This is a very grave question, and of the deepest interest to all States. It must, Itvh%.htintkii, b ere e i a s d a m k it i t n e a d, of as ci a vi m l c a o t i t l e fi r ict of be fa tvr ct e a en nd a law, -Go ell131 "nt dejure and a Government de facto, which eonfct mu i n t k 5 cat e e proportions and must be placed go mies the ry of a regular war, and which is /01' lowed with all the Consequences of a war in its operation upon foreign States. Such a war arose out of the civil dissensions of England in the 17th century ; such a war arose between Spain and the Netherlands, upon which the liberty of the Dutch Republic was founded (an event, by the way, which the Sicilian Government in the papers before me asserts to have been the origin of all the subsequent calamities of Europe) ; such a war arose between England and her North American colonies towards the close of the last century ; such a war arose between Spain and her South American colonies during the present century ; such a war, too, was produced by the recent revolt of Sicily from the Neapolitan Government, which is more than once referred to in these papers. But it is manifest that there is, both in the reason of the thing and in usage—the two great sources of international jurisprudence—abroad line of demarcation between such iustances as thole, in which there have been pitched battles and a regular array of forces on both sides, and the isolated adventure of a handful of re bels, such as was attempted by the conspirators of Ponza (in the case before me) upon Sapri. To con found these t w o distinct sta,te of things is to introduce the greatest confusion into all international relations, for if both are to be equally accompanied by that change of international relations incident to a regular war which affects neutrals as well as belli gerents, then it will be in the power of any small number of desperadoes, who overpower by violence the crew of a commercial vessel and a tt ac k th e i r to place in jeop ar d y t h e commer ca native country, though they are su bd ue d b y t h e civil police and the commercial m ar i ne o f every neutral State. Moreover, if this new do c t r i ne b e admitted, there will be room for the appli ca ti on o f the doctrine of intervention, and alliances between relations such adventurers and foreign States will be placed on t h e same footing as the alliance cf France with tke revolted States of North America against Great Britain, or with the quadruple a lli ance w hi c h in tervened in the affairs of Spain in 1834. No accredited writer, no judicial precedent, no jurist, no practice of States, sanctions such an extension of the doctrine of bentort mixtum ' which would be equally fatal to the duties of neutrals and the rights of belligerents. It is indeed almost admitted in the folio volume before me, that this is a first ex periment upon the rights of nations. It is urged that the growth of Atheism and Democracy during the last 10 years renders a change in international law as to the doctrine of bellum mixtum absolutely necessary for the protection of the Sicilian Go vernment. And it is, in fact, upon this ground that the lawfulness of seizing the Cagliari as a prize of war is mainly placed. But it seems to have e scaped the notice of the Neapolitan Government that it is not competent to a single nation to melee any, much less a grave, alteration in the law of all nations. Thus, Wioquefort says, that when tho Swe dish Minister alleged the Swedish law against a de mand of the French Minister, Chanut (the French Minister) repondit que la log de Swede ne pouvoit pas abolir le droit des gens ;' and the learned writer adds, ce fact biers remarquer contre let nouveaux poliliques.' And to the same effect is the opinion of a yet greater master of that law, Lord Stowell, who, in the cise where one State attempted an innovation in international practice to the injury of others, obeerved. :---‘ It is my duty not to admit that becauie one nation has tboughtproper to depart from the common usage of the world, and to meet the notice of mankind in a new and unprecedented manner, that I ate on that account under the neces sity of acknowledging the efficacy of such a novel institution, merely because general theory might give it a degree of countenance, independent of all practice from the earliest history of mankind ; the institution must conform to the text law, and like wise to the coestant usage upon the matter ; and when I am told that before the present war no sentence of this kind has ever been produced in the , annals of mankind, and that it is produced by one nation only in this war, I require nothing more to satisfy me that it is the duty of this court to reject such a sentence as inadmissible.' It is said, however, that the procedure of the Sicilian Govern ment towards the Cagliari is not novel or unprece• dented, inasmuch as the c onduct (much praised in the Sicilian statement) of France in 1832, in the case of the Carlo Alberto, furnishes an exact precedent. Fortunately, the facts of this precedent are duly published and ascertainable by everybody. The Carlo Alberto, a Sardinian vessel, conveyed the Duchess de Berry and a number of her partisans to the coast near Marseilles, for the purpose of exciting a civil war in France ; she had false papers on board; she directly contravened the sanitary and the police laws applicable to the territorial waters where she was found. But what was the question determined by the Court of Cessation ? That the Carlo Alberto was seizable as a prize, or as a piratical vessel ? Neither one nor the other ; that great tribunal, presided over by M. Dupin, decided acid most rightly that it was competent to the French police to arrest persons on board - this merchant vessel in t',eir territory ' • in other words, that the comity of nations did not protect a merchant vessel from the visit of the police, or the conspirators on board her from arrest, but the court expressly re fused to condemW the Carlo Alberto as prize. This simple statement of facts shows that this case of the Carlo Alberto—this solitary precedent—furnishes no a.uthot ity at all for the capture of the Cagliari, but, on the contrary, is condemnatory of that cap ture. Something is f aid about the captain of the Cagliari submitting to and pleading before the Neapolitan tribunal, but it is obvious to remark that the claim of the Sardinian Government is a c l a i m of public law founded on public policy, and wholly unaffected by any proceedings of an indivi dual subject under any circumstance; much more under such circumstances as these. The Cagliari could not have been lawfully seized as prize except in a time of open acknowledged war ' • the right of prize and all the well - known incidents to it belong to a belligerent, and not to a pacific government. The Cagliari was as little liable to condemnation by the law of prize as she was by the law of piracy. There are other circumstances in which the Sicilian Government has but too little reek ded the rules of international law. I pass by the col_ itution o the so-called Prize Court, the mode of examination, the unjw ti and indefensible prohibition which pre vented the captain of a foreign ship seized on the high seas from access for a considerable period to legal advice and aid ; but I cannot omit to notice that it is stated that this so-called prize of war has been the subject at one and the same time both of a penal and of a civil procedure —a procedure wholly un earranted by the international law as to prize. And I read, to my further amazement, in the Neapolitan Minister's desp atc h, th at t h e ship of war belonging to the Sicilian Crown has a right to proceed to the condemnation of a ship of another State as a private suitor, without the au thority of his government. The plain truth is that all these anomalous departures from the laws of nations are the necessary consequence of applying to a state of peace the stern rules which an inexorable necessity renders incident to a state of war, and which the law of nations strictly confines to that state. But it most nearly concerns all neutral and indepen dent States to take good heed that these extraordi nary rights of belligerents are not imported into their ordinary pacific relations. The case of the Cagliari is the first attempt of the kind, and I am not surprised that the British Minister at Turin should express in his despatch of sth Jan., 1858, the expectation of the British Government that Sar dinia will, by demanding the restitution of the Cag liari her cargo, and her crew, re s i s t thi s unjusti fiable infringement of the rights of nations ; and surely s h e may not without reason expect that in this resistanca she will receive the support and co operation of every independent, and especially of every maritime State. TARIM PI LOTS DROWNED AT LIVERFon.-- On Tuesday, during a severe gale, John Davies, a pilot, and Wm. L 3 ntr ,V,e..frit and Thomas Bell,-apprentices, all belonging to No, 1 0, Liverpool pilot boat, were drowned off Point Lynas, witil e 'p rocee di ng i n a p un t t o b oar d a ship. The punt was overturned almost as soon as it was lowered into the ses, and in spite of the efforts of the crews of the pilot boat and the ship, the poor fe lows were drowned. Davies, the pilot, loaves a wife and four children. Ilia widow will receive 150/., and 10L per an iluiii during h er Vet and 31. per annum for each of the children until they are 13 years of age. (ADVBECTISSMENTI--It is ever a pleasing duty of a journalist of Indigestion (Dyspepsia) to introduce to his readers some new discovery calculated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extracts from Du Barry's interesting report of cures without medicine suffered these , 33 Bilious, and • Liver Com hiluts, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food :—Cure Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, No. 52,422.—Bridgehouse Frimley, 3d April, 1854.—1 have ting of . blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the ears, constipation, year s continually from diseased lungs, spit debility, shortness of breath and cough, and during that period taken so much medicine that I can safely say I have Idd ou t upwards of a thousan d poun d s a t th e chemists and doctors. Indeed I was in . utter despair and . never expected t o get over it, when I was fortunate enoug h to become acqu a i n t e d with ed. of attaini n our Revalenta Arabi ca, which, Heaven y be praised, restored me to a state of health I long since despair g My all right, my hearing lungsliver, stomach, head, and ears are perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances —JimEs ROBERTS, Wood Merchant.-- Supported by t es timonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Ure; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gadiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de D ec i es; the Dowager C oun t es s of Castlestuart; Major Gen. Th omas King, and many other respectable per sons, whose health h as been res t ore d by it, after all other means of euro h a d f a i led. Su i ta bl y p ac ked with full instruc tions. In canisters, llb. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. 115. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, en re ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du 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 an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfr e d H oo p e r Nevill, for imitating " Des Barry's Revalout4 Arabica Food.". THE EE-EJECTIONS. ENNISKILLEN. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR IRELAND, ENNISKILLEN, MARCH 9. The Attorney-General for Ireland was this day re elected for the borough of Enniskillen without opposition. Before the hour announced for the election the Court house was densely crowded by those anxious to witness the proceedings. A large number of ladies were present. The writ having bee* read, and the electors called on by the High Sheriff (Slr. Francis Graham) to nominate a candidate, Mr. PAUL DANE rose amid loud cheers and said,--I propose Mr. Whiteside as a fit, proper, and independent person to represent you in Parliament. (Cheers.) I have been much amused by the number of small fry of the county nibbling at the representation of your borough. (Laughter.) Many are anxious to have the magic letters M.P. to their names. I must confess my; opinion that they need an infusion of fresh blood first they must be sent from home till they divest themselves of their foolish notions and learn that they are of the same clay as ether people. There is talk of appealing to theNindepandence of the people of Enniskillen, as if we hail not sufficient independence without them. lam ready to sign a more liberal manifesto than any of you, and the very first manifesto I sign will be against the county gentry, who pretend that none but themselves are fit to represent the town. • Dr. OYENDEN seconded the nomination. No other candidate was proposed, and the sheriff declared Mr. Whiteside duly elected. Mr. WHITESIDE then presented himself and was re ceived with great enthusiasm. When the cheering had subsided he expressed his acknowledgments to his pro poser, Mr. Deno, and his seconder, Dr. Ovenden, who, he said, had now for the fifth time recommended him to the electors of that ancient and loyal borough. He then continued—During the hottest contest their friendship never failed, and now, in this peaceful ceremony, they exhibit the same consistent conduct. I have to return my thanks for the courtesy with which on this occasion I have been received by all. Having now received the honour of being returned for the fifth time to represent you in Parliament, I may presume on the possession of your confidence and approbation. The stormy scenes through which we have passed together render this tranquil passage to the sunny harbour of St. Stephen's the more agreeable. Gentlemen, I must ascribe your great kindness and unanimity on the present occasion to your approval of my past conduct and to your confi dence in the existing Administration. (Loud cheers.) I doubt if any political man in modern times has passed through more eventful scenes in party warfare than I have. During the past six years how stirring the his tory of our country, how thrilling the narratives of the battles, sieges, and fortunes through which we have emerged—the struggle against the colossal power of Russia, the hard-bought victory, the bloody triumph I The impassioned debates to which these exciting events gave birth are not forgotten. (Hear.) Scarcely had we recovered the effects of this war, when the terrific mutiny in the East burst forth. Tnis fiery eruption has not yet ceased to flame. In the discussions on these great sub jects I have taken a decided part—(hear)—and, it now appears, with your approval. (Loud cheers.) Into the details of these discussions it is not now my intention to enter. They have already received your attentive consi deration, and are now part of the history of our country. In matters of domestic policy I have struggled, when ever I could, to amend our laws by removing their de fects. My notion of true Conservative policy is to main tain with inflexible firmness all the landmarks of our happy constitution, while I would remove the obstructions which impede its free and useful action. It is true Con servative policy to govern the !people wisely and well— to keep them contented and peaceful in the pursuit of industry. Eut, in order to make the nation con tented with the laws under which they live, we must adapt those laws to the wants and wishes of the people. (Hear, hear.) I believe in this sense there is no ,limit r l to improvement, and that the progress of decay must be met by that of renovation. (Hear, hear.) Here we have ample scope for the exertions of the best men, and, believe me, there is much more useful work to be done here than in tampering with the constitution of the country. (Hear.) I can say conscientiously for my self, there is no practical abuse I would not wish to remove, and no practical grievance I would not wish to remedy. A noble rivalry it would be for opposlng state men to contend in passing good laws for their country, and unite to watch over their administration. There are two principles of an opposite nature to be re garded—the one encourages a spirit of contentment, the other a spirit of dissatisfaction. Looking at the splendid fabrio of our laws, at the grandeur of our monarchy, the freedom of constitution, .I say the feeling which should exist within our hearts should be that contentment and of gratitude to the Almighty Giver of all good for the great blessings we enjoy. (Cheers.) Behold the other countries of Europe trodden down by military power or oppressed by priestcraft, the free expression of opinion checked, liberty of action denied ! Behold the mush room constitutions of these countries, which spring up in a night and as quickly vanish—(hear, hear)—while the constitution of England resembles the oak of the forest —slow in growth, rooted in the soil, expanding in the sun, immoveable by storms and tempests, and of majes tic beauty, (Loud cheers.) We may lop off a withered branch, but preserve the trunk untouched. The imme diate cause of the change of Administration is known to you all. The fact of the downfall of Lord Palmerston's popular Administration affords a striking lesson to presumptuous statesmen and a striking proof of the power of the popular. element in our constitution. (Hear, hear.) Lord Palmerston was a favourite in the country, and when Parliam en t refused to obey him as to the China war he dissolved that refrac tory assembly, and summoned a Parliament of which the obsequiqus members were expected to hear, to applaud, and to obey. (Hear.) He had a majority at his back, but a majority of Englishmen to whom the honour of their country was dearer than the political existence of Lord Palmerston. He submitted mainly to the reception of an insulting despatch irom France. (Hear.) He gave to it no reply, and thus proved himself a false guardian. of the honour of his country. (Cheers.) It is not, so much in her fleets or armies that the power of England consists, as in her moral influence and in the error of her mighty name. England is too mighty a country to submit to insult ; and my confident belief is that a manly though temperate reply to the offensive despatch would tend, not to disturb peace, but to pre serve it, by securing to England that respect without which there can be no real peace. (Cheers.) The nation distinctively pronounced its opinion against Lord Pal merston, and the House of Commons, which faithfully reflects the opinions of the public, promptly satisfied the wishes of the nation by a patriotic vote. (Hear, and cheers) The popularity of Lord Palmerston could not save him, and, in my opinion, no Minister ever more deservedly fell. Mr. Whiteside then oontrasted the com position of the late Ministry with that of the present, and observed that, while Lord Palmerston confined him self within the charmed circle of Whiggery, Lord Derby selected the best men he could find from the representa e tires of the people ; and went on to say that the duties of the office to which he had bean appointed as first law officer of the Crown were high and soletne, and to be performed under a sense of responsibility to God. He would walk in the straight path of the constitution, favouring none, fearing none. (Hear, hear.) It would be his business to preserve peace in the coons try by punishing evil doers according to law. The enjoy glory of his our property,political his personal isthat liberty,every i man ree dm o should o f opinion and of action, fully and fairly ; and his duty would be to protect the peaceful citizen in the enj y. ment of all those blessings. (Cheers.) He might amend the laws, but would never pervert, abuse, or evade them, as he should !endeavour faithfully, honestly, and im partially to fulfil his duty. In the government of Ireland he had the happiness to serve a nobleman whose love for Ireland was only equalled by his zeal to promote her best interests. (Cheers,) He returned to our shores not a stranger. -His former sojourn had endeared him to the hearts of the Irish people. He (Mr. Whiteside) believed that the Chief Secretary for Ireland, his noble friend Lord Naa , , would apply himself diligently, and he hoped successfully, to the public service and the promotion of useful measures. lie also expected, confidently, that the Lord Chancellor—(loud applause)—would maintain on the bench the high reputati m he held at the bar, and administer justice to the satisfaction of all parties, and he hoped that the members of the Administration, one and all, would labour to the utmost to promote tbe good of the country, the happiness of the people, aid the glory of the empire. Mr. Whiteside concluded &lengthy and eloquent address by again thanking the electors for the honour done him, and resumed his seat amid loud and lung-continuel cheering. Thanks were then voted to the High Sheriff, and the proceedings terminated. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL-MARCH 10. -------- STOOK EXCHANGE—The market was firm throughout the day, but closing weak with an entire absence of busi ness. Leeds Northern, 24. 1 , I—Dovers, 22 Dutch Rho mall, 31 dia.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12 3-1( 5-16— Birkeuheads, 724 3--Caledoniang 47]- A --Chester and Holyhead, 19,1 A—E astern Counties, 11s - 12—East Lan cashire, 91 4--Great Western. 60 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91i 2 --London and North Western, 963 i.--- Sheffields, 40 401—Midlauds, 9'3 ,i—North British, 13 - -Berwicks, 234—York and North Midland, 38;• 9 Great 'Western of Canada, 191 KANCHESTEIt. MARCH 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thre was only a moderate bud. ness at firmer prices. Midland, 9 -Londons, Dovers, 22 3-16—Eastern Counties, 12 , —Trunks 12 j Canadas, 19.',—Ditto, New, 1 5-16 dis —Leeds, 911—Sh o f. fields, 40 i—Birkenhead Stock, 72i—Berwicks, 23i Elst Lancashire, 916 --Calcdonans, 47{—Blackburns, 9i —Great Luxembourg, 8. BighTTNGTIA It, MARCH 10. STOCI Exer-aNsi::—This market was rather brii,l: i , ;- ( 19 -3 7 , and prices of Awes were firmer. Loudon and North Western closed at 97—South Staffords, 1O Stour Valleys, 8j Bank of Egypt Bank of London Firitish NorthA.merican Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City.... Colonial .............. Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Atm 401. per cent. X B. 40 0 25 0 WO 0 50 0 20 0 100 0 100 0 100 0 20 0 20 0 20 0 IV. per cent. 50 0 per cent. 100 0 £ s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 Do. New London and County Lon. & Eastn. Bag. C. London Joint• Stock . Londn dad Westtninatr sat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. • • • Ditto ditto National Bank New oath Wales ... Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank . . Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New.•. 10nian................ iouth Australia .. Union of Australia... • Ditto .............. Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual ........ Western Bank or Londn. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. C:Sc be. 41. per cent. 51. per Cent. 28 per cent. . _ IS . par cent. 16pc.&ba t 1 20'. per cent. 106. per cent., p.ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 5.!. per cent. 101. per cent.' 111. per cent. 151.pe — r cent.l 50 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 2000 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 LIST OF SCOTTISII. COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - -- -- £ a. d. £ a. d. Sank of Scotland .... 7t. per cent. 100 C 0 1100 0 0 19310 s British Linen Company 8/. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 215 105 Caledonian Bank .. - . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 12s City of Glasgow flank Si. per cant. 10 0 0 10 9 0 Si 12s Clydesdale Bank .... 5}9 1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12, 10s C mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2251 0 Eastern Bank.... .• -6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 111 s ' Edinb. & Glasgow.... 1341. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 11 1 1i0s National Banlf ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 184 Os , North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 051 12 $ Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 51. per cent. M . O 0 0 100 0 0 1391 s Union Bank of Scot. .• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85110 s Western Bank •• .. .. - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 - / 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /. pr cent. i 100 0 0 11 0 0 171 Os British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 olf 6s Caledonian Fire Insur. . 10•. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 03/ 10s Colonial Ltfe „........ 51. par cent. SO 0 0 3 0 031 10s Edinburgh Life Inv'''. O. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 26/15s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. der cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Os Life Assoc. of Scotland 6 /.per cent. 40 0 0 i 3 0 0 61 15s National Fire and Life 6/. per cont. 10 0 0 1 1 4 0 tll9 s North British Inser... 71. per cant . 200 0 0 ' 20 0 0 08110 s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 15s 1 Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 Iss Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/ 14s Standard Life ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 I 7 0 0 281 Os GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annt m. Share. £ s. d. £ a. d. British Provincial ...• 71. per cent 20 0 0 all 23 Brighton ••--•• • • •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - City of London -•• •• 2/. per cent. 150 0 0 160 0 0 100 Equitable •• •• •• •• •• 2/. SO 0 0 all - - - per cent. 29 0 0 - . 1114 G European n t . r . a . 1 .. : .. .. .. .. .•: 8 6 / 1 .. per cent 10 0 0 - 78 s o,', - 50 0 0 12 10 6 2 Imperial N .. e . w . .. •• ~ . , 101. per cent. 50 0 0 Ditto Debentures.. - Stock 100 0 0 - Do. Continental IstCap. 31. ss. 50 0 0 42 15 0 50 Do. Do. ld Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. lOs. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent ... .. 51. 40 0 0 all - Londov Parl. Preferen. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 - - Phcenix ............. 5% per ent. 60 0 0 52 0 0 50 Ratcliff..... .....• •• 5/. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all 10% United General .• •• .• 169.0 d per sh 50 0 0 - - Westminster Chartered 7.oer cent. 50 0 0 - - Ditto, New ........ - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - - Western A .•• • • 10 0 0 all Ditto II .........• I •• • • in 0 0 40 0 - ------- MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. p er of Paid. Price, A nnu m. Share. „_-- .£ a. 3. £ a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 U - Assam sea •• • • • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - • • - - A us tralian A;riculturi - Auctien Mart •• •• ••.. 21,0 per cent. 50 0 0 25 0 0 19 0 0 25y, A us tr a lian Trust •• SI. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - •• A.ustranan Itoyai Mail - :0 0 0 all - all - si.per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - - British hnuAT h rican Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 ez , ican Mint.. If. lOs. 1 1 ) 0 0 Canada p • o . ; c • e • n •• i • B • o • n • Ws 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, b per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -- Ditto, 6 per cent. -6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6pc. Ws 1874 il. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per eent. Stock , 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace • ..... 21. per cent. 50 0 all 1% Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - Crys. Palace of France -. 40 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 3/. per cent - Electric Telegraph .• 61. per eclat. Stock. 'OO 0 c 103 . Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 50 0 all 1 Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable lteversionry 5l per cent, .00 5 i., INI 0 0 Ditto New .• .. .., •• - - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p c and 1/. 00 0 0 no n 0 110 aiat 112011.. e Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Li m. ) - s 5 0 0 all Ge ii• S G t ea l e n n OmnibusN . v,glo n p pe r orccet.4 4 c 0 ) 0 & 15 0 14 0 London all ^ - - 3 , Hudson's Bay„ . . ~?e 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Flungerford ......... ' 2,. ss. ,00 0 0 all - Loa. Ne. &Na, Maus°. - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 51, per cent. 15 4 ' " all - Mex. & S. Arnericar. - 10 0 0 ail Nat. Discount Comp.. - 25 0 0 50 0 4fl, N.S.W. Gov.sp .c. D e b . SI. per cent. - 100 0 0 ' Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all North of Europe, Stan al. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 ' - all Az ft.. Price'sPatentC an d. C o 29 0 0 s Peel River.Land&Min. - 50 0 all 2% Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 79 Ditto New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 Reversionary Int. Soc I3II. pr cent 100 0 0 all Ditto New ...• •• • • 1%1. pr cent. 130 0 t 2 - 00 0 - Royal Vail Steam G. p. share. 100 0 0 SC 0 0 63 Scottish Aus. Invest 15/. per cent. 10 0 all 114 South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 3 all - Trust and Loan Comp. 7}4.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 Q 0 - Van Diemen's Land•• 105. 100 0 o 28 10 0 - F 6 per vent, Bonds 6 per cent: --: 1 7: --- LOLA MONTES IN THE WITNESS BOX. - A ROUGH AA D TUMBLE FIGHT IN AN AME RICAN LAW COURT. In the Supreme Court of the State of New York, a suit brought by Mr. Jobson, a literary man, upon a matter of no great public interest, has given occasion to what might on this aide of the Atlantic be regarded as an extraordinary scene —resulting in a " rough and tumble," otherwise celled an " up arid down fight," be tween the plainiff Jobson, and Ali.. F Seely, the de fendant's counsel, in the presence of Mr. J. H. Whiting, the official arbitrator, to whom, by the decree of the court, the case wee referred. There being apparently a good deal of "hard swearing" on one side or the other, the defendant's counsel thought it necessary to call Lola Mentes as a witness to damage the plaintiff's general character. She stated that she had known Mr. Jobson in London, and described his conduct and reputation in the severest terms. In cross-examination she was questioned unmercifully about, her own past career, and permisted in declaring tat her name was origireil'y Rosanna Gilbert, and that she was born "in the beautiful town of Lime. rick." She said she was 33 years old, and had had two huebands—the first a Captain Jame., who took her to India ; that in London she learnt dancing for the stage from a Spaniard named Espa, and then passed some months in Spain. Being asked fletly, "How many intrigues have you had ?" See replied— Noes ; I resided at the Court of Bavaria two years- Who did you know there? Ever) b dy but yourself. I knew all about several mil lions of persons. I knew the King of Bavaria—Mr. Wit telobacher he was called—that was his family name. Were you the mi.tress of the King ? (Rising.) What ! (Emphatically.) No, sir. You are a villain, sir I will take my oath en that book (the Bible), which I read every right, I bad no intrigues with the old aan. I knew the King, and moulded the mind of the Sing to the love of freedom. He took me before the whole court with hie wife, and presented me ac his best friend. I was onthe stage in Bavaria. It is easier to be a man's mistress than a darter. I was in Bavaria in 1847 and 1848. In 1849 the Re volution occurred, and lib , ty and I fled. The King and Queen supported me wat' was there. I was engaged in political business. Yog might call me prime minister if you please, or, as the Bing said, I was the king. There was a man of straw there as prime minister. True, but he was only a man of straw. The memoirs that have been written about nie are lies. I was called Countess of Landefelt. _ There wee much more of tbi4 kind, and the court ad journed. a a On the 18th ult. the proceedings were resumed, before a crowd of curious spectators specially admitted by ticket. Mr. Job. , on, the defendant, came armed with& rattan case, and sat beside hi, cionsil, Mr. Schermer horn, who resumed his cross-examination of Lola Mon tee, asking tier whether her real name was not Betsy Wat on, whether she was riot born at Montrose in 1815, and other such questions, which she contemptuously refused to answer, retaliating on the learned counsel by asking him whether he had not been brought before the police court for beating a lady. She was then asked whether she had u.,t been chambermaid at the Star Inn, Montrose ? and replied, " Y. u cannot make me out a chambermaid ;it is not a ishoriest thing either, if I was I should have considered myself . a far g reater woman if I had been born a charnbemaid than I am to-day." Th- examination was abruptly brought to a otiose by the followibg scene between Mr. Seely, the defendant's counsel, and Mr. Job-on, the plaintiff : Mr. Seely (to opposite counsel)—You will conic() her examination to her knowledge or means of knowledge of the character of this fellow ; him here (pointing to Johann). . _ Mr. Jobeon (excitedly)—Now, sir, if you call me a fellow again, you vagabond shyster, I'll let you see. Mr. Seely—You will; Bay another word and I'll drop you down the three stories. Mr. Jobson--Y,,u are a vagabond, sir, and if yell come across here, chastise you. Here Mr; Seely jumped to his feet and attempted to strike Job , oe, but the large stove intervening, the blow was either weakened or fell short of its aim. Jobso . n started up If his seat, at the same moment raised ll cane and struck Seely a slap over the head with it. Seely wrenched the weapon out of Jobson's hand, rushed past the stove, caught his opponent by the head, an d pummelled him severely for several seconds. Theo the police and bystanders interfered and separated the cora; batants The scene, had it not been somewhat tragical, Would have been ludicrous in the extreme. The uefore tunate referee kept running backwards and forwards in a state of helpless terror. Madame Montes, who Wee separated from that portion of the room in which the conflict occurred by a large table, exhibited her custo mary coolness, but by the flashing of her eyes, and an involuntary movement to wards Mr. Jobson's caput, when it was suffering sore infliction at the hands of Mr. Seely, it was evident she would have bad no objection whatever to furbish herself with a souvenir snatched from that un- , fortunate pericranium. When the parties had been separated, Jobson was dragged backwards towards the do it. He returned to the scene of the encounter imrne• diately, made threatening gestures at his late opponent, and incurred a second onslaught, which nearly upset the table, but ended in nothing more serious than the empty ing of an ink-bottle into the shirt bosom of one of the rep ntere. Madame Montes now began to manifest great excite• meat. " Good people ! men !" she exclaimed, " take cave of Mr. Seely, He is a good and an honest man. Mr. Seely, don't touch that man ; he is not worth $ gentletnan'd touching." "I know," cried Mr. Seely, "that he is no t w o r th punishing—the vagabond." The panting belligen.nts had again been separated, and thus the battle ended. The lady addressed the persons around her, and cried in a tone of bitterness, " Ob, there is no law that can prevent a woman from being injured In her character and in a false manner 1" Nobody gave her the required information, probably because law was not then the precise matter at issue. The referee (who had full powers to commit them all to prison, and is blamed by the New York press for not doing so), at last got the court cleared, and protested he would have no more to do with the case. MCP'S OF SHARES Prom the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1858. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.... Derby • . • ... GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand 'Union Kennt & Ayr, Leeds &Livrp' Leicester.... Leicstr &Nth Loughtorogh Maulesfleld. Neath 0xf0rd...... d Divideudl per w Annum. 93 71. p. ct. 40 41; 100 111. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 61. pr>ct. 100 7a. 6d 40 63. 100 251. iOO 51. 83 11.55. 143 701 100 2/. 103. 1,00 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... • Lambeth ...... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • . • .. Do. Do, ...... Name of Company. (iuugerfard.... •• .• .• 3outhwark •• .. Ditto New of 7 p.c. cVaterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company ,'ommercial •• Do. Preference Fast and West India.. Grand Curry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .- • • -• • •• ' it. Katharine • • • • •• • • Southampton ........ V'ictoria .. •••••• • • • • Ditto New • • • • •• • • Name of Company. klbion .... • • • • • kilianza Bri :. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Uhensaum .......... Was . . krgus Life Iritish Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• .. , licriclA ed.& Gen. Life fount} • • Eagle.. Equity and Law...... European Life Wamily Endowment • • General 41obe Gresham:Life . ...... • Do. Do.. ....... Inardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life .. ❑ndemnity Marine.... Law Fire .......... Law Lite... ........ Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law • • \farina ..... \fed. & Gen. Life Kinerva • .. • • Nlonarch • • •••• • • • • , Tew Equitable Pelican .... •• • • • • • Phcenix Profeskona Life • ... Provident Life........ Rock Life Roy al Exchange .... • • Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life • ..... Victoria Life .......• Name of Company. Names of Companies. 'Peak Forest. Regew Vs • • • • Rochdale.... 'fitetrd &Wore Stourbridge.. Severn and Wye Rail. Warwick & Binning. Warwick & lsiapton.. j Worcstr & Birming. j ,Wilts & Brks WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. per cnt. fic.per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 46 per cnt Si. per cut. r,41. peTcent. BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. 10s per cent. 11. 123. Od. 11. 83. Od. 28s. DOCKS Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pccent. 01. per mt. 4 per cent. W. Os per c. MANCE CO: Dividend per AlillUM. 71. per c. 7L 14s. 6d. 'l. p.c. & bs. 15s. Otl. & ts 4/. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. pr ct.& bs. 4/. per share li 18s. 58. 5 1 4 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per colt 57. per cent 121. per cent 14s. 5 t p. et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 211. per sh. 4s. per share 18s.& bs. 4% per cent st. per cent. 51. per cent. 6i per cent 6i p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 12% per c. 7s. p c. &bs p. c & bs 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. si. & bonus TINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 GI 0 0 5 I 8 Amount of Skare. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 , 50 0 0 1100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. stock. Stock. 'lOO 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 stock. stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 'ANIES. Amount of Share. £ 5. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 d 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 too 0 0 100 0 0 100 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 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Amount of Share. 28/ 121. 10s. 1/. 16s. is. Od. X s. d 100 all Price. Dividend per Annum. X s. d. Z s. d. Stock. too "o 0 too 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 15 "o 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Uu Lulu y iYiarxets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET MARCh 9. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from Gs Od to 10s Od per kemple of 16 stoned trop ; wheat do., Gs oitoGs Od ; barley do., 5s Gd. to Gs Gd. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MARCH 9. There were in the market to•day 11 sacks oatmeal, eack weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 345 5d and DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MABoa S. There were in the market to-day 21 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymoal, per ditto Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od a 01 ---9 HULL— JNIAncH 2. The weather has been frosty, with a heavy fall of snovr• At our market this morning the attendance was go';'_,' - and wheat in fair supply, with a ready sale at last week currency. Foreign held for a further advance, chec king business. Barley in fair request, and unchanged in value. Beaus and peas scarce, and fully is dearer. Oats a road , ' sale, and the tura dearer. Wheat, English red, 42s to 46s ; white 46s to 50s; oat!; 24s to 2Ss ; barley, 32s to 36s ; Indian corn, 47s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 9/ 17s 6d to 101 2s ; ditto, foreign, Si Ls to Si 10s ; rape cakes, 5/ 15s Od to 610 s ; guano, —1 to —l. ; ,bones, 6/ 155.; flour, —s to - -s; tares, —a to —a. DUBLIN, MARCH 9. There was a moderate supply at our corn market to• day, and every description of grain met a firm demand at fully Friday's currency. Indian curn lather a slow sale, and ()Grad a shale lower. White wheat, 27.. Od to 29. Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 265 6d; ditto new, s 01; barley, malting, 13s to 17s 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; os..s, old, lls to 14e lid; ditto, new, —5 Od to Od ; oatmeal, 138 to 15s Od; here, new, 14e to 155 (!d ; rapese , d, 23s Od to 25s Od por brl ; flour, 145 Cd to 19s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 33s 01 10 36i 01 P" 180 lb' EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.—Ttie emigration from Ireland now avr-raße- , hourewr , at under 100,000 a year. 1856 it was 91,000 ; in 1855 it was 92,000. The pro porti•iu from the ditlerent provinces im maintained with singular exac!'ness. In both years the number from llls er was 31,000, and that from Munk.ter 34,009. Of the numbers from Leinster, the counties which furnish the greatest proportiot: are Dublin and Kikenny. From the county of Cork the emigration is very large, even in proportion to its In 1856 the numbers Oencs ex ceeded those of the whole of Leinster, and were double as great as the entire of the emigrants from Connaegl t. BIRTHS. BIREMYRE --On the Bth In;t.,;i Windsor, Mrs. Adam Bit kroyro, of a son. EDE—On ihe 9th inst., at Catford House, the wife of Mr. C. W. Ede, of a son. FOSFER--On the 9th Est., at 8, Chester-square, Mrs. 3 . F. Leslie Foster, of a daughter. LAwFORD - On the 10,h inst., at 29, Cornhill, the wife of John Lawford, Esq., of a son. Rl AnGE, at S. u S rrgi hartE s --- a MAt 9th i thei Sir George Home, inst., , of Blackadde r, Whitehouse , n ear to Ann Oliphant, only child of the late Graham Spie r* Esq., advocate, Sheriff of Midlothian. VANCE —ST YAN —On the 9th inst. at St. Giles'o , C amber. well, Patrick Vance, Esq., of Liverpool, to Emm eline Mary, daughter of th e late George Ethelstan Sty an , Esq., of Lincoln's-ion-fields. DEATHS. ADDISON—On 6th inst , his residence, Pri or y' race, Bedford, James Addison, Esq., formerly o f Barn . ham, Essex. CABEy —O n th e 4th inst., at his r esidence, Clifton, Guerra : soy, Nieh , las CLrey, the Very Re v. the Dean of Guerra Bey, aged 86. COOKE —On the Bth inst., at Brighton, Jane, wife of f e Rev. Thomas CoAc. E. C. DAviEs On the 9th inst., at Belle Vue, Reading, Davies, Esq. WEBB -On the 7th inst., Mr. Bermondsey, aged 59 . f e rmer l l °I WEsN—On the Bth inst. Mr. Henry Weston, of F i !'„ e e h a . ley-lo To d ge , and 65 and 67,, Wood-street, Cheapside, up I 53. LONDON : Printed and Published. by /11171LD0 YOU-14U 24° of No, 112 , Strand , Printer, at The Sun Wilco. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cow of bliatilesex, Thursday, 51preh 11, VW& Price Paid Price, ST. Os. 17s. Paid. Price. Paid. Paid Paid. Price. 104 U 95 7Usi Price. 36:5 IB} 129 3% 63 38 84 274 Price.