The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

31. lOSSUIrif AT HANCE:ESTER. (From thi: Manchester Guardian.) A meeting of ‘G parties favourable to complete non-intervention a nd strict neutrality in the present European war" was held on Tuesday evening, in the Free-trade H 1.1.11, it being announced that M. Louis Kossuth woulti deliver an address. Admission was by ticket—to th e body of the hall free ;to the gallery Is. each. The room was well filled. M. Kossuth was loudly cheered when he came upon the platform. Mr. George Wilson, as advertised, took the chair at half-past seven o'clock ; and among those upon the platform were Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. T. Basley, M.P., &e. The CHAIRMAN said they were met for the purpose of expressing their opinions in favour of strict non intervention and neutrality in the present compli cated affairs of Europe. Non-intervention and neutrality had become the watchwords of the Liberal party in England, had been enlarged upon by the writers in the pruss, and had been proclaimed by her Majesty's Go. vernment. In reply to some ques tions which had been asked in the newspapers, why, under those circumstances, there was any necessity for this meeting, .he would say that he knew of no reason which prev,ented them from expressing their opinions as long as their interests were concerned, and that he held the doctrine that, as long as war lasted, it was desirar)le day by day and week by week, if necessary, to be prepared to express those opinions, in order that no ingenuity • of the Govern- ment or of other parties, might entangle them in difficulties. (Cheers.) hr c oncluding, the chairman referred to the reception of M. Kossuth in Man chester 11 years ago, and said that as long as he chose this island as the home of his adoption he would never want a country or a friend. (Applause.) M. KOSSUTH was received with loud cheers, the audience rising. He said that we had arrived at stirring times; and for himeelf he might have arrived at a period of his life, which might call on him soon great duties to fulfil. To receive, after so man y years of adversity, such a token of still warm, still enthusiastic sympathy as that j tact presented was a great encouragement, which he would treasure in his heart, and convey to those stout hearts and brave arms of his couutry which might bee called soon to unfurl the banner of independence. (Cheers.) Francis Joseph, the murderer, the lawless usurperof Hungary, had just now a great war on his hands. That war commenced in Italy • but it would be impossible to circumscribe it ;hat it should not extend to other portions of the Austrian do minions ' • because, if Austria had but a conflict bounded by a certain line, and her antagonists would not follow her retreating army, or would not take her power in flank and rear, the war could never be brought to an end ; and no result would there be, except a wanton effusion of blood. There= fore the audience would agree with hinithat it was natural he should look upon this war as one which was likely to place the emancipation of his own country even within the reach of the determination of his nation. (Cheers.) Yes, he looked upon it as one of those occasions for which, from the very depths of his desolation, he had fervent prayers ad dressed to the Father of Mankind for long, dreary 10 years. He had made these preliminary obser vations because he had seen it remarked in some papers, that what poliCy England may think fit to adopt in this emer g ency , it was entirely a domestic affair of the Englis h people, in which he ought not to interfere. He had never interfered with Eng land's domestic affairs ; but he appealed to the jus tice of the English people whether this was not bis own domestic affair far more than it was theirs. The motive that urged him to accept invitations for expressing his opinions was, that, unless the people of England sent forth its forbidding word, he feared the English people would interfere with Hungary's domestic affairs by supporting Hungary's enemy, and thus marring the prospects which a merciful Providence has prepared for the Hun garian people. (Hear.) Was not this legitimate ground for him to stand upon ? (Hear.) The Royal proclamation of strict and impartial neutrality was, so far as words went, a wise and patriotic deter mination. He defied any man to point out any present moral or material profit, or the prospect of any future compensation which England could derive fr om plunging into the horrors and calami ties of war on the present occasion. And the de claration of the Government had, besides, this merit—that it was unique, so far as it went, as a constitutional tribute to the will of the nation. If it was the desire of the nation that the proclaimed neutrality should assume the character of a settled rule, and that independently of the varying chances of the just-commencing war it should be acted upon with an unwavering consistency ; if it was desired that the proclaimed and professed impartiality should not &generate into a screen for partial manceurces, calculated to pave the way, under some specious_ pretence, for intermeddling first and interventions afterwards, it was now more necessary even than before that the manifesta tion of public opinion should not relax, but should become more explicit. Because, in the first place, if the proclamation of the Queen re sponded to the will of the nation, it was proper that the manifestations of public opinion should respond to the proclamation of the Queen. In the second place, the situation was too grave to admit of a doubt that mighty influences were at work for getting England into entangling alliances, which if not prevented would inevitably drift the country into war and for purposes, too, which, while they had nothing in common with the national interests, were of a character utterly repugnant to English feelings. He knew of no official declarations or acts which left the impression that her Majesty's Ministers would side with Piedmont, or France, or Italy, if they did not remain neutral; but he had read many declarations and noted acts forcibly lead ing to the inference that the alternative was— neu trality or support of Austria. (Hear, hear.) Eng land could never do too much for preserving her exalted rank amid the maritime Powers ; to preserve themselves was the interest and a legitimate ambition of the people. But it was really a curious fact that just when neutrality was proclaimed the nation was called to arms. (Hear, hear.) Every nerve was strained to man the navy, with an exertion far surpassing any thing we had been allowed to witness either at the time of the Crimean war, or even when India blazed into a terrible conflagration. Was invasion feared ? Why, the plainest common sense reflection must suggest that, unless it was supposed that the Em peror of the French was entirely out of his senses, he not only could not be anxious to provoke, but must be very anxious to avoid, a conflict with Eng land, having already a great great war on his hands. Louis Napoleon knew the almost inexhaustible resources of this country for a defensive war ; that every continental country might be stripped to its last shilling and exhausted to its last man, still the defensive resources of this sea-girt island would not be so much as shaken in their solid foundations ; and he knew that whosoever would embark on an aggression of this country would not only have to do with an army, but with a nation, every man of which would prove every inch a hero in the defence of his native shore. (Loud cheers.) No; England would not be attacked in this war, unless she chose to plunge into it of her own acco rd. What, then, did these artnameuts mean ? In his opinion they meant that there was en intention somewhere t o make England provoke that aggression, in order to get a pretence l'or launching into the w.tr in sup port of aLspotie priest-ridden, bankrupt A ustria — (hear, hear)—w hose very existence depended upon a tissue of conduct which even in the ancient hea then tunes was reg arded as hateful to the gods and deserv:ng of no defence from men. Look to the facts. The English ship Orion. after ships had been sent to sea with secret sealed orders, was found moored at Genoa, so as to impede the disembarka tion of French troops, just at the moment when the Austrians entered on the offensive against Pied mont, and therefore every moment of retardation might have become fatal to Italy. That might be a mere accident, but it certainly looked like a very partial accident. Another vessel refused the com monest mark of international civility to the flag. of Tuscany—refused to salute the flag which was not that of the Grand Duke, who had deserted to the enemy, but was that of Tuscany, as much as the flag of England was the flag of England and of nobody and nothing else. The demand made by the 'English Government, that the shores of Dal matia, in the Adriatic, should be regarded as neu tral, would, if complied with, have been equivalent to Austria to the direct aid of an army of 30,000 or 40.000 men. This was not impartial neutrality ; it Ras positive intermeddling with the war in fa your of Austria. Dalmatia was a vulnerable point in e stria's ill-gotten power; and the object of the uo ai that that country should be regarded as neutral was to distance the war from - Hungary, and thus to deprive that down-trodden country of the eh ance of peared to be prepa r i ng , in the logical course of those v.etrib u t ive tria ls which were at last set tling up, el the crime -loaded House of Hapsburg. (Hear, I tear.) It was reported in the papers that this: monstrous pretension had already led to an Lrry e or respondenc e between England and France ; and it enfaht lead to war if it were not checked in time by the people's voice. But for these Austrian leanings in high and official quarters there would be no cha nee of England drifting into war ; for— and it mix • hr cause a pang to some—there was no• chavee that `• the Government would be tempt e d to shake the' r I, 9:111Y trident of these realms in favour of the inde Tel idence of Italy, or of any of those na tionalities to whom the logic of the present compli- cations might promise a chance of deliverance. That was out of the question. He was sure that the people of Augland were opposed to the wicked ness of aiding in the preservation of Austria, and so of stifling the aspirations of freedom and mur dering the innocent life of oppressed nationalities. (Applause.) Therefore the people must speak out ; for the danger would come when the war extended —as extend it must—to other portions of the Aus trian dominions. It was extremely important to make it understand that the people of England would be as unwilling to pay one subsidy or to shed one drop of blood for the preservation of Austria in the Adriatic, or on the line of the Danube or that of the Theiss, as it would be for her preservation along the Po. He did not ask England to fight for Italy or for Hungary ; he only asked England to keep out of harm and not to fight for the enemy of Italy, of Hungary, and of mankind generally. It was said that the question was simply of the ex change of one taskmaster for another. Suppose it were so. The greater the reason for England to stand aloof. (Hear, hear.) England had no right to prop up one despotism against another. Let the taskmasters do to each other as much harm as they liked—(hear, hear)—the better would it be for the cause of the peoples. If there was really no chance left but an exchange of masters, then let the nations concerned decide in the matter, for it was their business, not that of anybody else. (Hear, hear.) What would the English philo- Austrians answer ifthey were told from the Po, for instance, that in France despotism was personal, and therefore temporary ; that in France it was but the form of government, but in Austria the murder of national life; that whatever may have been the form of government in France, there was always a ' nation as well as a,government, and that that nation was, and is, one of those focusses whence the light of civilization radiated over the world, but that Austria was no nation but only a dynasty, which was at all. times, is, and will be as long as it exists, a focus from which intellectual, political, and religious darkness is felt ? Woe to the man who, when the fate of nations trembled in the scale would allow himself to be guided in his judgment by his personal sympathies and antipathies, rather than what he owed to his country. He, for himself, was no such man. He had calmly weighed all aspects of the matter, and he had concluded that an exchange of taskmasters was not the only chance, but that there was another and a better one in store—a chance of national emancipation, and con sequently of liberty. (Cheers.) This conclusion rested, first, on the incontrovertible axiom that the difficulties of the oppressor were always a chance of deliverance for the oppressed ; and, secondly, on the fact that he defied fate itself to make the condi tion of italy and Hungary worse than it now was. (Hear, hear.) When things could not be made worse, every change was for the better. The Italian question was one of nationality—that was the only correct view of the case. The Times called this "an illusion, a dream." There was a particular instinct of evil about that paper. (Laughter.) Even when agreeing in the conclusion that England should remain neutral, it could not help busying itself in a mischievous direction by instinct. The Italians had now got assistance of a cha racter without which the King of Sardinia could not have unfurled the banner of Italian inde pendence. Let them be wise enough to profit by the occasion ; and, having had foreign assistance in getting rid of the foe, if they should not know how to preserve their future independence from the French, it would not be their misfortune, but their own gross fault. (Applause.) After referring to the possible motives of Louis Napoleon allying himself with Piedmont, M. Kossuth said that, not knowing Napoleon's intentions, he thought it safest to look at that ruler's interests. He knew what could not be in the interests of Napoleon, and therefore could not be in his intentions. It could not be in his interests to enter on the career of the conqueror, because that would be his positive ruin, as it was of Napoleon I. It was positively against his interests to aim at the oppression of nationali ties ; irreverent disregard of the sentiment of nationalities sent Napoleon I. to die, a fettered eagle, on the scorching rocks of St. Helena. Napo leon 111. was not the man to repeat the fault by which Napoleon I. fell. .By doing good to the oppressed nationalities he might earn great moral advantages ; by doing them harm he could earn nothing but ruin. (Hear, hear.) M. Kossuth en larged upon the localisation of the war, and the consequent chance for Italy and Hungary, if Eng land did not interfere ; and contended that that interference would certainly bring Russia to the side of France, and so cause a general European war. He utterly denied that Austria was entitled to any aid from England, and he compared his original reception and subsequent treatment by those who now leant towards Austria, with the con duct and sympathy towards him of the great mass of the English people. In conclusion, he said—All I ask of you as a nation is, to keep out of harm ; that is the only public service, which, under present circum stances, you can render to the dawning prospects of the cause of national emancipation, In parting from you—and it may be in the last words which I shall address to any assembly in Manchester—l invoke the blessings of the Almighty on your coun try, to the consummation of time. (Loud cheers.) Mr. T. BAZLEY, M.P., moved : " That the past interference of the English Government in the disputes of Continental states has not secured that visionary object—the balance of power—(hear, hear)—nor has it promoted the freedom of the nations of Europe— (hear, hear)—and that its main result has been to load the industry of England with enormous debt and oppressive taxes, to impede the progress of reform, and to lessen the comforts and happiness of the people." The MAYOR of Salford seconded the resolution. He said an immense amount of evil would follow, if we engaged in the present war. War had never enriched a people, anti even when successful was destructive of happiness and wealth. The resolution v. as passed unanimously. Mr. G. HADFIELD, M.P., moved : " That this meeting, fully confiding in the patriotism and the energy of the people of England to repel any aggression upon their territory, expresses its satisfaction at the official declaration of neutrality, as embodied in the Royal procla- mation of the 12th inst., pledging her Majesty's Govern ment to abstain from taking any part, either directly or in directly, in the war whichhas commenced on the Continent, but to maintain a strict and iinpartial neutrality ; and urges upon the Government a rigid adherence to the principles of this proclamation whether the present conflict be or be not confined to the Italian peninsula." Mr. Hadfield, in the course of some very brief re marks. referred to the address of M. Kossuth, and said he bad deep sympathies with a country which had produced such a man, and he hoped that it might soon achieve its independence. (Applause.) As Mr. Hadfield sat down, M. Kossuth advanced and cordially shook him by the hand, amid the cheering of the audience. Mr. J. A. NICHOLLS seconded the resolution, which was supported by Dr. WATTS, who said that, after what they had heard, there could be few in the room whose minds were not made up as to the course which England ought to pursue. He con curred entirely in all that M. Kossuth had said. This resolution was also passed unanimously. Mr. T. B. POTTER proposed a resolution express• ing the thanks of the meeting to M. Kossuth for his address, and its admiration of his noble. conduct during his residence as an exile in this country. He remarked that, whatever might be done by the other nations of Europe during the war, England must still keep herself the asylum of o ;Tressed foreigners. (Cheers.) He did not see any harm in the present movement to establish rifle corps in England, as he no more feared giving the working people arms than givi ng th em the franchise. (Renewed cheers.) The Rev. MAE:MADUKE MILLER seconded the resolution, which was supported by Mr. S. POPE, and passed with acclamation. M. Kossuni, in responding, beg g ed the meeting to cherish their fl ame o f sympathyfor his country, for he trusted that great days were in store for her. If they should hear that the straggle for freedom wa s again resumed, h e asked notuin,g but their prayers to God that it might be successful. In conclusion, he proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, which, being seconded by Mr. T. B. Potter, was passed,"and the proceedings terminated at a quarter after ten o'clock. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Mothers and nurses will find Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food admirably adapted to remove all disorders of the stomach and bowels to 'which infants and children are at all times liable, such as indigestion, flatulency, colic, dysentry, diarrhoea, consti pation, debility and restlessness. It strengthens, n on . rishes, and is used with more advantage than milk in rearing infants. 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Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. • Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishops,rate street ; 85 Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew • at Manchester, Sharp and Scott ; at York, Rai m e s , Blanchard, and CJ.; ,at South ampton, Randall and Son. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1859 THE GER3IANIC CONFEDERATION, There are some current misconceptions as to the constitution of the Germanic Confederation, and as to the policy of Prussia in the Federal Assembly at Frankfort, which may render a few explanations on those points useful to the public. By the 53d article of the Treaty of Vienna, the Sovereign• Princes and Free Cities of Germany established,amongst themselves a perpetual League, by the name of the Germanic Confederation. The object of this association was by the next article declared to be the maintainance of the external and internal security of Germany, and the independence and inviolability of the Confederated States. The affairs of the Confederation were confided to a Federal Diet at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. In this Diet there are on ordinary affairs 17 votes, of which the German kingdoms and larger duchies have one each, amounting to 11, and the other six votes are divided amongst the minor States and free towns in clusters. When, however, the Diet is formed into a General Assembly, for making or altering its fundamental laws and other graver matters, the votes are increased to 69, of which the kingdoms possess 4 each, the larger duchies 3, three. of the smaller duchies 2 each, and the other confederated powers 1 vote each. By Article 63, the States of the Confederation engaged to defend, not only Germany in its entirety! but also each individual State of the Union in case of attack, and reciprocally guaranted to each other the States then comprised in the Union. It will be at once observed that the system of voting so laid down necessarily and unavoidably gave the smaller states an undue and fictitious im portance in the Federal Diet, and led to the cultiva tion of separate interests amongst the minor con federates by the two great monarchies or Austria and Prussia, between which well defined rivalries and jealousies existed. Thus the Diet became, and has continued to be, the scene and theatre of in trigues, imbroglios, an d arran aements which no non- Germanic mind can pretend to unravel, but which the simplest politician out of Germany from the first saw would in time of peace operate adversely to the progress of Germany towards liberty and unity, and in time of war lead, as they are now happily doing, to discord. By virtue of the preliminary provisions of the Treaty of Vienna the Federal Diet is authorised to enact fundamental laws ; and at various times from 1815 downwards it has done so. Amongst them is a code called the Wiener Schlussacte of 15th May, 1820. This code was passed by the Confederation for the execution of the principles contained in the Treaty of Vienna, and reiterated and developed in the original constitution of the Diet, and is consi dered equally binding with that instrument. It is under the regulations of the Act of 1820 that the present differences in the Diet have arisen. By Article 46 it is laid down that if a State of the Germanic Confederation, having possessions not belonging to the territory of the Confederation,begin a war in its quality of an European Power, such war, having nothing to do with the institutions and obli gations of the Confederation, shall remain foreign to the Confederation. By Article 47 it is further pro vided that in the aforesaid case, when such a State of the Confederation shall be threatened or attacked in its non-Germanic possessions, the Confederation shall not be bound to adopt common measures of defence or to take part or assist, unless the Diet shall decide by a majority of votes that the territory of the Confederation is endangered. It is the latter provision which is so much dis cussed in Germany just now. The States of Middle and Southern Germany, in which Austria has been able more or less to establish influence, are moved by Austria to bring about a decision of the Diet that the territory of Germany is endangered by the Italian war ; and as they are numerous, they nifty, under the absurd system of voting established, get a ma jority, and so precipitate Central Europe into war. But Prussia, the great military power of Germany, and its leading State in every sense out of the Diet, has indicated pretty clearly that she will not sub mit to a majority so composed, and will not be pressed by the small states and tools of Austria into war against her free will. No doubt the technical legality of this pretension of Prussia may be ques tioned ; but it is so irrational that a mere numerical majority of small states should be able to dispose of the entire resources of Prussia, including an army three times as numerous as the combined forces of those states, that Prussia has all the moral right of the case in her favour. And if by her steady resist ance to the clumsy enthusiasm of the confederates in favour of Austrian despotism, and against Italian independence,; Prussia save Europe from a general war, deep will be the obligations of mankind= to the Court of Berlin.—Daily News. THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. The first of the summer series of exhibitions of flowers and plants took place yesterday in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, and was in all re spects one of the most successful which has been held for many years. The weather was unusually favourable for such a display. For more than twenty years past the opening exhibition has fallen uppn a dull, cold, and rainy day, but yesterday the sun shone with all the fervour and brilliancy of mid summer. At times, indeed, when no friendly cloud tempered its rays, it was too hot to be pleasant, but the golden light which it shed upon all around more than compensated for any inconvenience which the visitors may have suffered from the warmth of its beams. . _ _ The doors were thrown open at 2 . o'clock, and in an incredibly short space of time the gardens were filled by a gay and fashionable company, including some of the most distinguished members of the aristocracy. No fewer than 20,336 tickets had been sold, or something like 2,000 moreethan last year, and we are rather under than over the mark when we state that upwards of 12,000 visitors were pre sent during the greater part of the afternoon. The ladies greatly outnumbered the gentlemen, and, as is usual upon such occasions, formed a much finer spectacle than the one they had come to witness. At other exhibitions the flowers are usually dis played on wooden stands, but the Bota n i c Society, favoured by the nature of the ground, adopt a dif ferent arrangement. They cover in a natural hollow, near the middle of their gardens, so as to give it the appearance of a gigantic marquee. Here the flowers are exhibited upon the banks of grass and moss of different elevations, tier rising above tier like the seats of an amphitheatre. - The whole can be taken in at one view ; nowhere else can such a mass of floral beauty be seen at a glance. Yes terday the effect was delightful. The flowers were arranged in,a highly artistic and effective manner, with a special view to the harmonious combination of colours, and so great was the prpfusion of bloom that scarcely a stem or a leaf was visible. The predominant colours were pink and red; there were very few blues or yellows, which would not have contrasted so well with the green turf or the lining of the tent. It may be said that the chief excellence of the show, and that which distinguished it from even the best of its pre decessors, was not the presence of any remark able or striking novelty, but the general blaze of colour which it presented to the eye, and which is probably due to the fact that, owing to the back wardness of the season, the early and late flowers 1 1 have blossomed together. More than half of the plants exhibited consisted of pelargoniums and azaleas, of which there was a magnificent display, embracing almost every known variety. Some of the seedling pelargoniums attracted considerable attention, and almost rivalled the larger flowers in shape and hue. The orchids were vigorous plants, fully flowered, and were represented in all their varied and sometimes fantastic forms. There was nothing remarkable in the show of roses, but it must not be forgotten that only a few years have elapsed since the present mode of i•earing them in pots was adopted. Already, however, the superiority of the new system is apparent. The collection of heaths was much admired, especially a variety, the Cavendishii, with long spikes of a greenish-gold colour. The bands of the Ist and 2d Life Guards and of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), played at intervals during the day, and contributed in no small degree to the enjoyment of the visitors. Prizes were awarded to the amount of L. 500. The following are the more important: — Extra Gold—Mr. G. Dods, gardener to Sir J. Cathcart, Cooper's-hill, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Gedney, gardener to the Rev. W. Ellis, Hoddeslon, Herts, for 20 exotic orchids. Large Gold—Mr. T. Whitehead, gardener to Mr. H. CulYer, Dartford, Kent, for 16 stove and green house plants ; Mr. Ballo!, gardener to Mr. I. Butler. Woolwi c h, f or 20 exot i c orc hid s. Medium Gold—Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mr. T. Tredwell, St. John's-lodge, Norwood. for 16 stove and greenhous e plants ; Mr. W. Cutbush, nursery man, Barnet, - Hefts, for 12 stove and erreenhouse plants ; Mr. W. May, gardener to Mr.'J. Spode, Hawksyard-park, Stafford, for 10 stove and green house Plants; Messrs. J. I vory and Son, nursery men, Dorking and Reigate, for 10 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. Carson, gardener to Mr. W. F. O. Farmer, Nonsuch-park, Surrey, for 8 greenhouse a zaleas ; Mr. Carson, garde ner t o M r. W. F. G. Farmer, elwAtunt, Herts,for 16 ex o ti c orc hid s.; Mr. Dods, gardene r to Sir J. C a th car t, f or nurseryao fat' exotic orchids ; M r. S . Woo l ly, , 20 12 erotic orchids ; Mr. A. Paul, n urseryman, i Cheshunt, Herts, for 10 roses n pots. Gold—Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, nurserymen, Leabridge-road, for 12 stove and gree n h ouse plants ; Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, Surrey, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants; Mr. - W. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet, for 10 Cape heaths; Mr. B. Peed, gardener to Mr. T. Tredwell, Norwood, for 8 Cape heaths ; Mr. Turner, nursery man, Slough, for 10 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. T. Page, gardener to Mr. W. Leaf, Streatham, for 8 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. A. Rhodes, gardener to Mr. J. Philpot, for 12 exotic orchids ; Mr. Turner, Slough, for 12 pelargoniums ; Mr. Nye, gardener to Mr. E. Foster, Clewer Manor, for 10 pelargo niums ; Messrs. H. Law and Son, Great Berk hampstead, for 10 roses in pots. Among the visitors were Prince Edward of Sax• Weimar, Prince Gholam Mahomed and suite, the Comte de Paris, Count Bernstorff, Baron Brunnow, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir Robert Peel, and many other distinguished per sonages. NON• INTER VEN7 lON. - DEP UT ATION TO THE EARL OF DERBY. A deputation. comprising the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and several gentlemen of the City of London, waited upon the Earl of Derby, by ap pointment, yesterday, at the Treasury, for tho pur pose of presenting to his lordship a memorial, unanimously adopted at a public meeting which was held at the London Tavern last Friday, in favour of an English policy of strict noninterven tion during the war now raging on the Continent. Among the gentlemen accompanying the Lord Mayor we observed Messrs. Charles Gilpin, M.P., Samuel Morley, J. A. Nicholay, Charles Warner, Charles Reed, J. G. Bass, Edmund Fry, H. Anelay, B. Britton, A. Clarence Symonds, E. Clarke, &c. The LORD MAYOR, in introducing the deputation to Lord Derby, stated that they attended for the purpose of presenting a memorial which had been unanimously adopted at a meeting held at the London Tavern. That meeting was held in the largest room that the City of London afforded, and was crowded to overflowing. Had it been possible to obtain a room holding 2,000 or 3,000 persons, it would have been equally filled. The fee Eng in the City was unanimous in favour of a policy of strict and impartial neutrality on the part of this coun try, and the course which had been laid down and pursued by her Majesty's Government in reference to the war now waging was fully approved and appreciated by all classes in the City of London. 'He assured Lord Derby that it was the unanimous desire of the citizens of London to render every possible support to the Government in carrying out such a policy. The Lord Mayor then requested Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P., to read the memorial, which was to the following effect : " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby and the other members of her Majesty's Government, this memorial, unanimously adopted at a public meeting held at the City of London Tavern, on Friday, May 20, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, respectfully showeth, " That in the opinion of your memorialists it is of the highest importance to the honour and in terests of England that she should maintain a strict and impartial neutrality in the..war now waging on the continent of Europe. " Your memorialists' have rejoiced to observe that by royal proclamation her Majesty has declared her desire t' maintain a position of dignified neu trality, and they earnestly trust that neither by overt act nor by the supposed claim's of entangling treaties or alliances will that position of neutrality be abandoned." Mr. GILPIN, in presenting the memorial, stated that the brief notice g iven for waiting upon his lordship had somewhat limited the attendance, but the gentlemen present came simply as the repre sentatives of the public meeting by which the memorial had been unanimously adopted. Lord DERBY assured the Lord Mayor and gentle men present that he was glad to find that the views of her Majesty's Government on this important subject were such as to command the approval ex pressed in the memorial. He had stated the views of the Government fully and frankly in his place in Parliament, at your lordship's table (addressing_the Lord Mayor), and on other occasions, and those statements they should be prepared to repeat when opportunity Would shortly be afforded by the re assembling of the legislature. Mr. SI6IITEL MORIEY begged to call the atten tion of the Government to the very important in fluence which this question exercised upon the interest of the manufacturing classes, with which he was largely connected. The recent panic created by th rumour of a secret treaty between France and Russia had had the.effect of stopping orders in various branches of manufacture to such an extent as to throw thousands of persons out of employment. Lord DEnwir said that with reference to the rumour of a treaty between France and Russia, the Government. had. received repeated and positive =assurances from Prince Gortsehakoff that no such treaty existed, and that the written memorandum which had been exchanged between the Russian and French Governments in no way affected the interests of this country. He could assure the deputation that her Majesty's Government, having fully declared their views with respect to English non-intervention, had no intention or desire in any way to alter that policy. The deputation having expressed their obligation to his lordship for the courteous reception afforded to them, then withdrew. THE WRECK OF THE SHIP POMONA' The following is a copy of the report to the Lord 3 Committee of Privy Council for Trade of the magis trates who held the inquiry at,Wexford into the wreck of the Pomona emigrant ship, on the Black water Bank : We, the undersigned justices of the peace for the county of Wexford, having been requested by an officer appointed by your lordships to inquire, in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the emigrant ship Pomona, on Blackwater Bank, on the 28th of April last, beg to report that we proceeded to make such inquiry on the. 7th and 9th inst., and after hearing the evidence, which we herewith transmit, and availing ourselves of the co-operation of Captain Harris, nautical assessor to your lordships' board, submit the following as our report " Tlie Pomona, an American ship, of 1,202 tons register, sailed from Liverpool on the 27th of April last for New York. She had on board a cargo of general merchandise, 400 emigrants, a crew of 44 men, and four other persons, supposed to have been smuggled on board, making a grand total of 448, and. of those only 24 were saved. All the regulations of the 18th and 19th Vict., called the Passengers' Act had been complied with. . We therefore infer that the ship was properly found, find in all respects seaworthy. The ship sailed on the morning of the 27th ult., with a fair wind, and between 4 and 5 o'clock that afternoon passed Holyhead at a distance of about ten miles. From thence the course steered was W.S.W. till a quar ter to 11 p.m., when a light was observed about one point on the starboard bow. Shortly after this the ship was hauled to the northward and east ward, or away from the light, and was so continued till half-past 4 a.m., when the helm seas put up, the yards squared, the course steered west, and in a few minutes the ship struck. Such is the brief account of the disaster which led to the loss of the Pomona. As often happens when these calamities occur, few survive to record the particulars, and those few, as in this case, for the most part illite rate seamen, devoid of all responsibility, and ignorant of the lights or position-of the ship. We can, therefore, only form our conclusions from the evidence brought before us. The first position, then, in which we find the ship, as deposed to by the third mate (and that without any great cer tainty) was between 4 and 5 p.m. on the 27th ult., then abreast of Holyhead, at a distance of about 10 miles. The mate states that he thinks the course steered from that position was W.S.W., the wind beini , on the port quarter, and the rate of sailing might vary from 6 to 7 knots. The course from the position assigned, 10 miles off Holyhead, to the floating light on the Blackwater Bank, is W.S.W., and the distance is about GO or 65 miles. At 11 p.m. a light was seen about one point on the starboard bow ; it was thought to be revolving, supposed to be the Tuskar. Some misgiving as to its being the latter seems to have crossed the captain's mind, for after this light was seen the ship was hauled to the northward, anpa tently to wait for the daylight. At haltpast 4 a.m., it being then daylight, but thick, showery ,weather, the ship was kept away clue west, and shortly afterwards took the ground. From the evidence it appears that the master was on deck during the first Watch, for he gave the order to haul the ship off on the starboard tack shortly before midnight. Again, he was on deck at half past 4 when he himself gave the order to the helmsman to put the helm up and steer her west. But 1w d )es not I.lyear to have been on deck during the middle watch!, when the ship was drifting northward, with the helm a-lee. That morning, neither at daylight, nor at any time during the previous day, had the lead been hove, t o ver if y - the ship's position ; and after the ship beat over the hank, the anchor was most injudiciously let go. Had this not been done, it is more than probable the 'ship would have drifted on shore, a distance of about two miles, and many lives would have been saved. The exertions of the Collector of the Cus toms and the coastguard to render assistance were most meritorious, as also that of the lifeboat autho rities at Cahore: It is to be regretted that on this occasion the shoalness of Wexford Bay and the state of the tide precluded any assistance being afforded by the large steam vessel s lying in the harbour when this disastrous shipwreck occurred. Having maturely weighed all the circumstances which appear to us to have led to this lamentable shipwreck, we are of opinion that great blame is attached to the late master, Charles Merrihew, inasmuch as that when the light was seen, at 11 p.m., and supposed to have been the Tuskar, no soundings were taken to verify his position, and subsequently, after standing to the northward for four hours, he bore up due west before any indica tion was given, either by a light of the Blackwater Light vessel, or a cast of the lead of his then posi tion. We therefore find that the Pomona was lost by default of the master. Rumours have been circulated that drunkenness and disorder prevailed on board the ship prior to her loss. We desire to remark that the evidence adduced before us dis proves the truth of such allegations. " CHAS. ARTHUR WALKER, J.P. and V.L. " JOHN WALKER, J.P. and Mayor." An inquest was held yesterday before the borough coroner at Liverpool, upon the body of Charles Thompson, one of the crew of the ill-fated emigrant ship Pomona, which was wracked on Blackwater Bank, on the 28th ult. Thompson was one of the very few who managed to reach the shore alive. He arrived at Liverpool on the 3d inst., in company with two others of the crew who Were saved. All three were sent by the American consul to a boarding-house, where Thompson com plained of weakness and excessive purging. At his own desire he was sent to the Royal Infirmary, where, though every care and attention were bestowed upon him, he died on Tuesday. Mr. Allen, the house surgeon, stated that death was caused by diarrhoea and fever, the result of immer sion and exposure. A verdict to that effect was returned. The other two men are quite well, and have gone to sea again. STRIKE OF 2HE COALTVIIIPPE.RS OF THE PORT OF LONDON. Yesterday morning about 2,000 coalwhippers of the port of London turned out on strike for an advance of wages, namely, from the sum of sixpence to ninepence per ton, for their labour. This hard worked and deserving body of men went in procession, accompanied by a band of music, flags, &c., through Wapping, Ratcliff, and other places near the water. side where the coal ships and colliers are daily cleared of their freight, encouraging each other not to work for the starva tion price which the middlemen had been paying them since the establishment of the truck system which they had been subjected to. The strike is the result of a meeting of the men at the Pheenix Tavern, Ratcliff -cross, on Monday night last, where resolutions for the advancement of their interests were unanimously adopted. The greatest order prevailed throughout the pro ceedings, and many poor fellows had starvation depicted in their faces as they passed along. Bodies of men were likewise engaged in small boats on the river, with drums and fifes, and colours flying, with large placards calling on all the coalwhippers to assist in the cause. , A bill, of which the following is a,copy, was ex tensively posted round the eastern parts of the metropolis yesterday afternoon : " A public meeting of the coalwhippers of the port of London will be held at the Phoenix Tavern, Ratcliff-cross, on Friday evening, the 27th inst., for the purpose Of taking into consideration the best means in their power to, unite the whole body of the men, so that their avaricious oppressors may not hereafter sow discord among them and then deprive them of their bread. By sweat of brow mankind must earn their bread, but there is no cause why the coalwhippers should consent by sweat of brow to labour for bread that they do not obtain. The greatest of Lecturers said, Give us this day our daily bread,' and when he multiplied loaves he multiplied fishes also. If he considered they were unnecessary as an addenda to bread as sustenance for man he would not have multiplied. Sixpence for whipping coals is not sufficient to provide the coalwhippers with bread for their starving families, but ninepence per ton will pro videloaves if nothing else. Then hurrah for the ninepence, the loaves and the fishes also. Be true to the cause and success will attend your efforts. The chair will be taken by a poor starving coal whipper at eight o'clock precisely." The men last evening proceeded to their homes in an orderly manner, and the strike is expected to last several days. Subscriptions on behalf of the men have been opened at several places to defray the expenses. NORTHFLEET DOCKS. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Graves end was held yesterday afternoon in the Town-hall, for the purpose of giving the directors an oppor tunity of explaining its nature, and the important results which are anticipated from carrying the undertaking into effect. Mr. GREGORY, the Mayor of Gravesend, occupied the chair. The Mayor haying briefly opened the proceed. ings, _ _ 'Mr. I. DANIELL, chairman of the Blackwall Rail. wav, observed that the material point affecting the scheme which they had in view was to carry out properly works which were greatly favoured by the geological character of the ground. It was no t th e i r purpose to start a new scheme to injure other docks, but to supply a want occasioned by the shipping and the magnitude of the craft. The want of private dock accommodation in London was well known, and if this scheme were carried out, it would supply that want, and while it would do so without injury to the docks, it would relieve the river of a portion of the present traffic. If these docks were esta blished, they would introduce a description of craft which now went to the Mersey and other ports. It would be a most useful scheme to the town of Graves end. He could recollect when the East India ship pinglay off Gravesend; but great as were the advan tages to Gravesend from that shipping, they would be as nothing compared to the advantage which would be derived from the establishment of the Northfleet Docks, which would citable cargo to be landed, and depots to be formed, so that eventually Graves end would become a place for the embarkation of troops, and a general mart for commerce. Ships of war would be able to come in and out of the reserve or Government docks at any state of the tide, which would be a great national advantage. (H ear , h ear .) Every precaution had been taken to secure integrity to a scheme which would be eminently useful in a national point of view and very advantageous to Gravesend. Rear-Admiral LAMBERT observed that there could be no doubt, in a seafaring point of view, that the construction of the Northfleet Doeks would be of the greatest importance. No one could go up and down the river and see the enormous number of vessels lying in the Thames without being con vinced that further dock arrangements were abso lutely essential. An immense amount of money was annually expended in steam tugging alone, and many vessels could ill afford the expense. This was no new scheme, for he remembered that the late Lord Melville was most desirous to avail himself of so admirable a site as Northfleet for a naval arsenal, but his recommendations were re jected, and the consequence was that the Admiralty went to Sheerness, and, at an enormous expense, constructed docks that would not admit our large steamers. Colonel LIDDELL spoke of the great facility which the construction of these docks would afford for the disembarkation of troops, many of whom returned from foreign service invalided. The billeting system in this country was an evil which was greatly felt, and no one felt it more than the soldiers, but in time of war it must continue. It would, however, when these docks were con structed, not be necessary to billet troops in Graves end, for they would be sent at once on board the ships. _ _ Mr. TAVERNER said that in a commercial point of view he thought that the advantages offered could not be over estimated. The foundation of the docks would be both firm and durable, and therefore economical. The undertakinghey had un dergone the most ri g id scru ti ny the only spot on th e Thames where T they had had the h e e work more than h a lf d one f or th em, f or the enor mous excavations which had been already made would have cost an enormous sum o f money. They proposed to give fhcilities for the protection of the shipping interest, on a scale which was unprecedented. This they wou ld do at a • cost of £2,000,000. The St. Kathe rine's Docks, 111 acres of water, cost £3,500,000, and the London Docks cost £6,000,000 or £7,000,000. The , East and West India Docks cost about £13.000,000 or £14,000,000. 'What had been the secret of the success of Liverpool P—why the facilities affbrded to the shipping.. They wanted • dock accommodation -which would not interfere with the expedition of commerce. They would have three docks unequalled in. the world, including a river quay of nearly a mile long. Their waterway would be unequalled, for they made the river itself a dock. An objection had been raised to their scheme on the ground of its distance from London, but that objection was quite obviated by the rapid ie prove h means of transit on ea ch side of the river, and by m eans of the river itself. examiningOnigh scheme it the sch it was evident that it mus ty remunera tive to the shareholders, whether as regarded im port or export trade ; and considering that with the present limited facilities of the metropolitan docks, they piid between 4 and 8 per cent., the ili re d fac was a reasonable prospect, withthe increase ties given by the construction of th ir ese docks, a n d the vast and gerfiral impulse the w ould give to the coal t ra d e and the constructign coasting trade, that their returns upon this oudertaking would. be. much larger. The advantages to the port of Graves end were too apparent to require any argument on his part. There could be no doubt that the northern fleet would then be victualled there, and there was a reasonable prospect that the large engineering works now lying idle in the neighbourhood would be set to work to the great advantage of Gravesend. In reply to a question from Mr. BEETON, Mr. TAVERNER stated that independent of the 13d. coal tax imposed by the corporation of the City of London, which that corporation would have no pretension for imposing on coal landed at these docks, the saving on coals would not be less than 3s. a ton, and it would be their bounden duty to use their utmost exertions to obtain the repeal of that objectionable impost. Mr. DOBSON then moved a resolution to the effect that this meeting having heard the statements of the directors of the North fleet Deck Company, is of opinion that the construction of the docks would be not only nationally advantageous and useful to the mer cantile marine, but would at the same time produce the most beneficial results to the town and neigh bourhood, and the meeting pledged itself to give them their support. He enlarged upon the advan tages which Northfleet possessed over Sheerness as a place of defence. If their somewhat dangerous neighbour over the water chose to pay them a visit, which some persons seemed to think not very im probable, they might chance one fine day to see the shipping of Sheerness in flames from the long range shots of the enemy, whereas if any attempt was made to reach Northfleet the vessels of the foe would be completely riddled by our long-range coast defences. Independently of the importance of the docks in a material point of view, the scheme would give a chance to Gravesend to become a most important commercial town, instead of being, as it had that day been termed in the council chamber, " a genteel watering place." (A laugh.) Mr. DITCHBURN seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. E. BRYANT then moved, and Mr. CooMB seconded, a vote of thanks to the directors of the Northfleet Dock Company, for their enterprise in bringing this great national undertaking before the public, which was also carried unanimously, and the proceedings , terminated by a vote of thanks to the Mayor. MYSTERIOUS DEATH FROM POISON. Last evening Mr. Wakley, the coroner, and a jury, resumed an adjourned inquiry at the Golden Lion public-house, High-street, Fulham, touching the death of Mr. Charles Edward White, aged seventy years, the proprietor of the extensive pot tery works in Fulham, who was found dead in his counting-house, on Saturday, the 14th inst., under the following singular circumstances : From the evidence taken on the first occasion, it appeared that the deceased was one of the oldest inhabitants of Fulham, he having been born in that place, and his father had carried on the business before him. For some time past he had been very low and desponding, arising from his connection with a young woman with whom he had been co habiting during the last eight months. The last time he was seen in her company was on the Fri day night before his death, and then she was at the works, where somo high words passed between them. He was seen about the premises on the fol lowing day, and as late as at half-past five o'clock. At six o'clock his men were waiting to be paid, and upon his foreman going to the counting-house he found the door locked on the inside. Upon looking through the window he saw the deceased sitting in a chair apparently in an insensible state. The door was broken open, and a strong- smell was experi enced. The unfortunate deceased was,quite dead, and he appeared to have vomited. Mr. Gillingham, a surgeon, was called in, and afterwards made a post mortem examination of the body, but was un able to discover any cause of death. The foreman also asserted that he discovered neither bottle nor paper in the counting-house, and the deceased's sister in her evidence stated that she had not the remotest idea of his having poisoned himself. The supposition was that he died from a fainting fit, but the jury were not satisfied, and resolved upon the inquiry being adjourned for the analysis of the stomach. Mr. Gillingham now stated that Dr. Richardson had made the analysis, and attributed death to cor rosive sublimate, which he said he found in large quantities. William Roulton, the foreman, here stepped for ward, and said he wished to mention two cir cumstances which he omitted to state on the last occasion. One was that the last time the deceased was seen in the counting house there was a wine glass in the window. but when the door was broken open it was found in the usual place. On the Sunday morning he found a piece of paper in the stove, upon which was written the words " strong poison.' - - - - - The Coroner asked the witness the reason he did not mention these circumstances on the last occa sion, as he distinctly said he found no paper. The witness said it Nets because he did not like to hurt the feelings of Miss White by mentioning them in her presence. If she had not been present he would have stated them. The Coroner sal it was a pity he did not mention them, as it might have prevented the jury from attending that day. _He had given very important evidence, as it released any person from the impu tation of murder. lie then asked the witness for the paper he found. The' witness said he handed it over to Miss White. The Coroner then requested him to obtain it from that lady. While the witness was gone, the coroner observed that if this was a suicide, it would make the sixth he had held since Monday—three on Tuesday'and three that day. It was extraordinary the number of suicides that took place in the neighbourhood of London, and it was really thought nothing of. They happened more frequently in the hot months, and it was an error to suppose that they chiefly took place in November. The witness here returned, and handed the coroner some paper; but he and the jury were unable to discover the words. The Foreman said the piece of paper was scorched, and when he picked it up it came into two pieces. However, When he put them together he could distinctly read the words "strong poison." Some of the jury examined the paper more minutely, and said they could distinguish the letters " S" and " n." Mr. Gillingham said the deceased was in the habit of dosing himself with medicine, and might have taken the poison by mistake. The Foreman said he had seen packets marked poison" in the counting house. A gentleman present said the deceased had been brought up a chemist. The Foreman said the deceased always attended to the fancy part of the work, and he did.•not know whether he used poisons in glazing. A Juror said the deceased stood very high in the business as a glazed body-pipe manufacturer. After some conversation, cea T s h ed e djiteirdyfrormetuproniseodnrbu6tpheonwvaeid-dmicint itsbteartetahtehderee was no evidence to show. POLICE INTELLIU'ENC'E—May 25. SOUTHWARK.—ThE ATTEMTED MURDER IN BERMONDSEY.—After the night charges had been disposed of, Sergeant Wise, 459 A, the acting inspector at the Bermondsey police-station, attended before Mr. Burcham, and said that he had just been sent for by Mr. Broad, the house-surgeon, to inform him that James Fadden, the man who was On Sun day morning received into Guy's Hospital, with hisNsde'apsosiintioans.dyiHnge throat cut in a fearkil mamnanne:is.„‘ state, and that his woghip's attendance was requ i re d to take down the dying .f produced h.. B u Burnham h a a m certificate he to believedt h at effect.littatt custody for tha rbi t sr o eo ff trh eeneprcl.fie.nd_ man named Jere be shortlyen to the prosecutor, was mi l a n h s c pe o c g t i o il r i n l , l . after the act was corn te:vei c p e i i i 'e s m on a e n r d t e o d b , e a n at d init taken t ed ! into d c h u set hadod custody Mr. Burcham orderedn now in Horsemonger.la gaol. taken to Guy's Hospital once was exa mination in the presence to undergo a further shortly before twop sence of the dying man, and Edwin, the chief o'clock he proceeded with Mr. prisoner was brought'clerk, to the hospital, when the Veliacott, 224 M, and placed at the foot of the bed where the injured m an was l y i ng . Th e latter leaving received a r 't • e., orative from Dr. Broad, was then sworn, and in answer to Mr. Burcham he said — is My name James Fadden. I believe that I am dying, and wish to speak the truth. I am a labourer, in and reside Merrick's-place, Russell-street, Ber mondsey. Th e prisoner now present is my , brother ill-law, I havin g married his sister. On Saturday night week, the 14th inst., I was in Mrs. Carey 's house, No.. 5, Merrick's-place, hearing the news paper read. While there, about half-past twelve o'clock, I beard a disturbance outside the door, between my wife and the prisoner. I went out and saw them quarrelling, when I said " What is all this about 9" They continued wrangling, when I went between them to part them, and told the prisoner if he did not go about his business I should hit him on the nose. I made a blow at him, but I think I did not hit him. I might have done so, but he flew back and said lie could fight me. He then suddenly pounced on hie, and we rolled on the ground. When I got up I felt blood trickling down my neck, and then I fell again. Mr. Burcham—Did you feel any cut on your neck ? Prosecutor—No, Sir; but as soon as I got up the prisoner's brother said to me," James, you are stuck in the neck." Mr. Burcham—Do you recollect whether the prisoner had any knife in his had ? Prosecutor—l did not see one, and lam sure he did not have any. Mr. Burcham—After you found that you had received a wound did the prisoner say any to you ? Prosecutor—l do not know. I was sitting down almost unconscious. I did not hear him say any thing. Mr. Burcham—Has the prisoner lived in your house lately ? Prosecutor—He did a good bit ago, but we were then good friends. About a week before this oc curred, we were going home, and had a quarrel. He made a kick at me, and I hit him, and then we parted. Mr. Burcham—Have you been friends since then? Prosecutor—Oh yes, and I had forgot all about that ? Mr. Burcham (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to put any questions through me to the prosecutor ? Prisoner—All I want to say is this. I was eating bread and cheese in the street, when my sister came up and commenced abusing me. I had then an open clasp knife in my right hand. Prosecutor—That is false. He was not eating. bread and cheese. Prisoner—l was ; and your wife came towards me, and I pushed her away. You came out then, and in the scuffle I pushed you off, and the knife must have caught you. Mr, Burcham (to the prosecutor)—Did you see any knife in his hand when you first went out ? Prosecutor—No, Sir, I did not ; but no one else came near us.—(Witness here became very much exhausted.). Mr. Edwin read over the depositions, when Mr. Burcham remanded the prisoner to Horse monger-lade Gaol. The certificate of Dr. Broad, the house surgeon of Guy's Hospital, set forth that there exists an extensive incised wound on the left side of the neck, and that the haemorrhage could not be stopped. There are very little hopes existing as to his recovery. The prisoner, who seemed to feel the awful posi tion in which he was placed, and cried several times during the examination at the hospital, will be brought up for further examination at this court in a few days. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—MAY 24. Wheat freely offered. by farmers, but at rates beyond the views of millers, consequently but little business is doing, and that at prices about the same as when last writing' Barley in consumptive demand. Oats sell freely. 11° and peas were both the turn in favour of tie buyer, but a dull sale. For flour the demand was limited. Oatmeal u u. charged in value or demand. NEWARK—MAY 25. To-day the supply of wheat from the farmers Was " r 7 fair, and the trade more active, at a decline of is to 2s t* vr_ qr. Barley as bef ore . B eams were fully as dear. Oa and other articles unaltered. 30 a ERRO W - li aleedrd dl i e dwtdyeoh: malting....4o to 4 w ..it h e eat, new, 50s to 51s Barley, grinding.. 2B s to 911 - 5 5 0 4 s s t t o o 5 5 ss New Oats , d old ~, ... ............ 2 2 8 S t t o o 518 s to 57 5 8 s I MBeeananss,..n..ew.. ................ to . to pls. MARKET HARBOROUGH—MAY 24. —W h ich There was a tolerable su pply o f w h e at to - day , he barleysold tradethe following w aeeslow, r e a e t s-s rat 3 e s s to ran sB o B ll g m per 32s t o 38s t o 48s per qr.; oats, 30s to 34s p er 24 s t one ; beans, 406 per qr. a n ; t MELTON MOWBRAY—MAT 24. To-day there was a fair s h ow o f w h eat , and trade wed rather dull, at is to 2s p er qr. decline. rifled Fi ne barley. W as about last week's rates. Oats a small show, and q uite dear. Beans and peas at fully previous prices. ..24s to 2 8 s Wheat 54s to 58s Oats.. White do 58s to 60s Beans ' 46 6 to I —ato" -81 Barley 32s to 38s I Peas .•.• -4/ DUBLIN—MAY 24. There was a very slow and'depressed market to-day, a n , the great majority of samples of all descriptions of whea; fully is per qr. lower. The values of Friday for barley au' e oats were barely supported. Indian. corn a slow sale, at lat quotations. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 29 0 to 31 0 Do., red .. 28 oto 30 0 Do., new 23 0 to 26 0 Barley Oats Do., black l4 0 to 15 0 s. d. a. tl,; Do., new 11 6 to 13 „u Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l5 0 to 11 2 Bakers' flour 16 oto 2 °,„ Indian corn 30 to o'f COAL MAR} (Prices of Coal per Ton at :.ET—MAY 25. the close ef the Inarketa Walls .End. • s. d. Bates' West Hartley 15 0 Clark's West Hartley . l6 6 Earsden Hartley 15 6 Hastings Hartley l7 3 Walker Primrose 13 3 Wylam l6 0 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 6 a. d. South Kelloe ........17 0 Heugh Hall .......... 16 0 Eden . .. ........... 16 0, Acorn Close ...... 16 ~.a v Eden Main ••• • 16 ; Russell's Hetton . . . ... a South Hetton ......... 11 Thorpe .... .16 6 n Framwellgate ........ 16 - Carway and ljuffryn •• Malting Coal. . 21 Powell' s Duffryn.gt. ea ra2l " 4, 44—Sold, 20. Walls End. Gosforth l5 6 Kelloe l7 0 Brandon.' l6 0 Ships at mark LOCAL SHARE JIARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MAN 25. A improved feeling prevailed, and prices at the close We ll steady. Chester and Holyheads, 46 47—Midlands, 94 - Birkenheads, 59 f—Leeds Northern, 41 42--Blackbu rnt 11 I—North British, 511 2—Great Western of Calla dt4 131 i—Grand Trunk of Canada, 7 i—Great Western, 521- ' —Sheffields, 331—Caledonians, 751--Lancashire and V k ; shire, 85 I—London and North-We s te rns , 86 7___Dfitc Rhenish, 71 7 dis.—East Lancashire, .84 s—BervileirsP 84 i—Dovers, 18 I—Eastern Counties, 10 11-16. BIRMINGHAM—MAY 25. There was a limited busi ness d one t o -day in this marke t ' Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 71—Birmillg: ham Pref., 9f. Lo n d on and Midlands were in demand a' improved prices, and the local stocks all firm, at yeaterdo rates. MANCIIESTER—MAY 25. There was a limited business doing most of the day, and prices closed rather firmer. Leeds ' 54/ — Midlands, 94 Dovers, 18 9-16—Sheffields, 33b—Londons, 87—East Lan cashire, 84—Great Western, 511 --Cheshire Junction, 59 NorthStaffords, dia. m l i 4 l t i t h i a F , o fromot from lira D te u ri t o a r in a: and' the North an th e Curragh Camp in th e course of 5 few days. will arrive in The 2d battalionLinofcoltnhe The 2d battalion of the 20th Regiment, iron Clonmel, will replace the 1 4th in Dublin. New colours will be presented to th e 30th Beg l ment on Friday (to-morrow), in the Phoenix spar k ' Dublin, by the Countess of Eglinton. [ADVMUTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointraimi-",,„ Diseases of Women.—Medical s c i ence i n all ages has 1 0 7 directed to alleviate the ma n y ma l ad i es incident to f e males , but Professor Hollo wa y, b y diligent study and attentiL observation, was induced to believe that nature had 1 0 ` t vided remedy f or th ose special diseases h e , a fter 1 7 7 t research succeeded i n compounding his celebrated oine tne e d and pills, which embody the principle naturally desigfau for the relief and cure of disorders peculiar to wonlen ° , o ld ages and const i tutions, whether residing in warm °r climates. They have repeatedly corrected di sor dered o edi tions, which h a d defied the usual drugs prescribed bY, Av . is cal men, an d st i ll more satisfactory is it th a t the malth - ' relieved completely and permanently. BIRTHS. BOXER.—On the 21st inst., a at the Arsenal, W o olwiehf the wife of Captain E. M. Boxer, R.A., of son. COLE.—On the 25th inst., at 9, Kensi n gton-park - te rrace ; north, Kensington-park, Notting-hill, the wife of Arthu W. Cole, Esq., of a daughter. JENNER.—On the 24th inst., at 8, Harley-street, Cavenillish square, the wife of Wm. Jenner, 3 LB., of a daughte r ' PARKINS.—On the 24th inst., at 8, Uer Woburn-Plee' the wife of Wm. Trevor Parkins, Esq.pp , b ar rister-at -3aw ,of a daughter. MARRIAGES. HUDSON—HAVELOCK.--On the 7th April, at Al'shall; East Indies, John Hudson, Esq., Capt. 43d Regt• l' sg b Infantry, eldest son of Capt. J. Hudson, R.N. , to Isgi Muir, second daughter of Major-Gere.Chas. F. lieveWe Imperial Ottoman Army. MITcnELL—PASKIN.—On the 24th inst., at St. Saviolar at Upper Chelsea, William Charles Mitchell, Esq. , ° f G i rst George-street, Westminster, to Sarah Elizabeth, ev-- ey daughter of William Paskin., Esq o f Thurloe - sq uar Brompton. DEATHS. thrde CAITPDELL.—On the 23d inst., at 13, Sussex-gardePl , park, the Rev. Archibald Montgomery Campbel l, bent of Paddington, aged 69. J GARLAND.—On the '23d inst., at Eaton-terrace, St. oblfl4 wood, John Garland, F.L.S ~ s o li cit or, of Dorcesrtert aged 44. Lon- LONODEN.—On the 24th inst., at the Adelphi he S. don, Thomas Lon den Esq., Commander of the R. 3 • Wye, aged 37. HUNTER.—On the 18th i ns t. , at 22, Windsor - str eet, Ediw burgh, Miss Hunt er , aged 90. 1C tar JAMES.—On the 24th inst, at Littlebourne Rectory, — e Charles James, Esq ., late Captain in the Sc ots Grey ' aged 64. NicnoLs.—On the 23d inst., Henry Nichols, Esq., ter-at-law, aged 48. . NORIE.—On the 24th inst., at 1, Barret-grove , Stoke l'f°s" ington, James N or ie, Esq., R .N., aged 80. --------_______ LONDON : Printed and Publist.ed by MIIRDO you— n' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , No. 11' ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savot,,, in the co unty •' Middlesex, Thursday, May 26, 185 g.