The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-12 00:00:00

CITE A n „,;) Ty Szs., :k A. 727 TrrI7LLIGIFINTir , iND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the last few days the ma , ket. , for Foreign and Colonial Produce have not been quite so active. Holders, however, have not pressed sales, and full prices have in most instances been demanded. Fine grocery qualities of sugar have fully supported previous quotati .ns, as also plantation Ceylon coffqe. Spices have now fallen ; and rice, although not actually dealt in, has been held for fully late quotations. A moderate business has been done in fruit, and old currants were in demand at a slight advance. Saltpetre has been firm, but cochineal and tallow have exhibited a slight downward ten dency; in the latter, P.Y.C., on the spot, has receded to 555. 6d.; April to June delivery, 535. 9d.; and last three months, 525. 6d. per cwt. The public sales of colonial wool are proceeding very quietly, and they will terminate to-morrow. No alteration of importance can be reported in the prices realised. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices were fully id. per lb. lower for small descriptions. The sales amounted to 3,000 b, les. The Bank of France retur❑ for the month ending yesterday has been published, and it shows that the resources of the establi, , hment luxe further increased. When, however, it is recollected that the accumulation of bull on on the one hand, and the diminution in the amount of commerci billsdiicounted on the other, have been occasioned by the stagnation of tra , le, the changes thus pro dueled cannot be regarded with any d .gree of satis faction: It appears by the advises da'ly receive d from the Continent, that throughout, Fiance busi ness of all descriptions is still depressed, and the traffic returns of the principal rai!ways hear incontestable evidence of tilt diinintrioir both of the external and in:ernal trade of the cou(itry. From the manufacturing towns, such as Lyors and Rouen, serious c .ints are male of the limited orders receiv.-d, and al lough it appears that there has. not been the same cl,g-n , e of commer cial disturbance as in the North Of Europe or in this country, still a protracted depr-ssiun 1-14 s been felt by all classes of the community. are some of the princip , l changes exbioited by the balance-sheet just issued • March. February. Bullion £l ~509.000 £11,:i14,100 Bills discounted Advances on railway shares 2,695 519 2,511,•!3 i Do. on - Goverut. securiti.i. 1,349,739 1,254,617 During the month tit,* executive do not appear to hale expended anything for the pnreli.ise ut gold. At the meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company, held to-day, it was stated that counsel's opinion had been taken on the propriety of dividing a part of the capital (35,0001.), but it wai adverse to such a proposition, without a disso lution of the company. A resolution was there fore passed for leaving the amount as capital of the company. The half-yearly meeting of the East Anglian Railway Company was held this day—Mr. Bruce in the chair. The report stated that the traffic of the half-year had decreased, but still produced 25,9061., leaving a nett disposable balance of 14,8141. 17s. 9d., which, after providing interest In the bond debt, and on the A and B stocks, would be sufficient to pay a dividend on the C Stook at the rate of 61. 16s. per cent. per annum. The report was adopted. The market for the Funds has been very heavy all the morning, but it is now a shade firmer, the favourable Bank of France return having indu. ed a few purchases. Business, however, is still very ranch restricted, owing to the uneasiness felt respecting our relations with France. Consols bays been 96i 1 for money, and 961 for account. The latter are now 961 97. The Government hroker continues to make small investments. The New 2i per Cents. brought 801. Exchequer Bills 38s. prem. ; and India Bonds, under 10001 , 255. I premium. Foreign Securities are inactive, but prices do hot exhibit any particular altera ion. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1011 to 102 ; ditto 4 per Cents., nominal ; Buenos Ayres Def rred. 181 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 19i 20 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 110 f ; Spanish New Deferred, 26f ; Dit , o Passive, Of ; and Dutch 2i per Cents, 651. The following are the n...ininel prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 61. ; Mexi can, 19i 201; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 80 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 57 ; Russian 5 per Ce•:ts., 109 111; ditto 4i per Cents., 99 101 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44f ; ditto New Deferred, 26f Messrs. D. Bell, Sou, and Co., give the follow ing as the prices of American Securities : COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lorde Justices.) TINKLER 9. THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE WANDSWORTH DISTRICT-JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from an order of Vice-Chan cellor Sir John Stuart, granting an injunction restraining the defendants from entering on the plaintiff's lands and houses, Ford's-place, Wandsworth, and converting about thirty privies into water-closets ; removing dust binn•, &e., under the Prevention Nuisance Act, noli =lent; of the plaintiff. Lord Justice Knight Bruce was clearly of opinion that the defendants had exceeded the powers conferred upon them by the 120 and 121 sections of the 18 and 19 of the queen, and especially the 81 and 82 clauses of the 124 section. Great stress had been laid by the defendants upon the 211 and 212 sections of the Act, but his lordship was of opinion that they did not prejudice the right of the plaintiffs in coming to this court for the relief. His lordship proposed to affirm the order of the Vice- Chancellor—the defendant to pay the costs of the snit— and to continue the injunction with liberty to apply, be cause there might hereafter arise a lawful right to enter upon the lands in question. L - Ird Ja..rice Turner was certainly of the same opini,m. His lordship considered that the defendants bad exceeded the powers conferred upon them by the Art of Parliament, and therefore the plaintiff was entitled to come to this court for relief. Injunction continued. Appeal motions disuns,ed with costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commiasioner Fare.) IN RE HALL AND HALL.-PUDGBIENT ON CERTIFICATE. TOTAL SURENSION WITHOUT PROTECTION, His Hon .u , t,eis morning gave judgment on certificate in the case of these bankrupts, Henry and Chesney Hall, of Essex-.treat, solicitors. The case has already been reported at great length, and his 11,mour now went over the several cases of opp,ition, on the grou-d of breaches of trust, and more part!cul irly t n toe ;r au I per,,etrated on Sir C. Ru.h. ,ut to the extent 01 15.0001. His Honour emphatically denounced the inalpraCtices of which the bankrupts had been proved to be guilty, and concluded by saying it was a case in which he Raid bound to refu-e the certificates altogetoer, and without pr. , tection, and he could not tiok out any pr h+p,ct it , ; being granted until the b toktupts bad bet-n in lm iaon for two years at leant at tile instance of their justly indignant cre.litors ; and he tttould suggest that the a,signees k , nould take legal advice ac to whether the cote did not come within the crinimai law, and the omits , vouldl be allowed out of the estate. Mr. Lt.s - rdtio, , , tnr the a,.. , 4ignees, said the suggestion &ionid be wiepte , l. Mr. Rivington, tor Sir Charles Itishout, Said 11 , ,, ro.-idrr ev,ry assistance to bri , g htl baidirliits to justice. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cen; Irnited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...101 103 gnited states 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-.101 103 STATE SECURITIES. 41.1a13aJna 5 per Cent ... 78 Xentneky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-1872 91 93 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88 90 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...iOl 103 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds Mississippi 5 per Cent Union Bk. Bonds ... -- Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ' 877... 82 84 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 85 'Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 84 LOANS OF CITIES. Barton 4i per Cent. Bonds 1883... 83 90 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock RAILROAD BONDS. tilinois Central 7 per Cent. let ➢lortgage, not Convertible 1875... 84 86 Illinois Central 6 per Cent.... ........ 1875... 84 86 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... 81 82 Illlinois Central (Shares), $3O paid.... l.O d 8 d kiehigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do. do. do. 1869... 86 88 lew York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95 The Railway Share Market this morning has •zhibifred increased heaviness, and a decline of about to 1 per cent. may be quoted on most of the principal lines. Great Northern, Great Wust ern, North-Western, declined 10s. ; South-West ern, South-Eastern, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1/. ; nd Caledonian, 2/. Most of the other lines dealt in were at lower values. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are very quiet, and have also been prejudicially influenced by the general decline in all *classes of 'speculative securities. Ida stern of France have receded ss. ; Great Luxem burg, ss. ; East Indian, 11. 10s. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, ss. ; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Mines, Banks, and M scellaueous St.ares are Moderately active, but at slightly reduced quota tions. BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES THIS DAY. (Irom the Officuzl Business done 1 Per Cant. Consols %nn - eitieb New 3i per Cent. Annuities tali. Bonds, kl , it,i. •-• ••• nitto. tinder £lOOO 25 p Consols fer A CCOWIL Exelloquer 13Bia, 2.tU 11000 1,•,... .. 000 . •- . 5ma11................. • . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos 4 yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent . .. . Reaiear , 3 per • :cut ••• •- 1i 20 Portuguese Bonds, ', per Cent., Cot.. 1841 Ditto 18!3, 3 per Cent, Ditto Account Attasiau Bonds, 1. c 2 .2, : St., F , per Cent... 11 '0 10 Ditto, 4. por Cent. Flnt nish doudb, ..1 per Cent • ...... batc New Deferred, 3 ~e 1 .n . 61 . Ditti, Passive - 6i arkibn •,onu., ; per . •em .. Ditto Account .... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . —3 Ditto Account ............. 1034. 'Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent ............... 33i 3 Dividends on the stiove payable in London. butch ExeLange, 2. per Cent., 12 Gnilners 6 ' i , it titgß 0't: 1 1/ Jtli, • C0n5.,19, money Consols for Account, ((April 8) ......... 964 i SEA-BATHING.—In consequence of the many com plaints made by numerous 'strangers who visited 0 tend lost summer fur the benefit of sea-bathir g, the COW muual Council of that delightful watering-place have ordered the following regulations :—" 1. The establishment of a Permanent medical service upon the shore. 2, The o rganisation of a body of men charged to watch over the fety of all bathers. 3 The evnploppent of a special officer, whose duty shall he to hear the comp aintß als 3' straugers, and to protect their interests." This is A Qat for our owu sea-bathing towns. IN NE DEACON. This bacArropt had carri,d on a very extensive busi ness as a fanner at Heinoi Ilimpstead, and tc-day was appointed for his last examination. which was, however, adj•pornsd on the application of Mr. W, R. Burcham, for the assignees, for an investigation of the accounts. POLTC3 INTLILIGEFCI2. (This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL PORTUGUESE NAVY —Louis Beauvan, a Frenchman, who described himself as an .American citizen and a captain in the merchant service, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham with an assault of a most unprovoked nature on Lieut. Claudio Celeetinv, of the Portuguese Royal Navy. The prosecutor, who gave his evidence through a gen tleman who acted as interpreter, said he was a lieutenant on board the steamer Infante Dom Luis, lying at Black wall. On the previous day he went to the Cafe Chan taut, L-icenter-:•quare. The prisoner was sitting at a table, and a slight di , •agreernent having occurred in the room the prisoner pustird his face in a very disagreeable !flannel., and made use of some insulting language to wards pr mecutor's cluntry, and then pulled out a ravol4er and presented it to his face. It was charged at the time, T,e prisoner wai a total stranger to him, he (prosecutor) being only come to London on the previous day. r ine prisoner said he felt the prosecutor's hand in his pocket. Se was not quit,' sober, but believed it was his hand. Inspector Coombes said the revolver, which was a ix.-barrelled 9ne, was charge:Lat tlite time. He bad the charges drawn. When the pistol was brought to him one charge wee gone. The prosecutor said, when the pistol was presented to him he knocked it out of the prisoner's band, and one barrel went off in coot:equenee. Inspector C .oinbes said be bad a witness present who picked up a hart atter the pistol went off. In auA , er t.' Mr. Bingham, the prisoner said he did not beloag to any snip at present. He was here at prr-ont for the purpose of studying the English appara tus cotriect-d with vrecking and diving. Abut tour months ago he comrnaude r the Texas on the Fiorida c .ast where he ldft. her. H • had first come from New York. Mr. B Nham said a more unprovoked insult on a stra;4er in tnis country he never tuard. He should be very sorry to kelieve that in any community calling thetoselves civilised, either on this side of the Atlantic or the other - euch a thing as a person going into a cuffee nit , vith l &led revolvers was the practice ;at all events it would not be tolerated here. If the prisoner had any grievance there was the police to protect him. He soould send the case to tiie cessions, where he would be nehlt with by persons having higher power than ha had. The prisoner was then covornitted for trial. THAMES. ROBBING A SAlLOR.—Carolioe Smith, a woman of the town, wa • -r. ugi,t .re Mr.Selfe, charged with el ealing 191. 111 gold froth the person of George Smith, a seaman, who was paid off at American Shipping office, in High-sire t, Soad well, yesterday, and within 6 hours afterwards was penniless. It appealed that the sailor bad known the prisoner before, and directly he received his money he sought her out, and they went to tine Boli's Head public-house, in Shad weil High-Btest, and had three bogies of wine. cab was then cal,ed, and they sallied out on a cruise with another female. He soon became partially stupefied, in which stale he was found by a police-constable in the cab. The tailor knew his money was gone, and had sense ecough to charge the prisoner with taking his money . Tne prisoner in defence said that George gays her his money to take care of. Mr: Salte said the money must be given up to the sailor, and if that was not done he should send the pri soner to gaol. The prisoner was then remanded. z,L.OYD'S SKIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 12. Wind this day at noon, N. to N.E.; light breeze .nd tine. PORTSMOUTH, March 11,—Wind N. to E.N.E.—Ar rived—Rubur. Cottle, from the West Coast of Africa, with crew sick of fever. Sailed—Agincourt, for Plymouth and Melbourne; Kottebolin, for New York; Nuevo Lewfin, for Bilboa. The Dolphin, from London, to Buenos Ayras, which put in here on March 7, leaky, has been ashore on the Cetnt L :nd—she has been surveyed to-day, and or dered to tiischare. HULL, March 11.—Wind N.W.—Sailed----Amelia, for 31oubuein. NLYTHAVEN, March 10 Wind E.—Sailed— Caradoc, for St. Kitt's. DARTMOUTH, March 11.—The Alert (sloop), .from Drogheda, to Port Madoc, reported ashore, near this port, March 8, has discharged her cargo much damaged. It h still fe,red the vessel will become a total wreck. . ABERTfiTWITH, March :I.—The bat que reported ashore south of dais place, yesterday, proves to be the Feat* y Carmen (Sp a nish barque), bound to Liverpool. She has been abandoned at sea, apparently after being in contact, as there are signs of a colit , imi on her port side. Her nau tical instruments have been landed, and exertions are being made to save sails, spars, &c (Memorandum.—The above vessel sailed from Bristol, March 2, for Liverpool.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVER L 00L, Friday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, March 11—Zephyr and Lord Dufferin, from Now Orleans ; New World, and Banjainin Adams, New York ; Castilian, Baltimore; John liaveual, Charleston ; Braganza, screw steamer, Oporto; Northern Chief, Mobile. Arrived, March 12.—Bonne Mere, from Nantes; Cha ritie, Rouen; Leander, Maranham ; Jana Anderson, Baltimore. Sailed, March 11—Gurdon, Rebow, and Stork, fur St. Michael's; Hero nine, Pernambuco. Off- Liba an i James Huut. ai ba , que was seer ashen e south of Aberystwith, at day bie .k ou the morning of the 10th instant, in a very dan gowns position. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH GRAVES END, Friday Morning, Wind W. ; tide fourth hour's 11 and ; fine and frosty. Arrived, March 11— York Town, from New York ; America. Eagle, from New York ; Amelina, Galatz Felik, G o th a l an ; M ar y Ly on , C a di z ; M ary B. Rich, ; Demerara; Christiana, Charente; William, Demerara; Silurian, Great River; Flora, steamer, Oporto. Arrived, March 12. -- Progress, from Messina. Sailed, March 12.—Emma Colvin, for Callao. DEAL, FRIDAY MORNING. Wind N. Vir., moderate. Passed—Queen of the West, and Myrtle, for Madras.; Augusta, Rio Jaineiro—all from London ; ulindar, from London, for P. rt Phillip ; Rand o lph, New York, London;: Lavinia, schooner, from the North, for tho Westward. (lying to). 'Aricho'red—Aureo, from Newcastle, for Constantinople ; M,r, from Hull, for Constantinople Passed, Mani] 11 - Ranger, screw steamer from London, or Bvidcaux ; Birch Grove, from Madras, for London. THE SCN I LONDON_ FRIDAY UN'TTPT) SF:PVTOFI IN'TITUTJON, Those who have had occasion to pass through White hall-yard for some considerable tine back must have been anything but pleased with the unsightly mass of rubbish which surrounds the - United Service Institution. The public will be gratified to learn that whilst the Board of Works are responsible for debris °Weill°, the curators of the I nst it ut i on h ave b een b us il y emp l o y e d inside in reducing to a lucidus ord• the interesting col lection which it contains. For the first time this Institution received a grant of public money last year to the extent of 4001., and the effect has been to induce the council to regard it more in the light of a public estab lishment. At all events they have not been idle, and those who carry with them recollections of the old museum, will be surprised and delighted with the change that has been effected. The first step in this, as in most other reformations, was to get rid of an incongruous and undigested mass of material which time had collected within the walls of the institution. Any attempt to give the collection a general character must have only one result—that of destroying its value ass museum specially devoted to the illustration of military and naval sub jects. Accordingly whole classes of objects—interesting no doubt in themselves, but more appropriate to the British Museum or the College of Surgeons—have been ejected, and their places asrigned to others more in keeping with the "style and title" of the in stitution. It may perhaps be doubted whether the principle of excision should not have been carried further in this direction, and whether too many stuffed birds and pinned skeletons have not been allowed to remain. The contents, however, have been re-arranged and distributed, as far as the building would allow, in geographical and chronological order, beginning with Australia. The armoury is arranged not only with a view to effect but so as to afford ready illustration of the improvements in fire arms, from the earliest attempts to the Enfield rift-. The improvements In the steam engine, in naval architecture, and fortification are simi larly illustrated by models which are full of interest and instruction. All the objects in the museum—and most of tnem are highly interesting—are plainly labelled, so that the visitor will not in future be obliged to search hrougb a catalogue for an explanation of each article. This is a great improvement in itself. The roofs of the theatre and fortification-room have been c , ‘loured under the direction of Mr. Owen Jones, and the effect produced isnot inertly that of a Weasing chromatic com bination, hut an apparent addition to the height of these r..onus. Vit hen t o the advantsges which this institution holds out as a museum of military and naval art, are added these of a first-rase professional library and read- ' mg room, a journal of the society, and lectures on military subject., it may be said to include everything which can render it .a point of attraction, more especially to officers of the service. Great credit is unquestionably due to the council and to Captain Burgess, the secretary for the improvements which they hale effected. HORSE-T A MING. The Boston (United States) Journal has the following article on Mr. R.rey's system of horse-taming;—" We saw Mr. Rarey in this cit) some two years ago, and had a long and interesting conversation with him in regard to his peculiar mode of subduing wild and vicious horses. Mr. Rarey is a small and rather tipare person, the only peon hal it- about his person being a very keen blue eye. His melliod of managing a vicious animal entirely precluded the use of force or fear, and he represented that his power was obtained solely through certain herbs and drugs, first subduing the desire of the horse to injure him, and then by inspiring the beast with affection and confidence he is en abled to do whatever he chooses with him. These herbs and drugs are perfectly harmless, and, as Sir R. Airey says, `there is nothing in the treatment but what any horseman would approve of.' Mr. Rarey did not communicate his secret to us; but we have no doubt his treatment is sub stantially the same as that described in the following ex tract which has been floating through the papers of this country for several years s " The horse-castor is a wart, or excrescence, which grows in every horse's fore legs, and generally on the hind legs. It has a peculiar rank musty smell, and is easily pulled off. The ammoniacal effluvia of the horse seems peculiarly to conceatiate ix this part, and its very strong odour has a great attraction for all animals, especially canine, and the horse himself. " The oil of Rhodium possesses peculiar properties. All animals seem to cherish a fondness for it, and it exer cises a kind of subduing influence over them. " For the oil of cumin the horse has an instinctive passion—both are original natives of Arabia, and, when the horse ■Dents the odour, he is instinctively drawn to- wards it. " The directions given for taming horses aro as follows : " Procure some horse-castor and grate it flue. Also get some oil of Rhodium and oil of cumin, and keep the three separate in air : tight bottlep. Rub a little oil of oumin upon your hand, and ap proach the horse ire the field, on the windward side, so that he oan smell the cumin. The horse will let you come up to him then without any trouble. Immediately rub your hand gently on the horse's nose, getting a little of the oil on it. You can lead him anywhere. Give him a little of the castor on a piece of loaf sugar or potato. " Put eight drops of oil of Rhodium into a lady's silver thimble. Take the thimble between the thumb and middle finger, stopping the mouth of the thimble to prevent the oil from running out while you open the mouth of the horse. As soon as you have opened the horse's mouth, tip the thimble over upon his tongue, and he is your servant. He will follow you like a pet dog. He is now your pupil and your friend. You can teach him anything, only be kind to him, be gentle. Love him and he will love you. Feed him before you do yourself. Shelter him well ; ;room him yourself, keep him clean, and at night always give him good bed at least a foot deep. 'ln the winter season, don't let your horse stand out a long time in the cold without shelter or covering ; for the horse is a native of a warm climate, and in many respects his constitution is as tender as a man's. _ _ _ If you want to teach him to lie down, stand on his left side ; have a couple of leather straps about six feet long, string up his left leg with one of them round his net k, strap the other end of it over his shoulders, hold it in your hand, and when you are ready tell him to lie down, at the same time gently, firmly, and steadily pulling on the strap, touching him lightly on the knee with a switch. The horse will immediately lie down. Do this a few times, aed you can make him lie down without the strap. " Mr. Rarey had subdued many vicious horses in diffe rent parts of the country, accounts of which have fre quen,ly been published. Among other cases was that of a horse in Washington, which could not be handled. Under Mr. Rarey's tuition, in an hour and a half, he made the horse so gentle that he rode it down the open street without a bridle, beating a drain while seated on his back." MARKET NEWS.--('pia Gaya; CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up, to-day, coastwise and by land carriage. In the demand, however, compared with Monday, no improve ment tuck place; nevertheless, that day's prices were well supported. The imports of foreign wheat are under 2,000 quarters. Good an fine sa.nples moved off slowly, on former terms. L)w and damn qualities were very dull, and almost no minal. Barley—the show of which was limited—sold steadily at very full prices. There was a moderate sale for malt, at full qnot ations. We had a fair inquiry for oats, and good sound corn realised extreme rates. Beans, peas, and flour supported Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WERE. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,7701 1,510 3,930 E nglish , Irish Oats. I Flour. 3,020 1 1 , 090 1;000 120 sks 4,670 3190 brli Foreign...., 1,810 ) 6,450 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was scantily supplied with beasts, chid' , is middling condition. All breeds moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in their value. In sheep, the supply of which was limited, very little was doing, on former terms. We had a good demand for calves, and prices advanced 2d. per 8 lbs. Pigs and mulch cows were very dull, but not cheaper. Per Bibs to sink the offals. e. d. s. d. d. 0. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 1 PrimeSouthdown 410 6 2 Second quality.... 3 8 9 101Arge crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 21Prime small do 410 5 4 Prime Scots, dtc. 4 4 4 trarge hogs Inferior Sheep ~.3 2 3 fl Small porkers 4 2 4 4 second quality ...3 8 4 0 Suckling calves 19 0 29 0 Primo crse.-wiled.4 2 4 61Quarter old pigs 19 0 25 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 154 Pigs 2lO Beasts 4O Sheep and lambs .. - Calves ... Pigs — NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat were tolerably extensive, and sales progressed slowly at our quotations. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. e. d. deaf, inferior 210 3 2 lintton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do.. middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large.. 3 8 3 10 ( Do., prime .4 2 4 6 Do., do. small ....4 0 4 2 Veal. ... 3 10 4 10 Pork, large 303 8 1 Pork, small 310 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. A few pareels of fine new hops have changed hands at full prices. All other kinds are a dull inquiry, and late rates are barely supported. The market is well supplied. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 1208; Weald of Kent do., 56s to 708; New Sussex do., 52e to 628; Year lings, 21s to 48s. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been very little business doing by private contract. At public sale 2,450 packages were sold of China teas at about last sales' rates. The Assam qualities consisted of inferior descriptions, and hold, with considerable animation, at extreme prices. SUCFAR.—The rivulet remains exceedingly quiet, holders refraining from pressing sales during the temporary suspension of active demand. The refined market continues very dull Anil prices are rather lower. COFP EE. —A. moderate business has been transacted, and good qualities of Plantation Ceylon fully support previous rates. Native has been sold at fair prices. COCOA—Their is very little business doing and a few lots of Trinidad have been sold at prices slightly under late quotations. RICE--The market is very quiet, but full rates are current for good qualities of Bengal, which realised 9s to Os ;d per cwt. Rubs—There is very little inquiry, but good Demerara sells for 2s 2d proof, being a decline of ld per gallon. SALTPETRE—Goof Bengal qualities are held for full rates, and the market is very firm. TALLOW—There is a moderate business doing, but quo tations are not quite so firm. P. Y.C. on the spot is quoted 55s 6d; April to Juno, 53s 9d; and last three months, 52s 61 per cwt. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE CAB ROBBERY.—Yesterday in. formation was received by the police that a japan tin box, marked "L. V.," containing securities valued at 5,0001., had been stolen from off a cab conveying it from the London-bridge to the Paddington railway station; 100 e. reward is offered for information as to the box. THE MEf.BOURN.PI WATERWORKS. On the last day of the year, which is about Mid rummer-day in Australia, the Yan Yean Water works were formally opened, and Melbourne is now supplied with a constant and, there is every rea son to believe, an inexhaustible supply of a pure limpid water, of the very highest chemical quality. The Yan Yean reservoir is an immense lake formed by three hills and an artificial embankment. The valley lying between these hills formerly consti tuted the channel through which all- the drainage of a surface of nearly 5,000 urea in extent flowed into the rivers Plenty and Yarra. The outlet being thus walled up, the waters have covered the whole surface enclosed. To obviate the chance of a defi ciency in the supply, an open cut and tunnel have been constructed, of th e l ength of44oyards, connect ing the reservoir with t h e r i ver Plenty, which can thus be turned QZI or stopped as occas i on requ i res . T o prevent the danger of the water ever rising so high as to overflow the embankment, a by-wash has been constructed by means of which the water, after it has risen within five feet of the top, escapes from the reservoir. This surplus water is carried by a charnel back into the river Plenty, so that no waste or damage can occur. The reservoir is about two miles in diameter, and 10 miles in circumfer ence, and the average depth is about 19 feet. The most important engineering work, up to this time, is the construction of the lake wall or embankment. The slope towards the water is 3to 1, and that on the landward side 2to 1. At the base the embank ment measures 170 ft., and diminishes gradually to 20 ft. at th e top. n the centre of the embank ment there is a solid wall of masonry running along its entire length, the base of which is 30 ft. of solid stone, dlininishing to to ft. at the top. This pon derous mass has been carried 10 ft. down below the surface. Tue necessityfor such extraordinarystrength will be understood from the necessity of providing not only for the security of the works, but for the lives and property of the village and entire neigh , bourhood. The reservoir is situated at a distance of 16 miles from town, and the water is cotiv.yojithrough iron pipes to reservoirs erected at the highest part of the city. The ceremonial of opening consisted of a proces sion which was intended to escort his Excellency, Sir H. Barkly, to the various points at which the cocks were to be turned. In consequence V the illuessof the Governor, however, this duty devolved on Major-General Macarthur, commander of the forces. At the moment the cocks were Turned jets of water were set playing at the int ;rsections of the principal streets, and the effect was novel and curious to Melbourne eyes. Tiler() wax not much beauty in the spectacle, but it sugge-ted pleasant visions of fountain* to o me. Of the importance of this great work, which may be considered truly a national one, one of the com missioners-rat water supply thus speak s :-- " With respect to the distance from whence the water is conveyed, the Yan Yean takes rank as the fifth among thegrsatfet hydraulic works of themodern world; but with rezpect to the magnitude of its reservoir, and the additional means within its reach, if ever necessary, the Yan Yean ranks as the first in the world, I consi der this - national work under two aspects—what it is in itself; and secondly, the influence it will exercise over the hydro-dynamic science throughout these colonies. With the success of the Yen Yean scheme is involved, not only an unlimited and continuous supply of water for every house in Melbourne immediately (and for its suburban localities as soon as we can obtain the pipes from England)—not only is involved a supply for public gardens, bathe.and fountains (some of which foun tains may easily be caused even to gash out of a wall in any of the street:), not only a supply for private gardens and baths, and, as a cheap means of engineering power, on piers, wharves, and is warehouses and future facto ries—not only are all these advantages involved in the success of the Yan Yawl works, but that suttees will incite the denizens of the gold-fields, and of the arid bush generally, either to construct hydraulic works, by which the water from rivers some miles distant may be carried to a given locality, or else cause them to adopt the must obvious means of arresting and preserving the water so bountifully sent us by Providence every winter. Ido not only allude to this influence with regard to the gold fields, but equally with a view to health in the bush, to irrigatieu, and the progress of agricult ure ." In poinf of f act , Melbourne possesses now an unlimited supply of the purest water at an elevation which enables us to apply it at almost nominal cost to fountains or any other ornamental or practical purpose, which may be deemed advisable. The immense utility of a water supply under the enormotis pressure afforded by this elevation has already been evidenced in the case of several fires in the city. The first of these occurring within a day or two of the opening of the works, furnished a very striking illustration of the powerful means of repressing conflagrations now placed at our disposal. No sooner had the city fire-bed sounded the alarm than a great body of flame , way leen to issue from a house in one of the principal streets, and almost in a moment, afterwards the fire was effectually put out, quenched by the vast vo lumes of water poured on it. ;Tile Yan Yean works have been some years in course - of construction, and under all the circumstances of the case, consi dering their own magnitude and the magnitude of their cost, we may by excused for regarding their opening as a great incident in our biAory,—Afel bourne Argus. MORAL, _RESULTS OF NEGRO EITANOI- PATIOIV IN JAMAICA. Feb. 4, as well as th 1 The Watchman, or Kingston Free Press, of population. which nantly the wholesale Indian West Indi e Jamaica Morning Journal, and other character, and condition papers, deny most indig " beastliness" mputations of laziness and the Times has cast upon the free negro Tile Watchman says : ~ We grant that there ',every unprejudiced individual we are prepared to is much in the habits, and and deplore ; but !Fe lon of our people to condemn prove, contend—whet and what we are sure recent history of Jvidual acquainted with the emancipation a most Jamaica e must admit—that since wonderful chaugefor the better has taken place anion those who were subject our peasantry. When we reflect upon what raj: . confess that we are filled and what it made t r o Y i w ts a h e ell-bore influences— andattenadt when we call to mind what Jamaica was 30 or 40 years ago, and rh eri l look around us now, we place in this once be with astonishment, at Jamaica history, grandeur of the With wonder, overwhelmed the greatness and moral revolution which has taken in the condition try, and at the changeeighted and miserable coun having which has been wrought stands unpfarreaellmeleend i e Th emancipated slaves. the nc character of the lately rated from the bout:ls witnessed why, wwe have i n J sees attending taking account, a l l What have we half the last 20 years ? and suddenly invest a hard and bitter servitude, odf a million of people libe rated place in theirwith all the rights and pri vileges of Christian influence of scarcely any preparation for the great change that previously undergone irii e positiong e e havean d never circumstances; been abused those rights and by there. We E seen these people, under the ing in oblivion the an ' teaching and example, bury. years of oppression engendered by long cheerfully i and cruelty, and as free slaves. labourers, We h ave seesn'tahking the place they filled as dif ficulties incident to em struggling with the dif and with admirable theirpatience new position as freemen, cling their way onward to and perseverance plod dence and humble comforts comparative indepen tary. We have seen the s m °f a peasant proprie their comparatively scanty contributing out of thousands of pounds during menus hundreds of years, for the building of chapels the last twenty-five residences, the erection of Pels and ministers' the maintenance of ministers schoolhouses, and And we now find tens of thous an d s and. schoolmasters. nection, as members and otherw of them in cou rant religious denominations throughout with the diffe try, the . greater part of whom (v ( inghout the coun try, testimony of their vi • e l speak it on the pastors) walk worthy of their i i i a•tlt and faithful Christians. Schools are scatteredhigh vocation' as all over the land, and to these schools they send their child ren t o be educated. On Sundays they throng. the churches and chapels, where they are to n tired, engaging, with all the warr:thsent neatly at of their nature, in the devout ex er • characteristic cis ee of the holy day, and listening with earnest ' Word of Life,' as delivered by ~ e a.ttention to the ' n the face of all this, will the Times I t r ministers. In far as the moral ends contemplated in us that so negro emancipation ate concerned, that ac t h as in the act of proved an utter failure ? It might would wish it so, to tielieve it so get th ose w h o mai°, know that the statem sin ent : but we in Ja the Times re spoofing the condition and character of the emancipated uegroes, are just so many downright falsehoods. "The people in Jamaica owe it to their brethren in bonds, both in t he United state a and Cuba, , whose ultimate delivery from sla very the success of ' the experiment of emanci p ation in these islands must go a far way to hasten— they oweit to protest against the slanders whoh the to these Tunes has published against them. They ought to meet loge thsr in every parish throughout the island, d an speak out oil the subject. We ought to have de- f monstrations that will convince the T i mes and the slaveholders of Cube and America, that the try of Jamaica are not the uncivili sed and degraded beings they have been represented by their enemies. THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND.--OV Ato state that Lord Pa lmerston has consented to p reside have authority Over the anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund Corporation on WcdneAlay, May 5. LITERATURE. The Only Child. By Lady Scott. Two Vole. Hurst and Blaokett. This is a story well adapted to the large clan of genuine novel readers, who do not seek for any striking originality or vivid portraiture, but like a tale with love and sorrow properly mingled, with out being very critical as to the plot or the style. In the present instance the work has additional attractions, as it deals freely with the members of fashionable circles, and its hero is th e h e i r apparent to a dukedom. The principles upheld are doubt less excellent, but the self-sacrifice described, cer tainly did not produce any beneficial effects, neither was it an inevitable necessity. There are some striking improbabilities in the plot, but it is not a work to be criticised severely, as it is admirably adapted to amuse and entertain the lovers of light literature, being perfectly harmless in its moral tone, and presenting no remarkable faults to be objected to. The hero, the grandson of a duke, is left, by the early death of his father, an orphan at eight years old, under the guardianship of Dr. Burgess, the rector of the parish. Dr. Burgess is a conscien tious man, and devotes himself to the welfare of his pupil. Ho has one daughter, a little girl of great beauty, named Brenda, who is unfortunately deprived of her mother's care just as she is most in need of it. As might be supposed, notwithstand ing the precautions of Dr. Burgess, an attachment springs up between the young people but he be comes furious at th e id ea , dismisses his ward in anger, and makes his daughter write a cold and decided refusal. Lord Ellesley, the ward, leaves the neighbourhood, and yi , •lding to the manceuvres of a clever heiress, marries her. Brenda is nearly broken-hearted by her father's conduct, and his illness and death add to her misfortunes. How ever,:to relieve her father's mind, she agrees to marry the physician who atten led him. There is another love affair pending with the curate of the parish. Seven years are now supposed to elapse, and we anj introduced to all our old friends, mov ing in faihionable circles. Brenda, now Mrs. Carey, has forgotten her old troubles in herde , mesticduties. Her husband has become the lion of the clay. Lord Ellesley, now Duke of Arran, is miserable enough, with a wife 'who spends her own fortune and his too, and comforts herself with. Oth.-r characters reappear in different positions ; and after some time the Duchess kills herself with an overdose of her favourite stimulant, Dr. Carey sinks uuder'brain fever, and the novel reader wil. naturally suppose that the two old lovers are to be united. ._But it is not so. It is Brenda the second, who is the second Duchess of Arran, the daughter of Lord Ellesley's first love, and "the secret of Brenda, the elder, went with her to her grave." There are other epi sodes in the tale which serve to diversify it. Whether the sacrifice was necessary—whether Dr. Burgess might not have' left it to the young man's grandfather to decide for him—whether a di, ect fitheitood is ever a duty, together with a few other questions of like nature, will very probably arise in Vue mind of the reader ; but the conflict of duty and inclination is a favourite point, and no objec . ion can he raised to the intentions of the writer. Those who wish for a light and agreeable narrative, inter spersed with sketches of fashionable life, will very probably be entertained and grattfi , .'d by this ueyel. The Student's Blackstone. By Robert Malcolm Kerr, LL.D. John Murray. Recent events have directed public attention to the legal rights of British subjects, and have shown that some acquaintance with the exact state of the law is a very desirable knowledge, the utility of which is not confined to lawyers alone. Statesmen and po liticians, as well as many in less ambitious spheres of life, will often find this volume a valuable re ferenee, while in ordinary business transactions an acquaintance with the legal rights of master and servant, guardian and ward, corporations, Jsc., will be of great practical service. Mr. Robert Kerr has previously issued a new and compendious edition of the great legal authority, adapted to the present state of the law. He is therefore necessarily familiar with his subject, and amply qualified for the difficult task of selection and condensation. He tells us in the preface that " The Student's Blackstone contains all those portions of the commentaries which relate to the British Constitution and the rights of per sons. Those branches of the law only have Lean excluded with which, although desirable, it is not equally necessary that every one should be acquainted ; while such alterations and additions have been made as were necessary. as well to adapt the work to the present state of the law, as to make the present volume complete in itself." The chief additions male by the editor are the introduction of the rights of the parent State with re spect to its colonies ; an abstract of the articles of union with Ireland, and the changes introduced into the Parliamentary constitu tion by the Reform Act of 1832. Se has also inserted a succinct account of the origin, jurisdic tion, and procedure of numerous courts of justice. With regard to omissions, the greater portion of the preliminary dissertation on ttie study of the law has bten left out, as being no longer of service ; but the interesting portion relating to the snuggles between the civilians and lawyers during the first two centuries after the 0, nquest will be met with in tee body of she volume. We commend the work to the attention of these who desire to familiarise th .einselves with the nature of English law, unen cumbered by legal technicalitLes, and divested of all l abstrusenes and superannuated for me. Tits Royal Princesses of England. By Mrs. Matthew Hall, author of " The Queens before the Conquest." Routledge. Mrs. H4ll, the able authoress of " the Queens before the Conquest," which forms such an admi rable introduction to Miss SrricklAnd's celebrated work, has given us another volume of Royal biographies. The subject she has selected is an interesting one, and she has chosen a period which has not, we believe, been treated of before. She commences her history where most other chroniclers have ceased, with the reign of George the First. She contrives to render the memoirs interesting by the introduction of little personal anecdotes and traits of character which preserve individuality even among the state that enclosed the families of the Georges. It is a pleasant readable little volume embellished with a portrait of the Princess Frede rick William. Memoirs of James, Marquis of Montrose. By James Grant, author of "The Romance of War," &c. Routledge. Au interesting memoir of Montrose has been given to the public by the clever author of "The Romance of War." The life of his subject affords him every opportunity for combining the excite ment of romance with the authority of history. lie traces the marquis's career through all its changing vicissitudes, from his birth in the ancient burgh of Montrose, "to the scaff o ld and the doom." All readers of Professor Aytoun's spirited lays will remember the one on " The Execution of Mon trose,"— There was glory on his forehead, There was lustre in his eye, And he never walked to battle More proudly than to die. It will readily be imagined that the subject is one which affords full scope for the author's pecUliar powers and he renders it justice. He has compiled an interesting and valuable work, which will gratify many readers, whether among the descendants of the Cavaliers or Covenanters. MAIN DRAINAGE AND SEWAGE INTER CEPTION OF THE METROPOLIS. A meeting of the delegates appointed by the vestries and district boards of the metropolis was held yesterday at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, to take into consideration the whole of the subjects relative to the main drainage of the metropolis, and adopt such mea sures in reference thereto as they may consider expe dient. The chair was taken by Mr. John Ware. The following resolutions were agreed to :-1. "That in the opinion of this meeting, consisting of legally-con stituted representatives of the ratepayers of the metro polis, it is right and expedient to require proof of the sanatory necessity, the ultimate beneficial result, and the financial economy of any scheme for the main drain age and sewage interception - of the metropolis, before further steps be taken towards practically carrying into execution the 135th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855. 2. "That it being admitted that the improvement of 'tile bed a- d banks of the Thames within the metropolis is highly desirable, and this meeting believing that such improvement, if properly designed and executed, would increase the navigable and commercial capabilities of the river, and tend to remove any malarious influences now liable to arise from its waters or its banks, considers the outlay of the large sum of money proposed to be expended for the interception of the sewage from the river within the metropolitan area as icupelitic and unnecessary." A committee was thee appointed to carry the resolu tions into effect, after which a vote of thanks _wae passed to the chairman, and the meetin g separated. THE HIGHLAND BORDERERS. —Forty recruits (says the Inverness Courier) have joined head-quarters since the 107 volunteers joined their several corps. The officers of the regiment are apparently taking into con sideration the measures suggested by the commissioners for improvieg the sanitary condition of the army , - by na varying the cooking of the dinners of the men. Inst ead of boiled meat constantly, as the rule i s , the nienhteaave had their dinners baked at least once this week, Fort George being one of the few stations where public ovens are established for the use of the troops, 12, 1858 RIVAL lIARBOUHS OF i?EFUGT. We invite attention to an elaborate and argumentative article, which we have trans ferred to our columns, from those of the Northern Ensign, in favour of the claims of Wick ha bour, to be made a harbour of refuge in preference to that of Peterhead. The question is not one of purely local importance ; it is ose of great national moment, and one, therefore, to which public journalists in all parts of the country ought to devote their attention and their space. The necessity for this attention is the greater, as there is always much danger that local influence may be allowed to decide a question that ought to be resolved solely by other influences, and with a due regard to interests of a national kind. It should always be remembered that this subject, apart from its bearing on the welfare of our coast navigation and the prosperity of our fisheries, presents a very strong temptation to the landlords and the general inhabitants of particular localities; and, perhaps, looking at their natural desire to do the best for their property, we ought net to blame them for making the best fight 'they can for the spots in which they are interested. But the Legislature, having witnessed the efforts of the rivals on each side, would be destitute of any apology if by indif ference or undue regard to the political weight of any honourable member, it allowed an unjust and unwise measure to be carried. The claims in this case, of the two places con tending for the same advantage, may soon have to be decided, and there is some danger of a piece of jobbery which may result from the very great exer dons made in favour of one of them, and that in many respects decidedly the most unsuitable. It is better that the subject should just now be venti lated and discussed as fully as is requisite in order to arrive at a wise and just decision. We feel as sured that when the subject is regarded from an independent stand-point there can be no doubt that Wick is the spot that ought to be selected, what ever may be the local influence employed to earwig the Government in favour of Peterhead. The natural features of the coast in which these rival ports are situated ought to. be considered in the very first view taken of the contest. Admitting that in other, respects the places were equal in their claims, it should be ascertained where the greatest amount of danger exists ; in other words, the greetest need fora harbour of refuge exists. Now it should he observed that from Helmsdale to Noss Head, a d stance of 40 miles, there is not the breadth of a lot of sand, except at the river Wick, or any thing like a roadstead, but, as it has teen correctly trated, one long, dismal, precipitous cliff, towering in threatening grandeur, relieved only by an oLca simnel nook, where hundreds of boats press on each other in dangerous masses. Take then the Peter head coast, and there we find, with the exception of a few miles from Aberdeen to Kinnaird Head, a distance of 40 miles, one unbroken sheet of sand and three excellent roadsteads, where thousands of vessels can lie in safety, without a single precipitous cliff against which they may dash. If the Govern ment, therefore, were to yield to local influence in favour of Peterhead, and incur the expense of forming it into a harbour of refuge, it would, if the dangerous coast further north is not to be abandoned to wrecks, be found necessary to f orm anott,er harbour at Wick. We believe that the melancholy wrecks among the fishermen at Wick are sufficiently known by every one to prove that Wick imperatively demands a harbour of refuge, not for a few fishermen con stantly residing there, but for the thousands who ascrnble annually at its Lhy from all part 3 of the coast of Scotland. The great importance of Wick in this respect has bean very clearly shown in tit: , • excellent letter of Mr. John Mackie to Mr. J.,lines Wilson, the Chairman of the Rouse of Corn- , mons Harbours and Refuge Committee. The writer shows that 9,000 men, most of them unconnected with Caithness, for ten months in the year assemble at Wick. They f 'How a calling which yields a valu able article of national diet, and which gives etn- plument to many thousands throughout the king dom. in producing the material requir ed for its pro secution, and which circulates a large sum of money over the whole industrial districts of the country. The men are nightly exposed to the perils of the northern coast, and liable to destruction from the northern storms. These 9,000 men man boats and cast nets into the sea of an aggregate value of nearly a quarter of a million sterling, and proceed night after night a distance of from two to thirty miles, and even farther, in pursuit of their perilous enter prse, and that without a harbour that is safe to enter at any time during the storms to which the coast is liable. Now, we think these 9,000 lives are worth some consideration on the part of the House of Commons. If it should again be said that the.=.o are all persons int:rested in tho locality, and. that their lives are not specially worthy of consi deration in determining on a harbour of refuge, we think it enough to refer to the fact that a very amall proportion belong to Wick. These men are attracted to these valuable fishing-grounds from all parts of. Scotland, while the calling they follow off Wick gives employment to fish-curers residing in Liverpool, CL rk, Belfast, and other distant places. No local influence ought to be allowed to operate to the disparagement and neglect of this large class, whe'her we speak on the score of commercial in dustry or humanity. It is heart-rending to hear of the calamities of which Wick is the constant scene, and against which a valuable prevision would he made if a harbour of refuge were provided. There are other important considerations connected with this qu,stion to which it will be necessary for us to advert on an early day. Morning Ad get tiser. PRIVATE LETTER F. 0:12 INDIA. The following letter from a private soldier at the seat of war iu Oude, will be read with interest, as furnishing some particulars respecting the state of affair sin India which have not Lefore appeared. It is addressed to the brother of the writer " Poonk, Jan. 27, 1858. " There is an extra mail leaving to-day, of which I must take advantage. We, or rather people with whom I am acquainted, are now daily receiving letters from the 78th Highlanders (the depot is still in Poona), and they and the 64th well deserve every eulogium that has been passed upon them. When history records their advance from Cawnpore to Lucknow, their almost superhuman efforts un der the most trying circumstances, surrounded by demons who outnumbered them by twenty to one, and who, like the wild beasts when their fangs have once h-en imbued in blood, were mad with the orgies which they had witnessed and partici pated in in the diabolical outrages at Cawnpore, and other places, the 25th of September is a day which will never be forgotten, either by those who were relieved, or that noble band of heroes who fought their way through countless numbers to the relief of their besieged brethren whose hours were numbered, but for theiropportuue arrival. A few hours later and every Christian soul in Luck now would have been at the mercy of the fiends who had previously plied their devilish work at Cawn pore and Delhi. What a mercy that they had a man like Havelock to rescue them ; and he under his command men, every one of whom deserve to have their names engraved in letters of gold. The time is now arriving when such deeds as these must not be passed over as heretofore with six months' batta. What must be a man's feelings, as glow ingly described in one letter I heard read from a soldier of the 78th to his sister in Poona—a bridge bed to be crossed before entering Lucknow, of which the rebels had possession, and the only ap proach to which was a narrow road, down which the enemy kept up a continual shower of grape and canister. We got a gun in position to return the fire, but another fatal discharge from the enemy laid every gunner low. Again the gun was manned by volunteers ; but the same fate awaited them, when brave young Havelock rode to the front, and even amid a shower of iron, smilingly told the brave 78th those guns must be yours. With a cheer such as must have struck terrorithecrs they cravens hearts, they bounded forward , and proved, as bad daily done for weeks before, th a a dva tt n he c y ed were heroes still ; but the farther theythe had the more terrible their task. The y (the 78th) post of honour assig ned them ; the whole of the other troops advanc ed, leaving them to bring up tg gage and supplies f or the e eaguered gar ril'e b 3 b gar rison. They had to wend their way through streets _th e houses are three and four stories high, and loopholed from top to bottom—barricades across every street—the tops of the houses, windows, Sic., tined with devils, and every poor fellow who was wounded and not able to walk was compelled to be left behind, and sad was their fate ; for even before their comrades' eyes these incarnate fiends cut them into a hundred pieces. The only mystery to those who are spared is their being so. They attribute it to a merciful Providence that one is left to tell the tale. Now, let a generous country think of some method to reward such unexampled heroism. Search both mo lern and ancient history, and no such glorious deeds of arms are to be found. Her Majesty's 's 78th Highl an d ers, and her Majesty's (as they ca ll 1' ), 64th,Mhaajvtestysayed jewel in England ' d s insistcrown. Let the the brighte-t people of Eng land r such demand , an unexampled bravery be sterling recompense fo doing it.not chary in "Render unto Comer the things that are Caesars, » and let the distinction be made ; let those reap who sow ; let the Crimean system of rewarding be bygones ; let every officer and maL ,7 B name, who was actually there, be recorded, and to them be the glory given ; let those of a craven its heart, who belong to those two no ble regiments, 64th and 78th, be politely told we will have none but heroes here. To think that three and four offi eel's should be allowed to remain with the depot at Poota, when, in one day, six officers, serving with the regiment, were either killed or woUndecl. ; let them bide their craven beads in some other regi raent, and not share the laurels in store for those who have passed the'fiery and bloody ordeal. /he that good o ld man , Si r last wds of that rave, Henry or Havelock b , was—" Remember me to the 78th." Now, let a generous Government comply with his dying request. What recompense for such unequal heroism ira thousand pounds ' yegr; even' , had he lived ? Fifty thousand pounds would have been a poor recompense had he lived. Again Islay '- he would have been amply recompensed by naming his brave comrades, the 78th, as such—." Her Majesty's 78th Highlanders," .or "Sir. Henry Havelock's Lucknow Regiment!' . It will be pay. lug a noble and lasting tribute to his memory, 4tnd a title of which every man left in ihe regiment will be proud . Not one but would feel proud of the association ; and some weed of recompense is due to men who have perilled their all and done the State so very great a service. LORD GREY= ON REFORM. (Prom, the Time;.) Lord Grey's volume is a work not Ort.rarliamene tart' government, but on Ministerial patronage, e and its title ought to be. "A Defence of Nepotism ; the result of more than 30 years' experience." Per haps we ought not to be altogether surprised to find the son of the Minister wh o carr i ed the Reform Billexpr of essingunworthy fear of th e democratic movement these times, and a desire to4erpetitate all the worst abuses of oligarchical gorernment..ll his father effected a great reform in our Parliamen tary representation, it was less from popular sym pathy than from the necessities of political tactics. Earl Grey had a self-absorbed nature, and was essentially an aristocrat; it is curious to watch in his history how exclusive he was in his tastes and ' how strong in self-assertion, so that purely on the ground of postponing Catholic Emancipation, the ground on which, in conjunction with Lord Gran ville, he stranded the Cabinet of All the Talents, the ground therefore to which his pride was pecu liarly sensitive, he continually refused to joint that Liverpool Administration with which. at "heart he\ had far more sympathy tbSn with the opposition of Radical Reformers ; so that again, in 1827, he was ' the only member of his party who obstinately re fused to o alesce with Canning, holding- himself . al of in solitary dignity •so that—to give one more example—when he passed the Reform Bill, and was ' reproached by Lord Sidmouth for introducing into the State the virus of democracy and the Oements of rt volution, his reply was not a defence of popular government, but an emphatic statement that in a few years this Reform Bill would be re garded as one of the most aristocratic measures which bad ever been enacted. It was, indeed, by .. tLe strangest caprice of fortune that he, who was in feeling the most pure aristocrat of his order, should have been the author of a measure so democratic ; and there is much truth in what the " Tories are fond of deelarine, as if they were let- ting out for the benefit of the profane multitude a great secret which none but those who are b3hind the scenes of Ministerial display can know, that the e s .nce of the Reform Bill—that which recommended it to the Whigs acd secured for it a triumph, was not the extension of the franchise and the purity of election, but simply the transfer of power by &shuffling of the Echedoles from the hands of one set of neb!emen to those of another. As if - to give the fullest sanction to that view of the case, Earl Grey, the son, now comes forward, and having singularly reproduced his father's history in giving. full play to his individuality by habitually separat ing himself from his party, at length ventures to furbish up the Tory arguments against the Reform Bill, to repudiate tbatmeasure in so far as it tended to populaa:ize the Government, and to approve it only so far as it recognized the principle that the aristocracy are our sole legislators. The Earl Grey nature is such a self-satisfied one that, even if the • arguments were stronger than they are, it wculd not be difficult to perceive that in his heart of hearts the strongest argument of all for an aristocracy is, ;hat he himself belongs to it. There are men ab solutely incapable of taking the measure of them selves ; who believe whatever belongs to themselves to be superlative of its kind ; who, if they were lamplighters, would carry their ladders from post to post as if they were the horses of the san, and were doing for the night what that luminary does for the day ; who, if they were the bootmakers of a Mime Minister, would not only rejoice in any of his victories, but would actually regard the victory as their own, the Premier having merely coati- Luted to it. If Lord Grey were born in a rank of life in which the right of franchise was denied him, he would bo a fierce Chartist ; if he belonged to the middle classes ho would be a thorough-going Li beral, not fond of revolution, yet adaiiring oligarchy still less ; but being a Peer of England, the Peerage is everything, he has no sympathy beyond the charmed circle of his Order, and especially he fears that power which would limit its pretensions and curtail its privileges. He has an unconquerable terror of democracy ; he trembles at the tyranny of the House of Commons, a tyranny which he thinks is increasing so fast that it must soon become dis astrous as well as intolerable. The keynote of Lord Grey's book is a demand for strong government, such government as is impos sible in the United States, but is in full vigour at St. Petersburg and Paris. What is the peculiar meaning to be attached to the noble author's de mand we shall immediately examine. In the means time we must observe that seldom is more political ignorance displayed than in the common talk as to the necessity for strong government. A Ministry on sufferance is, indeed, a political scandal as well as a public calamity, and, when we speak of the fallacies which are current as to the importance of so-called strength in government, we must not be suppossd to rush into the other extreme of main taining that the interests of the nation can be pro tected by a Ministry so unsupported as to have no strength at all. But all experience, and especially that of the last half century, teaches us that what are called strong Governments mean bad Govern ments ; that strong government is not for a free people ; that where laws are vile and habits corrupt and subj. ets ignorant there the high hand and the - strong arm may be needed ; but that where abuses th fe e v re , are wh ot e n reth to e l i e e ra h t a e b d i , ta w e b te er er e la ein w t s ell a i r g e e m et e a rc e i d fu f l d re a e n , the Government which is wanted is one that— whether we call it strong or weak—will abstain from meddling as much as possible. There is a remarkable statement on this head in one of the works of the elder Mirabeau —"Le difficile eat de ne promulguer que des lois necessaires, do rester jamais fiolele 4 ce principe vraiment constitutionnel de la societe, de se mettre en garde contra la fureur do gouverner, la plus funeste maladie des Gouver n omens modernes '—a quotation which William von Humboldt has adopted as the motto to his little work on the Sphere and Duties of Government. If we take a large survey of the various measures that have been passed, it will be found that nearly all the more important ones, nearly all that we can look back upon with unmingled satisfac tion, have been not positive but negative in their character. They have not been the enactment of new laws so much as the abolition of old. We have exploded innumer able oaths and tests and shibboleths ; we have broken down barriers without mercy. In criminal law we have been diminishing punishments; in civil law we have been simplifying procedure. We have increased our revenue by reducing taxes ; w e have multiplied our wealth by throwing all protec tion of our industry to the winds ; we have emanci pated our slaves, and we have not only sought to insure in our domestic affairs the last amount of , interference with the perfect liberty of the subject, but also in foreign affairs we have in the fullest sense recognized the principle of non-intervention. embodied lourd i ilu ali ssio o n u s r . maenaynt anything, relationt they to the Government r it e fi ce e n se t le a g re isl p at o i l o i n tic a a n l d m ad a na xi i m tte s din al lour that legislation a wise IfW What they m d o they eao that a Governm en t ought to watch everything, but if possible t o t ouc h nothing ; that what it ought chiefly to to uc h are the old laws which ought to b e removed ; that res t r i ct i ons are b a d f or the most abstinence ought t o b e the first part and regulations useless ; and that the best governed nati on i s th a t w hich is left most to itself. What is this but s aying that a free people has dis covered that "strong Governments," so far from being ? ec n Weess necessary, want a to have plague and a scourge to a have our publi c d epartments nation well administered, but as for legislation and govern ment, we want to be left to ourselves. The "strong Government," which Lord Grey insists upon, there fore, we would rather not have, and, differing from him with regard to the fundamental axiom of his volume, the whole superstructuts which he has raised upon it naturally dissolves itself into thin air. One can scarcely believe that Lord Grey is serious in talking as he does of "strong Governments." • It is an idea that is almost exploded in England- We leave it to continental despots and theorists. The former find it convenienttter for delight to of their own aithority ; the I result a of to imagine impossible utopias, the sort of Dutch end less • pruning and cultivati?n ti — os, and even when gardm;ng introduced in . to views: they play into the quite Republican in theo h te by accustoming their hands of the tyrants 9 cos tin sq.a! and management as ilia perfection of admirers to regard meddli ng A GEM or A LADY.—A young gentleman who has jun marred a little beauty, says :—" She would have been taller, but she is made of such precious materials that Nature couldn't afford it."