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

ribirb Utittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening). The SPNAXER took the chair at four o'clock. CORPORATION REFORM. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex (Messrs. Alder man Lawrence and Alderman Allen) presented a petition relative to the Corporation of London Reform Bill. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Malvern Improvement Bill were considered and agreed to. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY (CAPITAL) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills were further considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, Birkenhead Improvement (Bondholders Ar rangements), Cromford and High Peak Railway, East Kent Railway (Dover Extension), Manchester Corpora tion Water. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Newton to Competell), Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, and Yar Bridge Bills. CARLISLE, LANGHOLM, AND HAWICK RAILWAY BILL. Mr. ELLIOT moved that the minutes of the pro ceedings of the committee on the Carlisle, Langholm, and Hawick Railway Bill, in group 13 of Railway and Canal Bill?, be printed at the expense of the parties making the application, and distributed with the vote:so—Agreed to. MANNING THE NAVY. Lord C. HAMILTON, Treasurer of the Household, brought up her Majesty's Government's reply to an address for the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the best means of manning the navy stating that her Majesty had considered the subject and had given the necessary direction for its issue accordingly. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Col. W. PATTEN gave notice that he should, on Tuesday, 22d Jane, move an address to her Majesty for the issue of a commission to inquire into the effect of recent railway legislation. (Cheers.) BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. HAMILTON- gave notice that on Monday next the Chancellor of the Exchequer would move that on every Thursday during the remainder of the session, Government orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion ; and on Thursday the Chancellor of the Exchequer would ask leave to introduce a bill relative to the funded debt. THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS AT SIERRA LEONE. Mr. ROEBUCK asked the noble lord the Secretary for the Colonies a question relative to the suppression of a newspaper called the Neu Era, lately published in Sierra Leone. The paper in question had incurred the displeasure of the Governor of that colony, in consequence of its criticising his conduct ; and be, with the concurrence of the Council, issued an order in Council calling zpon every newspaper in the colony to provide sureties, the same as was adopted in this country. The proprietors of the New Era sent in the names of certain persons as sureties, but the Govern ment rejected every one of them, and the consequence was that the paper had been put down for some time. He asked the noble lord whether his attention had been called to this order, and if so, whether he or the Go vernment had done anything upon it, and if it had, what I and farther, if they had considered the pro priety of recalling the Governor. Lord STANLEY said an order to the effect stated by the hon. and learned gentleman was issued in the course of last year by the Governor of Sierra Leone for all newspapers in the colony to find sureties the same as the • English newspapers. The Government, however, considered great inconvenience would result from the working of the order, and they had desired the Governor of the colony to repeal it. (Hear, hear.) It was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to recall the Governor of the colony. (Hear.) THE RIVER THAMES. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the First Commissioner of Works the following question :—Whether the principle just put forth by Dr. Odling, the Officer of Health for Lambeth, that the perpetual motion of the water of the Thames, and the flux and reflux of the tide, affects the oxidisation of decomposing matters to that extent, "that he has never been able to discover sulphuretted hydro gen in Thames water," may not be well worthy of further investigation, as offering possibly the means of escaping the has srdous and expensive drainage engineer ing undertakings that have been under consideration? Lord JOHN MANNERS was understood to say an enquiry was now going on relative to this subject. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. CLIVE brought forward his charge of breach of privilege relative to the attacks on him in the Carlisle Lieaminer, imputing to him corrupt motives as chairman of the North British and Caledonian Railway Bill_ On a former occasion the hon. and learned gentle man brought the subject under the consideration of the house, when it wes ordered that Hudson Scott, the publisher, and Washington Wilke., the editor, should this day attend at the bar of the home. Since that tone be bad hoped these parties would have retracted their charges, and he would have been satisfied ; but instead of that, they had been repeated in a subsequent publics tion of the paper. The hon. and learned gentleman was proceedirg to read the article in the subsequent publica tion, when -Mr. T. DUNCOMBE called the hon. and learned gentleman to order. The printer and editor of the paper were in attendance to appear at the bar of the house f ir the complaint made against them on a former occasion. He thought it unfair that the offence they had to an swer should be exaggerated before they were called to the bar of the house. The SPEAKER said the hon. and learned gentleman was in order. Mr. CLIVE having read a portion of the second article, Mr. Hudson Scott and Mr. Washington Wilkes were called to the bar of the house. In answer to a question put to Mr, Wilkes, he stated he was the printer, publisher, and editor of the Carlisle Eosaminer. He published the article complained of in the paper of the 15th May, believing the statements, from in formation be received, partly from a public and partly from a private source, were true. He aas not then prepared to withdraw the article or give up the author from whom he obtained his information, but he thought if a commission were appointed, the parties who bad given him the information would come forward and sub stantiate the imputations contained in the article. He had the information from a gentleman connected with the line that was thrown out. Mr. Hudson Scott stated that he was not now the publisher of the paper, nor was he on the 35th May last. They were then ordered to withdraw. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved three resolutions, to the effect that Washington Wilkes had been guilty of publishing a false and scandalous article, reflecting on the conduct of the chairman of the committee (Mr. Clive) and other members of that committee, and that the Speaker do issue his warrant for his committal to the custody of the Sergeant at Arms. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having seconded the motions, They were agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the discharge of the orders for the further attend ance of Mr. Hudson Scott.--Agreed to. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER'S SPEECH AT SLOUGH. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Lord J. RUSSELL called the attention of the house to the speech recently delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Slough. The right hon. gentleman assumed in that speech that within three months her Majesty's Go vernment had brought forward such measures, or pursued snob a course as to have preserved our relations at home aad advanced the interests of the people of this country, so as to deserve the confidence of that house, or, if not of that house, certainly the confidence of the country. (Cheers and counter cheers.) To ermine the grounds so put forth, it was necessary for the house to consider the state of our foreign relations, and also the state of the country. In reference to the imminent danger of war, alluded to by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer' be (Lord John Russell) had inquired of the Earl of Clarendon if such were the case, and he had been informed by that noble lord it was not. The nohls lord (Russell) then referred to the Conspiracy Bill, and the course pursued by the house in reference to it, and said he believed this country and France were disposed to peace, and would not be disposed to take up arms one against the other without most serious cause for so doing. He asked from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer an explanation of the ominous sentiment relative to the imminence of war and why greater preparations bad not been made to meet such an emergency by her Majesty's Government. The noble lord asked for an explana tion from the right honourable gentleman relative to the conduct of that house in reference to Sardinia and Naples to commit these countries to hostilities to destroy her Mejesty's present Government. He (Len! J Russell) denied such was the case. The &sire of the House of Commons was to prevent a collision and preserve these two countries from ha.viros recourse to arms. The noble lord also asked for an explanation of that part of the right honour - able gentlensan'er speech relating to our policy in In - d iaoshether it should be one of clemency, or whette r it should be a policy of exterenina.ion and a rule by force. Is e and sked who bad pr o p ose d suc h a cour e of p• 'ley challenged uhocar the Gov e r nment t o s h ow t h at i t bad be en n that hou se , te, by the late G overnmen t or any one o l a z e. person of authority i n th . e ouo try or India. aud ire had bee n th e c . • ntrary, and t o dia. govern with noble for lord th u e fa n fi r t ef l e a rred to the withdrawal of the motion on Friday ~ o t n , d an said the tigh. hon. gentleman had gone far bey f t w he facts in repro - venting the terrific scene in that th t e h h reference only raised in his own imagination. ho use, which was to their having to defend their vote s on had the vote last week been taken and founduadingP' to the Government, t he noble lord condemned vwehnaet he termed a penal dissolution for the honest perform ance of their duty, and deprecated the dissolution last year by the late Government. A government ought not t o advise her Majestyto dissolve Parliament when thwarted ea • any particular question, and hold such a threat over honourable members. Such a course would have a tendency to damage the constitution and pro- THE SUN, mote !the shortening of the duration of Parliament. I Captain, vice Sole, appointed to the sth West York The Government stood in the same position now as they Militia. did when they took office. The question of whe ther her Majesty's Government possessed the confidence of the House of Commons had not yet been tested, and the Government had no right to assume it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to reply. He denied there was anything in the s'jeech to draw forth the noble lord's condemnation. 13.1iNKRTJPTCY ANNULLED. Samuel John Buchanan, corn dealer, 66, Paradise•street, Rotherhithe. BANKRUPTS. Henry Smith, bottle beer merchant, Vassall-road, Brixton, to surrender June 8, at eleven, and July 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Balsdon, hop merchant, Bristol, June 8, and and July 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Benjamin Freeman, Commercial-road, New-cut, Bristol, June 8, and July 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Charles Eastwood, fruit dealer, Manchester, June 9 and July 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Charles Hawley, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire, June 7, and 28th, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Hewitson, optician, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 7 and July 15, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. [LEFT SPEARING LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Markham Dean as Consul in the Falkland Islands for his Majesty the King of Denmark. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 26. Notice is hereby given, that the Earl of Malmesbury has appointed John England, Esq., to be Agent at the Port of Hull for the issue of Foreign-office Passports. Daniel Thomag, draper, Carnarvon, June 7, and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Christopher Turner, cotton spinner, marsden, Lanca shire, June 10 and July 1, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Frances Brigg, lodging-house keeper, Oxford-street, Hyde-park, June 8, at half-past two, and July 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Henry Barnes, builder, Hawthorn street, King's road, Ball's-pond, and 1, Spencer-terrace, Spencer-road, Stoke Newington, June 10, at 11, and July 15, at 1, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Chaffer and Benjamin Chaffer, stone merchants, Liverpool, June 2 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Richard Augustus Hollis, grocer, Judd-street, New road, June 11, at eleven, and July 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Underhill Parkes, baker and grocer, Pensnett, Staffordshire, June 10 and July 1, aq half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ John Gordon, farmer, guirton, Ross-shire. William Brownlie, grocer, Craignenk, Lanarkshire. James Little, junior, tobacconist, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 26th day of May, 1858. Luck DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued ...... 31,842 ,755 Government debt.. • • 11,015,100 Other securities .. • • 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,367,755 Silver bullion ...... -- £31,842,755 £31,812,755 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 27th day of May, 1P 8. { LOND ON, WHITEHALL, MAY 28. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Duncombe, M.A., the Deanery of the MetropoliticalChurchof York, the same being void by the death of Sir William Oookburn, Bart, D.D. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 28. 2d Regiment Dragoon Guards—Capt a in John -. Griffith Price to be Major, without purchase, vice J. P. Smith, killed in action ; Lieutenant G. H. Allfrey to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Price; C orne t_H. J o h n d e Montmorency to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Allfrey. 6th Dragoon Guards—The Commissions of the under mentioned officers to be antedated to 15th November, 1857:—Captain Stillman, Lieutenant and Adjutant Graham, Lieutenant Grainger. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet John Unett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dymond, promoted. sth Light Dragons—Assistant -Surgeon John Atkinson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 6th Dragoons—Cornet the Hon. W. 0. B. Annesley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, promoted. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Richard Shaw to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hutchinson, died of his wounds ) Cornet Samuel Ashton Pretor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vise Shaw ; the Commissions of the late Capt. French. as Captain, and of Lieut. Evans, as Lieutenant, have been antedat e d to 20th June, 1857. 10th Light Dragoons—The surname of the Cornet appointed in the Gazette of the 21st inst., is Houstoun, not Houston 11th Light Dragoons—Somerset Saunderson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Somers, promoted. 18th Light Dragoons—Riding-Master Edward Greatrex, from the sth Light Dragoons, to be Riding-Master. Military Train—Ensign Nathaniel Rnrslem to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Gibson, promoted ; Lieut. James Milne to be Instructor of Musketry. Royal Artillery—To be Assistant-Surgeons —Assistant- Surgeon Samuel Pratt Woodfull, from the Staff ; Assis. tent-Surgeon Edward Hardinge, from the Staff ; As sistant-Surgeon James Daltera, from the Staff ; Assis tant-Surgeon Alexander Dudgeon Gulland, M.D., from the Staff, vice Harris, deceased ; Assistant- Surgeon Eugene Francis O'Leary, from the Staff, vice Voss, pro moted on the Staff. Scota Fusilier Guards—Captain Richard Augustus Cooper, from the 93rd Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Knollys, who exchanges. Ist Regiment of Foot—The promotion of Captain E. A. Stuart to bear date 30th March, 1858; instead of 23d April, 1853, as previously stated. 4th Foot—George William Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice James Browne, appointed to the 21st Foot. 6th Foot—Lieutenant W. C. F. B. Bennett to be C a p. tain, by purchase, vice McCleland, who retires ; Ensign Eimund Hall, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bennett. 7th Foot—Frederick Charles Keyser, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tibeaudo, promoted. 10th Foot—Abraham Richard Montfort, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase • Lieut. Percy Beale to be Adju tant, vice Sir H. M. H avelock,f Bart., promoted in the 18th Foot. 11th Foot—Lieut. W. D. Naper to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Tibbite, who retires; Ensign John A. Miers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Naper ; George Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies, promoted. 13th Foot—P. W. Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice England, promoted ; D. T. Persse, Gent., to be Ensign, withontpurchase, vice Palmer, promoted. 14th Foot—Ensign F. W. Harington, from 17th Foot to be Ensign. The Commission of Lieut. J. Glancy, as Adju tant, to bear date 19th February, 1858, instead of 23d April, 1858, as previously stated. 15th Foot—Ensign C. Willis, from 49th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, without purchase ; Ensign C. E. Layard to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 16th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Sly, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 17th Foot—Frederick Wm. Harington, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Enderby, promoted in the sth Foot; Edward Jackson Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, appointed to the 55th Foot ; Henry Grey MacGregor, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Harington, appointed to the 14th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon James Oreer Cuppage, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 18th Foot— Edmund Charles Pichard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macgregor, promoted ; Assistant-Sur geon William Isaac Spencer, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 19th Foot—Edgar Angelo Dickenson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Rorke, appointed to the 60th Foot. 20th Foot—Ensign Owen Tudor Burne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Morehead, promoted in the 15th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon John Henry Gouldsbury Meares, from the 59th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon. 22d Foot- - --Jaraes Fiaser, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Wm. Berkeley, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 24th Foot—Captain John Henry Lutman, to ba Major, without purchase; Lieut. Win. Vesey Munnings to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lutman; Ensign James B. Scott, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Munnings; John Fletcher Caldwell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bannatyne, appointed to the Bth Foot. The Commissions of Capt. de Montmorency and Lieut. Scott to be antedated to Bth July, 1857. The Commissions of Capt. Holahan and Lieut. Johnstone to be antedated to 21st July, 1857. 28th Foot—Ensign N. Fitzstubbs has been permitted to retire from the Service, by the sale of his Commission. 31st Foot —A. G. S. Maynard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'lntyre, promoted. 37th Foot—Francis 0. Sergeant, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hawkes, promoted. 48th Foot—William Rapp Tudor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice E. Hall, promoted in the 6th Foot. 49th Foot—George Shirley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Scott, promoted in the 24th Foot ; Robert Oliver Aldworth, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Willis, promote in the 15th Foot. 57th Foot—Francis Henry Clayton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wayne, promoted. 59th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Knaggs, from the Staff, to ba Assistant-Surgeon, vice Meares, appointed to the 20th Foot. 72d Foot—The Commissions of Major Rocke, Captain Stewart, and Lieut. Pennefather, to be antedated to 6th March. 75th Foot—Lieutenant J. C. Justice to be Adjutant, vice Barter, promoted in the 24th Foot ; the commission of Captain W. J. J. Smith to be dated sth, not 4th Oct., 1857, as previously stated. 76th Foot—Ensign George Wm. Wigelsworth to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, who retires; Ernest Regby Bartleet, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wigelsworth. 77th Foot—Oscar Henry Blount, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jordan, promoted. 78th Foot—The Commissions of Captain H. T. Mac pherson to be dated 6th, not sth, of October, 1857, as previously stated ; the Commission of Lieutenant Wm. Thomson to be antedated to the 19th July, 1857. 82d Foot—The Commission of Lieutenant Ryan to be dated 30th, not 29th, November, 1857, as previously stated. 93d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Welch to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Charles William McDonald, killed in action ; Lieutenant and Captain Wm. Wallingford Knollye, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain, vice Cooper, who exchanges. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Elias William Dixon Gray to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Mundell, promoted. 97th Foot--Brevet-Lieut.-Col. F. Burton to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Ingram, killed in action; Brevet• Major C. R. Chichester to be Major, without purcase, vice Burton ; Lieut. R. K. Little to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Chichester; Ensign E. M. Cookesley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Little. 98th Foot—James George Ballantyne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—Frederick Ludwig Mathews, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de. Lancey, pro moted. Royal Canadian Rifles—Ensign W. F. Field to be Lieu tenant, without purchase. To-be Ensigns, without pur chase- Ensign Thomas B. Thornett, from the Gold Coast Artillery Corps ; Edward Rodney Cecil Pechell, Gent., vice Field. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—T. G. Danger, Gent., to be tEnesißogny,awlicthaonuatdian Riflepurchase, vice Thornett, appointed to h Regiment. HOSPITAL STAFF. ASSISTANT-BURGEONS TO THE FORCES. Albert TO EB S. K. Prescott, Gent., vice Sharpe, appointed to the 95th Foot. William Astle Hope, M.B. Richard Thomas Golty Catton, Gent. John Bradsh aw , G ent. Joseph Salkeld Johnston, M D. George Simpson Cameron Gent. Stephen Henry Marshall, Vent John B >utflower, G en t . * Thomas Turville Gardner, Gent. BREVET. The Christian names of Captain and Brevet-Major ut Evans, Ist Bombay Fusiliers, who was prom o t e d to b e L °next- Colonel in the Army in thu Gazette of 11th instant, '`William Edwyn," and not " Edwyn"- are only, as therein stated. The under-mentioned Officers, having completed three years' actual service, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 : Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Montgomery, let Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Evelegh, C. 8., 20th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. H. ray -or, C. B , 79th F oot. Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Somerset, C. 8., Rifle Brigade. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanly Cavalry—C ol - net Henry Small to be Lieutenant, vice Walton], resigned ; Cornet Philip Chetwode Browne to be Lieutenant, vi c e Nash, resigned. Royal Westmorland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia —Henry Shave Jones, Gent., to be Captain, vice Bell, resigned. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign Reginal i Octavius Day to be Lieutenant, vice Eastwood, removed ; James Dalton .Paytherch, Gent., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Davey, resigned. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Adjutant R. C. Holmes to be Captain. let Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—As sistant-Surgeon John Ley Hichens to be Surgeon, vice Woolhouse, resigned. Worcester Regiment of Militia—William Mason, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ramus, resigned; Roland Davies, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hilton, resigned. Wid rasa of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—John me edm -mnayd, Gent., to, be Lieutenant, vice Watts, re The Victoria Rillea--HenrY Jacob Jordan, Esq., to be BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 3,216,099 Government securities Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Conomlsslo.,ers of National Debt, Sav ings Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,931,120 Other deposits 13,987,923 Seven Day and other Bills ..... 813,911 (includg.DeadWeight Annuity) .. • • Other Securities 14,579,458 Notes ......•• 11,651,385 Gold and Silver Coin 744,647 £37,502,053 £37,502,053 , MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 27th day of May, 18; AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. the Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending May 25, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : S. d. From the British Possessions in America 26 11 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 23 11. j Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DAY. im5terd5m............ 11 15% Gibraltar ...... •• •• • • Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn •• 29 5734 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 17% Genoa •.• 25 50 Antwerp •• .• .• •• •• •• •• 25 32% Milan •••••• • • •• •• •• - Brussels •••••••••• • • .• 25 32% Venice ••••••• • •• •• •• liamburgh •• .• •• •••• 13 7% Naples •• •• .....••••• •• 41% Altona ••.••••••• .• •• •• • • Palermo .. • e „ 25 10 Messina ... .. 125% Do. three months.... 2532% Lisbon .• .• 4. •• .. 51% Marseilles ............ 25 32% Oporto 51 3 e Bourdeaux .. Rio Janeiro.....- • • Frankfort-on-Maine 118% Buenos Ayres.. •• • • .... Berlin • • .New York,6o days' sight Vienna .• •• •• •• •• •••• .. 10 30 Philadelphia • • •.. Prieite•• •• •. .. •• •• 10 31 PRICES OF BULLION. PER oz: Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign Gold in Bars .£3 17 9 Madrid .... 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ••••••• a • • • •• •••• • 40% Mexican Dollars •• •• 0 0 0 ttnrcelona .......... I New Dollars .... •• 0 0 0 Seville.. MANCHESTER, RACES—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WILTON STAKES. Tunstall Maid Barbata filly Joy euse . Seven ran. STAND PLATE. Silica Martlet Bel Esperaozs► Fourteen ran. SALFORD BOROUGH CUP. M. Dabler S►liaa Thornhill Five ram NURSERY HANDICAP. Raspberry Lustre Marioli Old Tom Augury Admiral of the White Six ran. DERBY HANDICAP. Six ran. NAVAL AND MILIZARY INTELLIGENCE The General-Commanding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Wednesday next. Yesterday 16 Ron-commissioned officers belong ing to the East India Company's Engineers, who have completed a course of instruction in sapping and mining and other engineering operations at the head-quarters of the Royal Engineers, Bromp ton-barracks, left Chatham, and proceeded to the Eist India Company's depot at Warley, having received orders to embark for service in India. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed a 91- gun line of-battle screw steamer, to be called the Bulwark, to be laid down on No. 2 slip at Chat ham-dockyard. Owing to the large dimensions of the proposed steamer, the slip on which she is to be built will be lengthened about 30 feet. The first slip on which the Orpheus, 22, screw corvette, has been laid down, is ordered to be lengthened in ward 25 feet. The Monarch, 84, Capt. Patey, sailed yesterday afternoon from Spithead for Sheerneis to be paid off. The Imperieuse, 51, screw frigate, will be un docked this day at Portsmouth and placed in the steam basin to be completed for commission. The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, and the Fal con, 17, sloop, will go into dock this day at Ports mouth for refit. The Rhadamanthus, steam storeship, Master- Commander Sturdee, left Portsmouth on Wednes day evening for Plymouth with machinery and boilers for the Orlando, 51-gun frigate. The Lightning, 3, paddle, arrived at Devonport on Wednesday morning from Pembroke, bringing the caulkers who had been lent from that yaad for duty there. She sailed again in the afternoon for Pembroke. From the circumstances of the long lapse of time and the spoliation by visitors since the funeral oar of the Emperor Napoleon was placed in the Royal Repository at Woolwich, coupled with the fact of there being no records nor sketch specifying the precise kite in which the relic was received after the funeral in St. Helena, some difficulty has been experienced in ascertaining the peculiar species of drapery and other ornaments with which the car was decorated at the time, the whole of which are now wanting. In the course of research for infor mation on the subject, a pensioner of the 66th Re giment, then under the command of Col. Nichol son, stationed as guard over the dethroned monarch, has been discovered living in the Lady Grey-yard, at Bexley-heath. This gallant veteran bears on his person sundry scars, the result of many a hard fought battle in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, and is now earning a precarious livelihood by sell ing watercresses, &c., in Woolwich. His name is Jas. Cooper, and although 83 years of age, he tra vels about 14 or 15 miles per day to procure and dispose of his wares, and takes his stand at the gates of the Arsenal at 7 o'clock in the morning, amid the ordinary hOst of costermon,gers and others who throng that vicinity. At the reduction of the army he was allowed to retire on a pension of 9,1. per day. In addition to his services in the r a nks h e acted as under coachman to Sir H. Lowe, in which capacity he attended the funeral ; and on being questioned yesterday by Col. Tulloch, under whose superintendence the car is about to be removed for preEentation to the people of France, he was en abled to state from recollection the details re quired. PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD. —Cap' ain Ram say, superintendent of this establishment, returned to du y on Sa . urday from an official visit to the Admiralty. 1 his arsenal, in common with all the others, is in a state of the greatest activity, the workmen being employed on tho job and task sys tem to hasten the completion of certain vessels. The Orland , ), one of them, will be launched on th, 12th of next month, and for the purpc,Fe of rigging and navigatit g her to Plymouth the Lightning, steam-tender, went to that port on the 25th to bring round a company of seamen and riggers. yacht, in No. 8 d ock, at Portsmouth, g to be decorat e d her Majesty' s service during o c y a a n l vas weather housings season. _ - a is n i d linh e de m eßr bellished for The large screw steam frigate Mersey, 40, at Chatham, has the whole strength of the caulkers employed on her, in order to have her completed fOi Munching with all despatch. F - RIDAY h V FETING, THE LATE DUEL IN PARIS. (From the Times ) The French Emperor is likely to pay a high price for military fidelity. The French people have not obtained without a sacrifice the order and tranquil li►y of which Imperialism boasts. Napoleon 111. has delivered his country from the Parliamentary , system ; he has expelled the virus of liberal institu tions, suppressed the orgies of democracy, restrained the turbulence of petty ambitions, and so on. He has established a throne, guarded by half a million of bayonets, which we are told can be directed by a gesture from him against either foreign enemies or the subverters of order at home. But the army, which has been the instrument of these great changes and is the basis of this overwhelming power, is learning its own strength, and seems fully inclined to use it. We should not return to the subject of the late duel were it a mere isolated act, or were it likely that a fitting punishment would fall on the chief wrong-doer. But we only express that pub lic opinion which trembles and shrinks from an utterance in Paris when we say that the circum stances of this unhappy affair, the animosity indi cated by the numerous challenges, the steady pur pose of Hyenne, and, more than all, the applause with which the deed has been received throughout the French army, are signs of an evil day which is at hand for French society, and for all that is independent and intellectual in the country. The slaughter of a young writer by a professional swords man for a harmless joke is in itself a cruel and cowardly act ; but we wish we could think that there was nothing deeper in the affair than the vengeance of a set of underbred men for a rather petulant satire. People in Paris feel, and no doubt correctly, that the outrage is but an indication of the passions which are bubbling up in a vast, tri umphant, ambitious, and idle army—an army sun dered in interest and feeliug from the rest of the nation, which knows little of society beyond its barracks, cares for no authority but that of the chief it has raised to the throne, and is animated with a growing jealousy and contempt of the non military classes which formerly wielded political power. The conduct of M. Hyenne has received the approval of the army in general. So strongly has this feeling been shown that probably no attempt will be made to visit the action with punishment, or even to mark it with disgrace. It is possible that M. Hyenne may retire from the service, or the Moniteur say a few words against the practice of duelling, but that will be all. , In short, the army have triumphed, and every one knows it, nor can we believe that the Ministerial autho rities are sorry that it should be so. Henceforth there will be another check on the press, which may save the necessity of warnings, and deliver the Government from any unpopularity which frequent interferences might bring upon it. The army as a body is the support of the empire, and it would be a brilliant idea to make its officers, as individuals, a terror to opposition journalists, who may be called on to account for a chance expression, and fought by a regiment volunteering for the purpose. The army seems quite disposed to enter into such an arrangement, and an event which has happened within the last few days is a proof of their good will in the cause. On Saturday last the town of St. Germain was surprised by the sight of a large body of officers in full uniform marching to the office of the Industriel, a paper of the locality. Forty two of these gentlemen, in fact, thought fit to de liver in periem a summons to the Director and Re daoteur en Chef demanding the insertion of a letter received by them from "their comrade, M. Roge, officer of the 9th Cilksseurs." The officers of the garrison of St. Germain " request, and in case of need require," the Industriel to insert an account of the duel of M. de Pene which they think is favour& la to the character of M. Hyenne. Thus, it would seem that in France a journalist is not only liable to be called to account for what he in serts, but for what he refuses to insert. M. de Pane received 31 challenges for his unfortunate plea santry, but the Director of the Industriel might have expected 42 had he hesitated to print what the garrison of St. Germain had determined he should make public. The document which was the object of this war like demonstration certainly disappoints curiosity. The writer quotes the passage which gave the deepest offence to the military world. It is as fol lows :—"Remarkable Improvement; theinevitable Sub-Lieutenant was not there." For this M. de Pene received challenges from Courtiel at Amiens, and from Hyenne at Abbeville. The duel followed, and the facts are almost exactly what have been published before. "M. Hyenne," writes M. Roge, " approaching M. de Pene, addressed him with the most perfect coolness, and the following dialogue occurred." Then comes the conversation, which is substantiAlly what has been already de scribed. It ended by M. Hyenne grossly insulting M. de Peue in cold blood to make him fight. The , only correction which is made in the f ormer narra -1 tive of the trial consists in the statement that M. de Pene had a choice of weapons, and chose swords. But whet the writer thinks of great importance in M. Hyenne's just;fication will be, in the eyes of ordinary men, his chid* crime. "It is stated," writes M. Roge, " that after M. Courtiel was wounded M. Hyenne thought fit to take up the affair. This way of telling the story is insulting and incorrect, for M. Hyenne did not avenge M. Courtiel, but the entire army." In other words, M. Hyenne went to the spot with the intention of fighting, and did not insult his adversary on the spur of the moment. Such conduct was, in the writer's opinion, highly praiseworthy. "This is the place," he says, " to assert in the most unequi vocal manner that M. de Pene was responsible for his article, not only to an individual, but a class." "The officers of the Cavalry and Artillery of the Guard, as well as those of the 84th Regiment, have spontaneously assured me of their entire sympathy. Gentlemen, my desire is that the army, to whom the original insult was addressed, should know pre cisely in what way it was avenged." This is what the 42 went in full uniform to publish to the world, and the world will reflect on the doctrines avowed. It is well to know what the chivalry of the French army allows. A young man may, by this new code of honour, be challenged by 30 men ; one of the challengers, a professional fencing master, 45 years old, may come on the field in the guise of second to another, take advantage of this function to observe the skill of the victim, and then, "with the most perfect coolness," force him into a second duel, and stab him even as he is failing. Such are the morals of the force to which every man and every institu tion are now subjected in France. RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE COLERIDGE. (Fron the Daily News.) The proximate retirement of Mr. Justice Cule ridge from that seat on the Judicial Bench which, with so much credit to himself and so much benefit to the country, be has occupied for the long period of three-and-twenty years, has thrown upon Lord Chelmsford the responsibility of appointing a new Judge. The gentleman upon whom his choice has fallen is Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., an eminent practi tioner at the Common-law Bar, and for some time one of the leaders of the Northern Circuit. The unanimous voice of the profession will pronounce this selection to ba in all senses unexceptionable. The truth of the old maxim, that it is office only which proves the man, has rarely been better illus trated than in the difficulty of conjecturing before hand whether any given lawyer of distinction will maintain on the Bench the reputation be has achieved at the Bar. Many learned jurists and many brilliant advocates have proved comparative failures as Judges, while others from whom lit . le was expected have made very valuable and excel lent magistrates. In the exercise of his very re sponsible office, however, the Chancellor cannot go far wrong if he takes the general opinion of West minster-hall as his guide in the selection he has to make. The habits of a gregarious profession, where each matt works under the vigilant inspection of acute and thoroughly informed fellow-practitioners, are eminently favourable to the formation of as cor rect a judgment as can be obtained beforehand with regard to the probable fitness of any given barrister for promotion to the Bench. It is not only the intellect, but the moral character—it is not only the moral character, but the temper and the man ner that are daily put upon their trial before the most competent and not the most lenient of asses sors, in the curse of an extensive practice at the Bar. Tried by the tests, the new appointment is a thoroughly s itisfactory one. Quite irrespective of politics, and apart from all reference to any other consideration than eminent fitness for the post, Mr. —-- Eingh Bill is, on the — wh.d P, the best man that cAild have been .9.elected for the vacant Judgeship. His range of common law learning is extensve And profound ; reidy and retentive memory gives him facile command over its accuunfated stores ; --- judgment is sound, his acuteness ccnsiderable, and although by no means eloquent, he possesses a co pious flow of I.reese and accurate language, well adapted to juridical argument er lucid exposition. Mr. Hugh Hill, like S.r Hugh Cairns, is a native .4 the sister countiy, which, in the persons of Si, Samuel Martin and Sir James Willes, has already given two judges to Westminster Hall. The thret out of our 15 chief magistrates should be from the other side of Sr. George's Channel can hardly be cited as 2n instaree oririjmtio-3 to Ireland. It is probably as striking a proof as could well be given that the 17.0n0ur3 and emoluments of the pulpier are impartially open to all the citizens of the United Kingdom. Si John Taylor Coleridge, who vacates Lis seat on the bench at the close - of the present term, will MA Y 2-8 f carry with him into his retirement the respect and good wishes of the profession. He was not only an able lawyer, but a thoroughly cultivated scholar. The singular brilliancy of his Oxford career is still a tradition in that famous seat of learning. He is well known, throughout the whole course of his forensic and judicial labours, to have blended the amenities of literature with the graver studies of the law. As a leading member of the Oxford University Commission he has entitled himself to the espe cial thanks of every one interested in the highest branches of English education ; and it is not his fault if the report of the Committee on Legal Edu cation, in which he also took a prominent part, has not as yet led to more satisfactory results. It is to be hoped that by the prosecution of these and kin dred objects, Mr. Justice Coleridge may still find the means of doing the State good service in the well-earned repose of his honourable retirement. Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., the newly-appointed judge, was called to the bar in 1841, before which time he had practised with great success as a pleader for a considerable number of years. Mr Hill's pleading connection early introduced him to busi ness, and from the date of his call his practice was considerable, especially in mercantile cases. On the Northern Circuit he soon stepped into the first junior business, and was extensively retained in the City of London. In the year 1851 he was called within the bar, and lat . erly, in consequence of a failure in health, arising from the over-pressure of business, he had given up answering cases, con fining himself to practice in open court. Mr. Hill's age is 60, or thereabouts : he has never taken an active part in politics, but is understood to be a strong Conservative. Sir John Taylor Colerid g e, the retiring judge, has been for more than 23 years on the bench, having succeeded Sir William Taunton, one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, on the 28th January (Hilary Term), 1835 ; Sir John Coleridge was educated at Oxford, and took his degree in Easter Term, 1812, when he was the only man of his year in the first class in classics ; in 1810 he obtained the Kize for Latin verse, and in 1813 the two prizes for the L a ti n an d English essays. Mr. Justice Coleridge, while at the bar, went the Western Circuit, and became a sergeant in 1832, three years before he was raised to the bench. Tag CIVIL CONTINGENCIES. An abstract of the sums expended under the head of civil contingencies in the year 1857-58 had been pub lished. The total sum expended was 128,1211., against 94,0611. in the year 1856-57. The sum of 45,6221. was appropriated to special missions, 3,545/. to the outfit and equipage of Ministers at foreign Courts, 19,1341. to the expenses of entertaining and conveying " persons of dis tinction," ambassadors, and governors, 3,9571. to the Ex penses defrayed by officers of the Household (not part of the Civil List), and 48,740/. to " various public services." Among the various items of the expenditure last year we find one of 4,0001. for the expenses of the Frontier (Tur key and Persia) Commission ; 2,5001. for the expenses of the Fishery (United States) Treaty; 6,1211. for the expenses of Earl Granville's special mission to Russia, to assist at the coronation of the new Cztr ; 6,5001. for the expenses of Sir H. Lytton Bulwer's special mission to the Danubian provinces ; 11,500/. for the expenses of three separate special commissions for carrying out the Treaty of Paris (1846) ; 10,000/. for the expenses of Lord Elgin's mission to China ; 1,0001. for the American and Canadian Boundary Commission ; and 1,0001. for Sir W. Gore Ouseley's special mission to Central Ame rica. The entertainment and conveyance of "persons of distinction" includes a large number of those items that ordinarily provoke discussion in the House of Com mons. 701. is charged for the entertainment of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia on his passage in her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne in the English Channel ; 161. for the conveyance of the Duke and Duchess (dowager) of Cambridge, Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and c e rtai n German princesses to and from the Continent on sundry occasions; 8561. for the entertainment of the Siamese ambassadors and suite, on their passage from Bangkok to Soez and thence to England, and another charge of 10,1091. for expenses incurred on account of the embassy from the Kings of Siam in this country ;" 2,1761. for the expenses of Farouk Khan, from Persia, during his recent visit to England ; 3101. for the "entertainment" of Messrs. Newton, Watts, and others, while employed on excava tions atßoudroum and Onidas ; 161. 10s. for the enter tainment of Dr. Livingstone on board the sloop Frolic in 1856, besides a number of charges for the conveyance of c )lonial governors and official persons, which occur as a matter of course. The entertainment of the com missioner of Liberia, during a passage from Cape Palmos to Monrovia in the sloop Heels, oaly cost the country the moderate sum of two guineas • while that of the Princess of Prussia and suite, and the Prince of Baden and suite, .on their passage from Calais to Dover, entailed an expense of 81. 17s. 10d. The ex ra EX. penses of the household (not " Civil List" charges) included 201. for the cleaning and care of Whitehall Chapel ; 8611. for the robes, collar, and badges of knights of the several orders ; 170/. as a remuneration to " the Marshal of the Ceremonies" for attendance on Foreign Ministers, and 2701. for the " household trum peter and and kettle drummer," in lieu of triennial cloth ing. There is a little bill for the collar and tabard of "herald," and the mending of the Captain of the Yeo men's golden stick next figures for 671. 43.; and 761. 7s. is charged "on account" of the exhibition of the Welling ton funeral car. The funeral H.R.H. the late Duchess of Glocester appears to hays been a costly affair, seeing that the expenses incurred in the Lord Chamberlain's department alone figure for 1,7701., besides an item of 721/. for the department of the Office of Works "on account" of the came. The "various publio services" include items of 950/. for the commission appointed to inquire " whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament for the purpose promoting and encouraging tke fine arts" (on account); 854/ for the Gold Coast Commission ; 9931. for the Cape of Good Hope Territorial Commission ; 4501. for the Oxford University Commission; 1281, for the Cambridge University Commissio n ; 4311 . fur- the Galway Election Commission ; 8211. for the Army Commissions (Pur chase and Sale) Commission ; 4101. for the Sewage of Towns Commission ; 1001. for the four Metropolitan Dioceses Commission (whose report was revently reviewed in the Times); 2,337/. paid to sundry persons for services to the Statute Law Commission ; 1,0821. for fiAing up of Chelsea Hospital-ball for the Crimean Court of In quiry there held ; 3001. to Professor Airey, for the con struction of the new standards of length and weight ; 1,5551. to Dr. Thompson and Dr. Odling and Mr. San disc), for enforcing the Smoke Nuisance Act of 1853 ; 1,500/. for the publication of cuneiform inscriptions in the British Museum, under the care Lieut.-Col. Rawlin son ; 3021. to the Rev. H. 0. Coxe, fur his journey to Syria, Asia Minor, and Thessaly, for the obtaining of lists of the ancient MSS. preserved in those countries ; 5,000/. for the premiums awarded to the successful competitors on account of their plans for the new pub lic offices ; 4,1861. for relief of workmen turned off at the Woolwich Arsenal at the close of the war, in 1856 ; 45/. to the Board of Works for expenses incurred in the parks (fire-work night, 1856); 1,6211. for the ac commodation of the people in Hyde-park when the Vic toria Crosses were distributed ; 5001. for replacing monu ments of officers in the new church at Waterloo (one moiety of the expense) ; 2,5441. for the services of the police at the Kentish camps ; 1001. to a Mr. Cattley, for his outfit to join Lard Raglan in the Crimea, to assist his lordship by bis knowledge of Russia and its language, j sc , ; 1131. as rewards for the discovery of criminals ; 5671. for the transmission by post of proclamations and forms of prayer to the clergy (Eyre and Spottiswoode); 785/. fur the survey of the Thames ; 1141. fur translating foreign tariffs ; 1,8431. (net) to Lord Chelmsford on his appointment as Lerd Chancellor ; 1,000/. for the outfit of Mr. J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., as Speaker of the House of Commons ; 1751. for cleaning and repairing Mr. Speaker's plate; 5221. for passing letters patent and, commissions under the G r e a t S ea l ; 2 , 9 9/. for the equi-' page money of the Earl of Eglin ton and Wilton, on his appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ideland, and 9231. for that of Mr. J. Napier, the Lord Chancellor ; 963/. for the Belfast riots inquiry; and 367/. (incurred in Ireland), for the Galway election inquiry. Professor Taylor, the toxicologist, received, altogether, a remune ration of about 3501. for sundry post mortem examina tions, &c., in oases of murder and suspected poisoning ; and there there is a curious it )m of 54/. "for newspapers, &c., supplied to Lord J. Russell, M.P., during the period his lordship retained a beat in the Cabinet, without office, in 1854 and 1855." Th e sum of 4/. 10s. was paid for lighting up a cave at Gibraltar during a visit of the ex-Regent of Portugal. 100,000/ is asked for the civil contingencies of 1858-59. DEBTORS IN' F RANCS. — According to official returns just published, the number of persons imprisoned for debt throughout the whole of France in 1856 was 1,981 —of whom 1,894 were males, and 87 females ; 1,813 French, and 168 foreigners. At the end of that year only 360 debtors remained in prison ; the ether 1,624 bad been released, 325 in consequence of the funds for their support not having been supplied by their creditors, 486 after payment of their debts, and the remainder in consequence of age or other motives. 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Important Caution against the fear ful dangers of spurious Imitations. —The Vice-Chancellor Sit William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper . Nevill for imitating 41 D u -1 Barry's Revalenta Arabica Too ." 143 SS. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-3/ay 27. At Bow-street Police Court Mr. Joseph Bla mont, a barrister of 6, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn, I attended b e f ore Mr. Hall to prefer a charge against Joseph Belasco, the keeper of a small "ticket office," opposite the Royal Italian Opera-house, in Bow-street, for having obtained 1/. lls. O. of him by false pretences. Mr. Lewis appeared for the defendant ; the com plainant conducting his own case. The case appeared to excite considerable interest, and one or two other gentlemen who had made similar complaints to the magistrate were in attend ance, intending to be guide]. by the decision of the Court. Charles Constans, clerk to the complainant, proved that ho was sent to the Royal Italian Opera house on Monday, the 17th inst., with instructions to purchase three of the amphitheatre stall tickets, advertised at 10s. 6d. each, if procurable, or three at 7s. or 55., if the former could not be obtained. He went to the new theatre, and being informed that the temporary office was on the opposite side of the street, he crossed over as he supposed, to the office in question, and saw the defendant, whom he supposed to be the authorised agent of Mr. Gye. The office was a small recess, apparently partitioned off from the shop, and fitted up with a plan of the interior of the new theatre, the placards inside and out intimating that tickets were to be had within. Witness stated what he required, upon which the defendant produced three tickets, saying, " Are you aware of the price ?" Witness said he wanted the half-guinea tickets. Defendant said, " These are the half-guinea tickets," and, pointing to the middle of the third row upon his plan, said that they admitted the purchaser to those places. Upon this representation witness paid him the sum he demanded, namely, 1/. 11s. 6d. The stalls purchased admitted to the performance of Tuesday evening, the 18th. On Wednesday morning witness went again to the defen dant's office, by direction of his empl o y er , t o complain that they were only ss. tickets, and ad mitted to the fifth row instead of the third, as repre sented. The defendant and another man were there, and the latter said, " They altered the plan at the t'leatre, and we can't be responsible for the." Witness demanded back 16s. 6d., the difference in the price charged, and the value of the tickets, but they refused, and ordered witness out of the shop. The defendant said they paid Bs. 6d. each for the tickets themselves, and offered to bet witness a sovereign that he could not get them at ss. each. Witness having now discovered that he had mis taken this place for the genuine office, which was a few doors off, demanded to know the name of the defendant and the other person present. The defendant said, " The name is over the door plain enough, and the number is 24." Witness looked up, and saw the name of "Harris" outside. Mr. Lewis—Did the defendant say, when he sold you those tickets, that they were the tickets issued by the conductors of the new Opera-house at 10s. 6d ? Witness—No ; he said "These are the 10s. Gd. tickets." Mr. Lewis—Meaning that they were the tickets which he sold at 10s. 6d.. Mr, Edward Hall, of Myddleton-square, keeper of the box-office of the new theatre, deposed that the tickets produced admitted to the fifth row of the amphitheatre stalls, and were ss. each. The first row of stalls were 10s. Gd., the second row 75., and all the rest were ss. Mr. Lewis—Then the third and the fifth row are the same price ? Witness—Yes ; ss. That was the price charged for the tickets produced ; but of course we do not know who are the purchasers, or what use may be made of them. No extra charge beyond the price advertised is ever made at our office. Mr. Lewis—But you are aware that tickets are purchased by speculators, like defendant, and like the booksellers at the West-end, to be sold again at double and treble the price advertised ? Witness—No doubt of that. The Magistrate—l do not attach much import. ance to the price charged for these tickets ; for everybody knows that the dealers charge a large profit upon them ; and if the public are willing to pay it, instead of going to the theatre for their tickets, no one has a right to murmur. The question here is, what was the representation made by defendant when be sold the tickets ? Mr. Lewis—l submit that the summons has been already answered. It charges the defendant with having represented them as the tickets issued by Mr. Gye at 10s. 6d. each. In answer to my ques tion the witness admits that the defendant made no such representation. Mr. Blamont, the complainant, observed that there could not be a doubt of the meaning implied, if not actually expressed, by the defendant, who had also represented the seats to be in the 3d instead of the sth row. Mr. Hall inquired of the witness Constans if the seats were numbered on the defendant's plan ? The witness replied that none of the seats were numbered. Mr. Hall considered it was just possible, under these circumstances, that the defendant might have been mistaken as to the row of seats to which these tickets admitted. No doubt strong conjectures and surmises to the contrary might be entertained; but it would not do to convict upon mere surmise, and therefore the summons must be dismissed. FATAL PRIZIC FIGHT. GRAVESEND, Thursday.—This town has been somewhat painfully excited by the fatal results attending a prize fight. The particulars connected with the affair are as follow :—lt having been ar ranged that a fight should take place between " Johnny Walker" and " Bob Travers, the Black," two men well kuown as pugilists, for 1001., yester day was fixed as the day, and consequently at an early hour in the morning a considerable portion of the blackguardism of London repaired to the Fenchurch-street station to proceed to a place situated in the marshes opposite Greenhithe, selected as the scene of operations. The fight, however, much to the disappointment of the majority (f those present, did not "come off," Walker not feel ing disposed to meet his coloured antagonist, who, therefore, claimed the stakes. The populace, how ever, urged two other persons to fight. Their wishes were satisfied, and two men (Sullivan and Haley) fought for a lengthened period. At the termination of the encounter two other person, said to be personal friends, commenced hostilities. One was James Morris, well known by the sobri quet of " The Brighton Pet," and the other was named Philip Redwood, a young man about 26 years of age, who resided in Old Pie-street, West minister. The light had lasted about an hour when Redwood fell to the ground and was picked up by the seconds. He was unconscious, and bis friends, finding it impossible to restore animation, con veyed him from the field to the banks of the river. He was there placed in a boat, and brought over to this side of the river, and taken from the boat to the pier, when some of those who had come over in the boat endeavoured to restore consciousness by the administration of hot brandy and water. This did not have the desired effect, and the unfortunate proung man was placed in a cab, and taken to the infirmary here, where he was seen by Mr. Flight, the house surgeon, and other medical gentlemen who happened to be in the institution at the time. He still breathed, but, notwithstanding everything possible was done, he expired about 7 o'clock last evening, three quarters of an hour after his admis sion. Shortly after his death two young men, named Thomas Oakey and James Donovan, called at the infirmary to call for their unfortunate com panion. They were taken into custody as being participators in the fight. They admitted they were friends of the deceased, but refused to give any information as to how his death was occasioned, who his opponent was, or where he had gone. The police, however, succeeded in ascettaining that th e fellow who had caused Redwood's death was the person above named, and that he bad fled to Lou don immediately after the conflict. Mr. Superin tendent White at once despatched some officers to the metropolis, but up to this evening no informa tion of Morris's c3pture had been received here. He ice however, so well known that his apFrehen sion within a very brief period is considered cer tain. Up to this afternoon the identity of the de ceased bad not been satisfactorily established, but about 4 o'clock an elderly woman named Margaret Wilson, who described het self as mother-in-law of the deceased, presented herself at the police station andrequested permission to see the body. Of course her wish was complied with, and she then gave the police all the information they required. She was much shacked at the appearance of the body, which was frightfully contused about the head and neck. Shestetad that the deceased was a married man, and had left a widow and two young children to tally unprovided for. This evening Mr. Flight, at the request of Mr. Helder, the coroner, made a poet mortem examination of the body. He found dead, to have resulted from apoplexy, caused by the rup ture of a bloodvessel on the brain, resulting from the blows received during the fight. The deceased, as described by Mr. Flight, was a rather slim• buil. man, evidently not a fie person to engage in a pu gilistic encounter, and, was altogether out of condi tion. Oakey and Donovan remain in custody, and will be brought before the magistrates at their nex. sitting; and it is said so determined are the au•ho rities to put a step to such disgraceful transaction for the future, that all the persons known to have been 'present at the fight will be summoned before the magistrates. A rumour was current this even ing that. Haley, one of the men engaged in the first fight, had also, expired from the injuries, he rewind. ARMY COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. A copy of correspondence between the Very Rev. Canon Moseley and the Council of Military Educa tion as to the mode of conducting these examina tions was yesterday published by special order of the House of Commons. The result of the examination for admission into the Royal Military -‘ Academy at Woolwich, held in Piccadilly on the 16th Jan. last, is prefixed to this correspoudeace, and it thence appears that 30 candidates were successful. The highest on the list, Mr. W. Emerson Peck, was educated at King's College (London) School; he obtained 5,468 marks, and it is curious to note that the lowest on the list, a Mr. H. G. Palmer, was also educated at this school, and yet only obtained 2,985 marks; the age of both gentlemen being identical. The University of Dublin, as usual, ranks high, and the second candidate on the list, Mr. C. Ardah, was one of her alumni. The Leeds Grammer School, as usual, ranks low on the list, and . the Queen's College at Cork is lowest but two. Nine of the 30 successful candidates—as if to prove that a collegiate or purely scholastic education is by no means a necessary qualification —were privately educated, and one of these (Mr. A. C. IVallinger, aged 19) stands as high as seventh on the list. The average number of marks won by each candidate was 3,660 against 3,724 and 3,344 at the last two examinations. The aggregate num ber of candidates who applied to be examined at • five examinations, of which this was the last, was 537, of whom 493 presented themselves at the ap- . pointed time, and, omitting those who were re- , jected by the medical board and those who broke 'down at the " qualifying examination" in French (always a great stumbling-block), there remained 463 who competed for commissions in the Artillery, or for admission into the Royal Military Academy. • Of these 190 succeeded in getting appointments. Canon Moseley reports that the offering of a wide range of subjects to the choice of the candidates (necessary at the first examination) was found at subsequent examinations to have encouraged a slovenly diffuseness or desultory style of reading, which was manifested by a fatal tendency, on the part of inferior candidates, to gather up mere crumbs of knowledge in many things, without seeking for depth and reality in any, in the hope that a paucity of marks, in very many subjects, would make up a respectable sum total. The number of subjects has since been restricted with good effect ; a notable advance in mathematical studies is reported, for while at the first examina tion only 20 per cent. of the candidates afforded evidence of a mere " moderate" degree of mathe• matical knowledge, at the fifth and last the num ber rose to 80 per cent. Mr. Moseley adverts to the remarkable testimony in favour of open com petition for public appointments afforded by the career in the academy of the youths selected at the examinations, especially when the competitive cadets are compared with those who get in by " nomination." The Council of Military Educe- : tion, in a memorandum on Canon Moseley's re marks, expresses a regret that he has so far mis apprehended the object of a former memorandum as to devote himself almost exclusively to a defence of the principle of competiti ve exam i nat i on rat h e r , than to an inquiry into the possibility of amending the system now adopted, a serious defect in which the Council have pointed out. This and other de fects relate rather to questions of detail, and may therefore be passed over in silence. Country Markets. MANCHESTER-MAY 27. Owing to the occurrence of our annual holidays there wag a most meagre attendance of buyers at market this morn ing, and few factors found it necessary to open their sem' pies. Under the circumstances we can only repeat the quotations of this day se nnight. LOUTH-MAT 26. A thin attendance, and transactions limited. No ad• vance could be obtained, and prices stood at late rates. Wheat, red, 39s to 43s ' • mixed, 45s ; white, 47 5 ; b ar lol 343 to 37e ; oats 24s to 28s ; beans, 41s to 455. BOSTON—MAY 26. The supply of grain was short to-day, and wheat was taken off slowly, a t b are l y l as t wee k' s rates. Oats &nay beans firm. In barley and peas nothing doing. Prices :—Wheat, red, 385 Od to 44s Od; new, --s to white, 428 Od to 46s Od; extra, 488. Barley, 28s Od to Oa, 01. Oats 25s to 30s. Peas, 40 t o 45 s Od. Beans, 42` Od to 45s Od per qr. NEWARK-MAY 26. We had a large attendance of buyers to-day, and a good supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat met a heavy sale, ow last week's rates. Other articles as before. Wheat, white 46s to 48s, red 40s to 413; barley, malti><t. 403 to 423, grinding 333 to 365; oats, 12st. 32s to 34,, Usti' —s to --8 ; beans, 43s to 45s ; malt, 64s to 72s ; peas, 400 to 42s ; tares, —s to —s per qr. HULL— Diaz 25. Wheat, English red, 42s to 45s ; white 43e to 465; oat , . 26s to 308 ; barley, 32s to 36s ; Indian corn, 37s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 9/ 7s 6d to —1 Os ; ditto, foreign, 8/ (is to 9/ 7s ; rape cakes, 5/ 15s to 6/ Os ; guano, —1 to — l . ;" bones, 6/ 17s. 6d.; flour, —s to ---s; tares, —a to -s• GLASGOW—MAY 26. To-day wheat did not sell so readily as daring the wee k ': and prices receded 3d to 6d per 2401135. Flour—estrs • met a fair sale at late rates ; supers difficult to quit at 34 less. Barley has given way is to 2s per 3201b5. Bed as before. Peas dull, at i s d ec li ne. O ats and oattow. unaltered. Indian cor a i n f a i r request at 20s 6d t o 20 per qr.. EDINBURGH GRAIN. —MAT 26. An average supply o f gra i n t o -d ay. S a l es h eav y for all sorts, and prices back, with the exception of beano. *to Wheat, on the top, Os 6d down, and on the aver Oa 4d down. Barley, 2 s 6d d own on th e top, an d 11 1). down on the average. Oats on the top were 03 9d dolt?, and on the average 03 9d d own . B eans on th e tel le 01 down, and on the average is 4d up. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat .£2 1 0 6-12th. Do. new -12ths. Barley ... 1 11 4 4-12ths. Oats 1 7 7 5-121hs. Beans -12ths. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1699 qrs sold 905 qrs Barley 776 qrs sold 331 qrs Oats 1408 qrs sold 823 qrs • Beans 66 qrs sold 47 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.—MAT 25. Our market less supplied with fat beasts to-day,' 9 °4 more than equal to the demand, and prices rather dearer , and readily obtained. The number of sheep was larger and ix request. S evera l l o t s o f l am b s, th e grea t er part them only half fat. A small show of fat pigs, whisk 0 0 ld well. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 613 to bid' mutton, 6d to 6id ; lamb, —d to 9d ; veal, 6d tc ij l Pe lb. ; pork, 51c1 to 52d per lb ; rough fat, 63 01 to per 141 b. ; hides, nd to 31c1 per lb ; ealf-skins, 4d to per lb. DEATH OF AN ax-COUNTY COURT JUDOL—LIII I /' POOL, May 27.—Much regret has been caused in Lifer: pool to-Jay by the announcement that Mr. Joseph Pc': lock, the late esteemed and able judge of the Count/ Court in this town, died yesterday after a long and LAID" ful illness caused in the first instance by the labortol,3l nature of his judicial duties. He was compelled in ccor sequence of failing health to retire horn the office October last, when, in consideration of the ability wit h which he had fulfilled its obligations, he received A P el3 i sion of 1,0001. a -y ear. He had held the appoints" since the memorable dismissal of Ramsha whose re; subject markable behaviou r o n th e b enc h was th e of not oh general excitement at the time. Mr. Polloolyi; successor is Mr. Blair, who has held the o ffi ce since t u i deceased gentleman's retirement. The salary is 1,5 00 a-year. BIRTHS. EVANS -- On the 26th inst., at 51, Denbigh street, Pim the wife of James Cook Evans, Esq., barrister-at - l isA " of a daughter. REEVES—On the 24th inst., at 123, Glooester-terr ac. ' Hyde-park, Mrs. Sims Reeves, of a daughter. Se ir WIGRAM —On the 26th i ns t ., at 8, Lansdowne - roa d, K • sington-park, the Hon. Mrs. W. Knox Wigram, of daughter. MARRIAGES. ALLEN—APHTON—On Whit Sunday, at St. Panaras bans), Charles Allen, Esq., of the Bank of E130%t: Threadneedle -street, to Miss Ashton, of Gowerialli •• SARGENT —MORRIS— On th e 27th inst ., at St. J4l/1.3 0f Church, Piccadilly, H enry Sargent, Esq., eldest sooco. the Rev. Abraham S argen t , rec t or o f Derr ygrathW: Tipperary, to Jane H arr i e tt, on l y d aug ht er o f Sir Morris, Dep.-Lieut. of Waterford. DEATHS. EVANS—On the 21st inst., at the Royal Hospital, C 1 1 . 15: Captain Augustin e Ch ar l es E vans (half-pay), 37tmar, giinent, who served throughout the Peninsular and was awarded a medal with nine clasps. GIESLER- -On the 26th inst , Charles Frad. Giesler, B 116 1" Fulham, aged 27. FIARDWICKE—O n the 26th inst., at Tittenhanger, ilar3 Elizabeth, Dowager Couute sso f Hardwicke, the 9 0 year of her age. JoDRELL—On the 25th inst., at Sheerwater House, 13 1; fleet, Surrey, John Willi am J o d re ll, Esq., of Y ear ley, aged 50. JENKYN—On tho 26th inst., at Rochester, the Rev• T. 117 ": Jeukyn, D.D., l a t e P res id en t of, Coward Colleg e, L°ll don. ROBERTS—On Thursday, the 27th inst., at his resi den t; No. 17, Spring-gardens, Whitehall, Eizabeth, th e / . 1 g -sPrianto of Mr. Thomas Roberts, solicitor, of No. 17, gardens, Whitehall, and " The Boundaries," Balb Surrey. 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