The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.'—'(YESTERDAY.) PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Balby and Worksop Road Bill was read a third i me and passed. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Carlisle, Laugh°lin, and Hawick Rail way ; London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. POOR-RATES (METROPOLIS) BILL. Mr. AYRTON noved the second reading of this bill, the, object of which is to equalise the poor-rates of the metropolis. He did not anticipate that the measure would receive any strong support from the house, as few members resided in those parishes which came there for justice. There could be no doubt, however, that only an insig niicant minority of the ratepayers of the metropolis were opposed to the measure, and that minority was made np of the wealth and rank of the West-end, the occupiers of offices and residences in the lons of Court arid other extra-parochial districts. He wished the house, by giving this bill a second reading, to reaffirm the principle that whenever it was possible the area of taxation should be extended, and which was generally acknowledged by the administrators of the poor laws ; and, after the bill had been read a second time, it could be referred to a select committee to see whether there were any local circumstances connected with the me tropolis to justify its exemption from the operation of that principle. For his own part he was convinced that only an imaginary distinction could be drawn between the wealth and rank of the employer in the west, and the misery and poverty of the employed in the east. Both districts were areas of taxation and according to the extent of the areas and not the number of their poor they ought to be made to contribute to the general support of the poor in the metro polis. The honourable and learned gentleman then quoted a number of instances showing the glowing in consistency in the poor-rates between the East and West ends, and commented upon the injustice of the latter reaping the benefit of industry, while the former had to support the labourer who contributed to their luxuries. The principle was to increase large houses in St. George's, Hanover-square, and alter districts at the west end at the expense of the poorer parishes, the richer districts rejoicing in the fact that by so doing they get rid of their own poor, and reduce the rates by driving them into poorer districts, Those who could best pay for the re lief of the poor were gradually relieving themselves from the expense, whilst the poor in districts who can least bear the burthen were having it daily increased. That was a state of things that ought not to exist. It was said the change proposed would be a tax upon property, bet that might be said in respect of every tax. The old law of 40 days' living gave a settlement, and, were that the case now, the rates of St. George's, Hanover-square, would be greatly increased. When 12 months' living gave a settlement the rates were double what they now were. That had been altered, and immediately on the change from 12 months' living to five years' tesidence the rates of St. George's, Hanover-square, fell to one-half. (Hear.) The poor man on 501. or 601. alear residing in the poor dis tricts paid as much as the man of 4001. or 5001. who lived in some more favoured locality. That was a grievance tbat was loudly and justly complained of. Petitions, signed by 60,000 or 70,000 cf the middle class ratepayers, had been presented to the house claim ing an equality of this burden. The house ought to attend to the appearof the people and endeavour togive them the relief they asked. In illustration of the distress existing in the me.ropolis the hon. and learned gentleman re ferred to the deaths from privation. In 1848, including deaths from neglect, cold, and infants from want of breast milk, &c., 222 deaths were registered ; in 1855, they amounted to 460 ; in 1856, they were 414, and in 1857, they were 416. The number of the ratepayers and the amounts paid by them in the returns that had been made, did not fairly show the burthens complained of. If the number of poor persons who were summoned for non-payment of poor-rates were ascertained, it would be found the burthen was much greater than was ima gined. He predicted that such a return would show a most startling result, and that they were more numerous than those who resided in the favoured parishes, and were relieved at the expense of the former. He warned the house that it was unwise in them to resist this measure, and allow 500,000 able-bodied men to believe they were suffering injustice at the hands of shout 500,000 nobility and gentry in the favoured parishes, who were strong enough to laugh at their complaints and that house, and resist their appeal for relief. There was a time when the people of Wales were not heard in that house. A change had taken place in that respect, and he assured the house that the 500,000 residents in the poorer districts would sooner or later be heard in this matter. (Hear, hear.) The only objection he had heard to the measure was that extending the area of taxation would tend to make a new tax in the administration of the por (Cheers.) He contended that the bill effectually pro vided against that and he asked the house to read the laid. Any defects in the bill could be amended in com mittee. Mr. S. ESTCOURT complained that the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman partook of the character of a menace (Hear) hear) which generally had a tendency to defeat the object it had in view. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. S. Estcourt) denied that that house laughed at the complaints of the people, and he chal lenged hon. members to state a case where that house as a bodyJrad sacrificed a principle to save their pocket. He was anxious the bill should be introduced, from there appearing to be a prima facie case that the hardships complained of really existed, in order that the house and different Boards of Gt.ardians interested might have an opportunity of reading its provisions. The opponents of the bill would place the law relative to the rating of the metropolis in the hands of an irresponsible board. He complained that many of the irregularities c implained of resulted from local mismanagmeut. He considered the provisians of the bill would encourage wasteful ex penditure in connection with the administration of the poor, and his main objection,to the bill was, that those who contributed the money for the relief of the poor would have no share whatever in its expenditure. (Hear, bear.) With regard to the general amount of rating in the metropolis, he found that in 1850 the ave• rage of the rate was is. 61d. in the pound, whilst the average throughout England was ls. 7d. 1-10th in the pound. He also found that in the metropolis the num ber relieved was 3 9-10tha in the 100, and therefore it could not be doubted that the amount of pauperism in the metropolis, however hard it might bear on particu , lar classes was less than throughout the whole of Eng land. He also found that in 1800, the popul etion of tt e metropolis was 960,000, and in 1857 had increased to 2,500,000. In the course of the same time the value of rateable property in the metropolis had trebled, viz. , fr en 4,000,0001. to about 13 , 362 ,0001. The amount of poor-rates raised in the metropolis in 1803 was 457,342/., and in 1857 it had increased to 875,0001, just doubling the rates, whilst the property had trebled. In 1803 the amount the poundage raised was 3'. 9 , t d , and in 1856 it was ls. qd., being not so much as one-half it was in 1803, whilst the value of the property had trebled. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the difference in the amount of rating and value of the property of the pa rishes of Bethnal-ereen, St. George's, Southwark ; St. George's, Whitecapel; Shoreditch, Stepney, St. Paul's, Poplar, and other parishes, from 1803 to 1857. He said that the variations in the amount of the parishes were not such as to call for legislation, but he thought White • chapel and Southwark had some reason to complain. In those parishes a question arose, whether the labouring population might not mitigate them and improve their own condition. It wan, however, said that the inhabi tants were dependent on certain circumstances, and that the plan adopted was to employ the men by the day, and even hour, and pay them off at the end, which contributed greatly to the pauperism existing in those parishes. That might be so, but he thought it was too delica te a question—the relation of th e emp l oyer and the e mp l oyed —to be dealt with by legislatio n . Th e right hon. gen tleman having referred to the evils urge d against the present poor law system, said that he believed the Penar rowness of the area of taxation in referenc e t o t h e bad worked beneficially for them, and he called u pon poor the house to support the present parochial syste m by rejecting the bill. He moved its second reading this day six months. (Hear, bear.) Mr. BYNG supported the amendment. Sir B. HALL opposed the bill. He considered most of the inequalities complained of arose from local feria management with reference to the valuation of the pre-1 Pe rtv and the asse ssments resultin g therefrom. Mr. J. LOCKE (Southwark) spoke in favour of the bill. He complained of the taxation of the metropolis generally, and urged that the right hon. gentleman (Sir B. Hall) ought to have investigated the subject before he laid on fresh taxes by the passing of the Metropolitan Board of Works Act. He defended the course pursued by the bon. and learned gentleman the member for the Tower Hamlets, and in reply t) the retort of the right hon. gentleman the President of the Poor•law Board, he reminded the house that great changes were often made under a menace, and he instanced they assing of the Corn-laws—(no, no)—Catholic Emancipation, but he (Mr. Locke) did not approve cf them. 110 was content to rest the case on its necessities, none of which had been disproved, and he had hoped that . this bill would have been read a second tinte, and re ferred to a select comaii . tee. The principle of equali:.a ton cf rating in the metropolis had been adopted by the house in paesiiig the bill of the right hon. genaernan (Sir B. Hall). By that bill Southwark was taxed for blarylebone, and the Tower Hamlets for W,sieninster, and the whole of the metropolis for the benefit of the _ whole. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Locke) contended that the same principle applied to an equalisation of rating for maintena nce o f th e p oor . It was ver y s i m pl e t o u iCe an aver age to be collected from the re-pective parish es within the etropolitan area. Referring to th. petitions thathad been nr d eseuted in favour of and again t the measure, the hon an learned gentleman said no peti tion had been presented l.h o on it s favour from Marylebone, but not because - Mary li v , Las averse to 'mutiny. (Heat) The names of Mr. 0 . and Mr. Nicholay were so often put forward in connection in that parish as showed they were not withy meeting' believed the reason why a petition laa , d e L :n c o t e t he c ti f , c a e u h n d pr h :- tented from Marylebone was in conseq of the vestry ball being refused the inhabitants ftoretuhaet purpose. • Mr. MILLER objected to the second reading of the bill on the ground that it violated the principle on which 'taxation ought to rest, viz., giving those who paid taxes, a share in their disposal. Mr. V. DUNCO MBE daid he bad come down to the house with the intention of supporting the second read ing, but after what had been stated in the course of the debate he doubted if anthing would be gained by sub mitting this measure to y a select committee, He recom . mended the hon. and learned gentleman not to proceed further with this defective measure. After some remarks from Mr. AYRTON, who said he would introduce the subject again next session, The second reading was withdrawn and the order dis charged. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to reduce the fees for taking out a patent about one-half. Before 1852 it cost between 3001. and 4001., and afterwards it was reduced to its pre sent amount of 1751. In committee, if the fees were placed at too low a figure it could be altered. Sir J. SHELLEY seconded the motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said if the bill bad ere pro w po n se h d e t s o ho r u ed ld uc u e ot th h e av f e e o e p s p o o f ee t a ll i e t. l T aw he o h ffi iii c , e h rs ow o e ft e h r e , contained two provisions , o ne with reference to. fees, ees, and another, a simple mod e for increasing the business of patent agents, in ma kin g worthless appicatrtnhse, which he thought objecti onable. The reduction of o fheeesroasadperogpoosoedd w ou o t uld of ca t u h s e e a c o d u e e fi o c l i i e d n a c t y ed of F lo u , o o d o . ol. A it to sur plus of 7,0001. had ac crued, which was proposed to be expended in the erection of a suitable building on a piece of land near t he South Kensington Museum for the rece ption of models of patents, books, &c., to be opened free All the which it would be necessary to keep up. All the fees taken were paid into the Cons°. lidated Fund, and regranted by Parliament for the pur poses of the Patent Office. The surplus would be re quired for the above purpose, and he did not think they could be better applied than in keeping up such an establishment. He moved the second reading of the bill this day six months. After some remarks from Mr. T. Duncombe, Sir J. Shelley, and Mr. Bovill, The second reading was negatived without a division. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. Sergeant DEASY moved the second reading of this bill. Its object was to extend to Ireland the benefits of those measures that had been found of so much advan tage to England and Scotland. Lord NAAS assented to the second reading of the bill. Though he approved of the principle he did not pledge himself to its details. He did not, however, think the necessities in Ireland were so great for such a measure as in England. Juvenile delinquency was not so great in Ireland as in England, and he was afraid it would encourage vagrancy in Ireland, and get children into these schools. He thought it was their duty to prevent juvenile crime, and he regretted to say that the prisons of Ireland were no better than schools for the propaga tion and dissemination of crime. (Hear.) He believed there were ample means at present in existence in Ireland for checking juvenile crime, if properly carried out. The prison discipline of that country required thorough in vestigation and improvement. Mr. BAGWELL spoke in favour of the measure, and defended the manner in which the Irish prisons were regulated. Lord NAAS explained—His remarks referred to the want of the separate system. Mr. BAGWELL said juvenile criminals must be con fined, and he thought it was better to keep them in re formatories than in prisons. Mr. HATCHELL supported the principle of the bill. Mr. LEFROY also supported the bill. After some remarks from Mr. STAPLETON and Mr. DEASY ' The bill was read a second time. STAMP DUTY ON PASSPORTS. Mr. HAMILTON obtained leave to introduce a bil to reduce the stamp duty on passports. BURIAL GROUNDS (METROPOLIS). Mr. H. BERKELEY moved far an address for re turn of all burial grounds (distinguishing consecrated from unconsecrated) which still remain open for inter ments on Ist Jan., 1858, within the liniqs of the "Bu rials within the Metropolis Act," their ex'ent in area ; the number of interments which have taken place in each during the year 1857 ; the number of bodies buried in each grave (not being a private grave) ; and the date of closure of such as are under any order for immediate or future closure.—Agreed to. The house adjourned at five o'clock. ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY, It appears from a parliamentary return just issued that the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company undertook to assist the Australian Mail Packet Company to carry out their contract, on condition that the Government should extend the Royal Mail contract to 1864 ; that five days longer should be allowed for the Australian mail to reach England during the monsoon months ; that the Royal Mail Company should be permitted to convey all the maiis in screw vessels, and a few other minor altera tions in the existing Royal and Australian mail contract. The Government declined these terms, but offered to extend the Royal Mail contract to 1864, on condition that the Royal Mail Company expedited the Brazilian steamers by not calling at Madeira and Teneriffe. The company accepted this offer. The passengers to and from Madeira furnished a considerable revenue to the Royal Mail Company, but as far as the mails are concerned, the leaving out of Madeira from the Brazil will not be of much consequence, because the African mail steamers call there, and they also call at Teneriffe. Madeira and Teueriffe tookthe Brazil packets about 100 milts out of their course, and the stoppages at those two' places amounted to about a day addi tional. By the new arrangements, the Brazil packets will arrive in England on the sth instead of the 16th of themonth, and as the outward packet leaves England on the 9th, there will be four days to reply to letters, and the course of post to the 'Brazils will thus be reduced from 68 to 57 days, and to the River Plate from 98 to 87 days. The Tamar will take out the first Brazil mail under the new arrangements on the 9th prox. She is one of the fastest steamers belonging to the Royal Mail Company's fleet, and there seems to be no fear of her not returning to England by the sth July. The company are also building three other fast steamers. It is undentood that the company is not committed to a permanent amalgamation with the Australian Mail Company, and that it is possible the grand experiment of taking the Australian mail across the Pacific Ocean may erelong be tried. The Royal Mail Company are now working in concord with the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Return tickets, which last a twelvemonth, are issued by the former to any place in the West Indies or o'i the Southern Pacific coast of America, and through tickets are issued by the Royal Mail Company to any place along the route of the Pacific Steam Na vigation Company's steamers. Thus a man may book himself in London for Valparaiso, a distance of nearly 8,000 miles. DESPER 4TE BURGLARI 1N THE NORTH-EAST TOWNS. During the past 10 days great alarm has been caused in Shields and its neighbourhood by a series of audacious burglaries which have been perpe trated in the residences of some of the leading in habitants of those towns. Last week Etal Villa, the residence of the May or o f T ynemou th, was en tered while the family were asleep, and every room was ransacked. Above 150/. worth of silver plate was stolen, and since then three notorious fellows have been apprehended offering for sale from 60 to 70 ounces of silver melted down in bars. The residence of Mrs. Hall in North Shields was also entered last week. The thieves took away all the keys of the house, and made an attempt to effect a second entrance the same night, but were fright ened away. The next night they administered poison to a large watchdog and attempted the resi dence of Mr. George Baines, but did not succeed in making an entrance ; and on Sunday morning the residence of Mr. John Carr, of King James-street, Gateshead, was robb d of silver and electro-silver plate. Mr. Carr, having been alarmed, got up, and saw one fellow leap out of the window and es. cape. Having discovered that part of the stolen property was eleotro-plated, they had deposited what they considered the worthless portion on the sea shore near South Shields on the same day. Two persona have been apprehended on suspc on of havingcommitted this robbery. On Tuesday morn , ing one of the most audacious burglaries on record was committed in Western Villa, near South S hields, the residence of Mrs. Wood. The family retired to rest about half-past 12 \ o ' clo ck, and about 3 some of the howehold having g at up discovered that in that short time the 1 house had been broken into through the only win -1 dow that had not abell, and that every room had been ran thesacked. The villains had entered the bed rooms where the.domestics were - sleeping, and took what litt!e money y admit of their dress pockets of and a small sum out a chest i n one o f th e g i r l s ' rooms. It is Supposed they he ha r d used chloroform to the girls to cause stupor. e is little d o ubt th a t they had also "docto re d" two d ogs t h h teh a he t yo a uh r s e aedw ke it p h t a bout the place. After clearing out of so me 10/. or 12 1 . in gold and silver,t o ' u r t Y o . the m f re galed themselv es on the green w ith provisions and beer, which they a seriousheyhadst accident ofolenout a tlrosepali On Axlocieaygh en t consequent on these burglaries. P ersona excitement are arming themselves, and it seems that aii„ Emma Waun, daughter of Mr. J. T. Waun, a county magistrate rtsiding at West Belden, found a pistol in one of the bed:001115, and attempted to ti eis out of the wiudow. As it misted fire, she an ,i, putting a cap on it, thought it was not loadod, she ran down stairs, an I presen! ing, it at her com panion, Miss Niece, said in a p la y ful manner, " Your money or your life !" Mias Niece bent her , Lead aside and said, " Don't point that at me,' and by swerving her head she appcars to have saved her life, for the pistol went off and its contents were lodged iu her shoulder. Sixteen shots have been taken from her shoulder. She is not in any danger. EMIGRATION FROM MILFORD HAVEN.—A party of emigt ants for Auckland, New Zealand, will embark at Neyland, the terminus of the South Wales Railway on Milford Raven on Wednesday nex t, th e 19th i ns t., and sail the following day for New Zealand. The steam r Lord A s Ll ey i s one of several ateamers intended for tivo intercolonial mail packet service. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. NUNEATON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The coroner and jury empanelled yesterday to inves tigate the circumstances attending this disastrous acci dent reassembled to-day at the Bull Hotel, in this town, for the purpose of further prosecuting the inquiry. The Marquis of Chandos, chairman of the London and North• Western Railway, Mr. Bruyeres, superintendent of the southern division, ani other officials of the corn pany were present. Mr. Cleather, from the office of Mr. Carter, of Great George-street, attended to watch the proceeding for the railway company; and the in terests of two of the deceased wera professionally repre sented,—in the case of Mr. Richmond by Mr. Moordaff, of Cockermouth ; and in that of the Rev. Mr. Miller, by Mr. Girdwood, of Belfast, brother-in-law of the de ceased gentleman, The jury consisted of 14 highly respectable inhabi tants of the parish of Attleborough, among whom were three clergymen. Mr. H. R. Harper, a magistrate for the district, was unanimously chosen foreman of the panel. After the jury had returned from viewing the scene of the accident yesterday, Mr. Girdwood made a formal complaint against the railway company for having, as he stated, effected im portant alterations in relaying the rails since the acci dent. He said he was informed and believed that the metals had been raised from their previous level fully 11 inches. Mr. Cleather assured the learned gentleman that no thing had been done beyond restoring the rails to the original position from which they had been displaced by the accident, in order that the traffie over the line might not be interrupted. The identification of the bodies was then proceeded Mr. W. Morgan, of London, identified the remains of Mr. W. J. Morgan as those of his son. Mr, W. Girdwood, of Belfast, identified the body of the Rev. T. Miller, who was witness's brother-in-law. Mr. Bruyeres here handed in a pocket-book and other property taken from the deceased, which he had re ceived from the conductor of the train. Mr. Girdwood identified the pocketbook as having be- longed to the deceased, and complained that an insur ance ticket, which he understood his brother-in-law had upon him at the time of the accident, could not be found. Mr. Bruyeres said the property produced was in pre cisely the same state as he received it from Edgar, the conductor of the train, and he knew nothing of an in surance ticket. Mr. Girdwood inquired if Edgar was in attendance ? Mr. Bruyeres said he was not. He was so much shaken by the accident that he bad not been able to leave London that morning. Care would be taken to insure his future attendance. Dr. Allenby, of Leamington, identified the remain@ of Mr. J. Richmond. The evidence as to the accident was now proceeded with. Robt. Wyatt was first called. He said—l was guard of the 9 a.m. Scotch express from Euston on Monday last. We proceeded on our regular course over Trent Valley line until within about a mile and a half on the south side of the Nuneaton station. I was then in my van looking out for signals, and while so engaged I ob served a cow on the rails, about 100 yards in front cf the engine. I immediately put the break on. While my hand was on the break the engine seemed to strike some thing, which I supposed was the sow. I was knocked by the shock into the bed of the van, which was thrown off the rails on to its side into a field . I broke the win dow and got out. The 9 o'clock train is not timed to stop at Nuneaton ; but I think we ought to pass Nun eaton about 23 or 25 minutes past 11. After I got out of my van I saw a portion of the carcase of the cow on the line, and I have no doubt that it was the cow which I had previously seen, and which was struck by the engine. The train was going about 40 miles an hour. We were running at our regular speed. I saw nothing but the cow on the line. Ido not know that a part of the cow's hide with the horns had got en tangled in some of the carriage wheels. There is rather a sharp curve near the place where the accident oc curred, which prevented my seeing the cow sooner. I have no doubt that the collision with the cow was the c iuse of the accident. There is an auxliary signal near at hand, but I did not observe it. I only looked at the cow, and my first thought was to do all I could to stop the train. We cannot see the signal till we reach a bridge near to which the accident occurred. The collision took place instantaneously on my seeing the cow. .Tames Harrison was next called. He said—l am an engine-driver in the employ of the Landon and North- Western Rail xay C,..mpany. I drove the train which left London on Monday n o ning at 9 o'clock. The train iu gee ;lion consisted of six carriages and two vans. I saw toe cow coming towards me on the rails near Attleborough crossing. I immediately shot off the steam, told the fire man to apply his break, and also whistled for the guard to do the same. Directly that was done the engine struck the cow, and the carriages were scattered over the line. The couplers broke, and the carriages fell over the shallow embankment to the right and left of the line. The engine, tender, and the last van were l.fc on the rails. After the collision the train proceeded about 40 yards before the couplers broke. The gateman at Attleborough was in an adjoining fitld, apparently striving to get ahead of the cow and drive it off the line. I was not knocked down, because I held on to the engine with both hands. The gateman waved his danger signal flag to IP, but I saw the cow before he did so. If the gateman had been at his post I should not have seen him before I saw the cow. After the accident had happened, and I saw the damage done, I ran my engine to Nuneaton to obtaitl medical and other assistance, and stop all coming trains. I returned with my engine back to the place of the acci dent, and did all I could to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded passengers. Duringlhe examination of this wite,ess Mr. Gird wood complained of the manner in which the inquiry was being conducted, and at length carried his interruptions to such an extent that the foreman severely admonished him, and desired that he would desist from further in terference with the jury. John Reeve, being sworn, said—l am a guard on the Trent Valley Railway, and accompanied the train, in the rear break van, on Monday morning. When we at rived within about a mile and a half of Nuneaton the driver sounded his whistle. I immediately put my break on, and the col ision instantly occurred. As soon as I got clear I told the signalman, who was on the other side of the hedge, to go back and stop all down trains. He was waving his red flag at the time the accident oc curred. Everything that could be done was done to stop the train. My van was not thrown. off the rail. The first intimation I had was the whistle of the engine. I did not see the cow. I went up the line about half a mile, although I had sent the signalman to stop any train. I stopped a train of empty waggons. When I gotioack the bodies had been removed. We were as near as possible to our time, having started from Rugby at the proper hour. The witness was then examined as to the signals at Attleborough erossing. He said it was in possible, considering the speed at which the train was travelling, to have pulled up in time to avoid the acci dent. At 40 miles an hour it required at least 600 yards, and probably more, to bring the train to a stand still. _ _ John Gust, stoker to the train, was next examined, and gave evidence corroborative of that of the driver. This closed the proceedings of yesterday. On re lossemb'ing Mr. Joseph Thompson, farmer, of Attleberough, was called—He said he occupied a farm closely adjoining the scene of the accident, and sublet a small piece of land, ..omethina less an acre, to the owner of the cow which had caused this acciden'. On Monday list, about ha f• past 11 o'clock, he was walking near the railway, when he observed a cow upon the line. She was then walking up towards Rugby, and "lowing" as if lost. He called to the gatekeeper to assist him in geeting the animal off the line, and together they endeavoured to turn her back and get her out of danger. Tney failed to do this before the down express hove in sight, and irnaie diate'y afterwards witness saw the engine come in contact with the cow, and the carriaees of the train topple over and fell down the embank ment. The remainder of the cow's carcass was scattered along the railway for about 50 yards. The accident occurred almost opposite to the slip of land out of which the cow escaped. The land was separat from the railway by a " cut and laid" quickest hedge, which, when he last saw it before the accident, was a very good one. That was soeae three months back. A cow might leap such a Lame, but it would be a good j um p. Witness had known a cow jump over a five. barred gate. Where this fence might be considered in • sufficient was in places where the posts and rails, pl ace d on either side of it when the quick, , ot was planted, had been removed. Had they been allo wed to remain, wit ness would have considered the fence strong enough for anything. By Mr. Cleather—Witness had never heard of stock getting out on to the railway in that neighbourhood before. He considered the fence good enough fir quiet cattle, but, in consequence of the field in which this par ticular cow was confined being " ridge and furrow" the land rose near the hedge, and the fe. cc was less difficult ti clear. Witness did not examine the hedge on the day of the accident after it had been broken down by the carriages, and trampled upon by many persons in their endeavours to assist the wounded persons. There was no delay in extricating the , e who were killed. Witness ,ent for wine from his house for the injcred persons, and did all he could t ) relieve their sufferings. Mr. Cleather wee very glad to have an opportunity of con r ;p ' any During he begg e d to thank him fur it. l'hornpsoa had rendered, and in the name of the P vN u l t ati l o i lY: l e lt k hfr i e l o o mt vw x l ; ri g ..n i a n Gt g l the valuat,la aver whiz', resented by r o i n of d this h. w i itnes r s e s i r i e rm o a b ri s t er y . threatened het I i t hul ticsavj e l I t y t h e ; i wu r °cIPU upon s which room, hicicl hhel‘ a l n r d G se 'r e d w if °' h ) e i another tribunal. purcha e sZ eou G ld eo t r i g o e t Baker,jun ~ , fl ;f.t . h e pe e r of the Bull I n, at Attie abcocrioduegnht,, s u a n i ( d l o h w e ne h r aii . Cotwtv,heicahuio.4cacriwotiitehd bet calf calf on the previous Friday at cook 'away her calf, and turned her into market. He xi the piece of Lind adjoining the railway on Saturda l y nt u o tber with a pony. The cow now and then lowed" for ber calf, but wiAese took no notice of that. Nothing had ever strayed out of this field before during the three o • four years he had held it. The fence was "cut and 1 tid" about six or eight weeks ago, and some of the old posts and rails were then removed. After that witness told his father that he did not think the fence was so THE SUN, LONDON, T HURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1858. good as it had been. It was about 3 feet 5 inches high, and witness did not think that was sufficient - to - Ant in cattle in their ordinary state. By Mr. Cleather—l never gave information to this effect to any person belonging to the railway company. George Baker, the elder, father of the last witness, said he saw the cow in his son's field about nine o'clock on Monday morning, and again about a quarter-past 10 ; and the next time be saw her she was " all to pieces," strewed about the railway. After the accident witness walked up and down his son's field by the side of the hedge, but could trace no footmarks of the cow to show where she got over, and he did not believe she did get on to the railway out of that field. There was a gap in one corner opening on to another persons land, from which the cow might have passed on to the railway through a gate, if it had been accidentally left open. This witness identified the Rev. Mr. Miller as one of the persons whom he saw dead after the accident. He heard the unfortunate man exclaim, " I'm so faint," and immediately he expired. Mr. E I ward Mason, surgeon of Nuneaton, proved having been summoned to the scene of the accident by the station master at Nuneaton in order to attend the wounded. He travelled to the spot on the engine of the disabled train, and rendered all the assistance in his power to the wounded. He saw the dead bodies of the three gentlemen who had been viewed by the jury, but, not having made any examination, was unable to speak as to the cause of death. Mr. Thos. Skeffington Bourne, surgeon, of Nuneaton, proved having also been summoned to the spot by the Nuneaton station-master. After seeing to the relief of the wounded, witness directed the removal of the bodies of the deceased persons to the place where they were now lying. Witness, having ob'ained the verbal instructions of the coroner, had since made a post mortem examination of one of the bodies—that of Mr. Morgan, who had evidently died from pressure across his loins and chest preventing respiration. In this case there were no fractured bones. Witness was in the act of examining the body of the Rev. Mr. Miller, when he was interrupted by Mr. Girdwoad, who complained that his feelings were outraged by such an act, and would not allow him to proceed. On appealing to the coroner, that gentleman had informed witness that under the circumstances he did not think it would be necessary to put the county to the expense of a post-mortem exa mination. He had, therefore, desisted from doing more, and was unable to describe the cause of death in two cases. What he had done was for the purpose of afford ing the jury that information which he thought they would require, and he hoped he need not a=sure Mr. Gird wood that he had no intention whatever of causing pain to any person. The foreman said the jury were of opinion that Mr. Bourne was entirely exonerated from any blame what ever in the matter. James Eigar, conductor of the train, who was too unwell to be examined yesterday, was next called. He said when the train arrived within about a mile and a half of Nuneaton station be heard the engine driver's whistlP, and put on his break directly. The crash fol lowed instantaneously. Witness saw the gatekeeper waving his red flag as the train ran past him. He saw nothing to occasion the accident. There were four breaks attached to the train, and all of them were applied be fore the accident happened. Mr. Bruyeres sail this was the officer who received the Rev. Mr. Miller's property, which had been handed to Mr. Gird wood yesterday. Edgar, on being questioned, said he knew nothing of an insurance ticket being found upon Mr. Miller, nor had be any knowledge of his having held one. By Mr. Moordaff—l have been a conductor of trains for four years, and I consider it proper on all occasions to apply the breaks when a danger signal is exhibited. Joseph \Vagstall, tailir, of Attleborougb, proved having seen the cow in the field adjoining the railway, restless and bellowing, some time before the accident. Witness also saw the gatekeeper outside his bcx a quar ter of an hour before the cow got on the l►ne. He assisted in extricating the wounded persons. A screw jack which he obtained from the engine was used for this purpose, and horses were attached to portions of the wreck to pull them off some of the sufferers. Ths inquiry, having now lasted six hours, was ad journed until Monday next, when it is understood further evidence will be forthcoming as to the state of Ithe fence before the accident. Mr. W. H. Seymour is the coroner who is conducting the inquiry. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S r.—Your account this morning of the accident 'on the Trent Valley Railway suggests the importance of providing railway engines in use in this country with guards similar to those employed in A merica. It often occurs in America that cattle straying upon the line are run into by the engines, but it is seldom that any acci dent results, because the engines there are furnished with a guard which extends forward in an inclined plane in front, and, as it were, picks up any animal in the way and throws it off t) one side. Of course. the shock occasioned by doing this is little or none, but without such a guard the mangled remains of the animal, as occurred in the accident you rep .rt, are likely to get under the engine, and, acting as a drag, so far to impede its course as to cause a serious shock to the train. A drawing of the kind of guard I refer to may be seen in the 11A number of the Illustrated London News. I am, Sir, your obed►ent servant, May 12. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Letters of the 11th of March from Sydney state that the 77th Regiment was held in readiness to embark for. ludia. liar Majesty's ship Megmra was sent from Calcutta to Sydney on the 15th of February, to fetch a regiment for service in Bengal. Orders were yesterday received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineers, Brompton Bar racks, Chatha.at, fir the 12th company of Royal Sappers and Miners to embark at Portsmouth on Tuesday next, on board the Manchester, for the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve the Royal Engineers now at that station. The officers selected to em bark with the 12th company are Captain Montagu- Stopford Whitmore, Lieutenant Frederick Richard Clem()lit3, and Lieutenant Chas. Crawford, R.E. Preparatiors have been made at St. Mary's in vaiid depot Chatham, for the reception at that establishment of the sick and wounded troops who ard daily e x pected to arrive from India in the Himalaya steamer, intelligence having been re ceived that the Himalaya will bring home about 600 sick and wounded troops. The troops belonging to the Royal Engineers have made considerable progress in the formation of the eimp inside the Spur Battery, Chatham, and the whole of the tents to be occupied by the troops belonging to the depots attached to the Ist battalion of infantry have now been pitched. As soon as the necessary camp equipments have been supplied to each tent the first detachment of troops will move out of Chatham Barracks, which are now overcrowded, and take possession of the tents. The vast number of 1,079 iron gnus captured iu the Crim , a, and which were subsequently stored at Woolwich, is now considerably reduced by the distribution which was ordered to be made to each of the corporate towns of Great Britain, as well as to the various colonies belonging to the British empire. Of the 91 brass guns from the same seurce a .portion, it is believed, were some time age employed in casting a pyramid to com memorate the part taken in that war by the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The pyramid, or obelisk, was sone months ago completed, and was destined to be erected in the centre of the grass.plot front ing the residence of Lieut.-Colonel Wilmot, R. A., superintendent of the Royal gun fac!ories in the Arsenal. The Government, however, disapproved the proposal, and the obelisk, although completed, has not been applied to its intended purpose. A court of inquiry has assembled for the purper;e of investigaeing the matter, the result of which has not transpired. The obelisk was 15 feet high, and of soli( gun metal, containing on its four sides the names of the officers of the Royal Artillery who were killed in the Crimea. A brass bell, said to have been cast from Russian guns, and intended to have been hung in 'lie newly-erected clock-tower in the Royal Arsenal, has shared a similar fate to that of the Crimean obelisk, and the clock-tower has been ordered t ) be appropriated to some other pureo!e, the public deck over the principal entrance of the Royal carriage department having been pro nounced amply sufficient for the purposes of the entire establishment. Tine Marlborough, 131, screw three-decker, Capt. Lord F. H. Kerr, will leave Portsmouth harbour for Spithe id this morning, about 10 o'clock. She will not return to harbour, but complete her com plement, Jec., at Spithead. The screw she is fitt ed with, lich is upon a new priuciple, to compete wi li. Griffiths's, is by the makers of her engines, Alaudslay and Co., and not Penn and Son, as stated yesterday. The Topaze, 51, screw frigate, which was to be launched at Devouport yesterday afternoon—the ceremony of christening to be performed by Lady teynolls—is of the following dimensions : - , Ft. In, Length from fure part of figure to taffrail 269 2 Length between the perpendiculars. Length of keel for tonnage 203 :3 Breadth, ..xtrerne .. Breadth for tonnage ... 49 7 Breadth moulded 43 9 Depth in hold Burden in tons (01d measurement)... 2,658 57-q Burden in t.,111 (new measurement) 1,150 1,160-3,530 Engines (by MeEsrs. Maudslay) GOO horse-power. The Renown, 91, screw, Captain Arthur Forbes Rear Admiral Sir H. D. Chads, K. C. 8., will, after conveyntz the Q icon of Portugal to Lisbon, leave for the Meditetranean, but whether tin gallant almir;,l w.ll remain on b ua'd i 3 not yet known. The lltiVanan steam-tratispc:rt embarked th tr.,ops. fully encumfated yesterday at Portsmouth iu the foreinon, and at 5 o'clock steamed out o! harblur with them for Malta direct. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Mr. J. L'ircie, Assistant-Master -Shipwright at Woolwich, to be Sec end A.sistant-Surveyor of the Navy, vice Elge, superannuated ; George P. Mar tin, Paymast er , advanced to second class ; W i l mot B. Main Prise; Paymaster, advanced to the third claw. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Since our last notice of the-admirable new pay ing-out-machine for submerging this cable, which the experience of the defects of the former appara tus has enabled the company to construct for the attempt now soon to be repeated, great efforts to insure success to the undertaking have been made. No precaution has been neglected, no suggestion (and these have come by thousands) that was worth attention has been ignored, and all that skill or science can effect towards carrying out a scheme in which so much, unfortunately, depends on chance has been accomplished. The cable at Keyham has now been stowed away on board the two vessels with which last year's attempt was made. Within the last few days the Adonis quitted the wharf, off Messrs. Glasse and Elliot's factory, at Greenwich, with one of the paying-out machines and 300 miles of cable, in addition to the extra lengths already made. Since her departure, however, it has been determined to make 100 miles more, and the ma chines at the works are revolving day and night to complete the extra length in time. The total length of cable with which the attempt was made last year was rather under than over 2,400 miles, which was so near the quantity actually required to span the distance that the first loss of 300 miles proved fatal to the whole attempt, for that time at least. Now, however, the length of cable oa board both vessels is precisely 3,012 miles, excln-ive of the shore ends, of much greater weight and thickness, and which amount to about 30 miles more. There is therefore in round numbers 3,050 miles of cable to submerge between two points only 1,950 statute miles apart, so that 1,100 miles, or about 40 per cent., is allowed for accidents and slack in paying-out. This immense cable, which weighs about one ton per mile, will be equally divided between the Agamemnon and Niagara. The latter has her share distributed over all her decks, and, of course, most amidships. There is one coil on the upper or spar deck, be tween the fore and main masts, of 100 miles, 30 feet diameter and 2 feet deep, and there is one of 130 miles, and occupying about the same space between the maimand mizen masts. On the main deck there are two, one aft and one amid ships, of 297 and 294 miles respectively. On the berth deck there is one of 180 miles, and iu the hold a coil of 350. In place of the shore end, which was last year carried 0.1 the spar deck forward near the capstan, there will now be a coil of about 100 miles 4, and the heavy shore ends for both countries will go ire the accompanying frigates. Last year the cable was coiled in the hold of the Agamemnon in one vast mass of 1,250 miles long and this immense weight stowed amidships balanced her like a Chi nese toy. The result was, of course, that she rolled to an extent that it was hard to say which side of the vessel was uppermost, and on landing the cable after the failure of the attempt it was found that the pressure of the heavy mass on comparatively so small a surface had strained her timbers to some extent. To obviate partly these serious disadvan tages, therefore—disadvantages which, in case of the Agamemnon encountering heavy weather, might and would endanger the safety of the vessel, —the cable, though still coiled in the hold,i s dis tributed in such a mariner that the greatest part of the weight rests on a much larger surface. 1,150 miles will be stowed in the hold, and about 350 miles on the berth deck forward, and to counter balance these heavy masses the coals will bestowed as far aft as possible. All the ships of the squadron will leave Plymouth, as we have previously an nounced, about the 24th or 25th of this month on their experimental trip, which will occupy from six to ten days. During this about 100 miles of con demned cable will be used in ascertaining the effi ciency of various buoys, laying down and under running the wire, &c., and when all doubts and theories have been practically solved the squadron returns to Queenstown, makes its brief final prepa rations, and starts for the great attempt about the 10th of June. About that period of the year there is a month of almost uninterrupted calin in the At lantic, and anything like seriously heavy weather has not been heard of at least for the last 50 years. Bad weather, however, in the ordinary ac ceptation of the term, in those boisterous lsti tudes, even if it does occur, is not likely to affect the process of submerging after it has once fairly commenced, for the paying-out machine is so sufficiently self-acting as to almost compensate in its action for any sudden rise in the stern of the vessel to the pitch of the sea. Both ships, with the accompanying frigates, make all spee 1- to the centre of the Atlantic, or rather to the centre of the space to be traversed by the cable, which is about 32 deg, west of Greenwich. Here the splice between the two halves will be made without loss of time. To ov morn° the difficuLy caused by the two portions of the cable having their " lay" or twist of the out side spiral wires turning in different directions, and forming right and left hand screws, the splice will be secured to rods of iron loaded with a weight in the centre ; in f .ct, an apparatus of the same kind as that by which railway carriages are coupled togo her. By this means the tendency of the diffe rent spirals to untwist each other will be overcome. There is 1,500 fathoms water where this join must be made, and both vessels will remain stationary until the splice has well settled on the bottom, when the Niagara will at once steer for the New World, and the Agamemnon return to the Old. Each will steam as fast to her homeward destina• tion as is consistent with the safety of the great undertaking, so the cable will be either laid or lost within 12 or 14 days from starting. The depths to which the Niagara will have to sink her portion vary quickly and irregularly from 1,500 to 2,500 fathoms, or from 1/ to about 3i- miles ; and this is the case also with the Agamemnon's portion of the distance. But on the American side the water shoals easily and gradually towards Newfoundland, whereas on the British portion of the ocean the Agamemnon will have to surmount a tremendous ridge, which may be called the Andes of those vast submarine plains of the Atlantic. It commences at about 15 deg. west longitude, and in the course of a few miles the water suddenly shoals from 1,750 fathoms to 559. Up this vast rocky precipice— almost as steep as the side of Mont Blanc—the cable must be laid with extreme care. This diffi culty once overcome, the way thence to Valentia becomes comparatively of no account. In case of dangerous weather arising the first consideration in all cases will be, of course, the safety of the cable ; and, no matter how advanta geous such and such courses of action may appear, nothing will be done by which the success of the undertaking is jeopardised or even left to chance. Each vessel is provided with reels of strong wire rope, which can be attached to buoys made in the manner of ordinary fishing floats, though, of coin se capable of sustaining a weight of several tons. Pro vided with this apparatus, the cable may be cut without reluctance, if ever the weather threatens, and the end of it (firmly secured to the rope and buoy) allowed to rest almost, upon the bed of the ocean, to be hauled up directly the storm has passed. Proper precautions have also been taken to make the floating ends of the buoys conspicuous a nd easily found iu case of the ships being driven fr oat them. A number of experiments have recently been made with a view of increasing the rapidity of working signals through the entire length of the cable. These experiments, in which a variety of inventions and ai.plications have been employed, have been conducted by Professor Thompson, Mr. Hughes, the American electrician (whose printing telegraph is likely to revolutionise the present un certain system), Mr. Henley and Mr. Whitehouse. The result, though on the whole far more satisfac tory than was at first a'iticipated, shows indubit ably that more than one sue-marine cable will be required to do all the business likely to be trans acted between this country and the New World. Such a result, however, need dishearten no one, l sr r since none but those unac qua i n t e d w i t h the subject have for a moment imagiued that on e wor ki ng ca b ! ° way which others will b e soon ready and anxious to follow. employed between Lend Liverpool on and and be tween Liverpool a n d I re ' and, where cost of the How be u inaffincyin wires , or are do there post is only a penny, and the delay in using it only a few hours ? Yet we believe that nearly 30 wires are scarcely sufficient to meet the demand for mes sages between these places. Taking this, then, as the standard, how many submarine cables will be re quired for the business between the New World and the Old ? If we are not much mistaken, the messages to New Orleans alone would employ and richly pay one cable. At all events, if it is only f r the purpose of coueteracting the disturbing in fluence of those mysterious magnetic storms, it will be necessary for the Atlantic Company to lay clown a second wire as soon as possible,—that is, to have a complete metallic circuit for the return of the electricity along tl,e outer wires cf the second cable, instead of being discharged by the earth. Formerly the signals we.e worked through the Atlantis coil by means of a Suiee'e battery of 48 large cells with large induction coils, constituting probably the most Fowerlul b ttt- ry ever c in structed. How insulation of the cab'e withstood this severe test is an enigma. It has, however, since b .en ascertained that an ordinary battery of six cells transmitted the sig.; ads with the same facility, and that, in fact, the quantity of electri city generated by the enormous power of the first battery choked or charged the wee. Mr. Henley has rec -nlly been making a number of experiments upen tl ee cable at his own e x p ense, with the v i ew o f rer fecting a very simple and beau tiful magneto-electric machine, by which a current is transmitted greater in intensity, though much less in quantity, than the ordinary galvanic cur rent, and thus the liability of the wire to become charged is considerably reduced. The immense advantages which a magnetc-elec trio machine possesses over an ordinary battery are of almost incalculable importance. It is always ready, can be used anywhere, at any time, and by any person ; and, above ali, is no expense beyond the first cost of maki ng it. In fact, the difference between Mr. Henley's machine and an ordinary battery is as great as between the electric and old semaphore tele: , raphs, or as great as the difference which would rxist between an ordinary musket arid one constructed on such inevitable laws as to keep itself always loaded, clean, and ready for ; action. It consists of an ordinary large permanent magnet, between the poles of which a soft iron Mag net, with its coils of secondary wire, is fixed. By this arrangement it is necessary only to deflect the keepers of the magnet to produce an equal current at all velocities, and either in one direction or al ternately backwards and forwards. The magnet is 2 feet 10 inches high, and consists of 30 plates of the finest steel, a quarter of an inch thick and 4 inches broad. The soft magnet is formed of 44 soft iron plates in a mass 3 inches broad and 2 deep, and of the same height as the permanent magnet. The se condary coils for producing the current in the poles of these magnets contain (each) 25 miles of the finest silk-covered wire, or 100 miles for the four magnets. With this machine ahead) 8 words per 'minute can be sent through the cable in its present condition, and of course the words can be transmit ted with greatly increased rapidity when the cable I is laid out in a straight course, for no position could I be more unfavourable for transmitting signals than that in which the wire is at present stowed, in huge coils one over another. Up to the present all looks well and hopeful for the success of this great scheme, and we earnestly trust that after a few weeks more all doubts and misgivings will be solved in the most gratifying and conclusive manner. MR. CARDWELL'S RESOLUTION. (Front the Daily News.) For their own sakes it is to be hoped that Mr. Cardwell and those who act with him will embrace the opportunity offered by the resignation of Lord Ellenborough to reconsider the resolution that is to be moved on Friday night. Lord Ellenborough and his despatch are out of the field. In so far as Lord Canning's pereonal feelings are concerned, the discussion might be allowed to drop. The paramount consideration at issue is what expres sion of opinion as regards the policy to be pur sued in India is most consonant to the welfare of the empire and the honour of England. We have much at stake. It is difficult to imagine that a proposal to confiscate the whole lands of Oude should not have a perilously irritating effect on the public mind throughout India. According to the proclamation of Lord Canning, the threatened confiscation is to apply to the lands of all " Talook dars, chiefs, and landowners." Every person who claims a proprietary right in land in Oude will feel alarm. The co-parceners of the " estates" and villages must be in as feverish a state of excite ment as the great Zernindars. That there is peril in such a state of affairs is denied by no one. Even Mr. Cardwell, in his resolution, declines to express approbation of the policy of the proclama tion. Lord Canning himself (or Sir Jas. Outram for him) has softened considerably in his proclamation some of the harsher features of the draft. If a majority of the House of Commons is bent upon - censuring Lord Ellenborough's despatch, and its publication, even after the noble lord has withdrawn from office, let, at least, the expression of censure. I bc accompanied by some declarati , n, regarding the future policy of the Anglo-Indian Government that may re-assure the minds of the innocent or the penitent throughout our Indian dominions. Is the propect of our being disgracefully driven out of India tro remote to tell upon the imagination of the people of England ? Then let this considera tion bring it home to our apprehensions :—On ac count of the civil war in India we have already been obliged to increase our army beyond the ave rage peace establishment. The campaign in Rohil cund doting the hot season will increase to an enor mous amount the moitali:y in the ranks of our European soldiers in India. With what a drain upon our healthy adult population does the recruit ing that must replace these losses threaten us ! How much will it cost us to keep our European army in India on an effective footing ? How long may this expenditure in lives and money last ? Can we afford to brave a prolonged and internecine war iu India by carrying into effect a policy which every body shrinks from defending ? Toe Directors of the India Company have set the example of denuding the question of all irritating personalities, and doing what in them lies to concentrate attention on the necessity of adopting a just and concliatory policy towards the natives of India. Tney have de clared to Lord. Canning that their confidence iu him is not abated ; but they have at the same time indi cated to his Lordship the course which they think Ile ought to pursue. With reference to the Despatch of the Se.ret Committee, the Court of Directors has expressed its continued confidence in the Governor-General, aiding its conviction that his measures for the pacification of Oude and the other disturbed districts in India will be charac terised by a generous policy and by the utmost clemency that is found to be consistent with the satisfactory accomplishment of that important object. If a majority of the House of Commons is bent upon pouring balm into the wounded feel ings of Lord Canning, let it at least show so much consideration for the honour and prosperity of the empire, as to follow the example of the Court of Directors, and give Lord Canning to understand that it is by a just and humane policy that he must seek to earn a continuance of its favour. In the part we have taken in this discussion we have resolutely banished from our minds every consideration but what is conducive to the pros perity an€l happiness of India, atd, through that prosperity and happiness, to the honour and per manence of the British empire. We are, of course, by principle, opposed to the present Administra tion ; but we will not, with a view to prtolpitate its fall, which under no circumstances can be very remote, risk a renewed conflagration in Hiudostan. That would he to follow the example of the Chinese in Cnarles Lamb's grotesque but genial le4rn and burn down our house to r , ast our pig. Nay more ; before we take p ,rt in any move ment to unseat the present Ministry, we are disposed to ask for some guarantee that we are to ga a lib rat Ministry in its place. To put out the present men is one thing, and to establish a real, strong, united, stable, Liberal Ministry, is another. To bring back Lord Paluierstou as die tator, with Lord Clanricarde, Mr. Vernon Smith, and r. Robert Lowe in his train, would be no great victory. Lord Palmerston was only a few months back deposed by a majority of the House of Commons--has he now regained the confidence of that majority ? He has not, on the contrary, been further weakened since that time by losing the confidence of some who then remained faithful to him ? Are Mr. Gladstone, Sir James Graham, or Lord John Russell any more disposed to take office along with Lord Palmerston now than they were a few months ago ? The truth is that the time has not yet arrived for reconstructing the Li beral party on a broad and satisfactory basis. That re-construction must be the result of a closer ap proximation among the various sections of the Liberal party in sentiment and principle than has yet taken place. It cannot be brought about by a few leaders agreeing to make-b'livve that they have ben reconciled. That the Liberal parry will be re-constructed we have no doub;, and nothing shall be wanting on our part that can contribute to so desirable a consummation. But nothing is to be gained by factitious patching up of alliances where there is neither cordiality nor agreement in prin ciple. We can afford to " bide our time," and see no use in affecting to believe that the political mil lennium has begun, simply because tLe successors in office of the late Mr. Coppock wish us to do so. [ADVERTISEMENT. j- SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES— POWERFUL T EL ESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIF , GLASSES.—S. and B. Seim - nous, opticians, 39, Albemarle street' Piccadilly. Observe — opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, R a ce-course, Opera, and Persp ec ti ve leseopes Camp, pi im Gl a sses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess suchext ra ordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, wit an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tel escope can be seen a person's countenauce three-and-a-half mile s distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and aro of larger, and all sizes, with increasing, powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size • of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, t o s portsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent chang,ei to the dan• gerots effects of further powerful assistance. Persons cAI he suited at the mot remote part of the world by send. lug cue of the glasses out of their speetac!es in a letter, and stating the dist,une from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness. —New Discovery.—The Oiganic Vibrator, an extraordipari:y powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all otners, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinetlyat church and at public assemblie ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entire: v removid, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.. -3q. Alpo- , made-street, Piccadilly—Opposite the York Hotel, W, WRECK OF THE AVA. TO THE._ZDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The following extract from a letter from one on board the Chesapeake may interest some of your readers.—l am, sir, yours truly, May 11. R. L. B. " Her Majesty's ship Chesapeake, March 25, off the Ava's wreck. " We have been lying off the scene of the Ava's wreck now for 12 days, which I assure you have not been passed idly. " The first thing to recover was an iron engine shaft intended for another of the company's ships, which is quite useless until it arrives ; its value, therefore, to th e P en i nsu l ar an d O r i en t a l Company is immense, though its intrinsic value does not ex ceed 2,0001. or 3,0001. "Our boats' crews worked away most manfully, diving down and putting lashings around it, and eventually hoisting it up to the surface. It was then made fast to a pontoon of boats and empty casks, and towed alongside the ship, where we rigged heavy purchases, and hoisted in the mass of 10 tons weight like a plaything. We are now busy getting at the rupees in the after holds, and great interest is excited as box after box comes in, each of them worth 5001., but stinking awfully of bilge. If we can get up the whole of the boxes (worth about 250,0001.) we flatter ourselves that the East India Government will scarcely begrudge us a few boxes to divide among ourselves for our trouble. The old rules about salvage would have given us a very large claim ; so, to repeat a bad pun that has been going about, 'We hope that we shall have luck now as well as Peel's Brigade.' Yesterday we had a grand blow up' at the wreck, and the water aliaround us was discoloured with indigo ; but this morning we find the explosion to have been most successful, and the boxes of rupees will now be more easily accessible. The captain and officers of the unfortunate Ava have run up comfortable sheds on shore, and with the assistance of native divers have done everything in their power to retrieve their misfortune ; there is a strong current always setting on to shore, and this I suppose is the secret of the wreck. The captain, though a young man, is evi dently a highly intelligent and valuable officer." Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET MAY 11. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 8s Od to lls Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 105 Cd ; barley do., 8s 01. to 8s 6d. Hay from 10d to 13d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MAY 11. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 41s 6d and —s. DALBEITH MEAL MARKET—MAY 10. There were in the market to-day 21 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per Back of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od —s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s 01 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od a Od —s Od DUBLIN—MAY 11. Our corn market was generally dull to-day. Wheat and oats met a very slow sale, and the latter must be noted 3d to 6d cheaper than on Friday. Barley barely supported that day's prices. No transactions in Indian corn, except in retail, and our highest quotation is rather an extreme one. White wheat, 27s Od to 29s Od ; red ditto, 24s Oct to 26a 61; ditto new, a 01; barley, malting, 14 s t o 18a Od; grind ing, —a to —a ; oats, old, 15s to 16s 6d; ditto, new, —a to —s Od; oatmeal, 14s Oct to 16s Od; bere, new, -a to —s Od ; rapese , d, —a Od to a Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 14a 61 to 19a Oct per cwt ; Indian corn, 35s 01 to 37a 6d per 430 llac. :I -MAY 12. the close of the market Wallsend, Ito. s a. Braddyll l6 3 Elarton Eden ~15 6 Eden Main l5 6 Framwellgate l5 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 Haswell 17 6 Tees l7 6 Helton Shincliffe.., 15 3 Keiper Grainge Hilda 14 0 Bell l4 6 Belmont 14 6 Hartlepool l6 6 )t, 69 ; sold 55. COAL MARK. Prices of Coals per ton al s. d. Taufield Moor l2 3 Tana()ld Moor Butes 12 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 0 Wylam Bell's Primrose l2 3 Huddle W. Hartley l6 Bebside's Hartley 16 0, Haswell Gas 13 0 Stewart's Steam l3 0 Holywell ....... . ..... l5 6 Wallsend, &c Acorn Close l5 6 Hough Hall .15 3 Lambton l7 0 Hunwick l4 6 Ships at mark( LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOOL-MAY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market to-day has been quiet but 'steady. Birkenhead, 71 2—Leeds Northern, 234 4-- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38 to I—London and North Western, 91 4 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 to * ---Midlands, 93 4—Eastern Counties, 12 4—Caledonian, 421 f—Blackburn, 94 10 —South Eastern, 20i—North British, 12 11-16—Dutch Rhenish, 41 d.—Great Western of Canada, 192 19i —York and North Midland, 3 1 7 8 — Chester and Holyhead, 18 to 18I—Berwicks, 231 to —East Lancashire, 90; to 94—Grand Trunk of Canada, 124 to 5-16. MANCHESTER, MAY 12. STOOK EXCRANGE.—The market opened with a better business. Midlands, 93/ 4—Leeds, 91/—Dovers, 211--16 —Sheffields, 37a —Londons, 9 , q—Trunks, 12 3-16—East Lancashire, 9O l —Eastern Counties, 121. BIRMINGHAM., MAY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was active to-day, and prices rather easier. South Staffords were done at 10i- -- Great Westerns, Birmingham Guaranteed, 73I —Birming ham and Stour Valleys closed at 7i—Great Westerns, 551 —Midlands, 93 — Shropshire Unions, 45. [ADVERTISEMENTI-Uutil the introduction, by Mr. Da Barry, of the Revalenta Arabica Food, both as a regimen for invalids and infants, and a remedy for all disorders connected with the stomach, nerves, kidneys, liver, and intestines gene. rally, it might have been asserted, with truth, that the treat• mont of patients, in some of the most obstinate, hares sing, and p , inful complaints to which the human frame is liable, was one desperate g , me of hap-hazard—different practitioners playing off different systems, involving indescri bable suffering and expense, and ending in failure. All this is now happily changed. Without laying out money in doc tors' bills, without enduring the horrors of " doctors' stuff," but simply by the adoption of a pleasant and palatable resto rative Food, disease is banished, and health and activity take its place. It is on no mere theory that these things are asserted. When Fifty Thousand persons are referred to, each of whom has separately described the wondrous healing effect of the preparation in an infinite variety of maladies, the theory resolves itself into ascertained and d emons t ra t e d fact —a fact neither to be hushed up, nr r explained away on any other ground than that of the unparalleled efficacy of the Re' valenta Arabica Food in extirpating almost every description of morbid action or condition from the system. The public are naturally " slow" in awakening to an appreciation of a ne 4 and better state of things ; and much excuse there is for this slowness, so often has expectation been baulked by the proton' sions of contending theorists. Here, however, we have before us proof of the most positive and complete kind which can be conceived by human reason, and coming from such a multiplicity of sources as show the testimonials received to be each the genuine outpouring of joyful gratitude. An advertisement, which appears in our paper 'of to-day, contains a short resume of a few of the letters of thanks, which constitute altogether such a body of undeniable evidence as was never brought together upon any subject whatever, and form a noble national monument in illustration of the maxl l l —" Honour to him to whom hono ur i s due.' Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Urc; Dr. Shorland; Dr. HarveY; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Ca.stlestuart; Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respeCtable per" sous, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed, Suitably packed with full instrue° tions, In canisters, 11b. 2s, 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. 110-; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free on re' ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 7 7 0 Regent-street, London. 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 " Dtt Barry's Revalenta Arabica Foo " BIRTHS. COTTON—On the 12th inst., at 2, Southwick-place, the wife of Henry Cotton, Esq , of Lincoln's-inn, of a son. LEMPRIERE-- On the sth inst., at Brompton, Kent, the wife of Capt. G. R. Lempriere, R.E., of a son. PAUL—On the 6th inst. at Ballyglan, county of Waterford , the lady of Sir Robert Paul, Bart., of twin daughters. SUCKLING—On the lilth inst., at 134, New Bond-street, the wife of Frederick Herbe r t S uc kli ng, E sq., of 52d Light Infantry, of a son. MARRIAGES. HIGGINS —JEPSON—On the 11th inst., at St, Mary's, Ham'?" ton, Wexner Charles, second son of the late Colonel Sir Samuel Gorden Higgins, K.O H., Sco's Fusilier Guards , to Sophia Susanna Fortis, second daughter of Henry RP . sou, Esq., of Hampton. ROUTLEDGE —BELL —On the 11th inst., at St. Andrew's Churc h ► Neweast'e-upon-Tyne, George Routledge, Esq., of Fa l.. ringdon, trout, and Russell-square, London, to Mary Grace , eldest daughter of the late Mr. Alderman Bell, of castle-upon-Tyne, DEATHS. ALLNArr—On the 10th inst., at Winterbrook, near Walling' _ _ . ford, Berks, John Joseph Allnatt, Esq., aged 64. BEvIL—On the 13th March last, at Port-Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, John Hughes Bevil, Esq., of Cape Town, a n formerly of Kennington, aged 56. CAMPBELL=OII the 3d inst., George Gunning Campbell, of Fa rfield House, Monkton, Ayrshire, late of the 1 10 ' E.I C.S , aged 7:3. INGRAM—KiIIed, on the I4th of March, at the Kaiser Bag b i Lucknow, wh le at the head of his regiment clearing that place of the i enemy, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Onslow Wir nington Ingram, 97th Regt., second surviving son of tic), lata Rev. E. W. Ingra it, of Bibbesford, in the county °I Worcester, aged 42. Loris—On the 6th inst ,at Newport, Ncrth Devon, Lica'. Colonel J. T. Lowe, aied G 5. Moitiza—On the 11th inst., at 22, Charles•street, Berkeley' square, Harriet, widow of the late James Morier, Esq. - - _ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUIsT of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office. 14° ' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count/ of Middlesex, Thursday, May 13 1858.