The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

-----EAST I A 'DIA COMPANY. [A portion of the followi . tg aPpea ed in our late edition of last evening :]— A special general meetini 7 of the proprietors of East India Stock was held this af, ternoon, at the India-house, Leadenhall-street, Mr. D. R Mangles, M.P., Governor, in the chair, for the purpose of 'wanting a pension to the present Sir H. Lawrence ; anu' also for the purpose of laying before the proprietors two bills before Parliament for the better government of India, by transferring the India Com- e government of that country from :the East paoy to her Majesty the Queen. PENSION TO SIB n. LANIVICNCIE. The CakIBMAN then laid before the Court the unani• mous resolution of the Board of Directors granting a pension of 1,0001. a year to the present Sir H. Lawrence, with reversion to his younger brother in the event of his dying without issue, remarking that it was unneces sary he should trouble the Court with the late Sir H. Lawrence's brilliant career and the great service he had rendered the proprietors and the conntry in India, all of which had been so recently laid before the public and had been appreciated by them. Sir F. CURRIE seconded the motion. Mr. LEwIN expressed his regret that t he pension was not earlier awarded, and that it had originated from the Board of Control instead of from that Comt. The Court of Directors would never have taken up this pen sion had they not been stimulated by an article in the Mass. Tee CHAIRMAN denied that the directors had been stimulated by an article in the Times to grant this pen sion, or that it originated with the Board of Control. It was granted from the convictions of their own minds that it was a proper course to pursue, and he assured the Court that the proposition originated with the Court of Directors, and not with the Board of Control. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Smug objected to the vote, on the ground that the Court of Proprietors had not had sufficient evidence laid before them by the Court of Directors on which to found this vote "as an administrator or statesman" re quired by the bye-laws. The pension was proposed merely for his defence of Lucknow, which he (Mr. Jones) characterised as a failure. He allowed the rebels, or rather the patriots—(laughter)—to use the cover of the adjoining houses and temples of worship to terribly annoy the garrison, so that the soldiers were not safe in any room in the garrison from the bullets of the enemy. Brigadier Inglis was the man who ought to have the money. It was all very well for the Queen to grant baronetoies, but he (Mr. Jones) would n ot accept one if her Majesty would give it , him. (Laughter.) They cost nothing and were worthless, but 10001 a•y ear was so much money out of the pockets of the people of India. From a mistaken respect for the religious feel ings of the people of India the temples and mosques were saved which gave so much shelter to the rebels and enabled them so long to hold Lucknow. He moved an amendment that the pension should not be granted on the evidence before the court. Mr. Serjeant GAHM seconded the amendment. Mr. STEWART supported the motion for the pension. The CHAIRMAN said that the late Sir H. Lawrence had proved himself an able statesman. His abilities as such were now matters of history, and were imperishably connected with the government of India of late years, and more especially for his marvellous good government of the new territory—the Punjaub. The late Sir H. Lawrence deserved the thanks of the civilised world, for his conduct in India, both before and on the breaking out of the mutiny. Mr. LEWIN urged on Mr. Jones to withdraw his amendment. Mr. Sergeant GARELEE said he seconded the amend ment merely from a belief that the Court of Directors had not given the Court of Proprietors the information they were entitled to for granting the pension. He concurred it was desirable these pensions should be granted unanimously, bat the course pursued by the directors were likely to attain that object. Referring to the anticipated change in the future government of India, he expressed his opinion that this Court had worn oat its purpose, that it had served its time, was believed the maich of intellect, and ought to be abolished; but so long as it existed it was the duty of the Court' of Directors to give the proprietors all the information they (the directors) possessed. He called upon Mr. Jones to withdraw his amendment After some remarks from Mr. Helps the amendment was withdrawn, and the original motion was carried unanimously. In answer to a question from Mr. Sergeant Gazalee, The CHAIRMAN said that all the officers engaged in the defence and relief of Lucknow would have double batta. GOVERNMENT Or INDIA. The CIIIRMAN laid before the Court the following report of the Court of Directors, relative to the two bills now beLne Parliament for the future government of ludia : "It is the duty of your directors to lay before the pro prietors the two bills which have been introduced into Parliament by the lste and the present Ministry, for divesting the East India Company of all participation in the government of India, and framing a new scheme of administrative agency. _ "On former occa;ions - when the Ministers of the Crown have submitted measures to Parliament for altering, in any manner, the constitution of the Indian government, the substance of the measures has been officially commu nicated to the Court of Directors, and an opportunity allowed to them of offering such remarks as their know ledge and experience in Indian affairs might suggest. The corespondence being afterwards laid before the Court of Proprietors, formed the most appropriate report which the:directors could make to their constituents on the measures under consideration by the Legislature. In the present instance, this opportunity not having been afforded to them, it appears desirable that they should adopt the present mode of laying before the proprietary body the observations which it is entitled to expect from its executive organ, on the bills now before Parliament, and on the present posture of the company's affairs. "The directors cannot but advert with feelings of satisfaction to the altered tone which public discussion has assumed in regard to the character of East India Company, and the merits of the administration in which Vie company has borne so important a part. The int. ra tion of proposing the abolition of the company's govern. ment was announced in the midst of, and it may be sur mised, in deference to, a clamour, which represented the government of India by the company as characteristic by nearly every fault of which a civilised government can be accused, and the company as the main cause of the recent disasters. But in the parliamentary discus sions which have lately taken place these has been an almost universal acknowledgment that the rule of the company has been honourable to themselves and beneficial to India ; while no political party, and few individuals of any consideration, have alleged anything seriously disparaging to the general character of the company's administration. So far, therefore, the stand made by the company against the calumnies with which they have been assailed, may be considered to have been sue s issful. "But the admission generally made, and made expli citly by the proposers of both the bills, that the exist ing system works well, has not had the effeot of induc ing doubt of the wisdom of hastily abolishing it. Neither does it seem to have been remembered that, if the sys tem has worked well, there must be some cause for its having done so, and that it would be worth while to consider what these are, in order that they might be re tained in any new system. If the constitution which has made the Indian Government what it is must be abc li-hed, because it is thought defective in theory, what is substituted should at least be theoretically unobjection able. But the constitution of the Eliot Indian Conpany, however anomalous, is far more in accordance with the acktowledged principles of good government Lisa either of the proposed bills. "The nature of the case is, indeed, itself so anoma -10113, that something anomalous was to be expected in the means by which it could be successfully dealt with. All English institutions and modes of political ac tion are adapted to the case of-a nation geverning itself. In India the case to be provided for is that of the go vernment - of one nation by another ; separated from it by half the globe; unlike it in everything which charac terises a people ; as a whole, totally unacquainted with it ; and without time or means for acquiring knowledge of it or its affairs. " History presents only two instances in which these ter similar difficulties have been in any considerable de gree surmounted. One is the Roman Empire ; the other is the government of India by th e E ast I n di a Company. "The means which the bine provide for overcoming these difficulties consist of the unchecked power of a minister. There is no difference of moment in this re spect, between the two bills. The minister, it is true, is to have a counc il. But the most despotic rulers have eenecils. The difference between the council of a despot and a council which prevents the ruler from being a despot is, that the one id dependent en him, the other independent; that the one has some power of its own, the other has not. By the first bill, the whole counc i l is nominated by the Minister; by the second, one-h a lf ie nominated by him. The functions to be entrusted to it are lrft, in both, with some alight exceptions, to the Minister's own discretion. " The Minister le indeed subject to the control of Par liament and the British nation. But though Parliament and the nation exercise a salutary control over their own affairs, it would be contrary to all experience to suppose that they will exercise it over the affeiri of 100 millions of Hindoos and Mahomedans. Habitually, they will doubtless be hereafter, as they have been heretofore, in different and inattentive to Indian affairs, and will leave them entirely to the minister. The consequence will be that, in the exceptional cases in which they do interfere, the interference will not be grounded on knowle Igo of the subject, and will probably be for the most part con fined to cases where an Indian question is taken up from party ruotivf.k, as the means of injuring a Minister ; or, when Borne Indian malcontent, generally with obj ets opposed to good government, succeeds in intertmting the sympathies of the publ c in his favour. For it is not the people of India, but rich individuals and societies retire venting class interests. who have the means of engaging the ear of the public through the press, and through agents in Parliament. And it is important to remarh, that by the provisions of either of the bills the House cf Commons will be rendered eivenl,ss competent, in point f knowledge of Indian affairs, than at present, since i,y both bilk all the members of the Council a India will be excluded from it. _ " The government of dependencies by a Minister and subordinates, under the sole control of Parliament, is not a new experiment in England. That f . rra of colonial government I.)st th) United States, and had near l y lost all the colonies of any considerable population and importance. Toe colonial administration of this country has only ceased to a subj , ct of general condemnation since the principle has been adopted of leaving ell the important colonies to manage their own affairs —a course which cannot be followed with the pL ()pie of India. If the control of Parliament has not prevented THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL B, 1858 the habitual mismanagement of countries inhabited by Englishmen like ourselves, who had every facility for representing and urging their grieiances, it is not likely to be any effectual protection to Messulmans and Hindoos. " All governments require constitutional checks but the constitutional checks applicable to a case of this pe culiar kind must be found within the governing body itself. . " Though England, as a whole, while desiring nothing but to govern India well, is necessarily ignorant of India and feels, under ordinary circumstances, no particular interest in its concerns, there are in England a certain number of persons who possess knowledge of India, and ' feel an interest in its affairs. It seems, therefore , very desirable, for the sa ke o f India , that England should govern it through and by means of these persons. This would be the case if the organ of government prin cipally consisted of persons who have passed a considerable portion of their lives in India, or who feel that habitual interest in its affairs which is naturally acquired by having aided in admini stering them • and if this body, or a majority of it, were periodically elected by a constituency composed of persons in England who have served the Government for a certain length of time in India, or whose interests are connected with that country by some permanent tie. It would be an additional advantage if this constituency had the power of requiring information, and compelling a public discussion of Indian questions. These are con ditions which, to a considerable extent, the existing constitution of the East India Company fulfils. " The other great constitutional security for the good government of India lies in the forms of business. This is a point to which sufficient importance is not generally attached. The forms of business are the real constitution of India. " From the necessity of the case, recognised in both the proposed measures, the administration must be shared in some proportion, Between a minister and a council. The council may consist of persons possessing knowledge of India. The minister, except in very rare cases, can possess little or none. He is placed in office by the action of political party, which is governed by considerations totally unconnected with India, and, in the common course of politics, he is removed from office by the time he has been able to learn his duty. Even in the unusual case, of which present circumstances are an example, when the Minister has made himself ac quainted with India through the discharge of high junctions in India itself, his knowledge is but the know. ledge of one man ; and one man's knowledge of a sub ject like India, until corrected and completed by that ' of other men, is, it may safely be affirmed, wholly in sufficient, and if implicitly trusted, even dangerous. The good Government, therefore, of India, by a Minis ter and a council, depends upon the amount of influence possessed by the council; and their influence depends upon the forms of business. " However experienced may be the council, and how ever inexperienced the Minister, he will have the decid ing voice. The power will rest with one who may know less of the subject than any member of the council, and is sure to know less than the council collectively, if they are selected with ordinary judgment. The council will have no substantive power, but only moral influence. It is therefore all important that the influence should be upheld. Unless the forms of business are such as to in sure that the council shall exercise its judgment on all qudstions ; that all matters requiring decision shall be considered by them, and their views recorded in the initiatory stage, before the Minister has committed him self to en opinion they will possess no more weigh er influence than the same number of clerks in his office (whom also he can consult if he pleases), and the power of the Minister will be practically uncontrolled. " In both the bills these consideration. are entirely disregarded. The first bill does not establish any forms of business, but leaves them to be determined by the MinLter and his council ; in other words, by the Minis ter and his council ; in other words, by the Minister. Even, therefore, if the Minister first appointed should be willing to establish forms which would be any re straint upon himself, a subsequent Minister would have it in his power to alter the forms in any manner he pleased. " The second bill, unlike the first, does establish forms of business; but such alone as would effectually prevent the council from being a reality, and render it a useless pageant. " To make the council a merely consultative body, without initiative, before whom subjects are only brought after the Minister has made up his mind, is already a fatal inroad upon its usefulness. Bat by the second bill the council are not even a consultative body. The Minister is under no obligation to consult them. They are not empowered to hold any regular meetings. They are to meet only when the Minister convenes them, or on a special requisition by six members. He may send orders to India without their knowledge when the case is urgent, of which urgency he is the sole judge. When it is not urgent, his orders must be placed in the council. room for their perusal for seven days, during which they are not required, but permitted, to give their opinion, not collectively, but individually. Their only power, therefore, is that of recording dissent from a resolution not only taken, but embodied in a despatch. And, as it this was not enough, provision is made that an office always invidious, shall be incapable of being fulfilled if, any but the most invidious manner. The members of council mutt come forward individually in declared op position to the Minister, by volunteering a protest against his announced intentions, or signing a requisi tion for a meeting of council to oppose them. Such a council is fitted to serve as a shield for the Minister's responsibility when it may suit him to seek, and them to accord, their adhesion, rather than as a restraint on his power to administer India according to his indivi dual pleasure. 44 The directors are bound to admit, that the first of the bills contains several provisions indicative of a wish to assure to the council a certain, though small, amount of influence. The administration is to be carried o in the name of the President in Council, and not, as by the second bill, in that of the Secretary of State alone. The council, as well as the president, has a voice in the appointment of the home establishment ; while in the second bill all promotions and all appoint ments to the principal offices under the council, rest with the Secretary of State, exclusively, a provision which divests the council of all control or authority over their own establishment. Again, by section XII. of the first bill, no grant involving increase of expenditure, and no appointment to office or admission to service, can be made without the concurrence of half the council. This, as far as it goes, is a real power, but its value is much diminished by the consideration that those by whom it is to be exercised, are the nominees of the Minister de pendent on him for their continuance in office after a few years. "In some other points the provisions of the second bill seem to have the advantage. Its council is more numerous, to which, however, little importance can be attached, if the council has no substantial power. It also recognises that the whole of the council ought not to be nominated by the Minister, and that some part of it :hould be elected by a constituency specially qualified by a knowledge of India. But even in these, the best points of the bill, it is, in the opinion of the directors, very far from unexceptionable. The nomination of even half the council by the Minister takes away all security for au independent majority. It may, indeed, be doubted whether there is any sufficient reason for the Minister's nominating any portion, except the supposed reluctance of some eligible persons to encounter a can vass. The proportion of one third, whom the Minister now nominates to the Court of Directors, seems the largest which, consistently with full security for in dependence, can be so appointed. "The provision, that each of the members nomi n ated by the Crown shall be selected as the representative of some partieular branch of the service in India, is still more objectionable. Not only would it preclude the no mination of the most distinguished man, if the seat in council appropriated to the department in which he had served were not at the time vacant, but it would intro • duce a principle which cannot be too strongly deprecated, that of class legislation. The council should comprise the greatest attainable variety of knowledge and expe rience, but its members should not consider themselves as severally the representatives of a certain number of class interests. • "The clause which continues to the proprietors the power of electing some portion of the council is, so far, deserving of support, and the principle of enlarging the constituency by the addition of persons of a certain length of Indian service and residence, is, in itself, un exceptionable ; but unless guarded by provision, such as have never yet been introduced into any electoral eye tetn, so large and scattered a constituency as that pro posed would greatly add to the inconvenience of canvass, especially as it is not certain that the new electoral body would adopt, from the old, the salutary custom of re electing, as a general pracfe o whoever has been once cho sen, and has not, by misconduct or incapacity, deserved to forfeit their confidence. The duties of a member of council would be entirely incompatible with a conti nually-recurring canvass of the constituency. "Respecting the proposition f tr. giving the choice of five members of council to the parliamentary constituen cies of five great towns, the Court of Directors can only express a feeling of amazement. It is not the mere fact of election by a multitude that constitutes the benefits of the popular element in government. To produc these benefite, the affairs of which the people are enabled to control the management must be their own affairs. Election by multitudinous bodies, the majority of them of a very low average of education, is not an ad vantage of Popular government, but, on the contrary, one of its acknowledged drawbacks. To assign to such a constituency the control, not c f their o ;en affairs, but o f the affairs of other People on the other side of the globe, ia to incur the disadvantages of popular institu tions without any of the benefits. The Court of D1: - eotors w illi ng ly admit the desirableness, if not necets ty, of some provision for including an Eeglish element in the council of India ; hut a more objectionable mode than the one proposed of attaining the object, could scarcely, in their opinion, be devised. contain P t r he v ibi strong est " Besides the erovisions w hich relate to the organ of government in England, the a billse o open t o o re lating to India itself, which objection. Tne appointments to the councils at Calcutta and at the subordinate presidencies, which are now made by the Couriof Directors, with the approbation of the Crown, are transferred by both bills to the Governor General, and to the Governors of Madras and Bombay. The Court of Directors are convinced that this change would greatly impair the chances of good government in India. One of the causes which have most cent' i buted to the many excellences of Indian administration is, that the Governor General and governors l ave a! ways been associated with councillors selected by the authorities at home from among the most expeei , aced and able members of the Indian service, and who, not owing their appointments to the head of the govern ment, have generally brought to the coneidtration of Indian affairs an independent judgment. In conse quence of this, the measures of a government, necessarily absolute, have had the advantage, seldom possessed in absolute governments, of being always preceded by a free and conscientious discussion, while, as the head of the government has the power, on recording his rea sons, to act contrary to the advice of his council, no public inconvenience can ever arise from any conflict of opinion. These important officers who, by their participation in the government, form so salu tary a restraint on the precipitancy of an inexperienced, or the wilfulness of a despotically-tempered, governor general or governor, are henceforth to be appointed by the great functionary whom they are intended to check. And this restraint in removed, when the necessity for an independent council will be greater than ever, since the power of appointing the governor general. and of recall ing him, is taken away from the company, and from the body which is to be their substitute. It may be added, that the authorities at home have had the opportunity of being acquainted with the conduct and services of can didates for council from the commencement of their career. The Governor General or Governor would often have to nominate a councillor soon after their arrival in India, when necessarily ignorant of the character and merits of candidates, and would be entirely dependent on the recommendation of irresponsible advisers. "Another most objectionable provision demands notice, which is to be found only in the second bill. A commission, appointed in England, is to proceed to India, for the purpose of inquiring and reporting on the principles and details of Indian finance, including the whole revenue system, and, what is inseparably involved in it, the proprietary rights and social position of all the great classes of th• community. The Court of Direc tors cannot believe that such a project will be persisted in. It would be a stop towards the disorganisation of the fabric of government in India. A commission from England, independent of the local government of the country, deriving its authority directly from the higher power to which the local government is subordi nate, and instructed to carry back to the higher power information on Indian affairs which the local government is not deemed sufficiently trustworthy to afford, would give a most serious shock to the influence of the local authorities, and would tend to impress all natives with the belief that the opinions and decisions of the local government are of small moment, and that the thing of real importance is the success with which they can con trive that their claims and objects shall be advocated in England. Up to the present time it has been the prac tice of the home government to uphold in every way the authority of the governments on the spot ; even when reversing their acts, to do so through the governmer to themselves, and to employ no agency except in subordi nation to them. " From this review of the chief provisions of the bills, which embody the attempts of two great divisions of English statesmen to frame an organ of government for India, it will probably appear to the proprietors, that neither of them is grounded on any sufficient considera tion of past experience, or of the principles applicable to the subject ; that the passing of either would be a calamity to India ; and that the attempt to legislate while the minds of leading men are in so unprepared a state is altogether premature. "The opinion of your directors is, that by all consti tutional means the passing of either bill should be op posed ; but that if one or the other should be determined on for the purpose of transferring the administration, in name, from the East India Company to the Crown, every exertion should be used in its passage through com mittee to divest it of the mischievous features by which both bills are now deformed, and to maintain, as at pre sent, a really independent council, having the initiative of all business, discharging all the duties, and possessing all the essential powers of the Court of Directors. And it is the court's conviction that measures might be so framed as to obviate whatever may be well founded in the complaints made against the present system, retain the initiative of the council, and that independence of action on their past which should be regarded as para mount and indispensable." On the motion of the Chairman that the report should be received, Mr. MACKENZIE moved as an amendment that Par liament having determined that it was necessary to le gislate for India, Sir James Melville and Mr. J. Stuart Mill should be requested to draw up a scheme for the future Government of India, to be submitted to the Court of Proprietors and eventually to Parliament. Sir F. CURRIE thought it was too much to ask the directors to draw out a bill for their own extinction. The hon. proprietors could hardly expect the directors to consent to become their own executioners. (Loud laughter.) Mr. ARBUTHNOT entered into a consideration of the different clauses in the bill. He was more inclined to the present Government than the last; but, on the whole, he preferred Lord Palmerston's bill to Lord Derby's bill. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Court of Directors, said that if Parliament decided on changing the present form of government, it would he the duty of the direc tors to render every assistance in making the measure as perfect as possible. Mr. SERGEANT GAZELLEE urged that the Court of Pro prietors ought then to discuss the provisions of the 'oill. He was prepared to do so, and in the course of his speech, he said he gave the preference to Lord Palmer ston's bill. He objected to the council, and would rather the responsibility was thrown on the Secretary of State. The members of the proposed council would be merely "gentlemen clerks." Tney would be paid 1,0001. a-year each f3r doing the work of clerks, but no voice in the government cf India. If the two bills were smut to a select committee of the House of Commons he thought a good bill might be produced from them. The change of government was only a question of time, and the Home Government had lauded the present system to make the directors' fall easier. (Hear, hear.) He called on the directors to heartily join the Home Govern ment in providing a good system of government for India. Re objected among other things to the qua lifications for the representative council, remarking that any one who had sent goods to India even if they were so bad as to poison the people--(laughter)-- was qualified for a seat at the Board. He then analysed the bills, clause by clause, stating his objections to them. He described Lord Derby's Bill as the most absurd im practicable scheme that was ever concocted. Referrieg to the election of the nine members of the Council, the learned gentleman said it was objectionable, and he ciuld not believe it was the intention of Lord Derby that an Indian Director fcr the City of London should be elected by the longshere men, who were ready to vote any way at so much per head. The Court was a piece of antiquity like an old hackney coach—(laughter) —and they must make up their mind to b 3 abolished. He should like the present Governmeot to remain in power to keep out the Whigs a little longer—(laughter)---but he was afraid if they persisted in the bill, they would have to pick up their traps and be off. (Laughter.) The meeting was ultimately adjourned to Tuesday next, for further discussing the report and the bills be fore Parliament ; the Chairman having previously stated that a copy of tee report had been forwarded to the Earl of Edenboreugh. The court of Directors were alone responsible for the report, which did not implicate the Court of Proprietors. It was a report from the Court of Directors to the Court of Proprietors. The Court then adjourned. WILFUL MURDER IN DORSETSEIRE. LDORCHESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT. At the Town Hall, this evening, an inquest was held before Mr. G'olesSymonds, the distr'st coroner, on the body of a newly-born male child which was found dead in bed with its mother, Anne Vincent, aged 18, on the morning of the 27th ult. The parents of the young woman are respectable, the father, James Vincent, being bailiff to Mr. Pope, of Sutton Poyntz. Mr. W. Mansfield attended on behalf of .the young woman. The young woman, who was known to be in the family way, went to bed on the night of the 26th, apparently well, about nine o'clock, and no noise was heard during the night. At five in the morn ing the father got up, and while dressing fancied he heard a moan. Went to call his daughter, and said she had been sick. He called his wife to get the gill some tea, and went on to the farm (Her ringetone, near here). The mother got her daugh ter some tea, and the girl reached it herself whilst the mother prepared breakfast. On again going to the girl, and e - , , saying to wrap the clothes more closely around her Mrs. Vincent found a newly born baby, dead in the bed. Messrs. H. Arden and E. Emson, the surgeons, sated their dec ded opinion, unanimous indeed as to the result of the post mortem examination Ex ternally thcre were marks of finger nals on the baby's cheek and forehead, a scratch, two bruises, and a curious bruise, as from a cord, reaching round from the ear to the front of the throat. The tip of the tongue showed wounds, and the root of the tongue was torn from the bone of the tongue. The back of the throat was much injured ; the windpipe was stopped. Blood gushed from the child's mouth and nose on being moved. Both arms were broken. The lungs and heart floated, and the arm fractures were received during life. Death in their opinion ensued from the injuries on the tongue and consequent suffocation. The child had been born alive certainly, and when first seen by thei•urgeon, about 10 o'clock on the morning of t' e 27th, appea . ed to have been dead some hours. The foreign substance causing the throat wound might have been a hand. The Coroner having summed up, The jury consulted for about three-quarters of an hnur when they unanimously arrived at the verdict of Wilful Murder against Anne Vincent, the mother of the deceased. A w.irrant was issued fir the apprehension of the young woman. [ADVERTISEMENT].— Rapid Rec very. —Hoiloway's Pi Le and Ointment.—Abot t twelve months since Mr. 1101,0 e, Woothide, Horsforti), was se'z d by a serious pro,tratting weakness; six mouths afetrwarde an erup tion took place i, t his leg. Ho immediately placed him golf tinder the treatment of the moot eminent men in Liverpool and Manchester, but, to use his own words, g m -Wally got worse, and was prevented following any -Inployment during th e w h o l e t i me. " He removed to Ef , or -forth ; a .riend there induced him to try the effect of Holloway's medicines. He purchased them, followed the instructione, and was cured in a few weeks. He wi-has Mr. Hollings, druggi,t, to make his case known. —SJId by all medicine lendors throughout the world ; and at Professor Holloway's Establibment, 244, Strand, London. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The following reinforcements, to the number of nearly 1,000 officers and men, will embark at Gravesend this day on board the screw steamer Golden Fleece for Calcutta :—Captain H. H. Stewart and 10 men of the 2d Dragoon Guards ; Lieut. W. G. Blake, Cornet W. Gair, and 51 non commissioned officers and men of the 6th Carabi neers ; Cornet S. Ashton Preter and 31 men of the 9th Lancets ; Ensign J. V. Gooch and 15 men of the Ist battalion of sth Fusileers ; Ensign A. G. Westby and 10 men of the Bth (the King's) Regi ment, 30 men of the 13th Light Infantry ; 44 men of the 20. h Regiment, 30 men of the 24th Regiment, 24 men of the 27th Enniekillens, 13 men of the 29th Regiment ; Captain C. R. Ricketts and 14 men of the 32d Regiment ; 67 men of all ranks of the 34th Regiment, 20 men of the 38th Regiment ; Ensign F. T. Rolls and 38 men of the 53d Regi ment ; 11 men of the 54th Regiment ; Ensign Eaton S. Steward and 35 men of the Ist battalion 60th Rifles ; Ensign Augustus L'Estrange, 75th Regiment; Ensign R. Clay and 11 men of the 78th Highlanders ; Captain C. F. Auriel, Ensign G. Lloyd, and 138 men of all ranks of the 80th Regi ment ; Easign Seaton R. Forster and 20 men of the 84th Regiment ; 35 men of the 88th Connaught Rangers ; Ensign Robert Lefroy and 18 me❑ of the 97th Regiment ; 20 men of the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, 25 men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, and 151 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery. Yesterday the steamship Benares embarked at Gravesend upwards of 600 men, selected from the battalions at Chatham, Maidstone, Canterbury, Colchester, Walmer, Parkhurst, Woolwich, Stir ling, Aberdeen, and Farmoy, for Bombay. Yesterday a district court-martial of which Lieu tenant-Colonel J. H. Gascoigne, Royal Marine Light Infantry, was the president, assembled at Chatham Barracks for the trial of Sergeant James Warington, 70th Regiment, on the following charges :-1. For conduct unbecoming the charac ter of a non-commissioned officer in having been found in a state of intoxication when in command of a picket at the huts, Chatham, on the night of the 2d ins. 2. For having broken h's arrest when confined on the first charge, and been found drink ing in the canteen at the huts. The prisoner has only been a few months in the service, having been promoted for his exemplary conduct. The procee sings will be confirmed by the Duke of Cambridge before the finding of the Court is known. The Eagle, 50, coast volunteer ship at Pembroke, has now a large crew of coast volunteers. This ad mirable force is making rapid progress in the use of the great guns, 11 of which are mounted for them, and the crews are becoming expert at ball practice, in which they are often exercised. The Violet, gunboat, has arrived as a tender to the Eagle, iu order to afford the coast volunteers the opportunity of sea practice. The garrison at Pembroke has been strengthened by the 23d Welsh Fusiliers and the 15th Fool; depots, in lieu of the depot of the 80th Regiment. It was announced y es t er d a y in the dockyard at Woolwich, on the visit of Lieut.-Colonel Greene, Director of Engineering and Architectural Works, that the newly-constituted Board of Admiralty have abandoned the intention of erecting the new storehouses in that yard proposed by their predeces sors about 40,00 W. Thi s re solution, it is said, has been in nadooffiptceed and which, it was estimated, would to meet the necessary reduction in the exp.nditure on Government works, so as to clear off the heavy sum exceeding the estimates of last year.. The following appointments were made yester. day at the Admiralty : Lieutenant—Stratford Take, to the Excellent. Assistant - Surgeon —James Stevenson (aotine), to the Eagle, Assistant - Paymaster—Thomas Waterfield,' to the Victory. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THE SUBSCRIPTION-1100M . —TUESDAY NIGIT. Kelpie was backed at 25 to 1 for both the Chester Cup and Derby ; and for the latter event The Hadji was driven from 16 to 1, laid to NI., to 1,000 to 45 ; 50 to 1 was taken to 501. about Ethiopian for the Derby ; and 10 to 1 was laid against Toxopholite for the Two Thou sand. The other transactions were unimportant. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUI I'.-GLOUCESTER, APRIL 7. CROWN COURT, (Before Mr. B3ron Channell.) THE TRIAL OF THE REV. MR. AND MRS. SMITH. Oar report of this case yesterday was brought up to the departure of the last train for London, when the rev. defendant had concluded a most eloquent and touching address to the jury, wholly exculpat ing his wife and taking all the blame upon himself. The verdict was communicated by telegraph, but the following summary of what followed after the prisoner's address to the jury is necessary in order to make this extraordinary case intelligible. Mr. Huddleston, Q. C., in his address to the jury on behalf of Mrs. Smith, pointed out that she took no active part in the attack on Mr. Leach, and sub mitted that she was throughout the transaction acting under the coercion of her husband. He submitted that in this view the wife was entitled to an acquittal. Baron Channell having consulted his brother judge (Watson) on the point, returned into court after a short absence, and, referring to authorities, decided against Mr. Hud.dleston. His Lordship then addressed the jury, entering more minutely into the circumstances of the case than appeared necessary after the admissions of the male prisoner. He said a great deal had been im ported into the case which did not belong to it. The jury would take the true bearing on the case from him, and he would tell them that all that had been addressed to them both by the rev. prisoner and the counsel should have no weight unless sup ported by the evidence. No amount of provocation justified a man in the eye of the law for takin g the law into his own hands. They must remember they were not trying Mr. Leach, but they were trying the guilt or innocence of the prisoners on a charge of committing au assault or aitack upon him with certain intents mentioned, and it was not for them to determine whether Mr. Leach was or was not blameable iu the matter, but whether the pri soners were or were not guilty of the crime imputed to them. With regard to the charge of robbery, they might dismiss that altogt titer from their minds. The ques tioas they had to decide were whether the prisoners were guilty of an assault upon the prose cutor, with intent to kill and murder him ; 2dly, whether the intent was to disfigure Lim; and &by, whether the intent was t) do him grievous bodily harm. As to the conduct of the feins.lo pi isouer, it did not seem she had assisted in committing actual violence upon the prosecutor, and it would be for them to consider whether she was a free agent in the matter. If they thought she was acting under the coercion of her husband at the time, a point of law might arise, which perhaps he might have to reserve for the consideration of two judges. He should leave it to them to say whether they were satisfied that the two prisoners, acting with one common object, did cut and wound John Leach with intent to murder, with intent to disfigure, or with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm ; or whether, with regard to the female, they were satisfied that what she did, she did entirely by the coercion of her husband. The jury, after a short consultation, said they were agreed that the intent was to disfigure and do grievous bodily harm ; but with the strongest pos sible recommendation of the female prisoner to mercy. Soine discussion then took place as to the form of the verdict, the jury expressing a desire to make a distinction between the two prisoners. They did did not think the female had taken any part in the actual violence. His Lordship having again consulted Baron Wat son, took down and read the verdict to the jury to the following effect :—That the male prisoner was guilty of wounding wita intent to maim the prose cutor, and to do him some grievous bodily harm ; that the female was acting in concert with the male prisoner, but that she acted under the coercion of her husband ; if she had acted by herself and not under the coercion of her husband, they considered her guilty. His Lordship said he should reserve the point with regard to the female, and would for the pre sent defer passing sentence on the male prisoner. The trial occupied ten hours, and there was no manifestation of popular feeling within the court during its progress. On the prisoners being removed from the building, however, to the prisoh van, which was in waiting behind the court, the mob sur rounded it, and gave vent to a storm of hissing and hooting as long as the vehicle was in sight. This morning (Wednesday) the two prisoners were again arraigned on the charge of robbing the prosecutor Leach of his parcel, contain ing a shirt, pocket-handkerchief, scarf, and collar, which, it will be remembered be lost in the fray, and which was found in the prisoner's wardrobe. No evidence, however, was offered on that charge, and the sentence was—Mr. Smith to fuur years' imprisonment ; Mrs. Smith to find sureties to appear when called on. where he lived, and proceeded to his brother-in-law's house, in Fashion-court, but had not been there five minutes before the prisoners agaiu came with staves in their hands and said—" Now, we have got you to rights ;" and the prisoner Chandler took hold of him by the breast and threw him against the wall. His brother-in-law then came to his assistance, when the other prisoner took hold of him and threw him down, and tore his coat. He was then taken to the station-house, and both the defendants told the inspector that they had taken him into custody because he would not tell them where he lived, or what he had got, although he had informed them of both. Mr. Sykes, from the County CJurt, told the sergeant on duty that he knew him to be a respectable shopkeeper, and he then refused to take the charge. Both prisoners then made use of a good deal of vulgar language ; and when he cams to examine his bundle he found that one of the articles, a g ,wn, worth 53. was missing. He had never seen either of the prisoners before. Two other witnesses were examined for the pro secution, but there was a great discrepancy in their evidence, awl after a very able address from Mr. Me:calfe, the jury acquitted the prisoners. Joseph John Word was indicted for corruptly receiving from James Russell Williams the sum of 5/. for the restoration of a stolen dog. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Lewis appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that in the month of February the prosecutor's daughter was going along Long acre, and a large Newfoundland dog belonging to her was following, wearing a brass collar, on which her name and address were en graved. When she got to the corner of Craubourn street she missed the dog. She had previously seen a man who frequently put his baud towards the dog, but she did not see him touch him. As the dog did not come home to Leicester-square, where she resided, the next day bills were distributed ( ffering a reward of 2/. for the restoration of the dog. The day following, her father received a com munication, and in consequence of that he went to Waterloo-bridge, where he saw the prisoner, who told him that if he would give 5/, he could have the dog back. He accempanied the prisoner into the Strand, where he said he expected to meet a man, but he was not there, and then they went to the City, but no man was to be found. The pri soner then said they must go elsewhere, and a cab was ordered, and they proceeded to some place in the neighbourhood of Bunhill-row, which was a narrow court, and at the bottom of it was a public house. Here the prisoner introduced him to two other men, and after a good deal of parleying be tween the prosecutor and the men as to how they got possession of the dog, but to which inquiry they gave him very abrupt answers, the dog was produced and the 5/. was paid. When the prose cutor was about bringing the dog away, he wanted to know what had become of the collar, and one of them said that would b e a ll right, and on the fol lowing day it was returned through the London Parcels Delivery Company. The prisoner was sub. sequently taken into custody at a dog-show, in Half-moon-street, Bishopsgate, by Thomas Evans, of the G division of police, from a description given of him. Mr. Lewis addressed the jury, and contended that no corrupt payment had been made to the pri soner, but to the persons who had produced the dog. A person named Gleed, who said Ire was the mas ter of the prisoner, gave him a good character for honesty during the time he had been in his employ ment for upwards of 16 months, but in his cross examination by Mr. Metcalfe he admitted that when the prisoner was at the police-office he heard it star ed that he (prisoner) had been convicted and sentenced to a month's imprisonment for dog stealing. Mr. Creasy wanted to know, with that fact be fore him, how he dared to come into a court of justice and give a man a good character for honesty ; and ordered him to he taken into custody. He then summed up the evidence, and The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Lewis then moved in arrest of judgment, but his application was refused. Mr. Creasy sentenced the prisoner to imprison ment for six months. He then addressed the man Gleed, and said he should not commit him for trial, as his case was not so bad as that of a man who yes terday stated a series of falsehoods ; and, after a caution, ordered him to be discbarged ; but re marked that if any more such cases occurred, he would order such witnesses to be indicted for per jury, as both judge and jury were imposed upon, and the ends ofjustice defeated. WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 sow% A.F. 1 mils 2 fur. 73 yards. Count Bitthyaoy's The Courier ' 3 yra, 53t (.3 - . Daley) 1 Cuptain Lane's Batfleur, 5 yrs, lot 71b...(D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Ward's Naughty Boy, 4 yrs, est 51b ...(Bennett) 3 The following also ran :—Noisette, Young Hopeful, Indulgence, and Bannockburn. Bdtting-3 to 1 agat Indulgence, to 2 each agst Naughty By and Noisette. Won by three quarters of a length; a length and a half between the second and third ; Bannockburn was a bad fourth ; Noisette and Indulgence, close together, were fifth and sixth. Young Hopeful was last—beaten off. Match, 500 soya h ft. R.M. One mile 17 yards. Lord Derby's Streamer, Bst 7lb (Flatman) 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, Bst llb (Addoroft) 2 Batting-5 to 4 (at first 11 to 10) on Streamer. Won by four lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The winner to be sold for 100 Soya, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds. 3 subs. Mr. Nicholson's Marauder, 3 yrs 7st 'Fordham) 1 Mr. J. 11. C. Wyndham's Rip Van Winkle, 5 yrs, Bst lltb (S. Rogers) 2 _ _ Betting-9 to 4on Marauder. Won in a canter by three quarters of a length. Plate of 50 sovs., for two-year-olds ; colts, BA. 71b ; k Pies, Bst. 31b. Winners extra. ]Pint half of A. M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. Mr. W. Turner's Fleet, by Fallow Buck, Bst. 31b. (Fordbam) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Merryman, 83t. 71b. Mr. La Mert's Zitella, Bst. 3Ib. The following also ran :—Butterfly colt, Hassock, Commodore, Fancy Boy, and Ortolan. Betting -3 to 1 each agst Merryman and Hassock -4 to 1 each agst Commodore and Ltella-7 to 1 agst Fleet. Won by a length ; two lengths between the second and third ; Faney Boy was a moderate fourth ; Ortolan was fifth ; the others were tailed off. Subscription Plate of 50 sove. for three-yr-olds and up wards. Weight for age. Tile winner to be sold for 300 o '?" D.M. 7 furlongs 201 yards. Mr. Ale xa nder' s i fde nd e r, ina ns Brown d ed, Middleton, by B.y Middle ton, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b (141;00 1 Lord W. Powlett's Saraband, 6 yrs, 9st. lb. (S. Rogers) 2 Bettina 7 to 4 on Saraband. Won by four lengths. The Coins)* Stakes, of 50 sow , . each, b. ft., for three yr-ol Is. Colts, Bst. 7'b ; fillies, Bst. 41b. Certain allowance?, K.M. 1 mile 17 yards. General Peel's Forerunner, by Orlando, Bst. 4:b. (Flatmar) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Knight cf Kars, 8 71b....(We11-) 2 Duke of Bedford's Pampa, Bst. 41b. Betting 6t05 on Forerunner -5 to 2 aget Pampa. Won cleverly by a neck ; bad third. Plate of 100 soya. for three-yr-olds and upwards. Cer tain penalties and allowances. It.M. 1 mile 17 yards. Mr. J. B. Starkey's Esherman, by Heron, 5 yrs, 9dt. 81b. (inc. 81b. extra) (G. Hall) 1 Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird-on-the. Wing, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b. (A:ldcrof t) 2 Betting.-7 to 2ou Fidhermao, who woa easily by a longth and a half. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Turret (offered) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 9to 1 apt Munarque TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Clydesdale 9to 1 agst Tosophilite 33 to 1 apt Forerunner DERRY. 12 to 1 aget Clydesdale (taken) 20 to 1 aget Kelpie (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Coek-a-doodle-doo (t. and off.) 20 to 1 aget Longrange (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Riseber (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blackthorn (taken) A miierable Wet day, bad racing, and a very scanty mustrr of spectators. CATTERICK RACES.—WEDNESDAT. Craven Handicap. 5i1ica................... Martlet Captain Wedderburn Thirteen ran. Ninth Triennial Stakes. Kelpie ................... ................................. Pelissier 1deta..................................................... Five ran. Kelpie objected to, for default of his nominator. Tenth Triennial Stakes. Maggie................................................... Antidote ................................................... Vivac3 ... Four ran. Brctigh Handicap. Bridt cake Dit.d Berne Five ran. Ei i4 hth Triennial Stakes. Sir Colin beat Homospathist in a canter. CHURCH RATES IN LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool pa rishioners, at the annual Easter vestry, yesterday (Tues day), again affirmed the principle of a voluntary church rate for the purposes of church repairs. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 7'. (Before Mr. Pashley, C., Assistant Judge.) Thomas Jones, 23, was indicted for having stolen a gold watch, value 101., the property of James She, from his person. He was also charged with having assaulted two police-constables iu the exe tion of their duty. To the latter he pleaded guilty. Mr. Horry prosecuted. Toe prisoner was not defended. The prosecutor deposed—l am a clerk in her Ma jesty's Customs, and reside at No. 2, Queen's. ter race, St.-John's-wood. On Thursd a y, t h e 17 t h o f last September, I was a passenger by the 8 o'clock train from Fenchurch-street to Chalk-farm. I was in a second-class carriage. There were several per sons in the same compartment with me. A man, whom I now have no doubt whatever was the pri soner, sat opposite to me. He asked a girl who was in the carriage to change seats with him, and that brought him just opposite to me. The train, after at Bow, proc ee d e d as usua l. Th e p r i sone r stopping seemed restless, and kicked my feet several times. From his strange and peculiar manner I thought he was intoxicated. He sat with his arm leaning over the carriage -door. The train was going at full speed When we got to what is called Sir George Duckett 's Cana!-bridge, he snatched my watch, which I was wearing in my waistcoat pocket. He tore it away from the chain, part of which was left, struck me a blow, and in a moment he opened the door and sprung out of the carriage. It was the work of but an instant. Is tw him fill. I said, ,‘ Good God, the man has stolen my watch and I made my l oss known at th e Hack ney jumped out."Stati;as I could not call out and stop the train before. At first, when I saw the prisoner after be was taken, I was not sure ho was the man , but his whiskers have grown again —they had been shaved off—and now I am sure. Still, I thought he resembled the man. He bad the same coat on then, and I remarked red lining in the sleeves. The psi {over, in his defence, said he was not the man who did this. Th-re was a mistake as to his identity. The Jury immediately found him guilty. The Assistant-Judge, after cAnmeu- ing on the audacity of the offence, the prisoner's reckless daring, and his course of crime, sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for five years. On leaving the dock the prisoner smashed his hat, and told the officers that, as he had got his sentence, he did not mind them knowing that he was a ticket-of-leave _man. The assault with which he was charged was com mitt d upon the police officers in the case, at the police court. Rot erg Oxford, 21, was found guilty of stealing a watch, value 41., the property of Frederick Gni neat:lran, from his person. He was a well-known thief. The Court sentenced him to four yeara' penal servitude. Finney Rlmain, 24, was also found guilty of a watch robbery, after several previous convictions, and was sentenced to five Sears' penal servitude. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecutor ; Mr. Gent ap peared for the pris,ner. (Bef .re Mr. Creasy.) Eliza Hall, 37, and Eliza Turner, 37, were in dicted for steali ng a wa t c h an d gua rd-chain, value 81., th e p roper t y o f G eorge S tan l ey , from his person. Mr. ll.il e y pro.-ezuted ; the prisoners were de fended by Mr. F. H. Lewis. The prosecutor, an ink manufacturer, accompa nied a WOMln to a house of ill-fame, in Chair court, Strand, andas he was leaving his watch was snatched by Turner. It was given by Hall, who went by the name of Orell, to a girl, who hid it in her stocking. She returned it 0 Hall, who promised her 10s. Both prisoners were found Guilty, an .I sentoncod to six months' hard labour. James Chapman and William Chandler, police constables, of the H were indicted for un lawfully assaulting Puilip Mr. Horry pros-_outd ; Mr. Metcalf defended the prisoners, instruc:ed by Mr. C. Young. It appeared from the evident ) of the prosecutor, a clothier, living at No. 2, C: own-street, Soho, that on the 4th of March, between five and six o'clock in the evening, he was passing al ongFashion street, Spi'alfields, with a parcel of clothes under his arm, when he was accosted by both the defen dants, one going before him and the other walking behind. They asked him what he had got ; and he said he had got some things which he was taking to his laundress to be wastied. Chandler then said "he was only telling lies, for he had stolen them from a cart in Whitechapel." He toll him to be cautious what he said about him, or he would report him. He was seized by the necker chief and very roughly handled. He told them POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 7. MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Murray, who had been remanded upon the charge of having been drunk ann disorderly, and assaulting a police constable named John Banyard, 562, was again brought before the Lord Mayor. It will be recollected that the prisoner, who is the son of a baronet, and who has been on several previous occasions brought to this court and com mitted to prison on similar charges to the present, was found in company with a water-side labourer named Holley, creating a disturbance in Aldgate, and beating an old man. Balla] d interfered and advised Murray to go home, upon which the latter struck him several times. Upon Murray being taken into cmitody,Holley, who was committed for 14 days, attempted to rescue him. Murray's conduct was so violent that it required no less than four policemen to convey him to the nation-house, and when there he struck all around him, and gave Banyard a severe kick on the thigh which broke the face and glass of his watch. He was remanded till to-day for the purpose of seeing whether his friends would send any medical man to speak to the state of his mind. Before the prisoner was brought up, a gentleman connected with his family made a communica , iou to the Lord Mayor the nature of which did not transpire. The Lord Mayor—What have you got to say this morning, Murray Prisoner—l cannot say anything at present, ex cept I am sorry for what has happened. The Lord Mayor—l shall commit you, for the assault on the constable, for twenty-one days with hard labour ; and in the meantime we will consider what is to be done with you for the future. Banyard—Will your lordship be good enough to award me 3s. for the damage he has done to my watch? 9s. 6i. was found upon him. Prisoner—How do I know your watch was in jured by me ? It's very easy to say so, but it's nut right. The Lord Mayor--I shall fine you 3s. for the damage done to the officer's watch. Prisoner—l want this 9s. 6d. to go to my wife. The Lord. Mayor—Wife ! you have no wife. Prisoner—Yes, I have. The Lord Mayor—All I can say is that I am sorry to hear it. - Prisoner—l don't want the money for myself, I want it for her. The Lord Mayor—You should have thought of her before you brought yourself into your present disgraceful position. The prisoner was then removed to the cell below. GUILDHALL.—James Julier, the driver of an omnibus, badge No. 11,907, called the" Favourite," belonging to the General Omnibus Company, was summoned before Alderman Salomons, to answer the cimplaiut of Messrs. Pettbr and Galpiu, printers and publishers, of Belle &image-yard, for furiously driving, against the statute, See. Mr. Lewis appeared for the defendant. Mr. George William Petter said—On Monday week last, the 29th March, I was riding on an om nibus belonging to tl,e Saloon Omnibus Company, on m y way home to Horusey-rise. I left the General Post-office at 20 minutes to 5 o'clock in the after noon, and on arriving at the cab-sta,nd re it the end of St. Anne's-lane I saw one of the London General Omnibus Company's omnibuses, driven by the de fendant, following us. There was a cart on the near side of the cab-stand which impeded our progress, and the driver of the Saloon omnibus therefore passed through a break in the cib rank with the view of going on the off side, but at that moment the defendaiit lashed his horses into a furious gallop, and endeavoured to pass the Saloon omnibus b, fore it got through the break, the result of which was that tee two omnibuses came into collision, and the passengers had a very narrow escape of bring seri ously injured. No mischief did occur, and upon my remonstrating with defendant ho became exceed ingly offensive, calling out and making remarks, and gesticulating in a very insulting manner. H e continued to drive to and fro before the Saloon omnibus, until both onanibusia passed out of the City, but this sort of conduct continued th oughout the whole of the journey. I have taken out this summons because this is not the first, second, third, nor font - VI time defendant has been guilty of such conduct. I may mention that a spirit of rivalry exists on the par`, of the London General Omnibus Company against the Saloon Omnibus Company, because the latter have started omnibuses to aecon3- modate the inhabitants of Horusey; and the prac tice pursued by the London General Omnibus Com pany is to run an omnibus behind and another be fore the Saloon omnibus, which is technically called " noising." I have it Jticed, with o thers, that the defendant is a most furious driver, and on some occasions lades have screamed with fear, such was the d,no•er to be apprehended front his reckless conduct': • Alderman Salomons said he was of opinion that it was a case of wanton and furious driving, and he therefore fined the defendant 20s, and costs, as the LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offioe, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the emit' 01 Middlesex, Thursday, April 8, 1868• only means of reaching the company at all was through their servants. Th 6 fine was immediately paid. WESTMINSTER—MILITARY REGULATIONS. —Edward Kelley 'was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with robbing a corporal of the Coldstream Guards. It appeared from the evidence adduced that Henry King, the corporal, was out with a picket on Tuesday night to bring in men of his regiment absent without leave, when ho was informed there was one at a brothel in King's Head-court, Broad way, Westminster. He went thither, and was in the act of ascending the staircase to a room where there was a light, when his progress was arrested by the prisoner, who said he should go no farther, and called to a woman, desiring her to bring a poker. A misde of a formidable description was then thrown at the corporal by the woman, when, in order to free himself from the prisoner's grasp, and from further danger, he struck the accused on the head with his stick. The police were called, and the parties were proceeding down the court, when the corporal discovered that he had lost his imean medal, which he had worn on his breast, and charged the accused with stealing it, upon which he wai detained at the station. Mr. Arnold expressed his surprise that the cor poi al should have gone to a brothel with his medal on. The Corporal replied that it was in obedience to mill , ary regulations. Mr. Arnold observed that there was not sufficient evidence to justify him in detaining the prisoner upon the charge of stt-alitig th e ► medal, and he was therefore discharged, bur if any further evidence could be obtained tie might be again apprehended. Corporal King informed the magistrate that the loss of his medal would, in all probability, be at tended with very disastrous consequences to him. It would be looked upon as so grave an offence that he would, in all probability, be tried by court martial, reduced to the ranks, and imprisoned for 28 days. The worthy magistrate said he did not think, upon a proper representatio❑ of the facts of the case, that he need apprelpind such consequences. He (Mr. Arnold) must expre , s his opinion that it was au unwise and impolitic regulation which allowed me❑ to wear their medals upon such duty, as scuffles in low plawes were v. ry likely to occur, and if they were not stolen, there was great chance of their being lost. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. --DESPERATE AT TIOK ON A PARISH OFFICER. —Geo. Morris, Chas. Tregoar, and DAvid. Chandler, three rough labour ing men, were charg.•d with violently assaulting Charles Wroe, the porter at St. Martin's workhouse. WI oe stated that on Tuesd3;y, about eight o'clock in the evening, he wss returning from the station lytuse to the workhouse, and when in Owl° street he saw the three pris ners walk towards him from the workhouse . gate, and he heard one of them say, " Here he comes." The three prisoners came up to him and obstructe I his progress. They were all known to him as having been temporarily received into the workhouse. Tregoar said to him, "Do you mean to take us in to-night ?" He replied he could not, and was going to explain further, when Morris instantly struck him a violent blow on the month, and the other two struck him right and left about the temples. Mortis thou close I with him, and in the struggle they both fell together to the ground. Morris attempted to strangle him by twisting his neckcloth, and the other two kept him down. He managed to release his throat from Morris who calle i out, "Stick to him ; and give to him," and then Treg.tar kicked him violently two or three times he was very seriously injured by the violence he sustained, and his mou h and nose bled profusely. Fortunately assistance araved and he was taken into the workhouse and put to bed, and placed under the doctor's care. Morris, in defei.ce, said when he asked the coin plainant for a night's lodging he was flung into the gutter. Chandler denied having assaulted the corn p'ainant._ _ _ - Mr. Bingham said because the complainant de clined to admit the three prisoners into the work house he had been subjec'ed to shameful violence. If tke undeserving received relief then there would be no relief for the deserving, and as all the pri soners had acted in concert, he should mark his sense of their conduct by inflicting the highest punishment the law permitted. Fined five pounds each, or two months. Country Pilarketa EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Aim L 3. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 113 Od per kemple of 16 stenos troll ; wheat do., 7a 6d to 10a Od ; barley do.. 8i 01 to 91 Od. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—APRIL 6. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s 5d and a. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Aria 5. There were in the market to-day .1 bags of oatmeal, 0 or barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801139 First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -a Od —s Od --. 04 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —a Od —s Od -3 04 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od —a Od -8 04 DUBLIN—APRIL 6. The supply of all descriptions of grain at market to•da7 was small. Wheat met a slow sale, and scarcely supported the currenci.s of this day se'nnight. Barley of prime quality must be noted 3d to 6d dearer. Oats of all qualities met a brisk demand it an advance of 6d per barrel. India* corn was more difficult of sale, though offered at a reduc• Lion of 6d to ls. White wheat, 27s Od to 29s Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 26s 6d ditto new, s ; barley, malting, 14s to 18s 01; grind• ing, —s to —s ; oa.s, old, 13s to 15s 6d; ditto, new, -- 0 Od to —s 01 ; oatmeal, 13s to 15s 6d; bere, new, 14s to 15. Od ; rapes• d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 141 6d to 19s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 33s 01 to 344 6d per 430 lbw, .-APRIL 7. the close of the market Walleend, &o. s Eden Main l6 9 Braddyll lB 0 Haswell 19 0 Rimell's Hetton 17 9 South Eletton 19 0 i Shineliffe 16 3 'Hartlepool l7 6 Harvay 14 6 Kelloe 17 6 Tees l9 0 South Hartlepool l7 6 ,t, 53 ; sold 42. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton al s. d i l Bell's Primrose l2 6 1 Hastings Hartley 16 3 1 Holywell ..... ...... l5 0 Howard's West . Hartley _ Netherton 16 0! Sterrart's Steam l5 0 , Canfield Moor l3 0 1 Canfield Moor Butes 12 91 Walker Primrose 6' Wylam uirallsend. &e Riddell l5 6t Ships at marke BIRTHS. BURNE —On the Ist March, at 67, Malabar-hill, Bombay, the wife of G. C. Burns, Esq., Commander of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Pekin, of a son. WORDSWORTH —Oa the 30th March, at Brigham 'Vicar. age, Cumberland, the wife of the Rev. John Wordsworth, of a daughter. MAY—On the Ist inst., at Tottenham, the wife of Edward Hooper May, of a son. HILLIARD—On Easter-even, at Cowley Rectory, Ui bridge, the wife of the Rev. John Crosier Hilliard, of A daughter. BATLEY—On the 4th inst., at 77. Cambridge-terrace. Hyde•park, the wife of Edward Clive Bayley, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. JioXSON—NiswßoN—On he 23d Jan., at St. James's Church, Sydney, N.S.W., H. R. Jackson, son of the I;►te Captain R. Jackson, Bengal Service, to Elizabeth Marie, second daughter of Henry Newbon, Esq., solici tor, Sydney, formerly of London and Gravesend. PICKLEY - NORTH— On the 6th inst., by the Rev Chas Lushington, vicar of Walton, Thomas Allen Hickley, Esq. of Kind's Bench-walk, Temple, to Laura, second daughter of Rev. William North, of Walton-on- Thames. TURNER—TURNER— On E9.ster Tuesday, at Banwell, So• rnerset. by the Rev. John Vane, M.A., chaplain to the Queen and rector of Wring&T, Edmond R o b er t T urne r, Esq., of L•ncolu's- inn, barrister-at-law, second son of Lord Justice Turner, to Maria Loui-a Blackleg Tur er, second daughter of the Rev. W. H. Turner, vicar of Banwell, and granddaughter of the late Very Rev. Joseph Turner, D.)., Dean of Norwich, and Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. DEATHS. THORNIIILL—On the passage from the Mauritius to Cal cutta, in Januaiy last, w hile in command of the Claren don, with the officers of her Majesty's 51th Regiment and troops from the Sarah Sands, Capt. Robert Thorn bill, in the 55th year of his age. SimoNs—At Lucknow, on the Bth Sept., 1857, of wounds received at Chinl i r en tt ga a l n i d to d ya ur A n r g ti t l h le e ry si , e a g g e e , d A 33 lf . zed P. ButmE7—On of the 30th of March, at 16, Lower G : . r diner-street, Dub:in, Jam e s, the son of Col. Buller, 94th Regiment, aged four months. LEAcH —On the 31st March, at La Mielle-house, St. Bre. lade's, Jersey, Charks Leach, Esq., Commander, R N.. son of Abraham Leach, Esq , of Corston-house, Peni• brokeshiro. STORY-0,1 the Pith inst., at Lymington, Hants, aged N. Mrs. Mary Story, last surviving representative in Eng land of that family —joint founders with William Penn of the Republic of the United States. ELDER—On tho 6th inst., after a short illness, the Rev. 1)r. Elder, flea i Master of Charter House. REED —On the 6th inst., at Craven-street, Strand, aged 29, Major Reed, late member for A binclon.