The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-09 00:00:00

THE NAVY. A deputation of the leading inhabitants of Cha tham have waited upon Mr. J. Budden, the high constable of that borough, for the purpose of bring ing under his notice the present alarming state of the river Medway in the vicinity of Chatham dock yard, with the view that the subject may be brought under the attention of the Board of Admiralty. From the stattments made by the gentlemen forining the deputation,' it appears that the mud has been. allowed to accumulate to such an extent in the neighbourhood of the dock yard and gun wharf that only very small -vessels can now float alongside the dockyard, where a few years back a 74 could be moored. In addi tion to this it was also shown that, owing to the embankments of the Medway having been neglected the river Medway is fast becoming'so shallow that in' a few 3-ears it will almost be impossible to take a - . line-of-battle ship up to Chatham dockyard. Even at the present time this difficulty has been experienced, as the line-of-battle steamer Cressy, 80, which recently required some repairs, could not be taken up to Chatham, where the largest stone dock has just been completed, because, it was stated, there was not sufficient water for her. Other state ments were also made by the deputation to show . the urgent necessity which existed for a large body Of the convicts now at Chatham to be employed in improving and keeping open the navigation of the Medway. The high constable informed the depu tation that, as the subject was one of national im portance, he should at once bring the matter before the proper authorities. • - 'The screw steam sloop Icarus, built at Deptford, and destined for an armament of 11 guns, has been towed down to Woolwich to be brought forward for commission. She is to be fitted with a pair of engines of 150-horse power, and is ordered to be coppercd and completed without delay. Her Majesty's steam store transport Dee, Master Commander T. Pullen, arrived at Woolwich yester day from Devonport, and will reload with steam gear for ships fitting out in the western yardS. `The 51-gun screw steam frigate Forte, recently constructed at Deptford, and fitted at Woolwich with Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 400 horse 'power, yesterday got up steam in basin at Wool „wich, and proceeded to Sheerness to be laid up in 'the second class steam reserve. The Meteor, 14-gun iron-cased screw steam bat . tery, 150 horse power, was yesterday submitted to a test similar to that applied to the frigate Alfred , and the iron battery Erebus, by the gunners of her Majesty's ship Excellent, on board the Snapper gunboat, which was moored at a range of 300 yards from the Meteor in Porchester Lake. Admiral Sir George Seymour, the commander-in-chief, was .on board to witness the result. The spot on the broadside of the battery selected to fire at was under the gangway port, about 12 or 14 feet in length, extending down to her water line ; this was whitewashed and " checkered," the better to serve as a target, as well as to show the effect of the firing. The experiments were with the 68-pounder broadside gun of the Snapper, from which four shots were fired, and one from a long 32-pounder, with the usual service charge, and by the impression made it would appear that three out of the five shots (variously wrought-iron and common) pene trated the iron, and one or more went completely through the battery, and tore away the wood fram ing or lining of the hull, and did. other damage. The experiments will be repeated to-day, for which another space on the side of the Meteor, abaft the gangway, has been whitewashed and checkered. A large number of officers were interested spectators of the firing. A sergeant's guard of Royal Marines remains on board the battery, to take charge of her. The Imperieuse, 51, screw frigate, and the Falcon, 17, - screw sloop, in the advanced steam ordinary at Portsmouth, were inspected yesterday by Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, preparatory to his reporting them ready for com ' mission. Rear-Admiral t'Hooft's squadron of two frigates and three corvettes had signals for sailing flying all day yesterday, but at dark they had not weighed from. Spithead. The Neapolitan brig Eloisa put in at Portsmouth yesterday with damage to her starboard bulwarks and stanchions, from a collision with some vessel, name unknown, at 10 p.m. on the sth inst., off Beachy-head. The Virago, 6, steam sloop, Commander Dunn, was under orders to leave Spithead last evening for the• westward. A court-martial is ordered to be held this morn ing on board H.M.S. Victory, in Portsmouth har bour, to try Commander M'Donald, and Mr. Braund, the master of H.M.S. Urgent, on a charge of negli gence in getting that vessel ashore off Chichester on the night of Monday week, already reported. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Mate—Allan C. Adams, to the-Liffey. Master—Samuel Sibley, to the Swallow. Master's Assistant—Wm. Stowe, to the Liffey. Surgeon—John Gray, to the Osprey. THE ARNE A general court-martial, under the presidency of Lieut.-Col. C. E. Fairtlough, commanding the 3d battalion of infantry at Chatham, was ordered to assemble at that garrison yesterday morning, by order of the Commander-in-Chief, for the trial of private Thomas Tole, of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, for having, when serving with his regiment in the Crimea, in 1834, deserted to the Russian enemy, along with a companion named Moore, since dead. The. prisoner was apprehended in Manchester a few months back, and conducted to Chatham barracks, whre the depot companies of the 7st Fusiliers are stationed, and has since been kept in strict confine ment to await his trial. Owing, however, to the length of time since the desertion took place, and the difficulties experienced in procuring the neces sary evidence to support the charge, his trial has of necessity been postponed. After the order for the assembling of the court had been issued, certain circumstances came to the knowledge of the autho rities, on which the Duke of Cambridge counter manded the order for the assembling of the court martial until further orders, and the trial of the prisoner has been still further postponed. It is un derstood that certain important evidence in support of the prosecution has been recently obtained by the authorities. The whole of the troops stationed in Woolwich garrison were yesterday drawn up in contiguous co lumns on the barrack field fronting the Royal Artil lery.quarters, and having been inspected by Col. Bloomfield, commanding the garrison, they were ordered to commence the winter regulations in lieu of field drills, viz.," marching out." Headed by the commandant and garrison staff, and preceded by the divisional hands, the battalions of Royal Artillery and the other infantry regiments, in command of their respective officers, marched over Blackheath and 'returned by the Grenwich and Charlton roads ; whilst the mounted corps proceeded over Shooter's hill, through and the adjacent villages on that line of road. The above regulations arc or dered to be continued until further notice, weather perinitting. Yesterday morning the 31st company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Captain A. B. Fyers and Lieut. W. J. Engledue, left head-quar ters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and proceeded to the Curragh, where they are to be employed during - the winter in camp and barrack repairs and in engineering operations. The steam transport Melbourne, Capt. Jolliffe, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from Gravesend, with the troops on board. already reported, and took in 3 °facers and 30 men of the 49th Foot, after em barking whom she sailed for Cork, to complete her military freight, whom she will convey to Barba does and Jamaica. COMPETITIONS . FOR THE STAFF SI COLLEGE. • The following general order has been issued " Horse Guard s , , for admi ss io n to the Stff.a Nov. 8, 1858. Candidates College for orte year only (under the general order of the 30th Sept., 1858), will be examined at the college at Sandhurst on the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, and Bth December next. Officers desirous of competing for the three existing vacancies in the junior division of students, on this occasion, should send their names to the Adjutant- General, not later than the 20th instant, for trans • mission to the Council of Military Education, from whom the candidates will receive further instruc tions.—By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief.—G. A. WEDIERALL, Ad jutant-General." MILITIA. the public Oil Wednesday last the Sherwood pore I regiment of militia now rPeCi ' clueljl 7 3 ll ,'ei l dn e g l ° N- tn i h l l e e , s h e e rP r su' ' t h i ll: barracks, Glasgow, were green by Major-Gen. Viscount jesty!s Inspector of Forces in Scotland. The eorn a ; which 'seems to be in • excellent- training-, went l et field operations in a style through the most comp tli&t would have done credit to a regiment of the himself line. It is understood that his lordship expressed highly pleased with the appearance of the ich thyeg ment, and. With the . creditabl e st y le in whper formed their, various evolutions . ---------- ----7-------- A telegraphic despatch from Caen announce that s tha at eight o'clock on Friday morning Pascal and Graft, te murderers of the jeweller Perchard, were executed. Graft went on foot from the prison to the scaffold, but Pascal was o affected diat he had to be conveyed to the cart; the for mer ascended the scaffold firmly, the latter, completely over ll'het,ed, had to be lifted up. Pascal was executed first; Graft, who was ca l m to the last, addressed a few words t o the people. A vast crowd, composed chiefly of females, had Membkti . to witness the' proceedings. ' • tion. PA.RLIAME2 G ARY REFORM. A public meeting was held yesterday evening in the Vestry-hall of the Marylebone Court-house, to consider the question of Parliamentary Reform, be ing convened by the Marylebone Political Reform League, the object of which, as eta' ed by itself, is " To procure the enactment of residential suffrage, short parliaments, vote by ballot, and equitable elec toral districts, in the forthcoming Reform Bill, and to act in concert with the Political Reform League." The CHAIRMAN (Mr. J. A. Nicholay) said the question they had met to discuss was one of im mense moment at the present time, and in his opinion meetings ought to be held throughout the country to assert the privileges and insist on the rights of the people. (Cheers.) There was another association in the parish, the members of which con sidered the League premature in convening that meeting. Differing on that point from those to whom he alluded, he hailed their declaration that they intended shortly to convene a meeting them selves ; there could not be too many meeting's on that subject, and if they agreed in the main, he should wish them all " God speed." They were pro mised a reform. By whom ? By the men from whom they would least have expected such a pro mise—the Conservatives. Mr. Bright said recently at Birmingham, " Let us have a real bill, a good bill, or no bill at all." He believed that sentiment would be responded to throughout the length and breadth of the land. The great manufacturing towns of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Huddersfield had taken the lead in this movement, and he thought that great metropolitan parish would be wanting in its duty to the country; if it did not follow their example. Let the present Go vernment be judged not as men but by their mea sures. (Cheers.) They had too long had foisted upon them the family clique, and it would be a dis grace to the country if it ever permitted that clique to resume the reins of government or to lord it again as despotically as it had done. (Hear, hear.) They had had enough of Whigs—they had had enough of tories—(no, no • keep them in)—but he should be happy to see them remain in if they would do what they ought to do. (Hear.) Mr. PHILIPPS, a working man, moved the first resolution—" That the people of England are not fairly represented in the Commons House of Par• liament ; that class representation has led to class legislation, to unequal taxation, and to the bestowal of office and emolument upon privilege rather than merit ; and that these evils would be best remedied by the impartial representation of all who contri bute to the national wealth upon , the principle of registered manhood suffrage. ' He said it was a disgrace to the country that so many men had no voice in making_ laws which they were bound to obey, and he quoted at some length from " Cobbett's Register" in support of this view. Mr. W. SIBLEY, another working man, in seconding the resolution, said the working class, who formed the most numerous class of all, was the sole class not represented in the House of Commons. The aristocracy were represented, and the middle classes were represented; but was there one man in the House of Commons whom working men could point to as their representative ? (Cries of " Nu, not one ;" responded to by shouts of " Cox," and " Berkeley. ') Past changes in the representation had benefited others, but they had not benefited them. He was one of those who thought that the producers of wealth ought to be the sole enjoyers of the wealth they produced. If the working classes were admitted into the pale of the constitution they would send members to Parliament who would endeavour to solve one very great mystery, namely, how it was that men who were willing and able to work could not get work. (Hear.) That was a question of vital importance to the working classes. Mr. W. T. SWAN, secretary to the League, sup ported the resolution. He said the real question at issue was what kind of measure would be a satis factory settlement of the reform question, so that after it was passed they would be left at liberty to turn their attention to agitate questions of a social or religious nature. Mr. Bright's measure included household suffrage, vote by ballot, and electoral districts. He thought most persons would prefer manhood suffrage to household, because it was the most just in itself and would be most likely to prove a final settlement. It was not householders alone who paid taxes. If a bachelor wanted an ounce of tea, or a glass of ale, he could not have it without a tax ; why, then, should he have no voice in the representation ? (Hear.) It was supposed that household suffrage would be more conservative than a registered manhood suffrage—that it would intro duce more of the democratic element into the con stituencies. He was of a different opinion. They all knew that working men generally became house holders earlier in life than men of the middle classes, marrying between the ages of 18 and 25 ; and he believed the operation of household suffrage would be to exclude far more of the latter than of the for mer. He could not understand why the Guildhall Reform Committee had selected Mr. Bright to in troduce a reform bill, seeing that he was in favour of adopting the municipal and parochial franchise, while the committee in their programme proposed to give votes to all who occupied apartments. He was certain that a bill which was based on any existing franchise would be unsatisfactory to the people. (Cheers.) Mr. HEALEY, of Islington, supported the resolu- Mr. JAIRY hoped the meeting would take a prac tical view of the question. What was the use of golly , for manhood suffrage ? Would they be able to . get such a suffrage? (Loud cries of_" Yes, yes," Mingled with one or two faint " Noes.") Mr. ELT, of Islington. believed that if a liberal construction were put on the working of the pro gramme of the Guildhall Reform League, it would not be found to differ very materially from that of the Political Reform League. The latter was based on the representation of the man, whereas the former was based on the representations of the rate payer. Manhood suffrage would give five million votes, and the municipal franchise four millions. He believed, however, that it was better to settle such a question on principle than on expediency ; and, being infavour of manhood suffrage, he should support the resolution. The resolution was carried with one dissentient. Mr. ERNEST JONES, who came forward at the call of the chairman, said that he regarded that meeting as an augury of union between the middle and the working classes. It was the duty of both to go for the best measure that could be obtained. In his opinion, the measure of the Guildhall Reform. League was far inferior to that of the Political Re form League. (Cheers.) The Guildhall Reform League were in favour of a £lO county franchise, which would, in reality, extend the powers of the aristocracy. (Hear, hear.) Manhood suffrage was especially needed in the rural dis tricts ; and with a rating franchise the great bulk of the working. classes would still be disfranchised. (Hear, hear.) The working classes were willing to leave the reform movement in the hands of the middle classes provided their measure embraced re gistered manhood suffrage. If the middle classes would endorse a measure embracing manhood suf frage, the ballot, and triennial Parliaments the working classes would be with them to a man ; if the middle classes went only for a ratepaying fran chise or household suffrage, they would never be able to rally the amount of power which would enable them to carry any measure whatever. The .chartists had waved their demand for ge..ymeyt 'of , members and annual Parliaments, and it was for the middle classes now to meet them ; the working men of this country certainly should not be deluded by the cry, " Take an instalment." (Cheers.) He did not believe every step was a step in the right direction ; it might have the effect of swamping the working classes still more than they were swamped already. He concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That a more equal arrangement of the electoral districts is highly desirable, and must be one of the distinctive principles of any new Re form Bill." Mr. SAVAGE seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. E. C. WHITEUURST, vice-president of the Ballot Society, moved, and Mr. BRINSMEAD se conded, the following resolution :—" That this meeting desires to record its conviction, that no extension of the suffrage will be satisfactory, unless accompanied by. the vote by ballot." Mr. VERY, a licensed victualler, contended that the ballot would in the end be subversive of public liberty, and refered to Grecian and Roman history, and to the operation of the ballot in the United States in support of his argument, which was re ceived with great impatience by the meeting. He concluded by moving the following amendment : that th , " 'rhat thi s mee ti ng , d ee ply d e ploring the extent to which b r ib ery an d i nt i m id a ti on ex i s t, ar e of opinion ha only preventative is the establishment of a ve tenant-right ; th a t th e b a ll o t wou ld b e no pre ale—that it is alien to the British character, and if introduced into the election of members of seriouslyc: x u a l t d sTmrg Parliament liberties," endanger their been, seconded, Mr. WIIT: The resolution hay' led, and on the question being put, about half-a c Tl t o h z e en hands were held up el o i r t i y gi n al resolution was for the amendment, and ratii i e r. R. M. Monatr.i.L a , seconded carried )n t the e y m a o u t i i o m n in o e f n; b y : Mr. 3.HoprEy,it was further resolve That this meeting approves of the determination of the genet al council of the Political Reform Leagu e to pre pare a'bill, based upon registered manhood suf., frage, vo t e .by ballot, triennial Parliaments, and a more equal arrangement of electoral districts, and pledges itself to support by petition the introduc tion of the bill in the House of Commons." A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings." STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. (From the Melbourne Argus of Sept. 15.) In our last summary we briefly acknowledged the receipt of the intelligence that the European and Australian Company had become bankrupt, and that the service had been temporarily undertaken by the Royal Mail Company. It may be interesting to our English readers to know what has been done in the colonies in consequence of that event. Previous to the arrival of the mail the Sydney legislature had taken action in the matter. The Assembly had declared in favour of the Panama route, and had resolved, by a large majority, that they would not become a party to any fresh contract to be made by the British government unless the same was previously submitted to the colony for approval. After the arrival of the mail conveying the intellivnee of the failure of the contractors, an additional impetus was of course given to the movement in favour of the Panama route. This movement was all the more active as the opinion of the Governor-General and the Executive was strongly in accordance with the popular feeling. The Governor-General appears to have taken a warm personal interest in the matter; and to have, in fact, devised the scheme to which the colony now stands pledged. Immediately after the adoption of the resolution by the Assembly in favour of the Panama route, the Governor-General prepared an elaborate and very able minute, em bodying a scheme of steam communication, which was afterwards submttted to the Executive Council of New South Wales. The principal points of the minute are the following—The Go vernor-General states that the Government of New South Wales never contemplated the establishment of a separate and distinct line all the way from England to Australia—a plan which he evidently considers impracticable; He is of opinion that the line to Suez is too long for one steamer ; and he is by no means certain that the work could be done with regularity were the vessels to sail from Suez and Sydney independently of each other. • The voyage of each would then be from 44 to 46 days, which is longer than a steamer can be fairly ex pected to work without a thorough inspection of her machinery. His suggestion, therefore, is that Ceylon should be the termination of the direct voyage from these colonies, in place of Suez, and that the vessels employed should be in good order and thoroughly competent for their work. Then, with reference to the general scheme which should. be adopted by the colonies in the new arrange ment, he sets out with the axiom, that the advan tages of a rapid, frequent, and regular communica tion with Europe, Asia, and America, are enough to justify the payment by the colony of a much larger sum than the amount of postage, He ob jects to Governments at both ends of a line of 12,000 miles being parties to the contracts, and thinks that the work would be much more satisfac torily performed by a more ,simple arrangement. He is of opinion that the object of a frequent and regular communication would be best attained by maintaining a line to Ceylon, and from thence to England and India, on the one hand ; and another to Panama, and from thence to England and North and South America on the other. To avoid the multiplication of parties to the contracts, he pro poses that the Imperial Government, in considera tion of the receipt of the postage paid in England, should engage to deliver the Australian letters at Point de Galle on the first line, and at Panama on the second line. This, the Governor-General ob serves, would add in a very trifling degree to the amount of the subsidies already paid by the Home Government, under existing contracts with the Peninsular and Oriental Company and the Royal West India Mail Company, and would, on the other hand, effect a saving of the share of the subsidy, paid under the contract with the European and Australian Mail Compano. On the other hand, the Governor-General proposes that the Australian colonies should meet the expense of conveying the mails between Australia and Point de Galle and Panama respectively, each colony receiving as at present the postage on its letters, and contributing in proportion to the number sent from each ; the contract for the line via Ceylon . to be made by Vic toria, and that via Panama to be made by New South Wales, each charging a fair share of expense to the other colonies that may wish to send mails the communication on each line to be monthly, with an interval of 14 days between the starting of the mails. As the temporary arrangement with the Royal Mail Company terminates in six months from the Ist of July, the Governor-General recom mends that no time should be lost in endeavouring to effect an agreement on the subject with the various colonies, and suggests that New South Wales should despatch a special envoy to Victoria —and, if successful here, that the envoy should pro ceed to Tasmania, while Victoria might communi cate iu a similar way with South Australia, for the purpose of obtaining the concurrence of those colo nies. The executive council at once adopted the minute of the Governor-General, and embodied his proposals in a series of resolutions, which were passed ; and it was resolved that a sum not exceed ing £50,000 a year, for seven or ten years, should be placed on the estimates, for the purpose of car rying out that of the service allotted to New South Wales. The council likewise advised that, in order to secure the co-operation of the imperial govern ment,.his Excellency should transmit to the Secre tary of State an explanatory despatch, with acopv of the bill for appropriating the subsidy. Finally, it was resolved thattenders should at once be called by public advertisement, for. performance of the Panama service, and that copies of the advertise ment should be forwarded to the Secretary of State, with a request that, if her Majesty's government were prepared to co-operate with the colonies in the matter, they would publish the advertisement ex tensively in England and America. This scheme, it will be observed, did not provide the colonies with a through line to Great Britain. Consequently, at the termini at Ceylon and Panama passengers would have to take their chance in re gard to passage by the steamers of the companies that convey the mails to England. The schemc,was proposed, and was adopted by the executive council on the principle that the grand object to be attained was the conveyance of mails. The next public movement was by the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, of which body a meeting was called, and was held on the 3d inst. By that meeting the subject was remitted for consideration to a special committee; consisting of those members of the chamber who were supposed to be best ac quainted with the overland route and with the ques tion of steam communication. On the 10th instant another general meeting was held, at which the re port of the committee was read and unanimously . adopted. That report embodied a totally different principle from the scheme of the Governor-General. The committee evidently considered that the con veyance of passengers is of great importance, and they insisted on the necessity of having a through line. They, in fact, altogether ignored the proposal of the Sydney goVernment, and .did not in any way allude to a route via Panama. One of their conclu sions was to the effect that the colonies are not in a position to• undertake the conveyance of the mails either for the whole or a part of the distance to England. But, on the other hand, they think the colony of Victoria ought to undertake the responsi bility of 'providing half the amount of the subsidy. They agree with the Governor-General in the pro priety of dividing the voyage, and recommend th a t a separate steamer should be employed to convey the mails between Galle and Suez." Finally, they propose that a longer interval should be allowed between the time of arrival of the steamer in the colonies and the departure of the homeward mail ship, in order to give more time to answer the in ward correspondence. It will at once be seen that each of the above schemes has its advantages. Those who con sider it of vital importance to provide com fortable accommodation for passengers overland will agree with the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. On the other hand, the' scheme of the Governor-General provides a rapid and regular conveyance of mails fortnightly, at an expense in a very trifling degree -above that already incurred for the existing through line. This plan seems to be the most advantageous to the interests: of the Australian colonies, and would, in all probability, be most generally acceptable. In South Australia, the eyes of the colonists have been turned towards the Island' of Mauritius, but no definite proposition has been brought forward. These separate movements indicate the intense feeling felt by the colonists on this important sub ject, upon which the decision of . the British Go vernment is anxiously looked for. • EXPLORATION BY BALLOONS.—It is grzvely pro posed by a correspondent of the Melbourne Argus to explore the interior of the vast continent of Australia by means of balloons. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Bilious Disorders, Headache, In digestion, Low Spirits, and Nervous Debility.—ln an arti ficial state of life these complaints are peculiarly common. They do not affect the labouring classes, with their plain food and exercise in the open air,• half so much as the higher orders, who patronise French cooks, and turn their nights into days. Some of Mr. Holloway's best customers are amongst the idle and luxurious of the upper ranks, who have discovered that his pills save them from Many of the t_le o cretyaills and penalties of a fashionable•life. 'Thus 1101- i i :... o [l l y ,ar s ta P ce ill s s o , f th th o e ug w l e i a a lth fa y vo a u ti r ( :t t l e m b e i d g i:i bo no m of . the. poor for ',utile palaces class a diseases, have found their "li-ay also to TRE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1858. ROYAL COMMISSION ON AR MY STORES AND CLOTHING. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the Commissioners appointed by , the. Crown to inquire into the state of the principal depots for military stores and clothing assembled again at the Arsenal, Woolwich, and continued the investigation. For an hour afterwards they were occupied in inspecting the more interesting operations in the laboratory, which were shown to them and explained by Mr Oram, the principal clerk in the department. Mr Turner also paid a visit to the gun factory. This over, they repaired to an apartment at the head quarters of the military storekeeper—now Mr. Gordon, who has within the last few days been transferred thither in the capacity of principal from Weedon—and proceeded to take additional evidence, Mr. Selfe presiding as chairman. Mr. Howell, the Director-General of Contracts at the War-office, attended before the Commissioners specially to make a. reply to a statement which he said had been made by Captain Clerk, assistant superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department, in his examination on Friday last, to the effect that certain timber offered by Messrs. Rolt and Co. to the War-office for use in the carriage depart ment at 85s. a-load,•and recommended for purchase by the officers of the department, was refused by the authorities at the War-office, and subse quently bought by them at 955. a-load. The circum stances he (Mr. Howell) said were these :—On the 3d of April last Rolt and Co. offered a parcel of fir timber (150 loads) at 85s. per load. On the 6th of April that offer was referred to Col. Tulloh. On the 7th of April Col. Tulloh said he should require 100 loads by the middle of May, and recommended that the quantity should be taken if found accord ing to specification and the usual conditions of the department. There being then no special demand for timber of that kind, and no requisition, a letter was written to Gol. Tulloh on the 14th April, in forming him that it was not deemed expedient to accept the offer of Rolt and Co. for the supply of Dantsic fir. On the 16th of April Col. Tulloh re turned the letter, stating that if a supply of fir timber was not made immediately the construction of platforms must cease, and he requested that steps might be immediately taken to obtain a supply. On the 6th of April Col. Tulloh wrote to the Under- Secretary of State requesting that 100 loads of fir timber might be bought out of the 300 loads esti mated for in the year's supply. This letter was received on the 22d of April, and on the 24th of April instructions were given to Churchill and Sim to buy the 100 loads of fir, referring them to Mr. Roles proposal, communicating to them the price at which it was offered, and suggesting also to them' that it might possibly be obtained upon more rea sonable terms. On the 28th of April witness called the attention of Churchill and Sim to a cargo by the Harriet, which he understood contained timber of the quality required. On the 30th of April Churchill and Sim reported proceedings as follows: —"That on the previous day Mr. Jones, the timber master in the carriage department, had been with themto the docks to survey the following parcels, from which they thought the quantity required could be obtained, the timber offered by Rolt and Co. not having arrived in London. The cargo by the Harriet contained a large proportion of smaller dimensions than the service could receive. The importers offered to sell any floats selected by the officers at 80s. per load, but it was thought that only 40 or 50 loads could be obtained of proper size. Memel Crown timber of superior stock was sur veyed, -but pronounced too small for the:required purposes, being from 12 to 13 inches square. The cargo of the George Link was surveyed.. That por tion offered' at 85s. was found to be of the required dimensions, but onlylB pieces were pronounced by Mr. Jones to be of the required quality. The other portion of this cargo : viz., the Crown quality of 350 loads—was surveyed and found to be of the re quired quality and dimensions. The importers offered the parcel at 925. 6d. per load as lying in the docks ; or 100 to 120 loads, to be selected in floats, at 955. ; or they would sell 120 loads, to be marked by Mr. Jones, at 675. 6d., subject to the rejection of a quantity not exceeding 20;lsads. On the 3d of May Churchill and Sim's letter was referred to Col. Tulloch for his recommendatirn as to the timber which was best suited for the service. On the sth May Col. Tulloh recommended that 120 loads, at 975. 6d., should be bought, subject to the rejection of not more than 20 loads upon its arrival in the Royal Arsenal. which he considered a safe arrange ment. On the 7th May he (Mr. Howell) telegraphed to Col. Tulloh to know if the 50 or 60 loads of best timber offered at 80s. were suitable for the depart ment ; he replied, that it was not so suitable for the service as that recommended in his minute of the sth of May. On the same day witness directed Churchill and Sim Aro be written to, to make the purchase as recommended by Col. Tulloh, but that they should endeavour to arrange for the supply at , or under 955. per load, as he understood there was ; a cargo expected shortly which could be bought at 955. On the 10th of May Churchill and Sim re ported they had bought the timber required at 955. The CHAIRMAN said, what they wanted to know was whether the timber offered by Mt at 85s. a load was timber which Chttrehill and Sim afterwards purchased for the Government at 955. The impres sion produced upon his mind certainly, and that which had gone forth to the public, by the evidence of Capt. Clerk was, that a certain number of loads of timber had been offered by Rolt and Co. to the' Government, that the Government declined to pur chase it, and afterwards bought that identical tim ber at a higher price through the intervention of their brokers. Mr. TURNER said that was his impression also ; and he wanted to know whether Rolt's offer at 85s. a load was for timber actually accessible at that time ? The letter of Messrs. Rolt implied that the timber was in port and ready for inspection. Mr. Howell thought if Capt. Clerk had known the whole circumstances of the case, as he (Mr. Howell) had just related them, his evidence would have a created a different impression on the minds of the Commissioners and the public. Mr. John Sim said, in reply to Mr. Turner's question, that the timber offered by Rolt and Co. •to the War-office in April was not in this country at that time, and that it did not arrive until some time after the actual delivery of the timber in the Royal carriage department, which he (Mr. Sim) had received instructions to buy, and which was stated in his instructions to be imperatively wanted there for the _public service. He found that the timber Messrs. Rolt and Co. offered was a cargo they ex pected to receive by a ship which was then on her voyage to Lonslon. Mr. Turner said the fact appeared to be that Rolt's timber, not having arrived, was not available for the pressing service for which it was wanted in the department at that particular time. Mr. Sim said that was so, and had it arrived when the pressing demand existed - for timber of that kind, it would have been inspected by him (Mr. Sim) and his partner in the interests of the Government; He added that his attention was particularly called to Mr. Rolt's cargo, when it did arrive, as he (Mr. Sim) had by that time received a second order from the Government to buy fir tim ber suitable for the arsenal. He was, therefore, scrupulously careful to look at Mr. Rolt's timber, and he found that its dimensions were not suffi ciently large for the requirements of the service. The Chairman said, besides the evidence given by Capt. Clerk, Col. "Tulloh, the head of the carriage department, had stated, in his letter to the Commis sioners that " instances had, indeed, occurred where parties had offered timber at a less price, which, although recoil - unaided, had been afterwards ordered through a broker at an advanced price, with charges for brokerage and lighterage in addition— as in the case of Messrs. Rolt's fir (April 7, 1858), offered at £4 55., which cost £4 155., through a broker, exclusive of charges." Surely (said the chairman), no man who read the English language could have come to any other conclusion than that the fir timber which the Government bought through their brokers at £4 15s. a load on that occasion was the identical timber which had been previously offered to them at £4. ss..and refused. Mr. Sim said he was glad to have the opportunity of entirely contradicting the statement. The truth was, that in April Messrs. Rolt's timber, so far from its being then in this country, was in posse and not in ease. If it had been ever so suitable the Govern ment could not have got-it. Mr. Turner said he wanted to • ask a question affecting the commercial class especially. Was it proper of a man offering timber for sale to say he hadit on hand and invite aninspectionlof it, when in point of fact it had not then actually arrived in this COM) tr . ) ? Mr. Sim said it would certainly have been much better if it had been stated clearly, when the offer was made, whether it had arrived or not, • Mr. Turner—Was it, in fact, a false statement for a merchant to say that he had in hand, and invited inspection of, a cargo which did not actually arrive until a month afterwards ? Mr. Sim said Messrs. Rolt's letter clearly con veyed the impression that the timber was in Lon don at the time, but he was sure a firm so respect able would not wish to throw dust in the eyes of the public; and the officers in the carriage depart ment might have been under the impression that the timber had actually arrived. Mr. Turner—Military men make a point of stand ing upon their honour; I am happy to say there a. e commercial men who stand as much upon their honour ; and I think that is not a correct statement of anything they had to propound to the depart ment. - - Mr. Sim said he was not a censor woman. Mr. Turner—You say you are not a censor ;norm ; but it is ono of the incorrect statements made by Messrs. Rolt that Colonel Tulloh and Captain Clerk have been led into making observa tions for which there is really no foundation. Capt. Clerk said the case was materially altered by the statement which had been made by Mr. Sim as to timber not having actually been in London when the offer of it was made to the War-office ; but it should be borne in mind that the firm of Messrs. Brocklebank and Rolt was one of the largest in London, and he thought it would be only fair that the Commissioners should hear any ex planation they might have to give of the transac tion. The Commissioners had assumed, as had also Mr. Howell, that in the evidence he (Capt. Clerk) gave on a preceding day, he had stated that it was the identical timber Messrs. Brocklebank and Rolt had offered to the War-office that was afterwards purchased by the authorities there, through their brokers, at a higner price ; but what he really said was that it was the same description of timber and that he could not say it was the identical timber. The Chairman said the Commissioners did not for a moment believe that Captain Clerk had the smallest intention of creating an erroneous impres sion in their mind; but on reading the letter of Col. Tulloh a person would arrive at an erroneous impression, after the statement which Mr. Sim had made. Mr. Howell said he bought the timber at a lower price than the officers in the carriage department recommended him to pay for it. Capt. Clerk said if Mr. Howell had told the offi cers in the department that inquiries had been made, and that Rolt's timber was not in the market, they would have been satisfied, and the mistake could not have been made. Towards the close of the sitting Alexander M'Cloud, a sergeant in the Royal Artillery, who did duty in the trenches before Sebastopol, was called at the instance of Colonel French, and bore testimony to the inferior quality and utter useless ness in many instances, of the pickaxes, spades, billhooks, and tools in general with which the troops were furnished during the war, until towards the close of it, when a much better supply arrived. He created considerable merriment on stating that the tools furnished to the French troops were even worse than ours, and those used by the Russians worse than all. Corroborative evidence was given by Sergeant Dixon, of the Royal Engineers, who also served in the Crimea ; and several of the axes and billhooks now in store at Woolwich were, at the request of the Commissioners, brought into the room and sub mitted to a severe test on a block of very hard wood by a stalwart mechanic and likewise by Sergeant M'Cloud, the result being that the axes were equal to the ordeal, but the billhooks repeatedly failed. Colonel French remarked that as they had been taken from the store of tools that might at any moment be issued to troops doing duty in the field before an enemy, it was a matter of the greatest importance that our soldiers should never again be subjected to the same inconveniences from defective tools which were experienced in the Crimea. The subject will undergo further inquiry. REMARKABLE TRIAL IN MADRAS'. (From the Madras .21thenceurn of Sept. 29.) Turning to the affairs of our own Presidency we have first to notice the proceedings of the Scotch Free Church Mission in a recent case of conversion. From the peculiar circumstances connected with the case, and from the fact that it has been before the Supreme Court, much attention has been drawn to the matter. The facts, as disclosed in the Supreme Court on the 29th inst., were shortly as follows. A respectable native of the Chetty caste had a son who was being educated at Patchappah's School, one of the best native educational institutions in this Presidency. The son appears to have attended school for upwards of a year, when in some way or other he was led to the Scottish Mission, and there re quested to be instructed in the doctrines of Chris tianity. Thereupon one of the missionaries appointed an instructor, and the youth appears to have gone to the mission premises for a period of about three months. In the beginning of this present month the boy's father went on business to Pulicat, and the boy took this opportunity of running away from home to the mission premises. He was re ceived by the missionaries, and lived at the mis sion. This took place on the 13th instant. On the father returning from Pulicat, a day or two afterwards, h e immediately made inquiries, and found where his son was. He instantly went to the mis sion, and applied for the restoration of his child ; he was told by one of the reverend gentlemen con nected with the establishment that his son was at perfect liberty to go away if he chose to do so. On the son being appealed to, he refused to accompany his father. The latter then obtained a writ of habeas corpus, and on Friday the case was argued. Affidavits were read on both sides detailing tL• facts mentioned above. The question for the court to consider was of course whether the youth was of an age to act for himself. The father and other members of the family swore that the boy was a little over 13, giving the Tamil month and year in which he was born. The son, in his affidavit, swore that he believed himself to b 3 16, because his mother (now dead) three years ago had con sulted his. horoscope when he was ill, and told him that he was 16, and because some members of his family—who were not specified—had said at cer-, tain times that which induced him to believe he was 16. The Advocate-General and Mr. Mayne ably argued the case on behalf of the mission, and Mr. Branson as ably conducted the part of the father. The two former gentlemen contended that the boy's statement as to his age ought to be credited, and urged that even if he had not attained the legal age of discretion he was old enough to act for himself in a matter of this kind. They likewise urged that it would be a hard case to send him back to his parents, seeing that the boy had ;become an outcast by eating food prepared by pariahs and by cutting off a. tuft of hair, the sign of his caste. They contended that no member of his family , could, under these circumstances, hold the slightest communication with the boy, and urged that his dread of being treated by his father " as a tiger would a sheep,' should have weight with the court. The Chief Justice, Sir C. Rawlinson, called upon the learned gentlemen to show that an infant could make him self an outcast. They were unable to do so. After lengthy speeChes on both sides, the Court delivered judgment nearly as follows : Rawlinson, C. J.—ln this case a writ was ob tained ordering Mr. Braidwood and others to pro duce Narrainsawmy Chetty, who was dc tlined in their custody. The return was made in which it - was suggested that there was no desertion at all. From the affidavits on both sides, and forming his conclusions from them, he could not say that he was not satisfied that restraint had not been used, and he could not refrain from observing that it was a matter of much regret and deserving of strong re probation that, without giving notice to the parent, persons in the position of the defendants should con sent to break asunder the ties which bound father and son together—ties of the dearest nature, and whichwere recognised by every civilised nation since the foundation of the world. It could do no good to the religion to which they belonged, and which he publicly professed—this taking advantage of an in clination of a runaway schoolboy, or of youths not emancipated by the& parents, or the law of the country in which ritzy resided, to throw off the parental control. The question on which the judgment of the court must turn is, was the boy of an age to be considered eman cipated, Or to thrttw offthe control of his parents — to act for himself at the time that he left his father's house for the Mission Institution ? His lordship was not competent to form an opinion from the appearance of the boy:. lAe did not doubt that there were boys of 14 considerably bigger than the child before the court. Others no doubt of that age were considerably smaller. Putting aside, therefore, the inference to be drawn from the ap pearance of the boy himself, he referred to the affi davits. • In support of the age of the boy beinr , 14 years, he found that the father, uncle, and brother of the boy fixed. the month, and day of the month and year in,which he was born. On the other hand Mr. Braidwood stated his opinion of the to 's age. What did the boy undertake to swear ? He said that three years ago when he was dangerously ill his mother took his horoscope, and then made the observation that he was 13 years old. How many mothers could read horoscopes Why was it re ferred to ? He was supposed to be dying. In contradiction of this, there were the three state ments fixing the month and the year of the boy's birth. The next time he hears about his age is the time when it was proposed to give him in mar riage. He was then told that he was one month under 16 years. He does not say by whom he is told. Weighing, therefore, both pieces of evidences, and the means possessed by the friends of the boy for fixing his age—they swore exactly to the d—the age stated to be his by his father a.ppeared ay to be the correct one. The Mission House might be a proper place for young men to g o to, but it was not the proper place for boys to be received into who it was told were under age, or who were in capable of forming a judgment for themselves. Of this description was the boy before the court, and he ought not to have been taken into the institution without inquiry. The learned counsel had cited a case decided by his lordship in 1853. From the principles enunciated in that ease he did not retir e , but a case had be en since decided in Englind which had authorised the exercising of larger powers under writs of habeas corpus in cases h ?re the rights of par ents and children were concer ned. Acting upon the a uthorit y of that case, he felt no difficulty in coming to a conclusion on the pre sent one, Takiog , the case of Alicia Race ?A his guide, he could come to no other conclusion than that his father was entitled to the custody of his child. The father here came before the court with out any slur on his character—he .% , as shown to be bringing up his child in the way he should go, sending . him to one of the moat e xcellent educa tional institutions in Madras--Lis.,'-is lordshiphad visited the school frequently since his .arrival in t1 - .Le country—and a father was not to be u. l) . rived of the custody of his child because the child - ii. 7 a In, ment of irritation or other hasty feeling 600 t o run away from his father's roof. On a concidera - tion of all the circumstances of the case, his farZ ship felt bound to order that the child must be I • 3- stored to his father. Bittleston, P. J.—The only question of fact as to the age of the boy. On the one side the affi- davits of the relations fix the day of the birth, and prove the boy to be under the age of 14 ; on the other hand Mr. Braidwood says that he believes the boy to be 16 ; but it is noticeable that the native person who joins in Mr. Braidwood's affidavit does not pledge any belief with respect to the age, which Mr. Braid*ood fixes at 16. If the boy is 16 years old he has attained his majority, and is entitled to be allowed to go where he pleases. In the case of Alicia Race, the Court came to the determination that at all events up to the age of 14 the right of the natural guardian was absolute, unless he for feited it through some misconduct. Accordingly in that case, against the will of the child, the Court ordered her to be delivered to her mother. There fore, it is to be assumed that if this was the case of an English boy brought before the Queen's Bench, he would be ordered to be delivered to his father. It is said that the case does not apply to Hindoo parents. But the duty of this Court to administer English law, with due regard to the habits, cus toms, and feelings of the natives, and we are spe cially directed by statute to preserve the Hindoo father's right of parental control. We are satisfied that this child is under 14, and here more than in England we are not to interfere with the control of the 'father. We should be very sorry if anything in the order made should subject the child to ill consequences—we may be permitted to express a hope thatthe child will not be subjected to any ill-treatment, that it will be treated with affection and regard ; but when it is said that we ought to take into consideration the Hindoo law of caste as a reason for refusing the writ the argtimeni cannot be acceded to, because in Alicia Race's casejudgpentprocceded in part upon the authority of s imilar cases decided in India, the court having approve& of the dictum of Mr. Justice Patteson with reference to those cases. He could not see, therefore, that the consequences arising from the law of caste, even if they were such as had been suggested, which was by no means made out, afforded any ground for refusing the writ. The gentlemen who had acted in the matter did so from the highest and best motives. It did, however, strike him that when the boy, who was under age, came to them first, before they put him under in struction they might have told his family what was going on. It would have been better had this been done, Had it been done most probably the case would net have gone so far as it had. His lordship concluded by observi ng that the court had nothing to do with the ques tion of religion which was mixed up in the case. 'After the delivery of the judgment an extraordi nary scene took place in court. The father approached his son in a supplicatinrattitude, and with tears in his eyes asked him to come home. The boy remained firmly seated in his chair, and refused to move. Two officers of the court were ordered up, to assist the father in carrying off the refractory youth, who then declared that he feared ill-usage. The Chief Justice informed him that if he received any ill-treatment he might apply to the court for protection. The boy then quietly walked away with his father. A large number of Chetties had assembled to hear the case tried, and the greatest excitement prevailed among them at its • conclusion. As far as we can learn, the general feeling of the public is decidedly in favour of the decision passed by the Supreme Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Nov. 8.) MANSION-HOUSE.-----Carl Areskog, a respect ably-attired young German, was charged with assaulting Harriet Reynolds, under the following circumstances : The complainant said she was 16 years old, and was servant to Mr. Hadlow, surgeon, of George street, Minories. On Wednesday evening, about 9 o'clock, she was on her way home when the defen dant, who was standing in George-street, put out his legs before her so as to prevent her passing, struck her on the bosom, and said something which she did not understand. He did not hurt her par ticularly, but he had annoyed her in the same way several times before, and she spoke to her master about it, in consequence of which defendant was taken - into custody. Her only object was to pro tect herself from future annoyance. A friend who accompanied the defendant said the latter could not speak English except in a very imperfect manner, and being requested to act as interpreter, he told the defendant the nature of the evidence. _ _ The ,ord Mayor—Now ask him what he has to say. Interpreter—He says he only put his hand upon her shoulder, and said " Good evening." The Lord Mayor—Tell him that in English law that is an assault. Interpreter—He says if he had known that he would not have done it. He did not intend to annoy her. The Lord Mayor—Tell him he must not annoy her or speak to her again. Interpreter—He says that on the Continent ladies do not consider it an insult for any one to say " Good evening" to them, and if he had known it was regarded as an insult here he would not have done it. Lord Mayor—Well, ask him if he will promise never to speak to her again. Interpreter—He says, yes. Lord Mayor—Then tell him if he breaks his pro mise, and is brought here again, he will be sent to prison. Mr. Iladlow, the complainant's master, said he had been informed that the prisoner was in the habit of insulting every woman who came in his way-, and, if his lordship would take some further evidence, perhaps he would think differently of the case. The Lord Mayor said he was ready to hear any further evidence that might bear on the case. Mr. J. Batley, a gentleman residing near the spot, said he was passing through George-street on Wed nesday evening, when he . ow defendant put out his legs before complainant, as she had stated and attempt to push his hand down her bosom. He told him he was a dirty beast, and that if a policeman came up he would give him into custody, upon which defendant walked away; but witness stayed there till Mr. Hadlow came up, and then told huh what had occurred. Witness had frequently seen the defendant standing precisely on the same spot, and had seen him serve other females is the same way. The Lord Mayor—Tell him what the witness says. Interpreter—He says he never done it to any one else. _ _ The Lord Mayor—But tell him this gentleman says he has seen him do it. Interpreter—He says he only touched them on the shoulder and wished them " Good evening." e only speaka a very few English Words. - The Lord Mayor—Do you know anything mole about this case, officer ? Officer—Only that I took him into custody on Sunday. The Lord Mayor—Have there been any com plaints of his_ conduct made at the station-house ? Officer—There have been several complaints of such conduct against him, or a man like him, and several letters have also been received at the station house calling attention to this practice. The Lord Mayor—Ask him how long he has been in this country. Interpreter--He says about four months. The Lord Mayor—What is his occupation here? Interpreter—He is only here to learn the English language. The Lord Mayor—Well, he will learn something of English customs as well, I think. (Laughter.) Tell him he must conform to the laws of the coun try, and that I shall fine him 20s. for the assault, which will teach him that he must not annoy Englishwomen as they pass along the street. Interpreter—But there are so many common women about that part, my lord. The Lord Mayor — Unfortunately there are, but this is a respectable young ; and tell him that if he is brought here again shall send him to prison without a fine. Defendant paid the penalty and was discharged. William Morrison, labourer, 22 years old, was charged before the Lord Mayor with smuggling brandy. N. Smith, constable—l met the prisoner at the corner of Arthur-street, King William-street, on Saturday night. Observing his bulky appearance, I asked him' what he had about him, and he pro duced a bottle of brandy. I searched him, and found two o th er b o ttl es i n his pockets. F. Lewis, a Customs officer, said—The last wit ness delivered the brandy to 'me. It is foreign brandy, the duty on it is 18s. Smith—The prisoner told me it was smuggled brandy. Prisoner—No, I did not. I said I had it from a friend. I did not intes t I make any money (la it, I paid 4s. 6d. a bottle for it. The prisoner was fined 20s. Charles Lcbeek, 'a seafaring man, was placed at ti to bar He kept walking about the dock, end h ris, a . wild vacant look, and was ev id ent l y insole. . Turner, constable, 641, said— Yesterday , A be ut 12 o'clock, I saw the prisoner in a very excited ate in Bishopsgate-street, with a large crowd a round him. He pulled the bells of many houses, truck several ladies, and knocked some hats off gentlemen's heads. I proceeded to the assistance of another constable, and took him to th e s t a tion' house. He has knocked to pieces the cell in which he was confined. Two surgeons in attendance having cortified that the unfortunate man was of unsound mind, an order was made for his removal to a lunatic asylum forth' with. The Lord Mayor, before quiittng the bench; at the close of the business, addres4Tig himself to Mr. Goodman and th e o th er c l er k s, said—ln tak i n g 'cave of you, gentlemen, at the 'expiration of my ye ,tr of office, I feel bound to express my great satin le.ction at the way in which. -the duties of those ar e it iLd me have been discharp?o, and my thanks f or Le very abl e a d v i ce which. ' . you, Mr. Goodman , have been always ready to give: me, and of which I h ave been so often glad to a va il myself. The year has been quiet and free fro ' ai excitem en t ; but in the disc ;large of such d u ti es as th ose w hi c h duv ing the last 12 months I have 1 )tvn called on tO perform, there are alWays some little difficulties arising in which it is at once a g ratification and necessity to have able and cordial co-operation and advice. That co-operation and tl tat advice I have had here, and I thank you for it. With regard to my year of office generally, I ma yr say that I pac e heard no one word of asperity toy rards myself fron t any one belonging to or connected with the cc!" poration ; and I retire from th is court with tit , satisfactory reflection that I have at all events en" deavoured to act with justice and impartiality. Mr. Goodman, on bebalf of bin 'self and the ogle: clerks, gracefully acknowledged the many kin d " nesses and courtesies of the Lord Mayor, who they! boWing to each, retired from the court. BOW-STREET.---Peter and I 1 lizabeth Staceil alias Chesterfield, alias Leightme . n (husband and wife), and William Elsom, alias S ec )tt, alias Har sl alias Ashe, were charged with cm is A i r i ng t o obtuill goods by false pretences from Mr. la tird,a furniture dealer, in Tottenham-court-road. Mr. Ablett appeared for the - g -osecution ; Mr. Lewis (of Lewis and Lewis, El, y-place) for the defence. • EarlY in OciOber the female pri 4 over, who then calledherself " Mrs. Chesterfield," drove up to 311. ' Hird's shop in 'a pony chaise, and k "aVe instruction s that 'some one should be sent to a h ouse in Grosce" nor-road; Regent's-park, which sh e had just takeui in order to look at the rooms, a old consider wil t ' furniture• would be most suitabb The foreman, Thomas Smith, accordingly atte ided next d 3 3'' when she told him it would not l re convenient t° pay ready money, but should be . 1' prepared to glee one-half the amount in the court 1 , 3 of that numb" and to settle the balance on the lst or 2d of Ne v ' He said that would do if she gav e a respectable mar ference. She said her husband wa a retired 1 11 !"; ster, from Weymouth, and she Ira id between X`iu i and £5OO a year herself. Subs& uently she cap e ', at Mr. Hird s, and selecttd Food: ; to the amount 0 i £39, including a couch, six cl rain, 43 yards carpeting, a chimney glass, &c . She referred t " Mr. Scott, 48, Alma-street, Ho 3 ion. The forema n called at that address, and saw the prisoner Elsel l ' who said Mr. Chesterfield a , highly respects be man, and confirmed the details already set forth i r Mrs. Chesterfield. The goof' is were according ir supplied, but on the 2d N( iv., the day fixed 0 payment, it was found that 3 f.r. and Mrs. Cheste r field had disappeared, and ti le goods with thei They were traced to a house it the Lyndhurst-roa d ' where Smith called and der sanded the restoratil of the goods, which Stace ,y refused. That nig h , they again disappeared. O n Saturday, howe v e:„' the foreman and a cons t . able went to a hous e Copenhagen-street, Caled o n i an - roa d, f oun d the soners there, and took the , n into custody on this charge. The glass a n d erm c h a i r were identifiea ta by Mr. Hird as part of 13 ie property obtained W s , him. Elsom had obtai' se d possession of the h °ll in Alma-street by refer r in g t o St acey , a t a house ;0 Dame-street, which he, had taken under the 115° 0 of Leighman, referrin g to himself, in his real oti fil b , of Stacey, at another residence, which he had ° o f tamed in a similar mi finer. They quitted eac h these residences suddei ily. Sergeant Hervey sr); id he had known Stacey for eleven - years as one o N a gang of swindlers. There were a num' her of tradesmen in attenda ne : from whom they / tad obtained goods on Crd!" which they immediately disposed of. A Solicitor state that he was at present eo; ducting a charge at another court against t . ,,Ac e persons who were efonneeted with th e p r i so ners. O h should be able to identify th e f ema l e pr i sone r Wit. that charge by direct evidence, but he feared .", i ; could not show that the men had anything to '- with it. Mr. Lewis con tended that there was nothing to connect Stacey, with any representation whatev e i; unless the twig istrate thought the woman was 11 ing under her husband's direction. In that ,„e she must be 'discharged, otherwise, he submitted' Stacey must be discharged. Mr. Jardine should not come to that a ce e.. cision till he was satisfied that no further eviden t , was forthcor 'ling, especially as there seemed t° Id several mor e charges against them. He shoo remand all ti he prisoners for further examination' COUNTRY MARKBTS. NORWICH—Nov. 6. The eastern counties markets have been dull, and bA ) in instances a des 31ine of is to 2s per qr. has been notenp wheat. At tbds exchange to-day wheat was in fair suPP c is but the millers were not free buyers, and the sales leo were in favour of the purchaser. The best samples anti P o supported last `reek's rates. The show of barley was . good, and former prices were supported for all descriptl o Very little other • grain on offer. Flour a trifle cheaper' COLCHESTER—Nov. 6. • At this day'elnarket there was a fair supply of ' ol . l t e • e % t ! and we reduce -our quotations is per qr. on all quai l 0 Barley and beans tending downwards. Oats 6d, and P e is to 2s per qr. cheaper. Wheat, .white 46 ,red 46s to 50s Beans, Mazagan.. 36s 64 , red ..40s to 46s I Michlle & small 405,t0 Barley ..30s to 46s 4 White peas Oats ..248 to 30s Grey.. 4 2 4 : t t 0 o I • YORK• At this corn market to-day wheat and a fair attendance of —Nov. F. o f there was a tolerable shovi 19 f farmers. Wheat sold at to 2s below the rates'of last week. White wheat, new, 44s to —s Barley, grinding.. 30s to ..., 345 9 Red do. 3Bs to 42s Oats, old, .. 3os t o ,9 Old white .. ...... 44s to —s New do 30s to --; Red do - Barley, malting.— 30s to 34s Malt.. ...._s to NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE—Nov. 6. tui a The supply of wheat from the growers was good, the although an attempt•was made to buy at a reduction , le i farmers succeeded in obtaining last week's prices. lia r r to of fine quality maintained former rates ; indifferent soli nearly unsaleable.. • Oats- easier to buy. There was % .e little alteration in beans.• XIRKALDY—Nov. 6. There has been a limited show of wheat to-daytly ll was sold at fully last week's prices. Wheat (0). Barley (0). First.... 38s Od Od Second.. 46s Od —s Od Third ..:50s Od —s Od Wheat (N). Barley (N). First.... 34s Od 26s Oct Second 42s "Od 31s 7d Third 48s Od -33 s Od Oats (0)• —s Od —s Od —s Od Oats (N)• 22s Od 248 Od 26s 6d CORK—Nov. 6. The following were the quotations this morning n wheat, 16s Od to 225; white, 20s Od to 21s Od; barley 'u s to 16s 6d; oats, Os 6d to 13s Od. 011 In the butter market upw ar d s o f 2 , 000 fi r ki ns were o; sale. Prices—First quality, 1048; second, 100 s; thirds fourth, 86s ; fifth , 70s • • sixth, 60s. BIRTHS. • 0- , BUTT.—On the 6th inst., at Layston Vicarage, 81.11 10 7 0 ford, Hert s , th e w if e o f th e R ev . J o h n H enry Butt, son. fig' DE LALAING.—On the 4th inst., at Stewart's Hotel, gravia, the Countess de Lalaing, of a son. Ole PETRACCIII.—On the 26th Oct., at Alexandria, EgyPt , Viscountess Petracchi, of a daughter. th e WYNN.—On the sth inst., at-Cefn, St. Asaph, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Williams Wynn, of a dstig ter.. MARRIAGES. CARTWRIGHT—MELVILLE.—On the 2d inst., at house, Thomas R. B. C ar t wr i g ht, E sq ., son o f the Sir Thomas Cartwright, G.C.H., of Aynho, Nort ll l lll , l i tonshire, to Lady Elizabeth J. Leslie Melville, the 01 "" daughter of the Earl of Leven and Melville. Cranicsort--Wicics.—On the 6th inst., at Stockwell, mas, third son of Luke Hall Clarkson, Esq., South 1 .: 1 ' 0 , both, to Sarah, the third daughter of the late Mr. li r l e Stockwell. DEATHS. BARNES.—On the sth inst., at 10, Portland-terrace , gent's-park, Thomas Fryer Barnes, Esq., aged 84. ely BARRETT.—On the sth inst., George Barrett, Esq of the firm of Perry andßarrett Kates-grove Ironlv Reading, aged 88. gef • CRAPLIN.—On the 4th inst., at Kentish-town, the „ too . Edward Chaplin, M.A., many years reader to the Society of Gray's-inn, aged 88. 0 GIFFARD.—On the 6th inst., at Folkestone, StanleY Giffard, Esq., LL.D., barrister-at-law, aged 71. HomAN.—On the 6th inst., at Chatham-place, Blackm:; 0 1 Mr. Chas. J. Hom an , of the firm of Rownson, Dre w ' - Homan, 217, Upper Thames-street, aged 39. jO l O l LATHAM.—On th e 7th i ns t., at Upper Harley street, Latham, M.D. e l NICHOLSON.—On the 6th inst., Benjamin Nichols on, the Minories and Mark-lane, aged 75. LoNno,-.4 : Printed and Published by MURDO Y 1 : 15141 11 /, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 11 °,.., -- o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 10 "." It/Ndlesex, Tuesday, November 9, 1858. L ~n ~T g~ ye Wf co] Wt to Si UPIr r( In ter Op( _ ..,