The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-29 00:00:00

ELECTION NEWS. BIRMINGHAM. The nomination of candidates took place yester day, at noon, in the Town-hall. The doors were thrown open at 11 o'clock, and in a few minutes the hall, which is capable of accommodating about 7,000 persons, was crowded in every part, chiefly by non electors. A more noisy and disorderly, but at the same time better-humoured meeting could not be desired. Sir J. Ratcliff, the mayor, presided as returning officer, and requested a full and fair hearing for all parties, but his remarks only elicited a burst of laughter. When Messrs. Scholefield and Bright appeared on the platform, accompanied by a few of their more influential supporters, they were greeted with several rounds of cheering, which lasted at least ten minutes. Mr. Acland and his friends, on the other hand, were hooted and hissed with equal vigour. Mr. Scholefield was proposed by Mr. P. H. Muntz, and seconded by Alderman Lowden ; Mr. Bright by Alderman Lloyd and Mr. Edmonds ; Mr. Acland by Mr. Van Wart and Mr. Samson Lloyd. The two last-named gentlemen, refused a hearing by the meeting, addressed their remarks to the reporters. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD first addressed the electors. He said the contest was not so much between three candidates as between two political systems--one a system of slow and reluctant change, the other a system of spontaneous and steady progress. (Cheers.) The latter, by a singular misnomer, had been called by angry partisans a revolutionary policy. He denied that it deserved to be so de scribed. We could not have greater personal free dom than we had at the present moment, a freer expression of opinion, or a better or purer adminis tration of justice. (Cheers.) No other country But so ample a measure of free trade. (Hear.) But we had wants which ought to be supplied, and which he believed would be supplied by a large extension of the suffrage among the people. The men whom his friend Mr. Bright proposed to enfranchise were as honest, independent, and intel ligent as any to be found at present upon the elec toral roll. (Cheers.) He believed that an increase of the political power of the working classes would be followed by greater economy in the expenditure of the public money, without impairing the national defences, which ought to be maintained in full efficiency—(cheers)—a reduction of taxation, the repeal of the paper duties, no inconsiderable changes of a beneficial character in the tariff, the abolition of church-rates, and the establishment of civil and religious liberty upon a firm and solid basis. (Cheers.) If they thought that those objects were not desirable, it was their duty, as it was their right, to elect Mr. Acland ; but otherwise, they ought to stand by Mr. Bright and himself, and put them in a position where they would be able to effect those reforms which they believed to be necessary for the prosperity and happiness of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. BRIGTIT was received with enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. He said—Gentlemen, if there is any person disposed to deem me presumptuous in -venturing to stand before this great constituency, let me remind him that two years have not elapsed since, when I was and had been for some time secluded from public life, I was requested by you to undertake the onerous responsibility which attaches to your representative in the House of Commons. At that time I was unfortunately unable to be present, and the occasion differed from the pre sent in another particular. There were then no gen tlemen on the other side of the hustings; no candidate appeared in opposition to your wishes. There were, indeed, rumours of opposition ; there were shadowy forms of candidates which passed for a moment before the public eye, but none of them on the day of election favoured you with their bodily presence. (A laugh.) Now, we have a real candidate and a real opposition. I know not whether it has oc curred to any of you to ask whence he has come, although many of you believe you know whither he is going. (Cheers and laughter.) I am told that there lives in your neighbourhood—not many miles from Birmingham—a gentleman who holds some office under the Crown, and in connexion with the present Government of Lord Derby. (A voice— " Adderley.") I am told that he is a gentleman of high respectability and of great personal kindness ; that his benevolence extends so far that the appeals of the distressed are seldom made to him in vain, and that even though the destitute should come before him in the guise of Whigs who have lost their road and gone astray, or in the shape of that hateful thing which is called for want of some more completely expressive word, a political coali tion—an arrangement by which two parties endea vour to deceive each other, but succeed generally only in degrading both—(cheers)----he is ready, as on all other occasions, to extend to them his kind ness and his assistance. (Laughter.) I am told further that he is one of those who " Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." I can fancy him, after dark, bringin a candidate to the boundaries of your borough, thrusting him in among you, and making his escape, beseeching the stars not to reveal the object or the fact of his nocturnal expedition. (Cries of "No," and laughter.) I shall admit, if the gentlemen on the other side like, that I have overdrawn the picture, that, in point of fact, I am mistaken, because I hope the time will never come when the constituency of Birmingham will allow any person whatever to dry-nurse for them, and provide them with representatives in the House of Commons. (Cheers.) You require no pat ronage of that kind. (Hear, hear.) When I look upon the great spectacle which I see before me, I am happy to be allowed to speak for myself. What can be grander than a meeting like the present, or more calculated to stimulate everything that is noble in our lives, or in our hopes for the future ? What greater object can one wish for than to be permitted even to aspire to represent such a vast community in the senate of a great empire, and in the first arena of the world to debate those all-important principles upon which the pro sperity and the duration of States must be based ? (Cheers.) What object apart from your interests, or at variance with them, can I have in asking you to send me to Parliament ? I have been for 20 years constantly employed in connexion with the politics of my country. For several of those years I was not a member of the House of Commons, but was still engaged in prosecuting one of the greatest contests in which a free people can embark. (Cheers.) For 16 years I have sat in the House of Commons. and during that time there has been no charge brought against me of political incon sistency—(cheers)—of unfaithfulness to my trust, of self-seeking in any way—(cheers)--of being found at any time a hanger-on of political parties —(great cheering, and a cry of "Do you hear that, Tommy ?" addressed to Mr. Acland.) I have had the high and glorious satisfaction of being one of those through whose instrumentality was gained the great battle of free industry, by which were proclaimed glad tidings to all the sons of toil, not in England only, but throughout the world. (Cheers.) Government, in my opinion, is unjust and unwise when it endeavours by fiscal laws to strangle the industry of a people. Government is unjust and acts tyrannically when it Wastes the earnings of the industry of a people. (Cheers.) Government is not securely based when it does not rest upon so much of public opinion and public suf frage as shall give perfect security to freedom and to a wise and just economy in national expenditure. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I charge the Govern ment of England in past years with having strangled the industry of the nation. So imperfect was your representation that it required years of agitation, and the expenditure of hundreds of thousands voluntarily contributed —nay, more, it required the finger of the Omnipotenthimself in the Irish famine —to induce, not to convince--for they were not convinced, but compelled—the Government of your country to give you liberty to toil, and freedom to exchange the products of your industry. (Cheers.) I say further that the Government of England has grievously, recklessly, and notoriously squandered and wasted the earnings of the people. If it had not been so, how could you have at the present moment a national debt of £Boo,ooo,ooo,—an an nual interest to pay, and to pay for ever, of £28,000,000 or £30,000,000, and an annual amount of taxation to raise approaching £70,000,000 ? Are we so difficult to govern ? Do we require vast armies and vast navies —(cries of " Yes")—countless Police forces, and an enormous expenditure for the prPtase of maintaining order in our own country ? Cries of 6. No," and cheers.) Can any man point to one of Your artisans, to a worker in the factories of Lancash ire, anybody who lives by toanat agricultural labourer, or to is toil, and say that he is richer, better, or safer because of the incredible ex penditure of the last 100 years ? (Cheers.) With a Parliament constituted as your Parliament now is, there can be no adequate security for economy. I have seen men come forward year after year with a marvellous patience to ask that the estimates should be referred to a committee, and that something be done to put a stop to the wasteful squan d er i ng of public money, but I never found 50 members of the House or Commons who would ta k e any determined course with a view to economi ze the national expenditure. There are more th an fifty willing to do it, but there is an over whelming majority whose personal and family in terests are bound up with a great expenditure, and I tell you honestly that unless you have a Parlia mentary Reform solid, broad, substantial, you never can do anything to prevent the waste of the sums you pay in taxes. (Cheers.) How, then, do we pro pose to have a Government and a Parliament that shall at least be up to the work of the intelligence and virtue of the nation, because, whatever be your institutions, whatever your forms of election, you have no right to expect that your Government should be more intelligent or virtuous than the average of the intelligence and virtue of the people. (Cheers.) We think that we could do something towards the accomplishment of that object if we largely extended the basis of our representation, if we called in—not everybody, for that is hardly possible, and it is not necessary, but a large num ber of the intelligent and good of every class to form the solid basis upon which the structure of our legislation should be built ; and we propose, also, that whatever be the number of electors, poli tical power should be more equally distributed among them by a fairer distribution of Parliamen tary seats. (Cheers.) Are you aware of the mon strous fact, that to-day and to-morrow and the next day, 47 boroughs, whose aggregate population does not exceed the population of Birmingham, will return, not two members, the number which you are about to elect, but 72 members to sit in the House of Commons? (Cries of" Shame!" and cheers.) That is not representation. Suppose that one of your employers, taking down the money to pay his wages, were to give to a few men ls. a piece, and all the rest to a privileged half a-dozen or half a-score. The whole of the money no doubt would be given away ; the form of paying wages would be gone through ; but those who received only is. would at once say . that they had no adequate remuneration for their labour, and dis appointment, disgust, hunger, and starvation would be the result. So it is here. The members are elected ; somebody returns them—Lord Somebody, Squire Somebody, or Attorney Somebody : a small clique, perhaps, corresponds with the Reform or Carlton Club, candidates are brought down, large sums are expended nobody exactly knows how. Whig and Tory play precisely the same game ; and I venture to say, if you will permit me, that when my hon. colleague and myself take our places in the coming Parliament, we shall find ourselves jostled on every side by dozens and scores of members whose whole constituencies if they were added up would not amount to more in number than the great constituency which we have had the honour to represent. (Cheers.) It has been said that the distribution of seats which I propose is unfair, and would give to the labouring classes, or at all events to the inhabitants of towns, a predominant power in the House of Commons. Any one may fairly make objection to my bill upon that head ; the question is one of fact ; T think I could show, at a convenient time for going into detail, that the aim and result of my proposition has been mistaken ; but whether or not, I am free to say that I do not desire to give any predominance to a particular class, whether they live in the country or towns, and that when I have an opportunity to submit my bill to the House of Commons, I shall be able to prove that in framing my schedules I have endea voured to act with the strictest impartiality, so as to give members honestly and equally to the popu lation and the property of the kingdom. (Cheers.) There is one other point connected with reform upon which my hon. opponent has been honourably ex plicit. I do not quarrel with his opinion, for the question of the ballot is one upon which men may fairly differ ; but when I know what happens at such a time as the present, not in great towns like Bir mingham, but in boroughs of much smaller dimen sions, when I know what preparations are made for the polling day, how many . electors are spirited away by themselves, taking journeys which they never hoped for at the expense of somebody of whose kindness they were, entirely ignorant, when I know how as the list of neutral and doubtful voters is gradually shortened, candidates and their friends anxiously inquire, with respect to every unpledged man, what influence can be brought to bear upon him, whether anybody has lent him money or done him a kindness, many voters in the smaller consti tuencies are subjected to a screw which, if there be a spark of honour left in their bosoms, must degrade and humiliate them for life. (Cheers.) There is, probably, no other country in the world where a representative system exists in which the ballot has not been adopted. In the United States, in the Australian colonies, in France, in Belgium, and in Sardinia, the votes of the electors are taken by bal lot. It may be said either that the ballot has not saved France from a military despotism, or that it has been accessory to the change in the form of government which has taken place in that country. Let me tell you that whether your institutions be those that exist across the Atlantic, or those that exist here, or those that existed a while ago in France, whatever be the form of your Government, if you have in your midst 400,000 armed men, whose whole business is war, who are separated to a large extent from citizenship, who do not live at home, but under canvass or in barracks, there can be no security —no, not even for six months—for anythin that deserves the name of civil liberty. (Chee i i rs. I would be ashamed myself to argue so illogical y as to say that the military despotism of France depends on or was caused by universal suffrage. If the suffrage had been only half so wide, or if there had been no suffiage other than that which existed under Louis Philippe, and there arose a man gaining by some hereditary claim, or by deeds of prowess of his own, the confidence of half a million of soldiers, I say, there would have been an end to everything like freedom. (Hear.) I come now, gentlemen, to a question of the deepest importance. I hear to-day that there has come down from London intelligence of the most solemn and awful import to Europe and humanity. (Hear, hear.) The war which for four months has been coming on with stealthy, but not unseen or unheard step, at last has made its appearance in all its grim and devilish proportions. " See where the giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun, With death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, And eye that scorches all it glares upon." (Cheers.) Such is the monster that now appears above the horizon, and threatens to scatter desola tion and bloodshed and agonies unutterable through the homes of countless millions of the population of Europe. What are we to do ? Looking to the past, I know what we are to do. We are for a time to mediate when mediation is of no use. We are to give a little encouragement here and a little discouragement there. We are by and by to con nect ourselves with one side in such a manner that the other will accuse us of hostility and perfidy. Meanwhile some act, it may be of great cruelty or great atrocity, may be committed by one of the belligerent Powers. It may be told to us in words of truth or in terms of gross exaggeration. If your Government is disposed for war, there will be agents of the press in London to magnify and distort everything, and to stimulate you by appeals in some cases to passions that are noble, but in others to passions that are base, until at length this coun try, this precious gem set in a silver sea, which alone rides secure amid all the storms and tempests that agitate and perplex the world, will be asked to mingle in the strife, and English blood and Eng lish treasure, as you know from past history they have been, will again be poured out like water in every part of Europe, wherever a battle is to be lost or won. (Cheers.) A gentleman not particu larly remarkable for political consistency, who held office under Lord Palmerston, and who now seeks the suffrages of the West Riding to do the bidding of Lord Derby, said in a speech the other day at Leeds that he is for peace, but that it may be neces sary for the fleet of England to enter the Adriatic and to protect the ancient city of Venice. (A laugh.) I have been in the ancient and venerable city of Venice and I say, excepting the people who live there, let Venice sink into the seaweed out of which, as the poet tells us, It first awde, rather than that the fleet of England should take up a position there, proclaiming to the world that we are become belligerents in this great contest. (Cheers.) Others have told us that we have solemn treaties with Belgium, and that if anybody treads, as it were, upon the very toe of that little kingdom, the might of England must be called forth to defend its capital and its monarch. I am no party to any such treaty, nor are you ; and I say, as I have said before, that the Minister who tries to force England i n to this war convicts himself of the foulest treason to the English Crown and the English people. (Cheers.) You are all in the dark, how ever, as to what your Government will do. We have had two speeches from Lord Derby, the second intended to correct what he calls the false impression which had been created by the first. No man knows better than Lord Derby the use of words in the English language, and I only hope that the second speech more truly explains the policy of our Govern ment than the first. But remember that you know nothing of the negotiations. Parliament knows nothing. We are in total ignorance what obliga tions we are under to him who rules in Paris, or him who rules in Vienna. My opinion is—and I com mend it to the gentlemen who differ from me—that if the people of England were fairly represented in the House of Commons, in all probability our foreign affairs would be conducted with greater openness, greater frankness, greater truthfulness, and we should be less liable some morning to awake and find this noble country, with all its industry, all its intelligence, all its morality, and all its Christianity, about to be plunged into the most fearful crime and the most fearful calamity that can affect mankind. (Cheers.) One more word upon the question of war. Whatever may be the seeming necessity of a war at any time—and I have never denied, and knowing human nature somewhat, and having read history somewhat, I shall never deny that there is at times to the human eye and to the human heart an appa rent necessity for undertaking the responsibilities and the sufferings of war—(cheers) —let every man be able to acquit himself in the sight of God, who knows the secrets of every heart, as to the course w hich he individually may take in any emergency , of that kind. (Hear, hear.) War is in its nature de structive and anarchical. There can be no freedom in p Europe — there can be no permanent or assured peace in Euro o e-- r so long as the great Powers main tain 3,000,004 )4,000,000 of men in arms at a pe riod of profound peace. (Cheers.) Even in England, and to us what can be more anarchical and less con servative than war ? Look back to the war in which we were engaged from 1793 to 1815. That was a period of fearful suffering. It was also a period of utter tyranny. There was no free expression of opinion, no free press, no freedom to anybody unless he chose to outstrip his neighbours in a foolish pas sion for war. So, too, from 1815 down to 1828, there was no liberty in England, or little more than now exists in the neighbouring country of France. From year to year there was intense suffering, bad trade, a depressed population, constant plots, secret societies, incipient insurrections, dangers of every kind to the institutions of the country. Such things were the legitimate, natural, and inevitable offspring of that gigantic and wicked war which your rulers had waged for 2E years. (Cries of " No," followed by cheers.) And no iv war again. After that war, national debt and increased taxes ; after those taxes, danger and discontent of every kind in the future if you permit your Government to meddle for one single hour in the armed contest which is just commencing. (Cheers.) The other day, in the House orCommons, a Minister had the audacity to taunt me, not with having criticised the House of Lords, but with having spoken in disparage ment of the Crown of England. Whoever did so —for I was not present—on whatever occasion, I throw the slander in his teeth. (Great cheering.) The Crown of England will never be jeopardised by a prosperous and contented people. (Cheers.) Look to other nations and to the history of the past. When a crown has been knocked off some body's head—when a throne has been trampled in the mire--when a Royal family have been exiles and wanderers upon the earth, it has been not the result of a policy of justice, of mercy, and of peace, but the punishment awarded by the Eternal to those who have violated His laws and disregarded His commands. (Cheers.) I need travel back not more than five years to give you an example of what I mean. You remember that famous siege of Sebastopol—you remember the suffering of your countrymen, not to speak of those of the French, the Russians, the Turks, and the Sardinians. You remember that on one occasion when an assault was made upon our troops by the Russians, be it acci dent, be it the overruling hand of Prnv;Apyti , a, be it anything to which you please to ascribe it, but by something little short of a miracle the English forces were preserved from utter destruction. You remember the excited state of the public mind. You remember the fulminations of the most powerful organ of the press. You remember the dark thoughts that passed through every mind as news came home by driblets—how men asked themselves what was to become of our unfortunate countrymen and of the honour of England. Suppose that everything which only did not happen—and nobody has yet explained how it did not happen—had happened. In the then temper of the people of England, I ask whether any man would have undertaken to guar antee the public peace for a single day, or whether we have not every reason to believe that such an event would have given a blow to your institutions infinitely more severe than anything that has oc curred at least during the lifetime of any one who now hears me ! (Cries of " No," " Yes," and cheers.) No, of course not ; the danger is past. Men forget the storm which had almost hurled them to the bottom of the sea when once they set their foot upon dry land ; but I tell you that out of such events come national discontent, anarchy, the over throw of institutions, and the utter destruction even of the most venerated dynasties. (Cheers.) Not to detain you further upon a subject which is so momentous that I cannot trust myself to speak of it as my feelings would dictate, let us come to the question immediately before us. Men of Birming ham, you are asked to-day to take your part—and a most inadequate part it is, but I hope some day it will be largely extended—(cheers)—in selecting two men to meet the seventy-two to whom I have referred in the House of Commons. lam not ashamed to stand before you. (Cheers.) I walk in the old ways which some of these gentlemen on the other side once trod with honour. lam for " Peace, retrenchment, and reform," the watchword of the great Liberal party thirty years ago. Whosoever may abandon the cause I shall never pronounce another Shibboleth, but as long as the old flag floats in the air I shall be found a stedfast soldier in the foremost ranks. (Cheers.) Ido not care half so much as some have said for forms of government. The form of government may be the outward shell, but there must be vivifying and sacred principles within it to give it life and enable it to bless the people. What I want to see are just, honest, sound, moral principles of government. (Cheers.) One of your most respected townsmen wrote me a friendly letter, in which he explained that the dissatisfaction of some gentlemen was caused by the fact that I did not speak in honeyed pnrases or the Mig - 11A, . Let us reason together for a moment upon that point. Every man who has read what I have said within the last six months knows that upon no single occasion have I stepped out of my way to bring any charge of a personal, or ungenerous, or irritating nature against any single individual. (A cry of No, and cheers.) The gentleman who cries "No" has, no doubt, read many leading articles, but it would have been more just to me if he had read and considered my words. (Cheers.) I have said, and I repeat it, that what is meant in the ordinary language of certain persons by the balance of the constitution is that which has so long existed in the Government of England—the undue supremacy of the territorial power. (Cheers.) I know that you have in your neighbourhood many connected with the peerage who are amiable, in telligent, benevolent, and excellent men in their own private circles, and among their tenants and neighbours. I never denied it. Far be it from me to say that the hereditary order is so pernicious that it destroys all virtue in all its members. What I object to is the interference of peers with the representation of the people. (Cheers.) Let them preserve their dignity and their power in their own branch of the Legislature, but the House of Commons, by the constitution, never was intended to be, and we are resolved that it shall not be, the appanage and the property of the peerage, instead of a true representation of the people of England. (Cheers.) Let no man tell you without the crim son coming to his face, that the principles which I have advocated since first I opened my mouth at any public meeting are anarchical and revolu tionary. I, and such as I, have been the saviours of the very order which I am charged with wishing to destroy. In 1832 they would have rushed upon their own destruction. In 1846, when millions held out their hands for bread, had it not been for the 'wavering and timid among them, and for the enlightened opinions which we had created throughout the country, they would again have imperilled their own existence. (Cheers.) We are come to that time in the history of England when no institution, however venerable, lofty, or deeply i ooted, no tradition or sentiment can dare with impunity or safety to stand long against the united and growing opinion of the people. The safety of the highest, the safety of the titled class, the safety of the wealthy and powerful, depend upon their watching with careiul eye the manifestations of public opinion, making themselves honestly ac quainted with what the country requires, and enter ing into those graceful concessions which, while they do not humiliate those who make them, bless Ond satisfy those to whom they are made. (Cheers.) i nave never toeen an menu se v au, England. lam told, indeed, that some fearful calamity would happen if I did ever hold any posi tion of responsibility. (A laugh.) I have sought no such distinction. I seek it not now. It is no common honour, I grant, to serve the English Crown, worn as it is in the happy times in which we live—(cheers) —but it is a dignity not less great, not less worthy of aspiration, to have the confidence of the great body of the people among whom I live. (Cheers.) I venerate the monarchy of Englanel, and wish that its wisdom and its virtues may render it perpetual. (Cheers.) lam not a servant of the aristocracy, as you doubtless know, but I recognise in that order a branch of the constitution created for the interests, and subject, as all must be subject eventually, to the will of the nation. I am, if I am anything in political life—l strive to be at least —a servant of the people and of truth. (Cheers.) I have laboured for them, I have spent many of the choicest years of my life in what I believe was an honest devotion to their cause. (Cheers.) I offer myself to them—it may be not always a wise, but I believe always a faithful counsellor, and if the constituency of this great town shall again place me in the House of Commons, I pledge myself to defend their interests, to guard their honour, and to promote with all the f acu lti es and all the powers with which I am endowed, such measures as shall give to us in permane nc y, h a ppi ness an d tranquil lity within this realm. (Great cheering.) Mr. ACLAND next rose to address the electors, but he might have spared himself the trouble; the meeting would not hear him. They hissed, they yelled, they groaned, they laugh e d, th e y sa n g popular airs, they clapped their hand s , th e y b e at the floor with their feet, and they tossed about in the immense area of the hall like a ragi ng sea . Th e hon. candidate raised his voice to its highest pitch, but not a word could be heard. Several ineffectual attempts were made by the Mayor to procure silence, and Messrs. Scholefield and Bright were equally unsuccessful. The scene lasted for upwards of an hour, and during the whole of that time Mr. Acland was not allowed to say more than he co u ld have said, if he had been permitted, in a few minutes. He was understood to state that the real question which the electors had to consider was what ought to be the principles of the coming Reform Bill. Mr. Bright and himself were agreed upon four THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL - 29, 1859, points—the disfranchisement of small boroughs, the preservation of the 40s. freeholds in boroughs, the reduction of the county franchise to £lO, and of the borough franchise to £6 ; but he differed from Mr. Bright in thinking that there ought to be supple mentary franchises, in order to admit many intelli gent men who would not be included in a borough franchise of £6 ; that the seats obtained by dis franchisement should be fairly divided between the rural and urban constituencies, so as to maintain as far as possible the existing balance of power ; and that the ballot ought not to be adopted. It was not, however, the details of his opponent's reform scheme which had caused dissatisfaction so much as his tone and temper,.and his arrogant defiance of station, birth, and privilege of whatever kind. The hon. candidate was further understood to charge Mr. Bright with attempting to set class against class, and to conclude by stating that the result of the poll, whatever it might be, would at all events prevent its being said henceforth that the opinions and sentiments of Mr. Bright were shared by all the inhabitants of Birmingham. It is scarcely necessary to add that not a single syllable of his speech was heard a few feet from the hustings. The MAYOR having called for a show of hands, nearly every person held up both hands for Messrs. Scholefield and Bright; only a very few were shown for Mr. Acland. Nevertheless, Mr. Van Wart de manded a poll for that gentleman, and it was ap pointed to take place to-morrow. The proceedings then terminated, having lasted nearly five hours. LAW INTELLIGENCE-April 28. VICE CHANCELLORS' COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) GYE V. GRAZIANI. Mr. Giffard, Q.C. and Mr. Martindale moved on behalf of Mr. Gye that the defendant, Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, might stand committed for not complying with an under taking given by him on the 21st inst. not to advertise the name of Signor Graziani as about to sing at Drury-lane during the present year. The plaintiff, who complained that the name of Signor Graziani still appeared conspicuously prominent, upon - me radaras posted by the defendant, and had not been removed from the programmes of the arrangements for the season which were to be obtained at the musicsellers, had called the defendant's attention to the circumstance on Monday last, and threatened to apply to the Court in respect of this violation of the undertaking given by him. The plaintiff did not seek actually to commit Mr. Smith to prison, but he wished to have the advertisements complained of at once withdrawn. _ _ _ • . Mr. Wilcock, on behalf of Mr. Smith, said that that gentleman was not aware that in advertising Signor Graziani in the way proposed he was acting in any way contrary to the undertaking which had been given in the cause. Mr. Smith was quite ready to discontinue the advertisements. The Vice-Chancellor said the advertisements must be discontinued. Mr. Smith must pay the costs of this application. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 28. MANSION-HOUSE.—William Callaway, clerk to Messrs. Lightly and Simon, of Fenchurch-street, wine merchants, was charged with having stolen £3O, the property of the firm. Mr. Hudson appeared as solicitor for the proseeu. tion, and having stated the case, called the follow. ing witnesses:— Mr. F. W. Girdlestone, c]erk in the office of the prosecutors, said,—The prisoner was a clerk in the same employment as myself four or five years. He was called the Custom-house clerk, and it was his duty to pay duties on wines and to. account to me for the amounts he paid. The cash-book I produce is in the prisoner's writing, and there is an entry of the date of the 11th of February, in his hand-. writing, of the receipt of the money from me, which he duly accounted . for ; but on the 12th of Feb ruary he appliedsto me for £25 and £5 for the pur i pose of pay . m duties, which sums I gave to him in the followm way—viz. two £lO-notes and two £5-notes. e left the Office to pay the duties as I supposed, but he never returned, and I did not see him till he was in custody. He has not in any way accounted for the £3O. It was his duty to extract from the books the duties to be paid, and to ask for the money with which to pay them. The £lO - produced has upon it the names " Lightly and Simon," which were, I believe, written by him. The number is 27886, and the date is the Bth of December, 1858, On the 12th of February I ob tained cash for the cheque produced•for £6O drawn by my employers upon Martin and Co., the bankers, and out of that money I paid to the prisoner two .Trio ....l unv .as ....,L. Mr. Leman, cashier in Messrs. Martin and Co.'s bank, said,—l cashed the cheque referred to by Mr. Girdlestone for £6O, and the £lO-note pro duced in evidence is one of the notes which I then handed over the counter in payment of the cheque. Foulger, the detective officer, said,—About half past 7 o'clock this morning the prisoner came to my house in Mark-lane, and said to me, " I dare say you are surpriied to see me." I had known the prisoner before. I said, " Yes, I am, rather." Ire said, " I am come to give myself up. I knew you would have the case in hand." I took him to the station house, and, in consequence of information which I had previously received, I charged him with having stolen £3O from his employers, Messrs. Lightly and Simon. The inspector said to him, "Then you admit you are Mr. Callaway, and that you took the money ?" He said, " Yes, I did." The Lord Mayor—Did he mention to you what he had done with the money ? Foulger—He did not, but said he had been out of town with his wife. The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, have you anything to say ? Prisoner—No, my lord. He was committed for trial. GUILDHALL.—Mary Wakefield, a woman about 30 years of age, and in an advanced stage of preg nancy, was charged with a robbery in an omnibus. Mr. Beard said this robbery occurred in one of the omnibuses belonging to the London General Omnibus Company, by whom he was instructed to prosecute, it being their determination to do all in their power to put a stop to robberies of this kind by prosecuting, at their own private expense, for all such offences committed in their carriages. Mrs. Shadbolt said she got into an omnibus at Shoreditch to go to Chelsea, having at the time a baby in her arms and a little boy by her side. The prisoner shortly after entered, and took a seat on the opposite side of the omnibus, but in about four or five minutes afterwards she changed places and seated herself by the side of the prosecutrix, and next to her pocket. Her purse, containing tw o half crowns, two or three shillings, a sixpence, and two fourpenny-pieces, was safe in her pocket before the prisoner entered the omnibus, and the latter had not shifted her seat very long before she displayed some anxiety to leave the omnibus. The prosecu trix at the same moment felt for her purse, and upon missing it accused the prisoner of picking her pocket. The prisoner denied the charge, and recom mended the prosecutrix to see if she had dropped it, and offered to hold the baby while she searched the omnibus. The prosecutrix looked about. anti _ At the prisoner s feet. She called the conductor's attention to the prisoner, and accused her of robbing her, and when the policeman came up he found the money near where the prosecutrix had found the purse. The prisoner attempted to leave the omnibus, but she was detained and given into custody. _ Police-constable - 345 said, when at the police station the prisoner attempted to swallow a piece of paper which he found was a notice from some pri soner of the date of his approaching discharge or liberation. She had a parcel containing a new brown holland jacket in her hand, and she gave a false address. The female searcher said she found in the pri soner's dress pocket a florin, a 6d., and six four penny pieces, and in an under pocket a handsome purse containing a half-crown and 2s. She also had three or fou: keys and a silver watch. Mr. Beard said there was no doubt the second purse was tie produce of another omnibus robbery, and if the circumstance became known through the press the ovner might be found. Aldermai. Gabriel said it was a case for further inquiry, and he should therefore remand the pri soner till Friday, the 6th of May. The purse found on the prisoner is of dark green leather, with steel frame and clasp, the inside being of buff-coloired leather, with a large pocket on either side end a smaller one clasped in the centre. Thomas kealy was charged with the following watch robbery : The robbry was committed about a fortnight or three week: ago, on which occasion Capt. Frtysor was waitin; in Fleet-street for a friend who, the prisoner ani a companion, who is now serving three months in orison for the same robbery, inquired the way to Rei Lion-street, Holborn. The prosecutor directed hit, and while in the act of doing eo the friend he las waiting for came up and called his attention o his chain hanging outside wthout his watch, upon which the prisoner's comlanion ran away, Ind in the absence of the prosecubr the prisoner nide his escape, as was believed, will the watch, thcother man having unscrewed the swivel while speking to the captain, and handed the watch to tte prisoner before drawing the pr3secu into the disc after his watch. The prioner denied all knowledge of tle rob andtlleged in his defence th a t h e hagbery, since been in custody for robbing a lady in Holborn at the very time this prosecutor lost his watch. The officer said the prisoner had made a mistake in the time. The lady was robbed in Holborn at eight o'clock, and the captain at 10 o'clock in Fleet street, leaving plenty of time for the prisoner to have had a hand in both cases. He had also been convicted, and had 12 months for two cases of pick ing pockets. The prisoner was sentenced to three months' im prisonment witk hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Horton Bate man, ticket-of-leave man, whose name was much mentioned in the evidence already given at this court in the case of the forged check on Drummond's bank, Charing-cross, for £270, presented on the 21st of January last, by the man Wm. Wynne Bramwell, in custody, and under committal) with Wm. Wagner for forgery, was charged with being closely implicated with the other prisoners in the said felony. Mr. Mullins, as on the former occasions, attended for the Society of Bankers, and the prisoner was undefended. Edward Funnel, the officer, examined by Mr. Mullins—Assisted by Webb, I apprehended the prisoner last night at Battersea, on the charge of being concerned with Wagner and others in the forgery on Messrs. Drummond's bank. I told him the charge, and he made no remark. The prisoner, when called upon, said he should reserve his defence. _ Mr. Mullins said—Upon this evidence, all I pro pose giving at present, I ask your worship for a remand till Monday next. Remanded accordingly. _ _ Bateman, described above as a ticket. of-leave man, was convicted on March 27, 1852, at the. Central Criminal Court, for felony, and was, other convic tions being exhibited against him, sentenced to 10 years' transportation, of which he served six, when he was set at large on the licensed Government ticket, and came to London last year, when he en tered the service of Mr. Rigby, builder and con tractor, of Holyhead, as a clerk. Here, however, he appears to have remained no long time, for in No vpmbor last known tO have been in bubinebs with Wagner, who is his brother-in-law, ostensibly as a law, parliamentary, and general stationer, at 10, York-buildings, Adelphi, but where in reality gigantic forgeries were concocted and carried out. He had been traced to the east end of London, where it is known he has been lying closely con cealed for several weeks past, and the constant watch the officers kept up resulted in his capture on Wednesday night, as stated, at Woodbine-cottages, Battersea, in the rear of which, he having taken the alarm on their entrance, they found him crouched into as small a compass as possible. _ _ - MARYLEBONE.—EXTRAORDINARY APPLICA TION.—A poor man, who said his name was George Marsh, a carman, living at 35, Charlton-street, Somers-town, applied to the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, for his advice in the following distressing case : Applicant stated that his wife was removed from his residence to Middlesex Hospital where she died of cancer eight days ago. He had since applied to the officers of St. Pancras and Marylebone parishes, but neither of them would bury the body. After some questions, Mr. Long directed that Mr. Tubbs, the relieving overseer of Marylebone, should be sent for, and that officer shortly after appearing in court, the facts were stated to him. Mr. Tubbs, in return, thought it a very unfair proceeding on the part of St. Pancras to refuse to send for the body, the deceased having i‘ legally" died in that parish, as, by the 12th and 13th. Vic., c. 103, sec. 4, a temporary abode in an hospital was not considered a break from their last residence. He thought, under the circumstances, it would be better to send the body to applicant's residence in Somers-town, and then the officers at. St. Pancras must do their duty. Applicant here interrupted by saying that he had only a small room, and four children were living in it. Mr. Tubbs continued by saying that, under those circumstances, and as the body was (as he under stood) much decomposed, it would be an act of cruelty to send the body there, and he thought he should be only carrying out the wish of his board in receiving the body, and causing it to be buried. Mr. Long expressed his gladness-that Mr. Tubbs would take that course for the sake of the suffering family, although legally he believed that St. Pan cras were compellable to receive the body ; and he should recommend Mr. Tubbs to lay the case before his board at their next meeting, and no doubt they would demand the expenses from St. Pancras, and if refused it was a proper case to lay before the Poor-law Commissioners for their decision. Mr. Tubbs said that, on behalf of the board of Marylebuue, he begged tu say they always bent for the bodies of their poor inhabitants, no matter what hospital they died in. The parties then left the court. LAMBETH.—THE INDECENT ASSAULT BY A CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Nicholas Bessot, a Catholic clergyman, belonging to St. George's Cathedral, who stands charged with the commission of an indecent assault upon the person of William Harris, a butcher boy of about 15 years of age, attended before the Hon. G. C. Norton in discharge of his recognisances for further exemination. Mr. Solomon, as on the day before, appeared on behalf of the accused. When the case was called on, Mr. Norton was informed that the complainant kept out of the way on the day before, but that his father, who is a butcher, carrying on business at No, 241, Tennyson street, York-road, Lambeth, had promised Mr. Elliott he should he in attendance to give his evi dence on that morning. He had not, however, kept his promise, as neither father nor son were present, and Mr. Solomon applied for the discharge of his client. Mr. Norton, however, desired an officer to proceed to the residence of the lad Harris, and bring him to the court to give evidence, but on the officer's return he informed his worship that the only answer he received was that both the boy and father were from home. Mr. Solomon complained in strong and indignant terms of the conduct of Inspector Byron, of the L division, in having, during his (Mr. Solomon's) ab sence, and while wholly disconnected with the case, most indecently and improperly interfered in it. The charge was in the hands of a most intelligent officer, and the interference of Byron was both un called for and highly reprehensible. The judges in the superior courts would not tolerate such an in terference, and he trusted that for the future his worship would not do so. Mr. Norton directed that the constable Lake, 153 M, and Sergeant Brand, of the L division, should be sworn, and after hearing their evidence he re manded the accused, but offered to take bail for his attendance on another day. He also ordered that summonses should be issued for the attendance of Harris and his son. SOUTHWARK. — EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A GENTLEMAN IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Mr. Nathaniel Butler, a respectable-looking middle-aged person, described as a gentleman, residing at No. 29, Percy•street, Dublin, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with unlawfully travelling in a luggacce van on the . South-Eastern Railw a y, an d en angering his nte and the nves or milers by opening a door while the train was in motion. Mr. Robinson, the chi e f l aw c l er k t o th e company, with Mr. Dyne, the superintendent of the line, attended to prosecute. Henry Smart, a guard in the employ of the South Eastern Railway Company, said that he had charge of the 7.10 train from Stroud on the previous even ing, and on arriving at New-cross he assisted in putting the passengers into the carriages and shut ting the doors. His place was in the break com partment next to where the luggage was deposited, and no passenger was allowed to enter either. Shortly after the train started, and while they were going at the rate of 20 miles an hour, witness heard the slamming of a door. He instantly looked out of the break window, and saw the door of the luggage compartment open, swinging to and fro, with the prisoner holding on. 'Witness was struck with terror at the prisoner's position, as well as the great danger to be apprehended by the door coming in contact with anything on the line. He, however, at the risk of his life left 'the break van, and crept along the edge of the car riage to the luggage van, when he fortunately succeeded in closing the door of the latter and returning to his own place. As soon as the train arrived" at London-bridge, witness imme diately communicated with Mr. Dyne , the station master and superintendent of the line, who gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Burcham told the witness that his conduct was highly creditable by putting his own life in jeopardy to save the prisoner's life, and, perhaps, the lives of many others in the train. He asked whether the prisoner was sober? Smart replied that he appeared to have been drinking, and seemed much excited. He had no ticket, and how he got into the luggage v an was a miracle to him, as everything appeared to be safe when the train left New-cross. Mr. Burcham said he hardly knew how to deal with such a case. It appeared to him to be a serious offence, and ought not to be lightly passed over. Not only *had the prisoner endangered his own life, but he had endangered the lives of all the parties in the train. The prisoner, who seemed to be aware of his position, here said, that he did not know how he got in the luggage van, He found the door open after the train started from New-cross, and, fearing a collision with some abutment, or other impedi ment on the line, he endeavoured to shut it. Smart, the guard, informed his worship that he was actually swinging on the door and it was a miracle he did not fall and lose his life. Mr. Robinson said it was an indictable offence, and as it was of such a peculiar nature, perhaps his worship would remand the prisoner, to enable him to lay the case before the manager and his superiors. Mr. Burcham considered that such a proceeding was necessary, and under those circumstances he should remand the prisoner until Wednesday next, but accept bail for his appearance. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY. Match, 100, h ft. D.M. (7 furlongs 210 yards.) Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Prioress, by Sovereign, 7st 91b (Fordham) 1 Count Batthyany's Olympus, Bst 71b (Wells) 2 The betting opened at 6to 4 on Prioress, and closed at 5t02 on her. Won, "hard held," by ten lengths. Subscription Plate of 50 sovs for three-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs, if demanded, &c., if entered for £l5O, allowed 71b. D.M. (7 furlongs 210 yards.) Mr. C. Formby's Mimosa, by Mento or Humphrey, 4 yrs (£150), Bst Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Orianda, 5 yrs (£150), Bst 61b (Fordham) 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Nutfield, 3 yrs, 7st (Reeves) 3 Mr. Lowther's Claude du Val, 3 yrs (£150), 7st 111 b (W. Bottom) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Orianda, 3to 1 agst Mimosa. - - Won by a length; same distance between second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Ten Broeck, and Mr. J. Barnard claimed Orianda. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, hft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain allowances. D. M. (7 fur. 210 yds.) Mr. Payne's colt by Cotherstone, Bst 41b (Flatman 1 Lord Londesborough's Mazzini, Bst 41b.. (Fordham 2 Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Chapelier, Bst 71b .... (Wells 3 Betting-6 to 5 each agst Chapelier and Mazzini. Won by a length; a length and a half between the se cond and third. Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Last half of Ab. N. (3 fur. 217 yds.) 8 subs. Si; J. Hawley's Madame Eglantine, Bst 51b .... (Wells) 1 Lord Clifden's filly by Loup Garou, Bst 51b.... (A. Day) 2 No betting. Won by 20 lengths. Handicap of £5O. A.F. (1 mile 2 fur. 73 yds.) Lord Coventry's Ghika, 6 yrs, sst 101 b Bottom) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Gourd, 4 yrs, Tat 21b (Hibberd) 2 Mr. Eyton's Benefield, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Gilliver, Mimosa, Worcester, Solomon, Stanza, Rosati, and Tiphisone filly. Betting.-3 to 1 agst Mimosa, 7to 2 agst Gilliver, 100 to 15 agst Gourd, 7 to 1 each agst Worcester and Tiphisone filly, 8 to 1 (at first 5 to 2) agst Ghika. Won by six lengths ; Gourd shutting up within a few strides of the chair, and finished only a neck in advance of Benefield ; Worcester, Mimosa, and Tiphisone filly headed the next lot. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, for three yr-olds ; colts, Bsi 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Certain winners extra. A.F. (: mile 2 fur. 73 yds.) 4 subs. Baron Rothschild's North Lincoln, 9st 31b (inc. 101 b ex.) (Wells) 1 Mr. Alexander's King at Arms, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2 Lord Lincoln's Indifference, Bst 71b (E Forster) 3 Betting-7 to 2on North Lincoln, who won by four lengths ; Indifference beaten off. The Claret Stakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. D.I. (2 miles 119 yards.) 5 subs. Lord Glasgow's Toxophilite, Bst 71b .........(Aldcroft) 1 Mr, Merry's Sunbeam, Bst 21b Betting—ln the ring on the flat prior to North Lincoln's race, 2to 1 and 7to 4 were betted on Toxophilite. On re • assembling at the Duke's Stand, 5 to 4 was betted on Sun beam. Toxophilite waited upon Sunbeam. After passing the Duke's Stand, he quitted her, and cantered in the win ner by 20 lengths. • Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst _ _ _ 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. D.M. 6 subs. Baron Rothschild's Crafton, Bst 41b w 0, Sweepstakes (reduced to a match) of 100 sous each, h ft, fo] colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 61b, Winners extra. D.M. Mr. Payne's colt by Cotherstone, out of Glenluco, received, Duke of Bedford's Luff, paid. The wind was high and cold, and just before the last race a drenching shower of rain fell. The principal event was the Claret Stakes, on which there was nearly more betting than all the other races which had been previously decided put together. LATEST BETTING-CLOSE OF THE ROOMS LAST NIGHT. CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Leamington (offered) Bto 1 agat Royal Sovereign (taken) 20 to 1 agst Pensioner (taken freely) 1000 to 10 agst Prioress (offered) 9(1 fn 1 aggf. R.nttahal (nfftsrarl) 20 to 1 agst Polestar (offered) 25 to 1 agst Queenstown (taken) 30 to 1 agst Herne (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Belle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Rogerthorpe taken) 25 to 1 agat Mr. Ten Broeck a (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 agst Promised Land (taken) DERBY. 50 to 1 agst Defender (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Schuloff (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Glenluce colt (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Balnamoon (offered) 2000 even on Schuloff agst Glenluce colt (taken) CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES-THURSDAY. Bainesse Stakes. Caliph ______ ___. 1 Dilkoosh The Squire.. Eight ran. Oran Stakes - Butterfly _____ _____ 1 High Treason 2 Whirlwind . 3 __. _ Eight ran. Scramble Handicap. Layton 1 Jeannie Deans Eight ran. Hornby Handicap. , Miss Stewart _ Harry 2 Prince of Denmark Seven ran. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 Boys each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared by twelve o'clock at noon on Wednesday, May 4, with 100 added. Two miles and a distance. 90 subs. Yrs st lb Fisherman 6 9 10 Saunterer Leamington Lifeboat Roman Candle 5 8 13 Blue Jacket Borderer Mr. Sykes Prioress Odd Trick Black Tommy 6 8 6 Pole Star Simpleton Physician, by Chan • ticleer Melissa East Langton 4 8 0 Wrestler 4 8 0 Herne 4 7 13 The Brewer La ruin mia *MiNty Morn zz Blackthorn Vanity Tunstall Maid Queenstown Supple Jack Malacca Vulcan Hungerford Accurate Pensioner Longrange Marionette 3 6 10 La Maladetta Cawood Grillade Dispute Compromise The Tattler Meadowdale Belle Sampson Heir-at-Law 3 6 4 Bevis Matlas Yrs st lb I Princess Royal 4 6 4 ' Rosabel 3 6 4 • Grand Secret Haymaker 4 6 4 Hydromel 4 6 3 Fearful Southampton Newcastle 3 6 1 Mitraille Pavilion 4 6 0 Turned Loose Queen Bess GMegae 33 3 66 6 00 0 Barometer argr Uralian Petra Yellow Rose 3 5 9 The Dane Rouble Hobgoblin. 5 5 7 *lndifference 3 Fingal Orleans Czarina (late Signo rina) Halliford Schism Rosati The Slave 3 5 0 Nosegay Harefoot Daniel .. 3 5 0 Birmingham .. 3 5 0 Eleanor .... 3 4 12 Colt by Orlando, out of the 8r00m.... 3 4 12 *Joyous° ........ 3 4 12 Lassie 3 4 7 Australian Maid... 3 4 7 Blackmail ........ 3 4 7 Sobersides ...... 3 4 4 Northumberland Duchess 3 4 4 Richmond Mr. Farraner, Mr. J. B. St subscribers, but did not name, The horses marked * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. Hal o' Kirklees was struck out of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and out of his Chester engagements, at nine a.m. on the 26th inst. icy, and Mr. J. Dawson are TICKET-OF -LEAVE CONVICTS.—From a return published by order of the House of Lords of the number of convicts to whom tickets of leave have been granted during the years 1857 and 1858, it appears that the number released on orders of license, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1857, was 739; from Jan. It o D ec . 31, 1858, 345; total, 1,084. The num ber of li cense h o ld ers recommitted to prison for fresh offences, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1857, was 636 ; from Jaa. 1 to Dec. 31, 1858, 330 ; total, 966. [ADVERTIS7MENT.]-11olloway's and Pills Ointment.— In angry or indolent sores, and all skin diseases, especially face affections originating in impure or weak blood, or de praved secretions, the joint agency of Holloway's Pills and Ointment is perfectly irresistible. It is of little consequence how long those disorders may have lasted or how sluggish, or obstinate, or malignant they may seem, the daily appli cation of the ointment to the parts affected, and a course of these matchless pills will most certainly effect a cure, not tenworary or superficial, but complete and permanent. Both the ointment and pills are composed of rare balsams, unm ixed with mercury or any other deleteriou s su b s t ance! They are accordingly as mild and safe as they are power ful and efficacious. THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH. ADEN, APRIL 10. The Imperador, with part of the Red Sea tele graph cable, arrived here on the 6th, and left for Suez the day following. The cable is reported to have been in first•rate order, and the gutta percha as firm as the day it left England. The Imperatrix is hourly expected, as is also the Cyclops from Bombay, to pilot the vessels in paying out the cable. Mr. Newall is here making arrangements for a station, and will probably leave in the Cyclops. The other stations selected are Suez, Cos seir, Perim, and Suaken, and huts have been despatched from Suez for the temporary accommo dation of the working telegraphists. Thus far the prospects of success are highly favourable ; and, should no unforeseen accident arise, it may fairly be presumed that two months hence we shall have direct communication with Egypt, and perhaps with London, through the electric wires. The Imperador made the voyage to Aden in 68 days. The French f r i ga t e D uc h a yl s took n ear ly double that time from Marseilles. TOTAL LOSS OF THE EMPRESS OF INDIA STEAMER. The loss of another iron screw steamer, the Em press of India, entirely a new vessel, and on her maiden voyage, was made known yesterday. She is entered in Lloyd's .Register of Skipping as having been built at Newcastle this year, under special sur vey, with four watertight compartments, and is de scribed as 600 tons measurement, with engines of 100 horse power. On the 26th of February last she left Peterhead for Greenland, on a whaling expedi tion, her crew mustering 85 bands, and Capt. Mar tin acting as master. Her voyage, as far as Lerwick, Shetland, was favourable, but two days after leav ing, on the 12th of March, the vessel being under close-reefed topsails, a heavy sea struck the ship forward, carrying away bowsprit, bulwarks, and. sweeping the decks. All hands were immediately called to clear the wreck, which took upwards of three hours, and, in: the meanwhile, the bowsprit was dashing alongside, and striking the ship, and must have stove her forward, but which was not discovered till the morning of the 18th. The weather slightly moderating, enabled the crew to pump out the water she had made, and the course of the vessel to northward was kept, as there ap peared at the time nothing serious. On the morn ing of the 19th the chief officer found an increase in the leak, which gained rapidly on the pumps, notwithstanding they were kept constantly going. Three hours afterwards three of the compartments amidship were discovered full of water, and the crew's bedclothes were washed out of the beds, the water being as high as 'twixt decks. The ship was put about, and a course steered to the southward in order to procure assistance from some of the whaling ships. At half-past three p.m. saw two vessels and made them out to be the Narnhale, belonging to Dundee, and the Ranger, of Tonsberg. In the meantime all the pumps had been kept hard at work, and th e b oa t s were go t ou t in case of emergency. It became evident, however, that the ship could not be saved, and at midnight she was abandoned, the crew saving themselves by the boats and getting on board the vessels above named. Within a very short time afterwards the steamer went down. Captain Martin states that he considers the loss of the ship attributable.to the boisterous state of the weather, the intense frost hav ing contracted the rivets of the iron plates, and he supposes that she must have been struck by some pieces of ice, and thus produced the leak. The steamer was insured at Lloyd's for £lB,OOO. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM-APRIL 28. - ---- --- There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, which sold readily at an advance of 85 per qr on late rates. Oats, barley, and peas 6d to is dearer. Beans fully is higher. The millers advanced the retail price of flour a further 6s 8 d per sack, making 105 in the week. MANCHESTER-APRIL 28. Under the influence of the hostile aspect of continental affairs our market has participated in the excitement which has generally prevailed in the corn trade, and prices have daily advanced, especially for wheat and flour. To-day We had a large attendance, but business limited. Wheat met a fair sale, at 4s to 5s higher. Flour 3s to 4s more money. Oats 2d per 451 b, and oatmeal is per load dearer. Indian corn and beans improved is per qr. LOUTH-APRIL 27. At to-day's market there was a moderate show of wheat, which sold at 2s to 38 per qr more money than l as t w eek, with a rather slow demand. In barley little doing. Other descriptions scarcely firm. Wheat ....... 43s to 47s White do 44s to 47s Barley 34s to 37s Oats.. 248 to 27s Beans 416 to 44s Beans, new —5 to --5 BOSTON—APRIL 27. The attendance was good, and English wheat met a fair sale at an advance of 2s per qr. upon the rates of this dal se'nnight. Little disposition to buy beans, and as holders did not press sales we merely repeat previous quotations in the business transacted. Oats a small show. Barley in slow request. Wheat ...40s to 46s 1 Oats.... White do .44s to 48s Beans ..—s to —s Ditto, old ........3 31 9 98 5 : t t°t o o 4 4259 9 25 : Barley Averages for the week : Wheat 0,993 qrs., at 43s Od 8ar1ey......... ~ ... —s Od Oats -"" 79 —s Od Rye .--. 17 —s Od Beans ..• ..... 60 ~ 46s Od Peas ..• . 20 „ 385 7d EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL 27. Large supplies of grain to-day, and sales were ready, at rather better prices for wheat. Wheat on the top 4s Od up average 4s 4d up. Barley on the top is 6d up average is Od up• Oats on the top is 6d up. average Os 9d up• Beans on the top 2s 6d up. ..... average is 7d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 13 8 10-12ths Oats 1 5 1 4-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1256 qrs Sold 1221 qrs Barley. • •.. 1086 qrs Sold 785 qrs Oats .1706 qrs Sold 1396 qrs Beans 2BO qrs • Sold 273 qrs GLASGOW—APRIL 23. Very fair arrivals of grain from the coast and by railwal this week. The weather is still cold and changeable. We had a good attendance of millers and dealers at our Corn Exchange this morning, and wheat and flour were held at higher rates than the trade were predated to con• cede, and sales could only be effected at an improvement of is to is 6d per boll of wheat and sack of flour. Barley 6d to is more per 3201 b. Oats, beans, and peas 6d to is pet boll, and oatmeal is to 2s per load up. CORK—APRIL 27. The following were the qu o t a ti ons t hi s morn i ng n a wheat, 22s 6d to 23s 31; white, 25s 6d to —s Od; barley 13. to 15s Od; oats, 12s 8d to 14s 6d. DUBLIN—Arum 26. At this corn market to-day there was a small supplY farmers' grain. Wheat advanced is per barrel; oats an barley 6d ; buyers held off, and not much businoss doin't• Indian corn held for higher rates, but few transactions took place. s. d. s. d. I Wheat, white 25 0 to 28 01 Do., , red 23 6 to 27 0 Do., new Barley Oats ..... Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 e. d. a. i• Do., new Bere. lO 0 to 12 # Rapeseed Oatmeal l3 6 to 15 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn DERBY SMITHFIELD—AP= 26. The supply of beasts to-day was small; the demand wa° good, and sales effected at high prices. Sheep in average supply. Calves not so numerous. Pigs not so plentiful/ but in better demand. Beef 7d to 71d Veal 6d to 7d Mutton ....... 7d to 8d Pork Lamb Od to —d Rough fat, 5s Od per stone• Hides, 4d to sd; calf skins, sfd to 6d. BIRTHS. BoosEY.--On the 28th inst., at 8, Keppel-street, Russell' square, the wife of Mr. W. Boosey, of a daughter. PORTER.—On the 27th inst., at Winslade House, Devon, the wife of Henry Aylmer Porter, Esq., of a son. PRESCOTT.—On the 28th inst., at 22, Ranelagh-street , Chester-square, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Prescott, Bombs,' Cavalry, of a daughter. WATsoN.—On the 25th inst., at Pontrillas House, Here fordshire, the wife of Richard Watson, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES HAYGARTH—PAXER.—On.the 26th inst.. at St. James% Piccadilly, Lieutenant -Colonel Francis Haygarth, Scots Fusilier Guards, to Cecilia Blanche Horatio Seymour , second daughter of the late Colonel the Right Hon. Geo. L. Dawson Darner. KEY — ARMSTRONG.—On the 28th inst., at the parish church, Kersall, Manchester, Sir Kingsmill Grove Self Bart., of Streatham, Surrey, to Louisa, fourth daughter of the late Joseph Armstrong, Esq., of Manchester. DEATHS, BENT.—On the 27th inst., Thomas Bent, Esq., Derby. EDGE.—On the 15th inst., at Priory Hill, Wolston, nea r Coventry, John Edge, Esq., aged 35. EVANS.—On the 27th inst., Mr. W. Evans, of Park-road, Haverstock-hill, and Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, aged 35. GOLDSMID.—On the 27th inst., at St. John's Lodge, ,Re gent's-park, Si r I saac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., F.R.°'t aged 82. HARTWELL.—On the 23d inst., at Samer, near Boulogne' sur-Mer, Alicia, the wife of Sir Broderick Hartwell, 13 t't aged 43. NORTH.—On the 27th inst., atFlorenceHouse, Shepherd's bush, John North, Esq., aged 64. WHELER.--On the 25th inst., Lucy, wife of Sir Trevor Wheler, Bart., of L eam i ng t on , H as ti ngs , Warwickshire' LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12 0, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,' °' Middlesex, Friday, April 29, 1859.