The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING). Sir J. W. Ramsden and Mr. F. Crossley, the Liberal candidates for the representation of this riding, having completed their tour through the polling districts of the riding, met the general committee for conducting their election at Leeds on Wednesday last. Mr. J. W. CHILDERS, of Cantley, near Doncaster, the chairman of the committee, presided, and in opening the proceedings he said, in reference to the canvass for the Liberal candidates, he felt that they would gain a victory in this contest, not by hun dreds but by thousands. The scales, however, might be turned, and the Tories might be placed in the ascendant, but to prevent this they must work hard, and poll all the out-voters early. This must be done, and if they only did their duty he was sanguine as to the result. Sir J. W. RAMSDEN briefly addressed the meet- Tig. He said that he and his hon. colleague, Mr. C rossley, had, during their electioneering tour, a ttended 31 regular public meetings, besides various incidental meetings ; and, with one exception, they had never failed to take a show of hands, both for and against. In the great majority of cases the vote was unanimous in their favour, and altogether the number of hands held up against them did not ex ec ed the number of meetings they attended. ( Cheers.) So far that part of their duty had been performed satisfactorily. (Hear.) Mr. CROSSLEY next addressed the meeting. He said that this was a very important election,—per. haps the most important they had had for many years. He could assure them that he only consulted their wishes when he became a candidate. He had been perfectly astonished on visiting the agricultu ral districts, where they expected to meet with lukewarmness, to find so much zeal in the cause. He had been very much struck with their recep tion at Peteley-bridge, where every man, woman, an d child appeared to have turned out to do them honour. (Cheers.) They appeared to feel, in com mon with the electors and non-electors in other polling districts, that this was not merely an ordi nary contested election of the West Riding, but one scarcely less impOrtant than the struggle of 1832, and one by which they were called upon to give their opinion on the question of further change in the constitution of the country by the amendment of the representation of the people. After advert ing to the necessity of an extension of the franchise to the intelligent of the working classes, Mr. Cross ley said that before the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832 the legislation of the country had come to a stand still, but since they had made rapid pro gress, and the result had been essentially beneficial to the country. But for that Reform Bill, and free trade, which had flowed from it, he should never have been in a position to contest this great riding. He was sure he was only speaking the sentiments of others when he said that the benefits which had resulted from free trade had been felt in the agri cultural districts not less than in the manufacturing districts. An old farmer had said to him--" I don't know how you like free trade, but it suits us, and we are satisfied with it if you are." It was gratify ing to know that the manufacturing interest was prospering, without any sacrifice of another inte rest equally important. Adverting again to the contest in which he was engaged, he said that he felt it was a most important contest. Their op ponent had at times shown a little bit of orange, but he was now dyed doubly blue to make up for it. He had joined. Lord Palmerston's Government" but as soon as he came to Wakefield he apologised for it, explained it away, and declared himself as good a Conservative as ever. Mr. Wortley told them that no man was honest who did not change his opinions, but that depended altogether upon the fact whether the opinions were right to begin with. No doubt, if a man, believing himself to have been wrong, changed his views, he only pursued that course which all could appreciate; but if he only changed his opinions when it was to his personal advantage to do so, and returned to his old opinions when advantage on that side again presented itself, to say the least, there were grounds for strong sus picion that the change was not from conviction. He knew personally that the Tories were working the districts as they had never done before. He knew that their canvassers went to some electors two or three times a day, even where they had not been solicited by the other side. They must not, therefore, lay too much stress upon their public meetings and the show of hands—it must be worked. It was a sort of last kick for Tories in the riding, and they would strike hard. They must meet them fairly, not as some of the Conservative landlords were doing, by forcing their tenantry to vote for Mr. Wortley, but by acting in the noble manner Lord Fitzwilliam, Lord Londesborough, and other noblemen in the riding had done. These gentlemen had said, "If I had a vote, I should vote for Ramsden and Crossley —but you must vote as you like." This, however, was just the difference between Toryism and Libe ralism—the one thought he ought to think for everybody, the other that he had no right to inter fere with the convictions of others. Sir C. WOOD said that he quite concurred in what had fallen from both the hon. candidates, and a more important election than this could not be fought in the United Kingdom. They knew pretty well the result of the elections in the boroughs of England and Scotland. Large funds were subscribed by the members of the Government and their sup porters, for the purpose of buying as many of the small boroughs as they could. They knew what large sums had been spent in many of those boroughs, yet, as a gentleman well acquainted with these mat ters said to him the previous day, it was astonishing in how few instances they had prevailed. Of course no such considerations could weigh with a consti tuency like that of the West Riding, but it was of the last importance that constituencies like this, whose independence was above question, should show, by decisive majorities, what was their opinion at this crisis. He need not remind them that this was the largest constituency in England by one-third and it was their duty to secure the emphatic verdict of such a constituency on the appeal of the Govern ment. He agreed with Sir J. Ramsden that they were fighting a common cause in behalf of principles which they held in common, and which they be lieved would be for the benefit of the commonwealth, and that they were only doing their duty by fighting together. They had selected two gentlemen—one from the landedinterest, the other from the manufac turing interest, and he believed that the riding would be far better represented in this way than in any other. He was glad to see such gentlemen soliciting their suffrages, and he trusted that after the assurances they had heard that day there could be no earthly doubt as to their success. But there was much to be done before this could be achieved. Their candidates had done their part, and it be hoved the committee and the electors to do theirs. Public meetings were valuable as showing the course of public opinion, but it must not be for gotten that they were composed largely of non electors, who, though their influence was of the greatest value, could not register an y votes at t h e poll. They must look afte r the electors, and from the returns which had been received he could have no doubt as to the success of their candidates, if only proper exertions were used, and those exer tions must be used. He had never been returned excepting this time without a contest, and he knew how necessary it was to work up to the last moment. They must go on working from that time until they had placed their candidates at the head of the poll, and, by a majority of thousands, declared the voice of the West Ridin 0. Ire called upon them to attend at the nomination if they could do so without neglecting their canvass, and concluded by movin g,— " That this Ineetitlg having heard the favourable report of the canvass, as given by the candidates, begs to request the electors to attend the nomination, on Saturday next, and to be early at the poll on Tuesday next." (Cheers.) The Hon. J. C. DUNDAS said he had great plea sure in seconding the resolution. He agreed most cordially i n the con viction that every exertion ought to be made and that they ought not to be too con fident. The eyes of England were upon this elec tion, and he called upon the electors of the West . Riding to show what sort of reform they w ere d e . termined to have. (Cheers.) They must not rest upon their oars, but use every exertion to counter act the manoeuvres, he might say the dirty manceu vres, of the other side. (Cheers.) The resolution, after the meeting had been briefly addressed by two or three other members of the committee, was carried unanimously. The proceedings closed with the passing of a vote of thanks to the chairman. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TIIURSDAY MORNING. The returns of yesterday show some variation in the position of the contending parties. The Derby ites hav e gained one seat and lost anot h er, while a third has been won by a gentleman whose political views are not yet rightly defined, but the belief Ministry than a Go vernmen t f or m e d un d er any of speculation. chiefs of the Whig party. This, however, is b u t Mr. "William Kirk, the great gun of the Presbyterian body, wild had always held the position of first favourite at Newry, literally bolted on the night previous to the polling, and left the race to be run by Mr. Mq3lain a local barrister, 'who, as might be guessed, was tb'oroughly distanced by Mr. Peter Quinn the Government candidate. This was an undoubted victory for the Conserva tives ; but, on the other hand, a reverse was met with in Limerick city, by the defeat of Mr. Spaight and the return, after a fierce cont est, of Major .Gavin. Wexford borough was won with out a blow by Mr. Redmond, a Roman Catholic Liberal, who takes the place of Mr.Devereux, a stanch supporter of the Whigs, while his successor's views of parties are at present hid under a cloud of g neralities. Kilkennyborough has re-elected its old nd faithful servant, Mr. Sullivan (Liberal). Galway town has also given a new lease to _Mr. Lever and Lord Dun kellin, although the latter was sor ly pressed by Col. French, an old Indian officer, fr tached t 6 the Young Ireland party. Armagh 1 ()rough has cast aside Mr. Sterne Miller, the late member, and i chosen Mr. B on d, w h o sa t f or th e b or ough n the Parliament of 1852. Th ev i c t or and the vanquished are both Tories, but Mr. Bond's Toryism is of a milder type than Mr. Miller's. He supports the Maynooth grant. There are not likely to be more than 12 counties contested namely, Clare, Galway, Kildare (doubtful), Limerick, Lon donderry, Louth, Queen's County (doubtful), Sligo, (doubtful), Westmeath, .Waterford, and W ex f or d. The Government are quite sanguine of a gain of two seats in the places enumerated, and a third is believed to be possible. Londonderry is expected to substitute Mr. F. Heygate for Mr. Greer, and Blare is to do a like office for Col. Vandeleur, vice either Calcutt or Luke White. The less certain success is Waterford coun t y, w h ere the Derbyites are straining every nerve to secure the return of ' the Hon. Walter Cecil Talbot, a scion of the house of Shrewsbury and Talbot. KING'S COUNTY. Mr. Pierce Creagh, a Roman Catholic supporter of Lord Derby, has withdrawn from the field, and waves his claim in favour of Mr. John Pope Hen nessy, of the Middle Temple, London, who has gone to the expense of publishing a long advertisement in the local papers announcing his readiness to sit for the county as one of the select band of Irish Independent Oppositionists. SCOTLAND. BUTE (COUNTY). The nomination of a member of Parliament for Buthshire took place on Wednesday at Rothesay. Mr. Sheriff HUNTER having read. the writ, and called on any elector to propose a candidate, Lord JAMES STUART proposed Mr. Lamont, who was seconded by Provost M'EWAN, of Rothesay. Dr. GIBSON proposed the Lord Advocate. Mr. R. MACALLISTER, President of the Bute Far mers' Society, seconded the nomination. The candidates then addressed the meeting. Mr. LAMONT condemned the conduct of the Go vernment in respect to reform, and, still more, their course of dissolving Parliament at such a time as the present. He contended that he was the fitter man to represent the county, being able to devote his whole time to the performance of his Parlia mentary duties, while the Lord Advocate had many professional calls upon:his time and attention that must interfere with his usefulness in the House of Commons. The LORD ADVOCATE denied that he was the nomi nee of any party, and added that the ties of office would not prevent him from voting against any measure which the Government might introduce, and which he could not approve. In respect to general poli tics, he said that in being opposed to the ballot he was a Conservative, but in regard ; to free trade, the Test and Corporation Acts, and others, he was a Liberal; and it was in view of that he was of the number of those who belonged to that party who described themselves as Liberal Conservatives. Upon the question of reform in Parliament he was in favour of the general bill that was introduced the other day. With reference to one point in that bill, there was a difference of opinion in Parliament, namely, the lowering of the borough franchise. But that bill, he said, was no sham measure of re form, because, if it had been passed, it would have added somewhere about 500,000 voters to the con stituency of this country, who at the present mo ment were excluded from the elective franchise. He was in favour of all the " fancy" franchises. He said that that bill would have given to the people of Rothesay and the people of Bute everything that the resolution of Lord J. Russell or any views even of Mr. Bright would confer upon them, because it was only in the franchise for the Parliamentary boroughs that any reduction was to be made beyond that of the Ministerial bill. Alluding to the pre sent aspect of foreign affairs the learned lord said, we were now, so far as this country was concerned, still at peace. A war had, no doubt, broken out on the Continent of Europe, and it had broken out be tween two European Powers ; but this country was entirely free from all participation in that war. It was a most wilful and most criminal act on the part of Austria, and on the part of Austria alone, and he trusted that even yet, by the exercise of wise diplo macy on the part of the Foreign Minister of this country, a stop might soon be put to the war. In order that we might be in the position to keep our selves safe in the war it was necessary that we should have an efficient administration in the executive de partment of the Government—more especially as regarded the army and navy. He believed there never was a time when greater improvements had been made in the navy of this country, or when it had been in such an efficient state as it was under the present Administration. All naval men admitted that. The army of this country, too, was in a most efficient state, and providentially the Indian mutiny being at an end we were enabled to bring back our army to these shores. The Lord-Advocate concluded by giving a general approval to the acts of the present Government, and declared his inten tion ofopposing the Maynooth grant. A show of hands was taken, which was declared by the Sheriff to be favourable to Mr. Lamont. A poll was demanded for the Lord-Advocate, and was appointed to take place on Friday (this day). EDINBURGHSHIRE. The election of a member for Mid-Lothian took place at Edinburgh on Wednesday. There was no opposition to the re-election of the Earl of Dalkeith, who was nominated by Sir James G. Baird, and seconded by Mr. Davidson. The Earl of DALKEITH, in returning thanks, said he voted, as they were all aware, in support of Lord Derby's bill, on the ground that he thought there were those who might safely be intrusted with the franchise who did not at present enjoy it. He could not have supported Lord John Russell's resolution, because he felt convinced that it was brought for ward on mere party and factious grounds. It was well known at the time that the principle Lord John sought to embody in his resolution might have been carried by an overwhelming majority if the bill had been brought into committee, and he thought that if Lord John Russell had been sincere in his desire for Reform, he would haveTsupported the bill brought forward by Lord Derby's Govern ment. He (Lord Dalkeith) could only say he would be willing to consider in as full and conscientious a manner as he could any consistent measure which might be brought forward for the extension of the suffrage. With regard to the continental war, he hoped that England would occupy a neutral posi tion, but that it would also be a strong and dignified position. ROXBURGHSHIRE. The nomination and election for this county took place on Wednesday, Sir William Scott (Liberal) being the only candidate. Sir W. SCOTT said he considered the present dis solution unwise and unjustifiable. He believed that a satisfactory measure of reform could only be car ried out by those who had all along been reformers from conviction. There was scarcely a clause in the late Reform Bill which was not open to objection. If returned to Parliament, he (Sir William) would have great pleasure in supporting the Reform Bill sketched by Lord John Russell, which included a £6 borough franchise. Though he was not in favour of the ballot, there was no one more anxious than himself to protect the voter from intimidation, and it would be necessary to frame some measure so as to afford him due protection. Si r Wi ll i am next alluded to the war which had broken out on the Continent, and was of opinion that this country ought not to embroil herself on either side. Lord Derby's plan of an armed neutrality would not do—th e country must declare for non-intervention. At the same time our armaments ought to be in a proper condition, and we should be prepared for the worst. ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. E. ELL ICE:Tun., was returned on Wednesday for these burghs without opposition. After thanking the electors for having continued their confidence in him for 22 years, he said he was one of those who had great distrust of Lord Derby's Government, and believed that the object of their liberal professions was simply that they might keep their places. He was not prepared, however, in the next Parliament to give them any factious opposition but wanted to see what they had t o propose, and if they did not come up to his wishes they bad some certainty that another and a better Government could be put in their place. He went on to express his approval of the ballot, as the only apparent means of preventing such influence as had been exercised at South Dur ham and elsewhere, and such corruption as Lord Derby's £20,000 was likely to promote. But the ques tion of reform must give place to that o f our national defences. On the question of foreign policy he could not help reiterating his distrust in the Government. Lord Palmerston's Government was turned out of office for being too obsequious t 6 France. H e should lik e to kow what Lord Derby's Government, had been. Lord Derby had believed, with the utmost obsequiousness, the assurances of France that there was no danger of war; and yet every body that had any b ra i ns in his head know now that France had been determined upon war all along. Why, what could all her preparations that had been going on for years mean ? What could be meant by the great extension of her navy, and by the calling out of her contingents to the full extent? The fact was that Austria had merely taken the advance because sheknew that France - was prepared and determined to do it ; and that, instead of the Government taking those steps that they ought to have done to ascertain the truth, they had believed professions which ultimately turned out to be en tirely false. THE WAR .1N ITALY. (From the Times.) Austria appears willing to let the world believe that if she was precipitate in her diplomacy she will make amends for such unaccustomed promptitude by being very deliberate in her strategy. When she astonished Europe and shocked grave, innocent, and trusting statesmen by decisive action, at a moment when she was thought to be waiting patiently the peaceful solution of all her difficulties ; when she appeared with that sudden menace, that three days' pause, and that prompt act of war, we all believed that she had resolved to seize a quickly passing op portunity for striking a decisive blow. She had 190,000 men in Lombardy and Venice, whereof 120,000 were drawn up almost on the banks of the frontier river Ticino. The general of that army, as he looked across the little river, could almost survey the scene of his future operations. On his right, rolling away in the distance, rise the peaks of the Graian and Pennine Alps ; on the left the lesser alti tudes of Montferrat and the summits of Mont Apen nine mark the highland character of the country into which he was about to advance. But between these two northern and southern uneven districts, stretching straight before him, like an irregular bay which spreads its rippling surface deep into a rocky region, extends a long vista of flat country. Through the middle of it winds the Po, so renowned in song and history ; and from north and from south, from the Alps on the right hand and from the Apen nine range on the left hand, and from those distant Cottian Alps that close the vista and shut out France, descend little rivers, each bringing its tribute from its own mountain—little shining ribs that articulate to the backbone of Piedmont. In those mountainous districts to the left lie the fast nesses of the Sardinians. The great fortress of Alessandria stands almost at the entrance to the Montferrat country, and over the high hills and on the margin of the sea lies Genoa. The hills to the right—those uplands which swell away towards the frontier mountains of the Simplon, Mont Rosa, and the Grand St. Bernard—are for the most part undefended by art, and straight away before him, up that flat alluvial plain, our Austrian General can see no place capable of an hour's defence. The great river winds about ; the tributaries stream down into it from right and from left. There are little indefensible towns like Novara, Mortara, and Vercelli, the three points of a triangle ; but there is nothing serious between him and Turin, which lies away up at the top of this deep lowland level. All Europe thought that this was Austria's object ; that, bold in her great preponderance of force, she would with a strong army mask the fortresses of Alessandria and Casale, and all that southern moun tain district which they command, and that she would with the remainder of her force rush straight forward, never stopping till she reached the Royal Palace at Turin. There would be some prestige of arms in occupying the enemy's capital at the out set of the war, and there would be obviously some strategic advantage in being in a position to destroy that network of railways which now puts the French who land at Genoa in direct and imme diate railway communication with the French who cross Mont Cenis and attain the Piedmon tese side of the Alps at Susa. Master of Turin and of the railways that centre at Turin, the Aus trian General would have divided the two French armies, and would have been in secure possession of all Sardinia, except only that mountainous Montferrat region which we have supposed him to survey, as lying on his left, while meditating his advance across the Ticino. This raid upon Turin was thought to bg an object so material to the successful opening of the game before her that Austria was believed to have acted wisely even in incurring some moral odium while securing so important a physical advantage. But, for some reason or other, which is probably a very good military reason, but which lessens our idea of the necessity of her diplomatic precipitancy, Austria has taken no advantage of her priority in point of time, or of her superiority in point of force. She moved her army forward in two main divisions. One of them stepped cautiously over the river, and set foot upon that alluvial plain, that flat bay of land, which lay before them. Gradually, and with much deliberation, this division occupied the two little towns of Novara and Mortara—one on the right wing, and the other on the left—and then advanced a few miles further to Vercelli, where they halted, surveyed, and reconnoitred, while every hour was bringing laden transports into the har bour of Genoa and long lines of French infantry were swarming over the Cenis. Perhaps the rains that fell swelled the tributaries and damaged the roads ; perhaps the revolution in Parma, Modena, and Tuscany counselled caution or created irreso lution ; perhaps the Austrians were impressed with the conviction that it would be less troublesome to let the French come over the sea and over the Alps, and assemble in their full strength ; that it would be easier to meet them all on this hither side, as in a cockpit from which there was no escape. We are not in a condition to divine motives or critcise strategy, for the telegrams are not very explanatory and the knowledge vouchsafed to us by the mili tary authorities are not very perfect ; but we can see that after being seven days on the Sardinian soil the invaders have not yet advanced mare than 35 miles from the frontier river. Of the division which crossed the Ticino, and which appeared to be intended to march up the level upon Turin, we can trace the movements with some certainty. They have diverged rather south wards of their direct route ; that is to say, they are tending towards the foot of the Montferrat range, rather than towards the foot of the Alpine hills. In this advance they find one of the windings of the Po in their path, and on Wednesday evening they crossed the river at Cambio. The point chosen for this passage was near the town of Sala, and per haps indicates an attack on Alessandria. Higher up the river, at Frassinetto, close to Casale, a for tress capable of some resistance, another body of Austrians seems to have attempted to crass the stream, after a cannonade which lasted 15 hours, but were repulsed with some loss. What can be the object of these operations ? If the Austrian had kept the northern bank of the river it would have taken him to Turin. But to proceed by this route the Austrian must cross the Dora—a little river which comes down from the Alps, and flowing through the level country in front of Turin, falls into the Po. The banks of this river are said to have been fortified, and it was thought that these lines had been chosen as the battle-field on which France and Sardinia, profiting by the sluggishness of the Austrian, had determined to draw together and fight a battle for Turin. By crossing the Po the invading division, whose ad vance we are now tracing, has turned that position altogether ; for they are now on the south bank, and the Dora comes down into the Po from the north. The object of attack, however, is quite doubtful. They may be either proceeding to wards Turin by the most direct route, or they may be about, by the simple man ceuvre of" right shoulder forward," to turn to the left, and ad vance upon Alessandria. If it be true that an Austrian cannonade was commenced at Valenza, it would appear, perhaps, more probable that the fortresses are the object of attack ; for Valenza is within a few miles of Alessandria, and the Austrian reserves, which are said to be in great force at Pavia and Piacenza, are well placed for taking part in a concerted attack upon Alessandria, or even for descending upon Genoa. Thus have we traced the progress of one division, which took the plain country, and was at the last advises crossing the Po at a point not above 10 miles distant from the great fortress of Alessandria. There is, however, another division of the invading army which, instead of crossing the Ticino, went up north to the lake whence the Ticino flows, and, crossing the lake, penetrated into the northern and Alpine districts of the kingdom they invaded. Distant from railways and telegraph wires, the movements of this force are as yet obscure. We expected to find them coming down into the level country somewhere about the line of the Dora, and forming a juncti on th ere w i t h t h e f orce a d vanc i ng directly through the plain ; but, as these have now crossed the Po and trend to the south, we must expect that the junction will be attempted at some other point. On the whole, it would seem that the Austrians have g a i ne d not hi ng at present by their choice of the moment and by their sudden initiative except the power of making forced contributions in their enemy's country. Sardinia has her fortresses secure. Alessandria, Casale, Genoa, and Turin are in her hands, and all the positions she holds are connected by lines of rail with each other and with the sea, and with the Alpine passes into France. It as yet seems as though Austria had staked heavily for an opportunity, won it, and now thrown it away. CANADA.—LIVERPOOL, May s.—The Canadian Royal Mail steam ship Indian, Smith, commander, arrived this afternoon from Portland, Maine, with dates to the 23d - ult., 40 after cabin and 27 steerage passengers. Her advices are entirely devoid of interest. LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The screw steamer City of Baltimore, which will leave Liverpool for New York on the 11th inst., will call at Queenstown on the following day for cabin passengers and despatches. The amount of specie brought yesterday by the Lebanon, from New York, was 7;000 dol, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1859. THE ARMY. The following detachments are ordered to pro ceed at an early date to the Mediterranean :-604 of the 2d battalion of the 4th Regiment, 264 of the 2d battalion of the 2d Regiment, 117 of the Roy a l Artillery, and 119 of the Royal Engineers, by the Sir Robert Peel. By the Marlborough, 20 of the 9th Regiment, and 40 of the Ist battalion of the 14th Regiment. An unusual degree of commotion has been created among the inhabitants of Woolwich by the arrival of various companies of Artillery during some days past, as well as other military movements neces sary in the reorganisation of the corps of Artillery and reconstruction of the garrison and depot there. According to the prescribed regulations which were recently published, the Ist brigade of siege artil lery, to be stationed at Woolwich, will consist of eight batteries, in lieu of the old battalion No. 1. A long and formidable array of 9-pounder guns, howitzers, baggage and ammunition waggons, hos pital conveyances issued yesterday from the Arsenal. the horses and drivers, and more particularly each gun, as it emerged from the great storehouse, were closely examined. The guns, &c., were conveyed to the Royal Artillery barracks, to supply the newly constructed batteries. The corps of Gentle men Cadets were yesterday marched to Plumstead common, and' were put through a course of rifle practice ; a large number of Artillery recruits were drilled on Woolwich-common, and the whole town was rife with military movement. Orders have been issued for the officer command ing the corps of Royal Engineers at Chatham, directing several detachments of non-commissioned officers and men to be immediately selected and despatched to the Mediterranean, for the purpose of augmenting the companies of Royal Engineers at that station. One of 4he detachments will proceed to Gibraltar for the purpose of being attached to the 2d, 3d, and 6th companies of Royal Engineers, now serving there, in order to increase each of those companies to 120 non commissioned officers and men. Another detach ment is to proceed to Malta to fill up vacancies in the 17th and 24th companies, caused by several of the men belonging to those companies having been despatched to India. A third detachment of Royal Engineers will also shortly embark for Alderney, for the purpose of being employed during the summer in repairing the forts and fortifications of that island. In addition to the above detach ments, the 28th company of the Royal Engineers is under orders to embark for Corfu, and the 29th company for Malta, each company having been made up to 120 men of all ranks. The foundation for erecting the extensive branch of the Armstrong gun factory in Woolwich Arsenal was yesterday completed, and the footing for the building commenced. It was expected that Sir William Armstrong would have been present to deposit the foundation stone, and that some forma lities would have been gone through, but no cere mony further than the ordinary bricklayers' work took place. Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Anderson are both industriously engaged at the factory at Elswick in endeavouring to improve the means of bringing out the new rifle. The building commenced yesterday in Woolwich Arsenal will be double storied. The principal entrance will be ornamented with Gothic turrets, and when completed it will be one of the most conspicuous establishments in the Royal Arsenal, according to the architectural de sign proposed by the commanding Royal Engineer, and accepted by the Government. The effect of the recent communications in The Sun on the subject of the Victoria Rifle corps was plainly visible at their last weekly muster on Wednesday evening. On that occasion a consider able number of officers in the Guards and others from various line regiments attended to witness the target practice and subsequent drill : Applications for enrolment are now rapidly coming in not only from noblemen and gentlemen animated by a patriotic desire to aid in the defence of their country, but also from that large class who are candidates for commissions in the army, and who find very great advantage from attaining profi ciency in their drill in an agreeable manner, and in the society of gentlemen in their own position in life, in preference to acquiring the same knowledge with the rank and file they will have to command. The army cannot fail to benefit largely by this move, as young officers who can produce a certifi cate from the Adjutant of the Victoria Rifles will join their regiments, competent at once to under take their duties, i ns t ea d o f h av i ng t o un d ergo th e unpleasant ordeal of b e i ng d a ily ra t e d f or m onths by drill sergeants, and practising the " goose step" in company with recruits. THE NAVY. The greatest activity prevails at Pembroke Dock ' yard. The numerous artisans are employed from early until late, and as the dockyard strength is now very great, and almost unlimited earnings are al lowed, rapid progress is being made with the various men-of-war in course of construction. The Revenge, which has recently been launched, is in the hands of the seamen riggers, who will immediately navi gate her round to Portsmouth for commission. The build of the Revenge is an improvement upon the tines of the Renown, 91 guns, a sister ship, and it is thought. she will prove a fine specimen of the new class 91's. The Howe, 121 guns, will soon be ready for launching. She is a magni ficent vessel, being over 4,000 tons burden. It is stated to be the intention of the authorities to strengthen the approaches to the dockyard by the erection of a powerful battery of heavy guns on the Great Head facing the mouth of the harbour. Captain the Hon. H. W Campbell, of the Cold stream Guards, goes out to Gibraltar, it is said, as aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir W. Cod rington, the newly appointed Governor of Gibraltar. The Ist battalion of the Riffle Brigade will leave Newcastle-on-Tyne to-day for Plymouth, but it is stated that their destination . is Gibraltar. Her Majesty's steam store transport Dee, Master Commander Thomas Pullen, yesterday arrived at Woolwich, from Portsmouth, and was admitted into the basin to reship for vessels fitting out in the western yards. The Doris, 32, screw steam frigate, Captain E. Heathcotc, got under weigh yesterday at Spithead, to make a trial of her lengthened screw at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the supervision of Mr. J. Dinnen, Admiralty Inspector of Machi nery ; Captain G. T. Gordon, commanding steam reserve ; Mr. G. Murdoch, inspector of machinery afloat ; and Mr. Miller, of the steam factory. The results of six runs at the measured mile gave a speed in knots of 11 81 tenths ; pitch of screw, 32 feet ; diameter of screw, 20 feet ; draught of water aft, 21 feet 9 inches; ditto forward, 19 feet 6 inches ; pressure of steam, 201 b. ; number of revo lutions, maximum, 48.5 ; mean, 48.25. Wind, direction, S. ; force, 2. At the conclusion of the trial the Doris steamed into Portsmouth harbour, and landed her screw on the Sheer-jetty, when it it was taken to the steam factory to undergo fur ther alterations for the next trial. The Hannibal, 91, screw steamship, Captain M. Connolly, at Portsmouth, has moved down the harbour, alongside the M a l a b ar coa l d epot, f or the purpose of coaling. The Urgent, screw steam troopship, Commander Hire, alongside the north jetty of Portsmouth Dockyard, was coaling last evening until 8 p.m., the authorities being anxious to despatch her with troops to-morrow for Gibraltar, if possible. Orders have been received at Portsmouth to com mission the Falcon, 17, screw corvette, and the Pioneer and Flying Fish, despatch vessels. The Goliath, 80, screw steamer attached to the steam reserve at Ch a tham, ha s shipped a quantity of her heavy stores from the dockyard. The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, has also taken on board her cables and other heavy stores. It is expected that both these vessels will shortly be ordered to pro teed to sea. The steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master- Commander R. F. Sturdee, from Woolwich, with machinery, &c., for Keyham yard, arrived in Ply mouth• Sound on Monday . evening, and went up Hamoaze on Tuesday morning. The lighter Tortoise, Lott master, left Plymouth on Tuesday, with mooring chains for Cork. The surveying gunboat Shamrock left Plymouth on Tuesday for the westward, probably for Swansea. The apprentice brig Nautilus, Lieut. W. Grant, left Plymouth on Tuesday for Falmouth, to enter men under the bounty system. The French steamer Galilee, from Plymouth, proceeded up Channel on Tuesday. The screw steamship Algiers, 91, Captain J. W. D. O'Callaghan, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon, to join the fleet, but not being able to make much headway returned to Cawsand Bay. The screw steamship James Watt, 91, Captain E. Codd, having had several fathoms of chain removed from her fan, was undocked at Keyham on Tues day, and on Wednesday steamed outside Plymouth Sound, to try her engines. In the afternoon she took her powder on board. The gunboat Charon was placed in dock at Devonport on Tuesday. The Seagull, tender to the surveying vessel Porcupine, arrived at Plymouth en Wedne s d a y with sick me n . Sh e will require some repairs, being defective. The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Captain J. Stopford, was removed from Keyham basin on Wednesday to her moorings in Hamoaze. The screw steamship Forth, 12, Charles Moxley, chief engineer, was brought down Homoaze on Wednesday to be docked. The Seuhorse was to follow yesterday. Letters have been received at Plymouth written from the screw steamship Caesar, 90, Captain C. Frederick. After fourteen weeks of monotonous exile they broke away from Greytown with joy on the 22d of March, and went out under steam. On the 23d they worked to windward under canvass. Little progress was made on the 24th, and the next day they got back to nearly the same position which they had on the 23d. On the 26th they were in under the land, and anchored for the night ; 27th, sailed along the coast, with lovely weather and a lake-like sea, and passed Cape Gracios a Dios. Shortly after getting under weigh on the 28th an English settler came off in a canoe, stating that some Yankee Fillibusters had landed, which proved a false alarm. On the sth of April they arrived at Vera Cruz, and anchored three or four miles from that town. The whole country was in a state of civil commotion, as the inhabitants refused to acknowledge the Government of Mexico. Besides French, there were Spanish, American, and Prus sian ships of war, eleven in all, at Vera Cruz, and the Caesar would probably be detained there some days. _ _ The Hood, 90, screw steamship, which was launched at Chatham on Wednesday, was towed down to Sheerness yesterday. The Mersey, 40, screw, Captain Caldwell, will sail from Spithead for Portland to-day (Friday). In her recent trials under canvas she has proved herself to be as handy a ship as any afloat of half her length. She stays and wears like a cutter ; under double reefed topsails and topgallantsails, close on a wind, she can do nine knots an hour ; wind quartering, under royals, she runs off 17 knots. SHIPS FOR INDIA.—The Hon. Council for India has taken up the following ships for the convey ance of Government stores, viz., Sea Park, 835 tons, the Thames, 570, and the St. Croix, 435 tons, sail for Madras. The Alnwick Castle, 1,087 tons, Victoria, 848 tons, Tyburnia, 964 tons, and Devon shire, 834 tons, for Bengal. The Inkermann, 500 tons, is taken up by Government for Hong Kong ; and the Sir George Pollock, with troops for Auck land, and the Renshaw, 500 tons, will sail with Government stores for - St. Helena. SIR THOMAS GRANT'S DISTILLING AND COOKING APPARATUS.—This galley has been reconstructed, under the superintendance of Mr. J. Miller, of the condensing department in her Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth. It is intended to cook for 450 men ; it will bake, boil, roast, steam, stew, and with the same fire make 800 gallons of fresh water daily, which, passing through the condensing apparatus, becomes perfectly cold, pure fresh water ; and it will also produce about 100 gallons of pure fresh boiling water, and may be used daily for making coffee, tea, or for medicinal purposes. The coal required per hour for the above purposes is about 301 b. weight. There is a large hot plate for boiling or stewing fitted to it, also two ovens for baking. On each side is fitted a steam cooking kettle, also a large fireplace for roasting, either with the doors open or shut. The whole apparatus is made very strong, and not likely to get out of order ; it is so constructed that it may be taken to pieces on board ship, being fastened together with bolts and nuts, and is very compact, and far superior to the old iron cooking galleys now in use. This apparatus is constructed principally of gun metal, an t after many years' wear will then be worth nine-twelfths of its original cost. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : Lieutenants—A. Bagley, H. St. J. de Roebeck, and E. S. Adeane, to the Brisk; H. S. Bagge, to the Falcon; C. D. J. Odevaine and R. H. Thompson, to the Intrepid. Masters—Robert J. C. Grant, to the Intrepid ; Charles Parkinson, to the Brisk ; Haben B. Hunt, to the Falcon ; Frank Inglis, to the Flying Fish. Second-master—John R. N. Moss, to the Pioneer. Paymasters—W. F. Huyyhue, to the Brisk; W. H. De Cateret, to the Falcon; J. W. Haverfield (additional), to the Queen Charlotte; Fredk. J. Robins (additional), to the Ajax; James B. APAvoy (additional), to the Royal Ado laide ; H. H. Shanks, to be Secretary to Rear. Admiral Mundy. Assistant Paymasters—William Evans (in charge) to the Intrepid ; W. H. Fitzpatrick (in charge), to the Flying Fish ; Robt. H. Lowry (in charge), to the Pioneer ; W. H. Whichelo, to the Brisk. Clerk—G. F. Cheyney to the Falcon. Assistant-Clerk —Arthur L. B. Conte to the Edinburgh LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 5. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius in London.—(Before Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) COOPER V. LLOYD. This extraordinary case, which was partly heard yesterday, was resumed this morning by additional evidence being called on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. Laxton and Mr. Patchett appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Francis for the defendant. Mrs. Watson was the first witness examined, and she said—ln February, 1852, Mrs. Lloyd came to lodge with me at No. 4, Blackheath-park, Black heath. She remained at my house for three weeks, and whilst she was there her husband came to see her three times. The first time he stopped to dinner and tea, and left about half-past nine at night. He came again at seven o'clock next morning, and Mrs. Lloyd was not then up. She was very poorly. He did not sleep there. I had no convenience for his sleeping there. He did not say anything about sleeping there. Mrs. Lloyd had a sitting-room as well as a bed-room, but Captain Lloyd went into her bed-room on the first day. On the next occa sion he came to dinner. The three visits were on three following days. Cross-examined—Mrs. Lloyd's bedroom was on the top floor, and her sitting room was underneath it. My rooms were down stairs, and I did not go up, but I heard Captain Lloyd go up stairs into the bedroom. I had shown him into the sitting room. On the occasion w h en C ap t . Ll oy d went to his wife's bedroom I had told him that she was ill. Mr. Roberts—l am a medical practitioner, in business in Great Dover-street, Southwark. I paid a visit to Capt. Lloyd on board the Edinburgh, at Sheerness, in June, 1857. I dined with Capt. Lloyd on board. My business in going to him was to apply for my account for attending on Mrs. Lloyd in her confinement, and at other times. The confinement was in 1856, and my first visit to her was on the 27th of September, 1856. Capt. Lloyd said he was sorry my account had not been paid before, but there were differences between him and his wife. He said that his wife had gone away and had left him, and had lett her child at home, in 1850 or 1851, and that he had in vain made every effort to discover her. That subsequently, at her own request, he had granted her an inter view at Chatham, and had then accused her of having been unfaithful to him ; that she at first denied this, but afterwards confessed it, and gave him a written paper, detailing her connexion with Mr. Winslow, whi c h resu lt e d in her having a child by him. He said Mr. Winslow's name was familiar to him through a brother officer in connexion with a French girl. He added, " I forgave her. I read the document carefully, and I tore it up and threw it into the fire, and said, Phillis, I forgive you; this shall not tell tales against you, and I will give you another chance as my wife.' " He further said that the reason my account was not paid was, that there was an account due to a furni ture dealer, which matter was in the hands of the lawyers, and as soon as that was settled my account should be paid. He referred me to Mr. Jones Carew, of Lincoln's Inn, and said he had authority to paT me if he liked. We went to the mess-room to dine, and when we were going down Captain Lloyd said, " Dr. Roberts, I hope you will not mention your business here to-day, for there is not a brother officer on board who knows anything of differences between me and my wife." He further informed me that Mr. Carew had told him that he could have got him a di vorce, i n the event of the new Divorce Bill passing, if it had not been for his after conduct. This after conduct was that Captain Lloyd had b een i n th e h a bi t of visiting his wife, and had bee n w ith h er a l one. My bill is still unpaid, and, as far as my account has been sent in, the amount is about £3O. Cross-examined—My ledger is here, but not my day-book. I have no entry in my books of the date of the confinement bf Mrs. Lloyd. The confine ment fee is paid at once and therefore it is not entered. My first entry is for attending Mrs. Lloyd afte r her confinement, and that attendance was on the 27th of September. On my oath I cannot tell you when Mrs. Lloyd was confined, but I believe it was i n S eptem b er. [After some dis cussion the wit ness was di rec t e d t o fetch his day book, as soon as hi s exam i na tinn was finished, so that the date could be fixed.] My fee was a guinea, and Mrs. Ll o yd p a id me a t the time. She paid me herself, and probably a day or two after the con finement. I did not charge Captain Lloyd with the confinement fee. I did not say anything to him about the confinement. I called on Mrs. Lloyd afterwards, but I did not say that she must pay me, for her husband was not liable. I said she ought to have told me before who was to pay me. It was not Mrs. Lloyd from whom I first heard of Captain Lloyd having forgiven her. I have read my letter which has just been handed to me, and I adhere to my statement. Mrs. Lloyd went with me on one occasion to Sheerness to see Captai n Ll oyd. I met him on the pier with what she called two of his kept ladies. She first saw them on the pier at Strood, and she became very excited, saying Here are my husband's kept ladies come on , board." We were on the steamerto go to Sheer ness. The two ladies had b roa d-brimtned hats on. One of the ladies met Captain Lloyd on th e pier at Sheerness and gave hi m a bsiuquet.- He afterwards came to me, and said, " What do you want, sir ?" I said I had come at the request of Mrs. Lloyd. He accused me of having turned against him, and said that Mr. Carew, the lawyer, had told him that he was a fool to tell me the very thing that was most against himself. He said, " How I loved that girl !" meaning his wife ; and I said it wanted little to bring them together again, for she was destitute. After a time he said, "Why does she not pay you your account ? she has £lOO a year." I said, " Good God ! and you an officer in her Majesty's service ; will you allow her to live on the wages of seduction ?" He partly stripped his coat off, and said, " This uniform must go to Maidstone Gaol, and that is how I will pay." I was indignant, but my indignation did not prompt me to tell him that Mrs. Lloyd had had a child. After some letters, which had been referred to in the opening speech, had been read, the plaintiff's case was brought to a conclusion. Mr. O'Malley submitted that the plaintiff must be non-suited, inasmuch as she had not made out her case. The Court of Exchequer had held, in Johnson v. Sumner, that the onus lay on the plain tiff to establish that the wife had express or implied authority to pledge her husband's credit. Mr. Justice Williams said, the contention was that the adultery had been condoned ; and, if that were so, then Mrs. Lloyd's case came within the ordinary rule of a woman living apart from her husband without due provision. Mr. O'Malley agreed that that was so. Mr. Justice Williams said it never was intended that a case of this kind should be tried during the sittings in term, when the judge could not sit late ; and as this was the last day of the sittings, he did not think that plaintiffs who sued for money de mands should be put off. The present case could not be finished to-day, and therefore he would adjourn it at once, so as to allow him to dispose of some of the ordinary cases, and come back after the Middlesex sittings to finish this case. He was of opinion that there was evidence for the plaintiff to go to the jury. If the defendant's counsel pleased he might address the jury now, and produce his evidence on a future day. Mr. O'Malley accordingly addressed the jury for the defendant, and asked for their careful attention upon the ground that this was one of the most serious cases that could be imagined, for if their decision was adverse to Captain Lloyd, the effect would be to hang round his neck for life a woman who had dishonoured him in every way. If this had been an ordinary action for debt he should not have deemed it necessary for him to produce any evidence before them, for he did not think there was any gentleman in the jury box who gave credence to the extraordinary evidence which had been given for the plaintiff. It was the duty of the plaintiff to show either that Captain Lloyd had given his wife express authority to pledge his credit, or else that the position in which she stood in reference to him gave her an implied authority. All the letters which had been read, as far as he could under stand, showed distinctly that Captain Lloyd rep Idiated any liability for his wife's debts. It was remarkable that no letter was pro duced of a later date than 1853 ; but the letter above all others which he should have liked to see was that which Captain Lloyd wrote when on his return from India, in which he pic tured the fancied happiness which awaited him. He regretted that he could not lay before the jury, because it was written by a third party, the letter which first led Captain Lloyd to believe that there was something wrong on the part of his wife. It appeared that this woman had not been surprised into an adulterous intercourse, but that she had sat down at Guernsey, deliberately, to write to Mr. )*Winslow to meet her in London, for the purpose of such an intercourse, she well knowing at the time that Mr. Winslow was a married man with the claims of a family on him. She abandoned her child, she abandoned her home, and went travel ling about the Continent with Mr. Winslow, living with him as his wife. That was the greeting which she prepared for her husband on his return ; when he expected to find her ready to welcome him. When Captain Lloyd arrived in this country he could obtain no tidings of his wife, notwithstand ing every exertion, and he, consequently, sent his boy to Miss Davis's, and sold his house and went to sea again. It was not till some time afterwards that he heard of her through her brother. As to the condonation which was alleged, it was not enough to prove simple forgiveness on the part of the husband; but what must be proved was, that he had reinstated her in her position as his wife. All his letters showed that it was his unwavering determination not to reinstate her in that position, and all the facts pointed the same way. They had never lived together after this alleged condonation, and she was not allowed to be with their boy. The only night which it was pretended Captain Lloyd passed in her room was when she was suffering from the effects of the poison which she had taken to destroy life. That poison she would never have taken if Captain Lloyd had consented to live with her. He hoped in charity—for they heard that this unfortunate woman had been out of her mind—that her own imaginings had appeared to her as truth, and that she had not wilfully tried to deceive the jury. Captain Lloyd would deny, upon his oath, that he had ever had any connexion with his wife since he left England in 1847. As to the third child, of which he was said to be the father, Cap tain Lloyd had received some anonymous informa tion about it. But the first thing certain that he heard on the subject was yesterday, when Mrs. Lloyd made her statement in the witness-box. It was said that that child was the fruit of inter course which had taken place between Captain Lloyd and his wife in the sitting-room of the hotel in Chatham, but he would prove that all through 1856 Captain Lloyd had not seen his wife. The third occasion on which there was said to have been intercourse was on board the Edinburgh, which was extremely improbable, and he should show that she only remained in the ship during the time that was necessarily occupied in obtain ing her removal. Mr. Roberts, who had returned into court with his daybook, was recalled. He said—l find my first visit to Mrs. Lloyd, after her confinement, was on the 16th, instead of the 27th of September. The child was a seven or eight months' child. Mr. O'Malley, in continuation, commented upon what he considered the unsatisfactory evidence given by Mr. Roberts, and said, that aft er th e de fendant's evidence had been given it would be for the jury to say whether anything had been done after the adultery to re-establish this woman in her position of wife ; and even if so, still after all this, whether she had not been guilty of a secon d adultery, in consequence of which her third child was born. At the conclusion of the speech the further hearing of the case was adjourned until Tuesday next. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 5. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge.) James Edward Bell, 20, medical student, con victed upon his own confession, on the preceding day, of stealing cases of surgical instruments, the property of various persons, was brought up and sentenced to six months' hard labour. _ _ Mr. Sleigh was for jhe prosecution, Mr. Flowers for the prisoner. Samuel Hulbert, a man of very respectable ap pearance, surrendered to take his trial upon an in dictment charging him with having, by a false pre tence, obtained 3s. 6d. from the Great Western Railway Company, with intent to defraud. Mr. Digby appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. J. P. Doyle defended the prisoner. This case lasted a very considerable time, and was very complicated in its details. The prisoner was collecting clerk to Ford and Co., carriers, and the case for the prosecution was that he had fraudu lently obtained from the Great Western Railway Company 3s. 6 d. , in respect of a parcel of books, weighing over 3 cwt., forwarded from Stationers' Hall to the Bodleian Library, at Oxford. It had been represented that the parcel came up from Southm p ton, and a charge was made accordingly, insteada - of as or a town collection of goods to be sent by railway. The prisoner's employer was examined on hi s behalf, and said what the prisoner had charged was the usual rate, and was paid in by him in th e usua l way. The prisoner wa s a man of high character, r e, and, if acquitted, would instantly return to his em ployment, which he had followed for years without reproach. Mr. Doyle made a long and very able address to the jury for the prisoner, who, however, in the re sult was found guilty. The Court sentenced3r him to four months' hard labour. John (Before Mr. Creasy.) Wilson, 51 described . as an werea," ( - rent " and Eliza Edwards, 4 9 a ' half bl' dindicted for stealing a copper boiler, l v n alu w e ° Bs. a , the property of Richard King. They were found guilty. Sergeant Ilarvey,9 G, stated that he had known Filson for many years as one of a gang of thieves and swindlers. They used to take houses and extort money to give up possession, get loans from loan societies upon false security, concoct frauds upon tradesmen, and, in fact, nothing in the shape of villany came amiss to them. Some of the members of the gang had been caught in transactions which had brought them within the law, and were now undergoing sentences of 12 or 18 months, or from that to two years hard labour. Mr. Greasy sentenced Edwards to f our mon th s ' hard labour, and Wilson to 12, remarking that it was quite clear that, great rogue as the prisoner (Wilson), upon the statement of the officer, was, he had been mean and cowardly enough to make use of a poor woman, not too much gifted in intellect to commit a theft, of which he was to have the benefit, and she all the risk. Mary Ann Cullum, 22, Mary Ann Mahoney, 20, and Richard Willis, 50, were indicted for stealing the sum of £l4 10s., a dagger, a gold watch, a gold ring, &c., from Nicholas Correavich. Mr. C. Smith prosecuted. Mr. Metcalfe xas for the prisoners. The prosecutor was an Austrian subject, and had been at the gold diggings in Australia. He came to London in December last. It appeared that on the 13th of April he accompanied a girl to a house in the notorious locality called Bluegate-fields, and while there he was robbed by the prisoners (acting one with each other) of his watch, money, and a large ring, made of pure Australian gold. Willis was the keeper of the house. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. Mr. Creasy-=This is a robbery upon a sailor in a house of ill fame. Upon Cullum and Mahoney, of whom I find nothing in the prison returns, I shall pass the ordinary sentence of six months' hard labour, and hope they will not come here on any future occasion. With respect to you, Willis, the case is very different. You are the keeper of the house where this foreigner was robbed ; it is such vile wretches as you who afford the means and the opportunity—nay, even the inducement, to these women to rob those whom they may entice into such dens as you have lived by and got a profit by keeping; it is through you and such as you that these poor creatures, often more deserving of sym pathy and pity than reproach, are brought to the criminal bar ; and I therefere sentence you to be kept in penal servitude during the term of three years. Wm. Talbot was indicted for stealing marked money, the property of his master, a leather seller, 240, Whitechapel-road. The jury found him not guilty. Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalfe was for the defence. Mary Sullivan, 48, charwoman, was convicted of stealing a petticoat and other articles, the property of Clara Bryant. There was no doubt upon the evidence that the prisoner had been guilty of a great many thefts at houses where she had been employed, and The learned Judge said he was satisfied that she was a systematic plunderer, as a great number of duplicates, relating to linen and articles of clothing , such as a charwoman would have an opportunity of stealing, the greater part of which had been identi fied, were found in her possession. He sentenced her to six months' hard labour. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted; Mr. Cooper defended the prisoner. _ (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C.) Antonio Bombardini and Edward Murray were indicted for an assault upon Mr. James Askew' Bentley, an officer to the sheriff of this county, in the execution of his duty. Mr. Metcalfe was for the prosecution. Mr. Orridge defended Bombardini ; Mr. Sleigh WO counsel for the other defendant. _ _ This case occupied the Court - nearly all yesterdaq• The prosecutor went to arrest one D. Somarim, at the Union Hotel, Cranbourn-street, Leicester square, at the suit of Louis Castrigue, for a debt of £3B Os. 7d., accompanied by a friend, a Crimean officer, and the defendants were now prosecuted for assaulting Bentley, and rescuing Somarini from h l5 lawful custody. Evidence was given on both sides. The jury found the defendants guilty of inflicting actual bodily harm. Sentence was deferred till the adjourned sessions• COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—MAY 5. At to-day's market there was a large supplr of Englis h wheat, but the trade closed dull, at 4s per qt. less than had . , been realised during the week. B ar ley, oats, beans, and maize each is to 2s higher. MANCHESTER—MAY 6. A fair attendance, but business limited. Wheat met a fair sale, at lOs per qr higher. Flour 8s per sack more money. Oats 6d per 451 b, and oatmeal 3s per load dearer' Indian corn and beans improved 2s to 3s per qr. LOUTH—MAY 4. There was a fair average quantity of wheat on offer, and a rather dull trade resulted in an advance of 12s to 131 per qr. Other descriptions of grain unaltered. BOSTON—MAY 4. Under the influence of the hostile aspect of continental affairs our market has shared in the excitement which has generally prevailed in the corn trade, and prices have advanced lls to 12s per qr for wheat. Oats advanced 36 to 4s per qr. Beans and peas 4s to 5s up. Wheat ...54s to 49s Oats.... 2os to 2, S ° White do .58s to 61s Beans --s to -- 4 Barley .36s to 40s Ditto, old ........42s to 53s Averages for the week : Wheat 3,166 qrs., at 46s lld 8ar1ey......... ~ --s 3d Oats 304 ~ 23s 2d Rye — If --11 Od Beans Peas ...• 34 „ 403 Od EDINBURGH GRAIN—MAY 4. Small supplies of grain to-day, and sales were heavy for wheat, owing to the great rise. Other sorts sold readily, i" higher prices. Wheat on the top 16s 6d up average 13s 3d up. Barley on the top is 6d up average 3s 3d up. Oats on the top 48 6d up. .......average 65 id up. Beans on the top 6s 6d up. ..... ..average 7s 2d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat ..... 2 0 7-12 the Barley 1 17 0 0-12ths Oats Beans ........ 2 10 7 10-12tb.a Total Supply and Sales. Wheat . 966 qrs Sold 645 qrs 8ar1ey....... 385 qrs Sold 350 qrs Oats ......... .1318 qrs Sold 1289 qrs Beans 137 qrs Sold 137 qrs GLASGOW—MAY 4. We had a good attendance of millers and dealers at our Corn Exchange this morning, and wheat and flour wer e held at high rates. Other articles 3s to 5s dearer. CORK—MAY 4. The following were the qu o t a ti on s this morning :--- Red wheat, 24s 6d to 26s 31; white, 28s 6d to —s Od; barley 13s to 15s Od; oats, 13s Od to los 6d. DERBY SMITHFIELD-MAT 3. The supply of beasts to-day was good ; the demartdive B flat, and a clearance could not be effected. The pens were well filled with sheep and a few lambs, and high prices asked. Calves numerous, but in less demand. Pigs more plentiful. Beef 7d to 7 1d Veal • Mutton ... 7d to 8 d Pork Lamb Od to —d Ro ug h f a t , 5 s 6d per to Hides, 34d to sel ; calf skin s , 51d to 6d. 6d to 7d ae LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL --MAY 5. The market declined during the dal-, but prices &el with rather more steadiness. East Lancashire, 82 84--. Birkenheads, 60 I—Leeds Northern, 40 42—B1ackburIA, 114 4—North British, 50 51—G rea t W estern of Canso * 13 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 7i—Great Western, 491 9 Eastern Counties, 10 I--Chester and Holyheads, 4 8 1 —Sheffields, 321—Caledonians, 72—Lancashire and Yor e l; shire, 84/ 41—Lond on an d N orth-Westerns, Rhenish, 71 7 dis.—Dovers, 18 1-16 4—Berwicks, 82 3-- Midlands, 91 1. 85 —Dut ch MANCHESTER—MAY 5. There was a steady business doing most of the dtp b 4 ll 2 prices closed lower. Leeds, 84—Sheffields, 92/—Dovers, 18 3 -16—Great Western, 49—East Lan,feS II shire, 82I—G reat Northern, 941 c.—North Eastern; and Selby Purchase, a d. BIRMINGHAM—MAT 5. There was a better business done to-day in this market/ but prices were r a th er . l ower . S ou th S ta ff or d s, 10} to 1.°.,1 Londons, 85 86—Bi rm i ng h am G uarantee d , 70 72—a kl l,O land, 91 92. LEEDS-MAY 5. The market has been steady to-day, but sales Were limited. Eastern Counties, 101—Midlands, 91 1 --She' . fields, 32—North Eastern, Leeds, 41—Dover, 60, BIRTHS. HOOPER.—On the 3d inst., Eleanor, wife, of John Gorr Hooper, Albert-street, Gloucest er - ga t e , R egen t's-Par of a daughter. MALCOLM.—On the 3d inst., at 35, Moray-place, Edini burgh, the wife of IV. E. M a l co l m, E sq., o f B urn f o ot, o f a daughter. SILVER.—On the 4th inst., at 1, Avenue-gardens, 1 3 4 " gent's-park, the wife of Hugh. Adams Silver, Esq., of daughter. MARRIAGES CAMP BELL — PHILPOTT.—On the 4th inst., at Hansen Sussex, the Rev. W. P. A. Campbell, of Oldlands, Glou cestershire, to Madeline, daughter of R. T. Phi'pa t ' Esq., of Offham-house, Lewes. PARBITRY—KEY.—On the 4th inst., at St. Matthew 's, Brixton, George William, second son of Frederick P ar ; bury, Esq., of Clapham -park, to Elizabeth, the second daughter of Jonathan M. Key, Esq., of Beverstons house, Brixton-hill. DEATHS. Aininvsorr.—On the 3d inst., at Abbot's Langley, Betts' Robert Hall Atkinson, Esq., aged 64. COVEItDALE.—On the 3d inst., at the Hall, Ingatest°ll°' Essex, Joseph Coverdale, Esq., aged 56. DRUMMOND.—On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Colonel Ed ward Drummond, aged 84. EDEN. —On the 4th inst ,at Bishopsbourno, the Hon. and Rev. W. Eden, rector, aged 66. MENziEs.—On. the 4th inst., at Wopdhall, Yorkshire, ft• Menzies, Esq., aged 79. MORLAND.—O n the 2d inst., John Morland, Esq., barrister' at-law, formerly of Westmoreland, aged 62. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the multi 0 Middlesex, Friday, May 6, Mg. ,