The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-08 00:00:00

THE BELFAST. THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL. BELFAST, FRIDAY. • According to previous notification the election o 7 a representative in Parliament for the borough of I Belfast, consequent upon the acceptance of office by • Mr. Cairn, her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Eng . land, took place to-day in the Court-house, How- I ard-street, at 10 o'clock. A little before that hour the court was crowded with the most respectable electors of the town, and on the hustings were a large number of the gentlemen of Belfast. Shortly after the opening of the court Mr. Hugh M'Cal enont Cairns, Solicitor-General for England, ex , , companied by several of his friends, entered the . court, and proceeded to the hustings amid the • applause of all present. At 10 o'clock Mr. Samuel Gibson Getty, Mayor of Belfast, and returning officer for the borough, opened the proceedings by reading her Majesty's writ, after which he called upon any elector present - who had a gentleman to propose to come forward and do so. Mr. J. CLARKE, justice of the peace, then came • forward and was received with loud applause. He • f e lt great pleasure in proposing Mr. Hugh M'Cal mont Cairns, as a fit and proper person to represent - the borough of Belfast in the British Parliament. (Applause.) Mr. J. HEADMAN begged to second the nomina . • tiou of Mr. Cairns, and had great p l eas ure in doing so. The MAYOR then asked if any other elector had a candidate to propose, and was answered b y loud cries of " No, no 1" whereupon he declared Hugh M'Calmont Cairne duly elected to represent the borough of Belfast in Parliament, which declaration was received with repeated cheers. Mr. CAIRNS, Solicitor-General, then came for _. ward, and was received with loud applause. He arose to address them on that occasion under cir cumstances somewhat novel to him—novel because of the reason which made the proceeding necessary, and novel because of the absence of that opposition which he had formerly experienced. The scene on the present occasion was less exciting than at pre , vious elections, but it was much more agreeable. - (Laughter.) His mind travelled back for a period of six years, when he had the honour of being first returned for Belfast, and six years was no small slice out of the life of a public man. During that time he might have taken views on many questions quite different from those of many of his constituents, yet he never heard an unkind word from one of them, cr an unkind ex pression from a political opponent. (Hear, hear.) _ He had, on the contrary, experienced kindness from them even beyond what that service deserved. He then passed on to notice the circumstances which bad brought about that election, the particulars of which, no doubt, they were all aware of through the public journals. They were aware generally of the circumstances which led to a change of Ministry; . , but he would briefly refer to them. (Hear, hear.) _ There was nothing more to be desired than that friendly relations should exist between England and France. When they considered the close proximity of the two countries to each other, they would see the importance of their being on friendly terms witn each other. (Hear.) An attack was recently made • on the life of the Emperor of the French, and of course the French people felt indignant at it. It was found that the assassins had lived some time in • England, andthey were ready to condemn England. for giving an asylum to such men, although no thing was known in this country of their intentions. Re did not attach much weight to some expressions which emanated from French colonels ; and, indeed, these kingdoms should be the last to object to this, for we claimed liberty of speech and liberty of the press for ourselves. (Hear, hear.) But a demand was made on the part of the French Government that the law of this country with regard to refugees should be changed, and it was impossible to mistake what the French Government wanted— they required a limit to be put to the security of refugees in these kingdoms ; but if there was one thing an Englishman held more firmly than another it was our right to give security to political re fugees. But the law relating to conspiracy to _ murder required a change to be made in it, and the House of Commons, by a large majority, voted for the bringing in of a bill on the question. But if the matter had rested there, there would have been no change of Government, he believed ; but it did not. A letter from the French Government was laid on the table of the House of Commons. _ When he called it a letter they should remember that a letter from one government to another was a document which should be carefully examined, and replied to if necessary ; and it should be seen that _ it contained nothing offensive. Well, no doubt they bad all seen the letter to which he alluded, as it was published in the newspapers ' • therefore, he was not going to go over it all ; but he would point out three statements made in it. The first thing alleged was that the Government of England harboured assassins. Now, it was well known that no country hated assassination more than this (applause); and if assassins resided here it was without the knowledge of the Government. An . , other statement, made was that in England assas sination was preached openly. That was also in , correct. (Hear, hear.) En g land a bh orre d assas sination, and did not preach it—(applause)---either openly or otherwise. The third statement made was that the English Legislature contributed to •• forward the designs of the assassins. The House of Commons considered that these charges should have been answered by our Govern .- merit, and accordingly Lord Palmerston was asked if any reply had been sent to the French. Government • and the Prime Minister of Eng land replied to the question put to him that no reply , had been sent to the French Government, and both Lord Palmerston and Lord Clarendon said it • could not be answered. That was considered a strange statement coming from a man who was always believed to hold it to be his first duty to natkintain the honour of England unsullied. A resolution was then moved in the House of Com mons, and carried by a majority of 19, but he be lieved there wore not 50 members in the House that night who did not consider the resolution a fair one that ought to have been passed, and would have voted for it but for influence brought to bear upon them. The result of the passing of that reso• lution was that Lord Palmerstou retired from, and Lord Derby accepted, office. (Applause.) It was _ true Lord Derby's government was a Conservative government. (Great applause.) And what was a . Conservative policy ? Some newspapers cried it up as something opposed to improvement, and said it was rather for retrograding ; but it did not mean that. (Hear.) We were progressing in arts, in manufactures, in science, &c., and he held that Go- I vernments had a right also to progress and go on improving. The Government had a right to keep pace with th e ti mes , an d to bring in measures which • might be requi re d an d found nec essary.He would n. ask them to lo o k a t the , mes of th ose government in th e H ouse of Commons. in T ehre e new w Lord Stanley, Sir J o h n Pakington, Mr. Walpole, 2s Mr. Henley, Sir F. Th es i ger, now Lord Chelms ford, and he would ask, were not these the very men who were the supporters and originators of every scheme for improvement in the House of Commons ? (Applause.) He then noticed the share Belfast had in the new appointments ; the Lord Chancellor for Ireland, as Mr. Clarke had said, was Joseph Napier, a Belfast man (applause) ; and then, if it could not be said that the Attorney-General, Mr. Whiteside, was entirely • a Belfast man, it could at least be said that his better half was--(loud laughter)—and then he had himself the honour of being the Solicitor-General or England. (Cheers.) Mr. Cairns then proceeded to notice what might lle the measures which the new Government would propose. The ques iou of • I Th eg e ial u at te ion for India would require their attention. with the Ministry had brought in a bill to do away tary of State ' e India Company, and appoint a Seer( - secretary w ith a council of eight, which the - objected to eseucfh was to choose. (Laughter.) He pat a ro measure as this, tor it would place too much in the hands of one man, - which no Minister sh ° ticl be allowed. (H ear , b ear .) He considered it would be well to take time and learn the cause of the mutiny, and then bring in a bill on the matter. He nex t law and the bankingsy stem to the b an k ru pt c y e as req u i ring l eg i s l a ti on, and then r e f erre d to a Reform Bill. He did not think they should have Parliamentary reform too often; bnt he would bo in favour of it when the ad- J 4 Vaal .f3 ' nel lt of the ‘., country in education and wealth • cee - T e d t o .(pplause.) Mr. Cairns then pro 1:1..9.tice the system lattetly of government pursued political party or f aetion h ui tui trelxo a d, b y which - would opp,: ll :avnurs lavis(tVde upon them. He patronaee an d I:ratt , Y lva g a ett w im a all Government _upp ott under a Government to any one party ; nuwthltt.wonta hadve a E aje l s fe d u t ie P r pP office _ rt that aallrarasistake for sued in Ireland lately. It 'l e ;r a e : ur "' any government to think of rulinagglreelt - f as hion. There should b© no backstairs ' at the Castle. He then referred to the la t e "au lror ee Chancellor's letter to Lord Londonderry, and desi:- - nated it as an insult to the magistracy of every shade of politics. (A cry having been given of "Groans for Brady" was heartily responded to.) Mr. - Cairns then declared h is policy to be a strong de termination to maintain the Protestantism of the country, which gave liberty to En g land such as . was not possessed in any other country in Europe; and after thanking the electors for the honour con. ferred upon him he resumed his seat, loudly applauded: - • --- - - - ---- - A vote of thanks was then passed to the Mayor, and the proceedings terminated. CHICHESTER. A LORD OF THE TREASURY. Lord Henry Gordon Lennox having accepted the appointment of one of the Lords of the Treasury under the Administration of Lord Derby, his re election for the borough of Chichester took place on Saturday without opposition. His lordship arrived at the county-hall at 12 o'clock, accom panied by his proposer and seconder, Dr. Wear ' rogher and Mr. William Gruggen, both of whom had served the office of mayor of the borough. The Mayor, Mr. G. Henty, as the returning officer, presided, and as there was not the semblance of an opposition the attendance of voters was limited, and the proceedings would have possessed very little interest but for a very lengthened speech of a Mr. Park, a voter of the borough, an advocate of manhood suffrage, paid members of Parliament, the ballot, separation of Church and State, and all those questions which are diametrically opposed to Con servative principles, to which his lordship adheres. The usual preliminaries having been disposed of, the Mayor addressed the limited assemblage in the usual man ner, requesting a fair hearing f or eac h speaker. Dr. WCARROGHER then nominated in a few brief remarks Lord Henry Gordon Lennox as a fit and proper person to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the change of Government, and the nomination having been seconded by Mr. Gruggen, The MAYOR inqui re d if any one had any other candidate to propose ; but there was no response to his inquiry. Mr. PANK then made a long speech, congratu lating the constituency of Chichester on the liberal tone of his lordship's address, and expressing a hope that he would act up to the liberal principles which he had propounded in that address, at the same time having his misgivings that he would act up to his professions; and, in order to test his lordship's sincerity, he put a number of questions to him rela tive to his views on the popular topics advocated by ultra-Reformers, at the same time expressing his .belief that he should have candid answers. Lord HENRY LENNOX commenced his speech by expressing his regret that he_ had been unable, through indisposition, to pay his respects in person to his constituents. It was only in the month of March last that he had sought at their hands the honour of being again returned as their representa tive in Parliament, having been sent like naughty , boys to their constituents by the late Prime Minis ter, who had placed his reliance on five Protestant bishops in our land and the notorious Yeh, and upon them he threw himself for support in appealing again to the nation. With the aid of these evangelical di vines and the Chinese Yeh he obtained such a ma jority that there was no measure he might not have carried and no good he might not have effected if he had steered a proper course. So blind was their confidence in that Government that Mr. Vernon Smith had repeated the assertion that the fright ful rebellion in India was only a partial outbreak of a military mutiny ; but the Opposition knew well, and told them that it was no partial mutiny but a fearful rebellion. (Hear, hear.) Just before Parliament met certain appointments were made and certain distributions of Crown patronage were conferred which did not meet with public favour. They were asked to wait the issue of events 4nd they would find the honour of England safe, and they did wait in order that the noble individual at the head of affairs might have an opportunity, of clearing himself of the charges that were brought against him. Daring the recess it was said that the peace of England was safe, but certain circum stances gave rise to great doubt. In the month of August, or thereabouts, two British subjects were taken from a vessel on the open seas, and permitted to linger in the prison of Naples. This was what they might call upholding British honour ; but with a large majority at the back of Government all was silent. There were no applauding cheers to greet the Minister, but an ominous silence reigned around. He (Lord Lennox) had opposed that Minister's policy of the war with China as errone ous ; but at the same time, while he attacked the policy of the Minister of the day with regard to that war, he must, in justice to the noble lord, give him the full benefit of the capture of the valian Yeh. (Laughter.) To accomplish that purpose our harbours were denuded of our ships arid Our ships and our shores of our troops ; and really ;he had seen such a laughable account of the capture of this veritable Yeh that he could not resist the terlip tation of reading it to there. It was this : • " At last the guides called a halt at the door of a third rate yamun which appeared closed and deserted. The doors were forced open, and the bluejackets were all over the place in a moment' It was evident that they were now on the right scent. The place was full of hastily-packed bag gage. Mandarins were running about, and at last one came forward and delivered himself up as Yeh. But he was pot fat enough, Parkes pushed him aside, andhurrying on they at last spied a very fat man contemplatin g the achieverciont of getting over the wall at. the extreme rear of the yardun. Captain Key and Commodore Elliott's co x swain rnshoyi forward. Key took the fat gentleman round the ward, and the coxswain twisted the august tail of the Imperial Commissioner round his fist. (Laughter.) There was, no mistake now—this was the veritable Yeh. Instinctively the blue jackets felt it must be Yeh, and they tossed , up their hats and gave three rattling cheers." r (Laughter and applause.) For the full ameunt of glory of that capture he gave the noble lord ample credit. (Laughter.) He would now pass on to the subject of France, which was now uppermi:et in the minds of the people, and he should appro4ch that subject with great care, although nothing that he might say could be considered to implicate the Government with which he bad the honour of being connected. He might begin by observing thathc had the warmest respect for the French nation, and he believed this country were of the same way of thinking. (Applause.) And he - could not 141 p saying that to that remarkable man, the Emperor of the French, this country was greatly indebted. When they remembered his co-operation with us in the Crimea, and the great struggle before Sebas topol, and the enormous host of men he brought side by side with Englishmen to fight for liberty, he was entitled to our great consideration, and there appeared no other than an absolute nece , sity to vote for the alliance between France and Eng land. It should be our utmost study to keep on good terms with France, and all the time England and France remained faithful to each other there was no danger to the liberty of Europe. (Applause.) It was melancholy to think of the fearful crime that had been committed against the life of the Emperor of the French, the elect of millions, the chosen of France ; but it was a source of consola tion to find that Providence had watched over him and his young wife, although the misery that at tempt had created in other respects was more dreadful. We could not avoid - lamenting that liberty should have recourse to such dark deeds and taint her name with such acts. It was very. natural that an outcry should take place, but to the idea which sprang up that the plot was hatched in England he could give a flat and un qualified denial ; and some of the miserable con spirators and assassins had actually resided in France many days before the diabolical attempt was made on the Emperor's life, and not only resided there, but actually had the temerity to ex pose the very iiaLrn al machines that were to be used for the purpose. Where, then, he would ask, was the activity of their vaunted police ? The late de mand of the French Government was an attempt to add an English trophy to those won from Belgium, Switzerland, and Piedmont. Nor could we Mime the Emperor Napoleon for that. His was a despotic government, and, deeming inmost conducive to th e welfare of the people, was he to blame for trying to achieve triumphs in its name ? Were we to wonder if he, who obtained his present eminence and his throne from the name of his uncle, ihould gladly obtain by thepen concessions which the First Cowan' and Emperor never could wring with all his armed legions? No. LouisNapoleonwasnot intrusted with the maintenance of our honour—he was not the Mi nister of England—but, unluckily for us, he found that England had no Minister, for Palmerston was the willing Minister of France. He would now refer to the vote which had displaced the late Ministry. The Opposition did not, as was well known, oppose the introduction of that bill. They allowed it to be introduced, but it was a remarkable fact that the very day that bill was introduced Count Walewski's despatch was also laid on the table ; and it was the very fact of Government treating that despatch so lightly that the Opposition thought it was high time that Government could no longer be trusted with the honour of England. (Loud cheers.) The caiefrtraaetd:ol::sv Earl of Clarendon declared that Count Walewski's statement regarding the legislation of England was strictly and literally true, and he also declared that any man who understood French, or, having read the translation, represented the despatch as other wise, was guilty of gross and wilful misrepresenta tion of its meaning. Now he (Lord Lennox) professed to know something of the French lan guage, and he would be bold to say this, that no less than four of the charges in that despatch were hateful to us as Englishmen, and not one of cheers.)the c o T u h l e d n b w e it s h ubstantiated by facts. (Loud cuff regard reel e suchitlo the suppression of yis.r.a:eful publications, there was always public prosecuti - there sufficient to bri g the crime home to ahl:rilars" suffer, but if .V 70.: if iabed. He was for the i \ ought to meditate for orient, aiden o:e toll% sufficient be publications gtdhinmopun b no y t_ ed to be Euilt Ipilebvlisdheen: he would be su re.eto bring i any law if it infringed The great law lords were that hillorit " of aeylu el the passing of satisfiedet sacred r ig h t. • sufficient, and he would ech o the words l4w W as 'is of a great TILE SUN, MYNDOINI, MOIST" AY EVENTNO I MARCH 8, 1858. lawyer—" For God's sake, don't introduce any new ! what_ 120 legislative enactments in this res p ect until you have! the most carefully convinced yourselves that the la .---, 1 is already insufficient for that purpose." 7 :7 w o I la: which increased penal servitude fr ":^i- two to 14 y t a h t e te p ro u p rpo d se% .7, of such men as te Emeror's life, who would stand ating he gunpowder that m ight blow them to a t oms in order to accomplish yearsthose who wo ul h d ad aff la e t c e l l their purpose. It would be absurd to stinpoe that it would deter such a man as Orsini from carrying out his design. (Hear.) Lord Cowley came to the rescue of the Minister, but it was too late. His lordship said that if the object was to soothe, it was important to let time exert its usual influence Therefore we were not to deny that England was the workshop of assassination. Now, with regard to the vote he had given on that occasion, he be lieved he had acted in accordance with the opinion of the constituencyof Chichester and in accordance with the majority of the people of England. (Cheers.) He believed there was but one cry— " Down with the Conspiracy Bill." His lordship next proceeded to express his opinions in favour of Church and State, and so long as the Church and State were united he thought the fabric of the Church ought to be supported by the State. He believed the ballot to be a bag of moonshine, and un-English. He thought the bill lately passed for preventing briberyand corruption at elections might be amended. The next question he must touch upon was reform, but his friends must remem b er that if the reform they had was not good it was no fault , of the members now in office ; it was the fa u lt o f t h e Liberals. Sir Jas. Graham-inscribed on his banner peace, economy, and retrenchment, but his peace was war with _Russia and China, his economy a vast increase of the national debt, and his reform was laid on the table one day and taken away the next. His lordship proceeded to say he did not think it reasonable to expect Lord Derby's Ministry to bring forward a reform bill this session. It was no act of their own that they had been called toge ther. That the Times was the great Leviathan of the press for intelligence and ability in every respect no one would deny, and he should be sorry to say one word to impugn the great and ample services rendered to the country by that paler. But the Times in November last stated that a Reform Bill in 1858 was not possible, "simply for this reason (quoting the Times) that no person in the House except the very few with whom such reform happens to be a crotchet or a personal affair will be able to attend five consectitive minutes to the subject." On November 18, in criticising the Roebuck Reform Manifesto, the Times observed " that such a con fluence of considerations suggests the postponement of Parliamentary reform, that the difficulty lies not in stating them, but in stating all of them, in doing justice to their number and force, in not omitting some while we mention others." The Times (con tinued his lordship) then proceeded to point out the folly of postponing Indian legislation in prefer once to Parliamentary reform, and concluded with a passionate appeal to reformers that parliamentary reform had better wait even for the sake of parlia mentary reform itself, so as to enable us to secure an effectual settlement instead of a corrupt bargain. Now he (Lord Lennox) adopted those conclusions. When Lord Derby left office in 1835, what did Mr. Richard Cobden say ? He said this : " I think that the Conservative Government would give them a better chance of reconstructing an honest patty both in this house and in the country. I look back with regret on the vote which I gave on the motion which changed Lord Derby's Government. I regret the result of that motion, for it has cost the country 100,000,000 of treasure, and between 20,000 and 30,000 good lives." (Cheers.) Let them not, then, be frightened at the threat of a change of Ministry. The Government organs abused the Conservatives for adopting the measures of the late Government—not measure-, but subjects. India would be treated in a very different way, and they would. upheld our national honour in respect to our countrymen in the dungeons of Naples. (Cheers.) In that amusing imaginary list of Darby horses taken from Pasch and inserted in the daily papers he should have got the "Man at the Corner" to add to that Sporting Intelligence—Swing list of new favorites in consequence of Lord Palmerston's British Lion having on his trial on the 19th broke down, and been out of training. (Laughter.) He hoped they would all consider and believe that Lord Derby the other day had no Other course open to him but to attempt to form a Government and stand by the Queen on the present crisis. Lord Granville had twitted Lord Derby with attempting to form a Government when he could not do so in 1855, but he (Lord Lennox) could tell Lord Granville that the people in 1855 believed the national honour was safe in the hands of Lord Palmerston, but they did not believe so now. He only asked them not to be led away by prejudice. The government certainly was not composed of the great Whig families, but such names as Disraeli, Kepley, and Pakington were associated with it, and, although they might not be nobly connected, their names were honour ably known. (Cheers.) They ought to give Lord Derby's Government-a fair and impartial trial. Fair play was the right of every Englishman, rich or " poor. His lordshiphaving thanked the electors for the honour conferred upon him sat down amid much cheers. The assemblage then separated. was likely to say, but it appeared to him as the counsel for the Crown, he ought not to call a convicted felon, as he considered his evidence would be of very little value as corroborative testi mony, either one way or the other. Mr. Justice Williams said he should take upon himself to examine the witness, and Ringshell was accordingly sent for to the gaol, and he arrived in a short time and was sworn and examined. learned judge having cautioned him as to the importance of his speaking the truth in so solemn an inquiry, proceeded to put some questions to him, in answer to which he stated that, on Wednesday evening, when h e wag i n the van going to the gaol, some one asked him what he had got, and he replied ten months' imprisonment ; but he swore positively that nothing else passed between them, and that no other conversation of any kind took place in the van as it was go i ng f rom th e court to the gafl , or when it entered the gaol yard. The jury wished to know whether there was any one else in the van who could givo any further information upon the subject ? The governor of the gaol (Mr. Hatehard) said that a young woman, the daughter of one of the turnkeys, was riding in front of the van, and there was a turnkey, who was her fathor, behind the vehicle. The jury said they should like these persons to be examined. The learned judge said by all means this should be done. of Elizabeth Duncembe, she then being under the age of 16. There was also a coact for an indecent assault. Mr. Henry Mille appeared for the prosecution • the prisoners were defended by Mr. Power and Mr. Tozer. Mary Duncombe, examined by Mr. Mills—l am the mother of Elizabeth Duncorube. She was 15 years old last Christmas-day. She lived at home with me. On the 7th of August last she left home between 8 and 9 o'clock in the evening. She was going to her brother's to sleep. She did not return. I f aind her at borne again the third (1,3 , after this. I was constantly looking for her. She we,:t; awzi Cross-examined by Mr. Power—My daughter comes , home between 10 and 11 o'clock at night, and sornetiines goes to dances and fairs alone. A girl named Gurney often takes her out. Elizabeth Duncombo (an extremely good-looking girl, but in appearance consul rably above the age of 15), examined by Mr. Mille—l left home on the 7th August. I went with Anne. Gurney to the Axe and Compe.esee. We raw the defendants outside. We spoke to them. We then went with theta to the 13,11, at, Eddlesborough. We had some gin. The defendant:; paid fur it. We stopped till between 11 and 12 o'clock. There were three other girl; there ; they left about 11 o'clock, and wo and the men remained for half-an-hour. We then went to Mr. Primett's prenisee. He is a married men end has two children. Simmons is a widower, and has foe'. children. We stopped till between 3 and 4 o'clock, and then weet away into the road. The men came with a gig which holds two. I sat on Primett's knee, and Anne Gurney sat on Simmons's knee. We drove to Tring. We went by train to London at a quarter to 8 o'clock. I believe Primett took my ticket. After breakfast we went by water to Gravesend and returned the same day to town. We went to the theatre ; we then went to lodgings. slept_ with Mr. P. imett, and Anne Gurney with Sim mow. We returned to Tring on Sunday, and then parted cempany, and I went home. I paid no expenses. Crose-examined by Mr. Po wer—l went straight home. I have known Primett some months. I have danced wii,h lyre. lam a good dancer. When I came home at night I always found the door unbolted and mother in bed. Anne Gurney is older than I am. We sent in to tke Axe and Cumpassea to inquire whether the defendants were there. They came out to us. Mrs. Briuklow came in. The other three girls ran into the yard because she is a friend of theirs. We did not run away when she Caine. Mary Anne Dunning, the young woman referred to, was then examined. She stated that she was riding outside the van on Wednesday evening, and heard some conversation going on inside ; but could not hear what was said. There were t ffo or three voices. The talking began soon after thevan started, and continued till it stopped at the prison, and when it had entered the gates it commenced again, but her father, who was riding behind the van, then interfered, and put a stop to it, as it was against the prison regulations for the prisoners to talk to each other. Stephen Dunning, the father, was also examined, and he said that he heard talking in the van when it was at the gaol gate, but only two or three words, and that he immediately put • a stop to it, and threatened to report all the prisoners for breaking the gaol rules. _ _ •Ily the Lori Mier-Justice—l knew what a man was before I saw Primett. This being the case for Abe pro3ecntion, the I:49rd Chief-Justice ruled that there was no case agabiA Sitnniong. Air. Justice Williams put some questions to the witness, in anseter to which he said that the com partments in the van were all separated entirely from each other, and they were ventilated by grat ings outside the van. He said that ii was possible the prisoners might communicate with each other as the van was going along, if they spoko very loud. The jury eventually expressed a desire to exa• mine the van, and they went out, accompanied by a bailiff, for that purpose. It turned out that, in addition to the gratings for ventilation at the sidei that there were others at the top of each compart ment, which afforded a ready means to the pri soners for communicating with each other. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Parry then• proceeded to address the jury for the prisoner, and, although he appeared to be labouring under iedisposition, and asked for the indulgence of the jury on that ground, he made a most eloquent. and telling soee:11 on behalf of his client. Ho said he should not for a moment at tempt to deny that a most foul and cruel murder had been committed ; but the proposition, and the only ono he should endeavour to make out to the satisfaction of the jury on behalf of the wretched man at the bar—wretched, if he ware innocent, and doubly wretched if guilty—would be that the evidence against him was not of that direct and conclusive character as called upon them, in the pet fcrmar,ce of the solemn duty iu which they were engage 1, to return a vet list the effect of which must inevitably be to cousin a living, bleathing human being no w standing before them in the full vigour Of manhood to a felon's death on the scaffold. That it was a case of suspicion against the prisoner —of strong suspicion, if they pleased, he could not deny; but no man's life, he said, ought to be taken upon suspicion only ; and even if they should be of opi nion that there was moral doubt of his guilt, still if the evidence did not establish it in a clear and con clusive manner, it was the duty of a jury, and they were only acting in strict conformity with thelaw,and pet forming the obligations of the solemn oath th ey had taken, t o say that he was not guilty of the crime alleged against him. The theory of the prosecution if he could be permitted to apply such a term to an inquiry of this solemn character, appeared to be that the unfortunate deceased had received special instructions on the day of the murder to watch the prisoner, upon the supposition that ho had com mitted some offence, and that this had led to the fatal encounter between them, but he said that the evidence failed, as it appeared to him, altogether, to make out that fact, and all that was proved ap peared to be that the deceased had received instruc tions to be about the neighbourhood of Norton Green Farm, and-to report himself -asnine O'clock ; and he urged that -although they might have their suspicions - upon the subject, their was no direct testimony to show that the prisoner a,ndthe deceased over came in contact with each other on this fatal night . . He therefore contended that the case for the prosecution failed at the very onset, and that all the other circumstances that were relied upon might be explained in a manner consistent with the innocence of the prisoner. The learned sergeant then proceeded to observe upon the fact of the blood-stains being found upon the clothes of the prisoner, and ho said that nothing was more likely than that such marks should be discovered when it was proved that his nose was in the habit of bleeding, and that only a short time before he had been engaged in performing an operation up an some pigs, which caused them t o bl ee d a great deal. With regard to the evidence given by the policeman .Quinte he called upon them to dismiss it altogether froth their consideration, as unworthy of belief. He said he was contradicted in severed material parti culars by the other persons in the van, and he me improbability that have su c h a s t atemen t to mana re ferred to the other facts in th e case, and concluded e j a most able speech by calling. upon the jury to say the lr g d prisoner uponof whom t h shouldhiY e t knew eextremeew nothing. Ho then by their verdict that the charge was not proved, and therefor® that they acquitted th e p r i soner . The learned Judge then summed up the whole case with great care. and minut eness, and the jury retired to consider their verdict. They returned into court in about half an hour, w h en they stated that they found the prisoner not guilty, but at the same time said that th y thought it was a case of great suspicion against him, there but that wt sufficient direct evidence to justify I them iu find as not sufficient direct evidence to justify them iu finding him guilty of the crime with which he was charged. . There was an attempt at applause when the ver was spe e dil y suppressed. a a s n t d h i e t n order e d t e b e discharged, ' e v d the busi ness of the assizes. diet was delivered, which turned ou t t o proceed from some relatives of the prisoner wh o were i n the gal al e n r Td v apt prisoner ) e s TO . l court,onetird Mr. Power then addres cd the jury for Primett. The Lord Chief-Justice summed op, r.nd told the jury that if they thought the girl had been allowed by her mother to run hose, although the mother sail it was against her will that hsr daughter was taken away, yet it waa for the jury to say whether she had any wi!l in the matter ; and, however immoral the conduct of the defendant might be, unless they believed that he took her out of the possession and against the will of her mother, he was not guilty of an offence against the statute. The jury - without any hesitation acquitted the defendant. LL OF LORD MAR B.ND OINT. (From the Daily News ) If the fall of Lord Ciarenden and his Ministerial abettors be considered only in the light of an exemplary punishment inflicted by the representatives of the nation on a man who had betrayed the most peculiar trust, and on those who were guilty of passive comp.ic;ty therein, it must be felt to be an incident worthy not only of pro. found attention while still recent, but of a conspicuous place in our constitutional history. Parliamentary cen sure, by way of deliberate and unrescincled resolution, is the modern form of criminal proceeding for political offences, which has,gradualle come to supersede the cum brous and clumsy method of Impeachment; and it cannot be denied that in roost respects, and in the great majority of instances, it combine, all the advantages of celerity, certainty, and justice, which law reformers look for in their amendments of other branches of our Jurisprudence. The public mind is longer divided by pity for the offender and desire to see the off-ece adequately punidsed. Personal danger or pecuniary penalty no longer plead in deprecation of our just resentment. There is nothing really left in question but political reputation, and the power of doing mischief in future ; the infinite flexibility of the vocabulary of condemnation insures an adaptation of the censure to the sin ; and once the sen tence is pronounced end the delinquent excluded from further opprtunities of mischief, the public resentment is appeased without any tear of the public conscience being subsequently troubled by remorseful qualms. In the present case then is an universal feeling of sarisfac tion that we have at leegth got rid of a bad Foreign Minister ; and there i s h ar dl y an audible muttering of regret in any quarter that Lord Clerendoti'm adminietra tivo career is closed. But a far more important question remains. Is it only the man we have got rid of, cr the system of he was at once the master and the slave —the instrument and tho impersonation ? Po!itictl systems, whether departmental or dynastic, when their appointed • hour is come, commonly break down through the personal weakness or personal blun dering of him who fur the time is supposed to embody their highest pretensions. Royal statecraft was bAleved to have reacho the 'acme of perfection under Louis Philippe. Amoeg the monarchic marmuvrers of Europe he was looked up to as a model. and example ; and by every member of the covenanted service of diplomacy he was hero- worshipped as the modern tflyesys. Yet it was emphatica'ly by the fairindtenrtedneFs and folly of Louis Philippe himself that Louis rbilippteistn was levelled to the ground. in our own country we haws witnessed a hardly less striking instance. Peelisrn was confessedly the invention of him whose name it batre— a subtle, specious, cuenner, and candid contrivance , fur making Toryism leek like Liberalism, and forsubstituting expediency fur truth nod right. The late Sir Robert Peel was regarded by his followers as the nearest known ap pr,ach to political omniscience and infallibility. He might not always be popular, but, according to them, in his calculations he never could be wrong ; ho might not always go as fast as his adversaries desired, but his party had the comfort of knowing that they might safely go to deep so long ne hie constant and croons-pact band was at the helm. Yet Peelism was undermined and laid in ruins by the very hand that bad piled it together ; and the catastrophe was effected not by any momentary act of rashness or pas-ion, nut by the very quintessence et furtive wisdom and smuggler-like caution of which its indefatigable author was so proud. Yesterday has sup• plied uswith an equally clear andpalpablo specimen of the same sort of thing. Secret diplomacy with all its sit ;ter fuges and shrill , ws, its public sayings and private un-s.ay lugs, its infinite tissue of un - realitynmake-believe, evasion, has broken down suddenly and shamefully in the hands of the man who, above all ethers, was supposed to have raised it to its highest perfection. Had souse novice in the art been - artist into Downing-street, or some favou rite of the popular will acnisterned to feel manfully and speak eloquently been entrusted with the seals of the Foreign-office, the catastrophe might have been as com plete ; but the lesson Ought would have been far less instructive. We should then have been told that the dancer had arisen from permitting inexpert hands to meddle with grent affairs; and every apologist of the corrupt system would have been ready to promise confi dently all manner of good Irons its resuscitation ar.d nen tinuance. But the specificvaina of what we have recently witnessed consists in this, that the system has broken dowreof itself, and- in consequence of its own inherent rottenness. It was a system of secrecy, and secrecy has been its ruin. It was a system of double dealing, and its ambi-dexterity has lost it the garnt. It was a system that sought to baffle parliamentary control, and by parliamentary censure it 11;18 been del berately ctn. derened. It was a -system that strove to set up oligar chic opinion attaiirt the national will, and it has been abandoned by the oligerchy in its hear of need to the execrations of the people. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-111iRTFOB,D, Melton G. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE STEVENAGE MURDER. The trial of the prisoner J eremiah Carpenter, for the murder of John Starkins, the policeman, was resumed this morning at nine o'clock, and the court was filled the moment the doors were opened. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. C. Pollock appeared on the part of the prosecution ' • and Sergeant Parry, specially retained with Mr. Watkins Williams, for the prisoner. The evidence adduced on behalf of the prosecu tion established nearly the whole of the material facts detailed in the opening speech of the learned counsel for the prosecution, but the counsel for the prisoner, by an adroit cross-examination, succeeded in establishing an apparent discrepancy as to the time when the prisoner and the unfortunate man were last seen on the night of the murder. He also elicited the fact that the prisoner's nose was in the habit of bleeding, and that shortly before the murder he had been assisting to ring some pigs, and that they bled a good deal during the operation. In answer to questions that were put at the sug,gestion of the jury, it also appeared that no special instruc tions had been given to the deceased to look after the prisoner particularly on the night of the mur der, but his directions were to look about the fields in the neighbourhood of Norton green Farm on t het evening until nine o'clock, and then to report him, self at the police-station. The case for the prose cution was closed by a piece of evidence of an extra ordinary character. William Quint, one of the Herts cons'abulary, deposed that on W e d nes d ay evening, at the breaking up of the Court, he was ordered to attend the pri son-van to the gaol, and he was placed. inside. There were separate compartments for the prisoners. C sr pen ter was one who was placed in the van, and a man who had been convicted of receiving stolen property and sentenced to ten months' imprison ment was in another. He was in a posit:on where the prisoners could not see him, and, jest before the van started, he heard the prisoner say to the other man—" What have you got ?" and he re plied—" Ten mouths." The prisoner then said I have n , ,t•had my trial ;" and the other man asked him what ho was in for, and he said in reply—" For the murder of Starkins." Noth;ng more passed until the van arrived at the prison gates ; and when it stopped the pri soner again addressed the other man and raid—" Do you know whether Shepherd (one of witnesses for the prosecution) has said anything?" The man replied " No," and the prisoner then said —" If ho has he will do me." The van was then driven into the gaol-yard, and, when it got inside, the man said to the prisoner—" Do they know wire done it'?" and the prisoner replied—" 1 done it but nobcdy knows it." , OXFORD CIRCUIT.—.WORCEST, MARCIE G. (Bcforo Mr. Baron Watson.) Benjamin Wettings, weaver ; ltabtrt TELE KIDDERIUINSTER ELECTION' Pitt, west w bu o t o c a h i ; Henry Westwood, publican ; Geo. Barker, Join erweav ; William Wood, weaver ; Samuel p . , vne ok, Elizabeth Bentley, John Drury, males 111,Laa, rasao a ; George Parker ; J. Swain, weaver ; John Stevens, umbrella maker ; and Charles Partri'go, weaver —were indicted for riotously asSembliug Kidderminster on the 4th day of Apri:, and attacking several persons. the poll day el: f u o ;b r i • leaiinleleruriuster, at the last ge , eral elec and Mr. Kettle Were counsel for :hil'oi"4prrc.ors‘eVa, etbi.l:ttegifneYrj'io-Q:n,*(jd.kr. Uuddlaston Q.C. and Mr.' Byrne for the accused. , All the parties had been at large on bail. 011 .the parties being called upon, they pleaded guilty, it Laing understood that if tlsey - did c u t'aey would,. be discharged on their Own rscoguisanc:.s. The prisoners were then bound over on their own recognisancesin 100/, each to apPear when called upon. BURGLARY WITII VIOLENC2.—SENTENCE Oy DEATH. win Gordon and Charles Pearson were inWcaid for breaking iota the dwelling-house of, Thos. Cartwright, at Tingley, on the 26th December, and stealing inaney an d goods, and with cruelly beating and ill-treating the prarecutor and his wife. The prosecutor is an aged labourer, and lived with his wife, ako in years, at Braadmal'sh; Ilagky. On the of Dacernbcr his house was broken into by three rn en; end the old people were savagely night of the 261 h treated. The P:is oa e rs were two o f the neon, the thirs t being This,Paid"; who was now admitted Queea's eviderce. H 9 d etailed the particulars ofathe plot, its plan and exe cu ti on ; proved the murderous vialence used towards th e o ld couple, and the subsequent dist r ibuti on of the spo i l amongst them. The prosecutor was still in a very weak state from the treatment he bad receive', and his head was harlaged. He bad been cut in seve ral places with a billhook. Gordon attacked the old avoaran, Peaaaaa ransacked the bogs in the room, arid the third kept watch. She rave Pearson her purse, containing 11, to save her life. The police, on arriving at the cot ale, found a pool of blood which had flawed from the old man's bead. 1 - .3'.t'n were found guilty. Hie lordship cammented on the enormity of the crime, and on the necessity of protecting person and property from lawless violence. Gordon had used the billhook, and it was no want of will of his that the wounds he lead ir Rioted on the old man bad not been fatal. He, therefore, sentenced him to death in the usual form, without any hope of mercy. Sent9nce of death was also recorded against Pearson, but without an intimation that his life would be spared. One honeA, straightforward, courageous utterance of the feelings and sentiments of the country, *:vould have renewed Lerd Clarenflon's lease Of office, and reprieved, perhaps, for a season the wrqched system of which he Nas the a;ipropiia'.o ! s slinkter. Rut _o no cunceptienuf itsp,licy or value, ever occurred to him. ri. wah,woirs a•eh was not anewered when it ought to have been, becau.';e unfortunately it has nut been the custom for Parliament to supervise the coriduc's, of our foreign affairs, cr to inert upon knowing what is cluing, or being left undone, until all inquiry is useless. Lord Clarendon relied upon his irresponsibility for impunity. a l c t c n o e u v n e t r w e i n t t h e i l n .e d a la m i o t i eha tfor ha a n t y h n e e t sh h o e u f in d ight ca c h o e m d ui t i a t or leave unperformed. Had L rd Palmerston been at the - ForLzi:.-offica when the insolent missive was reeeivrd, it is not impossible that he might have penned on the inetant (though. he would hardly face ventured wi , hout consultation to transmit) a suitable reply. The ox-Pre mier has great fault. , ?, but they have of .en been redeemed b 1 his instinctive sense of what is right ; and a life spent, in the House of Commons has naturally kept . alive in him some degree of Sympathy with the fear less and outapoken spirit of the nation. Unluckily for Lord Clarendon,ho %.?asi not fred in that hest 5e.,00l of English statesmaMhip. lie was reared in office, and he has never b-en accustomed to any more Open attnoThere of discussion than that of the salon, The Cabinet, and the House of Lords. It is not unworthy of remark that thr6ugbcut the whole of Lie five years' tenure of the Foreign-office, he has uniformly been treated with consideration and compliment in the Upper House, and that cot a :irwle member of that asserunly• appears to have uttered one syllable of remonstrance cr protect the doctrines set forth by him in his recent (I,:fence of his conduct. To truth is, he was, and they felt him to be, the Foreign Minister 01 Oligarchy in secret league with Ab,olutisno, and they desired to let him fall as softly a 3 might be. Can any right-hearted man entertain a doubt, after what bas l 'aPPPLed, that in future the Foreicoi Minister of Eng land ouzlit to be a member of the Hon e of Couiraons Thewitneqs, upon being cross-examined by Ser geant Parry, said that this was the only time hw had ridden in the van, and it was quite accidentally that he had done so on th's occasion. He did not know the name of the man who had the conversa tion with the prisoner. Sergeant Parry was about to proceed with the crow-examination of the witness, when he fell down iu a fit, and it was found necessary to remove him from the Court. After waiting for sometime, an intimation was given by Dr. Taylor, who attended upon the wit ness, that he was nbt likely to be in a condition for some time to undergo futher examination and the Court was adjourned. At the catnu3encenuent of the proceedings thin morning the cross-examination of the witness Quint was proceeded with, but he persisted in declaring that he heard the conversation referred to between the. prisoner and the other man, but he could give no further information respecting that person than that he was a prisoner-who had been sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. Mr. Straight, the deputy clerk of assize, observed that the only prisoner sentenced to that puni4ll - was' a man .named Henry Ringshell for re ceiving stolen property. The jury said they considered it of very great importance to know whe•her this man would con firm the statement made by the constable, and they thought he ought to be examined. er S ow er ,, g . eant Parry said h e ought to be called 'by the o Mr. Hawkins said he had received no information EADVERTI SEMEN 2 I-1101loway's Pills.—This medicine bas been constantly increasing in public estimation for years, anal is now acknowledged to be the mo , t wonripz - ful remedy .in the world. If. nets directly on the system, removing Obstructi me from tho stomach, renovating the ipritige:of lite and purifying ,the blood totally eradicating liver complaints, that mainspring of so many diseases—indigesi ion, loss of appetite, pain in the side, and, general del ility. 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Paid. 4 s. d. 10,0 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 'll 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 £ a. d. 100 c 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 1 100 0 0 1 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 1 ' GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • I • . £ s. d. £ s. d. t : British Provincial 7l. per cent. 20 0 0 all 23 Brighton ...... •. •• , 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - - City of London 2/. pe 2 r l. cent. 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 al 0 l - 0 100 E. Equitable •••-•• •• •• European .... ....• 6l. per cent. 23 0 0 - - Great Central .. •• • 8/. per cent 10 0 0 - 10% Imperial lO/. per cent. 50 0 0 - 78 Ditto New - 53 0 0 I 2 10 0 26% Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 0 0 - Do.ooiitineutal 1 steap. 3/ ss. - 50 0 0 42 15 0 50 Do. D0. r,0. 2d3d Cap.Cala• 4/. its. 60 0 0 41 0 0 - D 0 . 4/. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 404 Cap. 3!. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent ... .-." 5l. 40 0 0 all - Londov Part. Preferen 67. per cent. 25 0 0 - - Pbeenix Ratcliff..” . - Surrey Consumers United General .... •• 16sOd per sh. 50 0 0 - 20 Westminster Chartered 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Ditto, New .... • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Western A .. •• .• 10 0 0 all - Ditto 13 .. •• • • - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --------- - _.--- 4 a. d. X s. d. 10 0 0 200 -1 Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 20 00100 0 -- AssamAtrieln Steam Ship .. • • 19 -(-) 0 27W ' r> Per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - lea •• .. •• • ''• r - Ai .o.l l l: :: e i r os ce . nt 5 21005 0 000 0 000 0 AAulsettrirlian"Alr.rl;ll.l7l:;l 8/. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - A - all - all 14 4.lusisttrralamiaann Trust t l M - a . 1.1 British Angl°-M A 3 m x e l e r 1 1 1 t Ai i.L ij o l a . nil . Si. 5,. per percent. cent 10050 OO 0 0 40 10 0 0 0 130_ Canada ... ••• • •. .. Do , 5 per cent Bonds 51 . pet cent Melt 100 0 0 - . ' Ditto, 5 per ;cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Dltte, c per cent. •• Gl. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. has 1874 Si. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p c. bds 1476 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 60 0 50 0 414 Crys. Palace of France -_ 4 0 i all - City Ntoigation Bonds 3 1 / i /. per cent - Electric Telegraph Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 50 0 a ll 1% Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co - 50 0 0 a ll - Equitable Reversioru•y 5/per cent. 100 0 0 110 0 0 Ditto New - - 50 0022 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest A . p c and 1/. .00 0000 o 0 - Gen.SteamNavig a ti on Io', per ct. & 2 15 6 Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Li m .)- 0 0 0 0 14 aOll n - H - - London Gen.' Omnib us 121. per cent 40 0 all 3% udson's 8ay.... „„ - Hungerford .... ,„ .... 2% . es_ . tOO 0 0 all ~_ .LOI. Ne. &N a . M auso. - per cent. 15 0 0 all - Mex. &S. Americ an 10 0 0 all Nat. Discount Co mp .. ' - " 25 0 0 50 0 4 - N.S.W. Go v .s p.c. Deb. U. per cent. - 100 0 0 - . Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all % • North of Europe, Sim. al. per cent. 20 0017 10 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co - 21 0 0 all - feel River.Land&Min. 50 0 all 2li ' - Pen. & Orie n t a l Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 79 Ditto New .. ...... • - 50 0010 0 0 1 Reversionary Int. Soo. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 all - - Ditto New ......... 4, 2 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... tl. p. share. 100 0 0 6r 0 0 63% Scottish Aus. Invest. 15/. per cent. 10 0 all ' 11 4 .1 So4th Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 375( a Trust and Loan Comp. 7%., pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 51 4. ,' - Vasa Diemen's Land.. 10s. 100 0028 10 0 104; i 6 per cent. 13 . 0nCla .... 6 per cent, 1193 105 9 4 74 t;,; Tff! PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 7. The steam ship Tagus, of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Captain E. Christian, with the usual Peninsular mail, in charge of Lieutenant Cartwright, Admiralty agent, arrived this day at noon. The 'Tagus, during the voyage, experienced strong winds, with long westerly swell across the Bay ; Vigo on the 10th February, thick fog ; all along the coasts of Spain and Portugal, strong head winds and bad weather, with heav, north- vestry ewe 1, H. nia ward ; , ound, strong gales from north to north-east and north wee,, with heavy sea. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, Feb. 25; Ca'fiz, Feb. 26 ; Lisbon, March 2 ; Oporto, no corn. munication ; Vigo, Mm..l 3. The freight of the Tagus consists of 21 packages of Qpecie, value 9,915/., 35 boxes of eggs, 9 imsks of wine, 25 boxes of dates, 200 boxes of almonds, 324 half-chests if oranges, 29 bezel of tangerines, and 83 packages of sundries. Her M.jesty's ship Curlew was at Gibraltar. The Peninsular and Oriental screws earner Colombo arrived at Gibraltar at nine a.m. on the 25th, and sailed at 2.30 p.m. same day for Malta and Atexan dria. March 2 off the Rock of Li:iloon, the T0,,,,,us spiike the screw steam-r Cintra, LO :nd to Lisbon. At Vigo, screw strainer Vista and screw steamer Rattler, for Oporto, weather bound ; the screw steamer France Comptors, of Flavre. March 2, off Cape Mondigo, at ton p.m., the Tagus passed the screw steamer Alhambra, bound to the Peninsular ports. March 1, at -7.30 p.m., 70 miles to the southwaid of Ushaut, passed the screw steamer Indu , , outward bound. They have had heavy falls of rain in the south of Spain, which commenced on the evening of the 23d, and continued with little intermission until the departure of the packet from Cariiz. It is expeoted that the forth coming vintage will be much benefited in consequence. The telegraph is now open between London via Paris to Cadiz. Country Mamets GRANTHAM-MARCH 6. At our corn market to-day there was a moderate show' of wheat, which toot a ready sale at last week's prices. Thera was very little doing hi barley, at an advance of ls. No change in oats and beans. NOTrINGIIAII-51.Luen 6. A good supply of wheat and a fair attendance of the trade. Wheat a dull demand ; fine qualities at tally last week's prices ; inferior almost neglected, the best white samples nalising 53s and red made 49s per 36 stone. The quantity of bailey full equal to the demand, and prices as before. No change in oats and beans. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTSf.. Wheat, red (old) 42s to 49s Barley, grinding ... 27s to 31s Ditto (new) Ditto, white s6s to 57s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 32s to 42s Flour, per. sack LEICESTER—MARCH 6. A tolerably active trade in wheat to-day, with a good supply, and the transactions must be quoted at the rates of last week. Barley was unchanged in value, with b moderate show. Oats and beans as before. NORWICH-MARCH G. Wheat in good supply, and trade aotive. Business wits done in some instances at ls. advance. A small show of barley, and trade much the same as last week. In oats, beans, and peas little doing. White wheat, 48s so bOd ; red, 42a to 45s ; barley, 30s U. 415.; flour, 3 s 6d per sack; bean., 40. to 44.; 42e to 435; oats, 28s to 30i. DALK_EITH GRAIN MARKET—MARcEc 5. Qrs. Best. Current. Infelio Z 93 Wheat 45s 6d 1263 Oats 3os Od. 24s 3d 741 Barley 3ss Od 278 51d 116 Peas & beans 43a Od 3Bs Od HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MARCH 5. wnms.T. BARLEY OATS. First s2s Od .403 Od 1 35 s Od 148 s Oil Second 39s 8d ; 30s Od 26s 7d ; 39- 7 d Third 32s 6d 121 s 6d 1:1s 3d 1 353 OJ Total quantity of wheat in market, 659 qrs., 566 EOM barley „ 720 qrs., 648 sold oats 1210 qr5,,1015 '` )18 228 qrs., beans 1 73 obi PP P AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 1/. 19 8 9-12th s 1 Barley, ll. 10 0 8.12th 9 Oats, ... 11. 6 7 0 Pths 1 Beans, ld. 19 7 9'l2° DUBLIN, MARCH 2. There was a small supply and r tther a sharp market t ° ' day. Wheat and oats fully Gd dearer, and barley a t Toes" day's curr e ncy. I n di an corn held for a further advanS White wheat, 26s 61 to 28s Od , red ditto, 23- Od rin' 3 01. ditto new, s Ocl ; barley, malti ng , 13 e t o 18s Od; g ing, --8 to —a ; oa,s, old, Ils Od to 14s; ditto new 1 4 s Oct to —s Oct ; oatmeal, 14s t o 15 s bere, 153 Od ; rapes , d, 23s Od to 25 s Od per brl ; bak flour, Od to 203 061 per cwt; I nd i an corn, 31s 01 to 3 33 O d p er 180 lbs. new:l4s to On Friday Col. H. W. Parke, comman dant of the Chatham division o f R oya l itEarine Light In fantry, gave up the command of the division to Col. E. Rea,' second commandant, and proceeded on leave of absence. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We quote a few more of the extraordi ; nary cures without mediciue effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and ' Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility: Cure No. 180.—" Twenty-five years' nervousn-ss, constiPee tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by I)u Barry's Food in aver/ shert time.—W. R. Reeves, ISI, Fleet-street, London." Cu re No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food.—l shall be happy to answer coy inquiries.—llev. John W. Flavell, Ridlingtel Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836,—" Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health -restoring Food.—Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skiberseu." Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A Ure; Dr. Shorland; Dr, Harvey; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzor; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable parr sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure bad failed. Suitably packed with full instruc tions. In canisters, Ilb. 2s. 9d. ; 21 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls- ; 121 b. 225. The 12Ib canisters are sent carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Da Barry, and Co., 7 7 , Regent-street, London. Important Caution against the fear ful dangers of spurious imitations—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted au Injunction on the 10th March , 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating "Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." ..ve g ass T. , SIGHT AND FIXARING - SPECTACLES POWERFUL , TELESCOPES OPE R A, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE , GLASSE:I.—S. and B. Solomous. opticians, 39, Albemarle 4treet, Piccadill y. Ob serve—oppos it e th e York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and . 31 7 traordina - y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant , Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. T'iese Telescopes Poss es such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be icon a person's countenance three-and-a-half Mile° distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist' coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Tho Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful poWers. - Invaluable preserving Speetaple Lenses of the greatest. transparent power. ,The great advantage derived . from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes. pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation=can see with those lenses of a much less magnif,ing power—and frequent changes to the den' they do not require the freq germs effects of furtber powerful asaistaifee. Persons can be suited at the nios l remote part of the world by send• ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read small Irint with it, and thoso who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Oiganic Vibrator, an extraordinariiy powerful, snail, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all of am's, surpassingb be, produced o a d n i r c t e h d i . n g B e e f n t g h e . f kind e a same hast colour bee been, o t r h the prolesl ci ablyn, is can not perceptible. 'lt enables deaf persons to hear distinct 1y a 0 church and at public assemblie4 ; the unpleasant sensation a singing noises in the ears 'is entire' v removed, and it MI N& all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. A lbe -aarle-street, Piccadilly—Opposite the York Hotel.W • B I R T i lliS. ByRoN--On the 3(1 inst., the Hon. Mrs. William Byron, of a son. MAITLAND—Ou tho 4th inst., Mrs. Maitland, of 8, Tor rington-placn, of a d tughter. MADDOX- On the lat inst., at Upper Albany-street, Ra ge n 06-Firk, Mvs. J. Mad , lox, of s daughter. SILvDSTER—On the 4th inst., at Hum Lodge, the wife of H. E. Silvester, Esq., Mayor of Beverley, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. COLLINS—WADE —On the 4th inst., at St. Marylebone • Church, W. L. Collins, Esq., of Mortimer - road, Si . John's - wood, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of John Wade, Eqq., late of Tetbury, Glocestershire. BIGNELL —HADNUTT—Oa the 4th inst., at Camberwell New-road Congregational Chapel, Mr. E. B ig n°ll P Ann Caroline, eldest daughter of Mr. George Lladau of Camberwell. - DEATHS, DOUGLAS—On the sth inst., at the residence of his father, Lieut. John Jame s Douglas, Royal Royal Marines Light In fantry, second s on o f C o mmander John Dglas, R. Y., aged 27. Pzi : L E : 0 0 a n Mo t z g e s E , — Bi O .o n m t l h ey e , 4 K th en in t s , t. H , eantryhmis oryeaseid,ence, Sinclair Cot- Esq., aged 54. N: oB o:s p — r On e, the 4th inst., at Totnes, James Nicholls, EN., aged 87. t t h l e Je 4t 4 ohf th iiAt., at Newtown, the Rev. EC • Fr iGnsutn.,lemy 1..1 J. t p go . mweraylls,hsiurreg, eaogne,diat;of 6, Mount-street, Grosvenor - square. WEBBER —On the 4th inst., at Great Budwortht th e B ev ' George H. Webber, vicar of Groat Budworth, ALld a canon of Ripon, aged 57. ----"'"----------"—'n' - - - LONDON ; Printed and Published by 1111711,130 Y01:7144'' of ?It), 112, Strand, Printer, at Thr Sun °Oleo, No 112, strand, in the Precinct, of the .savoy, in the coun t, ' of Middlesex, Monday, Match 8, 1808. Price Price. Price., 365 18v 129 8 1 ,6 274 Frice. Price.