The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Admiralty have instructed Lieutenant Com mander Boys to use increased exertions in raising vo l un t eers , p a rticularly seamen, who are very scarce at present. Artificers and stokers are coming in freely, and there is a party of nearly 20 (including some A.B.'s) now on board the Atholl, 4, receiving ship, at Greenock, who will be sent off to London this week. Captain Lord Frederick Kerr, of the Marlborough, has written to Lieu tenant linys expressing his high satisfaction with the fine drafts of volunteers sent to that ship from this port. Orders have been received for the collection of the coast-guard volunteers, in readiness for the arrival of the Hogue, which is expected early next month. The Admiralty have required to be informed in how short a time the ships in the steam reserve at Devonport could be got ready for sea. At the same time a return has been called for of the number of continuous and non-continuous service men serv ing on board ships in the home ports. The Dapper, gun-boat tender to the Hastings, sailed. from Devonport cia. - Monday evening for Sheerness. The Intrepid, 6, screw steam sloop, in the steam reserve at Devouport, took a trial trip outside the breakwater on Tuesday. Vice Admiral Sir Bar rington Reynolds, K. C. 8., commands in chief ; Rear Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, the captain of the steam reserve, and a party of ladies, proceeded in the vessel on her trial, returning in the evening. The following depots, attached to the battalions of infantry at Cnatb am, have been ordered to be held in readiness to embark at Gravesend for .Cork for the purpose of occupying the barracks at Butte vant, which have been vacated by the troops pre viously quartered there, viz. :—the 18th Royal Irish, under the command of Capt. G. W. Stac poole • the 27th Enniskillens, under the command of J. +. O'Donnell, with Capt. J. S. Manly, Lieut. W. S. C. Pinwill, Ensign R. Hamilton, and En sign F. A. Campbell 7 - the Bth Royal County Down, in charge of Capt. H . W. P. Welman and Ensign G. S. Jackson. The depot of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers will also proceed from Canterbury to Buttevart. Col. H. Sandham, Director of the Royal Engineer Establishment, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, has received orders to hold in readiness 56 non-com missioned officers and privates of the Royal Sappers and .Miners to proceed forthwith to British North Ameriaa,:where they are to lie employed on the boundary expedition under the command of Capt. J. Summerfield Hawkins and Lieut. James Hamilton Wilson, R.E. The expedition will leave Chatham on the 2d of April. Daring yesterday and the previous day nearly 300 recruits arrived at Chatham for the purpose of joining the Indian depots at that garrison. Owing to the continued influx of volunteers and recruits, the garrison of Chatham is more crowded with troops than for several years past, and there are nearly 5,000 men ready to embark for India. The following is a list of the officers attached to the United States' steam frigate Niagara, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday :—Capt. W. L. Hudson, Lieutenants J. H. North, J. D. Tedd, J. Guest, W. A. Webb, E. Y. M'Cauley, and B. Oligarch, Surgeon D. S. Green, Purser J. C. Eldredge, Lieut. W. S. Boyd, Passed Assistant- Surgeon F. M. Gunnell, Assistant-Surgeon W. G. Hay, Chief Engineer J. Follansbee, Purser E. Willard, and Boatswain R. Dixon. Orders have been received at Chatham garrison for the immediate erection of a number of hut , , which are to be built outside of Fort Pitt, on the rising ground between the new burial ground and the fort. The huts are for the convalescent invalid troops, and are to accommodate 500 men. Extract from a letter from her Majesty's ship Leopard, 86, paddle, Capt. Wa'n a- right, dated off St. Juan de Nicaragua (Grey Towo), Feb. 16 : "We scarcely know what to do to pass the time away off this very dismal place, so we have got up a first-rate theatrical company, and on Feb. 3 Shakspearo's Rehard lII.' and the farce of the White Sergeant' were produced. It w s coesi dered a rich treat by all who witnessed it. The next p'rform , ince takes place on the 24th, whe. SAsher and Crasher,' and Box and Cox' will be enacted. We are expecting orders by next mail to leave for England." ROYAL MAnINES —The following promotion and appointment has taken place in the corps, dated 13th instant.—S, coed Lieutenant Henry Thomas Statics Davis, of the Plymouth Division, to be first lieutenant, vice Rose, resigned and ap pointed to the Chatham division. A commission, dated 13th inst., will be laid b f.re the Queen, ap .inting Gentleman Csdet 'norms Martin Hope " sale to be a second lieutenant, and appointed to the Plymouth division. Second Lieutenant Whale has been granted one month's leave of absenc which will expire on the 22d proximo. Capt. R. C. Spalding, and the party under his command recruiting at Derby, have been ordered to rejoin their divisional head-quarters at Woolwich. The following officers joined head-qn filers on the 20a, inst., from leave of absence—First Lieutenants Harrington and Monis. (Prons a Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday.) WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 24. BREVET. To be Colonels in the Army—Lieutenant-Colonels the Hon. Adrian Hope, 931 Foot ; William Paston Par nell, 90th Foot. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Majors Giles Keane, 86th Foot ; William Payn., 531 Foot ; Archibald Alison, Unattached ; James Peter Robertson. Military Train ; ' Edward W. D. Lowe, 32d Fot.:t ; Richard Herbert Gall, 14th Light Dragoons; George Bryan Millman, sth Foot ; John Christopher Guise, 90th Foot ; No vine Hill Shute, 64th Foot. To be Majors—Captains Alex. Cunningham Robertson, Bth Foot ; George Cornwall, 931 Foot ; Chas. &oda more Longden, R ,yal Artillery ; William Alexander Middleton, Royal Artillery ; Grm - ne Alexander 'Lockhart, 78th Foot ; Henry Frederick Saunders, 70th Foot ; Thos. Lightfoot, 84th Foot ; Frederic Arthur Willie, 84th Foot ; James Francis E. Travers, Royal Artillery ; Gat). Robert Hopkins, 531 Foot ; John Robert Wilton, 60th Foot ; Charles E. Mans field, 331 Foot; Erekine S. Francis George Davvann, 931 Foot ; Garnet Joseph Woleley, 90. h Foot ; Car nelius Charles Rolleston, 84 h Foot ; Bendy sh e Walton, 53d Foot ; Alfred Baseano, 32d Foot ; George Newton Feudal!, 53d Foot ; Sir David Baird, Bart., 98:h Foot; Wiliam Rudman, 321 Foot; Samuel Hill Lawrence, 321 Foot ; David O'Brien, 84:6 Foot ; - William lenry Petty Meara, sth Foot; Henry Andrew Sarel, 17th Light Dragoons; John Edmon stoune, 32d Foot; Wilbraham . 0 ites Lennox, Royal Engineers ; Charles Marshall Foster, 321 Foot • Robert Henry Drury Lowe, 21 Foot; John Robert ion Turnbull. 13th Foot. To C AJnel —Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent Eyre, C. 8., Baigel Artillery. To be Lieutenant-OJlouels—Brevet-Maj ir C. Apthorp, • Bengal NJ.; Thomas SEmpson, Bengal NJ.; George ' James Montgomery, Bengal N.I. ; George Henry Robert son , Borabay N.I. Townshend James W. Henget-ford, Bengal Artillery ; Henry Hamilton Maxwell, Bengal Artillery ; Major Michael Galwey, let Madras Fusiliers ; Brevet Majors John Hall Smyth, Bergal Artillery ; Olnherts, Bengal ry ; Frederick Freeman Itemmington, Bengal Artillery ; George Wade Guy Green, B enga l 21 Fanners; George Bourchier, Bengal Artillery. To be Majors—Captains Sutherland George Gordon Orr, Madras N. 1.; Edward Henry Simpson, Bombay Light Cavalry ; John William Carnegie, Ri.ngal N. 1.; David Scott Dodgson, Bengal Lousada Barrow,l , ladrae Light Cavalry; Thomas Fourness Wilton, Bengal • N.J. ; Henry Dinnin, Bengal N.I. ; James Met calfe, Bengal N. 1.; Matthew Ftanois K. mble, Beukal N.I. ; Henry Lloyd Evans, Bombay N.I. ; Henry Hammond, Bengal Artillery ; Jobn Joseph Lawrie, Bombay N.I. ; John Dubree Wooleinabe, Bombay Artillery ; Richard Charles German, Bengal N.I. ; Edward Long Grant, Madras Fusiliers ; James Gray Campbell Fraser, Madras Fusiliers ; John W I iam Sanders, Bengal N.I ; Herbert Bruce, Bombay EUTO -1?!an Regiment ; Thomas Tneophilus Boileaux Bengal ght Cavalry ; Richard John Edge'', Bengal N.I. ; Edward Oakes Bengal N. 1.• Wliam Arden Cram maim°, Bengal 'Engineers ; Thomas . Augustus Carey, Bengal N.I. ; Robert Patrick A nderson, Bengal N.J. ; Henry Le Geyt Bruce Bengal Artillery; Arthur Davies Dickens, Bengal' N.I . George S. Mactlsari ; Bengal N.I. ; C harles Harrisßlunt, Bengal Artillery ; Charles Arthur Barwell, Bellgal N.J. ; igiAon Mac naglateu Prob ers , Bengal Li ght Cavalry ; John Clio ningham Awiersen, 111adrai E ng i ne - er - s; wil d= Temple Hughes, Bengal N.I. •, G eorge . Ni c h o l as Hardinge, Bengal N.I. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders • for the following appointments to the Most Ilonour- Order of the Bath : To be Ordinary Members of the Military Divil,iont•f the Second Class,' or Knights Commanders of the maid Most llonc:nrable O r d er , viz.:---Colonel Sydney J o h n , Cotton, serving* with tto LicAl r a nk o f mapr-general ": ..... babe East Indies. c anExte% Member of the Military Division of the See Most lab:, or Kn ghts Commanders of the said Seaton, c. - 13` 1 ., V4 l : ,°' , ler. viz. :---•C );oriel Tomas Ne:SeikEntYtie Military Divi4ion of the To be Ordinary :'co_c,,lon:f the artist Isrioq. Ronou - Third Class, o v %C . able Order - .ilip Metro. th . i Guy,, 51,h Regiment ; Colonel. 11,0t,t, w.leit; Neltlia Brigade ; - Colonel Ddvid Unseal, 84th it (' ,. l :? 1 i n --- ' • Colonel Charles Assheton Fit zHardinge 5 1 t i Ttl i a --li, : i 1 Regiment ; Colonel Archibald Little, 93a negin,eu, Colonel the lion Adrian p Hope, Pastan =ell, 90th Regiment • L C i o e l u on t. e .c l 010 Will ia mne Alexander Sebastian Leith Hay, 9luci Regiment. I fthe s aid Most Honour Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to mak • andordain Wspecial t he following officers in t 'statute c able Order for appointing t he the East India c jai _ service of her Majesty and-a the . pany to be Extra Members of the Military Di v i s i on the Third Class, ovCompanions of the said Order, viz.: Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. Crawford, Royal Artillery ; Lient.-Colonel E. E. Hale, 82d Regiment; Lieut.- Colonel J. A. Ewart, 93d Regiment ; Lient,-Colonel C. H. Gordon, depot battalion, late 93rd Regiment ; Lieut.-Colonel H. Hamilton, 78th Regiment ; Lieut.- Colonel C. Campbell M'lntyre, 78th Regiment; Lieut.-Colonel G. W. P. Bingham, 64th Regiment ; Lieut.-Colonel Edward W. D. Lowe, 32d Regiment ; Major F. C. Maude, Royal Artillery ; Major F. A. Willis, 84th Regiment ; Colonel R. Napier, Bengal Engineers ; Colonel C. S. Stewart, let Bombay European Regiment ; Lieut.-Colonel R. A. Master, 7th Regiment of Bengal Light Cavalry ; Lieut.-Col. H. M. Durand, Bengal Engineers ; Lieut.-Colonel J. Brind, Bengal Artillery ; Lieut.-Colonel F. Turner, Bengal Artillery; Major J. Brasyer, Unattached, Bengal Army; Superintending-Surgeon J. C. Brown, Bengal Artillery. MExtoßANDug,—Lient.-Colonal W. Case, 32d Regi ment, and Major R. Barnston, 90th Regiment, world have been recommended for the dignity of Companion of the Order of the Bath, had they survived, THE SUN, THE LATE MASTER _ROBERTS, R.N. (From the Daily News.) In the seaman's burial ground of Plymouth are three rude stones from the walls of Sebastopol. Above them rises a simple cross, with this inscrip tion :—" Robert Wilson Roberts, RN. ob. 10th December, 1857. iEtat 38." These few words, and the device of compasses and and square, are all the public records of that man's history. And yet he has a history—well authenticated and worthy to be remembered. It was the autumn of 1854. Peremptory orders had arrived from England to make a descent on the Crimean coast. If the descent was to be made the troops would have to be landed, and that rapidly, in the face of the enemy. The thing at first sight seemed impossible. The shipwrights at Constantinople considered three months to be the very shortest time within which the flat-bottomed boats neces sary for landing the English force could be con structed. What was to be done ? Was the enterprise to be delayed for months or altogether abandoned, whilst our men lay " eating their hearts in idleness till they sickened and died in the swamps of Varna?" Amongst the admirals and generals all was per plexity. But there was one man who had foreseen the problem and had already solved it. That man was one Robert Wilson Roberts, a master in the Navy, then of her Majesty's steamer Cyclops. Ru mours of his existence soon reached the com manders. They sent for him, and he at once told them that if he might have his own way the requi site number of flat-bottomed landing boats should be ready as soon as the other general equipments were completed. The idea seemed preposterous enough—without materials to accomplish in seven days what with materials would occupy the ship wrights of Constantinople' for three months. But Mr. Roberts was no red-tapist—he was a genuine English seaman with a practical genius. True he had neither timber wherewith to construct the boats, nor time to pat the pieces together. But the long caiques of the country were to be had in any number. They wouldsupply sufficient fl wage. "Put them together," said he, " cover them with wooden platforms sufficiently wide, and you will have a collection of landing rafts safe and capacious —not only more manageable than flats, but con structed at an infinitely smaller cost, and within a much shorter time." Such was the theory. " But," said the great men in command, "is this practi cable ?—will these rafts do !" " Here is one ?" said the seaman, "as an experiment.'' " Then have you the materials for the planking 1" they con tinued. " I foresaw the emergency," said Ro berts " and I have already got deals of the pro per length and thickness for that purpose." The sagacious man, had, in short, provided every thing—purchased everything; all this, however, be it remembered, he had done at bis own per sonal risk, by bribes and earnest money, after in vain urging Admiral Boxer and others to aid high. " On:y ";give me," he said, "hands, money and au - honty, and I shall be ready in a week." " If you do it," said Sir George Brown, " you de serve the thinks of the whole army." He did do it ; but how ? Working night end day, with head and hand—heart and soul in the ( ffort—here, there, and everywhere—with his shirt sleeves up to his shoulders—marking tinfoer, sawiug plank, driving bolts—with a motley crew of ship carpenters, com mm soldiers, Turks, Greeks, and Armenians— stimulating this man by praise, that man by bribes, another by threats—all by his example—thus did this remarkable man accomplish that, to attempt which seemed to others madness. In the words of Nlr. George John Cayley, whose eLquent narrative we follow throughout : "He had declared war with impossibility ; and how he wrestled with his in cubus enemy, drenched in sweat and choked in dust, under a broiling sun in the arsenal on the Golden Horn—made the men who saw him mar vel." Lord Lyons came down to see. It wrs the third day of the gig4ntie task, and not one ponto:n was finished. Tfi3Admiral shook his head. But Mr. h oberts replied : If I attempted to finish one at a time 1 should certainly fail. lam getting the several parts ready for the whole, and that done shall put them together all at once." On the fifth day Lord Lyons said, " Well, Roberts, I am quite satisfied now, I t-ee you know what you are about, and will get through it. now join the Admiral." Within the seven days the last nail was in. But the struggle had been deadly. Several of the men died of the exertion, and Roberts himself was car ried on board his ship insensible, and remained so for some hours. His constitution had indeed re ceived a shock from which it never really recovered; but for tte time he got better. Be superintended the landing of the troops, and his pontoons an swered to perfection. So ended the first act. On the 17th of October, 1854, in the sea at tack on Sebastopol, Robe: is towed the Belle rophon into the thickest cf the action. His ship, the Cyclops, was the only towing vess , l that fought her own guns. He was the first in and the last out of the fray. " Too much praise," said Admiral Lyons to Robert', "cannot be given to you for your management of the Cycl'ps in this attack." It was indeed a gallant business, however unsuccessful. Ttie officers deserved t ro motion, and they got it. All lieutenants engaged became commanders, all commanders of steamers became post-captains and C.B.'s. But what of Roberts ? He was only a master. True, by an order in council of the 19th May, 1846, it had been declared that "in the event of any particularly , distinguished service," the Admiralty might pro mote masters of two years' service to the rank of commander without the ordinary two years as lieu tenant. True, Lord Lyons wrote to him, "I rt ally don't know what we should have done without you." Nove:theless—incredible as it may seem— this Master, who had literally male the C:imsan expedition posiiible, got—nothing. Sir C. Wood and Sir Maurice Berkeley—the brother-in-law of Admiral Grey and the persecutor of the naval sur geons—would rather kill a master than consent to place hitn among the commanders. Happily this vas not the feeliog of the Generals and Admirals in the Black Sea. They knew the merits of poor Robe its better than a jobbing Whig or au insolent and selfish aristocrat. "How is it," asked the gallant Lord Raglan, " among all the promotions that have come out there is no mention of Roberts, who really did more for us than anybody ?" "I am quite dis tressed," wrote Admiral Lyons, " not to se i Roberts's name in the late list of Black Ssa promo tions. Lord Raglan, Sir G. Brown, and I wrote as s rongly as possible in his favour, and I do so again this very post." It was all in rain. Coma what might Sir C. Wood and Sr Maurice BerkA , y , would have no Master a Commander. What mit teied it to them that a man of practical genius like Roberts had spent his own hard-earned say- ings, had toiled hin7iself to death in the public ser vice, and was then breaking his heart under their neglect and official tyranny ? But human endur ance has its limits. The Cyclops broke down, and was sent to Malta. So was her gallant Master. Writing to his wife on Jan. 7, 1855, Roberts says : —"I was completely knocked up from over fa- ' tigue. On the 7th December, I wrote to Sir E. Lyons, telling him, in very plain terms, that I felt myself an ill-used man, and asked him point blank to gat me made a Commander." He is appointed Master-Attendant at Malta ; but it will not do. In March he is in hospital. In May he writes, " I cannot write mach ; a leaning posiiiou is so rain ful. My disease, which was not undeistood at first, turns out to be dropsy in the chest. I hope soon for news from England about my promotion. Vain dream ! His name, indeed, had been men tioned in the House of Commons. Admiral Ber keley had been asked whether Roberts bad received promotion for his distinguished services. The Admiral replied that " he had been promoted." The house cheered. The Admiral and other officers at Malta congratulated Roberts on bis promotion. But it was all a mistake. He had, indeed, Leen promoted to the rank of Master, eight years before, and Sir James Graham had appointed him Master of the Cyclops, and as such Roberts had dune that for which the House of Commons wished to reward him. But Sir Manrice Berkeley would not have it With something like a lie on his lips he took hiA stand Letween this poor Master and the gratitude of his c:)untry. Months pass ; no promotion comes. Over exertion • I blasted hopes are doing their work. At length he reaches Haslar Hospital wit, hurlien to Ilne, hsheeArstblyroskizinaaonmtie mons. \ on the oral. of .Tt 1855, in a dying state. His altsdble. bedside. She finds her hu:band " sometimes better,' the treatment he - il ea v‘"afa • In Noveral-er, 1855 re V„Z i t f ° ja 4 se i r w vi t e l l „ lip , un pital a confirmed inval , d. •PC lea ves, Il i a ' Jar . 11. 11- ' irespliption," says the doctor, i , ; Gt - 1. 1 1 a ' 1 ,k 5: . 01.(3 i _oomiiiatidet's - commission and pelf, ct r e -- ' '' i for at least a year." The thing i s est ~,,d . tranquillity j impossible. Sir Ch arles Wood with his own ha nd writes to Roberts, B.:lying that tie is obviously a broken down man, and therefore cannot be put on the active list of commanders. First bring an officer to death's door by neglect, and then refuse promotion because he is unfit for serviv. Ad mirably ingenious — exquisitely cruel! But a motion on the subject of Mr. Roberts is among the Parlia mentary notices. The Admiralty are in a mess, and something must be done. At once all about his un fitness for active employment is ignored. He is ap pointed in succession to two arduous situations, as Master Attendant of Haulbowline and Portsmouth Victualling-yard. But the work is too much for him : nevertheless, with his old indomitable spirit, even after he can no longer walk, he is wheeled about in a chair. At length the end approaches. He has got neither promotion nor money's worth. His wife will have nothing. He writes to the Ad miralty for some compensation for all the money he spent on his famous pontoons. The Admiralty demand vouchers and proofs. Vouchers and proofs, indeed, from the man who had landed 25,000 men on an enemy's coast, and had got nothing ! Si mon,umentum quceris, circumspice. Once more, from his deathbed, he makes a last ap peal. That appeal is forwarded by his widow, for the same day on which he wrote it he died. The Admiralty are inexorable she is entitled to no compensation, and an annuity of 501. as a master's widow is all th it the wife of Robert Wilson Roberts has received from a grateful country. Such is the history, as related by Mr. Cayley in these column), of this humble but neglected hero. We have waited some days to see if it would elicit contradiction or reply. None has reached us. We may assume, therefore, that the statement is sub stantially true. Assuredly, "no words of sorrow or of anger need be added to awaken the regret and indignation" of every Englishman who hears the tale. The press has now done its duty by proclaim ing 10 the world that gross injustice which the responsible Ministers of the Crown have dared to perpetrate in the name of the country. But it re mains for the House of Commons to grant fitting redress. LONDON, THURSDA EVEN! NO, HIGHLAND SJCIET Y. The anniversary of the battle of Alexandria was celebrated by the members of this society by dining together at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Monday. Owing to the unavoidable absence of Lord Saltoun, the chairman of the day, the meeting was presided over by The Chisholm, supported by between 90 and 100 gentlemen, amongst whom we observed the Marquis of Westmeath, Lord H. Gordon, Gen. McNeill, Gen. McLean, Gen. de la Motte, Sir. J. Grant, Col. Grove, Sir Digby Neave, Sir G. Hal kett, Major Macdonald, Capt. Forbes, R.A., Capt. Pounder, Capt. Westley, Major Adair, the Hon. Major Grant, Dr. Colquhoun, Mr. De Jersey, Mr. Macalister, of Glenbar, Rev. C. McKenzie, Rev. J. Macbeth, Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. J. F. Camp hell of Islay, Mr. F. W. Caldwell, and Mr. J. Stone, who was accompanied by twelve officers iu the Brazilian navy—viz., Capt. de Almedia Portu gal ; Major Stockmeyer ; C.ipts. F. Foisceca, Mon taurey, Pinheiro, Pereira (to Cunha, Barros, Santoz, and D. -Funceca ; Lieuts. Peixoto and Gama ; and Capt. Carneiro da Rocha. Toe health of " The Queen," of "The Prince of Waits, Duke of Rothesay and Lord of the Isles," with the rest of the Royal Family, having beea drunk, a special bumper was dedicated to "The health of his Royal Highness the Patrice Consort, Chief of the Highland Socie " The Army and Navy " was next given, the Chairman reminding the company that the scaiety always met to celebrate the anniversary of one glorious campaign, in which the Highlanders espe c ally distinguished themselves, and that all eyes were now bent and all attention directed to the proceedings of a gallant officer at the head of our army in India, wh with the assistance of truly British troops, no matter what part of the country they came from, would, he doubted nor, soon re store peace and tranquillity to those distant pos sessions. He could not forget the services of the Davy, which had ev: r been foremast in acts of gal lantry, and which had been recently brought into closer connection with the army than was formerly the ca-e. The sailor had ben looked upon as a somewhat amphibious animal, neither fish nor alligator—(lauhter)—an I whilst it was always known that they could fight well by sea, the naval brigade had recently proved they were equally effi cacious on lend. (Laughter.) G.-neral McNEiaa having acknowledged the com pliment, The CHAIRMAN gave the "Indian Army and General Do la Motte," who, he reminded the com pany, was an old Indian offic,r who had crossed the Des:rt with Sir David Baird to join the immortal Abercrombie in Egypt. General DE LA MOTTE replied;and expressed his confidence that the Anglo-Indian army would always do its din y so as to meet with the approba tion of their countrymen. The CHAIRMAN said they were that evening ho noured by the company of eeveral visitors, among whom were a number of officers in the Brazilian navy, whom he heartily welcomed among , t them, and he was sure the company present would be glad to drink to the " Braz:lian Navy." The toast having been responded to with High land Ln Hours, Capt. DE A. PORTYGAL said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I did not know when I entered this room that I should have the honour of returning thanks for the toast of " The Brazilian Navy," which has been so kindly drunk by this honourable company. Gentlemen, it gives us pleasure to find our s-rvice so well looked upon by the British nation, and peculiar pleasure to find mil...elves so well received by a society of Highlanders. Gentlemen, our na tion, our service, has groat reason to be grateful to 'he Scottish people, because we cannot help recol lecting that the implerneat which organised the Brazilian navy was a Scotchinan. (Cheers.) It coal Lord Cochrane that taught us how to manage our navy and how to disch4r4e our duty. We do not attempt to do more ; but it is our utmost en deavour to copy the example which that distin guished B itish officer and noble Scotchmau set, us. (Applause.) I very much regret teat the Brazilian Minister at present in this country is not present tins evening, as I am cure he would have much better acknowledged the compliment which you have paid t r the Brazilian navy, and through them the Brazilian nation, than I have done. I have, however, t request you will accept my thanks, and those ef my colleagues, for the h onour you h ave done us. (Cheers.) The " Memory of the officers and men who fell at Alexandria, and in other climes," having been drunk in solemn silence, the Chairman gave the healths of those gal Lint men who, having taken part in the campai g n in India, were still preserved to their country, for which the Marquis of West meath briefly and appropriately expressed his ac knowledgments. The he — alll of the Chairman, of • the Ladies, and various o•her toasts, were drunk ; the Queen's piper, the band of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, Mr. Gene Genge, and some gentlemen in the company, tending by their exertions to erilivou the ant when our reporter left the l a di cs ip.ini)ceethdeinc, gallery had just been introduced into the bAy of tue room, and dancing commenced with the Highland fling, in which it was evident the lalies were not quit.; .) practised as their military partners. . . We sliould not omit to state that, amongst the toasts, one was specially drunk to the success of the Caledonian Asylum for the education and main teLaoce of the children of Highland parents be longing to the army, navy, or marine services, which was originally established through the insti mentality of this society—the Chairman reminding the compa❑y tl.at the jubilee festival would take place on the 7th of May, and inviting every gen tleman present to meet him on that occasion, ac companied by as ma❑y friends as could be induced to lend their aid in supporting such a truly national and valuable institution. THE MURDER IN 'NORM DEVON. Since the cood.emnat ion of John Barwick, for the murder of his sweetheart, Maria Blackmore, at Linton, in the North of Devon, the wretched cul prit has evinced great penitence for his crime, and appears to be perfectly resigned to his fa.e. Great hopes are, however - entertained tint a commuta tion of sentence will be obtained, and memorials to the SecetAry of State have been numerously signed by magistrates and others in the county of Devon. The High Sheriff, also, Sir E. M. Elton has signified his concurrence in the prayer of the memorial in the following letter : " Witlworthy-court, March 22 1858. "Dear Sir,—ln the course of my official duties as Sheriff I was in attendance in the ccurt during the trial id the mi , erable culprit, John Barwick, and I paid the greatest attention to the case. In my o n mind no oubt mists upon the propriety of the sentence, and that a more r ghteous judge never presided upon the bench. I do not advocate by any means the abolition of capital puni.hments. Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to Li e innocent;' yet Moro this terrible measure of punish rz ent is inflicted upon the unhappy youth I trust 1 may ba permitted to hope fior a further consideration of the sentence. "The fatal act was committed without premeditation ; passion, actii.g upon a weak mind, induced him to use a deadly instrument, which, as it appeared in evidence, falling upon any other part of the body ttan the jugular vvin and common carotid artery, would not have pro duced much taikchief. m :I eentidtr this t o b e a case to which the Royal de 'V ru t "figh t b: n ; dt P t r o op tli e e dy pri l , ' y e e; x of te t n h d e e p d aitnidmelr wish so life might a tE, t iZli e of the sentence to servitude for to sate fy the ende of justice. v &RD MARWOOD ELTON. EAST INDIA HOUSE,. The following is a more extended account of the proceedings than we wore enabled to give in our impression of yesterday : Yesterday the usual quarterly Court of Proprie tors of East India Stock was held at the East India House—Mr: Ross Mangles in the chair. The minutes of the last ex!raordinary Court having been read and confirmed, The CHAIRMAN laid before the Court the Par liamentary papers connected with the Government of India, laid before the Legislature since the last regular quarterly Court. SIR JAMES C. MELVILL. Mr. HELPS then rose and said that he had great pleasure in moving that the thanks of the Court of Proprietors should be presented to their late secre tary, Sir James C. Melvill, for the admirable man ner in which he had for a length ene d num b er o f years performed the duties of his office. It would, he considered, be doing an injustice to the subject of his motion were he to enter upon any arguments to prove that they ought to pay Sir James Melvill that compliment. (Cheers.) They had all been witnesses of the very able ma nner i n w hi c h Si r James had conducted himself, and had seen how that in every case, and in every capacity, he had proved himself one of the most competent officers it was possible for any company to possess. (Co eers. ) He had ever exhibited towards the Court of Pro prietors an amount of courtesy which must have recommended him to every gentleman connected with the Court. Sir James Melvill had been their faithful servant for upwards of half a cent ur y, an d although under existing circumstances he (Mr. Helps) did not anticipate so long a tenure of office by the worthy gentleman who had been appointed his successor, yet he would say that if at the end of his term of office he carried with him into pri vate life the same amount of general respect and confidence, he might indeed consider himself fortu nate. (Hear, Lear.) Mr. Helps c onc l u d e d b y mov ing the following resolution •—"That this Court of Proprietors desire to express their high sense of the distinguished ability, the unexampled zea l and energy, and the sterling integrity with which Sir J. C. Melvill, K. C. 8., the late secretary, has served the East India Company during the term of 50 years ; and the deep regret which they feel at the loss of his invaluable services ; and that the chairman be requested to convey to Sir J. Melvill their cordial thanks for the admirable manner in which he has for so long a period performed his duties." Mr. LEwier, in seconding the motion, said that during his connection with the Court of Proprie tors, he had had many opportunities of personal intercourse with their late secretary, and he could most siucerely say that he never left his presence without carry mg with him that informal ion in r. Lion to Indian affaers which he had been desirous to obtain. There were combined in Sir J. Melvill the greatest ability, the greatest impartiality, and the most thorough knowledge of everything con nected with the government of India. (Cheers.) He had, in fact, been to a great degree in himself the Court of Directors. (Hear.) His great experience in the affairs of India rendered it almost unneces sary these should be a Court of Directors at all. ludetd, so great was the influence which Sir James Melvin exercised at the Board, that Sir C. Forbes used to call him the director-general—(a laugh)— and so great had been his ability, so eminent his respectability.of character, and so conspicuous his high sense of honour, that the government of India, so long as he bad ceutinued their secretary, might have been conducted as well without the Court of Directors as with it. (Cheers.) Mr. CRAWSHAY, in supporting the motion, said it was unnecessary for him to enlarge upon the merits of Sir J. Melvill, as they had ben already acknowledged, not only th -re, but also in Parlia ment, and had been subscribed by all the must eminent statesmen and by the leading men of every party in England. When the petition of the Company was presented in the House of L ads, the Duke of Argyll, if he (Mr. Craw shay) rerneelbercd rthtly, expressed a wish that whatever might Le the changes introduced into the Government of India, he hoped that they would be able to retain the services of the two eminent gen tlemen by whom that petition had been drawn up, viz., Sir J. Melvill and Mr. Mill. The merits and ability of those gentlemen had been made the sub jects of frequent encomia. That being the case, he (Mr. Ciawshay) was astonished that Government had overlooked the lesson to be derived from it. Was the East India Carapany, as a body, so effete as it was represented to be, when there were to be found among its servants men of that description ? (Hear.) He was c invinced that neither of those gentlemen, no matter how great their ability, would have attained to the. same stanOard of emi nence had they been engaged in the service of the Crown. (Hear.) The East India Company bad made it a Jule to discover, reward, and encourage genius, and in no one instance had their discrimi nation been more sif;nally manifested than in the case of Sir J. IVl‘Jvill. That eminent public ser vant had been, in fact, the Secretary of State fer India ; his experience of the government of Indie extended over a period of 50 years, and he would in the pages of history go down to posterity as one of the most eminent statesmen it had been the good fortune of any country to have produced. (Hear.) Mr. JONES, as one of the most troublesome mem bers of the Court of Praprieto s, could not allow the motion to pass without expressing his concur rence in it. He had not had the pleasure of per sonal intercourse with Sir J. Melvill, but he had, in coriesponcle ce with him, obtained a most mas terly expositien of the affairs of India. He had, too, carefully perused Sir James's evidence betore the Hewn of Commons, and he was bound to say that had he be-n an iedifft rent jud _e between the Company and the Board of Control, he would from that evidence have had no diffi. ulty in decid ing that the goverament of India was conducted with far more ability in Leadenhall-street than in Cannon-row. He was glad to see that if they lost , he services of the father, they had obtained the presence of the son, his (Mr. Jones's) old s.thoolfeliow, at their board. . The CHAIRMAN said he had great satisfact'on and gratification in putting to the Court the motion for that vote of thanks to thetr late secretary which he so well and so emiueetly deceived. The Court of Directors accepted with pleasure such a vote cone, ing from the proprietors, and not with less pleasure on account of the dash of bitters cast into the draught by the worthxyeep,rotrips,riaentodr,n hadti‘hlart.hLeeivviaidn, done wlio had told them that Sit J. Melvill been in him selfthe t w h t e tol e e ' O li f thit(°f D busiiHieesswoafs readythelB members tc - !_ y tChoeu vastrt of s D e r v rectors. . the late scere tapre fo ssti r th md e aeels)cisest gratitude of th e C ourt of Direc tors tauce and supp or t w hi ch they had ever receive d from Sir J. Melvill. Th e y h a d a l rea d y by a vote of their own body ackn ow l e d ge d th ose services in the warmest terms. , and to ex a ni ckb e n r o s w e lf: edge The resolution was put and carricd by acclama• tion. in answer t o C apt. Shea, stated that informed w h a t were the pro visionsintroducedTHE NEW EAST INDIA BIL L. Theh a C of the bill to be introduced int o th e Iloui.e of Commons on Friday next, fur th e b e tt er govern illiaAdlß not been govern meLt of India. DELHI PRIZE MONEY. Mr. HElrs remarked that Mr7Baillie had offi cially stated that the question of the prize money of.Dalhi was still under the consideration of Go - vernment, and he had seen it stated that the cir captured in that city i l ea rt°he generally,Poes inasmuch as they property Y of property c a ptu re d i n o ctwhu n eem l r y ees recovered itdtaiineffr:ee4-e different ft:f t ehr h lm e a t uhich had been their own be fore. That might be the case with respect to Go vertinarnt stores, but surely not as regardei the propertyof the rebels. Ile wished, too, to know if there was any reluctance to grant honorary distinc tions for the Indian campaign. The CHAIRMAN st a t e d , i n reply, that L ord Can ruing had ) in granting the soldiers engaged before Delhi six months' batta, gone to the full extent of o his pow , r. The Court i Directois had, however, granted them t ix months additionalbatta--(hear)— and her Majesty's G overnment surren d ere d t h em in prize all the pr oper t y foun d i n t h e c it y no t bein g Government s t ores, or belong i ng to t h ose who had remained loyal to British rule. A medal, too, lie was happy to say, would be granted to the trot), s, with a distinctive clasp for Delhi , for Luck now, and for servi ce i n the field under Havelock. THE LATE SIR HENRY LAWRENCE The CHAIRMAN, iu reply to a question from Mr. Lewin, stited that her Majesty had granted a ba ronetcy to the son of Sir Henri Lawrence, with re mainder t ) bis broth er, and the Court of Directors intended to vote their) 1,0001. per annum, in sue cesqon, for the suport of the dignity. QUARTER AND MUTILATION. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to Mr. Crawshay, said he did not I.e!ieve that the tr opi had refused quarter to the sepoys, As to what Sir Henry Raw linson, h.td stated i n t h e House of Commons, t h a t they had captured no pr i soners o f war, it s h ou ld be remembered that they had no cavalry to pursue fugitives, and the sepoy s were much lighter on foot than the British infantry. He also stated, in reply to Mr. Lewin, that after the most strict investiga tion, there had not been discovered a single case of mutilation. This statement, which gave general satisfaction, was coLfirmed by Sir F. Curtis. OUDE. Mr. JONES WO proceeding to call the attention of the Court to the suTot of the annexation of Oude, when, on the motion of an hon. proprietor, the Court was counted, and there not being a quorum of proprietors present, the proceedings were abruptly brought to a close. ASS.iZ Tit GENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—LEwEs, March 24. (Before Mr. Justice Erle.) Charles Rooke, a tradesman, of L ewes , surren dered to take his trial for felony, in having wilfully and maliciously thrown a stone at a train upon the Brighton and South Coast Railway, and thereby endangered the safety of the passengers. Mr. Creasy conducted the prosecution. Serjeant Parry was specially retained, with Mr. Roupell, for the prisoner. This case created a good deal of interest in the town of Lewes, as it arose out of a religious'disturb same that took place in Nov. last. It will be remem bet ed that a young lady, named Scobell, daughter of the Rev. J. Scobell, of Lewes, had seceded from the Protestant and become a convert to the Roman Catholic religion, and she went to reside at an establishment attached to that religion at East Grinstead, known by the title of the Sisters of Mercy. She died in that establishment in the month of November last, and at her request her body was conveyed to Lewes to be buried in the family vault, and the Rev. Mr. Neale, a Roman Catholic clergyman, who was the princip a l of the establishment at ast Grinstead, accompanied by a number of the Sisters of Mercy, all attired in their conventual costume, came with the body, it being the intention of Mr. Neale to inter it with the ceremonials of the Roman Catholic Church. Upon the townspeople of Lewes, however, seeing the procession that was formed, great excitement was occasioned, and when the body was taken to the church of All Saints, Mr. Scobell, the father of the young lady, and another clergyman, were in attendance, prepared to read the burial service of the Church of England, and upon Mr. Neale at tempting to insist upon performing the ceremony according to the forms of the Roman Catholic reli gion, a scene of great disturbance and violence en sued, and in order to escape personal injury Mr. Neale was compelled to make his escape as well as he could ; but it appeared that when he left Lewes he intimated his intention of returning on the fol lowing day and performing the ceremony. He acecningly did come again to Lewes on the next afternoon, and endeavoured to obtain the keys of the church from the sexton, and the fact of his visit becoming known, a crowd speedily assembled, and Mr Neale was hooted at and pelted at with stows, and eventually the police were compelled to escort him to the railway station, and he and one of the Sisters of Mercy who accompan ed him we e placed in a fiecond-class carriaL , e. The crowd that a-sein ' bl d was very mush excited, and just as the train was about to start it was alleged that the prisoner threw a s, one at Mr. Neale, woose head was out of the window of the carriage in a deviant manner, but it missed him and struck the carriage, and it was for this act that the present prosecution was preferred by the railway authorities. Mr. Creasy, in opening the caie io the jury, said that the railway cumpauy had nothing e ha , ever to do with the circumstances that preceded toe act imputed to the prisoner, and the only object they had in view was to protect the passengers travelling by the railway from being endangere I by acts of this description. He said there had no doubt been a great deal of excitement in the tiwn prior to the coartnissien of the offence, but he only felt it right to mention that fact in order that the jury might understand under what circumstances the act was committed by the prisoner, and that they might be the better able to ascertain the intent he haci in view. Serjeant Parry, at the close of the case for the prosecution, subrinted that there was no evidence to support the charge. The Act of Parliament under which the indictment was flamed was a highly penal one, and clearly was only intende i to apply to the case where the intent to cause injury to the passengers was made out in a satisfactory manner. In the present case he contended that if any intent at all was made out it was an jut ut to assault Mr. Neale, and that, taking into consideration the posi tion of the train at the time, it was idle to suppose that a missile such as that which had been produced could in any manner have affected its safety. Mr. Justice Erle, iu summing up, called the at tention of the jury to the precise terms of the statute, and told them that before they would be justified in convicting the prisoner th'-y mist be sadsfied that he had the intention at all events, of d)ing some serious bodily injury to the pas sengers in the train ; and if this was nut mane out they ought to acquit him. He then said that the conduct of Mr. Neale in putting his head oat of the carriage window was c,Ttai,dy very injudicious, and if they should think the stone was merely thrown with the intention to as sault him he was of opinion the present charge could not be supported. Tue jury almost immediately said they were all agreed thatithe prisoner was Not Guilty. There was a Mist of applause vvh-u the verdict was delivered, which was, however, cheAA by the officers. Mr. Justice Erie said he thought people ought to understand that nothing was more calculated to make a court of justice a public nuisance than that applause or the contrary should be , permitted at anything that took place in it. Th-le was another - indictment against the pri soner for a misdemeanour, in having attempted to commit the offence of which he was accused in the folater indictment. Mr. Creav raid that this charge res'ed entirely upon the same evidence, and, as ad the facts had been hid before Use jury, he toought tie was not upon to proce Al with the Er!c,,nd alter the decision they had come to. The 'ail way company, as he had before stated, had uo feeling whatever in the matter, and their only object in in terfering in the matter was the protection of the public. The jury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was ordered to be discharged from custody. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Marc 24. MANSION-HOUSE.—Jacob Mountenoy and Charles Oliver were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with being in unlawful possession of two 5/. Bank of England notes, under circumstances detailed in the following evidence : Michael Eiaydon, the detective officer, said— About 11 o'clock this morning I was on duty with Spittle, another officer, at the Bank of England. I saw the prisoner Muuntenoy standing at the south entrance of the Bank; in company with a young man, looking up the yard. I entered the hall of the Bank, and saw the prisoner Oliver standing at the counter where gold is exchanged for notes. I received a communication from Spittle, and upon seeing Oliver receive ten sovereigns from one of the clerks I told him I was an officer, and asked him where be obtained the two 5/. notes which he had just changed. He replied that ho had got them from his waste; Mr. Jones, a barber, at 45, Fleet-street. While we were speaking in the pas sage leading to the hall Mountenoy came in, and saw Oliver_ speaking to Spittle and myself, but passed us without recognising Lim. We went into the hall, and Spittle followed and spoke to him. I said to Oliver, "I saw that young man waiting owside ; do you know him ?" He replied, "Yes, that's the man that gave me the notes to change." I asked him if that was Mr. Soma, and he replied, "No, his name is Jacob Mountenoy." I remarked to him, " Why, you told me you bad them from Mr. Jones." He replied, " Well, the fact is, he had them from Mr. Jones, and he gave them to me." Mounteuoy was then brought back by Spittle, when I told him what Oliver bad said about receiving the notes from him. Mountenoy said he had given the notes to Oliver to get change for. Upon my questioning him, he said he found them in his shop yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock. I asked him why h e had &lit them to be changed with a wrong name and address on them. He told me that the name and address was ou the back when he found them. I asked him if he had wade any a t temp t t o fi n d the own e r, by inquiring at thearldress. Hu told me he bad not. Mountenoy said his shop was in Newmarket, Gravel-lane. He afterwards till me that it was in his shop, in Upper East Smithfield, that he found the notes. John Spittle, the detective officer, said al , out half-past ten o'clock this morning I was standing at the front of the Bank of England, when I saw Mountenoy and another young man. Shortly aferwards I entered the hall, and saw Oliver staue ing at the coun:er. I heard one of the clerks ask him what number in Fleet-street Mr. Jones lived at. H, made some reply, up.n which the clerk said, " Toat is not right, it is 95 " Mounteiloy entered the hall, and pass d Haydon, Oliver, and myself in the passage. I followed him ii:t • the hall, and asked him if he knew she young man he bad just pass-d in the passage. lie told me he did. I asked him if he knew what he came to the Bank for ? and he said he did nor. I told him that Oliver had brought two 5/. Bank of England notes to be changed, and asked him if be knew anything about them. He replied that he did not. I took him to Haydon, and afterwards head him say that he gave the notes to Oliver, and that he found them at his shop, f,c . ng St. Ka tharine's Docks, - yesterday afternoon be weep four and five o'clock. I baVe mAdeinqurie - ; at No. 9?, Fleet-street, which is the Old Bell Tavetn, but cannot find a person of the name of Jones there. Mountenoy, - in - arisWer to the charge, picked up the notes yes'erday afternoon, between four and five o'clock. I first thought they were • bits of paper, but afterwards discovered them to be notes. I met Oliver this morning, and asked him to get them changed. I did not much like trust ing him alone, so I and my friend wo.:obed h.m alt Thi , way th,,re. Oliver jaid—Mountenoy aQkecl me to get the notes changed for him, and as I had nothing to do, I went to the Bank. The prisoners were remanded. BOW-STREET.—A young man - named Godfrey Knowleg, a privat , l in the Coldstream Guards, was brought up on rem And on a charge of attempting to murder Charles Hammerton, a sergeant in the same regiment. Late on the night of the 23d of February, Knowles, who bad been several days absent, re turnsd to barracks someivhst the worse for liqu tr. He took off his boots and began throwing tient about the room, to the disturbance of the other men, who were in bed. Himmerton, beitz ser geant of the guard, remonstrated with the prisoner, who however persisted, and on being threatened with confinement in the gnat d-room, said that he did not care ; he could go to tie guard-room. H had had seven yt ars, and he would have 20 fo' Hammerton. The latter got up, and desired tvo men to dress and assist him to t Ike the prisoner to tie guard-room. Defendant then went to his kit, from whi ch, no doubt, he took t he razor which he aft er wards made use of. He left the tutus, as it to g to the guard-room, but after a few minutes re turned, and, taking the sergeant unaware=, at tacked him and slashed him across his breast, neck, and face, inflicting a series of severe wounds upon him. 11:1.111M , rton struggle I with him, threw him on the bed, and wear to the further end of the room to ask assistance from one of the men. It. was then for the first time perceived thit the sergeat, was wounded, for though the men hid seen the prisoner strike at 'him, they did not know that he had any weapon in his hand. He was about to re new the attack on the sergeant, when the later escaped by a window which had been opened for him by James Pemberton, one of the private-. Pemberton then went up to tee itrisouer and ordsred him to " stand." He said w•th an oath that he would cut Pemberton's throat to .. Raub rton cowed him by brandishing a musket ovar his head, and he was then seiz-d by a corporal and two of the men. An open :azor was then taken from his hand. When removed to ihe guard-room he said, " I am not at ad sorry for what I have .lone." Hammert. n, who was fainting from loss of blood, w s conveyed to the military hospital, where hr rem tined until Monday evening. The prisoner was brought to this court on the 24th February, and remanded from time to time till yesterday. Mr. James Wardrop, surgeon to the Grenadier Guards, now attended, and said that he saw HUD- Inerton when first b ouslit to the h tspital. Eli was then in a very dangerous state. He was now suffi ciently recovered to leave the hospital, and heir was no longer any danger, but wou d pro‘tably be some time before he wool recover his stren g tn. Harnmerton, who is a fine manly looking fellow, with a t.aedsonte countenanc e acrd solderly t eating, and who wears a Crimean 'nett .1 with four elasi.s. c tufirmed the previous evidence as to the circum stances of the attack. Hts had n ver quirrell,d with the prisoner, who had not, as far as he knew, any previous malice, and certainly wo cause for it. The prisoner said he had no recollection of wha , had occurred. The sergeant was a fellow-towns man of his and the very last man whom he would wish to injure. He supposed it was the drink as done it." Mr. Henry committed him on the capital charge of attempt to murder. WESTMINSTER.—James Ford was fluidly examined, charged with stealing a valuable Skyk terrier, the property of Mrs. Rob Arts, of Broinpton-,quare. The circumstances of the case have been before detailed. It will be remembered that about fie weeks ago Mrs. Rob at=, accompanied by the dog, was iu the neighbourhood of her own house, w.: en prisoner threw something s-ft, resemblioz putty, to the animal, which was in a minute afterwarts missed. Subsequently, through the agency of a man named Fanner, offers were made to rest dog, which was dead, frr a sovereign, and Mrs Robarts, accompanied by her servant, went to .Newton-street, Hol , iorti, to identify the dog, and :here ga.ve the prisoner, who had possession of it into custo'iy, the other man es,li.ping, as it was alleged, through the negligence, f t .e p lice. On the pri-ouer being placed in the dock the police-serg,ant of the E dmvis on, in explanation of the nnputation thrown upon the police, sa d—T at Mrs. Robatts, 11 , .r servant, Farmer, and the pri soner, all came vdontatily to the stat , on with a cab. As ho understood the matter it was a dispute between the lady and the prisoner abouL the reco very of a dog, and he did not know until subse quently that the accused was stealing the nog. No ot . .er person was charged before him, nor did he see the second wan spoken of at all. He had in quired of the differ, nt m n who were cowing it;to the station at the tun,. for duty, but none of thAn knew anything of the circumstances. M: s. R ,barts rep-attd, tha' seeing two or three policemen tone her, she pai n ted t o the prisoner', companion, an t said, " Ttlat is the man who atuie rey,dog—take him." lir. - Paynter. said it was obvious that there must have been some ruisundentandiug aliouL the thing, which was very natural in the excitement of the mowent. Inspector Cummings intimated that Farmer knew every dog sealer in Loudon, and might have wish, d. the other man to escape. Farmer, who admitted he kliew almost all h e "dog men," stated that he interested himself at the requesl, of Mrs. RobArtti, to endeavour to recover her dog, and went with I,er descrined. In rep y to au i.,quiry fr,im Mr. Pa) Ili er, witness set a yams of 5/. upon tue dog whs.'n isioner pretended teat he picked up the clf g deal im the street the morning he was given into custody. Mr. - Punter said that that was a very unlikely story. There could'not be tie sligiest doubt, from the evidence, that be was tilt man who stole the dog, and he was determined to make what he could of i. afterwards. There were very few offences of a mote serious character than. dog -stealing ; was an of fence committ. d for the purpose of extorting money from the p -rs. rotibed by preying upon theirkiudly feelings. Dogs were stolen to which great value was attached bytheir possessors, and large sums of money, perh :ps infinitely beyond their intrinsic worth, extorted for their restoration. Many person, might lose their watches, or have their bou-es broken into, and think less of either titan losing a iavourite dig. As prisoner, however, had not b. previously convicted, he would give h in an oppor tunity of paying a fine. He then ordered him to pay W., the value of the dog, and 101. p, nalty. He was committed in defaultforihree. months. LAMBETH.—THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NUISANCE Thomas Goose, lite a constable belonging to the L division of police, attended before the Hon. G. C. Notion, io discharge of his bail, to meet tw.) charges, the oi:e for the wlstructing as a " tout" to a photographic shop the public highway in the Westwi,sitr-ro-td, and the other for assaulting a young married female. The Inspector of the Police informed the magi strate that since the gdjournmen of the charge fur obstructing the highway against the detondant of Saturday last, he hod wai ed on the photographists in the Westinins•er-road, of whom there wore no less than nine, and put the question to all whether they were agreeable to close their places, and di-- continue taking likenesses on the Sun , lay, and only tbree out of the nine wuuld oin-ent to d.. so. The others said that Sunday was their hest day, that iu fact. they made quite en -ugh on that day to pay the whole of their expen-es, and the reason they gave for its being their most lucrative day was that the labouring or servant class, who were their best customers, appeared on that day ti4eir smartest clothes, and in those they wished their likenesses taken. Mr. Nor ton remarked that the consequences of their persisting in such a cuutae, and creating such a nui-ance ou the S Lbhath day, would hi die carry ing of acme stringent legislative enactment to put down such prac'ice ,, , pa,tkularly on the Sunday. Harriet Burnes, a young warded t em ,' ~ said that on that-day week she was go i ng past Ast ey's Theatre, in conversation with a "fluor-keep e r," i.e., a " whom she was t a out toaccom -1 ou ," parry to his "gallery" to have her likeness taken, when the defendant came from the other side of the street; seize I her by the shoulder, and slung her ronwt so vi , lntly as to hurt her very much, and her impres,ion at the time was that he was in liquor. • Eu cross-examination by Mr. Gwynne, who ap p iared for ihe defendant, lie wi, n-ss ockilowledged t ,at she was acquainted with anotlitr "tout," who had given"G,nse a black eye, and who was ch-aged with that t,ft.qice at this (lona oo that day w. ek, but denied that she had been inducud to pi efei the present charge by the police or the persons in op position to Mr. Billing, Goose's employer. Mr. Norton o! served that the conduct of the defendant was most improper, and convicted him in the penalty of 20s and expenses for the assault, and ss. for the ob,truetion, with expenses. Summonses weie also • heard against two of the fraternity named Kerby and Nails, for sticking out projections on the pavement with likenesses. They were fined 10s. each and expenses. Mr. Norton directed the p lice to keep a sharp look out, with'a view of putting down so serious a nuisance as that couiplaked of. 1 MkR CII 25, 18581 HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TEE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar General.) The deaths regi-o ered in I.o)ndon decreased from 1,487 in the, previous week to 1,431 in the week that ended last Saturday (March 20). The decrease is not great, and the mortality is still unusually high ; for though the weather has been bright and genial during the week its effect is not immediately seen, to its full extent, in the shortening of the long list of deaths. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the week corresponding with last week was 1,198 ; but, as the - deaths of last week occurred in an increased population, they can only be compared with the average; after the latter is raised iyoporliottally to the increase—a correc tion which will wake it 1,318. Hence it appears that 113 p i.sons died last week, who would have survived if a mortality not higher than the average rate hat ruled. _ _ . compaliNg the facts of the last two weeks it will be seen that of the Rye classes of disease, only that which comprista "local diseases" exhibit any important variation of numbers. Diseases of the orgaus or circulation decreased from 67 fatal cases , n the preceding week to 49 last week; those of the respiratory organs from 366 to 333 ; those of the organs (.f digestion from 58 to 45. Aud under the ,-eiond of tile , e he ,d 4 the decrease appears to qave kien chiefly in the deaths from asthma ; for the resp dive numbers in the two weeks were from hri,nchi is 207 and 192, from pneumonia 112 and 111, :And from asthma 26 and 14. The corrected ,verage of bronchitis in corresponding weeks is 139. The present re-urn exhibits a considerable in.-rease in the mortality of whooping-cough, for in three p , evious weeks the deaths from it were sucA:essively 53, 52, 69, and last week they were 83. Last week the births of 1,026 boys and 934 girls, in all 1,960 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848- 57, the average number was 1,639. Country IVlarkets. EDINBUR4H HAY AND STRAW MARKET MAR on 23. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s Od to 9s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 8s 0,1 to 9s ed. ; barley do., VS Od to 8 ud. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MARau 23. There were in the market to•day 12 sacks oatmeal, itaab weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 36s 6d and —e, DALKE[TH MEAT, MARKET—MARea 22. Therd were in the market to-day 5 bags of oatmeal, oof , arleyineal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. )atmeal, por sack of 2801bs That. Second. Third. imperial darleymeal, per ditto --s Od —s Od —a td 2easemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —a Od ....3 id Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od —a Od —a Od DUBLIN. 35A.Ren 23. White wheat, 27 , 01 to 29. Od , red ditto, 24s Od to 26s 61 ditto new, - sOl ; barley, malting, 13s to 17s 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; oa.s, old, 11s to 14s tid; ditto, new, -"3 01 to —8 Oil , oatmeal, 13s to 15s Od; bere, new, 14a to 15s k)d ; rapes- d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; haikois' flour, 14s 6d to 19s 01 per cwt; Indian corn, 339 01 to 35a Od per 180 lbt. COAL WARKEI Prices of Coals per ton a -MARCH 21. the close of the market Wallaend, ate. s. d. Canfield Moor l3 0 Canfield Moor Butes 13 0 Bebside's Hartley 14 0 riates's West Hartley 12 t; Hastings Hartley l4 6 AO ugn,lge's Wst Hartley 14 9 Bell's Primrose l2 t dtl'pool West Hartley 14 0 s el. Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 6 Cassop • 15 6 deugu Hall 14 6 letton l7 0 Liraddyll l5 9 Lambton l6 0 4osforth l3 3 Wayne's Merthyr 20 0 whitworth l4 3 acorn Close l4 9 itewal Tees l6 6 t, 73 ; sold 34. "'::iieand, ~e flaswoll 16 t Eden I'l-tin l4 (.1 Keiper Graiaga ...16 t Ships at mark, LOCAL SBA RR MA RKBTA. LIVERPOOL-MARCH 24. STOCK EXCHANGE—The market bas been heavy to-clay, with very Hale business doing. Leeds Northern, 23i 4i — Chester and liAybeaos, 194 - Birkenheads, 70 to 714 — Great Western 581 9—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89 —Sheffields, 3-i ' 2 .---Midlands, 97 4—North British, 13 Berwicks, 221 3—York and North Midland, 372 ~— Londo❑ and North Western, 95t i—Dovers, 20t Estein Counties, 11a 11 16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 11 a - Great Western of Canada, 19i 2 Dutch Rhenish, 31 2 d.—East Litncashire, 84—Caledonian", 434 4. BIRMINGIIA M., Marton 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was very dull to-day, and prices of shares closed the same as last evening. Birmingham and Stour Valleys, BA—Great Westerns, 59 —south Staffords, 10 —Birmingham Banking Com pany, 29. WANCHESTER, MARCH 24 STOOK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair business doing to-day, and prices were a shade lower. Leeds, 894 — Ditto, new, d.—East Lanc a shire, 881—Sheffields, 38} —Great Western of Canada, new, 2 d —Eastern Coun ties, 11i—Midlands, 9711 —Trunks, lit —.Dovere, 20 15-16—Norfolk, 601. [Anyzarzszntsrrl—The intelligent portion of the public can no longer remain inattentive to the convincing personal evidence which has been given by Fifty Thousand respectable ndividuals, as to the extraordinary cures t ffected by Messrs. Du Barry's Revaleuta Arabica Food, in various stages of the undermentione maladies, and after medicine had utterly foiled, or had, in many cases aggravated the original Symp toms : dyspepsia (indigestion), constipation, functional irre gularity, obstructions, acidity, cramps, spasms, fits, heart. burn, diarrhoea, nervousness, biliousness, affections of the liver and kidneys; flatulency, distension, palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears giddiness, pains between the shoulders, and in almost every part of the b dy, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, eruptions on the skin, scurvy, fever, scrofula, impurities, poverty of blood, consumption (if not beyond human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, influenza, grippe, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spleen, general debility, paralysis, cough, asthma, tightness across the chest, phlegm, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blush ing, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study„ de. lusions, less of memory, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaus tion, melancholy, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, &. Amongst those who have joined in this magnificent testimonial of gratitude are such men as the Rght Hon. Lord Stuart de Decies, the Venerable Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross ; Major-General King ; Captain Parker Bingham, R.N., &c., die. The catalogue likewise includes the names of hundreds of ladies, who, with a noble resolution, overcoming for humanity's sake their natural repugnance to publicity, have come forward to de scribe their long-continue& .sufferings under the anguish of disease, and th: misery of fruitless medicine-taking, and their final delivery from all this wret hedness by the use of the light and agreeable Revalenta Food. In numbers of in stances it has been the salvation of women in pregnancy, and of delicate nurses and infants • and the duration of chronic diseases, which it has effectually overcome (after all other methods of cure had been used in vain)' wag in some cases, upwards of sixty years. If we de. aignata the discovery of this food as the greatest physii:al blessing which the good fortune and ingenuity of an individua have yet conferred upon the human specie'', we feel that we are speaking quite within bounds ; and we can only express our hopes, for the sake of society at large, tlit the use of this inestimable preparation may become as universal as its capacities for good are certain and inexhaustible. Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A Ilre,• Dr. Shorland; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen, Thomas King, and many other respectable per sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instruc tions, In canisters, 11b. 2s, 9d.; 210. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 121 b 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free on re. oeipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 72; Regent-street, London. Import;nt Caution against the fear. ful dangers of spurious imitations.---The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Woid granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating "Ds Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. JACOB—On the 2?d inst., at 2, Artillery-place, Finsbury square, Mrs. E. Jacob; of a son. MONTRESSOR—On the 15th inst., at the Lawn, Walmer, the wife of. Captain F. B. Montreasor, R.N., of a daughter. SOWERBY—On the 21st inst., at the Grange, Warley, near Halifax, the wife of J. E. Sowerby, Esq., of a eon. MARRIAGES. COX —TRAVERS —On the 23d inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, William Travers Cox, Esq., to Josephine Ellen, the youngest daughter of Major Travers, Ports mouth. RUSSELL—LoYxs—Oa the 24th inst., at St. George's, Hunover.square, Mr. James Russell, of Clapham-road, to Hannah Loyns, late of Beccles, Suffolk. DEATH, ASHTON—On the 22d inst., a" 13, King.etreet, Holborn, ""denlY, Richard Ashton, Eq ., Ia e t of Lloyd's Coffee house, aged 67. AUSTIN- Oo the 21st inst., Mr. John Austin, Efornsey road, Holloway, aged 64. DANGERFIELD- On the 16th inst. at. Trentnor, Isle of Wight, the Rev. R. G. Danger6e ls , aged 34 . GOODCHEAP —Oa the 22d inst., at 24, CElswell-street, Mr. Joseph Goodolleap, aged 33. IBOTSON—On the 2AI inst., at Wraysbury, Richard Mot son, Esq., aged 60. RANFURLY— On the 21st inst., A Dungannon-park, tho Esti of Ranfarly, aged 71. WALRER—On the . 9th inst., at Orchard House, Teig'n• mouth, Devon, Edward Dering Walker, Esq., M.D. YORE—On the 21st inst., the Bev. Philip Wynne Yorke, for 46 years sector of South Shoebury, Essex, aged 70. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNC, of No. 112, 3t: and. Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the• Precinct of the Savoy, in the couisiy of lifidd+ooex, Thursday, March 25, 1858.