The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. ------- SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tnis EVENING). • The LORD CRANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of NORFOLK presented a petition from Horsham, complaining, of the decision of the Lords Justices, and praying that Dissenters might be allowed to administer trust funds of Grammar Schools. VATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were read a second time :—Bagnelstown and Wexford Railway, Belfast and County Down Railway, Bury St. Edmunds Gas, Commercial Dock Acts Amendment, Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Dublin and Wicklow Railway, Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramway ; Aberdare and Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway • Greenwich and South Eastern Docks ; Holyrood and Bangor Railway ; Ipswich (Borough) Fishing ; Liverpool New Exchange Build ings; Liverpool Sanitary; Madras Irrigation Canal Company; Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland ; (Cavan to Clones), Midland Great Western Rail wa y of . Ireland (Liffey Branch), National Fire and Life In surance Company of Scotland, Newcastle-under - Ly ne Burgesses Lands, Newry and Armagh Ra ilwa y , Nor wich Corn Exchange, Norwich New Stree ts, Peo p le's Provident Assurance Society, Pneumatic Post Company, Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, Railwa ACearing System, Scarborough Gas, Standard Life ssurance Society, Thames Watermen and Lightermen, Tralee and Killarney Railway, Trinity-House, Leith ; Ulster Rail way, and Victoria (London) Docks. THE CLOCK TOWER. Lord CAMPBELL complained of the tardy manner in which the works connected with the Clock Tower were prosecuted. He thought that such :a circumstance was a standing disgrace to the nation. He gave notice that on an early day he should put a question to her Majesty's Government as to the time in which it was ex pected the works would be completed. C OPYH OLD CONVEYANCE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. Fawcett respecting the present state of copy hold conveyance. The noble and learned lord said the law on the subject was in a very defective state, and entailed great loss and in j ur y upon the owners of land. He therefore thought it would be highly desir able to pass a law which would remedy the grievance so generally complained of ; and with this view he hoped shortly to introduce a measure with that object. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was impossible at that moment to discuss the provisions of the noble and learned lord's bill, as it was not before their lordships, but the remarks that he had addressed to the house would re ceive the best consideration of the Government. He had however alluded to the Govesnment bill, which, to a certain extent, related to the subject, but he thought it an incon venient practice to speak on complicated legal questions in an indefinite and vague manner. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. The Earl of AIRLIE asked her Majesty's Government whether it was their intention during the present session to introduce a measure for the improvement of the system of education in Scotland. The noble lord addressed a few observations to their lordships, in which he allluded t• the state of the schools in Scotland, to the very low salaries paid to schoolmasters, and to the cumbrous machinery which had to be put in motion to obtain the dismissal of a schoolmaster who had shown himself incapable to properly discharge his duties. Thho Earl of DERBY said it was desirable that the salaries of schoolmasters should be increased, but whenever the sum was introduced there was so much difference of opinion that up to the present time the point remained unsettled. He could not at the present time say the Go vernment were prepared to introduce a bill on the subject, although he should be much pleased if a moderate mea sure could be framed. He could only say that his learned friend the Lord Advocate was to communicate with the heritors, and if he should be enabled to bring forward a bill it would afford him much pleasure. At the present moment the only answer he could give the noble earl was, that Government would give the subject their most earnest attention. • Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tms DAY). The SPE.A.KEIL took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. WHITESIDE took the oaths and his scat for tho Uni versity of Dublin. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented praying for the repeal of the duty on paper; that persons employed in the suburban and provincial districts should be placed on the same footing with reference to superannuation as the employees in the General Post-office in the metropolis ; for the admission of Dissenters to the trusteeship of Grammar Schools and other foundations; and in favour of Parliamentary Refon SMITHFIELD MARKET. At the request of Mr. WALroLE, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed till Monday next the following question, of which he had given notice—Whether anything decisive had been determined on with regard to the vacant site of the late Smithfield Market, if so, when it was likely a decision on the subject would be arrived at by her Majesty's Government ? THE INDIAN LOAN. Mr. ROBERTSON asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in the event of a loan being authorised to be raised in this country, any authority that might have been given to Lord Canning to raise money by loan or deben tures, at six per cent. per annum, would be at once can celled ; and whether the Five per Cent Loan, now opened in Calcutta, would be closed ? Lord STANLEY said that he would postpone his reply to the question until the house went into committee on the Indian Loan, when he would make a statement on the subject. RECRUITING IN THE ARMY. Captain VIVIAN asked the Secretary for War whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to appoint a committee or royal commission to inquire into the whole system of recruiting in the army? General PEEL said it was the intention of the Govern ment, with her Majesty's concurrence, to appoint a royal commission on the subject. ENDOWED SCHOOLS IN IRELAND. Sergeant DEASY asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land whether it was the intention of the Government to in troduce any measure on this subject,,and if so, at whattimo he would be prepared to introduce the measure ? Lord NAAS said Government intended to introduce such a measure, but he could not state the day when it would be brought forward. THE DAN ÜBIANPROVINCES--THE ARMY ESTIMATES. On the motion for the adjournment of the house till Monday, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in rising on that motion ho wished to make a few observations with reference to the motions on the paper brought forward when such adjournment was moved. Out of eight ques tions seven of them were on subjects that might legiti mately be brought before the house, but one of them was relative to a matter that should not have been introduced at that time. The terms of the motion were the following : "To call the attention of the house to the organisation of the Danubian Provinces, in as far as it is affecttd by the election of Alexander John Sourza to be Hospodar of Wallachia, he having been previously elected Hospo dar.of Moldavia." That motion referred to a most important subject, which it would be most incon venient to consider in the house at that time. He would not then enlarge on the question, as at the present moment the conference at Paris on the subject was about to be revived. It would not be desirable to bring it forward on that occasion ; and, when brought forward, it should be in a more formal manner. Lord J. RUSSELL said he concurred with the right hon. gentleman (the Chanchellor of the Ex chequer), that the question contained in the motion should not have been raised on the motion for the adjourn ment of the house. He would take that opportunity of asking the Secretary of State for the War Department whether he was serious in the intention which he had ex pressed of going into the war estimates on Monday next. was the usual practice that the navy estimates should be taken first. Sir De L. EVANS hoped that in bringing forward these estimates the hon. and gallant Secretary would make some general statement on th e su bj ect. General PEEL said that he merely proposed to get the power to raise the n ecessary number of soldiers for the public service, without asking for money, and if op posed to th e w i s h es of the house he any y uld withdraw it for the present. Mr. STAPLETON, in withdrawing the motion alluded to, gave notice that he would bring the subject forward again. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. HUTT called the atten tion lotb. Nov .B:isfB the house to a letter dated Foreign-office, signed G. Hammond, purporting to be a communication froitl_ the Earl of Malmes bury to the Chamber of Commerce of Greenock, on the subject of the Navigation Laws. LETTERS TO THE COLONIES. Mr. A. STEUART asked the Secretary to the Treasury w h e ther any complaints had reached him regarding the OA • non -delivery of letters pos m humountry for the colo part,orotei- nies ; and if so, whether he couldgest any remedy, by rendering it optional to pre-pay wholly or in wise ? Sir S. NORTHCOTE said that there certainly h ad been some complaints with respect to the non _ delivery of letters posted in this country for Australia a number of which, it was stated, had n o t reached their destination. The Government had made inquiries, but could not ascertain the cause of the non delivery. In cases where the letters had been prepaid in money probably the postmasters had appropriated the money, and•the only remedy he could suggest was that letters should be prepaid in stamps. THE FOREIGN OFFICE. Sir BENJAMIN HALL asked the First Commissioner of Works to state the reasons which induced him to adopt the plan for the re-construction of the Foreign Office to which the third premium was adjudged, and to reject those plans to which the first and second premiums were awarded ; also, whether he would have . any objection to place in cne of the committee rooms the three sets of plans as they were exhibited in Westminster hall, in order that the members of the House of Commons might have the opportunity of seeing them before any the further steps were taken in relation to the design to which yd premium was given. Lord .1 MANNERS vindicated the course pursued by the to. select comm itt ee i n th e a d op ti on a ll u d e d honourabl e members wished to re-examine lf the three o r i,,i nta placed in a committee-room designs he had no objection to their being ft-roont for that purpose. Ile asked the house to give the Executive fair play, and not interfere in the matter at the pr e After a few words rein HALL,rirttiugn.e. Sir G. LEWIS defended subject, late Government, who had brought in a bill on the eceived from the had been thrown out by the opposition it r present Government. Mr. TI'L'E said that in the observati o n tue he had made on a a m tto e n rits he fthcoeutghlitet, ad previous occasion, the only question, be fore the house was the res • Italian architecture. He thought the o lord pro posed t' commit himself to an expenditunreobloef which h thehe a d no idea, in throwing open the estimate tenders of builders of which he had no practical knowledge. H e thought that the house should have an opportunity of judging ibr the n s elves, a n l re p eated h is o bjections to - tlte pr )posed incorgruity of the style selected by the noble lord for the new offices. Mr. CONINGHA.M opposed the adoption of the Gothic architecture in the proposed building. Lord PALMERSTON said, that under all the circura st fines the late Government could not be accused of incon t i tency in :0 pect to this question, and the present Go vernment • ought not to have made their se lection from those who had not obtained the first prize. He agreed with the honourable member for Bath, that before they incurred the expense of designs and estimates, they should have an opportunity of de ciding on the style of architecture to be adopted. He was strongly opposed to the Gothic style for the War-offices, which should be gay and light out side and light and airy inside. (Laughter.) They had not a large amount of sun in this climate, and these buildings should be so constructed as to admit all the light from the exterior, and reflect all the light in the interior. (Renewed laughter.) THE ACCOUNTS AND STORES AT WEEDON. Mr. TURNER called the attention of the house to the reasons why the Royal Commissioners for inquiry into the state of the books and stores at Weedon, Woolwich, and the Tower, are unable at present satisfactorily to make their report. CLEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieut.-Colonel John Home Purves to be one of the Grooms of the Privy Chamber in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Rear- Admiral Courtenay Edmund William Boyle, deceased. WHITEI.I4LL, FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie' Courtenay, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon of her Majesty's Free Chapel of Saint George, in her Majesty's Castle of Windsor, void by the death of the Rev. Charles Proby. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Binny Scott as Consul in the Island of Ceylon for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Hector Zimelli, Esq., to be Superintendent of Police; Ferdinando cenzo Inglott, Esq., to be Comptroller of the Charitable Institutions Giovanni Vella, Esq., to be Collector of Land Revenue ; Guisepp‘Montanaro, Esq., to be Cashier of the Local Treasury; and Giovanni Battista Trapani, Esq., to be Assistant in the Chief Secretary's Office and Clerk to the Council for the Island of Malta. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Eldred Mowbray Cole, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 16. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. fr Town and Port of Hythe—Mayer Amschel de Roths shad, commonly called the Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, in the room of Sir John Wm. Ramsden, Bart ., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. Borough of Greenwich—David Salomon! Esq., of Great Cumberland-place, Hyde-park, one of the Aldermen of the city of London. BOARD OF TRADE. WHITEHALL, FEB. 17. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, reporting that the Portuguese Government has entered into a contract with the Mercantile Union Company for a steam packet to leave Lisbon on the 12th of every month for the ports of St. Michael, Terceira, St. George, and Fayal, and on the sth of every month for the ports of St. Jago, St. Thomas, Ambriz, Coanda, Benguella, and Mossamedes. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, an extract from a Despatch from the Governor of British Colombia, stating that the Port of Victoria, in Vancouver's Island, is declared the port of entry for British Colombia, until arrangements have been made to collect duties at some point on Fraser's River. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Josiah Merrils, of Epworth, in the county of Lincoln, Gentleman, to be a Com nussioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chan cery in England, under the Act of Parliament passed for the relief of her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish religion. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL FEB. 18. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Arthur Cooper, from the 6th Foat, to be Captain l paying the difference between infantry and cavalry, vice Stillman, who ex changes, receiving the same. 2d Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Grieve to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Moodie, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Russell England to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Simpson, who retires. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Mills to be Cap tain, without purcnase, vice Brevet-Major Hamilton, deceased Cornet William Napier Carleton to be Lieu tenant, Nice Mills, 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Shirley Ball to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wynniatt, who has re tired ; Welfrid Brougham, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Vandeleur, promoted. Military Train—Cornet Charles Williams, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cater, promoted. Grenadier Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Charles Algernon Lewis to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles W. Ridley, C. 8., promoted to the rank of Major-General; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Arthur Lambert to be Major, without purchase, vice Lewis ; Lieutenant and Captain Sidney Burrard to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Lambert. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Henry D. Erskine to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Scott, deceased. 2d Regiment of Foot—Cornet George Herbert Woodard, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Stokes, pro moted. 4th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Vavasour Lane, from the Staff , to be Assistant-Surgeon. 6th Foot—:Captain James Stillman, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Cooper, who exchanges. 9th Foot—Surgeon James Carroll, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Thornton, who exchanges. 11th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Wilton Everet, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 17th Foot—Surgeon James Edmund Clutterbuck, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon. To be Assistant-Surgeons —Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Allan, M.D., from the Staff, vice Bone, promoted to the Staff; Assistant-Sur geon Wm. Chalmers, from the Staff. 18th Foot—Surgeon George Wm. Peake, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon. 21st Foot—Ensign John Blaksley to be Instructor of Mus ketry; Surgeon Thomas Llewellyn Nash, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon. 24th Foot—Surgeon James Lewis Holloway, from the Staff, to be Surgeon. 25th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon Edward Parks Gamble has been permitted to resign his commission. 29th Foot—Ensign William Boycott, to be Instructor of Musketry. 36th Foot—Lieut. F. W. Harris to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Rainsford, who retires ; Ensign the Hon. C. J. F. Powys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Harris. 40th Foot—Ensign Dennis Jackson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Buckle, promoted. 44th Foot—Ensign A. R. Trimmer to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Ingham, promoted. 60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. C. M'Tavish, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 66t1r Foot—Captain W. T. Gordon to be Major, without purchase, vice Davenport, deceased; Lieut. E. J. Storey to be Captain without purchase, vice Gordon ; Ensign J. H. Mardon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Storey. 67th Foot—George G. C. H. Holmes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Creyke, promoted. 68th Foot—Major Henry Harpur Greer to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Blount, who retires ; Brevet- Major Frederick Stuckley Savage to be Major, by pur chase, vice Greer. 82d Foot—Captain Patrick Hunter, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, vice Barron, who exchanges. 87th Foot— Captain Robert Gibson, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice Fane, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached majority. 94th Foot—Captain James Buchanan has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 96th Foot—Captain William Barron, from the 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Hunter, who exchanges. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Captain Thomas Han rahan, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major MacGregor, who exchanges. STAFF. William Mansergh Alma, Esq., to be Paymaster of De tachments at the Gambia. UNATTACHED. Brevet-Major John Forster, from the Gth Dragoon Guards, to be Major, by purchase. Captain Francis Fane, from the 87th Foot, to be Major, without purchase. Lieutenant Baker Creod Russell, from the Gth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, by purchase. Lieutenant Robert Gibson, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. _ . Inspector-General Daniel Scott, M.D., from half-pay, to be Insrector.•General of Hospitals. Surgeon Robert Thornton, from the 9th Foot, to be Sm.- geon, vice Carroll, who exchanges. BREVET. _ _ Brevet-Major John Coiawler, 73d Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Army. The undermentioned promotions to take place, consequent on the decease of Lieutenant-General James Claud Bourehier, K.C., Colonel of the 3d Dragoon Guards, on the 12th February, 1859. Major-General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.8., Colonel of the 33d Regiment, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet -Colonel C. W. Ridley, C. 8., of the Grenadier Guards, to be Major-General. Brevet- Lieutenant -Colonel John Gray, Captain on half pay unattached, to be Colonel. Colo ne Majo l. r Henry Saute s D ay, o f t h e 99 t h F oot, to b e Lieut-. Capt. Thos. Smith, half-pay Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. litmoulxnA. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick J. Phillott has b een permitted to retire from the S erv i ce by th e sale of an unattached majority, for the purpo se o f b ecom i ng a settler in Canada. Ca plain Frederick Gordon Steward, upon half-pay of the I"gth Foot, has been permitted to retire from the service by 1 - e - sale of his commisdsion, for the purpose of becoming a settler t in New Zealand. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT, County of Kent —Sir Richard Tufton, Bart ., to — b e D eputy Lieutenant. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—Thomas Fanner Dailey, Gent., to be Secon d Lieutenant, vice Bartra m , pr !noted. Montgomeryshire—The Hon. Sudely Charles George Handel Tracey to . be Deputy Lieutenant ; Richard Long, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—. Thomas Win. Kinder, Esq., to be Captain, vice John C. Flood, removed from the strength of the regiment ; Robert Hem" , MacLoghlin, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Henry Pyne Iliffernan, whose commission has been cancelled. MEMORANDA.—West York Rifle Regiment of Militia — The commission of Ensign Thomas Leonard Hill has been cancelled. sth Regiment of West York Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by Ensign Edward Whitacre Davies. , BANKRUPTS. Richard Henry Longstaff, draper, Brewer-street, Somer s Town. to surrender Feb. 25, at half-past eleven, and April 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Hewitt, corn-factor, late of Chatham, March 2, at half-past one, and April 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joshua Scott, cloth manufacturer, Thackley, Yorkshire, March 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. William Williams, grocer ' Newport, Monmouthshire, March 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Joseph Gibbons Vickers, licensed victualler, Liverpool, March 3 and 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. William Henry Newton, builder, Stratford, Feb. 26, at eleven, and March 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Dawson, worsted manufacturer, Wakefield, March 3, and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Coulson Taylor, house decorator, Conduit-street, Hanover-square, March 1, at one, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Bould, boot maker, Wolverhampton, March 3 and 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. James Purssell, confectioner, Cornhill, and Herne-hill, S ur rey, March 3at two, and April 1 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Langdale, innkeeper and butcher, Brompton, Yorkshire, March 8, at twelve, and April 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. _ _ Bernhard Polak, foreign importer and dealer, Broad street Buildings, March 1, at half-past two, and March 29, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Drew Ewing, property agent, Glasgow. Alex. Gray Simpson, coalmaster, Glasgow. :David Low Erskine, farmer, Drumkilbo, Perthshire. THE ' SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY-EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1859. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday ; the 16th day of February, 1859: , ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued. £33,539,330 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 19,064,330 Silver Bullion .... - 433,539,330 1.33,539,330, BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Seen tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposit s (in- nutty) X10,696,147 eluding Excite- Other Securities 16,442,460 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of Na- Coin 682,82 tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 7,620,255 Other Deposits 14,538,898 Seven Day and other Bills 799,948 £40,871,422 1 M. N £10,871,422 lIARSITALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Feb. 17,1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 15th day of Feb., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 29s Od Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 3ls 111 d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 24s 10td Average price of the foregoing 3oe 11-d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 1 7' 11 18f Antwe Brussels . -25 321 1 25 37i Hamburgh ' 13 6 13 61 Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 371 Frankfort on Maine —118 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 351 351 Madrid Cadiz — 491 49 Leghorn — 29 70 29 75 Genoa — 25 50 25 55 Naples Palermo — 1214 1211 Messina — 1211 121 f Lisbon Oprto Rio Janeiro New York . E.I. Co's bls, Houle Ms. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24i Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24i East India. Company's Bills drawn, from the 24th ult, to the Bth inst. _ _ _ ,Bengal 'Madras Bombay LO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. 317 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 6 1 THE REPORT OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORS. The reports of the four inspectors of factories is published; it bears date Dec. 10, 1858. The joint report calls the attention of the Secretary of State to the great extent of working beyond the number of hours daily to which young persons and women are restricted, and of the encroachments upon the time reserved for their meals. Scotland presents a most striking contrast in this respect. Since the last report a considerable improvement has taken place in most of the branches of trade. The total number of machinery accidents in the half-year ended Oct. 31 last was 1,802, of which 880 happened to males and 922 to females ; 31 of these were fatal. The non-machinery accidents numbered 84, and of these 10 were fatal. The total number of informations lodged was 522, and 335 convictions took place. One convict, being unable to pay the penalty of his offence, was incarcarated for two months ; his name is David Semple. The experience of nearly a quar ter of a century (Mr. Horner reports) has proved the wisdom of the humane legislation of Parliament for the benefit of those employed in factories, and the fallacy of the prophecies of its obstinate oppo nents. Millowners have repeatedly . told him that the Factory Acts have immensely improved the character, manners, and general condition of the operatives, and facts are adduced to show that they have in no wise interfered with the progress and improvement of trade. That further legislation, especially for the protection of young persons, is very desirable, the reports of the inspectors go far to prove, the unscrupulous evasions of some of the millowners being most reprehensible. Mr. Horner denounces a Mr. Win. Bracewell, of Barnoldswick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near Colne, in Lancashire, as, " by habit and repute, a deliberate violator of the law in regard to illegal working." The indifference of parents to the educational clauses of the Factory Acts is still to be deplored, and it is suggested by Mr. Redgrave that full-time employment might be made to depend upon the possession of an educational as well as a surgical certificate. Mr. Baker reports that the panic of 1857 is almost forgotten in his district, and that confidence is completely restored. The cycle of good and bad times diminishes as machinery in creases, while the changes from one to the other happen more frepuently as the demand for raw material increases with it. Mr. Baker expatiates on the advantages to be derived from education in general, and from evening schools in particular. He says :—" What we further want is an extension of that union between the classes of society which is beginning to exert so beneficial an influence — not necessarily an association between them, but a direction of the weak by the strong, a softening of the rudeness of ignorant by the touch of edu cated life, and some inculcation of social economy by those who have risen by its power. There is spring and energy enough, and the warmest sym pathies and sufficient love of offspring, among the working classes to provide for their bodily wants, if these are not rendered lukewarm by too much philanthropy ; but as far as their mental neces sities are concerned they yet require help and pressure—a pressure more directory, perhaps, than compulsory—to enable them to feel their own strength, and to manifest a useful independence." COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL-FEB. 17. The supply of wheat is fair, but mostly in damp condi tion, and such meets with little attention ; fine dry samples are held for last week's rates, but the business transacted is on a limited scale. Foreign rather more inquired after for mixing. Barley in pod demand at late rates. Beans offered at is per qr. less money. Oats as before. Indian corn and peas without inquiry. BOSTON-FED. 16. At the opening of the market supplies were good, but out of condition, and millers seemed indisposed to purchase. In some instances the best selected samples of wheat declined is per qr. Other articles much about the same. The wheat trade has not been so heavy for many weeks. Wheat to 40s I Oats.. l Bs to 25 s White d 0... ....42s to 43s Beans, lleW 46s to 47s Barley ....28s to 40s I Peas .... 4os to 50, Averages for the week : Wheat. .4,216 qrs., at 40s ld 8ar1ey......... 217 „ 33s 8d Oats Rye .. Beans .. 455 „ 44s 10d Beans Sui3P l l : 43s 9d Pea 5...,......... 72 ~ BIRMINGHAM --FEB. 17. t o o f 2 7 ,, n i g ,e l i i . s q h r w c h h e e a a t per. limited, and a decline of Gd to ls per qr acceded to: In barley, oats, and peas no change S'SOCKTON-ON-TEES—FEB. 16. - - At the ma eket this morninrr there was a good supply of wheat, for which the trade ° ruled rather active, at last w eek's eurreno , :ies. Oats and beans readily disposed of, and realised high prices. Averages—Wheat 40s lid, oats 20s, beans 42s lid per qr. MANCHESTER—FEB. 17. The depression in the flour trade has continued 'unabated since our last. report, and very sparingly dealt in to-day, at 6d to is per sack cheaper. 'With a very fair attendance, there was but a limited demand for wheat, and though prices were 1 ionfinally the same as l as t wee k th ere was a difficulty in: obtaining them. The finer qualities of oats and oatmeal were fully as dear. Beans were firm, with a moderate sal9 . Indian corn was without Change. - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY. ) NEWSPAPERS. Mr. AYRTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal certain acts and parts of acts relating to newspapers, pamphlets, and other publications, and to printers, type founders, and reading-rooms. Although there was no op position to the .bill, yet he wished to make a few remarks, as it was the wish of the right hon. gentleman opposite that the objects of the bill might be made known. The subject carried him back many years in the annals of legislation, foe the statutes which he wished to repeal were th growth of evil times, and it was necessary to discover how such laws were placed on the statute-book. As early as the reign of Queen Anne, the Ministry imagined that the pe riodical press was injurious to the interests of the State— that publicity was given to documents which they thought seditious, and it was deemed necessary that the House of Commons should take steps to redress what was imagined to be a great public grievance. He said he saw, as he looked into the press of that day, and found that whatever was written, however temperate and learned it might be, if it was adverse to the Opinion of the Govern ment and the House of Commons, was regarded as a wicked and seditious libel, and anything which touched on reli gion or the Established Church was an impious and blas phemous publication. Such was the opinion entertained of publications which now would be thought as innocent and perhaps as dull as anything that could be read. The House of Commons was agitated to an immense degree be cause a publication contained a translation of a State paper of the States- General ; it was said to be wicked and sedi tious, and a committee was appointed to inquire into the matter, and a bill was passed placing heavy duties on paper, on newspapers, on pamphlets, and it provided that every publication should be registered in an office of the Govern ment ; and that was the origin of the system of registration which was kept up to this day. Attempts were made to enforce the principle on authors, but as the Government could not make up its mind whether it was better that the names of authors should be made known or not, that was not done, and the law remained in the state he had described until the close of the last century. At that time this Country was threatened with an invasion, a hostile cape • dition had landed in Ireland, and England was said to be full of Sedition, and the Ministry assented to another law, in which registration was carried on in the minutest form ; the owners of every newspaper were to declare whether any fOreigners were interested in those papers, so that they might be prevented frOm making them the instru ments of hostility to the country. An act was passed which, though repealed, contained provisions which now formed part of , the present law. In 1799, the Govern ment brought in a bill which, in an apologetic tone, spoke of conspiracies at home and abroad to subvert the Govern ment ; stated that further powers were required by the executive 'to prevent men from reading the public journals, unless with a license from justices of the peace. There was one exception, for alehouses were pri vileged places for the reading of public journals. That was a moral restriction ; it was productive of much evil, by associating literature with drunkenness, and the tapster was made the guardian of literature, and it became a practice to resort to the public-house for the purpose of reading the public journals. Even type-founders, and all persons re motely connected with printing, were brought under the grasp of the Government, and required to have licenses in order to carry on their callings. One would have imagined that such enactments would has e died out in time, but they remained in existence, and the only difference now was that the law put the power of moving in the crown instead of in the hands of the common informer. Such laws ought not to be left dormant on the statute-book, leaving itinthe power of the executive to revive them whenever they chose. One would have imagined that the constitution of the country was sufficiently protected against its supposed enemy; the press, but when the war was ended, and men's minds were capable of examining into the evil results which had been produced by that war ' and they began to discuss whether it was not necessary to have reform in Parliament, the Go vernment of 1819 took the alarm, and considered whether it would not be necessary to enact new laws, and put further restrictions on the press. At that time there may have been, and he believed there were, many publications so extrava gant, that it might have been right to have repressed them by the arm of the law ; but instead of the Government pro secuting journals and pamphlets injurious to the state, they endeavoured generally to lay greater restrictions on the liberty of the preks. Carrying out this design, they intro duced another measure,. requiring that any person publish ing any newspaper or pamphlet should give security on their recognisances and two sureties for the printer and publisher, who were amenable to the amount of £3OO in Lon don and £9OO in the country, if the work contained any seditious or blasphemous libel. Two years after measures were taken in mercy to mitigate the penalty on conviction, but the pressure on publications was increased by making the security, which was £3OO in town, £4OO, and that which was £2OO in the country, £3OO, and the security was extended not only to seditious and blasphemous libels, but to what was considered in a court of law private libels, and this enactment was to be used as a prote ction not only to the state, but to private individuals who thought themselves aggrieved. This was the extreme measure, but the trade of printers and publishers was put on a different footing to others, and you could only justify such a course by the exigency of the times, or else to say that every person em ployed in literature was a public delinquent, a common " barrator," who ought to be restrained in the exercise of his calling. Some time after this, when Parliament had been reformed, an agitation was raised to relieve current literature from the difficulties imposed on it, in consequence of the enormous taxes to which it was subject, and the re strictions from which it suffered. After a struggle of many years the taxes in question were diminished, direct taxes were repealed, and at last a measure was introduced by the right lion. gentleman the member for the University of Oxford, by which he proposed to repeal all the provisions of the law which had been passed in connexion with or in relation to the collection of the duties, and especially that enactment which comprised all the restrictions in the shape of registration and the requiring of declarations to be filed in a government office with regard to the ownership of public journals and pamphlets. But when the measure was discussed, objections were raised as to the expediency of remitting what was called the protection against the abuses of the press: The then Chancellor of the Exche quer, finding that he would only have a fiscal measure im peded by questions of a political character which would lead to discussion and debate, consented to withdraw the provisions repealing the existing law, and confined his bill to the revision of taxes, and left the provi sions in question on the statute book. The object of his (Mr. Ayrton's) motion was to sweep away all those statutes, and to submit newspapers and pamphlets to .the, general law which affected all other publications. There was no principle on which one publication which was longer or shorter than another, which cost 3d. or 6d. as the case might be, should be made the subject of exceptional legisla tion. He found in the statute book, without these special enactments,.ample protection for all kinds of publications. The law of copyright required that every publication, long or short, even if it were limited to a single sheet, should be delivered, within a definite time, to the trustees of the British Museum, or the publisher would be fined. It was also re quired that the owner of any publication, for which it was desired to obtain the benefit of copright, should register it at Stationers'-hall. These laws afforded sufficient means of ascertaining who the proprietor of a publication was; and there were various enactments directed expressly against criminal publications. There was one statute by which the authorities were enabled, whenever any publication was ad judged to be a libel, to have all the impressions of it seized, so that it could . no longer be circulated, to the injury of society. There was another statute for the suppression of obscene and improper books, passed two sessions ago. These laws were sufficient to reach the case of criminal pub • lications. But the statutes to which his motion referred, whilst they were most' inconvenient and injurious to pub lishers, failed to accomplish the object for which they were passed. They were onl/ a restraint upon honest men. They were passed to enalsfs the revenue to be collected, and when the duties were taken off, the statutes should have been allowed to fall into abeyance. The Commissioners of Stamps and, their officers should have no more to do with them. But in 1856, a member of that house, the late hon. member for Tewkesbury, moved by a high sense of morality, and, in fact, taking upon himself to be the guardian of the public morality, addressed a remonstrance to the Commis sioners of Stamps, pointing out that in the borough he re presented publications were issued which he thought cal culated to demoralise the people, and against which he re quired the commissioners to enforce the law. Upon this the Commissioners of Stamps submitted the question to the law officers of the crown. He (Mr. Ayrton) invited the Government, in a former session, to lay on the table of the house the case submitted and opinion given by the law officers of the crown, but the late Government mot him with an official stereotyped answer, that it would be contrary to usage to disclose such matters. But the Commissioners of Stamps themselves afterwards printed a circular, stating they had been advised by the Attorney-General that it was their duty to enforce the law. The consequence was that many persons in the country were obliged to take great trouble and seek out their friends to become security for them ; some had to travel a hundred miles to find the proper person ,before whom they were to appear ; and the greatest vexation and annoyance was inflicted on the printers of pro • vincial journals, whilst in London there were others who understood the rue position of the case,' and took no notice of the circular they received. One person, in order to put the decision •of the commissioners to the test, published what was called the Free Press, which was purposely thrust on the commissioners' notice ; they were reminded that ac cording to law it was a newspaper, and asked why they did not prosecute it. There was some mystery about the Free Press ; it was inspired by persons of very curious tempera ment : in fact, it was a kind of hornets' nest, and the com missioners answered in a very dignified manner that they would deal with the _Free Press as seemed to them meet. But the law made pamphlets as well as newspapers sub ject to registration, and obliged them to give security to the crown. Some one sent a pamphlet to the commissioners, and asked why they did not compel the publisher to register that ? The commissioners endeavoured to avoid these in convenient questions; but when they let slip the fatal remark that they could not say whether pamphlets should be re gistered until they had perused them, a host of pamphlets were sent up for their perusal. The controversy came to an end by the commissioners declining to answer the last letter. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL' said the hon. member had referred to sonic statutes which were perhaps not to be called obsolete, as they were still amongst the modern enact ments of the realm, but which were intended for a state of things which no longer existed. No doubt many members of that house entertained a different opinion from that of the hon. member as to the necessity for them at the time they were first enacted, but many would be of one opinion with him as to the utter want of necessity for continuing them at the present day. (Hear, hear.) He did not com mit himself to the abolition of all the enactments of those statutes ; but there were a great ninny enactments such as no officer of the crown could be willing, or even, he might say, ever would be willing, to put in force; there remained On the statute book threats of penalties and imprisonment against those who should disregard those enactments, whilst practically they were disregarded every day, and yet never were any of thriso threats put in execution. Now, lie took it to be a sound principle thatt - whenever a statute contained penalties that never would be enforced, it would be well to repeal that statute. lie did not, therefore, offer any oppo sition to the introduction of the hon. gentleman s bill. When it was introduced they would see the enactments to which it was intended to apply. _Several of those to which the lion. member had referred, he agreed with him that it would be desirable either to repeal or greatly to modify, but there might be some which were still useful, and which it was desirable to retain ; this might be considered when fhe bill was laid on the table. THE EDUCATION GRANT TN SCOTLAND , Lord MELGUND moved that the annual vote of money for education in Great Britain should henceforth be divided into two votes, one vote to be taken for England, and ano ther for Scotland. ' lie urged that the condition and circum stances of the two countries with regard to popular educa tion were so dissimilar, and the distribution of the grant in Scotland itself was so far from being uniform, comparing the districts of sparse population with the great towns of Edin burgh i rf e l and m emhGlgers e n o ow,pthpaotttnitniNtvya2seeepxnpreadtceenfrt o t m o t a h ff e ord voti t n h g e of the general grant, of discussing the application of that portion of the mut which was allotted to Scotland, One of the peoulimities of the case was that in Scotland there was a system of local taxation for the support of schools. Mr. A. SMITH (Truro) expressed a hope that the esti mates would be furnished separately, not only . for Scotland, but for each of the different religious denominations, so as to show what portion went to the Established Church, how much to the Free Church, and how much to the other churches or religious bodies in either country. Mr. ADDERLEY said the hon. member who had last spoken would be as much entitled to plead for a separate vote for the Scilly Isles as the noble lord for a separate vote for Scotland ; indeed, the Isle of Man, which had a separate legislature, and where that legislature had, much to its honour, imposed a tax on the inhabitants to provide for edu cation, and imposed a fine on every parent who would not send his child to school, had much ,more reason to ask for a separate vote. There would be no difficulty in doing what the noble lord asked, so far as the office of the Com mittee of Council on Education was concerned, but the noble lord's object might be more easily attained, if he wished to get information about the distribution of the Parliamenttry . grant, or to give Scotch members an oppor tunity of bringing the state of education in Scotland under the attention of the house. The noble lord him self, or other representative of Scotland, could give no tice of a discussion on the subject whenever they thought proper ; and any resolution or bill they might propose would be duly considered. But the tendency of a separate vote would be to introduce a diversity of system between Scot land and England, which was very undesirable. The heri tors' tax in Scotland, by which all landowners of £lOO a year were obliged to pay towards the support of parochial schools, being very inadequate for present requirements, was rather to be considered as an endowment, and the school system in Scotland, as in England, mainly rested on voluntary contributions, aided by the parliamentary grant. If the noble lord had any plan is view, it would probably be as suitable for England as for Scotland. Some of the other distinctions made between the educational system in the two' countries were equally fallacious, as there were many rural districts of England, also, which received very little of the grant. He apprehended, also, that if the vote for Scotland were taken separately, it would create an erroneous impression that Scotland was unfairly dealt with, since the general expenses of the central office in London would be charged in the English vote, and if another cen tral office in Edinburgh were to be established, it would be a great waste of the - public money. Mr. BUCHANAN said he understood the right hon. gen tleman to say that there would bo no practical difficulty in separating the Scotch from the English vote. He thought it would have been much bettar if the right hon. gentleman had conceded the request. He wished those grants to be done away with for two reasons—first, because the system was exceedingly expensive, and based upon unsuitable ma chinery; and secondly, because the schools were essentially denominational. It was most desirable to ascertain the working of the system year by year, and lie believed the fullest information on the subject would be attended with the most beneficial results. Mr. BLACKBURN was of opinion that the same prin ciple ought to be applicable to both countries, and hoped the Government would maintain the rule which had hither to been acted upon. Mr. BLACK trusted the house would consent to give the information sought for. He believed the people of Scotland were desirous of educating their own children, and hoped that eleemosynary grants would be altogether given up. Lord DUNCAN suggested the propriety of distinguish ing the amounts appropriated to England and Scotland re spectively. He understood the information could easily be obtained, and if his suggestion were acted upon the difficulty which now existed would be put an end to. Mr. DUNLOP thought it would be most injurious to separate the two grants, and could not consent to give up the assistance now afforded until a national system of edu • cation should be established. _ _ Mr. W. WILLIAMS said Scotland had no ground of complaint, as she had a fair share of the educational grant. If a separate vote should be taken there would be a contest year after year for a larger amount. The LORD ADVOCATE said that in the civil service estimates, under the head " Education," an explanatory statement was given, containing the precise sums applicable to the grants both in Scotland and England. Lord MELGUND havinz replied, the motion was put and negatived. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL Mr. J. FITZGERALD obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to juries in Ire land. ANNUITY TAX (EDINBURGH, &c.) BILL. Mr. BLACK moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the ministers' money or annuity tax levied within the city of Edinburgh, the parish of Canongate, and the borough of Montrose. The odious impost was the cause of so much acrimonious dispute that he trusted Parliament would agree to its abolition. The LORD ADVOCATE did not object to the motion, but intimated his intention of opposing the bill at a future stage. The motion was then agreed to. REGISTRATION OF COUNTY VOTERS (SCOT LAND) BILL. Sir E. COLEBROOKE, in moving for leave to bring in a bill for the amendment of the law for the registration of county voters in Scotland, observed that the bill was sub stantially the same as that the principle of which had re ceived the sanction of the house last year. He had, how ever, endeavoured as far as possible to meet the objections entertained by some hon. members opposite relative to points of detail. Mr. BLACKBURN thought it most extraordinary to provide a mode of registration before, under the new Re form Bill, they knetv the parties who would be entitled to registration. Tho motion was then agreed to. NAVY.—SEA SERVICE. _ On the motion of Sir F. BARING, a return was ordered of the number of men voted for the sea service in each year, from the year 1815 to 1858.59 inclusive, distinguishing boys, marines, and coast-guards. ENDOWED SCHOOLS BILL. On the motion of Mr. DILLWYN, the order for the se cond reading of the bill was discharged. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, for the house going into committee on this bill, Mr. HOPE said as it was quite clear the bill would be carried through the house, he should not oppose the motion. Clauses 1 to 4, inclusive, were agreed to. On clause 5, Mr. PULLER said the effect of the clause would be, in certain cases, to make bigamy the law. If a man married his deceased wife's sister in England, he might go to Ire land and marry another woman, for the present bill did not apply to that country. The clause was then agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be reported. Mr. Locke King, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. J: Fitzgerald, Mr. Black, and Sir E. Colebrooke brought in their respective bills, which were read a first time. The house then adjourned at ten minutes past seven. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 17. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell and Special Juries.) Lord Campbell, on taking his seat on the bench this morning, announced that Mr. Unthank, of the northern circuit, had been appointed Master of the Court of Queen's Bench, in the room of the late Mr. Bunce. lIODGSON V. NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, This was an action to recover damages for injuries `sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendants' servants. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. Phinn, Q.C., was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Temple for the defendants. The plaintiff was a bricklayer apd plasterer, in the employ of the Hull Dock Company, and it ap peared that while he was engaged in pointing an arch over the defendants' railway at Hull, some trucks came along, and broke down the scaffolding on which he and several other workmen were standing. The plaintiff was precipitated to the ground with great violence, and his kneecap frac- tured in three places ; the result being that he would probably have a stiff leg for lifs, and be unable to pursue his ordinary calling. The defence was that there had been no negli gence on the part of the defendants. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £B5, in addition to the £l5 which he had received from the defendants. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Erle and a Common Jury FARRELL V. CHILVER. This was an action for false imprisonment. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C.,and Mr. Powell, ap peared for the plaintiff; r. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Simon for the defendant. The plaintiff, who now resides in Northampton street. Islington, had been for 23 years in the Irish revenue police, but having attained the rank of sur veyor or gauger in the force, he was compelled to leave it in August, 1857, on account of bad health, brought about through an accident sustained in the service. _ . The plaintiff then appears to have placed himself under the care of Dr. O'Reilly, the surgeon of Jervis-street Hospital, Dublin, as also under the surgeon of the Hardwick Hospital, in the same city ; but in both instances Farrell's condition — that of a morbid state of the nervous centres — was declared incurable. Thereupon plaintiff came over to England, and remained for sonic time at Liverpool, seeking in vain for beneficial advice. Failing to obtain that he left. for London, and vas for sonic time under treatment by Dr. Grady, of the West London Institution. That gentleman found him afflicted with a softening of the anterior lobes of the brain, and discharged him with a cer tificate as incurable. Subsequently to this the plaintiff appears to have sought the advice of the defendant, the well-known surgeon of Burlington street, Piccadilly, partly . with a view of obtaining an eminent medical opinion, and partly because, having ascertained, through the porter at Suther• land House, that Dr. Chilver was the medical atten dant of Lord Derby, he was most anxious to obtain the certificate of a gentleman in such a position preparatory to the plaintiff's prese n ti ng a pe titi on to the 'Treasury for a pension. Accordingly, the 21st of October last, the plaintiff called upon the defendant, and having obt a i ne d an i n t erv i ew with him, the plaintiff pro cee d e d t o d escr ib e hi s condition,. at the same handi ng t o th e d e f en d an t th e certificates of Dr. Bank s , o f M err i on - square , the physic= to the Irish Inland Revenue Department, of Dr, O'Reilly, and of the other medical gentlemen who had attended him, as well as his testimonials on leaving the Irish police: - The defendant, how ever, seems to have been at once seized with the notion that his visitor was nothing better than an impostor. He asked the plaintiff where he lived, altd where he came from. The plaintiff told him, mentioning, amongst other residences,-that he had lodged for a short time in a public-house at West minster. Then, " Oh, oh !" said the defendant, " I know all about you. You are an impostor, and have come here to obtain money on false pretences." The poor plaintiff only answered to this by calling attention to his certificates, and requesting the doc tor to read them. An inspection of them, however, only served to strengthen the conviction of the de fendant, for it turned out that in one or two of them which had been copied out by third parties, there were several false spellings—in fact, on the face of them there was evidence that they did not proceed from the parties purporting to have signed them. That, however, was only true of one or two of the certificates,, The defendant, then, having before his eyes the frequent narratives published in the newspapers of parties obtaining relief by false cer tificates, and probably also influenced by the nervous manner of the plaintiff, called in a policeman, and communicated his suspicions regarding the plaintiff to that functionary. He then invited the police man to take the plaintiff to the station, and make inquiries respecting . his antecedents. This the policeman refused to do, on the ground that the defendant did not seem to be able to show that the plaintiff had done anything. On that the defen dant resolved to give the plaintiff in charge, and he was accordingly taken to the Vine-street sta tion. After a while he was followed there by the defendant, who, after some conversation with the inspector, charged the plaintiff with having gone to him (Dr. Chilver) " upon some supposed unlawful purpose." The plaintiff then gave his testimonials and certificates to the inspector, and subsequently, after about half-an-hour's detention, he was al lowed to go forth. The plaintiff called upon the defendant the following morning by appointment ; but defendant refused to see him, saying that he (Dr. Chilver) continued of the same opinion with respect to him as on the previous day. In order to meet the allegation that he had gone to Dr. Chilver solely for the purpose of obtaining that gentleman's certificate, with a view to influencing the Treasury, and that there was no intention on the part of the plaintiff of taking advice as to his possible recovery, it was shown that the plaintiff, on the occasion of his interview with the defendant, had in his pocket half notes for £3O, besides £4 in sovereigns. He was therefore in ample funds to pay any fees that the defendant might be entitled to. The defence on the record was that the defendant did not give the plaintiff in charge at all. All that had been done was, in the exercise of a proper caution, to request a policeman to take the plaintiff, as a suspected character, to the station, and make inquiries as to his antecedents. This part of the defendant's case, however, completely broke down, on the testimony of the policeman who had taken the plaintiff into custody.. It only remained, there fore, to address the jury in mitigation of damages, on the supposition that the plaintiff had visited the defendant solely for the purpose of procuring his certificate gratuitously ; secondly, on the ground of the false spellings in the certificates held by the plaintiff; and thirdly, on the circumstance that the plaintiff had suffered little or no inconvenience from his detention. The jury found for the plaintiff—damages, £5O. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sitting; at Nisi Prius in London.—Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Common Jury.) LUDFORD V. AMMAN AND BELL.-TRESPASS. This was an action 'to recover damages for tres pass in seizing the plaintiff's goods under two executions against a Mr. Judkins. Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Griffith appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Skinner for the defendant Bell, and Mr. Carnock for Aikman. The plaintiff's case was that Judkins formerly carried on business at 98, Fleet-street, selling gas regulators and sewing machines, which were patent articles. At the latter end ofDec., 1857, he sold his business and stock to the plaintiff, who had previously had dealings with him. The price was £123 55., and the plaintiff gave his bill for the amount. The bargain was reduced to writing, it being part of the terms that the plaintiff should take the premises in Fleet-street for a year, Mr. Judkins reserving to himself the first floor. The plaintiff afterwards brought a considerable quan tity of other property upon the premises. On March 25th the defendants, with a person named Overall, an officer, went to Fleet-street, and seized the whole of the property, under two executions against Mr. Judkins, for £l4 7s. 3d. and £6l9s. ld. The things were removed the next day, and retained until about the middle of April, when 'after some inter pleader proceedings they were returned: In the course of the plaintiff's case terms of set tlement were agreed upon between the parties. Mr. Skinner said as Mr. Aikman was an officer of the corporation, it might be as well to state that there was no reflection upon his character ; and as regarded Mr. Bell, though himself an attorney, he had on this occasion 'acted only as clerk to some other attorneys, and did as he was directed, so that there could be no imputation upon him. _ _ . . Mr. Charnock said Overall was an officer him self of the' corporation, and Mr. Aikman had nothing to do with the transaction. A verdict was entered by consent for the defen dant Aikman, without costs, and against the defen dant Bell—damages X 5 ss. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) 'WALLIS V. WALLIS.-CRUELTY. The petitioner in this case was the wife of a gun maker in Jermyn-street. She- was married to the respondent in 1843, and had four children. She charged him with striking her on the face, locking her in her bedroom, depriving her of her clothes and jewels, using threats and other acts of cruelty. These allegations were proved by her own evidence and that of servants and other witnesses. Mr. W. Barry and Mr. E. Hanson were counsel for the petitioner, and Dr. Spinks for the respon dent. The learned counsel adduced no evidence for the defence. Sir C. Cresswell said that issues were frequently raised in that court that were of far greater social importance than any of those questions of contract or debt which juries had so often to decide. It was not the policy of the law to grant separations on trivial grounds, of from any mere incompatibility of temper. Husbands and wives might make each other as wretched as they pleased provided they only kept hands off, and refrained from threats from which violence might reasonably he apprehended. His lordship having summed up the case, The jury found that the respondent had been guilty of cruelty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 17. MANSION-HOUSE.—William Leech and Wil liam Connor were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to pick pockets in Gracechurch-street, W. Smith, constable 572, said that on the pre vious evening he was in Gracechurch-street, when he observed. Connor beckon Leech to follow him. He watched them and saw them try the pockets of several ladies. They then proceeded along Fen church-street, and again tried the pockets of gentle men and ladies, Leech generally screening Connor, while the latter was "operating." Leech—When you saw me try the first pocket as you state, why (id you not grab me at once ? Witness—Because I thought I'd wait a little longer. (Laughter.) The gaoler—Connor has been here before. , Smith—Both prisoners gave false addresses. _ _ The Lord Mayor sentenced them to twenty-one days' imprisonment each, and ordered some silver found upon them to be appropriated towards their maintenance while in gaol. Henry Campbell, 24, was charged with commit ting a similar offence in Graeechurch-street. The charge was clearly proved by Edwin James, assistant to Messrs. White, grocers, 63, high-street, Borough, who said that the prisoner knocked him down when he seized him. Witness had lost his situation through being detained when he gave the prisoner into custody. The Lord Mayor—l am sure your employers will not discharge you for that. Make my compliments to your masters, and tell th em th a t you were on l y doing your duty to the public. The prisoner was committed for six weeks, with hard labour. GUILDHALL.—A summons against two gen tlemen of the names of Church and Smith, late di rectors of the " London Starch Company (Limited)," charging them with conspiring to defraud an in surance broker of Manchester, of the name of Brad ley, of bills to the amount of £9,000, was part heard and adjourned, the defendants being admitted to bail in their own recognisances, without being per mitted to cross-examine the only witness put for ward. BO ‘V-STREET.—William Chart, a Post-office letter carrier in the S or southern district, was charged With delaying the delivery of letters. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, said that the misconduct with which the prisoner was charged had been discovered by mere accident by another letter-carrier, named Smith, in whose house at Clapham-rise the prisoner lodged. They were in the habit of. taking their meals in the kitchen, where their letter-bags usually hung on a peg behind the door. On. Wednesday S m ith de sired his wife to go to his bag and put into it a re ceipt for a registered letter. By mistake she went to Chart's bag instead, and found there 13 letters, which she handed over to her husband. He at once took them to the Southern District-office, and gave them up to the inspector ' Mr. Edwards, who caused them to be d e li vere d by another letter-carrier named Cave. These letters should have been de livered on the 3d, 4th and sth inst. Cave, though a stranger to the beat, had no difficulty in finding the addresses, and delivering all the letters. The prisoner said he must have put the letters there by mistake, and forgotten to deliver them. It was not wilfully done. Mr. Peacock feared this was carried on exten sively, and in all cases where it was discovered the Post-office authorities thought it their duty to make an example. Mr. Hall—l think you are quite right. The prisoner was committed for trial. A decently-dressed man, w.ho bore the name of Thos. Case, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with picking pockets at Exeter-hall. A young married lady, Mrs. Catherine Melville, residing in the neighboarhoood of Regent-square , stated that she was leaving the hall about ten o'clock, after the breaking up of the great United Kingdom Alliance Meeting, when she distinctly saw the prisoner withdrawing his hand from the pocket of an elderly lady in the crowd. She hurtle. diately collared him and held him till the arrival of a police-officer. She saw part of tho lining of the lady's pocket brought out by the rapid movement of his hand, and she observed that he passed his hand behind him—apparently to some confederates who were surrounding him. The lady said she had not lost anything, and declined to attend; and the prisoner said, " You arc mistaken—l was only eat ing a biscuit." Sergeant Simms, F 9, deposed that on hearing a cry of " Police" he hastened to the spot, and saw the prisoner in the custody of the female witness, who held him firmly . by the collar. He apprehended the man on suspicion of picking pockets, and found on his person two pocket-handkerchiefs (one silk one), a lady's glove, about 9s. or 10s. in silver, 8:e. He merely said the witness was mistaken. A piece of biscuit was found in his pocket also. Mr. Hall—Really, the witness, Mrs. Melville, displayed a great deal of courage on the occasion , and is highly to be commended, Was the prisoner known ? • Sergeant Simms had seen him often in the Strand , but knew nothing against him. The prisoner, however, gave a most unsatisfactory account of himself. He was a glazier and painter , but could give no reference to any one who had employed him. He had lived three months in Southampton, but did not know the name of the landlord or the street where he lived. Mr. Hall—There must be inquiry. Prisoner—No ; I'd rather you settle it at once. Mr. Hall—l shall not. You are remanded for $ week. LAMBETH.—Richard Horsley, a waggoner 10 the service of Mr. John Graham, of Brooke's Whar f, Upper Thames-street, and William Heath, a lad in the same employment, were charged with having caused the death of James Gates, a little boy Si! years old, by driving their waggon against a truek on which the little boy was seated, and thereby ill" flitting such injuries on him that he died in two hours afterwards. Horsley admitted that he was very drunk whil e driving the waggon, and both prisoners, were co'' mitted for trial for manslaughter. John Myers, alias Lazarus, a Jew youth, of . 16 years of age, was finally examined before the ITO' G. C. Norton, on a charge of stealing a watch frown the person of an assistant undertaker, whi le attending the funeral of Mr. Hartley-, the engine er, at Greenwich, at the Nunhead Cemetery, on NW day afternoon last. From the evidence it appeared that there was . 6 large concourse of people congregated to see t he remains of the deceased deposited in their last rest ing place, and that while the prosecutor was ell - in assisting the mourners to get into their 5 carriages, the prisoner snatched the watch from 1 , 1 pocket. He was, however, at once seized, ai' dropped the watch, but was taken to the statiow house. At the former examination thoprisoner e V pressed a great anxiety to have his case disposet? ! at once, under the Summary Justice Act, and tol led to the belief that he was an old stager, a il , dreaded inquiry. This turned out to be the fat for the constable informed the 'magistrate that et name and address given by the prisoner were 1 1 °, correct, and he had in attendance a constable vilw would speak to his character. Police-constable Clark, 108 M, said, he had 41 4 0 , 11 the prisoner for some years as a young thiet7 4l !„ the associate of notorious thieves. He had hill 1 1; custody himself, and was aware that he had be e in the custody of other constables, and had - fre,, quently been committed to prison for picki ll 4 pockets and other offences. In conclusion, tf o witness said that the mother of the prisoner kor' d common brothel in Surrey-street, Blackfriar's-Ne and the prisoner had been brought up there. " The prisoner was committed to prison for sm" months, with hard labour. WANDSWORT73.—John Cox,a short, thicks et ,: and powerful-looking man, who was described as, gardener, was placed in the dock, before Mr. P' 3, w man, charged with brutally ill-treating his ",c Mary Cox. The complainant, a very respectable-lop/Icl womap, whose face was covered with scratches , 14 , posed that the prisoner was her husband, and th ee in Frederick-street, Wandsworth-road, i ham. She had been married 12 years, and had „ i i` three children by him... On Tuesday last. he c' l ,o home to dinner the worse for liquor. The cloth I c got laid and everything.waS'ready and comfortable ', 14 him: Without any cause on h er p ar t h e i m mediate ft took up the remains of a loin of pork and thre sc ih e behind the fire in the grate. He then took up fire _paint pot and co mmence d pl as t er i ng th e furilit i ; o with' paint. ' She caught up a table to prevent T o from destroying it, when he dragged it from 14 0 and beat her with it i n a most br u tal manner. , - a also scratched her face as it now appeared, a te threw her down violently. The next morning ~0, got up and made very fair promises that he 7W O 7 1g , not do it again, and that he would go to his,weuip He went out, and she was compelled to reraall re , bed in consequence of his violence the day be lo r ig, as she was very ill. Instead of his going to vr° he returned home in a more violent temper then o f was on the day before. He was in a worse statero intoxication, and threw a quantity of hot cinto upon her while she was lying in bed. He th e y ¢ her violently out of bed, and made 01 attempt to strike her. The police were calla , (I , o t she gave her husband into custody. For the ' O l two years and a half he had continually i 1 14 1,10 her. He had. been repeatedly drunk, and in fa ct had not been sober for a long time. Mr. Dayman—What have you to say t° treating your wife in this way? tri The prisoner—lf I have done wrong lam 0° for it ; I'll take care not to do it again. Mr. Dayman—lt is my duty to take care it 0 11111 not happen again for some time. The Prisoner—l won't drink any more. f Mr. Dayman—l shall keep you from it l o t month. You will . be imprisoned for one ealell month, with hard labour: The prisoner was then locked tip. 0 1 According to advices received by the Intercoloilley Royal Mail Company, their screw steamers Lord A! 0 ber , and Lord Worsley arr i ve d i n N e w Zealand early in Oc t L 1 40 and the mail service between Sydney and the various ri o or9 in New Zealand was commenced on the Ist Noven .4l ' .04 when the Lord Ashley left Auckland for Sydney, eg r ..„"rio i the mails, 56 passengers, and some cargo. The r: av allowed under the contract for the passage from SYd l :,;tl l . , ° Nelson is seven days, but the Lord Ashley letnslel return trip to Nelson in five days, and the Lord e S' completed the voyage thence to Nelson in six. • , s l „ t pected the Prince Alfred' screw steamer, of I,2uu - e would arrive at Melbourne from England some tie `ll ll December. The Airedale screw steamer of 500 tons' °t) be despatched this week. She is bomid for Ceut °r ,re direct, and carries a large quantity of stores , a full C- 0 0 01 and some passengers. The subsidy of £24,000 per $ 23 Commenced on the Ist November. BIRTHS. St' BELLASIS.—On tho 16th inst., at Northwood ifollo e ' o f 0 John's-wood, the wife of Mr. Sergeant Beßasis/ son. - •• • tio r° BULKLEY.—On the 16th inst., at 23, Gloucester-Ad ° Hyde-park, the wife of George Bulkley, Esq./ daughter. ~,A: GILL.—On the 16th inst., at 20, Adelaide-crescent" 'IO IP ton, the wife of Captain. Dundas R. Gill, late of th e Hussars, of a daughter. ,' —m MARKS. On the 15th inst., the wife of the Rev. A' a - o f Marks, 48, Margaret-st r eet, Cavendish-squarey daughter. MARRIAGES ( til t ° LEVY—LEvY. 7 -On the 16th inst., at tho residenco v ° ,o s ; bride's father, 2, St an h ope -t errace, Hyde-park, "-tree' youngest son of Daniel Levy, Esq., o f Hunter .. .lf, 'Brunswick-square, to Isabella third daughter of Levy, Esq. , „ T A Y MoRGAN—MALINGs.—On the 16th inst., at St. 3 1 ,t",,,1 01 „ 1 ' bott's, Kensington, W. It. Morgan, sq., of Ab' n r t ig"' villas, Kensington, to Susannah Augusts, 4destlyiu4' ter of William Malings, Esq., of York-villas, COI hill, W. DEATHS. t DALMAIIOI7.—On the 16th inst., at 69,Queen-stre o-9 burgh, Anna Catherine, wife of Patrick DalinahoY , DICKSON.—On the 14th inst., at 20, Hanover-ter r3e° al' gent's-park, G. F. Dickson, Esq., of Abbot's-it Lancashire, aged 72. Ge a f FOR Brighton,Leto the 12th inst., at the Ltor gins Forbes, wife of the Rev. Granville Forbes, u gh Broughton, Northamptonshire, and youngest "`" Sty of William, sixth Marquis of Lothian. FoARD.—On the 16th inst., at 13, Boundall -rt* John's-wood, Charles Foard, Esq. del ' °11.9 SEEL.—On the 14th inst., Charles Molyneux D.A., Commissary-General, aged 28. 0 t yOu'a LONDON : Printed and Published by MURD ° No. 11 0 1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sim Office, a Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cow Niddloscx, Friday, February 18, 1859, • a. 7 art ai te n .400 AA J a s t} Sp ur af , It ." ett r ue 1 10 11 ( Tit 0 1 rxr, a ar ,, Chair , oh, i .„aPt; "Ptl a. NJame sir .T( ran held • t •Is ak, t, 411 Ott( the t 411 € , r t