The Sun. — London, England, 1858-05-26 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. VISITATION OF TRINITY COLLEGE. Yesterdiy, at 11 o'clock a.m., the Vice-Chancel for of theilllniversity (Blackburne) and the Arch bishop of Dublin opened the Visitors' Court in the dining-hall of Trinity College. The proceedings were commenced by the reading of the roll of Fel lows and Scholars, all of whom answered to their names, with the exception of some, who were stated by the - Provost or other friends to be absent with leave. The roll having been called, the Vice-Chan cellor announced that the first business before the Court was the hearing of Dr. Shaw's appeal against the censure passed on him by the Board of Trinity College some weeks ago. The Vice-Chancellor asked Dr. Shaw whether he appeared by counsel or other wise ? Dr. Shaw having replied that he wished to appear by counsel, Mr. Lawson, Q. C., the late can didate for the Universiry, rose and delivered an able speech on behalf of Dr. Shaw. In order to comprehend the question at issue, it is necessary to quote the annexed extract from the statement of the learned counsel : On the Ist of Feb., 1858, a document of great public importance was issued in this cokntry—namely, the re port of the commissioners appointed by her Majesty to inquire into the s'ato of endowed schools in Ireland. That report was the immediate and proximate cause of the publication of the letter of Dr. Shaw, and the re commendation and observations contained in the report formed a considerable part of the written communica tion in question. This was not the only occasion on which Dr. Shaw felt himself coerced by his sense of the duty he owed to the public and this university to call the attention of the public to the state of education in this university, and suggest such reforms as seemed to him to be expedient to be carried out in order to ren der the university as effective as possible for the objects for which it had been incorporated. Dr. Sbaw, in the early part of the year, published a pamphlet in which he called the attention of ths public to the reforms that were going on in the sister universities at the other side of the water, and impressed upon this university to fol low their example. The report of the Endowed School Commissioners being bef .re the public, and being of course the subject of public comment, Dr. Shaw, on the 27th of March, published the following letter : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY EXPRESS. "Sir,—l have just looked over the able and elaborate letter to Sir G. Grey, in which Mr. Stephens, a member of the late Endowed Schools Commission, details his objec tloris to the report, and his plans for bringing about an im proved administration of the schools. Mr. Stephens states that his objections to the report were too strong to allow him merely to abstain from signing it without alleging the grounds of his dissent, and su various that he could not do justice to them within the or linary limits of a protest at the end of the report. It is satisfactory, however, to find that, notwithstanding this wido and multifarious diversity between Mr. Stephens and his brother commissioners, there were some important subjects on which all parties were fully agreed. As most of these subjects on which una nimity prevailed seem to me to concern other educational institutions quite as nearly as they do the endowed schools, and as they appear to me to claim especial attention in their application to the University of Dublin, I would ask leave to quote them in your columns, where I have , no doubt they will receive the attention they deserve from the ' alumni' of the university, among the clergy and educated laity of Ireland. Mr. Stephens agrees with his brother commissioners ; "1. That the chief causes of abuse and inefficiency in endowed schools' are the following : " a. The want of inspection conducted with authority by duly qualified inspectors, visiting at short and uncer tain intervals. "b. The want of properly trained masters, receiving adequate remuner a tion, and animated in the discharge of their duty by the prospects of promotion, and of retiring pensions as the reward of faithful service. " c. The smallness of many of the e n dowments. " d. The incomplete and unlafe modes at present in use of keeping the accounts of school funds and revenues, and the want of a proper system of audit. "2. That ihe . provlsion made for the teachers ought to bo such as to enable them to maintain themselves and to provide for their families in a manner suitable to their education and position in society, without its being neces sary for them to resort to any extraneous emp!oyment as a means of livaihood.' —Rep. 233. " 7. That all accounts relating to educational trusts ought to be audit-d under public authority, and the par ticulars thereof :teees ible to the public. limp. 233. " I shall not trespass on your valuable space by any corn meats on these obvious truths. Thole who are in the least acquainted with the state of affairs now existing in Trinity College, Dublin, know tbat there is, indeed, no want of properly trained masters,' but as to their "receiving ade quate remunention,' or being 'animated in the discharge of their duties by the prospects of promotion,' there are loin. very serious cases of want indeed ; while, as to the prospects of retiring pensions as the rewards of faithful vrvice, such pensions i n T r i n it y C o ll ege are restricted to members of the board, a body wbich few of the lower half of junior fellows need ever expect to join until long after age and infirmities shall have rendered retirement neces sary. With respect to parag raph 2, I shall only o b serve that there are now s i x o f th fellows permanently obliged to resort to the extraneous employments of 'grinding,' ' managing a school,' &c., as a moans of livelihood. And on the subject of paragraph 7, I will avow my belief that the simple publication of the college accounts for a few years, would leal to the most important educational reforms, so strikingly opposed is the present distribution of the revenues to the arrangements which the interests of education require, and which the voice of public opinion. would speedily enforce, GKORGE F. SIIA.W, Fellow and Tutor, T.C.D." That 1. Ver was published on the 27th of March, and on the 13th of April Dr. Sbaw received the following communication from the registrar of the cullege - "Trinity College, April 13. " Dear Sir,_ -I all directed by th e P rovost and Senior Fellows to irect your attendance at the board, at 12 o'clock to - morrow.—Faithfully yours, "J. H. TODD, " George F. Sh aw, E sq., LL.D., F.T C.D."Registrar. Dr. Shaw haring received that I , ornewhat unuival commuLicatlon, with the very natural desire of prepar ing birnmelt with respect to any charge which aught be advanced against him by the governing board of the CJl:ege, "rote the f 1. ter Ty College, Ain il 13. "Dear Sir, - If the matt er about rinit which I am summoned to appear before the board to-morrow be of much import ance, I would thank you to inform me what it may be.— Yonr obedt. servant, "G. F. Sue.w. " it.ov. Dr. Todl, Registrar." That was a courteoui and proper reply, and now came the laconic reply " rinit Colleg, 13. " Dear Sir, --The Matter wh ic h th e board e have April to com municate to-morrow is of importance, but I have no in structions to Make it known to you more particularly.— Faithfully yours, " "G. F. Shaw, LL.D . " J. H. TODD. He (Dr. Shea) attended the board next day, 14th April. He found the Provost and seven Fellows assembled in full state. The two Deans were present, and all the soletnrities directed by the statutes in reference to a public 'admonition were performed, and Dr. Shaw then received tie ce .sure from which he appealed. When Dr. Shaw appeared bef we the board he was asked whe th.r he was the author of the letter of the 27th March, and having avowed its authorship, the Provo.t, in the presence of the two Deans, thereupon proceeded to in flict upon bi.n the punishment against which he now ap pealed. The resolution embodying the sentence of the board was pawed on the 13;11 April, 1858, the day bf hre the corre , pondence between Dr. Slaw and Dr. Todd. It was as followe: " Board-room. Trinity College, " Letters were read which had appeared in the public newspape rs , s i gne d , one b y Dr. Shaw, and the other by Mr. Carmichael, appealing to the public against ortain buivosed abuses in the internal manitgement of the college. ' Resolved,—That the discussion of the internal affairs of the college in the newspapers by any of its members, whether fellows or students, is inconsistent with the dis cipline of the college and contrary to the spirit of the sta tutes. The statutes provide a tribunal armed with fall authority to decide all controversies and correct all abuses which the Provost and Senior Fellows, when properly called on, have failed to correct or decide. [lt then quoted a passage fromighe statute and proceeded.] The existence of this tribune renders it a high statetabl'e offence for any member of the college to appeal to any external tribunal. It was therefore ordered tbat 'the Registrar summon Dr. Shaw and Mr. Carmichael to attend the board to-morrow, and that the Provost, in the presence of the two Deans, be requested to convey to them the foregoing resolution, and to admonish them to abstain from such conduct in future.'" Mr. Brewster, Q.C., followed on the part of the-Board of Trinity College, and having addressed the Court at great• leng , b, was succeeded by Mr. Joy, Q.C. (also a late candidate for the• college), who appeared for Mr. Carmichael. The arguments were of . a purely technical nature, and pi tress no interest for the general public. At the conclusion of Mr. Joy'e address the proceedings were adj burned to this day. • THE O'CONNELL FAMILY. The Freeman's Journal of this morning has a brief but eloquent obituary.notice of Mr. John O'Comiell, the 'favourite son of the Liberator, whose sudden doith was announced by telegraph in the Times of Tuesday. By this event the Clerkship of Hanaper, value 8001. per annum, is left at the disposal of Government. The surviving sons of Daniel O'Connell are Morgan O'Connell, formerly member for Meath, and Daniel, the youngest, who sits for the borough of Tralee. Some 20 years ago, or nuke, Mr. O'Connell, then in the zenith of his fame,, used proudly to boast that there were "eight of ns"—a very forcible hint to the Minister of that dAY• :In 1858 but two of that formidable phalanx aTe anrviving, and only one of the name of O'Con nell is new to he found on the rolls of Parliament. A letter ITIRDER IN TIPPERARY. pub iilhe 9 ti t i v ? a dated Tipperary, Munday morning, morning paper, says : into a state 0; 1 and neighbourhood have been thrown ad m orning by the perpetration of a hor. rible mu , der. was fou-undsraorning a respectr.ble farmer, named Green, npra:l:ld aij, called Ariloman, within one mile of this to wn s l Placa The body, when found, Acing his own house. a shocking appearance. Toe bead was completely l a ir e ed from sharp instrument. The the effecis of a blow ir9tu liqray E Z: as is su pposed, small pool of wangled remains were found lyii general appearreae'giihny:-:1 t h i o , hod bore th e and the deuce of a violent struggle. no . after the intelligence arrived in town Mr. William Sav ille, S I sod a party of police were at the place whore the b;r1; etas found, and immedia'ely were ore the qui rive. T h - ,,' anxiety con elueut upon the a witil outr , ga ind iced your Corresppodeot to proceed to the locality, wh ere he learued,the following particulars. While I write the epro /ler for this district (Mr. JAI) Uyan, M.D.) has lei, to hold the invest, and there ie every prohabil:ty that some clue will be got towards -the apprehension of-the party or parties to the foul deed." THE LATE EXECUTION IN NENAGH. A correspondent of the Daily Express of this clay pus forward ths following statement : "A paragraph from the Dublin Evening Post to the effect that Burke, one of the witnesses in the case against the Cormacks, was arrested in Liverpool for perjory, having caused a good deal of sensation, and added an unpleasant degree of importance to a subject which has been freely canvassed since the execution of the Cor macks—namely, their innocence—l have learned the facts connected with the rumour. Burke was some days since transmitted from Nenagb, and on his way to Dub lin stated in conversation that he gave his evidence under coercion, and that he knew nothing whatsoever of the transaction, and swore to prevent his being detained in custody. The matter was reported to the lospector- General of Constabulary, who caused Burke to be brought back to Dublin, and the police-constables who escorted him from Nenagh were also ordered to attend there to be examined. After a full investigation before the an thorNes in Dublin, the statement of Burke was found to b 3 gr,iundless, or rather given with a view to stand well Qitb the people, and he was discharged. A strong feel ing exists against the jurors who tried the case. Their names are circulated ail through the North Riding of the county of Tipperary ; and numbers of. that body, who hitherto were highly popular with the people, are now spoken of with opprobrium, and the most absurd stories are told connected with their finding of the ver dict Even persons who were not on the jury, but who were said to be of the number, have already experienced most dislgreeable results, w'iich it would not be proper to publish ; but it is an undoubted fact that the morbid sympathy with the unfortunate men who lately suffered the last penalty of the law has reacted upon a class of men who have faithfully and fearlessly at all times dia -1 charged their duties to themselves and to the country." THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSE CONSPIRACY. (Front the Daily News.) We hear on all sides of the great political " dead lock." Parties can't be kept together ; majorities won't work. Powerful and popular Ministers sud denly find themselves denuded of support. There are no effective rallying cries. The Whigs are in d:gnant. The Coteries are puzzled. The Solons of St. James's -street and Pall-mall sit owl-like in aolemnconclave, peering out blankly into the chaos. All kinds of devices are tried- and found wanting. Cambridge House, according to John Bright, has attempted a Government by evening parties, but this, too, would appear to have failed like the rest. What does it all mean, and where is it to end ? are questions asked on all sides, without meeting with any very satisfactory answer. It is no doubt high time that some answer should be given —that some serious and earnest attempts should be made to aster ain the nature, the causes, and the remedies of a political condition so anoma lous and perplexing. Suppose, instead of asking incessantly where it is all to end, we began by try ing to find out,how it all began. What are the causes of that political indifference and stagnation which have for a time suspended the regular and animated working of our Parliamentary system ! The inquiry is not an abstruse one—the solution of the problem requires no deep reach of philosophy. It needs little more than ordinary attention to the plain meaning of one or two phrases which are so often on our tongues that they are scarcely ever in our thoughts. All political parties, by universal admission, are substantially reduced to two--the Liberal and the Conservative ; the party of Pro gress and the party of the Status in. quo. There ;a no avowedly Retrogade party in Parliament ; there is no avowedly Destructive party ; there are none who would go back ; none who would pull down. The desire to keep things as they are, either more or less absolutely, is the characteristic principle of the Conservatives. The desire to move onwards, either more or less rapidly, is the characteristic principle of the Liberals. Now it is quite conceivable that a period should arrive when, from the absence on the Liberal side of any vigorous impulse to advance, and on the Conser vative side, of any rooted aversion to change, the mass of Parliamentary or active politicians ranged ender the opp elle denominations of Liberal and Conservative should be distinguishable rather in name than in reality. A period like the present— a period which has succe ded to the great middle class Revolution of 1832 without participating iu its active enthusiasm or its turbulent excitement— a period of widely diffikel information and of varied experience, which has witnessed, on one hand, the dissipation of so many eleutheromeniac ' dreamg, and, on the other, the utter futility of so Atoll stubborn resistance to instittrional change— such a pencil as this is naturally disinguished by the presence of political eclecticism and the absence of party zeal. It is well if it be not also leavened with the scepticism to which all public objects are alike indifferent, and the cynicism to which all public virtue seems a delusion, and a lie. In free constitutions these epochs of political languor are not without their peculiar dangers. Without the animating stimulus derived either from grand ob jects of pursuit or con-eientious principles of reAs tance, the business of k ditics is too apt to degene rate into a sterile conflict for place and power—the faction-fights of retainers for their chiefs, not the struggle of parties foe their cause. What life can there be in a Party of Progress which has ceased to be progressive, or in a Patty of Resistance which has nothing to resist ? The result is what we see—uncertainty, embarrassment, disorganise tion—in a word, the dead-lock. Now, in the middle of the eighteenth century— in the days of the Walpoles and the Pelhems, when the State was a virtual aristocracy, the middle class a political nonentity, and the " great order" of the peasantry and handicraftsmen but a dumb multitude—this state of political equipoise was natural enough. Where the people had 110 voice, progress no organ, and resistance no object, the problem for politicians was well understood to be reduced to a simple question of dexterously divi ding the spoils of office. To extend conuexious, to sJcure votes, t o get and keep place, and to let things iu general pretty much alone, was almost the whole science of politics with Statesmen of the Bubb Doddingtou type. Is is d ffeieut now. In 1832 a new power entered in' o the domain of legis lation ; the artificial barri-ra were removed ; and since then the stte am of progress hes flowed inces santly onward, varying in its speed, but uniform in its tendency. The rush of waters that followed the Reform Bill, the angry rapids that swept away the Corn Laws, have been followed for a time by the tranquil lapse of a broader and more languid stream. But it is movement still. It is not stag nation ; his not equipoise. The dead lock is not rn the Nation ;itis in the politicians—it is in those who fail to comprehend its tendency, to represent its wishes, to enter into its spirit. Those who would sway a people must rise to the level of i destinies, must discern before they can lead, and be wise before they can be powerful. Above all, if they aspire to head the party of Progress, th. y must renew their youth with the spirit of the class in which Progress is most vital. The classes whom the Reform Bill enfranchised are not the while of the Nation. Ten-pound householders are mug b, but they are not all. Above and beside the elect, r ,1 qualification of 1832 there are numbers—below it, there are multitudes tho roughly competent and honourably eager for the lull exercise of the active duties of citizenship. A wide extension of the suffrage, accompanied by that protection of secret voting without which it will be to thousands a burden in the guise of a birthright, is a concession not only to the just claims of the People, but to the future prospects of progressive legislation, which the party calling itself Liberal—assuming to act on the principles of pro gress—has been suicidal in so long deferring. If it is to be said that the country does not in truth desire such a measure—if the middle classes are content with what they acquired. in 1832, and the unrepresented class have-no craving for their rights —tt2en, of course, the present position of Parties adequately represents the present position of the Nation. if this be so, the dead lock is the o n ly possible c on di t i on of politics, and "Lord Pdlmer as t n o d n t a h n e d e P r y r°l ae g ?t s s s u iv i e te to t h e Improvement"natioa and a are the t the time.man But we all know that this is not so : even the very House of Commons that, under the influence of popular bewilderment, was elected a year ago to support this man and this cry, has already fallen away from both. The country want s more earnest than Lord Palm erstoteso s m out e c e 7 l a e more definite than Progressive linprovee"t. cry is, no Liberal cell doubt. Secret Votine Household and Educational Suffra ge , „ press . wi is sufficient accuracy the most imminent -political Principle is needs of the time. Who is to be the leader? The person may be contingent, but the clear : it will, it can only be that stat esra . in, or that order of statesmen, who shell' show rant promptness in adopting, and most earnest ness in promoting the only adequate means for rescuing Party from its present dead-lock, a n d opening up before the English people a new and broad path of social amelioration, political progress, and constitutional self-development.' (Prom the Morning Herald ) The battle has been fought and the victory is won, what are to be its fruits Though Lord ELen borough has resigned office the doctrines he has enunciated will live and survive all the politicians who have mingled iu ihe recent strife. Those cl,;c trines are the fruits of the victory. "We desire," bar i his lordship, "to Fite British authority in India rest upon the willing obedience of a contented people : there cannot be contentment where there general confiscation. Government cannot lo ng b 3 maintained by any force in a coun t ry w h ese th e : holep eople is rendered ho tile. by a sense of it r w on o g ut , a a n n c t i l t if it a consummation it we c rep u osa m it io so t o too mlm ~.. ~_, THE SUN, LONDON, IVED;N ESDAY ENING, MAY 26, 858. These are sentiment s-worthy indeed of being printed in letters of gold, or, better still, in accordance with Oriental practice, of being engraved on mono linths, rocks, and temples. Justice is the cheapest and most effective of all pacificatory; and the in stincts of all races of men render them susceptive of its influence and obedient to its decrees. Such is de clared to be our future policy in the rule of British India, and it entitles the Conservative party to the confidence of the people. It should be remembered, though the fact is too frequently forgotten or ig nored, that British arms alone did not effect our earlier conquests in Hindostan. We first aspired to be territorial proprietors after the dismemberment of the Mogul empire, when various competitors I disputed for the fragments at the point of the sword. On entering upon the political stage we found that empire parcelled out into several inde pendent states, each of which was eager to grasp at the territories of its neighbour, and the conse quences were a normal state of internecine war and anarchy, in which neither life nor property were secure from day- to day. To protect themselves against the savagery of their own countrymen the weaker rajahs and native princes sought the pro tection of the British, whose superior military or ganisation they recognised and appreciated ; be tween us and them an alliance was formed offensive and defensive, with a view to protect the rights of the contracting parties ; and when peace was per manently established those rights were confirmed by treaties. For some time these were observed with honourable fidelity, but when the doctrine wait broached that the East India Company consti tuted the paramount state excuses were framed for annexation and justice disappeared. At length L rd Dalhousie gravely propounded a principle which reversed our ancient policy of friendship to the native princes and exhibited us in the character of American filibUsters, while we were reproving Russia for its seizure of Poland and Finland, the Crimea and Circassia. When Sattara was confis cated Lord Dalhousie said :—" I take this fitting opportunity of recording my strong and deliberate opinion, that in the exercise of a wise and sound policy the British Government is bound not to put aside or to neglect such rightful opportunities of ac quiring territory or revenue as may from time to time present themselves." We are not now about to inquire what were the remote or proximate causes of the present rebellit. n but he must be wilfully blind or stupidly credulous who excludes from view the modern policy of an nexation, involving the spoilation of the native princes and extinction of the native aristocracy. With the sagacity and foresight of a true states man Lord Ellenborough predicted what would he the result of confiscation many years before he wrote the celebrated dispatch which gave rise to the late debate ; and considering that he has had the magnanimity to sacrifice himself rather than forfeit honour or abandon principle, it becomes our duty—and we discharge that duty with pleasure— to place his opinions .more fully before the bar of public opinion, convinced that they will meet with unqualified approval by every high-minded lover of justice. "Our government," said his lordship, "is at the head of a s j stem composed of native states, and I would avoid taking what are called rightful occasions of appropriating the territories of native states ; on the contrary, I should be disposed so far as I could, to maintain the native states, and the giving to the subjects of those states the con viction that they were considered permanent puts of the general government of India, would ma terially strengthen our authority. 1 feel satisfied that I never stow so strong with my own army as when I was surrounded by native princes ; they like to see respect shown to their native princes. these princes are sovereigns of one-third of the population of Hiudostan ;'and with reference to the future condition of the country it becomes more im portant to give them confidence that no systematic attempt will be made to take advantage of the failures of heirs to confiscate their property, or to injure in any respect those sovereigns in the posi tion they at present occupy." These opinions were carefully formed after a residence in the country, and their spiHt was in fused into the dispatch which a hungry and un principled coalition sought to inculpate. Lord Ellenbarough stands before the country as the representative of moral power ; Lord Palmerston is the turbulent champion of physical force; the one respects the rights of private property, the other advocates confiscation. Now, as suming that the expected dissolution had taken place, which the pseudo-Liberals dreaded, but from which the Conservatives did not shrink, who can doubt, on the issue submitted to the constizuencie4, that Lord Derby would have secured a triumphant majority ? On the one hand, the country, is not enamoured of the increasing pressure of army and navy estimates, the result of aggressive and unjust wars ; and it knows full well that protracted hos tilities in India may require a second army of 50,000 men. Even, then, upon the lower grounds of finance, to say nothing of tie higher grounds of justice and humanity, the Conservatives would have gained a victory on the electoral hustings. But they would have appeared with other claims. They have quie'ed the angry feelings that were becoming intensified between Ft ance and England, and procured the release of the British engineers captured on board the Cagliari ; they kept good faith in redu ing the income tax from 7d. to 5d., which good faith Sir C. Lewis would have violated ; they have not opposed the repeal of the Property Qualification Act; and Lord Derby has expressei his readiness, when the state of the Treasury will admit of it, to repeal the paper duty. With these recommendations the Conservatives might have courted a general election with a certainty of advan tage ; but the pseudo-Liberals dreaded the en counter: It has been said that India in the future will prove the difficulty of Government as Ireland was in the past. Not so, if. the advice of Lord E loo borough be adopted. When the minds of the native princes are free from doubts of an uncertain future, and feel a - coefidence which the Dalhousie policy uprooted, we may expect that the arts of - iudust.ry will be actively prosecuted. Of territorial domi nion we have already more than enough, and ex perience has shown that fresh acquisitions are n accompanied by increased revenue. We shou'd take the position of an umpire in a court of con ciliation, ref aining sufficient power to enforce obedi ence to our just decrees. India should be viewed as a market of production and consumption, not as an arena of diplomacy, or a theatre of war. Its real interests should ever be regarded as insepar able from the manufacturing interests of the United Kingdom. Hitherto it has been a field in which the relat'ves of the Court of Directors have amassed private fortunes, but nothing has been done to elevate the condition of the people. A new race new exists, numerous and influential, desc suded from native mothers and British fathers, and it is neither just nor prudent to ignore their claims to some share of administrative power. To the Etindoo, Mahomedan, and half-caste popula tion the desp a t c h of, Lord ' Ellenborough is really a message of reconciliation and peace, based on the eternal principles of j us ti ce. At no former period did they receive such gratifying assurances, and we may regard Lord Ellen borough as the pacifimtor of Hindostan. It is a proudly distinguishing title, and he may well accept it as a compensation for his loss of office, though the publ 4 c would rejoice if he watched over the application of his own glorious principle& __ INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINBERS. The annual conversazione of this body took place last night at the house of the Institution, Great George street, Westminster. Mr. Locke, M. P., the president, had the pleasure of gathering around bins an assemblage of the most eminent scientific, professional, and practical men, not only of the United Kingdom . , but of foreign countries. As usual, upon these occasions, the theatre, and the suite of roams by which it is approached were filled with mod-ls of all the latest inventions in every de partment of practical' science. Rare and choice flowers spread fragrance around—pictures by the best modern painters adorned the walls—exqi i•ite busts and full-sized figures in marble were profusely displa3 ed—and at every step the attention of the visitor was c.ilhd to exhibitions of excellence in the praftical application of science and artistic enter-: prise. Among thme which excited the most general iuter( st were some new developments of . the rapidly-advancing discoveries of the age—the elec tric telegraph and photography. In the former, M. John, of Prague, exhibited an improvement upon Morse's patent, by which the mesage, as it is sent, i 3 presented on a thin and narrow strip of paper— somewhat re embliug a pkce of tape in distinct end indelible characters, and the receiver of the ' message being furnished with the original tel- gram, .will - be enabled th us t o c orre c t any m i s t tke in transcriptio n . It is said that by this system as many r at 70 wor.ls a minute ctn be legibly written. a . ug ß h ) t u a ln r 7 tw 's n ar b t y icu a l s a t t e e a d in t - r t a u i g as of of r v e e a s t se p l o s w o e f r li b gh ut t also specially ad2t r e i d et fo ci r the inte g rnal i river traffic of l e i it ed' were the e Crystal (ll of India, also The photographic ; a table atttent.ion. p.ctu e reso v f e t i lie g ui e l o n o e o r a i i s various a r eua pure gold, source a].ee pha- es upon a lay of attrac'ion. The monster enruegag also f ° p gold w w as hich s ti o a w s ii bee l n ipo e n x gr beside an equally unrivalled block of malachite of the richest de scription. The " nugget" tested the strength of many to turn it over, and in its general appearance aud 'configuration suggests irresestibly the idea of a 4 igneous origin. It is needless to add that the president received his numenus guests with the utmost courtesy, and that the arrangements m a d e for Chic entertainment gave universal satisfaction. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. The following communications have been ad dressed to a contemporary :—] Sir,—lt is with some reluctance that I am in duced to address you, in consequence of the appear ance this day in your paper of a letter from the Rev. G. P. Badger, advocating the establishment of a line of electric telegraphs to India by way of the Red Sea, and objecting to the one now about to be laid down through Turkish Arabia. I have not been in any way personally connected with either of these projects, but I am sufficiently acquainted with each personally to be able to say that there is not any serious difficulty attending the construction of either. I feel that their several advocates will be found correct, as to some, at any rate,.of the difficulties which are stated to belong to the rival line.' In fact, I quite expect that each will in practice experience temporary interruption, but this only for a brief space of time • and the ob jections are so nearly balanced. that I should find it almost impossible to decide which deserves the pre- ference, if only one line were to be established. Nor is it the supposed danger alone belonging to each which re luirs to be balanced, but the rely - tive advantages should also be seriously weighed, such as having a complete command in the case of a line by sea, if adopted, while the one by land would include Constantinople, Asia Minor, Bag dad, and Persia also. It is, however, quite unnecessary for me to enter into these and many other considerations, because I take the simple English view of this question, and I confidently expect you will repeat your ad vocacy of it, that Great Britain requires both lines of communication with India in order that there may still be communications with the East, when, through accidental or international causes, the wires are broken or cut. I have already on two occasions advocated the establishment of a double line of communication with India. One was during a lecture delivered by me at the United Service Institution towards the end of July last on the military and commer cial bearings of our communications with India ; and' the other was a paper which I r. ad before the British Aociation in Dublin last September. I thought•at that time, as I do now, that the East India Company should lay down a cablefrom Kur rachee to Ras El Had, for the common use thus far of the double lines by way of the Red Sea and Turkish Arabia, leaving the task of laying them down to the rival companie. Cap'. Pullen's examination has confirmed the statement which I made on the occasions alluded to, that neither the depth of the water nor the coral rocks would cause any particular difficulty in lay ing down cables, which should, I presume, pass along tbe southern coast of Arabia and aga'n b-- twee❑ headland and headland to Suez. As concerns the oiler line, a cable could be laid aloeg the Persian G u lf t o th e estuary of the Euph rate., and thence either by land or in the bed of the Tigris to Bagdad; and again from the latter city to Constantinople. The greatest part of this distance is as safe as if it were in Ebgland. Between Bag dai and Diarbakir it may be otherwise, but the strong hand of Omar Pasha and the favourable dis position of the Sheikh of the Shammar tribe cause me to feel much more confident regarding the secu rity of the wires than I felt at one time. Indeed, the Sheikh of the Shammars sent me a message to Colistantioople, expressing his readiness to give me some 5,000 workmen and other assistance as soon as I reached his territory. When the Atlantic cable snapped last year, in conjunction with a high awhotity, the late Sir F. Beaufort, I suggested to the Government that the broken cable might be purchased and laid down between Kurraenee and Ras El Had, and this fur Common use of the Red Sea and Arabian lines ; but nothing was done at that time, nor has there been subsequently, with the exception of the advocates of each line endeavouring t ) show the iinpractica bility of the other, and thus losing sight of the main question, th it we urgently. and, I mly aid, impe ratively. .require both; for which reason each shout' support its supposed rival, or—what would be still better—unite the two companies and urge th e Go vernment to give equal countenance and support to the two projects. _ I cannot close these remarks without expressing my regret that the question of a communication with India by electric wires was not taken up Ling ago. When I was at Constantinople in Sept., 1856, .about the railroad, I thought it right to enter upon the question of electric wires, and having done so in a general way to anticipate other applications. I found the Porte peifectly ready to grant a conces sion for this purpose, and this I made known in London without desiring to take any other part. The opportunity was, however, log, and the Turks, t pinking it would be a very lucrative concern after warda decided t o keep the wires in their own hands, an ad i believe Col. Bithlulph s of the Royal Attil lery, a most energetic man, is now laying do vi.n the wires for the Turks, and, taking into account the support he will have from Omar Pasha, 1 think we shall find that ere long there will be a communica tion with India. Still, it _ cannot be complete as oucerns our national interests without an ether or oven a third line, which, I would suggest, should be opened across the Black Sea to Asia Minor, and thence through Soothern Persia to Bushire. I shall not enter upon the details beyond saying that such a line would be easy of accomplishment, not expensive, and quite secure.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, F. R. CHESNEY. Athenaeum, May 25. Sir,—.Having already stated on the 4th inst. my conviction " that the interests of this country de mand that telegraphic communication with Endia should not be dependent on a single line,"l greatly regret that the Rev. Mr. Badger's letter, which ap peared in your impression of to-day, should be con ceived in such a spirit of hositility to the Persian Gulf,- one of the two routes considered possible, thatl am compelled once wore to request the favour of your according me space for a few observations. The objection urged by Mr. -Badger against the Persian Gulf route is simply .the danger that may expe.:ted from the Arabs to a line of telegraph which is now being, or is immediately about to be made by the Turkish Government between Con stantinople and Bussorah. Mr. Badger assumes that the telegraphic wire will be carried from Constantinople by Aleppo to the Persian Gill°. This is a mistake—th e line will follow the road by the towns of Siva, Diarbekir, Mosul, and Bagdad, passing through a settled country under the control of the Turkish Government. On the road between Bagdad and Constantinople, a ,v-gular postal communication is established, and there are pout-houses every 10 or 12 miles. Is it, then, more likely that the inhabitants will destroy a line of telegraph, the intrinsic value of which to them is no•hiog, than the po4t-houses, from which horses and other valuable property could be ob tained ? Between Bagdad and the Persian Gulf I am as sured by Capt. Lynch and others (who have gone over the whole district to be traversed by the Turkish telegraph, and not a portion of it only, as Mr. Badger has done) that there is a line of country in which the telegraph may be established where there are no Bedouins, of whom Mr. Badger appears to stand in so much dread. Capt. Lynch, who sees no difficulty in either the Red Sea or Persian Gulf route, h 4 had great experience of the Arabs, hav ing commanded the East India Company's vessels on the Euphrates and Tigris, and had entire charge of the postal communications, authorises me to state that he delivered a mail regularly for some years between Busslrah and Damascus, without experiencing any material interruption. Sir Henry Rawlinson (a good authority on this subject Mr. Badger will admit) stated in the House of Commons on the 15th ult , when moving for copies of the correspondence that had taken place with regard to the line between Constantinople and Bussorab, that "if he had made any statementthat night, the object of it would have been to show that telegraphic communication between England. and India by the Red Sea was of the utmost diffi culty, if not impracticable, while through Turkey it would be quite easy." Mr. Badger states the difference of dis'ance be- tween the Red Sea and Persian Gulf routes to be 800 miles in favour of the latter. The Turkish Go vernment, the rev. gentleman must be well aware, has provided the materials for the line between Constantinople and Bussorah ; there, therefore, only remain 1,200 miles of cable to be supplied for the telegraph from the latter place to Kurra dice. The distance between Malta arid Kurrachee via the Red Sea is upwards of 5,000 miles (the chair man of the Red Sea Company, in his letter to Lor,l Palmerston, dated July 15, 1857, states the dis tance between Suez and Kurrachee to be 5,000 miles), not a mile of the cable for which has yet been ordered. The difference therefore seems to mQ to be 3,800 miles in favour of the Persian Gulf rout e. Having tow, as I believe, effectually disposed of the objection advanced against the Persian Gulf route, by the testituony of gentlemen more exten sively acquainted with Asiajo Turkey than Mr. Badger is, I le.►ve the public to judge, putting the quez=tion of expense entirely aside, whether it is more advantageous to the interests of this-country to commencJ the construction and subtn rsion of 5,000 rai!es of cable required for the Red Sea route, the difficulties of which no person at all acquainted with the risks incident to laying long lengths of submarine cable can deny, or to undertake at once' the 1,200 miles of cable neces ary for the Bussorah and Kurrachoe telegraph, to be submerged in a shallow sea, and in which' the Indian navy have d-am,-Sir, your most -stations already established. Obedient servant, W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. European and Indian Junction Telegraph. Company, Gresham-house, Old Broad street, London, May 25. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-11fay 25. MANSION-HOUSE.—Tbos..Lay, a dirty disso lute-looking fellow, was charged with neglecting his children, and leaving them chargeable to the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate. It appeared from the evidence of Thos. Lay, an intelligent but delicate lad of 15, that the prisoner was his father, and that his mother had been dead some time. Besides himself his father bad three 3ther sons, aged 12, 8, and 4, respectively. Witness was apprenticed to a factor, bad for a long time kept himself upon his wagesof 4e. a week, and the next boy, who worked at a pewterer's, also earned 4s. weekly and kept himself—the other two children being depend ant upon their father, with whom they all lived together in Goodman's-yard. About a month ago, however, their father left home, giving them 55., and had never returned since, except one day when he looked in and left Is. 6i. on the chimney-piece, so that the younger children were nearly starved, and witness was compelled, as the only means of keeping them from actually starving, to bring them to the Lord Mayor, who first kindly relieved them and sent them to the workhouse, where they still remained, at the same time issuing his warrent for the prisoner's apprehension. The Assistant-relieving officer to the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, deposed that he had appre hended the prisoner that morning while doing some stable work. Prisoner said tie had done all be could for his children. He had had no regular work since Christ was, and all the money he had earned during the last month was the ls. Gd. be had left on the chim ney-piece. The job he was that morning taken from was the first halt-day's work he had had since. , Prisoner's eldest son said his father, when he did live with them, was constantly coming home drunk, when he used the mist disgusting language betore the youngest children. The prisoner denied that he was of drunken habits, but . The Lord Mayor told him his appearance was quite decisive on that point without the aid of other evidence. The son said his father had been altogether regard less of the welfare of the little children: On •one oc casion, on a Saturday night, ho went home with a sovereign, out of which he gave witness 51. for the week, keeping the rest for himself. The Lord Mayor—Only 53. for four children, and 15s. for yourself. What a heart you must have. Prisoner (sullenly)—Well, I had myself to keep.. The Lord Mayor—But who was to keep your children ? I'm sure, if this boy, of whom you ought , o be proud, had not brought them to me, they must have - starved, and yet they looked so neat and tidy, I was really surprised. The witness modestly said he kept them as neat as he could, as he had no one to help him. The Lord Mayor encouragingly told him he would one day be rewarded for his conduct, as no doubt some one would be found to take charge of his younger brothers. Prisoner—Why, one day that boy told me not to go to his home, for if I did he wouldn't have me there. Witness—No, father. You came in one day and going to the cupboard you took some of our bread, which was little enough for us four, and I told you if you couldn't bring us any money you had better keep away. That was all. The Lord Mayor—And very proper too, when you wanted to live on his small earnings. You are one of the greatest brutes for a father that ever came before me. It is plainly proved that you have neglected your children, and I shall send you to hard labour for a month. If you ever come here for the same thing again I shall send you for three. Elizabeth Chambers, a resreeably dre s-ed m;d dle-aged female, was charted witu bei ng d run k and disorderly, and wilf u 'ly breaking a square of glass, value 255., and also with attempting to com mit suicide in a cell at the police station. It appeared from the evidence that on Monday evening the prisoner and two other women went to the Robin Hood public-house, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, where, after they had stayed drink for some considerable time, they got fighting in the parlour. They were, however, turned out of that room, but immediw ely afterwards "strip ped," and turned to, for a second time, in the bar, to the great annoyance of the landlady and custo mers, until at last they were put into the street. Toey thou began cre sting an uproar outside, and the prisoner, walking up to the door, deliberately put her fist through a square of glass value 255. She was thin given into custody, being quite drunk and conveyed to the Bishopsgate-street police-sta tion, from which she was removed shortly after to the Meor-lane station, where about nine o'clock, fills, police constable 150, on visiting her in her cell, founj her nearly strangled by a piece of tape, which was twisted and tied so tightly round her neck, that it was oily by the aid of his wife, whom he called to his assistance, he was able to cut it off, and only after some considerable trouble, and the Literal applic ttion of restoratives, they wt re able to I bring her te her senses. The prisoner said she lived in the Hackney-road, and went out on Mend ty,morning to receive 10e., when she met the two women referred to in the evidence, who asked her to treat them, and she took them into the Robin Hood for that purpose. They were c .mfor . ahle enough so long as her 108. lasted, but when her money was gone her com panion., who she supposed thought she had g.t more, abused her and struck her, and that was how the row began. As for the window, she was lean ing on the door and her elbow went through it accidentally. The prisoner's haarand, who was in court, said his wife was an easy, good-natured creature, who was easily led astray by some bad ones, - vho threw themselves in her way, but she wasn't altogether a bad wife for au " honest, respectable working man'' like himself. The Lord Mayor commenced to address the pri soner in his usutl admonitory strain when drunk enness is in question, particularly enlarging upon the disgrace brought by her conduct upon an " honest and respectable husband," when au officer in court said the prisoner and tier husbanA, until recently, kept a brothel in Montagu -court, Bishopsgate, and the husband, admitting that he had kept the b:othel referred to for six or seven year=, still protested that he was an "honest and respectable man"— is "he ha I been drawn into ic , —and all his Lordship's eloquence could not persuade him to the contrary. Ultimately the L3rd Mayor dismissed this "re- srectab'e man" with indignant dis gus t , and fined his equally "respectable" 11,4'0253. tor the damage, and 20s. fur be:ng drunk, or one month's impri sonment. In default of payment ebe was locked up. GITILDHALL.—WiIham Rawson, who was re manded from Swurday last, was committed for - Hal upon three separate charges cf obtaining goods of the total value of 160/. MARYLEBONE.—John Traill, a donkey dri ver, was charged before Mr. Broughton with the following act of cruelty. Mr. Lowe, chief c)nstable of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, gave evidence that on Monday afternoon he saw the prisoner driving thre3 donkeys on the Lower-he ith r e e u r p id pe d r e - u he b a y th. fen T ia h l e e ys w u e p re a but not w i t h stan di ng, they steep g P 11 8 a t l e : a , e a f da They ti t h ; t y t r o o w t t were progressing as fast as they could, the prisoner inflicted numerous blows over the hips and hocks of the poor beasts with great violence with a cudgel, which he continued to the top of the road, where he, witness, lost sight' of him. In a short time the prisoner returned, himself riding one of them, galloping the whole of them down the bill, and beating them all over the head and eyes with the cudgel till he reached the bottom of the hill. The blows were given with such force that the sound resembled the beating of carpets more than anything else. He had an officer of the society with him, into whose cus'ody he was given. Thomas Bradley, the officer alluded to, cor roborated Mr. Lowe 's statement. Mr. Broughton, after severely animadverting upon the cruelty exercised by the prisoner, inflicted on him a penalty of 20e., o in default of payment, three weeks imprisonment in the House of Correc tion. The prisoner was then locked up. • SOUTHWARK. —Alfred Henderson, a rustic lookiog man, who was described on the charge sheet as a painter, of flilsteacl, in Essex, but who afi er wards stated that be lived in Exeter-street, Sloane street, Chelsea, was charged with stealing a parcel, containing valuable deeds, from the guard's luggage van, on the N or th Rent Railway. Thomas Head, a gutril in the employ of the South Emtern Railway Company, said that about half-past nine on the previous night ho stopped at Woolwich, in . charge of the trait, from Maidstone to Lond on . A t that time he had three parcels iii his break, or luggage van: One contained jewellery, another fish, and the third Valuable papers, ad dressed to " G. q., solicitor, No. 1, Swithin's-lane City."--After leaving Woolwich, he missed th e latter parcel, and on the arrival, of tbe train at _Blackheath he communicated with the station -master rdspectinhis loss, and they tele • 'graphed back to Woolwich. The train then pro ceeded to London, and on arriving at the terminus witness saw the prisoner get out of one of the car ridges, and was about to walk off the platform with the parcel under his arm. Witness immediately stopped him and asked him what parcel he had Viere, and where he got it from, when he replied that it was his, and that he had brought it from Woolwich. He took him to the station-master's office, when he was given into the custody of Ser geant Smith, 4 M. Witness added that all charges had been paid on the parcel, and it was marked for immediate delivery. The prisoner must have been very expert in abstracting the pareel from his break, as witness was hardly two minutes out of it at Woolwich. Mr. Combos asked the prisoner what he had to say about it. He replied that a man gave it to him to hold while he got out of the carriage, and then the guard pounced upon him.. The guard here observed that he was walking with it off the p'atf , . rrn towards the incline. Mr. George Graves, an in-pector in the com pany's employ, informed his worship that whin the prisoner was searched the " way-bill" for the parcel of fish was found on him, so that it was clear that he had been in the guard's break. Sergeant Smith also said that his worship would percAve the prisoner had given two addresses, which looked very suspicious. Mr. Hughes, the solicitor, here entered the court, and identified the parcel as belonging to him. It contained deeds cf the purchase of pro petty in Kent fur his brother, worth 2,5001. The stamps alone cost 471. 11Q. 6d. Mr. Comb 3 remarked that the abs'raction of the parcel might have been of very serious inconve nience to Mr. Hughes, and as he suspected the pri soner was an adept at such offences, he should re mand him until Wednesday, to give the constables an opportunity of making inquiries about him. WANDSWORTH. —S tmuel Martin, a farmer, of Garrett-lane, Wandsworth, appeared to a sum mons charging him with bavi og un l aw f u ll y t urne d out and kept depastured upon Clapham-common upwards of 100 sheep, whith were in an unfit and diseased condition. David Po: ter, the Common keeper, deposed that there had been a great many complaints of the state of the defendant's flock of sheep !limed upon Clapham-common. They were complained of in 1857, and on the 13th April last he had his attention again drawn to them. He examined them on that oc casion, and found them diseas•ed to a v , .ry alarming ~x teilt. He saw them again on the 17th ins , ., and they were still in a diseased state. Several of the sheep had died on the common from the disease, and he had buried three. The inspector of nuisances for Clapham, stated that there were several complaints made to the Wandsworth B and of Works of diseased cattle being turned and kept upon the common. Those complaints were made in 1856, and also in April lasi - . When ho saw them iu April last they were in a shocking state front disease. He saw one of the sheep wi bout an ear, which had fallen off from disease, and the other ear was merely banging by a piece of skin. Some of the feet of the sheep were rotten, and they could scarcely walk. The bard had complained to the defendant on several ocea sions, but no notice had been taken, with the ex ception that they were removed from one common to anofter. Mr. James Clousely, veterinary surgeon, of Park road, Clapham, Mr. John Donough, the medical officer of health far Clapham, and Mr. William Curtis, a butcher, of Clapham, gave similar evi deuce of the diseaied state of the sheep. The medical officer stated that they were in a deplorab:e state, apparently starved, and covered with scars and sores. Edmund Knight, the officer of the Clapham Branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Ctuelty to Animals, said that the secretary had complained to Mr. Martin of the shocking state of the sheep some time during last year. The defendant denied that any of his sheep were in a diseased state, or that he had l os t an y o f hi s flock. This proceeding was taken at the instigation of the butchers who wished him not to turn his sheep upon the common. He took the sheep away on Saturday when they were complaine I of. The defendant's shepherd was then called, and admitted that the sheep were diseased, but not morn s') than other persons', and said they would not harm anybody. Mr. In:ghlm said he could not conceive a worse case, and as the defendant had repeated the act after frequent warnings he should fine him the full penalty of 10/. and costs. The money was paid. HAMMERSMITH.—Mr. Charles Clark Wil pawnhtok,r, cf High-streA, Notting-hill, was sumMoned for refusing to deliver a pledge after the plineipal and interest had b-en tendered. The defendant was represented by his assistant, and Mr, Hurry also appeared for him. H.-nty Barfoot, a painter, living at No. 2, Dart mouth-street, Noting-hill, st.ted that on the 23d of July last he pledg ,, d at the defendant's shop two brushes, called "clusters," for is., and received two duplicates. On the 17th inst. be sent his daughter, a little girl, to rede ,, m them.. He gave her a polite note to the pawnbroker and is. lid., bring -the principal and interee. His daughter returned, stating that 4d. mare was required for the interest before they could ba redeemed. She rlso brought back the ticketa, and he then found that the date of one hal bean altered from the 24th to the 23d of July.. He believed it was a trick to obtain double interest upin the pledge, and he therefore took out the - surntnon4, as they refused to deliver up the bruises without the in terest on the two ticke's. Iu answer to que.,tions by Mr. Reny, the wit ness slid he pawned the brushes in the name of John Brown. He took the brushes in one parcel, and he would swear they were one pledge and not two. Be thought at the time it was a peculiar transaction, and he had his susp'cions. It was the only time he had ever pledged, or he might have made some inquiries when the two tickets .wt re delivered to him. Eliza Barfoot, the daughter, corroborated her father's evidence, and said she saw one of the youn men alter a figure on the ticket. Mr. Barry submitted that the complainant had placid himself out of court on his showing that be had given a false name, - whereby he bad incurred punishment of three months' imprisonment. Mr. Ingham referred to the 10th section of the Pawnbrokers Act, and said it did not make the giving a false name an offence - ; it merely made it a ci cum t tnc9 of suspicion. Mr. Horry then went on the merits of the case, and said it was the practice to make separate pledges of duster brushes, for if they were_ put together it injured the hair. The complainant denied that it was necessary to separate them, and said he took them in one parcel. The assistant said he remembered taking in the brulies, and told the man at the time be could not take them as one pledge. He gave him 6d. upon each and the two tickets. Mr. Ingham recommended that the parties should settle the case, for be could not suppose that Mr. Williams, who had always conducted his business with propriety, had given t►he two tickets ou one pledge for the purpose of get►ing double interes►. The assist tut would rather leave it to his worship to deLide, as it was very important to pawnbrokers. Persons might come to their shops with two tickets, a❑d declare the property was pawned at the same tune, and only pay single interest up nit them. Mr. Init. .m then said he should diuniss the summons. ITIPPOPHAGY.—The Journal de 'Min says :—" A dinner of horseflesh has just taken place at Bourg, some amateurs having assembled at the Hotel du Midi for the purpose. Soups, cutlets, steaks, and roast joints were made from a fine animal which it bad been found neces sary to kill on the previous day. The guests did not, d u e s l e ig d b i t n ed th w e i t p h re tb p e a r n a o t i v o e n l t o y f . Notwithstandinge to o s l t l b i l t e l h much e arecu m a h i remained a certain flavour sui generic which effected delicate palates, and we think it will be long 'before the genuine beef will be supp'anted by the flesh of the horse." 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Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette of the date proposed for the commencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an nounced. BANKRUPTS. Henry Clements, corn factor, Hythe, to surrender, June 4 and July 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Lane, agricultural implement maker, Cirencester, June 7, and July 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Margaret Blackwell, coach manufacturer, Sheffield, June 5 and July 10, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. James Simmons, cgachraaker, Masted, Kent, June 8 at half-past one, and July fi at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Samuel Foster, dyer, Alerley, Yorkshire, June 4, and July 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Courf. Charles Oates, woolstapler, Fleckmondwike, Yorkshire, June lt), and July 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. William Townsend, florist, Notting-hill, June 7, at half past eleven, and July 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- ' TU ptcy. Reuben Elley, innkeeper, Wolverton, June 8, at two, and July 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Meeks, upholsterer, Leamington Priors, Warwick- ' shire, June 7 and 28, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. George Mare, miller, Newcastle-under-Lyme, June 4, at eleven, and June 25, at ten, at tho Birmingham District Court. Robert Speek, tailor and draper, Oldham, June 7 and 2i, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. The London and Eastern Banking Corporation, Thread needle-street and Cannon-street, City, June 4, at eleven, and July 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Richard Bowkor, commission merchant, Man cheater, June 9 and July 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Ralph Turnbull, news agent, North Shields, June - 7, at eleven, and July 8; at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Wallace, music seller, Dundee. George Reid, spirit dealer, Birrhead, Renfrewshire. William Christie, grai❑ and potato merchant, Auch• terarder. Samuel Young, grocer, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. William Bowie, merchant, Falkirk. Country lVlarxets. NORWICH CATTLE —MAy 22. - We hal the largest show of Scots to•day that has been this year, as also of short horns. Trade sloW. Bet few Devon and Irish at market. Fat beasts, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; prime, 75 6d per stone; being about saws as last week. Sheep, 35s to 38s per head, and good store pigs, 15s to 20s. Fat pork, Gs to 6s 6d per stone of fibs; trade dud. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 61 to id Butter, p lb. is hi to is 21 I Mutton, per 1b.... 6d to 7d Eggs, per 18, Os 01 to is 01 Lamb, do., Os 8d to Os 9,1 I Hens, p pair Os Od to Os 01 Veal, per lb ... Old to Os 7d I Chickens,do. 4s Od to 6e, 0 I York, perlb...os 50 to 6:.d Ducks, do., 4s 61 to 6e 61 Salmon, per lb .... ..... Os Od I Ducklings,do 2s Od to 2s 61 Grouse, per brace—. 0s to Os Turkeys, each Os Od to Os 0 I Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, per qr., .—d to 3;1 • COURSE OF EXCRA.NGE.—YESTERD AY. Am5terdarn............ 11 1 ' , 54 Gibraltar Ditto, three months •• 11 17% Leghorn •• .. • ..... 29 60 Rotterdam •• •• •... •• •• 11 17% Genoa •••• • ••• •• 25 60 Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 35 Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Brussels •• •• • . •... .• ••25 35 Venice •••••• • • •• •..• •• aarnburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 7% N a pl ee -• •• •••••••••• •• 41% Altona •••• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo •• •• • .•• •• 125 , 4 Paris•• •• •• •• ••••• •• •• .• 25 10 Messina •• • ... 125% Do. three months •• 25 32% Lisbon .• Marseilles •• •• .• •• •... 25 35 Oporto •• •••• •• •• •• ..•• 51% Bourdoaux •• •• •• .•.... •• Rio „laneiro ••• •• •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres...... Berlin ................ • • !New York,6o days' sight ',tonna,. •••• .• .• •• .. 10 30 Philadelphia frieste.. .• •••••• •• .• 10 32 PRICES Or svr.tion, rza OZS Petersburg .• .• .• .• .• 351 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0 Cadiz 49 . 7 4 Mexican Donau 0 0 0 Barcelona •• •• •• •• •... • • New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville•••••••• •• LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-MAY 25. Smell arket to-day has been quiet, but became rather firmer at the close. Great Westerns, 551 to 556—Birkenheads, 71i 6—Leeds Northern, 231 4 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38,1 6—London and North Western, 93/—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91 to 91/ --Midlands, 91 i—Eastern Counties, 12 /.—Caledonians, 42/ —Blackburn, 9/ 10 - South Eastern, 2013-16—North British, 121- —Dutch Rhenish, 411-16 d.—Great Western of Canada, 19 191—York and North Midland, 36i 366-- Chester and Holyhead, 178 to 181—Berwicks, 22h to 3 —East Lancashire, 90 to 9.1 —Graxd Trunk of Canada, 12 13-16 to 5-1 0. A.NCH ESTER, MAY 25 STOCK EVKANGE.—The market opened with a fair amount of business, but prices were lower. Midlands, 921 Trunks, 12 I—L ee d s , 9 0 —Dovers, 204—Londons, E2f — Sheffields, 38,1—Eastern Counties, 121 —East Lanca shire, 90 —Canaclas, 19I—Birkenhead Stock, 7 I —Great Westerns, 55.j—Crystal Palace, 11. LEEDS, MAY 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.— North Eastern, Yorks, 72i —Mid lands, 923. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was steady to-day, sad prices rather better. Birmingham and Stour Valleys were done at 1. 8 .—Great Westerns, Stour Valley Gua ranteed Stock, 56 3 — Shropshire Unions, 45—Birmingham Gas (now ordinary shares), IN CEIURCH-11,1.1'31 CONTEST.- Oa Friday a vestry was held at Alton, to ask for a church•rate of 4d. in the. pound. The demand was resisted ; the votes being taken accord ing to Sturges Bourne's Act, the numbers were—For the rate, 30 ; against it, 25. A poll was demanded, which terminated at four o'clock on Saturday, when the numbers were—For the rate, 138 ; against, .77 ; majo rity for the rate, 61. A protest, in writing, against the estimate, on the ground of illegality, was handed to the cbairman, which be refused to receive. If the non-oen. tents are disposed to resist the rate, it will be easy to do so on the score of illegality. BIRTHS. noonou—On the 24th inst., at Waustead, the wife of Mr. Anthony Brough, of a daughter. Kixa—On the 22d inst., at Chelteuham, at the residence of her father, Admiral Carter, C. 8., the wife of Augustus King, Esq., Captain Royal Horse Artillery, of a'son. VERNON On the 23d inst., Lady Ha.riet Vernon, of a son. MARRIAGES. ASTLEY—CORBETT—On the 22d inst., at St. James's, Picca dilly, John Dugdale Astley, Lieut.-Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards, to E eanor Blanche Mary, only. child of Thomas George Corbett, Esq , of Eisharn, Lincolnshire, and Darn- - hall, Cheshire, and the late Lady Mary Corb tt. MORRIS— METCALFE—On the 20th inst., at Hawes, York shire, Joseph Morris, Esq., of Ashfield Villa Upper Tulsa Hill, to Susannah, only daughter of the late Christopher Metcalfe; Esq., of Hawes. BEAT 11 S. • BAZALGETTE —Oa the Ist April, killed whit t on duty at the capture of Kotah, Captain Evelyn Baza'gette, 95th Regi ment, aged 23, son of Colonel Bazagette, of Dorset-square, Regent's-park, London. Escu -• On the 22d inst., George Each, of G _neva, at 22, Rich mond-place, Southwarl;. Featow—On the 20th inst., at King William-street, city, J• K. Farlow, Esq., aged. 76. LEGII—On Whit Sunday, the Rev. Win. Dawson Legh, third son of the late Rev. E. D. Legh, incumbent of St. Botolph. Ald.rsgate, aged 24. OUSELEY—On the 10th Feb., at Assumption, Paraguay, Win. C. Ouseley, only remaining son of Sir William Gore Ouse ley, K.C.8., ll.M.'s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on a speeial mission to Central America. LONDON s Printed and Published by 111171i,DU of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °Mee. No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the county of Aliddlesex, Wednesday, Iday .26, 1858. LIVERPOOL, MAT 25. There was a limited attendance to-day, and only a very mod-rate business for the passing consumption resulted. Common American wheat was offered at a reduction of ld to 2d per bushel, but in the higher qualities no concession was made. Flour stood ground better than wheat, and was merely called easier. Indian corn had a fair trade at Friday's prices. Nu other change in last week's quota tions for other articles. LEEDS, MAT 25. The arrival of wheat is large, millers try to buy on lower terms, but any decline of moment is resisted—the trade is, therefore, slow, and no advance on Friday's rates cap be established. Barley unaltered. Oats and beans quite as dear. Other articles as before. Averages for the week : • Wheaf., 43s 5d Oats, 258 'lid Peas, —s Od. 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