The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-14 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. MEETING OF- LANDED PROPAIETORS. Pursuant to a cu;tom. in - ro o -uc during the more stormy periods. of this country's history, the coming meeting, of .the Parliamentary session is to be pre ceded by a regular high demonstration, the objects of Which will be found embodied in. the subjoined documents which have been forwarded 'for ;publica tion in the Mai/ of this evening. It is almost diffi ; cult to belLtve that the noble and gentle projectors of the movement can entertain a reasonable' hope that the leading provisions of this.new Reform Bill cyan receive the countenance or support of any Government, TQry, Whig, or Radical. Some of the suggestions look, no doubt, very well on paper, but great changes must take place in the social condi tion of Ircl;,nd before the British Legislature could, safely venture upon the hazardous scheme to be. debated in. Dublin on the .21th of the current month:— (Circular.) "Committee-rooms, 30, Westmoreland-street, Dublin, lan. 12, 1859. " Sir,—We beg to inform you that a meeting of the no bility, gentry, and others interested in the peace and prospe rity of Ireland, will be held at the Round-room of the Ro tunda, in the city of Dublin, on the 27th inst., at 12 o'clock, when yonrattendanceisparticularlyrequested, and onwhich occasion the Marquis of Downshire has kindly consented to take the chair. The object of the meeting is to consider the propriety of forming a permanent association for obtain in.- such amendment s i n th e l aw as may appear f r om time to time necessar y for the better protection of life and pro perty in this country. This is an object in which it is ex pected all classes will cordially unite. We enclose a state ment of the most important matters which will be submitted for the consideration of the meeting. It is also intended to propose measures for the encouragement of improving tenants and the assistance of the labouring, poor. The committee will feel obliged by an early reply, addressed to Mr. J. Overend, at the committee-rooms, stating whether they marexpect your attendance. The committee-rooms will be open daily from 10 o'clock a.m. till five o'clock p,m., for. the purpose of affording information, and issuing cards of admission to the meeting. " We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants, "GEORGE A. HILL, Honorary , "J. L. W. NAP ER . 5 Secretaries. The provisional committee for convening a meeting of the nobility, gentry, and others interested in the peace and prosperity of Ireland, will submit the following mat ters for its'eonsideration 1. From the impunity which has for many years attended the most atrocious agrarian crimes in this country, and the recent revival of Riband-societies, and other illegal combinations, it is manifest that the law needs to be amended and rendered more effective for the proiection of life and property. This amendment is necessary, not alone for the security of landlords who wish to improve their estates, but also for the protection of the well-disposed among the peasantry from the demoralising terrorism, under the pressure of which they are coerced into an ap parent complicity with crime. "'.2. This impunity, which affords so much encourage ment to crimircils, is to be ascribed chiefly to the sympathy of the lower classes, extending to jurors; many of Whom aro drawn from these classes, who cannot be expected to act independently in any case which strongly excites popular feeling, namely, small shopkeepers, publicans, and others, whose means of living might be destroyed er materially diminished by the Withdrawal of custom. It is, therefore, importarrt'that there should be a higher standard of juror qualification, and even with jurors of a better class the venue should be changed in trials for agrarian crime to pre vent the possible risk of a failure of justice from local pre judice or intimidation. It is also desirable that in criminal eases the Crown should have the right of requiring a special " Stipendiary magistrates, who are specially charged with the detectioa and prosecutien of offenders, should be invariably men of education, energy, and ability; conse quently they should be appointed and promoted according to a system founded upon some adequate test of capability and merit. They should be strictly prohibited from engag ing in any other occupation, and where practical they should be bound to reside in the centres of their respective districts. The public interest absolutely requires that those who are, at present incompetent through age and infirmity should be compelled to retire, which many of them are now • entitled to do, en full pay. " 4. The commission of the peace should bo given by the authorities only to gentlemen whose station and cha racter are such as to command the respect of the people, and who possess a property qualification, such as is required in 'England, and the local magistrates should have the same authority, privileges, and immunities in everything connected. with the discharge of their duties as those en joyed by the stipendiary magistrates. " 5. As so much depends on the efficiency and fidelity of the constabulary, no constable should be appointed to the force without a certificate of good character from the magis trates in petty sessions for the district where he resides ; and as it is stated that considerable numbers, comprising the beat men of the force, have retired from it during th last two or three years owing to the inadequacy of the pay, and as, by the abolition of the revenue police, additional duties have been imposed upon the constabulary, it is but just that their pay should be raised in proportion to the importance and extent of their duties. It is, moreover, unwise not to give a constable extra pay when attending at assizes or quarter sessions, as he is thus indirectly interested in not being concerned in the prosecution of offenders. " 6. And inasmuch as Riband conspiracies are generally concocted in low public-houses, more effective restrictions should be placed on the granting of licenses ; publicans should be compelled to post up conspicuously on their pre mises Government proclamations_ and police notices. The license should be forfeited by any breach of this regulation, and the same penalty should be immediately inflicted upon any public= in whose house Riband lodges or other illegal societies shall be proved to have been in the habit of meet ing. As a publican is by the nature of his business exposed to undue influences, he should by law be ineligible to act as Poor Law guardian, relieving officer, town commissioner, or juror. And whereas, under colour of grocers' licenses, numerous publichouses are virtually established, which are subject to little or no control, the law prohibiting the sale of spirits to be consumed on the premises should be strictly enforced, and these houses should b e su bj ec t t o th e same control and supervision as in the case of publichouses. " ' 7. The absence of power in grand juries to grant cora pensation to the family in cases of murder, and to the indi , vidual in cases of malicious personal injury, is a very seri ous defect in the law. It is just and expedient to enforce such compensation in the same manner as for malicious in jury to property, and grand juries should be empowered to decide on claims for it when rejected at the presentment sessions on. merely technical- grounds, and t.) order an im mediate levy of all sums awarded as compensation for mali cious injury either to the person or property. " 8. As the law for the punishment of those who har bour and conceal felons is not practically useful, the Lord- Lieutenant, , upoti information given, should have power to issue a proclamation calling on the accused party to sur render and take his trial, or, in default, all persons harbour ing him would be-guilty of felony. '' 9. While we are anxious to see the laws repressing crime made more effective, we are not unmindful of the ne cessity of hnprcrving• the social condition and habits of the humbler classes. The improvement of the dwellings of the labouring population and of the small farmers of Ireland are matters of vital importance, and an association of per sons interested in property would, feel it their duty as well as interest to give their best consideration to questions bear ing so immediately on the means that- may promote the suppression of those secret societies which have hitherto counteracted every effort towards amelioration. " 10. In conclusion, the committee earnestly solicit the co-operation of. the landed proprietors in their respective counties, and their attendance at the proposed meeting, ,so that the matters mentioned may be fully discussed and con sidered, in order that they may bo brought before Govern ment, in full confidence that the Imperial Legislature as see the necessity of strengthening the hands of the executive in the suppression of agrarian crimes. • " DOWNSiIIILE, Chairman. " LORD GEORGE HILL, Gweedore, county Donegal, Hon. " 'J. W. LENNOX NAPE; Esq., Secs."' Loughcrew, Oldcastle. THE LAW APPOINTMENTS. The Express of this morning announces that Mr. Edmund Hayes, the Solicitor-General, is to be the successor of the venerable Baron Pennefather in the Court of Exchequer. The new ,judge filled the office of Castle adviser during the brief Derby Ministry of 1852. It is further announced that Mr. John George, Q.C., is to be the Solicitor-General. Mr. George represented the county of Wexford for a few years, and was unexpectedly defeated at the last general election by Mr. Hatchell, the present liberal member. THE IRISH VICEROYALTY. ' The following is an extract from a London letter, published in the Derry Journal of yesterday. The subject referred to has been a current topic in Dublin for several days past, and an article in the Sunday organ of the late Ministry has given strength to the rumour that some move is on the taxis in the direction indleated:—" I have learned that correspondence has been going on between the Irish office here and officials—and others out side the official circle—on the subject of the Vice royalty, 'and from what has reached my ear I have no hesitation in saying that the abolition of the office is determined upon. Don't understand me as saving that the Government will ori g i na t e a bill With this object in view. They will do no thing of this straightforward nature, but they are, aware that a bill shall be brought before the House of Commons by an independent member—not . Mr. Roebu c k thi s time—and the memb ers o f the Government will give no opposition, either. in its incipient or other stages. So far, then, as the Ministry aro concerned,' the 'Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland will cease to be one of the institutions of the country before the close of another year." THE: ARRESTS.. . • The Cork Examiner learns from its X, ilkenny correspondent. that the brother of. Gould, the in former, who swore informations against the parties arrested Itt Cork, was sent from Kenmare to Dublin Castle On Friday last.' More arrests' were expeetcid in Kenmore. Several parties, named as mernbers of the Phcenix.Cliib, have left the country. TIIE IiURIJER OF - AIR.. ELY. Accounts from Galway give the subjoined parti-, culars of the arrest on board the Circassian, just as she was about to start on her voyage to Americas of a person suspected to he no other than the noto rious Delany, the alleged murderer .of Mr. Richard Ely. It is more than doubtful, however, Whether the party in. chstodv IS the real Simon Pure, al though it may be that he is One of those who, for reasons -best known to himself, «..s anxious to leave his country . for his country';; goo;. The Vindietetor says :—" The . neighbourhood of th e docks was plentifully sprinkled on Monday with policemen, in coloured clothes, and all manner of ingenious 'make up.' Many of them were so artis tically costumed, representing various trades, call ings, and vocations, that the old saying that their own mothers wouldn't know them' might be safely applied to their cases. The reason of this was said to be, that it was expected Delany, the man charged with the murder of Mr. Ely, would have endeavoured to take shipping by this route. An arrest was made 'on board on Monday night by Constab 4. Maguire of this town, but though - it was generalW rumoured that it was Delany, it turns °tit no - to be th:.t - person. The prisoner taken is suppo-cd to be ; Thos. Kelly, charged with stealing eight head of-Cattle in the county of Kildare. lie arrived in Galway, under very suspicious circumstances, having sent anotheLperson from his lodging house where he, was concealedlO - purchaSe:liis ticket, arid haVirig, previous to going on board; exchanged tickets with a man named handy, each agreeing, to answer to ,the other's name.. On being arrested in. his berth the constable found by his side a six-barrelled re volver, loaded; and. 115 in cash was also found on him. On being brought before Mr. H. Comerford, J.P.,..vesterday„he stated that his name w as Martin Reny ; that he Was brother, to Thomas Kelly, who: stole the cows, w ith which ie had nothing what ever to do ; that Thomas Kelly shared the proceeds' of - their sale with him, and escaped, himself by way of Liverpool; and that. he defies the police or any one else .to bring anything more against ,him. He is remanded for the present for the purpose of ide tification." THE CHANNEL FLEET AT QUEENSTOWN. The Cork. • Examiner of yesterday says : it:is intended that the vessels of the fleet at prose__.. stationed at Queenstown should leave that port on the 15th .inst., it was deemed advisable to exercise the Marines of the various vessels before departing. This morning, accordingly, shortly after 9 O'clock, boats - filled with Marines and blue jackets put off' from the - various men-of-war vessels in the harbour -the Nile, the Racoon, the Brunswick, &c.—for Spike Island, where the Marines landed at the pier and proceeded to the other side of the island. Here they were exorcised, drilled, and put through vari ous manoeuvres for upwards of three hours, or till near 1 o'clock. Nothing, however, beyond the usual reviewing or exercising occurred, although statements had gone abroad that a sham battle, &c., would take place. At the time above-mentioned the Marines marched round aglin to the pier where they had landed, and took their places in the boats which then left the island. There were a great number of men reviewed, as nearly all in the vari ous vessels were present, and upwards of 1,200 men were in the boats previous to the debarkation, and when the boats were filled with Marines after the review was over, making the harbour in the neigh bourhood of Spike have a very animated appear ance. The day was favourable, as, with the excep tion of a smart breeze blowing during the whole time of the review, the weather was as pleasant as could be wished." ." As THE _REGENT OF PRUSSIA'S SPEECH. (From the Times) The speech of the Prussian Regent at the .open ing.ofthe Chambers is remarkable more for what. it • omits thar what it cOnfains. It is hardly possible to conceive a composition avoiding in a more masterly manner all reference to the subject§ Which fill men's minds . . It is Made up of .what may be the constant elements of a Royal speech_ patriotic allusions, appeals to the national feeling of Prussians, assurances that the ruler will do his best to uphold the honour of his country, and requests that the representatives will vote a liberal budget. Perhaps we ought, not to criticise harshly the first address of one who exercises only a "ViCitrions power, but we certainly could'have wished to hear a less uncertain and timid sound from Royal lips. PrusSia has now arrived at an important epoch in her history. In this men of all parties agree —that, whether for good or evil, the ensuing Session of the Chambers will fix the policy of Berlin for many years. Emperors and Kings, rulers of small Ger Man States, mediatised princes, landowners, professors, 'Officials, traders, and peasants,—all. the elements of which German society is made up,—now look to Berlin for an in dication of what is to be the future of Prussia, and, through Prussia, of Central Europe. The repre sentatives returned throughout the monarchy are Liberal almost to a man. The party which so long lorded over the intellect and checked the aspirations of the country is now powerless, at least in the Chambers, and it is evident that if constitutional government is to be a reality, and the Regent is to be guided by the legally-expressed will. of the people, the whole system of Frederick William's rule must be changed. Yet the Regent says no word of these great political changes, nor does he reveal whether he accepts the revolution which his own accession to power has made. This may be decent, statesmanlike, perhaps necessary, yet the European world would be glad to learn some thing of the designs hidden in the Royal breast. Has Prussia definitively joined the number of constitutionally governed States ? Are future Prussian Kings—the Regent, his son, and any heir who may be born to that sun's lately-contracted alliance, to be the chiefs of a limited monarchy like that of England, or are they to be military rulers of the old school, only calling in a legislative body on rare occasions to sanction important changes in the ruling power, or to give effect to any extraordinary law ? We know, indeed, that the enlightenment of Prussia and the general good sense of the Royal Family are sufficient guarantees against the re-establishment of any coarse despotic rule ; but we may be allowed to feel a little anxiety as to whether constitutional forms will be the ordinary or only the occasional ma chinery of the Prussian State. The times are past when Englishmen, were ae custoined to judge every act of another nation by their own standard. We may retain something of insular narrowness, but still we are sufficiently aware of the differences between Prussians and ourselves not to be impatient if in seeking the same goal they diverge somewhat from our path. As little do 'we think it necessary that they should move as fast as we do. Englishmen are in "train ing," to borrow an expression from the sporting World, and can enter into the race or the battle with an assurance of ending without exhaustion or discouragement. "The Prussians are only now be ginning to move after nearly nine years of inaction, and they are without either traditions or practice to guide them in their new career. Happy, then, is it for the world that their natural slowness accords with the exigencies of the situation. Germans have one quality pre-eminent,--theA dislike of' being hurried. A Hamlet-like consideration of all the possible bearings 'of any course commends itself to their habit of thought. It is a valuable 'quality in political life, and will preserve them froth a repetition of the evils which arose in 1848 &Om a. spurious and un-German aping of French demo cracy. Still this constitutional slowness demands that the ruler should take the initiative some what more than in England, and anticipate the desires of liberty before they Like the form of popular clamour. The time has, we think, arrived for the relaxation of the laws against the Prussian press. No great outcry has yet been made, simply because journalism has not attained the importance which it possesses in this and some other countries. But the censorship, an odious relic of the late Governmental system which still virtually exists, might well be discontinued. We. regret to say that the Regent, either through a deeply-seated fear of free speech, or from deference to the policy of the King, has in no way relaxed the stringency of official control over printed matter. Not only is the newspaper press continually inter fered with, but even publications of a more preten• ous character, such as the Berliner Jal4rbucker, are quite at the mercy of the police. Perseverance in such a system can do no good to the new Govern - - ment, The Regent may bring to his side all the energy and ability of the country simply by ceasing to degrade it. He may turn the organs of national feeling into supports of the Royal house, if he will only restrain the meddlezome 'zeal of subordinates; who see a violation of State secrets in the mention of an Ambassador's dinner, and double-dyed trea son in a criticism' of a Custom-house cleric It is to be trusted that this subject, though un noticed in the Regent's speech, is not far from his thoughts. Had he assured the Chambers that he' could trust to the-attachment • of the people, and that henceforth the press would be amenable only to the tribunals of the country, the Regent would have satisfied the world fur more than by the sally against the Danish nation which is the principal feature of the Sp('ech.' The Regent declares•that the efforts of the Government have always been directed " towarch;obtaining for the G erman 'Duchies which are:under the Danish sceptre the full exer-• cise of those rights to .which the Federal• law 4 and the treaties between the German Diet and Den mark give - thentwell-founded claims." That - If oh-' stein and Schleswig should have their dueevery one is willing to admit; but it cannot be concealed that , on this viestion r the Ger Man Diet, With Priissia at its head, has played an• unworthy part during the last ten years. • An agitation, to a great extent un reasonable, and , unmeaning. has been kept up in the Diehies, against the Danish Crown, and the people have been persuaded by poets, professors,' and political orators that they present ri most pkrable caSci of an ‘i oppresseduationality." If the Regent, after so vaguely alluding to domestic sub- jects; felt it necessary' to travel into the domain — of foreign politics, he might have found in the position Of the Austrian monarchy subject of comment more suitable than , the linlf-for7,otten quarrels between the Diet and the King of Denmark. - • A large number of heavy- failures are expeeted to be announced in Paris during the half-monthly settle went nod* about to take place. At 'Vienna, likewise, the losses must have. been. seven, and in the prevailing un eextainty bills,upon that city are almost unsaleable. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1850. TILE NELPOLITAN PRISONERS. (From the Times.) - Tr What could have induced the'4iner 'f Naples to _other letroerlo, Settcoprini, and flic soners bee upon' society once more ? Seciety, especially socicty4owards the instep of-the Italian Bobt, is as much in danger as; ever from the in-, famous machinations of those misguided men. Has ....thediscipline of the prisons in that pleasant baj„ . - where the waters on which they look out seem to smile in mockery Of the captives' , 'anguish, been: effective to quell and crush in them the . spirit of revolt against the constituted authorities ? Shall we see a repetition of the intellectual destruction 'worked on Silvo Pellico when these prisoners are let loose from gaol? Will Poerio come out drivel ling about the Immaculate Conception and the cle mency of King .i.somba ? Or, finally, is it. that the I)reanolitun Sovereign is taking a hint from the ,ethical syStein of the unjust steward, and making to himself friends of the 1 3 6N-ers under whose domi, nion he must speedily come ? Why should that apparently unrelenting grasp be relaxed at last ? What reason is there why he should spare to•day— he who never spared man before 9 Why should .Shylock repent hini on a• Friday—late—of the cruelties he has meditated since the last Sabbath of his people ? The . approaching marriage of the . , _Duke of. Calabria, either• directly, or by inference,' affordS but a very imperfect answer to these clues:. tions. . Would, even now, at the twelfth hour, and far on in the twelfth hour, we could arrive at the conclusion that a saner system of government is contemplated by - those who for a time hold the destinies of Southern Italy in their hands Would that we could accept this amnesty as the first fruits, or earnest, of that wiser system ! From what we are about to say let no reader look for revelations which will help him to solve the Italian riddle of the hour. The arcana imperil of which we are about to speak have been for the last forty years as notorious and patent toall observers as the fiery crown of Vesuvius on the darkest night. If we are now threatened with war—and let etch man speculate for himself on the probabilities of it—it is King Ferdinand of Naples and men like him, quite as much as ambitious Kings and Emperors, who have brought Southern Europe to that pass. If the nations of the civilised world are arming; if mercan tile securities are changing into trash like yester day's fairy coin ; if the plains of Lombardy are again to be steeped in blood ; if Emperors, Kings, and their Ministers a re p re p ar i ng t o th row od JEson into the cauldron once more, to see what will come of boiling him up again, it is King Ferdinand of. Naples and his peers whom we have to thank for it. To anticipate such events as those of which we are speaking is well nigh to realise them. The immediate storm may yet be averted, but as long as Italy is so infamously misgoverned as it has been for many years past, the actual occurrence of the evils we dread can but be a question of months, of weeks, of days. Princes and Ministers may, for the purposes of their own private ambition and for their own selfish ends, toy And coquette with the spirit which is abroad. They may call it into premature action, but they cannot very long keep it under, if they would. The elements of confusion and destruc tion are so plentifully scattered from the Alps to Reggio that a child's hand may at any moment pro duce an explosion. A fantastic hat, the charred end of a cigar, a mistaken cry, may suffice as a signal where all men are prepared. It is likely enough that the high personages whose acts and words have led tO all this turmoil may at last shrink - from the spectre they have summonedon the scene, and do what they can to back out of so false a position ; but they may be held to their bargain in a way thcylittle thought. The evil is there on which they have speculated, and that evil is half a century of oppression and misgovernment. Tile Neapolitan King has let his captives loose at last, and we presume that he has done this because he felt it the most politic course for his own inte rests. But, as far as he is concerned, although he has undoubtedly chosen the wiser course, it was almost equally dangerous to stand still or to go on. If he retained them in their fetters a little while longer, and added a few months to their long years of martyrdom, public feeling would have been ex asperated against him more and more. When he lets them loose he simply liberates witnesses to his own insincerity. Poerio chained is a chained wit ness—Poerio free is a free witness to the fact that King Ferdinand will at any time trample under foot his pledged faith. He has lain these long years in his dungeon—he has suffered the utmost extremities of human misery, simply because he had done what the King, his master, had sworn to do. When the storm came Poerio trusted to the King ; when the storm abated Poerio trusted to the King still; but the time for trusting had passed away. This it is which forms the chief difficulty of the King's position, should he be advised to bend once more to the storm, and to ask again for the confidence of his subjects. How can they trust him ? It is not surprising that King Ferdinand of Naples should be taking alarm at what lie sees about him—he would indeed be bereft of reason if he did not apprehend the perils of his present situ ation. He has consented to release these unfortu nate captives, whose lives have been turned into a long agony by his breach of faith; but this only proves that he shrinks from the hour of retribu tion. It must indeed be acknowledged that he has made the anzenee as completely a% he could. King Ferdinand has banished the culprits from his do minions. Such is the state of the Two Sicilies that this is the greatest mark of favour in the Sovereign's gift. _RAILWAYS. What is to be the fate of railways in war ? Re cent quotations in the Stock Exchange show this to be one of the most important questions of the age. Eng . lishmen have many millions already embarked in contimatal lines, and the constant efforts of foreign Itilliernments are to encourage further contributions. Yet, if we may judge from the state of the share market since New Year' , 6. day, it is to be inferred that we have entered upon these investments, without any adequate under standing as to, the extent to which in the event of a European rupture they are to be treated with the consideration bestowed on all other private property. While French, Sardinian, and Aus trian Government stocks have declined 5 per cent., the shares of the railways in Austria, Lombardy, and Piedmont have sustained a fall of between 15 and 35 per cent. Indeed, in the Lombardo- Venetian the momentary depreciation has been !Inch heavier, and this Installee affords the best exemplification of the nature of the fears on the question. .The £2O • shares of that concern, on which La is paid, stood at. nearly £9 a few days before the opening of the new year. They have since touched -Lo,, thus showing a depreciation of nearly 50 per cent. The net profits,are at present at the rate of about 12 per cent. per annum, and there are solid data to.warrant an expectation that under normal circumstances they will not merely be maintained, but exceeded. Yet the mere rumour of war has produced an effect as if half the property had at once been irretrievably swept away. Are we to assume, therefore„that a railway in any country which may be the scene of hostilities is necessarily to be considered a ruined enterprise, and that it 'rust be expected either to remain shut up for years or to be exposed to wanton deStrue tion ? Supposing views of this kind to be seri ously entertained, they must apply to every continental line almost indiscriminately, since the point at which a war commences is frequently that which suffers the least from its ultimate ravages. If railway destruction is, under any circumstances, the, order of the day, there can be no_ reliance on the safety of such property in one country more than in another, and the world must sink to a state of unprecedented barbarism, since none but . sal-ages assail works of. art and benc- licence constructed at the cost of individuals for the zeneral purposes of commerce and civilisation. But for the test furnished by prices yesterday, it could hardly have been supposed that at the present epoch such apprehensions could have arisen. The public would probably have been inclined to rely that there is no modern Powerprepared to incur infamy of that description, and the supposition might have been that, although many. questions of s t r at eg y must be involved in the consideration as to the modes: in which such works ma y be dealt with, a n d the uses to which they may be applied by'hostile, armies f..necessively holding possession of any given, territory, a natural code would .soon. grow: into• recognition- that would, . as far as posSible, insure full rospect : for private rights. The Warning given, however, by the events ofthe week is that no con tinental railways should be trusted until spire un-. derstanding better than that which now prevails , shall have been arrived at regarding the. contiu pucks. to which they are to he exposed. The inte , rests involved are so Lovel and Vast, and are likely to be so mixed up with the future advancement. of all countries, that they might well have formed a branch of the discussions of the late Paris Congress. ' As it is, the.publie can only congratulate themselves, that they refused, to. advance .3 millions sterling for the construction of lines in Russia, and bear in, mind,.when they- receive future invitations, that if they : consent to venture it. must be with the liability: at any moment to find their property reduced to half its nominal amount on the utterance of a few significant words by a potentate with.4oo,ooo men at his command, and surrounded by courtiers whose fortunes require to be replenished by imposts on the Bourse.--Times' City Article. MILITARY PRISONS. A report.. - ion the discipline and.-management of military prisons, from the .prolifiec,pcn ou Col. Jebb, C. 8., the Inspector-General of those prisons, ap peared on Wednesday in print, forming a neat pocket bluebook of 27 pages. :The report, re fers to the year 1857, is dated from Parliament:. street the 26th of July, 1858. Its brevity is p.c 7 Cbunted for by the fact that Col. Jebb had alreddy fully discussed the system of discipline established in the military prisons in forme reports:—He ad. duces the -.statistics, which we shall, presently cite, as Well' - as the experience of anothei year, in proof of the beneficial effects which have resulted from an . .of • • organised system discipline, specially adapted for the due -correction of military offenders and the repression of crime in the army. The great improvement in the condition of the soldier and his' comforts which has been gradually introduced into. the service, and. which is in steady progress, cannot fail to lead to the most beneficial results in raising. the moral standard of the army. The necessity which has arisen for enlisting so large a number in a very short time for service in. India may have de ,layed any marked alteration in this respect ; .but if the causes which have deterred many of the : best men in a parish from enlistment .be removed, and the army is held by the public in the honourable estimation which is justly due to it, a better class of recruits will eventually offer ; and it may fairly be expected that drunkenness, which. continues to be the parent of most of the crimes, and desertion, which may be fairly attributed to a temporary cause, will rapidly decrease. 1857, - 5,572 :smiers were " admitted" into the military gaols .(against 6,376 in 1856), being a proportion of 5.62 per cent. to the force. The average length of sen tences was 49. days ; only five endured the ignomis nions punishment of the lash, while 12 were con signed to solitary, and ,three to separate confine ment. 723 prisoners were under .20 years of age, 4,339 between 20 and 30, 488 bet Ween 30 and :40, and 22 above 40. 1,958 had served two years and less, and 2,746 under seven years. 3,422 of the culprits were English, 438 Scotch, and 1,712 Irish. 3,600 were Protestants; 338 Presbyterians, and 1,634 Papists. The prison character of 5,353 was gbod, that of 124 indifferent, and that of 95 bad. The number of perstins punished for minor offences has greatly diminished, having been" smaller than in any previous year. The crimes in 1857 included 1,888 cases of desertion, 1,734 of absence without leave, 619 of drunkenness, 277 of disgraceful conduct, and 1,038 of other crimes. The expenses incurred included £18,232 for salaries of officers, and for the maintenance of the prisoners, while £16,008 was the amount of full pay and beer' money of prisoners in confinement not issued, so that the difference against the Government was £2,224. 122 was the average number of prisoners immured in barrack cells in 1857, being a.propor tion of 0.17 per cent. to the force. There were 1,548 cases of recommittal. in 1857. The snumber has but slightly increased since 1851. • The number of committals , for drunkenness in' -1857 was 397, being P9B per cent..of the average force. The health of the prisoners has improved, and the reduced scale of diet adopted in 1850 has. not, as a general rule, had any injurious ,effect on the prisoners. The ordinary reduced scale, now in operation, includes Boz. of oatmeal at breakfast, 9oz. of Indian meal at dinner, and Boz. of bread at supper, with half-a-pint of milk to each meal. It was found - expedient, however, to adopt a better scale in the prisons at Aldershott, Devonport, and Malta. The measures for the improvement of the con dition of the soldier which have been and stilt are in progress, and the discharge of many of the worst characters from the army, must be . alloWed their due weight in judging of the present state of discipline by the amount of punish ment. But a comparison of the number of sen tences, previous to the establishment of military prisons, and at the present time, affords a very favourable indication of the change that has'takcn place. In 1843 the number of soldiers imprisoned at any one time under . sentence by court-martial, in civil prisons, exclusive of those - who might be in confinement by order of commanding officers; was in the ratio of 20 in 1,000, and at the same time the number of corporal punishments amounted annually to about 5.2 making 25.2 per 1,000. In the three years from 1851 to 1854 the number of imprison ments was reduced to 11 per 1,000 ; and in the four years from 1850 to 1854 the average 'number of corporal punishments had been reduced to 2.5 per 1,000, being a little more than one-half in both cases, and making a total of 13.5 as compared with 25-2. During the year 1857 the average number • undergoing imprisonment at' any one time in 'the military prisons and barrack cells amounted to IF3 in 1,000, and the total corporal punishments in the year amounted to 3.4, making atotal of 14.8 per 1,000 for 1857 as compared with.•2s-2 in 1843. FARM 1101?SES. At a meeting of the Agricultural Club of Argyle, Bute, and the Western Isles, held at Rothsay on Saturday last, Mr. Finlay; M.P., spoke as follOWs upon the relative merits of - Scotch and English horses used for agricultural purposes The sub ject which has been selected for discussion at this meeting is the Rearini , and Management of Farm Horses,' a subject so large and important that I have been unable to compress it within the limits of one address of ordinary length. I shall, there fore, to-day confine my observations to the first 'part only—viz., the Rearing. In addressing you off this subject, my object is not to 'surprise you with new theories, or to amuse you with - interesting 'anec dotes, for I hardly expect to state a single . fautthat is not known to most of you a l re ady.' My; only aim Tis to - induce you to put into practice the knowledge which so many of youpossess4articularly those of Our own country, not only 'because • I believe farin horses are bettermanagedin ScOtlandthan in.:Eng land' generally, bdt because the experience of our own near neighbours is more likely to be useful to us than the experience of those residing at a dis tance, where the climate, soil, and food are in 'many respects different from our own. Although for many years I have kept from six to 12. farm• horks, 'my own experience is not so•great as it ought to' have been. I have, therefore, trusted • more to such men as Messrs. Gibson, of Woolmet ; Binnie, of Seaton Mains ; Stedman, -of Boghall ; -Fin nie, of Swanston ; Professor Dick, of Edinburgh ; Professor Stewart, of Glasgow; Mr. Spooner (an able - writer in the English AgrioullUral Journal); Stephens, and others, to all of whom I am much in-' debted for my facts. Allow me, first, to observe that it is comparatively easy to write , and speak upon such subjects, but it is exceedingly difficult to apply the information practically to every-day use. Example is better than - precept, and more difficult. We are so wedded to 'habit, to established customs, so averse to persevering action in . ' a new direction, that after hearing and reading discussions, and - re solving to introduce necessarrreforms, we go home and either forget them altogether, or, after a few languid attempts, we abandon them in despair, in stead of perseveri:-)g in the experiments until suc cessful. `Ye are all of us too like idle carters, who allow their , horses to follow in the tracks of those who went before them, satisfied to jor , on in the ruts made by our predecessors. Mr. Finlay here, at some length, impressed upon his auditory that theory was of little value without practi6e, and that the practical man was the really valuable man; and invited gentlemen present to discuss and criti cise with the utmost freedom all • his observations, stating that a good Contradiction was a valuable thing, though not always .pleasant in such a club as that. We would (he said) be the better of amern her or two like the man, of whom you have all heard, who, when he was arcked one evening where he was going to, replied, " I'm jest gaup doon to the club to contradick a wee." It has always ap peared to me surprising that in England, where so much money, time, and ability have been expended in improving.. live stock, farm horses should be so comparatively neglected. Farm horses in England are a disgrace to the country; and even-in Scotland, where we have a finer stock, the necessary atten-• tion has not beendevoted to the rearing •and inlmagement. We frequently hear of some £3OO or £4OO. being - given for a short-horn ebw; but never heard of an instance for which such a sum was given for a work-cart mare. Some farmers say that, tak ing price .into. account, there was little difference between, the value of - the - work got out of a worn-l out horse and- that obtained out of a vigorous one. Here Mr. Finlay, at . great length, com bated, the soundness of this doctrine by 7 calmila tions rektive to carting and field work. Speaking as- to the, latter, he said—l have often : -seen two horses and one man do more and 'better work in Scotland than- four. horses and a man and boy:do - in England. .In England 'you. see four horses to a plough, driven, by a lad.' These horses - , get little grain, - ,but an ample •supply of straw, a.d some-, tunes clover and meadow hay . ; they are potbellied; ill-shaped, slow-moving. animals, and they work only six or seven hours a-day.• Two - good, well-fed horses would do as much work as five of them ; their owners will tell you - they cannot do 'more-- • and why ? Because they are a bad - sort to :begin with, and secondly, because they are badly fed and• badly treated. If we wish to have vigorous work horses we must have the horses of a good breed, enduring in action; secondlyi - we must manage them with care and judgment. These two points comprehend the whole question.- First, as to getting horses of a -good breed Since the old Highland fashion of cattle-lifting - has gone out of practice, there are only two methods---- rearing or buying. Here Mr. Finlay gave at some length his reasons for recommending farmers to breed their own horses, giving the points and cha- racteristies of a good stallion, as also that of a farm horse. The treatment of mares in foal, and colts, traininecolts, - was next spoken of--As to-train" : ing 'CO stated that the_ most Celicate' operi#iimsV?as.th a t of - haltering and leading a foal, and quotedl4arey's advice on the subjeet. llr. F. cencludes Very interesting lecture in 'the follow , .- in werds:—"l have attempted to convince yen that all 110 employ work horses will find that good horses, well fed and well treated, will do more work at a cheaper rate than inferior horse.; badly - fed, and triS — their interest to procure the Lest animals within their reach. I have also recom mended 'farmers to breed heises, in preference to -buying them, and to breed none but the hest..l have likewise given Some general rules for the guidance of breeders, and for the treatment of colts. I propose still.to offer some remarks on Vac proper construc tion cf stables, on grooming, and 'attendance.; but specially on the . most approved modes of feeding. Thishradeli; boWever, is so very haportant, and I have already taken up sb . Much of your time, that I shall Consult ycin-Convenionce bye postpiniing the .discussion of these points until. the next meetin g of the club, possibly . your secretary will read my remarks, as I shall be unable to attend myself." PRESII.DENT - 'MONROE AND HIS DOCTRINE. (From the .21 . 'elv York Tlitzps.) If there be any sense of earthly things in souls see free, the late President Monroe must look with 'mingled scorn and surprise upon the scene of his mortal labours: With scorn;•certainly, as finding that the lapse'of 30 years .has made men .nO wiser ; that grave national .questions are. handled now, as his time they were, in the spirit of sixpenny partisan passion; and that the highest office in the land has become a mere Court Of Appeals for Tam many-hall, in which the squabbles of New York wire-pullers take precedence of the most important debates of war and peace as between the nations of the world ; and surely with surprise, to find that he himself is playing a part he never dreamed of in his country's history ; that his venerable ghost (left sleeping quietly so long within the borrowed grave to which his country's prudent economy consigned her chief's remains) has been invoked to stand be fore the Secretary of State's office and warn all foreign intruders off these premises, doing a kind of mystical policeman's duty towards the kingdoms of the earth. In the year 1823 Mr. Monroe, then President of the United States, was advised by Mr. Rush, then our Minister at London, that the Holy Alliance of Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Trance, having re ' solved to set the European house in or d er by knock ing Riego and the Spanish Liberals on the head, had also deter Mined to bring America to reason, to re-establish the Castilian sway in the New World, and to strike-, down, in every place within their reach, whatever Power dared assert itself as founded on the right of the people to self-government. This determination, however veiled, was a virtual denim ciatien of the tenure by which the HOuse of Han over helitEngland, .as well as of the claim of the United States to an' independent existence Eng land had, therefore, abstained - from and protested against the joint .action' of the 'other Powers, and, through her Premier, Mr. Canning, she advised Ameiica to do likewise. Inspired by his Secretary of State, ,Tohn 'Quincy Adams, who was always ready to take up the, gauntlet of despotism, when ever he found it thrown down on either side the • Atlantic ' Mr. 'Monroe respond e d t o th e appea l o f England, and gave the ruleyS of EUrope to under stand, in the mildest terms Compatible with truth, 'that "we shOuld consider any attempt on their part to extend their syStem, :to any portion of this heinisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." • "With the existing colonies or dependencies of any Eu ropean Power," said Mr. Monroe, "we have not interfet ed and shall not interfere. But.'with' the American Govern- , 'meats who have .declared their 'independence and main tained it, and whose independence we have on grave consi derations and on just principles acknowledged, we could not view any interpositionfor the purpose of oppressing them or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European Power; in any other light than as the 'manifesta tion of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." . . . . "It is impossible," he continued, "that the Allied Powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness : nor can any o n e - believe that our Southern bre thren, :if left, to themselves,. would adopt of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we shoUld behold any such interposition in any form with indifference." . Again„ in December, of the, ensuing year, 1824, Mr. Monroe alluded to this subject, for the purpose of asserting the completeness of the organization of the New World, The old " open ,territories" of the Americas, over which, with a sublime disregard' . of the heathen abo r i g i nes an d th e i r di sgus ti ng r it es, the Pope had exercised so absolute an authority— giving them away to his, faithful sons. were now, said Mr. Monroe, to be considered as closed. No Power was henceforth to take with the colonists of Europe.such liberties as those colonists had taken with their tawny predecessors. We had either exterminated or, suppressed the natives to that de gree that we, with our Spanish friends to the south of us, had ourselves become the genuine natives. Henceforth we should require to manage our own affairs, and to settle our own waste lands in our own way. This was a discrete, decisive, and authoritative proclamation. In fact, it opened a new era of his tory. It announced the formation of an Anierican system, which might undergo many modifications, but uhich must find its own law, and be within itself what Europe was and is—a self-administered self-controlling world of diverse interests, balancing an d balan Cod under the operation of influences native to the general states. It was in this way the corol lary-of the. declaration made the year before, and, as will' be seen, had less 'reference to America be yond our liniits than to Europe. It had nothing to do with " manifest destiny," as now commonly unierstoed- - with the extension of the area of free 'dom.--With annexation, or With Filibusterism. ' . Judge, then, whether we are not right in saying that the Shade'. of President Monroe would indeed be startled from its propriety (if there be propriety hi shades!) on' finding what the Monroe doctrine has become on the lips and from the pen of Gen. Cass. For Gen. Cass appeals to it as his authority for declaring that we could not peacefully behold >the exercise of a protectorate by a European Pow er over'any independent St a t e o f this continent, even at the request of that state. The appeal is idle. Not to speak of the stultification which such lan guage reCeivQs from the fact that we have looked peacefully on at least two such, protectorates —one in Honduras' and . one in Nicaragua —at any time these last 10 or 20 years, the doctrine of Mr. Mon roe will bear no such construction. It was conceived in a different spirit and for a very different end. We ourselves hold that Gen. Cass has merely mud dled a clear and sound idea. We believe ardently, and firmly that the time must come, and will, when 'any protectorate but that of the United States over an American nation will be impossible; and when the flag of this country will be recognised through out the continent as the symbol Of peace and the gua rantee of order. But we look forthe advent of that time to a policy as - unlike thatof Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Cass as any policy can be ; to a policy of jus tice abroad'and law at home ; to a policy constitu tional at once and progressive, clearing away the incumbrances of the past by reforms in the sense of freedom, and opening the vistas of the future by bold assertions of absoluteright. Meanwhile, let us forbear, if but for very shame, to trouble the ashes of our dead President. We have his family among usits sad remnant at least —ill-cared for, wasting away. While we leav e th em to' their lonely want and silent endurance, let us not flaunt the name of Monroe upon banners that he knew not of, nor bear it in the van of enterprises from which his patriotism and his loyal good sense would have recoiled with indignation. . . . ' [ADvmmsEmENT.]— Stcan , AND linAurso. SPEC. ' TACLES".—POWEItrUL TEI,EkDPESt—OPERA, RACE, AND pEnsrEenvr, GLASSES. MOWS. S. and B. Solomons, • opticians, 39, Alberinarle-Street, 'Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and,Night Perspective. Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18,1enses, constructed of; Gerinan glass. Will show dis tiiktly a person to know' them at two-and-a-half and three miles, anti an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's .Coast Guards are, making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also pre ferred for deer-stalking by' sportsmen, gentlemen, .and gamekeeper S..• Telescopes 31 inches long, by whieh . a per- Kra may be clearly seen and . known at 31 miles' and an Object at .12 , to 11 miles' distanee ; and with an extra astro noinical eye-Piece,' Jupiter's - moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen, ,All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing ; powers, and are secured by s he r Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A ,valuable, newly inventetl, 'very small powerful WaiStcoat-iiiieket ' Glass, the size of h walnut, by -. which a - person can •be seen and known: uric' and. a -half utile distant. • They, answer every purpose on thc,...,Bace-course and at the Opera houses. 'Country scenery and ships aro clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to siiortsmen,. gentlemen, groa-e -. keepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectaclo .Lenses of the greatest transparent.-power.: The great. advantage deriVed froMlhis - invention is, that vision, becoming impaired is preserved' and strengthened, and very (tied persons are enabledlo employ their sight at the most minute occupatio n —can see . wit'W-thoselenses of a much less magnifyin g . power, ana.they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous..effeets of further -powerful assistance, Persons. eau be Suited at the.mest.remete part. of the world by send ing one of the glasscis out of thiiir spOtaeles in a letter, and stating 'the distance from the oyes they can read 'small print with It; rind those WhelitiVe not made use a spectacles by stating theinage. Tioafnosa.--7lOWDiscovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-inventsd instrument for Deafness, entirely _ di fferent from all ethers, of the . kind - that ha s been, or probably surptsses anything ever can be, produced, Being of the sanie colour as the skin, is not porOptible, It 'enables" Veal persons to hear distinetlrat ehureli and at public asse m bli es; th e unplea sant sensation. of singing noises in the ears is entirely re • moved, and it affords all,the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albema r l e - s t ree t , Piccadilly. Observe—. opposite the Ybrk LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 13. • 4 , - - - - ‘- BAIL COURT. SWAYNE Y. Dr: \'.'DENY. • Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. T. Jones were conriel flit the plaintiff; and Mr. Overend and Mr. Image fer the defendant. This was an action to recover £6O for the use and occupation of a furnished house, being No. 2, • Inverness-place, Bayswater. Thedefendant pleaded never indebted- and payment. The plaintiff is a house agent at Nottinghill ; the defendant is a lady of fortune and respectability. The plaintiff, having a house of his own, being the house in question, which had been previously occupied , f,y Lord Cottenham, agreed to let it to the defendant at a rent of £l2O, payable quarterly, •and with a payment in advance of £lO. The defendant entered into posseSSiOn on the Sth of March; The defendant a ft erwar d s , o n the 12 t h of March, .complained that the house .was in a very diry state, and that the carpets sent did not fit. The.. plaintiff 'then :sent an upholsterer to put everything right.. The. defendant's nephew called and coMplained of the drains smelling: A Mr. Coles acted for-Mrs. Dewdeny. A complaint was made of bugs. The plaintiff sent his managing porter, who attended to those matters. Hadhad no complaint before of bugs or of bad smells. • The defendant left on the 3d of April. • The plaintiff, having given evidence to the above effect, was cross-examined. Lord Cottenham was in the house three months, and left on January 19, 1858, and, a woman remained in possession until the defendant entered. Coles was a house agent, living about half a mile from the plaintiff. He sometimes let houses for plaintiff. Coles applied to plaintiff for commission for letting this house to the defendant, but plaintiff refused to pay him. He believed everything had been done that he had undertaken to do. He did not go to the house once a year. Did not know that the rain came through the roof upon the beds. , The:plaintiff's manager swore that the house and furniture were in a clean state, fit for the occupation of a lady. Mr Overend saidhis defence Would be tnat Coles had let the house, as the agent of the plaintiff, to the defendant, and had undertaken to do certain repairs, which had not been done ; that the house was infested with bugs ; and that the drains were so bad that the house was not habitable, and the defendant was obliged to leave at the expiration of three weeks. The Judge said he should not interfere, but the defendant had signed an agreement with the plaintiff. Other witnesses stated that the roof and drains were in complete repair, and the former tenants found no inconvenience from drains or bun's. Some bugs were found in the fur n it ure o f one bed, which furniture was then taken away and cleaned, but was not returned until the lady was gone. There were not more than 100 bugs found. Mr. Overend addressed the jury for the de fendant, urging that the defendant had believed she was acting with Mr. Coles as the agent of Mr. Swayne. Putting that aside the house was not habitable, and the defendant had a serious illness in consequence of the state of the drains. The whole house so swarmed with bugs that the deceased was justified in leaving it. The Judge said, that no one would say that a tenant finning one biig would write and say, instead of sending 'the rent, " I enclose you one bug I have found," and so evade the payment of the rent. If the fact slioula turn out to be as Mr. Overend had stated, le would give the defendant leave to move. • 'The defendant said, she complained of the dirty state of the house, which was as dirty as dirty could be ; also of the bugs and the drains. The smell was dreadful. She was obliged to leave her room and throw the windows open. She complained to Mr. Coles, who she believed to be Mr. Swayne's agent. She complained daily. It was a continuous bad smell. Her health was affected, and she was obliged to have medical attendance for two months. There was great want of water, of which she com plained to. Mr. Coles, who never acted as her agent. The water closet could not be used. The bed in which she slept swarmed with bugs. They crawled about the room; all her person was bitten. There were bugs in the other rooms. Cross-examined—Could not have the bath because there was not water. Complained of the bugs the first morning. Has let her furnished house in May fair. The bugs were down stairs as well as up. Mary Hudson, lady's maid to the defendant, said the , drains were dreadful. There were bugs in every bed; there were a great number. They were in the bed and on the washhand stand. Was obliged to g et out of bed at night they bit her so. She was obliged to have a doctor. Wrote a letter to Mr. Swayne, making complaints, but did not mention ' the drains or the bugs, as:her mistress wished to speak about those things to Mr. Swayne herself. Charlotte Grant, servant to the defendant, said the drains were so bad they could scarcely eat their food. There were a great many bugs. A surgeon stated that he was called in to attend the defendant. She was in a degree of low fever, such as would arise from living in a house with bad drainage. She was in good health before March. The learned Judge, in summing up, observed that the plaintiff's case was a most ordinary one; but after the defence set up, he should lay down the law in order that there might not be any mistake. If the plaintiff allowed a fair examination of the premises and made no false representation so as to have deceived the defendant, and in the agreement there was no stipulation that the drains should be sweet or that there should be no bugs, he was of opinion that if a party after such an examination chose to take that hous e th e p ar t y was b ound by the agreement, although something took place she did not expect, and made the bargain an unpleasant one. That would not be a valid defence. But • because there had been a question about the law, if the jury found the proposition he should put to them:in the affirmative he would take care that the defendant should be entitled to succeed, provided the Court should be of opinion that the defence was _a 'valid one. . The question, then, he would ask them was this :—Was there anything about the house so noxious as to render it, in their judgmant uninhabitable, and not reasonably fit for the defend- I ant to inhabit P -- • The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £5O 12s. poLicE lA T ZELLIGENCE, An. 13. MANSION-HOUSE. James George Wood, dressed like a farmer, and Margaret Beck, a very good looking woman, about 20, were brought before the Lord Mayor under the following circumstances. G. Russell, the detective officer, said—ln conse quence of information I received on Wednesday in Bishopsgate-street, when in company. of Smith, another constable, I watched a bootmaker's shop and the two prisoners came out, Beck being in the dress of a sailor. I followed them down Bishops gate, and on their going to the cab stand I said to Beck, " What is all this disguise about ?" taking off the hat and wig produced. A crowd collected, and I told the prisoners they had better go with me to the station-house to explain their conduct. When there the male prisoner was asked his name, and he stated it was Wood. He was then asked what business Beck had to be in male attire. . The Lord Mayor—Without goinc , into the rig marole, have the prison ers committed any offence? Russell—Wood is a married man, with two children, and he has left his wife in Norfolk and come up to London with this girl, who was his servant, and she has not given an account of these things. The Lord Mayor—lf it is an offence against morality I cannot take notice of that. Russell—l have found an emigration receipt on Vood in the name of James George. I have tele raphed ,to Norwich, where he said he came from, lilt he is not known there. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—As far as you are able to gather these persons have run away from home, but whether Wood has left children charge. ablo to any parish you , do not know? Russell:4le sags he has left two children behind, and that they are well provided for. The Lord Mayor—Will you give any account of yourselves Wood--I have told the truth. The Lord Mayor—Have you anything to say why I should not remand you until further inquiries are made in Norfolk. Where do you come' from Wood—From Moulton in Norfolk. The Lord Mayor—Beck, where do you come from ? Beck—F rom Li nwood. I have been servant to Mr. W oo d children. who is a marr i e d man with two n , -- 1 11 e Lord Mayor-----Were you induced to leave your home by his 'persuasion? Beck (laughing)—oh, no, he, did not persuade me. The Lord ;flavor—Then you were willing to run away with him. Beck—Yes. (Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—Who disguised. you in'man's clothes ? Beck—lt was my doingas much as his. found £4l odd on the male prisoner when I searched him. The prisoners were remanded for further inquiry. RETURN OF WRECKS IN LIVERPOOLTAY DURING 1853.—From a return presented yeFiterday to the Mersey Dock Board; it appears that during the past year 25 vessels were wrecked: Of these 12'were totally Ist, and the re mainder, with four exception s , either raise, I or removed. THE PUNJAB RAILWAY. The follmingyelates to the important question of the progress of the railway system in the Pun jab : " Punjab Railway-office, London, Jan. 13. " Sir,—As erroneous statements copied from Indian papers, are in circulation, to the effect that both the home and local Indian authorities are making official obstacles to the immediate Commencement of the Punjab Railway, I shall feel much obliged by your allowing me to say that these statements are entirely opposed to facts. "The line from Mooltan to Lahore and Umritsir may be considered the most important in India, whether for the defence or possession of that country, as well as for the de velopment of its resources, and has received, both in this country and India, every official encouragement and fur therance, that could be desired. The section between Lahore and Umritsir was commenced on the 25th Oct. last, under the most promising auspices, and by the last mail we learn - that several miles of embankment were nearly finished, and that Captain Medley, the consulting engineer to Government,- with Mr. W. Brunton, the chief engineer of the railway, was going'over the line flora La hore to Mooltan, with the view to the early construction of that portion which will connect the railway with the river navigation where it is permanently open. n I may add that, with the sanction of the Secretary of State for India in Council, in addition to the staff already ill India, '35 engineers; surveyors, and inspectors are now on the eve of departure, and that the permanent way has been for some time in course of shipment. " The only real difficulty was the want of efficient means of transport on the Indus, and this may be considered as practically set at rest by the success which has been achieved by the corrugated iron tug steamers built for the Indus steam flotilla by Mr. John Hamilton, of Liverpool. One of these vessels was launched and tried a few days since at Liverpool, when her draught was found to be 17 inches and her towing speed 5l miles per hour against the tide, or 81 miles in still water, with 450 tons in four barges. " These steamers are intended for the conveyance of the iron material for the Punjab Railway, and afterwards for the conveyance of goods between Hyderabad, the upper ter minus of the Scinde line, and Mooltan, the lower terminus of the Punjab ling, and thus e s t a bli s h a thorough steers communication between Lahore and Umritsir and the sea at Kurrachee, which, from the unprecedently rapid increase of its commerce and population, appears destined to be to the Indus at no distant day what Calcutta is now to the Ganges. " I am, sir, yours, &c., " W. P. ANDREW, Chairman." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A small attendance, and the betting was scarcely worth quotation. Speculation on the Chester Cup was—as it will be until after the publication of the weights -=very un settled, and it is a matter of difficulty to discover the bona fide transactions on that event. To separate the " chaff from the wheat is impossible. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Bankrupt (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Satinstone (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Aston (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Bevis (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Peeress (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Compromise (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Queen Bess (taken) 2000 to 17 agst Rocket (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 12 to 1 agst Ralpho (offered) DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Rainbow (taken) COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER-JAN. 13. To-day's market was thinly attended, and in the trans• actions which occurred wheat and flour were in limited request, but rates were sustained. Beans and Indian corn is higher. Oats and oatmeal firm in price. BOSTON-JAN. 12. We have to report a limited supply of wheat at market, and prices at is reduction on last week, with a tolerable business doing in the trade. White, 40s to 455. ; red, 370 to 42s per qr. Barley ruled about the game as last week. Beans and peas unaltered. LOUTH• JAN. 12. There was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers to day, and transactions in the market were about the average, with very little change in prices. Wheat 3Bs to 42s I Oats.. White do ..46s t o --s I Beans, new Barley 3os to 34s I Ditt o , o ld 332 22ss .35s to tt t 00 0 33 2 99 5 6: BIRMINGH.A3I-JAN. 13. At to-day's market a moderate business was transacted in wheat, white of good quality being in demand at is per qr. over the rates of last week Fine barley fully supports late rates. More inquiry for oats, and, firm. beans and peas rather higher. SHEFFIEL. The market continues stew ported in the transactions reci an advance. Wheat ...15s to 16s Oats . 23s to 3 2 E 1 White .17s to 19s Beans ..40.,* to 45i Barley .27s to 31s Peas .. sss to 58 4 Millers' prices for flour—ls • sd, is 7d, and is 9d pet 141 b. Hay, 80s to 85s ; wheat stra to 36s ; turnips, 18s to 20s per 1-JAN. 11. iy, and prices are about sup' orded, with some tendency to Lw,,2Bs to 365; oat straw, 2 815 ton. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JAN. 12. Supplies good. Sales ready. A good clearance, 411 4 prices better. Wheat on the top is 6d up.... average is Od up. Barley on the top is Od up average Os ld up. Oats on the top is 6d up average is Od up. Beans on the top is 0.1 up _ _average is 3d up. 0-12th Wheat Averages Wheat (N) -1 2 t hs Barley Oats per Imperial q 2 uarler. O. 1 3 7 9-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1300 qr 5........ Sold 1227 qrs Barley... 1 927 qrs ........ Sold 1541 qrs Oats .2048 qrs Sold 1922 qrs Beans 195 qrs Sold 180 qrs GLASGOW—JAN. 12. The weather was mild again and wet. This day's mar" ket was not largely attened. Wheat was held for an advance of 6d per boll, and flour 6d to is per sack, which checked sales. Bbarley advanced 6d per 3201 b. Beans and oats 3d to 6d per boll. Oatme'al of prime quality 6fl to 1$ per load. • CORK—JAN*. 12. The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 19s Od to 21s 9d; white, 228 to 24s Od; barley IL Od to 14s 6d; oats, IL Od to 13s Od. An improved sale. DERBY SMITHFIELD—JAN. 11. The supply of fat beasts to-day was pretty good, and the quality was superior. The number of sheep was greater, and a dull sale. The show of pigs was about the average, without any improvement in the demand. Fat calves were scarce, and better sold. Beef .......... 6d to 61d Veal 6d to 61c1 Mutton .. 6d to 7d Pork Lamb Od to —d I Rough fat, 4s 10d per stone. Hides, 4d to old; calf skins, 41d to old. 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