The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

.......—:,,,., 131rERIAL PA RL I All E NT. Lietttahreranltioert,of her Majesty's Government upon any and ho could assure the noble marquis -. that it was perfectly ridiculous to suppose that any negotia dens for a commercial treaty intended for the nterest of HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY ) both countries could in the slightest degree ieuence her - Tho Lou:) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack 'Majesty's Government in expressing in the m , - - t firm and , et five o'clock. friendly manner to the French Government an, opinions it Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday ; might have upon any great European questi ... (Hear.) I 'the 3d of 'February, he should call the attention of the The subject then dropped. house to the services that were performed in Sadie"' Wells Their lordships then adjourned. and other theatres by clergymen of the Church of Eng land, and that he should move that such proceedings were injurious to the dignity of the Established Church. ENDOWF.:O SCHOOLS. Lord CRANWORTH 'introduced a bill to remedy the evil Complained of last sessi , ,m a s to the inability of Protestant Dissenters to become trustees' of endowed schools. CHURCH RATES. The Duke r ; - f -MA.R,LBO ROUG II presented several pe tit - jells flt tl%ebetter regulation of church rates. MAR:AIAGE WITHSI A DECEASED WIFE'S STER. Bari ST. GERMANS presented several petitions from -places in Cornwall in favour of legalising the marriage with A deceased wife's sister. THE MUTINY IN INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH. begged to ask the n,We . don of which he had given notice relative to the distri leetion of booty taken during the mutiny in India ? The Duke of ARGYLL said the question had been raised last session, and the proposal of the Governor-Gene ral had been adopted. That proposal was to the effect that all property captured during the suppression of the mutiny should be distributed amongst the army, with this reservation, that all property taken from parties who e. , uld prove their loyalty should be deducted from such prize money. The Government had not yet been able lo compute the amount to be so distributed, which, as the house might suppose, was a work of some difficulty. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not see the neces sity of waiting for the computation of the amount. He thought it a great hardship that the captors should be kept from the possession of their prize money for so long a period. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY LAWS — TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATES. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that on Friday, the 3d of next month, he would introduce a bill to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, and on the 17th a bill to amend the laws relating to the transfer of real estate, and the title thereto. EAST INDIA BANKS OF BENGAL, &c. Mr. R. CRAWFORD moved for copies of the several Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council, for the Incorporation and Regulation of the Banks of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras, respectively.—Agreeel to. THE OUTRAGE IN TULLAMORIL. Colonel FRENCH said that he perceived from the Times that a gentleman named Dunn had been fired at in the town of Tullamore, King's County, where there was a stipen diary magistrate. He wished to know if any steps had been taken to apprehend the person who committed this outrage. Mr. CARD WE LL said he was happy to inform the hon. and gallant member that the person fired at was still living, and that the party who committed the offence had been identified and sent to prison. (Hear, hear.) NATIONAL DEFENCES. Mr. TIORSMAN gave notice of his intention to ask the Government if the report of the committee on national de fences had been made, and when it would be laid on the table. TRANSMISSION OF THE MAIL TO AUSTRALIA. Lord A. C HU RC HILL asked the Secretary of the Trea sury what was the annubd amount of the subsidy granted to the Egyptian Government for the transit of the monthly mail to and from Australia ; and what was the anticipated increase in the Post .office revenue consequent upon the ad ditional penny charged upon all newsppaers sent by way of Southampton and Suez to the Australian colonies; and also whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment, in deference to the expressed wish of the Australian colonies, to relax the recent additional impost on news- IMPORTATION OF COTTON. Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of *ht. amount of cotton annually imported from various parts of the world for the last two years ending Dec. 31, 1859, distinguishing the several countries from which exported, and also the amount of revenue levied on the same. The noble lord then went on to complain of the onerous duties levied on cotton and hoped that Government would consent to aban don most of them, not on the principle of reciprocity, but in order altogether to extinguish slavery. He referred to the possibility, in consequenco of information received from Dr. Livingstone, of raising an immense quantity of cotton in Africa, and hoped the Government would do all they possibly could to encourage the growth of cotton in Afriea and Jamaica, in order to supersede that raised in the slave states of America. papers ? Mr. LAING said that £12,000 was annually paid to the Egyptian Government, but with regard to the second ques tion he could only give a rough estimate, and he believed the amount realised was £5,000 a lean The additional penny on newspapers had been imposed by the late Govern ment, which it was not intended by the present Govern- The Duke of NEWCASTLE said there could be no ob jection to furnish the returns moved for by the noble lord. With respect to the observations of the noble lord re garding the growth of cotton, that of course must be left to private enterprise; but eny attempt to raise cotton in the British possessions would be encouraged to the utmost by the Government. The BISHOP of OXFORD hoped the Government would give the subject their best attention. If the native princes could be taught to understand that it was more profitable to raise cotton by their own subjects in preference to selling them as slaves, much more would be done to abate s!avery than could be done in any other way. Particular attention ought to be given to the opening up the two great rivers in Africa, the Zambesi and the Niger. T,isrd OVER STONE also urged upon the Government the importance of festering all attempts to raise cotton in Africa. ment to remove. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Mr. BENTINCK asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to introduce any measure during the present session, founded on the report of the Committee on Railway Accidents, which was laid on the table of the house in 1858. Mr. M. GIBSON said that the report alluded to had been considered, and no doubt it was most desirable to prevent railway accidents as far as possible. He did not think, however that Parliament should be applied to to confer any additional powers on the Board of 'trade with regard to the investigation of railway accidents, as railway companies afforded every facility for such investigations. LANDLORD AND TENANT IN IRELAND. Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Attorney-General for Ire land if he could state when it was the intention of the Go • vernment to introduce their promised , measure for a more equitable adjustment of the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland. The ATTOR - N EY-GENERAL for Ireland said he was not able to specify the day the measure in question would be brought forward, but it had been considered during the recess, and the Government were entirely agreed as to its provisions. He trusted the bill would be introduced before the approaching assizes. PRIZE MONEY TO ENGLISH TROOPS IN INDIA. Mr. TURNER asked the Secretary of State for India whether any and what steps had been taken towards effect it the payment of the prize money due.to the troops en gaged at Delhi, and when it was probatle the money will be forthcoming. Ho also asked a similar question with reference to the troops that had been engaged at Lucknow. Sir C. WOOD said, with respect to the first question, the necessary information had not been received in this country to enable the Government to take the steps sug gested. Respecting the troops at Lucknow, the prize money had been received, and proper steps would be adopted. FRENCH TROOPS AT LEGHORN. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was true, as stated in a French paper, that 30,000 French troops were expected at Leghorn ; and whether he had raison to believe that the French Govern ment had any intention of taking any such step for the purpose of preventing the annexation of the Pneviixes of Central Italy to Sardinia, which their Constitutional Representatives had voted as their final determination ? The hon. member glanced at the events in Italy, and the policy adopted by the Emperor of the French. He strongly u-ged on the Government to adhere to the principle of non intervention in respect to the affairs of Italy DR.: SMETHURST Lord WCJDE ROUSE said the Government, in order to do all that was possible to encourage the zaising of cotton is had seat out two expeditions, from which the izrzzble T ews bad been received. < f. . 1 ,17,1 - said the greatest obstacle to the raising of •• ••1 'ree labour vas the slave trade. To the eternal ci .-‘moric4, that country still allowed its flag to be protecting the slave trade He believed that t!i:Lt y:):l7irycon'inned that system she would bring her la ban of a!! other civilised nations. sv w!..r:ls from Lord WoDEIIOIIBE, the returns we; - c °raw ed. . B'2U urr!er Mr. EDWIN JAMES drew the attention of the Secre tery of State for the Home Department to the case of I comas Smethurst, convicted of the crime of murder on the 15th day of August last, anol.recently pardoned by her Majesty, and ase'ee him, whether the Government con templated the introduction of any measure to . eive the right of appeal to persons t euvicted of capital and other crimes. Ile said he thought to In,portance of the subject would be sufficient to justice h e '.ntrodueing it to the attention of the house. It was most essential to the administra tion of justice that juries should be acquainted with the grounds on which their verdict was reversed. Unless courts of criminal appeal were estab lished, or ether means adopted to give such infor mation, the practical result would be to render juries indifferent to their verdicts if they could be set aside in the way tied had been done in respect to the verdict in Dr. Smethurat's case. The hon. and learned member ad carted to the trial and subsequent matters in connection with the subject under consideration. He did not impute any blame to the Home Secretary, but he con sidered the power he was called on to exercise was too im .important to be entrusted to an individual. CRUELTIES ON BOARD AMERICAN SHIPS. Mr. M. MILNES asked the Secretary of. State for Foregn Affairs what measures had been adopted with regard to the address presented to her Majesty on the 2d Aug., 1859, by this house, praying her Majesty to enter into nego tiations with the United States of America for the purpose of preventing the assaults and cruelties comuiltted on mer chant seamen in American vessels; and called the atten tion of the house to some recent occurrences of that nature. He drew attention to the outrages perpetrated on board certain American vessels, and as it did not appear the Go vernment of this country could interfere in such cases. according to the state of international law, he trusted a rme means would be devised to abolish the practices in question. The effect of these outrages proved de' rimental to cur own service, for one captain of a vessel said he regretted he did not live under American instead of English law, as he could then, do as he pleased. Lord J. RUSSELL said, in reply to the question of the hon. members = (Mr. D. Griffith), ho did not believe that 30,000 French troops would be sent to Leghorn, and he had every reason to believe that the Em peror of the French entertained no such intentions with regard to annexation as the hon. member alluded to in his motion. In regard to the remarks of the last hon. member who had addressed the house, he begged to inform him that Load Lyons had been communicated with, and it was con sidered by both Governments that the best course that could be adopted would be to refer the matter to the hands of the respected representative of America in this country, Mr. Dallas. An interview had taken place with that hon. gentleman, and no doubt existed that men in both coun tries were in favour of a settlement of the question on the ground of humanity, and to redress the grievances occurring under the present system. A convention was preparing for that purpose. When the terms of that convention had been agreed on and ratified, no time would be lost in bring ing in a bill that would meet the views of his hon. friend. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Mr. BOV ILL asked the Secretary of State fur the Home Depart's nt, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose any alteration in the constitution of the Court of Probate and Divorce. He drew attention to the arrears of business that had ac cumulated in that court in consequence of the insufficient number of judges, and strongly advocated an amendment in its constitution. Mr. BOWYER objected to this court; but if it were per mitted to exist, it should be rendered as efficient as pos sible.oenLsstti d tle e vs r dsc court t a d as at presentthe housetransfer w wasconstituted, aware of w a are women.th a a t s b o y r t of encumberedHeconstitution encumbered . estates' the Divorce C our t a portion of the business the tratuntoted by the Judge Ordinary, and for other to por tions it was necessary have the presence of judges from the courts of common law, A new judicial officer was ap pointed when the Court was established ; but with regard , to the attendance ttohebecooubrttahinaeadbfereoma fund common law judges, the business of attendance of common law judges was expected, and no doubt demanct greater than was been made fbr the business, especially at (wain moments in despatch found consistent with the convenient of public grbeortion e zitti.o ou i r l t os s o wm f al c i o iro m niet e : non law, and particularly when it was desired a h t e e h r w ht a r s g some nila judges was C ce ourt . of l ei: k ro e r r , ef f o u r r e 7 and the subject had been under the consideration of the n an iddi Vet much had much greater than Chancelor, and her Majesty's Government were not at rd pre sent prepared to take any steps to increase the numbero the common law judges for the purpose of metering tional attendance in the Court of :Divorce, or to a.ppolut a second judge ; but they thought it might be bracts to enlarge the class o f business whichmight be disposed of by the Judge Ordinary ) and therefore to render unneces• nary the attendance of the common law judges, ex cep t in eases of great difficulty and importance With regard to the remarks which had fallen from the hon. and learned Member for Dundalk, ho could only say that the question of enabling the Juke Or dinary to exclude the public during trials of 4 Particular nature was a question upon Which the noble lord opposite (Lord J. Manners) had given notice of a motion for leave to bring in a measure, and therefore it would be premature its him (Sir G. C. Lewis) to express an opinion upon it. With regard to the general policy of the Divorce Act, he must decline entering into any discussion, unleSs sense specific motion were made. He (Sir G. C. Lewis) would stets only with reference to the question of the hon. member for Pon.; tefract, that be hoped he might be distinctly untleeetoci& both in that house and in the ementry, that the courts of England had no jurisdiction over offences committed in any foreign ships on the high seas ; and however grave those offences might be, or however they might excite the fdniiugs of the people of this country, our tribunals are powerless in tench cases. Their power does not extend to any offences committed on board foreign ships, unless treason may be eonaidered to be an exception. The only means, therefore, by which an English tribunal could deal with such cases the Unitedat was under an extradition treaty. We had treaties of this only with France and the United Stares, and he was of the two mate"' happy to inform his hon. friend and the house that he had will be returned ' . t that day signed an order, under the extradition treaty with for the delivery to the proper authorities of the American ship Anna, and that they shortly advert country Which hats o the United States, to be tried in the only hon. and learned frien r to the o urisdiction ever them. He would now applied pJlaiedmersoSr enleeatvh:rtost.b rin m on ar : ke which had been made by his of Lewis} criminal believedap ea lh t i h s arEe bill regard a do r u n t e ot s h ) c ehroseuspt generalet i t n . g questiontHh e e (s case ir to !reeling, d and learned friend had already ilt4;)i'tlllr.eweeo...4rvnot yet circulated, but an ;iav was fixed e r n ), t p lie ;r e ,, and then he (Sir • be With reference Xhi fu his opini on on t h e 1441,4 been submitted to the e particul ar 0 4 39 ) 14e tk instance that Welt ho Should b. FRANCE AND SARDINIX, The 'AtArgttiA of N0.P..,74AN13Y rose to put a question to -1.1.1 ila President of thy'. Council with regard to ~ o ex-uiou of the Duchy of Savoy and the Vitt , tannty ot Nice by Sardinia to France. When he gave no tic-0 o:* hie qa,stion on the previous evening, he stated it nc't Li, intention to go into details on the subject, or ; tfects of the proposed arrangement, in viola tion of it treaty England and the other powers of turope wero t)antid to maintain. But though he still ad borel to trji it he on that occasion, ho thought it duo to blots , 1f to , teto that the public mind of Europe was so in tent upou the chancre. that he felt bound to ask his noble tri.toid what was the actual state at nresent of the negotia ti,o! ; ? lit g:ving that notice he felt he was departing from iPq wituti custom, and he would not have done so it the tiOVer-.ment acre 1 as they formerly did, by giving in the riot i Speech ev,ry information. During late years we SJUI s ores-ion of surprises, affecting the national re lations ald the policy of this country. 'Phis question had been !•:•,.,:e 1 i i newapltper . para.zraphs an l anonymous p a. "rhe sta*ment hest appeared in two newspapers ii. I . .w:s q iestion had artived at such a pint th,.t or an ex planaiion must be given. A statement d in twm of the habitual, though not official of the Imperial Government, ; it was first inserted iii 1 ;it - Icy-wards in La Pattie, an 4 in the Inclepen a piper tke largest circulation of any paper '1 I.ey would find the first was the most ergan.s, while the latter was blamed fur cs in too great a hurry, but the statements :t re generally found to lie pretty near the stant la- stated that t waa th-3.l:tterttiosa 8 . 1 isp.t,. h 4-1 011 ftlnct , f iruth of the lempeeor strictly to sad on the 2'2d of January there appeared a peregseph pointing di rectly to the bur - pose:l snnexetien. The noble marquis, in a voice which was nut unfrequent'y inaudible, proceeded to quote scraps from French newspapers. From the journal lest teen' o :ed he Tine I the expression that "it was no mere peseible to mains Savoy Italian than to eurprese the he" New he thought it would puzzle, the writer to show hrnv Sevoy could be called French. How could it be sa it t I as Savoy was lees Itelien now than it had been for many ernituries past ? The state neat was, in fact, merely ad captvidam. The writer went on to say that " it was evident the d iy was drawing nigh when the super structure raised by diploneniets roust disappear before the power of logic and the course of events." As to what had been written about the principle or doctrine of nationality he had apprehensions far beyond the mere annexation of Savoy or Nice to France. 'i'liere were contingent dangers—dangers attending the eetehlishment of a doctrine which threatened almost every Ear e) - )en State---leneers which we mast not and could net overlook. Could it be for oneraornent imagined that England had no interest in the assertion of such a doe trine? Why, let us look at our own possessions, scattered over the face of the globe, and then see how far we could recognise the principle of nationality. How could England stand this test? How about the Mediterranean and the lonian Islands ? (Hear.) What of Gibraltar, or India, oz our dependencies in another hemisphere? Why, if such were to be admitted as a valid ground there would not be a single country in Europe the foundation of whose title would not be shaken. Such a doctrine would be quite subversive of those tree ties and of that order and regularity which 40 years' peace hod brought about. Russia, indeed, prided her self upon her net loeality. Now, as regarded Poland—did he think they could collect the scatterer remnants of a national existence'? The restoration of Poland to nationality would almost remind one of Mr. Canning's expression regarding the repeal of the legislative union :—" Repeal the union— restore ahe t neley." Well, then, as to Prussia and this elae; -, Inc .‘f nationality —see how it worked from Posen to Aix-la-'. b.lpelle Again, witness its application to Austria. And-here he m us t say that he looked upon the stability of Allßtria es one of the main elements of European security • and he hepel and believed that, es regarded Hu - notarial; . the donate )11:4, the loyalty of the itu ‘ ngarian people was not yet shaken. The noble marquis went on to quote from the newspaper which eulegised the disinterested motives of France. and urged the desirableness and ex" eliency cf an nexing the county of Nice, for which the writer said the reasons were mere satisfactory and conclusive than even in - the case of Savoy. The two die not, in fact, stand upon the seme footing; for th e t ru th was t h at Nice was far more Italian then even Piedmont itself. Nor could he at all per ceive any reason there existed for conf oun di ng Nice with Savoy. . The noble marquis next melted from the Inde P e 7 dance Belfp, which stated that Engl a nd was more desirous of extend ire,- Piedmont to the Marshes, rather than Central Italy, and that the treaty of commerce which England was about to conclude with France would incline the former to back up the policy of the latter, induce Engla n d to main tain strict neutrality , and with the consent of the cabinet of Turin permit France to enlarge her frontier. ,Now, it was not pleasant for an Eng lishman to read that the British Government was about to neglect high considerations of policy, and to overlook the welfare of Europe merely i n order to benefit and promote her material interests. (Hear.) And even as regarded this much boasted of commercial treaty, it Right after all turn out that we" had g., , t the worst of the bargain ; therefore, he was anxious to know what in form nini - his noble friend could gi ve him u p on the subject. • Ho would not allow himself for a moment to suppose that the answer of his noble friend would be that he knew no thing of the subject, for it was very evident that public at tention on the continent, and more especially in France, had looked upon the matter with deep interest, and ho could see no reason why our Government could not obtain informa - ten from an ally with whom we had each close and inti mate relations. During the administration of any of the nine foreign minis. ens who presided at tile French Foreign office during the last six years he ventured to say, that had - he, as a British minister, taken dig paragraphs in question to the Foreign-office and asked if there was any founda tion for them, he would have received a satisfactory and a categorical answer. ,lie had experienced this him self upon the Swiss question, towards the close of the rein). of Louis Philippe. In 1848, M. De Lamartine said that' the people of Savoy were averse to annexation with France , but now it was .said in Paris that the Savoyards were unanimously in favour of the annexation. It would be estrange indeed_ it' such a change could, in so short a time, Come over a peopl e who we re of so opposite an opi n i on so recently, piaeed unlie% A. race, too, who had so long lived under thecon stitutionala Savoy—(hear, hear)—now to desire to ehe obtained under the sway of a despotic Government. Unles s Q: Ile no me answer from Governement he would, in mber of the Oppositi o n th oug ht fit t o bring f orward feel it to be his duty po t° r t do so, regarding as he did the ques noble marquis concludenee to the security of Europe. The minis u t t e or . m l ati on on the state of the nego they had received any I`_.?,y asking the Government whether tiations which the journals of Paris said existed between France anen t isle for the annexat i on o f the the Emperor of th e F rench. Duchy of Savoy and the county of Nice to th e d om i n i ons of Earl GRANVILLE expressed his regret that lie had quite misconceived th e i n t ent i on of the noble marquis, for he had been of opinion that it was to b° put to the, Government, which questiona question Government, was prepared to answer.. Whatever that the aoble marquis meant to graolnhetaoda uvVideetya of questions on foreign affairs calculated to that house. He must own he w as no t prepared,. dniesebtawtti?thine standing the interesting speech of the noble marqu into a discussion up o n the diplomacy, the policy, th e ' i o , u go r na liere, the geography, and the literatu re o f Europe. "‘en); could he be expected to canvass those various personal cases of autobiography which the noble marquis had favoured their lordships with. (A laugh.) To the hypothe tical queries of the noble marquis upon statements in certain foreign newspapers it was not necessoiry to advert at len g th, 'because he declined to give any answer whatever to them. (Hear.) IVhat he was prepared to do was to give a direct answee t e the (l evet ion on the paper, and that answer was, • nee , ii 0•• 'motion of neg on 1 .,‘ v t 1 , 1, 1.0 t‘i •Pch ;~:~r ~;I(l~l that the :I Jvernment a Ezauce bad lung beep acquainted rim SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1860. unnecessarily occupying the attention of the house if he were to enter into any general discussion upon the question which his hon. and learned friend had raised. He would only state, with reference to this particular case, that the hon. and learned gentleman himself admitted that he did not wish the prerogative of pardon to be abolished. Yet he spoke of the anomalous proceeding of pardoning criminals without the concurrence of a jury, upon the production of ex parte evidence. This practice in the case of Smethurst was percisely that which had been pursued for time out of mind by all Secretaries of State that had preceded him (Sir G. Lewis.) To say itwas anomalous, therefore, could only mean that it was anomalous only according to some standard which the hon. and learned gentleman himself had in his mind. The course he (Sir G. C. Lewis) had pursued was to obtain the shorthand writer's notes of the trial, to hear everything that could be said by Stnethurst's friends and legal adviser, to refer all the papers that had been brought before him to the judge before whom the case was tried, and to request his report upon it. It was not until the very learned judge, the Lord Chief Baron, before whom the trial' took place, had made his very full report, that he (Sir G. Lewis) thought of adopting the advice recommended in that report, viz., to submit the whole case to some co m p etent medical practitioner. He accordingly referred the case te Sir B. Brodie, whose eminence and fitness every one in that house would admit, mid who was quite unconcerned in any way in the event of the trial. Sir B. Brodie said that he had a most superficial knowledge of the subject, and that he could form no opinion upon it. After a full deliberation, after giving to the subject the best attention which he (Sir G. Lewis) could master, and hearing the opinions of a vast number of persons,he carnet° the conclusion a advising the Crown to grant a free pardon, and he could only say that nothing had occurred since he gave that advice which had made him doubt the rectitude of the course he then adopted. (Cheers.) He thought it only right to say that the Lord Chief Baron expressed an opinion that it was not right that the prisoner should be executed. Ho also suggested subse quently that Smethurst did not administer drugs to Isa bella Bankes with a view to take her life, but possibly he might have administered drugs to her with a view to procure abortion. That was a hypothesis suggested to the learned judge by the evidence, but wholly different from that which was proposed by the prosecution at the trial ; and it was im possible for him (Sir G. Lewis) to say if that view had been laid before the jury, that they might not have found him guilty of the less criminal charge. The house, therefore, must see that, according to the view of the learned judge, which he adopted after much consideration, this was not a case in which the Crown could be advised to commute the capital sentence into one of penal servitude. He was glad that his hon. and learned friend had not moved for papers on the subject. He (Sir G. Lewis) was glad to give any in formation which the house might desire as to the exercise of the prerogative of pardon, but he must express an opinion that great inconvenience and embarrassment would arise in the discharge of this extremely delicate and painful duty if the papers on these questions were made public. (Hear.) Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR observed, with regard to the question which the right hon. gentleman had previously answered, that he had latety seen an extract from the New York Times, from which it appeared that during the last year there had been no less than 49 complaints by seamen against captains and officers brought in the American courts, and only in one instance had there been a conviction. The great majority of those cases had broken down for want of evidence. He begged to remind the house and the right hon. gentleman that by one of the provisions of the Shipping Act, any captain of a vessel was competent to call upon the captain of another vessel to take on board a person accused of an offence of this description, and to carry him to the port where he might be tried, under a penalty of £5O. He sug gested that under the extradition treaty this provision might be extended to American ships. He thought this was a provision which might well be adopted by the American Legislature. At the same time he might add that the same act contained provisions for taking the depositions of wit nesses who could not attend at t he p lace of trial. The motion for the adjournment to Monday was then agreed to. CONSOLIDATED FUND. The report on the Consolidated Fund was brought up and agreed to. SUPPLY. The house •vent into committee on motion for supply, which was agreed to, and the house resumed. PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION (INDIA) BILL. Sir C. WOOD obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate probate and administration with respect to certain Indian government securities ; to repeal certain stamp duties ; and to extend the operation of the act of the 22d and 23d Vic., c. 39, to Indian Bonds. Mr. H. BAILLIE wished to ask whether the Govern ment meant to repeal a clause in the Trustees Act of last session, which had been held not to extend to property in India. He thought this was a first step towards an Impe- rial gnat antee of Indian securities. Mr. CRAWFORD asked whether the effect of the bill would be to enable owners of property in India to deal with that property either in this country or in India ? Mr. MALINS deprecated any alteration of the law, which would place Indian stock in a different position from that which it now held. A noble and learned lord (St. Leonards) had expressed his determination to procure the repeal of the previsions of the act of last session; but ho hoped the Government would not support that proposal. Mr. GREGSON recommended some simplification in the terms of the late Indian loan. Mr. AY RTON understood that the object of the bill was to render promissory notes drawn and payable in India sub ject to the probate law ef this country ; and in this view he approved of the measure. After a few words from Mr. A. MILLS, Sir C. WOOD stated in explanation that the Lord Chan cellor had held that the recently created Indian stock did not come under the same denomination as the original In dian stock ; and it was to enable holders of that stock to administer to it in this country that the bill was proposed. Leave was given to bring in the bill MANAGEMENT OF HIGHWAYS. Sir G. C. LEWIS moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better management of highways in England. The ex penditure on those roads defrayed by highway rates had risen from X 1,854,000 in 1850, to £ . 2,118,000 in 1857. The bill which he intended to introduce was founded in a great measure on one that had been propssed by the late Under- Secretary of State. In the General Highway Act there was a power given to the parishes to petition the justices of quarter sessions to unite one parish with others, for the pur pose of forming a highway district, for the maintenance of highways, and appoint a surveyor. If the justices of quarter sessions thought fit to make an order on the sub ject it took effect, and the district was funned. That was the state of things under the present law, but it was scarcely ever resorted to, inasmuch as it could only be put in motion by a petition from one parish, without any power of com pelling the assent of the neighbouring parishes. That act was, therefore, found to be inoperative. The hon. member for Pembrokeshire introduced a bill, some years ago, for the purpose of establishing road districts in the six counties of South Wales. That bill gave a compulsory power for the formation of districts, and since, it had been in opera tion he could bear testimony to the satisfactory manner in which it worked. It produced a more efficient repair of the highways without any increased expense. The plan on which the present bill was framed was this It gave power to the magi tra.tes of quarter sessions to divide counties into districts of parishes for the repair of highways. It provided that waywardens should be elected, and possess powers similar to those possessed by the boards of poor law guar dians under the poor law. These local boards wore to have power tae appoint surveyors, clerks, and treasurers. The machinery, therefore, should be of the most simple charac ter, and quite in analogy with that which had been in ope ration for so many years for the relief of the poor. There was every reason, therefore, to hope that it would work in an efficient and satisfactory manner. The bill proposed to give the town councils similar powers for dividing the t :was into districts as wet a given to the magistrates of quarter sessions in counties. That was the outline of the bill, but it con tained ono material deviation from the bill of last session which he should explain, and which he trusted would faci= litate its passing in the pressent session of Parliament. He had had himself charge of bills of this nature, and was therefore well aware that the great obstacles to their success arose from the fact that whilst in many parts of counties there existed a strong desire to obtain powers of the sort — for he had received many applications for the introduction of a measure of this description—in others there was no such desire of possessing similar powers. This want of unani mity, therefore, was the greatest obstacle to the success of measures of this kind. What he proposed to do was to make it optional with the magistrates of each county, whether they would or would not introduce it in that county—that the justices of quarter sessions should make a provisional order in the first place, the consideration of which was to be postponed till the following quarter sessions ; and if then confirmed it was to become a compulsory order. A similar provision was made with regard to the town councils. In this way tbese parts of counties which might desire to avail themselves of the measure would be able to do so, whereas it need not be introduced into those parts where there was no desire to avail themselves of it. He hoped the house would give a fair consideration to the measure, and that it would become law during this session. Mr. BRIGHT said he waited in the house with a view of knowing whether the right hon. gentleman would give any reasons for the introduction of this bill, and after listening to the tight hon. gentleman ho believed he did not now give the real reason for it. He found the bill introdtteed sOssiol after session with some kind of statement like that of the right hon.gentleman. He could only suppose that the measure was found by the right hon. gentleman in one of the pigeon holes of his office, and that his predecessor had extracted a pledge from him that he would go on with It , as he was not left long enough in office himself to do so, He had not seen any petitions in favour of the measure, nor had he heard a single human being saying that he felt aggrieved by the present system, or wished to see a departure from the old system of the coatitry, The right huh. gentleman began by stating the magnitude of the interests concerned—that on the high Ways not Connected With towns more than a million had been eXpended, whilst on the highways in towns or the streets £BOO,OOO had been expended. But the right hon. gentleman drew no inference from these figures. Per haps his wished the house iii &Mehl& that there had been some waste in that expenditure. He did not tell the house that in most towns the most perfect system of local governs meat that doilid be devised existed, and that tie whole nitihegement of the highways was vested in the occupiers who ilaid this large sunt, and they appointed annually the officers by whom it was expended. It was therefore per fectly nature l that there should be no complaints and no petitions on the Subjset. He Undertook to say that nobody of st r r s a is t s e to p i a rf t y bh e ia r an s kc t ii h ne : d o t u b ae g ri h ng u ni t erie t t h me oe. arrangements. kingdom m wished to have the bill passed. In a former session he protested against mea o m t r i c ii o t c h h of e a fi! s e r i e s ') Je fo r li i . a e t i h s l) no te t m o r t b. egted against measures from overn eltiautilight4tewrg.hr wag stub to gentleman In the house would contradict him—that there was no demand raiin any pert of the dotintry for this bill. The right hon. stated unhesitatingly , —and lie gentleman said there existed a power Wirt of uniting pa rishes for the repair of the highways, but that the parishes had net availed thertlo,6l 4 MS di' stirlh power, and he made that ail argiinlent in favour of the introduction of the bill. He (Ntr. Bright) thotizht, the Contrary, that it was an argu ment against, it. He did not wish to speak in iinfavourable terms of the magistrates of quarter sessions by whom this bill Was to be put it operation biit thoY *sit not the class of persons in whom the ratepayers had much euistidence. They were appointed by persons under the Crown, or by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, In his own neigh bourhood Whole batches of magistrates had been appointed ) taiss A t ;_inoet every owner of armua2;gghdo government and n°tP offices Pei - l f a o l r u p t ( o .fi f it a ica th l o re u a s s a o n n d le ac clr s ea w r, gt he lt ar co . sions, and to them was to be given the power of upsetting were the gentlemen who formed the cou ili rt l )3 4l o 3 f tf q }it tlrte T r h s e e s e e . eating new districts all the old parochial arrangements — of —of doing ofth awthwichhi n ch ob n ocl o y b t y ln tt b i t i e l t m l i owanno whichus ddto that td aseyoxuiw7.Let Walesft o h r the centuries at c ud t al conperrrri act,n l e principle anded, o tht f . e o6 3 .. e en paleakinededf.owi7ar, ia r e e a m r e ) d remedying at e t n o rl ietrvitiitfy ma hadnbietu been no w w ( h ir i s c e h a n nflt , h dv e expense no greililY '.stare, b u t so me stronger argument than that t asked for. It was ft wanted or 6tistiferenceof the power which existed in the knule of the ratepayers of the parishes to rs b o dy of magistrates who were not appointed by the ratepayers, and who were not responsible to the ratepayers. That was a direct contradiction of every principle which the house ought to hold dear in legislating upon matters of this kind. Then the right hon. gentleman said he was going to make his bill better than the bill of the late Government, for he was to make his bill optional and not compulsory. But the option of putting the bill into force would - be the option of the magistrates of quarter sessions, and not the option of the ratepayers. What condescension to the ratepayers, that the magistrates of quarter sessions were to have the option whether they would accept the new powers thus conferred or not. If no one petitioned in favour of this bill—if the parishes were content—if the present system existed for so many centuries and was not complained of—if the highways were better managed than they ever were before, why, when they were likely to have before the house so much that was important this session, trouble themselves with an offensive and unnecessary hill of this kind f (Hear, hear.) He thought the ri g ht honourable gentleman was not strongly in favour of the measure, and that there was something on his lips which, if he had been allowed to speak out, would have been condemnatory of the bill and its author. (Laughter.) He believed the right hen. gentleman would be glad if the bill were rejected. (Laugh ter.) He would not say that, but he believed the right hon. gentleman would have occasion to be glad if it were rejected. He should not oppose the first reading of a bill introduced by the Government, but he should willingly unite with any other members in opposing its future steps. Mr. SLANEY thought his hon. friend had unnecesiarily cast some degree of condemnation on the magistrates of quarter sessions, and that he had mistaken the nature of the measure. It would not deprive the ratepayers of the control which they at present possessed, whilst it would, in his opinion, have the effect of securing a better supervision and repair of the roads. He trusted the bill would give power to make improvements in roads leading to railways, which had now become important. Mr. HARDY referred to the imputations which the hon. member (Mr. Bright) had cast upon those who had previ ously been in the Home-office, and asked who could have expected that hon. gentleman to have stood forward as the defender of ancient institutions. (Hear.) He had been constantly called upon and asked if nothing could be done for the improvement of the highways, and he thought that those who were aware of the state of the country roads throughout the kingdom would see the necessity which existed for a change in the law upon this subject. Sir B. LEIGHTON hoped that the bill would be carried, and he thought that nothing would more gratify the eou*try. Sir G. C. LEWIS replied, and said that what he proposed would not be less popular but more popular than the pre sent system. The repair of the highways was at present in the highest degree unsatisfactory. A more defective sys tem than that at present in operation for the repair of rural highways could not exist, and that was tba reason why this measure was introduced. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, MORTGAGE, &c. Sir G. C. LEWIS obtained leave to bring in a bill to make further provisions concerniag mortgages and other dispositions of property, belonging to municipal corpora • tions in Eagland and Wales. NEWSPAPERS, &c. Mr. AYRTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal certain acts and parts of acts relating to newspapers, pam phlets, and other publications, and to printers, typofounders, and reading rooms. The hon. and learned gentleman ex plained that this was the same bill which he introduced last session, but it was too late to carry it into law. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHA.RITIES. Mr. BO WYER obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law regarding Roman Catholic Charities. The several bills were then introduced and read a first time. The house adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 27. COURT FOR MATRIMONIAL CAUSES, (Before the Judge Ordinary, Mr. Justice Wigb tman, and Mr. Baron Watson.) BOYNTON V. BOYNTON. This was a petition by the wife against her hus band, for a divorce on account of his adultery and cruelty. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Jones appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks and Mr. Keane for Captain Boynton. Mrs. Boynton (the first portion of whose evidence appeared in The Sun of yesterday), said—On one occasion, at Nice, on her asking the respondent for some money. he boxed her ears and shook her vio lently, and then locked her up in a dark bedroom. She was in the family way at the time. He left her locked up until the landlady heard her crying and came and opened the door. On their return from abroad, in 1851, they went to Notting-hill, and stayed at Mrs. Hodges' until after witness's confinement. She intreated her husband to re main with her about this time ; but the day before her confinement he left and went to the York races. Ile was af eraar is telegraphed for, and re turned for a week, when he again went off to some races, and refused to be at the christening. He, subcquently proposed that she shou'd take up her residence at the lodge gate of his father's house. She refused to go to the lodge, and remained at her mother's. Ile stayed away from her nearly all the winter. Ho came up in 1852, when dividend time arrived, and took her to Cheltenham. While at the George Hotel there she had occasion to ask him for some money. He gave her a cheque, which she sent up to Capt. "Hodges to get. cashed ; but the cheque came back, anti when she reproached him with deceiving her ho became extremely angry, and struck her violently on the head. It was avert' heavy blow, which caused her comb to break. They came up to London in the spring, and he after wards took a furnished cottage at Beverley. They resided there from the summer until the ensuing spring of 1853. He never introduced her to any society at Beverley, and he was generally out shooting and hunting. He only once brought home a person to dine. The party was a very low per son, and in consequence of his coarse conversation she was forced to leave the room. While living there, a communication was made to her by a ser vant. The communication was about a person named Sarah White. They left Beverley in the spring of 1853, and hired a house in. Cambridge street, Hyde-park. Sir H. Boynton having died, gnesin consequence, and while Mrs. Hodges died. They came there, rewent, her to mother, Burton A up to London for the funeral, but Capt. Boynton left before the funeral took place. Shortly after this her husband rejoined the army. He joined the 17th Lan cers in the spring of 1855, and went to the Crimea with the regiment. Upon his coming back ill, at the end of 1855, she met him at Portsmouth. They lived together until he joined his regiment in the summer of 1856, in Ireland. She afterwards joined him, and they went to Dublin, where she stayed six months without any society. In 1857, Captain Boynton got leave, and they went to Brighton. He left her there and came up to Lon don. Upan bearing the regiment was ordered to India she followed her husband, who had rejoined in Dublin, but he appeared annoyed at her pre sence, and only came twice to the hotel to see her within in a fortnight. He then went to England to sell his commission. When they came together again he had sold out, and they went to Scar borough. Ho frequently left her there for weeks at a time without any money whatever, and when he came back be refused to say where he had been. They afterwards lived at Brighton, but while there he left her constantly alone, and passed her in the street, as if he had never seen her in his life before. On her remonstrating with him, he struck her vio lently on the arm with a hairbrush, and she never afterwards dared to expostulate with him as to his unkindness, because she was afraid of his violence. , She received an anonymous letter in April, 1858. At that time Captain Boynton was in Yorkshire, and she was with her child at Brighton. In con sequence of the receipt of that letter she left his guardianship and commenced the present proceed ing. Her husband had since once found his way into the lodgings she had taken near her sister's house. Cross.examined—There were no books nor a piano at Burton Agnes. There were some old books of theology which she did not care to read. and there might have been a kind of piano, a hun dred years old. Her husband never treated her very kindly. She never heard any one say that he spoiled her. He was always unkind to her unless she did exactly what he desired. She had written to him affectionately, and he had answered her letters. The reason he dragged her into the hall at Burton - Agnes was because he thought she had signed her money away to her mother. She did not call out or make any noise, although he dragged her violently, but she resisted as much as she could. She cried and went up to her room until he had recovered his temper. In the shop at Brussels she flatly contradicted her husband, but she did not remember calling him a liar. She might have dined quietly with him in the evening, but that did not prevent his pushing her along the street. He almost frightened her to death. The crowd followed them to the hotel, but no one inter fered. He was in the constant habit of boxing her ears so violently that she hardly knew where she was standing. They did not live happily at Nice. The present Sir Henry Boynton had lived at the Lodge at Burton Agnes, but she considered it was only a house for servants. It might have four or five rooms which were habitable. Some very affec tionate letters were read from Mrs. Boynton to her husband during cohabitation, which were admitted to be in her own handwriting, and she said she had had some differences with him about money matters, and he had supplied her with money to pay debts which she had neglected to pay. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., addressed the jury on behalf of the respondent. The following evidence was adduced in opposi tion to the case of cruelty, the adultery in 1857 and IESB not being denied. Lady Boynton deposed that during the time the respondent and his wife were at Burton Agnes, she never saw any disagreement between them. Capt. Boynton always treated his wife with kindness and even great indulgence, and the latter never made any complaint of want of amusement or ill-treat ment. The Lodge at Burton Agnes was a large II building with several rooms, and the present Sir --yon had lived in it for some time. al 01.11 Cups . Ito - yr - Henry Du.) , On cross-examination, sne ton had no property of his own until his fathers death, vfl4on be owns into X 4,000., p q tho ocasion I Mr. Sadlior t • of the parties going through the snow in January, 1850, to the railway station from Burton Agnes, Mrs. Boynton accompanied her husband on foot entirely from her own choice, There was always a carriage kept for the purpose of conveying visitors to and from the station. Capt. G. Boynton, the respondent, deposed to the fact of his marriage, and said he had never expressed any unwillingness to his wife making a settlement. Between the time of the marriage and his going to the Crimea his conduct towards his wife was always kind. After generally corroborating the statement of the last witness, he denied there was any altercation on the occasion when he met his wife in the library at Burton Agnes, or that he dragged her into the hall, or shook or abused her at all, or offered any kind of violence. Mrs. Boyn ton was always treated with kindness by the mem bers of his family. His wife had her own house in town and a brougham as well. With regard to the scene at Brussels, his wife had called him a liar in a shop, upen which he said he could net stand that, and walked out. Mrs. Boynton followed, and as he was going up the hill towards the hotel she over took him. He never dragged or pushed her, or used any violent language. He was in a great rage at being called a liar, and said he would not put up with such conduct. He saw no crowd. He was walking very fast, and she took hold of his arm to try to induce him to go back. On arriving at the hotel he went up to his room, and his wife accom panied him, but he never locked her in the room. They had made up the quarrel before they sat down to lunch. From Brussels they went on to Nice. He never boxed her ears while they were there, or on any other occasion, or locked her up in a room. Upon the occasion of his wife's confine ment, in 1857, he was telegraphed for, and imme diately joined her. With regard to the christening, she wrote and asked him to attend, but he said he would rather not, as he did not care about such things. He afterwards proposed that his wife should live with him at the lodgo, at Burton Agnes, which was a large house with about 15 rooms. When they were at Cheltenham, Mrs. Boynton was in a frightful raw about a cheque being stopped, but it was stopped because he had given her money to pay a bill which was not paid. He had not abused or struck her on that occasion. Subse quently, at Beverley, a person on the turf called on him and had lunch, and Mrs. Boynton was in the room for a few minutes, but there was not the slightest objection to be made to his conver sation. When he was stationed with his regi ment in Ireland, in 1857, he was out with a detachment for some time, at Nenagh, where the militia had broken loose, and when he was after wards stationed in Dublin, there were so many officers away with detachments that he had very little time at his own disposal, and had no place where he could accommodate his wife. When she came to Dublin he was with her as often as his duty would permit. At Brighton he never passed her when he saw her. He once saw his wife near Bril's Baths, but he was in East-street, on the opposite side, and they were going in different directions. If she had seen him he should have nodded to her or spoken. A few days afterwards the petitioner complained of his walking with Lady North. She was very jealous, and had an objection to hiss w&lk ing with any lady or gentleman. He told her not to annoy him, but she said be should not go out, and tried to untie his cravat. He was brushing his hair at the time, and he pushed her away with the back of the brush. She made no complaint of hav ing been struck, On cross-examination, he said he was informed of his wife's fortune before he married her, but he had not seen her father's will. He had been told by a medical man that Yorkshire was cold for his wife. Mr. Justice Wightman having summed up, The jury found for the petitioner on both issues, and dissolved the marriage. THE ROBBERY AT THE INLAND REVENUE OFFICE. John Edgar, carpenter, and Edward Moore, French polisher, the two men who were rem.anded from last week upon the charge of stealing asi iron safe containing £215, and other property, from the Inland Revenue Office on the evening of Monday week last, were again brought up at the Guildhall yesterday for examination relative to that ch arge. Mr. thvelly, from the office of the solicitor to the commissioners of Inland Revenue, attended fbr the prosecution, and Mr. Beard, of BasinghalL-street, conducted the defence. On the first occasion, when the prisoae rs were charged with this offence, the magistrate amid chief clerk thought there was no case against therm, and therefore discharged them, but the police enter taining a different opinion, apprehended the pri soners again two days afterwards, and on exami nation before the magistrate, evidence was adduced to show that on the evening of the robbery the pri soners engaged a cabman named Stokes to 'convey them from the immediate vicinity of the Inland Revenue Office, in Old Broad-street, to the end of Montague-street, Bloomsbury-square, on which occasion they had with them an iron safe of the same dimensions and answering in other respects I to the description of the one stolen from Gresham House. Upon that evidence the prisoners were re manded until yesterday, when. the following wit nesses were called : George Watkins, a detective officer in the City force, said he apprehended Edgar outside the Marl borough Head, in Bishopsgate-street, and on. telling him it was for stealing an iron safe, he mid he had heard there were inquiries made about him, and he had been up to Somerset House about it. lie asked Edgar what he was doing at the Marl borough Head, and he said looking after some tools which had been stolen. Witness then took Edgar to the police-station, and found on him a key be longing to one of the closets at the end of the: corri dor in which the office is situated from whiich the safe was stolen. He denied being concerned in the , robbery, and said he left Gresham House on the night of the robbery by the front door in Old Broad-street. He had his basket of tools; on his shoulder, and Moore was with him, but th, ey sepa rated in Broad-street. Edgar further said that he reached home at half-past seven o'clock on the night in question, and did not go out agein until the following morning. He repeatedly inquired if Moore had been arrested. Edgar also said he had never left Gresham House on Monday week shaving a number of little jobs to finish. This to, sis place when he was first apprehended and before. he was discharged. On Friday last witness went to Edgar's house, at 35, Montague-mews, Montagu esstreet, with Sergeants Brett and Leonard, of the d etective force, where he again took Edgar into custf uly, and upon telling him that the cabman had bee n found who took him and Moore up with the iron safe in St. Mary-axe, he appeared very much agitated, and said be was not the party. He also denied calling at the Marlborough Head for some tools -which he had left there during the day. He :said he went home past the Bank, through Chcapside, Newgate-street, and Holborn-hill. On the same evening witness met Moore near his house, ire ton, and took him into custody on the same charge. He told Moore they had found the ent.man, who had identified Edgar, and from his description Moore was the other man. Moore asked if Edgar was in custody, and, on hearing that he was, said it was a most unfortunate thing that he should have been seen with Edgar, but he was quite sure the cabman could not identify him. The calm nan took the prisoners up about 260 yards from the en trance to Gresham House and put them down at about 100 yards from Montague-mews. Cross-examined by Mr. Beard—He took Mo ore to the police-station, where the cabman identified him as the man who called his cab off the rank in Bishopsgate-street. He did not say he did riot think Moore was the man, nor anything to tliat effect. Neither he nor Serjeant Brett left the room with the cabman after seeing the prisoner, and 'be fore he was identified. He did not remember eit iker of the officers with him suggesting to the calm ruin that he could tell the prisoner better by his w slk. Moore walked up and down several times in the station, but the cabman did not afterwards say he had a little belief he was the man. He accompanied witness to Edgar's house, and there identified ham as the man he saw with the iron safe in St Maley axe. Edgar had only his trousers and shirt , on, and thecabman was not quite certain, but when he (Edgar) put the rest of his clothes on, the cabman said be iiv:.ls quite sure he was the man. Edgar asked if he might go out, and he was told he could do as he pleased. The officers dno further c v ersation with the cabman, but they consulte d among themselves as to whether they should talc e Edgar, or try and secure the safe first. They de •- tided, however, upon securing Edgar. James Stokes, t h e cabman, re-called, and cross - exa mined by Mr. Beard, said he went with Ser jeants Brett, Watkins, and Leonard, to Edgar's house. He remai ned outside while the officors went in. When he was called in he did not shake his head, and say he did not know Edger. H s went into another room with them, an I there being more light there he recognised him at once. Ike did not say he only thought he was the man. His attention was drawn to the prisoner's basket of tools, but nothing was said about a public-house. He could not swear he saw the officers in a publ ice house giving out bills offering a reward of £5O far the apprehension and conviction of the men whl, took the safe. He did not expect to get the £5( reward. Mr. Field, the landlord of the Marlborough Head, identified the prisoner as the same person who had celled at his house for a basket of took., : ;,.1, 1: , ;.1 • , t, ill his csls Ulu 6.;a kisliey Wive, in (jigs- ham House, said there were no chairs requiring French polishing, as alleged by Edgar, as an ex cuse for being in the Inland Revenue-office after business hours. Francis Livermore, the cab clerk at the Great Northern Railway station, said he was formerly in the City police force, and in 1852 he had Moore in custody for stealing a coat. He was convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to eight months' im prisonment. He had seen the prisoner in custody previous to that for a similar offence, but on that occasion he was acquitted. Mr. D welly asked for another remand to enable the officers to make further inquiries with the view of tracing the iron safe. Mr. Beard objected, inasmuch as the case was now complete for trial, and any further remand would only have the effect of keeping the prisoners longer in custody by postponing the trial to the sessions after next. Alderman Cubitt thought the prisoners would not be prejudiced, and therefore remanded them for a week. _RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-EASTERN. The directors of this company have agreed to recommend the shareholders to declare a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, at th• rare of 5 per cent. per annum on the Ber wick Stock, at the rate of 49 per cent. per annum on the York Stock, and at the rate of 2,1, per cent. per annum on the Leeds Stock. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. It appears th• directors of this company intend to declare a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 31st of Decem ber last, making, with the dividend declared for the preceding half-year, 91 per cent. for tine year 1859. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE IN EEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1860. Ballymena and Portrush 1 Bedale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and Comity Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June , Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Ches.& II olyhead(withMold) Cockermouth & Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. Kingst ) Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. East Anglian E. Countie o,Nrt k., &E. Union [ East Kent E.Lancaslurc(in.Blackburn) Edinburgh and Glasgow ... Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction ... Furness Glasgow & South-Westerns Great Northern Great North of Scotland qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) Great Western Hull and Holderness inverness & Aberdeen June. Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermere) Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Llanelly London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast. L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh. Alanch. S.Jun.& Altrincharn Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle New Aberg.,& therefor North British (in. Dalkeithd North Devon North-Eastern North London . North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Wore., & Wolver Peebles _ _ St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale . 67i 4V9 19i 111 142 1860. 1859. 18.59. 1,103 1, 489 2,122 2, 1,151 1, 5,514 5, 14,524 13, 267 164 224 1,2 A 1, 1,431 1, 1,287 1, 625 566 1,044 1, uOO 24,139 23, 258 674 489 5,633 5, 3,064 2, 212 1,036 7,233 6, 24,841 23, 1,451 1, 6,3.4 5, 28,263 25, 291 22 1831 283 29 1 22 1831 283 127 : 432 71,190 65,1 1,362 1, 13,956 12, 12,301 10, 735 919 11,071 9, 932 1,142 36,791 32, 3,252 174 28 614 a 177 2,186 2, 3,242 2, 1,461 1, 5,576 6, 378 32,960 131; 2,284 2, 7,375 k 233 4 10 102 4,509 1 2 7 9 21 306 171/ 108 119 Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W. II artlepool Harbr. & Rail. Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness Jun. W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Maria Antonia' Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn , Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse Southern of France West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 828 24 161 18.5 lost 880 1941 2 57j 302 879 922 1,032 840 922 1,016 'l7O 1,916 2,1 2,43 2,, 3,515 3, 1,719 1,, 2,814 2, 1,475 750 2,770 2,1 17,036 15,1 6,530 0; 3,257 3,1 8,766 6,1 4,474 1,610 1,1 1,467 I 1, 2zo 1 1 1,031 1 1,: 630 1 3,779 3,: 617 567 401 30,664 I 24, 260 1,147 1,323 2,765 10,137 6,1 3,910 t, 1,950 5,536 6, 3,420 3,1 t 3,0 1 ,8 e, 46,547 1 43,1 709 66,647 65,1 42,476 46,' 1,191 1, 15,313 13,1 812 32,967 1 30,1 FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 23. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Lennox Wyke, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republics of Guate mala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Salvador, and her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary on a Special Mission to those Republics, to be lier Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary to the Republic of Mexico. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER, JANUARY 24. Hunphry Willyams, of Carnanton, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the County of Cornwall. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JANUARY 26. Tie Right Honourable the Lords of the Com mitee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, enclesing a copy of a. Spanish Royal Decree, permitting the free importation into the port of Ceuta, of all goods and merchandise, except tobacco, salt, b and ringing u r n g n p g o w o o d d e s r ;t o t h t h e a t s a p m o r e t dsheeralel.d health payprovides harbourthat 'f_ ss_e 1 s ' dues only ; the privileges confe rred b y this decree are net to be abrogated without six m onths' notice being given in the' Madrid Gapotte." 4th Company of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—Baker COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Banks, Esq,., to be Captain ; William Tonkin Banks, Gent., to be First Lieutenant. Ist Company of Derbyshire Volunteer Rifles—Frannie Johnson Esq., to Le Ensign, vice Cox, resigned. HampshireJso R egim ent of Militia—Lieutenant Edward espp, Charles Forward to be Captain, vice Best, resigned. lat Company of Buteshire Rifle Volunteers—Archibald Esq., to be Captain; Daniel Macbeth, Esq., to Lieutenant;bMeeirYd Ensign. lit Division of Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—Hugh Neill, Esq. (late Surgeon of the 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia), to be Surgeon.-sth Division of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Richard George Inshby, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles Edward Crosbie, pro moted.--17th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers— John Dugdale, jun., Esq., to be Captain; Henry Moore, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Slater, jitn., Gent to be Ensign. Renfrewahire Artillery Volunteers.-2d Company— Robert Blair, Gent., to be Captain; James Ramsay Hill, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; Hugh Cuthbert ' Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 3 d Company—John Duff, Gent., to be Captain; Duncan McCallum, Gent., to be First Lieu tenant • Simon Arbuckle, Gent., to be S econ d Li eu t e nant. Renfrewshire Volunteer Rifles-Ist Company—Ensign Robert Burrell to be Lieutenant, vice Dempster, resigned ; John Clapperton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Burrell, pro moted. 2d Company—Patrick Macnaughton Black, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ross, resigned. 13th Company—Lieu tenant Duncan Ferguson Dempster, of the Ist Company, to be Captain; Ensign William Ross, of the 2d Company, to be Lieutenant ; Hugh Spiers, ent., to be Ensign ; 15th Company—Charles Cairns, Gent., to be Captain; Alexander Kirkland, Gent., to be Lieutenant. John Steven son, Gent., to be Ensign. 17th Company—Henry Lee Harvey, Esq., to be Captain ; John Harvey, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John M'Nab, Gent., to be Ensign. 16th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—William Farnell Wat son, Gent., to be Ensign. 20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—William Houghton, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Frederick John Barrow, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; Charles Edward rhair Gent., to bo Ensign ; Thomas Henry Tims, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Charles Morey, builder, Somers-road, Southsea. BANKRUPTS. William Roberta, builder, Coventry, to surrender, Feb. 13 and March 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Jones ironmonger, Tunstall, Stafford sh i r e , Feb. 10, and March 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Edward Ellis Hill, merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 7, at twelve, and March 25, at eleven, at the District Court of Bankruptcy. William Brame and John Brame, jun., printers, Bir mingham, Feb. 13 and March 5, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. James Street, confectioner, Bristol, Feb. 7, and March 5, at eleven, at the Bristol Dist rict Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. J. nnel J. ) 1 ' Argyllshire. 77 1,•twara inkailiteAuJr, John Ferry yifeobfre, BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1860 : , ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £29,342,620 Government Debt £11,015,101 Other Securities .. 3,469,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,867,020 Silver Bullion .... £29,342,620 BANKING n : £19,342,620 DEPARTMENT. Government Seen . Proprietors' Capi tal .£14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,411,403 Other Securities 19,499,77 Notes Gold and Silver Coin' 691,470 tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5,520,728 Other Deposits 14,079,717 Seven Day and other Bills 860,760 £38,318,376 N X 38,318,376 lIARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Jan. 26,1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, eons puted from Returns made in the week ending the 24th day of Jan., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain: — Per cwt. From the British possessions in Anserisa .. 28s aid Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 29s 7d Average price of the foregoing COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL—JAN. 27. At to-day's market there was only a small attendance, and a rather better feeling in the trade. A fair sale for wheat at Friday's prices. Flour difficult to mere. Indian. corn improved 6d on the week. The weather is cold, with a deal of snow. WAKEFIELD—JAN. 27. The supplies of wheat moderate, and there being a firm market, the quotations were about the currencies of last Friday. The business done in fine barley was fair, and other kinds limited. Beans were as before. Oats and shelling limited, at late prices. Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b., Essex, Suffolk, and Kent, white, old, 48s to 51s ; new, 48s to 51s ; ditto red, old, 42s to 445; new, 42s to 44s ; Lincolnshire and York shire white, new, 45s to 50s ; red, 41s to 445. Averages for the week : Wheat 3,847 qrs., at 46s 10/d Peas .. 20 „ 3Bs Od Beans — II —s Od Oats Barley.... 23s 11 d 394 2r „ Rve 7l —s 0 EXETER-JAN. 27. The business to:daYwasdullaiiheiollowing prices : Wheat, white.. 5s 9d toes Gd Barley.. 4s 3d to 4s 6d Ditto red 5s 3d to 5s 6d I Oats .. .3sOdto 38 64 Flour, fine, 32s to 335; seconds, 30s to 310 per sack. CATTLE. The attendance was snall., — ;nd the market was fairly suppled with stock, but an inactive business doing. Pork earcases in goo I supply. Fat beef, p score,los6d to lls Ewes, per lb 6d to Od Pork carcases,do 8s Mto 986 d I Wethers, d 0...... bid to 70 Sheep, per lb. Rough fat, 4id per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—JAN. 27. Our market is very quiet, the transactions having been confined to a few parcels, but still prices are firm, and im porters so sanguine as to the future that it would not be easy to secure a forward contract at present currencies. In refined goods there is little doing—indeed, present prices are not remunerative to manufacturers, who abstain from pressing their goods. There is a better disposition towards rums, and there might be a fair business done were it not that holders are requiring an advance. ET-JAN. 27. the dove 0f the market) Walla Iliad. 5. 4. South Kelloe l9 6 South Hetton 20 t Byron ....18 6 Gosforth 18 9 Gibson 17 6 Elm Park l6 6 Harton Thornley 18 0 Sheriff Hill l7 6 Riddell 18 f Hartlepool.. 2O 0 Haswell..... 20 6 Northamberbiuld 16 0 K e ll os l9 9 Stewart's ....20 $ Thorpe Framwollgate . ...18 9 Har'ey 17 6 Russell's Hetton 19 9 Benson.... l7 6 South Durham ..... . • P , 19 0 Trimdon Hartle sol 20 0 ir Gordon . . Black Prince ........ 18 3 .14 v Hilda 15 6 North Hartlepool... • • ••. 19 0 Shincliffe ... ib Firth's Robin Hood •• in g Braddyll's Hetton ..... li 6 - Ileugh Hall ........ .ie 0 ) Whitworth.. ...... . , 265—501 d, 256. COAL MAR (Prima of Coal per Ton al s. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...15 3 Bell's Primrose ......13 3 Hastings Hartley ....16 0 Lambert's West Hart- _ _ ley 15 0 Walker Primrose 14 0 Eden Main ..19 0 ranfield Moor 14 0 Tanfield Moor Butes-14 0 Davison's 'West Hart- ley .15 0 Bower's West Hartley.ls 0 Buddle's West Hartleyls 0 Burnhope 13 3 Clark's West Hartley 15 0 Grey's West Hartley 14 9 Holywell 16 0 Howard's West Hart- ley 15 0 Weld Hartley 15 0 Haswell Gas. l5 0 Walls End. Caesop Belmont lB 6 South Hartlepool 19 3 Hetton.. . Trimdon Thornley 18 Eden 18 9 Acorn Close 18 9 Keiper Grange-- l9 9 Ships at market, FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. n the following table E signifies that letters are despatt ale by eyening mails from London, aid IL by morning mail.' Despatch Port of of Mails. Despatak. Feb. 11, E Southantp. ,Feb. 18 Feb. 17, Liverpool Feb. 1, Liverpool Feb. 6, evonport Feb. 4, II outhantp. 'Jam. 20, E Jan. 27, Southamp. Feb. 17, Sontkanap. Feb. 4, Soutkeinp. Jan. 26, .Ten. 27, outhentp. Fob. $ Feb. 9, M onthaaap. Jan. 27, M outhantp. Jan. 27, M euthaap /1; Jan. M 'makeup. Jan. 26, E iverpool. • Jan. 28, it Liverpool Feb. I,E oatibanap Feb. 23 Liverpool Feb. 2, makeup _...-- - t Ile% Mal l dam/ DESTINATIONS. kustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) ] Care of Good Hope, A.seen sum, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton.. Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brasils,Buenos Ayres, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland United States and British N. A!nerica (by British packet) Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, m a _ deira, and Teneriffe West India, California, Veins_ zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- , town, New Granada, Feb, 0 Fe y, . ' I reb• 1 6 !Feb . 1 'eV. I rob. i nd JAIL -- 0-ferag Feb. y'eb. l *Tel e Feb. - eb• 11 Feb• 1 ores tle Jan• li Febl• 2 IWe°' I b I Fe !-- [AnvEnTisimmur.]—The following extraordinary et 1";„ without medicine, of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatuleAl, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, 03 1 • 4 4 asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Du 13 5 '''' 0 1 delicious health -restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, ti re - of the least remarkable :—Cure No. 42,116. —Major enlargement of the liver and total prostration of stren 6 ;, Cure No. 36,418.—Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spas of and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418.—Dr. Marvel o f diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628.—Dr. Wurt 4 , l consumption. Cure No. 32 880.—William Hunt, ?",.ty, barrister, of pa ra l ys i s. Cure 46,270.—Mr. James Itom o ", * timber merchant, of Frimley, of 30 years' diseased 1t 1 ,30 spitting of blood, li ver d erangemen t, partial deafness. Lot No. 49,832.—" Fifty years indescribable agony mi l e dyspepsia, nervonsnoss, asthma, cough, constipation, to* lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting', l ip been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 52, 0 " e r , The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years 11 I vous irritability, bile, and indigestion.—Cure the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do Decies, of dysp•Pl c Li Packed with full instructions, in canisters, 11b., 2s. ,30, 21b., 4s. 6d.; 121 b., 225. Super refined quality, 101b.' 5 0r , Also Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Chocolate 1"°!„4 0 11' contains the greatest amount of easily assimilated 11 01 ';',"fe' meat for strengthening delicate persons, children an d flints of weak stomach, chest, or nerves, and at ; 5 °4 ig meal, affords a delicious breakfast, lunch, or supper. the best dietetic homeopathic preparation, and 1 -11 : ' td. eaten either alone or mixed with Du Barry's R OY Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to rear infants 710,, En tins, at is. 6d.; llb., 3s. ; 21b., ss. ; ilb., 128;, ~o r 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt *I i o e' office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, i-° 4 60, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Graoechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, 05.7 4 460 street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Nishor street ; $5 Totten ham-court-road. Also at Jecel Slewley and Draper ; at Edinburh, Raines 0 0° at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co.; s4'" amnton. }caudal' and Son last a I eliv let Pai BIRTHS. ARIINDEL.—On the 21st inst., at Salcombe Cottaglor lingham, Kent, the wife of Thos. A run del, Es q ., R.N., of a son. IVO DUFF.—On the 28th inst., at Upper Brook-street, the of Major James Duff, of a daughter. 'OOO IPI LOPTUS.—On the 22d inst., a t th e ß r iti s h : L ega tlon, the Lady Augustus Loftus, of a son. MARRIAGES. 10 1 Blux.zu—BONwirr.---On tho 26th inst at St. - ° go Church, Fulham, Walter Barker, Esq .,. of Mooria, Fulham, to Amelia Elizabeth, second daughter of Wolfe Bonney, Esq., of Fulham. d " CURSHAM—ASILLIST.—On the 26th i ns t., at St. - g 11 14 Bryanston-square, the Rev. Thomas Leeson Cu x ,„4oo D.C.L., vicar of Mansfield, t o Marianne Sarah PJ daughter of the late Henry Ashley, Esq. DEATAS. iell e ‘t; BOITTIRII.—On the 26th inst., at Stoke House, ~, T,B l o ' ter, Charles Pleydell Bonverie, Esq., fifth son of Hon. and Rev. F. P. Bouverie. , CALLENDER.—On the 25th i n st., at Wink - field, -011 Francis Callender, Esq. eo° l lo Pg CIUNSWELL.—On the 26th inst., Robert Nat. Cr Esq., barrister-at-l aw , o f 30, Nelson-square, 13 1 a' aged 62. ill Du CANE.—On the 18th inst., at Witham, Ess ()%4 Anna Maria Du Cane. t pied THOMAION.—On the 22d inst., at 4, Clarges-str eo g dilly, Frederick Hall Thomson, Esq., F.R•C' A 61. ° lf WOOD.—On the 26th inst., at Littleton, Colone tlP , y 0 !, ONDO N Printed and Published by MITRP"' , 'os t',rr.tcr , , at IN , ili;,,ecico, 011 0 Pre act of the ;_ia.voy, in th e ,Satur , l9.3 ,- „January:h6, 1660. RA dou ass. tu g: at e ting Er. I td w ted the T 3 JD, 1R ei C 1 0, sa ate I Ili* i utter] :Uri 'lie] Mar 'Mr TIOV sPrii I ha. r thb ( I ett Ing 1 ele re by To Adri