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THE SUN, ,__ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1858. DIPLOMATIC MISMANAGEMENT. IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. DR. CI7LLEN'S LATEST. Dr. Callen has just issued a long and dreary let ter—not a pastoral—addressed to the Catholics of the diocese of Dublin with a view of directing their attention to the necessity of protecting the orphans of R - man Catholic soldiers from the risk of being tampered with by those under whose care the pre sent system places them. The Royal Hibernian School in the Park has been selected as the battle ground for the fresh archiepiscopal charge. Here is his sketch of that admirable institution : " The Board of Government, the Commandant, the Major—in fine, all the officers, about 20 in number, are Protestant, with the single exception of one sergeant. The professors or masters and the Chelsea monitors, 14 in number, are all Protestant. The books, too, used in the school have been compiled in great part by a Pro testant parson. Thus, Catholics are excluded from the slightest interference in the management of_ the institu tion ; and the only privilege that is conferred on them in regard to it is the honour of contributing their portion of 8,0001. per annum, paid to the school out of the public taxes of the country. Catholics pay their share of the annual grant ; Catholics send their sons and brothers and relatives to fight for their Queen and coun try ; Catholic blood was shed in torrents at Alma and Delhi ; Catholic soldiers were among the first he and t bravest in every battle where the English flag was un furled ; but they seem to be c onsidered unfit to take any part in the direction of an i nstitution supported by them selves and the public for the education of their children." As a consequence of the religious element con versions to the Protestant faith had become some what numerous —in four years they had run up ta 17. Dr. Cullen insists that there must be a change in the system, or there can be no safety for the lambs of his flock, and for these reasons : "1. As all the officers and superiors and masters are Protestant and men of rank and station, the poor Cathu lio boys, who know no one outside the boundaries of their school, are led to think that the profession of Pro testantism is necessary in order to acquire respectability, and that Catholicity is something to be condemned and despised, just as if there were not great Catholic officers and generals and Kings and Queens, and Catholic Em perors in the world. Bat snob things of course are not to be told to the poor boys of the Hibernian school, whose associations lead them to think that Catholicity, which contains in itself everything that is great and no ble and sublime, is something low aad degrading when compared with Protestantism. "2. As all the masters are Protestant and oftentimes not only ignorant of the doctrines of Catholicity, but hostile to them, they can scarcely fail, whether designedly or not, to give a sectarian tinge to their lessons and to impress false principles on the minds of their pupils. "3. The continual use of hooks, such as those em ployed in the Hibernian school containing anti-Catholic doctrines, cannot fail to produce a bad effect on the minds of children not sufficiently instructed to understand the snares that are laid for them, or to unravel the sophistry with which their faith is assailed, just as breathing con tagious air necessarily, though insensibly, brings on dis ease and death. The books referred to not only produce evil by the direct inculcation of error, but also by the suppression of truth. A Catholic boy, after going through the Rev. Mr. Gleig's course of history used in the school, would scarcely know that there was such an institution in the world as the holy Catholic Church, or the Roman Pontificate, or that those who profess the holy Catholic faith amount to 200,000,000, and consti tute the population of some of the moat civilised and powerful kingdoms and empires on the earth ; and, while acquainted with all the claims of Protestantism to be considered the source of all modern enlightenment and progress, be would remain in profound ignorance of the inestimable services that have been rendered by the Catholic Church and its pontiffs to the arts and sciences, to literature, and to everythirg that raises and ennobles the human mind. "4. The Catholic boys must be exposed to the greatest dangers from their continual association with Protestant companions, especially as tbe.e last are more numerous and more favoured with the smiles of their superiors and the distinctions of office, and thus placed in a position to look down with pity or contempt on their comrades diff,ring from them in religion. Nothing, ton, more natural for boys than to talk about the religi ons instructions given to them by their chaplain. I fear that catholic boys cannot be much improved by learning the lessons of piety delivered in the Protestant churches of this country. Every week for the last five years I have seen the themes cf the sermons to be preached in several churches placarded on the walls of the city, or printed in the columns of Saunders's newspaper." SHIPWRECK IN conx HARBOUR. The Cork Examiner of yes+erday says : ".The barque General Sale, Captain Fotter, from Sutherland to New York, 20 days out, put into Queens town yesterday evening in a leaky condition. At 4 o'clock yesterday evening she fell in with the brig For tuna, Captain Wilton, bound frora Liverpool for Monte Video, with a general cargo, in a sinking state, off Roterta's Head, within four or five miles of the Cork Lighthouse, the captain and crew, consisting of sight in all, having just left her in the long boat. They were taken on board the General Sale, and the pilot of the latter having stated that he would get the Fartuna into Queenstown in three-quarters of an hour if ate could be kept afloat so long, four men volunteered t I go on board her from the General Sale ; but when the boat reached the place where it was supposed she was, not a sign of her could be seen, so that it was supposed that she mint either have gone down or ashore, in either c .se becoming a total wreck." DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. Col. Browne, the Commissioner of Police, under went a long erimination to-day, as a witness for the police, before the magistrates of College-street office, when the following incident occurred. During the progress of the cross-examination of Col. Browne by Mr. M'Donough, reference had been made to the " engagement'' within the Col lege, and the Colonel said it had been lost and won at the time the Rev. Mr. Stubbs asked him to withdraw the police. "Mr. M'Donough said, lost and won 1 won by you, you mean ? " Colonel Browne—No, lost by me. " Mr. M'Donough—Lost by you ? " Colonel Browne—Yes, lost by me. No one has lost so much by it as I have done. I have lost peace of mind, and have suffered a great deal of anxiety. I have likewise felt deep regret ; there fore I say I lost the engagement. " Mr. IVl'DonoughZl am happy to hear that word'` regret.' "-Colonel Browne—l shall regret it as long as I live. lam very sorry that Mr. M‘Denough, cir eumatanced as he is here, cannot now hear me give expresion to my feelings. , " Mr. M‘DonoughZl assure 37)u, Col. Browne, I never discharged a m' re painful duty in my life. " Colonel Browns—And yet I am sure, Mr. ll'Donr ugh will not be displeased with me if I say that I have regretted this occurrence. I the ught of my men, whom I had considered to have been for an hour or two subjected to ill-treatment by the young gentlemen, and I w as mor e annoyed to see them so treated thanl had there been 50 dozen of stones showered on myself. They, on their part, were irritated at stones being thrown at me. I take the responsibility of all that occurred on myself. I gave the order and am accountaVe for everything that happened. It is not because two or three of the men may have acted, and, no doubt, did act, intemperately, that the gneral police should be punished. The whole concern ought to be thrown upon me, and I hope the collegians will cast it on me and forgive me. I thought that good feeling existed between my men and them, and stil think that there did. I feel regret for what has been done—regret wYch will go along with me to my grave, and I now say that not the police or any in dividual of the force, but myself alone, ought to bear the conAequencea of what has occurred. " Mr. M‘Donough—After that expression of re gret, Col. Browne, I, as a gentl - man, shall not ask you another question. (Sensation, and expressions of approbation from the collegians in court.) " Colonel Browne, whoa eemed completely over come by his emotions, quied the court, and the proceedings for the day terminated. 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Important Caution against the fear ful dangers of spurious imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevin, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalanta Arabica Food." ( From the Daily News.) The opinion of the late Law Officers of the Crown, as disclosed in the " Cagliari Correspon dence," are not creditable to the judicial research or to the logical acuteness of their authors. Fortu nately for the character of English jurisprudence abroad, it has not been exclusively represented by Sir Richard Bethell, Sir Henry Keating, and Sir John Harding. Dr. Philiim.ore and Dr T wiss have redeemed the credit of their profession and their country. They have shown that the law of nations is still competently studied and adequately ex pounded by the practitioners in that Court which was once raised to the highest point of judicial re nown by the celebrated decisions of Lord Stowell. Sir John Harding, as Queen's Advocate-General, still retains his place as one of the legal advisers of the Foreign-Office ; it does not, we trust, follow, that he will retain his opinions. Many matters of fact, which he was content to re gard as doubtful, have since been cleared up beyond the possibility of dispute. Increased materials, more minute inquiry, and more mature delibera tion, present an obvious and not ungraceful means of wisely receding from an untenable position. The successors of Sir Richard Bethel! and Sir Henry Keating have an easier task ; nor can we help feel ing some confidence that Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Sir Hugh Cairns will advise Lord Malmesbury that the capture of the Cagliari on the high seas was, under all the circumstances of the case, a clear violation of international law, and that, by an unavoidable consequence, all that followed on such illegal capture —the condemnation of the ship, the detention, im prisonment, and trial of the crew and engineers— have been acts done in contravention of maritime right. It would, of course, be out of place in these columns to enter upon the labyrinth of a legal argu ment, but one or two of the points involved in the opinions of the late law officers admit of treatment so comparatively simple that we shall readily be excused in drawing attention to them. The first material reference to the law officers upon the legality of the seizure of the Cagliari was contained in a despatch of the 17th of last December (No. 70 of the correspondence). The object of this commu nication is to ascertain how far certain statements contained in papers sent with the despatch "would bear her Majesty out in contending that the pro ceedings adopted towards Watt and Park have been illegal, on the ground that the Cagliari was not captured in Neapolitan waters." The papers re ferred to are (No. 66) an abstract of the depositions of some of the crew of the Cagliari ; a chart showing the position of the vessel when captured ; and a letter from Mr. Yates Brown, our then Consul at Genoa (No. 68), showing how he had elicited the evidence, and stating a few addi tional facts. Assuming the correctness of the chart and the truth of the depositions, two points were clear beyond dispute on thb face of these papers : 1. That the engineers had acted under compulsion ; 2. That the place where the vessel was captured was on the high seas, and beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Naples. With regard to the circum stances of the capture, the substance of the state ments was this,—that the captain announced his intention of sailing for Naples, "to report what had occurred ;" that he sailed in that direction ac cordingly, and was thither bound when the two Neapolitan frigates came in sight ; that on seeing them, he gave orders to take iu sail and ease steam ; and that, on one of the frigates firing a blank shot at him, as a signal to heave to, he lowered his beat and went aboard her. There he was detained ; the Cagliari was boarded, and her papers examined; after which she was seized and towed into port. Such were the facts. Upon these facts Sir R. Bethell, Sir H. Keating, and the Queen's Advocate-General are unanimous in thinking that they do not constitute a case of forcible capture, but of a voluntary surrender ; and on this ground they arrive at the general conclusion that the detention of the prioeuers is legal, and that the British Government can make no demand for !heir release. Upon this extraordinary opinion it is unnecessary now to offer any comment of our own. In the first place it is inconsistent with the ground taken by the Neapolitan Government itself, which has throughout treated what took place as a forcible capture, and on that ground condemned the Cagliari as a prize. Both facts—the fact of capture, and the fact that such capture took place , on the high seas—are so succinctly comprised in the statement of Capt,in Rodriguez, the com mander of the Tancreli frigate, by which the Cagliari was taken, that it may be as well to cite his words : "The capture of the Cagliari took ' place on June 29, 1857, on the high seas, twelve miles distant from and to the westward of the Island of Capri." Such is the camment supplied by the Neapolitan admiessions. Tile comment of common sense has nowhere been more vigorously expressed than by Mr. Hammond himself, the Under Secretary for Foreign Affeies, who in his very next communication, by direction of Lord Clarendon, to the Law Officers (No. 77. Dec. 24, 1857), thus happily states the result of their unani mous opinion :—" To say that the captain and crew of the Cagliari voluntarily gave themselves up on the high seas te two Neapolitan frigates, who had fired to bring the Cagliari to, and were pre fared to sink her if she did not surrender, is a mockery and abuse of terms." We are quite con tent to leave that portion of the opinion in which all three of the Law Officers concurred to this veiy just censure of the Foreign-office. There is another portion of the opinion as to which the Law Officers differed, which will require a little more attentive consideration. The first paragraph of Sir R. Bethell's opinion is in the fol lowing terms :—" The vessel and crew, having been engaged in lauding a body of armed rebels on the Neapolitan territory, might be lawfully pursued and seized, and if the arrest took place within Nea politan waters the crew might he lawfully tried in a Neapolitan court of justice. But if the capture and arrest took place out of Neapolitan waters, then, although the seizure was justifiable, the Neapolitan tribunals would have no jurisdiction to try, nor the King of Naples any authority to punish, the persons arrested, who, being the subjects of a friendly P ower , mus t, on requi sition, be given up to that Power, in whose courts the trial must be had and justice ad ministered. If, therefore," he add., "it was clear that the Cagliari was forcibly captured when on the high seas, out of Neapolitan waters, the Britsh Government might lawfully demand the delivery up of the two engineers." Fr omthis por tion of &r Richard Bethell's report his colleagues dissent, "for," say they, "we are of opinion that if the seizure was justifiable, under the circum stances stated, then the Neapolitan tribunals would have jurisdiction to try, and the King of Naples would have authority to punish, the persons arres ted." Now, it requires only a very elementary knowledge of the first principles of maritime law to sea that the confusion here arises from the amb;gu ous meaning of the word "seizure." "Seizure" may mean either one of two widely different things: " arrest" or "capture." The " arrest" of the Cagliari, under the circumstances, for the purposes of examining her papers and ascertaining her ' nationality, though on the high seas, was perfectly lawful. The "capture of the Cagliari on the high seas, after such examination, had shown that her papers were regular, and that she was a vessel of a fri ndly Power, sailing under herproper national flag, was wholly unlawful. If the word "seizure" is taken to mean "arrest," then it tides not at all follow that because the seizure was justifiable the Neapolitan courts would have jurisdiction to try or the King of Naples to punish, the persoes so arrested. Such a consequence would only follow from the fact that her c rpture was lawful; in outer words, that she was rightfully seizedei Advo cate-General erasa pirate or as an enemy's ship. The Queen's and Sir H. K , atiog subsequently indeed committed themselves (Report of January 1, 1858, No. 81) to what, after the opinions of D r. Phillimore, Dr. Twiss, and the Sardinian jurists, must be called the untenable and exploded opi n i on ' I that the Neapolitan frigates had, under the circum stances, a right not only to arrest the Cagliari, but also "to capture Ler beyond the territorial juris diction *f Naples." Sir Richard Bethell is not committed to this extent. If there had be en a cap ture of the Cagliari on the highseas, he admits that such capture would have been illegal, and that eve rything clone in the detention and trial of th e the pr isoners would ba o r v e e b r e n e m n e w n i t th w o o u t t il j d ur h i a sd v i e ct e o e n il and that the British G prisoners. the facts His error was an err came u t e • , c admissionsa pt re a conclusion that entitled to demand the restoration . doe o n f t the e • not on the law. He o t p th o e in f t ac o t n s statedwiiich, afterditl amount explicit competent even for to the contrary, it is no longer tl.e Neapolitan jurists insist. ntohteiarmo What a . contrast to all this tnYstilleaeion and a ra biguity is presented by the Report of th e Sardinian Commission of Inquiry. There is no confusion of terms he' e. Atter admitting (No. 92) that the de tention of the Cagliari, her visitation, and the inter rogatory of her captain, crew, and passengers by tee Neapolitan commander were, under the circure i stances, necessary, and therefore jusl;itiable, they add :—"Th ere and at th a t po i n t the power of the Neapolitan Government ought properly to have ceased and determined. But instead of that," they r prize. go on to o b serve , " th e Rear-Admiral (Rue b t') proceeded to t rea t th e C ag li ar i as a lawfule r , She was taken i n t ow by the Ettore iea (the Tancredi's consort) ; 'Capt. Sitzia was detained9'ea on hoard the Taneredi. - Arrived at Naples, the 1 Cagliari was treated as prize, and her captain and crew were imprisoned and subjected to a trial as criminals, and subsequently the Cagliari was con demned by an Admiralty Court as lawful prize." Under these circumstances the Sardinian Commis sioners report it as their opinion, " that if the act of the Neapolitan Government, in overhauling the Cagliari on the high seas, in visiting her, in interrogating the captain, crow, and pas sengers, is justifiable, yet that the succeed ing act of her detention, and that of her captain, crew, and passengers, is not, and that such detention is contrary to the law of na tions." This is the same conclusion to which Dr. Twiss and Dr. Phillimore have arrived—it is the only conclusion, we firmly believe, to which an en lightened application of the rules of International Law, which after all are nothing but the rules of the most exalted good sense, could possibly lead a competent, an unbiassed, and an earnest inquirer. The arrest was justifiable—the capture was unlaw ful—the detention and the trial have been without jurisdiction. Great Britain, which from the first had a right to demand the instant surrender of the two engineers, has now a further right, on which, after the grossly insolent conduct of the Neapolitan Government, her responsible Ministers are in duty bound to insist. That right is a right to compensa tion for the prolonged and unwarrantable captivity of these two innocent men. Let us trust that the duty of ascertaining the international rights of Eng land may never again fall on such a triad of pub licists as Sir J. Harding, Sir R. Bethel], and Sir H. Keating, nor the task of vindicating those rights on such a Foreign Secretary as Lord Clarendon. (From the Morning Herald.) The release of Park by the Neapolitan Govern ment offers one more testimony to the activity and energy displayed by the present Administration. The doctrinaire liberalism of the late Government, now happily defunct, had completely ignored the personal interests of the two engineers in discus sions on legal quibbles, and the composition of prose for the edification of diplomatic Europe. The late Go vernment, iu the Cagliari case, acted like the physicians of the fable; squabbling ou theories, the patients were dying before the solution of an abstract question. Park and Watt were left to rot in the dungeons of Salerno, while Lord Claren don was seeking inspiration for the elaboration of a pedantic note. The engineers might die ; but for the late Foreign Secretary their moans were trifling when compared with the honour accruing to the establishment of some new principle—the fellow, probably, to his dogma on belligerent rights. But the policy of the present Cabinet differs widely from that of their predecessors. Not less capable than the late Government to discuss the complicated problems before them, their first step was the practical one of obtaining the release of the prisoners. A story is told of an ambassador of Elizabeth who was informed by his Sovereign that a hundred French heads would fall to avenge the loss of his. " Not one of those hundred would fit my shoulders," was his sensible and practical reply. The anecdote is not irrelevant to the case of the engineers. It would have been but small consolation to these unhappy men and their friends that a slow and lingering death should ob tain a diplomatic triumph for a Whig Minister. It was for Lord Malmesbury to discover the practical bearings of the question, and to solve that question in a practical manner. The first object to be gained was the freedom of the prisoners. This secured, the discussion of the legal question still remained as affecting that of compensation. Such was the pro blem that lay before the English Government. The manner in which it has been solved reflects the greatest credit on the tact and perspicacity of the Foreign Minister. The release of Park com pletes his major premiss. Whatever may betide, the two engineers are again free men. The capture of the Cagliari and the competence of Neapolitan tribunals can no longer affect their health or con trol then'. will. With Lord Malmesbury the first consideration was the safety of the men—the next the legality of their previous capture. The first ob ject has been obtained. The second may now be discussed at leisure and with due deliberation. But in this the Ministers of the Crown will permit no unnecessary delay. By this time the Govern ment will have probably received the opinion of their law advisers. This must determine the course to be pursued. If that opinion be adverse to a de mand for compensation, it would be, as we ob served some days since, an act of piracy to put forward such a pretension. If, on the other hand, it be clearly laid down that the two engineers have been subjected not only to a painful but an illegal imprisontnent, the British Government will not hesitate to take the necessary steps to obtain repa ration for the sufferings of their subjects, and tin dicate the honour and dignity of the British name. TELEGRAPH BET WkEN MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA. (Front the 7iines.) The English Government is about, if we are correctly informed, to enter into a contract with Austria, by which Austria is to bind herself to con struct a telegraphic line from Malta to Alexandria. The line is so directly for the benefit of England that she is willing to pay something handsome to get it done, and so little directly for the benefit of Austria, that she will not make it unless she is handsomely paid for it. When the Austrian Go vernment have seen their advantage in the construe tion of public works they have not been slow to con struct them themselves, as witness their railways, a great portion of which have been directly constructed by the Government. England wants an agency to lay down a telegraphic line for her, and, instead of going to the persons, very well known and per fectly trustworthy, whose business it is to do such thing, ehe betakes herself to another Sovereign Power, and makes that a matter of negotiation which ought to be one of merely mercantile tract. If we go no further than this the proceed ing is highly objectionable. Governments must contract for what they want like other people, but they will do wisely to make their contracts, when ever it is possible, with persons who recognise a jurisdiction to which both contracting parties pay -obedience. If the English Treasury agrees with an English company to perform any work for them, there is in case of non-performance, misconstruc tion, or evasion of the contract, a remedy open in the courts of law, and a tribunal capable of enforc ing its judgments in a metho heal and orderly manner. But when one first-rate Power enters into ju a r, c o a n n t d r ace, mater a f l o a r w a y n e o r t s h e say r fi , rb t t o - r find w ate o Power,rk i tae s t x.re,l p egom p p,n o napg s ret i y n t ayt g nhf brad t oen h ml e ifiern s vuw a dii m nti vilgei e icdsih f stu a s, i 4ed l i slui itself iienowjr Governmentsuniiaretetrh e? is s c o ta n hr t ee r a remedy m , o a e dna c y o , or u ef - The remedy is a blue-book of unfathomabl e prof i u c nd correspondence, and unread able dimensions ; and, if this course should not b, ins satisfac'ion, an appeal to the last reason of kings—a decision as to the merits of wire or gutta parcha by the voice of the cannon or the flash of the sword. Such arrangements are too much in advance of our time, and should be put off till the days when Mr. Cobden shall have established his Courts of Arbitration, and an Amphictyoeic Coun cil shall render the same justice to States as the Court of Queen's Bench does to individutls. Bu}, waiving this difficulty, we have a right to ask witty, if we are to select an agent, and that agent is to be a a rvereign and independe .t Power, our choice is to fall on Austria? The laying of an electric telegraph for a distance of some twelve hundred miles seems a task better suited to an island like our own than to a great Continental State possessing only two or three ports iu the Adriatic Gulf. When Austria has agreed to make us the line where will she go for the materials? Nob ;dy can doubt for a moment that she will go to England. From English engineers she will derive her plans, from English manufac'urers she will order the wire ; in all probability, from English electricians she will obtain the machinery—nay, we have very little doubt that to English shipping will be entrusted the duty of laying down the wire that is to unite Malta with Alexandria. We state this opinion for the simple reason that the requisite skill, the requisite gear, cable, and tonnage, can no oriously be obtained cheaper and better in this country than elsewhere, so that the transaction comes to this—that we are about to employ a foreign country to construct for us that which, after all, we shall be obliged to construct for ourselves. Those who have learnt that two sides of a triangle are greater than the third may possibly think that it woul I be a shorter, cheaper, more direct, and more businesslike process, for the English Government to issue is orders direct to the English manufac turer instead of negotiating with the Austrian Go vernment to issue the self-same order s. We do not under,tancl why the pa sago ft Downing-sraTet to the City is in this particular instance considered to iits t'irout - ,•11 Vienna. We show - ed on a former occasion that in order to obtain this very inconvenie w nt as ancicircuitous result . it ourt h th a e nd E s n t g h l e ish con G t o ro v l er w nm hi e e n h tp ut ti ngtao id exerciseout h o o f v r s its communications with the etst also that it was upon the English Government, shooed which guaranteed the interest, and not upo ra n e t n a Austrian Government, which found -the mone , -, that the ultimate risk of the transqc ion would fall. We are not straining matters much if we surmise that the very money which the Austrian Govern trent is to advance will probably be borrowed, on tile faith of our own guarantee, from the capi talists of the city of London, and we offer this opinion mainly on the ground that the Austrian Exchequer is not supposed to be overflowinl, and that_ or en good Enplish security money b 3 b rowed more cheaply in London than in Vienna, Even this is not all. The laying down a cable from Malta to Alexandria is, after all, a hazardous business in the present state of our knowledge and experience with regard to submarine telegraphs. Nothing on the same scale has yet succeeded ; with the exception of the attempt of the Atlantic tele graph, nothing on the same scale has ken attempted. The contractors rill not like the risk of laying down a cable of such great value and such conside rable length to fall exclusively on themselves. It is just one of those cases where the gain is incom mensurately small compared with the possible loss, and where, therefore, the principle of insurance is sure to be applied. The contractors will insure themselves against the possible loss which may ac crue from any accident in laying down the cable, and for the insurance also they are certain to look to English underwriters. This makes the matter complete, and leaves, we apprehend, nothing to be desired and nothing to be added in the way of folly and absurdity. We are about to induce the Austrian Govern ment, by some pecuniary subvention or guarantee, to undertake the construction of a telegraphic line from Malta to Alexandria. That line will be laid out by English engineers. Its cable will be made by English manufacturers, coiled up on board an English steam-vessel, paid out by English gear, connected with electric machines made by English manufacturers, paid for by English capital, and insured by English underwriters. We are ashamed to employ ourselves di eAly, and so subsidise Aus tria to do it for us. We pay her for the use of her name ; we are unwilling, seemingly, to appear in the business ; we fear that we have too much in fluence in Egypt, and are afraid of adding to it to the extent which the control of the telegraphic line might effect. Having in this country no ex p er i ence of business, we are obliged to go to a Germ an P owe r to be our managing director in a marine enterprise. And for what is all this trouble awl "circumlocu tion 1" Simply, as it seems tons, to deprive us as faras we can, of the advantages which we secured by the possession of Malta and Corfu, and of the power of controlling and regulating as seems to us best our intercourse with our immense empire in the East. Not having capital enough to conduct our own business, we are forced to go into partnership, and the terms of the partnership are, that England is to find the terminus, the capital, the plant, and skill, while Austria contributes her name, and re ceives in return all the management and all the profits. We wish to know what is the considera tion England is to receive for all this, and how it can be that a contract of this nature, which never could be proposed in the business of individuals, can be gravely entertained by the rulers and gover nors of States and Empires. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-April 9. TRUE BILLS AGAINST SIMON BERNARD. Shortly before four o'clock the Grand Jury re turned into Court, and the Foreman announced that they had found true bills against Simon Bernard for the capital offence. OLD COURT. Mr. Edward Auchmuty Cr - lo;e - r surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour, in having unlaw fully made a false declaration as to his qualification to sit as a member of the House of Commons. Mr. Edwin James was specially retained, with Nr. Welsby, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clark, to con duct the prosecution. Mr. Monta gu Ch am b ers, Q.C., was also specially 9, retained, with Mr. Giffard and Mr. F. H. Lewis, on behalf of th e d e f endant. Mr. Jame in openi ng the case for the prosecu tion to thejury, said that the charge agairsst the defendant was preferred under a resolution of the House of Commons, and upon the facts that he should shortly detail to them. The defendant was elected member for the borough of Beverley, in Yorkshire, at the last general election, but a peti tion was subsequently presented against his return, upon the ground that he was not duly qualified, and the Committee of the House of Comm ins, to whom the matter was refereed., reported that this had bean made out, and by a resolution of the House of Commons, the Attorney-General for the time being was direct e d t o take the present criminal proceediags against the defendant. i f n consequence of the change in the Government the matter was referred to his successor in office, and he (Mr. James) was called on t o con d uc t th e pro s ecution at the request of the present Attorney-General,. his duties at the present ti me p reven ting him from being personally in attendance. Th e c h a rge against the defendant, as he had before stated, was, that when he was called upon to give his statement of his qualification to sit as a member of that house, and to make a declaration of the truth of tkat statement, he wilfully made a false statement of qualification, and in pint of fact he had no qtrdi ficanon whatever. The jury were, no doubt, aware that no person could sit in the House of Com mons unless he was possessed of certain property qualification, which by the statute of the Ist and 2d Victoria was fixed at 3001. a-year for boroughs, and 6001. a-year for counties. It appeared that at the general election last year Mr. Glover was a candi date for the bcrough of Beverley, and that at the time of the election two of the electors, as they were empowered to coo, demanded his qualificari en and after m a ki ng some ex cuse, he virtually gave ' the sun° qualification as that which he afterwards a member pr of_ ac put forwa r d i n th e H ou se o f Commons when l , le was called upon to take the us ua l oath and declare t io the fa Irish . The d e andfe nd thet etas a English la lawyer, h e nd was had , tissd in his profession, and it appeared to him that when the jury heal heer I the nature of the declara tion made by the defendant, and the facts connected with the property that was blleged to be the sub ject of the qualification, they would be of opinion that the defendant could not have a,:ted under any mistake, and that he must have wilfully ma d e the false statement that was the subject of the present inquiry. The learned counsel then went on to state that the qualielcltion set up by the defendant ap peared to rise out of three properties, two of them being situated in the county of Cork, where the father and the family of the defendant resided, and some property in the neighbourhood of Favereham, and Whitstable and Herne Bay, in the county of Kent ; but he said he should be able to show in the mest satis'actory manner that the derentlant h a d not the least shadow of interest in any of these properties such as would form a qealiticetion for a member of Parliament. With rega d to the Irish property, that originally was no doubt the prc . perty of the defendant's father, but its total value was not large, and although • it had been conveyed to the defendene by a deed that would be put in evidence, it would be showed that this was only done t o secure the pro perty from b e i ng ma de liable to th e d e b ts of the father, and it was besides so heavily mortgaged that it was of no real value whatever. In addition to this, he said he should also show that in 1819 the defendant became insolvent—his debts being at that time mote than 13,0001., and the whale of his property was vested In his a ss i gnee, and this specific property was included in his schedule, so that the defendant must have known perfectly well that he had no claim to it, and that he was not justified in making it the qualification for him io sit in Parliament. The other prop.-Tty in the county of Kent consisted of a house called the Oaks, at Ospringo, and a farm in the Isle of Harty, iu the county of Kent, which belonged to a gentleman name t Token. The Oaks property was worth alto gether about 1451. a year, and he believ: d that upon the occasion of Mr. Garve r offering himself as a not a s t li t i veyarice was made t candidate for he city 0 ilia' of this property, but it was merely a sham, and was only done for elec tioneering purposes. He should however, prove that this property, fe:::::::::_i the pro pertywas mortgaged to the extent of 3 506/., and that Mr. l i l s i fac o t t ,. queues he had Glover was aware o f welch or e Canterbury, l)ii yielded ryin 1 1 4 8 5 5 / 4 . ' a a y c e o a n r .- , The other property he hart referred to was, no doubt, of considerable value. It consisted of a farm and hurl at Whitstable which was let for 425/. a year, and the defendant claimed to have a rent-charge upon this land to the amount of 3251. ' a r I l e real that interest c ii r i ' s i e t -. per annum. A deed to that effect was, no doubt, executed by Mr. Token, who was a very old man , but he should be able to prove that no considera tion was ever given for this s upposed rent-charge, and that it was, a i for the purposes of another election. .Beside.s this, it would be proved that, at the time this deed was supposed to h p : it :bell created . was mcwgliael to the • en' , . ttl'' ex e - o f 9, 6001., and that the defendant was perfectly aware of this, a . na must have hn mu that he could have htd . no in . - terest whatever in it when he represented it as his , qual , fication to sit in Parlianenr. The learnea counsel then steed that these were the main facts upon wh Aran the charge t the defendant would rest, and houali a cen7pi,int would proba b ly b r Ina to by hisl arned friend that the defendant could not be called as a witness in tie present proceed ings, he felt bound t o state that w h en the inquiry took place befere the ehc ton committee of the House of Counone, the def' ndant was challenged to came for ward and declare upon his honour as a gentlemen that, et the time he made the declara tion in question, hereally believed he waspossessed of the qualification to which it referred, but he declined to do so, and the Houe of Comeions had felt that the duty devolved upon them of directing the present prosecution. Some formal evidence was then gone into, ehow ing the return of the defendant for the borough of Beverley, and the subsequent taking of his seat in the House of Con:miens when he made the decla ration as to hie qualification that was the subject of inquiry. It appeared that, upon the defendant being request( d, at the time of the election, to state the nature of his qualification, he said he was not prepared for such a discreditable proceeding, and he had not brought his title-deeds with him, and he could only state from memory the nature of his property, and he then described the qualification that was the subject of the present prosecution. The defendant made the same statement of his qualification in the House of Commons, and proof was given that he had signed a declaration that this was a true statement. _ _ _ A number of deeds were put in, having reference to the Irish property, and evidence was also given of the defendant having petitioned the Dublin Insolvent Court, and to his property and estate being vested in an assignee by order of that court. The amount of the deb's was over 13,0001. and the defendant in his schedule represented that a great portion of them were without consideration. Mr. Mursell Worrell, the trade assignee ap pointed under the insolvency of the defendant, de posed that he was not aware of any of the debts having been paid. In answer to questions put by Mr. Chambers, this witness said that a gentleman who had taken an active part in reference to the insolvency of the defendant was recommended to him by one of the parties who was a petitioner against the return of the defendant for Beverley. He also said he be lieved that some of the defendant's property was still in process of sale in the Encumbered Eitates Court, but be believed it was encumbered by prior claims, and it was not likely to realise anything to the defendant's creditors under his insolvency. At this stage of the case the trial was adjourned. FOLIC'S INTELLIGENCE.-April 9. MANSION-HOUSE. —Abraham Carvalho, a Portuguese, was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with stealing a packet rf portnnonnaits, of the value of 256., from the premises of Mr. Jules A. Halle, general dealer, 10, Cooper's-row, Tower hill. Mr. Hopwood appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor said—On Wednesday evening last I saw the prisoner, who called at the ware house and said he wanted to buy goods, for which the Portuguese Society for the Protection of Jews would pay. He said that the society had given him my address, and told him to apply to me for goods. Ido not think there is such a society in existence as the one he alluded to. He made a selection of articles consisting chiefly of portemon naies, and was told to call the next day. I n-xt saw him this morning, when he handed me a letter, and said, " This is from the Portuguese Society." The very first words of the letter convinced me it was a forgery. I told him at once that I did not believe the letter came from the society, upon which he snatched it out of my hands, thrust it into his mouth, and in two bites swallowed it. (A. laugh.) The purport of the letter was that it was not con venient for the bearer to pay that day for the goods he had selected, but that he would do so next week. I then gave him into custody. Thomas Offord, a youth in the employment of the prosecutor, said—l was at the warehouse yes terday when the prisonercalled and asked for the invoice. I told him that none of the gentlemen had come yet. He asked me for a glass of water, which I fetched him, and he drank it. He asked for a second glass, which I also fetched. After drinking this he said he was going to get another breakfast, and would return at 10 o'clock. He then went away. Previous to his calling I saw lying on the counter the sample portemonneie produced, with a parcel containing 11 others. James Anderson—l am in the employment of the prosecutor. I first saw the prisoner on Wed nesday evening, when he selected a number of goods amounting to 271. lls. 7d., a list of which I pro duce. The portemoanaies stolen are worth 255. When I went to the premises at nine o'clock yester day morring I missed the packet of portemonnaies which had been shown to the prisoner, and which I ha'd seen safo when I left. He called again to day. I saw him speaking to my master, whe was reading a letter. He suddenly snatched the letter out of my master's hands, and chewed it up. (Laugheer.) The evidence was interpreted to the prisoner, who pretended he did not understand the English language, although it was well known to the wit nesses, as well as to many others in court, that he was perfectly acquainted with it. The prisoner was remanded. I3OW-STREET.—No less than five cab-drivers ware severally charged with being drunk while in charge of their respective vehicles on Thursday night. In con.ideration of the. very trying weather, 'Mr Henry let them off with the nfitiga.ol find of 10s. each. William Clark, the landlord of the Alma coffee-shop, in Castle-street, Leicester-squire, ap peared to an adjourned summons charging him with having sold beer, wine, and spirits wi , hout a license. The charge rested on the evidence of two excise expectants, named Frank Sissons and Alexander Geo. Smith, who stated 'that on the 2tith day of January they went to the defendant's house, and, after partaking of some kidneys and coffee, or dered a bottle of pale ale, which was supplied from a cupboard behind the bar counLr. On the 30th January they went again, and hid kidneys and coffee as before.. Sissous then had a glass of gin and water, and Sinith a glass of sherry and water, which the waiter served from the same cup board, and after that they hid another glass each, with which defendant served thorn. Smith paid for all the refreshments. The witnesses were cross-examined at some lengeh by defendant's counsel, Mr. Pearce, who elicited from Sissous a reluctant admission that he had been at the Alma twice since he had hid the information, and that on one occasion he accepted an invitation to dinner. Mr. Henry—Did you think that consistent with your duty ? Witness—l did not think it was any harm. I never meant to keep the appointment, and I did not dine with him though I said I wont]. A number of witnesses were then called for the defence. Edward Kuill, the waiter, said on the 25th he went to the neighbouring public house, the Round Table, to fetch the bottle of ale ordered by the witnesses, who paid him ls. beforehand ; and that on the 30th he also fetched from the Punch bowl the first grog . and negus. Another waiter named Shepherd said that on the litter occasion he fetched from the Punchbowl the second grog and nexus order,d. of Mr. Clark. Mr. Jones, an en graver, at Kennington, deposed that on the 2541 11, was present when the order for the ale was or ll:l g r. avo Ch si a na rl i e l s ar o P v a i v d e e y n , ce c a l s e r t k o given, and saw Knill leave the house and return ct the 3ith ; and Mr. Auguntus Lindsay, an ivory turner, deposed that he was at the Punchle >wl when Shepherd purchased the second grog and fol lowed Shepherd, and sewthe refreshments handed to o it h h is u th nc e le, b a ott i l ) e ro . negus, and as he was going to the Alma he to Sissons and Smith. Upon this evidence the case had been adjourned in order that inquiry might be made as to the cha racter of the several witnesses for the defence, and a'so that Mr. Henry might himself visit the pre mises, so as to be able to form an opinion whether persons sitting in the position described by the CI own witnesses could see the cupboard from which they alleged that the liquors were taktn. Mr. Pearce now said that he had seen Mr. Wellsby (counsel for the Excise), who would not rl Pearce) hes o t l o i o s i t a o y r a t t he h E e 2o w : a s s e s w a i id l i a t t e h e t a h k a e ri he able to attend, but hal althoris,:d hi m (M r . the o magistrate's opinion on the evidence a S it s t oo d . evidence to offer touching the character of the witnesses. Mr. Henry—Then I am bound to assume that they ars respectable. The witness Pavey, for in sez is s f n %pr i o i c k t : r and iyt c lbll le d rk hi i m u s h e i l s f s o t ffi ai c i e c — e, o a n p e e p t h , to the def nee if it is not triEs. -And if his evidence and that of Jones be true, the charge is an=wered. I am pl teed in the position of a jury, and if I have any doubt I cannot convict. The evidence of the expectant is open t o very cons id era bl e commen t. He was highly censurable in going to see defendant and agreeing to dine For what object did he do that ? I can draw but one conclusi. that he was laying a sort of trap for some offer to he made to him. I should have considerable diffi culty in convicting on the testimony of such a wines). Then with regard t.) the evidence as to the gin and sherry being brought from the cup board, Y haveheen to view the' place, and am satis fied that they could not see either cupboard if they were siting at the second table. If they sat at the table nearest the do Jr thoy miAit. sea .he one cup board, b u t w h oever went there would have his back t ) them so that they could not see whit he took from the cupboard. The witnesses for the defence say that the waiters went out to buy the articLs at the pub'ich ouse , an d on t h e w h o l e I am disposed to think that is the truth. At all events [ have too much doubt to convict, and I shall therefore dismiss the summons. At the same time I must roi eat the opinion I have already intimated, of the extreme impropriety of the expectant visiting the defendant in the manner lie states. The summons was thsn dismissed. WORSHIP-STREET.—Mary Arm Ryan, a oomtly young Irishwoman in an advanced of pregnancy and with a sickly-looking infant in her• area, app'ied for relief from the poor-box. Tao applicant stated that she was the widow of a soldier who had formerly served for nine years in the 4th Light Dragoons, with which he had bean engaged through the whole of the Crimean campaign, and had taken part in the ineraorab'e charge of Balaclava, from which he escaped without a wound. Having been subsequently seized with. a severe pulmonary complaint, resulting from his arduous duties and trying privations, he was dis charged from the service and invalided home with out the slightest provision, as he had not been sufficiently long in the army to entitle him to a pension. Soon after his return to England he partially recovered his health, although ho still suffered from the insiduous disease he had con tracted during the war, and having no means of sub sistence for himself and family, heagaiu offered him self for military duty, and (wording to the sta' ement of the applicant) the usual medical inspection was so carelessly performed that he was passed as a sound man, and was ordered to join the 3.1 Buffs, which was stationed at Shorncliffe. Tne applicant was not allowed to accompany him to his quarters, but he had only been a short time there when she accidentally ascertained that he was lying danger ously ill in the hospital. She instantly hastened down to Stiorncliffe, when she found her husband in a dying state, and she was allowed to remain with him until a few days after her arrival, when he died in her arms. Her forlorn condition excited much commiseration amongst the officers of the regiment, who afforded her some temporary assistance, and having been advised to apply for some permanent relief from the Patriotic Fund, she had since done so, but her application was rejected in the absence of the necessary conclusive proof that the disease which proved fatal to her husband had re:ulted from his service in the Crimea, although such was undoubtedly the fact. She was now without the slightest means of support for her sick and starving family. Mr. Hammill expressed his commiseration for the distressed condition of the poor woman, and ordered her to be presented with a small sum from the poor-box fund, which he was sorry to say was at such a low ebb at present that he was only enabled to relieve her immediate exigencies. LAMBETH.—AIice Ann Lambert, a tawdrily dressed girl of nineteen years of age, and who has been twice before in custody and twice committed to prison for a similar offence, was placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Nor:on, on a charge of robbing her father, a poor hard-working man, of seven pounds and a pair of trousers. The father said he had with much difficulty got the money together for the purpose of paying the prisoner's passage to Scotland, and also providing her with some necessaries, a lady having promised to take her to that country, and get her out of her vicious course of life. On Monday morning she got up at an early hour and carried away his best trousers, in the poAret of which were the seven pounds he before mentioned, and he did not see her again until the evening before, when he found her in custody at the station house. The constable then informed him that he had taken her from the description he had received, and she had then but a few shillings on her. Mr. Norton (to the prisoner)—ls it true that you robbed your father in this cruel manner ? Prisoner, carelessly—Yes, it's true enough. Mr. Norton—Then what have you done with the money ? Prisoner—l spent it. Mr. Norton—Where did you spend it ? Prisoner—l went to Greenwich on Monday morning and spent five pounds there. Mr. Norton—How did you spend it ? Prisoner—ln the clothes I have on. Cook (tile gaoler)—The clothes she has on are not wain five shillings. Mr. Norton—Well, a more cruel robbery than this has not come under my not'ce for some time, and I shall remand the prisoner for a week, for the attend ince of the pawnbroker with whom she has pawned the trousers of her father. The prisoner, who treated the matter with the utmost indifference, was remanded accordingly. From the London Gazette of Last ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 8. His Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales was confirmed upon Thursday, the Ist inst., at Windsor Castle, in th 3 private chapel, by his Grace the Archbishop of. Canterbury, and in the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the rest of the Royal family. At the Court at Windsor. the 6th day of April, 1858, present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Richard John, Earl of Donough more, and the Right Hon. John Robert Mowbray, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having - I;een pleased to appoint the Right Hen. William Philip, Earl of Sefton, to be Lord Lieu tenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Lancastnr, and the Right Hon. Thomas Charles, Lord Sudolay, to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Montgomery, they this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the Lora President of the Council, the Lord Keeper of the Pgivy Seal, the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, First Lord Commissioner of her Majesty's Treasury, the Rigt,t Hon. Henry Edward Stanley (commonly called Lord Stanley), and the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, two of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart., First Lord Commis sioner of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. Benjamin rash, • Chancellor and Under Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer ; the Right Hon. Joseph Warner Henley, Pre sident of the Committee of Council for Trade; the Right Hon. Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Eatcourt, President of the Poor-law Board ; anti the Right Hon. Charles Bowyer A dderley (Vice-President), to be a Committee of Council to super intend the application of any sums Voted by Parliament for the purpose of Promoting Public Eiuca tion. H er Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Richard John, Earl of Donoughmore, to be President of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, in the absence of the P res id ent o f the said Committee for the time being. WINDSOR CASTLE, APIIIL 7. This day had audience of her Majesty; The Count de Persigny, Ambassador from his Majesty the Emperor of the French, to deliver his letter of recall : To which audience ha was introduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Achille Bitshoff as Consul at Melbourne for the Swiss Con federation. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 9 The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant, lint., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Malta and its dependexcies. WHITEHALL, APRIL 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Goldwin Smith, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-Law, to be Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, in the room of Henry Salford Vauehan, Esq., M.A., resigned. COSI s iIISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Howard James Barton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Worthy, resigned. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— Ensign Charles John Mott to be Lieutenant, vice Talbot, resigned. 3d Regiment of King's 0 .7in Staffordshire Militia— Colonel Charles Bagot, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commandant, to be Honorary Colonel. Warwickshire Militia —lst Regiment —Ensign Henry John Yeatman to be Lieutenant, vice W. D. Lloyd Sparrow, resigned. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 7th day of April, 1858. ISSU DEPART:WENT. Notes Issued . . 31,994,545 Government debt.. • . 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . 3,459,900 Gold cola and bullion 17,519,545 Silver bullion• • ...... -- £31,994,515 . £31,994,545 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier Dated the Bth day of April, 1851 BANKING D : Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding E tchequer, Commissio ers of National Debt, Say ings' Banks, and • 'ARTIE:ENT. Government securities (I uclud 4.DeadWeight Annuity) .. " 9,953,978 Other Securities • 16,620,0 4 No:es ....... .. 11,849,205 Gold and Silver Coin.. 791,853 Dividend Accounts). 6,988,972 Other deposits ...... 13,733,5 5 Seven Day and other Bills .... • • ... 815,817 £39,215,010 Dated the Bth day of April, 1858 £39,215,040 E, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending April 6, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s• d• From the British Possessions in America 27 5t Muscovado, the produce of the Muscovado, the produce of the East ludiew 2B 8j Average of tha above descriptions. BANKRUPTS John Lilley and William Henry Lilley, merchants, Wood Wharf, West India Docks, to surrender, April 20, at one, and May 2), at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Dunk, grocer, Uxbridge, April 20, at half-past twelve, and May 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas.Sainuel De Year, currier, St. John's Wood, April 21 at twelve, and May 21 at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Townsend, auctioneer, Greenwich, April 21 at eleven, and May 21 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Millingen, umbrella manufacturer, Fore-street, City, April 26, at eleven, and. May 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Leslie, merchant, Abchurch-lane, City, April 22 and May 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wm. Skipp Peebles and Jeremiah White, builders, East Derebam, Norfolkshira, April 24, at eleven, and May 21, at twelve,• at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Charles Tisoo, plumber, Hertford, April 22, at half-past two, and May IA, at one, at the Court of Bank ru toy. Peter Jackson and James Vaissiere, brace manufac turers, Aldermanbury, April 19, at half-past two, and May 18, at two, at the Court of - Bankru : toy. Elizabeth Watt, stationer, Birmingham, April 21 and May 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. George Fox, ironmonger, Kew, April 21 at half-past eleven, and May 21 at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. David Bryce, bookseller, Paternoster-row, April 21 at half-past eleven, and May 21 a t t we l ve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas H. Devereux, tailor, Stockton, county of Dur- ham, April 20 and M.Ly 20, at eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. 'John - Harrison, licensed victualler, Liverpool, April 27 and May 12, at twelve, at the Liv e rp oo l Di s t rict C ourt. James Stephenson, shipowner, Hartlepool, April 20. at eleven, arid May 20, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. James Sansom, grocer, Birmingh a m, A pr il 22 and May 13, at half-past eleven, at the BirminTham District Court. William Spencer Ivens, corn dealer, L:e Leicester shire, April 2) and May 11, at half-past ten, at Nottingham. Henry William Perry, build er , E xmou th , Devonshire, Apri e l n l r 4 y , and May 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Joseph Baxter, William Thornton, and Joseph Gallo way, manufacturers ' Eccleshill, York s hi re, A pr il 22 , and May '5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Charles James Dillon, lessee and manager of the Lyceum Theatre, Paddington, April 23, at eleven, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Browne Pelham, builder, Camden-town, April 21, at two, and May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCEI SEQUESTRATIONS. David William Baxter, baker, Dundee. Robert Copland and Company, shipbrokers, Dundee. Wilson and Guthrie, musicsellers, Dundee. A. B. Glen and Co., warehousemen, Glasgow. James Young, coalmaster, Bourtriehill. Ayrshire. Robert Mustard, clothier, Aberdeen. James Black and Son, machine makers, Kilmarnock. SEARCBING FOR THE BURIED TREA SURES OF THE SEA. At a meeting in this city, on Wednesday, of the stockholders of the Boot en Reeief and Submarine Com pany an interesting report was made by the directors, of the result of two expeditions of the company to recover treasures buzied in the sea One of these expeditions was to raise the vessels and other materials sunk by the Russians in the harbour of Sebastopol. In this expedi tion as yet only a partial sueceas has been obtained. The two vessels of the expedition are, however, to be em ployed the coining season in operaeing upon vessels in Turkish waters. The other expedition has been sent to she Caribbean sea, under the command of Captain Couthouy. After various misadventures, the whole of the crew being attacked with yellow fever at St. Thomas, from which they all fortunawity recovered, at length the Bay of Cumana, in Venezuela, was reached, where work was at once commenced upon the sunken Spanish fri gate San Pedro, and it ha's been continued steadily ever since. The several divers connected with Captain Cout houy'e forge spent in the aggregate about eight hours and a half under water daily during the time they bad been at work upon the wreck. After removing a vast amount of deck material the divers penetrated into the deck room, where they found gun carriages, furniture, &a. piled up in one large mass, making any attempt at work useless without first removing it. At this place tour mag nificent brass cannons were taken out and 11 bexes, sup posed to he cast-steel ; they were of the size of a candle box, but were thought by some, to be platina. Silver dollars were also found in the depth of sixty feet in the water, covered with mud, but they were mostly separate. Several gold watches were here taken out and many other valuable articles, and the divers came to the con &mien that when the explosion of the vessel took place these articles were driven from the forward part of the ship where the bulk of the treasure undoubtedly re mained. Taking this as a reasonable view of the ca , ,e, they proceeded to their work with renewed vigour, and after great difficulty suceee-led in clearing away the large amount of rubbish, and obtained an entrance to the hold of the forward part of the ship on the 12th of December last. About $7OO in specie and another brass e;x-pounder were taken out at this place in a short time, also watches and many curious relics. Toe in , ney found here was cemented together in nulls of $l5, .:$2O, and and very plai n ly s h owed that they must he v s :r o y o h n e e a a c' r the vast amount of money contained in this ship. According to th,, , °facie' documents, when the San Pedro went down she contained one million Speniele dollars, and a million and half of gold, a large portion of which should be there &till. Tno work was now fairly commenced, and the directors felt greatly incoaraged, and saw no reason why the stockholders should not be so. The last advises, whioh were up to January 1, represented that they had been unexpectedly etepped in their labours by timber, &el., in the bold, but hoped in a short tone to remove it. In the mean time, Captain Certhouy had ben to the capitel to obtain license fir his di vere to dive for pearls at the Pearl Bank. •—Boston. Traveller (United States). Goaatry idarlietE. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9. There was a moderate attendance at our market this morning, with a loss general demand for wheat at prices of last Tue-dsy. Flour was more inquired for, and some classes of barrels the turn dearer. Oats and meal were in good request, and advanced ld per bushel and 61 per load. Barley, beans, and peas firm without change in price. IndiAn corn in quiet dstnan , l. Black Sia, 'As 6d to 345 ; American mixed and yellow, 33e 6d to 345; white, 335 6d. WAKEFIELD —Aram 9. At this day's market there was again a limited supply of wheat, at 2e per qr. advance. Oat; beans, and shelling rather dearer. Barley unchanged. AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK. ENDIE9 APEIL 5, 135'3. Wheat 3Oll quarters, at 44s Oid Barley Oats l2 315 Od Beans 7O „ 39s 0.1 Peas EXETER—APRIL 9. COl:M.—Wheat, ös 3d to 5s 9d ; barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; grinding do., O. Od to Os Od. Oats, 2s 6d to 2s 9a Beans, Os Od to Oa Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 31s Od to 32s 01; seconds, 30i Od to —3 Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 9s 6,1 to 10s 6.1 per score ; inferior, 7s to 8s per score; fat calves, 5,0 to Oct per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 04 0,1. per score ; cows and calve 2, 121. to 181. is ; butchers' calves, Oct to 7d per 1b.., rearinc calves —s to - s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21.5 s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes. Oct to 6d; wethers, 7d —d; lambs, 7d to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —a to —s; second, size, —5 to —a ; slips, —a .to—a ; suckers, —a to —a. Rough fat, 414 per lb. Pork carcases from 8s 6d to Os 4 d per score. CORK—APRIL 8. At to-lay's market grain realised the following rates : Rod wheat 193 0 . 1 to 22s 6d Barley Oats BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL 9. The market continues extremely quiet, and in the few transactions reported dace the re-opening after the recess, rather lower prices have again been accepted. In floating business the sales are confined to two cargoes one of Man rains and one o f B raz il . R efiners' produce has met with rather more inquiry, but business is still confined to small parcels for immediate use, at about former rates. Ruin is rather dull of sale, and prices must be quoted ld per gallon lower. COAL MARK _ Prices of Coals per ton at • s. d. Bell's Primrose ........... 12 ( s 0. Holywell .... ..... .........15 6 f iraddyll l9 • 3 Howard's West H ar tl ey Aussell's Hetton 19 0 Netherton • 16 s outh Hetton 20 0 Tanfield Moor l3 C tees 2O 0 Arh itworth l4 6 WaLleend, Ste. Hough flail lB 0 Riddell l7 0 Stewart's Steam ... ...... 15 0 Ships at market, 14 ; sold 12. C.—Aran 9. the close of the market Wallsend, to. COURSE OF EXCITANGE.-YESTRBDAL imsterdsm•• e• s• •• •• •• 11 1514 Gll3raltar •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 17% ;Leghorn •..... 29 75 Rotterdam 11 17% Genoa •.. 25 60 Antwerp • • .• .• •• •• •• •• 25 37;4. !Minn .....• • • •• •• •• •• Brussels 2S 374, Venice•••••••••• - Bambnrgh •6 •• •• •• •••• 13 6 Napier ••.• •• •• •• •• 41% Alto= •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • 'Palermo •• • • ...... •• •• 125 P:zis • . ..•• 25 10 'Messina Do. three months •• 25 37% Lisbon ...... 61% Marseillss ............ 25 37% Oporto 51% Bourdon= .• •• •• •• •• • • 'Rio Janeiro ....... •• • Frankfort-on-Maine 118% Buenos Ayres.... .. Berlin "we •• • •• • •• •• •• ,NewYork,6P :'-'• 0 Vienna ..........•• .... 10 35 'Philadelphia days'sight rri05te................. 10 35 PRICES Of BULLION, PER oz: Petersburg 35% , Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49 'Portugal Gold Coin.. 00 0 • • 49h I Unxican Dollars .... 00 0 13,meloun .......• .. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville.• ..... •• • ••.... SliOr iri bare ... 00 0 BIRTHS. BODDT—On the 7th inst., at Woolwich com mon, the wife of the R ev . G eorge Y. Buddy, of a daughter. DAVIS—On the Sth Ind., at 5, Kent-terrace, Regent's park, tha wife of H. N. Davis, Esq., of a son. STEl'llliN—On the 7th inst., at 23, Victoria -road, Ken sington, the wife of James Stephen, Esq , barristeriat - law, of a son. WATNEY—On the 7th inst., at 8, North-terrace, Wands worth, the wife of John Watney, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. CANNON — RONALD—On the Bth inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Lieutenant -General Cannon, to Emma Beevor, eldest daughter of Rowland Ronald, Esq., Manchester square. HARMAN — JENKINSON—On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Battersea, the Rev. Edward Harman, rector of North Stoke, Somerset, to Louisa, third daughter of the Rev. J. S. Jenkiuson, vicar of Battersea. DEATHS. BATEMAN—On the Sth het., at Osborne-terrace, Clapham roAd, Harriet, the second daughter of Major-General Bateman. BARTLETT—On the Bth inst., at Wimborne, Dorset, Hy. Bartlett, Esq., aged 74. CHILD —On the 9th inst., at Brighton, Octavius E.q., aged 32. FOSTER - On the 9th inst., at the Shakespear's Head, Jubilee-stre et, Mrs. Marianne Foster, aged 45. WAKEFIELD --On the Bth Jan. lest, at Wellington, New Zesla. d, Daniel Wakefield, Esq., aged 59. WEDDERBURN—On the 7th inst , at Inveresk Lodge, Sir David Weddorburn, Bart., of Ballindean, aged 81. WILLIAMS—On the Bth inst., Amelia, wife' of John B. Williams, of 103, Hatton-garden, aged 43. LOITDON : Printed and Publishod by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, April 10. 1853.