The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

BAIT INDIA COMPANY.' [A. portionvot.the.. following appea -ed in our' late edition of last evening :Fr • •, A special general meeting of the proprietors of East India Stock was held this afternoon, at the India-house, Leadenhall-street, Mr. D. R. Mangles, M.P., Governor, itt.the chair, for the purpose of granting a pension to the present Sir H. Lawrence ; and also for the purpose of laying before the proprietors two bills before Parliament for the better government of India, by transferring the government of that country from the East India Com pany to her Majesty the Queen. PENSION TO SIR 11. LAWRENCE. The CHAIRMAN then laid before the Court the unani• mous resolution of the Board of Directors granting a pension of 1,000/, a year to the present Sir H. Lawrence, with reversion to his younger brother in the event of his dying without issue, remarking that it was unneces sary he should trouble the Court with the late Sir H. Lawrence's brilliant career and the great service he had rendered the proprietors and the country in India, all of which bad been so recently laid before the public and had been appreciated by them Sir F. Ci7RRIE seconded the motion. Mr. LINVIN expressed his regret that the pension was not earlier awarded, and that it had originated from the Board of Control instead of from that Court. The Court of Directors would never have taken up this pen sion had they not been stimulated by an article in the The CHAIRMAN denied that the directors bad been stimulated by an article in the Times to grant this pen sion, or that it originated with the Board of Control. It was granted from the convictions of their own minds that it was a proper course to pursue, and he assured the Court that the proposition originated with the C)urt of Directors, and not with the Board of Control. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Joisics objected to the vote, on the ground that the Court of Proprietors had not bad sufficient evidence laid before them by the Court of Directors on which to found this vote "as an administrator or statesman" re quired by the bye-laws. The pension was proposed merely for his defence of Lucknow, which he (Slr. Jones) characterised as a failure. He allowed the rebels, or rather the patriots—(laughter)—to use the cover of the adjoining houses and temples of worship to terribly annoy the garrison, so that the soldiers were not safe in any room in the garrison from the bullets of the enemy. Brigadier Inglis was the man who ought to have the money. It was all very well for the Queen to grant baronetcies, but he (Mr. Jones) would not accept one if her Majesty would give it him. (Laughter.) They cost nothing and were worthless, but 10001 a-year was so much money out of the pockets of the people of India. From a mistaken respect for the religious feel ings of the people of India the temples and mosques were saved which gave so much shelter to the rebels and enabled them so long to hold Lucknow. He moved an amendment that the pension should not be granted on the evidence before the court. _ Mr. Serjeant GASELEE seconded the amendment. Mr. STEWART supported the motion for the pension. The CHAIRMAN said that the late Sir li. Lawrence had proved himself an able statesman. His abilities as such were now matters of history, and were imperishably connected with the government of India of late years, and more especially for his marvellous good government of the new territory—the Punjaub. The late Sir H. Lawrence deserved the thanks of the civilised world, for his conduct in India, both before and on the breaking out of the mutiny. Mr. LEWIN urged on Mr. Jones to withdraw his amendment. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said he seconded the amend ment merely from a belief that the Court of Directors had not given the Court of Proprietors the information they were entitled to for granting the pension. He concurred it was desirable these pensions should be granted unanimou , ly, bat the course pursued by the directors were likely to attain that object. Ittferring to the anticipated change in the future government of India, he expressed his opinion that this Court had worn out its purpose, that it had served its time, was believed the march of intellect, and ought to be abolished, but so long as it existed it was the du'y of the Court of Directors to give the proprietors all the information they (the directors) possessed. He called upon Mr. Jones to withdraw his amendment After some remarks from Mr. Helps the amendment was withdrawn, and the original motion was cArried unanimously. In answer to a question from Mr. Sergeant Gaz-lee, The CHAIRMAN said that all the officers engaged in the defence and relief of Lucknow woull have double batta. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The CH&IIIILAN laid before the Court the followirg report of the Court of Directors, relative to the two bills now before Parliament for the future government of "It is the duty of your directors to lay before the pro prietors the two bills which have been introduced into Parliament by the late and the present Ministry, for divesting the East India Company of all participation in the government of India, and framing a new scheme of administrative agency. "On former occasions when the Ministers of the Crown have submitted measures to Parliament for altering, in any manner, the constitution of the Indian government, the substance of the measures has been offiaially commu• nicated to the Court of Directors, and an opportunity allowed to them of offering such remarks as their know ledge and experience in Indian affairs might suggest. The corespondence being after wards laid before the Court of Proprietors, formed the most appropriate report, which the;directors could make to their constituents on the measures under consideration by the Legislatare. In the present instance, this opportunity not having been afforded to them, it appears desirable that they should adopt the present mode of laying before the proprietary body the observations which it is entitled to expect from its executive organ, on the bills now before Roliament, and on the present p mture of the company's affairs. "The directors cannot but advert with feelings of satisfaction to the altered tone which public discuss - on has assumed in regard to the character of Ea,t India Company, and the merits of the administration in which lie company has borne so important a part. The int n tion of proposirg the abo'ition if the company's govern ment was announced in the midst of, and it may be sur mised, in deference to, a clamour, which represented the g iveratnent of India by the company as characteristic by ❑early every fault f wl•ich a c;vi!i.:ed government c n be a custd, and the company as the main cause of the recent disasters. But in the parliamentary discus sions which have lately taken place there has been an almost universal acknowledgment that the rule of the company has been honourable to themselves and beneficial to India ; while ❑o political party, and few individuals of any consideration, have alleged anything seriously disparag ng to the general character of the company's administration. So far, therefore, the stand made by the company against the calu onies with which they have been assailed, may be considered to have been suc o ,ssful. " But the admieelen generally made, and made expli citly by the proposers of both the bills, that the exist ing, system works-well y has-not had the effect of iniinc lag, doubt of the wisdom of beefily abolishing it. Neither does it seem to have been remembered that, if the sys tem has worked well, there must be some cause for its having done so, and that it woul.d be worth while to consider what these are, in order that they mig'ot be re tained in any new system. If the constitution which h as ma-1e the 'lndian Government what its must b e e h : - R . i iled, becau s e it is thought defeotive theory, vha.t is substitutedsh.ould at leaet,be theoretically unobjection able. But the constitution of the Ea-t Indian COIL ! pany, bowever anomalous, is far more in accordance with the acknowledged,prieeiplas P f go od go vernment flan either 9f the prpposeu bills. - , "Toe nature of the case is, ineleed,eiteelf so anoma lous, that something anornal, , us was to be expected in the means by which :itcould, be successfully dealt with. English institutions and modes of political ac tion are adapted to the-ease of a nation geverning itself. In India the case to.. be provided for is that of the go vernment of one nation by another ; seta-ated from it by _half the globe ; unlike it in everything which charac terises a people ; as a whole, totally unacquainted with it ; and without time or means fur acquiring knowledge of it or its affairs. History presents only two instances in which these or similar difficulties have been in any considerable de gree surmounted. One is the Roman Empire ; the other is the government of India by the East India Company. "The means which the bills provide for overcoming these difficulties consist of the unchecked power of a minister. There is no difference of moment in this re spect, between the two bill,. The minister, it is true, is to have a council. But the most despotic rulers have councils. The difference between the council of a despot and a council which prevents the ru l er f rom b e i ng a despot is, that the one is dependent on him, the other independent ; that the one has some power of its own, the other has not. By the first hill, the whole council is nominated by the Minister; by the se con d , one-half is , nominated by him. The functions to be entrusted to it are left, in both, with some slight exceptions, to the Minister's own discretion. " The Minister is indeed subject to the control of Par liament and the British nation. But though Parliament and the nation exercise a salutary control over their own affairs, it would be contrary to all experience to suppose that they will exerc i se i t over t h e aff.ir-i of 100 millions of undoes and Mahomedans. Hebilnally, they will doubtless be here a ft er , as t h ey h ave b een h ere tofore, in different and inattentive t o I n di an a ff a i rs , an d will leave them entirely to the minister. The consevence wi.l be that, in the exceptional cases in which they do interfere, the interference will not be grounded on koowle to of the subject, and will probably be for the most part con fined to cases where an Indian question i s t a k en up from party motives, as the means of injuring a Minister ; or, when some Indian malcontent, generally with obj eta opposed to good government, succeeds in interesting the sympathies of the public in his favour. For it is not the people of India, but rich individuals and societies tep: - e.enting class interests. who have the means of engaging the ear of the public through the press, and through agents in Parliament. And it is important to remark, that by the provision s of either of the bills the House of Commons will be rendered even less competent, in point of knowledge of Indian affairs, than at present, since by both bills all the members of the Council of India will be excluded from it. "The government of dependencie s by f alilicister and o subordinates, under the sole control drrao Parliament f i , s i not a new experiment in England. That colonial gove rnment I,st th i United States, and bad nearly lost all the colonies of any considerable populatio n and importance. The colonial administration of this count r y has only ceased to a su b j , ct of g en e r al condernnati, i l since the principle has been adopted of leaving dl the impLa taat coloniea to manage their own affairs —a coura I,k hick caoLot e C e follJz - ed with tho pc opie of India, It the control of Parliament has not prevented the habitual mismanagement of countries inhabited by Englishmen like ourselves, who had every facility for representing and urging their grievances, it is not likely to be any effectual protection to M..seulmans and Hindoos, " All governments require constitutional checks but the constitutional checks applicable to a case of this pe culiar kind must be found within the governing body itself. " Though Eogland, as a whole, while desiring nothing but to govern India well, is necessarily ignorant of India and feels, under ordinary circumstances, no particular interest in its concerns, there are in England a certain number of persons who possess knowledge of India, and feel an interest in its affairs. It seems, therefore, very desirable, for the sake of India, that England should govern it through and by means of these persons. This would be the case if the organ of government prin cipally consisted of persons who have passed a considerable portion of their lives in India, or who feel that habitual interest in its affairs which is naturally acquired by having aided in admini stering them ; and if this body, or a majority of it, were periodically elected by a constituency composed of persons in England who have served the Government for a certain length of time in India, or whose interests are connected with that country by some permanent tie. It would be an additional advantage if this constituency had the power of requiring information, and compelling a public discussion of Indian questions. These are con ditions which, to a considerable extent, the existing constitution of the East India Company fulfils. " The other great constitutional security for the good government of India lies in the forms of business. This is a point to which sufficient importance is not generally attached. The forms of business are the real constitution of India. " From the necessity of the case, recognised in both the proposed measures, the administration must be shared in some proportion, between a minister and a council. The council may consist of persons possessing knowledge of India. 'The minister, except in very rare cases, can possess little or none. He is placed in office by the action of political party, which is governed by considerations totally unconnected with India, and, in the common course of politics, he is removed from office by the time he has been able to learn his duty. Even in the unusual case, of which present circumstances are an example, when the Minister has made himself ac quainted with India through the discharge of high functions in India itself, his knowledge is but the know. ledge of one man ; and one man's knowledge of a sub ject like India, until corrected and completed by that of other men, is, it may safely be affirmed, wholly in sufficient, and if implicitly trusted, even dangerous. The good Government, therefore, of India, by a Minis ter and a council, depends upon the amount of influence possessed by the council ; and their influence depends upon the forms of business. " However experienced may be the council, and how ever inexperienced the Minister, he will have the decid ing voice. The power will rest with one who may know less of the subject than any member of the council, and is sure to know less than the council collectively, it they are selected with ordinary judgment. The council will have no substantive power, but only moral influence. It is therefore all important that the influence should be upheld. Unless the forms of business are such as to in sure that the council shall exercise its judgment on all questions ; that all matters requiring decision s h a ll b e considered by them, and their views recorded in the initiatory stage, beforethe Minister has committed him self to an opinion they will possess no more weigh or influence than the same number of clerks in his office (whom also he can consult if he pleases), and the power of the Minister will be practically uncontrolled. " In both the his these considerations are entirely disregarded. The first bill does not establish any forms of business, but leaves them to be determined by the Minister and his council ; in other words, by the Minis ter and his council ; in ether words, by the Minister. Even, therefore, if the Minister first appointed should be willing to establish forms which would be any re straint upon himself, a subsequent Minister would have it in his power to alter the forms in any manner he pleased. " The second bill, unlike the first, does establish forms of business; but such alone as would effectually prevent the council from being a reality, and render it a useless pageant. " To make the council a merely consultative body, without initiative, before whom subjects are only brought after the Minister has made up his mind, is already a fatal inroad upon its usefulness. But by the second bill the council are not even a consultative body. The Minister is under no obligation to consult them. They are not empowered to hold any regular meetings. They are to meet only when the Minister convenes them, or on a special requisition by six members. Ile may send orders to India without their knowledge when the case is urgent, of which urgency he is the sole judge. When it is not urgent, his orders must be placed in the council room for their perusal for seven days, during which they are not required, but permitted, to give their opinior, not collectively, but individually. Their only power, therefore, is that of recording dissent from a resolution not only taken, but embodied in a despatch. And, as if this was not enough, provision is made that an office always invidious, shall be incapable of being fulfilled in any but the most invidious manner. Tne members of council must corns forward individually in declared op position to the Minister, by volunteering a protest against his announced intentions, or signing a requisi tion for a meeting of c )uncil to oppose them. Such a council is fitted to serve as a shield for the Minister's responsibility when it may suit him to seek, and them to accord, their adhesion, rather than as a restraint on his power to administer India according to his iodivi dual pleasure. Tne directors are bound to admit, that the first of the bills contains several provisions indicative of a wish to assure to the council a certain, though small, amount of influence. The administration is to be carried o in the name of the President in Council, and not, as by the second bill, in that of the Secretary (_f State alone. The council, as well as the president, has a voice in the appointment of the home establishment ; while in the second bit all promotions and all appoint ments to the principal offices under the council, rest with the Secretary of State, exclusively, a provision which divests the council of all control or authority over their own establishment. Again, by section XII. of the first bill, no grant involving increase of expenditure, and no appointment to office or admission to service, can be made without the concurrence of half the council. This, as far as it floes, is a r(al p - r7.0.r, but its va've is much diminished by the consideration that those by whom it is to be exercised, are the nominees of the Minister de pendent on him for their contineance in office alter a few years. "In some other roints the provieioes of the second bill seem to have the advantage. Its councl is more numerous, to which, however, little importance can be attached, if the council has no substantial power. It also recognises that the whole of the council ought not to be nominated by the Minister, and that some part of it hould be elected by a constituency specially qualified by a knowledge of India. But even in these, the best p ants of the bill, it is, in the opinion of the directors very far from unexceptionable. The nomi na tie n of ever) ha:f . ,the council by the Minister takes away all security for an independent mejority. It may, indeed, be, doubted whether th e re i s any - sufficient reason fer the Minister's nominating any portion, exc e pt the supposed rslediance Of some eligible pelonns to encounter a can vase, The proportion of one third, whom the Minister, now nierninatee to the Court Of 'Director's, ' seems the largest which, con •ietentlr with fall security for • in devndence, can he so appointed. "The provision, that each of the members nominated by the C rown shall be selected as the representative of some particular branch of the service in India, is still more objectionable. Not only would it preclude the no. raination of the most distinguished man, if the seat in council appropriated to the department in which he had served leere not at the time vacant, but it would intro • duce a principle which cannot he too strongly deprecated, that r f class legislation. The council should comprise the greatest attainable variety of knowledge and expe rience, but its members should not consider themselves as severally the representatives of a certain number of class interests. "Tne clause which continuos to the proprietors the power of electing some portion of the council is, so far, deserving of support, and tie principle of enlarging the constituency by the addition of persons of a certain length of Indian service and residence, is, in itself, un• exceptionable ; but unless guarded by provi,..iene, such as have never yet been introduced into any electoral eye tem, so large and scattered a constituency as that pro posed would greatly add to the inconvenience of canvass, especially as it is not certain that the new electoral body would adopt, from the old, the salutary custom of re electing, as a general pract e whoever has b een once cho see, and has not, by misconduct or incapacity, deserved to forfeit their confidence. The duties of a member of council would be entirely incompatible with a conti• nually-recurring canvass of the constituency. "Itespeciing the proposition fir giving the choice of five members of council to the parliamentary constituen cies of five great towns, the Court of Directors can only express a feeling of amazement. It is riot the mere fact of election by a multitude that constituter the benefite of the popular element in government. To produce these benefits, the affairs of which the people are enabled to control the management must be their own affairs, E iec ti on b y mu l t i tu di nous b o di es , th e majority of them o f a very l ow average o f e d uca ti on , i s no t an ad vantaee of popular government, but, on the contrary, one of its acknowledged drawbacks. To assign to such a constituency the control, not of their own affairs, but of the affair s of other people ou the other side of the globe, is to incur the disadvantages of popular institu ti )1:19 without any of the benefits. The Court of Dlreetors willingly admit the derirnbleuess, if not necess ty, of some provision for including an English element in the council of India ; but a more objectionable mode than the proposed of attaining the object, could scarcely, in tneir Besides he , be devised. n provisians whi c h re l ate to the organ of government in England , the bills c oita i e opinion, provisions re lating to India itse.f, which are open to the strongest objection. " Tne appointments to the councils at Calcutta and at the subordinate presidencies, which are now male by the Cour,' of Directors, w ith the approbation of th e Crown, 2..ie transferred by both hills to the Governo r General, and to the Governors of Madras and Bombay. The Court of Directors are convinced that this change would greatly impair the chances of good government in India. One of the causes which have roost contri buted to the many excedences of Indian administration is, that the Governor General and governors i ave al ways been asoclated with councillors selected by the authorities at home front among the most expe. i,eced and able meinter3 of the Indian service, and who, not owing their appointments to the head of the govern meet, have generally brought to the consideration of Indian affeire an independent judgment. In conse quence cf this, the measures of a government, necessarily absolute, have had the advantage, seldom possessed in absolute governments, of being always preceded by a free and conscientious discnssioo, while, as the head of the government has the power, on recording his rea sons, to act contrary to the advice of his council, no public inconvenience can ever arise from any conflict of opinion. These important officers who, by their participation in the government, form so salu tary a restraint on the precipitancy of an inexperienced, or the wilfulness of a despotically-tempered, governor general or governor, are henceforth to be appointed by the great functionary whom they are intended to check. And this restraint is removed, when the necessity for an independent council will be greater than ever, since the power of appointing the governor general. and of recall ing him, is taken away from the company, and from the body which is to be their substitute. It may be added, that the authorities at home have had the opportunity of being acquainted with the conduct and services of can didates for council from the commencement of their career. The Governor General or Governor would often have to nominate a councillor soon after their arrival in India, when necessarily ignorant of the character and merits of candidates, and would be entirely dependent on the recommendation of irresponsible advisers. "Another most objectionable provision demands notice, which is to be found only in the second bill. A commission, appointed in England, is to proceed to India, for the purpose of Inquiring and reporting on the principles and details of Indian finance, including the whole revenue sys'em, and, what is inseparably involved in it, the proprietary rights and social position of all the great classes of the community. The Court of Direc tors cannot believe that such a project will be persisted in. It would be a stop towards the disorganisation of the fabrics of government in India. A commission from England, independent of the local government of the country, deriving its authority directly from the higher power to which the local government is subordi nate, and instructed to carry back to the higher power information on Indian affairs which the local government is not deemed sufficiently trustworthy to afford, would give a most serious shock to the influence of the local authorities, and would tend to impress all natives with the belief that the opinions and decisions of the local government are of small moment, and that the thing of real importance is the success with which they can con trive that their claims and objects shall be advocated in England. Up to the present time it has been the prac tice of the home government to uphold in every way the authority of the governments on the spot ; even when reversing their acts, to do so through the governme, is themselves, and to employ no agency except in subordi nation to them. " From this review of the chief provisions of the bills, which embody the attempts of two great divisions of English statesmen to frame an organ of government fur India, it will probably appear to the pr , prietors, that neither of them is grounded on any sufficient coosidera• lion of past experience, or of the principles app icable t the subject ; that the passing of either would be a calamity to India ; and that the attempt to legislate while the minds of leading men are in so unprepared a state is al!ogether premature. "The opinion of your directors is, that by all consti tutional means the passing of either bill should be op posed ; but that if one or the other should be determined on for the purpose of transferring the adininiktration, in name, from the East India Company to the Crown, every exertion should be used in its passage through com mittee to divest it of the mischievous features by which both bills are now deformed, and to maintain, as at pre sent, a really independent council, having the initiative of all business, discharging all the duties, and possessing all the essential powers of the Court of Directors. Anti it is the court's conviction that measures might be so framed as to obviate % - shatcver may be well founded in the complaints made against the present system, retain the initiative of the council, and that independence of action on their part which should be regarded as para mount and indispensable." On the motion of the Chairman that the report should be received, Mr. MACKENZIE moved as an amendment that Par liament having determined that it was necessary to le gi,late for India, Sir James Melville and Mr. J. S.uart Mill should be requested to draw up a scheme for the future Government of India, to be submitted to the Court of Proprietors and eventually to Parliament. Sir F. CURRIE thought it was too much to ask the directors to draw out a bill for their own extinction. The hon. proprietors could hardly expect the directors to consent to become their own executioners. (Loud laughter.) Mr. A RBOTHNOT entered into a consideration of the different clauses in the bill. He was more inclined to the present Government than the last; but, on the whole, he preferred Lord Palmerston's bill to Lord Derby's bill. The CRAIR3fAN, on behalf of the Cilia of Directors, said that if Parliament decided on changing the present form of government, it would he the duty of the direc tors to render every assistance in making the measure as perfect as possible. Mr. SERGEANT GAZELLES urged that the Court of Pro prietors ought then to discuss the provisions of the hill. He was prepared to do so, and in the course of hi: speech, he said he gave the preference to Lord Palmer ston's bill. He objtcted to the council, and would rather the responsibility was thrown on the Secretary of State. The members of the proposed council would be merely " gentlemen clerks." Toey would be paid 1,0001. a-year each f ;r doing the work of clerks, but no voice in the government cf India. If the two bills were sent to a select committee of the House of Commons he thought a good bill might be produced from them. The change of government was only a question of time, and the H ome Government had lauded the present system to make the directors' fall easier. (Hear, hear.) He called on the directors to heartily join the Home Govern ment in providing a good system of government for India. He objected among other things to the qua lifications for the representative council, remarking that any one who had sent goods to India even if they were so bad as to poison the people—(laughter)— was qu lified for a Feat at the Board. He the❑ analysed the bills, clause by clause, stating his objections to them. He described Lord Derby's Bill as the most absurd im practicable scheme the. , ; was ever concocted. Referring to the election of the nine members of the Council, the learned gentleman said it was objectionable, and he CI 'old not believe it was the intention of Lord Derby that an Indian Director for tae City of London should be elected by the longehere men, who were ready to vote any way at so much per head. The C Hirt was a piece of aetiquity Ilee an old hacliney e —(IA sghter) —and Viey must make up their mind to be abolished. He should like the present G. , vernment to remain in power to keep out the Whigs a little longer—(laughter) —but he was afraid if they persisted in the bill, they would have to pick up their traps and be off. (Laughter.) The meeting was ultimately adjourned to Tuesday next, for further discussing the report and. the bills be fore Parliament ; the Chairman having previously stated that a copy of the report had been forwarded to the Earl of Edenboroegh. 'fee court of Directors were alone responsible for the report, which did not implicate the Court of Proprietors. It was a report from the Court if-Directors to tilt pourt of Proprietors. The Court then, adjourned. DORSETSBIRE. `DORCHESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT. ,At the Town Hall, this evening, an inquest was held before Mr. Giles Symonds, the distr:cy, coroner, on the body of a newly-born male child which was fond dead in bed with its mother, Anne Vincent, aged 18, (4) the morning of the 27th ult. The parents of the young woman are respectable, the father ' James Vincent, being bailiff to Mr. Pope, of Sutton Poyntz. Mr. W. Mansfield attended on behalf of the young woman. Tim young woman, who was known to be in the family way, went to bed on the night of the 26th, appareruly well, about nine o'clock, and no noise was heard during the night. At five in the morn ing the father got up, and while dressing fancied ho heard a moan. Went to call his daughter, and said she had been sick. He called his wife to get the aid. some tea, and went on to the farm (Her ringsbtone, near here). The mothergot her daugh ter some tea, and the girl reached it herself whilst the mother prepared breakfast. On again going to the girl, and ts,saying to wrap the clothes more closely arcund her Mrs. Vincent found a newly born baby, dead in the bed. Messrs. H. Arden and E. Emson, the surgeons, stated their deeded opinion, unanimous ii.deed as to the result of the post mortem examination Ex teraally there were marks of finger nails on the baby's cheek and forehead, a scratch, two bruises, and a curious bruise, as from a cord, relching round from the ear to the front of the throat - . The tip of the tongue showed wounds, and the root of the tongue was torn from the bone of the tongue. The back of the throat was much injured ; the windpipe was stopped. Blood gushed from the child's mouth and nose on b"ing moved. Both arms were broken. The lungs and heart floated, and the arm fractures were received during life. Death in their opinion ensued from the injuries on the tongue and consequent suffocation. The child had been born alive certainly, and when first seen by theFurgeon, about 10 o'clock on the morning of V. e 27th, appea. ed to have been dead some hours. The foreign substance causing the throat wound might have been a hand. The Coroner having summed up, The jury consulted for about three-quarters of an hour when they unanimously arrived at the verdict of Wilful Murder against Anne Vincent, the mother of the &ceased. A w trrant w,s issued fir the apprehension of the young woman. [ADTERTISEMEST].—Rapid Recovery. Holloway's Piis and Olutment.—Abot t twelve mouths since Mr. Wood'ide, Ilorsforth, was sCz ql by a serious pr..).tratting weakness ; six mouthi afterwarie an erup tion took place i i his leg. He immediately placed hurt- Key ender the treatment of the most eminent men in Liverpool and Manchester, but, to use his own words, " gradually got worse, and was prevented following any employment during the whole time." He removed to Hor-forth ; a friend there induced him to try the effect of Holloway's medicines. He purchased them, followed the instructions, and was cured in a few weeks. He wi-has Mr. Hollings, dreggist, to make h;s case known. —Silt] by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; and at Proiesoor Holloway's E'itabliltuent, 244, Strand, London. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The following reinforcements, to the number of nearly 1,000 officers and men, will embark at Gravesend this day on board the screw steamer Golden Fleece for Calcutta :—Captain H. H. Stewart and 10 men of the 2d Dragoon Guards ; Lieut. W. G. Blake, Cornet W. Gair, and 51 non commissioned officers and men of the 6th Carabi neers ; Cornet S. Ashton Prater and 31 men of the 9th Lancets ; Ensign J. V. Cooch and 15 men of the Ist battalion of sth Fusileers ; Ensign A. G. Westby and 10 men of the Bth (the King's) Regi ment, 30 men of the 13th Light Infantry ; 44 men of the 20,h Regiment, 30 men of the 24th Regiment, 24 men of the 27th Enniskillens, 13 men of the 29th R-giment ; Captain C. R. Ricketts and 14 men of the 32d Regiment ; 67 men of all ranks of the 34th Regiment, 20 men of the 38th Regiment ; Ensign F. T. Rolls and 38 men of the 53d Regi ment ; 11 men of the 54th Regiment ; Ensign Eaton S. Steward and 35 men of the Ist battalion 60th Rifles ; Ensign Augustus L'Estrange, 75th Regiment ; Ensign R. Clay and 11 men of the 781 h Highlanders ; Captain C. F. Auriel, Ensign G. Lloyd, and 138 men of all ranks of the 80th Regi ment ; Ensign Seatolt R. Forster and 20 men of the 84th Regiment; 35 men of the 88th Connaught Rangers ; Ensign Robert Lefroy and 18 men of the 97th Regiment ; 20 men of the 21 battalion Rifle Brigade, 25 men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, and 151 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery. Yesterday the steamship Benares embarked at Gravesend upwards of 600 men, selected from the battalions at Chatham, Maidstone, Canterbury, Colchester, Weimer, Parkhurst, Woolwich, Stir ling, Aberdeen, and Ferinoy, for Bombay. Yesterday a district court-martial of which Lieu tenant-Colonel J. H. Gascoigne, Ro) al Marin,. Light Infantry, was the president, assembled at Chatham Barracks for the trial of Sergeant James Warington, 70th Regiment, on the following charges :-1. For conduct unbecoming the charac ter of a non-commissioned officer in having been found in a state of intoxication when in command of a picket at the huts, Chatham, on the night of the 2d inst. 2. For having broken h s arrest when confined on the first charge, and been found drink ing in the canteen at the huts. The prisoner has only been a few months iu the service, having been promoted for his exemplary conduct. The procee sings will be confirmed by the Duke of Cambiidge before the finding of the Court is known. The Eagle, 50, coast volunteer ship at Pembroke, has now a large crew of coast volunteers. This ad mirable force is making rapid progress in the use of the great guns, 11 of whic!4 are mounted for them, and tie crews are becoming expert at ball practice, in which they are often exercised. The Violet, gunboat, has arrived as a tender to the Eagle, in order to afford the coast volunteers the oppo►tunity of sea practice. The garrison at Pembroke has been strengthened by the 23d Welsh Fusiliers and the 15th Foo: , depots, in lieu of the depot of the 80th Regiment. It was announced yesterday in the dockyard at Woolwich, on the visit of Lieut.-Colonel Greene, Director of Engineering and Architectural Works, that the newly-constituted B ,ard of Admiralty have abandoned the intention of erecting the new storehouses in that yard proposed by their predeces sors in office, and which, it was estimated, would cost about 40,000/. This resolution, it is said, has been adopted to meet the necessary reduction in the exp , ncliture on Government works, so as to clear off the heavy sum exceeding the estimates of last year. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Lieutenant—Stratford Tuke, to the Excellent. Assistant - Surgeon—James Stevenson (Refine), to the Eagle, Assistant-Paymaster Thomas Waterfiell, to the Victory. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THE SUBSCRIPTION-ROONI.—TUESDAY NIGHT. Kelpie was backed at 25 to 1 for both the Chester Cup and Derby ; and for the ►atter event The Hadji was driven from 16 to 1, laid to 501., to 1,000 to 45 ; 50 to 1 was taken to 501. about Ethiopian for the Derby ; and 10 to 1 was laid against Toxopholito for the Two Thou sand. The other transactions were unimportant, THE SUN, LOND ON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1858: WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 boys. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yard g. Count Rntthyany's The Courier, 3 yrs, sst (J Daley) 1 Cuptain Lane's Barfleur, 5 yrs, 7st 7.0 . (D. Hughe-) 2 Mr. Ward's Naughty Boy, 4 yrs, 6,t slb ...(Bennett) 3 The following alto ran :—Noi,ette, Young Hopeful, Indulgence, and Bannockburn. B,tting—:-3 to 1 agst Indulgenc,, fi to 2 each aget Naughty 139 y and Noisette. Won by three quarters of a 1.-ngth; a length and a half between the second and third ; Bannockburn was a bad fourth ; Noisette and Indulgence, cl9se together, were fifth and sixth. Young Hopeful was last—beaten off. Match, 500 sovs h ft. R.M. Oue mile 17 yards. Lora Derby's Streamer, Bst 7th (Flatman) 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, Bit llb (Mdcr,ft) 2 Betting-5 to 4 (at first 11 to 10) on Streamer. Won by four lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds, 3 subs. Mr. Nicholson's Marauder, 3 yrs 7st 'Fordham) 1 Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Rip Van Winkle, 5 yrs, Bit 11th . , (S. Rogers) 2 Betting-9 to 4on Marauder. Won in a canter by three cf Plate of 50 sovs., lot two-year-olds ; colts, Lit. 71b ; fillies, 85 , ,. 31h. Winners extra. 10'irst half of A. M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. Mr. W. Turner's Fleet, by Fallow Buck,_Bst, 31b. (Fordhana) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Merryman, Bit. 710. Mr. La Mert's 3Ib. The following also ran :—Butterfly colt, Haerock, Commodore, Fancy Boy, and Ortolan. Be2bug-3 to 1 each agst Merryman and Hassock -4 to 1 each agst Commodore and Z to 1 agst Fleet. • NY,.n by a, length ; two lengths between the second and third ; Farley B y via.; a moderate fourth ; Ortolan was fif:h ; the others were tailed off. Subscription Plate of 50 sous. fur three-yr-olds ar.d up wards. Weight f-r ag's. The Winner to be sold fur 300 sow. if demanded, &z... D.M. 7 furlongs 201 yards. Mr. Alexander's Brown Middleton, by 11,y MiddYe ton, 3 yrs, Est. 12ib (Baggis) 1 Lord W. Powlea's Saraband, 6 yrs, Oct. 3113. (S. Rogers) 2 Bettinz 7 to 4 on Saraband. Won by faur lengths. The Column StAke3, of 50 sovs, each, b. ft., for three yr-olds. Colts, Bst. 7dzo ; fillies, Bit. 41b. Certain allowance , , it. M. 1 mile 17 )ards. General Peel's Forerunuer, by Orlando, Sst. 4:b. (Flatrnat ) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Knight a Kars, B,t, 71h....(We11-) 2 Duke of Bedford's Pampa, Bst. 41b. Betting 6t05 on Forerunner -5 to 2 aget Pampa. Won c:everly by a neck ; bad third. Plats of 100 sovs. for three - yr-olds and upwards. Cer tainBib.penalties(inn. 8b a i ud . ... . es . ....... 1 mile 17 yards. Mr. J. B. Starkey's Fisherman, by H eron , 5 yrs, 9 (G. Hall) 1 Lord Glasgow'd Brother to Bird-on-the- Wing-, 5 yrs, Bit. 61b. ....................................... (Aldcroft) 2 Betting.-7 to 2on Fi3hertnan, who won easily by a length and a half. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 9to 1 agq Turret (offered) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 9to 1 apt, Monarque TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agq Clydesdale to 1 agst Toxophilite 33 to 1 avt Forerunner DERRY. 12 to 1 agst Clydesdale (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kelpie (oaken freely ) 20 to 1 agst Cuck-a-doodle - doo (t. and off.) 20 to 1 agst Longrange (taken and offered) CHESTER Cur. 25 to 1 a zs t Riselotr (taken)2s to 1 ags t Bl ac kth orn (taken) A miserable w e t d ay, bad racing, and a very scanty muster of spectators. CATTERICK RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Craven Handicap. ..................................... ....... Siliea Mart1et................................................ o Captain Wedderburn ....................................... .. " 3 Thirteen ran. Ninth Triennial Stakes. _ Kelpie- Pei issier ......... Alata 3 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, APRIL 7. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Byron CLannell.) THE TRIAL OF THE REV. MR. AND MRS. SMITH. Our report of this case yesterday was bi ought up to the departure of the last train for London, when the rev. defendant had concluded a most eloquent and touching address to the jury, wholly exculpat ing his wife and taking all the blame upon himself. The verdict was communicated by telegraph, but the following summary of what followed after the prisoner's address to the jury is necessary in order to make this extraordinary case intelligible. Mr. Huddleston, Q. C., in his address to the jury on behalf of Mrs. Smith, pointed out that she took no active part iu the attack on Mr. Leach, and sub mitted that she was throughout the transaction acting under the coercion of her husband. He submitted that iu this view the wife was entitled to an acquittal. Baron Channell having consulted his brother judge (Watson) ou the point, returned into court after a short absence, and, referring to authorities, decided against Mr.Rude-ileston. His Lordship then addressed the jury, entering more minutely into the circumstances of the case than appeared access iry after the adrnisions of the male prisoner. He said a great deal bad been im ported into the case which did not belong to it. The jury would take the true hearing on the case from him, and he would tell them that all that had been addressed to them both by the rev, prisoner and the counsel should have no weight unless sup ported by the evidence. No amount of provocation justified a man iu the eye of the law for takiu., the law into his own hands. They must remember they were not trying Mr. Leach, but they were trying the guilt or innocence of the prisoners on a charge of committing an assault or attxck upon him with certain intents mentioned, and it was not for them to determine whether Mr. Leach was or was not blameable in the matter, but whether the pri soners were or were not guilty of the crime imput,d to them. With regard to the charge of robbery, they might dismiss that altog, th er from their minds. The questions they had to decide were whether the prisoners were guilty of an assault upon the prose cutor, with intent to kill and murder him ; 2dly, who her the intent was to disfigure him ; and 3d.ly, whether the intent wai to do him grievous bodily harm. As to the conduct of the female prisoner, it did not seem she h assisted in committing actual violence upon the prosecutor, and it would be for them to consider whether she was a free agent in the matter. If they thought ehe was acting under the coercion of her hu*biud at the time, a point of law might arise, which perhaps he might have to reerve for the consideration of two judges. He should leave it to them to say whether they were satisfied that the two prisoners, acting with one common object, did cut and wound John Leach with intent to murder, with intent to disfigure, or with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm ; or whether, with regard to the female, they were satisfied that what she did, she did entirely by the coercion of her husband. The jury, after a short consultation, said they were agreed that th , ,-;intr,urt was to disfigure and do grievous bodily harm ; but with the strougtst pos sible recommendation of the female prisoner to mercy. Some discussion then took place as to the form of the verdict, the jury expressing a desire to make a distinction between the two prisoners. They did did nut think the female had taken any part in the actual violence. His Lordship having again consulted Baron Wat son, took down and read the verdict to the jury to the following effect :—That the male prisoner was guilty of wounding witu intent to maim the prose cutor, and to do him some grievous bodily harm ; that the female was acting iu concert with the male prisoner, but that she acted under the coercion of her husband ; if she had acted by herself and not under the coercion of her husband, they considered her guilty. Ilis Lordship said ho should reserve the point with regard to the female, and wonH for the pre sent defer passing sentence on the male prisoner. The trial occupied ten hours, and there was no manifestation of popular feeling within the court during its progress. On the prisoners being removed from the building, however, to the prison van, which was iu waiting behind the court, the web sur rounded it, and gave vent to a storm of hissing and hooting as long as the vehiclo wai in sight. This morning (Wednesday) the two prisoners were again arraigned on the charge of robbng the prosecutor Leach of his parcel, contain ing a shirt, pocket-handkerchief, scarf, and collar, which, it will be remembered he lost in the fray, and which was found in the prisoner's wardrobe. No evidence, however, was offe; el on that charge, vud. the scruence was—Mr. Smith to four years' imprisonment ; Mrs. Smith to find sureties to appear when called on. Five ran. Kelpie objected to, for default of his neruinabr, Tenth Triennial Stakts. tTaggie - Aritidote Vivc.ce 1 Four raD. Brough Handicap. Bridecahe Drell Herne 2 Fiv© ran. Eighth Triennial Stakes. Sir Colin beat Homocpathist in a canter. CIII7RCII RATES IN LIVERPOOL. — The Liverpool pa rishionerr, at the annual Easter vestry, yeattrday (Toes day), spin affirmed the prniciplo of . a voluntary church rate for the purpose ;; of church rep-we,. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 17. (Before Mr. Pash C., Assistant Judge.) Thomas Jones, 23, was inlicted for haviog stolen a gold watch, value 101., the property of James Slie, from his person. fie wai also chlrged with having assaulted two police-constables in the exe tiun of their duty. To the latter he pleaded guilty. Mr. lorry prosecuted. Tao prisoner was not defended. The prosecutor deposed—l am a clerk in her Ma jesty's Customs, and reside at No. 2, Queen's ter race, St.-John's-wood. On Thursday, the 17th of last September, I was a passenger by the 8 o'clock train from Fenchurch-Qtreet to Chalk farm. I was in a secohtl-clas:, carriage. There were several per sons in the same compartment with me. A man, whom I now have no doubt whatever was the pri soner, sat opposite to me. He asked a girl who was in the carriage to change seats with him, and that brought him just opposite to me. The train, after stopping at Bow, proceeded as usual. The prisoner seemed res less, and kicked my feet several times. From his strange aLd peculiar manner I thought he was intoxicated. He sat with his arm leaning over the carriage -door. The train was going at full speed, When we got to wl*at is called Sir George Duckett's Cana'-Midge, 11;* snatched my watch, which I was wearing in my waistcoat pocket. He tore it away from the chain ; part of which was lett, struck me a bl ow , and irr'a moment he opened the door and sprung out of the carriage. It was the - w ork of but an instant. I saw him fall. I said, " Good God, the man has stolen my watch and jumped out." I made my loss known at the Hack ney Station, as I could not call out and stop the train before. At first, when I saw the prisoner after be was taken, I was not sure he was the man, bat his whiskers have grown again —they had been shaved off—and now I am sure. Still, I thought he resembled the man. He had the same exit on then, and I remarked red lining in the sheve3. The pri =over, in his defence, said he was not the man who did this. There was a mistake as to his identity. The Jury immediately found him guilty. The Assistant-Judge, after commenting on the audacity of the offence, the prisoner's reckless daring, and his course of crime, sentenced him to bo kept in penal servitude for five years. On leaving the dock the prisoner smashed his hat, and told the officers that, as he had got his sentence, he did not mind them knowing that ho was a ticket-of-leave man. The assault with which he was charged wa3 corn mitt d upon the police officers in the case, at the police court. _ _ Rco er; Oxford, 21, was found guilty of stealing a watch, value 4i., the property of Frederick Gni. neaman, from his person. He was a wcll-knoven thief. The Court sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. Finney R rmain, 24, was also found guilty of a watch robbery, af , er several previous convictions, and was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecutor ; Mr. Gent ap peared for the pr,sf)ner. (Bef , Mr. Creasy.) Eliza Hell, 37, and Eliza Turner, 37, were in dicted for stealing a watch and gulrd-chain, value Si., the property of George Stanley, from his; person. Mr. D ley pro , ezuted ; the prisoners were de fended by Mr. F. H. Lewis. The proecutor, an ink manufacturer, accompa nied a womln to a house of ill-fame, in Chair court, Strand, andashe was leaving his watch was snatched by Turner. It was given by Hall, who went by the name of Orgill, to. a girl, who bid it in her stocking. She returned it to Hall, who promised her 10s. B,)th prisoners were found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' hard labour. James Chapman and William Chandler, police constables, of the H division, were indicted for un lawfully assaulting Poilip Fry. Mr. Horry prost:cattd ; Mr. Metcalf defended the prisoners, instructed by Mr. C. Young. It appeared from the evideno3 of the prosecutor, a clothier, living at No. 2, Clown-street, Soho, that - on the 4th of March, between five and six o'clock in the evening, he was passing alongFashion street, Spitalfidds, with a parcel of clothes under his arai, when he was accosted by both the defen dants, one going before him and the other walking behind. They asked him what he had got ; and be said be had got some things which he was taking to his laundress to be washed. Chandler then said "he was only telling lies, for he had stolen them ftom a cart in Whitechapel." He told him to be cautious what he said about him, or he would report him. He was seized by the necker chief and very roughly handled, He told them where he lived, and proceeded to his brother-in-law's house, in Fashion-court, but had not been there five minutes before the prisoners again came with staves in their bands and said—" Now, we have got you to rights ;" and the prisoner Chandler took hold of him by the breast and threw him against the wall. His brother-in-law then came to his assistance, when the other prisoner took hold of him and threw him down, and tore his coat. He was then taken to the station-house, and both the defendants told the inspector that they had taken him into custody because he would not tell them where he lived, or what he had got, although he had informed them of both. Mr. Sykes, from the County Court, told the sergeant on duty that he knew him to be a respectable shopkeeper, and he then refused to take the charge. Both prisoners then made use of a good deal of vulgar language ; and Is hen he came to examine bis bundle he found that one of the articles, a gown, worth 5;. was missing. He had never seen either of the prisoners before. Two other witnesses were examined for the pro secution, but there was a great discrepancy in their evidence, and after a very able address from Mr. Metcalfe, the jury acquitted the prisoners. Joseph John Word was indicted for corruptly receiving from James Russell Williams the sum of 5/. for the restoration of a stolen dog. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Lewis appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that iu the moetlt of February the prosecutor's daughter was going along Long acre, and a large Newfoundland deg belonging to her was following, Wearing a brass collar, on which her name and add% eats were en graved. When she got to the cernerof Cran boui n street she missed the,ting. She had previously seen a man who frequently pu his hand towards the dog, but she did not see him touch him. As the dog did net come home to Leicester-square, where she resided, the next day bills were distributed cffering a reward of 2/. fur the restoration of the dog. The day following, her father received a corn munication, and in consequence of that he went to Waterloo-bridge, where he saw the prisoner, who told him that if he would give Si he could have the dog back. He accompanied the prisoner into the Strand, where he said he expected to meet a man, but he was not there, and then they went to the G'ity, but no man was to be found. The pri soner then said they must go elsewhere, and a cab was ordered, and they proceeded to some place in the neighbourhood of Bunbill-row, which was a narrow court, and at the bottom of it was a public house. Here the prisoner introduced biro to two other men, and after a good deal of parleying be tween the prosecutor and the men as to how they got . posse(sion of the dog, but to which inquiry they gave him very abrupt answers, the dog was produced and the 5/. was paid. When the prose cutor was about bringing the dog away, he wanted to know what had become of the collar, and one of them said that would be all right, and on tue fol lowing day it was returned through the London Parcels Delivery Company. The prisoner was sub • sequently taken into custody at a dog-show, in Half-moon-street, 131shopsgate, hy Thomas Evans, of the G division of police, from a description given of him. Mr. Lewis addressed the jury, and contended that no corrupt payment had been made to the pri soner, but to the persons who bad produced the dog. A pt r.,:on named Gleed, who said he was the was ter of the prisoner, gave him a good character for honesty during the time he had been in his employ ment for upwards of 16 months, but in his cross examination by Mr. Metcalfe he admitted that when the prisoner was at the police-office he heard it stared that he (prisoner) had been convicted and sentenced to a month's imprisonment for dog stealing. Mr. Creasy wanted to know, with that fact be fore him, how he dared to come into a court of justice and give a man a good character for honesty ; and ordered him to be taken into custody. He then summed up the evidence, and The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Lewis then moved in arrest of judgment, but his application was refused. Mr. Creasy sentenced the prisoner to imprison ment for six months. He then ad , fressed the man Gleed, and said he should not commit him for trial, as his case was not so bAd as that of a man who yes terday stated a series of falsehoods; and, after a caution, ordered him to be discharged ; but re ma►ked that if any m re such cases occurred, he would order such witnesses to be indicted for per jury, as blth judge and jury were imposed upon, and the ends of justice defeated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 7. MANSION-HOUSE.—Charles Murray, who had been remanded upon the charge of having been (bunk ant disorderly, and assaulting a police constable named John. Banyard, 562, was again brought before the Lord Mayor. It will be recollected that the prisoner, who is the son of a baronet, and who has been on several previous occasions brought to this court and corn mittJd to prison on siihilAr charges to the present, was found in company with a wirer-side labourer named liAley, creasing a disturbance in Aldgate, and beating an old man. Ba-iy a, d into, fered and advise 1 Mur. ay to go home, upon which the latter struck him several times. Upon Murray being taken into cu,tody, Holley, who was committed for 14days, attempted to rescue him. Murray's conduct was so violent that it required no less than four policemen to convey him to the s - arion-house, and w hen there he struck all around him, and gave I3anyard a severe kick un the thigh which broke the face and gla-s of his watch. He was remanded till to-day for the purplise of seeing whether lics friends would send any medical man to speak to the state of his mind. Before the prisoner was brought up, a gentleman connected with his family made a communication to the Lord Mayor the nature of which did not transpire. ThO Lord Mayor—What have you got to say this morning, Murray Prisoner—l cannot say anything at present, ex cept I am sorry for what has happened. The Lord Mayor—l shall commit you, for the assault on the constable, for twenty-one days with liard labour ; and in the meantime we will consider what is to be dune with you for the future. Banyard—Will your lordship be good enough to award me 33. for the damage he has done to my watch? 9s. 61. was found upon him. Piii , mer—How do I know your watch was in jured by me ? It's very easy to say so, but it's nut right. The Lord Mayor —I shall fine you 3s. for the damage done to the officer's watch. Prisoner—l want this 9s. 6d. to go to my wife. The Lord Mayor—Wife ! you have no wife. Prisoner—Yes, I have. The Lord Mayon-All I can say is that I am sorry to ilea. it. Pi i=oner—l don't want the money for myself, I want it for her. The Lord Mayor—You should have thought o: her before you brought yourself into your present disgraceful position. The prisoner wai then removed to the cell below, GUILDHALL—James Julier, the driver of an omnibus, badge No. 11,907, called the" Favourite," belonging to the General Omnibus Company, was summoned before Alderman Salomons, to answer the complaint of Messrs. Petter and Galpin, printers and publishers, of Belle Sauvagt:-yard, for furiously driving, against the statute, &c. M L-wis appe trol for the defendant. • Mr. George - William Petter said—On Monday week last, the 29th March, I was riding on an om nibus belonging to the Salo,n Omnibus Company, on my way house •o Hornsey-rise. I left the General Pow-office at 20 minutes to 5 o'clock in the after noon, and on arriving at the cab- stand to ir the end of St. Anne's-lane I saw one of the London General Omnibus Company's omnibuses, driven by the de fendant, following us. There was a cart on the near side of the cab-stand which impeded our progress, and the driver of the Saloon omnibus therefore passed through a break in the cab rank with the view of going on the off side, but at that moment the defendant lashed his horses into a furious gallop, and ondaavoured to pass the Saloon omnibus hi fore it got through the break, the result of which was that toe two omnibuses came into collision, and the passengers had a very narrow escape of being seri ously injured. No mischief did occur, and upon my remonstrating with defendant ho became exceed ingly offensive, calling out and making remarks, and gesticulating in a very insulting manner. He continued to dive to and fro before the Saloon omnibus, until both omnibus. s passed out of the City, bat this sort of conduct continued throughout the whole of the journey. I have taken out this summons because this is not, the first, second, third, nor fourth time defendant has been of such conduct. I may mention that a spirit of rivalry exists ou the par; of the London General Omnibus Company against the Saloon Omnibus Company, because the latter haVe started omnibuses to accom modate the inhabitants of Ilornsey; and the prac tice pursued by the London General Omnibus Com pany is to run an omnibus behind and another be fore the Saloon omnibus, which is technically c alled " nursing." I have noticed, with others that the defendant is a most furious driver, and on some occasions ladies have screamed with fear, such was the dolgtr to be apprehended from his reckless conduct. Alderman Salomons said he was of opinion that it was a case of wanton and furious driving, and he therefore fined the defendant 20e, and.costs, as the only means of reaching the company at all was through their servants. The fine was immediately paid. WESTMINSTER—MILITARY REGULATIONS. —Edward Kelley Ras placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with robbing a corporal of the Coldstream Guards. It appeared from the evidence adduced that Henry King, the corporal, was out with a picket on Tuesday night to bring in men of his regiment absent without leave, when he was informed there was one at a brothel in King's Head-court, Broad-- way, Westminster. He went thither, and was in the act of ascending the staircase to a room where there was a light, when his progress was arrested by the prisoner, who said he should go no farther, and called to a woman, desiring her to bring a poker. A missile of a formidable description was then thrown at the corporal by the woman, when, in order to free himself from the prisoner's grasp, and from further danger, he struck the accused on the head with his stick. The police were called, and the parties were proceeding down the court, when the corporal discovered that he had lost his Crimean medal, which he had worn on his breast, and charged the accused with stealing it, upon which he was detained at the station. Mr. Arnold expressed his surprise that the cor pot al should have gone to a brothel with his medal OD. The Corporal replied that it was in obedience to mili , ary regulations. Mr. Arnold observed that there was not sufficient evidence to justify him in detaining the prisoner upon the charge of stealing (he medal, and he was therefore discharged, bur if any further evidence could be obtained he might be again apprehended. Corporal King informed the magi-trate that the loss of his me , ial would, in all probability, be at tended with very disastrous consequences to bim. It would be looked upon as so grave an offence that he would, in all probability, be tried by court martial, reduced to the ranks, and imprisoned for 28 days. The worthy magistrate said he did not think, upon a pr, per representation of the facts of the case, that he need apprehend such consequences. He (Mr. Arnold) must express his opinion that it was an unwise and impolitic regulation which allowed men to wear their medals upon such duty, as scuffles in low places were v,ry likely to occur, and if they were not stolen, there was great chance of their being lost. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.---DESPERATE AT TACK ON A PARISH OFFICER.—Geo. Morris, Chas. Tregoar, and David Chandler, three rough labour ing men, were charg,td with violently assaulting Charles Wroe, the porter at St. Martin's workhouse. Wt oe stated that on Tuesday, about eight o'clock in the evening, he was returning from the station house to the workhouse, and when in Cas-le street lie saw the three pris .ners walk towards him from the workhouse_gate, and he heard one of them say, " Sere he comes." The three prisoners came up to him and obstructed his progress. Tney were all known to him as having been temporarily received into the workhouse. Tregoar slid to him, "Do you mean to take us in to-night ?" He replied he could not, and was going to explain further, when Morris instantly struck him a violent blow on the mouth, and the other two stuck him right and left about the temples. Morris then closed with him, and i❑ the struggle they both fell together to the ground. Morris attempted to strangle him by twist►ng his neckcloth, and the other two kept him down. He managed to release his throat from Morris who calle i out, "Stick to him ; and give to him," and then Tregoar kicked him violently two or three times. Ile was very seriously injured by the violence he sustained, and his mou h and nose bled profusely. Fortunately assistance arrived and he was taken into the workhouse and put to bed, and placed under the doctor's care. Morris, in defence, said when he asked the com plainant for a night's lodging he was flung into the gutter. .... Chandler denied having assaulted the com plainant._ Mr. Bingham said because the complainant de clined to admit the three prisoners into the work house be had been subjec'ed to shameful violence. If the un , hs-rving received relief then there would be no relief for the deserving, and as all the pri soliers had acted in concert, he rhould mark his serve of their conduct by inflicting the highest punishment the law permitted. Fined five pounds each, or two months. Country Markets EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET Ant L 3. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 3s Od to 11.4 Od per kemple of 16 stone! trope ; wheat do., 7s 6,1 to 10s Od ; barley do., 81 0.1 to 9* Ud. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Amu 6. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, eaoh weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37e 5d and e. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Arm 5. There were in the market to-day 41 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 280Ibs First. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od — s Od )—s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto.... —s Od — 3 Od ---3 Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od — 8 Od —s Od DUBLIN—APRIL 6. Thu supply of all descriptions of grain at market today was small. Wheat met a slow sale, and scarcely supported the currencies of this day se'nnight. Barley of prime quality must be noted 3d to 6d dearer. Oats of all qualities met a brisk demand at an advance of 6d per barrel. Indian corn was more difficult of sale, though offered at a reduc tion of 6d to ls. White wheat, 27e Od to 295 Od ; red ditto, 24s 01 to 265 6d ditto new, aOd ; barley, malting, 14s to 18. 01; grind ing, —s to —a ; oa.s, old, 135 to 15s 6d; ditto, new, —a 01 to —a 01; oatmeal, 13s to 15s 6d; bere, new, 115 to 155 Od , rapese d, 23s 04 to 25s Od per brl ; hakera' flour, 143 6d to 193 01 per cwt; Indian corn, 335 01 to 345 6d per 480 14. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton ai a. (1„ 1 Bell's Primrose l2 6 Hastings Hartley 16 3 Eden Main dolywoll ..... ........ ..... .15 0' Braddyll Efoward's West Hartley Haswell Netherton 16 Olgussell's Heaton..,,, ......... Stewart's Steam l5 ol South Hetton fanfield Moor l3 aShincliffe, ranfield Moor flutes 12 9:Hartlepool Walker Primrose 12 6,Harrey Wylain Tees South Hartlepool ..15 6 Ships at marks I.—APRIL 7. the close of the market Wallsend, &a. S 0 . ..16 9 ..18 0 _l9 0 ..17 9 ..19 0 ..16 3 ~17 6 ..14 6 ~17 6 .19 0 ..17 6 Wallsend, &c Riddoll ;t, 53 ; sold 42. BIRTHS. BURNE —On the Ist March, at 67, Malabar-hill, Bombay, the wife of G. C. Burns, Esq., Commander of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Pekin, of a son. WORDSWORTH —Oa the 30th March, at Brigham Vicar• age, Cumberland, the wife of the Rev. John Wordsworth, of a daughter. MAY—On the Ist inst., at Tottenham, the wife of Edward Hooper May, of a son. HILLIARD—On Easter-even, at Cowley Rectory, Ux bridge, the wife of the Rev. John Crosier Hilliard, of A daughter. BATLEY—On the 4th inst., at 77, Cambridge-terrace. Hyde park, the wife of Edward Clive Bayley, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. JACKSON—NEWBON—On she 23d Jan., at St. Jameee Church, Sydney, N.S.W., H. R. Jackson, eon of the late Captain R. Jackson, Bengal Service, to Elizabeth Maria, second daughter of Henry Newbon, Esq., solici• tor, Sydney, formerly of London and Gravesend. FICKLEY - NORTH —On the 6th inst., by the Rev Chas Lushington, vicar of Walton, Thomas Allen Hickley, Esq. of King's Bench-walk, Temple, to Laura, second daughter of the Rev. William North, of Walton-on- Thames. TURNER—TURNER--On Easter Tuesday, at Banwell, So merset, by the Rev. John Vane, M.A., chaplain to the Queen ani rector of Wrington, Edmond Robert Turner, Esq , of L ncoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, second son of Lord Justice Turner, to Maria Lotu , a Blackley Tur- Ler, second daughter of the Rev. W. H. Turner, vicar of Banwell, and granddaughter of the late Very Rev. Joseph Turner, D.D , Dran of Norwich, and Master of Pembroke llall, Cambridge. DEA T H THORNHILL —Oll the pass age f rom th e M a u r itius to Cal cutta, in Janu ar y last, while in command of the Claren don, with the officers of her Majesty's 51th Regiment and tronps from the Sarah Sandi, Capt. Robert Thorn bill, in the 55th year of his age -BIMONS —At Lucknow, on the Bth Sept., 1857, of wounds received at Chinhutt and during the siege, Alfred P. Simone, Captain Bengal Royal Artillery, aged 33. BULLER—On the m orning of the 30th of March, at 16, Buller, the eon of Col. 9 4th R eg iment, aged fou r mont h s. Lower , Gardiner-street , Dublin, James, LEACH—On the 31st March, at La Mielle-house, St. Bre , a hide's, Jersey, Charles Leach, E sq . , Commander R N., Eig , of Corston-house, Pere tornokoefsbAirborham Leach, ire. STORY —On the sth inst., at Lymington, Hants, aged 82, Mrs. Mary Story, last surviving representative in Eng land of that f amily —joint founders with William Penn of the Republic of the United States. ELDEE—`)n the 6th inst., after a short illness, the Rev. Dr. Elder, Heal Master of Charter House. REED —On the 6th inst., at Craven-street, Strand, aged 29, Major Reed, late member for Abindon. °lot& : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count/ of Middlesex, Thursday, April 8, 1858.