The Sun. — London, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship. Ripon, Captain E. Christian, arrived at South ampton 7esterday, at 9.30 a.m., having left Alexandria on the 3rd inst., Malta the 7th, and Gibraltar the 12th. She brought the heavy Bom bay mails, those from Australia not having arrived when she was despatched from Alexandria. On the 7th, Bth, and 9th inst. the Ripon expe perienced heavy northwesterly gales, but has since had more moderate weather. The Ripon had 145 passengers, and on freight 22 bales of silk, 41 cases of shawls, 83 bales of wool, 39 packages of elephants' teeth, and 24 packages of general merchandise. A lamentable circumstance occurred on Monday , last. Admiral Thornton, one of the direc tors of the Peninsular and O riental Company, who was coming home in the Ripon from Alexandria, accompanied by , his son, was walking the deck be-1 tween three and four o'clock that afternoon, and it is supposed must have fallen overboard and been unfortunately drowned, as he has not been seen since. One of the men aloft saw something on the water a :quarter of a m il e as t ern o f the ship, and immediately gave an alarm, when the steamer was stopped, a boat lowered, and the engines reversed, bat nothing could be found after a lengthened search. It is supposed that the object seen by the man was the unfortunate gentleman's hat. On the Bth inst. the Ripon passed her Majesty's ship Victor Emmanuel, steering to the south-east. On the 11th the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Indus, outward bound ; on the 12 th the Russian line-of- battle ship Cesarewitch, steer ing to the westward ; on the 13th the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Jeddo, outward bound ; and same day her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne, for Gibraltar. At midnight, on the 9th, the Ripon passed a vessel standing to the north-east, and observed a sharp cannonade of heavy guns for about three quarters of an hour, supposed to be a ship at night quarters. A rumour was afloat at Alexandria that an attempt had been made to assassinate the Pasha. At Malta were some Austrian Lloyd's packets, with orders to remain there. Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were as follows :—London, 90 dap' date, 50f,-; Paris, ditto, sf. 27c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 27e. ; Genoa, ditto, si. 29c. • Madrid, 8 days' sight, k dis. ; Cadiz, ' ditto, k dis. • Malaga, 8 days' sight, k . dis. ; Seville, ditto, I die. • Alicante, ditto, ; Valencia, ditto, par. ; Barcelona, ditto, -k pm. Spanish pil lared dollars 3 per cent. premium—none and no demand. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ships Renown, 91 guns, Captain Arthur Forbes ; the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain Thomas P. Thomson ; the Brunswick, 80, Captain Erasmus Ommanney, and the screw corvette Racoon, 22, Captain James A. Paynter, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst. from the coast of England on their way to the Medi terranean. These ships of war lately formed part of the Channel fleet, and were escorted to the Bay by the Royal Albert, 120, Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. H. Fremantle. The Renown, the St. Jean d'Acre, the Brunswick, and the Racoon, having taken in some fresh supplies, left the Bay between three and four o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th, under steam for the eastward. The Victor Emmanuel, 91 guns, Captain Wilcox, C. 8., which has been lying at Gibraltar for some time past, proceeded eastward at 9 a.m. on the 4th. Admiral Fremantle returned to England in the Royal Albert, which left on the afternoon of the 6th. The paddlewheel steam sloop ; Vulture, 6, Capt. Camp bell, and the screw sloop Gannet, 11, Commander Lambert, remained in port. The iron screw steam store ship Supply, 2, Master Commande r B a lli s t on , left the New Mole Dockyard, where she hadunder gone repairs, on the afternoon of the 6th, for Malta. The Supply arrived at Gibraltar on the 29th ult., in seven days, from Spithead, having lost foremast, maintopmast, &c., in a gale on the previous Wed nesday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who is returning from his late sojourn in Rome, arrived at Gibraltar at nine o'clock on Saturday morning the 7th inst., on board her Majesty's steam sloop Scourge, Captain his Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenberg, in four days from Civita Vecchia. His Royal Highness landed at noon, at the Ragged Staff, under a Royal salute, where he was received by his Excellency the Go vernor, his Staff, and a Guard of Honour furnished - by the 7th Fusiliers. The Prince was saluted on leaving the Scourge by the screw sloop Gannet ; and after landing, his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Governor, proceeded in his Excellency's carriage through the city to the north front. Sub sequently, accompanied by Colonel Shuttleworth, commanding Royal Artillery, and numerous other officers, the Prince rode up to the Rock gun, and in the evening he honoured his Excellency, Sir James Fergusson, with his company at dinner. On Sunday morning his Royal Highness attended , Divine service at the Cathedral, and after partaking of luncheon with his Excellency, returned on board the Scourge. On Monday his Royal Highness visited various parts of the rock, including St. Michael's Cave, which was splendidly illuminated. In the evening the Governor was again honoured with the company of the Prince at dinner. The 68-pounder gun on Elliott's Battery, laid and fired for the first time on the 9th inst. by the Prince, will henceforward be called " The Prince of Wales's gun." At an early hour on Tuesday morning, carriages being in readiness, the Prince proceeded on an ex cursion into Spain, escorted by a large retinue of officers. On arrival at San Roque his Royal High ness alighted, and continued his excursion on horse back to the picturesque villa g e of Castellar in the cork wood. His Royal Hig hness returned to the fortress at 6 o'clock in the evening, and, after din ing with the Governor, proceeded, accompanied by Sir James, in his Excellency's carriage, through the town to witness the illumination, which, with out any previous notice or concert, the inhabitants had spontaneously prepared to celebrate the pre sence of the Prince. Enthusiastic cheering from the assembled crowds attended his Royal Highness's progress. The band of the 6th Royal Regiment played in the Commercial Square during the evening. A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce of Gibraltar waited upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the Convent at 4 p.m. on Wed nesday for the purpose of presenting to him an ad dress expressing the loyalty; and devotion of the members to her Majesty, and the gladness with which they hailed his presence in Gibraltar. After having in the course of the afternoon minutely inspected the hospitals and other military establishments, the Prince proceeded, at half-past 4 o'clock, dressed in the uniform of a Colonel of the Staff, accompanied by a numerous Staff, to witness a review of the infantry of the garrison, under the command of Major-General Rumley, on the north front exercising ground. In the evening the Prince honoured the officers of the Royal Artillery with his company at dinner. A ball in honour of his Royal Highness was given at night by his Excel. lency the Governor at the Convent, which was very numerously attended. The illumination of the town was on a far more extended scale than on Tuesday, ample time having been afforded for a greater display. Our correspondent at Gibraltar, in his letter of the 12th inst., says : "On account of the presence of his Roy a l High ness the Prince of Wales in this garrison his Excellency Sir James Fergusson was prevented from taking his departure in the Meander, which left yesterday, but he will embark to-morrow at 9 a.m. in her Majesty's ship Vulture for Lisbon. From that capital his Excellency will take passage to England. " The Prince of M ales went to Algesiras this morning, and overland to Tarifa. His Royal High • ness is to return in the evening in time to dine with the officers of the 6th Royal Regiment, and attend the grand ball given to his Royal Highness by the officers of the garrison at the theatre, which has been splendidly decorated for the occasion. The Osborne has not yet arrived, therefore it is not known when the Prince will take his departure. The preparations for this evening's illumination are extraordinary. The town bears a holiday aspect, such is the genuine gladness of this mixed popula tion at the sight of the Prince of Wales among them. " Weather very fine. The late rains have done a great deal of good to the crops.'' The Gibraltar Chronicle publishes the following extracts from General Orders, dated the 11th and 12th inst. " Li e i u „General Sir Tames Fergusson cannot retire f rom the command of the R garrison without expressin -0 to Major-General umley, the officers command m k corps, heads of departments, and the officers of the stuff, his acknowledgments for the assistance he has received from them in carrying out the duties of the fortress. " He also assures the garrison r of the high f ee li ng be entertains of the gene good conduct whi c h h as characterised the differentcg " The Lieutenant-Generarit'sic troops with regret, and beg s the officers, leave of th e t officers, non-co ra accept his best o missioned officers, and soldiers wishes for their future welfare." The following outward-bound Briti s h merchant i 1 2 07 , the ° s t e amers had arrived at Gibraltar :—A p Andes, Capt. WArthur, six days from Liv with general cargo for Gibraltar and Naples ; ri Aol l ' the Britannia, Capt. White, nine days from London' general cargo for Gibraltar and Cadiz ' • May 3 , the Orissa, Capt. Toy, five dap 10 hours from Southampton, with mails for Malta, Alexandria, &c. ; 7th, the Corinthian, Capt. Wardell, six and a half days from Liverpool, and two and a half from Lisbon, general cargo for Palermo and Trieste ; 9th, the IDamascus, Capt. Bell, five days from Liver pool, general cargo for Malta and Constantinople ; same day, the Indus, Capt. Field, five days from Southampton, with mails, &c., for Malta and Alexandria ; 10th, the Gibraltar, Capt. Hall, seven days from London, general cargo and Government stores for Gibraltar ; same day, the Sidney Hall, Capt. Mitchell, twelve days from London and eight from Portsmouth, general cargo and Government stores for Gibraltar ; 11th, the Brenda, Capt. Joy, ten days from London and five from Havre, general cargo, &c. The British barque Canrobert, of Bristol, which has been at Gibraltar for some time past effecting repairs, grounded off Punta Mala on the afternoon of the 6th, while in the act of beating out of the roadstead to move her berth. The captains and crews of the American ship Hope, Prussi an barque Kanningun Elizabeth, and of eight Br i t ish vessels in port, went immediately to the assistance of the Canrobert. She was got afloat on Saturday a ft er . noon without damage, having grounded on a sandy bank. The British barque Glenain, 18 days from North Shields, with coals for Port Louis, arrived at Gib raltar on the 3d. Richard Stevenson, late master of the ship, fell overboard i on the 27th ult., in lat. 40 N., long. 14.30 W., and was drown d. The vessel lost part of her bulwarks, &c., and suffered other damage. The following is the report of the master of the brig Lively : " On the 24th of April, the Lively, Joseph Ham shaw, from Swansea for Gibraltar, blowing hard from the S.E., sprang a leak, and was obliged on the following day to signalise the Russian barque Lubinka for assistance. On the 26th (the barque still in company), the leak gaining upon us, not withstanding all hands being continually at the pumps, we were obliged to leave our vessel and go on board the barque for the preservation of our lives, in latitude 43.58 N., longitude 11.18 W., Cape Finisterre bearing by compass S.E. by S., distant 108 miles. On the 3d of May we were abreast of Gibraltar, and at nine a.m. put on board the Prussian brigantine Rosina, in which we were brought to this port (Gibraltar.)" The schoonerlndustrious, of Dartmouth, while on her voyage from Liverpool to Rio Grande de Sul, with a general cargo, experienced very severe weather and sprang a leak, which increased so much that the master (Couch) and crew were obliged to abandon her on the 30th of April, and got on board the Norwegian barque Norna, of Stavanger, in which vessel they arrived off Gibraltar on the 3d inst., and landed the same day in their own boat. THE NAVY. Nearly the whole of the extra shipwrights, smiths, joiners and other mechanics and labourers ordered to be hired at Chatham dockyard have been entered, with the exception of the shipwrights, several more of whom are still required. Yesterday it was officially announced that 30 more spinners were required to be entered, in addition to those already hired. Great activity prevails in all the establishments, the workmen connected with which are working until a late hour in the evening at _increased wages. Captain Warburton, commanding the depot of her Majesty's 3d Regiment, the 13uffs at Limerick, has received instructions to hold in readiness a draught consisting of 2 officers and 100 non-com missioned officers and men to embark on the Ist of June for Calcutta. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Barn, constructed on the novel method of steering fore and aft with equal facility, recently commissioned at Woolwich by Captain Williams for coast sur vey, sailed from Woolwich on Tuesday for Green hithe to be adjusted for sea. The hired transport Queen, having shipped 2,000 barrels of gunpowder and war stores from Wool wich, has sailed for Malta, where she will take in an equal quantity of powder presumed to be unfit for use from over age. The steam transport Peninsula yesterday com menced shipping war stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Gibraltar, and the John Banks - for Sidney. Not withstanding that the reception and manufacture of war materials in Woolwich Arsenal exceed, at the present moment, that of any former period, the departure of vessels is frequently delayed from a lack of supply on hand, on account of the enormous quantities which have been unremittinglydespatched for some time past to our home and foreign stations. The shot and shell factories in the Arsenal, said to be turning out 16,000 heavy shot per day, are daily increasing their establishments. Canvas awnings have been erected alone , the outer Walls of the fac tories, so as to form additional accommodation, and the most unprecedented activity is perceptible both without and within. Applicants for enrolment in the Royal Navy still continue to offer themselves at thevate of about 200 per day at. the Fisgard's offices at Woolwich, the great majority of whom being growing country lads from the ages of 15 to 20 years and under the height of 5 feet 6 inches, are rejected, that being the standard appointed by the Admiralty for lands men of all ages. It is stated that already have the large number of 20,000 been admitted in different parts of the kingdom. The following officers and troops embarked yes terday on board the Melbourne, hired screw steam transport, at the South Jetty, Portsmouth dock yard : For Gibraltar—Royal Engineers, Lieut. Durnsford, and 14 non-commissioned officers and men ; 2d Battalion 7th Foot, 31 non-commissioned officers and men, and one woman. For Corfu— Royal Artillery, Major L'Estrange, Lieuts. Harris and Sexton, 117 non-commissioned officers and men, 9 women, and 16 children ; Royal Engin eers , C a pt. Bridge, wife, and child, Lieuts. Luard and Craw ford,ll9 non-commissioned officers and men, 8 women and 10 children; 2d Battalion 4th Regt. (King's Own), Lieut.-Col. Thompson and wife, Capt. Smith, wife, and child, Capt. Hamilton and wife, Lieuts. Broomhead, Clerry, an d Ryn d, and Assist.-Sur. Lane, 265 non-commissioned officers and men, 11 women, 14 children, and. two horses; 2d Battalion 9th Regiment, Capt. Grace, wife, and two children, Ensigns Layton and Dunn, 20 non-commissioned officers and men, two women, and three children ; Ist Battalion 4th Regiment (King's Own), Ensigns Metcalf, Hutchinson, Close, and Hall. Th e Mel bourne will sail for her destination this morning. A large number of naval cadets yesterday passed for active service out of the Britannia, cadet train ing ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Robert Harris. The Eurydice, 26, sailing frigate and future sea training ship for the naval cadets, was towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday, and berthed alongside the Prince Regent. The Doris, 32, Capt. E. Heathcote, got under way at Spithead yesterday morning, in charge of Capt. George Gordon arid staff, and proceeded to the trial ground in Stokes Bay, to make her last screw trial with the Admiralty screw, but was again compelled to defer it on account of the weather. A large proportion of the men who have arrived in Portsmouth from the outports, where they had been entered for the navy as " stokers," have proved, on being tested, to be totally unacquainted with a sea-going stoker's duties. The Lucifer steamer was yesterday ordered to get up her steam in consequence, take a party of men on board, and proceed with them outside to test their qualifica tions. The Bartolomeo Dios and the Sagres passed through Spithead yesterday at 6 p.m. from the westward, and proceeded to the eastward, firing a salute of 17 guns in passing, which was returned from her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. Preedy, left Portland harbour yesterday afternoon for the estward. The Nothe fortifications for the protection of the town and harbour of Weymouth, and also the ad. ,jacent roadstead of Portland, will be proceeded with immediately. A very short space of time will suffice to put this position in a defensible state. The paddlewheel steam Vessel Advice, tender to the Nile, Second Master Michael C. Raymond, was taken alongside Keyham yard, Plymouth, on Tues day, to have some defects made good. Several shipwrights from Liverpool were entered at De v onport dockyard on Tuesday : Sixty men for the navy, from Bristol, arrived at Plymouth by th e South Devon Railway on Tuesda; c. The screw s t eam gaardship of or di nary E xm r ju tl i , 90, Capt. R. S. Robinson, took her powder 07,1 board in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday. The paddlewheel steam store vess , :,l Rhadaman thus, 4, Master F. R. Sturdee, limit Plymouth for Woolwich. en Tuesday. The steam gunboat Seagull, tender to the Porcu pine, Lieut. W. Chimmo, was undocked at Devon pelt on Tuesday. The gunboats Weasel and Cockchafer were takes out of Keyham basin on Tuesday. The screw steam ship Lion, 80, was undocked at Devonport on Tuesday afternoon. In the evening, at 10, Lieut. J. Graham, Lieut. C. R. Ricketts, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 75 rank and file of the Royal Marines, from Woolwich, arrived at Plymouth by the South Devon Railway, for the purpose of joining the Lion. The screw steam gun vessel Intrepid, 6, Com mander Marryatt, was transported to the coal depot in Hamoaze on Tuesday. The ways are beinglaid in Portsmouth Dockyard for the launching of the Bacchante, 51, screw, sister to the Shannon, which will take place in June. Admiral Wm. Bowles, C.B. commander in chief at Portsmouth, . h a y litriok his Rag on board the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1859. Victory at that port, in order to preside over the committee meeting at Whitehall in connection with the Royal Naval School, New-cross. Rear Admiral Superintendent the Hon. G. Grey's flag flies at the mizen of the Victory pro tem. The Ganges, 84, Capt. Fulford, flag ship of Rear Admiral R. L. Baynes, C. 8., in the Pacific, has been ordered to England. The Tribune, 31, screw, Capt. Hornby, is to receive the Admiral's flag. The Cumberland, 70, Capt. Rogers, flag ship of Rear Admiral Sir S. Lushington, K.C.8., is also ordered to England; and the Leopard, 18, paddle, Captain Wainwright, has been ordered to proceed from the Mediterranean to take the admiral's flag. An official inspection of the whole of the naval and marine pensioners at the various stations having taken place on Monday last, the following Admi ralty notice was issued yesterday and posted at the Government dockyards : Naval Pensioners Act, 14th and 17th Vict., c. 73, s. 16. —The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty consider that an emergency has arisen which calls for the temporary ser vice in the Royal Navy of all persons who may be in receipt of pensions for former service, as petty officers or seamen; notice is hereby given, that such pensioners, being fit for her Majesty's service, will be forthwith required to serve, either afloat or ashore, as their lordships may be pleased to order. Such persons will receive the pay and allowances of their respective ratings according to the increased scale fixed for continuous service men, and they will also receive their pensions as heretofore. The Conqueror and the Centurion, which left Malta under sealed orders, as reported in Malta letters, found, on reaching the point where they were to open their instructions, that the former was to proceed to Leghorn, and the latter to Naples, which she reached on the sth inst. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—Lieut. E. Denny, to the Aga memnon, Mr. J. S. Hill, master (additional), to the Fissard.. An Admiralty order was received yesterday directing the Firebrand steam vessel to be got ready forthwith, in order to survey the route and take soundings from England to Gibraltar, and from thence to Malta, including the skirts of the Bay of Biscay, with a - view to laying down a submarine electric telegraph for the service of the Government at a future. period. The Firebrand is temporarily commissioned for this service by Commander Joseph Dayman, late of the Gorgon. She has received her armament from the Royal Arsenal, consisting of four 98 pounder, and two 68 pounder guns, and she is now shipping a large quantity of shot and shell. The naval transport Sinbad is shipping a large quantity of war stores at Chatham Dockyard for Woolwich and Deptford. THE ARMY. The statement which appeared to the effect that Major-Gen. Sir W. F. Williams would leave Wool wich early in the present month to command the Royal Artillery in Canada is premature, as the gallant officer has not yet given over the command at this garrison, and the period of his departure has not been decided on. It has, however, been defini tively arranged that Gen. Williams will be succeeded at Woolwich by Major-Gen. Sir R. J. Dacres, K. C. 8., who commanded the Royal Horse Artillery during tha Crimean war, and at its termination was placed on the supernumerary- list of general officers. Major- General Williams will probably remain at his pre sent post until the reorganisation of the corps of Royal Artillery is completely carried into effect. A long train of waggons, each drawn by four horses, and laden with powder, rockets, and other ammunition, under the charge of a strong detach ment of the Military Train corps, left the Royal Arsensal yesterday morni ng f or Aldershott Camp. Colonel Bloomfield, Aide-de-camp to her Majesty, 2d Commandant of Woolwich garrison, and recently appointed Inspector-General of Artillery, has been promoted to the rank of Major-General while acting in the latter capacity. The following circular, relative to the payment of parochial rates for officers' quarters, has been issued from the War-office : " Adverting to circular, dated 27th of February, 1858, on the subject of exemption from poor rates of official resi dences, Secretary Major-General Peel has decided that the same shall henceforth be cancelled. The above decision is notified for the information and guidance of the officers concerned. " B. HAWES." NON-INTERVENTION MEETINGS. MANCHESTER. A public meeting of the citizens of Manchester was held yesterday in the Town-hall, having been convened by the Mayor, in compliance with an influential requisition, to support the policy of strict neutrality on the part of this country, in reference to the present 'war on the Continent. The large room of the Town-hall was well filled. Sir James Watts presided, in the unavoidable absence of the Mayor. A letter was read from Mr. J. A. Turner, M.P., regretting that another engagement prevented him from being present, and intimating that he was quite of opinion that strict neutrality in reference to the war in the north of Italy should be observed by this country. (Applause.) Mr. EDMUND POTTER moved the first resolution. He said the question at issue was one on which no man ought to shrink from declaring his opinion. It was no time for dallying ; we were on the eve of a very important crisis, not only as regards this country, but really affecting the progressive pnlicy of the whole world. Almost everything depended on the position taken by England, whether the world's progress was to be progressive or retrogres sive. This was no party question, or if it belonged to any party, it wa s one f or w hi c h he had a great respect, though he had never gone with them to the full length of their advocacy ; and if there was any party which ought to be especially supported at present, it was the peace party. (Hear, hear.) He was not going to blame the present Ministry, nor the previous Ministers, because if he entered on a course of animadversion he might find himself involved in a task of serious length. (Hear, hear.) But we had arrived at a climax not unexpected by many thoughtful men, what we had been verging to slowly, but surely, for years past, and he feared one that had been encouraged indirectly by many of our past Ministers. e had been associated with those with whom we ought not to have been associating, and tolerating many things that ought not to have been tolerated. He did not mean to say that we ought to have opposed them in a warlike way, but we ought not to have given them that tacit sanction' which both Ministers and the country had given them in past years. (Hear.) We had enjoyed an almost uninterrupted peace for the last 40 years, with pro gressive development in morality, religion, science, education, and everything that could really benefit mankind ; and now the question presented itself, whether we were to lose those advantages or to secure them for the future ? How were we brought to this pass ? He considered it simply the result of despotism, and nothing else. Two despots, each heading some 300,000 men, were preparing to en gage in a sanguinary contest, td depopulate and devastate perhaps the finest lands in Europe—and what was it for? The one man was the type of hereditary despotism, the other the incarnation of scientific despotism ; and each was pretending to correct the other—the modern despot affecting to advocate peace and progress, the other seeking to restrict the progress of society in his own country and in the world on grounds of hereditary right. The result to be expected was retrogression. How then were we to improve our own position and pro mote civilisation ? He believed it would be by pru dent neutrality. (Hear, hear.) He approved of the Queen's proclamation, and the object of such meetings as this was to confirm the Government in their avowed policy. We must take care not to be led astray to the right or to the left by any impulse on the part of the people or of the rulers to break through this neutrality. (Hear.) He hoped the war might be confined to the present battle-lield, and that afterwards our Government would not meddle in the settlement of matters in which they had no right to interfere. After this conflict it would be our duty to, keep ourselves ai home, and if possible were both unholy a dissolve all th ose partinn-ships which, to his mind, nd unhealthy, and had been the means of bringitlg us into the present complicatio n . (Cheers.) O ur, of society great objects should be the well-b e i ng and to leave th e wor ld b e tte r th an we found i (Cheers.) He would not discourage all Pru''..ent preparation on our part, though he must ` . .,nfess he deeply regretted over-preparation. He had n o t th e slightest fear of invasion, and he did not think one man in ten thOusand feared it, therefor e h e did not advocate measures which implied that a large majority had such fears. (Hear, hear.) The people must pay for all these things, and though he would not imply any doubt of the honesty of our present Government, he deeply regretted Mr. Disraeli'sremark that an extra £15,000,000 a year would be a mere flea-bite— (hear, hear)—and if the Government did not sanc tion that view they ought to disavow it. Much as he regretted the bloodshed attendant on our wars, he must confess he believed the debt was even more injurious and more lasting in it s e ff ects than the other calamities of a short quick war. He believed the 40 years' peace was the only thing that had enabled us, to bear up under the taxation en tailed by the huge debt we had incurred in past "...uonarchy wars. But for that peace he believed we shr ui _ have been in a state of despotism or of % v d i i n n v stea ited d t o h f e umnedeetrinagelutil on the character t of e rac er the two emperon who were - now the the world constitutional , with this mischief, the whole of which he char e ed g upon despc , tism, with that which he had read with to contras* extreme ??'ieasure of the late Mr. Joseph Sturgo the Man Chester Examiner of the previous n . ay. (Cheers.) He had, seldom been mo r e d eeply pressed than he was with that short memoir ; and it struck him that, though there were many eccen tricities in that man's life, yet, if we could band together 100 such men, we should do more to pre serve peace, and secure ourselves from invasion, than by millions upon. millions expended in war. He asked them which of the two characters was to be held up to admiration—that of Joseph Sturge or that of the two emperors ? (Loud cheers.) The resolution was to the effect that the meeting de plored the breaking out of war, and deeply regretted that the efforts of her Majesty's Government had not been successful in preventing it. Mr. E. W. WATKIN, who was received with loud applause, said it was hardly three years since the Congress of Paris, after settling the question which brought the great powers together, agreed upon certain resolutions as to the alarming state of Italy (consequent on Austrian tyranny and mis government, and also upon internal differences and feuds), and also on the higher and greater question of settling national disputes by the common sense tribunal of arbitration, (Cheers.) On the first question there was entire unanimity, except that Austria denied, protested, and delayed, and those changes which might have been carried out in the then peaceful temper of Europe were thus fatally , retarded. From first to last the present complica tions were attributable to the conduct of Austria at that congress. But all the powers having sincerely or hypocritically assented to the principle of arbi• tration, why did we find ourselves, within three years of the Crimean expenditure, on the eve of a bloody contest now waging in southern Europe, and threatening to spread northward ? He believed our present Government had honestly endeavoured to bring about a peaceful solution—(hear, hear) — proposed arbitration, and offered to be the arbitra tors. (Hear, hear.) And he believed at the very moment when all excuse was being taken away from the French Emperor, it was the conduct of Austria that precipitated the state of things which . this meeting had assembled to protest against. If their sympathy were required for either of the com batants, he believed there was hardly a gentleman present, whatever his politics, but would sympa thise rather with Sardinia than with Austria. (Cheers.) With all her faults, over-eagerness, and indiscretions, Sardinia was the focus of constitu tional government and regulated love of liberty throughout the Italian peninsula ; and Sardinia, rightly or wrongly, was looked to by the rest of Italy as the power which must collect together in one common bond the whole of the Italian States, freed from a foreign yoke, and under a constitu tional government again to take their place in the van of civilisation,which their ancestors contributed so much to create and to distribute over Europe. (Cheers.) And he believed it was not out of place to remark that either Sardinia or any other country, believing itself to be intimidated and oppressed, was by every law of nature or right free to call in the aid of any power it pleases to defend it from aggres sion}. What, then, should be the course of England? Having failed in mediation, no man dreamed of assisting Austria to put down freedom in Italy ; and notwithstanding the brotherhood of different portions of Germany, all parties - in that country had united, in the recent discussions, in declaring, that it was not the function even of Prussia to in terfere in a question which at present affected simply the liberties of Italians. Were we, then, to assist France—(No, no and cheers)—" our august ally" ? (Laughter.) It appeared that, notwith standing his professions of fidelity engagements had been made with Russia that ought not to have been made without the cognisance of this country, in alliance with France. (Hear, hear.) Those engage ments were not made in the interests of peace or " the balance of power," but their design must have been inimical to the interests of this country, and contrary to the alliance on the faith of which we entered into the Russian war, spent £100,000,000 of our money., and sacrificed 40,000 of our citizens. (Hear, hear.) He cordially adopted the belief that we should not be attacked—(cheers)--but he must say he did not consider our position—with a very doubtful ally within a couple of hours' steaming from the coast, and with a certain isolation conse quent upon that very alliance—was altogether to be viewed without anxiety. Our best defence was steadfastly to keep at peace, at the same time not to forget that the same doubtful and vacillating policy which led to the secret treaty between Russia and France might lead .to engagements directly against ourselves. (Cheers.) Though not a member of the Peace Society himself he believed their policy had been much maligned, and that in case of actual interference with our rights, the members of that body would be foremost for our defence, as they were determined against aggression on our part. (Hear, hear.) We did not know much of the evils of war here, but he had been in Prussia, Holland, and Belgium, only a few days ago, and he could bear witness to the exactions of compulsory service made by the government upon the inhabitants in consequence of the danger of war. Men were dragged I from their counting houses, their professions, and their shops, from every part of Europe, this country included, to take their place as soldiers in those armies which Prussia was concentrating to prevent aggression upon German territory. (Hear, hear.) He had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. The motion was carried unanimously, as was the second resolution, pledging the meeting to support the Government for the time being in maintaining strict neutrality in reference to the war in Southern Europe, and in adopting such measures as were necessary for the real honour and safety of the country. A memorial to the Government was also adopted to the same effect. The meeting was briefly addressed in support of these resolutions by Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. IL Ashworth, Mr. T. B. Potter, Mr. J. A. Nicholls, and other gentlemen. Mr. CHADWICK, who strongly dissented from some remarks questioning the propriety of the for mation of rifle corps, said he was convinced that they were in accordance with the most constitu tional method of defending our shores, and he was prepared to give £5O to every regiment that was formed, up to £5OO. (Loud cheers.) The meeting concluded with thanks to Sir J. Watts for presiding, moved by Mr. Hadfield, M.P. BRADFORD.—At a special monthly meeting of the Bradford Town Council, held on Tuesday, Alderman Atkinson.moved—" That the Council do adopt an address to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, respectfully urging the necessity and policy of this country preserving the strictest neutrality in the war now pending, and respectfully assuring her Majesty of the devoted loyalty of the Corpora tion, and their determination to support her Majesty's Government in carrying out any measure for any defence and protection which may be necessary for the defence of the country."—Coun cillor Rudd seconded the resolution.—Alderman Beaufort supported it, and it wits then unanimously carried. NOTTINGITA3I.—A crowded meeting of the inha bitants of Nottingham was h e ld on T uesday even ing, in the Exchange Hall, f or t h e purpose of considering the propriety of memorialising the Government to observe a strict neutrality during the present war. The Mayor occupied the chair. Mr. Alderman Heymann proposed the first resolu tion, expressive of satisfaction at her Majesty's proclamation enjoining a strict neutrality during the Italian war. While the meeting believed that such strict neutrality will best become the dig nity and honour of the Crown and its subjects, and will also greatly tend to the restoration of peace, those present expressed their strong desire that our army and navy, i nc l u ding vo l u nt eers , ma y b e main tained in the most efficient state, so as best to secure the honour and independence of the country. Mr. Councillor Mundella seconded the' motion, which, having been spoken to by Mr. Heymann and the Rev. J. Matheson, was carried unanimously, Mr. Alderman Vickers proposed the adoption of a me morial to her Majesty embodying the resolution, which was seconded by Dr. T. Robertson, and car ried. The Mayor stated that he was in communica tion with the proper authorities for the formation of a rifle corps in Nottingham, which announcement was received with loud cheers. ASTITON - UNDER-LYNE.-A public meeting was held in the Ashton Town Hall on Tuesday, called by the Mayor, in compliance with a requisition, "for the purpose of giving an expression of opinion on the present warlike attitude of nations on the continent of Europe, and the duty of the country in this eventful crisis." The Mayor presided ; and on the platform were many influential gentlemen. The body of the ball was not full. Mr. Councillor Wood proposed the first resolution, which declared that the meeting, "though deeply sympathising with Italy in her apprehensions and sorrows, cannot re gard with confidence or with hope the armed agencies which are put in operation" professedly for her deliverance." The motion was seconded by y w t o h a f s e w.l N R ia e r N s : .iAnJ..f favour of r a s. proposedpo:li ct next resolution, unanimously,ohho Councillor Dr. L ees and was s u ppo r ted b y ; t h e struggle between Austria Ashton sec on d e d 11-* - Dna • France• Mr. S. unanimously. - resolution, which was carried Queer 'amidst cheers. An address to the - -,_embOdyirig the spirit of the resolutions, was adopted. The meeting was unanimous in support ing a strict neutrality, andevery sentence referring to the means of doing so and denouncing any inter ference was received with great cheers.—Man chester Cluarclian, The amount of specie that will be taken for the East by the outgoing steamer on Friday is £388,441, of which £2,10 is fat Alexandria, £ 339 ,451 for India, includ ing a Govetiunent remittance of 1287,750 for Calcutta and £16,840 foe China, £13,906 is in gold end £344,535 silver, NEWSPAPER POSTAGE TO AUSTRAL' Yesterday, at 3 o'clock, an influential deputation from the General Association for the Australian Colonies, had an interview, by appointment, with Lord Colchester, the Postmaster-General, at the Chief office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the subject of the recent proposal, emanating from the Post office authorities, to double the postage on news papers, sent from this country to the Australian colonies, via Southampton and Suez. The deputa tion c..nsisted of Mr. Stuart A. Donaldson, late Chief Secretary to the Government of New South Wales, and Member of the Executive Council ; Mr. W. C. Haines and Mr. J. Leslie Foster, late Chief Secretaries to the Government of Victoria ; the Hon. John Baker, Chief Secretary, and Mr. E. Stephens, Member of the Legislative Council of South Aus• tralia ; Mr. W. Archer, Member of the Legislative Council of Tasmania • , r. Edward Wilson, of the Melbourne Argus ; Mr. J. A. Youl, Hon. Secretary of the Association ; and Mr. W. Forlonge, late a Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria. Mr. S. A. DONALDSON, addressing his lordship, said the colonists of the whole group of the Aus tralian colonies were deeply interested in the ques tion on which they had sought an interview with him. They had in the early part of the present year become parties to a contract with the Government of the mother country for the postal service between it and the Australian colonies, under which they had bound themselves to pay £90,000 a year—one moiety of the whole cost of the service, and they had not expected it would have been attempted to im pose so important a condition, and one so unfavour able to them, as the proposal to double the postage of newspapers going from this country so soon after the contract had been entered into, if indeed, at any time such as attempt would have been justifiable. The colonists would feel agrieved at. the proposed increase, inasmuch as to the vast numbers of them, and those the poorer classes, newspapers from England were comparatively the only means of communication they had with the mother country. It was therefore beyond question that the pro posal would seriously interfere with their conveni ence in that respect. The contract, under which letters via Southampton and Suez, to Australia were charged 6d. for postage, and newspapers ld., was now in full force, and he trusted on that ac• count, and for the reasons he had stated, his lord ship would see grounds at all events for postponing theintroduction of the proposed change until the contract expired, if not for abandoning it altogether. Mr. L. FOSTER bore testimony to the fact that the communication between the poorer classes of colonists and the friends they had left behind in the mother country was maintained in a far greater degree through newspapers than by letters; and, seeing that the tendency of legislation had been to draw England into closer relationship with her co lonies, no opportunity should be lost of keeping alive the association. He did not think the conve nience of the wealthier classes would be interfered with by the proposed change, but, as he had said, it would not be so with the humbler orders. The reason assigned for doubling the postage on news papers was that the Pasha of Egypt had increased the charge for carriage across the Isthmus ; but now that the railway between Alexandria and Suez had been completed, lie thought the charge for carriage across the Isthmus ought, on that account, to have been reduced instead of increased. Mr. STEPHENS said so much were the colonists interested in the transmission of newspapers as a means of diffusing information, that two of the co lonies—South Australia and Tasmania—made no charge whatever for postage on the newspapers they sent to England. The poorest person in England who had a relative in those colonies could receive a newspaper from him free of all charge. That transmission of newspapers had been largely recip rocated by the humbler classes in England, not withstanding the postage charged on newspapers "sent from this country. It was, indeed, the common form of communication between the poorer classes, so separated ; they sent newspapers addressed in their own handwriting, which was well known to their relatives,and thus newspapers were made substi tutes for letters, on which a much higher rate of postage was charged. The charge on a newspaper, via Southampton, had never been more than a penny; the people of the mother country and the colonists had been long accustomed to that ; but now it was proposed to make the charge 2d., with out any fair reason that he could see. Australia had been recently complimented by a distinguished member of the present Government with being an integral part of the mother country. His lordship knew that a newspaper could be sent from one part of the United Kingdom to the other for a penny. He (Mr, Stephens) ventured to claim a similar privilege for the Australian colonies, which had been designated an integral part of the mother country, and the more so as they furnished a sub sidy of £90,000 towards defraying the cost of the postal service. He reminded his lordship that when England wanted the gold of the colonies, or their men to fight her battles, both were always forthcoming—(a laugh)—and he thought it but fair that they should be in this respect placed on a par with the mother country. Mr. WILSON said that, having for many years been connected with the principal newspaper in Australia, he could speak. from experience of the enormous increase in the sale of that paper, in variably on the day on which the mail left for England. Their circulation was frequently trebled and quadrupled on those occasions ; and special supplements were prepared and published to meet the demand for intelligence from the colonies to England. There was the same, if not greater, eagerness to obtain information through news papers on the arrival of a mail from the mother country ; and to meet that demand some of the London newspapers, and one or two of those of Liverpool now published supplements containing news interesting to the colonies on the days on which the mails left for Australia. Mr. BAKER reminded his lordship that hereto fore the mails were carried across the Desert on the backs of camels, but now, since a railway com munication had been opened up between Alexan dria and Suez, that greater facility of transit ought to have been attended with a reduction, instead of an increase of charge. Lord COLCHESTER, who received the deputation with much courtesy, said of course he heartily responded to the sentiment expressed by Mr. Stephens, that the Australian colonies formed in tegral parts of the mother country. The trans mission of letters and newspapers, however, from one part of the United kingdom to the other was not analogous to their transmission from the mother country to Australia, regard being had to the question of distance. A letter was carried from one part of the United Kingdom to another fora penny ; but that was not so as between Eng land and Australia. He would also remind the deputation that the proposed increase in the postage on newspapers referred to India as well as to Australia, which was quite as much an integral part of the British Empire. For some time past newspapers sent to Australia, via Marseilles, had been subject to an additional charge of one penny, and all that was now sought was to put those sent via Southampton, on the same footing. The reason that there was not a similarity of charge made originally in both cases was, that formerly the mails went from England to Australia--one by way of Suez, and the other by way of the Cape. Besides, the Post-office was now paying a much higher charge to the Pasha of Egypt than formerly for the transit of the mails across the Isthmus. He explained that the original intention had been to ' make the proposed increase commence from the Ist of the present month, but at the request of some of the metropolitan news-agents, who had represented to him that their contracts with their customers in Australia ran from year to year, he had agreed to postpone its intro duction to the Ist of January next. He concluded by saying that he should take the mat ters brought under his notice by the deputation into consideration before the change in quesion was made. The deputation then withdrew, thanking his lordship for the courteous attention he had paid to their representations. THE RIGHT OP MILITARY PICKETS TO SEARCH PUBLIC-Houses.—A case was adjudicated upon by the magistrates at Rochester yesterday, in which Mr. Thomas Mannerings, landlord of the Trumpet public-house, Higl. - street, Chatham, was charged with having committed an assault on a private soldier who was one of a picket that had entered his house for the purpose of seeing if there were any soldiers there drinking. From the statements made b y the witnesses who were examined in support of the prose cution it appeared that between 10 and 11 o'clock in the evening one of the pickets that patrol the streets of Chatham during the night entered the Trumpet public-house for the purpose of taking out a:soldier who was there, and also to see if there were any others in the house. As they were proceeding through the passage towards the tap-room the landlord adVatmi towards them, and struck one of the sol diers a T:ol.6nt aloes in his breast, at the same time calling him a filthy expression. Defendant prevented the mili tary from going any farther into his house, and refused to allow them to search the rooms unless they first sent for the police. The deserter who was there escaped. For the defence it w as urged by a solicitor who ap peared for the defendant, that the picket were about going into the private parlour when defendant gently put his arm on - the first soldier who entered, and, after tell ing him that he should not allow him to go into his private room, directed him to the tap-room, where the soldiers were in the habit of going. Mr. Davies, the presiding magis trate, said the picket had a perfect right to enter the public houses, which would otherwise become the receptacle of all soldiers who wished to desert. To mark his sense of defen dant's conduct, he should fine him the highest penalty of £5. mo money, was immediately paid. CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIRST FLOWER SHOW. SEVEN - AND -SIXPENCE DAY.— May 18.-- 2 Admi 6262 esi tot on al visitors,. on p4,4ayment, 2,197 ; ditt o b y season ti c l k e T s '2,0 5T LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 18. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr. ~. Justice Wightman and Common furies.) CLAPPERTON V. CUARLESWORTH. _ _ _ Mr. Edwin Tames Q.C., and Mr. Henry James appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Prentice for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff, Lydia Clapperton, was a daughter of a bookseller at Salisbury, and her age was variously stated at from 30 to 40, but it even tually settled down, on the evidence of her sister Agnes, at 42. The defendant, Samuel Charleswortl, was a somewhat elderly gentleman, of the mature age of 68, who was secretary to the Moorfields Savings Bank, and resided in furnished lodgings on the second floor of a " periodical shop" at No. 82, Ebury-street, Pimlico. It appeared that in the month of August in last year Miss Lydia, and a younger sister named Agnes, went to Margate, and lodged at a boarding house in that place. Among the company there was an elderly gentleman named Lowin and the defendant. The parties all boarded together, and it was not long before the plaintiff, Lydia Clapperton, and the defendant, Samuel Charlesworth, mutually fell i „in love. From the correspondence which afterwards took place between them it would seem that while at Margate they enjoyed " a few happy hours" in each other's company, and they soon made an engagement to be married. After a very short stay at Margate the defendant brought the plaintiff and her sister Agnes to town, all in the same boat, and on the 20th of September he wrote her an affectionate letter, in which, after alluding to the few happy hours they had enjoyed in each other's society at Margate, he said he looked forward in anticipation of " the many happy years" which he hoped they might have together. The letter was as follows : " Ebury-street, Sept. 29, 1858. "My Dear Lydia,—lt is with great pleasure I redeem my promise to write to you, but as it is so short a time since I last had the happiness of seeing you I have no news to send. " I look back with the most pleasurable - feelings on the few happy hours we have enjoyed in each other's company, and look forward in anticipation of the many happy years I hope we may have together. Let us, my dearest one, be all in all to each other. "I shall be on the tiptoe of expectation to receive from you a letter, which you kindly promised me at the end of this week, and hope in it you will send me a budget of good news. " The portrait of my unworthy self I will forward to you as early as possible this week. Earnestly hoping that you arrived home in safety, and are enjoying good health and a large flow of good spirits, ' I am, my dearest Lydia, yours sincerely and affec tionately, " SAMUEL." The portrait alluded to in the above letter was produced in evidence. It was duly acknowledged by the plaintiff, with the assurance that it made her " quite happy," and that it was the opinion of her sister that, if the defendant was as good as he looked, he "would do." The plaintiff went down to see her father at Salisbury, and the defendant also went there to obtain the old gentleman's con sent to the marriage. The negotiation was set on foot, and as the lady would eventually have as much as £4OO from her father, who was old and paralytic, the latter thought the defendant ought to make a settlement upon his intended. The de fendant, however, said he did not think of doing that, but he would make his will to leave her all he had. This appeared to be satisfactory, and the intended pair returned to town, and all was con sidered as finally settled. The parties were to be married in a short time and were to take furnished apartments until they could obtain a suitable house ; but this happy time never came, and the only explanation the defendant could give for his delay was that he was laid up and had got a bad foot. The plaintiff and her sister also noticed a change in his demeanour and a coldness of manner which induced them to ask for an explanation of his intentions. He said he fully intended to marry the plaintiff, and, being ques tioned as to whether he had got any organic disease, he said he had not, that it was only his bad foot and general debility. On that occasion he promised to call on the plaintiff the next morn ing, but instead of doing so he sent his solicitor. Evidence was given that the defendant had a salary of about £250 a-year, besides income from other sources. The defence was, as set forth in the defendant's plea, that he was too ill to marry, and that to do so would have been dangerous to his life. Evidence was given to show that the defendant had been obliged to absent himself from his office on account of illness, and a surgeon was called, who stated that in November he was suffering from inflammation of the foot. The surgeon also stated that he was suf fering from serious disease of the heart, and that it would be dangerous for him to marry. Before the trial was concluded it was arranged between the counsel that the plaintiff should have a verdict for £lOO ; but the defendant, who had at one time given his consent to this arrangement, revoked it. Considerable excitement ensued in consequence, but in the result the defendant gave his consent, and a verdict was taken for that amount. Damages £lOO. JUDGES' CHAMBERS. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.), IN THE MATTER OF MARY ANN WD6NNELL, AN INFANT-THE HABEAS CORPUS CASE. This case, which was reported in The Sun on Tuesday, was mentioned at Chambersto Mr. Justice Hill to-day, when an application was made by Mr. Leonard, from the firm of Messrs. Graham and Lyde, for a summons to show cause why a warrant should not be issued against the Rev. William Walter Roberts and Mary M'Carthy for contempt of court, upon the ground that the return made by them to the writ of habeas corpus was false in substance and insufficient in law. It will be recollected that a writ of habeas corpus had been served on Mr. Roberts and Mrs. M'Carthy of the Roman Catholic school at Westminster, to produce a girl named Mary Ann M'Donnell, she being, it was alleged, detained from her father, James M'Donnell, who had professed the Roman Catholic faith, but who now wished his child to be educated at a Protestant school. When the case was before Mr. Justice -Erle, on Monday, an under-. taking was given on the part of the defendants to furnish on the following morning the name of the person and the place where the child was staying. The information had not been given, and hence the present application to his lordship. Mr. Leonard read the following letter in support of his application received from the attorney for the defendants by Messrs. Graham and Lyde : " 4, Lincoln s•inn-fields. (, Gentlemen—l beg to inform you that having made inquiries both from the Rev. Mr. Roberts and from Mrs. M'Carthy, I find that neither Mr. Roberts nor Mrs. Worthy know either the place where, or the person with whom Mary Ann M'Donnell is residing. When the offer was made yesterday to give the name and address of that person (which was made without any previous communication upon the subject either with Mr. Roberts or Mrs. M'Carthy), I supposed that I should be able to give such information, but I find that it is not in my power to do so. " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " May 17, 1859." "F. R. WARD. On this letter he (Mr. Leonard) applied for a sum mons to show cause why a warrant for contempt should not be issued, as he submitted the return was false in fact and insufficient in law. The letter was handed to the learned judge, and was to the effect that the child went to the school in York•street, Westminster, on the morning of the sth of April without having been taken or sent to the school either by Mr. Roberts or Mrs. M'Carthy, or by any party authorised by them, and that she remained in the school until half-past twelve o'clock, having refused to go home to her father, although at liberty to do so, and that she left tie school of her own accord, and not in the custody or ,possession of Mr. Roberts or Mrs. M'Carthy, or any person acting under their authority, and she might if she had chosen have returned 'to her father. The return further stated that she has not been since that time, nor was then, in the custody, power, or possession, or under the care, control, or authority of Mr. Roberts or Mrs. M'Carthy, or any person employed by them. Mr. Justice Hill considered the application of so much importance that he requested Mr. Leonard to wait upon Mr. Justice Erle, as he had heard the application in the first instance. Mr. Leonard accordingly proceeded to Westmin ster, and after the rising of the Court renewed the application in chambers before Mr. Justice Erle, asking for a summons to be granted for contempt. Mr. Justice Erie at once entertained the applica tion, and ordered the summons to be returnable on Friday, the offices being closed to-morrow (this day) on account of her Majesty's birthday. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE THE METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COM- PANY (LIMITED). This was an adjourned sitting . for hearing a peti tion for a winding-up order against the above com pany. Mr. Sargood appeared for the petitioner, Mr. Roxby for the company, and Mr. C. E. Lewis for the shareholders. A voluminous mass of evidence comprised only a very few statements of the slightest public interest. It appeared from the examination of Mr. Pope, secretary to the company, that the company did not owe £5,000 for borrowed money. A bill bad once been discounted at the rate of 20 per cent.: but that was an error on the part of himself. The solicitor for the London General Omnibus Com pany had evinced a disposition to purchase the goodwill of the company's omnibuses. It was ridi culous to say that some of the company's horses were not worth £lO each. There had been no execution in the company's premises, except by the superior landlord who had no claim. The company had been sued by Lloyd John Aysford, Borsley, and the London General Omnibus Company. A statement was read showing that the com pany, so far from having lost three-fourths of its capital, had a surplus of £5,400. There was also a patent, and a claim upon the London General Omnibus Company for£lo,ooo for injuries sustained, as referred to Mr. Barstow, barrister, before whom 100 witnesses had been examined. It was here stated that the petitioner estimated the company's assets at £2,800, and the debts were £6,000 and upwards. The Commissioner said nothing would be more unfair than to value the stock with which a business was being carried on according to the sellins price. The stock of the greatest brewers in the kingdom would, perhaps, if sold, not produce one-tenth of the value. He thought the fair valuation was on the side of the company, and that three-fourths of the capital had not become lost or unavailable. The petition would be dismissed with costs. A SENTIMENTAL SUICIDE. We derive the touching facts recorded below from the Dayton (0) Journal (U.S.). Our hand trembles as we make up the sad record. On Wednesday last a " good-looking and well dressed" man appeared at the Phillips House, in the fragrant and lovely city of Dayton, and regis tered his name "A. V. Lamartine. Sweet name, isn't it ? We think we would love a man on sight who enjoyed the happiness of such a name. And if we should hear that the initials A. V. stood for Albert Victor (as in this case they actually did !) our emotions would have been, to say the least, strong. His handwriting was " very handsome." He was assigned an apartment. Presently the clerk was terrified by receiving the following epistle:— " Phillips House, Room 24. "To the Clerk.—Dear Sir,—l am• very unwell, and do not expect to recover ; will you be so kind as to send for a minister to come to me ? I care not of which denomina tion so he is a true Christian, and a_pious man.—Yours respectfully, "A. V. LAMARTINE." Gracious, what a sensation there was ! The Day ton Journal don't half do the pathetic the case called for. Wasn't there " pale lips," "pallid brows," "hurrying to and fro !" Rev. Mr. Conrad boards at the house (Phillips), and was called in at once. The amiable young gentleman told him that he had taken poison. A sagacious doctor (Dr. Davis), who also boards at the Phillips, told Lamartine that he had taken laudanum. La martine owned to the laudanum, and "showed the bottle." Somehow the doctor didn't think Mr. Lamartine had killed himself, and would not give him any emetic, and, bless him, Mr. Lamartine didn't die. But there was a letter on the table addressed to whom do you think ? Why, "To the Unfeeling . World." That's you. Herr* is the document " Phillips House, April 18, 1859. "To THE UNFEELING WORLD,—CaII me not a self-mur derer, for it is you that has driven me to this extremity. The public is my murderer, for it has denied me business, and without that I should be cast upon the world a beggar. God forbid Quite out of funds, and no business, what am Ido ? To beg? No, lam too spirited. To defraud my fel low-men ? No, my conscience will not permit me. Death, then, is a welcome expedient. Yes, let me die and be for gotten. Like poor Byron, ' I do not regret what I have done, so much as what I might have done.' I have been an easy-going, melancholy man—engrossed with books and not with money—' oving not man the less, but nature more I' Virginia is my nati vity—Cleveland my adopted home. As my name. indicates, lam of French extraction. My family was good, aid I tenderly raised. lam an orphan—few relations. Bury me here, and should I ever have a tomb let this be my epitaph— " 'Tar from home, in a land of strangers, he died, —pre ferring death to dishonour.' " Broken-hearted Herbert, gallant and immortal Rusk. pathetic M'Clung (who sung 0, death, come soon 1') I lea% this cold, selfish ball of corruption and depravity to join you. I have had this in my mind for some time. I have many warm friends, to whom I tender a last and final adieu. I have recommendations from the best of men, to whom lam grateful. As to death, lam not afraid to die. I never was calmer than now. I could write much more, but I will stop. One word, however, the last I shall ever write—' Agnes.' "ALBERT ITICTOIL LAMARTINE." And this letter caused feeling on behalf of the fellow. He was kindly taken care of, and 25 dols. and a railroad pass to Indianopolis, were presented to him. And presently it was ascertained that the fellow had taken poison at Sandusky, where 40 dols. and a pass to Dayton had resulted. COUNTRY MARKETS. MARKET HARBOROUGH—MAT 17. There was a small supply of wheat to-day, which sold at the following prices-56a to 60s ; the barley trade was slow, at rates ranging from 36s to 40s per qr. ; oats, 28s to 34s per 24 stone ; beans, 40s to 41s per 38 stone. NEWARK—MAY 18. At to-day's market there was a good supply of English wheat, but the trade ruled quiet, at an advance of from 2s to 3s per qr. on the rates that had been realised last week. Barley in limited show, and very little doing, at late rates. Beans dull. In oats very little business. White wheat, new, 59s to 64s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 31s Red do. s6s to 59s Oats,' old, .. 3os to 34s Old white 593 to 64s New do 308 to 34s Red do. 56s to 59s B e ans.. 48 s to 50 s I Barley, malting.... 388 to 42s Peas ......... -L-8 to —s MELTON MOWBRAY —MAY 17. At this day's market there was a fair show of wheat and the trade ruled firm at 56s to 60s per qr, being 3s to 4s advance upon last week. Only a moderate business doing in barley, at stationary p rices. Oats and beans scarce, and firm in price. DUBLIN-MAY 17. At the opening of the market to-day a smart advance wag demanded by holders of wheat, but at the close there was no improvement in prices. Oats barely supported Friday's rates, and barley was Gd to is cheaper. There was a small business done in Indian corn, at our last quotations. s. d. s. d. s. d. S. 41 . Wheat, white 30 0t032 0 Do., new ......11 6to 13 . 0 Do., red 2B oto3l 0 Bere ... 10 oto 12 6 Do., new .... 23 0t026 0 Rapeseed .... 26 0t029 0 Barley Oats Do., black l4 oto 15 0 Indian corn .. 30 oto 34 0 COAL MARI (Prices of Coal per Ton at [SET—MAY 18. the close of the market.) s. d. Bates' West Hartley 14 6 Holywell 15 6 Howard's West Hart- 1 Walls End. 0. cl. Braddyll's Hetton 16 6 Haswell l7 Russells Hetton l6 3 South Hetton 17 6, Carad0c.,.....• 16 u Hartlepool.. ... l7 0 6 South Kelloe l7 Heugh Hall 16 3 Trimdon Hartlepool 17 0 Peases West l4 0 Thorpe l6 9 Carway and Duffiyla Malting Coal .21 6 Carway Steam .. . .... 19 6 Powell'sDuffryn.Steam 21 0 ;t, 94—Sold, 67. -- ley 17 3 Lambert's West Hart _ _ 17 0 Tanfield Moor 12 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9 Walker Primrose 13 0 Wylam l5 9 Walls End. South Hartlepool. 16 ' 3 Gosforth Halton Kelloe l7 0 Ships at mark, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Fresh air. For health, happiness, and longevity, pure air is essentially necessary ; but how in crowded cities is a wholesome at mosphere to be attained ? Artificially it cannot be acconl‘ plished, but nature, to a considerable extent, rectifies the disadvantage, by making certain organs throw out the impurities derived from foul air. Holloway's Pills won derfully assist this purifying process by their peculia r action on stomach, liver, lungs, and kidneys, over each an all of which th e y exerc i se a c l eans i ng , corr ective, an d salutary control, stimulating, repressing or soothing, as cu . ; cumstances require. Holloway's Pills effectually &IT!' those morbid particles which, entering the system, ori 61 hate fever, diphtheria, and bowel complaints, and all the catalogue of serious ailments resulting from the blood being contaminated by foul exhalations . BIRTHS. HAWKER.—On the 16th inst., at Sea View Heuse, Ply mouth, the wife of James Hawker, Esq., of a son. MARSON.—On the 16th inst., at St. John's Parsonage, Woking, the wife of the Rev. Charles Marson, of a son. PRENTICE.—On the 16th inst., at 15, Inverness-terrir e, Kensington-gardens, the wife of Edward Alex. Prentice, Esq., of a daughter. TENNANT.—On the 15th inst., at Haverstock-hill, INlrO. R. B. Tennent, of a daughter. .MARRIAGES FERGUSON—MANDEVILLE.—On the 17th inst., at All Saints', Knightsbridge, Colonel Ferguson, of Raith, M.P., to Emma, daughter of the late James Henry Mall devilk, anegranddaughter of John Henry Mandeville, of Rutland-gate. PEEL—SUDLEY.—On the 17th inst., at St. George's, gall over-square, the Rev. Frederick Peelf. third son of the late Right Hon. William Yates and Lady Jane Peel, to Adelaide Frances Isabella, third daughter of Lord and Lady Sudley. DEATHS. BLOXAM.—n the 16th inst., at the Old Manor House, Ryde, Rob O ert Bloxam, Esq., of Newport, Isle °Might. aged 88. CnArLiN.—On the 14th inst., at Rockland, near Hastings, Captain C. Chaplin, aged 67. KENNEDY.—On the 15th inst., at Notting hill, James Kennedy, ' Esq., barrister-at-law, formerly m . p • for Tiverton, aged 60. METCALFE.—On the 17th inst., at Hereford Lodge, Lower Tooting,•George Metcalfe, E sq ., age d 77. OSBORN.—On the 15th inst. m , at 30, Upper Gower -street, Osborn, M.A., the Rev. Edward O s b o • vicar of Asheldh ara, Essex, aged 67 ROTRSCHILD.—OR the 17th inst. a t a t Frankfort - on -the- Maine, Baroness Anselme de Rothschild, eldest daug hter of the late N. M. Rothschild, —.— LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, -at The Sun Office , No. 1)2, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Of giddlepex, Thuude.y, May 19, 1859.