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CORP°.It.etTION REFORM. -- - A C3urt of Common Council was held yester day at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, to con sider the report delivered in on the 20th inst. by the Corporation Inquiry Committee, relative to the Toiadon Corporation Bill in Parliament, and with a e lition to the House of Commons against the con clauses of the bill, and generally against the ro ce.sure as altered and framed by the select comm i tt , , te of the house. Mr. J. STOOD (chairman of the committee) moved that the rep ')rt should be read, and, the motion being agreed toy Mr. WOODTE - 010E, deputy town clerk, read the report, as follows :-- " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your Corporation Inquiry Oommittee, to whom, on the 18th of February last, it was roferred to prosecute the petition of your hon. Court against the bill `For the Better Regula -:tion of the Corporation or the City of London,' brought into Parliament by her Majasty's late Government, do cer tify that since our last report to your hon. Court, the select committee of the House of Commons, to whom the said bill was referred, have reported the same with amendments to the house. " That in pursuance of the order of your hon. Court copy of the said bill, as amended by the select committee , has been sent to every member of the Court. se contains "That the said bill, as reported to the house , many a lterations many cl a uses which, in the opinion undes ira ble our coniittee,.are exceedingl7 objectionable ; and have been m ade in other clauses. "That the corporation was nooent pe a rm Ed i u t g te i d e e t l o aus b e e o h f ea t r h d e before the committee exce p t several said bill ; and they have there h fo rhaeved no al other provisy of enforcing their objections to t therein contained. "That th e deliberations of th u et r c s o e m lec ul t it c t o e m e m we it r t e e b e u b t e i i m ng . con d uc ted with closed door s, To per f ec tly informed of th details of the amended bill until after it was reported to the House of Commons, and printed iu its amended shape. "That. as the bill willehortly be discussed in committee of the whole House an opportunity will be afforded of pro posing such a mendments as may be considered expedient the several clauses of the bill. l ' es "There is, however, one most important subject upon which your committee are of opinion that immediate and energetic action should be taken. The clauses confiscating the metage and other revenues of the corporation have been allowed to remain unaltered in the bill; nor has the case of the corporation, in support of their rights, been heard be fore the select committee, nor any provision made for corn pensating the citizens of London for the loss thus inflicted upon then. " A statement respecting the metage dues on corn, &c., belonging to the corporation, which was submitted to the select committee, is hereunto annexed for tie information of your hon. Court. [This statement has already appeared in our columns.] " That the second reading of the said bill was unopposed by the corporation, on the understanding that they should be allowed to present and enforce their case against the several provisions of it before the select committee, and that ample opportunity would be afforded them by their counsel, agents, and witnesses to establish their various objections to the bill. " That under these circumstances your committee are of opinion that great and manifest injustice has been done to the corporation, particularly by the abolition, without compensation, of metage dues. We, therefore, recommend your hon. Court to present a petition to the House of Commons to recommit the bill to the select com mittee, and praying that the corporation may be heard against the confiscatory clauses thereof, and generally against the measure. That Mr. Remembrancer has by our directions prepared the draught of a petition accordingly, which is hereunto annexed, and which we submit to the approval of your hon. Court. " All which is respectfully submitted. Dated this 20th day of May, 1858. "JOHN WOOD, &c." Mr. WOOD, in commenting upon the report, said the committee had considered both the bill intro duced by Sir G. Grey and that introduced by desire of that Court, and had hoped that the result of the two bills iu the house would be to give them a bill of a satisfactory character. He regretted, however, that this was not the case, and especially that the select committee had determined to hold their sit tings in private, so as to prevent the corporation from watching the details of the bill as the work of the select committee proceeded. (Hear.) hey had, however, been heard by counsel against the clause of the bill which deprived them of their metage dues without compensation ; but, nevertheless, those dues, amounting to 15,0001., and for which at the outset a good and valid consideration had no doubt been given, were swept away without compensa tion. (Hear.) With regard to the general question of corporation reform he knew tbera was a great diversity of opinion existing among the members of that Court, but he hoped there would be a per fect unanimity of earnest and manful exertion upon the part of the Court to get the confiscatory clauses struck out of the bill. (Hear.) If the House of Commons should reject their petition, which he did not anticipate would be the case, they would have the power of opposing the clauses in a committee of the while house; and if the bill in its present shape passed the House of Commons he hoped they would be prepared to give it their most decided opposition in another place. (Hear.) In conclusion he moved "That this Court do agree with the committee in their report." Mr. hi L. TAYLOR suggested that, before the discussion was proceeded with, the al erations made in the bill should be read at the table. The Court acquiesced, and the alterations were read by the deputy town-clerk accordingly. Alderman CUBITT then said he was anxious to ex press to the Court the desire which the aldermen had to carry out the bill according to the compact which had been made between the two courts The Remembrancer had prepared clauses for that pur pose, and they having been committed to his charge he moved them in committee ; but although he in. ome cases insisted upon a division, the com mittee would not accept some of those clauses. There was a clause regulating the number of com mon councilmen which was objected to, he did not remember exactly by whom, but he thought by Sir G. Grey„ and seeing it hopeless to do so, ho did not divide the committee on that clause. (Hear, hear, and " Oh, oh.") There was another clause making it obligatory upon the Court of Aldermen to present quarterly to the Court of Common Council a statement of their actual expenditure for the past quarter, and also a statement of their estimated expenditure for the next quarter, upon which also objection was taken by the committee, and which he did not, consequently, press to a divi sion. If he had done so nothing would have come Of i but to leave him and Sir James Duke in a minority ; but, since he found an impression p. availing among many gentlemen there that the ineerests of the Court of Common Council had not been sufficiently attended to—(hear)—he was sorry he had not divided the committee on both those clauses. (Hear, bear.) This matter had been dis cussed at a Court of Aldermen, and a resolution had been adopted, expressing the regret of that Court that the clauses, drawn up as a compact, had not been accepted by the committee, and ex pressing the wish of the Court of Aldermen cor dially to co-operate with that Court in an endea vour to get those clauses yet adopted, the confisca tory clauses struck out, and the bill amended in its general provisions. (Hear.) If in his place in Par liament he could be instrumental in producing such a result it would give him great pleasure, and he would spare no exertions to do so. (Cheers.) Mr. ABRAHAM was very glad the worthy alder man had repeated the explanation which he had before given to the committee, as before hearing those explanations he (Mr. Abraham) had been of opinion thatthe bill was an alderman's bill. (Hear.) No doubt the bill as it now stood was open to grave objections upon its details generally, but on that occasion he advised the Courts to throw over all other Clauses and deal only with those of a confis catory nature. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BLAKE said the bill was important, not only as regardedfthe city of London, but also as regarded every body corporate in the kingdom—(hear)-- since it was the first attempt that had been made by act of Parliament to confiscate the property of a body corporate without giving them compensation, or even allowing them to be heard in opposition. (Hear, hear.) There had been a promise given by a Secretary of State th .t the corporation should have ample opportunities of being heard in com mittee against the clauses of the bill ; but, not withs'anding, the select committee had set with clo"ed doors, and had only allowed them to be heard by counsel against one clause of a most ini quitous character, which sought to deprive them of their coal-dues, and at the same time to compel them to make compensation out of their private r.sourciee (Hear, hear.) It was shown that this would draw so largely upon their re sources as almost to make them insolvent ; and the committee, growing ashamed of such an iniquitous clause, allowed the city to retain its coal-dues. With regard to the metage dues, however, those the bill still proposed to confiscate without compen -I.l2,th:in, although there w a s no possible justificationubr Finch a proceeding, which was in reality a sc h eme of plunder , a lthoughit was introduced by a Lib era l Min istr ,and so far , sanctioned by a reformed Rouse of C fraught witohmdrnanog p ro p ert y — (hear nes; (Cheers.) The scheme was to the whole l aw o f p r i va t e hE?ar)—and h e h ope d th a t C ourt the confiscat or would use its sne e t i es se to the ut mos t i n or d er t o get y Mr. Deputy liAtat is e o struck out o f t h e bill . N agreed with the propriety of presenting a petition, asrer tTrnended in th e report of their committe e , d but a one, and t e ha s t ame time be thought more should be steps should be taken to secure th e r ..m h o t r s e o a f c t t i h ve e corporation. He wanted to have full informatio n disseminated in all quarters, for he felt assured that if the question were once fully understood it would be impossible for the bill to pass. As a m ewl , of forwarding his views in this respect he moved to add to the recommendation of a committee, with regard to petitioning against the bill, a recommen dation that the committee should take all other measures that might be deemed advisable, either THE _SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27, by printing and circulating the objection tCi be urged against the bill or otherwise, to call the attention of the liverymen, freemen, ratepayers, and other to the glaring injustice that would be done to them if the bill should pass. (Hear, hear.) There were other points of detail to be objected against, but with regard to the confiscatory clauses, which they were then more particularly considering, he cer tainly thought no body of honourable men, such as the British House of Commons, could give their final sanction to them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WOOD, as chairman of the committee, ac cepted the suggestion offered by the last speaker, as an addition to the report. Mr. ROWE said the bill had gone into committee an iniquitous measure, and come out still more so. At the same time he thought the corporation, by failing to defend their rights when attacked, had encouraged an idea that their metage dues were rather an usurpation than a legal possession. Mr. W. JONES said the City had been too passive in the matter, and had been deceived by placing too much confidence in public men in whom he had himself lost all confidence. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BESLEY thought the clauses which reduced the aldermen to 16 appointed for life, quite as bad as the confiscatory clauses. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought it was unneces sary then to go into the general details of the bill, as the confiscatory clauses, it had been generally understood, would alone be brought under consi deration ; and, with the exception of those clauses, he, for one, regarded the bill as being a wise, just, and prudent measure, and one which would be favourably received by the public out of doors. (Oh, oh I) Mr. H. TAYLOR was not at all surprised that an alderman should regard the bill with satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) Two members of the Court of Alder men had sat upon the select committee to which the bill was referred, and it was a remarkable thing that as the bill now stood, while that court was not deprived of a single one of its privileges, there was not a single privilege of the Court of Common Council that was preserved. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy DAKIN remarked upon the fact that when the Royal Commission sat they expected to find great malversation and mismanagement of the corporation funds, but this had not been the case. (Hear, hear.) Nothing of the sort was found ; no case was made exit against the corporation on that ground ; and he, therefore, protested against inter ference on the part of Parliament and the Govern ment with the property of the City. With regard to the confiscatory clauses of the bill, there could be only one opinion in that Court, and if the bill passed as it now stood, it would, in his opinion, be a most unfortunate page in the history of England. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ANDERTON denounced the bill at some length, and in conclusion he tore to atoms a copy of the bill which he held in his hand, exclaiming, amid the laughter of the Court—" Dash the bill ; I don't like it all. I should like to see it burnt by the common hangman." Mr. MORRIS, M.P., reminded the Court that they had always been impracticable on the subject of reform, and from that impracticability he drew the inference that a reforming measure, emanating from the late Government, went further than it would otherwise have done. With regard to the dangerous and unconstitutional confiscatory clauses, he urged the necessity of making calm and delibe rate representations on the subject, expressing his opinion that the House of Commons would give to the arguments of the corporation a fair and a' ten tive hearing. He vindicated the conduct of Mr. Alderman Cubitt as a member of that Court, and of the select committee, and earnestly impressed upon the Court the necessity in dealing with so important a measure, of laying aside all party feelings and petty jealousies, and being perfectly unanimous in their appeal to Parliament. Sir J. Dux vindicatedlumself against the charge of having neglected the interests of that Court, or as a member of the select committee, and with regard to the Court of Aldermen, he said that the fact that that Court would no longer have the power of drawing upon the Chamber ought alone to be sufficient to settle the differences that had so long prevailed between the two Courts. Mr. GRESHAM inquired whether it rested with committees on public bills whether their sittings were private or not ? The REMEMBRANCER said it rested entirely with committee themselves. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE VISITATION OF TRINITY COLLEGE. .The arguments pro and con, so far as the ques tion of censure is at stake, were concluded yester day ; but the subsequent proceedings show that the dispute between the reformers and the Board has only commenced in earnest, and that the issue now involved assumes an interest extending far beyond the confines of Trinity College. After Mr. Hamil ton Smythe, Q. C., bad addressed the Court on the part of the Rev. Mr. Carmichael, the Vice-Cban cellor announced that the cases must stand for judgment. The following important discussion then ensued between counsel and the Court : Mr. Lawson, Q.C.—I would respectfully as k y our lordsbipe, on behalf of Dr. Shaw not to dispose of hi s case without heari ng counse l for him in reply. The Vice-Chancellor—We have listened attentively to all that has been said. Mr. Lawson—l know that, but new matters have been introduced by Mr. Ball and Mr. LI yd which have not been adverted to in reply, and we desire to observe upon them. The Vice-Chancellor—lf you undertake to apply your self merely to the new matter we will bear you, but your siteech, both as to the details of the case and the arguments, was so very full, that it does not occur to me anything more can be said. Mr. Lawson—After that I will not press my applica tion. But Dr. Shaw wishes me to say that the matter,: brought forward t •-day, and the statements made with re spect to what the Board have done, he does not admit to be correct. They are in many respects fallacious and incorrect, and, if necessary, he is prepared to prove that. The Vice-Chancellor—l am satisfied you cannot go into statements and evidence to disprove those state ment. They have been received hy the Court merely as statements. Mr. Brewster—As Mr. Lawson has made that obser vation, it is right I should say, standing here as counsel for the provost and senior fellows, and this being a general visitation, that nothing would give them greater plea sure than that anybody would bring forward bef, re this tribunal any charges or imputations upon their conduct that may be supposed to have foundation. The Vice-Chancellor—That enables me, with the con. currence of the Lord Archbishop, to bring before the Court one particular matter. A letter was addressed to the Chancellor of the University by the registrar of the college, in which it is represented that a great variety of charges have been made against the Provost and senior fellows; and this letter contains what is considered to be a refutation of those charges. He did not think that the Court should enter generally into many of the matters stated ; but there was one charge with respect to which the Court felt it their bounden duty to call the attention of the college authorities. It was their defence against the charge supposed to be made against them of having applied to their own individual use certain portions of the university fees that belonged properly to the college chest—the general fund of the college. If there was anybody present, as a member of the Corporation, who was prepared to sustain that charge, the Coui t was quite ready to investigate it. On the other hand, if there was no person there to repeat that charge, it would be for the Provost and Senior Fellows to say whether they have anything to offer on the subject either in the way I of explanation or disproof. Dr. Shaw—l am present to make that charge. Vice-Chancellor Blackburne—Put the charge in writ ing. This Court cannot proceed but on a written charge, When this is done we will consider whether the investi gation should proceed to-day, or at some future adjourn• ment of the Court. Dr. Shaw—l will put the charge in writing, Mr. Lawson, Q C., said, on behalf of Dr. Shaw, that while he concurred in a great deal of what had been said by Mr. Smythe, he wished the Court to understand that Dr. Shaw desired to have an adjudication on the merits of his case on the firm of the sentence, and not upon the point whether or not he was properly summoned before the Board. Vice-Chancellor Blackburne said the Court perfectly understood the meaning of Mr. Lawson's observations, and would decide the case on the grounds in which he stated it. Dr. Shaw said he had another charge to bring against the Board cf Trinity College, of violating a statute in order to screen great defects and abuses in the college from public ken. Vice-Chancellor Blackburne said the Court were of opinion that they could not hear any matter that was a fit subject for the jurisdiction of the Board in the first in stance ; but with respect to charges against the Board itself of malversation, as by the instance of the univer sity fees, they were of opinion that this was the proper tribunal to investigate such charges, and they would afford to the parties making them the fullest oppor tonity. The Rev. Thnjamin Dixon, Junior Fe-flow, said he wished to bring under the notice of the Court what he conceived was a violation of the statute by the &al& Ile made no charge against individuals ; his complaint was that a statute of the university had been violated. Vice-Chancellor Blackburne said he thought this was a matter to be investigated at another time; six days' notice were required of any charge to be preferred against the Provost and Board ; but in reference to the imputations already alluded to, the Court were deter mined to proceed with the investigation of them at once. The Rev. Mr. Dixon said he was not aware of the rule requiring six days' notice, and he was therefore at some inconvenience in the matter. Sir J. DUKE said, one of his first motions on the sitting of the committee was, that the officers of the corporation should be admitted, but he could not even succeed in that. Mr. GRESHAM could not conceive why the select committee should have resolved to sit with closed doors. With regard to the report of their own committee, it was too vague in not naming the clauses which had been amended. in an unsatisfac tory way. Mr. WOOD having replied, The motion was put from the chair, and agreed to unanimously, as was also a resolution in favour of a petition to the House of Commons, to be si , zned by the town clerk and presented by the sheriffs, and which was as follows : The Vice-Coancellor desired the charge to be fur nisbed in writing, and the Court would consider whether I it came within the scope of their power to entertain it. Dr. Shaw wished to be permitted to say—as the words malversati , n of funds had been used—that the charge which he had to bring against the B 'ard was not of that character. He alleged that a statute bad been violated by the Board, but not with the view to screen from the public a malversation of public funds. Vice-Cnana, 1:or Blackburne.—Put the charge in writ ing, and then there can he no mi,take about it. Dr. Shaw.—l will avail myself of that permission. The C9urt then adjourned for half-an-hour, when their lordships again sat. "To the Hon. the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is Parliament assembled. " The humble petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London in Common Council assembled. " Showeth,—That a bill is now pending in your hon. house entitled ' A Bill for the better Regulation of the City of London.' " That the said bill wag read a second time, without any opposition being offered by your petitioners, upon the un derstanding that it should be referred to a select commit tee, before which your petitioners' case should be fully heard. . The Registrar read the following paper handed in by Dr. Sbaw :—" My allegation is that the proportion of fees on higher degrees, as published by that Board in 1791 and 1801, has been altered so as to give to the Provost and Senior Fellows amounts formerly given to Trinity College. In bringing this charge I think it right to add that I make no personal imputation against the existing members of the Board. I further allege that the statute enacts that sub-lecturers shall be provided to lecture i❑ each of the four classes, and that for the present year the Board have only appointed two." Mr. Brewster, Q C.—These are two distinct charges. They should be banded in separately. The Registrar.—The two charges are on the same letter. " That your petitioners duly presented a petition to your hon. house, praying to be heard by the counsel, agents, and witnesses, before a select committee to whom the said bill should be referred, against the several clauses thereof. " That a select committee was afterwards i.ppointed, to which the said bill was referred, together with the petition presented by your Petitioners. " That by divers clauses of the said bill, it was proposed to deprive your petitioners, without giving them any com pensation, of various sources of revenue, of which they had been possessed for a period extending beyond the time of legal memory, and their right to which has been repeatedly confirmed by charter, statute, and judicial decisions. "That large sums of money have been borrowed by your petitioners for public improvements on the credit of these and the other re'venues of your petitioners, and are still charged thereon. Vioe-Chancellor Blackburne—The Court stands ad journed till Tuesday, .Tune 1, at 11 o'clock, when this matter will be proceeded with. Mr. Brewster, Q.C. The Board clo not desire any adjournment. They are prepared to go into the matter now. "That your were allowed to be heard by their counsel before the select committee upon one clause, and one clause only, of the said bill, and were not permitted to be heard upon other clauses prejudicial to their interests, by some of which it was sought to deprive them of their said property; and the select committee has reported the bill to your hon. house without expunging the said last mentioned clauses, or introducing any provision for giving cempensation to your petitioners isa respect of the injury thereby inflicted upon them. Vice-Chancellor Blackburne.—The Court cannot pro ceed with it to-day. Mr. Lawson, Q.C.—As a letter on the subject of this charge has been written by the Provost and Senior Fel lows to the Chancellor, it is only fair and reasonable that my client should be furnished with a copy of it. Mr. Brewster, Q.C., paid the suggestion was per fectly right, and would be acceded t 9. The Board felt it their duty the moment they heard that such a charge was to be preferred to place in the hands of the highest authority to which they were amenable the facts as they believed them to be. They were most desirous to have the opportunity of submitting these facts to the public, and they rejoiced that, through the kindness of the Court, they now had permission to do so. The Board wished to give Mr. Lawson's client every opportunity to advance his charge a, ainst them. All the documents intended to be relied on would be accessible to Dr. Shaw. Mr. Brewster then asked if their lordships intended to proceed with any other matters except those now before thEin at the adjourned sitting " That your petitioners consider it unjust that the re venues of the corporation should,be confiscated, as proposed by the said bill, without its being proved or alleged that your petitioners have been guilty of malversation in respect of them, and without their being allowed any opportunity of being heard in support of their rights and property. "That there is no precedent in the legislation of your hon. house for the course which has been adopted in refer ence to the said bill, nor any instance of any individual or corporation being deprived of any property without having had the opportunity of being heard in defence thereof, and without adequate compensation being given for the same. "That your petitioners view with alarm the establish ment of a precedent which may be pleaded to justify an interference with rights of property which have been hitherto held sacred, and earnestly trust that your hon. house will not sanction those provisions of the bill which embody a principle and introduce a practice so objection able. "The V s -Chancellor said that a matter in connexion with the construction of the late statute bad been brought under their notice by Dr. Dixon, which he had directed the reg"strar to receive; and if there wag time, and it was fit to be entertained, it would be proceeded with. " That your petitioners entertain a decided opinion that, if they had been allowed to be heard before the select com mittee, the objectionable provisions above alluded to would have been expunged or greatly modified. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your hon. house will be pleased to make an order for the recommittal of the said bill to the select committee, and for your peti tioners being fully heard by their counsel, agents, and wit nesses against the clauses aforesaid, or that the said clauses may be expunged from the bill ; and that such other relief may be afforded to your petitioners as your hon. house may deem fit." The Court then adjourned. The Coirt was then adjourned to TuEsday, June 1, RAPID PROGRESS OF ALGIERS.—Algiers being no longer large enough for its population and commerce the plan for con-tracting an entirely new town at Mus tapha, a vast tract of ground close to the city, is again brought forward. It is near that place, or in its vicinity, that the aation of the Algiers and Blidah Rail way will be placed, and two architt cts have recommended POWERFUL TELESCOPES O r lt ns , AN PE the Government to take advantage of that circumstance rADveRTISIMENT.I SiouAxn R H A zarso -- n to lay ouE IMustarhe at once as a new town. They have SPEcr as A p cms zeriTs Geesses.—S. and 13. Solo submitted plans for the purpose, which are on a very street, Piccadilly. 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AVurzer; Dr. Ingrain ; stating the distance from the eye they can road small rrint l' Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowag.e. many r Countess of Castlestnart; with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by MajoiGen. Thomas King, and 3: other respectable per stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovere.—The Ose-anie sons, whose health has been restore yibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented : means of cure,rhad failed., suitably u pac b . y it, after all other 2 , parked with full instrue instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others , :Mons In canisters , Ilb 2s ad • , ._ , ~ . h. 45 64 . Ellepassiue 0 anything of the kind that has been, or prole ably 1 121 b. 225. Tlie 121 V -canisters are sent . can sage free , Sib. lie. ; can be, on re. produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is 1 ceipt of Post-office' Order. Barry Du Barry, and not perceptible . I t C 77, church * enables deaf persons to hear distinct ly at itßegent-street, Lqndon. Important Caution against the • and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of tfill. dangers of spurious imitations.--The Vice - Chancell or fear singing noises in theor Sir all the assistance thate is entirely removed, and it aflarda li William Page Wood anted an Injunction on tk o 10th March marle.street, pi possibly could be tesixed.-39. A lbee •I 1854, against Ale TIOo/ser \Nevill for imitating •.. D ' e " 4ll 7 — OPPosite the York Hotel, W, "1 Barry's Revalenta Arabica Foe . e" a NAVAL AND MILITARY _INTELLIGENCE The Vulcan, steam troopship, Commander J Sea combe, will embark this morning, on their arrival from Aldershot at Portsmouth, the following troops for Gib raltar, comprising the right wing and head-quarters of the 2d Battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers :—Lieut.• Col. Somerset ; Captains Hayhills, Herout, Campbell, Maskeleyne, and Whygham ; Lieutenants Rumbalt, O'Brien, Foster, Little, Arnott, and Harrison ; Ensigns Smith, Geddles, Gatacre, Ashton, Bolam, and Butler ; Adjutant Smith, Quartermaster Metcalf, and Surgeon Docker. Also, Staff Assistant• Surgeon J. M‘Kinnell, two ladii.s,two officers' wives, 522 rank and file, 33 sol diers' wives, 32 children, and three horses. Yesterday morning the troops belonging to the Royal Engineerestablisbment at Brompton barracks, Chatham, accompanied by a large body of officers, went through a variety of escalading operations at Prince Ed ward's bas tion. These operations are to b 3 repeated at frequert intervals. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Fiy, have taken in a large quantity of ordnance stores at Chatham, proceeded to Sheerness yesterday. While steaming out of the har bour, the Fly ran into the Gloucester, 50, lying off the Queen's-sta,Tr4, and carried awayher side ladder and stag ing. After getting clear of the Gloucester the Fly quitted the harbour and proceeded down the river, when she ran ashore in Gillingham-creek, but was shortly afterwards got off again, and returned into harbour at Chatham. The Marlborough, 131, Capt. Lord F. H. Kerr, got up steam yesterday morning, and steamed from Spithead to the Nab several times, to try her engines, itc. The Monarch, 84, Capt. Patey, flag of Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce, got up to Spithead yesterday morning from St. Helen's Roads• Admiral Bruce was expected to strike his flag last night at sunset, and the ship was to go to the eastward to be paid off. The Rhadamanthug, steam storeship, Master-Cam mander Sturdee, arrived at Portsmouth ytN.terday from Woolwich, with machinery, and having in tow two steam gunboats, the Ready and Thrush. The sloop Comus, 11, Commander R. Jenkins+, from Saloon's Bay April 1, arrived off Plymouth Sound yes terday morning, and received orders to proceed to Sheer- ness. The Battalion of Royal Marines, with the Light In fantry Regiments cf Militia, were yesterday drawn up on Woolwich Common, under the command of Lieut.- Col. Fleming, R.M., Lieut.-Cul. Fane, Oxford Militia, and the respective officers of battalions, and were put through sundry platoon exercises and file firing practice, occupying upwards of five hours. The regimental band belonging to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, engaged during the week in Greenwich-park, were yes terday succeeded by the band of the Royal Artillery, who performed in the park from 2 p.m. until 7. The B and LI batteries of Royal Artillery, in command of Major Franklin, C 8., were occupied during the day in Wool wich-marsh in carrying out a continuation of experiments in order to verify the effect of the shrapnell shells fired from the battery howitzers among a number of targets, planted at various distances so as to form representative columns of advancing soldiery. The effect was said to be highly satisfactory and interesting. Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Naval Aile-de Camp to the Queen, and Surveyor of the Fleet, yesterday inspected the ships under fitment at Woolwich. Tire special object of the Surveyor-General's visit to Woo!wich dockyard was to ascertain the pro gress made in completing H.M. screw steamship Archer, recently commissioned by Capt. Sanderson for service on the coast of Africa. An ex':,ra number of shipwrights were consequently ordered to be employed thereon, and a coleur•sergeant, corporal, drummer, and 20 privates of yal Marines Light Infantry are to be told off to ship on board on Tuyedey rixt. Tire Marines will be em. ployed in getting in store', scraping decks, splicing gun tackle, &c. The iron paddle wheel steam.vessel Oberon has had her repairs completed, and is about to be brought forwar'd at Woolwich for commission. A detachment of volvateers from the light infantry companies Royal Marines left Woolwich yesterday to j An the gunnery ship Excellent-, at Portsmouth, having been transferred from the divisional campanie3 to the Royal Marina Artillery. The freight ship Malcolm Brown and the Menapia were yesterday chartered by the War Department for the conveyance of stares from Woolwich for Malta and Montreal. The folliwing appointmmts were made yesterday a :he Admiralty Lieut. W. H. Raibbrooke to the Royal George, for service to the Ordinary, at Sheerness, vice May, placed on the reserved list ; Lieut.T. Cartwright's appointment has been canc,lled ; B. S. Jackson, master's assistant, to the MarlhirouAh. MILITIA. The steamship Pacific, C tpt. Thompson, arrived at Spi...ficad yesterday evening at 8 o'clock from Dublin, which she left at 6 o'clock on Monday evening, with the Middlestx Militia, who will land this morning and proceed to the South-Western Railway at 6 o'clock for theircounty heal-quarters (liounslow) to be disembodied. The f.,rce consisted of Lt.-Col. J. Scriven, Major F. H. Bleachford, Capts. E. H. Finney, C. J. Boulton, C. E. Mortimer, W. E. Taunton, W. P. Brisley, E. E. Elliott, M. Constable, Lieuts. C. Boynton, J. G. Slade, C. F. Rutherford, E. W. Goulding, W. J. B. Stanbridge, C. Wilkinson, H. E. King, J. F. Burke, J. F. Wintour, H. E. Scriven, Ensigns W. W. D. A. Jones, E. B. Jackson, P. 0. ?age, J. A. Norman, B. Byrne, W. Barrel?, Acting-Paymaster M. Copplestone, Adjutant Captain C. W. Parket, Qoartertnaster George Hope, Assistant-Surg:on E. Adolphus, 628 rank and file, 38 soldiers' wives, 49 children, and 8 horses. The Pacific went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday forenoon and landed the baggage, horses, &c, LORD SEI AFTESBURY AND THE SUNDAY CABAL. (From the Morning Herald.) Lord Shalesbury seems to be suldenly possessed by an irresMible desire to destroy his own reputa tion. It is vain to attempt to disguise the unpala table truth, but the noble earl does not stand so well with fee British public as he did a short time since. Hit share in the late factious attack upon the Goverment has given deep, and, we are com pelled to aid, reasonale cause of (dance to many of his former admirers. Lord Shaftesbury's repu tation for earnestness and sincerity of purpose once ranked amongst the first. It has, however, been put to the test, and we are compelled to state, and with sorrow we recor d th e f act, h as been found wanting. We do not on this occasion allude to Lord Sha!tesbury's ungracious attempt to persuade the asseubled Peers on Saturday week that his political sympathies " had ever been and still were with that party which was represented by her Ma jesty's present Government." The assertion is contradicted by his actions ; and certainly, if Lord Shaftesbury had redly been a supporter of the present ;.inistry, he might have saved himself the trouble of crossing to the Opposition benches with the late occupants of office. It is, however, with a much worse case that we have at present to deal. Our readers will remem ber that during the debate in the House of Lords on the evening of the 14th inst a nt Lord Derby alluded to that Cambrid g e House Sunday meeting, of which ample details have ben furnished to the public by organs enjoying the confidence of the Whig leaders. Lord Derby said—we repeat the precise words used on the occasion, that there may be no mist ike— " The noble earl's notice was given on Monday last. I don't know whether he attended it ; but I presume Le had communicated to him the result of that Sunday meeting, which I ani told was not entirely for religious purposes. I mention it merely as a singulir coincidence. On Sunday last a meeting was held at the house of the noble lord (Pahners:on) at which it is supposed (and believe on very good authority) that the subjc , .ct of the motion was discussed; and it,does so happen that the noble ea , 1, intimately and closely connected with the noble v:scount, gives on Monday, in tl'is house, notice of his intention to submit a reso'ution." The real interpretation of the above is plain e.iough. Lord Derby stated distinctly that he did not know whether Lord Shaftesbury attended that Sunday meeting, though he presumed that the re sult of the same had been onnnannicated to him. On the Monday after the debate we wrote, "In a certain pal tion of the religious world, Lord Shaftes tury's reputation stood high, but his share in the new Sunday movement at Cambridge House has created surprise and indignation amongst many of his former friends and admirers. Whether Lord Shaftesbury was or was not present at the meeting at Oambtidge Home on Sunday week, can be of little consequence. We are not in the confidence cf these poi:tit:jams, and we do no', therefore, pre tend to decide that point. The Palmerston organ, on Monday last, announced that such an assembly $(.l taken place at Cambridge House on the pre 'ions Sunday, and that an assault upon Ministers was to be delivered. On the evening of the day on which thishnnouneement appeared Lord Shaftes bury came forward as the champion of the Oppcsi lion. He thus virtually became the approver and and the abettor of this,Samday movement. Many I persons imagined that there must be some mistake in the matter, and that Lord Shaftesburywould not, on any account whatever, sanction by his advocacy a movement commenced under such circumstances, and upon the most sacred day of the seven. But the weekly organ of the opposition yesterday re peated the statement in conclusive terms. On Sunday afternoon,' says the Observer, ' a meeting of most of the members of the late Cabinet was held at Lord Palmerstoi's, when the position of affair was fully discussed,' 3.7 c. And to this intrigue to reinstate a Cabinet scouted from power only three months ago Lord Saaftesbury lent his influ ence and support. Deeply do we regret that one generally respected should so far have forgotten tihnslf, and thus have shaken confidence in our public leaders." Such ware our comments upon the transaction ten days ago ; and we see no reason why, after the perusal of Lord Shaftesbury's explanations, we should retract one line. Lord Shaftesbury suffered a week to elapse before he took notice either of the statement made by the Prime Minister, in his place in Parliament, or the remarks which it called forth from the press. To the astonishment of all who remembered what Lord Derby really had said, a letter bearing Lord Shaftesbury's signature appeared in the Times of Saturday last, containing, amongst other state ments, the following The Prime Minister, in the debate of the 14th, stated that I had attended a political mee ing on Sunday at Cambridge House." This charge, as we showed at the time, is untrue. Lord Derby said, in plain English, " I don't know whether he attended it ;" and this pos tive assertion, by .some strange process. Lord Shaftesbury would convertiuto an insinuation that he was present. On Tuesday a communication from Lord Derby was published in the Times, and in this the noble mil refuted Lord Shaftesbury's charge, quoting what he really did say in reply. Lord Shaftesbury is not., however, satisfied, and in yesterday's Times published a rejoinder, in which, after quoting Lord Derby's speech in the exact terms we have given it, adds, "If Lord Derby will say , :that he did not intend, directly or in directly, to convey the belief that I had attended such a meeting (though if lie did not, I cannot com prehend why the words were used), I will at once withdraw my remark and express my regret for having made it." In his first letter to the Times Lord Shaftesbury declared Lord Derby "stated that he attended the Sunday meeting; in his second communication Lord Shaftesbury writes "intend, directly, or indirectly, to convey the belief." This looks like an evasion. We always believed that Lord Shaftesbury belonged to a school, by the members of which all Jesuitical practices are con demned. Honest men are generally willing to give a plain interpretation to a plain sentence. Lord Derby said explicity enough that he did not know whether Lord Shaftesbury attended that Sunday meeting ; and the conduct of any one who attempts to distort the meaning of such a simple sentence must excite grave suspicions. Lord Derby said one thing, and Lord Shaftesbury en deavours to prove that he said another. There can be no doubt who will have the best of such an argument. _ The real grievance cannot, however, be con cealed. It matters little whether Lord Shaftesbury was or was not present at that Sunday meeting. The public have seen him devoting himself with the most extraordinary enthusiasm to the cause for which that meeting was held, and endeavouring to forward the views of its promoters in every possible way. If Lord Shaftesbury really does object to meetings for such purposes on the Sabbath, this conduct is quite at variauc3 with his convictions ; if Lord Shaftesbury believes them to be proper and justifiable, why should he take such pains to prove that lie was not present ? But for Lord Shaftes btu yto object to the new Sun — day movement, and yet to endeavour to promote its objects, is a gross piece of inconsisten c y, an d it i s this iich hangs like a millstone round his lordship's neck. All his efforts to escape from a false position must be fruit less. If a political meeting on such a day was improper, and ought to be condemned, those who took a prominent part in carrying out the plans concocted on that occasion cannot escape condem nation. They rendered themselves particeps crirninis, and the correspondence to which we have referred induces us to believe that Lord Shaftes bury's conscience is not very easy on this point. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-31ay 26. John Haden was charged before the Lord Mayor with having committed a robbery in the shop of Mr. Murray, of 30, Cornhi[l, chronometer maker. Mr. Gartner, shopman to Mr. Murray, said—About five o'clock yesterday evening the prisoner came to our shop and asked to look at a gold Albert chain. I showed biro one, but he wanted one of a different quality, and he took up a very heavy one, and asked the price. I told him 16/ , and he put it down, and said he wanted one of a particular pattern. He then took up two or three more of the chains and kept them in his bands. He Paid he wanted ono par ticularly for his brother that day, and, he asked me to see if there was not one of a certain pattern in the long chains. I opened the glass box, and suspecting, I watched him particularly, and saw him put something which seemed to bea chain or two chains into his pocket. I then counted the chains in the case, and missed two. I allowed him to leave the shop, and I then followed him and caught hold of him, and told him he was a swindler. I brought him back to the shop, and saw him, in a quick manner, throw two chains amongst the lot, I then called an cfficer. The prisoner, who was identified as a regular shop lifter for many yearn, was remanded for a few days, in the expectation that ether shopkeepers would come for ward and charge him with robberies. BOW-STREET.—A young German, who said his name was Edward Lini, was charged by Benjamin Pass servant to &Ir. Gammon, of 46, Bloomsbury -square, w i t h s t ea li n g a favourite little black and tan terrier, the property of his maser. The dog was presented to Mr. Gammon by a friend, souse years ago, and was much prized IoT himself and family, partly on tae donor's account, and partly from being an exceedingly pretty specimen of its kind. It had been repeatedly stolen, but always returned on payment of a reward. To protect it from thieves it was usually kept in doors, butsometimes it, would get into the street in spite of all carp, and then it was sure to be snatched up in a moment. On the present occasion it bad not been missed from the house when the witness Pass met the prisoner carrying it in his arms, in Eagle-street, R e d Lion-square. He demanded its restitution, but the pri soner refused, unless he would pay two guineas. Upon this he gave the prisoner in charge. Prisoner told the constable first, that he had bought it for 2s. of a man whom he met in the street, and afterviards that he had had the dog for years, ancl the mother was at his place at that moment. Prisoner, who pretended to speak very bad English, though he bad expressed himself clearly enough to the constable, tried to make out that he bad been misunderstood. Ho had told the constable that the man he had bought the dog from said he had had it for year., and that for his part be should like to have th e mot h er ' at home. He had bought the dog of a man whom he met the street near Mr. Gammon's house. Mr. Henry asked how he knew where Mr. Gammon lived ! A question at which the prisoner seemed quite taken aback. He offered no reply. He stated that be was a sugar baker, and gave the addresses of several firms for whom he had worked ; but only one of the list could be found in the " Directory." He was remanded for further examination, the dog being given up to the owner. CLERKENWELL.—THE CHARGE Or MURDER IN LEATHER•LANE —Coraeliul Cronin and Efunaphry Shea, the two Irish labourers who stand remanded on the charge of feloniously killing and bkying Thomas Iran well, in Laystall-street, St, Andrew's, were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt for re-examination. The court and its environs were, 1 ng before the time appointed for the examination, crowded to excess, and the case seemed to create a deal cf interest. The evidence of the witnesses examined on the fint occasion has already appeared in this journal, and sit co tlien an inquest has been held by Mr. Wakley, coroner, and a verdict recorded that the death of the deceased was causeci by effusion of blood to the brain, but that there was no evidence to show who caused the death. Mr. T. Wakeling, solicitor, appeared for the prisoners; and Mr. Superintendent Lester, of the G Division, was present to watch the case fur the Commissioners of The first witness called was— John Smith, of Crown court, who said---On the night of the occurrencej was corning out of the Red Lion public-house, when I raw the deceased, who was the worse for liquor, and Crane corning along. I eav them followed by three men, one of whom wa4 Cronin. Ido not know the other two. I saw the other two men push against the deceased, aid Cronin struck at him ; but I cannot say whether he bit him or not, as their backs were towards me. At the time Cronin struck at Haswell there was a scuffle, and they all tell together. After that they all got up, when the deccaAed staggered, and struck his head against the wall, and fell to the ground. Mrs. Sarah Paine reside at 9, Laystall-street. On the night in question I was sitting at my parlour window when I saw several men scuffling together. I saw the prisoner Cronin strike the deceased who fell to the ground. Mr. Tyrwhitt--Ara you sure that the man you saw on the ground was the same man that Cronin hit ! Witness—Yes. When the deceased was attempting to get up from the ground another man in a white jacket, and who I have not seen since, struck him on the side of the head. After that the three men bef ire spoken of turned round and attacked the man Shaddock. At that time the poor man waa quite dead. The police here informed the magistrate that that was the whole (1 the evidence they were able to produce that day. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case remained precisely the same as it did last week with regard to the prisoner Shea, who would be most certainly discharged. It was prayed that all the pirties went down together, and he did not therefore think it fair to throw the onus of the fatal blow upon the prisoner Cronin, as it was shown that the deceased received a am from another man. That Cronin did strike the deceased there could not ba the shadow of a doubt ; but whether the bloN he gave The prisoner was locked up in default. VIOLENT ASSAULTS —GeorgeNash, aged 25, a motion maker' residing at 6, Queen-stre e t, Clerkenwel!, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with being drunk and assaulting Pbcsbe Baker, aged nine, and police-constables Ayres, 199 G, Scoats, 222 G, and Martin, 255 G-, in the execution of their duty. The prisoner the previous night was in Queen-street very much the worse for liquor, and struck the child a violent blow on the mouth, broke one of her teeth, and hurt one of her eyes. Upon police-constable Scoats, 222 G, taking the prisoner into custody, be was knocked and kicked about in a very brut .1 manner, and in the morning was in very great pain. Police-constable Ayres, 199 G, then came up, when the prisoner kicked him in the lower part of the stomach and hurt him. When Mar tin, 255 G, attempted to help the other constables, he was struck in the month by the prisoner, who, on the way to the station, triel to kick and bite the whole of the constables. He was so very violent that it was found necessary to strap his legs together. The prisoner said he was taken away from his own door, which he did not consider at all right or proper. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was all stuff to talk about being wrong to take a man like the prisoner from his own door when he had committed a brutal assault on a child and the police. lie then fined the prisoner 404., or one month, for the assault on the child, and 104. each for the assaults on the constables, or seven days for each. The prisoner was locked up in default. WESTMINSTER. —DANGEROUS ASSAULT. -- Eliza Weaver, a diminutive woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with the following► dangerous assault upon Sarah Gardner, a needle-woman, of Blue Anchor-place, York street, Westminster. Complainant, who bad her head bandaged, and ex hibited evident marks of weakness from the effect of some serious recent injury, said that on the previous morning she was standing at her door with a fiend, when Mr. Weaver, the husband of the prisoner, who lived in the same house, came up, and they bade each other good morning, and began to have a conversation, when a stone suddenly descended from the window above on to her head, and injured her so severely that she could scarcely speak or move about. She was unable to say whether it was done wilfully or not, and had never had any quarrel or misunderstanding with the prisoner. A witness for complainant proved that sbe saw the ac cused raise the stone and throw it down. She was quite sure that it was done deliberately, and defendant said that she had intended it for her husband. A. policeman having proved her apprehension, and said she gave the same account of the transaction when he took her into custody, Prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that she neither intended to throw the stone at the woman Gardner nor at her husband. It slipped down accidentally as she was removing it. Mr. Arnold said that, after having heard the evidence, he had no doubt but the first account given of the assault by the prisoner was the true one. She had intended to throw the stone at her husband, but it had struck Mrs. Gardner, and in a case of this nature the law made no distinction. It was an illegal act for her to throw the missile at herhusband, and having missed him and struck another person she was fully accountable for the injury she bad done, and had she killed complainant would have been tried for murder. lie should commit her, but would remand her in order to see what her husband had to say about her. CAUTION TO SERVANTS —Ann Key, a woman attired as a gipsy, about 40 ' , tars of age, was charged with ob taining money by pretending to tell fortunes. She went down the area of a house in Knightsbridge on Tuesday morning, with a dish under her arm, and asked whether there was anything of that kind to be mended. She was told to call the next day, and was about to ascend the area steps, when judging, it is pre sumed, from the mild appearance of the maid servant who had answered her that .he was a person who might easily be duped, she asked to be allowed to tell her fortune, and having obtained sixpence " to cross the maiden's hand with," the key of the area door, and a pocket handker chief, she revealed to the simple-minded girl the impor tant intelligence that she would soon leave her situation as she would be bated by the other servants, and would shortly be married. While talking with her the servant wa4 called away and the prisoner left the house. Shortly afterwards the girl went out, and perceiving defendant at is short distance endeavoured to recover the key, which tho woman refused to restore unless she received some more money, and the girl gave her ls. 6d. in order to avoid a scolding, but defendant was still inexorable, and having demanded an old gown, and finding that the girl did not return with it to the place where she had ap pointed to meet her, she came again to the house, and rang at the area bell till given into custody by one of the footmen. Mr, Arnold animadverted upon the imprudent con duct of the girl, both in giving away the money and allowing herself to be prevailed upon to part with the key, as it afforded the accused the means of robbing the house. He did not, however, for one moment think that the girl bad any underhand motive, Then, turning to the prisoner, who pleaded that she had never done any thing of the kind before, he said that, in the first place, she had no business to have attempted to tell fortunes and impose upon unwary people. Putting the mildest construction upon the act of obtaining the key, it was to extort money from the girl. He did not believe it wax her first offence, as she appeared to be an adept in the art. It was a disgraceful case, and he should feel no hesi tation in inflicting the highest penalty the law would allow, which was, that she should be committed for three months to hard labour in the House of Correction. HAMMERSMITH. YOUTHFUL DRUNKARDS. Louisa O'Connor, a young girl, apparently about 17 years of age, was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham, charged with being drunk. Mrs. Amelia Fitz, a lady residing at No. 19A, Mon mouth-road, Westbourne-grove, stated that the prisoner had been in her service about two months. On the pre vious afternoon witness was absent from home for some time, and when she returned in the evening she dis covered the prisoner in a shocking state of intoxication, and for her own protection she was obliged to send for a constable. The prisoner said she was exceedingly sorry for what had happened. Mr. Ingham asked if it had ever occurred before ? The witness said this was the third time she had been tipsy since she had been in her service. She had forgiven her twice upon the prisoner's strong su,rplication. Mr. Ingham said it was very strange to find a young girl like the prisoner getting drunk in this manner. The prisoner said sue had part of sixpennyworth of gin with three friends. Mr. Ingham told her she meant three enemies. He must fiRO her ss. for being drunk. George Hobbs, a boy, not more than 14, was charged with being drunk and throwing stones. Polith:-; - Arns'able Urbin, of the T division, said, on Tuesday evening he saw the prisoner throwing stones in Uxbridge-street, Notting-hill. He ran into a house where his parents lived, but returned i❑ a quarter of an hour afterwards, and threw a piece of brick and a stone at some boys. The prisoner was very much intoxicated and appeared quite mad from the effects of the drink. Mr. Ingham--Are his parents in court ? Tue Constable—No, sir; the prisoner is a very bad boy, and they cannot do anything with him: Mr. Ingham—Well, boy, what have you got to say 1 The Prisoner—l don't know. Mr. Ingbam—Where did you obtain the drink ? The Prisoner—From a lot of boys. Mr. Ingham--Well, if you get drunk at this early age, I do not know what will become of you. I will let you go this time, but if you are ever brought here again I must punish you. . . The prisoner, who was covered with dirt, was then dinharged. WORSHIP-STREET.—Richard Plankton, a gentle man residing at Ramford, in Essex, was charged with having wantonly infringed one of the bye-laws of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, by smoking in a first-class carriage. • Mr. Ashley, who appeared for the prosecution, after directing the magistrate's attention to one of the clauses in the company's act of incorporation which imposed a penalty of 51. for the offence in question, said that the nuisance had lately increased to such an extent that he was instiucted by the directors to press for a conviction in this instasce. The defendant fully admitted the facts alleged against him, but added that he had several witnesses in attend ance to prove that smoking was habitually tderated along the line, without let or hindrance on the part of. Co officials. Mr. Charles Alphonza, a stockbroker, residing at Rumford, stated that he had been in the habit of travel- ling ti town every morning for the last six months in a fir.-t-elass carriage with a cigar in his mouth, which bad never once been objected to at either of the intervening stations. Tao train by which he travelled usually con• tained about 25 smoking passengers. Mr. Ashley—Do you actually mean to say that you have been seen smoking by the railway officers without any notice having been taken of it ? Witness—Certainly; nut only myself but all the other passengers in the same carriage have blown a complete cloud at the different stations without interruption, Mr. Owen Tudor also deposed to his having been a daily passenger by the same train for three years, dut ing wulch perisd he had been cons.tanily accompanied by his 'meerschaum, and that no attempt had ever been rr.adO by the ticket collector "to put his pipe out." (Laughter.) Mr. D'Eyncourt said that as the enforcement of the by,-laws, with regard to the offence in question, had be, n manifestly neglected upon a portion of the line, he should merely impose upon the defendant the mite ~aced fine of 54. and cJst-, but he should cer tainly infl et a severe penalty in any future case of the kid that ual -brought bef,re him. The defendant immediately pail the penalty. NGLISII AND RUSSIAN SAILORS AT THE CAPE.--- Between the sailors belonging to her Majesty's ship Catur and the sailors belonging to some Russian con vAtes, lying iii Simon's Bay, about 120 in Lumber, there has lately been a dreadful fight, The town was kept in an uproar. They fou.:;ht uith staves and stones. The Engli,h drove the Russians to their boats, and were punished by the magistrate kr the assault which they were proved to _ have commenced.--Capo Anus, April 10, was the fatal one or not no mortal man could tell. He shonld orders Cronin to enter into his own recognisanees to appear to answer whatever charge might be preferred against him. The MC against the prisoner Cronin for the assault on the witness Shaddock was then gone into, and having been fully proved, Mr. Tyrwhitt fined him 51., or in default of payment to two calendar months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. 1858. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Trafford Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for all ages. One wile. 14 subs. Mr. Copeland's The Argosy, 3 yrs, Est 210 (Moorbouse) 1 Mr. Osborne's Trabuco, 3 yrs,.sst 121 b ~.(Challoner) 2 Mr. T. Parr,s Childrey, 3 yrs, bat 3 b (flearnden) The following also ran :—Jack Spring, Mainstay, Shepherdess, and Barbary. Betting-7 to 4 eget Childrey, 7to 2 agst Trabuco, 5 to 1 agst any other. Won by a head ; a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Argosy was run against in the early part of the race and nearly knocked down ; Shep. herders broke her thigh and was last. The Eighth Manchester Produce Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b • fillies, Bat 3b . The second t o rece i ve 501. One node and three-quarters. 34 subs. Mr. Crawfurd's Ea , t Langton, Bst 91b (Wells) 1 Mr. Jackson's Tunstall Maid, Bst 81b...(T. Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Osborne's Bridecake, • Bst. ~ (Challoner) 3 Betting-2 to lon East Langton, sto 2 agst Tunstall Maid, 10 to 1 agst Bridecake. Won easily by two lengths ; four lengths between the second and third. The Ueion Cup of 200 sous in specie, added to a handil cap sweepstakes of 5 sous each ; second to receive 201. cut of the stakes. About one mile and a quarter. 65 subs. Mr. Dawson's The Hadji, 3 yrs, bet 71b ...... (Bullock) 1 Captain Gray's Daneany, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Little) 2 Lord de Mau!ey'a Cotswold, 5 yrs, 7st 121b...(8ray) 3 The following also ran :—Augury, The Martlet, Bel Esperanza, Our Sal, Hegira, Eurydice, Ronconi, and Knockburn. Betting-2 to 1 aget the Hadji, 7to 2 aget Cotswold, 100 to 15 aget Ronconi, 12 to 1 agA Augury, 100 to 8 atrst The Martlet and Hegira. • A good race; won by a neck; same between the second and third. The Sapling Stakes of 10 sous each, h. ft., with 100 added for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; second to receive 25 soya out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 26 subs Cripplega,te 1 quic - ksiiver . ...... 2 Two ran. The Philips' Handicap. Lady Hercules Awlul . Eight ran. Maiden Plate. Gentle Bitty colt .. Cony°ld Twelve ran. MIDDLEHAM RACES.—MONDAY. Stewards—Hon. K W. Duncombe, Mr. W. S. Bru yore, and Mr. S. Scr o p e . J u d ge and Handicapper—Mr. R. Johnson. Starter—Mr. W. Elliott. Clerk of the Course—Mr. Peart. Tne Bolton Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Est 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. T. Y.O Nearly threeluarters of a mile straight. 10 subs. Mr. Harrison's Awful, Bst 3,b (.(Owner) 1 Mr. G. S. Th om p son ' s I nn i s ki ll i n, Bst 3lb ...(Owner) Mr. Temperley's Harry, Bst 71b . The following also ran :—Lady Mary b c, The Bat, Certainty na., Sir Walter Sc o tt, Bl ac k E ag l e, Colster dale colt, and Northumberland Duchess. Betting-7 to 4 agst Awful, 6to 2 eget Inniskillio, 3 to 1 agst Black Eagle, 4 to 1 ag s t any ot h er. Won cleverly by a length ; a neck between second and third ; good fourth. The Colbterdale colt was fifth. Black Eagle bolted soon after starting, and finished last. Mr. Dawson declared to win with Awful. Middleham Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft, with 40 added. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 5 soya towards expenses. One mile and a half. 15 subs. Mr. Harrison's King of Scotland, 5 yra, 7st 101 b (Bullock) 1 Mr. G. Dawson's Waterloo, 3 yrs, 6st Sib (Hardcastle) Captain Gray's Greencastle, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 3 Mr. Dresser's Cornbro', 3 yrs, 6::t 91b...—.(Challoner) 4 The following also ran :—St. Clare, Howtowdie, and Captain Wedderburn. Betting.-3 to 1 agst Greencastle, 4to 1 agst Water loo, 4to 1 agst King of Scotland, sto 1 agst any other. ' Won by half a length ; a neck between the second and third ; Cornbro' a moll.erate fourth. The others were beaten off. Mr. Dawson declared to win with Waterloo. Bedale Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs each, with a silver mounted whip added, for hunters. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half. 5 subs. Mr. P. Stirk's The Little Chesnut, list 71b (Owner) 1 Mr. G. Oates's Blanche, aged, 12st (Mr. R. rails* 3 Mr. G. Dawson's The Rector, aged, 12st (Owner) 3 Mr. J. Willis's King of Diamonds, 4 yrs, list 31b (Mr. Kurland) 4 Betting. --2 to 1 agst King of Diamonds, 3to 1 agst The Rector. Won by a bead ; the other two tailed off. Castle Plate of 30 soya (Handicap), for all ages. T.Y•O' Mr. J. Osborne's Princess of Orange, by Van Tromp, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Challoner) Mr. J. Thompson's Shamrock so Green, 2 yrs, bet 31b (Madden) 2 Mr. Harrison's King of Scotland, 5 yrs, Pct lib (inc. Sib extra) (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran :—Valiant, Miss Jassy, The Alderman, Bradley, Captain Wedderburn, Montague , Jeffry (late Jeremy Diddler), Lady Mary, Harraton, So lomon, Sir Walter Scott, and King of Sardinia. Betting.-5 to 1 agst Shamrock so Green, 6to 1 aget King of Scotland, 7 to 1 agst any other. Won cleverly by a length ; half a length between the second and third. Valiant a good fourth. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for two-yr-old , / and upwards. T.Y.C. 9 subs. Mr. G. Johnson's Redcar, by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs (201.) Bst Mr. Dawson's Snuff, 3 yrs (201.) let 61b (H. Withington) 2 Mr. Bell's Lansquenette, 2 yrs (301.), Sat 111 b (c. 6st) r 3 The following also ran :—Mange, Riga (G , Jer immer ry, C ) r a tain Wedde r b urn , Ki ng o f Sardinia, Birdcatcherfilly. Betting -5 to 2 agst the Birdcatcher filly, 3to 1 (40 • Rigs, 4 to 1 agst Redcar, 4 to 1 aget Captain Wedder burn, 5 to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck ; half a neck between the second and third. The Birdcatcher filly was fourth. Jerry jutnpea, the stone wall at th e starting post, threw his rider, an d breaking away, was not brought back in time for the race. The winner was not sold. ASCOT GOLD Cur.—Vedette was struck out on Tile°' day last at 9 a,m. Country MarKets, • EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET MAT 25. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to lls Od per kemple of 16 stone tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to lOs Cd ; barley do., 7s Oa. to 80 Gd. Hay from 10d to 13d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MAT 25. There were in the market today 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 41s Od and —O. DALKEITEI MEAL MARKET—MAT 24. There were in the market to-day 18 bags of oatmeal, oor barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. Imperial Barleymeal, per ditto --s Od —s Od —s Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od I—sOd—s 03 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od —0 Od —8 Od DUBLIN—MAT 25. We have again to report, a dull market for all deserir tions of grain, and wheat meta limited sale, at late rates. At to-day's market grain realised the following rates : White wheat,, 27s Od to 2s Od ; red ditto; 24s Od to 265 6,1; ditto new; s 0 , 1; barley, m a lti ng, 1 4s to 18s Od; grind' ing, —a to —a ; oai.s, old, 15s to 17s Od; ditto, new, to —s Od; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s sd; bere, new, —s to Od ; rapese, d, Od to —s Od per brl ; bakers' flour , Od to 18s 6d per cw t ; I n di an corn, 35s 01 to 37s dd Fe r 480 lbs. COAL MAU. Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. Tanfield Moor l2 31 Bates's West Hartley ..,13 6:Gosforth 13eliside W. Hartley l6 0, Wharneliffe Holywell ...................15 6; Braddyll ... Thuileld Moor Butos 12 2 Eden Main Wylain Walker Primrose 12 6 South Hetton Russell Wallsend, /ire. Riddell's Hetton Hartlepool l6 0;Be11 SLOW.II.OI 17 0 Kelloo Ships at market, 123; sold, 94. a.—MAY 26. the close of the market Wallsend, etc. s _l4 ,q ~14 _l5 6 .17 .16 ~15 6 .14 3 .12 6 16 BIRTHS. AYTOUN—On the 21st inst., at Ashintully Castle, Perth . shire, Mrs. Rutherford Aytoun, of a daughter. PENNANT—On the 26th inst., the Lady Louisa Dougla s Pennant, of a daughter. SIHTN--On the 25th inst., at Park-lane, Reigate, the wif e of Mr. C. J. Smith, solicitor, of a son. STIEBEL—On the 25th inst., at Chester-terrace, Regent'" • park, the wife of Siegmud Stiebel, Esq., of a daughte r. MARRIAGES. GIBSON—MILLS—On the 22d inst., a t St. M ar y-le•- 13 yr ° „d Church, Mr. Joseph Gib son , t o M ary A nn, th e secon d daughter of Mr. George Mills, of Geswell-street. MARTIN—BoswoRTH---On the 25th inst., at St. Jame s ; Church, Clapham, Joh n Ed war d M ar ti n , lib ra rianL the Inner Temple, t o Ellen, younger daughter of the l a te Thus. C. Boswo r th, E sq ., f Clapham-rise. DEATHS. • BA LVAIRD—On the 21th inst., at Upper George-street, Bryanstou-square, Miss Ann Balvaird, aged 75. BRIGINSHAW—Ou the 24th inst., Sarah, wife of Mr. Davis Briginshaw, o f A mer d en Farm, Taplow, Bucks, aged 73. JONES—Killed in action, at Azimgbur, on the Cth Captain Wilson H enr y J ones , 13th P. A. Light 11v. fantry, third son of Wilson Jones, Esq., Harteheatho Flintshire, aged 27. PoLHILL—On the 25th inst., at Croydon, in her 92d yea r ' Mary, widow of George Popplewell E3got 1 4 0 ° Kingston-upon-Thames. POLLOCK- On the 26th inst., at 2, Dorset-street, Dffilt n _ (tester-square, Joseph Pollock, Esq., late Judge of tlau County Court, Liverpool, aged 47. _ LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNti of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Moe. N ° ' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cell i " of Middlesex, Tkanday, May 87, 1858. 11 'C a