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INDIA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) BOMBAY, APRIL 26. s The capture of Tantia T o p ee , anno unced in my last letter, only preceded his trial and execution by a few days. As I foresaw, he was brought to a drum-head court-martial at Sepree on the 15th of Aprils and sentenced to death. He was hanged on the 18th. Maun Sing has had all the credit of the capture, which, but for other agencies, of which' have /Token might not have been effected. There is no doubt spoken, he led. in the pursuit. A party of the 9th Native Infantry was placed at his disposal, and at two o'clock in the morning of the Bth of April the capture was effected. Tantia is described as a stout, well-made man of about 50, five feet six in height, with a large head, eyes sunken beneath pro jecting cheek bones, and high arched brows. He was a native of Poona, confessed to have been in the service of the Nana at Bithoor, but denied having taken part in the massacre of Cawnpore. He affirmed, indeed, that the Nana was also guiltless of any participation in that affair, having been a prisoner at the time the murders were planned and carried out. After the capture of Delhi, he was one of those who commanded in the Doab, and Colonel Greathed will be surprised to learn that one of the rebel bands with which he had engagements was led by Tantia, who afterwards rose to the position of Commander-in-Chief at Calpee and the Betwa. It is , said that Tantia was a pensioner of the East India Company. I cannot ascertain the truth of this assertion. Whatever may have been his short - coinings in action, he met his death bravely. He was charged with fighting against the British Government" On that charge he pleaded guilty, and only asked that the proceedings might be sum mary. Of the other rebels, the Rao and Feroze Shah, nothing has been heard since their defeat by De Salia's brigade at Muxundunghnr, near Goor nah. In a pursuit of several miles, and i n p ar ti a l engagements, the various parts of the brigade cut up more than 500 of the enemy. The fate of Tantia Topee may act as a warning to the rest of the rebel chiefs, who will perceive that no pardon i s i n store for those who refuse to surrender. While the rebellion in Central India is thus rapidly closing., the rebels on the Oude border have broken, out of their secret places iti the hills of Nepaul, and renewed the war. The troops on the Terai had been fortunately strengthened in antici pation of such an event, and after a while the line of the Gogra was made as strong as possible. At first the rebels endeavoured to break into East Ben gal, in the direction of Tirhoot. But after an at tempt to force the passage of the Gundulk they with drew.westward into Nepaul, and concentrated their strength at Betaul. Here it was that on the 24th and 28th of March they were attacked and defeated by Colonel Kelly. After the first of these defeats a part of the rebels withdrew along the borders of the Terai, in the direction of Bankee. They threat ened at onemoment Colonel Smith at Dukkerea and a detached corps nearer the frontier at Tillewarrah, but ultimately they passed on to the westward, and passing Toolsepore, attacked the van of Hdrsford's column at Musha, north of Chundunpore t , Hors ford, with the remainder of his brigade, advanced and defeated them on the 4th of April. The enemy, now divided, took different directions. One part, consisting of the old Nusseerabad Brigade, attacked the police station of Bunhounee, north of Bhinga and the Raptee, were driven back, took a southerly direction across the last named river, plundered the defenceless fort and village of Akhona, and, follow ing the course of the Koanee Nullah, suddenly appeared in force on the road from Fyzabad to Gonda. They were not long unmol es t e d, how ever,•for on the lo t th of April Lieutenant-Colonel Cormick with a sufficient f orce ad.Vanced against them, attacked and completely defeated them within eight miles of Gonda: I hope that a speedy account of all these rebels may be 'given, as the time is approaching when the Te r m will be too deadly for European troops, and we shall have the alter native of leaving it to our enemies or of boldly marching against the remains of them in the Nepaul hills. I have hastily sketched these results of mili tary movements in India, because the greatest in terest is no longer concentrated in O i l dying embers of the rebellion. Much greater importance is at tached to reforms in the system of government and the old policy of Indian government. One of the great results that have flowed from the rebellion of 1857-1858 has been to make the inhabitants of every part of India . acquainted with each' other. We have seen the tide of war rolling from Nepaul to the borders of Guzerat, from the deserts that cover Rajpootana to the frontiers of the Nizam's territories, the same men overrun ning the whole land of India, and giving to their resistance, as it were, a national character. The paltry interests of isolated States, the ignorance which men of one petty principality have laboured under in considering the habits and prospects of other principalities, all this has disappeared, to make way for a more uniform appreciation of public events throughout India. We may assume that in the rebellion of 1857 no national spirit was aroused, but we cannot deny that our efforts to put-it down have sown the seeds of a new plant, and thus laid the foundation for more energetic attempts on. the part of the people, if in the course of future year s England has not done something towards recon.-,AI - the numerous inconsistencies and suppressing some of the dangerous tendencies of its rule i:a India. One of the most effectual cheeks to future disaf fection will be found in decentralisation, in the creation of provincial *municipalities, and the grant ing of greater powers to the Governments of Presi dencies. At present the Supreme Council and Legis lature of Calcutta, who are entirely composed of Government . offidials, regulate the Administrations of all India, thd Governments of tb.e . Presidencies have no initiative, and the want of such initiative is the cause of serious inconvenience to them, at the same time that' it leads to hasty' legisla tion on the part of the centralised Administra tion at Calcutta. A proper consideration of these radical defects cannot be postponed. It should be entered upon with determination, and the results to be anticipated•are the demonsti atioir that measures of a nature too general in their application should be avoided, because what is a good law in one part of India will .be found a bad one in another part of the country. The field .of • legislation - will be con tracted and subdivided ; and the dangers incident to centralisation. will gradually- be neutralized. The present period is very propitious for reforms ; such a plain field has seldom been open to a statesman, and a heavy responsibility will be incurred by our present rulers if advantage be not taken of it. The necessity of ne w t axes an d retrenchment already affordjust grounds for altering, systems whi c h h ave been maintai ne d b eyond the t ime t when they could be preserved with advantage, and, though it does ' not appear as yet that the opportunity of imp rove ment has be en c l ear l y understood, there a re still symptoms which indicate the rise of a new Sir C. Trevelyan a t M adras seems to be th e pioneernal of a new order of thi ngs. He has j ust dealt a final blow to a great an d intolerable nuisance. The system of correspondence which so long involve d in delays inextricable th e most important questions of national improvement is from henceforth to be revised. Sir C. Trevelyan's assurance was not re quired to convince us that the correspondence with the Home Government had become intolerab,,, bit it was news to residents in India to hear +h at thetHom e G overnmen t was prepare d to discontinue it. The system having been disapproved at, h ome, the nat ura l consequence is that no compuncti on w ill be felt in its abolition in India. The system of refer ences from Bombiy and Madras to Calcutta, and from Bombay, Madras, and Calc u tt a t o L on d on , involv ing, as it d oes , the duplicate and . triplicate copying of immense files of letters, has beenme an intolerabl.e nuisance by delaying for years the final settlement.. of questions frequently in their na ure triv_ial, and therefore requiring nothing b utimmedi ate decision. The majority of questions subnaltted neglected. The most important only aa considered,re poetically p revefi t;iMja t rov t ement and the result is that routine in small things, while in large and i m ters it delays and impedes their fina settlemmatt: That these pernicious results are to be avoided in future is a great boon to all who have dealings with the Government. The 'saving to the E xc h equer from the redu c ti on i n the copying. department will, at the same time, produce a most gratifying reduc tion in expenditure. Raving g one thus far, th e GoVernment will not, I hope, ha lt in so judicious a course. It will see the necessity of reforming the system o f c h ec k , countercheck and audit, w hich necessitates the entertainment of an army of unne cessary clerks, The number of abstracts, certificates, and other documents drawn out during a month in the pay and audit o ffi ces of the Presidencies would astonish and frighten Downing -street or the Horse Guards. Words would fail to convey to you a just pression of this nuisance, and I cannot do better Lea n extent q i u o ot e one instance, among many, of the j et to its which a it affects those who are sub eninnoiyance. A Bengal subaltern offir,ter of a nativ regiment arrived recently in Bombay for t u h a e:p i t itio r T se of proceeding home c n sick certificate. been recommended a F , ett route for the partial re-etZtaa,thli:hinent of his health before finally leaving Indi obtained a menth's pre paratory leave to proteed t o B orn ". , was a longer one than ua.:t. The journey re d ettoict. leavedays thispded, and his leave e txhpei et man antict vious to landing here. Before i t Calcutta to pre harbour for home the following for m - imposed upon him :—He had to writeatioltj" were to have his leave extended for the two d ay s his letter a reply would be despatched, on receipt of which his agent in Bombay would be able t o draw pay for two days on the production of an abifraet in triplicate. a copy of the order, and a ty_ form of authority constituting the drawer as agent. Thus five documents were to , be produced before the qestiOn of this officer's pay could be finally disposed . -I now transcribe in detail the list of documents he had to Sign before leaving Bombay :-1, a copy of the order of preparatory leave ; 2, pay certifi cate ; 3, "no demand" certificate, showing that no claims are producible against hi s p a y ; 4, secur it y bond, in case any such claims should be forthcom ing ; 5, extract of General Order granting furlough. to Europe; 6, a life certificate, assuring the autho rities that the officer in question is not dead ; 7, a certificate that no advances have previously been made ; 8,9, 10, abstracts for pay in arrears up to the date of the expiration of the preparatory leave ; 11, 12, 13, abstracts for three months advance of pay ; 14, 15, 16, abstracts for the first half of pas sage money; 17, 18, 19, abstracts for the second half of passage money ; 20, certificate from the cap tain of the date on which the vessel sailed in which the officer took his departure ; 21, pilot's certificate that the ship sailed, and that the officer was a pas senger in her (this certificate. to be attached to the abstract of the second half of passag e - money, enables the a gent of the ship to draw) ; 22 , 23 , 24, abstracts for the two days extension of preparatory leave a lready alluded to ; 2a, ext rac t o f t h e order extending the preparatory l e a ve; 26 , f orm of autho rity on which the officer's agent is to d raw p a y f or the two days on his behalf. Th us 26 d ocumen t s were required before a Bengal subaltern could draw three months' pay and proceed on furlough to England. I leave you to judge of the immensity of the number of Government records when those of a not unfrequent case are so voluminous. If Bombay has not as yet taken the initiative in reforms similar to those of Madras, it appears to be on the eve of changes in policy which are of exceed ing importance. The fact that the Chief of Meeruj, in the South Mahratta country, is permitted to adopt a son is a proof that the hereditary policy in that respect is altered. I have reason to believe that adoptions will never in future be objected to. This and the enactment of the new Succession Law, which is to supersede the enam resumption, will do more than any other measure to secure the loyalty and affection of the Southern Mahrattas. DEATH .OF YEH. The notorious Yeh died at Calcutta on the 9th of April. The only regret that he expressed was on account of his having been unable to destroy all the Chinese rebels and all their kindred. TANTIA POPEE. (From the Bombay Gazette.,) SEPnEE, April 18. I had expected before this to have reported the execution of Tantia Topee ; but he is still alive, under a strong guard of the 3d Bengal Europeans in the fort. But the electric flash may transmit to you his exit long before this reaches you. The telegraph appears to transmit orders concerning Tantia with its usual rapidity. On Thursday last an escort was told off to accompany him, some re ports said to Goonah, others to Jhansi, others to Gwalior, where his family are at present confined in the fort. In a few hours these orders were can celled. Tantia was to have been hung on Saturday at 5 p.m., a scaffold having been erected on the encamping ground in front of the old Sepoy lines ; but reports say this is intended for a couple of malefactors—father and son—who have lately been amusing themselves by plundering the mail. Maun Sing, who has his tent and his guard under some trees close by the encampment of the European detachment, and Tantia Topee, are the lions of Sepree at present. Maun rides out on his prancing charger or smart going elephant, dri v i ng the latter himself, iron spike in hand, followed by his li m it e d retinue and the tagra g an d bobtail of the station. No natives are allowed to approach Tantia—by his own wish, it is presumed. Europeans only are allowed to have a peep at him. A respe3tably dressed native merchant requested to have a look at him. The Baboo said he wished to see Tantia, as it would be all he would get for 900 r. which the rebel chief had some time ago made him disburse. Tantia looked glum, and the Baboo shook his head. Tantia answers questions put to him in Hindus tani curtley and apparently straightforwardly ; he appears not to understand much English, and to inquiries of him in English or by tyros in Hindus tani he quietly answers, " maluin ncti." A glance of quiet contempt is noticed in his countenance when following the departure from his presence of mediocre superiors. For Burra Sahib Major Mead A ) Tantia appears to have considerable resp-ect. Meade is reported by his own men and all. who know him to be a kind man and a good soldier. We have generally noticed that a brave, courageous, and considerate soldier is never a martinet, conse quently is respected by those who serve under him and ultimately succeeds in his profession. It would be well for the army were there more of such men. Tantia had his charge read to him on Wednesday and Thursday, to which he made a statement, which was afterwards prepared and read to him by a moonshee. He afterwards signed this latter docu ment in good English writing, " Tantia Topee." He disclaims all participation in the massacre at Cawnpore or in the killing of Europeans, except in fair fight; and he also absolves from, th e sa me im putation the Nana Sahib, who, Talatia says, was at one time made a p r i soner b y hi p bwn men, because he would not proceed with them to Delhi. Tantia attributes the massacre and subsequent murders to the unrestrained, infilriated soldiery. He states that he himself put - provisions, &c., on board the boats at Cawnpore, and that no orders were given to commit the atrocities that ultimately took place. Tar:tio. says he was fourth in corn mand at Cawnpore ; and was afterwards in com mand b,t Calpee, where he was four months. At the battle of the Betwa he had the greatest rebel army which had been under his command -22,000 men, with 130 pieces of artillery, but after wards at lioonch it had dwindled down to 8,000. When the Gwalior Contingent came down on Agra on the 10th of October, Tantia commanded, and had then 8,000 with him. He says he would then have given Greathed more to do had he not been deceived by the red jackets of the 3d Bengal Europeans and the noise they made, thinking the reinforcement was greater than it really was. Sir Hugh Rose in his Gwalior despatches gives Tantia T o p ee cre di t for the skilf u l disposition of his troops when Sir Hugh attacked them and made the rebels so quickly fly from Gwalior. The last affair which Tantia states he was engaged in was at Dowsa, in January In 3i when Brigadier Showers came on the reb-, ls b y surprise one mo r ni ng j us t b e f ore dayli Tantia was at some distan ce in rear when ‘s:lhOwers ma d e the attack ; but ultimately in this aff a i r h a d a splendid gray charger shot 'under him. The rebels were then completely d 4 -Sorganised, disputes were high among their chefs, and guards were bolting with the scanty ways and means, which were now beginning to bq more difficult to get hold of than they had hit'aerto been. Since then Tantia Topee has. been a wanderer and a vagabond until the be tT.:ayer, Mann Sing, assisted Meade in capturing Tantia was under trial by a court-martial nearly the whole of Friday ft Captain Field's bungalow. When the officer told him the previous day to pre. pare for his trial, Tantia said that he knew for fighting against the British Government his punish ment would be death ; lie wanted no court, and he therefore wished to be despatched (holding up his manacles) from this misery either from a gun or by the noose as quickly as possible. He did not wish to see his family, but the only one thing he asked the Government was that they would not punish his family for transactions in which they had no concern. Tantia Topee is a native of Poona, which he left 30 years ago, and it is stated he was a Government pensioner, having been at one time in the Com pany's military service. Latterly he was in the service of the ana at Bithoor, as a keranie. He is 49 years of age, stands about 5 feet 6, is stout and well made, has a pretty large head of great breadth from ear to ear ; it is covered bountifully with strong gray hair, with beard, moustache, a n d whiskers to match. His cheek bones are slightly elevated, and his black eye, under sharply- arc h ed eyebro ws , i s c l ear an d piercing. Altogether his features are intelligent and expressive, denoting decision, energy, and ability. Tantia is a Brahmin, and the Brahminical cord is always very religi ously placed over the ear when he goes out of his tent to prepare his meals, &c. He performs his ablutions, goes through his genuflexions, and pre pares and devours his khanna once a day with all the strictness and religious ceremonies of his caste, having members of the Brahmin caste there to attend him. I have now given you all I can at present glean concerning the celebrated rebel chief, Tantia Tepee, whose military skill and ability were worthy of better troops in a better cause. I suppose his charge, proceedings at his trial, and statement will ultimately be given fo the public for their infor mation. The execution was announced as about to take place as I was writing (4 p.m.), so I proceeded to where the scaffold was erected. The ground was ke pt by some men o f th e 24th an d 9th N at i ve Infantry, and some of Meade's Horse. Tantia was brought from his tent in the fort by an escort of the 3d Bengal Europeans ; and then a consider able square was formed, with the gallows in the centre. The companies of the 24th and 9th Native Infantry formed one side ; the men of the 14th Dragoons and 17th Lancers, who had come into the station that morning and the previous day, wck'f , drawn up on finothu side ; the detachment of 3d Bengals and Meade's Horse, in considerable strength, formed the two remaining sides. A con siderable number of natives were scattered all over the plain, and any little elevation command ing a view of the scaffold was thickly st u dd e d with white-clad spectators. Tantia had expressed some anxiety to know his fate, and to have it expedi tiously executed. Consequently at 12 (noon) it was intimated to him that he was to be executed that evening. He again feelingly expressed a wish that, as they were about to take his life, the Government would see to his baba in Gwalior. Major Meade read the charge, that he, being a resident of Bithoor, in British territory, was guilty of rebellion in waging war against the British Government. The finding of the Court was guilty, and the sentence, that he be hanged by the neck until he was dead. The mistree then knocked off the leg irons, he mounted the rickety ladder with as much firmness as the handcuffs would allow, was then pinioned, and his legs tied, he remarking that there was no necessity for these operations, and he then delibe rately put his head into the noose, which being drawn tight by the executioner, the fatal bolt was drawn. He struggled very slightly, and the " mehters" were called to drag him straight. A sergeant of the 3d Bengals acted as hangman. Thus finished the career of the rebel chief Tantia Topee, with all the due solemnities of British mili tary routine. When the suspended body became motionless, the troops were all marched off, and the body remained hanging for the remainder of the evening. After the troops left a great scramble was made by officers and others to get a lock of hair, B.:c. (From the Friend of India.) Tantia Topee has been caught at last. The co lumns under Col. de Salis and Col. Birch came upon the rebels under Feroze Shah, in the Seronje jungle, and inflicted a signal, and we hope final, defeat. No less than 500 are reported to have been slain, and. immediately after the victory Tantia Tepee, who had either rejoined or never quitted the force, fell into our hands. Whether he was captured, or surrendered under the proclamation, is not stated, but in either case his doom is, we imagine, sealed. He was, we fear, among the actors in the Cawn pore tragedy, the only gang for whom, even in the strong reaction of the English mind, no voice of pity has been raised. It is just as well as politic that he should die, but among the horde of princelings, zemindars, and adventurers who rose to command among the mutineers, Tantia Topee is the only one whose fate will elicit in India a solitary expression of regret. He is the only one whose career comes up to the English idea of the mutability of Asiatic fortune—the only one who had the brain to revert at once to the Asiatic mode of warfare. With his ill-armed followers and inces sant defeats he has probably cost us more lives than the Nawab of Bareilly, with his " Soubandars," "English institutions," regular army, and orga nised. dominion in Rohilcund. Tantia Topee, according to the official account, is a Brahmin, from the neighbourhood of Calpee. Up to the period of the mutinies he is said to have been a money changer, and probably never saw a shot fired. in anger in his life. The mutinies, however, so full of possible careers, and so deficient in men to pursue them, seem to have woke him up to a new ambition. Where or how he became connected with the Nana, or whether he was connected with him at all, seem to be one of the endless uncertainties attending his biography. It is doubtful, even, whe ther the strange name by which he is known among Europeans is an invention, a nickname " the weaver artillerist," or a corruption of his real title as com mandant of the Peishwah's artillery. His first appearance as a recognised leader was at the battle of the Jumna, where he appeared as commander-in chief of the army of the Peishwah, so called, we imagine, not because it obeyed. the Nana, but be cause its nucleus was formed from the Gwalior Contingent. These men—Scindiah, their immediate Sovereign, being openly hostile to them—had no resource but to fall back upon the ancient authority of the Peishwah, just as the Sepoys of the Mussul , man States, passing over the King of Oude, fell back upon the Emperor of Delhi. It is curious, by the way, to observe how little the theory of legiti macy in the European sense entered into their ideas. They looked only to the powers who immediately preceded the British raj. The tru e h ea d o f th e .Mah rattas, for instanc e , is the heir, whoever he may be, of the Sattara family, the descendants of Seevajee. The only legitimate Hindoo Monarch in Northern India, the Rana of Oodeypoor, was defied. and insulted by his own troops. At tie battle of the Jumna Tantia planned the most formidable attack with which Sir Hugh Rose tad to contend. He was not, however, present, retiring then and ever afterwards at the very be ginning of the fray. His career is a strange.one for a coward, but either personal timidity or mis taken policy has made this habit the weak point of his proceedings. Thoroughly acquainted with his countrymen, their prejudices, and their credulity, Tantia has repeatedly raised armies from the ground. He seizes some admirable position, posts his force with a skill which leads English Generals to anticipate a severe contest, and then flies on ahead to plot again, leaving the web he has already spun to be torn to pieces. Immediately after the falhof Calpee his influence was felt in one of the heaviest blows dealt us in the war. He had con trived to secrete himself in Gwalior, where, screened by a small section of the Durbar, who longed for the old days of plunger, he opened communications with Scin diah's remaining troops. He secured them all. Scindiah, aware as he was of the character of his countrymen, finding he could not obtain Euro peans, met the rebels advancing on Gwalior with his own forces. They all fled or deserted, except a few of his bodyguard, and Tantia Topee gained a kingdom at a stroke. He had posssession of the city, the richest remaining to the Mahrattas, of its fortress, one of the strongest in India, stores to equip a great army for the field, artillery in abun dance, and a treasure estimated at from £1,500,000 to £5,000,000. He had at least 22,000 soldiers, and a single victory, a successful skirmish against the Europeans, would have brought him 100,000 mon. The blow was felt by every Englishman in India, othough the natives, who have an instinctive percep tion of the vital points of the empire, considered the march of a few hundred men into the Delta infinitely more important. With an enemy less persevering than the British Tantia might have founded a great State, rebuilt the Mahratta power, and reigned as Peishwa,—an office not originally hereditary. Sir Hugh Rose, however, approached, the old ter; ors fell fast on Tantia and his followers, and G",valior was evacuated without the contest it d'lserved. And then commenced that marvellous series of retreats which, continued for 10 months, seemed to mock at defeat, and made Tantia Toper's name more familiar to Europe than that of most of our Anglo-Indian generals. His reputation, though ex aggerated by the fact that all other resistance had ceased, was by means undeserved. The problem before him was not an easy one. He had to keep together an army of beaten Asiatics, bound by no tie to his person, and bound to each other only by one common hate, and one common fear—hate of the British name, and fear of the British gallows. He had to keep this ill-assorted army in constant motion, at a pace which should baffle not only the enemies who pursued him, but the enemies who streamed down at right angles to his line of march. He had, while thus urging his half-disciplined host to mad flight, to take some dozen cities, obtain fresh stores, collect new cannon, and, above all, in duce recruits to join voluntarily a service which promised only incessant flight at 60 miles a day. That he accomplished these ends with the means at his disposal indicates ability of no mean kind. Slightly as we may hold the marauding leader, he was of the class to which Ryder Ali belonged, and had he carried out the plan attributed to him, and penetrated through Nagpore into Madras, he might have been as formidable as his prototype. As it was the NerbUddah proved to hi m what the Channel was to Napoleon. He could accomplish anything except cross the stream. His original idea, if we may judge from hismarches, was to collect a great army from the little States bordering on the Nerbuddah valley, fly down towards Bombay at a pace which should baffle pursuit, cross into the Deccan, and raise the true Mahratta prov;.nces, and perhaps a large section of the Bombay army. He was disap pointed by movements which, form one of the most remarkable features of the struggle. The Govern ment of Bombay could find, no troops to catch, or even seriously to threaten him with capture. But they could and did find a si Jecession of moveable co lumns who presented themseilvesat the shortest notice at every menaced point. Fri sm the moment he quitted Gwalior r ran tia to h r,op e t ef e m o un o d m b e u n t t c h :o sgurreraetn placed ateredat onceSc r o n richj c in munitions and undcJiended. These columns, which moved at first as slowly as British columns ' are accustomed to move , learnt to march at last, and some of the later mare ins of B r i ga di er Parke and. I Colonel Napier were, equal t o h a lf of Tantia's average rate. Still *to escaped, and through the hot weather, and the rains, and the cold weather, and the hot weathe r again he was still flying, sometimes with 2,0 f JO " dispirited" followers, and sometimes with 15 ,000 men. His last experiment was to penetrate it ito Bikaneer, but it failed, and he was compelled to double back on Bundelcund, where all hope of further retreat seems to have left him. He took, a s Koer Singh did, to tie jungle, and was caught. We question he will object to die. Twenty months such as hi 3had led since M 18 ay, o'7 must be worth in their me id excitement the remains of life. whom iisn tneoivt intervals ispf pleasant ae i intolerable tr e o r i t a kc b ee n i t e i obi luyntl flashesthat s t There must be me .ny Asiatics like him in India, to b it y, o c t f o h n a e d d r i s n o o u 4,_ fbritl.; long :THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY prEmwG, MAY 20, 1859, our position the only career we can leave open to such men is insurrection. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKET, FROM THE 11TH TO THE 25TH OF APRIL. The Salsette, with the English mails of the 18th March on board, arrived here early on the morning of the 11th inst. We have received advices up to the 26th of March, by electric telegraph, from Galle. The China mails of the 31st of March reached us on the 20th inst. per steamer Singapore. The money market remains easy. IMP OUTS. Cotton Piece Goods—The business transacted in the im port market has been to a fain extent, though there is no appearance of much activity. Gray shirtings 40-45 inches and 50 -54 inches are firm in demand and prices. Gray madapollams are steady, and gray T cloths have advanced, and are in great demand. Bleached and Fancy Goods.—Bleached shirtings, bleached jacconets, dimity, and satin spots are steady; bleached mulls unchanged in inquiry and prices. Turkey red has declined considerably. Yarns.—These have not been in active inquiry, and prices in some instances have gone down. Metals.—Copper has been in gookinquiry, and prices look up. In iron little change, Other descriptions are in fair request. EXPOIt TS. Cotton.—The market has been very active, and large purchases have been made. Prices remained fluctuating during the fortnight. Tonnage.—The rates, after a considerable decline, have remained firm nearly as before. We quote £1 12s. to £1 15s. per ton to London and Liverpool. Ex.cliange.---We quote Credits at 2s. 1 5-16 d., and Docu ments at 2s. :Id. to 2s: lad.; 'at six' mon th s ' s i g ht. On Calcutta, 97r. , and olvehina • 214 r. per 100 dollars, at 60 ? days' sight. MANNING THE NAVY. Just now every Briton must ardently desire to have our Navy thoroughly efficient, and must be well aware that it can only be made so by the hearty co-operation of our seamen. They are the life and soul of our ships, and they hurl "the thunder" which strikes down the enemies of England, and preserves her in safety, by securing her the do minion of the sea. Every man must now accord ingly be pleased with the well-meant efforts of Ministers to revive and Arengthen the attachment of the seamen to the naval service. They are very properly also taking measures to inform the seamen of the advantages they are sure to find from serv ing the State ; ,and the contrast now exhibited of a captain of her Majesty's Navy gathering the hardy seamen of the North around him, and publicly explaining to them that wages are higher in the Queen's service, the treatment while afloat better, the labour lighter, the danger less, and the provision for old age and decrepitude superior to those of the merchant service ; with such an officer, in former times, arming a pressgang, and sending it ashore at dead of night to carry off these seamen and force them to serve On scanty wages and hard fare, is as great as it is instructive. Captain Pim, at two meetings which he has already held at Newcastle and South Shields, was extremely careful to show the seamen that those who serve her Majesty are now well paid, that the provisions supplied to them are abundant, the slops cheap and good, the pensions large, and discipline mild. He explained that the seamen are no longer exposel as formerly to be arbitrarily and indis criminately flogged—that " the use of the cat" is con fined to" lazy skulking characters," that every officer is not allowed to punish men at his pleasure as for merly, and that even the captain is now compelled to institute an inquiry, and allow a certain number of hours to elapse after pa'ssing sentence before he inflicts punishment. Captain Pim could find a foil for the Navy in the case of the man recently tied up on board a steamer and burnt to death, and told the seamen that no such cruelties were perpetrated in her Majesty's ships. His appeals to the reason of the seamen, contrasted with the violence formerly employed to seize them and the florid declamation used to delude them, are infallible signs that the heads of the naval service have at length arrived at the conclusion that seamen are rational beings whose services to a-ny amount are to be obtained, like those of all other men, by fair treatment and just rewards. The pains now taken by the naval authorities to inform the seamen that discipline in the Navy is no longer the arbitrary, cruel and terrific rule which prevailed to the close of the great French war, when for the first time a trifling restriction was laid on the power, previously unlimited, of inflicting any and every kind of punishment, is in fact a public recog nition of the injuriousness of the old system. It is an ample justification of those benevolent indivi duals who continually endeavoured, . with only slight success, to abate the old cruel ties, and of those right minded officers who denounced the system and preferred the sacrifice of their professional hopes to keeping silence on its. enormities. But if it be necessary and advantageous to get rid of some of them, why leave any in existence ? The use of the cat is an old barbarity—a part of the system which Captain Pim and the Admiralty take credit for having amended. At the South Shields meeting, Mr. Charles Liddel, a seaman, said the Government " had not treated the British sailor in a proper manner. He referred to the use of the lash as an objection to seamen joining the navy." Mr. John Fish, 'veteran, claimed for the seamen the same privileges as are awarded to the officers. Now the officers are in no manner subjected to any such degrading punishment, and the captains are no longer allowed, as they once were, to the young gentlemen to a gun and flog them. To prohibit flogging for them is to condemn its use • for if it be horrifying to flog y oung gentlemen, why should grown-up men be flogged P The use of the lash on board ship is a remnant of the old system of which impressment was a part, and to continue it is wholly incompatible with the appeal now made to the reason, the feelings, and the interest of the seamen. The merchant shipowner may possibly complain of an increase of bounty and wages, which he must equal to retain the services of the seamen, but he would make no objection to an amelioration of the system which would remove the chief impediment to well-bred youths going to sea, and increasing by hundreds and thousands the number of seamen ready to serve either the Government or the mer chant, Both must be served. Defence and trade are equally necessary to the national welfare ; and Government still takes a very narrow view of its duties, where it prefers entering into a pecuniary competition with the merchant for the services of a very limited number of seamen, to providing by rational treatment for such an increase in them as shall supply both. The males in Great Britain, at the soldier's age of 20 to 40, amounted in 1851 to 3,193,490, according to the census Commissioners, and of them, without including youths between 20 and 14, many of whom are available, and indispen sable to service on board ship, surely one-tenth, or 300,009, could, without dif f iculty, be obtained for both services. Never yet have the two together needed or had so many. When we consider the vast number of our people qualified by age for seamen, and the number required for both services, we at once conclude that only an obstinate and blind adhesion to some antiquated barbarities, such as the use of the cat, ,prevents our spirited male population from crowding to our ships, and at all times supplying as great a number of hands as the two services can possibly require and adequately pay. Now that the Government is sensible of the pub lie advantage of ameliorating the old system, why does it not carry the principles it professes to admire fairly out ? Why should it still retain any of the old barbarities which have helped to degrade the merchant service as well as the Royal Navy, and continually terrify many of our youth from a sea life ? It makes a maritime life unpopular, and wastts the public money in a competition with merchant shipowners to counteract the effects of its own adhesion to unlegalised errors. Had it com menced soon after the peace in 1815, as was then recommended, to cleanse the Naval Service from all those old usages which make it hateful to our youth, and had Government employed all thefunds appropriated to the Naval Service to rear and nourish only seamen, not soldiers, in our ships, setting a good example by its humanity and justice to the merchant shipowners and forcing them to treat their servants with more kindness ' and equity, there can be no doubt that now more than 300,000 seamen of a superior character could be readily found for both services. Had the Go vernment, when administered by the Whigs, fol lowed their liberal teaching, the State would not now be disgraced by a puffing. competition with trade to obtain customfrom the.seamen. Unfortu nately the advocates of old practices look merely at discipline, though it be in the main only a bundle of petty and mischievous restraints, and entirely overlook., the larger social and national interests to which these practices are fatally adverse. What the Government has done and is doing is mostly in the right direction, but it does not go fast enough, and far enough. As it has begun to consult the feelings of the seamen and the maritime population, it has no alternative but to do what they . justly require. They demand mo re li m it e d service, and pensions and rewards in propor tion to their rank, similar to those of the officers. They emphatically demand "better treatment," a fair day's pay for a fair day's work," wages at the market rate, with as much freedom as is compatible with efficiency. They must be consulted, not the old arbitrary principles of the Plantagenets and the Tudors followed. The use of steam in naviga tion has introduced new classes of men and different moral treatment into the navy. Engineers, like other artisans, must be fairly treated, and their services fairly paid for. A different rule cannot now be followed for the seamen. Yet a lingering dread still remains, should war break out," that they will again be impressed, and Capt. Pim could only try to assure them by expressing a hope that there would be no occasion to resort to such a means of manning the navy. To entertain such a notion is to be lukewarm in favour of the measures which must yet be taken to make the navy agreeable to the sea men. The Admiralty should for ever discard it, and should join the seamen in reprobating the injustice of which, as they are now keenly sensible, they have so long been the victims. If it thus demonstrate its readiness to rely exclusively on voluntary service, it may be sure, in the present disposition of the people, ready to form Volunteer Rifle Corps in every town and county, that the maritime population will flock to the Royal Navy. They will then have in the Government, which has hitherto been their enemy and their oppressor, a friend and a protector, and they will joyfully ra lly roun d i ts standard.—baily News. TILE IRON STEAM FRIGATES OR RAMS. It is now decided that the Thames Iron Company is to build the first of the huge iron-coated steam frigates or rams for the Royal Navy. The design selected by the Lords of the admiralty was prepared by the Surveyor of the Navy at the beginning of the present year, before the competing designs lately submitted to them were sent in. It is due, however, to Mr. Scott Russell to say that he had previously placed a design in the hands of the Admiralty; but with the details of this we are not at present acquainted. We have .on former occasions spoken of the marked ability with which the construction department of the Surveyor of the Navy's office is conducted. One or two facts connected with the design for the singular ship now about to be built may be cited in confirmation of this view. No less than 15 designs were submitted, to the Admiralty by Messrs. Laird; Mare, Napier, Palmer, Scott Russell, Samuda, Thames Iron Company, Westwood and Baillie, and the Master Shipwrights of her Majesty's dockyards. The only conditions stipulated for were that the ship should carry 36 guns, with certain men and provisions for four months, should travel at 14 knots per hour, and should be covered over a certain portion of its length with 4 in. iron, backed by two feet of solid timber. All other elements, such as dimensions, horse-power, &c., were left entirely to the 'discretion of the designers. And strangely indeed did these gentle men differ from each other in their idea of what these undetermined elements were required to be ! We are not at liberty to publish an analytical statement of the elements of the whole; but we may mention some of the extremes between which certain measurements of the several designs ranged. While the length, for example,of the least was 340 feet, the length of the greatest was no less than 430 feet. The breadths varied between 52 feet and 60 feet ; the draughts of water between 21 feet 9 in. and 26 feet 6 in. ; the horse power between 1,000 and 1,800 ; and the tons burthen between 4,887 and 7,544 ! In order to afford to the ship builder some clue as to the kind of structures proposed, we may also add that the proportions of the weight of hull per ton (exclusive of armour plates) to the burthen in tons, ranged between •48 and .86. Now, the curious fact to be noted, and one which speaks so strongly in favour of the Ad miralty contractors, is this—that their design, which was prepared, as we have said, before the others, turns out to be, in all her principal elements, as nearly as possible, a mean of the other designs. That is to say, if the average length of all the other designs be taken you get her length, which is 380 feet ; if their average be taken you get her breadth, which is 58 feet; if their average displacement be taken you get her displacement ; if their average horse power be taken you get her horse power, which is 1,250. The average quantities obtained are not, of course, exactly her's in any case ; ;but they are so nearly her's as to fully justify the view of the facts here presented. These facts, it will be admitted, although they demonstrate nothing, serve nevertheless to indicate both the skill and the care exercised in the con struction of our ships of war. It should be remem bered, moreover, that the design in question was for a ship of an altogether novel character ; on this account the department deserves the greater commendation. It would be well, indeed, for the country if in all our public departments the ability of the servants of the Crown was found to bear so severe a comparison with the privale talent of the country with so much honour to itself.— Mechanics' Magazine. LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 19. FULL COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMO NIAL CAUSES. Cases to be heard before the full Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. The Court will sit at Westminister to-day and on the2lst 23d 2 2itir and 25th days of May, 1859 :—Levermore v. Levermore and Lewis (respondent dead)—Astrope v. Astrope (for further hearing)—Rateliff v. Ratcliff and Anderson—Mawdsley v. Mawdsley (post poned by consent)—Hawkvard v. Hawkyard and Foster— Peckover v. Peckover and Jolly—Dixon v. Dixon—Joseph v. Joseph and Wenzel (respondent dead)—Braharn v. Bra ham and Miller—Oliver v. Oliver—Hurst v. Hurst and Parker—Brunell v. Brunell—Hall v. Hall and Webb — Laws v. Laws—Popplewell v. Popplewell—Smith v. Smith and Vickers—Hearne v. Hearne—Jones v. Jones—Turner v. Turner and Gill—Withers v. Withers and Furley— Pulley v. Pulley and Samuel—Spencer v. Spencer and Vick—Dyson v. Dyson—Hooke v. Hooke—Bengough v. Bengough and Kelly—King v. King and Brown—Braines v. Braines and Wood—Hamer v. Hamer and Carter—Gwyn v. Gwyn—Stead v. Stead—Walker v. Walker and Water son—Brittain v. Brittain and Camp (Sr further hearing)— Cunnington v. Cunnington and Noble—Tolfrey v. Tolfrey and Krause—Bevan v. Bevan—Rylance v. Rylance—Hor ton v. Horton—Yearsley v. Yearsloy—Bennett v. Bennett— Walton v.Walton and Hibell--Palmerv.Palmer—Howard v. Howard—Hunter v. Hunter—Wilks v. Wilys—Lutwyche Lutwyche and Cox—Evans v. Evans (for further hear ing)—Mure v. Muro and Chichester--Hall v. Hall and Walker—Potts v. Potts—Cramp (falsely called Cremer) v - ; Cremer—Gibson v. Gibson—Tomkin v. Tomkin and Drege —Seaby v. Seaby and Bayerstock—Goggs v. Goggs— Devereux v. Devereux (for further hearing)—Groves v. Groves and Thompson- (for further hearing)—Davies v. Davies (for further hearing)—Dax v. Dax—Hunter v. Hunter and Vernon—Stoakes v. Stoakes and B ough— Sadler v. Sadler and Kell—D'Oyly v. D'Oyly and Baldie (for - further hearing)—Croker v. Croker and Mavius— Leigh v. Leigh—Stanmore v. Stanmore and Waterhouse— Palmer v. Palmer—Styrin v. Styrin and Hiley—Nelson Nelson and Grantham—Holmes v. Hohnes—Hawker v. Hawker, and Seale—Cook v. Cook and Quayle—Kretzsch mar v. Kretzschmar and Rinecker (for further hearing)— Harris v. Harris and Meadus—Dyer v. Dyer—Hancock v. Hancock and Bell—Sheward v. Sheward. and Ward —Du Terreaux v. Du Terreaux Pellew v. Pellew and Berkeley—Shore v. Shore—Huggett v. Huggett —Egg v. Egg and Cooper—Russell v Russell—Chan dler v. Chandler—Tollemache v. Tollemache (jury) — Cousins v. Cousins—Hall (falsely called Castleden) v. Castleden—Curwood v. Curwood and Catterrnole—Wales v. Wales and West—Allen v. Allen and Shirley and Rutter —Charter v. Charter and Berwick —Tongue v. Tongue— Polkinghorn. v. Polkinghorn and Wadge — M`Kec hnie v. Maechuie and Menzies—Haswell v. Haswell and Sander son—Millson y. Millson—Boyd v. Boyd and Collin— Phillips v. Phillips and Norman—Marsden v. Marsden— Lawrance v. Lawrance--Manton v. Manton—Field v. Field —Leach v. Leach—Wrightson v. Wrightson and Whitby —Howe v. Howe and Fry (jury)—Alexander v. Alexander and Amos—Brown v. Brown and Wild—Baldwin v. Bald win, and Kelly—Hervey v. Hervey and t he Right Hon. Lord Ribblesdale (jury)—Worner v. Werner and Mayo (jury)—Rogers v. Rogers and Paul (jury)—Macdonald v. Macdonald—Soden v. Soden and Schmidt—Rowley v. Row ley—Vaughan v. Vaughan and Gillyeat—Weatherhead v. Weatherhead—Hughes v. Hughes—Griffiths v. Griffiths —Thomas v. Thomas—Wilton v. Wilton and Chamberlain. —Evans v. Evans—Scantlebury v. Scantlebury and Cross —Cook v. Cook and Lucy—Pensom v. Pensom and Clark, otherwise Cross—Goffrie v. Goffiie and Moore—Pritchard v. Pritchard—Coles v. Coles—lVlatthOws v. Matthews—Neale v. Neale and Holland—Biller v. Biller and Green (jury)— Winter v. Winter and Normanville--Smith v. Smith— Yalden v. Yalden and Freeman—Evans v. Evans and Edwards and Watkins—Faulkner v. Faulkner and Moore— Parker v. Parker and M'Leoyd (jury)—Midgley (falsely called Wood) v. Wood—Lloyd v. Lloyd and Chichester— Rowe v. Rowe and Marsh—Page v. Page and Barnes— Baco,nv. Bacon and Bacon (jury)—Baggott v. Ba g gott and Thompson (jury)—Bannister v. Bannister and Davis— Stainthorp v. Stainthorp—Fuller v. Fuller and Dyer— Gapp v. Gapp—Crommelin v. Crommelin—Buckingham v. Buckingham—Allen v. Allen and D'Arcy (jury)—Daniels v. Daniels—Nash v. Nash and Jones (jury)—Boynton v. Boynton (jury)—Pearnian v. Pearman and Burgess (jury) —Cock v. Cock and Hatfield—Lupton v. Lupton—Jones v. Jones—Simonin (falsely called Malac) v. Malac—Dennis v. Dennis and Johnson--Wilton v. Wilton—Bill v. Bill and Shepherd—Davis v. Davis—Wells v. Wells and Rushby—Coulson v. Coulson and Barnsdale—Bell v. Bell and the Most Hon. the Marquis of Anglesey. The above causes, except those which are marked for trial on specified days, will be called on in their turn. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 19• HAMMERSMITH.—SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR THE DISCHARGE OF A PROTECTION ORDER. — A ROMANTIC STORY.—Mr. Martin, the Solicitor, attended before Mr. Dayman, pursuant to arrange ment, for the purpose of producing evidence for the discharge of a protection order, granted a shott time ago to a female named Mary Richards, who declared upon oath that her husband had deserted her. Mr. Butler appeared in support of the order, and the proceedings seemed to excite considerable interest. The wife had represented that she was living 1n the Moscow-road, Bayswater, and was married to John Richards on the 4th Jul y , 1831, but the mar riage was never consummated. After the ceremony was performed her husband left her, under th, pretence of preparing a home for he r recept i on, but she never saw him again until 1837, and then only for a short time, when he want e d t o o b tain her pro perty.. lie then left her, and she never saw or heard o f him again until a fe \S'eeks ago, when she believed he had returned'from Australia. She then asked for his worship's order to protect her earn ings and property since he had deserted her, and one was immediately granted. Mr. Dayman inquired if the wife was present. Mr. Butler said she was not, as she was too ill to attend. Mr. Martin said he should call evidence to show that the wife had deserted her husband, and not that he had deserted her. In that case his worship would discharge the order, as the act specified that the husband must desert the wife for protection to be granted. John Richards, a respectably-attired elderly man, was then sworn, and deposed that he now resided in Lisson-grove, and was out of business. On the 4th of July, 1831, he was married to Miss Mary Brown, who was the daughter of his mother's exe cutor. He was on good terms with the father, and they were married without his knowledge, although the mother knew of it. He spent the day with his wife, and they arranged that she should live with her father until the differences were made up. He and his brother carried on the business of a grocer in Upper Baker-street, and on the day of his mar riage he returned home, and his wife went to her home. They were to carry on the business until his youngest brother was of age, and then the property was to be divided. His wife came to see him several times in Upper Baker-street, and that continued for 18 months or two years. The marriage was consummated, and they were on happy terms with each other. At the end of that time, the visits of his wife ceased, and upon making inquiries he found that she had gone into the coun try with her mother, but he was unable to find out the whereabouts. In 1837, her father died, and he again made inquiries, and discovered that they were living in Northamptonshire. He went down and saw his wife, and afterwards returned to London. His wife came up about a month afterwards, and he executed a deed, whereby the property of her father, who died intestate, was conveyed to her own use. They saw each other repeatedly while the deed was being executed, and after it was signed they lived with each other as man and wife, in Hans-place, Chelsea, for more than a month. In consequence of the importunities of the mother that her daughter should live with her they removed to Marshall-street, London-road, where they lived together for several weeks. From there they went to Camden-town, and lived together for about three weeks. At the end of that time his wife was in duced to go into the country and live with her mother, as she was ill. He visited his wife in the country, and in October, 1840, she came to London, and lived with her mother in St. Petersburg-place, Bayswater. At that time his wife came to him, and said her mother was dissatisfied with the deed he had executed, and wished him to execute another. The property consisted of two houses in St. Peters burg-place, and she wished one to be conveyed to her and one to his wife. He consented to execute the second deed, and it was also arranged that he should live with his wife and her mother in one house and that they should let the other. On the 20th of October he went with his wife to the solicitor's, where they met the mother, and the deed was accordingly executed. Both ladies then said they wanted to go out shopping, and told him to meet them in the evening at St. Peters burg-place. He went accordingly, and asked for his wife, but was told by a woman that she had gone out, and perhaps he would never see her again. He. made inquiries of the trustee to the deed, living in the Moscow-road, and he told him he knew nothing about her. He made long and anxious inquiries after his wife, but he never could succeed in obtaining any information of her. I n 1852 he sailed to Melbourne, and he returned to this country on the 12th of April. last. He then heard that his wife had married a man named Smith, and was living somewhere in Lancashire. He called at the house of the trustee, but he told him be knew nothing about her. The next thing he heard was reading in the newspapers that his wife had obtained a protection order, and was living in the Moscow-road, which was at the house of the trustee. Mr. Butler contended that the husband had committed an act of desertion by contracting a second marriage. The husband denied that he ever contracted a scond marriage. Mr. Butler said he was able toyrove that he con tracted a second marriage within sixteen months of the first, and that it came to the knowledge of his wife in 1840, who refused to live with her hus band after that time. Mr. Martin said, if they went into that question lie should proue a second marriage of the wife, and he believed that the second husband was then in court. Mr. Dayman said he could not take a second marriage as an act of desertion, that would be a question for a divorce. it was a very curious affair altogether, and he could not understand the execu tion of the second deed. There was complete mystery between 1840 to 1859, but sufficient had been shown that before that time the wife had withdrawn herself from the society of her hus band. He therefore should grant the application, and give an order of discharge. WORSHIP-STREET. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—A person of gentlemanly exterior and address, describing himself as a "lawyer," at Hare court, Temple, and giving the manifestly fictitious name of John Brown, was charged before Mr. Hammill, with violently assaulting Henry Sole, and Harriet Holland, a married Woman. Inspector Webster, N division, put in a certifi cate from Dr. Coward, the divisional surgeon, stating that Harriet Holland was suffering from a severe wound on the head, and her husband pro duced one of a later date, from Mr. Wright, of Clapton-square, describing the injury as " danger ous," and the sufferer unable to leave her bed. The following evidence was taken:— Henry Sole said—l am a labourer, and shortly after 12 o'clock last night was returning home along the Hackney-road, having, in company with my 'if° and others, just previously left the Horns Tavern, opposite Shoreditch Church, when we met the defendant and two more gentlemen, arm-in arm. My brother and sister were in advance of us, and I noticed the gentlemen push against them intentionally, and so forcibly that they were forced nearly into the road. The next person they offended was a young man of our party,walking alone; and as in turn they . met myself and wife, they forted up against her At a similar manner, thereby caus ing her to stumble and nearly drop the baby from her arms. Defendant was nearest to her, and I asked—What did you do that for ? Instantly he struck me with a cricket-bat he carried in a green baize bag, upon the mouth, causing it to bleed profusely. I fell, arid was stunned for a brief time. I ,have an indistinct recollection of grappling some man as I lay, and afterwards charged that man with the assault, but almost instantly perceived my error, and identified the de fendant as my assailant. He was then flourishing the bat about, and st ruc k my s i ster d own like a bullock. The police arrived, and at the station de fendant said he had had a lesson from " Harry Orme," and could " pot" a lot of such as us. Mr. Hammill—Can you swear to defendant as being the per Son who struck you ? Complainant —I can. There was a lamp near us. I think that he was a little in liquor. William Holland, husband of the injured woman, stated that he was a "dancer," and had just left an " engagement," when this outrage was com mitted. He described the annoyance and assault's in nearly similar terms, adding, " My wife begged me to go to the assistance of her brother, and a.s•l hastened up I distinctly perceived defendant knock him down with his bat. I tried to seize it, but he made a blow at Mrs. Sole, which missed her and fell on the shutters of a shop. My own wife at that moment came up, and he struck her with the bat across the face. She fell senseless. Defendant ran away. I called " Police," and he was brought back, I think almost immediately, with, the bat still in his hand. Mr. Hammill—Were the blows apparently dealt at the females, or were they struck by defendant flourishing the bat about indiscriminately? Witness—Certainly they were • not accidental, but clearly , intended for them. James Bray, another witness, having also cor roborated the assaults, Hopper, 358 N, spoke to hearing the disturbance and receivinc , charge of defendant. The woman spoken of as being unable to attend, he said, was first taken to Robert -street Station in a cab, and subsequently removed ,to her residence: De fendant told him he had been knocked down, and defended himself with the bat. Under the , ap prehension of being nearly murdered, he was obliged to strike for his life, but he did not say with what. The witness Holland here mentioned to the ma gistrate that he had, while at the court, received information of his wife being much worse than when he left her that morning. She wag unable to swallow anything. Mr. Hamlin expressed his regret, and advised the husband to hasten home. Tho defendant, who had cross-examined the wit nesses with considerable acumen, in order to show that he had acted only on the defensive, assured the magistrate that the blow on the woman was quite unintentional, and he deeply regretted the injury so inflicted. Hammill having notified his intention to send the case for trial, no witnesses were called for the defence, although it was understood they were without the court, and subsequently Mr. T. Beard made a strenuous appeal for the defendant to be admitted to bail, which could be offered to any amount, and observed' that by. the express desire of Mr. Brown, Dr. Wordsworth had visited the injured woman, and returned a certifi cate of her not being in immediate danger. Mr. Hammill, however, positively refused to ac cede to the request, at this stage of the case, how ever he might feel disposed on the next hearing, and the prisoner stands remanded for any further evidence that can be adduced. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM-MAY 19. The show of wheat was very large, and the demand small, at about is peg qr. higher than the preceding week, but 2s under the value of Monday. There was not much barley on offer, and little business passing. Oats in limited supply. Beans were scarce, and made late prices. White peas held for la to 2s higher. MANCHESTER---MAY 19. This morning we had a good attendance of millers and dealers at our corn exchange. Holders of wheat and flour commenced by asking an advance of fully 2s per qr and sack, but there was no disposition to operate, and in the little business transacted late currencies could not be ex ceeded. Oats and oatmeal rather lower. Beans and Indian corn were firm. BOSTON--MAY 18. The supply was rather good, and English wheat met a fair sale at an advance of 5s to 6s per qr. upon the rates of this day se'nnight. There was little disposition shown to buy all descriptions of spring corn, at late prices. Wheat, white s4s to 585 Beans, Mazagan..—s to —5 red 50s I to 56s Middle & small 42s to 50s Barley 3os to 40s I 'White peas —s to —s Oats 22s to 30s Grey 43s to 490 Averages for the week : Wheat 2,559 qrs., at 50s 9d Oats 350 „ ,.255 4d Rye .--- / f —s Od 8ar1ey......... ..._ ~ Od Beans BO „ 49s 3d Peas ••• • 9 9 I 42s Od LOUTH-MAy 18. The wheat trade was inactive to-day, and the business done was 'at 3s to 4s per qr advance on the rates of last week. Barley, beans, oats, and peas were at a slight ad vance on previous prices. _ _ Wheat White do .54s to —s Beans .. —s to Barley .35s to 38s Ditto, old ........44s to 485 EDINBURGH GRAIN-MAT 18. Small supplies of grain to-day, and sales were heavy for wheat. . Wheat on the top is Od up.... average 2s lld up. Barley on the top is 6d down. average Os &I. up. Oats on the top 2s Od d0wn..... average Os 2d down. Beans on the top 35 Od down. .. —average 2s 4d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 16 1 0-12ths Oats l* 7 8 11-12ths Beans .. 2 8 5 5-12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1663 qrs Sold POO qrs 8ar1ey........ 402 qrs Sold 373 qrs Oats .2233 qrs Sold , 932 qrs Beans 165 qrs Sold 104 qrs GLASGOW—MAY 18. The supply of wheat limited and higher prices demanded i in the business transacted. O a t s a sma ll s h ow . Barley n slow request, and at a decline of Is. For beans and peas we merely repeat previous quotations. COItK—MAY 18. ed The following were the quotations this morning R, wheat, 24s Od to 25s 01; white, 27s Od to —s Od; barley PO to —s Od; oats, 14s 6d to 16s 3d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—MAY 17. The supply of fat beasts to-day was limited. There 5c , 1 15 a good attendance of buyers and a clearance was neaq effected at extreme rates. The pens ware well filled w l " sheep and the demand was flat, a considerable number re maining unsold. Lambs more numerous. Pigs a better show. Calved again very plentiful. Beef 7d to 71-d Veal Mutton.... Cid to 74d Pork Lamb 9d to 9id Rough fat, 5s 6d per stone. Hides, 3 / 1 :1 to 5.1-d ; calf skins, 51d to 6d. betier [ADTERTISE3IENT.]—We extract a few out of the real expressions of gratitude from invalids cured withou medicine by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabic& Food :—Cure No. 71, The Right Honourable the 'Lo? d Stuart de Decks, .of many years dyspepsia and all its horrors. Cure No. 49,832, " Fifty years' indescribable agony, from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con: stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellen t Food.—Maria Joly, Wortham Ling, near Diss,.Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121, Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicar age, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousn ess, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314, Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, n ear Liverpool, a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the hor rors of nervous irritability. Cure 18 , 216, Dr. Andr es ' , Ure of constipation, dyspepsia, and nervous irritabili t y . Cure No. 34,210, Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility Cure No. 36,212, Captain Allen, of epileptic fits, Cure No. 42,116, Major Edie, of liver complaint and total pro stration. of strength. Cure No. 36,418, Rev. Dr. Minster, of-cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26, 418, Dr. Harvey, of diarrhoea and debility. Cure N. ‘ ,. ° ' 39,628, Dr. Wurtzer of consu m pti on . Cure O. 22,880, William Hunt, Esq., "barrister, of paralysis. In tins, at ls. 6d. ; Ilb.; 3s. ; 21b., s s . 9d. ; 51b., 12s. ; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on r eceipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regen t - s t r eet, London. Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis , 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, an d 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451; Strand; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate kreet ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Bewley and Draper ;" at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. üblin, at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sh ar p. Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co.; at Souta ampton, Randall and Son • new [ADVERTISEMNT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle IS beginning to seriously attract the attention of the f armer, D breeder, and feeder •of stock. Two years of unremit tin g care and attention have enabled its• inventor to take big! ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and no twithstand. ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent sh afts hurled against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest. Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable saving in the consumption of provender ; secondly, that it produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree at , early development of fat. Mr. - Thorley, originating this singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this he happily succeeded.; and success prompted a very natural desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Beg' lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested at; unwillingness to rely upon its ef eacy, fa ncy i ng b e possee= in the produce of his farm, ampl e ma t er i a l s w h ere by t° f t and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the emploYinells or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food laa been subjected ha ve p rove d i ts perfect ad • sibility as a cheaP addition to th e na t ura l produce of the farm ; all cases a subt rac ti on o f one-third may be safe l y submittedmuch as it! to in the usu a l f oo d o f animals ; and that the pr oduce will be realised, and render e d mar ketable in two-third s of the time usually consumed in developing 'fat ; it, therefore, become,: apparent that acertain saving is effected by a fair applicatio of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the presen‘ unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gen e l ; ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles 0 food; it is, however, mach questioned whether wheat is* nourishing and proper food for the working horse , certainly it is not 'for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, beside s possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tome and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other, food, materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of great consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that the nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, cense' quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive organs ; it will also be 'found to be particularly beneficiel in restoring to good working condition horses which have been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or ar° naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are u ndoubted, indeed almost marvellous, near ly doubling tb° yield of milk and' butter, whilst it at the same time enrich/ the quality of both. In pigs it s f a tt en i ng qua lities are e l t a o r o k d e d a adopted afte alledi n o g ur o of eatrsNv in swine. more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its nian" c9 superiority over every other kind of compound or moor been fctur R ed s m f Royalty, noblemen,and ' on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the P ri rld. prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been ?v°` the e The patronage of Royalty, of principal nobility, y, our ' 3 clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prov card great incitement to this g entleman to pursue his ° Tl s o course ; and he may condently rely, in produci!lg'such highly-favoured a compound, on a continuatinn of high and dlitinguished patronage. cattle Sn. :1111,71:50:- BIRTHS. BENTINCK.—On the 18th inst. at 48, Charles-street , net " keley-square Mrs. George Cavendish Bentinck, p renla turely, of a daughter, stillborn, HEILVEY.—On the 19th inst., at 47, Eaton-place, the LAY Hervey, of a son. MARKS.—On the 19th inst.,rat 44, Bedford-square, the Wife of Jacob Marks, Esq., of a daughter. TODD.—On the 19th inst., at 51, Wimp°le-street, the wife of John Todd, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES LINDSAY—MUNDY.--On the 18th inst., at St. George's; Hanover-square, the Rev. Wm. J. C. Lindsay, Ascot son of George Hayward Lindsay, Esq., and the Le,"" Mary Lindsay, of Glasnevin, Dublin, to Rosamond Erai,g' the eldest daughter of the late Frederick Clinton Mull"" Esq. PANTIN—HARRIS.---On the 18th inst., at St. LaWrelleet Reading, Charles Pantin, E-q. of Blackheath, to Sop Anne, youngest daughter of William Harris, E s q . / ° Reading. DEATHS. ATKINSON.—Qn the 17th inst., Christopher Chapman Atkinson, of 48, anonbury-park south, aged 4G. BAIRD.—On the 18th inst., at 45, Southampton-row, Ras" sell•square, John Baird, Esq., M.D. ; hard DAVIES.—On the 11th inst., at Brecon, the Ven. R.e- d Davies, M.A., Archdeacon and Vicar of Brecon, age 82. GROSVENOR.—On the 17th inst., at oi i ''tt . ng 0 urne Kent, George. Grosvenor, Esq., aged 68. PROCTOR.—On the 13th inst , suddenly, at Ab erhafesP Hall, Montgom er y s hi re , Lieu . t.-General Henry A dol p hus Proctor, C. 8., aged 74. SMITH.—On the 18th inst. ,at Compton Bassett, Matilda,, widow of the late Th os . Assheton Smith, ESq• TRAITORD.—On the 18th inst., at Oughti n ton Hall, i n the county. of Chester, Trafford Trafford, Esq., aged BS. WATERMAN.—On the 7th March, at Marion, nea r Ade.: laide, South A us tr a lia, Mr. James Waterman, late at Threadneedle-street. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU ti of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Friday, May 20, 1859. .11,, ,A--`