The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-25 00:00:00

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will be performed STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Characters by Magsrs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell •nd Mrs. Melfort. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Cruder the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE LITTLE DEMOS. After which. S &LLY SMART. To conclude with KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS HREE. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE! titer which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEARNEY. Mr. William Cooke announces for Whit Monday a Grand and Magnificent Chivalric Spectacle of intense interest, to be produced on a scale of unparalleled grandeur and effect, combining both stage and ring, united by the gigantic portable platform ; followed by a new and brilliant series of scenic Acts in the Arena, invented and directed by Mr. William Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAT —Morrint 3F nitn.after 8 I Evening 14min. aft. 9 To- Ilnaßov-41orning 47 Latzt.after 9 j Evening 15 min. aft.lo 1.7 E WZATHER.—Strx Orates. May. 25. TEZIIMONZTED, IN TUB SHADS. 70 —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day, at noon. BancmsTwn, 29'92—rising again. WIND, Variable and light, from S. to S.S.E. and S.S.W., with fine warm weather. FIALF-PAriT Two. —Wind, S.E. Blowing rather fresh, with cloudy weather. __} 1 , ~, . - ;BLS ___ -. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1855. Whatever "ambiguity" there may be in the terms of the motion brought forward by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Bucks, there has been none in the language in which he has advocated its adoption, nor in the results which must follow from its adoption by the House of Commons. It is, as we yesterday stated, expressive at the same time of want of confidence in the Ministry and of censure for their evasive and truckling con duct. It then looks to the past and future, and raises the issue on which the representatives of the people must decide fairly and decisively. Ha asks the House, "to say in distinct lan guage that the time for negotiation has passed." He asks it to support his motion, because one of its main objects is "to put an end to the fatal union" (the nature and effect whereof he so graphically depicted) " between diplomacy and aggressive war." In this there is no " ambiguity." All is straightforward and above-board, and no independent or unprejudiced person—no man resolved to carry on the War vigorously and energetically until a just, an honourable, and probably a permanent " peace" be conquered from Russia—can possibly hesitate as to the course to be pursued. It is no mere party question. It may incidentally determine the fate of the ministry, but as the Right Hon. Gentleman prcved, beyond the possibility of doubt or misconception, that has followed ex necessitate. It could not be avoided unless the representative branch of the Legislature were contented wholly to abdicate the functions which it had so long suffered to rem: in in abeyance, and to convert into certainties " the dark suspicions" that have become so prevalent as to the conduct and intentions of her MAJESTY'S Government. Honourable Gentle men must now make up their minds one way or the other. There is no middle course. They can not evade the responsibility forced upon them. There is no alternative but to say " Aye" or "No" to put " an end to the diplomatic shuffling and Ministerial trifling," or to give everything into the hands of Ministers, and enable them to perfect such arrangements as they think proper, founded on the Russian proposi tions, or the restoration of the status quo. What have justly been characterised as " mi sera bl e amendments " do not afford a loophole for escape. They are practically put forward in favour of the Government, and arrayed in such vestments as to suit every taste—from that of the member of the Peace Society to the most unflinching asserter of the national honour. But it is not a time for hair splitting or quibbling on words. We might cordially concur in the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Kidderminster if it had been brought forward as an original mo tic"a"--1 its palpable and obvious meaning had not bee n to defeat a resolution which would produce the results so ardently desired by the ' country, turn the to in carrynff do u btf u l vo t es , w hi c h m i g ht favour.o of an E ng li s h p o li cy , b u t which, in consec p u. mthereof, would be recorded in the same list With those of the Member s f or Manchester, the Peelites, andthe oth er a d vocates The for a disgraceful and temporary " dodge" is doubtless very ingenious. peace. what our tran satlantic brethren ter m no' r o shouldd tarna t tion gtee'ramic.u!. i to i sm art ;" but it cannotsucceed, Honourable Gentl emen be suffered i n the " ostrich fancy" that because they close their own eyes to the consequences, their con _ stituents will likewise be hoodwinked or deceived. Never did Mr. DISRAELI produce sounde r or more conclusive arguments than last night. Ne ver wad his eloquence more inspiring—his diction more brilliant. He shook off, for the time being, the tram mels of party, the oligarchical influences by which is fettered and restrained , and :was indeed " the m a people;" boldly and in dignantly ai ti ,- we L. G.t. :the ll g the it' . ckling-and cottempti- . 34 . 4 ble policy so long pursued, and which has led to so many injurious consequences —so lavish an expenditure of blood and treasure. So far as the nation was c oncerned there was no necessity for apologising for bringing on the motion. His excuses should have been alto gether of a different description—for suffering himself to be at all influencedbymiadt be dread of the " vulgar imputations" which might upon his motives. By unprejudiced and right minded citizens out of the House, and not en gaged in the strife of party, looking to men rather than measures, he will never be blamed for bringing on his motion, and thus boldly grappling with the difficulty, but he may be cen sured for so long postponing an obvious duty— for yielding even a tacit assent to " the abnegation of its functions " by the assembly of which he is a leading member. His keen and searching exposure of the Minis terial policy, his unsparing dissection of the Vi ennese humbug, was perfectly conclusive. It could not be refuted. Even a plausible answer could not be put forward. The ex-Plenipoten tiary—the man who took so prominent a part in stimulating the warlike ardour of the people —who, after using as " prave ords " as ancient Pistol, was still willing to swallow the Muscovite leek, who exhibited an uncalled for subservience to Russia in his admis sions, and adopted the practice of Ministers at St. Petersburg by using one description of lan guage for his own people, and another of very different tenour and effect for Europe, was scari fied by the vigorous assailant. The attack in duced Lord J. RUSSELL to speak, and made Minis, ters abandon the course which they seem dis posed to follow for themselves as well as for the nation—viz., to let their honour and safety rest in the hands of auxiliaries rather than defend them by their own personal exertions. Lord J. RUSSELL, being compelled to rise, made one re markable admission, which fully confirms what we have so long asserted, and which clearly proves the absurdity of further delay. The Noble Lord declared that he did " not expect that Austria is prepared, in the present state of the question, to take an immediate part in the War against Russia with us." Why, then, fur ther procrastinate ? All this time' we have been "waiting for Austria "—have been cajoled by fond, but illusory, hopes that she would fulfil her promises and act an honest and straightforward part. These expectations are, however, frus trated. That point is established on the highest authority. What, then, are we now " waiting" for? What can be the utility of further negotiation? The admission should prove decisive, as to the motion, with every man who is not prepared to sacrifice his country for the sake of party—to destroy the prestige of the United Kingdom, and seriously injure her vast interests for the sake of obtaining some of the crumbs of patronage that fall from the Ministerial table. Let these things be pondered well by every man who wishes to retain a character for independence before he absents himself from the division, or walks into the lobby in support of Ministers. Another important revelation has been made. Mr. GLADSTONE now stands forward as the avowed ' supporter of the Peace-at-any-price policy, and the rumours which have been circulated as to the alliance between the Peelites and the Peace Society are painfully confirmed. Let, then, every man be at his post this night, when the fate of the country for good or evil must be finally determined . The Administrative Reform Associations will be glad to observe that upon the case of the rejec tion at Woolwich of the scholars of tried merit from Trinity College, Dublin, and admitted the substitution of patronage appointments, Mr. JAMES HEYwooD has given notice of a motion for an address recommending that the appointments there shall in future be adjudicated to merit as tested by public competitive examinations. The Order in Council, and the appointment of Mr. EDWARD ROMILLY, the declared advocate of aristocratical selections, should also be brought under the notice , of the House, although the case of the rejections at Woolwich will, by taking a division, serve the objects of the local associations in distinguishing the real friends of appointments or promotions for merit. The Order in Council, it is to be observed, goes out of the way to declare that the Examining Board "shall not make any alteration in the no mination or appointment of candidates by those who are or may be charged with the duty of no.. mination or appointment." That is to say, the patronage nominations are retained to Messrs. HAYTER and WILSON, and to all those political chiefs of the class who, according to the testimony of Mr. JAMES STEPHEN himself, "to gratify their " political, domestic, or private feelings, have brought the service into its present con dition of a clear majority of dangerously unfit appointments. But yet it may be said the candidates will now be submitted to an examination, directed by an in dependent board. This independency in the sense of impartiality we have shown to be impeachable. Assume them, however, to be impartial ; grant that the examiners are, what they will not be, under existing arrangements, qualified to examine as to the chief specialities of the several depart ments. The best examinations, without competi tion, can only be what are called "pass examina tions," and it is proved upon the experience of specially qualified examiners, whose general inde pendence, probity, and impartiality are undoubted, namely, in the examinations for medical degrees, that these pass examinations are grossly defective. So much is this so, that from whatsoever places diplomas have been obtained upon the ordinary examinations without competition and publicity, the army and navy medical authorities re-examine the candidates. These re-examinations—not in themselves competitive—are must exceptionably lax, yet the rejection of from one-third to one half of the candidates is by no means uufre quent. Notwithstanding the diplomas of M.D. obtained by " pass examinations," it is shown that medical men take care to re-examine candidates for appointments to dispensaries. In France competitive examinations (or the con cours) alone aro depended upon. An article on the Army Medical Arrangements in the last num ber of the Medieo-Chirurgical Review, gives the prevalent professional impression on the necessity of introducing the contours in the medical insti tutions of this country ; and to this, after the cer tain failure of the worthless plan now proposed, the civil services must come. No doubt pass examinations will serve to prevent such scan dalous appointments as those described by Mr. CHADWICK and others—such as of people incapable of numbering or of writing, and utterly worth less. But Sir JAMES STEPHEN, ' who well knows the difference between pass examinations and competitive examinations, or examinations for honours at Cambridge, saw at once in Sir CHAS. TREVELYAN'S plan for competitive examination, that it would be destructive to the incumbency of those mediocrities in the public service for which he sets up his profligate plea. "But why, in the choice of clerks, are learning and ability, and whatever else they imply, to have this in. variable precedence g In the dull details of public office, there are many which the learned and able A will not accomplish a whit better than the ill-informed and corn mon-place B—nor perhaps so well. Surely, mediocrity and even dullness—the lot of the vast majority—have some claims, which are as well entitled to regard as are those of learning and ability. It is not without some reason that, in all other pursuits in life, patronage exercised in the spirit of nepotism is made the shelter of the weak and otherwise helpless." _ . To these appeals, which are sounded in chorus from the Home-office, from the Board of Trade, and from all the olderofficeass,sutrhaencperetsleinatt the ar rangement is a satisfactory reign of d u ll ness an d mediocrity shall not be dis turbed. The answer to them by Mr i JoliNl\l MILL will now b e f or th e consideration of the Adminis trative Reform Associations. " I have f th t the object eansstiihrae p ed re , ce a d s i r n e g lu o i b r s in er g va i ;o o ion p s r , o " o l‘ , lr. M a ill says, " I proposed i s i n i tself desirable ; that it would be a public benefit of the publi c service, or all that part of it the duties if coMposed of the whic are of a n i n t e ll ectua l c h aracter, were most intelligent and instructed persons mwahiontacionuladeboen4zacdtoectrid t o, it. If there be any who not made only for personff ° f aabndilsitay, that the t t h h e at w m ar e l ci d io is . crity also ought to have a share in it, I answer, cer. tainly, but not in managing the affairs of the state. Mediocrity should betake itself to those things in which few besides itself will be imperilled by its deficiencies, — to mechanical labour, or the mechanical superintendence of labour, occupations as necessary as any others, and which no person of sense considers disparaging. There will be, assuredly, ample space for the mediocrities, in employments which require only mediocrity, when all who are beyond mediocrity have found the employment in which their talents can be of most use." In the preceding observations we have assumed that the arrangements which the appointment of Mr. EDWARD RoMIbLY, a declared enemy to the principle of competitive examinations, proves to be untrustworthy, are entirely truthful, and that the majority of the candidates are to be sub jected to a real, though an inferior and pass examination. But let the following provision of the order in council be considered—" And it is hereby ordered that, in case the chief of any de partment," meaning thereby any political chief, e.g., not the permanent chief as a Mr. ROWLAND HILL, but a Lord CLANRICARDE, chief of the Post-office, or any one else for the time being, c: considers it desirable to appoint to any situation for which there are no prescribed limits of age"— that is to say, for the greater part of the field of jobbing appointments—" a person of mature age, having acquired special qualifications in other pursuits, such person shall not, in virtue of this order, be required to obtain any certificate of competency from the said commissioners" (even of the minimum of qualifications for pass appoint ments of the lo west grade), "in order to obtaining such appointment ; but the chief of the depart ment shall cause the appointment of any person not previously examined to be formally recorded as having been made on account of special qualii fications." Who does not see that specialities of qualifica tions may be, and will be, made out for the most worthless and profligate appointments. Thus a record would be made out for Mr. LAWLEY, that he was of mature age, " that he had acquired a knowledge of human nature"—(in dealing on the turf with blacklegs and gamblers)—" that he had great experience in monetary transactions " (in trafficking with stock-jobbers whilst he was a private secretary of the Chancellor of the Exche quer), " and that he had, therefore, been chosen as a chief clerk in the financial department." Expe rience in the turf and in betting, though he had lost, were actually brazened out in the House of Commons, as no bad qualification for a Colonial Governorship. This order in council affords an example of the extreme importance at this time of he appoint ment on general and local committees on Adminis- trative Refoim of conscientious men of business, unconnected as much as possible with the leading parties contending for mere patronage, who may scrutinise and report on such proceedings to the constituencies. By them it will be perceived that the order examined is not a fair statesman-like measure, but a rejection of the vital principle of those whom CARLYLE designates as the most im portant class of reformers, the " esoteric men," who are Administrative Reformers ; that it is in the guise of " a step in advance," a deliberate adoption of the precise course contended for by the " esoteric men," who are declared enemies of the first principles of Administrative Reform ; and that it is a low dodge and a screen to the worst parts of the present system of patronage. Men of business will see that the pass examinations proposed will be no better than the pass ex aminations already instituted, the nature and results of which are well described by Mr. AN DERSON, the principal clerk for the financial busi ness at the Treasury : " Th• practice hitherto adopted has been to throw upon the executive officer at the head of each office the odium of rejecting the nominee of the Treasury, or of his immediate superior in office, and of justifying such rejection by the results of an examination, the extent of which is in a great measure left to his own discretion. The consequences of this practice are precisely those whish might be expected. A disinclination to injure the prospects of a young man on the threshold of his career, and the desire to avoid the chance of a collision with his patrons, generally secure to every candidate of doubtful acquirements the most indulgent consideration of his deficiencies ; and although he may be wanting in those qualifications which would give an assurance of his becoming in time fit for the higher duties of the de partment, his competency to perform the lowest quality of duty in the office to which he has been nominated will, in most cases, secure him against rejection. . . I will mention a circumstance within my own experience which occurred in a large department of account, and which strikingly illustrates the consequences of a defi cient examination. During the early period of my ser vice, the commissioner at the head of a large department was desirous of introducing improvements in the mode of keeping the accounts of his office—improvements as urgently pressed upon his notice by the defective state of the accounts themselves, as by the increased demands of Parliament for information which his books could imperfectly supply. Having had some experience himself, before he was appointed to office, of the system by which commercial men reduce to order the large and varied operations of trade, he determined upon applying the principles of that sys tem to the public accounts of his department ; but although he had a large establishment of clerks almost wholly employed in the business of accounts to select from, he could not find one who was sufficiently conver sant with the scientific principles of accounts to carry out his plans of improvement. If the system which he poposed to introduce had been one of modern invention, or only partially known, such a result might have been accounted for, but it was one which for a long period has]been in almost universal practice in this and other countries for all accounts of any magnitude, and which must have been co-existent with commerce itself. . . It must not be supposed that the mischief of admitting ill-qualified persons into departments of account is limited to the inconvenience of a defective plan of ac count. The security which the system itself ought to provide is supplied by creating departments of check, or by other complicated contrivances, which being further involved by legislation founded on them, render the pub lic accounts unintelligible to all but the few to whom they have become familiar by long prac tice. A stricter examination of persons ad mitted to clerkships would, moreover, be produc tive of economy. Every person who has had ex perience in conducting a large office will admit that, if all were really efficient, not only would the business be better and more expeditiously done, but it would be probably executed by two:thirds of the number of clerks at present employed."—Blue Book, pp. 235, 236. At the Gloucester meeting on Administrative Reform, one of the best which has yet been held, the Conservatives' came forward cordially in its support. Their journal observes : "Lord Derby showed clearly how restricted is the l i limit for the selection of the members of an Administra tion ; certain offices must be filled by members of the Lords, others again by those of the Commons, and these out of a section of both houses ; while the avocations of able men engaged in mercantile pursuits, and the indif ference of others to official drudgery, still narrow the space, and leave the Premier in a perplexity when he is looking out for men of ability and influence. " This is a specimen of the difficulties surrounding Administrative Reform ; but then, again, no one denies that a strong, able Ministry would apply itself to re organise, to consolidate, to put in working order every department of the State. Mr. Disraeli promised this should be done • he and his colleagues had investigated the subject, and were ready for the task. Red tape, routine, interminable letters, pert clerks, obstinate officials, and independent heads,' were all to be re duced into the moderate compass and working efficiency of such vast establishments as Lindsay's, Pete's, and Scott Russell's, where all books are simple, every man up to and not above his work, all complicity avoided, and order and regularity enforced." On Mr. lislywoon's motion, Mr. DISRAELI Will have an opportunity of showing what he really intended. If it really were to bring up the management of the public business and revenue up to the efficiency and economy the great object of Administrative Reformers was intended, and that will be the best shown by the recognition of the best of the tried and approved means. The second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Bill last evening in the Lords will hardly excite more interest in the country than it did in that House. Besides the noble mover, the only Peer who spoke on the occasion was Lord MONTEAGLE, who opposed the measure, without, however, going to a division. The fact is, it was felt the bill was " booked" to pass, its chief opponents having tacitly accepted it in its amended state rather than experience any longer the injurious uncertainty and suspense which the ill-advised procedure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had so largely occasioned. It is hardly necessary for us to express an en tire concurrence in the views of Lord MONTEAGLE as to the impolicy of the measure in a financial point of view. It is sufficiently notorious that there was no urgent call for its adoption ; and this admitted, the heavy increase of taxation during the year disposes of the question of policy. Most of those who are-paying an, increased amount for their coffee 'and sugar, .to says)lotbiDgLotothe r taxation,': . it lifficUlitti realise the wisdom of a measure by which 150,0001. a year, or more, of voluntary taxation have been sacrificed. The Bill, however, is to pass, and we would not have drawn attention to the second reading but for the higher tone of Ministers in the Upper House. Much must be allowed for the venti lation measures undergo in their principles and bearings before they reach the 11(43e of Lords ; still, with every allowance, the tone of that House of late years will, generally speaking, suffer nothing in comparison with that of the Commons. AnU, in this instance, few will be disposed to deny that the views of Lord CANNING, expressed in his speech on the question, are more in har mony with the intelligence of the age than those of his colleagues in the Lower House. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—M.dame GRISI. Tho Directors of the Royal Italian Opera feel the greatest gratifi cation in having It in their power to announce that that most distin guished artiste, Mine. Giulia Guist, will again app , ar, for a short period, on the stage of the Lyric Drama. The Directors finding that circumstances had arisen to prevent Mine. Grisi retiring to her residence at Florence, as contemplated a' the termination f her late engagement in the United States of America, and, moreover, that she would. most probably reside in England the greater portion a the present year, naturally sought to induce her once more to Join the corps of the Royal Italian Opera, and were in the hope of being able to have announced their success in the pro spectus of their season arrangements. The Directors were, how ever, unable to prevail on Mme. Grisi to enter into the engagement, and immediately made propositions to another distinguished artiste to undertake the repertoire which Madame Grist has so long .uid so honourably filled. The Directors not having succeeded In these negotiations, again applied to Mme. Grist to postpone for a short period her final retirement 'from the stage. Under these circumstances, Mme. Grist, with her accustomed kindness, con sented to lend the Directors her invaluable assistance, and they are now, therefore, enabled to announce that she will sing, during an engagement of ten nights, the principal characters of her well-known repertoire. TO-MORROW, Saturday, May 26 , will be performed (for the 2d time this season) Donizetti's opera LA FAVORITA. Leonora Inez Mdlle. Be!lint. Baldassare Signor Lablache. Don Gas , aro Signor Soldi. Alfonso XI (His Id appearance in that character in England); awl Fernando -••••••••-• S i gn or Mario . (His Fourth appearance this season). Conductor Commence at Efght.—Boxes. Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be had at the Box-office of the theatre, and of the principal musicsellers and librarians. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY•LAIr"E. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NORMA, in which Madame Arga, Mdlle mag, per, Signor Armandi, Mr Hamilton Braham, &c., will appear. To conclude with a Grand Ballet Dfrertissement. THEATFE RoYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstons: THIS EVENING, will be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. W. Tarren, Tedder, Rogers, and Compton ; bliss Lavine, Mrs Can ine White, and Mils Cushman. After which, AGED FORTY. To conclude with the new Extravaganza, called THE NEW aA.YDIANKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAiLza KEAY. THIS EVENING, Alll be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal haracter by Mr. C. Kean. _ _ To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Wetstor.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, ---- Will be performed the comedy of PAUL PRY. Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Selny and Wright ; Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. L. Murray, and Mi,s Woolgar. To be followed by THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ~, .. LATEST NEWS. RENEWAL OF THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNING. A Conference will be held to-morrow, without the Russian Plenipotentaries ; and another on Monday, at which those Plenipotentiaries will probably ire present. BERLIN, MAY 24. The Gazette Prussienne says that the new con ditions proposed through the mediation of Austria are : A special treaty determining the number of ships, Russian and Turkish, that shall be per mitted to navigate the Black Sea. France and England to have the right to main tain two ships of war each in the Bosphorus. The Porte to communicate to the Allied Powers any treaty concluded with Russia. BERLIN, Tuu - RsD AY. _ _ . Advices from St. Petersburg to the 19th state that all the fortified harbours in the Bay of Finland have been declared in a state of siege. Seven prizes taken by the English arrived at Elsinore on the 22d. Official information has reached the British Consul at Elsinore that the Russian Government had given orders to sink all their men-of-war at Cronstadt, except eight sail of the line. FRANCE. PARIS, Thursday Evening.—The following pri vate telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day : "VIENNA, 231—The Austrian Correspondence con firms a report of the speedy resumption of the Confer ences, and mentions the 26th as the day when they will probably re-open. Prince Gortschakoff is suffering from fever. It is positively stated that the Government is about to sand Qount de Rechberg to Frankfort with in structions to propose to the Diet to give orders for the Federal contingents to hold themselves in readiness to march." _ . _ " BERLIN, 23d, Evening.—The Prussian, Gazette announces that the last propositions of mediation sent by Austria to the Western Powers, state in substance that, by a separate treaty between Russia and Turkey, concluded independently of the co-operation of the Western Powers, the two nations should stipulate for the number of vessels of war which each may keep up in the Black Sea. The treaty was moreover to mention that the Western Powers shall always be allowed to have two vessels of war in the Black Sea. The Porte is to be charged to make known this separate treaty to the Allied Powers as soon as it shall have been con cluded." " MADRID, 23d.—Yesterday evening, 70 men belong. ing to a cavalry regiment at Saragossa revolted. They went through the streets crying—' Long live the King. The General sent some troops and national guards in pursuit of them. It is a Carlist movement." BOURSE, MAY 24.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fi. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 30 3 per Cents 69 63 10 Credit Mobilier BO2 50 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes Piedmontese B6 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASS. fr. c. fr. Orleans Western 672 50 Rouen Cette Mediterranean ...... 1097 50 Havre 5BO Northern RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 15th and 17th of May.. The Invalide Busse publishes the following : "On the 20th of April (2d of May) Aide-de-Camp General Chomoutoff inspected the state of the fortifica tions and of the garrisons of Novorossiisk and of Anapa. He found them in good order, and the troops full of zeal and ready to receive the enemy. Novorossiisk has not suffered much damage from the attack made upon it by the Allies on the 28th of February (12th of March). " Aide-de-Camp General Chomoutoff concludes his report by announcing that the enemy's fleet, consisting of 48 vessels of all sizes, showed itself on the 23d of April (sth of May) off Boughaze, advancing very slowly at about 8 werstes from the coast. The fleet disap peared between 1 and 2 p.m. "According to the last telegraphic despatch from Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff the fleet has returned to Sebastopol with the troops it had on board.' "THE TORPID SANDS" OF THE ENGLISH GOTERNMENE - Some time ago Professor Wheatstone invented an import Ant instrument, or means, by an~ electric wire attached to a gun and a target, of measuring with a, de gree of accuracy never before attained the time occu pied in the flight of projectiles. For the improvement of ordnance practice it is acknowledged to be an inven tion of great value. Before the war broke out it was adopted in Russia, and used for experimental trials ; it was also adopted in Prussia, where the artillery practice is reputed to be the best in the world, and records are printed of the experimental results obtained by its use. It is now, we are informed, about to be adopted by the Board of Ordnance ! Two tons of clothing for the Grenadier Guards in the Crimea arrived yesterday at Southampton, to be sent out in the steam-transport Orinoco. The screw-ship Severn is finished, and will be the next vessel launched from her Majesty's Dockyard, Chatham. She carries fifty guns. The sum paid since the Ist of January for expense of transport from Marseilles alone to the East, and for purposes connected with the war, amounts to 17,000,000 f. The Fulminante, the third gun-boat, constructed by M. Normand, at Havre, ws launched on the 20th inst. Shortly after the operation she was taken in tow by the Neptune and brought into the principal basin, where she is to be furnished with her engines. The fourth and last gun-boat, the Avalanche, is to be launched next week. THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Night. —By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Christian, we have dates from Gibraltar, May 16 ; Cadiz, 17 ; Lisbon,: 19 ; Oporto, 20 ; and Vigo, 21. The Iberia brings in all 74 passen gers, among whom are the Duke and Duchess de Ne mours and suite and the officers of the General Screw Company's wrecked ship Natal, 27 packages of specie, value about 11,0001. sterling, and a cargo consisting of dates, wines, potatoes, eggs, &c. In Portuguese poli tics no novelty had occurred. The Gibraltar news has been anticipated by the arrival of the mail steam-ship Euxine. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—PLYMOUTH, Thursday.— The barque Foss Smit, Captain Swart, which left Ade laide on the Ist of February, with copper ore and wool, for London, has arrived in the Channel. She touched at the Cape, and left on the 4th of April. The Cape Par liament, which was in session, is said to be negotiating with the Home Government for the re-establishment of a steam postal service. The Kaffirs are quiet. The tram road is not yet commenced. More wool will be ex ported this year than was ever known. Tonnage is scarce. GROOM'S TULIP SHOW.—We yesterday attended the private view of Mr. Groom's annual show of tulips, at his grounds, Clapham-rise, and we may say, in linvine, that we do not remember for several years seeing his splendid show of this empress of flowers in such excel lent condition. The main bed, which is 150 feet long,and covered by an ample awning the whole length, contains no fewer than 2,000 of the most beautiful and newest varieties of tulips, of the richest colours and finest shapes, forming a perfect treat to the eye of the amateur, and not less pleasing to those who are simply admirers of the well•contrasted hues and symmetrical outlines of a choice bed of favourite flowers. There was a very nu merous attendance of the nobility present. The horolodge of the clock tower, at the new Houses of Parliament, will, when erected, afford its keepers two hours' work a week in winding it up ! CRYSTAL PALACE, THURSDAY.— ONE SHILLING DAY. —Admissions on payment, 4,768 ; ditto by season tickets, 513 ; total visitors, 5,281. Return of admis sions for six days ending May 19, 1855.—Number ad mitted, including season ticket-holders, 27,298. Amount received for admissions, 1,2001. 3s. Mr. E. L. Morgan, of the Rose and Crown, Wands worth, has a hen in his possession, of the Shanghai breed, whose eggs weigh from 51 to 7 ounces. RETURN VISIT TO 'THE PREFECT OF THE SEINE.— Yesterday Alderman Humphery, Alderman Salomons, Sir H. Muggeridge, Sir C. D. Crosley (the sheriff:), Deput7 Dakin, Mr. Hoyd, Mr. J. Wood, Mr. Harker, Mr. D. Nicoll, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Turnley, and Mr. Fuller, were elected by the Court of Common Council a deputation from the Corporation of the City of London o visit tote Prefect of the Seine. fir 4. tty , 001 , 1 4 t 4 - Ztirc't / .04:u tr- EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM].) THE OAKS. MARCHIONESS BLOOMING HEATHER CA.PUCINE Eleven ran—Nettle fell. MEMBERS' PLATE. Radulphus Chisel Five ran. RAILWAY PLATE. Rosaline Radulphus Engleniere Seven ran. FOAL STAKES. Escape Herald Dr. Cooke FOREIGN V F l iv S e lT ra O n h S' PLATE Professor Airey Corin Tom Burke Three ran. DERBY AND OAKS STAKES. Novice Usurer Gossip Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. OAKS. 6to 4 agst Nettle 4to 1 agst Capucine 4to 1 agst Blooming Heather 6 to 1 agst Clotilde Bto 1 agst Chalice MONEY i A RKET AND CO UMERCIAL TNT ELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, closed with a firm and steady appearance. Prices were steadily maintained at the advance obtained on Wednesday of Id. to id. per lb. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales ; none were taken for export, and 7,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market was quiet, closing without feature. Business this week in Colonial Produce has been dull, owing to the occurrence of the " Derby day," Which was observed as a holiday. Early in the week sugar was in demand, and in several instances 6d. per cwt. dearer. The supply of coffee has been limited, and the quotations have tended upwards. Native good ord. has ruled at 475. 6d. per cwt. Rice has met with ready purchasers at enhanced rates. Spices generally have been steady. Cochi neal has declined ld. per lb., and rum has been supported. Tallow has ruled quiet. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during the week there has been more activity in the mar ket for American Securities : Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106.1 1072 United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed Stock 1867-1868...106 107 New York State 5 p. Cent. Bonds 1858-1860... 90 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Inscribed Stock ... 78 79 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 84 85 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...100 101 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 92 93 Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 87 88 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1857-1865... 83 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 Do. do. do. 1874... 78 Do. do. do. 1884... 72 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds 1875... 67 68 Michigan Central 8 per Cent. Bonds Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds) 1859... 95 Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent. Mortgage Bonds 1830... 88. 1 , 89i New York and Erie 7 p. Cent., 2d Mort gage, Convertible 1851.. 90 92 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage, Convertible 1883... 84 86 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund ... 79 80 Public Securities have been very firm, and it is stated that Ministers calculate upon a majority . of 100, or rather more than they reckoned yester day, owing to a defection of some 15 members from Opposition ranks. The abundance of money mainly supports prices. Consols have been 901-, to 91± for transfer and account. The New 3 per Cents. bring 90'i to and theßeduced 891 to 90k. Bank Stock is firm at 209±. The Omnium has touched 3 premium. Exchequer Bills are up to 123. and 15s. premium, and the new Terminable Annuities to 16 and 11-16ths. The public sales of wool have concluded, and the prices obtained have been very satisfactory. Foreign Stocks are not so buoyant as Consols. Turkish Bonds are 77A 1, Mexican have dropped to 22± and 211. Russian Fives are 99 to /. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i- to 71-; Mexi can, 22 to 221 ; Peruvian, 67 to 69; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 42 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18± to 18/ ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 37 to 37± ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 41 ; Ditto Pasive, 31 to 41. Railway shares are firm for the English lines, and the Bombay and Baroda and the Scinde are higher. The Foreign Mines are in moderate zequest. The Joint Stock Banks are rather tending up wards ; and in the Miscellaneous Shares more is doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom. the Oticial List.) iluginess done Bank Stock 3 per Cant. Reduced Annuities... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Lone Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ,34 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 16i 11-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO lB Consols :or Account, 30th May 9l 904 11 1 4 Omnium Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO 441•••••• ...... 15 12 £5OO . 12 Small l5 12 Ditto Advertised 4 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 998 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent s4i fexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto, 1848, 3 per Cent 391 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 99l 9 . Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent.......... Ditto Small Fardinian Bonds, 5 por Cent. . inrkish Bonds, 6 per cent - - Ditto for the Account... Ditto Small .. 7B Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. oli 911 if Consols Ditto, May Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 25.—Wind and weathor this day at noon, 5.,. light airs, and clouly, with warm weather. PORTSMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived — Empress Eugenia, from Ceylon. Sailed—H.M.S. Corn wallis, Pembroke, Haftings, Hawk, and Retribution ; City of Norwich (s. transport), for Grimsby. SOUTHAMPTON, May 21.—Arriied—Iberia (s.), from Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, W.S.W. Vivandiere, from Monte Video. FALMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, S. Arrived—Elizabeth, from Akyab; Phoenix, Porto Ries; Toss Smet, Adelaide, S.A.; Alma and Algoa, Akyab, and sailed for Hamburg. CowEs, May 24.—Wind, S. Arrived—Cybele, from Canton, for Rotterdam; Atalanta, Bahia. Arrived— (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Colombia; from Akyab ; Astrea and Revere, Callao ; Triumphant, Palermo ; Ynez de Castro, Lisbon ; Mintor, Santander. _ _ QUEENSTOWN, May 23. Wind, S. Arrived—Plymouth, from Mobile ; J. Hughes, Maza gan ; Marchioness of Breadalane, Santa Cruz. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 11.17 a.m. Wi n d, S.E. ; tide, one hours' ebb ; weather, fine. Arrived, May 28—Blenheim, from Calcutta. Arrived, May 25—Port Jackson. from Shanghai ; Ca lypso, Jamaica ; Princess Royal, Vancouver's Island. DEAL, Friday, 10.9 a.m. Wind, calm. Passed—Palestine, from New York; Trobizond, from Alexandria ; City of Manchester, Callao ; Daphne, Boni bay—all for London. sglocl—D4Q of Northuaborland, for Ciba. SHARE MARKETS 16 1 45 all (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. EAILVATI. ibordeen .....„. ...... tmbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet... Belfast St Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Choshire Juliet Do. Chesh. 4 Birk. . £5O and £25 Cons Do., £20............ .. Blyth & Tyn origina .£25 (issd. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Emir., & Pas: Cornwall Grief Junction Du'olin&Belfa stJunc Dundee Perth &Abe dean Junction.., Do. Now East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A all LOO ali 100 Stock B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh& GlasgoN , Edinb. and Peebles, Edin.Prth &Dunde , Forth & Clyde Jun. . Furness. Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Wester : Irreat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock _ _ . Gt. Sth. &West.(lr3 Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Closing Prices this day. Gua. Stk. . Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lincash and York Wet. Riding Un Liv:Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst I Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D o .101. Sh. ,M&B , C Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. a Linchi Do. Shares, No. l Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 1)o. Birmng. &Derb3 Midld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk - 1 2 Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 ' Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwiel: Do. do. Extension Do. do. G.N.E. Parch Do. Leeds Do. York 13t Is 17. all all 1 North London Do. Now £lO N.O.Wstrn.,Harnp stead, and City Jn. - . North Staffordshire North Western.., N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,S; Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 1 all 171 s. Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlin Stolkton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Illverstone 4 Lancs Vale of Neath is,.no,e done this day. lWaterfd. & Kilkenny WaterforthStLimeriek West Cornwall. West End of Lando' and Crystal Palace , IWest London Wimbledn &Croydou 22 - 23 43 - 41 8.1 - 8i 14 - 131 14 - 15 9 - 8.0 8 - 8 - 87 63 - 63 131 - 146 7 - 9 34 - 2,1 54 - 6.1 1I - 31 - :33 21 - 23 7 , “ 75 58 2d par 19 20 ... "- • 68 - 70 9,v 2 77 - 78 25 - 96 - C - 8 67 '7 58 - 62 71 - 75 6 -6 - 8 79 - 79. 7i S 100 101 LODi 10;),i id par 8311 9 8d 8 7d 25 - 251 8A ••• • 41 - 43 10 s 2 E 6 : 52 29 ... 30 76 75 61 4 34 13 13 49 48 50 d par Oct —6/ d ar 28 - 30 16i - 103 67 - 69 46 - 48 32. -- )3 60 -61 i 23 - 29 5 - 3 3 - 1 37 - 39 20 2 , - 4 22 - 21 7 - 8 7i ra 2i 21 4 3 ... - ... T id 341 35 8 9 1 , 24/ 25} - 18L; = 19 : 51 - 56 94 - 96 - 231 IlpP - - 5 i 24- - 24. - 21 - 101 - 103 107 - 109 110 - 112 101 103 214 - 22 110 - 112 '; - 1p 2 -- 2?,:p1 5 7 2 —s 3 6 - 6i 35 - 3513 13i - 13 - 84 26 -264 p 47 49 41. 43 PIP 22 - 23 d 2 —14 d 8 —Bi 2i - 2hp - pm 3i 4 d 7 ••• - ••• 18 -18 i BANKS. 82 - 84 d --Par 17 --- 18 21 22 par p 3 . - 34 40 - 42 71 - 73 8 -- 9 ••• !zr. 30 20 1 1 40 5 St 25 FOREIGN. Antwerp dß.ottcrdam Belgian Eastn. June l3eziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c, Do. Ey `..ension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do ed. Tk of CanadzA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do, Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions.... Do. do Great Luxemboure Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payablt's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wit), interest). Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Brquelines' guar. 34 p. c. & rod. at 22/. dur. '6B yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre; Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen._ ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Scind,) Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) , West Flanders... Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France._ W&,. of Switzerland WiJsbaden Zealand JOINT-ST(3Oi Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Compan3 British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Chrteßnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commorcial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of 1 Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock ' Lond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. Now National of Ireland Now South Wales..., Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Amstraln.Bkg, & Gold Imp Co , 4outh Australia Union of Australia._ Do. New VW= of London ,„, 17} all 7 40 all $ 8i 23 all 25i 5 i 7 1 k A I 501 12-1 13 55i 4i 95j 22.1 i 83 26 21 i 4 i 40h aqua J'ria ..... • . Anglo Austrin. Go Anglo Californian ..• kustralian ............ • Australian Coralßev Ave Maria ............ . Baden (Gd. Duchy of Blxnarvon Iron and Coal ............ British Iron ..........• Brazilianlmp.( issu& at £5 pm.) ....... Do. Cocaes St Cuiab Do. St. John Del Re. Creqk ...... Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica...... Cobro Copper ....... Colonial G01d....... Copper Min. of En. Do. Prof. 7i p. Ceti Copiapo ........ •• • ' English and .A.ustit• Copper Snaeltg Fortuna ............... Genera 1.............. . Gt. Nugg etlreinlt4r. Great Polg ooth ..... Liberty ...... . ........ • ILinares. .............. 8............. Lusitanian.... Aariquita .......... .• New Gra tada ..... New Linares glum and Smelting Co Nouveau Moude.,.. Pontgibaud Silve Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New ....•• •••• Santiago de Cuba South A.UStZaliall.. Tin Croft ......... United Mexican Nailer West Mariposa Wortlaing Mining e Australia Yu ha ................. Australian Agricult. Aus';raln. Royal Mail lOrlin Water Works Bri; , .. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and li:eduction Co. Canada ............. . Canada Go?. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July ..•••••• Crystal ..... Do. Preference.. ...... Cry3tal Pal. of Fiance Duston Tron 0re...• • Eastern 5team......... Electric Telegraph .• Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. - General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S.Americu Do. New ............. • Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. .Australasian... Nrth. of EuropeStaam Oriental Gas .......... Peel Rr. Ld. & Minri. Peninsular& Oriental Do. New ............. . Portland Iron C 0..... Royal Mail Steam ... Scot. Austral. Invest. Ditto New ............. South .Austral. La nd Submar. Tel. Scrip... ),,. Registered....-... Trn st & L. Co. IL Can. Van Diemen's Lam, i - i i : 1. - ,I 6 8 -- 4 6 2i - 31 -33 8 d s 55 1 40 3gd. _ 2 3 10. -1p 15 - 17 a 1 - 71 2:1 • iP _3 2i 14i - 11 19 - K - 6 5?; - ° 2 -' 3 r , 6 - :- i - i .... iI. 11 I 16i 16 61 6 le. .....7. 32 3 '''"' 5 4 52 ---- -- - 115 : 12° 32:: 1.11 1 31 ...•• ••• ...... ... 11 1 23 21 • 63 151 na i a 67 78i '% 9 loot 1 100 a 100 13 82i i 74 13i 94. 50 Pm 98 1 21,1 10? 1 108 .110 A 11 8; 2i P ii - i 9 20 20 20 10 50 iiJ 9 1.00 25 1 20 ..... ••• .... ••• ..... 0. ..-- ". ..... ••• •••• ...... •.. 6i ... .... 61 .. __ ... .. ... 1 --- .•••• • .•e 1 i -.'. 3 - 60 131 11i 14 "" 7A 2 39i1 38# Itl la -01 0 -915 rill. ibolligi ve : tec T i f : ar TpehLaeAliar jylo( INTELLIGENCE (T before the COURTCourt THE DOVEH GAS BrdesfhoripesthheeaLrdoridusnaJtUics,tibeaens korftiAptlettietrieatit :00 the APPEAIP eso oi to-day, but no case of any pub lic In this case the WOO' , 4 OP duringm LIGHT a,. co:roAr:i pg. ,. _ 0 % ogo (Before Vice-Chancellor ..., 1, $ ~. d O tt p tiffs. pose of of,rh from hbe uc taßsiujreiol interferingihu aw A d T a. i stb o efi N bel no o di nb ey p ec ai si i ;,ci 0e 1 0 a, ~ e fOr ri l: Company t` be r i ; pee townn,clagainst the corporation o°tfillio$1:"::7::00°11111; ear . e work a p i s n , vent thenrnbtaining the interference of th e „ o f tbe.fielt co rying on in consequence of the h a d heel' r s of i oieof at settle io oe op, James, with d success they were at preori,reottelibitbi. heard to-clav n f DofoDveorvewith hg.ashai.tnidhttbsine:o,r:dpret,re:ooft°o?: rightS a. nt iffg ee Pr y T which was the pi-11101P qv opel sent suit, stand o p ver for at le who appeared for t°°..ots MP, ea ance to his clients time to plaintiffs answer the affidavits than k o4l t tilt" 44 ; he must therefore a tb - rp ooe. , e fr t , ,olt, who appeared for the PlaioP,7ol,titea the sill; to matter of the suit was one 01,°000t v;biltb, e a Pr s:t e ns c a t a al u w t s es e e d e week i s 'a f o t gt h r b i thatigs.sll'll;:eclie r: 11 , 0 8 1 e ::: : : i n 0 1 : 0 : 1 they w were prevented from proceeding viitilir 00 ere essentially necessary for the P r°P ' .ue 0° Dover with gas.t w 0. After h 6 a s ort discutssion, i should next, In „ e ffera defendantsstand over to Thursday asd might have an opportunity of it' avits filed by the plaintiffs. ----. . 11 % g- Dover, which f sr w werethi which they underri COURT OF EXCITEQ- 0 ,011 v Dooll4° bole 'iliie THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL • torn , A • Wordsworth applied for a rule 1,01_,,j itt why the taxation of the costs for the P; t .oo " ' the The consent. - t was arrang clortibel, tit; to case should not be set aside. The illf°lT3,-slitic°: it ti. by the Attorney-General to. recoverreen:ioi. tile compromised on going to trial, by to r ~icea defendant of 1,000/ crot bent ' g b" ti # ~ a ver 1 Crown by iv terfere'en th Court held that they could not bets matte might be more properly settleooool. Attor r (Sittings inß General and the defendant's eull Pule accordingly • e accordingly refused. Justice Cro a m n -,,vgcfS., ,AOlll. COURT :o o, nb o . ;F f 0 r Q e "I LordE E N c ' St, : f. . B E NC . i I 2 - t ri eite,, , , 0 0 , 7 p ,, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Soto 0 against M r. AshleythecOO..ol QUEEN V. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION Sgt-- vile 40ir LICO 09,A defendants,siloed t cause o wag:illu., 11 1 :I t° : i t: , ID use whY - o° 1) 're should not issue, calling on the eherin. 0004e,..400 issue his writs to , absess compensation io, cos; 00 spect o of certain houses being injured bf t'enotio'a 0 from the railway. T he railway way it' d ' ovil e ib, WhiteLaven to Marypot, 11,t1;ned e',.. tit 0 18 ° . 4 m 7, when the injuries now cotoPia`",,iielle:l 0° m xis d ted. On 16th July, 1850, the Ord 01 111. 0 00 1 a e his complaint to the directorscigai pee; notice a was taken ; and it was repestecli The te r 0 demand was made for 250/. daosgell:bo 1 131/ of D . L uent the not n i e c x e t tors e of the company then entered into , r oo tio l o boe In 1854 and decided on taking no for the od ° 0 0. 1. another application was fn a,de , ft tO top, given proceeding under and the to which the directors dla, o f 0. 4 0. 1 arlie St II application for the mandamus. The . e with ° bolo contended the preseut roceedings were c oo 0 o r ndver theay Vlbaesqo3,l3 oc . a t c 0!...:: proper time for tak' hP • that ° II 11 0 , ( 1 hil ell ing t em, an . _ de b ti t() have been first brought to show aatuedi 0 tained. 0 ohjet 10°A a Mr. Hill, Q.C., for the applicant, bad lid_ 0 0 ~.e, n action being tried, ot the whole referr,el;e seJ7Di4. ultimately to arranged that the whole AO' ro le 0 allow an action to be brought, and th e the event of that action. 4 0 _ptio4 Ait • GREEN v. HRYDIGN. hie V" N OV, Mr. Mills applied for a neW trial. A a woo or .0- tried at the late Guildhall sittings, Ali 00 f °r r iPl idi by the next of kin to recover compel:011;0 vlo irotl - by the plaintiff to his baud 1 ;d the % go to' of the whereby be lost all his fingers, P.d,bich , the application was that the verdict, ;ideoce.boole the defendant, was against the Weight of 6 .,1 be Ac t Lord Campbell, who tried the case, 01 . al e „ f oil% il t VC' v. have been better pleased bad the version 0011 way, but he was not prepared to say 1 j am. verdict. Tt waif a question entirely for 6 j The application was refused. —_____ 8././iTir 05% 04 1 " Or A SON 0 404 'On the 23d inst., at 63, Guildford-stree „„to: the wife of John F* n ear n O9 Fish Pownall, Esq. ~ „rue, ,the On the 19th i ledown .1,-- bury, the wife on."-' at Harb .rackson, lots 01 Lieut.-Col. T. J Regt. Bombay N.I.N f T is o °' 01 A DAIIGHTSII. 40 0 tb e if. On the 24th inst., . at 7, Iligh,storise, t bef Smith Esq. , io gtel>/ On the 2 thi t 4.V• t • road, ICe1:15 DB . t a. ic_oria of T. B. Hoskyns Abrahall, Escl. _________-_-- - _—________ -- - $ 04 4 if AR.RI E P. _ foot, 1,,, rP. e t" On the 22d inst.. at Clevedon, Alexandeoreot the la te eldest son of the Rev. Alex. Bassett, of f b i e r ot cotietfi, House, Wilts, to Emma Mary, elde st a s the 01 033° 4 0 John Long, Es i., of Baynton fleuse, 01 b 00110 oftb, On the 23d inst., at St. James's Churo .kiiigtltor CA Clark, youngest son of the late Sir Jatoesreot &OP Gothic, Kentish -town, to Mary MO , e ~.o e t• irig° to. the late A. M. Biclgood, Esq., of ;.,, ' corporation n A c 1 i to o.tdr la - ,- ---- -j--- - n oor l i D I E D, gellll lo,-- On the 23d inst., Mr. Henry Linclo2'l .reotet of Cook's-court, Lincoln's -inn, aged . 6 e Conb il 16- . ...d, On the 18th inst., at Arrigton-brii g !..i 68 • ei, pep Henry Woodiuff, Esq., Lieut. It.N., 0.. i.!; v,, 00 ' . 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