The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-16 00:00:00

rtirb Z3Vittort, SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. For the last two or three months the manage ment of the Gazette seems to have got into new hands, since which it has been delayed in its pub lication for upwards of an hour beyond the usual time, whether by design, ignorance, or in competency we know not. The inconvenience to the public at large the commercial, mili tary, and naval—has become matter of great complaint and loss. Whose fault it is we know not, but the culprit will be brought to the bar of public opinion early next week, and answer for his misconduct, unless he speedily mend his ways.—En. Sun. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on eat!, woolsack a►t five o'clock. Earl POWIS presented a petition from a branch of the Church of England Extension Society against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition against the distillation of spirits from grain. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention of their lordships and the new MiniAer of War to the promises of the late Ministry with respect to the clasps to be granted for the charge at Balaklava, and also to the rewards to be granted to the seamen engaged at the siege of Sebastopol. He trusted that the present Government would not neglect to carry out without delay the pledge that was given by the former Government. He would also remind the noble lord of the pledge given by the Minis ter of War, in respect to a new decoration of merit, which it was in contemplation of the Government to confer upon our soldiers and seamen before Sebas topol. He hoped that no time would be lost in carrying out this arran g ement, as it ap peared that General Canroberth I already, under the orders of the French Government, granted the de coration of the Legion of Honour upon those of the French troops in the Crimea who ha I distinguished themselves. The noble earl then referred to the amount of sickness which had taken place amongst the soldiers of our army, and strongly recommended that some medical gentleman should be despatched to Con stantinople and the Crimea immediately for the purpose of inspecting and report"ng upon the state of health cf our troops. In respect to the reported appointment of General Simpson is the command of a division in the Crimea, he (the noble earl) felt bound to say that from his personal knowledge of General Simpson no fitter person could be found for such a service. The opinion he had formed of General Simpson was confirmed by the oi late Sir C. Napier. He did not think that a more judicious appointment could be made, and he was sur prised that that gallant soldier had not been appointed earlier. Lord PANMURE fully concurred in the opnion that no time should be lost in conferring the medals and clasps upon those gallant men who had distinguished themselves so gloriously in the Crimea, and be could assure the noble earl that the present Government were fully alive to the importance of the pledge given by the Disko of Newcastle on the subject. It was his (Lo:d Penn:lure) wish to do away as far as he was able the im pression that appeared to be on the public mind, that his noble predecessor had not followed out to the fullest extent the interests of the army committed to his charge. The Government bad already sent out a distinguished officer, who would have power to inspect everything connected with the present state of the army. The sa , re person would have the entire charge of the laud trans port of the army, with the supervision of every person. The attention of the Government was directed to every subject appertaining to the health and comfort of our troops, and he had already sent out to Lord Raglan orders to send such regiments home as might be reduced to a certain amount by casualties and sickness. The noble earl then referred to the appointment of General Simpson, and said that gallant soldier had received the appointment of Chief of the Staff. The duties he would have to perform would be to convey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief to the different officers of the Staff, and seeing those or ders properly executed. It was his intention to intro duce a bill empowering her Majesty to accept those persons who might enlist into the army for any length of time—that was, for any period not ex .. ceeiling ten years. For instance, Persons might enlist for one, two, or three years, provided their age Vas not under 24, or over 32. While he was on his logs in would inform their lordships that it was intended to amid a commissioner to inquire into the alleged mis- management of the Commissariat Department, and he bad appointed Sir J. Mac Neill to fu14,1 that office. The hospital service at Scutari Lad also called for reforma tion, and that reformation, he was happy to say, was taking place. The state of the different places in and about Balaklava called for the active exertions of the Go- vernment. While the icy season lasted no apprehension need be entertained • but when the sun shot forth in great power fears might arise that a pesti. ience would break out. To guard against such a calamity his attention was now directed. He had also recalled Sir J. Burgoyne to fill the office he previously held here, being that of inspector general of fortifications. There was one subject he wished to ask their lordships, whether it was the inten tion, as 800 D as transports could be found, to establish a communication with Scutari and England in 18 days. There ship would be fitted up as a hospital ship, by which from three to five hundred sick would be received, and as soon as recovery takes place they could be sent back to the seat of war—that recovery being quicker acquired at home than abroad. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY congratulated their lordships and the house that there was at last a pro spect of something being done for the benefit of the arm After a few words from the Earl of HARROWS; Lord PANMURE said persons had been sent to put the harbour of Balaklava into something like order. The Earl of HARROWBY said, if Messrs. Peto and Brassey had been applied to, in the first instance, such a state of things as that which now existed, would never have occurred. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked, whether General M'Neill would have the power of removing any obstacle, or whether his power was merely to report. Lord PANMURE said it was not intended to arm Sir J. M'Neill with any summary powers, but on the Government receiving the report they would ace. The LORD CHANCELLOR then informed the house that he had received a letter from Sir E. Lyons, thanking their lordships for the thanks that had been voted. The letter was ordered to be entered on the journals of the house. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—{THIS EVENING.) The SrEAKEn took the chair shortly before four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Lord PALMBRSTON took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Tiverton. The noble lord was introduced by Mr. Hayter and Mr. Granville Berkeley. Mr. S. HISBIIRT took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for South Wilts. The right hon. gentleman was introduced by Lord Mulgrave and Mr. Bouverie. Mr. SAMSON RICARDO took the oaths and his Neat for Windsor. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered for Cardigan in the room of Mr. Pryse Lowden, deceased. A VOTE OF THANKS TO THE NAVY. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received a letter from Sir Edmund Lyons, acknowledg ing the vote of thanks to the navy serving in the Black Sea. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Mr. BROTEMITON leave was given to bring in several private bills. The following bills were read a second time and ordered to be commi tted :—Airdrie Rural Di s t r i c t Poll" ; Ashton-under -Lyne Gas and Water ; Basing stoke, e sto okhrid an d Lobcomb Corner Roads ; Bir ffiinghaut W a te r Uni versity and Bogner Railway ; Cambridge Uni- Charlbury, Tow n wi tae Water ; Cardiff Improvement ; Valley, Sudbury , and Road • Colchester Stour dalk and Enniskillen Ra ßalsteaA Railway ; Dun dalk ; Folkeston e Wat e i r lw a as ; gow Water ; Folkestone Im provement Gas ; Gomersal and D aiw a; Glos tion Water • Great Northern R ailway ; Grand June (lncrease of Capital) • Guildford ' and Farnhainaw" .Th an -- 1 :1 1 i l tull, Resale, Water ; 'Kilmarnock Gas ; Kingston -npßoad ; Heywood irdlip and Ferri by Road ;Kingston-upon Leominster and Ledbury Road ; Lightpilizr Tent; Road ; London and Blackwall Railway ; London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway s . N ewca stle-upon-Tyne Imp rovements ; Newport s. Newtown and Oswestry Railway; North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway ; Osset Gas ; Peterborough a n d Wellingborough Road ; Price's Patent Candle Company ; Royal Conical Flour Mill Company ; South Wales Mineral Railway; South Wales Railway Consolidation ; Southwark and Vauxhall Water ; Steurbridge Gas ; Stroud, Cainscross, and Minchin hamptort Road ; Surbiton Improvement ; Surrey Gas ; Sunderland Dock ; Torquay, Tor, and Saint Mary Church Gas ; Stalybridge Gas ; West Bromwich Im provement ; Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Mr. WILSON brought up the Ordnance Estimates, which were ordered t) lie on the table. PETITIONS. Mr. KHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir mingham, praying for the repeal of the Newspaper St amp. Mr. MAXGREGOR. presented a petition from Glas gow• Praying for the vigorous prosecution of the war. _Mt , H. BERKLEY presen t e d a si m il ar p e ti t i on f rom Bristol, and praying for the re-establishment of the THE SUN, L'ONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1855. kingdom of Poland ; also a petition from Bristol, pray ing for the repeal of the new Beer Act. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce in favour of the Regis tration of Bills of Exchange Bill. Sir H. HALFORD presented a large number of peti tions from Leicestershire and Derbyshire, praying the_ i house to pass a bill to prevent the stoppage of wages in the hosiery trade. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Cor poration of Manchester, praying for the repeal of local charges on shipping. SUPPLY OF COFFEE IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. BALL gave notice that on Monday next he should ask the hon. member the Minister for War in that house, whether the conduct of the person or persons responsible for having issued unroasted coffee to the troops in the Crimea had been followed by censure or dismissal. SIR JAMES BROOKE. Mr. DRUMMOND gave notice that on an early day he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the house the report of the Commissioner appointed to try Sir James Brooke for acts for which he had previously re ceived the approbation of the Government, and had been rewarded by the Crown. THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on Thursday next he should move the names of the committee for inquiring into the conduct of the war in the Crimea, on which the house had already determined. He would put the names of the hon. gentlemen he should propose on the votes of to-night. (Hear.) THE CASE:OF SERJEANT SULLIVAN. Mr. FRENCH wished to ask the Government if there were any reasons why Serjeant Sullivan, who car ried the colours of the 30th at the Alma, and had the singular honour of being specially reported by the Gene ral in command of his division to Lord Raglan had. not been promoted ? Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said that a special power had been given to Lord Raglan to recommend for a commission a non-commissioned officer from each regiment who was deserving of promotion. With re gard to the regiment to which Serjeant Sullivan be longed, Lord Raglan had recommended the Serjeant- Major for promotion, and as one non-commissioned officer in th a t regiment had therefore been elevated, no commission could be given to any other non-commis sioned officer. Mr. LAYARD inquired whether the noble lord had any objection to lay on the table the despatch of General Evans, in which Serjeant Sullivan's name was so hon ourably mentioned? (Rear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said he apprehended there could be no objection to that, but he would let the hon. _ _ member know'on Monday. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Colonel SIBTHORP asked the law officers of the Crown, whether, in consequence of the act pa , sed 10th Ang., 1851, e. 102, anno decimo septimo et octavo Vic torim Regime, intituled, "An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to bribery, treating, and undue influence at elections of members of Parliament," there was any prohibition to a candidate, who had hitherto exer cised what he did consider a duty, by giving certain assist ance or relief to persons resident in or near the city oxiborough which he represented, by the distribution of coals and other articles of relief and assistance ; though amongst these individuals so assisted and relieved there are and may be some persons, more or less in number, who have voted for, and may possibly continue to vote for, such candidate or representative; and whether there was any danger in such course of proceeding as may affect the security of his scat in the House of Commons, it returned thereto The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in reply, said that the question was a somewhat abstract one, but the act of Parliament was directed against anything done cor ruptly, but certainly was never intended to apply to acts of bona fide charity such as those implied by the hon. member's question. THE PERSEVERANCE. Admiral WALCOTT asked the First Naval Lord what was the cause of the accident which befel the Per severance Admiral BERKELEY said the subject was under investigation ; but, in the meanwhile, he could state that the vessel was not much injured. THE IRISH MILITIA. In reply to Mr. H. HERBERT, Sir J. YOUNG stated that steps had already beer. ;aken for supplying the Irish militia with every descrip ;ion of clothing. LORD PALMERSTON'S EXPLANATION. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Lord PALMERSTON said he felt it would be ex pected of him that he should give some explanations of the causes which bad led to his being appointed to the office which he now had the honour to hold ; but, inas much as such an explanation had already been antici pated in the other house, his statement would be neces sarily brief. The noble lord then proceeded to explain Ithe course taken by the Earl of Derby and Lori John Russell in their endeavours to form a Government. His explanation lu no way dirreica from Udlly given by the Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord John Russell. Those two noble lords having failed to form an Administration, her Majesty wai pleased to send for himself. (Hear, hear.) He r?- ceived her Majesty's commands about six o'clock on last Saturday week, and by the following Tues day afternoon he was enabled to announce to her Majesty that he had succeeded in obtaining the assist ance of such colleagues as he desired, and the Govern ment was formed. (Hear.) He trusted the Govern ment so formed contained sufficient administrative ability, sufficient political sagacity, sufficient liberal principles, sufficient patriotism and determination to omit no effort to fulfil the duties which its several mem bers had undertaken, as to justify him in appealing to Parliament and the country for such support as men might be considered entitled to receive, who in a period of great difficulty and national emergency, have determined to undertake the duty of car rying on the Government. (Loud cheers.) There was in the foreign department the ability, experience, and success of his noble friend Lord Clarendon, while he had had the good fortune to secure for the war de partment the services of his noble friend Lord Panmure, who combined all that knowledge, firmness, and deci sion which was required for carrying on the business of that important branch of the public service. (Cheers.) He was happy to say he should have the support of his right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and of his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admi ralty—merits and ability, indeed, need no panegyric at his hands. (Hear, hear.) In entering upon his Admi nistration, however, there was one difficulty which stared Lim in the face—that difficulty would arise from the notice which his hon. and learned friend the member for Sheffield had given to-night of his intention to nominate the committee for inquiry into the past conduct of the war. He felt the same objection to the appintineut of the committee that he did when the motion for its ap pointment was under discussion, and his opinion was that its action would not be in accordance with the true and just principles of the constitution, while it would not be an efficient instrument for the effectual accom plishment of the purpose in view. (Hear, hear, hear.) Bat he should hope when the house case calmly to reflect upon the principle involved in the appointment of such a committee—when it came calmly to reflect upon the cumbersome nature of the machinery to be put in motion, they would see the expediency of allowing it to drop ; but at the same time, he felt the only ground upon which the house would be diposed to take that course, would be the belief that Government itself was about to do that for the attainment of which the committee was to be ap pointed. (Hear.) He remembered reading that a young English monarch, on coming up with a body of his subjects, and seeing their chief killed before him, he said, "my friends, let me be your leader." (A. laugh.) Now, he said to the House of Commons, in the same spirit, " We, the Government, will be your committee." (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) "We will be your com mittee, and let the result be the the test of our labours, and our sincerity to reform past abuses." (Loud cheers.) He had not felt it his duty to re commend her Majesty to fill up the appointment of Secretary at War, because that department, as well as the Ordnance, could eventually be amalgamated with the office of Minister of War. (Hear, hear.) His opinion was that many improvements might be made in th e army, and that the discipline of the Artillery and En gineers might be referred to the Commander in Chief, and the Ordnance department to the Secretary at War. (Hear, hear.) His right honourable fri▪ end the Secretary of the Admiralty had organi▪ sed a board for the transport service in a most important service which had been of such immense use in the French army. We were engaged in warlike al liance with France, but we had not the means of contri buting such an amount of men as she had, andit was there fore but fair that we ahouldbear our share in other arrange ments necessary for tb e prosecution of the war. This board, he was convinced, would tend to promote economy and usefulness in that department. (Hear, hear.) Many well-grounded complaints had been made relative to the coAdition of our sick in the Crimea, and the Govern tplteaxlse. Rient were going to send out a commission of three civi lians, well acquainted with sanitary matters at home, neehinto thet h e sanitary enn statefide co nfidence iour their arm ab i lity f and lfty haonsd teearmmpi,newd h to oe fi e t o eff ut ort a competency for greate s tthewo It Th e G overnment had also de would be of efforts in of scavengers for the use of the removing b all nuisances from It again many inestimabl ecomplaints ha e r :oeen made of a wan t . of a system in the commissariat the de? (Hear, hear.) Then d epartment—(loud cries of xso d issue of food to with empowered to hear)—both as regarded ower the camp. A commission would its to enquire into this . departme v n i t e , w J o t hear, hear.) The array b etter of control over it, with a ure ( d H u e n a d r' er the want . of an officer known a as e h t g h a e n r i t z o a t l i a o l ) 3, 3 c; the chief of the staff, and . Major-General Simpson, an officer well known in Peninsular campaigns and other services, experience an d knowledge of the matters would me was going out in that capacity , and would, f rom his Id render him of gr co ea t under his superintendence, wou service to the Commander- i n- Chi e f , and would relievethe come within his latter of duties which sc arcel y oug ht to o proiremente wore sphere of action. , (Hear.) Then great un in active contemplation for the augmentation of the me• dical staff. Hitherto the commissariat abroad bad been not only charged with the supply and issue of provisions for the camp, but with the duty also of the means of transporting them thither. This had been found highly inconvenient and imperative—(hear, hear)—and ac cordingly a waggon train was therefore in course of formation under a separate supervision. (Hear.) All these matters, as he had said, had been done, or were in course of being done since the short time the new Go vernment had come into dice. (Hear.) At the same time the Government had thought, changed as they were with the conservation of the honour of this great coun try, whilst anxious to provide more efficient means for the vigorous prosecution of the war in which they were engaged, they had also deemed it to be their duty to aim at an amicable conclusion of the struggle, without comprising the honour and independence of this country. Therefore, as negotiations with that view were now in progress, and in order that they might have the most solemn and weighty consideration, the Government had proposed as negociator—he (Lord Palmerston) might mention his name in that capacity—Lord John Russell—a noble lord who stood so high as a statesman, and in the estimation of Europe—and his noble lord bad happily consented to undertake the duty, and never did he do himself more honour than by doing so. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord had accordingly pro ceeded upon his mission, but of course pass through Paris, where he would has.) a confidential inter ♦iew with the Emperor with regard to the cri&is. (Rear, hear.) If the noble lord's mission should result in the establishment of an honourable peace the country couldnot fail to be grateful; but if, on other hand, it should be unsuccessful, we should prosecute the war with a renewed vigour and increased heartiness of spirit, in the conviction that we bad done all in our power to avert its prolonged horrors. In the latter event the Government would appeal to the support of the country in carrying on the struggle with vigour, and he had Palmerston) felt assured that that appeal would not be made in vain. The noble lord resumed his seat amidst prolonged applause. . . - Mr.DISRAELI said that when the noble lord the Earl of Derby had been commissioned by her Majesty to form a Government, the noble lord had wisely deemed it to be his duty to use every effort to form an adminis tration ; and it was with that view that the noble earl had applied to the noble lord opposite (Lord Palmerston) ; and in his (Mr. Disrael's) opinion the noble lord had— quite unintentionally he was sure—conveyed to the house a wrong impression of the motives which had influenced the Eerl of Derby in regard to the object he sought to accomplish. The fact era', that the Earl of Derby having had some similar communications with the noble lord on the subject of a coalition some three years ago, when the noble lord le,i the Earl of Derby to believe that there was no greet political differences between them which could hinder their acting together in the same Administration, bad applied to the noble lord under such a belief, and under the pressure of the circumstances of the past crisis. (Hear, hear.) But he (Mr. Disraeli). thought that the noble lord, after taping " due delibero tion" upon this proposal, in stating that he could net join the Earl of Derby, ought to Lave at once apprised the noble earl of the result of his delilseretion without continuing entering into negotiations with frieude twos e adhesion to the Earl of Derby the noble lord must have felt arose in consequence of his supposed coalition wish the noble earl. (Hear, hear.) Possessing a right to critic'es the newly-formed Government the honourable gentleman observed that the noble lord had. entered into a panegyric upon the administrative abilities and politi cal sagacity of his colleagues. No doubt there were many hon. gentlemen below the gangway who could best judge of these matters ; but he (Mr. Disraeli) would judge of the administrative ability and political sagacity of the members of the new Government by the standard of past experience. Hear, hear from the Opposition.) Had this panegyric been passed upon men who were new in their positions it might be perdonable, but when they saw the new Government composed of hon. gentle men who bad only a few days ago resigned office under the previous one on account of the very qualities their possession of which the noble lord had so eloquently lauded, he (Mr. Disraeli) thought the noble lord had been very unfortunate in hie allusion to those qualities. (Loud cheers.) He thought solemn silence would be been the best conduct for the noble lord to have pur sued ; and ho did not think that the noble lord had done wisely in praising the administrative capacity and political sagacity of the hon. gentleman who bad been inAtumental in bringing upon this country so many acknowledged aid fearful calamities. (Hear, hear.) Having briefly alluded to the disasters of our army in the Crimea, the hon. gentleman w en t on to observ e th a t they were told - to-night that the House of Commons was to stultify itself. Having arrived at the solemn decision that inquiry was absolutely necessary, the house was now told they must shrink from the duty of making it ; but for his part he was not prepared to take that couse—he was for enquiry— he was for parliamentary enquiry into the condition of the army before Sebastopol, and, therefore, he should have no alternative but to support the motion for nomi nating the committee. (Cheers.) The circumstances demanded inquiry, the country thought so with him, and if the result of his vote should send him back to his ' constituents; he should be quite ready to meet them. He rejoicedvivigour ua t to I t ie o ar in t s h u e r r e e was a su . c a c p e srsofsupleetofp termination.e ape ; should it unhappily turn cut that the anticipations in that respect were not realised. The noble lord told them he intended to rely upon the spirit of Pa,rliarnet , t. •,..,1 +II. "ountry to enable nun to renew and carry on the war with such hear.) Well, if that should be so, the noble lord might reckon upon the same support from the Opposition that was afforded to the Administration of Lord Aberdeen, though it was to be hoped the noble lord's Government would not be followed by the same disasters that at tended the labours of his predecessors. (Cheers.) Mr. RICH rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam...... 11 16% :ANGE.-THIS DAY. Ditto, three months .. 11 18 .- , Rotterdam, ............ 11 18 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Brussels .............. 25 30 Hamburgh 13 6 1 4 Altona .. •••••• •••••• Paris•• .••• •• . •••• •• • • 25 10 Gibraltar ......••.•.... Leghorn .. •........... 30 55 Genoa .......... 25 50 Milan ......••......•• Venice ........•• — Naples Palermo Messina ... • .. 131 Lisbon .. Oporto .......• • • •• •• •• 53 54 Rio Janeiro......•• •• • • Buenos Ayres...• • •• •• Ditto, three months .. 25 35 Marseilles ............. 25 35 Boarder= ............ Frankfort-on Maine.... 118% Berlin •••••••••••• .• •• Vienna................ 12 52 Trie5te...........•.... 12 55 Petersburg 351,4 Madrid 49% Cadiz .......... Barcelona New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia ...... •• • • Palms OP zumacz, rzz oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% I , lNv Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars . .... 0 5 1% BE-ELECTION OF MR. SIDNEY HERBERT SALISBURY, Thursday.—The Right Hen. Sidney Her bert's seat in Parliament for the southern division of the county of Wilts having been vacated, according to con stitutional rule, by his acceptance of the Secretaryship of State for the Colonies in Lord Palmerston's Govern ment, the right hon. gentleman presented himself before his constituents to-day in this city, and was re-elected by them without opposition. The writ having been duly read, and the act a;ainst bribery, intimidation, &c., hurried through amid less than the average amount of impatience on the part of "the free and independent electors," Mr. A. PowELL nominated the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert as a fit and proper person to represent the southern diyision of the county of Wilts in the Commons House of Parliament. Mr. J. H. JACOB seconded the nomination of Mr. Herbert. The MGR BAILIFF then inquired if any elector bad any other candidate to propose, and, no response being made to his summons, he declared the Right H on . Sid ney Herbert to be duly elected a knight of the shire to serve in Parliament for the southern division of the county of Wilts. (Cheers.) . . Mr. S. IiEEBBRT then rose to address the electors, and was received with loud applause. He said—Mr. High Sheriff and gentlemen, my friend Mr. Jacob has reminded me that this is the fifth time that he has re commended me for your suffrages to represent you in Parliament. lam not sure that he !has arithmetically counted the number quite accurately, because I am sen sible of the fact that I have been a very troublesome member to this constituency, and I owe them my apo logies on that account, for this is the third time that I have stood before them as a candidate for the honour of representing their in the existing Parliament. Gentle men, you are so well aware of the circumstances which have given rise to the necebsity for ray now appearing before you that I need not delay you long in making any comments upon them. I believe that when, two years ago, I entered the Government of Lord Aberdeen I had your approbation in so doing. It was felt by you then, as it was felt by me that, at a moment of public difficulty and emergency no man who feels that he can with honour serve the Crown and the public is justified in refusing his assistance for that purpose. (Hear, hear.) I think, therefore, that at this moment you will agree with me that all who could in any way further the public service were bound to contribute what aid they could to this object. (Hear, hear.) There is no deny ing that the circumstances of the country at this moment are critical ; there is no denying that the war in which we are engaged with a mostpowerful enemyis one which require at our hands the putting forth of every effort and the exercise of every energy of which this country is capable. (Cheers.) We have had that war to wage by the instrumentality of an army which is one of the finest and noblest that ever left the shores of England—which never met the enemy except to conquer, but which, I regret to say, has met with an enemy more fell, and more dangerous to it, than the actual foe—that is, disease— by which it has been crippled to a fearful extent, and has had to undergo privations and hardships which have bee* borne with a heroism almost asexampled, but which may be and must be attributed to causes that require searching investigation—(applause) — in order that the proper remedy may be applied, and that the blame, if blame there be, should fall upon the right shoulders. (Hear, bear.) This inquiry it behoves the Government ,to lose no time in instituting. It has been the fashion, perhaps too indiscriminately, to heap blame upon the heads of those who are themselves engaged in carrying on the operations in the Crimea ; and I say to those who may think that this is deserved, that there are others besides those who have been engaged in those operations—that there are others besides those whose business it is to minister to the wants of our arm y who are t o bl ame f or t h ese transact i ons. It is better these,th rtherefore howeverore I subjects uns pa a;ia always ttehaabti e many ito speaknof la y be—hear, h o plainly she ea wr , theh hear)— e w ah h r a) o —v l e e been the most forward to decry what has been dwointhe' and to c ensure t h ose who have been charged ezeextion s have been apt to forget how much may be their own share of that blame which ought to be ascribed to those through whose errors of these evils have unfortunately happened. Re collect that in time of peace this country has always been most jealous of the existence of a standing array. Vie have had in this country, in proportion tr 3 our wealth, our power, our population, and the extent of our em pire, perhaps, the smallest army of any European State ; and, small as it was, it was always looked upon with jealous eyes, and any augmentation of its strength w.atcled with the utmost vigilance, and generally, if pcs- sible, prevented. We have bad the arrui so used and so distributed that it Wa9_not likely, at the commencement of a war, that it should be perfect for all the purposes of warfare. I have explained this elsewhere, but I will now repeat what I have previously said, because I think the truth ought to be understood ; and because, likewise, the words I used before on this subject haee been misre presented. I have stated that the English army ought to be as good as any army in the world. (A. Voice— "So it is.") I will explain to that gentleman, if he will allow me, why ours is as good as any other army in the world, and why, in some respects, it is not so. I may say, to use a strong expression, that in time of peace we have had no such thing as an le,glish army. We have had English regiments. Those regiments were scattered over different parts of the globe, and s t a ti one d i n diffe rent parts of the United Kiagdom. Nay, more, in Ire land those regiments have been positively broken up into companies, and even into detachments of companies. You use the army in Ireland for the purpose of hunting out stills of illicit whisky, and of collecting the taxce— you use it in Ireland not as an army, in fact, Let as a police force. When I say that our soldiers arc as capable as any organised army in the world, I mean that they do that in which they have been practised better than any other army in existence. What I mean is, that the re gimental system—(interruption, and a Voice, " It is all the fault of the Ministers.') Well, if the gentleman will allow me to say what I have to offer, I will be happy to hear him in reply. I say that the English army is cum posed of regiments—that those regiments are thoroughly masters of their duty—that the regimental system of the English army is as near to perfection (if I _may use that word in reference to any human institution) as any array possibly can be ; and throughout the last campaign you will have seen that the regimental officers have in variably done their duty well, and that there has been no instance of error or failure on their part ; but what they want, and what they do not practise in time of peace, is that organisation adapted for large masses of men collected together. This you never have in Eng land. Nov, I wish you to understand me here. I say that in every other country in the world an army is a collection of regiments, and other countries know how to more, to feed, and to organise large masses of men. In England, on the other hand, this is 'ever the case until the time of actual warfare arrives, and then you expect men lath to learn their duty and to execute it at one arid the same time. I have said that we must use every effort to repair the errors which have been com mitted, to apply the needful remedy, to guard again t the repetition of past mistakes, and SO to strengthen and maietan our army as that ultimately we may feel a moral cert iinty of seeress. The object of all war, in my opinion, is pace, because you seek by war to get rid of those delieulties which interpose to make too pre-exist leg, stase of peace insecure or even impossible. And recollect therefore that the object of war being peace, those are the nicest anxious for peace shouldcontri- bute the root r.ndtly every effort they can to forward vigorous and active prosecution of the present I say that I look to its termination in peace —whee, it is impossible for man to toll. You are aware that the Government have deputed nue of the most eminent statesmen of the present day to procee 1 on a mission to negotiate—ti.at is, if negotiations be honestly and fairly conducted, then he is to negotiate for a pewee that may he honourable to England and durable for the whole world. There is no doubt that if there be any country in Christendom which has an interest in peace it is England. Her vastly extended commercial rela tions with ail parts of the world—and among other rea sons I may ;eke; add the strong religious feeling of her people—make England pre-eteinent among the nations of Europe as a friend of peace. We hive, however, entered upon a war, reluctantly it may be, but from a sense that the peace of Europe was threatenei by a State which, if not resisted now, might he too powerful for our resistance hereafter. We embarked in the contest from no selfish or exclusive motive, because every European object was an English object likewise. Our cause is not the cause of England alone, but the cause of Europe, and, I may almost say, that of the world. Therefore, in concluding this conflict, we must conclude it upon terms which will afford solid ground for the expectation that peace shall not again he lightly disturbed. I think that the Government of Lord Pal tnerston has done wisely in sending a statesman of the, character, the antecedents, the reputation, and known abilitp of Lord John Russell to ascertain whether or not the time has arrived when we can have peace made upon those conditions which we consider to be neces sary and indispensable to secure a (linable, as well as honourable pacification. Gentlemen, I will not enter into questions of domestic policy. They are for the moment overshadowed in the minds of all men by the great and stirring importance of events abroad. I need the less touch upon there, because ever since I first en tered public life Ihave represented but one constituency, and you therefore know what are the measures that I have advocated and what the principles to which I ad here. (Hear, hear.) I have always felt a warm inte rest .I. , reinent of tl , and material en"' fort of the people. I nave ever advocated unfailingly the progress of religious liberty. I hold those opinions still. I hare had an experience, I might almost say, beyond my years, because you sent ice ,to Parliament a very young man, younger than most men who enter that assembly ; but every year that bas passed over my head has served only to cenvince me of the truth and soundness of the principles I have supported, and to strengthen me in my determination to persevere in their advocacy to the last. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have again accepted office, feeling that Lord Palmer ston was entitled to ask from me, and that I was bound to give him, whatever humble services it is in my power to render. I have therefore entered his Administration as Secretary of State for the Colonies ; and I must say, undisguisedly and unaffectedly, that I feel the full weight of the responsibility attaching to the man who undertakes an office so important, and who is charged, not with the government of the colonies I am glad to say, because England has now grown wise enough to know that she cannot, at a distance of thou sands of miles, pretend to govern countries fit to govern themselves, but with the task of aiding, in the first place, to regulate the intercourse between the mother country• aid her colonial children; and, above all, of assisting in promoting the development of the material, moral, and religions progress of those great dependencies, which will perhaps be the foundations in after times of mighty empires, and which will s p rea d over the globe the tradi tions of England, and carry to the remotest regions those institutions of tempered liberty and free religion—that love of order combined with freedom, which are such distinguishing marks of the parent state. I believe that through the agency of those colonies and their rapid and growing intelligence and wealth we shall see diffused over the world English institutions and the English language. I feel, as I have already said, the heavy responsibility imposed upon me, but its weight is lightened by the wise administration of my predecessors, who have fostered and encouraged the growth of self-government in our co lonial possessions —who have ceased to carry on the sys tem by which this country attempted to prescribe arhi trary restrictions, and which was met in the colonies by angry crimination and resistance until the relations be tween the mother and child were anything but those which ought to exist in a family. But those times, I trust, are gone by ; and we have seen by the experiment already mode 'low capable Englishmen aro, in whatever &item they may live, to exercise those rights which they are accustomed to enjoy at home—the rights of self government, which are the best preservatives of order as well as of liberty. (Hear.) I will not detain you longer, gentlemen ; I will only thank you most heartily for this repetition of your confidence. I have now spent some year. in your service and is that of the public. I have felt that in England—in a country where we are all free citizens, and where service is honour—it is the duty , of all men who have leisure, and the means of doing so, not to spend that leisure in luxurious ease, but to con tribute so far as in them lies to the conduct of public affair'. (Hear, bear.) I have felt from the beginning that it was my duty thus to act. I have endeavoured humbly, but industriously and assiduously, to fulfil the duties that seem to me to appertain to the station to which God has been pleased to call me. This I may have done—as sometimes, indeed. I know I have—in a manner that was disapproved by souse of you who dif fered with me in opinion, but who, neverthlese, did not feel the less respect for me or fir my opinions, because, in spite of that difference, and at the risk of popularity, I advocated what I believed to be for the benefit of the empire at large, rather than what they considered to he for the interests of a particular class. That con troversy, however, is now happily at an end. I believe that we are all now pretty nearly of one mind on that subject ; but I feel that I owe to this constituenoy, whether they have agreed or disagreed with me, my gra titude for the manner in whioh those who have differed from me have tolerated me, and those who have agreed cordial thanks, o w p i i t n h io m ns e . ha l ve ha s v i e lp o p n o l r y te t d be i r es ef e o , re in to th e e xp a r d es y s oc m a y c y thanks, and to add, that I believe, H we are not faint hearted under difficulties—if we evoke every energy, and put forth every effort to which this mighty empire is equal, that we have before us the prospect of ultimate triumph, and, founded upon that triumph, the restora tion of a lasting peace,. which is necessary not only for the prosperity of England, but for the happiness of the whole human race. (Loud cheers, amidst which the right hon. gentleman resumed his seat.) Some confusion then ensued, during which a smart fire of interrogatories was kept up. Among these were taken What about the green coffee berries served to the soldiers ?" " Where is our army ?" " What did the Times say of you yesterday V' Odessa ?" and the like. No notice' Nlylarhs,yhdoiwdeVhe of the queriets. Mr. HERBERT availed himsel of the first lull to pro pose a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his impar tial cenduet in the chair ' • and the motion was agreed to amid general chee r s a nd faint hisses. A second volley of ejaculatory questions from the same quarter as before, comprising, " Who starved the soldiers ?" and "Let ' he' go to the war himself," &c., then followed, but was attended with as little result as its predecessor ; and the proceedings, which occupied little more than half an hour, terminated. [ADvErt7.IsEmENT.]--Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Gland, and their connection with tilt) Ganglionic or Great Central System of Nerves ; being a reprint (considerably enlarged) of a series of papers bear ing upon the more important and prominent symptoms, si the most successful mode of practice in the treat ment of diseases of those organs— in the press, and will be speedily published, by Dr. Atni4 Cronin, ;5, Bruteu• Arcot, JiorkolefyiquAreo NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. THE COMMAND OF THE BALTIC FLEET. ( From the Morning Herald.) Whilst the navy has been on the tiptoe of expectation that, as a matter of birthright, or, rather, of invariable routine, the senior naval Lord of the Admiralty, Rear- Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., would be appointed to the chief command of the Baltic fleet for 1855, vice Sir Charles Napier of 1854, the appointment of the second senior naval member of the Board of Admiralty will be received with much surprise, and the selection of the Cabinet will be looked upon as the least expected. Nevertheless, if we pick the flag list we cannot place our finger upon an officer combining more excellent qualities than the one selected possesses, judging from his services in time of peace. In the present state of public feeling in the appoint ment of superior officers t ) conduct the war the Cabinet naturally looked to the selection of the youngest of the qualified irp;ri for the service. There could be no doubt as to Admiral Berkeley's nerve, activity, gallantry, and ambition ; fur all or most of his services have been ren dered during war, from the time of the Duke of Welling . ton's recommendation of him to the command of the Thunderer, 84, et Acre. It was impossible that his claims could be rejected on the score of age, for he is younger than Sir Edmund Lyons, who has diplomatised himself into the command of the Black Sea fleet, after 1 25 years rusting ashore ; and, as to routine, for his long service in subordinate positions, at successive Boards of Adirdralty,.and his later experience as chief naval member of the board, there could be no question as to his capability and fitness for the post to which be natu rally aspired. But to take Admiral Berkeley from his present sphere—from his direction of the affairs of man ning the navy—from his connection with the Surveyor of the Navy in adapting the materiel as well as thoper sonnet of the navy to the desired objects of the war, would be to impair the efficiency of the service at a time when a moment's cessation from the continuous labours providing for the forthcoming campaign in the Baltic and Black Sea it would be most inju rious—in fact, Admiral Berkeley, like Sir Baldwin Walker, has been compelled by press of circumstances to sacrifice his ambition, and the highest hopes and the greatest prize for which the most distinguished admiral, as captain of the fleet, should laudably contend, to the patriotic requirements of the country. Thus it is that the second naval member of the Ad miralty has been selected, and there is little doubt that in this selection we have the best person in the flag list that could be hit upon. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, C. 8., is the son of the late and bro ther to the present General Lord Melville, and the fol lowing is the published epitome of his services : "The Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, born April 11, 1802, is second son of Viscount Melville, K.T., for many years Filet Lord of the Admiralty, by Anne, daughter and co-heir of Richard Huck Saunders, Esq , M.D., and grand-niece and co-heir of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, K.B , who died Dec. 3, 1775. He is brother of the Hon. Henry Dun-"as, C. B , lieut.-col. 60th Rifles, and of the Hon. Robert Dundas, storekeeper gene ral of the navy. He entered the Royal Naval College in 1815, and embarked June 15, 1817, as a volunteer, on board the Ga.iymede, 2d, and afterwards as midshipman of the Owen Glendower, 42, on the Mediterranean and South American stations. He then successively joined the Creole, 42, and Superb, 78, and Icarus, sloops, the Glasgow, 50, in the capacity ( f lieutenant, to which rank he was promoted June 18, 1821. His appoint ments appear to have been—Dec. 24, 1821, to the Active, 46, and, Feb. 25 and Sept. 6, 1822, to the Owen Glendower, 42, and Searrowhawk, 18. He was ad vanced to the command, June 23, 1823, of the latter, vessel, on the Halifax station, where, and in the Medi terranean, be served until posted, July 17, 1824. We subsequently find Capt. Dundas appointed, Sept. 13, 1825, to the Volage, 28, fitting for South America ; March 12, 1827, to the Warspite, 76, in which ship (the first of her class that ever circumnavigated the globe) he ... , returned to England, from New South Wales, in Oeto her following ; Nov. 20, 1830, to the Belvidere, 42, successively employed in the Mediterranean and off Oporto, whence he came home and was paid off in Dec. 1833 ; and Sept. 1, 1837, to the Melville, 72. In that ship he afterwards bore a part in the opening scenes of the campaign in China. While there he obtained the best thanks of Sir Gordon Bremer for his conduct at the capture of Ty-cock-tow, Jan. 7, 1841, was present with her Majesty's plenipotentiary at a formal meeting which was held with the Chinese commissioner on the 26th of the same month, and on the 26th of the ensuing Febru ary took up his position in the most gallant style in the action which preceded the capture of the forts at the Bocce Tigris. He paid the Melville off at the end of 1841." Subsequently be became private secretary to the Earl of Haddington, as First Lord of the Admiralty ; then he commanded the Powerful, 84, in the Mediterranean ; and under Sir Wm. Parker had charge of a squadron. Af terwards he was appointed superintendent of Deptford Dock andVictualling-yard, and for the last few years he has been a member of the Board of Admiralty. The new com mander-in-chief is no popular "fire eater," nor is lie a. "conceited brag ;" he is a quiet, unaffected, business like man, but he is at the same time a steady, safe, dis creet, and devoted servant of the Crown. Although he Islay not have's, reputation for glory and enthusiasm, he is a strict- duty officer, and would be the last man to dis otcy such orders as wore sent to Si,- C. Napier, despite of any circumstances. He is regarded as of a cold dis position, but his uprightness and justice are unimpeach able ; and if he has not insured in his career a host of impulsive retainers and hot-headed followers, yet any one who has sailed with him or has been associated with him, knows full well that good character and ability have always found in him a sincere advocate for promotion and preferment. He is independent in feeling, position, and action, and it may be said that if those who know him well do not expect from him daring and startling en terprise, they feel confidence in his cool determination to maintain the honour of the British flag at any cost, in his sound judgment to take the earliest and best naeans of carrying out the wishes of the Government, and in devoting his best and ablest energies to accomplish the task imposed upon him, with the least possible loss and the surest success. Rear-Admiral Dundas is the youngest of his stand ing on the flag list. He is in the 54th year of his age ; and whilst there is not a man in the navy an enemy to his good fortune, or one who will be jealous of his position, we may say safely say he has the highest re , spect and esteem of all classes connected with that service, of which he is one of its most dignified and re spected, if not one of its most distinguished, members. Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, and captain of the fleet last year, has been appointed (as we anticipated) second in com mand of tho Baltic fleet. Last year this thoroughly gentleman-like and highly-gallant officer was miserably cramped in his sphere of office. In the forthcoming expedition he will have an opportunity of displaying those qualities as a great naval commander which he has hitherto had no opportunity of exhibiting. It is said of this officer that when in the Baltic last year, Sir Charles Napier, informin g him of his orders to attack Sweaborg, asked him what he would do were he placed in the position a commander7in-chief, and had received such directions. Admiral Seymour replied, that if he had only half a dozen frigates left in his squadron, he would certainly obey the orders. The third in command is Rear-Admiral Baynes,C.B., just promoted, on the death of Admiral B. Hodgson Phis oacer is about 54 years of age. He had served afloat about 24 years. He was commander of the Asia, 84, flag-ship at Navarino, and has since commanded the Andromache, 24, at the Cape, and the Bellerophon, 78, in the Mediterranean. He is the brother-in-law of Lord Denman. The captain of the Baltic fleet will be Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, of the Exmouth, 90. This officer will he remembered as the captain of the Odin, 16, paddle ; then private secretary to the Duke of North umberland, when First Lord of the Admiralty ; and last year as captain of the Blenheim, 60, screw, in the The flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief will, of course, be the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw. Capt. Caldwell (1853), who was promoted from this ship, will be the flag captain. Capt. W. K. Hall, of the Bulldog, 6, paddle, in the thltic fact year, it is said will be Rear-Admiral Sey mour's flag captain. THE ADMIRAL'S SERVICE PENSION. The service pension of 1501. per annum, which lapsed by the death of Admiral Hodgson, has been conferred on Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Fitzallan Owen, who consequently retires from the active list. This officer, brother of the late Sir Edward Owen, we believe counts more active service afloat than any other living flag officer. There is no officer more deserving an additional pecuniary acknowledgment for services than the vener able acceptor of the distinction awarded to him. Most briefly we may state that the gallant admiral was midship man of the Culloden in Howe's action, and in the Ruby at the capture of the Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay, in 1796 ; lieutenant commanding Seaflower at the destruc tion of Dutch shipping in Batavia roads, is 1806 ; and commander of Barracouta at the capture of Java, and in close engagement with the enemy's gun-boats and artillery ; and served on shore at the capture of Batavia, in 1811 ; captain of Cornelia, and with a squadron under his orders took the island of Palembang, in 1812 ; has conducted important surveys on the lakes of Canada and coasts of Asia and Africa, from Cape Comorin along the coasts of Surat and Malabar, the whole sea coast of Persia and Arabia, east side of Africa, including the Seychelles, &c., and the Atlantic shores of that conti nent to the Gambia. We learn from Plymouth that the Nankin, 50, Capt. tho Hon. Keith Stewart, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Sprightly, steam tender, Master-Commander Allen, returned to Portsmouth yesterday from Plymouth with supernumeraries. _ At the same port (Portsmouth) the Centaur, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Clifford, hauled out of the factory basin into the fitting basin to be masted and rigged ; the Arro gant, 46, Captain Yelverton, got steam up yesterday to pro her engines, and went alongside the coaling depot to fill in ; the Edinburgh, 60, Captain Hewlett, will go into fhe steam-basin to-morrow to commence her refit ; the Oberon paddle steam-vessel has been commissioned by Lieut. Freeland for despatch service—it is reported in the Baltic ; the Rhadamanthus steam transport hauled into the steam-basin yesterday to land boilers for the Victoria and Al bort ; the Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen, is rattling down lower awl topmast rigging, and will haul out of the fitting basin to-morrow to lave her con:i lium adjusted, The Retribution, 28, had her mast taken out yesterday, and will go into the steam basin to-day or to-morrow to commeLee her refit. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. Yesterday the screw steamer Hecla left Gravesend with railway plant and a party of experienced divers for Balaklavd. Her Majest3's steam-sloop Phoenix, fitting at Wool wich, has been commissioned by Commander Montagu Hay, late of the Champion. Her destination is the White Sea. The screw steamer Hollander has been taken up by the Admiralty to convey stores to the Crimea. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. The greatest activity provails at the dockyard at Pem broke, an.l all the works are being pu,hed forward with vigour. Several large men-of-war will be launched this summer, but the programme of the vessels required has not yet been settled. The launch of the Royal yacht has liberated a large number of men, who are now vigorously engaged on the other vessels. The various defences down the haven are, as soon as completed, to be garrisoned with detachments of the. Royal Artillery. It is said that the County Artillery Militia will ultimately be engaged in this duty. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Henry C. Otter is appointed to commission and-command the Firefly steam-vessel. Lieutenant William A. J. Heath is appointed to com mission and command the Medusa steam-vessel. Lieutenant Herbert P. Da Kanzow to the Centaur steam frigate. Masters.—John Symons, to the Retribution steam frigate ; William C. Pyper, to the Magicienne, vice Symons ; John Kellock, to the Meander ; William H. Williams, to the Hawke steam-ship. Master's Assistant Matthew Lyon, to the Ariel steam sloop. MILITARY. The army for the ensuing year, exclusive of artillery, engineers, and of the troops is India, will consist of 6,947 officers, 13,643 non-commissioned officers, trum peters, and drummers, and 173;005 rank and file, making 193,595 individuals of all ranks. Of these 178,645 will be British troops ; and, as the number this year amounts to 142,776, it will be seen that the army will be in creased by 35,869 men. - Messrs. Holloway, tailors and outfitters, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, have entered into a contract with the Government to supply 20,000 pairs of Military trousers, at the rate of 1,000 pair per week. The work is being executed by the newly-invented sewing machine by Messrs. Holloway, who have a large factory, and em ploy a great number of people, chiefly girls and women, at Stroud. SPOI?TING INTELLIGENCE. TATTEASALL'S.THIIRSDAY. The introduction of La ly Tatton at 100 to 30 for the Liverpool Spring Cup—the advancing tendency of Corm bus for the Metropolitan Stakes—the restoration of St. Hubert to the rank of first favourite for The Two Thou sand—the steady progress made by The Cruiser for the Derby—and the retrogression of. Dirk Hatteraick, who fell back again to 33 to 1, were the principal movement of interest and importance. CLOSING , PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 apt The Trout (taken) 100 to 3 agst Abd-el-Kader (taken) LIVERPOOL SPRING CLIP. 100 to 30 agst Lady Tatton (taken) 6 to 1 agst Polestar (taken) 'MEAT METROPOLITAN. 4to 1 agst Pharsalus (offered) 12 to 1 agst Fanda,n.o (offered) 100 to 7 agst Paletot c (taken) 15 to 1 'sot Corcebus (taken) 15 to, 1 agst Redlands (taken). 20 to 1' agst Steelyard (taken) 30 to 1 aget Joshua (offered) GREAT NORTHERN. 12 to 1 agst Vandal (taken) • CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Andover (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Rotherham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Schamyl (taken) 100 to 1 agst Jonathan Martin (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst St. Hubert (taken) 10 to 3 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) At the commencement 3 to 1 was betted to 100 agst St. Hubert, and 7 to 2 to the like sum agst Lord of the Isles ; the former advanced to 100 to 40 taken, and towards the close 200 to 60 was taken twice about the latter. The field was backed for 2001., at evens, against the two. DERBY. Bto 1 agst St. Hubert (taken to 2001.) 10 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken, 11 to 1 also laid) 12 to 1 agat De Clare (off,red) 14 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken) 25 to 1 agst Oulstnn 1000 to 30 agst Dirk Hatterack (taken and offered) DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—Mencni 13 AND 14 , ACCEPTANCES for the GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE About three miles and three-quarters. 41 subs, 8 o whom pay 5 sovs each. Age st lb Bourton a 12 7 Trout Age et lb Columbine a 9 6 Hat-box a 9 6 Retail a 10 6 Bastion The Forest Queen a 10 3 Rosa St. Arnaud (h b) i 9 6 Little Charley a 9 5 Cut-away Free Trader Boundaway (h b) 6 10 0 Star of England... a 9 5 Spring 6 10 0 Clarion, geld. (kb) a 9 4 Odiham (h b) Augustine Escape Potter 6 9 7 MauriceDaley(hb) a 9 2 The Poet Janus a 9 7 Burnt sienna a 9 2 Wanderer (h b)... a 9 6 Stafford (h b) a 8 12 Simple Peter a 9 6 Liberator ACCEPTANCES for the DONCASTER HANDICAP STAKES. St. Leger Course. 71 subs, 23 of whoa' pay 3 sots each. Age st lb King of Trumps 6 8 7 Hungerford Alonzo Marsyas 4 7 f) Domino Eulogist.. 7 6 Humboldt 4 7 6 Lady Vernon D.O. Jack Leeraing Toni Ethel wolf Middlesborough Kiteflyer St. Michael Aldford Radcliffe Hero 5 6 10 Ammonia Billingliam 4 6 9 Little Tom 5 6 8 Ganelad The Yore (h b) 4 G 6 St. Clare 4 6 6 Falcon Age st lb Sir Jas. Graham 4 6 5 Professor Buck 4 6 4 Incubus 4 6 2 Singapore Firebrand Jenny Wren 4 0 12 Lady Palmerston 3 5 11 Sir' George 3 i 11 Meliora New Holland 3 5 9 Culcavy General Piston 3 5 6 Vandenhoff Redemption .. Cossey Freddy The Rajah 3 5 2 Nell Gwynn• Prince Plausible 3 5 0 Little Brownie Smithmoor 3 5 0 Banbury 3 4 13 Fearless 3 4 12 NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING. We are requested to annovince that the stakes, which were advertised to close on the 19th and 20th inst., will be kept open until the 6th and 7th of March. STABBING BY A MILITIAMAN.—ScarceIy had the ex citement naturally caused by tke case of stabbing by a militiaman died away, ere we are again called upon to announce a similar but mere diabolical attack by another of a militia body upon a civilian. The facts of the case will be found embodied in the following state ment of the maimed man, taken before W. James, Esq., one of our city magistrates, on Monday last. We may, however, first state that the prisoner, Corporal Chad wick, was brought up before the magistrates, at the Guildhall, on Monday morning, and having been placed in the dock, was charged with having maliciously stabbed with a bayonet, on the night of Saturday last, at the Grapes Tavern, Evan Levis, the ostler at that inn, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Su pcsintendentAdams deposed—Yesterday, about 2 o'clock I received the prisoner from the custody of the adjutant of the Hereford Militia, who considers the chargeagainet him of too serious a character to be dealt with by toe military body. I saw the person who had been stabbed last night, when he seemed to be going on very well. I went again this morning, and found that a change had taken place for the worse. Subsequent to my visit, how ever, I had received the following medical certificate front Dr. Bull :—" I hereby certify that Evan Lewis, ostler at the Grapes, who was stabbed with a bayonet, on Saturday night, is not so well this morning. Syrnp• toms of inflammation have appeared, and the poor man is in considerable danger." The Mayor remarked that this cowardly act of stabbing was not, he was sorry to say, the first that had been committed in this city. In consequence of the prosecutor being unable to attend, the prisoner would be remanded to that day week. Subsequently it was thought necessary for a magistrate to attend at the Grapes, where the poor fellow is lyinc, and receive his deposition, as follows :—Evan Lewis, on being sworn, said—" I am brewer and ostler at the Grapes Tavern in this city. I know the prisoner and recollect seeing him with many other persons in the Grapes kitchen on Saturday night about ten o'clock. At that time there was a fight in the kitchen. The prisoner's father was there, and was engaged in the row. I pushed his father away for the purpose of restoring peace, and upon turning round saw the prisoner, who then drew his bayonet and stabbed me on the left side of my bowels. I felt the bayonet penetrate my bowels. I afterwards went into the parlour, whither I was immediately fol lowed by the prisoner, his father, and two other men, all of whom set upon me and assaulted me there. At that time the picquet arrived, and the prisoner attempted to make his escape. I did not see him afterwards. He was quite sober at the time he stabbed We hear that the unfortunate man is still lying ill, but that an , improv e m e nt h as take* place in his condition.—Here. for 4 Journal. COUNTRY .424.REE23 DERBY SMITHFIELD.—FEB. 13. There was a better supply of fat be asts to -day, and ill quality was generally good, with a large attendance otunber i buers, and most of the were sold. The n y of sheep was less, fully anireaLs maintainina lastTweek's pri,cl; Pigs were also less and better sold , B ut few calves, ww ° were well disposed of. 6d to •d' The following were the quotations :—Beef, m, to ; Ote veal, 7d to 7a Pr lb. ;utton pigs, 7d 74d 9s 6d to 9s 91 per score ; Od ; rou gh fat, 5s 6i t° e: per 141 b.; hides, 33d to 43d per lb ; c alf-alts per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Fxs. 14- la uP• Wheat on the top 2s 0,1 up, ant the averag e O ats a likrley on the top is 6d, and the average 9 d , down. o O ns the top is 4d up, and the average Os 7d up on the top 4d, and the average Os 6d up- Total Supply and Sales. Wheat l4BO qrs ...............sold 1216 qi* Barley Oats 1739 2085 q q r rs s ....,.....::::::::::: ':lldd 146973° 4jr: Beans 319 qrs ............ ...sold 289 VI Top of Wheat ............ . . .......... 65 lb 82s ° 6 ,, Barley. . . ... .. 5'4 lb 366 41` Oats Beans 6Bi 110 50 u • BOSTON—FEB. 14. f At to-day's market we had a moderate supply 0 - 011 for which the farmers asked higher pric es ; bullytoce, merchants and millers refused to accede to any _ mud' sales were checked, and only a Limited business' '1'01,06 acted, at rates barely equal -to these of last week.. oorn a steady sale at previous price.:. Prices :—Wheat, red, 62s Od to 700 Od ; w hite, 7 03 op, 72s Od extra, 74s Od. Barley, 30s Od to 40s 0,1 ; 045 22s to 28s. Beans, 41s Od to 47s Od. Yeast 4°B °" per qr. NEWARK—FEB. 14. a a g c 'l We had a full attendance of farmers to-del, 611 beat 3 supply'of grain of all sorts, with a heavy sale for w late prices. Barley and other corn is per qr. ah e , sl l3s Prices :—Wheat, white, 753 Od to 80s Od; reu' r i nt lir o ix , to 74s Barley, malting, 32s Od to 35s Od ' 27s Od to 29s Od. Oats, old, 32s Od to 34s Od ; 1 4 1 1, ;hi to Od to 30s Od. Beans, 45s Od to 50s Od. Pea s '' 00 1 ' 46s Od. Malt, 72s Od to 74s Od. Tares. 605 0" SEABORNE MAILS. ce , Foo l° (N ,ignifies that the malls are sent from the txe- - „ era by the night—and At by the morning—seapAtch.) POI Iroto W' At o°o'a, Fort p, I mp Acheu• .„ yip Liverpool • _, Feb' t I LiverPou• - • , Ye D. 110 6 'r • Dover Blulthah • PPtop Plymouth '') Dover SeautireP.°: Di% Dover • S o uth.to l 4 o.o ,'l :4,tuthittiv47tk,v, V a rious P• COUNTRIEti. 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Snc' vr ; Cam bridge N.W......... Fr° s " . t. Derby N.E. gar fr os t. Nottingham fro s t, Leicester N. fl Holyhead Liverpool Dublia N.N.E Hard frost- Leamington N. Hard frost. Harwich E Ipswich Manchester Carlisle Lancaster .. N. Whitehayen Maryport . .Stoke-on-Trent ... N. Sheffield N.E. Frost. Leeds Lowestoft Great Grimsby Gainsborough Boston N.E Snow. N. W Frost s N.W ' Snow. N.W Snow. Yarmouth E. Shrewsbury........ NAB Hard frost- Bristol N.B. ..... .... Hard frost. Plymouth Exeter ...... Gloucester N. Fine - Frosb Cardiff N.E Fine. Swansea N.E......... Fine. Haverfordwest Cowes N.W Frost. Southampton N. W Frost. Portsmout h Poole liTinchfield.......:. S.E. York Glasgow Edinburgh S.W Sunderland Perth Dundee Aberdeen.. N. Hull N. Scarborough Whitby Darlington N.E Greenock N.W Berwick Newcastle sHH Hard mHus u r n ii aua: nn loorr i rce ee d li t i a..ffffofirfraraorlooosols°stil : 00: :0 viti - : Brighton E.N.E SSHFHInrraao; Hard i i s:d i ti :.. f fr o r °:Sti -' ‘ 1 I°l' Dover Striped N. Cloudless. • 0 Tunbridge ............e , i bt• ll 9 THE MADRIGAL SOCIETY.—This sociel t belor oldest musical association in the wori":,.Alis Jf hundred and fourteenth anniversary 145 ' ger tr 014,1 . 1 " at Freemaons'-hall. , O . DOCK MONOPOLY.—A deputation from ett or 1 „.. .;6 traders, and other inhabitants of th e , &d a l v ir rested in the commerce of the Port o , L a ril ;101, r' day waited upon the President of the P-0761;;;" on the subject of the bills of the dock c_ .4. ° , FPff deputation included Sir J. Duke,_ 13 '10bi te ; Williams, Esq., M.P. ;B. Oliveira, EscHg, Aiati e W. J. Hall, F. Besley, G. Scovell. W. 00.'"aiiV e a ker, Barber, Fenning, Silva, Carling, _ d d .. , 8 11 te O A Thorpe, and others ; Mr. . Corner :itlidO i ter c i Smith. The deputation was favoured v a ds vac o o - 1,0 of nearly two hours, and Mr. Cardwell rti b a',, g tettpo: searching inquiries in reference to the rig t 40 SiSie of the Port 01 London. He showed g!'e ''' t , , :or a very clear comprehension of the sui9 ec o r% tion was much gratified by his urbael and anxiety to master the subject. ...----- 0 11 BIRTHS. e °f CO l On the 14th inst., at Canterbury, Aa anterru . ry, tbe gli Leopold Paget, Royal Horse Artillery. OF A DAUGHTEIt. treat,/ On the 15th inst., at No. 15, Endsle i g te° square, the wife of J. P. Simpson, Esq.' Ait o MARRIED. de Ph GeOrp. 13 1P d t,ev On the 14th inst., at Reigate, CaPta in i s 1 1 , 1' O P a Bedford R.N., to Ellen, widow of Cha l ' e TIPP" w dr," surgeon, R.N., and daughter a the 1,,, t0 4 00,, f er'' Cti tr Esq., of Reigate.. , 010° axles 50' is Oa the 15th inst., at St. George 0 ~.. Ch_deri ft ili the Rev. Sir John Seymour, Bart., ''' y 0 .-- ,,, PP Smith, Bart., of Suttons, Essex, to Ag ile f Ole' youngest daughter of Capol Care, Bol'' ° the same county. / is , 0 01:;t. DIE D. .00 , , 0 0 r IMO . r 0+ ilif . On the 13th inst., at Chichester, 00 , 1 0 .7 06 Y 4, c , Rotton, 11th Hussars and J.P. for the wil ts, d 1,,, On the 12th inst., a't Langley ", a rrel , ig a. " • Ashe, rector of the parish of LangleY P i y ai liec 4 On the 3d inst., at Warwick-street, - .1. ' i co r, h eal' 14, Parrott, Esq., R.N., aged 65. . ~10 o f f jti . Oa the 4th ult., at Viziagapatain, ° p4•' ~o Col. Henry A. Hornsby, E.I.C.S. , bol o, , 0 soOnn the e e 14th 13th i i n e s e t t .., , William Cox ' ile t ied 6° ' el'ol lij-' Upper Southaiek,treet, Hyde-park, ';-.1,,ac-s t 09 f Rev. 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