The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-29 00:00:00

trbin itioni SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Atherstone (taken) 16 to 1 agst Virago (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Andover (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bolton (taken) DERBY. 16 to 1 asst Lord of the Isles (taken to 251.) 50 to 1 agst Corcebus (taken and offered) CROXTON PARK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FARMERS' PLATE. The Times Sultan Eight ran. COPLOW STAKES. Springy Maid Inn Four ran. GRA.NBY HANDICAP. Dead heat between Miss Briggs and Ethelwolf. I NIPE RI A L PARLIAM ENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat en the woolsack at five o'clock. The Bishop 6f LONDON presented petitions from several places, praying for the closing of public-houses on the Lord's•day. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions with a similar prayer. WOOLWICH CONSUMERS' PROTECTIVE G AS BILL. Ws bill gal read a second time. ' PUDSEY GAS BILL. This bill wag real a second time. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would, on an early day after the recess, present a petition from Barba does in connection with thesugar trade of Caba andPorto Rico. The noble and learned lord hoped that the delay which he proposed should intervene beforetitepresentation of that petition would render it unnecessary for him to express the strong feelings which he entertained with rePpect to Cuba, The noble lord also said he should,. after the recess, present a p e titi on f rom Sydney, praying for the preparation of the constitution for the Australian Colonies. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a peti tion from a place in the west of Ireland in r‹fcrence to poor rates. INTRAMURAL BURIALS (IRELAND) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second readinz of this The Bishop of EXETER objected to the immure, the purport of which was to enable the - Lord-Lieutenant to close all burial grounds in the cities and towns, without at the same tirne providing a remedy. He movea that the bi;l be read a second time Oa!: day six monttie. The Bishop of LONDON called the attention of the Government to the indecent scenes recently occurring in the burial of the dead in the graveyards in the me tr Tolls, particularly those situated in the east of LOll - He thought it was the duty of Government to provide fur the more decent burial of the dead.' Earl GRANVILLE explained the provisions of of the bill, and the circumstances of Ireland in respect to this subject, which he said rendered such a measure as the present absolutely necessary. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the measure incomplete, and said that he thought the subject could be better con sidered at a more advanced period of the session. The Earl of WICKLOW suggested that the second reading should be taken now, and that the committee on it be postponed till after Easter. (Hear, hear.) He thought this course would meet the object of tho learned p elate. Earl GRANVILLE said he had no objection to the course proposed by the noble earl behind him. After a few words from the Bishop of LONDON, Earl GREY, in referanc3 to the observations of the Bishop of London, suggested that a select committee should be appoirted to inquire into the abuses that were said to exist in respect to the burial of the dead in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and to report the parties that were to blame. Lard REDESDALE thought that the subject would justify legislation. The Bishop of EXETER then withdrew his amend ment. The bill was then read a second time. MILITIA (IRELAND) BILL. Lord PANMUEE moved the third reading of this bill. - The Earl of WICKLOW objected to the measure, on the ground that it pl ace d th e m ili t i a o f Ireland on a'dif ferent footing to that of Eogland. Lord PANMURE said that the objections of the nable earl should have the consideration of her Majesty's Government. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then entered at some length into the subject of recruiting for the militia to the detriment of the regular army. The noble earl a'so took the opportunity of addressing some observa tions to their lordships relative to the commissariat de partment of the army in the Crimea. The whole of the heads of that department, said the noble earl, were civi lians and the subordinate officers were soldier?, now the raven a was the proper plan to adopt, the whole of:the superior officers to the commissariat department should be relected from the army, and the inferior ones should be tilled by civilians. Lord PANMURN having replied to the observa tions of the noble lord with respect to the militia and th• regular army, said that he thought that the best plan to pursue with respect to providing for the supply of men sod animals was to make the commissariat responsible for everything that was required. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that if the noble baron lett the commissariat in the hands that it was, the animals would be all starved, and the army would never be able to be moved. After a few observations from Earl Gl= and the Earl of HARDIVICKr, The bill was read a third time and passed. DESPATCH OF BUSINESS (COURT OF CHANCERY) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) NEW MEMBER. Mr. ANTl:onus took the ()Atha and his seat for Wilton. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a thiri time and parsed ;—Bridport Railway ; Chesterfield "Water and Gas ; Glossop Gas ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Jenction Railway ; Monmouthshire Railway and Canal; Rstcliff Gas ; RAheihain Gas ; Sheffield Gas ; South- Eastern Railway (Capital) ; Stalybridge Gas ; Tor quay, Tor, and Saint Mary Church Gas j "Uxbridge Surgage Lands. PETITIONS. Sir J. JOHNSTONE presented petitions front diffe rent parts of the county praying for the abolition of church rates. Mr. BAXTER presented petitions from different places in Scotland against the Parish Schools Scotland Bill. Mr. WILCOX presented petitions from the various Dissenting bodies of Southampton praying for the abolition of church rates. Mr. L. KING presented a similar petition from Kingston-upon-Thames. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from the dissenting bodies of Southwark to the same effect. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition signed by the mayor, aldermen, and 7,000 of the inhabitants of Itoch dley praying for the repeal of the Beer Act of last ses sion. Mr. LAZIEYWORTH, and several other hon. mem bers, presented, petitions against th e o p en i ng o f public houses on Swa ns Mr. M'CANNYp.reaent'd three petitions from Drog heda, against the bill for eiltnproving the comm un i ca ti on between EIEN' and and Ir elan d. fir. COB t hree petition s f rora B urnley against church rates. Sir E. PERRY presented a similar petition from th e Di ss enters of Devonport. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL P-esented six similar petitions from Southampton. Mr. G. BE RKELEV presented similar petitions from Gloucester. Sir R. Price, the Solicitor Genera', Mr. S. nerbert Sir Wm. Clay, and several o th er members prese nted plmilar petitions. Mr. M. GIBSON presented six petitions from a , many newspaper proprietors, praying for the repeal o f the newspaper stamp. Mr. CROSSLEY presented a petition from Halifax against the Liverpool Town Dues Bill. DECIMAL COINAGE. Mr. W. BROWN gave notiz,e, that early after Eacter he should bring before the house a motio❑ on the sub ject of decimal coinage. COUNTY kNANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. FRENVEN asked the First Lord of the Treasury if ho intended to introduce any measure during the pre sent session for the establishment of county financial boards, which the noble lord announced his intention of bringing forward nearly two years ago Sir G. GREY answered the question, but he could hold out no hope that such a bill would be brought in this session. ENGLAND AND IRELAND. Mr. HORSFALL tulied the noble lord ihe member for Buckingham whether it was his intention t o b r i ng on the bill, iutituled, "A Bill for an improved Communi cation between England and Ireland BOVVERIE said the hill would be brought in the trot Friday after the recess. TRANSPORT TROOP PAPERS. Mr. BELLEW asked the Secretary for War why it was that the papers moved for by him more than a fort night since, relative to the transport of troops in the Seringapatam, and then ordered by the house, had not as yet been laid on the table. Mr. PEEL said the papers would be immediately laid on the table. THE BERNAL COLLECTION. Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether any and what sums of money bad been expended on behalf of the nation by the officers of the Society of Arts and Sciences in Marlborough House, and the Trustees of the British Museum, in the pur chase of articles of ver t u a t th e sa l e o f th e property of the late Mr. Bernal ; and if so, by whose authority such purchases had been made, without the sanction of PArliament being first had and obtained ? Mr. WILSON said 12,0001. had been given to the Society of Arts ' and 4,0001. to the British Museum, for making such purchases.. The money was given on the authority of the Treasury out of the civil contin gencies estimate. CIVIL SUPERANNUATION FUND. Mr. HA.NKEY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether he could inform the house whether the bill about to be brought in for the better arrangement of the Civil Superannuation Fund was in such a state of far wardnesi as to insure its being laid upon the table im mediately after the recess ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the bill was in a state of preparation, but he could not say when it would be brought in. MUSSULMAN LAW. Mr. PELLATT asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether there still existed in Turkey a law which con demned to death a Mussulman ccnvert to Christianity ; and, if so, whether the Government, or our allies the French, had or intended exercising their influence to abolish so unjust a punishment ? Lord PALMERSTON said it would be seen by pa pers laid before the house in the year 1844 that Sir Stratford Canning bad obtained an assurance from the Sultan that no such executions should take place in future. Mr. A. PELLATT underAtood that the assurance applied to Christians becoming Mussulmen, and then re turning to Christianity. Lord PALMERSTON said the assurance,,as he under stood it, applied to the whole case of such executions. STAMP DUTIES. Mr. HAMILTON asked the Chancellor of the Ex -chequer whether it was the intention of Government to pr)pose, during the present session, any measure for abolishing the stamp dutie4 on matriculations - and de grees in the universities of Cambridge and Dublin, and thei•eby to place students in those universities in the s one position, as regards stamp duties, with students in' the universities of Oxford, Durham, London, the Queen's University in Ireland, and the several Scotch univer ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it wa3 quite true, as the hon.-member stated, with regard to Oxford, and he could only say now that the subject, as regarded Cambridge and Dublin, was under the con shleration of the Government. THE INNS OF COURT. Mr.-MI:A.M .- FORD asked the Seerttary of State for the Home Department when the report of the Commis- Won appointed last session to inquire int.) the Inns of C;ort would be laid on the table of the house ? Sir G. GREY said the report had not yet been re ceived, but he was informed that it was prepared, and he might shortly expect it. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. Sir T. HERBEBT asked the Fret Lord of the Admi ralty the date when the Etea:ner llandFa, of 2,500 tons, was taken up for the conveyance of troops to the Medi-, terranean ; whether she was taken up by the new Trate port Board ; how long she remained in the river after being taken up; and whether her delay at Portsmouth up to the present time had been occasioned by its being found, on her being surveyed at Portsmouth, there were no medical stores on board, or magazine fitted for hold ing the ammunition of the troops ? Sir C. WOOD sad the vessel was engaged on the 14th Feb. She Was not taken up for the Transport Service, but she remained in the river 15 days filling, and this Wa 3 the only delay that occurred. THE AUSTRALIAN POST. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Home Secretary what arrangements were being made for steam or any postal communication with Australia ? Sir G. GREY said the subject was now under conside ration with the Treasury and the Colonial Department with the view as stated in the question. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. Lord PALMERSTON stated, in reply to Mr: Fitz roy that there was no intention to bring in a bill this session to amend the Metropolitan Buildings Act. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Colonel NORTH moved the adjournment for the purpose of calling upon the Secretary at War to explain what he meant when ho said Lord Methuen objected "t i go on board a transport ship with his triops, be cause it was a sailing vessel." Lord PALMERSTON protested against this sort of proceeding. The motion ought not to be male without some reason being stated fur it. With regard to the question, he'believed the objection to the ship arose out of her want of accommodation, and not because she wa, a sailing vessel. Mr. DISRAELI said the necessity for the motion hal become neces;ary in order that an answer of the Secretary at War, which had created some misappre hension, might be explained. Under those circum stances he thought the motion was justifiable; but, of course, it would be withdrawn. Mr. PEEL said the vessel appointed to take out the Royal Lancashire Militia to the Mediterranean was a steamer, and not .a sailing vessel. Lori Methuen w'as the commander of the troops, and he objected to the vessel because she did not afford sufficient accommo dation. The motion was then withdrawn. CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA. BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 1, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked whether it was in in contemplation to make any other loan of the kind ? Lord PALMERSTON said, when there was another loan it would be communicated to the house. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY inquired where the money was to come from to make good this loan ? The CHANCELLOR o(the EXCHEQUER said it would come out of the Consolidated Fund in the first in stauce. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wanted to know why the interest was to be so low as 3 per cent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the loan would extend over a long series of years, and that the interest bad been fixed at 3 per cent. Mr. BELLEW said Ore loan would come out of the Consolidated Fund in the first instance, but it would afterwards have to be made good in some other way. Now it was just possible that we should have to pay mere than 3 per cent. for the money, and therefore he thought it would have been better to let Sardinia herself come into the market to raise the loan. The c!auses were then agreed to, and the house hav ing resumed, the report was ordered to be received to m. crow. ODESSA. Mr. SCOTT rose to move an address to the Crown for copies of the instructions relative to the attack or. Odessa given to the Comma' der-in-Chief in the Medi terranean and Iltack Sea, and copies of, or extracts from, all correspondence relating thereto. He did not think he was making this motion too early, or that it would prove detrimental to the public ser vice, because if any mistake had been committed in respect to Odessa it was only right the pub lic should know where the blame rested. The war was costing us something like 800,0001. a week, or 110,0001. a day, and it was only right that we should know that everything had been done to cripple the enemy in his important town of Odessa. The pos session of Odessa by Russia unmolested bad been of great service to her. It had enabled her to supply her forces in the Crimea with provisions and reinforcements; and although it was a mere commercial town just before the com mencement of the war, its fortifications had since been so extended and improved as to render it far less preg nable now than it was this time last year. It was true our fleet in April last destroyed the ou t er f or tifi ca ti ons, destroyed 12 ships and took 13 transport., besides re leasing several English ships which were in the port at the time, but instead of following up the attack with 'wading, the fleet was. ordered off, in order that the city might be saved, and the Emperor of Russia was left to reconstruct, repair, and strengthen those fortifications of Odessa which the fleet had shown to be most open to attack. The importance which Russia at tached to Odessa could not lessen his own authority, but might be traced in that famous edict of the Emperor of Russia which directed the inhabitants to set fire to the place in the event of the allies attempting a landing, and if Russia attached so much importance to Odessa, he wanted to know why the Government thought so slight. ingly of it as to leave it free from attack after the use less bombardment? That was his justification for making this motion, and he could anticipate no good or suffi cient reason why it should be refused. Our fleet re mained idle for very many weeks in the Black i Sea bef ore th e c h olera broke out, and he wanted to know, for the sake of Admiral Dundas, how it was that OJesa was not taken. Ile might be told that Admiral Ists.das had a discretionary power, but he wanted to know if that discretion was shackled in any b 3 y, and th a t could only be ascertained y Produci ng th e instructions that the Admiralty sent to the Admiral while in command of a large fleet, and a force of some 12 ,000 men. Either Odessa ought to have been blockaded or dismantled ; or, again, it ight have bea n cupl o e f d by seine of our troops and guarded was due t o the our inanity as it was use b: ;el l ee 1 t i t o sutoßhbfei a a t n armytenemy, to cur • spill ed from rnctiL of natives wasships ; and some explanation Public te, as l to why neither of those alter t was said that Odessa was . 4. ~ ___ . 1 b humanity, eeo as but cie t thisrime mode detrimental t o o f car t tog on bas ,war had abled 11112Sia to slaughttr our men Wholesale, whereas ' hadn ethienfas‘rinlinwhich Was the be hastopol. Since then, as the policy of bii ce g cva a e l ur l s a ecnoti could soldiers, have e to the survivors, and to lartailo'n should be given of the sparingbOedteUs Odessa in b o e o d e v e n e: B l t :t k o h e a S n d e ' bombardment firsttiU the public as operationolll only b d a u t e o s f o t of Odessa. reason willsnossau d In mothe war, Id compel s motion you. him to duce him to oppose the ino l‘sfirr. C. ElNN_OTOlNDC!idsetchoendsaendlethe inotion i . ,_,_ 1 . The demand which the aS fain from going into detail. the possilie 1 . his p.ed without disclosing to the enemy 2 , ' e Each Sea and h sr. member made was one which co uld not be esit intentions of the commandersn t..' - future operations, It was ba .o . : gh th the cones- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EtrENENG, MARCH 29. 1855 pondents of newspapers should disclose the position of affairs with the Allies in the Crimea, but the hon, mem ber proposed to go still further, and to have made known to the enemy the very letter of the instructions which had been issued to our admirals. The time might come when the information could be safely given, but while hostilities were pending, it would be exceedingly mischievous and dangerous to the public service to accede to the proposal of the hon. member. MITCHELL denied that the Russian troops in the Crimea were carried through Odessa. They came from Bessarabia and the north of Russia, and it would have been going out of the way had they been carried through Odessa. He contended that all bad been done with Odessa that it was possible for us to accom plish. Had we destroyed all the defences and fortifica tions of Odessa, could we have done more ? Certainly, we might have occupied the place, but to do that we must have been prepared with a force of 50,000 men. Sir G. PECHtLi was at a loss to understand what end was to be obtained by assenting to this motion. If it was to vindicate the honour of Admiral Dundas it was wholly uncalled for, because that gallant admiral was one of the ablest officers in the service, while events had provad that he had done all that he could with the fleet at his disposal. _ _ _ Mr. A. StATFORD said the defence of Admiral Dun.las was to be found in the rpecchof the First Lora of the Admiralty. He knew of hlB own know ledgo that the Admiral was prepared to submit to attack aid 'criticism if the Government thought the produc tion► of his despatches would not be detrimental to the public interest. Mr. SCOTT said it was not his intention to press his 'Motion to a division. lie disclaimed all intention of wishing to cast obloquy on, or to impugn the conduct of Admiral Dundas, Lard PALMERSTONdecIared that nothing had came to the knowledge of the Government which could jus tify any imputation on the gallantry or conduct of Admral Dundas. On the contrary, they had every reason to believe that the country was much indebted to the gallant admiral for the_ zeal and activity he had displayed in the course of the war. The motion was then withdrawn. [LEFT SITTING.] Al MY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our first edition.) Captain Mure—examination continued —The first time he was at Ealaklava he found that the hospital was in a very unsatisfactory condition. On subsequent occwiions he found that much improvement had been effected in it. He did not know who had charo of Bilaklava harbour. He did not believe there was any proper person. He had anchored oetside the harbour, and thought it was a rather dangerous place. Layard—Would you remain there in a gale of wird. Captain Mure—On no account. Soincother returns of deaths which were reported to have taken place on board the Andes - were handed to the Witness, who declared them to be quite incorrect. 3;2• Mr. Layar,l—There are great difficulties in the way of c.aling at Constant;nople, for which operation no proVsion tviis made by the authorities. His vessel was detathed for eight-days in taking in 420 tons of coal. It wou d have been accomplished 'at Malta in 20 hours. Mr. Layard—Did you ever set. Admiral Boxer at Con etantinopl e ? Captain. Mure—Yes. I was directed to call upon him. Mr. Laya.rd—What sort of a ma❑ was he ? . Captain Mure—He was not a very nice man to speak to. (Much laughter.) Mr. Layard—Why not ? Captain .Mera—Because he was very irritable in tem per. (A. laugh.) By Lord Seymour—The Turkish coal was inferior for the purposes of steam. On his second visit to Bala klays, Captain Powell was in command, and better arrangements prevailed. The next witness was Captain Stewart, of the Golden Fleece, 2,500 tons. He stated that he took out the 4th regiment to Malta, where he landed them, and received the rifle brigade on board, and conveyed them to Gallipoli. No arrangements had been made for their reception there, as they were not ex pected, and a day or two elapsed before provision could be made. He afterwards fetched some Grenadier Guards from Ma7ta and took them to Scutari, where a similar delay arose. He afterwards conveyed the regi ment to 'Varna. The Golden Fleece was chartered by the Government, on her gross registered tonnage, at the rate of 50::. per ton per month. He was afterwards transferred to the Mauritius, a screw steamer of 1,800 tons, and conveyed in her some troops to the Crimea, where he arrired soon after the battle of the Alma. Amongst. other places he went to Kamiesb, where the arrangements for landing were all that could be wished, different wharves having been provided for landing goods. - By Mr. Layard—The state of things at Balaklava harbour was very different. The anchorage there was very deep and dangerous. He on one occasion repre sented this to Captain Christie. Mr. Layard— Whilst you were at Balaklava did you see the Prince ? Capt Stewart—Yes ; I savr her arrive. Mr. LL and —There is a story current which has been contradicted—that the Prince lost two anchors. Do you know anything about it ? Capt. Stewart---Yes ; I know the statement to be true. I saw them go. Examination continued—The Prince had been sold to Government when she wa3 lost. Mr. Layard—Did you know her commander. Was he an experienced man ? Capt. Stewart—He was not an experienced com mander, but he was always considered an excellent officer. Examination continued—The coast of Balaklava is completely ironbound. He shipped a number of wounded after the battle of Inkerman, whom he landed at Scutari. There was no want of proper supplies to the invalids, as they were provided by the ship's company. Only 11 or 12 died on the passage. The orderlies behaved them selves very badly, and neglected the invalids. The Eng lish sy,tem of landing the sick was far inferior to the French. The coaling arrangements at Constanti nople were very defective, and caused consider able delay ' • but since then fo r ty or fif ty tons could be taken in per day. He represented this to Ad miral Boxer. Mr. Layard—What did he say ? Capt. Stewart—l believe he promised to send some men to assist me in coaling. Mr. Layard—Had you an interview with Admiral Boxer ? Capt. Stewart—l saw him once ; but I had no un pleasantness with him whatever. He was rather abrupt in his manner. (Laughter.) Capt. Frceman.—Of the Pyrenees, 832 tons burden. The vcseel was employed in the transport of troop?. He first went to Malta, then to Scutari, and afterwards to Varna. Ho conveyed some horse artillery amongst other r2giments. There was very little provision on board for the former. They were landed in Turkish boat. He was employed at another time in taking down sheep to Balaklava, but not vegetables. He saw large quantities at Eupatoria, and there were also large grar , aries full of corn. This wal in September last year. The vessel was afterwards wrecked off the Katschka. There was a quantity of provisions on board at that time, which were all lost. Layard— Do you attribute the loss of the vessel to the negligence of any authority in the transport gel-rice ? Captain Freemar. —The vessel had no business to be detained there at that time of the year. By the Chairman—The provisions were kept en board in order to be ready to embark at any time. Captain Dark was then called. He stated that he went out to the East with a cargo of various kinds of stores and provisions. He left England in August last. He arrived at Balaklava about the 19th October. They had to lie outside for some time, as Capt. Christie would not allow them to enter. He said the outside of the bar. hour was as safe as the inside. He offered Ms cargo of provisions first to the English authorities at Constanti nople, at Admiral Boxer's offices ; but they were refused on the ground that there were plenty on hand already. He offered the provisions at a very reasonable price. He made a second offer of the cargo at Balaklava to Mr. Fader. He did not accept it. That was about the 24th of October. Mr. Filder said he did not want them. He eventually disposed of it to the French commissariat. At a later period it was applied - for by the English officers, and he entered into an arrangement with the French to let them have them at the price they had been sold for by him. Mr. Layard—Dal you know that at that time the troops were very much in want of provisions Captain Dark replied that he did not. Examination continued—He WAS in Sarnia& Bay and fund it very well ordered. He conveyed no sick or wounded, as his was not a transport ship. By Lord Seymour—He left Balaklava on the 3d of December. It was then in a filthy state, but some better landing places were being constructed. Captain Ellison, commander of the Avon, was after wards calle l. He left England last year, and conveyed a number of troops to Constantinople. After the battle of the Alma he conveyed some wounded men to Odessa. He had 340 on board. He returned and was despatched with some more wounded to the Chersoneso. He then went to Balaklava, and was there during the hurricane. He was inside, and escaped by a miracle. Mr. Layard.— As an experienced seaman what do you think of the anchorage at Balaklava ? Captain Ellison.—:No vessel ought to lie outside the harbour. Examination resumd—He remained inside the har bour for three weeks, when his vessel wai turned into an hospital ship, and he had as many as 800 sick and wounded in bed. No preparaton was made for therm. The men were in a very sad state, and the smell which emanated from them was dreadful. Ho spoke to Dr. Lawson several times an the subject. Dr. Lawson came on board every day. He left them on the 4th December, with upwards of 800 sick and wounded on board. Proper provisions were supplied to them. The committee then adjourned at a quarter before four o'clock until to-morrow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.—WEDNESDAY. - Earl Spencer's Plate, of 100 sous, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 5 ft if declared, &c. Winners extra. Five furlongs. 40 subs, 21 of whom pay 5 soya each. Mr. Magenis's Foxhunter, 4 yrs, Est 111 b ...(Ashmall) 1 Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps, aged, 9st 71b (Cartwright) 2 Mr. W. Cuckcroft's The Medway, 3 yrs, 6.-t (J. Hall) 3 The following also ran :—Scherz, Nathan, Kennyside Hero, Nelly Hill, Orson, Foam, herry Brandy, Chel. merton, Cbarmian, Plausible, and Gondoline. Betting-3 to 1 agat Foxhunter,.s to 1 agst Scherz, 6 to I agst ThUMedway, 7 to 1 agst Nathan, 8 to 1 agst Kennyside Hero, 10 to 1 agst King of Trumps, and 10 to 1 agst any other. The three placed ran in front throughout. A fine race in, resulting in favour of Fox hunter by a head ; half a length between the second and third ; Scherz was a bad fourth ; Nathan, Gond°. line, Plausible, and Cherry Brandy were next past the poet. The Althorp Park Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Set 71b ; fillies, Bst 3lb ; winners 51b extra. T.Y.C. 27 subs. Mr. Howard's Queen's Head, Bst 31b (Wells) 1 'Mr. J. B. Morris's Tilly, Bst 31b (Bastian)) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sugarcane; Bst 31b ...(Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Diego, Wooltsberg, Sky scraper, King Chat, Plush, Slander, St. Dunstan. Betting-6 to son Queen's Head, sto 1 agst Tilly, 5 to 1 agst Slander colt. Queen's Head started with the lead, Tilly lying second, and Sugarcane third, and in this order they finished, Queen's Head winning by a length and a half, three lengths between the second and third. The St. Liz Handicap of 10 cove each, h ft, with 100 aided. Certain winners extra. One mile and a quar ter. 19 subs. Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, aged, Bst 41b .. (Wells) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Hercules, 4 yrs, 6 at 11lb (Ashman) 2 Mr. J. o:borne's Gamelad, 4 yrs, 6st slb (Bearpark) 3 The following also ran :—Kitefiyer, Commodore Char ley, Duke of Lancaster, Jenny Wren, Cbarmain. Beting-5 to 2 each agst Alonzo and Hercules, 100 to 15 agst Gamelad, 5 to 1 agst Duke of Lancaster. Won by half a length, four lengths between the second and third ; Kitefiyer was fourth. The Selling Plate of 40 cove, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; for three-yr-olds and up i warls ; optional selling weights, &a. Certain winners extra. One 'mile.. Mr. Drewe's Vulcan, 3 yrs, (401.), sst 111 h (H. Bray) 1 Mr. Stinton's Economy, aged, (301.); 7st 71b (E. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Stanley's Communist, 4 yrs (301.) Est 111 b • (Ashman) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Hatch, Dipthong, Nester. Betting-6 to son Economy, 4to 1 ag.-t Vulcan, 5 to 1 agst Nestor. Won easily by a len g th ; a heal be tween the second and third; bad fourth. The winner was b , ught in fur 50 guineas. Tao Norsloamptoosbire Cup Stakes of 10 soya each. Tbe winner to be sold fur 500 soya if demanded, &c. About two miles and a furlong. 13 subs. Mr. Knowles's Talfourd, 5 yrs, Vst llb (Bieham) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Saucebox, 3 yrs, est 91b (CiPments) 2 Lord W. Puwlett'a Sharavogae, 6 yrs, 90.; 41b (S. Roger.) 3 The following also ran :—Seducer and Cranbourne. Betting-5 to 4 agst Saacebox, 3to 1 agst Shara. vogue, 6 to 1 each agst Seducer, Cranbourne, and Tal fourd. Won by a head ; bad third. The winner was not claimed. The Racing Stakes of 20 cove each, h ft, with 50 added. Certain penalties and allowances. One mile. 3 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Benhams, 3 yrs, Bst 10lb (Flatman) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Frederick, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Yate ) 2 Lord Derby's The Professor, 3 yrs, Bst 511) (A. Day) 3 Betting-6 to 5 each agst Beuhams and Frederick. Won cleverly by a length ; bad third. LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 500 to 30 agst Crown Pigeon (taken) 100 to 30 agat Calamus (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 7to 1 agst Fandango (taken) 10 to 1 agst Athersone (taken) 10 to 1 agst Vandal 15 to 1 agst Virago 20 to 1 apt Julian 20 to 1 agat Spencer Fandango and Atherstone were in considerable dc mand. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 20 to 1 apt Andover (taken and offered) 25 to 1 apt Marc Antony (taken and offered) 25 to 1 aget Muscovite (taken and offered) 30 to 1 aget Mortimer (taken and offered) THE DERRY. 25 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken) Although certain shortcomings'were displayed in the supply of sport, yet the meeting sustained its popularity undiminished. The racing was narked by many inci dents of importance, and its bearing on "coming events" was decided and significant. Although tin atAendance of general company to-day was not so large as on Tues day, it was very far from scanty. The weather was cold, but not sufficiently unpropitious to mar the enjoy ment of the sport. Amongst the aristocratic andfa;hion able visitors who attended the meetin g wore the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Derby, Earl did Countess Spencer, Earl and Countess of Southampton, Earl of Chester— field, Earl of Gmford„ Earl Pomfret, Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Wilton ' Earl of Hopetoun, Lord and Lady Maidstone, Lord and Lady Henley, Lord Althorp, Lord Cavendiib, Lord and Lady Dungarvon, Lord and Lady. Enfield, Lord Chas. Fitzroy, Lord Adolphus Filzclarence, Lord Villiers, Lord Exmoutb, Lord Airy, Lord Easton, Lord Bruce, Sir George Armi-. tage, Sir Charles Knightley, Sir Robt. Pigott, Sir Wil-; lianuson Booth, Sir George. and Lady Jenkinson, Baron Rothschild, Colonel the Right Hon. Jas. Macdon'Old, the Right Hon. G. Fitzwilliam,_M.P., Hon. Admiral Rous, Hon. Capt a i n Villi e r s , Hon. Colonel .Egerton, Hon. Charles Oust, Hon. F. ilyng, Hon. C. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Hon. W. Hanbury, Hon. Col. Forrester, Hon. G. Fitzroy, Hon. B:. Fitzroy and Mrs. Fitzroy, Major-General Arbuthnett, Colonel Pearson, Colonel Wood Taylor, Colonel Howard, Vyse, M.P., Colo nel Lowther,. Colonel Botiverie, Capt a i n an d Mrs. Cavendish Boyle, Captain Beauchamp Seymour, R.N., Captain Clerk, theßaptains Maunsell, Captain Thorn ton, Captain Captain Hill, Mr. R. Knightley, M.P., Mr. Cartwright, Kr. and Mrs. H unger f or d an d Miss 'hornhill, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Longhorn Mr. J. M. Stanley, Mr. C. P. Leslie, Mr. A. I s t e d and the Hon. Mrs. Isted; Mr. F. Calthorp, Mr. H. Des Vceux, Mr. H. G. Craven, Mr. W. B. St4ford, Mr. F. Ma genis, Mr. White Melville, Mr. Rudston Read, Mr. C. C. Greville, Mr. G. Payne, &e. NORTHAMPTON RACES, 15511.—The Marquis of Angle sey, Earl Pomfret, and the Earl of Hopetoun have con sented to act as stewards. HARROW AND UXENDON SPRING MEETING, APRIL 5. Weights for the Free Handicap Steeplechme. About four miles. Acceptances must be signified to-mor row (Friday), before twelve o'clock at noon. Age st lb Age st lb Trout (aged) 10 10 Herbert ......(aged) 9 4 Rosa ( age d) 10 6 Bullfinch ...(aged) 9 2 Torn Gurney (aged) 10 2 Cato (aged) 9 2 Janus (aged) 910 Sirllarbottle( iged) 9 0 Emigrant (aged) 910 Nialtnesbury (aged) 9 0 The Nugget (aged) 9 6 Baronet (aged) 9 0 Lord of the Isles Hilary (aged) Diana. (aged) 9 9 Fentnati Odiliam (ned) 9 4 Jovial If the highest weight accepting be under lOst 1011 a, it will be raised to that weight, and the others remaining in in proportion. NEWTON SPRING MEETING.--Aram 9 AND 10. Weights for the Trial Stakes. One mile and a quarter. Age st lb Age st lb Lancaal:ire Lass... 5 8 7 Singapore Young Hack 6 7 12 Vivid Dear Me 5 7 10 1 Go away 4 6 7 Torn Perkins ...... 4 7 9 Mystic Cardsharper Medal 4 7 3,lNeddy Effie Deans SECOND DAY, Weights for the South Lancashire Tradesmen's Plate. One mile and a half. Age Et lb Alonzo Kiteflyer Horatio Torn Blarney (ii b) ...... a 7 0 Weigbt3 for the Man( Age st lb Singapore Master Slender New Holland- 3 5 10 Venison Noddy 1r Plate. Half a mile. Age rst lb Michaelmas Maid 5 8 10 Hyacinth 6 8 6 Horatio ......... 8 4 Blossom 4 8 0 Dear-me ........... 5 712 Sy ren 5 7 12 Blarney (h b) a 7 12 Medal 4 7 8 Cardshai per Romeo Weights for the Great Non About four miles. Forfeit next, April 3. Age st lb Effie Deans The Cripple Wild Deer 5 7 0 Cimicina Mountain Maid._ 4 6 12 Mystic Stork 3 5 4 Van Dunck Bacchus 2 5 0 th of England Steeplechase. a to be declared on Tuesday Ace st 1b I Peter ... a 10 12 1 Trout Warner lO 7 Star of England a 9 5 Odibam (h,b) a 9 4 Sailor 6 9 3 Age st lb Jemmy the Black 6 9 3 Dangerous a 9 3 Golden Hue Leda Gradeley Lass I Thrush :cepting be under lOst 121 b, ;ht, and the others remaining If the highest weight acs it will be raised to that weigl in in proportion. DEATH OF LADY KATE MOLYNEAUX.—We regret to announce the sudden deatb, on Sunday last, at Croxteth hall, near Liverpool, of Lady Kate Molynenux, youngsst daughter of the late and sister of the present Earl of Sefton. The deceased lady was apparently in the pos session of good hcalth up to Sunday night, when, while being undressed, she complained of illness, became faint, and within halt-an-hour was a corpse. She was born December 20, 1808, and was conequently in her forty eeventh.year. The event has plunged the noble family into the despot grief. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.-KINGSTO}T, MARCH 28. Charles George Ellon,, 15, a genteel-looking lad, Bur reniered to take his trial for a felonious assault upon Mary ElNabeth Crawley ; and GeorgeElpflicle, 19, groom, and Maria Penis, 22, were charged with feloniously aid ing and assisting to commit the offence, and also with being accessories to the tact.. - Mr. Parry conducted the. prosecution on behalf of the Society for the Protection . of Women. Mr. Clarkson defended Elton ; Mr. Lilley appeared for Elphick, and the girl Fenn was undefended by counsel. • The case, from the extraordinary nature of the circum stances connected with it, and the youth awl high con nexions of the prisoner Elton, excited a great deal of interest, and the court was crowded during the trial. Mr: Parry, in opening the case to the jury, said that the offence imputed to the prisoner was of a very serious nature, and from the peculiar circumstances connected with it it would require their most serious consideration. The lad at the bar who was charged as principal was stated to be no more than fifteen years old, and his ap pearance would indicate that he was about that age, and it was very rare to see so young a person charged with such an offence. He was sorry to have to prefer such a charge against so young a lad, who, lie believed, was highly connected, and entitled certainly to rank as a gentleman ; and he was equally sorry to be obliged to inform the jury that the offence was committed in the house of a clergyman of the Church of England, and in addition to the other disgusting circumstances connected with it, the act would appear to have taken place on a Sunday. The learned coun all then proceeded to give a brief narrative of the facts, and the following evidence was adduced : Mary Elizabeth Crawley, a young and good-looking girl, deposed that in August last she was in the service of the Hon. and liesteMr. Sugden, the rector of New degate, near Dorking. She went into his service in June. She would he 17 years old next May. The . pri soner Elton was the brother of Mrs. Sugden, and at the time in question he was °ea visit to the rectory. Tlie pri soner Elphick was groom, Fenn was cook, and witness was housemaid in _the establishment. On Sunday, the 13th August, her master and mistress went to bed be tween 9 and 10, and the servnts ought to have gone to bed directly afterwards, but they sat up, and did not go to bed for an Lour afterwards. Witness and the cook, Fenn, used to sleep together, and Elphick occupied a room on the same floor. Master Ett in slept in a room adjoining the one occupied by witness, and which com municated with it, hut he could get 'to his room from another direction. Tire bed-room occupied by her master and mistress and all the others were on the same floor. While witness and Fenn were undressing Elton came in and passed to his own room, and witness locked her door. She and Fenn then went to bed, and shortly af terwards Elphick tame into the room and unlocked El ton's door, ar.d said to him, "George, you come in and lie on Crawley's yid of the bed, and I'll lie on FCrlit ' S side." Witness said that if they did so she would tell Ms. Sugden, and Elphick replied, ‘.‘ Oh, no, you won't." Elton then carnet() her bed-side. He was undressed, and he got into bed. Witness screamed as loud as she ceuld, and the prisoner Fenn put her lined over her mouth, and ,E'phick held her while Elton committed the weirtult with which he was charged. Elphick and Fenn then went out cf the room together, and after a short time Elton went to Elphick's room, where they were. Witness followed them, and found .Elphick and Elton drinking beer and smelting, and they asked her to have some beer, but she refinted, and complained of the tri at meet she bad received. Fenn told her it was no use com plaining ; it Was done now, and could not be undone. Elphick then told her that unless she consented to similar treatment a se :one time she would be sure to be in the family way, and Fenn confirmed what he said, and upon her returning to her bedroom the prisoner Elphick fol lowed her, and assaulted her in the same manner Elton had done. This all took place without her consent. She screamed while Elphick assaulted her, but Fenn did not give her any assistance. After this had taken place the prisoner Elton got into her bed a second time, but he did not attempt to take any liberties with her on this oecaeion. A fortnight after this occurred she told what had taken place to Mr. Fareingdon, the postmaster at Newdegate, and the reason she did not mention the matter to her master and mistress was that they would not believe what she said. For several, days after Aug. 13 the prisoners Elphick and' Ran threatened her life if she told anything of what had happened, and on the 16th Elphick discharged aP:stolat,ber and wounded her in the neck. The prosecutrix concluded by stating that she was a Roman Catholic, and that while she was ii, Mr. Sugdon'e service she- objected to-attend hie church, on account of her professieg that religion. Mr. Clarkson subjected the prosecutrix to a very long and searching cross-examination, the greater portion of which was not of a character fit 'for publication. She said that her master and mistress slept only two rooms off the one where the assault was alleged to have been committed, and the Rev. Mr. Pigott, a clergyman who had officiated for Mr. Sugden on this Sunday, also slept in the house on that night. The prisoners Elphick and Fenn, she said, constantly slept together, and Elphick was in the habit of coming . to their bed-room and sleeping in bed with them both. He entered the service of Mr. Sugden about a week after witness, and in two or three days these proceedings commenced. She said that the reason she did not tell Mr. Sugden what was going on was that she thought it unnecessary, as he knew it himself. She denied ever having called the prisoner Elton her little husband, but she said that he had often kissed her both before and after the occurrence took place. She did not mention the matter to any ono until the 2d of Sept., and before she told Mr. Farringdon she had heard that he had expressed an intention to tell Mr Sugden of something that had heed going on at the rectory. She .had heard somethitig said of El phick having been boasting about the village of what had t'tken place. She first made a charge against El phick, and she afterwards charged Elton. She believed that one of the rooms of the postrnester's house over looked the room occupied by witness and Fenn, and a horse rug was put up, and She did not know who put it up, or what was the object, but she suppesed it was to prevent the people in Farringdon's house seeing what was going on. On the Saturday after the 13th August they were all in the same bed together again. In answer to a question , put by Mr. Lilley the prose cutrix said that besides the persons already mentioned, Miss Elton, the prisoner's sister, also slept at the rectory on the night the affair took place. The prisoner Fenn put some questions to the witness, in answer to which she stated that on the first Sunday she refused to go to church, but afterwards she con sented to go. She said, however, that she had not altered her religious principles, but was still a Roman Catholic. She said she remembered a blacksmith being in the kitchen. Mies Sunday ,when - Mr. Sugden came home from church, and when ho wanted to know what business he bad there, she told hini a tale about his having come for a book belonging to the prisoner Fenn. She said that she screamed loud enough at the time she was assaulted for Mr; Sugden to hear her, and on the following morning he inquired what had occa sioned the noise in the house. On re-examination the prosecutrix said that .he re• ceived notice to quit the, service because Mr. Sugden would not keep a servant who wa3 a Roman CAtholic, Elphick and Fenn were also warned to quit, on account of Mr. Sugden becoming acquainted with the nature of 'the intercourse that Was going on between them. She did not make any complaint to Mra. Sugden, because she said that she would not believe anything that was said by a Roman Catholic. -- Mr. Baron Pialit put some questions to the witness, in answer to which she said that she did at first resist Elphick coming to bed with her and Fenn, but he gene rally came while she was asleep. She said she thought it wad not a decent thing, but she " had not the sense to know what to do to prevent it. Some other facts were elicited by the learned judge, which were not of a nature to be further alluded to, but which had a ten dency very much to damage the character and credit of the prosecutrix. Mr. Jas. Farringdcn deposed that at the time in ques tion he was postmaster of Newtiegate, and lived close to the rectory house. He remembered the prosecutrix Crawley making a communication to him on the 2d Sept. Before this he had said that when Mr. Sugden, who was absent, returned, he should inform him of the goings on at his house. He said something to the same effect to the prosecutris before she made any communication to him,' and after she had told him she burst into tears. Mr. Parry said. that the name of Mr. Sugden appeared upon his brief as a witness, but he did not know whether the court would consider it necessary that he should be called. Baron Platt—lS his name on the back of the bill t Mr. Parry—Yes. - Baron Pfatt—Then be ought to be called. The Hon. and Rev. Arthur Sugden ,was accordingly sworn, but the only questions put to him by Mr. Parry were as to his being a clergyman and the rector of the par6h of Nen - degate, to both of which having answered in the affirmative, the learned counsel fur the prosecu tion said he had nothing more to ask him. In answer le questions put by Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Sugden said that on the night in question the Rev. Mr. Pigott occupie'd a bed-room adjoining the one occupied by himself and hislady, and if any screaming bad been made during the night they must have heard it ; in fact, it must have been heard all over the house. He had no recollection of making any inquiry on .the morning of the 14th of August about a noise in the house during the night, and he heard nothing of what had happened until the 2d of September. He also denied having de tected Elphick and Fenn in any imprOper situation ; but he said he• suspected they were not conducting themselves properly, and for that reason he had given them both notice to quit his service, Mr. Sugden also explained that there was no necessity for Eton to have passed throughthe room of the servants to his Led-room, and he could have got there by a different part of the house altogether. Mr. Clarkson then addressed the jury for the prisoner Elton, and he observed that in the course of the now somewhat long experience he had had at the bar he had been concerned in many extraordinary cases, but lie had no recollection cf any charge of this kind beim- , sought to be made out by such evidence as they had heard that day. He said he should have no anxiety for the result, so far as the boy at the bar was concerned, were it not for the prejudice that must necessarily be created by the youth and the appearance of the pro secutrix, end the sympathy they were likely to create ; but still he had no doubt he should be able to satisfy the jury that the testimony she had given could not be relied upon, and that it would be a most unsafe and dangerous course to convict any one upon a charge of this description upon such tes timony. Ho then proceeded to call the attention of the jury to the gross immorality that was rroved to lave been pursued by the eervante in the cetel)liArnent of Mr. bu e rdee, and he 6aid tout alter the ui, 6 u. tit . q.; ad missions that had b een ma de by th e g i r l Crawley, it ap. peared to bins to be impossible for any remonab l .o men • to come to any other conclusion than that she must have been a consenting party to all that took place on this night, and it was clear that she would never have said a word about it if she bad not been aware that Mr. Farringdon had become acquainted with their proceed ings, and intended to inform Mr. Sugden of what had been going on. An attempt had been made in the course of the case to cast some sort of slur upon that gentle man in connection with the inquiry in reference to the arrangethents of his household ; but it was quite plain from the evidence that there was not the slightest foundation for such an insinuation, and he merely ap peared to have the misfortune of being troubled with a parcel of immoral and debauched servants. The leaded counsel then commented at considerable length upon the eviflenoe, and the conduct.of the presecutrix, and concluded by calling upon the jury to say by their ver dtct that the charge bad nut been established against the prisoner. Mr. Lilley also addressed the jury, urging a great many of the same topics that had been touched upon by Mr. Clai•kson. The learned judge ten summed up, and having called the attention of the jury to the peculiar nature of the charge, he said that in all such cases a most essen tial ingredient for the consideration of the jury was the conduct of the woman who complained of the-outrage .both before and after it occurred ;• and the jury in the particular case before them would svi whether the pro secutrix, according to her own showing, had conducted herself in a manner that would justify them in giving full effect to her testimony. His lordship, in the cour,e of his observations, said he bad at one time entteained an opinion that the arrangements of Mr. Sugden's esta blishment with regard to the sleeping-rootns of the ser vant.; were not eatiefactery, but the evidence entirely disproved that supposition, and there did not appear to him to be the slightest ground of complaint against Mr. Su ;den upon this matter. The jury, after a short deliberation, returied a ver-liet of not guilty, and all tile prisoners were ordered to be immediately discharged from custody. .••••••=unameaMicz...WeNia,mairuira2l9l•••, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. —Mr. Herring, the solicitor engaged on behalf of Mrs. Mary Ramsbothan, of No. 7, Portman square, charged on Tuesday at this court with stealing four pocket handkerchiefs from a shop in Baker-sheet, appeared before Mr. Broughton, and solicited him to re consider' his determination not tl take bail for the pri soner's appearance on Monday. In support of his appli cation, the learned gentlem a n Cit e d t wo o r th ree cases, to one of which in particular he would call his worsbip'a attention. It was a case heard at Guildhall, before Mr. Alderman Humphery, where a man named William Winchilsea Bevan was charged with embezzling same of money belonging to his employers, and then was alowed t...) go at large upon putting in bail. - Mr. Broughton.—Look — at the station in life of the party, Mr. Herring, who has been brought before me. If I wore at once to give my consent to her being baibed, would it not be said that I had done so- because she was a lady keeping her carriage, and living in Portman square, and that a party in a more humble station would not be allowed the alternative of putting in sureties ? Mr. Herrlng—l am quite satisfied,. sir, that on an other day—on Monday next—when the prisoner will be again brought up, I shall have a full and complete an swer to the charge 5 • and I must beg of you, s i r , t h a t y ou will cause her to be liberated open bail without any mere delay than is absolutely necessary. Lord Camp bell has recently expressed an opinion that it was In uth to be regretted that 'persons under examination were re mae,e,led for so long a time as they frequently were ; and he (Mr. Herring) believed that a bill would speed:ly be brought in by the noble and learned Icrd, having for its object the remedying of the evil and injustice alluded to. Mr. Broughton—l must decline to interfere further at present, for it appears from what transpired in the course of the inquiry yesterday before we, that the stealing of the handkerchiefs at the shop of Mr, Moule by Mrs.. Ramsbotham was not her first offence. You must dis tinctly..understand, Mr. Herring, that if I take bail at all on Monday, I must have two sureties in 1,0001 cacti. Mr. Herring—The bail I should propose would qua lify for 10,0001., if necessary.' Mr. Broughton—Give in the names of the .proposed sureties to Mr. Franklin, the chief usher, and he will make the necessary inquiries as to the parties' respecta bility. _ gr. Herring gave in the names of two parties sail to be first-rate city merchants, and he then quitted the court. A statement was subsequently made to Mr.Broughton by the :a,rne solicitor, to the effect that Mrs. Ramsbo them was in go bad a state of. health as to render it ne cessary that she Phou I d not be kept in confinement any longer if it could be avoided. Mr. Brought9n remarked that ho should not be justified in liberatiag the prisoner unless he had properly authen ticated medical certificates furnished to him. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Mails for the fleet and the transport service in the Black Sea, the troops in the Piraeus (Greece), Turkey, and the Crimea, and the sick and wounded in the hospi tals at. Scutari and Smyrna, will be made up and de-, spatched to-morrow evening, via Marseilles, from which port..they will be forwarded by a French Government packet to their destinatiQo. Care should be taken to have letters specially addressed, " Hospital, Smyrna," or "Ho,pital, Sentar ," as the case may be. Letters which are not prepaid will be detained at the General Po6t-office., Rear-Admiral Dundas, Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, returned to Portsmouth yesterday; and re hoisted his flag on beard the Duke of Wellington. Tice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.B. (Port Ad miral), visited the fleet again yesterday, and mar shalled them into more regular order. The James Watt, 91, Captain Elliot, is expected to be ready to join to day; she reshipped her stores and bent sails yester day. The Basilisk, 6, Commander Jenner, repaired her leak and undocked again yesterday. The Sea Lark, 8, apprentices' instruction brigs went nut of harbour and took uv a berth with the fleet" on Tuesday evening. Captain Farquhar, of the Malacca corvette, having re covered from the injuries he sustained on board before she sailed for -the Mediterranean, returned yesterday and took the command direr, relieving Captain Hillyer. The Malacca landed ten of her invalids (seven by stretchers) at the dockyard on Tuesday night, and the remainder yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, when they were removed to the invalid depot at Chatham. The cutter Mercury, Lieutenant Dalston, brought over to Portsmouth yesterday, from the Channel Islands, about 14. fine hardy lads for the navy. They were taken to the Mercury on the fishing ground by her Majesty's steamer Dasher, from Jersey. The sailing transport Deva, No. 95, laden with horses, forage, and general stores for the army in the East, was towed out of Ports mouth harbour on her way. to her destination yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, The fleet ssems very passively rsoored—not a movement seems visible, no exercising aloft, shot practice, or boat-brigading. In Napier's fleet last year the waters were hourly being ploughed up by shot, gun-drill was incessant, exercise aloft was of daily occurrence, boats were hoisted out, the fire from the boate, ranged off in divisions or s paadrons, shaking the town with its concussion. A letter from the Downs, dated Tuesday, the 27th, says : The Cossack returned from Sheerness on Tuesday, bringing boats for the Arrogant to supply the place of those Smashed by the Eik, and other stores. The whole of the squadron have been exercised to-day and yesterday in firing shot at a mark. Discipline—strict and stern— seems to be the order of the day. While crossing top gallant and royal yards this morning, in accordance with the usual custom, a general signal of Silence' was hoisted on board the senior officer's ship, enforced by a gun. No thing followed. A court of inquiry, composed of Captains Watson (Imperiense), - Ramsay (Euryalus), and Fanshawe (Cossack), assembled to-day, and went.on board the Arro gant and Esk to inquire into the circumstances of the late collision between these two vensels on the night of leaving Spithead. The result is not known. 1 . 30p-m.—The wind, having changed to S.W., is now fair for sailing. The Harrier, 14, Commander Story, has just arrived, and an chored to join the squadron; it is said she goe , , on to Yar mouth at once. 4 - 30 p.m.— -A general signal has just been made to 'Sail to-morrow at daylight.' Elsinore is the rendezvous." Yesterday two draughts, numbering 54 able and ordi nary seamen and stokers from her Majesty's ship Croco dile, proceeded to join their respective vePse!s, fitting at the various naval arsenals for the Baltic . ; upwards of of the .bove have entered for six months' service in the gun and mortar vessels and floating batteries that are to be attached to the Baltic and White Sea fleets. Recruiting for the commissariat and land transport corps, and the waggon -train which 'is to be attached ex clusively to the Quartermaster-General's department, proceeds briskly, already 1,200 drivers having been , en listed, a large number of whom have embarked for the seat of war, and the remainder are being drilled. A pontoon brigade is now bcin' organised from the corps of Sappers and Miners, for service in the Crimea, and the men are ordered to be ready for embarkation at sishort notice. Some interesting experiments with a newly invented expanding shot have been made at Sirceburyness. Where a common round 91b. shot required 31b. of powder to project it the ordinary distance, a 161 b, expa n di ng b a ll, fired from the same bore with a charge of from 211 b. to 2411)., went from 273 to 744 yards farther, and, with a gun of sufficient weight of metal to allow a full charge of powder, from 1,200 to 1,500 yards beyond the dna ta,nce reached by the round shot. During the past week the depot of the 72r1 Highland ers, in Kilkenny, has been strengthened by upwards of 80 men, volunteers from other regiments, principally the 67th, 36th, and 85th, with th e i ntent i on of joining the head-quarters at Malta in the next draught. Volunteers to the number of 360 have now been en rolled for the Kilkenny Regiment. On Tuesday evening, at half-past 6 o'clock, the Ondine steamer, from London, landed at the North-wall, Dub lin, 1 serjeant, 4 corporal s , an d 17 pr i vates b elonging to re giments serving 'in the East. The men all bear the appearance of having seen active service, being, all wounded. They were at once conducted by a body, of police to an hotel, where they are to be lodged for the present at the expanse of the Earl of Carlisle. The men expressed themselves very grateful for the attention which had been shown to them by Capt. White and the officers of the Ondino. The Earl of Carlisle, K.G., has hem pleased to appoint the folloiving officers to his staff :—To be Aides-de- Camp — Liens.-Col. John Augustus Udny, half-pay 62d Foot; Capt. Charles Baring, Coldstream Guards; Capt. Cavendish C. Fitzroy,i6StOLight Infantry. To be ex tra, Ai des - de - Camp-13revet-Major Henry F. Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards ; Capt. the Hon. Wm. P. L. Talbot, 9th Foot ; Lient: Frederick Marshall 2d Life Guards ; ("ant. th e Fla,. Leapold A 1 Zia, Kilkenny e,terday d, tar.:e auat'bea. .aiitrie aucl, revolvers, and cavalry sabres, accoutrements, tents, sad dlery, and nearly 5,000 regimental tunic coats were shipped for conveyance to the Crimea. Several wagpn loads were also sent to Portsmouth for the same destina tion. THE MILITIA. On Monday, after forenoon parade, Sir R. M.Napier, Bart., the Lieutenant-Colonel command in g the Renfrew shire Militia, at present stationed at Paisley, ordered the regiment to be formed into a hollow square, when, after a brief address, he stated his ohject was to allow the officers and men, or such of them as wer e so inclined, to place themselves at her Majesty's disposal for service in the Medi; erranean. He called upon the officers, all of whom declared their willingness to go upon foreign service ; au appeal to the non-commissioned officers met with a like r..et..ult ; and, on the privates being called on,. every until in tae regiment li , Id up Lis hand, and with three enthusiastic cheers declared himself ready to fol low their officers to the Mediterranean. Sir R. Napie r declared that in the event of the regiment *apier being selected for the honour of foreign service he would him self be happy to accompany it. The Renfr ewshire is well forward in its training, and although i t has g iven niaoy volunteers to the line it has kept up its full corn plemenE, It is the first Scotch militia regiment that has volunteered for foreign service. The Government have ordered buildings to be pro vided for militia regiments to be fitted as barracks, and the system of billeting to be suspended. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—TraIIic turn for the week ending March 24, 1855 i:13,003 12 9 Currespouding week last year 13,407 1 1 Decrease in V 55 £39B 8 4 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST ItAILWAT.— Tranic return for tho week ending Merch 24, 1855 ............ In 0,333 14 3 e ' r resMnding week last . year ******************** 10,;12 8 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 106,993 17 9 T•tal of the half year to this date, 1851 116,493 17 10 r . 40* COUNTBY UAL:EI:TS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—MaucIi 27. h There were in the market to-day, 14 sacks oatn; ow , e t c , weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :- 14 at 2t•' B' 0 at 0!. Os Oil, and O at 01. Cs. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET- MARCH 27. There was a large supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 83 0d to lOs Oa per komple of 16 stont . g . troy ; wheat do., 8s Od t o lO s Ott ; barley do., 7s 6 d to Si 61. Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL hi Ontmeal, per sack of 2801bs A.RICET—MAitat 26. First. I Second. Third. I 396 Od 38s Od j 374 0 t I 27s 6d I—s 01127 s 31 —s Od s Od --3 oa —s Od 01.1 —l3 Od —s Od s Od —s Od imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Per-semeal, pep ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto ' DUBLIN, MARCH 27 We had an exceedingly dull tria' rket t0,..-d 3 7 ., rencies of last Friday4tarely, Suppcirto4.- Thia i'll'i--11 all kinds of grain. .:.'--_. ' , - • - V White veies.t, 3% 0,a0"42, ' : O y u !re ditto, 311,s to le, Old; barley, 133 61: to 18s fld ; oats, 13s Od to 14s 07d; B Pe u e . 0 1 and theiecutor -27s Od to 28s 6,1 per bit ; o•tineal,' - .lflii 64 to i 4.0 , e 1,436-63d flour, 22s 6,1 to 263 Od Per.tvit ' I.:_viia - " _ , ucorn, per 4801ba. COAL MARKEIV- 2 ,i4Ancis 28 Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the nitaret. Wallsend,-&o• . a. d. Care's Hartley - ... ......... •• • •••••20 Plummer .. .... . . ........ 1!) b Ravensworth Hartley l9 C Fletton .......... 20 0 Tyne Main Walker Primrose ... i6 3 Itengt Hall ••• . 2 0 1S ylam 9 La r tn ait h m to e l z p a r t i e lB Primrose 1 1 99 .: c 3 () I)icciii•wwen..t.N.v.at"e‘r. . .. . F OO W SEABORNE MAILS. that th . e mails are sent from the General rost-of gnt—and M ay tho . -----_ at I When >ay wiwn mad, i. From or' - ' d lo Ili at COUNTRIZI General Plat. Pori 1 F.a _... Ofilco, London.* Disp,tened • ' _ m ' _.: --- —.------ ----- ; rjaL . ~fort tinerica(bylliir.paelt)l , ,very Friday .. Liverpool 4,,meriee. tby United St. 1 March 25 packet) .. ....... • N LiverP° ° • itrierien (by U State, packet) . . •-• .. .• ..N 'outhaniPtol,' Australia (rift South. , Mardi 24 i ampton) ..........M ..... ...• • • Sou thAo3o°' Ditto (via Marseilles) I , ....... , ~, Dover .- • I Ditto (via Cape of I.loe t I . gneerl 2 4Y I / 11 Mtn) ........ . N 1... .. ....... • • nth •MOO Africa (West Coast) ..A. • lid of the month .. elyMO•. Alexandria ...... ~ „ :,,, 4, 9 24, & 39 of n, Dover .• •• • • ; •_i d1exandria..........31 WA 2eth of inof,. Southartipi,,,i,l • Bahama ' ••• • • ...... I4f 17th of the montl Seuth•nni f °I pally _ Belgium ..., „ „... _IN , ,-,,ity , , „ „ „ .... Dover .• •:, !.. April 16 Buenos C.peor A G yr oo l Brazil ....., „ „ ~, , „ At 9th of the month.. ~,,,,Jitia,Mlp.o!: Hope ~ . .1‘1: s 9th of the month.. .' , ... ,ri b.til' a l i po ' lt ct " , Unoerf ll3 Cape of Good Hope ..r • % ' 1 Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the mont h ,SolltllnWt°:'l Ceylon (see India} Ceylon .. .. ..........:s Channel Isles ••••••••N Mon ~Wed rfir Th c a t to n • .. - • Chill.. - • • .• .... • . •. A , •••,1 & 17th of 'rani. , March 20 China .. • • Once a month.. • • , ... 1 Constantinople ~„ „ IN e.13. 1 8, ,, ,6 , - . 6 oi . Dov er ~.• • • ,gaal. SouthaMP , j , Cenatantinoplo ......, I. Ith &Mit of mon. tionthar ° P t°° nvicedally cont. of Europe Mac r: Twice daily .. „, „ Dover .• • • •• I Egypt (see India) l'lwi r '': ‘ , " Franca ••••••• .. M & N fwiee dai1y...... Dover • • • • " 'Nosh ~•• Gibraltar ..... .....1614, 7, 17, 20, 27 of ra. 0 ' 8: jilutlithalippttOti , %niece (see India) I Greytown ..........N i 2nd & 17th of mop. rlertibanapil,, , April 1 llsfriburgh .......... N 'Tuesday & Friday London .• • • • 1 , it 1 Eiavannah .......... M I2nd of the montl Southa.znp,,i, APr Holland .... ..... ...hi Daily.... • • ...... Dover .. .. • • 1 " .1 ' 1 pri Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. 6.aitrianipw J A India (via,Sonthampt.)M,4th & 20th of mon.' Plymiuth • • India (via lkiarssi lles )At 9 th& 25th of month 'Dover .... . • (entail Isles (see India)l7, 17, &27 of in), Dover .. ... • I t „. , e , Ireland . ....... TS F.i. lc 'Twice daily ...... Hots head ..,Twlce, fa5tr.m............ „rdt7, 9,.17, & 27 of in. Soutliarr.pto:: 31arch 2 5 Madeira ............m I9th of the mont:;;Solit!!iver,,! Madeira ............N 23 , •1 or month •• .. 'Liverpool . „ April I 6 i(see India) I Malta ...'......:....l 8,11, &28 of mon. Dover ...... March 20 'auritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the noon. Mezico .• •• .. .......M, 2 nd of the month. *Soulhantrt ,:• Arr:l 1 Naples ..., - ........N 6016th25thofmon.!Dover ...f • • New Granada ......Z 20 & 17th of mouth f?i,outharoptan New Zealand ...........B3 pstvate s'Lip .. Various part .Uncertai Papal States ........N i' , tli , , th2sthothnon. Dover ..'...• Peri risnla . • . • •. • . . .1%1 Ilth i 7 th27thoilnon. Southa!ripten , Pere .. .....• - .. ..Wd & 27th on mon. Sonthampt.or , Port Natal ..........NDy private shlp...lVarlous ports rfneertal Sicily •n ••-•• s• •• •• ..Nsl.lil. • )th2fAltolmon, Dover •• •• .• Tuscany ............Nsthlrlth2sthottnon. Dover .• • • • • •renezuela ..........M,2d* 17th of month Southamptonc- A P rO 1 Port Natal .... 433 private ship... Sicily N 51.1 i I •)th2sthoitoon, Tuscany N*nlAh2sthottnon. irenezuel a .. „Mi2d* li th of month Van Diemen's Lan d (,eci Australia) . • West Indies t 17th of month' !SouthlmPtu! !April When any of these (rates fall o't n Sunday, the mail, will de spatched on the following day. with the eXcept ion of tb• tche Southampton), and the Malta, both of which w ill be despa tag preceding day. _ unirAivnavileEtniTrieemEmedei , . NesT.f3o7lltll----I=if Win. Walker, boot and shoemaker, Hayfield, suffered for more than two years from dreadful scorbutic humours in both his legs, which extended from the knee to the foot, and formed one complete sore.; the pain also Was inept excruciating, and notwithstandirg he tried varier Ointment and _rills remedies, yet they became worse and worse, until ! thought mortification would take place. At this criti4a! skin diseases.---I,lr. juncture he commenced using Hol!oways ointment sna bsEiyn, teaael 11) bi imes6heodrotineuellfe7v2e battervendors, , Strand, rtsra, thannd, and Le vaoetnrdoi tn, waa Professor pills, which speedily cured his le,-,. and his health has ~ lane, New York.' ADVERTISMIENT.] --- THE WAX IN TIM EAST. --rOVrEgFUL , IQ PATENTSOIO - GLASSES Messrs. S. and ..• , mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. `9l-,,15e—,.„al —Le opposite the York Hotel. By her 3rfajesty'll '°_-, in Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary itnprverre:e. most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, CaniP, it- _ n3dbsellf:extelleawiSdall'd! course 0 • of objects viewed through them—of rest importance ester; , pel a, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distanc!: army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such : ordinary powers that some 3i inches, with an °ltr l'il; piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Sattuiste r b; and the double stars ; with the same telescoPe fitaut, seen a person's counter ince three miles and a half dis all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; and au object from le •;320 miles. They are of larger and _. ing from 4 to 6 inches enab e us to discover more than tuaii above, and the Georgia-, with his 6 satellites, small,&c.—Tbe Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, eery hieh powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, bY ;wet' while their var 7 a person can be seen and known lii miles distant; they aoonses, every purpose on the race-course, and at the Per°. Iloilo. country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to let. _ to race-course, camp, and They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, Pei' ISb;ra, pp -ful sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. 'th wondet perspective glasses, wl 4,,, groat pewer.—N-ewly-construeted Spectacle Lenses of .." green,d is est transparent power. The valuable advantage (!-erived from this invention is, that vision becoming are preserved and strengthened, and very aged Pu. enabled to most pation—can see with these lenses of a muck less ralsg. employ their sight at the out changes the stance. lug power—and they do not require Dea Cul sssistance. . to the dangerous effects of further power- i . an extraordt ness—New Discovery.—Tho Organi° vibrator, oi for deafness, nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrumentes ything of the entirely different from all others, t 9 2111. Pa- an educed. kind that has been, or probably ever can be, P,. hie • it Being of the wino ColourPskim is not pereepu.' ra at m the in iuu t a _o_cicfy. hu.rch a enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at o . _ _oisca public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singi_nr.sist. in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all thie;vet. :slice that possibly could be desired. 39, Alhientar rieendilly. Observe —opposite the York f__l°.:... BIR2IIB. OF A SOS. Erenry Purls ober, NI On the 24th inst., the • I fe of r. New Bond-street. • g ;~~ ~, Olt A DAIIGETBR Slough, the . On the 27th inst., at Upton - p ik wife of Edward M. Ward, Esq., ILA. • MARRIED. I, s o of On the 27th inst ,at St. Pancras, Henry, four l " to Charles Harris, Esq . ., surgeon, of 13, Fouchurch-stree," Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Charles Clarke, -054'' of Dulwich, Surrey. On the 27th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, Charkr4... Atherton, .r.mq., of Kington S, Michael, to rietta, younst dauhter of the late John Floldorr„isaqi: of Cubberley, ge Hereforgdshire, and Taynton House, `."-- tershire. DIED. On the 24th inst., at E lton Hall, IsTorthamptooghireo th. Lady Frances Proby. At Croxtoth, La..y Katharine Molyncaux, aged 47 15*1'13." t. Ou the 23d inst ., John James, Esq., of Severn Newnham, Glocester•Jiire Pged 47. of Oa the 6th inst. , at Bklava, of typhus' fever the 4 , Cbi lle Y Pine, Esq., staff sur g eon (drat class ) , and late th Aa Dragoon Guards. On the 26th inst., Jan Esq.. of Dostoee-som mons, London, and of Frankfort; co. Cork, °Pea 39. Printed and Prsblishod by MITUDO VOtnl/47°, `iim,o:l, • ll. P strand, in the Preciva of the k!,,,,v0y, in the county of I.bi)P. Mi4dlesex, 71Inged!ty , March 29, 4,14, 4, g W4c4 Mtlan TR. C. 1 t' n7 4411, g O -.. liefe ~............. ARI CI tillitittion i t , h y it ,r;,ol l' oht * ti , • V ar DrilltB e ° o t ,e. 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