The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Daily News of this day.) Berlin is at this moment inundated with the most alarming accounts of the sanitary condition of the Austrian army of observation on the Polish frontier. The dragoon regiment " Bavaria," is re presented as reduced to a mere skeleton ; the infan try regiment " the King of Belgium" is said to have lost more than half its numbers by sickness. All these reports come from Vienna, and appear to be of o, semi-official Character. If they may be relied upon the winter condition of the English army before Sebastopol was not worse than the spring condition of the Austrian army in Galicia. It is an ill timed sickness. The tone of such members of our own Government as aro in town—and indeed the tone of our Government offices generally—is be coming very warlike. The idea that Russia will accede to any terms upon which the French and English Governments can honourably conclude a peace is scouted—scoffed at by one and all. If this view of affairs is correct, the time must be near ap proaching when Austria is bound in honour to draw the sword. But all the antecedents of Austria have evinced an anxious desire to put off that evil day as long as possible. This being the case, it is with something nearly allied to incredulity that men listen to inflated accounts of a dreadful epidemic breaking out, at such a critical moment, in the ranks of an army hitherto believed by all to be in the enjoyment of a fair average state of health. The alleged sickness in the Austrian army bears a most suspicious resemblance to the politic sickness of the Earl of Northumberland in Shakspero's when the nobles in arms aga i ns t th a t Henry Iv., monarch were counting upon the earl's assistance in the field. If Austria plays us false in this emergency, it will be no more than Austria has done before on similar occasions. Since the days of King John, the policy of the House of Hapsburg has been ever trimming and shifting —ever, characterised by a readiness to listen to the last plausible speaker, and to sacrifice its honour and its permanentinterests for the attain ment of some petty immediate advantage by crooked means. It is one consolation that the Austrian Government has uniformly been the greatest suf ferer by its own indireetnesses. Other nations can afford to look with scorn on the paltry Jesuitical trickster, and dismiss it, contemptuously bidding it "go hang a calf-skin on its recreant limbs." There is little time to waste thought upon what such a versatile and timid Government may (10. The main concern of England is that the English Government should be true to itself. We have adverted above to the warlike tone in which our rulers have for the last few days been indulging. The • re:asacml)iing—of—Parliainent, now at hand, will enable the public to . d,cide whether the actions of Ministers aze in keeping with their lan guage, -They can have no excuse for acting irre,o lately. Tee nation is as high of heart, and impa tient of delay, as when this war first commenced. The people of England are still "straining lik greyhounds in the slip." The militiamen who were provoked to retire to their homes by the Mandel. ing paltering of Ministers—and the insidious whis pers of the perby-Disraelites about the ill-usage they had received—are ilocking,rbaok to their colours. The elite of our artisans and less wealthy mid:lle classes are eagerly asking permission to fora , volun teer corps. Young men of education are crying out for the embodiment of regiments of a slightly ex clusive class, in which they mightserve as privates without losing caste. Day after day crowds of British officers are passing through Vienna, on their way to England, to solicit employment in the Turkish con tingent, or any service that can be pointed out to them. The Mussulmans of India—the hardy Goorka s and other bill tribes—the races of Hindostan—who for intelligence and moral and physical stamina rank, nearest to the Europeans—are burning to aid the cause of the successor and representative of tha Caliphs. The universal British Empire is eager to put forth its full strength. The sincerity of our Government is on the eve of being tested. If they are as fully convinced as they pretend that a pro longation of the war is inevitable, they will with out delay proceed to organise the formidable amount of moral and physical force unreservedly placed at their disposal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget will show whether they are in earnest. If they are resolute for war, he will at once have recourse to an adequate and avowed loan. If he persist in the petty shifts for raising the " ways and means" contemplated by Mr. Gladstone, he will show that he and his colleagues are like Ancient Pistol at the bridge, "speaking brave 'orts " without the courage or sense of honour that prompts men to action. (From the Morning Chronicle of this day. ) Whatever be the result of the pending negotia tions at Vienna, we cannot regret that the voice of the people of England has been raised in indig nation at the bare mention of a contemplated com promise. Unworthy but futile attempts to cast the odium of suggesting that compromise on the Emperor of the French have met with the fate they deserved. No man in the three kingdoms, who uses his thinking faculties, for one moment be lieves so monstrous and improbable a story as that the successful and respected C3hict of the French nation would make shipwreck of his glory and his power, by initiating any proposition so fatal to the honour of his own country and so de. grading to the position of ours. It is satisfactory, however, to perceive, from the anxiety exhibited to get rid of the imputation, that the friends of her Majesty's Ministers, and the secret abettors of Russian policy and interests, are alike ashamed of so dishonouring a charge. We should regret to be supposed to advocate war for the mere sake of war. The line of policy adopted by this journal, from the commencement of the dispute with Russia to the present hour, ought to protect us from any such charge. It is impossible to exaggerate the blessings of peace. To every people not predatory in their habits peace is desirable, but to a country like this, de pending for the well-being of its multitudinous working population upon manufactures and com merce, it is a necessity. War, however, is one of the conditions on which society has hitherto existed in all ages. Unwarlike States have never permanently prospered, and even those which have attained to great military glory have ever been compelled, from time to time, to renew their laurels. Nor will any nation, in the pre sent condition of mankind, permanently prosper, which on system turns the sword into the ploughshare. We must pay something down for our permanent prosperity. Aggression is still the secret principle of even civilised Govern: meats ; and although by international treaties its too frequent action is kept in check, still those trea. ties themselves are only observed because the seve ral parties would be prepared to punish an infringe ment. If by any of the arrangements which have been g, attempted at Vienna a real, lastin and sufficient peace could be ensured, uo m i nor considerations ought to stand in the way of their accomplishment. It 11 one thing, however, to aim at a peace for the attainment of great national objects—another to g rasp at it in furtherance of the interests eint of a party. If Russia could be supposed to be a faith, and, under her n ew Sovereign, t o g d i e n s i r g e o a % l end to a war begun in arrogance ita rr not et i ta rm th h r il o e ul s li then we could believe that a peace, iv the combined wisdom of the distinguished men at Vienna, might be acc e p t ed as a satisfacto r y now settlement, even though the mil itary operations might have been inadequate to the dignity of the empires allied against the common enemy. But if, as is undoubtedly the case, the peaceful professions of the Czar are the mere pretences of diplomatic hypocrisy, and if, instead o f combined wisdom, self seeking pliancy alone were at work on the part of the Allies, then a peace might be adopted which 'would be not only an immediate disgrace and hu u",lriation, but also a perm anent in j ur y . • ... 4 ciso who w ish us to agree to such a p eace lose Slgi a t a the the w motives of the late Cz ar in commencin g 1 vard e d ..,, Ti le„ Patience of a life had at length been of a -.67„,.,nau opportunity. With the contempt Emperor, iii e tal,_ for the pursuits of industry, the Passion of th,Er v sueered at the money-making done before hi g uml--as the first Napoleon had not embark M a war'ld predicted that they would calculated, too, onib h t : t lu t e n e: m ur ed T th r e ke - ' He had land,. and had al - . a d -e y di , allll , ion of France and Eng deneies of the Fr r e e commercial p o n r e sni - ,.."arde thhoas,vegrowing ten andmanufacturing wealthy. Is it to he-R.:whilh that el . :ade England ii of so ephemeral a cli-a-rpaPnßecterd be regarded as having be- 3n that thir ~s s, i a, n policy of an individual m onarc h - i` Vy the ra - P er ali " may the case, Alexander the S eco - n ; rat from a rils being cause to revere the wisdom and(- wou ld onl is hemng father, if he found the Pleni t PeuetratiniYi have courting a compromise, and Zr:i n n tia T c ' f - n o gl his France to adopt the same ignorninf o t-el‘lini at a r n 3 rersev DP. ; striking feature of the Russian e spolicy. Oile di plomatic.,, and political system is its permanency. it s law. The secret policy is hereditary, trans mitted from one monarch to another, with era___ ,s . only th e slight modifications resulting from their individual character. .., A treaty such as that which rival party chiefs in c ingland, bidding for the electoral support of the the Emperor interested in peace, would have forced up on of the French, amounts to an induce ment to R uss i a , and to consecrate that policy of per manencePer;tverar;e. Let us suppose the fa vourite scheme pea ce -mongers, of the varioes shades, accomplished. d Let us suppose some ped dling comprom ise, spared, and theßussian which Sebastopol should be naval force limited in the Black Sea—France, England, and Turkey, each maintaining a corresponding number of vessels of war. Accompanied as such an arrangement would be by the tight of Russian vessels to penetrate the Straits, who that has studied the policy of Russia does not see that the restriction would be as nothing compared with the new privileges thus conferred ? We must never lose sight of the great fact, that we are dealing, not so much with a European, as with an Oriental system of diplomatic strategy. Any treaty we m ay conclude must be signed, not with the feeling on our part that it will be kept by the enemy, but that it will be broken. We may not al ways be so closely knit together, here in the West. Or, some profligate Coalition Ministry—such as that which "loomed in the distance " - not long since-- might find it convenient to regard the English as a " nation of shopkeepers," and to turn the cold shoulder to appeals by Turkey for aid against sur reptitious and insidious augmentations of Russian power in the Black Sea ! Where, then, would be the reward for all that we have done and suffered during the last campaign ? We must not confine our attention to the mere superficial and technical parts of the question. As far as words go, it may seem very reasonable, this " limitation" of the Russian naval force in the Black Sea. Technically, " the objects with which the war was commenced" may seem to be compass able by an assent on the part of Russia to our inter pretation of the Four Points. But, looked at from another point of view, and in a wider sense, what would be the effect on the prestige of the nations concerned, of a compromise such as that now ad vocated by the open or secret friends of a peace ? If it were proclaimed that the two greatest nations of Europe had nerved their strength to the destruction of the Russian stronghold in the South, and that they had accepted terms which saved it, would it not at once be believed that Russia was stronger than those two great nations together ? We allude more especially to the effect in Asia, to which direction the aggressive activity of Russia will be turned with renewed vigour, should she succeed in baffling the present European coalition We do not hesitate to say that Russian prestige in the East would be enhanced a hundred-fold by such a result to the efforts of the European Powers in resistance to Russian aggress:on. It was to prevent these eviis that Lord Palmer ston was made Premier. As demagogues, when in vested with office, become tamed into a kind of A01.6. , 11 and apathetic despots, se Lord Palmerston has abdicated that peculiar character as a Foreign Minister which gave him his unparalleled popti- Jarity ! We speak not of his occasional esca pades on the subject of " oppressed nationalities" —these were probably the clap-traps which, in a popular" Foreign Moister, are akin to the " cries" of the domestic demagogue. But Lord Palmerston was supposed to he profoundly versed in all the designs of Russia, and capable of frus trating them. He was invested with an imaginary cliempionship of his country against the enslaver. tie was another Hannibal. His enemies even— not to speak of his admirers—at least gave hint credit for thus much of spirit and patriotism. The last thing expected of him was that he would connive at a craven compromise—that he would betray his country to consolidate his party—that he would forget all his knowledge of the past his tory of. Russia, all his frequent forewarnings as to her probable future, in order to countenance a mode of settling the present dispute, which would put into the hands of that Power the means of effecting, at no very distant period, the ruin of Europe. (From, the Times of this clay.) The amusements of the Easier vacation are drawing to a close, and, as far as appearances go, the country seems a; easy and contented as its legislators. Consider ing what has happened during the last winter, and what may he happening even now, this state of things is to us surprising, and would be entirely unaccountable, but for the supposition that it may arise from a firm and unhe sitating confidence that the Ministry of Lord Palmerston is doing everything that the utmost care and assiduity can do, in order to reorganise every portion of our mili tary departments, and to carry on the war with that vigour of which we hear so much and see so little. To those who may be labouring under this pleasing halluci nation we beg to present, in military phrase, the follow ing state of the staff of the War-office for this, the 12th day of April, 1855 : Lord Panmure, Secretary of State, laid up with the gout. Mr. Peel, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, absent. Colonel Mundy, Permanent Under-Secretary, absent. Mr. Roberts, Permanent Under-Secretary, dismissed. Total of effectives, Mr. Hawes. • The office is " working itself" like its sister establish ment of the Colonies, which administers the affairs of 1 fifty States by a Secretary at Vienna and an Under secretary in Ireland. Patience is a virtue, but those who are patient now must find some other excuse for it than the activity of the authorities of the 'War De partment. Government seems determined to put down popular clamour by a system of defiance. Objections are made to the preference of aristocratic connections to merit, and a cry is raised for new men ; so.L ,, rd Palmerston makes a Government more aristocratic and more exclusive than any we have known before. The system of our public offices has been subjected to much unfriendly criticism, so, by way of defence, the officials of our two most important departments de sert them in a body, and leave them to the care of t. 11 A el Pr kla - _ We cannot but regard such a proceeding in the War office at least as somewhat premature, for there, at any rate, something yet remains to be done. To prove this we beg to call attention to the doings of a department which has hitherto scarcely received its fair share of public attention, or, we should rather say, bas escaped merited chastisement, from the more glaring and promi nent iniquities of its fellows. We 'request the attention of a confiding public to the present state of the Ordnance Department. The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance, and one-half of the salary, are at present the property of Lord Raglan, who has, we suppose, energy sufficient for this office over and above that which he devotes to the management of the campaign. The other half of the salary, together with the practical management of the Ordnance Department, is made over to Sir Hew Ross, who is besides Deputy-Adjutant-General of Artillery, keeping the pay and livin g in the house attached to that office, but discharging its duties much as Lord Raglan does his, through the medium of another assistant peed by the public for this purpose, and who, in addition to being Master-General of the Ordnance virtually, and Deputy-Adjutant-General nominally, is also Colonel- Commandant of the Horse Artillery. If this depart ment be well conducted, Sir Hew Rosa and his assistants must be more than men—much more than men of the age to which they have attained, for surely such a con catenation of jobs was never brought to bear on one un fortunate department. When we add to this, that the vacancy occasioned by Colonel Maule's death has only lately been filled up, and that the Deputy-Adjuta,it- General's office has been kept almost in abeyance, because it was in time of war kept below the esta blishment required in time of peace, we. have said enough to ace 'tint for anything and everything that may occur under such a regime. We are eegaged in a great siege, and an affair mainly of stores and artillery. Tee officer who should see after these matt• rs commands the army, bdt keeps his place at home, his duties being discharged by another officer advanced in years and already overworked, whose duties are dis charged by a paid assistant—at least, so many of them as are discharged at all; Theory would not lead us to expect much from all this; let us see what consolation practice affords. Complaints have been male of th e f uzees o f our mortarsoin plaints only too well confirmed by the results of experi mental trials. Orders were given for new fuzees to he made ; they were made two months ago, but the friends of Russia need not tremble, for these fuzees have winged no death to the garrison of Sebastopol, hut sleep undis turbed in the stores of Woolwich. -We need nothing 1 so much as expert artillerymen, and the winter should : undoubtedly have been employed in training gunners to supply the consumption of the siege, but this has not been done, for frost and snow prevented it. A mode rate sum spent in a commodious shed, lighted with gas, would have enabled the drill to go on independently of the elements, but the men who should have been per fected in this difficult service have been wasted in dis charging the duties of sentinels, which might have just as well been confided to policemen. Perhaps the 'loss of these foot drills is the less to be regretted when we consider that they are intrusted to a Colonel of Horse Artillery. Again, riding is an essential part of the train ing of an artillery soldier, but the Riding-house was only available during the few hours' daylight of a short win ter's day, and the long night was lost for want of a small expenditure in gas. At the head of every depart ment is placed some aged officer, and the maxim of the service seems to be to keep young men down, to deny or conceal defects, and to carry on matters entirely on the old system. The war has rendered promotion in the Artillery more rapid, but this, though it does much for the individual, does little for the ser vice, for the older men remain at the top, and the younger men are squeezed out, from the hopless ness of further promotion. We have heard of a person being employed to construct some new machinery, and being directed by one of the board that ordered it to delay it as much as possible, in order not to do injury ti the Birmingham manufacturers. Much more we have to say on this subject, but we think that the revelations of this morning are sufficient to do all that we propose to ourselves—that is, tai illustrate the manner in which a department so constituted discharges its duties, and how jobbery in the distribution of office leads to the i inevitable resu lt o f c o rresponding delinquencies in its 1 execution. '\of Of course the partial exposure which we have made the manner inwhich this most difficult and import int branch of the iisual churn know not xv s h Of ourselves theytaal service is conducted denial and indignation,ti the etedwill call forth and we really should be perpetualy taking upon light a b uses the : 1 public accuser and of dragging to odious to those whoxposure of which is naturally ino,t after it no manner ofir6't by them, and seems to draw in the mos t pacific) tina°esrre.ction or amendment. Never, be pardoned for givin g - o m ,,l 3e e ti : oda when officials might tion, was there such a - e.,8 n_em.,7ttigoutos a l is paraded I ' neglect and dereliction at d te uty easeanl oasintdenrtaetir;ol.l:ais. v lisfieulty, of danger, eyes of the nation in these day s c f d . 'e ,, •re the, and of anxiety, when not Iner I more are first-rate have been wantonly saerificed, an e d teTustlis of lives at stake, but the position of this natio n Power, and the reputation we bare earned is il go tom 7 -r bloody battles by land and sea, are in jeopardy. We have no right to expect from a Cabinet chosen on the principles which have notoriously guided the selection .)f the preqent commanding ability either in speeeh or action ; but we have a right to ask from them, at least, indefatigable industry and a total abstinence from all favouritism to individuals, and all practices having a direct tendency to weaken the efficiency of the public service. How little these just expectations have been realised our readers will have gathered from the fore going sketch of the Ordnance Department. It is for the House of Commons and the country to say how long the frustration of these expectations can be tolerated without dragging down public prosperity to the level of public virtue and public spirit. (Front the Morning Herald of this day.) Lord Palmerstln's unpopularity becomes daily more apparent. From the hour in which the member for Tiverton grasped the Premiership he has rapidly declined in the estimation of his fellow-countrymen. The eleva tion which he so long coveted, and which by a very questionable expedient he at last obtained, has proved too severe a test for his patriotism and ability. In the presence of the ordeal, giant though he once was, he has dwindled down to a very feeble and despicable political dwarf. His words are big, but his deeds are contempt ible ; and he furnishes a la-nentable addition to the long catalogue of over-rated men. Every appointment, every act, every jest of this wayward politician serve to excite Mill further the disgust of the nation. Even those who were most strenuous in their advocacy of his speedy ac cession to power now make wry faces and shudder at the bare mention of his name. Deserted by all impar tial and independent men in the House of Common., and unsupported by the country, Lord Palmerston stAry3s in terrible isolation, and seems bent upon sacrificing the interests of the community to his own wretched ambition for office. The grand civic banquet given by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house on Monday evening last afforded one more proof of the unpopularity of the second Coali tion which Lord Palmerston, after consuming two months in unparalleled intr:gues and desperate exertions, has calledinto existence as a Cabinet. Everybody knows that the occasion to which we refer was no other t'inn the usual c,lebrat'oa of the annual dinner, at which the chief magistrate of the metropolis receives the Ministers of the day, with other distinguished company. Several members of the Aberdeen Administration, in spite of numerous misdeeds and deficiencies, were wel comed at. just such a banquet last year with a certain' amount of satisfaction and enthusiasm. Though declin ing in influence, and not regarded with much favour in any quarter, that Ministry had not been censured by a vote of t' , e Cummons of England. If their ejection frota power was looked upon a 3 a certainty, the fiat hal not then gone forth. They were not desperately clinging to office in spite of a solemn &ciion of the Legislature against them. It is true they pail no hr.• , ed'io many ominous tokens that to more spirited statesmen would have served as sufficient warning ; yet this weaknes4 was generourly overlooked al a constlintional defect of legislators of their echool. Moreover, it is not at festive sf:enes that Englishmen usually pass ctmnre upon their rulers. Only when the wro?.g is open and flagrant do they notice it upon such occasions. The Government on Mornlay erening last seeme l to shrink f..orn an appearance in public. But one member tf Lord Paliner,L;n's Ministr:y, the Chancellor of the Excheqner, came to the Lord Mayor's hspitabie board ; and when this worthy functhmary arrived the guests had been seated some time. In solemn silence the health of her Majes'y's Ministers was received, being in strik ing contrast to the enthusiasm that greeted the healthy of hor Mjesty and the Duke of Cambridge, and in fact :di the other toasts of the cvcnin2'. Nor can the coolness of the reception accorded ti this particular toast, and the sole representa tive of the Coalition present on the ommsion, be attributed to the unpoptilar!ty of the war. This is a fallacy emanating from the Manchester politicians, and most assiduously circulated by them. The war is not, however, unpopular ; although it has been so vilely tnisma raged, aad a . though the myrmidons of two Coali tion Cabin: t•. have done what they could to make it dis tasteful. It the war be unpopular how are we to ac count for the enthusiasm of the crowds that sallied forth to welcome the Duke of Cambridge, one of the heroes of the strife ?—the applause with which the Lord Mayor's guests received the toast " The United Fleets and Armies of Great Britain, France, and Turkey ?" how explain the reiterated acclamations during the pro gress and at the end of tho martial, spirited, and no'le harangue of Admiral the Viscount de Chabannes ? These are so many proofs that the war is popular, and had the English Government conducted the war in a vigorous and patriotic manner, no political differences of opinion upon other matters, nor party distinction,s could have operated to their prejudice. As faithful guardians of our national liberties, and vigilant protec tors of the interests committed to their trust, they would have been welcomed and applauded everywhere and on all occasions. Their healths would not have been re ceived in solemn silence at a public banquet ; there would have been no need for them to keep as much out of the way as possible—to shrink from merry meetings and festivities, and to seek to silence the expression of general indignation by retirement from the gaze of the people and ignomici - me seclusion. Yet, in defiance of public dissatisfaction, and in di rect contradiction to all that was passing around him, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in returning thanks for the Ministry, with evident Irad taste assumed that they enjoy the confidence of the nation. If the Coali tioetete feel convinced that they are not only popular, but in high repute, why do they systematically avoid anything likely to test the extent of their influence ? Why did they keep all important questions in abeyance whilst Parliament was sitting ? Why have they extended the recess beyond its usual duration ? Why did they, in a most extraordinary and unexampled way, absPnt thtn night ? These shuifiinge and evasions are Lot the acts of men proud of the support cf the Legislature and of the nation. If Ministers are indeed so firmly seated in the affections of the community, why net show them selves a little ? A passing cheer or a stray encomium would sound like music in their ears just now ; and they are not made of such impenetrable stuff as not to be pleased by cordial demonstrations. Popularity-hunting is an old game with them ; in any direction would they start in pursuit of the coy nymph. But they are bank rupt at last ; and seek to brazen out the matter. With modesty they are over-burdened, nor is the Chancellor of the Exchequer by any means an exception in this re -1 Tect. Quiet self-examination, and a proper attention to the general feeling of the country, would have kept all these men out of office. The most confirmed partisan and placeman amongst them must perceive that they are a Government without followers, a Cabinet existing. per se. A division in the House of C9llltllollB would scatter them in a moment. Strong, however, in their own self conceit, they seers' willing to act in defiance of prece dent and parliamentary custom. What are constitu tional safeguards or public censures to them ! "We are men of talent and official experience," they de clare ; "connected by family ties," they might very justly add Intolerable self-sufficiency is their bane. They look upon themselves as heaven-born legislators. Only twelve months ago, during a debate upon one of Mr. Locke King's annual absurdities, Mr. E. P. Bouverie gave a rather startling illustration of the fear ful extent to which this Coalition feeling of superiority is carried. In the course of a not very eloquent speech this gentleman sought to prove thatyounger sonsusualy display greater energy and are blessed with a higher in telligence than their elder brethren. 'Dien followed the names of certain celebrated men, the two Pitts, Wel lington, &c., who were younger sous ; and at length the modest confession—the ridiculous t eaching upon the sublime— that he himself, the orator, Mr. E. P. Bou verie, was elso a younger son. This vanity, this self laudation, may be good material for making Coalition ists; but. it is not the stuff out of which great statesmen are made. With lofty merit there is usually a certain amount of modesty ; it is only the impostor and the charlatan who deem themselves infallible. This is akin to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's as sertion that the Coalition enjoys the confidence of the country. The meeting of Parliament is at hand, and then most probably the delusion will be at once dispelled. In the meantime we would counsel moderation and re flection to these misguided legislators. We would ad vise them not to mock at the devastation they have wrought, by shutting their eyes to the evidence around them. The legislature, the people , and the public press have passed censure upon them ; an are demanding their dismissal, and awaiting the accession to power of better men, as the sole chance yet left us; and for these Minis ters, without support either in Parliament, in the country, or from the public press, to assume that they possess the confidence of the nation, is, to say the least, a very senseless and unjustifiable proceeding. We do not believe that any Government was ever so generally condemned and despised, and if Lord Palmerston and his colleagues question the truth of the assertion, we refer them to those who have hitherto been their sup porters. From their lips they may hear some very dis agreeable but candid criticism, if they have only the courage to makeithe necessary experiment. (ADVERTISEMENT.] Tux WAR IN TUE EAST. —POWERFUL . PATENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.— Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe - opposite the York Hotel. 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WESTMINSTER SESSIOA'S.--Ipril 11. taken. (Before Mr. Sergeant Adams, AssistaL Judge.) THE CASE OF MRS. RAMSBO'HAM. [A. portion of the following appeared i our first edi tion of yesterday.] Mary Rainsbothant surrendered to he bail, on an indictment charging her in the first countwith stealing a pair of lace sleeves on the 15th March lst,.and in the second with stealing four cambric handkrchiefs on the 27th March, the property of John Jame Moule. She pleaded "Not Guilty." The circumstances of this painful cae having been already brought prominently under le notice of the public the most intense interest wa manifested on the trial, and the court was crowded tbtughout the pro- ceedings. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the proscution, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry were instructed on behalf of the prisoner. The case did not come on until abou'half-pat one, at which. hour Mrs. Ramshotham was conducted into Court, on the arm of her solicitor, M, Lewis, and was placed in the dock. After her 'arrag,ntnent she was accommodated with a Seat. She remahed seated during the trial, and seemed somewhat feiu and to feel her po'ition most deeply. Mr. B Akin, in opening the case to he jury, which he did in a most feeling and impressive nanner, and amidst the most profound silence, said—Th prosecutor, who for the last 15 or 20 years had carries on business as a draper in Baker-street, Portman-square, had had im posed upon him the painful but inventive duty of bring ing forward the present charge agains the prisoner. The lady in the dock was the wife of a physician of high character and eminence residing in Portman-square; and it was impossible to bear the fact in mod without feeling the deepest sympathy with herself, the highly re spectable persons with whom she was connected, as well as her own family. At the same time, how ever, a stern duty devolved upon aim (the learned counsel) and upon the jury, from which they must not swerve, under the circumstances, which would be proved hpfore them in evidence. Having called the attention of the jury to the fact of there being two distinct counts in the indictment, the reason of which he should after wards explain to them, 'the learned oonnssl went on to give a plain and simple outline of the facts, which he should support by the teAnnony of the witnesses whom h e proposed to call. The learned counsel then proceeded to call Mr. Alfred Chere'nouse, who deposed as fellows :-1 am in the employment of the prosecutor ;n this case. I know the prisoner. I remember her coming to our shop on the 15th March, in the afternoon. She asked to look at some muslin, which I showed her, and she selected some remnants as well as a sills handkerchief. The goods came t) 43. 9d. I had occasion while serv ing her to turn try back, which was towards her for a minute and On turning round again, I saw the prisoner in the act of concealing a pair of mushn sleeVes under aer shawl. I believe the sleeves produced to be the same. The edges of the sleeves appeared underneath her shawl. I went tc Mr. John Moule, the prosecutor's son, and stated to him what I had seen. He came out to where the pri soner was, and I whispered to him that she was the per. son I meant. No part of the sleeves was then percep tible. Mr. Motile did not speak to her about it, and inti mated to me that perhaps I might have been mistaken. She was nccordiagly permitted to leave the shop. said nothing about this transaction to the prosecutor until the affair ef the handkerchiefs. She came again and made some purchases in the shop before the 24th March. I was in the shop when the handkerchiefs were missed, but die' not see anything of the matter. Cross-eratniaed—The prisoner was known in the shop, but I wts unacquainted with her. It was under stood that she was the wife of a medical gentleman in Portman-square. Mr. John Harvey Moule was next called. He said —I an, the scn of the prosecutor. I remember the 15th March last. My father was from home; and in consequence of a communication made to me by the last witness:el Went to that part of the shop where the prisoner was sitting. I noticed that she had her left arm closely prs3ssed against her side. I d.d not see that she had anything under it. Accordingly, believing that our shopman hal been testis taken, I desired that no notice might be taken of what he had said. There were some sleeves of the kind pro duced on the counter when the prisoner was in. After she had left, I counted them and missed one pair. They were of the same pattern as the pair before me. Mr. Jainse Watkins, assistant in the shop of the pro secutor, said—l have seen the prisoner several times but I did not know her on the day I served her. On the 27th March - beet she came into the shop and asked for some lining. She selected one piece, and had six yards cut off IL It came to 2s. 33. I asked her whether she required anything else, and she replied that she did not. When I asked her that, the lining was on a recess at the l or i kaVdl t e i gch c as nf ti her h in w si7egiA ff . ' 1. " 4 41e 1 ; " c' t47e cambric, and of a thin texture, at 15s. the half-dozen. She said she did not want any, and if she did they were not the soft she should choose. Some other handker chiefs of a different quality were afterwards handed to me from the other side of the shop, and I showed Lei some of them. She said those were the description she shonl&purchase, but she did not want any just then. I produce four of those handkerchiefs, which are all in one piece. She took hold of the handkerchiefs of which she approved and examined them. She asked me to be kind enough to show her a dress of a particular kind. She said she merely wanted to look at it, but it was - not her intention to purchase. I had to go to the other end of the shop to fetch it, and she examined it. I afterwards made her out a bill for the lining, which came to 2s. 3d., which she paid, and de siring that the article might be sent to No. 7, Portman spare, she quitted the shop. I can swear to the hand kerchiefs produced. Cross-examined —The prisoner did not ask for the handkerchiefs to be shown to her. I " intreduced" them to her, with the idea that she might perhaps take a fancy to some of them. I did not know that she was the lad} who I had heard had taken some sleeves. I did not know her. I believe it was Mr. John Moule who passed me the handkerchiefs across the shop. I cannot say whether he heard my conversation with the prisoner. Mr. John Moule was here re-called, and stated that he overheard the whole of the conTerAtian between the last witness and the Prisoner ; but he did not know who she was until afterwards. When he handed the handkerchiefs across the shop he did not recognise her. He had no other object in bantling the articles to the last witness beyond the probability of effecting a sale. I saw the prisoner put the handkerchiefs in her pocket. Cross-examined---I did not know that the witness Welsh was watching the prisoner. I was about a yard and a halt from her when I saw her pocket the handker chiefs. I said nothing to bee, because some one had gone to call my father. I dil not take:any notice, be cause I wished to see if anything further would occur. The prisoner was standing at the counter, and I was in the middle of the shop. Samuel Welsh said —I am in the employ of the prose cutor. 1 remember the prisoner coming to the shop on the 27th March. She went to the counter which we call the "linen counter," and which is on the left band side as you enter. I saw her come in, and knew her. I had bad a communication from Churchouse as to what took place on a previous occasion. I was standing be tween 10 and 12 yards from the prisoner, and could command a view of her actions. There was no other customer in the shop at the time. I saw the prisoner put her hand forward and take the" - handkerchiefs. They were lying in the basket before her, and she took them and put them in her pocket.. I immediately went and informed Mr. Moule, sear. Ile did not come out. The prisoner soon afterwards left the shop. In consequence of some directions I received from Mr. Moule I followed her and - saw her go into a stationer's shop. I waited till she. came out, when I said to her " I believe yoU were at Mr. Moule's shop this morning." She replied, " I have not ;" but she immediately said "(a ! yes, I have." I then asked her if she would be kind enough to step back, as Mr. Moule wished to speak with her ; which she did without hesitation. It is solo little distance from the stationer's shop to our shop. I said nothing further to her ; but addressing me, she "I have got the handkerchiefs in my pocleet." I did net make any reply, on which she said, •" I did not intend to steal them," and aided, "I took them to show some person (witness believed she said her sister), and if they had been approved of I should have called and paid for them, and if not I should have beopght them back." Immediately on this statement, I said "I do not think that is probable, for I helieee you took some sleeves a fortnight ago,' to which she made some reply which I could not understand. We both then arrived at Mr. Moule's • shop. I showed her up stairs, and Mr. Moule - followed. She immediately took the handkerchiefs out of her pocket, and laid them on the table. She said—" These are the handkerchiefg, but I hope !you will look over it, Mr. Moule." Mr. Moule observed that it was a very serious matter, and he s..3:tre , -ly knew lyre to (leel It ree e l e e, " You have been in the habit of frequently coming to the shop, and we really do not know what you have taken." She said that was the first thing she had Mr. Moule then remarked that he be- lieved she took some sleeves a short time ago, to which she mid, " Yes, handkerchiefs and the sleeves are the. only things I have ever taken ; I hope you will forgive me." She then said she hoped Mr. Moule would consider her family, and the disgrace it would bring on Dr. Ramsb3tham. She also asked that her husband might be sent for if Mr. Moule would not forgive her. Cross-examined—l do not recollect Mr. Moule saying the only thing he could do was to send for an officer. I was not watching the prisoner particularly when I aw her take the handkerchiefs. We notice the movements of all our customers when they are left at the counter unattended to. When I first saw her, I said to Mr. Moule, jun., "Here is Mrs. Ramsbotham coming in." Re-examined—l knew she had been suspected of steal ing some sleeves, but nevertheless I did not watch her more closely than I should have done in the case of any other person. Police constable Beckett, 231 D, said—l was called into the prosecutor's house on the 27th March, acid the prisoner was given into my custody on the charge of stealing the handkerchiefs produced. I beard her ask Mr. Moule to forgive her, but Mr. Motile said he had no other alternative. She asked him a second time, but he said he could not look over it. She then turned away and said, "You may do as you like," in a very indig- Inant manner. I put her in a cab, and we called on Dr. Ramsbotham as we went towards the station. Mr. H. Bonser, clerk to Me:lsm Ashurst, the solici tors for the prosecution, was the last witness called, but he was not examined. This closed the case on behalf of the prosecution. Mr. Ballantine then proceeded, very plthetically, to address the jury fur the defence. He said no doubt the jury, long before they came into that box, were well acquainted with the details of that painful case. Now, he was not one of those who would put forward the po sition of the prisoner as a ground why the jury should in the slightest degree swerve from the strict letter of their duty ; but, nevertheless, he could not but a3k them to bear in mind also, that if an adverse verdict were given against his client, her hopes would be crushed, and her peace of mind be destroyed for the remainder of her life by the knowledge • that she had been the means of bringing so much affliction and degradation on a family to whom she had always hitherto been endeared as a faithful wife and an !Inc- onafm parent—whih - ,t the future prospect.; of her huE- band, who wag a gentleman, not by the mere accident of - birth or fortune, but who they all knew to be a gen tlemen of indefatiga'Ae industry and eminent talent, as well as those of their chldren, would be irretrievably blighted were the lady to be branded as a convicted felon The learned counsel then proceeded to the considera tion of the circumstances as proved on behalf of the pro secution. Ho complained that whatever might have been the motives which had actuated the presecutioo, the prisoner hal scarcely been fairly dealt with in that matter. He alo complained that the handkerchiefs ,ebich were alleged to have been feloniously taken by the prisoner were a,ctually forced upon her notic 3 —even when it was well under'tood amongst the assiAants in the shop that she had been suspected on a preceding occh sion ; and this being so, she, impelled by feelings over which she could have no control, and to which he would more fully advert presently, fell into the trap, and took possession of them. Having maintained that the duty of Mr. Moule, when he was spoken to in reference to the first theft, was at least to have represented the matter to Dr. Ramsbo• thaw with a view to some proper restraint being placed upon the actions of the prisoner, the learned counsel ' went on to ridicule the idea that a person of the affluent circumstances in which the prisoner was beyond doubt situated, went to the prosecutor's shop for the mere purpose' of pilfering whatever she could get hold of. He dwelt at some length upon the means which were adopted to tempt, as it were, the unhappy lady —unhappy in the worst possible sense—and suffer ing, as he should show, from a morbid and dis eased state of mind to the commission of the crime charged upon her. Coming next to the question of in tent, he put it to the jury whether they could believe the prisoner had taken the articles as alleged, " with a felonious intent," or whether it would not ap pear to them more probable that she was impelled by a delusion of that involuntary, indescribable kind, which, although it scarcely amounted to actual mania, had yet its origin in a dis eased mental condition. If so, the act, being motiveless and purpoeelees, was but afeeling, but a simple taking. Hav ing at some length enlarged on this presumption—in sup port of which he adduced an acknowledged fact in medi cal experience, showing that women, at some periods in their lives, were affecfed by a species of insanity', which rendered them irresponsible for their actions, and which not only betrayed them into the gratification by unlawful means of their cupidity, but not unfrequently led them to the commission of deeds of a much more seriut time tila sus observations on this point as explanatory of the prisoner's otherwise unaccountable conduct. He concluded an energetic address by referring to the large number of witnesses to the prisoner's character whom he was prepared to bring forward. The following witnesses were then called by Mr. Parry as to the character of the prisoner : Mr. S. Thompson, grocer, who had known the pri soner since 1.823. No one who carne to thei r shop was more respected, or was more scrupulous and regular in her account. Mr. J. Quartermain, upholsterer ; Mr. A. F. Wace, butcher ; Mr. W. Nicholson, silversmith ; Mr. L. Groves, butcher ; and Mr. T. Boot, grocer and wine merchant, all of which were tradesmen with whom the prisoner was in the habit of dealing, also spoke highly of ner in all respects: Dr. John Russell, the rector of Bishopsgate, said he had known her for a number of years, and no one of his parishioners had been more exemplary in all her relations in life. • Dr. Tweedie, and the Rev. H. Brown, rector of Wool with, and Mr. Lewis, her solicitor, also gave the lady the highest character. Several ladies having also spoken to the unexception• able reputation of the prisoner, The learned Judge proceeded to sum up the evidence, confining himself chiefly to directing them on the ques tion of the prisoner's intent, and lea it to them to say, in the exercise of their common sense, as men of the world, and under the obligation of their oath, whether or not they conscientiously believed that the prisoner was impelled by such motives as had been al luded to by the learned counsel. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, expressed a wish to retire. After being absent for an hour and a-half, and it being six o'clock, the learned judge sent for the jury and in quired whether there was any probability of their soon agreeing to a verdict. The Foreman said be was afraid not. The learned Sergeant thereupon said he would ad journ the court until half-past seven o'clock, which would afford them an opportunity of coming to some conclu sion, and if they were not then agreed lie would see what else could be done. The jury again retired, in order to consider whether they were desirous of consulting the Court upon any point, but after the lapse of a few minutes, The learned Serjeant adjourned the court nominally during pleasure, but virtually until the hour above named. On the meeting of the Court at the appointed time, the jury were again sent for, and, on their coming into court, were asked if they had agreed upon their verdict ? The Foreman said that they had not, and that there was no probability of their doing so, as they were equally divided for a conviction and for an acquittal. The learned Judge said that they must again retire. After the lapse of half an hour, a consultation having taken place between the learned counsel for the prose cution and for the prisoner, Mr. Parry said, as it appeared from the statement of the foreman of the jury that they were equally divided in opinion, and might be so to-morrow morning, if they were locked up all night, that, with the consent of the counsel for the prosecution, he had to suggest to the Court that the jury should Le discharged without giving a verdict, and at the same time he wished to state that he by no means considered that, from the information the prosecutor had received from his servants, he had gone at all beyond his duty in bringing this case forward. He did not consider he had been actuated by any vin dictive motives, or that any stigma could rest upon him. Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the.prosecutor, acquiesced in this course, but denied most emphatically that ally trap had been set for the prisoner by the prosecutor. The learned Judge rejoiced at the course taken, for, however painful it might be to him if the jury had re turned a verdict of guilty, he should have felt it to be his duty to sentence her to a term of imprisonment. This case was only another example of the evil effects of the present jury system, which made the verdict depend not on the best-considerfd opinions, but on the men who could stand starving the longest. He thought, if a jury did not return a verdict in a reasonable time, tb-t they should be discharged and another jury taken. The jury was then called into court. and told that they were discharged without giving a verdict. Thi: announcement appeared to them r.. most agree eurpris ;,4 the -ei.ic - 0,4 it it,iit had The court rose at a few minutes atter eight o'clock. The proceedings of the trial extended over a period of three hours. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11. THE HOPWOOD WILL CASE. In this long-pending ease the jury retired at ha'f past 7 this evening, and at 10 o'clock their verdict was given for the defendant. Tile result appeared to give the greatest satisfaction in court. Dr. Forbes Winslow, and Sir Alexander Morrison, M.D., were in court during the whole of this protracted trial, and were prepared to give evidence as ex parte if called upon to do so ; but evidence of a purely specula tive and scientific character way not thought necessary on either side. HOME CIRCUIT-KINGSTON, APRIL 11. Mr. Baron Platt sat again to-day to thpose of the re maining common jury causes. COTTERELL V. HICKS. This was an action to recover damages from the de fendant for having injured a dog belonging to the plaintiff. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Willes were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Petersdorff and Mr. Benneker appeared for the defendant. . The plaintiff was an attorney in London, and he had a country residence near Reigate. The defendant is the bailiff to a gentleman named Wythes, residing in the same neighbourhood ; and it appeared that on the 17th of February the dog, whose injuries were the subject of dispute, had strayed from his master's pre mise=, and was found on the grounds of the defendant. One of his children, being alarmed at the sight of the animal, called to her father, and he, seeing a strange dog, went with a stick for the purpose of dislodging it, but, finding he could not do so very easily he struck him, and the dog very naturally began to growl. This still further aroused the alrm of the defendant, who forth with went home and procured a gun which he discharged at the animal, and he then returned to load his gun a second time, but in the• interval the dog had made his way home. It appeared that the dog, which was repre sented to be a very harmless animal, and a great favou rite, was very considerably injured, and some attempts at settling the matter by paying a certain amount to a charity having failed, the present action was at length brought. These facts were proved in evidence, and Mr. Bishop, of Bond-street, whose interest in all matters connected with the canine species is well known, was called as a witness to prove that the animal was worth before the offence 121. or 3.r.1., but that in consequence of the in juries she had received she was not worth more than 11. The defence suggested was, that ther had been some mad dogs in the neighbourhood of Reigate about the time of the occurrence, and that the defendant finding a strang,re dog in such a position was very natera!iy alarmed, and took the most effectual means ta got rid of the intruder. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 10/. RhgeaCC....2.l•9,. , aißC 921.11 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THE SUBSCP.IPTION ROOM, TUESDAY NIGHT. LATEST.BETTING. • COLUMN STAKES. 6to 4on Hal)ena (falcon) 3 to 1 agst Rambling Katie (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Sneer Gilt 100 to 5 agst Bonnie llurn (taken) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Vandal (taken) 25 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken) 20 to 1 asst Mr. Knowles'a lot (taken). CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Scythian (taker)) 20 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken) 40 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Ethelwolf (taker). THE DERBY. 500 to 35 agst Dirk Ifatteraick (taken) 20 to 1 art Gracculus Esuriens 20 to 1 apt Lord of the Isles 1000 to 25 agst Oulston (taker.). 1000 to 20 agst Rambling Katie (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Corcebus (taken). WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 701., for three yr-olds and upwards. D.I. (2 miles 119 yards.) Mr. Combe's Blue Beard, 4 yrs, 3t 71b (Bartholomew) 1 Lord John Scott's Vingt-un, 4 yrs, Bst 41b....(We115) 2 Mr. Parr's Saucebox, 3 yrs, fist 121 b (Flatman) 3 Mr. Kenyon's siding, 3 yrs, fist 31b (Raine) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst Blue Beard ;sto 2 agst Sauce box ; 3to 1 agst Kingt un. Won easily by three lengths. Bad third. Siding beaten off. The Craven Handicap Plate of 1001. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) Capt. Lane's Ephesus, aged, 9st 41b ...(Bartholomew) 1 Lord Clifden's Cheddar, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (Fordham) 2 Lord Exeter's Nicotine, 5 yrs, 7st 11 . 1b......(J. Steggles) 3 . , The following also ran :--Fact, Sir James dr - ahain, Laura Selina, Samaritan. BAting—lto 4 agst Ephesus, 3 to 1 agst Sir James Graham, 5 to 1 each agst Nicotine and Laura Selina. Won by three-quarters of a length ; the second beating the third by a neck. Handicap Plate of 501., for three-yr-olds and upwards. A .F. ( mile fur. 73 yds. Mr. Combo's Tumbler, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (S. Steggles) 1, Mr. Bevill's Georgium Sidus, 3 yrs. 6st 71b (Musgrove) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Noisette, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb The 'following also lan :—Rackapelt, Vulcan, Donum, Jujube. NV " Noisette, to agst Tumbler. on by ; a head between the second and third. The Column Stakes of 50 so-vs each, h ft, for three-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b.; those by stallions or out of mares that never produced a winner allowed 31b ; if both, 51b. R.M. (1 mile, 17 yards). Twenty- seven subs. Duke of Bedford's Habena, Bst llb (J. Rogers) 1 Mr. Bowes's The Bonnie Morn, Bst 2lb (Templeman) 2 Mr. Neville's c by Riragone, 3st 21b.. (Bartholomew) 3 Lord John Scott's Rambling Katie, Bst 41b ...(Wells) 4 The following also ran :—Alcyone, br c by Red Hart, and Nutriment. Betting at Starting.—Eveh on Habena, 3 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn, 6 to l'agst Rambling Katie, 7 to 1 agst Refraction colt, and 10 to 1 agst Sneer colt. Alcyone made play with Habena second, the others lying wel' up. At Busheshill Alcyone gave way, leaving Habena in full possession of the lead, Bonnie Morn taking second place. The latter persevered very gamely, but was beaten easily by a length, three - lengths between the second and third, the fourth close up with the third Alcyone was fifth, Pace good throughout. Tae Craven Handicap, for which 36 horses were weighed, did not obtain the stipulated number of accept ances (ten) to produce a race. There was no betting after the races. In the morn ing the quotations were as under : GREAT NORTHERN. 3to 1 avt Vandal (taken). 6 to 1 agst Neville (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 65 to 40 agst St. Hubert (taken). 4to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) THE DERBY. 13 to 2 agst St. Hubert (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rifleman (taker) 15 to 1 aget Dirk Hatteraiek (taken). 15 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) In the paucity of sport to-day the Column Stakes was the only feature that possessed more tha❑ a passing in terest. Habena, the favourite, fully justified the confi dence of her backers, by winning easily by a length. Bonnie Morn, despite reports of his being lame, ran second to her. The weather was much better than on this previous day, but it was cold and windy. Attendance of emnpany very moderate. NEW STEWARD OP THE JOCKEY CUM.—The Earl of Glasgow is appointed a steward of the Jockey Club, in the place of the Hon. Francis Villiers. HAoo.—This horse is struck out of all his engagements. CATTERIQK BRIDGE RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Second Year of the Sixth Easby'Triennial Produce Stakes. For three•yr•olds. Ellermire Lady Tatton First Year of the Seventh Easby Triennial Produce Stakes. For two-yr-olds. Gamester Eglantir.e Blanche _. Five ran. The Brough Handicap. Talfourd Seducer Exmouth The following also ran :—St. Andrew, Van Winkle, and Prince Plausible. The Craven Handicap. Hospodar Sir Rowland Trenchard Miss Birch Nine ran. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market this morning has been flat and heavy, especially for Caledonians. We reduce our quotations generally about 1 per cent. at the close. Caledonian, 30i1 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, new third shares, 5 p.; London and N-Western, 991 3 ; Manches ter, lheffield, and Lincoln, 24 ; Midland, 691 ; South Eastern, 181 3.16; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 per Cent. Prof., 13!.. BIRMINGHAM, APRTI. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been more active to-day, and prices improved a shade. Great Western, Birmingham GuarnntTi, 72a 4. MANCHESTER, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market closed rather easier to day, and there was a limited demand. Caledonian, 304 ; Lancaaer and Preston, new, 11 1., 5i p. ; Sheffield, 241 ; Eastern Counties, 11 ; Leeds, 764 ; London and North- Weatern, ; Dover, 18 3-16. LEEDS, MARCH 24. STOCK ExCHANGE.—Tho market was flat, though no change of importance in qnotations can he quoted. Mid -1:tn,14 69 9.16 ; S,-E•iytern and.DoverA, 181. CRYSTAL PALM; Lo-.'ay, day —.:lsi misiions on paymeot, 3,477; ditto by can tickets, 455. Total, 3,932. CO MVTI? Y ITA/M. if TS. -.4E,---- EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—APRIL 10: There were in the market to-day, 14 sacks oatmeai, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-14 at 21. 30, 0 at W. Os Od, and 0 at 01. Os. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET- APRIL 10. There was a largo supply of straw of all descriptions in the market. The prices to-day were as follow : Oat straw, from 8s 6ti to lOs 01 per kemple of 16 stone, tron ; wheat .10., 8s Od to lOs Od ; bt.rley do., 7s 6d to 836 d. Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, (.4 to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-APRIL 9. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Sec Zll Thin% imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od O d Pot-barley, per ditto D ÜBLIN-ArRIL 10, White wheat, 39s 01 to 42s Od ; red ditto, 36s to 40i Od barley, 13s 61 to 18s Da ; oats, 13s Gd to 15s Od ; rapeseed"' 27s Od to 28s 6d per brl; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s 6d ; bakel `)2s 6d to 26s Od Rer cwt ; Ia Sian corn, 43s Od to 46 id per 4801bs. COAL MARKET.—APRIL Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market. s. d. i Wallsond o &c. Middle W. Hartley lB 6 P. d. - .19 6 Carr's Hartley l9 6 Eden Main Davison's West Hartley 19 CFra mwe ll ga t e l9 3 llasting,'s Hartley l9 611 ettou 2l 0 Hartlepool West Hartley 1S 6,Kepier Grange 2O 0 llolywell l9 0 Lambtou 20 6 Howard's West Hartley Pensher 19 0 Netherton l9 (I)South Hetton 20 9 htavensworth Hartley ...19 o!Stewart's 2l 0 ,. 'nudeld l6 O t iCaradoe _ ..... ~.............19 6 0 Tanneld Moor flutes 16 6111eugh Hall . 19 Walker PrimroSo l6 OlSouth Kelloe 19 6 \Vest Pelton 15 t! ;fees 2l 0 WtAlsend, Zee. !Trimdon 2O 9 ...18 6! ‘Vidtworth l7 6 ~.17 6' West Kelloe 18 9 ..18 C Derweutwater Hartley 20 ° .18 9!North Hettou Lyons 2O 9 17 61 Hartou Hebbura Heatou Licailey Lawson SEABORNE MA US. (I; :.,Ignlfles that the mail] are sent from the General Peat-Off '7; tlifx 111 - :111--anti M by the montlng—Aespateh.) Jay wt:'Ilmil• 1 't; i Frors, -, .v1 at I Whe n CO !IN T B,IES . in Ger.e•rat 1.',)2.t.. Port i d ue in 01L'or-, London. . f - sh.,p,,td, e. i, 1 Eriglal l4 . --------- !..rauice(lsyllrit.pack)l C•verY Friday •• • f,lverpool .. i__......----' . Each t inc,-i :s. k by United Stu i ~ , 1 po7-,l:.zi) .......... Is ••••• • • • • - uiverpool ... IA Pr" •,:.:let•!,-,, (by U. atotc. p ao , :_c) .... •••• • • Z' •••••• •• • • 4outhatripto• ‘i.t.titi;. - .Ciia (via South. ampton) ----Al """ •••• • • '•outhetnptioi•4pril 4 ,)1 .t ,, (via M ars edles) - -, sl i . :::- - .1c, (via Cape of 4.i0 - is, Dope) ............N ••• rocertalll kfrica (West C05.5t)...N1 1 31 of the isputli .. , iyi - n.nith .. April 6 i ,,,,,,,,,,i r i a ,......., ~ N -!, CI, 24, & 30 °11,.. nnve, ____ •••••• Otsxandria.....• . • ..Ni : itl & 20th of met . ~,:ha.opto • - ,,,i-,-:as ............Y .17th of the month A ~,,t, un .,,,,, d:dgium .......... —NI i ) "0 1 .1' ............Dover ...... Daily .1.! - azil . .., ~ ..3,1 .9th of the month.. ioutha:ll._., i April ig ,:,;.:os Ayres.. ......N c.lll - 1 01 the month .. I , mith Ito ~ , ,%pr 11 16 ._ .'ape or i.k004 Dope „„N! Various ports Uncertsva .'opt of Good Elope .. N :Jape de Verde ...... NI 9th of the moat! :•outhamptor• - :.e.ylen (see India) 1 „;cy10n..............1 ,- .1 SO _shonnol Isle-t........N1M0r..,Wed.,&Fri!. •4enthartrs!or eu.Tl3 . 1 - tiii., ...............!y ill & 17th of niont! Southampton 517tila •6, • ' Once a month—. • April 4 .2.-nstantinope • , .... , 11,13,113,23,u28 01.1, Javer ....... 2, - ,:sstantinepie Ath k 20th of imi .. d,s;itharaptoi pdaili • lout. of Europe If & 'N il.' - n - ice daily ..., .. Dover ...... ride • ; t: ; ,;-ypt (see India) ,• - •'-fance ........ Al R. N ',Twice daily.... , . Hover ...... P•vico6ll hbrolter .......... M !1, 7, 17,20, 27 ofm. iouth,,mp im April , 6 keece (see India) I Ireytown ........... NI ,ind & 17th of mon. 4outriampt,: April 1 damburgh .. .. Iwannah ..........AI 2nd of the moot iotillatlllp...l April I lolland ............ M Daily ~.......... Dover „., .... JAI,' ~, dondurai ...... Ai l'itli of the month. Aouthamptol 4pril io India (viaSouthampt.)N 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth • • India (via Irlarseilles):ll i9th&2sth of moat' Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) '7, 17, & 27 of inoi , Dover .... & ' IV Ireland ........ Id &N i Twice daily ...... :I°l3 - head ... rwlec, f.,i5b0n..............1.11, 9, 17, &27 of rn. 3outhempto, .April 1 . I,laleira .... • • • • ....NI l'Alt of the mono- ioutham pi ol ladeire ............ N \ - 13d of month .... Liverpool ... April 1 6 lialta (see India) :its ...... .. .. .. ...I. 3,18, &28 of mon. Dover ...... April 4 Stritius (see India) ?.I zuri this ..........N 14th of the mono Meade() ............M'Fld 0 5 - the mouth. Soathanipiot April- 1 NapieS...... c.......N s th ls tli2stholmori Dover ...... Sow Granada ......N.122 & 17th of month Southamptot OO P blew Zea1and.......... I i->)' private skip .. Various p o rt utiCer Papal States ........ N I ' , tlllsth2tholinon. Dover ....., Peninsula •.........1141 : thlith271hofmon. Southamptin Peru _., ~, „ „Ai ild k 27th of mon. Souther:llM° il l ' Port Natal ..........;s ißy private ship.. , Various port trace icily ..:...........N i iilll,sth2stholthen, Dover ...... Tuscany ..,........,N I ithl:3o2:lthofinol. 00ver...... rill Jenezuela ..........N 2d& (7th oinionth iouthamptoi .L.? can Dicmen's Lan° (sot ti.u.strelio.) . west Indies ........20 I,lk 17th of month Southemptonrif*P. , ... __,,... April 4 • irsvicedan rwicedel April I Jain pril 16 rwice cittli April 16 When any of these dates fall o: a Sunday, th e ma ils wil I - be vi a Ipatched on the following day, with the exception of the roil' th e iouthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch ed preceding day. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. WEDNESDA.Y, APRIL 110 Stations. (1.0,2rqe of Wind kx-Leeuwion .. IN•W- . Overcast. Lothbnry Shrewsbury S.W Unsettled. • Manchester Carlisle Lancaster Maryport . Whitehaven Stoke-on-Trent ... N.W Very cloudy. Sheffield E.N.E.Fine. Ipswich ... ....... Great Grimsby ... N.W. Boston N.W Fine. • Gains}2orough S.E. Hague • . W.S.W Rain. Southampton N.W Fine. Pople Portsmouth Winch field ..... .... S.W Fine. Bristol N.W . . Very cloudy. Plymouth Exeter ~.,.. ...... N.W Fine. Gloucester Cardiff N.W Cloudy—Windy. Swansea N.W Fine. Uaverfordwest ... N.W Fine. Yarmouth. NW. Fine. Lowestoft N. Very windy. Brighton N.E. Fine. ffolyhead Dublin W Fine. . Liverpool Derby N.W ...... ... Cloudy. Leicester W Cloudy. Leamington W Cold—Cloudy. Cambridge N. W Cloudy. York Glasgow ' W.N.W Very fine. Edinburgh lir. . . Very fine. Perth Dundee Aberdeen N. W Very fine. Sunderland N.W Cloudy. Hull Scarborough Whitby Darlington W Fine. Berwick ' N.W Fine. Dover N.W Partially cloudy. Strood S.W Overcast. Tunbridge N.W Partially cloudy.. " [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Holloway's Ointment an - ffilpolt j for Bad Legs.—Copy of a l e tt er f rom M r. G e o. P 131 1 ,1 3tr of Livers-lane, Haverfordwe s t i "T o 'Professor .L the way—Sir, I consider it my duty to make knoWn ; jl 6 , benefit I derived from using your ointment . and Pl e a,: after suffering very severely from a wound in for which I was under the treatment o f sev eral ll'ae' l ," s te , men for nine months, without deriving any benefit w-„ - r ever. At last I resorted to your remedies, which fi g , tainly did wonders ; for after using them for a few ter. in in accordance with your directions, my leg is con: 1 1 3 ; 8 ;ot cured."—Sold by all medicine vendors, and at Pico e ",„ o - d • Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, Londov , i "- 80, Maiden-lane, New York. MARRIED. rr r iaitlj On the 11th inst.. at the Church of the Holy Paddington, Alexander, younger son of Mr. Jaff°„,„".. - t ilaoo 2, Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, to Henrietta A"`" eldest daughter of Mr. Blandford, of Tackley, CoS r °, Ti c ioallo On the 91h inst., at N ew b ur y Ch urc h, J. F. 1 1 1 Esl., to Mary Ann, third daughter of the late 3 0 ° Esq., of Wallingford. DIED, t the I On the 10th i ns t., a t S, L ower G rosv enor-place , ' 1 %13 tir , th year of h er age , J an e, wife of John Tarte, Eq . ,: - Ass elder daughter of the late Henry Thwaitei, Esq. , in tb' for man" years editor and principal proprietor ° Morning herald newspaper. ~t ig bo On the 20 inst., at Naples, George Belles Grail" Esq., of Grove House, Regent's park. zel°_; On the 17th ult., at Kululi Hospital, Turkey, ar-. o. Charles Douglas, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, st e P s°- Mr. Win. Wicks, of the Old Kent-road, aged 24. %scp , • On the Bth inst., at Wimbledon, John Sanf ord, . aged 93, f tb' On the 9th inst., Captain W. D. Simpson, late 0- 51st L'glit Infaitry, aged 63. 'gig ' On the 10th inst . ., at Upper Tooting, Joseph Ellis ,- street ag O ed n 7 Jh'e 10th inst., Mr. Wm. Lester, of Arewell-0 Pentonville„ aged 75. WI On the Pith lost , at Hillside Cottage, near 13es ill t a o ' Mary, the wife of the Rev. D. Cooper, -youngest sister late Wm. Whon, Esq., R.A. ____,..,!_•07!% ___ , ------- - ~r,;(71 -, *;.. .-' 1 ...: : Pritite:l wrt...i Pul)iirlo,l by M 13.13.90 ‘'..„('''' ;J:', , ‘.. i I'2 ; .tf 1-tv-.. - ,, , T.,,tr, at The S:un 011',70, IN ',,„ o f Straw], in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 00111/./ litiddleaex, Thursday, April 1?, 1855. BIRTBS. OF A SOH. $ ir e On the 10th inst., at Marg are t- s t r eet, C a vendiah - se the wife of the Rev. Professor Marks. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at 7, Northampton-terrace , , b i,ol bury, the wife of the R ev . J o h n M ac f ar l ane , of 0 ' Chapel, Moorgate. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY IVENENTO, APfIL w 1855,