The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-24 00:00:00

...../: bodie 3 L° re arricea' • r a. oe tool p 0 Fabric'. tor i .gins ic . Pub l ' Pub arr t l r tr i d o° to 0 e , 1° g toe de ? s ry 0 sr ole n tlot tbel fp- - deo t efil fit . 7 l to of left lic tool' jig ° 6l tr .b ci 'oloof bo oi Lo d 1/1 ofio% aIIIOOO' .00 co the fttay ji a tb e gi s i v O e one 11 %0P100 19 ( ifio e f e t i ts I cea c onlro 0 1 ' keeP 0 0 ' tt do e ? tic eS d ' to to she Tl ie gad Ole ° r A til_ u e or" the oi• of 11 06 of ber r o : b °1 01 .46 4 jolite; be tr ill Of te° ° tl st defoop Aft ige pool t y r 0.7, 0 00 Os l o, o s so 8 t 0 „ f lcf iv it 1 14 brdlif ° 0 111 0 t l ' B o o4 ,110 1181118(1 e to do awaywith all monopolies, and enter * a n th °over free -trade eprinciple. His Excellency the nor terminated his usual half-yearly inspec iin:.„o,f troops on the 17th by reviewing the 92d ceranders, under the command of Lieutenant p(e:l_,el .Thorold. He expr . es . sed . himself highly t .,.• °et( with the high state of discipline in the gar- VI. The whole of the windbouud vessels in the Algesiras roadstead, and at the back of the e + k ,, , weighed anchor and sailed to the westward v e th e niornincr of the 18th inst. The French Go- Ofnent steamer Phare was engaged at Gibraltar, 1813 g soundinas round the Rock. p 1 • n the 12th inst. the hired British brig Jane 2, 0 e left Gibraltar for Balaklava with 60 horses and mules for the use of the laud transport service. 1 , 64 the 14th i nst. t h e B r i t i s h steamer Ci ty o f Nor a„ 1 1 day s f rom S cutar i an d 7 f rom M a l ta, re--;eed at Gib raltpr, with 95 invalids of different ko_l:lents for England, in charge of Capt. Egerton, fle /1:Ial tRa. Brigade, and Dr. Hudson, of the 6th to gdoent. Five died on the passa g e from Scutari port s She left on th e morning of the 16th for nlouth, Th e screw transport C an di a arrived , at Gibraltar on the morning of the 6:h instant, for t d i a37B from \, oolwich, with artillerymen, ke., British Crimea. She left the same night. The ish s team-transport Holyrood, with troops on ' r d, arrived at the New Mole from the west, 4nd froßesolute steam transport, with 350 cavalry 40 111 uublin, passed to the eastward on the after -11 of the 16th inst. The Holyrood took on board, d G ibraltar, 24 cases o f h os pital comforts for kla v a. The sailing transport Dunbar, with a of o: ll ,_lia.ent of the P o li s h L eg ion, under command sta titi PZlnKostecki, from London, bound for . Con the Ple, Ttar, in 16tb passed the garrison on the morning of Git, h , o , r se - Purchase depot has been established at which 500 mules are to be kept . con -414 en hand for the land transport and artillery Vi k , -(3e \ 1 1 , 3 * A great number of Gallegos (natives of ti e ;, - "ad arrived, to be employed by the authori tete the horse depot, who have many horses and MTh both at San Roque and Gibraltar, ready to t an hour's notice. e following corps at Gibraltar daily expect to r A e lieved for service in the Crimea :-13th th; ''••) Light Infantry, 920 rank and file, under atr oh c "lnland of Lord Mark Kerr ; 54th, 750 i cher. 4 ' Colonel Moore • 66th, 750, Colonel Mi besido.,an4 9 2d Highlanders, 520, Colonel Thorold, 408 1) ;;: pti picked (runners of theßoyal Artillery. A te.AC L .' for the reception of 200 invalids from the tend war war has been got ready under the superin ton of the senior medical officer at the garri ‘o' Gibraltar, Dr. Armstrong. It is situated at lkej a , , the healthiest part of the Rock, where beds, ree tt ,l.' 4o ., have already been prepared for their the o ' I°ll . The Baltic steam-transport arrived on lowij e rling of the 17th, coaled, and left the fol ieitkg Morning. The Sydney, with invalids for p4ce4ead, and the Norman, in ballast, for the same 4, 404 arr ived at Malt a , an d wou ld leave imme took .3' after coaling. The British brig George Ann t he some horses on th e 18th inst. for the use of Land Transport in the Crimea. LIT BRAI'URE. Tht 4„ - nccalieers By G. b. narehs o f th e plain; or, Adventures of the W. Thornburg, Esq. The Rurs . t aild Blackett. eg• . author of this work claims for it the merit • k ori • . th e 6. Malay, which it certainly possesses, hat e r 4 complete history of the exploits and eha being hitherto tip ristics of the Buccaneers which lair lare4 . A few scattered volumes has in . different lerv iaa g es and different epochs alone remain to pre- The chief e the record of their adventures. pre- Yo] Frances on their history are three volumes in (bh, Dutch, aid English. The first ., of these is ii7 -Illeli tt ' s " ilistoire des Aventuriers, published of sur- Re 0 . 7 1 4 ,118 In 1 688. Be had filled the o f fice . d vvith l' ° the Buccaneer fleet, and 41 0 t yre of the most remarkable o was acquainted of their chiefs— " Iteri t llli cis and Sir Henry Morgan. The second th 11 /11 0 aPPeared in Amsterdam in 1684. Its au or, kei /ifass ft ne m • a Dutchman, h ap p en i ng t o be named g, is elln very naturally frequently mistaken t t allf r aehn, the similarity of fnames being very thep. t ig• The remaining authorityEnglish,is pieta gh there are several other less coin- Tlse workswriter remarks tql th e °r lees authentic ttot a tb s logular absence of : the . race of Buccaneers 4 4,, ' tt Pages of modern fiction. Mrs. Hall has kii.i v el with this title, but the scene is laid in warld • and Dana, the American writer, has a • I ' of 'ale same name of a few lines. Sir Walter ithi st F„! Bertram, he asserts, would do for any age, tli eta Walter himself placed "the great event of tei att 'leer history," the conquest of Panama, i the alitt cli ?f Charles I. instead of Charles • II Such O f a7 ll and misstatements as these from authors 4tailnewl(!dgecl aithority induced the author to Dtt°"tu'l'l,the materials for their history, and to 741 ('N • t 1,t4 the public in its present complete 141-e .I. b t'ers or Sea Rovers of Tortuga f pir ate snt 1 ., i us i first - t hat confounded with the mere race o Nvor a ., ! i seca l) "ottrislied nearly a century later. The and qzi p ee rs werepoor French ' il it ei 4 ti fl eti v t o ' ll t Y the Span i ards Hispaniola, hunters, who island of Tortuga to Uk ti e as pl a ,!? neighbouri ng out of Spaniards left them Ilev elested,tiers. Had the band e o l er hav e _Te formidable they had establish h ed r would, probably, a ti , e oty in, the ri sen, but when 0.• ,j .15a0i,',..4.,s desertedl island c a t e tc, ' t their vicinity f r e e ets l iiiiti'ecsu anew a d arme I St. Christoph e r, frequent attacks by their , t he P'`.l their Way nl t a o New Spain. This provoked Ole spirit'enco to fit out privateers, and soon m tirDirrboiiilt;eut aeofts n g f a a it gr a e r ss o i s o e n ,. aex terttlics successful: they seized on theislandth9ir of Findingcited .theen_ . I..erti pi. 4. as . a haven and fortress. Their i E lu n in o. : l u sh, iTe Increased by the addition of many 1_ '41(11 3e, , , e4e 1l ships touched at the island, wfhiec'ell 'eo,, terp,"hle a storehousP for the gains of the r , It at t hV itil w hom the captains bartered not only Kki e l+ -44 ., s and meat of the island, but for . their . -gv ou ' l - •,poils. After some time, seizing tb a s klivrable cPportunity, the Spaniards retook t iltlee4,' which was subs eq uently again seized by the - 11,-. 4 1. 1'5 • The Spanish ships scarcely dared ]Date 71' `,,,,' a nd one mrchant alone, in one year, 4,at4l°`',,uuo crovvns worth of merchandise. The . 4 41 stin pl .`,9 „the Spaniards, 'their oppressors, `44 3's ' .:l, sui ng mark of the association. D i t4 t ' c o they mere s later bad degenerated int l o wna ri ttt 8 ' theY made war on all nations, but at ° eXtr • ill tile Spaniards were their only foes. tince aordinary exploits of their leader . s, their 10 1ttr a l es and adventures, are all related these VA i' B with vigour and interest. Those who o de meat the ~ ~,Perusal of histories of rivalswas and of con the 1444 daring Wlll find in these pages the 44ei and successful commandersof the theireht world. Great, They had their Peter the Nv 6,4leXandre Bras-de-Fer, elin whom CExmeror ; til eY e Le°taPares to the Macedonian conqueror tc Ili struled f ortresses, plundered cities, and exceeded t heit! "gt hands of men whose number far exced ex ci .. thetatheir own' Those who delight in adventurous find „and na rratives of deeds of daring will nt fully . p romis e of originality and excitement the best g eaer 4 * The author's p own words afford Ipti on : o _,.t is seldom I v _ . t o ~,e.._that an author ~ t life. 'ltl can invite the whole reading ti a ._ 1.' 44 . 1 la e f I. `nse the Self-rewarding labour of his studen . ce 1.1 brit 000 k for a s to the novel Nei. 83 liew scenes and new creation sect, a clique, a profession, or a ad e. I let. 1 ja(lecl with t tes of conventional exist- N o, It gup i . t'4) 'l;a ft ) a:1,4 historian Sit n ie l B Sh t ti e storthat the capricious of his t:,,,t col - o„ 4 ', Illerto k ept in innse of with a page of English, MS. It traces . the f it founda tion nishes deep '4lt te --''at en,Pire Tthe psychologist tafteerhinr thought' NI., tin4anit • ' while and man's soul exposed to lc --hkAtatienY in a new aspect, ? the philosopher may m' see in these The a -42 111+,7' 4 can dare to assert is wanting in interest. lished to -ns e-? -a rn t Dampier has described and Defoe drawn m st a . terials ' ll4 th- --. w hom the books are new wi 1 be . a t'ke-r 44'rentures these x phon paralleled in us concep h,4olloi the I sthmus, en i lj id Swift forestalled ihis clin, I ,7" 1 1 , 1) 0 8 h ," 1 , e exeche eld t a customs of Lilliput. (Exul t an half - lir tii,`l t, i: a much more amusing writerltolclooked . 1110 „.11 -o,r4ns, a keen and enlightened observer,wi which the sea Zitlit - z e r , e , an serinr , as a chivalrous life, in ~ g , --43,.--- equall; hard knocks as the land hero, but more Ni '' 41 Y h. ~, . Ike.., e-raeters are not so grand as those of ambitious .....-"‘ k v .7 11 , to my reader men as greedy of gold, am s Alex ' 'Nei r ' le es as Pizarro or Cortes, and as reckless a kid a s history, I t i ts, bred cruel as Caasar. If the t.., Al a from the putrefaction of a decaying empire, hpre -vqellteattB Were at least gigantic, and their courage u . Buccaneers were but . 4 'I4I M ett,„ .liaaloha b e i tl with lags, hunters by land and sea, scaring whole t e°44 tat• a fe w canoes, sackinc , cities with a few grenadiers, 4iglllY 0 14g eV erY coast from California to Cape Horn, they tres e(led a common principle of uniou to have found . ed an 41 th ve republic as wealthy as Venice and as warlike as 4'l4it 0 1% . "" great...mind and the New World had been 1 , 1- Ill o l fd f i P ° 4l the fir s t P rovidence sowed amongst them the q:tt 4prd-difference of religion and difference d r i e ff n e e r w en e c c e , of race. t not by ite:/itie,t7s:n,l,l their race had . its ra 1 13,1 10 w er , t .... tby fresh recruits, li nwith uew interests %1 0 4)as sed .. li fs . • In .less than a century . the Brotherhood . ste le 74,Y, their virtues were forgotten and their vices I 1 y . T be u me oered. PZ,:od ic:l4.eallee.rs were robbers,yetthey sought something of St. Catherine, and et shed a ro)._,ll.a.osvelt took the island 1.°1 4)e 11r4 vo ' ' l n id ile ' ani-'Morganreligious`were , co s ntei t u la p w la s ted the destruction o o n f the Minutest delicacies IPl iti ll e s4r e l Ivea4lll7 regardfuland dedomyet obeying the sternest dis t,: Ali til 4 c., yet tender to their friends. . poor 1'0 1 , 4 .1c th e , a li lt aad shade of the darkest lookfictiot! .l.o._ te„-,aos, - "‘Lrentur es o f th ese me n . Catholies, ar r nie t re 7 sons, f: 1 7 . , 4 of rjallants, officers, common seamen, murderers, fanatics, Protestants, dide s' ~.. 111.nters, sailors, planters, „„ m r u s rd , monks, pilots, %tilts inZPanaillards negroes, astrelo ion e a tlie w titig tea. : 4 l ts-all pass before us I kt , s %Nu tt .. rifler . tide• The back-ground to these scenes are motley and ever , - . cOlat ~,,i s t l i l l e res of the West dark with wild Ite l ,Z. th e ws , firc-flies, broad savann b a i Indian Islands, s woods sparkling V marooned sail?rs, i prod ululs islands peopled , .of Jamaica , 'Mkt "I,,,oratories, the lonely sand ' kers - r--t-'-w-r444431,114.11 of Tortuis.?, AIONE )- 7 , ,,1 A RKET Ann (0 A' 111 CIAL INT LILL ft; Eff CAT. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, closed with a very buoyant appearance, and prices of all descriptions advanced Id. per lb. The sales were estimated at 30,0e0 bales (1,000 of which were taken for export, and 7,000 on speculation), comprising 1,200 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 71d.• ' 14,000 Bahia at 6 1d. to 6:ld. ; 10,000 Surat at nd. to 4d.; and 250 Ssa. Islands at 111 d. to Is. Bd. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed flatly, at lower prices. The intention of Government to bring on the question of limited partnership leads to a revival of the somewhat conflicting arguments as to the best means of accomplishing the object. In a pamphlet entitled " Trade and Partnership, the Relative Duties and Proper Liabilities of the Merchant and the State," Mr. Swinton Bonit, of Liverpool, enters very fully upon the means of bringing about a more equitable system, so as to insure freedom of action, distinctness of liability, simplicity in enforcing contracts, and uniformity in dealing with all trading con cerns, but does not appear to advocate many of the alterations which are now considered expedient. In his recognition of the claims of labour we cor dially agree, however, and the main difficulty is how to accomplish what is desired. The ship Orwell, from Melbourne, brings 32,607 oz. of gold, and the Waterloo and Wooloomooloo, from Sydney, have small amounts on board. The dates are not so late as those already to hand. In Madrid letters it is asserted that English and French capitalists had at length consented to make advances to the Trea4ury, but although M. Olo zaga is given as the authority for the assertion, it seems highly improbable while the Certificates re main unrecognised. At the special meeting of the Colonial Bank this day, the assent of the proprietors was given to the request of the directors to apply to her Majesty fur a supplementary charter in respect to its affairs. There was a meeting of the National Brazilian 12 Association, Mr. R. Shepherd in the chair. After 50 some explanations of the proposals of Mr. Oxen- ID ford, it was agreed that the Chancery proceedings st : should be withdrawn, and that Mr. Shepherd be 3 reimbursed for his expenses. Mr. Corney and 20 Mr. Hartley were added to the committee. 11 The extraordinary accumulation of bullion has r led many to believe that the Bank of England 20 would even at the board meeting of the directors, 1 0 this day, resolve upon another reduction of the 12i rate of discount, but no alteration has been an- St 50 flounced. The Stock Market is dull, at the decline which 254° occurred late yesterday. After the recent active 25 dealing and the trial of strength in the Commons St. this evening, the speculators are prompted either 25 to realise profits accrued or to await the result. 84t2s It is known that Ministers have sent a circular st. round to their supporters, urgently requesting their 50 attendance at a meeting in Downing-street, this 25 day, at one o'clock. Consols have been 90i for 100 transfer and account. The New 3 per Cents. have Fs, been 901 to 90g, and the Reduced 89ft Exche- F quer Bills have been 10s. to 145., and East India I Bonds 18s. to 21s. prem. The Omnium has been flatter, at 21 to 21 prem. The 30 Years' Annuity has realised 16g-. There is very little animation in the Foreign Steck Market, and Turkish Bonds again tend downwards, being 77i and 76k. Venezuela Bonds are 29, and Buenos Ayres 541. Mexican are weaker, viz., 22 to 4. Belgian 41 per Cents. are marked 911. Dutch 21 per Cents. have re ceded to 63i-, and the 4 per Cents. are rather higher, being 92i f to 93, 1 1 . The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 71; Mexi can, 22 to 22± ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 42 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a -Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181- to 18i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 37 to 37-i ; Ditto - Certificates, 4 to 41 ; Ditto Passive, 81 to 41. this year to a greater extent have The railway traffic returns tent h tb a a v n e b m e i e g n u m b a a in v t e a b in ee e n d expected, seeing the interrup e and a tnts t9 l s o Aus tralia b . l . ion to the ordinary y c t o be ur e s o e m o p f in e b l u le s d ess and ma n y distant foreign. mar es. It w . moderation by the w of ar ou ln r sl p n a: p r m k t, consids - ad full time p e rhaps be by many w b eurte formerin a e stablished is bettered companies dividends ; p tl o ia si t tio t n he to expensive management and the recent increased cost of many necessaries have proved a drawback. With any great increase of traffic, and no corre sponding enhancement of working charges, some augmentation of the dividends will very probably occur, and to this au easy money market, enabling the companies to borrow cheaply upon their de bentures, would contribute. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as follows : 1855. 1854. Great Western North-Western S)uth Western Brighton Aidland 25,803 25,912 South-Ea2tern 16,162 16,468 Caledonian Great Northern Lancn,F,hire and Yorkshire North-Eastern 11,231 11,279 19,505 17,174 19,587 19,386 32,257 3'0,789 The English Railway shares are somewhat heavy, 20 but the Market is generally dull. The Canadian p o undertakings are firm. Great Luxembourg rule 20 ± per cent. higher, and Western of France are fully 100 10s. better. Northern of France are well sup ported. 100 Mining Shares are neglected, and the Banks 2 2 5 5 present a quiet appearance. London and West minster have advanced slightly. Crystal Palace 100 are steady. 100 EIRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OW) K. (Front the Official ) Business done 3 per Cant. Reduced Annuitias ...... 893 .3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . ew 3 per Cont. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 76 .ern; Annuities, Expire sth Jan., iset) Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4a Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16i Liam Bonds, LIUt:U . ..... )itto, under tl.OOO lB 21. Crinsols .or Account, 30th May 903 Omnium I:,x,;llo..inta . Bills, 21d. moo 11500 . 10 15 STn01 , Ditto Advertised 4 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 54. 4exican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 221 2 17arkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account... Venezuela Bonds, 31 per Ceut.......... - - - - - _ Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 2. 1 ; per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 9l. Whiten Exchange, Zt per Cent. 12 Unit 634 Ditto 4 per Cent. Curtifieates ..... . HALF-PAST TWO. 99 Consols 9oi Ditto, May Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 21.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S.S.W.; light breeze, and fine weather. MARGATE, May 23.—The Success, from Rouen to Lon don, got on shore on Foreness Rock, this morning, during thick weather, but has been got off. SOUTHAMPTON, May 23.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Wash ington, for New York. PLYMOUTH, May 23 . — Wi n d , W.S.W. Arrived— Gazelle (store -ship), from Lonclou, for the Crimea. well Off Port— Wooloomooloo, from Sydney, N.S.W. ; Or, Melbourne. FALMOUTH, May 23.—Wind, W. Arri ved—H yg iea, from Matanzas ; Johanna Catharina, Akyab. Off Port — Clara, from Porto Rico, and sailed for Bremen; British Tar, Jamaica. COWES, May 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Johanna Caroline, from Maroim. IN THE CHANNEL.—Kohinoor, for Jamaica. POOLE, May 23 —Wind, W. Sailed—Hearts of Oak, for Newfoundland. SWANSEA, May 23.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Henrietta, for Cuba ; Appleton, do. AIEMEL.—The Emma and Helena has been brought in here a prize to the English blockading squadron. CAPE TOWN, March 30.—The Star of the East, from London to Aden, put in here on the 21st inst. with her crew in a state of mutiny ; she proceeded yesterday. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, S. .A.,rrived—Margaret , from Ilavre. Off Port—Parker, 11 11 from Demerara. Sailed—Crest of the Wave, for Philadelphia ; John Stowell, Quebec ; Wave Queen, Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, May 22. N.N.W. Arrived—Hannah Jane, from St. Sebastian ; St. Paul's, M 3 zagan ; Claude, Callao ; Antoinetto, Maria, and. Su sannah, Alexandria. Sailed—Phcenix, for Rotterdam. WATERFORD, May 22. Wind, S. Arrived—Elizabeth, from San Sebastian. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Thursday, 10 S.M. Wind, S.W. ; moderate, and fine. Passed—Bille, from the West Indies ; George Stock ham, from Cuba; Charles and Jane, Havannah ; Maid of Judah, Sydney ; Mary Henzell, westward ; Calypso, Ja maica ; Ceres, Sierra Leone ; Neleus, Bombay ; Sutlej, Calcutta; Camperdowu (99 transport), Qu e enstown—all for London. AnghortimE 9 Da Owen*. from Loam', fox Cardiff. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1855, !". 4 I ARE MARKETS LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY). THIS DAY.) RAMWAYII. Leastug Compans 1061112 Prteet yesterday. Onstress this day. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) RAILWAYS. WINTOSH V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY Cilosiiag Prices yesterday. The arguments in this important case were resumed this morning. On the conclusion of those on the part of the defendants, the Great Western Railway Company, Sir F. Kelly rose to reply, but was interrupted by 22 - 23 4i - 4i His Honour, who stated that he was very anxious, considering the importance of the case, and the magni tude of the sum at stake, to state what his impression were upon the point involved. The great difficulty his Honour felt, indeed almost the only one was upon the subject of the jurisdiction of the Court. His impression was rather in favour of the decree asked for by the plaintiff, if the Court had only the jurisdiction to make it, upon which he had considerable doubt after the decision of the late Lord Cottenham in two similar cases. Now, the course he would propose to be adopted Ras that Sir F. Kelly should postpone his reply till Monday, if that day would suit his convenience, and in the mean time his Honour would considtr the question of jurisdic tion, aed the judgment pronounced by Lord Cottenbam in the case be had alluded to. 81 - 81 14 -13 1 14i 15 9 8d 88 - 87 621 - 631 13 -14 i - 9 5 : 44 5, 1 1 - 61 Sir F. Kelly said he should be perfectly prepared, as he was now, to reply on Monday. As to the subject of the jurisdiction he felt no doubt, being convinced that if the Court should come to the conclusion that it had no jurisdiction it would be in effect a total denial on the part of the Court to do justice between the parties. His Honour would consider the subject between this day and Monday, but he could not but think the de cisions of Lord Cottenham were unfavourable to the jurisdiction of the Court. Looking, however, to the Present case, and considering the litigation that had taken place, he thought it was the duty of the Court to struggle for the jurisdiction, if it could, in order that the parties might not be sent de MVO to a court of law. 11 - 151 11 - 11 31 - Z 3 21 - 23 74i- 75 :'5 57 2d par 19 20 ••• ''' 68 - 70 91 - 92 76 - 78 24 - 1:6 96 -98 661 • 671 The further arguments in the case were then postponed to Monday, when Sir F. Kelly will reply, should the Court consider it necessary. 58 - 62 Nothing of the least interest came before any of the other Equity Courts to-day. 70 - 75 6 - 8 6 - 8 78i 79 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief-Justice Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) 7 8 100 -- 101 100 1004 ad 83i 9• 8 d I 8 7d DOWELL V. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. In this case, which we noticed in our yesterday's re port, their lordships took time to consider their judgment. 25 - 25 1 7i - 8i , . 71 - ;'ll 41 - 43 10 - 8 li - 2 ii --- a 29 ... 3O 73i 7441 4i 3 i i 131 13 49i 504 48 50 d par c 1 61 6i d tar 28 - 30 101 - 103 67 - 69 45 - 47 i 24 - 13, 6(4 60i 28 - 29 5 - 3 3 - 1 37 - 39 ... --. .• . - IN 20,, 3,\ - 44 22 - 21 7 - 8 ... .... •, .. - .. - n 4 - 3 - • ••I - it 1(I 35 351 8 9 7. 211 25 3i 3in - 51 181 - 191 53 - 55 93 - 95. 21 - 21. ! 7 g i - 49 - 5 i 2h - 2 i 2i - 31 21. - 21 100 - 101 107 - 109 109 - 110 101 103 - 22 LO9 - 111 . -- 41 , 1 -- 4ip 4 - 1p 2 21p 5 7 2 - 3 6 - 6i 35 - 35$ 13 - 13 ..• 74 SA 26i - 26ip ii 49 41. 43 ..., pip 22 - - 23 i 1 * d d 2 8 —Bi 2i -- Zip ... - pm 3i 4 d "ga 7 ... -- •.• - ••• 18 -18 i 13nsino.6 done this day. Bedford and Blc Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New,..-. Glstr.dx Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent, Do. 6 per et. Manch. Than. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear ...... Midld.Bm3.fd Newrnar77 s;, Bury Exton . N.& Est.sp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prost. & Wyr, Do. Stirs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth an' Gooleg. 5 p. c. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst Do S. Easter I Do Peto & Co Norfolk. Do. L.& N. W & lliidld Stcktoo Darling; hfidland.. En. Coan. E. Count Do L. ,t N. W &Luk,Yl , Do iGtWestn 100 I kberdeen 10 (1 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c.. all .31ythandTyne lOper , c. pref. (issd. at 50/, 00 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... )0 Caledonian £lO al Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent Xll Do. do. Pref. No. 2 al Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork dillandonsip.e 611 Dun.Prth .cf..i Aber. J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh )0 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c )0 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c 611 Eastern Counties Ex tension 5 p. c. No. Lll Do. No. 2 al Do. New 6 p. c. 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Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 3i i' d 50 40 Brit. American Laud 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. •.• and Reduction Co.. 100 32i Cana ll5 120 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July lll 111 3 / 4 1111 5 all Crystal Palace.... — 3 3 / 4 3 3 / 4 5 4 Do. Preforenc a 4i 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 $ Duston Iron Oro 20 8 3 / 4 Eastern Steam 25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ..• 20 all General Screw Steam .. 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena .it. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. E lec. Tel . ••• 10 9 Mexican&S.Amarien. 61 10 2 3 / 4 ' Do. New ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & I n t er. 0 1 1 Steam Navigat. Co. .„ 1 all N. P. Australasian._ 1 * 20 15 NAIL EuropeSt &am 1 all Oriental ! . 1 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2i 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 60 62 50 .10 Do. New 12 11i 2 all Portland Iron Co li r 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 —. 1 1. 3 / 4 Ditto New 25 all South Anstral.Lami 3 , 1 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 1 all 1)o. Itiwistared 20 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can. 2 1 " 281+ YAu DORen i o .0. 1 4 d Ise COOK V. WILDE'S JUDGMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a printer, of Maidstone, against the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Kent, for libel. The action was tried at the sittings after Michaelmas term, and the cause of action was certain remarks made by the defendant in a letter addressed to the Finance Committee of the county, re lative to the printing of the list of voters of the county, imputing to him the desire of extorting money from the county, which the justices embodied in their report to the quarter sessions, and which the defendant, as clerk of the peace, read in open court. At the trial the defend ant's counsel pleaded the letter was a privileged commu nication, and that the defendant was entitled to a non suit. For the plaintiff it was contended that it was not a privileged communication, and that the defendant had exceeded his duty in making the comments he had in that letter on the plaintiff, and that it was a question for a jury. Their lordships were of opinion that the letter in question was not a privileged communication, and that the remarks complained of were not necessary for the guidance of the committee in auditing the accounts; but the question of malice was one for a jury. They could not allow the verdict to stand for the plain tiff any more than enter a non-suit for the defendant, and could only pronounce, with the consent of both par ties, that there be a new trial. As the defendant might be thought to have exceeded his duty in doing what he had, and the plaintiff had had the means of pub licly denying the imputation, their lordships suggested that no further proceedings be taken in the case. HARRISON V. BUSH.-JUDGMENT. This was an action trial for libel, tried at the last Somerset assizes, in which a: verdict was given for the plaintiff, damages 20s. The plaintiff is a magistrate of the county of Somerset, acting in the Frome division, and the defendant is an inhabitant of that borough ; and the cause of action was a memorial, signed by the defen dant and about 200 other inhabitants ,of the bo rough, addressed to Lord Palmerston, as Secre tary of State, calling on his lordship to remove the plaintiff from the Commission of the peace, in col - sequence, as the memorial alleged, of his having incited the public to a breach of the peace at and during the late election for that borough. For the defendant it was contended this wa3 a privileged communication, which was replied to by the plaintiff that if so it should have been addressed to the Lord Chancellor, who alone had the power to remove a magistrate from the commit skin of the peace. Lord Campbell, in delivering the judgment of the court, said they wt.ro not called on to decide how far en honest mistake made by a person seeking redress sub jected him to civil or criminal responsibilities. After greet deliberation, the Court, however, was of opinion that the defendant had made no mistake in taking the course he had adopted ; and although had he addressed the memorial to the Lord Chancellor, it would have been a privileged communication, it was equally so by being addressed to the Secretary of State. It was a fallacy to suppose that a Justice of the Peace was made or removed by the Lord Chancellor, similar to that of the appointment and removal of County Court Judges. A. Justice of the Peace could only be appointed or removed legally and constitutionally by the Sovereign acting on her prerogative by the advice of a responsible minister, and the commission of the peace and the ap pointment of justices was in point of law as much the act of the Sovereign as the appointment of judges and the granting the commission of Oyer and Terminer, and the removal of judges was before they were made irre movable except by the joint address of both houses of Parliament to the reigning Sovereign. The Secretary of State was a responsible adviser of the Crown, and her Majesty had an interest in this matter, in so far as she had a desire to see justice administered to all of her subjects, and consequently she might receive through him such communications as were for the good of the parties interested. In this case the inhabitants might have suffered a grievance by a magistrate foment ing a riot instead of quelling it, and life and property thereby endangered instead of protecting it, and it would be their duty to see that such conduct should be inquired into. Under the circumstances they were of opinion the verdict should be entered for the defendant, and as the jury had found that the defendant presented the memorial bona fide for the purpose of obtaining re dress, the Court was bound to say he was not a libeller, and gave judgment in his favour. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. IMPORTANT PROMISSORY NOTE CASE. FORBES AND OTHERS V. FISHER AND OTHERS. The Court gave judgment upon this case this morning after hearing the remainder of the arguments which were not concluded yesterday. Mr. Wiles and Mr. Boviil showed cause against the rule, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Bramwell supported it. The Lord Chief Baron said the Court was of opinion that the rule ought to be discharged. The facts were very simple ; the action was brought upon promissory notes or bills of exchange, and the defence set up at the trial divided itself into three points, which points he (the Lord Chief Baron) had reserved not so much on account of their difficulty as upon an agreement between the counsel oa either side. The amount at stake was considerable, and, it was contended, there was a decision which bore upon the question, and which would exonerate the defendants. The court granted a rule to show cause on three points, one being with regard to the authority of the directors under the deed, another was with respect to the form of the note as regarded the expression used respecting it, and the third was that the signature to the note, it was said, was not that of the firm of drectors. On all these points the Court was of opinion, howeve r , th at t h e o bj ect i ons ma d e werein valid, and the rule must accordingly be discharged. Rule discharged. THE DERBY BAL MASQUE.—Last night the enterpris ing lessee of Drury-lane Theatre gave, in honour of the Derby-day, a Bal Masque, on a scale of magnitude ar,d expense never before attempted. Mr. Smith was, this time, bold enough to adopt a style of decoration which we believe is new to our theatres on these eventful even ings, and the result was that, although the company were not dazzled by glass curtains and those unrivalled gas lights which, under the management of Jullien, had the effect of throwing even the most brilliant costume into the shade, the area was illuminated in a most taste ful and inspiriting manner. The fronts of the boxes were ornamented with festoons of flowers and statuettes, each representing a figure known to the votaries of Terpsi chore, whilst the lights which illuminated a large por tion of the promenade, were so arranged as to display tulips, dahlias, and other floricultural beauties. The greater portion of the company did not appear in cos tume. The masquerade was, nevertheless, tolerably well supported, and the, amusements were kept up till a very late hour. 50 I :11 25 St. 20 St. 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 10 6 20 20 RAILWAPS. WO Aberdeen.. Ambg. Nottng Bost and Eastn. Junet... all Ballast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 29 Birkcnhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junet all Do. Chech. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £2O all Myth & Tyn 9 origins £25 (issi. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 jaledoniart 11. s. 'larmarthen and Ca: - digan all , niester, 11 lork and Bandon., 11 Jerk, Black, & Pas , .6 :I , ,rnwall .A irieff Junction Ouhli n &BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth&Ab , nleen Junction all Do. Now. ...... 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties..... 100 Eastern Union, A Stock ...... ••••• Dc., B. Stock Do., New A 100 East Lancashire I_o6 Edinbargh& Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles. 1.00 Edin. Pith &Dundo: 1 Forth & Clyde Jun , . all Furness . all Do. Extension 100 Gl a sgow& S. Westor, ' 100 great Northern . 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1)0 It. Sth. &West. (Ire. 100 Great Western........ 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlis 14 Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.andYork.. Do. Wet. Riding lln all Liv:Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cat 1.00 Lond. and N. Weste 16 Do. Fifths 51 Do.lo/.511,,,M&8 0 `b, Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Wectn 421 Do., £5O. 34 Do., .£4O all Lndudrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry.& Ennisk. 100 Vlanch.Shef.& Lindh) all Do. Shares, No. Sts. Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmn g. & Derby ail Midld. G. West. (Im) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 231 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 32 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred ' all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N. E. Pure'', all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 11 , North London all Do. New XIO 3 Is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jib. ' 171 North Staffordshire.. all North Western.., .... all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth 1.00 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 100 Shropshire Union a 1 South Devon 110 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Do 5 Do L 1 Staines, Wok. &W a 1 Stockton & Darlin 19 . 4 & Hartlepl 1.00 Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO ehares . too [la. Prof., No. 1..... 21i Tilqines Haven Doe and 11, iilwav 131verstone & Lanes all V,, Waterfd. & 1 1 1 Waterfor 14Limer,.1 all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London mil Crystal Palace: all (West Loudon 11718.1Wimbledn &Croy& a ll Antwerp& Itott .:rdam 4 lielgian Eattn. June. 10 Beziers to Graissessa.o 2s. Bombay, Ihroda, and Coatrpd ludia,Serip all Demerara . ........ 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do, New all East Indian, g. sp. c 10 Do. Es;ensiou all Do. 4l p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Po. do. do., '59, do 15 Gol. Tlr of CanadAA is. Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. CO Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till'63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Centro.' of Franco all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Extensions.... . all Do. do 12 Groat Luxembourg Constituted Shares all I Do. Obligations all Glt.Wosternof Canad Shares all Do. lids., payable's7, with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 . all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basl , all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons & Mediterran 16A Madras 10 Do. Now '3IA Maria Antonia dl Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France. all Do .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelinop guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 22:y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 .Tan. 1851, ail Do. 20% 3 p. cP le (ftny.D.& Ams. fibs all Norwe3ianTrunk r •e' 1.6 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans. all Paris and Boum.. 13 ParisCaen & Cherb 3. all Ronen and Havre.. all Royal Danish ...... 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mouse_ all Do. 5i p. cont. Pref. 2s. Scind3 14 Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . all West Flanders all Do 6i per c. Pref 16 Western of France In Wee:. of Switzerland all Wi3sbaden all Zealand F 01: EIGN. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company Britisill N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, A istralia, & Chin 0 I City Co' .Commercial of Loud. English Scottish ani . kustralian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of Ditto IN , London ?Aunty London Joint Stock Loud. & Weßtminster National Provincial of England Uo. New National of Ireland New South Wales 'Mental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australu.Bkg, Gold. Imp C 0..., Ainth Australia ..... , Union of Australia... `Do. Now I.JUIOD. Of LORA% 81 - 83 • 4 • ''. ••• i d par . 17 --19 20 21.:! id i P di, • 32 = 34 40 - 42 see '..' ... 71 73 9 = fa 5 5 5 20 20 20 20 20 io all 5 5 0 4 ► 120 :0 all D 1 all !O 5 i 0 20 IQ 25 LO all 5 1 ;bull ;6 I x6' lli a 91i 2 66 7 101 1001 100 99i 100 i 84 3 i 21 73i 4 81 33 4f a (1 24f 13 2.1 i 3 21i f si i 23 i 50 50 25 all all all all St. 1 20 st. 9$ a 2i a a 6j a' 10 St. tO St. 10 6t a 0 a] 20 al 5 al 10 al St. al St. 10 5 al St. 101 20 al St. 1( St. 11 St. 11 St. 101 12i 5 10 St. 20 50 St. 1.1 St. li St. I 10 a, 10 al St. 1.01 265 al 13ii al 20 al St. I St. I St. 11 St. I St. 11 St. 111 Do.. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (From the Morning Herald Correspondent.) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, MAY 9. w c h h ee I f m e l i e n n g t o o f n e general y d l i e s t g t u e s r t of a t y e our ste r i d n a a y c , t s i v e e i t m y, rather to i ncr ease than otherwise. lam informed s that so me o f th e reg i men t s , on being disembarked from the Kertch expedition, a c tually hissed and groaned, and th a t one , a French regiment, was almost in a state of mutiny. Admiral Lyons and Sir George Brown did their utmost to induce the French Admiral Bruat to disregard the order, and proceed, but he declined, though quite as much chagrined and disappointed as the rest, the respon sibility of such a step. We are in a state of the most perfect idleness at present. Except during the night, when the work ing parties go down to the trenches, there is not even the semblance of active hostilities g•iing for ward. From sunrise to sunset, our attacks never fire a shot, and the French are as quiet as ourselves . Only our large mortars fire once every hour, in re ply to al,,out a dozen guns from the enemy. We are in short doing absolutely nothing, and as far :is wo are able to judge, we are not likely to do much more for some time to come. I do not suppose another expedition to Kertch will be attempted, yet no other place is open to us. At Theodosia a blow might be struck, but to be effectual it should be done at once, for as soon as Kertch is secured the Russians are sure to throw up strong works round Theodosia. The general opinion seems to be that 35,000 or 4),000 of the French will take the field, accompanied by the Turkish and English cavalry ; but no one can for a moment conjecture in what direction they would or could move. It is impossible to go two miles in any direction from our lines without coming upon the entrencked camps of the enemy. In the mean time, however, the cavalry are being drilled and inspected as if something was really on the tapis. Yesterday the whole of the French cavalry were inspected by Canrobert and Raglan near the Eng lish head-quarters. They turned out between 4000 And. 5000 effective horsemen, all, both men and animals, in good hard-working condition. To-day the Turkish cavalry were reviewed, and in point of 'liscipline and efficiency made the best appearance of any. There were only about 800 of them, but the men were stout active fellows, clean, and well equipped ; the horses small, but high-spirited and in fine condition. There was one regiment of Turkish Dragoons, and one of Lancers. Both went ►hrough their evolutions slowly, but with a pre oision and good order which I have seldom seen surpassed ; and the well ordered, compact, and rapid charge they made at the close of the day's manoeuvres was most brilliant. A couple of days since the English cavalry was inspected on the heights above Kadikoi. The light and heavy bridge, united with the 10th Hussars, who have just arrived, and muster 650 sabres, made a total force of 1,400 men. To this force the 11th Hussars could only contribute one serjeant and two privates ; but, as the weather is now ap parently settled fine, the sick horses are fast reco vering, and each day will add to our cavalry strength. The 12th Lancers, part of whom have already landed from the Himalaya, muster 850 sabres. So that before the end of this week we shall be able to show at least 2,000 effective horsemen ; and these united with the French and Turks would make a very respectable figure in a pitched battle. Some of the officers and staff of the Sardinian contingent landed at Kamiesh yesterday. A few of the officers have been down to Balaklava and the English camp, but as yet none of the troops. It is said that the safe keeping of our lines at Bala klava is to be confided to the Sardinians ; and the Highlanders, rifles, and marines, moved to the front. None will more rejoice at such a movement than the Highlanders themselves. •Up to the pre sent time they have had but little of the hardships 4 . the campaign, and still less of the actual fighting, and they long to be again in the front, taking their share of the struggles in the trenches. It is very probable that as soon as all the Sardinians are ar rived our line will be extended to its old position along the Woronzow-road. With the large force of cavalry which is likely to be kept at Balaklava some iuch step will be absolutely necessary to give us camping room. At present our ground is exceed ingly crowded, and with the arrival of fresh troops will become still more so. By the way, has it ever struck the authorities chat even the facilities of Balaklava harbour are limited, and that now we have exceeded them? We rave at present 30,000 English troops here. With he drafts of cavalry and infantry that are expected, the land transport corps, and 15,000 Sardinians, we tre likely, before a couple of months, to be 6;),000 Urong ; and for such a force, and all its stores and provisions, Balaklava is too small. Already it is )vercrowded in every way, and each day becomes core so. Another place must soon be selected, as for the provisions anti munitions of war for even tOOO men it will not contain a sufficient number of vessels, much less afford them sufficient room to isenthark their stores. . - Lieutenant Beak, R.E., who was dangerously wounded in the trenches a few nights back, sunk under his injuries, and died yesterday evening. He is very deeply regretted, not only by the officers of his own corps, among whom lie was distinguished for ability and zeal, but by all who knew him. I am also very sorry to say that several fresh cases of Asiatic cholera appeared in different reyi inents in camp to-day ; three of them proved fatal. Fever and other diseases generally stem'on the de cline, except among the 79th Highlanders, where a most malignant typhus is still very prevalent. The 71st Highlanders have been moved up to the front, and, with the 48th Regiment and 3d Buffs, occupy the ground between the light and fourth divisions. THURSDAY, MAY 10. About one o'clock this morning the camp in front was roused up by an extremely heavy fire of mus ketry and repeated cheering along our Right At tack. The elevated ground and ridges in front of the Third and Fourth Divisions were soon crowded with groups of men from the tents in the rear. It was a very dark night, for the moon had not yet risen, and the sky was overcast with clouds, but the incipient flashing of small arms which lighted up the front of the trenches, the yell of the Rus sians (which our soldiers have christened " the Inkermann screech"), the cheers of our men, and the volume of the fire indicated the position, and I showed that a contest of no ordinary severity was taking place. There is an earnestness and reality about the musketry on such occasions which has a language of its own that cannot be mistaken. The regularity and precision of the jeu de joie,, the platoon or fire firing of our reviews, have little kiu with the passionate, intense, and startling bursts of rifle and musket, and give but an imperfect notion of the deadly rattle and fitful roll of I small arms in action, where every man is loading and firing as rapidly as he can, and where th e formation of the line is altering every moment. For a mile and a-half the darkness was broken by outbursts of ruddy flame and bright glittering , sparks, which advanced, receded, died out alto gether, broke out fiercely in patches in innumer able twinkles, flickered in long lines like the elec tric flash along a chain, and formed for an instant craters of fire. By the time I had reached the front—about five minutes after the firing began — the fight was raging all along the right of our posi tion, and as some extra men had been sent down to the batteries when the relief marched down it was thought that we might have made an attack on the Russian works close to our advanced trenches, hut it was soon tolerably certain that the enemy had either made a sortie upon Gordon's new works, or a vigorous assault upon the men in front of the trenches. I cannot now ascertain the particulars of the affair, even if one could have the heart to dis turb the poor fellows who may have come up from the trenches, and I can only describe what I saw. It seemed as if the fiercest and most determined struggle took place on the left of our right attack, but the ground is so very deceitful at night that it is impossible to determine localities with anything like precision. The wind was favourable for hear ing, and the cheers of the men, their shouts, the voices of the officers, the Russian bugles and our own, were distinctly audible. The bugles of the Light Division and of the Second Division were sounding the " turn out" on our right as we reached the high ground, and soon afterwards the . alarm sounded through the French camp close te. them. Hundreds of the soldiers had got up, were drawn up, watching with the most intense r terest the fight before them, as far as they co l u .fr ld ht s ed see it. The tents of the Fourth Division we up, and the old Inkerman men were all e anxious and ready for the word to march, should their is e i cesberfeociruairqeuda.rtel; The ef a musketry, n having hour, began tgo rolled cease incessantly at intervals along the line. Here and there it stopped for a moment altogether ; again it burst forth. Then came a British cheer, which thrilled -through every heart. " Our fellows h ave d r i ven them back ; bravo !" Then a Russian yell, a f res h burst of musketry, more cheering, a rolling volley subsidin g into spattering flashes an d b ro k en fire, a ringing hurrah from the front ; an d t h en the Rus sian bugles sounding the " retreat," and our own bugles the " cease firing," and the attack, after half-an-hour's duration, was over. The enemy were beaten, and were retiring to their earthworks; now the batteries opened to cover their re treat. The Redan, Round Tower, Garden Batte ries, and Road Battery, ships, lighted up the airroanaidetbd the probably ofb ythtehier guns. The batteries at Careening-bay and at the north Side of the harbour oontriblited their Area and the sky was seamed by the red track of innu..- re m aan e r, an r n a o ble . _ shells. You could see clearly at times the ground clo se aroun d y o u from the flashes of th e o l lines. es. The round shot tore the air with a harsh o nd shells bur s t a l mos t in volleys along our Theßussians were avenging themselves as best they might fo r their andanger repulse, and might the be in extent vigour _ theirmortification ferred from the they weight of their can nonade. The instant began to fire, our ever active allie s the French, on our right, opened. from their batteries over he Inker a ma lso n rep a l n ie d d, f an rom a the redoubts to draw off t Russian guns from. our men ; and our own batteries sent shot and shell in the direction fire was very e lthe retreating enemy. The effect of this combined formidable to look at, but was probably ocii continued, not nearly so destructive as that of the musketry. half-past 1 till 3 o'clock the cannonade From but the spectators had retired before 2 0 and tried to sleep as well as they might in the midst of the thunders of the infernal turmoil. This conflict must have caused considerable loss, and it is a time of painful suspense while one is in a state of uncer tainty respecting the fate of friends and the result of such an encounter. Soon after 3 o'clock a.m. it began to bow and rain with great violence, and on getting up this morning I really imagined that one of our terrible winter days had interpolated itself into our Crimean May. The tents are dank with wet, the whole camp looks black and miserable, and one step out of doors takes you over the shoes in mud. 3 O'CLOCK P.M. The rain has ceased, and the soil is beginning to dry up already, but it still blows strongly. It is stated th a t th e fi g h t l as t n i g ht or this morning was less serious than we imagined. The Russians came on us on the left cf the right attack, close to the Woronzoff-road, but the troops were ready for them, and d rove them back i n sp i te o f t h e i r ver y heavy m us k etry. up a heavy fire fromApard took them in flank, and, although the enemy kept sortie, or even a premeditatedof the Ligh d t .d Divis b ion t little injury. It does a it was, the Russians were t e a r n e c a e t , tac th k e not appear to have been a They had pushed is a strong column of completely but, l uwhat evers foiled.o troops, and proceeded, it supposed, to execute the advanced some works in the r ear o f parties which were sent on towa r d s our lines to shield the works from observation. Our sentries on the alert and gave the alar s es alarm, and as were the enemy drew near the men were in rea ness for them. The Russians crept upon their bellies, delivered a volley at the parapet which did no harm, and then rushed on, b u t th ey were received by a very heavy and well-directed discharge of Minies, which killed and wounded a considerable number of them. They then lay down again, loaded, and fired from the ground, but their officers in vain endeavoured to lead theta up to our lines, from which our troops kept up an incessant fire. A portion of the Light Division, moving towards the left, charged another party of Russians coming up close to the Woronzoff-road, and utterly routed them. The enemy, who lost at every volley, notwithstanding their caution, after uttering repeated cheers and yells, principally raised, one may imagine, by the officers, retreated down the hill, and it could be seen that they bore great numbers of dead and wounded along with them. It is supposed the Russians had 150 hors de combat. The tremendous cannonade they opened was unattended with much effect, considering its weight and intensity, and was only so much waste of ammunition, but our fire on their retreating columns must have added considerably to their casualties. The total loss in the Light Division last night, I am glad to say, turns out to be only 14 hors de combat. Lieutenant Lawrence, of the 34th Regi ment, and three men were wounded. The gallant 7th Regiment had five men wounded; the 88th had three men ; the 90th, one man ; and the 23d, one man wounded. The Russians have succeeded in getting five mortars to bear upon our right atta ck, which are likely to increase our casualties. We have never had so many mortars directed against this one spot at any time previous to the present. FRIDAY, May 11.—Last night, about 10 o'clock, there was another alarm along our lines. It was exceedingly dark, and the wind was high. The sentries in front challenged and gave the alert, and the men who were in the advanced parallels began to fire with steadiness and rapidity at a body of Russians who were trying to get up to them in the darkness. The enemy replied, and for a time there was a desultory firing, the flashes from which were visible, but it was impossible to hear, owing to the violence of the wind. The fight took place in front of our right, attack, and was over in about half-an-hour or less. The instant the enemy re tired their batteries oli.ened as before, and threw very heavy and repeated f1i . 2,-hts of shot and shell upon our works. The 2.1 Division were the prin cipal sufferers. The newly-arrived battalions of the Royals received their bapteme de fcu, and had three men killed and four wounded, principally by shells—altogether we ha I nine men killed and seven wounded. - Most of the wounds are of a very serious character, being inflicted by jagged pieces of boinl,s. Omar Pasha visited Lord Raglan yesterday, and rode out with the Field-Marshal subsequently towards Balaklava. It was Lieutenant Rochfort, of the 49th Regiment, who was wounded the other night, and not Corban, as I was erroneously in formed. The last-named officer went home some time ago. SAT6ILDAY MORNING, May 12, 10 a.m.—Last night, iu the midst of an awful storm of rain and. wind—so thick that no one could see a yard be yond him—a body of Russians came up on our left attack, but the sentries gave the alarm just in, time ; and Colonel Macbeth, of the 68th Regi ment, got his men into order and received the first fire of the enemy as they came up to the trench with perfect steadiness. Some of the Rus sians lept up on the parapet and jumped into the battery, where they at once met their fate. There was a desperate struggle between the Russians and the men of the 68th outside the lines, in which the bayonet was freely used on both sides ; but the enemy were repulsed by our fellows, led by Col. Macbeth, Lieutenant Hamilton, and a sergeant of the 68th. I regret to say that Captain Lloyd Ed wards and six men of the 68th were killed, and 22 men of the same regiment were wounded. We took some wounded prisoners. It is, of course, impossible at this early hour to ascertain the par ticulars of the attack, as the men have not come up from the works yet. Some of our men were wounded by stones flung by the Russians, whose guns would not go off owing to the wet. The enemy lost heavily, and they were seen dragging off their dead during the night. It is now blowing hard, and it has rained all night. The camp is a mass of mud, and has re sumed its old wintry aspact. 1 D 111 IN LS TRATI PE REFORM. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.—A preliminary meeting of gentlemen connected with the borough of Marylebone was held on Tuesday evening at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road, for the purpose of making arrangements for a great borough demonstration in favour of the move ment for administrative reform. Mr. Stockton, of St. Pancras, presided, and was sup ported by H. Farrer, Esq., churchwarden of St. Pan cras, Jacob Bell, Esq., F. H. Bridgman, Esq ., Dr. Gar rod Dillon, J. A. Nicholay, Esq., Ross, M'Evily, D'lffanger, Soden, Hullah, Freetb, Brooks, Winter, Pallett, &c. Messrs. Stephens , It was resolved to hold a public meeting of the bo rough of Marylebone on the 30th inst. in the Vestry hall, St. Pancra', "To consider and determine upon the best mode of enforcing the present demand for strong, searching, and extensive reform in the executive depart claims to the Government of this great country, and the ments of the State, the entire overthrow of all family best method of obtaining the best qualified men for office without reference to the party and position they may occupy. It was resolved that Mr. Farrer, as senior churchwar den Of St. Pancras, be requested to take, the chill-, and. the meeting adjourned for the purpose of drawing up resolutions. jr ABKHT IVg 14 -( nil IS AY MEAT MARKETS. , L a E s e . f D o E I I N O u w A s L : l. l3 — e W ef, e fr h o a m d 3ass(kilowtos4alse2facir; l u tton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5 s Od to 6s 4d ; Veal, 36 8d to 4,,gd ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4 s 4d per Ms, by the carcase . SOUTHALL, May 23.—Th e suppl i es of each kind of stock,' E f " eat were seasonabl) large, and th e trade ruled heavy, at barely h stationary prices :—B ee f , f rom 3s 2d to 4s Gd; Mutton, Ew kindo A T o Gd to 4s 10d; Lamb, 562 d to Gs Gd ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Pork, :Is 4d to 4s 2d per 8113 s, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, May 23 . —Prime sheep, lambs, and calves moved off steadily, at very full prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d: Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 0:1; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s ''d per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20s to 25s each. HAY MARKETS. 3 IIITiI.PIELD.-11eadow hay, 31 03 to 51 5s Od ; clover ay., 3/ 5 to 6-; ; and straw, 11 58 to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. eUmBERLAN.i... Meadow li Ly, 3! 3s to 51 5; ; clover , litto, 3! 58 to 6! 6s ; and straw. 1/ Gs to 1/ 12s per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—AIeadow hay, 3! 03 to 5' ss; clover ditto, 31 5s to 61 6s; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1l 12a per load. Trade firm. A Slam, BILL.—The Montreal Pilot of the 6th inst. says —We understand that Madame St. Julien has in. s tituted an action against the Governor-General for the sum l of ' b d, and that eingMada of Madames "small suitesmall for his Ex. celeny during the three days be was the guest of the city in March last. The cor poration refused to pay the mount, which they con s id ere d exorbitant, aad of coarse th e governor canno t clrblo.ar pay without giyisg offense to his how% - J, e