The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-21 00:00:00

.flitr* :;1;::11fitton SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATTRRSALL'S.—(This Evening.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (taken) 9 to 1 agst Emigrant (taken) 10 to 1 agst Harry Lorrequer (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Seaman (taken) 15 to 1 aget Jean du Quesne (taken) 16 to 1 agst Jumpaway (taken) 22 to 1 agst Freetrader (taken) 25 to 1 agst Potter (taken) 40 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken) 50 to 1 agst Victor Emmanuel (taken) 50 to 1 agst Minerva (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10 to 3 agst Yellow Jack 10 to 3 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 501. even between Yellow Jack and Fly-by-Night (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fatalist (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken) 50 to 1 aget Kalipyge (taken) DERBY. 7to 1 agst 'Wentworth (taken) 10 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 17 to 2 agst Ellington (taken) 100 to 1 agst Newington BRISTOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) Minor .. GoodiAd 1 Four ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Cup Bearer Louis Napoleon Three ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented seve ral petitions against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. The Earl of CARNARTON presented a similar petition. Lord MONTEA.G LE presented petitions to a similar effect. Lord REDESDALE presented simliar petitions from places in Yorkshire. Lord DUNGA.NICON presented a petition praying. that Church rates may not be abolished until an equiva lent is provided, and also one in favour of the opening of the British Museum, the National Galery, and Crystal Palace on Sundays. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition against the opening of places of amusement on Sundays. LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. The whole of the clauses were agreed to, and the report wai ordered to he received to rnorn)w. TRIAL OF OFFENCES BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION. Lord PANMU.RE announced that her Majesty by the advice of her Ministers had appointed a board of general officers to inquire into the matters adverted to in the report made by the Commiasionere sent out to the Crimea. That board would have the power to receive and to consider the different statements of those officers 'whose conduct had been animadverted on in the report allnded to. The Earl of HA.RDWICKE said it was bis ,opinion that the very moment the report in question bad been placed in the bands of the Commander-in• Chief, the na tnral and proper course for that distinguished individual to pursue would have been immediately to order a full and searching inquiry into the conduct of those officers charged in that report with mis conduct. He thought that the situation of those officers was one of a very painful and delicate character. They had been obliged to bear the obloquy of public opinion, and to endeavour to redress their own grievances by their own hands in the public prints. Lord PANMURE denied that the Government could act otherwise than they had already done. They pub lished the report as soon as it was possible after they had read it, and now certain officers who telt themselve aggrieved by it thought that they were improving their position by publishinglat once their own defence in th , public papers. This was no fault of his. The Earl of ELLENBORO UGH asked whether the Commission would have the power to examine witnesses! Lord PANMURE answered in the affirmative. Earl GREY thought that the subjed was too im portant to be introduced in this irregular manner. A course had now been taken by the Government which might lead to serious consequences, The usual way for the Government to pursue was to declare their judg ment on the report in question, and to state what ulterior proceedings ought to be founded on that report. After a few observations from Earl GRANVILLE and Lord BROUGHAM, the subject dropped. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. the Earl of DERBY rose to put a question to her Majesty's Government as to the respective duties and responsibilities of the Secretary of State for the War Department and the Commander-in-Chief of her Ma jesty's forces, and to move for any document in which such respective duties may be limited and defined. The noble lord proceeded to state the important duties that devolved upon the Secretary for War during a state of war, and stated that so important were they that the Secretary for War might almost be termed a dictator to the rest of his colleagues. The Secretary of State for War was not to interfere with patronage or promotion. Such was all the information respecting the duties of Minister he had been able to obtain. He had had tl e honour to fill the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies when it was united with that of Secretary at War, and he could say, from experience, that the duties were of a very trifinig character. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER,. Mr. HARDY took the oaths and his seat for Leomin star. An immense quantity of petitions against the opening of the British Museum, National Gallery, and Crystal Palace on Sundays. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented several petitions in favour of opening the Crystal Palace and British Museum on Sundays. o.ie "was from Leicester, signed by the Mayor, on the part of a numerously attended meeting ; another wsos from the working men of Lei cester with their addresses in full ; another from Dover similarly signed ; another from St. Paul's Churchyard, sod another from the printers of the metropolis. Mr. BROCKLELIURST presented three petitions from Macclesfield against opening the Museum, &c., on Sundays, via., from the inhabitants, the Sunday school teachers, and the Independents ; also one from the Wesleyan body at Knutsford. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition front the corporation of Birmingham against the Police Bill. The presentation of petitions this afternoon occupied Ono hour and five minutes. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Stigo in the room of the late }sir. J. Sadleir, EDUCATION. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on that day fort night he would subunit a resolution with reference to education. EXETER COLLEGE STATUTES. Mr. HEY WOOD gave notice that he would move for an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to withhold her consent from certain statutes of Exeter College, Oxford, recently sanctioned by the Oxford University Commissioners, and which impose new religious tests on the scholarships and fel• lowships of Exeter College. GRAND JURIES, Mr. L. KING gave notice for a motion declaring the :uselessness of grand juries. POLICE BILL. Sir G. GREY said he would :rilove the second reading of this bill on Friday. the 29th inst. If anything occurred to prevent it he would give further notice to the house. THE SUGAR TRADE. Mr. MOFFATT moved for tabular returns showing of sugar of th e several sorts importe d i nto the quantities the United Kingdom, and the quantity retained for home consumption ; together with the rates of duty and the net revenue accrui ng therefrom in each year, from 1800 to 18.5 charged thereon, and JOINT-STOCK BANKS, Ina reply to a question from Mr. DUNLOP, Mr. LOWE said it wag intended to appl y the J o i nt Stock Act to Scotland. On i'vionelay he proposed to proceed with this bill pre Ji)rina, and also with the Limited Liabilities Bill, and the Local Dues on Ship. ping Bill. C VA T.P.V SUPPLTES. J. FERGL'k4;.\T — askeatd;aUne•fer•Seeretary for War whether it Was true that the saddles recently sup plied to the oil Regiment of German Cavalry were so bad that the commanding officer refused to receive them, as they would have injured the back s o f the horses ; that a Board, of which Colonel Potldares from Maidstone was a member, condemned every one of them ; that, when Brigadier- General Stutterheim inspected this regiment, in charging ten bits broke in two in the horses' mouths that, f ro m the cloth of the oreralls being so bad, or from its not having b een shiunk 'oeUre being wrough THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING . FEBRUARY 21, 1856. were identical with those laid before the house. Same returns had been prepared by one of the commissioners with reference to the severity of the disease and suffer ing of the army in the East, which had been disap proved of by the other commissioner. It was not proper, under such circumstances, to present those returns. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. PRESENTATION OF A GOLD ALBERT CHAIN TO MR. NELSON LEE. Tuesday being the fiftieth representation of the pan tomime, Mr. Johnson, one of the lessees, presented his partner and the author, Mr. Nelson Lee, with a massive gold Albert chain, valued at 20 guineas, as a token of respect, and to commemorate the unprecedented success attending the "Fox and the Grapes," his 199th panto mime. We know of no gentlema❑ more deserving. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BLACKWALL. The poll demanded at the half-yearly meeting, on the election of an auditor in the room of the late Capt. Pro byn, was taken on Tuesday and yesterday, at the Fen church-street station, and the scrutineers declared the state of the poll at its close to be-- Shares. Votes. Mr. C. Whetham Mr. G. Smith 5,852 ... 2,171 Mr. J. Pilcher Mr. W. Taylor whereupon the chairman declared Mr. Whetham elected. also declaring a number of shares forfeited on which calls had not been paid. The retiring auditor was elected, and the remuneration to the auditors advanced to 1001. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and Board of Direc- tors closed the meeting. Naval and Military Intelligence. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richd. Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., arrived at Portsmputh yesterday forenoon, and rehoisted his flag as Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet on board the Duke of Wellington, 131 (Captain of the Fleet the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8.), Capt. Caldwell, C.B. The usual salutes wer e exchanged between Rear- Admiral Dundas aud Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., G.O H., the Commander-in-Chief of the port. Rear-Admiral Baynes, C. 8., as already stated, has re hoisted his flag on the Retribution steam-frigate at Sheer ness. The third in command is a new appointment, that of Capt. H. J. Codrington, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Al giers, 91, who is ordered to hoist a broad pendant as Commodore on board the Majestic, 81 ( , crew), and be third in command of the Baltic fleet. It is surmised that Capt. Hope, C. 8., of the Majestic, will hare the Algiers vice Codrington. The above appointment involves a change in the commands of the gun-boat flotilla. Capt. the Hon. Hry. Keppel, C. 8., of the Colossus, 81, will now be senior officer in command of this new and numerous force, vice Codrington, to a division of the fleet. Capt. Hastings R. Yelverton, C. 8., will command the second division of the gun-boat flotilla, vice Koppel, to be senior officer. Capt. W. Peel will command the third division, vice Yelverton, appointed to the second. Capt. A. C. Key will command the fourth division. There were 23 of these gun-boats at the Motherbank yesterday. The Hawke, 60, Captain Ommanney, went down and moored at the head of them as a depot ship. Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly is the senior lieutenant of these gun-boats. - The Collossns, 81, bent sails yesterday. Crimean war medals for such of the crews of those ships lately serving in the Crimea as have returned to port and not receiving them were yesterday distributed at Portsmouth. The Royal Marines had three clasps each to theirs. The Perseverance and Urgent steam troop-ships, Commanders Crang and Phillips, were docked yesterday at Portsmouth, to be refitted with all despatch for the conveyance of troops. The Caritaur, 6, paddle-sloop, Capt. Clifford, C. 8., and the Fury, 6, paddle t sloop, were taken out of dock at Portsmouth yesterday after refit. The Dee, steam-tender, Master-Commander Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from the eastern ports, with machinery fur the steam fleet under refit. The steam-transport Cleopatra, No. 136, left Ports mouth harbour yesterday for Corfu, Constantinople, and Balaklava, with a fine bir wind and every chance of a speedy run down Channel. She conveyed the following officers and troops :--Major Cross, Lieut. Hursly, Ensign Westly, 248 men, 5 women, and 8 children of the I,t Lancashire Militia ; Lieut. Keogh, Cornets Foster, Applin, Keogh, and Snlith, and 100 men of the Land Transport Corps ; Capt. Peirse, Lieut. Carter, Ensign Keston, and 83 men of the Medical Staff ; also Lieut. NVontney, and 90 men of the Osmanli Horse Artillery, Mrs. and Miss Dunn. The Harrier, 17, screw-sloop, Commander Derriman, which arrived at Dartmouth on Saturday, from Ply mouth, is again ordered to Spithead, which she left a week since with supernumeraries. A. court-martial, comprising Capt. Codrington, C. 8., President; Captains Sir T. Maitland, C. 8., Eliott, C.B, Hope, C.B , Robinson, Watson, C. 8., W. 11. Hall. C. 8., Lyster, Gordon, Ommanney, Wilson, Harris, and D'Eyn court, and Mr. Hellyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, astembled yesterday morning on board the Vic tory, flag-ship, in Portsmouth harbour, to try the com mander and the master of her Majesty's steam troop-ship Perseverance, on the following charge : " For that the said C >outlander John Henry Crang, when commander of her Majesty's steurn-sloop Perseve rance, and in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, an the said Mr. Williams Hugh Tilly Green, when master of said sloop, and in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, did, through want of care, run the said sloop Perseverance aground in the morning of the 7th day of February, 1856, on the beach to the west ward of of the Bill of Portland." The Court opened at 9 o'clock in the morning, and was sitting when this report left last night. During the visit which her Majesty on Tuesday paid to the wounded and invalid soldiers at Womlwich Ar senal, her Majesty, after inspecting the Russian trophies, desired that one of the large bells brought from Sebas topol should be forwarded to the Castle at Windsor. Her Majesty likewise expressed a desire that the orders for the exclusion of stiangers to the Arsenal should be relaxed in some degree for a few weeks, so as to admit the public to view the trophies. Lord Panmure, therefore, before his departure, gave instructions that any visitors, not being furnkhe I with orders for admission to the Arsenal and who may present themselves at the gate, should be permitted to proceed over the Dial-square only, in which place the trophies aro deposited. The paddle-wheel steamer Rhadatnanthus arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday night, and was admitted into basin yesterday morning, to reload with steam machinery fur Portsmouth. The Hesper, Government steam•transport, was yester day morning- taken into the fitting basin at Woolwich to have her defects made good. The Mohawk despatei gun-vessel was yesterday morn ing removed from 'Messrs. Young's building-yard, Wool wich, to be rigged and fitted at Chatham fa. service. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle has left Woolwich basin and proceeded down the rivr on a cruise for four days, in order to carry out sundry experiments with her machinery while under steam, which have been proposed by Mr. Westrom, an American engineer. A renewal of the experiments with Capt. Boxer's im proved ConL;rave rockets has taken place in the Arsenal marshes, Woolwich. A large number of these rockets were tested, and fired experimentally, all of which suc ceeded remarkably well. The echooner eiueen, T. Barter master, is shipping at Woolwich a quantity of powder and empty powder eases for Portsmouth, and will sail to-day. The order for the embarkation of the 17th and 24th companies of Royal Sappers and Miners fer the Crimea has been countermanded by a communication received by Col. H. Sandbar; the director of the Royal Engi neers' establishment at Prempton Barracks, from the War-office, and those companies are not to leave England for the present. This carps is in a high state of disci pline, the men have all been armed with the new Lan caster rifle and camp equipage, and all other articles re quired for this important br inch of the service ha , e been received at the headquarters, Brompton, from the Tower. The men are held in readiness for immediate entharka`ion whenever their services tray be required. A number of convalescent invalids from the Crimea left the invalid depot at St. Mary's Barracks yesterday, having been granted pensions according to the nature of their wounds and length of service. Among those who were discharged were some able to rejoin the depots of their regiments. Capt. G. D. Pitt, 80th Regiment, has rejoined the Provisional Battalion at Chatham, from Ireland, where he has made the tour of the principal military stations, for the purpose of ascertaining how the men are pro gressing in the practice of the rifle. Captain Pitt re gimes his duties of assistant instructor at the School of Musketry, Hythe. The preparations at the dockyard at Pembroke do not relax in the slightest. degree. Two more gun-boa's have been' launched, the Pet and the Nettle, they being as nearly as possible of the same size —viz., length between perpendiculars, 100 feet ; length for tonnaee, 81 feet; the extreme width, 22 ft ; and depth of hold, 6/ 2 ft. The bur den of these vessels is 211 tons, and the) are to be fitted with engines of 20-horse nower. The workmen now commence their labours at 'dawn and continue as long as possible in the evening. The Captain Superinten dent, Capt. Smart, R.N., has been appointed naval aide-de-carop to her Majesty. The steam vessels Avon and Prospero, from Pembroke, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday with the steam gun-boats Pet and Nettle, which were taken into the basin dock at Devonport on Mon day, to be fitted with engines and boilers. The Avon sailed yesterday for Pembroke, with masts and rigging and seamen riggers for Pembroke, to bring the Wrangler I and Decoy steam gun-boats to Plymouth, where they will be fitted with engines and boilers. Toe new screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain Symonds, accompanied by the Confiance and Zephyr, steam-tugs, left Hamoaze on Monday morning for Ply mouth Sound in order to make a trial of her engines. In consequence of the state . of the weather, she did not take the ordinary course reund the Eddystone, but kept on the eastern side of the port, the wind blowing very hard from E.S.E. to E.N.E. by N. When a little off the wind she made 11 knots 2 fathoms under steam only, with a pressure of 20:b. on the square inch. The trite', as far as it went, was considered satisfactory, but the bearings having become slightly heated she returned to port. Another trip will be made shortly. The crew of the screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ramsay, bent sails at Devon port on Monday. She will leave for Spitbead in a few days. The crew of the bogpital ship Belleisle, 6, Commander J. Hosken, got up lower yards and topmasts on Tues day-. She is to be prepared with all despatch to leave Plymouth for service in the Baltic. The steam gun-boats Badger and Soap went from Ha naoaze into Plymouth Sound on Tuesday. In addition to those officers beloneing to the 63d Re giment whose names were given in The Sun of Monday, Col. Crutchley, Commanding the Provisional Depot Battalion at Parsonstown, on Monday last received or ders for Captains Bamford and Fitzroy, also of the 63d, to bold themselves in readiness to proceed to join their regiment in the Crimea. Three captains and seven subalterns are therefore under orders, and officers be longing to the 21st and 57th also are in expectation of receiving similar orders very shortly. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Henry Hutchings, master, to the Euryalus ; George S. 'Webster, acting second master, to the Salamander ; W. D. Jeans, secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seyin-ur, Commander in-Chief the Indian Station ; Richard Curgenven, secretary to Admiral Sir Geo. Sar torius ; George Jeffreys, paymaster, to the Blenheim. Rifles, now stationed in Bir, they were addressed by Lieut.-Col. Bernard. The gallant Colonel said that Ma• jor Tinley, of the 21st Fusiliers, was present to receive such of them as were willing to give their services in the line. He hoped that many of them would do so, and that they would, if opportunity was given them, distin guish themselves, as several of their former comrades had already done in the Crimea, particularly at the at tack on the Great Redan in Sept. last. A considerable number of young fellows stepped forward and were loudly cheered, 24 of whom have been passed by the medical and superintending field officer, making, with 131 given since the embodiment of the regiment in April last, 155 men to the regular service. The regiments to which the men volunteered are the 4th Royal Irish Dra goons, 21st, 55th, 57th, and 63d Foot. Only eight men more are required to complete the quota for the current quarter. FALL OF KARS. Mr. WHITESIDE asked the noble lord (Palmerston) if ho had any objection to lay on the table of the house the papers relating to the fall of Bars Lord PALMERSTON said that part of the papers were at present in the hands of the printers, and the re mainder would be ready to-morrow. The whole would be in the hands of hon. members in a few days. At the same time he would mention, in reference to Sir J. M'Neil's report, that a board of officers had been appointed to investigate the charges that had been made against cer tain officers, and to receive their explanations, and to report thereon. In answer to several questions from hon. members, Lord PALMERSTON added that the board would be composed entirely of officers. When their report was made, and it was presented to the house, it would contain with it the instructions that would be given to them with reference to the discharge of their functions. No officer who had served in the Crimea would be a member of the board. SHAVING ON SUNDAY. Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Secretary of State if her attention had been called to a recent decision of a rnagi- Orate at Oldham, who had fined a man ss. for shaving on a Sunday. Sir G. GREY said he was not aware of such a deci sion. If notice of the question had been given him he would have made inquiry respecting it. OPENING THE MUSEUM, &c. Sir J. WALMSLEY moved the following resolution " That, in the opinion of this house, it would promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes of this metropolis if the Collections of National History. and of Art in the British Museum and the National Gal lery were open to the public inspection after Morning Service on Sundays." He then alluded to the efforts made by the late Mr. Hume for throwing open those places of amuse ment and instruction to the working classes. He (Sir J. Walmsley) considered that by opening those places on Sunday it would conduce to the moral and social im provement of. the working classes, and elevate their religious character, who, from whatever cause, had not hitherto been brought within the influence of those whose duty and business it had been to instruct them. By granting the present application it would not interfere with the religious rites of those who entertained different views. He contended ther e was no valid reason for refusing this application, and he referred to the hundreds and thousands of persons inhabiting the numerous courts and alleys of the metropolis, who would be induced to visit those places of amusement on Sundays if they were opened on that day, in preference to having rec 'urge to those relaxations and enjoyments which they sought after at the present time. He warned the house against refusing this application, which might have the effect of making them good, virtuous, and industrious citi sens. He proceeded to combat the objections that had been put forward against the adoption of this measure, and ridiculed the idea that it would prevent any persons, and especially doineAlc servants, from attending a place of worship then more than now. The Fine Arts Coin mission had advocated the openingof the British M.uscurn on Sunday, and had pointed out how it might be done without much interfering with the present arrangements, ald with but adding a very little, if any, extra labour on the servants. It was a strong fact that a majority of the working classes of the metropolis were in favour of his motion, and he believed the working men of the country generally were in favour of it. (Cries of "No, no.") (LEFT SPEAKING.) DREADFUL MURDER AT LIVERPOOL. LivEnroor,, Wednesday.—At an early hour this morning the inhabitants of Chisenbale-street, Clement street, and the locality of Vauxhall road and Great Howard-street, near the first-named streets, were thrown into a state of great excitement by a, report that a man had been murdered during the night, robbed, and the body dragged into a long and narrow passage running between Chisenhale-street and Clement-street. linndrPds of persons soon congregated about the spot, and, between five and six o'clock, brie or two inspectors and several police-constables arrived. The body of a man, apparently about 35 years of age, was f ,und lying extended upon his back in the cantre 01 the passage known as " Baggin's Entry," which leads from Knight's•bnildings into Vauxhall-road, one way, and into Great Howard-street on the' other. This pas sage is not more than four feet wide, some 150 yards in 'e.igth, and on either side there is a dead wall, or the backs of a miserable lot of building., said to be tenantea by the worst characters in Liverpool. The murdered man had neither coat, vest, hat, nor boots on ; he wore black cloth trousers, a fancy shirt with studs down the front ; his trousers pockets were turned inside out, and nothing was found upon him to afford way clue as to who or what he was. Around his neck was a small scarf, the ends of which lay in opposite directions. The scarf was tight when found, and the appearance of the throat left no doubt that the man had been strangled. Near where the body was found there were marks on the brick wall as though they were made in a struggle ; and it is supposed that more than one person was en gaged in the murder. It was stated by persons who reside in Chisenhale street that between nine and ten o'clock last night, a man, answering the description of the deceased, was seen in Joseph Tyrer's spirit vaults, the sign of the Grapes, in Clement-street, in the company of a girl of bad re pute, and that although the man was not drunk he bad been drinking. The landlord, however, had no recollec tion of seeing them. From the appearance of the deceased and his dress— alt that was left—it is supposed that he was mate of a vessel, but this is only conjecture, and that having visit e d a house of Ll-fame, he gut robbed, turned out, and was strangled. _ _ _ The police are engaged in making inquiries. THE OLD &LDIERS OF THE FRENCH EMPIIiE. The Moniteur publishes the following account of the labours, to the end of 1855, of the commis sion appointed to examine into the claims of the old soldiers of the Republic and of the Empire "In November, 1854, the Grand Chancellor of the Order of the Legion of Honour sent in a report to the Emperor on the labours of the commission up to that time. At that period the number of old soldiers admitted to the benefit of the decree of the 14th Dec:, 1851, and of the law of June 10, 1853, was 17,019, thus divided :—Octogenarians, 2,245 ; septuagenarians, 8,157 ; and sexagenarians, 6,517. Since the Ist of November, 1854, the ad mission of other claimants has gone on in a re gular manner, his Excellency, at the recommenda tion of the commission, having granted life allow ances to 4,425 fresh members, viz. :-655 octoge narians, 2,373 septuagenarians, and 1,397 sexage narians. From the Ist January, 1852, to the 31st December, 1855, pensions have thus been granted to 21,444 old soldiers. The number of deaths which have been notified to the Grand Chancellor up to this time amounts to 5,133, of whom 1,165 were octogenarians, 2,802 septuagenarians, and 1,166 sexagenarians. A decision of the 21st March, 1852, conferred on the Grand Chancellor the power of awarding to the widows or relatives of the deceased the part of the life grant unpaid at the moment of their decease. It is in virtue of that power that the Grand Chancellor, on the pro positiou of the prefects, has just ordered the sum of 120,984 f. 50c. to be divided among 2,239 1 claimants, as heirs to the deceased members." MURDER IN PARlS.—Countess Caumont Laforce was murdered yesterday morning by her groom, who stabbed her with a pitchfork, in consequence of a violent quar rel he had had with her. The Countess was 40 years of age, somewhat eccentric, and resided in the Avenue des Champs Elys6es. The assassin made no attempt to escape, and gave himself up to the Commissary of It is said that 10,000 Austrians are to remain for two years in the Principalities, and a force of 30,000 Anglo- French in Turkey. THE MURDER OF A GIRL AT ISLINGTON.—In The Sun of Tuesday we gave an account of the examination of a man named Charles Sommer and his wife, at the Clerken well Police Court, charged with the murder of a girl of lt. The wife was committed on the charge of wilful murd er , an d th e h us b an d wag di sc h arge d. Yes terday as inquest was held before Mr. Brent, at the North Pole, Iloxten, respecting the death of the child, Celestina Christmas, and the result of the inquiry was a verdict of wilful murder against the wife, Celestina Soul oer. FT v. LuMLEY.—IIEE MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—In the Exchequer Chambe r , yesterday, Mr. Barer) Aldersan delivered the judgment of the Court in this case. The Calla of Error were of opinion that the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench ou g h t to be affirm ed. There were two questions-whether there had been a forfeiture of the lease of the Opera,house ; and secon dl y, if t h ere bad been a forfeiture, whether there had been a waiver of it by the acceptance of rent. The Court were of opi niou that the three grounds set out as breaches of the covenant oneratedi as a forfeiture ; but the Queen's Bench had considered that the warrants of attorney which had been given by the defendant amounted to a forfeiture, although afterwards waived. This Court did net, however, consider that the executing warrants of attorney under the circumstances were encumbering the property so as to warrant a f or f e it ure ; they were given under compulsion, and were not voluntary, being given only to cave expense and gain time. Therefore the judg ment for the defendant Lumley must be affirmed. Judg meat below affirmed. MIDLAND. Yesterday the half-yearly meetinc , of this compa n y was held, at the station, at Derby ; e 'Mr. John Elli 3 in the chair. The report and abstract of the accounts have already appeared in The Sun. _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that it was a great pleasure to him, in which his fellow-directors shared, that they had been able to lay tefore their shareholders the most satisfactory report ever made to them since ho had occupied the chair. At the time he bad the honourof being appointed to occupy their chair the company's affairs were at a low ebb ; since then they had improved ; they were still improv ing, and he believed wou'd continue to improve ; at the same time, it was worth while, as they were still paying only what he considered to be a low dividend, that the shareholders sh4uld look at the circumstances which had brought them down from 7 per cent. to 3g. Tea years ago theirs was the only railway route from the north ; they bad all the Scoteh traffic by railway, and up to a much later period they continued to enjoy the greater portion of that traffic. In 1846 the North British opened, the Caledonian in 1848, the Great Northern in 1850, and the Towns line, by which they suf fered most, in 1852 ; by means of it competition with the Midland really commenced, and much of the north traffic was deviated. In the first half of the year 1847 they had 368 miles open, and the last part of that year 415 miles ; their earnings in that year by passenger traffic amounted to 663,0001.; whereas in 1855, when they had 500 miles open, their receipts were 589,0001., showing a deficiency on that account of no less than 73,0001., though they had in that year more than one hundred additional miles than in 1847. The hon. gentleman next referred to some remarks made by Mr. Ricardo at the North Staffordshire meeting, in the course of which he took occasion to deny that Midland dividends had ever been paid out of capital. With reference to the working of the past half-year, be noticed that their receipts had in creased 35,0001., whilst their increased charges on that account were only 10,0001., a result which he regarded as highly satisfactory. He entered into some details on the question of maintenance of way, mentioning in the course of his remarks on that head that they were now expending out of revenue on the permanent way an average of 1901. 13s. per mile per annum ; their trains had run during the past year a mnsiderable less num ber of miles both in respect of passengers and goods ; in goods alone 30,000 fewer miles had been run, by reason of a better arrangement of the trains, and nearly the same weight had been carried, although, as could be shown in particular instances, the traffic on their line had suffered materially by reason of the war, especially at Gloucester, and the timber trade had been nearly annihilated. Mr. Ellis went on to ex plain various economic arrangements in connexion with the rolling stock, and with duo regard for its efficiency. And with reference to the Leicester and Hitchiu line, it was proceeding satisfactorily, with every probability (un less the weather stopped the works) of its being ready for opening in October. Their rate of interest on deben tures during the past half year bad averaged only 41. 23. Oid. per cent., which in the present state of the money market must be regarded as highly satisfactory. They were promoting a "capital" bill in Parliament, the pur pose of which was to give them power t..) raise a further sum of 900,0001. In reality, however, this was only an addition of 400,0001., the other 500,0001. being to supp!y the place of stock, which they could not now issue at par. He explained the circumstances under which the various additions to capital had been made eince he had occupied the chair of the company. In the gross it amounted to 4,400,0001. in seven years ; but of this 2,090,0001. was for the purchase of the Leeds and Brad ford line, which had already been the means of effecting'a saving of 9,0001. a year ; then there was 843,8701. for new lines, which included the Leicester and Hitchin, the Ripley branch, the construction of the narrow gauge at Bristol, and works at Stonehouse ; and there wan a further sum of 473,0001., which included a very large number of items. Mr. Ellis then entered into some lengthened re marks on the su bject of the contest now going on between the Great Northern and the companies with which the Midland was in alliance. He said thal . . the sooner the present warfare was put an end to and peace re stored the better, for the warfare now going on was an unseemly business, and a scandal to railway com panies. He showed from the clearing house returns how much the Great Northern Company had to lose by the dispute as compared with the Midland, for the accounts ending June, 1855, showed that the Great Northern Company received 147,0001. for passenger traffic for the twelve towns over which the Gladstone treaty extended, whilst the Midland for those towns received 23,0001. only. lie expressed his regret that Mr. Denison had brought about the present difficulty, and reminded his shareholders that, however much they desired peace, they had their own interests to protect, and could not Sacrifice everything to Mr, Denison. He expressed a hope that some means would be devised for /maing an end to the contest ; indeed some of them were (Ca said) to meet in London on Thursday on the subject. All he asked of the Mid land shareholders waste have confidence in the dir!ctors and they might depend on it their interests should not be neglected. Mr. Ellis concluded by formally moving the adoption of the report. Mr. SAMUEL BEALE, the deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. JONES, of Huddersfield, protested against the continued increase of capital, which invariably ended in the decrease of dividends. At the prennt time the inte rest paid to the Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Preference Stock was money which should have been devoted to the payment of dividends on the consolidated stock of the company. The further increase of capital to the amount of 900,0001. was a very serious matter, and he thought the shareholders ought to know to what purpose it was to be applied. At the rate they were going on, increa , d traffic was not likely to be followed by increased divi dends. The CHAIRMLN explained that they bad lost much valuable passenger traffic by reason of the new lines ; and they were obliged to take means to foster another description of traffic, or their dividends would not be maintained. Mr. JONES replied that be made no complaint against the board, but the best of men wanted watching ; nncl he was strongly of opinion that some check should be put on the continued increase of capital. They had this half-year, for the first time, a voico from the audit ors, and he called upon the shareholders to give attention to it. The CHAIRMAN said it was not to be supposed that the board was fond of spending money merely for the sake of it. The expenditure of every 501. wa . 4 discussed by a committee before it was made. Mr. GEE, of Nottingham, complained of the large re serve kept in hand. The London and North-Western Company was content with 48,000/. ; why should the Midland carry over 34,0001. ? He asked the directors to give them another quarter per cent. Other companies, equal in importance to the Midland, divided nearly the whole amount of their revenue ; and unless that point was conceded, he should be obliged to move an amendment on the report. Mr. Kirtley had reported that the rolling stock was in good order ; he had no hesitation in saying that a portion of it was as di,. graceful as any to be found in England. As to the in crease of capital, it had been increased very largely since 1850, and now another 900,000/. was asked for, without any explanation being given as to what purpose it was required for. In these circumstances it was high time for the shareholders to take this matter into their own bands. He called attention, too, to their third-class passenger carriages, which were disgraceful, and ought to be improved. The CHAIRMAN, with reference to the proposal to in crease the dividend, asked that this matter might stand over—that, in fact, they might run too close at this mo ment. The board had unanimously agreed as to the expediency of the dividend recommended, and another half-year the matter should be considered, especially as the greater part of the dividend warrants were now made out. As to the proposed increase of capital, it was wanted for the general purposes of the company. Mr. BLAND, of Sheffield, agreed with Mr. Gee that many of the third-class carriages were in a very bad state. He had hoard (he said) many complaints of it amongst commercial men, and he believed that the traffic suffered in consequence. Mr. HADLEY, of Birmingham, complained that the accounts were not sufficiently explanatory. He desired to know what was paid for the station accommodation at Birmingham ; and whether, in the event of a dispute with the London and North-Western Company, they amid be turned out? Mr. BEALE, the deputy-chairman, replied that they had the accommodation by arrangement, under deed, on veil favourable terms, and that it was in perpetuity. Mr. GEE said that he should take what the chairman had said as a promise for the future, in respect of the dividend, and that ho should not press any amendment on the subject at this meeting. After some further discussion of a general character, the motion fur the adoption of the report was put and carried unanimously ' ' as were also the attendant reso lutions declaring the dividends recommended. Mr. BAINES, of Leeds, moved two resolutions to the effect that no addition be made to the capital expendi ture of the company, without its being previously sanc tioned by a vote taken at a general meeting of the share holders ; and that the adoption of the usual hallyearly report of the directors shall not be considered as giving sanction to any guarantee or other undertaking without notice to the shareholders having been given ; and that seven days before the meeting at which such application is intended to be made, full information shall be supplied as to the amount of money intended to be asked for. lie was satisfied, he said, that the accounts were accurate:y kept, and of the full integrity of purpose on the part of the directors, but it was proper that estimates of pro posed new expenditure should be laid before the share holders, and their sanction obtained before the money was expended. At the same time he fully admitted that with the growing traffic tof the company it was impos sible to close the capital accounts. The CHAIRMAN seconded the motion, wiAich was car ried unanimously. Resolutions were adopted, authorising the directors to' caPitAlis• a oertlgn plition of the 4h per cent, stock ; MADRAS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, yesterday ; Major-General Duncan Sim in the chair. The CHAIRUAN briefly explained the leading points of the report, an abstract of which has already been pub lished, and congratulated the shareholders that in No vember last, Lord Dalhousie had travelled over 60 miles of the line, and having then working stock upon it, they might shortly be in a position to form some idea of what its results might be. About 200 miles would be opened within two years. At the request of the East India Company, the company was about to survey a line from Cuddapa to Bellary, which, however, would be constructed upon a separate capital. A long discussion took place relative to the company having three kinds of stock-4, 4 and 5 per cent and to an application made to toe East India Company to increase the guarantee over the whole amount to rti 'per cent., to which they had not, as yet acceled. It was explained that, under their original agreement, the whole of the capital was to be raised at 41 per cent., but the East India Company afterwards consents I to modify the agreement, and allow the money to be raised at such prices as would command it at par, according to the state of the times. _ _ _ The report was adopted, and a resolution carried that no agreement should be entered into for the construction of the new line without the consent of the shareholders being previously obtained. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; the Hon. F. Cadogan, in the chair. The report stated that during the 6 months ending 31st of Dec. last the number of messages amounted to 26,430, and the receipts to 10,0011. The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum. They also recommended a deduc tion of 10 per cent. in future from the net receipts for the reserve fund, instead of 74 per cent., at present charged. The capital account showed that 86,3071. had been expended. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring adividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum for the half year, payable on the Ist of March ; and incr..aiing the deduction from net revenue to 10 per cent, for the reserve fund. Votes of thanks to the chairman and directors con cluded the proceedings. EAST LANCASHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at Bury; Mr. Tuos. Dcgdale in the chair, The report stated that the receipts for the half-year showed an increase of 5,3651. over the corresponding period of 1854, the mileage having increased from 811 to 93 miles, by the addition of the Clifton and Manchester and Southport railways. The gross receipts during the half-year ending 31et of Dec. amounted to 158,1111.; the working expenses to 75,9251.; the interest on loans and preference shares t' 40,2161., leaving a balance of 41,969/, available for dividend. The directors recommend a dividend of 3. per cent. per annum, leaving 3,0961. to be carried to the reserve fund, which now amounted to 61,3571. The total expenditure of capital during the halt-year amounted to 20,2021. The capital accoust showed that 3,853,3921. had been received, and 3,811,4211. expended, leaving a balance of 41,9701. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said, although the conduct, character, and morality of railway directors, as a body, had been openly ieipegned at public meetings, it was a source of pleasure to him to meet the proprietors of this railway, because he could confidently appeal to them for their approval of the policy of their board. (Hear, hear.) He could not say that he bad no disappointment in not being able to present them with a larger dividend. The depressed state of trade in the East Lancashire district and the dearness of food hid deprived them of a large revenue both in passengers and goods. The working expenses had increased during the last half-year by 7,5041., as compared with the corresponding half of 1854. Locomotive charges had increased by 2,9451., principally through running 64,759 mites more than in 1854. Substantial repairs to locomotive engines had cost 1,1871., and the pr;ce of coke, oil, and tallow had been raised, though the amount per train per mile was about the same. Coaching charges had been in creased by 1,1481. The accident at Suinmerseat had increased the claims for compensation ; but, not withstanding the large goods traffic, the company had paid considerably lees for compensation in this de partment than in the last half of 1854. Merchandise charges had increased by 1.0351., because the goods traffic had increased by 12,559 tons, or 1,6311., and the cost of materials and labour lia4 augmented. The in crease of 2701. in the general charges was chiefly occa sioned by advertising the Southport competition, and the increase in rates and taxes of 740/. arose from the augmented poor rates in the townships through which this line passed. In fixed charges there was a net in crease of 1,337/.,theprincipal addition being the interest on the new 41 per cent. stock; but since Dec., 1854, the fifths bad been reduced from 6to 5 per cent,. The loans on mortearse renewed during the last half-year amounted to 63,0001., rather more than half t , eing at 41 per cent. and under, and iu no case had more than 41 been paid, the average rate now paid by this company being 4/. ss. ld., or 7(.1. per cent. increase since June last. (Hear, hear.) This company was now at peace, and had a friendly interceange of traffic with all neigh bouring railways. (Applause.) Mr. RILEY (director) seconded the motion. Mr. ROSSON expressed himself perfectly convinced that no railway had better prospects before it than this company. The resolution was then carried unanimously, the re tiring directors and auditor were re-elected, dividends after the guaranteed rates were declared on the preferen tial stock, and atter the rate of 31 per cent, per annum on the ordinary stock, payable on the 4th March, and 2001. was voted from the revenue of the current year in aid of the company's benevo!ent fund. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and the directors. THE OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDAY. Last evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster was held in Caldwell's Assembly-rooms, Dean-street, Soho, to consider the propriety of petition. ing Parliament to favour the opening of the Crystal Palace, British Museum, National Gallery, and other places of intellectual character, on Sunday afternoons. The place of meeting was crowded. Mr. J. George, who occupied the chair, opened the proceedings of the meeting by stating that the object fur which they had met was embodied in the new or ganised movement—the National Sunday League, of which Sir J. Walmsley, M.P., was president. The League had chosen that occasion as a preliminary meet ing. He proposed to combat the arguments of the Sabbatariane, who contesded that, by opening public institutions on Sunday, infidelity and irreligion would overflood the land. During the last few years great ef forts had been made by the more enlightened members of the aristocracy to improve the minds of the artisans and mechanics of this country by delivering lectures, and contributing their means to the encouragement of me chanics' institutions. In England, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Palmerston, Earl Granville, Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, and other exalted per sonages, had ably seconded what the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Eglinton had propounded in Scotland. Still, should those parties not countenance with their in fluence the present movement, the league had one rock of strength in the expressive and distinctive aid which they receive from Sir John Shelley and Sir De Lacy Evans. (Che:Ts ) It was not the object of tits associa tion to interfere at all with the religious observances of the Sabbath-day, for he rejoiced that they had the en joyment in this country of a Christian Sabbitth—but merely to procure the opening of public institutions for the intellectual recreation of the working classes, instead of affording them time to waste in public-houses. He would call upon the inhabitants of Westminster to rally round the standard which had that evening been un furled. (Cheers.) Mr. TURLEY, in an animated speech, proposed the following resolution :—" That the meeting is of opinion that the opening of the Crystal Palace, British Museum, National Gallery, and other depositories of science and art, on Sunday afternoon!, would greatly strengthen and highly elevate the moral, intellectual, and religious capacities of the British people. It, therefore, pledges itself to support the objects and endeavours of the Na t o, a Sunday League." _ _ Mr. EDWAID, in a few remarks, seconded the resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted. A petition in accordance with the resolution was also adopted, signed by the chairman, and ordered to be pre sented to the House of Commons by Sir Joshua \Valoisley. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. PERSONATING A SPECIAL JURTMAN.—Yesterday morn ing, at the sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench at Guildhall, a person who was committed by Lord Chief .Tustice Campbell on Tuesday evening. for falsely describ ing himself as David Wilson, of 5, Lawrence Pountney lane, was brought up in custody from the Queen's Bench Prison to receive the judgment of the court. The facts were these :—On the calling of a special jury on Toes• day evening, on the name of " David Wilson," as de scribed above being called, the defendant stepped into the box, and on being asked said he was the David Wil son in question ; but some doubts arising in the mind of the officer he was not sworn, and on Mrs. Wilson being sent for, it appeared that her husband had gone to Cal cutta. The defendant was then ordered into custody that further inquiries might be made, and his lordship to consider what course should be pursued in the case. Ills lordship having read the affidavits asked the defen dant what defence he had to make, but. be merely said he beli eve d it t o b e f r eq uent l y done. His lordship said that the prisoner had committed a gross contempt of court, and he would therefore bpi committed to her Majesty's gaol of Newgate for three calendar months , . He gave a fictitious address, and his real name is not known. THE MILITIA. Tke Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia, sta tioned at Buttevant, gave last week 181 volunteers to the lino. Had the btindard been half an inch lower this corps would have given above 300. No. 1 Company of the Hante Artillery, consisting ,of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, and 61 non-commissioned offi cers and gunners, sai!ed on Monday, in her Majesty's steamer Sprightly, for Hurst Castle; to relieve No. 2 Company, which has been stationed there for the last eight mouths. After the parade on Monday of the County POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 20. MANSION-HOUSE.—John Bali, who was remanded some days since upon a charge of ha,vinz in his posses. sion on four sever4l days some bars of gold, supposed to have been stolen from two packages in their transit from London to Paris in May last, surrendered in discharge of his bail for further examination. The justice-room was densely crowded by bullion dealers, railway officials,. and others. It will be remembered by many of our readers that at last examination it was proved that tho prisoner had, on four different occasions, sold bars of gold to Messrs. Johnson and Walker, refiners, of Aldersgate-street, and the detective officers, Haydon and Brett, stated chat if time were allowed them they should probably be able to prove that these bars formed .portions of a larger quan tity stolen from tWo packages, belonging re.pectively to Messrs. Bult and Messrs. Abell and Co., bullion dealers, in the City, in May last. The total value of the gold then stolen was upwards of 15,0001. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. J. C. Rees, attended on the part of the South-Eastern Railway Company to con duct the prosecution ; Mr. Rees (of the firm of Wilde, Rees, and Co.) attended on the part of Messrs. Lyon, Alemand, and Co., bankers at Paris ; and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Ballantine. Mr. Bodkin, after having briefly recapitulated the evidence given at the former examination, said he was in a condition to show that the prison er h a d sold a fifth bar of gold to Messrs. Johnson and Walker for 751. odd on the 28th of November last, evidence having already been given that he had disposed of four bars to that firm. The learned counsel then proceeded to call the following witnesses : Mr. G. F. Bolt said—l carry on the business of a gold refiner and bullion dealer in Cneapside. On the 15th of May last I remitted to Paris a quantity of Cali fornian gold, consisting of 24 bars, and weighing 2,900 ounces. Most of it was below, and some few bars were better than the standard. J. Dawson, porter to the last witness, said he packed the gold in a strong wooden box, which he delivered to Mr. Chaplin, the carrier, who called for it and took it away in a cab. Mr. H. T. Abell, bullion dealer, of 1, Exchange buildings, snid—Oa the 15th May last I remitted a quantity of gold to Paris, consisting of six bars, and weighing 2,1251 oz. It was Australian gold, and was packed in a strong wooden case, and merked "P D 184." Mr. Chaplin, of the Spread Eagle, Gracechurch-street, carrier, said--On the 15th May last I called at Messrs. Butt's for a packet of gold, which I took away in a cab. On the same day. I received a box of gold from Messrs. Abell and Co. I took the two boxes to the Sou h- Eastern Railway terminus at London-bridge, and de livered them into the hands of the servants of that com pany. I saw them put on the scale, but did not see their weight taken. Mr. J. Rance, a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Abell, said he packed six bars of gold in a box, which was delivered to Mr. Chaplin on the 15th May last. E. Scanlan, a porter belonging to the South Eastern Railway Company, said he assisted in carrying the two packages fronts the cab to the railway station, and weigh-. ing them. They were afterwards put into an iron chest and sent off by the mail train. Mr. E. Cox, a clerk belonging to the railway com pany, said—l checked the weight of the boxes at the scale with the weights in the invoices. One box was marked " L 577," and weighed 2 cwt. 2 qrs. 15 lb. ; the other was marked " P D 134," and weighed 1 cwt. 1 qr. 16 lb. The iron chest was locked after the boxes were put into it, and it was then placed in the train. Mr. J. IL Major—l reside at Boulogne, and am agent to the Messagerie Generale. On the morning of the 16th May iast I received three boxes, two said to contain gold bars, and the third gold coin. They came by the steamer Lord Warden, from Foestone. The gross weight of the two boxes at the Custom House was 190 kilogrammes. The boxes remained at the Custom House about four hours, when they were taken to my office, and forwarded on to Paris. Whilst at my office the boxes were not locked up. They were not out of my sight, but were placed in the office, where business is transacted in front of the desk. It is impossible that anybody could have meddled with them whilst they were in my office. M. Pierre F. Heznard, clerk, in the employment of Messrs. Lyon, Alensa,nd, and Co., bullion dealers, Paris, was examined through the medium of an interpreter, and said—On the 16th May last I opened a box at our establishment, marked " L 577," and found it to contain 16 bags of lead, and 13 ingots. The box had come by railway from Boulogne. M. Chae.emagne Everard—l am partner and cashier in the house of - Packer, Dufour, and Co., bankers at Paris. A box marked "P I)" arrived at our establish ment on the 16th of May, and was opened upon the 18th, in the presence of a commissary of police, whose attend ance I requested in consequence of having heard that a box of geld consigned to another firm had been plun dered. On opening my box I found it to contain 17 bags of small shot, and no gold. The shot was shown to several persons, and proved to be of English manu facture, as were also the bags containing it. Mr. E. Syrett, clerk to Messrs. Johnson and Sons, assayers, of Basinghall-street, said —We keep a box on our premises in which gold, intended to be assayed, is placed. On the 2911 ult. I found in that box a paper containing two small parcels of gold. It is usual when metal is left to be assayed, that the name of the persoh selling should be written upon the paper. I find the name of Douglas upon the paper in question. The assay of gold was about a carat better than the standard. Mr. J. Johnson, jun.—Ay attention was callel by the last witness to several pieces of gold that were sent to us to be assayed. The name of D iuglas was written on the piece of paper enclosing them. Mr. G. It. Johnson, father of the last witness, said— The parcel spoken of by my son was brought to our house on the 29th ult., and was delivered back on the 31st. I did not take notice of the person to whom it was delivered. (A. card with the name of Douglas en graven on it was shown to the witness.) This card I think was given to me by a party who called upon me on the 28th, and who brought a bar of gold to be as sayed. After an assay was cut off the bar was returned to the party, and on my asking hirn his name, he gave me the card you have just shown me. Mr. James Johnson, of the firm of Johnson and Walker, gold refiners, Aldersgate-street, said—l have already spoken to some purchases I male of the prisoner of gold, and I find I have made an additional purchase of him on the 28th of November. I then bought of him 25 oz. 15 dwt. 12 gr. of gold, for which I paid 781. ss. 9.1. Its quality was 4 carats 2 grains worse than the standard. Oa the 31st ult. the prisoner came to our shop, when I paid him 921. 18s. 2d. for a bar of gold. On that occasion he showed me a piece of paper, which I found to contain four or five small pieces of gold. I looked particularly at the paper, and noticed that the quality of the gold was marked on it, as well as the name of Douglas, in pencil. There was also the name of "Johnson and Sons, Besinghall-street," stamped on the paper. I should say that the writing was Messrs. Joh nson's. The prisoner said, " I may as well burn this" (the paper), and ho did so. The witness then-identified two 501. notes which • he paid the prisoner, and which, amongst others, were found at his (the prisoner's) house by the officers. Mr. J. D. Sutcliffe—l am a gold refinerin Long acre. On the 28th ult. I purchased 27 oz. 7 dwts. of gold of a person, for which I gave 1071. 15s. The prisoner is not the person of whom I made the purchase. This wit. news also identified three Bank of England notes fel. 501., 201., and 101„ found by the officers at the prisoner's house, as having been pail by him to the prisoner. Mr. J. Rutherford, clerk to Mr. Denham, gold re finer, Barbican—On the 28th ultimo I bought a bar of gold of a person, not the prisoner, for 1031. 13s. 2d I gave the seller nine 101. and two 51. Bank of Eugland notes. (These were also found by the officers at the house of the prisoner.) The person who brought the gold gave me his card, with "Douglas and Co." on it. J. Brett, City detective officer—On the Ist inst. I searched the prisoner's house, and found there all the bank-notes produced to-day, numbering 18, except one, which was a 101. note, and was found by my brother officer Haydon. Mr. G. F. Alcock—l am a refiner, in Cox's.court. I remember a person bringing me a bar of gold on the 29th ult, it is my belief that the prisoner is the man who brought it. I told him I did not assay gold, and referred him to Johnsons, the assayers. I noticed that an assay had been taken from the corner of the bar. When ho asked me to assay it I said, " Wby do you want it assayed again ? It has been already assayed." He replied that that assay had been made for hi OWII private use. I should say the bar weighed about 26 oz. or 28 oz. I think it was Australian gold. It was very clean, and very nioely melted. I had nothing to do with the gold. Mr. Bodkin—lt is only common jiistico to Messrs. Johnson and Walker, and the other gentlemen, that .1 should state that they have given every facility to this investigation. Mr. Ballantine applied that his client might be ad mitted to bail ; upon which Brett, the detective officer, stepped into the witness-box, and said—l hold in my hand a certificate of a true bill which was found against the prisoner on the let of March, 1841, fur rec e i v i ng a gold watch of the value of 18/. The prisoner had been remanded three or four times at the Greenwich Police court. lie was committed on the charge, but admitted to bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each, and has never surrendered. In answer to Mr. Bahan ine, the witness stated that the prisoner bad been living in the house he at present occupied, and had passed by his right name several years. The Lord Mayorrefused to take bail, and subsequently evidence was given by a man who was a metropolitan policeman in 1841, to the effect of the charge of having received the watch, and to the facts stated in the certifi• cats obtained from the Clerk of the Peace of the City of London, and the prisoner was remanded on the former charge; and committed for trial on the letter. Country Markets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET-I'lOM. A : There were in the market to-day 16 sacks oats ea ea' weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 40s. Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET-- FRB. 19. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again largo. Oat straw, from 8s 6d to 10s Od per komple of l 6 OS tron; wheat do., ).s Od to 9A Od; barloy do., 7s 04114 6d. Hay from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—FEL 18. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. 1 ? i t imperial • 3Ba Od —s 6d i 37 ! pa Barleymeal, per ditt o Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN—FEB. 19. of Ws had a fi rmer market than of l a t e to-day. - of was again Is, and oats and b ar l e y 34 t o 6d d eare r theil ti - a Friday. The transactions in Indian corn were amid!, °.. our highest quotation mu s t b e cons id ere d an ex t re me °it White wheat, 36s Oa to 41s ; red ditt o , U s Od to 41,•_ 1 1 A, : barley, 14s Od to 19e 6d ; oats, Ils 6d to 163 Od ; rspor n , n ) —s lid to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14 s Od t o 16 3 Od b s ZOi flour, 22s Od to 223 64 per cwt ; Indian corn , 33 s 01 to ov° per 480 lbs. COAL MAIM PriooB of Coal per ton at rr.—FEn. 20. the close of the marts& Wallsond, /MN s. d. Byass's West Hartley 18„ 6' Davison's West Hartley 18 6 Newton Main 14 6 North Percy Hartley _l6 6 Taufield Moor 36 3 Taufield Moor Butes 16 3 Walker Primrose l4 6 if aswoll 19 Hatton 1 16 Hetton Lyons Main s Lambton PRP si North ls.:(lp° c H ett o n 1: 69 au el u ca un ur s ins s tg h l e m ic l i e p l re ' ho s r ioa H l ie . t . .t . . 0 . . ................. ......................... -1 eaham South Hetton 1 Stewart's • J' a P ; Kelloe . 1 i : ) 'outh Kelloe 1 1, 9 5, 1 ; Pees ' - jowndon Tees Eveuwood ,8 1 80161 Grey's West Hartley l7 l, Wylam 15 0 Eden Main 17 61 Wallsend, £m aosforth l5 9 Ilarton l5 9 Heaton l5 c Fledley . .............. l6 6 Hilda 15 3 Riddell l6 9 Wharneliffe l5 6 Braddyll l7 6 Framwellgato l6 f Ships at market._ 81 SEABORNE MAILS. t . (N bignales that the mails are sent from the General ra oy the night—and M by the morning-4espatch.) nay whim taati: oil From tv t! a' IV ' '' o COUNTEIE'2. in General Post- Pori dEk ,!istli' °Mee, London.' Disp a tch „. i PAL, --. Every Friday —.......— ----- it Amorlea(byllrit.pach).N •- - Liverpool W . . 4 'Doer - ler. tby United Ste. ( F 0 .21 aacket) ..........N •• ••• , - Llverpoo! America (by U. Staten 2 1 packet) ..........N "., • • • . Southampt , , i Fob• trtstralla (via South- ! : • ampton) ..........M "••• •—• •• • Southamptoo l , Jitto (via Marseilles) li t i)itto (via Cape of Goad I rtfi i ' ' ;lope) ............N , ....... .. • • .. 0 0° 6 kfrica (West Coast) ..N•23d of the month .. mar, !Plymouth ,• -- Vciandria.......... N;s, 9,24, & 30 of m • I Dover .... : 5i cx ,„thi a.. ........ /4 4th & 20th of mon. jSoutham pton i A a h amas .......„ „ii .17th of the manta iti,mthan t ptov:( 4 3elgium ............N Da11y............ !Dover ..... • ' 1 " 1 16 , 3rasil ..............M 9th of the month.. I Southampi oi, Mar. t o 3uenos Ayres .... _ m i9th of the month ..!Routhamatoo Ili 81 . ..;,,,it Cape of Good itope ..N IVarious port !Una'. 'Jape of Good Hop° .. N, h 2 6 Care de Verde .. _N! 9th of the month'Southamptot• Fe. Ceylon (see Imila) 1 . Ceylon ..............N s, Chancel Isles—, : ..,I , Nfon.,Nred.,&Frll.,'t3outhamptoo Te• C h i 1 i ............. „ „1 , ,1:2,1 Na 17th of monthiSonthempto • 4 China ... . Constantinople ......;:, ,8,13,10.22,e5tin of u• Pover ...... Constantinople .....; , , 4th & 20th of mon. Bouthamptoh _AO Cont. of Europe M & N i Tiv?ce daily ...• • • IDover .... _ VII" Egypt (see India) ! _off France ........ M & N , Twice daily ...• Dover ......1 4 ^ — . Ithraltar ..........M 4,7,17,20.97 .f m Southampton 3reece (seo India) 1 Ireytown ..........Mlnd & 1 7th of mon.!Soutbartipten ,i t ,,, ot „ gh ........ •.N Tuesday & Friday !London ... • • Savannah .......... M 211(1 of the mouti , !Southamptoh Feb„ bland .. • ....... ~ 31 Daily • • •• • • ...... ; Dover ...... • i l) ..t o fte lotidurits ........ _M ! lit 1 t i the montli.louthampton lob" 10 0 ;mita (viaii.outhamptom:4th , t 20th of mon.!Piymouth .. 4 & ~ mita (via Marseilles) Al 9th& With of month 'Dover .....•i lonian fs'es (see Inrils)l. 17, & 27 of mon!Dover.... • • ~ . l ' :reland ........M & N;Twice ditilY ••• • •• lliol , hoad . • ;V s ,: 16 `,term ..............M 17,9 , 17 , & 2 7 of m.k3olithamptor! f B . Madeira .. • • •• •• ..2119th of the month : Southampton Madeira ............ N: 231 of month •• • . !Liverpool ... Malta (see India) I I $ 140 trait:, ............ ~ N. 8. 1 8, &28 of mon. Dover ...... 4 Mauritius (see India) I tiauritius ........ —Nl l4 th of the month, . 1 „14 Mexico ........... 11 2 ttrt of the month..-Sonthoim pten re ,ar,,e, ... ............ ti sth l4th2sthofmon.lDover ...... I ?ice/ Granada ......3 1 ,1 V&l7th of monthllonthampton fV O 'Tow Zealand— ' !au private s , ip . • Various port il:W e •-'apal States ~......N ,isth I sth2Sthohnon. Dover ...• ••1 ~ 'eninsula .. „„ .....,milthl 7 tll27thotlnon.'Southampton Peru ............,.,y. 2d Pc. 27th of mon. ! tsouthampton ....• 00 Port Natal ..........N iIY Private ahip...!Various porta V P ' 'lcily ~.. ........ ..N,sthihth2sthorm,,,Dever .....• Tuscany .„ .„ __, ....loth inth 2 4thettnoo.9over .... •• if" .T enez „,i, ~.........m 2d & 17th of month Southampton 1 1 0 ,an Diem en's Land (set! Australia) ....., ~ _ , 0 0 W e nt rndies „ .. - ..y 2cl ex, 17th o i month 'Southampton' 184 Ir_ A r When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mellx patched on tho following' day, with the exception of the 111 L'd r 'onthampton), and the Malta, both of which w ill b e dep l ete' , preceding day. SIR G. GREY'S POLICE BILL.—Sir G. Grey's,- n ee Bill is calling forth the stron ges t oppos iti on in shire. Meetings have teen held this week at Mon c oi. ter, Sailor], and Cheeth am , an d th e bill h as b e en mously rejected by the ratepayers. rio [[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment an d' iet gat Astounding Remedies for S ore L egs .—E x t rac t of from Mr. Taylor, Dispensing Chemist, Emswortb • o' Professor Holloway.—ST,—ln consequenoe of t i noti traordinary cure effected by the use of your PillL or Ointment on Ann M ace y, I d eem i t necessari.r off quaint you of it. Sh e was severe l y a ffl icted wir.' legs, and, after using endless remedies without bet all she war: induced to try your medicaments, and the f t T o p! was perfectly astounding ; for, a ft er a f ew applilidr of them, her leg wa s p er f ec tl y cured.—Sold by all 00 1 ' tine Vendors throughout the world ; at ProfessOr 130! loway's establish men t s , 244 , St ran d , London, andotr Maiden-lane. New York ; by A. Stamps, COT'S nople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malt ',O!, I ADVERTIB63IIMT. &OUP AND II &AS ING. SPEC! . off' POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTIVE O u arle —Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Ailinhz street, Piccadilly, . Ob serve opposite the York . 1. " of, B 7,i y leer ejesty's Roy a l L e tt ers P atent for valus ,bl o ,sa extraordinary improvements in the most powerill . , l rer, brilliant Telescopes, Camp; R acecourse, O pera, and I+# spoctive Glasses, to know th e di s t ances o f o bj ec ts T', l ll through them—of great. importance to the army, lori and others. These telescopes possess such waver"' 1 powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra o go piece, v, ill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's '0 and the double stars; with the same telescope 011 ..0 seen a person's countenance three miles and a half did s e l and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger 9 . o _, f r sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; whil e their ing rom 4 to 6 inches enable us to diecover more tht,„ n above, and the Goorgum, with his 6 satellites, Ice.—The Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very etc) powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by if ,';fe( a person can be seen and known miles distant ; they sil t ;,e, every purpose on the race-course, and' at the opera 1 19 deb country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 0 1 " They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yaohtleto i sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. °E r fd race-course, camp, and ' perspective glasses, with wolte emuspowr. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the Pv i ; e il est arent power. The valuable advantage d! .A. l ' 11 from this invention is, that vision becoming imptal v ol preserved and strengthened, and very aged pereel ls _,,cr enabled to employ their sight at the most minute pation can see with these lenses of a much less m 2 g; el s ing power —and they do not r equ i re th e frequent 0 ,_bl'oe to the dangerons effects of further powe r f u l Assisi' d e• Deafness — New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, $1 ft ( tmordinary powerful, small, newly-invent e d i ns t ru ment deafness, entirely different from all others, to Immo rot thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever cant' produced. Being of the same colour as th e s ki n , i s not y ° 11 ceptiblo ; it enables deaf persons to he ar di s ti nc tly at and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of Est noises iu the ears is entirely remo ve d ; an d it a ff or ds a e assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, ATherlo!" street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. OP A SOL On the 17th inst., at 7, Chester-square, the wife o f W. Wilbraham, Esq. On the 18th inst., at the Royal Naval Hospital, 110 01° the wife of Captain Dacres, C. 8., Superintendent. OV ♦ DAIIMITER. .„ of vro On the 18th inst., at 27, Bl ooms b ury - square, the ' Mr. Samuel Benjamin Abrahams, solicitor. 0 36 On the 19th inst., at the Lawn, Rochford, Essex, wife of Arthur Tawke, Esq. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Ster,ii Thompson Esq., shipowner: to Catharine Mary, the om daughter of J. P. Knight, Esq., Euston-square. On the 19th inst., at St. Paul's, Islington, Alfred Gibbs, youngest son of the MA? Henry Chas. Gibbs, Ole of 58, Old Broal-street, and Colebrooke-row, Islingtogh t ,g, Alice Harriett, e ld es t daughter of Thomas Edward Stub' Esq., Northampton-park, Ball's-pond, Islington. DIED. On the 19th inst., at Upper Mall, Eammeremith, 0844 Mallam, Esq., aged 64. On the 19th inst., Mary, widow of the late Mr. Send Gaza, of 155, Cheapside, city. On the 18th inst., at Eoigham-hill, Norwich, Mr. 1 031. Spelman, agod 77. On the Ith inst., at Priory-gate, the Rev. John EllIO Bates, M.A., incumbent of Christ Church, Dover. On the 17th i ns t., a t N or th am pt o n, George W.Wett°"' Esq., iormerly of Englefield-green, Surrey, aged 70. _„ On the 15th i ns t., a t M arga te, John George Newv"'"' Esq., formerly of Esher, Surrey, aged 57. On the 16th inst., at the Reyford, Stonehonse, Giouce r tershire, Mr. Cole, aged 71. On the let inst., at Balaklava, Christopher Bake W el Eassano, Esq., Staff Surgeon, son of F. M. Baseano, 85 64 Apothecary to the Forces, aged 32. 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