The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

THE :d RS. (From the Times of this day.) The tale of Kars is soon told. The papers now published cannot be said to add much to what was known or might have been divined before. The history of the British officers seems merely one long struggle against an inevitable destiny. The year 1855 commenced gloomily for them. In the depth of winter, amid the snows of a mountainous region, General Williams continues his recommendations and reforms at Erzeroum. Here he receives from Lord Clarendon the despatch in which the Am bassador had defended his conduct. General Wil liams hastens to justify himself. " I was," he says, " within eleven hours' march of an intelli gent and disciplined enemy, he being flushed by victory, and the Turks dispirited by defeat, de jected by starvation and the infamous conduct of their Mushir and officers." Lord Stratford had urged as an excuse for silence that he knew " that during the winter season little comparatively co , uld , be done." General Williams points out that the weather, instead of not admitting of military move ments, was open to such operations for many weeks after my arrival at Kars." Speaking after four months' experience, he declares that " such un accountable silence was highly dangerous to the public cause." "What," he exclaims, "could I not have done in the shape of reform had even a note and an order from the Seraskier reached me by the return of the first Turkish post, w hi c h was then AS regular in its arrival as that between Lon don and Constantinople !" " With regard to M. Pisani's answers on the success of his efforts, my reports show that the army of Kars remains without a single reform but that which has been worked by a Commissioner unacknowledged, though feared, by the base man who commanded it." Thus Gene ral Williams concludes his controversy with the Ambassador, nordoes he ever seek terecommence it. It is for the nation now to judge between them, General Williams after this time devotes his atten tion to two points—the provisioning of Kars and the removal of incompetent and delinquent officers. On February 10 he is able to announce to Lord Clarendon, " We have now in store at Kars bread for 50 days, barley for 90 days, rice for 10 days ; so that I have breathing-time to look round for contractors, and hope to avoid disgrace in the spring." The supply of provisions is of the most irregular kind, and both the commissariat and clothing departments furnished nefarious gains to the drunken and debauched chiefs of the army. General Williams endeavoured, though with very incomplete success, to obtain the authority neces sary for a reform. Spring advances, the Russians are on the alert, and the outposts of their nume rous army are appearing in the neighbourhood of Kars. The Commissioner is almost hopeless, and thus unfolds his griefs to Lord Clarendon. The date is April 24 :—" Neither the land carriage for the army of Kars nor the provisions for that force are to be had in sufficient quantities ; and I have this day received intelligence from Colonel Lake drawing my attention to these points, and, indeed, echoing the prayers which I have in vain addressed throughout the winter at Constantinople." The cavalry were without boots, horse appointments, or efficient sabres ; the infantry without knap sacks ; all were supplied with ammunition " far short of the exigencies of a campaign." " S ure ly," exclaims the Commissioner, " this army has teen doomed to destruction at the Seraskierate !" Still he perseveres, and implores that the Governors of Diarbekir, Kharpoor, ' and other provinces should be ordered to forward corn to Erzeroum. Scurvy had appeared in Kars, and the Commissioner caused to be despatched without delay vegetables, vinegar, and wine. Thus was the health of the army strengthed for the terrible struggle which WAS shortly to begin. The General had just finished the fortification of Erzeroum. He had explained the necessity of the works to the Council, and induced both the Arme nian Bishop and his Mussulman colleagues to offer their assistance. In the mean time Colonel Lake was at work on the forts of Kars. On the Ist of May, a month before the siege of Kars commenees, General Williams writes to the Ambassador : " Several weeks ago I addressed your lordship on the necessity of my having authority diieot from Constantinople to take any active part and have a decisive voice in the purchase of provisions for the army ; and although Lord Panmure has expressed his decided sentiments on this vital point, I have not received a line in allusion to it from your Ex cellency ; and I have to state that this army can not be supplied with provisions without I can con trol those who have this matter in their hands." We search the blue-book, and are obliged to believe that this despatch meets the fate of its predeces sors. There is no answer from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. Soon after Mouravieff is in the field General Williams hastens up to Kars, the enemy closes round, and the five mo n th s o f famine begin. As an episode we may lay before our readers a sketch of two Pashas with whom General Williams had to deal. It will be remembered that Lord Stratford, at his final rupture wi;h the Commis sioner, made a formal complaint of his behaviour towards his colleagues of the Ottoman force. Two of these gentlemen with whom the Ambassador thought that General Williams ought to have con tinued to "cultivate the most friendly relations" were named Shukri Pasha and Hussein Pasha. Ge neral Williams brought them to trial for treating him in an insulting manner in presence of the Coun cil and answering his questions with contempt. The military Court at Erzeroum arrives at the follow ing facts :—" It was notorious that the Pashas in question had given themselves up to such habitual drunkenness and dissipation that, besides having become a bad example to the Sultan's troops, they were never by day, in consequence of their noc turnal debauchery, in-a fit state of mind to transact business." A low character was " constantly being called into council, and for hours ho and Shukri Pasha used to be whispering to each other the pro jects and arrangements of the ensuing night's en tertainment." As for Hussein Pasha, "he made no secret of his di ss ip a t e d conduct, and on one oc casion the people of his quarter of the town were exasperated to such a degree that they would actu ally have made an attack on his house ;" but the Mushir was about to arrive, and they determined •to wait and complain to him. Such were the wretches whom Lord Stratford, who knows them a; well as any man, pretends to believe it a crime of General Williams to treat with firmness ! Why should we carry any further the degrading history ? But a few days before General Williams quitted Erzeroum to take his stand at Kars ho writes to his earnest and unfailing supporter, Lord Clarendon. The story is the old one. His first sentence begins, " I regret to inform your Lord ship of the continued neglect at Constantinople." The cavalry are now destitute even of slippers, the greater portion of the men riding in stockings. The infantry are in the same plight. On the 7th of June General Williams enters Kars. The siege has begun. Food is wanting, of ammunition there is hardly any, of men there are few ; all that can be done is to endure with firmness, and how that garrison endured is now part of the world's history. As soon as Kars was invested, then the services of General Williams, the importance of the place he held, the value of his advice anti remonstrances, were apparent to all. Europe, and more especially England, became interested. The British officers shut up in Kars required the utmost efforts of their country to save them. Then commenced the hurry and confusion of last autumn. Who did their duty, who was most active in that Babel of military advisers, we shall not discuss, since we believe that already the cause was lost. The differences between Omar Pacha and his colleagues in the Crimea, beween Lord Clarendon andCount k Walewski, b e t ween the s Lord Stratf or d and eas -ter, are of little mo ment. A few weeks before General Williams was writing in vain for the power of buying provisions and ordering boot s . NON When London is begin ning to talk about Kars, the roost magnificent military plans emanat e from Ther of 40,000 men w ill a t once march Pitoa* th An army erescue. It is to b e com p ose d of Vivian's Contingent,aao Cum Beatson's Bashi-Ba z o u k s , garrisons froemß and Bulgaria, Alb an i ans , Egyptian Regu l ar valry, and Tunis H orse . W e nex t h ave a some- what incomprehensible plan for landing 13, 000 Kurds on the coast. I n A ugus t it i s debated whe ther the army shall go. Some are for a direct march to Kars—others for a diversion in Russian territory. The latter plan, as we know, was thought preferable, and the campaign of Omar Pacha took place. The valour, and still more heroic endurance of the garrison, need no recapitu lation here. Kars fell, and the fall will not soon be forgotten. We have now described the transactions which have been for so long the subject of somewhat cautious comment. It is some time, we believe, since the public has listened to any history morel startling than the one which now stands revealed. We have but done our duty by presenting it in all its scandalous details. In the cause of justice, of national good faith, and of the public good, every right-thinkin g man must feel that inviry and ex planation are necessary. General Williams, shat tered in h ea lth , i s a prisoner in a distend land— his companions in suffering are also far away. In justice to these men, to the nation, and its allies, we have a right to demand that Parliament will require a strict account from those by whom such a general, such officers, and such an army were left to maintain a hopeless struggle, and the enemy was permitted to gain the sin g l e success which has at taried his arms. 1 THE SIBBAT.H, TAE CHURCH, AND I THE PEOPLH. (From the _Dispatch.) Good men and loyal patriots have been startled by the statement that crime has increased in this country sevenfold since the beginning of the cen tury. Within the year the philanthropist and the social philosopher have observed with dismay that selfishness and the greatest vices have crept up and up, to the very Corinthian capitals of civilised life, and that the higher, the highest classes, furnish an increased average of lawless outcasts. The pro gress of pauperism, which means the increase of venial vices, has not been so marked ; yet if greater intervals of our history be taken the results are not less calculated to suggest anxiety for the future. The average amount of poor and county rates in England in 1748-9-50 was 730,00)1. ; in 1848-9-50 it was upwards of 7,300,0001. In 1833-4 it reached 8,289,3481. In short, within the century the cost of the relief of the poor has been enlarged quite tenfold ! In all this time our national wealth has more than kept pace with these frightful phenomena. Indeed it has doubled within thirty years ; and within 30 years before that it had quite trebled itself. Has our education, or what may be called mere logical intelligence, lagged behind ?Historygoes back to the time when barons signed Magna Charta with their mark ; when at the time of the Reformation people crowded to the churches to hear the Bible read by clerks, they themselves being totally unable to do so ; when so near us as the reign of Queen Anne our squires wore far more ignorant than our me chanics are now. Our National, and British and Foreign, our Sunday and our Union Schools, at this time turn out more readers in a year than three centuries ago there were in the whole kingdom. Indeed our newspaper, magazine, review, and gene ral press prints off in one day as much food for the mind as 50 years ago it did in a year, or as 100 years ago it did in 20. This supply is an index to the demand. There is more print, simply because there are more readers. Besides, it is not found that it is to the ignorant classes that the advance in mendicancy and crime is confined. On the con trary, the more recent history of society points to increased depravity among those further removed from the urgency of temptation into the higher influences of intelligence. The leader of the rebel angels was the highest in mental attainment ; his troops were dexterous theologians, and discussed foreknowledge, free-will, necessity, the origin of evil, but "found no end, in wandering mazes lost." It has been well observed that to teach men mere reading and writing is only to supply them with instruments whereby knowledge may be obtained ; but it has further to be noted that the mere educa tion of the intellect is also but the training of a tool which may be as efficient for mischief as for beneficence. It is but a rudder, which is nothing without the pilot's hand, and which may guide to peace and safety or to breakers and rocks, just as skill or folly takes the helm. Carlyle (on the whole the most profound and wisest man of our time and country) has laboured to show us all that logic is not wisdom ; that to know is merely one, and a very inferior element, of reason ; that the greatest truths are rather instincts of the heart than conclusions of the understanding ; and that the culture of the intellect can do no more than to enable the will to accomplish what it desires, but will do little towards directing it to desire what is best. It is in vain that science and art exist for brutes without discourse of reason. What is Mozart or Handel to men without an ear for music ? What is the finest painting to the many afflicted with Daltonism, the incapacity to distin guish colours ; what is poetry to the prosaic ? Sweet is the song of birds, the voice of girls, The lisp of children, and their earliest words. 'Tis sweet To hear at eve the honest house-dog's bark, An know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come. But all these sweets are spread in vain to the wo man-hater, to those who are feebly endowed with philoprogenitiveness, to the fierce wandering Arabs insensible to the ties of home ; for, " behold," says the wisest, the kingdom of heaven is within you ; ' and, adds the true poet, it is our own heart that— From 1.11 things that we hear and see, Extracts emotions beautiful and new. Alas 'tis not in th e m, b u t i n th y power To double e'en the sweetness of a flower. And thus, after having educated people to " read and write, and cast accounts ;" nay, after having built up a literature for them ; having infused a higher tone into our authors, and suffused through our broadsheets and our books a nobler and purer spirit of moral endeavour and attainment, we will find yet that we cast pearls before swine that turn again ana rend us, because they are swine and not capable of preferring pearls to acorns. A poet or a moralist does not create poetry or virtue in us ; they merely, after all, give utterance, expression, and form to what must be in us already, else we will not understand them. Why do we admire them ? It is because there are in us emotions and sentiments which best respond to theirs ; because they but say wh a t we f ee l, w h at we felt before they said it ; what, indeed, they but recal and revive with fresh vividness, and, perhaps, with more in tense development and better articulated splen dour. Unless, in like manner, intellect be informed, not only by the memory, by the oh serving faculties, by " casualty and compa rison," but by the passions, sentiment., and affec teens, the product will be, not wisdom, because it will not be . the result of all the p owers w hi c h nature implanted in us to inform and make up the judgment. Much more—if those passions and sentiments be unequally balanced,—if they be depraved, perverted, in desuetude, or in a state of abuse--the intellect will be wrongly informed and viciously directed by them. There can be no doubt about the " progress of the intellect" among us ; about the growth of education ; about the in crease of knowledge, the expansion of literature, the great growth of reading and readers. But there stands the fact plain before us that, in con currence with these " wau'st improvements, Mawm !" as Cobbett sneered, crime has increased sevenfold and pauperism tenfold ; and behind all, the homely truth that "righteousness exalteth a nation," and that we, in the right sense, are not exalted. John Bull has, in that conf use d h ea d o f his, dimly perceived all this. He has not been able very intelligently to expound his convictions. There they are deep down in the very bottom of the lumber room of his mind'. He has taken hold of them—he will not let them go—he pays more for religion than all Europe besides—he stands by the Sabbath-day as if it were in very deed the palladi um of the constitution ; religionists trace our backslidiegs to the want of faith, and cry out "More Church!" the doctrinaires and sceptics pronounce religion to be a failure, and ask for more reading and writing, cheaper literature, less beer, more recreation, im proved social economics, reform in the physical condition of the masses. Now, we confess our deep sympathy with the overwhelming testimony bOrne by the nation to their reverence for the Sunday. A national recognition of the fact that men are spiritual beings with a soul as well as sense that a time should be set apart by social convention for rest, sober recreation, moral and religious reflection, for the service of the in ward spirit, for moral culture and spiritual intro spection--that these privileges are a right, in the exercise of which every family should be pro tected by the law, we cannot doubt to bo both an exalted sentiment in a nation and a wise arrange ment of civil society. That grievous injury has been-been done to this good cause by the utterly false assertion that the Sabbath is a divinely en joined ordinance we cannot doubt ; and we have but to lament that the spirit of ritualism, the tendency to a formal and Judaising spirit, which the whole scope of the New Testament explodes, should still be so inveterate in the human heart that our Chris tian liberty, our free grace of piety, should be over laid by elevating a civil convention into the char acter of a miraculous ordinance and a Divine injunc tion ; and that we should be commanded to do that as a penal law which we should regard as a spiritual privilege, and be led to prize as a high franchise of the soul. The arguments which en force the opening of places of rational recreation on Sunday will resolve themselves really into a de mand for more leisure for toil. The masses work too much and too long. Were wealth properly dis tributed, were the moral and spiritual culture of the people higher, were there less waste in vice and sensuality, in improvidence, it is certain that while industry would be more productive, and indi vidual and aggregate wealth would be much greater, there would be much more spare time left to all f or of the pursuit of health and recreation, and f or th e culturethe mind and hea r t. W o s h ould have fewer w or ki ng hours—fewer slaves of endless toil. Women, wives, and mothers, at le as t, s h ou ld not be drawn from th eir,domestic duties to th e fi e ld and the factory, properde housin cent g of the poor many provision. for th e com fortable, healthy, and ational should be more enforced holidayshy; the the co State. There should be recreation with wise instructionmbinsahtioonl multiplied. Weabuso the Ch urc h and udobf i the he e r r g a r r e e a h t y l y . Who is to blame f or th e s t a t e of both ? They are what we make them. We refu se t o the priesthood all power of self- governmen t ; we make practically irr es p ons ibl e . The highes t e c lergym en lerg rewards of the Establishment are made subservient to faction and civil polity ; our curates are starved ; our most earnest and devoted pastors are left without any power to work out the sugges tions of their philanthropy and zealous piety ; the drones get not only the honey, but the autho rity due only to the industrious and to those who have a solemn sense of their duty and its responsibilities. We suffer all this-,we do it, and then complain that the Church is what we ourselves have made it. They are right in being tenacious about the Sabbath-day. It is their only present available instrument for making religion a habit of the mind, and for training the young to that cus tom of thinking of death, the great hereafter and the Creator, which becomes a second nature in after years ; and which, although in childhood it seems to make little impression, affixes an indelible stamp of graver thought in all their elder life. Rather than break in upon this day we would make use of Sabbatarians to secure more holidays for the labouring people, more rest and leisure for all, without which, we are persuaded, little can be done to advance the moral and spiritual culture of the nation. That this is our chief want we have laboured to show ; that it cannot be supplied by mere intellectual education we trust we have de monstrated: Religion and morals must evidently be brought home to all in a less merely theological and devotional form. There should be lecture and reading rooms in every parish, andour most eloquent thinkers, our most subtle, varied, and persuasive speakers ought to be sent abroad among our people to popularise ethics, to give " beauty to holiness," so to charm and interest all in the good, true, and beautiful, that " they that come to scoff may re main to pray." Perhaps it would be well so to secularise the pulpit —so to separate the sacerdotal from the prophetic function—that our best and wisest laymen should be freely admitted to our ecclesiastical rostra, to talk face to face with their countrymen on the subject of deepest significance to all. A more paternal character should be given to the relation of the state to the young. Every child should be cared for and trained in the way he should go. The country should see that this is done, and do it wheae it is neglected. Every offence committed by boyhood and girlhood—by the simple and inexperienced—should be corrected as a parent would, and not exaggerated into a police offence until hope of reformation is lost by the utter destruction of self-respect which follows the degradation and exposure which are inse parable from contact with the constable. The chief want of our time and country —espe cially of our Protestantism—is the low state of our moral attainment and ethical tastes. Phy sical appliances can do little for these. We have them now; they are misapplied, wasted, and abused, just because there are not virtue and piety enough among us to " use as not abusing" them. The vir tuous, moral, and provident now surround them selves with all these agencies ; they are the effects and results rather than the causes of virtue. The inequalities of condition and wealth have the same origin ; were we more moral we would be more equal. The startling contrasts of splendour and squalid wretchedness are not found among a right eous people "zealous of good works." We call, then, for education of the heart and soul of the masses by the example, the neighbourliness, the kindly intercourse of their betters ; we would paro chialise the labours of philanthropy by each one of us charging ourselves with the improvement of our district; we would make the moral progress of our parish the clearest duty and first concern of its parish ioners, entitling each to demand as a social obligation the co-operation of all; we would give our clergy powers of self-government, and demand of them much higher rhetorical qualifications ; we would have more time set apart to recreation and reflec tion, and we would press into the service of moral instruction, all who were capable by their talents and character of aiding in the good work, whatever be their creed or their secular calling. The state of our times and the condition of society call aloud' for instant remedy ; let every man toil in the field as if the harvest were his own. POISONING BY STRYCHNINE. An inquest was held on Friday at Fleischman's Hotel, Leeds, before Mr. Blackburn, on the body of Harriet Dove, aged 28, the wife of Mr. Win. Dove, a gentleman of independent fortune, residing in Cardigan. place, Burley, near Leeds, whose death had been caused by poisoning by strychnine. Mr. Barrett, solicitor, attended to wateh the proceed. ings, and Mr. Nunneley and Mr. Morley, surgeons, were also present during the whole of the day. From the evidence adduced it appeared that early in December last Mr. Morley was called to attend the deceased, and found her suffering from functional disorder of the sto mach and of the nervous system, bet there was 'no or ganic or serious disease. He prescribed for her and continued his visits occasionally, and in a short time she was so far recovered that she could move about freely, and take open air exercise up to the 23d of Feb. when she became somewhat worse. On that day Mrs. Dove partook of some jelly, which had been taken to the house, and she oomplzsin®d that it was very bitter, and, on seeing her husband, she said, William,. did you put anything in that jelly V' and he answered " Yes," I have put some of the medicine in it." She remarked that it was very unkind of him, and he sulisequently stated to a neighbour named Mrs. Virrl-ain that he had not more than a teaspoonful in it. On Sunday, the 24th, she went to church, and well, O n th e f o ll owing morning she breakfasted with very her husband, and shortly afterwards she was seized with 3 very severe spasmodic attack, her body quivering as though under the influence of a galvanic shock, and ac companied with difficulty of breathing. She complained of pain in her legs, and grasped the hands of her at tendants very tightly. She refused to drink anything cold, and when she was touched, and when cold water was applied to her lips the " twicchings" returned. In the meantime Mr. Dove went for Mr. Morley, and re turned with that gentleman's assistant. At a later period of the day Mr. Morley called, and then found Mrs. Dove much better, but he observed slight spasmodic twitching's.- The symptoms were unusual, but he attributed them to nervous affection, and prescribed accordingly. These attacks recurred during the week, each succeeding at tack being accompanied by more violent symptoms, ansl generally occurring after taking her medicine, which was usually given to her by Mr. Dove. After Monday Mr. Morley attended Mrs. Dove daily, and becoming perplexed with the symptoms, which be thought to have given way to the medicines he had or dered if they arose from hysteria, and Mr. Dove expres sing some fear as to the recovery of Mrs. Dove he sug gested a consultation with some other medical man. Mrs. Dove having on that day suffered a violent at tack, Mr. Dove said he would consider, and- on the Thursday morning he wrote to Mr. Morley expressing confidence in him, and declining the consultation. In the meantime, in consequence of the perplexing charac ter of the symptoms, the thought of strychnine suggested itself to Mr. Morley, but was dismissed as impossible. On the evening of Friday, the 29th, while Mr. Dove was present with the deceased, she was again seized with a still mare violent attack ; her breathing was very bad, the whole body became very rigid, and was frequently •'served to " twitch" involuntarily. Mrs. Witham was again called in, but in the course of a few hours Mrs. Dove improved, and continued better during the re mainder of the night, and also during the greater part of Saturday, March 1. Mrs. Witham and a Mrs. Wood called daring Saturday, and they were present in Mrs. Dove's bedroom, in comp any w i th Mr. Dove, about 8 o'clock. When Mrs. Dove asked her husband to give her her medicine, ha went to a washstand, poured some. thing into a wineglass, and gave it to his wife, and then washed the glass out. After drinking it she said, "Oh dear ! it's very disagreeable and hot." In the course of a minute or two, addressing Mrs. Witham, she said, "It's very bitter, have you anything in your pocket, Mrs. Witham, that you can give rue ?" Mrs. Witham gave her a lozenge. A few minutes afterwards Mrs. Dove was again seized with violent spasms, during which sho . shrieked out, her eyes became fixed, she clenched the hands of her attend • nts, and her whole body became perfectly rigid and arched, resting upon the extremities, in which state she remained until her death, an hour or two afterwards. A messenger was despatched for Mr. Morley, and as Mrs. Dove did not recover Mr. Dove followed and re quested Mr. Morley to take Mr. Hobson with him. Mr. Morley called on Dr. Hobson, and while that gentleman was getting ready it is somewhat remarkable that Mr. Dove very urgently requested Mr. Morley that, in the event of his wife dying, her body should not be dissected as she had a strong objection to it. This request be re peated in different form-, and Mr. Morley told him he hoped there would I e no necessity for such a thing. As soon as Dr. _Hobson was ready they proceeded to C erdigan-place, but on their arrival they were informed that Mrs. Dove was dead. Her death having ensued during the recurrence of the paroxysms, there was an anxious expression about the countenance, and the face was somewhat livid, especially about the lips. On Mr. Morley's return to his residence he learnt that some time before Mr. Dove had obtained strych nine from his surgery through one of his pupils, and this circumstance, combined with the symptoms, led the coroner to open an inquiry on Monday last, when Mr. Morley and Mr. Nunneley were ordered to make a post mortals examination. These gentlemen are well known as eminent analytical surgeons, and they commenced their labours immedi ately, 44 hours after death, and continued them on the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, when they were able to come to a decisive conclusion as to the cause of deatli. Yesterday they presented their report, which stated that on an analysis of the stomach and its contents, they discovered distinctly the presence of strychnine; they also found faint and doubtful traces of it in the intestines. In reply to the coroner, both gentlemen distinctly stated that the only cause of death was strychnine. Mr. Dove was then taken into custody, and the in quest was further adjourned to Monday nest s , at tea o'clock. It was also stated during the inquiry, by a Mrs. Fishey, that, after Mrs. Dove ' s death, Mr. Dove took the medicine bottle, which contained one or two doses, downstairs, and a day or two afterwards, emptied the contents of a bottle into the kitchen sink. LEEDS, Saturay. This day Mr. William Do ve was brought before Mr. John Rope Shaw and Mr. Ralph Markland, two of the magistrates of this borough, sitting at the Court-house, for the purpose of being remanded, in custody, until the conclusion of the coroner's inquisition on the body of the wife of the prisoner. Mr. Ottiwell Xell, the coroner'e offiver, made affida. ~ i _.. :~ THE S .U. LONDON, MONDAY EVENiNa. MARCH 10 1856. vit that the prisoner was duly in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the unlawful death of his wife. Mr. Shaw asked the prisoner if he wished to say any thing why he should net be remanded I The prisoner replied that he had nothing to say at present. He was then remanded until TueEday next. We believe that it is not likely that the case will be investigated by the magistrates, but that, at present, it will be left in the bands of the coroner. The prisoner, who is 28 years of age, is the only son of the late Mr. Christopher- Dove, of Park-square, Leeds, formerly an eminent currier and leather merchant in that town. For same time the prisoner has been living in independent circumstances, but early iu life he ;vas instructed al a farmer and agriculturist, and it is said that he once occupied a small farm in the neigh bourhood of Leeds, but that he gave it up seine few years ago. He is well connecteil, and the case in which he is now implicated has caused great excitement. It appears, from one of the Leeds papers of this day, that he was apprehended and lodged in prison on the 11th of August, 1854, on a charge of attempting his own life with a pistol, but was liberated after being suitably re primanded by the Leeds bench of magistrates. His un fortunate wife was a Miss Jenkins, a Plymouth lady, who has a brother a clergyman and professor of mathe matics at Madras. The prisoner was married to her three years and a half ago. She has left no children. Her mother and sister came to Leeds last Monday to visit her, the letter announcing her death not having reashA Plymouth at the time of their departure. It is said gnat the prisoner, who appears intelligent, and is a good-looking man, has led a somewhat irregular lif e , and that the chieiproperty left him by his father is in the form of an annuity. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 7. The writ for the election of a member for New Ross was sent down from the Hanaper-office last evening, and at the same time appeared in the Dublin papers the address of Mr. J. C. Fitzpatrick to the electors. Mr. Fitzpatrick's intention to stand was well known for some months past, and his precedents, as well as the principles announced in his address, are sure to Obtain for him a large share of the popular favour. He undertakes to " labour strenuously and sincerely for the advance ment of the rights and political power of the people, for complete religious equality, and for the protection of the occupiers of the soil by a tenant right law founded on the principles of Mr. Sharman Crawford's bill." The other candidates in the field are Sir T. N. Redington, whose principles are already well known ; Mr. Tottenham, who starts on the Derbyite interest, in the hope of getting in through the division among the liberals ; and, finally,, a Mr. Welch, who generally starts for vacant seats in half a dozen constituencies, but never goes to the poll. The polling at the Sligo election takes place to day. The contest is entirely between Mr. Somers and Mr. Wynne. A Waterford paper states that Mr. Keating is expected to resign his seat immediately, and that Captain Napoleon Wyse is feeling his way with the electors. SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER. An act of determined self-destruction was committed at an early hour yesterday morning by Mr. Howard Douglas Aytoun, ensign in the 15th Regiment, and god son of Sir Howard Douglas, colonel of the regiment. The fatal act was accomplisbed with a razor, in his bed room, in the Royal Barracks. It would appear that he had been a man of inexpensive and abstemious habits, and of a retiring disposition. He was 26 years of age, though he looked at least 33, and had formerly belonged to the Fifeshire Militia, from which, about two months since, he was appointed to the 15th. Pecuniary em barrassment seems to have weighed on his mind, and it is said that the prospect of peace, which would lessen his hope of advancement in a profession which he joined rather later in life than usual, bad also a depressing in fluence en him. Previous to joining the Fifeshire Militia he had been to the Australian gold diggings, and was heard to say that he returned home a poorer man than he went. That the dreadful act by which he terminated his existence was premeditated there can be little doubt from the following memorandum, which was found in his bed ; it was evidently written hastily, in large, un connected, and straggling letters, on the back of a card on which was printed an almanac for the present year and au interest and discount table. The memorandum was as follows :—" I gave my watch to Gaskin, to dis pose of for 101. There are 71. in my desk." The desk alluded to was found to contain 61. 2s. 6d., and a num ber of letters. J. E. Hyndman, Esq., one of the city coroners, held an inquest on the body at 2 o'clock. The following evi dence was given : Major Cole, 15th Regiment, said—The deceased joined the regiment about two months ago, from the Fifeshire Militia. He kept very much aloof from his brother officers. It seemed from his demeanour as if something weighed on his mind. I never saw him drink wine or spirits of any description at the mess. He did not even take beer. When I saw hi m l as t, a b out two days.ago, there wee( nothing.striking or particular in bis manner. In consequence of seeing the card found on his bed (above copied), I sent to Messrs. Cane, Dawson-street, to inquire how his account stood. I received from them the letter now produced, dated March 4, written by de- ceased. The letter asks for an advance of 91. till the end of the month, to be remitted to a writer in Cupar Fife, Scotland. A postscript of the letter asks whether an order could be cashed in Scotland without heavy deduc tions, but directs that no movement should be made in the matter till he was heard from again. I understand that Mr. Cane being out, he did not g et the cash. His regimental debt s on l y amount to 41. 19s, ed., which should have been paid by the 10th of this month. I saw a letter this morning from the paymaster of the Fifeshire regiment, requiring payment of a small balance. The answer of the deceased, which is not sent, demurs to the debt. From the first day I saw him I formed the idea that he had something heavily weighing on his mind. It was generally remarked by the other officers. He seems to have been quartered at Cupar, which may ac count for his having some small debts there. Thos. Dyce, Esq., surgeon, 15th Regiment, said—De ceased had been on the sick list since the 4th inst. His comp!aint was very trifling, and he was not confined to bed. I saw him yesterday, and prescribed for him. I observed nothing unusual in hisi manner. He generally seemed in very low spirits, as if something disturbed his mind. At half-past 9 o'clock this morning a private of the regiment reported that deceased hael cut hie throat. I immediately went to his quarters, and found him lying on the floor in a corner of the room, quite dead. I have no reason to say that he was labouring under temporary derangement. He had evidently died from loss of blood. I caneot say whether the wound was inflicted by deceased. Richard Boyle deposed as follows—l was servant to deceased for a month and four days past. I saw deceased alive last at a quarter to ten o'clock last night. He called me to bring him some barley-water. I brought it to him, and be said "That will do for to-night." He was dressed then. I saw him in the lobby, but was not in the room. He went in and shut the door. I had seen him several times during the dey. He was writing let ters a great part of the day. Ho gave me two to post at half-past one o'clock. Ido not recollect who they were addressed to. I left a letter, from him, at Messrs. Cane's, in Dawson-street, on Tuesday, and brought back an answer, which I delivered to him. I did not observe anything peceliar in his manner yesterday or last night, when I last saw him. I went to his room at half-past seven o'clock this morning, as usual. I found the door locked. I knocked, but got no answer ; being on the sick list, I thought ho was asleep. I reported the fact to a servant-man named Harris, at nine o'clock; he came down with me, and we forced open the door, having knocked again and got no answer. We found deceased lying on the floor, in his night-dress, dead. I never had heard him speak of money matters. I know of his owing some small debts. I have no reason to think he was deranged. Surgeon George Porter described the wounds. Either would cause his' death, though, if promptly assisted, they might - nothave been fatal. Thejerrr fhand thet ' l !The deceatied died from loss of blvd, which flowed froM two wounds inflicted on his throat by himself, last night or this morning, while la bouring under temporary derangement of mind." DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. MINISTERIAL DEFEAT AT SLIGO. ----- Lord Palmerston and his protege John Patrick Somers, have been defeated -at Sligo by a Conservative, the Right Hon. Jno. Wynne, sustained as he was by a strong party of Liberals, who felt that if the Premier had his own way on 'this occasion, their town would have con tinued to bear the foul stains cast upon it by the re presentatives they have sent to Parliament of late years. All honour to these electors. The cha racter of Sligo may be considered as retrieved. But only think of 107 persons possessing sufficient qualifications for the purp )se of recording their votes for 'John Patrick Somers ! In Mr. Wynne the people of all shades -of political and religious opinion may feel assured they have an honourable representative. He did not purchase the support of his liberal friends by vague inti mations of what he mightdo or try to do to please them, nor with solemn protestations that ho did net mean to fulfil—like some o: the other worthies who appeared be fore the electors prior to the day of polling. Although unpledged, there is full confidence that he will exert himself for the general benefit of the town—the property of the noble Prime Minister, who did all in his power to prevent his election. The following were the numbers at the close of the poll yesterday :—Wynne, 148 Sonier3, 107. Majority, 41. NE CRS ELEC. Sir Thomas Redington OS has gon TION e off to New Ross, where he will be encountered by Mr. James Fitzpa trick, ex-colonial judge. Neither candidate stands high in the estimation of the Nation, which denounces Sir Tho mas as the impersonation of the Crarendon policy in Ireland, than which nothing could be more obnoxious to the Character of the country. The second-named ob i tained his situation by abusing Young Ireland, and " is now speculating on getting office again by selling his constituents." A pretty pair this, • according to the Nation. If Mr. Tottenhana goes to the poll, we think he will succeed. The electers of 'Ross, like those of. Sligo, ought to be anxious to rid themselves of intruding "patriots",and place-hunters. Mr. Tottenham, is con nected with the town by family and property, and if the electors have proper regard to their own interests and the good name of Ross, they will choose him as their representative in preference to any other spoken of. SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR CAVAN. • special coramiesicA bits been boned for Cam s to "Mr. W. Gibson fully concurred in the observations just expressed by Mr, Adair. " In reference to the process of suing individual share holders by contributories or creditors of any class, "Master Murphy read the report of a case and the judgment pronounced by Baron Alderson in England in a similar case of the bankruptcy of a joint-stock com pany. The learned baron's judgment was to the effect that the court could not sanction proceedings against an individual shareholder until every other source should be exhausted. The suitor in question should first go to the Court of Chancery, to which the affairs of the com pany had been referred, and then use all diligence and industry in the prosecution of his-demand, - and having used all these appliance 4 without success be esight then apply to the court fir redress against an individual ; but, failing in those respects, the court could not afford him relief." to INSURANCE COMPANIES. n- Dividend Amount id Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. g , Annum. Share. n - - X s. d. Z e. d. Albion ...........• .. 31.105. 500 1 0 0 .50 0 0 83 d Alliano. Eri:. and Fcr. 71. 145. 6d. hs.;100 0 0 i 11 0 0 17N Ditto Marine ... .... +3l. p.c. & hs. 100 0 0 i 25 0 0 40% Anchor .............. 6 per cent. .5 0 1 4 0 - e Atlas Argos lilfe .........•• 4/ , per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 1 British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0050 0 6% Clericl.aied.& Gen. Life spr ct. & be. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 21% County .............., 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 • Crown ..,.......• •• • . 17s. 00 50 0015 0 0 18 !,A _ Eagle Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% • i European Life ...... ... 11. 20 00 an 1.8% • General .............. 6/. 50 0 a 0 ' Globe ...... .......... 51. per cent. Stock. ~ 105 , Guardian ............ hl. per cent. 100 00475 0 51 Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 I 340 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine - . 11.3 s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0 80 Law Fire ....'........ U.& 2s. bs. 100 0 0 2 10 0 4 Law Lhe............. - 100 0 . 10 0 0 61 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 b% London London Ship... - Marine......... • . •... 18s.per share 100 0 0 28 0 0 40 Med. ltivlid& Gen. Life ' 414 1. per ct. 80 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva ............ 5 p, ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2. 0 6 Monarch • • • • - - - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund..., 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 10 0 3 5* Pelican - 77. - - 45% Phoenix - - 178 Profess:on/al Life...... 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 - Provi&nt Life........ , 1/. ss. & LF. 100 0 0 10 0 a 38% Rock Life.......... . 7s. 5 3 0 0 10 0 8% Royal Exchange ....••. 1 'lO/. per cent. Stock, all 228 Sun Fire - ...... 6/ 105. - 9 l 248 Ditto We .. . 1/ 14s, - - United Kingdom .... 41. p ct. & bs. 00 0 0 4 0 0 5 Universal Life . . I , Si. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life .. - 4 12 6 5% -- - -- - . ' MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount f Name of Compar,y. per of • I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •-- - 4 s. d. £ s. 0. Assam Tea .......... sd. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - • Auction Mart........ 2% per cent.l .50 0 0 - - • - Aiutralian Agriculturl 1/. Is. 100 '9 0 17 10 0 254;1 Australian Trust .... 81. pet cent 1 - 25 0 0 - Austrafian Royal Mail 51. 10 0 0 all 4 4 ] Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - I British American Land I 15s. - 40 0 0 - t Canada ...........-.. 61. percent. 100 0 0 i 32 10 9 135 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - - - I Ditto, 6 per cent... 61. per cent. - - IC9 City Nfo - igation Bonds - . - - - Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0 24 0 0 - Ditto ~........ • • - - - I - f Equitable Reversionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Dittc New ........ - 5 O 5O 0 0 17 10 0 - il Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p. c. & bs, 1100 0 0 100 0 0 - t Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. et, I 15 0 0 - 14 0 0 - g Hudson's 8ay........ -- I Stock. - - Hangerford .......... 21. 53. 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 - tI London Institution .•• - - - - London Reversionary 5/per cent. 15 0 0 I all - n Russell Institution.... -- - 12 10 0 Price's PatentCand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 17 10 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 43¢1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 - h w Royal Mail Steam.... 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 78% all 35% South Australian Land , 6/. per cent . 25 0 0 fr Trust and Loan Comp. 1 1 I Upper Canada ...• I - i 20 0 0 1 5 0 0 - al FORGERIES.—The Carlow Sentinel, speaking of the Tipperary Bank, says : "In the town of Carlow the effect of this failure will be awful in the extreme ; for, if all that vets }sear be true, it will effect a very large nninber of our fellow-towns men, who, up to the last moment, placed the R ing un limited confidence in its solvency and security, including those whore current bills are now in progress of collec tion. "It is stated upon good authority, that corns very stupid forgeries kayo turned up in Uar!ovv. One bill, we learn, was for . 2,000/. Whence this de scr ipti on o f paper eman a t e d no one can even conjecture ; but it is certain that payment has been applied for by the secre tary of the Bank of Ireland. " They appear to be given as securities to the Bank of Ireland, and the parties who have received notice to pay the saoie have repudiated all connection with them. If such bille are so grossly fictitious as they are rtpre tented to be, the mystery will be unravelled before the Mae ter." THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. Yesterday the Lord Lieutenant laid the first stone of the proposed new museum, on the ground attached to the Royal Dublin Society. MANSLAUGHTER -POISONING OF CAPT. KENT. Yesterday, at the, Armagh Assizes, Jame,t and Samuel Townley Connor were indicted for the man slaughter of Aquilla Howe Kent, at Newry, on the 25th of February last. The two young men who were placad at the bar were assistants in the shop of Ur. Connor, an apothecary at Newry, and the charge against them was, that through carelesm.iess or ignorance in making up a prescription of Sir H. Marsh, they had, instead of tincture of chirayita or chiretta, substituted the root of aconite, which the unfortunate gentlema►► had taken, and had shortly after wards expired. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court Sentenced each of the accused to four months' imprison ment. ANOTHER CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER BY A QUACK. At the Clenruel assizes on Thursday, Tho»tas Leigh, an elderly and decent-looking man, was indicted ter the manslaughter of Mary Daniel, on the Bth of October last, by performing inoculation for the small-pox. It was proved that impure matter had been ■sed by the prisoner. The jury at once found a verdict of guilty. Baron Greene said he regretted to find that this was net the first time the prisoner had exercised a calling which he was not qualified to discharge, and he must, therefore, be sentenced to six months' imprisonment and bard labour, for by his ignorance and meddling a life had been lost. Mr. George observed that the prisoner had been twice before Eummari ly convicted for inoculating children, and sentenced to a months' imprisonment. MURDER-CAPITAL CONVICTION. John Speed was on Thursday convicted at Sligo for the murder of his wife, and sentenced to be hanged. ADDRESS TO THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. The grand jury of the county Carlow, assemblei at the spring assizes, has agreed to a highly complimentary address to the Lord Chief Justice (Lefroy). LIST OF SCOTTISR CO3IPANIre PRICES. Dividend Amo".nt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1841 0 British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 220155 Caledonian Bank 8/. per cent. •10 0 0 210 0 3/ . 18s City 'of Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11114 s Clydesdale Bank *4/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 i 12/ 152 C inuncrcial Bank 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 22310 s Eastern Rank.. ••• • .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 1 /3s Edinb. & 33 1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 16s Exchange Bilk of Scot.. National Bank .. •• •• 6% per cent. 'lOO 0 0 10 0 0 17110 s Northof Scotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 0 11.17 s Royal Bank of S coll. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132110 Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92/15s Western Bank-- •. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75/ Os Alliance Fire and Lire.. /. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18110 s British Guarantee . 4/, per cent. 10 0 0 20 0 1/. 13s Caledonian Fire Incur 10, per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25110 s City of Glasgow Lite 61. per cent. 0 0 20 0 I/. 8s Co °Mal Lt ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 51. 7e Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/.. oar cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 •:7/105 Eng. & Scot, Lim Life 51.:ier cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 I/. 8s Life A ssoc. BCatgand 6/.percent. 10 0 0 110 061 lOs National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os North British insur... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 321 /Os Scottish Union 'name. 73 1. precut. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. lls Standard Life .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 2010 s United Dep Assurance ,54 per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 THE MAGISTRACY. The Lord Chancellor has ben pleased to appoint S. Ashton, Esq., of Woodfield, Newtownbarry, a ;magis trate fur the county of Wexford, on the recommendation of the Right Hon. Lord Carew, lieutenant of the county. [ADVERTISEMENT.3—UntiI the introduction, by Mr. Du Barry, of the Revalenta Arabica Food, both as a regimen for invalids and infants, and a remedy for all disorders connected with the stomach, nerves, kidneys, liver, and iatostines gene rally, it might have been asserted, with truth, that the treat ment of patients, in some of the most obstinate, harassing, and painful ethoplaints, to which the human frame is liable, was one desperate game,of hap-hazard—different practition ers playing off different systems, involving indescribable.suffer ing and expense, and ending in failure. All this is now hap pily changed. Without laying out money in doctor's bills, without enduring the horrors of "doct or ' s stuff," but sim ply by the adoption of a pleasant . and palatable restora tive food, disease is banished, and health and activity take its place. It is on no mere theory that these things are asserted. When fifty thousand persons are referred to, each of whom has separately described the wondrous healing effect of the preparation in an infinite variety of maladies, the theory re solves itself into ascertained and demonstrated fact—a fact neither to be hushed up, nor explained away on any other ground than that of the unparalleled efficacy of the Revalenta Arabica Food, in extir v ating almost every description of mor bid action or condition from the system. The public are na turally " slow" i n awakening to an appreciation of a new and better state of things ; an t much excuse there is for this slowness, so often has expectation been baulked by tho pre tensions of contending theorists. Here, however, we have before us proof of the most positive and complete kind which can be conceived by human reason, and coming from such a , multiplicity of sources as show the testimonials received to be each the genuine outpouring of joyful gratitude. An advertise ment, which appears in our paper of to-day, contains a short restme of a few' of the letters of thanks, which constitute altogether such a body of undeniable evidence as was never before brought together upon any subject what ever, and form a noble national monument in illustration of the maxim—" Honour to him to whom honour is due." In canisters, 51bs; Ils.; /21bs., 225. The 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-offiee order.. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-streel, Loudon ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace church-street ; 333 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 6g, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-cross ; 54, Vpiior War-duet; 63 mad 150, Oxforditrecti SISTERS or CHARITY IN WORKHOUSES.—On Friday, at a meeting of the Marylebone board of guardians, the Rev. Mr. Moody, chaplain to the workhouse, was summoned before the board to answer inquiries respect ing permission conceded by him t) two Sisters of C rarity belonging to the Reiman Catholic persuasion to visit the inmates of that pcirsoasion, without an express order from the board. Mr. Moody stated that the ladies in question attended at the wish of their clergy to give the inmates spiritual con,olation, and they did not in terfere with any save those of their own persuasion. He hoped the board would be lib rat in such matters. The ladies had effected much good in instructing the poor creatures, and in teaching them to be better behaved. Dr. Ruisell, Mr. Stapleton, the Rev. Mr. Scobell, anti other guardians objected to the admission of the Sisters of Charity ; and after a long discussion, Dr. Russell moved "That ladies being members of the Roman Ca tholic Church be admitted into the workhouse, subject to the same terms and conditions as other ladies of various religious denominations." In doing so he ex plained that by that rule the right of admission would be vested in the members of the board. alone. Mr. Sta pleton seconded the resolution, which was carried. The board tiaszt acligursted. : "1. try the persons charged e ith the murder of Miss Hinds. i PRICEN 01 1 ' SLi A 14 g 8 i It wili be opened the first week in April, by Chief Jus- - - IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER 0011- tice Monaghan and Mr. Ju-ti ce M oore . THE MURDER Olr MR. O'CALLAGHAN. PANIES' STOCK. The Lord Lieutenant has offered a reward of 1001. for ' --ese the conviction of the .eiurderers of Mr. O'Callaghan. From the Official List. THE TIPPERARY BANE. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING This day Master Murphy appointed the Bank of Ire land to act as ad interim, manager of the estat e o f th e LONDON, FRIDAY, M ARCH 7, 1856. Tipperary Bank. The proceedings were important. It will be seen by the annexed report that one of the law GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. agents suggested that no individual shareholder should be proceeded against until erery other source was ex- Dividend amount haunted, and that a compromise on the part of the cre- Name of Company. per of Paid. i Price. ditors might be the best course for a ll p ar ti es concerne d . Annum. Share. The following is a report :- X s. d. 4 s. d. ----- "Master Murphy sa t thi s morning for the purpose of British •••••••• •• •• •• - - _ , Ditto Frovinclid •• •• 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 24% - appointing an interim manager of the affairs of the Tip hotfonLo'rid.,,,,.. :: •••• .: 5/. 20 0020 o 0 15 perary Joint Stock Bank, preparatory to the nomination City 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 0 0 -of an official manager. Continental (4th Cap.) . - 50 0020 0 0 - " Mr. W. Smith, on the part of Mr. J. Bennett, of Equitable .••••.. •• .. 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all 33% ler Great Central ....... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 11% Connie], moved th a t th e procee di ngs m i g h t b e stayed andlmperial ............ 101.& bonus. 50 0 0 a ll 85 pending the appoi n t men t o f an official manager, lndependent ......... 51. 40 0 0 If - that time should be allowed by the Master before such London.. •........... - 50 0 0 ~ • - Do., Parl. Preference 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 24% VI appointment should be affirmed, in order that the con irtanteeciniiffx........„ ............, 41. pesrl.cent. 1006 0 0 0 52 0 0 - tributories, and all other persons interested, should have 0 16 0 0 16 an opportunity and the means of choice in the person United General ...... 21. 10s. 1, 50 0 0 all 19% to be selected. Th ere were 75 act i ons pending aga i nst westrehister chartered 41 per cent.' 50 0 0 f 9 55 shareholders in th e case , an d t h e o bj ect his client bad in Ditto, Sew ........ , - 50 0 0 10 o 0 10 view was to save an individual shareholder from being made a target of, t o b e sue d • b y every person hav i ng a WATER-WORKS. demand on the Tipperary Bank. The creditors had - Dividend Amount reason to be under an obligation to Mr. Kennedy for Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. the wanner iu which he had acted in collecting and Annum. Share. bringing in the assets of the company-something to the - s. d. X s. d. amount of 5,0001., w hi c h o th erw i se would have remained East London 61. per cnt. X Stock. 100 104 in Mr. James Sadleir's hands. Grand Junction .... •• , 4'. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 70 "Mr. Kennedy sa id b e did not w i s h to be comp"i- Kent-. .. ........ 4'. per cnt. 100 0 0 - . 7814 - - mented at the expens e o f M r. S a dl e i r, w h o had at once N Lambeth e ; c . . 0 .... ...• .. i - 100 0 0 pany.. 21.105. - - assisted him in getting in the assets from the branches. Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 - 0 0 - 89% " Master Murphy said that Mr. James Sadleir had West _Middlesex ...... ' 5/. per cent. 61 0 0 - ss% voluntarily given up possession of the money referred to. " Mr. Smith disclaim e d any i ntent i on of casting the BRIDGES. slightest imputation on Mr. Sadleir, who, he believed, Dividend Amount had acted in a straightforward manner, by giving up the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. money in his possession. Annum. Share. "A long desultory conversation bore ensued, the drift X of which was a discussi on as t o th e appo i ntment of a ma- 1hingerf0rd.......... - xs. d. s. d. - - eager, and the means to b e a d op t e d b y s h are h o ld ers who Southwark .......... - 100 0 0 - 12 were in process of being sued personally fur the liabili- Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 - - ties of the bank. Waterloo ..... ........ - L OO 0 0 - - Ditto Old 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - "Mr. Jeffers said he represented creditors to the Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 -- 25 amount of 20,0001., and h e f u lly concurre d i n t h e sug - Vauxhall ............ 965. 70 10 3 - 20% gestion thrown out by Mr. Hughes, Q.C,, to the effect that all moneys and documents in relation to the Tippe- DOCKS. rary Bank should be lodged in the Bank of Ireland. Dividend Amount "Master Murphy said he could have no difficulty in Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. appointing an interim mana ger a t presen t , an d t h at t h e Annum. Share. ....._ case would be open for the appointment of an official X s. d. X s. 0. manager until 12 o'clock on Thursday next ; and, ad- Commercial ........•• 5/. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - hering to the practice in England, the parties applying East and West India.. 61. pr sent. Stock. - -- East C.untry.. - •-••- names of the security, in th e fi rs t i nstance for the appointme n t s h ou ld g i ve i n the names, and the London .... • , - 10014 , and that no Ditto Zonds 4/. per cent. - - - persons other than those of re spectability and solvency St. Katharine would be attended to ; and the security he would require -c . iutha . mpton Victoria ...... • • - would be at least 20,0001. In all likelihood there would be large calls made on the shareholders, and the official manager should be b oun d i n a d equate secur i ty. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. "Mr. Garde asked if the Guarantee Society would be • Dividend Amount accepted as security 1 Name of Company, per I of Paid. Price. "Master Murphy s a id h e cou ld h ave no o bj ect i on to ---- Annum. Share. i the Guarantee Society, except as to time. Its head- X s. d. X s. 4. quarters were in Scotland, an d th e correspon d ence b e- 1n5tra1a5ia........... 1 201. per cent.j 40 0 0 all 96 tureen that and its Dublin British North American ' 51. per cent. b 5O 0 0 65% agent might inv o lv e a week's commerclal of London. 10/.per cent. 'lOO 0 0 20 i, 0 _ delay and more before the security could be effected ; Colonial .............. ' 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 whereas, the busin es s i n h an d was urgent, as the o lonian „............. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 15% fficial manager should be appoint e d w ithi n a wee k. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 - " London and County .. 105. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 3811 Mr. George Langford said he hoped the master Londn and Westminstr 'l4l. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 44 would not accept less than 20,000/., as he considered London Joint• Stock ... 121. per cent., 50 0 0 10 0 0 28% even that sum insuff ic i en t. T e rovinal of Ireland.. ] 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51% Ditto, New..... •• . .er cent. IR 0 0 all " Master Murphy made an order to the effect that all Nationr.l of Ireland..,. , saper cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -- bills of exchange, ca 4, deeds and other documents in Nat. Provincial of Eng. 85. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - relation to t? e Tipperary Bank, should be handed up by Di tty , te n w k .. •..• . • i 8 81. p e e t ri i t m s . 22.05 0 0 10 0 0 - 4114 Mr. Kennedy to th e B an k o f I re l an d , w hi c h h e appointed o so ri o ut i h itiv strali c a o . r . p . o . r . a . . . 11 ,7 11 P P.ct.&:b . s. 25 00 0 all ~ - to act in the capacity of the interim manager until an Union of Australia.. • • 30'. per cent. 25 0 0 73 official manage r sh ou ld b e appo i nte d, Ditto ... ...... ..... 30/. per cent. - 2 10 0 " Mr. Adair said h e h a d su b stant i a l reasons for assur- - Union of London ..... 201. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..'. • • - 40 0 0 fll 27 ing the master that th ere were a great number of credi- tors of the bank most anxious to arrive at a composition, CANALS. and he felt equally aeeured that a great number of share. ._ t holders were desir ous o f arr i v i ng at t h e same conclu- Names of i cel Dividend 0 , p n e u r m. sion. Indeed, he m i g ht w ith sa f ety assure the Master Companies. ' , I per ''`ce Names 0, Dividend Price.Price.ce. Companies. ' Annum. 4 , and the public th a t a d es i re to come to a settlement of iCO Annum. • 73 ............ the affairs of the bank, by means of a composition, was - I x a proposal, he had no doubt, would be made, and, if Barnsley.... 160 - - Neath ...• •• 100 161. - rejected, the probability would be that those share- B r yknk i ec i Abrg 150 q 140' 4 4 k 9 - IAI ' ( r )^ e ‘ a fo lf ra io . r . e . 1. too 5/. 05 1046 holders who possessed convertible property would put do m vl n trY l . l. . ni ..; toe 251. -- - Reg . en is • . 8 .• 30 78 1 1 . 7 14% their money together and fly to America, rather than Derby - • •..• 100 67. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 if. 10s. 76 % incur the harassing p r o cess , p er h aps, o f 20 years ' li t i ga- Elisinte&Chs; 69 2 p. et. - Somrset Coal 1,10 - - tion in Chancery. GrandJunctn 100 3'. pr. ct. - Do. Lk FdSt. i2l - - .; .1 Dividend Names of iQ, Dividend price Names of ,-.., , Companies. ,' 4 ,1 per ' Companies. ' , ;i An ' n e _ r Price. um. I ' Ch Annum.: • Fii 1- i x 4 ' Ashtn &Oldh' 93 71. p. ct. 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 103. 51 Barnsloy• •• • 100 Neath •. • • 100 161. BrknitecA.brg 150, 4/, Oxford.... 100 104 Birmingham 1 40' 41. 91% Peak Forest. 78' 51. Os. 76 Coventry.... :100 25/. Beget' t's •• • • 30 11 14% Derby - • •... 100 6/. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 76 Ellsmre&Chs;, 69 2% p. ct. Somrsot Coal 140; Grand.functn 100 3'. pr. ct. Do. Lk Fdst 121 Do., 6 pr. Ct.; 10,61. pr. ct. 11% Stfird &Wore. 1 40 ; 281. 420 Grand f!tirrey 100, 1 41. Shrewsbury.. 125' Grand Union, 100 1/.os. Stoarbridm. 145 1 121. 290 Kennt & AvIN 39 6s. Od. 6% Severn and 1 Lancaster .. , 100 Wye R a il. j 20( 21 . Leeds &Livrp 1001 251. 470 Warwick 8;7 ( 2/. 25 Leicester.... 'lOO, 51. 49% firming.j 1001 Leicstr &Nth 83,1 Warwick & 1 10 Loughborogh'l42,l 701. 550 Napton..s 1001 22 ' Monmouthsh' 100; —• Worcstr & Mntgmerysh l loo l Birming..l 78 21. 21 McltnMwbry 100! Wilts & Brks —! 10s. Od. ,lak:.kuok CO ,1;1' r),l~± ay L. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET. MARcn 7. WHEAT. I BARLEY } OATS. 1 BSA , , First 9 os Od 48s Od 44s Od 525 Oa Second 6Bs 6cl i 40s 4d / 34s 4d I 471; 1 1 Third s4s 6cl 1 32s Od l 27s Od 42i C 5 Total quantity of wheat In market, 506 qrs., 404 o ld P, barley „ oats ,-, ~ beans ~ 1 2 11 4 1 8 q q q 1. 1 1 i s ..",, 1 1 0 3 0 5 ' s 2 O I : i t ) 1 AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 8 6 4-12hs i Barley, ...21. 0 4 2.120 Oats. ... U. 14 5 6-12ths 1 Beans, ....,21. 7 1 8-12 tbs ,► It, DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET —Mecca 4. Qrs. Best. Current. Infailti 291 Wheat 48 Od OOB Od ... ...... 42s 1 , 1 ,1 1280 Oats 4 ls 4d Oos Od 234 Od 361 Barley 47 s Od oos Od 118 Peas & beans/51 s Od Oos Od ABERDEEN —MARCH 7. Potato oats 24s Od to 25s 6d 1401b5 per beg'. Common oats 23 s Gd to 24, 0,1 Bere 3.33 6d to :34s Od } s3ibs Barley 33 s 6d to 34m Od Wheat, red (spring)6os Od to 62, Oil 1 , white ......64s Od to 66 a Od 621bs ~ OaLeal 183 3d to 193 04 per boll. Flour 548 Od to 553 Od per sack. PROVIRION MARKET. Beef, per lb 64 to &I Butter, p lb. 0 r led to 10 1 1 Mutton, per lb 54 t o 8d I . Eggs, p doz. Os 74 tees 7 . 0 Veal, per 1b...... 6d t o O s 9 4 Hens, p pair 33 6d to Os al Pork, per 5t...5 s 9d t o 6 s Od Chickens,do.23 64 toes s j Salmon, per lb ......0 s t o S s Ducks, do., 2s 641 to 30 I s i Grouse, per bra ce ..... O s t o O s D ucklings,doOs Od toe, sa Tallow, p stone, —d t o 4 s Od T arkeys,seach3s 64 to 41 to Potatoes, pr pe c k, 6d t o 7d Geese do., 03 Od tees s o Butter for exportati on ( presen t cure) per cwt.-3 04 W i i Eggs, wholesale price, p er d ozen —4 0 RETAIL PRIORS. 10 Flour —s Od t o 3 s 04 B ar l ey f10ur ,141)3.03 t• 1 1 A m o A oa.tmeal,l4lb.Os Od t o l s 10d „ d ust, Oe t•Oslri Bero eal ....0s Od to 1s 104 , per lb 2d to Is Peasemeal... Os Od. to 23 I'd Sid's, 4-Ib. 10af...8d. 2-lb. 10af...4d. - Cheese, per imperial stone, 43 Bd. to Oe. DUBLIN—Mellen 7. We had an exceedingly depressed market at our col exchange to-day, and very little business done.-, as before, but oa t s an d b ar l ey 31 to Cd lower. corn unsaleable. White wheat, 35s Od to 39 5; re d dit to, 335 Od to 37' -6i' 64 barlby, 140 Od to 10 s 6d ; oa t s, ll s Od to 13s 6d ; rapes° —3 Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od to Zs Od ; bat e m flour, 224 Oil to 275 Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 31s Od to 35' per 480 lbs. SBABORNB MAILS. (N signifies that the malls; aro sent from the en er a ov a I Post ay the night—and M by the Morning —despatch.) Day whim ma.le. ut F rom whs . IV.' COrldTßln. In General Post- Port Dispateho .. due n , , Office, London.', ,T imerica(byßrit.packli Every Friday .... Liverpool !Mar. 14 kmerice. by United Sts. paoket) • • • Liverpool interim (by U. Statns packet) ..........N ••- • • . Southam:.t... Mar •21 knstralia (via South ampton) ..........M • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N • •—• • • • Dover . Ditto (via Cape of Goad. Hops) ...... • I traced° Africa (West Coast) N 23 d Of the. rtiontl• • Plymouth ..12 18 r• N, B , 9, 24,& 30 of tn. Dover .... Alexandria.......... 4th t3r.2Pth of me,. Southampton' Bahamas ......... M :17th of the mon Seutharantot - Seigiurn ......... N • l'aqY ••••-• • • • • Dover ( 1) 8 th 6, Brazil 9th of the month.. S outh am pia Mar. Buenos Ayre5........ `l, 9th of the alma!, s ou th anm . t.o .. mar. ti Cape of Good Hope .N Various por. [lnce"' Cape of Good Hope N Cape de Verde __ls: 9th of the month Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel . N ,Moti ~ Wed., &Frid.,Southampton Tu. l9l ' " _l4;2d &k. 17th of month Southampto' China Pncc a month.... Diar. 2 0 Constantinople . • .8,13,18,23,&28 cunt Dover .. Constantinople „ „ ~& 20th or mon.Southimptor. ' Cont. of Eurov.e M NlTwice daily , Dover . Tgypt (eco France N 'P•tvice. daily - - • Dover lihraltar 7, 17, 20, 27 Fftr Southampton- 'lrecce Oleo India) Ireytown .......... m Ind& 17th of mort•Sonthamptor qemburgh & Frida .London a 1. T A vannah ....,.....'St 2nd of the rnonth!Southamptot. 'Apr aolland .......... Dally.• •• • • Dover „, ,„ lUuh • Honduras 17t. - , tithe month. S ou th ampto: 118th°2',0 *. 20th of mon.!Plymouth .. indi (viaSouthampt.)ltl 4th India (Via Marcel Iles)M ,9tllllc2fith of montlnDover ..... • I lonian Isles (see Indla)l7, 17, & 27 of mon 'Dover • Ireland ........M & NlTvrice daily .. " marcu Holy head ,17 . •vf':_ 1 6 Lisbon .............. 9, 17, &27 of p.t.!,Southampto3 Madeira 9th 01 the -month Southaniptorl 21adc1ra 23d of month ....'Liverpool ... Malta (see ▪ India) . 01 Waite. ........ N 8,18. &28 of mon. Do v er „ ,4 & - Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ,„ ..N,l4th of the month Mexico of the month... , Sottthampter 'April 1 ' Naples bthl s th2sthefraon.lDever New Granada ,21& 17,th of moitthiSouthainptonf New Zealand 'Dy private slip ..(Vario us p or t .'l7neer tr " - Papal States lattiVsth2Mhormon.lDever Peninsula 71117027 thoftnon.'Southampto n lay private ship ... Various porta •iy nowt ° Peru J o !, 2d & 27th of mon. r;onthamptor, Port Nata▪ l ..........N 1 sth2sthelmon. Dover ...... Sicily M,lDOver 2d& 17th oiztonth Southampton I 16 ril t T y u an sc o a z n u y els van Diemen's Lan (go. van Diemen's Lan 0 (ot ; Australia) ........ West rndieff 17th o) mow, 'Southsinpten 18c1Stro!, When any of then dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be de; spatched on the following day, w ith th e exception of the Irate (fi e Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will he despatch.'d preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAnca 8. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The tone of the market has h' esn firm to-day, and the prices generally a shade dearer 0 6* yesterday. L ancas hi re an d Y orkshire, 836 R—Midland4 69h 704—South Eastern, 20! z—Dutch Rhenish; 4 P' —London and North Western, 994 - Birkenhead, Lave! . % shire, and Cheshire, 17—Ditto. 221. shares, 12-311, 1103° ':: 4 , 2 ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 254. to MANCHESTER, MARCH 8. Swims EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull to•dsl► but prices were steady. Alialand Railway Console, 'Mr East Lancashire, 18,1i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84 siiChester and Birkenhead, 1 5—Rochdale Canal, 77. 1 BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 8. STOOK EXCHANGB.—The t one of the market Trio 1114 „k. to-day. Great 'Western Birmingh am G uaran t ee d Ste was done nt 72—London and North Westerns closed t tl 993 100—Midland s , 69i — Eastern Counties, 9 ,I—Sonx Staffords, 21 dis. LEEDS. MARCH S. STOCK EXCHANGE.—MidIand s, 701—Craven ikr , 110 ' Gd., ISs. DUBLIN, MARCH 8. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, 91 / --- ; Ditto for Account, Bth of April, 914 I—New Three ft Cent. Stock, !+l3 I—Bank Stock, 220i—Ribernian 1 34 P:i 311—Royal Bank of Ir e l an d , , - Mining CompsnY Ireland, 134—City of Dublin Steam E —Dublin2° Glasgow Steam Co.. 39 ex d.—Great Co.,iouthern and w e l tern, 534—Midland Great Western end Royal Can" halves, 244—Dublin and Dro g h e d a , 614 ex div. The new entrance to Sunderland Docks was openod for the movements of ships on 'Wednesday. The (poor ing of the ponderou s i ron b r i dge which extends aerosol the entrance near the gate, and is 60 feet wide, lo g :I great attraction. It is moved by hydraulic power, on travels on a railway to the north side on op Extening.raordi. [A DVERTI SEUENT. ] —Holloway' s Pills an nary Remedy f or th e C ure of Bile and Liver Complaint"' —Copy of a letter from Mr. W. Baldwin, of New Brotor ton, Kent, dated Aug. 25, 1855. To Professor B° 11( :, way :—" Dear Sir,—Having suffered for several y ea r" from a di sor d ere d li ver, and f i nding medical aid o f n, ", il ! avail, I w a s i n d uce d t o try your invaluable Pids, ao ; I have the groat°, after taking them for a s h or t t i me; pleasure to inform you that they have been the mo t ij of restoring m e t o p er f ect h ea l t h . (Signed) W. J3°'d, win." Sold by all medicine vendors throughout th e world • at Professor H o ll oway ' s Establishments, 241' Strand, London ; and 80, Maiden lane, New York ; vl d A. Stanspa, Constantinople; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; a° E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. ow s soi. On the 7th inst., at 2 1 Nottingham-place, Regan° park, the wife of im Pa rk Sweetland, Esq. On the Sth inst., at 14, Brompton-aquare, Mrs, Edwar d Fitzwilliam. 01 • DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., at Eastwood, Dunkeld, N. 8., lia tl Y James Murray. On the Bth inst., at Barnes, the wife of Henry St oo9 ' Esq. MA it itIED. On the 6th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Thomas Jame s Galliers, Esq., surgeon, of Hereford, to Mary Ann, the only daughter of J ames Th urs t on , E sq . , G ray ' s - i nn -soadt London. On the sth inst., at St. Mary's, Bathwick, Bath. Car t' Waring, of Chewt o n P r i or y, S omerse t, t o Louisa Gig'?" only child of Thos. Gill, Esq., J.P., Sydney-place, Bath' DIED, On the 7th inst., Charles S. Swain, second son of Mr• Swain, of Oxford-street, aged 30. On the 7th inst., Mr. William Wrench, late of the Ban k of England, aged c 8. On the 7th inst., the Rev. J o h n Bi s h op, M.A., °f Mercer's tem ce, Upper Holloway, aged 92. On the (ith inst., at Altrincham, Cheshire, Howell Esq.,Nicholls, aged V, On the 4th inst., John Richard Harward, Esc, Lieut. R.N., aged 31 On the 7th inst., at 103, Ebury-street, Eaton-80 0 Esq., Elizabeth, relict o f th e l a t e Ch ar l es L ong, Es aged 73. On the 6th in s t., a t 25 , W a lb roo k , c i ty, A nne Catherin. 0 _ Williams, only d aug ht er o f th e l a t e M r. an d Mrs. Lew es Williams. On the 29th ult., at 4, aury-street, Pimlico, Georg e Larkin, Esq., and of Thorp green, Surrey, aged 47. LONDON Printer] ar,,l ettNiteloci MIIRDO v 1:1/T' of No. 112, 'itrtod, rixitor, at ',Pie Sue. 4 )rtl , :6, la l &rend, in the Preeinet of the Savoy, in th e coun t / 0 ' Daallocs i anzdAy, Mint 101 Via. April Mond, betwe GE positi to be ency, ray fe large • Liber of wc for yc • , to yc rests Parliz • dulou given in my before To their • who h throw, the in log 111' which No , the ca town • be ass' whose the in local i be at Ire duties I shal for tb, T' COW OIL Fri OBORG THE TO Ti REPO mess. ANI tined 1 the Co RR] and A Tin The ton in have has be busine Novon previo The Nova" Bums Nsw A CORREf A ast CLAIMS of B Anson Fitt Frox XIIMB E Nov. ...—____. The Chain ti on Journe, beW Ti Lion, a °f tho follow! and 1 23d, P.m., and 5 radd 'WEL from the Ix Tht direct Pa - Life des, PAN' insure D by till For .rave ludgfl the lo L NO! /PER, 90th TOTAL Nov Years endin 15th 1845 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 11152 1853 1854 1855 it v which TJELt %Abel