The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-19 00:00:00

E R MAJEST Y'S THE ATR E. — - i The redemption money has been charged to the 41 ft is respectfully anno,nced th it her MAJEsTY'STHEATRI a working expenses of the different establishme n t s, will REOPEN early _in May. Engagements of great interest been effected both in 4 Mera and Ballet, andthe best exertions use to make the arrange ments wor hy of the occasion. and there has been a conspiracy to deceive and The prospectus will immediately appear. I defraud the public, for which the parties, if in a private stations, should have been punished with prolonged incarceration, accompanied with hard labour. 1 ritE 4.01 1.M.U131-I,4LNE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING,. IL TROVA TORE. o c n - lade with THE ENCHANT :D GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY3IARKET. lin4er the Management et Mr. Buckstone. THII EVENtNa, THE EVIL GENIUS. After which, EL GA:V[IE4MM; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which PEREA IkTENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. Followed by GRDISIIAW, , 3AGSHA.vr, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with TAE POATM tN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRIII.CEREVB THEATRE, OX O ORD-STREET. Under the Afanuement of :tin CHARLES KEAN. T*Tiel EvENTS'a, THE CORQICAN BROTHERS. To he Wowed by TUE Ve'Toll VANQUISHED. To concludp with A PRINCE FOR AN TIOTIR. ROYAL THE t.THE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. H. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. W'ehstsr, Wright, P. Helfori, C. Selby, Garden; Madame Celeste, Misi Wyndham. After which. lIRGENr PRIVATE. AFFAIRS. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL OLY:APIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RIJN DEEP. After which with be produced a New and donhly-moral, though atcessively old. Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRVICESS; nr, the Three Glass Distaffs. which Messrs. Emery. F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Haskell will appear. ROYAL SITIHEY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswic.k. TIIIA EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled lOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by TIIE POSTMANN KNOCK. To conclude with i'LIFFLEHAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. ROYAL MARYT,ERONF, THEATRE. BENEFIT of M 133 FITZP TRICK, SATURDAY, April 19th. To commence wri4h THE SCHOOL FOR SC "DAL. Lady Teazle, Mies Fitzpatrick, Mossrs. Stirling, Stuart. Belford. Lewis Ball, Saunders, Langton, Cooke; MIS Morrell and Miss F. Mars. • After-which, BALLET. Mr. and Mn!. Harvey. Tu conc!ude with THE HAUNTED INN. Messrs. Robertson, J. R. Johnstone, Lewis Ball, Belford, Cooke; Misses Morrell, Douglass, and Robert son. Bow, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee :tad %I , ina7 , ,er, \tr. Wm. Cooke. TIIL4 EVENING, The Performances will embrace that startling' novelty, a Real Eriesh Steeplechase, with all its exciting incidents. The Entertainments c - immence with THE ARAB OF THE DEsP:RT A.ND FirT EA rTtIFUL STEED. Afterwhich. - the EQUE , sTRIAN WONDERS OF THE ARENA, Trampoline; Gymnastics, See. TO conclude with a Drame introducing EIcGLAND'S TIARVFAT HOME an I NkTIONIf, SrEEPLECFIA.SE, with a noble Stud of 'forges, trained by Mr. Will am Cooke. wx•oflice open fr.:.rn E ev,n ti 1 Four. Stare Manager, Mr. %V West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Co , ke, jun. EMMA STANr.,EY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMIN." The Manager respectfully announces that the LAST MORNTNG PERFOR NT ANCE of t:1 1 3 most popular amt amusing Entertainment, will take place on Saturday, the 19th, at half-past two. Eydninc:performanct , as asu Al, on ',lonlays, Tuesdays, Thursdays arid F-Idays, at n' , lock. Admission—Rack Seats, ts. ; Centre cleats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MAIL HALL, Long-acre. TTIGq W1.7P,1t LONDIN BRTMIg. THlit DAt—Morn. inin...nft. I , —Ev-laing 30 min. aft. 1 T6.:llfnitkow—Nforn. 3 min. aft. 2 —Evening 17 min. aft. 2 THE WF.A.TTIEt—Sing Orncr, APRIL 19. THP.RIIOIIF:TER, IN VIE SHAM 56 7 h1Oest ulnae noon yesterday. 47 —:owpst this morning and during the night. 48 —this •lay at noon. • For the present we shall only deal with the sums thus improperly, and, as we believe, illegally applied during the past year. The large sum of 193,7771. was paid for the pension of 7,1321. 125., payable to the Duke of GRAFTON and his heirs out of the Excise —or, in other words, from the tax on beer. That pension (with another of 4,700/. per annum on the Post-office, which has, perhaps, already been redeemed on equally exorbitant terms) was granted by CHARLES the Second to his illegitimate son, by BAR BARA, Countess of Castlemaine, who, after her lapse of virtue, was created Duchess of Cleveland. The juvenile bye-blow was subse quently created Baron ARLINGTON and SUDBURY, and afterwards, in 1675, Duke of GRAFTON. The pensions were, moreover, granted without the assent of Parliament to him and to his heirs when he obtained an Earldom, in 1672, so that he, therefore, enjoyed the amount for no less than one hundred and eighty four years. As we have already explained, in The Sun, if the sums had been invested at compound interest, there would have been not only sufficient to pay off the National Debt, but to have provided amply for the entire military, naval, and civil establishments of the country, and to have left a handsome surplus for national im provements—to have purified the Thames, given handsome and commodious thoroughfares, and ren dered the British metropolis the first in all respects in the world, and now when public attention had been directed to this monstrous'', plunder, where no public faith was pledged—nothing but the illegal and unconstitutional grant of a licentious tyrant miscalled a " Merry Monarch," we find the matter compromised at an extravagant rate, under a Treasury minute of 31 years' standing, without the assent of Parliament being sought for, and the matter being only discovered by a mere accident ! If that be legal or constitutional we may some day find that Uncle LEOPOLD has re ceived a million and a half sterling for the capitali sation of the annuity for which he has already drawn ihvo millions from the Exchequer, or that Prince ALBERT has commuted his allowance, for a million of pounds to be invested in Russian or Prussian Bonds or railways, and withdrawn in gold from the country—all questions of monetary reform being postponed until these important arrange ments have first been effected by Treasury Mi nutes, the consent of Parliament not being re quired or sought for. As Mr. DISRAELI declared, " the principle, whatever its advantages to the holders of heredi tary pensions, would by no means be regarded as a benefit to the country." We trust, then, that Parliament may adopt immediate measures for the prevention of future jobs of a similar character, and to insure their own privileges as guardians of the national purse. It may be merely " shut ting the stable door after the steed has been stolen," but it will be right to prevent the possi bility of similar misconduct, where it may be effected to a larger extent, and in a manner even more disagreeable to the nation. These vicious precedents should be swept away, and no plausible excuse allowed to any future jobbing Chancellor of the Exchequer. BAROL'AETER, 30.25. WIND, E. to E.S.E. and S.—Moderate, with very dull, dark weather. It rained in the morning, and threatens more. , t 5 r 7f k _ _ - In the lowest depths there is said to be a lower deep. It may be matter for congratulation to some people—the present House of Commons has not got to that. BeloW r:•pentance it seems to have stuck at the shady side of _remorse, being at once frac;.ious, and apparently possessed of a slight modicum' of s'iame. Its gorge rises, to judge by the bitter " Oh, oh's" elicited last night by the reply of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the question of Mr. DIINDAS, at the notion of the exhibition of fire-works in Hyde Park. And . no wonder. For what painful thoughts and re-. miniscences would not the sight of that spectacle evoke ? How suggestive the crackers to Hon. Members of their noisy protestations.of political virtue at the hustings—the squibs of the mer ciless that awaits them on a dissolution —the rockets, aimless and harmless, of tile vast stores of warlike missiles uselessly accumu lated at our arsenals, the Roman candles of May moth, the snakes and serpents of ABERDEEN, GLADSTONE, and the illustrious Field-Marshal-- the golden rain of the frightful waste of expendi ture to which Honourable Members have heen parties--;—the maroons of the three years' War, with its one campaign -'—the Catherine wheels of the thousands of our soldiers martyred through their scandalous lathes—the Bengal lights of the re - ributive eyes of a nation awakened to the con-' scionsnem that it has been sold—the coloured fires of their political doom—the entire spectacle of their utter worthlessness, and the heavy cost of their unsalaried stewardship to a too credulous people. ~ Any spectacle but that—the political hereafter with its bitter reminiscences and re proaches was surely enough ! Hardened as Sir G. LEWIS may be supposed to be as an Edinburgh Reviewer, even he seemed to have a glimpse of the bitterness of their case, judging by his reluctance, real or feigned—let us hope real—to state what the fireworks were for. So sink the fireworks, and hey for the naval review! LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1856. On Tuesday last we directed public notice to the national balance-sheet for the financial year ending on the 31st ultimo. There was, however, one. eery important item to which we were unable to devote the partilular attention which it so eminently merited. It figures under the rather modest designation of " redemption of hereditary pensions," but for the not very trifling sum of 213;1;7/. is. 2cl. That the Government should select a time when the nation was involved in a I:ery serious war, and when there was a deficiency of no less than 22,753,8541. ss. ld., to redeem any portion of the public debt seemed almost in credible. The country was at that time on the borrowing tack. Sixteen millions had been ob tained, and as that proved to be altogether insuf ficient—as any one but a Financial Minister might have known--there was a supplementary loan of 5,000,0001., exclusive of additions to the unfunded debt of nearly 3,000,0001. sterling. This was certainly not the time for the redemption of any charge, however well founded, and how ever strongly the national faith might be pledged to the payment. The GLADSTONE abortion was at the time exciting the public mind, and no similar proposition could by any possibility have received the Legislative sanction—a redemption of any kind therefore seemed alogether out of place, and when the item appeared, a natural Salt water has many virtues, and is especially anxiety for explanation was manifested on every good if taken in a spanking breeze. If anything sides will minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the That explanation has just been given. Mr. memory a rooted sorrow, and relieve the over • Wreso N last night announced the pensions that charged breast of the perilous stuff that weighs had been purchased up, and showed also that about the heart, it is this medicament taken in the other transactions perhaps "jobs" would be a chops of the Channel. So hey for the naval re mors .appropriate term — o f a similar kind had view ! Never mind the inconsistency of grudging taken, place. The first redemption was that of the people places of recreation on account of the one of the hereditary p ens i ons, held by his Grace cost, and shutting them out of the British the. Duke of GRAFTON, charged on the Excise, and Museum on the only day during which annum, for which ameninting to 7,1321. 12s. per they have opportunity to enter it, from a pro file sum of 193,77 V. Was paid. The other was tended respect for the sanctity of the Sabbath, "the remains of the SCHOHDEE.G pension,".amount- and then hastening to countenance and admire an ing to. 7201: per annum, which was obtained at a array of gun-boats formidable and costly, so only being paid, the Dutch lower ra t e , 17,4007. many of which have been got up exclusively for heirs of th e D u t c h gr antee being probably anxious the review, and with such haste that one thou to invest in the new Russian Loan which was then gaud Government workmen have had to labour owing out on favourable terms at Amsterdam. at them during two successive Sundays. Never The sanction of Parliament was not required, the mind that, and away with the croaking raven that job being perpetrated under a Treasury minute of hoalsely sings of the infinite loss the country has more than thirty yearn' standi ng , an d th e coma- sustained from the want of a like energy in the try would have heard nothing on th e subject but constructio n of gun -boats when their arm amen t s for the recent change which made P ar li amen t d e al could have won a peace the nation might b e with th e gros s revenues. Mr. WILSON, with great proud of. Away With retrospection and gloomy apparent candour, explained that the only differ- forebodings, and hey for the Review with all its once yva's,'that . " whereas, in former times Parlia. ' fascination, the Emperor al -aaPoLeoat and his went had no cognisance of the redemption of pen- princely " babby" in Jewish tinsel inclusive, slops, the net revenues alone being returned ; in But how to get there ? A "disagreeable" at the present instance, the gross revenues of the f the outset—a special train provided--but hon. departments were laid before the House, and the I members to pay the expenses ! Never milid, purchisse-meney debited in the accounts." He a ship is to be provided, with refreshments, added that "the transaction was strictly in keep• stewards included, and no charge. The Perse ing: with all the precedents." verance !—insult to injury, seeing to what straits We-have no doubt of the fact, and that the ini- I perseverance in iniquity has brought them ! The quitous system would have been kept strictly i Perseverance ! Could Lard PALMERSTON and his priieate but for the accidental discovery. Not the' Wood-en lieutenant entertain a notion of revenge slightest intimation has ever hitherto been given ,for their fractiousness so cold-blooded ! Why, of the pkoxii4.- wiiiChilas "I°l4 beeiliaoperatioz: i that Was the Ship that toppled-over iii to dock, THE Stibt LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 185 S. and took to water like my lady's spaniel ! Who shall picture the horror that blanched the cheeks and relaxed the momentarily strung nerves of Honourable Members when the fact in all its astounding atrocity burst upon them ! The threat of a dissolution, with its concomitant terrors, was a brutum fulmen to it ! In the annals of Italian vindictiveness was there ever recorded a vengeance so remorseless, dire, and com plete ? A dissolution of Parliament quotha —aye, truly, and of the partnership be tween the bodies and souls of its members, and that without a moment's notice also. The per fidious PALMERSTON. How many Hon. Mem bers are now under medical supervision from the effects of the discovery, and how few will be found desperate enough to mount the side ladder of the Perseverance we will hot undertake to say ; let us hope that, before the catastrophe can take place, Hon. Members will have undergone the usual P,ea change, and the country will not have its joy at getting rid of them, damped by the reflection that a brief moment for effective repentance was denied them. For one thing we must stipulate—if the " Per severance" will turn bottom or side upward—it must not be suffered to go to the bottom.. The country may have further need of it, At the risk of being accused of hard-hearted ness, we must really be permitted to contemplate the catastrophe. The Perseverance is over, and a sigh of—relief runs throughout the fleet. A moment of eager straining, and a wretched Cupid peers, like a hard-pressed rat, through a port-hole. It is my Lord PALMERSTON, looking anxiously for LOUIS NAPOLEON or Prince ALBERT to hoist him up, execrating the while the traitorous captain for tacking about before his Lordship had time to get aboard another ship. And there is WOOD, who won't drown, dodging a parson ! It cannot be— it positively is GLansToNE—poor dreamingsophist, spluttering reasons why Wool) should risk his own life to save his—and that after he has left MIL NER GIBSON unconvinced. And there the unfor tunate LEWIS—how hard to buffet desperately for bare life the salt wave borne down by the heavi est of budgets in sight of a Quarterly ! Poor SPOONER, is that an Irish member he has gut in his clutches ? Alt ! NAPIER and Sir JAM ES __ the Admiral has him now, and is taking the change out of him ! Poor FRED. PEEL, you would sink anything ; but why—why select Sir BENJA MIN ?—you are not a person of quality ! Melan choly illustration of a popular truth—drowning men will cling to straws—Sir GEORGE has got hold of Mr. HEADLAM, and, doubtless mistaking the obnoxious bill of the Honourable Member for another, gasps, in plaintive suc cession, " The tenth of April—fetch the police 1" But the spectacle is really affecting, and disdain ing to be caught by our P. D. in tears, we leave off in command of our mauhood,;:and with suffi cient energy to bespeak some little relic of the Perseverance for consolation in the future. LATEST NEWS. AMERICA (BY ELECTRIC TELEGIAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURTAY MORNING. The United States mail steam-ship Fulton, Capt. Wotton, has arrived off Cowes from New Yoik, eit route for Havre, with the French and English mails, and dates to the sth first. The Fulton's mails, passengers, ctc., for Eng land will probably reach Southampton about mid day. Wm. ...ft.... 1 OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP, SEBAS TOPOL, APRIL 5. The news of a treaty of peace having been signed at Paris on the 30th March reached the allied ar mies in the Crimea early on the morning of the 2d inst., and was quickly promulgated through the various camps. The intelligence produced scarcely any sensible emotion in the camps. Groups were formed, as the intelligence was communicated from one to another, and the subject was briefly dis cussed by the persons assembled. Some expressed satisfaction, others the reverse, very often accord ing to personal interests and feelings, but a general regret was expressed that so fine an army—as good as, and in many respects better equipped than, the army which marched towards Alma— should be dispersed without an opportunity of sig nalising itself in another, and especially an open, campaign. No one seemed to doubt that fresh glo ries would have been achieved, which would have eclipsed the splendour of any of those already ac complished. Tile news of the treaty of peace, and the conse quent probability of a speedy evacuation of the Crimea, have led to increased attention to the ar rangements necessary for facilitating the removal of tho vast amount of stares in possession of the army. All reports and returns on this subject are o be transmitted to the principal storekeeper at Balaklava, Captain Gordon, who is to have the supreme management of the reception of the stores from all the departments in the field, as well as their shipment, the admiral, of course, providing the requisite transport for their con veyance to England or other stations. All the guns have now been removed from the Russian forts and works, as well as those on the wharves of the South Harbour, and sent down by the railway to Balaklava. The English guns from the siege train parks are following them fast,. ; and already these depots begin to exhibit a very diminished appearance. Whether all the heaps of shot.,,and shell which have been accumulated in va rious parts of the siege works are destined for re moval remains to be seen ; many of these piles of Russian projectiles are in places not very accessible to artillery waggon% In regiments, the heavier portions of the winter clothing and materials have already been collected and stored, and the re mainder is retained in readiness to be given over at brief notice. A very practical confirmation of the re-establish ment of peace, so far as the soldiers are concerned, has been the stoppage of the 6d. per diem extra pay, or field allowance; which they have been drawing for some time past. It was ordered to be given so long as the men were in presence of an enemy, and there being no longer any enemy, it now of course ceases. The cessation of this allow ance has been notified in the goneial orders—the stoppage to commence from the date on which the news was received in the Crimea of the treaty hav ing been signed, viz., the 2d inst. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.. The Times Paris correspondent (Second Edition), dated yesterday (Friday), 6 p.m., . says :—" M. Cavour left Paris last night, and has, I suppose, before this reached Landon. Count Buol leaves to-day for Vienna. These two Plenipotentiaries carry very different feelings with them as th e y, separate. The form er has cause to be proud of the position his Government occupies before Europe • and he cannot be otherwise than satisfied with the. manner in which he himself has performed the arduous duties confided to him. He may look back on, the past with pleasure, and to the future with hope. Count Buol returns sullenly home, con scious that he hasconciliated no one, and stung by the thought that, in the council-room or out of it, his Government was an object of dislike er sus picion to all. The defeat of Novara, and the sort of persecution which the perfidious and the timid are wont to practise against the bold and honest, and which Austria has not spared to Sar dinia, are avenged by her present isolation. She is disliked and feared by Prussia, hated intensely by Russia, all but defied by Piedmont, •probably deSpised by France, and most assuredly not loved . by England ; but the enmity of Russia . probably causes her mor e p a i n t h an anything else. Hardly an occasion passed thatCciunt Orloff did not show his resentment or insinuate contempt—not, the less keen because con veved in p o li s h e d te rms =f or the Gover nmen t of which Count Buol was the re presentative at tke .CongresS. This occurred in various ways, It is certain that when the Russian Plenipotentiary asked one day of Count Cavour, in a good-humouredly• expostulating manner, " What • could have induced Sardinia to make war on Russia 7 . '• Count Cavour replied that Russia had never recognised the constitutional Government. of Piedmont, and spoke and acted as if, in fact, Piedmont had ceased to exist, and that she was obliged to declare war if it were only to prove that she was still alive andluoving. "My dear Count". said the Russian, "if we did no t recogn i se you it, was those Jesuits of Austrians (clenching his hand) who prevented us." At a grand banquet given one day by the Presi dent of the Senate to the Plenipotentiaries at the, Luxembourg, Court Orloff ant Count Buol chanced to be standing near each other looking at some beau tiful malachite vases, said to have been the gift of the Emperor Alexander to the first Napoleon. The Russian drew the attention of his Austrian colleaghe to some of the pictures with which the room was, hung, and which represented the battle of Austerlitz, and others in which the Austrians more particularly figured, but not to their glory during the wars otthe Empire. "Look here, Count," said Orloff, "these ought to interest you more than me." Count Buol looked, and smiled grimly ' • "Never mind—never mind," Orloff continued, "I am sure these pictures were not left here expre,sly to awaken any unplea sant reminiscences in your mind or-to vex you. Our hosts are too delicate to pain you. • Their ser vants no doubt forgot to remove these pictures, though they knew you were coming ; but don't mind—don't mind." The consolation was the un kindest cut of all. On another occasion Count Buol having put forward some extravagant pretensions relative - to the Principalities, and while he was proceeding with his argument, Count Orloff whispered, not, however, sotto voce, but loud enough to be heard, "Ma, foi, pas mal, M. le Comte ; pas si mal. On dirait que c'est les Autrichiens qui ont pris Sebes-, topol." These cutting sarcasms, together with the downright oppositi on o the other Plenipotentiaries, must have made Count Buol's situation a very un pleasant one ; and it must be a relief to himself personally that the Congress is at last at an end. Whilst anecdotes are in the way, I must not omit one which relates to Lord Clarendon. The Empe ror, it appears, was very anxious to give his lord ship the Grand Cross of th e Legion of Honour, an honour which M. de Manteuffel hail already re ceived. Lord Clarendon (so the story runs) ex plained to his Majesty that no British Minister or British subject can accept a foreign decoration un less for military services; "and such being the fact," he added, "my case has not an inch of ground to stand on, as my services in Paris have been especially pacific." Austria feels keenly her moral isolation; for isolated she is ; an d I s h o uld not be su r p r i se d if some trifling concessions were made in her Italian States, in the hope of conciliating the populations, and exciting some little feeling in her favour. Put, it is admitted, on all hands, that she has cut a very poor figure, indeed, at the Congress. When those who were wont to reprobate Prussia now place Austria below her, you may judge of the discredit she has fallen into. I omitted to mention yesterday that before sepa rating at the last meeting, the Plenipotentiaries Pissed unanimously a vote of thanks to Count Walewski for his conduct as President of the Con gress. There is a prevalent idea that Ministers Pleni potentiary are about to be despatched from some of the German Courts to those of Italy; and this measure is considered as having reference to the political position of the Peninsula. Count Cavour left. Paris last evening for London. His Excellency will not remain more than three or four days, and then return, via Paris, to London. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience to General Hilpert, who had been charged with the mission of delivering to his Majesty a letter from the Prince Regent of Baden, and the insignia of the orders of Fidelity and of the Lion of Za3brin- gen. The general was presented to the Emperor by the Baron de Schweizer, the Baden Minister. The Emperor y es t er d ay received replies to the. i notification of th e bi rt h o f th e P r i nce T mper i al., from the of Greece, the Qraud Duke of Meek ienburg-Strelitz, and the Duchess Regent of Parma; also a t letter of congratulation on the same event from Prince Ghika, hospodar of Moldavia. BOURSE, April 18.—Prices left off as follows : Cash. fr. a. End or month. liper Cents 93—e., 3 per Cents 74 2 5 73 60 New Loan 74 30 Bank Shares ... 3,7: , 0 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,770— Austrian Belgian Five 5........ -- Spanish Threes • 41 Piedmontese (5)..... 93 some Debt RAILWAYS—POR CASH. __ tr. c. fr. c Orleans - We5tern......... 920 Northern ........,-1,075 Strasburg Lyons „ 1,435 New Ditto 897 50 Vediterranean 1,670 Grand Central Lyons Geneva B2O Tests Cette — Austrian C0ra....... 945 THE DEFECTIVE MORTARS OF MESSRS, GILISSELL AIVD CO. A long and somewhat tedious correspondence with reference to a contract of Messrs. Grissell and Co. for mortars, presented to Parliament by the Royal Command, was published yesterday. The subject has already been discussed in our columns. It may Suffice to state, for the present, that (ec cording to a paper before us) two mortars, 13-inch sea-service, 5 tons, made by Grissell and Co., were tried by firing the ordinary service charge, at Shoe bury-point, Essex,. after they had been subjected to the usual prOof-fire at Woolwich. At the 10th round one of th ese mortars b urst i n a vert i cal direc t tion through the centre of the bore, and it was then discovered that a plug had been screwed into the rear of the breech about 2 inches long and 1i inch in diameter, seriously weakening the mortar in , that direction, , and thus rendering it more liable to burst. This led to an examination of the rest of the mortars at that particular point. There were found three other mortars that had been plugged ' in a similar manner, one of which had already been rejected on account of having plugs inserted in the face to fill up flaws in the metal. Another of the mortars supplied by Grissell and Co. burst on the usual proof, such being an extraordinary instance of inferior metal. The officer, Lieut.-Col. Mitchell, R A., under whose orders the defective mortars were fired at Shoebury, reports that " the screw had evidently teen inserted with great care, and could not be detected unless specially sought for." Such is the substance of Lieut.-Col. Eardly Wil mot's official report•to Mr. M 'nsell, M.P. Here upon folloWs a long explanatory letter, written to Lord Pamnure by the firm, into the details of which it is of course out of our power to enter. Messrs. Grissell conclude by saying-- 7 " the gist of the matter is, have we intended fraud ? On this issue We fearlessly claim from your lordship and our fellqW,countrymen au uuqual fied acquittal.' Whatever the intentions of the Messrs. Grissell may have,been, their explanation does not appear to have Satisfied the Government. Their letter was referred to Lieut.-Colonel Eardley Wilmot. That officer is inclined to doubt that the iron (partly) used by Grissell and Co. (the Staffordshire iron of Grazebiook and Co.) is " the highest on the list of strong irons ;" it is at least certain, as he observes, that the peculiar mixture of iron used for the mortars " has utterly failed." Colonel Wilmot reports, with reference to the plugging of the mortars, : that Mr. Grissell explained it to be an ordinary custom in large castings, stating that "it had b ee n d one b y his forerean without his knowledge, it being a common custom —that the mortar was not a bit the worse for it, &c." Mr. Grissell's urgent appals to the colonel to induce him to receive the mortar (No. 4) were met with a stern refusal, and Mr. Grissell is indirectly censured for not having then pointed Out that three other mortars were phigged. In answer to Mr. Grissell's assertion that there was "no fraud ondisguise," certain suspicious circum stances are adduced by Colonel Wilmot which would seem to indicate a desire for concealing the insertion of the plugs and determination to escape detection. In short it appears to the colonel that "the statement of Grissell and Co. as to the plugs in the face of the mortar is not consistent with toe facts displayed on the plugs being extracted. All the plugs are 21 inches long, and there are at least two flaws of about 4 inches deep. The plugs are of cast iron, which is wry unusual. The mortar was delivered painted, and ou the discovery and rejec tion of this mortar, Ho evidence appears of a desire to point out and explain the cause of the plugs in the breech." . .iMn4srs. Gris4ell made ano th er strong appeal to Lord Panniure on the 9th inst., in which, after entering into, all the detail s of th e case and adverting totbe severe remarks recently made on the subject in Parliament, they entreat his lord ship to remember that " their - characters as men and as tradesmen are at stake," and that early and public reparation is due to them. This letter was referred to Cul. Wilmot for his opinion, and on Monday last (April 14) Lord Paumure wrote to Messrs. Grissell to this etlect—viz., that after hay , jag carefully considered the charge against the firm and the evidenceou which itrested, it appeared to his lordship that Mr. Grissell's statement to Cul. Wil- Mot of his previous ignorance of the existence of the plugs was nut correct ; that Mr. Grissell acted most improperly . in not stating to Coloutl Wilmot the existence of certain centre-holes, and that, with reference to the holes in the face of the mortar, " a deception was practised fur which Mr. Grissell is responsible, whether it was practised with or with out his knowledge." Lord Palm - lure further ad dtices the bursting of all the three mortars Grissell and Co. tried with the ordinary service charge, as an incontrovertible proof that the ma terials whereof those mortars were made were not of such quality as to insure their fitness for service. Lord Pau inure concurs in the opinion of Colonel Wilmot and Cap , aiu Catlin, that the boring of the holes in the centre of the breech was injurious to the strength of the mortar; but lie admits that ihe, plugs inserted (with the exception of those in the face), were not placed there for the purpose of concealing flaws_; and here the matter rests. ASSIMILATION OF THE MERCANTILE LAW. (Prom tote Times' City Article.) On the 26th ult. attention was drawn to a clause in a bill brought in by the Lord Chancellor for assimilating the mercantile law of the united king- Auto intended to repeal the 17th section of the Sta tute of Frauds, which provides that no contract involving IQ/. or npwards is valid unless made by some note or memorandum in writing. This has always been acted upon in Libndou and regarded with great favour, but in Manchester and. else where it has fallen into disuse, while' with regard to Scotland, the statute has no application what - -ever. The question was, should the Scotch law be made to conform to the English, or the English to the Scotch 7 The Chancellor decided in favour of the former ; but, looking at the fact that all the principal transactions of the empire centre here, it seemed questionable whether it would be wise to disturb the London system, unless some strong 'objection to it ,could be urged upon principle. This, however, was not possible; and, as the ques tion was obviously one of expediency only, it was -recommended,. that the merchants and traders of the inetr6Polis should not allow the claus e t o pass without clearly coining to an understanding as to , its - . desirableness or otherwise. It is now under . stood that the feeling is generally adverse to the proposed change ; and a. petition against it, of which the following is an abridgment, is iu course of signature : "That a bill has been introduced the first section of which purpose to repeal the enactment • That, no cot tract for the sole of any goods, ware , i, and merchandises, for the price of 101. sterling or upwards, shall be al lowed to be good, except th , - buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same, or give something in Earnest to bind the bargain or in part of payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the same bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such contract, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorised.' "That the mercantile business in the City of London has grown up under,, and has adapted itself to, the pro visions of the said act, and, while your petitioners appre hend great risk and danger from a depatture from this practice, they are unable to discover any advantage in the proposed alteration. "That the 4.41 V imposes no unnecessary technicalities on contracts ; they are reqUired to be in writing, but may be in any forma convenient to the parties, And are frequently effected by letters between the principals.. "That in London a large part of the contracts are negotiated by brokers, aed by the present practice all contracts entered into by a broker are sent to principals. who are untitled to reject the same within 24 hours, if not in conformity with the intentions of the parties. "That these provisions inure certainty and give con• fidence in transactions in business, the importance of which can scarcely be appreciated. "That your petitioners conceive that, notwithstand ing; the proposed alteration of the law, all contracts of importance will atntinue to be reduced to writing ; but your petitioners will lose the .protection the law now gives them. " That if the law shall bs,altered your petitioners may be called on at a lapse.otmany months to perform con tracts of which they have no knowledge, arising, nut of misconception of those with whom they have been en. gagedift treatiw - or of brokers or agents, to say nothing of the risk of fraud.and collusion on the part of brokers and afrent4, the result of which must obviously be an increase of litigation and perjury. "That a large proportion of the contracts entered into contain stipulations as to the period of arrival, of the shipment, or the delivers of goods, besides provi sions as to their qoality and, price; and tha value of the contract mainly depend s on these details. That, unless those stipulations are reduced to writing, there can be no certainty that buyer and seller C are agreed upon the contract they have entered into.' • " That your petitioners attach great value to the prin ciple now acknoWledged. that none but written con• tracts are validin law. Those who choose to rely upon an honourable mutual understanding can now do so, but in practice it, is rarely ever done, from a sense of its inconvenience:* The measure now contemplated would not probably alter the practice of using written contracts, but would deprive the merchant of the secu rity be now possesses in the knowledge that he is bound by no agreement which has not been accepted and re. vi,ted by him, or which he has not had the opportunity of revising." FOREIGN CHAPLAINCY. —We underetadd that One o the beet chaplaincies of Brussels will shortly become vacant by the resignation of the presentghly-est eeme d holder, the. Rev. Mr. J. Blacker. The appointment, we believe, rests with the Bishop of Londoz, upou recoptuandation of the It of Obireadon: • • RUSSIA.. The Emperor of Russia ratified the treaty of peace before leaving for Moscow. On bis return the Czar will visit the provinces of the Baltic. A letOr from Warsaw of the 11th says :—" The Emperor has arrived at Moscow. The visit of the CzAr to Moscow is in conformity with the esta blished custom. Every time that any great poli tical act has been consummated, the sovereign goes to"the old capital of. Russia. The Emperor is said to he very well satisfied with his visit to Finland ; at Helsingfors he returned most warmly the saluta tions of the people who thronged round his carriage, and several times spoke to them in the Swedish lan guage. On his return to St. Petersburg, his Ma jesty told M. de Tourkoull, the Minister for Po land, that heintended to visit that country very shortly, and hoped to be as well satisfied with his journey there as he was with that which he had just made into Finland. Orders have been given to suspend the recruitment for the army, and the recruits who had already been collected have been sent. back to their homes. Letters front St. Petersburg announce that the precise frontiers between Russia and Sweden will be shortly fixed. AUSTRIA. A letter frornVienna,of the 13th says :—" In the audience given yesterday by the Emperor to the prelates to deliver their address, the _Empe ror replied in Latin as follows In coming to an understanding with the Holy ,See, in order to ful fil the duties of a Christian and of a prince, I glory in proving by my acts, my faith and my hope in Him by whom kings reign, and I fully com prehend how much the bonds of civil society are consolidated by the sentiment of religion. What I have proinised I will execute with the fidelity ,becoming a man and an Emperor. Such a great work, however, cannot be completed except by the union of forces. It belongs to you, vener able prelates, to join your efforts to mine and amongst yourselves, in order that the faith and all that is just and honest may flourish among us, and hear the abundant fruits of salvation and peace. Have confidence in me, as I have in you. God will be with us'.' " "We learn from a good source," says th e Po s t Ampt Gazette, " th a t Baron de Keller will repre sent Austria at the conference which is to take place at Bucharest for the organisation of the Prin cipalities." A letter from Vienna, in the Independence Beige, says :—" The waters of the Danube . have not been SQ low for the last twenty years ; they have reached such a point that some spots of the channel which separates the town from the sulturb4 of . Leopoldstadt can be passed on foot. It results that the commerce of Upper Austria, which' is . Conducted by wa t t; is entirely suspended, the smallest boats not being able to underta.ile the passage. It is to be desired that, in order to protect the commerce of the East and West from similar interruptions, we may he speedily connected by .a railway with Linz and Papau on the one side, aud;;Belgade on the other." BELGIUM. • The Emancipattok of Brussels says :•-•" Several journals have lately published a piece of intelli gence which has produced a certain sensation in Belgium. They state that King Leopold intends closing in July next the admirable political career which he has : gone through with so much glory. to himself and ,profits. to the Belgian people. This :statement is quite Without foundation." SPAIN. MADRID, April 17.—The Gazette publishes the budgets of 1856, mid of the first six mouths of 1857. The expenses are estinrited at 2,198,517,280 reals, and the receiptS at 2,202,591,988. The operation of drawing for the conscription has been effected without disorder at Valencia. The military inves tigation against the insurgents is going on actively. His Royal Highness, the father of the King of Portugal, is expected shortly at Seville, incognito. The operations of the comp a ni es of credit are para lysed by the interdiction to quote their shares at the Paris Bourse.... The announcement made at different bourses of a proposed new loan by Russia of 100,000,000 rou hies is officially contradicted. .• ,The Emperor of Austria is expected in Berlin for the anniversary of the accession of the Duke of Brunswick to the throne. Th , i latest accounts from Parma announce no Change in the state of affairs in that Duchy. It does not appear that the ocoupation of Pon *moth by the Austrianstas actually taken place. A letter from Munich states that the King of Greece will visit Germany during the summer and renvon for some time at the court of his brother. Li un c) e d to Ge t n he . A r l a f 4 on k so o t f 3 e g L en a e m ra ar l m o o f ra th h e afi s b l e :di n i p i Tit o ; army. The fact was announced on the 15th in the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, and received with 'great satisfaction. We read in the Paris correspondence of Lc Nord --=" Divisions, antipathies, rancour, and - opposing_ . interests have been manifested i n ie Conferences, and leave too much reason to expect new contests More or less distant, upon another theatre, and with other alliances. The opinion is confirmed by :the language which some of the pleuipOtentiaries use. Ditii,ff a few days with a high personage of the court, Count Cavour did not conceal his com plaints against the Conference for refusing to in ft:Oortwfee'irirtelail ainisetsihn;e izs elided ti47vo()ufri' w tili i ii eY t hanglitaly(n it s lii t gt A , u oi s , t T r t i it a : which be revolutions in Italy before theyear is out." DTS(7OVERY OF ROMAN IiEMAINS. ---- A discovery-wai' made on Monday last on the farm of Abbey Flats, which forms part of the glebe lands in the incumbency of the Rev. Mr. Wintour, rector of Barton-upon-Trent. Barton has long been known to afford indications of Roman remains:_ In partibular the onestead of the farm ofAbbeY . Flats has. been quite celebrated for pos sessing a fold-yard paved ,with the small diced tiles of the conquerors of the world. PaPsages of these tiles are distinctly visible in the fold-yard, and it is in the field immediately •adjoining it to the east that the present discoveries have been laid bare. For a long time Mr. Wintour has noticed that .square patches situate at intervals over the sur face of this field have either failed to produce crops, notwithstanding the fertility of the red clay of which the field is composed, or have presented squares of scanty and stunted produce, in great con trast to the rest of the field. The cause has now been disclosed. :On Monday last, as the parish clerk was ploughing in this field, the plough struck against the edge of what proves to . be a tesselated pavement not a foot beneath the surface. The clerk stopped the plough and communicated with the reverend gentleman,. who, having set some la 7 urers IV work, gently cleared the surface, and, .at the depth of a foot, laid bare about 1-4th diago nally, of a superb pavement of bold and elegant geometrical designs, in red, white, and Line, as fresh and beautiful as the day when it was first laid down. From the appearances and the traces of passages or walki 'leading through the field, Mr. Wintour ii convinced that the Abbey Flats must have been the site, not merely of a single Roman villa, but of numerous honses. Meanwhile be has had the flooring jest discovered washed clean So far as it is tract able ; an d we were enabled distinctly to fol •low the whole variations of the pattern. The space thrown open forms an Oblong rectangle measuring 15 feet by 16; . •feet, extending lengthwise due east and west. This rectangle is . occupied by an outer • border of small Ted half-inch tiles, three feet broad on the west and one and a half on, the south. This is succeeded by an inner border of blue, nine inches broad, and then by delicate double lines of small vriite tiles, including a 'magnificent scroll border sic inches broad, of- interlacing red, white, and blue tilest succeeded by another delicate double white line. The centre part within this -brilliant bordering (separated from it by a double line of blue) is occupied with a great-variety of geometrical figures. In nll these the colouring 'of the tile is remarkably. brilliant. The flooring ap pears to be laid adown on a cement, . which, how eter, reposes tipcin artificial soil of very great depth, presenting the colour of a dark fertile mould very unlike the red clay. of the field in general. ltfr. Win tour, in causing the soil to be dug up around the site of these discoveries, has met in , variably intermixed with the soil small pieces of charred wood, an.i.f the edifices here situated had (..been completely 'destroyed by fire. Large stones and traces of wall foundations are, however, ,dis •govered abundantly the field. --.Nottingham Guardian. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is refreshing, after the inanities of a Parlia mentary debate, to react the vigorous attack, by Mr. Morris Moore, on the jobbi ng an d m i smanagement at the National Gallery. In the absence of ai:y 44ter ap t to refute the very serious charges brought apirist the director of that institution, it must be impossible for even Lora Pairnerst(in to set public opinioq. at defiance, and uphold Sir Charles Z:stlake in his pr.:client position. Our "used-up" House of Commons nrAy tamely submit to the jibes and jeers of the lively pat r iarch of Downing street, but the nati on w ill never &flow it se lf t o .be thus ruade ridictiletts in the eyes of P,very matt of cultivated taste, or of even ordinary intelulgence. If the " press" do but it s d uty, Administrative Re form--" The right mall in 'die right place"—is inevitable at the National Gallery., —.1 am, sir, your obedient ser vant, F. R. 8. Bond-street, APrli 17. THE GRAND NAVAL REVIEW. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) • COWES, APRIL 16. Tlie whole of the men-of-war were under weigh again tc,-day, and will be daily until the grand display of Wednesday next. A great deal of company is expected at the Royal Yacht Squadron-house, and a great many houses and-lodgings have been taken. The line of ships is expected to reach from the Nab Light, by Osborne and Cowes, to Egypt Point. All the steam-vessels be longing to Cowes, Ryde, Southampton, Portsmouth, and neighbouring ports are' advertised to take company thrcugh the fleet. Such a fleet was never before seen, and it is' to be hoped will never have cause to assemble again in our time, and it is therefore not to be wondered at that it creates such an excitement. THE PROPOSED ILLUMINATIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—For what are we about to expend a large sulil of money in illuminations ? As we are not properly re presented in the House tf Commons, there is th, necessity that you should listen to the apr eea i o f , greater and assist those who, notwithstanding the 'reayinent of such an enormous income tax, are othe rw; .ee unable to make their voices heard. Do not, sir, ',et the public be blinded by Kiel' trumperies, for it is e misiderel by the cla , s to which I belong, that it is. more necessary to hide our diminished heads for ye,:y shame. Now, what with the thi . e4 9t a dowry t'.i our Princess, the prospect of a larger army than. •wmal, the income tax remaining at sixteeuPerlee, usual, on all hands, and reform nowhere, It is high time we should look about us, as a people, bad create " a pressure from without." NOT A GERMAN, HAYMARKET THEATRE. The laughable farce of " Gritn,haw, Bilsha.v, and Bradshaw " was revived last evening, for the purpose of introducing Miss Talbot to a Haymarket audience. Her finished manners and elegant appearance have been so often eulogised during her engagement at the Lyceum Theitre as to render any repetition of them unnecessary. The reception was most flattering, and we hope to see her soon in'a cha raCter more suited to her lady-like acting. Mr. Buck stone played his original character of Urimshau, and produced s o en dl ess a variety of comic points and effects as kept the audience convulsed with laughter from the beginning to the end of the piece. The house was'ex trertiely well attended. There is some reason to believe that the Emperor of the French will be present at the great naval review at Spithead on Wednesday next, and that our Admiralty have placed three steamers at the disposal of his Impe rial Majesty and his suite. Among the great fetes which will distinguish the year 1856 will be that of the coronation of the Emperor of Russia, at the end of the. month of August, perhaps on the 30th, the day of the patron saint of the Emperor Alexander. This solemnity, which is to take place at Moscow, will, it is calculated,cost 3A million of silver roubles ' or 14 million francs. THE RECENT ESCAPE FROM THE SOUTHWARK POLICE COURT.--Up to the closing of the Southwark Police ' court yesterday no clue had been obtained to the where. abouts of Mary Leonard, although very active exertions had been made by the police. A STRIKE.—The ship-painters of Liverpool have been on strike since the 7th inst., claiming wages at ss. in stead of 4s. 4d. a-day. Some of the masters have given the advance. We (Plymouth Journal) regret to state that during the past week our learned and respected representative, R. P. Collier, Eq., has been prevented from attending the House of Commons by indisposition. ALICE GREY'S VICTIUS. - -Randall and Perry, the two boys convicted on the testimony of Alice Grey, having been-released, are now working at the Shrubbery Iron Works, Wolverhampton, Mr. Hartley having given them employment with the view, if possible, to lead to their reclamation.—Birmieglram, Gazette. , APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, April 17 : —M. Cock cro f t , Heb den Bridge, n ear H a l i f ax; R. H. W oo d, Wood Hou se , Eaves, Leicestershire ; M. E. B. Nicholson, Cambridge ; G. D. Hunt, Preston, Lancashire. GREAT SCULLRRS' RACE..—The attention of rowing men will shortly be directed to the great match in per spective between Henry Kelly, of Fulham, and John Mackinney, of Richmond, for 2001., which is to take place on Thursday, May 22, from Putney to Mortlake. Both men are in sharp training, Kelly at Mr. H. Salter's, at Wandsworth ; and Mackinney at Richmond. The seen were pitted against each other last autumn, when Mackinney capsized before he had rowed a hundred yards, and his opponent of course won. They are both fine Powerful young men, and complete masters of the art of sculling. BANKRUPTCY COURT, April 18. The bankrupts Strahan, Paul, and Bates, the bankers and navy agents of the Stralid and Norfolk-street, were again brought up in .custody from Millbank Penitentiary to to exa bdit the meeting was so strictly "private," that the object of the examination .could not be ascertained At the close of the inquiry the ba4Joipte again reamed paxli to quit old cparterg. ALDElfSilriT CAMP. The Queen and Prince Albert were at Aldershot yes terday, and though, contrary to general expectation, there was no review—that event being reserved for this morning —the scene was brilliant and animated, and the camp wore that gay and festive aspect which a Royal visit never fails to impart. The weather, cloudy and unpromising at first, improved by bright degrees, until • at last, as it in effulgent disclaimer of what Shakspere has so unfeelingly said about the " uncertain glories " of the month of April, the sun shone forth with a power and constancy that put his enemies, the clouds, to flight and made the day his own. The Royal party left Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock, reached Farnborough about half-past 4 o'clock, and were received at the railway station by General Knollys, his staff, and a guard of honour. The Queen, who wore a golden sash over her left shoulder, and on her riding bat a plume of miiitary feathers, entered the carriage that was in waiting for her, and drove off amid the loyal acclamations of a numerous assemblage. Arrived at the confines of the north camp, she alighted and mounted a fine chesnut charger, the Prince Consort riding on one side of her and Lord Alfred Paget on the other. General Knolls's, with a brilliant staff, preceded . the Royal personages, and a glittering group of eques trians, conspicuous among whom was the Countess of• Desart, brought up the., rear. On reaching the Club house the cavalcade diverged into the plains that lie to the right of the common, and are encircled by a ring of heather-clad hills, once the home of timid bares and gentle plover, but now the haunt of riflemen, who resort thither for target practice and wake the echoes with their sharp ringing Minitis. Here the troops were drawn up in double columns, offering a front of a mile and a half. The scene was beyond description brilliant and picturesque as the Royal visitors moved at a slow pace trout regiment to regiment, the band of each saluting them with the National Anthem, while the men presented arms and the colours were drooped. The Queen appeared to enter thoroughly into the spirit of the occasion, and acklowledged the salutations of her soldiers with a • cordiality and conuescension which were generally remarked. Hera was no hurried or superficial glance. She passed closely along the lines and examined with manifest interest the appearance and discipline of the men. Nor could the scrutiny have fai!ed to afford her satisfaction ; for the men, spruce and gallant in their new uniforms as English soldiers should ever be, went through their work admirably, and the steadiness and precision of their movements evoked the applause of all spectators. The inspection of the troops being completed, the Queen repaired with her illustrious retinue to the highest of the hills in the vicinity, and, dismount ing, took up her position where a flag-staff had been planted to mark the "saluting point." The regiments then brought their "right shoulders forward," and the whole force defiled past her Majesty in quick time and in open columns of companies, their bands paying national airs as they marched round the base of the hill. The order in which they advai,ced was as follows :—The 80th Regiment of the Line led the way, next came the 91st, and then, in succession, as here enumerated, the militia regiments of Sussex, Glocestershire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, toe city of Dublin, the sth Elthorne, Herefordshire, 2d Surrey (with their venerable white goat), Ist Somersetshire Cavan, City of Lond on , an d Cambridgeshire, whi c h last regiment arrived from Ely only yesterday. Finally, the Antrim Rifles and third battalion of the Rifle Brigade passed at a swinging trot to the glorious old melody of " Sir Roger de Coverley." • • It was altogether a brilliant and inspiriting spectacle, and the Queen and her subjects appeared to enjoy it with equal zest. At 6 o'clock the Royal party retired to the Pavilion, where they took up their abode for the night. RECAPTURE OF TEfE BERKSHIRE JACK 2.I3EPPARD. The "last escape" of this convict from Portsmouth has already been reported. It appears that there he slipped his cable on Tuesday week, in broad daylight. Having learnt the business of a tailor, he made himself a suit of clothes out of his rough sheets, and, having secreted them under his prison dress, took a favourable opportunity, while working in the dockyard, to retire into acorner, where he doffed his convict outer garments, and dressed himself in the work of his own bands. Being thus equipped, and looking rather seedy, be boldly -.- marched, as well as a pair of pretended knock•knees would allow him, towards the main entrance of tne dockyard, meeting in his way several officers. When arrived at the gate, he was challenged by the sentinel on duty as to what business be had there ; to which he made a ready answer, and then "cadged" of the sen tinel, who then told him to clear c ff. This unnecessary piece of advice he did not wait to be repeated, but hied off into a wood in the neighbourhood. Here he was followed in less than half-atehour by a party from the dockyard, who by that time had missed him. They aid not find him, however, and when the curtain of night had fallen he left his lair in the wood and committed a burg'ary in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth, carry ing off a qu,intity of eatables and 61. Ile seems sub sequently to have taken the rail to Oxfordshire ; and the next thing we hear of him is that on the night of Bsturday or morning' of Sunday last he was at Great Barford. Tnere he rummaged over the workshops of Mr. Lovell and another carpenter, where he lighted fiies of shavings, and carried away a saw from the firmer. His next exploit was at the house of Mr. Woolgrove, grocer, where be cut oat with a saw the whole frame of a window secured with iron bars, and carried off a full suit of clothes, a hat, 2ib. of tobacco, and about les. in copper, the inmates of the house re niainiog sound asleep ail the time. He next visited his cld friend's stable—Mr. John Timms, Little Bar. ford—but there he did not find what he was in search of, and accordingly went over to Mr. Austin's, where he rode away with a fine white horse, a halter, and a sek, through Hornton, into Ratley parish, where, it being now deylight of Sunday morning, he dismounted and turned the ,, horse up a l ane near L ord Vil liers's mansion. By this time Superintendents Dixon and Burton, of Deddington and Banbury, were on the track, and they traced him to Welles b ,erne. During the day the valuabl e serv i ces o f Mr. Hickling, sup rintendent of the Warwick police, and of Sergeant Bumf rd, of the same corps, were enlisted in the search of the fugitive ; but nothing further was heard of him until Monday night about about nine o'clock. At that time a number of people were keeping Saint Monday at the New Inn, Hatton, when they were astonished on hearing threoor four panes of glass smashed in the window of tee room in which some of them were assembled. They of course ran to the outside to see the depredator, and in the dim moonlight saw Throne run ning at full speed toward the canal. They could not capture him—he was too swift for them. On inspection they found that he had gained admittance to a bedroom by forcing the window, and after ransacking every corner he bad taken away a silver watch and silk handkerchiefs, tort could find no money. His heel had accidentally . slipped as he was escaping from the window, and thus he hsd unwillingly sounded an alarm. About a quarter of a mile from the New Inn he'immediately went and com mitted another burglary. at the house of Mr. William Smith, farmer. Thence he stole a shoulder of mutton and other viands, a pair of watertights ; and he also seems to have enjoyed himself in eating the best that the house afforded, and in drinking several cups of ale. After such a good night's work it was reasonable to suppose that he would require some rest, and therefore it was inferred that during the next day be could not bey far distant from the scene of his toils. Under this ims pressien a numerous party of impromptu detectives was got tegether, and began a vigorous and diligent search for the not unworthy representative of the numerous body of "cracksmen." About two o'clock the same day (Tuesda3) he was surprised in a barn in the Old Park, Warwick ; but even here his good fortune did not quite leave him, for he got out and outran all his pursuers, until a horse was obtained, and then after a hot chase of three miles he was run down and secured, and conveyed to Warwick lock-up. There it was found that he was dressed in the clothing stolen from Mr. Woolgrove, of Great Barford ; and that he had in his possession nearly all the property he had lately stolen. The halter which he had etc len along with the horse was found under a stone in the parish of Batley, near to where the horse was found. The prisoner was brought before the ma gistrate at Warwick yesterday charged with the burg laries committed at flattop. The prisoner attempted to break out of Warwick Gaol sefew years ago by means of the main sewer; but from some cause he was foiled. He now boasts that no gaol in England will hold him ; but, that we are very sceptical about.—Banbury Guar. dian of yesterday. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Aram 18. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. There will bo an electi of four taberdars at this col lege on Thursday, the .29th of May. The value of the taberdarships is 651. per annum at the least. They will be open to all, with a preference for natives of Cumber land and Westmoreland. At the same time there will be an election of two Bridgman exhibitioners. The exhibitions are of the value of 45/. per Candidates moat be natives of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Wiltshire. Candidates for taberdarships and exhibitions must call on the Provost on Saturday, the 24th of May, with certificates of birth and testimonials of conduct. ALLEGED FRAUDS ON THR LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—LIVERPOOL, April 18'.. —At the police-court to-day, before Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magistrate, William Parsonage, who acted as auctioneer in sa l es f or unc l a i me d goods for the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company, was brought up for the fourth time on remand, charged with fraud and conspiracy. The evidence went to show that the amounts received for goods sold on some of these occa sions were not correctly entered in the company's books, the difference in the amounts being to the prejudice of the company. Mr. Brotherton, who appeared for the prisoner, addressed the court at very great length, con tending that there were no evidence against his client, the amounts which were entered in a book kept solely by the prisoner, being correct, the inaccuracies occurring a book kept by the cashier, Mr. Salter, who bad ab sconded, and was still at large. 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