The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

KEW GARDENS. In a report on these gardens appended to the Civil Service Estimates (I.), which is dated 31st December, 1855, Sir William Hooker observes : " Of the general conduct of this mass of visitors, varying in number according to the season and the weather, sometimes amounting to 12,000. in a day, I have in former reports expressed great satisfac tion, and especially of that of the middling anj lower classes, who come generally in family parties, and whose dress and demeanour are creditable and praiseworthy ; and though improprieties are now and then committed by persons of these ranks, I have generally remarked that grosser misconduct, rudeness, pilfering, &c., are committed by people apparently of better education and, a higher grade." Sir William thus describes the area thrown open to the parties whose conduct he comments upon in the above extract : " During the 15 years that I have had the charge of the Royal Gardens of Kew, there is not ono to which I can point with more satisfaction than that which is past, on account of the benefits which the public in general have derived from them both in healthful recreation and instruction. Nor can this be wondered at, seeing that, by the gracious permission of her Majesty, the pleasure grounds are open during the summer months as well as the Botanic Gardens. The whole area consists of nearly 400 acres, ornamentally planted, yearly increasing in attraction and beauty ; it is stored with the choicest trees and plants that can be procured, either for decoration or use ; and likewise contains a museum, in -which are exhibited the products of the various vegetable tribes from all parts of the orld." Sir William Hooker has made judicious and suc cessful efforts to induce the visitors of Kew Gar dens to combine instruction with amusement. With reference to this subject he says in his re port :-- c 4 Happily botany is not new what it was a century, or even half a century, ago—a dry study, mainly employed to determine the names or a few medical virtues of plants. A desire on my part, as director, to popularise the science, and to render it generally available, has been approved and encouraged by the several First Commis sioners in a way which cannet fail to be of ser vice to all classes of society. If proof were want ing, no better could be given than the rapid sale of a " Guide to the Royal Botanic Garden,' illus trated with 80 wood-cuts (price 6d.), which has gone through thirteen editions(each of 2,500 copies) in the short space of eight years. Indeed the vt ry peasant who never read a bsok on the subject may here see attached to the plant itself the name ver nacular and scientific, of the more useful kinds, while the child from school may acquire an impres sion of the form and aspect of many plants whose names he had learnt in books." The great and steady increase in the annur number of visitors to these gardens since 1841 very remarkable. In 1841 the number of visitors during the year was 9,174 ; in 1855 it was 318,818. The increase has been steadily progressive with two exceptions. The yearly number of visitors which from 179,627, in 'lB5O, rose to 327,900 in 1851, declined in 1852 to 231,210. And the number fell to 318,81.8, in 1855, from 339,164 in 1854. The cause of the apparent diminution in 1n52 is oh vious ; in 1851 (the year, of the Great Exhibition) the number of visitors was swollen by the influx of foreigners. Of the real decline in 1855 Sir Wni. Hooker observes " The diminution is capable of easy explanation by the singularly unfavourable weather which pre vailed during the spring and early summer mon 1 - s. The number of visitors from January to July, in clusive, was 41,844 les3 than in the' corresponding months of 1854 ; but during the months of August and September the number in 1855 was 13,272 in excess over the same months in 1854 ; notwith standing the attractions of the Great Exhibition at. Paris, which must have drawn numbers away from their ordinary avocations in the neighbourhood of London. Let it be remembered that the visits of the middle and working classes—according to Sir William Hooker the best-conducted of the visitors —to the gardens must be principally made on the Sundays. Yet an agitation is now on foot to exclude these classes from' the gardens on that the ' only day they can visit thorn. This was admitted by the Sabbatarian deputation which lately waited upon Sir Benjamin Hall. The advoCates of a coercive Judaical celebration of the Sabbath are so cock-a-hoop with their victory ou Sir Joshua - • Walmsley's motion for opening the British Museum arid National Gallery on Sunday, that they are bent on an aggressive movement to have Kew Gar dens and Hampton-court Palace and grounds closed on that day. SAVAGE AFFAIR IN GLASGOW. A most brutal case of " pounding" or smashing took place here at a late hour on Saturday night It appears that an Irish hawker named Patrick Ward, and his wife, reside in a room in Commer cial-court, 106, Gallowgate, which is sublet to them by Anthony Hannay, a tailor, who occupies the other part of the house. Ward and his wire went out in the course of Saturday evening, 'and he re turned about half-past ten without her, and went into his own room. The woman also returned soon thereafter, but on trying to obtain entrance, she found that her husband had rocked the door, by which she was denied admittance, upon which she retired to the room of a neighbour named Mrs. Macara, on the other side of the lobby. Hannay and his wife, who were out marketing, had left here their two male children ; one aged three years, and the other an infant of a year old. The woman - employed herself in nursing this infant until her * husband should be pleased to admit her ; but he suddenly emerged from his room, came into Ma - cara's apartment, and dragged his wife by the hair of the head, and the infant which she carried along with her, into his own room. Here the fellow looked the door behind him, and, seizing the child from his wife, he chucked it violently under his "oaten" He was next observed (for it happened that his window was overlooked by another on the opposite side of the court) to seize the tongs and brutally beat the woman with them about the head until she was clashed to the floor, when he kicked her and jumped upon her body. While the fellow was continuing his savage assault, he appears, from the cries, to have become aware that he was ob served from the opposite window, upon which he struck out the light. Meanwhile the court had become completely alarmed, and the police having . been called to the spot, accompanied by Hannay and his wife, who had now returned, the door was burst open, and the savage was seen to administer a finishing stroke to the woman, who had struggled up in the interval, and who was now rendered to- . . tally insensible. In the paroxysm of his fury, the fellow had dashed Hannay's infant from him, and it was picked up' in a corner of the room with its skull fractured, it is believed. The child is not expected to recover, and the woman is dangerously wounded. Ward was disarmed of the tongs, of which lie had made such brutal use, and taken to the police-office. Ward was brought before the sitting magistrate at the Central Police Court, on Monday, and remitted to the Sheriff.—Glasgow Saturday Post. , FATAL AFFRAY WITH TFIE ,STUDENTS AT SOUTH CA hOLINA COLLEGE, U.S. The Wilmington Commercial gives an account of some serious distnrbances which occurred in Co lumbia, South Carolima, on Feb. 17. Three stu dents of the college were walking round the city at 9 o'clock p.m., intending to murder the chief of police. This gentleman, hearing a noise in the street, came to the spot, when one of the students punched him in the abdomen with his club ; the policeman, thinking ho had been stabbed, imme• diately struck the student with bil'hludgeon, s: Ling liis skull dreadfully. This being done, he com mended his fellow policemen to assist in conveying him to the guard-house. As soon as he was lodged there the cry of " College" was raised by the stu dents, and in less than two minutes 160 students were present, all armed with pistols, bowie knives, swords, hatchets, and clubs. After cutting all the guard-house doors and windows into fragments, they rushed in upon the chief, each student giving him a wound with a knife, bludgeon, or sword, and threw him out of the second storey window on to the brick pavement. Next morning the students and several of the citizens had a desperate en counter the street with pistols, swords, and knives. Several of the students were carried to their various homes, dreadfully cut and bruised. The students had sworn to kill the policeman, and they broke into the guard-house, where he had been put for safety, and pulled him out in front of it, where they were each giving him a blow with their clubs, and some of them cutting him with bowie knives. The few citizens that were present rushed upon thein,and they had a dreadful fight. The alarm bell was rung to summon the military companies, and in a short time five military companies were present, including the artillery, clearing the side walk. One of the students died after the fight, and others are not expected to survive. On the 20th the students despatched messengers to Charles ton to buy ammunition ; they also procured rifles from a neighbouring town, and in addition broke open the municipal armoury and took the weapons therein. On the 21it the governor demanded the arms from the students, telling their: if they did not surrender lie would fire upon them. This being done they gave up their . arms, and the dis turbance was finally quelled. The hief -of police s said to have died of his wounds. Naval and Military Intelligence. The following is a letter, dated Malta, March 12 : " Much activity still prevails, n ot only in the military but in the naval departments at Malta. " Additions to the Malta reserve continue dropping in from England, and proportionate draughts of drilled soldiers are sent away eastward. Within the last few days as many as 1,800, in addition to the 3,200 which left in the last week of February are left, and ethers are preparing to follow. These have been replaced by 1,060 of the Ist Regiment of the Angle-Italian Legion from Genoa, and some 2,000 more are shortly looked for. " The St. Jean d'Acre, steam-ship of the line, has already left for the eastward, and the others of her class are being refitted with all possible despatch to resume their station in the Black Sea. Nor are our gallant allies behind hand in this particular, for on the sth inst. a noble fleet of five ships of the line and four frigates was seen passing Malta, steering eastward, and by this date must have reached the Dardanelles, through which most of the steam-frigates and nearly all the lighter craft and screw-steam gun-boats of the British fleet have al ready passed on their way to the scene of operations. " Her Majesty's steam-transport Assistance arrived on the 2d from Gibraltar and Valencia ; she left for Con stantinople on the following day, Conveying 14 officers and 273 non-commissioned officers and privates of vari ous regiments, draughts from the Malta reserve. The Cumberland steam-transport arrived from Woolwich and Gibraltar on the 4th with warlike stores. " The Northumberland steam-transport arrived from Gravesend, Plymouth, and Gibraltar on the sth, and left for Constantinople on the 7th. "The Madagascar steam-transport arrived from Bar celona on the 7th, with mules, and left for Constanti• nople the 11th. " Her Majesty's steamer Thais arrived from Liverpool and Cadiz on the Bth, and left for Constantinople on the 9th. "The Peninsula steam-transport arrived from London with medical stares on the 3th ; she left for Constanti nople and Balaklava on the 9th. " The Black Prince steam-transport arrived from Lan don with stores on the 10th, and left for Balaklava on the 11th. " The General Codrington steam-transport arrived from Deptford and Gibraltar on the 10th, with railway plant, and left for Balaklava on the 11th. "The Thalia screw-steamer, from London, with a cargo of Government stores for the East, arrived on the 12th; on wbich day the Great Britain left for Genoa. "The Tynemouth steam-transport arrived on the 28th of February from Constantinople, and left on Use 3d of March for Balaklava, conveying 18 officers and 682 non-commissioned officers and privates of various regi ments, taken from the Malta reserve. "The Imperador steam-transport left on the 27th of Feb. for the Crimea. "The Colombo, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, in the transport service, left for Canstantinople on the 27th. "The Indiana steam-transport left for the Crimea on the 28th, conveying 36 officers and 906 non-commissioned officers and privates of various regiments, taken from the Malta reserve. " The Armenian steam-transport left on the 27th of Feb. for England. "The Mary Ann, Minden, aed Sultan, sailing-trans poi ts, arrived from Constantinople on the 2d, the first two left for London on the 4th, and timing followed on the 5 h. " The Black Sea steam-transport arrived on the 3d from Constantinople, and on the same day the Alice Jackson steam-transport, also from Constantinople. " The Trent steam-transport arrived on the 41 h from Constantinople, with Ordnance stores and having in tow her Majesty's screw wain-floating battery the Meteor, also from Constantinople ; both left for -England this zato morning. "The Arthur Gordon steam-transport arrived on the Bth from Constantinople. "The Baalbec steam-transport, with Russian guns aed other trophies of war ' arrived from Balaktava on the 106 n ; and left ler England on the.] lth. " Her Majesty's steam-frigate Odin arrived from Ka on the 28th of Feb. Her Majesty's steam gun-boat Beagle left for the Crimea on the 4th, but meeting with darnage to her machinery in a gale of wind put back on thri 6th ; made a second attempt at getting away on the 9th, but re turned to port after a few hours. " 11. r Majesty's steam gun-brat Viper left on the sth for the Crimea. "The Higbflyer, screw steatn-frigate, left for Coratan tinople on the 11th. "His Nethlsrlands Majostys frigate D 3 Rnyter, Capt. Stavenisse de Brauw, arrived from Alexandria on the Bth, bound for Genoa. The captain, on the evening of the 19th, while dressing for a ball at the Palace, was struck down by an apoplectic fit and continues in a very precarimit state, which detains the vessel in port. "The Sully, French steam transport, arrived from Constantinople on the 28th Feb., bringing 155 military invalids, and left on the following day for Port Vendres. " The Isabella °toll steam transport in the French eevice, arrived from Kamiesh on the 2d March, having on board 214 military invalids, and lett on the 4th for Pc rt Vendres. "The Calypso, English steamer in the French trans port service, arrived from Constantinople on the 3.1, bringing 84 military invalids, and left for Port Vendres on the 4th, which day the Windsor steam transport, in the same service, also arrived from Constantinople with 40 invalids, and having in tow- the disabled >Sardinian ste tuser Conte di Cavour, bringing 188. French military invalids—which two vessels left for Toulon on .the sth. "The Napoleon 111., English steamer iu the French tran.port service, arrived from Constantinople on the sth, and left for Port Vendres on the 6th. '• The Eng!isti steamer Nicolai 1., in the French trans port service, arrived from -Constantinople on the sth, bringing 101 military invalids. • " The Tan tallan, English steamer in the French trans port service, arrived from London and Gibraltar with pr >visions on the Bth, and left for Kamiesh on the 9th. " The Empress, English steamer in the same service. arrived from Constantinople on the Bth, bringing 115 military invalids, and left on the 10th for Port Vendres. "The City of London steam-transport arrived from Genoa on the Ist March, and left for Leghorn on the 6th. "The Ottoman Government steamer Chebahar arrived on the 28th February from Constantinople, bringing 611 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Tunisian Contingent, and left on the 3.1 of March fcr Tunis. The Minos, Tunisian Government steamer, ar rived from Constantinople on the 28th of Feb., bringing General Muhamed Secusi, and 387 officers, non-com missioned officers, and privates of the same contingent, and left for Tunis on the sth of March. These 1,000 men, scarcely numbering a dozen officers, are, it is raid, with the exception of a few too ill to be removed from the hospitals of the East, all that remain of the contin gent, originally 10,000 strong. "The Ottoman Government steamer Esseri Heri 'ar rived from Tripoli on the Bth, having on board his Ex cellency Osney Bey and suite. "The Vectis Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamer, arrived on the 3d from Marseilles. The Alma mail steamer, belonging to the same company, arrived on the 3d from Southampton and Gibraltar. "Her Majesty's mail steamer Triton arrived from Corfu on the Bth. "The cutter yacht Sparrow Hawk returned from the Crimea and Constantinople on the let inst., and left for Portsmouth on the Bth. "The Araxos screw steamer arrived on the 2d from Alexandria, and left for Liverpool on the 3d. "The Bosphorus screw steamer, from Constantinople, arrived on the 3d, and left for Liverpool on the 4th, on which day the British Qaeen screw steamer arrived from Constantinople and Smyrna. "The Melita screw steamer, from Liverpool and Gib raltar, arrived on the sth. She left for the. East on the 7th. " Toe ship Siam, Capt. Wilton, from Constantinople, bound for Calcutta, put into Malta on the 7th, having 11 of her crew suffering from typhus fever, contracted from convoying to Constantinople from Kamiesh 300 French military invalids, 10 of whom died daring the passage. "Two courts-martial have taken place in the fleet. They were held on Loard her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, Capt. Jones, who presided on each occasion. The first case was that of Lieut. Bloxam, of her Majesty's ship Sphinx, for leaving his ship while under arrest. The charge being proved, he was dismissed the service. The second was on Mr. Blake, boatswain of her Majesty's ship St. Jean d'Acre, for drunkenness. The charge was prayed, but from the handsome certificates produced, and high character given him by Captain King and the offi cers of the ship, he was only reduced from the first class to second." General Baron Smola, of the Imperial Royal Austrian Artillery, accompanied by Col. T. Wurmb, of the Impe rial Royal Austrian Engineers, and Capt. A. Wissiak, of the Imperial Royal Austrian navy, visited the flag-ship of the Baltic fleet at Spithrad yesterday, and other objects of interest at Portsmouth. !tsar Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., received the visitors on board the Duke of Wellington, and accompanied them in his steam tender, which landed them at the dockyard, where the authorities also paid them every respect. On leaving the Duke of 'Wellington a salute of 10 gnus was fired in honour of the Baron. The Andee, steam-transport Ne. 100, arrived at Ports mouth yesterday morning from the East with invalids (last from Plymouth), and went into Barbour to laud them at the dockyard. The Coquette, 4, screw despatch gun vessel, Commander Risk, went into Portsmouth harbour on Monday evening. The Rhadamanthus steam tender went into Portsmouth harbour on Monday evening, to disembark machinery for the Pioneer steam despatch gun-boat and the Fox steam-transport. The steam-vessels Conflict, Archer, and Cruiser went from Harnoaza into Plymouth Sound on Monday. The screw steam-ship Orion, 01, Capt. J. E. Erskine, left Plymouth on Monday with those men belonging to the Algiers whose leave had expired. The ship Wellesley, from Calcutta Nov. 15, and Cape of Good Hope Jan. 12, was off Plymouth on Monday. She has a number of piettienger4, among whoM are, from the Cape, Capt. Bates, 45th Regt., Military Secretary to Lis Excellency G-otternor Sir G. Grey ; and Capt. Mont gomery, of the 61st Rifles. Spoke ' Feb. 3, in lat. 7 S , long. 15 W., the S uma tra , from Coringa for Belfast; Feb 7, in lat. 1 N., long. 22 W., the City of ENlinlanrgb, from the Clyde for Calcutta ; March 4, in lat. 51 N., long. 13 W., the Magician, of Bristol ; and March 9, in lat. 50.30 N., long. 11 W., the Thebes, from Shanghai. The Thunder floating battery, Capt. G. G. Randolph, has been put out of No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, her fit ments and improvements being completed. She has, with the Trusty floating battery, Capt. F. A. Campbell, been berthed at harbour moorings. The Horatio, 8, screw steam-frigate, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., left Shec mess yesterday on a trial rip of her machinery. The Porcupine, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.- Commander U. M. Balfour, has completed her refitting. THE SUM LONDON ) WEDNESDAY F; vEN MARCH 19 546, She has taker on board her stores, and is under orders to leave Sheerness. The Eurotsm, 12, mortar-ship, is receiving her mortars and mortar-beefs on board, each mortar exceeding five tons weight. The Victor, 6, screw steam gun-vessel, Commander T. It. Algernon De Horsey, now fitting in the basin, Sheer ness, has had a very satisfactory trial of her machinery in the basin ; 6.1 revolutions were obtaiaed, and she is to proceed on a trial trip in a few days. The Soylla, 20 guns, new screw steam-corvette, now being built at Sheerness, will shortly be ready to be launched. The frames for another vessel of the same class are being prepared to be laid down on the same slip. Vessels of this• class are built substantially for the purpose of carrying a heavy armament oh their upper deck. The gun-boats Violet and Goldfinch have filled their ammunition stores with powder, shot, and shell, in pre paration for lengthened service, and Failed yesterday morning from Woolwich, to test the qualities of their engines and machinery, after which they are to proceed to Greenhithe to' be swung. A new gun-boat,named the Roebuck, is to be launched on Saturday at Messrs. Scott Russell's., Lieut. W. Arthur has hoisted his pennant as com mander of the gun-boat Manly ; and Lieut. G. J. Row ley, of the Magnet ; both vessels have commenced their preparations tor sea at Deptford. The schooner Junction is to sail from Woolwich to day with guns, mortar-beds, and gun carriages, &c., for Portsmouth. The shipment of Ordnance materials from the Low moor, Liverpool, and Scotch foundries to the War De partment at Woolwich will shortly be suspended, as th.s contracts for the season are fait drawing to a termina tion. Large numbers of mortars and heavy guns of every description, with many 63 and 32-pounders, to supply the fleet of gun-boats, have passed through the proof (se pertinent there. The new system of firing the proof singly has been ordered to be entered as a permanent re gulation. Mr. Gottlieb, late storekeeper of Woolwich Dockyard, in addition to his full pay of active service, has I wen granted 10C/. per annum as an equivalent for free quar ters. The newly-created post of accountant in the St'ore keeper's-office at the Dockyard, Woolwich, was filled up on Saturday, from Portsmouth, at a fixed salary of 5401. per annum. A first-class clerk in the same departote nt, with a salary commencing at 3151. and annually incri 151. up to 4501., v. , as likewise appointed at the rescue time from Portsmouth. The followiag commanders have been appointsei to command steam despatch and gun ♦essels : Commander H. C. Majendia, to the Alacrity ; Gem mander W. .:ones, to the Assurance ; Cons. B. J. Bloomfield, to the Osprey ; Com. W. Armytage, to the Vigilant. B. S. Ogren and R. D. 11. Ferquharson have been appointed midshipmen to the Vesuvius and the the Retribution. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—March 18. without effect ; and as the applicants were too vier to incur the expense, they wished to know what course they were to pursue ? Mr. Arrilld intimated that the ordinary mode under such circumstances was to apply to the parish autho rities. _ _ _ MANSION•HOUSE.—An application wa3 made to Sir R. W. Carden on the sth inst., the particular circum• stances connected with which aro calculated to excite strong public sympathy, and will probably command the attention of those whose interposition may be effective in checking the shocking evil which.it exposed. A man of respectable appearance named Thomas Evans, who resides at John -street, Parker's-row, Ber mondsey, said he had received information that morning that his daughter, who was about 16 years of age, bad been inveigled on board a steam-vessel which htvd started a few hours before for Ilamirxrg, and that, taking into consideration the character of those with whom the un fortunate girl had been seen, no doubt could be enter tained that she would fall a victim to the confederacy of procuresses who traffic between the seaport towns of England and the continent if the most speedy inter ference wera not resorted to. iz B. W. Carden expressed the utmost readiness to render all the assistance which a London magistrate The male applicant olmerved that the deceased lady was the cousin of a viscountess, and the-whole of her connexions were of the highest respectability. He 00-tight it V7:19 not right that the deceased should be bufied by the parish while she had sons possesing such wealth, and he wiiheil to ingaire whether they could not be compelled by law to decently inter the remains of their deceased parent ? Mr. Arnold observed that be was reluctant to give opinions relating to matters over which be hal no juris diction, but he was . not aware of the existence of any each law. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. coull give in such a case, and immediately sent fur two officers of skill and experience, to whom he gave in structions to telegraph to Hamburg, in order that the vessel in which the girl was stated to have sailed might, on its arrival, be searched and the girl be protected. The statement of the father was to the following effect : —His daughter Susannah, accompanied by a TIIE TIPPERARY BANK. • The selection of Mr. M'Dowell, F.T.C.D., to fill the office of official manager was quite a surpri e, no less to theexpectants of the prize than to the public generally, and grave insinuations were freely hinted against the fitness of the learned gentleman to discharge duties apparently so incompatible with those of a tutor of the University. Nevertheless, finale acquaintance, was the day brfore, a 3 they were going to their work, met at the corner of Fenchurch street by a Belgian Jewess, who appeared to be known to the latter, and who, in a very friendly manner, asked them to go with her to tee two or three young girls like themselves, who resided in Lambert-street, Leman street, Goodman's-fields. They consented, and accom panied their inviter in a cab to a house situate a:, de ' scribed, whore they were introduced to two young wo• men in a room on the second floor. The appearance of the place and of the women was not satisfactory to Su sannah Evans, who expressed much anxiety to get away, but was prevailed upon by the Belgian Jewess to stay to dinner, while the new acquaintances informed her that they were going the next day to Hamburg to get into splendid situations, in which they would be enabled to live in style, wear gold watches and other jewellery, and supply their parents with the luxuries as well as the necessaries of life. The more desirous she was to go home the more they pressed her, to stay, and at last she was prevailed upon to go to bed, after having in vain at . - ;he appoiutment is believed to be ouo of the best that could have been made out of the batch of can didates submitted to Master Murphy. Mr. M'lle well is said by those intimately acquainted with him to possess all the requisite qualifications for his new office, and it is urged that he has been already en gaged in winding up the affairs of a public company under nearly similar circumstances to those which brought the Tipperary Bank under the guardian ship of the Court of Chancery. Subjoined is a sketCh of the proceedings yesterday ill the Mister's office : "In accordance with the intimation which he gave at the close of the proceedings on Saturday, Master Murphy this day announced his decision as to the gentleman whom he had selected out of the list of candidates for tempted to leave the house. In the morning, a. an early hour, there was a bustle in the house, and off she was hurried in a cab with the two girls to whom the had been newly introduced and deposited on board a steamer which lay near St. Catherine's-wharf. These circumstances the applicant, said he bad been, informed of by the young girl with whom his daughter had been walking when she was accosted by the Belgian Jewess, and who had contrived to escape from the house in which his daughter had been detained. Smith (572) and Monger, the detective officer, were the men direCted by Sir R. W. Carden to make arrangements to meet the exigencies of the case, and to bring back the girl to her perents under auy circum stances ; and the former, upon representing the particu lars of the transaction the office of the Steam Naviga tion Company, to which the vessel in which the girl had sailed belonged, was meat readily offered a passegt and supplied with al the information they possessed as to the apparently sanctioned practices of the Hamburg proeurese. Upon arriving at Hamburg Smith found that the girl was detained by the authorities in consequence of tee telegraphic meseaee, hut he found also that the Belgian precuress was determined to make e eery effort to secure tier prey notwithstanding the interposition of the police, and that she had actually assured the officials teat the young woman had accompanied her" from Eng land under a reoelar engaeement, to receive the visits of gentlemen. In order, else to 'increahe the exer tions of the police, with whom sles appeared to he on very good term., she charged the poor girl with hav ing robbed her parents of 51., and referred to a letter found in her pocket, but not at all liable to any construe tion of the kind as evidence of. her dishonesty. When Smith endeavoured to convince the Hamburg police that such a charge was a wicked misrepresentation, he found them very incredulous, but he succeeded perfectly in the object •of his mission, and safely placed the girl on board the steamer, which was about to return. Tne young woman, who was i3er this timely interposition of the Loud( n magistrate saved from destruction, coin plairied much of the attempts of a person who, she was told, was the doctor appointed to examine all the fresh female arrivals under engagements to the base wretch by whom she had been forced on hoard ; and Smith soon learned that there were several new importations, awl that the system, a rocious as it was, most extensively prevailed. He determined to bring back to Sir R. W. Carden all the information he could collect, and cerfainly the description he gave of the couchtion,ot several poor English girls, who were detained by the procuresses and panders on the pretext of debt, who are anxioas to re turn to their parent, was calculated, as the alderman said, to fill any one's heart with compassionate anguish. , He accordingly waited upon Col. Hodges, the British . Censul, and stated the circumstances under which he had visited.Hanaburg, and the particufare of which he had been an eyewitness there, and soon learnt ' that the con sul was perfectly aware that the atrocious traffic had been carried on for some time, and constantly lameeted the deplorable condition of the poor girls who were in duced to leave their homes to be plunged into such abo mination. Ho represented that the authorities in Lon don, by whom he had been sent to inquire into the facts and to snatch one victim, at any rate, from the conta mination which had awaited so many, were anxiously expecting the interposition of the Euglis Consul ; and Colonel Hodges replied that nothing would give him higher gratification than the power of checking so monstrous an evil, but that : the immediate interfer ence of Lord Clarendon would, in his opinion, be neces sary before much good could be effected in the way of counteraction, awl that it would be advisable to present a memorial to that Minister for an inquiry into the case. The Vice-Consul added his testimony to that of his su perior, and mentioned several heart-rending cases, pre senting new pictures of the horrors of the prostitution thus apparently sanctioned. The two officers waited upon Sir R. W. Carden to maketheir report, and were accompanied by Susannah Evans, and her father and mother, who in tears ex pressed their gratitude to the Alderman for the service which had been done for them, and, they hoped, for the community. The young woman detailed, hue in an almost unintelligible manner, the scenes she had wit nessed. The Belgian Jewess bad, she 'stated, been generally accompanied by two ill-looking men, whom she had seen in Lambert-street on the day which she spent in the house there, and' who had sailed to Ham burg in the vessel with her, and constantly watched her steps. Sir R. W. Carden said the officers had done their duty with the skill and propriety which he expected to see exercised by them upon all occasions. Ho rejoiced that the application had been made to him, and can gratulated the father and mother of the girl who had so narrowly escaped upon the complete success which had attended the exertions made to prevent a most serious calamity. He had no doubt at all that measures would speedily be taken to put an end, at all events to give an important check to, a traffic the most cruel and revolt ing that could be imagined. GUILDHALL.—Henry Sheen, 'Mary Ann Dclap, and Elizabeth kyag were charged with being concerned with two men, named Flynn and Geary (who were await ing their trial for that offence), with breaking the Win dow of Mr. Walter's shop in A idersgate . .sitreet, on the 27th of February last, and stealing therefrom gold and silver watches and jewelery to the amount of about 1001. The evidence against • the prisoners merely went to show that they were in the vicinity of Mr. Walter's shop at the time of the robbery. Alderman Sidney said there was nothing to criminate the prisoners, and they were therefore discharged. BOW-STREET.—A pest-office letter-carrier, narneil James TNlliamsdn, was charged with stealing a money letter. The prisoner had been detected in the usual manner, by means of a test letter containing marked money and postage stamps, which he should in due course have de livered. Having abstracted the letter, he spent the money in drink, and was apprehended the same night in a state of intoxication. The marked stamps were found upon him. He was committed for trial. A. labourer named John Burn, who for 20 year* past ha 4 worked at the British Museum, for Messrs. Baker and Son, contractors, was charged, on remand, with attempting to steal 'a portion of the bell of the old Mu seum cloCk. _ . It seems that the bell, which was kept in the store room, was p Tfectly whole and sound up to the sth inst., when it was found to have been broken. A watah was constantly kept by Sergeant Williamson, of the detective force, until Monday, the 10th inst. At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the sergeant, being in an adjoining room, heard the sound of a heavy blow on the bell, and on hurrying to the spot caught the prisoner, who was trying to escape by the window. He was very drunk. The lower portion of the bell had been again broken, and alicavy sledge-hammer lay beside it. It was represented by Air. Lewis, for the defence, till this was an act of drunken wantonness on the part of the prisoner, who had not intended to carry away the fragments of the bell. Mr. Lewis suggested that, had that been his purpose, he vvodld hardly have used SD noisy a weapon as a sledge-hammer, nor would he have pr. cseded to get of the window without his booty. Ho (Mr. Lewis) trusted the magistrate would treat the case as one of wilful damage, and not destroy the good cha- . ract-r the prisoner had maintained 20 years by commit ting him for attempted felony. Mr. Henry, believing that ajury would probably take. the view of the case suggested by Mr. Lewis, convicted the prisoner under the Wilful Damage Act, and iuflicted a penalty of 51., or in default one month's imprisonment. On hearing the sentence the prisoner, who had not previously spoken a word, exclaimed, with an oath, that he did nut break the bell. He was then removed. WESTMINSTEIL—adorge Eclatonson, nonzu Yen-. tuna, and John Abbott were charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. West, 10, Manor-street, Chel,tea, and stealing therein a (pan tity of wearing apparel ani other property, valued be ween 401. and 501. The prisoners were remanded til Saturday. A young man and woman, respectably attired, who deicrihe 1 themselves as man and wife, entreated the magistrate's advice in the following matter : They stated that the young woman's mother, who bad been maintained by them for the last two months, died on Saoday morning, when, as her two sons were per sins in very affluent circumstances, application was made to them to bury the deceased, but unfortunhtety From the London Gazette of Last Night LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 13. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold .Drawing-Rooms at St. James's-pelace, on the following days, at o'clock :—Tharsday, 10th April next, Tues day, 29th April next. LORD CH utosaLA.ty3 OFFICE, MARCH 13. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees, at St. James's-palace, on the following days , at two o'clock : —Wednesday, 16th April next, Weinesday, 7th May next. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Mallen 15. This day had audience of her Majesty :—Jas. Buchanan, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, to deliver his letter of recall :—To which he was introduced by Viscount Pal merston, G.C.8., acting for the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Mama 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Nathaniel Selornou as Consul at S. Helena for the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 15. The Queen lies been pleased to appoint John Scott, Esq., to be Lient.-Governor of the District of Natal in Sauth Africa. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Stone, Esq., to be Stipendiary Megietrate for the Western Di-- trict of the County of St. George, in the Island of Trinidar", BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Manca 17. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy-Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of :.hate for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Deepatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, stat ing that the exportation of the undermentioned articles is permitted at the following rates of duty:— From the 4th instant to the 31st May, next, bis:uit and maccaroni, on paying one ducat per canter export duty ; and, from the 4th inst. to the 30th April, 183 T, lupines, on payment of 50 grains per cantar, and beaus 80 grains per cantar, export duty. WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCEe 18. sth Regiment of. Foot—Lieutenant-General Wm. Love lace Walton to be Colonel, vice General Sir John Grey, K.C.8., deceased. WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 18. Royeel Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant John Stirling Stirling to be Secor.i. Captain, vice Harding, retired upon half-pay. The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Lieute. .nants with temporary rank :‘ —Alexander Doull, Robert Emmett Cane, Archibald Hamilton Bell, Francis Sidleir Stoney, John Watts Brassington, 'George Budd, John Houghton, Henry Rogers 'fevers, Robert Lloyd, James Colcythouu, Thomas Clarke, William Godeffroy Brancker, Danabl. Roderick Cameron, William Henry Nc,ble, George O'Connor, Richard Newton Young, Francis Hume Dodg son, Joseph Haythorne Eiger. 21st Foot.—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hen. J. L. Browne, from a Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-Celonel, vice Lord West, who exchanges. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION. Brevet-Colonel C. R. S. Lerd•West, C.B , from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Browne, who ex changes. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. TO BE LIEUTENANTS. SerjeanteMajor Ralph Norman, from the Mounted Staff Corps. Thomas Fletcher, Gent. Farrier-Major William Addy, from sth Dragoon Guards. Serjoant James 011erton, from 30th Foot. Serjeant-Major J. Watson, from 50th Foot. Serjeant ►Villiam Smith, from Rifle Brigade. Quartermaster-Serjeant William Sykes, from 55th Foot. Serjeant J. Smith, from USth Foot. Serjeant George Donelly, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant John Murphy, from Artillery. Serjeant John Mackenzie, from Royal Artillery. Alfred Lander, Gent. Cornet J. Milne. Cornet G. James. Cornet G. Edwards. • • Cornet W. Magee Cornet J. Eleazby. Col net J. Bridge. TO BE CORNETS. S:lirjoant. George Hall, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant James Pettigreir, from Royal Artillery. Troop Serjeant-Major -- Malley, Land Transport Corps. Colour-Serjeant J. Faulkner, from Royal Sappers and Miners. Serjeant John Landry, from Royal Sappers and Miners. Sorjeant H. Macleod, from ltoval Artillery. Sorjeant W. M'lntosh, from Royal Artillery. Coleac-Serjeant James Spry, from Royal Sappers and Miners. Colour-Serjeant John Sweeney, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant John Wilson, B,oyal Artillery. Sorjeant Henry Adams, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant George Alexander, from Royal Artillery. Troop Serjeant-Major William Henry Waters, Land Transport Corp 3. ' Regimental Serjeant-Major William Matthews, from Ist Dragoons. Serjeant George Ramsay, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant Thomas Ritchie, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant George Taskor, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant William . Shackelton, from Royal Artillery. Colour-Serjeant Win. Armstrong, from 49th Foot. ColourSerjeant Richard Collins, from 56th Foot, Regimental Serjeant-Major William Thompson, Land Transport Corps. Serjeant Charles Sutton, from 31st Foot. Coloar-Serjeant Joseph Clarke, from 33:1 Foot. Colour-Sorjeant Mickasl Stapleton, from 4th Foot. Quartermaster-Serjeant Robert Davies, from S.'.tl Foot. Quartermaster-Serjeant John Packwood, from Cold stream Guards. Qua.rtermaster-Serjeant Michael M`Cain, from 49th Foot, Serjeant Wm. Jeireries Pagers, from 66th Foot. Colour-Serjeant Thomas Smith, from Ist Foot. Serjeant John Baird, from 41st Foot. SJrjaatit Robert Stewart, from Ist Foot. Serjeaut Joseph Palmer, late 76th Foot. Serjeant-Major John Briggs, from 9th Foot. . Regimental Serjeant-Major William Ross, from is Dragoon Guards. Serjeant-Major Isaac Cammin, from 93th Foot. Quartermaster-Serjeant Andrew Munro, Laad Tranepor Corps. Regimental Serjeant-Major Malachi Powell, Land Transport Corps. .-erjeant William Lowe Shawe, from 28th Foot. Paymaster-Serjeant Alex. M`Donald, from 79th Foot. Colour-Serjeant Mowbray Skeates, from Rifle Brigade. Donat M.`Mahon, Gent. Colour-Serjeant George `Pohlmann, from Royal Sappers and Minors. Colour-Serjeant Cornelius Godfrey, from R-yal Sappers anti Miners. Staff Seijeant-Major Alexander Baird, Land Transport Corps. Peter Burrowes, Gent. Ernest Lewis, Gout. TO BE REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTERS. Quartermaster-Serjeant William Todd, Land Transport Col 7 ps. Quartermaster-Serjeant George Blake, Land Transport Corps. Paymaster-Serjeant Abraham Anderson, Land Transport Corps. Quartermaster-Swjeant Thoophilus Greenway, from 21st Foot. Troop Sorjeant•Major James Winter, Land Transport Corps. Colour-Serjeant William Lambeit, from Royal Sappers and Miners. Paymaster-Sorjeant Alfred Allen, Land Transport Corps. Sed cant Thorn:v.-Barstow, from 33d Foot. Pay master-Scrjeant J. Garnon, Irons 39th Foot. Paymaster-Serjeant Patrick Francis Foley, from 31st Foot. Daniel a3aeon, Gent. Thomas iiwitllestone, Gent. Coinpauy-Serjeant J. Stratford, from Royal Artillery. Couipany-Seijea,nt J. Copeland, from Royal Artillery. TEIE The Royal South Gloceste,r Regiment of Militia, wa% on Monday called upon to give volunteers to the regular army. The proceedings were superintended by Oolonel Horsford, Rifle Brigade, a distinguished officer. 153 men offered, of whom 12 were rdeeted. This regiment has given a large number of volunteers to the line since 1852, and at all times shown a wiliiermetss to vo'.o ateer. Tile present strength is about 400 of all ranks. They have been six months at Aldershott. -HEALTH 0.? LONDON DURING TEI WEEK. ( From the Report of the Registrar-Genera?. ) The deaths registered in Lopdon rose irons 1,029 and 1,032 iu the two previous wesks to 1,118 iii 4 e week that ended last Saturday. If the rate of morte,:iity ha‘i been the same last week as it was, taking the 3vt.rage, in the correspsn(ling weeks of the ten years 18;46 55, it would have produced 1,296 deaths, which More by 178 than the number actually returned. These results. show that the public health comparatively good, though the cold weather has had some effect 'at raising the mortality ; arid it probably accords with common experience that influeez% and other catarrhal complaints prevail at this time to an extent greater than can be dis covered in the returns of deaths. _ Of the 1,118 deaths 563 were those . of males:, and 555 of females. From diseases of the respiratory organs the deaths; in the piaceding week were 191 ; last week they were 223, of which 101 were caused by bronchttia, 92 by pneumonia, 9 by asthma, the remainder by I .rsryngi•is, pleurisy, and " disease" of the lungs." Plahisits was fatal in the two weeks in 129 and 148 cases ; influenza last week in 2, croup in 7, booping-cough in 47 cases. Forty-five persons died of typhus and comm.:cm fever ; 18 of those in the East districts, where fever, sa4peciAlly in Whitechapel north, appears to he prevalent.. ')f 10' deaths recorded in the sub-district mentiop,ed 6 wore Frain " febris," 4 of which occurred in the W hitechapel Woikhouse. Of 9 deaths in the sub-district of Rateliff 1 was from pooping cough, 1 from measles, : mnd 3 from scar!atina. Toe widow of a farmer, aged 56 years, died in St. Luke's Workhouse of "fever and • d astitution." Four children died of measles in Poplar; three of these in the workhouse. Eight deaths from typhus occurred in the London Fever Hospital. The body of man who had died of typhus in Capland-streot, Marylebonet was kept without burial for a fortnight, in cotisequenco of the poverty of his relatives. Two women had arrived at the age of 93 years, one at 95 years, and one is stated to have been 104 years old. Tnese four aged persons were all widows. Tkie centena rian died at 3, Hutchison-street, Aldgate, on. the 10th of March ; she was a native of Prussia, but, had been in this country several years. Mr. Spencer, Alta registrar; adds that she enjoyed good health and the use of her faculties to the last, and that her son, the informant, of the death, stated that he himself was 66 years of age, and the youngest son of a large fa , saily. Last week the births of 932 boys and 812 girls ; in all 1,744 children, were rsgistered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-56 the average number was 1,582. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 965 in. The highest reading was 30.20 in. at the beginning of the week. The mean temperature was 36.3 deg., which is 4 6 deg. lower than the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the averaa - * throughout the week, and on Saturday the defect vide 8•4 deg. On that day the highest reading was only 3S deg. ; the lowest 27 . 9 deg. ; and the mean, 33 . 1 deg. The lowest in the week was 26.5 deg. on Wednesday. The mean dew-point temperature was 29.5 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 6 . 8 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 41.8 deg. On the last five days the wind blew from the east and north-east. On Thursday it blew, when strong est,. with a pressure of 61b. on the square foot. There was no rain in the week. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 15. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases . l9B Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Bfood-vessels 49 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 223 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &r_. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 33 Atrophy 3O Old Age Sudden 9 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 37 Causes not specified DRAMS PROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deat' s Enumerated. eponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,4_5 1,118 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK Males Females Total .. 932 812 1,744 [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND NEARING. 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The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation can see- with these lenses of a much less raa.guify ing power—and they do sot require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness—Now Discoeciy.—The Organic, Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invested instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever lan be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per cept Ale ; it enables deaf porsaus to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance, that possibly could be deeirod.-39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Obeerve—epposite the pork TO BE ADJUTANTS. Company-Se,jeaut J. H. Mitchell, from Royal Artillery. Seijeaut J. Hesketh, from Royal Artillery. Serjeant J. Mitchell, from Royal Artillery. Serjeaut J. Kyle, from Royal Artillery. EMOIIANDUM. —Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the designation of Quartermaster of Brigade, in the Land Transport Corps, being changed to that of Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Glamorgan—Edward Priest Richards, to be Deputy Lieutenant. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Harry - Waller to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas, appointed to the 7th Foot. Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery— Edward Alfred Webster, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Prince of 'Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia— ' Henry Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ferrier, ap pointed to an Ensigucy in the 4th Foot; Arthur Woo!- frey Bridge, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Anderson, appointed to the 95th Foot. Ist Regiallent of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— John Bayly, Esq., the younger (late Captain in the 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's owu Militia), to be Captain, vice Atkinson, resigned ; Henry Bradley, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En sign John Irby Iles to lee Lieutenant, vice Miller, ap pointed to the 82d Regiment ; Sussex Newton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Iles, promoted. The Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Capt. Mueray Fraser Furers, Captain half-pay, Royal Artillery, to be Captain, vice Fyfe, appointed to a Commission in the 28th Regiment ; Ensign Blair Fullarton to be Lieu tenant, vice Chavalier, appointed to a Commission in the 65th Regiment; Ar thur Priusep, Gent., to be Easiga. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Brown and William littsby, stone merchants, Baninide. BANKRUPTS. Ann Sophia Pone, pawnbroker, Great Suffolk-street, Southwark-, to surrender, April 1, at half-past eleven, and April 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Laurance, Plows, and Buyer, Ohl Jewry-chambers. Charles Ford, tailor, late of 5, Great Marlborough-street, March 29 and May 7, ateleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. --Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Marshall, Sion College -gardens, London-wall.' John Aliin Jones, tailor and draper, Birmingham, March 21 and April 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Webb, Birntinglaaw. Frederick Cuok, machine maker, Oldham, April 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Brooks and Marshall, Ash ton-under-Lyne. Morton Muir and John Whitcomb, carpet manufac turers, Kidderminster, March 29 and April 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birtningliam ; Boycot, Kidderminster ; Mot terain and Knight, Birmingham. Charles Bowen, tailor, Cullum-street, City, March 27, at twelve, and April 24, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street, buildings; Dick, Old Jewry-chambers. Peter Jackson, druggist, Deanagate, Manchester, Apia 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Heath, Man- chester. Livian Benson Pearse, lime and cement merchant, York , road, King's-cross, Middlesex, March 27, and April '47, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canna,u, official assignee, Al lermanbury ; Keighly, Basinghall-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Angus Sutherland, farmer, Danbra , ..4, Latheron, Caith , ness-shire. Oeorge Al•tc.farlane, jun., commission agent, Glasgow. • !)ivin‘ r.nd C i., pott,rs, M'Phail and Co., cotton spinuers,.Glasgew. Joh a n Watson; butcher, Edinburgh. Macintyro and Mackay, wholesaio stationers, Glasgow!. 563 555 the office of offic , al manager to wind up the affairs of the Tipperary Bank. It will be seen by the following order which the Master has male in the matter that he has nominated Mr. M`Dowell, F.T.C.D , to the office, Mr. J. D. Meldon t, be his solicitor, and Messr-. Gibson and Adair to be the solicitors having the carriage of the proceedings. " cannot a lopt thesuggestion of appointing fur the present only an ad interim manager. The various pro ceedings at law now pending render such a course, in my judgment, most inexpedient. I must, therefore, aopoint an official manager, and in the present stage of the proceedings I see no sufficient reason for ap peinting more than one. In reference to this appoint. inent, considering the policy of the acts of Parlia inebt, the peculiar circumstances of the case, and, the character and competency of the other emendates, I cannot feel justified in appointing as official manager any person who has been proposed solely or in effect and substautieVy on behalf of creditors. If I could, there would be no difficulty whatever in selecting fur tii office one gentleman, admittedly of the highest eta ton and character, Mr. Le Touche. From what trans pired at the hearing of the case, his appointment would be likely to lead to much difficulty and embarrassment, as, in the progress of the case, if a iy party were to ap ply t ► me io peace the investigation of this company's affairs with the Bank of Ireland in other hands, I could nut well refuse such an application, if supported by a considerable number of toe contributories. After the most mature consideration, I have satisfied myself chit I ought, if p)ssiate, to select a gentleman proposed by, and enjeying the confidence of, Lena fills contributories of character and property, who admit teeir liabilities, and are willing tie answer .their jest obligations ti the utmost—and who, moreover, is wholly independent in interest, business, or other relations, and as regards localassociation and otherwise of any class of persons interested—who is not engagedsolely, or in conjunction with others, in any banking or other mercantile busi ness or employment—who is perfectly competent to per form the duties of the office in point of knowledge, expe rience, and ability—Who is also, as all the candidates are, of assured position and high character, and who, in addition to these qualifications, can devote his undi vided attention for a sufficient portion of his time to the discharge of the duties of the office. It appears to me that Mr. 11'D well is, under all the circumstances, the most eligible candidate. I have ascertained, from the letters or ceelificates transmitted to me by him, that there is, so far as the regniatiens of the College are con c-ened, no objection to his holding the office. I cannot aeoid :stating that Mr. Commissioner Longfield'e most valuable testimony to Mr. 111`Dowell's character, ac• quireinents, and peculiar fitness for this office, tee nature, duties, and responsibility of which no one can understand better than Mr. Longield, has necessarily influenced me very much in making my selection of Mr. AI'Do well. .1 approve Mr. Meldon as solicitor for the offi cial manager ; other gentlemen named are equally, and some of them, perhaps, more eminent than he is in other departments of their pxofes-ion ; but Mr. Meldon's great experience and extensive practice in bankruptcy and general mercantile business fit him peculiarly to dis charge promptly and efficiently the duty of solicitor to the official manager in this case. I therefore appoint Mr. M‘Dowell odcial maesg le arid I app:ove Mr. Mel don as his solicitor. From what occur. ed at the hear ing of this case in the Rolls Court, and upon every ground, I hope that Messrs. Gibson and Adair will act as solicitors for the carriage of the proceedings. " Mr. Jeffers (af the firm of Barrington and Jeffers) said he understood the Master to state on Saturday that those who were engaged for creditors or shareholders in the bank should hays a voice in the selection of the solicitor who is to have the carriage of the proceedings. " The Master said he did not mean to have it under stood that this would be the course adopted in making the appointment, but that, out of the names of solicitors sent in by the candidates for the office of official mana ger, he would be able to select a solicitor who should have the carriage of the proceedings. And he thought Mr. Gibson a very proper person fur the office. "It was stated that Mr. Gibson had been employed as solicitor fcr Mr. John Sadleir. " Mr. Gibson said it was true be had been named as solicitor on the record to defend Mr. Sadleir in an ac tion in reference to the Carlow election ; that was the only case in which he had been employed for Mr. Sad leir, and he did not know who suggested his name in that instance. "The Master asked Mr. Gibson if he would accept the office of solicitor to have the carriage of proceedings in this case. • " Mr. Gibson replied that he would ; but at the same time he would wish to have another solicitor named oujointly with him. He mentioned the name of Mr. Adair for the purpose. • " The Master agreed to this course, and appointed Messrs. Gibson and A dair to the office, observing that there would be more to be done than was perhaps sup posed. THE SLIGO ELECTION. Mr. J. P. Somers has addressed the following letter to the Express, in reply to some comments upon the singular speech delivered by the defeated candidate at,the late contest for Sligo : "Sir,--My attention has this day been called to an article in yosr journal of the 10th inst., in which you aro pleased to say that I made one of the most egotistical speeches over delivered on the hustings. If I have been egotistical, it has been forced upon me. My character has been most unjustly assailed by some of the leading mem bers of the Conservative party in this town. It has been publicly and privately stated that I bartered my petition against the return, of Mr. Sadleir for the consi deration of an annuity of 3001. ; and was I to suffer such an allegation to pass unnoticed ? I was compelled, in my own vindication, to call upon my accusers publicly to state upon what grounds they rested that imputation. called upon them to point to one solitary act in my public or private life which rendered me unworthy to represent my native borough. There was no reply. I re ceived the cordial, the unanimous support of the Con servative party at the last two elections. I felt that I had n, claim upon that support during the existence of this Parliament, in consideration of my enileavoars to preserve the integrity and independence of the borough. They adhered to me when I was Week, they deserted me when I was weak. They were the pfst 10 make the late contest a sectarian one; they threw down the gaunt let. " With respect to your observations about my allusion to Lord Palmerston, they are altogether incorrect. I cer tainly did say that I thought my independent support of the party of which he is now the leader for the last 19 years gave me some claim upon the Government, and that I should endeavour to turn any little influence which I might possess towards the improvement of the harbour, and to further the gen - eral prosperity of the town. Be yond this I presume not to exercise any influence. It is true that I have been honoured by the support of Lord Palmerston for the last 19 years, but during that long period I never obtained an official favour at his hands. If every hustings' speech were to undergo the severe cri ticism to which some unguarded expressions which fell from me have been subjected by ycu, I fear tilers arc few candidates whose speeches could escape censure. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " J. P. SO3IERS. " Sligo, March 12." • dell lAnvlarisrmsyr.l—The salutary effect of Du Barry's clone Revalenta. Arabica Food in removing Indigestion (Dys pepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Biliona, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility with. out Medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters: " Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4,208. Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been . effectually removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I stall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. J. w. " Bury, Lancashire, Aug. 17, 1851. Gontlemen,—For a considerable time I have suffered severely from a violent pain in my left side, extreme flatulency, accompanied by au intolerable sensation of heart burn, and other disagreeable symptoms of dyspepsia. Various remedies; alleged infallible, were tried in vain, and for a long time I . was never twenty-four hours without violent pain ; indeed I. was unfitted -far the performance of my daily duties. I was induced to try your food. In loss than an hour I found relief, and my recovery was very rapid. The duties which previously had been an intolerable burden became a delight ful exercise, and I have since accomplished more labour with less fatigue than I ever expected to be able to perform. I have never befla return of my compla , int.—lremain, &e., D.Tnomas." In 'canisters, sibs. lie.; 121b5., 225, The 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-oMco girder. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-strect, London . L Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purvey ors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace. .chureh.street ; 33J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 54, Vrpor Baker-Arcot; 63 and 150, Oxford-0100% Co an try Markets. LIVEMPOOL—Maras 18. Wheat met with only a limited retail demand, at an advance of 3d to 4d per 701bs on the prices of Tuesday for fine qualities, but only ld to 2d per 701bs ou inferior. Flour difficult to move, though offered on former terms. Oats and oatmeal ld per 451bs and 6d per load dearer, but with a slow sale. No alteration in barley, beans, and peas. Indian corn, is per qr. lower, prime northern yel low being obtainable at 32s 6.i, mixed 31s, and white 335 per qr. IPSWICH—MARcft 18. A fair supply of wheat to-day, but little disposition is evinced to buy at prices about 2s in advance of this day week. Moderate supplies of barley, and readily sold at an advance of is per qr. Beans and peas comsnand late rates• - - _ PER, QUARTER-1 PER QUARTS , ' • Wheat, red (old) 6 9 s to 73t!Barley, grinding ... 363 to sBa Ditto (new) —s to HBeans Ditto, white 72s to 76s Peas Ditto (old) Barley,..malting ... 40s to 4.3E,F10ur, per sack AVERAGES FOR TEE WEER ENDING MARCH 15, 1856. Wheat Oats Peas .. 4O ~ 39s 4.1 Barley Beams HULL—MARCH 13. A moderate attendance to-day of farmers, who brought a fair supply of wheat, the conditio❑ of which was good. High demands checked business, but ba what was done 2s to 3s advance upon last week's currency was paid ; an irregular market on the whole. Foreign inquired for, chiefly for export. Bi.rley 1 s dearer. Beans is dearer. Oats for seed fetch full prices. Linseed unaltered ; the stock hero is much reduced. A good demand for cakes, et advanced quotations, and best makes rather scarce. Bones rather easier. S 8 1 s. -- Wheat, English, red 68 to 72 Peas, grey and black to -- Ditto white 72 to 7 , 'Linseed, Black Sea... 60 to 66 Dantzie and Konigs- IDitto Petersburgh ... 58 to 6 0 berg Ponaeranianand Ham - i angel burgh Danish.Holsteiniend 1 Memel 54 0 56 Friesland a to 701 Per Tco. Russian and Odessa 60 to 64,Lins. c., Hull /Os to ill 786 d Oats, English - Od Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30',Rape cakes —s Od to 1303 oa Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38'Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yet 40 to 44jRye Meal COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— YESTERDAY. •mstertism .......... 12 014 Gibraltar •••• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 2% Legl•orn •• .•• 3 1 5 05 R 0 tterdam............12 2% Genoa ••• • Brussets .............. 25 70 i Venice........ •.. • Ilambargh 13 12 Naples • • •• i° ls „ Altona .. • • ...... ' Palermo ....... .. • • 13 '7„ 1311 i Parts...... •—. .... 25 47 Messina Ditto, thus months .. 25 R 5 Lisbo" . ••• •• Marseilles •••.-••••• • •e 25 85 Oporto ••••.•••• • • • • • •• Bourdeaux ...• ........ I Rio Janeiro ..... .••• • • • F; ankfort-on Maine .... 12174 , Buenos Ayres...• Berlin ....... ..... I New York,6o days' sight 10 32 I Philadelphia .......... rrie5t0........ •• •• .. 10 3 • PRICES OF num. [CM, ?as OZ• n eetershurg ............35 Foreign Gol d in Bars £3 17 7 Madrid 49;4 Portugal Gold Coin Oadlz ......... • 5'3 Mexican Dollars dareelona •• •. New Dollars .... 0 ° SEABORNT HAILS. ' / 4 2.5 slgnales that the math are sent from the General Post 0 0 ' ly the night—and M by the morning—ilespateh.) s Day wkwit rnaAc up from welt. `' COUNTRDfAr. in General Post- Office, Loudon.. Disp P fte rt ho Every Frida , Liverpool 14 kmerica(byltrit.pact.-)N %merle?. (by United Ste. packet) ...• *.• ••• • Liverpool . '"merits (by U. State r Mar. 21 packet) .. •• .. ....N •• •• • Southmat knstralia (via South ampton) .......... M ••• • • • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N! •• • ••- • • • Dover Ditto (via Cape of Goes! 1711cor t61$ Hope) •• •• •• • • •• ••N i 6 ..... 23d of the month.. Plymouth • Mar' ktrica (West Cout)..Ni tiexandria..........NlB. 9, 24, Ai exandrin ........ ..34 , 4th & 20th of mon. i Southamptoa liahamas ........... Mil7th. of the 1119110 'Routh:n:llpr 3elgium •••• • • • • • • Dover ..... Graz u „„),1, 9th of the month.. Sant:t e mpi us, ' r 16 P. uenos Ayres of the month •• Southampton „els Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port Illic ° ' • Cape of Good Hope •.N Cape d e v er d,, 9tb of tire month `‘fouthampton Ceylon (see India) • Celon Ch y annel rules :•• ..N Mon oWe•lo &Fri Southamp tor-. n• Th.° N I2d .1; 17th of montl, eouthampto 20 China ... . lance a month.... Mar• Constantinople S 8,13,18,23,x2S of 11. Dover .. • 1 Con.ttantinople ........ h & '2oth of nicu. , Southampton , ' Cont. of Europe 3.1 & N Twice daily Dover VW Egypt (sae India) I —4OO Prance ........ 111 Twice daily.-- Dover Tn. Gibraltar pa l 4,';', 17, 20, 27 et 113 Southampton Greece (see India) Grevtown & 17th of mon. Southampton Ham', ,• g r i „25,• Tuesday & FriderLondon , iftganna h ........ Mi2nd of the montlilSouthampton AP", Holland ..r....., ~MlDaily•• •• • ... i llover ....... ii"o li n fo India (71aSonthampt.)% 4 s 0 Honduras 117 ta tithe month.'Southampton 1 160 „"e I4th a 20th of mon. Plymouth .. 4 Ss ‘" • India (via Marseilles)M 9th&2l;th of month Dover lonian la'es (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dever.... •• Ireland ......M &N I Twi c e dail y Hol:; head ... T r I 6 Lisbon.... •• • ....„ m 7, 9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton Madeira .. •„„ m 23DIa 9th of the month Southampton Kadeire ....... ,d of month •• . Liverpool ... Maita (see India) 111°. Kaita ............ 8,18, &28 of mon. Dover 4, Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ........ ..N 14th of the month 1 m em i co 2nd of tho month- S oat h a mpten Apr il l • •1 New Granada ...... L 2l & 170 of month'Southampto 7 . New Zealandrprivate fl!'•17 • . Various port u. ittatee sthlsth2sthofinon. Dover .. • • • • Penin5u1a..........M /thl7th27thofmon. Southampton Fern YI 2tl & 27th of men. southampton Hy private ship... Various ports °- ejtl Port Natal stco , sthlsth2sthormon, Dover .... • • Tuscany sthl6th2sthollnon. Dover .... •• , WV II el,ronezu. 2d & I7th olmonth Southampton s Van Diemen's Land (se kustralia) ....„ , . • &16110, We n. , I_d & 17th mono, Bouthampton e When any c.l those dates fall on a Sanday, the mai ls w.llO (f - ,patchoci on the following day, with tho exception of the 113 ,14 t , I 'eathampton), and the Malta. both of which will be deno te " preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 1&.o SrOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the in arke , . t o, quiet to-day, and prices have been rather lower, y yesterday. London and North-Western, 100,t,_Foelcb Ditto, new shares, 13s. 9d. d.—Manchester , and Lincoln, 26i—Midlands. 71.$ A—Great " e ;,/, Birmingham Guaranteed, 731—Dutch Rh en ish, § Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83A 3—South Eastern' t• MANCHESTER, MARCEI IS. 0,44. 0 1 ' 4 BTOCK ExclßANGr.—The tone of the market wa-. • to-day, and the prices were steady. BlackbilMi-litltM, East Lancashire, 18i—Lee is, 83i—Sheffields, 91 Pref., 7.W p.-I)overs, 20i—Eastern .Counties , —Midlands, 71i—Cheshire Junction, 17g. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 18. fel S TOO K EXCHAKGE.—Tho market has boon do i ng brisk business to-day, end prices were genera lly u Ti o r Birmingham and Derbys, 4 2 / I —Shrewsbury and Di r ham Pref., 9i 10. LEEDS, Daum' 18. id , 1 14 6 r STOCK EXCHANGE.—MidIands, la t i—Sbeffie — siirv' Leeds, B:3—North Eastern, Berwieks, 19,1 new thirds, 2. 1 e. pm. DUBLIN, MAncil 17. 101 STOOK EXOTIANGE.—Three per Cent. Cons ols. Ditto for Account, Bth of April, 92} - New 1 /1 1 , — Apri il Cent. Stock, (shut), 92 i—Ditto, for Account, onlritiv; 524—Bank Stock, 2214—Grand 'Canal Co °A ( ' and Irish Steam, 32i—Hibernian So" Great Western and Royal Canal, 491 PtlTThit P Wicklow, 54—Great Southern and Western, 52-- for account, 52—Ditto, 4 per cent. Pref., IV4• BIRTHS. OP A BON. On the 15th inst., Lady Elizabeth Romilly: fig On the 15th inst. the wife of Alfred J. Ilorwou"' On the 15th inst., atTurnford, Mrs. Alfred WillouS ON A DAUGHTER, " el' On the 17th inst., at 16, Old Burlington-street, th of Edward Dalton, Esq. f o °4 On the 18th inst., at Blackheath-hill, the wif e o Davis Ben well, Esq. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Char-eo E. nard, Esq., of Forest-hill and Gray's-inn, to Su s 4 .' n y r isr Tadma.u, eldest daughter of Edwin Baker, Et* , 13.1 bury, near Rochester. rifor , On the 15th inst., at St. Vedast Church, Fc' e t, Allred Lane, Esq., of Maddox-street, Regent-strveqa Mary Jane, eldest daughter of the late John TreB* of Gutter-lane, Cheapeide. DIED. On the 17th inst., at 4, Eaton Acacia road, s t. J• John's-wood, John Mitchell Wooilett, Esq. , 7 On the lath inst., T. B. Herring, Esq., of aged 73. st S, At Paris, Marianne, wife of Walter Long , of Rood Astton, Wiltir she. .ro o6 ' On the ISth inst., at Field Cottage, Lorrimor coi,A Walworth, Edward Calsill, Esq., Chief Adnairalt9 of lit.r Majesty's Dockyard Chatham. On the 17th inst., Mr. John. Ridge, of 28, Holborn, a<red 69. Aug il° Oa the l b ith inst., at Edinburgh, the g°n• Mackenzie, fifth daughter of the late Lord Seafor On the 16th inA., at his residence in t he Stra ht na) P. Phillip ps,aged SO. On the 12th inst., at his seat, Hedsor, B ucks, the A... Hon. Lord Boston, aged 72. 0 16 LoNno Printe:l and Pablbthe,l by mcatix ) -° ji% of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tice Sun Office , t y of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 7 Wednesday, March 19,1868• -- ~_~! THE COD Lord Hie And Ireland, DC the 2 5th Instant +Rich Persons as r D ockyard at *WI imit .il d s u a l m y p a le at o h f o t r l i Said offic e . No tender will n or will a n y b e Every tender i a nd bear in the 1 , an d must al so 1 the signed bY a 4 e Person tends: th e ll contract. n GOod Frida u sed on TERM 41,4)Ulable up to a ti ." Of the9.ls A " 4 on Week days General Alan a; t i ONDOb t :QiE Salm Lincoln Colihigham Newark riskorton Thargarton t he ordina Mate d TY CA tO i for return b ntt Tuesday Ma xPr r ess day ti .u _eurn by exp li aY tickets wi ~, 1 13C on Station N ortak-str4 11 1 1 1 ST ax] Timm, o om .. .ING 0 .„ ANY wa Gep as ' ri daY th liont el itfasr.oEiti:robLyLtOu It t ,,lik AI EE' iifled ITA.L B ti e °Y throe RE PORT 44,1 . "T0RT b Accounts): FOLL t 113 h 0 noard oi 14 . meeting kvi e it in theii tw be ell the no )T,sluess in 182 tr'e'Ziuber l as t T h l°ll s quinq Results krl,l: lll ,ber, 185 a ritorosEn AntitllANC] 4 PONDDre 881traraces DEA9 "' Bonus Ad A,N N , -AL INco m p F r ll l Inter', AmorsT "17erilber, N II -/4 . OF POl w hen the D Gri l a under , rt Britain ; & t hera to nr l t '° 4 ; but c (f ault of a Bud continu( 4: 1 4 e 8 1 . 5 1 ,'l,l 3 ryn ::: l e ; tt : r . e i i fs ° e exister POLLOIC %Ir a It o h g 1 846 !art 18 44 !a49 450 Am deli ance 368, 443, 395, 429, 509, 7eT_aoit„,lialorail nil)far li tvr A lsur. tute es . 11 1 to d i ll Propoe '''.,9 8 ,075/ 1 .layi... ' bi tst ug th 4 44 _ Year, az th: l ~.,,°f halal r o f e the invs. li o , ti ember I I le t 4 .be able 44- " I 'e Yea la•letllationa %1 appoiu tail: T , he ~r t ci tb - , oui nan ie , ‘,:birroaii p c it ,',..li of the l'ned mee _,, "ill be hold TRE] ti o roc (4. 11 , and a th e c f ollows : ol Ilia GI v .,: k v ote th, Lond o: Ebr -444' 1)„ °'•• 134:3,za.. 14,620 ;..~ 185 4 185 2 185 3 185 4 855 2,146, • 467 445 455 515 609 The 1 'rho, John Alex Alex John Sir 4 , /'ran