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

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE will RE-OPEN early in May. Engk,ementi of great Interest have been effected both in Opera and Ballet, and the best exertions usel to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. The prospectus will immediately appear. 2 H4ATNE KOI L, DKU tt Lessee. Mr. N. T. Smith. THIS EVE)TivG, IL TROVA TORE. 3o c n 'hide with THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstona. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. After which, EL GAMBU3INO; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which PEREA NBNA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. Followed by GRIAISHAW, 1 3A.GillAW, AND BRADSFIAW. To conclude with THE PO3TNEIN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. trader the 11 , 1nagemant of Mr. CHARLES JUAN'. TaT3 EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. To be followed by THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. ROYAL THE XTRE ADEIPHI. Propnetcr and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVZNING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P.Belford,U. Selby, Garden; Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with 'MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL OLY4TIC TFIEATRE: Lessee and Mans ;Ter, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING STILT. WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though e t coilvely old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TIIE DISCREET PROWESS ; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. - , ROYAL SCIaItEY TrIEITRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled 110 W WE LIVE IN TILE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by THE POSTM IN'S KNOCK. To conclude with TUFFLEHIUSEY; or, The Lawyer's Legend. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. BENEFIT of M 153 FITZP TRICK, SATURDAY, April 19th. To commence with THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Lady Teazle, Miss Fitzpatrick. Messrs. Stirling, Stuart, Belf,d. Lewis Ball, Saunders, Langton, Cooke ; M'ss Morrell and Miss F. Mars. After which, BALLET. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey. To coneude with THE HAUNTED INN. Messrs. Robertson, J. B. Johnstone, Lewis Ball, Belford, Cooke; Misses Morrell, Douglass, and Robert son. Bon., 25.; Pit, Is. Gallery, 6d. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mann:er, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Performances will embrace that startling novelty, a Real English Steeplechase, with all its exciting Incidents. The Entertainments will c4nmence with THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND lIIS FA.ITIIFUL STEED. After which, the EQUESTRIAN WONDERS OF TIIE ARENA, Trampoline, Gymnastics, &c. To conclude with a Drame introducing ENGL %ND'S HARVEST HOME and NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, with a noble Stud of Horses, trained by Mr. Will am Cooke. Boa-office open from E'evim WI Form Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. EMMA. STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF Wn3rAN." The Manager respectfully announces that the L IST MORNING PERFORMANCE of this most popular awl amusing Entertainment, will take place on Saturd iy, the 19th, at half-past two. Evening performances as asual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at (3 o'clock. Admission—Back Seats, ls.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 36 min. aft. I—Evening 50 min.aft. 1 Tn-llowtow—Morn. 3 min. aft. 2 —Evening 17 min. aft. THE wEXTHER--SUN OFFICE, APRIL 19. THERMOMETER, IN TER SHADE. 56 —highest since noon yesterday. 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BARO3fETER, 30 . 20. WIND, E. to E.S.E. and S.—Moderate, with very dull, dark weather. It rained in the morning, and threatens more. " _ 7 , ---- 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, ono very important item to which we were unable to devote the particular attention which it so eminently merited. It figures under the rather modest designation of " redemption of hereditary pensions," but for trio not very trifling sum of 213,177/. Is. 21. That the Government should select a time when the nation was involved in a very 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 bad 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 charge4owever well found e d, an d how ever strongly ore 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 redempti on of any kind therefore seemed alogether out of place, and when the item appeared, a natural anxiety for explanation was manifested on every side. That given. Mr. explanation has just been Witsoig last night announced the pensions that h ad been purchased up, and showed also that other transactions —perhaps " jobs" would be a more appropriate term—of a similar kind had taken place. The first redemption was that of one of the hereditary pensions, held by his Grace the Duko of GRAFTON, charged on the Excise, and amounting to 7,132/. 12s. per annum, for which the sum of 193,777/. was paid. The other was "the remains of the SCIIOMBERG pension," amount ing to 7201. per annum, which was obtained at a lower rate, 17,400/. only being paid, the Dutch heirs of the Dutch grantee being probably anxious to invest in the new Russian Loan which was then oming out on favourable terms at Amsterdam. The sanction of Parliament was not required, tho job being perpetrated under a Treasury minute of more than thirty years' standing, and the coun try would have heard nothing on the subject but for the recent change which made Parliament deal with the gross revenues. Mr. WILSON, with great apparent candour, explained that the only differ ence was, that cc w heroas, in former times Parlia ment had no cognisance of the redemption of pen sions, the net revenues alone being returned ; iu the present instance, the gross revenues of the departments were laid before the House, and the purchase-money debited in the accounts." • He added that " the transaction was strictly in keep ing with all the precedents." We have no doubt of the fact, and that the ini quitous system would have been kept strictly private but for the accidental discovery. Not the slightest intimation has ever hitherto been given of the process, which has so long been in operation. • -3r The Aliemption money has been charged to the working expenses of the different establishments, and there has been a conspiracy to deceive and defraud the public, for which the parties, if in a private stations, should have been punished with prolonged incarceration, accompanied with hard labour. 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 193,777/. 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 hasalready drawn two 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 bs swept away, and no plausible excuse allowed to any future jobbing Chancellor of the Exchequer. 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 repentance it seems to have stuck at the shady side of remorse, being at once fractious, and apparently possessed of a Might modicum of shame. 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 tic vast stores of warlike missiles uselessly accumu lated at our arsenals, the Roman candles of May nooth, 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 been 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 Inches—the Bengal lights of the retributive eyes of a nation awakened to the con sciousness 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 credulotts 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 ho 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 ! Salt water has many virtues, and is especially good if taken in a spanking breeze. anything will minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, and relieve the over • charged breast of the perilous stuff that weighs about the heart, it is this medicament taken in the chops of the Channel. So hey for the, naval re view ! Never mind the inconsistency 0, grudging the people places of recreation on accolant of the cost, , and shutting them out of the British Museum on the only day duri.3g which they have opportunity to enter it, from a pre tended respect for the sanctity of thn Sabbath, and then hastening to countenance and admire an array of gun-boats formidable and costly, so many of which have been got up exclusively for the review, and with such haste that one thou sand Government workmen have had to labour at them during two successive Sundays. Never mind that, and away with the croaking raven that hoarsely sings of the infinite loss the country has sustained from the want of a like energy in the construction of gun-boats when their armaments could have won a peace the nation. might be proud of. Away with retrospection and gloomy forebodings, and hey for the Review with all is fascination, the Emperor NAPOLEON and his princely " babby " in Jewish tinsel inclusive, But how to get there ? A "disagreeable" at the outset—a special train provided--but hoe. members to pay the expenses ! Nev er m i nd, a ship is to be provided, with refreshments, stewards included, and no charge. The Perse verance !—insult to injury, seeing to what straits perseverance in iniquity has brought them ! The Perseverance ! Could Lord PALMERSTON and his ; Wood-en lieutenant entertain a notion of revenge for their fractiousness so cold-blooded ! W hy , that was the ship that toppled ever in the docks, 06 4 1 / 4 44, „ ~ ,r_ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 19. Igs 6. and took to water like my lady's spaniel ! Who shall picture the horro . r that blanched the cheeks and related 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 bruttcrn, 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 not undertake to say ; let us hope that, before the catastrophe can take place, Hon. Members will have undergone the usual sea 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 Lours NAPOLEON OT 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— i t positively is GLADSTONE—poor dream ins sophist, spluttering reasons why WOOD 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 got iu his clutches ? Ah ! NAPIER and Sir JAMES— the Admiral has him now, and is taking the ch Ange 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 !" 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 manhood,''and with suffi cient energy to bespeak some little relic of the Perseverance for consolation in the future. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The United States mail steam-ship Fulton, Capt. Wotton, has arrived off Cowes from New Yoik, en route for Havre, with the French and English mails, and dates to the sth iiist. The Fulton's mails, passengers, &c., for Eng land will probably reach Southampton about mid day. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, 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 ualising 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. The 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 the vast amount of stores 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 waggcne. 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. meut 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 general 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 London. Count BuoT leaves to-cay for Vienna. These two Plenipotentiaries carry very different feelings with them as they separate. The former has cause to be proud of the position his Government occupies before Europe ; and he cannot be otherwise than satisfied wi', 'a 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 has conciliated no one, and stung by the thought that, in the council-room or out of it, his Government was an object of dislike or 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 fixd honest, and Which Austria has not spared to Sar dinia, are avenged by her present isolation. She is disliked and feared by Prussia, bated intensely by Russia, all but defied by Piedmont, probably despised by France, and most assuredly not loved by England; be.t the enmity of Russia probably causes her more pain than anything else. Hardly an occasion passed that Count Orloff did not show his resentment or insinuate contempt—not the less keen because conveyed in polished terms—for the Government of which Count Buol was the re presentative at the 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 ?" 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 and moving. "My dear Count," said the Russian, " if we did not recognise 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 and 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 colleague to some of the pictures with which the room was hung, and which represented the battle ofAusterlitz, and others in which the Austrians more particularly figured, but not to their glory during the wars of the 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 riot left here expressly to awaken any unplea sant reminiscences iu 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 Sebas topol." These cutting sarcasms, together with the downright oppesitiou of 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 Einpc ror, it appears, was very anxious to give his lord ship the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, an honour which M. de Manteuffel has 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 ; and I should not be surprised 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. But, 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 passed 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, o f t' , e German Courts to those of Italy ; and this rqeasure 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 tour 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 Zoahrin gen. The general was presented to the Emperor by the Baron de Schweizer, the Baden Minister. The Emperor yesterday received replies to the , notification of the birth of the Prince Imperial j from the King of Greece, the Grand Duke of Meek lenburg-Strelitz, and the Duchess Regent of Parma; also a letter of congratulation on the same event from Prince Gliika, hospodar of Moldavia. BOURSE, April 18.—Prices left off as follows : ' Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4 per ,Cents c3 —f. —c. 3 For Cents 74 23 73 GO New Loan 74 30 Bank Shares 3,7 0— Roman Credit Mobilier 1,770 Austrian Belgian Five , ' ' -- Spanish Threes...., 4I i Piedmontose (5) 93 Eiome Debt ...... —40 i TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It is refreshing, after the inanities of a Parlia mentary debate, to read the vigorous attack, by Mr. Morris Moore, on the jobbing and mismanagement at the National Gallery. In the absence of any attempt to refute the very serious charges brought against the director of that institution, it must be impossible for even Lord Palmerston to set public opinion at defiance, and uphold Sir Charles Eastlake in his present position. Our " used-up" House of Commons may tamely submit to the jibes and jeers of the lively patriarch of Downing street, but the nation will never allow itself to be thus made ridiculous in the eyes of every man of cultivated taste, or of even ordinary intelligence. It the "press" do but its duty, Administrative Be furm--" The right man in the right piace"—is inevitable at the National Gallery.-1 am, sir, your obedient ser vant, F. IL S. Bond-street, April 17. THE GRAND NAVAL REVIEW. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, APRIL 16. The whole of the men-of-war Were under weigh again to-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 through 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. Sfit,—For what are we about to expend a large sum of money in illuminations ? As we are not properly re presented in the House of Commons, there is the greater necessity that you should listen to the appeal of, and assist those who, notwithstanding the payment of such au enormous income tax, are otherwise unable to make their voices heard. Do not, sir, let the public be blinded by such trumperies, for it is considerel by the class to which I belong, that it is more necessary to hide our diminished heads for very shame. Now, what with the tin e.tt of a dowry to our Princess, the prospect of a larger army than usual, the income tax remaining at sixteenpenc,, extravagances on all hands, and reform nowhere, it is high time we should look about us, as a people, and create " a pressure from without."... NOT A GERMAN. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The laughable farce of " Grenshaw, Bagshaw, 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 Theatre as to render any rer etition of them unnecessary. The reception was most flattering, and we hope to see her soon in a cba raeter more suited to her lady-like acting. Mr. Buck stone played his original character of Grimshaw, and produced so endless a variety of comic points and effects as kept the audience convulsed with laughter from the b?ginning to the end of the piece. The house was ex tremely well attended. There is some reason to believe that the Emperor of the French will be present at the great naval review at .pithead en 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 l=loth, the day of the patron saint of the Emperor Alexander. This solemnity, which is to take place at 11loscow, will, it is calculate 1, cost 3i 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 when abou's of Mary Leonard, although very active exertions had been made by the police. A STRIKE.—The ship-painters of Liverpool have bees 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 learnt .1 and respected representative, R. P. Collier, Esq., has been prevented from attending the House of Commons by indisposition. ALICE GREY'S VICTIMS.—Randall and Perry, the two boys convicted on the testimony of Alice Grey, having been released, are now working at the Shrubbery Iron Wm ks, Wolverhampton, Mr. Hartley having given them employment with the view, if possible, to lead to their reclarnation.—liirmingltant 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 Prawise, on Thursday, April 17 : —M. Cockcroft, Heb den Bridge, near Halifax; R. H. Wood, Wood House, Eaves, Leicestershire ; M. E. B. Nicholson, Cambridge ; G. D. Hunt, Preston, Lancashire. GREAT SCULLERS' 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 men 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 Stranan, Paul, and Bates, the bankers and navy agents of the Strand and Norfolk-street, were again brought up in custody from Millbank Penitentiary to he exa mined, but the meeting was so strictly "private," that the object of the examination could not be ascertained At the close of the inquiry the bankrupts were again emoved back to their old quarters. RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. sr. c. fr. o Orleans ..... ..~ Northern Lyons.. .......... ..,... 1,435 -- New Ditto .. 897 50 Mediterranean 1,070 Grand Central Lyons Geneva B2O Testa Cate — Austrian Coin. 945 TIM' DEFECTIVE MORTARS OF MESSRS. I GALSBELL D CU. 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 yesterdatt The subject has already been discussed in our columns. It may suffice to state, for the present, that (se 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 these mortars burst in a vertical direc tion through the centre of the bore, and it was then discovered that a plug bad been screwed into the rear of the breech about 2 inches long and 11- inch in diameter,' seriously weakening the mortar in that direction, and thus rendering it more liable to burst. This led to au examination of the rest of the mortars at that particular point. There were found three other mortars that had been plugged i 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 Leen 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. Monsell, M.P. Here upon follows a long explanatory letter, written to Lord Panmure by the firm, into the details of which it is of course out of our power to enter. Messrs. Grissell conclude by saying—" the gist of the matter is, have we intended fraud ? On this issue we fearlessly claim from your lordship and our fellow-countrymen an unqual fiedacquittal.' Whatever the intentions of the Messrs. Grissell may have been, their explanation does mot appear to have satisfied the Government. Their lett e r 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 Grazebrook 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 pluggin g of the mortars, that Mr. Grissell explained it to be an ordinary custom in large castings, stating that "it had been done by his foreman without his knowledge, it being a common custom —that the mortar was not a bit the worse for it, &c." Mr. Grissell's urgent appeals 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 plugged. In answer to Mr. Grissell's assertion that there was "no fraud or disguise," 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 the 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 very unusual. The mortar was delivered painted, and on the discovery and rejec tion of this mortar, no evidence appears of a desire to point out and explain the cause of theplugs in the breech." Messrs. Grissell made another strong appeal to Lo d Panmure on the 9th inst., in which, after entering into all the details of the case and adverting to the 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 Col. Wilmot for his opinion, and on Monday last (April 14) Lord Panmure wrote to Messrs. Grissell to this effect—viz., that after hav ing carefully considered the charge against the firm and the evidenceon which itrested, it appeared to his lordship that Mr. Grissell's statement to Col. Wil mot of his previous ignorance of the existence of the plugs was not correct ; that Mr. Grissell acted most improperly in not stating to Colonel 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, whe' her it was practised with or with out his knowledge." Lord Panmure further ad duces the bursting of all the three mortars of 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 Panmure concurs in the opinion of Colonel Wilmot and Captain Caffin, that the boring of the holes in the centre of the breech was injurious to the strength of the mortar; but he admits that the 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. (From the 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 dom intended to repeal the 17th section of the Sta tute of Frauds, which provides that no contract involving 101. or upwards is valid unless made by some note or memorandum in writing. This has always been acted upon in London 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 ? 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 he wise to disturb the London system, unless some strong objection to it could be urged upoit principl e . 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 metropolis should not allow the clause to pass without clearly coming 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 in course of signature : "That a bill has been introduecd the first section of which purposes to repeal the enactment 'That no cm,- tract for the silo of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of 101. sterling or upwards, shall be al lowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part cf 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 departure from this practice, they are unable to discover any advantage in the proposed alteration. " That the law imposes no unnecessary technicalities on contracts ; they are required to be in writing, but may be in any form 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, and by the present practice all contracts entered into by a broker are sent to principals, who are entitled to reject the same within 24 hours, if not in conformity with the intentions of the parties, "That these provisions insure 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 continue to be reduced to writing ; but your petitioners will lose the protection the law now gives them. " That if the law shall be altered your petitioners may -be called on at a lapse of many months to perform con tracts of which they have no knowledge, arising out of misconception of those with whom they have been en gaged in treaties, or of brokers or agents, to say nothing of the risk of fraud and collusion on the part of brokers and atrents, the resalt 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 delivery of goods, besides provi sions as to their quality and price ' • and the value of the contract mai n ly d epen d s on t h ese details. That, unless those stipulations are reduced to writing, there can be no certainty that buyer and seller 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 valid in 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 writ/en contracts, but would deprive the merchant of the secu rity he now possesses in the knowledge tbat he is bound by no agreement which has not been accepted and re vised by him, or which he has not had the opportunity of revising." FOREIGN CHAPLAINCY. —We understand that one o the best chaplaincies of Brussels will shortly become vacant by the resignation of the presei.t highly-esteemed holder, the Rev. Mr. J. Blacker. The appointment, we believe, rests with the Bishop of London, upon th xeconunendation of the B of Clarendon. RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia ratified the treaty of peace before leaving for Moscow. On his retuni the Czar will visit the provinces of the Baltic. A letter 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 be very well satisfied with his visit to Finland; at lieisingfors 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 he intended 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 alreauy been collected have been sent back to their homes. Letters from St. Petersburg announce that the precise frontiers between Russia and Sweden will be shortly fixed. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna 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 pzuviug by Luy aces, 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 promised 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 joia your efforts to mine and amongst yourselves, in order that the faith and all that is just and honest may flourish among us, and bear 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 the Post Ampt Gazette, " that Baron de Keller will repre sent Austria at the conference which is to take place at Bucharest for the organiiation of the Prin cipalities." A letter from Vienna, in the Independance Beige, says :—" The waters of the Danube have not been so low for the last twenty years ; they have reached such a point that some spots of the channel which separates the town from the suburbs of Leopoldstadt can be passed on foot. It results that the commerce of Upper Austria, which is conducted by water, is entirely suspended, the smallest boats not being able to Undertake the passage. It is to be desired that, in order to protect the commerce of the East and West from similar interruptions, we may be speedily connected by a railway with Linz and Papau on the one side, and Belgrade on the other." BELGIUM. The Emancipation 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 profit to the Belgian people. This statement is quite without foundation." SPAIN. MADRID, April 17.—The Gazette publishes the budgets of 1856 and of the first six months of 1857. The expenses are estimated 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 companies 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 bles 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. The latest accounts from Parma announce no change in the state of affairs in that Duchy. It does not appear that the occupation of Pon tremolli by the Austrians has actually taken place. . . A letter from Munich states that the King of Greece will visit Germany during the summer and remain for some time at the court of his brother. Lieut.-Gen. Alfonso de Lamarmora has been pro moted to the rank of general of the Sardinian 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 Le Nord —"Divisions, antipathies, rancour, and opposing interests have been manifested in .the 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 plenipotentiaries use. Dining 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 terfere in the affairs of Italy against Austria, which power has in its f a v our th e ma j or i ty o f the pleni potentiaries; he ended with saying, "There will be revolutions in Italy before the year is out." DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS. A discovery was 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 particular the onestead of the farm of Abbey Flats has been quite celebrated for pos sessing a fold-yard paved with the small diced tiles of the conquerors of the world. Passages of these tiles are di s ti nc tl y v i s ibl e i n th e f o ld- yar d , 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 bourers to wo r k, gen tly 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 blue, as fresh and beautiful as the day when it was first laid down. From the appearances and the traces of passages or walks leading through the field, Mr. Wintour is convinced that the Abbey Flats must have been the site, not merely of a s:ngle Roman villa, but of • numerous houses. Meanwhile he has had the flooring just discovered washed clean so far as it is traceable ; and 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 IO feet, extending, lengthwise due east and west. This rectangle is occupied by an outer border of small red 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 line's of 'small white tiles, including a magnificent scroll border six inches broad, of interlacing red, white, and blue tiles, 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 all these the colouring of the tile is remarkably brilliant. The flooring ap pears to be laid down on a cement, which, how ever, reposes upon artificial soil of very great depth, presenting the colour of a dark fertile mould very unlike the red clay of the field in general. Mr. Wintour, in causing the soil to he dug up around the site of these discoveries, has met in variably intermixed with the soil small pieces of charred wood, as if the ed flees here situated had been completely destroyed by fire. Large stones and traces of wall foundations are, however, dis covered abundantly in the field. —. Nottingham Guardian. ALDERSBOT 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 festiv e as p ec t w hi c h a Roya l visit never fails to impart. Th e wea th er , c l ou dy e 0", unpromising at first, improved by b r i g ht d egrees , untu at last, as it in effulgent disclaimer of what Shakski has so unfeelin g ly sa id a b ou t th e " uncerta i n g l or i es "°f the month of April, the sun shone forth with a p O9 /,_ e l and constancy th a t p u t hi s enem i es, t h e c l ouds, to flign" 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 wer e received at the railway station by General Knollys, In° staff, and a guard of honour. The Queen, who wore golden sash over her left shoulder, and on her riding hat a plume of miiitary feathers, entered the carriage that was in waiting for her, and drove off amid the 10 41 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 L'ird Alfred Paget on the other. General Knollys, with a brilliant staff, precede. ] the Royal personages, and a glittering group of eques; trians, conspicuous among w h om was t h e C oun t es s 0' Desart, brought up the rear. On reaching the Club . house the cavalcade diverged into the plains that lie t 9 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, wil ° resort thither for target practice and wake the echoes with their sharp ringing Minids. Here the troops were drawn up in double columns, offering a front of a mil! and a half. The scene was beyond description brillian t and picturesque as the Royal visitors moved at a slot ',ace from regiment to regiment, the band of each saluting them with the National Anthem, while the men presented arms and the colou rs were drooped. The, Queen appeared to enter thoroughly i n t o th e s pirit of the occasion, and acklewledged the salutations of lief soldiers with a cordiality and condescension which were generally remarked. Hera was no hurried ur superficial glance. She passed closely along the lin e° and examined with manifest int eres t th e a ppearance. and discipline of the men. Nor could the scrutini have failed to afford her satisfacti on ; f or th e m en, 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 tr oo ps b e i ng com pl e t e d, the Queen repaired with her illustrious retinue to th e highest of the hills in the vicinity, and, dismonst• jue, took up her position whore a flag-staff bad 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 playing national airs as they marched round the base of the hill. The order in which they advanced was as follows :—The 80th R e giment 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, the city of Dublin, the sth Elthorne• Hertfordshire, 2d Surrey (with their venerable white goat), Ist Somersetshire, Cavan, City of London, and' Carahridgeshire, which last regiment arrived from El only yesterday. Finally, the Antrim Rifles and third battalion of the Rifle Brigade passed at a swinging tro „ 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 allude for the night. RECAFTURE OF THE BERKSHIRE JAC. 211EPPARD. The "last escape" of this convict from Portsmouth has already been reported. It appears that there hi slipped his cable on Tuesday week, in broad daylight Having learnt the business of a tailor, be made hinver a suit of clothes out of his rough sheets, and, having sect eted them under his prison dress, took a favourable opportunity, while working in the dockyard, to retire into a corner, where he doffed his convict outer garment 4 and dressed himself in the work of his own hands. Behr; thus equipped, and looking rather seedy, he boldlf marched, as well as a pair of pretended knock-knees would allow him, towards the main entrance of tel dockyard, meeting in his way several officers. When arrived at the gate, he was challenged by the sentinel os duty as to what business he had there ; to which hi made a ready answer, and then "cadged" of the sea, tinel, who then told him to clear off. This unnecessar, piece of advice he did not wait to be repeated, but hied off into a wood in the neighbourhood. Here he wag followed in less than half-an-hour by a party from the dockyard, who by that time had missed him. They did not find him, however, and when th e cur t a i n o f night had fallen he left his lair in the wood and committed a burgnry in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth, carry' big off a quantity of eatables and 61. He seems sub sequently to have taken the rail to Oxfordshire ; and the next thing we hear of him is that on the night of Saturday or morning of Sunday last he was at Great Barford. There he rummaged over the workshops of Mr. Lovell and another carpenter, where he lighted fires of shavings, and carried away a saw from the former. His next exploit was at the house of Mr. Woolgrove, grocer, where he cat out with a saw the whole frame of a window secured with iron bars, and carried off a full suit of clothes, a hat, 21b. of tobacco, and about les. in copper, the inmates of the house re' maining sound asleep all the time. He next visited his old friend's stable—Mr. John Timms, Little Bar" ford—but there he did nut 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 sack, through Hornton, into Batley parish, where, it being now daylight of Sunday morning, he dismounted and turned the horse up a lane near Lord hers'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 valuable services of Mr. Hickling, superintendent of the Warwick police, and of Sergeant Bumford, of the same corps, were enlisted in the search of the fugitive ; but nothing further wag 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 three or four panes of glass smashed in the window of the room in which some of them w ere assembled. They of course ran to the outside to s e e the depredator, and in the dim moonlight saw Hirons run' ping 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 had taken away a silver watch and silk handkerchiefs. hut could find no money. His heel had accidentally slipped as he was escaping from the window, and thus 1 30 hod unwillingly sounded an alarm. About a quarter of ° mile from the New Inn he immediately went and corn' 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 o f ale. Alter 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 be far distant from the scene of his toils. Under this in" pression a numerous party of impromptu detectives was got together, and began a vigorous and diligent search for the not unworthy representative of the numerous body of "cracksmen." About two o'clock the same dal (Tuesday) 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 be had in his possession nearly all the property he had lately stolen. The halter which he had stolen alor , with the horse was found under a stone in the parish of Ratley, near to where the horse was found. The prisoner was brought before the ma' gistrate at Warwick yesterday charged with the burg' blies committed at Ilatton. The prisoner attempted to break out of Warwick Gaol a few 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, APRIL 18. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. There will be an election of four taberlars 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 451. per annum. Candidates must 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 THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—LIVERPOOL, April 1L —At the police -court to-day, before Mr. Mansfield, the ,stipendiary magistrate, William Parsonage, who acted as auctioneer in sales for unclaimed goods for the Lon , don and North-Western Railway Company, was brough' up for the fourth time on remand, charged with frau( and conspiracy. The evidence went to show that th amounts received for goods sold on some of these ucce sions were not correctly entered in the company's book( the difference in the amounts being to the prejudice et the company. Mr. Brotherton, who appeared for th( prisoner, addressed the court at very gre a t l eng th, con . tending that there were no evidence against his client, the amour - its which were entered in a book kept solely by the prisoner, being correct, the inaccuracies occurrirg in a book kept by the cashier, Mr. Salter, who had ab ,eonded, and was still at large. Mr. Mansfield said the case was certainly very complicated, but he then.tht there was sufficient prima facie evidence to send the t.r;soner for trial. An iron mortar-boat was launched on ThursaiY F f lo ro a n: the building-yard of Mr. John L air d, at Biicenhead. There are now three mortar-boat s i n th e Geat Birkenhead, ready for removal. Severalgun•boats at h e same yard are nearly ready for launcbdg• '~~ Ti very bale! expc 'any fluct Ti the last side: Bole quo' St , ca 54