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Cbtrb SUN OFFICE, Seven. o'Clock. THIRSE RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SCURRY STAKES. Bird in the Buah Frenzy Bright TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Saunterer Roulade. Naughty Boy Red, White, and Blue ............. Won in a canter• SPRING HANDICAP. Gaudy Shelah Rajah..................... Eight ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord BERNERS presented a petition against any al teration in the Oath of Abjuration. Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates until an equivalent had been provided were presented` by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Derby, Lord Redesdale, and several other peers. OUT-PENSIONERS' BILL. On the motion of Lord PANMIIIIIII, this bill passed through committee. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. On the order of the day for going into committee upon this bill. The Earl of DERBY said he wished to call their lord ships attention to one or two points in the bill which he thought very objectionable. It would be in the recol lection of the house that on the second reading of the bill he stated his concurrence in the general objects of the measure. He had, however, considerable doubts as to the efficiency of the machinery proposed to effect those objects. He had received many communications from various quarters upon this subject which tended greatly to confirm him in his impressions. He bad certainly received letters from some farmers, containing objec tions to the principles of the bill, but he thought, how ever, that considerable misapprehension was entertained by such parties as to the operations of such measure, for he entertained no doubt whatever but that the objects in view, if attainable, would be eminently beneficial. He wholly objected to the employment of the poor-law board in collecting the information. That board, he thought, was established for a totally different object, and were unfit for the discharge of such duties. As some prejudices existed in different parts of the country, it was of course desirable to remove everything objection able from the bill calculated to remove those prejudices. He would propose that the information sought for should be obtained through the petty sessions, whose courts were scattered throughout the country. Those courts possessed a peculiar facility for obtaining such information as to the local circumstances of the various agricultural districts. He also thought that the measure ought to be amended "in respect to the mode proposed for sending out for re turns, and for their return. He was of opinion that the Board of Trade should give due notice of the informs- Lion required by the issue of a circular at particular periods of the year. The Board of Trade should give an estimate of the average crops and their average value. The schedules also should be more simplified by the re duction of columns. They should be as simple as possible. The noble earl then stated some otlier ob jections to the bill, and said he thought it better to state his opinions candidly before proceeding to consider the bill. Lord STANLEY (of Alderley) thought that the Poor. law Board and the Board of Guardians were the most I efficient machinery that could be proposed to procure the 1 information sought for under the bill. The magistrates at petty sessions were by no means so well calculated to carry out the provisions of the bill as the Poor•law Board. (Hear.) He very anxious to get the returns as early as possible, and therefore he thought that the 13t of June should be fixed as the day for receiving the estimate of the crops planted ; but if their lordships wished he should not object to the Ist of July being the day fixed on which the guardians should forward their returns to the Poor•law Board. He thought it very desirable that means should exist by which it could be learned what sort of a crop bad been grown in certain years, and also whether the crop was light or heavy. If the provisions of this bill were fully carried out, this information would exist in the early part of November in each year after the passing of the act. The noble lord concluded by stating that in cora mitte be should feel great pleasure in explaining to any of their lordships the other portions of the bill. [LEFT SITTING.] d HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Doddingtor Ree‘,.l . yDivision ; Lancaster Gas ; Lin coln Water • Milton! Junction Railway ; Weynlouth and Melcombe Regis Gas. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON presented a petition from Australia, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to direct that a postal communication be established be. tween England and the colony, by the nearest route, and at a speed of not less than ten knots, or nautical miles per hour. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered to be issued, on the motion of Col. BOLDER°, for Chippenham, for the election of a member in the room of Mr. J. Neeld, deceased. Mr. HADFIELD moved for a return, showing the amount of fees charged at the House of Commons upon every private bill presented to the house from the ses sion of 1848 to 1855. In reply to an bon member, Sir B. HALL said a short time ago he received a com munication, stating that a new department should be erected in Pall Mall, on the site of Buckingham house. The hon. baronet said he would read a letter be bad addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, in which he stated that he thought it would be more desirable to hive the whole of the public affairs concentrated in one particular scot. He propos +% a future occasion to move for a select committer; inquire Into the subject of obtaining a site for t. .4ruction of the public offices now in . Pow. ; •street. If the proposition was adopted he - _ should give the usual notice and bring in a bill for the purpose. The plans for the building he proposed would not only be open to the architects of the United King dom, but of the world, in order that a building worthy of this country might be obtained. THE EXPORTATION OF IRON. Mr. TEIO RNELY asked the Secretary of the Trea- Eury whether, a treaty of peace having been signed at Paris, the bonds required to be given at the Custom Houses on the exportation of iron, and of certain other manufactured articles, might not now be dispensed with? Mr. WILSON—At present he could not answer the question ; but if the hon. member would repeat it on another evening, he would give him a reply. LAMPETER COLLEGE. Mr. L. DAVIES arked the Secretary of State, whe ther it was his intention to bring in a bill to repeal the elause in the Act of the 16th and 17th of the reign of her present Majesty, which authorises the removal of Saint David's Collage from Lampeter to Brecon, sneer the sanction of her Majesty, advised thereto by the Privy Council ; and, if not, whether such , anction would be withheld, in compliance with the prayer in the nu merous Petitions presented on the subject. Sir G. GREY said there wns no such scheme at present before the Privy CP‘ ncil or, he believed, the Ecclesiastical Comnahneon. No deoimi ni would be ar rived at without alloNving to the upponents of such a measure the oppo,tunityofand urrrinc , stating ts their objections, Sir J. PABINGTON asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether he had received a ny infor 'nation with respect to a memori a l s i gned by 1003 of the Fellows of Oxford, which had been tra nsm i tted to the au thorities, touching pecuniary circumstances in the elec tion of fellows ? Sir G. GRET said he bad no officialinformation with respect to the memorial referred to, but there had been a preliminary meeting of the Privy Council at which he had not been able to attend, but he had no doubt the memorial bad been transmitted to the proper quarter, where it would receive every attention. FOREIGN TROOPS IN ENGLISH PAY. Mr. OTWAY gave notice that on Monday he should ask the Under Secretary of War the numerical strength of foreign troops in th e pay of this country, and what was to be their future destination. ABSENCE OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS. Sir J. PAKINGTON complained of the absence of the Under Secretary for War at that hour, which pre vented big putting a question to him of some importance. .Mr. LABOUCHERE said the hon. gentleman was Absent in consequence of a domestic Affliction. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the answer of the right hea- gentleman was satisfactory. v ` THE LATE ABDUCTION CASE. Mr. HIT,DYARD asked the First Lord of the T, ea bury whether the a ttention of the Government had been "directed to the case of Susannah Evans, a girl of 15 ears of age, conveyed to Hamburg for the purpose of rostitution ; and 'whether, in consequence of the die . losures elicited in the investig a tion of that case before it R. Carden, any corre spondence had taken place be tween the Foreign Secretary and Colonel Hodges, the British Consul at Hamburg! Sir G. GREY raid that the attention of the Govern ment had been directed to this case. DLspatches from Col. Hedges, the British Consul at Hamburg, relative to this case, lad been received at the Foreign-office, and bad been transferred to the Home Secretary's De partment. These despatches detail e d what Col. Ho d ges bad done with reference to this case, and also cases of a similar ,character, though not of so aggravated a iAtxtre, that had come under his notice. From these despatches it appeared that an extensive traffic, for so it'rnight be called, of this disgraceful character was car ried on between the ports of Hull, Liverpool,London, n Hamburg. He (Sir G. Grey) had communicated j with the mayors of these places, and he hoped shortly to be able to take such measures as would obstruct similar proceedings for the future. (Cheers.) METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the Attorney-General whether he intended to proceed with the bill to amend the Metropolis Local Management Act • and if not, to as k Sir B. Hall what me ans he intende d adopt to re move the difficulty caused by conflicting opinions re specting the provisions in the said act as regards the election of parish officers ! Sir B. HALL, in the absence of the Attorney-Gene cal, answered the question. That hon. and learned gentleman introduced this bill on the representation cf certain members of that house, with relation to this question. As soon as he did it objections were taken to it, and it was not now his inten tion to proceed with it. The hon. member for Lambeth had asked him (Sir B. Hall) if he intended to take coy steps to remove the difficulty that was said to exist relative to conflicting opinions as to the election of parish officers. The object of the Metropolis Local Management Act was to supersede all existing vestries at the time of its passing, and to do that he copied into the bill a clause from Hobhouse's Act, and which clause the hon. member for Lambeth supported. .He (Sir B. Hall) suggested that an amicable suit (if he might so call it) should be taken to the Court of Queen's Benah for the decision of the judges on the difficulty complained of, and that then,if the decision of the judges was contrary to what be inteaded, and he believed was the true construc tion of the clause, on any representation being made to him to that effect he would consider the case, and would introduce a bill to settle the question. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE condemned the conduct cf the Government with reference to this act, and the conduit of the right hon. baronet in recommending liti g ation to the various parishes in the metropolis. He described this act as most unpopular, and called upon the house not to let the learned Attorney-General withdraw the bill now before the house. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL charged the hon. member for Finsbury with condemning this bill when it was introduced as an interference with popular rights, and finding the parishes of the metropolis concurred with him, he (the Attorney-General) had decided on withdrawing the bill. The object of this bill was to enable the new vestries to interfere with the poor and the Church, and so he framed this bill. If the honourable member for Finsbury would bring in a better bill to solve the difficulty complained of and save, litigation, he (the Attorney-General) would be happy to support him. After some remarks from Mr. WILKINSON, tie subject dropped. CENTRAL AMERICA. Viscount GODERICH asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether a document, which had recently ap peared, purporting to be a despatch written by the Bri tish Minister at Washington to the ,Secretary of State of the United States, on the 27th day of February last, with reference to the disputes between this country and the United States on the subject of Central America wen authentic. The hon. viscount having read the despatch which had reference to the arbitration relative to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, Mr. GLADSTONE before the question was answered called the attention of the house to the position the house was placed in with reference to the Central Ame rican question, in the course of which he referred to the first correspondence between the two Governments en the subject, and what had occurred in that house relative to the production of the correspondence. lie Lad no wish to interfere with the discretion of pro ducing certain documents ; but although the noble lord had informed the house in February the papers should be. produced, they had not yet been laid on the table of I the house ; and the last excuse was that the Foreign office bad been so much engaged they had not been able to get them ready. That ought not to be an excuse for their non-production, and he urged on the noble lord the injury likely to result from it. He believed the present American Minister in this country was armed with suf ficient power& to carry out the intentions of his coun try. He hoped, however, that nothing would occur to prevent the present kindly relations between the two countries. Lord PALMERSTON said the right hon. gentleman knew the constitution of the various departments of the Government sufficient to know that they could not be augmented momentarily to meet temporary pressure. The right hon. gentleman had spoken lightly of the ira portant duties that had engaged lately the attention of the Foreign Department. Mr. GLADSTONE said he bad not done so. Lord PALMERSTON said he begged the right hon. gentleman's pardon, but he bad. (Laughter.) After detailing the amount of business that the Foreign-office had had lately to discharge, he said he should not then enter into the question, but wait until the correspon dence had been laid on the table of the house, which he hoped would be in a few days. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSION REPORT. Mr. PALK asked if the officers of the Commissariat Department who considered their conduct inculpated by that report might appear before the Military Board of Inquiry nosy sitting, and defend their conduct as well as those gallant officers whose names bad been so pro minently put before the public by that report. Lord PALMERSTON said yes. Sir J. GRAHAM then rose and addressed the house with reference to the charges that had been made against him, especially in a letter signed by Sir Charles Napier, and inserted a short time since in the public papers, which latter were such as net only to impeach his vera city, but attributed charges against him of the darkest character. The right hon. baronet then entered into a defence of his conduct during the time he had been offi cially connected with the late war. (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 2. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles Baker as Vice-Consul at Southampton for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Stein as Consul at the Mauritius for the Free Han. seatic City of Bremen. DOWNING-STREET, Aram 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Lucie Smith, Esq., to bo Attorney-General for the Colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Thomas Worthington Barlow to be Queen's Advocate for the Colony of Sierra Leone. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Tra 1e and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for. Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch freru her Majesty's Consul at Genoa, report. ing that the following quarantine regulations have been adopted at that port with regard to vessels arriving from the East : Ist. All vessels arriving from the Levant, whether sail i un.-ships or steameis, on touching at any port in the Royal States, are subject to quarantine. 2d. When the passage shall hays: been healthy, and there shall not exist on board at the time of arrival any sick or convalescent, the quarantine shall be one of simple observation for the period of five complete days, and c leansing and airing of all effects. :;d. If the passage shall not have been free from sickness, or if there shall be sick on board, the quarantine will be strict, and of the duration of fifteen days, and may not be fulfilled except in the Lazaretto of Varignano, in the Gulf of Spezzia, for ships destined for the mainland, or in the Lazaretto of Cagliaii for ships bound for the Island of Sardinia. 4th. In the strict quarantine the unloading and cleansing in the Lazaretto of the effects and susceptible merchandize will be obligatory. . sth. Ships of war and transports returning from the East, with troops for disembarkation. and sick on board, will not be admitted to pratique, except in the Lazaretto er Varignano for the mainland, or in that of Cagliari for the Island of Sardinia, after having fulfilled in those La zaretti all the conditions required by the existing regulr.- tient VAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, APRIL 4. GENERAL ORDER. No. 665. Dated Horse Guard!, April 3. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has muehgrati fi,3ation iu publishing to the army the commands of the Q seen for the promotion of Lieut.-General Sir George Brown, G.C.8., to the rank of General (the Commission t) bear data TUi September last), for his distinguished ser vices with the Army in the Crimea, and while command ing the troops employed in the successful operations cgainst Kerteh. By command of the Right Honourable Field-Marshal VISCOUNT HARD INGE, Commanding-in-Chief. (Signed) G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. BREVET. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown, G.C.B, to be pro nioted to be General in the Army, for distinguished ser vice in the Field. WAR DEPARTMENT, APRIL 4. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—The surname of the Cornet appointed, by purchase, on the 25th ult., is Bennet &bald not Bennett, as previously stated. 4th Tortsgoon Guards—Cornet T. C. Gillespie to be Lieu tenant. by. purchase, vice Hon. M. F. Deane, who retires. 4th Light Dragoons—Captain Wra. Jacob Birt, from the Ro Yid Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase Grenadier • vice the Earl 'e Bridges, Gent., to b Ist Regiment Of Regiment of of Foot Guards—Edward Smith a. Easign and Lieutenant, by purchase, I ,___,, promoted. u -- -- ien be Captain, w ith out , ; roi l: tenant Thomas Rowland to En sign R. L. Roberts to be .r.. , !, vice Turner, deceased ; En vice vice-Rowland ; Ensigli joh lautenant, without purchase, York Militia, to be Enid aneroid, from the 6th West Roberts. en, without purchase, vice 7th Foot--Carteret Houstoun Kemp&° n, Gent" Ensign, by purchase, vice Cocks, promoted; Lie u tenant Douglas Flood, from the Wexford Militia, rnto be t,,, be %; itheut pgrchase ; Serjeant Thomas M urp h y to be Q Ensignu ai' ! Lei toaster, vice Scott, appointed Paymaster. Nth Foet—Lieutenant J. W. Medhurst, to be Captain without purchase, vice Brevet - Major John Cassidy St oc k, who retires upon full pay; Ensign C. A. Armstrong to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Medhurst. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas C. Higginson to be Paymaster, vice Kirk, who has retired by the sale of a Lieutenancy in 06th Foot. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Robert H. Hackett, from the King's County Regiment of Militia, to be Ensign, without pui chase. 20th Foot—Second Lieutenant Frederick Hansel, from the Hampshire Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without Nil chase. 25th Foot—C. E. Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harison, promoted. 27th Foot—Captain H. Freer, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Phelips, who exchanges. 30th Foot—The Commissions of the undermentioned Officers to be antedated as follows :—Captain C. J. C. Sillery, to 9th Sept., 1855 ; Lieut. T. Elwyn, to 9th Sept , 18 5 ; Lieut. H. O. Campbell, to 25th Sept., 1855 ; Lieut. C. P. Fitz Gibbon, to 25th Jan., 1856. 32a Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Evans, from the Crith • THE SUNS LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1856. Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeoa, vice Moorhead, promoted in 29th Foot. _ 41st Foot—The promotions of Lieutenant Fitzßoy and Fnsign Donelan, and the appointment as Ensign of First Lieutenant Ellison, from the Kent Artillery Militia, to bear date the 25th and not the 7th of March, as previously stated. 46th Foot—The appointment of Quartermaster -Sergeant John Dwyer to be Ensign and Adjutant, to bear date the 25th, and not the 7th March, as previously stated. 51st Foot—Lieutenaut H. R. De Anyers Willis to be Captain, by parchase, vice Drought, who retires ; Ensign M. B. Lewin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Willis ; Henry Chambers, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lewin. 60th Foot—Captain William Douglas Phelips, from the 27th root, to be Captain, vice Freer, who exchanges. filth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Louis Lundy, horn the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Evana, appeiuted to the 32d Foot. 76th Foot—Captain Thomas Bythesea Mortimer, from half-pay Unattached, is be Captain, vice Brevet-Major H. D. Smart, who exchanges. 79th Foot—Lieutenant James Bell to be Captain, by parchase, vice Freme, who retires ; Ensign T. R. Howkins to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bell ; James M. Thos. Simpson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Howkins. 94th Foot—The commission of Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Watts to be antedated to sth April, 1855. 95th Foot—Spencer Lynne, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Rawlins, promoted. 97th Foot—Lieut. Robert George Macdonald, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Armstrong, who exchanges. Ist West India Regiment—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Kelly to be Assistant-Surgeon. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieut. John Fellows Armstrong, from 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mac donald, who exchanges; Serjeant Joseph Harkness to be Quartet master, vice Baxter, who retires upon half-pay. Royal Malta Fencible Regiment—Ensign James Lazza rini to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice Metrovich ; Frederick Sedley, Gent., to be Ensign, with local and temporary rank, vice Lazzarini. TURKISH CONTINGENT. TIIE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (From the Times of this day.) The Military Commissioners have at length for- George Montgomerie Davidson, Esq., to be Paymaster ; William George Proctor, Esq., to be Paymaster. BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION. The appointment of Lieut.-Col. W. L. Grant, to the British Italian, Legion, to bear date 12th November, 1855, instead of 14th December, 18)5, as previously btated. 4th Regiment—Ensign Henry John Hunter, from the 2d Regiment, to be Lieutenant. It o STITAL STAFF.— To be Assistant-Surgeon—Assistant- Surgeon Robert Speedy, frous the Ist West India Regi ment, vice Callen, appointed to the 4th Light Dragoons. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. really opened their proceedings at Chelsea Hospital. The inquiry commences at a fortunate moment for the officers whose conduct has been called in ques tion. The boom of the Tower guns which an nounced the restoration of peace has scarcely died away. We are at least assured that for a time we are safe from the consequences of similar errors. Whatever may come of the deliberations of the Cominialioners, we shall not, until we are again plunged into hostilities, feel the effect of their de cisions. It is so natural to forget when danger is past, and to forgive when the sun is again shining on our own side of the hedge, that we could almost understand an act of amnesty in favour of the ac cused. If there were any security that nations would henceforth live in harmony, and that we were freed once for all from the painful necessities of military preparation, we also should be inclined to recommend forgetfulness of the past, and to acquiesce in the recent distribution of martial honours. This, however, is not so. Philanthro pists have been somewhat harshly aroused from their dreams and philosophers from their theories by the cannon of Sebastopol. The millennium is neither come, nor is it at hand. We are still living in the old world of Caesar, of Marlborough, and of Napoleon. The weak are still, as ever, a prey to the strong, and the strong will still attack the weak. The instinct of the tiger or of the ambitious ruler—we care not which illustration is accepted— still survives, and against it we must take, precau tion, as before. Therefore it is that an unusual interest attaches to the proceedings at Chelsea. If the members of the Court are not precisely the ar biters of the future military system of England, they are at least the persons who must decide upon the matter in the first instance, although their de cisions are liable to subsequent appeal. They are called upon to determine whether the blame of the disasters which befell the British army attaches to individuals or to the system. Very true that in the hands of the Earls of Lucan and Cardigan the British cavalry melted away, like a handful of snow in the grasp of delirious man, but if they can show that these officers did all that could be fairly expected from them under the circumstances—that on their part there was no want of zeal or of dis cretion, it would be in the highest degree unjust to sacrifice them because they were involved in the fatal trammels of an erroneous system. In this case the Commissioners, if they do their duty, must pronounce the condemnation of the system, not of the men. So with regard to Sir Richard Airey and Colonel Gordon ; these gentlemen are accuse - I, rightly or wrongly, by the voice of the Queen's Commissioners, of neglect of duty. It is said on such high authority that in their quality of Quartermaster-General and Deputy-Quartermaster they did not avail themselves of the resources which had been placed at their disposal by the solicitude of their Government, and suffered many brave men to die, whom they might have saved. Now that the matter has been brought before a Court of competent authority, it is not for us to prejudge the case. Sir Richard Airey and Colonel Gordon—and Sir Richard Airey especially—have asserted that the repbrt of the Crimean Commis sioners is one-sided and partial. It embodies, say they, the substance of the charges against them, but not their defence. It is upon the unchecked state ment of their adversaries that an opinion has gone forth to their prejudice, and therefore they ask us to suspend our conclusions until they also have been heard. Nothing can be more just. If they have at all suffered in reputation and character from the precipitate judgment of their fellow-sub jects, they have no other persons to thank for it than their friends •at the Horse Guards and the War-office. When Lords Hardinge and Panmure did their best to stop all inquiry, and actually showered premature honours upon officers who were lying under a heavy accusation preferred by Commissioners who acted under the immediate au thority of the Government, what wonder that pub lic opinion should discharge the office of the more regular judge ? The point, then, which must be more immedi ately decided by the Chelsea Commissioners is whether the system or the men—the individual officers accused—were at fault. A third alterna tive, which we will not permit ourselves to antici pate, of course remains. The Court may, by the fatuity and partiality of its proceedings, insure its own condemnation, as well as that of the system of which it forms part. Our recent experience of military tribunals has not been very encouraging, but we are willing in the present instance to hope for the lest. A very fair test of the impartiality of the Court may be found in their willingness or re luctance, or it may be in their positive refusal, to admit the statements of Sir John M'Neil and Col. Tulloch in favour of their report. We see with pleasure that, in answer to a question from Mr. Villiers, the Judge-Advocate, the Court decided that a notification of its proceedings should be for warded to those two gentlemen. They were to be informed that their report was to be called in ques tion by the inquiry then in progress. If this means anything, it means, of course, that the Commis sioners are to be heard, and such a step would go far indeed to show that the tribunal is in earnest. With the exception of this; single point, which we note as of superior interest, the proceedings yester day were merely formal. The Court very properly decided that the cases of officers whose conduct was to be inquired into would be taken separately, ac cording to their rank. The Earl of Luca.u's case is to be taken first, next Monday, and summonses have been forwarded to him and to his witnesses requir ing their attendance on that day. Whatever may be be the rules which the Court may establish for its own guidance, the inquiry can scarcely be conducted in a satisfactory manner unless Lord Lucan and the other officers accused can be confronted with the Crimean officers who have borne testimony against them, and these again with Lord Lucan and his fellows. As at present, the Court is called upon to decide between conflicting statements, some of VG Mel have been made in the Crimea and some in England, but none upon oath. This arrangement gives fearful facilities to a lukewarm judge, who may be anxious to avoid the responsibilities of a direct decision. It is very unfortunate, besides, inasmuch as it affects public confidence in the de cisions of this tribunal, that Lords Hardinge and Panmure should have displayed themselves so openly the partisans of the officers accused. The patronage of the army is in their bands. There is not an officer holding a British commission and in volved in this inquiry, from Sir Alex. Woodford, the President of the Court, down to the humblest witness for or against the accused, who is not de pendent upon the War Department and the Horse Guards for his professional advancement. It is therefore to be regretted that Lords Hardinge and Panmure should have rendered it a matter of com mon belief that the judge who decides against their friends decides against them, and that the witness who gives evidence against their friends gives wit ness against the two great officers of State with whom rests the prosperity of his own future career. Still, with all necessary allowances and all un necessary drawbacks, this Chelsea inquiry must prove of vast importance to the efficiency of our army. The question of the culpability of the officers accused must also remain of public in terest, for, if unjustly whitewashed by the Court, they will remain public servants, and that iu posts of high trust and responsibility. It is, moreover, of -the last importance, as far as the British soldier is concerned, that if these officers have by their neglect of duty, their want of zeal, or their inefficiency, been accessory to the destruction of a considerable portion of the expeditionary force, they should meet with such censure and punishment as they deserve. It is within our _knowledge that in the remotest districts of the British Islands it was so well understood that the Crimean leaders were in fault that the country folk turned deaf ears to the blandishments of the recruiting sergeants, and refused to pat themselves under such guidance. They cared not for the perils of tbeilssault er the battle-field—they were indifferent to the fair hazards of a campaign, but they objected to unnecessary starvation and disease. Be it right, or be it wrong, such has been the general opinion of this country for the last 15 months. The Military Judges at Chelsea have, then, before them, a most serious task. We are all well aware of the overpowering nature of the influences which will be brought to bear upon them from the Department of War, from the Horse Guards, and elsewhere, but we still cling to the ex pectation that they will discharge their duty. The old flags of Blenheim are hanging behind the Pre sident's chair, and the great flag from Kinlooltra in front of him. We sincerely trust that Sir Alex ander Woodford and his colleagues will remember that the cause before them is substantially that of the brave men by whom such trophies have been won. ST. PANCRAS' WORKHOUSE.—DEPRIVATION OF THE POOR OF TIIRIR PORTER.—At the weekly meeting of the newly-elected board of directors of the poor of St. Pancras, held in the Vestry-hall, Camden Town, Henry Farrer, Esq., churchwarden, in the chair, memorials were presented, signed by several hundred inmates of the workhouse, praying the board to reconsider the step they had taken at their first meeting, stopping the supply of porter. Mr. Orr moved the appointment of a com mittee to investigate the subject. Mr. Spooner se conded the motion. Mr. Beard considered the distri bution of porter had led to a great amount of intoxica tion. After some observations, the resolution of the previous board, to place the distribution of the porter entirely under the control of the medical officers, was confirmed. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— GLOUCESTER, Aram 3. PRICHARD V. WEBBER. Mr. Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Pigott, and Mr. Phipson appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Keating, Q.C., Mr. Huddlesten, and Mr. Macnamara for the de fendant. The plaintiff in this action was a young woman of Swansea, named Maria Prichard, who, being only 17 years of age, sued in the name of her father as her next friend. The defendant, Vivian Arthur Webber, was a young man, 26 years of age, the son of a lady at Swan sea, and a member of the Windham Cluh. The ac tion was brought to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage, and also for assault and imprisonment. The defendant denied the alleged promise, and also pleaded a justification, alieging that previously to the alleged promise the plaintiff had con witted fornication with divers men, and that the same was unknown to the defendant when he made the pro mise. To the counts for assault and imprisonment the defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. Whatelev, in opening the case, said that, after the experience of a great many years, he had never risen to address a jury aith greater pain and anxiety than on the present occasion, when he should have to lay Lefore them one of the most disgraceful cases which had ever been brought into a court of justice. The plaintiff had been ruined by the arts and profligacy of the defendant, who, though a gentleman of birth and property, and once in the British army, had cast her off without making her one shilling compensation. The acquaint ance between the part:es had commenced in the month of November last at Swansea, where the plaintiff resided with her father, who was a widower. The defendant's mother resided near Swansea, and it was while residing with her that his acquaintance with_ the plaintiff commer esd. He induced her to walk out with him, pro fessed great affection for her, and premised her marriage. The acquaintance, however, was forbidden by the father, who, in the month of December, got his daughter a situ ation, and sent her away to Bristol. While she was re siding there the defendant induced her to go up to Lon don, on the assurance that he had got her a situation as governess in the family of his aunt, and that he would marry her in the course of three weeks. Fortunately, the defendant's letters had been preserved, and these would clearly establish the promise to marry. One of these letters, dated the 18th of December, 1855, and addressed to her in a feigned name, was as follows : "'Windham Club, Dec. 10, 1855. "Dear Girl,—l hevo sent you 4/. in Miss Edwards's name. New do, dear girl, do, for God's sake, have confi dence in me, that love you better than anybody in this world, for you wrote as if you had some doubt of my honesty. I will not, let me assure you, behave in any other way than a gentleman ; but I hope soon to make you my wife. I have got you the situation in my aunt's family as governess, to teach one little girl. I hope, dear Maria, that you will come to it, as it is a good place for you, forgot to tell you that my aunt will want you in a week's time, as the other governess will be leaving ; so, dear girl, I shall oeily have the pleasure of escorting you about for a week. Pray leave off your past shyness to me, but look to me as your future husband, for, as the God is in heaven, you will be my wife before three weeks are over your little head. " You will go to your situation. Then I shall come in about a week, and take you from there to make little Miss Maria little Mrs. Webber, or if you like you can stay zt the lodg ings till I marry you. lam sure of my mother's consent, for I am her per. If she does not, then I must take French leave. Do not thick I shall tempt you before you are my wife, and you by so thinking will not come to London. Dear, darling Maria, I would not be guilty of such an ac tion, so do pray place confidence in me. Now, I must give you some little instructions. Mind not to be late at the station. You must inquire the night before. I will meet you without fail at Paddington-station. You see, dear Maria, how badly I write, for lam not well at all. But I shall be batter when you come to London. Farewell, dear girl, and believe me to be, " Yours affectionately, " VIVIAN WEBBER. " Miss James, at Miss Edwards's, 56, Oxford-street, " Swansea, Glamorganshire. " P.S.--I have taken most respectable lodgings for you." In consequence of that and other letters which the de fendant wrote, the plaintiff cAme up to London. There had, however, been a miscarriage in one of the defend ant's letters, and the defendant, in consequence, not ex pecting the plaintiff, was not at the station, as he had pro mised. She, however, went in a cab to his lodgings, at 10, Bury-street, St. James's, and was then taken by the defendant to a lodging at 17, Duke-street. The plaintiff soon fell, and while she continued there scenes occurred which were quite indescribable. The defendant, who drank to excess, treated her with great violence and cruelty. At length, when the defendant's lust was sated, the plaintiff was told to go, and a man named Read, a pugilist, and a friend of the defendant, came and took her away. She was then sent back to Bristol. It appeared that, bad as the conduct of the defendant had been, he had still some remorse and compunction, for on the plaintiff's re turn to Bristol he wrote her this letter, which the learned counsel read as follows : " Windham Club, Thursday. " Will you believe me if I call you dear Maria? when I found you had gone I was taken so ill and repentant that I was obliged to go to bed, where I remained in a fever until this morning, when I got up. The first thing Ido is to ask you to forgive me. I should never have done what I did had I not been drunk. I direct this to the same direction in Bristol as before, but have told them to forward it to your other if you are absent. Pray write and toll me if there is anything I can do for you, and I will do it for you if possible. lam going to Swansea soon, and hope to Heaven you will be there with me. Put my kindness in the balance against my unkindness, and if the latter should be a little the heavier have the charity to for give. Tell me all about W —e, and where she is. Do you see how weak lam ? If I was cruel, do not you be so. " Yours affectionately, "P -S.—Do pray write. `• VIVIAN WEBBER. " Miss Prichard, 33, Stokescroft, Bristol." After that time the parties had never met, and no offer of reparation bad ever been made. It might be said that the promise which the defendant had made was au improvident one, but it a ould be distinctly proved. It might be that the defendant never meant to fulfil his promise, and only made it that he might seduce the plaintiff. If that were so; be, was doubly a villain. But he had done worse than that. He had put on the record a plea which charged the plaintiff with immoral conduct previous to the connexion. It would be seen whether he would venture to produce evidence to support that plea. If he did not, the plea would be a great aggrava tion of the injury which he had inflicted on the plaintiff, for which the learned counsel hoped the jury would give exemplary damages. The foaowing witnesses were then examined : George Prichard said—l am the father of Maria Pri chard, the plaintiff. She was 17 in Aug. last. I live at Swansea. I am a furniture broker. lam a widower, and the plaintiff is my youngest daughter. She was the only daughter I had at home last year. She has always lived at home till she went to London. She on one occasion went on the stage at Swansea. The manager wanted a child for some minor part, and some one told him of my daughter. That was in 1853. She acted 10 or 12 times in 1853. In November last year I beard of something, and desired her to go to 13ristoi. I took her on board the packet. She was to go to Mr. Wall, at Bristol. She went there. I first knew she had gone to London when she was there. Cross-examined—l am now a journeyman uphols terer. I was not in the habit of going to the theatre. The plaintiff was not many months at the theatre. It was all in one season. I think it was in 1853 I knew an actor named Sinclair. I never saw him at my house. I knew him at the Royal Yatch, which he used to frequent. He was an actor at the theatre in 1852. He was not at Swansea in 1853, not till 1855. I believe he is now at Bristol. I never taw Sinclair in company with my daugh ter. I became next friend some weeks ago. I was asked by Messrs. Loveland and Tweed. I knew a clerk to Mr. Beor, an attorney, named Morris. Ido not keow w he due- he was acquainted with my daughter. About a month ago I weet to a Mrs. Preston, at Swansea, and asked her whether she knew anything about my daugh ter lately ? Felix Hussey Webber said—l am a brother of the de fendant. My mother resides near S wan-ea. My father was Capt. Webber, in the 74th Highlanders. He was killed in July, 1833. My brother, the defendant, I be lieve, was 27 last Dec. He was a lieutenant in the 67th Foot. The defendant left the army, I believe, in 1853. He has been living since with my mother at Swansea. He is a member of the Windham Club, and some times resides in London. He was at Swansea in November last, I believe. I am acquainted aith my brother's handwriting. I believe this letter, No. 1, to be his writing. I do not believe this signature, No. 2, to be his handwriting. (This letter contains the promise to marry, which was read in the opening) Mr. Hammond (clerk to the plaintiff's attorney) came down to Swansea. He said if he could not get proof of the handwriting he should subpoena my mother. I told him I was quite as well aware of the defendant's handwriting as my mother was, and I should be obliged if he would not subpoena her, for I would do everything that she could do. I said that when I came into court I would slate whether it was my brother's writing or not. The gentleman called upon me to state then whether they were in my brother's wri'ing, He then showel me several letters. He offered me to read them, but I de clined. He showed me No. 1. He put them on the table and turned them over, and I looked at them cursorily. I said, "W e ll, I don't think there's much doubt about their being in my brother's handwriting." I said in respect of one letter, "It is so-totally different that you cannot expect me to say whether it is his or not." Ido not re member having said that any one of there four lettere was so different that_l could not speak to it. - Ido not recollect having seen all, these. I can't tell how many he laid on the table. There were several letters. There were some papers in an envelope. I saw the signatures of all the letters on the table. The signature which I objected. to was written longways across a sheet of paper With that exception I was satisfied with the signatures. Letter No. 3 is in defendant's handwriting, so is No. 4. Hrtinnond then said that would be sufficient, and he should not should not subpoena my mother. Cross -examined—I never saw the plaintiff on the stage to my knowledge. The defendant sold out of the army. His means are extremely limited —excessively so. He has next to nothing. lam a clerk in the House of Com mons. I have seen my brother suffering under delirium tremens, Re-examined—He is in the habit of getting drunk. In December he was living at No. 10, Bury-street ; but for a short time in that mouth he had lodgings in Duke -street. The defendant sold out in 1853. He has since received great assistance from my mother. She is a lady of fortune. I and my brother are her only children. It was here proposed to read the letter of 10th Decem ber, but the evidence was rejected on the ground that the handwriting of the defendant was not proved. Ellen Steer said—l am the NN ife of Henry Steer. I live at 17, Duke-street. On tie 12th December defendant came and took two rooms. He said they were for a lady and a gentleman. I asked if the lady was his wife. 'He said, with imitation, that the was. I told him the rent BREVET. Brevet-Major John Cassidy Stock, retired full-pay 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, the rank being honorary only. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired upon half pay, to havo the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th Dec., 1855 : Quartermaster James Baxter, half-pay Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment. The undermentioned Officers to have local rank in Tur key, while serving with the Land Transport Corps of the Turkish Contingent, as follows :—To have the local rank of Captain—Lieutenants Man and Serjeant. To have the local rank of Lieutenant—Quartermaster Man, vice Man, prom led; Quartermaster Medley, vice Seljea.nt, pro moted. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Herman Ernest Galton, late Captain of the 50th Regiment, to be Adju tant, vice Browne, promoted. CONIMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. sth or Royal Elthorpe Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex-Militia—Charles Harrington Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mayon, resigned. Northamptonshire Militia—Wm. Alexander Barr, Esq., M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Molloy, deceased. Leicestershire Militia - William Uuwin, to be Assistant- Sur3 . eyn ; John Henry Bryan, to be Ensi g n. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—Ensi , n Edward Lawson Thompson to be Lieu tenant, vice Peat, appointed to the 30th Foot. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday, the 14th March last.] I Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia—Walter ()ramrod Beales, Gent., to be Ensign. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday, the 14th of March last.] Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Herman Ernest Galton, Adjutant, to have the rank of Captain. BANKRUPTS. John Edwards, watchmaker, High-street, Southampton, to surrender, April 14, at half-past twelve, and May 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee. Coleman-street-buildings ; Paterson, Bouverie-street ; Mackey, Southampton. Alfred Langford, brewer, Lewes, Sussex, April 17, at eleven, and May 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Laurance, Plews, and Co., Old Jewry-chambers. William Crathorne, grocer, Bishop Wearmouth, April 15, at one, and May 21, at half-past eleven, at the New castle-upen-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ' • Barker, Sunderland. George Augustes Voight, dealer in pianofortes ' Chet te,liam, April 15 and May 19, at eleven, at the Bristol Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Parkwood, Cheltenham. Mallard Ingram, ironmonger, Rngeley, April 19, and May 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Crabb, Huge ley ; James, Birmingham. Joseph Seville, cotton cloth manufacturer, Salford, April 16, and May 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Wor thington and Shipman, Manchester. "William Cruse, auctioneer, Glastonbury, April 15 and May 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bulleid, Glastonbury ; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. Charles Gaiger, draper, Hyde-street, Winchester, April 15, and May 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Godwin, Essex-street, Strand ; Edwards and Godwin, Winchester. Thomas Kinnaird, baker, Liverpool-rood, Islington, April 1:5, at eleven, and May 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Weightman, Ba singhall-street. Joseph Spooner Taylor, and Joseph Marsden, ironfoun ders, Derby, April 15, and May 6, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy. Harris, offi cial ass;goeo, Nottingham ; Vallack, Derby; Helm, Derby. William Walton, grocer, Richmond, April 12, and May 23, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. P inn, , ll. official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Wreford, Ch le' street, St. James's. David Ai Cott, baker, Chelsea, April 9, at half-past one, an l May 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Wil loo;hby, Cox, and Lord, Clifford's-inn. John Griffith Goulstone, druggist, Knighton, Radnor, April 15, and May 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Whitehouse, Brothers, Wolverhampton; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. Benjamin f2,eo. Holton, licensed victualler, Coventry, April 14, and May 5, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Waterloo s tree t, Birmingham ; Baker, Cloak-lane, London, Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. F. Kirman and Company, india rubber warehousemen, I Glasgow, April 15—at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. BANK OF J An Account pursuant to the Act ' the Week ending on Saturda3 METE DEr. ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victorta, cap 32, fo: y the 29th day of March, 1856. 'AILTMENT. tiotes timed •• 24,306,970 Government debt.... 11,015,110 Other securities 3,459,910 Gold coin and bullion 9,*31,970 Silver bullion - 424,306,970) Z 24,306,970 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 3d day of April, 1856 :PARTMENT. Governmentsccuritios (includg.llead Weight Annu i t y) 11,871,821 Other securities...... 20,063,178 Notes • • silver 5,2 , 9,780 Gold and coin .. G 17,363 £37,842,142 ;. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING D 1 Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,060 lteat Public deposit e (in cluding Exchequer, Caminieeioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 6,838,842 Other depoitts ...... 11,857,133 yen Day and other . V. 5,305 i 437,542,142 :Dated e 3,1 day of A pril, 1856. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn puto:l from the returns made in the week ending April 1, 1856. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof iuto . Great Britain From the British Possessions in America 26s. 24d, Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 265. lid, Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Average of the three foregoing descriptions ANGE.- THIS DAY. Gibraltar ........ •• •• •• Leghorn ..••••.... .•• 30 5 Genoa 000000 •••••••••• 25 90 Milan ......•••••••••• Venice ........ • • ...... Naples •• • • .......... • 43% Palermo ..... ...• 131% Messina ... ... 131% Lisbon .. Oporto.• • • •• •• • . •• • • •• Rio Janeiro ..... .• • .... Buenos Ayres.. •• • ..•• New Yorli,6o days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PEI OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bare ...... 0 0 0 COURSE OF EXC. Imsierdam .... 12 Ditto, three months .. 12 2% aotterdam ............ 12 2 Nntwerp ...• •• •• • • • • • • 25 67% Brussels .•..•••••••••• 25 67% tlamburgh .••••••••••• 13 1 Paris . 25 42% Ditto. three months .. 25 77% ilarseillta......••••••• 25 77% Bourdeaux •• •••••• • • •• -- Flankfolt-eu Maine.... 12i% Berlin ••..•••••••••••• Vienna..........•• .... 10 28 Trieste. ......••••.... 10 29 Petersburg ............ 36 3 ,4 Vla.drl , l •• •••• • • • •• •• 4934 C a di z „...,,,•••••••• 50 1 A Barcelona, •• •• •• •• •• •• j dIIARB M A BEE 2' &: LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very active to-day, and a large business was done at a slight decline from yesterday's ra tos.—Blackburn, 6l—North British, B:l—Caledonian' 30 x d—Midlands, 741 5 4i — South Eastern, 21i i—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 301 — Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29 Bk—Ditto, 31 per cent., 654 L ux embourg constituted, 7 d.—London and North-Western, 102 101 t C. 2 1011 North Eastern, Berwick, 19I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87i IBSh 1 —Chester and Holyhead, 15I—Dutch Rhenish, 14 la 14 p, MANCHESTER, APRIL 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Thero has been a dull business t o 0 . 4 .7, and prices were rather lower. East Lancashire, I pi Shetfields, 29—Leeds, FS—Dover, 21 15-16—Black burn, 6 13-16—Midland, 75—Crystal Palace, 3—Oxford, Worcester, kc 14 • BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 3. EXORANGE.—This market was flat to-day, as regards business, but in prices there was no alteration. London and North• Westerns were done at 102$--ifidlaud Six per Cents., Bristol and Birmingham, 134—South Staffords, 3 dis.—Great Western, Birmingham Preference Shares, 91. LEEDS, APRIL 3. STOCX EXCHANGE.—MidIands 75 North Westerns, irsk s, 16— Lancashire and Yorkshires, 8? —York p, 28A—Ber wicks, 194 —Dovers, 21i i—Sheffield, Pother• ham, and Goole, 201. would be V. He took them for two months certain, be °lreful i* their +.ror9neiionn nrobasradera' ser• ant a ftiontii'A 7.t,tice—t:}at tie waT , a Crimea, and wou:d be thorny going away. Tnt lady, lie said, was to return to her father to Swansea. lie came the next day, and brought the lady with him. It was between 6 and 7 o'clock. They dined and slept together there. They continued there - till the 23d of December, when the defendant left. The plaintiff left on the 24th. A gentleman named Read took her away. Before he came I told 11(-r she must not be in my house. She had a post office order from the defendant for 31., which she could get at Bristol. I was to give her 10s. I knew she had no money. He came at 9 o'clock in the morning of the 24th. I never beard from the defendant that Read was a prizefighter. The defendant left the plaintiff in my house on the 23d—a Sunday. I went up stairs to see what was the matter when the bell rang. The plain tiff was sitting in the easy chair in the sitting-room. The defendant was in a bed in the same room. I asked her what was the matter, and she did not answer. I asked the defendant what he rang the bell fur. The plaintiff THe case against the defendant, who appeAre to bit SU Englishman, was then dismissed. said he (defendant) was tin - kind to her, I then went to the defendant to the bedi.ide, and asked what he wanted Sporting Intelligence. • TATTERSALL'S-YRSTERD AY. Notwithstanding the absence of many members, who had proceeded from Doncaster to Thirak, the room was some a hat numerously attended. The business that was , transacted did not, however, pre.sent any change of moment. The quotations were as follow : • CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Fisherman (taken) 6to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 5 to 2 agst Cannobie (taken) 10 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) . Offers to take 6 to 4 about the two 10 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) 100 even between the Earl and Middleton (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken to 3001.) 2to 1 agst Fly-by Night (taken.to 1501.) 11 to 1 agst Enchanter ( aken) 10 to 1 Bar Two (offered) CHESTER CUP. 83 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 40 to 1 agst Capucine (taken) . me to come up for. He said, "Put her out, put her out, Mrs. Steer." I said, " Whom do you mean 1" He said, " that thing in the chair," I ►aid, "No, I will not put out the poor thing ; out you out." I said, if he did not go out I'd go to Mr. Bingham and put him out. I don't recollect what day that wile. Once when two bells rang I went up, and the plaintiff was hanging out of bed, with her head hanging towards the floor. I did not see any violence. [The witness here began to cry, and was reminded that she had made a statement in writing.] I once saw him give her two or three slaps, from which she could sustain no injury. I once saw some violence to her breasts. She was wanting to go down to see a gentleman on the first floor. The defendant said she must not go down. She was running out of the door, and the defendant got out of bed and pushed the door. The catch of the door caught hold of her breast. I was at the same time looking for the defendant's purse, which she had taken from him. The defendant had 4001. I found the purse near the window, and gave it the defendant. He held the door with his knee while he counted the notes and took the numbers of them. She was held in the door. I fomented her with hot water and a sponge about an hour and a half. That was the part injured by the door latch. I never saw any violence besides. I never gave any statement in writing. My husband wrote it, and gave it to Mr. Hammond. Mr. Steer wrote it down each day. I told him each day's occurrences. I don't know where my husband is. I don't know what has become of him. I have not seen him for three weeks. 30 guineas damages were given by the defendant to my husband. f went to Mr. Pawle, the defendant's attorney. I told the defendant he was not married. I bad learnt that from the plaintiff. The de fendant said he would marry her as soon as he was able. He said it also on another occasion. He, on the second occasion, made a solemn promise before the God of Heaven he would marry her as soon as be was able. Cross-examined—There was a good deal of drieking going on while they were at my house. I believe she joined in it. I have seen her drink three glasses without stopping, two of sherry and one of port. I have seen her drink four glasses of gin without letting the glass ow. of her hand. I have known her go out and fetch gin in a bottle. She was a month in my house before I slowed her her cloak anu bonnet to go out. After she left I brought her back to my house from Bristol, from charity. That was on the sth of January. I gave her my own money. I did nut allow her her cloak and b: irsnet for a month after that, only when she went to church. I found her one Sunday night in bed with my husband. I would have murdered her. It was then my husband left me. Ile did not leave till he got 301. from the de fendant. I put her out of my house after that. She had been with me seven weeks. I had been taken sick at church, and came home before the service was over. It was next day the cause was finished in Guildhall Court. I told Mr. Tweed and Mr. Hammond why I wanted to put the plaintiff out of the house. My servant, Mary Smythe, one night went to Mr. Hammond's. On her return I saw two Si notes on the table. She immedi atels left my service. I owe her 21. 10s. for wages. While the defendant was with me the plaintiff went out for wine. Oa two Sabbath-days I had refused to get the defendant wine. Re-examined—The action I brought against the de fendant was for an assault, and for things that were da maged in my house. I have never seen the defendant scratch the plaintiff till the blond came. She came with a bundle of rags. She complained to me of the defen dant's violence in hie presence. I found the plaintiff in tears on the first Sunday night. She was in bed. She can cry when she likes. (The witness was continually doing the same.) Mr. Whateley observed that there were other ladies who could do that. (Laughter.) Re-exatnination ceetinued.- -I have seen Mr. Pawle (the defendant's attorney). He did not take my exami nation. Everybody knew I found the plaintiff in my husband's bed. I took the carving-knife to her. The defendant drank a great deal at my house. I sent out every day for sherry. I poured it out for him in tum blers. That was before 7in the morning. The defen dant did not keep her without food. I offered her my doctor if she wanted one. Mr. Justice Cresswell here intimated that he was quite ready to hear this case out to the end, but he felt called upon in this stage to express his hope that both himself and the jury might be spared. After some negotiation, this suggestion was not ac ceded to, and the case proceeded. Walter Wilkins, a clerk in a bankiog-bouse, waslben called to prove that the disputed letter, No. 2, was in the same handwriting as the others, admitted to be genuine. But the witness proved the contrary. The letter (No. 2) containing the promise to marry was then withdrawn. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Keating said he should have an application to make to the Court in respect to that letter. The learned counsel then submitted that there was no promise to marry proved. Mr. Justice Cresswell, in referring to Mrs. Steer's evidence, said he could not say that there was no evi dence of a promise. The case must go to the jury. After a long negotiation, the cause was settled, upon the terms, as we understood, that the jury should be discharged from giving a verdict, the defendant wider taking to pay the costs and 201. to the plaintiff. DEBBY. 7to lon the field (offered) Bto 1 agst Ellington (taken) 14 to 1 agst Artillery (taken to 501. (1000 to 60 also laid) 2000 to 40 agst Enchanter (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Skyscraper (taken) Offers to take 1000 to 30 about Cannobie THIRSK SPRING MEETING.—TnuaeDAY. Borough Handicap. About one mile. Gamekeeper Hanover Medway Radttlphus, Lance, Notre Dame, Martlet, and BIAS of the Gipsies also ran. Mowbray Stakeg. T.Y.C. 1 Skycutter Matilda Jareca . 3 Naughty Boy and Evelyn also ran. Th. Trial Stakes. Mary .. Eulogist Pollux Six ran. Won by a length easily. -..: Talon Stakes. liird in the Bush — 1 Bright ••• Vanesia. , - Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—ArIin 1. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day, of excel' lent quality, and a full attendance of buyers, withow , alteration of price. Most of the aniwals wets disposed Of; The number of sheep not large and better lid . store calves in plentiful supply aid good request. A fail average number of fat pigs The following were the quotations :—Beef, 61:1 to bid; mutton, 7 , 1 to lid ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7,1 to 7i 1 01. lb. ; pigs, 1,,s Od to 108 6d per scare ; rough fat, 4s 3 to Oa per 141 b.; hides, 30 to 4.1 d per lb ; call-skins, 3;cl to per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Arm 2. A fair supply of grain today. Wheat sold readily of an increase in price • barley the same, while oats m. cheaper and dull. mere cheaper better. Wheat, on the top, 2s up, and on the average is 2 1 up. Barley, 3s down on the top, and 6d up on the average'.' Oats on the top Is 4d down—on the average, 8d desvrx Beans on the top 6d down—the average, 6d up. A'HSIGES PHR IMPERIAL QUARTHR. • , Wheat £3 16 0 2-12ths. Do. new -12th.. 1 Barley Oats 1 10 0 7-I.lths. Beans .1 BOSTON—APRIL 2. There was considerable firmness in the whilst trade, Bpd in some instances the best samples of both red and whits. realised an advance of is per qr. on the prises current la st week. Spring corn in request, and about Is per qr. mar s. money. Prices :—Wheat, red, 52s Od to 708 Od; white, 71Ia Od t " ) 72s Od . extra, 74s Od. Barley, 358 Od to 40e od; 17s to 278. Beans, 378 Od to 45s Od. Peas, 36 to' 421 Ut" per qr. NEWARK-APRIL 2. A full attendance of farmers and a good stipplyilf goof Wheat maintained late prices. Barley 21 dearer. Wheat, white 80s to 84s, red 703 to 745; barley?, malt y 45s to 45a, grinding 338 to 365; oats 24st. 3-1. to 316., 2M; 26s to 28s ; beans, 42. to 52. ; malt , 72iftO 76s ; peal,"' • to 445; tares, 60. to 64s per qr. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. ----... g p--.... GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffis return for Of, .. week ending March 23, 1856 £ 19,030 13 i' Corresponding week last year 18,054 19 5 .• LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffic Iw a turn for the week ending March 30, 1856—.221,074 1 8 f, , Corresponding week last year lB,OOB 18 . CHESTER AND HOLTHEADRAILWAY.—TraffIo return Of' the week ending March 30, 1856 £4,564 9 B , A ' corresponding week last year 4,341 9 " ------- • , Infzease in 1856 .. £223` 0 6 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffics return for 4 w )(I ending March 30, 1856 £5,665 s 6 4 flAarresnendimp• week last year LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re' turns for the week ending March 29, 1356—(Average nut; bar of omnibuses working daily, 384) - £7;141 13 lb . 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The fourth clay after she commenced your food vomiting eetts , ',, altogether, and she has not thrown up sine. ; her heal is improving wonderfully. WILLIAM MALTIJ, ?LW" In canisters, fibs. Ils.; 1211-s., 225. The 121bs. carnal free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry Or' Co., 77, Regent-street, Loudon ; Fortnum, Mason, and CO.' Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 00, Grace' church-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; Cernhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; lf - pper Baker-street ; f 33 and 150. Oxford-street. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Only to be known to be valued.--D r : Roberts's celebrated ointment, sailed the " Poor Mad' Friend," is confidently recommended to the public as an O . failing remedy for wounds of every description, a certaill cure of ulcerated sore legs, if of twenty years' standing, cutli t i burns, scalds, bruises, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, pimples in the face, sore and inflamed eyes, sere heads, cat: cerous humours, &c., and is a specific for those aftlietiuP eruptions that sometimes fellow vaccination. Sold in Pc't° 4 at Is. lid. and 2s. lid. each.—Also his "Pilules Antiggre' phulte," confirmed by more than forty years' experience to be' without exception, one of the best alterative medicines ege. compounded for purifying the blood and assisting nature ." 13 all her operations ; hence they are useful in scrofula, scorbutO complaints, glandular swellings, particularly those of the neck, &c. They form a mild and superior family aperie o4 that may be taken at all times without confinement or chang e of diet. Sold in boxes, at Is. 10., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., 110-, , and 225. each.—Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach a O5 Barnicott, at their dispensary, Bridport; by the Louder' houses ; retail by all respectable medicine vendors in tin i United Kingdom. Observe.—No medicine sold under tbe above names can possibly be genuine, unless " Beach and Barnicott, late Dr. Roberts, Bridport," is engraved and printed on the stamp affixed to each box. BIRTHS. Op A SON. On the 2d inst., at Ovezbury Court, Worcestershire, U Lady Catherine Berkeley. On the 2.1 inst., at Hampstead, the wife of Henry 1 : 11 Gibbs, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER., On the 3d inst., at 6, Great Cumberland-street, Hyde' park, the wife of George Wyld, M.D. On the 2d inst., at Tudor Lodge, Richmond, the wife. of Edward Henry Hills, Esq. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at the Chapel of the East India College► Haileybury, by the father of the bride, Thomas Borrot Myers, Esq., eldest son of William Joseph Myers, Escpi of Porters, Shenley, High Sheriff of the county of Hertford► to Margaret Storie, second daughter of the Rev. Heart Melvill, 8.D., Principal of the East India College, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen; On the 2d inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Joseph, °Meet son of James Walton, Esq., to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Archibald Maclaurin, Esq., of Holloway, late of the Admiralty, Somerset-house. On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, William Carpenter Rowe, Chief Justice of Ceylon, 6. Frances Elizabeth, youngest daughter of James Hamilteo Story, Esq., of Bryanston•square, and Lockingten, count o ICavan. DIED. On the 3d inst., Richard John Major, son of Mr. Henri Major, Camden-place, Greenwich. On the 3d inst., at Bexley-heath, Joseph Henry, infant son of Mr. Joseph Kitchen, of 24, Lower Calthorpe-street , and Mincing-lane. On the 31st ult., Lieutenant-Colonel Fox, of Foelo% St. M,ry Church, county of Devon. On the 30th ult., at Taunton, Major S. C. Melhuill" late Royal Engineers. On the 30th ult., at Park-road, Stockwell, Mr. WiMaul Smiles, aged 28. On the 30th ult. at Zoanfques, in Prance, the Honour' able Morti mer Rodney, brother of the late Lord Rodney , aged 6L Ott the Ist inst., at St. John's-wood, Thomas Angell , Esq., late of Kennington, aged 55. LONDON: Printed and Published by lIIIRDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 2 /, • Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the collet , ' °' blichliereta, Friday, April 4,,1856. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 3. WESTMINSTER.--Henry Martini, servant in the establishment of Major Gammen, was charged with assaulting his master. Major Gemmed, whose forehead exhibited marks of recent blows, stated that the defendant had been in his service for the last three years as butler and valet. lie had recently had his discharge, and before leaving that day committed the assault now complained of. Com plainant had declined to give him a character, because when he desired defendant to leave the room be had re fused to do so. Yesterday morning the defendant came into the library, and told complainant he was obliged to him for not giving him a character, and called him an in fernal scoundrel and other names. Complainant ordered him to leave the room, but he refused, and commencing a violent attack upon him, beat him about the head until he inflicted the marks be now bore. Defendant's conduct in the service had been good until lately. Wye. Wells, the major's coachman, said that he heard the bell ring that morning, accompanied with a loud cry from the library, when, on hastening to the room, he found the complainant and the defendant engaged in a struggle. Witness took his master away, thinking he might be in danger. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that his mas ter refused to give him a character, aad had done the same before with other servants. He went into the library and thanked him for not giving him a charac ter, whereby he was to starve, he supposed. He ad mitted that his master had ordered him to leave -the room on a former occasion, but said he had done so in a most improper manner, and he had refused to go un til he had fulfilled the duty which took him there, and for that only his master had refused to give him a cha racter. As regarded the assault complained of, be said that it was nothing but a scuffle that took place, after all. Mr. Paynter animadverted upon the defendant's gross misconduct, and fined him 2/. 10s., or one mouth's im prisonment in the House of Correction. The defendant immediately paid the fine. The major observed that the defendant still had pos session of his keys, which he refused to deliver up. Mr. Paynter said he could have no claim whatever to detain them. The defendant said he held them because he was re sponsible for the plate and other property which bad been given into his charge, and did not like to give them up until it was seen by the list that everything was correct. It was then arranged that one of the summoning officers should accompany him to his master's house, and that he should hand over the property intrusted to his care. A few days ago William Kilminstcr, a servant in the establishment of the Austrian Ambassador, was sum moned for unlawfully detaining soma wearing apparel, the property of James Neaves, when Mr. C. Lewis, an attorney on the defendant's behalf, pleaded that he was privileged from the ordinary operation of the law by belonging to the establishment of the Austrian Em bassy ; but as the name was not returned on the official list supplied to this Court the matter was adjourned until yesterday. On the parties reanpearieg, Mr. Lewis still pleaded defendant's privilege, and referred the magistra e to the 7th of Anne, chap. 12, sec. 3, which recognises the pri vilege in qusstion, established by the law of nations, anti points out that a list shall be sent to the Foreign-office of the names of persons comprised in an ambassador's esta. bhshment. Mr. Paynter, who was aware of the enactment in question, inquired of the complainant whether he knew that defendant was in the service of the ambassador ! Complainant replied he had no doubt that he was. Mr. Lewis observed that defendant was not only at tached to the establishment of the ambassador, but was actually residing in his house. Mr. Paynter said that the inviolability of the ambas sador's household must not be interfered with, and as it was clearly admitted by complainant that defendant was in the ambassador's establishment there must be an end to the case. He might go on with the hearing, but as the privilege was claimed , and would doubtless be perse vered in, it would be useless, as he could not issue civil process against the defendant to enforce any order. It was imniaterial whether the official list sent from the Home-office for the guidance of the magistrates con tained the name or not in this instance, as it was ad mitted the defendant was a person entitled to the pri vilege. Complainant inquired whether there was no means of getting back his property from defendant ? Ferater said he knew of now% and persons must THE GI Hotel, It; WAITER, of goi ALBANI SET of Morning LOOMS I or dining room, s ervants' rooms View apply to th RGYLI a ri ft,. m. 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