The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

erbirb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 4 to 1 agst Fisherman (taken) 6 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) METROPOLITAN. sto 2 agst Cannobie (taken) 10 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 10 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 apt Scythian (taken) 40 to 1 agat Capucine (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2to 1 agst Fly-by Night (taken) 2to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 11 to 1 art Enchanter (taken) 10 to 1 agat Bar Two (offered) DERBY, 7to lon the field (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Cannobie (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Enchanter 100 to 1 agst Skyscraper (taken) THIRSK RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Mary Eulogist Six ran. MOWBRAY STAKES. Skycatter Matilda Jareoa. Five ran. BOROUGH HANDICAP. Gamekeeper Hanover Medway _ Eight ran. ... 1 IMPERI AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool. sack at five o'clock. _ . On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Swinner ton's Name Bill was read a second time. DELA.MERE FORESTS BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY this hill was read a second time and passed. SECRETARY TO IRISH POOR LAW BILL. On the motion of Lerd STANLEY of ALDERLEY the Secretary to the Irish Law Commissioner Bill was read a third time and rassed. TURKISH CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS. Lord SH kFTESBURY gave notice that on the re turn of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he should move for a select committee to inquire into the Consular Establishments of the Turkish Empire. TORTURE IN MADRAS. The Earl of ALBEMARLE rose to move for an ad dress to her Majesty for a copy of an erder, dated sth of July, 1855, from C. I. Shubrick, Esq., collector and magistrate of Chingleput, to Streevansee Row, Tehsil dar (native collector) of rariapollium, a district in that collectorate, directing hire, under penalty of a "severe order," to collect the Government loom-tax from certain weavers in his district, "without leaving any part whatever unrealised ; " a copy of petitions, dated Ist of Aug., 1855, to C. I. Shubrick, Esq., in his fiscal capacity, of several weavers of Pariapollinm, setting forth the cruel tortures to which they were subjected by the native collects; Streevansee Row, on the 27th and 28th days of ,tll'y, ,for the non payment of the Government loom-tax, Praying for a respite from payment on account of their poverty, and in consequence of many of their inhabitants having ab,conded from their village ; a copy of the depositions taken before the aforesaid C. I Shubrick, Esq., in his capacity of magistrate, on the 23,1 of August, 1855, of 14 weavers, respecting the tor tures indicted upon them by the aforesaid Streevansee Row, nn the 27th and 28th days of July, 1855, in order to realise the whole of the Government loom-tax, which evidence led to the conviction of that officer : a copy of the opinion, if such has been given, by the Governor and C eincil of Madras, or the Court of Foujdaree Adawlut, or other superior authorities, in respect to the decision of C I. Shubrick, Esq., joint collector and magistrate of Chingleput, in the case of the afore-aid 14 weavers of Peria,pelliurn, by which the Tehsilnar Strevansee Row was sentenced to pay a fine of only 5 rupees Or 10e.) for having c dlected the Government tax on looms by the instrumentality of terturs from the weavers in ques tion. And to call the attention of the house to the nature of the tax called " Moturpha," of which the loom-tax is a part. The noble earl said he did not, think that the papers for which he moved would be prr duced, but he would avail himself r f this opportunity to lay before their lordships some statements of a very h, , rrible description of the torture inflicted in the Ma dras presidency, and also to the tax caged the " MOtur pha." Since the last report was received 14 fresh cases of torture had occurred, t) which he had referred it, his motion. The tax called "Moturpha" was a most ini quitous one. The word was Arabic, and was indicative of the barbarous nature of the tax, which was introduced into India by the Mahometens. Lord Cornwallis; who was well known for his humanity, when he ascer tained the exi tepee of this tax, abolished it in 1793 tbrcugkout the British possessions in Bengal. Some years afterwards it was abolished in Bombay. It never existed in the district of the Punjaub, and, in fret, it was only retained in the presidency of Madras, which had become rsrnarkahle for its tenacity concern ing these most cruel practices. In July last year 14 unfortunate individnale were seized and tortured for the non-payment of this tax. They were obliged to stand under a burning sun with their bodies bent to the ground, and with a 121 b. weight upon each of their backs, the effect of which was, as it were, to strike a severe blow upon the spinal cord. They were pinched by two men at a time on each vie time who had subsequently to bear the weight of one man on the back of each. They were kept in this miserable state from the lr,ur of 8 io tl e morning till 10 at night, and the system was resumed the next day. The Duke of ARGYLL raid, on the part of the Go vernment, there would not be the sliehtest objection to give the papers moved for by the noble earl. A portion of the papers would have to be sent for to India ; and if it was the wish of the noble lord, he would produce the papers, with this exception. The G rvernment had the greatest wish that the system of torture should be abolished, and, notwith standing the difficulties that stood in the way, and he trusted ultimately the object would be attained. (Hear, bear) The Earl of ALBENIARLE stated that if the Go vernment would admit that the statements he had made from papers already in his possession, he would not in sist in the production of the papers he had Moved for, The motion was understood t) be withdrawn. Their Lordahips then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The SIMAYER took the chair at the usual hour. • LUNATIC RETURNS. Mr. TITE moved for returns of the total number of lunatics in respect of whom commissions of lunacy are now in force, and of the total amount of their annual incomes, and the total amount of the sums allowed for their maintenance; for each year, from 1850 to 1865, inclusive, of the number of lunatics in respect of whom commissions issued ; distingui.hing those in respect of whom commissions are now in force ; and of the num ber of criminal lunatics now under confinement. — Agreed to. FIRE INSURANCES, Mr. OLIVEIRA moved for a number of returns re• lative to fire insurances.—Agreed to. COUNTY SURVEYOR'S (IRELAND); Mr. VANCE moved for returns of the dates of the Commissions issued by the Irish Government for the examination of candidates for the office of County Sur veyor in Ireland since the passing of the Act 3 and "4 Will. IV., o. 116, to the praient time ; of the names of the examiners appointed in the abovenamericommissions for such examinations ; of the names of all persons cer tified to be qualified by the said Boards of Examiners, and returned to the Irish Government for appointment, with the dates of such examination and return, froM the Pe3siog of the said' act to the present time ; of the , allocation of qualified candidates to the va rious counties and districts, showing the acceptance or refusal of office, the transfer, retirement, dismissal, or death, with the date of each event, from the passing of the said act to the p resent t ime ; and, o f the names o f' all persons now eligible for appointment to the office of County Surveyor in Ireland. —Agreed to. BREWERS AND VICTUALLERS. Mr. A. PELLATT moved for a return of the nurn ber of perso n s i n eac h o f the several counties in the United Kirgdom licensed as brewe rs, victuallers, to sell beer to be drunk on the promisee, to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, and to sell spirits in Scotland and Ireland ; stating the number of each class who brew their own beer ; particularising each elms in each county, from the 10th of Oct., 1854,-to the 10th day of Oct., I 855. —Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. Dem urs, leave of absence was given to Mr. Long for one month, on account of domestic affliction. THE BALL Ti - • r Mr. H . BERKELEY gave notice.. that : on the 22d inst. Le should move for leave ta bring in.a bill to autho rise th e t a ki t lg of votes at elections foe: members of Par liament by ballot. • • STATE OF GREECE.. _ . • EWART inquired whether any plumes were being adopted to procure the removal, by the Govern ment of Greece, of export duties and dim es, stated in the report from our consuls as pressing injtaliously on the commerce with that country ? Lord PALMERSTON said the subject had been under consideration for some time, but he could give no satisfactory information. The state of Gi eece was so unsatisfactory that the only part of it that could be tra versed with safety was three miles of road between Athens awl the Piraeus, which was patrol ed night and day by French cavalry. (Laughter.) THE BLOCKADE. Mr. T. MITCHELL asked Viscount Pal merston whe ther, British property to the amount of n lore than one million sterling being now locked up in Russia, it was the intention of the Government to continue the block ade of the Russian coast pending the ratification of peace ; and whether, if the blockade was to cease at once, an arrangement had been made to, enable vessels to enter Russian ports for commercial purposes without risk of seizure ? Lord PALMERSTON—The Congress yesterday ex tended the armistice to sea as well as land, as the armistice lately made known only extended to the land operation. The signature to the treaty of peace fortunately would prevent the resumption of hostilities, and, as he had said before, the congress had extended the armistice to the sea, the block ade would cease. With respect to the after part of the question, he must for the present decline to give any in formation. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. Mr. MOODY asked whether any list of reformatory schools certified under the act 17th and 18th Vic. chap. 86, had been sent to the metropolitan police magistrates, to which they might send offenders convicted by them ; and, if not, whether any such list would be furnished ? Sir G. GREY said no such lists had been furnished to the magistrates. Reformatories were springing up every day, but still they were as yet insufficient for the pur poses for which they were proposed to meet. The Middlesex magistrates were also constructing a refor matory, which, when completed, would afford the ma gistracj ample accommodation, and would also provide them with proper places to which to send juvenile offenders. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL. Mr. HENLEY gave notice that to-morrow be shond ask the house to recommit, pro forma, the Joint Stock Companies Bill, seeing there were no less than 120 amendments en the paper to that bill. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURNS. Mr. WILSON moved that the order made yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Mitchell, for certain returns relative to the Custom-house should be discharged. The returns had been ordered ix ithout the consent of the Govern. ment, and it would be very inconvenient to grant them ; at the same time he referred to the complaints that bad been made of the increased expense of printing, and re minded the house that yesterday returns had been ordered almost identical with returns that had previ ously been ordered by the house. TRANSPORTATION. Mr. SCOTT moved for a select committee to consi der how far, and in what direction, recent legislation and the substitution of other punishments for transpor tation, has influenced the existing amount of crime. Crime, he said, had of late greatly increased, and it. was desirable to ascertain how far recent legislation, with reference to the substitution of transportation for other punishment, bad tended 'towards that in crease. The Secretary for the Home Department had given notice of an amendment to his (Mr. Scott's) mo tion, which he thought was too narrow, viz., fora select committee to inquire into the operation of the 16th and 17th Vic., c. 99. intituled an act to substitute in certain cases other punishment in lieu of transportation. In the case of boys he thought that the present short im prisonment inflicteed on them, and the manner in which they were treated tended to snake them confirmed cri mina's rather than to reform them, and be instanced the case of a boy he had seen in a prison near that house who was undergoing his 26th sentence amidst 50 other boys, and no doubt one teaching the other wickedness. This subject required the earnest attention of the Government, and the investigation of that house. They had, it was true, voluminous details with reference to crime, but it was impossible for them to ascertain the real facts of the case from them, and therefore it was that he asked for this committee. Between 1829 and 1854, capital punishments had happily decreased. In 1829 the convictions for six months and under averaged 50 per cent., but now they were 71 per cent., for out of 23,000—convictions, from 16,000 to 17,000 underwent punishments of six months and under. The estimates for this year showed that the expense for law and criminal jurisprudence had doubled since 1548, having now reached 2,650,0001., and which they would be called upon to-morrow to vote. The popuation of this country increased greater than moat other countries, and it was strange to say that our prison population in 'ofeased'al a morel rapid rate than the increase of the po pulation. Therelinssed annually through the prisons of this country.: taft . many persons as the population of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire put together, and in twelve years as many as the population of Middlesex, large as it was. In 1815 peace brought an influx of crime on the country. In 1854 and 1855, in a time of war, the returns gave 10. per cent, over that of the preceding year, and 7i per cent, over that of the preceding ten years. From the last Government returns, issued in 1850, the prison population was given at one in one hundred and forty tour of the entire population of the country. He then referred to Col. Jebb'a reports relative to the effect of the fats act for the substitution of penal servitude for transportation, who, he thought, was rather over san guine in this matter. If his return was, however, to be relied on, it gave the impression that there was a reformation taking place in this class of cri minals. He thought the ticket-of leave system was a mistaken kindness, and the Government had adopted it against the advice of the judges, and those who were competent to giye an opinion on the question. He made an application to the superintendents of the metro politan police for a return of the ticket-of-leave men in their diitric• , , and he found that they numbered 314 per cent, of the convictions, and he a:so found, and he begged the house to remind it when the police bill came hef,re it, that these superintendents were prohibited from giving information such as be applied to them f a-, without the concent of the Home Secretary. Time Government though t that, by with holding a ticket-of-leavernan's name in the return, that it was a secrecy in favour of the man, but such was not the case. He was well known to the police, and on-his re turn to his own neighbourhood he was looked on with suspicion by employers, and in many instance' could not obtain employment, and be was consequently thrown into large and populous cities, where he had recourse to his former evil habits. The hon. gentleman entered into some other details with reference to crime, and quoted the opinion of the late Mr. Sergeant Adams in eonar rnation of- Lis opinion with reference to the ticket-of leave men. [LEFT SPIZAKING.I FRENCTI AND BRITISH FIRE INSURANCE OFFICES. On the subject of the competition of French agaia-t British fire insurance offices, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer has announced a bill which he appears to consi der will prevent French policies from being undertaken here without the payment of the Governinent•dnty. The general belief is not merely that the measure will prove futile, but that, short of a reduction, no method can be devised which would be likely to prove effectual. The case .stnads thus :--English insurances are liable to a duty of 3s. per cent. In France there is no duty. The Parisian office La France has consequently established an agency here, where policies, which at our offices would be ebarged 4s. 6d. per cent. (namely, 13 . 6 d. premium and 3s. duty), may be effected at 2s. 6d. per cent., the French office, even upon these terms, getting ls. per cent. More than the English. for its risk, and the assurer, at the same time, saving 28. To meet this the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to make all agencies effecting insurances in this country liable to the same duty as the regular British offices. It is contended, however, that the insurance is not effected ty the agent, whose func tions are simply those of facilitating the arrangements between the insurer and the Paris establishment. More over, the existence of an agency here is not essential, and nothing can prevent an Englishman writing to France to enter into any contract that may be in con formity with the laws of that country. Of course, in case of a claim being disputed, his remedy would lie only in the - French courts, but there is no reason -to suppose he would fail to obtain justice there as speedily and effectually as in our own, Indeed, under the circumstances, a disposition might pos. sibly grow up to manifest generally a favourable leaning to the foreigner, and, at all events, the offices themselves being fully aware that the continu ance of the business would depend mainly on the honour and liberality with which it was carried on, would be certain to avoid vexatious litigation, while they -*field also be able to lie less rigid than our own, since 'th e y would receive 2s. 6d. instead of is. 61 premium: Under these circumstances, the view is that a reduction of the duty from 3s. to ls. will be the only plan to pre vent We immense and profitable branch of business he ins g rad tuallY transferred from London to Paris. Un oubtedly ,the question as regards its effect on the re venue is serious - , the aggregate annual sum derived by the Government from this source being about 1,250,0001. But the immediate lostewonhl probably soon be made up c b a Y s : h . t e h ' e in f t e t a : - .: s f t .P b a e lle ,.. e.a, and even if this were not the , recognised that the matter is.one of choice between keeping an and suffering them gradually e a - p ' ertion of these receipts alost altogether. In France, it is asserted, house property effect insauervaenac-eesig,lha of the owners of 4 while in England the result of the duty is to keep the prop ort i on at one-third. There is, therefore, good room for the revenue-to recover from a reduction, and apart from other considerations, and above them ail, would be the advantage ise, :to i n ; away with the discouragement which the tax at it s pre sent - point offers to the exercise of that kind of piudence which in a commercial country should be cultivated as most essential. [ALVERTISEMENT I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills incomparable remedies for sore woands and ulcers.—Mr. James Newman, residing near Emyvale, was a dreadful sufferer for four years from relining ulcers in his leg; he tried all means without effect; be had been in an hospital three months, and turned out incurable. He then had nacourse to Holloway's Ointment. and Pills, aly,l by a. steady irriieVerance in their nse for a few Weeks be ob. fained . .effectual cure, and his leg is now whole =and sound, to the astonishment of his friends; . Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor . Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 30,-.Maiden-lane,..New York; by A. Starapa, Constautt.- n ople ; A. Guidiny, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta, Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) In reply to an inquiry made by Lord Malmes bury, on Tuesday night as to the period when it was probable that the Foreign Minister might be present in his place in Parliament to answer in person to the heavy charges outstanding against him in reference to the betrayal of Kars, it was stated by Lord Lansdowne that he could not tell when the Foreign Minister might be expected to appear, "as though the treaty had been signed, there were certain arrangements in connection with that treaty which must necessarily be completed before the noble earl could return to his duties here." We believe that a fair translation of the noble marquis's answer would simply amount to this— that although the treaty has been signed, not one single article of importance has as yet been defini tively arranged. Iu fact, that the much-vaunted signature of the treaty of peace simply amounts to a prolongation of the armistice in the interests of Russia. We shall take the great items seriatim. No human being can venture to assert that any thing has as yet been done with reference to the Asiatic frontier. Kars is, then, to remain in the hands of the Russians for an indefinite period, to say the least of it, and we know how Russia uses her time. With regard to eircassia, it is not even pre tended that any available guarantee has been exacted from the Czar with regard to the future in dependence of that country, or its security from in vasion. On the other hand, the partisans of Russia in the Western Cabinets have taken good care that no attachment or respect should exist towards England or France in the minds of the tribes, whereby any obstacle of a moral or a physical na ture might be raised against the future machina tions of Russia. Our own Correspondent from Anapa proved the other day that the course adopted towards the independent tribes—for be it observed they are not subjects of the Porte—was one of practical alienation from the West ; Sefer Bey was not supplied with arms and ammunition ; he was left to do his best with two old guns, and an offer made on his part to support and provision 40,000 men as long as they were employed either in the Caucasus or the Crimea, was, if not peremptorily refused, at least treated with such contempt as never to arrive at any practical conclusion. Upon this we wish to remark, that such a force transported during the summer from Anapa to Kertch, and supported by a French or English division, would, of necessity, have forced the Russians to give up the line of the Mackenzie heights ; a matter of some little importance before and even after the Bth of September. The delusion with regard to Nicolaieff—whereby that great arsenal is to be transformed into a mere dock for building merchantmen—hardly requires a comment. No men know so well as Englishmen how easily vessels may be built for apparently mercantile purposes, to be changed, as occasion may render it necessary, into such war steamers as the Vladimir, which, our read ers will remem b er , navigated the Back Sea in 1854 without making any account of the monstrous British fleet in those waters. We come next to the proposed Bessarabian frontier, and the transport dodge (there is no other word so expressive of the fact) by which the ultimate settlement of that important point en tered for an indefinite period into the limbo of open questions. _ Surely no man in his senses can believe that the two astute and wary diplomatists, Buol and the Russian Plenieotentiary, could meet without laughing in each other's faces at the recollection of the now evanescent chain of mountaiur, which they laid down with the stroke of a pen, from Chotytn to Lake Sasik. It is not to be supposed, although an English Minister might try to make us imagine that Schamyl was much to blame for neglecting to send, through an impassible country, from his moun tains on the Caspian, 500 miles from the shores of the Black Sea, for the arms and ammunition which we said we were willing to furnish to him, although we refused them to the Oircassians, who could re ceive them because they were on its coast—we say, that though an English Minister might be so igno rant of geography as to make such a statement, neither Austrian nor Russian diplomatists are so dull as not to be perfectly aware that their so-called range of mountains on the Bessarabian frontier— raised for a special purpose—was nothing but a swamp. The object of this strange diplomatic change in the physical geography of Bessarabia is now easily fathomed. It was simply to allow Count Orloff to rise, at the Conferences and point out, that as the supposed conditions were in direct antagonism to facts, it would be necessary to hold over the ulti mate arrangement of the frontier until a joint com mission, with all its paraphernalia of maps, sur veys, protocols, and statements, should finally de cide what really were the circumstances of the country ; and that by these means the question might be kept in abeyance, "it may be for years, and it may be for ever ;" but at all events as long as Bmasia wished it to remain undecided. Alsst of these matters have been argued before, but there remains a point referring more directly to- the interests of Western Europe, about which ominous discussions and differences have already arisen. It will be remembered that by means of one of those extraordinary leakages (which Lord Malmes bury has assured us, on the authority of Sancho Pauza, sometimes occur at the top as well as at the bottom of the cask) it is now generally known that Count flavour was most anxious to bring the state of affairs in Italy, more especially its occupation by foreign troops, under the notice of the Con ference : that Count Buol objected to the Sar dinian Minister speaking in the name of Italy, to which it was retorted that the Piedmontese Mi nister had as much right to speak in the name of Italy as the Austrian Envoy to assume the position of representative of Germany. The discussion, however, ended, as has been re ported, by a statement on the part of Count Buol " that the Conference could scarcely be expected to enter upon a discussion with reference to the occu pation of Italy by foreigners, when it was itself on the point of authorising and ordering the occupa tion of Turkey- by the troops of the Western Powers .perhaps of the Sardinian's' themselves." We have recalled the circumstances of this rather remarkable breach iu the unanimity of the assem bled diplomatists, in order to point out how little their labours have as yet conduced to the seem ity of a permanent and durable peaco. Singularly enough the commentary upon this transaction is furnished by the correspondent of the Times at. Turin, who of course was ignorant, when he wrote, of what-had taken place at Paris. That commentary is contained in a report on the state of public feeling in Turin and Genoa at the present moment, with respect to the peace, wherein he re marks that the Sardinian nation was only induced to take part in the Eastern war upon the implied promise held out to their statesmen, on the faith of both .Eogland and France, of some ♦ast advantage to be derived to the consolidation of Italian na tionality, with the aid of the great powers, on the conclusion of the war. Such being the case, it is now represented that, on the return of Count Cavour to Turin, a baffled Minister, and obliged to acknowledge that he has not been able to realise those advantages by the promise of which he had obtained the assent of his countrymen to a distant and expensive expedition, it will be impossible for him to carry out any longer the system of policy under which Piedment has so largely advanced within the last few years. So far the correspondent of the Timm. Upon this we have merely to remark that the cessation or failure of the Cavour policy is tanta mount to the rise of the revolutionary party, and the throwing of the now prosperous kingdom of Sardinia, in a great measure, into the hands of Mazzini, which we need hardly remark is tanta mount to transferring Italy to Russia. This is done by English statesmen. , • (Proni the ,kerning Advertiser.) A few weeks ago, a high financial authority in Paris was reported to have made, use of the remark able expression, that the peace which is about to be concluded can only be considered as " an inter lude intended for the negotiation of loans." It is not a little carious that this dictum . should have so soon received a species of confirmation. Scarcely, indeed, have the last echoes died away of the guns that announced the signature of. peace, when we already hear of the efforts Count Orloff is making at Paris to bring about " numerous and powerful associations of French capitalists, with a view of 'creating vast enterprises, destined, to establish a community of interests between Russia and France 1" Theeuterbperairseuspaollnudthede construction to of railways, we are infor me d, w ill principally and canals in Rimian territory. During the "late war," the greatest impediment the Czar has had to contend with, has evidently been the difficulty o f communication between the many provinces of his unwieldy empire. Through the want of railroads the troops marching from Poland and the Baltic coast, and even from the farthest. Siberian stations on .the Altai, to the rescue of the points menaced, could only be brought to their destination by diffi cult, harassing, and ruinous journeys. Had a proper railway communication existed from Central Russia to the southern dominions, but Jew, we faney, of the Allied Invaders would have escaped from the shores of the Taurio Cliersonese. The boasts of Menschikoff, instead of provoking a smile as idle braggsdocia, would have proved a stern and tragic reality. Happily for us, Russia, however prepared in hosts and materials, yet lacked that which in strategy is of equal import ance, viz., the means of easy and rapid locomotion. This defect she now applies herself to repair. The " interlude " forcibly imposed upon her schemes of aggression is to be employed in repairing her bat tered armour ; and the wounds that the swords of England and France had inflicted upon her, are now to be healed by the balm of their gold. We wait with curiosity to learn what measures the French Government will think fit to adopt against these intended financial operations of Count Orloff. But two or three weeks since, the Moni teur contained a much-commented-on article, in which the capitalists of France were reprimanded for the over-hasty zeal with which, at the approach of peace, they seemed ready to throw themselves into speculations and enterprises of all sorts and countries. With the tone of peremptory authority, the official organ of the French Court cautioned financial men against embarking too readily in foreign enterprises, lest France, in the course of the present year, should feel herself unable to meet her own pecuniary exigencies. Capitalists were even warned by the Moniteur that Government, despite the imminent probability of peace, would decidedly refuse to charter French companies in vesting capital for foreign purposes. The Russian Plenipotentiaries, do not appear, however, to have taken the hint. They openly avow their intention of inviting financial associations in France ; and those organs of the French Press who are devoted to Orleanist or Legitimist intereAs—and, through them, to the Russian cause—already have put out feelers to sound the public mind on behalf of the " industrial" schemes of the Czar. These schemes are unquestionably but the dis guised forerunners of deep designs. If, anything characterises the present political situation, it is the untiring exertions Russia makes to establish a rapprochement between the Cabinet of the Tulle rise and herself. Russia is in haste to escape from that state of isolation iu which she has found heself during the last three years. She longs for the moment when the coalition of Western and Eastern Europe will be dissolved. She is eager to create powerful alliances of her own. And with the traditional perspecuity peculiar to her, she forthwith selects the field most favourable for her intrigues. Concealing, for the nonce, the senti ments of revenge that animate her against the French nation, Russia offers the Judas kiss to our Ally, and babbles of friendship and brotherly union to a people on whom, a moment before, her official scribes had vented the vials of defamation. The designs of Russia, in this sudden metamor phosis, are but too palpable. Were her intrigues at Paris to succeed to the full extent of her desires she would secure a threefold advantage. She would set against each other the two greatest maritime nations of Europe. She would force the German dynasties to return unconditionally to Muscovite protectorate—lest hemmed in by France and Russia, they should be crushed. Last, bat not least, she would play the same game with France, of secret and confidential transactions, in which she failed with England in 1853 1 En all this the Government of Sc. Petersburgh acts but according to section 13 of that famous Last Will which ever seems the undeviating guide of the policy of Mus covite Monarchs. Wo have spoken of the sham " industrial " ex ertions Count Orloff is in course of making in France. We now come b some military facts that have recently occurred in Russia, and are calcu lated to throw light upon the ulterior plans of our "new friend," the old enemy of Europe. It is, then, a remarkable circumstance, that almost on the very day on which the treaty of Peace was signed, in the French capital, a new levy of troops was made throughout Russian Poland ! Coupled with the incessant work of for tification and military road-making that continues along the western frontier of Russia, this recent levy goes far to prove that the spirit of encroach raeut is not yet defunct., the mania for commercial enterprise not yet so deeply rooted in Old Mus covy, as the panegyrists of Alexander 11. would fain us believe. Forced as Russia is to sheathe the sword for a while, she throws herself with energy upon the task of repairing her financial and mili tary losses. And she does so on a scare so profuse as to rouse the suspicion that it is not reparation for the past, but better preparation for the future that actuates her efforts. At almost the same mo ment the Russian Government accepted the pro positions of Count Esterhazy, it issued ten new series of paper money, each of three million silver roubles; and also renewed eight series formerly drawn—thus creating a fresh capital of fifty-four million roubles ! Almo,t on the very day when the Plenipotentiaries met at Paris, it became pub licly known that the creation of twelve new regi ments of !cavalry had been decreed by Russia among the Biskirs and Khirgiz of Orenburg ! Now, when the treaty of Paris is signed, a fresh levy is made throughout Poland ! By this rule of coincidence, what are we to expect three weeks hence, when the ratifications are to be exchanged ? Meanwhile we caution the country not to be de ceived by the " industrial" and " commercial" blandishments of Russia. Let the people always recollect how suddenly this recent war came upon us ; and let them well ponder on the words attri bUted to the first Napoleon—" To speak of Russia is to speak of perfidy." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH LANCASIIIRE.—LnrEurooL, ArIUL 1. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MURDER OF A SEAMAN BY STRANGULATION AT LIVERPOOL Philip Wall, 25, and William, Carr, 28, both seamen, were charged with the wilful murder of a sailor ' named James House, at Liverpool, on the morning of the 20th February last. The facts of the case, as given by wit nesses for the prosecution, were as follows :—The deceased was a seaman, about 44 years of age, and in February last he lodged with a man naniel John 80l in Nelson street, Liverpool. He left his lodgings at eleven o'clock on the night of the 19th February, and he had then in his possession three half-crowns, two shillings, an i some copper. He went to the house of Mr. Thorn, a licensed publican, in Dennison-street, where he had three glasses of port wine and half a glass of braedy. He left the house about ten minutes past twelve o'clock, in company with a girl named Jane Hurst, with the intention of going home with her. At the corner of Chadwick-street the deceased lefr, the woman, and turned back. A short time afLerwarde police-officer, named Newsham, saw the prisoners and the deceased in company en Chieenhale Bridge. He asked them where they were going, and the deceased replied, "It's none of your business." One of the prisoners said, "It's all right, we'll take him away." About this time, a woman named Brennan, living in Chisenbale street, saw the prisoners passing her house. She knew Carr, and spoke to him. Whilst she was speaking, she saw the deceased lying on some steps. A man came up and iaised him, but they both fell dovin again. She went up and told the deceased to go home, or the police would take him. He replied that if they did he had money. The prisoners came up and took hold of him, one by each arm, and, calling him "shipmate," led him away. They went to wards Bagging Entry. They went into Clement-street, and a constable saw them enter a bad house in No. 5, Court in that street. They remained there about ten naiuutea, and then left. About. hall-past 4 o'clock in the morning, a carter named J a mes Bryan, on going to the stale where he kept his horses, in Baggin Entry, discovered the body of the deceased, lying in the entry, about five yards beyond the stable. The deceased then had on striped blue trousers, a shirt with a stripe down the front, a pair of stockings, and a singlet. There was a muffler, which had bees seen in the posses sion of Carr on the previous day, tied twice round his neck, and fastened with a bard double knot under the right ear. No money was found upon him. His face was black and swollen.—Dr. Sayer, a surgeon at the North Dispensary, who made a post-mortem examina tion of the body of the deceased, gave it as his opinion, that death had been caused by strangulation. He was cross examined by Mr. Tindal Atkinson, with the view of showing that death had resulted from apoplexy, but his replies were inaudible to the reporters. On the day after the murder, the prisoners were found pawning the coat and vest of the deceased, and when they were ap prehended, Wall was wearing the boots, and Carr the mailer, which had been taken from the person of the deceased. Fur the defence of the prisoners it was urged, that the evidence, such as it was, was entirely circumstantial, and that there was no sufficient motive shown for the committal of the crime of murder ; and in conclusion it was suggested, either that the deceased had met with his death by his owuhand, or that it hadteen caused by an attack of apoplexy, brought on by excssive drinking. His lordship summed up the eVidence, and at a quarter to six o'clock, the jury retired to consider their verdict. The jury found both Wall and Carr guilty, and both prisoners were sentenced to death. NISI PEW'S COURT. (Before . Mr. Justice Willee.) FIRTH V. THE NORTH OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. HenryFirth,(Altim-street, Manchester, machinist, was the plaintiff, and th e No r th o f England Fire and Life Insurance Company were the defendants ; and the declaration stated that the plaintiff effected a policy of insurance against fire, to the amount of 1,6701. on shafting, stock in trade, office furniture, &c. in la building in Alum-street, Manchester belonging to the p'aintiff. Th e d e f en d ants h a d pa id 1:200/. into court. — Mr. 'Hill, Q.C. in stating the plaintiff's case, said, in Ow year 1855, the plaintiff, who carried on an eXtensive business as a machinist, was desirous of effecting a policy of insurance against fire upon property which he pos.. sess,d_at Manchester. He entered into communication with Mr. Greaves, of Manchester, agent for t he North-"f England Fireand Life Insurance Company, whose Lead office is in -Sheffield. The p'aintiff gav3 Mr. Greaves full details with respect to all the property he p?ssessed in the building, explaining to him that his stock in trails, nothprised a valuable . number of patterns ; patterns being an essential part of th e s tock in trade, and necessary, in fact, to every maohinibt carrying on busineee. Firth not knowing how the property ought to be described, left it entirely to Greaves to put into the policy such a description as should fairly cover all his property. A policy was accordingly effected, and the desci odor; given was that this 1,6701. was the a'nouat insured upon "shafting, stock in trade, goods, fittings, &c." Though the insurance was 1,670/., the property was of a very much greater value, nearly 3,0001. in all, but a considerable portion consisted of anvils, hammers, and other articles, which could not be injured very materially in case of fire. On Saturday, 21st July, Mr. Firth went to Chester, returning to Manchester on the Mon day. During his absence, on the Sunday, a fire had taken place which had consumed the property insured. Mr. Firth immediately gave notice Mr. Greaves, who visited the premises, and then told the plaintiff to make out a statement of hie loss, and send it to the office. There was considerable difficulty in complying with this : wish, the books, vouchers, and other documents having been destroyed in the fire. Mr. Firth, however, made out the best estimate in his power, in the shape of a rough estimate in a round figure, which he delivered i to Mr. Greaves. Mr. Greaves told him be must make 1 out an estimate in detail, and send it to Sheffield. An account in detail was afterwards made out, by 1 the assistance of the pattern makers in the plaintiffe employ. The insurance company put that statement of account in the bands of a gentleman named Bran son, an inspector, accustomed to examine into cases of loss after fire, to make the best investigation ha could. Mr. Firth saw Mr. Branson, and gave him orally an explanation, affording him every assistance he could in proceeding with his investigation, and sending to him the pattern makers for examina'ion. Mr. Branson made an effer of a sum of money. He disputed the fact that the patterns were included in the policy. Now, the actual loss to Mr. Firth, in patterns alone, by this fire, was very nearly 1,0001. The entire value of the pro perty consumed or injured, after deducting the value of the salvage, about 2001., was nearly 1,8001., of which probably 1,0001. or thereabout would be the valrie of the stock in trade, which consisted of pat terns. Some correspondence followed between Mr. Firth and the company, who referred him to Mr. Branson, in whose hands they said they had left the matter. The plaintiff saw Mr. Branson again, who made him an offer of 700/. lie again wrote to the defendants, who intimated in reply that, as the pat terns formed a considerable item in the plaintiff's claim, and as it had been disallowed 'bg Mr. Bran son, their valuer, they should take proceedings, and wished to be made acquainted with the name of his so licitor. No satisfactory arrangement being come to, this action was brought. In the first instance the company had put pleas upon the record to the effect that the plaintiff had given them no immediate notice of the fire when it broke out, and that he had given them no oral evidence to satisfy them with regard to the nature of the loss ; and they dispute'] their liability to pay one farthing. Three days ago, however, they bad amended their pleas by paying 1,2001. into court, saying that that was suffi cient to satisfy the loss. If the company attempted to assert that . patterns were no part of " stook in trade," covered by the description in the policy, he (Mr. Hill) would satisfy the jury by evidence of the largest and most respectable machinists in this country, that pat terns did come within the designation of stock in trade. At this stage of the proceedings, the Attorney-General (fer the defendants) stated that though his chants had a strong impression tnat patterns were not included in the insurance under the general term "stock in trade," and though such patterns bad invariably, with their office, been the sui-ject of a separate insurance, they were only desirous of having justice done to themselves as well as to the plaintiff. It was clearly impossible that his lordship or the jury could try this case, inasmuch as he should have to go through a tedious investigation as to the character and value of each portion of each pattern. If his :earned friend, therefore, was disposed to meet his prop isa l , he should be content to refer the question, tiether patternP were included in the term stock in trade, to some gentlemen to be mutually agreed upon. Mr. Hill said the suggestion was creditable to the corn_ pany, and as his cheat dit not shrink from any investi gation, he had great pleasure in acceding to it. A verdict was, therefore, taken for the plaintiff, subject to a refer enee.—[lt was subsequently agreed to refer the matter to Mr. It. Ashton Cross, of Manchester.] POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 2. MANSION-HOUSE.—George Frederick Lillicrap, wit') had been remanded but admitted to bail on a for mer oocasion, upon the charge of having removed, con cealed, and embezzled part of his estate and effmcts after he had been a +judged a bankrupt, in the month of April last, with the intention of defrauding his creditors, was further examined., Mr. Parry appeared on the part of the assignees to conduct the prosecution ; Mr. Humph i.eys attended on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. J. Wright, a clerk in Mr. Commissioner Gonl burn's office, Court Of Bankruptcy, produced the whole of the proceedings against the prisoner in bankruptcy. E I ward Pimm, a grocer's assistant, of No. 5, Clifton street, Finsbury, said— I was in the service of the pri soner, who formerly carried on the business of a grocer at No. 20, Bishopsgate-street-without. I was in his ser vice till he was a bankrupt. A meeting of his creditors was called about a fortnight before he was a bankrupt. There was a second meeting of creditors, perhaps a week afterwards, and between the two meetings I assisted in removing some furniture and six bags of coffee to the house of a friend of mine in Princess street, Saitalfielfs. The value of the coffee was between 101. and 201., and that of the other article: between 51. and 101. I remember the messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy coming to take possession, and I recollect assisting in pulling a bag of pepper, and other articles through the trapdoor. I also assisted in putting a box of raisins in the coal cellar, where it was covered over with coals. By the prisoner's directions I went round to some of the cus tomers after the bankruptcy and received between 101. and 201. from them, which I handed to him. The pri soner gave me 7/. for taking care of the furniture, put• ting away some spices and covering the raisins. F. Long, a private in the 4th Dragoons, who was for. merly assistant to the prisoner, corroborated the testi- Mon) , of the last witness, and added that tho prisoner had premised him 51. when the affair was settlel it he would not say anything about it. The witness after wards received 21. from the prisoner. W. T. St"allibraes, cellarrnan, or 25, Brunswick-street, Hackney-road, proved that he also assisted in removing some of tire stock in trade from the prisoner's house after the bankruptcy. The pris 'nee was again remanded, but admitted to bail himself in 2001., aid two sureties of 1001. each. Miss Jane Field, a young lady of prepossessing ap pearance, and who is highly respectably connected, was brought before the Lord Mayor under the following ois treesing circurnstan , •es : James Dell, a Thames police-officer, having been sworn, said—About 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, h e 271 h of January, I was in a galley near London-bridge, when I heard something fall, apparently from the para pet. I almost immediately heard a call fi r a host Irons :.he bridge. I went to the second abutment from the Surrey side, and saw the prisoner lying on the abut ment, apparently lifeless. I immediately procured as sistance, and placed a rope round her body and lowered her into my boat. I then took her to St. Thomas's 11,), , , pi .tl, of which she has been an inmate till this morning. Sits had thrown herself off the leridge, and was most seriously hurt. The prisoner, who appeared to be suffering very great mental as well as bodily pain, and who supported her self by the aid of crutches, expressed much oontrition for the offence she had committed, which she promised not to repeat. She was then given in charge of her friends, who seemed overwhelrried with grief. •The cause of the rash act did not transpire. Patrick Gillilitan was charged, on his own confession, with being a deserter, eight years ago, from the 77th Regiment of Foot, then Stationel at, St. John's, Canada. The prisoner was remanded, in order that the autho rities at the Horse Guards might be communicated with. BOW•STREET.— Lieut. Charles Ackerley, R.N., a gentleman whose eccentricities have on several occasions brought his name before the public, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, on a charge of creating a dis turbance at the United Service Institution in Whiteha'l, and assaulting the secretary, Mr. Tonna ; and an Ame rican Indian, named Peter Bescret, who appears to be an attendant on the Lieutenant, was charged with at tempting to rescue him from custody. _ . _ Mr. Tonna informed the magistrate that a meeting of I the members of the institution had been held that morn ing for the purpose of considering a resolution fur the expulsion of Lieut. Ackerley. Of the S 3 votes which were received 82 were for the resolution, and the gentle man who gave the solitary vote in his favour afterwards explained that he did so by mistake. After the result was declared, Mr. Ackerley, who was standing at the back of the lecture chair, rushed down the ball to the place where be (Mr. Tonna) had been sitting, and seized upon some of bis papers. Several members who were near him attempted to prevent him froth doing so, and witness seized one of the papers and took it from him. Upon this defendant struck witness violently in the side with his elbow. Witness, assisted by sonic of the mem bers, then seized the defendant, lifted him up, and car ried him out of the hall. They set him down in the lobby, hoping he would then go away, but he insisted on re turning to the theatre, and became so violent that it was found necessary to have him removed by the police and Vie porters, Having been thus expelled at the side door, Mr. Ackerley went round to - the front entrance and was mounting the step: when witness went to the door and closed it. As ho was doing so, howeVer, he received, through the door, a blow' from the Lieutenant's walking stick. The stick, which was a light bamboo cane, he believed, was caught by the Owing door, and broken to pieces. Policeman Hine, 513 A, who was on duty at the en trance; corroborated the latter part of Mr. Torma's evi dence. " The captain" !used very bad language, and threatened to " knock Mr. T onna's head off.' After the door was closed, as described by Mr. Tonna, defend. ant still wanted to force his way back, and witness was obliged to take him in charge. " The captain" then called to his man to assist hitn, asserting that he was a constable, and directing him to take witness in charge. Besquet, who appeared fully to 'believe that he was a constable, and that he was justified in doing whatever Mr. Ackerley told him, seized witness by throat and tried•ta pull him away. He then caught hold of de. fondant, and after a struggle succeeded in releasing him from witness's•hand. He (witness), however, immedi ately seized. Mr: Ackerley again, and, with the aid of the porters, removed .hit 4 and his mats to the station. house, • Several other witnesses, corroborated the evidence, Mr. Ackerley, who hatrcroBs-examined - each of the nesit,s at great length, but to very little purpose, com menced his defence by handing in a document, which he asserticl would prove that be w_ao himself ,a magistrate, He then entered into an exceedingly prolix and unin• telligib!e statement of the relation between himself and the other defendant, wh, he said was fortnery a c,n stable in Canada, and hal since succeeded him (Mr. Ackerley) in seine office in that couctry. He had been maintaining this man fir some rive years and a half, in order to enable him to establish some claim against the Government; and he earnestly hoped that, if his worship should be of opinion that any kwrong had been done, he would not visit with any punishment this poor Indian, who could neither read nor write—could hardly speak English,—but would let the whole responsibility rest on him, who had called the poor fellow to his assistance. He then proceeded to give a very detailed account of the transaction, explaining that in attempting to seize the papers he- only •wanted to get a copy of the charge on which he had been expelled. He did not wilfully strike Mr. Tonna, either in the theatre or at the door. In fact, he did not see him. He was very shortsighted, and when he thrust his stick in at the door to keep it open he did not perceive that there was any one there. He contended that being a Ife member he could not be I expelled, and on that ground justified all he bad done within the building as being done in defence of his rights, but admitted that he had done wrong outside, especially "in using expressions which no prudent man would permit himself to employ." The other defendant declared in broken English that he was a constable, and his toaster a judge,'for which reason they must hang together. What his master did he would de' ' and if his master went to prison for it he was contest to go to prison too. Mr. Jardine said the notion, that the members could not expel Lieutenant Ackerley because be was a life member, was so absurd that he wondered a gentleman who had livel so long in the world should entertain it. His conduct was wholly unjustifiable. He must pay a fine of 51., and find two sureties of 100/. each to keep the peace ; Bosquet - mmt pay 11. Lieutenant Ackerley paid both fines, and was liberated on his promise to bring forward two friends as bail on the following (this) day. Spor ping Intelligence. DONCASTER SPRINdMEETING.—TUESDAT. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE LAST Two RACES. The Sheffield-and Rotherham Plate. Red House Inn. Mr. Bowes's • Grwculus Eiuriens, by Epirus, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Wilson's, Plausible, 4 yrs, 7,,t (Snowden) 2 Mr. W. Wood's Pera, 3 yrs, 6st (Shakespeare) 3 The following also ran :—Corin, Lady of the Lodge, Vanes-a, Victory, Eustace Fitzjohn, Bright, Double Mixture. Betting-9 to 4 agst Grmcului Ecuriens, 7to 2 agst D Mixture, 5 to 1 apt Carin, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths; same distance between the second and third. Badsworth Hunt Cup. Two Mr. Thomas Smith's Venture, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b (includ ing 31b extra) • (Wells) 1 Mr. M. Sunley's Life,Preservtr, 5 yrs, list 41b (Mr. C. Ledger) 2 Mr. Gray's Hope, 4 yrs, lOst Sib (including 3ib extra) (Moat) 3 Mr. Harrison's g by Sleight-of-Hand or The Castor, and Sir Richard, also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Venture. Won by a neck ; a ler gth between the second and third. The principal movements in the Subscription Room at night were with raeren2e to Canobie for the Metropob tan and Bird•in•lland for the Two Thousand. 5 to 2 wa4 taken freely about the former for the Metropolitan, and 800 to 100 and 900 to 100 were betted against the lat ter for " The Guineas." WEDNESDAY. The Scurry Stakes (handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 20 a Wed ; winners lib extra ; the second to save his stake. Red house in. 7 sub". Mr. Tennison's Ariel, 3 yrs, 13Ih (For.lham) 1 Mr. E. Day's Weathercock, 5 yrs, 84 71b (Well-) 2 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Plausible, 4 yrs, Bst (T. Cl;ff) 3 Canute and Mr. J. Osborne's f by Chanticleer also ran. Batting-6 to son Ariel, 4to 1 agst Plausible, 6to 1 agst Hopeful filly, JO to 1 agst Weathercock. Won cleverly by a length, a head only between the second and third ; same distance between the third and fourth, the Hopeful filly close up. The Doncaster Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, &c., with 100 added ; certain penalties for winners ; the second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. 60 subs, 16 of whom pay 3 sovs each. Mr. Morris's Cos.ey, 4 yrs, Est 4lb (M.undy) 1 Lord Derby's Bracken, 5 yrs, 6st 7lb (Cresswell) 2 Mr. Morris's Gamekeeper, 5 yrs, Est 11Ib...Quintue) 3 The following also• ran :—Saraband, Mary, Green castle, Squire Watt, Bobby Taft, The Prince of Orange, The Caledonian, and Cardsharper. Betting-9 to 4 agst Squire Watt, 7to 2 agst Sara band, 6 to 1 agst Bracken, 7to 1 agst Mary, 15 to 1 agst Gamekeeper, 20 to 1 each agst Coesey, Bobby Taft, and Cardsharper. A floe r?ce from the distance with the first two vas won by a head a length and a half between the second and third ; Bobby Taft was a bad fourth ; Squire Watt was beate❑ at the Red House. The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for Iwo-yr-olds ; colts, 9st ; fillies and geld ings, Bst 10lb ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, eco. Half a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Montagu's Adamus, Tat (401) (Cresswell) Mr. Morris's Sebastopol, Tat (401.) (Mundy) 2 Mr. Osburne's f by Cbanticleer, 6$ 10:b 000 (Bearpark) 3 BAting-5 to 4 agst Adamus, 2 to 1 each agst Sebas topol and Hopeful filly. Won ea-ily by a length and a half ; bad third. The winner was sold for 145 guineas. The Ennkeepers' Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added, fOr 3 yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &c. One mile. 4 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's f by B:rlcatcher, 3 yrs, Gat 4lb (30/ ) (Ducker) 1 Mr. W. King's Victory, aged, B,t 111 b (301.; (M‘Lean) 2 Mr. C. Reynard's Turpitude, 3 yrs, Est 8W (601.) (Fordbani) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Inheritress filly, sto 2 agst Victory. Won by two lengths ; Turpitude beaten off. The winner was bought in far 40 guineas. The Betting•room Stakes of 5 says each, with 50 added; for 2 and 3 yr-olds. Red House in. 15 subs. Mr. Tennison's Arid, 3 yrs, withdrew his stake, and Mr. J. Odanine's Saunterer, 2 yrs, 7st llb (inciudii , g 311) extra). (Bearpark) w. O. BErTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Fisherman 7to 1 apt St. Hubert 10 to 1 agst Hospitality (12 to 1 taken freely) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 2to 1 agst Canobie (Laken) 10 to 1 asst Middleton (taken) CHESTER CUP. • 15 to 1 agst Yorkshire Gray (taken) 20 to 1 asst Hospitality (taken) EXTRAORDINARY ,ELOPEMENT. — The Worcester Chro nicle describes at length a flight of incipient Mormons, which took place last week. "On the previous Sunday morning Mr. Hodgetts had roads one of his usual voyages to the . coal conotry, and on his return on the following Saturd3y was distracted on finding that his Wife bad left him, and induced all her children to wenn pany her. Not enly had ske left him, but she had token away a great deal of ready dash, which she had cal;ected from the customers, had drawn 3141 by cheques out of the bank on the previous day, and had carried off every thing portable, even the bed linen from the house. The poor man's agony and distraction of mind can scarcely be imagined;.;-be implored the aid of the police in re covering wife a . nd. children ; and on the same night Su perintendent Chipp started with him in pursuit. , They proceeded at once to Liverpool, procured the assistance of the police ip that town, and, after several hours spent in making inquiries, learned that the Enoch Trail had started out of port two hours before with four hun dred Mormons on hoard, and it was supposed that Mrs. Hodgetts and family were the number. With some difficulty a bargain was struck with the captain of a steam-tug, the Great Conquest, which shortly afterwards started in pursuit of the fugitives. Nothing was seen of the - Enoch Trail until the Conquest had crossed the bar at the mouth of the Mersey, when her captain made out the vessel with his glass, and screwed down his safety valves. For two or three hours the - ohm., con tinued, when the Enoch Trail slackened speed, and the Conquest was allowed to come alongside. As soon as the errand of the pursuers became known, the greatest excitement pervaded the passengers ; but after a great deal of wrangling anitabuse, which lasted an hour and a half, Mr. Hodgetts was allowed to take away his wife and three of his children. The two eldest girls, aged respectively IG. and 18, obstinately refused to go back. Mr. Hodgetts is now once more safely housed with his wife, who, we believe, positively declares that she will go back to the. Salt Lake at some time or other. She has brought back` with her the greater portion of the money, but not the whole." lADVERTISEMSNT.] SMUT AND HEARING. SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PERSPECTITE GLJAES. —Messrs. S, and fi. Soloraons, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York hotel. By leer Majesty's Ro3al Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary itoprovenients in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Cainp, Baeceml\rse, Opera, and Per. spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of _great .im ai p uh o pa rtan iltfeli.n, c se e hme t t o ,onw t; and - others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary army, e y :tra na e " ye: p p ioewc willt ha t s s h o o m w e . t a h i r s e t e lia a c n u d y Saturn's ring, and the double stars ;, with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant. and an object from 16 top miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing poNfers accordingly while their vary ' _inabgovfre and 4 tthoe6o6ttesan enable us to discover ; more than the Exhibition, withlBsl.—Valuable, e hisn eßwslayt-eilnlivteenstekilc,.—velr'yb° ltsmall,l powerful waistcoat-pocket lass the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and knownli m iles distant ; they answer every purpose on th e race-course and at the opera house, country seenery,• and ships are c learly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, door -stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game k ee pers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advaetage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their eight at the most minute occu pation can see with these lenses of a much less naagnify. jug power—and they do not require •the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of. further powerful assistance. Deafeess-L-New. Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, - an -ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others,. to aurpaes any, thing 'of -the kind that has beep, or probably ever lan be, produced. 'Being of the colour as the skin, is not per. ceptiblo • - it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at chur c h , and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises iu the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all th e assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle. etreet i Piccadillyt ObserVeapniti) the York Hotel. _ _ Country IVlkrkets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Arm 1. There were in the market to-day 16 sacks oatmeal, ea" weighing 280 lbs imparlal,._which sold at 425. Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAEKET-- APRIL 1. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. „ Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs Od per kemple of it) stor i : tron; wheat do., 6s Od t o 9 8 Od ; b ar l e y d o ., 6 4 61 t o 6§ Hay from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MELL .:VARKET-11 aacll 31. Oatmeal, per sack of 28011)s Yirst. Second. Thilti imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto ... .. . - —s Od s Od --- ** 3 0 3 Flour, per ditto —s •d —3 Od — 0 0 ,3 Pot-barley, per ditto HIILL-APRIL 1. -- . . ~ . To-day our farmers. brou g ht a mo d era t e supp ly ,o f 1' ' lish wheat, which met free sale at fully the current 01 , of last Tuesday. Foreign firm,.,, and unalteredin 1 " /_ „11-. with more inquiries. Spring corn generally in steady c"„i sumptive demand. Linseed with ou t c h ange ; et,ock o : o cake a good deal reduced, and fair sale. Boxes rat° quiet. Rape cakes in fair demand. ,g : e Wheat, English, red 67 t o 70,Peas, grey and black --- . n 0 5. Ditto white 72 to 74 Linseed, Black Sea... 60:s 0 o ! Dantzic and Konigs- • Ditto Potersburgh ... 58 t ° ' berg - . ... Pomeranianandllam- I an ge l burgh Danish, Holstein, and [ Memel 54 ,0 Friesland 63 to 68, r.i i Russian and Odessa 60 to 64;Lins. c., Null 10‘ to 111 7 !o Oats, English • 27 to 29'Ditto inc for. 101 Os 110, 1 ') Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland. Ditto Russian 26 to 30 1 Rape cakes —s Od to 10 1 0 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 38 Ditto foreign Beaus Ditto foreign r' - Peas, white and yel. 40 to 44!Rye Meal , .—.. DUBLIN—APRIL 1. We had a slow market to-day, but the ottrrensifll Friday were firmly maintained for all descriptions of and Indian corn. ,iii White wheat, 38s Od to 42s ; red ditt o , 85$ Od to 37 , Li, barley, 14s Od to lgs Od ; oats, 11e Od to 14s 01; rapn, _ ' —s Od to —s Od por brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od tit Ms 6d ; "'el flour, 21s Od to 27s Od por cwt ; Indian cern. 30 s 0.1 to 2g° per 480 lbs. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at U.—APRIL 2. the close of the merest. Welland, ke. c ~ Lambton ll Russell's Hatton l6 ' t 17 -)outh Het on - ' itewart's 11: Caradoe 10 Hartlep00l .15 6 Nes ll ~15 i rrimdon Hartlepool ll ~15 6 Whitworth l6 ~17 !.) Derwootwater Hartley II _i7 6 Wayne's Merthyr 2" 8. d. Byass's West Hartley l7 6 Longridge's Wet Hartley 17 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 0 West Pelton l4 6 Eden Main 16 31 Wallsend, ko Bell Belmont Framwellgate Haswell fletton lietton Lyons Main ...Az -61 Ships at market... 34 1 Sold SEABORNE MAILS. signales that the malls are sent from the General . rat .37 the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) , . •• .y. Day,ia wrn Itt a.: e u.i , p ro , / ~,„ a , .: 1 ,, 00UNTRILs. in General Post- Pot': dt l ; io d, Office, London .' Di s p o t e h t lOn, ~••• • ' ----- , 3 1 rnerica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .- • Liverpool API. - , tmcrier. tby United Sta. packet) ..........N ee.• Liverpool .• %merles. (by U. States packet) ..........N •• -- • • • Southamzt, , kuatralia .(via South ampton) ..........M •••••• .. • • Southampton . Ditto (via Marseilles) N , ----- •• • • • • Dover .. , Ditto (via Cape of Good IM B As .. Hope) ...... • • .. •• N; kfrica (West Coast) .. Al 33d of the month . Pl ymout h .. Vexandria..........N .8, 9, 24, & 30 of m. , Dover .... ilczandria ........ .. M '4th & 20th of mon .' southamptem ; Bahamas ........... DI 17th of the monti 'Southampton! . Belgium ...........N Dai l •• • • ..... • • Dover ..... DO I : ill, Brazil ..............M 9 th of the month.. Southampton APPS ' Buenos Ayre.s ........81 9th ot the month.. S ou th a im,ton Apr,, 14 I 1 Cape of Good Hope ..N various port Ve1 049 ". Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verda .. ...N 9th of the month Southampton • Ceylon (see India) 1. . Ceylon ..............N1 - 1 .3 4 , 41 Channel Isles .........N .Mon.,Wed.,&Frll.,Southampton I TII. : Chili... ........ ... 31 1 2 d & 17th of relent: , louthempto,. l , China ..... •Once a month.... -. 'AO 4 Constantinople .......N 8 ,13, 18 , 8 3,&28 of IT. Dopes ......! ' Constantinople f .., 4th & 20th of mon.:Southeunptonl_4ll4 1 Cont. of Etirops M & NiTwice daily ......• 'Dover ...... Tw"" e, Egypt (see India) 1 • 1 - 7 _, 46 4.30 France •••• •• .. M & N Twice daily •• • • • • Dover •• •• • . ,TW.. .? . Gibraltar .......... 81 4,7.17, 20, 27 -fm Southampton' ' •,i Greece (see India) 1 Greytown „ ...... _33 2nd & 17th of mon ,Sou th ampton fltimhurgh ..........N Tuesday & FridaylLoadrm..... , I Havannah .......... Al ,2nd of the month iSouthamptoe APg" Holland .......". ~ M 1)8 4 •••••• • • • • • • tver ....: , I _rd Honduras ..........31 Litt e :the month., utiuunpto7 , ll.7,lB India (viaSouthampt.)7.l. 4 th oc. 20th of mond Plymouth .. '4 & • India (via Marsellies)3l ,9th&26th of month 'Dover ......1 lonian Isles (see India) l7 , 17, &27 of mon 'Dover...". , 0 41 Ireland ........M & N'TYrice daily .. •••• Holyhead .., :Till • A 0, Li5ben.............. 81 7 , 9 , 17, & 27 of in. Southampton'AP.r Madeira ............at. 9th of the monthlSouthampton ' Madeira ............ I.; I3d of month .... i Liverpool . „ Malta Oleo India) 1 20 Malta ..............N 8,18, &28 of mon. Dover ...... 4. Mauritius (see India) . sp uir i t h is .. ~ ~a , ~, „N 14th of the month Kexic , ............1,112nd of the month. Southampton AO I' ...... .. 1 , 1 Bthlath2flthofnon. 'Dover ...... . • Naples ...., .. New Granada .. .... At Ad k 17th of montl;Sonthampton ~ 0 0 New Zea1and. ....... ' H y private al 1p .. Vari o u s port Up s';• Papal States ........ lc 15th 1 ath2Sthofmon. Dover ...... By private ship ...IVarious port.. li sol So • .... f •H Peninsula .....,,...,24 'I thl 7 th 27 thonnon.'Southampton . • Im y-- Peru ...............,34 3d & 27th of moo.' uthampteni 'Pelt Natal .......... - N stay ~...........,N sthtst.h2fitlitrertln, Dever ...... Tuscany ............Nr s thi l Mh 2s thotinon. Dover •• •• • • 0 0$ _ ,a Venezuela .. ~, .. • _.3,/ Id & 17th.ofmonth'Southa m pt en 1 Is l'• van Diemen's lAnd (so•• . Australia) .... _ , . 1 ' ..aO O .- West indica . „ .. mi2d& 17th in montl ,, flouthampten t l o _„,, !Southampton • When any of these ilatei fall on a Sunday, the matte t • spatched on the following day, with the exception of the in"_' e 'ontharnpton), and the Malta, of which. will he deepster preceding day. SHARE MARK B_TS. • LIVERPOOL, Aran, 2. 0 0 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has b een quite o to-day, and a large business was done at an advert Ij,, nearly A per cent on all the leading stooks. Birkae, l4 ,7ol Lancashire, and Cheshire, 18,—London, Brighton; ; t it South Coast, 1031—Dutch Rh en i s h, 14 p. 1 1$ 9.—Na .04 and Liege, 84— Luxemb ourg , 7 d.—Edi n b urg h , Perth', .01 Dundee, 7l—North British, -8.16.3.—50uth Eastern, i , I A —Caledonian, 30i—Midl an d s , 751 Bl ac kb urn , , Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 294—London ' /0 North-Western, 10 ' c.. 21-North Eastern. Berwieiltel —Eastern Counties, 161—Lancashire and Yorkshire', • --East Lancashire, Pref., 5.3.".—5t. Helen's, 101. • MANCHESTER, Anur. 2. STOCK EXOFIANCIE.—There has been a good bosh. to day, at yesterday's rates, but prices closed somrlU o , weaker. East Lancashire, 19j - Sheffield% 29i- -l A g 7„ i. ‘£3l , --Dover, 24—Blackburn, 6 13-16—Mi land, < -‘ 1 "(1% London and North-Western, Io24—Ditto, Eighths, t —Eastern Counties, lol—Caledonian, B" Si—Berwick Capital Stock, 20. _ [ADVERTISEMENIA—OnIy to be known to be valued. p p -- Roberts's celebrated ointment, called the " Poor 311 : ) . Friend," is confidently recommended to the public as an failing remedy for wounds of every description, a cavi s , cure of ulcerated. sore legs, if.of twenty years' standing, lot! burns, scalds, bruises, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, pimples in theface, sore and inflamed eyes, sore heads, fr o % cerous humours, &c., and is a specific for those atflic' ul , eruptions that sometimes follow vaccination.' Sold in po o , at is. lAd. and 2s. 9d. each.—Als o hi s " Pil u l te matisdr„, phulw,' confirmed by more than f or ty years' exper i ence to 11- without exception, one of the best a lt era ti ve me di c i n es e y r compounded for purifying . the blood and assisting nature . „i d all her operations ; hence they . are useful in scrofula, scorh w- , complaints, glandular swellings, particularly these cf: o t neck, &c. They form a mild and superior family aper'%4 that may be taken at all times without confi nemen t o r chst of diet. Sold in boxes, at Ai. ltd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d, ILI and 223. oath.—Sold wholesale 'by the proprietors, Beach 70 _ Barnicott, at their dispensary, Bridport ; by th e Low : he houses ; retail by all respectable medicine vendors ,;(1 United Kingdom. Observe.—No medi c i ne so ld under:l'd above names can possibly be genuine, unless " Beach 4 5 Barnicott, late Dr. Roberts, B r idp or t , " i s engrave d ft" printed on the stamp affixed to each box. BIRTHS. -117 A SON. On the 29th ult., at Viralton-on-Thames, Mn. - Oldham' On the 31st ult., a t . Sibton-park, county of, Suffolk, the wife of J. W. Brooke, - Esq. On tho Ist inst., at Herne-hill, the wife of J. Lan gt° 11 Butcher, Esq. 01 1 A DAIGHTIR. -- . On the Ist inst., t _at 12,'Stratford-place, th e w if e of a- Rev. Fitzgerr.l4 Wintour. ,., On the 2d inst., at 2, Thernbill-equare, Islington, * lt 11. P. Steele. MARRIED. On the 29th nit., at St. Pancras Church, Gorge Par s Raggett, of Gower-street, to , Mrs. Sarah Grover, of 3o near Devizes, late of Camden-town. On the 2d inst., at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Chas. . 1 ,... 1311 Allen, son of Joshua Jnlli an . Allen, Esq., of 20, Bedi c r„,; row, to Augusta Maria Lloyd, daughter of Busebius Artm Lloyd, Esq., of 14, Bedford-row. DIED, .des On the Ist inst., at O a kwood, Beckenham Kent, :go' William Ogle, Esq., aged 67. of On the Ist inst., George N a th an i e l G rane, secon d s on William Grane, Esq., of 23, Bedford-row, aged 40. mr 'On the 3th ult. the Lady H onora Elizabeth IlL°— Harvey, the eldest daughter of the late Earl of o °7 l aged 72. zelit On the 36th ult., at H am b urg, H enry Hampden Did + - Esq., late British Consul at Cuxhaven. On the 30th ult., at 13, Belinda-terrace, Canonbarls Mr. Francis Mattock; of Newgate-market, aged 65. 81 ,. On the 31st u lt., in Camden-town, t- arah Matilda, is: wife of the Son. James Edward Roney, of George - O vr h l Demerara. On the 24th ult., at Faris, Arthur White, Esq., forma rl f uA 11.M.'s Con su l a t Gnvilli, and late Col o nia l Seeratatl' Triuidad. LONDON: Printed and Published by KURD° YOUN ' of No. 111:, Strand, Vrinter, at The Sun Office. hr^. ll2 l Strum', ;n ih4 Pr.einin. of the Savoy, in the MOW ° Aliddleses, Thursday, April . 3, lab& . AllA RGY NON a 'lam!, IL R. Liment's G Y mar Parts Exposi The most I sciond seat, M R. Ftft and Costum, Camille, to Privata bore charge. Pot Per ormanca RE-OI to th Public th, e - decorated 1 1 NOW 01' ef great rote fti The Mus( at 12, 2,4, £1 literesting I XRAW, at I'i t ALB/a. SE p ittorrdn g r or dining ,r( servants' ro, ♦1" al>lo t TIEE CO: The lioi y~Da C ;eating A )11111 ea. tiro ce. ZePoet A. ' 3 7 this Bank f 4 of inter est, ' T hree, or five /early ; for 1 Perrillselon el Call Amen interest is all at the Bank . GRE .1R ,n MoND A '. W s I , etet:Aß;tatlll . 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I 5: , te d : q r t o •: c , C0L,4141 x r, B r , 44 r ,--ot;rt,. trains k ...Sunup, Sc Nottingham N'f • and larigh t 4 The tra in 5 Palk. will h e I , The 8.15 p cam bildlai m ' will arr 4nd t lit HP-11 D.rn; will be , F r full pa Muttons on a General M M4R t isrms. ince: , Co: THE C Lord 1 ILd Treland. the 15t11 Ap, lath Pereons D ockyard at and her Ma rtkess,r A form of No tender ' lier will any hlinduly aut Eyery tent and bear in and must a letter signed With the per: of the contra • NOM Este, Insartince l Able term. t Chief o m arldge-scree lITi M Pub its their op a e _suet clals ep QATIoy b Pot Mein, rd idnwinent nit, A., Advantages 15, Monq OY' (IL'itstb g dr n eli7 on ila : r John Garr; ttizsuder Sward NI D ' Alcm a a rvi • • " It,e_ Male rt"A ul ar'l Te Ste of 11 -1P r e st MR WI ,„ &orati on ' oi Th the L an welt s Th e f„(1 ' a ist n e , er Jean' sta Age h en ao, 35 40 45 - • 50 -A7 tho"gnivai the fui "Tv su Tht s co Lib • tles A Th () Mei neat] t I TAL th e mi l l . 1 % 44 , Y. ai et oDe rati ltt oi gliare et , re nriereci b°4l tl•c () -ecessacknowl fi (Se e .. y catt(n . : (lAtittti 411 th e p • :~~ o n t he Num pc k r ii: 44)* I THE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN ING, APRIL 3, 1856. JL TO at 8 o'clock, Stalls, 3e. ; a