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letittton BUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day. '. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CLARET STAKES. Rifleman St. Hubert Capucine Three ran. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. The Earl Diego Fisherman Nine ran. ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. Tyritts . `Palmer ~ Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOUS. Dead heat with Pitapat and Theodora. Three ran. 50/. HANDICAP ,PLATE. A.F. Ghika Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES 10 SOVS. Rudstone Rattler . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wooleack at five o'clock. The Earl ST. GERMANS presented a petition in favour of the bill for an amendment of the marriage law. The Bishop of ST. ASAPH presented a petition against the abolition of Church•rates. t Lord DYNEVOR presented two petitions against the abolition of Church-rates, and also one against the removal ofLampeter College to Brecon. The Earl of DERBY presented petitions against the abolition of Church-rates and the legalisation of the mar riage with a deceased wife's sister. PROTECTTON OF THE HOUSE FROM FIRE. Lord STANLEY, a'lverting to a question put to bins the other evening by Lord Redesdale respecting the flew arrangement's for the protection of the house from fire, said that be had put himself in communi cation with the Chief Commissioner of Works, who informed him that, in consultation with Sir R. Mayne, it was thought more desirable to give the custody of the !Ouse into the hands of a fixed body of police rather than the !nixed body now in charge of the The - .pr esent force placed within the building con sisted of one inspector, two sergeants, and 18 policemen. The most ample ire Ans was taken for the protection of the/ lrAse. The arrangement was precisely similar to those adopted in the dockyard at Chatham. Lord' REDESDALE said he did not think the new arrangement as good as the old one. He hoped it would be reconsidered. , Tile Duke of SOMERSET hoped the body in charge of the building would have complete control over the water-pipes. TROOPS FOR NORTH AMERICA. In answer to the Earl of ELGIN, Lord PANMURE said it was quite true that a large body of troops was about to be sent oat to the Canadas, but it was most unfounded to suppose that it was for thOptipose of aggression. It was merely to replace the fore that bad been withdrawn from North America to the scene of the late warlike operations. The Government Lad also ordered out large muni tions of war to North America, which were simply to make up for the large quantity which bad been with drawn from that quarter during the war. THE EDUCATION BILL. Th 3 Bishop of OXFORD asked the noble earl the President of,the Council what curse it was intended to adopt with respect, to the Education Bill ? Earl GRANVILLE said it was no t i n t an d e d t o pro ceed, with the measure after what had occurred in another place. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE Or COMMONS-(This Evening, The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter before four, but there being but 36 members present, the house adjourned till to-morrow. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY, (This Day.) The Board of General Officers reassembled this morn ing at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at the usual hour. Lord Lucan was recalled, and further examined by ColonelTulloch--He said that in carrying up the Com missariat stores for the cavalry two horses were used —one carrying stores, the other rode by a dragoon, which took a double number of horses to do the work. It would have been improper to have allowed any of the dragoons to have walked, considering the state of the roads and the weather. • Lord Lucan said that he proposed, at a future stage of the proceedings, to call Major Connelly to prove the inaccuracy of the month's returns. Colonel Tulloch submitted that any explanation re quired had better be given by Colonel Yorke. The Judge-Advocate-General said the boar 3 would consider the matter. Colonel Tulloch raid he had no further witnesses to call then. He had summoned a witness from the Crimea, a captain of a transport, who he expected would arrive in this country about the 20th of the month. should he not arrive by that time, he (Col. Talloch) would close his case without him. Colonel Pottinger, whom he bad proposed to examine, was unable to attend. Lord Lucan suggested that Colonel Tulloch should in form the Board what his witness was likely to prove. Col: Tulloch said he had no objection to do so. The Judge-Advocate-General said that was not notes sary—r(to Mr. Commissioner Filder)—l believe you wish to make a statement to the Board in reply to observa tions made by Lord Lucan during this inquiry. Mr. Filder—Yes, to observations made by Lord Lucan on Wednesday, the 9th inst. The Judge -Advocate-General—Do you intend to call evidence ? Mr. Filder—No, only to make a statement. He pro tested against certain letters which Lord Lucan had ad dressed to him relative to the foraging of the army, and which he had read to the Board, being received in evi dence without his (Mr. Filder'e) answers to them, as likely to prejudice his case. Ho submitted that these letters should be rejected from the evidence without Lord Lucan put in the answers. He (Mr. Filder) was unable to do so, because all his official papers were in the possession of his successor in the Crimea. Lord Lucan said he had no objection to put in any answers he had. He believed he had hut two, because the answers to his letters generally came through the Quartermaster-General. Mr. Filder asked for copies of these letters to be pro cured. He then continued his written statement to the Board, but from the low tone of voice in which he ad dressed the Board there was great difficulty in under standing its purport. We understood him. to commence by saying that he denied the assertion of Lord Lucan that his baggage animals were not properly rationed during the month of August, and handed in returns to prove the contrary. He then referred to that part of Lord Lucan's statement with reference to the inex perienced officers of the Commissariat department in Bulgaria, and read a portion of Lord Cardigan's state ment before the Sebastopol Committee in which his lordship expressed himself satisfied with the Commissa• riat arrangements in Bulgaria, and that the officers of that department were intelligent and active men, when The Judge,eldvocate-General said be thought it would be batter for Mr. Filder to call Lord Cardigan as a wit ness than read his statement. Mr. Filder said he had no wish to do that. The. Judge-Advocate-Geperal said the Board had the evidence of Lord Cardigan, referred to, before them, and would rather he (Ir. Filder) confined himself to a statement of - facts than read the evidence of his lordship. Mr. Filder then entered into a detailed account of the qualification of his respective officers for the duties they bad to perform ; and, in allusion to Lord Lucan's statement that a maximum prise ought to have been fixed for the purchase of forage, instead of acting as the department had with respect to it, said it would have been impossible to have adhered to it ; it would have been' constantly evaded, and no benefit could possibly have accrued from it. The next point was the statement of Lord Lucan, wherein he charged the Commi,;sariat department wpith want of forethought, and a deficiency of arrangements in providing forage for the troop horses in their transit across the Black Sea, whilst on their march in the Crimea, -and durin g their encampment on the plateau, and subsequently is the valley of Kadikoi. Lord Lucan bad said that the rations of the cavalry horses were re duced in the Crimea by the Commissariat department without the authority of Lord Raglan. But he (Mr. Filder) could prove the contrary by a c)py of a memo randum he addressed to Lord Raglan, dated Balaklava, 9th Oct., 1854, relative to the supply of forage to the cavairy horses, and his lordship's reply thereto. In that memorandum he informed Lord Raglan there were but 1 1,500,000 lbs. of hay on hand, and as there was some uncertainty with regard to the supply, he informed his lordship that that quantity would be sufficient for 150,000 rations of 10 lbs., 250,000 rations of 6 lbs, and 300,000 rations of 5 lbs ; and as there were 7,000 ani mals to be fed, and the rations would last but 20 days, he suggested that the short rations should be supplied. To that Lord Raglan returned for answer—" Until more hay is received from England or Constantinople it will be prudent to limit the rations to that quan tity." Some rations were issued of 6 lbs, and to the troop horses of the cavalry 8 lbs, and the artillery 101bs, and which was continued up to the time of the storm. Option was given to the officers to have the reduced rations of hay, or the full quantity of chopped straw. The baggage animals and the officers had full ration,. During the storm a quantity of hay was lost, and great diffi culty was afterwards experienced in continuing the supply from the difficulty of landing hay at Balaklava, there being but 25 yards of wharfage in the harbour at that time. Mr. Filder having concluded his statement, Lord Lucan addressed the board in reply, on the evi dence that had been adduced, and commenced by ob serving that he had no wish to say anything disrespectful of Mr. Filder or his department, but he must say that he was rather surprised at Mr. Filder producing to the Board the foraging returns, because, as every military man knew, they were worthless, being always filled up before the commissariat department obtained the forage. His lordship said that these returns were not cor rect and again went over the statement he made on a former occasion with reference to the forage supplies. It certainly now appeared that Lord Raglan sanctioned the reduced issue, although he had in a con versation with him (Lord Lucan) said the reduced issue was made without his order or sanction. He had always given Mr. Filder credit for his endeavours to provide rations for the cavalry. If anybody was to blame for the deficient supply in the Crimea, arising from the diffi culty of landing, it was the naval department, and not the Commissariat. Mr. Filder in consquence of Lord Lucan's statement called at-War in M.S. ,The reports were laid before the Minister-at-War in two or more parts, one closely following the other, and at the time when the Minister-at-War was confined from ill- ness to his residence. Sir J. M'Neil submitted the two first points of the report on the first occasion to the Minister-of-War. Parts of the report the com missioners submitted to the Minister-of-War had been taken ont, and this report was the report of the Minis ter-at-War, and which he had submitted to Parliament. He (Colonel Talloch) declined to state what had been omitted. By General Peel—Portions of my report to the Secre tary-of-War, containing information brought from the Crimea, were not approved of by him. Lord Lucan said that to-morrow he should press Col. Tuiloch further on this point. The Judge-Advocate-General asked Col. Tulloch, in reference to the approval of the Government of his re port, and the intentien of the Government to support him if his conduct were impugned, if he had any other letters expressing their approval ? Col. Tulloch said he had, but ho should prefer looking over his letters before he answered that question. The Court adjourned at 3 o'clock till 11 o'clock to morrow ; and it was intimated that the Court would rise early on that day, and would not sit on Saturday, in consequence of there being a review at Aldershott on that day, at which General Knoilys will take the com mand of the cavalry. The Duke of Cambridge and the Earl of Cardigan were present during the greater portion of the day's proceedings. THE COURAGEOUS ACT IN HYDE-PARK. Mr. Cruickshank, Assistant.Commissary-General. He said in answer to a question from Mr. Fielder as to the practice of filling up the ration return:4, that the front of the written returns showed the strength of each regiment, and the back showed what was required and what delivered. If there was a deficiency it was noted and only the quantity issued was charged to the ac count of the regiment. By Lord Lucan—He was unable to furnish the Com missioners with the deficiency of the forage for a period ending the beginning of January from having transmit ted the returns to the proper quarter, in accordance with the rules of the service. Lord Luau said, if it were necessary to prove the inaccuracy of these returns, he could do so by calling Lord De Roos, The Judge-Advocate General—lt was not his regula• tion, but,that of the Treasury, that back rations should not be issued when there W 33 a full supply of rations. Lord Lucan asked the course his case would now take—whether he would be allowed to call evidence, and reply to any statement Colonel Tulloch might make Colonel Tulloch asked that Lord Lucan should bt called on to finish his case before he (Colonel Tulloch) replied. Lord Lucan had attacked his figures, and be ought to have the reply. The Board then retired to consider the point. O their return, The Judge-Advocate-General said the Board intended to call on Cob Tulloch, after Lord Lucan had finished his case, to address them, and then for Lord Lucan tr reply on the whole of the evidence that had been pro duced. Lord Lucan then called Colonel Tulloch, and pro ceeded to examine him. He said that he commencer his inquiries in the Crimea on the 16th of March, and the last witnesses was examined on the 30th May. They left on the 6th June ou account of the cholera. No wit nesses were examined at Constantinople, but one or two were at Scutari, but then evidence was not included in the report because the instructions of the Commissioner were confined to the Crimea. Sir J. McNeil made many inquiries at at Constantinople, but no personal evi dence taken. He (witness) left the Crimea on ac count of illness. He did not return to the Crimea because Sir J. McNeil continued ill, and because they considered that their enquiry was complete, with the exception of a few questions they wished to put to General Airey, and which they considered they might properly do in writing. Sir J. licNeil communicated to Lord Panrattre that he did not intend to return to the Crimea, as he bad made arrangements to meet his family either at Trieste or Vienna. He (witness) left Constantinople about 13th or 14th June, and arrived in England about three ;weeks after iSir J. McNeil, did not arrive in England for a month after that. He saw the Minister at War within a week after his arrival in England. He reported his arrival to him the day he landed. Sir H. Airey was telegraphed to reply to the questions that had been submitted to him by the com missioners about five weeks after his (Col. Tulloch's) arrival in England. Lord Lucan—Between the period of your return to London from the Crimea to the time you presented your second report in January, did you communicate on the the subject of that report officially or privately with any officer or officers who belonged or did belong to the army in the East. Colonel Tulloch—l made no official communication to any officer. I might have done so privately, and, Ibe lieve, it was to Dr. Hall. Witness had many communi- cations with Col. Gordon, after his (witness's) return home, to make clear one or two points in his evidence. The Commissioners considered they had no power to take evidence or open a new inquiry in England. Col, Gordon was only called on to explain doubtful points in his evidence. The inquiry was closed in the Crimea The queries sent to General Airey were forwarded to him from Constantinople. If the Government had thought the Commissioners did wrong in calling on Col Gordon for an explanation, they would have taken it out of the report as they had done other matters, but not parts of the evidence. He had no power to call on other persons in England for similar ex planations to those of Col. Gordon, if entitled to it Had the Government considered it necessary, no doubt they would have given the Commissioners orders ac cordingly. It was not by the desire of the Government that the evidence of General Airey was received, and Col. Gordon's explanations asked for after the Commis sioners returned to Constantinople and England. In the Crimea no general officer connected with the cavalry was examined, because they had all left. Col. Hodge, who was senior officer in the cavalry in the Crimea, was first examined, and then the brigadier-generals and other officers. The Commissioners did not consider it ne cessary to transmit queries to the absent generals the same as they did to General Airey, that they required any information from Lord Lucan He was guided in his conduct in this inquiry by Sir J. 111 Weil's great ex perience. Lord Raglan was not informed that the com missioners wished only to examine the commissariat officers, or the officer of any particular department, and as the Government had expressed satisfaction at the course pursued by the commissioners, that was not a question for the consideration of the Board, and was a course of examination that ought not to be persisted in. They had received no written approbation from the Government of the report, but he had received a letter from Lord Panmure expressing his approval of it. Lord Lacan asked the board if he could have a sight of that letter ? The Judge-Advocate-General said that was a matter of discretion for Colonel Tuiloch's consideration. Lord Lucan, to witness—Can you produce that letter ? Colonel Tulloch—l can produce it, but whether I will do it is another matter. Sir John 11I`Neil's letter from Lord Panmure was in stronger terms of approba tion. The Judge Advocate-General—Have you in the course of this proceeding produced the letter to the Board ? Col. Tulloch—No, I have not. He produced a let ler he had received from the War-office dated 7th April, ISSG, in reply to an application for certain documents, &c., in which it was stated that, whilst her Majesty's Government wished to leave the inquiry in the hands of the Board of General nfficn.l, they were prepared to support the Commissioners' report in all respects should should their conduct be impugned." He trusted after that it would not be necessary for him to produce any private letters of approbation. By Lord Lucan—He denied that the report impurrned the conduct of Lord Lucan in the Crimea, and that was why the Commissioners had no desire to examine his lordship. No general officer had a ri g h t to assume that the paragraph alleging want of promptit u d e and inge nuity applied to him. It was not the Ccmmisidoners' duty to point out who was to blame, that being a subject for subsequent inquiry by the Government. Th e report was as complete as it could be made in the Cri mea. If the Commissioners could have examined officers who had returned to England, it might have assumed a different complexion. He declined to state whether he or Sir J. M'Neil drew up the first report—they each drafted a report and compared it ; it was impossible to say when the second report was drafted. He did not think the second report was submitted to the Minister, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1856. Naval and Military - Intelligence. • Sir C. Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Rear- Admiral Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, Second Lord, arrived at Portsmouth on Tuesday night, and slept on board the yacht Black Eagle, in Portsmouth harbour. Yesterday morning their lordships were joined by Lord Panmure, Field-Marsbal Viscount Hardinge, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, Rear-Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas, commanding the port division of the fleet a t Spithead ; Commodore the Hon. F. T. Pelham, captain of the fleet ; Admiral Sir T. Cochrane Flag-Lieutenant Pechell. &c. The flag ship Victory saluted the Admiralty Board with 19 guns at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and at a few minutes after the Black Eagle left the harbour with the party above named for Spithead, steaming thr . ough the fleet and down to Stoke's Bay, where the new despatch vessel Flying Fish, COO 3. R. Dew, was trying her speed. It was intended, as before stated, to rehearse the whole of the movements on the card for the review, but the wind was so strong and sea so rough that it was not deemed prudent that the line•of-battle ships should unmoor ; the movements were therefore confined to the gun-boats. After witnessing the speed of the Flying Fish, the Black Eagle steamed up through the gun-boat flotilla at the Motherbank, and signalled for the commanders of the Red Division to go on board her. At 11.30 the Cmsar, Russell, Exmouth, and Hastings line-of-battle ships were ordered to repeat signals, and this the Hogue also asked permission to do, which was granted. The Gorgon and Basilisk steam-sloops were despatched to anohor about 3 miles off the Nab as " pivot vessels," or turning points for the movements of the flotilla, the Red (or centre division of which, under Capt. Codrington, C. 8.), was signalled to form the prescribed order of sailing in two columns. This was about noon. The Flying Fish and Coquette led the flotilla up from Stoke's Bay. Captain Codrington on board the former heading the starboard line, Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel in the Carnation, leading the port line, Capt. Yelverton following in No. 19 gun beat, and Capt. Key in the Wanderer. Having got fairly away, signal was made to take close order, which was ably done, and the Intrepid brought up the rear. After attaining the pivot-ships Duke of Wellington and Royal George (the Gorgon and Basilisk having evidently been sent out with the intention of serving as points for the line of-battle ships) the Red squadron rounded the latter, and returned along the outside of the line of the fleet at anchor on the Isle of Wight side, and the White squad ron rounded the Duke and returned to the starting place on the Anglesey side, all making for Stokes Bay, where we believe the Admiralty signified their satisfaction with the manoeuvre, and then returned to port. The flotilla then moored in four lines, the blue to starboard, the red in the centre, the white to port, and the light in shore to Stoke's-bay. The day was beautifully fine overhead, but a cuttinjnorth-easter blew very hard, and rendered all communication with Spithead useless, unless by steam power. What will be done with the great ships on the 23l remains -yet to be decided upon ; they will most likely bs taken, as was the case last time, outside of Spithead, and manceuvrod off Hayling Island, the Rodney, 90, and the London, 90, being appointed the " pivot ships" for them. The Fire Queen and the Vivid Admiralty steam yachts, Masters W. F. Paul and H. W. Allen, commanding, were each out yesterday with company on board, witnessing the marshalling of the gun-boats. The Imp&lease, 51, Captain Watson, C. 8., arrived at Spithead on Tuesday evening from the Baltic ; the Euryalus, 51, Captain G. Ramsay, C. 8., arrived from the same destination yesterday morning ; the Fal con, 17, Commander Pullen, followed, and the Procris gur-boat, also arrived from the eastward. The Ajax, 60, screw biockship, also went to Spithead. To-day (wea ther permitting) the Commander-in-Chief may put the line-of-battle ships through their positions. Her Majesty has invited Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, the Ceminan der-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet, &c., to be her guest on board the Royal yacht at the review. Her Majesty's sloop Grecian, 12, Commander George Blane, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday evening. She left Singapore on the 221 of December, arrived at Cape of Good Hope on the 6th of February, remained there 16 days refitting, and touched at St. Helena on the sth of April. She has on board two officers and 29 seamen, lately belonging to the Russian frigate Diana. She spoke, 500 miles south of the Azores, the brig Pene lope, of Sunderland, 103 days from Mauritius, for Cork. The screw steam-ship Centurion, 80, Captain W. J. Williams, made a successful trial of her engines outside the Sound ou Monday. She took her powder in on Tuezday, and will leave Plymouth for Spithead to day or to-morrow . The London, 90, Captain Jervis ; the paddle-wheel steam-frigate Vulture, 6, Captain F. H. H. G!a.sse ; and the screw mortar-ship Seahorse, 12, Captain L. G. Heath, were under orders to leave Plymouth yesterday for Spithead. As part of the hulk Captain burnt in Hamoaze in March, 1813, bas been discovered by the Government diver and brought to Dovonport dockyard. The hired' steam-transport Imperatriz, Commander H. T. Cox, with 25 Russians from Sheerness, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday, and sailed therefrom yes terday with 20 Russian officers and 697 soldiers and sea men, calling at Portsmouth, where she will embark about 350, and then sail for Libau, whence she will bring back any English prisoners who may be there. The Russian priest who was in the habit of visiting Milbay prisons, aed who distributed among his ceuntry men money sent from their Government, took passage in the Imperatriz to Portsmouth. The first detach ment of Russians, 749, from Bomarsand, were placed in charge of Lieut. Veitch, R.N., at Millbay, Plymouth, on the 7th of October, 1854, and from that date to the present 1,360 in all have been lodged there. During the entire period they have been in medical charge of Mr. R. Stevenson, R.N., whose uniform attention was greatly appreciated. The deaths, 24, show an average only of about 21 per cent. During their sojourn not the least insubordination has occurred, and the extra services of neither the civil nor military authorities have on any occasions been required. When the Govern ment steamers Pike and Confiance were casting off from the pontoon at Millbay to convey the Russians to the Imperatriz, the separation from the Governor, his offi cers, and warders, could be likened only to the parting of friends, and cheers and counter cheers were exchanged between the steamers and the numerous spectators on the waterside. Among these embarked at Plymouth are 77 seamen from. the Diana, and 40 from KErcth, and 57 Greeks from the Crimea. The establishment at Millbay is ordered to be closed, and Lieut. Veitch has received instructions to pass the control over to the Marine Department. The new telegraph station at the entrance of Milford Haven is now in working order and conveys informa tion between the dockyard and the forts. The spring tides in the haven have risen to a most unusual height, overflowing wharves and quays, being higher than for many years. As yet no reduction has taken place in the establishment at Pembroke. Considerable alterations have been made in the hut barracks the fireplaces being replaced by bricke. On Tuesday a distribution of Kafir medals to those men belonging to the 27th (Enniskillen) Regiment, and the-43d Light Infantry, who were engaged in the Kafir war, took place on the parade ground at Chatham bar rack e. The following appointments were made yesterday at ;he Admiralty : Henry V. Beatson, to be Master-Assistant to the Vie ,ory ; N. J. Willoughby, to be Naval Cadet to the Esk. 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What in valids most require is a certainty that the article recommended to them is capable of affording relief ; that they will not have again to undergo (as they have so often done) the bitter pro cess o i;c r e d a,F e d i o . i . il.ltyn ß r a a r , i l ' s y mo a d as u to aG B , O a a, i; i ib a a jco n e. d : of trial and disappointment. This certainty they now pos sess, and it is no extravagance to express our confidence that canisters,it `will o free, on riit. p se c o get T icopn e fi tt l h. b s t eo s h trf : sboti post-officeylinidg leobrrns of 22 g s l d Thetidings 12Ib t carriage millions. Iu Co., 77, Purveyo B 3 i 3 s a hop ai s ' g d at 4 : Charing-cross; 51, c el c iu rn rc h l i i n s ; tre 4 e 9 t : s l erco S t ti;an s ‘ s l , ; 4, Cheapside ; flg, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-atoot, LAW INTELLIGENCE-April 16. JUDICIAL CONTINITTrEi OF PRIVY COUNCIL. (Before Mr. Pemberton Leigh, Sir Edward Ryan, Dr. Lushingtop, Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner.) PRINSEP AND THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY V. DYCE SOMBRE, TROUP, AND SOLAROLI. The Attorney-General, in resuming his reply, called the attention of their lerdships to the conduct of Mr. Dyes Sombre subsequently to the execution of the will. All the tendencies to excess of every kind then became greatly exaggerated. Ho was totally debased, and lost, not only to all sense of morality, but of common decency. He drank to the greatest extent, and it was impossible to conceive a human being sunk to lower habits of de bauchery. His proceedings were such as to attract the attention of the police, but still he went into the most respectable society, and was always regarded as a sane man. The evidence adduced warranted him (the Attor ney-General) in saying that the extravagances of the deceased must not be set down to the score of in ; iusanity. When found, not in the privacy of his hotel, but mixing in society, he knew what was due to it, and never violated its obligations. The things put before their lordships with so much power by his learned friends on the other side did not proceed from insanity, but were the return to his early habits. There were none of those delusions so prevalent in 1843 and 1844. Could it be wondered at if, after the quantity of brandy and wine which he took daily, be should have sometimes mistaken fancies for realities ? The state of his mind in 1851 had no bearing upon the question before their Lordships, but at that period he had been rendered prostrate by his debaucheries ; he was in Paris, with no one attending him except his servants and his wretched companions, and, deprived of a:1 hope of everything that could give a charm to life, he plunged more deeply than ever into excesses of the worst kind. There was nothing to satisfy their L )rdshipe that in 1849 he was unfit to make a will. If they were satis fied that the delusions of 1843 had become effaced in 1848 and 1849, was there anything in the evidence pos terior to that period which would induce them to say that he was insane and incapable of making a will ? The will propounded bore intrinsically no evidence of in sanity. He was examined by several medical men prior to its being made, and they could not trace the presence of insanity. What an anomalous thing it would be to say that he had power to save a part of his income, but had not power to dispose of it. At his death there were in the hands of his bankers 9,0001. ; could he not have disposed of it by contract ? If the validity of the con tract had been called in question, would it not have been a sufficient answer to allege that the Lord Chancellor bad placed him in the receipt of the whole of his surplus income? If the contract could not be set aside, neither ought the will. How had he disposed of the hulk of his fortune ? For great, noble, and beneficent purposes. There was no necessity here for referring to legal decisions, the question at issue was purely ono of fact. While he (the Attorney-General) acquiesced in the propriety of the judg ment in " Waring v. Waring," as applicable to that par ticular ease, yet on metaphysical and legal considerations he denied the soundness of the grounds on which itrested. It was not the judgment of the whole Court, for it was delivered, contrary to the usual practice, in the first person singular ; " Waring v. Waring" was not a case of monomania, but of general insanity. While no doubt it was one object of the administration of justice that persons incapacitated by mental infirmity should not dispose of their property to the prejudice of those who had a moral claim upon it, yet, on the other hand, he trusted that it would never be lost sight of that while the law gave a man the power to dispose of his property by testamentary disposition, it was essential that wills should not be lightly set aside, or otherwise than on the most solid and convincing proof. Assuming, however, that their lordships might take a different view of the whole case from that which he and his learned friends who were with him had presented, it was necessary to look at the question of costs. If a party obtained a will from interested motives, and failed to establish it, lee ought to be mulcted in costs ; but where parties came forward as trustees, not for their individual interests, but to protect those of a charity, they stood in a different position, and their case ought to be treated with all due consideration by the Court. The deceased had said that his wife could not expect more than she had received under the mar riage settlement ; and if, instead of dying in 1851, the victim of his own intemperance, he had lived and fully ; recovered, could any one believe that he would have given his property to Baron Solaroli and Mr. Troup— persons whom he had never been taught to respect ? Yet those were the parties who, if the will was set aside, would share between them this enormous and princely fortune. When judgment was deivered by the Lord Chancellor in 1849, refusing to supsrsede the commis sion of lunacy, his lordship had not before him the de ceased's journal and the evidence which had now been produced from India, which put the case on a dif ferent footing. Considering the time occupied in the discussion of the case and the mass of evidence pro duced, would the East India Company have been jus tified in abandoning the will ? Seven months inter vened between the close of the arguments in the court nelow and the delivery of the judgment. Miscon duct had been charged against Mr. Prinsep and Lord Comberrnere for preparing the deceased to un dergo his medi ca l exam i na ti ons. He - (the Attorney ' General) was not there to justify Lord Comber mere, but he was convinced that his lordship had acted rom the highest and most praiseworthy motives. The Queen's Advocate had poured firth a torrent of vitu peration and invective against those gentlemen, of which he (the Attorney-General) did not believe that his learned friend or any one else possessed so large a vocabulary. The conduct of Mr. Prinsep towards the deceased had been most kind throughout, and there was not one tittle of evidence to show that he had been guilty of any im propriety of conduct with respect to the miking and the execution of the will. The learned counsel concluded by thanking their lordships, on behalf of the bar, for the attention and patience with which they had listened to this protracted argument. Their lordships reserved their judgment. The following counsel were engaged in the case : For Mr. Prinsep—Sir F. Thesiger, Dr. Bayford, and Mr. W. Forsyth ; for the East India Company—the At torney-General, Mr. Wigram, Dr. Haggard, and Mr. Melville ; for Mrs. Dyce Sombre—the Queen's Advo cate, the Solicitor-General, Sir F. K e lly, D r . J enner, and Mr. W. Jervis ; for Mrs. Troup and Madame Sola roli—Dr. Twiss and Dr. Spinks. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 16. GIIILMIALL.—AIfred Frederick Compere; a lad, abouttlyence : 15 . years of age, was charged w ith th e Wheeler said he was manager in th e ware h ouse fa e op f ljp M loaowr e he . in nug off Walker, needle manufacturer, of No. 1, Gresham street West. The prisoner had been in Mr. Walker's service as errand boy about nine days. On Tuesday evening witness was closing the warehouse after every one except the prisoner had left, when he was surprised at finding that the lock, which was one of Chubb's pa. tent spring locks, would not allow the door to shut. He looked at the lock and the catch and discovered the screws of the latter had been drawn and nails sub stituted for them. He went up stairs for a light, leav ing the prisoner in the warehouse, and when he came down stairs again he found that the prisoner had taken out one of the nails from the catch, and on being asked for it he produced a different nail to that which the wit ness missed. Mr. Walker then came in and the catch was again secured. In the morning when the prisoner came to work he was searched by Packman the officer, and the three screws which were missing from the catch were found upon him. There were no other screws like them in the warehouse. A noise had been heard in the warehouse earlier in the evening, and shortly after the poisoner came upstairs and accounted for his being down stairs by saying that he went to fetch water, which had already been taken up by some one else in the establish ment. The prisoner did not account for the screws being in his possession, neither did be produce them on the previous evening, although they had some difficulty in finding screws to fasten the catch. Witness had no doubt the prisoner's object was to rob the premises, be ' cause the door eould be very easily pushed open from without, if the catch had been fixed only with nails. Packman, a detective officer, said he believed, if it bad "not been discovered that the lock had been tampered with, there would have been a very serious robbery that night, as there was a large quantity of very valuable property on the premises. Sir It. W. Carden said it was evidently a deep laid scheme to rob Mr. Walker's warehouse, and he recom mended the prisoner to give the master every informa tion, if, as be believed, he (the pris• xsr) was connected with others more designing, who were making a tool of him for their own gains. BOW - STREET.—Heitry Harris, a per Eon of dashing appearance, wearing a heavy moustache and full beard, describing himself as a captain in the army, and giving his address at the Conservative Club, was charged with obtaining a coat, value 31., and 71. in money, from Messrs. Matthews and Co., waterproofers, 78, Charing cross, by means of a forged cheque. In answer to the magistrate the prisoner admitted that he did not live at the Conservative Club, but at York chambers, Duke-street, and that he was not at present in the army. He had been a captain in the German Legion, and had been promised a commission in the Elthorne militia. Job Goody, shopn3an to Messrs. Matthews and Co., stated that on the 11th inst. prisoner called and selected a waterproof coat, which he desired should be kept for him until the following Tuesday, and then sent home. He gave his address, "Lieutenant Harris, 31, North bank, Regent's-park." On Tuesday, however, he called again and said he would take his coat and give a cheque. He wrote out a cheque for 10/. and witness gave him the change, 71. Ultimate!y he went away, taking the coat with him. The cheque was drawn on Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, Craig's -court. Witness presented it the next morning (yesterday), and found that there were no effects. Sergeant Smith, of the detective force, said that from information he had received he apprehended the prisoner on this and some other charges at about two o'clock that afternoon. He found the prisoner at Messrs. Collier's livery stables. Prisoner said the cheques had been pre bentei before the days they bore date. Mr. Henry—But this one is dated the 15th of April. The Prisoner—Yes, I have made a blunder with that one. In fact, I shall have some money this afternoon— about 4001. The witness, in continuation, stated that he found on the prisoner four similar cheques, which he now pro duced. Two of these were dated the 15th Apri', one from No. 2, St. James's-street, the other from the Victoria Hotel. The other two were dated the 14th of April. Alfred Frederick E'lmunds, clerk r.t Messrs. Cox and Greenwood's, said that the prisoner had no account there, Witness did not even know him by eight, In the cheque passed to Mr. Goody he signed himself as of the "2d Elthorne Militia." There was no such re giment iu existence ; there was but one Eithorne regi ment. A remand was applied for on the ground that there were several similar charges against him, in which the parties were not i❑ attendance, not having had sufficient notice. Mr. Henry inquired if the prisoner had anything to say ? Prisoner—Only that lam perfectly innocent. Hav ing money to receive today or to-morrow, it is only a debt. Mr. Henry assured the prisoner that he WAS mistaken on that point. The prisoner —I have the opinion of another magis trate on that point. Well, will you accept bail ? Mr. Henry declined to do so. The prisoner —Or let me have a policeman down at my abode. Mr. Henry—No, you must be taken down like any other prisoner. The prisoner was accordinOy remanded in custody, to his manifest surprise and moit,fication. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —A military-looking mustachoed perionage, who gave the name of Alexander King, was charged with assaulting Mr. David Good year, chemi-t, No. 31, Regent-street. Mr. Leadley (the chief clerk) asked the defendant if he had given his right name ? The defendant said he had not, but he should give no other. Mr. Goodyear said the defendant came into his place with a pre=cription for hair dye, and requested that it might be made up and sent to his lodgings in Jermyn street. C complainant's assistant subsequently mentioned to him that the,defendant bad, on a former occasion, ordered a prescription to be made up and after Wards re fused to pay for the mixture. On Tuesday the defend ant came to the shop and asked why the prescription had not been sent. Witness replied it was true the prescrip tion had not been sent, but it was ready. The defend ant looked at the mixture, and said ha could get twice as much for the money (Is. 6d.) at Hooper's, in Pall mall. Witness replied that the defendant could not, and then the defendant was walking out of the shop with the prescription i❑ his pocket, after saying he would not pay him at all, when witness stopped him, upon which the defendant deliberately thrust him through a pane of glass, by which his arm was cut and injured. The value of the glass was 2s. 6]. Complainant was assisted by the ehopman, but he was never►heless bruised. Eventually he gave the defendant into custody. The prescription, which was a hair dye, was in an envelope, on which was written " Major Kane," the defendant's name, he believed. The defendant said he certainly did refuse to take the hair dye, and he reque4ed his prescription back, which a as refused unless he consented to pay fur the hair dye. He was making his way towards the door when the com plainant attempted to get before him, in order to inter rupt his Nress. In the scuffle a pane of glass was broken, and then the complainant and his assistant both attacked him, causing his nose to bleed profusely, which his white handkerchief would prove. Mr. Bingham considered there had been errors on both sides, but more particularly on the part of defend ant, who, if dissatisfied with the .charge, ought to have paid the amount, and kept away from the shop for the future. The complainant, in point of law, had no right to attempt to imprison the defendant, the affair being only a debtor and creditor matter. He sh•qild require defendant to enter into his own recognisance to keep the peace, and would further advise him to pay for the dye and the broken glass. The defendant acted upon this suggestion, and was discharged. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF A MAE- WOMA. LV IN BIRMINGHAM. On Friday an extraordinary application was made be fore the magistrates presidwg in the Police-Court, Bir• mingham. is r. James Corder, clerk to the board of guardians, attended and stated that, in consequence of a communi cation made to him by Inspector Glossop, of the detec tive force, he directed Mr. Sweeney, one of the relieving officers of the parish, to visit the house of Richer f Ken nedy, a theatrical ornament-maker, No. 53, Loveday street, as it was runeured that his daughter Rebecca, a woman 30 years of age, hal ben confine 1 in a room as a lunatic for a long series ofyeare. On vii.iting the house, Mr. Sweeney had great diffiiulty in obtaining access to the room, in an upper storey, where it was understood the alleged lunatic was confined. There was only one win dow in the apartment, which Lied been totally blocked up, so that no light was permitted to enter. An aper ture was, however, made, and a scene of a very melan choly nature presented itself. In one of the corners of the room, on a bed of straw, lay a person in a perfect state of nudity, with skin begrimed with filth and dirt, and of such hideous appearance, that it had little re semblance to a human being. The filthy condition of the apartment and the person was indescribable. Sin gularly enough there were traces of a beard and whiskers upon the faire, but in the state in which the unfortunate creature was at the time little notice was taken of the circumstance. It appeared (Mr. Corder continued) that this person had been con fined for fourteen years, and during the whole of that long period had never been permitted to see the light of day. Orders for the removal of the unfortunate person were immediately given, and she was conveyed to the workhouse. This was on Thursday. Mr. Fernie, the resident medical officer, examined the poor creature, with a view to discover whether there were any bruises on her body, but failed to find any marks of violence. The truth, however, was ascertained, that the unfortu nate person was of extraordinary malformation, partak ing, however, more of the female than the male. Several questions were put to her, which she answered much more rationally than might, under the circumstances, have been expected. :None of her statements, however, gave a slue to the reasons for her confinement, although these can very readily be supposed. The medical officer declined at present to certify that she was of unsound mind. It was under these circumstances and by direction of the board of guardians, that Mr. Corder applied for a summons against Kennedy and his wife. The offence with which they would be charged would be of assaulting and neglecting to provide for Rebecca, their offspring, sufficient food, clothing, and nourishment, she being at their instance kept in a state of cheresse. Mr. Corder said that he had written to the Colurnis sioners of Lunacy, putting them in possession of the circumstances he bad narrated. The Bench directed that a summons should issue against the parents, and that the case should be heard on Friday next. A very marked improvement has taken place in the unfortunate creature's appearance since her removal to the workhouse. The long strong beard, luxuriant whis kers and moustache, have been removed from her face, which, however, has little feminine about it. She i s very sensitive, although she mixes freely with the other paupers, talks rationally, in a gruff, masculine voice, and eats heartily. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The trunk line of the South Wales Railway from Haverfordwest, through John tone to Neyland, was for mally opened for traffic on Tuesday (yesterday) morn ing. Neyland is situated on the north-eastern shore of Milford Haven, immediately opposite the large royal building arsenal at Pembroke, four miles from the little town of Milford, and about eight from Haverfordwest. It is the terminus of the South Wales Railway, which, joining the Great Western line at Gloucester, now form a direct railway communication between the metropolis and our western shores. No public demonstration was made upon the occasion, the station at present erected at Neyland being merely temporary, and unadapted for an y purposes of festivity or display. Milford Haven undoubtedly possesses immense natural advantages, and it remains only for art to construct proper wharves and docks to secure for it the position of one of the most •important export ports in the king dom. It is easy of access for the largest vessel in any state of the tide. ft is almost land-locked, and has 'secure anchorage for an empire. It will prove extremely economical and convenient for the coaling of ocean steamers, and will, no doubt, export large quantities of the Pembrokeshire 4nthracite coal now held in high estimation. Vessels have already shipped to Aus tralia iron which had been brought hither by the railway from the Welsh mining districts, anal, it is anticipated, from its being 24 hours nearer America than Liverpool, free from heavy dues, and now in direct communication with the great mercantile districts, that this magnificent but long-neglected haven will speedily attain the com mercial importance which its natural advantages seem to demand for it. MAPJET N.MVS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 17,1856, made up from the Returns of the Insoectors in the diflereut Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. VIREAT. BAILf.EY. 3 OATS.. I RYE: BEANS. L 63f 71 393 01 235 81 4- „ 3 4d 4 • 341 I PEAR 374 10d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE WHEAT. BARLEY. ( OATS. RIE. BEANS. I PEAS . 683 10.1 37s 6d I 233 7d 44e 5d 40; us 39, , . 7d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WE , +:1( Wheat, 93,7,2; Barley, 50,793; Oats, 10.801 ; Rye 9 77 ; Beans, 6,336; Peas, 791 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NIMGATB• AND LEADENHALL.— The trade generally ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; M u tton, 3s 2d to 4.3 4d ; Lamb, 5 3 6d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s Oil to 5s 0i1; Pork, 3s Otl to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase. . SOUTHALL, April 16. —T o -d ay ' s market was very mode rately supplied with each kind of stock, which Raid readily, as follows : -Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6 , 1 •, I4iutton, 3s 4d to sF3'2d; Limb, 6 3 2d to 7s 0(1 ; Veal, 4s 2(1 to 5s 4d ; Pork, 3s 2d to !s 61 ner 81b3, to sink the off ROMFORD, April 16 We had a brisk trade, and prices were on the advance. Beef, from Ss 0,1 to 4s Gd ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 53 41 ; Lamb, 6s Id to - 7s 4,1 ; Veal, - 4s 25 to Ea 4d; Pcrk. 3s 45 to 4s 85 22s to 27s each. - per Sibs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3118 s to 5115 s ' • clover d o ., 41 lOs to 6/ 15 s; wa d straw, 11 to 11 11s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 Os to 5/ 1;':s ; clover 41 81 to 6 12s ; and straw, 5s to :1 Us RI- load. A mode; ate de.loand. WHITEMATEL.—Meadow hz,y, 41 Os to 51 14s; clov er do. 41 los to 61155 ; And straw, 11 5 s toll 128 per load. Trade steady. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The young man who performed the generous and courageous act in Hyde-park on Sunday last, the account of which appeared in your paper of.yesterday, was Mr. James Clark, who is in the employ of Messrs. Simpson and Co., engineers, Belgrave-road, Pimlico.— Your obedient servant, _ - M. CONNOLLY. 7, Belgrave•ro J, Pimlico, April 17. STRANGE RELICS AT LOCI! SPYNIE.—A short time ago, while some men were engaged iu trenching a piece of land on the farm of Salterhill, parish of Drainie, oc cupied by Mr. Reid, they came upon several large pieces of wood, which, on examination, turned out to have been portions of very large logs of black oak, part of which were hollow in the centre. Theground on which this discovery was made lies in the north margin of the lock, a little to the east of the Drainie-road, and almost due south from the dwelling-house of Salter-hill. The discovery of one piece of wood—somewhat in the form of an oblong chest, with a massive lid—led to a more minute investigation, and in the same locality no fewer than 3 of these huge chests were discovered, with a number of large blocks of oak between as bearers. The length of each of the three boxes or chests is about six feet, with a dia meter of about three feet at one end, tapering to about two feet at the other. No nails or fastenings of any kind appear to have been used. The boxes are cat out of the solid oak, with massive planks as lids fitted into a groove on the upper side, and extending about five-sixths of the entire length ; in the other sixth the hollow is scooped out of the solid tree, and the upper portion of the tree as well as the bottom and sides remain. Be tween each of the boxes there is a large block of solid iek—apparently for the purpose of keeping them in place ; and it would seem that they are also set upon oak bearers. The wood, as a matter of course, is consider ably decayed, but the original form of the boxes i© not to any extent defaced. Although only three have yet been uncovered, from borings made with an iron rod there appears to be others ; and, so far as can be ascer• tained, without further excavations, the whole are placed in a circle, with the smaller ends to the centre, and with the ends in the inner part of the circle much lower than those at the outside. Half the circle, or nearly so, has already been uncovered, and by another week we hope to be able to furnish a correct report of the exact posi rion of the whole. Of the original use or purpose of these boxes various conjectures have been formed. We forbear, in the meantime, giving any opinion on the matter, as it is likely that better data than we yet pos sess will be furnished when the ground is thoroughly excavated and the whole contents laid bare. In the meantime a large number of people are daily visit ing the locality; and it deserves to be noticed that she intelligent tenant of Salter-hill, Mr. Reid, while personally taking a very deep interest in the mat -er, and willing to enter into any arrangements for un ciddling this antiquarian mystery, most readily gives visitors the benefit of all the information he possesses. We believe the Literary and Scientific Association have ipplied to Sir Alexander Cumming, of Altyre, the pro srietor of the ground, for liberty to make the necesary ixcavations ; and we have no doubt the request will be ;ranted.—Elgin Courier. A BERKSHIRE JACK SHEPPARD .—ln the report pre sented to the county quarter sessions, on Monday last, by the visiting justices of Reading Gaol, was recorded he fact of an attempt having been twice made by a Government convict to effect his escape from that estab iishment. His name is Thomas Hirons, ho is a native if Keen'e Green, Henley-in-Arden, and was for a time in the 26th Regiment of Foot. The first that can be ascertained of his criminal course is that on the night of the Ist of May, last year, in company, with three ,there, he broke into the d welling-house of Mr. I'imms, Little Barford, near Banbury, Oxon. Each of them either had his face blackened, or covered with a veil, to avoid detection. Knowing that there was con siderable property in the house, they first proceeded to lir. Timms's bedroom, and bound him and his wife to the bedstead with cords, and then went to the room occupied by Mr. Timms's sister and servant, and tied them also to the bedstead in a similar manner, telling Al of them they would blow their brains out if they made any noise. They then ransacked the house, carrying away with them a quantity of plate, a 101. Banbury note, and 71. or 81. in gold. On the following morning they changed the bank-note at Warwick, and this lead to their apprehension in a few days. On the 13th of that month Hirons was lodged in the Banbury lock-up, but he contrived to effect his escape ; he was, however, recaptured, tried with his comrades at the Oxford summer assizes, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. About August last he was removed, with other Goverment convicts, to Reading Gaol, and during his incarcera tion he made two ingenious attempts to effect his es cape. The first occurred in September last, when be pulled the gaspipe hooks from the wall of the cell, and being under instruction in shoemaking, he took advantage of the stone placed for his use and rubbed the ends of each hook, so as to form a screw driver, with which he unfastened the plate forming the trapdoor of his cell. He was speedily detected by the warder on vetch, and the result was that he was removed to another part of the gaol. In order that he should have less tools at his service, he was next placed to 'earn tailoring, but here his ingenuity enabled him to make use of the most simple things in aid of his object. A pair of scissors was tied up with the materials given him to work upon as a tailor, and in the absence of his instructor he broke off the blades ; to prevent detection he fastened the handles to a portion of a wooden spoon, tied them up with his work at the close, and, being thus exposed, no suspicion was excited. He then placed me of the blades in a piece of wood, which he wrenched from the back of the cupboard, and bound it round with what is called a " wax-end," making it as firm as if it was the best manufactured knife. A steel thimble he had also beaten open, and converted into a knife, and of a magnum bonum pen lie had made a small saw. With these implements he again applied his energies to open his cell door, on a Sunday in February last ; but the noise, though slight, attracted the attention of the warder, and he was stopped at his work; not, however, before he succeded in removing a large square piece of wood from his door to get at the lock. An iron plate at this point was an effectual barrier to the accomplishment of his object. When visited and found hard at work to release himself from confinement, the remark was made to him, " What, you have been at your tricks again !" He cooly replied, " Yes, I can't help it ; I must be doing something." In consequence of this second attempt being reported to the Secretary of State an order was made for throne' removal to the convict establishment at Portsmouth, whither he was conveyed a short time since. It appears that there be soon became acquainted with the general routine of the place, and succeeded in making his escape on the Bth of the pre sent month. We hear that by some means he got a soldier's uniform, in which he dressed himself, and thu s he walked quietly out of the establishment, passed the sentinel, and got clearly off. A reward of 51. is offered for his recapture, but nothing has yet been heard o hint—Reading Chronicle. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BlLL.—This bill has been brought down from the Lords, It requires the Poor Law Board every year to take measures to obtain from every occupier of two statute acres of land (and above) in Eng land and \Vales a return, referring to the Ist July in each year, of certain particulars of information, including the produce of the farm and the stock, &c. Abstracts of these returns will be published periodically by the Board of Trade. Any occupiers neglecting to fill up the blank form which will be left at his house for the purpose may be summoned before a justice of peace, by whom the required particulars will, so to speak, be extorted ; the expenses of this proceeding will, of cou rse , be paid by the occupier. Should the occupier refuse to obey a summons, or fail to give full particulars on exa mination before the justice, the latter may issue a war rant authorising the collector of returns " to proceed to obtain by other means the said particulars of infor mation," the " other means" including a personal in spection by the collector of the lands and premises of the refractory occupier. A fine of 21. will be imposed on occupiers neglecting to make, or making false returns. The bill awaits the approval of the House of Commons. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills wonderful Remedies for the Cure of Scorbutic Erup- tons.—Mr. .T. Hobba, of Newton Abbot, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, that Mrs. Stabb, cf Pet tisham, was for several years afflicted with Scorbutic affections i n h er l egs, an d i n a most d ep l ora bl e con diti on . She w as attended by several medical mon, who pro• nounced that not hi ng more cou ld b e d one f or h er . How ever, by the use of Holloway's ointment and pills, and a strict a t tention to the directions, a complete cure has been effected. --Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;by A. Stamp, Constantinople ; A, Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E, Muir, Malta, Country Markets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET--APRIL 15. There were in the market to-dap 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 425. Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— A PRIL 1. • Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from Es Od to lls Od per kemple of Lb stones tron; wheat do., 8s Od to lOs Od; barley do., 7s 7d to 8. 61 Ray from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MEAL IKET—Arnar, 14. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. f Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto d"' Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto 353 Od —s Od —8 Od —s Od. s Od I—s Od GLASGOW-APRIL 16. Weather brilliant. There was an unusually small at tendance, and a very restricted trade. Wheat a slow sale at a reduction of fully 6d,to is per 1401bs on new, and 3d to 6d on old. Flour i❑ fair demand at is to 2s per sack, and 6fl to is per barrel less money. Barley quiet and un changed in value. Oats dull at 3d to 6d per 26i1bs., and oatmeal at 6d to is per 2801bs cheaper. CORK—APRIL 16. "White wheat, 35s ; red, 28s to 31s 6d ; barley, Ms 6d to 21s; oats, 12s to 15s. DUBLIN-APRIL 15. We had a very dull market for all kinds of grain. We do not, however, alter our quotations of Friday, except for wheat, which was is to is 6d, and Indian corn, whioh was is lower. White wheat, 375 Od to 41s ; red ditto, 34s Od to 38 , 01 ; barley, 14s Od to 108 Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s ; rapeseed, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s 64 ; bakers Boor, 21s Od to 27s ca per cwt ; Indian corn, 29e Od. to 31s 01 per 480 lbs. COAL MARIE' Prioes of Co&1 per toa at :T.—APRIL 16. the close of the atal tot. Wellsond, a l c. s. d. Buddlo W. Hartley lB 3 Byass's West Hartley 18 3 Hasting's Hartley lB 3 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 9 Tanfield Moor l4 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 C Walker Primrose l4 3 West Pelton West Riding Hartley l7 Wylam 15 6 5. ; 4 . lelmont Braddyll Framwellgate laswell _...,.18 6 fetton Retton Lyons Main l6 6 Kepler Grange 6 Lam bton lB 0 reusher . l6 2 Russell's Hetton..... 17 3 South Hetton ... 18 0 Stewart's 18 6 Caradoe ......16 9 Champ l6 9 Hartlepool ... 18 6 Hough Hall ICelloo l7 6 South Hartlepool 17 0 South Kelloe ..... l7 3 Tees West Kelloe Whitworth Birchgrove Graigol a 21 9 1 8 I Sold Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close l6 Gosforth l6 Harton l6 01 Harvey Wylam 14 :J Heaton edley 16 Hilda 15 6 16 0 Wharnclifre l6 6 Bell's Primrose /5 0 Eden Main l7 0 Bell 16 0 . Ships at market... 1% SEABORNE MAILS. (14 signifies that the mailx are sont from the General rost ottisa ET the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when mada .ip From who, Wn-• COUNT - ELM. in General Post- Port due 13 Odle°, London.. I Dispatche . England. ..-------- Amcrica(byllrit.pack \N every Friday •• • . Liverpool April 23 afnerier, tby United Sts. packet) ........N •••• ••• - Liverpool . . ecterica (by U. State: packet) ..........N •• •,, ••. • Southamptoi; Australia (via South- _. ampton) ........ the •••••• •• • - Southampton Ditto (via qarseille:.) NI •• •—• •• •• • Dover .. Ditto (via Cape of Goad Hops) ............N I .... ... Uncertain Lirica (West Coast) .. 1e123r1 of the month... Plymouth .. Ai exandria..........N it 4, 9. 'ki, & 30 of 11 , • Dover .... &leirandria ..........11 ;4th & 20th of mon. Southamptc.r. Lialiam. „ ......... _24 ;17th of the rnouti, s ou th am pu tt Belgium ............N l i hli IV ••••••• • •• , • Dover ..... .. Dant, Brazil .• •••• •• •• •...141! 6 th of the month.. Southampto ls rid 16. BuencoAyres........M ' 9lll °I the month • • Southametod April 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various pot'. Uncertste Cape of Good Hope ..N Case de Vords ...N 9tb of the month Southampto n ... Ceylon (see India) Cey10n..............N, Channel Isles .... ...NlMori.,Wed.,&Fri .1 - Southanu to . Tu.Th.Sat Chi1i.............. .. m 12.1 & 17th of mon.. southamr,,u, China ... . Once a month.... April 20 Constantinople .... ..1.9,13,18,23,&28 of nDover -....- .. Constantlnopie ........ I4th & 20th of mon Southamp tc, r Cont. of Europe 31 a N Twice daily „„,•.Dover .... ITwiceditily Egypt (see India) 1 France ........ M& N Twice daily .• , . Dover ... !Twicedally Gibraltar .... 111 4. 7. 17, 20, 27 stir South imp cc ' ......, Greece (ace India) I Greytown ..........14. 2 nd t l7 th of mon. Sotabmpt vt Hareourgh ..........14 (Tuesday 8, Friday Lon a don ... ~. aav4i . inah ...... .... m ;2ad of the montlt Southanaplot. May 2 Holland .. ~ .. .. —di j Daily • • 'Dover..... , . 'Dal , Honduras .. .... M int i i !the month lSouthamptol 16thohno .... m loth !.., 20th of mon.lPlynriuth .. 4 & 20 m (via B i t arse iii„ ) iv 9t.118;2t0f month Dover .... India (viaSouthampt.) India Cowan ices (see t e di a) l7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... i; Ireland ........M & Nl„Twice daily ,••• •. Hod; head . t:Twleedally Lisboa ..............211 , , 9 , 17.8' 2 7 of m. Southampton April 17 Madeira ...........• 5119th of t' o dionthSouthamptos Madeira , p; 23d of mina] •• ••, Liverpool ... Malta (see India) Malta .. ... .„N & 23 of mon. Dover ~..... 4, 20 mo. ......IL 18, Mauritius (see India) ' siauritias ..........m y 14th of the month m ex i eo ............ 2nd of the month. s o ath am p. wn A pr i l ii 5.a.,,,e5.„... „.......N sthlsth2sthormon. Dover ...... New Granada ......Ni I 2 . 185 17th of month South am pt on New Zealand......Papalßy private al ip Various port Uncertain . p aai states ........ i sthlsth2sthofmon Dover ..... „ p,ru _ ..., ........ m 13 2d y &prilattheosfhmipoz v2oaurtiohusarnppctomin p; iiiisuia ..........m 7thl7th27thonnon Southall:lp ton , .Dever ........ Uncertain Pc , :tt Nntal ..........N la,i,,c;calyny_:::::::::: .....1 Lt h h i lLt h h 2 2 s s t t h h o o f • in m o o n i, . Dover ....... vanmiei. ..........m 2d & 17th °fin:tan Southampilur. 1 &16 mon Van Diemen'sLskvid (se, Australia) .... ~.„ West ~Ile.o .. .. „it; i 2 d& 17th of month Southamp'AntH &16 MOD. 1&16mon Whonany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will t i e. spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India (v a eoathampton), and the M alta, both of which will be despatched ti a preceding day. SHARE IWARKETB. LIVERPOOL, . STACK EXCHANGE.—The market APRIL has l6 been lair to-day, and prices are about the same currency as yesterday. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89 104—London and North- Western, 10! k—Ditto, 4 shares, d.—South Eastern, 21; 14—Midlands, 75—Dutch Rhenish, 1 13-16 Eastern Counties, 104—Great Western of Canada, 26 —Ditto, new, 31 p.—Ditto, 2d issue,p.—Bufalo and Lake Huron, 1 15-16 pm. MANCHESTER, APRIL 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was doing a steady business to-day, and the prices were about yesterday's rates. Doyen, 22 1-16—MHands, 75 Electric Tele graph, 231—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 294-- Shropshire Union, 48. BIRMINGHAM, AvalL 16. STOW( EXCIIANGE.—There has been a quiet business to-day, and the prices were steady and generally well maintained. Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming• ham Guaranteed, buyers 74f, sellers, 74i—South Stafford. shire, buyers 3 1.16, sellers 2.15.6. dis. —Shropsbire Bank- Co., buyers 48, sellers 4i. LEEDS. Arum 16. --- STOOK EXCHANGE. —Great Western of Canada, Mt ands, 74—Leeds Norther n , 15 i— Y or k and North Midland, 28f. FIRE AT LATENDER DOGS.—A fire took place yester• day in the extensive range of premises known as the Lavender Dock, at Rotherhithe, and at one time it was feared that the whole establishment would have been laid in ruins. About 5 o'clock some one connected with the dock perceived flames raging in the lower part of the houses used as the pitch, sailcloth stores, and other offices. The engines of the London Brigade and West of England Insurance-office arrived in rapid succession, and, the RAherhithe outpicket engine having been set to work, the firemen went into the lower part of the building, and, by great exertion, they succeeded in stopping the further progress of the flames. BIRTHS. OF 4 SON. --- On the 12th inst., at 4, Park-terrace, Croydon, the wife of the Rev. R. Inchbald. On the 13th inst., at St. Ann's-road, North Brixton, the wife of Edward Mence, Esq. OP A DAIIGETNB. On the 14th inst., at 2, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, ON wife of Alexander Devaux, Esq. ()n the 15th inst., at 1, Stanhope-terrace, Hyde -park gardens, the wife of W. P. Livingston, Esq. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover square, Lieutenant-Colonel William Frederick Johnstone, late of the Grenadier Guards, to the Lady Eleanor Fe. they: tolOangh On the 15th inst., at St. James's, Clapham, Patrick Stewart, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at.law, the eldest son of the late Robert Stewart, Esq of Calcutta, to Frances Henrietta, daughter of the late Richard Prioe, E sq ., of the Lawn, South Lambeth. DIED. On the 16th inst. at Waltham Lodge, Tut ee -hill, Ch as. Walton, Esq., of inst., street, London, aged 69. On the 15th inst., Nathaniel Wathen, Esq., late of Gor don square, aged t=3. Oa the 13th inst at Shooter's-hill, Mr. John Hankins, aged 54. On the 12th inst., at Aberdeen, Dr. Neil Sutherland, aged 87. On the 12th inst., at Windsor, Mr. T. Willats, of Win chester, late of Cheapside, aged 38. On the 15th inst., at Margaretting, Essex, Mr. Charles Matson, aged 75. On the 14th inst., in his 76th year, James Forb es Esq. , (in the 14th inst. ' at 7, Barkham-terrace, St. G eor i e ' s, Southwark, J ose pha eager, Esq., of Hay's-wharf, Tooler street, aged 56. LoxDoY: Printed and Published by BIETB,Do. YOUNG of N . o. 112, 6trand, Printer, at The Sun Office, I` 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of ihe Savoy, in the Nun* • Middlesex, Thuraday l April 17, 1.856, at a o'cla Stalls, as. AR' * Piston, H. Linre MB and Cost Camille, Private b charge. Performa Day T Wednesd 25th, will Including Fare; w t First Cla Enstoo M' Assura t ennt. Mt having NI P in their Shell elas CIAT(01 Posals in( Endovrm Thu A st4vantai T Account Cash Cr( Mies, of 'without The T B CURx *Move( nionthly CALL Cent. int of the B. DEPC afforded to allow of inters three, or Yearly. 4esired. .....r...-. 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