The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

ntor'ci, o='3" , ; ;74'1' 3ZIN OFFICE, eeven, o'Cock. ARRIVAL OP LORD DALUOUSIE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Tribune arrived at Portsmouth this after noon, with Lord Dalhousie and suite. His lord ship appeared to be considerably recovered from his severe indisposition. He was expected to pro ceed to London this evening. SHREWSBURY RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HERBERT STAKES. Philip General Picton _ Five ran. SALOPIAN lluminator 1 Dunstan Three ran. LONGNER HALL STAKES. Peepin; Tom . Dexter.ty Eightran. GREAT CLEVELAND HANDICAP. Quince . Nine ran. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased to issue a commission under her royal sign manual, of which the following is a copy, to inquire into the system of purchase and sale of commis sions in her Majesty's army VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the . Faith, To our right trusty and right entirely-beloved cousin and councillor, Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset ; Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Henry Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley ; Our right trusty and well-beloved councillor, Sidney Herbert ; Our right trusty and well-beloved councillor, Edward Ellice ; Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Buckley Wynyard, Esquire, Liutenant-General of our forces, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; Our trusty and well-beloired Sir De Lacy Evans, Lieu tenant-General of our forces, Knight Grand Cross of the M)st Honourable Order of the Bath ; Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Harry David Jones, Major-General of our forces, with the local rank of Lieu tenant-General in Turkey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Henry John William Bentinek, Major-General of our forces, with the local rank of Lieutenant -General in Turkey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; Our trusty and well-beloved George Carr Glyn, Esquire ; Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Robt. Wetherall, Esq., Colonel in our Army, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, greeting ; Whereas we have deemed it expedient that a Commis sion should issue for the purpose`of 4nquiring into the sys tem by which gentlemen are permitted to enter our ser vice, and officers in our army are allowed to be advanced by the purchase of Commissions at fixed prices, and like wise to retire from our service by the sale of the same ; and that the said Commission should report to us whether it may be expedient to make any changes in the existing system. Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confi dence in your zeal, discretion, and ability, have authorised and appointed, and do by these presents authorise and ap point you, the said Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset, Edward Henry Stanley, Sidney Herbert, Edward Ellice, Edward Buckley Wynyard. Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Henry John William Bmtinck, George Carr Glyn, and Edward Robert Wetherell, to be our Commissioners for the pur poses aforesaid; and we do hereby authorise and empower you, our said commissioners, or any three or more of you, to obtain information ther.;upon by the ex amination of all persons most competent, by rea son of their knowledge, habits, or experience, to afford it, and also by calling for all documents, papers, or records which may appear to you, or any three or more of you, calculated to assist your researches, and to promote the formation of a sound judgment upon the subject. And we do hereby command and require you, or any three or more of you, to report to us, under your hands and seals, with all convenient speed, your opinion whether it may bs expedient to make any, and, if any, what changes in the system by which, Firstly, Gentlemen are permitte' to purchase Srst com missions in our army, Secondly, Officers are permitted to purchase any higher commissions, Thirdly, Officers are permitted to retire from our army by the sale of their commissions, all at prices established by regulations of our royal predecessors, and likewise whether the Enaction thus given to first entry into our army, and subsequent promotion by purchase and retire ment by sale of commissions, has been beneficial or other- I wise to the interests and character of our army generally. And we will and command, and by these presents or dain, that this our Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not contained from time to time by adjournment. And for your further assistance in the execution of these presents, we do hereby authorise and empower you to ap point a Secretary to this our Commission, whose services and assistance we require you to use from time to time as occasion may require. , Given at our Court, at St. James's, the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of our reign. By her Majesty's cAttmand. (Signed) PAN:KURE. MAY 10 1 , The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lieut. John Archibald Ballard, Lieut.-Colonel in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan ; Lieut. Chriatopher Charles Teesdale. Lieut.-C*l. in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan ; and Capt. Henry Langhorne Thomson, Major in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, to be Honorary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; and Dr. Humphry Sand with, late Inspector-Goneral of Hospitals in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, to be an Honorary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class or Companions of the said Most Honourabb Order. ALL,. The Queen has beon WHlT pleased to y direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Raronet of the Upited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Major-General Fenwick Williams, of Kars, Knight Commander of the Most Honour:lWe Order of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL, Mar 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines to he the Fourth Charity Commis sioner for England and Wales, in the room of the Right Hon. Lord J. Russell, resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, May 12. The Queen has been pleased to appi eve of Mr. Joao Tertuliano Fernandes Nobree a as Consul a t Demerara for his Maj es ty th e K ing of Portugal b and the Algarves. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 13. The Queen has been cleared to appoint the Rev. Robert Smith to be Chaplain of the Scots Kirk, at Kandy, in the Island of Ceylon ' • Dougl as W a l es, E sq., to be Harbour Master o f Port Louie, in jtbe Island of Mauritius ; and Henry Connor, Esq., to be Assessor to the Native Chiefs within the Protected Territories, near or adjacent to the Settlements on the Gold Coast. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 12. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaira, a copy , of a despatch f rom h er M a j esty ' s Consul at Leghorn, re porting that the Board of Health at that place has decreed a quarantine on all vessels corning from the Levant, of five days in caso of their having no sickness on board, or there having been none during the passage, and of fifteen days in case of sickness existing on board or death having oc curred during the passage. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, May 12. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a Portuguese regulation issued by the Governor. General of the province of Angola, notifying that no cus toms' duties will be levied at the port of Ambriz on foreign commerce, until the expiration of one year from the date of the publication of a t ar iff o f duties, and that the port 'al pirat iol, therefore, conti nue f ree for such commerce until the exn of that period. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. William Ferraed,Esq. and Gathorne Hardy, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Li ente'nants of the county of York. Ist West Regiment ofnalnortkstli. ire Yeomanry Cavalry.— Cornet Benjamin Hunts bank, retired ; Cornet Parki n ° j e f i i .ieutenant, vice Brooks bank, to be Lieutenant, vice Jeffcock, retired ; to cornneetr.s .Drummond, late Captain Rifle Brigade, to be Frederick Stuart Wortley to be orne t t:e T lLonl e qi , a o m c e k s promoted. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo manry Cavalrv.—The Hon. Humble Dudley Nv„ d to be Captain, vice IVrottesley resigned. Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia— Ensign Frederick Debenham to be Lieutenant, vi ce pier, resigned. I)enbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Major and Brevet. Lieut. - Colonel Sir W m . Ll oy d t o h e Li e ute nan t-C olonel; Supernumerary Maj or Charles John Tottenham, t o b e Major; Hugh Robert Hughes, Esq., to be Captain. Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire Militia—Ensign Kenyon Jas. Hamner to be Lieutenant, vice Myddelton, promoted; William Henry Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hanmer. Royal North Lincoln Militia —Ensign Jas. Sisson Cooper to be Lieutenant, vice Laxton, resigned ; Ensign Reginald Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, appointed. Ensigu 7th Foot. Stingsbire, &c., Militia, Hi g hl and Borderers Light Infantrrliy—The resignation of his Commission by Dr. Alex. Orr, Assistant-Surgeon, has been accepted. BANKRUPTS. George Gregory, baker, Whitechapol-road, to surrender, May 22, at half-past twelve, and June 19, at two, at the Court of BankruptcY. Bell, official assignee, Coleman stroet-buildings; Sweetin g an d Jenkins, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. Henry Sykes, anvil manufacturer, Sheffield, May 24 and July 5, at ten, at Sheffield. Brewin, official as signee, Sheffield : Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield. in James Benjamin Locke, mercer tend tailor, Truro, Coin wail, May 21, and June 19, at one, at the Court of 1 Sank- raptcy, Exeter. fiirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Head and Venn, Exeter. _ _ E i ward Kemp, grocer, Abinglon, May 19, at eleven, and June 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official a , sigfee, Basioghall-street ; Ford and Lloyd, BloornAbtfry:square. John Greaver the elder, wholesale ironmonger, Bow, May 22, at one, and June 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall stre,t ; Ittninett, Fenehureh•street. John Beams Walke, draper, Newton Abbott, Devon shire, May 26, and June 18, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Mason and Sturt, Gresham-street. Henry Liveriidge, surgeon, Derby, May 24 and July 5, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official as signee, Sheffield; Unwin, Sheffield. FrederickKinn° 1 and George Smith, waterproof manufacturers, Liverpool. May 22, and June 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,offioial assignee; Norris and Son, Liverpool. John Samuel Wakefield, watchmaker, Hartlepool, May Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 22 and July 3, at 12, at the Newcastle-upon• Tyne District Child, Hartlepool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Wm. Gray Matheson, china, oartenware, and glass dealer, Sauchiehall-streee, Glasgow. John M'Clymont and Co., grocers and provision mer chants, Glasgow. Peter Bonner, manufacturer, Dunfermline. COURSE OF EXCI Amsterdam 1 19Y.i Ditto, three months .. 12 1% Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 14,i' Antwerp .............. 25 70 Brussels • • • • • • • • •• •• • • 25 70 Hamburgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 11,4 Paris •• •• •• •• •• •e 25 47% Ditto, three months .. 25 7734 Marseilles ••• •• .• •• •• •• 25 77y,, 1 Bourdeaux ...• Frankfort-on Elaine .• 1213 Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Vienna •• •• •••••••• • • •• 10 24 Trieste.• • • •.•• •• •• •• •• 10 26 Petersburg • • • • •• •• •• •• Madrid .• ••••• • • •,. •• •• 50 Cadiz ••••••••• •• •e •.•• 50 Barcelona • • •• • • • • • • •. Seville - ....... [ANGE.—This DAT. Gibraltar.-- •• •• •• •• Leghorn .... ...... .... 30 10 Genoa ........••...... 25 92% Milan ...... Venice•••••••••• ••.... Naples Palermo ...... 130% Messina ... ... 131 Lisbon .• •• • • ..... • • • • • • Oporto . •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 53 ii Rio Janeiro ..... .•• .... Buenos Ayres.. • • • • .... New York 60 days' sight Philadelphia .. :....-... PRICES OF BULLICN, PER OZ. Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 C% New Dollars .....• 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 11,,/, INSPECTION OF CAVALRY FROM THE EAST, BY BER MAJESTY. PORTSMOUTH, May 12.—The Oneida screw steam transport, No. 132, which arrived yesterday afternoon with the first instalment of British cavalry from the East, came into harbour with them this afternoon. She brings home 400 non-commissioned officers and men and 171 horses of the Bth Hussars, with 16 men of the 17th Lan• cars, and the following officers of the Bth Regiment of Hussars:—Brevet General Shewell, Colonel De Salis, Captains Torokinson, Naylor, and Chetwode ; Lieute nants Phillips, Heneage, Puget, Clows, Muesenden, Coats, and Sawbridge ; Cornets Harrison, Webster, Haynes, and Harding ; Dr. - Lockwood, Veterinary Sur geon Grey, Quartermaster Lane, and Paymaster Duber ley and Mrs. Duberley ; also, Mr. Miller, naval engineer, and four soldiers' wives and seven servants. The remainder of the regiment, consisting of 83 men and 150 horses, are on their way home in the Norman, steam-transport, No. 155, with Captain Lord Killeen, Lieut. Poore, and Assistant-Surgeon Hulsebarg, having lef Mall a on the 30. h ultimo. It having been intimated that it was her Majesty's plea sure to inspect the cavalry which returned home in th's ship, the Cornmander-in.Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K C. 8., G.C.8., Admiral Superintendent Martin, and the Lieut.-Governor, Major-General Breton, went over to Osborne this morning to receive her Ma jesty's commands in reference to the matter. At three o'clock, in consequence, the Oneida was brought into harbrur, and placed alongside the dockyard jetty, where her Maje , ,ty, it was annuunced, would disembark from the royal yacht at five o'clock. The men were duly mustered and inspected by the commanding officer, Brigadier-General Whewell. They had their swords at their sides, and their carbines, and presented in their full uniforms a fir4-rate spectacle. _ _ The Queen's visit to the dockyard was deeply affect ing ani interesting. The Fairy came into harbour the Marlborough (131) following in her wake. Her Ma jesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children landed, and were attended by all the officials of the port and gar rison, and pissed through the lines of the hussars, and then were introduced to the invalids from the Severn. The hussars then passed by her Majesty in slow and quick time, followed by 150 in 4ids who could walk, several omnibuses full of those who could not do so, and by the litters of those going to hospital. The arrangements prevented the invalids being detained more than a minute or two. Her Majesty arrived at Osborne again at half-past 7. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MA.RKETS. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 5/ 15s ; clover do. 4/ 15s to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lls por load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 5/ 15s ; clover do., 4/ 15s to 6 lOs ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 12s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 5/ I4s ; clover do., 51 Os to 6/ 12s; and straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lls per load. Supply moderate and trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA—The business in this article has been very dull, previous rates having been barely maintained. Common conguo Sid to 9d per lb. SUGAR—There has been an active demand for sugar from 1 1 exporters and home d e al ers , an d an a d vance of aper cwt ' was obtained upon most descriptions. The refined market has also been brisk and full prices were realised. COFFEE—An increased demand has been experienced for coloury plantation at high rates, and a slight advance was obtained upon some superior qualities. Native has been firm, but the business done bas not been large. RlCE.—There has been a dull market, and the principal part of the different lots offered at public sales were bought in at previous rates. Ruir.—The public business in this article has been ens• pendeLi during the holidays. Privately prices have under• gone no variation. TALLOW —An increased demand having sprung np from the soap manufacturers, un impetus has been given to the trade, and prices have slightly improved. P.Y.C. on the spot .1.8 to 46s 3d, last three months 46s 6d to 46s 9d. Australian mutton 4Th 6d to 485. Beef 45s to 45s Cd, and South American 46s Gd to 173 9,1 per cwt. Sporting- Intelligence. TATTERSAL L'S YESTERDAY. Paying and receiving on the Chester events occupied nearly the whole afternoon, and the business appeared to make satisfactrTy progress. Speculation on the Derby was very limited, and the only incidents of importance were the return of Fly-by- Night into favour and the advancement of Coroner ; at the commencement of the betting the former was backed at 12 to 1, at which price he had been well supported in the city ; towards the close, however, 100 to 7 was laid against him. The Coroner opened at 20 to 1 taken, but the closing quotation was 22 to 1 offered, 25 to 1 taken —the latter odds, however, were not betted "kindly." 1,000 to 10 was taken freely about Sir Tatton. Tne other transactions do not require comment. CLOSING PRICES. THE DERBY. 100 to 30 agst W. ntworth (offered) sto 1 agst Cannobie (uffered) Bto 1 agst Fazz tletto (taken) 12 to 1 agst Artillery (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 100 to 6 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 22 to 1 agst Coroner (take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst The Prince (taken) 30 to 1 agst Newington (taken) 1000 to 10 aget Sir Tattoo (taken) UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 12. The Regius Professor of Greek (Mr. Jowett) will re sume his lectures on the Republic of Plato on Friday, May 1G ; the lecture on the Trackinicc of Sophocles on Tuesday, May 20. The Trustees of the Eldon Testimonial request the members of the University of Oxford to take notice, that the tenth election of an Eldon Scholar will take place on Saturday, the 7th day of June next, previous to which day all applications must be left at the office of the Secretary, sealed up, and endorsed "Eldon Scholarship, Candidate's Application," and with the candidate's name also endorsed. The forms of certificates and declaration required, together with the rules and regulations relative to such election, are deposited with the Senior Tutor of each College and Hall, and with the Registrar of the University. NATTONAL GALLERY.---A picture in tempera, by an early Florentine master, Sandro Botticelli, has been placed in the Notional Gallery. It is circular in form, and represents the Virgin with the child in her arms, and two youthful adoring figures at the sides ; one appa rently St. John the Baptist, the other an angel. The figures are half length and under life size. This is one of the pictures purchased last year in Italy for the national collection, and is described in the direc tors' report as having at the back the inscription, " M. Giuliano da San Ghallo" (in more modern ortho graphy San Gallo)---an evidence that it was once in the possession of the Florentine architect of that name. BURGLARIES AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES. —Yesterday morning information was received at the chief police office, Great Scotland-yard, that the house of the Rev. Dr. J. V. H. English, at Great Warley, had been bur glariously entered, and the following property stolen therefrom, viz. silver table spoon, a desert spoon, a salt spoon with crest of an arm and spear, a salt spoon, an egg spoon and tea spoon with crest of a hawk, a gold seal, engraved " All's Well ;" a blue spotted rug, a scarlet and black rug, two t or t o i ses h e ll b oxes, a pair of ox, coutold scissors in a case, three s il ver t hi m bl es, a dispatch baicing two orders of knighthood, two minia tures, and a great quantit that the premis es of had yof wear i ng apparel. Also, solicitors of Norwich, Messrs. Blake, Keith, and Co., , been broken into, and the drawers in several rooms ransacked, and about 51. in gold and silver stolen, as ,wiepll. xfas.aa.Tgien g ß o o l ta d a s n ea le l t w te i r t s h , y tw el o lo b w ra s c t e o le n t e s, a a n h d a i i n r i c ti h a a l i s n with pencil and coral attached. The premises of Mr. Sheasby, jeweller, Daventry, were also broken into by wrenching off' the shutters and breaking a pane of glass, from which were stolen the following articles :—A new guard neck chain with se cret link ; two second-hand ditto, fancy pattfom ; rom e silver spoons, a great quantity of gold and silver swivels for watch.guards, a large tray of gold split rings, and other property. ravel. and iVaitary Int2w.gence. FORGERY OF BANK NOTES. A Ma'ta letter of the sth inst. gives the following na val and military intelligence :- "The B thiatiaand K aigaroo st'asratransports arrived from Liverpool on the 3d bound for Constantinople. " The Emperor, steam-transport, arrived from Liver pool on the 4th. " Her Majesty's steam-corvette Higbflyer arrived from Constantinople on the Ist, and left :in the 3d for Spithead, conveying 20 invalided Artillerymen. " Her Majesty's steam corvette Spiteful left for Tri poli on the 2d, conveying Captain Sir George Otway, R.N. "The Candia, steam-transport, arrived from Ismid on the 3d. "The Victoria, steam-transport, arrived from Scutari on the 3d. "The Belgravia, sailing-transport, arrived from Balak lava and Constactinople on the 4th, with Government stores, for Spithead. "The Australian, steam-transport, arrived from Balak lava on the 4th, with ordnance stores and 250 of the Army Works Corps. " The Bacchante steam-transport left for Constanti nople on the Ist. "The Nile, Egyptian steam-frigate, arrived from Alexandria on the 3d. "The Fleurus, French screw steam line-of-battle ship, arrived from Kamiesh on the 4th, bringing 54 officers and 1,000 non-commissioned officers and privates. "The Prophete, French steamer, arrived from Tripoli on the 2d, and left for Tunis on the 4th. " The English bark Tigris, with ammunition and war like stores for the Sardinian Government, arrived from Balaklava on the 2d. - - " The Earl of Aberdeen steam transport left for Spezzia on the 30th of April, with 35 officers and 152 non-commissioned officers and privates. "The Lady Berriedale steamer arrived from Ka miesh and Constantinople on the 2d, with a cargo of grain, silk, wool, &c., for London. "The Vectis, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet, arrived from Marseilles on the Ist. " The Capitole, French postal steamer, left for the Italian ports and Marseilles on the let of May. "The Danube, French postal steamer, arrived from Marseilles on the 4th, bringing for Malta Dr. Duncan, and for the East 8 French soldiers. "The Demetrius screw steamer arrived from Hartle . pool and Gibraltar on the 3d, with a general cargo for Beyront. , " The Araxes screw steamer arrived from Alexandria on the 3d, bound to Gibraltar and Tangier." Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour and Rear-Admiral Martin went to Osborne in the Fire Queen yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. The Hastings, 60, Capt. Fanshawe, was paid off yes terday at Portsmouth. The Tartar, 21, Capt. Dunlop, and the Megasra steam troop-ship, Commander Johnson, were paid wages yes terday, and their crews granted leave. The Merlin, 6, steam-vessel, Capt. Sulivan, sailed yesterday afternoon for the eastward, with two mortar assels. The Severn, No. 194 steam-transport, came into har bour yesterday to land invalids. " The Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hore, sailed yesterday aftcrnoon for the westward, with two mortar-vessels. The Firefly, 4, steam-vessel, Captain Otter, the Hecla, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Aplin, and the Otter, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Glover, sailed yes terday, with mortar-vessels. The screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain T. M. C. Symonds, at Devonport, has had defects made good. The London, 90, Captain W. El. Jervis ; the hospital ship Belleisle, 6, Commander J. Hosken ; the paddle wheel steam frigate Dragon, 6, Captain W. H. Stewart; and the paddle-wheel steam-ship Bulldog, 6, Commander A. C. Gordon, were to leave Plymouth yesterday for the Crimea to bring home troops. The sloops Atalanta, 16, and Camilla, 16, were taken into dock at Devonport on Thursday to have their cop per examined and repaired. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Virago, 6, at Devon port, is ordered to be put in commission. Tne hired Government transport Cape of Good Hope, No. 227, left Plymouth on Saturday morning for the Crimea. The Locust, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander John Bythesea, arrived at Sheerness on Sunday from Portsmouth, with No. 133 mortar-vessel in tow, and proceeded to Chatham, where the mortar vessels are to be laid up. The Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander Alan H. Gardner, arrived at Sheerness on Sunday from Portsmouth, with Nos. 106, 108, 109, and 111 mortar boats in tow, having been f our d ays f rom P or t smout h. The Driver left Sheerness yesterday for Portsmouth. to tow the remainder of the mortar-vessels round for Cha tham. The Lizard iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieu tenant-Commander Thomas B. Christopher, left Sheer ness yesterday at 9 a.m. with the mortar-vessels Nos, 106, 108, 109, and 111 in tow for Chatham. The Horatio, 8, screw steam-ship, Captain the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., was paid off at Sheerness yes terday. Her third lieutenant, Theophilus M. Kelsall, left yesterday to join the Orion as second lieutenant. Captain the Hon. Arthur A Cochrane, C. 8., will leave to-day to commission the Niger, 14, screw steam-sloop, now at Woolwich. The Russell, 60, screw steam-ship, Capt. Francis Scott, is to be paid off at Sheerness on Friday. Preparations are being made for receiving part of the ships from the Back Sea at Sheerness. The Nimrod, 6, new screw steam gun-boat, has been taken into No. 2 dry dock at Sheerness, to be made ready for being immediately commissioned. Her Majesty's 11-gun screw steam-sloop Rattler, 200- horse power, Commander Wrn, A Fellowes, arrived at Woolwich from the East In lies, last from Portsmouth, on Sunday evening. She got up steam yesterday morning and proceeded down the river to try her machinery, prior to being dismantled and refitted. The Rattler, having fulfilled her term of commission afloat-namely, 5 years, is now to be paid off and docked for repairs. The Pearl, 21, Capt. Sotheby, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Westward. The Cruiser, 17, Capt. the Hon. G. S. Douglas, ar rived at Spithead on Saturday from the westward, and went into harbour to be paid off. The Minden steam-transport, No. 122, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Malta and Gibraltar. The convict-ship Runnymede arrived at Woolwich ar senal yesterday morning from Deptford, for the purpose of embarking convicts thence for Western Australia. The following appointments were made yesterday at the ..A.dmiral'y .-G. H. Wall, to be Lieutenant to the Sampson ; T. C. Bruce, to be Lieutenant to the Alsiers ; E. A. Carey, to be Master to the Boscawen ; J. Lornax, to he Assistant-Surgeon to the Horatio (confirmed) ; J. C. Eastcott, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Conflict ; J. T. Farewell, to be clerk to the St. Jean D'Acre ; W. K. Horne, to be Assistant-Clerk to the Sphinx. Various projectile proofs which have been carried on Mr. Henry Bradbury delivered a lecture on Friday night, at the Royal Institutien, Albemarle-street, upon tite " Manufacture of Bank Notee in connection with the subject of Forgery." The audience was numerous and distinguished ; the Duke of Northumberland presiding. Mr. H. Bradbury said it was his object principally to direct attention to the engraving, as the most important feature in the manufacture of bank notes, because upon that depends the security in the eyes of the public ; and the necsssity for discussing the question arose from the fact that forgery is on the increase ; that differences of opinion exist upon the best method to be employed to obviate it ; that facilities are growing up to a- , sist for gery ; and that there isa tendency to employ that method of manufacture which is most exposed to the operations of the forger. A committee sat to inquire into the subject as far back as 1819, and bad their report been adopted the present etate of things could never have arisen. That committee decided that each of the methods then in use —not dissimilar to those of the pre-ent day—had their respective merits if carried to the high est result ; historical engraving, engine work, chaste and elaborate ornament, perfection of type, combined with stereotype ; and that the use of these, more or less, might be attended with success. This report was of great value then, and in these days is capable of great exten sion, as by the aid of a nice judgment, joined to artistic advantages that can now be commanded, a result may be attained, new, and of so high a character as to set it above the reach of forgery, by stamping upon the pro duction an individuality expressing qualities beyond the province of mechanical imitation. The main feature of the note, the engraving, and its security, depends upon the vignette ; the higher quality of the artistic impress, therefore, which this vignette carries, the greater the security of the note. The vignette derives its great value from being the uncounterfeitable Seal of the note—un counterfeitable, because its individuality cannot be imi tated. However similar, there isa difference in the human countenance—however similar, there is a difference in handwriting, and if any number of the most eminent en gravers were to endeavour to copy each other, it would be detected by a casual examination. The eye cf the bank ing clerk or the man of business would soon become expert at this sort of fine-art reading. This was proved in the case of the Plymouth Bank, half a century ago. Their bills were forged, there notes were not, simply on account of the vignette ; and when the vignette was added to the bills the forgeries ceased. Of the various methods of engraving, the choice lies more especially between intaglio and surface engraving ; between steel and copper plate or letter-press and wood engraving ; the first being pre- em i nen t f or it s b eauty and adaptability to the production of bank notes. Ob jections validly urged against this method years age are now excluded ; cost and difficulty of reproduction hav ing been overcome by the electrotype, which, in addition to its cheapness, gives a fixed oneness to the paper issue to a bank, however extensive it may be; which no cheapness or rapidity of production from letter press or surface engraving can counterbalance, notwithstanding the fact that the notes of the Bank (f England, and also of the Bank of France and the Bank of Russia, are pro duced from surface-engraved plates. In the engraving of the bank note two principles are involved for con sideration—the first, shnplici'oy of design ; the second, the combination of vignette work with intricate engine work; and both these principles possess high claims to the attention of banking authorities as security against forgery—the one on account of the difficulty of mecha nical imitation, the other on the ground of a first-sight recognition. Simplicity of design, when it amounts to the character of high-class ait, the lecturer regards as much the best for the issue of national notes ; for where variety of pattern and freaks of ornament distract the attention, it is put more within the field of the imitator than when he has to contend with an ideality for which neither his education nor his pursuits are like y to fit him. By way of illustration Mr. Bradbury here submitted to the audience what (or something similar) should, in his opini n, be the representative note of a national bank, de,cribing it as being as simple as a nstiouat note could with safety be, its attributes being individual unity simple and salient features, with due prominency of nu merical value, and a general caaracter of a sort of me dimval cast. After explaining Vie protective crialities of, and replying to objec ions against, this model note, Mr. Mr. Bradbury displayed a Bank of England note, and gave a brief account of its history, as follows : The Bank of England note has always been charac terised by simplicity, but carried to an extreme in the opposite direction, the same general design having been preserved from the issue of their first note. I have no objection, however, to submit, namely, that its simpli city is too simple, not bearing upon the face of it those features which characterise the true art-point. The vig nette is a specimen the reverse of what I have been ad vocating ; it is alike deficient in conception and execu tion. Surface-printing having been chosen as the me dium, the bank authorities were restricted in the appli cation of their art. - In consequence of this the Bank of England note in its present form is unworthy of the bank and na-ion. The great aim of the bank has been to secure simple identity and ready recognition through the excellence of the paper, known by its peculiar colour, by its thinness and transparency, as well as by its feel, crisp and tough, patent to the sense of touch alone. The basis of its security to the public rests upon its paper. It is supposed to be unmatchable. Such is the case in this country. Not because it cannot be imitated, but because the law affords ample supervision to detect it—which is 39 good as preventing it. As successful imitations of this paper have been made abroad, and passed in this country, too much reliance ought not to be placed upon this superi ority of the paper. Again, the fallacy of its security consists in the extreme facility it affords for reproduction by hand, apart from reproduction afforded either by the Anastatic or Photographic processes. I have thought it only right to refer to these processes with reference to this note in particular, inasmuch as if the paper were procurable, a successful copy of the engraved pits might eel-Vainly he effected by the aid of photography. From 1837 to 1854 these notes were printed from steel plates, reproduced by the Siderographic or transfer processes. At the commencement of 1855 a change took place in the production of the notes by the sub stitution of surface-printing from electrotypes for steel plate printing. A variation was then made in the form of the old note by adopting an engraved signature in stead of a manual one—the object being still further to strengthen the identity of recognition. Mr. H. Bradbury then exhibited a specimen of simple note, bank of France, compared with a surface printed note of the same bank, admitting, however, that sim plicity of design is not to be advocated as solely applic able to a note in all instances. It is snore especially suited for national notes, because immediate recognition should be one of their essential features, while for pro vincial notes, not having so wide a range of circulation, the complex note has peculiar advantages. Mr. Brad bury then glanced at complex engraving, which is per formed in two ways —relief and medallion work, guil t ,che or rose-engine work—the one representing models on fiat surfaces, the other lines, straight, waved, or curved; circles, ellipses, parallel or intersecting, result ing in a particular effect; and exhibited specimens of pi-Auction by both processe4, describing the latter as bei , g at once more beautiful, less confused, and ac companied by more facility of detection taan ti4e former. Mr. Bradbury' then exhibited specimens of `• engine. turned designs on glass," simple and complex, both of which he conceived to combine beauty with security, and facility of recognition —a result tint practicable to attain until the electrotype became a reeognised agent in practical reproduction. Since the discovery of the elec trotype, efforts hal been made in several cases to apply its perpetuating power to the reproductien of cepper en gravings generally, but with no better result than signal failure ; but the lecturer stated that an experiment wa s made a few months ago to establish in this country (it having long been in practical operation at Vienna) its practical as well as its economical adaptability. In this experiment 1,200,000 cotes of the Brazilian Government, of very elaborate work, were printed from electrotype plates ; the means for future production still existing for printing as many million notes more as thousands had already been printed—and with this certainty that the last note printed shall be identical with the first. The lecturer then described Siderographic bank -note printing, as being a process for transferring figures from steel to steel, and thus multiplying the number of plates to be printed from. It consists in taking up an en graved plate upon a roller of softened steel, a combina tion of rolling and pressure, so that the engraved sub ject stands in relief upon the roller, which then under goes a proces s of rehardening, and the subject in relief is then, by rolling and pressure, transferred to a surface of steel, softened to receive it. The objections to this plan are, that every subject so transferred must be re touched by the graver, that it is inapplicable to the manufacture of complex notes, that it ie not economical, and that it is doubtful whether it secures identity. Still it has been in use for 30 years in America, and was, in fact, an American invention. The lecturer then exhibited specimens of Brazilian, American, Austrian, Prussian, and Russian notes, re marking in succession upon their faults of design and execution, and proceeded to deal with the most difficult part of the question, security of manufacture, glancing first at the Anastatic process as, in suppo sition, applicab:e to forgery, and su ggest i ng as the best and simplest way of obviating the danger the adoption of copper plate and very fine work. Then comes photography, by which copies of bank notes have certainly been produced, but -not to an extent to be considered dangerous, as the copies were imperfect, as there was a failure in appearance generally. But photo graphy has made advances, and is now capable of pro ducing more serious results by means of a printing-plate. Both in the case of the Anastatic and the photographic processes, the antidote consists in the adoption of print ing in different colours ; for in attempetiinngnptoountdakneotaen, Anastatic or photographic copy of a the separation of the two printings, in different colours, cannot be effected without destroying the combined transfer ; and the more elaborate and artistic the second working in colour is rendered, the more the difficulty of dissection is increased. If the water-mark were backed by excellence of art and engraving, the bank note might be regarded as unforgeable ; but if this should ba found not to be the case, then it should be imperative on the Government in committee to resolve this question, and offer a reward for its solution. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--Hay 12. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENXI. • for some weeks past at Shoeburynese, u n d er the direc tion of the Colonel-Superintendent of the royal gun fac tories at Woolwich Arsenal, have drawn to a close. They consisted of experimental trials with rifled shot of a somewhat novel description. Shells capable of contain ing considerable charges of powder were fired from 6- pound field guns, rifled with many grooves to receive the projections on the surface of the shells. The experi ments, as they extended, have been pronounced success• ful, and were tried with charges varying from llb. to 131 b., and with 10 degrees elevation shells eq ua l i n weight to two ordi nar y sot were thrown to a distance of 2.800 yards ; some of them reached an ultimate range of 3,400 yards. Capt. D. Blyth, Capt. C. J. Ellis, First-Lieutenants W. Taylor, C. W. Carrington. J. F. Hawkey, J. G. S. lililreux, with 4 serjeants, 10 corporals, and 200 pri vates of the Royal Marine Corps, have resumed the duties of guard at the various stations in the dockyard at Woolwich, as heretofore. In consequence of this the body of police has been reduced 1 inspector, 2 sergeants, and 25 constables, who will be paid down and await or ders from Scotland-yard as to their future destination. The Superintendent of Police has received orders to issue instructions for the strict observance of the new regula tion for the exclusion of strangers from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich on all days, except Tuesdays and Fridays, and then only on condition of applicants being provided with tickets of admission from Lord Paninure or one of the heads of departments At Woolwich Arsenal. The following officers belonging to the depots of the provisional battalion, Chatham, having completed their course of instruction in the theory and practice of the Enfield rifle at the School of Musketry, Hytbe, have been ordered to rejoin their respective depots at Chat ham Barracks ; Capt. J. Bailie, sth Northumberland Fusiliers ; Capt. S. B. Gordon, 45th Regiment ; Capt. H. E. Burnside, 61st Regiment ; Lieut. W. Taylor, 29th Regiment ; Lieut. A. M‘Leod, 70th Highlanders ; Ensign W. D. Jarvis, 12th Foot, and about 40 men be longing to depots. POLICE IN . 1 1 ELLIGENCE.—May 12. Mr. F. Bennoch proceeds with his exposure of the affairs of the London Corporation. He gives a table, from which it appears that, in the administration of a fund of 365.7921., the sum divided among the adminis trators is 123,7001. 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The 101bs. and 121bs. carnage free, on receipt of poet-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77. Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majbsty, Piccadilly ;• also at 60, Graceehurch-street ; 33J and 451, Strand; 4, phee.pside ; 63, Carnhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Char- I ' - 18 6 ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 6J and 150, O x f pr d. 'street. The lecturer then draw attention to diagrams illustra tive of the proc es s of paper manufacture ( representing the machinery of Mr. T. H. Saunders, Dartford), with a view to show what science, labour, and capital must be expended in the production of bank-note paper ; and in conclusion, while deprecating censure upon what some might deem his boldness in coming forw-rd upon such a subject, said he could appeal to the evidence of many eminent men who had lived before him, and whose opi nions were corroborative of his own. Mr. H, Bradbury, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13. 1856. upon concluding, was greeted with loud ap2lauee. In the course of his !ec . 7nre no mentioned that the designs for his illu-tratnos Were funished by Mi.. Jo;In Leigh ton, and the photographs nu glass by Mr. Ilennah, of Brighton. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Lord Campbell and Common Juries.) MATTHEWS V. SMITH-BRURY-LANE THEATRE. This wa, an action for goods sold and delivered, and work and labour done. The defendant pleaded never indebted, and also a set off. Mr. Watson and Mr. Denman conducted the case on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. E. James and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the defendant. Mr. Watson said the plaintiff was the executor of John White Moore, who died in October, 1854, and who formerly carried on the bu•iness of a printeeller at 1 and 2, West-street, St. Martin's-lane ; and the action was brought to recover 201. 19s. 6.1. for frames supplied by him to the defendant, Mr. Edward Tyrrell Smith, who was originally an auctioneer, but now lessee of Drury lane Theatre. It appeared that some intimacy existed between Moore and Smith, and that the amount in question was for frames which Moore had made for some pictures which be had given to Smith as a present. The defendant now denied his liability to some of the items, and pleaded a set off in respect of an advertisement of Moore's shop, which had been introduced into a panto mime. Joseph Gearing, foreman of the deceased Moore, proved the delivery of the articles. Mr. E. James said the defendant admitted his liability to the charges in the bill, with the exception of one for 11. 10s. and another for 83., in regard to a frame which had been made for certain drawings representing Mr. G. V. Brooke in various characters. These items, he con tended, ought to have been placed to the account of Mr. Brooke. Mr. Matthews said he was the executor of Moore, and the plaintiff in the present action. Four months after Moore's decease, about Jan., 1855, saw the defendant on the stage, and asked him to pay the deceased's ac count. He said he would look over it, and send a cheque for the money. Saw him again in the theatre three months afterwards, and he said he had not then inquired into the matter, but he would see that the claim was settled. He requested witness to call again, but he never did, but instructed his solicitor to make an application for the money. Smith never told witness that the estate of Moore was indebted to him in anything. Mr. Thomas, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, said he went several times in company with the testator Moore to the theatre, in 1854. On one occasion, in August, they saw the defendant. Moore asked him for payment ; he said he could not give a cheque then, but he wanted something more done, and he would pay for all together. In January, 1855, a circular was sent round to all the debtors to the estate, but no reply was received from the defendant. Another letter was written to him in January in the following year, and the defendant replied that, on making the proper deductions, he found the estate was indebted to him in the sum of 63, Cross-examinede--Saw Smith in his private room. It was sometime in August. He offered them orders for the performance. Moore accepted them, but he did not. The orders were for that or some following evening. Mr. E. James then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant. He observed that this action would never have been brought if Moore bad been alive, because there was an understanding between them that Moore should pay 201. for an advertisement of his shop in one of the scenes of the pantomime. A scene of his shop was painted, with the heading, " Moore's Racing SWeeps, St. Martin's-lane." The Harlequin jumped through a window, bearing the inscription, " Latest Betting upon the Races," an I then a flap dropped down, with the word!, "In for the Derby." (Laughter.) The Clown next attempted to perform the same feat, but he was re pulsed, and then another flap came down with this in timation, " Out for the Oaks." This scene and the mechanical centrivenees were prepared for the defendant at considerable expense. Similar advertisements were prepared for Mitch], No. 1, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Poreeell, the confectioner, in C irnhill ; Bennett, the watchmaker, in Cheapside ; Samuel, the tailor, in Lud gate-hill ; and for Scott's oyster shop, at the top of the Haymarket ; and the charge for each of these scenes was from 20 to 30 guineas. The defendant would posi tively deny that such an interview took place between Lim and Moore, in August, at the theatre, as was de posed to by Ti.omae. The theatre was then closed, and the statement as to the defendant offering them orders for the performances was totally incorrect. Mr. E. T. Smith, the defendant, was then called. He said it was customary i❑ pantomimes to exhibit scenes as advertisements for different shops, and there was always a specific bargain between the shopkeeper. and the manager of the theatre as to the sum which should be charged. Mr. Nicholson waited upon him when he was preparing the pantomime, at the latter end of 1853, to know if he would have any objection to introduce a scene of Mr. Moore's shop 'I Mr. Watsone-I must object to what passed between you and Mr. Nicholson. Mr. Smith then explained that he afterwards saw Moore, who wished him to introduce a description of his shop. He told Moore his charge would be 25 gui neas. Moore said he would give him 201., and he ac cepted that sum ; but he told Moore that he would not require the money, but that he would take it out in frames for the engravings which he had presented to him, he accordingly introduced the scene required, and it was exhibited on the stage as long as the pantomime lasted—about ten weeks. Mr. G. V. Brooke had bee❑ engaged by him prior to that time. The tragedian re ceived no salary, as the arrangement was that they should divide between them the whole expenses of the house, and then go share and share alike in the pro fits. After they had settled the account for which they were jointly liable, Moore sent in a bill to him (Smith) for 201. 193. Saw Moore on the subject of that bill, and told him that it contained two items which ought to have been charged to Brooke. Moore then ra❑ his pen through them, and it was ngreed that they should settle the account for the pantomime scene when the frames were all finished. In the presence of Mr. Moore he then wrote upon the bill, "20 guineas to he deducted for the pantomime." The bill was now in the same state as when it was delivered to his solicitor. He was in the habit of seeing Moore two or three times during the week. He never made any demand upon him (Smith) during his lifetime. In Aug., 1854, the theatre was not open. He had nothing to do with it at that time. Moore, accampanied by Thomas, did not come to him a; the theatre and ask for a cheque, nor did he give any orders for the performance to Moore i-te the presence of Thomas. On ixo , c-examination he stated that he had been lessee of Drury•lane since 1852. He was formerly a sheriff's auctioneer. Was also proprietor of the Sunday Times. Mr. Joseph Lewis said he had been treasurer of the theatre since 1853. The charge for Dakin's advertise ment was 20 guineas, for Purssell's 20, and for Bennett's 25 guineas. The advertisement of Messrs. Samuel con sisted of the 17,.. 6d. trousers. The trousers walked across the stage. (Laughter.) The scene in Scott's advertisement was a shell fish shop ; the Clown was supposed to run away with some lobsters. Moore's consisted of racing " tips " and sweeps, and also of his print shop. It occupied the whole of a pair of flats. Mr. E. James —The les you say about.flats in con nert.on with betting shops the better. (Laughter.) Witness—The work was one of very great merit, and well worth 20 guineas. Mr. E. James then replied. Mr. Watson having replied on the whole case, Lord Campbell summed up, and The jury, after an absence of a quarter of an hour, re turned into court with a verdict for the defendant. MANSION-HOUSE.—/o/in Markham, was charged with forgery. Mr. Mullens appeared for the prosecution, Mr. Lewis for the defence. Mr. C. F. Ash, of Nos. 20 and 21, Upper Thames street, iron merchant, said—My remises were broken into in the beginning of February, and, amongst other things taken, there were two c h eques f ir mon ey—one on the Bank of England and the other on the Royal British Bank, and two or three blank cheques were aLe stracted from my cheque-book upon Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. The cheque produced, No. 15,430 for 911., bears the same number as the other cheques in the book. It purports to be drawn by myself, but was not signed by me or by my authority. I believe it to be one of those which were torn from my book. Jas. Humphries, a person out of employmetit, said— On the 18th of Feb. last I advertised 'for a situation in the Times, and had two replies ; and, in answer to one, I went to No. 6, Oakley-crescent, City-road, to inquire for a Mr. Hammond. I saw the prisoner, who said he was Mr. Hammond, and I told him who was, and he offered to employ me to collect bills for him and drive a horse and chaise. We then spoke about the wages, and he said his house was in Oxford, but he had business to do in London and in Oxford. At his request I called next day, and he then asked me to p to the railway at Euston-square. I went there, and on my return he gave me the cheque produced, upon Smitb, Payne, and Smith, and asked me tr, get it changed for him. I was to bring some notes an d some gold, and I was to take the money hack to the house in Oakley-crescent. I accordingly went to the banking-house and presented the cheque, but it was not paid. I subsequently went with Mr. Mullen; the solicitor to the bankers, to his office. In April last I saw the prisoner in the House of Detention in Clerkenweell, and recognised him, amongst several other person s, as the man who bad employed me to get the cheque eihanged. Cross-exs.mined by Mr. Lewis—l was asked to g o to the House of Detention by Mr. Mullens, and was told that a man likei the person I had described was in custody. I went rou net the cells with the officer, and when I came to the cell in which the prisoner was, I said I did not think there vie is any one there I could identify, but the man I had last, seen was something like him who had employed rue. I saw about 20 cells or more. The officer said "You've passed him ;" and then it was that I said the last man I had seen was something like him, and said if I was c'empelled to swear to that man, I would not say it was him. I would say there was none there I recognise& When I left the prison I told the officer that there was but aria man that I thought was anything like him. We both left under the impreision that I had not seen the man. I next saw the prisoner at Marlborough street, and I w ant there to see him again. I was told by Mr. Mullens lee was to he there. I only said as I was t leave that that vv: - ,,3 the man. I said so to Mr. Mullens's clef k. Directly he was brought I recognised him, and said he was the man. He is now dressed as he was in the Rouse of Detention and at Marlborough., street. When I Went to the bank I was asked for a de scription of the man. I said he had no whiskers, or very little. I told %Ir. 11luilens I could riot give a des , Tv.ion of his foe. I nave not the lia , t doubt now that the p:-i -son,:r is the man by his appearance a'.t.izether. The cross-examination of the witness occupied a considerable time. Mary A. Fennell raid— I live with my mother at 6, Oakley-crescent, City-road, and we are accustomed to let off a portion of our house. We let the drawing room off about the 18th or 19th of February to a Mr. Hammond. He was two mornings with us. I saw him the first morning. He asked ale to give him a pen and ink. I let the apartment to him. I only saw him when I let the apartment, and the next morLing, but I only saw his back when he went away the following morning. I think I should know him again. I saw a man at Marlborough-street Police office very like him. The prisoner is so like 'the man that if I had met him on the street I should say he was the man, but he is not qulte so stout as he then wfts. The pris ner is very like the man, but he is differently dressed. I believe the prisoner is the man. Cross-examined—There has been a discussion about the business. I was more confident than my sister was as to his identity. After a very - long cross-examination of this witness, the prisoner, upon being asked in the usual terms whe ther he wished to say anything, said, "I know nothing about it, so help me God." He was then committed for trial. GUILDHALL. John Smith, a militiaman, was charged with being concerned in a garrotte robbery in Golden-lane. George Gough, a steward on board the Argand, said he was going past Golden-lane about 12 o'clock last night, when he saw the prisoner and two females talking together. They wanted something to drink from the public-house at the corner and so did witness, but the man would not admit any of them. One of the women said, "I know where to get something to drink," and they all walked up Golden-lane. The observation ap peared to be partly addressed to himself, so he followed them, and when he got into a court leading out of Golden lane the prisoner turned back and put his arm round witness's neck so as to throttle him. The women almost instantly drew his gold ring from his finger, and his money from his pockets, and they then made their escape. When he recovered he communicated with the police, and two of them took him into some houses in Golden-lane, in one of which he identified the prisoner in a room out of 15 men. He had been drinking, but knew perfectly well what he was about. Police-constable 113 apprehended the prisoner, and stated that the prosecutor unhesitatingly picked him out from among a number of men that were in the room at the time he took him. The prosecutor ha i been intoxi cated in the early part of the evening, but he was so bered by the time witness saw him. Several officers identified the prisoner as being an associate with thieves, and S.r Peter Laurie remanded him for further inquiry. WESTMINSTER.—AN INHUMAN MOTHER—JuIia White, a dirty, dissipated-looking woman, who had an interesting little child, five years of age, by the hand, was charged with the following inhuman treatment of it : George Bradford, a labouring man, said that on last Saturday afternoon, about half-past five, he was going down Great Peter-street, Westminster, when he saw the defendant beating the little girl she now had by her side in the most unmerciful manner. He remonstrated with her, but it was unavailing, and she continued her bru tality to the child. On his feeling it his duty again to interfere she attacked him, struck him twice, and tore his coat, but he male no charge against her for anything she had done to Mr. Payntor inquired the particular nature of the il usage to the child. Witness replied that she repeatedly struck it with her clenched fists, and when she had knocked it down kicked it. She also used very disguAing language towards it. William Ashley, 281 A, said that he was on duty in Great Peter-street, when the previous witness called upon him to protect the child from furth. r violence, and he took the defendant, who was drunk, into cus tody. She was very violent to the child in his presence. Mr. Paynter inquired whether the child had sustained any serions injury ? Mr. Siamonds, an inspector of the B divi.ion, replied that the poor little thing fortunately had not. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said she was very sorry, but she was so drank that she did not know what had occurred. Mr. Simmonds, in reply to a question from the magis trate, said that the defendant had repeatedly been at that court for drunkenness. The child had been taken care of in the workhouse since Saturday night, which ac counted for its neat and cleanly appearance. Mr. Paynter animadverted in becoming terms upon defendant's disgraceful conduct, and called upon her to find sureties for her future good behaviour. In default she was committed to gaol, and the little girl, who is fatherless, was sent to the workhouse. WORSHIP - STREET.—EXTRAORDINARYY CASE OF BURGLARY.—A young fellow named Edwavcl Towers, an unemployed groom, was brought up for examination be fore Mr. D'Eyncourt ; and William Plecicart, describing himself as an engineer, was now placed at the bar with him, charged with h av i ng b een concerned, with others, in breaking into the house of Mrs. Isabella Humphreys, an aged widow lady of property, at Stamford-hill, and plundering it of 1221. in gold and silver,and two 51. notes, besides a considerable quantity of plate, a gold watch, jewellery, and other articles. Hy. Hortvood, brother-in-law of the prisoner Towers, and Mary Ann Perkins, a dressmaker, connected with Fleckart, were also charged at the first examination, "but afterwards discharged for want of sufficient proof: The man Fleckart has been upwards of a week in custody under police surveillance, being too ill to be removed until yesterday, and was still in a very feeble state, with a consumptive look. Mr. Lewis attended as solicitor for the prosecution. The facts, as already proved, were briefly these:— About two months since a man and a woman called at the house of the prosecutrix, with an urgent request for her to immediately visit Mrs. Rush, of Austin-friars, whose husband, a legal friend who had the management of the old lady's affairs, was said to have taken suddenly ill at Salisbury ; but the prosecutrix herself was then so un well that neither she nor her servant could go, and sub sequently a letter was brought, purporting to be frmn Mrs. Rush, requesting the servant to be sent. The pro secutrix, however, then rode herself to Austin-friars, and discovered that the message and the letter were fictitious, and that nothing whatever had happened to the gentle man, who was perfectly wed. Fortunately the servant, who had remained at home, had her father to stop in the house with her during the absence of her mistrese, and the de predation, which had no doubt been planned, was for the time frustrated ; but early in the morning of the 25th ult. the house was entered by breaking through a wall to the kitchen, and the robbers, who used very serious violence towards the prosecutrix and her servant, carried off the large amount of property above mentioned. Upon investigation, it appeared that a sister of the pri soner Towers had formerly been in the service of the prosecutrix, and afterwards married to Horwood—cir cumstances which led to the apprehension of those three, and of Fleckart and Mary Akin Perkins. The servant of the prosecutrix believed Perkins to be tie woman - ho first came with the fictitious message, but could not positively swear to her identity, as her features were imperfectly seen through a veil. Perkins and Horwood were therefore liberated, Sergeant Langdon, of the N division, eteted that he fir. , apprehended the prisoner Fleckart at his residence in Paris-street, Palace-road, but found him too ill to he removed, and left a constable in charge of him. He afterwards took Towers, who, when told the nature of the charge, denied at first all knowledge of it, bet after vards said that be could tell a little about it, and pra ceecled to state that his sister had talked to. F eckart and Perkins about what a good old lady Mrs. Humphreys was, and how rich she was, and they agreed to meet Towers and his brother-in-law, Harwood, and go to the old lady's house to take what she possessed. That was five or six weeks before his apprehension, he said, and they all went accordingly to Stamford hill, where Towers ; and his brother waited outside while Perkins and Fleck art went to the house, from which, however, they in a short time returned, saying that they could not do the job. They then separated, and Towers declared that neither he nor Horwood bled anything to do with the subsequent burglary and robbery. Eliza Cook, a remarkably pretty and respectable-look ing young person, who had been two years in the ser vice of the prosecutrix, now identified the prisoner Fleckart as the man who called in the first instance with the female with the fictitious message and letter purport ing to be from Mrs. Rush. The prosecutrix was unwell at the time, and entered the room to speak to them, leaning upon the arm of the witness, and the woman wished the witness to go with her and Fleckart, but she declined to leave her mistress, who was then so ill, and said that either of her brothers would go if her mistress desired it. She remarked that the man appeared to be ill, and in fast he asked for and was going to drink some water, and witness seeing him so ill advised him to take a little spirit in it, and was about to pour out a little but he declined it. While there he entered the yard where the wall was that was afterwards broken through to the kitchen. The evidence given by the witness, and I now again read over, as to the burglary, was to the fol lowing effect :—About half-past 9in the evening, after having secured all the fastenings about the house, she went to bed in the same room as her mistress, who awoke her about daybreak, and sitting up in bed to listen, she heard a noise, but bearing no thi ng more she lay down again till 6 o'clock, when she went down stairs, and found one of the parlour doors ajar, and two men then rushed upon her, and knocked her down by a blow on the head. 'When she recovered, she found one of them kneeling by her side, with a knife in his hand, and a chopper and piece of wood near him on the ground. She screamed at the sight, but he in athreatening way asked her to be quiet, and she promised that she would if he did not ill use her. He and another then took her by the hands and feet down to the kitchen, where they placed her on a chair. They then asked her where the plate and money was kept, and upon her answering evasively, the one with the knife put it to her throat and said he would cut her throat unless she told, a w l s h e then said that all she knew of was in the parlour. They then got possession of the property, and left her bound hand and foot in a chair, but some time after their de parture she contrived, with her teeth, to untie her hands, and at length to free herself, and running up to the bed-room found her mistress tied to the bed, so as nearly to double her up, and with a handkerchief round her mouth. She was almost suffocated, and nearly dead, and the witness was convinced that she could not have lived five minutes longer iti that state, and she was now very ill. , The witness said that she saw four men alto gether in the house, but neither of the prisoners. Sergeant Langdon nowstated thathavingleft Fleckart COAL MARKE Prices of Coal par ton at s. Buddle W. Hartley l6 0 Byass's West Hartley .. 16 0 Davison's West Hartley 16 Hasting's Hartley l6 0' Howard's West Hartley Neth erton l6 6 Lougridge's Wst Hartley 16 0 New Taufield l5 0 Taufield Moor l4 3! Taufield Moor Butes 14 3, Victoria Hartley l5 6 Wallsend, &c. Cosforth l6 Harlon l6 Hilda 15 Northumberland ... l5 Ships at market... 75 I Sold ....... .... 66 claf CRYSTAL PALACE. —ONE S HILLING DAY, Mo t May 12.—Admissions on payment, 22,714 ; ditto by son tickets, 481 ; total visitors, 23,195. et [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holl owa y' s Pill s are, Nv. -- ,° doubt, the v er y b est me di c i ne f or indigestion and 0 ,. " ,1 ,,; leney. Th e t es t o f ye a rs h as proved their efEcaci curing bile, flatulency, indigestion, sick headache, vousness, and debilitated constitutions. The well..kaiLi,• properties of th ese exce ll ent p ill s are too highly .Tor t, ated in the pr esen t d ay t o requ i re any encomium ; as they are r e s or t e d t o b y r i c h an d poor i n every na ti°' and their prop er ti es are t o i nv i gorate t h e 1.)0"J' strengthen the fac u lti es o f th e m i n d , an d restore the il; valid to a perfect state of good health.—Sold by all dicine vendorA throughout the world, and at Professva Htlgoway's Establishments, '244, Stran3, London, 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, nople ; A. Guidicy Smyrna. and E. Muir, Malta: BIRTIIS. OP .A SON. On the 12th inst., at 81, Westbourne-terraee, the 'w ife of P. C. Ralli, Esq. • Ou the 12th in s t., a t T urn b am - green, the wife of $ Leach, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at Dublin, the wife of Lieut..CoP nel Pattle, 16th Lancers. On the 12th inst., at 11, Claremont•row, Barnsber road, the wife of Bristow Hunt, Esq. MARRIED., On the 10th inst., at El s t ea d , Arthur, son of the Irk/ Rev. J. Griffin. re c t or o f B radley, Hants,. to Franc, 4i Cornelia, youngest daughter of the late Li eu t enan t-Genets Burr, and wid ow of Charles Bush°, Esq., o f Elstea d Lodge, Surrey. DIED. On the 12th inst. Mrs. Harriott Watki ns , relict of 061 late Ur. Benj am i n Watkins, of 11, Alfred-place, Bedford' square. On the 11th inst., John Bradnoy Rippon, Esq., of Shaeklewell-green, aged GB. On th e 11th inst., suddenly, Mr. John C. A. Duv3- 11 of 3, Northumberland-street, Strand, aged 59. On the 10th inst., at Charlton-grove Cottage, Charlt ol3 ' near Woolwich, John Eaton Ralfe, Esq. On the 7th inst., at 4, Holloway-place, Holloway, ° I.. Thomas Cotching, gr ocer , age d 30 . On the 4th inst., at 24, High-street, Marylebone, John Parkes, aged 59. On the 6th inst., at Hastings, the Rev. Henry r hillP Francis, youngest son of B en j am i n F ranc i s, Esq., o f v ford, Norfolk, aged 26. On the 9th inst., at 26, Orsett-terrace, Hyde-park, 8611 : Meliora, wife of Commander - W. Gore Jones, of 11,10. gun vessel Assurance, aged D. ~ V~ rl LONDON: Printed and Publi s h e d b y MURDO YOT-735. of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er, at The Sun Office, No- 1 12 ' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the wan t / . ° taidtiletiez, Tuesday, May 13, 1856., ill in bed, as already mentioned, be subseluently visited bin and tie prtsor.er. who, being cautioned that sot' thing h e ' , Ad , s (mid be g iv en i n evidence, said that ul hariog betto to the house with the woman was no PI that he a'terwards broke into it, and, in fact, he c , o " t prove that, he wa: laid up ill the day it was done. Bulgy he added, he should be able to go with the sergeau t a few days, and should then hs able to find the other parties, and ha d are d t o say t h at they woul d k i ll bin' it hereafter. left Henry Brown, the police-constable, who had beau . .., in charge of Fleckart, said that on Sunday he took lu ll ' in a cab to the polies-station, at Kin Bland. 9, 11 , 13 t :i way, he asked how Mrs, Humphreys was, and said if she died it would make the matter worse for theulb; He then asked if any of the others were likely t ° o taken, a n d b eing to ld t h at i n all probability they w, he said, " I h ope to G o d they will, and that will it lighter for me." Mr. Rush, so li c i tor of A_uslin-friars, was present-, sttio proved that, when the fictitious message was take n 6 1 the prosecut r i x , represent i ng him to lLive been ael— %kith fits at Salisbury, he was in London quite wel l ' The prisoners were, after some further proceeding' remanded for a week. SOUTH WA RK.—SINGULAR CHARGE AGAINST COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER —Mr. Thomas Gooding' at well-dressed, and respectable-looking person, °!, brought before Mr. A'Beekett charged with st ea ,;:t two cheeses, alleg e d t o be the property of Eb en " Price and a man named ,Hertzell, styling themsely e ; %, provision merchant s , Vi c t or i a Dock-road, near B 3r1;11'° Mr. Solomon, of the Borough, appeared for the cused. Mr. Price stated that be bad k nown th e prisone r ,. short ti me i n business, and on Saturday aftern ° l shortly afte r f our o ' c l oc k , w i tness was with Mr. klertiree in Tooley-str ee t, w h ere t h ey met him, and he 19„ffei quested by them to go into the warehouse of Mr. un ti e and fetch two c h eeses f or th em w hi le they waited ° e . side. The p r i soner, accord i ngly, went into the `"the house for that purpose, but instead of bringing ene d cheeses to them be left by another door, and dee sw e r t o with them. Wit ness a f terwar d s communicated vrit''.Bio police, and the p r i soner was apprehended at his hotel the Lorriemereeroae, Walsworth, where the cheeses" fdand. Iu cross-examination by Mr. Solomon, w itness ell, that he was l ega lly i n partners h ip with Mr. gere'„lle and they bou g ht an d so ld provisions, and dealt wit",ebef Chaffey, with whom they kept a running account• ed were not photographic artists, although his p a rtner - a machine for that purpose. l to Mr. Solomon h ere p u t i n a bill f or two cheeses s' e ; ( i k i 3 the prisoner on S a t ur d ay b y Hertzell, whet' he L '"lle e the witness whether he knew the handwriting to t partner's ? A riP Witness said he did no t thi n k i t was i n his hain-f ing. He kne w no thi ng a b out it, and never saw it belo Mr. Hertzell told the prisoner to fetch the cheese°, he meant him to brio , them to witness. E lie Mr. Solomon asked him whether he had not set t to prisoner at the st a ti on -h ouse, an d promised him 03'0, would not press the charge if he guaranteed that n ° tion should be brought against him E be r Witness replied that he did say something abon - tte ing the cheeses given up and he would not pr es' haci charge, but he said n o th: ~, ng about an ac ti on . it now altered his mind and intended to prosecute, e",-13oce present he could n ot p rocee d any f urther in the 3,bsii of his partner. H e , th ere f ore, as k ed for a reman d - a future day. D E or ° Mr. Solomon con t en d e d th at there was no pre"-ts for the ch arge , an d i t was very hard that his cbe"n, respectable man, should be locked up as a felon. E lie Mr. A'Beck e tt sa id t h at Mr. Price had sworn tbs' te should be abl e t o p i o d uce further evidence on a fa,it°l' day ; therefo re h o must remand him until Wedgie s ) but he would accept bail fer his appearance . ~ vet Bail was,eleirtly afterward s put in, and the pr -° was liberated from custody. THE ASSAULT ON CHILDREN BY THE SHAM 0 1 : 4- , 1 5 the —ln the cou rse o f th e oay M r. Solomon enter ed d court, and h an d e d t o M r. E dwin, the chief dere,io banker's cheq ue f or 1 . 0001 ., b e i ng the amount of st'r'isoe entered into f ir th e appearance of William, )30l Aubert, who s t an d s c h arge d w i th committing ru d e " e e oll assaults no children, by pretending that he was O r e ° faf to an orphan a s yl um , an d a b out to recommend the'o,ol admission. H e h av i ng a b scon d ed since be v 70,3 ntio out, his own r ecogn i sance i n t h e sum of 5001., e,r.two, sureties for 2501. eac h, b ecame f or f e i ted to the vr" Ca entry Markets. )RD—MAY 9. t t isker to-day, and the b e do o o 2s per qr. more monercv ties sold at an advance last week's rates. 0 , 0. 1 4 Oats, per qr ............ 273 4 0 Peas, Partridge ....... 3 41 White ............ 40 4 4 Boiling ......... 1 0 Dun .... ........... 31 Beans, Tiek ............ 3 0 Harrow ticks 3r 0 Ditto, Maza n g ane;:::3334 CFIELMSFI The sale for wheat was bri samples were worth from is t( last week. Second-rate quail per qr. Spring corn firm at Wheat., white, old, per s. s. qr. 52 77 1 new 52 75 red, old 51. 69 new 50 63 Barley 30 3S Chevalier 33 42 Grinding 2B 36 Malt 71 75 Chevalier 73 77 COLCHESTER— MAY 10. A fair supply of wheat; much higher prices were °.,,h at the commencement than buyers were disposed to i 0 but the trade rul e d fi rm at rather over last week's r#l barley nominal, the malting season being over. in or peas no material alteration in valve. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 68s 0 10; ,01 red, 6Gs to 70s; barley, 3r;s to 40s ; cats, 22 s t o 26s ; Mazagan, 36s to 38s ; middle and small, 40s to 4 4 5; r white, 40's to 42s ; grey, 40s to 425. Official Statemen t of the Quantities of Corn, &c in the port of London, from the following pi the 4th to the 10th May, both inclusive. rece i p ;iis, ) .a ~:. . . . 5r 4 1 ~.. g 4 .... P 8 Cl' , --f ---- --- 0 Colchester i 240> , ,' 9:10' 52 ' Harwich f 667 F 0; 25 -- L eigh 1334 36, , —— 19 S l'zlaldon 1335) —) 201 ;185 14 3 , % ------ KIRKCALDY—MIT 10. Good suppli es o f w h ea t an d oats, but trifling of Jo r lel Sales re a d y f or a ll sorts at last week's prices. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I First Second Third ti9s Od 39s Od I 26s Od Beal'd o. 0 3 os ti o os 7r.—MAT 12. the close of the marte• Wallsend, a o. p: 0 Riddell lb 6 9 Eden Main 1 0 graddyll l7 9 Framwellgate Haswell j 8 0 Hetton 1 7 . Kepler Grange •• 6 , 1 / Larnbton x, 0 ,Pensher lu 7 , Russell's Eletton ......... 6 South Hetton 11 Stewart's 1 0 5 0 Cassop 17 3 Heutj. Hall.. l7 6 9 South Kelloe 17 9! at - I Tl7l St. the ] the 1 TI CI THE on tt row, wai Lond %to Itira 19oli SID: Th al v tia] hot e a Seco _ Sc Seco] c.nd $R Stec)] Cl a n Th the] *Mc( Gel they The 8 /Toth tinita don., lss AP ....___ 2 0,0 100 Bt Cola IN Thill Join GI ChaE Capi L i Colo me ent fat Ch,