The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-23 00:00:00

ELEu ri O Y LATT rLLIGENCE. MR. B. OSBORNE AT DOVER. On Monday evening a densely-crowded meeting of the Liberal E :lectors took place at the Apollonian hall, for the i?sr rpose of affording the candidates in that interest an opportunity of expressing their po litical sentin cents. The candidates invited to offer themselves were Mr. Bernal Osborne, the Secretary for the Adr airalty, and Capt. Edward Rice, RN., son of the 'present representative of Dover. Capt. Bice issue I an address on Saturday, but early on Monday rnorning it was rumoured that the gallant Captscin had retired, and this rumour was soon strengthened by an address from Sir Wm. Russell, offering himself as a candidate, on advanced Liberal opinions. This was immediately followed by a short placard bearing the name of Captain Rice, and formally announcing his intention to withdraw from the contest, on the ground that by so doing he would best aid the cause of Liberalism in Dover. The chair was occupied by Mr. James Worefold, who was supported by a large number of influential members of the Liberal and independent body. Mc. BERNAL OSBORNE, addressing the meeting as " electors, freemen, and non-electorsof Dover," said he had not been driven here as to a harbour of refuge. (A laugh.) He, moreover, ventured to hope that in this case there would be no exaction of " passing tolls." (Hear, and laughter.) For tunately for himself he _had bad—be said it with great humility—numerous requisitions from other constituencies, which had done him the honour to invite his humble services for their repreientation. But it relight well be asked him, " Why have you, representing as you do profitably one of the most important constituencies, if" not the most impor tant constitueucy. in Great Britain (he meant the county of Middlesex) why have you left that constituency, and why do you stand here before the electors of Dover ?" He should make free to answer those questions. It so happened, in the course of his Part amentary career, that, without . soliciting office—being independent in his circumstances and position—the compliment was paid him . of being asked to join her Majesty's Government. That was at the time when the cele brated coalition took place, which looked so fair, but which had ended in dust and ashes. Cenaider ing that it was not an uolaudable ambition to'asto re to office in this country, if unaccompanied with oil- graceful conditions, .he accepted that invitation ; but the county - business of Middlesex was so great, and the local interests were so varied, that it -was totally impossible for any man holding the petition of member for Middlesex and Secretary for the Ad mir: lty to do the husineee of one without neglecting that of the other: For these reasons he had I..tely, with great pain a -for lie was not one of those wh .liked to !save old friancia and old supporlars—made up his mind to resign the trest he held as the ref re sent wise of Middlesex. He had heard since his arrival in this town that two gen thanica were about to make their appearance here who ire telt justi 7 ; Red in saying, from his knowledge of their carer, were in poiitics neither fish, flash, nor fowl, nor, what he woe sure was a grant dainty in this town, good red herring. (Lei sh er. ) One gentleman was, he believed, known to tne electors of Dover—he speie of Sir G. Clerk, whom they would pi obahly hear on the following night. Sir G. Clerk, let him wain the electors of Dover, was not not the Sir G. Cle de they saw here in 1847. At than lime the hoe. barb. was brought iu by the Liberal electors of this town. He canoe forward as a free-trarier, and—that anornalousanimal—a "Lib;radeoeservative." Now, if there was any more srecious auittial in the political world, any more deceiving, any Wolf in sheep's clothing greater than another, it was lie who to!d them he was a Liberal Conservacive. He therefore warned every Liber elector in that room---`or Sir George Clerk was a " cannie Scotchman," and he knew from, long experience how to wheedle a vote—(laughter) he warned every Liberal elector in that room that this was not the Sir George Clerk of 1847. An- ther gent`e- Mao now came to Dover holding fast by Sir Georee Clerk's tail; and he (Mr. Osborne) scaree'y doubted that the Doverelezt ors would keep him there. (Hear, hear.) His name was Hope ; and he siucerelythought that in this else Hope was without an anchor. (Laughter.) Under any circumstances, he would scarcely find a good holding in the harbour of Doyen (Hear, bear.) The electers, like himself, had no doubt beeo much astonished at what had lately occurred. When the present Parliament met no cloud was apparent ou 'the political horizon. It scarcely needed a Palmerston or a Smith:a to steer the ship across the political channel. But what had occurred? Probably osie or the most remarkable-men of this or any other d sy, instigated by passion, pcssi bly by disappointment, possibly by ambition,—a man who to the endowments of an Ignatius Loyola added not only the tongue of aDemrwthenes, but the impulses of a Ite-1 Indian—f 1' he scalped his enemies —had organised a serious opposition to Lord Pal merston. He referred to Mr. Gladstone, who was the acknowledged lead of the party which was gene rally called the Peelite party, and of which he be lieved Sir G. Clerk and Mr. Hope were members, although he was not certain as to Sr G. Clerk. Mr. Gladstone was now•hand in ,hand with his right hon. friend Mr. Disraeli. And he would warn hcn. gentlemen that of all friendships theyshould be charyin for Ming right hon. friendships; for the friend of to-day was the enemy of to-morrow. Mr. G ad stone, then, had csalesced—and that it was a coali tion he did not hesitate to say, for Mr. Gladstone had not denied it himself—he had coalesced with that versatile and able gentleman Mr. Disraeli for the purpose of expelling Lord Palnierst in from power. And what was his first move? With a power of utterance and a mystification of language of which it was totallyimpassible for hint (Mr. Osborne) to give any idea, he endeavoured t , , prove, when Sir C. Lewis, with a sagacity of purpose well becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought forward in his budget a proposition to take from the inc one tax what was generally known as the "war 9(1" Mr. Gladstone endeavoured to prove that in place of taking off this 91. he was taking off nothing at all. -In such a wilderness of words did-he involve the subject that one might have pardoned poor Sir Cornewall Lewis for being left under the impression that, after all,. he had not in reality taken the 9d. off the.income4 ix. (A laugh.) Happily for every proprietor of a breeches pocket Mr. Gladstone was unsuccessful in his attack. 1111 had read —no, he hoped all had not reid—the Chinese debate. He had the misfortune to listen to it for four nights. Lawyer after lawyer rose and confused a plain aid simple case into an ac ion of trover—ekgracefol to the House of Commons, he thought, but not very purzlimer he was sure, to the people, of this come try. There was a party called the peace party, and he solemnly believed in his heart that that party did more to bring on and continue the war with Russia than any set or body of men in this country. He had had the opportunity, through a f .iend, at the time the war with the Emperor o Russia was waging, and while discussions on the subject were gong on in the House of Commons, of seeing the speeches of two distinguished memb-re of that party translated into Russian. These spe-3ehas were delivered by Mr. Gladstone and by a man far before him, hecarete he had tendered gre at service to his country at a time woen the cause of free trade had to be batil, d for ; an(r much (lid he (Mr. Osborne) lament that Mr. Cob !en had takeo -this crotchet into his head. He knew from certain authority that so great an effect was produced on the mind of Nessehode by those speeches that tics Czar Nicholas p ;est - toned that we should never go to war, or, having gone to war, we should be glad to make peace on any terms. This more immedi ately conducted Lim to the conaideratien of what had caused this awful dissolution of Parliament. Now, what were the circumstances of this Chi- nese dissolution 1 Did any man there imagine that it was on account of what bad been justly termed the miserable affair of the Arrow ? NO, it was no% the Arrow of the C,,nton wat,ffe, but the archers tsitt 7 ng on the Ministerial side uf the house below the gangway, who aimed their a t tr u r . 3 at the Mijdaterial butt, h o pi ng t o bit th e of cgwe thlt had caused the di solntien. ("Ilt:ar," and .a laugh.) The bon fYentleman h-re went with .onie minuten ess i n t o the consideration of Vag China que,tiim, Once let foreign natii , r)s, and a specially the Chinesi.kee we were ready to 'dis own our at I enir 14 an 't _Arernors wt.o were on the spo t, and w:to were -heuref better able to judge of the einer;ency of the case than wt) in this a') —let them that aed En ,ladt. country—(h , hird-rate Power, virloile she would world sink to t never fi r „ - I ally man of character Svilliitg or a ,Li e t o serve her abroad. (Ch-trs.) A great run had been mat!e- &rJ. 3'-'w ing, 'ridif any man ever had oec ds ou o n ter the exdAniatHn, ". Save me fi om my ft i rids I" it was the G overnor of Hong Kong, t, os!e d that they, the people,c • who never deserted 'a men so long as he rem ame true and honest not b e I,J away by this out cry again s t Si r ' would J. Boweing. He knew him to be innont. He might be m'Staken in come of hi; views, but le knew him - ix) be conscientiou=, and so far from being inimical to China t h e complaints of the mer e han.s at H ong K ong had bet n that he bad been a gre l t deal too kind towards the Chinee and - too much disp?'scd to cultivate his original weiv3 (for he was secretary to the Peace Socte4) in carry,ng , on transactions with that pelfidions nation. So far was he from laving been a ravourite with Enulish merchants that they nianift s'ed a direct!y oiTosit s•s.ntiment. He now carne 'o the cloine4tic policy of tA4 country. $ e bad always, bef ire a s e 1-k 110 V, n society was organi,,ed, had a strung not ou of the neces.i - t3r of what was called Ad .n w lye rw— (cheers) --and he knew that her Maje.y's l res'ent Government long tefore i . that cry became tLe fashion wid -the hobb y o f th e dings were Wien up as much,. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E YEN 1 NG, MARCH 23, through faehion as were th© dresses of the Mies —had taken steps in furtherance of . such a re form. Lord Palmerston first originated adreini strative reform at the War-office—(hear, hear) — when he originated there the principle of selection for merit, and took men, not according to the con nections, which he had before alluded to, bat. fit their working and essential requisites for the offices they were to fill. In an humble way he had endea voured to imitate that example. Holding the posi tion be did, be found that patronage was not only irksome to refuse, but that the whole system was so unfair aid so disagreeable to the giver, while, if it was not disagreeable to the recipient, it must have caused him anything but satisfaction, that h pre vailed upon the Board of Admiralty to allow him to divest himself of that patronage; and he-challenged anyone to say that he had given him mere patron age. He claimed, therefore, to be something of an Administrative Reformer, for he had caused that patronage. to be - vested in the superintendents of dockyards, who, being naval men, had no preju dices—(oh)—or ought not to have. (Hear.) There were other minor questions which he had had the honour of assisting to carry what he bel;eved was a satisfactory solution. He thought it was right for them to recollect that Lord Paltnerst m was, or had been, the member of a Government which had agreed upon a Reform Bill, which, in consequence of that war which was provoked and carried on mainly through the instrumentality and speeches of the Peace party, Lord John Russell was obliged to abandon with tears its his eyes. They asked him, then, what he was going to do about reform, and he replied that he would take what he could get. He might have ideas which his friends in the Mi nistry thought were too fast, and which he himself thought would not probably be carried out in his time. He was not one of those people who had ever possessed any very exaggerated notions on the ballot ; he had never thought it a panacea for all the: evils which beset electors ; but 11;s reason for supporting it had been this— the con stituencies themselves ate the best judges. (Hear.) He had, he was sorry to say, liad opportu nity of seeing great intimidation and disgusting bribery. He was rather inclined to think the bal lot would not do all that was wished, yet he re garded it as the right thing, as the elec'or could not-be worse off than he was at present. ([Tear.) " How will you vote on Maynooth '?" he ha t heard some three or four gentlemen say. He answered plainly, that he would be no party to taking from .his Irish fellow-subjects that rniseralle 30,0001: a year which was voted thera. (Citcers.) He had no love for the political system of the Roman Ca tholic Church, but he had a great love for justice. lie could not see—ss he often did when he went to his parish church, which was a church cry . ng in the wilderness (for the congregation consisted of some 50 people)—next to that church, and before a priest of the Roman Catholic religion, in a chapel dilapidated and the people kne ling in . mud and puddle, a congregation of 800, without feelin ! something of the injustice we should be cemmitting by taking from the men of that persua, sion the miserable 30,0001. a year voted for May nooth. After expressing.his opinion in favour of the abolition of church-rates, he said—When Sir J. Walmsley moved his res elution that the Cryst il Palace should be opened on Sunday he opposed it, because he had no wish to see th's country resemble in its Sunday observances our friende across the waeer. We were a different people and of different habits. He did not mean to nibble at ore neigh bours ; they had beeu brought up differe.itly, and had imbibed a different set of principles on these subject. He was a supporter of her Majesty's pre sent Prime Minister, because he had seen that man, when deserted by his colleagues; and while the storm of war was raging and the eveet of the ciin test seemed doubtful, remain at his pest In t h e words of Lord J. Russell he (Mr. Osborne) said that Lord Palmerston was noI; the Minister of Austria, still less was he the Minister of China ; and, if Lord Palmerston remained at the helm, sure he was that .our foreign policy would be upheld with glory, and that the domestic policy of this country would be administered to the satisfactioa and happiness of the people. (Prolonged cheering.) One word more. This town hal late'y been made the subject of a bill introduced .in Parliament, called the Passing Tolls Bill. Now he had made hiinst if a little acquainted with the subject, and he was sure that if the First Lord of the Tie awry had administered the affairs of this country in the way the commissioners and wardens of Dover had ad ministered their affairs, the Government went I find it very difficult to put its expenditure on a level with the taxation. He found that the Harbour Commissioners were very much in debt, and that many gentlemen were in a meat fright in the anti eip ttion of'power they had enjoyed passing from them. It was not improbable he should have some , thing to say to this. If he did he would take care of one thing—he would see justice done, and would take care that if Dover did not rice to be a more considerable port than she wasat present, it should riot be for want of his exertion. i3ut, above all, he promised them, if he had anything to do with it, the debts should be discharged, and the accounts kept in a manner more creditable than it appeared they had been. (Cheers.) At the conclusion of Mr. Osborne's address the CHAIRMAN took the sense of the meeting as to whether, after th's exposition of his opinions, Mr. Osborne should still be asked to stall.! as a can ti date for the suffrages of the Liberal electors ? A forest of hands appeared in answer to this appeal, and the Chairman declared the decision of the meeting in favour of Mr. Osboine to be unani mous. Sir. W. RUSSELL then came f irward. He wts prepared to go with Mr. Osborne, who had just given them a clear and brilliant t,taternew of his political views and principles. In alino -t every point adverted to by Mr. Osborne 111 (Sir W. 11113• cell) agree I with him, and he shoukl be happy in attemptifts , to ride second horse to him. ("Hear," and a laugh.) Mr. B. OSBORNE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, wh'ch was secotackd by Sr W. RUSSELL. The CHAIRMAN briefly reipc)n•lea, and after a few words from the Rev. T. B. W. Binges, the meeting was brought to a conclu4ion. opinions of other sects. Ro should never attempt to pull down the church, but would try to promote ihe cause of civil and religious liberty. (Cheers.) Reso!utiolis of support were unanimously agreed to. STAFFORDSHIRE (SOUTH.) Messrs Mathews and Foley will, no doubt, be returned without opposition. SUNDERLAND. Mr. Hone has retired from the contest, and the candidates now before the electors are Mr. Hud son, Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. R. Walters. These three gentlemen have each addressed the electors. It is a coma.on es ion in Sunderland, and a circumstance not at all improbable, that Mr. Hud son Will bead tho poll, and that the contest for the sec9nd scat will be between Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Ralph Walt •rs. tumults, disorders, and violence whatsoever. And We strictly charge and command that this Our Royal Proclamation be duly published aE the Mar ket-Cross at Edinburgh, and in all the county towns of Scotland, ten days, at least, before the time hereby appointed for the meeting of the said Peers to proceed to such election. Witness Ourselves at Westminster, this twenty first day of March, onethousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Our reign. Gon save the QUEEN. THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMERS. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. GENTLEMEN—We think thet the present state of political affairs warrants our addressing you. We do so in the character of Administrative Reformers, and our purpose is to submit to your consideration observations upon your duties as electors at this very important period. We hope that our earliest desire to promote our country's welfare wilt prove, in your judgment, a sufficient justification of our presumption in taking this step. The Prime Min:star, by dissolving Parliament, has appealed to the public from the derision of the House of Commons. But the trial of this issue, however important, ought not to divert your minds from other and still graver considerations. The approaching elections will not merely deter mine whether the country approves of the policy of Lord Palmerston in the affair of Canton, but also will decide on the character of the Legislation and Government to which this country is to be subject for many years to come. If, in decid ing on the personal question, we forget or pass over the great interests of the nation, we shall commit a great error and do serious mischief. There is, however, great danger of our making this mistake. The public attention is on be present occasion so intently fixed upon the matter submitted to them by the Premier that all the great questions of policy upon which the welfare of this country depends seem likely to be neglec'ed ; and while the electors are anxious to determine the.question respecting Lord Palmerston's majority in the next [louse of Commons, they appear about to forget that in providing for that majority, thy may, perchance, send men to Parliameet who will oppose every improvement in our institutions, and frustrate for years the,hopes of Reformers of every class and character. The present are the circum stances most favourable to the plans of personal aggrandisement pursued by unscrupulous political adventurers. They find the public attention en grossed by one subject, and they hope th it going with public opinion upon that one point, they may pass without question over matters far more im portant. Under the guise of friends of the present Administration you may send to Parliament, as your re presentati ves, enemies to all reform, opponents of an extension of the suffrage, opponents of the bal lot, opponents of all improvement in the adminis tration of our navy and army, of the law, and of the mana4em nt of our internal affairs. This is a consideration worthy of the most serious regard, and we look with great apprehension upon the species of paroxysm into which the public mind has worke.l itself upon the present occasion. Our purpose is to endeavour to recall to the pub lic attention some of the matters which will seri ously aff-ct the well-being of the people, and upon which, if the people be wise, they will demand ef planations of all the candidates for their suffrages ; and we earnestly en'reat of our countrymen not to 1 • diverted from inquiring upon these matters, by any declarations, however vehement, in favour of any p articular men, or of any, particular adariuis trat i.on. The instrument of all reforms in our Government and Administration is the House of Commons The reform of tat house ought, therefore, to be placed, by all thorough reformers, in the very front of the r demadds The chief means to this desired end are—let, An extension of the suffrage ; 2dly, Protection for the voter in the shape of the ballot; and 3dly, A more equal arrangement of the elec toral disticts. Any man who evades giving an opinion upon these point, and who seeks to ward off inquiry respecting them, by any cajolery or declamation upon their use, and, by earnest decla ration of the support he intends to give the present Administration, is no true friend of the people, and ought to excite their distrust, and to bs met with opp Next in importance to reform in Parliament is the t',orough reform of all our administrative departments. In those department 4, as at pre sent constituted, there is corruption—there is jobbet y—reward is gained by favour and influence, and not by merit. The fitting man is not the man sought after and chosen ; but he is selec'ed to serve the public, who has the greatest numb( rof friends who can be useful. The consequence has been and is, that incompetence and blundering are evinced in all the operations of Government, and the people suffer because patronage reigns su preme. We bad experience of the working of this system during the late operations in the Crimea. Our army was b: ought to the brink of destruction by the officials which had to provide for it and direct itsoperetions,.and was only saved from ruin by the interference of the people and their representatives, who were made acquainted with the existing danger by the efforts of a press in all cases under the control of private individuals. So efficient was our official system of Administra tion for puruoses of mischief that the Government —that is, the leading ms:nbers thereof—were as ig norant of the. actual condition of things as the people themselves, and owed their first enlighten ment to that very press which conveyed the start ling intelligence grothheereplu, b t l h t e c. diffi Th cu is lty is a of sy w s o - tic en: which must be reformed. But as herein the fruits of corruption are at ing out teneficid changes is enormous. Vague de clarations in favour of Administrative Reform are very easy, and will be profusely made. But no man i who is lukewarm, no man who s not earnestly and thoroughly a Reformer, will ever be found an ef fective Minister of tint Reform. - foPursue undeviatingly this end, private inte rests must be forgotten, individual friendships must be passed over, party considerations must have no weight, the public weal must tilone be considered ; and he will be severely tried who honestly determines, and strictly adheres to his determination, to brave all the blandishments of power, the solicitations of private affection, and of party interests, and to follow only the public good in all matters connected with the nrina.ement of the country's affairs. The mere declaimer will not do this—be who foregoes his own . opinion to suit the taste of a constituency is juAt the man most likely to yield to the influences which, in support of jobbery and corruption, will beset him in public life. He who is pliant to a constitueucy is not likely to be the sturdy supporter of the popular cause in the strife of Parliament, nor steadily to resist the multitudinous seductions which beset the path of every man upon whom the people confer power by making him a representative. There is one thing more to which we desire to call your attention. To be an efficient representa tive, something more is required than merely to hold certain opinions. A high standard of moral worth and intellectual power is necessary for bim who desires effectively to perform the duties of a representative. The flippant declaimer, the noisy and fluent speaker of a hustings orat.o'n, does not, by his ready utterance and unblushieg auda city, thereby prove hima/lf to be worthy of the confidence of 'his countrymen. • If a man have proved himself by his past life to be diligent in the inquiry after knowledge ; if he have given proof of his moral worth ; if ho be a strict adherent to the cause of truth—he may be a worthy representative, though not possessed of the ready fluency of a practised debater, or the artful sophistry of a trained advocate Distrust, we beseech you, all who trust to the p)wer of corruption and bribery. Ho who buys you will sell you. Money employed to purchase your suffrages, is money employed for the p•irpose of obtaining a money return. A seat in Parlia ment bought from the people is almost invariably sold to the Minister. On behalf of the Council of the Administrative Reform Association, J. A. ROEBUCK, 15, Cannon-street, March, 1857. Chairman. 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For further particulars respect. in s Oil invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's a lvertisomout in another part of this paper. LL W INTELLIGENC g.—March 21. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. CommissionerPhillipm.) IN RE C. J. MATHEWS. -THE CASE OF MR. CHARLES MATHEWS. The rule in the case of Mr. C. Mathews, the comedian, to set aside part of his salary on the ground " that he was of ability to pay his credi tors," came cn for hearing, and attracted a good deal of not;ce. Mr. Sargood appliod to make the rule absolute, on the part of Mr, Alicroft, and Mr. Dowse showed cause for Mr. Mathews. The Jule alleged that Mr. Mathews had an an nual salary of 4,1601. from Air. E. T. Smith, -of Drury-lane Theatre, and that he was of ability to pay his debts under his insolvmcy last year, when he was discharged at Lancaster. Mr. DOWEIO said it was one of the boldest appli cations of his bold friend Mr. Sargood, and h 3 should show it was quite baseless. Mr. Sargood—That is not so bad as a " bass" application. Mr. Dowse would show that it was basele3s, having no foundation. Mr. Commissioner Phillips—And perhaps "leave not a wreck behind." (A. laugh.) Mr. Dowse contended that the rule was inopera tive, and that it could not be enforced under the 87th section of the act. Mr. Sargood referred to the case of Mr. Finial son, the government actuary, in which a simil+r application was made. There would no doubt be a difficulty to enforce the rule for execution, and the case he referred to was now in abeyance for an assignee. _ _ . Mr. Lewis (Lewis and Lewis), as attorney for Mr. Mathews, denied that the cases were similar. Mr. Fiulaison had a certain income, and Mr. Mathews only a weekly salary. After a discussion on the point of law, and Mr. Dowse having intimated that he had a full answer to the case, The Commissioner ordered the affidavits of Mr. Smith and Mr. Mathews to be read. Mr, Dowse proceeded to riad Mr. Smith's affi davit, which stated that Mr. Mathews had been un der an engagement top, rform at Drury-lane, which engagement expired by effiuxion of time on the 19th inst. That there was now no existing Contract between them or any person for them. That Mr. Mathews was never under a yearly engagernint with him. That Mr. Mathews was inflebted to him in 1,2001. and upwards for money paid by him as his surety, and otherwise on his account, and from which he was not relieved by his insolvency. That he never paid Mr. Mathews a sa!ary of 801. a week. That when under engagement, he paid Mr. Mathews out of the salary he was entitled to receive a sum of 201. only, the residue of such salary being devoted to the payment of his own and other debts, from which Mr. Mathews was not dischargd under his petition. Mr. Smith further stated, that had Mr. Alleroft made application to him as to the position of Mr. Mathews, he would have informed him of the sarre. Mr. Commissioner Phillips intimated that Mr. Smith's affidavit was a complete answer to the rule. Mr. Mathews's affidavit was required to be read, and he stated in a 1 , ng affidavit that he had re newed Mr. Allcroft's debt under his bankruptcy, which was th 3 pressot debt ; that by his exertions he had paid 2,00 C/. off 5,000/. of his Lyceum debts when arrested ; that he had only 201. a week on account of his salary, and when ill for six weeks did not receive it. Mr. Sargood complained that the affidavit of Mr. Mathews should not appear on the files of the court, as it was merely personal on Mr. Allcroft. A discussion arose on the subject, and the Com missioner required another affidavit from Mr. Mathews confining himself to the rule. Mr. Commissioner Phillips said the rule had been fully answerer], and when the affidavit was filed it would be discharged. M A NCHES ER On Saturday a numerous meeting of the electors of Manchester, requiait'onists of Lowe and Potter, was held in the Corn Exchange, wi:ea Mr. Alder man Nei!d, the chairmart, announced the w , th daawal of Mr. Lowe from the contest, and - called upon Mr. Heugh to explain the circumstances. Mr. HEUGH said they had sent a deptration tri London,' with a requisition bearing 4,000 signatures, which was nearly equal to the number which voe.. 1 for Captain Denman at the last election. When they met Mr. - Lowe, he expressed his anxiety to come down to - represent Manchester, but his fri culls at, Kidderiniuster had i•ent an urgent deputation to him, and he had felt hims if bound in honour to them, (nr. Wednesday evening last-, to declare that, if elected, he would sit for Kiiidermins‘ kr ; there fore he could not accede to the requisition. They were greatly surprised that Mr. Lowe, having given that pledge on Wednesday evening, did not give them earlierinf , ,rmation of li;s decision. In the present crisis of the country, considering that the feeling was in favour of the policy of protecting our commerce, it was the duty of Manchester to do what it could to defend that policy. Their .oppo news now appea-ed to have purchased the influeme of the Times, . and bad procured a leader to allow that Manchester ought. t..) support Mr. Bright. But in spite of Newall's-building=, and their trying to purchase Printing-house-square, Manchester would decide 'for the policy of Lord Palmerstoa, and would send to Parliament two Manchester man. (Applause.) There was one min I•re eat (Sir J. • Potter) who harl accepted their requisition—(che,er.) —and there was another man who had now con se.lted to comeforward and fight thisb title against the diet talon of the gentlemen at NewaTs-tmild ings, and against a coalition in the - House of C.Au mons in favour of the policy of Lord Palmerston, and that was Mr. &Ines Aspinall Turner. (Loud cheers.) Tile motion was put and ca'ried amidst vociferous cheering. Mr. TURNER then addressed tha in , !eting. He had no wish to intrude himself upon the Manches ter community, but they would naturilly wish to know s:methi IT about him. "Ho came into M in chester, in 1819, as poor a youth as any in th, towa ; but lie was of respectable family. His father had been insolvent, and he himself, after struggling iu vain - LA re7iieve the bmines., al-o became in- ol vent. He had since paid all his debts—(cluers)— and he had risen by honourable conduct and indus try. If it was the decided opinion Qf the maj-rity of the electois thwt the prezent members should b, reurn.ed again; he should not be ckswpointed ; but he believed they did not represent the feelings of the great majority of the electors. He and Sir John might be uudistinguished compared with Bright - and - Gibs:lr, but at all • events they knew as much of commerce as Mr. Gibson. Ile believed Mr. Bright wculd Le a reat loss to tie Hou le o f as lie had been always a det erm i nk d op - C r omunin s, post'. of every measure which tended to interfere with the liberty of the subject. He did nut think Mr, Gibson %, as a va!uable er. If he (Mr. Tamer) went to Parliament-, it would be with a their o sincere de-ire to do hi s d uty, to ,contribute to th e t r ro heariltdontohasduPdPLie. He had p-rogre;ls of as th iv r3 i co r. u ß , ';'wte,ye .4' b eets connected Zvi, h the frieads of p rogrvls Elo felt it would be considered a great object on :hat he and Sir AToln Putter wc-re both of the wane r&igion (Unitrratnisiri), .and that not a popu al ways respect the re li g i ous k ar ono; but ho vv,Juia WINCHESTER. Mr. Wyndham Portal, a brother of the late member and present candidate for North Hants, is a candidate f , r the city of Winchester. He says he will give an independent support to . Lord Palmer ston in maintaining the honour of the British flag. He is in favour of the extension of tha franchise, the ballot, and of the adjustment of the question of church rates, and for giving a Christian educa tion t• the p -op'e. GREENWICH.. Alderman Salomons has consented to become a c:indidatt. Committees to secure his return are f:rming in all parts of the borough. HANTS (NORTH.) Mr. Malley, a member of the Government, is invited to stand f.r this division. He will be sup ported by Lords Bolton and Portsmouth. LYMINGTON. Another cand'd de has started for the borough, in the person of Sir George Floyd Duckett, But., a Radical reformer. MIDDLESEX. Mr. Robert Hanhury, jun. (of the firm of Tru man, lianbury, Buxton, and Co.), has come for ward. as a Liberal candidate for the seat which Mr. Barnal 41borne leaves. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. Alderman Roso, of London,. is a candidate for this borough. He is a Liberal and Palmerstonian. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 'the adva , wed hbera's have brought forward P. Carstairs, E<q., of L)ndon, late of India. PORTSMOUTH. There is no doubt that Sir F. Baring and Lord Monck wi l be returned. PET ERSFIELD. Sir W. G. H. Julliffe, Bart., is likely to be op posPd. It Ills bet2n ascertained that the Lib:rars stand well oa the rol-,ister. SOUTIIWAR,K. The general opinio❑ of the borough appears to be teat Mr. Lock's re - urn is safe, awl that the return will be between Sir Chas. Napier and Mr. PeHatt. THE TIMES OF ELECTION. The time for proceeding to elections to open tiee and bonnie:his in England and Wales (the act does 11 )t extend to Scotland or Ireland) is fixed by' the 16th and 171 h Via., c. 68 (15th Augast, 1853). In counties, by the second section of this act, the elections are to take place not later than the 12th, nor sooner than the 6th, day after the sheriff's pro clamation ; and this proclamation is to be made by the sheriff iunmediwely, i.e., at latest within two days " art it the receipt of the writ." In boroughs, by the 31 section, the returning officer must " pro ceed to the election within six days after the re ceipt of the writ," and must "give three clear days' notice, at least, of the day of election, exclu sive of the day of proclamation and the day of elec lien." By the 15th and 16th Vic., c. 23 (17th June, 1852) ; it is enacted that Parliament, after a dissolution, may meet within 35 days after the date of the proclamation. Thus it appears that the new Parliament will assemble within five weeks from the issuing of the writs ; within a fortnight from the same period all the county elections in England and Wales must have terminated, and within a week all the borough elections. These limits do not apply to Scotland or Ireland ; but as Parlia ment as:_3mblea within 35 days from the thte of the pr , )clatmiticn, all Scotch and Irish elections must have terminWed t , efore the exp'ration of that t me. I.4SSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. (From a Supigement to the London Gazt:ts of Friday, March 20.) [Tho following appeared in our late edition of Saturday evening By the QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. Kr D:s.i.olving the present Parliament and De- Glaring the Calling of another. VICTORIA, R—Whereas - We have thought fit, by and with the advice or Our Privy Council, to dissolve this present Parliament, which was this day prorogue I and sands prorogued to Thursday, the th;rtieth day of April next : We do for that end publish this Our Royal Proclamation, and do here by dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for shires and burghs, of the House of Commons, aro discharged from their meeting and attendance on the said Thursday, the thirtieth day of April next : and We, bving desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet Our people, and to have their ad vice in Parliament, do hereby make known to all Our loving subjects Our Royal will and pleasure to call a new Parliament : and do further hereby de clare, that, with the advice of Our Privy Council, We have given order that Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom called Great Britain, and Our Chancelor of Ireland, do, respectively, upon notice thereof, forthwith issue out writs in due form, and according to law, for calling a new Par liament : and We do hereby also, by this Our Royal Proclamation under Our Great Seal of Our Unit ad Kingdom, require writs forthwith to be issued accord:ugly by Our said Chancellors respec tively, for causing the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral and Commons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to be duly returned to, and give their atheidatlce in, Our said Parliament ; which writs are to be returnable on Thursday, the thiri;ieth day of April next. Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-fiat day of March, in the year of our . Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven, and in the twentieth year of Our reign. GOD save the QUEF.T. By tho QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. In order to the Electing and Summoning th• teen Peers of Scotland. VICTORIA, R.—Whereas We have in Our Coun cil thought fit to de;lare Our pleasure for summon ing and holding a Parliament in Our United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, on Thursday the thirti.th day of April next ensuing the date hereof ; in order, therefore, to the electing and summoning the Sixteen Peers of Scotland, who are to sit in tie lloase of Peers in the said Parliament, We do, by the advice of Our Privy Council, issue forth this Our Royal Proclamation, , strictly charg indatid commanding all the Peers otScotland to msemb'e and mee t at Holyrood-house, in Edinburgh on Tuesday the font teenih day of April next, be tween the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon to nominate and choose the Sixteen Peers, to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the said ensuing Parliament, by open election and plurality of voices of the Peers that shall be'then present, and of the proxies of such as shall be absent (such proxies be. ing Peers, and producing a mandate in writing, duly signed before witnesses, and both the con stituent and proxy being qualified according to law), and the Lord Clerk Register, or such two of the Principal Clerks of the Session as shall to ap poitited by him to officiate in his name, are herel y respe3tive'y required to attend such meeting, and to admini-tor the oaths required by law to be taken there by the said Peers, and to t tke their votes ; and immediately after such election made and duly examined, to certify the names of the Sixteen Peers se elected, and to sign and attest the same in the presence of the said Peers the electors, and retain such certificate into Our High Court of Chance - 1y of Great Britain. And We do, by this Our Royal Proclamatiou, strictly command and require the Provost of Edinburgh, and all the other Magistra c s of the sa'd city, to take especial care to pre serve the peace thereof during the time of the sa d ct . on, aid to prevent all 'manner of riots, ASSIZE IN IT I LIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, MAROS 21. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Channel].) Mary Anne Miles, 30, a forbidding-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male illegitimati Mr. Charnock, who appeared for the prisoner, said he could not attempt to struggle against a con victionfor concealing the birth of the child. The jury accordingly found the prisoner guilty of that offence. Eliza, Brooker, 23, was also charged with the wilful murder of her female iilegitimite child. The jury acquitted the prisoner of murder, but found her guilty of concealing the birth of the child. She wa3 at once called up for judgment, and his lordship said that seeing she had already been in prison since the month of October, the sentence upon her would be three months' imprisonment and hard labour. The other prisoner, Mary Anne Miles, was sentenced. to nine months' hard labour. It ap paars that she was convicted seven years ago for a similar offence, and sentenced to four months' im prisonment. Both courts rose to-day at 3 o'clock. POLICE INTELLIOENOIt—March 21. GUILDHALL.--E. D uckworth, omnibus driver, No. 7,802, bearing the name of "John Kincaid" as the proprietor, was summoned before Alderman Cubitt for loitering in the crossing at the end of Prince's-street by the Bank. The stated that the defendant followed very closely another omnibus plying on the same road, and it was in endeavouring to push in on bin wrong side, to prevent the other oin.nibus taking up any passengers, that the delay was occasioned. A gentleman in the habit of travelling. in the other omnibus attende I before the magistrate fir the purpose of drawing publi c attention to the un fair attempt resorted to by the London General Omnibus Company, or others in their behalf, to prevent those proprietors who are independent of them from running omnibuses upon theirlines of road, and so to ob'ain a monopoly for themselves. He further stated that three omnibuses had been started by different, proprietors, and run to and from Hornsey-road and Highbury and .London bridge Station, and the one referred to as preced ing the defendant's was one of them. The.defeml ant'a omnibus was put on to run against the other, to follow •it wherever it went, and never to lose sight of it. This had been carried out to such an extent that if the driver of the other omnibus put up at the stables in the City, after completing his morning journey, the defendant did the same, and waited to accompany him back, in the afternoon, or whatever time he might start. Alderman Cubitt asked Mr. Woodford, Who represented the proprietor of the defend int's omni bus, if it was the property of the company, or if they exercised any influence over it in any way. Mr. Woodford said the company did not in.er fere with this omnibus, or recognise it as their pro perty at all. Alderman Cubitt said that was no answer to hie question, but of course he could not decide such a matter. However, the London General Omnibus Company must take iG as a warning, and if this reilly was their omnibus he would recommend them to discontinue the unfair practice complained of. As the defendant had not been summoned be fore, and'had been civil to the police, he woo d nut fine him beyond requiring him to pay the cos's. The costs were accordingly pail. BO W-STREE r. --HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—Mary Beckett, dirty, ragged woman of about:4s years of age, was charged with skinning c its alive. It appears that this horrible practice has of lat e w been very much on the incre e, as is shown by the number of skinned cats found every morning in the areas and cellars of back sine's. The prisoner, who had long been suspectel, was watched on Sa turday m caning last, ahout 5 o'clock, by a coster mrmger n airiest Witham Payne, who saw h er s t oop down and. thrust two skinned cats under the fl ap o f a cellar. He then went for a policemen and gave her into cmstody. At first she den'ed what s h e h a d been dolt tg, but afterwards admitted it. Upon the bodies of the cats being taken up they w ere f oun d to be quite warm and quivering. On examining the carcissos, a mark of a spke was found at the back of thi head of each CA', the u sua l mo d e of performing this horrible operation being to fix till head of the animal to a spike, by which it is half stunned, vrhen the skin is removed. Iu answer to questious. put by the magistrate it was stated that the value of a cat's skin, wh en t a k en f rom th e living a a mal, is 2s. 2d. ; otherwise they are not t.o valuably 1, as the fur loses its gl.ss. Mr. Henry said it was a mo st b ar b arous an d atroaciov s act, and he should inflict the highest penalty ha could, which was three months' impri sonment, - with hard labour. MARY) I.EBONE. Charles Seymour, an ill looking Ina .0 was brought before Mr. Long, charged with the A dowing scandalous outrage upon Emily, his wife, s respectably-dressed woman, about 0.5 years of ag 3. Complai aant deposed that in consequence of the prisoner's continued ill-treatment she, of Monday, left him, a . , nd sought the protection of her father, living at to White Lion stables, Edgeware-road. On the pr svious evening she was pa-sing along the New-roar I, near High-street, when the prisoner flew at her an( I- struck her with great violence on the eye. She screa Wed Qiit as loud as ohe could for assistance, 1857. tuid immediately afterwards hailed a cab. She got into it, when the prisoner fonowed her, and also struck and kicked her in the vehicle, in addi tion to which he tore of her bonnet and fs awl, and threw them into the road. He then alighted, and after jumping upon the articles, saying that they were bought.with his money, he ran off. Thorn as Walden corroborated the above evidence, and complainant's mother-in-law also spoke as to the prisoner's frequent assaults upon his wife. Police-consialde 399 A stated that hearing cries of "Murder," he stopped the prisoner, who was running at the top of his speed, when he (prisoner) told him that his wife was continually annoying him, and that she was living with another man. The pr:soner, who depied having acted with so much violence as had been sworn to, and said that his wife struck him first,• was sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for two months. He was then looked up. THAMES.—Win. Hall, 40, day watchman in the employ of the East an , l West India Dock Com pany, was charged with stealing rum, the property of his employers. The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned and kept tl hard labour for six months. THE OPERATIONS AT CANTON. "Further Papers" relative to the proceedings of her Majesty's naval forces at Canton were laid be-, fore the late Parliament a few days ago, and pub lished on Saturday. The correspondence, as may be supposed; relates exclusively t) the details of the operations of the English forces at the-seat of war. , The most remarkable paper is a "notice" (purporting to be) issued by the whole district of Sing-an (San-on), peremptorily prohibiting the supply of provisions to the " English barbarians." This document is a precious specimen of- the friendly disposi'ion of the Chinese towards uq, and of the mercy and loving kindness which may reason ably be expected at their hands. T o preamble, so to speak, of the "notice" recites that "the English outlaws, running riot iu rebellion and bearing them selves contumaciously and insolently to China, had for a series of years commUted more crimes than hairs can be plucked from the head to number ;" yet notwitlistauding heir •unliarable insolence, the Cilinese Government was mercifully pleased, when they trea ea for pe to extend to them " extra ordinary favour, to forgive them their I. ast offences, And to allow thenali trade at Victoria and other parts of Hong Kong." Instead of repenting (as it beho - Ved them) of their faults, "a heart of mischief lay within (the English) :" " their cupidity was insatiable." After sundry accu , ations of outrage and violence, the culminating offence of the Eng lish,—the at af•-k on Canton, is denounced ; "rude as the boar, and eager as the wolf, they , have pushed theifrebellion far." The high autho rities of China, however, were still liberal and in dulgent. auin a kChristian spirit, *fused to re taliate, until at len g th " the brute nature" of the English, waxing more and more ferocious and per verse, they ventured the length of scaling the walls and entering the city. "They are a poison to life. Their climes have reached the highest point." Ac cordingly, a meeting of the gentry and literati of the whole district was convened on the 11th of December, at which the supply of food was strictly prohibited. , But the religious proselytism of the English is the last feather that breaks the back of the overburdened Chinese camel. "Among their simple youth are some who have been tricked by the devils into a profession of Coristianty, to the rirsle tding of mankind, the delusion of the people, and the great injury - of morals. No time must be lost iu burning their heterodox books and driving out both teacher and disciples." The final in fer,,nce from all these premises is that " the Eng lish devils must be starved," and " the cause of the people's misery cut off" before the patriotic spirits of China can rest. The notice of which this is a brief abstract is the work of a Tsinsze, or doctorial graduat Naval and littilitaly intelligence. Some interesting experiments have been made at Chat ham iu the prescnoe of the officers of the Royal Engi ne-re, under the sanction of the Secretary of State for War, for the purpose of testing the merits of an invention submitted to Lord Panmure, which, it was consideree, would have the effect of giving an increased effect to the charges of gunpowdei used in the sapping and mining operations carried on by the men of the Royal Engineers at Chatham. A strong box was proposed to be ma-fe capaWe of containing a charge of 151 b. weight of gm - powder ; one side of this box, which was atlowed to re main open, was placed in the oidinary manner a4ainst a large beam of tim )er, intended to represent a stockade. On the charge big ignited by means of the voltaic bat tery, the beam was blown to a distar.ce of 15 feet. An other box was then made, to contain the same . .aright of gunpowder, but firmly closed on all sides; the effect of the explosion in this instance was to send the balk of timber a few inches over 15 feet. A third experiment was t'aeo m ide with a box of the same size, and filled with the same weight of gunpowder used for tie former charges, but in this instance a portion of the box was covered with sandbags, placed at the sides, for the pur pose of acting as a resistance to the gunpowder in that direction, the principle being the same as that hitherto adopted in the Royal Engineers. • On the powder being fired the charge blew the beam of timber to the distance of 50 feet, thus proving the superiority of the methods practised by the Sappers and Miners. The results of the experiments were considered very satis factory to the Engineer-officers. The launch of the Renown, 91, will take place at Chat ham on Saturday afternoon next. Merey, 40, is commenced on the 7th, or new, slip. The following are her principal dimensions, viz.:— Length bet Ween ptrpendioulars 300 ft oin. Breadth, extreme Depth in hold l9 10 Burden Horse-power, 1,000 3,726 70 94 tons. Her Majesty's ship Niger, Captain the lion. A. A. Cochrane, on ti e 13th of November was the flagship of the Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Sir M. Seymour, at Canton, where she hal recently-arrived from Singapore tit Lsbuau and Manilla. On her pas Sage to Cart in dui was struck by a sudden squall off the coast of Borneo, which carried au , ay.her mainmast. Toe Duke of Wellington, 131, captain Caldwell, C. 8., fl g of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., is ordered into Portsmouth harbour to be paid off. • Nimrod, 6, screw do patch gun vessel, Commander Roderick Dew, armed with two 68-pounders and four 'short 32-pounders (little better than carronades), will be ready for sea by Wednesday next, and await her final in-tructions before leaving for China. It is to be re gretted that she is not furnished with. two additional 63- pounders instead of the ustlets 32's ; a couple or fi.ur brass 24-pounders or braes howitzers woutd answer all purposes for close qui. rthr , and be also available for shore service. Dy the . sitatli of Vice-Admiral. Sir Joshua Ricketts Ro a ley, Bart., noticed in The Sun of Saturday, the fol lowing promotions tr.ke place 0., the Flag List :—Rear- Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Sullivan, Bar,-., to be Vic -Admiral of the Blue Rear-Admiral of the Wbite the Hon. Sir Richnri Saunders Dunda.q, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Elinry Smith; C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White`; Captain Henry pandas Trotter, Commodore Command ing the squadron on the Cape of Good Hope station, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. _ - The freightship Norman Morrison has gone up to Deptford from Woolwich to discharge naval stores from Bermuda. The iron screw steam storeship Industry, Master ComMander Hodges, aailed from Woolwich on Saturday, In charge of Mr. Barnes, the dockyard pilot, laden with boilers and steam gear, for the western yards.. The gunboats fitting at Woolwich for the Chinese expedition are nearly completed. The majority of the officers and the allotted number of matinee are ap pointed to the whole of the vessels. Terror, 14, floatng battery, returned to Sheerness froth her late trial trip on Saturday, about 10 a.m., and acchored at the dockyard moorings. Captain Edward Pe''e v Heisted, of the steam reserve, with Mr. J. H. Langley, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. En wood, accommied her; we hear foreman shipwright afloat, the trial upon the whole was most satisfac'ory, and they got about five knots, an hour out of her in spite of the boisterous state of the weather ; her steering qualities have also proved far better than could be r xpectect, con sidering her build and subsequent dead water in which the rudder has to act ; but she will make another trial when the weather is more propitious to ascertain her precise speed. She ran in a gale of wind from the east ward, and appeared more buoyant than could be ex pected, considering her enormous weight. The foil )wing appointments have been made :—Cotn- ' mender A. Little, .to the Melville ; Commander J R. Hoed, continued to the Belleisle ; Lieut. A. R. Tinklan; to the Belieisle ; Lieut. Win. Codrington, to the Ajax ; Lieut. G. S. B isat.quet, to the Melville ; Lieut. H. L. A., L. Maitland, to the Waterloo ; C, Alder, Midship man, to the Furious; W. A. S. Snait , ., Staff Surgeon, to the hospital, Hoag Kong ; R.. J. C. Grant, Second Master, to the Hogue ; A. J. Barrington, Second Mas ter, to the Banterer; C. E. H. Farraiit, Second Master , to the Blenheim ; H D. Walker, Master's-Assistant, to the Himalaya ; T. N. Bridges, Master's• Assistan t, to the Furious ; M. S. Grey, Master's-Assistant, to the Porcupine ; F. C. H. Petch, Ma.ster'e-Assistant, to the Volcano ; S. J. Spark, Paymaster, to the BrUetsle ; B. J. Bennett, Paymaster, to the Melville ; J. W. R. B. Galsworthy,Cork, to the Victory; to the Melvilo ;J. Caa(nhers, N. l to theiasßseellif Clerk, Clerk, eisle. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--Jano Hallett, of Whitty Head, near Netherbury, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several wounds, s'i that she was livable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions,F ri Friend, d u but without obt ainin g a cure. By the blessing God and using only t hree p ots of Poor m au R and taking three Poor hieeb Maus oxes of pill2,she was p er f ect l y cured. Dr. Friend, for wounds and erup tions of every desc ri p tion, is sold in pots, is. 10. and 2s. 9.1. each. His P ilulse A ntiscrophulm, for all im• purities irf the bloods is sold in bo xes, l a. l i d., 2s. 9d., 44. 6,1., 11.8., -and , 22s.,.eacb, by all medici ne ven d iri throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. Country rilarkets. lIADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MAncn 20. WHEAT. I BARLEY I OATS. 1 SNAI , S. First 623 Od. 503 Od 353 Od I 48s Od Second 42s 9d 1 403 101 } 283 lid j 383 9d Third 34s Od I 28s Od I 223 01 1 318 Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 409 qrs., 360 sold „ „ barley „ 386 qrs., 328 sold IP , oats •1 153 qrs., 115 19 sold 4 ' o i d ~ . beans ~ AVERAGES PER IMPrRIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 2 9 0-12th, I Barley, ...V. 010 9-12ths Oats, ... 11. 811 0-12ths 1 Beans,'..... 11. 18 9 9-12 tbs DALKETTH GRAIN MARKET-11.1A.Ecu 20. Qrs. Best. Current. Infetior 319 Wheat 59s (k 1 38a 6id 3- 0 4 542 Oats 34s On 2ss 7bd ..... 20, 03 l 236 Barley 46s On 37s 01 - 86 Peas & beaus 52s On 36s 9id 3O - Oa ABERDEEN-MAROII 20. Potato oats 21s Od to 228 o Od I 401bs per bush el Common oats 20s Od to 21s .1 j Bere ni Od to 35.. Od 1 " its Barley 328 Od to 358 otl f "w s Wheat, red (spring)33B Od to 37s Od 1 621bs ' , white 338 Od to 45s Od j Oatmeal 178 3d to 18s 61 per boll. Flour 47s Od to 4Ss Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. 1 2 1 I Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Buttor, plb. is 01 to - s 9 1 Mutton, per lb sd to &I Eggs, p doz. Os 7d to ~ Lamb, do., Os Od to On 0 1 1 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 33 '2; Veal, per lb ... rd to is 01 I Chickens,do.2s Od to 2 , !I Pork, per 11)...03 6d to Os Od Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2 8 i v , Salmon, per lb ......0s to Os Ducklings,doOs Od t.., 0 v i Grouse, per brace Os to Os 1 Turkeys, each 4s Od to 3, Tallow, p stone, Os to 100 61 Potatoes, per pock, 9 , 1 14 ' 1 ißabbits, each 3d to 4d. to 104 8 Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 10;)8 6d t° ° Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. 2a F10ur,141b....08 Od to 2s Fd Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 28 „ d Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d ~ dust, ..... O s to 03 1 7 1 Beretueal —.Os Od to is 10d , per lb 2d to 2 11 Peasemoal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sid ' s, ........................... - ' Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6ct 4-lb. 10af...7d. I 2-lb. 10af...30. DUBLIN, MARCH 20. We had an exceedingly slow market at our corn exchang. this morning. The supply of native wheat very d limite ; prices without alteration. Oats dull, and l o wer qualities the turn cheaper. Barley firm. No change in value of oatmeal, foreign wheat, or Indian corn. White wheat, 31s 01 to 34s 01; red ditto, 29s Od to 32g . 01 ditto new, —a; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ; gri n • ing, 15s to 203 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, nevi, is , 01 to 153 03 ; oatmeal, 133 to 14s 6d; bere, new, 16s to 01; r3pese d, 303 Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, Aut. 6 , 1 to 253 01 per cwt; IntAian corn, 31s 01 to 373 0 4 P e 480 lbs. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR. THE WEEK Miles o?ened. NAME OF RAILWAY. 1856 1857. 1867 • BEMIRE. X ' 115 Aberdeen —, 91 5 37 Belfast and Ballymena • • 1,1 4 7 17 Belfast and County Down.. • 1 ' 97 9 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2 , 064 28 % Bolton Blackburn, and West York .... 5 ,546 117 Bristol and Exeter ...... •••• •• ,„, 9 ILO 198% Caledonian 010 •••• • • • •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 0 .. 4,33 1 94 1 ,E Chester and H01yhead,............... 5,063 .114 6 34 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... 149 2 40 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • 244 955 56 Dublin and Belfast J unction 1,01 0 1 ; 4 9 6 3 Dublin and Dr0gheda ................ • 4 3 12 g 92 40 1 ,4 Dublin and Kingstown 83 ' 52 9 16% Dundee and Arbroath .......... 490 ,46 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 871 - 396 36 Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • . • • .... 41 ' 885 67% East Anglian •• •• 00000 •.•••• • .. 1. 010 A, 600 93 East Lancashire 6,109 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk •• .. 22,88 6 26 ' 752 Eastern Union•• •• • • •••• • - 3 0 ,14 1 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow o .. • • .... 3 ,83 128 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee...... 5 ,336 ' 6 Exeter and Cre- ••••• • •• ••• •• 22 Furness Railwa y ton • • • ••..• • .. • .• •• 393 5463" 183% Glasgow, and South-Western.. • ... 629 5 00, 684 283 Great Northern..• . • 2 1,394 •• . 35 9 203% Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,b8 1 24 028 452 Great Western .... •. • • „„ „ „ 24,451 , 25( Irish South Eastern •• .• • • 9 '2? 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •'•"."; 286% Lancashire and Yorkshire •..• — 3 Leeds Northern .. • • .............. • • . 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.. • • 34,93. 637 London and North Western ..... • 1, 56,61! 1,181 5% London and Blackw all .• .......... 15 ' 10,29 3 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 10,622 43,416 277 London and South Western. •• • • .... 12 . 674 64 2 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••• •• •• 709 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 8,610 173 % qauchester, Sheffield, end Lincolnshire 9, 7, 679 9 34 Manchester and South Junction .. .• 021 969 28 Meryport and Carlisle .......... •• .• 505 Midland ..... • • •• •• •• •• •••• • ' I'7 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • ' 52 Monklands .................• •• •• • • 78% Newcastle and Car1i51e.........• .• 757 4,693 149 North British • ..... ••••.• • • • ....... 4 0 6 613 233 North Staffordshire •• •• .• •• •• •• • 7,027 ', T o 47 North-Western 731 8 7% Scottish Central .• •• •• •• ............ 239'940759 2016: 32 Scottish Midland • •• •••• •• •• •• 1,47 3 29 % Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •... 3,564 2 40 3 48 shrewsbary and Chester .......... 2,580 . 62 .; 30 Shropshire Union .. • • •• •• •• 753 ‘ , so 37% south Devon •• .................. 2,168 2,0 t . 0 301 South Eastern •••• .• •• „. 14,484 14. 3 2 1 171% South Wales 6,192 5,7 ,,3 103 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 2,734 1 . 14 3 39 Taff Vale •••••••e•••••••••• •• •• •• •• 4,694 ?•, 45 3 36 Ulster. •• •• ••••••••-••.• • • •• •• • • •• 1. 8 2, 1 1 '025 77 Waterford and Limerick ............ I . l = 57 9 2734 West Cornwall • •• 332 12 Whitehaven Junction • • •• •• 424 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland Sc Leedi.. IFORZION. 1. 766 109 Dutch Rhenish •. •. • 2,2 45 _- 344 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 63 Montereau and Troyes Namur and Liege ..,..........• •• •-• 445 Northern of France ................ Orleans and Central .. - ..•••• 87 Paris and Lyons .... •••• •• ..... Paris and Bonen. •• .• ..•• • • •• •• •• 66 Paris and Strasburgh ..........., Rouen and Uavre•..... ..... • .. Western of France • r A a. LDVERTISEISENT.]-11olloway's Vii ntment ,d— -cured a Wound in the Leg of Eleven Years' st eal " . to Mr. Welch, Chemist, of Brighton, states, in a letter Professor Holloway, dated Sept. 6, 1855, that hol Catherine Hudson, of Cavendish-place, in that tolso)0,1 been suffering for eleven years from an ulcerous w- - ib t in the leg, for which she had been und e r treatroen".,o the London and Brighton DispenAaries, but derive d I r a , benefit therefrom. The application, however, of 1113°,0 way's ointment and the use of Holiovrafu P alls doll effected a perfect cure.—Sold by a'l medicine T o to . throughout the world ; at Professor rfollovray 0 la p s, b'ishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, M . aid G e° n -idl - e i, New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Smyrna E. Muir, Malta. IADVERTIBAMANT.I SIOtIT AND HEARING} SPI C L Toe Povraarra, TELESCOPES, OPERA, Rica, aim P 1131 ' 8 ":11110' GLASSIS3.—Messrs. S. and B. S o l onions , opticians! .), . no tei marie-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the Y rk -i ted By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for Isa u r u ,..;l sea extraordinary improvements in the most Poi r u r " - ref' and brilliant Telescopes , Camp, Racecourse, opera, spective Glasses. These telescope possess dinary powers that some three and a-half inche s, 00 0, an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's %les Saturn's ring, and ;he double stars. With the saV .01 0 , cope can be seen a person's countenance three nal' es ' re of half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. pier 16- 0, larger and all sizes, with increasing powers according l 9 o o,l l , R 3yal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented,v° o l o such powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by - s pot a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant; they }D every purpose on the race-course, and at the opert'„ifeil• countryt rase-comae, cryt aor sportsmen, rseescenery,neginvaluable ecamp,nt o 2 nfr and shipsrd g s h ooting, are k clearly de e r B s t e a n at n g y o t oc. i h u t u - ge , ro t; p r e u rs e pe e c e t p iv er e s, glu an s d es :o w u i n th s wo o ..fmi erfu t, power. Newly-constrzned Spectacle Dania of the- l ri ice d est transparent pow er . Th e va l ua bl e advantage e ; i i I from this. invention is that vision becoming jolt,' itr ° preserved and strengthened, and very aged Pors°„:00014 enabled to employ their sight at the most pation—can see with these lenses of a much less wZ o geS ing power—and they do not require the ,frequen t to the dangerous effects of further powerful 0 81 °.. o r Deafness. New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator' l " - t for traorciivary powerful, small, newly-invented instrutoen deafness, entirely different from all others, to eurPass,„,:b., thing of the kind that has been, or probably aver t per . produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is o hurc h oeptible ; it enables deaf persens'to hear distinctly and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation Iraths noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it afford s ,asistance that possibly could be desired,-39, street, Piecadilly. Observe—opposite the York flute' BIRTHS. OF A SON. _ On the 20th inst , at the QUeOll'S-TOAd, Peckham, the w igs of Mr.the G. H. Burnand. TT eori On 19th last at 23, Hill-street, the Iron. Mrs; Wentworth Foley. ER. - oa r gt:e Lower llBD i k A B i u T n ar t s uee' r q . t 0 wo o n n n., t tt h hh o ee 2 2 73 0 i t t f he ti oi i nf ias sGt t . -crescent, the Till."' of Charles C. Macfarland, Esq. , MARRIED. s° hore On the 19th inst., at St. Pan cras Ch urc h, Robert w h tet L2,ndells, Esq., to Elizabeth Ann Rodwell, y of the late George Herbert Rodwell. h JO IE. On the 17th inst., at St. P au l' s C hurc h , Edinburg,--3 c 0 I , ' William Baillie, E sq . , younger of Culter Alleys, Edinbur g Wilhelmina, daughter of J o h n R ona ld, E s q., solicitor the Supreao Court s o f S cot l an d . oungest clang DIED. Ed O w n in th ß e clo 2 k O e th r m ind., at 2, Shaftesbury Villas, gonivgt°°' arsh, Esq., sureon, aged 3. On the 19th inet , Captain Jo g hn S. Terry, o of the Ballot* aged 61. 0 .. 1 0 1 On the 18th inst., at Harleyford-road, Vauxha l l `""-- Bilby Hatton, Esq., aged - 79. At 50, Strand, Mr. David Crichton, aged 63. Te nt, On the 17th isst., at East - Wickham-road, Wel lin g , Mrs. Sarah Baldwi, aged 74. On the 12th inst at Coblentz-on-the-Rhino, Edmund ton, Esq., of Kildale and Upsall, Yorkshire, aged 61 . cn i o rs• On the 11th inst., at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Mo. Commander,.N M ., aged 71. On the 20th i n s t., r. James A. Holmes, of Le:o° 34 Kent, aged 37. oot On the 20th inst. at Woolwich Elizabeth, the y on loos' daughter of Dr. Halahan, ' Deputy-Inspector-General of pitals, Royal Artillery. LONDON : Printed and Pnb.lighecl by MURDO Y °lll4 /.10: of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oita ), .1 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the °°l/- of Middiceez Monday, March 23, 185?. 1,47 5 2, 0 ! 2, 2 5 0 14. 2 '2 ° 1 i: 54 " 3 7 33 1, 4 ", 1,02' 57 9 333