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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YEsTEEDAy.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. _ _ _ TESTAMENTARY AND DIVORCE BILL. In reply to a question from Lord LYNDHURST, The Lord CHANCELLOR. said if it was the wish of their lordships that the discussion on these two bills should be taken separately, instead of proceeding with the two bills on Monday next, he should offer no objection to such a course. ne would therefore fix this day week for the second reading of the Divorce Bill. The arrangements for discussing the bills together had been made to meet the convenience of Lord St. Leonard's. ST. JAMES'S PARK. The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice that on Friday he should call the attention of their lordships to the works now going on in St. James's-pack. THE CIVIL SERVICE. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII presented a petition from the civil servants of the Crown at GI mcester, complaining of the present system of granting superannuation allowances, and praying that they should receive much more pay. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from the civil servants of the Crown employed at Stirling to • the same effect. LAW OF LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL moved that thepetitions presented last session in favour of an alteration in the law of libel, be referred to the select committee appointed in the pre sent cession to consider the subj , .ct. LAW OF DIVORCE. The Bishop of OXFORD trusted the noble and learned lord would fix a later day then Tuesday next for the second reading of this bill. The bill was not yet pre sented, and would not be in the hands of their lord ships till Wednesday next. It was a subject in which several reverend prelates took a deep interest, and under these circumstances he hoped his suggestion would be assented to. The LOltD CHANCELLOR said that, considering the discussion that had alrealy taken place on the prin ciple of the bill on a former occasion, he thought it was unreasonable to ask him to delay proceeding with the bill. The measure, with very slight, but be must say important, alterations, was the same as the one of the last session. After a short discnssioh, in which Lord Campbell and Lord Lyndhurst took part, the sulject dropped. THE POISONINGS IN CHINA. The Earl of CARNARVON mire to inquire into the truth Of certain statements contained in the China Mail of the sth February last, respecting the confinement of Chinese prisoners at ,Hong Kong, and to move for any papers connected with the subject, and also with WI trial of a baker and others on the Charge of poisoning. The noble lord proceeded to detail at length the cruelties that had been inflicted on the 42 Chinese prisoners, who had been confined in a place of the most horrible description, being only 16 teet by 5, in addition to which they were kept without food until they were nearly starved to death. Such a mode of treatment he thought at variance with every principle of humanity, and one calculated to increase the feelings of bitterness which at present existed. The speech of the Attorney-General at the trial of the pri soners he also characteriued as most harsh and unfair. The Earlef HARROWBVIsaid he was not prepared to de'end the speech of the Attorney-Generalat Hong Kong aslhe bad not even seen it. It should be recollected that the circumstances connected with those prisoners were those of great excitement. The English law was generally administered with a calmness against prisoners, which had always called forth admiration from foreigners. He denied the truth of the informa tion on which the noble I)rd had founded his motion. if the prisoners hal been confined in a place of the size mentioned by the noble earl, it was impossible they could have survived throughout the night. Instructions had been rent ont to the Briti,h authorities on the sub ject, and an inquiry into the subjrc ordered. The Earl of MAIMESEU ItY said his noble friend lad carefully abstained from attacking any party in relation to these transact!ons. He merely confined himself to wiking the Government a question. His noble friend had his right as a peer of the realm to move for those papers, andhe was painfully justified in maluog the statement he had made in doing so. He trusted the inquiry that had been ordered would be of the moat searching de em ipti on. After a few words from the Earl of ELLENBOBOUGH, the papers were ordered. Their lordships' then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTrapAy.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock, when the swearing in of members was proceeded with. Ainonast theta were the following :—Major Sibthorp, L'ird Naas, Col. Lowther, Mr. G. H. Moore, Mr. Mon gol!, Mr. H. Johnson, Major S. Wortley, Mr. Magan, Mr. H. Vivian. The Sheriffs of Landon, Messrs. Mechi and Keates, appeared at the bar of th , -, house, and presented a peti tion from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common C.,uncil, praying► f..r the abolition of the abjuration oath required from meu►hrrs of Parliament. PRIVATE BILL. The Bedale and I,37burn Railway Bill was ordered for a third reading. THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Lord CASTLERO3SE, o.)inptroller of the House hold, appeared at the bar of thA holm with her Ma• ,j• sty's gracious reply to the Address, which was as fo!. lo.s:-- " I have rtclived with much sat;faction your loyaland dutiful addre.s. It is gratifying to rue to be assured that the mea'nres proposed to be submitted to you will re• ceive your earnest consideration, and I feel confident yims a ill concur with mb in endeavouring to promote the well being and happiness of my people." 1, POOR RATES. Mr. AYRTON'gave. notice that on the 26th May he should move for a select cintruittee for inquiring into the present state of the iu.quality of the pour-rates in the metropolis. CaUltdll RITES. Sir J. TRELAWNEY gave notice that on the 26th Mav be should aik for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition cf the church-rates. , BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. HORSFALL gave notice that on the 26th May he should move tor a select committee to inquire into the origin of tha past and the present constitution and powers of the Board of Trade, with a view to its better adaptation to the requirements of the country. METROPOLITAN WO RK HOUSES. Viscount RAVNHANIgave notice that he should, on that day fortnight, move for a select committee to en quire into the state of the Metropolitan workhouses and the moda of giving relief. BURIALS. Sir J. TRELAWNEY, in the absence of Mr. Hard- castle, gave notice that that gentleman would, on the 26th May, ask for leave to introduce a bill relating to burials in consecrated and unconsecrated places. LONDON CORPORATION REFORM. Mr. LAURIE asked the Secretary of State flr the Home Department, whether the Government meant to proceed with the Corporation of Loudon Bill this ses sion ? . Sir GEORGE GREY said that he could not give an answer to the question until he SAW what progress bills of a more pressing importance had made. PETTY SESSIONS CLERKS (IRELAND). Mr. GREGORY Asked the Attorney-General for Ire land, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Gt.- vernment to bring in any bill during the present session for the regulation of Petty Session Clerks' Salaries in Irellnd. Mr. FITZGERA.LD said it was hil intention to re introduce the bill of last ses- , ion with some modifications. AG RIC ULTUR A.L STATISTICS. Mr. CAIRD asked the Vice President of the Board of Trade, whether the Government intended to take any steps for collecting Agricultural Statistics in England. Mr. LOWE Raid he was not aware if it was the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to introduce such a Measure at present. (Hear, hear.) THE KING OF DUDE. Mr. FAGAN aiked the President of the Board of Control whether it Wag intended to apply any portion of the money borrowed by the Government of India front the King of Oude to VIP payment of public and bona fide deb's atilt unpaid and payable to the creditors of that Prince ? Mr. V. SMITH Raid that tho matter wag under inves tigation, and all bona fide claims would be'paid out of the revenue of that country. SUPERANNUATION FUND. Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the report of the Civil Service Super annuation Commissioners would be lad upon the table ; and wh ether the Government contemplated intr oducing, at an early day, a bill to alter the system under which the superannuation allowances were at present provided. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said thAt he had beau informed that the report would be pre. Rented to the house next week. Until that was done he could not state what would be the intention of the Government relativ e io it. PASSING TOLLS. Mr. HUDSON asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade when he intended to introduce a hill for the abolition of the passing tolls ; also, whether he proposed to introduce auy bill for the abolition of the charges on shipping.at Liverpool and other places, and also for taking away the power of the T rin i ty-house at New castle in the appointment of pilots for the port of Sun derland ? Mr. LOWE said that it was the intention of the Go- Yernment o when the state of public business p erm i tted it, to bring in a bill founded on that report. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Lord R. CECIL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to bring In a bill embodying such of the suggestions of the com mittee of last session upon the Ecclesiastical Commis sion as required the sanction of Parliament. • Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of the Govern ment, to do so, and he hoped shortly to be able to intro duce it. RETURNS. Several unopposed returns were granted. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BILL. ?Jr. DILL%VYN moved for leave to introduce a bill to repeat the Act 16 and 17 Vic., c. 30, and to make better provision far the prevention and punishment of aggravated assaults upon women and children, and for preventing delay and expense in the admid nistration of certain parte of the criminal law. lie said the present law had been a failure, and that was his reason for re-introducing this bill, which he laid be fore the house list session. The hon. gentleman read vari ous statements relative to aggravated assaults committed on women and children from the police reports of the metropolis and other parts of the country. It was a crime of frequent occurrence, and the present law did not tend to its decrease. From returns be found that iu 1854 and 1855 there were 877 convictions in the metro polis alone fur aggravated assaults and in the last year it amounted to 374. The diminution he contended did not arise from the operation of the present law, but from accidental circumstances, because he found that many of these men had been convicted over and over again. He proposed as a remedyto diminish the period of imprison ment and subst►tute flogging for it. (Hear, hear.) He did not look upon th%s question as one between man and wife, and therefore a difficult one to deal with, but as brute force against helpless weakness, and be bad no doubt that his remedy would have the desired effect, for it was invariably found that the men who committed these assaults were great cowards. Mr. BENTINCK seconded the motion. Sir G. GREY said that though he had no confidence. in these remedies, he should not oppose the bill. He did not consider the present law so -defective as,the- hon. mover believed, but rather that it had been beneficial. The number of cases that now came before the public arose from the summary procedure of the present law. Leave was accordingly given to bring in the bill. SALE OF BEER. On the resolution of Air. HARDY, the house went into committee to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the general sale of beer by retail and to regulate certain places of public resort, refreshment, and entertain►nent. All must agree that this subject required alteration, after a careful scrutiny, and be considered there were facts sufficient before the house to enable them to legislate with satisfaction to the public. He referred to the anomalous state of the law as regarded public houses and beer-shops, under the law of 1830. He had no wish to disturb the licensing of the present public-houses, but to compel beer-shops to apply to magistrates for licenses as a check on the conduct of the keepers. He proposed also to put in force the Tip pling Act, and prevent the recovery of debts for beer, &c. He wished to put coffee•sbops, where they sold spirits, under the control of the police. He reserved any further remarks till another stage of the bi.il, as he understood there was to be no opposition to its in troduction. Mr. KER SEYMOUR regretted that this had not been made two bil!s instead of one, by separating the beer-houses from the coffee-shops. He considered that magistrates were not the proper persons to grant licenses, because they had no means of judging of the requ rements of a district. Sir J. PAKINGTON regretted that Government had not taken up the question, and asked the Government to consider the report of that committee, and ultimately bring in a bill. Should the Government adopt that course, he would suggest the withdrawal of the bill from the doubt of its being passed through tne house thin session. _ Sir G. GREY doubted if the bill was a sufficient remedy for the evils complained of. When they con sidered the amount of capital invested in the trade it required careful consideration. He saw no such difficulty relative to beer shops and coffee-shops. He could not give any hope of bringing in a bill on an early day on this suti!ct. He thought great benefit would arise from a discuSsion of the question, , but he should be obliged, on the second reading of the bill, to oppose it. Tne resolution was agreed to, and the house resumed. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION. ' Mr. LOCKE KING moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish property qualification for members of Parlia ment. He considered that this was an appropriate time for bringing on this question, and observed that in Scot land there was no property qualification ; eldest sons of peers, the members for the university, and the eldest eons of knights of the shire sat without any qualification being required of them ; but the latter, when they suc ceeded to their father's property, must have a property quAlification. Lord PALMERSTON did not intend to oppose the introduction of the bill, but he thought It was nude!. stood that all questions of reform were to be in abeyance till next session. At a future stage of the bill he should oppose it, unless it was allowed to remain on the table of the house for consideration till next session. Leave was given to bring in the bill. ADJOURNMENT FOR WHITSUNTIDE. The Marquis of BLANDFO2,D said that, cmsidering the state of public business and the probable shortness of the session, it would be convenient if the noble lord the Prime Minister would state on what day be prop3sed the house should reassemble after Whitsuntide. Lord PALMERSTON would, if the house permitted, rather postpone giving an answer until Whitsuntide had nearly arrived. The Marquis of BL&NDFGRD said he would put the same question again at a later period. THE UNITED STATES AND NEW GRANADA. Mr. WYLD—I wish, sir, to put a question to the noble lord the First Minister, of which I have given him notice. I believe it is well known at this momant that an expeditio❑ has been fitted out in the ports of the United States, the destination of which is said to be the coast of Central America and the territory of New Gra nada. The question which I wish to put to the noble lord is, whether her Majesty's Goverunient intend t.) establish a naval force on those shores and coasts for the protection of British interests. Lord PALMERSTON—In reply to the question of my hon. friend I have to state that her Maje,ty's Go vernment have stationed, or are about to station, on the coat of Central Ameic I, at both sides, such a force as they think necesQary for the protection of British interests. (hear.) Bull think, considering the interest, and I may -ay the anxiety, which the rumours which my bon. friend has referred to may probably create in the public mind, it may be agreeable to the house that I should give a very short explanation of the state of matters to which the question relates. (Hear.) My hon. friend and the house are aware that some mouths ago there occurred a very deplorable scene of violence and outrage at the Isthmus of Panama. That quarrel began nobody knows how ; same seem to think that it arose simply from a dispute between a passenger and a native about a water melon; but no mat ter what l,he cause of quarrel was, it acted like a spark thrown into a smouldering fire and burst into a flame, and the resentment which had been created reciproca'ly by previous disputes led to acts of great violence and scenes of bl )odshed which every one must deplore. The Ameri can Governineat appl'ed for redress for the past, and for security for the future. I am sorry to say that the Go verpment of New Granada, which is not particularly celebrated for accurate recollection of duties and for the performance of obligations, refused compliance with those demands. Then arose negotiations and communications between the Governments of the United States and Ni caragua, which have not yet led to any satisfactory ter mination. It is quite clear, I think, that that which is true with regard to private property is also true with respect to public property—namely; that it has attached to it duties as well as rights, and that the Government of New Granada is bound to make arrangements for the security of persons and property passing along the rail ways through its dominions. The excuse given for re fusing compensation to those who suffered by those out rages was, that the high-handed proceeding:sof passengers for a long time before had created a feeling of exaspera tion, and therefore it was not wonderful that a slight cause should have produced such a result. If they telt that this exasperation existed, it was their duty to take measures to prevent outrages either by foreigners on their own subjects., or by their own subjects on foreigners. We have, however, been in communication with the United States Government upon this matter—a matter which not simply concerns the interests of the citizens of the United States, but the interests of every other nation who are in the habit of traversing this isthmus. I am glad to say that the United States Government profess the most just and honourable intentions, and that they disclaim aoy intention to occupy or take possession of any portion of New Granada, or of the railways. All they ask is that which they are entitled to expect, viz., security for their citizens going or coming across the isthmus, and they naturally require some redress for the injuries sustained onthe occasion to which I have allude6l But I am gird to say their intentions are such as would be those of any Government in a similar position, and they entirely disclaim any intention of taking part in this quarrel for the purpose of putting forward any unjust of aggressive action against the Government of New Gra nada. (Hear.) ' , IFI . 1 9! SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING . 4. MAY 13, 1857 OATIIS BILL. Lord PALMERSTON again nee and said, as it was necessary that he should move the bill, of which he bad given notice, he begged now to give notice that on Fa day next the house should resolve itself into committee for the purpose of considering the oaths rep:lira(' to be taken by members of P, rliament. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Mr. LABOU CHERE . moved that the committ ee Z o consist of 19 members. Mr. ADDERLEY moved that it conaist of 20 mem here, in order that thename of the hon. member for New castle (gr. Christy) might be added. Mr. LABOUCHERE said there were very many inembera who bad a claim to be placed upon this com mittee, but, after due consideration, he thought the number should be confined to 19. The original number was then agreed to. The names of Mr. Secretary Laboucbere, Sir J. Pak ington, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Glatigtone, Lord Stanley, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. Lowe, Viscount San don, Mr. Grogan, Mr. liinnaird, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Blackburn. Mr. C. Fitzwilliacn, Mr. A. Mathieson, Mr. Garrey, Mr. P. Herbert, and Viscount Goderich were agreed to. On putting the name of Mr. Adderley, the hon. mem ber moved that it be omitted. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he should very much re gret the absence of the hon. member from the committee as this was a subject to which he had devoted much time and. thought. Agreed to. M ,„ r ADDERLEY then gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the name of the bon, member for Newcastle-under-Lyne (Mr. Christy) be added to the committee. PUBLIC PETITIONS. The following hon. members were appointed the se lect committee on public petitions : Mr. Bonbam- Carter, Mr. Thorneley, Mr. Seott, Mr. Adderley, Tar. 0. Stanley, Mr., H. A. Bruce, Mr. Gregson, Mr. de Vero, Mr. Wise, Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. C. Forster, 1. 1 . r. Gard, Mr. Davison, and Mr. Woods. --- PUBLIC MONEYS. The following hon. members were nominated the aelect committee on public moneys :—Sir F. Baring, Mr.,,Henley, Mr. Williams, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Hankey, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, Sir J. Graham, Sir H. Willoughby, Lord Stan ley, and Mr. G. A. Hamilton. BANK ACTS. The CHANCELLOR of the F4XCHEVER mined _.yam Mig;q that the committee ou the bank acts do consist of 25 members, and that five be a goortn.—Agreed to. The following hon. members weie then appointed the committee :—The Chancellor of the Exabeon.r, Mr. Disraeli, Sir J. Graham, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Wii son, Mr. Cayley, SirF. Baring, Mr. Vance, Mr. Wegue lin, Mr. Hildyard, Mr. Sankey, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. M T. Smith, Mr. Fergn , , Mr. H. Johnstone, Mr. J. L. Ricardo, Mr. Ennis, Mr. Tite, Sir J. Puller, Mr Ball, and the Earl of Gifford. That the report of the select committee on the Bank Acts of the last session be re ferred to the said committee was agreed to. SUPPLY. The house went foto committee and agreed to a reso lution granting supply .to her Majesty ; and a bill was ordered to be brought in. SiVINGS BANKS. , Mr. FITZliCit brought up the report on savings banks, and a bill was ordered to be brought in. NEW BILLS. Mr. FITZROY brought in bills for the panful') of lands at Chatham, and for the improvement of Portland Harbour. Mr. HARDY brought in a bill for an alteration of the law relating to the sale of beer. The house adjourned at half•past six. Naval and rdilitary Intelligence. The members of the Royal Commission on the Medical Department of the Army met for the first time on Monday', at No. 1, Whitehall-yard. Mr. Sidney Herbert, M.P., was the president. The other commissioners present were Mr. Augustus Stafford, M. P., Col. Sir H. K. Stocke, K.C.8., Dr. Andrew Smith, Mr. T. Alexander, C. 8., Sir Thos. Phillips, Mr. J. R. Martin, Sir James Clarke, and Dr. John Sutherland. Dr. Balfour is selected as secretary to the commission. The Royal Commissioners of Inquiry into mili tary purchases in the army resumed their meetings yesterday. The Duke of Somerset was president, and the other, commissioners present were Lord Stanley, Mr. Sidney Herbert, M.P., .Gen. Wyn yard, Gen. Sir Harry Jones, Gen. Sir Menry Ben tinck, alai Mr. George Carr Glyn. Yesterday the whole of the tt oyal Marine force at present at head-quarters, Chatham, were formed into three battalions in the barrack-squire, under the respective commands of Lieut.-Col. T. C. C. Moore, Lieut.-Col. R. J. M'Killop, and Major H. Marriott, and, headed by Col. Second Comman dant E. Rea, marched to Chatham-lines, where the entire division went through the evolutions of a field-day. Lieut.-Col. Street, C. 8., the officer commanding at Colchester, is now on leave of absence ; and Lieut.-Col. Armstrng, C. 8., is in command of the camp. 56 men from the 76th depot have left the camp for Dublin, being about to embark for New South Wales. By the death of Vice-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. G. G. Lord Radstock, C. 8., the fol lowing promotions will take plies on the Flag-list : Vice-Admiral of the White Sir•W. H. Dillon, K.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Rod. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth, to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir C. Sullivan, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Henry Dundas, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Alexander Duntze, to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain the Right Hon. Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, G.C,H., to be Rear-Admiral on the reserved list. Captain John WDougall (B) to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. By this promotion the appointment of Admiralty Superintendent of Packets at South ampton reverts to the patronage of the Admiralty, together with the good service pension conferred upon the same officer. Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in- Chief at Portsmouth, struck his flag last evening at sunset, and went on leave to recruit his health. The Agamemnon, screw, 91, Master-Commander Noddal, was undccked at Portsmouth yesterday, and placed in the steam basin to complete her outfit. The Volcano steam-vessel (floating smithery for the China fleet), Master-Commander Hockley, bent sails at Portsmouth yesterday, and is ready to go to Spithead. The Adventure and Assistance, line steam troop ships are ready to embark their troops at Ports mouth, but no day is yet fixed. An Admiralty order has been received at Portsmouth Dockyard enjoining that all troopships fitting at that port shall have two quarter-boats fittsd with Mr. Clif ford's patent lowering apparatus. Besides the Ad venture and Assistance, the Agamemnon ' Melville, and Hastings are being also supplied with this means of re idily and safely lowering the boats in lany emerg..ncy.' . The Fox steam yacht, fitting out at AbPrileen for 1 Laly Franklin's final search, under the command of Capt. M'Clintock, R.N., is rapidly progressing in her equipment. She will be a " model Arctic." 100 men are now at work upon IP; besides others employed about her machinery. The Fox will carry with her a speaking reminiscence of former exp di tions to the same regions. When Lady Franklin fitted out thoPrinceAlb!rt, in 1851, Prince Albert presented an organ to the expedition, which went out in the vessel named after his Royal Highness, wintered at Batty Bay, and in 1852, before return ing to England, the organ was lent to the North Star, at Beechy Island. where it spent two years, and was always played at church service. In 1851, alter having spent thaee years and a half in the Arctic regions, it was safely brought home. Lady Franklin naturally prized it more highly, and had it put to rights at considerable expense, and now the same royal souvenir is about to be shipped once more to the Arctic regions. The following officers have taken up their com missions and joined their ships at Sheerness—Capt. F. Hutton (1841), late in command of the Royal William, 120, guirdship of ordinary at Devonport, to the Terror floating battery ; ,Capt. Hutton com. missioned her yesterday before noon; the Hon. A. K. H. Legge, mate, to the Vesuvius ; Mr. W. A. K. Craven, mate, to the Cumberland. The Wrangler, 4 guns screw steamvessel, Com mander J. H. arryat, is ordered to be paid off in the l , asin at Sheerness on Saturday next. An Admiralty order has been received at Sheer ness that all seamen pensioners are to be discharged from ships destined for foreign service. • The newly-erected •battery, built by Messrs. Kirk and Parry on the spit of the Island of Grain fur the protection of the, entrances to the rivers Medway and Thames, is being fortified. The paddlewheel steamsloop Spiteful, 6, Com mander F. H. Shortt, fitted out at Woolwich in June, 1834, for service in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, returned yes•erday morning to be paid off. On her arrival at the dockyard an officer of the Engineer Department proceeded on board, awl accompanied the vessel down the river on trial of her machinery. After passing the Commodore's inspection the Spiteful is to be admitted into basin, to be wripped and to return stores, when she will be paid off, and subsequently go through a com plete overhaul. The ste tm-transportßhadamanthus, in the inner basin at 'Woolwich, has received new boilers, and has undergone some extensive repairs throughout. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Dee, Master- Commander Innen, steamed out of basin yester day, at Woolwieh, and proceeded to Devouport,. laden with 103 tons of boilers and steam gear on deck. The dockyard sailing transport Ant, having been condemned by the Shipwright Department at Woolwich, is ordered to be broken up, and will be replaced by the Ann. The superintending officers of the East India Company's service being about to purchase a num ber of screw steam-sloops, have solicited the attend ance of an inspector of machinery from Woolwich Dockyard, to make a survey on their behalf of the vessels selected. The Admiralty has accordingly d.espitched. Mr. D. Patridge, Assistant Chief Engi neer, at Woolwich, to Glasgow and Liverpool, in order to render the assistance required. The following appointments have bean made at the Admiralty : Effingham J. Kellow, second mate to the Brune ; F. W. Egerton, midshipman to the Princess Char- Kate ; Hon. H. G. F. Neave and H. H. Rawson, naval cadets to the Princess Charlotte ; George W, M‘Donough, assistant-surgeon to the Formidable; T. G. Harau, assistant-surgeon to the Bqscawen ; George P. Cooke, assistant-surgeon to the Fisgard; C. D. M`Carthy, assistant-surgeon to the Dee ; James Thomson, assistant-surgeon to the Royal William ; James F. Stoddart, assistant-surgeon to the Impregnable • Samuel A. Webster, master's assist t nt to the irincess Charlotte ; Albert Carr, master's assistant to the Vesuvius ; Benjamin Wickham, to the Impregnable ; Thomas J. Lay, paymaster to the Sappho. 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THE GREAT BOOT ROBBERY. he jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Francis Maybury, an account of whose trial ap peared in our impressiou of yesterday. T. Glass, 17, a respectable looking young man, pleaded guilty to two indictments charging him with the offence of forging endorsements to bills of exchange, with intent to defraud Stafford Henry N orthcote, and others. Mr. Giffard, who appeared for the prisoner, asked the Recorder to postpone psssing sentence until he should have an opportunity of calling some witnesses on behalf of the prisoner, and putting the Courtin possession of some facts that would possibly influence the judgment. The Recorder said he had no objection to post pone passing sentence to give the learned counsel an opportunity of calling the witnesses to whom he referred. The case of Capt. Erlam, who is charged with the abduction of a young Jewess, named Rosa Good man, has been removed by certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench. ----- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 12. (Before Mr. Pullley, Q.C., Assistant Judge.) Eliza Williams, a tall, well-dressed woman, was indicted for stealiug a dtess, a pair of bracelets, and other articles, of the value of 201., the property of Elizabeth Jane Hinksman. Mr. Orridge conducted the prosecution. The prosecutrix resided at No. 64, Shepperton Cottages, New North-road, and it appeared that on the 21st February the prisoner engaged an apart ment there. On the 23d she left and did not re turn, and a number of articles were missed from Mrs. Hinksman's r 0011313. On the 2d April the prisoner was taken into custody on another charge, at a coffee-house near the Angel, at Islington, at which time sbe was wearing some of the clothing stolen from Mrs. Hinksman. The Prisoner denied that she took anything away from the prosecutrix. The articles found upon her were given to her by her husband. The Jury found her Guilty. The prisoner was then tried upon an indictment, charging her with having stolen a counterpane and other articles, the property of Sarah Lewis. This case was similar to the last. The prisoner took a lodging in Powell-street East, St. Luke's, on the 28th March, and immediately afterwards ab sconded with the contents of several drawers. It was upon the information given to the police of this theft that the prisoner was taken into custody. The Jury found her guilty. A. third case was then gone into. The prisoner was charged with having stolen a watch, value 46 guineas, and clothing and other articles, worth about 401., the property of Colin Robertson Tulloh, her master. The Prosecutor stated that be lived at No. 4, Southwick-cieseent, Hyde-park, and on the 26th Jan. the prisoner entered his service as cook. On the morning of the 3d Feb., at an early hour, she went away without any preitious intimation of her intention to leave. On the night of the 2d, when he retired to bed, all was correct and safe ; but the prisoner, it seemed, was heard about during the night. He undressed about half-past 12 on the night of the 2d, and placed his clothes, watch, do., on the table iu his dressing-room, and when he got up in the morning they were ad gone, as well as three pa'rsof boots from under the table. The per son, whoever it was, that committed the theft, after visiting his dressing-room, went to a press at the back, and took a topcoat and sundry other articles —thence to another room, from which several arti cles of dress belonging to Mrs. Tulloh and a roll of cloth were taken. This was done while they were asleep. The dressing-room door was shut, but not locked. He also missed a poncho cloak from the hall. The prisoner entered his service in the name of Sarah Knowles, and gave a reference to a Greek lady, named Mavrocordato, with whom she lived a month, but had notice to quit. Francis Devenish stated that on the 3d of Feb. he was butler to Mr. Tulloh, and had come from Scotland to give his evidence. Before he went to bed ou the night of Feb. 2d, he went round, as was his custom, to see that all was safe, and at that time all the doors and windows were securely fas tened inside. He heard the prisoner moving about early in the morning, and when he went down to the kitchen, about 7 o'clock, she had left the house. The drawers had been ransacked and the gas was lighted. He went up stairs and missed from the 11311 a poncho, which he took off Mr. Tulloh when •ho came home the previous night. Th , re were no marks of violence whatever, and, the house clearly had not been entered. The prisoner left a box be hind her ; it contained nothing, however, but au old pair of gloves and a tobacco pipe. Emma A'hbrook, housemaid at the prosecut )r's, said she heard the front door slam about 7 o'clock on the morning of the 3d. One day the prisoner remarked to her that it was strange Mrs Tulloh did not wear jewellery, and witness answered that the reason was that she was in mourning. On another occasion she took up a corner dish, and having care ful'y examined it, she said it was not silver: Wit ness replied chat she did not know. Hannah Adams said she was upper housemaid in Mr. Tulloh's service. The prisoner left her bed room on the morning of the 3d with a candle about six o'clock. When she got up about an hour after wards she_ found ihe things in confusion, and the prisoner gone. The prosecutor said the value of the articles stolen was altogether about 941. Police-constable 98 N, produced a number of skeleton keys, which be found in a carpet-bag be longing to the prisoner. It was in her possession when he apprehended her. The prisoner said these keys were not hers, they were her husband's. She knew nothing of the robbery at Mr. Tolloh's, and the reason she left se suddenly was that Mrs. Tulloh had told her she did not suit the situation. The police had made inquiries as to her character, which had been satis- • factory. The Assistant-Judge told • the jury that it was for them to say Avon the evidence whe+her the probability wal excluded that any person other than the prisoner had committed the robbery. If they came to the conclusiOn that the prisoner was guilty there would be little difficulty in arriving at the opinion that she did not act alone in the mat ter, but bad the aid of somo one outside to carry away the plunder. The jury at once found the prisoner guilty. Police-constable 98 N then said there were a grea;t number of other cases against the prisoner of robbing lodgings, and there was a man who passed as her husband, but he could not be found. A quan tity of keys which had been stolen from places where she had lodged, principally latch and drawer keys, were found upon her when she VSA taken into cus tody; but by order of the committing magistrate they were given up to their respective owners upon identification. The Assistant-Judge said he could not conceive a much worse case or a moredangerous person than the prisoner, who not only was a systematic plun derer of furnished lodgings, but pursued a sys tem of robbery, no doubt aided by accomplices, by getting situations in respectable families. The sentence upon the first and the lad indictment was that she be kept in penal servitude for six years. No judgment would be passed upon the second in dictment. The prisoner smiled and walked out of the dock. Henry Davis, 31, carman, and William Game, 31, general dealer, were indicted, the former for stealing two wicks-and a peck of oats, the property of William Slade Parkes, his master, and the latter for feloniously recAving the same. The Jury found them guilty, and the Court sen tenced each of them to 4 months' hard labour. William Brown, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a watch from the person of Michael Lemon. lie was proved to be a well-known and expert thief. Sentence, four years' penal servitude. (Before Mr. Creasy.) Frances Lane, Julia Edmonds, and Ann Cos grove were indicted for stealing from the person of George Taylor a purse and 4s. 3d., his property and monies. _ _ _ Mr. Foote prosecuted ; Mr. Horry appeared for Lane and Edmonds ' • Cosgrove was undefended. The Prosecutor, by trade a pewterer, residing at No. 21, Henry-street, Pentonville, on the morning of the 14th April, between 1 and 2 o'clock, was going • down White Lion-street, when his at tention was drawn to a woman who appeared to be very ill, and she was groaning loudly as it in great pain. He stopped for a few moments to speak to her, but had hardly done so when the prisoners Lane and Edmonds came behind him and held his arms, while the other prisoner (Cosgrove) thrust her hand into his pocket and took out his purse, con taining two florins and a threepenny piece. He called for the assistance of the police, and the pri soners Lane and Edmonds were taken into custody, but Cosgrove got away for the time. The prosecu • tor's purse was picked up on the spot. Police-con stable Ratcliffe, on coming up, saw all the prisoners round the prosecutor.' A week after this occur rence the prisoner Cosgrove was taken into custody by Police constable Cox, 369 N, who told her that she was wanted at Islington. She said she had not been out of the house for three weeks, and on the way to the station-bduse she offered him ls. to let her go. Mr. Horry, on the part of Lane and Edmonds, threw conswerable doubt upon the testimony of the prosecutor, and said the identity of theprisoners bad mot been clearly established. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. A former conviction was proved against the pri soner Congre ye. Mr. Creasy sentenced Congreve to penal servi tude for four years ; and Lane and Edmonds to imprisonment for ten months. George Cook, 51, shoemaker, was indicted for stea'ing a gimlet, the property of George Martin. Mr. Gant prosecuted ;' Mr. Talfourd Salter ap peared for the prisonf.r. The prisoner was indicted for stealing this small and almost valueless article in consequence of the prosecutor, who is a carpenter, having lost a large quantity of tools. The jury having found the prisoner guilty, four former convictions, with sentences of imprisonment for six, twelve, two and eight months, were then proved against him. The fist of these offences was committed whilst the prisoner was a constable of the police force. Mr. Creasy sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for four years. Mr. Gent said he held in his band a warrant for the apprehension of the prisoner, in case of his ac quittal on this charge, for a felony committed at Marlborough, in Wiltshire. It transpired that while the prisoner was' in the M division of police he was very active in getting up cases, and a great number of prisoners were transported on his evidence. --- POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 11. MANSION-HOUSE.--Samuel Wright, Mary, Donovan, John Bradley, and Samuel Thorn, the two former charged With having stolen a large number of sacks, the property of their employer, Mr. Jamieson, sailcloth factor and sack merchant, the two latter with having received the property, knowing that it bad been stolen, were brought be fore the Lord Mayor for further examination. His lordship was for a considerable time engaged in hearing evidence from new witnesses, as well as in hearing additional evidence from the witnesses previously examined, brought forward to connect the various details of their remarkable and extensive system of plunder which was alleged to have been carried on in the premises of the prosecutor. Upon the application of Mr. Lewis, jun., the solicitor for the prosecution, James Downing, who bad been examined as . a witness at a former stage of the proceedings, was placed at the bar and charged as an accomplice, and the case was ad journed to Wednesday, the 20th inst. Michael Rook, 13 years of age, was charged with having stolen a piece of leaden pipe. A labouring man employed at a building in the neighbourhood of Cannon-street, said he saw the boy taking away something from the premises, and ascertained that it was a piece of the water-pipe, which had been just cut away. The boy said be had accidentally picked up the lead, and was perfectly innocent ; but it was proved that he had been lately discharged from prison, in which he had been confined five days for robbery. The Lord Mayor—We must see what confinement with hard labour for 24 days will do for you. William Carrilly, a wild-looking Irish shoemaker, was charged with having assaulted and torn the clothes of an Irish tailor, named Michael Connor. The two parties were samples of the most deso late of Irish adventurers. The complainant said the defendant broke into his room and tried to knock down a woman, who lodged there,, with a poker, and upon being resisted, dragged the clothes off his body. The complainant then exhibited two or three pieces of a filthy old shirt and about the third part of a pair of breeches ; the remains of his Sunday suit. There was a roar of laughter, which was in creased upon the appearance of ie woman who bad been threatened, and who said she hoped the Lord Mayor would tie up the unruly vagabond at the bar, who was good for nothing but plundering poor women, and beating their brains out when ever he had an opportunity. The Lord Mayor—Have you not been drilling gin together? Witness—l never will again, I can tell you. The Lord Mayor—l have no doubt that the three of you have been in the habit of drinking all you earn, instead of putting clothes on your backs. The witness—Why, then, he follows me every where, and tears me to pieces. Look at him ; sure, he's the cut of a good-fur-nothing fellow. The Lord Mayor—l shall bind him over in two sureties of 201. each to keep the peace towards everybody for three months. The Defendant—Nobody will bail me. The Lord Mayor—Theo you will have time to get clean and to become sober. CLERKENWELL.—James Cahill, aged 39, a respectably-dressed man, described on the police sheet as a messenger at the Admiralty office, So merset House, residing at No. .3, Grafton-street, East, Tottenham-court-road, and Mary Josephine Cahill, of 1, Fitzroy-place, Kentish-town, who stated herself to be the wife of the male p isoner, were brought up in the custody of Inspector Dai gan, and Hassell, 167 E, and placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with obtaining, by false and fraudulent pretences, the sum of 2501. from Alexander Duncan, of 6, Charlwood-street, Tach brook street, Pimlico, a gentleman, under the plea of obtaining him a situation at the Admiralty. A gentleman who attended from the Admiralty to prosecute stated that "the case was one of the greatest importance, and was laid under the 49th Gee. 111., c. 126 ; that if any person shall sell, or bargain for the sale of any Government office, or receive, have, or take any money, fee, gratuity, loan of money, reward or pro it, directly or indi rectly, or any promise, agreewent, covenant, con tract, &c., for any appointment or nomination to any office, in every such case every such person, and also every person who shall wilfully and knowingly aid, abet, or assist such persons therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour. From the facts he should be able to produce he had no doubt but that he should be able.to show that both persons were concerned in this offence. Alex. Duncan was then called, and stated—l for merly resided in Hunter-street, but am at present living at No. 6, Charlwood-street, Pimlico. In the month of Febrbary last I placed an advertisement in the Morning Post newspaper, offering from 2001. to 6001, if a good situation could be obtained in a proper way fur me. The next day I received a letter without name or address, written in a female's ,handwriting, which stared that the party writing had an appointment which would, perhaps, suit me, and would Ibe written to again I After I had le ceised, a number of letters, one was sent to me which stated that the writer lad an appointment at his disposal in the civil service at a salary of 3001., rising 151. per annum. For the appointment ,to that situation, the writer would expect a douceur of 5001. I answered that letter. I never saw any one, but I was told that upon receiving my appoint ment, I should be expected to pay 2501. at the place where the letters were addressed to, viz., Park-street, Regent's-park. A few days after that, I received a letter, written on official paper, and sealed with the Admiralty seal, appointing me to the second clerkship in the storekeeper's department of the Admiralty. The letter came at night, and the next day I inclosed 25Q/. in bank notes, and left them as directed. The appointment was signed Thomas Phinn. On the following day I received a letter signed Louisa Sherose, acknowledging the receipt of the money, and asking me to see the writer at No. 9, Gloucester-place, but upon going there I found that I had been duped. On the Sa turday I received the following note, written in a man's hand, and which bore the Southampton post-mark, "Sir,—This will be posted for me when 'lamon my way to a foreign country. The docu ment you received on Monday is useless. I was employed in the department temporarily during the war, but before answering the advertisement had received notice to leave on the 31st of March. Such is the reason that I have put off the matter. Before leaving the department I provided myself with a seal, cover, &c., in service, and you know the result. If lam successful in a new country you shall not lose by me. Ido not.leave from fear of you, as you could not injure me; you being guilty your self would be severely punished. The money would go if I remained. I sent to the Bank for gold on the .morning after,- and changed the notes after you left the needful. It is right to add that the people in the little shop in Park-street never saw me, and did not know what the letters referred to. I sent for them and gave the man money to bu 3 things from time to time. The letters were written by one who now shares my fate. I answered adozen such advertisements, but no one would pay manor woman money whom they did not know. " THOS. PHINN." Mr. L. Jacquet, a hair-dresser, of Park-street, proved having given a number of letters to the pri soner, but be did not know what they contained. Mr. H. H. Smith, a clerk at the BAnk of Eng land, said he believed that the female was the person who changed the notes on the day in question. , Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoners forafew days. WORSHIP-STREET.—G. R. Rackley, a Lt boner in the employ of Mr. Nicholson, rag-mer chant, Shoreditch, was charged with the following brutal assault upon his wife, who on Monday ap plied for a warrant, declaring her life was in danger, that she feared to go home, and was mani festly in such a state of suffering that money for her immediate wants was kindly supplied her from the poor- box. Complainant now evidently regretted the step she had taken, and did the utmost to screen her husband from the act he was charged with, namely, burning her face with'hct leather. This being the case, D'Eyncourt observed—l never desire to force a wife to give evidence against her husband, but a painful intimacy with assaults brought to this court convinces me that no lenity shown by women is of the slightest service to those who act like brutes and cowards. The best plan is to speak the whole truth and face out the worst. Twice you have obtainedprocesses against this man before. After these remarks, complainant, whose face was bandaged, said—Well, sir, be merciful to him, never mind what he has done to me, perh , ips he will be bettertor the future. Last Friday night he came home, and because I would not take his boo's to be mended, being at the time very ill, as indeed as I have been since my confinement, he swore MOs' dreadfully at me, bat he was drunk at the time. Well, I was irritated at hearing the bad words, and threw the boots on the fire. He let them be till they were red hot, and then picked one up and held it to my face. My chin is injured from the under lip to beneath the jaw, as also my eye. I ran out screaming " Murder," and one of the neighbours, seeing the charred leather sticking to my skin, poured some oil over it. I could not eat, but am better now. Dobe merciful to him. He is not so when sober, and brings me home his money regularly. Mr. D'Eyncourt, after Fairall, the warrant of ficer, having stated that the man bad a good cha racter for industry, observed that but, for the fact of his not neglectinc , to support his wife he would assuredly have sent him for six months' imprison- t ment. The act was most brutal, and detendan must go for three months. MARLBOROUGH- ST RE ET. —Ohm. Thorpe, of 124, Jermyn-street, was charged with keeping a betting-office. The defendant has already been convicted of a similar offence, and had to pay a penalty of 501. Since the conviction the office has been turned into a wine-room. The police entered the premises and found a number of betting-books and racing-cards on the premises, and heard persons ask the odds. Thorpe was seen to receive money, and write something in albook. Mr. Abrahams, for the defendant, applied for an adjournment, that he might produce counter-evi dence. The case was adjourned for a week, the defen dant entering into his own recognisances to appear on the day. THAMES.—David Callaghan, alias Kelly, a strong rough-looking young fellow, an Irish la bour, .r, was charged with assaulting James Viney, landlord of the Blue Anchor public house, in the Mile-end-road. On Saturday night the prisoner came into the tap-room, annoyed the guests, and abused the land lord and his wife, when the former knocked him clown. Next day in the afternoon, when Mr. Viney took the Sunday paper to a cuitomer in the tap-room, he found the prisoner standing before the fire. He requested him to leave the house, when the prisoner knocked him down, seized him, and threw him heavily, breaking his leg. Fined 51., or in default two months' imprison ment. GREENWICH.—Join Liall, 41, shipwright, of 29, Upper York-street, Rotherhitbe, was charged with neglecting to support his two children, Eliza beth and Jane, aged respectvely 10 and 12 years.' Mr. Bayley, relieving officer of Rotherbithe, said that his attention had been called bythe neighbours to the children, and on proceeding to the prisoner's residence he found them in the house without food of any kind, and presenting a truly shocking spec tacle from neglect. They were covered with vermin and dirt, they had no under clothing whatever, and were without shoes and stockings. In the room in which they were the flooring was literally covered with vermin, and th 3 children's bodies and hair were matted with disease and dirt. He afterwards saw the prisoner, who promised that, the place should be cleaned and the children attended to by his sister, but that morning, on going to the house, he found nothing had been done, and that they were, if possible, in a worse state than when he left them on the previous day, and the prisoner was given into custody. Mr. Bayley also said that be had ascertained that the prisoner was well able to provide for them, earn ing 9s. per day wages, and being an excellent work man ; but he spent all his money in drink. Mr. Seeker said the prisoner earning the money he did could well afford 18s. per week towards their support, and inquired if he would consent to con tribute that amount The prisoner declined doing so, observing he was willing to look after them himself. Mr. Seeker—The horrible condition your chil dren have been found in shows you have neglected your duty as a parent ; and in order that you may be taught you have a duty to perform, you will be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 21 days. The prisoner was then removed. AN ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. (From. the Sontk-Eastern Gazette ) About three o'clock on Sunday morning, as the mailman was entering Canterbury by the New road, he observed a donkey standing by the side of the path, immediately opposite the end house of Barton-terrace, on the opposite side of the road. There was something on the path, but it was nut sufficiently light at the time to enable him to see what it was, as he quickly (trove past. He - bid the' police of the circumstance, and Inspector Sprat and Dodd went to the spot indicated. There they found , a donkey side-saddied, and under the hedge were two young females, wrapped up in foreign travel ling dresses, with the hoods over their heads, and by their side stood a large home-made loaf, a car pet-bag, and a Skye terrier dog. There were also two gentlemen's hats, but no signs of any male , companions could be seen. In answer to the police, the young ladies said they had arrived from the Continent, and were going to visit a brother at Tunbridge, but reaching Canterbury too late on the previous evening to obtain accommodation at an hotel, they had resolved to remain at the out skirts of the city all night. On the previous day they stopped at Ewell, near Dover. • The police left the fair travellers to their own re flections ; as although they considered it very strange, there did not appear any circumstance con nected with them of a sufficiently suspicious nature to call for their interference. The inspector had formed a somewhat novel notion of the object of ; the young ladies. He said he thought that "they were some of those religious fanatics who travel the , country, and that they were making a pilgrimage to Canterbury for the purpose of worshipping in the cathedral." Upon thinking the matter over, and mentioning the circumstance to one or two parties, a reference was made to the advertising columns of the Times, when the mystery was solved, for an advertisement in the well-known second column, offering a reward of 10/., stated that two young ladies had left their home since Thursday, the 30th ult., and were supposed to be in London. The following descriptions were given of them : "One aged 19, light hair, dressed in a bright blue silk dress, with three flounces, white on the borders and white fringe, fancy straw bonnet trimmed with brown, pink rosebuds inside—usually wore a black velvet rouleau over her hair in front ;- the other aged 16, light hair, dressed in a black silts gown with three flounces, with green stripes, a small brown straw hat, with feather, and a fall of lace." This description answering 'in every particular to the parties encamped in the New-road, the police immediately had them removed to a place of safety, while they communicated to the firm mentioned in the advertisement. A telegraphic message was re ceived in reply, stating that they were in the coun try, but would be in Canterbury by the first train on Monday morning. Since their detention the young ladies have secluded themselves in their bed room, observing that they were unwell. They are represented as being fine-looking girls, and evi dently well brought up, being acqu a in t ed with the French and German languages. Yesterday morning the mayor and several of the magistrates went to the station-house, where the young ladies had been removed to, and were ushered into the private room of the superintend ent. The ladies at once admitted that they were the parties referred to in the advertisement, but that they were not sisters, although distantly re lated to each other. They stated that their names were Lewis and Webber, but declined giving their address. Subsequently, it was elicited that their friends resided at St. Leonard's and Colchester, and that family differences and " other oauses," had led them to leave their homes, and proceed to France, from which place they had just returned, and had been travelling almost night and day since the 30th ult. There is no doubt that the sequel will prove in this, as in many other cases, " that the course of true love never did run smooth." Much interest was manifested in this affair, and the police station was besieged by persons anxious to catch a glance at these young ladies of the romantic school. The .Kentish Gazette has a narrative agreeing es sentially with the above. "It appears," says ou'r con t e mporary, "that the father of the young l a d ies (sisters we believe them to be, though they deny it), is an officer in the . navy, and that th ey h a d li v ed at home with their mother-in-law. This home, which is at St. Leonard's, they left, and fit d 'to France, whence, after staying a time, they came here on Saturday last ; and the better to preserve themselves incog., one of them was dressed as a menial, as if a servant to the other, and both passed so well, as to ecape the observation of their uncle, who was on board the same packet. Iu the streets of Dover, too, they actually passed their parents unobserved, so well had they completed their .dis guise." - The same journal says :—" In consequence of non-compliance with the message of the previous day, another was despatched on Monday to Messrs. Dawson, indicated in the advertisement ; and a gentleman of some rank reached this city in the afternoon, and had an interview with the Mayor, Alderman Brent, Captain Love, and lir. Philpot, magistrates—producing his letter of introduction from Mr. Dawson in reply to the telegraphic de spatch. He gave his name Baron Glucky de Sten itzen, and represented himself as deputed by the family of the young ladies to take charge of them. He stated this in reply to the mayor, and that it was his intention to convey them back t) London. The yentag ladies on having it put to them, ex pressed themselves but too happy at having the opportunity of being placed under his protection. The Mayor, in addressing the baron, stated that as the young ladies were not detained on any charge, it was the desire of the magistrates only to see them restored to proper bands. Such assurances were given as to satisfy all parties ; and arrange ments were made for preserving their privacy as much as possible before returning home, awl for this purpose a special carriage was engaged on the railway, and a private carriage to convey them from this city to Clailham, whence they. would embark with their guardian by the last train. The ease and :dignity with which they deported themselves afforded evidence of their superior accomplishments, and. we are informed that they are highly connected. The baron before leaving inquired the name of the po liceman through whose instrumentality they were rescued from the road and duly provided for ; and also as to who should participate in the reward that had been offered. He undertook to communicate with the mayor, that he might be responsiMe for its being appropriated to those to whom it is . justly due. The young ladies, though anxious - to keep their privacy, were most affable and engaging in their commuuLations with those who obtained brief interviews, and raised in every one a deep e.ncern for their condition." Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—MA.II2. The corn exchange this morning was tolerably well at tended by millers and dealers, but the tranQactions were checked by the high pretensions of holders of the leading articles. Friday's prices were supported, and in some in stances exceeded, for Indian corn, oats, beans, and oatmeal —but wheat and flour moved very slowly, and at easier rates, the consumers being pretty well in stock for the present. LEEDS, MAY 12. The decline in London operates on the minds of the buyers, and thougli there is a fair show of fresh wheat this day, which is offered at Friday's'rates, little business is done, sellers generally refusing to submit to any reduction. We therefore quote prices nominally the same. Barley without alteration. Beans continue in request at fully as much money. Other articles as before. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 56s 2d ; barley, 46S 6:1; oats, 29s —d ; beans, 42s Id ; peas, 43s 6d ; rye, —s. Od. NEWCASTLE-MAT 12 A fair supply of wheat from farmers in rather better con dition than of late, and Saturday's full prices obtained. Fine south country wheat saleable at Saturday's rates, bug inferior may be quoted the turn cheaper. No change iu other articles. ___..... -•••••••••• Elamburgh •• .• •• •• 10 • • 13 9 • Naples • • •••••• ••••• o • &Rona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo •••• •• •• .• ...• 13 0 4 Pads. . 25 3236 Messina ... .. 1304 Ditto, three months .. 25 75 Who: .. 523i Marseilles ••• .• •• •• •• 25 75 Oporto ••••••••• • •• • • P• 527 s Bourdeaux .. • • Rio Janeiro ...... • • .... Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 120 Buenos Ayres.... • • Berlin Yew York,6o days' sight •••• Vienna •• •• •• •••••••• •• 10 33 Philadelphia ••••• • • • • • .• .• .• •• 10 36 • ?WOES or sutaioN, PE& 05 9 Petersham 3736 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 Madrid 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. U 0 Cadiz ••••••• •• • • .• •••••• 49% Nroxieari Dollars.,.. 0 0 57s rl3,roclona •• •• •• •• New Dollars ...... 0 a :liver In bars 0 0 0 LOCAL SHARB MARKBTB. • LIVERPOOL. 3!kt kr 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been steady t ir o clay, but the transactions are far - from numerous. BO Lancashire, 984 -Ditto, pref., 5/ J —South Eastern, 21; - ; • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 434—Caledonian, Sul —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 102 A—Eastern Countieo d f ' 111 London and North W es t erns, 105 —Midlands, 82i 3 —Grand Trunk of Canada, 16k. • MANCHESTER, MAT 12. STOOK EXCHANGE. —ln this market there WO rather firm business, but principally for the next account' South Eastern and Dovers, 221 —East Lancashire, 98•V e : Ditto, nest act., 98 —Eastern Counties, 11 13-16—Nort Western, 8 -Sheffields, 43i h—Leeds, lot 2—Cheshir Junction, 67—Manchester Fire Assurance, 71 p. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 12. &t 0 8 on EXCHANGE.—The market was doing but 1 business to-day, without much chang e i n p r i ces . Cry Palace, 2f—Birmingham Banks, 311. 16s--Great W e stero; 66i 71 —Birmingham Guaranteed,, 721 73—Ditto Sto ut Valley Guaranteed, 64 65—Birmingham Canals, 903" . London and North-Western Eighths, at 3-16 to t, Midlands, 82i 3. [ADVARTISEMENT.]—The following is not the least reing !' ', able among the numerous extraordinary cur e s w ith o ut eine effected by Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring P" valenta Arabica Food, of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulen c y' Constipation, Nervous, Bilious,and Liver Complaints, Cott d : Asthma, Consumption, and Debility:—Maastricht, Haan.; Aug. 7, 1854.—My daughter Virginie had long been c o nsul: l4 ' ft , tive, with diarrlicea and night sweats, and was in J u ly l as t red d a L ed to such a state of prostration and exhausti on , th a t our me cal men agreed there was no hope of recovery left, and tl O , she could not survive many days. Upon the recommen d° tion of a friend, we tried Du Barry's Revalenta which, to the astonishment o f a ll , cause d an immedi,4,4 change for the better in the symptoms. After the first Pi o meals she felt less miserable, and in six days the diary au . and night sweats had left h er . Sh e ga i ne d strength gra'7Bl. ally, and in two m on th s ti me was per f ec tl y well. Thi s , lent remedy deserves to be more generally known, 4 I consider I am only discharging a most sac y, duty iu recommending it to all sutlerers.—S. Zsatl P o f bupported by testimonials from the celebrated P r ofessors ; Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Sherlund ; Dr. flarl__l• Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wu rzer ; D r . Ing o: Lord Stuart de Docies ; the Dowager Cou n tes s of Co' pl. stnart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other resPOThot persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all o t , means of cure had failed. For further particulars rese f 'o ing this invaluable food our readers are referred t o Du 13a'' advertisement in another part of this paper. HULL-MAT 12. To-day we had a fair supply of wheat for the season, and which met pretty ready sale at is decline ; another shilling being in some instances submitted to where condition was defective. Foreign as before. Barley and spring corn in good request. Linseed the turn dearer, and a good quiry for cakes. Bones•ss per ton dearer. 5 5 1 B. S. Wheat, English, red 58 to 62'Peas, grey and black to Ditto white 62 to 68'Lins e ed, Bl ac k S ea... 66 to 7 .1 0 Dantzic and Konigs- (Ditto Petersburgh ... 56 to 66 ; berg Pomeranianandllam- angel burgh , 5O to 58 Ditto Konigsberg and Danish, Holstein, and Memel 5O to 58 Friesland 4B to 50 Per Ton Russian and Odessa 50 to 601Lins.c. Ilull 9/ 15s to 10: 0.0 3 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30 Rape cakes —s. Od to 125 s Oa Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 36 Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 38 to 40!Flour, per brl . 305.320' COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —YESTERDAY. 11 i 73,1 Gibraltar ...... Ditto, three months .. 12 Leghorn ..• •• ........ 0 GO Rotterdam . 12 lA Genoa • . oso Antwerp .............. 25 62% }than ...... •• •• .• Brussels .............. 25 642 Venice. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 11th inst., at Langton-place, Vassall-road, ro ton, Mrs. Mihill Slaughter. 10' s On the 9th inst., at Ernespie, n ear C as tl e D ang le', the wife of James Mackie, Esq., M.P. OF A DAUM:ITER. On the 12th inst., at Charterhousq, the wife of the Dr. Elder. On the 12th inst., at Ke ns i ng t on, th e w if e of •Ti w e n net Hoskyns Abrahall, Esq. MARRIED. le r ' On the 12th i ns t., at Leo Church, Ke n t, Henri O n ok, Esq., youngest son of William Gover, Esq., of Lee - P e/ 0h Blackheath, to Eliz a b e th, e ld es t d aug ht er o f Josh. B erg Esq., of Ke.sne's-row, Wal worth. On the 12th inst , at Northwood, the Rev. H. sai dß.:i M. A.., incumbent e of Northwood, to Elizabeth -yr,. of Walter, wido w , d aug ht er o f the late Rev. S. Tow` Welling, and vicar of Borden, Kent. DIED. A Ina 01 On the 11th inst., at 26, Portland-pl ace , View — Lord Radstock, agd 71. we llol On the 11th inst., at Sidney-h ouse , T u nbridge' Andrew Taylor, Esq., aged 87 04. 1 On the 11th inst., a t Tottenham, Th omas Finnel9 aged 70. n On the 10th in s t., a t L yn dh urst-grove, Camber aes Harford James Bohn, o f E ssex - s t reet, S t ran d, el,,de i li z on' of Mr. Jame s B o h n, b ookseller, formerly of Kier' street, Strand, aged 24. Ch el4 On the 10th i ns t. M rs . L awson, widow of the late,l John Lawson; E s q , b enc h er o f the Middle TeinP.,: l s:•Vv. , On the 3d M arc h, a t Enfiell, near Sydney o Wm. Hobart Sey mour , E sq ., lite o f H.M. , g o s ow° and youngest son of the lat e Ad m i ra l Si r Michael Bart., K.C.8., 'aged 36. On the oth inst., at P a ri s , J o h n Li n d sa y Carneg ie ' 21. 1 :: , Trin.Col. Cam., aged 21. On the'9th inst., atßyhall,Rutlandshire, Pro,bfo infant son of Li.E.C-Colonel R. Cautley. i vg terr On the 7th inst. at 46, Elgin-crescent, ICen e dens, Captain Robert Pollock. tal o LONDON : Printed and Published by u MITED°,I OO , 11 °,' of No, 112, Strand, P r i n t e k, at Th e Sus : eo usu 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoie ill bme of Illiddlenx, Wednesday, May 13,1857• ..____